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National Teacher Day honors America's teachers
NEA's Teacher Appreciation Week kicks off today
WASHINGTON - May 07, 2012 -
Throughout National Teacher Week, May 7-11, thousands of communities across the country take time to express their gratitude to local educators and to acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in ensuring that every student receives a quality education. This year, the National Education Association teamed up with Parenting magazine for two groundbreaking projects that highlight teachers' dedication to their profession and their students.
"On May 8, National Teacher Day, NEA and its more than 3 million members are saluting teachers, America's heroes, for making public schools great for every child," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "We are thrilled that Parenting has joined us in recognizing the efforts of the highly qualified, caring and committed teachers in our nation's classrooms."
NEA partnered with Parenting magazine on the My Amazing Teacher campaign to honor teachers for their unwavering passion, dedication, and commitment to educating America's children. For the campaign, members of the public were invited to celebrate a teacher who changed their life by uploading a video thank-you message on the Parenting web site. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, New York Yankee Mark Teixeira and other notables contributed videos recalling their own "Amazing Teacher." Students, past and present, can upload their video thank you at http://www.parenting.com/my-amazing-teacher?cid=searchresult
NEA also teamed up with Parenting on an innovative joint survey of 1,000 public school parents and educators that explored the roadblocks to effective parent-teacher communication. When parents were asked to "grade" their relationship with their child's teachers, nearly half (45 percent) gave the teachers an "A," with the majority on both sides categorizing the relationship as "great" and "open."
The results were announced in a panel discussion at Parenting's Mom Congress on Education and Learning, a three-day event in Washington, D.C., held April 29-May 1, to celebrate and connect parents who have made a difference in the fight for better schools. To learn more about Mom Congress and the survey results visit http://www.nea.org/home/51796.htm
NEA is recognizing the consistently outstanding work of teachers during National Teacher Day (Tuesday, May 8) and Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7-11) in other ways, too:
- National Teachers Hall of Fame
The National Teachers Hall of Fame recognizes and honors exceptional career teachers, encourages excellence in teaching, and preserves the rich heritage of America's teaching profession. This year's five inductees will be honored at a reception at NEA with NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on National Teacher Day. These outstanding educators include NEA member Deborah Lynn Tackmann, a Wisconsin health education teacher; David Brock, a Maryland science teacher; member James Brooks, a North Carolina English teacher; member Scott Charlesworth-Seiler, a fifth-grade teacher in Illinois; and Glenn Lid, who teaches chemistry in Minnesota. Sponsors of the event include the Pearson Foundation, Bank of America, Security Benefit Corporation, AT&T and The NEA Foundation.
- 5 Days, 5 Ways Teacher Giveaway
Throughout Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7-11), the Teaching Channel is celebrating with a 5 Days, 5 Ways Giveaway to thank educators for all their hard work. Teaching Channel is giving away more than 200 thank-you gifts throughout the week, finishing up with a Friday Grand Prize for a weekend getaway at a Kimpton Hotel property! Visit the 5 Days, 5 Ways Giveaway web page for more information.
- Nominate a Classroom Superhero!
They don't have the cape or the flashy tights, but educators are rising to superhero challenges every single day. Few people have as much impact as educators on all of our lives, and the lives of our children. NEA's Classroom Superheroes campaign allows parents, students, and community members to give educators the credit they deserve. Find out more about nominating your classroom superheroes.
National Teacher Day has been celebrated since 1953 when Eleanor Roosevelt first proposed that Congress set aside a day to acknowledge the work of educators. Since 1985, NEA has celebrated National Teacher Day on the Tuesday of the first full week of May. For more information on National Teacher Day visit www.nea.org/teacherday.
"Teachers are the nation's heroes—they motivate and inspire young minds and enable students to achieve extraordinary things," said NEA President Van Roekel. "I want to thank all of America's teachers, who work every day with students of every age, from pre-K through graduate school, for their hard work, enthusiasm, and commitment to making a real difference in students' lives."
Visit www.nea.org/teacherday for more information on National Teacher Day.
Join the National Teacher Week conversation on Twitter with #thankateacher
Watch the My Amazing Teacher online tributes to teachers
Follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/NEAMedia
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wordless Wednesday w/Linky - The Princess turns 4
The Lil Diva is my girly girl - she LOVES all things pink, sparkly & princess related so what else would we do but have a Princess makeover Party for her birthday!
Her party was held at our local Sweet & Sassy and it was beyond adorable! As the girls arrived they were taken into a dress-up room to pick out Princess dresses.
Once dressed they were seated for hair, make-up & nails - what pampering!
Once all the Princess were primped, pampered & ready to party - they turned on the music (The Lil Diva picked Justin Bieber of course!) and danced to the cutest choreography (which was all staff led)!
After all the fun dancing & learning of cool new moves the Princesses went on a parade around the store. Then they enjoyed some limbo time! :)
After all that excitement the princesses were rushed behind the curtains as all the moms sat & waited for them to be "announced" and crowned in the Princess Coronation ceremony! Could it get any cuter?
The Party ended with lunch, cake & a few more party type games!
My Lil Princess was so happy & all the girls and moms could not stop raving about the party!
It was a Perfect Princess Day!
What are you sharing for your WW this week? I'd love to peek!
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oh. my. gosh. that is just about the cutest princess party I've ever seen.ReplyDelete
so jealous! I want to do it too! ha!
I just love having girls!!
so so so cute!! My daughter would LOVE a party like that!ReplyDelete
Birthdays abound - Legend turned four too!ReplyDelete
The Princess looks adorable - I wish her all the best!
Happy Birthday to her! My little one just turned 3 on the 19th.ReplyDelete
What a lucky, beautiful girl! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Looks like she had a great birthday! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
What a special princess party, they are all so cute. Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to your little one. Looks like a fun Birthday!!ReplyDelete
What a pretty little princess!ReplyDelete
She IS a princess, how adorable!!ReplyDelete
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oh my ADORABLE!!!!! that is my dream party! haha shes soo cute!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Princess!ReplyDelete
Every princess must attend a Sweet & Sassy ball! She's adorable!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to your sweet princess! Love the pics.ReplyDelete
Fun! My girls are going to their first princess party in a week and a half, I'm interested to see how they like it! Happy Birthday to your little princess!ReplyDelete
Awww what a pretty princess! Happy birthday! Looks like a fun fun day!ReplyDelete
How fun! Love the pictures!ReplyDelete
I just don't know where the time goes! My baby will be 17! And I also have a grandson who just started preschool! I mean it does brings tears to your eyes when you think about the years flying by.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your beautiful little Princess!ReplyDelete
Looked like a gREAT birthday . Happy Birthday to your Princess! Stop in and link up we'd love to have you over.ReplyDelete
How fun for them! I bet they all had a blast :) Happy belated to your lovely girl!ReplyDelete
What a doll : ) she looks like a beautiful little princess. 4 is a tough birthday for Mommies ; ) glad you made it. Guess I will link up a pic of my furry daughter.. she's not quite a princess--buts she's cute.ReplyDelete
So cute! I can tell she had a wonderful princess birthday! I wish I had a girl so I can throw a princess party. I'm tired of decorations being red, yellow and blue all the time! LOLReplyDelete
Looks like everyone had tons of fun. The question remains..how are you going to top that?! : )ReplyDelete
Thanks for the linky, too.
We love Sweet n Sassy here! I've posted about our trips there a couple times. Thanks for stopping by WW.ReplyDelete
Sooooo cute!!ReplyDelete
Awwwww.... looks like an amazingly fun party & SUPER cute too!! :-)ReplyDelete
Great post. Great photos. I leave with a huge smile.ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking the time to visit Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas! I hope you will stay awhile to explore all we have to offer!


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Blanket bans are rarely a good idea. Far more often than not, it is better for cases to be decided on their merits fairly and openly. Therein lies the substantial flaw in the proposal being considered by the Auckland Council for a region-wide ban on demolishing tens of thousands of heritage homes unless owners can prove they are beyond repair. In one swoop, all houses built before World War II will be deemed to have special merit. Never mind that in any period a mixture of good, average and awful homes are built.
It is easy to see why the council is contemplating such a policy as part of its unitary plan. Public anger has been aroused by the inappropriate bulldozing of many fine old homes. People have made it clear they want better protection for genuine heritage buildings before yet more are lost. In particular, the Character Coalition, a grouping of more than 50 Auckland-wide heritage and residents groups, has been pressing for a Brisbane-style blanket ban. This would apply to 23,344 houses in the existing character zones of the inner-city suburbs, Devonport, Birkenhead and Northcote, plus thousands more pre-World War II houses being identified in other parts of the city.
Such a ban would be a step too far, however. Aside from ascribing a frequently unwarranted mythical status to these buildings, it ignores the fact that the cost of repairs to them can often outweigh the expense of building new houses. More importantly, it misinterprets the source of most of the public outrage over the loss of many of the heritage homes.
This relates to much of the demolition being done under a shroud of secrecy. As much was highlighted in the bulldozing six years ago of Coolangatta, a 90-year-old Remuera homestead. Its destruction ran directly counter to the then city council's statements about involving communities more actively. At the time, the prevailing view was that too many developers' consent applications were being granted a non-notified status, and decisions were being made without reference to the neighbourhood.
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Subsequently, developments such as the bulldozing of a set of 1930s art deco houses in St Heliers two years ago have served only to reinforce the view that communities are being ill-served. As much was again underlined when local boards were denied powers that would have given them a strong hand in heritage protection.
One part of the Brisbane model actually answers this concern by dictating that every application to demolish or remove a house in a character area must be publicly notified. That is as it should be. Public notification, followed by an open hearing, would allow the views of the community, and those of heritage experts, to be heard case by case. People's wish for a more active voice in their neighbourhoods would be recognised, as would the importance of transparency.
When warranted, houses will be protected. When they are beyond repair or of no particular merit or value, they can be replaced by a new and better house. That would be a victory for common sense, as well as acknowledging the reality of planned intensification, which also counts against a blanket retention of decrepit housing.
The ambition of the council, and those keen to preserve the city's finest old homes, is worthy. Intensification need not mean the destruction of older neighbourhoods. But that aim must be matched by an equally laudable policy. The parts of Brisbane's approach that promote community involvement and openness should be adapted to Auckland's needs. There is no need, however, for the type of protection offered by an arbitrary contrivance.


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Maybe they would have recognized him if he had introduced himself as Robert Allen Zimmerman.
Folk and rock god Bob Dylan was treated like an mere mortal by Jersey shore cops when a someone called to report a shady looking man wandering around the neighborhood.
Dylan was in Long Branch, N.J, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood.
A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, said Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley.
"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work," Woolley said.
The incident began at 5 p.m. when a resident said a man was wandering around a low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront looking at houses.
The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name. According to Woolley, the following exchange ensued:
"What is your name, sir?" the officer asked.
"Bob Dylan," Dylan said.
"OK, what are you doing here?" the officer asked.
"I'm on tour," the singer replied.
A second officer, also in his 20s, responded to assist the first officer. He, too, apparently was unfamiliar with Dylan, Woolley said.
The singer of such classics as "Subterranean Homesick Blues" wasn't carrying ID, so police took him back to his hotel, where tour staff vouched for him.
A Dylan publicist didn't return a call seeking comment.


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Big hedge fund wants Time Warner to sell to FoxJuly 16, 2014: 1:37 PM ET
Get the deal done.
That was the message from hedge fund titan Ken Griffin Wednesday after hearing that 21st Century Fox (FOX) made an $80 billion bid for rival Time Warner (TWX).
"The deal makes a lot of sense," he said. "Let's get them to say yes."
Griffin has skin in the game on this one. Citadel, the multi-billion dollar investment firm that he runs, owns stakes in both companies.
Speaking at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference in New York, Griffin extolled the idea of a merger with the two media conglomerates on the basis that they would benefit by bringing great content under one roof.
Related: Murdoch's Fox made bid for Time Warner in June
Time Warner, the parent company of CNN and CNNMoney, rejected the bid, but Griffin thinks the fight is far from over.
Many analysts believe Rupert Murdoch will continue to aggressively push for the acquisition. So does Griffin. He believes that Time Warner makes sense as an addition to Murdoch's increasingly global media portfolio.
If Murdoch ups his offer, Griffin thinks it's "going to get tough" for Time Warner's board to say no again.
But Griffin said Time Warner shareholders will have the final word. That's because Time Warner doesn't have a controlling investor like Fox does with the Murdoch family.
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Mr. Hedbavny was active in the Boy Scouts of America for over seventy years. He held many positions in the Scouts and sat on the Greater New York Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He also served as President and County Commissioner of the Queens Council of the Boy Scouts.
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Parents plead no contest in Walmart abuse case
Adolfo, Deborah Gomez arrested after children tied up in parking lot
Two Illinois parents accused of binding and blindfolding two of their children in a Walmart parking lot in Kansas have pleaded no contest to charges.
Adolfo Gomez of Northlake, Ill., pleaded no contest Friday to two counts of felony child abuse and three misdemeanor counts of child endangerment. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that his wife, Deborah Gomez, pleaded no contest to three counts of child endangerment on Dec. 14.
Sentencing for Adolfo Gomez is scheduled for Feb. 8. Prosecutors are recommending a 30-month sentence for Adolfo Gomez and a year of probation for Deborah Gomez.
Both parents were arrested June 13 when Lawrence police found two children, ages 5 and 7, tied up near their vehicle in the Walmart parking lot. Three other children were in the car unrestrained.


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I wrote the above just to give someone a small sampling of what I have been through and now to find out the I have TN is just too much to bear. I'm tired of fighting for my life, I'm tired of being in constant pain. (Doc. gave me Keppra for pain of TN)
Please if there is anyone who can help me with my pain or has good advice to help me through this, please respond.
Also, every year my husband and I have gone on vacation to get away from the winter weather, but now we can't because of me. I so very much look forward to our winter reprieve and now feel like such a failure.
I can't even get out to visit our children and I don't like for them to see me in such a state. They have seen me sick or hurt for their entire lives. It just isn't right.
Sorry, I needed to write my feelings. I just am so tired of trying to pretend that everything is alright. I just want to be well.
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Intercollegiate Athletics Film and Video Collection
The Intercollegiate Athletics Film and Video Collection is comprised of selected motion pictures, video productions and television programs received from the Media Relations office of Arizona State University Intercollegiate Athletics, the PAC 10 and the PAC 12. Media is added as permissions are secured, and resources for digitization become available.
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Promotional video produced to support Arizona State University's bid to host the 1992 NCAA Division I Golf Championships. Ronald Reagan is depicted in clips from his March 1989 visit to Arizona State University, campus landmarks, and several sports facilities and events are depicted. Provost Richard Peck, Tempe mayor Harry Mitchell, Bob Davies of the Sun Angel Foundation and Karsten Solheim of Ping appear. Golf coach Steve Loy provides a detailed description of ASU's Karsten golf course, and footage from Pope John Paul's visit to Sun Devil Stadium is included.
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From Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) comes a new action thriller starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Michelle Dockery.
Bill Marks (Neeson) is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky.
However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery
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Yesterday you painted the town... uh, green, and now you're feeling a little the worse for wear. So what weird and wonderful hangover cures are you employing to set yourself straight?
Raw eggs? Fried food? Buffalo milk? Or maybe good ol' fashioned water and ibuprofen? Share your solutions here.
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Broke KC charter struggles to pay teachers
Teachers at Derrick Thomas Academy received memo instead of last check
Teachers at a Kansas City charter school that recently closed are still waiting for their final paychecks.
The Kansas City Star reported that teachers at the Derrick Thomas Academy received a memo instead of their last check. The memo explained that there was no money available because of a dispute between the bondholder for the school and its management company, Edison Learning Inc.
For now, money that could go toward salaries is tied up in court.
School attorney James Tippin says there are limited options to help the teachers and that no one on the school's board of directors is happy about the situation.
The academy announced last fall it would close after its university sponsor refused to renew its charter, citing poor management and low test scores.


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Hedge Funds Get a Little Bit Cheaper
Pressure from disappointed investors is forcing hedge funds to roll back their fees and has put the traditional "2 and 20" model on the endangered list. Greg Zuckerman reports on MoneyBeat.
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... pressure from disappointed investors is forcing hedge funds to roll back their fees ... and the traditional two wins one the model ... is now on the endangered list ... here break it down is WSJ's Gregory Zuckerman ... The beggars and a one story that you had today ... it ... tells what's going on here with the hedge fund industry so industry has been underperforming on not supposed to do as well as the overall market with market goes up because they added to this post the hedge fund are doing less well than you would expect ... aam especially stock and money come focused funds ... so as result scientists are putting pressure and this is not a new thing is really ... happening on the last few years but picking up pace ... aam and the two and twenty which will is a misnomer frankly not many people got two and twenty been updated on ... exactly what two wins twenty new issuance to question the average hedge fund charges a management fee which can be as high as two percent ... and a percentage of all gains in the can be as high as twenty percent or even more ... I'm some firms like Caxton some well known firms ... can charge more than twenty percent on historically charge more than twenty percent of all their fees to investors pay a lot ... need to get into hedge funds in the store it's been like a bug in your restaurant where not Evelyn survives but no one cut prices and other cutting prices and for that is you mention is this year's rally or is that the multi year rally down the stock market and ... this was on schools to perform as well but they're really performed even worse in so ... I mean I guess is the longer the rally goers can we expect more of these cuts that equates it to some extent any knew what he says not just this year since two thousand and nine and an awesome view as well as the stock market with a doing the last swelling you would expect given the fact that they are ... generally longer market on our many funds or shorts ... ALM so fuel on the market yuan from like you're doing it is not showing much value for all the fees they are giving up in this world ... the hedge fund or initial fine you really don't wanna pay that much in fees on with interest rates so low so investors are coming around to that that argument in hedge fund world as well says about two and twenty was a bit of a misnomer and so now you say a few examples in your story what are some of that the new fees now that some investors can expect to pay some of these funds into it and it has a lot of flexibility so you get an early on you get a good chunk of money on site fifteen hundred knowing dollars to get much lower fees even under one percent management fees ... I can get a hurdle in other words they have to be certain return in the hedge fund guys before they get paid musical defended Beazer performance fees for the good of all kinds of negotiating today you leap into a few years ago and interesting and so ... it's also about small medium and large size hedge funds and so who was sort of getting in was being impacted the most by this sort of ship in the industry so the industry's change they use to be the case and that wealthy investors dominated the hedge fund world and now it's big institutions like pension funds ... insurance companies and Cal Maine ... and they ... often go with the biggest funds on they feel safer in their U K fired when he came to fire for hiring identifier for the giving of money to be hedge funds ... ALM so the guys were smaller and medium size are really scrambling for money in as result they're more likely to have to cut back on teaser or allow investors to give them some sort of deal so looking ahead ... is there any way that the industry shifts back to that what was happening in the mid two thousand stores this now so that the new normal that we can expect a mean honestly if the market collapses art is really poorly in or talk on two thousand a fee of some sort of ... aam something similar on hedge funds only do really well most Khona markets theres one who got excited about hedge fund in the first place what they did so well will supermarket after two thousand when the tech collapse ... happened hedge funds that especially well they did pretty well in two thousand AIB cigars like ... a John Paulson Smothers anticipated two thousand and Proms ... they do really well most commonly involve tough markets but if you believe that stocks are relatively inexpensive right now is not not too expensive and the stock and the


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Lady Magdalen tells the story of Magdalen Carnegie, a daughter in a powerful 17th century Scottish family. It opens just before she is married to James Graham, who becomes the Marquis of Montrose, considered one of the most charismatic men in Scottish history. The events and the details depicted follow what history knows about Montrose, but it looks at them from the view point of his wife from her young adulthood until her death. Magdalen is a serio...
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text: seen it before with the HAL-5. The latest suit created by students at Tokyo's University of Science provides enough assistance to the wearer's back to lift an additional 15 to 20 kilograms (that's 33 to 44 pounds) -- in other words, another two bags of rice for five in total. The university's previous robosuit was heavier and more bulky by comparison, in that it provided assistance to both the wearers back and arms (though clearly some support is provided based on the image above). The suit will ultimately benefit factory workers or those with physical limitations when it goes into production sometime in 2010. Outstanding. Surprisingly, nobody from the university seems willing to talk about that kid with sawblade arms in the corner.


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Recently, one of my favorite companies, Zensah, who sports bras I swear by, contacted me about a racerback top that they have developed and wanted me to do a review. I love the shirt they sent me so I said that I would be interested. I love their sports bras and the long sleeve they've sent to me so I figured I would have a good shot at liking it, but I am wary of tank tops usually because they are so short and so tight, which neither are flattering on my body, especially when I'm running and working out.
I've worn it to run in twice and again last night to hot yoga and twice to the gym and I absolutely love it! I'm so glad I have it this summer to get great workouts in and like usual, the fabric is what sold me. SO soft, and so thin. It's by far the best made tank top I own and I own a lot. It's seamless which makes chafing non-existent. The thing that was the best though was the fit. It wasn't short and wasn't tight. WINNER in my book. No one wants to see all that bouncing around all over the place.
A close up of the fabric and how the seams of the shirt are. I love how soft it is! I can't get over their fabrics and that is one of my favorite things about Zensah articles of clothing. It's just the perfect amount of thinness to keep me cool and still have great coverage.
The tank on a hanger. I think what makes it fit so well is that it's not like a suctioning fabric that clings to your body. It fits snug but it's really long and not TOO snug where all you ate for lunch is all over the place. I really like how it's looser. So many running tanks get so tight and snug and I just don't like that feeling at all.
Excuse the awesome picture in front of the door and how gross I look, but I wanted to show how long it was and how it fit. I love how the straps are skinny and I just feel like it's so lightweight and great to wear for so many types of working out, not just running and I was surprised how nicely it worked out, especially in hot yoga! (where I enjoyed it much more this time and the 2 quarts of water that I had during class may have helped with that)
Another thing that I love is that the back has a lovely skinny razor back strap instead of being thicker. Some tanks have thicker back straps which I don't like as much. When I'm sweating and working out I want the least possible fabric on my body for sure. The fabric is almost see through on the shirt too, which makes it so thin and comfortable. So Zensah wins my heart again with another great product.
Make sure to check out the Zensah Tank that retails for $43.99 and comes in many colors. Check out my other Zensah reviews as well: Sports Bra and Recovery Socks, Compression Arm Sleeves, Long Sleeve Compression Shirt
*Zensah sent me this tank top for free to do a review of it on my blog.


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I was able to install this plugin but never able to get the email notification working - see my earlier post on this topic.
For example, I disconnected the UPS from utility power, and the plugin detected the Mac was on battery, but there was no notification by email of the event.
If you are able to figure this out let me know.
Indigo can detect a power failure on the USB interface device (since it is plugged in to an outlet) and send an email on that, and the Power settings on the Mac will shut down the Mac when the UPS gets low. Getting an email on low power UPS would be nice also.


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A previously reported bout between veteran UFC lightweight Jim Miller (19-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and recent WEC fighter Kamal Shalorus (7-0-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is set for UFC 128.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) passed along news of the bout this past week, and UFC executives recently made it official.
UFC 128 takes place March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The pay-per-view event features a light-heavyweight
headliner between champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and former champ Rashad
Evans. Shalorus vs. Miller currently has third billing on the card.
Miller has emerged as one of the UFC's top contenders after a
six-fight win streak that includes recent victories over Mark Bocek,
Gleison Tibau and highly touted Charles Oliveira. Aside from an
early-2009 loss to recent title challenger Gray Maynard at UFC 96, the New
Jersey native remains undefeated in the UFC.
Along with Maynard, Anthony Pettis and George Sotiropoulos, Miller ranks among the division's top contenders.
Back in December Shalorus ended his four-fight WEC stint with a
split-decision victory over tough veteran Bart Palaszewski at WEC 53.
The win followed a tough-luck split draw with former champion Jamie
Varner at WEC 49. Prior to that bout, the British-Iranian wrestler and
grappler started his career with an undefeated 6-0-1 mark, which
included WEC wins over Will Kerr and Dave Jansen.
The latest UFC 128 card includes:
- Champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Rashad Evans (for light-heavyweight title)
- Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
- Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
- Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
- Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
- Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub*
- Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle*
- Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller*
- Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola*
* – Not officially announced
For the latest on UFC 128, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Kamal Shalorus)


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''We Know We Have Brothers and Sisters in the Islamic Tradition''
The Anna Lindh Foundation, being the youngest Institute of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, wants to promote 'Mutual respect among people of different religion or any other belief'. What is Deir Mar Musa doing to promote such respect?
Father Paolo Dall'Oglio: First of all, a word of thanks to the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Award itself. I was astonished, as I had no expectations about this, but I am of course very happy for the group that works together, not only monks and nuns, but voluntary workers and others who together form a very interesting and committed group of people.
As to the concept of respect: this is often underlined in European documents; this is strange for us. Respect is so far from being enough that therefore it is not on our agenda. We are interested in the parallel concept of hospitality, to be able to welcome others 'under our tent' and accept, receive, appreciate their own hospitality. To be able to respect others, you have to recognize them as subjects worthy of being respected, having characteristics that enable respect.
By the very fact of being 'other' (nation, tribe, religion), a guest becomes an icon, an embodiment of 'otherhood', which, for religious people, is God Himself. In the name of God, the host receives the guest, recognizing in his face the image of God the Guest.
So, what is Deir Mar Musa trying to do?
Father Paolo: One, it offers a large room in our hearts and minds to Islamic/human/cultural reality, a warm room of consideration, curiosity appreciation, with a desire for friendship, communion and interaction, mystical, spiritual, embodied in a monastery. Thus we know deeply that we have brothers and sisters in the Islamic/Sufi tradition.
In this monastery, we have been trying to rediscover and re-express, with more awareness and free choice, the ancient structure of inter-relationship between this kind of Christian institution and the still young Islamic community. Prophet Mohammed had been in contact with monks and the monastic tradition from his childhood. It is a matter of fact that in Syria the monastic concept is considered very positive, the most loved face of Christianity amongst Islam.
We are happy to say that the Moslems of this region consider this monastery as their own. We are honoured to see that Moslems and Christians, Syrians and foreigners, find in Deir Mar Musa a symbol of hope for a common future, to be built with a shared responsibility. Respect is only the always necessary first step.
Do you agree with the statement that lack of mutual respect is one of the most burning problems in our Euro-Mediterranean region? And what are the reasons?
Father Paolo: I feel embarrassed in front of this second question. I feel somehow the big difficulty of Westerners is to understand why Islam is so aggressive towards the occidental way of life with its pyramid of values, principles and life-style.
The West finds it difficult to understand how deep rooted this contention is. Why so much negativity? It depends on two things: first, we have to accept that the Islamic world around the Mediterranean has been victim of colonial projects; even Turkey, though not directly, has been 'Westernized' through a tragic process in which Oriental Christians have paid a very high price.
Then, the Zionist nation was created in the heart of the Arab world (Islam and Oriental Christian). Furthermore, two empires, (capitalism and communism) both of them from the West, came to impose their logic and their own internal fight upon the Arab/Islamic world.
Secondly, in the present day, the feeling of being economically colonized is so deep, the regimes being so dependent on Western economic interest – it is so evident. The impression that the Israeli/Arabic war is also a way of expanding spaces for Western markets, arms, and then after the end of the Cold War, this enormous feeling of being victim of a process of globalization, in which Western lifestyle is imposed as being the only reasonable, really human, feasible one, without the people in the West having the capacity to question their model.
Having in Islam an enormous desire for emancipation, having a project for a future built on its own values, hope in its own literature, imagination, desires, aesthetics: Moslems in many different ways feel a need for fighting to resist Western/worldly power, and for fighting back in order to create a space for Islamic hope. It is clear to me that there are many different 'Islams' as there are many different 'Wests'.
Remember that Eastern Churches are more deeply part of Arabic/Islamic civilization than somehow of Western civilization, participating in their own ways. Yes, I believe in respect, but for this, we have to come to an awareness of the lack of respect that characterizes our history; before judging the Islamic reaction, we have to come to an awareness of Western action.
Western culture, although very plural in its expressions, is in fact very ideological seen from the outside. Once again, I agree about respect, but as something offered rather than requested or expected.
Christians in Malta or in Egypt pray to Allah because this is the word for God' in their language. Most Moslems feel offended when Christians tell them that they would not pray to the same God. What is your position?
Father Paolo: I know that there are Christians believing that their God is not the same God as Moslems. We Oriental Christians have been saying 'Allah' with Moslems for centuries, and even before, we have had such deep common experiences of relationship with the Divine. There is also a consciousness of pre-Islamic, pre-Christian Eastern populations, saying to the Almighty the same ancient Semitic common term, Elohim, Iil, El, Aloho Allah.
What a tragedy that more than one billion people are thought to be misguided by a non-existing or non-right God. Our experience in Deir Mar Musa is deeply the one of a common worship and a common relationship with the One God, the Merciful Creator, the One who sides with the poor, oppressed, and abandoned those little ones who are thirsty and hungry for justice.
Inter-faith dialogue meetings usually end with conclusions on common values. What can we do in order to agree also to mutual respect of differences?
Father Paolo: OK for mutual respect about differences, but what about liberation processes from unjust regimes, from aristocratic privileged systems, old-fashioned kingdoms or remnants of tyrannical, hyper-nationalistic power systems? What about liberation of territories from illegal occupation, what about this prison of border-control, unobtainable visas? What is concretely the most universal system is mafias, by now international and on the way to being global. Respect is not a passive attribute, it is a fight.
After the unfortunate communication accident of Pope Benedict XVI at Regensburg which provoked unwillingly a deep wound in Islamic feelings because it touches the very person of the prophet of Islam, a press communiqué came saying very sincerely that the Pope was sorry to have caused pain, and he confirmed to them his feelings of esteem and respect. I am happy after all that in the story, the question of the status of the prophet Mohammed and the need for esteem and respect come to be tied together. I see here a programme for the future of deep dialogue.
Between different religions, it is normally not too difficult to agree on the value of equal dignity of all human beings. It seems, however, very difficult to apply the United Nations principle of "Equal dignity of all cultures, provided that Human Rights are respected" to the coexistence of different religions. What can we do in this respect?
Father Paolo: This is a difficult issue and I'm not sure if I have the right cultural background to address this. I am not a scholar in UN History and Human Rights. Some questions arise here about how to find equilibrium between the rights of individuals and groups, between religious tolerance, and conscience freedom on one side and, on the other side, the right to self-promotion and defence of cultural/religious identities.
Once again, the concrete possibility of leading together depends on the concrete capacity of care for each other, not only respecting but with mutual recognition of others' values and by opening ourselves to living complementarily and with reciprocal consciousness of dynamic function integration.
Somewhere, this will create dynamic, successful societies, somewhere else, more a patchwork of ghettoes. I hope that we will have as few 'walls' as possible, not only the Sharon Wall but bureaucratic walls, the walls of cultural discrimination. Fighting for the right of people to move in a world that belongs to all of us.
The Catholic Church has appointed a Cardinal for relations with non-believers. What can we do to improve relations between churches and other religious organizations of such non-believers?
Father Paolo: There was in fact a special office in the Vatican, created after Vatican Council II, for dialogue with atheism: it was in the time of Communism. Then this office was dismantled and its role has been played by the Pontifical Council for Culture. The risk now is that some people are asking also to dismantle the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, reducing it to just inter-cultural dialogue.
I'm personally afraid that some Christians wish to see the Catholic Church as the symbolic representation of the superiority of the Western cultural model, to be proposed as truth for all humanity. These people are afraid of cultural pluralism and they look at history as the confluence of nations all over the world coming to the highest human civilization model conceived, celebrated and realized by the Hellenistic Judeo/Christian-rooted West, just keeping, perhaps, some light folklore particularization.
I do not believe this is the right way of imagining the future. I hope for Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Moslems around the Mediterranean to be able and to have the passionate desire to build together a pluralistic civilization. I believe in a stainless steel resistance to Western assimilation and forced global acculturation to keep and preserve treasures of human wisdom and divine experience for future generations.
In Europe and in the whole Mediterranean area, some or even many Christians, Jews and Moslems pretend to know exactly God's will and, therefore, try to impose it on others. Should we promote more modesty in this regard, as a means to further mutual respect?
Father Paolo: Paradoxically, I am tempted to say that it is because we do not know enough God's will that by consequence we try to impose our own issues on others, in order to heal the anguish that comes from fearing an undefined world and an unknown future. I do feel that if the children of Abraham deepened their knowledge of the will of God, they would discover a marvelous place of harmony. It needs the active and particular participation of each of them.
Interview: Traugott Schoefthaler
© Anna Lindh Foundation / Qantara.de 2006
Mar Musa Monastery, Syria
Muslims and Christians Sharing Spirituality
In 1983, a Jesuit Father rediscovered an 11th century monastery in the Syrian desert. Twenty years on, it is a place where monks and nuns live together and where Muslim visitors sometimes even pray with Christians. By Christina Förch
Essay Naika Foroutan
A Dialogue of the Cultures Instead of the Clash of Civilisations
The issue of cultural dialogue always crops up when things have already started to go wrong. But that dialogue is not some short-term emergency measure, writes Naika Foroutan. In her essay, she discusses the basic principles of dialogue


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