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- Lake Superior State University releases its 37th annual list of banished words and phrases
- "Amazing," "baby bump" and "man cave" are among those people asked not to be used
- Others on the list include "ginormous," "win the future," and "thank you in advance"
- The roster of unwanted words first came about at a New Year's Eve party in 1975
If you're thinking of setting up an amazing man cave or showing off a ginormous baby bump next year, think again.
A northern Michigan school on Friday released its 37th annual list of words and phrases that it believes should be "banished" from the English language, and it suggests that some classic -- and perhaps hackneyed -- should get the ax.
Lake Superior State University once again solicited people online to nominate terms they consider tired, overused or simply annoying. Based on those submissions, the arbiters at the school decided to put the following on this year's chopping block: "amazing," "baby bump," "shared sacrifice," "occupy," "blowback," "man cave," "ginormous" and "the new normal."
"Pet parent," "win the future," "trickeration" and "thank you in advance" also have been unofficially sentenced to linguistic exile for the crimes of excessive and inappropriate usage, according to the university in Sault Sainte Marie on the Canadian border.
"Worn-out words and phrases are the new normal this year, but with some shared sacrifice, we can clean up the language and win the future," a school representative said in a written statement. "With the addition of this year's nominations, the list of words and phrases banished over the years has become ginormous."
"Amazing" -- arguably one of the most overused adjectives in the English language -- topped this year's list of submissions, according to the university.
"Banish it for blatant overuse and incorrect use ... to stop my head from exploding," begged Paul Crutchfield from Great Britain, according to the press release.
"Anderson Cooper used it three times recently in the opening 45 seconds of his program," said Sarah Howley, a resident of Kalamazoo, Michigan, referring to the CNN anchor. "My teeth grate, my hackles rise, and even my dog is getting annoyed at this senseless overuse.
"I don't even like 'Amazing Grace' anymore," she complained.
David Hollis from Hubbardsville, New York, insisted that not all men are enamored with the concept of the traditional man cave.
"It is not just overused, it is offensive to we males who do not wish to hunker (another awful word, often misused) down in a room filled with stuffed animal heads, an unnecessarily large flat-screen TV and Hooters memorabilia," he said. "Not every man wants a recliner the size of a 1941 Packard that has a cooler in each arm and a holster for the remote. So please, assign 'man cave' to the lexicographic scrap heap where it so rightly belongs."
Jim Eisenmann from Madison, Wisconsin, had some free advice for politicians hitting the campaign trail in 2012: dump "win the future" or you may not win the race.
"On its very face, it's an empty, meaningless phrase," he explained. "It basically says that anyone who opposes anything meant to 'win the future' must want to 'lose the future,' which is highly unlikely."
"Ginormous" seemed particularly irritating this time around, with contributors complaining that its usage shows a lack of proper education.
"This combination of gigantic and enormous makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck every time I hear it," said Gina Bua of Vancouver, Washington. "Each utterance reminds me of the high school drop-out that first used this offensive word in my presence."
"This word is just a made-up combination of two words," adds an Andover, Maine, resident named Jason, who refused to offer his last name. "Either word is sufficient, but the combination just sounds ridiculous."
As for "baby bump" -- a term used to describe a pregnant woman's rounded belly -- this "is a phrase we finally need to give birth to, then send on its way," declared Mary Sturgeon from Vancouver, British Columbia.
"I'm tired of a pregnancy being reduced to a celebrity accessory. Or worse, when less-than-six-pack abs are suspected of being one," said Afton, a respondent from Portland, Oregon.
Lake Superior State University's annual "word banishment" list was first created at a New Year's Eve party in 1975. The school now claims to receive tens of thousands of nominations every year.


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Gold is relatively scarce in the earth, but it occurs in many different kinds of rocks and in many different geological environments. Though scarce, gold is concentrated by geologic processes to form commercial deposits of two principal types: lode (primary) deposits and placer (secondary) deposits.
Lode deposits are the targets for the "hardrock" prospector seeking gold at the site of its deposition from mineralizing solutions. Geologists have proposed various hypotheses to explain the source of solutions from which mineral constituents are precipitated in lode deposits.
One widely accepted hypothesis proposes that many gold deposits, especially those found in volcanic and sedimentary rocks, formed from circulating ground waters driven by heat from bodies of magma (molten rock) intruded into the Earth's crust within about 2 to 5 miles of the surface. Active geothermal systems, which are exploited in parts of the United States for natural hot water and steam, provide a modern analog for these gold-depositing systems. Most of the water in geothermal systems originates as rainfall, which moves downward through fractures and permeable beds in cooler parts of the crust and is drawn laterally into areas heated by magma, where it is driven upward through fractures. As the water is heated, it dissolves metals from the surrounding rocks. When the heated waters reach cooler rocks at shallower depths, metallic minerals precipitate to form veins or blanket-like ore bodies.
Another hypothesis suggests that gold-bearing solutions may be expelled from magma as it cools, precipitating ore materials as they move into cooler surrounding rocks. This hypothesis is applied particularly to gold deposits located in or near masses of granitic rock, which represent solidified magma.
A third hypothesis is applied mainly to gold-bearing veins in metamorphic rocks that occur in mountain belts at continental margins. In the mountain-building process, sedimentary and volcanic rocks may be deeply buried or thrust under the edge of the continent, where they are subjected to high temperatures and pressures resulting in chemical reactions that change the rocks to new mineral assemblages (metamorphism). This hypothesis suggests that water is expelled from the rocks and migrates upwards, precipitating ore materials as pressures and temperatures decrease. The ore metals are thought to originate from the rocks undergoing active metamorphism.
The primary concerns of the prospector or miner interested in a lode deposit of gold are to determine the average gold content (tenor) per ton of mineralized rock and the size of the deposit. From these data, estimates can be made of the deposit's value. One of the most commonly used methods for determining the gold and silver content of mineralized rocks is the fire assay. The results are reported as troy ounces of gold or silver or both per short avoirdupois ton of ore or as grams per metric ton of ore.
Placer deposits represent concentrations of gold derived from lode deposits by erosion, disintegration or decomposition of the enclosing rock, and subsequent concentration by gravity.
Gold is extremely resistant to weathering and, when freed from enclosing rocks, is carried downstream as metallic particles consisting of "dust," flakes, grains, or nuggets. Gold particles in stream deposits are often concentrated on or near bedrock, because they move downward during high-water periods when the entire bed load of sand, gravel, and boulders is agitated and is moving downstream. Fine gold particles collect in depressions or in pockets in sand and gravel bars where the stream current slackens. Concentrations of gold in gravel are called "pay streaks."
In gold-bearing country, prospectors look for gold where coarse sands and gravel have accumulated and where "black sands" have concentrated and settled with the gold. Magnetite is the most common mineral in black sands, but other heavy minerals such as cassiterite, monazite, ilmenite, chromite, platinum-group metals, and some gem stones may be present.
Placer deposits have formed in the same manner throughout the Earth's history. The processes of weathering and erosion create surface placer deposits that may be buried under rock debris. Although these "fossil" placers are subsequently cemented into hard rocks, the shape and characteristics of old river channels are still recognizable.
The content of recoverable free gold in placer deposits is determined by the free gold assay method, which involves amalgamation of gold-bearing concentrate collected by dredging, hydraulic mining, or other placer mining operations. In the period when the price of gold was fixed, the common practice was to report assay results as the value of gold (in cents or dollars) contained in a cubic yard of material. Now results are reported as grams per cubic yard or grams per cubic meter.
Through laboratory research, the U.S. Geological Survey has developed new methods for determining the gold content of rocks and soils of the Earth's crust. These methods, which detect and measure the amounts of other elements as well as gold, include atomic absorption spectrometry, neutron activation, and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. These methods enable rapid and extremely sensitive analyses to be made on large samples.
In the past, low-grade disseminated gold deposits have become increasingly important. More than 75 such deposits have been found in the Western States, mostly in Nevada. The first major producer of this type was the Carlin deposit, which was discovered in 1962 and started production in 1965. Since then many more deposits have been discovered in the vicinity of Carlin, and the Carlin area now comprises a major mining district with seven operating open pits producing more than 1,500,000 troy ounces of gold per year. That definitely makes Nevada a prospectors paradise.
About 15 percent of the gold produced in the United States has come from mining other metallic ores. Where base metals- -such as copper, lead, and zinc–are deposited, either in veins or as scattered mineral grains, minor amounts of gold are commonly deposited with them. Deposits of this type are mined for the predominant metals, but the gold is also recovered as a byproduct during processing of the ore. Most byproduct gold has come from porphyry deposits, which are so large that even though they contain only a small amount of gold per ton of ore, so much rock is mined that a substantial amount of gold is recovered. The largest single source of byproduct gold in the United States is the porphyry deposit at Bingham Canyon, Utah, which has produced about 18 million troy ounces of gold since 1906
Geologists examine all factors controlling the origin and emplacement of mineral deposits, including those containing gold. Igneous and metamorphic rocks are studied in the field and in the laboratory to gain an understanding of how they came to their present location, how they crystallized to solid rock, and how mineral-bearing solutions formed within them.
Studies of rock structures, such as folds, faults, fractures, and joints, and of the effects of heat and pressure on rocks suggest why and where fractures occurred and where veins might be found. Studies of weathering processes and transportation of rock debris by water enable geologists to predict the most likely places for placer deposits to form. The occurrence of gold is not capricious; its presence in various rocks and its occurrence under differing environmental conditions follow natural laws. As geologists increase their knowledge of the mineralizing processes, they improve their ability to find gold.
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In a sick way, I'm enjoying the debate over price controls for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D. Of course, I don't want Congress to dry up the stream of drugs that will keep me alive and vigorous when I'm a geezer. It's just … what were the Republicans and the drug companies thinking when they created Part D? What did they think would happen? Did they really believe that, if they'd create this program, Congress would never impose price controls?
As I argued on TV today, Part D has Congress buying — through the middleman of the private drug plans — a product with high research and development costs and low marginal costs. And Congress buys those drugs for a politically powerful group of citizens (the geezers). That kind of setup cannot last. The temptation for Congress to pay nothing more than the marginal costs will be inexorable, because doing so pleases constituencies that are paying attention (seniors and current taxpayers) and harms only those constituencies that are either unpopular (drug manufacturers) or else aren't paying attention (future seniors, including those not yet born).
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Dr. Karen Jacobs, the founding editor, and her editorial board especially encourage the publication of research studies, clinical practice, case study reports, as well as personal narratives and critical reflections of lived work experiences (autoethnographic/autobiographic scholarship), Sounding Board commentaries and Speaking of Research articles which provide the foundation for better understanding research to facilitate knowledge dissemination. Narrative Reflections on Occupational Transitions, a new column, is for persons who have successfully transitioned into, between, or out of occupations to tell their stories in a narrative form. With an internationally renowned editorial board, WORK maintains high standards in the evaluation and publication of manuscripts. All manuscripts are reviewed expeditiously and published in a timely manner.WORK prides itself on being an author-friendly journal.
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Documenting and Decoding the Dynamics Between Work and Pain
25 Feb 2019 - Amsterdam, NL – Workers suffering from chronic pain takes an immense toll on both employees and employers. Whether the pain that individuals experience is physical or psychological, constant or intermittent, or caused by work conditions or brought to the job, its effect on their productivity and wellbeing is a huge problem. Not surprisingly, work and pain are the subjects of a growing body of research, as technological advances transform healthcare at the same time as they created new challenges. ...
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Checklists Can Effectively Assess Work-Related Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries
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Shoulder Pain from Using your iPad? Don't Use It on Your Lap
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The Canberra Situation: what regional Australia is saying
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Some of these communities are grappling with high youth unemployment. Others are confronting alarming suicide rates. Lots need better infrastructure and access to services. Many are beset by the worst drought in decades.
Today, as Australians contemplate the self-destruction of the Coalition Government and a seventh change of prime minister in a decade, we're asking the man and woman in the street for their unvarnished view of this week's events in Canberra.
Or the "madness", as Malcolm Turnbull described it on Thursday.
Drought relief, improving the National Disability Insurance Scheme and generally making Australia a better place – voters around Newcastle have no shortage of ideas on how government MPs could be spending their time rather than plotting leadership coups. Younger voters in particular are disillusioned with the constant instability. Several people approached by the Herald declined to comment because they said they too disillusioned to comment.
At midday on Thursday, Albury's Dean Street was bustling, with many on their lunch break turning their thoughts to the 'chaos' happening 200 plus kilometres away, in the country's most powerful building. If Peter Dutton becomes Prime Minister some Border voters are considering breaking their long-held Liberal ties, while others are contemplating moving back overseas – but on both sides of the political divide the men and women on the street are simply sick of revolving door politics.
Berry resident Susan Ballinger declared the situation in Canberra appalling when interviewed in Nowra on Friday morning.
"Well I think it's an absolute disgrace," she told The South Coast Register.
"I'm appalled at the self-interest, the bigotry, the total lack of concern for the public good – there doesn't seem to be any interest anymore. It's all about their own egos. Well, I prefer Malcolm Turnbull stayed, but if not, Julie Bishop. She's calm, she's a 'small l' liberal, so she has moderate views. She's been a reasonably effective foreign minister, and she's a woman."
Eurobodalla resident and former Liberal MP John Haslem has spoken out on the leadership "mess" in Canberra, declaring it's "no good for the party or Australia."
Meanwhile, Bega man Randolph Parlou said politicians pushing for the top job via a spill are chasing more than the half a million dollars per year salary received by a Prime Minister.
"They all want a piece of the Prime Minister's pension pie," Mr Parlau said.
"The tax payers pay for this until they die. That's why they do it.
"I saw that happening years ago when they all started doing this."
A business owner at Dubbo has called for an end to political infighting in the wake of the latest contest for the nation's top job. A concerned Kerryann George on Tuesday called for "common sense", "respect" and "stability in our political system". She found too few signs of those elements as the Liberal Party decided the future of leader and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull earlier that day.
Battling the drought is of greater importance to people in regional areas than "party bickering" in federal politics, declared Dubbo Chamber of Commerce president Matt Wright. "I think in regional areas at the moment, there's such a massive focus on the current drought conditions that that's taking a little bit of precedence over potential party bickering on a national political level," Mr Wright said.
"It's bloody stupid."
That's how Taree residents, Clem Wisemantel and his daughter, Irene Relf feel about the leadership spill. "It's making history," Clem said. "We've not had a PM for a full term since John Howard." Both Clem and Irene are waiting to see who the next leader of the country will be, with the Liberal Party leadership in question. "There is no interest in looking after the country anymore, it's all become self-centred," Irene commented.
Sabine Lister has been on the road with her husband for the past 15 years providing assistance to Australia's homeless wherever their motor home sets down.
Currently house sitting in town, the Lithgow Mercury interrupted Sabine's morning coffee on Main Street to talk politics.
"They're acting worse than kindergarten kids, they should do the job they were voted in to do. We're sick of all the testosterone flying around," she said.
For Tamworth's Matt Chessell, the situation in Canberra is incredibly disappointing. Come election time, Mr Chessell said he couldn't "see how people would forget this", but wouldn't be surprised if people "lose focus on what their vote is worth in an election". He also raised concerns about how it looked from an international perspective.
Fairfield's Emmanuel Kondok is working hard to foster peace-building skills among Australian South Sudanese youth. He reckons our politicians need to learn the same.
"What has happened in the past week in Canberra is a big mess," he told Fairfield City Champion.
"The Liberal party fighting over each other, it is not showing good leadership to the Australian people."
The president of the Southern Sudanese Community NSW said the appointment of Scott Morrison as Australia's 30th Prime Minister is unlikely to change things.
"They are all the same; Scott Morrision, Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton...there is no difference," he said.
"The difference between what is happening in Canberra and overseas like southern Sudan, if the leader needs to be changed it happens by force. In Australian society, it is a war of words."
Meanwhile, the saga of this week's spill has dented business confidence, Orange-based Western NSW Business Chamber regional manager Vicki Seccombe says.
"Business needs to understand where they're going," she told the Lithgow Mercury.
Former Orange City Council candidate Joel Everett said he usually voted Labor and thought the week's events would help pave the way for a Shorten victory at the next federal poll. But the small comfort did not affect his attitude to the behaviour.
"That shouldn't be happening, it's embarrassing whichever side you stand on, to have leaders of your country only thinking about themselves," he said.
He said politicians needed to remember they were in parliament to represent the Australian people and the victorious leader after an election should be allowed to contest the next.
"It's changed people's attitude to the major parties because it's happening on both sides – people are finding it very difficult to make a choice," he said.
After Friday's leadership change, Bathurst's Bob Triming has said the choice of Scott Morrison as the 30th Prime Minister of Australia was the "best outcome" given the options, but it never should have come to that.
"I thought it was wrong to continue it when the first leadership spill was overturned and won by Turnbull, then they go back and have another bite of the cherry," he said. While he would have preferred to see Bishop succeed, stating she was the "best Foreign Affairs Minister we've ever had", Mr Triming felt Morrison was the better choice over Dutton. "If Dutton was there and elected Prime Minister he would still have the issue of his validity to be in parliament over his head," he said.
A Riverina resident has slammed the whole saga as a debacle that's been unfair on the whole country.
"Just get on with the job," she said. "People vote for people to run the country and this goes on. I think it's disgraceful to be honest."
On the other side of the discussion is Lake Cathie resident Kerry Newman, who believes Scott Morrison will carry out his new job as Prime Minister of Australia well – even though he would've preferred to see Julie Bishop in the top job.
"He's proven to have a positive track record in all the portfolios he's had up to now," he said.
"He (Scott Morrison) played it by the book and wasn't part of the coup," he said.
Self confessed Katherine stirrer, Bruce Francois, a former long-time pharmacist, is disgusted by events in Canberra.
"We seem to be a long way from them, and they seem to be a long way from us," Mr Francois said.
"By that I mean, they don't really represent the people who elected them.
"We have a lot of issues bubbling away here which gets lost in their squabbling doesn't it.
Along with seemingly everyone else in the country, people in Mount Isa are bemused by the goings on in Canberra. Ahead of the partyroom vote that elected Scott Morrison as prime minister, the North West Star took to the streets of Mount Isa to ask the local community what they thought of it all and their opinion on who should run our country.
In sunny Queensland, some Redlanders were not quite sure what exactly was happening in Canberra, with others dismayed at the antics of elected representatives. "They are kindy kids," one man told Redland City Bulletin. "They are meant to represent us. They are elected by the people for the people, like Caesar said. They (only) want to keep their $180,000 per year and free car."
Shoppers on the streets of Jimboomba were more concerned with the daily shop and getting the kids home from school than a Liberal leadership challenge and who might be the next Prime Minister of Australia.
John Phillips has given his thoughts regarding the Liberal leadership spill, slamming the federal government for "just looking after their own egos and pay packets".
The Port Augusta man believes Mr Morrison's reign as PM will be short-lived.
"We'll be saying hello to a Labor government in a couple months," Mr Phillips said. "Unless they (Liberals) pull off some last minute stunts that fool the public into voting for them."
But for now, voters feel betrayed as this week's circus results in a seventh change of Prime Minister in a decade.
Mr Phillips admitted that his vote feels worthless, declaring "they're not governing for us, they're governing for their own ends."
Murray Bridge-born television personality Andrew 'Cosi' Costello joked he would run for Prime Minster, given the current political climate.
"It seems like the job is up for the taking for anyone, so I think I might throw my hat in the ring next week," Mr Costello laughed.
"Everyone else has had a go now so maybe it could be my turn next."
Port Lincoln business owner Tanya Bieniasz says she was not surprised by the infighting from the Liberal party but hoped they would focus on issues that many Australians cared about.
"I understand why others put their hand up, because they obviously don't believe in his policies," Mrs Bieniasz told the Port Lincoln Times.
"I believe you vote for a party, not a prime minister."
Mrs Bieniasz said her main concerns for the country were the rising cost of living, electricity prices, and the drought.
She said the infighting was interesting so close to an election.
Mrs Bieniasz said she felt insulated from federal politics.
"Every government is bad for small business."
Former Tasmanian premier and member for Braddon, Ray Groom, has declared that the political class of today has separated itself from the people.
Watching the leadership spill unfold from his Hobart home on Friday afternoon, the 73-year-old said he was happy with the end result and confident the Liberal party would win an election.
"I am pleased for Scott Morrison and for Josh Frydenberg," he said.
"I think they will make a good team. But to be honest I felt very sad when Kevin Rudd lost his position, even though I am a Liberal and former Liberal leader. And again when Tony Abbott lost his position, it disappointed me quite deeply.
"With this more so because Malcolm Turnbull didn't have the chance to finish his term. Unless there is a serious matter, I believe a Prime Minister should be able to do what they were elected to do."
The general feel on the streets of Launceston seems to be a simple one: enough is enough.
Cameron North, 27, summed it up as "just a bit laughable" but having a detrimental impact to Australia's international reputation.
"I think the rest of the world is laughing at us at the moment, and rightfully so," he told The Examiner.
"There is a lot of infighting, which means there is no point in a Prime Minister if they can't work together. It is just hard to keep up with it all, because it changes every day. What happened to a stable government?"
On the other side of the debate though, was Merv Whybrow.
"The government today are doing their job as they should," he said.
"I think the biggest problem is Tony Abbott. They need to just get rid of him. All he has done is criticise the government, he hasn't been supportive of anyone or anything."
Take a look at even more opinions from the streets of Tasmania here.
Voters in the Braddon electorate have said they are "completely unimpressed" with the unfolding leadership challenge. Ahead of the vote outcome The Advocate asked the public what they think will happen inside today's party room meeting.
Self-professed swinging Burnie voter Daniel Mcauley said he hoped Julie Bishop would take the leadership from Malcolm Turnbull. He described the leadership challenge as a "complete disaster".
In Warrnambool, for Damian Chisholm the prospect of Australia having its seventh Prime Minister in a decade is a bit of a joke.
"We elect a Prime Minister and then they have all their infighting and shuffle him out and (it's) next one please," he said.
Mr Chisholm said if Malcolm Turnbull was rolled then Julie Bishop would be the best alternative.
"(It's) very embarrassing," he said. Here's more from the streets of the 'Bool.
Infuriated by Liberal in-fighting over the office of Prime Minister, Eaglehawk woman Tara McGrath headed to the local store and bought a sheet of poster paper. On it, she wrote two simple words and two symbols in bold, capitalised font: #ELECTION NOW! For the next hour, she sat outside Bendigo Town Hall and sparked conversations with passers-by.
Amidst all the confusion from Canberra, the Bendigo Advertiser asked the public what they thought about the state of affairs in Australian politics. The general consensus is politicians are too focused on their own success and have lost sight of what really matters, their constituents. Some people are tired of the country's Liberal leadership while others hope to see Australia's first women in the top job.
The Wimmera Mail-Times caught up with Horsham's Jai Harrison as he and his partner Hannah took their dog for a walk through their hometown on Friday morning.
Both are frustrated with the revolving door of Prime Ministers in Australia, and want to see stability in Canberra and a person the nation can trust in the top job. They are not sure who would make the best Prime Minister, but want the chaos sorted out quickly. Mr Harrison said it was ridiculous that the country could see its seventh PM in 10 years if Malcolm Turnbull is ousted from the role.
In Margaret River the community is, to put it mildly, frustrated.
"The problem with trying to talk to these pollies is that they are way too self absorbed to actually listen to their people," said Cowaramup resident Deanne Haddow, who was glued to the radio on Friday morning.
Margaret River resident Katrina Lombardo echoed Ms Haddow's frustrations.
"I would like them to do their jobs and be accountable. I would like all of them to show leadership qualities in their field and portfolios," Ms Lombardo said.
"I would like them to be understanding of every perspective not just their own and the higher socioeconomic members of our society as they seem incredibly blinkered.
Foreign minister Julie Bishop would be the top choice for prime minister if there was a change of leadership for the government, according to Boyup Brook, WA, cattle producer Neil Derrick.
"Mr Turnbull was a good leader, so hopefully they can get their act together, but if there is a change she would be the way to go," Mr Derrick said.
Mr Derrick said people had become disenchanted with politics due to the "constant change of leadership (seven prime ministers in 10 years) and the dual citizenship saga".
He said "it has to change or the country is going to go backwards".
"We vote a government in with a prime minister and we should have the right to say who stays and goes," Mr Derrick said.
"Julie Bishop would be the one to vote for - she would pull in a lot of votes that the others wouldn't."
He said it was "disappointing" to see the treasurer Scott Morrison putting up his hand for the top job when the other day he was supporting Mr Turnbull.
Mr Derrick said it was time the country started looking at becoming a republic because the "system is not working now - what else have we got?"
Mandurah man Brenden Rickihana joined the national conversation over the Liberal leadership spill on Friday morning.
While he isn't eligible to vote because he's a New Zealand citizen, Mr Rickihana said his opinion mattered because he has children and grandchildren who have been born and raised in Australia.
He labelled the current political climate in Australia as "dire" and said he was shocked by the party's decision to shake-up their leadership.
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GOLF: David Fay to retire as head of USGA
AP Golf Writer
David Fay is retiring from the U.S. Golf Association, his two decades as executive director marked by a steady push for golf's return to the Olympics and for the U.S. Open to be held on golf courses that anyone could play at a reasonable price.
Fay's announcement Friday was somewhat of a surprise, although he turned 60 two months ago and said it was an important milestone for cancer survivors. He joined the USGA in 1978 and became its sixth executive director in 1989, serving under 12 presidents.
Mike Butz, the deputy executive director since 1995, will take over Jan. 1 until a national search to find Fay's replacement.
"Things are in good order," Fay said in a statement. "Our senior staff leaders, each of whom I have put into place, are highly talented and motivated. And looking ahead, there are a number of multiyear projects on the drawing board … which makes this, for me, a good time to move on. Leave on a high note, as Seinfeld would say."
Fay was most visible during the U.S. Open, dressed in his trademark bow tie in the NBC Sports booth as possibly the premier rules expert in the country. His real passion, however, has been making golf more inclusive.
He showed that in the late 1990s when he resigned his membership from Pine Valley because he felt belonging to an all-male club would sent a mixed message in his role (the USGA had two presidents in the past six years – Fred Ridley and Walter Driver – who kept their memberships at all-male Augusta National).
Even as PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem showed little interest in the Olympics a decade ago, Fay continued to lobby for the sport's return to the Olympic program.
But his legacy might be public golf.
Never afraid to take chances, Fay was behind bringing the U.S. Open to Bethpage Black in New York in 2002, which cost no more than $50 for residents to play. It was such a huge success that the championship returned there in 2009, one year after it was at city-owned Torrey Pines in San Diego. The U.S. Open will go to Chambers Bay outside Seattle and Erin Hills in Wisconsin, two other public courses.
In another bold move, Fay announced that the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open will be held in consecutive weeks in 2014 on the same golf course – Pinehurst No. 2.
"It's been a rewarding, satisfying and a fun run," he said.


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2010 Holiday Gift Guide: 8 Great Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life
By The Cubicle Chick + December 15th, 2010
As a certified foodie and sometime-chef myself, I covet gifts that involve food, kitchenware, and cookware. Gifts that involve these varieties always go over well with the food enthusiast in your life. So it was fitting to select 8 great gift ideas for the foodie and chef in your life.


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New Delhi, December 21, 2010: A stakeholder meeting on "Up-scaling use of LED street lights" was organized jointly by that the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and The Climate Group (TCG) on December 18, 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event was organised alongside the annual LED Expo that was held in Delhi during December 17 - 19, 2010 to exhibit recent technological developments and applications of LEDs and solid-state lighting.
The meeting was attended by more than 75 stakeholders who represented LED chip and fixture manufacturers, municipalities, development authorities, architects, Government bodies, real estate developers among many others. The event intended to bring together relevant stakeholders on a common platform to discuss large-scale uptake of LED street lights and its financing opportunities.
Shri Jiwesh Nandan, Chief Executive Officer, EESL and chief guest for the occasion, highlighted the tremendous potential that energy efficiency has for bridging the demand supply gap in India. The regulatory framework for this is provided by the Energy Conservation (EC) Act 2001 through which the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has been constituted. BEE is promoting energy efficiency for household equipments, buildings, municipalities, agriculture, etc. EESL has been set up recently by the Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India to facilitate implementation of energy efficiency projects and to be the implementation arm for Central and State Governments. In order to promote the use of LEDs in outdoor lighting, BEE has initiated 26 LED based street lights demonstration projects all over the country.
At the outset, Mr Philip Jessup gave a presentation on the technical issues related with the use of LEDs in street lighting and procurement issues for large scale uptake of the same by municipal corporations. A presentation was also made by EESL highlighting the business models by which use of LED based street lights can be upscaled commercially in the country. Representatives from Nichia Chemical (India) Pvt Ltd, Philips Electronics India Ltd and IL&FS Ecosmart Limited also deliberated on the issues concerned with upscaling of LED based street lights, including innovative mechanisms.
Representative from the municipal corporations highlighted the concerns related to the absence of availability of any national standards, manufacturing facility, etc of LEDs. They also pointed out that there was no meeting point for bidders and manufacturers which was a major obstacle in mainstreaming/ upscaling LEDs. It was also pointed out that some kind of guarantee from state or central governments can give financial security in case the corporations fail to repay the money because at the end of the day no financial institution would be eager to bear the risk of investment entirely on its own shoulders.
Representatives from the LED industry highlighted issues like lack of a transparent payment security mechanism, low project internal rate of return (IRR), lack of basic infrastructure for LED installation; lack of technical standards, sales tax and service tax that the LEDs invite, etc as barriers for implementation of LED based street lights.
Regarding financing of LED street light projects, it was pointed out that an effective payment security mechanism needs to be built so as to offer an element of security among the FIs thereby attracting better roles to be played by them.
The following as roadmap for enhancing the usage of LEDs in the country was discussed:


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Did you ever wish to convey the entire plot of 1980s fantasy flick The NeverEnding Story on your arm? Such was the inclination of a woman named Samelina, who recruited Roger Axelsson of Evil Eye Tattoo in Stockholm, Sweden to give her a sleeve depicting characters like Gmork, Morla, and the Rock-Biter. Pro tip: leave out the scene of Artax drowning or you'll constantly be surrounded by weeping strangers. As for me, I'm saving up for a full-back tattoo of Limahl's haircut.
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I have been going through one of those self-assessment phases where one looks at what one has done with one's life, what one is going, and what one wants to do in the future.
Of course, all of this assessment takes place in the backdrop of that childhood goal to leave the world a better place than it would have otherwise been.
Am I doing that?
Could I do more?
I think that this type of self-assessment is a good thing. Desire utilitarianism recommends it. A person who makes these types of assessments cares about how things are going, and has at least some motivation to move in the direction of improving them.
Somebody who never asks is either exceptionally arrogant and thinks himself incapable of needing a mid-course correction in his life, or simply doesn't care. We have good reason to condemn those who do not care.
I find a bit of a dilemma here. I think I can make my best contribution in the way of moral theory. However, moral theory doesn't matter all that much. People don't live their lives according to a moral theory.
Here, I want to distinguish between a theory and an ideology. There are lots of ideologies out there that tell people what to do. People join ideological groups, and they come with a list of thou shalts and thou shalt nots.
At one time, I joined the libertarian tribe. As a member, I was culturally prohibited from supporting any type of government program. No matter what the government did, the free market could do it better. In addition, the world contained these natural rights and duties, as enumerated in the Declaration of Independence and as defended by that great master of all wisdom in the universe Ayn Rand.
As a member of the tribe I was required to subscribe to these things. One thing we could always trust that if anybody was introduced as a member of that particular tribe, that he subscribed (at least publicly) to those basic core beliefs and values.
What I gravitated to . . . desire utilitarianism . . . is quite different from all of that.
Desire utilitarianism is not an ideology with a set of 'thou shalts' and 'thou shalt nots'. Desire utilitarianism explains how to answer moral questions, but does not tell you what the answer is.
I have, over the course of this blog, argued for a number of moral positions. I have argued that there is a right to freedom of speech. This right to freedom of speech, I have often claimed, is not a right to an immunity from criticism.
Some people speak as if the right to freedom of speech is a right to freedom from criticism. They make a claim and, as soon as it meets with protest, they assert that those who condemn them are violating their right to freedom of speech. In a sense, they condemn those who condemn them by saying that condemnation is always wrong, so that those who condemn must be condemned.
On the other hand, a right to freedom of speech is a right to immunity from violence. No person shall respond to words alone by threats of violence to the speaker, or to the speaker's property, or the like. The only legitimate form of punishment comes from private actions – refusing to vote for the speaker, or to hire the speaker, or to support those who hire the speaker, or to refuse to deal with the businesses that sponsor the speaker's radio show, and the like.
I have defended this particular set of 'thou shalts' and 'thou shalt nots'. However, they are not integral to desire utilitarianism. It is quite possible that desire utilitarianism yields a different result – a result that says that it is permissible to do violence to others based on their words. A person could object to these claims and still call himself or herself a desire-utilitarianism. Desire utilitarianism is concerned with how these claims are defended or rejected, not with what they are.
In fact, there are principles that allow us to respond to words with violence from time to time. Obviously, revealing military secrets can justify a violent response. Libel and slander are examples where words can invite violence. Can we justify these exceptions? Desire utilitarianism does not guarantee an answer one way or the other.
So there is no desire utilitarian ideology. Becoming a desire utilitarian is not like becoming a communist or a libertarian or a Christian. Becoming a desire utilitarian is like becoming an evolutionist or a heliocentrist or an atomist. It is a theory that describes the reality of value. The quality of the theory depends on the quality of those descriptions.
In fact, I left graduate school in part because I did not see the pursuit of moral theory as being worthwhile. I found college the realm of moral philosophy to be filled with very intelligent people, the bulk of which were doing nothing of any particular purpose. They were people sitting in an ivory tower talking about the nature of value – an ivory tower surrounded by human beings making human decisions that affected real lives in the real world.
With almost no interaction between the people in the tower and the people outside.
So, I sought to leave the tower and go outside, trying a number of options to try to make the world outside a better place.
Including the writing of this blog.
And I still have to ask.
Is there something else I should be doing?


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Martyr Marinus, his wife Martha, their children, and those with them at Rome
The Holy Martyrs Marinus, Martha, Audifax, Habakkuk, Cyrenus, Valentinus the Presbyter, Asterius, and many others with them at Rome.
During the reign of the emperor Claudius II (268-270), Saint Marinus together with his wife Martha and their sons Audifax and Habakkuk journeyed from Persia to Rome, to pray at the graves of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul. During this time fierce persecutions and executions befell the Roman Church. Saint Marinus and his wife and sons helped Christians locked up in the prisons, and also requested the bodies of executed martyrs. At one of these jails they met a prisoner named Cyrenus and they helped him, since he had endured many torments for faith in Christ.
The persecution spread, and even more Christians were arrested. During this time 260 Christians, among whom was the tribune Vlastus, had been sent under the court sentence to dig ground along the Salerian Way, and were executed by archers. When they learned about this vicious murder, Marinus, his family, and the presbyter John went by night and took the bodies of the martyrs to be buried in the catacombs. They returned later to the prison where Saint Cyrenus was incarcerated, but did not find him. He had been executed the day before and his body was thrown into the Tiber River. Doing their holy duty, Saints Marinus and Martha and their sons took the body of the holy martyr from the river and committed it to the earth. The holy workers were among Christians, who continued secretly to perform the divine services under the leadership of the holy Bishop Callistus, and hid them from their pursuers.
In consummation of their great charitable deeds the holy family was deemed worthy to glorify the Lord by martyrdom. The pagans beheaded the courageous confessor Valentinus the Presbyter, and the imperial gardener Asterius who had been converted by him, and the holy ascetics from Persia were arrested and given over to torture. By order of the emperor, Saints Marinus, Audifax and Habakkuk were beheaded in the year 269, and Saint Martha was drowned in a river.
The relics of the holy saints are in Rome at the Church of Saint John the Hut-Dweller, and the relics of Saint Valentinus are in the Church of the holy Martyr Paraskeva.


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France flights cancelled due to strike
The industrial action is expected to affect planes flying in and out of France as well as those flying through French airspace to other destinations in Europe.
France's DGAC civil aviation authority said airlines were reducing their flights into and out of Parisian airports by 30 per cent and those to and from the cities of Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse by 20 per cent.
EasyJet has had to cancel more than 65 flights to and from French airports including Nice, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Lyon. For details on the flights that were cancelled see here.
Passengers affected by the cancellations have been advised to arrange a free transfer onto another flight within the next seven days, or alternatively, claim a full refund.
British Airways has also cancelled a handful of flights. "Like all airlines we have to comply with the mandate from the French authorities to reduce our flying schedules to parts of France due to industrial action by air traffic controllers," a spokesman said.
"We are sorry for the inconvenience and are contacting customers on affected flights. Customers should check ba.com for their latest flight information before leaving for the airport."
More than 25 Ryanair flights were also scrapped, including those to and from the French airports of Marseilles, Paris Beauvais, Nantes and Brest, as well as to and from other European cities, including Porto and Pisa and Fes in Morocco. An up-to-date list of cancellations can be found here.
The airline warned that further delays and cancellations should be expected. Spokesman Robin Kiely said: "All passengers scheduled to fly on Tuesday, March 18, should check the status of their flight on the Ryanair.com website - where updates will be published - before travelling to the airport."
The action has been called following cuts to payroll taxes and spending proposed by President Francois Hollande.


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NHL Game Night: 11-1-13 Lightning at Hurricanes
Lightning solve a dilemma en route to victory.
Ben Bishop stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout. He didn't have much work until the last 5 minutes of the game when, inexplicably, the Lightning became sieve-like and were allowing the Canes to run Bishop. Shame on the skaters, and good on Bishop for keeping his goose egg in tact anyway. That there was some (U of) Maine Justice!
First Period
Second Period
9:54 TB Hedman (2), (Thompson, Crombeen)
Third Period
11:38 TB Stamkos (10), (Killorn, St Louis)
17:14 TB Killorn (3), (St Louis)
Steven Stamkos, Bishop, and Victor Hedman were the game's three stars. Again, if these three guys are the ones driving the truck, playing well, the Lightning will be in great shape all season.
The Lightning managed to turn this from another clunker into something extremely positive to build on. They were flat as a pancake again in the First Period and half of the Second Period until Justin Peters decided to kick a Hedman shot that was wide off the end boards into his own net. And, then it was on, with the top line leading the way with the notable change of Alex Killorn running with the big guns instead of Ryan Malone. The impact of that change was obvious, and that should seal Malone's fate from here on out. He's too slow for the top line and that needs to be Killorn's spot. Malone needs to embrace what he is this season. I'd like to see him start to take on more of an Andreychuk-type spot with the team. Commit to being a strong checking liner. Try to get your points when you can on the PP. Let the young guys who have wheels get the big minutes.
Radko Gudas was +2 with 3 hits and 4 blocked shots in 21:08. He was much more under control in this game than against New Jersey and the results of that were obvious. He was solid as a rock tonight.
Mark Barberio had 4 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 15:17. I liked the decision to spot him in this game. It gave Sustr the chance to settle down a little in the press box and Barberio a chance to get some playing time in a game where any mistakes he made weren't going to necessarily be fatal. There was bad and good. I thought the was excellent offensively in the first half of the game. Early in the Second Period, he was about the only Lightning player taking shots (had 4 blocked and 1 missed the net) and he nearly had an assist on one play in the First Period. The critique, though, is the same. He terrifies you in his own end because of how soft he is on the puck. A stiff breeze gets him off the puck clean. A stern look gets him off the puck clean. And, then, obviously there's the issue of the two penalties taken in a close game. It was his best game of the year so far, in my opinion, but there's still considerable room for improvement.
Tyler Johnson had 2 shots and 1 blocked shot and was 30% on draws in 15:26. He was guilty of overpassing in the First Period. It's just that simple. He's got one of the best shots on the team. If I had his shot, you couldn't stop me from shooting the puck. I'd start shooting the puck from the parking lot. I'd be shooting pucks from the bench. There's be pucks going on net from the restroom in the intermission. If I had a shot as good as Johnson's, there's nothing in the world that would make me give up a clean look and pass it off. He's got to get greedier.
Killorn had 1 goal and 1 assist and was +2 with 3 shots and 1 hit. 3 takeaways for Killorn, too. That spot on the top line needs to be his. Period. The discussion ended tonight.
Ondrej Palat had 1 shot, 3 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 13:04. That's a great stat line for a guy that didn't seem to do much other than squander a 2-on-1 shorthanded in the First Period with Johnson.
Richard Panik had 1 shot and 1 blocked shot in 11:01. My thought was Cooper's decision to put him on the fourth line was an attempt to get Panik to play chippier. One of the problems with Panik's game so far is he's not being the instigator he was at times in the AHL. Ultimately, it doesn't pay that Richard looks like a Bond villain if he plays like a Bond girl. Unfortunately, I didn't see that edge. He's lucky Connolly didn't set the world on fire tonight, but the Lightning have his spot under the microscope. They have to.
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The road to Kentucky Derby 2012 made stops in Florida and Southern California on Feb 4 and the G3 Sam Davis and G2 Robert Lewis Stakes both produced surprising results.
G3 Sam F. Davis (2-4-12): 81 BSF (Battle Hardened)
Saturday's Sam Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs did not look strong on paper and eventual winner Battle Hardened was a maiden coming in and got the job done in slow time. He is out of strong route sire Giant's Causeway and trainer Eddie Kenneally is back on the Triple Crown trail after catching Derby fever with Santiva in 2011.
Three noses were on the wire for runner-up honors with Prospective edging out Reveron and Ravelo's Boy. Prospective won the G3 Grey at Woodbine as a juvenile and Reveron was last seen capturing the Gulfstream Park Derby.
State of Play set the pace and faded to 7th for Team Valor and Graham Motion. Look for him to return to the sod in the near future.
Sam Davis Stakes Grade: D
I'll Have Another made the most of his first start in five months at Santa Anita on Saturday, posting a surprising $88.60 upset in a strange renewal of the Lewis.
G2 Robert Lewis Stakes (2-4-12): 96 BSF (I'll Have Another)
Sprinter Isn't He Clever set the pace with I'll Have Another tracking him intently. The early leader faded after six panels and the eventual winner inherited the lead and was never seriously threatened in a relatively easy 2-3/4 length tally.
Liaison was the solid favorite for Bob Baffert but was never traveling comfortably and fell in the stretch after clipping heels with Groovin' Solo, who crossed the line in 3rd but was place last via disqualification.
Royal Delta's brother Empire Way was up to finish a clear 2nd and Rousing Sermon was elevated to 3rd.
It was double disappointment for Baffert as Sky Kingdom failed to get involved. Chips All In failed to lift a hoof.
The number from the Lewis came back solid enough but the race was dominated by longshots and did not look strong from a visual standpoint. I'll Have Another is expected to go next in the G1 Santa Anita Derby on April 7.
Robert Lewis Stakes Grade: C


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