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"Borders are imaginary lines that require specific documentation to pass through and to stay on the other side. Certain individuals set these boundaries and rules that determine who is entitled to cross over these discriminatory lines and stay and who is not. For those concerned the imaginary concept becomes real and interferes with lives.
There are currently 45million Hispanics working or living in the USA, (particularly from Mexico) of which 12 million are suspected illegal. As Americans start families later and opt for smaller families the Hispanics contribution is responsible for half of the population growth. This rapid expansion has created widespread fear of losing the "traditional American identity" and crushing the American dream as Hispanics may be in a majority within the next century if current trends are maintained.
This diluting of their race is an unwelcome prospect. It breeds insecurity in some American citizens who are fearful of the face of America being changed. An anti-immigrant crusade has developed to prevent illegal aliens from crossing the southern border. In 2006 President Bush who opposes amnesty, authorised the fencing of 700miles (1/3 of the 2100miles) of the US-Mexico border of the states of California, Texas and Arizona. This $2.2 billion project is yet to materialise, but has been compared to the Berlin Wall and has been poorly received by neighbouring Mexico. The American economy enjoys the benefits of cheap labour, taxes are even deducted from the wages of illegal workers, but the government does not offer rights to citizenship or the chance to cross the border legally.
Patriotic Americans have also given up their free time to become vigilantes "Minutemen", who secure the border themselves and report any infiltration to border police from 24hour video cameras in the comfort of their own home, from a simple internet down load. Private individuals have also made donations to enable the "Minutemen" to start construction of the fence themselves as they feel betrayed by the slow political response.
I was living as an illegal immigrant in Europe for more than 5 years, so this body of work is based on an understanding of being a man with no rights."
-Seba Kurtis

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not really, in high school, he played for mona shores and i played for reeths-puffer, rival schools but they were pretty much always better than us at hockey
not really, in high school, he played for mona shores and i played for reeths-puffer, rival schools but they were pretty much always better than us at hockey
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Favorite Current Red Wing-HANK
Favorite Former Red Wing-STEVIE OR SERGEI
Favorite Red Wing moment-KOZLOV CHECK ON FOOTE
Other NHL team you like-SENS??
NHL team(s) you dislike-AVS, HAWKS, PENS, PREDS, DEVS
Other non-Wing NHL players you like-NATHAN HORTON
NHL players you dislike-CINDY CRYSBY, STEVE OTT
MLB team(s)-ANGELS
NFL team(s)-STEELERS
NBA team(s)LAKERS
Other sports/teams-NEWCASTLE
Favorite band(s)-STRUNG OUT, THRICE, DYLAN
What does your screen name mean-PAVS GOOD
Welcome! Stick around and stop by some of our game threads to chat. If you need a link to watch games I can send you a message.
welcome drw! Hope to see you posting more in here.
Horton is a great player, and really underrated if you ask me.
Loving the screen name, drw. Welcome!
Location- Indianapolis
Age- 33
Favorite Current Red Wing- Zetterberg
Favorite Former Red Wing- Yzerman
Favorite Red Wing moment- McCarty beating the **** out of LePuke
Other NHL team you like- None (except my soft spot for the Original Six)
NHL team(s) you dislike- Pittsburgh, Colorado, San Jose, Anaheim
Other non-Wing NHL players you like- Jack Johnson
NHL players you dislike- Anyone not wearing the Winged Wheel
MLB team(s)- Tigers
NFL team(s)- Vikings
NBA team(s)- Not a Sport
Other sports/teams- Michigan Football, Indianapolis Ice, Detroit Padraig Pearce Irish Football
Favorite band(s)- Flogging Molly's, The Pogues, DMB, Country, and Motown, of course!
What does your screen name mean- I am from Detroit originally and NOT the suburbs. I grew up at Schoolcraft and Warwick and taught in DPS for a couple of years.
Anything else you care to share- Love Hockey. Can't wait to get my son on skates!
Welcome Motown! Look forward to seeing your input. Hope you stick around!
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Welcome to the forum, Motown.
Location- Romulus, Michgan
Age- 21
Favorite Current Red Wing- Zetterberg
Favorite Former Red Wing- Shannahan
Favorite Red Wing moment- Vernon vs. Roy, easy. lol
Other NHL team you like- No one
NHL team(s) you dislike- Avalanche, Blackhawks, Penguins.
Other non-Wing NHL players you like- Ovechkin. He is absolutely amazing to watch.
NHL players you dislike- Sidney Crosby. I get sick of hearing about "sid the kid."
MLB team(s)- Don't follow baseball too much. I'll check out the occasional Tiger game.
NFL team(s)- Green Bay Packers. I've been on PSD for a while now, i just never came into the Hockey forums. I'm a diehard Packer fan, and i have been a fan since i was in grade school.
NBA team(s)- Detroit Pistions.
Other sports/teams- I love College Basketball. I don't have a favorite team to follow, which to me, makes it even better because i don't stress out over anybody.
Favorite band(s)- Angels & Airwaves, Saosin, Atreyu, Queen. Those are probably my top 4.
What does your screen name mean- Green Bay Packers 12. 12 = Aaron Rodgers.
Anything else you care to share- Hopefully there will be some good discussions in the Hockey forums, just like in the NFL forums.
Welcome man! Hope to see you around here more often.
Location - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Age - 22
Favorite Current Red Wing - Lidstrom
Favorite Former Red Wing - Yzerman
Favorite Red Wing moment - There are many: Yzerman's goal vs. Jon Casey and the Blues in the '96 playoffs; Stanley Cup wins; Lidstrom's goal vs. Dan Cloutier and the Canucks in the '02 playoffs from Wings own blueline that eventually vaulted the Wings past the 'Nuckleheads and towards the Holy Grail.
Other NHL team you like - Always like the way the Sharks have been managed; the Kings have ingredients I admire right now, too.
NHL team(s) you dislike - Leafs, Rangers, Flames, Oilers
Other non-Wing NHL players you like - Ovie, Toews, Doughty, Mike Green, there are many others
NHL players you dislike - Pronger, Avery, Carcillo, Phaneuf are the most notable
MLB team(s) - Jays
NFL team(s) - Vikings (Favre-less)
NBA team(s) - Raptors
Other sports/teams - Golf (Woods, based on golf), Tennis (Federer)
Favorite band(s) - Punk Rock (NOFX, Lagwagon, Mad Caddies, Rancid, etc.), Acoustic (Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, etc.), Easy Listening Rock (Matt Good, Death Cab for Cutie, etc.) Anything with Good Lyrics (K-os, etc.) and Reggae Tones (Daniel Wesley, etc.)
What does your screen name mean- Sask - Saskatchewan, Wings - self-explanatory, Fan - self-explanatory, 2 - favourite (Canadian spelling of favorite) number
Anything else you care to share- Grew up in the heartland of hockey - the Canadian prairies - and was luckily brainwashed to be a Wings fan at the age of 6.
I'm diggin your selection of music sask
Jesus, another saskwingsfan! Welcome man, stick around.
Location- Florida
Age- 25
Favorite Current Red Wing- Pavel Datsyuk
Favorite Former Red Wing- Sergei Fedorov
Favorite Red Wing moment- Yzerman blasting a puck from the red line to finish off the Blues!
Other NHL team you like- Any other teams worth mentioning about?
NHL team(s) you dislike- Pittsburgh Penguins...nuff said!
Other non-Wing NHL players you like- I'm a Michigan Wolverine fan and anyone who makes it is a fan of mine.
NHL players you dislike- Crosby
MLB team(s)- Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs
NFL team(s)- Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins
NBA team(s)- Detroit Pistons
Other sports/teams- Russian Hockey Olympic Team
Favorite band(s)- Metallica, Crossfade, Disturbed, Lincoln Park
What does your screen name mean- ****ing Rediculous
Anything else you care to share- When the Wings lose Osgay we will make the playoffs! Always disliked him and he plays to small in net.
Location- Denver, CO
Age- 40
Fav. Current Red Wing- Henrik Zetterberg
Fav. Former Red Wing- Federov/Yzerman
Favorite Red Wing moment- The hoist of the cup in '97
Other NHL team you like- Is there another team?
NHL team(s) you dislike- I live here, but still don't like the Avalanche. And any team for whom Claude Lemieux was playing
Other non-Wing NHL players you like- Not so much.
NHL players you dislike- I hated Claude Lemieux and Roy so much, it's hard to find anyone at that level.
MLB team(s)- Tigers
NFL team(s)- Lions
NBA team(s)- Pistons
Favorite band(s)- Beatles, Led Zep, STP, Pearl Jam, Ray LaMontagne, Doors...
What does your screen name mean- My alma mater and the year I graduated. Go IU!
Anything else you care to share- my best friend when I lived in L.A. was a Russian named Maxim Ofitserov. He played for the Red Army team in Russia as a kid. He was better than his teammates Pavel and Valarie Bure. Too bad he got sick as a child or I might have another favorite player in the NHL.
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TV themes. Do you remember when they lasted longer than only a couple of seconds? When the sound of your favorite show put you in the mood for an episode of fun, suspense or tears? Did you know the lyrics by heart? Did you recite them or sing along? Do you still find yourself humming those songs while you cook, do laundry or are cleaning up? Do they still put you in a good mood like they used to? Bring back memories of characters once dear to you like friends or relatives?
Today, a lot of shows save up time by using trademark teasers rather than songs that last longer than a mere moment. Castle, Malibu Country, The Good Wife are some of my favorite examples. If you sneeze, you may miss the catchy intro. Sad news for anyone who suffers from hay fever or catches a cold. There are exceptions no doubt: Elementary Downton Abbey or Rizzoli & Isles. I enjoy all of these shows once in a while but the less new programs offer a catchy melody or song, the more I miss that positive trigger classic television used to lure me in. Granted, for the sake of commercials, screen time has been cut down over the years. While a Perry Mason episode still lasted an average of 50 minutes and Bewitched an entertaining 25, most shows only get 43 (or 21) minutes today. So while it was great to hum along to Family Affair or Hart to Hart in the past, it makes sense for Go On to save up time and use those theme song seconds for the storyline.
Although I know the reasons and appreciate a couple of contemporary programs for their beautiful tunes, I still miss those beautiful TV songs that used to stick with me all week. Bugs Bunny, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Flintstones. I Love Lucy, The Muppets, Bill Cosby, Growing Pains. Murder She Wrote, Family Ties, The Golden Girls. Love Boat. Cagney and Lacey, Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Even shows I didn't like for anything but their catchy themes such as Family Matters or Full House. Do you still remember your favorite melodies?!


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The price of oil is once again daily in the news. The Western Europe benchmark Brent crude has hovered near $100 / barrel for much of the last month, and the IEA is again warning of the burden of oil consumption. Is this a harbinger of things to come, or a mere statistical blip in a market that is "well supplied"? How will events play out in oil markets in the coming year or two?
Certainly, oil prices have surged on the back on strong demand, of which some is structural, and some transient. The northern hemisphere has seen a strikingly cold winter, leading to increased heating oil usage. And the global economy is recovering from a deep recession, with demand bouncing off the recessionary trough. These are, to an extent, passing events. But in many respects, increased prices fundamentally reflect an oil demand that is increasing faster than supply.
Indeed, the recent growth of demand has been described as "astonishing". While it is not unexpected from our perspective, demand growth is still impressive. According to the EIA, world petroleum liquids consumption was up 2.8 million b/d, that is 3.2 percent, in the three months through January 2011, compared to the same three months a year earlier. While this is a high number, it is not unprecedented. In the twelve years to 1972, world oil consumption increased by 30 million b/d, representing 150% demand growth over the period and 2.7 million b/d average annual demand growth.
And demand increased by 7-8 million b/d in the three years of recovery following the oil shock of 1973 and the 2001 recession. (These recessions were arguably the most comparable to the recent one. After 1973, the western world was still continuing the process of motorization, and thus demand recovered quickly. This was also true after 2001, when China first made its impact on global oil markets.) Today, as after 1973 and 2001, the pace of motorization continues—indeed, has accelerated—in the developing world, and thus demand growth at a pace of 2.5 million b/d / year through 2012 should not be surprising.
Nor should oil demand growth compared to other energy sources be a surprise. Natural gas and coal consumption increased by 3.2 percent and 5.1 percent per annum, respectively, from 2002 through 2008, the start of the recession. It is hard to imagine that oil consumption would forever lag other fuel sources if the oil were available.
And available it was in 2010. According to the EIA, the oil supply increased by 2.1 million b/d in the three months through Jan. 2011, compared to the same period a year earlier. Non-OPEC liquids contributed 1 million b/d to this, consisting primarily of the US (+0.4 million b/d), China (+0.3), FSU (+0.3), Brazil (+0.2), and India (+0.1), offsetting production declines, notably in the North Sea (-0.4) and Mexico (-0.2). The balance of the increase came from OPEC, with natural gas liquids (NGL's) contributing nearly 1 million b/d and crude a lowly 0.2 million b/d.
Still, over the period, supply lagged demand by 635,000 b/d over the last three months compared to a year earlier, and it shows in prices, which have risen $8 / barrel over the period.
What should we expect prospectively? The forecasts of the IEA, EIA and OPEC fall into the 1.4-1.7 million b/d range for oil demand growth for 2011. But the IEA and EIA expectations were perhaps a million barrels low last year, and they may be low again by a similar amount going forward. Based on both technical and historical analysis, demand growth in the 2.4 million b/d range for 2011 and 2012 seems more likely.
The chart shows the difference between our and the EIA's respective views. The EIA sees a break in the recent trend line, with growth in 2011 and 2012 literally half that of 2010, the first full year of economic recovery. By contrast, we think that the recovery will pick up speed this year and that no material break in activity will occur in the developing world, notably China. Thus, demand pressures in the coming two years are anticipated to be similar to 2010, and similar to the recoveries of comparable recessions in the past. As a consequence, our forecast is higher than that of the EIA. By the end of 2012, the difference between our forecast and that of the EIA totals 1.75 million b/d, with peak demand hitting 92 million b/d in some months.
EIA STEO Feb. 2011 and Douglas-Westwood Analysis
On the supply side, the EIA's outlook appears plausible. In 2011 and 2012, OECD production is set to decline almost across the board, albeit only slightly. The FSU will be essentially flat, and Brazil adds modestly to "other Non-OECD" supply. Brazil should, and Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan could, conceivably post better numbers than forecast. But overall the EIA numbers appear defensible. As a consequence, OPEC must increase production to meet incremental demand, and the EIA sees OPEC crude oil production capacity rising by 0.7 million b/d in 2011, and a similar amount in 2012. The lion's share of this is presumably Iraq; thus, the EIA supply side forecast depends on Iraq posting two stellar years back to back. This could fairly be considered optimistic—Iraq increased production by 0.3 million b/d in 2010—but not impossible. Iraq's contribution, however, is fully valued.
With our outlook for demand running ahead of the EIA and our supply outlook aligned, presumably the difference would be made up from reductions in spare capacity as OPEC lifts output. And in OPEC, only Saudi Arabia matters. As of January 2011, Saudi represented 78%—3.65 million b/d—of OPEC and, as a practical matter, global production reserves. How much of this capacity actually exists? During the oil price spike of 2008, Saudi Arabia never committed the last million barrels of its nominal capacity. Many observers, including the author, believed that the Kingdom lacked the capacity—it withheld nothing from the market. By this measure, Saudi excess capacity could be only 3 mbpd or perhaps a bit less today.
How will the Kingdom commit this reserve? Many observers believe that Saudi will never pump more than 10 million b/d—only 1.4 million b/d more than its produces today. This belief is based on history: Saudi production has never sustained above 10 million b/d. Some doubt that the Saudi's can lift production volumes, and indeed, recent Wikileaks documents cast doubt on Saudi reserves and production limits. Neither of these arguments is entirely convincing. True, much of new developments in the Kingdom are related to either heavy, sour, or offshore crude, enhanced oil recovery, or natural gas.
None of these is suggestive of a country in which one could stick a straw in ground and draw light sweet crude without effort. However, when the Saudis were pushed prior to the recession, they were able to add nearly two million barrels of capacity is relatively short order and at comparatively modest cost. Saudi Arabia is no longer an Iraq—an under-developed resource—but with 260 billion barrels of proved reserves, the Kingdom still a formidable producer capable of lifting production if its national interests so dictate.
However, the Saudis, having produced aggressively for more than half a century, can envision the future, perhaps seventy years from now, when Saudi Arabia's resources will be largely depleted. If Saudi is not yet half way through its oil resources, it is close enough to appreciate that they are finite. This perspective may have led King Abdullah to command in 2008 to "leave it in the ground, by Allah, our children will need it." As a result, the Kingdom may be reluctant to increase production. It is certainly fair to posit that the Saudis would prefer higher prices to higher volumes, and the current environment looks likely to provide them. Both these factors would encourage the Kingdom to limit production.
EIA STEO Feb. 2011 and Douglas-Westwood Analysis
Is then, Saudi Arabia's nominal spare capacity to be taken at face value? No one, probably not even the Saudis, know for sure. However, for policy purposes, a conservative policy would assume that the Saudis will not exceed 10 million b/d, and based on history, an effective capacity of more than 11 million b/d should not be assumed.
Thus, effective spare capacity in the global system should be considered 1.4 – 2.4 million b/d less than the 4.65 million b/d currently reported by the EIA. Consequently, it may not be more than 2.25 – 3.25 million b/d, in essence as much as global growth in demand last year. This is not much.
Further, if we pair reduced spare capacity with increased demand, then effective surplus capacity is consumed at a brisk pace. By the middle of 2012, spare capacity could be as low as 1 million b/d, or even less, if the Saudis decide to limit production at 10 million b/d. To a certain extent, these developments could be forestalled by inventory drawdowns, and indeed, the EIA forecasts inventory draws averaging a quarter million barrels a day in 2012 to sustain spare production capacity. Such draws are not unprecedented or unusual in themselves, but they are another factor suggesting tight markets. In any event, when surplus capacity falls below one million b/d, an oil shock cannot be precluded. Thus, in the better case, the world is facing tight oil markets in 2012; in the worst case, the country may be heading into another oil shock and recession.
For policy makers, this has a number of implications. For starters, it suggests that Saudi Arabia will have a material influence on the 2012 US elections. The Kingdom will be able to create constricting oil prices not only by withholding production, but by releasing it too slowly. Therefore, the nature and quality of US relations with the Kingdom will matter. It also suggests that an oil shock is likely by 2013, even if the US is lucky enough to escape one in 2012. Such shocks are typically associated with recessions, which would imply increased unemployment, surging budget deficits and possibly more pressure on housing prices and the financial sector. Policy analysts need to run the numbers, to anticipate potential fallout and look to mitigate adverse effects to the extent possible.
Mr. Kopits heads the New York office of Douglas-Westwood, energy business consultants. The firm assists energy service providers with market research, strategy development and commercial due diligence. The author is solely responsible for the opinions expressed herein.


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Robin Now Leads Batmen
Congratulations to Kenny Williams and Jerry Reinsdorf and all others with the Chicago White Sox who managed to pull not just a complete surprise, but what is likely to be a long-term brilliant maneuver, in hiring Robin Ventura as the team's new manager.
If anybody in baseball history has ever been better prepared psychologically for the roller-coaster of managing, I can't think of his name. Ventura was probably the most unflappable, even-keeled player I've ever met – completely immune to the impact of wins and losses, interviews and ignorance, the media and the fans. He focused on exactly one thing: playing the game, and helping his teammates play it nearly as well as he did.
And he did this with an exceptional sense of humor that he used surreptitiously and almost conspiratorially. You have doubtless heard the story of Rickey Henderson coming to the New York Mets in 1999 and being reintroduced to John Olerud, briefly his teammate with the 1993 Blue Jays. Rickey – famously unfocused in the most benign and only self-injuring way possible – is supposed to have caught one glimpse at the batting helmet worn in the field that was both Olerud's protection against after-effects of a brain aneurysm and the first baseman's trademark – and said "I played with a guy in Toronto who did that, too."
The story was entirely false, but so authentic-sounding, that it is still told as if it were biblical truth. And it was completely the concoction of Robin Ventura, perhaps the only such practical joke clean enough to be documented here. What's more, if it took 100 words to tell that apocryphal story, those were probably 100 of the 200 words Ventura said to anybody not on his team that month. The French will tell you that there is the man good at the "bon mot" – the clever remark, that might have been the only clever remark out of a thousand he made that day. Then they will tell you, with a great deal more reverence, about the expert at the "mot juste" – the guy who is quiet all night, all day, all week, until he finally speaks, and says something so precisely correct and appropriate, that the quote stays vibrant and with you, forever. That's Robin Ventura.
That's not just about his humor. His baseball intuition was just like that, too. Jerry Manuel just said on MLB Tonight that Ventura used to "take care" of their infield when both were with the White Sox. The same was true with the Mets. Even as his skills slowed with the Yankees, his ability to position himself defensively based on pitch and hitter more than made up for the slowing reflexes. As a manager, one would expect that he would be as he was as a teammate: he will say damn little, and when he does speak, his players will say "Jeez! Why didn't I think of that? He just extended my career five years." This is, simply, one damn smart baseball man, who can't be upset.
The latter truth probably comes from one infamous day that only becoming an all-time great manager might enable Ventura to live down. On August 4, 1993, after Nolan Ryan hit Ventura with a pitch at Arlington, Ventura charged the mound. He was 26, Ryan was 46 – it should've been no contest. It was exactly that. Ryan, alone among all pitchers who have ever faced that scenario, had the presence of mind to stay on top of the mound. From there, he was Andre The Giant. Ventura could do little more than run into Ryan's headlock, and the rest was a video highlight that will still be being played on the day humankind disappears from the earth.
Since then, Ventura has made no brash move. Only stealth stuff. He has marched to his own drummer's beat and done very well at it. And this is all said with the kind of caveat the White Sox must have anticipated. If he has misjudged his own interest in dealing with today's players, Ventura will shrug his shoulders and go home. Maybe that will happen in 2032, maybe in 2022, maybe next May.
I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just saying he doesn't need this managing crap, and that's one of the reasons he figures to be great at it.
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Joey Cora seemed like the best choice– and he has bench experience. Kenny Williams is known for rolling the dice and often it strikes me as careless– trades that seem to be made on impulse, throwing caution to the wind. And no consistent approach. Building a team around speed one year (Podsednik for Lee) then turning around and getting a slugger in Thome. Trading for Edwin Jackson (the Cards' starter in Game 5) then trading him away. Ventura seems like a cool guy. I just wonder what the President thinks of this decision.
Correction: Edwin Jackson started Game 4, for one of the 30 teams he's been on.
Joey Cora is likely headed to Miami to serve as Ozzie Guillen's bench coach.
Keith, sent a copy of this to my Dad who is both a big fan of yours and Robin Ventura's.
Sounds like it is all good! Yaay! Great shows this week! Thanks!
Good for Robin. Mets fans appreciated what he did while he was here, and I hope that he has a terrific managerial career.
And in typical baseball karma, Ventura's first game as the manager of the CWS will be in Arlington against Nolan Ryan's Rangers. The clip of him being pummeled by Nolan is played on the video board before every Rangers home game.
Can't think of a better name than Ventura? How about Terry Francona? Might be the perfect man for the job.
KO – I love that you bring your passion for sports to Countdown. Helps to break the monotony of what is just sometimes so difficult to listen to night-in and night-out.
I am a long-time Ventura fan. I grew up going to Comiskey Park (will always be Comiskey to me) to watch the likes of Eric Sotterholm, Chet Lemon, Harold Baines, Carlton Fisk, Tom Seaver donning those awful softball uniforms in the late 70's. I was too young to really remember those days, but the smell of the park, how close to the field you seemed to be (even in the upper deck) and singing of Na, Na, Na at the end of a game or when a pitcher was yanked were things that did stick in my head.
However, I'm not one of those fans that hates the north siders. In fact, in addition to going to Comiskey, I would distinctly remember coming home after school to watch the Cubs on channel 9 with my grandfather what seems like every day. In fact, at a point in my life I have to say that I followed the Cubs more than the Sox during the mid-to-late 80's. A huge fan of Ryne Sandberg, Shawon Dunston, Mark Grace, Jerome Walton, Dwight Smith. I can probably rattle off that entire 89 team. But even as a fan of the late 80's Cubs I would always choose Comiskey to go see a game.
So it was in 1990 putting my collection of Tops cards together (I used to put them together pack-by-pack) I got my very first Frank Thomas rookie card and was immediately drawn back to the South Side for good. That year Robin Ventura won the 3B spot in spring training and started the season in an 0-41 slump, but as an aspiring professional baseball player (only got as far as college) I loved everything about Ventura's style of play. His sweet left-handed swing (I'm a L/R player myself) and smooth glove at 3B made a huge fan.
I'm a bit nervous by the fact that he has no managing experience, but something inside of me thinks he's going to be phenomenal. If he's as good as he was hitting in the clutch (all of those grand slams and walk-off grand slams at that) I think he will be an outstanding manager. I like this move and love to see #23 being donned on the South Side. The only thing left for Kenny to do is retire the jersey on opening day.
if all this is true, cws made a wise call
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She's been injury-plagued throughout the season, but on Monday night, Maria Menounos overcame her troubles to top the leaderboard with Derek Hough on "Dancing with the Stars."
After a week of hard training with Derek – the kind that left her in tears – Maria hit the floor with a paso doble. The sharp and slick dance impressed and, for the first time in Season 14, got judge Len Goodman to turn his No. 10 scoring paddle around.
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"The queen of the damned is the queen of the night," Len said, referencing the competitor's costume for the evening, which included vampire fangs.
The other two judges also turned around their No. 10 scoring paddles and, after a team tango dance score of 27, left the pair at the top of the leaderboard for the night.
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Not far behind, though, was Season 14 frontrunner Katherine Jenkins, who churned out a moving rhumba with partner Mark Ballas, in costumes that co-host Tom Bergeron suggested were straight out of "Game of Thrones."
Their number was close to perfect, with each judge deducting just one point each for a total of 27. Another 27 points in the team tango round landed the pair with a 57-point total and second for the night.
Like Maria, William Levy has suffered his share of injuries over the season, hurting his ankle, but he danced through the pain to a moving Viennese waltz, which took Len on a journey.
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"I wasn't exactly transported to Vienna, but it was close. I was transported to Austria," the Brit laughed as the duo was awarded 27 points. A further 26 points in their team paso doble round gave them a total of 53 and a tie for third with Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd.
While there was a shakeup at the top of the leaderboard, it was the viewers who were left shaken up following the team rounds.
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In particular, three of the men on the show – Donald, William and pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy – took off their shirts during their team paso doble, leaving Carrie Ann Inaba panting.
"That was ridiculous to watch," she said. "I think that is gonna go down in history as the fan favorite paso doble."
In fact, even Len was left a little wide-eyed by the number.
"The saying is, 'Dress to impress.' You three undressed to impress," he laughed.
The leaderboard on Monday, April 30, was:
Maria Menounos and Derek Hough earned 30 for their paso doble and another 27 for their team tango dance for a total of 57/60
Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas were scored 27 for their rhumba and earned another 27 in the team tango dance for a total of 54/60
William Levy and Cheryl Burke earned 27 for their Viennese waltz and another 26 for their team paso doble for a total of 53/60
Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd were scored 27 for their Viennese waltz and picked up another 26 points for their team paso doble for a total of 53/60
Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower were awarded 25 for their Argentine tango and another 27 points for their team tango for a total of 52/60
Jaleel White and Kym Johnson earned 24 points for their Viennese waltz and another 26 points for their team tango for a total of 50/60
Melissa Gilbert and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were awarded 21 for their Argentine tango and picked up 26 points for their team paso doble for a total of 47/60
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The editorial staff at MLSsoccer.com is looking back over the year with our "Best of 2010" awards, running Dec. 13 through Jan. 2. Each day we'll hand out an award from a variety of categories culled from the storylines of Major League Soccer and the North American soccer scene.
This time we're talking about the US National Team Player of the Year, and Landon Donovan walks away with the top prize.
His heroics against Algeria topped another remarkable year for Landon Donovan, but that certainly wasn't all he did.
In fact, he led the national team in assists, again. He led Bob Bradley's side in points, again. He even led them in goals, a feat he hasn't accomplished since 2007. (That all three of his strikes came on the world's biggest stage only adds to the achievement.) Donovan is getting awfully close to claiming the title of the best American field player of all-time... if he's not there already.
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And this time, there was certainly some competition for the top US player. Clint Dempsey was gutsy and physical in South Africa, scoring against England and setting up Donovan's penalty kick against Ghana. Michael Bradley came into his own in 2010. Tim Howard was quintessentially tough while enduring seriously bruised ribs against England, and Steve Cherundolo made Bob Bradley look like a genius as he slotted the ageless Bundesliga veteran in when the chips were down.
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But the award inevitably goes to Donovan for his work both on and off the field. Despite being squarely in his prime, he's also clearly starting to peer into his post-playing days. He grew more outspoken and became an ambassador for the sport, traveling to Zurich on behalf of the Americans' World Cup 2022 bid. His developing maturity will only help him improve as the face of US Soccer for years to come.
[inline_node:325256]2. Clint Dempsey - For all his moments of brilliance (that goal against Juventus), the Fulham star's biggest attribute of late is his remarkable consistency for both club and country. He epitomized the Yanks' toughness in South Africa.
3. Michael Bradley - Donovan may be the Americans' offensive engine, but Bradley's tireless effort keeps the machine oiled. He didn't miss a minute in 10 matches and ran further in four World Cup matches than anyone in the 32-team field.
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STMicroelectronics Reveals Climate-Saving Power Devices with High-Temperature Performance Edge
ST is among first to commercialize silicon-carbide power MOSFETs, and achieves industry-leading 200°C rating for more efficient, simplified designs
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of power electronics applications, has revealed an advanced new product family enabling power supply designers to drive up energy efficiency in applications such as solar inverters and electric vehicles, enterprise computing and industrial motor drives.
ST is among the first companies to produce this type of device, a high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFET, and has achieved the industry's highest temperature rating of 200°C. SiC properties help save at least 50% of the energy normally wasted passing through conventional silicon power transistors. The devices can also be physically smaller for a high breakdown voltage. This technology is seen as essential for continued improvement in system energy efficiency, miniaturization and cost.
In computer rooms and data centers, high energy costs are driving power and efficiency to the top of many IT directors' concerns. Replacing ordinary silicon switches with SiC devices, in bulk power supplies, helps increase Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE); a standard metric for determining data center energy efficiency. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) claims that more energy-efficient networking systems and devices can help save over $5 billion and offset 38 million tons of CO2 by 2015.
SiC MOSFETs are also used in solar inverters, as an alternative for conventional high-voltage silicon IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) to convert the DC output from the panel into high-voltage AC feeding into the mains supply with no special drive circuitry required. In addition, by operating at higher frequencies than IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs allow designers to miniaturize other components in the power supply thereby reducing cost and size as well as enhancing energy efficiency.
In electric vehicles, SiC is expected to help significantly increase the energy efficiency and reduce the size of traction systems. The US DRIVE Electrical & Electronics Technical Team, a partnership between industry and the US government's Department of Energy, is calling for energy losses to be approximately halved by 2020 while also reducing size by more than 20%. The team's roadmap specifies wide bandgap semiconductors – in other words, SiC technology – as a focus for R&D to increase power-converter efficiency and make the device tolerate higher operating temperatures more safely. The increased temperature capability of ST's SiC devices (200°C), compared to ordinary silicon and competitors' SiC MOSFETs, will help simplify vehicle cooling system design.
ST's new 1200V SiC power MOSFET, the SCT30N120, is currently sampling and will enter volume production by September 2013. It is available in ST's proprietary HiP247 package, which has an industry-standard outline and is optimized for high thermal performance. The guide price is $35.00 in quantities of 1000 units.
For more information visit www.st.com/sicmos
Major features of SCT30N120:
On-state resistance (RDS(ON)):
80mΩ typ. @ 25°C
≤100mΩ typ over entire temperature range to 200°C
Low turn-off energy and gate charge (ensures efficient, high-speed switching)
Leakage current lower than 10 μA typ (enhances system energy efficiency and reliability, compared to other structures based on the same material)
Very fast intrinsic and robust body diode (saves external freewheeling diode for cost/size reduction)
Simplified gate drive circuitry (reduces costs of network driving)
200°C max. operating temperature (reduces pc-board size, simplifies thermal management)
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ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
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Q&A: Taylor Schilling on 'Orange,' new passion project
LOS ANGELES — When Taylor Schilling arrives on the set of "Orange Is the New Black," her make-under begins.
"We all come into work and we get our makeup taken off. The woman who does my makeup ... I'm just now realizing her tricks. I think she spends time with me like just with the brush with nothing on my face to make it feel like she's doing something," Schilling joked in an interview Monday.
The no-makeup look might be intimidating for some actresses, but it's a thrill for Schilling.
"It's liberating and scary and it feels risky and I think that's when sometimes the most interesting stuff happens — especially on a show that is all-female," she said. "It's kind of exciting to have it be about what's happening between us as opposed to what shoes people are wearing or what their makeup or hair or whatever looks like."
The popular Netflix original series follows Schilling's character, Piper Chapman, as she adjusts to life in a women's correctional facility.
Before the hit show's second season debuts June 6, fans can catch her out of the orange jumpsuit in the new indie drama "Stay."
The 29-year-old actress dished on her new film, opening Friday, celebrities who follow "Orange" and life after a Golden Globe nomination.
AP: You spent about a month filming "Stay" with Aidan Quinn on the west coast of Ireland. What was that like?
Schilling: Just incredible. I mean I know him as Aidan Quinn from 'Legends of the Fall,' you know, a very fancy actor man. And he was such a pleasure to work with and so talented. And also it was so fun to be with him in his home turf of Ireland where ... they love him so much. And it's such a treat to see Ireland through his eyes.
AP: What can you tell us about the new season of "Orange Is the New Black"?
Schilling: We go deeper into characters, and it encompasses more of the Litchfield prison community so you get to know more of the ladies a little bit more in depth. So it's sort of everything that's so great about season one, but more.
AP: Did you know Lupita Nyong'o has shown her love for "Orange" over social media?
Schilling: I'm glad Lupita likes it! I like Lupita. Holy cow! Who doesn't? My god. Geez Louise, she's a talented cookie.
AP: Your father was a prosecutor. What does he think of the show?
Schilling: I just was visiting with him a couple weeks ago and I don't think I really realized how closely related what he does and what I'm doing are until just recently. And now he works in drug courts in Massachusetts with moving juveniles who are brought up on drug-related charges to alternatives to incarceration ... which is so incredibly important and kind of underlies the story of what we're seeing in 'Orange Is the New Black.' That these are all people. Someone is not their crime and you can do bad things and not be a bad person. And to kind of unpeel what's going on behind getting put behind bars — the lack of education, the poverty, domestic violence, mental health issues, drug abuse.
AP: What did a Golden Globe nomination for the role mean to you?
Schilling: It's like some kind of dream come true to feel that validated and seen in this way. ... It feels like a stamp of approval from the community a little bit. Like, 'We see you. You're doing well.' OK. So I should keep on being an actor. Nice. Like it feels like that you're moving in the right direction. ... Left up to my own devices I could be like 'yeah right, it's time for a left turn. It's time to become a nurse.'


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Women Leaders Summit: Empowering Women Forward
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Women Leaders Summit:
Three incredible women leaders speak about how they have led the way through their vast experiences for other women to become leaders. We are inspired by their journey and want to share it with a community of women interested in changing the ratio. A keynote conversation with: Francis Hesselbein, Christine Comaford, and Carole Hyatt. The panel will be moderated by Gabriella Stern, Deputy Managing Editor of WSJ.com, and will include the launch of an initiative in collaboration with the United Nations called The Happiness Assembly, powered by five inspiring, courageous, and entrepreneurial women seeking to spread Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's goals of Gross Global Happiness to the world through a beautiful global art narrative.
Brought to you by The Hatchery, empowering women forward by creating more women leaders with support from a community of women leadership organizations, Yao Huang, Colette K. Young, and Tania Yuki.
6:00- 6:30: Garden reception
6:30- 8:00: Keynotes
8:00- 8:30: Wise words engagement with panel
8:30- 9:00: Networking + Happiness
Get to know our Keynote speakers:
Francis Hesselbein
One of the most highly respected experts in the field of contemporary leadership development, Frances Hesselbein is the President and CEO of The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, founded as The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and renamed in 2012 to honor Hesselbein's legacy and ongoing contributions. Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998 for her leadership as CEO of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1976–1990, as well as her service as "a pioneer for women, volunteerism, diversity and opportunity." Her contributions were also recognized by the first President Bush, who appointed her to two Presidential Commissions on National and Community Service.
In May, 2011, Mrs. Hesselbein was duly honored with two Lifetime Achievement Awards from ATHENA International and Best Practice Institute in New York. From 2009–2011, Mrs. Hesselbein served as the Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. She is the first woman, and the first non-graduate to serve in this chair.
Also in 2009, the University of Pittsburgh introduced The Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement. The Academy's aim is to produce experienced and ethical leaders who will address critical national and international issues and advance positive social and economic initiatives throughout the world.
She serves on many nonprofit and private sector corporate boards, including Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, the Bright China Social Fund, and U.C.S.D. Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Center for Creative Leadership's Alliance Advisory Council. She served as the Chairman of the National Board of Directors for Volunteers of America from 2002–2006.
For her exceptional work and her continued commitment to developing leaders of all ages, as demonstrated in her work with the Institute, in 2009 Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Tribute Dinner of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York. Mrs. Hesselbein was also inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame and is a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania.
In 2008, Mrs. Hesselbein was presented with the International Leadership Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in Los Angeles, and the Tempo International Leadership Award in New York City. She was named a Senior Leader at the United States Military Academy, 2008 National Conference on Ethics in America. In 2007, Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship by Fulbright New Zealand and was the first recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Award in 2003.
Mrs. Hesselbein is the recipient of twenty-one honorary doctoral degrees. She is editor-in-chief of the award-winning quarterly journal Leader to Leader and is the coeditor of twenty-seven books in twenty-nine languages and has traveled to sixty-eight countries representing the United States. She is the author of Hesselbein on Leadership and My Life in Leadership, and in August 2012, her third book, More Hesselbein on Leadership was published.
Christine Comaford
Bill Gates calls her "super high bandwidth."
Bill Clinton has thanked her for "fostering American entrepreneurship."
For over 30 years New York Times bestselling author and Leadership and Culture Coach Christine Comaford has been helping leaders navigate growth and change. Christine is sought after for providing proven strategies to shift executive behavior to create more positive outcomes, enroll and align teams in times of change, massively increase sales, product offerings, and company value. Her coaching, consulting and strategies have created hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue and value for her clients. The potent neuroscience techniques she teaches are easy to learn and immediately applicable to help leaders see into their blind spots, expand their vision, and more effectively influence outcomes.
As an Entrepreneur, Christine has built and sold 5 of her own businesses with an average 700% return on investment, served as a board director or in-the-trenches advisor to 36 startups, and has invested in over 200 startups (including Google) as a venture capitalist or angel investor. Christine has consulted to the White House (Clinton and Bush), 700 of the Fortune 1000, and over 300 small businesses. She has helped over 50 of her clients to exit their businesses for up to $425 million. Christine has repeatedly identified and championed key trends and technologies years before market acceptance, due in part to her work as a software engineer in the early days of Microsoft, Apple and Adobe.
Christine is a leadership columnist for www.Forbes.com. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX Business Network, PBS, CNET and Stanford Graduate School of Business has done two case studies on her unconventional rise to success as a woman with neither a high school diploma nor college degree. Her two New York Times bestselling business books are SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together and Rules for Renegades.
Christine believes we can do well and do good, using business as a path for personal development, wealth creation, and philanthropy.
Carole Hyatt
Carole Hyatt is a bestselling author, international motivational speaker, and an expert on career development and women's corporate consulting programs. Carole Hyatt is an acknowledged leader in the work field who specializes in speaking to individuals and corporations and designing programs for executive women who desire senior leadership roles. Carole Hyatt's Leadership Forum has helped over 2,200 women worldwide accelerate their careers filled with change.
Carole Hyatt has been addressing career subjects in her best-selling books, lecture tours, and television appearances for the past 35 years. She is an acknowledged leader in the work field. Her books, The New Woman's Selling Game, Shifting Gears, When Smart People Fail, and Lifetime Employability have helped millions of people throughout the world effectively identify and accomplish their goals. Her works have been reviewed as seminal and she is frequently quoted in the media. Carole's Leadership Forum seminars are attended worldwide by top executive women from diverse fields who are interested in assessing and advancing their careers. Her workshop attendees have benefited from the support and skill she provides though an analysis of their needs and examination of alternative means of meeting them. Ms. Hyatt is a powerful facilitator and conducts focus and ideation groups for Fortune 500 companies.
Carole is a member of the board of directors and advisory of numerous organizations and start-up corporations. She has served on the International Women's Forum where she was Vice President in charge of Global Development. She served on the Women's Leadership Board of the JFK School of Government at Harvard University and the Avon Women of Enterprise Board. She has also served of the faculties of The New School for Social Research, Hunter Graduate School, New York University and The Woman's School, and lectures in colleges and universities worldwide. She currently serves on the executive committee of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., Aston Magna Baroque Music Festival in Great Barrington, Mass, and on the boards of scores of women-owned start-up business corporations.
With her late partner, June Esserman, in association with Dan Yankelovich, she founded the first market and social behavior research company in America to specialize in the youth area. The firm later expanded and pioneered documenting the affects of women moving into the workforce. Their innovative methodologies were pivotal in the research arena and are still being utilized today. The company was acquired by McCollum Spielman Research in 1986.
Carole was the co-founder and artistic director of The Peppermint Players, one of the first children's theaters in New York City. The company performed in four off-Broadway theaters, Town Hall, and toured the eastern seaboard. She was a founding member of the Children's Theatre Association. The Peppermint Players' repertoire sold over one million records on the Peter Pan label. McGraw Hill distributed the repertoire on film worldwide. Carole was also one of the first women to produce for television and won an Emmy for her children's one-hour specials on CBS TV where she introduced Jim Henson, along with other luminaries, to TV.
Carole Hyatt has had a lifelong interest in mentoring women and has served as a model for women aspiring to leadership roles throughout the world. She works with high-powered executives and has been called "the guru's guru". She travels worldwide leading workshops that inspire and motivate both women and men to lead fulfilling work lives. The Carole Hyatt Success Center in Tokyo existed for fourteen years during the Japanese bubble.
Garbriella Stern
Gabriella Stern is the deputy managing editor for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, a position she has held since October 2012. Ms. Stern oversees the CFO and CIO Journal premium online news and information services for corporate executives in finance and technology. Her remit also includes the Journal's Small Business and Startup team, which is responsible for the Accelerators blog, and she is involved in such digital initiatives as the WSJ Startup of the Year episodic documentary on entrepreneurship.
Previously, Ms. Stern served as managing editor of DJ FX Trader, an information application that provides exclusive news, analysis and real-time opportunities for forex traders. Ms. Stern was also a senior editor with Dow Jones Newswires, responsible for global news coverage. Ms. Stern was Dow Jones Newswires' senior editor for Asia-Pacific, where she had overall responsibility for editorial operations in the region. Ms. Stern was Dow Jones Newswires' senior editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where she had overall responsibility for editorial operations in the region. She joined Dow Jones in 1991 as a reporter in the Pittsburgh bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Get to know The Happiness Assembly:
The Happiness Assembly is a women-led NGO created to encourage the pursuit of happiness and promote an environmental, social and economic awareness of new measures for upholding the paradigm shift. The Happiness Assembly supports the goals of Gross Global Happiness, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and is proud to support the 3rd goal of promote gender equality and empower women. THA's mission is to inspire and promote the universal goal of happiness by bringing happiness into the global narrative, both on a citizen and a governmental level.
THA is supported by the United Nations and generated by some of the founding members of the International Day of Happiness (IDH), spearheaded by former Iraqi United Nations Ambassador Dr. Hamid Al Bayati. Our team helped pass both United Nation Resolution 65/309 and 66/281 at the high-level meetings in July 2011, and July 2012, agreeing to place "happiness" on the global agenda, and decreeing the International Day of Happiness (IDH) to be observed every year on the 20th of March. All 193 United Nations member states adopted the resolution affirming that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal. IDH recognizes that the constructs of governments, economic success and measurements of national progress are shifting towards a focus on human happiness and wellbeing. The Happiness Assembly is set up to uphold and drive forward the mission and vision of the United Nations Resolution on Happiness.
The Happiness Assembly's first initiative is creating a global art narrative called, "A World of Happiness campaign". It is an open source public art project that bridges together every corner of the world to form a collective narrative about happiness. Creatively brought to life to inspire, engage and explore what happiness means. Every culture and country is invited to submit their idea of something that makes them happy and share it with the world. Submissions can be made via THA's website, as well as campaigns sent out to schools and institutions globally. HA will utilize the growth of social media so that submissions can also be made via existing social media platforms that are used daily by the majority of the world's population. Donated public spaces around the world from billboards, to white walls, to bus sides, to bricks, to signs hanging on donkeys will display these sentiments of happiness. They will be brought to life by digital signs, artists, graffiti, collages and various creative forms of mixed media. Each statement submitted will grant each participant a membership, example: Member Citizen GB142 (Great Britain), Member Citizen IRQ267 (Iraq), Member Citizen USA823 (United States) to The Happiness Assembly, mirroring Member States' membership to the United Nations Assembly. Each member will have a way of branding their own submission, and can track the life of their statement on where in the world their happiness has landed. We aspire to create a happiness database, connecting people together around the globe. The public global art show will officially launch on the second International Day of Happiness on March 20th 2014, and submissions to The Happiness Assembly will start at the end of 2013.
"Conscious that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal" and "recognizing that the gross domestic product [...] does not adequately reflect the happiness and well-being of people," Resolution 65/309
"…needs a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are indivisible. Together they define gross global happiness." –Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaking at the High Level Meeting on "Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm".
Get to know The Hatchery:
The Hatchery is a venture collaborationforum, building a community of entrepreneurs, emerging companies, and investors, via its events, advisory services, and incubator.
The Hatchery is one of the driving links to the New York City tech scene, organizing events to educate and bring together the tech community in cities throughout the globe. Events include: Friday Investor Series, The Gauntlet, Are You Serious?, Hatch Match, Hackathons, Conversations, Wonder Women Dinner Series, and a range of Skillshare classes.
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Nielsen is a leading global information and measurement company that enables companies to understand consumers and consumer behavior. Nielsen measures and monitors what consumers watch (programming, advertising) and what consumers buy (categories, brands, products) on a global and local basis.
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Milwaukee doctor pushes to reduce gun violence globally
Dr. Stephen Hargarten to speak at United Nations
As shots were fired inside Children's Hospital on Thursday, a doctor across campus prepares to deliver his message of reducing gun violence to the United Nations.
The very thing that Dr. Stephen Hargarten works each day to prevent happened right across from his office at the Medical College of Wisconsin on Thursday, when a Milwaukee police officer shot a wanted felon with a gun inside Children's Hospital.
"This is a tragedy when people get hurt when traumatic events like this occur," said Hargarten said. "We need to do a better job of how the firearms circulate among our communities."
As the director of injury research, Hargarten's goal is to reduce gun violence across the globe.
He was scheduled to speak at the United Nations session next week in New York, where he will be talking about a combination of strategies.
"I think the technology of guns is at a critical turning point. That may have an effect on thefts of guns and people having guns who everyone agrees should not have access to guns," Hargarten said.
Hargarten believes firearms should have universal safety requirements like combination locks to prevent unintentional shootings and tracing information.
"Currently, there's no standardization across the manufacturers much like there is in cars," Hargarten said.
He said changes to guns alone will not reduce violence.
"Looking at greening areas of Milwaukee and keeping them well tended that's a good thing for addressing violence," Hargarten said. "(There should be) increased job opportunities for young males who have a hard time finding jobs."
Hargarten said the changes won't happen overnight.
"It's really important that all of us are in this for the long term, this is not a simple fix," Hargarten said.


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Nanaimo (ISN) – The organising committee for the Nanaimo Cobblestone Classic has regretfully decided to cancel the event for this year. Up until Friday afternoon there had been only 20 entries! There is no doubt that there will not be the hundred needed to ensure the success of the race.
Thanks to all the volunteers who were prepared to work at the race. Thanks are also due to Nanaimo City Engineering Department for a great deal of help with the circuit, Nanaimo City Parks and Recreation for a $3,000 grant (to be returned), the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association, for it's help with communications and poster distribution, MLA Doug Routley for arranging the ambulance and paramedics. Most of all, the hard work of the organising committee members re. poster design, budgeting, and the fortitude to undertake this ambitious project.
Next year, MIVA will have plenty of time to get good date selection and to combine the Cobblestone Classic with an existing cycling festival.
Peter McCaffery, Mid-Island Velo Association


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Tuesday City Council meeting to include special session on 2011 budget
The Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday will begin with a special 5:30 p.m. workshop on the proposed fiscal year 2011 city budget given by City Manager Phil Kamlarz and Budget Manager Tracey Vesley . It can be viewed online. The regular 7 p.m. Council meeting agenda includes Panoramic Hill zoning amendments as well as proposed adjustments to the Telegraph Avenue zoning laws.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and Councilmembers Laurie Capitelli, Kriss Worthington and Gordon Wozniak will request the City Manager to analyze and work with relevant commissions on proposed modifications in Telegraph's current commercial zoning which would permit businesses to extend their business hours to 3 a.m., Sunday through Saturday by simply getting a zoning certificate.
Other adjustments include implementing a six month trial project to change the yellow loading zone parking regulations in the Telegraph commercial zone between Bancroft and Dwight Way to mirror the rest of the city's yellow zones, which revert to regular parking after 6 p.m.
The City Manager is expected to return to council by Oct. 12 with recommendations for council action.
Berkeley May Fine Large Home Family Daycares
The Berkeley City Council may also ask City Manager Phil Kamlarz Tuesday to review cases involving large, in-home family day care businesses whose owners have not obtained a Berkeley business license, not paid Berkeley business fees or don't have the appropriate use permit.
After the City Manager's office finished the review, it would develop a 90-day amnesty program during which large family daycare providers who have not yet obtained business licenses would be given a chance to come forward and register their businesses without being subject to penalties.
The city would also develop a payment plan for this group of daycare businesses, under which they would have to pay business fees due since 2007.
According to a report from city staff, some providers may have to pay fees of up to $7000 to the city. A number of daycare owners have contacted the city saying that these exorbitant payments might force them out of business altogether.
The staff report says that although the City Auditor has requested information from four large in-home family daycares, she has not yet received a response.
Medical Marijuana Regulation Changes
The Berkeley City Council will also vote on whether to allow all three of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries to expand beyond retail space to grow cannabis and bake marijuana-laced cookies and brownies in residential and commercial properties. Both city staff and the Medical Cannabis Commission are putting forward their own set of recommendations which vary regarding the size and scope of the proposed operations.
The council will also vote on whether to approve language for a ballot measure for Nov. 2010 to amend the Business License Tax Ordinance to tax certain medical cannabis uses.
City Attorney Zach Cowan has suggested that one way to balance the city's current deficit is to increase the business tax on medical cannabis dispensaries from 1.12 percent to 1.8 percent, which is expected to bring in $330,000 in 2011.
In comparison, the city imposes a 15 percent tax on firearm and ammunition dealers, a 15 percent tax on private rubbish haulers and a 10 percent tax on private sporting events.
In the scenario that a medical cannabis dispensary attains non-profit status and becomes exempt from business tax, Cowan said it would be taxed on the basis of its square feet, just as large non-profits already are.
Berkeley Approves $60 M Parker Place Development
Developers Ali Kashani and Mark Rhoades of City Centric Investments have received the entitlements to their Parker Place project, the SF Business Times reported today.
Developers of the mixed-use apartment project with 155units, a 188-spot parking garage and 1900 square feet of retail space at 2600 Shattuck Ave. promise to revitalize an otherwise underutilized part of the neighborhood, but like a lot of other building projects, this one has met with some criticism.
Twenty percent of the rental units will be affordable housing which will help the developers get access to low income housing tax credits.
Berkeley Police Warn of Credit Card Fraud
The Berkeley Police Department is asking the community to watch out for credit card thefts which they say have escalated over the last few months.
Although the police did not point toward specific cases, they said the problem was probably part of a larger operation and urged caution.
Berkeley music venue in trouble
The SF Chronicle reports text that the all volunteer underground music venue 924 Gilman St. is in trouble because of a high rent increase starting July 1 which may push it out of its home.
The staff at 924 Gilman is reaching out to the community to raise the extra $31,000 required annually to cover the rent expenses, scheduling concerts, donation drives and there are plans to apply for non-profit status to qualify for special funds.