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This lady's dupatta immaculately handcrafted by the Indian tribal artisans is meant to cater to the vogue trends as well as fashion proclivity of a modern lady. The quality of the fabric is ensured by practising skilful execution by the tribal artisans filled with innocent passion. Wear it not just to complete an ethnic outfit but also to embrace the grace of traditional art and look absolutely stunning.
- Brand : Tribes India
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- Fabric : Tassar Silk
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
Correa's take on development
Here is an article about a speech given by Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador. He calls for strategic protection of infant industries in developing countries, freer movement of labor and less free movement of capital, and above all a stress on national sovereignty as opposed to transnational organizations as the major drivers of development in a country. I tend to agree with all these points, particularly his citing of Ha-Joon Chang, the Oxford economist that I think is the most accurate and prescient writer right now on how countries really develop. Correa and his peers in other Latin American countries are often dismissed as unrealistic by the very neoliberal institutions that they criticize, but I feel that, beyond the polemics, they are arguing for what should be rather uncontroversial points. Namely that national sovereignty should take priority over conditions imposed by unelected bodies like the World Trade Organization, and that countries wanting to develop economically should look to history to emulate what worked for countries like France, the US, or Korea in their own development.
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The Receptionist coordinates and manages the initial greeting of clients, incoming phone calls, and the appointment log. They pass out completed returns and make client packets. The Receptionist should also handle other clerical duties as assigned. These duties may include, but are not limited to: ordering and organizing office supplies, processing client mailings, and making coffee for the waiting area.
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excellent telephone etiquette
friendly and outgoing
able to handle stressful situations
greets clients in office and determines their service needs
answers incoming phone calls
coordinates client flow and inquiries; schedules appointments for clients on the phone and in person
calls prior clients to schedule appointments
maintains the return filing cabinet and handles return pickups
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Sale of water is banned, and that's just lubbly bubbly
A NORTH Sydney school is believed to have become the first in NSW to ban bottled water and offer free tap-water refills to cut down on plastic waste.
Students at Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College pushed for the ban on the sale of bottled water at the canteen. For good measure, there have also been moves to get rid of ''unethical'' chocolate frogs and reduce packaging in school lunches. Several schools in Sydney are about to adopt similar measures.
''We'd just like to get the point out that the consumption of water from plastic bottles is completely unnecessary,'' said Claudia Saunders, a year 10 student who has been appointed ''environmental captain''.
''At least with the water stations … the bottles are going to be used more than once.''
Ms Saunders said environmental plans had been the subject of healthy debate at the school. ''I wouldn't say there has been any resistance, but I guess a lot of people find it difficult to change behavioural patterns, or realise that individual actions will actually make a difference.''
Banning bottles has proved a boon for the humble bubbler, which is enjoying a resurgence in schools and public spaces.
Manly, Mosman, Waverley, the City of Sydney and Marrickville are all trying to limit sales of bottled water by installing more public drinking fountains.
Shopkeepers in the Southern Highlands town of Bundanoon banned the sale of bottled water last year and the main street was lined with drinking fountains.
The environmental campaigner Jon Dee said he had entertained dozens of inquiries from towns and councils about going down the same path.
But the Australian bottled water industry says sales have remained strong, rising about 5 per cent this year, after a slight dip during the global financial crisis.


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Everyone welcome to join in for the launch of Sideburn issue no 10, Basement 20, Hardman St, Liverpool, Friday 16th March 2012 from 9pm. A great opportunity to see the fab band El Torro. There will be a special pre-party Davida warm up in Liverpool on Friday afternoon with food. There is an offer of […] » Read more
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Larry Hirschhorn, Principal, has written a new blog post on the dilemmas and challenges facing Sears Holding, the department store chain that includes both Sears-Roebuck and Kmart. The post begins with a journalist's report which describes organizational chaos at Sears, the result of the CEO's radical restructuring of the company into 30 separate businesses each with its own board and financial reports. The journalist suggests that the chaos is due to debilitating competition between the different business units. The blog poses the question of whether or not the CEO, Eddie Lampert, the owner of a very successful hedge fund, is simply an "asse... read more »
CFAR was engaged by the Robert Wood John Foundation in a project designed to foster interprofessional collaboration between physicians and nurses, after a national report about the future of nursing provoked objections from physicians' groups, primarily about "scope of practice." Working with participants from primary care physician and nursing organizations and RWJF staff, CFAR designed and facilitated a dialogue over several months about inter-professional collaboration that led to a new understanding between nurses and physicians about each other's roles and the opportunities for partnership between them. The project revitalized a productive debate among members of their organizations, acknowledged the need to work on interprofessional collabor... read more »
My husband, reading the Playbill, looked up and said, "now I know why you wanted to see Kinky Boots – it's about a family business and shoes." He was partly right – I had gotten tickets without knowing the story. Still, family business stories are a magnet to me; I have worked with and studied family firms for the last 30 plus years, and the time only serves to deepen my appreciation for the courage it takes to stay in business across generations.
Two articles in the Wall St. Journal this week provoked these reflections. One led with the title, "Do CEOs of Family-Owned Businesses Work Less?" (WSJ, 3/6/14) Ugh. Why not draw the reader in via taking the easy route – replay the centuri... read more »
A physician we've worked with cut to the chase yesterday. In a meeting about launching a pilot to test a framework for triaging patients needing post-acute services, he said, "you know how much I love getting perfect data. But what we need is a practical RCT." A nationally-known expert in end-of-life care with a lengthy list of publications, he spends his time asking busy people to remember to press "pause" and engage with the patient and family. He gains a deep understanding of what will help the patients he serves through rigorous investigation. This is a man who does not jump to conclusions.
So we were surprised. And curious. Quickly testing out new ideas with low risk and low overhead helps people take on small changes that m... read more »
The news from "Hawk Hill" in Philadelphia has been distressing. In May, the business school faculty at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia issued a vote of "no confidence" in the President, Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie. This followed close on the heels of a Faculty Senate vote of no confidence in two top administrators a few months earlier, reacting to the University making public their budget shortfall of $8.7 million for this fiscal year. And from reports in the press, acrimony is running very high between faculty and administration. These troubles were public enough that the Middle States accreditors on campus reported a "deep crisis in the governance process" and suggested that the board had overstepped its role in setting school policies aro... read more »
Mr. Nadella's recent "manifesto", contrary to the popular reaction, isn't just business as usual. Sure, his missive to Microsoft has generated some dismissive reactions. We hold a different view. In our work at CFAR, we are struck continually by the fact that sustained competitive advantage comes from who and how you are, not just from what you do.
Mr. Nadella speaks of increasing fluidity. Organizations today struggle to get the right information to the right people at the right time. Too many of the structures we create to manage people and process impede innovation rather than funneling it into a pipeline of novel value-creation.
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No one wants to think their workforce just doesn't care. But what happens when it looks like that's the case?
We've been working with an academic medical center for several years on their initiative to reduce readmissions, when patients come back to the hospital with the same ailment within 30 days of being discharged. This is not only a priority for providing excellent patient care, but also a financial imperative, as hospitals are now being penalized when these patients come back.
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The Truth About 7 Common Food Additives
I've written about food additives in three of my books; The Highly Healthy Child; Why A.D.H.D. Doesn't Mean Disaster: and God's Design for the Highly Healthy Child. You can find out more about or purchase these books here. However, this new information, from WebMD, updates my writing and I thought it might be helpful for parents and discusses: (1) Artificial coloring, (2) High fructose corn syrup, (3) Aspartame, (4) Monosodium glutamate (MSG), (5) Sodium benzoate, (6) Sodium nitrite, and (7) Trans fat. More Information: (more…)


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The EUR/USD pair went back and forth during the day on Friday, testing the 1.33 level for resistance, and then turned back around to fall and show the 1.33 level has been too much for the buyers. We fell down and ended up testing the 1.32 region as well. We bounce slightly towards the end of the day, but ultimately this is a negative candle that tells me this market is ready to go lower.
If we can get below the 1.32 level, we believe that this market goes down to the 1.30 handle, which is a much more significant support level. However, looking at the longer-term charts, I am convinced that the real target will be 1.28, which is much lower than I originally anticipated. Any bounce from here should be a continuation of the downtrend waiting to happen as the trend has been so strong.
No need to fight the trend.
There is no need to fight this trend, as it has been so strong. Quite frankly, I only have two ways of looking at this market: either sell it, or way to sell it at a higher level. Think of any bounce at this point in time to be considered to be "value" as far as the US dollar is concerned, but should be temporary at best. I believe that the US dollar is going to continue going much higher based upon the US Dollar Index is concerned, and you have to keep in mind that this Forex pair is 40% of that futures contract. In other words, it is essentially the "anti-US Dollar Index", and therefore the two move in exact opposite directions.
With that, I don't see any reason to buy this market at all, and really wouldn't be concerned about doing so until we get above the 1.34 handle at the very least. Having said that though, we did break down below the bottom of the uptrend line some time ago, so it makes sense that the downtrend does continue and that there will be a significant amount of resistance above. With that being said, I am "sell only."


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Millybridal UK is always up to date with the latest trends, and this season also presented a series of beautiful mini, midi and maxi dresses that will emphasize the most generous and most delightful on you.
We believe that all tastes will be satisfied. For those ladies who want a dramatic look – there are maxi dresses in red, while ladies who want "cool" elegance can choose dresses in neutral shades. Romantic girls in their offer can choose between models with lace and floral applications, and the "dangerous" girls will surely "fall" on white dresses that reveal shoulders.
While some go to seamstresses and seek sewing dresses according to their scale and the vision they have, as well as to avoid choosing the same dress with another girl, others choose a slightly easier way and look for their clothes in boutiques, while a third group of girls look for their dress for the prom on the Internet – which is an easy way to get amazing dress. And the choice is much bigger. This online store has a huge selection of dresses for prom, such as Red Prom Dresses, and a dress for other solemn events. The choice is yours, they are trying to fulfill all your expectations.


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If you happen to land on this page, you will realize that it is outdated.
Here you can find my student projects and a few experiment I did over the years.
If you are interested in what I've been up to in my professional life, contact me by email.
CV---> here
Sidetrack @ MoMa NY!!!
Sidetrack is currently exhibited at Talk to Me (July-November 2011) - MoMa NY
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Toyota: Window to the world @ "Future Mobility Now"
Window to the World (CIID/Toyota) from CIID on Vimeo.
"Window to the World" was on showcased at the "Future Mobility Now" exhibition, organised by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), from June 22 to 25 at the Autoworld Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
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Honorable Mention @ IxDa Student Competition 2011
Washsurfing from Martina Pagura on Vimeo.
Washsurfing is a service that allow to share private washing-machines.
This concept was developed in three days during the IxDa11 student competition, the general topic was "use, not own". Thanks to this concept I won the honorable mention, but beside the prize it has been an amazing experience.
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Index Award Nominee!
Asha got nominated at Index Award 2011!
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My face on Blueprint magazine :-)
Blueprint Magazine write about CIID and dedicate a page to Sidetrack.
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Asha on Future of Health Report
Thanx to Asha, PSFK interviewed us for their Future of Health Report – a project in association with Unicef – on our ASHA app, health, technology and designing for developing countries. Read the interview over at PSFK
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human liver.
Buprenorphine and also pentazocine could likewise quickly speed
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Using 'subutex' rather than suboxone on a regular basis.
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Do you know how a hammer works? Yes, probably, you do — it hasn't changed much in millennia, and even less in the last 70 years. So this video, a promotional effort by Disney and General Motors from 1945, feels at first like an occasionally delightful, occasionally cringe-worthy (the only character is "Primitive Pete") trip to retro city.
There are some basics to learn here, though, subtleties that you might take for granted if you know them, but probably never thought about if you don't. (Who knew I was using crescent wrenches wrong? Just call me "Neanderthal Nate.")
Although the tips and lessons in the video are pretty basic, the intro — which focuses on craftsmanship — almost sounds like a modern manifesto referencing artisan handiwork. It's an interesting circle back to a bygone era, but it's also a thought exercise on how tools have changed (and not changed). Give us some examples in the comments: What tools would a modern equivalent include, and how would they be presented?


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Pasta Recipe with Wild Mushrooms
3 1/2 cups whole wheat rotini pasta
1/4 cup light olive oil + dash
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
1/4 pound shiitake mushrooms, sliced (if dried, soak 20 minutes first)
1/4 pound oyster mushrooms
1/2 ounce dried cep mushrooms, soaked, drained, and sliced
sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
vegan parmesan, to taste (I use Gopal's rawmesan)
1. Boil the pasta in water with a dash olive oil to avoid sticking. When the pasta still has a good bite, take if off the heat, drain it and set aside covered.
2. Heat the 1/4 cup olive oil in a large frying pan, add garlic and fresh thyme. Cook for 1-2 minutes, then stir in all mushrooms and season with salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste.
3. Fry the mushroom mix over high heat for 3-4 minutes, until slightly brown, and then mix it with the pasta. Toss it together and serve with vegan parmesan.
Source of recipe: It's my own combination of whole wheat pasta and several kinds of mushrooms.
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Celebrity Gossip
Young Jeezy Arrested For Attacking Son & Threatening To Kill Him
January 8, 2014 – Young Jeezy Arrested For Attacking Son & Threatening To Kill Him
American rapper Young Jeezy has surrendered himself to police for attacking his 17-year-old son Jadarius.
According to court document details, in Sept 2013, Young Jeezy got into a serious fight with his son and threw him into the glass shower causing him to injure his head. He reportedly punched him in the face and dragged him into the bedroom.
Jeezy turned himself in to authorities after a grand jury issued a warrant for each charge. After he bonded out for $45,000, a source close to the singer said the allegations where far from the truth and that the whole thing has been orchestrated by his son's mother, Tenesha Dykes.
According to reliable sources, Young Jeezy and his son got into a serious argument in September. Insiders claim that Jeezy was reprimanding his son for his attitude and telling him he didn't want his friends at the house.
After Jadarius became belligerent the two started screaming at each other. The source also denied claims that Jeezy told his son "I will kill you … I will put a bullet in your head right now," arguing that the singer's line was more along the lines of "I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it."
TMZ Sources stressed that Dykes was the mastermind behind the arrest, and that she's been brainwashing Jadarius to try to get money from Jeezy.
[Source: TMZ]
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Women and their wahala. I believe the lady set him up.
women cn end your career,probably diz woman marid him bcos of his fame, afta divorce still wants 2 milk him dry, be careful of who u tk 2 d alter guys, oh nd dey shuld banish diz payment of cash every month afta divorce bcos it speeds up breakage marriages


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This design-build project is home to PCL's modular assembly office and training center, and provides permanent space to accommodate staff formerly housed in 14 portable, onsite trailers. The 35,000-square-foot building meets LEED standards, is pursuing Green Globes recognition, and provides additional meeting and training space.
The main floor includes a trade lunchroom space for 250 workers, dedicated safety and paramedic spaces, and an orientation and training room for up to 80 people. The second floor includes office space for 100 staff, three meeting rooms, and a staff lunch area.
Some of the major challenges on this job consisted of sourcing and coordinating $1.2 million of fitout equipment to the satisfaction of the users, while maintaining the schedule and operating under the umbrella of an industrial site.
The user group was involved in every facet of the decision-making process, from preconstruction to completion. As such, critical decision making was included in the initial design, through fitout and commissioning concerns. Developing the project in this manner fostered a collaborative environment and created high levels of trust among team members that brought this project in on time and budget.
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Get a load of Nicki Minaj Feat. Lil Wayne "High School" Video, a new visual from Nicki Minaj that saw the light of day on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013.
After giving us a few looks on the set, Nicki Minaj is finally ready to deliver the full video for "High School" with YMCMB boss Lil Wayne, off her re-release of "Roman Reloaded."
How's the chemistry between Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne?
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Public Housing, Housing Vouchers and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago
NBER Working Paper No. 9652
There has been a substantial shift from public housing to voucher-based housing assistance over the past decade, largely in response to the rising cost of public housing and the high rates of crime, unemployment and school failure among public housing residents. Despite this shift, there is relatively little evidence on the impact of public housing or housing vouchers on educational outcomes. This paper utilizes a plausibly exogenous source of variation in housing assistance generated by public housing demolitions in Chicago to examine the impact of high-rise public housing on student outcomes. I find that children in households affected by the demolitions do no better or worse than their peers on a wide variety of achievement measures. Because the majority of households that leave public housing in response to the demolitions move to neighborhoods and schools that closely resemble those they left, the zero effect of the demolitions may be interpreted as the independent impact of public housing. These findings suggest that eliminating high-rise public housing will not necessarily lead to the benefits documented in housing mobility experiments such as Gautreaux or Moving to Opportunity
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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w9652
Published: Jacob, Brian A. "Public Housing Vouchers, And Student Achievement: Evidence From Public Housing Demolitions In Chicago," American Economic Review, 2004, v94(1,Mar), 233-258.
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Monday, 7 February 2011
Crafty Monday: Class Valentine's
Logan's class is having their Valentine's Day party on Thursday because they don't have school on Fridays or Mondays. So today for Crafty Monday we made Valentine's Day treats for his classmates and some family members as well :D
I got this cute lollipop topper printable from Skip To My Lou. I cut them out and Logan wrote his name on all of them.
Then we folded them over a heart shaped lollipop and punched two holes in the bottom to thread and tie some pretty ribbon.
Logan picked out the ribbon he wanted when we were at Michael's the other day. I think it goes really nice. I even let Logan use the small scissors to cut the ribbon lengths all by himself. What a big boy!
And of course, we had to find something for Lane to do while we were busy crafting these treats. Here she is enjoying her heart shaped lollipop.
She broke it into pieces and got each piece stuck to a different part of herself. Then she touched almost everything in site making everything super sticky. It took a good scrubbing to get all the lint and yuck off of her fingers and face after her adventure with this lollipop. But hey, at least she was quiet for 15 minutes, right?
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- Fowl Single File said...
Don't you just love Skip to My Lou's free stuff? I think it's commendable that you let the kids help with the creation of the Valentines - it takes a little extra patience but is very worth it!
- 7 February 2011 at 13:53
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I have the game downloaded and installed and have gone through all of the steps of installing and creating an account for T3A: Online. However, when I launch BFME2 and go to the multiplayer and online tab, It takes me to the EA login screen, Not the Revora Login Screen.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A state lawmaker wants to tax plastic bags.
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach's, D-Montgomery/Delaware, proposed legislation SB 590 that would place a 2-cent tax on plastic bags provided to consumers by retailers.
If passed, the tax will likely drive Pennsylvania consumers to purchase cheap, fabric-like reusable bags. But for some shoppers plastic is a greener choice for them.
"We use for our pets to clean up after our pets, so we actually are recycling them and giving a second use after we take them home from the store," Lorie Berrick, from Green Tree, said.
Still, state lawmakers believe this bag tax will have a positive impact on the environment. But will it give Pennsylvanians an incentive to make the more environmentally-conscious choice?
"No, They're gonna deal with it same way the dealt with the drink tax," Liam Macik, of Dormont, said. "People are gonna use the plastic bags its just the way that's gonna happen."
State Sen. Jim Ferlo is also supporting this bill, but he has not yet returned KDKA-TV's calls. This bill has now been referred to the finance committee. So far, no hearings have been set.


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Thanks to our dedicated Board of Directors, amazing staff, and energized partners from across the Delaware Estuary region, 2018 was a fantastic year for the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE).
After many years of planning, we celebrated the completion of two major milestones: the adoption of a revised Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the Delaware Estuary and an agreement with the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVEST) for the Mussels for Clean Water Initiative. You can learn more about these initiatives in this report.
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On the Gay Marriage Debate
— Muslim fanatics who wish to destroy us are correct in their diagnosis of our moral rot: loss of a fear of God, immodesty, especially among women, materialism and much more. While their solution — Sharia law — is wrong, they are not wrong about what ails us.
— The decision by a single, openly gay federal judge to strike down the will of 7 million Californians, tradition dating back millennia (not to mention biblical commands, which the judge decided, in his capacity as a false god, to also invalidate) is judicial vigilantism equal to Roe v. Wade… Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III tells me, "There was absolutely no knowledge, rumor or suspicion" of Vaughn Walker being a homosexual at the time of his nomination by President Reagan. But if it had not been Walker, it would have been another judge, because America's problem is not entirely at the top; rather it is mostly at the bottom.
— A preacher might develop a good sermon on how nations fare when they mock God. No less a theological thinker than Abraham Lincoln concluded that our Civil War might have been God's judgment for America's tolerance of slavery. If that were so, why should "the Almighty," as Lincoln frequently referred to God, stay His hand in the face of our celebration of same-sex marriage?
— Cal Thomas, The Washington Examiner
The column that excerpt is taken from is headlined, "Advocating morality doesn't make people bigoted." That's true. Ross Douthat recently wrote a New York Times column against gay marriage utterly lacking in bigotry. Dozens of others have done the same. As PEG wrote, "Supporters of gay marriage are increasingly candid about their belief that there can be no legitimate, non-bigoted argument against gay marriage, a view which I believe to be false." As a staunch supporter of gay marriage, I concur, and it upsets me every time I see assumptions to the contrary and their effect on people like Mr. Douthat, Rod Dreher, and other same sex marriage opponents whose good-heartedness, grappling with contrary views, and tolerance are evident.
What does make you bigoted — that is to say, "blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others" — isn't always easy to identify, but you've definitely crossed the line when your reaction to a court ruling on gay marriage is a) to observe that Islamist radicals are correct in their judgment of our morality; b) to imply that a judge ought to be bound by what you claim are the biblical commands of your religion; c) to make a special point to highlight that the judge in question was gay; d) to note that his homosexuality wasn't even rumored or suspected at the time of his appointment (meaning what, pray tell?); e) to insist that those who disagree with you are mocking God; f) and to compare gay marriage to slavery in positing that tolerance for it is going to cause God to wreak vengeance upon us.
I am not suggesting the average anti-gay marriage take is as bad as that, any more than I'm suggesting most same sex marriage opponents are as eloquent as Mr. Douthat was in his recent column. The case I want to make is that "your arguments are bigoted" shouldn't be a reflex or an assumption, but neither should it be a verboten claim in reaction to rhetoric that fits the bill. I understand why anti-gay marriage folks are sensitive to this charge, just as I understand why we advocates of same sex marriage are sensitive to being called moral degenerates risking the wrath of God and the health of society. Beyond distinguishing among different kinds of arguments, and articulating why they're bigoted when that charge is levied, I don't really see any solution, so it's probably best that folks on both sides just get less sensitive.
Two additional thoughts.
1) In that NY Times column and subsequent posts at his blog, most recently here, Ross Douthat is manifesting the ideal of how writers should argue their positions and engage with critics. Especially since he's expressed reluctance to weigh in on this subject before, and because so many writers with whom he interacts take contrary positions, I am enormously impressed by the effort. Its also instructive when you think back to the folks who complained that Mr. Douthat wasn't a good representative of conservatives on the op-ed page. I'm hardly under the illusion that a substantial portion of the NY Times readership will be won over to the anti-gay marriage cause by his columns, but they're certainly a more persuasive effort than anything mustered elsewhere, and are certainly sufficient to show thoughtful readers that there is a non-bigoted case that reaches different conclusions than they do.
2) There is a distinction between saying that an argument is bigoted, and that a person is bigoted. Insofar as public arguments focus on the former, they're likely to be more productive. That doesn't mean pointing out the latter is never appropriate, but I tend to think benefits of the doubt should be given when charges that strong are at play.
ANOTHER UPDATE: David Boaz unpacks what exactly is wrong with Cal Thomas' column.


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A Nightmare about SAT
SAT could be easy and hard
Sigmund Freud was not a famous computer scientist. He is of course famous for being "the father of psychoanalysis," and pioneered the study of dream symbolism, especially nightmares. I have a recurring dream about that you might characterize as a "nightmare." I hope by telling you my nightmare, I will stop having it–perhaps my telling it will be therapeutic.
The Nightmare
There are several versions of my nightmare, but they all concern whether or not the complexity of NP can vary wildly. Suppose that we focus on the boolean circuit complexity of SAT. The same comments can be made about uniform complexity, but they are more straightforward for circuit complexity so we we will only consider circuit complexity.
Let be the size of the optimal boolean circuit for SAT with an bit description. Conventional Wisdom says that is super-polynomial, i.e. that is larger than any polynomial for large enough . We talk about what happens when for some fixed in this post .
The troubling possibility, to me, is that could vary wildly as tends to infinity. For all we know it could be the case that both the following are true:
for infinitely many ;
for infinitely many .
This would be a terrible situation, since then sometimes SAT is "easy" and sometimes SAT is "hard". At first blush you might think that this is impossible. If SAT is easy infinitely often, then how could it be the case that the method that works on some cannot be made to work on other 's. The nightmare is that this seems completely possible. There seems to be no way to argue that it cannot happen.
One can easily prove if is small for some , then certainly it must be small for all nearby. More precisely, cannot be very big. This follows directly from the ability to pad a set of clauses. Thus, if varies from easy to hard, the corresponding places must be far apart. But that is the only restriction that I can see on the behavior of the function .
Open Problems
An important open problem, in my opinion, is to resolve this question about SAT. Call the behavior of a problem wild if the corresponding complexity function varies greatly as varies. Can we prove, even on some unproved assumptions, that cannot vary wildly? This seems to be a very difficult problem.
Here is another problem that might be more attackable. Define as the number of arithmetic operations that an optimal computation needs to perform matrix multiplication. Can we prove that cannot be a wild problem? The reason this seems possible is the potential to use the famous insight of Strassen: the recursive structure of matrix multiplication. I think this question might be resolvable. A concrete version would be to show that if infinitely often for some constant , then for all large enough. Clearly, there is nothing special about the function , one can replace it by others. Also the same question makes sense for other problems.
Carsten Milkau permalinkSeptember 21, 2010 4:43 am
It might be that wildness and hardness might have some deeper relationship than just the behavior of S. A typical proof approach for "tameness" would be to show a "nice decomposition" of the problem into smaller ones. It is this very decomposition property that is also typical for efficient algorithms.


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Valentines PoemsHere you will find a collection of Valentines Poems written especially for this day. The poems are written in hopes you will find one that you want to share with the special person in your life.
Valentine's Day, February 14th, is a day where we tell those we love how much they mean to us. We wish those we care about a Happy Valentines Day. It is not to say that we don't express love on other days of the year, but on this special day that has been set aside it is customary to send valentines messages, cards and give gifts to the special someone in your life. It is a day of romance, a day for finding the right words to say, a day to stop and purposely tell the one that you love how special they are. Poetry is a great way to express your thoughts. There have been many romantic poems written over the years to express the love we feel.
Valentines Poems
Browse our valentines poems collection below
Valentines Poems Page 1
- A Funny Valentine's Day Poem
-The Years Go
- Funny Verses Just For You
- Short Valentine's Day Poems
- William Shakespeare's Words on Love
- Love Is Enough
- Love Me Little, Love Me Long
- Love Me Not for Comely Grace
- In That Book
- Send Her A Valentine
Valentines Poems Page 2
- Words Cannot Express
- Life's Greatest Thing
- Thank You
- A Valentine's Thought for My Friend
- A Valentine's Wish For You
- A Valentine
- Love Is Not
- A Valentin For You
- Cards and Kisses
- To My Dear and Loving Husband
- The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
- Short Valentine Poems
Valentines Poems Page 3
- What the Bible says about love. One of the most famous verses on love and some thoughts about it. Perfect thoughts for the meaning of love.
"For you see, each day I love you more
today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow."
Rosemonde Gerard
Famous Love Quotes
Exciting and New
Poet: Julie Hebert � 2018
Roses are red, are my usual beginnings,
But for this card, that's not good enough.
Today is the day I must step it up,
Only honesty and no fluff.
On this day I must tell you all that I can,
About you and I, and our love.
I truly believe we were meant to be,
We fit together like a hand and glove.
Our touch is electric, exciting and new,
A surprise each and every day.
There are not many things that I know in this world,
But I know I don't want you far away.
So stay here with me while we ponder this moment,
And treasure this beautiful love.
Never before have I felt like this,
So beautiful and innocent - like a dove.
Love Is A Treasure
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer, � 2017
In a lifetime love is a treasure
And life with you my dear is always such a pleasure
You are so thoughtful each and every day
I never thought life could ever be this way.
So on this Valentines day I do express
You are the best, much better than all the rest.
Thank you my dear for all the things you do
My heart is sincere when I say I love you.
A Day For Everyone!
Poet: Julie Hebert, �2018
A day to avoid? Or one to look forward too?
I suppose that's up to you.
Valentines day can be perfect for those in love,
But those still looking, prefer to discontinue.
But not all have such a dark look on life,
And Valentines Day as well.
Some choose to rejoice in their wealth,
Love surrounds them like a carousel.
For the mothers and fathers and siblings alike,
The best friends and co-workers too.
Valentines day is a day to share all your love,
So please let us not misconstrue.
In life we have to decide who we are,
A person who shares love, or one who does not.
Life is too short to be hidden away,
Spread the love to all within earshot!
A Valentine
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer, � 2016
Let me say this Valentines quote
Is one that I wish I wrote
It tells of love that is so deep
It is one that I will always keep.
It reminds me so much of you
I will read it over when I'm blue.
It was written by John McLeod,
And I would encourage you to read aloud:
"Love much dear friends for love will bring
the healing joy and hope of Spring."
For You Sweetheart
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer, � 2016
This Valentine poem is for you my sweetheart
My love for you will never depart.
May we be together until the end of time.
I would never trade you, not for a million dimes.
With each passing year our love continues to grow
It is more beautiful than fresh fallen snow.
So let this poem be a reminder to you
I love you more each year through and through.
Short Love Quotes
From The First Day
Poet: J. Hebert, � 2017
I loved you from the first day,
I laid my eyes on you.
You walked right in and sat nearby,
That was the moment I knew.
The day you picked me up,
And took me for a drive.
We talked and laughed the entire time,
I'd never felt more alive.
As the days began to blend,
Our time seemed to fly by.
I knew it was the perfect time,
I knew you were to shy.
The day I said I will marry you,
I couldn't believe you asked!
I loved you from the first day,
And will until our last.
"Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love,
thou art every day my Valentine!"
Thomas Hood
Cute Love Quotes for Him and Her
Thanks For My Husband
Poet: J. Hebert, � 2017
This is a simple poem to express what I feel,
To have someone so sweet in my life.
It's not one thing you did or a matter of gifts,
It's a matter of being man and wife.
On the day that we met, my suspicions were there,
That one day you would make me your wife.
I did not perceive how happy we'd be,
And that we'd have the time of our life.
I'm here to say thanks for being you,
I never want you to be another.
As the man I married had all the same faults,
If I was unhappy I'd have married some other.
So with this I must say I love all of you,
All the good and even the bad.
I don't care what happens as long as we're laughing,
Together means we're never sad.
Love Is
Poet: Kate Summers �2016
What does love mean on this Valentines day
Love is doing more for another than for self
Love is encouraging and supportive
Love is patient
Love is kindness for one another
Love is helping and laughter too
Love is appreciating all you do
Love is sharing interests
Love is a comfort
Love is always there
Love is meant to be shared
Love is beauty in the eyes of the beholder
Love is showing that you care.
Love is you and all you do
Happy Valentines Day to YOU!
Valentine Song
Poet: Robert Argyle Campbell
Dearest, let these roses
In their purity,
Be a present symbol
Of my love for thee.
Underneath the blossom
Thorns are sure to grow;
Take heed lest you touch them,
They would pain you so!
Ah! my faults like thorns are,
But cannot they be
Hidden 'neath the flower
Of my love for thee?
The Word, Valentine
Poet: Kate Summers �2016
When I think of the word valentine and I think of you, here are my thoughts:
V alentine, my cupid
A lways my love will be for you
L ove so true
E nthusiasm for all you do
N ever before have I met one whom I so adore
T rust and honesty we share for sure
I nspiration you give me
N eed you, want you, love you
E ncouragement you give and lots of love for me.
True Love
Roses Are
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer �2016
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My love for you
Is oh, so true.
From the day that I met you
I was no longer blue
As I found my true love
It was like the wings on a dove.
You are loving and sweet
To everyone you meet
You are kind and caring
And just a little bit daring
You make me happy
And you can be so crafty
But one thing is for sure
I do love you MORE!
To My Valentine
Poet: Unknown
My sweetheart is lovely,
a maiden so fair,
No wonder my thoughts
are ever with her.
In work or in pleasure,
in rain or in shine,
There's none in my heart
but my Valentine.
Better To Have Loved
Poet: Alfred Lord Tennyson
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
�Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Come Live With Me
Poet: John Donne
Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks,
With silken lines, and silver hooks.
A Hundred Hearts
Poet: Unknown
A hundred hearts
would be too few
To carry all
my love for you.
Your Heart
Poet: Mystique Madanmohan
"Your heart is so fragrant
with all the garden roses,
You are attractive to me
by all your naive poses.
My Valentine
Poet: Clifford Howard
My valentine needs not this day
Of Cupid's undisputed sway
To have my loving heart disclose
The love for her that brightly glows;
For it is hers alway, alway.
Whate'er the fickle world may say,
There's nought within its fair array
That for a moment could depose
My valentine.
Where'er the paths of life may stray,
'Mid valleys dark or gardens gay,
With holly wild or blushing rose,
Through summer's gleam or winter's snows,
Thou art, dear love, for aye and aye.
My valentine.
Two People
Poet: Karl Fuchs
It takes two special people,
To make a loving pair.
There's a joy just being around you,
A feeling I love to share.
Life Without Love
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer�2017
Life can be busy, and somewhat uneasy,
But there are things that can make it great.
Having love in your life, like a friend or a brother,
Can make all the difference to your life's fate.
Love can lend you a hand, when you need to withstand,
Some of the harder things in life.
But love can also soften, every so often,
When your dealing with life's bigger strife.
We know love can sometimes be, hard to obtain,
But not all love needs romance to be any.
The love of a father, a mother, a daughter,
Is a love that would satisfy many.
So on this Valentines Day
Express your thoughts and remember to say
To the special people in your life
"I love you each and every day."
A Valentine to My Wife
Poet: Eugene Field
Accept, dear girl, this little token,
And if between the lines you seek,
You'll find the love I've often spoken-
The love my dying lips shall speak.
Our little ones are making merry
O'er am'rous ditties rhymed in jest,
But in these words (though awkward-very)
The genuine article's expressed.
You are as fair and sweet and tender,
Dear brown-eyed little sweetheart mine,
As when, a callow youth and slender,
I asked to be your Valentine.
What though these years of ours be fleeting?
What though the years of youth be flown?
I'll mock old Tempus with repeating,
"I love my love and her alone!"
And when I fall before his reaping,
And when my stuttering speech is dumb,
Think not my love is dead or sleeping,
But that it waits for you to come.
So take, dear love, this little token,
And if there speaks in any line
The sentiment I'd fain have spoken,
Say, will you kiss your Valentine?
Valentine Telegram
Poet: J. Hebert, � 2018
I cherish everything about you,
I always have and I always will.
Our life together is filled with joy,
And we cherish the small thrills.
I want to make sure you understand,
How committed to you I am.
I want to make you happy; I do all I can,
Enjoy this Valentine telegram.
True To You
Poet: J. Hebert, � 2018
As my spouse I need to say,
From you I will never stray.
A love so great as yours and mine,
You take my breath away.
No need to find love in other places,
When in you I have everything I need.
My love for you is as true as can be,
I will never deceive or mislead.
Happy Valentines Day to you, my dear
May our love continue to grow each year!
Poet: Unknown
I sought for love but love ran away from me.
I sought my soul but my soul I couldn't see.
Then I sought you and I found all three.
The Presence of Love
Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
And in Life's noisiest hour,
There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee,
The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy.
You mould my Hopes, you fashion me within;
And to the leading Love-throb in the Heart
Thro' all my Being, thro' my pulse's beat;
You lie in all my many Thoughts, like Light,
Like the fair light of Dawn, or summer Eve
On rippling Stream, or cloud-reflecting Lake.
And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you,
How oft! I bless the Lot that made me love you.
Short Valentines PoemsPoet: Catherine Pulsifer�2017
Here is a valentines day quote for you
"Be happy and be not blue
For love comes along
For only so long."
So on this special day
I pray
You will be my Valentine!
I love all holidays when I am with you
Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving to name only a few.
But there is one special day that means a lot to me and you
It's Valentines day, the day when I shout out, I love you!
We share memories of younger days
But I love you more as we age.
Each passing year I love you more
You are truly the one I adore.
Our love is strong that is so true
When I'm with you I'm never blue
The fun we have, the love we share
Is more than we could have ever dared.
I look at you and smile
It has not been a long while
Since we first met and went out
I love you with no doubt.
One thing is for sure my love for you is for
Today, tomorrow, and forever, our love will hold true wherever.
This Valentine wish is sent to you
I must tell you without further ado
You are kind, you are sweet
You are the person I wanted to meet.
Now my days are full of joy
My life with you I do enjoy.
My love, my heart I give to you
You are one of the few.
You are the best
I feel so blessed
I thank God each day
That he sent you my way.
Of all the people I could have met, you my love I place my bet
And oh how I have won there is no other like you, none.
If I could have one wish for you
It is for success in all you do.
You demonstrate an attitude
That is always full of gratitude.
And I am happy I met you
Without you I would be blue.
Our love is strong there are no cracks
I love you to the moon and back.
I love you more that you can know
You, my dear, I will never outgrow.
I appreciate you so much
I love your every touch.
The way you smile
You make me feel so worthwhile.
On this Valentines day
I wish to say
Thank you, appreciate you
Love you, and all you do.
Candy and flowers we do get but all these things we can forget.
What is important and so true is - my love will be forever for you.
Life and Love
Chocolates and roses
Can all decompose
But what we share
Is worth more than being a millionaire
What we have is awesome
Now life is full of enthusiasm!
Cupid hit me with his arrow on the day we did meet
and now this valentines day is complete!
Today I am saying, please be my valentine
I would be so happy and relieved
If you only took the time
To say that you would be mine
As when you are near
My heart skips a beat
And I lose all fear
And remember how you are so sweet.
My love for you keeps growing
impossible as that may seem
You are the treasure of my life
Life with you brings gleam.
February brings cold days
But my heart is warm with your love
At this special time of year I say
I love you more and more each day
I am so blessed
To have you in my life
You fill my life with happiness
And with no doubt I say
You are the best!
No words can say
No words can express
The love I have for you each and every day
You are the best, no less!
An old familiar poem I write
If I could I would fly it on a kite.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you.
Happiness and joy indeed is how I feel dear
when I'm with you and you are near
If you could only have one wish
I hope it would be for a kiss.
I have been hit by an arrow I do say
My life changed the day we met
I will never forget that special day
I love you forever that I would bet!
I was filled with doubt when I asked you out
I was surprised to hear you say I would love to as I never want you to go away.
So now you are my Valentine I hope you like my little rhyme.
Over the years our love has grown
I couldn't have imagined, I couldn't have known,
But with each day brings more love your way
May the Lord give us many more days!
Valentines Poems Page 1
- A Funny Valentine's Day Poem
-The Years Go
- Funny Verses Just For You
- Short Valentine's Day Poems
- William Shakespeare's Words on Love
- Love Is Enough
- Love Me Little, Love Me Long
- Love Me Not for Comely Grace
- In That Book
- Send Her A Valentine
Valentines Poems Page 2
- Words Cannot Express
- Life's Greatest Thing
- Thank You
- A Valentine's Thought for My Friend
- A Valentine's Wish For You
- A Valentine
- Love Is Not
- A Valentin For You
- Cards and Kisses
- To My Dear and Loving Husband
- The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
- Short Valentine Poems
Valentines Poems Page 3
- What the Bible says about love. One of the most famous verses on love and some thoughts about it. Perfect thoughts for the meaning of love.
Related Poems:
Short Love Poems | Romantic Love Poems |
Related Quotes:
Valentines Day Quotes | Love Quotes | Short Love Quotes | Cute Love Quotes | I Love You Quotes | Famous Love Quotes | True Love Quotes | Love and Friendship Quotes |


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Some of you have probably heard of "Menudo." No, I'm not talking about the teen pop group that was around before New Kids on the Block. Speaking of which, did you know Ricky Martin was a member of the group Menudo? There I go, getting distracted again.
Back to the point. Menudo, that's what this article it's all about. Menudo is basically made of cow stomach, chopped into little squares. The consistency of the squares is kind of chewy, and the taste is actually not bad. What makes this food magical is its powers to help cure hangovers.
Over the years I've heard every hangover cure imaginable. Menudo is the real deal. I've tried it and I swear by it. I would recommend it for a light hangover though, a post bachelor party menudo fest will result in more harm than good, trust me.
I guess the proper wording for cow stomach is "tripe", but let's not kid ourselves here, this isn't a cooking blog. If you want proper wording and grammar, you're probably in the wrong place.
The way I understand it, once the chopped up cow stomach drops into your toxic alcohol filled gut, it absorbs the alcohol and helps purge it out of your system. As I've said before, I'm no nutritionist (far from it actually), but conceptually this makes sense for me. I recently had the privilege of going back to my old remedy after a night of a few too much beer and tequila shots.
But don't only eat menudo because you have issues with alcohol (you really should get those sorted out). Eat menudo cause it tastes good. The key, like with most strange food is to purchase it from a place that someone has recommended to you, or that you trust. Oh, and if you're offended by me calling it a "strange food," too bad, because it is kind-of strange if you think about it. You're dropping stomach, into your stomach. To me that sounds pretty strange (awesome, but strange).
Make sure the restaurant is clean and the menudo needs to be absolutely fresh, as in just made that same morning.
When you enter the restaurant/taqueria you will likely notice a lot of Mexicans (some White too, probably more after reading this blog, because the secret is out). Many of these people will be hungover with a huge plate of this stuff in front of them. A giant spoon on one hand a rolled up tortilla on the other, and the local used car ads in front of them. This has been me...and if you play your cards right, this could be you.
You will also see regular families eating menudo because they enjoy it, so don't freak out that only drunks eat the stuff. In fact, my seven year old daughter loves menudo.
When you order your food they will ask you if you want "pata" your response to this should be "no, gracias." Without going into too much detail pata literally means foot. Just pass on it for now, if eat menudo and if you end up loving it, then try it with pata one day. I've been eating menudo my whole life, and I don't go there.
Here's what the to-go package looks like: You got your Styrofoam container (feel free to bring your own pot, a lot of people do, save the earth a little people). You have a couple of slices of lemon, some dried oregano, dried chili powder, freshly chopped onion and some warm tortillas wrapped in aluminum.
Some of you have probably heard of "Menudo." No, I'm not talking about the teen pop group that was around before New Kids on the Block. Speaking of which, did you know Ricky Martin was a member of the group Menudo? There I go, getting distracted again.


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Hi guys! I'm pretty excited, because today I'm blogging about the Mecca Beauty Loop Level 1 Box! This is my first ever box as part of Mecca's Beauty Loop program, because I only just reached the qualifying spend ($300 in a one year period) last month! I am officially a 'Beauty Discoverer'. LOL! I went in-store and picked this up yesterday, although you can order online and add it to your order, if you're eligible to receive one.
Now that I've reached Level 1 status, I'm eligible for four complimentary Beauty Loop sample boxes per year (this being the first) and complimentary makeup application for my Birthday. Let's take a look inside the box.....
~ Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil mini bottle
~ Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Cleanser sachet
~ Too Faced Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer sachet
~ Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer sachet
Also included is a card explaining each product, why Mecca love it and how to use it. Handy!
I have no complaints about this box! I love my Hourglass lipstick and Ambient Lighting Powder so I'm keen to try the much-hyped Veil Mineral Primer. The Too Faced Shadow Insurance will be the perfect prep before I use my new Chocolate Bar palette (so far I've been applying it without primer). I've tried a few other Kate Somerville samples in the past and loved them, so I'm also keen to give the cleanser a go, and I haven't tried anything from Josie Maran before, so will be excited to trial a new-to-me brand!
I'm linking up to the Midweek BeYOUty Bonanza Linky Party!
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The Village of Dexter hired A.R. Brouwer Company to construct two maintenance buildings on Central Street. The first building is an 8,800 square foot vehicle maintenance and storage facility with a small office. The second building is a 2,400 square foot salt storage facility. A.R. Brouwer broke ground in September of 2006 and completed the project by Spring 2007. The project was designed by …


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From yesterday:
Chuck Garfien interviewed Don Cooper for Chicago Baseball Hot Stove, with the White Sox pitching coach touching on a number of topics, including 2012's closer. For right now, Cooper doesn't have a favorite in mind, noting that it's too early for him to name a frontrunner. He also touched on the starting rotation, specifically Mark Buehrle, John Danks and Jake Peavy. Check the video to the right and Chuck's story for all of Cooper's comments.
On a lighter pitching staff note, we ran down a list of possible backup ceremonial first pitch-catchers, with Chris Sale the early favorite.
Scott Boras wants to get Edwin Jackson a five-year, 80 million deal -- which isn't outlandishly overpriced, but given the market and the general perception of Jackson around baseball (inconsistency) it's hard to see him getting anything close to that.
And in other odd contract news, the Padres may consider approaching Carlos Quentin about a contract extension before he plays a game with the team.
Jim at South Side Sox has a nice post on Carlos Quentin, comparing his situation going into the 2008 season to that of Alejandro De Aza going into the 2012 season. Jim also brought up the May 25, 2008 game that saw Quentin hit a pair of homers off John Lackey, the last of which was a walk-off shot. I was at that Sunday night game, and it was awesome to see everyone in the park realize "hey, we got a great player here" with two swings of the bat.
James at White Sox Observer notes that the Sox will have some payroll flexibility relatively soon, as in 2014.
Around the division:
MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger writes the Twins probably won't go after Edwin Jackson given his high price tag.
The Indians signed former Royals righty Robinson Tejeda to a minor league deal and invited him to spring training. With all due respect, here's hoping he doesn't make Cleveland's roster -- White Sox hitters have a .582 OPS against the guy in 149 plate appearances over 36 23 innings.
Alan Trammell should be a Hall of Famer. SI's Mel Antonen looks as the cases for and against the former Tiger shortstop's candidacy, with the case for his induction being much more persuasive.


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biohazard 0 VOL.2 is the second volume of a manhua series published by the Hong Konger comics publisher, Tinhangse Publishing, and officially-licensed by Capcom. It was released in 2003. The issue number is followed on the inside by a subtitle (Chinese: 二十三人虐殺事件; Pinyin: Èrshísān rén nüèshā shìjiàn) with roughly translates as "23 person massacre incident".
The manhua begins with a recap into the events of the previous story. The S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team helicopter has crashed, killing one team member as they approached the death castle - it suffered engine failure. Bravo Team has discovered something wrong with a nearby train, and has divided into two groups. Joe; John and Rebecca are tasked with investigating it. A laboratory is hidden below the mansion, and can only be accessed from the train platform.
The story starts, proper, with Rebecca and Billy being thrown to the ground as the Stinger attacks. While Rebecca is subdied by a group of angry rats biting at her, Billy fires at the giant scorpion. Unfortunately, he can only scrape its exokeleton. The monster reacts by simply swishing its tale, pushing Billy into a wall. Seeing him cough out blood, Rebecca cries out to him. She fires intentionally at bottles of alcohol on the shelves above the creature. With the alcohol pouring onto its exoskeleton, Billy throws a lit candle at the monster. It goes up in flames and is cooked, alive. The two flee the train car to avoid the flames' spread. It is not over yet - one of the Stinger's claws breaks through the car roof as it tries to escape.
Billy sees a fuel canister and hatches a plan: with Rebecca climbing onto the next car's roof, she will distract the Stinger with gunfire long enough for Billy to obtain the canister and use it. He straps it into the coupling, expecting Rebecca to shoot it when ready and leave the Stinger behind. However, a ricochet on the Stinger's exokeleton fails to explode it. As the Stinger begins to pull the rest of its body through the roof, Billy is ready.
He looks up to find the Stinger with Rebecca's left left leg stuck in its claw. Firing a shot at the creature causes it to react by letting her go, allowing Billy to concentrate on detonating the canister again. Rebecca shouts Billy to get out of the way, and she instead fires at the canister from the roof - the resulting explosion succeeds in separating the engine cars and leaving the Stinger behind as well as sacrificing neither Billy nor Rebecca.
Rebecca loses her balance as a result of the explosion and falls to the ground below - Billy heroically reaches out for her with his handcuffed right arm with good timing. Rebecca pushes him into the train car and places him under arrest, handcuffing him. Seeing him bleed out from an injury sustained in the fight makes her reconsider her actions soon after. She nurses his wounds in a private bedroom on the train. We see glimpses of what the rest of Bravo Team is going through (Richard Aiken is being attacked by the Yawn, while Enrico Marini is being garrotted by Lisa Trevor's chains).
Billy suddenly experiences a painful headache, resulting inhim physically assaulting Rebecca, seeing himself throttling a Marine officer. In his imagination, he lays waste to an entire squad with his firearm, who he had just seen kill random civilians. Rebecca finally gets him back in the real world, and he lets go.
With zombies still on this side of the train, they must act quickly and escape as they start to tear through a door looking for them. Billy as the idea of climbing through a ceiling hatch to the roof. While Rebecca gets out safely, Billy is left in a room full of zombies. He aims his handgun at his chest, hoping to prevent becoming a zombie by killing himself first. Rebecca turns away and runs down the carriage roof, bumping into a zombified Joe in the process.[1] Suddenly, a Hunter bursts through the floor, tearing Joe to pieces as it looks at Rebecca.
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Walkers will now be able to enjoy five new guided tours on different sections of the route, in addition to the Best of the Bibbulmun tours in May and September.
The new Town to Town tours allow completion of a whole section of the Track with accommodation, meals and transport to and from the track provided. No more heavy packs or camping out!.
The Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia, listed by National Geographic as one of the world's 20 Top Trails, stretches 1000kms from Kalamunda in the Perth Hills to Albany on the south coast passing through nine rural towns along the way. From giant boulders, to magnificent ancient forests, coastal heathlands and spectacular views, the Track passes through some of the most diverse and unique areas of Australia's South West.
The Town to Town tours range from four to nine day walks along five different sections - Albany to Denmark, Pemberton to Northcliffe, Walpole to Denmark, Northcliffe to Walpole and Collie to Balingup.
While the level of difficulty varies from tour to tour, each is designed to be achievable for those with a moderate level of fitness with plenty of opportunities to rest and take in the scenery along the way. Participants walk with only a small daypack and a private air-conditioned bus provides transport to and from the Track each day. Each evening the group returns to comfortable accommodation in a nearby town to relax and enjoy the local fare. Homemade meals, accommodation, transport to and from Perth and professional guides are all-inclusive in the tour prices.
Proceeds from the tours go straight back into the ongoing maintenance of the Track to ensure its long-term sustainability.
New guided Town to Town tours include:
Albany to Denmark
April 2-8 2016.
Days: 7 day tour, 5 days walking.
This stretch follows the magnificent southern coastline from Albany to Denmark.
Pemberton to Northcliffe
April 10-13, 2016
Days: 4 day tour, 4 days walking.
Escape to the forest! Turn up your face to the mighty karri trees, close your eyes and you may hear the chanting of long ago as you breathe the deep earthy smells of the forest.
Walpole to Denmark
April 17-25, 2016:
Days: 9 day tour, 7.5 days walking.
This section holds its own as the most scenic and varied section of the Bibbulmun Track. It takes in majestic forests, deserted beaches, magnificent bays and spectacular cliffs. You'll visit the Valley of the Giants near Walpole and see the beautiful rock formations and tranquil waters of Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks near Denmark with many in between.
Northcliffe to Walpole
May 14-22, 2016
Days: 9 day tour, 8.5 days walking.
This section offers some of the most diverse walking experiences in Australia with towering Karri forest, pristine rivers, grasslands, wetlands, beaches and dramatic coastal cliffs.
Collie to Balingup
September 19-23, 2016
Days: 5 day tour, 4.5 days walking.
Only a few hours' drive from Perth, the Bibbulmun Track between Collie and Balingup offers some excellent walking and passes through one of the best stands of virgin jarrah forest in the South West.
Contact the Bibbulmun Track Foundation for more details: Call (08) 9481 0551, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au to download a dossier and booking form.
Margaret Evans has a background in teaching, journalism and publishing. She is the editor of NOVA Holistic Journal.


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At the start of Tuesday night's meeting between local residents and people representing Fairfax County, the area airports and government, Cynthia Shang presented some eye-opening facts:
DULLES International Airport has no noise-abatement procedures, airport curfews, operating quota, aircraft-engine run-up restrictions or noise-level limits. And it's adding two more runways to its current three.
In two more years, planes about to land on a new, north-south runway there will travel on a dedicated flight path directly over Chantilly's Pleasant Valley community.
"It's planned for 2-percent use until [the fifth] runway is completed, around 2016," said Shang, president of that community's homeowners association, the Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Connection. "But that means at least 14,000 flights a year will go over our neighborhood and, as the airport grows, that number will eventually reach 20,000."
Stressing that Dulles is the fourth-busiest airport in the U.S. and among the top 10 in the world, she said it now has 1,800 to 2,000 flights a day — equaling some 700,000 flights a year. And it's projected to have nearly 1 million annual flights by 2025.
"WE'RE LESS than three miles away from the southernmost point of the new, fourth runway, 1W/19W," said Shang. "And the closest noise-monitoring station to us — about five miles away at the Chantilly Post Office — has shown average yearly aircraft noise between 61-65 decibels since 1998."
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses 65 decibels as the acceptable limit, and it and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) say noise from the new runway shouldn't adversely affect Pleasant Valley residents because, theoretically, they're outside that limit.
But the residents aren't buying it, and they want a noise monitor installed closer to them so they can obtain a baseline of their current noise exposure and see if — and how much — it changes once the new runway is operational.
"There's no minimum height for arrival or departure," added Shang. "So aircraft can be 692 to 968 feet — about 800 feet in general — above our homes."
Right now, she said, the neighborhood of 541 homes is on the outskirts of the airport. But there'll be a big, noise difference when the planes are flying directly overhead. She said resident geologist John Mars went to several locations recently and recorded sound at least 3.2 miles away from the runways to show the current noise level at the center of the community.
"All these sites were in industrial areas — which can tolerate higher noise levels than can residential areas," said Shang. "Two sites averaged a noise level of 72 decibels — well above the 65 decibels the FAA has said is a comfortable living level."
So, she continued, "We may be in a higher noise-contour level than the FAA predicted we'd be in. And according to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan of 2003, we're within the 65-decibel range, so therefore we should be eligible for some mitigation measures. So how do we resolve this? With a noise monitor."
SHANG AND other residents also noted that, although pilots aren't supposed to do nighttime takeoffs from Dulles' easternmost runway, they are. And in the FAA's own, airport-noise study — called Part 150 — issued in March 1993, it stated that these takeoffs expose Pleasant Valley residents to decibel levels greater than 65.
"They knew they needed to use the western runway at night for takeoffs," said Scott Miller, an engineer and Pleasant Valley resident. "But they're not abiding by it."
Instead, he said, they depart from the easternmost runway at night and fly south, directly over Pleasant Valley. And adding insult to injury, said the residents, the pilots often make early — and noisy — turns over their houses.
"In the past 13 years, MWAA has never applied for Airport-Improvement Program funds [which require federal and congressional approval]," said Shang. "Nor has it used the Passenger Facility Charge funds [of $4.50/ticket] for noise mitigation."
She then asked for noise-abatement procedures to be implemented at Dulles and a noise monitor installed either at the Pleasant Valley Golf Course or the Cub Run Rec Center.
Neal Phillips, MWAA's noise-abatement manager, said decibel level depends on a variety of ever-changing factors, including the type of aircraft flying, how long they spend in the noise contour and the weather. And he said he and the county, the vendor and the Council of Governments (COG) would need to choose the location for a noise monitor.
Phillips said a monitor costs $25,000 to $30,000, and he agreed that Pleasant Valley should have one. But he said it entails a process involving regional and local governments who "help us get the permits we need to put these things in."
Besides Phillips and local residents, also attending Tuesday's meeting (held at Chantilly Bible Church), were Supervisor Michael R. Frey (R-Sully); Carol Hawn, chairman of the Fairfax County Airports Advisory Committee; Noel Kaplan, with the county's Department of Planning and Zoning; LuAnn McNabb, representing Del. Chuck Caputo (D-67th); and J.T. Griffin, representing Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th).
Hawn said her committee's willing to work with MWAA, COG and the supervisors "to make sure the citizens are heard on the noise-monitor issue." Frey, too, supports a monitor for the community, but said the Board of Supervisors "won't be able to do anything until MWAA sets up a funding process [for one]."
PHILLIPS HOPED to have the needed money to start the procurement process by Jan. 1, as soon as MWAA's budget is approved. A male resident then asked, "Why not be pro-active and prohibit the super jumbo jets, for example, from using the new runway?"
But Phillips said that couldn't be done until and unless "they start flying the aircraft off the [new] runway and we can see a difference [in decibel level because of them]. Until we've got something to show that the noise level is greater than [the 65 decibels] predicted in the EIS [Environmental Inpact Study for that runway], the FAA won't listen to us."
If it's determined that a new, Part 150 study is needed, he said, then a large committee would "hammer out a list of recommendations they think should happen at the airport and submit it to the FAA for its approval."
However, Phillips warned it could take as long as three years from the time it's officially determined that a noise problem exists until recommendations to fix it are made. And in the meanwhile, he acknowledged, the noise monitor at the Chantilly Post Office is 18 years old and not working.
Pleasant Valley's Joe Burton complained that, every night, he's woken up around 3:30 a.m. by a helicopter flying overhead. "I know we need the airport, but I need some sleep," he said. Burton said a no-fly curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. would be great.
But Frey said the supervisors have no jurisdiction, since Dulles is a federal airport. And he said the nearly 24 million passengers flying out of there each year is expected to eventually increase to 55 million "so there's significant growth coming." And although the county rezoned the property around the airport to industrial in 1982, it doesn't have the authority to regulate flight operations.
Besides that, said Frey, "Dulles Airport generates the economy here, and restrictions would affect passenger and cargo operations there. So you're going to have a tough time asking people to restrict operations at the fourth-largest airport in the country."
But residents argued that the "airplanes are [already] insanely loud and ridiculously low" over their homes and, at times, the noise shakes the houses. And once the new runway's operational, said Miller, "Pilots won't have a choice but to come directly over our neighborhood. And no other neighborhood in Fairfax or Loudoun [counties] will share that burden with us."


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