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It has become somewhat of a tradition for Lionel Messi: in his capacity as the current holder of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, the Argentina and Barcelona star was again entrusted with officially kicking off the voting for the FIFA/FIFPro World XI, which will see footballers across the globe choose the 11 players they believe have outperformed the rest in 2013.
"The truth is that I'm happy to go first again," said the man nicknamed La Pulga (the flea) after casting his vote on Thursday. "I'm proud that it's my fellow players who get to vote – that's what makes it very special. A footballer knows the reasons why another footballer is good, and that makes being included in this team a very significant award," added Messi, before giving way to his Barça team-mates so that they could place their votes in the ballot box.
FIFA and the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro) have been jointly running the election of the World XI for five years now. As usual, the announcement of the winners will be made at the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala, which will be held on 13 January 2014 in Zurich (Switzerland).
The chosen few in 2012 had one thing in common: they all plied their trade in the Spanish Primera Division. The team featured Iker Casillas in goal, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Daniel Alves and Marcelo in defence, Xabi Alonso, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta in midfield, and a fearsome attacking triumvirate of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Radamel Falcao.
Messi, a four-time winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, and Portuguese idol Cristiano Ronaldo both hold the record for most appearances, with each having been included six times, and it is not unreasonable to think that, given their current form, they will again be among the best 11 players in the world in the eyes of their peers. FIFPro has already sent out close to 50,000 ballot papers to 68 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
With regard to the vote, there is good news for members of The Club on FIFA.com, who will again have the chance to take part in the FIFA/FIFPro World XI Predictor game, which was met with great enthusiasm last year. The details of the game will be made public in the coming months, as well as the coveted prize, which last year consisted of a jersey signed by one of the World X.
Note to editors: FIFPro has been running its World XI since 2005. In 2009, the organisation joined forces with FIFA to present the 'FIFA/FIFPro World XI' at the FIFA World Player Gala, now known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala.


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The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, meeting at its 37th Ordinary Session held from 27th April to 11th May in Banjul, The Gambia:
Considering the necessity for certain matters to be dealt with expeditiously;
Bearing in mind the creation of the African Union and the creation of various organs and institutions within the afore mentioned Union;
Noting the entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the complementary role of the African Commission and the aforementioned Court;
Noting also the delay in the finalization of certain issues including the follow-up to its recommendations and decisions;
Noting further Articles 42 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and Rule 121 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on the modalities of amendment of the said Rules of Procedure;
Noting Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure on the establishment of Committees and Working Groups;
Decides to establish a Working Group to deal with the following specific issues :
The Working Group will comprise 3 Members of the African Commission and 3 external experts from its partners Interights, Open Society Justice Initiative and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa.
The Working Group shall have a mandate of six months.
The Working Group shall report to the African Commission at its 38th ordinary session.
The African Union is hereby requested to provide the Working Group with the necessary resources to successfully discharge its mandate.
Done at the 37th Session of the ACHPR, held from 27th April to 11th May 2005 in Banjul, The Gambia.

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I did not have the blast sling beforehand. I did not yet realize you really needed to set up traps in advance.
It was not a pleasant fight. Took me several tries.
I later went back to try it again and it was easy once I knew what I was doing. But yes, its a game that demands you get all the weapons.
The ones I've found so far have pretty much been on the way. And should probably take priority over basically any other side quest.
Yeah, the girls were sort of terrible to Matt in that one. That's something that lingers for a looooong while and I never liked that. The next one is pretty good as I remember it. You're almost to the point where I caught up to the series as it was releasing! (#8 Path of Daggers was the most recent one when I started.)
Really? Only seven total by book 5? I swear it was more. Either he really starts hammering it in later or its just such a distinctive phrase it stands out.... but its defnitely been a fandom joke forever. Shame you haven't been also tracking Nynaeve's braid pulls.
ANd yeah, that was the volume with no Perrin. WHich I never cared for since he's one of my favorites.
Btw I saw Deadpool about... Two weeks ago now and... I really loved that movie... It was a ton of fun and a real blast to sit through. Ryan Reynolds has completely redeemed himself in my eyes, and evidently in the rest of the Internet's eyes, which is good imo, given that I never really thought he was a bad actor... He didn't choose good roles to be fair but... I always thought that he had a lot of promise and got more flack then he deserved... So I feel strangely proud that everyone else has done a complete 180 on him but I'd supported him pretty much from the get go... It's funny how the Internet works like that sometimes...
Also, WMR is my first real Patreon just FYI. I'm not really sure if I want to support another Patreon honestly but... Maybe Todd in the Shadows would be a decent one to support at the 5 dollar level... He's the only TGWTG producer that I still follow on a regular basis because... Honestly the dude's funny as Hell and has a really good sense of timing and confidence in himself as a performer that I wish that other TGWTG reviewers still/ever had and a ton of knowledge about the music he reviews (and music in general) that makes his videos a constant pleasure to watch. I was also very pleasantly surprised to find out that he's evidently viewed as the "best" reviewer on TGWTG by most people... Because I came to that conclusion all by myself by just stumbling on his review of the Lazy Song one day in 2011 and I really liked his style so I'm very happy to find out that more people realized that he was brilliant.
Hey dude how's it going? So, you're a Champion level Patreon for Weekly Manga Recap also right? I became one last month, because I wanted to hear the special podcasts that were only available to the Champion level subscribers and so I've been able to access a few but... Do you know how to access some of the older special podcasts they did like when Chris/Rollo T listed off his top 10 manga badasses or his top 10 sports he wants to see made into a manga (where he apparently pitches the idea to Nik, therein creating the hilarity ) I haven't been able to access those for some reason and so I was wondering if you knew how to access them even if I've only pledge money to WMR recently. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Farfetch Teams up with Swear to Make Some Fun Footwear
Fashion + Music = Magic. It's a trusted equation, and mega shopping site Farfetch just took it to the next level. The global e-commerce go-to has partnered with Swear, a super chic London-based brand known for their unexpected updates to classic shoes like loafers and boots. But that's not all. The companies asked five bands to customize the shoes—which will also be worn in the bands' music videos. Who's on the lineup? Skip & Die, Wolfgang, Everything Everything, Avec Sans, and Rudi Zygaldo. It's a match made in indie music heaven, especially because the first letters of each band spell Swear when put together, hence the collab's official title: Swear by Music. Is your mind blown yet?
All the styles will be shoppable on Farfetch tomorrow, but in the meantime take a peek here, and let us know what you think in the comments below (our fave? The lime open-toe flatform!).


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Imagine the kind of world that would exist if Netflix had all TV or movie content. From a consumer standpoint, the value of Netflix subscriptions would be great. The cord-cutting the cable industry has been dreading would finally occur. The value of TV advertising would be absolutely obliterated. That's scary to the people who get […]
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So here's the deal. I've got paypal, do you?
I can draw, do you want art?
I will be your art bitch.
I will take on 10 pictures.
$10 gets you the basics (one character, basic background...) anything past that ups the awesome. Here's the dealllllllyo. Due to the nature of my problem, I'll need the cash money's up front.
Post here, say whatcha want, get crazy! I'll draw anything except the pr0n. Want a self portrait? I'll even draw you with some of that crazy realism shit.
So post! Then IM me, and I'll send you my paypal email address. I'm not working right now, nor am I taking many classes, so! DUN DA DA! I should have your art within a month and a half.
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A disturbance will move across the area today, with light snow across the mountains. 2 to 5 inches are possible in twitpic.com/bxtpwd
— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) January 24, 2013
From the NWS Grand Junction Office:
A disturbance will move across the area today, with light snow across the mountains. 2 to 5 inches are possible in the higher elevations with little to no accumulation in the valleys. At this time, it does not appear strong enough to break valley inversions. A more unsettled pattern will set up for the weekend heading into the coming work week, with a series of systems affecting the area. The first arrives on Saturday from the southwest with milder temperatures generating rain among some lower elevations mixed with snow, with snow above 9000 ft. The second stronger system arrives Sunday and affects the area through at least Tuesday, with widespread snowfall and colder temperatures. (Please visit http://weather.gov/gjt for more information.)
From Snow.com (Joel Gratz):
While January started dry, it'll end snowy. I've been tracking this change in the weather pattern for over a week, and while the details are still not set in stone, it does look like the last week of January will offer powder across the I-70 corridor from Beaver Creek to Vail to Breckenridge to Keystone.
To set the stage, plentiful Pacific moisture is streaming eastward and will saturate the air over Colorado from Thursday (January 24th) through the middle of next week. While this moisture brought a few inches of snow to Tahoe and a few more inches could fall over the weekend, the main story will be snowfall in Colorado.
One weak storm will bring a few inches on Thursday night (January 24th), and another weak storm will move through southern Colorado and only bring a few inches to the Vail resorts from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
The bigger story will be the strong storm that moves across the state on Monday night through Wednesday morning (January 30th).


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Before you make a decision in hiring an agent for Credit Repair in Riverton WY, please make sure to read the article below so that you don't have to ever regret your decision. Due to the lack of jobs available, more and more crooks are taking advantage of consumers by turning themselves into 'so-called experts' in areas in which people are desperate to find some stress relief such as in Credit Repair in Riverton WY or Debt Consolidation.
Far to often many people sign a credit repair agreement that is not in their best interest. It is easy to get caught up in the thought of getting out of debt quickly. Rushing these kind of decisions will only make matters worse. It is essential for you to read the fine print and understand every aspect of the contract which you are about to sign. If there is anything at all that you do not understand then it is important to ask questions until everything is understood. It is also essential to choose the the right debt consolidation agency. Here are a few things to look for when shopping for a good debt consolidation agency in Riverton WY.
What to Look For in a Credit Repair Agency
Longevity: Find out how long the company has been in business. The longer they have been operating successfully the more experience their underwriters and negotiators will have. This increases their ability to effectively negotiate with a variety of creditors.
Check for employer accreditation: It is in your best interest to work with a company that is a member of an industry association. Credit counselors should have a membership with the NFCC or the AICCCA. Debt settlement companies should have a membership with AFCC IAPDA. Memberships with these associations is a good sign they have been in business for a while. This does not guaranty that their members will provide the best services though.
Check for employee accreditation: Try to find companies who hire employees which themselves are members of IAPDA. This is a very good sign telling you that the counselor you are working with takes their job seriously. They have taken the time to be trained and tested for the services that they are providing. Unfortunately as with any trade just because a person takes the time to get licensed is no guaranty they will give good customer service.
Your counseling session: This should not be a 5 or 10 minute meeting. It took you several years to accumulate this debt so it should take at least half an hour for the provider to review all of your information. After reviewing your situation and finances they should be able to present some recommendations that best fit your needs.
Disclosures: In the end you should be presented with the pros and cons of their services. You need to have a full understanding services rendered, procedures, fees and the impact this will have on your credit score. You should be presented with a written contract to sign. If the provider can not thoroughly answer all of your questions and give you a written documentation of their procedures and policies you do not want to do business with this company.
Look for reasonable fees: Some agencies might not charge a fee until the first debt is settled. If they charge you a high up front fee or charge more than $50 a month consider that to be a warning sign.
Do not do business with a Credit Repair agency if:
If their offer sounds to good to be true, chances are it is too good to be true. Your payments might very well be lowered. But you might end up paying on the consolidated loan for a much longer period of time with a higher interest rate.
Charging mandatory donations: Some non-profit companies will add an extra monthly fee or charge a large up front fee. If these fees are to large you might be better off talking to the credit card companies yourself and then applying the money you saved toward paying off your debt.
Late payments: Some agencies will make late payments on your debt consolidation loan. Some even tell you to stop paying off your debts until your new plan starts. Neither of these are a wise decision because they will result in late fees adding to your debt.
High pressure: These debt consolidation loan plans do not have expiration dates. If you find one that you think you like but need some time to think it over then do just that. Do not get pressured into signing a contract to get a good deal today. If the company is legitimate the offer will still be available in a couple of days. The key here is to take your time and make sure you are getting the best deal that matches your needs, not theirs.
Compromising Promises: Some of these agencies will promise that while they are lowering your debt they can also fix credit score and repair your credit. Let's face it. The only way to do this in a realistic fashion is to make sure you make your payments on time, lower your debt then let time fix your score calculations.
You are now armed with some extra knowledge. Even though this will probably not help lower your stress level it certainly should help you to slow the whole process down. Take your time. Do not get pressured into a deal that is not in your best interest. Read every word in all of the fine print and thoroughly understand what you are reading. If there is anything that you do not understand stop and ask questions. Then and only then are you ready to take the next step towards a consolidation loan with a reputable agency.
The ever changing economy is leaving to many of us overwhelmed with consumer debt. I have decided to provide a few resources on this site to help ease this burden. With increased knowledge one will possess much more confidence. Therefore I am happy to present this website to assist those in need.


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April Fools' Day pranks gone wrong
April Fools' Day can be a lot of fun — until someone crosses the line.
When everyone woke up yesterday, they expected some harmless pranks. But a few went too far.
An employee at Virginia College is facing charges after she sent a text message about a fake shooting to her daughter. The next text said the shooting wasn't real, but it was too late. The daughter had called 911 and police swarmed the school.
A virus masquerading as news was circulated on Facebook and Twitter claiming that the Malaysia Airlines jet had been found in the Bermuda Triangle. But once the viewer clicks the video, the scam begins prompting the user to share the video and turn over Facebook access.
And at 2:30 a.m. on April Fools' Day, more than 1,000 parents of high schoolers in Sydney, Australia, received an emergency text message informing them that the school was closed due to "malicious" damage by a fire.
Parents called the school in confusion and made arrangements to accommodate their kids. The school principal scrambled to contact families and tell them it was a false statement and the school was open as usual. Data security for the school's text-message system is under investigation.


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Women treated for severe psychiatric conditions including major depression shortly after giving birth were more likely to be diagnosed as bipolar later in life compared to those whose first psychiatric episode happened at any other time, in a new study from Denmark.
Researchers said they didn't know if some postpartum depression or schizophrenia-like episodes were actually misdiagnosed bipolar disorder — or if more women with those initial diagnoses developed bipolar disorder over time.
"We're looking at severe psychiatric episodes," said study author Trine Munk-Olsen, from Aarhus University. She noted that while "postpartum blues" are relatively common, severe depression and other acute psychiatric episodes requiring inpatient or outpatient clinic care only occur in about one in 1,000 new moms.
"The severe episodes are rare, but they are serious episodes and of course they should be taken seriously. You want these women to get help, no doubt," she told Reuters Health.
Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating swings between severe depression and "mania," when a person is overly excited, happy and energized. It can be treated with medications including mood stabilizers and talk therapy.
The condition most often manifests in early adulthood, and the National Institute of Mental Health estimates six percent of the U.S. population has the disorder at some point in life. Previous studies have suggested giving birth may act as a trigger for a first overt episode of bipolar disorder. But few women are actually diagnosed as bipolar in the weeks after having a baby.
The researchers theorized that a severe psychiatric episode shortly after giving birth could be a signal of underlying bipolar disorder. So they tracked women in Denmark for 15 years after their first psychiatric episode to see whether the timing of that episode — shortly after childbirth or not — predicted who would later get a bipolar diagnosis. Using Danish registries, they found 120,000 women treated in an inpatient hospital or outpatient clinic for their first bout of severe depression or another psychiatric condition starting around 1970. Of those, 2,900 had those episodes within a year after giving birth to their first child. That didn't include women with an initial diagnosis of bipolar disorder, since the researchers were interested in women with other psychoses that later became bipolar.
Over the next decade and a half, close to 3,100 of all women initially given a different diagnosis were ultimately diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Of women who had their initial psychiatric episode in the first month after giving birth, 14 percent were eventually diagnosed as bipolar. That compared to between four and five percent of women who were first treated in the rest of the year after giving birth or at any other time.
"It is likely that some of the women were misdiagnosed — we cannot rule that out — but it is likely that some of the women develop bipolar over time," Munk-Olsen said.
The results translate to a four-fold increase in the probability that a severe psychiatric episode in the month after giving birth, versus one that happens at some other time, will ultimately lead to a bipolar diagnosis. Among those with such early postpartum episodes, the patients admitted for inpatient psychiatric treatment were also twice as likely as those treated as outpatients to later be diagnosed as bipolar.
"Clinically these findings make absolute sense," said Dr. Verinder Sharma, an obstetrician and gynecologist who studies bipolar disorder at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. "We have seen that childbirth is a potent and specific trigger of bipolar disorder." Sharma, who wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health that hormone changes that occur during this time, as well as sleep loss, might trigger some women to develop bipolar symptoms, which could be misdiagnosed as depression or an anxiety disorder.
However, he said, there are still many questions about the role that having a baby plays in a woman's chance of becoming bipolar. "We don't know whether these women have the illness because of childbirth, and if they didn't have children they would have gone without any episode of bipolar whatsoever," he said. The findings also can't prove that postpartum depression, or giving birth itself, causes bipolar disorder, and the researchers didn't measure whether less severe, more common postpartum blues are linked to bipolar symptoms.
Still, they wrote Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry that severe psychiatric symptoms which first show up soon after a woman has a baby should be added to the list of features that could increase the risk of bipolar disorder.
Doctors, Munk-Olsen told Reuters Health, should "think about when women have their onset, and you might have an indication that there is an underlying bipolar disorder. We want these women to be diagnosed correctly, in order to help them in the best way." In particular, Sharma added, doctors who are treating women with new psychiatric symptoms after childbirth should rule out bipolar disorder before they think about simply treating with antidepressants, which could make certain bipolar symptoms worse.
"It's really important to think about the diagnosis of not just depression but of severe depression and definitely bipolar disorder in new moms who present with a sudden onset of mood symptoms," agreed Dr. Dorothy Sit, who studies mood disorders in women, including postpartum psychoses, at the University of Pittsburgh and wasn't involved in the new report.
(Sources: Reuters; Psychiatric Disorders With Postpartum Onset: Possible Early Manifestations of Bipolar Affective Disorders in: Arch Gen Psychiatry. Published online December 5, 2011. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.157. Image credit: drop.ndtv.com)
Filed under: Press review by r.l.fellner
Tags: antidepressants, bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, childbirth, Depression, pregnancy, Psychiatry


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+ We want to attract new owners and visitors
Dear Editor:
We bought our property about 20 years ago just when Arvida was just transitioning out. We decided on Longboat Key largely because of the Longboat Key Club (we are golfers), but also because of the amenities on the Key, including the many restaurants, Avenue of the Flowers, St. Armand's Circle, not to mention the beauty of Longboat Key.
While the beauty remains, much has changed in these 20 years. We hear that The Colony is gone, as are many of the shops at Avenue of the Flowers, along with the fine retailers and restaurants on the Circle and on Longboat Key. As the Key has changed, so has the club changed from our first visit 20 years ago. The Islandside facilities are shabby and outdated, the golf course badly needs redesign and, in our opinion, it is no longer a first-class resort destination.
Even though our time on Longboat Key is still measured in weeks rather than months, we applaud the Key Club for recognizing the need for revitalization and for being able to put together a fully funded, regulatory compliant package to execute its plans.
What's wrong with this proposal? Don't we want to attract new visitors/owners to revitalize and energize our community? We sure think that the proposal is timely, appropriate and is a win-win for all! For those who oppose these plans, ask yourselves what attracted you to Longboat Key initially and, if you were to choose today from all that is available, would you choose Longboat Key again?
K. Greig
Toronto, Ontario
+ What effect will the project have on taxpayers?
Dear Editor:
Please consider a short letter concerning the ongoing Longboat Key Club controversy. To date, discussions seem to center on whether the club can expand upon its own property. It should be made blatantly clear to all that, in this country, private property is still reasonably private provided the use thereof remains within legal zoning bounds. In my opinion as a common taxpayer, I believe they should be allowed to build just about anything desired as long as it falls within legal bounds and any additional costs, such as increased public utilities, don't end up on the shoulders of the taxpayers.
Attendant to this is another consideration thus far not surfaced and one that usually doesn't surface until after the fact. That is what the effect, if any, the desired expansion will have upon the taxpayers, either up front or down the way. Have our leaders considered the impact of hundreds of additional living sites each with two or more bathrooms, washers, etc., adding a further drain upon existing supplies? What about the possibility that existing supply methods may be taxed beyond capacity, necessitating expensive replacements? Would the costs involved end up on the shoulders of the taxpayers?
What it boils down to in my mind is for government to insure that any required outside facilities are adequate and in place prior to even considering additional usage and that the Key Club places money in escrow to cover the costs thereof. The point is that the taxpayers should not foot any part of the bill for increasing facilities needed by such a non-public project.
That done, we taxpayers should have no complaints except possibly the added traffic concerns, which already holds traffic to 35 mph during winter season. I hope the powers that be take these comments seriously before opening another Pandora's box.
Rolland S. Freeman
Longboat Key
+ Key Club should listen to associations' opinions
Dear Editor:
My wife and I are proud owners of a condo within the gated community of various associations, single-family homes and the Longboat Key Club and Resort, the environment which would be considered by most a highly valued and unique treasure. Our well maintained residences range from modest to affluent choice properties, certainly valued neighbors in some respects.
We also support economic development, especially during these difficult times, fully recognizing there will be inconvenience during the construction period. You would expect that a project of this magnitude would be led by smart entrepreneurs who would manage and stage the activities to minimize disruptions to all residents and guests within the area. This project should bring considerable value added as a major new asset, not just to Longboat Key, but to Sarasota and the greater economic vicinity.
While these observations may be obvious to some, there are many of us unaware of what goes on behind the scenes. What we are against is a stacked deck of dealings, meaning lack of a sought after input of members of the associations behind the gate, as valued members of a family. Thus, the coalition input should be respected. Most of the written opinions and conduct of hearings are abbreviated transcripts of reality. It appears that the attorneys for the process are the ultimate winners. We are not against an equitable burden of legal fees, but these should be limited to satisfying the required administrative process to comply with the law rather than the accommodation of bantering of a disruptive threatening mode and agenda.
If the associations were considered by Loeb Partners Realty, a family-owned company, to be members of its family and community in Longboat Key, you may imagine that it would openly search for ways to adjust the attitude of those in dissent to enhance its investment. As one suggestion, it could offer a concession and amenity of a special discounted golf and social membership for all owners behind the gate at the new world-renowned destination enterprise.
Tom and Mary Parris
Longboat Key
+ The taxpayers are funding costly hearing performance
Dear Editor:
I have attended many a Planning Board meeting with my husband and was attracted to the last hearing at the temple, dealing with the Longboat Key Club's proposed expansion program.
While the board, together with its attorneys and consultants, was dealing endlessly with non-planning functions and sparring endlessly with matters clearly within the province of only the Town Commissioners, a battery of proponent and opponent lawyers (at $500 an hour) were silently watching the tournament.
But we, the taxpayers, are funding all of this costly performance.
We club members have been held hostage by the fact that we are committed to this club, because it is the only game in town, and we are too old to start new lives elsewhere. And the courses are sinking into calculated neglect.
And this circus goes on and on. Yet all of this, even to Arvida and its attorneys, is a meaningless exercise, because, if there are development rights to this land, they are still legally vested in Arvida — and not the Key Club. The deed is specific in this matter.
This truly represents a local implementation of a "stimulus program." But the only beneficiaries are the lawyers.
Planners: Please advise the applicant to conform to Longboat Key's rules and regulations and send them to the Town Commissioners. Stop this circus and give the taxpayers a break.
I get this strange feeling that we are galley slaves on this cruise and are even being asked to tip the whippers.
Temi Saivetz
Longboat Key
+ Key Club project would benefit others as well
Dear Editor:
It is difficult for me to believe that while we are trying to work through the most difficult times that most of us ever faced, we are objecting to a real company with real money and real experience that wants to spend $450,000,000 to upgrade and expand its facilities at the Longboat Key Club. Yet I hear nonsense such as "too much traffic" or "my views will possibly be blocked."
Even if it were so, and it is definitely not, because I use Gulf of Mexico Drive almost daily and sometimes I feel all alone.
And don't these objectors have any feelings for the construction workers and building supply companies who would get jobs again? I visited with Dan Dunn, head of All Faiths Food Bank recently at its new facility, and he pointed out construction workers who were bringing in cans of food for the needy only 18 months ago and are now coming in for the cans so their kids won't go to bed hungry.
Let's think of our fellow man instead of having to wait at the New Pass Bridge an extra few seconds, possibly.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a happy member of the Key Club for some 10 years as well as honorary commodore of Longboat Key Club Moorings Marina. Not once did they say anything they did not do.
Under the current administration of the Key Club, the place has become more magical than ever with a beautiful restaurant and a magnificent tennis complex that any community would die for to have in its midst.
I do hope the objectors don't want the kind of company that made The Colony what it looks like today. And I suggest a walk down Main Street to see all the "For Rent" signs as well as seeing them in the office complexes surrounding our community.
Finally, if anyone wishes, I would be delighted to have them as my luncheon guests at the Key Club or the Moorings and point out how I feel. But, please, do not delay too long. Come this Feb. 19 it will be 65 years ago that I and my fellow combat Marines landed on the shores of Iwo Jima, so I don't know how much time I have left.
Marty Samowitz
Longboat Key
+ We hope commissioners can see past myopia in Utopia
Dear Editor:
We've been residents of Longboat Key for 30 years and for more than 40 years in Oak Brook, Ill. You may know that Oak Brook is home to the international headquarters of McDonald's corporation.
In the 1970s McDonald's proposed the development of Hamburger University on a beautifully wooded, 80-acre parcel in Oak Brook. Many village residents opposed the project on the mistaken belief that ancient oaks would be cut down, a pristine stream would be contaminated and traffic congestion would ensue. Battle lines were drawn, legal fund solicited and misinformation was rampant. In the end, the zoning board and the village trustees approved Hamburger University, and what a wise decision it was.
The oaks still stand, the waters run clear, the Hamburger University buildings blend beautifully into the landscape and traffic in the immediate area is a non-issue. McDonald's is a special corporate neighbor contributing to lower real-estate taxes, increased property values, sports fields, charities and additional business for the community.
McDonald's trainees from all over the world attend Hamburger University just as a first-class Longboat Key Club would create much needed additional exposure and economic benefits for our island.
Although the McDonald's and Longboat Key Club issues are of a different time and place, there are some comparisons. We hope that our zoning board and town commissioners are having the foresight to see past myopia in Utopia.
Elaine and Burt Herman
Longboat Key
+ Longboat Key Club project is crucial to our future
Dear Editor:
I am not going to assert that the scope and scale of the Longboat Key Club and Resort's current proposed redevelopment plan should not be subject to adjustment. There is always room for rational, "good-faith" negotiations with large development projects.
However, I am going to assert strongly that approval of a reasonably sized, economically viable redevelopment plan for the Longboat Key Club is absolutely crucial to maintain the vitality, desirability and economic health of Longboat Key and preserve and enhance the value of the Key's residential properties.
As a condo owner in her 70s, I know I will not live forever. At some point, my beautiful condo will have to be sold by my executors. If wealthy, high-class visitors do not come to Longboat Key to discover what it's like to live in our version of "Paradise," there will be no suitable buyers available to buy our condos.
What will bring such wealthy, high-potential buyers to Longboat Key? A first-class destination resort with meeting facilities and beautiful accommodations, as well as a top tennis complex and golf courses. In fact, we view the handsome new tennis complex as the example, par excellence, of what the club will look like when the redevelopment is completed.
Yes, there undoubtedly will be some near-term inconvenience and, conceivably, some increased traffic in high season. However, we view these inconveniences as necessary for achieving a much greater goal: the continued desirability of Longboat Key as a place where upscale people from all across the country will want to buy elegant homes and spend their retirement years.
The best way to get these people here in the first place is to redevelop the Longboat Key Club into a world-class resort that wins awards and attracts the kind of people who will appreciate what Longboat Key has to offer. I have never heard any member of the opposition suggest an alternative plan for attracting the visitors that will keep our beautiful island vital and prosperous.
Rosalie Y. Goldberg
Longboat Key
+ We want to attract new owners and visitors


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John Senden made the most of benign early conditions to shoot a six-under-par 66 and take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the $1.25 million Australian Open on Thursday.
The Queenslander, going for a second title at his national open after his 2006 triumph, believes he is playing the best golf of his career and showed why with a six-birdie blitz in his first 10 holes.
He stuttered with bogeys on his 11th and 12th holes but picked up another couple of shots on the run home to stand two shots clear of world number four Justin Rose and four others with a share of second place after carding 68s.
"We had the perfect conditions this morning, teeing off at seven o'clock," the 41-year-old Senden, who has won once on the U.S. PGA Tour, told reporters. "You won't get much of a better day. I thought there were a lot of birdies out there and there would probably be some good scores this morning." Australia's top player Adam Scott was also among the early starters but struggled with three bogeys and two birdies on his front nine before steadying his round with a single birdie in an otherwise flawless back nine for a 72. The world number seven, fresh from a victory at the Australian Masters, stuck with his belly putter and said he had paid the price for being too aggressive at the start of his round.
Eight times major winner Tom Watson, now 63, and Chinese sensation Guan Tianlang, 14, were among the later starters and suffered for it as the wind picked up at The Lakes course. American Watson said he was "embarrassed" with his round after starting with three bogeys and two double bogeys on the front nine and ending up with a six-over-par 78.
Guan, who next year will become the youngest player to take part in the U.S. Masters after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship last month, failed to record a single birdie in his round of 82.
"He was unlucky today," his father Guan Hanwen told Reuters. "He lipped out on four holes. He played this tournament to get used to these kind of conditions which he is unfamiliar with."
Briton Rose, who picked up five birdies in his first nine holes, was glad to have taken advantage of his early start to grab a share of second with locals Kim Felton, Richard Green, Brendan Jones and New Zealander Gareth Paddison.
"When you see the draw, you know you have one early time when hopefully the wind will lay down," the Englishman said.
"Wind obviously kicked up in the back nine, got a little bit tricky, but all in all, a good start."
Rose, who has never won a national open, said he enjoyed the challenge of playing in such conditions.
"You have to control your shots, and judge your trajectory – it's a lot of fun playing this kind of golf," he added.
Australian Marcus Fraser was the best of the late starters and also had the best shot of the day when he hit a hole-in-one at the par-three 15th.
He finished with a 69 to share seventh with compatriots Stephen Allan and Nick Flanagan, a shot behind Rose's group.
Senden swoops early to take Australia Open lead
John Senden made the most of benign early conditions to shoot a six-under-par 66 and take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the $1.25 million Australian Open on Thursday.


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You would think that the definition of a source would be helpful. As with many word definitions, the standard dictionary-type entry merely expresses the idea of the word using synonyms. For example, the Mirriam-Webster definition is as follows:
: someone or something that provides what is wanted or neededIn each case the word definitions skirt the meaning of the word as it is used in genealogy. The third definition comes the closest, but is lacking in some important respects. Let's see if I can give the meaning of "source" a little more specificity. Here it goes:
: the cause of something (such as a problem)
: a person, book, etc., that gives information
A source is a person, book, document or other information provider that is used to establish a name, date, place or event in an ancestor's life.Obviously, my definition is not much better than the one from the dictionary, but I will expand a little more. For example, if you ask your mother her birthdate, she becomes the source for the information derived from that question. In other words, your mother becomes the "source" of your information. Of course, you can have multiple sources. You may also find a birth certificate for your mother and that also becomes a source for the date of her birth and for any more information contained in the certificate. If you found a book written about your mother that contained a birth date, that book could also considered to be a source. You can see how this could go on forever.
Now, I should mention an important rule. The number of sources has nothing to do with proving the truth or falsity of any fact. One good source is better than a thousand bad ones. So, there is something we have to do to evaluate a source rather than just pile them up one after another. In genealogy, we sometimes speak of primary and secondary sources. Making this distinction is an attempt to overcome the problem of evaluating the accuracy of any particular source. In genealogy, the definition of a source goes well beyond the idea of just finding a fact and recording where it came from, the researcher has to evaluate each piece of information (fact) in the context it was produced and check it for accuracy and consistency. For example, going back to the birth certificate, what if you find U.S. Census records showing your mother as a child and each time her age is recorded it is different from what she told you and what is on the birth certificate? Which record do you believe?
This issue brings up the idea of a "primary source." Thinking about sources as primary or secondary has some weight in evaluating their accuracy, but only has limited value in proving the correct date. In this context, a primary source is one that was created at or near the time the event occurred and was created by a person who actually witnessed the event or recorded the event in an official capacity every other source however denominated is secondary. In using the above examples, you mother's statement as to her birth date could be considered a primary source, but I would consider it otherwise. She may have been there when she was born, but she had to rely on someone else for information about her own birth.
The mere fact that an event was recorded does not speak to the accuracy of the record. Do I record every source? Yes. But in every case, each source has to be evaluated for accuracy and consistency. Another important fact is that any given record may contain both primary and secondary information. Under the definition of a primary source, a birth certificate would be a primary source for information about the date of the birth signed by the doctor, midwife or other person present at the delivery, but almost everything else would be considered secondary. Researchers commonly become disconcerted and overly concerned about inconsistencies in various records and accounts. Inconsistencies are entirely normal. In the end, it may be necessary to conclude that the exact information concerning an event in an ancestor's life can never be completely and accurately determined. The correct information may never have been recorded. Fortunately, genealogy does not require absolute precision. Sometimes we have a pretty large ballpark.
Now to the question of recording obviously inaccurate sources, what should be done? Let's suppose that I go onto one of the larger family tree programs and find a hundred family trees containing information about my ancestor. Do I record every single one of them? My immediate answer would be no. But the reason is a little more complex. The question would be whether or not you used any of those family trees to add information to your own database. If so, the family tree becomes a source. If not, then they should all be ignored. The reason for ignoring the multiple user submitted family trees is based on the idea that there is nothing new in any of them and referring to each one would be a waste of time. In the legal world, we call this cumulative evidence and there are limits as to how much repetition any court will allow.
What if you find several documents containing birth information? Yes, all of them should be recorded as sources. This is usually necessary because of the presence of other information on the other documents. This does not mean you make every copy of every document into a separate source, it merely means that you continue to record sources even when the data overlaps with other similar documents.
The main problems with sources occurs when seeming otherwise accurate sources have contradictory information. This is where we leave the topic of recording our sources and get into the issue of evaluating their accuracy. Maybe next time.


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Times-Dispatch lays off 59
Media General announced that it would lay off 59 employees at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in the departments of "production, circulation, marketing, business, advertising, editorial, news, operations, facilities, prepress design services and targeted solutions." The Times-Dispatch will also eliminate 31 unfilled positions.
According to the the Thursday, April 2 release from Media General, the T-D currently employs 602 full- and part-time workers, down from 772 this time last year.
In a same-day article entitled "Hatchet falls deep at Times-Dispatch," Style Weekly reported that such stars as editorial cartoonist Gary Brookins, former Daily Progress scribe Rex Bowman, and Charlottesville's own one-man bureau, Carlos Santos, are among the employment casualties.
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Death by a Thousand Cuts as defined by wikipedia
# the political tactic of making gradual changes over time so that nobody notices or those that do notice do not raise much of a protest
# Death by a Thousand Cuts (essay) "And now he had found it; an ingenious adaptation of Ling Chi or slow slicing. A form of torture causing death by a thousand cuts - skillfully applied to keep the victim on the edge of death; alive just long enough to extort the final drop of blood money."
I prefer not.
At least no one will be subjected to the gawdawful film writing of their laid off "movie critic" who panned approximately 90 percent of all movies he saw during a wretched 19-year tenure.
Then again, "mediocrity" is the defining word for Media General.
That is a dead husk of a company looking for a hole to crawl into and lay down forever
I dont know why you didnt much care for the TD movie critic "Movie Lover", but dude was good. Neiman was an excellent writer unafraid to pan at will. I didnt agree with half of his articles, but am truly sad to see him go. Not sure what puppy of yours he kicked along the way, but me thinks you overly harsh.
I gotta agree with Movie Lover on this one. The TD critic was a joke, a pretentious hack who devoted his space to an unsuccessful effort at convincing the world how clever he thought himself to be.
He panned The Departed for gawd's sake. Scorsese's picture went on to win the best picture Oscar.
Unintentionally amusing is the operative description for the former td movie writer.
Let's be honest: neither the RTD nor the Daily Progress have been quality papers for years. It's tragic to see the near-death of the newspaper industry. But, like the record industry, most of these papers have themselves to blame for failing to get ahead of the digital curve.
I look forward to the day (sometime in 2010 maybe?) the Hook is either a daily or has enough reporters to make the digital edition the equivalent of a true daily.
I'll second that. Just look at the difference of the reporting the DP and the Hook did on the wading pool at McIntire as one example. The Hook investigated and the DP printed the City press release. Maybe we should just get the City and County to put their Press releases on their home pages and them we wouldn't need the DP at all.
Richmond has a paper?


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May 3rd Constitution (see middle of Warsaw Gazette) / Konstytucja 3 Maja
The Constitution of May 3, 1791 (Konstytucja Trzeciego Maja) was drafted between October 6, 1788, and May 3, 1791, when it was adopted by the Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . The constitution's adoption was preceded by a period of agitation with the Convocation Sejm of 1764 and the election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the Commonwealth's last elective monarch.
The constitution had sought to prevail over and eliminate the anarchy, caused by the Liberum Veto, which had put the Country/King at the mercy of any single Sejm deputy who chose, or was bribed by an internal interest or external foreign power, to undo all the legislation that had been passed by the Sejm. The constitution's adoption met with immediate hostilities, both political and military by the Commonwealth's neighbors. In the War in Defense of the Constitution, the Commonwealth's ally Prussia, broke its alliance with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was effectively defeated by the three Empires: Russia, Prussia, & Austria-Hungary (aka Hapsburg).
[NOTE: the parallels between this Sejm's use of liberum veto and the U.S. Congresses of 2008-present who have abused/utilized omnipresent obstructionist tools: filibuster and cloture to keep the Obama administration for achieving its goals.]
British historian, Norman Davies describes the legal document as "the first constitution of its type in Europe"; Other historians documented it as the world's second oldest codified national constitution after the U.S. Constitution, which was effective on March 4, 1789 — just two years earlier.
The Commonwealth's 1791 Constitution remained in effect for all of 14 months and 3 weeks. It would be a long time until the Second Republic would re-emerge after World War I and Poland would re-appear and be a free republic again.
[Source Material from Wikipedia]
Tomorrow is May 3rd and in Poland and Lithuania it is celebrated as Constitution Day (first celebrated jointly on May 3rd 2007). But Stanczyk is getting ahead of himself in this story.
This jester trusts by now that you know that Poland was country with the second constitution. I am also hopeful that you had read a prior blog article of mine: "Poland 1794, The Tempest, and Catherine The Great" . For the discussion on Poland's Constitution, I'd like to try my hand at an even broader context.
Stanczyk maintains that 1732 was a very bad year for Poland. On 17 January 1732 Stanislaw Poniatowski was born in Wolczyn (which is in modern day Belarus). If the year had begun badly, then it would get much worse. On 13 September 1732, the secret treaty was signed at the Alliance of the Three Black Eagles. This was a secret treaty between Prussia, Russia and Hapsburg-Austria Empires (all three had Black Eagles as emblems — in stark contrast to Poland's White Eagle). They agreed to maintain Poland in their "status quo" suffering from a non-functional szlachta with a Liberum Veto — meaning a single veto could derail any new law, further meaning that laws almost never got passed [sounds like 2009-2012 Washington D.C. does it not?]
Now let me narrate the rest of the story, before I give Constitution Day's Timeline.
In 1750 Poniatowski met his mentor, the Briton, Charles Hanbury Williams . Williams was the British ambassador to Russia. They met again in 1753. Now while the Poniatowskich were a noble family, their family fortunes were not so great as the great magnate families. So they had to align themselves and hope for a strategic marriage for Stanislaw to a wealthier family. None the less, Stanislaw's father was able to procure him some nominal titles. In 1755, the elder Poniatowski got his son Stanislaw, the title of Stolnik of Lithuania. Stolnik was a court office in Poland and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table. Keep that image in mind.
So armed with his new title of Stolnik of Lithuania, Stanislaw accompanied the British Ambassador to Russia, where the young Poniatowski met the also young (but very formidable) Catherine who had not yet become Empress of Russia (nor yet earned, her appellation, "The Great"). Stanislaw Poniatowski was only at the Russian court for one year. By 1756 Poniatowski was ordered to leave the Russian Court amidst some "intrigue". It is thought that this intrigue resulted in the birth of Anna Petrovna (by Catherine the Great) on the 9th December 1757. It is also said that Stanislaw always hoped his bedding of Catherine would result in a future marriage for him. This jester thinks that Stanislaw deluded himself to think he had successfully wooed Catherine and that marriage was possible for the two of them. This jester also further thinks that Catherine, used this virtual "apron string" to manage Poniatowski to do her Russian bidding in Poland.
In 1762 Catherine used her new position as the Russian Empress and she was able to get Stanislaw to be elected King of Poland on 6 September 1764. It has now been 32 years of managing Poland's status quo by the Three Black Eagles. So by 17 February 1772 the Three Black Eagles agreed to partition Poland. On August 5th, 1772 the occupation manifesto was issued and foreign troops entered Poland's sovereign territory and forced a cession Sejm to convene with King Poniatowski and agree to the partition manifesto (probably Stanislaw thought it was best to go along with Russia in this matter and that this obedience would be rewarded) on 9/18/1773. Not much leadership in this jester's mind was exhibited, but opposition to three Empires was probably futile anyway.
Life goes on for another decade. Stanislaw uses what little wealth of the Kingdom to foster arts & science, but with Prussia's control of the Baltic Ports, and using its control to extort high custom duties from Poland on 80% of Poland's economic trades to further collapse Poland's economy and that limits Poniatowski's wealth/power. Poniatowski also continues his hope for a noble marriage, but he does engage in a morganatic marriage to Elzbieta Szydlowska in 1783 and thereby maintains his options for a royal marriage.
In 1788 the Four Year Sejm convenes and Stanislaw thinks he can help Catherine The Great in her war with the Ottoman Empire by raising an army in Poland — which Catherine quickly squashes, but leaves the Polish Sejm alone while she wars with the Ottomans. Left to their own devices, this "Enlightened" body of lawmakers passes a constitution on 3rd May 1791. Even King Poniatowski celebrates this event. If you have read my prior blog article listed above, then you know this will NOT end well for Poland (or Poniatowski who is forced to abdicate the Polish throne 11/25/1795).
I think you can see that Poniatowski, Stolnik of Lithuania, served up Poland as a feast for Catherine The Great to enjoy repeatedly until even she was forced to make him abdicate and spend the remainder of his three years of life as a nominal prisoner in St Petersburg, Russia (so he could not meddle further in Russian affairs). Poniatowski died 2/12/1798 in St Petersburg, Russia. Poniatowski's remains were removed and re-buried in Wolczyn, Belarus — until that church fell into disrepair. Poland reclaimed Poniatowki's remains and he was buried a third time (14 February 1995) in St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw, Poland — the very site where he had celebrated the Polish Constitution on May 3rd 1791.
Timeline of the Constitution:
May 3rd, 1791 – Constitution is Passed (2nd in the world).
May 1792 Constitution Day is celebrated.
July 1792 King Poniatowski joins the Targowice Confederation against Poland and his own nephew (and Kosciuszko too) who were fighting the War To Defend The Constitution with Russia and Catherine the Great who was now freed up from warring with the Ottomans and now able to show her displeasure.
1793-1806 – Constitution Day is banned during the the 2nd/3rd Partition years.
1807-1815 – Constitution Day is celebrated in the Duchy of Warsaw thanks to Napoleon.
1815-1918 – Constitution Day is unofficially celebrated / discouraged in Congress Poland
April 1919 – The re-emerged Polish Republic celebrates Constitution Day again until 1940.
World War II – Constitution Day is banned again.
1945 – Constitution Day is celebrated.
1946 – The Communists cancel Constitution Day. They substitute May Day (May 1st) as an attempt to replace the Constitution Day celebration.
April 1990 – Poland out from under the Communist yoke celebrates Constitution Day again.
May 3rd 2007 – Poland & Lithuania celebrate Constitution Day jointly echoing their former Commonwealth days. This is the first jointly celebrated Constitution Day.
Perhaps one day, the USA will celebrate with Poland on May 3rd as the two countries with the oldest constitutions. [Now, please I know Polonia all over the USA, but most notably in Chicago mark May 3rd annually.] Indeed you are reading this blog about May 3rd. So Polonia still mark the day, the old country adopted the second oldest constitution.
Happy Constitution Day!
May 3rd is also Feast Day of Mary Queen of Poland!
But that is another story.


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Audi looks forward to Japan premiere
After the fifth victory of the season in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Audi is traveling to Japan with eager anticipation. At the seventh of the season's eight rounds on October 14, the factory team will be celebrating its racing debut in the Asian island state. Audi will again enter two R18 e-tron quattro vehicles.


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Hi Sean,
stupid question probably, but there is a way to change my beta nickname? a_gambino83 doesn't look so great in my banner. I would prefer something like Baudolino.
Thank you in advance.
How does a lazy Kickstarter backer, such as myself, get access to the Kickstarter forum? I say lazy because it's taken me nearly 3 months to sign up on the forums.


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The whole leveling thing can be a pain, but if you don't play it much, you'll never get out of the newbie league and you'll never really play against skilled competitors. Someone who played it for less than a week is going to have as much insight into the game as someone who played something like World of WarCraft to level 30; you can know whether or not you like the basic gameplay by then, but you won't understand (or anyway, have experience with) the nuance of high-level play.
The details change; the patterns stay the same.
It does look pretty nice. Kind of a sleek deviation from the Warcraft 3 look with different cultural choices. The character variety's also nice, once you have access to it anyway.It also has a tutorial which is something DotA sorely needed (just for a space to browse the item possibilities and mess around with mobs unharassed), so if anyone was put off by the earlier iteration of the game because of how unfriendly it was to new players that worry, at least, is somewhat addressed. Of course, you still have to deal with the community, but that's true of any online game (lol internets).
I have considered buying a hero pack, I have only been playing the free weekly character so far but I have enjoyed Rammus enough to want to buy him (with the bowser skin!). E LoL game? yes? I'm only lvl 7 atm, I play when I can, but this is the one game I have been playing lately.
Ohh heall yea, That is what's up! Do they have that at game stop? I know I have some store credit I have not used up from them, so it might end up not costing me much anyway.
PS:Rammus is awesome.
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Directed by John Simpkins and produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, shows were offered Dec. 20-21 at 8 PM and 11 PM.
The Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular featured special guests Annie Golden, Alice Ripley (Dec. 20 at 8 PM only), Julia Murney (Dec. 20 at 11 PM only) and Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle (Dec. 21 at 11 PM only).
Iconis "Family Members" who returned for the sixth annual Spectacular included Nick Blaemire, Ally Bonino, Jimmy Brewer, Liz Lark Brown, Livie Casto, Sarah Cetrulo, Harrison Chad, Bill Coyne, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Seth Eliser, Badia Farha, Alexandra Ferrara, Josh Greenblatt, Aaron Simon Gross, Molly Hager, Dennis Michael Keefe, Jessica Kent, Emily Kratter, Rachel Lee, Lorinda LIsitza, Lauren Marcus, Julia Mattison, Eric William Morris, Jeremy Morse (Dec. 20-21 at 11 PM only), Ray Munoz, James Penca, Kailey Prior, Rob Rokicki, Ashley Rodbro, Krysta Rodriguez (Dec. 20 at 11 PM only), Will Roland (Dec. 20 only), Charlie Rosen, Mike Rosengarten, Lance Rubin, George Salazar, Katie Schorr, George Slotin, Heather Stinson, Rachel Sussman, Taylor Trensch (Dec. 20-21 at 11 PM only), Brandon Uranowitz, Kaylee Verble, Jared Weiss, Jason "SweetTooth" Williams and Ross Wolkenbrod.
According to press notes, "Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theatre punks are back by popular demand in this sixth annual insane celebration of all things red and green. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and an ungodly number of candy canes, it promises to be the happiest holiday hoedown you've ever seen."
Iconis, whose musical The Black Suits was recently seen at the Center Theatre Group, also penned the Drama Desk Award-nominated Bloodsong of Love, ReWrite and The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks as well as the theatrical concert Things to Ruin. His songs also appeared on the second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash." Read more about his work in Playbill.com's Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know.


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Raf Simons Fall/Winter 2013 Collection
Belgian designer Raf Simons has just shown his latest Fall/Winter collection at Paris Fashion Week. The, at first sight, somewhat incoherent range of looks are held together by subtle style elements, such as early 1970s Bowie-esque knit vests over baggy trousers, horizontal tonal bars adorning the chests and big pointy collars, shifting away from the more slim and fitted silhouette, that dominated the preceding seasons.
Browse through the gallery to see the entire collection.
- Source: style.com


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Lyle Engineering offers a variety of graduate programs in five general areas of study. Graduate programs are designed in close partnership with industry to deliver relevant courses that apply directly to today's demanding business environment.
The following is a list by department of graduate degrees offered by the Lyle School of Engineering.
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Engineering Management, Information, and Systems
Civil and Environmental Engineering


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If you're fortunate enough to have a steady paid income — and millions of Americans this year do not — you are likely enjoying a holiday for Labor Day.
It's an odd word, labor, as we now speak more frequently of work, off-shoring, out-sourcing, downsizing, right-sizing or, my new personal fave euphemism — excessing.
Labor used to mean working hard, often with your hands, in a field or shop floor or factory or on a boat or truck or assembly line, scrubbing the grease and dust from your pores at day's end.
In 1996, I dated a man who had a job of unimaginable exoticism — he was a ship's engineer and his job was to keep a DEP ship moving smoothly through New York harbor with its cargo of, yes, sewage. It was a shit ship.
But his workplace, which I visited once, was deeply humbling to a white-collar writer whose worst fear was…being edited. To get to work, he climbed a steep metal ladder up the side of his ship. To reach the engine room, the impossibly hot, slippery, greasy place he spent his shifts, he climbed down another metal ladder.
He was lean, ropy with muscle, his hands callused and hardened. He knew (how!?) to keep the engine running smoothly. I was in awe.
I never had to ask, "Honey, how was your day?" If he smelled of burnt diesel, not such a good one. Every night he showered for a very long time to scrub the day's sweat, grime and dirt from his skin.
My snottty friends, I am ashamed to say, were dismayed that we so enjoyed one another's company. He was funny, smart, kind, strong, easy-going. And cute!
I earned twice his salary. Neither of us cared about that much, nor that he wore overalls to work. He was well-read and great company.
I recently learned a new phrase, "emotional labor" which is deeply embedded in a culture so heavily reliant — airlines, healthcare, hospitality, retail, restaurant work — on personal service. A fascinating and frustrating lesson I took away from my 27 months working in retail as a sales associate is this: we only pay for (value, through wages, bonus, commissions) what we know to be true, verifiable and statistically evident.
The very core of "emotional labor"– the gentle way a nurse touches a patient or a hairdresser shampoos you or how a vet handles a scared animal — means it's invisible. It's how we care.
One of the things I've been thinking about a lot in the past few years, certainly moving from a newspaper job at a mid-career professional salary to $11/ hr. no commission folding T-shirts in a mall, (the subject of my new memoir), is the incessant, rampant and toxic snobbery that still infects much of how we, in the U.S., deride many forms of difficult, honorable, often deeply unpleasant work.
Of labor:
Meat-cutters and packers and those who kill the animals we eat.
Retail clerks who toil for poverty-level wages.
The home health aides who change our parents' and grandparents' diapers and wipe their noses and feed them for us, for hourly wages less than the price of a cocktail.
Miners whose dark, dirty, dangerous work brings the coal that powers the plants that provide the electric power that allows us to live in greater ease and comfort.
Hospice workers and chaplains, ministering to those who most need them.
Soldiers doing the worst job possible.
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Toronto Landmark Store Closing
The Bicycle Specialties Store on Millwood Road in Toronto is closing at the end of this month. Owner Mike Barry has decided to close the retail store and concentrate efforts on the building of Mariposa custom bikes, restoration of classic and vintage bikes and dealing in specialty parts. The business will move to an industrial unit in the Bermondsey / O'Conner area of Toronto. There will be a small showroom but the main features will be the frame building facility and paint shop.
The Millwood Road store will close permanently on December 22nd. Until then there will be a clearance sale of all inventory with drastic reductions in the price of all the bikes, parts and accessories that are in stock.
Mike Barry has been a bike retailer in Toronto since the early '70s, first with the legendary Bicyclesport store on King Street. Our editor remembers spending many an hour (and much income) in there...
While it is sad to hear that Bicycle Specialties is closing, we are looking forward to the revival of the Mariposa brand.
Alexandre Cloutier Receives Award
On Tuesday night, Quebec city hosted it's 33rd annual "Gala de l'Athlete".
Cyclist Alexandre Cloutier received the BRONZE MEMORIS for his international performances on the track.
International skiing star Mélanie Turgeon won the GOLD MEMORIS while the SILVER MEMORIS was awarded to Audrey Lacroix, an 18 years old swimmer from Cap-Rouge.
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New chiropractic office opens in Chadds Ford
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Dr. Joey Gaglioti (holding scissors) celebrates the Trinity Chiropractic official ribbon cutting ceremony with clients, guests, family and friends on Oct. 12.
Trinity Chiropractic, at 100 Olde Ridge Village in Chadds Ford, held its grand opening on Oct. 12.
Dr. Joey Gaglioti, owner of Trinity Chiropractic, was joined by more than 50 local businesses, clients, vendors, family and friends for the official ribbon cutting ceremony.
Joining Gaglioti for the event was Melanie Weiler, executive director of the Kennett Area Food Cupboard. Guests could donate food for the organization's food pantry.
The Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce conducted the ribbon cutting ceremony with executive director Cheryl Kuhn, board member Dr. Chad Laurence, and neighboring businesses.
"We are very excited about becoming part of the Chadds Ford community and wanted the grand opening and ribbon cutting to be a great party – and open to everyone," Gaglioti said. "While our service focuses on structural spinal correction, the ultimate goal is to empower clients to take control of their health by optimizing the body's natural healing powers through chiropractic care."
As part of the festivities, guests enjoyed free food and beverages, free spinal screenings, a DJ, face painting and door prizes.


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Just a couple days away from the crowning of the Reader #1. I have a guess who it might be…(cough Biddle cough cough)…Jesse Biddle. Sorry for the coughing. I've been sick.
So today, I'm going to take a brief look at Kelly Dugan, Zach Collier and Tyson Gillies, and where they appear on my top 30.
I've got Dugan at 19, Collier at 22, but I'm going to talk a little about Gillies first – I will say that if he can stay on the field for a whole season, Tyson Gillies could be in Philly in September, or earlier. He could be the kind of player that works his way into a fourth OF role, eventually breaks into the lineup, and never looks back, getting better as he goes, hitting and swiping bases and making great plays all over the outfield. Or he could do what I think most of us fear at this point – get hurt every year, never get more than a cup of coffee, and be in Japan by 2015. I hope that's not the case, because you can see the skills when you watch the guy play. But until he proves his health, he's just going to keep sliding down my list of prospects. He was my #6 in 2011, he was my #16 in 2012. And now he's my #27.
So how should we differentiate Dugan and Collier? It's a difficult task, as both have had injury concerns in the last couple years. Dugan finally had a near-full season in 2012, and he took his hitting to a new level. The club moved him to 1B for a stint early in the year, (which I think was related to others in the OF, and not Dugan's injury issues), but he eventually played the majority of his time in right field.
He racked up a triple slash of .300/.387/.470, for an OPS of .857, and ISO of .170, both very solid numbers. His walk rate was a respectable 9.7%, but his K rate of 24.6% was a bit high for someone who's not hitting for a ton of power. He has 33 2b and 12 HR in just shy of 500 PA in 2012, so if some of his doubles are going to turn into homeruns, and he winds up with an ISO closer to .200, I'd be totally ok with a K rate at 25%. If not, it would be nice to see that number come down.
Collier missed the beginning of the year after testing positive for a banned substance. I won't pass a judgment on him for not going to the doctor before taking what doesn't have to be a banned substance if he really needs it. Ok, yes, I will. That's dumb. But he's not the first and won't be the last guy to do that same dumb thing. SO DUMB!
Ok, coming back to baseball now – Collier took what could have been a wasted season and made it respectable by posting a .269/.332/.399 slash. He impressed even further in the Arizona Fall League, where he went .371/.461/.532 in around 75 PA against generally more experienced (if not overly talented) pitching. He probably earned his spot on the 40-man roster with his regular season performance, but he cemented it in Arizona.
At this point, we're putting a lot of faith in Collier based on mild improvements in his stats and general concensus of scouting, which says he has the tools to be a big leaguer. He flashed a little bit of power, (6 HR is nice, and an ISO .130 in not great, but markedly better than 2011's .094), and reports of his defense continue to tell the story of a big league center fielder.
So I guess I'm projecting Dugan's power and hitting to be a bit more valuable that Collier's hitting and defense in the long run. What do you all think? I imagine some of you have Gillies outside of your top 30, but does anyone have him first in this group? Anyone have Jiwan James or Leandro Castro in their top 30? Am I missing anyone? Hewitt in anyone's top 50? He's my #66, FWIW.
Tomorrow I will take a look at some young starting pitchers, and then low level infielders on Friday in the lead-up to voting season on Monday.


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The entrepreneurs always ask questions like, "How will I know if I have talked to enough people?" and "How do I know if the people who like it are just early adopters?" and "How do I know if I should change the product in response to feedback or if I should just keep trying to find the right market?" The ones who have already been out in the field trying to conduct these interviews all have a sort of glazed, terrified look.
These are all really important questions. I'm going to give you a way to avoid having to ask most of them.
Stop trying to validate your product.
Now, I fully expect a bunch of people to stop reading here and totally miss the point of this post, but for those of you who stick it out, I promise this will make sense in a minute.
The trick is, it is far, far easier to conduct customer development before you have settled on a product or even an idea for a problem.
Why is that? Well, think about products as solutions to problems. Sometimes that "problem" is "I'm sort of bored while I'm waiting for the train" and the unexpected solution is flinging virtual birds at virtual pigs. But often, the problem is something more concrete, and it's frequently shared by a large group of similar people.
So, instead of focusing on validating a solution, try one of the following techniques.
Validate a ProblemLet go of your preconceptions about how you are going to solve a problem for people and concentrate on first figuring out whether lots of people have a particular problem and what they're currently doing to solve it.
For example, let's say that you've posited that people have a really hard time finding and making appointments with trustworthy auto mechanics. The mistake you will probably make is to jump right into solving that problem and then going out into the world with some half-baked idea for Yelp meets OpenTable meets AAA and trying to find out whether it solves this problem that you're not technically sure exists yet.
Instead of doing that, first validate the problem. Get on the phone with lots of different types of people and ask them how they found their mechanics. Talk to them about all of their mechanic-based issues. Find out what causes them the most pain.
Also, this is a good time to narrow down your market. Start with the market "people who have cars and will talk to you," but quickly start noticing patterns. Do all the busy people have similar problems? What about people who live in cities vs. suburbs? How about people who are new to an area? Try people with special kinds of cars. I'll bet that they all have very different problems, any of which you might want to solve.
Once you've spent time talking to people in various markets with various problems, you'll come up with all sorts of ideas of how to solve those problems. The great thing is that then you can validate your product idea with people who you already know have a solvable problem.
This is a great way to do things if you have a particular problem yourself, and you want to find out if there are other people like you who have that same problem. By talking to lots of people with the same problem, you're going to come up with a much better solution than you would if you just solved things for yourself.
Solve a Problem for a Particular MarketA slightly different approach is to pick your market first. Let's say you have a special affinity for auto mechanics or busy moms or accountants at mid-sized companies.
The trick here is that you're not going to change your market. You're going to figure out some massive problem that is being experienced by a large portion of the market, and you're going to solve it for them.
Your first step is going to be some ethnographic research. You need to really get into the heads of your target market and see what makes them similar and what's driving them nuts. You're not going into the research with an idea of the problem you want to solve for them. You're going to let their needs drive your product decisions.
This is a great method if you happen to have some specific connection with a group or industry. Let's say you collect porcelain owl figurines. You might desperately want to solve a problem for other porcelain owl aficionados, but you should be open to what problem you want to solve for them. For example, it might be how to get large numbers of high quality porcelain owls. Or it might be ways to contact therapists that deal with severe hoarding issues. Let the user research guide you!
The Easiest Kind of Customer DevelopmentHopefully you're noticing a pattern here. The easiest kind of customer development is the kind that you do before you have a very solid product idea.
If you figure out your problems and your market before you come up with an Idea or a Solution or a Product, then when you do build something, you've already done a huge amount of the work in figuring out if anybody's going to use it.
This is really about controlling which variables you're testing. It's hard to simultaneously find a problem, a market, and the problems with a real product all at once.
However, once you've validated your market and your problem, you can create something that solves that specific problem for that particular market. The beauty of this is that if you build a product for a problem you know exists in a market you know needs it and still nobody uses it, you can be pretty certain that the problem is your product.
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NEW YORK: Today an eclectic mix of global and American leaders and innovators including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and senior representatives from national agricultural, religious and medical institutions, gathered in Manhattan's Morgan Library for the Climate Week NYC Opening Ceremony, to announce their shared support for an American Clean Revolution, just weeks away from Election Day.
The American Clean Revolution is a vision of the economy powered by cleaner energy, which is explored in our newly launched report. Kalee Kreider, Managing Director, Fenton DC moderated the launch. She welcomed Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, who began by spotlighting the presidential race: "Climate Week NYC 2012 comes at a critical moment in America's history. In 44 days Americans will be going to the polls and the context of this Election could not be more challenging. Not since the 1930s has the world faced such a prolonged period of economic hardship and insecurity. At the same time, climate change is showing its teeth, with devastating consequences. But the opportunity of a clean revolution can solve both issues." He highlighted China's soaring green industrialization as 'others filling the gap' if America doesn't take this opportunity to lead, and as well as competitiveness, listed energy security, economic growth and jobs as reasons to pursue the transition. He backed his call with many compelling facts: "A clean revolution can kick start the economy, growing it by an additional $3 trillion between 2030 and 2050. An expanded clean economy could create over 1 million new jobs for Americans by 2030, and position American companies as the leaders of the global clean economy market."
Mark Kenber said the US is already in the midst of a clean revolution – of which just needs to be 'nurtured and accelerated' – affirming the presidential race as the ideal opportunity to mobilize it: "The next US Administration can ensure America maintains and strengthens its lead in the clean energy sector by leveling the playing field and removing market distortions, ensuring renewables have access to the same incentives as the fossil fuel industry. The US must triple annual federal energy research and development spending to ensure it doesn't fall behind its major competitors. Clean and efficient energy must become the cornerstone of America's economic strategy."
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair shared his experiences of signing the Kyoto Protocol and putting climate change on the agenda at the G8, compared to today's challenges: "In the early years the focus was on international treaties, but now that's just one element. Now we must mobilize civic society and businesses." He used the green progress of the Government of New York City, as well as the London 2012 Olympics as examples. "It's in our self-interests to accelerate the clean revolution in America and globally" he added, referencing the benefits of energy security and increased jobs.
The HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco shared similar support for the clean revolution when he said: "Today the green economy offers business prospects of growth and profitability. It is now our responsibility to convince reluctant entrepreneurs and make consumers aware of the changes we must make."
Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development, World Bank, instead stressed the urgency required, asserting: "we are in a make or break decade". She listed the associated climate change impacts on food supplies and health, especially on the world's poorest. While she applauded early-adopters, she commanded mass market pick up the pace: "Unlocking private investment is key. Smart companies are not waiting for an international agreement and market leaders are storming ahead – and we must celebrate them. But we need [climate] mitigation and adaptation business models in every sector of the economy, and the action is still not at the scale or speed we need."
Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research also stated the need for the US to act fast, but in a bid to remain competitive; a key point from the report. He said: "America must compete successfully in the global economy. Countries like China have already seized the opportunity."
Offering the perspective from the medical world, Dr Cecil Wilson, Former President of American Medical Association and President-elect World Medical Association noted the health impacts of climate change caused heat waves, storms and flooding, including waterborne outbreaks of fatal diseases. He concreted the need for a American clean revolution: "Transformation of the US economy powered by clean, affordable energy is good for competitiveness, growth, security, infrastructure – and yes, it's good for our health."
With a similarly human call for a clean revolution, Deborah Fikes, Representative to the United Nations and Executive Advisor, World Evangelical Alliance spoke next. She promoted the recent and inspiring climate change advocacy of younger evangelicals, who see it as a "moral imperative to speak out". She explained: "Clean energy is good for national security in the US, it but it also part of our faith – loving our neighbors – climate change will effect the poorest of the poor, who are least able to deal with it."
Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union (NFUDC), described how farmers had dramatically changed their practises to grow crops better adapted to climate change and how the NFUDC encourages the farming community to lower emissions. He said: "Farmers are the original beneficiaries of the green revolution. I believe that we will be an instrumental part of the agricultural clean revolution." He ended with a policy appeal: "We want to be part of the American Clean Revolution and are well situated to do that. All we're waiting for is the right signals from government."
Walter Bell, Chairman, Swiss Re, said the growing extreme weather is a glimpse of a future if we don't demand a more resilient society. With a pithy: "Investment in renewables makes economic sense, as an unmitigated world will cost us much more", Walter Bell cited the $60 billion of damage this year's Hurricane Isaac caused. He suggested that businesses integrate climate risk into strategic decision-making and that the US catalyzes national debate and increases investment in CCS and efficiency to assist the shift to renewables.
Zia Eftekhar, CEO, Philips Light North America said public-private partnerships are needed to foster innovation in clean technologies, mentioning San Francisco's new LED installations which are estimated to bring in an extra $100 million from tourism. "What's good for the environment is good for business", he concluded.
The final speaker of the Opening Ceremony was Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter. In his opening remarks he said: "a green, clean future is inevitable. It is economically superior", before suggesting that we stop mentioning the words 'climate change' altogether and instead focus on "the solutions that work around the impediments, to create models we can all follow". He compared the clean revolution to the technology innovation and market disruption that Silicon Valley is famed for. Using a recent investment of his, Beyond Meat, plus his latest purchase, a 100% electric Tesla Model S, as innovative, low carbon examples, Evan Williams stated: "Clean technology can provide solutions that don't require sacrifices". He said that he hopes solutions like those will "dislodge money to be invested in future entrepreneurs."
As the American entrepreneurs, farmers, doctors, academics, businessmen, policymakers and leaders dispersed the Opening Ceremony to join various panels and roundtables around the Morgan Library as part of the day's events, it was clear to all who participated that the clean revolution is not only urgently needed in the US, but is already showing early signs of competitive, innovative, American success.
Read the report, share the infographic and play with the fun election app at AmericanCleanRevolution.com
Watch highlights from the Climate Week NYC 2012 Opening Ceremony


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