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(ap). military d'etat thursday overthrew congolese government. led army commander lt-gen. joseph ..." d. mobutu, who dismissed kasavubu assumed powers chief state. mobutu named colonel lonard mulamba form an all-party apparently peaceful bloodless came during night whereabouts premier-designate evariste kim-ba are immediately known. girl scout director here - 25. miss signe daeijer, world bureau guides scouts, arrived yesterday visit afghan scouts' association discuss membership sarandoy tolena. mohammad nasim, president, some associates present receive her. dr. ziayee speaks e ducat! on conference abdul have been established mi-hakim ziayee, deputy minister nistries education. similarly ot education, wno attending ecafe planning ministers bangkok said statement important activities taken place various fields education past three half years recommendation southeast asian ministers' conference. example, said, field institute has paris and, after two preli-mirary studies, now paying at-' tention practical plans regions. tie development (ida), active along with bank, considerably expanded its it sent missions regions asia. discussing qualitative improvements educational budgets in- most countries, including afghanistan, increased departments figures released dis- closed. spokesman ! also reported wounded week endirg midnight, 20. brought five 1,335 6,131 wounded, j enemy -, record high. sudden spurt primarily due the- brutal week-long around valley 210 miles north saigon. six listed as missing action. latest period, government forces claimed they 2,262 troops captured 136. previous high mid-august when 1,300 viet cong reported, v lost report ted 357 807 week-end conflict exact count causal ties reporting believed be significantly higher re-, leased.. full, will -until later meticulous techniques require each identified name before being carried list. 86. about one-third 20 senior commanders officials washington known deeply concerned home front morale view upsurge casualties. nevertheless, consider inevitable tempo war continues increase number men goes up. accusations made reports vietnamese inflated beyond actual bodies found field. bilateral multilateral assis- tance economics countries region. many institutes specialised training, -these through aid affiliation agreements. resulted in, local experts technical personnel. leading 'the delegation conference, suggested best way overcoming difficulties member system of. multiple ar. basis. 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International Education Week, a joint initiative led by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, is celebrated across the nation November 12-16. IEW provides an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and acknowledge the importance of having international students and scholars on our campuses.
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It is a pretty simple rule, but do you agree with such an axiom?
This entry was posted in General Political Science and tagged Candidates, Elections, Presidential Campaigns. Bookmark the permalink.
The first thing I did after reading this was-look up the definition of axiom. An axiom is a set and stone law or principle. Perhaps with a greater victory of a parties candidate, there was more money being earned in the campaign process which allows other candidates in local and state elections to run. That makes sense to me.
This was kind of difficult to understand, but after reading it multiple times I agree with this rule. I think that the sentence, when it refers to the brighter the presidential prospect of victory means that greater chance of winning an election you will have a bigger group of candidates who will try and run for president in hopes of winning the election.
This was by far the most interesting topic I’ve seen so far on Poliscinews, and I would have to say that I do agree with this axiom. I believe if one presidential candidate can actually help forgo a stable and successful future, then that would help promote more potential future candidates to run for election.
I agree with this axiom, I believe that if in upcoming election theres a candidate who has a greater chance to win the outcomes does result in more candidates who will run. This axiom is one that goes on till this day. I believe that elections wouldn’t be as big as they are if it wasn’t for the fact of having colorful politicians that attract voters.
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The nation in wartime attains a uniformity of feeling, a hierarchy of values culminating at the undisputed apex of the State ideal, which could not possibly be produced through any other agency than war.
If the State's chief function is war, then it is chiefly concerned with coordinating and developing the powers and techniques which make for destruction. And this means not only the actual and potential destruction of the enemy, but of the nation at home as well.
If it were not for this troublesome activity of youth, with its hatred of sophisms and glosses, its insistence on things as they are, society would die from sheer decay. It is the policy of the older generation as it gets adjusted to the world to hide away the unpleasant things where it can, or preserve a conspiracy of silence and an elaborate pretense that they do not exist. But meanwhile the sores go on festering just the same. Youth is the drastic antiseptic… It drags skeletons from closets and insists that they be explained. No wonder the older generation fears and distrusts the young.
In this conflict between youth and its elders, youth is the incarnation of reason pitted against the rigidity of tradition. Youth puts the remorseless questions to everything that is old and established,—Why? What is this thing good for? And when it gets the mumbled, evasive answers of the elders, it applies its own fresh, clean spirit of reason to the institutions, customs, and ideas, and finding them stupid, inane, or poisonous, turns instinctively to overthrow them and build in their place the things with which its visions teem.
In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection... you fix your adoring gaze upon the State...the quasi-personal symbol of the strength of the herd, and the leader and determinant of your definite action and ideas.
It cannot be too firmly realized that war…is the chief function of States. … War cannot exist without a military establishment, and a military establishment cannot exist without a State organization.
Randolph Silliman Bourne (30 May 1886–22 December 1918) was a progressive writer and leftist intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. Bourne is best known for his essays, especially his unfinished work The State, discovered after his death.
Randolph Bourne, “Youth,” The Atlantic Monthly 100, no. 4 (April 1912).
How shall I describe Youth, the time of contradictions and anomalies? The fiercest radicalisms, the most dogged conservatisms, irrepressible gayety, bitter melancholy,—all these moods are equally part of that showery spring-time of life.
Page 437. Quote republished in "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty," Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965), pp. 21–22.
Youth is the leaven that keeps all these questioning, testing attitudes fermenting in the world. If it were not for this troublesome activity of youth, with its hatred of sophisms and glosses, its insistence on things as they are, society would die from sheer decay. It is the policy of the older generation as it gets adjusted to the world to hide away the unpleasant things where it can, or preserve a conspiracy of silence and an elaborate pretense that they do not exist. But meanwhile the sores go on festering just the same. Youth is the drastic antiseptic. It will not let the elders cry peace, where there is no peace. By its fierce sarcasms it keeps issues alive in the world until they are settled right. It drags skeletons from closets and insists that they be explained. No wonder the older generation fears and distrusts the younger. Youth is the avenging Nemesis on its trail.
Page 438. Quote republished in "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty," Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965), p. 22.
The secret of life is then that this fine youthful spirit should never be lost. Out of the turbulence of youth should come this fine precipitate—a sane, strong, aggressive spirit of daring and doing. It must be a flexible, growing spirit, with a hospitality to new ideas, and a keen insight into experience. To keep one's reactions warm and true, is to have found the secret of perpetual youth, and perpetual youth is salvation.
Page 441. Quote republished in "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty," Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965), p. 22.
Randolph Bourne, “The Price of Radicalism” (a review of Seymour Deming's The Pillar of Fire), The New Republic (11 March 1916).
Intellectual radicalism should not mean repeating stale dogmas of Marxism. It should not mean the study of socialism. It had better mean a restless, controversial criticism of current ideas, and a hammering out of some clear-sighted philosophy that shall be this pillar of fire. The young radical today is not asked to be a martyr, but he is asked to be a thinker, an intellectual leader. So far as the official radicals deprecate such an enterprise they make their movement sterile. Yet how often when attempts are made to group radicals on an intellectual basis does not some orthodox elder of the socialist church arise and solemnly denounce such intellectual snobbishness.
The State is a jealous God and will brook no rivals. Its sovereignty must pervade everyone and all feeling must be run into the stereotyped forms of romantic patriotic militarism which is the traditional expression of the State herd-feeling.
We cannot crusade against war without crusading implicitly against the State.
The American Revolution began with certain latent hopes that it might turn into a genuine break with the State ideal. The Declaration of Independence announced doctrines that were utterly incompatible not only with the century-old conception of the Divine Right of Kings, but also with the Divine Right of the State. … If revolution is justifiable a State may even be criminal sometimes in resisting its own extinction.
The President is an elected king.
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense. The machinery of government sets and enforces the drastic penalties. … [I]n general, the nation in wartime attains a uniformity of feeling, a hierarchy of values culminating at the undisputed apex of the State ideal, which could not possibly be produced through any other agency than war. Other values such as artistic creation, knowledge, reason, beauty, the enhancement of life, are instantly and almost unanimously sacrificed, and the significant classes who have constituted themselves the amateur agents of the State, are engaged not only in sacrificing these values for themselves but in coercing all other persons into sacrificing them.
¶11. Published under "War and the Herd," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 9.
In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you conform in word and deed, and you act together. And you fix your adoring gaze upon the State, with a truly filial look, as upon the Father of the flock, the quasi-personal symbol of the strength of the herd, and the leader and determinant of your definite action and ideas.
The members of the working-classes... live habitually in an industrial serfdom, by which though nominally free, they are in practice as a class bound to a system of a machine-production, the implements of which they do not own, and in the distribution of whose product they have not the slightest voice... From such serfdom, military conscription is not so great a change. But into the military enterprise they go...with the same apathy with which they enter and continue in the industrial enterprise.
¶23. Published under "Psychology of the State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 14.
It cannot be too firmly realized that war…is the chief function of States. … War cannot exist without a military establishment, and a military establishment cannot exist without a State organization. War has an immemorial tradition and heredity only because the State has a long tradition and heredity. But they are inseparably and functionally joined. We cannot crusade against war without crusading implicitly against the State. And we cannot expect, or take measures to ensure, that this war is a war to end war, unless at the same time we take measures to end the State in its traditional form. … [W]ith the passing of the dominance of the State, the genuine life-enhancing forces of the nation will be liberated. … No one wlil deny that war is a vast complex of life-destroying and life-crippling forces. If the State's chief function is war, then it is chiefly concerned with coordinating and developing the powers and techniques which make for destruction. And this means not only the actual and potential destruction of the enemy, but of the nation at home as well. For the very existence of a State in a system of States means that the nation lies always under a risk of war and invasion, and the calling away of energy into military pursuits means a crippling of the productive and life-enhancing process of the national life.
¶28. Published under "Psychology of the State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), pp. 17–18.
All of which goes to show that the State represents all the autocratic, arbitrary, coercive, belligerent forces within a social group, it is a sort of complexus of everything most distasteful to the modern free creative spirit, the feeling for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. War is the health of the State. Only when the State is at war does the modern society function with that unity of sentiment, simple uncritical patriotic devotion, cooperation of services, which have always been the ideal of the State lover. … How unregenerate the ancient State may be…is indicated by the laws against sedition, and by the Government's unreformed attitude on foreign policy.
¶35. Published under "Psychology of the State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 21.
Indeed, it is not too much to say that the normal relation of States is war.
¶36. Published under "Psychology of the State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 22, where the term relation is rendered relations.
The modern State is not the rational and intelligent product of modern men desiring to live harmoniously together with security of life, property, and opinion. It is not an organization which has been devised as pragmatic means to a desired social end. All the idealism with which we have been instructed to endow the State is the fruit of our retrospective imaginations.
¶44. Published under "Psychology of the State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 25, which omits the Oxford comma in the first sentence.
War is the health of the State and it is during war that one best understands the nature of that institution.
¶2. Published under "The Development of the American State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 27.
¶9. Published under "The Development of the American State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), pp. 30–31.
Every little school boy is trained to recite the weaknesses and inefficiencies of the Articles of Confederation. It is taken as axiomatic that under them the new nation was falling into anarchy and was only saved by the wisdom and energy of the Convention. … The nation had to be strong to repel invasion, strong to pay to the last loved copper penny the debts of the propertied and the provident ones, strong to keep the unpropertied and improvident from ever using the government to secure their own prosperity at the expense of moneyed capital. … No one suggests that the anxiety of the leaders of the heretofore unquestioned ruling classes desired the revision of the Articles and labored so weightily over a new instrument not because the nation was failing under the Articles, but because it was succeeding only too well. Without intervention from the leaders, reconstruction threatened in time to turn the new nation into an agrarian and proletarian democracy. … All we know is that at a time when the current of political progress was in the direction of agrarian and proletarian democracy, a force hostile to it gripped the nation and imposed upon it a powerful form against which it was never to succeed in doing more than blindly struggle. The liberating virus of the Revolution was definitely expunged, and henceforth if it worked at all it had to work against the State, in opposition to the armed and respectable power of the nation.
¶13. Published under "The Development of the American State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), pp. 33–34.
The President is an elected king, but the fact that he is elected has proved to be of far less significance in the course of political evolution than the fact that he is pragmatically a king. … Kings have often been selected this way in European history, and the Roman Emperor was regularly chosen by election.
¶19. Published under "The Development of the American State," The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 36.
One can but look forward to the day when the matters discussed here by Bourne, Dos Passos, and Grieg are looked back upon as nothing but the curiosities and horrors of a pre-civilized society.
Chaz Bufe, "Publisher's Notes" (December 1997) in Randolph Bourne's The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 6.
and hit Goliath square in the forehead with it.
War, he wrote, is the health of the state.
John Dos Passos, "Foreword" to Randolph Bourne's The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), p. 2.
Randolph Bourne, horrified at the support of the war by so-called liberals and progressives, had insisted that an unconditionally defeated Germany would become a greater menace to European peace; the war itself, he charged, was the only real enemy of American freedom.
Leonard P. Liggio, "Why the Futile Crusade?" Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1965) p. 26.
The Randolph Bourne Institute (RBI) seeks to honor Bourne's memory by promoting a noninterventionist foreign policy for the United States as the best way of fostering a peaceful, more prosperous world.
Floyd Dell, Obituary, The New Republic (4 January 1919).
Those who are not in some sense of the younger generation will hardly realize what poignancy there is for us in the news of the death of Randolph Bourne. … Randolph Bourne belonged to us, and stood for us, in a way which he perhaps did not fully know, but which we now very keenly feel.
It is one of the more subtly tragic aspects of his death, a misfortune not only to a fecund mind that needed free utterance, but to a country which is nearly starved for thought, that he should in these last years have been doomed to silence. He who should have spoken for them—and who might still have spoken for them—went down to the grave voiceless.
Michael Grieg, "Introduction" (1946) to Randolph Bourne's The State (Tucson, Arizona: See Sharp Press, 1998), pp. 4–5.
Bourne would have none of it. Instead, he scrutinized the ideas he had held in common with them, holding each up to the light—or rather, darkness—about him.
War is the health of the State, wrote Bourne, and in his full realization of what that meant, he recognized the roots of modern totalitarianism years before the psychoanalysis of fascism.
Jeff Riggenbach, "Randolph Bourne (1886–1918)," The Libertarian Tradition (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 17 May 2011), later published as "The Brilliance of Randolph Bourne," Mises Daily (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 27 May 2011).
His byline was particularly familiar to readers of The New Republic—until his radically antiwar views on the eve of the US government's intervention in World War I got him fired.
Randolph Bourne has not been forgotten, not completely. People are still reading his work. They're still talking about his ideas and about his memorable phrases. The most famous of these has gradually become so widely quoted in our culture that millions of people have heard it, even heard it repeatedly, without ever learning who originally wrote or said it: "War is the health of the State."
The work that's being done 24/7 at Antiwar.com not only honors Randolph Bourne's contribution to the libertarian tradition; it also helps to assure that that tradition will continue and grow.
The other reason [an attack on war or a warlike foreign policy is of crucial importance to libertarians] is that, apart from the nuclear menace, war, in the words of the libertarian Randolph Bourne, "is the health of the State." War has always been the occasion of a great—and usually permanent—acceleration and intensification of State power over society. War is the great excuse for mobilizing all the energies and resources of the nation, in the name of patriotic rhetoric, under the aegis and dictation of the State apparatus. It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. Society becomes a herd, seeking to kill its alleged enemies, rooting out and suppressing all dissent from the official war effort, happily betraying truth for the supposed public interest. Society becomes an armed camp, with the values and the morals—as the libertarian Albert Jay Nock once phrased it—of an "army on the march."
Murray N. Rothbard, "War as the Health of the State," §5 of "War and Foreign Policy," ch. 14 of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, 2nd ed. (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006; orig. 1973, 1978), pp. 347-348.
We cannot leave our topic without saying at least a word about the domestic tyranny that is the inevitable accompaniment of war. The great Randolph Bourne realized that "war is the health of the State." It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. Society becomes a herd, seeking to kill its alleged enemies, rooting out and suppressing all dissent from the official war effort, happily betraying truth for the supposed public interest. Society becomes an armed camp, with the values and the morale—as Albert Jay Nock once phrased it—of an "army on the march."
Murray N. Rothbard, "War, Peace, and the State" The Standard (April 1963), republished as ch. 5 of Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays, 2nd ed., R. A. Childs, Jr., ed. (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2000, orig. 1974), p. 131.
Secondly, war has always been the occasion for a huge, catastrophic leap into statism, a leap that occurs during the war and lasts as a permanent legacy afterwards. As the great libertarian Randolph Bourne warned, as we entered the disaster of World War I, "war is the health of the state." Time and again, war and foreign intervention destroyed our ancestors—the classical liberal movement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In England, Germany, France, and the United States, this tragedy repeatedly took place. In the United States, the big leaps into statism came with war: the War of 1812, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War.
Murray N. Rothbard, "The Presidential Campaign: The Need For Radicalism," The Libertarian Forum 12, no. 2, ed. Murray N. Rothbard (New York, NY: Joseph R. Peden, March–April 1980; mislabelled vol. 13), p. 1, adapted from a speech given at the convention of the Free Libertarian Party of New York, in Albany, N. Y. on 29 March 1980.
Finally, we must allude to the domestic tyranny that is the inevitable accompaniment of inter-State war, a tyranny that usually lingers long after the war is over. Randolph Bourne realized that "war is the health of the State." It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. The root myth that enables the State to wax fat off war is the canard that war is a defense by the State of its subjects. The facts are precisely the reverse. For if war is the health of the State, it is also its greatest danger. A State can only "die" by defeat in war or by revolution. In war, therefore, the State frantically mobilizes the people to fight for it against another State, under the pretext that it is fighting for them. Society becomes militarized and statized, it becomes a herd, seeking to kill its alleged enemies, rooting out and suppressing all dissent from the official war effort, happily betraying truth for the supposed public interest. Society becomes an armed camp, with the values and the morale—as Albert Jay Nock once phrased it—of an "army on the march."
Murray N. Rothbard, "On Relations Between States," ch. 25, in "A Theory of Liberty," pt. II of The Ethics of Liberty (New York: New York University Press, 1998, orig. 1982), pp. 196–197.
And among all the Western Empires, the British and the American have always been the most adept at the use of phony moralizing to spin a web of excuses for their acts of conquest and to sucker the American and British publics into enthusiastic support of "their" Empires. It is the old trick of inducing the citizen to identify with "his" State; but the trick has always been most effective in time of war, real or imagined. That is just one of the reasons that the libertarian Randolph Bourne, during World War I, called war "the health of the State."
Murray N. Rothbard, Part II of "Reagan War Watch," The Libertarian Forum 16, no. 1–2, ed. Murray N. Rothbard (New York, NY: Joseph R. Peden, January–February 1984; Double Issue; mislabelled vol. 18).
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A world-class woman runner was invited to compete in a road race in Connecticut. On the morning of the race, she drove from New York City, following the directionsor so she thoughtgiven her over the telephone. She got lost, stopped at a gas station, and asked for help. She knew that the race started in the parking lot of a shopping mall. The station attendant also knew of such a race scheduled just up the road and directed her there.
When she arrived she was relieved to see in the parking lot a modest number of runners preparing to compete. Not as many as shed anticipated; an easier race than shed been led to expect. She hurried to the registration desk, announced herself, and was surprised by the race officials excitement at having so renowned an athlete show up for their race. No, they had no record of her entry, but if shed hurry and put on this number, she could just make it before the gun goes off. She ran and, naturally, she won easily, some four minutes ahead of the first male runner in second place.
Only after the racewhen there was no envelope containing her sizable prize and performance money did she confirm that the event shed run was not the race to which shed been invited. That race was being held several miles farther up the road in another town. Shed gone to the wrong starting line, run the wrong course, and missed her chance to win a valuable prize.
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Robin Davies was appointed Associate Director of the Development Policy Centre in December 2012 and, since mid-2014, is concurrently an Honorary Professor at the Crawford School.
For almost twenty years before joining the Development Policy Centre, Robin worked at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), both in Australia and overseas, including ten years as a member of its senior executive service. Until late 2011, he headed AusAID’s international programs and partnerships division.
Robin managed AusAID’s devolved country program in Indonesia from 2003 to 2006. In that capacity he oversaw the first stage in a substantial scaling up and strategic reorientation of Australia’s aid to Indonesia, which for a time became the largest recipient of Australian aid, and led the Australian Government’s humanitarian response to the impacts of the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra.
Robin was AusAID’s first permanent representative to the OECD Development Assistance Committee in Paris from 1999 to 2002. He represented Australia on the boards of the UN World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development in this period. He has also worked at Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Robin was appointed to the board of UNICEF Australia in September 2013 and chairs its Programs, Policy and Advocacy Committee.
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All joking aside, Moore takes the work of putting on a play seriously. But he didn’t always look at things that way.
He says he grew up imaginative, absent-minded, sensitive, competitive and at times defensive. He dreamed of being a veterinarian and playing football for Notre Dame.
“Neither of those have happened yet,” he says.
He took a semester off, but he “felt like there had to be more to life.” He auditioned for his first play, Luther, at PIT (Purdue-Indiana Theatre) and he was cast under the direction of the late Larry Life.
Life approached him privately after the audition and asked if he was a student, as he did not recognize him, but recognized his inherent theatrical talent. Moore told him he was taking a semester off and was uncertain about coming back.
He did return to IPFW and studied theater before transferring to Eastern Michigan University, where he continued his theatre studies and earned his bachelor’s degree. “I was fortunate to have a lot of performance opportunities,” he says.
The consummate professional, Moore appreciates the professionalism of actors like these.
He has seen his share of negative stereotypes among actors so plagued with self-doubt they feel the need to tear down other actors to build themselves up. He admits to his own struggles with self doubt, the fear that he will disappoint.
“I don’t take praise or compliments gracefully,” he says. “There’s always a nagging feeling that it’s undeserved or misdirected.
He also respects the boundaries between actors and directors.
Moore himself has done some directing in his career but prefers acting. Still, he understands that his job as an actor is help the director achieve his or her vision, even when it conflicts with his own.
Competitive by nature, Moore also found creative freedom when he started auditioning for roles to challenge himself rather than proving himself to others.
When he is cast in a role, Moore says he doesn’t bog himself down too much in research or create a backstory or biography for the characters he plays.
The script for his current play, Misalliance at First Presbyterian Theater, was written by George Bernard Shaw.
From there, he adds or subtracts other character traits from life or his imagination.
Two of his favorite roles allowed him to “drive the bus” in different ways. In one he played Ui, a Hitler spoof, in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht. In a very different role, he played a homophobic Jewish prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who learns his daughter has been killed at the camp.
He met his wife, Heather Brackeen, in 1995, after a Fort Wayne Civic Theatre production of Barnum she was in. They remained casual acquaintances for three years until they were dining at Henry’s with mutual friends.
“She ordered a salad,” he recalls. “I ordered chocolate cake. We both liked what the other had ordered and split it. That was the start. I was attracted to her smile, her eyes, her buoyant attitude, her quick sense of humor and her laughter.
He and his wife have instilled in their daughters their own sense of pride and professionalism.
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The visuals features the leader of Girls' Generation throwing punches and bashing hammers at her enemies.
AceShowbiz - If you're looking for the usual pure Taeyeon, you won't be able to see it this time. The leader of Girls' Generation shows a new side of her when she released the music video for her new song "Something New" on Monday, June 18.
The visuals starts off with the singer hitting the red carpet in a blue magenta one-sleeve gown. A bodyguard walks beside her to make sure that she's protected from the rain as she greets her fans through Instagram Live. Things take a darker turn once Taeyeon enters an elevator inside the building. She gets into a fight with a man, throwing punches and bashing hammers.
When Taeyeon thinks that she can finally relax in her hotel room, a maid attacks her all of sudden. Taeyeon obviously wins after she throws a flower vase at the maid and punches her in the face. The video ends with the "Why" singer going to a beach to throw suitcases off a cliff and shoots them. She then runs into the ocean barefoot.
The song itself features a motivational message saying that people should all just do what they want and be the way they are. "You're special just the way you are/ Why does it matter if you're a little different?" she sings over jazzy instrumentals. "You don't need to change yourself for others/ Color the world with the colors you like/ I like things just the way they are."
"Something New" is the title track off her fourth EP, which was released on June 18. It is her first album of 2018 and the follow up to "This Christmas: Winter Is Coming", which peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's World Albums chart. Besides the title track, the album features four other tracks, including "All Night Long" featuring NCT's Lucas and piano-driven pop ballad "Circus".
Girls' Generation's Taeyeon Was 'at Fault' in 3-Car Crash. Was Alcohol Involved?
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It is an open secret how hard to kill projects in development. In the Harvard Business Review article “Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill“, professor Isabelle Royer says that many projects are hard to kill because of a “fervent and widespread belief among managers in the inevitability of their projects’s ultimate success.” The desire to believe in something is primal. The excitement and exuberance associated with a project typically originate with the project champion, whose unyielding conviction that the project will succeed is often based on a hunch rather than on strong evidence. The champion’s exuberance spreads because others also want to believe, especially if the champion is charismatic and well networked within the company.
Even worse, when a project is going monumentally off the rails, people and organizations keep adding resources to the project despite all the evidence of impending disaster. The action that throws good money after bad is known as escalation of commitment. There are four reasons causing this behavior. One is sunk cost fallacy. When estimating the value of a future investment, we have trouble ignoring what we have already invested in the past. The second reason is anticipated regret: we would be sorry if we didn’t give this another chance. The third is project completion: if we keep investing, we can finish the project. The last but probably most powerful factor is ego threat: if we don’t keep investing, we will look and feel like a fool.
I fell we will lose the respect of others if this project is shutdown — nobody respects a failure.
Giving up now would just be an admission of weakness.
Stopping this project would have a negative effect on my career: bonus, raise, promotion, or position.
Stopping this project would have a negative effect on the rest of the team’s careers: bonus, raise, promotion, or position.
We made a public commitment to this project.
It will destroy our record of past success.
We have had some good results — it would be premature to stop the project now.
There will be a big payoff if we succeed in the end.
We’re nearly at a turning point; it would be a shame to stop now, when we are so close.
We have already spent a lot of time and money, which would be wasted if we stopped now.
It would cost us more to stop now than it would to finish the project.
We won’t get anything back if we close the project now.
Our part of the business is counting on us to succeed.
People who want us to fail (rivals, enemies, competitors) will gloat.
A lot of people are depending on us to succeed here.
A lot of people left steady, secure positions to join this project.
We’ve made commitments to outside parties that depend on the success of the project: investors, suppliers, distributors, customers.
We’ve made commitments to inside parties to continue with the project: the board, top management, other divisions, employees.
The firm’s reputation with banks and investment analysts has been staked on the success of this project.
The firm’s reputation with regional, national or foreign government officials has been staked on the success of this project.
If you have a third or more “yes” answers, your team is at risk of escalated commitment. Each of these questions reflects a reason why people have consciously or unconsciously continued committing their talent and resources to projects that reasonably should have been shut down. If these subtle pressures are overcoming the better judgment, we have to make a tough call.
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https://haifengl.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/how-to-kill-bad-projects/
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Approach any subject with confidence with Lee Hammond's All New Big Book of Drawing!
Learning How to Draw Has Never Been Easier!
Lee Hammond’s All New Big Book of Drawing is the culmination of nearly forty years of teaching. No matter what your experience level YOU CAN DRAW by following along these easy step-by-step demonstrations. Whether you want to create drawings of flowers, learn how to draw animals or how to draw a person, these drawing techniques, all-new projects, and expert tips will show you how to get great results with both regular pencils and colored pencils.
88 step-by-step projects. You will learn to draw everything with this book! Starting with a simple sphere and working up to sea shells, sunsets, flowers, birds, horses, clothing, people—and so much more!
A lifetime of know-how! Lee covers it all—from big picture concepts (selecting tools, shading techniques, making sense of perspective) down to techniques for creating the look of feathers, capturing skin tones, and making surfaces look shiny or transparent.
Using her straightforward, three-stage approach to lifelike drawings, Lee makes any subject approachable, from still life and landscapes to animals and even people. This project-driven tome will help you create realistic, frame-worthy artwork. Project by project and subject by subject, you will gain confidence and cultivate great joy in drawing.
Lee Hammond has been an author for North Light Books for almost twenty-five years. She is formerly from the Kansas City area and now resides in Naples, Florida.
Lee’s passion is teaching. She has owned and operated private studios her entire career, teaching fine art to thousands of aspiring artists. She is the Artist in Residence for the Rookery Bay Research Reserve in Naples, where she teaches a variety of mediums and subject matter. In addition, Lee teaches at the Naples Zoo and is an official artist for the Friends of the Florida Panther organization.
She is also a forensic illustrator and police sketch artist, providing aid to various law enforcement agencies by drawing composites of suspects, as well as reconstruction drawings for identifying John and Jane Doe cases. She is an expert age-progression artist. Her drawings have been integral in solving many cases.
Another career highlight was working as an illustrator for NASCAR, creating drawings and paintings of the racecar drivers. Those prints were sold all over the country and on QVC. She is currently in the process of developing a new product line to be sold on her website.
For more information about Lee’s classes, product line, future book releases and public appearances, you can follow her on Facebook or visit her website at leehammond.net.
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For the first time in 18 seasons, Scottish football’s first piece of major silverware will be claimed before Christmas. For whoever gets their hands on the famous three-handled trophy at Hampden tomorrow, the outcome of a highly-anticipated League Cup final will carry considerable resonance throughout the rest of the campaign and beyond.
Brendan Rodgers may seek to play down the personal significance of victory on a day when Celtic are bidding to win the 100th major honour of their storied existence, but there can be no doubt this is a telling moment in his own managerial career.
His Aberdeen counterpart Derek McInnes has made no secret of his ambition to oversee what he describes as the creation of an era of success at the Pittodrie club in which their first trophy during his tenure, the League Cup win of three seasons ago, is added to on a consistent basis.
Having established Aberdeen as Celtic’s closest challengers during Rangers’ troubles of the past few years, it feels appropriate that it is McInnes who stands between Rodgers and what the bookmakers firmly expect will be the first major honour to be appended to the Northern Irishman’s CV.
It is the first time in six seasons that the leading two sides from the top flight of Scottish football have gone head-to-head in the League Cup final, since the last time the Old Firm contested it back in 2010-11, and there is a sense there is a greater prize at stake for both managers than just the trophy itself.
Rodgers could scarcely have enjoyed a more impressive start to life at Celtic this season, completing his primary objective of taking the club back into the group stage of the Champions League while at the same time exerting an early domestic dominance which sees them ten points clear of the Dons at the top of the Premiership after just 12 games.
A 2-2 draw at Inverness in September is the only slight blemish on an unbeaten record against Scottish opponents so far for Rodgers, including two league victories already over Aberdeen. He believes another win tomorrow would be fitting recognition of Celtic’s form so far but is also wary of the inevitability their run must come to an end one day.
“It would be nice for the players to get that trophy and it would be a good reward to the start they have had this season,” said Rodgers. “They’ve been the best team so far. But you have to earn it.
“We’ve had to earn every victory we’ve had along the way. Everything points to a good, tough game. The two games we’ve had against Aberdeen have been tough but if we play the way we have been since the start of the season, then we will have a good chance.
“We will lose games, there is no question about it. It will happen at some point. But it’s not in our thinking. We worry about playing good football, attacking football, being really aggressive in our defending.
“What has been nice in this early part of the season is that we have seen improvement in the structure and thinking of the team. They are not just running, or having to run. They are thinking about the things they are doing. They are playing the game to a really good level.
“But it’s still very early, so there is still a whole load of progress to be made with them. Hopefully we can make that. But, of course, whenever you go on a run like we’ve been on, it is natural people want to see you beaten. That’s the nature of the country, Britain and the world, isn’t it?
It is the first major cup final of Rodgers’ career, although he did lead Swansea City to the lucrative prize of Premier League football when they won the 2011 Play-Off final at Wembley. He came agonisingly close to winning the title itself as Liverpool manager in 2014, but is adamant the absence of silverware has not left him feeling unfulfilled.
“It really isn’t about me winning my first trophy,” he added. “When I first set out in coaching it was about improving teams individually and collectively. When I look beyond my career, what will define me as a coach, personally, will be improving players.
“When I’m hobbling about with a walking stick, I’d hope to look back and players will know I’ve done my best for them.
“My ambition is always for the club to win trophies as a result of me being here. I’m not taking anything away from it, but what it means to me personally is zero. Managers get judged on what they have won, but it’s no drama to me. People can write and speak about it, but for me it means nothing.
“If I was to get the job at Barcelona and stay there for three years, we’d win things but does that make me a good or bad coach? It says I’ve got great players. There are loads of coaches that never get the opportunity.
players better, then as a consequence the team gets better and the supporters enjoy success.
“But I know there’s a responsibility to win trophies at this club, where there has been that history of winning them. The club is very well run off the field and we are progressing at a nice pace on the field. We want to keep pushing and in order to do that, we need to make our supporters happy by winning trophies.
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com. * MEAL DELIVERY This service prepares and delivers healthy gourmet meals. Three entrees, two appetizers, a quart of soup and salad cost $69 and may be refrigerated or frozen. Herban Kitchen, 290 Hudson St. (at Spring), (212) 627-2257. * NUTRITIONIST Develop a healthy eating plan with a nutritionist. He or she will evaluate current eating patterns and recommend portion size for meals at home and dining out. Costs $150 per session. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Prevention and Wellness Program, 160 E. 53rd St., 1-888-675-9355. * SPECIAL SELECTIONS Gifts for cancer patients are available at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Arbor Boutique. Gift certificates from $10 and up can be applied to purchases of hats, scarves, scented candles, fountains, meditation CDs and other items. 160 E. 53rd St., (212) 610-0661. * FLOWERS FOR A YEAR Each month, she'll receive a bouquet of flowers featuring orchids, roses, lilies, tulips or tropical exotics. One year of flowers costs $385.
00; six months are $215. Calyx and Corolla, 1-888-88-CALYX or www. calyxandcorolla.
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Don't let misguided blame for the financial crisis keep you from scoring a deal on your next mortgage.
Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) get a bad rap. Some worry that they're super risky for the borrower. Others contend that ARMs ultimately end in disaster due to the prevalence of exotic adjustable-rate mortgages leading up to the financial crisis.
One of the most common types of adjustable rate mortgages, the 5/1 ARM, features a fixed rate for 5 years, after which the rate resets once per year up or down based on the level of interest rates. Although many people simply dismiss their utility, I can think of three reasons why an ARM may be better than a fixed-rate mortgage.
The obvious advantage of an adjustable-rate mortgage is that they carry lower interest rates during the fixed period of the loan. At the time of writing, the lowest rate advertised on a major mortgage site for a 5/1 ARM was about 3.2% compared to a rate of 3.9% for a 30-year fixed loan.
While the difference amounts to a mere 0.70 percentage points, it can make a big difference in your payment. The 30-year fixed mortgage carries a monthly payment of $943 per month, while the ARM carries a payment of about $865.
The smart thing to do might be to take out a 5/1 ARM but make monthly payments as if it were a 30-year fixed mortgage. By the end of the 5-year fixed period, the borrower will have made a much larger dent in their balance than the borrower who uses a 30-year fixed mortgage.
Here's the math based on a $200,000 mortgage at current mortgage rates.
After five years of equally sized payments, the buyer who used the 5/1 ARM instead of a 30-year mortgage would be more than $7,200 closer to paying off the home in full.
Having more home equity is a powerful buffer should interest rates rise. If, at the end of five years, your rate rises by more than 1 percentage point (from 3.2% to 4.25%), your monthly payment will simply match that of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Of course, the $7,200 in additional home equity you built up is yours to keep.
A fixed-rate mortgage can be psychologically intoxicating. If rates go up, we get to feel like geniuses. If rates go down, we refinance, and feel smart for negotiating a better deal.
In either case, we feel like we win. But really, the biggest winner is the mortgage broker.
Do nothing and enjoy your locked-in rate.
Pay thousands of dollars to refinance every time rates drop.
Pay thousands of dollars to refinance with a fixed-rate mortgage.
Do nothing and enjoy your lower interest rate on your mortgage.
It's no wonder so many brokers seem to default to the assumption that locking in your rate is a good idea. The fear of rising rates creates action. "Lock in your rates before they rise" is a better pitch than "come back tomorrow, rates might be lower."
After roughly 40 years of broadly declining interest rates, it's only natural to worry that rates might start creeping higher. And that just might happen. Predicting where interest rates will go from here is impossible, and I won't pretend to have a crystal ball. But what I do know is that at any point in time, 5-year loans have almost always been less expensive than 30-year loans. That's an edge you can count on.
If you don't plan to live in a home for 30 years, why borrow for 30 years to buy it? Borrowing on a 30-year term to finance a home you plan to live in for just five or 10 years is a losing proposition. You'll pay thousands of dollars more in interest, and own less of your home when you sell it.
We can reuse a previous example here, except we'll assume you only make the minimum payment on your mortgage. The table below compares a 5/1 ARM at 3.2% and a 30-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.9%. We'll use a $200,000 loan in each case.
The difference here is pretty staggering.
The 5/1 ARM will save you about $78 per month on your mortgage, and you'll have about $2,000 of additional home equity when you go to sell your home. All in all, it adds up to over $6,800, an amount I think most people would prefer to have in their pockets than pay to their bankers.
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Tony Carpenter sits in a wheelchair after being hospitalized for fleshing-eating bacteria.
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – An Oceanside man continued to recover after spending eight months in the hospital for contracting a flesh-eating bacteria.
In September, Tony Carpenter, 47, began experiencing painful rashes and flu like symptoms. He was given antibiotics, which he says only made things worse.
“That`s when I started feeling sick like flu symptoms. Then, I started getting blisters on my foot – the size of a rock,” said Carpenter.
Carpenter’s wife Rita rushed him to Tri-City Medical Center where he was told his kidneys were starting to fail.
His body had gone into septic shock and he immediately fell into a coma for several weeks.
Part of Carpenter’s left foot was amputated while he was in a coma.
Doctors diagnosed Carpenter with “necrotizing fasciitis,” a flesh-eating bacteria. It’s still unclear how Tony got infected.
“I don’t go to the beach, I don’t hike. My son thinks I got it in the pool. It could have been as easy as a mosquito bite,” said Carpenter.
He spent two weeks at Tri-City before he was transferred to US San Diego Medical Center where he spent the past eight months before returning home in June.
Moving forward, Carpenter will require additional physical therapy, dialysis and a kidney transplant.
He hopes someday he can go back work and live life as usual.
I survived a flesh-eating virus too when I was forced to sit through a Tyler Perry movie.
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Atkinson, Anthony A., Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young. Management Accounting: Information for Decision Making and Strategy Execution. 6 Pearson Education, 2011.
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© 2016 Author(s). Co-development of action, conceptualization and social interaction mutually scaffold and support each other within a virtuous feedback cycle in the development of human language in children. Within this framework, the purpose of this article is to bring together diverse but complementary accounts of research methods that jointly contribute to our understanding of cognitive development and in particular, language acquisition in robots. Thus, we include research pertaining to developmental robotics, cognitive science, psychology, linguistics and neuroscience, as well as practical computer science and engineering. The different studies are not at this stage all connected into a cohesive whole; rather, they are presented to illuminate the need for multiple different approaches that complement each other in the pursuit of understanding cognitive development in robots. Extensive experiments involving the humanoid robot iCub are reported, while human learning relevant to developmental robotics has also contributed useful results. Disparate approaches are brought together via common underlying design principles. Without claiming to model human language acquisition directly, we are nonetheless inspired by analogous development in humans and consequently, our investigations include the parallel co-development of action, conceptualization and social interaction. Though these different approaches need to ultimately be integrated into a coherent, unified body of knowledge, progress is currently also being made by pursuing individual methods.
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Every week in the summertime, he plays his sax on the corner by the market. When I ask to photograph him, he nods and takes my hand with a smile, "I have something to tell you..." He is taking a trip, you see: headed to the Promise Land. He can't wait to go. The words tumble out of his mouth like a child describing a new toy. It is half an hour before he looks at me again. "I'll see you again someday, child," he says. "I'll pray for you."
For this story I was searching for a good, close-up portrait that would serve to show a little bit of a place. I was also looking for a shot where the subject wasn't staring into the camera. This street preacher's upward gaze helps bring us into the scene around him. The quality of light is also fantastic and probably the main thing that drew me to the photo.
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Either of two points in the orbit of the moon when the moon lies in a straight line with the sun and Earth.
the first real electronic instrument. The Theremin is played by standing and wavings one's hands.
Oddly enough, I've just been doing some (Internet) reading on Leon Theremin, aka Lev Termen. There's a decent bio at http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/theremin/ that lists many of his less-well-known inventions (including the first electronic eavesdropping device). Also interesting is his kidnapping and subsequent time incarcerated in a Siberian labour camp with (among others) Sergei Korolyov, former Soviet space engineer and chief designer for many of their early space missions.
the Theremin was the intrument used in the Beach Boy's Good Vibrations. it makes a single tone, and the operator of the theremin can adjust volume and tone by raising or lowering his or her hand in the field created by the theremin. there are no moving parts and you don't touch the instrument to play it. a wavering sound can be created by rapidly moving your hand up and down a slight distance. Theremins can still be purchased.
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1.1 The legal capacity of a legal entity is determined on the basis of the personal law (lex personalis) of the legal entity and not by the governing law of the contract.
1.2 The arguments of the [Buyer] about the lack of Tribunal's competence to adjudicate the present dispute are regarded as groundless. First, the agreement canceling the arbitration clause and altering the location of the dispute settlement was signed on behalf of the [Seller] by a person who lacked authority, by virtue of which, the original arbitration clause remains in force. Second, the [Buyer] has not proved that the subsequent agreement on the adjudication of disputes in another arbitration court covered the subject of the present dispute. Third, a request to a State Court for provisional relief does not entail rejection of the arbitration clause and acceptance of the State Court to adjudicate the dispute on the merits.
1.4 While passing on the judgment, it was taken into account that, by virtue of the Rules of the Tribunal, the parties shall prove the grounds which they invoke as proof of their claims or objections. The [Buyer] has not proved his allegation that [Seller] had not fulfilled his obligations in respect to the delivery of the goods while, at the same time, the [Seller] has presented evidence of the fulfillment of the obligations the contract imposed upon him.
1.5 Since by virtue of the Russian Civil Code (art. 410) in order for the similar demands to be set-off, it suffices for one party to make a claim where the claim was made by the enterprise director and was confirmed by the ex-external manager of the [Seller]'s company, the objections of the [Seller] to the execution of the set-off were rejected.
1.6 On the basis of the contract, the Tribunal has concluded (contrary to the statement of the [Seller]) that the contract foresees not the penalty fine (which allows claiming the reimbursement of losses above the amount of the penalty), but the alternative, payment of interest, requested by [Seller]. With due account of this conclusion, the [Seller]'s claim for the recovery of the interest per annum is satisfied only to that extent.
1.7 The rate of the interest per annum is determined as of the date of the action on the basis of information of the Bank of Russia at the average rate of short-term credits in Russia published in the "Bank of Russia Bulletin".
The action was brought by the Russian Company [Seller] against a Cyprian firm [Buyer] for the payment for the goods delivered under an international sales contract concluded by the parties on 3 November 1999. The [Seller]'s demanded: payment of the sum in arrears, payment of the penalty for the payment delay, and payment of interest per annum for the use of monetary funds of another.
The [Buyer] contested the competence of the Tribunal to consider present the dispute on the basis that on 27 December 1999 the parties concluded an "Arbitration Agreement" envisaging the settlement of disputes (including those arising from the present contract) in accordance with the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
The [Seller] stated that he is not aware of the conclusion of the indicated document and challenged its validity and the authority of the persons who had signed the document. Upon the [Seller]'s request, the document was sent for analysis and legal expertise.
With due account of the expertise results and arguments presented by the parties, the Tribunal on 11 June 2002 affirmed the competence of the Tribunal to adjudicate the dispute, appointed the date of the adjudication on the merits, and obliged the [Buyer] to present his statement of defense with respect to the merits of the case. This decree of the Tribunal was contested by the [Buyer] in the Arbitration Court of the City of Moscow which, by its resolution of 5 February 2003, has left [Buyer]'s application without satisfaction. The Arbitration Tribunal, acting on the basis of the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, by its interim decision of 29 January 2003, has declared the "Arbitration Agreement" invoked by the [Buyer] void with regard to, in particular, the present dispute considered by the Tribunal.
Having not presented a statement of defense to the merits of the claims lodged on 5 November 2002, the [Buyer] again raised the question of lack of the Tribunal's competence to adjudicate the present dispute based on the applicability of both the "Arbitration Agreement" and the agreement in the lawsuit concluded by the parties on 25 September 2000 in St. Petersburg, which envisaged settlement of the dispute in the arbitration in Stockholm pursuant to the Rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. The [Buyer] also stated that he is not the debtor in respect to the [Seller], since a number of the deliveries with regard to which the present action is brought were re-addressed to other recipients or were subject of a set-off accomplished by the [Seller].
The [Seller] presented objections to the arguments of the [Buyer] developed in his statement of 5 November 2002 at the same time specifying the amount of his claims.
By the Tribunal's resolution of 21 January 2003, the [Buyer] was requested to present by 6 February 2003 the results of his consideration of [Seller]'s claims in respect to the consignment of the goods indicating such reasoned objections as [Buyer] may have. The [Seller] was requested to present the original of the documents relating to the claims in respect of which the [Buyer] had specific objections.
On 10 February 2003, the [Buyer] expressed general negative views with regard to the arguments presented by the [Seller] and declared that the burden of proof of the fulfillment of the deliveries rests with the [Seller]. According to the [Buyer], the St. Petersburg amicable agreement has terminated relations of the parties under the contract on the basis of which the present action is brought.
The [Seller] having specified the amount of his claims, once again has contested all the statements of the [Buyer].
In connection with differences in the opinions of the parties in respect to the legal nature of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement, the Tribunal requested the [Buyer] to present proper arguments confirming which specific consignment of the goods with regard to which the [Seller] has lodged claims were the subject of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement. Without having executed the request put by the Tribunal, the [Buyer] objected in general terms to the reasoning of the [Seller].
In his explanations, the [Seller] has indicated that only thirty-three out of 130 consignments of the goods were delivered to St. Petersburg and presented arguments to prove that these thirty-three consignments of the goods are not covered by the St. Petersburg amicable agreement.
In [Buyer]'s opinion expressed in the document presented on 19 August 2003, the St. Petersburg amicable agreement has terminated all the obligations of the parties arising from the contract on the basis of which the [Seller] has brought the present action. The [Buyer] continued to contend the lack of the Tribunal's competence to adjudicate the present dispute. Additionally, the [Buyer] stated that according to the Cyprian legislation, [Seller]'s motion to the Cyprian court with a request to take provisional measures under the contract on the basis of which the present claim is lodged implies [Seller]'s consent to subject the present dispute to the competence of the Cyprian court and entitles the [Buyer] to counter action in the Cyprian court.
Moreover, the proceedings in the Tribunal are to be suspended since Swedish national courts are considering the issue of the validity of the "Arbitration Agreement" of 27 December 1999. The [Buyer] has as well declared the possibility of the refusal from the St. Petersburg amicable agreement provided the Tribunal agrees to settle the dispute in Cyprus. The [Seller] has not accepted any of the arguments presented by the [Buyer].
On the basis of the provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Tribunal", the objections to the competence of the Tribunal and the application for suspension of the proceedings were rejected. The application of the [Buyer] on the submission of the expert opinion on the Cyprian legislation, on the realization of audit of the fulfillment of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement, and on the summons of witnesses for the explanations in respect of the accomplished set-offs were rejected as well.
The parties also argued about whose actions caused delay of the proceedings. The [Buyer] was dissatisfied by the order of judicial proceedings in connection with quick rejection of his petitions and establishment of a hearings schedule unacceptable to the [Buyer].
On 13 October 2003, the [Buyer] once again presented to the Tribunal a petition to reject the action, invoking lack of the Tribunal's competence to adjudicate the dispute and [Seller]'s failure to present reliable proofs of the existence of the [Buyer]'s indebtedness.
At the hearings of 20 October 2003, the representative of the [Buyer]. following the line which was declared earlier, considered that English law is applicable to the relations of the parties (as is provided in the "Arbitration Agreement") and thereupon contested the applicability of Russian law and the Vienna Convention of 1980 (CISG). He also contended that the provision of the Law of Cyprus "On International Commercial Arbitration" concerning address to the court for provisional remedies is not applicable to arbitration proceedings taking place outside Cyprus.
Additional documents were presented by the [Seller] confirming in his opinion the fact of the delivery of the goods that was contested by the [Buyer]. The latter applied for the realization of an expertise for these documents. The Tribunal denied this application taking into account that an earlier expertise failed to determine the time when dates, signatures and stamps were put on the documents.
The [Buyer] has repeatedly stated the following, at the same time failing to present a statement of defense in respect to the specific claims: The calculations of the [Seller] contain arithmetic and other errors; the [Seller] has included in his claims consignments of the goods delivered to the other recipients; part of the Cargo Customs Declarations presented by the [Seller] was cancelled.
On 14 November 2003, the [Buyer], not changing his viewpoint, addressed the Tribunal with a petition to oblige the [Seller] to present all of the documents related to all of the consignments of the goods carried out in 2000 along with corresponding contracts and to carry out an independent audit of the [Seller]'s deliveries in 2000.
- Whether the [Seller]'s claims in respect to three consignments of the goods mistakenly included into the judicial off-set list under the other contact and which were delivered under this contract and thereupon excluded from the list of the paid deliveries at the consideration of other suit between the parties are subject to satisfaction.
The Tribunal as well takes into account that well-founded objections expressed by the [Buyer] in respect to a number of specific consignments of the goods were considered by the [Seller] and that the [Seller] has reduced the amount of his claims accordingly. The parties have as well submitted a number of petitions of a procedural nature which were considered in the course of the proceedings and the results were presented at the respective hearings.
First and foremost, the Tribunal considered the issue of its competence to adjudicate the dispute of the parties arising out of Contract # 843-99 concluded on 3 November 1999.
"Any disputes or disagreements arising from/or in connection with present contract which cannot be settled by amicable means of negotiations are to be settled in the International Commercial Arbitral Tribunal at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation pursuant to its rules. Award of the abovementioned Tribunal is final and binding upon both Parties."
Therefore, this suit was taken into consideration with absolute compliance with the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" (art. 1(2)), Regulation on the ICA Tribunal.
3.1.1 The issue of the competence of the Tribunal was considered by the Tribunal on the basis of the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" (art. 16) according to which the Tribunal is entitled to pass on its competence including all objections with respect to the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement (in the present case - arbitration clause). This authority of the Tribunal is set forth in the Rules of the Tribunal as well (para. 1(5)).
Based on art. 19 of the indicated Law, the Tribunal determined the procedure for consideration of the present dispute. Since the arbitration clause contained reference to the Rules of the Tribunal, the arbitration proceedings were carried out in compliance with the Rules of the Tribunal and the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration", taking due account of the authority of the Tribunal, which includes the authority to establish permissibility, relevance, importance and meaning of any argument, rendering according to art. 18 of the mentioned Law each of the parties all the opportunities to present their positions under the condition of equal treatment of each party. Hence, the Tribunal has conducted fourteen hearings on that issue.
The [Seller] challenged the authority of the person who had signed the Arbitration Agreement which changed the arbitration clause of the contract. Considering this issue. the Tribunal based its ruling on the provisions of Russian legislation, the law of the organization and of the [Seller] and managing company whose director signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller]. The Tribunal proceeds from the following.
The legal capacity of a legal entity is determined by the personal law (lex personalis), i.e., the law of the State of its establishment. This follows from art. 161 of the "Foundations of Civil Legislation of the USSR and Republics" of 1991 (FCL) which was in force at the time the contract containing the arbitration clause was signed, when the parties signed the Arbitration Agreement (which the [Buyer] alleges has changed the arbitration clause), and at the time when the suit was brought and objections with respect to the competence of the Tribunal were presented by the [Buyer]. The Law (FCL of 1991, art. 166) admits choice of the applicable law by the parties with regard to the obligations under foreign-economic contracts (i.e., choice of the law governing the obligations), however, not the law applicable to the determination of the legal capacity of a legal entity. This concept is generally recognized in doctrine and judicial and arbitration practice (see e.g., Lunts L.A. Course of Private International Law. General part. M. Yurid. lit., 1973. P. 220; Boguslavski M.M. Private International Law: Textbook. 3rd edn. M. Yurist, 1998.P. 125). The Tribunal has always taken this approach while adjudicating a dispute (see e.g., Practice of the International Commercial Arbitral Tribunal. Scientific and practical comments. M., 1997. C. 9-12; Arbitration practice in 1996-1997 M., 1998. C. 162-163, 169-171, 234-239; Decisions of International Commercial Arbitral Tribunal at Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russian Federation in 1999-2000 M., 2002. C. 67-72, 141-147). This concept corresponding to the doctrine and judicial and arbitration practice is reflected in the Third part of the Russian Civil Code (art. 102) which came into force on 1 March 2002.
On these grounds, the view of the [Buyer] that this issue is to be regulated by English substantive law provided by the Arbitration Agreement cannot be admitted as well-founded.
3.1.2 The expertise carried out by the RFCLE (Russian Federal Center of Legal Expertise) has confirmed the authenticity of the signature of the person who had signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller]. The Tribunal does not have any basis to doubt that the Arbitration Agreement was signed by the director of the [Buyer]'s company on behalf of the [Buyer]. Therefore, the Tribunal finds that the fact of the signing of the Arbitration Agreement took place.
As for the date of the signing of the Agreement, which has important legal meaning (with due account of the fact that agreement # 270-97 of 21 June 1996 between the [Seller] and managing company became invalid on 17 February 2000; the director of the managing company signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller]), it was impossible to determine this date, since, in the experts' opinion, there do not exist necessary methods and technical means.
The Tribunal notes that the text of the Arbitration Agreement does not indicate the date of the document. The date (27 December 1999) is put only bellow the signature of the director of the [Buyer]'s company which cannot testify that the Arbitration Agreement was signed at the same time on behalf of the [Seller].
Testimonies of the person who has signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller] in respect to this issue which are contained in affidavit presented by the [Buyer] cannot be taken into account by the Tribunal because of the following reasons.
Therefore the [Seller] has not proved that the Arbitration Agreement was signed on behalf of the [Seller] on a date after the managing organization had lost the power to act on behalf of the [Seller]'s company. Yet, the [Buyer] has not proved that it was signed before such powers were lost.
[Seller]'s application for the conduct of an additional expertise was not approved by the Tribunal since the [Seller] has not presented convincing arguments of the existence of technical means and the ability of any other organization of experts to determine the date of the signing of the document. The Tribunal does not have any reasons to disbelieve the opinion of the competent Russian organization of experts. At that, the Tribunal does not consider as argument the opinion of the commission of experts prepared at the request of the [Buyer].
The Tribunal considered whether the Arbitration Agreement was registered in the Agreement Register of the [Seller]'s company and whether the [Seller] was informed about its conclusion before the text of the Agreement was presented by the [Buyer] to the Tribunal.
From the excerpt of the Agreement Register of the [Seller]'s company on agreements signed during the period from 1 January 1999 till 1 February 2000 which was signed and certified by the person acting as chief executive of the [Seller]'s company, it follows that the [Seller] was not notified in time. However, numeration blanks in the excerpt allow one to conclude that the Arbitration Agreement could be indicated in the Register. Taking the above into account, the Tribunal cannot regard the excerpt of the Register presented by the [Seller] as reliable evidence of the fact that Arbitration Agreement was not included in the Register.
3.1.3 Considering the issue whether Arbitration Agreement was concluded in the interests of the [Seller], the content of the Arbitration Agreement was examined with due account to the consequences which it may have for the [Seller] in case it is realized.
The result of this analysis showed that conclusion of the present Arbitration Agreement was not in the interests of the [Seller] although the agreement between the [Seller] and managing organization of 21 June 1996 directly envisaged pursuant to the Federal Law "On Stock Companies" (art. 71) that the managing organization carries out administration of the managed company in the interest of the latter in good faith and reasonably according to the norms of the effective law of the Russian Federation and constituent documents of the managing and managed companies.
It is necessary to point out that in para. 1 of the agreement between the [Seller] and managing organization, which was not altered in the subsequent supplements to the agreement, it is directly indicated that the managing organization carries out administration exclusively in the interests of the managed company.
First, the conclusion of one Arbitration Agreement with regard to the contracts under which the [Seller] has claims against the [Buyer] and with regard to the contract under which the [Buyer] has claims against the [Seller], the possibility of set-offs is admitted. At the same time, by virtue of the Federal Law "On insolvency (bankruptcy)", a moratorium is introduced from the moment of the establishment of the external administration (art. 70) on the satisfaction of the creditors' demands that cover pecuniary obligations, time of execution of which began before the establishment of the external administration. Thus, causation of the damages to the other creditors of the [Seller] is not excluded.
Second, subsidiary application of the English law stipulated in the Arbitration Agreement would result in the impossibility to realize the claim of the [Seller] to recover the penalty for the payment delay (fine) provided by the contract. At the same time, at the consideration of the dispute in the Tribunal by virtue of conflict of laws norm of Russian law (art. 166 of the FCL of 1991) there exists the basis to state that Russian law would be the applicable as law of the seller's country, which allows recovery of the contract penalty.
Third, conducting the proceedings in Stockholm instead of Moscow would cause additional expenses for the [Seller].
Meanwhile, violation of the [Seller]'s interests committed by the managing organization in itself does not entail invalidation of the Arbitration Agreement between the [Seller] and the [Buyer].
According to the additional agreement of 22 January 1997 to the Agreement on operation (para. 3.2.2), such violations entitle the [Seller] to demand reimbursement of the incurred losses from the managing organization.
3.1.4 Although in the Tribunal's opinion, the [Seller] had reasons to imply affiliation of the person who has signed the Arbitration Agreement with the [Buyer], nevertheless, materials presented by the [Seller] lack sufficient convincing proof of the fact that the person who had signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller] and the managing organization headed by that person had relations with the [Buyer], which allows the conclusion that this person and his organization had an interest in conclusion of the Arbitration Agreement in terms of art. 83 of the Federal Law "On Stock Companies".
3.1.5 Considering the issue whether the person who had signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller] was authorized to sign the document with the [Buyer], the Tribunal took into account provisions of the Federal Law "On the Stock Companies", the agreement between the [Seller] and managing organization and constituent acts of the [Seller]'s company and the managing organization.
The Federal Law "On the Stock Companies" (s. 3, art. 69(1)) provides the possibility to delegate the authorities of the executive body of the managed organization to the managing organization.
According to the Federal Law "On the Stock Companies" (art. 66 (2)), a person who carries out functions of the individual executive body cannot be at the same time the head of the committee of directors. However, the head of the committee of directors is entitled to sign an agreement with the managing organization on behalf of the stock company (s.2, art. 69(3) of the Federal Law "On the Stock Companies").
By virtue of the statute of the managing organization, the person who has signed the Arbitration Agreement on behalf of the [Seller], being its Director General would become the individual executive body of the managing organization and at the same time act as head of the committee of directors of the managed organization. This would contradict art. 66(2) of the Federal Law "On the Stock Companies": that person has signed the agreement with the managing organization on behalf of the managed organization as its head of the committee of directors, on behalf of the managing organization the agreement was signed by its vice-president.
Agreement of the [Seller]'s company with the managing organization of 21 June 1996 (s. 2.2.1) as well as the Additional agreement to it of 22 January 1997 (section with the same number) envisages as mentioned above that functions concerning management of financial and economic activity of the [Seller]'s company are carried out according to the norms of the effective legislation of Russian Federation and constituent acts of the [Seller]'s company and managing organization.
Section 2.2.4 of the Agreement on operation (which was not altered in the Additional agreement to the Agreement) obliges the managing organization "to appoint its representative for the realization of the functions of executive body of the "Company", including functions of the director general of the managed organization, granting mentioned persons authority to validate powers of attorney".
According to s. 2.4.1 of the Additional agreement of 22 January 1997, the managing organization was entitled to "conclude (sign) any contracts, agreements and any other deals of any nature on behalf of the "Company" within the limits set by the Statute of the [Seller]'s organization and Agreement on operation".
The Statute of the [Seller]'s organization (s.2, art. 10(10.2)) foresees that the "executive body of the company" - the managing organization in the person of its appointed and duly authorized representative who carries out functions of the director general of the "Company " without powers of attorney -- acts on behalf of the "Company", presents its interests, arranges deals on behalf of the "Company", approves staff members, issues orders and gives instructions fulfillment of which is binding upon all the workers of the "Company".
Based on the abovementioned provisions of the Agreement, the Additional agreement as well as the statute of the [Seller]'s company the Tribunal concludes that while concluding the Agreement, its parties took into account the binding provisions of art. 66 of the Federal Law "On Stock Companies" which does not permit combination of obligations of the individual executive body of the "Company" and head of the committee of directors of the "Company".
Accordingly, it was agreed that functions of the executive body of the "Company" will be carried out by authorized persons who have received corresponding powers of attorney from the managing organization and not by the individual executive body of the managing organization.
With due account of the above by virtue of the Federal Law "On the Stock Companies", considering the Agreement between the [Seller]'s company and managing organization and Statute of the [Seller]'s organization. the director of the managing organization by himself could not have signed on behalf of the [Seller] the Arbitration Agreement which introduced alterations into the contracts concluded by the [Seller] and the [Buyer]. Therefore, the conditions of Contract # 843-99 of 3 November 1999 concerning arbitration and substantive law applicable to the relations of the parties under the Contract were not changed and remain in force.
The arguments of the [Buyer] that the St. Petersburg amicable agreement has fully settled the relations between the parties cannot be taken into account since the [Buyer] has not presented proof of the above.
[Buyer]'s reasoning related to the amount of the [Seller]'s claims and settlement in the St. Petersburg amicable agreement cannot provide a basis for a conclusion that this amicable agreement as an agreement which was concluded later was a general settlement of all disputable questions under the present contract and, therefore, disagreements arising out of the contract fall within the scope of the arbitration clause of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement and not of the present contract.
In spite of the Tribunal's request to [Buyer] to confirm [Buyer]'s objections by written arguments and repeated postponement of hearings in this connection, the [Buyer] has not presented any proof that [Seller]'s claims related to the present case fall under the St. Petersburg amicable agreement, the subject of which, as it is pointed out in the very agreement, is recognition of the right of property in the Goods, procedure of the disposal of the Goods by the owners and settlement and discontinuance of disputes related to the Goods (s. 1.1). According to the mentioned agreement, Goods are consignment of the goods of certain brands produced by the [Seller] in specific quantity, delivered by the [Seller] to St. Petersburg, located in specific warehouses in St. Petersburg during the period from January till 20 June 2000 and located at the two specific ships in St. Petersburg at the time of the conclusion of the Agreement, in the storage facilities of the specific company in the territory of Russian Federation and in Rotterdam, in the territory of Kingdom of The Netherlands.
Therefore, the subject of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement is goods which were to be shipped. At the same time, the greater part of the goods, with regard of non-payment for which [Seller] brought this action, as is confirmed by the evidence of the case materials, was delivered by railway to Slovakia and thus it cannot constitute the consignments of the goods which are the subject of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement.
The [Seller], as proof of delivery of the disputable consignment of the goods, has presented to the Tribunal documents which testify to the dispatch of the goods under Contract # 843-99 by railway to Slovakia (station Chiyerna nad Tysoy). As for the consignments of the goods which were indeed delivered by seaway and in respect to which present suit is brought, these goods could not be the subject of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement. Thirty-three groups of the goods with regard to which the claims were lodged and which were delivered to St. Petersburg were shipped to the [Buyer] by two specific ships which is confirmed by the goods acceptance-conveyance acts # 84001 of 22 January 2000 and # 84002 of 11 February 2000 signed by the representatives of the [Buyer]. Therefore, in the Tribunal's opinion, these consignments of the goods do not fall under the notion "Goods", which is the subject of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement and cannot be considered as consignments which are covered by this agreement.
[Buyer] alleges the lodging of two suits in the Circuit Court of Nicosia (Cyprus) with a demand to take provisional measures under Contract # 843-99 by means of arresting the accounts of the [Buyer] implied [Seller]'s consent to submit the consideration of the dispute arising out of this contract to the jurisdiction of Cyprus. These allegations are groundless. On the basis of art. 1 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration", the Tribunal, with due account of the fact that location of the arbitration is in the territory of Russia, finds that in the consideration of this issue, art. 9 of the Law of Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" is applicable.
According to this provision, legal recourse of a party to a state court before or during arbitration proceedings with a request to take provisional measures and a decision of the court to take such measures are not incompatible with the arbitration agreement. The same follows from the UNCITRAL Model law "On International Commercial Arbitration" (art. 9) on the basis of which the Law "On International Commercial Arbitration" in Russia was written. According to the UN (UNCITRAL Document A/CN 9/537 of 26 June 2003), legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model law has been adopted in more than thirty states.
The Tribunal has as well pointed out that the European Convention on Foreign Trade Arbitration of 1961, Contracting party to which Russia is a party, provides that a request of the one party to take temporary or provisional measures in a state court is not to be regarded either as incompatible with an arbitration agreement or as submission of the case to the state court for adjudication on the merits (art. IV (4)). Therefore, the fact of the recourse of the [Seller] to the Cyprian state court with a request to take provisional measures was not admitted as an obstacle for further consideration of the case before the Tribunal on the basis of the arbitration clause in the contract, which is recognized as valid by the Tribunal's resolution of 11 June 2002.
Taking the above into account, the Tribunal, in its decision of 19 September 2003, has rejected [Buyer]'s petition for the discontinuance of the proceedings. Moreover, the Tribunal finds it necessary to point out that art. 9 of the Law of the Republic of Cyprus of 1987 # 101 "On International Commercial Arbitration" foresees that it is not incompatible with an arbitration clause if a party addresses the court before or in the course of arbitration proceedings with a request to take provisional measures and the court grants such measures. At that, according to art. 3.1.1 of the same Law, its provisions except for arts 8,9,35 and 36 are applicable only in case the location of the arbitration is the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. Consequently, contrary to the allegations of the [Buyer], the provisions of art. 9 of the Law of Republic of Cyprus "On International Commercial Arbitration", which coincide with analogous provisions of the UNCITRAL Model law "On International Commercial Arbitration" and the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" are to be applied in the event the location of the arbitration is the territory of a state other than the Republic of Cyprus.
[Buyer]'s petition for the discontinuance of the proceedings was rejected on the grounds that according to the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" (art. 16) consideration of the competence issue in the state courts does not impede continuation of the proceedings in the arbitration court and passing of the arbitral award. Consequently, the fact that Stockholm courts consider the issue of the validity of the Arbitration Agreement which is invoked by the [Buyer] and the fact that Cyprian court (at the [Seller]'s request) considers the issue of taking provisional measures in the present case cannot be a reason for discontinuance of the proceedings in the Tribunal.
Taking the above into account, the Tribunal has concluded that adjudication of the dispute arising from Contract # 843-99 falls under the competence of the Tribunal and all the objections of the [Buyer] in respect to this issue are groundless.
Contract # 843-99 concluded between the parties on 3 November 1999 does not contain any conditions regarding the law applicable to the relations of the parties. At the hearings of the Tribunal on 20 October 2003, the [Buyer]'s representative, supposing that relations of the parties were settled by the St. Petersburg amicable agreement, insisted on application of English law as foreseen by that agreement, and non-application of the Vienna Convention of 1980 and Russian law, which was objected by the [Seller].
Finding that the St. Petersburg amicable agreement cannot be used for the settlement of the present dispute which has arisen from Contract # 843-99 for the reasons mentioned above and based on the provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation "On International Commercial Arbitration" (art. 28 (2)), the Tribunal has determined the applicable law using the conflict of laws norm which it considered applicable. This norm is art. 166 of the FCL of 1991 which was in force at the time when the Contract was concluded. According to the mentioned article, in the absence of agreement of the parties on the applicable law, in a sales agreement the applicable law is the law of the country where the seller has his domicile or principal place of business. In the present case, this is Russian law. Since, according to art. 15(4) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, international agreements of the RF are constituent part of the Russian legal system, the Tribunal considers that the provisions of the Vienna Convention of 1980 (which as well complies with its norms, i.e., art. 1(1)(b)) and, subsidiary, norms of Russian civil legislation are applicable to the relations of the parties.
3.3 Additionally, the Tribunal considers it necessary to point out that consideration of the dispute between the parties under Contract # 843-99 was delayed because of different reasons.
Primarily it was caused by the actions of the [Seller], on the petition of which the RFCLE carried out handwriting and legal and technical expertise of the original text of the Arbitration Agreement. However, according to the circumstances beyond the control of the Tribunal and expert organization (taking out of the document by the law-enforcement organs) this expertise was carried out only in seven months after the corresponding decision of the Tribunal was passed and as a result did not answer the questions posed because of the absence of methods of the determination of the "age" strokes made with electrographic means and strokes made with ink.
Later, the hearings of the case were postponed a number of times because of the petitions of the [Buyer]'s representatives. They have applied for the rejection of the arbiter; for review or suspension of the proceedings in connection with the Tribunal's decision about existence of the competence to adjudicate the dispute arising from Contract # 843-99; for adjournment of the proceedings owing to recent joining of the case and absence of the possibility of the new representative of the [Buyer] to study the case fully; for the postponement of the case due to the impossibility of the presence at the hearings of the Cyprian lawyer of the [Buyer] on account of different reasons; for carrying out audit of the fulfillment of the disputed contract and summons of different witnesses, etc.
The majority of the [Buyer]'s petitions concerning the necessity to examine received materials and taking into account the interests of the Cyprian representative were considered and satisfied.
Reasoned rejections of the satisfaction of procedural petitions of the [Seller] and [Buyer] were announced at the respective hearings of the Tribunal, which is recorded in the Tribunal's journal and corresponding resolutions.
Therefore, the Tribunal, based on equal treatment of the parties, has granted each of them the opportunity and time to respond to each other's statements.
Nevertheless, the [Buyer] who was repeatedly asked to present his considerations on the merits of the claims, including in respect of the results of the consideration of the [Seller]'s claims with regard to the disputed consignments of the goods, did not go beyond general statements, gave only oral explanations and asked the Tribunal to satisfy a number of petitions deliberately aimed at procrastination of the proceedings.
Hence, for instance, instead of presenting arguments in witness of his affirmation that in fact consignment of the goods, payment for which is requested by the [Seller], were not delivered to him, the [Buyer] applied for the audit of the whole process of the fulfillment of Contract # 843-99 for the proof of his affirmation. The nature of the petition about summon of the witnesses for the proof of [Buyer]'s statement that the subject of St. Petersburg amicable agreement is to be interpreted more broadly than is foreseen in the agreement itself is similar.
In that connection, the Tribunal calls attention to the fact that, if one of the parties to an agreement is a Russian company, according to art. 12 of the Vienna Convention of 1980, alterations of the conditions of the agreement -- and the understanding proposed by the [Buyer] assumes alteration of the content of the St. Petersburg amicable agreement -- is admissible only in written form and cannot be proved solely by the testimony of witnesses. This provision of the Vienna Convention of 1980 takes into consideration peremptory norms of Russian civil legislation (art. 162 of Russian Civil Code), according to which non-observance of simple written form of an external economic agreement entails its nullity.
The Tribunal notes that changes and additions to the claim demands and the statement of defense made by the parties were considered and evaluated by the Tribunal according to provisions of para. 32 of the Rules of the Tribunal.
At the hearings of the Tribunal on 9 June 2004, the [Seller] has indicated the final sum of his demands on the [Buyer] under Contract # 843-99 including the main sum in arrears, penalty and interest per annum and expenses on the payment of the arbitration fee as well. At that, in the context of the general set-off of mutual claims of the parties confirmed by the state arbitration court in the place of the [Seller]'s location on 9 June 2000, the [Seller] has recognized as a set-off under Contract # 843-99 only the amount indicated by him and confirmed by the letter of 18 February 2000 from the acting chief executive of the [Seller]'s company to the [Buyer]. At the same time, in the [Seller]'s opinion, the set-off of the cost of the raw materials delivered by the [Buyer] under the Tolling Contract of 23 September 1999 and of the payment, which is confirmed by the letter of the [Seller]'s factory director (letter of 3 April 2000) but was not approved by the legal procedure, cannot be taken into account when determining the amount of the [Buyer]'s debts.
- Under the conditions of Contract # 843-99 concluded on 3 November 1999, delivery of the goods to the [Buyer] was executed through Russian port (FOB), and the right of property to the goods was passed from the [Seller] to the [Buyer] after and on the basis of the signing of the originals of the integrated products acceptance-conveyance acts which were drawn up and presented according to the form agreed by the parties, and through the land frontiers (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Baltic countries) DAF on the same conditions of the property right passing (s. 4.1. of the Contract).
- An acceptance-conveyance act was supposed to be composed for each delivered consignment of the goods; the acceptance-conveyance act in respect of the goods delivered through the sea ports in the carriages dispatched on each specific ship with the same bill of lading date was composed by the [Buyer] and was signed by the competent representatives of both parties; at the delivery of the goods through the land frontiers (except for frontiers of Russian with Baltic countries) all the carriages were dispatched during the calendar months (s. 4.3-4.4 of the Contract).
Therefore, in the Tribunal's opinion, the parties have reached an agreement that the moment (date) of the goods delivery is determined by the moment (date) when the acceptance-conveyance act was signed.
The materials of the case contain integrated products acceptance-conveyance acts N84001 of 22 January 2000, N84002 of 11 February 2000, P84001 of 21 January 2000, S84001 of 21 January 2000, S84003 of 15 January 2000 signed according to Contract # 843-99 by both parties and therefore confirming delivery of the goods to the [Buyer].
As for the goods in acceptance-conveyance act S84002 of 7 February 2000, it was signed only by the representative of the [Buyer]. At the hearings of the Tribunal, the [Buyer]'s representative denied delivery of the goods according to the above-mentioned act.
According to para. 34 of the Rules of the Tribunal, the parties are obliged to prove the facts which they invoke as basis of the claims and objections. Taking into consideration that parties have concluded the supply agreement, the burden of proof of the fulfillment of the obligations, i.e., delivery of the goods remains with the [Seller] who is the supplier of the goods under the present contract.
The [Seller]'s writ contained goods acceptance-conveyance acts signed by the representatives of both parties and consequently confirming delivery of thirty-three consignments of the goods by seaways (acceptance-conveyance act N84001 of 22 January 2000 and N84002 of 11 February 2000) and forty-nine consignments of the goods (acceptance-conveyance acts P84001 of 21 January 2000, S84001 of 21 January 2000) by the railway. The fact of the delivery of forty-seven consignments of the goods dispatched by the railway is confirmed by the act S84002 of 7 February 2000 signed by the [Buyer]'s representative with the [Buyer]'s seal affixed thereto. In all, acceptance-conveyance acts of 129 consignments of the goods were signed.
Materials of the writ as well contain copies of railroad bill of ladings and receipts about acceptance of the goods confirming dispatch of the goods under Contract # 843-99 including with regard to forty-seven consignments of the goods provided by the acceptance-conveyance act S84002 of 7 February 2000 signed by the [Buyer]'s representative. According to the conditions of the Contract (s. 9.2) originals of the railroad bills of lading were sent by the [Seller] with the goods. At that, taking into account the provisions of art. 7(1) of the Agreement on International Goods Transport by Railroad envisaging that the original of the railroad bill of lading accompanies the goods to the destination station, the Tribunal believes that [Buyer]'s statement about an additional obligation of the [Seller] to present the original of the transport documents in witness of the fact of the goods delivery is unfounded.
Submission of the additional documents by the [Seller] which are contested by the [Buyer] for different reasons (including the allegation of falsification and inaccuracies) with due account of the contract terms does not have any legal meaning for the settlement of the issue of the fulfillment of the contract obligations by the [Seller].
The Tribunal as well notes that at the hearings on 9 June 2003, the [Buyer]'s representative has stated that the latter had not addressed the consignee in Slovakia to clarify the fact of non-receipt of the goods dispatched by the [Seller].
Considering the above, the Tribunal concludes that the [Seller] has proved the fact of the delivery of the goods pursuant to the contract terms and the [Buyer] has not proved the fact of their non-delivery.
As for goods acceptance-conveyance act S84003, the claims arising from this act are not contained in the writ and therefore are not included in the [Seller]'s claims and thus cannot constitute the subject of the consideration within the frameworks of these proceedings.
In respect to the second set-off carried out by the [Seller], as it follows from the [Seller]'s complaints sent to the [Buyer] on 3 April 2000 under # 58-12 and from the statements of the ex-external manager of the [Seller]'s company, the sum in arrears of the [Buyer] was to be reduced by the sum of the cost of the raw materials delivered by the [Buyer] under the Tolling Contract # A199/25/859-99 of 23 September 1999 and as well the sum of the payment of 14 February 2000.
According to art. 410 of the Russian Civil Code, the obligation terminates in full or in part by means of the set-off of the similar counterclaim term of which has begun or the term of which is not indicated or is determined by the moment of demand. For the set-off to be executed the declaration of one party suffices.
Considering the [Seller]'s objections to the recognition of the fact of the executed set-off, the Tribunal based itself on following.
First, although in the present case counterclaims of the parties primarily were not of a similar nature (pecuniary claim of the payment for the delivered goods and payment about return of the delivered raw materials), however, the [Seller] has not proved that raw materials delivered by the [Buyer] and assigned for the processing remained in kind and could be returned to the [Buyer] upon his request. Under such conditions, recognition of the fact that the [Seller] was obliged to reimburse the [Buyer] the cost of the delivered raw materials, i.e., at the moment when the set-off was carried out, that the [Seller] as well had a pecuniary obligation to the [Buyer] is well-founded. The fact that the [Seller] regarded both counter obligations as pecuniary is proved by the argument that in his claim of 3 April 2000, signed by the director of the [Seller]'s factory, conducting the set-off of the pecuniary counter obligations is directly mentioned.
Second, the statement about this set-off was made by the director of the [Seller]'s factory and was confirmed by the external manager of the [Seller]'s company which is proved by the materials of the case.
Third, although execution of such a set-off would contradict the effective Russian currency law, the responsibility for the execution of such set-off is borne by the [Seller], officials of which have committed breach of the currency legislation of Russian Federation and this cannot serve as a basis for the non-recognition of the set-off.
Fourth, since by virtue of art. 410 of the Russian Civil Code, declaration of one party suffice for a set-off, the fact that [Buyer] objected to it does not have any legal significance.
Fifth, the fact that the [Buyer] has brought an action against the [Seller] for the recovery of the sum which in this case he regards as a set-off on the initiative of the [Seller] is not considered as a basis for the recognition of the invalidity of the set-off. Since the issue about recognition of the set-off is settled in these proceedings, in the course of the other legal proceedings between these parties, the decision passed by this Tribunal has to be taken into account based on the generally recognized rule "res judicata pro veritate acciptur".
The Tribunal has taken into consideration the fact that in the course of the proceedings on the present case, the [Seller]'s representatives objecting to the [Buyer], which invoked conducting of the set-off, have not expressed any doubts in fact that the present set-off was executed specifically under Contract # 843-99, although in the claim of 3 April 2000, four contracts under which the [Buyer] has indebtedness were mentioned. At that, it was taken into account that the issue of [Buyer]'s indebtedness under two contracts was settled as a consequence of the set-off executed on 18 February 2000 and by means of the readdress of a number of the consignments of the goods which were a subject of the disputes between the same parties considered by the Tribunal in cases # 126/2000 and 143/2000. The [Seller]'s representatives have not invoked the fourth contract in the course of the proceedings.
The goods acceptance-conveyance acts enclosed with the writ confirm receipt of the goods by the [Buyer] for the sum which is indicated by the [Seller].
The Tribunal has taken due regard of the adjustments of the lodged claims in connection with the specification of the calculations of the claims realized as well on the basis of the [Buyer]'s objections and Tribunal's award on case # 143/2000 between the same parties. In the mentioned award, the Tribunal found that reimbursement of the cost of three consignments of the goods under Contract # 843-99 which were mistakenly included in the set-off of similar counterclaims under the other contract was possible according to the contract under which delivery of these consignments was carried out. The final amount of the [Seller]'s claims with regard to the recovery of the main sum in arrears was reduced.
Not having presented documentary objections to the sum of the claims, the [Buyer] nevertheless objected to the inclusion in the general amount of debts under case # 125/2000 the cost of three consignments of the goods delivered under this contract, however, included in the set-off of claims under Contract # 710-99/725-99, consideration of which was the subject of case # 143/2000.
The [Buyer] considers that disputed carriages were paid for by dint of the set-off which was recognized by the Tribunal in the process of consideration of case # 143/2000. Moreover, lodging of the suit on recovery of the cost of three mentioned consignments is inadmissible on the formal basis as well due to expiration of statute of limitation from the moment of its delivery.
Having examined [Buyer]'s position in respect to this issue, the Tribunal states the following. In the course of consideration by the same Tribunal of the dispute between the same parties under Contract # 710-99/725/99 of 4 August 1999 (Case # 143/2000), the [Buyer] has presented the argument, which was accepted by the Tribunal, that, as a result of the set-off executed by the [Seller] on 18 February 2000 and confirmed by the decision of 9 June 2000 of the State Arbitration Court at the [Seller]'s location, the indebtedness of the [Buyer] to the [Seller] under that contract was liquidated in full. At that, it was stated that during the set-off, three consignments of the goods delivered under Contract # 843-99 were mistakenly indicated instead for three specific consignments of the goods delivered under the Contract in question.
Thereupon, the [Seller] was denied recovery of the cost of three consignments of the goods in fact delivered under Contract # 710-99/75-99 and its cost was recognized to be paid in the result of the set-off of 18 February 2000 instead of three consignments of the goods delivered under the Contract # 843-99 and mistakenly included into the calculation of the set-off of 18 February 2000.
Taking into account the decision of the Tribunal of 23 June 2003 in case # 143/2000, it was directly mentioned that the [Seller] is not deprived of the right to raise a question about reimbursement of the cost of three consignments of the goods mistakenly included in the set-off of the similar counterclaims under Contract # 710-99/725-99 according to the contract under which these consignments were delivered.
Materials of case # 143/2000 confirm the fact of the delivery of three consignments of the goods delivered under Contract # 843-00 on the basis of which the present suit is brought. Dispatch of the goods which were to be paid for in the indicated accounts was carried out on 20 December 1999.
Materials of the [Seller]'s suit in case # 125/2000 lodged on 14 June 2000 contained claims for recovery of the sums corresponding to the cost of the dispatched goods according to the accounts # 900625 and 900629 under Contract # 710-99/725-99, however, accepted according to the acceptance-conveyance act S84002 composed in the course of fulfillment of Contract # 843-99 and signed by the [Buyer]'s representatives.
Thus, claims for the recovery of the cost of two consignment of the goods was lodged by the [Seller] in June 2000 and therefore the statement of the [Buyer] that it is cancelled due to the expiration of the period of limitations is unfounded.
As for the claims for recovery of the third disputed consignment which as well was dispatched to the [Buyer] on 20 December 1999 according to account # 900630, by the letter I-1S125 of 2 September 2002, the [Seller] has informed the [Buyer] that this account (as well as accounts # 900625 and 900626) was mistakenly indicated as an account under Contract # 710-99/725-99 and, consequently, the [Seller] is refused the recovery of the sums under the indicated accounts.
On 26 June 2003, the [Seller] has declared alterations of the claims and increase of the amount subject to the recovery with due account of the decision of the Tribunal on case #143/2000 between the same parties which has established the fact of the delivery of all three disputed consignments of the goods (letter I-6S125 of 26 June 2003), i.e., the [Seller] has lodged claims in respect of all three consignments of the goods, including the third consignment. This claim was corrected again on the same day since the [Seller] agreed that delivery of the three disputed consignments of the goods was carried out under Contract # 710-99/725-99 (letter I-6S125 of 26 June 2003). However, later on in the course of the proceedings, the [Seller] stated that he has lodged claims on the payment of the three indicated consignments of the goods. With respect to this, the [Buyer] has expressed objections mentioned above.
The Tribunal states that the subject of the [Seller]'s claims is payment by the [Buyer] of the cost of these three consignments of the goods. As mentioned above, the [Buyer]'s declarations about omission of the period of limitation of actions with regard to two consignments of the goods by the [Seller] cannot be recognized as well-founded. The [Seller] has lodged the claims for recovery of the cost of the mentioned consignments in June 2000; the [Seller]'s right of action arose in December 1999 and, according to art. 203 of the Russian Civil Code, duration of the period of action was interrupted by the lodging of the suit.
With due regard to the above, the Tribunal rules that the [Buyer] is obliged to pay to the [Seller] the cost of the two mentioned consignments of the goods. As for the third consignment of the goods, the statement of the [Seller] about partial alteration and supplement of the claims was made on 2 September 2002 (letter I-1S125 of 2 September 2002), i.e., within the frameworks of the period of limitations provided by art. 196 of the Russian Civil Code.
In his suit, the [Seller] has claimed recovery from the [Buyer] of the penalty in the amount of 0.8 % of the general sum of the delayed payment. The corrected and reduced amount of the penalty is indicated in the [Seller]'s document I-7S125 of 26 June 2003.
Lodging the indicated claims, the [Seller] based himself on para. 11.1.1 of the Contract according to which in case of the violation of the payment terms the [Buyer] pays to the [Seller] a penalty in the amount of 0.5 percent for each undue day however not more than 0.8 % of the general sum of the delayed payment.
Alongside this, para. 11.2.2 of the Contract # 843-99 envisages that the party at fault is obliged, within 30 days from the date of recognition of the claim, to compensate proved losses to the injured party or to pay the penalty foreseen by the contract.
In the [Seller]'s opinion, this paragraph of the Contract is not a limit of the parties' liability and is to be interpreted in aggregate with para. 11.3 ("constructed value according to para. 8.4 is used for the calculation of penalties and determination of losses") and para. 11.6 ("payment of the penalties and reimbursement of losses does not release the party from the fulfillment of the obligations under the present contract"), which provide application of the contract penalty. However, the Tribunal finds it possible to interpret para. 11.2.2 as the basis of regarding the penalty set forth in the contract as of an alternative nature.
Taking into account that the [Seller] by his letter I-&s125 of 26 June 2003 admitted the possibility of similar interpretation of para. 11.2 of the Contract by the Tribunal and asked the Tribunal to recover from the [Buyer] either the penalty or interest per annum, the Tribunal finds that it is possible to satisfy the claims of the [Seller] only in the part related to the recovery of the interest per annum.
The [Seller] has founded his claim on the payment of the interest per annum from the general sum of the delayed payment on the basis of art. 78 of the Vienna Convention of 1980, art. 395 of the Russian Civil Code and art. 15(4) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. As a proof of the validity of the amount of the calculated interest per annum, the [Seller] has presented information from the Central Bank of Russian "Average rates of short-term credits in Russia granted by the Russian credit organizations in US dollars" published in the "Bank of Russia Bulletin" # 40-41 (618-619). According to this information as of the date of the lodging of the claim on its recovery, i.e., 7 February 2000, this rate was 11.7 % per annum.
Since art. 78 of the Vienna Convention of 1980, which entitles the seller to claim interest per annum for the payment delay, does not contain any instructions on its amount and calculation procedure, the [Seller] has soundly used provisions of Russian legislation (art. 395 of the Russian Civil Code) admitted as subsidiary statute. According to art. 395 (1) of the Russian Civil Code, the Tribunal finds it possible to use rates of the interest per annum applicable as of the date the action was brought.
The [Seller] has claimed recovery of the interest per annum from 7 February 2000 till 30 June 2003 and then till the date of the factual payment of the amount of the main sum in arrears at the same rate.
The Tribunal satisfies the claim of the [Seller] having determined the amount of the interest per annum as of the date of consideration of the dispute. Furthermore, on the basis of art. 395 (3) of the Russian Civil Code, the same rate is used for the recovery of this interest from 10 June 2004 till the date of the actual payment of the debt by the [Buyer].
According to para. 6(2) of the Regulation on arbitration expenses and fees which is a Supplement to the Rules of the Tribunal, reimbursement of the [Seller]'s expenses on the arbitration fee is imposed on the [Buyer] in proportion to the amount of the satisfied claims.
* All translations should be verified by cross-checking against the original text. For purposes of this translation, Claimant of the Republic of Russia is referred to as [Seller] and Respondent of Cyprus is referred to as [Buyer].
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2019-04-19T14:37:24Z
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http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/040609r1.html
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wikimedia
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English: Vidalia is a city in Toombs and very slightly into Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,491. It is the largest city in Toombs, but is not the county seat. Like so many towns in the region, it grew up around a train depot that serviced farmers in the area who grew such crops as pecans and tobacco. The famous sweet onions were not an important crop until much later.
Media in category "Vidalia, Georgia"
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2019-04-19T04:44:08Z
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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vidalia,_Georgia
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folklib
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This page is a cross-reference list of all the individuals who at one time have been a member of one of the Wisconsin-based Bluegrass Bands documented at this site. If known, it includes all the instruments they regularly play(ed) and the dates they have been (or were) a member of each band. Also, if known, the city/cities in which they have lived, and every band they were ever in, are listed, including non-Bluegrass and non-Wisconsin bands.
Birthdays and birth places, if known, are on the Birthdays/Bibliography page. Select the Bibliog (FolkLib Index) link. - city? - ? | ?
.Bashaw, John (banjo) - East Troy / Elkhorn - Pickin' Up Speed | Grass and Eclectic Co.
.Bittner, Mike (guitar) - Newton - Red Star Express 19??-19??
.Budde, Joe (guitar) - city? - Ishkabibel!
.Couillard, Jeff (bass) - city? - Grass and Eclectic Co.
.DalBesio, John (mandolin) - city? - Woodsong 1978-1980 | Denim and Lace 1981?-1983?
.Deering, Ellen (fiddle) - city? - Denim and Lace 1981?-1983?
.Hawley, Jennifer (bass) - city? - Woodsong 1979-1980 | Denim and Lace 1981?-1983?
.Losinecki, John (fiddle, bass, mandolin) - Newton - No Brakes | Red Star Express 19??-19??
.Maginnis, Jim (mandolin, banjo, guitar) - Madison / Mazomanie - Blackhawk 1988-19?? | Keepers of the Fire 19??-19??
.Maginnis, Tom (?) - Madison / Mazomanie - Blackhawk 1988-19?? | Keepers of the Fire 19??-19??
.McDermott, Bob (mandolin, drums) - The Armadillo Desert Band | Legacy | Dan & Bob | Grass and Eclectic Co.
.McDermott, Steve (guitar, drums) - Grass and Eclectic Co.
.McGowan, Meghan (?) - Lorentz Family Band 1994-1995 | Blue Eagle ?
"fish-tar" = the only guitar in existence with a permanently attached fully functional fishing reel!
.Pearce, Kate (bass) - Newton - Red Star Express 19??-19??
.Phillipson, Joan (bass) - Traditional Sounds 1994-?
.Savard, Homer (banjo) - Racine / Scottsdale, AZ - Woodsong 1979-1980 | Denim and Lace 1981?-1983?
.Schumann, Ralph (mandolin) - Brew County Rounders 1977-?
.Scribbins, Jim (guitar) - West Bend - Traditional Sounds 1994-?
.Sikora, Sally (vocals only) - Newton - Red Star Express 19??-19??
Although this Wisconsin bluegrass band member is a part of Wisconsin Bluegrass history, that doesn't matter to the State, aka "Big Brother". Effective 02-21-2003, every instance of this member's name has been replaced with "anonymous" throughout this Web site.
"I work at a maximum security prison. I cannot have public access to personal information of any kind. It is a breach of prison security."
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2019-04-19T05:32:21Z
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http://www.folklib.net/index/wi/wi_bg_members.shtml
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Reference
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wordpress
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The Ancient Dragon lifts her heavy jaw.
All about, the Blacklands are sleeping.
yet ever Her kiss is seeking us all.
visions of who I truly am glimpsed through every pane.
I cannot run from my reflection.
Fear of losing my mind holds me fast.
The scent of dragon’s breath is in my dreams.
A greater Will strikes against my flintlike heart.
my vaige purpose becomes ablaze with intent.
The Old Magick stirs, once more, in my blood!
I step out into the night. City lights dim behind me.
Dark clouds crawl across blood-red poppy fields.
Opium trance carries the maidens away.
for She is calling – the Ancient Dragon calls!
colossal serpentine body coiled on the hill.
sharing strange waves of blissful insomnia.
pools into the moonlit cup of their imagination.
memories evoked of hills crowned with fire.
The Ancient Dragon breathes deeply to stir them.
drawn to the drum and the bare-breasted dance.
and I look into our Mother’s fertile boglands.
Nothing is wasted. Her pits teem with life!
like intoxicating fumes ‘neath Delphi’s oracular seat.
sour revivification, and the bitter tang of new beginnings.
Her watery thoughts seep into every nut of potentiality!
“Bring forth the Oracle! Spill the cauldron upon the hill!
The Ancient Dragon lifts her fiery jaw.
All about, the Blacklands are astir with the Old Magick.
Every spirit has been conjured on earth!
A sacred balance has been witnessed without fear.
May our curtains never again be drawn against Her Kiss.
This entry was posted in Poetry and tagged Call of the Ancient Dragon, Dragon poetry, James Lloyd George, poem.
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2019-04-21T12:37:21Z
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https://dragondreaming.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/call-of-the-ancient-dragon/
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archives
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1/ For multi-family or apartment construction only.
No one-bedroom houses should be built.
than these minimums must be specifically approved by OMB.
recommended for single or duplex houses.
flag officers, or in unusual circumstances only.
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2019-04-26T10:24:47Z
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https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/circulars_a045
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.282937 |
itv
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Campaigners have called the ruling, which could be implemented by 2022, a ‘landmark day for road safety’.
A Highways England patrol vehicle captured the crash on the M6 in Cheshire.
Commons speaker John Bercow has told MPs he will confirm she is subject to a recall petition.
Every motorist stopped by roads police officers from three forces in September will be required to take eye tests.
Traffic jams are nobody's idea of a good time, but one driver in Ohio seems to have taken avoiding rush hour to the extreme.
Novice motorists can have lessons on the 70mph roads if accompanied by an approved instructor and driving a car with dual controls.
People who haven't yet passed their test will be allowed on motorways with approved instructors in a move officials say will improve safety.
Extending the MOT free period from three years to four would save motorists money and bring the UK into line with other European countries.
More than a quarter of those surveyed said they shout at other motorists, but would not do so in person.
Research has shown motorists drive more slowly on roads without the central white line - cutting average speeds by 13%.
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2019-04-24T20:06:29Z
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https://www.itv.com/news/topic/driving/
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Science
| 0.347933 |
teenreads
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Nineteen-year-old Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door Jane Roberts on the hot reality show “L.A. Candy.” Now Madison is ready for her turn in the spotlight, and she'll stop at nothing to get it. Sure, she's the star of a new show, but with backstabbing friends and suspicious family members trying to bring her down, Madison has her work cut out for her. Plus, there's a new nice girl in "reality" town --- aspiring actress Carmen Price, the daughter of Hollywood royalty --- and she's a lot more experienced at playing the fame game. When the camera's start rolling, whose star will shine brighter?
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2019-04-22T14:16:25Z
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http://admin.teenreads.com/reviews/the-fame-game
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.390125 |
wordpress
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Last week we received a box from Gail in Bremerton,Washington that was full of soft, cuddly and colorful hats!
Please accept this shipment of infant and youth hats, for your project.
Included are 14 infant and 12 toddler-youth hats.
They are all made with acrylic yarn in a smoke-free, pet-free environment.
We will definitely include these in our next delivery! We appreciate your support and generosity; these hats will help us spread love and hope!
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2019-04-22T15:56:34Z
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https://knittingraysofhope.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/gails-2nd-contribution/
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Arts
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Kids
| 0.751029 |
wordpress
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I am Jimmy Bui and I am currently enrolled in Santa Ana College. As of now, I am taking three main courses that I intend to have experience in. I am doing 3D modeling, animation, and video game design. My goal is to establish myself as a professional video game artist and programmer so that I may create video games as both a hobby and a career. I also would love to draw artworks in my spare time to pique my creativity and tell a story, something that I always wanted in modern media.
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2019-04-24T16:37:02Z
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https://jimmybuiart.wordpress.com/
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Arts
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Games
| 0.717932 |
palmbeachpost
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February 24, 2016 Assault/battery, crime.
A Riviera Beach man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly attacked a woman and pointed a gun at two other people Monday.
Police arrested Charles Daniels, 27, on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and criminal mischief. He remained in custody at the Palm Beach County Jail on Tuesday in lieu of $21,000 bail. His arrest came after police responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday to reports of disturbance in the 1100 block of West 26th Court.
According to a police arrest report, Daniels drove up to a home on West 26th Court and got out of his vehicle. He approached a woman who was standing outside and began yelling ‘What, what?” Daniels then punched the woman and knocked her to the ground, police said.
Another woman and a teen rushed to the injured woman’s defense. Daniels allegedly then took out a black and silver firearm and pointed it at all three. He then smashed the windows of a car parked near a home, and smashed two of the home’s windows, police said.
A resident who witnessed the attack responded by smashing windows on Daniels’ car. Daniels returned to his vehicle and was driven away by a woman who had accompanied him to the scene.
The car was stopped near West 24th Street and Avenue Q and Daniels and the woman were detained. The arrest report does not indicate whether the woman who accompanied Daniels will face any charges.
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2019-04-22T14:37:18Z
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http://crime.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/02/24/riviera-police-man-throws-punch-pulls-gun-on-three-people/
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| 0.609995 |
cornell
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12 CFR 569.4 - Proxy soliciting material.
§ 569.4 Proxy soliciting material.
(ii) Necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of a proxy for the same meeting or subject matter that has subsequently become false or misleading.
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2019-04-22T20:13:42Z
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/12/569.4
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Reference
| 0.424058 |
ibreathemusic
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I've been playing guitar for about a 1 and a half, Ive learned tons of music theory from intervals, modes, inversions, scales, etc. I play mostly rock, blues, funk, metal, and im getting into some jazz. I've really broden my musical taste, theres this one guy in our neighborhood that plays the piano and it inspires me so much. The piano to me seems to relaxing and comfortable, the guitar has so many physical aspects to it like developing good vibrato, phrasing, technique, speed,etc. I've done that through tons of practice, the guy taught me a song on the piano, i don't what its called but it sounds good and I learned it in about 2 days, something i would have never learned on guitar that fast when I first started. Guitar will be my first love but I want to play piano on the side because it is so much easier to learn songs and develop a better ear and more ideas due to its chord and lead acessibility at the same time which the guitar doesn't have. So is it necessary to take lessons or could I just get some books that teach me. Recommend me some beginner books, I know a lot of music theory so I just have to translate it to tthe piano. I want to learn some blues and jazzy stuff first. Thanks.
Check out The Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine, tons of great stuff in there.
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2019-04-18T11:28:15Z
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https://ibreathemusic.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-8571.html?s=73a1e3386de7c5aab605e3b8d2e907f4
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Arts
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Arts
| 0.980536 |
twitter
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I have been a huge Bratz fan since their debut in 2001, so this is something I have wanted to do since I was a kid, and I am beyond excited that it’s now come to fruition! A true dream come true!
I went to L.A last year to work on the #Bratz project & was hands on with every detail. Having creative freedom on every single detail including designing their outfits, choosing fabrics, hair colours, accessories, make-up & more.
My goal was to focus on giving Bratz fans the sassy, cutting edge & fashion forward dolls we grew up with, but with fresh & modern styling that brings the dolls into 2018 & beyond!
Will these be available for anyone to purchase?
Yes, they will be available exclusively on Amazon worldwide.
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2019-04-21T18:28:05Z
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Hayden_Williams/status/998695362536902656
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Arts
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Shopping
| 0.951945 |
wordpress
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To understand more about The Chicago Wisdom Project and the work to radically re-imagine education, please read the short piece below on one of the fundamental questions asked in what we call “Wisdom Education”: Who Am I? Below that, you will also find a short film created by a group of Chicago Wisdom Project students called I Am. Finally, I have included my own poem entitled “I Am” (from my collection Handprints on the Womb).
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2019-04-25T20:03:30Z
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https://theodorecosmosophia.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/chicago-wisdom-project-fundraiser-july-29-education-that-asks-who-am-i/
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| 0.944243 |
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Note: FEIS The purposed of the project is to contain the 1-percent flood exceedance (100 year flood event) on West Little Llagas Creek through the Community of Morgan Hill, to ensure no induced flooding on Llagas Creek by upstream modifications along the reaches downstream of Morgan Hill, and to provide 10-percent flood exceedance protection on East Little Llagas Creek. The project includes the following major elements: construction of flood protection and geomorphic features; construction of access roads for maintenance purposes; installation of a permanent 6-foot vinyl chainlink fence and habitat enhancement. The project will result in impact to 25.61 acres of California tiger salamander upland and aquatic dispersal habitat, including temporary impacts to 21.75 acres and semi-permanent impacts to 3.86 acres of habitat. The project is expected to result in incidental take of California tiger salamander, which is designated as a threatened species under CESA. The ITP referenced above as issued by CDFW authorizes incidental take of species listed under CESA that may occur as a result of Project implementation.
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2019-04-23T02:40:54Z
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https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2012102032/6
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| 0.66074 |
voanews
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A new concert work by an up-and-coming American composer recently had its world premiere with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Such Was the War, by composer James Grant, is music based on poet Walt Whitman's essays about the 1860s Civil War. What the composer did not expect was to be simultaneously influenced by America's involvement with the war in Iraq. For more than 20 years, composer James Grant has been commissioned by individuals, choruses and orchestras to write concert works that have been performed in countries all over the world. Last year, Choral Arts Society music director and founder Norman Scribner asked Mr. Grant if he would write a new symphonic work for a 180-piece chorus, saying it could be about "anything he wanted." Mr. Grant said he would write something with an American sound.
"So I began looking at American writers and poets - [Henry David] Thoreau and [Ralph Waldo] Emerson were on my short list, as was Walt Whitman," he said. "I came across a story of Whitman as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War and the letters he wrote to all his friends and family about what he was witnessing on the battlefield and in the hospital. And after I pulled together what is a fairly extensive collection of texts from his poetry and his prose and his correspondence. Without sounding too mystical about it, as a composer what I did was to listen."
As his composition progressed, and as America entered a war with Iraq, James Grant says he was at once inspired by the prose of Walt Whitman's Civil War essays as well as the impact of round-the-clock news coverage of a very real and current war.
"It was uncanny at times," said James Grant. "There were times I would be working on one of the texts describing a wounded soldier in the hospital and a news flash would come over talking about wounded American soldiers being flown to Germany. So there were many instances like that. In a very real sense, for all artists no matter what the discipline, current events affect the work of art that is in the process of being created. And in this case, it was just a very strikingly and ironically similar the text of what was going on in the real world as it rhymed, as it were, with the text that was going on with the piece of music that I was creating."
Choral Arts Society music director Norman Scribner says that in Such Was the War, James Grant has achieved the American sound he wanted and says there are echoes of other American composers at play. That isn't to say his music is derivative, he adds, but is the result of the same process that composers through the ages have gone through to come up with a sound that is uniquely their own.
"Any great composer among the pantheon of great composers of the past like Bach and Handel and Beethoven, they all drew their language from their contemporary setting," said Norman Scribner. "So if I say that there are echoes of [Benjamin] Britten and [Aaron] Copeland and maybe William Schumann in there or David Diamond or maybe a little of Leonard Bernstein and a little bit of popular music, when they come out, through Jim's notes, the music is Jim. You can see what has contributed to his language."
The Choral Arts Society of Washington, now in its 38th season, is one of the country's major symphonic choruses and was recently recognized for its innovative programming with the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Award for Adventurous Programming. Music Director Norman Scribner talks about the importance of promoting new music while paying homage to the past.
"The whole purpose is to treat music as an ongoing thing. And the living cycle involves three elements: the creator of the music, the performers of the music and the listeners to the music," he said. "And we want to show that the cycle is not broken, that it can be kept healthy and alive, the kind of music which is more than just entertainment but has profound messages for people.
"More and more, people are writing music which gets right to you right away, and yet is not just simply a student duplication of a particular composer from say 200 years ago or something," added Mr. Scribner. "It draws from all the languages and just makes it better and better, and Jim Grant is probably in that camp. And I, as a promoter of new music, am solidly in that camp too."
Paired with James Grant's Such Was the War, the Choral Arts Society of Washington concluded their concert with 20th century French composer Maurice Durufle's Requium, a tribute to the fallen of all wars.
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2019-04-18T19:32:36Z
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https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2003-06-07-27-choral-66320037/543386.html
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| 0.545446 |
wdio
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WDIO/WIRT's weekly segment Gone Fishin' & Huntin' is where we showcase photos from your outdoor adventures! It airs during WDIO Sports at Ten on Thursday nights. This week's segment marked the season finale. It will return after the fishing openers in May.
If you would like to submit a photo of your latest adventure, email us a picture with a short description that includes who is in it, how you would like the name pronounced, where the people in the picture are from and where the event took place. Please note, we do receive a lot of photos. We will also contact those that are featured ahead of time.
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2019-04-19T05:33:44Z
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https://www.wdio.com/sports/gone-fishin-and-huntin-for-january-24th/5222054/?cat=10428
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Sports
| 0.723116 |
meetup
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What are your professional interests in UAVs?
Interested in data collection for science and research.
How can this group be beneficial to you?
How do you (or will you) use UAVs?
Analysis and visualization of data collection.
This group is for people working professionally with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The main objective of the group is to promote, develop and grow the UAS industry in Colorado.
Our local community consists of aircraft and sensor manufacturers, software developers, academic institutions, technology research firms, geospatial professionals and service providers. We seek to provide an industry forum for local UAS professionals to share technical information and commercial success stories.
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2019-04-22T18:35:12Z
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https://www.meetup.com/RockyMountainUnmanned/members/3259952/
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Business
| 0.777126 |
utexas
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If you enrolled in-residence at UT during your final semester, you must apply to graduate online beginning the first class day of the semester in which you plan to graduate. You must be registered for all of your remaining degree requirements before you may apply.
Please allow 2 weeks for our office to process your request. Graduating students can log on to the Graduation Application (above) at any time to check the status of their application.
If you are NOT enrolled in-residence at UT during the semester in which you will complete all your remaining coursework,you need to apply to graduate in-absentia via your academic advisor. He/she will provide you with a paper application that needs to be signed and submitted to the Registrar’s office. All financial bars must be cleared before in-absentia paperwork is provided. You cannot apply to graduate in-absentia online.
If you have any questions about applying to graduate, please see your academic advisor.
Graduation Ceremonies are held each Fall and Spring semester.
You may be eligible for a tuition rebate of up to $1,000 if, at graduation, 1) you earned your degree within four years, 2) you are (and have been) a Texas resident, 3) you attempted no more than three semester hours beyond the minimum number of hours required for the degree, and 4) you paid tuition* out-of-pocket. There are many stipulations to this rule, so check with your advisor about the requirements and regulations that govern this rebate.
If you believe you qualify for this tuition rebate, download the tuition rebate application form (you may also pick one up in BMC 2.600), complete it, and submit it to the Student Advising Office by the deadline, which is the official graduation date for the semester in which you will graduate.
*If you received tuition waivers or exemptions and did not pay tuition out-of-pocket, this will make you ineligible for the tuition rebate. Your academic advisor will not know whether you paid tuition or received waivers/exemptions. If you have questions regarding your tuition rebate eligibility related to tuition waivers or exemptions, you should contact the Tuition Billing Department/Student Accounts Receivable Office at (512)475-7771.
To qualify for honors you must have completed at least 60 hours at The University of Texas at Austin and be in the top 20 percent of your Moody Communication graduating class.
Official University Honors will be posted to the transcript and diploma upon certification of all degree candidates.
The GPA required to graduate with University Honors is recomputed each May based on the top 20% of the May graduation class in the College following regulations listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. This same GPA applies to the following August and December graduation classes. The required minimum GPA may be higher than that listed in the catalog. For further information, please contact your academic advisor or consult the Graduation with University Honors section of the General Information Catalog.
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2019-04-21T14:30:20Z
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https://moody.utexas.edu/students/undergraduate/graduation-information
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Computers
| 0.159245 |
squarespace
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The experiences of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, when approached in a conscious way, can not only be positive, but can also act as catalysts for empowerment, increased self-care, well-being and personal transformative growth.
With the Integral Model of Pregnancy and Childbirth (IMPC)™ as our foundation, we work from the "inside out” and “outside in” to proactively address all of the factors that influence the quality and outcome of your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences.
Our Integral Approach is specifically designed to help you develop new tools and practices that can be used throughout your pregnancy, during labor, after your birth, and as you continue your life as a parent.
To support this process, we provide Integrative Counseling & Wellness Coaching specifically for Pregnancy and Postpartum, Birth Processing and Healing, and powerful Birth Closure and Healing Ceremonies.
With a truly holistic perspective, The Center for Integral Pregnancy and Childbirth (CIPC) and the philosophy that it is based upon, brings together the best of all worlds--drawing from evidence based science, integrative psychology & health, modern maternity care, traditional midwifery, the noetic sciences, integrative wellness & life coaching, mindfulness, and the world’s many wisdom traditions. Our integral approach bridges science, psychology, and spirit, aiming to support greater well-being and positive growth for mothers, babies, families, and ultimately, the world at large.
Receiving this support and gaining these skills and practices not only increases your chances of having positive pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences, but also has a tremendous impact on the rest of your life—not just as a mother, but as a well-balanced and powerful woman in the world.
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2019-04-21T02:11:30Z
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https://brooke-radloff.squarespace.com/about-cipc
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Arts
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Health
| 0.861549 |
bbc
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Average speed check cameras on lampposts could be used to catch speeding drivers in Avon and Somerset.
Fixed speed cameras across the region are being axed after councils reduced their contributions to their road safety budgets and speed enforcement.
It could potentially leave some areas without any speed cameras.
But e-mails obtained by the BBC show discussions have taken place about average speed check cameras replacing fixed cameras.
Avon and Somerset Police are due to take over running the mobile speed cameras from April after the majority of council funding was axed.
Many fixed cameras across Bristol, Bath and Somerset could be turned off because of the funding cut.
The suggestion of using the cameras was made at a meeting in late-February and came to light following a Freedom of Information Act request by the BBC.
Derek Baillie, who was helping to finish work recommended in a report by Deloittes, told Terry Bullock, traffic manager at Bristol City Council, about the discussion with Safety Camera Partnership chairman Laurie Lewis.
In the e-mail Mr Baille said: "He [Mr Lewis] wants to put ANPR [automatic number plate recognition] cameras up - in pairs - on lighting columns and link them to a system for average speed measurement.
"So, in return for allowing the police to use your lighting columns you might get some speed enforcement."
In return for allowing the police to use your lighting columns you might get some speed enforcement.
Mr Baille added he asked Mr Lewis to submit a written proposal for the scheme.
Mr Bullock, from Bristol City Council, replied: "I am happy with the principle of using lamp columns for this purpose."
He added that many of the city's cameras were already ANPR-capable but some of the city centre ones would not be suitable for speed enforcement.
"However we do have a series of cameras on some of our quality bus corridors [the 'showcase' bus routes] which may be more suitable," he added.
A spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Police said it did not wish to comment about the possible use of average speed check cameras. It also added Mr Lewis did not want to discuss the matter.
South Gloucestershire Council said the use of the cameras were a police initiative and there had been no formal approach.
A Bristol City Council spokesman said it was aware of the plan to use ANPR cameras to regulate speed in the city.
"There has been no formal approach by the police and one would need to come from them," he added.
"The likelihood may be that only arterial roads, such as the Portway, would be feasible."
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2019-04-19T14:39:22Z
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12712801
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NEW DELHI: There is a proposal to allow licence for driving gearless scooters after 16 years of age, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
A group of ministers has recommended a number of suggestions, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
"There is a proposal to allow licence after 16 years of age for gearless scooters below 100 cc," Radhakrishnan said.
He also said that the government plans to fit speed limiting devices in vehicles.
"Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued notification...wherein speed limiting device or speed limiting functions are mandated to be fitted in certain categories of transport vehicles having maximum preset speed of 80 km per hour conforming to the standard," he said.
The Ministry has constituted a panel comprising Transport Ministers from states, headed by Rajasthan Transport Minister Yunoos Khan to prepare a draft for stricter road safety bill.
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https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/two-wheelers/scooters-mopeds/govt-may-allow-licence-for-driving-gearless-scooters-after-16-yrs-of-age/53331352
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This evening, I went to see the DJ/VJ duo Coldcut's tribute to Robert Anton Wilson.
It was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, a 1960s-vintage concert hall near Waterloo Station. The audience filtered into the theatre, where one of the members of the outfit (the chap who, with his shaved head and vermillion robes looked somewhat shamanic) DJing on a set of decks on stage, just playing a DJ set. Then the lights went down and the curator of the Ether series (a series of electronic-music performances of which this was a part) went on and gave an introduction. He then introduced an older gentleman with splendidly bushy eyebrows, who turned out to be Kenneth Campbell, the author/producer of the original 1977 (or so) play of Illuminatus!. He recounted a number of anecdotes: how the play came about (after another chap found the part of Liverpool which Carl Gustav Jung dreamt of, acquired a property there and established the Liverpool Science Fiction Theatre), how his old Latin master, quite a character in himself, ended up doing much of the scripting, and more. He was an entertaining raconteur.
Then he left the stage and the music came on: it was a mix of ambient electronica, with elements of dub and shoegazer, and fragments of Wilson's lectures/recordings dubbed over that, along with topical visuals, processed, layered and mashed up in quintessential Coldcut fashion. The music was divided into four segments, with different themes: Wilson's life, conspiracies, reality tunnels, Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of human consciousness, Aleister Crowley, Terence McKenna's 2012 singularity, and so on.
In between the segments, Campbell came out and talked more, introducing other guests. The first was the set decorator of his play, who legendarily went out to get some Araldite and then disappeared, and who was none other than Bill Drummond. He went on, seeming perhaps a bit drunk, and talked about how Illuminatus! seems to have affected his life despite him not intending it to; he mentioned rereading it recently (after getting the commission to appear tonight), and finding it a different book than when he read it in the 70s and 80s.
Then on came Alan Moore, who sat down and read a passage from Masks of the Illuminati (the drug trip at the end, where Crowley doses Joyce and Einstein with some psychoactive substance), and later a poem about Wilson and his life and work (which, I presume, he wrote for the occasion).
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2019-04-20T06:27:50Z
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https://kineticfactory.livejournal.com/433342.html
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Dutch group which combines DAF, Berkhof, Jonckheere and Bova.
Oops - I'm lost! Despite carrying branding for the X38 to Burton, this VDL / Scania finds itself on the slightly more mundane 7 to Sinfin. I was happy to get this, as a shot of a TrentBarton branded vehicle in Victoria St earlier on didn't come out too well!
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https://midlanddeltic.smugmug.com/Bus-Manufacturers/VDL/i-TxL85Vs
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In the early 1960s, Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies (before it was even known as such) began providing a forum for academics to share their research and writing. This venue, the Occasional Papers Series, gave visibility to conference papers and pre-publication works pertaining to Latin America. With a general renewal of interest in Latin America, correlated with the growth of CLAS and its attainment of Title VI National Resource Center status, the Center for Latin American Studies is now pleased to renew the Occasional Papers Series.
If you are seeking an opportunity to vet and share your current academic work, CLAS is now accepting paper submissions for review and potential inclusion in the Occasional Papers Series. For further information, or to make a submission, direct e-mails to clas@vanderbilt.edu.
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Nokia had sought to ban the sale of some Blackberry devices.
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion will make continuing payments to handset maker Nokia to settle a patent dispute, the Finnish company said Friday.
Nokia did not disclose the financial terms but said the new patent license agreement would settle all existing litigation between the companies, including actions pending in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. It also includes a one-off payment from Research in Motion (RIMM) to Nokia (NOK).
Nokia had sought to ban the sale of some Blackberry devices after a Swedish tribunal ruled in November that RIM was not entitled to sell products using wireless LAN patents without paying Nokia royalties.
"This agreement demonstrates Nokia's industry-leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market," Nokia's chief intellectual property officer said in a statement.
During the last two decades, Nokia said it has invested about 45 billion euros in research and development, building a portfolio of around 10,000 patent families.
Nokia has fallen behind other smartphone providers such as Samsung and Apple (AAPL) and is looking to make more money from licensing its technology.
RIM is also looking to move forward with the January launch of its new Blackberry 10 operating system and smartphone, aimed at allowing the company to compete again with Apple's iPhone and Google (GOOG)'s Android.
RIM announced a 47% fall in third quarter revenue on Thursday, sending its shares down nearly 10% in pre-market trading Friday.
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2019-04-22T04:48:15Z
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https://money.cnn.com/2012/12/21/technology/nokia-blackberry-patent/index.html
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Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering), Inv. 9.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering), Inv. 420.
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2019-04-26T15:41:29Z
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pleiades:findspot=550595
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Pixel Ballads | Where idea's sing!!
So, what factors would one consider to forecast demand? Is there a way to improve forecast accuracy?
Very good questions. To recap, my previous post articulated the forecasting challenges faced by a marketer (presumably in Product Line Marketing) who was responsible for party supplies (paper cups, plates, spoons, forks, napkins etc).
For those of you don’t know there are two critical functions that often fall under the direct purview of a marketer – Pricing and Demand Forecasting.
In this series, I am going to focus on Demand Forecasting. I’ll cover Pricing later. The reason I bring up Demand Forecasting is because, often the 4P/4C framework or the Pragmatic Marketing framework that marketers often use or at least know about, does not even touch Demand Forecasting….even tangentially.
Call campaigns are tough and are boring. Yes, really! Dialing for dollars is one of the toughest things one can do.
If it’s so boring and tough, then why do companies pay big-bucks to conduct call campaigns? There are several reasons. Here are a few..
CRM in its various shapes and forms has been in existence from the time we’ve had sales men. In the recent past it has morphed from the venerable Rolodex to on-prem software such as Siebel, ACT, Goldmine etc., to residing in the so called ‘cloud’ as an angel taking care of the sales-folks in the form of Salesforce.com (SFDC), SugarCRM, Zoho CRM, Nimble, Close.io, Stride, Highrise etc.
In my previous post about the Value Add of Distributors (Part – 2), I had mentioned the inflated working capital (WC) at some of the key distributors highlighted (Ingram Micro, Avnet, Tech Data etc). This is a key characteristic of distributors.
In my previous post about distributors, I mentioned that these guys are experts in SKU management. Some of the top global technology distributors such as Ingram Micro or Tech Data engage in millions of transactions per day while managing logistics for an equivalent number of items. This complex stuff.
The indirect channel depends on the distribution network. But what do these guys do? And why does the indirect channel depend so heavily on distribution?
Well, it’s simple. Manufacturers cannot cover all of their markets. And, everyone (end- user/reseller) cannot buy direct from the manufacturer. The dynamics of selling and buying direct is complex for a whole host of reasons. Enter, the middle man…..or the revered (or irreverant..depending on whom you ask) distributor.
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2019-04-20T12:12:23Z
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https://pixelballads.wordpress.com/
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"Excited-State Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction in Solvated 7-Hydroxy-4-" by Nuwan De Silva, Noriyuki Minezawa et al.
Excited-state enol to keto tautomerization of 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (C456) with three water molecules (C456:3H2O), is theoretically investigated using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) combined with the polarizable continuum model and 200 waters explicitly modeled with the effective fragment potential. The tautomerization of C456 in the presence of three water molecules is accompanied by an asynchronous quadruple hydrogen atom transfer reaction from the enol to the keto tautomer in the excited state. TDDFT with the PBE0 functional and the DH(d,p) basis set is used to calculate the excited-state reaction barrier height, absorption (excitation), and fluorescence (de-excitation) energies. These results are compared with the available experimental and theoretical data. In contrast to previous work, it is predicted here that the coumarin 456 system undergoes a hydrogen atom transfer, not a proton transfer. The calculated reaction barrier of the first excited state of C456:3H2O with 200 water molecules is found to be −0.23 kcal/mol without zero-point energy (−5.07 kcal/mol with zero point energy, i.e., the activation energy).
Reprinted (adapted) with permission from Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117 (2013): 15386, doi:10.1021/jp404686c. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society.
De Silva, Nuwan; Minezawa, Noriyuki; and Gordon, Mark S., "Excited-State Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction in Solvated 7-Hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin" (2013). Chemistry Publications. 603.
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2019-04-24T00:43:00Z
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https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/603/
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Ich bin Sozialdemokrat, weil mir Sozialismus ohne Demokratie nichts gilt, und eine unsoziale Demokratie keine Demokratie ist – Günter Grass.
This blog will have a number of parts. The politics will be sceptical left of centre, striving for “radical but sensible”; food and drink as it comes; culture likewise; football, Portsmouth FC.
I was born in the mid-50s in Hanworth Middlesex; my father was a sheet metal worker and my mother a shop assistant. In 1960, the family moved to Fareham, Hants when my father’s employer (a lifeboat manufacturer) relocated their factory to Gosport. In 1966, two events changed my life forever: I passed the 11 Plus exam and went to Price’s School, the town’s boys’ grammar school and I went to Fratton Park to see my first Pompey game – a 2-0 win vs. Wolves.
In 1974 I started at the UEA Norwich, and in 1976-77 studied at University of Regensburg (where I met my future wife). I graduated in 1978 with a BA Hons in Comparative Literature with German. After a very brief false start in teaching, I started work at the Greater London Council, initially in clerical capacities in housing policy and from 1982 in policy positions in the Labour Group Secretariat. In 1985 I moved to Glasgow City Council where I worked as PA to successive Leaders of the Council, then in economic policy, social policy, and international strategies, ending up as Advisor to the Lord Provost. In 1999 I had graduated from University of Glasgow with an MSc in Local Economic Development. I retired in 2012.
I have been a member of the Labour Party since 1977, in a number of CLPs: Norwich South, Dulwich CLP (where I was CLP Vice-Chair), Norwood, Glasgow Hillhead/Kelvin CLPs, Garscadden/Anniesland/Glasgow NW. I joined the Fabian Society in 1987, becoming Secretary of Glasgow Fabians in 1989-2002 and Chair in 2002.
In 2013, I was on Mastermind, with Portsmouth FC as my specialist subject: I scored 27 and 2 passes, which was the seventh-best runner up. (The six best go to the semi-final).
In 2014, I re-entered. My first round specialist subject is the Rolling Stones 1962-82. The heat was broadcast in the autumn of 2014. My account of it is here: http://wp.me/p3f2py-a3 I won the heat with 26 points and no passes.
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2019-04-26T14:50:31Z
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Liu J, Fritz S, Wesenbeeck CFA van, Fuchs M, You L, Obersteiner M, & Yang H (2008). A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change. Global and Planetary Change 64 (3): 222-235. DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.09.007.
Hunger knows no boundaries or borders. While much research has focused on undernutrition on a national scale, this report evaluates it at subnational levels for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to pinpoint hotspots where the greatest challenges exist. Undernutrition is assessed with a spatial resolution of 30 arc-minutes by investigating anthropometric data on weight and length of individuals. The impact of climate change on production of six major crops (cassava, maize, wheat, sorghum, rice and millet) is analyzed with a GIS-based Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (GEPIC) model with the same spatial resolution. Future hotspots of hunger are projected in the context of the anticipated climate, social, economic, and bio-physical changes. The results show that some regions in northern and southwestern Nigeria, Sudan and Angola with a currently high number of people with undernutrition might be able to improve their food security situation mainly through increasing purchasing power. In the near future, regions located in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, southwestern Niger, and Madagascar are likely to remain hotspots of food insecurity, while regions located in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo might face more serious undernutrition. It is likely that both the groups of regions will suffer from lower capacity of importing food as well as lower per capita calorie availability, while the latter group will probably have sharper reduction in per capita calorie availability. Special attention must be paid to the hotspot areas in order to meet the hunger alleviation goals in SSA.
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2019-04-19T12:20:27Z
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http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/8485/
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Aunt Nan Peep had some fun with a photo of me! I have Skyler’s octopus, my special Happie Blankie, and am enjoying rainy day snooze!
Here’s hoping you’re having a nice snoozy day where YOU are.
Thank you Auntie June, Bacon & Houdini !
We so miss our Stuart, but the Pepstress keeps I glorious photos. Happy Birthday tomorrow (3/15) deal one. You are so missed!
I love a good pawty. Stuart did, too. March 15 marks his 11th birthday. (In spirit.) So, let’s celebrate the boy. How’s that sound? Here are 11 images of Mr. Stu. The soul who still lives among us. The Stumeister who lived life at his own pace. He lived large.
Reblog, tweet and retweet his birthday post – scheduled for midnight – and let’s start celebrating. Leave a comment and share your memories.
Woot! Oh…and let’s say NO to hemangio – the dreadful cancer that took his life and so many others. For every comment, reblog, tweet or retweet on Stuart’s birthday, the Dad Peep and I will donate a buck to Stuart’s Fund.
Now THAT’S a pawty! Rock on Studebaker Boy!
Oh yes it did……I GOT OUT!
Yes friends and neighbors, I got out. I sprang through a crack in the door, and was merrily on my way. Mama was expecting a Shredder out of Raleigh (about an hour away), and was trying to get the stuff that needed shredding on the porch. She thought I was far enough away…BUT I WASN’T and I sprang out the door. Mama grabbed her phone and texted my next door Auntie Michelle that I was out and in her yard. But hah hah, I got outta there really fast and in spite of their best efforts, I eluded them. Then the Shredding Truck shows up. Mama says to the driver, “My dog just got out, here’s your check and here’s what needs to be shredded….I have to go.” Shredding man says “Oh no! Yes, go after your dog”. By now, Auntie Michelle had called our other neighbor Auntie Laurie, who adopts any dog or cat that no one else will (we all live next door to one another, kind of like the Bermuda Triangle of animal rescue) , and she was on the case….the three of them had tracked Aunt Lauries’ senior dog Hampton about two years ago in the freezing cold (and Auntie Michelle found him!) So Mama raced over to Aunt Laurie, who had her car in gear…they started driving and looking and calling for me. Mama was just smacking herself over and over again….Aunt Laurie was trying to soothe Mama…and then, Auntie Michelle texted….she had me! Mama and Aunt Laurie careened around the curve….and there we were….Auntie Michelle had me by the collar and she wasn’t letting go! Happy ending, right….WRONG! Yes, happy to get me back, but when we got home, Mama got me wiped down, gave me treats, and started looking for her 2016 bank statements. HAHA HAHA they had been shredded! Well that was IT for Mama. She drove to the bank, made the Rescue Happie Blankie/Tug deposit and broke down. The Branch Manager tried to comfort her, but Mama had had it for the day. She ordered copies of her checks, dragged herself back into the car, drove home and told me that it was going to be an early evening. And it was. I woke Mama up at 5AM to throw up what I had enjoyed on my romp, and when we came downstairs later this morning, the Mater found several “presents” that I had left downstairs. She thanked me for at least leaving them downstairs, fixed my breakfast and took me next door to play. I think she went back upstairs and crashed and burned. But she denies this. Anyway, I have been extra nice to Mama today…but who knows about tomorrow?
Skyler here. As Mama had posted earlier, she had to unexpectedly buy me a ticket to the Bridge at the end of December. Shortly thereafter, she learned of a 17 month old female, who needed to find a home quickly. Mama applied, and was accepted. And that’s the Readers Digest Condensed. Remember, I am always watching over Mama, now Fiona has the paws on duty. So here’s Fiona!
It was a bright, sunny day. I drove for about two hours, and met Mama and her friend, my new Aunt, Karen. Mama signed some papers, handed over a check, got my toys and food, put me in her car, and off we went. I cried the entire two hours. They tried to comfort me, but no luck. Every once in a while, I would take a break, and they would relax, but pretty soon I would start up again. Finally we arrived at my new home, and I ran inside. There were toys, balls, beds, and blankets. Looked like a pretty good set up. I explored, and decided to stay. So now here I am, protecting Mama, and continuing Brother’s work in Rescue, by helping Mama sell Happie Blankies & Happie Tugs to help other homeless dogs. And, Mama made me a Facebook page, Fearless Fiona if you want to follow me there. I think that’s all for now…I will be back. Nice to meet you !
1.No big secret there…..Mama makes me happy, cause we’re a team, just like peas and carrots.
2. Selling Happie Blankets (like the one I am sitting on). We have all kinds of designs, they are fun to sell, and we are helping homeless dogs. As a rescue guy myself, that means a lot. And when we sell a blanket, we get VERY HAPPY! When we hear how much our customer loves their blanket, we get very happy, and if they send a photo, we get moist eyes (mainly Mama). We have a goal of selling a blanket in all 50 states. So far we are in 14….only 36 to go! When we make our goal of 36, we will not only be happy, we will be OVER THE TOP HAPPY !
3. Riding in the car. I love to ride in the car and can’t wait for the temps to go down, so I can resume going most everywhere with Mama.
4. Going for my monthly groom. I love my Groomer, and, I get to play with The Fab Four, 4 other Scottie pals. Plus, I get to see my Auntie Karen who has to be my #1 fan. The woman is crazy about me I tell you. Ashley our Groomer lets us run around and play in a big, gated area the entire time (except when we are being bathed or clipped) Then we become The Frisky Five and we are all zonked out by the time our Mama’s come to pick us up.
5. All of my new friends. For a guy whose previous owner turned him in, I think my life has gone from zero to 60 in no time flat. I love reading about my friends and their adventures. I love making new friends. And when I get their responses on my blog…well, it all makes me happy.
Remember those immortal words….Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
The Purposeful Life Becomes More Rewarding!
Greetings from the Fulfillment / Quality Control Department of Happie Blankies, Scottie Division! I am happy to tell you that quite a few pups and their Hoomans have jumped on the Help Homeless Dogs Train. Case in point – Meet Carson from the North Texas Scottie Rescue. Carson prefers the back of his blanket ( he selected our classic grey Scotties on a red background, with a grey plaid back). His Hooman reports that it is hard to get Carson off his blanket. But I digress. Carson and his Hooman chime in regularly to Testify as to how much Carson loves this blanket. You can’t make this stuff up..
And do meet Franky….Franky and that one of a kind Flamingo blanket are like peas and carrots.
Here is where the magic happens! After our customers have selected their blankets, we wrap them in tissue, tuck in some information about the blankets and what the proceeds are used for, and head to the Post Office!
Here we are, deep in the heart of our Operations/Quality Control Center……I am hard at work as you can see. Mama has to do the tissue, the notes, and the PO Priority Mail prep, but hey……she needs to feel useful…..
New designs arrive weekly, so we try to keep everypawdy and their Peeps informed. If you wonder why you haven’t been invited over for dinner, you can clearly see that the dining room has been repurposed. That’s all for now! Mama and I want to thank everyone who has helped us help homeless dogs…you know who you are, and YOU ROCK ! Keep sending us your photos and your testimony. And Car Dog, Sky Man says a special thank you for jumping in at every opportunity you get to spread the word. Arooooo!
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2019-04-20T15:14:02Z
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https://skylerbraveheart.wordpress.com/
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Washington is among about two dozen states that have been granted a yearlong extension from the enforcement of federal requirements for state driver’s licenses and ID cards. You'll soon need to get an enhanced driver's license or use another approved form of identification at TSA checkpoints.
The state had initially been notified by the Department of Homeland Security that it was under a grace period through Jan. 22 as the federal government continued its review of states’ progress.
"DHS has said stated that have been determined to be compliant will not be subject to REAL ID enforcement at airports or federal facilities until October 2020 under current federal regulations," according to Washington DOL.
Starting in July 2018, the state’s standard licenses — which aren’t in line with the federal requirements — will be marked to indicate they are not REAL ID compliant and thus not acceptable for certain purposes by federal authorities.
However, Anthony noted that residents will have a choice of which license they want and are not required to get the enhanced licenses.
"When the REAL ID law is enforced in October 2020, no one will be required to get an Enhanced Driver License or Enhanced ID Card. A variety of identification documents are acceptable for federal purposes under REAL ID, including U.S. passports and passport cards, military or military dependent ID cards, valid foreign passports or legal permanent resident cards and state-issued enhanced driver licenses or enhanced ID cards."
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2019-04-21T05:06:26Z
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https://q13fox.com/2018/01/16/your-standard-washington-id-wont-get-you-through-airport-in-2020/
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Is Obama Winning or Losing on Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act?
The Obama administration announced in February that it would allow Arkansas to use the federal money intended for Medicaid expansion to buy private health insurance plans for individuals with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. This week, Florida’s senate rejected the Medicaid expansion but left open the possibility that it would try to negotiate a similar deal with the Obama administration. Indiana and Ohio may follow suit.
At first glance, this seems like a political loss for Obama. Several states with Republican governors may now expand healthcare for the poor using a private payer model—the type of model Mitt Romney supported during the 2012 presidential race. Yet Obama’s compromise in Arkansas may ultimately be a win for the president. All of the 14 states that are not participating (as of now) in the Medicaid expansion have republican governors. The private insurer model would allow these governors to save face while ultimately expanding access to healthcare for the poor.
Can the FDA Ban Cupcakes?
If soft drinks are a problem, surely cupcakes are too. A twelve-ounce can of Coca-Cola contains 39 grams of sugar. A seasonally-appropriate red velvet cupcake from Sprinkles contains 45 grams of sugar—and who can eat just one? National cupcake consumption increased 52% between 2010 and 2011, and U.S. consumers ate over 770 million cupcakes last year. Sugary soft drink consumption, on the other hand, is down 23% since 1998 and 37% since 2000.
While the FDA can’t regulate sugar as a bioweapon, it probably could regulate sugar as a food additive. Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a food additive is “any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result—directly or indirectly—in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food.” This broad definition would include sugar. The FDA does not, however, regulate food additives that are “generally recognized as safe” (“GRAS”). Presumably the FDA considers sugar to be GRAS—for now.
Beginning in 2013, W-2s for firms who file at least 250 W-2 forms will list the amount of money that employers and employees spend on health insurance premiums. As the New York Times reports, “[t]o some, it will be a surprise, perhaps even a shock.” Many people insured through their employer have no idea how much health insurance actually costs. The W-2 provision will change this, providing a yearly reminder about how much employer compensation goes into health insurance rather than wages. This gives employees exactly one salient number about health care: the yearly cost of their employer-provided health insurance.
More information for consumers about the cost of health care is a good thing, but making the cost of health insurance more salient may have some unintended consequences. Employees will be better able to compare the benefits of jobs with higher salaries but no health insurance to jobs with lower salaries and health insurance. This may lead employees to opt for lower salary jobs with health insurance, which could help decrease the number of employees who seek government-subsidized health insurance. The W-2 provision could, however, have the opposite effect. Now that employees can easily compare the cost of employer-sponsored insurance to government-subsidized insurance, employees eligible for government-subsidized health insurance may buy insurance through an exchange and then opt for a higher-paying job that does not offer insurance. Employers may be willing to pay the tax penalty, which is much less than the cost of insurance.
The Auburn decision raises important questions about the ability of the federal government to intentionally underpay healthcare providers. In oral argument, the lawyer for the hospitals characterized HHS’s actions as “intentional concealment . . . [and] misconduct by the Secretary, that caused the statute of limitations time to be missed.” While there are good reasons not to disturb decades-old reimbursement decisions, it is sobering that the federal government can intentionally conceal underpayments and—if it conceals the underpayment for only 180 days—never have to reimburse the injured party. This situation presents a striking contrast “to 42 CFR § 405.1885(b)(3) (2012), which permits reopening of an intermediary’s reimbursement determination ‘at any time if it is established that such determination . . . was procured by fraud or similar fault of any party to the determination.’” In other words, HHS can reopen reimbursement decisions if a provider intentionally conceals important information, but not vice versa.
This November, voters weighed in on an array of state ballot initiatives on health issues from medical marijuana to health care reform. Ballot outcomes by state are listed below (more after the jump).
Voters in Alabama, Montana, and Wyoming passed initiatives expressing disapproval of the Affordable Care Act, while a similar initiative in Florida garnered a majority of the vote but failed to pass under the state’s supermajority voting requirement. Missouri voters passed a ballot initiative prohibiting the state executive branch from establishing a health insurance exchange, leaving this task to the federal government or state legislature. Florida voters defeated a measure that would have prohibited the use of state funds for abortions, while Montana voters passed a parental notification requirement for minors seeking abortions (with a judicial waiver provision). Perhaps surprisingly, California voters failed to pass a law requiring mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food. Several states legalized medical marijuana, while Arkansas voters struck down a medical marijuana initiative and Montana voters made existing medical marijuana laws more restrictive. Colorado and Washington legalized all marijuana use, while a similar measure failed in Oregon. Physician-assisted suicide was barely defeated in Massachusetts (51% to 49%), while North Dakotans banned smoking in indoor workplaces. Michigan voters failed to pass an initiative increasing the regulation of home health workers, while Louisiana voters prohibited the appropriation of state Medicaid trust funds for other purposes.
This November, Floridians will vote on whether to amend the Florida constitution “to prohibit laws or rules from compelling any person or employer to purchase, obtain, or otherwise provide for health care coverage.” Similar constitutional amendments are on the ballot in Alabama and Wyoming and have already been adopted in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Ohio. While Florida’s proposed amendment has not received much attention after the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the individual mandate requirement of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), these state constitutional amendments should not be written off entirely.
The Florida amendment could have some effect on the upcoming presidential election. Since the amendment is included on the ballot, it could help win votes for Romney and other Republican candidates by reminding undecided swing voters about the ACA as they are filling in the ballot. If the amendment passes—which requires sixty percent of the popular vote—it will almost certainly be seen as a referendum on the ACA that will give ammunition to Republicans in future elections.
The existence of these state amendments and other similar legislation also raises the stakes of future Supreme Court litigation over the ACA. While the Supreme Court may be loath to revisit the ACA anytime soon, opponents are likely to continue challenging different aspects of the ACA that have not yet been litigated. Some of these cases could eventually end up in the Supreme Court, especially if there is ambiguity around whether the ACA preempts certain aspects of state constitutional amendments.
The Use of Electronic Health Records Is Increasing Medicare Billing: Is It Also Increasing the Amount of Care Physicians Provide?
The New York Times recently reported that the switch to Electronic Health Records (“EHRs”) may be contributing to rising Medicare costs. The Times described two hospitals where the portion of patients billed at the highest reimbursement rate rose by over 40% when the hospitals adopted EHRs. The Times also reported that in hospitals that switched to EHRs between 2006 and 2010, Medicare payments rose 47%. Medicare payments for hospitals that did not adopt EHRs rose 32%.
There are several potential explanations for this increase in billing. One is that doctors are simply doing a better job electronically recording the same care they’ve always given, leading to higher Medicare billing. Another is that some doctors are abusing the EHR system by upcoding patients or copying and pasting examination histories, fraudulently increasing Medicare billing.
A third explanation is that EHR systems actually change the way doctors practice medicine. In the process of asking doctors for particular data points, EHR systems may remind doctors to look for particular symptoms or to provide particular treatments that doctors may not have considered otherwise. It is thus possible that EHRs have led to higher Medicare bills because they have increased the amount of time doctors spend diagnosing and treating patients.
Are There Any Good Legal Arguments to Overturn the NYC “Soda Ban”?
New York City’s Board of Health has recently approved a ban on all sugar-sweetened drinks over sixteen ounces sold in restaurants, fast food chains, movie theaters, sports stadiums and food carts (with some exceptions). The ban does not prohibit consumers from buying multiple sixteen-ounce beverages or from buying over sixteen-ounce beverages at grocery or convenience stores. The ban has been lauded by some as an effort to curb obesity and criticized by others for doing too little or for invading personal liberty. Photos of members of the Board of Health snacking on junk food and drinking a thirty-two ounce beverage—at the meeting discussing the soda ban—have provided some comic relief in an otherwise heated debate. Now that the ban has passed, restaurant associations and beverage associations have claimed they are going to file suit. Do they have a case? Probably not.
One claim opponents can make is that the Board overstepped its authority by regulating soft drink container sizes. It is unclear if this claim would succeed. The Board of Health has broad authority under New York City’s Health Code, which states that “[s]ubject to the provisions of this Code or other applicable law, the Department may take such action as may become necessary to assure the maintenance of public health, the prevention of disease, or the safety of the City and its residents.” New York City will argue that the ban is “necessary to assure the maintenance of public health” in the face of an obesity epidemic, and will point to the apparent success of the City’s trans fat ban as evidence that such bans are effective in decreasing the intake of unhealthy foods. The beverage industry will likely respond that the ban is not “necessary” because it does not really address obesity—consumers can too easily evade the law by buying multiple smaller sodas or by buying sodas at convenience stores.
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2019-04-23T09:31:54Z
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http://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/category/contributors/katie-booth/
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For the month of September in 2016, Post-Museum presents Survey: Space, Sharing, Haunting, a series of programmes examining and reflecting upon the state of arts and culture in Singapore.
Post-Museum re-configures the space in The Substation for Survey. One of the significant changes is altering the way audiences enter into the historic ‘Home of the Arts’ for the month. The main door is closed, and audiences enter and exit from another opening in the building. There are also several spaces created, such as So It May Seed (an urban farm growing food crops), Post-Provision (a shop selling merchandise), and Club House (multi-purpose social space).
The programme consists of Exhibition, Activity Station, Club, Event, Lecture, Performance, and Residency, all of which elucidate the three themes of Survey.
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2019-04-18T17:01:34Z
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https://postmuseum.wordpress.com/portfolio/survey-space-sharing-haunting/
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This weekend, 30 students who called the Bice House their home this summer packed their suitcases, loaded their cars and prepared to head home. Selected from a pool of 715 applicants from across the country, they had just wrapped up their work at the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Summer Research Internship Program.
Abbreviated “SRIP,” the program has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as one of the best undergraduate biomedical research programs in the country – and for many, it’s a defining point in determining their career in the sciences.
Back when the program started in 1992, program director Joel Hockensmith and coordinator Jeff Baker had just enough funding to offer four students an internship with a medical school faculty member.
Now, due to the program’s huge success, they’re able to accept more than two dozen students into labs at U.Va. to conduct supervised research based on their interests. The program has three components: the faculty mentorship, a series of workshops based in different facets of biomedical research and a lecture series in which students hear from internationally recognized scientists. They learn from professionals in cardiology, genome mapping, neuroscience and more, receive free GRE tutoring and hear from graduate students who walked in their shoes only a couple years earlier.
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2019-04-22T14:06:19Z
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https://bmg.med.virginia.edu/awards/2014-hockensmtih-srip-program-recognition/
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To the BMBF’s general FAQ page about the Deutschlandstipendium.
May I write my application in English?
However, applications in other languages (than German and English) will not be accepted. Please also make sure to have your certificates translated if they are not written in English or German.
Is there further information available?
Have a look at the BMBF’s general FAQ page about the Deutschlandstipendium.
Where can I read the Application Guidelines?
Our application site provides tips, e.g. Uploading of PDFs, TUM-Eligibility Grade, Letter of Application.
The prerequisite is admittance or enrolment at the TUM.
Exchange students who are enroled at their home university and who are finishing their stays abroad at the TUM are excluded.
Could foreign applicants also be awarded a Germany Scholarship?
Yes. The prerequisite is admittance or enrolment at the TUM. The basis for selection is the grade of your last degree. Deutschlandstipendium is first and foremost an aptitude and performance-related scholarship, where very good performance especially brought forth at the TUM will draw a reasonable amount of applicants and should be taken into consideration. Under the principle of equality, only exceptionally gifted applicants could be sponsored.
Up until which semester can one apply?
All TUM students may apply as long as they do not exceed the official standard period of their studies. Support generally lasts 12 months but could basically be extended after a reapplication. The financing time limit is restricted by the study program’s standard period of study of the person concerned.
Is there an age limit for the application?
Could PhD students apply for a scholarship?
Which study programs are eligible for a sponsorship?
Every study program at a state or state-approved institution of higher learning is eligible for a sponsorship. So for example, a second degree or complementary studies, a masters study program or an extra or dual study program.
However, you can only receive a scholarship from the institution that you are enrolled at.
Will letters of application actually be read?
Yes. They play an especially major role for the central TUM selection panel. The faculties establish a ranking of received applicants. Afterwards, the central selection panel makes their final selection and when similar credentials and neediness are evident, the application letter often plays a deciding role.
How will a personal case of hardship be determined?
The assessment of a personal case of hardship is one of our most difficult tasks. For this reason, we request support from the Christian Higher Education Associations (kirchlichen Hochschulgemeinden KHG and EHG) and from TUM’S Gender Center (Genderzentrum), the service point for disabled and chronically ill students, as well as psychosocial counselling from the Studentenwerk.
With 36,000 students at TUM, it would be helpful if you would get in touch with one of the abovementioned organizations before applying. First and foremost, the Germany Scholarship will be awarded based on aptitude and performance. Social and financial hardships will be considered in an appropriate manner. It is essential however, that the principle of equality be upheld. This applies to ALL students of TUM.
Will (paid) tutoring activities be positively taken into consideration?
The (paid) work as a tutor qualifies as an occupation and provides no advantages with respect to other applicants.
On the other hand, one can continue to pursue paid tutoring activities alongside support provided by the Germany Scholarship.
How long will I continue to be sponsored after I have taken my last examination (also Bachelor)?
The scholarship will be paid out until the end of the month, where you have you have completed your last examination (e.g. Submission of a Bachelor's or Master’s thesis). In this case, please inform us in advance about the planned ending of your studies.
IMPORTANT: Payment for bachelor scholarship holders ends therefore, as with the master's, in the month in which the final academic assessment is completed. Usually, the date of the final academic assessment is the date of the submission of the bachelor thesis.
This must not be the month in which you are being exmatriculated.
PLEASE NOTE: The TUM is legally obliged to verify this information. Should the bachelor thesis be submitted earlier than planned, let us know the date. This helps to avoid subsequent, often high reimbursement orders.
POINTER - TRANSITION FROM BACHELOR TO MASTER: Ensure the date of the bachelor submission thesis is entered as the month prior to which you begin your master's program. This is the only way to guarantee a seamless transition.
Could one reapply at a later point in time after a refusal?
Yes. A refusal does not mean that one will be rejected “forever”. One may reapply anew every time. However, by such a low current number of scholarships, one should be among one of the top students of the year in his/her faculty.
Is the scholarship to be regarded as "additional income" according to tax law?
The Germany Scholarship is tax-free and will according to §5 section. 3 StipG i.d.R. not be calculated as income with social benefits.
Consequently, the Germany Scholarship does not represent any kind of paid compensation for a particular occupation and is – as are all other comparable scholarships as well – not to be considered as pay.
Will scholarship holders be assigned a sponsor?
Are any obligations associated to the awarding of the scholarship?
No, there are no direct obligations associated to the awarding of the scholarship. At the ceremonial awarding of certificates, there will be an exclusive gathering with the respective sponsors from the business community. An appearance at this event will expressly be welcomed in order to encourage the exchange between economy and university and to guarantee the expansion of the scholarship program.
Could I receive both BAföG and the Germany Scholarship SIMULTANEOUSLY?
Will applicants who receive a monthly book allowance in the amount of 80€ from the German Business Foundation (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft) still be sponsored?
Due to the fact that the funding exceeds the monthly 30€ disqualification amount and is performance-related, is this considered a disqualification criteria. Nevertheless, some foundations agree to forgo payments, for the duration of the scholarship support – to be sure to further accord in a non-material manner. In this case, funding through the National Scholarship Program is possible.
Will the Germany Scholarship still apply when a whole or part of the time sponsored is spent abroad?
The scholarship will continue to be paid if one is absent due to a study-related stay abroad. Provided that one stays abroad,for the duration of the sponsorship. This applies independent of a potential leave of absence from the university who has awarded the scholarship. If one studies abroad via the ERASMUS Program, the Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) will also continue to be funded, even when one simultaneously receives a student mobility allowance from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst –DAAD) as a scholarship holder.
Should ERASMUS support be categorized as ability and performance-related?
No, as long as you are fully enrolled at TUM, the National Scholarship Program will continue to be paid during an ERASMUS stay – it will by the way also be paid during study-related internships abroad; see BMBF-FAQ.
Are German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD-promotions) possible aside from the Germany Scholarship?
Due to the fact that the DAAD carries out various means of support, these are to be reviewed individually. The following counts for guidance: Mobility allowance is not in competition with the Germany Scholarship. Should support for living nevertheless exist, and amount to or exceed the 30 Euros per month, then the Germany Scholarship cannot be remitted during this period.
Basically, a “suspension of payment” is only possible for scholarships that are already in effect. In these cases, payment after the DAAD-promotion can be resumed until the end of the authorized period, provided that one continues one’s previously pursued study program at the TUM.
Will banking information be transmitted online during the application process?
Certainly not. Banking information will only be requested subsequent to the official acceptance of the scholarship from successful scholarship holders.
What do I do if my address or banking information changes?
Please immediately inform the Deutschlandstipendium Advisor (juergen.gradl@tum.de), in order for notices and payments to be correctly received! Should self-induced fees be incurred, these must be paid by the scholarship holder personally.
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https://www.tum.de/en/tum-business/deutschlandstipendium/faq/
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Hub International Acquires The Assets Of California-Based Desert Empire Insurance Services, Inc.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hub International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Desert Empire Insurance Services, Inc. (DEI). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Palm Desert, California, DEI is an independent, multi-line insurance brokerage serving both individuals and businesses. Tracing its roots back to 1925, DEI is the largest locally owned and operated insurance agency in the Coachella Valley. The firm has developed niche markets and as a result created specialty programs for country clubs and golf clubs, commercial real estate developers, and general and artisan contractors.
Matt Costello, President of DEI, and DEI agency principals Paul Lewis and Sal Sandoval will join Hub California. Costello will report to Kirk Christ, President of Hub California.
"Our clients can continue to rely on our dedication to service that has earned us a reputation of a widely-respected risk management and insurance organization," said Costello. "And they'll gain the added benefits and value from Hub's focus and willingness to invest in areas that help us deliver the best products and services."
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2019-04-20T03:54:07Z
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hub-international-acquires-the-assets-of-california-based-desert-empire-insurance-services-inc-300565894.html
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"Renaud" is composed of at least 2 distinct authors, divided by their works.
Works have been aliased into Renaud Sechan.
Works have been aliased into Renaud Denauw.
There are at least two authors using only the name Renaud. 1: Renaud Denauw (1936), Belgian comics creator. 2: Renaud Séchan (1952-), French singer/songwriter.
"Renaud" is composed of at least 2 distinct authors, divided by their works. You can edit the division.
Renaud is composed of 1 name.
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2019-04-21T12:05:18Z
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https://www.librarything.com/author/renaud
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Doctor of Philosophy, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology. University of Nevada, Reno, 1996.
Post-Doctorate Fellowship, American Heart Association-Nevada Affiliate, 1997.
Post-Doctorate Fellowship, Molecular Genetics in Research, Health and Society. Georgetown University and NIH-NINR, 2000.
There are two specific areas of research. The first encompasses cellular and biological sciences, including the genetic/genomic cellular/tissue expressions and subsequent clinical presentation of cardiovascular disease with the role of functioning endothelial cells and subsequent causative factors involved in the development of dysfunctional endothelium and heart disease especially in women. The second area of research is pharmacology, specifically the role of the various genomic makeup of the patient such as pharmacogenomics in order to reduce adverse drug reaction and improve drug efficacy.
Shah, M., Bailey, S., Glockener, A., Kreutzer, A., Adams-Huet, B., Cheek, D. J., & Mitchell, J., (2019) The effect of acute exercise on postprandial endothelial function in postmenopausal women: Randomized cross-over study. Journal of Investigative Medicine Published Online First: 05 March 2019. Doi: 10.1136/jim-2019-000992.
Cheek D, and Howington L. (2018). Pharmacogenomics in Critical Care. AACN Advanced Critical Care. 29(1):36-42.
Cheek, D.J. (2017). Pharmacogenomics: Strategies for individualized care. Nursing Critical Care2017, 12(1), 22-31.
Flanagan, A., & Cheek, D. J. (2016). Anesthetic management of a patient with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like symptoms (MELAS): a case study. Anesthesia eJournal, 4(1):20-25.
Cheek, D. & Brazeau, D. (2015). Genetically modified. Nursing Management-UK, 22(3):13.
Tenney, H., Molinar, M., Villarreal, B., Eaton, S., Howington, L. & Cheek, D.J. (2017-Feb). The effects of oral contraceptives on vascular endothelial function as measured by salivary biomarkers and flow-mediated dilation. Poster presentation at Southern Nursing Research Society, Dallas, Texas.
Borcher, L., Bashore, L., Cheek, D.J., Howington, L. & Daniels, G. (August 4-6, 2016). The integration of genomics/genetics into a nursing curriculum: Enhancing faculty competency. Podium presentation, ISONG 29th World Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
Cheek, D.J. (2016, October 20). Integrating Pharmacogenomics into healthcare. Invited to present Keynote at Barnes Jewish Hospital Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Cheek, D.J. (2014, June 26). Pharmacogenomics and the older adult. Invited, Keynote Speaker at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute-Nursing Research Conference, Los Angeles, California.
Cheek, D.J. (2016, June 18). Pharmacogenomics and your clinical practice. Invited to present at Texas Clinical Nurse Specialist Symposium, Round Rock, Texas.
Bashore, L., Borcher, L., Cheek, D.J., Howington, L & Daniels, G. (June 6-8, 2016). Support to Integrate of Genomics &Genetics into Nursing Curriculums. Poster presentation, STTI 3rd European Regional Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Cheek, D.J. (2013, May). Pharmacogenomics and clinical practice. Invited to present at AACN-NTI, Boston, Massachusetts.
Cheek, D.J. (2013, March). Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics (invited speaker). National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist (100 attendees), San Antonio, Texas.
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 1982-present. American Heart Association-Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, 1998-present. American Nurse Association/Texas Nurse Association, 2004-present. American Physiological Society, 1999-present. American Society for Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics, 1994-present. International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), 2009-present. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist (NACNS), 2005-present. National Gerontological Nursing Association, 2004-present. Southern Nursing Research Society, 2002-present.
International Society of Nursing in Genetics (ISONG)-Elected Board Member, 2014-2016. Texas Nurses Association, District 3—Immediate Past President—2013–2014. Texas Nurses Association, District 3-President—2011-2013. Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS)-Communication liaison with Program Committee 2012. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)—Summer Conference Planning Committee-2010-2011. Doctoral Education Conference SubCommittee-American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), 2010-12. Research Committee, National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA), 2005-2013. International Society of Nursing in Genetics (ISONG)-Plenary Committee, 2009-2010. Chair, AACN NTI Workgroup, 2004-05.
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2019-04-19T14:27:17Z
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https://harriscollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/dennis-j-cheek/
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Jim Kitchen, The Brand 1980 Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas.
The Desk has attracted students, faculty, staff and visitors to Hancock Hill as a place for contemplation and reflection. In 1981, Sul Ross Industrial Tech Education student Jim Kitchen and classmates Bill Wagner and Travis Miller decided they needed a quiet spot away from the dorm to study. Together they carried a desk up Hancock Hill right above Mountainside dormitory. Soon Kitchen and his friends were spending hours up on the hill studying and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. One day, Kitchen left a notebook in one of the desk drawers and when he checked it later, someone had written in it.
Sul Ross students enjoying the day at The Desk. Photograph courtesy Jason Hennington.
He replied and soon the tradition of a notebook associated with The Desk was born. Ten years later, the first completed notebooks were brought to the Archives of the Big Bend in the Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library. To reach The Desk, take Entrance 4, drive to the top, turn left and park at the highest point behind Mountainside dorm. Look for a trail heading uphill and continue climbing to a rock pile at the top and then follow the trail to The Desk. Allow 20 minutes for the hike from the parking lot. Enjoy the view and you are welcome to leave your comments and thoughts in the notebook in The Desk.
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2019-04-24T19:13:04Z
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https://www.sulross.edu/page/1077/desk
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Latest issues in REFERENCE; earlier issues in STACKS.
Journal/Periodical — volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Journal/Periodical — v. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
The Latest issues at CURRENTPER. The Latest issues at CURRENTPER.
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2019-04-26T13:57:08Z
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https://searchworks.stanford.edu/?f%5Bformat_main_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Journal%2FPeriodical&f%5Blanguage%5D%5B%5D=Chinese
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Razamanaz is a fairly unknown project by Britny Fox guitarist Michael Kelly Smith (real name: Michael Schermick) during a hiatus from Brinty Fox in the 90's. The band was formed in 1993. Smith recruited a motley crew band of singer/guitarist Cory Massi, bass player Joe Bisbing, and drummer Steve Attig. The band played shows and recorded songs for a handful of tribute CDs but never formerly released an album of songs. This self-titled collection on Perris Records is a collection of those tribute tracks, some finished original Razamanaz compositions and some unfinished demos.
The band's sound is most certainly derrived from their 1970's heros with a nod to the raspy 80's metal that Smith is known for with Britny Fox. Vocalist Cory Massi has a definite 80's feel with a great vocal range mixed with inspiration from Steven Tyler to Bon Scott. At times he also reminds me of Jason McMaster of Dangerous Toys/Broken Teeth fame. The first two tracks, and especially "Feel It" have that classic AC/DC vibe. However, the albums shining moment is album opener "Urgency", and upbeat rocker that easily could have been a hit for Britny Fox or Cinderella had it been recorded in 1987 instead of 1993. "In the Dust" is another short, straight forward rocker with a hooky chorus. "Make You Mine" is the obligatory ballad, and it a bluesy number that might have been at home on a Jackyl album. I also dug the bluesy "Swamp Slide/Bad Feelin' Blues" which features an excerpt of Jimi Henrix's "Red House".
The band record an superb cover of one of Aerosmith's more underrated gems, "Season of Wither". Massi's attempts to channel his best Steve Tyler impression for the song and the guitar sound has that heavy, 70's feel. To be quite honest, it was this track that attracted me to this CD. I'm a sucker for cool Aerosmith covers. Add a cover of Kiss' "King of the Night Time World" and my interest is even more peaked. The other covers included is "Kicks", originally recorded by Paul Revere & the Raiders and the Ventures classic "Walk, Don't Run".
Unfortunately the rest of the album isn't quite as interesting as the previously mentioned originals and the four covers. "Call of the Wild" may very well have been a killer tune, but the lack of vocals makes for a dull listen. As well, the recording quality dips severely for some of these songs, since they are merely demos. On the last couple songs on the album, the vocals are mixed way to low and are almost hard to hear. Listening to this in my car I kept wanting to turn up the song to hear the vocals, but of course that only makes the music surrounding the vocals louder and never really fixes the problem.
This compilation of material shows as band that had promise and would have been a blast to see in some smokey club. Too bad they never had the opportunity to record properly. I would have loved to have heard them. As it stands, this album is worth owning if just for the Aerosmith and Kiss cover alone.
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2019-04-21T02:16:01Z
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http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/razamanaz.html
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On this page, you will find information about Finnish embassies in India and the Indian embassy in Finland.
If you plan to stay in Finland for a longer period (about more than 6 months), then you can register yourself, as Indian living in Finland, at the embassy. For this purpose, you have to fill-in the NRI registration form and send it to the above address of the embassy by either post or fax.
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2019-04-25T14:12:39Z
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http://fintia.tripod.com/embassy_info.htm
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In recent weeks this blog has featured articles by US-based commentators which have recorded America's recent social progress (see here and here) but, in the wake of Katrina, sociologist Charles Murray uses a column in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) to paint a picture of a problem controlled, not solved.
Murray argues that crime may be down, for example, but criminality is up. America hasn't transformed its social injustices it has excluded them from mainstream society. It has separated itself from the underclass by putting them in prison or housing them in ghettoes.
INCARCERATION OF CRIMINALITY: "When Ronald Reagan took office, 0.9% of the population was under correctional supervision. That figure has continued to rise. When crime began to fall in 1992, it stood at 1.9%. In 2003 it was 2.4%. Crime has dropped, but criminality has continued to rise. This doesn't matter to the middle and upper classes, because we figured out how to deal with it. Partly we created enclaves where criminals have a harder time getting at us, and instead must be content with preying on their own neighbors. But mainly we locked 'em up, a radical change from the 1960s and 1970s. Consider this statistic: The ratio of prisoners to crimes that prevailed when Ronald Reagan took office, applied to the number of crimes reported in 2003, corresponds to a prison population of 490,000. The actual prison population in 2003 was 2,086,000, a difference of 1.6 million. If you doubt that criminality has increased, imagine the crime rate tomorrow if today we released 1.6 million people from our jails and prisons..."
UNWORK: "Criminality is the most extreme manifestation of the unsocialized young male. Another is the proportion of young males who choose not to work. Among black males ages 20-24, for example, the percentage who were not working or looking for work when the first numbers were gathered in 1954 was 9%. That figure grew during the 1960s and 1970s, stabilizing at around 20% during the 1980s. The proportion rose again, reaching 30% in 1999, a year when employers were frantically seeking workers for every level of job..."
ILLEGITIMACY: "Why has the proportion of unsocialized young males risen so relentlessly? In large part, I would argue, because the proportion of young males who have grown up without fathers has also risen relentlessly. The indicator here is the illegitimacy ratio -- the percentage of live births that occur to single women. It was a minuscule 4% in the early 1950s, and it has risen substantially in every subsequent decade. The ratio reached the 25% milestone in 1988 and the 33% milestone in 1999. As of 2003, the figure was 35% -- of all births, including whites. The black illegitimacy ratio in 2003 was 68%."
A recent article by David Brooks on America's moral revival was one of the first posts on this blog. In yesterday's Sunday Times, Andrew Sullivan deployed his pen to reinforce Mr Brooks' belief that American society is improving.
Sullivan, a gay man who cannot be caricatured as moralistic, writes that America is seeing "the reconstitution of the family, the decline of illegitimate births, the collapse of crime, the reinvention and expansion of work. "
The way government has reformed once perverse incentives for bad behaviour. He highlights the 1996 welfare reforms which make non-work and illegitimacy much harder.
Increase in work-rates because the devil finds the wrong kind of work for idle hands.
Increased ownership of homes and shares - because "give people a stake in their own society and they tend to take care of it — and themselves — a little better. "
The way cities like New York have successfully deployed technology to focus police resources on crime and drug hotspots.
Increased incarceration: "The more criminals in jail, the fewer thugs on the streets. Prison worked. Crime fell. "
Teacher accountability reforms that drove up standards in failing schools simply through the fear of looming transparency.
"Government can and must help where it can with better policing, tougher educational standards, welfare reform. But it’s civil society — that hard-to-define Burkean mélange of families, friends, small organisations, volunteers, churches and PTAs — that is the critical instrument of change. The real shift can only come from below — from a million small decisions to scrub a wall of graffiti, to rear a child, marry a loved one, teach an immigrant, turn off a mobile phone, look out for an elderly neighbour, decline that last beer. These things change not when politicians or bishops demand that they do. They change when people have finally had enough of the boorishness that selfishness sustains."
"Fifty-six per cent of single-parent families in this country depend wholly or mainly on the State for their income. This remains one of the fastest-growing elements in the social security budget, which now accounts for one third of all public expenditure. Furthermore, evidence both here and abroad shows that children born and reared by married two-parent families, even from low-income groups, are far less likely to drop out of school, get into trouble with the law and, in extremis, fall into the state-funded care system."
"The initiative is based on solid research indicating that what separates stable and healthy marriages from unstable and unhealthy ones is not the frequency of conflict, but how couples manage conflict. The good news is that through marriage education, healthy conflict-resolution skills can be taught."
"The president's Healthy Marriage Initiative is an exercise in limited government. Here's how: I run the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. My agency spends $46 billion per year operating 65 different social programs. If one goes down the list of these programs — from child welfare, to child-support enforcement, to anti-poverty assistance to runaway-youth initiatives — the need for each is either created or exacerbated by the breakup of families and marriages. It doesn't take a Ph.D. to understand that controlling the growth of these programs depends on preventing problems from happening in the first place. One way to accomplish that — not the only way, of course, but one way — is to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages."
Brooks believes that America is living through a "moral revival".
At the heart of this revival, he says, is a rejection of "stupid ideas". Those stupid ideas include - the idea "that the traditional family is obsolete, that drugs are liberating, that it is every adolescent's social duty to be a rebel."
Other aspects of the revival include better parenting, young Americans' reaction against divorce and the emergence of effective neighbourhood and charitable groups.
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Eric Stonestreet talks about The Secret Life of Pets. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Independence Day: Resurgence and Elvis & Nixon.
Eric Stonestreet talks to Simon about The Secret Life Of Pets. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Mark reviews the week's new films including The Secret Life Of Pets, Independence Day: Resurgence and Elvis & Nixon.
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J. A. Schuler; C. Gehrig; Z. Wuillemin; A. J. Schuler; J. Wochele et al.
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P.-E. Le Renard; O. Jordan; A. Faes; A. Petri-Fink; H. Hofmann et al.
A. Faes; Q. Jeangros; J. B. Wagner; T. W. Hansen; J. Van herle et al.
International Journal of Refrigeration. 2009.
S.-p. Zhang; F. Maréchal; M. Gassner; Z.-w. Ren; Y.-j. Yan et al.
The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2009.
Z. Wuillemin; A. Nakajo; A. Müller; A. J. Schuler; S. Diethelm et al.
Chemical engineering and processing. 2009.
Journal of Power Sources. 2009.
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Environmental Science & Technology. 2009.
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Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology. 2008.
C. Lalanne; G. Prosperi; J.-M. Bassat; F. Mauvy; S. Fourcade et al.
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J. Van herle; D. Perednis; K. Nakamura; S. Diethelm; M. Zahid et al.
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"At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote."
Grocery stores put staples like milk and meat at the back of the store to force you to walk past (and be tempted by) displays of the higher priced goods like candy and cereal. You also have to pass (or maybe you even race to) the folks giving out free samples.
We all understand that just because companies promote their new garlic-flavored vitamin water with free samples it doesn't mean that we can simply walk to the drink section and take home a six-pack for free.
So why are more and more potential clients viewing the Internet as a big free sample case of images from which they can take freely?
The "nobodies" who don't care are photographers who do not register and protect their online images. The "nobodies" who don't care are photographers who do not vigorously pursue copyright infringement.
This is not a so-called victimless crime. Money is being taken out of the pockets of photographers and put into the pockets of the shareholders and owners of the companies in question.
As a matter of policy? Take me now, Lord.
• Costco for listening to complaints about its contest language rules. Quoting from a Costco e-mail: "The problem developed when the contest rules were reviewed by Costco's legal counsel earlier this year. Counsel suggested that we add the statement about ownership rights to the rules in order to avoid any rights issues that might arise when a winner is selected. Again, we simply should not have allowed that to be put in place." The e-mail goes on to promise to reword the contest rules next year.
Sports Illustrated's new deal with MaxPreps for its "Faces in the Crowd" feature nets the photographer a whopping $40 for use on Sports Illustrated's Web site. Granted it's not print use, but just $40? Surely Time-Warner can afford more than that.
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for its work-for-hire contract. Even worse, they pay no more than 10 cents a mile, as little as 2.5 cents a mile and nothing at all if you drive fewer than 100 miles on an assignment.
• Rapport Press for taking extended periods to pay invoices – sometimes more than a year.
• Popular Photography for its all-rights-grabbing photo contest. Photo publications should know better. What they know is that they can get away with it.
• New Mexico magazine for not only joining the ranks of rights-grabbing photo contests, but for extending those rights to the contest's sponsors.
• Even when clients plead poverty, the recession, etc., they often have bigger budgets than they first admit. PDN's David Walker writes about negotiating even during an economic crisis. The article contains an excellent comeback to clients who claim that other photographers are a lot cheaper. Hint: Confidence in your own talent.
Mark Loundy is a visual journalist, writer and media consultant based in San Jose, California.
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http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0911/common-cents-nobody-population-too-darned-many.html
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Episode Three of Season Eight is going to be a bloodbath.
Williams's post-'Thrones' tweet says it all.
"He's tried many times with many Three-Eyed Ravens."
Did you catch these connections in Season Eight’s best moments?
There's reason to think that if she was once, she's not anymore.
On set, off set, and everywhere in between.
It's a really, really bad idea.
Everyone on the show said the crypts were safe, so we can be pretty sure something terrible will happen in them.
At least one person is looking beyond the battle of Winterfell.
This confirms a few popular fan theories.
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Fog City Records: STANTON MOORE - All Kooked Out!
than the sum of its parts"
Serious New Orleans funk with jazz chops and a superbad attitude! Stanton Moore is best known as the drummer for Galactic, whose debut album Coolin' Off also saw its initial release on the Fog City label. (Note that Galactic and the Coolin' Off album have graduated to major label status, but Fog City Records remains independent in the best sense of the word).
On his first solo project, Stanton brought together (for the first time ever) Charlie Hunter (eight string guitarist) and Skerik (tenor and baritone saxologist for Critters Buggin', Les Claypool, Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, etc) along with a cast of New Orleans funk/jazz heavyweights including Michael Ray (Sun Ra trumpeter), Ben Ellman (Galactic and the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars), Matt Perrine (sousaphone) and others. Now a classic Fog City release, All Kooked Out remains one of our most in-demand records, and a launchpad for an incredible artist's career.
These recordings were made completely live in the studio (with no overdubs, no headphones and definitely no samples), in New Orleans right after Mardi Gras (see Stanton's quote below to get an idea of what that means to a New Orleans musician...) The atmosphere that resulted (augmented with liberal portions of Stanton's mom's southern cookin') is clearly audible on the thirteen tracks included here - all kooked out indeed!
In addition to containing over an hour of the new new super heavy New Orleans funk, the All Kooked Out! CD can also be placed in the CD-ROM drive of most computers for a multimedia experience that includes bonus tracks, artist interviews, and a video from in-studio footage.
Note that despite packin' all this heat, All Kooked Out! is priced like a regular audio CD.
" Stanton Moore's got this one in his back pocket. With Galactic already comfortably ensconced in its niche as one of the premier groups of the new jazz movement, Moore uses All Kooked Out to display a natural affinity for straight-up Buddy Rich-style jazz. Who knew? You can't take the funk out of Moore, however, so some sinewy grooves lurk on this record as well."
" Stanton Moore has got to be one of THE BEST funk drummers I have ever seen, and I have been a fan of New Orleans funk for close to 30 years. Zigaboo Modeliste, John Vidacovich, Russell Batiste, Kenneth Blevins - Stan can kick-it with the best of them. He just sits there with a big sh*t-eatin grin on his face, doesn't even look like he breaks a sweat. "
" Got home last night, and I've been listening to the disc all day... tChFuNkTa! "
" We played till 6:15 Mardi Gras morning at Benny's, so we didn't have time go to sleep. We just walked straight to the parade route and got into the procession. By the end of the parade, man, we were all, like, sleep deprived, inebriated. It was crazy, man-- a crazy Mardi Gras day. After the parade, I'm completely out of it, and we walk down to Cafe Brasil. I tell Ade, the club owner, 'Hey, man, let me go sleep upstairs in the apartment.' You gotta understand Ade. He's a beautiful freak. He's run one of the most successful clubs in the city for the past 11 years and doesn't have a telephone, because he knows everyone would be calling him. So, I go up there and go to sleep for about an hour. Then Ade comes in and says, 'It's started! It's started! Come on! The party is waiting for you! Wake up! It's time to play! Come on! You need to get in the shower! Come on! Got to get in the shower!' So I'm in the shower and Ade comes in and says, 'Somebody needs to come in and use the bathroom.' So this guy comes in the bathroom, and sits on the throne. He's like, 'So what's your name?' I'm like, 'Stanton. I just played all night--haven't had any sleep--gotta go play right now.' He's like, 'That's cool. Nice talking to you. I'll see you later.' So I didn't see him, right, because I'm behind the shower curtain. Later, Ade says, 'Do you know who that was in the bathroom? That was Mayor Morial. Ha, ha, ha.'"
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Unknown, . “Ahaetulla Fasciolata.” Herndon G. Dowling Collection, MS 059. WCSU Archives, 13 Nov. 2018. Accessed on the Web: 23 Apr. 2019.
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In 1978, Dave Dickensheet was one of the top pitching prospects in the state of Missouri, leading the Glendale Falcons to a state championship that year. Dave went on to a great career at Missouri State University. We lost Dave to cancer in 1991. In 2013, the Lead-Off Club voted to re-name the Pitcher of the Year Award to The Dave Dickensheet Award given to Springfield’s top senior HS pitcher.
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The Resource Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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This semester might just be awesome.
I love the new class of seniors so far. They seem to be a lot more laid back, and less laden with attitude than the one class who just left me. I know as a teacher I tend to be rather sarcastic, and some classes don’t really respond well to that. These kids seem to. That’s a good thing.
My students get 10 minutes every day. They come in at the beginning of the period, get their journal from the rack, and just write. About anything. It can be nonsensical, it can be lyrics, poetry, even illustrations. So long as they write. No one reads it (except, occasionally, me) and they can use it as their own space to vent/be creative. So far, I’ve not had even one complaint about it. They all seem excited about the idea! However, it’s only day one.
Today, my juniors are beginning a month-long persuasive writing unit. Patti and I planned it together, and it will be awesome. We’re beginning with a crayon activity where they have to persuade the Crayola company to keep their crayon color. So far, it’s gotten a good reception and the kids are enjoying writing about something fun.
The senior classes have begun an introductory activity. They’re making a culture bag. This assignment requires them to think about their own personal cultures and to draw them inside an outline of a bag. I’ve heard from other students that they are excited about this, so that seems to be going well.
I’m excited to see how this semester ends up. I think there is some potential for great things. I’m already fired up!
It’s possible that you are more relaxed going into this semester. You’ve had some successes and are feeling more comfortable with the whole process. That probably affects how the kids relate to you.
On the other hand, there are some classes that are very difficult for some reason,. One or two negative kids can influence the climate in the entire classroom. You just went through one of those. Thankfully, you won’t have that every semester. Enjoy this semester. It sounds like you’re off to a great start.
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https://evolutionofaneducator.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/of-journals-and-other-things/
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Character sketch of a man who lives in luxury and still maintains that he is a Communist. His mind always works as though he were thinking for the class that doesn't have luxuries, but he keeps his own intact.
This article appears in the print edition of the January 28, 1933, issue.
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1933/01/28/yours-for-the-revolution
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Awards season is upon us once again, kicking off with the Golden Globes. It's a red carpet that, historically, fashion fans always look forward to—incredible looks are pretty much the norm—but also one where some ensembles speak to the cultural conversation happening in the industry, whether it's through a pin attached to a gown or jacket or via an all-black dress code. And for an event that celebrates a landmark year in entertainment, with films like Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther setting new record after new record, this is certainly something viewers want to see addressed. This year the Los Angeles Times reported ahead of the show that Time's Up encouraged attendees to wear "TIMESUPx2" ribbons and bracelets, referencing the initiative's second year and a new campaign to double the number of women in leadership positions—in Hollywood and elsewhere.
Check out every single look from the 2019 Golden Globes red carpet, from host and nominee Sandra Oh to A Star Is Born's Lady Gaga.
Wearing Valentino Haute Couture and Tiffany & Co.
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Suetonius was a Roman historian. His most important work is called De Vita Caesarum, it includes the biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
This page was last changed on 2 June 2018, at 14:54.
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(L to R): Branden Kelly, Ryan Drew, Karem J. Simon, Kendall Perry, Michael Gallant.
The UPEI Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Karem J. Simon, will be performing a full recital of contemporary wind band music on Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 PM at the Homburg Theatre in Charlottetown.
Following years of performances at local churches, the Wind Symphony is using Charlottetown's premier venue at the Confederation Centre of the Arts to provide its members, guest performers, and the audience with an optimal experience.The ensemble is in fine form and recent performances in Saint John, NB, and Summerside have been enthusiastically received. The centrepiece of the program is the Concertino for Four Percussionists by American composer David Gillingham. This work exploits the technical, expressive and sonic qualities of the Wind Symphony's extensive percussion section.
Featured soloists include principal percussionist Ryan Drew and freshman Kendall Perry, who will be joined by UPEI music graduates Michael Gallant and Branden Kelly. The Wind Symphony's program will begin with Pulitzer Prize winning composer William Schumann's Chester, which is a setting with variations of an eighteenth century American Revolutionary hymn. Medieval Suite, a work by another American, Ron Nelson, will follow. Here, Nelson captures the music of the 12th and 13th centuries while using contemporary harmonies, textures, colour, and minimalism. Thereafter, the Wind Symphony will jump a couple of centuries in its presentation of an elegant set of Renaissance dances by Japanese composer Yosuke Fukuda. Concluding this recital with be the March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith, a clever adaptation of themes by romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber.
Comprised of UPEI music majors, the Wind Symphony has been critically acclaimed for its performance standard and innovative programming. During the past twenty years the Wind Symphony has produced an annual compact disc featuring selected repertoire from each year's performances. This has been a particularly busy semester for the Wind Symphony, which has performed collaboratively with school bands in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Recently, the Wind Symphony performed the inaugural concert band recital at the new Celtic Performing Arts Centre in Summerside. For this recital, UPEI is delighted to share the opportunity of performing at the Homburg Theatre with two local bands: the Queen Charlotte Grade 9 Band, under the direction of Sylvia Andrew, and the Colonel Gray Grade 11 - 12 Band under the direction of Shawn Doiron.
Tickets for this performance at $15 Adults and $10 Students may be acquired at UPEI, participating schools, and the Confederation Centre of the Arts box office.
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A straphanger was clobbered by a pot-smoking mob when he asked them to stop puffing ganja aboard a Dallas train.
Kennan Jones, 44, is still recovering from the Sunday night assault on a northbound DART train that left him blacked out with bruised ribs after a group of seven young men and women spit on him, beat him and hit him over the head with a skateboard, local CBS affiliate reported.
A graphic two-and-a-half minute cell phone video of the attack shows the group of five men and two women using train poles as leverage to kick Jones and taking turns pushing and punching him.
The attackers then throw Jones out of the train’s open doors and continue their beating outside, ending by hitting him in the head with a skateboard twice and leaving him lying face down on the ground.
Jones was taken to Baylor Hospital. He says he’ll keep riding DART but wondered why the driver of the train did not stop and call the police.
“To me, they saw enough to be, to stop that moment and say, ‘we’re not going nowhere until police come,” Jones said.
A dispatcher on the platform witnessed the beating and called the police.
In June, another rider was attacked at the same Deep Ellum station and a woman was raped at a station near that area, local station WFAA reported.
DART officials said they would increase police presence, but Jones was on the ground for 15 minutes before cops got to him.
“We apologize for this happening. Especially to that customer. This is not something we want to happen on DART’s trains. So, we actually want to catch these individuals and we want to prosecute them,” Mark Ball, a DART spokesperson told WFAA.
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https://nypost.com/2017/08/02/train-rider-beaten-after-asking-pot-smoking-mob-to-knock-it-off/
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During the past 2 weeks, I have been working on the iPhone 4S that we just purchased. In last week, I learned about different types of jailbreak, tethered, semi-tether, and untethered. And I did a semi-tether jailbreak, which means that I can still use the phone when I reboot. The reason for jailbreaking iPhone is to enable us to use a third party tool, Clutch, to decrypt Apple Store applications so that we can perform further static analysis.
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2019-04-20T02:20:29Z
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Walking down the street, I noticed a local gym with this slogan painted on their front window..
But I realize after trying countless diets and going through numerous on again off again periods of working out where the results are ALWAYS temporary–maybe, just maybe, THIS is the right mentality to have; to become “insane” about getting fit.
This post is my beginning attempt to retrain my brain to “train insane” so I do not “remain the same”.
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As I may have mentioned a few (dozen) times before, I always go to the kitchen for a snack or a glass of tea late at night, let the dog out for one last time, and glance through a book or two while the tea brews. Last night, my book of choice was Writing for Life, all about journal writing.
One of its recommendations is to write your journal out by hand, pen on paper, instead of electronically. I have independently arrived at the same decision. For one thing, my small paper journal is much easier to stuff into my purse and carry around than is my MacBook.
But there’s something about putting the words on paper by hand that connects me to them more than does typing them out on a keyboard. I’m not sure why this is, yet I’m going through it and going through with it. I’m using up a lot of ink these days.
I find that the physical movement of the pen across the paper is much more conducive to getting my thoughts and ideas organized than just typing on a keyboard.
I don’t know if it’s the sound or the texture, or even the physical contact with the paper. I also think that with a keyboard, one is constrained to only words, and sometimes words are simply insufficient.
This is especially true for the deeply personal stuff. Nothing beats a weekend at the lake with a notebook for that kind or writing.
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2019-04-26T13:55:53Z
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https://white-pebble.net/2008/12/16/a-book-found-last-night/
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internet – Is A Fish A Man ?
I was thinking the other day about our internal geographies and the changing relationship these have with the world. In particular, i was musing on the effect of modern forms of transport – and to a lesser extent the effect of the modern media. A few centuries ago most people would have spent almost all their lives in one location which they’d have known very well indeed; their knowledge would have faded away gradually as they moved from this ‘centre of the universe’ until they reached the boundaries of the known.
Of course it wouldn’t have been quite that simple. There would be little irregularities – market towns they made a special journey to perhaps or pilgrimage sites – and there would have existed a vague map of other places too: lands mentioned in the Bible for example (i’m thinking of people in Britain as my example), cities from which luxury items came, the lands of myth and legend.
Still, it was a very different situation to today. Nowadays a person may live in one small district of a town, and know the way to and the location of a shopping complex on the edge of town and a few other locations but be otherwise ignorant of much of the place in which they live. They may commute by train every day passing from one small area of ‘known world’ to another, the one in which they work, through a desert of meaningless place names. How many of us have felt panic when our train breaks down en route and we’re turfed out at some station ‘in the middle of nowhere’? Even when the middle of nowhere is often the middle of somewhere, some district of the city we just don’t happen to know?
But trains have only a mild effect compared to aeroplanes. Consider for a moment those people with holiday homes in Spain or Portugal – or even Florida. Each year they migrate hundreds of miles to these places, even if only for a little while. At both ends of the journey they know precisely where they are. Those two small areas, so distant from one another, are next to one another in their internal geography. One goes from one to the other. The space in between, those miles of sea and land which they fly over, has no reality for them. Indeed, modern planes fly so high that for much of the trip travellers don’t even see the places over which they’re moving.
It’s very strange when you stop to think about it. I live maybe fifty or sixty miles from France. There are people just that distance from me living lives in towns i never see and can’t name. I never go there. Why? Well, in part – and quite a big part – because there’s no quick or easy way to get there. Far easier to get a plane to the other side of Europe or even beyond. The other reason i don’t go is because i imagine i’ve already seen these towns – or more accurately that being so close to me they can’t be sufficiently different from what i already know to make the journey worthwhile. Yet as a child even the south of England seemed like a foreign country. The first time i visited London (as a fourteen year old) i was awed and disoriented – far more so than when i later visited Istanbul or even Dhaka in fact.
It’s all about exposure. And that brings me to the other way in which places can come to feel too familiar to be worth bothering about: the constant exposure to images of them in the media. This is probably why i’ve never visited America. Why go to it and when it comes to me practically every time i turn on the telly? Of course that’s only a little sliver of America, but then, thinking about it, i’ve only ever seen a little sliver of my own country. Still, the illusion of familiarity takes root. The Internet only worsens this. You spend hours chatting to people on another continent, on the other side of the ocean. You live in your global village of far-flung contacts separated only by meaningless ‘uninhabited’ hyperspace.
One day i suppose we’ll be living in ‘virtual worlds’ spread across different planets, perhaps different galaxies. Imagine.
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2019-04-21T01:07:04Z
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I have to accept fall. I like fall, I just don’t like to get excited about something that leads to winter. I’m a huge spring and summer fan. I’m the girl that can hardly wait for even a hint of warmer weather and sunshine. Fall is very pretty, especially where we live, Starbucks has pumpkin spice lattes in the fall, and scary movies are always fun (yet cheesy) to see with friends. OK OK, Fall–you win. Can you just stay around through the months of December, January and February perhaps?
Since we have this wonderful new house, I wanted to decorate for every holiday, for my own benefit and Brayden’s. I like pretty things.
I remember growing up helping my family decorate for every holiday, and that was such a fun memory for me—-so being the great mom that I am, I wanted to make sure Brayden had the same fun! Plus, lets face it, it makes me feel like a kid again myself, which is an extra bonus I’m OK with!
I didn’t really know where the one box of fall decorations were that we moved over from our old house, and I didn’t feel like digging for them in the pile of boxes we haven’t completely unpacked and organized yet, so off to my trusted ol friend Pier One I went! You cannot go wrong with Pier One anytime of the year! Plus, they sent me a coupon when we moved. How nice of them. I bought a few pieces (sparkly pumpkins, a rustic picture frame, some candles…you know, the basics hehe) and then headed to Target to see what I could find. I did not want my house to look like a fall freak show, but I wanted people to notice I did put thought into this!
I found a cute door decoration and a few other “fall-ish” items, and came home and put them up. I was so proud of myself. However, while I was outside decorating, I saw these pesky weeds in the flower beds, so I had to pull them, then I decided the porch needed swept, so I did that too. Then, I saw some spider webs that had started in the corners, so I Brock had to take care of that too. Suddenly decorating became an all day thing. Typical Mary. I have a way of turning a 10 minute project into a two day project.
Mary: Pumpkin muffins (made the healthy way with spice cake mix and pumpkin), pumpkin dip (1 tub of ff cool whip, 1 can of pure pumpkin, 1 small package of sugar free vanilla instant pudding and pumpkin pie spice to flavor it) Pumpkin coffee from Dunkin Donuts, crock pot soups and chili, Anderson Orchard’s apple cider slushies (best 1.00 I have ever spent in my life), apple dumplings–of which I need a healthy recipe for, fall scented candles from Bath and Body Works (Apple Crumble is a favorite!!), scary movies that I remember watching in middle school and high school (like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Halloween etc.), fall pea-coats and tall boots. I’m sure there are many more things, but these top the list! Yes, I did know that I left off the beloved Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. I allow myself only one a year, because I don’t drink calories and those suckers are bad for you anyway you take them!
Here are some photos of the fun we have had this fall: Enjoy!
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Characeae : still a valid model system to examine fundamental principles in plants.
In: Progress in botany, 68 pp. 193-220.
Ca2+ mobilization from internal stores in electrical membrane excitation in Chara.
In: Progress in botany, 64 pp. 217-233.
This list was generated on Tue Apr 23 00:33:08 2019 CEST.
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Luke Reese, associate professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, talks about his Study Abroad experiences. He’s led 14 summer trips to Australia and has traveled to New Zealand with students. Additionally, Dr. Reese has taken students to Germany and Sweden. This winter, he will take students to Costa Rica to study ecological engineering in the tropics.
We asked him specifically about his experiences as a faculty member with Study Abroad. Study abroad includes many other options.
Why is Study Abroad a good learning experience for students?
Studying abroad takes the student out of their comfort zone and forces critical thinking. Even if traveling to an English speaking country, culture, context, diction and customs are different forcing students to think outside their shells.
Even for the simplest of tasks like getting from point A to B, a student might have to decipher a train, bus or ferry route and schedule, or hail a cab, or rent a bike or find a walking route and even pay in a currency that may not be green.
While it usually takes time to sink it, students return from a study abroad as global citizens putting things more in the context of the whole versus the individual.
Tell us about the trips you’ve taken with Study Abroad.
I’ve been on 14 short-term summer trips to Australia titled Sustainable Food, Environment and Social Systems. The general focus on the trip relates human impacts on the environment which translates into sustainability.
In earlier programs, the routing included New Zealand for approximately one-half of the four week program. In recent years the program only traveled in Australia and used water as a binding theme especially in light of the eight-year drought that covered most of Australia.
Last year, I also traveled on the Renewable Bioenergy Systems program to Germany and Sweden. In Germany, students in the program studied anaerobic digestion which has been in use as alternative energy system since WW II. In Germany, there are approximately 6,000 anaerobic digesters, while in the U.S., there are approximately 250 nationwide. In 2005, Germany banned traditional landfills thus the reuse of disposed materials is social policy driven in addition to environmental and energy related. In Sweden, the program studied the use of woody biomass as combined heat and power alternative energy systems.
Both of these countries faced similar energy crisis points just like the United States; however, they both took different paths and policies on the issue than the United States. Our goal on the academic study is to present differences. Students then use their critical thinking skills to put context to the issue, to compare and contrast to U.S. practices and policies and to analyze and summarize future possibilities in global contexts.
How many students travel with you on each trip?
The 2012 programs traveled with minimum numbers – seven to Germany and Sweden and 11 to Australia. In 2010 and 2011, the Australia program traveled with 21 and 19 students, respectively.
Normally a group of 15-18 is ideal because of transportation logistics, rooming arrangements and general group dynamics. In addition, with a group size of 15-18 we usually have a diversity of majors and levels, which enhances the richness of knowledge and sharing to discuss critical issues. Lastly, the entire group benefits financially with a 15-18 group size; a program must be self-supporting.
Any new adventures coming up?
We’re in the process of planning a winter-break program to Costa Rica studying Ecological Engineering in the Tropics. The unique aspect of this trip is we are partnering with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) Biosystems Engineering Department, who we are partnered with on a Department of State grant. We will be recruiting students from both institutions to travel together on the two-week trip offered as a bilingual program. The reason for going during winter-break is the matching of academic calendars for MSU and UCR. University of Costa Rica students will be on summer break and thus able to travel on the program. Study Abroad also contains cultural and geographic specific learning opportunities. Participants on this program likely will celebrate Christmas day in a cloud forest which we hope will be a special day for everyone.
Costa Rica – December 15-29, 2012. Ecological Engineering in the Tropics – we’ve got 12 spots for MSU students!
Why is Study Abroad good for faculty members?
In general, Study Abroad is a great way to build professional networks and partnerships with both peer faculty and industry. In addition, Study Abroad allows faculty members to learn more about the students sitting in their classrooms. Due to the nature of being together pretty much constantly for an extending period, faculty are able to more extensively learn about the students they are teaching.
As instructors, we stay in the same accommodations as the students. There’s nothing like walking the same youth hostel hallways as your students to truly understand study (or non-study) patterns, living patterns, time management skills, etc. As a faculty member, you gain a better respect for the challenges of today’s student.
What have you gained, personally and professionally, from these Study Abroad experiences?
Personally and professionally, I have gained networking contacts, who push me outside my personal box just like the students. I, too, have had to understand language and cultural differences. Once understood, joint projects flow more smoothly and professionally.
On a strictly personal note, I have formed lifelong friendships that are priceless. In addition, it is personally and professionally rewarding to talk to students after their Study Abroad experiences. Those students often describe Study Abroad as their best experience at MSU.
For the instructor, that comment is not the reward. The reward is the direct change you can see in the student’s critical thinking about issues that was learned during their study abroad - no longer just an “American” but a global American citizen.
To support CANR students and faculty in their Study Abroad adventures, make a gift.
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https://www.canr.msu.edu/academics/undergraduate/studyabroad/study_abroad_profiles
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Guwahati: A child undergoing treatment for burn injuries at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has tested HIV positive after allegedly being given contaminated blood at the hospital.
The three-and-a-half-year-old boy, who had suffered 40% burns in an accident at home, was admitted to GMCH in April, 2015, and was kept there for more than five months. During that time, he underwent multiple blood transfusions as the injuries were quite serious and life-threatening. The GMCH ordered an inquiry after the matter came to light on Monday.
"Both me and my husband are HIV negative. Then, how could our child have tested HIV positive? My son underwent six blood transfusions at GMCH. When he tested positive for HIV, we told the hospital authorities that he received blood at GMCH. But they asked us to keep quiet," said the boy's mother.
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https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hospitals/kid-tests-hiv-after-blood-transfusion-in-assam-hospital/52202150
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As we near the end of National Nutrition Month, we spoke with Brianna Wieser, an alumna of NYU Steinhardt’s BS in Nutrition/Food Studies program with a concentration in Nutrition and Dietetics. She currently works as a outpatient dietitian at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
Tell us about yourself and what initially brought you to the Nutrition and Food Studies department.
I was initially attracted to the Nutrition and Food Studies Department at NYU Steinhardt because of its national reputation for excellence and all of the professors who are actively involved in nutrition research, food politics, and the media. Upon learning more about the program, I was impressed by the smaller program size, the ability to develop a true relationship with your advisor and professors, and its location in the heart of New York City where food culture is rich.
Did you come to NYU as a career-changer, or have you always been in the food and nutrition space?
I am a former dancer and current registered yoga teacher. After many years of dancing professionally in the US and abroad, I realized that I wanted to have a career where I could help facilitate sustainable behavior change. I come from a long line of health enthusiasts and have always loved cooking, going to farmers markets, and learning about the healing potential of food. Nutrition felt like a way that I could draw from my past experiences while challenging myself in a new way.
I am grateful to work as an outpatient dietitian at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation where I provide nutrition for recovery via individual consultations, group classes, cooking demonstrations, and lectures. Many people who struggle with substance use often abandon healthy lifestyle patterns while in active use. This results in weight changes, digestive issues, macro/micro nutrient deficiencies, dehydration, and a host of other nutrition-related health concerns. 30 percent of patients who come into treatment for substance use also have co-occurring eating disorders, and another large percentage of this population have had gastric bypass surgery. The field of nutrition and recovery is in its infancy, and I enjoy being a part of an emerging branch of nutrition and seeing the power it has as lifestyle medicine.
My favorite memories from NYU happened late at night at Bobst library. My friends and I would essentially camp out for hours in preparation for exams and would take breaks in the hallway to refuel. We had so many laughs during these meal breaks. Slightly delirious, but ultimately sharing a closeness that got us through even organic chemistry and physiology.
My time at NYU Steinhardt inspired me to be an agent of change in this world. It challenged me to dive into everything I studied and think critically and creatively. It gave me the confidence to pursue my Dietetic Internship at Mayo Clinic and provided me with lifelong friends who are all practicing nutrition in various parts of the country. I feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to study at NYU Steinhardt and for all of the wonderful professors in the program.
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2019-04-24T21:02:48Z
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https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/news/2019/3/29/National_Nutrition_Month_Profile_Brianna_Wieser_BS_13
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beaumontenterprise
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NEW YORK — Dallas Keuchel might not be with the Astros forever. General manager Jeff Luhnow has talked about the team’s window before. But whatever happens, Keuchel wants the Astros to push on further into the playoffs and he thinks this group can do so.
Asked on Saturday night after receiving his Cy Young award if the ceremony fully closed the book on 2015, Keuchel indicated a follow-up performance would really bring closure.
Assuming his health, the next time Keuchel travels to New York will likely be in April, to make the opening day start against the Yankees.
He won’t be well received after last season’s playoffs.
… Besides the national Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards, local New York chapter awards were given out Saturday. The Willie, Mickey and the Duke Award — given to personalities that history is expected to always link together — went to the great trio of A’s pitchers, Barry Zito, Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson. Hinch, of course, came up alongside them.
… The cancellation of the public dinner preceding the BBWAA ceremony was a major bummer for many on Sunday. It took a great effort for the ceremony to be held at all, and the travel situation in the New York area was so miserable that cancellation was deemed necessary. But, the fact that a ceremony was held left some who were already at the hotel feeling, well, left out in the cold.
David Eide, a 78-year-old from New Jersey and a former restaurateur, sat for a long time in the lobby of the midtown Hilton as people arrived for the ceremony. He wondered why, if it was indeed canceled, so many folks in suits were arriving.
Eide didn’t know how he’d spend the rest of his night.
Eide wasn’t sure if and/or when refunds would be given. Tickets cost $225 each.
… Here’s what commissioner Rob Manfred said last week at MLB’s owners meetings in Florida when asked about the Astros-Cardinals hacking situation in a press conference.
“I want to deal with the Cardinals hacking issue when I’m comfortable that I know all of the facts,” Manfred said. “Maybe even more than a domestic policy — or domestic violence situation, the government is uniquely positioned to know exactly what happened there.
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2019-04-24T15:54:18Z
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https://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/ultimateastros/2016/01/24/astros-notebook-cy-young-winner-dallas-keuchel-looks-forward-to-another-postseason-run/
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You turn off printer control in the Canon software. Not in PS. But make sure that you let PS manage printing. Not the printer.
"It seems that it's the profile itself that is turning the image purple."
It is most important you use the correct paper profile. Either use Canon papers exclusively until you get things right or use a paper like Red River that supplies profiles for their paper. Once you see how the printer reacts, then you can try different things.
I'm having this same problem but with a PIXMA MG6320 on a mac running OSX. The Canon My Printer Software does seem to exist for mac. So how would I go about fixing this problem?
I know there are many variables that can cause the magenta cast on images, but I was able to solve my issue and I wanted to share what worked for me. I own 2 of these printers, I have one at home and one at work. The images I was printing at work started having a magenta cast, even though I had previosly printed them with no problems. I tried multiple color and media settings as well as ICC profiles, but nothing worked. I then printed the images at home using the same settings and I didn't have a problem. The only difference was at home I used wifi to print and at work I had started to use the USB connection because the printer not being able to communicate with my computer was becoming a regular occurence. When I set up the connection at work I went into system preferences (I use a mac both home and at work) and clicked on printers and scanners and added the printer this way. My previous connection at work as well as my connection at home were set up using Canon's IJ Network Tool. Once I realized this was the only difference I deleted my work printer and then added it back using the IJ Netework Tool and the magenta cast is now gone! I know how much frustration this has caused me so I thought I would share.I hope this information is able to help someone.
Right. If you add the printer without using the Canon tool you generally get the Bonjour version of the driver which has very limited capability.
I had exactly the same problem with the magenta cast. I had my printer connected to a switch via Ethernet. Deleting the printer in Windows, reinstalling it via USB with Canon IJ Network Too helped. No more magenta cast.
This thread solved my day! In 90 minutes a customer comes to pick up prints worth $ 500... Thanks!
so I did download the image to test and also the print studio software and still getting a magenta cast. Any idea how to help it? I am not sure how to set it in full manual mode though. Can someone enlighten me pls?
kiscsillag - what software are you printing from?
If you were in front of me I would kiss you. HOLY COW! I have been trying to fix this for over 3 months. So much paper and ink and time has been exhausted trying to get this printer to make accurate photos. I was literally on the verge of giving up after reading about 50 forums last night when BAM your post came up. The image is dead on accurate now.
I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!
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2019-04-22T02:44:33Z
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https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Magenta-Cast-on-New-Pixma-Pro-100/td-p/129323/page/2
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urbandictionary
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An initiation ritual into a different countries local alcohol culture by drinking said alcohol in a unique way or something that is only done by that culture when drinking. Almost like breaking a cherry into the local water hole habits. In doing so you are adopted by water papies that show you the bubbly way. A reaching of age in that country through social acceptance of alcohol endurance.
JOHN: Dude Jessie from Lithuania has their Beermiztva this weekend.
SARA: SICK! Finally their one of us.
Get a beermiztva mug for your coworker Trump.
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2019-04-19T17:25:53Z
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https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beermiztva
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wikipedia
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↑ Antonio Rigopoulos (1998). Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara: A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-faceted Hindu Deity. State University of New York Press. पृ॰ 72. आई॰ऍस॰बी॰ऍन॰ 978-0-7914-3696-7.
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2019-04-25T21:53:05Z
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https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE
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behindbigbrother
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I don't like that question mainly because I feel I'm limiting myself if I put parameters in what I'm looking for in a woman. I mean physically speaking I'm really attracted to blondes with nice eyes, but that doesn't mean I only want to date blondes with nice eyes.
There was a eharmony free trial that ended today @reepbot. Not overly helpful now that it's the last day but maybe it's not too late to benefit?
E harmony intrigues me, it seems to have a decent success rate and claims to be quite thorough in it's matching process, I'm just curious as to how it all works. Could it just be a law of averages type of thing of getting enough single people looking for love together on one place? There isn't really a formula for these things, for example I seriously doubt my partner and I would have ever been matched, and yet we are probably more compatible than someone who seems a good match for either of us on paper.
Yeah I'm not really sure how the matching formula works out either. Seems like guesswork most of the time.
I thought I would revive this thread to post some dating/relationship stuff because it's a topic that interests me.
i wouldn't object to dating an educated woman. but if they had like a snooty personality where they would want the perfect man then that would be a turn off.
is it better to strive all your life seeking the perfect partner for yourself or settling down with someone?
who needs friends? anyway, i'm hoping to widen the scope of this topic beyond me.
i think dating in terms of ease is based on what you have to offer to the other person.
What actions indicate a person is clingy? And is someone's clingy someone else's passionate?
is there such a thing as love in this world of ours?
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2019-04-21T00:51:40Z
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https://www.behindbigbrother.com/forums/threads/online-dating.54040/page-13
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ntu
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Reengineering university education : an economic and qualitative assessment.
The global economy and increased competition have brought about the need for a change and improvement of the current university education system so as to produce graduates who are capable of handling the new challenges. This report starts off by recognizing the fee differences between a private and public university. A survey on the satisfaction of undergraduates towards the current education system is conducted in both NUS and NTU.
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2019-04-18T23:21:44Z
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https://repository.ntu.edu.sg/handle/10356/10658
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uark
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Saccharomyces boulardii is a yeast that has been shown to have a probiotic effect on the gut health of humans, ruminants, and swine by helping to control intestinal homeostasis, preventing pathogens from colonizing, promoting beneficial enzyme production, and by other mechanisms. This trial is designed to test whether the addition of S. boulardii to the diet improves the enteric health of broilers. Forty-eight test pens each containing fifteen birds, a water line, and a hanging feed pan were set up in a commercial broiler house from day eighteen to day thirty-six of the flock. The pens were evenly divided into six treatments: one control, and five different application methods and amounts of yeast. During the trial, weights, gains, and feed consumption were measured at 18, 28, and 36 days. After the trial concluded, samples of the duodenum and ileum were taken for determination of villi length and crypt depth and to test for bacitracin resistant strains of bacteria. The results showed that with an alpha of 0.05 S. boulardii had no significant impact on production characteristics at any concentration, and had a small but significant negative effect on gut health.
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2019-04-20T07:11:34Z
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http://uarkive.uark.edu/xmlui/handle/10826/1141
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Arts
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Science
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princeton
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The Mass Spectrometry Facility in the Department of Chemistry offers first-rate chemical analysis. Researchers use the facility for a variety of needs, from investigating the structure of key intermediates to obtaining publication quality spectra. Once students and postdoctoral researchers receive training on an instrument they may run their own samples on an as needed basis, with expert on-site assistance readily available. Senior spectroscopist, Dr. John Eng, handles samples submitted by researchers from outside the department.
Agilent 6220 Accurate-Mass Time-of-Flight LC/MS: Using this high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometer, synthetic chemists can routinely obtain accurate, sub ppm mass measurements for the complete characterization of their products for publication. The latest version of "Mass Hunter" software is available on this system.
Agilent 1100 and 1200 MSD Series Single Quadrupole LC/MS: These two instruments are configured for "walk-on" fast reverse phase liquid chromatography and direct injection analysis.
Agilent 5975C MSD for GC-MS Analysis: This reliable gas chromatography mass spectrometer vaporizes chemical samples and provides information about the mass of its components.
Agilent 7200 GC QTOF with 7890C GC: Provides high resolution GC-MS data and the attached 7890 GC is equipped with 2D GC column capabilities. It is part of Professor John T. Groves’ instrument cluster but researchers can make arrangements with the facility and the Groves lab to gain access to this machine.
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2019-04-22T04:51:20Z
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https://chemistry.princeton.edu/research-facilities/mass-spectrometry
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Arts
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Science
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complex
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After months of speculation, Marvel Studios revealed in early December that the title of the highly anticipated follow-up to Infinity War would be Avengers: Endgame. In an interview with MTV News at the Golden Globes, the studio's chief, Kevin Feige, confessed that the Endgame title existed "before we started developing the movie, or just as we were developing it." Feige also admitted that the "We are in the endgame now" line uttered by Doctor Strange in the first film was delivered "because we knew it was the title."
Back in 2014, Marvel Studios unveiled a teaser trailer that initially stated that Infinity War would be split into two parts, with "Part 2" coming out in May 2019. The studio eventually stepped away from those designations, opting to keep the title of the first film as Infinity War and the follow-up untitled.
As Marvel Studios sets to transition from Phase 3 to Phase 4 this year, Feige fully understands the power that the studio possesses in keeping details at a minimum while piquing their fan base's interest. "Being able to generate excitement without giving away any of the many, many, many secrets would be ideal," he adds.
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2019-04-18T22:37:53Z
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https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/01/kevin-feige-says-avengers-endgame-title-was-in-place-before-filming-infinity-war
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News
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cotton
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Paridun Sh. Ibragimov, Victor A. Avtonomov, Alisher B. Amanturdiev, Shadmon E. Namazov, David E. Zaurov, Thomas J. Molnar, Sasha W. Eisenman, Thomas J. Orton, C. Reed Funk, and A. Edward Percival Jr.
pp. 273-279 Isolation and Characterization of an ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Gene from [[em]]Gossypium hirsutum[[/em]] L.
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2019-04-25T08:30:20Z
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http://www.cotton.org/journal/2008-12/index.cfm
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