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Jeff Herr's Blog
Jeff Herr, a finalist in the 2011 Big Gig Contest on 610 Sports Radio, was born and raised in Kansas City. Following the Chiefs, Royals, and Jayhawks all his life has led him to blog about all three extensively at the-jeff-report.blogspot.com. He has also spent time covering the Royals for the blog site kingsofkauffman.com as well as serving for a period as the lead editor of throughthephog.com a blog covering the Kansas Jayhawks. When not writing about the local sports scene, he pays the bills by serving as an accountant.
Jeff Herr: Is Effort Worth the Effort?
by Jeff Herr
posted Jun 4 2012 5:01PM
When I was younger playing youth baseball, awards were given out at the end of every year. There were always trophies or plaque’s presented based on “effort.” The recipient was usually either one of two extremes. They were either the incredibly talented player who was dedicated and obviously had a future in the sport, or the kid that had no future and was lacking in skill but always tried hard and looked like he really wanted to succeed.
As a concept, “effort” can’t be quantified. It is completely subjective in nature and often used as a crutch to support ones argument. Over the past couple of years the Royals have taken a lot of heat when it comes to how they view and value this abstract idea. Buzz words and phrases such as “grit,” “plays the game the right way,” and “he’s a ballplayer,” get thrown around quite frequently. More often than not they come off as though they are merely excuses to justify why management likes a player even though they show no objective reason why they should be playing.
Like any subjective argument in sports, there are both sides to this coin and those that argue for each. Nobody is going to tell you that Babe Ruth was not a good baseball player or that he was overrated. But when it comes to the effort a player puts forth, that is a different story. The fact that it’s subjective only makes it more tenuous as two different people will interpret the same event in wildly different ways. This is due to a lot of factors, one of which may be how many received “effort” awards when they were children.
On Saturday, the Royals lost to the offensively hapless A’s by the score of 9-3. This marked the first time the A’s have scored more than 6 runs since May 11th and only the third time all season. The A’s as a team are batting .209 so far on the season. A number so bad that, if it were to continue for the full season, would be much worse than even the poorest of the poor Royals teams we have seen over the last 20 years.
Such an offensively anemic team is certain to break out at least a few times during the season. Even a historically bad offense is going to put up some solid run totals; such is the law of averages over a 162 game season. Even so, the nine runs they did score was a bit misleading. While the A’s were able to break out slightly against Luke Hochevar, they got some additional from the Royals that could be related to effort.
Hochevar unraveled in the top of the 5th inning as he’s wont to do. Part of the unraveling involved a somewhat suspect play by Jarrod Dyson in that inning. While Hochevar had already done enough damage on his own to be removed in favor of Tim Collins, there was still more damage to be done.
After Yeonis Cespedes reached first base on a single, former Royal fan favorite Kila Ka’aihue laced a double in deep center field. Dyson labored over to the ball, not thinking Cespedes would try to go home, and when he did Dyson botched the transition and another run scored for the A’s.
More came in the top of the eighth inning. After Kurt Suzuki reached on a walk Cliff Pennington hit a hard grounder to second base. Oft beleaguered Yuniesky Betancourt chose to play the ball to his side instead of getting his body in front (sometimes referred to as an “ole” move). Betancourt was not able to field it cleanly and the ball ricocheted off his glove into short right field. No doubt disappointed in himself and thinking that the runners were content with their free bases, he jogged after the ball not even looking at the runners.
The runners chose to advance another base before the ball was retrieved. The very next better hit a line drive single to center field and both of those players ended up scoring. The runs were unearned and likely could have been prevented.
Display’s like this often cause fan outrage and this was most definitely the case in the Royals twitter verse. People lamenting on the lack of effort of some of the Royals players and going further to call their commitment into question by saying they look as though they “don’t even care.” Just as these remarks were being thrown out, the other side of the coin sprang up as well.
The idea being that “effort” and “looking like a player cares” are overrated, in large part due to the subjective nature of how they are measured. Often times a player’s attitude can translate into them looking like they lack effort, regardless of whether or not that appears to be true. As subjective as that topic is, it opens itself up to a lot of biases. Many people will also bring up the idea that most people don’t give 100% of their job every day. As a result, the idea of effort is overrated and we can’t expect major league baseball players to a higher standard than we hold ourselves in our everyday lives.
Taking a step back, it appears that both sides may be missing the point, if ever so slightly. Obviously effort does matter otherwise there would be no such concept. While it is an important component of a player’s value, it does not overcome a lack of skill. No matter how much effort Chris Getz puts forth he will always be an average second baseman at best. Whereas, Albert Pujols can put forth 75% of his true ability in effort and still be a legitimate all-star.
On the other side, I don’t believe it’s unfair to hold an athlete to a higher standard than we do in our everyday lives. While I don’t know how hard everyone works, it seems that not giving 100% every day of their lives to their jobs is probably an accurate statement. However, if we are to admit that, it also bears mentioning that the majority of us aren’t even close to the best at what we do, and probably get compensated accordingly. A financial analyst at a local bank will get paid a certain amount. An investment banker at a large investment banking firm, supposedly the elite of that profession, will get paid considerably more. The more “elite” you are from a talent level, the higher your compensation, and the more is expected of you. If Betancourt was playing for an independent league team and making less than $100k I would be less inclined to care about how he runs after his booted ball. Since he is making $2M and plays for the Royals, I care a bit more.
While no trophies are handed out for “effort” at the major league level, there is a reason for that. A high level of effort is expected and paid for. In a hypercompetitive culture like professional sports, if you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse. Effort can’t replace skill but it most certainly means it’s won’t diminish. It’s overrated as a substitute for talent, but is and always will an integral part of a player’s value. It does not define a player, but they often only hurt themselves when they don’t give all that they can. As sports fans, we deserve that much.Tags : Topics : SportsSocial : SportsPeople : Albert Pujols, Chris Getz, Cliff Pennington, Jarrod Dyson, Jeff Herr, Kurt Suzuki, Luke Hochevar, Tim Collins, Yuniesky BetancourtBack To Blog<< Previous PostNext Post >> 06/04/2012 5:10PM Jeff Herr: Is Effort Worth the Effort? Please Enter Your Comments Below 06/07/2012 12:51PM yes I don't have people paying a good chunk of money to come watch me do what I do while at work. No, hardly any of us put 100% into our job 100% of the time, but we're not getting paid millions of dollars and being watched by, in the Royals' case, a few thousand people. Your comparison of ballplayers at "work" vs. us average joes at work is kind of an apples to oranges comaprison in my opinion. As for the deal of every kid playing some kind of sport, or being in some kind of activity, being awarded a participation ribbon at the very least...that's a bad deal. You made the point that no effort awards are handed out at the major-league level. Well, no effort/participation awards are handed out in life, in general, either. If you don't do your job, you become unemployed. Your boss doesn't give you a participation award or does he/she usually compliment your effort either. Point being, this whole thing of handing out end of the season awards or ribbons to each and every kid is just one of many small examples of how we're raising a bunch of kids who feel entitled and have a sense of not having to put forth their best effort in society as a whole. 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Micro-USB was introduced in 2007, and by 2009 was accepted by the vast majority of cell phone manufacturers as the standard mode of connection. Micro-USB is somewhat smaller than its mini counterpart (1.8 x 6.8 mm), and is also rated for higher transfer speeds.
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Charging Ports and Connections
Since it's introduction in the mid 1990's, USB (Universal Serial Bus) has become the standard mode of connection for a host of consumer electronics, mobile phones being no exception. The reasoning is simple; USB allows for the transfer of both data and power, often simultaneously, so a single port will take care of all of the major transfer requirements of a phone. While plug size and shape varies, USB cables almost always feature the same receptacle:
Many phones manufactured in the last decade feature Mini-USB connections. Mini-USBs are approximately 3 x 7 mm in size and have recently fallen out of favor among manufacturers.
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Charging Pads
Relatively new among charging technologies are charging pads (commonly known as Powermats), which employ wireless energy transfer technology to eliminate the need for wires and efficiently charge a number of devices simultaneously. Charging pads also tend to include a mechanism that cuts off the transfer of energy once a battery has reached full capacity, so you won't need to worry about overcharging your devices. In the next few years, charging pads will likely begin appearing in a number of automobiles, eliminating the need for conventional chargers and potentially increasing the number of devices that may be charged simultaneously. Of course, until then, standard car chargers provide a simple way charging on the go. Car chargers are available in specific and universal models, and those designed for USB charging devices often feature a removable cable, allowing for easy substitution and broad compatibility.
Portable Chargers and Charging Cases
Also relatively new are charging cases--smart cases designed with built-in battery technology to both increase the life of your phone's battery as well as prevent capacity loss from over- and under-charging. Portable chargers, too, offer a simple way of adding to your phone's life when you're travelling or simply too busy to plug it in. Typically small and lightweight, they charge through the same mechanism as your phone, and often store enough energy to more than double your phone's life.
For those who really don't want to rely on a typical electrical connection to keep their phone alive, solar chargers offer another creative charging solution. Solar chargers feature one or more small solar panels, typically attached via a dock, that collect and store energy garnered from sunlight. Solar chargers can, for this reason, provide a sustainable source of energy for those who need to stay connected on trips deep into the wilderness, or for anyone looking to save a little on energy costs. 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Expertise in Context: Human and Machine
Edited by Paul J. Feltovich, Kenneth M. Ford, and Robert R. Hoffman
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Computerized "expert systems" are among the best known applications of artificial intelligence. But what is expertise? The nature of knowledge and expertise, and their relation to context, is the focus of active discussion — even controversy — among psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, and other cognitive scientists. The questions reach to the very foundations of cognitive theory — with new perspectives contributed by the social sciences. These debates about the status and nature of expert knowledge are of interest to and informed by the artificial intelligence community — with new perspectives contributed by "constructivists" and "situationalists." The twenty-three essays in this volume discuss the essential nature of expert knowledge, as well as such questions such as how "expertise" differs from mere "knowledge," the relation between the individual and group processes involved in knowledge in general and expertise in particular, the social and other contexts of expertise, how expertise can be assessed, and the relation between human and computer expertise.
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Feb 1, 2004 Table of ContentsCorrectionAm Fam Physician. 2004 Feb 1;69(3):494.
The editorial “Clinical Inquiries from the Family Practice Inquiries Network” (December 15, 2003, page 2340) contained an error in the description of the network's online database of clinical answers. The database is accessible to member institutions of the network, rather than to paid subscribers.
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Mar 1, 2007 Table of ContentsTips from Other JournalsOpen Access Scheduling Improves Well-Child CareAm Fam Physician. 2007 Mar 1;75(5):716-718.
Background: Difficulties in scheduling appointments results in an immunization rate lower than the goal established by Healthy People 2010 (i.e., 90 percent vaccination rate among children 19 to 35 months of age). Parents report that failure to get timely appointments has a negative impact on their ability to get care for their infants. Open access scheduling was developed in an attempt to provide care at the time of need, allowing for acute and well-child care in a timely fashion. Its use has been shown to decrease missed appointments and improve continuity of care and patient satisfaction. However, there are no studies that look at the effect of open access scheduling on infant well-child care visits. O'Conner and colleagues evaluated the effect of open access scheduling on missed appointments and on-time immunization rates.
The Study: The study was performed in the children's clinic of a large community health center where most patients were uninsured or had Medicaid. Ten clinicians and 878 infants were included in the study. For two months before changing the scheduling to open access (baseline period), researchers recorded missed appointments and immunizations for all infants scheduled for two-, four-, or six-month well-child care visits. At the start of open access scheduling, clinicians were divided into four groups based on various factors (e.g., sessions worked per week, education, Spanish-language fluency). In each of these groups, one half of the clinician's patients were randomized to an open access future-visit group, and the other half were put into an open access same-day group.
In the same-day group, parents were given a card notifying them which week they should call for a well-child visit and instructing them to call for an appointment the week it was needed. In the future-visit group, parents scheduled appointments before leaving the clinic. The open access scheduling system kept 50 to 75 percent of the appointments open until the beginning of the day. Parents in both groups who missed appointments were called or sent a postcard to remind them of the need for a well-child care visit. The main outcome measures included missed appointment rates, on-time immunization rates, and continuity of care.
Results: The open access scheduling groups had a significant reduction in missed appointments compared with baseline: decreases were 50 percent in the same-day group and 30 percent in the future-visit group. At the end of the study, the on-time immunization rate for patients older than five months in the open access groups was 74 percent; this represented a significant increase from the baseline rate. The percentage of patients being coded as having perfect continuity of care (i.e., having two or more well-child visits with the same clinician) was lower in the same-day group (60 percent) compared with the future-visit group (75 percent), but this was because of differences in clinicians between the two groups, not scheduling technique.
Conclusion: The authors conclude that open access scheduling can increase on-time immunization rates and decrease the number of missed appointments for well-child care visits. They add that open access scheduling improves overall health care access for infants in this population.KARL E. MILLER, M.D.
O'Conner ME,
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Millions have found their spiritual hunger satisfied by William P. Young's #1 New York Times bestseller, The Shack--the story of a man lifted from the depths of despair through his life-altering encounter with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Now C. Baxter Kruger's THE SHACK REVISITED guides readers into a deeper understanding of these three persons to help readers have a more profound connection with the core message of The Shack--that God is love.An early fan of The Shack and a close friend to its author, Kruger shows why the novel has been enthusiastically embraced by so many Christians worldwide. In the words of William P. Young from the foreword to THE SHACK REVISITED, "Baxter Kruger will stun readers with his unique cross of intellectual brilliance and creative genius as he takes them deeper into the wonder, worship, and possibility that is the world of The Shack."
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| « Back to BlogEvilButters's BlogJourney 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) review02/09/12 at 10:02 AM by EvilButters
*This does contain some minor spoilers*
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth; you know that movie with Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem, and director Eric Brevig all of which didn't return for the sequel. Fraser didn't want to return unless Brevig was back in the director's chair, but Brevig had his hands full with Yogi Bear when Warner Bros was ready to go for the sequel. So Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore director Brad Peyton stepped in and we have an entirely new cast other than Josh Hutcherson, which includes the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzm�n, and Vanessa Hudgens. The result is a visual effects heavy amalgamation of corny dialogue and forced feel-good moments.
Journey 2 was actually preceded by a new 3D computer animated Looney Tunes short entitled "Daffy's Rhapsody." A quick trivia note is that they actually dug through the archives and resurrected a Mel Blanc audio track to be featured in the short. So the legendary voice actor is back as Daffy Duck and Billy West steps in as Elmer Fudd. The short itself was very well done since it was brilliantly animated and made full use of the 3D technology. As a Looney Tunes fan, it was a welcome change of pace to see Daffy actually being Daffy again. I'm a huge Daffy Duck fan and while his run-ins with Bugs Bunny are hilarious Daffy eventually became second fiddle to Bugs and evolved into this greedy goofball. In earlier shorts, he was flat out crazy and that personality fit him best. It's almost as if the character is returning to his roots here. Also, when is the last time you saw Elmer Fudd hunt solely Daffy Duck without Bugs being involved at all? I was very pleased with Daffy's Rhapsody over all, especially in comparison to the recent 3D Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner shorts.
Returning to Journey 2 though, the movie immediately lost me in the opening credits as the score seemed to disrespectfully rip-off the famous theme to Jurassic Park. It doesn't take long for the corny dialogue to slap you in the face either. The phrase, "Here we go," should never be uttered in the face of danger or at all really. From the HDTV line to pretty much everything Gabby (Luis Guzm�n) says throughout their endless string of adventures, Journey 2 will have you rolling your eyes and facepalming yourself more often than you can count. Characters seem to repeat words over and over again, as well. Dwayne Johnson is the guiltiest of this as his dialogue is pretty painful at times. Shall we bring up "thundercookie" or the "popping the pecs" scene that was only thrown in there for a cheap 3D effect?
Maybe it's because a Looney Tunes short was attached to the movie, but Journey 2 certainly borrowed from classic Looney Tunes shorts on more than one occasion. When they first arrive on the island, Gabby thinks he's been cut in half but it turns out the lower half of his body is just buried beneath the sand. This sequence is awfully reminiscent of a scene in "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" and this scene in particular. Gabby also discovers a rock made of pure gold and essentially has almost an identical reaction as Bugs Bunny in "Barbary Coast Bunny." Even the camera placement is similar, so it had to be done on purpose. It honestly felt more like blasphemy than homage though.
I guess the hip thing to do with movies anymore is to make the majority of the cast as intolerable as possible, especially when it comes to family features. Nearly every male in the Anderson family is a snarky, smart aleck, prick; Michael Caine and Josh Hutcherson being the sole offenders. Alexander (Caine) already looks to have raided Indiana Jones' wardrobe and even uses that familiar sounding Jurassic Park-like theme when he first shows up. He spends the entire movie ripping on Hank (Dwayne Johnson). Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens) is the same way though in the way she gives Sean (Hutcherson) the cold shoulder, so maybe the aim was to write everyone like a seventeen year old girl. Meanwhile, Dwayne Johnson tries to cram as much of his The Rock personality into a PG persona as he can and even sings a little number that is actually pretty darn good.
Journey 2 relies on slow-mo to drive all of its biggest moments home and thanks to movies like 300 has made it all the more obvious in the movies that have followed suit. Even though the entire adventure is basically a race against time, it's like the characters always make time to try and be witty or funny or clever. It just rubs you the wrong way. "Quit standing around in the dark trying to amuse yourself and get out of that damn cave before it collapses on your scrawny butt," you'll say to yourself before throwing the nearest toddler at the screen in frustration. If that isn't the case, they manage to cram these family, touchy-feely moments in at the most inopportune time. "I know you're about to wrestle a giant electric eel, but I just want you to know that me being a hard headed douchebag towards you this entire time was my way of saying I love you." There's more than one comment about being killed after they die, as well. "If we die out there, mom is going to kill us." "If we get ripped to shreds, I'm going to kill you." But you'll already be dead, so who cares? And apparently, being in the Navy means you automatically become "MacGyver." If that's the case, send me a brochure.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island wasn't quite as terrible as I expected it to be. A few of the jokes are mildly amusing and some of the special effects sequences are actually pretty entertaining. In the long run though, it still can't pass as a good film. Its lame humor gets on your last nerve, its feel-good moments make you want to gag, you can tell that everything was done in front of a green screen, and the writing is downright terrible the majority of the time (�THE LIQUEFICATION RATE TRIPLED OVERNIGHT!�). Why did Sean know so much about the island to begin with? Did he read the books over and over again throughout his childhood? Did he watch a lot of National Geographic and the Discovery Channel? Imagine taking a few of the halfway entertaining sequences from the original National Treasure and combining them with the absolute worst moments from the Land of the Lost film starring Will Ferrell and you have a pretty good idea of what you're in for. In the next movie, I only hope that Brendan Fraser returns and challenges The Rock to a wrestling match...IN SPACE!
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Over twenty five years after the fact and Maverick has become a drunk who makes hasty decisions under the influence, Goose has become a bit more reckless and still puts women before anything else, and Iceman's role has been reduced significantly as his smug arrogance is only felt in a handful of lines. What's that you say? Red Tails isn't the urban retelling of Top Gun? Well, you could have fooled me. It's not that it makes much difference though. No matter how you look at it, Red Tails doesn't really have much of anything to offer.
At the peak of World War II, African American pilots are considered the lowest of the low. They're considered to be incapable of performing their tasks to their country to the fullest and are given leftover missions that don't even qualify as scraping the bottom of the barrel. The Tuskegee training program is no different as the entire squadron is mostly reduced to shooting down trucks, trains, and perhaps a cow every now and then. That is until Colonel A.J. Bullard (Terrence Howard) succeeds in letting the higher ups give his men a chance and they take full advantage of the opportunity.
Red Tails feels really cheesy as soon as that quote is shown in the opening scene. The movie has a $58 million budget, but it certainly doesn't feel that way considering the opening credits. The amalgamation of planes ripping through the sky and tearing each other to pieces feels like a distraction or a cover up for the rest of your senses. Try to pay attention to the credits, how plain they are, and how cheap they look. That along with the score that feels like it was ripped straight out of a stereotypical action film from the 90s doesn't really seem like the type of tone they were going for here. The acting isn't much better as stiffness and monotony seem to be what they were aiming for. 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Alice Street Todd Gilbert of Worcester MA
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GILBERT, Alice Street Todd9, (Jehiel8, Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 23, 1853, married March 30, 1876, Charles W. Gilbert, of West Brookfield, Mass. He was the proprietor of the Gilbert Loom Company. They lived in Worcester, Mass.
I. Alice Ruth, b. April 27, 1866.
II. Louis Douglass, b. Sept. 5, 1878.
MLA Source Citation:Todd, George Iru. Todd Family in America. Gazette Printing Company. 1920. AccessGenealogy.com. Web. 16 April 2014. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/genealogy/alice-street-todd-gilbert-of-worcester-ma.htm - Last updated on Dec 18th, 2012
Louisa Ann Todd Richards of Worcester MARICHARDS, Louisa Ann Todd8, (Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 2, 1834, in Hinsdale, N. H., died April 8, 1870, in Worcester, Mass., married April 8, 1863, Seth Richards, of Worcester, Mass., who was born Nov. 21, 1828. He was an instructor of music, also a singer...
Jehiel Todd of Worcester MAJehiel Todd8, (Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 4, 1818, in Hinsdale, N. H., he was twice married, first, Oct. 7, 1840, Melissa Hildreth, who was born Feb. 4, 1818, in Chesterfield, N. H., died May 28, 1843, in Hinsdale, N. H. He married second, Jan. 1,...
Abigail Todd GilbertGILBERT Abigail Todd3, (Samuel2, Christopher1) born Jan. 27, 1689, died Nov. 19, 1731, married May 28, 1712, Sergt. John Gilbert, who died July 8, 1713. Child: I. John, b. Sept. 1, 1713....
Lucy Todd Gilbert of New YorkGILBERT, Lucy Todd7, (Chauncey6, Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Oct. 30, 1813, died Oct. 31, 1891, married June 8, 1835, Norris Gilbert, who was born Sept. 9, 1811, died Aug. 12, 1877. She lived on a farm near Morris, N. Y., after her marriage, until the death of her...
Sarah Todd GilbertGILBERT, Sarah Todd3, (Michael2, Christopher1) born Nov. 2, 1698, married Dec. 21, 1719, Daniel Gilbert, who was born Nov. 15, 1697, died 1753. Children: I. Daniel, b. Nov. 12, 1720. II. Matthew, b. Feb. 21, 1721-22; m. Bethiah Todd, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Ives) Todd. For children and ancestry...
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Nabedache Tribe
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Given: Surname: Nabedache (Nä-bai-dä-che, said to be a fruit resembling the blackberry. Gatschet says the archaic name of the tribe was Wawadishe, from witish, ‘salt’; Joutel[1] corroborates this by saying that Naoudiche means ‘salt’, and that the village bearing this name was so called because of the salt supply near by). One of the 12 or more tribe, of the Hasinai, or southern Caddo confederacy. They spoke the common language of the group. Their main village stood for a century or more 3 or 4 leagues west of Neches river and near Arroyo San Pedro, at a site close to the old San Antonio road, which became known as San Pedro. This name clung to the place throughout the 18th century, and seems still to cling to it, since San Pedro creek and the village of San Pedro, in Houston County, Texas, are in the same general vicinity as old San Pedro. In 1687 a well-beaten path led past this village to the Hasinai hunting grounds beyond the Brazos[2]. It perhaps became apart of the later San Antonio road.
The Nouadiche mentioned by Bienville in 1700[3] and the Amediche mentioned by La Harpe in 1719[4] are clearly the Nabedache of San Pedro. Joutel[5] tells us that the Naodiche village, which he passed through some 15 leagues north east of San Pedro, was allied to the latter, and it seems probable that it belonged to the same tribe. The Naouydiche mentioned by La Harpe in 1719, however, are not so easily identified with the Nabedache, since he associates them with the Tonkawa, calls them a wandering tribe which until La Salle’s coining had been at war with the Kadohadacho, and on the same page mentions the Amediche apparently as a distinct tribe[6]. Yet the facts that the “great chief” of the Naouydiches, of whom La Harpe writes, spoke the language of the Nassonites, i. e., Caddoan, and that the Nouadiche of Bienville’s account were the Nabedache male it probable that those of La Harpe’s account were the same people. Concerning the Nabedache of San Pedro, always in historic times the chief village of the tribe, the information is relatively full and satisfactory. They are the first Texas tribe of which there is a definite account, and because of their location on the western frontier of the Hasinai group and on the, highway from Mexico to Louisiana they are frequently mentioned during the 18th century. La Salle passed through this village in 1686 on his way to the southern Nasoni, and by “the great Coenis village” of Douay’s account of this expedition is meant specifically the Nabedache village west of Neches river and the Neche village just on the other side[7]. Joutel’s description of the Cenis (Hasinai) , as distinguished from the southern Nasoni and the Kadohadacho is based on his sojourn at the Nabedache and Neche villages[8]; likewise Jesus Marfa’s invaluable account of the Hasinai was written at his mission near the Nabedache village[9].
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Starting a Wellness Program in Your Company
By Anne RosivachWith health insurance expenses expected to continue to rise, employers are looking for wellness programs that can potentially reduce the cost of health care to both the employer and the employee. Employers benefit because healthy employees are more productive; employees gain because their out-of-pocket costs are reduced. A recent Benefits Advisors Network (BAN) [1] webinar emphasized the importance of comprehensive wellness programs. "A lot of us are very well meaning. For years, health risk assessments and biometrics screenings have been the core of wellness programs. Certainly, it's important to set some metrics we can track over time, BUT we have to make sure we're not putting all of our eggs into the assessment basket and not leaving anything for actual interventions." Successful programs begin with a buy-in at the top and leverage all resources within a company. Success is dependent on the continuing commitment of the employer and employees. Regular screening, combined with intervention where appropriate; changes in culture and workplace policies; and small incentives all contribute to successful programs in both large and small companies. Program Design Comprehensive, effective programs incorporate the following design features:Health advocacyCare coordinationCase managementConsumer-driven plansHealth risk assessmentValue-based benefit designs Wellness programs should also include: Occupational health, such as health screenings and case managementEmployee counseling and assistance, with an emphasis on prevention as well as treatmentCrisis intervention Ongoing support groupsAftercare treatmentOn-site health facilities Appropriate InterventionsFollowing up on health risk screenings is an important feature of any wellness program. Health education, supportive environments, and linkage to other employee support services are all appropriate follow-up interventions. Programs should also determine the needs and interests of employees through surveys, focus groups, or a wellness advisory team. Wellness involves behavior change, webinar speakers said. "We have to realize our limitations in the complex area of behavior change. We can lead a horse to water, or lead an employee to a program, but we really can't force behavior change upon him or her. The individual must be willing." Among others, a supportive environment that encourages healthy behavior includes: A smoke-free policyOn-site food resources On-site catering policiesQuiet space or a stress-break stationOn-site medical clinicsA release time policy IncentivesCultural and behavioral changes can be set in motion by using some common incentive approaches. In fact, 46 percent of employees in companies that offer incentives complete health risk assessments versus 19 percent of employees who are not offered incentives. Small financial incentives, in the range of $40-$60 per month, can generate short-term behavior changes in many participants. Behavior changes could be relatively simple, such as an employee completing a health risk assessment or biometric screening. Financial incentives also appear to be effective in encouraging participation in health coaching and to engage in worksite activities and team challenges. Where major behavior changes are required, however, financial incentives show only a short-term effect. Other common incentive approaches include special employee recognition programs or reduced health insurance deductibles or co-pays. Wellness-specific performance goals could be tied in with reviews and merit increases. Incentives alone do not lead to internal changes, such as deciding to change one's diet or exercise more, and they may not be a practical tactic for sustained improvements in population health. Healthy behaviors result from a commitment to a comprehensive approach that balances screening, interventions, and a supportive environment. Related articles:Employers, Employees, and Even Society Benefit from Office Wellness Programs [2]Wellness Programs Pay Off in Lowering Health Care Costs [3]On-site Health Clinics and Wellness Centers Provide Health and Savings [4] Source URL: http://www.accountingweb.com/article/starting-wellness-program-your-company/219795
Links:[1] http://www.benefitadvisorsnetwork.com/
[2] http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/fitness/employers-employees-and-even-society-benefits-office-wellness-programs
[3] http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/fitness/wellness-programs-pay-lowering-health-care-costs
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Lauderdale County was created by an act of an Alabama Territorial Legislature, February 6, 1818, and named for Col. James Lauderdale, of Tennessee who served with General John Coffee and Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812. He was killed in an attack on the British below New Orleans in 1814.
This territory was originally claimed by both the Chickasaws and the Cherokee Indians. The state of Georgia, in 1785, created the county of Houston comprising all land in Alabama north of the Tennessee River. Eighty Tennesseans settled at Muscle Shoals, elected a representative to Georgia's Legislature and then disbanded within two weeks time because of the war-like attitude of the Chickasaws.
Lauderdale County was one of the first counties settled by white people in this state, the immigrants coming from Virginia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. The region around Muscle Shoals was highly attractive to immigrants. Five weeks after the creation of Lauderdale County a group of men from Huntsville organized what they called 'The Cypress Land Company' and purchased 5,515 acres of land with the Tennessee River as the southern border. The county contains 708 square miles with 100 miles of waterfront on the Tennessee River as its southern boundary. James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Coffee, James Jackson, John McKinley, Thomas Bibb and General John Brahm were the more famous of the stockholders, and this constituted Lauderdale County's first 'land boom'. The company advertised in a paper published at Florence in 1818 that, "at the lower end of Muscle Shoals there must, in the natural course of things, spring up one of the largest commercial towns in the interior of the southwestern section of the union."
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Florence, the county seat, was laid out in 1816; General Andrew Jackson and ex-president James Madison were among those who owned lots in Florence. A young Italian engineer surveyed the purchased land and laid out a city which he named Florence after his own native city, thus Florence is known as the 'Renaissance'.
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Adult Manifestations of Childhood Sexual Abuse
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Number 498, August 2011(Reaffirmed 2013)Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women
This information should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed.PDF FormatAdult Manifestations of Childhood Sexual AbuseABSTRACT: Long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse are varied, complex, and often devastating. Many obstetrician-gynecologists knowingly or unknowingly provide care to abuse survivors and should screen all women for a history of such abuse. Depression, anxiety, and anger are the most commonly reported emotional responses to childhood sexual abuse. Gynecologic problems, including chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, vaginismus, nonspecific vaginitis, and gastrointestinal disorders are common diagnoses among survivors. Survivors may be less likely to have regular Pap tests and may seek little or no prenatal care. Obstetrician-gynecologists can offer support to abuse survivors by giving them empowering messages, counseling referrals, and empathic care during sensitive examinations.
Women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse often present with a wide array of symptoms. Frequently, the underlying cause of these symptoms is unrecognized by both the physician and patient. The obstetrician-gynecologist should have the knowledge to screen for childhood sexual abuse, diagnose disorders that are a result of abuse, and provide support with interventions. Adult childhood sexual abuse survivors disproportionately use health care services and incur greater health care costs compared with adults who did not experience abuse (1). Definitions
Child sexual abuse is defined as any sexual activity with a child where consent is not or cannot be given. This includes sexual contact that is accomplished by force or threat of force, regardless of the age of the participants, and all sexual contact between an adult and a child, regardless of whether there is deception or the child understands the sexual nature of the activity. Sexual contact between an older child and a younger child also can be abusive if there is a significant disparity in age, development, or size, rendering the younger child incapable of giving informed consent. The sexually abusive acts may include sexual penetration, sexual touching, or noncontact sexual acts such as exposure or voyeurism (2). Legal definitions vary by state; however, state guidelines are available by using the Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state). Prevalence
Although the exact prevalence is unknown, it is estimated that 12-40% of children in the United States experience some form of childhood sexual abuse. Shame and stigma prevent many survivors from disclosing abuse. Incest, once thought to be rare, occurs with alarming frequency (3). Survivors come from all cultural, racial, and economic groups (4). Approximately one in five women has experienced childhood sexual abuse (4). From 2006 to 2008, among females aged 18-24 years who had sex for the first time before age 20 years, 7% experienced nonvoluntary first sex (5). Twelve percent of girls in grades 9-12 reported they had been sexually abused; 7% of girls in grades 5-8 reported sexual abuse. Of all girls who experienced sexual abuse, 65% reported that the abuse occurred more than once, 57% reported that the abuser was a family member, and 53% reported that the abuse occurred at home (6). Sequelae
Symptoms or behavioral sequelae are common and varied. More extreme symptoms can be associated with abuse onset at an early age, extended or frequent abuse, incest by a parent, or use of force. Common life events, like death, birth, marriage, or divorce may trigger the return of symptoms for a childhood sexual abuse survivor. The primary aftereffects of childhood sexual abuse include the following: Emotional reactions
Emotions such as fear, shame, humiliation, guilt, and self-blame are common and lead to depression and anxiety. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress
Survivors may experience intrusive or recurring thoughts of the abuse as well as nightmares or flashbacks. Distorted self-perception
Survivors often develop a belief that they caused the sexual abuse and that they deserved it. These beliefs may result in self-destructive relationships. Physical Effects Chronic and diffuse pain, especially abdominal or pelvic pain (1), lower pain threshold (7), anxiety and depression, self-neglect, and eating disorders have been attributed to childhood sexual abuse. Adults abused as children are four to five times more likely to have abused alcohol and illicit drugs (8). They are also twice as likely to smoke, be physically inactive, and be severely obese (8). Sexual Effects Disturbances of desire, arousal, and orgasm may result from the association between sexual activity, violation, and pain. Survivors are more likely to have had 50 or more intercourse partners, have had a sexually transmitted infection, and engage in risk-taking behaviors that place them at risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (8, 9). Early adolescent or unintended pregnancy and prostitution are associated with sexual abuse (10, 11). Gynecologic problems, including chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, vaginismus, and nonspecific vaginitis, are common diagnoses among survivors (12-14). Survivors may be less likely to have regular Pap tests and may seek little or no prenatal care (15). Interpersonal Effects Adult survivors of sexual abuse may be less skilled at self-protection. They are more apt to accept being victimized by others (15, 16). This tendency to be victimized repeatedly may be the result of general vulnerability in dangerous situations and exploitation by untrustworthy people. Obstetrician-Gynecologist Screening for Sexual Violence
With recognition of the extent of family violence, it is strongly recommended that all women be screened for a history of sexual abuse (15, 17). Patients overwhelmingly favor universal inquiry about sexual assault because they report a reluctance to initiate a discussion of this subject (18). Following are some guidelines: Make the question "natural." When physicians routinely incorporate questions about possible sexual abuse, they will develop increased comfort (19). Normalize the experience. Physicians may offer explanatory statements, such as: "About one woman in five was sexually abused as a child. Because these experiences can affect health, I ask all my patients about unwanted sexual experiences in childhood" (19). Give the patient control over disclosure. Ask every patient about childhood abuse and rape trauma, but let her control what she says and when she says it in order to keep her emotional defenses intact (19). If the patient reports childhood sexual abuse, ask whether she has disclosed this in the past or sought professional help. Revelations may be traumatic for the patient. Listening attentively is important because excessive reassurance may negate the patient's pain. The obstetrician-gynecologist should consider referral to a therapist. The examination may be postponed until another visit. Once the patient is ready for an examination, questions about whether any parts of the breast or pelvic examination cause emotional or physical discomfort should be asked. If the physician suspects abuse, but the patient does not disclose it, the obstetrician-gynecologist should remain open and reassuring. Patients may bring up the subject at a later visit if they have developed trust in the obstetrician-gynecologist. Not asking about sexual abuse may give tacit support to the survivor's belief that abuse does not matter or does not have medical relevance and the opportunity for intervention is lost (20).
Obstetrician-Gynecologist Intervention for Sexual Violence
Once identified, there are a number of ways that the obstetrician-gynecologists can offer support. These include sensitivity with the gynecologic or obstetric visit and examination in abuse survivors, the use of empowering messages, and counseling referrals. Obstetric and Gynecologic Visits and Examinations in Abuse Survivors Pelvic examinations may be associated with terror and pain for survivors. Feelings of vulnerability in the lithotomy position and being examined by relative strangers may cause the survivor to re-experience past feelings of powerlessness, violation, and fear. Many survivors may be traumatized by the visit and pelvic examination, but may not express discomfort or fear and may silently experience distress (20). All procedures should be explained in advance, and whenever possible, the patient should be allowed to suggest ways to lessen her fear. For example, the patient may desire the presence of friends or family during the examination and she has the right to stop the examination at any time. Techniques to increase the patient's comfort include talking her through the steps, maintaining eye contact, allowing her to control the pace, allowing her to see more (eg, use of a mirror in pelvic examinations), or having her assist during her examination (eg, putting her hand over the physician's to guide the examination) (20). It is important to ask permission to touch the patient. Pregnancy and childbirth may be an especially difficult time for survivors. The physical pain of labor and delivery may trigger memories of past abuse (21-23). Women with no prior conscious memories of their abuse may begin to experience emotions, dreams, or partial memories. Pregnant women who are abuse survivors are significantly more likely to report suicidal ideation and depression (7, 24). There are no consistent data regarding adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with histories of childhood sexual abuse. Positive Messages Some positive and healing responses to the disclosure of abuse include discussing with the patient that she is the victim of abuse and is not to blame. She should be reassured that it took courage for her to disclose the abuse, and she has been heard and believed (19, 20). Counseling Referrals Traumatized patients generally benefit from mental health care. The obstetrician-gynecologist can be a powerful ally in the patient's healing by offering support and referral. Efforts should be made to refer survivors to professionals with significant experience in abuse-related issues. Physicians should compile a list of experts with experience in abuse and have a list of appropriate crisis hotlines that operate in their communities. Contacting state boards of psychology or medicine can be beneficial in locating therapists who are skilled in treating victims of such trauma. Veterans' centers, battered women's shelters, and rape crisis centers often are familiar with therapists and programs that treat various types of trauma, as are many university-based counseling programs. Because of the relationship between trauma histories and alcohol and drug abuse, therapists should be skilled in working with individuals who have dual diagnoses (25). When discussing with a patient referral to a mental health professional, it is helpful to identify a specific purpose for the referral. For example, "I would like Dr. Hill to assess you to determine if your past abuse is contributing to your current health problems" is more effective than telling the survivor that her symptoms are all psychological and that she should see a therapist (26). It is important to secure the patient's express authorization before referring her to a mental health specialist, as well as helping the patient to not feel abandoned or rejected when a counseling referral is made. Conclusion
For some survivors of childhood sexual abuse, there is minimal compromise to their adult functioning. Others will experience psychologic, physical, and behavioral symptoms as a result of their abuse. An understanding of the magnitude and effects of childhood sexual abuse, along with knowledge about screening and intervention methods, can help obstetrician-gynecologists offer appropriate care and support to patients with such histories. References
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Breastfeeding: Maternal and Infant Aspects
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Number 361, February 2007(Reaffirmed 2013)Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women
Committee on Obstetric Practice
The Committees would like to thank Sharon Mass, MD, for her contributions to the development of this document. This document reflects emerging clinical and scientific advances as of the date issued and is subject to change. The information should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. PDF FormatBreastfeeding: Maternal and Infant AspectsABSTRACT: Evidence continues to mount regarding the value of breastfeeding for both women and their infants. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists strongly supports breastfeeding and calls on its Fellows, other health care professionals caring for women and their infants, hospitals, and employers to support women in choosing to breastfeed their infants. Obstetrician–gynecologists and other health care professionals caring for pregnant women should provide accurate information about breastfeeding to expectant mothers and be prepared to support them should any problems arise while breastfeeding.Research in the United States and throughout the world indicates that breastfeeding and human milk provide benefits to infants, women, families, and society. In 1971, only 24.7% of mothers left the hospital breastfeeding. Since then, breastfeeding initiation rates have been increasing because of a growing awareness of the advantages of breast milk over formula, but they have not yet reached the goal set by the U.S. Public Health Service for Healthy People 2010 (1). In 2005, 72.9% of new U.S. mothers initiated breastfeeding (2). Although this is close to the target rate of 75% in the early postpartum period, there is still a long way to go to achieve target breastfeeding rates of 50% at 6 months and 25% at 12 months (1). Improvement in breastfeeding initiation rates has been uneven as women attempt to overcome practical obstacles. Women and infants who could benefit most from breastfeeding are often within population groups (geographic, racial, economic, and educational) with low rates of breastfeeding. Education and support services can improve rates among these as well as other women. Breastfeeding education and support are an economical investment for health plans and employers because there are lower rates of illness among infants who are breastfed. Breastfeeding is the preferred method of feeding for newborns and infants. Nearly every woman can breastfeed her child. Exceptions are few and include those women who take street drugs or do not control alcohol use, have an infant with galactosemia, are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I or type II, and have active untreated tuberculosis or varicella or active herpes simplex virus with breast lesions (3, 4). The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists strongly supports breastfeeding and calls upon its Fellows, other health care professionals caring for women and their infants, hospitals, and employers to support women in choosing to breastfeed their infants. All should work to facilitate the continuation of breastfeeding in the workplace and public facilities. Health care professionals have a wide range of opportunities to serve as a primary resource to the public and their patients regarding the benefits of breastfeeding and the knowledge, skills, and support needed for successful breastfeeding (5). In addition to providing supportive clinical care for their own patients, obstetrician–gynecologists should be in the forefront of fostering changes in the public environment that will support breastfeeding, whether through change in hospital practices, through community efforts, or through supportive legislation. The advice and encouragement of the obstetrician–gynecologist during preconception, prenatal, postpartum, and interconception care are critical in making the decision to breastfeed. Good hospital practices surrounding childbirth are significant factors in enabling women to breastfeed. Health care providers should be aware that the giving of gift packs with formula to breastfeeding women is commonly a deterrent to continuation of breastfeeding (4). A professional recommendation of the care and feeding products in the gift pack is implied. For this reason, physicians may conclude that noncommercial educational alternatives or gift packs without health-related items are preferable. After discharge, the obstetrician–gynecologist's office should be a resource for 24-hour assistance, or provide links to other resources in the community. Breastfeeding problems, including breast and nipple pain, should be evaluated and treated promptly. Clinical breast examinations are recommended for breastfeeding women. If any mass or abnormality is detected, it should be fully evaluated. Contraception is an important topic for early discussion and follow-up for breastfeeding women. Women should be encouraged to consider their future plans for contraception and childbearing during prenatal care and be given information and services that will help them meet their goals. Options that should be explained in detail include nonhormonal methods, hormonal methods, and the lactational amenorrhea method. Women should be supported in integrating breastfeeding into their daily lives in the community and in the workplace to enable them to continue breastfeeding as long as possible. Maintaining milk supply depends largely on frequency and adequacy of maternal stimulation through breastfeeding and through pumping when mother and baby are separated. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that exclusive breastfeeding be continued until the infant is approximately 6 months old. A longer breastfeeding experience is, of course, beneficial. The professional objectives are to encourage and enable as many women as possible to breastfeed and to help them continue as long as possible (3, 4). Physicians' offices can set the example in encouraging and welcoming breastfeeding through staff training, office environment, awareness and educational materials, and supportive policies (3, 4). More detailed information on breastfeeding and practical strategies for support can be found in the ACOG Clinical Review "Special Report From ACOG, Breastfeeding: Maternal and Infant Aspects" and in the American Academy of Pediatrics and ACOG resource, Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians (3, 4). References
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AFA Predicts American Christians Will Be Oppressed Minority In 50 Years
Author: Stephen D. Foster Jr.
The Jim Crow Era is not a time of fond memories for African-Americans. During that period in American history, African-Americans suffered brutality at the hands of white southerners determined to keep the races separate and totally unequal. Across the South, African-Americans faced heavy discrimination. Laws were passed to keep them from voting. Business owners were allowed to ban them from being served. Many African-Americans suffered brutal violence and even lynching. Needless to say, African-Americans suffered greatly during this era. In the present day, a conservative Christian organization is predicting that within the next fifty years, Christians across the country will be treated nearly the same way.
On Wednesday, the American Family Association sent an email to its members describing what they believe is going to happen to religion in America by 2060. The email, first obtained by ThinkProgress , reads as follows:
“What will religion look like in the year 2060? Conservative Christians will be treated as second class citizens, much like African Americans were prior to civil rights legislation in the 1960s. Family as we know it will be drastically changed with the state taking charge of the children beginning at birth. Marriage will include two, three, four or any number of participants. Marriage will not be important, with individuals moving in and out of a “family” group at will. Church buildings will be little used, with many sold to secular buyers and the money received going to the government. Churches will not be allowed to discuss any political issues, even if it affects the church directly. Tax credit given to churches and non-profit organizations will cease. Christian broadcasting will be declared illegal based on the separation of church and state. The airwaves belong to the government, therefore they cannot be used for any religious purpose. We will have, or have had, a Muslim president. Cities with a name from the Bible such as St. Petersburg, Bethlehem, etc. will be forced to change their name due to separation of church and state. Groups connected to any religious affiliation will be forced out of health care. Health centers get tax money from the state, making it a violation of church and state. Get involved! Sign THE STATEMENT. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/816 | {"url": "http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/02/afa-predicts-american-christians-will-be-oppressed-minority-in-50-years/", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.addictinginfo.org", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:43:47Z", "digest": "sha1:EGYYAIGFUYV7ZKT7EPTW7LGW2JAI7SDF"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 2390, 2390.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 2390, 2665.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 2390, 5.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 2390, 17.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 2390, 0.96]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 2390, 174.2]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 2390, 0.41071429]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 2390, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 2390, 0.026653]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 2390, 0.02460277]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 2390, 0.0169144]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 2390, 0.02460277]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 2390, 0.00892857]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 2390, 0.140625]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 2390, 0.56544503]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 2390, 5.10732984]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 2390, 4.97418416]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 2390, 382.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 72, 0.0], [72, 102, 1.0], [102, 819, 1.0], [819, 1037, 0.0], [1037, 2390, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 72, 0.0], [72, 102, 0.0], [102, 819, 0.0], [819, 1037, 0.0], [1037, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 72, 11.0], [72, 102, 5.0], [102, 819, 106.0], [819, 1037, 35.0], [1037, 2390, 225.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 72, 0.02816901], [72, 102, 0.0], [102, 819, 0.0], [819, 1037, 0.01895735], [1037, 2390, 0.00605144]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 72, 0.0], [72, 102, 0.0], [102, 819, 0.0], [819, 1037, 0.0], [1037, 2390, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 72, 0.16666667], [72, 102, 0.16666667], [102, 819, 0.0348675], [819, 1037, 0.0412844], [1037, 2390, 0.02660754]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 2390, 0.86267263]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 2390, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 2390, 0.18096459]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 2390, -35.36567005]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 2390, 44.89255892]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 2390, -20.581158]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 2390, 29.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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News Briefs – September 7, 2012
Posted September 7, 2012 by Debt collection notice This is a debt collection notice for Pvt. Christopher J. Perez. All services under Perez’s name should be put on hold. All those with debts to be collected under the name of Perez or for information regarding collection, call 1st Lt. Wylie Bullock Jr., 533.5862. SVPD traffic enforcement campaign This month, the…
Posted March 8, 2012 by anradmin Hike Fort Bowie Fort Bowie commemorates its 150th Anniversary in 2012 and in observation of this historic occasion, they offer guided hikes that will focus on the chronology of events that led to the establishment of the Fort, to include the Bascom Affair and the Battle of Apache Pass. The walking distance is approximately 3…
News Briefs May 10, 2012
Posted May 10, 2012 by anradmin Range closures announced Thursday: B, C, D, G, J, K, L, R, X, V, Z, T1, T2, T3 Friday: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, R, V, Z, Saturday: B, C, D, G, M, V, Z, T1, T2, T3 Sunday: B, C, D, G, V, Z, T1, T2, T3 Monday: B,…
News Briefs – June 28, 2012
Posted June 28, 2012 by anradmin Public notice Anyone with debts owed to or by the estate of Spc. Henry Stanley III must contact Chief Warrant Officer 4 Lindsey Coleman, the Summary Court officer for the Soldier who passed away on May 13. Contact Coleman, 538.2226 or Lindsey.M.Coleman@us.army.mil. PCSing for Korea? Those leaving for Korea on a permanent change-of-station, Eighth…
FMWR – August 16, 2012
Posted August 16, 2012 by Play ‘Minute to Win It’ at Murr CC Murr Community Center will host a “Minute to Win It” game night starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Patrons 18 and older are welcome. A pay-as-you-go beer bar will be available. For more information, call 533.2404. Soldier Show set for August 19, 20 The 2012 U.S. Army Soldier…
FMWR Briefs – October 25, 2012
Posted October 25, 2012 by Halloween party set for Saturday at Murr Murr Community Center and Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers will host a Halloween party and costume contest for those 18 and older, Saturday, from 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. A live DJ will play music. Finger foods and a pay-as-you-go bar will be available. For more information, call…
Christmas parade attracts thousands at dusk, Saturday
Posted December 6, 2012 by Maranda Flynn The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9972 and the American Legion Post 52 join together in the Sierra Vista Christmas Parade on Saturday evening. Their float displayed large blow up decorations of Santa, a snowman on a motorcycle and a penguin. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion provide support for veterans and…
Forty companies to take part in FH technology expo Wednesday
Posted February 22, 2013 by Amy Sunseri The annual Fort Huachuca technology expo will showcase cyber security, video teleconferencing, encryption technology and more on Wednesday at the Thunder Mountain Activity Centre, here. The free event will have 40 companies on hand providing live demonstrations in the latest technology from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. “It’s a great buffet of technology … we…
Holocaust observance draws big crowd
Posted April 19, 2013 by Gabrielle Kuholski Several attended Fort Huachuca’s 2013 Days of Remembrance Observance on Tuesday hosted by the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca Military Equal Opportunity Team at Fitch Auditorium in Alvarado Hall. Full Story »
FMWR Briefs – June 21, 2013
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The following opinion is presented on-line for informational use only and does not replace the official version. (Mich Dept of Attorney General Web Site - www.ag.state.mi.us)
FRANK J. KELLEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Opinion No. 6597
CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
Member of board of trustees of public retirement system--member of board of directors of community economic development organization--vote on investment of pension assets in small business
INVESTMENTS:
Authority of public retirement systems to invest in stock or equity interests in small business and real estate limited partnerships
RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS:
Investment of assets in equity interests or stock in small businesses and real estate limited partnerships
Standards of care of public retirement system board of trustees making investment of assets in equity interests in small business
WORDS AND PHRASES:
"Investment fiduciary"
"Investments not otherwise qualified"
A qualified public retirement system may invest its assets or reserves in a small business benefitting the local community if it determines that the investment is in the best interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and the safety and rate of return on the proposed investment are comparable to other authorized investments available to the retirement system at the time the investment decision is made.
A member of the board of trustees of a county retirement system may vote on the question of making an authorized investment in a small business in which the member has no personal interest, even though the member serves on the board of directors of a community organization seeking to persuade the small business to locate in that community.
A board of trustees of a county retirement system is an investment fiduciary for the purposes of MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, if the county board of commissioners has granted to the board of trustees authority to invest and reinvest the assets and reserves of the county retirement system.
"Investments not otherwise qualified," as used in Sec. 20d(1) of the Act, are those types of investments which the Legislature has not otherwise specifically authorized in the Act.
A retirement system with assets of $40 million is not authorized to make a direct investment of its assets in a debt, warrant, or equity interests in a small business, but it may join with other qualified public retirement systems, other qualified pension systems, public agencies or instrumentalities, corporations or financial institutions to make the investment, provided the threshold level of assets is collectively met and the investment of such retirement system is limited as provided in MCL 38.1140a; MSA 3.981(120a).
A retirement system with assets of $40 million is not authorized to make an investment in a real estate limited partnership.
A public retirement system making an investment not permitted by MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, must divest itself of the investment within a reasonable time.
A public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million may invest in the common or preferred stock of a small business, provided the stock meets the requirements of MCL 38.1134(1)--(4); MSA 3.981(114)(1)--(4).
Honorable James A. Barcia
The Capitol
Lansing, Michigan 48909
George B. Mullison
Bay County
515 Center Avenue
Bay City, Michigan 48708
You have requested my opinion on several questions relating to the investment powers of a public retirement system with assets totalling approximately $40 million under MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq.
The first question is:
If a member of the board of trustees of a county employees' retirement system established pursuant to 1851 PA 156, MCL 46.12a; MSA 5.333(1), which board exercises discretionary authority or control in the investment of the retirement system's assets, is also a member of the board of directors of a community organization seeking to promote area economic development, is the member of the board of trustees prohibited, solely by virtue of membership on the board of directors of that community organization, from voting as a member of the board of trustees of the retirement system on a proposal to invest pension funds in a small business which has been or is being assisted to locate in the community by the community organization on local economic development?
Materials provided in connection with the opinion requests indicate that the community organization promotes economic development in the area, including seeking out financing for and sources of investment in businesses located or to be located in the area.
The membership of the board of directors of the community organization is comprised of individuals from business, labor, education, and the public sector. Information provided indicates that the individual in question serves as a member of the board of directors of the community organization and also as a trustee of the county retirement system by virtue of his office as a county commissioner and chairman of the ways and means committee of that board. The proposed investment would be in a new company which is considering locating in the county, building a new factory, and providing approximately 450 jobs for the area.
The Legislature has codified the investment authority of public retirement systems to supersede any authority previously granted to a system under any other law of this state. MCL 38.1133(1); MSA 3.981(113)(1).
The standard of care that an investment fiduciary of a public retirement system must exercise is set forth in Sec. 13(2) and (3), MCL 38.1133(2) and (3); MSA 3.981(113)(2) and (3), which provide:
"(2) The assets of a system may be invested, reinvested, held in nominee form, and managed by an investment fiduciary subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations provided in this act.
"(3) An investment fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties solely in the interest of the participants and the beneficiaries, and shall:
"(a) Act with the same care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a similar capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of a similar enterprise with similar aims.
"(b) Act with due regard for the management, reputation, and stability of the issuer and the character of the particular investments being considered.
"(c) Make investments for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants and participants' beneficiaries, and of defraying reasonable expenses of investing the assets of the system.
"(d) Give appropriate consideration to those facts and circumstances that the investment fiduciary knows or should know are relevant to the particular investment or investment course of action involved, including the role the investment or investment course of action plays in that portion of the system's investments for which the investment fiduciary has responsibility; and shall act accordingly. For purposes of this subdivision, 'appropriate consideration' shall include, but is not necessarily limited to: a determination by the investment fiduciary that a particular investment or investment course of action is reasonably designed, as part of the investments of the system, to further the purposes of the system, taking into consideration the risk of loss and the opportunity for gain or other return associated with the investment or investment course of action; and consideration of the following factors as they relate to the investment or investment course of action:
(i) The diversification of the investments of the system.
(ii) The liquidity and current return of the investments of the system relative to the anticipated cash flow requirements of the system.
(iii) The projected return of the investments of the system relative to the funding objectives of the system.
"(e) Give appropriate consideration to investments which would enhance the general welfare of this state and its citizens if those investments offer the safety and rate of return comparable to other investments permitted under this act and available to the investment fiduciary at the time the investment decision is made." (Emphasis added.)
Thus, the Legislature has required an investment fiduciary to exercise the investment authority "solely in the interest of the participants and the beneficiaries of the public retirement system" by making investments for the "exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants." The investment fiduciary must act with the care, skill, and the judgment of a prudent person and with due regard for the management, reputation and stability of the issuer after giving due consideration to the risk of loss and the opportunity for gain or return, diversification of investments of the system, liquidity of the investment relative to cash flow requirements of the system and the projected return of the investment relative to the funding objectives of the system.
Under these standards, the investment fiduciary must have "specific knowledge of the securities in which the pension fund money is invested and the relationship of each investment with the exclusive object of providing benefits to the system's participants." (Emphasis added.) House Legislative Analysis, HB 4272 (November 11, 1982).
The Legislature has also permitted the investment fiduciary to consider investments which would enhance the general welfare of this state and its citizens, but such investments may only be made if they offer comparable safety and rate of return to other permitted investments available to the fiduciary at the time of the investment decision.
It is reasonable to conclude from this that the Legislature recognized the possibility that an investment could have a two-fold benefit. First and foremost, it must benefit the participants and beneficiaries of a retirement system. Second, it can also assist the community in which the investment is made. However, the investment in a small business in the local community may be made only if the investment offers the safety and the rate of return comparable to other permitted investments available to the investment fiduciary at the time of the investment decision.
OAG, 1975-1976, No 4869, p 95, 96 (June 4, 1975), in addressing the issue of conflict of interest of a local public officer, stated:
"A conflict of interest arises when the personal interest of a public official places him in a position where he cannot execute his public duties without affecting his private interests, thus denying the public the fair, impartial and objective judgment to which it is entitled." (Emphasis added.)
Because no investment by the county retirement system is proposed to be made in the community organization promoting economic development in the county, 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 et seq; MSA 4.1700(51) et seq, which governs the conduct of county officers with respect to conflict of interest in contracts between county agencies and third persons, is not implicated.
In his office of trustee of the county retirement system, he must act in the best interest of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system. As a member of the board of directors of the community organization, he must act in the best interests of the organization. The two interests may conflict, but unless the investment in question is in a security to be issued by the community organization, it is not proscribed by existing law.
Thus, in the absence of a personal interest in a particular authorized investment, a trustee of a local retirement system who is also a director of a community organization promoting a particular business in which the retirement system desires to make an investment may vote on the question of making a permitted investment in the local business.
It is my opinion, in answer to the first question, that a qualified public retirement system may invest its assets or reserves in a small business benefitting the local community if it determines that the investment is in the best interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and the safety and rate of return on the proposed investment are comparable to other authorized investments available to the retirement system at the time the investment decision is made. It is my further opinion that a member of the board of trustees of a county retirement system may vote on the question of making an authorized investment in a small business in which the member has no personal interest, even though the member serves on the board of directors of a community organization seeking to persuade the small business to locate in that community.
The second question is:
Is the board of trustees of a public retirement system an investment fiduciary?
For purposes of MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, the term "investment fiduciary" is defined in MCL 38.1132(d); MSA 3.981(112)(d), to mean a person who does any of the following:
"(i) Exercises any discretionary authority or control in the investment of a system's assets.
"(ii) Renders for a fee investment advice for a system."
A rule enacted by the Legislature for the construction of statutes provides that the word "person" in a statute includes bodies politic, unless the intent of the Legislature is manifest that it not be so applied. MCL 8.3 and 8.31; MSA 2.212 and 2.212(1).
In establishing a county retirement plan, a county board of commissioners may empower a board of trustees, a collegial body, to administer the plan, to "invest, and reinvest the funds and reserves of the plan." MCL 46.12a(14); MSA 5.333(1)(14). A board of trustees of a county retirement plan which has been empowered to invest and reinvest the funds and reserves of the county retirement plan clearly exercises discretionary authority or control of the investment of the system's assets and, therefore, is an investment fiduciary under MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq.
It is my opinion, in answer to the second question, that a board of trustees of a county retirement system is an investment fiduciary for the purposes of MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, if the county board of commissioners has granted to the board of trustees authority to invest and reinvest the assets and reserves of the county retirement system.
The third question is:
As set forth in Sec. 20d(1) of the Act, what constitutes "investments not otherwise qualified under this act"?
Section 20d, MCL 38.1140d; MSA 3.981(120d), in pertinent part provides:
"(1) An investment fiduciary of a system having assets of more than $10,000,000.00 but less than $250,000,000.00 may invest not more than 5% of the system's assets in investments not otherwise qualified under this act, whether the investments are similar or dissimilar to those specified in this act.
"(4) If an investment described in subsection (1) is subsequently determined to be permitted under another section of this act, then the investment shall no longer be included under this section."
The Legislature has not defined the term "qualified investment" in the Act. Resort may be had to the legislative history of the Act, including bill analyses, for assistance in determining the intent of the Legislature. Luttrell v Dep't of Corrections, 421 Mich 93, 103; MSA 365 NW2d 74 (1984). House Legislative Analysis, HB 4272 (November 10, 1982), in discussing the "Basket Clause," states that the bill permits investments "in any asset not specifically authorized in the bill."
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966) defines "qualified" to mean eligible. See Holley v Adams, 238 So2d 401, 405 (Fla, 1970).
Reading subsections (1) and (4) of Sec. 20d together in light of the legislative history, it must be concluded that the term "qualified investment" means specifically authorized by the Act.
It is my opinion, in response to your third question, that "investments not otherwise qualified," as used in Sec. 20d(1), MCL 38.1140d(1); MSA 3.981(120d)(1), are those types of investments which the Legislature has not otherwise specifically authorized in the Act.
The fourth question is:
May a public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million invest in a debt, warrant, or equity interest in a small business under MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq?
Section 20a(1); MCL 38.1140a(1); MSA 3.981(120a)(1), states in pertinent part:
"Except as provided in subsection (2), an investment fiduciary of a system having assets of more than $250,000,000.00 may invest not more than 2% of a system's assets in a debt, warrant, or equity interest in a small business having more than 1/2 of the small business's assets or employees within this state, or in a debt, warrant, or equity interest in a small business investment company or venture capital firm having its principal office or more than 1/2 of its assets within this state, or the system may create, own, hold, buy, sell, operate, manage, and direct 1 or more small business investment companies or venture capital firms designed to invest in small businesses having more than 1/2 of their assets or employees within this state. An investment fiduciary may also join with a group composed of other public employee retirement systems, pension systems subject to the employee retirement income security act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1001 to 1461, financial institutions, corporations, or governmental agencies or instrumentalities to accomplish the purposes of this section."
In Sec. 20d, MCL 38.1140d; MSA 3.981(120d), the so-called "basket clause," the Legislature has, in pertinent part, provided:
"(1) An investment fiduciary of a system having assets of more than $10,000,000.00 but less than $250,000,000.00 may invest not more than 5% of the system's assets in investments not otherwise qualified under this act, whether the investments are similar or dissimilar to those specified in this act."
It is noted that both Secs. 20a(1) and 20d(1) were added at the same time by the Legislature by means of 1982 PA 55.
A plain reading of Sec. 20a(1) indicates that only those retirement systems with assets exceeding $250 million are specifically authorized to invest in a debt, warrant or equity interests of a small business. It is noted that MCL 38.1132(c); MSA 3.981(112)(c), defines the term "equity interests" to mean "limited partnership interests and other interests in which the liability of the investor is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not mean general partnership interests or other interests involving general liability of the investor." For those systems which do not meet the asset threshold of $250 million, no amount can be invested in a debt, warrant or equity interest of a small business unless the systems join a group of other qualified public retirement systems, qualified pension systems, government agencies or instrumentalities, corporations or financial institutions to meet the threshold of $250 million in making the permitted investment. Section 20d, on the other hand, permits a public retirement system with assets of $10 million or more to invest up to 5% of its assets in any investments not specifically authorized by the Act.
This reading of Secs. 20a and 20d is confirmed by a study of the legislative history of 1982 PA 55 which conferred the authority upon certain public retirement systems to make investments in small businesses. Bill analyses may be examined to ascertain and, thus, assist in giving effect to the legislative intent. Luttrell v Dep't of Corrections, supra.
Amendatory 1982 PA 55 was enacted as HB 4272. House Legislative Analysis, HB 4272 (November 10, 1982), is instructive:
Basket Clause
"The bill would allow a retirement system with $10 million or more in assets to invest up to 5% of its assets in any investments not specifically authorized in the substitute. ...
Small Business Investment
"A retirement system with more than $250 million in assets could invest up to 2 percent of assets (up to 5 percent for state-administered systems) in small businesses which have one-half of their employees or assets in this state, or in venture capital firms designed to invest in small businesses in Michigan with principal offices or more than one-half of their assets in Michigan. A system could join with other systems, government agencies, or financial institutions in making such investments. Investments in stock under this section would be counted against the limit of 60 percent of a fund's investments in stock." (Emphasis added.)
The Legislature has specifically authorized equity interest investments in small businesses, but has restricted direct investment to public retirement systems with more than $250 million in assets. See also Sec. 20d(5), MCL 38.1140d(5); MSA 3.981(120d)(5). A public retirement system with assets of $40 million is authorized to make such an investment only if it joins with other public retirement systems, qualified pension systems, government agencies or instrumentalities, corporations, or financial institutions to meet the threshold so as to make the investment. Since investments in small business is an authorized investment, Sec. 20d may not be employed by a public retirement system with assets of $40 million to make such a direct investment in small businesses.
It is my opinion, in response to the fourth question, that a retirement system with assets of $40 million is not authorized to make a direct investment of its assets in a debt, warrant, or equity interests in a small business, but it may join with other qualified public retirement systems, qualified pension systems, public agencies or instrumentalities, corporations or financial institutions to make the investment, provided the threshold level of assets is collectively met and the investment of such retirement system is limited as provided in MCL 38.1140a; MSA 3.981(120a).
The fifth question is:
Do the provisions of MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, authorize a public retirement system with assets of $40 million to invest in a real estate limited partnership?
Section 19(1), MCL 38.1139(1); MSA 3.981(11)(1), states in pertinent part:
"[A]n investment fiduciary of a system having assets of more than $250,000,000.00 may invest in, buy, sell, hold, improve, lease, or acquire by foreclosure or an agreement in lieu of foreclosure, real or personal property or an interest in real or personal property, .... The aggregate cost of investments made under this section shall not exceed 5% of the assets of the system."
The State Treasurer, as an investment fiduciary, may exceed the 5% of the assets of the system limitation.
An investment in an interest in real or personal property is a specifically authorized investment, but only public retirement systems with assets of more than $250 million may make such investments. Even though the investment is an authorized investment under the Act, a public employees retirement system with assets of $40 million may not make such an investment. Thus, since the retirement system in question has assets of only $40 million, it is precluded from making an investment in an interest in a real estate limited partnership under MCL 38.1140d; MSA 3.981(120d).
It is my opinion, in response to the fifth question, that a retirement system with assets of $40 million is not authorized to make an investment in a real estate limited partnership.
The sixth question is:
If a public retirement system has made an investment which is not permitted pursuant to the provisions of the investment act, should the system divest itself of that investment?
While the Act permits the retention of an investment initially purchased in accordance with the Act, which investment later becomes nonqualified, MCL 38.1132(e); MSA 3.981(112)(e), it is silent as to what must be done with investments which were not permitted when initially made. There is no Michigan case law on this question. Review of the common law of other states with respect to unauthorized investments by trusts in general is helpful.
It is a general rule of trust law that unless retention of an investment is authorized by the trust instrument or by statute, the trustee who receives an improper investment must dispose of that investment within a reasonable time and invest the proceeds in proper trust investments. Guaranty Trust Co of New York v Lewis, 279 NY 396; 18 NE2d 635, 637 (1939), Rigdon v Cooper, 203 Ga 547; 47 SE2d 633, 639 (1948). Ordinarily, the power of a trustee to retain investments is not different from the power of the trustee to make investments, Cameron Trust Co v Leibrandt, 229 MoApp 450; 83 SW2d 234, 235-236 (1935), and a trustee cannot retain an investment that could not properly have been initially made. Rigdon, supra.
It is my opinion, in answer to the sixth question, that a public retirement system making an investment not permitted by MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, must divest itself of the investment within a reasonable time.
The last two questions are related and will be considered together. The questions are:
7. May a board of trustees of a retirement system with assets of $40 million make an investment in the stock of a small business under Sec. 12(j)?
8. Is the investment by the board of trustees of a retirement system in a small business limited in liability to the amount not to exceed the investment pursuant to Sec. 12(c)?
MCL 38.1132(c) and (j); MSA 3.981(112)(c) and (j), provide:
"(c) 'Equity interests' means limited partnership interests and other interests in which the liability of the investor is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not mean general partnership interests or other interests involving general liability of the investor."
"(j) 'Stock' means capital stock, common stock, preferred stock, American depository receipts, or any other evidence of residual ownership of a corporation.
These definitions are mutually exclusive.
A public retirement system with assets of $40 million may invest assets or reserves of the system in the common stock or preferred stock of a small business, provided it observes the following limitations imposed by the Legislature in MCL 38.1134; MSA 3.981(114):
"(1) An investment fiduciary may invest not more than 60% of a system's assets in stock. An investment fiduciary shall not invest in more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any 1 corporation, nor invest more than 5% of a system's assets in the stock of any 1 corporation, unless otherwise provided in this act.
"(2) The stock shall be registered on a national securities exchange regulated under title I of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. 78a to 78d, 78e to 781, 78m to 78o, 78p to 78dd-1, 78ee to 78hh, and 78kk, or on the national association of securities dealers automated quotation system.
"(3) Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the stock shall have paid dividends in at least 3 of the past 5 consecutive years, and during that period aggregate net earnings shall have exceeded aggregate dividends paid.
"(4) At least 90% of all stock invested in by an investment fiduciary of a system having assets of less than $250,000,000.00 shall meet the dividend requirement in subsection (3).
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It is my opinion, in answer to your seventh question, that a public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million may invest in the common or preferred stock of a small business, provided the stock meets the requirements of MCL 38.1134(1)--(4); MSA 3.981(114)(1)--(4).
In light of the answer to the fourth question that a public retirement system with assets of $40 million may not invest in equity interests in a small business as defined in MCL 38.1132(c); MSA 3.981(112)(c), no answer to your eighth question is required.
In summary, it is my opinion that:
A. A qualified public retirement system may invest its assets or reserves in a small business benefitting the local community if it determines that the investment is in the best interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and the safety and rate of return on the proposed investment are comparable to other authorized investments available to the retirement system at the time the investment decision is made.
B. A member of the board of trustees of a county retirement system may vote on the question of making an authorized investment in a small business in which the member has no personal interest, even though the member serves on the board of directors of a community organization seeking to persuade the small business to locate in that community.
C. The board of trustees of a county retirement system empowered to invest the assets and reserves of the system is an investment fiduciary within the purview of MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq.
D. "Investments not otherwise qualified," as used in MCL 38.1140d(1); MSA 3.981(120d)(1), are those investments not specifically authorized by the Act.
E. A public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million may not make a direct investment of its assets or reserves in a debt, warrant or equity interest in a qualified small business.
F. A public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million may not invest in a real estate limited partnership.
G. A public retirement system making an investment not permitted by MCL 38.1132 et seq; MSA 3.981(112) et seq, must divest itself of the investment within a reasonable time.
H. A public retirement system with assets of approximately $40 million may invest in the common or preferred stock of a small business, provided the stock meets the requirements of MCL 38.1134(1)--(4); MSA 3.981(114)(1)--(4).
Frank J. 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Minnesota gets $677 million in stimulus funds
Posted By Tina Grady Barbaccia On October 1, 2010 @ 8:02 am In Aggbeat Online | No Comments
Construction is underway or completed on $677 million in Minnesota highway, transit, and wastewater projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. “the stimulus,” the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced on Sept. 30.
The committee released its latest periodic report on the implementation of Recovery Act transportation and infrastructure programs, and the report shows that nationally, a total of $33.9 billion has been invested in 18,365 formula projects now under construction or completed, accounting for 89 percent of the total allocation for such work.
“The transportation and infrastructure investments provided by the Recovery Act have been a tremendous success, Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the Transportation Committee, said in a written statement. “They have helped stem the tide of job losses from the worst economic crisis facing the nation since the Great Depression.This success underscores the immediate need to provide additional funding for infrastructure.”
According to the Federal Highway Administration’s formula, 34.5 direct and indirect jobs are created for each $1 million invested in road and bridge construction, which means the Recovery Act investment in Minnesota’s infrastructure has created over 23,000 jobs since the law was enacted in the spring of 2009.
“Each of those jobs represents a pay check instead of an unemployment check,” said Oberstar. “It helped families make house payments and buy groceries and, when the work is complete, Minnesota will have better roads and bridges to move goods and services more efficiently.”
National Highlights of the Report
* 19,328 highway, transit, and wastewater infrastructure projects in all 50 States, five Territories, and the District of Columbia have been put out to bid totaling $35.2 billion (93 percent of the total available formula funds for highway, transit, and wastewater infrastructure projects).
* Fifty states, five territories, and the District of Columbia have signed contracts for 18,876 projects totaling $34.4 billion (91 percent).
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Summary of Hearings on Clean Air Issues (11-11-03)
April 8, 2003: Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Hearing to Examine S. 485, the Clear Skies Act.
May 8, 2003: Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Hearing to Consider S. 485, the Clear Skies Act.
June 3, 2003: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Status of Methyl Bromide under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol.
July 8, 2003: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on The Clear Skies Initiative: A Multipollutant Approach to the Clean Air Act.
July 29, 2003: Senate Environment and Public Works Hearing about Climate, Science and the Health Effects of Mercury Emissions
November 5, 2003: House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards Hearing about the State of Science and Technology in the Mercury Emission Debate.
House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards
Hearing about the State of Science and Technology in the Mercury Emission Debate
Dr. Thomas Burke, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Dr. David Krabbenhoft, Research Scientist, United States Geological Survey
Dr. George Offen, Senior Technical Leader, Air Emission and Byproduct Management, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Mr. Ken Colburn, Executive Director, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
At this hearing on the state of science and technology surrounding the mercury debate, members of the House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards agreed that there is "compelling evidence" of the health effects of mercury contamination. The panel heard from academic, government, industry and environmental experts about the ongoing regulatory and legislative efforts to control mercury emissions from the utility industry. At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a proposed rule that for the first time will set mercury thresholds for coal- and oil-fired power plants on December 15th.
There is significant debate about how and to what extent mercury emissions should be regulated. Members learned that consumption of fish contaminated with mercury is a serious health threat. Dr. Thomas Burke, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health emphasized that mercury has been well studied and its potential harmful effects have been well documented in both human and animal studies. He also cited a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistic that 8 percent of U.S. women of childbearing age have mercury blood levels that exceed those considered safe by the EPA. This further underscored testimony the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard in July where Deborah Rice, a former EPA senior toxicologist and now an official in the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, said that low levels of methylmercury (the type of mercury that accumulates in the food chain) have been documented in men with cardiovascular disease. Once the members were satisfied that a health threat exists, they questioned whether mercury deposition is local, regional or global. At issue are the main forms of mercury emitted from smokestacks. Ionic mercury, also known as reactive gaseous mercury (RGM), oxidizes in water and deposits faster and closer to the point of emission. Elemental mercury is capable of traveling great distances before breaking down. Because utility smokestacks give off both RGM and elemental mercury, the emission affects the environment in all three ways. Dr. David Krabbenhoft, Research Hydrologist at the U. S. Geological Survey, testified regarding research in south Florida following regulation of mercury emissions from medical and municipal waste incinerators. He stated, "Over the past 5-6 years, there has been notable decline in fish mercury concentrations observed... to the level of about a 60-70% reduction in fish tissue concentration." He added that the State of Florida has concluded that this reduction is related to the incinerator mercury regulations, but stressed that more research is needed to fully understand the relationship. This seemed to confirm several studies members had read indicating that although depositions can be global, there appears to be a gradient of deposition with the highest deposition downwind and close to the source of emissions. Krabbenhoft's testimony also invited the members to debate whether slowing emissions of mercury from power plants would actually decrease the mercury levels in fish. Critics of regulation argue that there is so much mercury already in the environment (known as "legacy" mercury) that any reduction in current emission would be inconsequential. However, recent research results suggest that new mercury may be more active than old mercury, indicating that achieving reductions now would have an effect on levels in fish. Dr. Krabbenhoft's testimony about activities in south Florida further buttressed this argument. (An article on Krabbenhoft's research appeared in the August 2003 issue of Geotimes.)
The question then turned to the appropriate levels of reduction. At some plants, mercury removal rates of more than 90 percent have been shown using technologies that are primarily intended to remove other pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. However, the type of coal used largely determines the type of technology needed to remove mercury. Plants that use subbituminous coal (found in the Western U.S.) will not likely see large reductions from existing technologies and will probably have to use a new technology such as activated carbon injection. Kenneth Colburn, Executive Director of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) argued:"D | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/822 | {"url": "http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis108/cleanair_hearings_cont.html", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.agiweb.org", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:06:56Z", "digest": "sha1:JTLKGAP3PKMNJL5UZR5BYIB4R5XFE73S"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 6011, 6011.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 6011, 6056.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 6011, 16.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 6011, 19.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 6011, 0.93]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 6011, 243.7]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 6011, 0.32386364]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 6011, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 6011, 0.11370968]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 6011, 0.19495968]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 6011, 0.16774194]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 6011, 0.14657258]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 6011, 0.14657258]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 6011, 0.11370968]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 6011, 0.01975806]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 6011, 0.01612903]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 6011, 0.02096774]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 6011, 0.01704545]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 6011, 0.15340909]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 6011, 0.4277839]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 6011, 5.46857773]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 6011, 0.00094697]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 6011, 5.33532454]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 6011, 907.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 51, 0.0], [51, 212, 1.0], [212, 372, 1.0], [372, 528, 1.0], [528, 694, 1.0], [694, 820, 0.0], [820, 988, 1.0], [988, 1056, 0.0], [1056, 1137, 0.0], [1137, 1279, 0.0], [1279, 1354, 0.0], [1354, 1477, 0.0], [1477, 1576, 0.0], [1576, 2219, 1.0], [2219, 5307, 0.0], [5307, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 51, 0.0], [51, 212, 0.0], [212, 372, 0.0], [372, 528, 0.0], [528, 694, 0.0], [694, 820, 0.0], [820, 988, 0.0], [988, 1056, 0.0], [1056, 1137, 0.0], [1137, 1279, 0.0], [1279, 1354, 0.0], [1354, 1477, 0.0], [1477, 1576, 0.0], [1576, 2219, 0.0], [2219, 5307, 0.0], [5307, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 51, 8.0], [51, 212, 26.0], [212, 372, 26.0], [372, 528, 26.0], [528, 694, 27.0], [694, 820, 19.0], [820, 988, 24.0], [988, 1056, 8.0], [1056, 1137, 13.0], [1137, 1279, 20.0], [1279, 1354, 9.0], [1354, 1477, 16.0], [1477, 1576, 13.0], [1576, 2219, 95.0], [2219, 5307, 470.0], [5307, 6011, 107.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 51, 0.13043478], [51, 212, 0.05228758], [212, 372, 0.05263158], [372, 528, 0.03311258], [528, 694, 0.0310559], [694, 820, 0.04918033], [820, 988, 0.03067485], [988, 1056, 0.0], [1056, 1137, 0.0], [1137, 1279, 0.0], [1279, 1354, 0.0], [1354, 1477, 0.0], [1477, 1576, 0.0], [1576, 2219, 0.00318471], [2219, 5307, 0.00363757], [5307, 6011, 0.00290698]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 51, 0.0], [51, 212, 0.0], [212, 372, 0.0], [372, 528, 0.0], [528, 694, 0.0], [694, 820, 0.0], [820, 988, 0.0], [988, 1056, 0.0], [1056, 1137, 0.0], [1137, 1279, 0.0], [1279, 1354, 0.0], [1354, 1477, 0.0], [1477, 1576, 0.0], [1576, 2219, 0.0], [2219, 5307, 0.0], [5307, 6011, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 51, 0.09803922], [51, 212, 0.11180124], [212, 372, 0.1125], [372, 528, 0.1025641], [528, 694, 0.11445783], [694, 820, 0.0952381], [820, 988, 0.08333333], [988, 1056, 0.08823529], [1056, 1137, 0.08641975], [1137, 1279, 0.11267606], [1279, 1354, 0.12], [1354, 1477, 0.14634146], [1477, 1576, 0.18181818], [1576, 2219, 0.02488336], [2219, 5307, 0.0255829], [5307, 6011, 0.03551136]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 6011, 0.0930804]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 6011, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 6011, 0.55718035]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 6011, -273.05302896]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 6011, 15.44851652]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 6011, 32.55156445]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 6011, 48.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
How Can Theft Prevention, Reporting, and Return Filing Be Improved?
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Changing the April 15 due date, moving taxpayer information to the cloud, and allowing personal identification numbers (PINs) for taxpayers who want them were all on the table at a Thursday hearing held by the IRS Oversight Board to explore ways to combat fraud and improve tax administration. The board, composed of presidential appointees with tax, technology, or business expertise, advises the IRS on the best ways to meet taxpayer needs. Identity theft and fraud Fraud and identity theft are still rampant, according to Michael Phillips, acting principal deputy inspector general, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), who cited billions of dollars fraudulently claimed on refundable credits such as the American opportunity tax credit. The IRS recently prevented $12.1 billion of potentially fraudulent refunds from being issued, but “more work needs to be done,” he said.
Fraud comes in many forms, observed James R. White, director of tax issues for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Given its many sources, such as failure to file, underreporting, and offshore tax evasion, multiple approaches are needed. White recommended increasing third-party information reporting such as contractor service payments and revising the information reported on Form 1098-T, Tuition Statement, and on Form 1098, Mortgage Interest Statement. “A fundamental tax administration goal for combating fraud,” according to Jeffrey Porter, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee, “is establishing one point of contact within the IRS for prompt resolution of identity theft cases,” as called for by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. Currently, 21 units exist within the IRS to help victims of identity theft.
The board interrupted Porter to applaud as he began to emphasize that the IRS “should be provided with full funding” to effectively combat fraud. “We believe the Service should continue to increase the level of staffing dedicated to identity theft cases and improve its training of agency employees to ensure the proper response and assistance for identity theft victims,” Porter said. Porter said the IRS’s proposed regulations authorizing filers of certain information returns to voluntarily truncate a taxpayer’s identifying number is a positive step. In addition, Porter said, the truncation program should be extended to permit truncated Social Security numbers on all types of tax forms and returns provided to a taxpayer. The AICPA has recommended to Congress that it pass legislation so that truncated numbers could be used on Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.
Larry Gray, government liaison for the National Association of Tax Professionals, stressed that getting away from using a Social Security number was instrumental to reducing identity theft. Currently, taxpayers who were previous victims of identity theft are assigned a PIN by the IRS, but most others must furnish a Social Security number. Asked about allowing taxpayers to request a PIN, Porter said he saw no reason that it would be a problem.
Real-time tax system
Under the IRS’s proposed “real-time tax system,” if the IRS found discrepancies between a tax return and data in IRS records, such as a W-2 or Form 1099, the taxpayer would be given an opportunity to fix the problem before the IRS accepts the return. The proposal is in preliminary stages—no regulations have been developed yet. Under the current system, the IRS often matches the data as much as a year or more after the tax return has been filed and processed. The benefits of a real-time tax system make it worth exploring, panelists from various industries concurred, but it also poses some serious challenges. Bernie McKay, chairman of the Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement (CERCA), recommended that the IRS partner with the private sector to develop a cloud-based approach for such a system. The information would be automatically filled in using income information stored on the internet.
Harry Cooper, executive deputy director of South Carolina’s Department of Revenue, expressed concern that taxpayers may develop a false sense of security with data being stored in the cloud. “Security should be the first and last consideration,” he said. A security breach in South Carolina’s system involving more than 3.8 million Social Security numbers cost the state more than $20 million to fix. However, he also pointed out that a real-time system could help states with collection efforts. Lonnie Gary, representing the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA), said such a system was conceptually appealing but observed that a further compressed filing season could not be risked, noting, “We are coming off of one of the most challenging tax seasons seen in my career.” He also raised concerns about what would happen if information does not match and the return is rejected, questioning whether the IRS had the real-time customer service capacity to address that during tax season. Asked by a board member whether June 15 was a viable alternative for tax day to allow more time for the system, panelists agreed it should be discussed. “There is nothing magical about April 15,” noted Pete Isberg, president of the National Payroll Reporting Consortium. “If it’s written in stone, we have stone-carving tools,” he added.
Isberg also outlined a few options for making the current W-2 reporting system better, including quarterly reporting, now required by some states, as well as expanded e-filing, reporting information directly to the IRS rather than the Social Security Administration, and an earlier due date. “March 31 doesn’t make much sense,” he said. A
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Drug case defendant wants to withdraw guilty plea
By MIKE GELLATLY
Posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:01 a.m.
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:01 a.m. Tweet
The final defendant in a large cocaine distribution ring wants to take back his sworn guilty plea, claiming there is, in fact, a conspiracy against him.
Venson Tyrone Jones, 30, is the last of 14 defendants to be sentenced for their part in a drug conspiracy that ran from Atlanta, Ga., and through Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell and Hampton counties in South Carolina.
Set to be sentenced recently, Jones decided that he was going to ditch his well-respected attorney and attempt to withdraw a previously signed-under-oath guilty plea. Jones’ motions are two hand-written, often tangential letters, with many spelling and grammatical errors.
“My attorney Jack Swerling is working with government agents and D.A. Jay Richerson to find evidence that can prove I am innocent,” the admitted drug dealer wrote to U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Seymour.
Jones’ seems paranoid and vaguely threatens Seymour with being reported to the South Carolina Supreme Court and the White House if she does not take action in his case. Jones claims he has, “three people on the outside who have the information if anything happens to me.”
While Jones’ claims innocence in his letters, he does not attack the evidence gathered against him. He specifically references working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and also admits buying narcotics from co-conspirator Harry D. Wright, who is currently serving a 90-month sentence.
Incorrectly described as a district attorney, Julius “Jay” Ness Richardson is one of the Assistant United States Attorneys prosecuting the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s office is asking that Jones’ plea not be withdrawn, stating that it was “knowing and voluntary” while being “buttressed by Jones’ representation by the finest of defense counsel.”
In their filing opposing Jones’ request, Richardson compliments Swerling as “the very best defense counsel,” as evidence that the guilty plea was undertaken with Jones aware of his rights.
At a hearing in Columbia on Monday, Seymour granted Jones new counsel. A formal hearing on his request to have his plea withdrawn will be set once counsel is appointed. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/824 | {"url": "http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20121120/AIK0101/121129999/1065/AIK0109/drug-case-defendant-wants-to-withdraw-his-guilty-plea", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.aikenstandard.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:54:08Z", "digest": "sha1:SAJNHSWE62IJQMM6FSJYTBSTGHOAUGFT"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 2272, 2272.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 2272, 5194.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 2272, 14.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 2272, 168.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 2272, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 2272, 315.5]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 2272, 0.35111111]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 2272, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 2272, 0.02160994]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 2272, 0.01836845]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 2272, 0.02269044]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 2272, 0.02666667]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 2272, 0.19111111]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 2272, 0.57894737]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 2272, 5.12742382]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 2272, 5.04695088]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 2272, 361.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 50, 0.0], [50, 67, 0.0], [67, 113, 1.0], [113, 165, 0.0], [165, 318, 1.0], [318, 531, 1.0], [531, 804, 1.0], [804, 1014, 1.0], [1014, 1286, 1.0], [1286, 1570, 1.0], [1570, 1715, 1.0], [1715, 1915, 1.0], [1915, 2104, 1.0], [2104, 2272, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 50, 0.0], [50, 67, 0.0], [67, 113, 0.0], [113, 165, 0.0], [165, 318, 0.0], [318, 531, 0.0], [531, 804, 0.0], [804, 1014, 0.0], [1014, 1286, 0.0], [1286, 1570, 0.0], [1570, 1715, 0.0], [1715, 1915, 0.0], [1915, 2104, 0.0], [2104, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 50, 8.0], [50, 67, 3.0], [67, 113, 7.0], [113, 165, 8.0], [165, 318, 26.0], [318, 531, 36.0], [531, 804, 39.0], [804, 1014, 34.0], [1014, 1286, 47.0], [1286, 1570, 42.0], [1570, 1715, 21.0], [1715, 1915, 31.0], [1915, 2104, 29.0], [2104, 2272, 30.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 50, 0.0], [50, 67, 0.0], [67, 113, 0.25641026], [113, 165, 0.2], [165, 318, 0.0], [318, 531, 0.01960784], [531, 804, 0.0], [804, 1014, 0.0], [1014, 1286, 0.0], [1286, 1570, 0.00724638], [1570, 1715, 0.0], [1715, 1915, 0.0], [1915, 2104, 0.0], [2104, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 50, 0.0], [50, 67, 0.0], [67, 113, 0.0], [113, 165, 0.0], [165, 318, 0.0], [318, 531, 0.0], [531, 804, 0.0], [804, 1014, 0.0], [1014, 1286, 0.0], [1286, 1570, 0.0], [1570, 1715, 0.0], [1715, 1915, 0.0], [1915, 2104, 0.0], [2104, 2272, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 50, 0.02], [50, 67, 0.76470588], [67, 113, 0.06521739], [113, 165, 0.19230769], [165, 318, 0.00653595], [318, 531, 0.05164319], [531, 804, 0.01098901], [804, 1014, 0.07142857], [1014, 1286, 0.03308824], [1286, 1570, 0.03169014], [1570, 1715, 0.06206897], [1715, 1915, 0.03], [1915, 2104, 0.02645503], [2104, 2272, 0.03571429]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 2272, 0.56796479]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 2272, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 2272, 0.34339589]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 2272, -100.99023358]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 2272, 62.87368391]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 2272, -38.56428638]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 2272, 26.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Man arrested in New Year's Eve shooting
UPDATED: Thursday, January 3, 2013 7:59 a.m. Tweet
A suspect has been arrested in the New Year's Eve shooting death of an Aiken man.
Investigators with the Aiken Department of Public Safety have arrested Jamar Nicholas White of Aiken on Tuesday for the murder of Joseph Brown, according to Sgt. Jake Mahoney.
Aiken man dead after New Year's Eve shooting
White, 28, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
Brown, 22, was pronounced dead at 4 a.m. on Tuesday at Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta following an altercation Monday night on the 400 block of Fairfield Street N.E., according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. Brown was transported to the hospital after receiving multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators responded to the scene at approximately 9:30 p.m., according to Mahoney, and found Brown had been injured in the apparent shooting incident.
An autopsy is scheduled for today in Newberry.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety was assisted in the investigation by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
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Taxes rising for most people despite fiscal deal
By S. OHLEMACHERAssociated Press
Posted: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 8:15 p.m.
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 8:16 p.m. Tweet
WASHINGTON, D.C. � While the tax package that Congress passed New Year�s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
That�s because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. In 2012, that 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax was worth about $1,000 to a worker making $50,000 a year.
The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington research group, estimates that 77 percent of American households will face higher federal taxes in 2013 under the agreement negotiated between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans. High-income families will feel the biggest tax increases, but many middle- and low-income families will pay higher taxes too.
Households making between $40,000 and $50,000 will face an average tax increase of $579 in 2013, according to the Tax Policy Center�s analysis. Households making between $50,000 and $75,000 will face an average tax increase of $822.
�For most people, it�s just the payroll tax,� said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center.
The tax increases could be a lot higher. A huge package of tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush was scheduled to expire Tuesday as part of the �fiscal cliff.� The Bush-era tax cuts lowered taxes for families at every income level, reduced investment taxes and the estate tax, and enhanced a number of tax credits, including a $1,000-per-child credit.
The package passed Tuesday by the Senate and House extends most the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and married couples making less than $450,000.
Obama said the deal �protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small business owners from a middle-class tax hike. While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country.�
The income threshold covers more than 99 percent of all households, exceeding Obama�s claim, according to the Tax Policy Center. However, the increase in payroll taxes will hit nearly every wage earner.
Social Security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages up to $113,700, with employers paying half and workers paying the other half. Obama and Congress reduced the share paid by workers from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011 and 2012, saving a typical family about $1,000 a year.
Obama pushed hard to enact the payroll tax cut for 2011 and to extend it through 2012. But it was never fully embraced by either party, and this time around, there was general agreement to let it expire.
The new tax package would increase the income tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on income above $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for married couples. Investment taxes would increase for people who fall in the new top tax bracket.
High-income families will also pay higher taxes this year as part of Obama�s 2010 health care law. As part of that law, a new 3.8 percent tax is being imposed on investment income for individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000.
Together, the new tax package and Obama�s health care law will produce significant tax increases for many high-income families.
For 2013, households making between $500,000 and $1 million would get an average tax increase of $14,812, according to the Tax Policy Center analysis. Households making more than $1 million would get an average tax increase of $170,341.
�If you�re rich, you�re almost certain to get a big tax increase,� Williams said.
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Two die of flu in Aiken County
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:05 a.m.
UPDATED: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:09 p.m. Tweet
AP photoDr. Meeta Khan wears a face mask as she examines a respiratory patient at the Rush University Hospital emergency department on Thursday in Chicago.
A combination of factors has led to a particularly problematic influenza season across the nation and in South Carolina where more than 20 flu-associated deaths have been reported, two of which were in Aiken County.
Enough cases of flu and flu-like illnesses have been reported in the state that the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has classified influenza activity as “widespread,” joining 39 other states with a similar level of activity.
Since Dec. 30, Aiken County has reported 20 positive rapid flu tests. Close to 35,900 positive rapid flu tests have been reported throughout the state since Sept. 30.
Statewide, there have been more than 1,000 flu hospitalizations since September, 198 last week alone. There have been a total of 22 flu-associated deaths since September with three deaths reported last week.
In the same period last year, there was only one flu-associated death, according to SCDHEC spokesman Jim Beasley.
About 10,000 suspected influenza cases have been reported in the United States this flu season. Of those, almost 3,000 have been confirmed as positive for an influenza strain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A public health emergency has been declared in Boston, where 18 people have died.
“This season is about the worst I've seen in years,” said Dr. Fredric Woriax, an internal medicine physician with Margaret J. Weston Medical Center.
Several factors are believed to contribute to the severity of the season, he added, including the unusually early start of the season, the strength of the predominant influenza strain, and the large number of the population who are not vaccinated or who wait to get vaccinated.
Flu activity typically peaks in February, so health officials are concerned that a large number of cases have been reported early on.
The last time a conventional flu season started this early was the winter of 2003-04, which proved to be one of the most lethal seasons in the past 35 years with more than 48,000 deaths. The dominant type of flu then is the same one seen this year.
The predominant strain is H3N2, which was also the predominant strain last year.
“When H3N2 is the predominant strain, we have a larger number of cases,” Beasley said. “With H1N1 (swine flu), the number of cases is considerably smaller.”
Last year's flu season was considered “extremely a-typical,” according to SCDHEC. In fact, CDC reported last year's season set a new record for the lowest and shortest peak for influenza-like illness since its surveillance began.
Beasley said this season is possibly the most severe in a decade. “Get vaccinated. I don’t know that I can say it any simpler. It just makes good sense to protect yourself," he said.
Flu shots are available at many physicians' offices, health clinics and pharmacies.
“I highly recommend that those who are 65 or older, pregnant women, and those with chronic health problems like diabetes and COPD should be on the front line to get vaccinated,” Woriax said. “We do have a lot of vaccines.”
The shot takes at least seven days to be effective, so it will not protect those who already are ill with the flu.
Flu symptoms to be on the look out for are fever, nasal congestion or stuffiness, dry coughing, body aches, and general lethargy and malaise.
The best ways to prevent the spread of flu are to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, wash hands often and thoroughly and stay home when you are sick. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/827 | {"url": "http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130111/AIK0101/130119959/1024/AIK0303/two-die-of-flu-in-aiken-county", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.aikenstandard.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:18:25Z", "digest": "sha1:KRJTHVNQOWRKYL2ZQSGKLW7Y5URFPC3Z"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 3733, 3733.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 3733, 6646.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 3733, 24.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 3733, 179.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 3733, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 3733, 222.0]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 3733, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 3733, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 3733, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 3733, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 3733, 0.38735178]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 3733, 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Piers Morgan writing book about life at CNN
Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:42 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — Piers Morgan is going behind the scenes.
The host of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live” has a deal with Gallery Books for “Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney.” Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Wednesday that the book is scheduled for October.
Morgan, in a statement issued by Gallery, promised a “warts and all” account of life at CNN and said the book would be like “‘The Newsroom’ on steroids,” referring to the HBO series.
According to Gallery, the book will be written in the style of a real-time look into headline stories such as the killing of Osama bin Laden and the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Morgan used a similar diary format for his 2005 book “The Insider,” which detailed his years in British journalism. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/828 | {"url": "http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130525/AIK0401/130529622/1021/piers-morgan-writing-book-about-life-at-cnn", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.aikenstandard.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:25:32Z", "digest": "sha1:GYIDVJIH4V7HEDS7NA75RNOQ6P2XZG2S"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 855, 855.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 855, 4034.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 855, 6.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 855, 166.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 855, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 855, 173.6]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 855, 0.32804233]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 855, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 855, 0.03092784]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 855, 0.02650957]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 855, 0.03703704]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 855, 0.22751323]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 855, 0.70945946]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 855, 4.58783784]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 855, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 855, 4.43649941]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 855, 148.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 85, 1.0], [85, 142, 1.0], [142, 373, 1.0], [373, 556, 1.0], [556, 855, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 85, 0.0], [85, 142, 0.0], [142, 373, 0.0], [373, 556, 0.0], [556, 855, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 44, 8.0], [44, 85, 7.0], [85, 142, 11.0], [142, 373, 37.0], [373, 556, 33.0], [556, 855, 52.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 85, 0.26470588], [85, 142, 0.0], [142, 373, 0.0], [373, 556, 0.0], [556, 855, 0.01365188]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 85, 0.0], [85, 142, 0.0], [142, 373, 0.0], [373, 556, 0.0], [556, 855, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 44, 0.11363636], [44, 85, 0.07317073], [85, 142, 0.19298246], [142, 373, 0.09090909], [373, 556, 0.05464481], [556, 855, 0.03344482]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 855, 0.79796523]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 855, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 855, 0.45651501]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 855, -50.17108315]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 855, 16.71470204]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 855, -13.65535739]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 855, 8.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
GENE OWENS’ COLUMN: Uh-oh, Paula said an ugly word
Posted: Monday, July 1, 2013 1:59 a.m.
When I was in grammar school in racist South Carolina, the kids had keen ears for inappropriate language.
If Butch Belligerent threatened to whip your Butt, you didn’t run to the teacher accusing Butch of threatening violence. You went to her and said, “Butch said an ugly word.”
“Butt” referred to a then-unmentionable part of the anatomy, so the teacher would be properly outraged. She might make Butch stay in at recess, a punishment you would welcome because you didn’t want to run into a vengeful Butch out on the school grounds.
In those days, you’d never say “Butch used the ‘N’ word.” Nobody would know what ‘N word’ meant, but everybody was familiar with the word the ‘N’ stood for; it was part of everyday Southern parlance. Sometimes it was used contemptuously. At others, it was just the generic way of referring to the people we now call African-Americans or blacks. A country kid down South wouldn’t know what else to call his dark-skinned neighbor.
Today, if you use the “N word,” you’d better look around to see who’s listening. It is on the black list of everybody who has access to the media.
Ask Paula Deen.
I don’t know much about the lady, but I have dined at her restaurant in Savannah, and I can tell you that somebody in that place can flat cook.
Paula was born in 1947, by which time I had used the “N” word more times than I could count. But when she used it, the pundits began taking her apart. You’d think she had taken the Lord’s name in vain, except that nobody gets upset over that any more.
It’s been a long, long time since I used the “N” word, except maybe to give a pedantic explanation of what it means and why it’s offensive. A large chunk of my fellow citizens consider it insulting, and for good reason.
Deen is a celebrity cook who has a devoted following among folks who cotton to Southern-style cooking. A Caucasian woman who had been manager of one of her restaurants was suing her for $1.2 million. She charged Paula’s outfit with workplace discrimination. I take no position with regard to Paula’s liability in the suit. Let the facts speak.
But the National Enquirer got hold of a video in which she confessed to telling racist jokes, using the “N” word and planning a slavery-themed wedding.
Fox News, on its Internet website, called them “shocking admissions.”
Put me on the stand, Fox News, and I will not prevaricate. I have indeed told, and laughed at, racist jokes, and I have indeed used the ‘N’ word.
If you shot everybody down South who had engaged in such shocking behavior, you would destroy an entire generation. The “N” word is embedded in our history and culture. I once asked a black friend what he called Brazil nuts when he was a boy. He grinned and answered: “The same thing you did.”
In the beginning, it was just the natural Southern way of pronouncing “Negro,” which is a legitimate descendant of the Latin word “niger” for “black.” It became offensive when people began to use it to belittle and insult the people to whom it was applied.
Southern society was long divided on black/white lines, and for most of our history we didn’t cross those lines socially. So we didn’t get to know our black neighbors well enough to feel the hurt they felt when we carelessly used racist epithets. As we came to know one another as friends and social peers, we began to remove the epithets from our language – some of us more readily than others.
My son Rick used to work side by side with a black man who became his close friend. They called each other by the “N” word, using it affectionately. But his friend – an amateur boxer – would never tolerate it among casual white acquaintances.
As for Paula’s plans for a slavery-themed wedding, chalk that up to poor judgment and deplorable insensitivity. What she was planning was a wedding on an antebellum theme. Slavery was an integral part of the antebellum Southern world. A big wedding without slaves to wait on the aristocratic attendees would not be antebellum at all.
It reminded me of a locally written musical commemorating the centennial of Roanoke, Va., my home for a decade. The story spanned the era of segregated schools, and the scene involving kids in a one-room school could not, with historical accuracy, have included African-American kids. The writers finessed this by having black children looking through open windows as they joined the white kids in song. We sometimes have to use ingenuity to depict our dual heritage.
It also reminded me of the protests, a generation ago, by African-American students at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va. They objected to a traditional ball in which the young men wore Confederate uniforms.
I wondered what they would expect from an institution named for two patron saints of Southern history, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee now lies in final repose and where George Washington’s bequest still pays for part of their education. Many people, it seems, expect the white South to look back on its history with shame instead of with pride.
I look upon Paula Deen with neither shame nor pride. She’s a great cook, and I can follow her recipes without subscribing to her attitudes toward others.
It seems to me that the best way to deal with her kind of insensitivity is to ignore it. It is already frowned upon by the current generation, both North and South. I hope it will have faded into the historical woodwork with the passing of my generation and hers.
Readers may email Gene Owens at WadesDixieco@AOL.com. For more of Gene’s writings, go to www.wadesdixieco.com.
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Williston woman charged after allegedly leaving baby in car
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:53 p.m.
UPDATED: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:00 p.m. Tweet
Alexis Alichia Trottie
A Williston woman was detained on Friday after she left her 6-month-old baby in her car in the parking lot of a store, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Alexis Alichia Trottie, 24, of Allendale Avenue, was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.
She was placed in the Aiken County detention center but had been released as of Monday afternoon.
The incident happened about 1:30 p.m. Friday on Fabian Drive, according to a report. A witness told officers she was inside shopping at Cato, and that while walking to her truck in the parking lot, the witness heard a baby crying, according to the report. She looked around and determined the crying was coming from the vehicle parked next to her own.
The vehicle's windows were tinted and rolled up, and the witness couldn't see anyone inside, according to the report. She walked around and checked one of front doors, which was unlocked, and found a baby lying in the middle of the backseat next to a child safety seat.�
By the time the witness walked to the back to get the child out, the baby had fallen to the floorboard, according to the report. A second witness walked upon the scene and called police.�
Shortly after an officer arrived, Trottie and her sister came running out of Ross' yelling "that was their baby," according to the report. Trottie told officers that when they arrived at Ross', she thought her sister was getting the baby. The sister stated she thought Trottie was getting the baby.
Trottie told officers they were only in the store for about five minutes, but the witness had been holding the baby for at least 10 minutes, the report stated.�
A rear-facing child safety seat was in the car; however, it was not buckled in, police said. Trottie told officers the baby was int eh car seat the last time she saw her.�
The temperature outside at the time was 88 degrees with a heat index of 91, according to the report. "(Reporting officer) also observed that the asphalt in the parking lot was recently resealed, making the temperature rise even further," the report stated.
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Getting rid of your toxic waste.
by Melissa Groman, LCSW
Down in my basement there is a stash of old stuff that can’t exactly be thrown away, and can’t exactly be kept. Old paint cans, rusty cans of Raid, a computer monitor from 1998. For many years my husband and I have been planning to gather it all up and head out on a date to the county Toxic Waste Fair.
Since the fair is only held twice a year up in some remote part of the county, and we can only go on a Sunday, we’d been waiting a long time. When the big day finally arrived we loaded up the back of the van with all the stuff we’d been stepping over for years.
Several neighbors wanted to get in on the action and came running out with caked over plaster containers, lighter fluid, and old car batteries. Loaded down, we drove up to the parking lot behind the county’s cooperative farm extension where we were greeted by men in baggy rubber yellow pants, big plastic gloves and yes, masks.
In his most sincere nature-man voice, my husband, having gotten out of the car to help haul our colorful garbage, asked, “So what do you guys do with all this stuff?”
“We dump it in the river,” the gloved one said.
“What?!” my husband and I screeched in unison.
“Just kidding,” he shrugged. “I dunno really.”
As we pulled away, lighter, feeling good fulfilling our eco-responsibility, I started to think: But isn’t that what we Jews do? Every year as the High Holidays approach, we take inventory. We are supposed to stop stepping over things inside us, take a real look at ourselves, and at some point, toss the bad stuff in the river.
And be lighter.
While there is something cathartic about tending to our deepest selves, we can’t just toss out character traits and feelings the way we dispose paint cans. The unconscious mind keeps a tight hold on these, even if they no longer serve us well.
Besides, it’s August, so I don’t feel like doing much of anything, let alone working on my own character. And, it’s one thing to get rid of the junk in my basement; it’s another thing to make a date with myself to take an honest look at what’s toxic and what’s not in my kishkes.
Reflection, forgiveness and love are in the air – three things you need to explore your psyche. But it’s also Elul, the Jewish month of preparation leading up to the High Holidays. The Talmud writes that the Hebrew word for Elul is an acronym for the verse “Ani l'dodi v'dodi li," – "I am for my Beloved and my Beloved is for me.” It is the time of year that reflection, forgiveness and love are in the air – three things you need to explore your psyche.
During Elul God comes closer. It’s not that He won’t listen the rest of year, but if you are going to gather up the stuff inside of you that hurts – mistakes made, festering resentments, relentless grief, attitudes that don’t serve you well – and consider letting it go – then it’s best done when God is waiting right there to haul it away.
I wish the path to spiritual wellness was as smooth as the road to the county Toxic Waste Fair. Still, it’s not as difficult as it seems. We just need a few tools, like time alone, pen and paper, a bit of faith and maybe some tissues. Practically speaking, embracing Elul means writing down fears, mistakes, character traits and old angers that still simmer. And listing people we have hurt and who have hurt us. It means thinking about asking for forgiveness, forgiving others and forgiving ourselves. And asking God for help when it seems like too much.
Funny, though, for some reason neither of us can pinpoint, we left a few old paint cans in the basement. Perhaps to remind us that we can live with imperfections in ourselves and others. That progress and effort count. And that some stuff takes longer to dissipate or recycle into something useful.
My husband and I enjoyed the trip to the Toxic Waste Fair. Good scenery, quality time together, and the feeling of having done the right thing. We’re not sure what exactly does happen to all that stuff, but it did feel good to clear it out, let it go and make room for new things.
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Melissa Groman, LCSW
Melissa Groman, LCSW, is a therapist specializing in individual and marital counseling, eating disorders, depression, addictions, and healing emotional pain. She is the author of "Six Simple Ways to Make Your Woman Happy and Create a Great Life." Visit her online at: pathtohealing.com
Elchonon,
A new perspective on Elul
Thank you for putting the meaning of Elul into terms that are easy to relate to. I think it's important to stress, as you did, that while completely cleaning house is difficult, just making the effort is still very beneficial. We can't get too down on ourselves if we don't acheive total success, as long as we have at least made some progress.
Keila,
Great article - really got me thinking
Wow - what a great article - it really got me thinking about spiritual housecleaning in an unintimidating way.
BKW,
This is a beautifully written article full of meaningful insights that are inspiring for all of us now. I enjoy reading Melissa Groman's articles.
Yael Zoldan,
Melissa, you've done it again! From the ordinariness of daily life you've extracted an extraordinary message. How are we to make room for the "good stuff" without letting go of the "bad stuff"? Definitely something I'd like to work on this Elul and all year round. Thank you!
SusanE,
What Have We Learned About Being Toxic?
We dispose of the old paint cans and batteries and lightbulbs and computers. We brush our hands together and say there --- that's gone and the toxic things in my basement are gone. ------------ Remember though, that the fresh paint cans, and the new computer, and the new batteries, and the working lightbulbs are still toxic. But we don't want to give up the new stuff do we? We don't want the old stuff around to remind us of the toxic choices we are still making. This time of year we get rid of the old and start out new (and toxic) again. This year it's time for real change. Or do we feel too entitled to give up what we know is wrong?
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Passover is brimming with symbols of slavery and freedom.
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Antonio �Tony� Abel Martinez, 69
Posted: Thursday, Mar 7th, 2013
Alamosa resident Antonio �Tony� Abel Martinez, 69, passed away March 5, 2013 at the San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Tony was born on January 27, 1944 the son of Herman Martinez and Juanita Medina. Tony was a wonderful husband, step-father, step-grandfather and brother who enjoyed working the potato harvest, was an avid Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies fan, watching sporting events, going on long walks, listening to music, and above all he cherished the time he spent with his family and friends.
Survivors include his wife Celina Martinez of Alamosa, CO; step-son Horacio Martinez of Alamosa, CO; one step-granddaughter Damaris Martinez of Alamosa, CO; one brother Herman (Patsy) Martinez of Alamosa, CO; one sister Betty (David) Cruz of Albuquerque, NM. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Tony was preceded in death by his parents Herman and Juanita Martinez, one sister Rose Marie Martinez and one brother Lawrence C. Martinez.
A Vigil Service with Recitation of the Rosary will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alamosa. A Memorial Mass will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM also at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Romero Funeral Home of Alamosa. Select Page: News | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/832 | {"url": "http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=28739&page=73", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.alamosanews.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:17:43Z", "digest": "sha1:F4EX7GR54RMC2C6YZDMD6DKVSBEOLINO"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 1431, 1431.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 1431, 2191.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 1431, 5.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 1431, 38.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 1431, 0.96]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 1431, 256.1]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 1431, 0.25337838]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 1431, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 1431, 0.15706806]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 1431, 0.05235602]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 1431, 0.03926702]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 1431, 0.05933682]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 1431, 0.06631763]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 1431, 0.03378378]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 1431, 0.23986486]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 1431, 0.6025641]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 1431, 4.8974359]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 1431, 4.67359451]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 1431, 234.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 33, 0.0], [33, 65, 0.0], [65, 609, 1.0], [609, 1077, 1.0], [1077, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 33, 0.0], [33, 65, 0.0], [65, 609, 0.0], [609, 1077, 0.0], [1077, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 33, 5.0], [33, 65, 5.0], [65, 609, 88.0], [609, 1077, 72.0], [1077, 1431, 64.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 33, 0.06451613], [33, 65, 0.17857143], [65, 609, 0.02466793], [609, 1077, 0.0], [1077, 1431, 0.05523256]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 33, 0.0], [33, 65, 0.0], [65, 609, 0.0], [609, 1077, 0.0], [1077, 1431, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 33, 0.12121212], [33, 65, 0.09375], [65, 609, 0.04227941], [609, 1077, 0.08333333], [1077, 1431, 0.09322034]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 1431, 0.00129908]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 1431, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 1431, 0.04242808]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 1431, -50.54461014]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 1431, -27.97961592]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 1431, 6.30126573]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 1431, 11.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
The World Cup and child-sex exploitation
With the World Cup months away, rights groups are warning tourists to stay away from young sex workers.
Jo Griffin
Last updated: 06 Feb 2014 08:12
Social activists are kicking off a campaign to highlight child prostitution ahead of the World Cup in June [AP]
Fortaleza, Brazil - If last year's Confederations Cup was a warm-up for the World Cup in Brazil, it was also a practice run for those working to protect children from sexual exploitation during the FIFA event. And there's a good reason to dread the start of the football championship in June judging by last year's tournament, say officials and frontline workers in the northeastern city of Fortaleza, which will host six World Cup matches.
"We are worried about the World Cup. It is a very big event and lots of people will be coming to Fortaleza from outside," says Leana Regia Faiva de Souza, from the Secretariat of Human Rights in the state of Ceara, which is coordinating an initiative to prevent child-sex exploitation.
In many areas [of Brazil], the population does not regard it as a crime... but in Fortaleza we have a strong history of campaigns to protect children.
- Leana Regia Faiva de Souza, Secretariat of Human Rights
"We plan to use the strategy that we used during the Confederations Cup, doubling the number of outreach workers on the streets and doubling the shelter service. Two independent secretariats will monitor this work," de Souza says.
According to the NGO National Forum for the Prevention of Child Labour, there were about 500,000 child sex workers in Brazil in 2012.
Acknowledging that Fortaleza has a reputation inside Brazil and abroad for child prostitution, de Souza says the steep rise in complaints, or denuncias, of sexual exploitation reflects the success of regional authorities in raising awareness that this is a criminal act. Figures from the human rights secretariat show complaints rose from 193 in 2009 to 2,122 in 2012 in Fortaleza.
"Fortaleza has the highest number of complaints in all Brazil so people think there is a lot of sexual exploitation here. But what this also means is that people here are very aware that this is a crime," says de Souza. "In many areas [of Brazil], the population does not regard it as a crime and fail to see that sexual relationships with adolescents between 12-18 have to do with power and economic factors as well, but in Fortaleza we have a strong history of campaigns to protect children."
As a coastal area with all-year summer weather and high levels of poverty, Fortaleza certainly has the chief characteristics associated with sex tourism, but disentangling media hyperbole from the reality about the numbers of children involved is complex. What is certain is that frontline workers have been seeing more children working as prostitutes as the city has attracted more tourists - Brazilians and foreigners.
"We have been seeing more underage girls on the streets," says Jacinta Rodriguez, who is with a team of outreach workers from the non-profit organisation Barraca da Amizade, who are driving around the red-light district near the newly built football stadium - the Arena Castelao - in search of young prostitutes. "For many, they do it for the money to support their families."
On their rounds tonight, Rodriguez and her co-workers spot a new girl with a group of prostitutes waiting at the corner of Juscelino Kubitschek Avenue. Wearing a tight blue vest and tiny shorts, "Andressa" says she is 17, but looks several years younger.
The Arena Castelao in Fortaleza has a red-light district nearby [EPA]
One of the older prostitutes tells her to go to the window of a car to negotiate a programa - on average costing 30 Brazilian reals ($12) - with the driver and his companion. This time, the deal is unsuccessful and she returns to the group. Asked about the World Cup, "Giovanna" says the work "will be non-stop".
"The girls lie to us about their age," says Rodriguez, adding that the organisation regularly sees a 13-year-old girl who works as a prostitute to support her baby. The NGO hands out condoms and advice, urging girls to come to their centre for classes and to arrange a medical check-up - perhaps even help to leave the streets. But they must contend with parents who sometimes send their daughters there to make money. Young girls are most in demand, says Rodriguez, adding "by the time they are 20, many are finished".
'It's a penalty'
In a bid to tackle the sexual exploitation of children during the World Cup which begins on June 12, the UK-based Happy Child organisation launched an "It's A Penalty" campaign to raise awareness and warn football fans who travel to Brazil that they face prosecution if they engage in sex with a child aged 17 or under. The campaign has the backing of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and Brazil, as well as prominent international footballers including Brazil's David Luiz and England's Frank Lampard. Campaigners acknowledge that some football fans and tourists may be duped into having sex with adolescents. "Teenagers may dress up to look older and say they are older. They may be encouraged by friends who say that this relationship with a foreigner is the way to a better life," says Anna Flora Werneck, a programme coordinator with Sao Paulo-based Childhood Brazil, which campaigns against child sex exploitation.
We had reports of police beating up the prostitutes to keep them away from tourists and visitors [during the Confederations Cup]. We need to be better prepared for the World Cup. I am not looking forward to it.
- Jacinta Rodriguez, Barraca da Amizade NGO
Werneck points out the efforts to tackle child sexual exploitation must focus on Brazilians, as well as foreigners. Research by the human rights secretariat in Ceara has shown that violations occur in non-tourist areas as well as those popular among visitors, according to de Souza.
"Brazil has very strong laws to protect children, but what we need to do is to make citizens responsible and ensure that they recognise this is a criminal act," Werneck says.
FIFA support
But she admits the World Cup holds particular risks. "We are looking for a better relationship with FIFA - positive actions by FIFA - to integrate the sporting activities with educational and other activities."
For the Street Child World Cup organisation, which will hold a tournament for 230 street children from 19 countries in Rio de Janeiro before the FIFA event, increasing the visibility of street children and the dangers they face is vital to minimising risks of sexual exploitation. "Research has shown that street children are at particular risk," says organiser Joe Hewitt. "Our aim is to shift the focus to protecting the rights of this vulnerable group."
On the frontlines, however, Rodriguez says experience has taught her that the problem of child sexual exploitation in Fortaleza goes to the core of the tourism industry, which she says relies on a "mafia" of taxi drivers, hoteliers and bar-keepers, and where the involvement of some police may increase risks for sex workers.
"We had reports of police beating up the prostitutes to keep them away from tourists and visitors [during the Confederations Cup]," says Rodriguez. "We need to be better prepared for the World Cup. I am not looking forward to it."
Jacinta Rodriguez
Anna Flora Werneck
Faiva de Souza
Barraca da Amizade
Leana Regia Faiva de Souza
Joe Hewitt
Leana Regia
Secretariat of Human Rights
Barraca
Street Child World Cup organisation
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Charlie Chaplin, Ingrid Bergman, and Frank Lloyd Wright all attended opening night. So did Gene Kelly, Billy Wilder and Igor Stravinsky. On July 30, 1947, in the midst of a blistering Southern California heat wave, Hollywood’s 260-seat Coronet Theatre swelled with A-list celebrities as well as cutting-edge artists and intellectuals of the era. In a movie town still years away from hosting legitimate theatre, everyone buzzed about what promised to be the cultural event of the year: the premiere of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo.
Some came to see the play’s star, Charles Laughton, already one of the world’s most admired actors of stage and screen, perform in the role of a lifetime. Others, particularly the European émigrés who knew Bertolt Brecht from his years at the center of the irreverent, radical, cultural ferment of 1920s Berlin, saw this as their only chance to again glimpse the work of the revolutionary playwright. Still others came to see the latest from the author of the world-famous The Threepenny Opera. By opening night, the entire four-week run had sold out.
The Brecht-Laughton Galileo, like the improbable relationship of its two creators, came together at a unique moment in Hollywood history: the stunning 1930s migration of artists and intellectuals from Europe to America’s movie capital produced a potent cultural concoction of Marxists and vaudevillians, Shakespeareans and studio hacks, high art and low. It was here that Brecht and Laughton met, and the play, born in the shadow of one inquisition, was nurtured in the shadow of another.
Brecht had written an original version of Galileo in 1938, during his six-year exile on the Danish island of Fyn near the small town of Svendborg. Denmark turned out to be only the first stop of his grudging, often painful banishment from Germany. He fled his homeland shortly after Hitler came to power – on February 28, 1933, one day after the Reichstag fire. Brecht knew that his days in Germany were numbered: Hitler’s first targets were leftists and intellectuals. Brecht was both. His goal was to remain in Europe where he felt most able to participate i | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/837 | {"url": "http://www.americanpopularculture.com/archive/politics/galileo.htm", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.americanpopularculture.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:32:30Z", "digest": "sha1:6S4LQTMBZJABKKBO4HPL3R2VC5P6CYHZ"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 2339, 2339.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 2339, 2504.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 2339, 11.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 2339, 25.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 2339, 0.96]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 2339, 249.9]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 2339, 0.37639198]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 2339, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 2339, 0.01569038]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 2339, 0.02405858]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 2339, 0.0125523]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 2339, 0.02227171]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 2339, 0.14476615]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 2339, 0.61904762]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 2339, 5.05820106]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 2339, 5.0232853]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 2339, 378.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 19, 0.0], [19, 57, 0.0], [57, 78, 0.0], [78, 107, 0.0], [107, 136, 0.0], [136, 167, 0.0], [167, 210, 0.0], [210, 738, 1.0], [738, 1290, 1.0], [1290, 1779, 1.0], [1779, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 19, 0.0], [19, 57, 0.0], [57, 78, 0.0], [78, 107, 0.0], [107, 136, 0.0], [136, 167, 0.0], [167, 210, 0.0], [210, 738, 0.0], [738, 1290, 0.0], [1290, 1779, 0.0], [1779, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 19, 2.0], [19, 57, 5.0], [57, 78, 3.0], [78, 107, 4.0], [107, 136, 5.0], [136, 167, 3.0], [167, 210, 6.0], [210, 738, 83.0], [738, 1290, 93.0], [1290, 1779, 76.0], [1779, 2339, 98.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 19, 0.0], [19, 57, 0.0], [57, 78, 0.0], [78, 107, 0.0], [107, 136, 0.0], [136, 167, 0.0], [167, 210, 0.0], [210, 738, 0.01757812], [738, 1290, 0.00742115], [1290, 1779, 0.00838574], [1779, 2339, 0.01821494]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 19, 0.0], [19, 57, 0.0], [57, 78, 0.0], [78, 107, 0.0], [107, 136, 0.0], [136, 167, 0.0], [167, 210, 0.0], [210, 738, 0.0], [738, 1290, 0.0], [1290, 1779, 0.0], [1779, 2339, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 19, 0.89473684], [19, 57, 0.13157895], [57, 78, 0.14285714], [78, 107, 0.51724138], [107, 136, 0.06896552], [136, 167, 0.67741935], [167, 210, 0.48837209], [210, 738, 0.04924242], [738, 1290, 0.02355072], [1290, 1779, 0.02453988], [1779, 2339, 0.03035714]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 2339, 0.14173216]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 2339, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 2339, 0.50750107]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 2339, -35.84324809]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 2339, 44.8802212]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 2339, 27.01383786]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 2339, 17.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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Amity Harbor Civic Association dedicates new sign On Sat., June 6, the Amity Harbor Civic Association (AHCA) the oldest continuously active civic association in the state of New York, unveiled its “new sign” at its dedication ceremony at 100 Western Concourse. With a crowd of residents and members in attendance, the association’s president, Ralph T.--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/839 | {"url": "http://www.amityvillerecord.com/news/2009-10-07/Events_(and)_Calendar/Amity_Harbor_Civic_Association_dedicates_new_sign.html", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.amityvillerecord.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:22:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NBABQOYI6NYMRIUSBGJH5RUIXV5ZQ4FU"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 420, 420.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 420, 1768.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 420, 1.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 420, 46.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 420, 0.86]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 420, 124.0]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 420, 0.25]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 420, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 420, 0.16724739]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 420, 0.11149826]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 420, 0.18815331]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 420, 0.02941176]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 420, 0.20588235]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 420, 0.74545455]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 420, 5.21818182]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 420, 3.6102257]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 420, 55.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 420, 55.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 420, 0.01173021]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 420, 0.05238095]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 420, 0.04724276]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 420, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 420, 0.00107777]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 420, -29.37797276]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 420, 1.64992922]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 420, 0.96027507]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 420, 3.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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Hollande to White Catholic France: Drop Dead. This is reported at Galliawatch: A journalist with the melodious name of Anna Cabana, who writes for Le Point, revealed on January 14, the day after the Manif pour Tous that for the François Hollande, the million or more Frenchmen who demonstrated [against homosexual “marriage”] would not interrupt his plans to pass the new law. Why? Because they were “essentially white and Catholic.” Here are her words:
François Hollande stands tall in his boots. I am deliberately using the expression Alain Juppé used in 1995. Hollande tall in his boots. Who would have thought? He was the man who sought easy consensus, who always wanted everybody to reach an agreement, the man who couldn’t say no. Today, he reveals himself as a different person. In the days leading up to the demonstration, he was already displaying firmness saying that the street does not make the law. And now that the demonstration has taken place, the Elysée advisers are officially playing it down. One of them told me: “There were people, of course, but it wasn’t a tidal wave. It was essentially white Catholic France in the street. That will not interrupt the passing of the bill.” Unless I’m mistaken this sounds like a refusal. Of course. Hollande may compromise on other issues. But for the liberal left, homosexual “marriage” is a sacred cause. - end of initial entry - Ed H. writes:
France has been Catholic for 1,300 years. Every town, every school, every street, has been shaped by Christianity. Now Christianity is being treated by the liberals as an alien force of no consideration. Isn’t it time to realize we are at war with something truly demonic, and not just a set of s differing political opinions?
LA replies:
Well, this is not new. The French Revolution declared a war of extermination on Christianity and the Church. Alex B. writes:
“It was essentially white Catholic France in the street. That will not interrupt the passing of the bill.” It’s not just that sodomarriage is a sacred cause for the left. What the Hollande adviser is implicitly saying here is that no demands of white Catholic France can be valid, because white Catholic France is responsible for all the crimes of the racist, colonialist, gay-discriminating hell on earth, i.e. all French history before noon today. White Catholic France has no right to demand anything. Its only proper role is to atone for its crimes against non-discrimination, which are now judged not just the most grievious crimes of all but the only crimes that matter. Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 22, 2013 02:31 PM | Send Email entry | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/840 | {"url": "http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/024182.html", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.amnation.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:26:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZCEIW7KJJE2JKHYH4JBOAFF53I4YUPJ7"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 2775, 2775.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 2775, 2946.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 2775, 9.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 2775, 13.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 2775, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 2775, 331.2]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 2775, 0.40492958]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 2775, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 2775, 0.07530255]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 2775, 0.0349619]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 2775, 0.05109816]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 2775, 0.01255043]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 2775, 0.01408451]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 2775, 0.1778169]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 2775, 0.54623656]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 2775, 4.79784946]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 2775, 5.13314343]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 2775, 465.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 98, 1.0], [98, 131, 0.0], [131, 157, 0.0], [157, 611, 0.0], [611, 1561, 0.0], [1561, 1888, 1.0], [1888, 1900, 0.0], [1900, 2025, 0.0], [2025, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 98, 0.0], [98, 131, 0.0], [131, 157, 0.0], [157, 611, 0.0], [611, 1561, 0.0], [1561, 1888, 0.0], [1888, 1900, 0.0], [1900, 2025, 0.0], [2025, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 98, 14.0], [98, 131, 4.0], [131, 157, 5.0], [157, 611, 74.0], [611, 1561, 163.0], [1561, 1888, 56.0], [1888, 1900, 2.0], [1900, 2025, 21.0], [2025, 2775, 126.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 98, 0.0], [98, 131, 0.0], [131, 157, 0.0], [157, 611, 0.00453515], [611, 1561, 0.00433839], [1561, 1888, 0.0126183], [1888, 1900, 0.0], [1900, 2025, 0.0], [2025, 2775, 0.01367989]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 98, 0.0], [98, 131, 0.0], [131, 157, 0.0], [157, 611, 0.0], [611, 1561, 0.0], [1561, 1888, 0.0], [1888, 1900, 0.0], [1900, 2025, 0.0], [2025, 2775, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 98, 0.02040816], [98, 131, 0.03030303], [131, 157, 0.07692308], [157, 611, 0.05066079], [611, 1561, 0.02631579], [1561, 1888, 0.02140673], [1888, 1900, 0.16666667], [1900, 2025, 0.064], [2025, 2775, 0.032]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 2775, 0.17954195]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 2775, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 2775, 0.33056056]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 2775, -60.90492652]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 2775, 54.98652115]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 2775, -99.7769414]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 2775, 37.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Select your phone ACWhy do carriers suck so much? - Talk Mobile Presented by Blackberry
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Why do carriers suck so much?
Cellular carriers are strange entities. They offer devices that in the grand scheme aren't that expensive for what they are, but yet have customers conditioned to expect them to be much cheaper and not think about the long-term cost. They built empires around multi-year contracts, but in an age where mobile technology was advancing at a rate that was positively lethargic compared to today.
They fell into a routine, picking up the old habits, policies, and mindsets of the landline era. The largest carriers are merely permutations of the old wireline telecoms - AT&T and Verizon can both trace their lineage back to the old AT&T monopoly, Sprint began life as the Brown Telephone Company in 1899, T-Mobile comes from the post-World War II German post office, and so on.
So is it history that explains why cellular carriers are lumped in with banks, airlines, and the cable provider as the most hated of companies? Or is it something else in how they do business?
Do they really suck that much, or is it all in our heads?
Let's get the conversation started!
by Rene Ritchie, Daniel Rubino, Kevin Michaluk, Phil Nickinson
01 Rene Ritchie
Carriers and the ease of a contract culture
02 Phil Nickinson
Carrier subsidies: 'save' upfront, pay later
03 Kevin Michaluk
The smartphone is the new dumbphone
04 Daniel Rubino
Don’t give me more carriers - give me better ones
Carrier headaches
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Video: Derek Kessler
Dumbphones
Video: Alex Dobie
Carrier contracts exist so that North Americans and Europeans can think they’re getting cheap phones, and telecommunications companies can ensure they have ongoing revenue. It feels entirely disingenuous to say it’s a win-win deal, because it isn’t, but it’s not really lose-lose either. So let’s just call it mutually assured status-quo.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: we don’t want to pay $600 or more for a new phone if there's an option to pay "less". Hell, many of us don’t even want to pay $200 for a heavily-subsidized, brand new, flagship phone. We want it for free, even though deep in our hearts we know nothing is really free. And we definitely don't want to do the math.
Let’s just call it mutually assured status-quo.
So, contracts. The carrier agrees to give us an expensive phone up front at a cheap price or even for free and we agree to pay them each month, every month, for years, both for the service and to pay off the phone.
It’s not like this everywhere, of course. Some places don’t have the contract culture. You buy your phone, full price, flat out, and then pay monthly for your service. Sure, you pay a lot of money all at once, but then you’re free to switch carriers on a monthly basis if you like and presumably can take the phone with you.
The AT&T of today can trace its lineage back more than a century to the formation of the Bell Telephone Company in 1877. For much of its history AT&T was primarily a wireline company and eventually became the dominant phone service company in the United States, holding a government-authorized monopoly over a number of subsidiaries across the nation - the Bell System.
Ma Bell, as AT&T's monopoly came to be nicknamed, was broken up in 1984 by US regulators. AT&T split its regional subsidiaries up into individual companies, including Ameritech, Bell Atlantic (which went on to become , BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell, and US West, while keeping long distance service as AT&T. Southwestern Bell was the smallest of the "baby Bells", but through rapid growth and acquisitions SBC became large to purchase its former parent AT&T in 2005 for $16 billion.
At the time, SBC and BellSouth co-operated the Cingular cellular network. Despite the larger size of Cingular and SBC, the merged companies adopted the more recognizable AT&T branding. The new AT&T snapped up BellSouth in 2006, and today owns half of the old Bell System companies. AT&T today operates a nationwide wireless network, landline service, and a fiber internet and TV service.
Some countries (like Germany) have a hybrid model where the phone is paid off with monthly installments, but unlike with a standard contract, the cost is split up into 24 months and once it's paid off the phone charges end while the service charges continue.
Both of these models makes a ton of sense in a place like Europe where traveling between many countries and many carriers is far easier, closer, and more likely than in the North America.
On the carrier side, because of the size of North America, and because you can count the number of countries on half a hand, they have to cover a huge area with wildly varying population densities. Two-year contracts mean they have a reliable way of predicting revenues and planning expenditures to both fill their pockets and improve their networks. And they don’t have to worry about competing month-to-month.
So far, it appears to be a mutually beneficial co-dependence that almost everyone involved is terrified to break.
So, contracts.
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Carrier subsidies aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. They might change names — T-Mobile now has “down payments,” but make no mistake, smartphones don’t cost $299. Or $199. Or $99. Pay now, or pay later, or pay over 24 months. But one way or another, you’re going to pay.
This isn’t new, of course.
It used to be simple. We used to pay a little (relatively) up front — $99 or $199 or $199 or sometimes even free — and then you’d pay for the phone over the life of your two-year contract. Most subsidies are paid off in around 20 months, problem is most contracts don't have a line that says that your monthly payment goes down after the subsidy's been covered. because it doesn't.
Steve says you can’t see it
In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. While the iPhone was far from the first smartphone, it was the first that capture mass attention. The iPhone launched on June 29, exclusively on AT&T in the United States. Again, this wasn't the first exclusive carrier arrangement, but it was the first to capture mass attention.
What made the iPhone's launch particularly interesting - beyond all the hype - was the relationship between Apple and AT&T. After having been spurned by Verizon, Apple approached AT&T (then Cingular) to carry the then-secret iPhone. And they had to agree to it without testing, or even seeing, the device. The entire deal is said to have taken close to 18 months to negotiate.
The Apple-AT&T arrangement was made even more unusual thanks to a revenue-sharing model between the two. While the details have never been confirmed, Apple is said to have received approximately $10 per month per iPhone customer. Apple also wholly responsible for the iPhone's marketing. AT&T held the US exclusive on the iPhone until late 2010 when Apple introduced a Verizon-compatible version of the iPhone 4.
Today things are getting really messy. The operators are giving you options to upgrade early — but tucking in even more ways to squeeze even more dollars out of you. That it's all about money shouldn't be a surprise at this point.
It’s become even more important to take your time, do your homework, and crunch the numbers.
The subsidy model was simple. Perhaps too simple, but that was the point. Only $99 right now for a really good phone? Sign us up! We’ve all done it. But it needs to stop. We’re smarter than this.
The subsidy model was simple. Perhaps too simple.
What’s the most you’ll pay upfront for a smartphone?
There is a way out. First off, you can pay full price for a phone and be free and clear of any operator shenanigans. That’s tough on the wallet, though. With most carriers you'll have the option to purchase service without a contract, though there's no promise that you'll have a lower rate because there's no subsidy involved. In fact, you probably won't.
Android fans probably have the best deal, though, with devices Google’s low-cost Nexus 4 starting at $299. That’s out the door, SIM-unlocked. Use it on any GSM network you want. You can get it in any flavor you want, so long as it’s Android.
Much of the world doesn’t subject itself to this sort of mathematical torture. You buy the phone and pay your plan. It doesn't matter how much the subsidy is, because it's easy.
Is it time for North America to get away from the subsidy model? Absolutely. And the carriers will fight to their very last breath to keep you from doing it.
I don't like giving carriers free money, and neither should you.
- Derek Kessler / Managing Editor, Mobile Nations
If you could pay up front for a smartphone and less monthly, would you?
Kevin Michaluk
There was a time, not that long ago, where the only way you could get an acceptably good experience from a smartphone was to buy the top-of-the-line model. You needed the power of a high-end processor and gobs of RAM to get anything done without stutter and lag and the general unpleasantness that comes from using an underpowered device.
In the past two years, that has changed. You'll still get the fastest, smoothest, bestest experience using the highest-end smartphones, but even most gadget nerds would probably be able to comfortably get by with today's mid-range phones.
Do androids dream of stock smartphones?
After struggling for two years against Apple's iPhone, in 2010 Google and HTC unveiled the Nexus One. A new Android 2.1-powered smartphone built by HTC but with heavy input by Google, the Nexus One was described as "pure" Android - it carried none of the software modifications that manufacturers HTC, Samsung, and LG were keen to apply. The Nexus One was sold independently of carriers through Google's own online store.
While the Nexus One was not a smash hit, it wasn't expected to be. Google stated that the Nexus One was meant more as an example of what the Android platform was capable of. The Nexus One was followed later in 2010 by the Nexus S and in 2011 with the Galaxy Nexus (both produced by Samsung) and in 2012 by the LG Nexus 4.
2013 so far has not seen a new Nexus smartphone release, though Google has partnered with both HTC and Samsung to release "Google Play editions" of their flagship devices. The Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One are both available through the Google Play online store with a mostly "stock" Android installation while maintaining the hardware design of the versions sold through carriers.
What's really shocking are the smartphones at the lowest price-points, the phones that are free with a contract, or even just a few hundred dollars or less off contract (compared to a $600 or more range-topper from Apple, Samsung, LG, BlackBerry, Nokia, et al). Take the Nokia Lumia 521, which with a 5MP camera, 4-inch 800x480 screen, 8GB storage, in a sub-10 cm thick body, all for as low as $125. Off contract! It’s crazy! Out the door, with a smartphone that's not state-of-the-art, but is still more than adequate for the average user and runs a thoroughly modern mobile operating system.
The Nokia Lumia 521 is $125. Off contract! It’s crazy! We're approaching the point where the smartphone is going to all but displace the dumbphone, if it hasn’t already. There's going to be a place for dumbphones for years to come, just as cellular hasn't come close to killing off landlines. Dumbphones are simple, durable, have long lasting batteries, and - most importantly - are cheap as hell. Smartphones are quickly closing in on those marks, though durability and battery life sometimes leave something to be desired.
Dumbphone technology has always been slow to evolve. What helped smartphones displace a lot of dumbphone sales has been the breakneck pace of smartphone development. With new and more powerful devices hitting shelves every month, it doesn't take long for what was high-end to become middle-tier and then low-end. Best part is, it's no less capable than it was two years earlier!
If you don't need the very best, which you probably really don't, there are plenty of cheap options in smartphone land. Dumbphones aren't going to go away, but they're also not going to be hanging around for much longer either.
Within the next 5 years entry-level smartphones will have all but replaced dumbphones.
- Alex Dobie / Managing Editor, Android Central
Do you have to have the latest greatest smartphone, or just one that is good enough?
Daniel Rubino
Windows Phone Central
Competition, many assert, is the heart of modern market capitalism. Yet every company out there is set on eliminating their competition; the achievement of monopoly is the real goal. AT&T would prefer if Verizon would just go away, same with T-Mobile and Sprint. Competition is the best part of capitalism for consumers, yet monopoly status is the pinnacle of capitalistic achievement.
Of course, we don't want a single-carrier system where they're free to charge whatever they want. But do we need more carriers? Do we want a system like in India where there are eight carriers with more than 50 million customers apiece (yes, there are over a billion people there, but the point stands).
The problem with the current system, at least in North America, isn't a lack of competing companies. There are four major players between AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, and dozens of smaller national virtual, and regional operators. The issue is with their rarely competing beyond talking points of "largest" or "fastest".
The problem isn't a lack of companies. It’s that they rarely compete beyond talking points of “largest or “fastest”.
Jump to the UnCarrier
After years of contracts with subsidized phones on all the major US carriers, T-Mobile in March 2013 launched their "UnCarrier" initiative, which dropped all contracts, phone subsidies, and data overage fees. While T-Mobile had offered contract-free plans for over a year, this marked the first time a US carrier had dropped contracts and subsidies entirely. Phones were still available with a downpayment and two years of $20 monthly installments.
The plan worked by splitting the cost of the phone from the service, allowing customers to purchase the two independently, bring their own phones for T-Mobile service, and even cancel their service without paying an ETF (though still having to pay off the rest of the phone). Following the dropping of contracts, T-Mobile in July 2013 launched "Jump", a fee-based add-on for customers that allows them to trade in their current smartphone to for a new one at the price a new customer would pay up to twice a year.
Both AT&T and Verizon quickly reacted by introducing their own versions of an upgrade plan within a week of T-Mobile's announcement, though still tied to traditional two-year service contracts.
How often do you purchase a new smartphone?
Thankfully, T-Mobile US under the leadership of CEO John Legere is shaking things up. They've ditched traditional contracts and decoupled payments for devices from the service. T-Mobile also introduced a straight-forward plan for frequent device upgraders, and while we're not debating merits here, there's no denying the conversation it sparked.
Within a week both AT&T and Verizon rushed to introduce similar upgrade plans, though they concocted a fee to be tacked onto existing service charges. Whether or not they are worth the cost is a discussion for another time, but it shows that competition can be alive and well, if only the carriers were more willing to get creative. T-Mobile has at least shaken things up, though there's no saying how long they'll be able to keep up the disruptions.
It's the scrappy smaller-but-still big carriers like T-Mobile and Sprint that stand the best chance at making an impact in the US. AT&T and Verizon, while still always clamoring for more customers, are in comfortable positions. Sprint and T-Mobile have less to lose, and everything to gain, and can stir the pot with biannual upgrades, unlimited data, and the like. T-Mobile's especially scrappy after (irony alert) the US government struck down their attempt to merge into AT&T, and Sprint is likely to be more so after being acquired by Japanese firm Softbank.
In the end, what we need isn't more carriers. We need better carriers.
What about carriers is the most broken?
Carrier subsidies aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Nor are service contracts, monopolistic desires, or grossly overcharging for text messages. These are things that define the modern cellular carrier, and as with all thing status quo, it takes more than just wanting it to change for things to change.
It'd be easy to argue that cellular operators suck because of their old origins. Unlike the companies that make the devices and software (excepting 148-year-old paper mill Nokia), the carriers are downright ancient. They’re also the most heavily regulated segment of the mobile ecosystem. But all of this is just saying what's wrong with carriers.
They're often backwards, always greedy, occasionally creative, often snippy, and sometimes scrappy. But they're not broken beyond repair. The subsidy and contract culture can be changed, but how do we get that change to happen? Is it the carriers that need to be convinced, or the customers?
Q:1 If you could pay up front for a smartphone and less monthly, would you?
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Q:2 Do you have to have the latest greatest smartphone, or just one that is good enough?
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Ban the importation of foie gras to the UK
The production of foie gras has been banned in the UK because of the cruelty involved, and yet it is still legal to import the product into the country and sell it in shops and restaurants.
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Cutting edge printing technology is dropping prices
by Charles » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:14 pm Yesterday I was walking down the street and stopped by a printers to get some copies made. It had been a while since I'd been there and noticed changes. The place had new technology. In my conversation with the owner he updated me on what he had to offer. I was impressed! Ashcan books at affordable prices even at low quantities and the quality was very good. One project he was working on was for a local artist. The ashcan book he was printing had 52 pages in black and white and was nicely done. In fact, I was stunned when he told me what he was charging the guy. A rate so low the artist could easily make money from selling it.This is a great way to hard copy publish. I immediately started thinking about using this as a reward for a Kickstarter campaign.Man, the difference that crowdfunding has made! Everything I see nowadays I relate to a Kickstarter reward! What an exciting era we're living in! All those years of struggle and confusion giving way to a new path. One that's providing the opportunity to do just about anything you want!Perhaps I dwell on it so much cuz I appreciate it more. I remember the hardships and the obstacles, the disappointments, letdowns, everything that made going off on your own difficult, daunting and even impossible. Everything was NO.Now it's all YES!Getting things done for us, for ourselves, has never been this accessible! I'm grateful to have hung in there long enough to see this day. _________________________________Daily Z
Re: Cutting edge printing technology is dropping prices
by SNAKEBITE » Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:29 pm Right??? I'm so glad I didn't give up or give in. Now is our time! We positioned ourselves wisely.
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by Greg B » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:23 pm New technology??? Printing costs lowered???This is what is supposed to happen! What went wrong that things are going right? Let us know where this printing shop is so we can do business with someone honest for a change.
by Charles » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:39 pm They're making good use of very high end photocopiers Greg.
by Greg B » Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:57 am I figured that out Charles. The rest of us will search around for other honorable printers to get deals like this.
by Charles » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:15 pm Greg here ya go...http://www.araprinting.com The owner's name is Orbel.
by Charles » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:39 am Snakebite and his partner stopped by this week and we went down to this place to check out what they do. They have some very handy high end equipment that makes low run to higher volume quality printing affordable enough to sell really nice ashcan books and more.I'm inspired by this so last night I went through my old portfolio and found enough content to fill 52 pages of an ashcan book plus the cover for a thematic / educational book I've had in mind. I scanned pages and pages of stuff last night. I have content to keep book after book coming for who knows how long. Creative productivity and owning your content ladies and gents... It will pay off for you! On this one I'll take it to 64 pages which is twice what and average ashcan would be and sell it for the same price. Plus I can convert this to an ebook and offer it as a download.And... it will make a great crowdfunding reward! _________________________________Daily Z
by marius » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:19 pm thanks charles!
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by Charles » Tue Apr 09, 2013 5:49 pm Sure thing Marius.Stopped by the printer today to coordinate things. I'll be dropping off the files soon for the book I mentioned. He can have a run ready for me while I wait. Amazing! I have so much content suitable for this format I'll be keeping them busy for quite a while. This technology is a fantastic resource for us all.
by Charles » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:42 pm Well guys I've just completed a brand new book. Started putting it together a week ago this evening and now it's ready for a print run on Monday.It'll be an ashcan format which is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches or 21 1/2 x 14 centimeters.It's 64 pages long and the inside cover will be printed as well. It will be thematic and have an educational aspect to it. All the content is pulled from previously existing material along with some recently created images. The images will be in black and white grayscale.I'll be printing a run of 100 and will sell them face to face at $10 each. I can ship them to anyone in the US or Canada for $12.50 and international $15. I'm also well on my way to laying out a follow up which I can have ready in another week. I can get a series of ashcan format books published in fast order.Looking forward to adding a new layer to the cake. Keep Creating!
by Charles » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:43 am Well I learned something yesterday. To begin with, my first foray into the world of ashcan book publication was well received by those who saw the proof copy last night in class.And secondly, that 64 pages is too much for an ashcan book format as it will not easily allow for the book to remain closed. Tends to kind of flop open to the center spread.I'm in the process of consolidating its content and getting it just a bit thinner. A learning process as is everything in life. Once I get the formula for this down I'll be able to smoothly and efficiently publish many of them and also convert the files to an ebook format.
by Charles » Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:59 pm Something I learned through these most recent experiences with printers...It appears that offset printing is going the way of the horse and buggy. The printer I'm dealing with mentioned they sold their offset printing press machine recently. Bought for $75,000 brand new they could only get $2000 or it. 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UN Problems: Sudan, Gaza Flotilla ... Bedbugs
Oct 28, 2010 – 10:08 AM
Mara Gay
(Oct. 28) -- New York City's bedbug epidemic has gone global, striking the United Nations with an onslaught of the creepy, crawly creatures.
After biting their way through other Big Apple landmarks, from the Empire State Building to the Metropolitan Opera House, the tiny insects have made it to the U.N.
A U.N. spokesman acknowledged this week at a briefing that there is a problem.
In between questions about the Gaza flotilla and human rights in Sudan, Martin Nesirky, spokesman for the secretary-general, said the organization takes "any incursion into the U.N. compound very seriously." He said bedbug-sniffing dogs had detected the insects in conference room furniture, which had been replaced.
None of the building's staffers have complained of any infestation in their offices, Nesirky told the Canadian Press.
And the U.N. noted it isn't the only building suffering in the city. "Bedbug infestations have been found in many public and commercial buildings throughout New York City, indicating a worsening problem," the U.N. said in a statement, according to Reuters.
So far, however, there are no known plans for the U.N. to form a commission to study bedbugs.
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Tagged: bedbug infestation, bedbugs, empire state building, martin nesirky, metropolitan opera house, new york city, u n, un, united nations
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July/August 2013, Vol 44, No. 7
University of Rhode Island presented alumna Martha E. Banks, PhD, with its Award for Lifetime Achievement in Multicultural Leadership and Service. Banks, who earned her PhD in clinical psychology from URI in 1980, is a research neuropsychologist and advocate for greater diversity in psychological assessment. She is known for her research on brain injury among black women domestic violence victims and for creating one of the first test batteries with a sample that included communities of color as the norm.
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education and Human Development awarded its 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award to educational psychologist Robert H. Bruininks, PhD. Bruininks earned his doctorate in 1968 from the school. He was president of the University of Minnesota system from 2002 to 2011, before returning to a professor position there. He is also founder and director of the Institute on Community Integration, which promotes interdisciplinary teaching, research, policy development and outreach service programs.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and First Citizens Bank awarded psychology professors Lawrence Calhoun, PhD, and Richard Tedeschi, PhD, the 2013 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, for their outstanding scholarship, creativity and research. The psychologists, known as "the dynamic duo" by the North Carolina Psychological Association, are collaborators and pioneers in the development of research and theory on post-traumatic growth.
The APA Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges Teaching Awards Committee selected Sue Frantz as the first recipient of its Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at a Two-Year College or Campus Award. Frantz, a psychology professor at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash., was selected for her high-quality psychology instruction. She is a national leader in instructional technologies, publishes a Technology for Academics blog and is editor of the APA Online Psychology Lab. Frantz will receive $1,000 and a plaque from APA.
Joseph Hurrell, PhD, editor of APA's Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, received the Distinguished Contribution to Occupational Healthy Psychology Award, part of the Work, Stress & Health Conference Awards. This award honors individuals who have been critical to the inception of the field of occupational health psychology. Without their efforts, the field would not be where it is today.
In April, APA President-elect Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, participated as part of a committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that met at the Institute of Medicine to develop a public health research agenda to better understand the causes of gun violence, the interventions that prevent gun violence and the strategies to minimize the public health burden of gun violence. As part of a research panel, Kaslow discussed the research questions that must be addressed to improve the understanding and impact of violence in video games, the media and social media on real-life gun violence. The committee's report is expected this summer.
Rockefeller University has presented its 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science to Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, for her 1993 book "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament." Jamison is the Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System awarded East Carolina University professor Samuel F. Sears Jr., PhD, the O. Max Gardner Award in April. The annual honor pays tribute to a UNC faculty member who made the year's greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race. Sears, who studies the psychological effects of cardiac defibrillators, is the second psychologist to receive the award since it began in 1949.
Ann Steffen, PhD, of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been awarded a 2013 Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Education. Steffen is the director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at UMSL, and oversees the Women's Health Behaviors and Aging lab. The award recognizes faculty from Missouri's public post-secondary schools, colleges and universities for effective teaching and advising, service to the university community and nurturing student achievement.
On May 6, the White House honored Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD, as one of 15 Asian-American and Pacific Islander women as "Champions of Change" whose work is creating a more equal, safe and prosperous futures for their communities and the country. Suyemoto is an associate professor of clinical psychology and Asian-American studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focused on race, culture, and social justice. She is the past president of the Asian American Psychological Association. Read more about Suyemoto on the White House blog.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors nine psychologists
Congratulations to the psychologists elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors leaders in the sciences, humanities, arts, business and public affairs: Robert A. Bjork, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Gopnik, PhD, University of California, Berkeley; Steven A. Hillyard, PhD, University of California, San Diego; Donald C. Hood, PhD, Columbia University; Charles A. Nelson III, PhD, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital; Lauren B. Resnick, PhD, University of Pittsburgh; Peter Salovey, PhD, Yale University; Laurence D. Steinberg, PhD, Temple University; and Barbara G. Tversky, PhD, Columbia University.
APA honors three psychology teachers
APA's Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools has honored three high school psychology teachers with Excellence in Teaching Awards this year. The winners are Nancy D. Fenton, of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill.; Kathleen K. Gavura, of Colonia High School in Colonia, N.J.; and Michael J. Hamilton, of Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, Mass. Awardees are nominated by students, supervisors and peers and are recognized for their professionalism, commitment to academic excellence, passion for teaching and leadership in the field.
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Design Inspiration: Bold Black Stripes
In my first apartment, I painted a 14 foot wall of my bedroom in stripes. Owing to my extreme fastidiousness, it took a laser level and the better part of a day, but I was extremely satisfied with the results. If you have the time - and the patience - painting (or wallpapering) your place with bold black and white stripes could be just the thing to add a little bit of drama. Since black and white stripes are naturally attention-grabbing, they work best in a setting where there's not a lot of other things to compete, like a powder room, guest bedroom, or entry hall. It will help to keep the rest of the color scheme fairly simple to avoid fatigue.
What do you think - are black and white str | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/847 | {"url": "http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/design-inspiration-bold-black-stripes-166242?img_idx=4", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.apartmenttherapy.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:22:03Z", "digest": "sha1:ZOXNTXA27CNPJY7TM4A2TX5DKVE7AQNS"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 736, 736.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 736, 1264.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 736, 3.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 736, 43.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 736, 0.94]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 736, 256.0]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 736, 0.42948718]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 736, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 736, 0.04137931]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 736, 0.06724138]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 736, 0.06896552]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 736, 0.01282051]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 736, 0.13461538]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 736, 0.67164179]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 736, 4.32835821]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 736, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 736, 4.27505972]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 736, 134.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 39, 0.0], [39, 693, 1.0], [693, 736, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 39, 0.0], [39, 693, 0.0], [693, 736, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 39, 5.0], [39, 693, 120.0], [693, 736, 9.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 39, 0.0], [39, 693, 0.00315956], [693, 736, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 39, 0.0], [39, 693, 0.0], [693, 736, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 39, 0.12820513], [39, 693, 0.01070336], [693, 736, 0.02325581]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 736, 0.11028033]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 736, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 736, 0.00213414]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 736, -19.12678239]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 736, -6.49414831]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 736, -43.52624522]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 736, 6.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Get Geared Up for Downton Abbey 3
While it aired back in September in the UK, the first episode of Downtown Abbey 3 just hit the US on Sunday night. Don't worry - if you're recorded the episode for later viewing, you won't find any spoilers here. What you will find is Downton merchandise so you can show yo | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/848 | {"url": "http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/get-geared-up-for-downton-abbey-182326?img_idx=0", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.apartmenttherapy.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:24:33Z", "digest": "sha1:RCO3DV44JXHQSC5J2CP254TEQDBTT2DB"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 307, 307.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 307, 830.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 307, 2.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 307, 42.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 307, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 307, 266.0]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 307, 0.4057971]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 307, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 307, 0.04979253]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 307, 0.02898551]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 307, 0.14492754]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 307, 0.79310345]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 307, 4.15517241]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 307, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 307, 3.74070034]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 307, 58.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 34, 0.0], [34, 307, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 34, 0.0], [34, 307, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 34, 7.0], [34, 307, 51.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 34, 0.03030303], [34, 307, 0.00378788]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 34, 0.0], [34, 307, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 34, 0.14705882], [34, 307, 0.04395604]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 307, 0.63291132]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 307, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 307, 0.0156064]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 307, -20.20352157]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 307, -3.45642934]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 307, -34.26380557]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 307, 3.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Lark & Patrick's Old-Time Homestead Green Tour from the Archives
Name: Lark Roderigues and Patrick Aguiar Location: Portsmouth, Rhode IslandSize: 1,500 sq/ftYears lived in: 2 (rented), 30 (owned)Who else lives here: Moxie Brown the dachshund/chihuahua and Lola the Siamese cat
One Christmas a few years ago, a gaggle of brothers and sisters pulled up to the 1750 farmhouse where they grew up. Warmly greeted by current owners Lark Roderigues and Patrick Aguiar, the family took a look around and shared their memories of pulling water up from the well and building a pen for the pigs, which Lark now uses as her pottery studio. Though a major renovation made the house airier and brighter than its original colonial era layout, the two-story, side-gabled home retains an old-fashioned ambiance, and personal, artistic touches blossom everywhere.
Enter Green Tour
In spring, clematis creeps across the porch, dangling fluffy blossoms from delicate tendrils, while winter sees Canadian geese wandering through the snow dusted cornfield on the other side of a crumbling stone wall. Wide windows frame it all, inviting the rural New England scenery to merge with the botanical inspired interior.
Wire flowers dangle from the twisted arms of metal chandeliers. Vines unfurl across hand painted murals. Daffodils rise from Lark's own clay vases, accentuating the forget-me-nots and apple blossoms that bloom from their smooth glazed bodies.
Lark wasn't always able to display so much of her own artwork. For 26 years, she lived in the small upstairs apartment and rented out the one downstairs. When she and Patrick were married in 2002, he asked "Don't you want a washing machine? Don't you want a dishwasher? Don't you want a shower?" And renovations began.
Over the next two years, they transformed the house from a cramped two-unit duplex, to a spacious, sun-filled home that's perfect for birthday parties, baby showers, and frequent family gatherings.
Re-Nest Survey:
My/Our style: Eclectic, but also I try to create an atmosphere that's familiar to me, inspired by my relatives. It leans toward the old fashioned. A reflection of what I grew up with. A reverence for the past.
Inspiration: Things that I relate to from my past. It was important for me to have a hutch like my grandmother and my mother had. Gardening and nature. My mom. She's artistically inclined and loves antiques. My dad. He would do a sketch and put it on the wall instead of going out and buying something.
Favorite Element: That it changes, and it has grown up with me. It evolves with me. My grandfather built my mother's house, and it always seemed like a part of the family. My mom never wanted to move, and I have that same thing, you commit to it and you make it part of your family. I think of it as my family's club house. I love that I can be preparing food, or I can be doing anything and we're all in the same area. It makes it really fun to have people over. Also the flow from the porch to the patio, that's used a lot for parties. I like to have the porch as a room that just happens to be outside, we eat out there all summer.
Biggest Challenge: I love that it's an old house, but with the | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/849 | {"url": "http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/lark-patricks-oldtime-homestea-118079", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.apartmenttherapy.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:59:39Z", "digest": "sha1:4QZ7VXRPQ3C5H3ZSNSUUWEALPB4W23OH"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 3178, 3178.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 3178, 3750.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 3178, 13.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 3178, 54.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 3178, 0.96]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 3178, 333.1]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 3178, 0.40437956]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 3178, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 3178, 0.02381898]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 3178, 0.01111552]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 3178, 0.01310044]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 3178, 0.01429139]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 3178, 0.01751825]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 3178, 0.16788321]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 3178, 0.57923497]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 3178, 4.58834244]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 3178, 5.28317378]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 3178, 549.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 65, 0.0], [65, 277, 0.0], [277, 846, 1.0], [846, 863, 0.0], [863, 1192, 1.0], [1192, 1435, 1.0], [1435, 1754, 1.0], [1754, 1952, 1.0], [1952, 1968, 0.0], [1968, 2178, 1.0], [2178, 2481, 1.0], [2481, 3116, 1.0], [3116, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 65, 0.0], [65, 277, 0.0], [277, 846, 0.0], [846, 863, 0.0], [863, 1192, 0.0], [1192, 1435, 0.0], [1435, 1754, 0.0], [1754, 1952, 0.0], [1952, 1968, 0.0], [1968, 2178, 0.0], [2178, 2481, 0.0], [2481, 3116, 0.0], [3116, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 65, 9.0], [65, 277, 30.0], [277, 846, 94.0], [846, 863, 3.0], [863, 1192, 51.0], [1192, 1435, 36.0], [1435, 1754, 57.0], [1754, 1952, 30.0], [1952, 1968, 2.0], [1968, 2178, 38.0], [2178, 2481, 56.0], [2481, 3116, 131.0], [3116, 3178, 12.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 65, 0.0], [65, 277, 0.03553299], [277, 846, 0.00720721], [846, 863, 0.0], [863, 1192, 0.0], [1192, 1435, 0.0], [1435, 1754, 0.01973684], [1754, 1952, 0.0], [1952, 1968, 0.0], [1968, 2178, 0.0], [2178, 2481, 0.0], [2481, 3116, 0.0], [3116, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 65, 0.0], [65, 277, 0.0], [277, 846, 0.0], [846, 863, 0.0], [863, 1192, 0.0], [1192, 1435, 0.0], [1435, 1754, 0.0], [1754, 1952, 0.0], [1952, 1968, 0.0], [1968, 2178, 0.0], [2178, 2481, 0.0], [2481, 3116, 0.0], [3116, 3178, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 65, 0.12307692], [65, 277, 0.0754717], [277, 846, 0.01581722], [846, 863, 0.17647059], [863, 1192, 0.01519757], [1192, 1435, 0.01646091], [1435, 1754, 0.02507837], [1754, 1952, 0.00505051], [1952, 1968, 0.1875], [1968, 2178, 0.03809524], [2178, 2481, 0.02970297], [2481, 3116, 0.02204724], [3116, 3178, 0.0483871]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 3178, 0.21478784]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 3178, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 3178, 0.36515713]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 3178, -16.48327126]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 3178, 0.71287742]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 3178, -169.89771744]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 3178, 36.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Modern Classics: Eero Saarinen's Tulip Chair
There's something about th | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/850 | {"url": "http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/modern-classics-eero-saarinens-tulip-chair-178311?img_idx=3", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.apartmenttherapy.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:16:01Z", "digest": "sha1:PV5EDTAXQ2MWS7EGV2UI7UVQ4GIR4DU7"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 71, 71.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 71, 605.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 71, 2.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 71, 42.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 71, 0.87]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 71, 315.8]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 71, 0.33333333]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 71, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 71, 0.2]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 71, 1.0]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 71, 5.9]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 71, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 71, 2.30258509]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 71, 10.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 71, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 71, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 45, 6.0], [45, 71, 4.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 71, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 71, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 45, 0.13333333], [45, 71, 0.03846154]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 71, 0.00011361]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 71, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 71, -1.001e-05]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 71, -5.06028515]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 71, -1.75516563]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 71, 0.50442404]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 71, 1.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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POP 34-Representation and Institutional Change: 50 Years of Proportional Representation in the Senate
Cyberdemocracy and the Future of the Australian Senate
Kate Lundy
As new technologies revolutionise the way society operates, the federal parliament remains an anachronism in many respects. Despite the availability of information technologies that have enhanced the operations of almost every modern organisation, the Australian parliament operates in a very traditional manner. In this paper, I argue that the effective use of online technologies would greatly enhance not only the operations of parliament, but also the ability of its members to function more efficiently. More importantly, it would bring the parliament in step with changes taking place in society. I conclude by suggesting that parliament might well benefit from serious examination of the United States model of electronic voting.
Already the Internet is enabling mass participation in the democratic process and cyberdemocracy is becoming a reality that politicians cannot ignore. Before long we will have a parliament dominated by a new generation of computer-literate politicians who will be demanding online services in the chambers of parliament.
In democracies all around the world, online technologies are gaining increasing credibility in the political system. Political campaigners in Australia are starting to wake up to the potential of the Internet as a primary tool for electioneering, fundraising and organising. The Australian Labor Party's web site in the 1998 federal election campaign received an unprecedented two million hits over the five-week campaign. In a country of 18 million people, of whom 11 million are voters, this was a remarkable achievement; one that was accomplished through the use of Internet-based techniques never before used during a campaign. The ALP site established visitor loyalty through its dynamic structure and managed to attract visitors who would never before have visited a political site and who in doing so were exposed to the ALP's political message. All this was backed up with an email-based query service, which answered more than 1,100 policy related queries each week of the campaign. To provide an alternative to the media's campaign coverage, the ALP's 1998 election web site offered exclusive access to major events that received only selective coverage in the mainstream press. An example of this was the ALP campaign launch, which was webcast live and viewed by more than 105,000 Internet users across Australia and around the world.
Email has become an entrenched form of communication between political representatives, their offices and constituents. Increasingly, it is being used as a lobbying tool by those individuals or organisations who are looking for new real-time ways of engaging in the current political system. While some political offices still fail to give email correspondence the same weight as a written letter, the effectiveness of this tool in `bombing' politicians' email accounts and disrupting traditional office procedures during the recent debate over the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Bill cannot go unnoticed.
Cyberdemocracy brings with it the opportunity for a reassessment of the methods by which government services are provided. Through increasing departmental utilisation of the online environment, access to details of government services and initiatives could be extended to include all Australians regardless of their geographic location and with no limitation of access to public service working hours. Numerous opportunities exist with respect to possible new dimensions of government presence in an online environment. Programs are also needed to encourage effective participation in Australian democracy through the use of interactive technologies. The unrepresentative nature of Australians who are currently online provides a limited audience for a participatory democracy, and brings its own inequities in giving undue weight to the information `haves', at the expense of the information `have nots'. It must be acknowledged, however, that before any real change in this area can occur, government policies must redress these inequities of Internet access. Government priorities in this area must include the provision of high-quality access for all Australians to information and communications technology, such as programs to facilitate community-based training in using the Internet and ensuring the affordability of Internet connectivity.
As the Internet and email become more entrenched in the political process, the pressure on our parliament to continually upgrade its technology increases. The time to embrace the concept of a cyberdemocracy with a degree of forward thinking and an acceptance of the use of technologies to enhance the running of federal parliament is upon us. The next few months will see the final stages of Internet connectivity rolled out to parliamentarians' electorate offices.
The next challenge is for parliamentarians and political parties to develop the skill base necessary to gain maximum advantage from the World Wide Web. The value in publishing a web site is as much related to providing for interactive communication with politicians as it is a potential source of accurate and timely information. These technologies, though reasonably new to the political domain, have been developing in the private sector for the past decade, and many of them are already used in electronic commerce and by research and information services.
The United States example
The US Congress is by no means a `technology-free zone', even though the 104th US Congress in January 1995 amended a clause prohibiting the use of `electronic office equipment … including computers' on the floor of House. The reason for this ban was `to avoid the disruptions and distractions that can be caused by sound emitted from such equipment.' Congress has about 40 electronic voting stations and there is electronic equipment at the respective floor managers' tables that is used to monitor the progress of votes. Computers located at the back of the chamber are part of a connected voting system for use by members. Since 1970, electronic voting in the chamber has been available and `the names of Members voting or present may be recorded through the use of appropriate electronic equipment.' (In November 1971, the House installed an electronic voting system with supporting legislation enacted a year later, and on 23 January 1973, the new electronic voting system became operative with its first use being to conduct a quorum call.)
Although the US Congress has experienced many changes affecting its management, structure, administration and decision-making over the years, the distribution of computers is a most significant development. Congress initiated the CyberCongress Project aimed at providing an extensive range of information resources including email, committee information, Internet access and improved links between offices. Also, clerks and officers in the House have phones, fax and computer services available as part of their electronic voting operations and to assist with official business.
Unlike the US Congress, the Australian Senate has assigned seats. If electronic voting was introduced in the Australian Senate, rather than spending eight minutes for every division where the Whip reads out every attending senator's name to the Clerk, senators could identify themselves and indicate their voting intentions electronically as a supplement to traditional voting systems. This would not reduce the public visibility of voters' intentions.
Arguments for developing online technologies
1. Parliament would be more efficient and productive
Developments in the United States demonstrate that legislatures are more effective and productive after the introduction of electronic devices. There are excellent efficiencies in delivering online information on bills, amendments and calendar updates. Accessing parliamentary records (Hansard) and the Internet from the floor of parliament allows members instantaneous information at minimal costs. Access to word-processing applications enhances the writing of speeches, briefs or amendments and email access permits the rapid exchange of information and documents between members.
Electronic voting has also sped up the passage of bills and allowed members more time to pursue other duties.
2. Parliament has a proven record of innovative use of information technologies
Except for the floors of the House and Senate, information technologies are already extensively used in both parliament house and in electorate offices. Mobile phones, pagers, fax machines, email and the Internet are used to communicate between members, staff and constituents. The use of some, if not all, of these technologies should be available inside the chambers. Although members and senators can be contacted through their mobile phones and pagers, once inside a chamber, the only form of communication is via a direct phone link between the seat allocated to the politician and his/her parliamentary office. In today's world, this lack of wider communication access is anachronistic. We should actively consider the merits of politicians being able to contact their electorate offices, another chamber, departmental staff or even their families electronically as this would not disrupt proceedings any more than the use of the existing phone. Likewise, multimedia applications on a laptop computer can enhance an understanding of bills or legislation. This is certainly true with respect to complex technical or scientific legislation where `virtual' displays can be both informative and instructive.
The Australian parliament has been able to leapfrog a generation of technology and is preparing for live webcasts of parliamentary proceedings, having avoided the prospect of broadcast technologies such as C-span in the United States. Digital video conferencing technologies could change the way Senate committees operate both within the parliament and in taking evidence from the Australian public.
While others have identified the risk of information overload, the reality of information-technology service provision in the chambers is that members and senators would only access what they as individuals deemed necessary to fulfil their parliamentary duties in a co-ordinated and timely manner.
3. The Internet and Intranet are transforming the political landscape
The Australian parliament has both an Intranet and a Parliamentary DataBase System available to all electorate and parliamentary offices. The Intranet comprises various online services, including Hansard, Parliamentary Directory Services (comprising an occupant directory and listings of committee-room meetings), and the Electronic News Service. ParlInfo is a searchable database containing information on legislation, publications, Hansard, policy papers, procedural matters, library and media resources as well as the Parliamentary Handbook. These services are critical to the activities of parliamentarians and should be made available on the floor of parliament, either through in-built computers or by allowing laptop computers to be used by members and senators.
4. Email is critical to exchanging documents and information
Electronic mail has transformed modern society and facilitated the rapid exchange of documents and information. Email can be used to instantaneously update legislative amendments, bills in progress, Hansard, news and so on. That is how a modern parliament should operate and, more importantly, that is what the public expect, given their level of cynicism at the archaic and bureaucratic nature of parliament. During sitting periods, senators and members need to communicate with their staff who frequently need to provide updated information, research, diary changes or to pass on constituent or other correspondence.
While it has been argued that the floor of the House should be insulated from outside interference, that notion is not necessarily valid in today's world, where the accessibility of information is paramount. In addition to contacting staff and receiving information on legislation, email could be used to provide a direct communication link between the House and Senate. Furthermore, access to email would facilitate the exchange of correspondence between members and electors and electorate offices. Again, there is a view that if members are exchanging emails then they are not giving their undivided attention to debates and speeches. However, this presumes that no member reads newspapers, clippings, correspondence and the like while in the chamber—all practices well known in the Australian parliament.
5. Electronic technology would not disrupt parliament
The possibility that online services would cause disruption and diversion was a factor in the US Congress' decision to prohibit the use of such services on the floor. It was argued that it would be `discourteous' to a politician making a speech if other members were glued to their computer monitors, answering emails or researching legislation. According to the US Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House (21 November 1997), `If electronic devices are permitted in the chamber, lawmakers may be so engrossed in their “electronic office” that they are unlikely either to be “hearing” or “studying” the viewpoints of their colleagues.'
On the other hand, there is nothing to prevent similar `distractions' of members and senators conducting their own work while in the chamber. Noise is not a valid argument for banning computers from parliament. Anyone familiar with the level of `activity' in either the House of Representatives or the Senate would be hard-pressed to argue that either computers or electronic voting devices would disrupt proceedings any more than is the current situation. In some respects, electronic technology might result in a `quietening down' of parliament, as members would be able to work during normally inactive periods.
6. Parliament is old fashioned
Given the workload that most politicians are burdened with, and the time-constrained environment in which they operate, the ability of modern parliaments to deal effectively with all business is questionable. Therefore, the provision of online technologies would only improve the quality and quantity of parliamentary output, particularly with respect to legislation where bills could be better scrutinised, rather than just processed. Furthermore, if parliament is to effectively deal with the complexities of the 21st century, it must embrace the technology of the day. It is a bizarre situation when legislators are debating digital television, conversion, encryption, electronic voting, privacy and the Internet yet they are not able to use these technologies within the legislature.
Problem areas
The introduction of information and communications technologies in the chambers, and their application in all aspects of parliamentary proceedings, will no doubt be subject to some initial teething problems. With the provision of adequate training and support, this transition will be made a lot smoother. It must be acknowledged that politicians, like members of the community, will all choose to use the technology in a different way. Attempts to overly homogenise information systems would—not surprisingly—be resisted. Technology should not inadvertently be used to discriminate against those whose life experience perhaps does not engender comfort or ease with its use.
Some broader problems have also been identified with respect to the introduction of a cyberdemocracy. Lobbyists, constituency groups and sections of the community would no doubt use email and the Internet to flood (`bomb') politicians with electronic messages during consideration of legislation. `Electronic lobbying' in parliament would be an ever-present possibility whenever controversial legislation was being debated.
In a paper tabled by the President of the Senate in 1990, it was argued that the use of electronic voting in the Senate chamber would be of little assistance because:
assuming that Senators would continue to vote in person in the chamber, very little time would be saved because four of the approximately seven minutes spent on each division consists of the time taken to ring the bells to summon Senators to the chamber.
The paper also illustrated the perceived disadvantages of electronic voting, summarised by Kirsty Margarey as follows:
removal of a pause in the proceedings that is often convenient;
possible transfer of activities that now take place during the count to other components of the time spent on divisions, so that little time would in fact be saved;
loss of advantages of the current practice of senators sitting to the right or left of the chair, particularly the visibility and public nature of the act of voting;
possible increase in the calling of divisions.
From a purely party political point of view, it may also be harder for parties to ensure that senators and members follow caucus decisions on voting.
Another `problem' is whether the use of electronic technology would alter the way parliament processes bills. Would technology transform existing power arrangements or create new divisions between those who are computer literate and those who are not? Would politicians become too reliant on technology? What would happen when computer glitches occurred or the server goes down? These issues would need to be fleshed out. However, international experience may offer solutions to these problems.
Regardless of which direction the Australian Senate decides to take with respect to the introduction of electronic voting or the use of information and communications technologies on the floor of parliament, new political technologies are here to stay. As Dana Milbank says, whether or not that is a good thing is still a topic of debate:
Though it has the potential to reverse voter apathy, it might further disenfranchise the poor. Though it could limit the power of special interest groups, it might also cause presidential [or, in the Australian case, parliamentary] candidates to pander to more and more people, as if they were running for city council … A politician [could] make me one promise and you one promise, and his competitor wouldn't even know it.
Problems regarding privacy and democracy will no doubt become more prevalent as the use of technology in the political arena expands. While the current debate circulates around the value of the technologies themselves and their merits in a participatory democracy, broader issues regarding the nature, scope and use of an online environment and its accessibility must receive the attention they deserve. 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Red Bank Regional player dies after he collapses on court
Red Bank Regional senior fatally stricken
3:10 PM, Dec. 4, 2012
Coach Recalls Last Moments of Player's Life (12/4/...: Red Bank (NJ) Regional High School basketball coach Scott Martin recalls the last moments of player Albert Martin's life. The senior collapsed on the court during a scrimmage game Monday. STAFF VIDEO BY THOMAS P. COSTELLO
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A Red Bank Regional varsity basketball player, who was the only senior on the team, collapsed at the high school gymnasium Monday afternoon during a scrimmage and later died at a local hospital. Albert Martin, 17, of Red Bank, died Monday evening at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, according to Marianne Kligman, community information officer for the borough's regional school district. "It is with incredible sadness that we report the loss of Red Bank Regional senior and varsity basketball player, Albert Martin, who collapsed while playing basketball on Monday," Kligman said. ...
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Black & Decker Announces Third-Quarter Call
The Black & Decker Corporation said it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, following the release of its third-quarter results. The call is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. eastern time. The conference call will be webcast "live" over the Internet. Investors can listen to the call by visiting http://www.bdk.com and clicking on the icon labeled "Live Webcast." It is recommended that listeners log-in at least 10 min prior to the beginning of the call to assure timely access. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available at http://www.bdk.com through the close of business on Oct. 30, 2002. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/853 | {"url": "http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=3712&zone=0&first=1", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.appliancemagazine.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:23:31Z", "digest": "sha1:Z2ZTUVU3BGCGOQLM5UNPGQ434HXQ424U"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 666, 666.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 666, 2251.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 666, 2.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 666, 58.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 666, 0.92]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 666, 105.4]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 666, 0.32876712]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 666, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 666, 0.08778626]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 666, 0.08015267]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 666, 0.0648855]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 666, 0.08015267]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 666, 0.00684932]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 666, 0.23287671]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 666, 0.59259259]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 666, 4.85185185]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 666, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 666, 3.90247113]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 666, 108.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 666, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 666, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 44, 5.0], [44, 666, 103.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 666, 0.02711864]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 44, 0.0], [44, 666, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 44, 0.13636364], [44, 666, 0.02411576]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 666, 0.01960975]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 666, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 666, 0.02030325]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 666, -56.8121489]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 666, -14.43142078]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 666, -35.04861342]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 666, 14.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Law & Order: Legacies
Publisher: Telltale Inc
Released: 22 Dec, 2011
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Yves Chabal University of Texas, Dallas
"For the individual development and collaborative application of fundamental surface infrared spectroscopy and quantum chemical methods to silicon surface reactions important in microelectronics."
Yves Jean Chabal, currently holds the Texas Instrument Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is a Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering with a joint position in Physics. He obtained his B.A. in Physics from Princeton University in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Physics at Cornell University in 1980, under the guidance of A.J. Sievers. He then spent 22 years at Bell Laboratories, where he studied fundamental processes relevant to the microelectronics industry, such as semiconductor surface passivation by gas phase and wet chemical methods, wafer bonding, and molecular hydrogen in amorphous silicon, and developed with Krishnan Raghavachari a mechanistic understanding of hydrogen passivation and oxidation of silicon surfaces. He was then a faculty member at Rutgers University in the departments of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Physics and the Director of the Laboratory for Surface Modification, where he developed in-situ methods to study Atomic Layer Deposition and chemical functionalization of silicon surfaces. He joined UT Dallas in 2008 and works on hydrogen storage, and nanoelectronics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the AVS, and a member of the ACS and MRS Societies. He received an IBM Faculty Award in 2004 and the Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research in 2006. He is currently on the MRS Board of Directors and the Program Chair of the Surface Science Division of the AVS.
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Jon R. Wallace, DBA, President
Good morning. A lot of planning and thought went into this morning, and it is in some ways different than how we usually do this.
On the day we filmed at Hippos [in Israel], I think there were five or six of us who went up late in the day. It was 105 to 110 degrees when we started the long walk from the road down by the Sea of Galilee up this trail to Hippos.
Let me tell you something about Hippos. In the time of Christ, it is one of the 10 cities of the Decapolis on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. It has autonomy. It gets to even print its own money, but it is a pagan city. In the revolt, about 67 AD, members in that city offered up some of the Jewish citizens to the government in a terrible act of betrayal. But something happens in Hippos. Under Constantine, it becomes a Christian city.
Today, they have excavated eight Christian churches, and from the fourth century to the middle of the eighth century, for 400 years, the doors open. Hippos will be absolutely destroyed in the middle of the eighth century by a massive earthquake that destroys a number of cities in that part of the world, and it never comes back to life after that. Residents move out. As a matter of fact, the excavation showed pillars lying on their sides. But for those 400 years, it is the seat of the bishop of the church. For those 400 years, [the city of Hippos] is absolutely a culture changer and a difference maker for the Church, for the growing Church in that part of the world. Maybe those citizens were clearly aware that when Jesus, in Matthew 5, opens up the Beatitudes and is looking for an example, he points to Hippos; maybe that’s what drew those citizens to who God had called them to be—to influence their culture.
Let me tell you what we are going to do in the minutes that I have left. I am going to go through some specific goals that we’ve laid out for the next 9–10 months. As a matter of fact, we’re going to do something interesting this year. On May 7, 2013, we have scheduled that day when we recognize those employees who have a long tenure. We’re going to combine that event with a celebration and report how we did with these goals.
Last week I met with the President’s Council, 22 of us. We brought our strategic plans and goals, and everybody brought their list, but they had to identify their top three goals. I knew, by the way, that 80 goals would probably take us through lunch, and we wouldn’t get the faculty workshop going. We had a robust conversation and identified 21 that represent senior leadership goals, but it doesn’t mean that they are not representative of specific goals you may have to advance Mission, Academic Reputation, Valuing People, and Financial Excellence. [Shared Vision 2022]
So we are going to move through these, and I want you to be aware of where we are going. In the middle of our mission statement are these 14 words: “disciples and scholars who seek to advance the work of God in the world.” I think that when you begin to think about our call and the 47 words that represent our mission, [these words] really speak to the heart of who God has called us to be.
Our first goal is to complete the values and ethos process with the APU board. A couple weeks ago, all employees of the university received this university identity document, “What We Believe,” with a letter from me. We intentionally mailed that to every person because we were all involved in that remarkable conversation clarifying and bringing distinction to who we believe God has called us to be—the identity of the university. Please read through these. Please make this an important part of your journey at Azusa Pacific, and then agree with me to affirm, support, and sustain them. At the September board meeting, we’ll give this to the board and report on the really good work of the community. And we will say that there are recommendations moving forward on how to make these come alive so that they are more than just a document that sits on the shelf and gains dust.
You may remember the Values Enrichment Task Force, the Hiring Task Force, the task force on the implication of this and the identity of students, and the Faith Integration Task Force brought some great recommendations, and we are going to give those to the board. We are going to let them look at the hard work of this community.
We also have another goal under the Mission door. The higher education community of North America stood up and took notice particularly on two events that happened in the last 12 months. One was the University of Virginia, where the board moved with some deliberation and haste in a decision related to senior administration. But I think the one that really galvanized American higher education was Pennsylvania State University, when the Freeh report came out and identified that there were apparently places in the university where the core values of Penn State didn’t penetrate ahead of the core values of that particular area. Higher education stood up and said maybe there is a place for the board to have appropriate insight and inquiry so that this kind of thing doesn’t happen again. I’ve had conversations with Peggy Campbell, our board chair, for a new board committee on institutional integrity that would not just deal with this, but would look at how we handle risk at the university, and how the board revisits this on a regular basis to make sure it’s current. I think that will bring Azusa Pacific once again into a place of best practices where a lot of private schools, and most of the Christian colleges, are saying, “I wonder what Azusa is doing about this.” I’m pretty excited that the board is willing to have that conversation.
Under Mission, I put a third goal: the election year. I remember 2008; it was a great year. More college students voted in 2008 than we had seen in a number of elections before that. I also remember how divided the conversation was, and I remember that members of our student life leadership and many in our academic community at Azusa Pacific said, “Let’s take a step and see if we can’t carve out civility.” I’ve got to tell you, in the last four years, I think both parties have been guilty of conducting a conversation that is pretty divisive. I know I’m talking right now on the last day of the Republican National Convention, and I’m not making any kind of political statement here today. I’m saying, I think as a community, we can be missional by how we model this conversation for our community. I think our conversation can absolutely guarantee the constitutional right of free expression. I think our conversation must be robust because we’re an academic community and we’re supposed to have important and robust conversations. I think our conversation can be tethered and built on the Christian command to love our neighbor. Around those three values, I believe our mission can move forward, so I put that down as a goal.
Finally, the last goal under Mission is what we are going to do related to our commitment to growing our international presence. We’re asking John Reynolds and the international collaboration committee to come up with specific goals and an execution plan for that.
Academic Reputation
The second door, the second pillar for moving forward after Mission is Academic Reputation. I love that quote from [Abraham] Lincoln. Lincoln says, “Your character is the tree and your shadow is what people think of it.” I’ve had some conversations with people who say, “Jon, it bothers me that you keep talking about reputation. It seems like Christians shouldn’t worry about their reputation. That kind of blows with the wind.” I guess I have to agree with that, except I have to say this: In higher education, and in Christian higher education, I believe there are places whose academic muscle has given them an appropriate, excellent reputation. It does come back to who we are, our identity, our character, and a strong academic setting. We have a WASC visit in 40 days. I think it’s going to be a home run. I’m an optimistic guy, but seriously, there is a lot of work that has gone into that visit. Please be in prayer. For those of you who are involved in that visit, it will be a significant statement about our academic reputation.
More than 65 white papers were submitted by this community to support the comprehensive campaign, which we are launching even as I speak. I want to thank those of you who submitted papers. Now we have to go through the process of seeing which ones best fit with the comprehensive campaign, which ones best fit with other kinds of budget funding, and which ones might fit with the grant funding. So one of our goals is to integrate and prioritize those white papers with the strategic plan going forward.
Under Academic Reputation, we need to successfully complete year two of the [NCAA] Division II candidacy. I am so impressed with the conversations I’ve had at the national level with the NCAA Division II presidents. I am impressed that they’ve actually reduced the number of competition days that take students out of the classroom. I’m impressed that they have specific goals in place for the student athlete. I think that God is directing us to the D-II not just because our Christian witness will shine brightly, but because it is going to strengthen who we are understood to be within the academic arena.
Finally, under Academic Reputation, Dr. Mark Stanton and I had a conversation with Dr. David Weeks. I am strongly passionate about seeing our Honors Program becoming an Honors College. I’ve asked Dr. Stanton and Dr. Weeks if we can move that conversation forward to create an Honors College. I don’t want to get ahead of those academic leaders, it is their turf to cover, but should we get to that place, you realize that the potential rise of that academic Honors College would be larger than many Christian colleges. Imagine the impact of what God would allow us to do. We are going to report on that and its progress in May.
Dr. Mark Stanton and I agreed that within the landscape of higher education—in the U.S.News & World Report, [The Pricenton Review, and other reports]—there are academic dashboard indicators that forward a perception of quality. Mark has assumed the responsibility with the Academic Affairs Committee of the board to identify those indicators and come up with a strategy to move on those we identify are important to our reputation.
Valuing People
Our third door is Valuing People. All people matter to God, and if we’re a community of people, touching other people, witnessing to our neighbors, and having a positive impact, we think that this is an important goal. Several months ago, Dr. David Bixby, John Reynolds, Dr. Stanton, and I had a week away to think about the future of the university and we actually had an “ah-ha” moment. We went through a morning of deep reflection and a contemplative exercise, and it occurred to us that this is a pretty rare community. Azusa Pacific tends to attract people with leadership gifts. Now, your leadership gift may not necessarily mean that you are the next president or the next board chair, but I certainly believe that God brought you here and that this is a deep pool of leadership gifts. We want to create a plan for developing the leadership gifts of APU employees. I don’t know what that means yet, but I do know this: People from around the country and from around the world come for several of our academic programs because they are the best of the best at developing leaders. If we can do that for undergraduate, doctoral, and APS students, we can certainly do it for faculty and staff. That is a goal that we will report on.
You may have heard of the Open Hire [system] by Silk Road. In valuing people, we really think we need to value applicants. We had a goal several years ago to become the preferred destination for employment in the San Gabriel Valley. I think we’ve become that, but I’ve got to tell you that people are really frustrated with the application process. [Open Hire] is a 24-7 process of accessibility and availability. I am excited for its implementation.
Over the last four years, in the midst of this significant financial downturn, salaries were improved 10 percent. That’s not really good enough for us. We really do believe we need to find ways to bring resources to bear on both salaries and benefits, and although we are not yet there on the benefit side—I mean I can’t announce anything—I will say this: Bob Johansen tells me that we have been reviewing what we are currently looking at for the cost of insurance next year, and it is probably our smallest increase that we’ve seen in a long time. Let me announce today that effective November 1, 2012, all permanent full-time and part-time employees will receive a 3 percent salary increase. Congratulations.
In valuing students, we need to be more transfer friendly. We have too many hurdles. We’ve talked to too many people who have transferred to Azusa and they say it is the hardest thing in the world. We will launch an Office for Nontraditional Enrollment Service. It’s not really called this, but it’s kind of like the one stop shop for nontraditional undergraduates, especially those who are at our regional sites. We think that would absolutely serve them better. We also want to launch an Office of Graduate Support Services. That’s really a student life and business affairs deal. We think that by paying attention to student needs, we are going to value people.
When you leave today, you are going to receive the Athletics Family Pass. We’re doing this because we just think that you need to be a part of what we are doing in a God-honoring athletic program. The pass is good for four people for any regular-season athletic event. You’re going to see this go on sale for $25, and there will be a whole bunch of athletes outside. Just trust me, when you leave, they will swarm on you. So let me say this: I also think the way we value people is how we value guests to our campus, and while I’m huge on athletic tradition, I just have to tell you that one of my great dreams is that visiting teams and visiting fans will experience the kingdom of God when they are on this campus, so my request is show up to everything and reflect the life of Christ and shine the light of truth. You will get that pass today.
Financial Excellence
We said that the fourth pillar was Financial Excellence, and I want to thank Bob [Johansen] for his leadership in finance since he’s arrived. We’ve had some challenges in the last four years. We had a failed Irish bank. We did the best practice in issuing bonds and got into default credit swaps. State and federal funding have absolutely taken a hit. You probably read about the question of whether the Cal Grant was going to even be in existence this year.
But let me talk a little bit about the accomplishments. On June 30, $9 million went to two reserves, the fiscal reserve of $6.5 million and a debt reserve of $2.5 million. We’re actually accelerating the debt payment at the university. We decreased the debt at the university over the last four years by $25 million. We had this other thing called noncash liabilities; Bob came up with an ingenious solution, and by God’s hand we took $25 million in noncash liabilities off our balance sheet. It was a huge success. We increased revenue over the last four years by $46 million. And we strengthened enrollments across all areas.
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, who is an APU alum and has two daughters at APU, spoke on our behalf and on behalf of every AICCU school, the private colleges in California, and the Cal Grant was saved. It was saved because the mission of the private schools in the state of California was articulated by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla. Today we have a Cal Grant, though diminished, but we have a Cal Grant. It was not certain for much of last year. Those are some huge accomplishments.
Let me tell you what our financial goals are for this year. We want to do the same thing on June 30, 2013, that we did on June 30, 2012, which is send $9 million to reserve—$6.5 million to fiscal reserve, and $2.5 million to debt reserve. We have a goal to have 10 percent of the operating budget of Azusa Pacific in a cash reserve. We want to grow revenue this year by 4 percent. We want to execute the first steps of the comprehensive campaign. On September 13, Dr. Bixby and Louise Furrow and I, and a faculty member, are going to have a conversation with a group of donors who have previously not given to the university. We’re taking one of those white paper ideas with us. Please be in prayer. I know that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. I would like God to direct to us men and women who are caught up with the vision of who we have been called to be.
We have some enrollment goals to support our financial plan. We intend to limit undergraduate enrollment growth on this campus for a couple reasons. It’s not sustainable to keep building buildings to support growing freshman classes until we have other financial bases covered. As a matter of fact, we’ve seen significant growth at our regional sites. Did you know that 25 percent of our enrollment is at regional sites now, and 38 percent of graduate enrollment is at regional sites? We are seeing God bless exponential growth, connecting faculty and students in faith integration at regional sites. I think this is a doable goal.
The fall 2012 APOU class that comes in just a week or two is the largest in APOU history and exceeds their enrollment goal for that enrollment period. I really believe we have reached the tipping point and, remember, we are doing this because I believe that the higher education model is broken. I believe families cannot afford a $140,000 education without significant financial resources, and APOU allows us to do a Christ-centered mission at the highest standards of academic excellence for one-third the cost. We’re going to find a way to make that successful. Count on it. Why
Now, that is what I hope God allows us to do. I want to tell you why, which by the way, is far more important to me than what. You see what Hippos did, how God used that place. Hippos was a culture changer and a difference maker. We think that supporting those four goals of Mission, Academic Reputation, Valuing People, and Financial Excellence allows us to accomplish the why. APU exists because we believe that God’s redemptive work in the world includes us. Remember that: disciples and scholars advancing God’s work in the world. I believe that each of you are called to be culture changers and difference makers just like those early Christians in Hippos. I believe that every faculty member, in every class, engages in God’s redemptive work in the world by instructing and teaching current and future culture changers and difference makers. I believe every staff member, on every workday, engages in God’s redemptive work, serving with God-honoring excellence and thereby empowering our community to be difference makers. What happens here over the next four or five days will prove it. Thank you, by the way. A lot of you are working extra hours and overtime to get [Orientation] done. I want to show you a video that most of you have not seen. This video tells the story that we give to undergraduate parents and students who are thinking about admission. I want you to know that we could do this theme for graduate and adult students at any regional center. I want you to watch this video, and then I’m going to tell you what I think the core values around it are. By the way, it was done by several film students and a couple of alumni. [Watch the abbreviated Visit Azusa Pacific video.]
I love that video, and often when a visitor comes to campus I’ll sneak in and the admissions people are gracious to let me get in the front of the line. I like it because Dr. Michael Bruner, Dr. Craig Keen, Dr. Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, and Dr. Matt Browning, and students Ricky, Lauren, James, and Jamari, basically say, this is a community of culture changers and difference makers, and if you want to be one of those, come here. Ricky says, “I will never forget that moment in class when this thing broke for me and I got it.” Do you know that happens every single day on this campus, at our regional centers, at the High Sierra site, at South Africa? That happens every single day.
When we showed the graduation video, Carter Posladek, last year’s student body president, said this: “We gather here not to come to, but to go forth as movers and shakers equipped to do more than we ever could imagine.” That’s what the student body president said when he could have said anything else to those graduates.
This Sunday is the Orientation worship service. When [new students and their families] come in, they are going to get a piece of sidewalk chalk. I’m going to tell them that God has called them to a journey that means they’re going to be culture changers and difference makers. I’m going to ask them to find a place on campus, draw a circle, and make that their altar of obedience. I’m going to show them this picture. I’m going to say, I want you to get your son or daughter, or if you don’t have parents here then grab someone else’s, and get in a circle. When you come back to this campus, that can be your place to gather and remember what God has called you to be. I’m telling you this because on Monday when you come to work, I hope there are circles all over campus. I hope they are outside and not on carpets. I want you to know we are going to keep telling people that God has called them to make a difference.
On your seat is a bag. Can you take it out? Inside is a compass. I was privileged to do another Walkabout a couple weeks ago with a group of students. We took the compass out when we wanted to know what bearing we were headed. We were hiking uphill all day, one of the most challenging days I’ve had in the wilderness, 12 hours of hiking in full sun. We needed to make a decision on where the lake was, where we were going to spend the next three days. We got out the map, but what we really needed to know was from where we were to where we were going, what is the true direction we must travel. A compass is about direction. A map is about a plan. I’m asking for you to put this [compass] on your desk—that you would think about Christ-centered Mission, Academic Reputation, Valuing People, and Financial Excellence. I don’t care what your job is. I don’t care if you’re faculty or staff, part time or full time. I don’t care if you work with undergraduate, graduate, or accelerated students. For me, everyone is on board with those four doors. On the tag, I’m going to ask you to write a word or a phrase that will help you stay true to the direction that God is calling you as a culture changer and a difference maker. Here is what I’m going to put on mine: Full devotion. For me, I have a tendency to slide away from full devotion. There are days when it’s hard to come to work, but then I remember that God has called me to this remarkable thing—as a husband, a father, in my ministry and role in a local church, and as an employee in a confessional community like Azusa Pacific. My call is to full devotion in every one of those areas—to do it with excellence and not settle for mediocrity—that’s what is on my compass. I want you to choose a phrase that best serves you and have that as a reminder for the rest of the year.
I’m honored that you came this morning and we could start this year as we have before. I love commissioning services, and we’ve had four already with student groups that I’ve been a part of this week. I love standing before God and saying I’m coming to the starting line again. I’m all in, and I’m all in with these people who are all in with me. As best we can for Your honor and Your glory, we’re going that way. I love commissioning services and we are going to end that way today with Peggy praying for us. We have some special guests today: more than 100 members of the university choir here under the direction of John Sutton. This theme—listen carefully to the words of this song—has followed all the way through from the very first video to the Lincoln reading, the dance, and recognition of those who serve in an uncommon fashion, but represent all of us. It’s about being culture changers and difference makers. It’s about being that place that God has called us to be, to shine the life of Christ and His revealed truth.
Shalom.
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Home: The Criterion: Local news February 18, 2011 Skip to main navigation | Skip to local links | Skip to search engine Bishop-designate Coyne to be ordained on
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Father Christopher J. Coyne, a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston, will be ordained auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on March 2 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis.
Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein will ordain the new bishop. Bishop Paul D. Etienne of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland will be the co-ordaining bishops.
The Mass will begin at 2 p.m. Doors to the historic St. John the Evangelist Church, 126 W. Georgia St., will open to the public at 12:30 p.m.
More than 400 bishops, priests and invited guests from across the country are expected to attend the ordination. There will be between 300 and 400 seats available for the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. The overflow crowd will be directed across the street to the 500 Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center, where the Mass will be simulcast for viewing only. A reception following the Mass, which is open to the public, will be held in the 500 Ballroom.
No parking will be available at the church. People attending the Mass will need to use the surrounding parking garages. A map of the downtown parking garages can be found on the Indiana Convention and Visitors Association website at www.visitindy.com/web_files/map/DTParkMap_c040909.pdf.
Bishop-designate Coyne, 52, who was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on Jan. 14 by Pope Benedict XVI, will become only the third auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in its 177-year history. As auxiliary bishop, Bishop-designate Coyne will assist Archbishop Buechlein in fulfilling the responsibilities of leading the Church in central and southern Indiana.
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Home: The Criterion: Local news June 3, 2011 Skip to main navigation | Skip to local links | Skip to search engine The history of the Swiss Guard dates back more than 500 years
Then-Marco Rudolf Honegger takes an oath as a new member of the Swiss Guard on May 6, 2004, at the Vatican in Rome. After serving for two years, Honegger became a postulant at Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. He recently completed a year of studies at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. (Submitted photo)
The history of the Swiss Guard goes back to 1506 when Pope Julius II invited some 150 Swiss soldiers to serve as his personal guards.
At the time, Swiss soldiers had a high reputation for bravery and skill, and were in demand across Europe.
On May 6, 1527, however, more than 100 members of the Swiss Guard gave up their lives on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica in defense of the pope when Rome was being sacked by Spanish troops of the Holy Roman Empire.
May 6 is now the date on which new members of the Swiss Guard swear to protect the pope—even at the cost of their lives.
According to the Vatican’s website on the Swiss Guard, a prospective member of the 110-member Vatican armed forces must be an unmarried male citizen of Switzerland between the ages of 19 and 30 who is Catholic, “of good moral [and] ethical background,” has attended Swiss military school, be at least 5 feet 7 inches tall, and has either a professional or high school diploma.
Those accepted into the Swiss Guard must serve a minimum of two years. They live in barracks in Vatican City that overlook St. Peter’s Square.
Their daily duties include standing guard at the entrances to the apostolic palace, and at all external entrances to Vatican City. They also serve as guards during public appearances by the pope at the Vatican, such as liturgies and general audiences.
When not on duty, members of the Swiss Guard can play in the corps’ band or sing in its choir, attend daily Mass celebrated by its chaplain or join its soccer team in matches against other squads from within the Vatican.
The work of the members is more than ceremonial. According to Benedictine Brother Mauritius Honegger, a monk of Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland and a former member of the Swiss Guard, plain-clothed members of his former unit as well as Vatican policemen restrained a woman who pulled Pope Benedict XVI to the ground during the opening procession of Midnight Mass on Christmas at St. Peter’s Basilica in 2009.
Although some members of the Swiss Guard carry out their duties in plain clothes, their ceremonial uniforms are well known. According to the Vatican website on the Swiss Guard, their distinctive orange and blue uniforms, while popularly believed to have been designed by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo, are actually the work of a previous commandant of the guard less than 100 years ago.
(For more information on the Swiss Guard, log on to www.vatican.va/roman_curia/swiss_guard.) †
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Dr. Mark Hull to Discuss Bypassed by Greatness: The Warren Harding Years at the National Archives
Kimberlee Ried, 816-268-8072
Kansas City, (MO)… The National Archives at Kansas City will host Dr. Mark Hull on Tuesday, January 15 for a lecture and discussion titled Bypassed by Greatness: The Warren Harding Years. A 6:00 p.m. informal reception will precede the event. Warren G. Harding (1921-23) was an unlikely President in so many ways and, until being eclipsed by President Richard Nixon and Watergate, his administration was most often associated with what is perhaps the worst national corruption scandal, Teapot Dome. Harding's death in office in 1923 likely saved him from even more damaging public revelations about his personal life. Harding rose from relative obscurity and was the perennial compromise candidate. He grew to political maturity in the "Gilded Age" of party bosses and widespread graft even as these practices were losing to the new tide of progressivism. Harding inherited a United States in conflict. America was one of the victorious Allied nations in World War I, yet it was burdened by pressing domestic issues: civil rights, women's rights, Prohibition, and with an economic collapse just over the horizon. Although his abbreviated administration had a few notable successes, many historians consider Harding the worst president in the history of the Republic. This lecture is part of the One of 44 Lecture Series being offered in conjunction with the School House to White House exhibit currently on display at the National Archives through February 23, 2013. School House to White House focuses on the education of the Presidents.
To make a reservation for this free event please call 816-268-8010 or email kansascity.educate@nara.gov. About the speaker Mark Hull, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, KS. His undergraduate, master’s, and doctorate degrees are in history and he earned his juris doctorate from Cumberland School of Law. Prior to teaching at the CGSC, Hull taught at the University of Great Falls, Saint Louis University, and served as a brigade intelligence advisor to the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division military transition team from 2006-07 in Iraq. His books include Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland; Spies Like Us, A Tale of German Espionage in Wartime Ireland ; and Concerning the Emancipation of the Slaves published in the book, A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on the Life and Career of Major General Patrick Cleburne . In addition he has written numerous articles and reviews on various topics ranging from war crimes, Medal of Honor recipients, and German military intelligence. Hull is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, based in Great Britain. The National Archives at Kansas City is one of 13 facilities nationwide where the public has access to Federal archival records. It is home to more than 50,000 cubic feet of historical records dating from the 1820s to the 1990s created or received by nearly 100 Federal agencies. Serving the Central Plains Region, the archives holds records from the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The facility is located at 400 West Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108. It is open to the public Tuesday - Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for research, with the exhibits open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 816-268-8000 or visit us online.
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Governor Spry Joseph Hillstrom correspondence Dates: 1914-1916.
1.35 cubic feet and 3 microfilm reels
As chief executive officer of the state, Governor Spry had the authority to commute the sentences of those convicted of crimes. The conviction and execution of Joseph Hillstrom (Joe Hill) became one of the most controversial criminal cases in Utah history; it generated national and international interest. Letters were sent to Governor Spry's office protesting the execution and/or conviction of Hill for the gunshot murders of grocer J.S. Morrison and his son Arling. Spry was also commended for supporting the conviction and execution of Hill; he was praised for making a courageous stand for justice and for law and order. Correspondence is in the form of letters, postcards, and telegrams.
Although the correspondence defending Hill varied somewhat, the following views were typical: he was innocent; he had an unfair trial; he had jurors who were selected unfairly; he received inadequate counsel; he lacked a motive for the crime; and he was convicted on circumstantial evidence. Many of the letters were from labor unions or members, including Eugene Debs, who felt Hill was being railroaded because of his connections with the labor movement. Replies, to some of the correspondence, from the Governor's Office stated that the communication was filed with the State Board of Pardons who were responsible for granting pardons and commutations; it also stated that a copy of the decision reached by the Supreme Court in the appeal was enclosed.
There is correspondence between President Woodrow Wilson and Governor Spry. A Swedish Minister made an appeal on behalf of Joe Hill, who was a Swedish citizen, to Governor Spry and to President Woodrow Wilson. The President then requested that Governor Spry postpone the execution; Spry granted the request. When Wilson requested a second postponement, the Governor refused and Hill was executed by a firing squad on November 19, 1915.
Several letters offered Governor Spry protection and investigation services. Some were from individuals, others were from agencies. Other miscellaneous letters were simply requests for information, requests for payment of reward or funeral services, religious messagess, etc. Virtually all the correspondence is between 1914 and early 1916; there is one letter as late as 1917 from a woman who thought Joe Hill was in prison and wanted to obtain him as farm labor.
Alphabetical by surname, thereunder chronological by date.
Gary Gilmore scrapbooks from the Supreme Court, Series 26075, provides information on how the capital punishment issue has been viewed historically.
Custody History
The bulk of the series was transferred to the Archives from the Office of the Governor in 1955.
Gaps in Series
Four letters in the anonymous section are included there because the second page of the letters could not be located. Occasionally there is a response to a letter for which the original correspondence is not present.
The bulk of the series was transferred to the Archives from the Office of the Governor in 1955. Items commending Governor Spry for the stand he took were received, by the Archives, from the Historical Society in 1989. The series has been repeatedly reorganized. Enclosures and responses have been restored to the correspondence to which they pertain. Undated correspondence, unless a response or enclosure, appears at the end of each alphabet letter. Microfilming of the correspondence occurred during 1992. Archival processing was completed during 1991.
Hill, Joe—1879-1915—Trials, litigation, etc.
Morrison, J.S.
Morrison, Arling.
Utah. Governor (1909-1916 : Spry)—Decision making.
Industrial Workers of the World.
United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson).
Murder—Utah.
Executions and executioners—Utah.
Criminals—Utah.
Labor movement—Utah.
Swedish Minister's and President Woodrow Wilson's Requests for Postponements of Execution and Spry's Reactions
Commendations of Governor Spry and his Replies, A-B
Offers of Investigation, Information, or Protection
Protests against the Execution and/or Conviction of Joe Hill; A: July, Sept. 1914; Aug.-Sept. 1915
A: Oct.-Nov. 16, 1915; n.d.
B: July-Aug. 1914; Jan.-Aug. 1915
B: Sept. 1-15, 1915
B: Sept. 16-30, 1915
B: Oct.-Nov. 17, 1915
C: Aug.-Sept. 1914; July-Sept. 15, 1915
C: Sept. 16-30, 1915
C: Oct.-Nov. 15, 1915
D: July-Aug 1914; July-Sept. 15, 1915
D: Sept. 16-Nov. 17, 1915; n.d.
F: Aug. 1914; Apr.-Sept. 15, 1915
F: Sept. 16-Nov. 17, 1915; n.d.
G: Aug. 1914; Aug.-Sept. 15, 1915
G: Sept. 16-Nov. 17, 1915; n.d.
H: July-Sept. 1914; Mar.-Sept. 15, 1915
H: Sept 16-30, 1915
H: Oct.-Dec. 1915; n.d.
J: Aug. 1914; Aug.-Sept. 1915
J: Oct-Nov. 16, 1915; n.d.
K: Aug., Oct. 1914; Aug.-Sept. 20, 1915
K: Sept. 21-Nov. 18, 1915; n.d.
L: July-Aug. 1914; May-Sept. 1915
L: Oct.-Nov. 1915
M: July-Aug., Nov. 1914; Mar.-Sept. 15, 1915
M: Sept. 16-30, 1915
M: Oct.-Nov. 1915; n.d.
Organizations, no contact individual
P: July-Aug. 1914; July-Sept. 15, 1915
P: Sept. 16-30, 1915
P: Oct.-Nov. 15, 1915; n.d.
R: Aug.-Sept. 1914; July -Sept. 20, 1915
R: Sept. 21-Nov. 17, 1915; n.d.
S: Aug.-Sept. 1914; July-Sept. 15, 1915
S: Sept. 16-24, 1915
S: Oct.-Nov. 18, 1915; n.d.
T: Aug. 1914; Aug.-Sept. 15, 1915
T: Sept. 16-Nov. 16, 1915; n.d.
W: Aug.-Sept. 1914; Aug. 1-Sept. 15, 1915
W: Sept. 16-30, 1915
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Carey Earns Second Straight Walter Camp All-America Nod
Ka'Deem Carey becomes just Arizona's second ever multiple Walter Camp All-America honoree
Tedy Bruschi Inducted into NFF CFB Hall of Fame
Bruschi is the fourth Arizona player to join the NFF College Football Hall of Fame, joining Ricky Hunley (1998), Chuck Cecil (2009) and Rob Waldrop (2011).
Football Cats Gather at 2013 Banquet
Hosted by Arizona Athletics, the football players, coaches and staff, athletics staff, fans, family and friends of the department were in attendance.
Arizona Accepts AdvoCareV100 Bowl Invitation
The AdvoCare V100 Bowl will mark Arizona' first trip to Shreveport and its first matchup with Boston College.
AdvoCare V100 Bowl Game Information
2013 Bowl Game Information
Carey Earns Pac-12 Player of the Year Award
Also a Doak Walker Award finalist and a Heisman Trophy and All-America candidate, Carey is Arizona's all-time career rushing leader (4,070 yards).
Cats Fall to No. 13 ASU
Arizona football (7-5) stumbled in a 58-21 loss to ASU (10-2) in front of 72,542 fans, the 12th-largest crowd in Sun Devil Stadium history.
Pac-12 All-Academic Teams Announced
Arizona returns to action for its final regular-season game of the season, a matchup with Arizona State, in Tempe on Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. MST.
Committed to Arizona: Jake Fischer
Plenty at Stake in Annual Territorial Cup Clash
Arizona (7-4, 4-4 Pac-12) travels to Tempe, Ariz., to battle 13th-ranked Arizona State (9-2, 7-1) this Saturday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m.
Monday Press Conference Transcript
Ka�Deem Carey A Doak Walker Finalist
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Arizona Postgame Quotes, 12/22/2010
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery 1 | Photo Gallery 2 Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller
"We beat a very good team tonight. I've watched Robert Morris' games against Pittsburgh and West Virginia, two of the top teams in the nation, and I think that those games went very differently for them tonight. Our ten point lead at half was definitely earned. Robert Morris is a team that uses their size to their advantage as much as possible. On offense they do a good job at moving the ball, and have a number of guys who can drive the ball to the basket. We had to keep the defense tight, especially on their perimeter. The defense we had tonight was the defense we've had most of the season, but when we don't have it, it's noticeable."
"In the second half we were very unselfish with the ball, and it hopped around each position that led to some very good shots. This is the best we've played in some time, and I think that came from the NC State win. We got some of our confidence back, and brought that in to tonight."
"There are times where you can win a game, but still know in the back of your mind that there is one thing that we're struggling with, and for us that's defensive rebounds. If we keep having those problems, then it will be bad come conference play. Tonight we corrected that a bit, having our guards help block out, but we need to continue working on that."
"We played well in the last non-conference game, and now we have a few days off before we go on the road to face Oregon and Oregon State."
"Jesse Perry was close to getting twenty points tonight, but he missed a couple uncharacteristic free throws late in the game. He's a very aggressive player that can get fouled, and I really like how he's developed on and off the court. It's more difficult to beat a team with aggressive players like Perry, or Kevin Parrom, or Brendon Lavender."
"I have to give Brendon Lavender a lot of credit. He came in and played point guard tonight, because Jordin Mayes got sick. He tried to play through it in the first half, but it just hit him all at once, so we put Lavender in at point. He's our third, but you wouldn't know that with the way he stepped into that role tonight. He did a very good job."
"I like what I've seen for us in the non-conference, especially with the way we handled this win tonight. Now our goal is to do better in the Pac-10 than we did a year ago. The familiarity will be greater, and every road trip is going to be difficult. We are going in the right direction, and we're just going to have to be ready to go after the break."
Arizona Player Quotes
Junior Forward Jesse Perry
On when he found out he was starting:
"I don't know, I guess yesterday in practice. I was practicing with `team one' yesterday, so I guess that's when I found out. It doesn't really matter if I'm starting or not, the guys coming off the bench have to play their roles too, so it's nothing different."
On choosing Arizona:
"I wanted to come somewhere where I had the opportunity to play with big time players and play at the highest level. I wanted a challenge every day in practice and that's what I get here. I'm very happy with my decision."
Sophomore Forward Derrick Williams
On the fast start to the second half:
"That's what we wanted to do. We started fast with a 12-2 run and it gave us a lot of confidence that carried us the rest of the way."
Junior Guard Kyle Fogg
On moving into conference play:
"It feels good to put this preseason behind us. We're 11-2 and we did a nice job with our non-conference schedule. We have to enjoy our holiday and get ready to go to Oregon."
On his improved shooting night:
"I've been putting up a lot of bricks in the last couple of games but the team has stuck with me and so have the coaches. I've been in the gym every night this week trying to get my shot back. The guys were still looking for me, so it's nice to know that they still have confidence in me even when I didn't have confidence in myself. If I keep putting in hard work, I'm sure my shot will be fine." 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Brian Daboll's History With Breakout Seasons
KANSAS CITY, MO - SEPTEMBER 11: Running back Jamaal Charles #25 of the Kansas City Chiefs catches a pass against pressure from defensive back Aaron Williams #23 of the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter on September 11, 2011 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Bills beat the Chiefs 41-7.(Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Yesterday afternoon, Rotoworld's Evan Silva tweeted this out:
Reggie Bush, Peyton Hillis, Jerome Harrison all had career years under new Chiefs OC Brian Daboll. Perhaps notable for Jamaal Charles.
And he's right. In 2009, Harrison averaged 4.4 yards per carry rushing for a career best 862 yards, as well as 220 yards receiving. In 2010, Hillis also averaged 4.4 yards per carry en route to a 1,177 yard rushing season. He had 477 yards receiving that year. In 2011, Bush had by far his most productive rushing campaign of his career passing the 1,000 yard mark. He had more combined rushing and receiving yards than any other year in his career.
And then there's Jamaal Charles. He could end up rushing for more than his previous career high, 1,467 yards, but it's hard to see him having a true "career year" considering over six yards per carry, as he had in that 2010 season, is kind of a big deal around the NFL. Just some food for thought (if it hasn't already been mentioned, which I'm sure it has). More from Arrowhead Pride | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/863 | {"url": "http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2012/5/23/3039216/brian-daboll-kansas-city-chiefs", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.arrowheadpride.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:00:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7SK64OAX5XHRSZF2X5R3Y75WTP7ZQDH3"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 1420, 1420.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 1420, 8948.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 1420, 6.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 1420, 338.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 1420, 0.98]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 1420, 253.3]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 1420, 0.32258065]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 1420, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 1420, 0.04096171]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 1420, 0.02671416]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 1420, 0.03472841]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 1420, 0.03205699]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 1420, 0.02258065]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 1420, 0.24193548]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 1420, 0.62295082]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 1420, 4.60245902]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 1420, 0.00645161]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 1420, 4.81379724]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 1420, 244.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 389, 0.0], [389, 451, 0.0], [451, 586, 1.0], [586, 1036, 1.0], [1036, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 389, 0.0], [389, 451, 0.0], [451, 586, 0.0], [586, 1036, 0.0], [1036, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 45, 6.0], [45, 389, 55.0], [389, 451, 8.0], [451, 586, 21.0], [586, 1036, 82.0], [1036, 1420, 72.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 389, 0.04559271], [389, 451, 0.0], [451, 586, 0.0], [586, 1036, 0.07603687], [1036, 1420, 0.02179837]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 45, 0.0], [45, 389, 0.0], [389, 451, 0.0], [451, 586, 0.0], [586, 1036, 0.0], [1036, 1420, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 45, 0.13333333], [45, 389, 0.13081395], [389, 451, 0.06451613], [451, 586, 0.1037037], [586, 1036, 0.02], [1036, 1420, 0.03125]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 1420, 0.58323288]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 1420, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 1420, 0.92218745]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 1420, -41.61201886]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 1420, 24.63541648]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 1420, 2.56716042]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 1420, 16.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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Gideon Obarzanek
Gideon Obarzanek is a choreographer and the Artistic Director of Chunky Move, which he founded in 1995. He danced with the Queensland Ballet and the Sydney Dance Company before working as an independent performer and choreographer with various dance companies and independent projects within Austra
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Yoruba peoples, Nigeria. Bowl-Bearing Figure. Late 19th-early 20th century. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles, BMA 2010.65
The African Art galleries are closed for renovation. Learn more about the new presentation of the Museum's celebrated African collection scheduled to reopen in late spring 2015.
The BMA has one of the earliest and most important collections of African art in the United States. A major gift from the collection of Janet and Alan Wurtzburger in 1954 marked the beginning of a permanent display of African art at the BMA and assured a significant place for African art within the Museum’s growing collection. Now featuring more than 2,000 objects that span from ancient Egypt to contemporary Zimbabwe, the collection includes works from more than 200 African cultures in a full range of media.
The works of art are as diverse in form as they are in function and include headdresses, masks, figures, royal staffs, textiles, jewelry, ceremonial weapons, and pottery. Many pieces are distinguished by their use in royal courts, performances, and religious contexts, and several are internationally known as the best of their type. Highlights of the collection include D'mba, an unparalleled Baga female dance headdress from Guinea and Ngaady Mwash, a stunning Kuba female mask, embellished with paint, beads, and cloth, from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Recent acquisitions include a spectacular mid-20th century thirty-five foot long Kuba Man's ceremonial skirt, an elegant late-19th to early-20th century Yoruba bowl-bearing figure from Nigeria, and Theo Eshetu’s contemporary light-based video work Meditation - Light (2006).
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News May 09, 2012
MAXXI President Baldi Resigns
by Sarah Cascone Under the looming threat of the museum's closure by the Italian Ministry of Culture, Fondazione MAXXI's president, Pio Baldi, has announced his resignation. He helped open the institution only two years ago. Baldi, who has worked for the Ministry for 30 years, will be replaced by a government appointee still to be announced. MAXXI's troubles came to light last month, when the museum's proposed $13-million budget was rejected by the government. Following a 43% cut in federal funding, the museum's 2011 budget saw a deficit of over a million dollars, a figure that is projected by the ministry to grow to $14 million over the next three years.Museum officials countered these claims, citing a budget surplus from 2009 and 2010 that more than made up for the shortfall, which they blamed entirely on the government cuts. "The 2011 budget is without holes," said Baldi during an April press conference. "It's wrong of them to confuse the deficit with the needs of the future." Unmoved, the Ministry of Culture has moved to institute a special administration at the museum, nominating its general secretary, Antonia Pasqua Recchia, as the commissioner.Baldi says in a statement, "I would like to wish MAXXI and its new leader the greatest possible success and above all I would wish the same for all those colleagues who over the last few years have worked with me with passion and spirit of sacrifice to realise and create this wonderful Italian adventure projected towards the future."Despite the institution's current struggles, the museum's press office assures A.i.A. that "MAXXI is not facing closure. The Museum will continue its activity during the compulsory administration." | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/866 | {"url": "http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/maxxi-1/", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.artinamericamagazine.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:19:15Z", "digest": "sha1:SLKJESNUQ2ERWUZZIVHPFQ4LINBFRY2Z"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 1749, 1749.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 1749, 1884.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 1749, 3.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 1749, 11.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 1749, 0.97]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 1749, 218.5]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 1749, 0.42196532]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 1749, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 1749, 0.02828854]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 1749, 0.02404526]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 1749, 0.02601156]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 1749, 0.17052023]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 1749, 0.60424028]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 1749, 4.99646643]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 1749, 4.78013512]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 1749, 283.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 18, 0.0], [18, 48, 0.0], [48, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 18, 0.0], [18, 48, 0.0], [48, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 18, 4.0], [18, 48, 4.0], [48, 1749, 275.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 18, 0.375], [18, 48, 0.0], [48, 1749, 0.01455428]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 18, 0.0], [18, 48, 0.0], [48, 1749, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 18, 0.11111111], [18, 48, 0.26666667], [48, 1749, 0.03115814]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 1749, 0.86864203]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 1749, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 1749, 0.93700075]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 1749, 1.34828342]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 1749, 57.75013182]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 1749, 29.89279998]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 1749, 15.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Planet Mars
Past Mars Missions: An International Affair
Home of Mars
Mars in a nutshell
Understanding Mars
Going to Mars: A mission fraught with risk
Mars in popular culture
The Topography of Mars
Water on Mars
Mars hoax
Mars Space Missions
History of Mars exploration
Marsnik-1 (Credit: NASA)
Attempts to explore the Red Planet have been marked by numerous failures, particularly in the first decade of the space age. What follows is a brief overview of the missions in chronological order. It shows the problems in space exploration and the perseverance of Russian, American, Japanese, European and Canadian researchers, who have been sending probes and devices to Mars for over 40 years.
The 1960s: Early Beginnings
1960: The first secret attempts
October 10 – The launch of Marsnik 1 takes the whole world by surprise, especially the United States. The space probe, secretly launched by the USSR, is designed to investigate interplanetary space and the long-term effects of a long voyage on spacecraft instruments. However, Marsnik 1 does not produce enough thrust at launch and fails to leave the Earth's atmosphere.
October 14 – Marsnik 2 is launched four days after its twin and is just as secret a mission. But the probe disintegrates as it leaves Earth's atmosphere.
Mars-1 (Credit: NASA)
Mariner 4 (Credit: NASA)
First close-up image of Mars, taken by Mariner 4. It shows an area of about 330 km by 1,200 km. The barely visible blurred area above the horizon to the left may be clouds. (Credit: NASA)
1962: The Soviets lead the way
October 24 – Sputnik 22, launched during the Cuban missile crisis, causes some concern in the U.S. The probe, intended to fly by the Red Planet and capture images of it, explodes as it goes into Earth orbit. Debris from the spacecraft remains in Earth orbit for a few days and decays in the atmosphere.
November 1 – The mission of the Russian probe Mars 1 is to fly by the Red Planet to capture images of its surface and transmit data on its atmospheric structure and cosmic rays. Halfway through the journey, communication with Mars 1 is lost. The probe now orbits the Sun.
November 4 – The ambitious Sputnik 24 is the first lander ever designed. But the USSR's attempt to manoeuvre it onto the proper trajectory fails and the spacecraft is lost. The Ballistics Missile Early Warning System in the U.S. identifies spacecraft debris in the Earth's atmosphere.
1964: The U.S. is on board
November 5 – The United States joins the race to Mars with Mariner 3. The probe is one of a series of spacecraft intended to fly by the Red Planet, photograph it and study its environment. A malfunction at launch prevents the probe from separating from the launch vehicle and Mariner 3 cannot be put into its trajectory to Mars.
November 28 – On July 14, 1965, Mariner 4 succeeds in photographing Mars, returning the first close-up image of another planet. A total of 21 images are returned to Earth. The probe then studies Mars's cosmic environment. The Mariner 4 mission is terminated in 1967 because of damage resulting from a micro-meteor shower.
November 30 – Zond 2 is a Soviet orbiter with a variety of scientific instruments. After its launch, two solar panels fail to function. Although the setback does not put an end to the mission, problems persist for the probe: at mid-mission, communication is lost. Zond 2 continues its course after having flown by Mars.
1969: The first set of data is returned
February 24 and March 27 – Mariner 6 and 7 are NASA's second twin Mariner probes. These missions make it possible to examine the components of the Martian atmosphere and determine research parameters for extraterrestrial life. Mariner 6 and 7 return hundreds of images of Mars, including images of canals that for a long time were thought to have been developed by extraterrestrials. The new images from Mariner 6 and 7 show that these are natural geological structures.
March 27 and April 2 – Mars-69 521 and 522 are two Soviet orbiters which, upon reaching Mars, would deploy a landing unit to the planet's surface to photograph its environment. Unfortunately, both probes explode at launch, within a month of each other. This is the first attempt by the Soviets at using proton rockets.
These pictures of Mars were taken by Mariner 7 in 1969 on approach to the Red Planet. The circular feature in the upper-centre of the sphere is a 25-km high volcano. In 1969, it was believed that it was a meteorite impact crater. (Credit: NASA)
Mariner 6 and 7 (Credit: NASA)
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b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Yitzhak Frenkel-Frenel (1899 - 1981)
Yitzhak Frenkel-Frenel
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Please note: Artists not classified as American in our database may have limited biographical data compared to the extensive information about American artists.Yitzhak Frenkel- Frenel (1899-1981)He was born in 1899 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of the famed Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. In 1917, he studied under Aleksandra Ekster at the Art Academy in Odessa. Frenkel immigrated to Palestine in 1919. In 1920, he established the artists' cooperative in Jaffa and an artists' studio in Herzliya. Later that year Frenkel traveled to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Academ (showing 500 of 1310 characters). | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/868 | {"url": "http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11146729", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.askart.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:41:25Z", "digest": "sha1:IWN5N5H4WFADYRZRJPXHDSZF742XKDSK"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 1418, 1418.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 1418, 2518.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 1418, 6.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 1418, 31.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 1418, 0.87]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 1418, 303.7]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 1418, 0.26530612]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 1418, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 1418, 0.05221932]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 1418, 0.25170068]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 1418, 0.73399015]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 1418, 5.66009852]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 1418, 4.78894409]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 1418, 203.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 87, 0.0], [87, 110, 0.0], [110, 223, 0.0], [223, 668, 0.0], [668, 764, 0.0], [764, 1418, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 87, 0.0], [87, 110, 0.0], [110, 223, 0.0], [223, 668, 0.0], [668, 764, 0.0], [764, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 87, 29.0], [87, 110, 2.0], [110, 223, 13.0], [223, 668, 43.0], [668, 764, 13.0], [764, 1418, 103.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 87, 0.09876543], [87, 110, 0.0], [110, 223, 0.0], [223, 668, 0.02427184], [668, 764, 0.0], [764, 1418, 0.04897314]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 87, 0.0], [87, 110, 0.0], [110, 223, 0.0], [223, 668, 0.0], [668, 764, 0.0], [764, 1418, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 87, 0.03448276], [87, 110, 0.13043478], [110, 223, 0.11504425], [223, 668, 0.08539326], [668, 764, 0.0625], [764, 1418, 0.05045872]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 1418, 0.0072754]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 1418, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 1418, 0.58519542]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 1418, -122.56434427]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 1418, -43.74922467]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 1418, -23.02124097]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 1418, 11.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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Citizen of the Year nominations sought
Deadline to submit candidates for prestigious honor is Friday, Dec. 28
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ATHENS — Nominations are being accepted for the 2012 Athens Citizen of the Year.
The award was established to acknowledge and show appreciation to citizens who have exhibited generous community spirit, and a commitment to improving the quality of life for the Citizens of Athens.
This award is important because it recognizes an individual for service that has an impact on the entire community.
Many of the recipients go largely unknown to the majority of the community and quietly perform tasks that make Athens a better place to call home.
The public is encouraged to nominate individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership, citizenship, vision, civic pride and a strong commitment to a better Athens.
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Hometown:St. Barbara, PS, Brazil
High School:Colegio Avango de Ensino Programado
Event:Freestyle/Fly
Major:International Business
2007 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
12-time All-American
Six-time NCAA Champion (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR, 200 MR)
11-time SEC Champion (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR)
Sophomore Season (2006-07)
Set Pan-American Games Records in the 50 free, 100 free and 400 free relay... Won the 50m free in 21.84 and 100m free in 48.79... Swam anchor on the gold medal-winning 400 free relay team from Brazil... Also won a silver medal with the 400m medley relay team... Came in fourth in the 100m free (48.51) and sixth in the 50m free (22.12) at the FINA World Championships... Also swam for Brazil on the eighth-place 400m medley relay team... Named NCAA Swimmer of the Year after winning five NCAA titles... Became the fastest swimmer in the world after posting a time of 18.69 in winning the 50 free at NCAAs... Won the 100 free with a NCAA-record time of 41.17... Also swam on the NCAA champion 200 free relay (1:14.71), 400 free relay (2:46.56) and 200 medley relay (1:23.37) teams that set new Auburn and NCAA records... Tied his 50 free record with a relay-leadoff time of 18.69 in the 200 free relay... Also swam on the third-place 400 medley relay team and finished 16th in the 100 back with a time of 48.23... Repeated as SEC champion in the 50 free (19.03) and 100 free (41.85)... Swam a 19.19 relay leadoff on the winning 200 free relay team... Also won SEC titles on the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay teams... Finished fourth in the 200 free (1:36.18).
Finished fifth in the 100m free at the FINA World Short Course Championship with a finals time of 48.04 (swam a 47.75 to win the semifinal round)... Swam the second leg of the fifth-place finishing 400 free relay team (Brazil), splitting 47.89 at the S.C. Championship... Also swam the second leg of the 800 free relay (Brazil) that finished fifth (1:46.09)... Was the leadoff leg on the winning 200 free relay at the NCAA Championship... Split a season best 19.51 50 free leg... Swam the second fastest 100 free split of the 400 free relay championship field in the second leg position, 42.02, also a season high (team finished second)... Split a 42.13 as anchor of the runner-up 400 medley relay, a season best... Had the fastest prelim time in the 50 free at NCAA's, 19.20 (a career best), and ended up sixth with a finals time of 19.37... Swam the second fastest prelim time in the 100 free, 42.60, and improved the time, 42.58 in the finals to grab fourth... Captured six SEC titles to tie for the most ever won by a male in one season at the conference meet... SEC Champion in both the 50 and 100 free's, swimming a 19.49 and 43.00, respectively for the win's... Swam on all four winning relays at SEC's - 200 and 400 free relay's and 200 and 400 medley relay's... Had the fastest splits of the entire championship field on each of the four relays... Swam the second leg on the winning 200 free relay (19.31)... Was the leadoff on the 400 free relay and had a season best 42.81 split... Swam the anchor/free leg on the winning medley relay's, splitting 19.10 and 42.46, respectively.
Prior to Auburn
Graduated from Colegio Avanco de Ensino Programado... Swam for coach Alberto Pinto and the Esporte Clube Pinheiros... In 2004, was the fastest swimmer in Brazil at the 15-16 age group... Won bronze at the 2004 FINA World Short Course Championships swimming leadoff leg of Brazilian 400 free relay team... Competed at the 2005 FINA World Cup in Russia... Is the South American record holder in the 50m free, 100m free, 400m free relay and 400m medley relay... Is the Brazilian national champion in the 50m free, 100m free and 50m fly.
Full name is Cesar Augusto Cielo Filho... Parents are Cesar and Flaria Cielo... Has one sister, Fernanda (15)... Majoring in international business. Auburn Tigers Swimming & Diving Home
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Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings paper and pencils with which he can draw. Slowly - painstakingly - memories appear on the page. The memories are Safta's also, for the man is Augustin, son of the cook at the manor house which was Safta's family home. Born six months apart, they grew up with a connection that bypassed words.
Cariola says:
"Very Unique Story"
This very moving, beautifully written novel really SHOULD have won the Orange Prize. Set in Romania in a period covering roughtly the late 1930s to the early 1950s, Painter of Silence focuses on the life of Augustin, a deaf-mute with an astonishing ability for drawing, and Safta, a young nurse. The two formed a friendship as children, despite their differences in class: Augustin's mother worked as a cook in Safta's family's upper class mansion. At the beginning of the book, the young man, in terrible physical condition, arrives in the city of Iasi, looking for Safta, and collapses on the steps of the hospital where she works. When she hears that a deaf and dumb young man has been admitted, she feels certain that it is Augustin. The remainder of the book traces the events of their lives from their first meeting through the horrors of World War II and the Soviet takeover of Romania and, in the end, sets Augustin on his path towards the future.This could have been just a typical war story, but it is so much more. It's a story about how we communicate, how we see the world, how we continue to strive for our best when those around us fall short. It's a story that is both unique and identifiable, and it's beautifully written. Harding does an excellent job of depicting the details of the landscape and daily lives of her characters, and she creates a voice that is soft yet powerful, a tone that is melancholic yet hopeful. Very highly recommended.
Last Friends: Old Filth Trilogy, Book 3
Narrated by Roger Watson
This is the third book in the Old Filth trilogy (Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, Last Friends). Last Friends depicts the marriage of Edward Feathers and Betty as seen through the eyes of Edward’s friend and Betty's lover Terry Veneering.
"Last, and Probably Least"
This third book in Gardam's Old Filth trilogy is fun, yet not quite as good as the first two installments. Edward and Betty Feathers and Terry Veneering have passed on, and the story continues with the lesser characters in the series, most prominently Fiscal Smith and Dulcie, widow of Pastry Willie, the judge who was Betty's godfather. Much of the novel is flashback telling Terry Veneering's past as the son of an impoverished mother and an Odessan circus performer who ends up making it good. Recommended for fans of this series.The biggest problem I had was the change in reader. Graeme Malcom, who read the first two installments, was perfect. Roger Watson makes the characters--especially the females--sound like caricatures.
The Man in the Wooden Hat
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece. And now that novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people, this novel is a triumph.
"The Other Half"
"Betty's Point of View"
Another lovely installment in the Old Filth trilogy, this one told from the point of view of Betty Macintosh Feathers, Old Filth's wife. Like Edward Feathers, Betty was raised in the far eastern parts of the British commonwealth, and she, too, had lost her parents at a young age. She understands his loneliness and the pleas that comes with his proposal: "Don't ever leave me." Yet almost as soon as she accepts, Betty has regrets--particularly when she meets Eddie's arch rival, Terry Veneering. But a promise is a promise . . . This is the same story we heard in Old Filth, at least from the time that Betty meets Edward Feathers, but here we get her perspective. It's quite intriguing to see how Eddie's interpretation of events differs from the reality that Betty reveals, and to learn of secrets that apparently were never revealed. Like so many women of her day, Betty focused on fulfilling her wifely duties and appeared to lead a rather dull life focused on her tulips, dinner parties, and her husband's career. Gardam lets us see, however, that she has a vibrant inner life, full of secret memories, dreams, and loves. Her relationship with Harry, the Veneerings' young son, is one such secret. Unable to bear children, Betty becomes attached to Harry, a charming and clever boy whom Filth later says is "the only one she ever really loved."The Man in the Wooden Hat serves as a reminder that even ordinary lives can be extraordinary.I'm looking forward to the last book in the Old Filth series and will be seeking out more novels by Jane Gardam, whose writing is beautiful, original, amusing, and moving. And Graeme Malcolm is the perfect reader. (I just started the third book and am very disappointed in the new reader.)
The Spinning Heart: A Novel
Donal Ryan
Narrated by Wayne Farrell
By Donal Ryan
In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds. The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and with uncanny perception articulates the words and thoughts of a generation.
"21 Distinct Voices Beautifully Crafted"
If you are looking for one of those uplifting stories full of Irish resourcefulness, indomitability, and bleak humor, you had best look elsewhere. While 'The Spinning Heart' has a few bright moments, overall, it's what I'd call a downer. Ryan tells the story of an economically depressed small town through the distinctive voices of 21 of its inhabitants, each of whom is given a chapter of his or her own in which to comment on the neighbors and their business as well as recent events in the town, most notably the collapse of a local building company whose owner first wiped out his workers' pensions, the disappearance of a small child from a care center, and the arrest of the local golden boy, Bobby Mahon, for the murder of his father. Everyone has his or her own point of view, depending in large part upon their own history with the novel's major players, Bobby Mahon, Pokey Burke (the construction business owner), and Realtin (the single mother of the missing child). What they all have in common is an oppressive sadness, tinged with anger, and a prevailing sense that life is just not fair. Added to this, well, these just aren't very nice folks. Fathers mock their children (when they aren't beating them), bosses rip off their employees, husbands cheat on their wives (when they aren't beating them) and beat up the women they cheat with, children are fearful of their parents' constant quarreling, friends confess to being jealous of one another--well, you get the picture. Hence the "downer" label.Still and all, I have to give Ryan the technical high marks he has earned. He has created 21 distinctive voices for his 21 characters, ranging from a little girl of about four or five to a number of elderly men and women. And while the town he creates is not one I'd willingly visit, he brings it sharply into view. These stories could veer off into multiple digressions; in fact, sometimes they do. But each returns to the main themes: the essential hopelessness wrought by the economic downturn and, despite their shared experiences, the emotional isolation of the townsfolk. Themes that are depressing, yes; but Ryan skillfully builds his plot around them.On the title: some have speculated that the rusty, paint-chipped spinning heart set into the Mahon's gate represents the ongoing love these people have for one another in troubled times. I don't see that. For me, the heart spins as we would say "he's spinning his wheels"--it's furious, agitated, spinning, but it really doesn't move. This isn't Eliot's "still point in the turning world." It's stagnation: hearts skewered, stuck on anger and despair.Wayne Farrell was an excellent reader. It's not easy to make each voice unique, especially since they all have Irish accents--but he manages to do just that.
"Brilliant . . . on to the next book in the Trilogy"
Edward Feathers's story is full of insights into a familiar character type: the high achieving, emotionally repressed, stiff upper-lipped, superficially elegant, well-educated son of the pseudo-aristocracy that governed the former British colonies. Now a retired judge in his 80s whose wife has recently passed away, Old Filth (Failed in London, Try Hong Kong) struggles to find a mooring in a changing world, and along the way, comes to terms with his past. Summed up, Feathers's childhood was shaped by a series of handings-off. His mother died following his birth, and, with barely a single glance, his father shuttled him off to live with Malaysian locals until he was 4-1/2, at which time he was ripped from the arms of the only caretaker he had ever known and sent to live in a foster home in Wales with two female cousins. This home was not, shall we say, the ideal situation for young children, but it met Feathers senior's criteria: it was cheap. When circumstances forced him to be moved yet again, young Eddie was whisked off to his father's old prep school--a place where, fortunately, he thrived academically and made his first real friend, Pat Ingleby. On holidays spent with the Inglebys (who were properly remunerated by his father), Eddie had his first taste of what family life might be like.But, alas, World War II intervened, bringing with it a series of losses and tragedies. Almost 18, and just as he passed the Oxford entrance exams, Eddie's father decides he should join not the RAF but the ranks of England's child refugees, and, once again, he becomes a pawn in motion.The above "life itinerary" barely scratches the surface of Gardam's thoroughly engaging story, a story that is alternately funny and heartbreaking. Nor does it do justice to the many unique and fascinating characters in Feathers's lie: his Scottish wife Betty; his judicial rival Veneering; cousins Babs and Claire (both as girls and as elderly women); Albert Loss, a fellow passenger on board a ship bound for Singapore; "Sir," the lovable prep school headmaster; and many others.Read it or listen to it--you won't be sorry. Graeme Malcolm was the absolute perfect reader.As for me, I'm off to start Gardam's follow-up novel, The Man in the Wooden Hat, which apparently focuses on Betty Feathers.
The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey
Narrated by Debra Monk
By Eowyn Ivey
Debut novelist Eowyn ivey’s experience living in the Alaskan wilderness brings a palpable authenticity to The Snow Child. Alaska in the 1920s is a difficult place for Jack and Mabel. Drifting apart, the childless couple discover Faina, a young girl living alone in the wilderness. Soon, Jack and Mabel come to love Faina as their own. But when they learn a surprising truth about the girl, their lives change in profound ways.
Bonny says:
"Magical, realistic and well worth listening to"
"Historical Fiction + Fantasy = Not for Me!"
I should probably begin this review by stating that I am not a fan of fantasy, and this novel is a hybrid of fantasy and historical fiction. It takes place in Alaska in the 1920s. Jack and Mabel, an aging childless couple, are newly arrived homesteaders. It was Mabel's idea to move to the northwest: she had lost a baby years earlier and was finding it increasingly difficult to be around their extended families. Rather than finding the wilderness lonely, she cherished the solitude and is rather surprised to find herself befriending their nearest neighbors, the Bensons.The book gives a pretty good portrait of the hard life of homesteaders . . . but then it takes off towards fantasy. One night, following a playful snowball fight, Jack and Mabel make a little girl out of snow. Mabel is touched by the beautiful face that Jack has carved, and she provides mittens and a scarf to finish their snow child. When Jack rises the next morning, the mittens and scarf are gone, and he thinks he sees a little girl with a red fox at the edge of the tree.At this point, Ivey's novel becomes a riff on a Russian folk tale, one that Mabel remembers hearing as a child, and the reader--like Mabel and Jack--can't quite determine if the girl is a real child or some kind of mystical being. Signs point in both directions.I started out liking the homesteading story, and the descriptions of the landscape were quite lovely. But after awhile, Mabel got on my nerves. I can't quite explain why, except that she seemed at times to be naïve, bordering on stupid. And several of the other characters--like Esther, the resourceful, hearty, trousers-wearing Mrs. Benson--seemed like stereotypes to me. Since I am not fond of fantasy, I found that element more irritating than charming. Put me in the camp of those who did not care for the ambiguous ending.
Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
Martin Sixsmith
Narrated by John Curless
By Martin Sixsmith
Now a major motion picture directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) and starring Judi Dench (Skyfall, Notes on a Scandal) and Steve Coogan (The Trip, Hamlet 2): the heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years. When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a "fallen woman". Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him.
Julie Wenders says:
"Rivetting Story and Performance"
"Very Moving Story"
As most of you probably know (due to publicity about the recent film based on Sixsmith's book), this is the true story of a young Irish woman sent a to convent to give birth, and of the son who was taken away from her at the age of three--sold, in effect, to an American couple. Fifty years later, Philomena reveals her secret to her family and launches a search for the long-lost son that she has always felt has been looking for her.In a New York Times interview about the film, Steve Coogan, who plays Sixsmith, says, "“We didn’t want to become overly involved in the life of Anthony Lee or Michael Hess. What appealed to me was the search for the son and the tragedy of not being able to see him grow up. That’s how Philomena experienced it; it was just out of reach, just beyond her.” This explains the main difference between the movie and the book, which focuses predominantly not on Philomena's search but on the successful but sad life of her son.Anthony Lee was just three when he was adopted, as an afterthought, by the sister of an American bishop and her husband. The family, who had three boys of their own, had always wanted a daughter, but medical problems prevented them from trying again for one of their own. When she met Mary at Sean Ross Abbey, Marge was struck by the affectionate, dark-haired little boy who hovered over her like a protective brother. And so the two were adopted together. Like all of the young mothers at the abbey, Philomena Lee was forced to sign papers giving up all rights to her son and agreeing never to attempt to find or contact him.It is the story of Anthony, renamed Michael Anthony Hess, that fills most of Sixsmith's pages: growing up in a strict Catholic family in the Midwest, trying to please an adoptive father who hadn't been too keen on his adoption in the first place and becoming an over-achiever as a result, struggling with his sexual identity, rising to a major post in the Reagan administration, and, always, being haunted by the memories of Ireland and the feeling that the mother he left behind was looking for him. Realizing the effect this loss has had on his life, especially on his ability to feel close to other people, Mike makes several visits to Sean Ross Abbey in hopes of learning more about his origins, but, following investigations into wrongdoing by the Irish government, the books are closed (or lost, transferred, or burned) forever.The final chapters return to Philomena's encounter with Sixsmith and their efforts to locate Anthony, a journey that comes to a bittersweet end.I have to agree with a reviewer who questioned the account of Michael Hess's emotions. Although Sixsmith did interview people who had known him well (including his sister Mary, former coworkers and lovers, and several friends), all of these people admit that Mike was a very private man who compartmentalized his life and rarely revealed anything personal to anyone. So while Sixsmith does a fine job of imagining what Mike may have been thinking or feeling, it came as rather a shock in the end to realize that the man himself had not been consulted in the writing of this book. (Yes, I do know why, but I'm trying to leave spoilers out of my review.) It also made me suspect that Sixsmith was promoting an agenda beyond telling Philomena's story and advocating for more open adoption laws. But all this is in retrospect. Despite these concerns, Philomena is a moving and engaging story. Four stars here. I'm eager to see the movie version; although the emphasis shifts from Mike to his mother, that's to be expected when Judi Dench has been cast in the title role.
Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life
Narrated by Michael Moore
By Michael Moore
This book is Moore's most personal to date - and will be irresistible to fans and foes alike. A sort of anti-memoir, Moore breaks the autobiographical mode while he hilariously presents 20 far-ranging, irreverant vignettes from his own life. This book is a wild, revealing, take-no-prisoners ride through the early life of Michael Moore. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, this is a book Michael Moore has been writing - and living - for a very long time.
"So that's how he got that way"
"Moving, Maddening, and Entertaining"
Whether you love him or hate him, you have to agree that Michael Moore is a man passionate about his beliefs who knows how to tell a good story. 'Here Comes Trouble' is an entertaining and engaging non-chronological memoir told through a series significant stories from Moore's life that help us to understand how he evolved into the committed, controversial filmmaker that we know today. If you are expecting a long political harangue, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Many of the stories focus on Moore's familial relationships, his friends, awkward adolescent moments, his spirituality, etc. I never knew, for example, that he attended seminary and planned to become a priest--until he was expelled for asking too many questions. Or that he campaigned for Richard Nixon. Moore opens with a story that relates the backlash that followed his Oscar acceptance speech, from the young man who called him an a--hole as he walked offstage, to Glenn Beck's suggestion that killing him would feel pretty good, through a series of threats and actual attacks that caused him to hire a cadre of bodyguards--most of whom were tough former Navy Seals--to protect him and his family. Whatever you think of Moore's politics, you will (or should) be appalled by what he went through in a country that supposedly values free speech. Personal memories intermingle with the more political: his mother's death, a favorite teacher, the pros and cons of attending a Catholic school, family vacations, his teenage crushes, an oddball neighbor ostracized for what Moore later recognized as his homosexuality. But one thing the connects all of the stories is Moore's penchant for asking questions--the habit that ultimately led him to become first the editor of a small liberal newspaper in Flint, Michigan, and later a documentary filmmaker. Why wouldn't his mother allow him to skip a grade, considering how bored he was in school? Why couldn't his Catholic grade school have a newspaper? Why was Boys' State accepting sponsorship from an organization that excluded African-Americans? How, in a state that outlawed abortion, could he help a close friend who had gotten pregnant? What options would he have if he was drafted? Why wasn't the president keeping his campaign promises? How was it that people he liked and respected were revealed to hold racist views? Was it right to honor the German war dead if among them were fallen Nazis? Why was the government sponsoring business seminars promoting job outsourcing?If, like Moore and me, you grew up in the late 1950s and 1960s and remember the turmoil of the 1970s, you will find a lot to relate to here. (I was born in Detroit, grew up in the suburbs, and didn't leave Michigan until 1990, so many of Moore's recollections were personally familiar.) If you're younger, I can't think of a better introduction to those decades. Moore's stories are variously funny, surprising, moving, maddening, uplifting. Whether you're a fan or foe, 'Here Comes Trouble' will convince you that Michael Moore is a man who loves America, who strives to love and understand his fellow humans, and who deserves respect for living by his convictions.I listened to the book on audio, read by Moore himself--a great choice, as no one else could have told his stories with quite the same effect.
The Making of a Marchioness
Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Narrated by Lucy Scott
By Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett published The Making of a Marchioness in 1901. She had written Little Lord Fauntleroy 15 years before and would write The Secret Garden in 10 years' time; it is these two books for which she is best known. Yet Marchioness was one of Nancy Mitford's favourite books, was considered 'the best novel Mrs Hodgson Burnett wrote' by Marghanita Laski, and is taught on a university course in America together with novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Daisy Miller.
Curatina says:
"A Sweet Romantic Tale"
"Fluffy Stuff"
This book certainly had its charms, and I can understand why it might have been a popular women's novel in its day (it was originally published in 1901). It tells the story of a refined but impoverished woman in her thirties, Miss Emily Fox-Seton, who scratches out a living by assisting her betters to shop wisely and plan parties while remaining obligingly in the background. Just as disaster seems about to befall (her kindly landlady and her daughter plan to give up the house where Emily rooms), wonder of wonders, she receives an unexpected marriage proposal that catapults her into the upper echelon of society. Lord Waldehurst has been won over by Emily's good taste and unprepossessing nature--undoubtedly the dream of many an aging spinster in 1901.But, alas, it is at this point that the novel falls a bit short for the 21st-century reader. Emily's kindness and naiveté seem to know no bounds. She tries to befriend Alec Osbourne (who has been Lord Waldehurst's sole heir for the past 30 years or so) and his pregnant half-Indian wife, even coaxing her husband--who is about to leave for business in India--to allow her to furnish a house on the estate grounds for their use. It never enters her head that the Osbournes might see her as a potential threat to the property, money, and title that they hope to inherit, and she is hurt and confused by their often surly manners and Hortense's frequent angry outbursts. (When her trusty maid tells Emily that she fears that Amira, Hortense's ayah, is up to no good, Emily encourages her to read Uncle Tom's Cabin to improve her view of "the blacks.") Following several near-misses--accidents that would have been fatal--plus a confession from Hortense that she sometimes hates the now-pregnant Emily and that Alec wants to kill her, Emily feels that the best solution to her dilemma is to take Hortense's advice to "go away" to stay safe until her child is born. Emily's goodness is just too unbelievable; I started to agree with Alec's estimation that she was just "a big fool," and I wanted to smack her back into reality. And the Osbournes and Amira fall into caricatures of villains so evil that I expected even Hortense and Amira to be twirling long black moustachios.I'm giving the book three stars as a period piece and an example of early 20th century women's novels, and perhaps with some bonus points for Persephone's quite lovely cover. Read it when you are in the mood for pure fluff.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
Narrated by Sunil Malhotra
By Katherine Boo
Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption.
Dr. says:
"An Antidote for Shantaram"
"Familiar Ground"
I almost feel guilty giving this book only three and a half stars. Almost. It has been much honored with awards and much praised by reviewers both professional and non-professional, and its subject matter--the hard life of the poor living in one of Mumbai's airport slums--is certainly something of which the world should take more note. But for a number of reasons, Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, while a worthy enough book, did not quite live up to my expectations.The first reason has more, perhaps, to do with me than with Boo's book. I have a great interest in India, it's history and culture. I have read so many books, both fiction and nonfiction, and seen so many documentaries on the subject that I didn't find much here that was new or surprising. Police and government corruption of all kinds; families killing sick or unwanted members; children digging through garbage in search of something to eat or to sell; supposedly 'free' clinics and doctors demanding bribes in return for treatment; neighbors stealing from and turning on one another; young women committing suicide rather than being forced into marriage or, once married, being burned to death in kitchen 'accidents'; children working at jobs we cannot imagine. It's awful, it's brutal. But it's the stuff on which a cadre of works about India are based, at least in part: City of Joy, Q & A (aka Slumdog Millionaire, A Fine Balance, The Death of Vishnu, documentaries like 'Born into Brothels' and National Geographic's 'The Real Slumdogs' and more.That's not to say that we shouldn't care; but it gets frustrating to read about these problems over and over without knowing what exactly one can do about them. Eighty years ago, it was easy to blame all the corruption and poverty and prejudice on the usurping British; once they were gone, the Hindus blamed it on the Muslims, the Muslims blamed the Hindus, and the Sikhs, Christians, and others got caught in the crossfire. So who or what is to blame today, in an increasingly wealthy India, and how can the ongoing problems of unbelievable poverty be solved? As another LT reviewer points out, Boo seems to want us to do something--but what? In the end, she wants us to be uplifted by the undaunted hope of some of Anawadi's young inhabitants. But it's hard to imagine that hope being sustained in a world where the police beat innocent children wrongfully accused of crimes and take bribes to stop the beatings; where a father pours a pot of boiling lentils on a sick child for whom he can't afford medical treatment; where a woman lights herself on fire, hoping to survive and blame it on her neighbors in hope of both petty revenge and financial restitution; where a boy drinks rat poison because he believes his future holds nothing but either being killed by gang members who know that he witnessed a murder or being beaten to death by the police who questioned him about that murder and covered it up; where a woman starts an organization to make small business loans to other poor women, then takes the funds to buy herself jewelry.To some extent, I felt that Boo was piling on the horrors so thickly that it was difficult to stay focused on the main individuals whose stories she was telling. At other times, the stories were so familiar that I felt I was reading fiction. The narrative jumps around quite a bit, from character to character and back and forth in time, and with the large number of persons involved, it is easy to get lost and blur them all together. And that also makes it hard to stay focused on or empathize strongly with any one character. This is a problem, because what, I think, Boo hopes to achieve is to put a face on each of the suffering poor, not to lump them into the anonymous 'teeming masses'.So overall, would I recommend this book? Despite the comments above, yes, perhaps especially to those who haven't read, seen or heard much about the lives of India's slum dwellers. It's hard for Americans and others in more generally prosperous countries to imagine their world, but knowing about it does make one grateful for what we have.And leaves us wishing we knew what we could do to help them to help themselves.
New Ways to Kill Your Mother: Writers and Their Families
By Colm Toibin
In a brilliant, nuanced, and wholly original collection of essays, the best-selling and award-winning author of Brooklyn and The Empty Family offers a fascinating exploration of famous writers’ relationships to their families and their work.From Jane Austen’s aunts to Tennessee Williams’s mentally ill sister, the impact of intimate family dynamics can be seen in many of literature’s greatest works. In New Ways to Kill Your Mother, Colm Tóibín traces and interprets those family ties.
"A Literary Box of Chocolates"
Toibin's collection of biographical literary essays focuses on the relationships between writers and their parents and the effects these relationships had upon their work. There's something here for everyone--which is both the book's strength and its weakness. While I read them all, this is the kind of collection from which a reader might best pick and choose. For me, the most intriguing essays were those on Jane Austen, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and Roddy Doyle, writers whose work I already enjoy. (Sorry to say, however, that Yeats comes off as somewhat of an idiot tyrant; in a second essay, Toibin devotes equal time to George, Yeats's much ill-treated wife.) With the exception of the section on Hart Crane, about whom I knew little but who led a particularly sad, brief life dominated by a snobbish, overbearing mother, I was less interested in Toibin's essays on writers whose work I either haven't read or don't particularly care for, among them Samuel Beckett, Sebastian Barry, Thomas Mann, Jorge Luis Borges, and John Cheever. The effect of Toibin's essays on Mann and Cheever confirmed that I will probably never want to read their works; both come off as nasty, cruel human beings whose families suffered their worst abuse. I learned nothing that I didn't already know from the essay on Tennessee Williams, but it would probably be interesting to someone who came to it fresh.Toibin includes two essays on James Baldwin. The first, "James Baldwin and the 'American Confusion,'" provides an interesting discussion of the writer's place in U.S. literature, despite his ex-patriot status. In the second, Toibin compares the works of Baldwin and Barack Obama, both "Men without Fathers." I felt that he strained a bit too much to be haut courant in his effort to show Obama channeling Baldwin's prose style.Toibin is a sensitive reader who arrives at some brilliant insights, and he has unearthed intriguing tidbits about each author's life that make the essays more enjoyable than straight literary criticism might have been. Still, like me, most readers will probably find the collection rather uneven. (I thought the essay on Borges was never going to end, and it seemed quite repetitive.) To be best appreciated at its best, go at New Ways to Kill Your Mother like a box of fine chocolates: savor them one at a time. 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SAMPLE PLAY AUDIO SAMPLE http%3A%2F%2Fsamples.audible.com%2Fbk%2Fblak%2F005653%2Fbk_blak_005653_sample.mp3+flashcontent04DS1ZDYSKQ8MQBJ4PKD0 The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
Written by: Richard Rubin
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
4.20 (26 ratings) They were the final survivors of the millions who made up the American Expeditionary Forces, nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century. Self-reliant, humble, and stoic, they kept their stories to themselves for a lifetime, then shared them at the last possible moment so that they, and the war they won - the trauma that created our modern world - might at last be remembered. You will never forget them.
Battle: The Story of the Bulge
By John Toland
Narrated By Dan Butler
Battle: The Story of the Bulge, John Toland's first work of military history, recounts the saga of beleaguered American troops as they resisted Hitler's deadly counter offensive in World War II's Battle of the Bulge - and turned it into an Allied victory. It is a gripping work, painstakingly researched and imbued with such vivid detail that listeners will feel as though they themselves witnessed these events. This is a book not to be missed by anyone interested in this tumultuous era of our world's history.
"Wonderful Account"
By Arthur Guy Empey
In 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was making its way from New York to Liverpool when it was sunk by a German U-boat, shocking the world with the massive death toll. Infuriated by the tragedy, Arthur Guy Empey, an American citizen, traveled to England to enlist in the Royal Fusiliers, as the United States had not yet entered the war. Over the Top tells the story of Empey’s experiences in a voice straight from the western front, causing listeners to feel as if they are right there in the trenches.
"first hand experience"
1914: The Year The World Ended
By Paul Ham
Narrated By Robert Meldrum
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth: 1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history.
"How the war started"
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
By Greg King, Sue Woolmans
Set against a backdrop of glittering privilege, The Assassination ofthe Archduke combines royal history, touching romance, and political murder in a moving portrait of the end of an era. One hundred years after the event, it offers the startling truth behind the Sarajevo assassinations, including Serbian complicity, and examines rumors of conspiracy and official negligence.
"A tragic family"
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
By Max Hastings
From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I - from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battlesthat occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches.
"outstanding"
Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
By Gregg Jones
Narrated By William Hughes
The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
By Margaret MacMillan
Narrated By Richard Burnip
From the best-selling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I.
"A different viewpoint"
Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World - from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
By Tom Zoellner
Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new audiobook he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid Trans-Siberian Railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic maglev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil.
"The world history of trains up to the present"
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
By Rick Atkinson
Narrated By L. J. Ganser
It is the 20th century's unrivaled epic: At a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his best-selling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle in Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the war's final campaign, and Atkinson's astonishingly fresh account of that enormous gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows.
David I. Williams says:
"Well Written Overview"
The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II
By Charles Glass
Narrated By Barry Press
A tale that redefines the ordinary soldier in the Second World War, The Deserters is a breathtaking work of historical reportage, weaving together the lives of forgotten servicemen even as it overturns the assumptions and prejudices of an era. The Deserters reveals that ordinary soldiers viewed "desertion" as a natural part of conflict, as unexpected and inexplicable as bravery. The Deserters moves beyond the false extremes of courage and cowardice to reveal the true experience of the Allied soldier.
Stevon says:
"war is hell"
Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918
By John Mosier
Narrated By Wes Talbot
Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during World War I stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex and misunderstood. Conventional wisdom holds that the battle began in February 1916 and lasted until December, when the victorious French wrested all the territory they had lost back from the Germans. In fact, says historian John Mosier, from the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged for the possession of Verdun.
"A good book ruined by its reader"
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
By Peter Hart
Narrated By Mark Ashby
The Somme: these words conjure the image of war rigidly fought by traditional means even when catastrophe clearly loomed. Relying on personal testimonies never before published, this study of those who survived the first day of battle (July 1, 1916) captures this epic conflagration from all angles. Follow the action as soldiers crawl across No Man’s Land in the face of German guns, struggle with the conditions in the trenches, and survey the scene from the air as the RFC tries to control the skies above the battlefield.
"Harrowing Story Badly Produced"
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
By Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers and one of today’s most renowned historians, now provides a new and unique look at how World War II was won. Engineers of Victory is a fascinating nuts-and-bolts account of the strategic factors that led to Allied victory. Kennedy reveals how the leaders’ grand strategy was carried out by the ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers, and businessmen responsible for realizing their commanders’ visions of success.
"Misleading title"
The Eastern Front 1914-1917
By Norman Stone
Narrated By John Telfer
A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's The Eastern Front 1914-1917 was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in the First World War to be published in the West. In this now-classic history he dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual retreat. He also interprets the connection between the war and the chaos that followed, arguing that although fighting had almost ceased by the end of 1916, Russia was still in turmoil.
"A military history"
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America
By Howard Blum
When a “neutral” United States becomes a trading partner for the Allies early in World War I, the Germans implement a secret plan to strike back. A team of saboteurs - including an expert on germ warfare, a Harvard professor, and a brilliant, debonair spymaster - devise a series of “mysterious accidents” using explosives and biological weapons, to bring down vital targets such as ships, factories, livestock, and even captains of industry like J. P. Morgan. New York Police Inspector Tom Tunney, head of the department’s Bomb Squad, is assigned the difficult mission of stopping them.
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
By Allen C. Guelzo
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history–the most intimate and richly readable account we have had–of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and circumstances that produced the greatest battle of the Civil War, and one of the greatest in human history.
"Better with maps"
The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I
By Edward M. Coffman
The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America’s participation in World War I. Covering famous battles, the birth of the air force, naval engagements, the War Department, and experiences of the troops, this indispensable volume is suitable for history buffs, students, and general listeners.
"Out Standing"
Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War
By Richard A. Serrano
In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his memories as a Yankee drummer boy slowly dimming. Walter Williams, at 117, blind and deaf and bedridden in his daughter's home in Houston, Texas, no longer could tell of his time as a Confederate forage master. The last of the Blue and the Gray were drifting away; an era was ending.
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
By Mason B. Williams
Narrated By Ira Rosenberg
Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis. City of Ambition is a brilliant history of the New Deal and its role in the making of modern New York City. The story of a remarkable collaboration between Franklin Roosevelt and Fiorello La Guardia, this is a case study in creative political leadership in the midst of a devastating depression.
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
By Adam Makos
Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber’s tail - a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger.
JerryL says:
"An Absolutely Incredcredible Audiobook!"
1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
By Charles Emerson
Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features last summers in grand aristocratic residences or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the fear of revolution, violence in the Balkans.
GANESHi says:
"Good book ruined by bad read"
Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II
By Dennis E. Showalter
While the Battle of Kursk has long captivated World War II aficionados, it has been unjustly overlooked by historians. Drawing on the masses of new information made available by the opening of the Russian military archives, Dennis E. Showalter at last corrects that error. This battle was the critical turning point on World War II's Eastern Front. In the aftermath of the Red Army's brutal repulse of the Germans at Stalingrad, the stakes could not have been higher.
"Big Ups to Prof. Showalter and Audible"
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise.
"The utter waste and horror of war..."
Dead Men Flying: Victory in Viet Nam: The Legend of Dust Off: America's Battlefield Angels
By Patrick Henry Brady, Meghan Brady Smith
Viet Nam may be the only war we ever fought, or perhaps that was ever fought, in which the heroism of the American soldier was accompanied by humanitarianism unmatched in the annals of warfare. And the humanitarianism took place during the heat of the battle. The GI fixed as he fought, he cured and educated and built in the middle of the battle. He truly cared for, and about, those people. What other Army has ever done that? Humanitarianism was America's great victory in Viet Nam.
In 2003, eighty-five years after the armistice, it took Richard Rubin months to find just one living American veteran of World War I. But then, he found another. And another. Eventually, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, and interviewed them. All are gone now. A decade-long odyssey to recover the story of a forgotten generation and their war led Rubin across the United States and France, through archives, private collections, battlefields, literature, propaganda, and even music. But at the center of it all were the last of the last, the men and women he met: a new immigrant, drafted and sent to France, whose life was saved by a horse; a Connecticut Yankee who volunteered and fought in every major American battle; a Cajun artilleryman nearly killed by a German airplane; an eighteen-year-old Bronx girl "drafted" to work for the War Department; a machine gunner from Montana; a marine wounded at Belleau Wood; the sixteen-year-old who became America’s last World War I veteran; and many more. They were the final survivors of the millions who made up the American Expeditionary Forces, nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century. Self-reliant, humble, and stoic, they kept their stories to themselves for a lifetime, then shared them at the last possible moment so that they, and the war they won - the trauma that created our modern world - might at last be remembered. You will never forget them. The Last of the Doughboys is more than simply a war story; it is a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory.
©2013 Richard Rubin (P)2013 Blackstone Audio
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Murrieta, CA, United States
Rick H.
"Great Story!"
This was a really good book! I've read allot about WWII and of course the American Civil War, but never much about "The Great War". The interviews with the surviving veterans and their stories are amazing. I have always enjoyed listening to older folks and hearing what they have to say, where they've been and how it was in their era. This book fits that bill!Grover Gardner does an excellent job of communicating the manner in which his interviewees spoke, gestured, thought and lived. His inflection and tone were excellent throughout the entire book.I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history, anyone interested WWI, or anyone who enjoys hearing about the past as told by those who lived it. I'm glad I made this selection!
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
I am an avid eclectic reader.
"An engaging book"
Richard Rubin has done lots of work in researching this book. He has had to travel all over the country to meet with the veterans for the interviews but the most difficult problem was in finding them. He had to be a detective hunting down the last of the survivors of world war one. This is an engaging book with wonderful tangents such as songs of the conflict; Rubin had gathered sheet music as well as old vinyl records of world war one songs. He also read many memoirs about the conflict. I have on my list to read next, one of the books he went into detail about, “Over the Top “written in 1918 by Arthur Guy Empey. Rubin travel widely employing a keen eye, he made almost a travelogue of World War One monuments and statues. He noted almost every town or city in the country has at least one memorial monument if not more in honor of local people who served in WWI. He also traveled through the WWI cemeteries in Europe also well as monument to the American troops who fought there. Rubin also found African-Americans that had served in the various armed services as well a few women. At the end of the book he discussed the terrible treatment given the veterans of WWI or should say lack of any treatment or service. Apparently the man President Harding appointed to head the Veterans Affairs abscond with millions of dollars he had embezzled. The author also gave some explanations about how the term Doughboy came about. I hope someone will do the same for the WWII veterans before it is too late. If we were on the ball we would be gathering the stories of veterans of all the wars we have fought we are losing so much of our history. I really enjoyed this book; it was at times funny at times serious but always delightful. Grover Gardner did a great job narrating the book.
Holland, TX, United States
Jumps on his bed while licking the bottom of one foot. He persists in this life affirming act despite interference from the head nurse.
"Flawed But Worthwhile: History Buffs Should Get It"
This book is good most of the time but bad in spots. So are most books I read or listen to—so little offense, Mr. Rubin. If aged WWI veterans don’t say much Rubin mortars history between his blocks of interviews, and the format works pretty well. Or, he inserts interesting observations from personal tours of battlefields in France, in places specific to interviewees. Rubin became friends with the oldsters, going back to visit them every so often, an endearing thing. Grover Gardner narrates the reminiscences well, as always. The book is enjoyable until Rubin quotes lyrics from his WWI sheet music collection. Tin Pan Alley cranked out terrible stuff. Hear a few verses and you won’t want to hear more. And so, if you buy the book, listen to some of the lyrics then skip ahead because it doesn’t get any better until the chapter ends. Rubin writes that he has hundreds of examples in his collection and I guess he wanted to make use of a fair number of them—but yeeeech. Another quick criticism to an otherwise decent book: Being from the East Coast with its philosophical predilections, Rubin defines racism contemporaneously and then condemns it like it happened yesterday, rather than placing it in its particular historical context. For example, he takes a century-old comic novelty song from Vaudeville—“Indianola”—and, with the narrator reading it dead-pan, makes it sound like the KKK wrote it last week. (For an enjoyable couple of minutes listen to the old Billy Murray rendition of “Indianola” on the Internet. It’s fun.) Context? Picture a guy on stage in a loud plaid suit, carrying a cane, “selling” the song on the yokel circuit somewhere in the sticks, in 1918, at eight o’clock in the evening, on a Tuesday, and you have but one historical context for “Indianola.” Ethnic humor was everywhere at the time. That guy on the stage could have been just about any color or extraction, by the way, including Native American if one of them wanted to troop the boards. Using contemporary rules of measure, “K-K-K-Katie” might be condemned as offensive to both stutters and hillbillies. Oops! I mean vocally challenged folk and chronically under-employed rural laborers. I wonder what Rubin would say about Bill Mauldin’s WWII cartoon of an Indian on guard duty stopping a freight train because he was told not to let anything pass? Rubin needed an editor to put his or her foot down in a few spots. Taken all-in-all, the book is worth the money if you skip the gas-bag parts. Most of it is well-written and interesting. The diversity of centenarian doughboys (and one doughgirl office worker) is unexpected. And God bless these old guys’ hearts—which have all now ceased beating. More Less
Jacob Denhollander
Uncle Chicken
"Brilliant performance of an excellent book."
I cannot say enough about this book. I've been on a bit of a WWI kick, and this book was a nice change from the normal historical narrative. It lends a human perspective to the War, but it's as much a book about the present and how we think about the Great War as much as it is about the Great War itself. Grover Gardner is absolutely BRILLIANT - he does different voices for each person in a subtle way, and even conveys the emotion in the voices of those who are relating their stories. You should download this book. It is everything a non-fiction audiobook should be.
danny lawrence
Charlotte, NC USA
"Memories of an age long past, and its Great War!"
I really love the concept of this book. Memories from the WWI era told by the men and women who created them over 8 decades ago. First hand accounts of not only the war, but the times they lived in and the things they found important to remember. Reaching 100 years of age in itself is a rare enough accomplishment but to think of the things they went through to get there is amazing. I am really glad that Richard Rubin was able to take the time to coax the stories from some of the final few that remained before all passed away and the style and stories were lost forever.Grover Gardner was the perfect choice to narrate this book. His easygoing style made the book seem conversational as if he was relating his experience directly to me.I am really glad to have found this book. It was good to hear about their experiences, good and bad, told in their unique style and frame of reference. I think this is a book I will be able to enjoy again and again.
Biloxi, MS, United States
Life long amateur military history buff. Enjoy naval history the most. Retired from 20 years of criminal defense and family law practice...
"Outstanding ....................."
If you could sum up The Last of the Doughboys in three words, what would they be?
Well told story .....................
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Last of the Doughboys?
The whole of Woody's life is intriguing beyond words. In fact his experience in World War Two is even more dramatic and entertaining than his Great War experience.
In my humble opinion this book is best broken into a number of sessions, though I hated to shut it off.
Although ostensibly this is a story about the Great War in reality said book covers in detail, though never tediously so, what life and people were like during this period of time. It was quite interesting to me to be able to glimpse into habits and customs of men and woman during the period of 1900 all the way to present day. 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Current McLaren not to Button's liking The MP4-27 is unlikely to be remembered fondly by Jenson Button in years to come with the Briton admitting the car doesn't really suit him. After finishing the 2011 season as runner-up to World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Button finds himself sixth in the Drivers' standings with only two races left in what has been a strange year for him personally.
Although he won two races - the opening Australian GP and the Belgian GP - he has managed to be on the podium on only three other occasions. Button admits the current car is not to his liking, saying it's been his "worst year" at McLaren since he joined in 2010.
"This car hasn't suited me as well as McLaren's last two," he is quoted as saying in The Guardian.
"Since I've been here this has been the worst year. It's been tricky, even on good weekends. We've had a problem pretty much every weekend, lately. We need to stop it. I don't get it."
He added: "The car is quite unusual in the way that it works. It works really well for Lewis, and works really well for me at times. But the consistency isn't there."
The 32-year-old finished fourth at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday and, although he is already starting to think about next year's car, he knows they cannot let up in the final two races of the year.
"The weekend was weird. Friday was good, Saturday morning was good but qualifying and the race wasn't amazing. It wasn't horrendous but it wasn't amazing," he said.
"We've got to try a few new things with the set up. I'm not happy with where it is at the moment. But hopefully next year will be perfect.
"Next year is exciting but we've still got two races where we want to do well in. We still want to get Ferrari in the constructors, but it's 22 points [behind] now, which is quite big. We need some good points in the next two." Planet F1 | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/874 | {"url": "http://www.autoracing1.com/hotnews.asp?tid=62100", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.autoracing1.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:34:28Z", "digest": "sha1:HYVZDRNSU4GVJLLAXNHGQYXFQT5RJ5OW"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 1848, 1848.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 1848, 25792.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 1848, 9.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 1848, 255.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 1848, 0.99]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 1848, 153.3]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 1848, 0.47816092]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 1848, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 1848, 0.0209937]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 1848, 0.0209937]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 1848, 0.02519244]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 1848, 0.01609195]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 1848, 0.17471264]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 1848, 0.52046784]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 1848, 4.17836257]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 1848, 4.80974158]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 1848, 342.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 390, 1.0], [390, 653, 1.0], [653, 752, 1.0], [752, 937, 0.0], [937, 1104, 0.0], [1104, 1307, 1.0], [1307, 1472, 1.0], [1472, 1611, 1.0], [1611, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 390, 0.0], [390, 653, 0.0], [653, 752, 0.0], [752, 937, 0.0], [937, 1104, 0.0], [1104, 1307, 0.0], [1307, 1472, 0.0], [1472, 1611, 0.0], [1611, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 390, 66.0], [390, 653, 49.0], [653, 752, 19.0], [752, 937, 35.0], [937, 1104, 32.0], [1104, 1307, 38.0], [1307, 1472, 27.0], [1472, 1611, 29.0], [1611, 1848, 47.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 390, 0.0183727], [390, 653, 0.01587302], [653, 752, 0.0], [752, 937, 0.0], [937, 1104, 0.0], [1104, 1307, 0.01020408], [1307, 1472, 0.0], [1472, 1611, 0.0], [1611, 1848, 0.01327434]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 390, 0.0], [390, 653, 0.0], [653, 752, 0.0], [752, 937, 0.0], [937, 1104, 0.0], [1104, 1307, 0.0], [1307, 1472, 0.0], [1472, 1611, 0.0], [1611, 1848, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 390, 0.04358974], [390, 653, 0.03802281], [653, 752, 0.05050505], [752, 937, 0.03243243], [937, 1104, 0.02994012], [1104, 1307, 0.02955665], [1307, 1472, 0.02424242], [1472, 1611, 0.02158273], [1611, 1848, 0.02531646]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 1848, 0.76315421]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 1848, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 1848, 0.89521796]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 1848, 12.43020998]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 1848, 73.62358118]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 1848, -98.732589]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 1848, 24.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Comair Takes Some Blame for Kentucky Crash JEFFREY McMURRAY Source: The Associated Press Created: April 5, 2007
Blue Grass Airport, aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and the air traffic controllers' union pin most of the blame on the pilot and co-pilot, who in the predawn hours steered the plane onto an unlit runway too short for a commercial jet to take off.
Comair admitted to U.S. investigators that its pilots were partly responsible for an airplane crash that killed 49 people, but the company also said better systems for alerting airlines to taxiway changes might have prevented it.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is trying to determine what caused the Aug. 27 crash, released Wednesday what are essentially the final arguments from the major parties in the investigation.
Blue Grass Airport, aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and the air traffic controllers' union pin most of the blame on the pilot and co-pilot, who in the predawn hours steered the plane onto an unlit runway too short for a commercial jet to take off. The co-pilot was the only survivor.
"It would be simple but inaccurate to conclude that the only cause of this tragic accident was a mistake by Comair's well trained and experienced flight crew," the airline wrote in its submission to the NTSB.
Besides stressing the company's emphasis on safety, Comair suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration should revamp the system it uses to alert airlines and their crews of changes to runways.
A week before the crash, the taxiways at Blue Grass Airport were slightly altered by a runway widening project. The diagrams used by Comair's crew were out of date, but the FAA did broadcast a NOTAM, or "notice to airmen," alerting all pilots of the change.
The system, "developed in the era of the teletype," the airline wrote, should be replaced by one that gives pilots information in real time. The airline provided few specifics.
In addition, Comair argued that the FAA needs a better approach to runway surveillance. Only one controller was on duty at the time, and if there had been more, the accident might have been prevented, Comair said.
The documents released Wednesday included no new information from the FAA, which has previously acknowledged that separate controllers should have watched the ground and the air during the overnight shift when the crash occurred.
Blue Grass Airport solely blames the pilots for the crash, saying their pre-flight chatter might have distracted them. Comair has acknowledged they violated the FAA's "sterile cockpit" guidelines, which forbid conversation not related to the flight during the most critical parts, such as taxi, takeoff and landing.
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Comair Takes Some Blame for Kentucky Crash
Blue Grass Airport, aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and the air traffic controllers' union pin most of the blame on the pilot and co-pilot, who in the predawn hours steered the plane onto an unlit...
Comair Takes Partial Blame for KY Crash
Comair admitted to federal investigators that its pilots were partly responsible for an airplane crash that killed 49 people.
Comair Warns Pilots About Ky. Airport
Airline spokeswoman Kate Marx said the airline had an old map at the time and that the alert was prompted because even the new diagram it received Friday, two weeks after the deadly crash, didn't...
NTSB Comair Report Tells Pilots to Double-Check Runways
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TotalFBO® Software Enters Middle East Market Created: June 18, 2008
Mercury Air Group, the US based global leader in aviation services, has signed an agreement with Horizon Business Concepts to license TotalFBO® Accounting and Aviation Management Software, a leader in aviation management software, and implement the...
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, June 18, 2008 – Mercury Air Group, the US based global leader in aviation services, has signed an agreement with Horizon Business Concepts to license TotalFBO® Accounting and Aviation Management Software, a leader in aviation management software, and implement the package in its new Kuwait facility. In 2007 Mercury Air Group signed a management services agreement to operate the new facility through Royal Aviation Kuwait, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Projects Company. The new $42 Million Fixed Base Operation (FBO), located at the Kuwait International Airport (KWI), is the largest private aviation terminal in the Middle East. Mercury Air Group, Inc. is a global leader in the aviation services industry and is one of the largest privately owned aviation services company in the world with business operations on five continents in more than 60 locations. Mercury Air Group provides aviation petroleum products, air cargo services and transportation as well as support services for international and US commercial airlines, general aviation and US government aircraft. On April 29, 2008, Horizon Business Concepts, celebrated their 20th Anniversary in the aviation industry. The TotalFBO® program has risen to the top of the aviation marketplace since 1988 through constant development and refinement. With over 1400 licenses sold around the world, Horizon has the largest installed customer base of any general aviation accounting software anywhere.
“We congratulate Mercury Air Group on their new FBO and look forward to having them as one of Horizon’s family of TotalFBO users and to a long and prosperous relationship.” Leann Lehmann, President. Training on the TotalFBO® program is scheduled, with Mercury Air Group – Kuwait’s grand opening slated for Fall, 2008. Do you recommend this Press Release?
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Welcome, dear ones. You sit this day in a room full of masters, yet very few of you can see who you are beyond the veil that keeps you in the reality that you call Earth. We see that many of you are going through changes at such a rapid pace that it is difficult to keep your balance sometimes; but we see you. We hold that energy for you so many times, when you cannot even see it yourself. So, let us give you this day some opportunities to balance your own energies, for what you have gone through in the way of vibrational shifting has only just begun, and the days ahead will be filled with wonderment, with joy, with magic�the kind that you create for yourself. Yes, we see that many of you have stress in your lives. You step into your passion, or so you think, and you cannot figure out why everything does not fit together easily. You have stress about not being able to find your passion. Oh, we love that one. We tell you this above all: humans think way too much. Rather than think at this time, we are going to ask you to simply breathe it in and to allow that energy to come in and through you. Allow the stress that you have been feeling to become your friend and your mentor, for you, yourself, on a higher perspective, have placed that into your own reality. Yes, we know. It does not feel that way, does it? It feels as though there are all kinds of difficulties, and every time you try to do something, there is a block of some sort. You ask yourself the question, �Am I not supposed to be going this way? Perhaps spirit is trying to tell me something.� What we tell you now is that many of you are simply supposed to feel the stress as part of your path. So let us now offer you a different perspective. Dancing Close to the Edge Many of you have been dancing close to the edge. Some of you feel like you have been dancing on a cliff very close to the edge for a long time. Know, dear ones, that we bless you for it, for as you have seen with many of the people that you see as successful, sometimes it takes dancing that close to the edge to lose the fear of falling off the cliff. Furthermore, keep in mind that even though you are worried about what the outcome will be, you could not fall if you tried. You are playing a game with angel wings spread all around you. Yes, you can lean this way; you can lean that way. Yes, you can trip as you are moving forward, but you cannot hurt yourself. You are creating heaven, or Home, on Earth this very day. That is where the magic is. That is what you have created. So keep that in mind the next time you wonder whether you can take one more stressful thing. Keep in mind that when a piece of coal experiences stress over a long period of time, it turns into the most beautiful diamond. If you can change your perspective and use that same energy to show something that you are going to create from that, and let your own beauty shine as that of the diamond, you will not need the stress anymore. Three Questions So let us offer you a different perspective. Let us ask you three questions. Let us offer you some opportunities for you to see yourself from a different perspective; from a perspective of pure energy, for that is really who you really are. You see yourselves as these wonderful bubbles of biology that you are playing in, and you think this is who you are, but it is not. You are energy; you are vibrational movement; and you are the most beautiful vibration you can imagine. All eyes in the universe are watching your every move because you are changing the way vibration dances in your reality, and that is wondrously beautiful to us. So what about the questions? First Question: Do You Believe? The first question is, Do you believe? Ahh. You are waiting for the rest of it, are you not? �Do I believe in what?� you are saying. No, that is not it. It is simply, Do you believe? For the act of faith is only possible to apply the act of faith to the unknown; therefore, defining it any further negates the question's true meaning. It is not possible to believe in something that is known, for it then become knowledge and not belief. Keep in mind that the belief process, or acting in the belief system, is literally an act of the angelic realm that you are applying in human attributes; so you are reaching into the angelic realm to reach those belief systems. So, when you find something that you believe in, your first instinct is to package it and define it. You put it in a box, and you tell all your friends about it. You write your books. You teach it, and you share it with others. And that is beautiful�except for one thing: it then can become knowledge. It is human nature to do this, as you feel much more comfortable with knowledge than with beliefs. Within the known world there is little potential. Within the unknown world, all is potential. We tell you this day that your ability to believe will become an important part of your evolution in the days ahead. There are different types of belief. Actually, it is not the beliefs that change but your perception of them that changes. There are the beliefs that define who you are, and then there are the beliefs which you define. That slight shift in how you view beliefs will change your world in an instant. Keep in mind that at any moment if you are not happy with the reality you are experiencing, please choose again, for that is your birth right. That is also your responsibility as creators dancing in bubbles of biology on Planet Earth. For as you express your right to create�as you express your willingness to step out and to create something new�you define a belief system that says, �I believe in me,� and that is your belief in God. To the highest degree we ask that you no longer point it outward but inward. Standing in your own energy of your own creative ability is the greatest tribute to God that you can ever make, for. . .! you are God. As you move forward in evolution, that opportunity allows you to expand your perception of the universe and the world around you. Your job, your marriage, your relationship to your children, your relationship to your mother all change in an instant, for at that time you begin walking in grace. Walking in grace is the art of walking in connection with all things around you. As you walk out into the pristine grass, you no longer worry about stepping on the grass, harming the tender plants. You understand that that grass is grown there with the highest intent of cushioning your step as you move across it. Your perception allows you to walk in full harmony with the grass, and it then benefits from you being there. That is grace. That is the opportunity to walk in oneness with All That Is�every heart, every blade of grass, every stone. Walking in Grace is a belief system that is only capable of achievement from within. Beliefs are Human Attributes Beliefs are a human attribute, for they are not necessary in heaven. It is only when you begin to play the game within a field of polarity and dance within a bubble of biology that you need beliefs at all. So we ask you to constantly re-examine your beliefs. Always look for higher truths�ones that serve you�to be able to reach out and find the things that you love. That is where you will find your highest passion and, therefore, your highest vibration. That is when you become the highest use to the universe that you can be. That is where you shine like the diamond and all the years of stress have paid off. We joyfully share with you that it no longer takes thousands of years to make a diamond. Diamonds are being made in this room this day. We are so very proud of you. You have taken many of the energies of what we have given you, and you have taken them to the next level. The books that will be written, even in this room, number no less than 32. Oh yes. Some of you are looking at each other, saying, �How did they know I had three books?� There will be no more closet Lightworkers. As you step forward now, you will find that even the grass will grow a little bit stronger beneath your feet to cushion your step. You will find the wind at your back more often than ever now. . . if you believe. Do you believe? Second Question: Do You Believe in Magic? Question number two: Do you believe in magic? Ahh, yes, look at the heads bobbing, for magic, once again, is a representation of the unknown. Magic is a force, a power that you instinctively know inside. It is actually a very high form of belief. Magic means that nothing has to go by the same rules that you believed or have been taught that your world has been built upon. Magic is energy and like all energy is always in dynamic and in motion. Magic in the instantaneous realization of joy. It bypasses the what you think is the known Universe. It is the instantaneous connection of telepathy where one heart communicates to another without the interference of the words. Magic has begun, for magic is actually a representation of heaven on Earth. That is the reason that there is such a fascination with heaven. That is the reason there is such a fascination with magic on the planet at this time, for Harry Potter was certainly channeled information, was it not? Ahh, but it is not new. Even the days of Merlin show a fascination with magic�not a laziness or a shortcut, to be able to do things the easy way, but the fascination with your ability to be a creator changing the limited known into unknown potentials. It is held within each and every one of you; you are the only ones that can activate it. Magic is opening to new potentials and as-of-yet-undefined realities. We have told you many times that humans have a problem with reality. You think it is real. Magic is all the things on the other side, for it is not possible to create magic of anything that you consider real. Magic is the bridge between the known and the unknown, between knowledge and beliefs. The reason we are explaining this in such detail is because, in those instances, you are reaching to heaven and re-membering Home. You are bringing all the energies of Home and the creation abilities of Home into your being at this time. That is magical. There are trigger words that we use quite often. Trust us when we say the translators and the editors have problems with some of those trigger words. Magic is one of them. We use that word quite often, for it carries energy of Home that immediately comes in and strikes a cord in your heart. Do you believe in magic? It will not be long before you are able to prove this to yourself, for even though you are looking toward the magical children that are coming in with all the attributes of having magical abilities in what you call the �Crystal� and what you call the �Indigo� children, the reality is each and every one of you has those. Your belief in magic is what sets the vortices in motion. The Web of Love We have spoken about the �Web of Love.� The Web of Love is a new form of communication which will stitch every heart together, for each one of you will have the opportunity to tap in. You have all known that it has been coming; you have all expected it to be here. You just did not know how it was going to manifest. You are going to activate it soon. But if you can, imagine the Web of Love being an intricate cross-section and cross-laces of energy strands that connect every heart everywhere. That grid must be held in place in order to be utilized. The Web of Love is held in place by vortices, and the vortices are actually acting much like telephone poles holding it in place. That is the reason it was not possible to activate this Web of Love for your use until this time, for the vortices had to be activated into portals; the portals had to be activated in order to hold this whole process in place. And it is done; it is ! there; and now you start anew building a new matrix of communication of the heart. We ask that you be very cognizant of what you put on that web. Choose your thoughts and your feelings carefully as to what you project onto the web, for it will be felt by hearts all over your world. It will interact with and interconnect the interdimensional realities that also exist within your world that you are not aware of. Here, you will have full connection to all dimensional realities at once. This will open the door for what you call ET's. At that point, much of the unknown will become known. You can change your reality by changing the point from which you perceive it. It is that simple. We did not say �easy�; we said �simple.� But you are on the right track. You are the grand souls who are changing all that is. You have the future in your own hands . . . but first, you must believe; then, you must believe in magic. Do you believe in magic? Third Question: Do You Believe in the Magic in You? Question number three . . . and this is the difficult one: Do you believe in the magic in you? Yes, it is easy to see the popularity of Harry Potter , The Matrix , the Lord of the Rings , and many others at this time. That is due to the fact that there has been a general lack of support of ones own powers in your societies up to this point. Due to this lack, a vacuum was created that is now being filled. These and many more show the potential of taking ones own power of magic and using it to create a higher reality. Many of you feel a personal relationship to Merlin. You see yourselves as the student of the master magician. And as you imagine Mickey Mouse carrying little pails of water, you think of yourselves as the apprentice. And the reality is, you are the masters. The hardest part for you to do behind that veil is to believe in your own magnificence. Yes, we can tell you about it. Yes, we can show you all the illustrations of your own mastery. We can show you how you are the ones that create with every thought that you allow to reside in your head for seven seconds.
You have a flow of energy through your head at all times. That is the thought processes. We do not ask you to try and stop it or ask you to choose which thoughts go through your head, for the reality is you have no control over what goes through your head. You are part of a thought process which is shared throughout all energies everywhere. But you do have perfect control over what thoughts stay in your head. Seven seconds. Hold that thought in your head for more than seven seconds, and it is yours. Work on that thought, believe in that thought, and it manifests. Is that too simple for you to understand? We can make it more complicated if you would like, for that is the process. Holding a pure thought in your head is very simple. The challenge is that you have not yet become masters of your thoughts enough to be aware of what is flowing through your head and what you are choosing. You are the magicians pretending to be the apprentice. You come and sit in front of us and listen to every word we say. Many of you pull out your pens and paper and write it down. What you do not understand is that we sit at your feet, honor you, and do everything we can to make you see your magnificence. The moment you feel your oneness with God, the moment you feel your connection with each other, the moment you feel that connection and that grace with which you walk over those blades of grass, that is the moment that you know your purpose here on Earth. That is the moment we have created our highest intent as angels. We tell you this as a tool that you can use this very day, for the moment you empower another to see their own magnificence is the same moment that you step into your next evolutionary role as the Human Angels. You are magical. You are the creators. In fact, you are God. No, you are not the only God, but we will work on that one another time. In the meantime, we tell you that you have come a very long way and we are so very proud of you. Every piece of stress that you have had has helped to make the most beautiful diamonds that you can be. Know that your light shines brightly throughout the universe. All eyes are upon you, dear ones, for you are not alone by any stretch of the imagination. There are alternate realities which view Earth and your lives every day. They watch every move you make, and they are the ones that have taken out their pens and paper and are taking notes, because Earth is about to graduate. A new vibrational level is reached every day at this point. You have already surpassed the days of Camelot, Atlantis and Lemuria. Now is the time for you to incorporate that part of you. Now is the time for you to take that belief and focus it inward. When you feel the stress and when you can see that you are dancing close to the edge, turn up the music and enjoy the dance. This is the new dance in the new energy, and it is what defines you as creators playing a game in a bubble of biology. Soul Confidence through Soul Contact There is a confidence that comes straight from the soul. We call it �soul confidence.� It is transferred from one being to the other through the eyes. There is a very unique ability to make soul contact every time you look someone in the eyes. Take that from here this day, and do it intentionally. Take it from every place you go, wherever you are�at the grocery store, in the gas station line. Every time you see another soul, make that soul contact and show them the spirit that you are. It is not about ego. It is not about trying to teach them anything. It is simply letting them in to see who you are, for in seeing each other, you all gain a soul confidence about why you are here. That is how you touch the God in each and every other person that you come in contact with. It moves very quickly through you now. Some of you are feeling your heart at an increased pace at this time. Fear it not, and do not look for what you must do to make it stop. Just relax, and let it run its course. It is that you are moving vibrationally very quickly, and the energy is moving through you. Your work as Lightworkers has just begun. Do you believe? We believe in you, for you hold the honor of heaven on Earth. You hold our love. You are the greatest angels that have every played the game, and we are so very proud of you. So, we will believe in you and hold your energy until you are able to believe in yourself. That is our job.
As each one of you feels the energy coming through, know that it is taking you to a higher vibrational level and that you are activated. Use the Web of Love, and as you do, all hearts will know each other instantly. When one heart knows another heart, there can be no war on planet Earth. That is possible sooner than you think. Hold that energy of unity. Every time you see a leader anywhere in the world preaching separateness instead of unity, make your choices accordingly. You are one heart if you will only believe in you. It is with the greatest of honor that we share with you these messages, for we have been here only to reflect your magnificence. This day we are not closing this channel, even though we will greet you in the normal way. You will walk from here with us on your shoulder if you wish, so that you can feel the wind at your back, so you can feel how the grass supports your every step, so that you can feel what it is like to walk in grace. Do you believe? It is with the greatest of honor that we ask you to treat each other with respect and nurture one another at every opportunity. Re-member that it is a beautiful game that you have devised and you are playing as creators hiding in bubbles of biology. Play well together. Espavo. the Group Join us Saturday, September 18, 2004 as we activate the Web of Love in a global experiment in unifying consciousness. Lightworkers globally will come together in a 25 minute experiment in global consciousness to connect the physical and metaphysical sciences. We will broadcast this event live on internet radio followed by a live channel from the Group. The Group says that when we all hold hands . . . we can create miracles. Come be a part of this intentional miracle as we exercise the magic within us.
http://www.Lightworker.com/WebofLove/ Over the years, I have become aware that the Group's messages are always in a code. They call it �the code of the heart,� as they use it to speak to many hearts at once. T hey use the same words to give many different messages on many different levels at one time. Those of you who have heard the Group's messages live know that they are all quite different. Sometimes they keep us laughing the whole time, while at other times they are giving important information. Still other channels will have us all in tears with the love they give. This particular message will fill your heart, as would be expected from the Group, but it will also plant important seeds of hope and love for the future. After reading this message, your analytical mind may ask, �That's a nice message, but how can I use that?� Although there are several points to use in daily life, this message is speaking more to the future �you� than it is to the practical person you may think that you are. What follows is a venture into a magical realm of hope and love. It is designed by the Group to touch our hearts with hope and love and to help us all re-member Home. GROUP hugs
Steve Rother Connecting the Heart
Answers to your Questions By Barbara Rother
Find yourself walking down a long, dark hallway. At the end of this corridor you discover a huge wooden door surrounded by the most beautiful, soft light. As you take the time to appreciate the beauty of this door, you become aware that it is made of deep mahogany and cherry wood. These are all gifts that nature has given to create this magical door. The hinges are rich in tones of shinning brass. These fixtures firmly keep the door in place. You find yourself gazing at the door handle that is made of sparkling diamond cut crystal. You wonder how such a creation came to be.
Reaching out to grasp this handle you feel a warm enticing energy. You know by turning this doorknob you will open the door to your truths. At that moment you remember that you hold the key to your answers in your own pocket. You reach for the key and oh so carefully insert it in the lock, knowing that you are unlocking all the answers to your questions. Standing in front of this door you form the important questions of your life. Once you receive the answers you can move on to your chosen path with full confidence and knowledge that you are headed in the right direction. You prepare to take a step, knowing that all answers will be received once you are on the other side of the door. We cannot have the answers until we make clear in our minds what our questions are. Once identified then we can be open to receiving the answers. Take a moment now. What question in your life are you seeking an answer for? The Group says that we have all of the answers all of the time, it is the questions that we have difficulty remembering. Now that you know the questions, you are ready to open the door that will give you your answers. You are prepare to turn the crystal knob and open to your truth. Now that you have your questions, you put the key in the lock and reach for the crystal doorknob pushing on the door. Much to your surprise, the door does not budge. This is so difficult, for you feel you have taken all the right steps but with no results. The more you push and try to force the door open, the more it resists your attempts. At this point you tell your self that you have total control of the situation, however, frustration creeps in and you decide to break the door down, determined to find your answers no matter what it takes. Try as you might the door does not move. That instant a voice comes to you giving you insight. Spirit whispers to you to let go and release control. Now you come to the realization that you have to release the attachment to the outcome. You are given the wisdom that you are standing in the way of your own truth. You are trying to force the door open to the answers of life. Taking a deep breath you feel yourself releasing all control. Again, spirit whispers to you a message that the Group has said many times before, �The door that will give you the answers to your questions does not open by pushing it outward. Simply stand back and allow the door to open toward you.� Deciding to get out of your own way, this magnificent door begins to swing inward. Just then you feel an unbelievable sense of peace. It has opened to an overwhelming brightness of truth. By listening to your own heart and allowing spirit to help you flow through life, you will not only find the! answers you seek. . . but also the questions you were trying to remember. Love and Light,
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Kid's reading tips
Reddit by Linda Davis
Reading and writing and 'rithmatic Most of us could sing the old song in our sleep. And you'll notice that reading always takes the primo slot when it comes to our kid's education. And rightly so. Yet teaching them to read is one thing - GETTING them to read is another matter. Below are some key for picking appropriate books, and even some tips for adults as well. Watch the segmentIn school, our kids get a lot of reading assignments whether it's in a textbook, through a program like Accelerated Reader or assigned books. But what about when they are selecting a book to read independently on their own? Many teachers require a certain amount of time at home dedicated to reading. And hopefully this is when your child picks up a book that he or she WANTS to read.But, sometimes it's hard for them to select a book that they're interested in and that is also at an appropriate reading level for them. That's where you need to help. Your child's teacher is a great source of suggested reading but many times I found myself in a bookstore or library trying to help my son find a book that he'd be interested in enough to want to read AND that was at his reading level. It can be tough to figure it out. Many children's books give a recommended age on the back cover. But usually it is a wide range - such as ages 8 to 12. It's a general guideline but hardly specific enough.How to Tell if a Book is at the Right Reading Level This is a really simple way that you can tell if a book is at the correct level for your child. It's not at all scientific but it's easy to do and you can even teach your child to self evaluate.The Goldilocks or Five Finger Method Remember in Goldilocks when she landed on each bed and she said, "too soft, too hard and just right." That's how this got its name - is this book "too easy, too hard or just right?" When your child reads a book that's too easy, they don't advance. When she reads one that's too hard, they quickly get discouraged - but just right is interesting and rewarding.Here's how it works. Open the book anywhere, and ask your child to begin reading an entire page. For every word that they stumble over or don't know, hold up a finger. When they finish the page do a quick evaluation. If they came upon 0-1 words, the book might be too easy; 4 - 5, or more words means it's too hard. If they read the page with only 2 - 3 words that "slowed" them, then it is just right.Great Website Resources for Reading TipsI also found some wonderful websites that could come in handy. The first is designed for teachers but I found it really useful for parents, too. It has a wonderful feature that allows you to type in a specific book and find a similar story based on your child's reading ability - easier or harder. That way, if your child finds a book that interests him or her but it's too hard or easy, you can find a similar book. > There's another great site that allows you to type in an age range and interests to find a book for your child to read silently or for you to read aloud. > Reading Tips from the Pro - Mother Goose HerselfSpeaking of reading aloud to children. This is the time of year when many of us are asked to come into a classroom to read a story to a class of students. You might be a mom, dad, grandparent or even an aunt or uncle. This is a fantastically fun thing to do - but it can be intimidating. So, I went to the ultimate pro - Mother Goose - storyteller beyond storytellers to find some key tips when reading aloud to a group of children. Here's what she advised:1. Bring joy to the experience. Be present. This is a gift to your child for you to be there.2. Choose books that fit what's happening in the child's life - back to school, a holiday, etc.3. Depending on the age of the children, choose a book with good pictures.4. Use different voices for different characters. Your kids may say it's weird but they will enjoy it.5. Use props or puppets, even a simple stuffed animal brings life to a story.6. Don't be afraid to paraphrase a wordy book if you are asked to read something unexpected. Just tell a story in a creative way.These are wonderful tips to keep in mind when asked to read a story to a group of children. My husband's fondest memory of our son's elementary years was the day when he went into the classroom and read "Miss Spider's Tea Party" to a wide-eyed group of first graders - one of whom was the proudest of all - our sweet son, Mike.Invite to your next children's party!Ah, reading - so much more than a skill, it's our goal to help make it a desire. We can only do what we can, make it available, interesting and fun.Live and Learn!
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Canada says 386 kids rescued in child porn bust
TORONTO (AP) — A sweeping child pornography investigation has led to the rescue of 386 children around the world and the arrest of 348 people, Canadian police said Thursday.
Toronto police describe the Project Spade operation as one of the largest child porn busts they've ever seen.
"It is alleged that officers seized hundreds of thousands of videos detailing horrific sexual acts against very young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed," Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins said.
Police said 108 people were arrested in Canada and 76 in the U.S. Others were arrested in other countries.
Australian Federal Police commander Glen McEwen on Friday confirmed that 65 men had been arrested in Australia as a result of the Canadian investigation, and six Australian children had been removed from harm.
Police said the children were "rescued from child exploitation" but did not give more details.
School teachers, doctors and actors were among those arrested.
Beaven-Desjardins said the investigation began with a Toronto man accused of running a company since 2005 that distributed child pornography videos.
Police allege Brian Way, 42, instructed people around the world to create the videos of children ranging from 5 to 12 years of age, then distributed the videos via his company, Azov Films, to international customers. The videos included naked boys from Germany, Romania and Ukraine, which it marketed as naturist movies and claimed were legal in Canada and the United States.
Police said they executed a search warrant at Way's company and home, seizing about 1,000 pieces of evidence: computers, servers, DVD burners, a video editing suite and hundreds of movies.
Way was charged with 24 offences, including child pornography. He is in jail. Police also designated Azov Films as a criminal organization, charging Way with giving directions on behalf of a gang. Beaven-Desjardins said this is the first time in Canada that anyone has been charged with being a part of a criminal organization in regards to child pornography.
Police said they began their investigation in 2010 and worked with Interpol in more than 50 countries including Australia, Spain, Mexico, Norway and Greece.
"This operation shows that international police cooperation works. Despite large amounts of material and that this is time-consuming work, this shows that the Internet is not a safe haven for crimes against children," Norwegian police spokesman Bjoern-Erik Ludvigsen said in a statement.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said it began its investigation by accessing the company website and making undercover purchases.
Beaven-Desjardins said the investigation is ongoing and believes more arrests will be made.
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Why Manny Pacquiao Can't Beat Juan Manuel Marquez
LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 12: (R-L) Juan Manuel Marquez throws a right to the body of Manny Pacquiao during the WBO world welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 12, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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Lee Payton looks at just how Juan Manuel Marquez was able to neutralize Manny Pacquiao's explosive offensive skills.
We've been told for more than 7 years that Manny Pacquiao has major trouble with the style of Juan Manuel Marquez, but has anyone explained why?
Emmanuel Steward was too busy trying to be exactly right about everything to offer anything useful when he called the fights. Amir Khan was much more valuable during the international feed for the most recent fight in the stunningly even trilogy.
We know the Pac-Man is all about fistic mayhem, and it's clear that he is forced to think things over when he's in there with one of the sharpet counter punchers of all time. The basics have been covered.
I'm going to try to explain some of the finer details that created 36 rounds of incredibly intense combat, with a focus on what Marquez has done to tame the "wildcat".
Much of Dinamita's greatness starts with his feet. In my book, he is the best "toe-to-toe" fighter of this era. Usually when you heard that term, it's in reference to a slugger, or someone without a lot of craft in the ring. With Marquez, we're talking about classic stand-your-ground boxing. You'll notice that he is able to stay defensively responsible without excessive use of his legs. There's no dancing in there. Every step to the side, and every slide of the lead foot coming forward is small and efficient, specifically designed to keep the opponent off balance while staying in position to deliver offense.
It's obvious to everyone who is familiar with the two fighters that Pacquiao is not nearly as active against Marquez as he is against everyone else. One reason for this is the fact that JMM is always "on the mark", or in position to counter with something that stings. However, I believe the main reason has been inexplicably overlooked, even though it was on display for 36 minutes on Saturday night.
With their experience, Nacho Beristain and his fighter noticed that you can keep the Filipino's devastating left hand in its holster much of the time simply by stepping in the opposite direction. The old technician brilliantly maneuvered his back foot clockwise all night, which kept him out of position to taste Manny's best punch. By turning to his left steadily, he made Pacquiao adjust his own feet constantly in search of a better angle to land a bomb.
Using superior footwork he was able to take Manny's best punch away from him for much of the fight, and since he wasn't standing straight up, or still, there was no danger of being overwhelmed by a storm. In the corner, Team Pacquiao were telling their man to cut the ring off by moving to his own right, which would disrupt what Marquez was trying to do, but instead he fell into the trap by following the matador in a circle. He helped Marquez take his best weapon out of the picture, for the most part. Without a clear home for his best punch Pacquiao was brought down to an activity level that is easier to handle.
Trainer Nazim Richardson also noticed the weakness and his fighter, Shane Mosley, was able to keep things calm against Pacquiao just by moving in the same direction, but in a more negative manner. Turn left and he can't get off nearly as many punches as he can versus a still, square target.
Turning away from Manny's dominant hand is not only the key to avoiding it, but it can also open him up for quick counters and true straight right hands that land up the middle. One of the keys to being a complete fighter is standing on an angle that keeps the opponent from being able to land his best punch, while you are in position to get off first, or counter a mistake. That's the genius in what Marquez does.
Seeing the Mexican Maestro handle the typhoon is nothing unusual by now, but in the past Pacquiao was able to even things up with shocking speed and concussive force. This time though, Marquez didn't get sucked into a machismo contest, and the result was his best defensive performance...maybe ever. He turned Pacquiao completely around simply by getting low and changing the angle of his back foot more than 90 degrees, sometimes getting an "Olé!" from the Mexican portion of the crowd. Marquez proved he could stay off the canvas against Pacquiao this time, but unfortunately he was not rewarded for his discipline.
Manny Pacquiao has definitely improved in many areas from the first time they fought. He has better balance, he hits harder with the right and you can't expect to win by forcing him backward like the old days. That said, his right hand was a non-factor again and no matter how you slice it, he must land big left hands to have a chance of making a significant impact on a fighter as tough and classy as Juan Manuel. He was never allowed to be in position to land that "A" punch, so he had to create it himself with his fast feet. Shooting in (to close the distance quickly) with straight left is his oldest trick in the book, and one that the young version could perform at a crazy pace for 12 rounds.
So in a sense, Marquez successfully turned him back into the fiery one-handed gunslinger, but this was a 32 year old welterweight version who doesn't carry as many bullets as he used to into a showdown. I'm not saying he's falling apart physically, or anything like that. He looked strong and fast to me without an ounce of fat on him, but it's completely natural for a fighter to slow down over time. To his credit he added other skills so that he wouldn't be so predictable, but his bread and butter is still that one familiar move and he doesn't seem to have the same amount of wind-ups in him these days.
All credit to Marquez for hanging with the genetic freak at 38 years old with good old fashioned boxing know-how. No matter who you think had the upper hand in the trilogy, I think it's clear that Juan Manuel Marquez is the more intelligent, technically proficient fighter, and I don't see that changing any time soon. He had Pacquiao on a leash last Saturday night.
I'm sure the auto-defense in response to this piece will be "Pac is 2-0-1 against JMM!!" and that's fine. Even if you think Pacquiao won all 3 (I have it 1-0-2 JMM), there wasn't one clear victory for him, and that's the point. Marquez has been tactically superior during the majority of the time they've spent lumping each other up and that's why many people think he got the better of things, myself included.
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Re: Recent viewings « Reply #6510 on: July 10, 2013, 11:41:48 PM »
"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I" (2012)lJGTDRwHtLsThe DC Animated Universe scores another winner with this adaptation of Frank Miller's classic 1986 graphic novel, which totally re-wrote the Batman myth and inspired pretty much every film and animated version of the character that has followed, to this very day. In Part I of the saga, Batman returns to Gotham City's streets after a 10 year absence and takes on a particularly brutal street gang known as "The Mutants," picking up a new Robin - a girl! - along the way. Nicely animated as usual, with an impressive voice cast that includes Peter "RoboCop" Weller as Batman. I'll be watching Part 2 tomorrow night, when we finally get to see Bats face off with an older, wiser Joker!!
Re: Recent viewings « Reply #6511 on: July 11, 2013, 10:28:02 AM »
REPO MAN (1984): A shiftless punk kid takes a job as a car repossesor and finds himself among the many ruthless parties searching for a 1964 Chevy Malibu with a mysterious cargo in the trunk. This gritty punk satire has sharp dialogue and great performances by Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton and an appealing wackiness; worth another look after all these years. 4.5/5.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on July 11, 2013, 10:28:02 AMREPO MAN (1984): A shiftless punk kid takes a job as a car repossesor and finds himself among the many ruthless parties searching for a 1964 Chevy Malibu with a mysterious cargo in the trunk. This gritty punk satire has sharp dialogue and great performances by Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton and an appealing wackiness; worth another look after all these years. 4.5/5. The Iggy Pop soundtrack was pretty boss too.I'd like to think there's an alternate timeline where the Estevez side of that family is successful and the Sheens have long faded into obscurity.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989): Following a series of accidents involving a baseball hitting a shrink ray machine, inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis)'s kids and the next door neighbour kids are shrunk down to a size smaller than most insects. After being accidentally discarded into the trash, the four kids must somehow get across the vast jungle-like lawn hoping to get Szalinski's attention so he can perhaps return them to normal.This film, including its FX, hold up surprisingly well after all these years. It a fun, family adventure type film with more than a few laughs thrown in for good measure. It isn't always as convincing as perhaps it should be but is without doubt the best film in the series of films it spawned. Matt Frewer also proves memorable here as the neighbor kids' dad. ***1/2 out of ***** stars.3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994): The Three Ninjas (somewhat older here and a few casting changes later) return. Hoping to continue their ninja training, Grandpa Mori (Victor Wong) wants the boys to accompany him to Japan. However, their involvement in a baseball game might get in the way, that is, until the boys learn Grandpa Mori is in trouble after he becomes the target of an old enemy named Koga.This was more of the same. Very similar to the original 3 Ninjas film, the plot is almost completely lifted from that film with a bit more action, potty humour and a new girl fighter named Miyo added to the mix. Decent enough kids fare but nothing special. Pretty much a guilty pleasure type of movie. *** out of ***** stars.The Devil-Doll (1936): An escaped convict named Lavond (Lionel Barrymore) is obsessed with gaining vengeance upon those who plotted to put him wrongfully behind bars and in so doing have brought shame and pain upon his family. His partner during the escape it turns out was a mad scientist type who's devised a means of shrinking humans to doll size and then controlling them. Lavond and the inventor's wife Malita (Rafaela Ottiano) hide out at a local toy store while Lavond disguises himself as a kindly old woman.This late offering from Tod Browning proves quite good. I was pleasantly surprised by how atmospheric and moving a story that this truly was. It wasn't quite as disturbing as a lot of Browning's other fare yet it definitely delivers some great moments. Grace Ford as the miniature Lachna proves quite memorable indeed and the miniature doll special effects are nicely pulled off for the era. Barrymore is really good in the lead as the tormented Lavond and his female disguise rather reminded me of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. Still this picture is not at all about humor, but it is very much about human emotions and the lengths to which they can carry us. **** out of ***** stars.Angel, Alien and UFO Encounters From Another Dimension (2012): a documentary style film that examines imagery taken in photographs and orbs and speculates as to what the imagery might be - possibly angels, aliens or other dimensional beings.This thing was just plain awful. It looks and feels very amateurish and one could spend just as much time speculating to whether one sees images of Jesus inside wallpaper or tile designs. It all just speculation with no real proof of anything aside from making out shapes in blurry photographs, highly questionable UFO footage much of which is obviously balloons floating in the sky. There might have been one of two images here that were interesting at most. The rest of thing is just ridiculous and a bore. The most memorable thing about this overall is the scenery footage taken from New Orleans, Phoenix, and Pittsburgh. * out of ***** stars.
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I LOVE Repo Man. I can't believe I haven't seen devil doll
"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2" (2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUyQlvdbANQ
LargeThe animated version of Frank Miller's graphic novel concludes, and the second half is even more brutal and violent than the first. Now that Batman's taken care of the "Mutants" street gang, he turns his attention to a final (and I do mean final) battle with the Joker, then takes on Superman, who's been sent in by the President to put a stop to Batman's reign of terror... and oh yeah, a global nuclear war just happens to break out for good measure, which throws Gotham City into even more chaos than usual. Once again, nicely animated with tons of mayhem and great voice work. Definitely worth a look for all Bat-Fans.
I just finished watching SHARKNADO on the SyFy Channel. One of the downright silliest movies I have ever seen. So many plotholes, scientific impossibilities, and massive weather/light/water level inconsistencies that I lost count. I laughed harder than I have in a long, long time!!
Oh man, I forgot all about Sharknodo Autopsy (2008) - a group of kids get in a car accident and are taken to the hospital - a spooky hospital with few employees who all act very strange. I don't think they're going to get proper medical attention lol. I liked this, the characters weren't much, in fact the bad characters were far more interesting than the good ones. Robert Patrick (Doggett from the X-Files) is the evil doctor in charge of the place. The plot made up for it though as it and had me wondering what the heck was going on at this place - and the climax was definitely worth it. 3.5/5.
"Sharknado" (2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwsqFR5bh6Q
Large(Note: if the above trailer doesn't make you weep with joy, then you have no soul.)SyFy and The Asylum present their most awesomely absurd co-production yet (and that's really sayin' something!!). A freak hurricane pounds Southern California and massive tidal waves flood the streets, carrying hordes of hungry sharks along with them. As if that weren't bad enough, the high winds then create waterspouts which pick up the sharks and hurl them around the city in a hungry, razor-toothed, whirling maelstrom of doom.Shorefront bartender Finn (Played by Ian "Steve" from "90210" Ziering) and his bikini-clad, shotgun-toting waitress (Cassie Scerbo) survive the initial disaster and then have to make their way across the flooded, shark-infested streets of L.A. in order to rescue Finn's family, including ex-wife Tara Reid, who sadly is not aging well. Lots of munching, shooting, crashing, exploding, and chain sawing -- yes, chain sawing! - ensues.Needless to say, "Sharknado" is hilariously terrible in the best possible way, with some of the most ridiculous CGI ever. Nuke some popcorn, turn off your brain, and enjoy.
THE GUY FROM HARLEM (1977): A guy from Harlem rescues a kidnapped woman from a drug kingpin. Porno movies of the same era had better acting, direction and production values (and more action). This is bottom-of-the-barrel blaxploitation. 0.5/5.
where / how did you see guy from Harlem?
Quote from: lester1/2jr on July 12, 2013, 03:28:38 PMwhere / how did you see guy from Harlem?Mill Creek Martial Arts pack. I think they have changed the titles in it but it was in the one I have. Wish it wasn't, though. Logged
"Radio Ranch" As the downtown library continues with its first Sunday film club.The 70-minute film version of the 3-hour, 12 chapter serial "Phantom Empire" w/ Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, as the juvenile interest, and Smiley Burnett, as the comic relief.A number of firsts.1st starring role for Autry, and the film that made him a star. Even though it was suppose to star Ken Maynard, before he got fired.One of the 1st science fiction serials made.One of the 1st films to feature TV as part of the plot.One of the 1st sound films in America to feature robots.And the 1st time I had ever seen a Gene Autry film.A surprisingly good looking film. With good looking . . .--cinematography--costumes--sets--SFX--stuntsWith Autry singing 5 songs, the music was very good.The writing was passable. With a story that was fairly complex.Thus, the only shortcoming was the acting. Apparently, no one knew the meaning of restrained, and you can probably count the failure of the direction in that as well.Next time: while there will continue to be a film each month, the next one I want to see won't be to December, when 1933's "Oliver Twist" with Dickie Moore as the title character will be shown.
Double feature last night:"Private School" (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMCG-tdTXVU
LargePhoebe Cates (siiiigh....) followed up her epic turn in "Fast Times" with this plotless, generic sex comedy centered around the horny student bodies at an exclusive girls' academy, and the guys from the boys' school next door who love them. There's no story to speak of but there's plenty of half naked girls, a great early '80s soundtrack and plenty of cheap laughs. Fun in a "retro" kind of way if you grew up sneaking peeks at these movies on late night HBO like I did. And then for something completely different:"Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths" (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOtDCZZz1Os
LargeThe Justice League gets a visit from the Lex Luthor of an alternate Earth...and on his planet, he happens to be the only surviving member of their Justice League. He enlists the J.L. to come to his Earth to help him fight back against a syndicate of evil superbeings bent on not only ruling their planet, but taking over the entire Multiverse as well. VERY cool stuff here, it's loads of fun watching "our" heroes fighting bad guys who are their "evil opposites." Another winner from the DC Animated Universe.
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NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH (1948)This is a British film noir that tried to ape Hollywood noir from that period.The dialogue is hilarious (and I do mean hilarious!), but the violence is pretty rough. All in all it's more Ed Wood than DOUBLE INDEMNITY. I liked very much. 4/5 Logged
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APTOPIX Vatican Pope
The moon is seen behind a dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Pope Francis offered intimate insights Saturday into the moments after his election, telling journalists that he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi because of his work for peace and the poor — and that he himself would like to see "a poor church and a church for the poor." (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/883 | {"url": "http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/The-weeks-best-photos-199438791.html?tab=gallery&c=y&img=6", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.bakersfieldnow.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:01:54Z", "digest": "sha1:JBRFB3NUAYQPYUYLCMXK47HIGQQGQKF7"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 450, 450.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 450, 1233.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 450, 2.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 450, 22.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 450, 0.98]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 450, 223.9]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 450, 0.42553191]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 450, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 450, 0.02234637]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 450, 0.0212766]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 450, 0.17021277]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 450, 0.6835443]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 450, 4.53164557]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 450, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 450, 3.84498604]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 450, 79.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 21, 0.0], [21, 450, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 21, 0.0], [21, 450, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 21, 3.0], [21, 450, 76.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 21, 0.0], [21, 450, 0.01445783]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 21, 0.0], [21, 450, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 21, 0.42857143], [21, 450, 0.04195804]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 450, 0.89483994]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 450, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 450, 0.13273072]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 450, 4.98867988]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 450, 5.9670832]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 450, 9.93846528]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 450, 5.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
London Children’s Ballet
Post subject: London Children’s BalletPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 4:00 pm Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
A ballet’s first steps By Lydia Polzer for The Dancing Times Prince, Pauper and a cast of 37 great girls and 19 equally brilliant boys found (as reported in February), the London Children’s Ballet set to work full-steam. With two months to go and the tickets for the performances on sale, everyone needs to work their hardest, to turn The Prince and The Pauper from a story in a book into a professional ballet production. Witness a ballet being born. It is 4pm on a Sunday in January, and the second rehearsal day for the London Children’s Ballet corps. Time for a welcome talk from Lucille Briance, the Artistic Director of the company. Almost the entire cast is present and some have already had a long day rehearsing. Everyone settles down along with many of the parents to listen and get an idea of what lies ahead. The London Children’s Ballet is a non-profit organisation, Lucille points out first, and the main aim of the company is for everyone to have a very professional experience of being a dancer with a company and also having a really enjoyable time. click for more
Post subject: Re: London Children’s BalletPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 2:00 am Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
Twins to star in ballet The twins have been dancing since they were eight The teenagers have been dancing since they were eight, and have both won places at London's Royal Ballet Upper School. Denise Rhind of the London Children's Ballet said the company had put on a production featuring twin girls before, but never boys. "It is hard to say for sure, but as far as we are aware they are unique." She said the teenagers' achievement was "tremendous". click for more
Post subject: Re: London Children’s BalletPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:15 am Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
The old dog's new tricks Irek Mukhamedov has written a new ballet for London schoolchildren. There's just one problem, he tells Louise Levene in The Daily Telegraph: they've been so badly taught A girlfriend of mine once spotted Irek Mukhamedov in a supermarket in Tring and has been haunting the red meat counter ever since, legs waxed, in full make-up, in hope of another glimpse of one of the handsomest men in the Home Counties. He was 43 last month but his pantherish good looks are undiminished and he seems relaxed and fit despite an unusually heavy schedule. By the time you are sat reading this over your cornflakes, the former Bolshoi and Royal Ballet star will already be hard at work in a flyblown dance studio off Fulham Broadway, preparing 57 young students for the premiere of The Prince and the Pauper, a new piece he has made for the London Children's Ballet. LCB is a nine-year-old charity which every year mounts a professionally-produced ballet in a real theatre using young talent from the dance schools of London and the South East. It might sound like amateur night in tights, but recent productions have been surprisingly enjoyable, with original scores, high production values and proper choreography that carefully flatters and enhances its performers' often limited gifts. click for more <small>[ 02 May 2003, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>
Post subject: Re: London Children’s BalletPosted: Fri May 02, 2003 2:03 pm Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
<img src="http://www.dancing-times.co.uk/Pics/dancingtimes/200305/front.jpg" alt="" /> The Story Unfolds By Lydia Polzer for The Dancing Times Not long before The Prince and the Pauper opens in London’s Peacock Theatre. The rehearsals are in full swing now and here are some impressions of the London Children’s Ballet in top form The big studio in West London’s Dance Attic, the location of LCB rehearsals, is crowded. A lot of younger children are sitting watching the others rehearse or chatting. Fran the rehearsal director has to call for silence every now and then, which she does to great effect only it lasts no longer than two seconds before the background hum sets in again. Understandably so. All these long hours waiting until finally it is their turn to rehearse their part in the scene. And meeting all these new people is exciting and there are a lot of things to talk about. On the schedule this Sunday is a scene taking place outside the Palace. They might be members of the Royal family (in the ballet!) but they have to learn their steps nonetheless. Even click for more
Post subject: Re: London Children’s BalletPosted: Tue May 20, 2003 7:46 am Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
Twins shine in West End ballet From The Cambridge News CAMBRIDGESHIRE'S twin ballet stars wowed West End audiences with fine performances of contrasting styles in the lead roles of a London Children's Ballet production. Identical twins, Matthew and Oliver Edwardson, of Cottenham, danced to sell-out crowds seven times in four days at the Peacock Theatre in an adaptation of Mark Twain's novel The Prince and The Pauper. The story, which centres on mistaken identity, could not have been better suited to the 15-year-old boys. It relates the adventures of street urchin Tom Canty, played by Oliver, who bears a striking resemblance to Prince Edward, son of Henry VIII, played by Matthew. click for more
Post subject: Re: London Children’s BalletPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:24 am Joined: Sun Oct 24, 1999 11:01 pmPosts: 19975Location: London, England; Tallinn, Estonia
The Prince And The Pauper, Peacock Theatre, London, *** Child's play by John Percival for The Independent Twin brothers aged 15 and that 43-year-old star who looks like a Tatar warrior have provided most of the publicity for The Prince and the Pauper. The twins played the title parts: those more familiar with the story than I was will know that they needed to look alike so that they could plausibly be mistaken for each other after a decidedly implausible decision to swap clothes. But it was Irek Mukhamedov's presence (as choreographer, not performer) that ensured a much higher profile for this year's production by the London Children's Ballet than for its previous activities over the past decade, although they have been building up consistently to this point. The advantage of the subject, adapted from Mark Twain's story about children in Tudor London, is that it provides a lot of roles and a lot of incidents; the disadvantage is that the dramatic development is limited and artificial, and the story is not easy to tell in dance. click for more
London Children’s Ballet By David Dougill for The Sunday Times On a different tack, the , founded in 1994 and directed by Lucille Briance, is a company re-formed each year by audition to give children, mostly aged 9 to 15, the opportunity to dance in a professionally staged production. The latest, with a cast of 57, including a larger-than-usual contingent of boys, was The Prince and the Pauper (at the Peacock Theatre), adapted from Mark Twain’s story about Prince Edward swapping roles with his beggar lookalike, Tom Canty, choreographed by Irek Mukhamedov. click for more <small>[ 27 May 2003, 07:12 AM: Message edited by: Stuart Sweeney ]</small>
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The Curtain Rises By Lydia Polzer for The Dancing Times The Prince and The Pauper has got to the final and most exciting stage. London Children’s Ballet moves into the Peacock Theatre. The anticipation before their entrance is written on the faces of those waiting in the wings during dress rehearsal. Wha-ha-ha-ha – ha-ha-ha-ha, wha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi... No, your IntoDance! reporter isn’t going mad, it is the orchestra practising the famous laughter in Act II, Scene 3 of The Prince and The Pauper as described in IntoDance!’s April edition. 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Re: Dance teacher leaves wife for student.Posted by Ellen2/5/2007 12:44:00 PMThis kind of thing can happen in any group of people. Marriages do break down, people do find new partners, wives (and husbands) who've been freed from unhappy marriages do sometimes look great afterward.Frankly, what bothers me is not what these couples are doing, but the attitudes of people like the previous posters. Frankly, it's none of your business. In the first case, here are three people, apparently trying to handle a difficult situation civilly and without disrupting their lives too much. If you really cared about them, you'd be supportive, not snarky. In the second case, please spare me your sympathy for the wife. If you were really sympathetic, you wouldn't talk behind their back and make jokes about it.In reality, people do find the sexual and marital behavior of their acquaintances entertaining and gossip is fun. But at least admit that's what you're doing and spare everyone your fake moralizing. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/885 | {"url": "http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Message_Board/view_messages.asp?MsgID=23647&PageNum=1", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.ballroomdancers.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:26:03Z", "digest": "sha1:VORTEV56S4PP4EJ5ZXXEO6S3B6ORATBS"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 999, 999.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 999, 1758.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 999, 1.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 999, 52.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 999, 0.98]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 999, 338.2]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 999, 1.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 999, 0.43601896]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 999, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 999, 0.01995012]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 999, 0.02992519]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 999, 0.1943128]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 999, 0.71604938]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 999, 4.95061728]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 999, 4.59121195]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 999, 162.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 999, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 999, 162.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 999, 0.01246106]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 999, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 999, 0.01601602]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 999, 0.72694486]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 999, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 999, 0.07967675]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 999, -31.83388713]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 999, 1.13871563]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 999, -84.19044701]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 999, 11.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-ap-tests-20130916,0,4035771.story
Advanced Placement isn't for everyone
8:15 AM EDT, September 16, 2013
As long-time advocates for public education in Baltimore County, we felt compelled to respond to letter writer Harry J. Cook's view of the Advanced Placement exams ("A different perspective on AP courses Sept. 6).
While we're grateful that magnet schools such as Eastern Technical High School offer quality programs, it's unrealistic to compare this selective, quasi-private school with most county comprehensive high schools.
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The Political Work of Northern Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872 [NOOK Book]
Lyde Cullen Sizer
Overview This volume explores the lives and works of nine Northern women who wrote during the Civil War period, examining the ways in which, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. Lyde Sizer shows that from the 1850 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin through Reconstruction, these women, as well as a larger mosaic of lesser-known writers, used their mainstream writings publicly to make sense of war, womanhood, Union, ... | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/887 | {"url": "http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-political-work-of-northern-women-writers-and-the-civil-war-1850-1872-lyde-cullen-sizer/1118398308?ean=9780807860984&isbn=9780807860984", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.barnesandnoble.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:46:37Z", "digest": "sha1:BY3DMSEWDGDP4RDEBQ44HRVQ7YNFVHG4"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 559, 559.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 559, 1636.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 559, 3.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 559, 69.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 559, 0.96]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 559, 236.2]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 559, 0.33636364]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 559, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 559, 0.05777778]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 559, 0.04888889]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 559, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 559, 0.00909091]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 559, 0.33333333]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 559, 0.18181818]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 559, 0.71111111]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 559, 5.0]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 559, 0.00909091]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 559, 3.96824626]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 559, 90.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 86, 0.0], [86, 104, 0.0], [104, 559, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 86, 0.0], [86, 104, 0.0], [104, 559, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 86, 14.0], [86, 104, 3.0], [104, 559, 73.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 86, 0.09876543], [86, 104, 0.0], [104, 559, 0.00911162]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 86, 0.0], [86, 104, 0.0], [104, 559, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 86, 0.15116279], [86, 104, 0.16666667], [104, 559, 0.02637363]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 559, 0.4307121]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 559, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 559, 0.00302202]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 559, -6.24034838]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 559, 8.7158761]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 559, 16.03661165]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 559, 2.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Glossary - Orthopedic Surgery
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ankylosing spondylitis - a disease that affects the spine, causing the bones of the spine to grow together.
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - the ligament, located in the center of the knee, that controls rotation and forward movement of the tibia (shin bone).
anterolateral shin splint - a type of shin splint that affects the front and outer part of the muscles of the shin and is caused by a congenital (present at birth) imbalance in the size of opposite muscles.
arthritis - inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and sometimes change in structure.
arthrogram - an x-ray to view bone structures following an injection of a contrast fluid into a joint area. When the fluid leaks into an area that it does not belong, disease or injury may be considered, as a leak would provide evidence of a tear, opening, or blockage.
arthroscopy - a minimally-invasive diagnostic and treatment procedure used for conditions of a joint. This procedure uses a small, lighted, optic tube (arthroscope) which is inserted into the joint through a small incision in the joint. Images of the inside of the joint are projected onto a screen; used to evaluate any degenerative and/or arthritic changes in the joint; to detect bone diseases and tumors; to determine the cause of bone pain and inflammation.
bursa - a sac filled with fluid located between a bone and a tendon or muscle.
bursitis - repeated small stresses and overuse that cause the bursa to swell and become irritated.
bunion - an inflammation and thickening of the bursa in the joint of the big toe.
carpal tunnel syndrome - a condition in which the median nerve is compressed as it passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist, a narrow confined space. Since the median nerve provides sensory and motor functions to the thumb and three middle fingers, many symptoms may result.
cartilage - a smooth material that covers bone ends of a joint to cushion the bone and allow the joint to move easily without pain.
cast - a cast holds a broken bone in place as it heals, prevents, or decreases muscle contractures, or provides immobilization, especially after surgery. Casts immobilize the joint above and the joint below the area that is to be kept straight and without motion.
computed tomography scan (Also called a CT or CAT scan.) - a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce horizontal, or axial, images (often called slices) of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than general x-rays.
congenital - present at birth.
contusion - bruise.
corn - a yellowish, callus growth that develops on top of the toes.
cubital tunnel - a tunnel of muscle, ligament, and bone on the inside of the elbow.
dislocation - a dislocation occurs when extreme force is put on a ligament causing the two bone ends to separate. Dislocations can also affect a joint, the point where two or more bones come together. The joint is created as a "ball-and-socket" joint. A dislocated joint causes the head of the bone (ball) to partially or completely come out of the socket.
electromyogram (EMG) - a test to evaluate nerve and muscle function
femur - thighbone.
fibromyalgia (Also called fibrositis.) - a chronic, widespread pain in muscles and soft tissues surrounding the joints throughout the body.
fracture - a break in a bone.
ganglion cysts - non-cancerous, fluid-filled cysts are common masses or lumps in the hand and usually found on the back of the wrist.
gout - a result of a defect in body chemistry (such as uric acid in the joint fluid), this painful condition most often attacks small joints, especially the big toe. It can usually be controlled with medication and changes in diet.
hammertoe - a permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
heat exhaustion - a form of heat-related illness that is more severe than heat cramps and results from a loss of water and salt in the body. It occurs in conditions of extreme heat and excessive sweating without adequate fluid and salt replacement. Heat exhaustion occurs when the body is unable to cool itself properly. If left untreated, heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke.
heel spur - a bone growth on the heel bone.
humerus - the bone of the upper arm.
inflammation - a normal reaction to injury or disease, which results in swelling, pain, and stiffness.
joint - where the ends of two or more bones meet.
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) - a form of arthritis in children ages 16 or younger that causes inflammation and stiffness of joints for more than six weeks. Unlike adult rheumatoid arthritis, which is chronic and lasts a lifetime, children often outgrow juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. However, the disease can affect bone development in the growing child.
lateral collateral ligament (LCL) - the ligament that gives stability to the outer knee.
lateral epicondylitis (Also known as tennis elbow.) - pain is caused by damage to the tendons that bend the wrist backward away from the palm.
ligaments - a white, shiny, flexible band of fibrous tissue that binds joints together and connects various bones and cartilage.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - a diagnostic procedure that uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body.
medial collateral ligament (MCL) - the ligament that gives stability to the inner knee.
medial epicondylitis (Also known as golfer's elbow, baseball elbow, suitcase elbow, or forehand tennis elbow.) - pain caused by damage to the tendons that bend the wrist toward the palm.
menisci - two crescent-shaped discs of connective tissue between the bones of the knees that act as shock absorbers to cushion the lower part of the leg from the weight of the rest of the body.
Morton's neuroma - A pinched nerve that usually causes pain between the third and fourth toes.
muscular dystrophy (MD) - a broad term that describes a genetic (inherited) disorder of the muscles. MD causes the muscles in the body to become very weak. The muscles break down and are replaced with fatty deposits over time. The most common form of MD is called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
musculoskeletal system - the complex system involving the body's muscles and skeleton, and including the joints, ligaments, tendons, and nerves.
myelogram - involves the injection of a dye or contrast material into the spinal canal; a specific x-ray study that also allows careful evaluation of the spinal canal and nerve roots.
orthopedic surgeon (Also called an orthopedist.) - a physician who diagnoses, treats, manages the rehabilitation process, and provides prevention protocols for patients who suffer from injury or disease in any of the components of the musculoskeletal system.
orthopedic surgery (Also called orthopedics.) - the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of injuries and diseases of the body's musculoskeletal system.
osteoarthritis - a condition caused by wear and tear that causes inflammation of the joint, causing swelling, pain, and stiffness.
osteoporosis - a condition that develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed.
overuse conditions - injuries due to minor trauma involving soft-tissue injuries - injuries that affect the bone, muscles, ligaments, and/or tendons.
patella - kneecap.
plantar fascia - a long band of connecting tissue running from the heel to the ball of the foot.
plantar warts - warts that occur on the sole of the foot and look like calluses as a result of an infection or a specific virus.
posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) - the ligament, located in the center of the knee, that controls backward movement of the tibia (shin bone).
posteromedial shin splint - a type of shin splint that affects the back and inner part of the muscles of the shin and is caused by running and/or by wearing inappropriate footwear.
prosthesis - an artificial body part replacement.
radionuclide bone scan - a nuclear imaging technique that uses a very small amount of radioactive material, which is injected into the patient's bloodstream to be detected by a scanner. This test shows blood flow to the bone and cell activity within the bone.
radius - the shorter of the two bones of the forearm.
rheumatoid arthritis - an inflammatory disease that involves the lining of the joint (synovium). The inflammation often affects the joints of the hands and the feet and tends to occur equally on both sides of the body.
rheumatologist - a physician who specializes in the treatment of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases that may affect joints, muscles, bone, skin and other tissues.
R.I.C.E. - Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
scleroderma - a very serious disease of the body's connective tissue that causes thickening and hardening of the skin.
scoliosis - a lateral, or sideways, curvature and rotation of the back bones (vertebrae), giving the appearance that the person is leaning to one side.
shin splints - damage to one of two groups of muscles along the shin bone that cause pain.
soft tissues - the ligaments, tendons, and muscles in the musculoskeletal system.
sprain - a partial or complete tear of a ligament.
strain - a partial or complete tear of a muscle or tendon.
stress fracture - a bone injury caused by overuse.
synovial fluid - a clear, sticky fluid that is released by the synovial membrane and acts as a lubricant for joints and tendons.
systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) - a very serious, chronic, autoimmune disorder characterized by periodic episodes of inflammation of and damage to the joints, tendons, other connective tissues, and organs, including the heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, kidneys, and skin.
tendon - the tough cords of tissue that connect muscles to bones.
tendonitis - an inflammation in a tendon or the tendon covering.
tibia - shin bone or larger bone of the lower leg.
trigger finger - an irritation of the digital sheath that surrounds the flexor tendons of the finger. When the tendon sheath becomes thickened or swollen it pinches the tendon and prevents it from gliding smoothly. In some cases, the tendon catches and then suddenly releases as though a trigger were released.
ulnar bone - the longer of the two bones in the forearm.
ultrasound - a diagnostic technique which uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of the internal organs.
x-ray - a diagnostic test which uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
Lukas Zebala, MD
Dr. Zebala is a Washington University orthopedic surgeon at Barnes-Jewish who focuses his practice on degenerative spine conditions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.
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Faculty Directory > Janine Osterman, M.S., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., P.E.S. Janine Osterman, M.S., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., P.E.S.
Assistant Professor of Fitness Management
Coordinator of Fitness Management
B.S., Alfred University
M.S., Frostburg State University
Wilson Gymnasium
jaosterman@barton.edu | 800-345-4973 x6534
Janine Osterman, M.S., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., P.E.S., currently serves as the coordinator of fitness management, assistant professor of athletic training, strength coach, and staff athletic trainer at Barton. Previously, Osterman served as the clinical education coordinator and lecturer for the Sports Medicine Department at Norwich University in Vermont from 2008 to 2013. She completed her undergraduate work at Alfred University and earned her Master of Science in Human Performance at Frostburg State University. Osterman also spent four years as an assistant athletic trainer at Norwich from 2004 to 2008, working with the men’s ice hockey, soccer, football, volleyball, and women’s lacrosse teams. Prior to her service at Norwich, she was an assistant athletic trainer at St. Francis University and interned at NCAA Division I institutions, Colgate University and Loyola College. Presently, she holds additional certification as a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist. Osterman’s research interests include the management, care, and prevention of chronic ankle instability, injury prevention related to athletic performance, and enhancement of student’s clinical reasoning skills in the clinical setting utilizing a case-based teaching style. She resides with her partner in Knightdale.
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Miami Heat top San Antonio Spurs, force Finals Game 7
Heat forward LeBron James shoots over Spurs forward Boris Diaw in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. / Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports by Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sportsby Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports Filed Under
MIAMI - For three quarters, it was not LeBron James' finest night.
The Miami Heat superstar entered Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs averaging 31.5 points, 10 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 11 elimination games. But entering the fourth quarter Tuesday night, James had missed nine of 12 shots, and the Heat trailed by 10 points.
With Miami's season on the line and another premature referendum on James' legacy up for discussion, James delivered with 16-fourth quarter points and two in overtime, leading the Heat to a 103-100 victory -- it was a classic -- and forcing one more game.
"I had a couple turnovers, couple mistakes," James said afterward. "I can live with those mistakes knowing I gave my all tonight. Live to see another day."
James and Ray Allen hit consecutive threes in the final 20.3 seconds of the fourth quarter, tying the score at 95-95 and producing the first overtime game of the series. Allen's game-tying three was made possible when San Antonio forward Kawhi Leonard made 1 of 2 free throws with 19.4 seconds left.
James' basket with 1:01 left in overtime put Miami ahead 101-100, and Allen made two free throws with 1.9 seconds left, making it 103-100.
"Until time runs out we have an opportunity to win this game," Allen said.
Chris Bosh came out with two outstanding defensive plays, blocking a Tony Parker jumper with 32.2 seconds left and Danny Green's three-point attempt as time expired in overtime.
"I knew they were going to run something for a three-point shooter," Bosh said of the final play. "I just didn't know where. I was looking at Tim Duncan's eyes the whole time. Tiago (Splitter) set a pretty good screen on Ray, and I just followed the flight of the ball. With 1.9 seconds, there's not much you can do. I saw the ball the ball the whole time, and I was able to make a play."
Bring on Game 7 Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ABC). It is the NBA's first Game 7 in the Finals since 2010 and the sixth Game 7 in the Finals since 1980.
"One game, that's it," said Allen, who played in the 2010 Finals' Game 7 with the Boston Celtics. "We gotta go out here and do our best and leave it out on the floor."
James finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and kept Miami's hopes alive for a second consecutive NBA championship. It was his 11th playoff triple-double and his fourth Finals triple-double, including his second this series. Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Wes Unseld, Jerry West and Bill Russell are the only other players with a triple-double in an elimination game.
"This is by far the best game I've ever been associated with," James said. "I"m happy about the way we dug down and was able to get a win that didn't look like we could muster up at some point during the game."
The pattern of lopsided results ended - the past four games had been determined by more than 10 points - but the trend of win-loss, win-loss extended. No team has won consecutive games in this series, and the Heat will have to do so in order to win a second championship in a row.
"If you said September 29th when we started our trip going to China if we could decide this season with a Game 7 in our building, every single one of us take it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "You know, they're the two words in team sports: Game 7."
History is working for and against both teams. In their previous four championships, the Spurs have never trailed (advantage San Antonio). But no team has won the final two games of a Finals series on the road since the advent of the 2-3-2 Finals format in 1985 (advantage Miami).
"You can't win a game with a statistic," Spoelstra said earlier in the series. "You've got to win it on the court."
That's what the Heat did in Game 6, preventing back-to-back losses for the first time since early January. For a long stretch, the Spurs were headed to their fifth NBA title in 15 seasons.
Tim Duncan scored 25 of his 30 points in the first half, and the Spurs led 75-65 at the end of the third quarter.
James came to life just in time, leading the Heat on a 20-7 run in the first six minutes, 32 seconds of the fourth quarter. James scored 11 of those points, and the Heat led 85-82 with 5:28 remaining.
But the Spurs, especially Duncan, Parker, Manu Ginobili and Coach Gregg Popovich, have been in these situations too many times to wilt. San Antonio took a 94-89 lead before Miami's series-saving rally forced overtime.
James hit a three, then after the Spurs hit a free throw, James missed a three that was rebounded by Bosh, who kicked out to Allen for his tying three.
"If it's not me taking the shot," James said, laughing, "I have no problem with Ray taking that shot. He had ice water in his veins. He's big time. We're so happy to have him, man. He creates so much for our team."
Said Heat forward Shane Battier: "If there's one guy you want the ball to be swung to on a situation like that, it's Walter Ray Allen. After years of doing that to us, it was great to be on the right side of that for once."
It was uncharacteristic of San Antonio to squander a five-point lead with less than 30 seconds left in regulation. Some Heat fans didn't see the fantastic finish, leaving the arena at that time.
"It's obviously disappointing, having the lead that we went into the fourth with," Duncan said. "The opportunities we had to close it out. It is what it is. It's a one-game series now. I don't know what happened in the fourth and in overtime. Just the opportunities weren't there. I did have some opportunities, just missed shots. Whatever you want to call it. Just a disappointing loss."
Mario Chalmers had 20 points, and Chalmers, Mike Miller and Shane Battier led the Heat's three-point attack, making 11 of 19. Dwyane Wade added 14 points, and Bosh had 10 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and those two huge blocks.
They negated the big game from Duncan, and for the most part kept the other Spurs in check, especially Green. Manu Ginobili didn't repeat his outstanding Game 5 performance, and Tony Parker did not have best shooting game.
"Bad. Very bad. It's a tough moment," Ginobili said about his performance. "We were a few seconds away from winning the championship, and we let it go. It's very tough."
Ginobili, in fact, had a really bad stretch at the end of overtime. With 40.5 seconds left, he threw a bad pass that was picked off by James. Then with with seconds remaining, he lost the ball while driving to the basket that was grabbed by Allen, who was fouled at hit the two free throws.
"It was a hell of a game. It was a hell of a game," Popovich said. "It was an OT game. It was a game of mistakes. And they ended up on the winning side."
Miami's defense had just enough to stop San Antonio, which shot 58.3% in the first half but finished at 43.5%.
Spoelstra did not make another change in the starting lineup, staying with forward Mike Miller in favor of forward Udonis Haslem.
"It's more how than who, and that's been our focus yesterday and today," Spoelstra said 90 minutes before tip-off.
The Heat again struggled against San Antonio's precision offense. Spoelstra made the bold decision to lock down on Spurs three-point specialist Danny Green. That part of the plan worked. Green, who already set a Finals record for three-pointers made in a series, made one on five tries and scored three points.
But that left Duncan with several opportunities. Duncan took advantage of Miami's focus on Green, making his first eight shots of the game, including six in the first quarter. Miami did a better job limiting three-point attempts, but struggled to contain Duncan.
He scored 13 consecutive points during a stretch in the second quarter, and the Spurs erased 44-39 deficit with an 11-0 run to finish the half.
Both teams were hot early - the Spurs started 8-for-11 and the Heat 7-for-11 - and both coaches called quick first-quarter timeouts after the other team scored. Neither wanted to let the game get away early.
Miami had a habit of falling behind early in this series, but it avoided that pothole in Game 6 with strong offense. Each Heat starter scored in the opening quarter, and James had five points and five assists, accounting for 19 of Miami's 27 first-quarter points.
Now, the Spurs must regroup.
We were in the right position to close it out," Duncan said. "(LeBron) found a way to put his team over the top. And we just didn't make enough plays to do that. I don't know that's it's any more complicated than that. You're in a situation in a closeout game and you have a lead like we did, it's just unfortunate we didn't take advantage of it."
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First look: University at Buffalo's downtown medical school by HOK
The University at Buffalo (UB) has unveiled HOK's dramatic design for its new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
The seven-story medical school will bring 2,000 UB faculty, staff and students daily to downtown Buffalo and, at more than 500,000-square-feet, will be one of the largest buildings constructed in Buffalo in decades. HOK’s design features two L-shaped structures linked to create a six-story, light-filled glass atrium that includes connecting bridges and a stairway. Serving as the building’s main interior “avenue,” the atrium will be naturally illuminated by skylights and two glass walls, one along Washington Street and one at the terminus of Allen Street.
The building, which HOK is designing for LEED Gold certification, will have a facade clad with a high-performance terra-cotta rain-screen and a glass curtain wall system that brings daylight deep inside.
Incorporating the NFTA Allen Street transit hub into the medical school’s ground floor provides convenient mass transit access, furthering the development of a sustainable, vibrant community.
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Government is a poor mechanism for correcting societal problems
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 05:00 AM EST
— — Most Americans think that helping truly needy people, whether they live here or in some other country, is a worthy objective. Looking at charitable contributions as a benchmark, Americans are the most generous people in the world, giving $316.23 billion to charitable organizations in 2012, about 2 percent of the gross domestic product, according to Charity Navigator, and preliminary figures for 2013 indicate a significant increase to $328 billion.
Double those numbers and it still would not be good enough for the federal government, which believes that if private sources don’t relieve every semblance of suffering for every single suffering American, the government must step in and do the job better.
Except that government can’t do it better, never has, and never will.
Government’s failure to achieve better results than normal people doing what normal people do has never been a deterrent to wasting billions of taxpayers dollars in a futile effort to try one more time to do so.
The most notorious failure was Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty which began 50 years ago in Mr. Johnson’s State of the Union message. From the beginning of the War on Poverty until 2013, local, state and federal spending on welfare programs totaled $16 trillion, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Currently, the United States spends nearly $1 trillion every year to fight poverty.
When the War on Poverty began, 33 million Americans were in poverty and the poverty rate was 19 percent. Today, approximately 46.5 million live in poverty and the poverty rate is 15 percent. Even though the poverty rate is lower than 50 years ago, because our population is much larger now than then, more people are poor today than in 1964. We have fought a long and expensive fight, and lost. Yet we still fight on.
President Barack Obama’s cause du jour is income inequality, and it’s significant other, the minimum wage. And now that “reforming” the best health care system in the world is well underway, he wants to declare war against income inequality.
In no free or relatively free economic system can there be income equality, for two reasons. First, inequality is a fundamental part of life. Some people sing better than others. Some are better athletes than others. And some people make more money than others, and that’s because some people are better at their job than others and deserve higher pay, and some jobs require more skill and training than others, and pay better.
So, like poverty, another area that will always exist, we will always have income inequality.
Far more important, however, is whether there is the opportunity to move up from the lower income levels, and that is an area that has been fairly stable, according to The New York Times, which reported last month that “the odds of moving up — or down — the income ladder in the United States have not changed appreciably in the last 20 years ...”
That means that people in the lowest quintile are not condemned to stay there, and people in the top quintile are not guaranteed to stay there, and there is substantial movement in and out of all quintiles.
It’s a favored piece of envy politics that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But the data tell a different story. From 1967 to 2009, the real mean household income increased for every quintile, which means the poor became richer, not poorer. Americans in poverty could afford more goods and services in 2009 than in 1967, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Other factors, like where people live, have an effect. Harvard University’s Raj Chetty reported “the probability that a child reaches the top quintile of the national income distribution starting from a family in the bottom quintile is 4.4 percent in Charlotte but 12.9 percent in San Jose,” and factors such as better primary schools and greater family stability also aid upward mobility, he wrote.
Larry Kaufmann, senior advisor at Pacific Economics Group, discussed findings of the Pew Charitable Trust, which showed that “Half of children born to parents with bottom-third income levels experience upward relative mobility when the parents remain continuously married; the figure falls to 26 percent when this is not the case,” he wrote.
The Pew study shows that the poverty rate among married couples is only 6 percent, and among married couples who both have full-time jobs the poverty rate is practically zero. The poverty rate among single dads and single moms, however, is much higher: 25 percent for single dads and 31 percent for single moms.
Investor’s Business Daily Senior Writer John Merline notes that income inequality has increased faster since Mr. Obama took office than under any of the three previous presidents, and that inequality is now greater than at any time since the Census Bureau started recording it back in 1947.
The message from this is that to assist folks in moving up the income ladder, Mr. Obama should replace his administration’s policies that impede economic recovery, and seriously encourage the restoration of family values among Americans. That would accomplish far more than making people think they are victims, and fomenting division among Americans.
James H. “Smokey” Shott, a resident of Bluefield, Va., is a Daily Telegraph columnist.
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VIDEO: Meet the family that never learned to walk on two legs By Nicholas Day
CHICAGO — I'm bipedal! You're also bipedal. Who isn't bipedal, really? No one brags about getting around on two legs. No one uses it as a pickup line. In our human-ruled world, bipedalism is so ubiquitous that we barely notice it, much less marvel at it.
But maybe we should.
In the herky-jerky world of infant locomotion, there's a type of crawling that has long stood out for its unlikely grace and speed: bear crawling. It sounds ridiculous - hands and feet on the ground, knees and back off it - but it turns out to be strangely efficient. Toddlers who hit upon this style often stick with it for months or years, even after they learn to walk.
The bear crawl somehow seems to be heritable, too. It runs in families. The early anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička was so fascinated by the phenomenon that he published a book on it - "Children Who Run on All Fours: And Other Animal-Like Behaviors in the Human Child" - back in 1931, consisting mostly of correspondence with the parents of bear walkers.
This clip, added in 2008, shows footage from the documentary "The family that walks on all fours." "I am so glad my six 'monkeys' are of interest to you, for I always insisted that it was interesting for a whole family to run about like that," wrote a mother from Tennessee. A man from Chapel Hill, N.C., wrote in about his nephew, who could walk perfectly well but loved to trot on all fours and "would cover ground at a rate somewhat faster than a man would ordinarily walk; he never seemed to tire."
The accounts were not always strictly on topic - "As an interesting incident may be mentioned that once in running on all fours he picked up an apple with his teeth. Sincerely, Chester L and Mrs. Fordney" - but Hrdlička dutifully tabulated them, reprinted a few photographs of the bear crawl in the wild, and essayed a few conclusions. The basic cause, he wrote, "is apparently of atavistic nature, the whole phenomenon being thus one of the order of functional reminiscences of an ancestral condition." Which means, basically: These children are acting like the apes their ancestors once were.
The subject of bear crawling hibernated for many decades until a couple of Turkish doctors, in 2004, made a discovery that was more science fiction than science. In a rural village, they happened upon a group of siblings who had never stood up. Members of a family with 19 children, all of whom bear-walked in their infancy, these five brothers and sisters had never lifted up off their hands. They had walked like bears all their life. The siblings actually wrist-walked, with their palms pressed flat against the ground. (Think of someone doing the downward-facing dog yoga pose while walking.) No one had ever seen an adult human move like this before.
The siblings were able to stand upright if they really concentrated on it, an early report on them noted, "but they become unsteady if they try to walk bipedally, and soon go down onto their hands." They were quadrupeds. To help support the family, the lone male bear crawler ranged as far as a mile from home collecting cans and bottles. While bear-crawling, he was indefatigable. "This contrasts markedly with normal adult humans," the report noted, "who find such a gait - if and when they try it - tiring and uncomfortable even after practice."
The siblings all had a poorly developed cerebellum, the area of the brain that controls for balance, but some humans with no cerebellum still walk. (One of their brothers had the same poorly developed cerebellum but still walked.) So why did these siblings never stand up? Hrdlička presumably would have argued that they were reverting to "an atavistic nature," and the Turkish scientists did too: They contended that the siblings were a case of "reverse evolution," a missing link to our quadruped past.
There's a less outlandish explanation, though. The bear crawl was efficient enough that if the siblings had floundered at walking early on, and they likely did, they might have just given up on walking. They lived in a rural village and kept to their own family. Their parents had accepted the children as they were; they'd never tried to teach them to walk. In this very proscribed world, walking on hands and feet made nearly as much sense as walking upright. They had created their own culture. And in fact the Turkish siblings were always capable of walking: After their story made the news, they received motor therapy. They soon became bipedal. (They also became the subject of a documentary: It is worth watching just to see adult humans move in this way.)
A perfectly healthy child will always, eventually, be bipedal. But there are many children with serious neural impairments, and the story of the Turkish siblings suggests that if these children were left alone, at least some might not find their way to their feet. Without social pressure and parental encouragement - just one more step, honey, one more step - the Turkish siblings might not be nearly as weird as they seem. Indeed, only a couple of years after the siblings were found, they were no longer complete anomalies: A family with three quadrupedal brothers had been discovered in Iraq, followed by another Turkish family and a couple of families in South America.
Bipedalism is fundamental to what made humans human. In the fossil record, it shows up millions of years before tool use or the explosion in brain size. As much as any other characteristic, walking is what shaped us into human beings. But we can still discard it. It can be our most profound inheritance and still be more flexible, less hard-wired than we assume. As the psychologist Esther Thelen argued, walking isn't built-in, locked away in some inviolable part of ourselves and our genome. It's discovered anew by every infant. And development, despite its constraints, despite its usual predictability, is a creative, highly sensitive process: It still has, in some isolated corners of the world, the capacity to surprise us. | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/893 | {"url": "http://www.bdtonline.com/slideshow/x319976378/VIDEO-Meet-the-family-that-never-learned-to-walk-on-two-legs/print", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.bdtonline.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T07:24:18Z", "digest": "sha1:4434QYH3SIFF6WI2QL4V7YCS3AJRSIK6"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 6055, 6055.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 6055, 6227.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 6055, 13.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 6055, 16.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 6055, 0.98]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 6055, 310.1]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 6055, 0.44634146]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 6055, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 6055, 0.01367876]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 6055, 0.00829016]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 6055, 0.0053886]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 6055, 0.00894309]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 6055, 0.1495935]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 6055, 0.44530494]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 6055, 4.67086157]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 6055, 5.5454953]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 6055, 1033.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 78, 0.0], [78, 333, 1.0], [333, 354, 1.0], [354, 727, 1.0], [727, 1077, 1.0], [1077, 1580, 0.0], [1580, 2175, 1.0], [2175, 2831, 1.0], [2831, 3380, 0.0], [3380, 3885, 1.0], [3885, 4649, 0.0], [4649, 5324, 1.0], [5324, 6055, 1.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 78, 0.0], [78, 333, 0.0], [333, 354, 0.0], [354, 727, 0.0], [727, 1077, 0.0], [1077, 1580, 0.0], [1580, 2175, 0.0], [2175, 2831, 0.0], [2831, 3380, 0.0], [3380, 3885, 0.0], [3885, 4649, 0.0], [4649, 5324, 0.0], [5324, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 78, 15.0], [78, 333, 46.0], [333, 354, 4.0], [354, 727, 67.0], [727, 1077, 58.0], [1077, 1580, 94.0], [1580, 2175, 97.0], [2175, 2831, 112.0], [2831, 3380, 93.0], [3380, 3885, 83.0], [3885, 4649, 133.0], [4649, 5324, 111.0], [5324, 6055, 120.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 78, 0.0], [78, 333, 0.0], [333, 354, 0.0], [354, 727, 0.0], [727, 1077, 0.01183432], [1077, 1580, 0.00831601], [1580, 2175, 0.0], [2175, 2831, 0.00941915], [2831, 3380, 0.0], [3380, 3885, 0.0], [3885, 4649, 0.0], [4649, 5324, 0.0], [5324, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 78, 0.0], [78, 333, 0.0], [333, 354, 0.0], [354, 727, 0.0], [727, 1077, 0.0], [1077, 1580, 0.0], [1580, 2175, 0.0], [2175, 2831, 0.0], [2831, 3380, 0.0], [3380, 3885, 0.0], [3885, 4649, 0.0], [4649, 5324, 0.0], [5324, 6055, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 78, 0.11538462], [78, 333, 0.05098039], [333, 354, 0.04761905], [354, 727, 0.0080429], [727, 1077, 0.04857143], [1077, 1580, 0.01988072], [1580, 2175, 0.01848739], [2175, 2831, 0.01219512], [2831, 3380, 0.00910747], [3380, 3885, 0.01188119], [3885, 4649, 0.01570681], [4649, 5324, 0.0162963], [5324, 6055, 0.01504788]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 6055, 0.9510116]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 6055, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 6055, 0.43360466]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 6055, 157.4603393]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 6055, 136.13265891]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 6055, -69.31018583]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 6055, 60.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
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Found old boxes.
Thread: Found old boxes.
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Posts 10 Found old boxes.
So I am moving onto a old family farm that hasn't been touched in 10 years. On the property are two "bee boxes", and I have been doing a little reading to see if it is something I would like to take up. Before I buy anything, I would like to see if there is anything to salvage from the old hive. What is the safest and most economical way to take a look and see what I have? When I looked at them the other day, there was a live bee that crawled into the top. I am near St. Louis Mo if weather is a factor. When I go back, I am going to try to see if I can ID the type, and take a more educated look.
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BARTHOLOMÄUS
USAGE: German
German form of BARTHOLOMEW
OTHER LANGUAGES: Bartholomew (Biblical), Bartholomaios (Biblical Greek), Bartholomeus (Biblical Latin), Bartomeu (Catalan), Bartolomej, Bartol (Croatian), Bartoloměj (Czech), Bartholomeus, Bart, Bartel, Mees, Mies (Dutch), Bartholomew, Bart, Tolly (English), Perttu (Finnish), Barthélémy (French), Bartolomeu (Galician), Bertalan, Bartal, Bertók (Hungarian), Parthalán (Irish Mythology), Bartolomeo (Italian), Bartłomiej, Bartek, Bartosz (Polish), Bartolomeu (Portuguese), Varfolomei, Varfolomey (Russian), Bartolomej (Serbian), Bartolomej (Slovak), Jernej, Nejc (Slovene), Bartolomé (Spanish) | 2014-15/0000/en_head.json.gz/897 | {"url": "http://www.behindthename.com/name/bartholoma12us", "partition": "head_middle", "language": "en", "source_domain": "www.behindthename.com", "date_download": "2014-04-16T08:10:57Z", "digest": "sha1:KP64NMIA4RGVHNY6WN2D7K6S5KIFH3L2"} | {"ccnet_length": [[0, 647, 647.0]], "ccnet_original_length": [[0, 647, 1310.0]], "ccnet_nlines": [[0, 647, 4.0]], "ccnet_original_nlines": [[0, 647, 39.0]], "ccnet_language_score": [[0, 647, 0.62]], "ccnet_perplexity": [[0, 647, 285.6]], "ccnet_bucket": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_curly_bracket": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_ldnoobw_words": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_lorem_ipsum": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_stop_word_fraction": [[0, 647, 0.00806452]], "rps_doc_ut1_blacklist": [[0, 647, null]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_10grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_5grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_6grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_7grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_8grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_dupe_9grams": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_2gram": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_3gram": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_chars_top_4gram": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_all_caps_words": [[0, 647, 0.04032258]], "rps_doc_frac_lines_end_with_ellipsis": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_frac_no_alph_words": [[0, 647, 0.45967742]], "rps_doc_frac_unique_words": [[0, 647, 0.85074627]], "rps_doc_mean_word_length": [[0, 647, 7.62686567]], "rps_doc_symbol_to_word_ratio": [[0, 647, 0.0]], "rps_doc_unigram_entropy": [[0, 647, 3.97435399]], "rps_doc_word_count": [[0, 647, 67.0]], "rps_lines_ending_with_terminal_punctution_mark": [[0, 13, 0.0], [13, 27, 0.0], [27, 54, 0.0], [54, 647, 0.0]], "rps_lines_javascript_counts": [[0, 13, 0.0], [13, 27, 0.0], [27, 54, 0.0], [54, 647, 0.0]], "rps_lines_num_words": [[0, 13, 1.0], [13, 27, 2.0], [27, 54, 4.0], [54, 647, 60.0]], "rps_lines_numerical_chars_fraction": [[0, 13, 0.0], [13, 27, 0.0], [27, 54, 0.0], [54, 647, 0.0]], "rps_lines_start_with_bulletpoint": [[0, 13, 0.0], [13, 27, 0.0], [27, 54, 0.0], [54, 647, 0.0]], "rps_lines_uppercase_letter_fraction": [[0, 13, 0.92307692], [13, 27, 0.42857143], [27, 54, 0.44444444], [54, 647, 0.12141653]], "rps_doc_ml_palm_score": [[0, 647, 0.39221615]], "rps_doc_ml_wikipedia_score": [[0, 647, null]], "rps_doc_ml_wikiref_score": [[0, 647, -9.78e-06]], "rps_doc_books_importance": [[0, 647, -80.5473129]], "rps_doc_openwebtext_importance": [[0, 647, -20.3461732]], "rps_doc_wikipedia_importance": [[0, 647, 34.25249014]], "rps_doc_num_sentences": [[0, 647, 1.0]], "is_duplicate": true} |
Course Listing For CYBR Courses
CYBR 105 Evils of the Internet Exposed
This course explores technologies and techniques for security information and computer systems. Topics include security PCs and mobile devices, privacy on the Internet, online ethics, and basic protection methodologies. Coverage also includes computer, network, and the Internet fundamentals. The course provides hands-on experience using various systems and tools to reinforce security concepts and theories.
CYBR 250 Introduction to Cyber Threats, Technologies and Security
This course introduces information technologies and examines methods for protecting them against persistent and constantly evolving threats. Existing and emerging information technologies are discussed including operating environments, computer networking, and data management. Basic methods for managing information systems and technologies are presented from a standpoint of providing sufficient security protections.
CYBR 320 Operational Security
This course focuses on the skills required to operate a security program within an organization. Coverage includes the practical application of security practices in an operational environment. Topics include security structure, leading security projects, policy management, human factors of security, and physical security methods.
CYBR 340 Operating Systems and Mobile Device Security
This course focuses on the skills required to secure base operating systems on server, desktop, virtual, and mobile platforms. Coverage includes the practical application of security tools, utilities, and configurations for protecting computer operating systems at both the user and corporate level. Discussion also includes protecting stand-alone and virtualized servers, cloud computing security, and the protection of mobile platforms such as smart phones, tablets and handheld computers.
CYBR 350 Web, Commerce and Application Security
This course explores securing core technologies that support Internet applications and commerce. Processes for creating and administering Internet web sites to ensure proper protections are introduced. The course also addresses securing applications on Internet websites and mobile platforms, and introduces basic methods for secure development.
CYBR 410 Data/Database Security
This course focuses on the protection of data at rest. Coverage includes the identification, ownership, and protection of data – whether residing in files, folders, or databases. This course also introduces the concept of database security to include: Architecture, Password Policies, Auditing, Privileges, and Roles Administration. Emphasis is placed on areas unique to data and database security.
CYBR 420 Cyber Investigations and Forensics
This course examines basic methods of investigation, information acquisition, and management of Internet and computer forensic cases. Topics include record-searching, note taking and report writing, and using scientific methodology in Cyber investigations. Coverage also includes basic tools and techniques for forensic analysis of computers, networks systems, and mobile devices.
CYBR 433 Cybercrime and Business
This course focuses on security risk management through the use of real-world security problems, issues, and situations found in businesses today. Particular attention is directed to identifying business risks in cyber systems and managing business policies and practices in the areas of Finance and Accounting in order to comply with cybersecurity laws, regulations, and standards. This course is suitable for students majoring in Cybersecurity, Information Systems or Business, or anyone interested in managing security risks in an organization.
CYBR 436 Security for Healthcare
This course explores the management of security and privacy in the healthcare industry. Coverage includes an extensive study of HIPAA and other applicable laws, and methods for compliance with those laws. Discussion also includes the security of health information systems. This course is suitable for students majoring in Cybersecurity, Information Systems or Healthcare, or anyone interested in learning more about security and privacy in the healthcare industry.
CYBR 450 Advanced Cybersecurity Concepts
This course provides a monitored structure for application of the skills and knowledge acquired throughout the Cybersecurity program. Emphasis is placed on the use of real-world security problems, issues, and situations. Course assignments will require the use of protection, detection, deterrence, and response techniques in addressing threats, vulnerabilities, and risks found in businesses today.
CYBR 510 Physical, Operations, and Personnel Security
This course presents an examination of effective security methodologies based on comprehensive assessment of threats and implementation of a layered system of physical and electronic protection. Threat identification, countermeasures, and prevention are explored.
CYBR 515 Security Architecture and Design
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental components of security architecture. Topics include computer organization; hardware, software and firmware components; open and distributed systems; and protection mechanisms. Discussion also includes certification and accreditation; formal security models; and evaluation criteria. Assigned projects include designing a model secure system. Course Syllabus
CYBR 520 Human Aspects of Cybersecurity
This course provides an exploration of the human aspects of Cybersecurity. Topics include human behavior and interaction; motivation and influence; and social engineering. Emphasis on the human element of cyber incidents in relation to protecting information and technology assets.
CYBR 525 Ethical Hacking and Response
This course provides a technical study of offensive and defensive techniques for protecting cyber assets. Topics include security testing, risk mitigation techniques, and threat response. Discussion also includes penetration testing theory, techniques, and tools; network, systems, and application vulnerability scanning; risk analysis and response; and intrusion detection and response. Emphasis is placed on identification of system vulnerabilities and threats and techniques for preventing attacks.
CYBR 545 White Collar Crime
This course explores common techniques, tools, and technologies for committing white-collar cyber crimes. Topics include fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, investigative methodologies, and protecting privacy. Case students will demonstrate real-world scenarios of white collar crimes, how to prevent or deter them, detection methods, and response techniques.
CYBR 610 Risk Management Studies
This course provides an exploration of how organizations manage risks to information technology assets. Discussion includes the application of methodologies and models for managing such risks. Topics also include recognition of security threats and vulnerabilities and the analysis of associated risks. A systematic approach for acquiring and analyzing information to support decision-making in the protection of assets and the allocation of security resources is presented. Course Syllabus
CYBR 613 Control System Security
This course explores risks associated with industrial control systems within and across critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. Topics include a comparative analysis of IT and control system architecture, security vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies unique to the control system domain. This includes activities to reduce the likelihood of success and severity of impact of a cyber attack against critical infrastructure control systems through risk-mitigation activities.
CYBR 615 Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance
This course explores the concepts of governance and how it applies to information systems. Discussion includes the importance of compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures as a means of minimizing risk through mandated security and control measures. Through this course, students also gain an understanding of Information Technology (IT) Auditing processes and principles.
CYBR 625 Business Continuity Planning and Recovery
This course provides the student with an opportunity to identify the processes associated with business continuity planning and disaster recovery. Business continuity topics such as project scope and planning, assessing risk, developing policy and procedures, conducting business impact analyses, recovery strategies, recovery plan development, and implementation are explored. Disaster recovery will be discussed in terms of recovery plan development, implementation, and restoration.
CYBR 650 Current Trends in Cybersecurity
This course presents an in-depth study of current trends in Cybersecurity threats. Discussion includes the identification and management of threats and vulnerabilities within an effective enterprise security program. 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Jul 19,2007
Russia, Hungary and Finland leaders gather by UPI
SARANSK, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saransk, Russia, Thursday to attend a festival with the leaders of Finland and Hungary. Putin, Finland President Tarja Halonen and Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany are taking part in the First International Festival of Finno-Ugrian peoples, Itar-Tass reported Thursday. The three leaders are to speak at the opening ceremony of the festival before visiting a new Ice Palace and a folk exhibition at the center of the city. They are also expected to meet with the International Consultative Committee of the Finno-Ugrian peoples and the Association of the Finno-Ugrian peoples of Russia. Putin also intends to have bilateral talks with the two heads of state during the conference, Itar-Tass said. The festival aims to familiarize participants with the everyday lives and traditions of Finno-Ugrian peoples, including displays of folk costumes and visits to churches, schools and other cultural centers. Copyright © 2007, by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
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