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Brussels prosecutors said Sunday that ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and four ex-regional ministers were taken into custody to start the process of their possible extradition to Spain.
The five presented themselves to federal police at around 9 a.m. (0800 GMT; 3 a.m. EST), Brussels prosecutor's office spokesman Gilles Dejemeppe said. He said that they haven't been arrested and that Puigdemont and the four members of his disbanded Cabinet will be heard by an investigative judge later in the day.
The Belgian judge will have to decide within 24 hours what comes next for the five separatist politicians wanted in Spain on suspicion of rebellion for pushing through a declaration of independence for the northeastern Catalonia in violation of Spain's Constitution.
Dejemeppe said the judge's options range from "refusal to execute the European arrest, arresting the people involved, releasing them on conditions or under bail." He said if they are arrested then they will be sent to jail as the extradition process continues. Dejemeppe said that the entire process from arrest to extradition, could take more than 60 days.
That delay could give Puigdemont time to participate, albeit from afar and in largely a symbolic capacity, in the snap regional election called by Spain's government for Catalonia on Dec. 21.
A senior official of Puigdemont's party, the center-right Democratic Party of Catalonia, said on Sunday that the party wanted Puigdemont to repeat as its candidate. Spanish government spokesman Inigo Mendez de Vigo has said that any politician can run in the election unless he or she has been convicted of a crime.
Puigdemont and the four ex-ministers fled to Belgium this past week after being removed from power by Spanish authorities as part of an extraordinary crackdown to quash the region's illegal secession claim.
A Spanish National Court judge issued warrants for the five absconded lawmakers on suspicion of five crimes, including rebellion, sedition and embezzlement, on Friday, a day after the same judge sent another eight former Catalan Cabinet members to jail without bail while her investigation continues. A ninth spent a night in jail and was freed after posting bail.
Puigdemont wrote in Dutch in his Twitter account on Saturday that he was "prepared to fully cooperate with Belgian justice following the European arrest warrant issued by Spain."
Puigdemont's lawyer in Brussels had previously said that his client plans to fight extradition to Spain without requesting political asylum.
Political forces in Catalonia are hurriedly jockeying for position to start a campaign that promises to be as bitter as it is decisive to Spain's worst institutional crisis in nearly four decades.
While pro-union parties try to rally support to win back control of the regional parliament in Barcelona, pro-secession parties are debating whether or not to form one grand coalition for the upcoming ballot.
Parties have until Tuesday to register as coalitions or they must run separately.
Catalan ex-regional president Artur Mas, the first leader to harness the political momentum for secession, told Catalan public television on Sunday that he backed a fusion of parties for the December vote. But, he said, the main goals must be to recover the self-rule of the region and the release of the jailed separatists, not another immediate attempt to culminate the independence drive.
"Under these exceptional circumstances that our country is going through, don't we have to substitute the normal and logical competition for the cooperation we all need?" Mas said. "If we add the issue of independence, we won't get as many people to support us."
An opinion poll published by Barcelona's La Vanguardia newspaper Sunday forecasts a tight electoral race between parties for and against Catalonia ending century-old ties with the rest of Spain.
The poll predicts that pro-secession parties would win between 66-69 seats. They won 72 two years ago. Sixty-eight seats are needed for a majority.
Catalonia's Parliament defied Spanish authorities and voted in favor of a declaration of independence on Oct. 27. The next day, Spain's central government used extraordinary constitutional powers to fire Catalonia's government, take charge of its administrations, dissolve its regional parliament and call a regional election.
Despite fears that there would be massive resistance to the intervention, the takeover by Spanish authorities has gone smoothly.
Spain's Constitution says the nation is "indivisible" and that all matters of national sovereignty pertain to the country's parliament.
In all, Spanish prosecutors are investigating 20 regional politicians for rebellion and other crimes that could be punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Another two leaders of pro-secession grassroots groups are also in jail while an investigation continues into suspicion of sedition.
Hundreds of pro-secession Catalans gathered in town squares across the region Sunday to put up posters in support of independence and to demand the release of the jailed separatists.
"People came today because we want to send a message to Europe that even if our president is still in Brussels and all our government now is in Madrid jailed, that the independence movement still didn't finish and people are still striving to get independence in a peaceful and democratic way," said 24-year-old protester Adria Ballester in Barcelona.
The grassroots group Catalan National Assembly has also called for a strike on Wednesday and a public protest on Saturday.
Fueled by questions of cultural identity and economic malaise, secessionist sentiment has skyrocketed to reach roughly half of the 7.5 million residents of Catalonia, a prosperous region that is proud of its Catalan language spoken along with Spanish.
Puigdemont and his fellow separatists claim that an illegal referendum on secession held on Oct. 1 that polled 43 percent of the electorate and failed to meet international standards gives them a mandate for independence.
Joseph Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain. Nebi Qena contributed to this story from Barcelona.
Find complete AP coverage on the Spain-Catalonia crisis here: https://apnews.com/tag/Spain
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Date of Publication: 2006
Size: 9.75 x 11.25 in.
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3 Misconceptions About Roofing That Homeowners Make
As a new homeowner, there are a number of things that require upkeep – plumbing, insulation, structure, roofing. In South Florida, the latter is often left to the wayside when, in fact, it requires some of the most consistent maintenance. Annual hurricanes and afternoon thunderstorms combined with other Florida-elements can leave your roof in shambles. As experts in the roofing industry, we highly recommend that you keep your roof as well maintained as possible.
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- Asphalt shingles: 15 to 30 years
- Wood shingles: 20 to 25 years
- Metal: 50 to 75 years
Of all the roofing materials, metal roofing has the longest life. While we recommend metal roofing for its longevity and durability, shingle roofing is the most common roofing in South Florida. One of the more frequent roofing problems that arise with this type of roofing is missing, curling, or cracked shingles. After a bout of storms or an intense hurricane season, a shingle roof might need to be repaired or replaced sooner rather than later.
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By Pamela Duncan
An immigration Bill passed by the US Senate on Thursday brings undocumented Irish in the US a step closer to being allowed to "emerge from the shadows", the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said.
However, chair of the Ireland America Association, Senator Mark Daly, has warned that there is still "a long way to go" before US immigration reform becomes a reality.
The legislation now passes to the House of Representatives, where the Republican Party holds a majority and a significant opposition exists among its conservative members.
Mr Gilmore will travel to Washington DC in coming weeks to lobby politicians on Capitol Hill on immigration reform.
The Tánaiste welcomed "the considerable bipartisan support that has emerged in support of the Senate Bill", adding that he hoped "this bodes well for its further prospects".
The Bill provides for a 13-year path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million unauthorised immigrants living and working in the US.
"This is a very positive development that takes us another step closer towards addressing the problems faced by undocumented Irish emigrants in the US and allowing them to emerge from the shadows," he said.
Mr Gilmore also welcomed provision for a new three-year work permit, known as the E3 working visa, which would allow 10,500 Irish citizens with a secondary-level education to find work in the US annually and provided for the continuation of the summer J1 visa programme.
Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly said the passing of the US Senate Bill was "hugely important" for the estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish living in the US.
"At present, thousands of undocumented Irish are confined to the US and can't return home to see their loved ones or to attend weddings and funerals," he said.
"Many of these people are married with families and are fully tax compliant. It is only right that they should be offered an opportunity to become US citizens."
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However, he said the House of Representatives would pose a greater challenge, especially as house speaker John Boehner has said he will not bring an immigration Bill to the house unless it has the support of a majority of Republicans.
Despite this Mr Daly said he remained "very hopeful" that immigration reform could be achieved and called on both the Government and Irish people with contacts in the US to lobby on behalf of undocumented Irish emigrants.
"A lot of people in the US have Irish heritage and a lot of people here in Ireland have relatives and friends over there who they can contact and make the case of the 50,000 undocumented.
"There must now be a concerted diplomatic effort by the Government to lobby members of the House of Representatives to support this Bill."
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams TD said the Bill had the "potential to lift the fear of discovery and expulsion from undocumented Irish citizens working in the USA" and commended the efforts of the Irish Immigration lobby and the Senators who supported it.
"It is a measure of the importance of this legislation that it received bipartisan support in the Senate, but now it must go to the Congress to clear the final hurdle," he said.
"I would urge all of those Congress members, particularly those from both main parties, who have been hugely supportive of the Irish peace process, to work together to facilitate the passage of this legislation."


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SearchTHIS: Open Letter to Steve Ballmer
In this crazy mixed up world we live in, there are few certainties. Death, taxes, and search market share battles are among them. Desktop search and other new web-based platforms are hailed as all the rage in our ready-fire-aim search culture, and top providers are going at it like Macy's and Gimbels.
Microsoft's chief executive recently found himself under fire for some allegedly harsh behavior. Deposition excerpts from a highly publicized Microsoft versus Google lawsuit involving a certain senior manager's departure from the software giant to the household search name fueled the flame.
Apparently, Mr. Ballmer used colorful language and expressed a high level of spiritedness when he became aware that one of his top people was headed to Google. Personally, I think the criticism is misplaced at best and yet another diversion that might take our minds away from what's really at stake here.
In order to achieve the greater good, I will throw myself onto the proverbial grenade to help Microsoft (and, perhaps, others) stay focused and alive.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Mr. Steve Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Dear Steve:
You rock!
Microsoft has all of the important pieces in place for a very bright outlook. Judging by recent reports, you are well on your way to ensuring the future success of the giant blue machine with policies that let the dead weight go, cultivate the spirit of growth and preserve the delicate balance of policy and action.
There are a few sand traps to avoid landing in while you drive into the search green, so if you will honor me with 60 seconds or so, I'd be happy to share my thoughts. Please do not share this information with your competitors, as it will undoubtedly provide them with an unfair advantage in the coming years.
It's not about the [expletive deleted].
Seriously, don't let those penny ante fruit loops over there on the search side of the business toy with you. So you allegedly said [expletive deleted] and threw a chair. It's not as though you hit anyone with it, right? Trust me, during my tenure in this business, I have seen far worse. I am sure you have as well.
At the last Yahoo! Search Brand Summit, Bob Garfield must have said [expletive deleted] at least half a dozen times. Joseph Jaffe has popped off with a few [expletive deleted] in his time, but anyone with a British-sounding accent can say anything they want and it is not only socially acceptable, but sounds intellectually stimulating. So I guess we can't count Jaffe, but you know what I mean.
You have passion, my man, and the guts to back it up. In this emasculated society we have created for ourselves, we need more of your brand of chutzpah, not less. Have you seen the movie, "Team America, World Police"? There are three types of people in this world and some times you have to be a [expletive deleted] to the [expletive deleted] or we are all going to end up covered in [expletive deleted].
It's not about the talent hijacking.
Not surprisingly, the press has been quick to jump on the alleged recent "mass exodus" of talent from Microsoft. Of course, there is very little mention of the extremely capable people (some of whom I know personally) that have moved over to Microsoft in the past year or so. I hope that winds you up as much as it does me.
Try to think of it this way; your last employee departed for ten million dollars to start a research center. I'll agree that protecting your interests is important, but ten million dollars, Steve. Now I ask you, what could make one man worth ten million dollars?
Notwithstanding that it is tremendously flattering to think someone you hired is worth it, for ten million dollars, I could find you twenty three incredibly bright people (or me and two others) that would carry the business into a triple digit lifespan in magnificent ways. And that still wouldn't be enough to win.
It's not about who got here first.
96 percent of all personal computers are running windows -- and thank heaven. I have seen what happens when a firm decides to abandon the Microsoft operating system; it's not a happy sight. Furthermore, I wish the rest of the world would just start using Microsoft Outlook. It would certainly make our lives easier.
Like you said back in March, Microsoft may not be the first at everything, but it can certainly be the best. You didn't have the first console game system but now look at Xbox. Okay, bad example. Then again, four years without a profit is nothing in the grand scheme of all things console gaming. Xbox 360 on the other hand, if it lives up to half the hype, is going to change the world. (I have some ideas for new console gaming buzzwords if you are interested.)
The search world has grown faster than anyone could have imagined. Even the rinky-dink industry that is focused on what has been dubbed search engine marketing lacks genuine staying power. Search sites are missing the boat and they have yet to realize it. Text messaging, optimized content, toolbars, directive text ad profiling and ZIP code searching -- all desultory attempts at creating what you hold in your very hands.
It's not about who won the battle.
Here's how to win the war in search. Forget about the talent scalping, techno venery and our umbrageous societal cravings. Search (or any other development for that matter) has always been about the people using it: be the one to bring them something they simply can't do without.
The names of search providers will be long forgotten when anticipated utility finally meets practical integration. Google versus Microsoft, Yahoo! versus Hollywood; its all hogwash.
Desktop search utility defining long term market share? On what planet? Low volume keyword price gouging? Bad search engine, very bad. Aggregating multiple sourced search engine listings on one not-so effective page? What in the name of Merlin's dentures for? Mapping the human brain? Good luck with that one. These tactics fail to answer the questions everyone is asking.
Fix the spyware problem on my machine… you had me at: "fix." Help me find a game spoiler without having to switch sources 17 times and you've got a winner. Stop the endless stream of PayPal phishing emails and I'll sign up. Help me locate Paula Abdul's dress maker without leaving the Emmy red carpet show and I am in. Assist me in establishing a connection to a wireless convergence device that does not entail strangling retail automatons.
Help me to use things I didn't know I needed; make my life better, and I am yours. The signs are there, and Microsoft has most of the pieces in place -- all you have to do is use them.
Just one small matter to discuss
Go ahead and keep trimming the fat. Make the firm young again without losing the important aspects of bureaucratic big corporate. You keep jamming, and I'll keep playing Xbox, searching, and sending you those anonymous error messages every time my wireless network causes an Outlook crash. If anybody gives you any [expletive deleted] about it, tell them I said to go [expletive deleted] themselves, or just give them the "Team America" speech.
That'll be ten million dollars. Please use PayPal to transmit the funds.
Very truly yours,
Kevin M. Ryan
P.S. Where do those Outlook error messages really go? I have always wondered about them.
iMedia Search Editor Kevin Ryan's current and former client roster reads like a "who's who" in big brands; Rolex Watch, USA, State Farm Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Minolta Corporation, Samsung Electronics America, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Panasonic Services, and the Hilton Hotels brands, to name a few. Ryan believes in sound guidance, creative thought, accountable actions and collaborative execution as applied to search, or any form of marketing. His principled approach and staunch commitment to the industry have made him one of the most sought after personalities in online marketing. Ryan volunteers his time with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, and several regional non-profit organizations.
Kevin Ryan is chief strategy officer at Zunch Communications.
We hear a lot about teams in marketing, and we talk a lot about breaking down the silos that divide those teams, but one fact that often gets overlooked in that discussion is just how important collaboration is to virtually everything marketers do.
"Surprisingly, it's not knowing the latest trends, digital tricks, and SAAS tools that make a successful digital marketer," says Tom Gallego, founder and chief creative officer for L7 Creative. "Success in digital marketing today means engaging skilled partners, who you can trust and rely on to deliver winning strategies that support your specific marketing goals while building long-term brand equity."
So what makes a good marketer a strong partner? It's a mix of things, according to Gallego.
"They are great managers of people and possess a passion for their careers and the brands they are charged with growing," he says. "Their work ethic is fueled by a sense of purpose and commitment to their vision."
But while that vision is essential for uniting a partnership around a specific goal, it's not set in stone.
"The most successful marketers have a vision and plan with built-in flexibility to make necessary course corrections along the way," he says. "They are demanding, but not autocratic."
It may not be what quality hiring managers look for on the resume or bosses pick up on in an interview, but a good marketer is a humble marketer, according to Fiona Gill, VP of global client excellence at Kenshoo.
"No digital marketer, no matter how talented, can manage things totally on their own," she says. "Those who try to do it all and suffer every detail, inevitably fall behind and fail to try new potentially valuable things."
But being humble has another advantage, according to Gill, who says it's an important bulwark against hubris.
"Failure comes with the job," she says. "A humble marketer might try to correct a failing channel, but they won't do so endlessly. Humble marketers know when a marketing investment is not a good fit and they cut their losses and move on to the next opportunity."
Grasping the big picture
While so much of marketing today is all about the specialist, it's still important to be able to think like a generalist. It helps you see the big picture, according to Stan Valencis, president at Primacy, and it helps you work with a diverse and always-expanding group of marketing professionals.
"The old cliché, get the right content in front of the right people at the right time, has never been more apropos," says Valencis. "Understanding the full digital ecosystem and each role is the only way to optimize your content strategy and corresponding media spend."
A customer's mindset
Many marketers want to think like the best marketers in their field. There's nothing wrong with that idea in theory, but the best thing you can do in practice is to train yourself to think like a customer, says Eric Schiffer, CEO of DigitalMarketing.com.
"[Marketers] need to be able to think about everything they do through the lens of the consumer," he says. "Consumers have more control and say than [they] ever [have] in history. So designing the user experience with keen insight into consumer motivation and behavioral dynamics is critical to success, and then it's about measuring, monitoring, and adjusting that experience in real time for each customer."
An open mind
If you're a digital marketer today, there's a good chance you didn't go to school for what you do. In fact, if you're over a certain age, the industry that you work in didn't exist when you were a kid. But if you're a Millennial in the marketing business, you shouldn't assume that you've got it all figured out because of your digital native status. In fact, one of the only constants in our industry is change.
"One of the most exciting parts of working in digital media is the endless number of first to market opportunities available to us," says Bruce Harwood, associate director at The Media Kitchen. "In traditional media, it's much harder to do something truly unique and out of the box that has never been done before. It's always a plus to have a client that is not afraid of these opportunities and appreciates the benefit of getting their foot in the door before everyone else, [and] it's important that marketers are open to new and untested opportunities."
But don't mistake "untested" for unmeasured.
"It's extremely important to realize the importance of measuring each portion of the campaign to understand the true value of each tactic," says Harwood. "The best marketers are committed to measurement."
Commitment to continuous improvement
"The very best marketers openly ask 'What could we do better?'" says Tania Yuki, founder and CEO of Shareablee. "Even if they are leading their category, they are not satisfied with where they are, and encourage those around them to stay restless, curious, and healthily paranoid."
While building that commitment in yourself isn't something that's easily done or understood, Yuki says some of the best evidence that a marketer has the building blocks to improve comes down to the willingness to face facts, especially when those facts aren't good news.
"[Strong marketers] know that success is not always linear, and they want to understand what's working and what isn't so they can learn and continually get better, so the truth does not scare them," Yuki says. "They acknowledge that new platforms require new rules, and what worked for one, or once before will not ensure future success. This can be particularly tough if it means reporting that a campaign was not as effective as it could have been, but it is the way the very best brands stay sharp and ahead of the game, and it also creates a culture where people do not fear failure, and are therefore willing to take risks."
Life-long student
Similar to having a commitment to continuous improvement, strong marketers are also lifetime students, says John Lincoln, co-founder and president of SEO and social media at Ignite Visibility.
"You always need to be combing blogs, studying, learning, and getting new certifications," says Lincoln. "In digital marketing, if there are two people with equal abilities and judgment, the deciding factor between who is better simply comes down to their thirst for knowledge. Internet marketing really is an industry where knowledge is power."
Willingness to experiment
You've probably heard this thousands of times: Digital marketing depends on testing and experimentation. Well, you've heard it so often because it's true, according to Dave Rigotti, who worked on Microsoft's Bing marketing team before joining Bizible.
"The biggest part to being a successful marketer now is to have a willingness to try new things, but to ground all of your decisions with data," he says. "It's all about taking calculated risks that are one step ahead of the competition. So you need to be the sort of person who's really comfortable with testing your marketing to see what's working and what's not."
Strategy and tactics
"Typically marketers would fall into two buckets," says Scott Rayden, chief revenue officer at 3Q Digital. "You had your marketing tacticians and your marketing strategists. I believe the successful digital marketer of the future will be a convergence of the two. The best marketers I've been around have had the unique ability to understand marketing at a tactical level, but could also understand how to leverage business data, consumer data, and marketing data to build strategy."
According to Rayden, what's forcing marketers to be able to think tactically and strategically is the nature of the industry itself.
"So much is changing in our industry right now and there is a huge focus around relevance and the personalization of advertising," he says. "Great marketers need to be able to develop, articulate, leverage the right team and resources, and execute on strategies that do a better job connecting brands and consumers in meaningful ways."
Knowing something besides marketing
For some people, it might make sense to say that the best marketers are those who studied marketing. But there's a contrary view on that topic that's worth considering, according to David Erickson, VP of online marketing at Karwoski & Courage.
"I am fairly skeptical of formal professional communications degrees because I think they teach a lot of stuff you'll quickly learn on the job but too little of the critical thinking skills required to excel," says Erickson. "I think people who have earned English or political science degrees, for example, are more likely to have the mental training required to be a successful marketer in the digital age. The study of literature requires you to learn how stories are put together by breaking them down to understand what the writer is saying. Political science majors, especially those who practice politics, will learn to decipher human motivations, perceptions, and how to network."
Michael Estrin is a freelance writer.
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, Imelda (2001) The Main male character's change in Hawthorne's the Marble Faun. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.Full text not available from this repository.
The Marble Faun is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne which talks about the main male character's consciousness of his sin which changes his character traits. The thesis writer is encouraged to find out what factors makes him change and what kind of change he has gone through. The thesis writer wants to prove that his change happens after his eyes are opened due to the conflict that he faces in his life. Besides, the writer wants to prove that his conflict is caused by his sin, his killing of Miriam's persecutor. The thesis writer uses literary approach with the theory of characterization and conflict as the devices. Using these theories, the thesis writer analyzes Donatello's character traits which are like an animal and later change after Miriam opens his eyes when he has done a sin. He is haunted by his sin and his guilty feeling. He changes into a complete human having moral and responsibility for his deed. The thesis writer concludes that Donatello's experience of sin later on makes him become a complete human being.
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Shaping the Way We Teach English
Shaping the Way We Teach English is a video-based training product for English language educators. It has 14 modules (topics). The videos showcase classroom scenes from around the world and have an accompanying training manual plus additional readings.
The University of Oregon developed and produced the materials through funding from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs ©2007. All materials are free of charge and copyable for non-commercial educational use.
Modules, Introduction and 1-14
"Shaping the Way We Teach English" is made up of the following modules and topics.
The Manual is available for download as a PDF file.
Videos are also now available through YouTube-UO (use the word "Shaping" to search for them all at once). You can also click on the links below to access them individually. Turn on closed caption if you would like to see what people in the video are saying. See technical support for online viewing guidelines. If the videos play too slowly online, you can download them by pasting the links in the KeepVid website and then saving them to your computer for offline viewing.
Watch the Video:
- Introduction.
- Module 01, Contextualizing Language.
- Module 02, Building Language Awareness.
- Module 03, Integrating Skills.
- Module 04, Pair and Group Work.
- Module 05, Learner Feedback.
- Module 06, Managing Large Classes.
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- Saudi Arabia: Arabic subtitles added to the original videos, developed by Iqbal Al-Shuhail as part of the T2Reach Channel project (this is a YouTube playlist).
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The Mind Killer
I'm looking out my window right now at the cranes on top of the rising Freedom Tower – they only recently became visible, previously being obscured by other buildings in lower Manhattan. And trying to figure out what's worth saying about the attacks of ten years ago.
I could reminisce about my own experience of the day, but it was not terribly exceptional or interesting. I reacted more like the flag-cake woman than I would probably care to admit. I wandered around in a daze of rage and fear for, oh, days it seems. My boss was actually trapped in Europe at the time, trying to close a critical deal – he didn't get home for weeks, and I recall my inarticulate amazement that he could focus on anything. I couldn't do much more than stare out the window at the plume of smoke.
I remember being struck by how nobody seemed to understand that everything had changed – everyone still sounded like themselves, still said the sorts of things that they would have said before, still believed the sorts of things they believed before. And in retrospect, I feel the same way, including about myself. Most people didn't change their minds about anything. The belligerent ones found a new justification for their belligerency. The self-critical ones found a new justification for self-criticism. The nervous, finger-to-the-wind types found new reason to be extremely careful about figuring out which way the wind was blowing before committing. Even the iconoclasts set out to find a new basis for their iconoclasm. And those who did change, it seems to me, had been primed for a change beforehand in some fashion or other. However people reacted, it said more about them than it did about the attacks, what they might have meant.
Because the attacks meant almost nothing, at least in terms that would mean anything to us (which are the terms that matter in this case). They were not a sign of some kind of essential decadence or weakness. Al Qaida successfully exploited a series of simple loopholes that allowed an unprecedented attack to succeed. If we had had almost any kind of screening for passengers, the attacks would have failed. If cockpit doors had been routinely reinforced, the attacks would have failed. If the officers and crew had imagined that terrorists might not hijack or blow up a plane, but instead want to use one as a flying bomb, the attacks would have failed. And so forth – the attacks succeeded basically because we had no defense in place at all against such an attack, and preventing a recurrence was actually trivial.
The political significance was similarly nugatory. Al Qaeda's political goals were outlandish to the point of absurdity. Afghanistan was more like Grand Fenwick than it was like the Empire of Japan. Fight Club was probably a better movie to watch to understand the people who attacked us than The Battle of Algiers. All the efforts to ascribe a meaning to the events – the terrorists hate our freedom, or they hate that we are supporting dictators in their region, or they hate that we are infidels, or they hate that we are engaged in wars of aggression against Muslims, or whatever – were responses to our need for meaning rather than to the events themselves. But the indifference of reality to our needs – in this regard as in most – is comprehensive.
In retrospect, what suffered the most lasting damage from the terrorist attacks of ten years ago was my belief in my own rationality. I believed that I was thinking things through seriously, and coming to difficult but true conclusions about what had happened, what would happen, what must happen. Here is part of what I wrote, to friends and family, several days later:
Our President has made it clear: we are at war. I do not anticipate that this will be a short or an easy war. Our enemy has operations in dozens of countries, including this one. He is supported, out of enthusiasm or fear, by many governments among our purported friends as well as among our enemies. He has shown his cunning, his ruthlessness, and most of all his patience, in his successful plot to kill thousands of innocents and bring down the symbols of our civilization. And in striking at him, as we must, we will bring down others who will in turn seek their own vengeance upon us.
There is not a single factual assertion in that paragraph that I had any reason to believe I could substantiate. I did not know anything about the enemy. I had no idea whether or not there were "operations" in dozens of countries – I don't even know what I meant by "operations." I know what I was referring to with the business about being "supported" by friends and enemies, but "support" is a deliberately fuzzy word; I wouldn't have used it if I was trying to make a concrete assertion with clear implications. The purpose of that assertion, like everything else, was to build up my first assertion. We were at war. And it wouldn't be short or easy. Because that conclusion, though grim, was one that imparted meaning to the murder of 3,000 people. I thought I was being serious – examining the facts, calculating the likely negative consequences of necessary action, preparing myself for the unfortunate necessities of life. But I wasn't doing anything of the kind. I was engaged in a search for meaning in which reason was purely instrumental.
The great intellectual victors in the immediate post-9-11 period were the people who could imbue it with meaning. To do that required a plausible explanation and the confidence to advance it. Nobody would have that confidence without the explanation being pre-packaged, ready to be deployed in any available circumstances. In other words, the very fact that there was so little we knew, and that what there was to know wasn't very satisfying in terms of imparting meaning to events, very naturally empowered those whose views didn't depend on knowledge. That's how we wound up in Iraq. The advocates of war did not begin advocating for war on 9-11 – "finishing the job" in Iraq had been on the agenda for the entire decade prior. Nor did they need to prove any connection to the 9-11 attacks. We wound up in war in Iraq, in a very real sense, because "finishing the job" in Iraq imparted an appealing meaning to the terrorist attacks. And opposing the war felt like it tore the meaning off that terrible day, leaving its empty horror naked before us. That's how it felt to me, at the time, when I think back.
And that's what I mean by saying that what suffered the most lasting damage was belief in my own rationality. Or in anybody else's.
All I hope is that this has been a fortunate fall from a kind of innocence, that, aware that I – and others – are not nearly so rational as we suppose, that we want to understand more than we do, and that this motivates us to believe that we do understand more than we do – that, aware of this, I will be less likely to lead myself to believe what I do not know.
(But, then again, if I really did that, I suppose I'd have to stop blogging. And if I do that, then the terrorists really will have won. Won't they?)


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It is amazing how many exceptional women there are and have been in this world. This is the case of Keiko Fukuda, one of the best judokas in history with a moving story behind.
She was also the first and, so far, the only woman to have been promoted to 10th dan in the art of judo, the highest-ranked female judoka in history.
Fukuda was born in 1913. As a youth, she learned the typical arts for a woman in Japan at that time (flower arrangement, calligraphy, tea ceremony…).
…but she was more interested in her grandfather legacy.
Her grandfather was called Fukuda Hachinosuke and he was a Japanese samurai and jujitsu master and one of his last students, Kano Jigoro, was the founder of judo.
Keiko Fukuda one day went to watch a judo training session. A few months later, she decided to begin training for herself.
In the early 1930s Kano Jigoro invited Ms. Fukuda, then 21 and standing less than five feet tall, to join a new judo class for women at the school he founded in Tokyo, called the Kodokan.
It was rare for women to learn judo at the time.
Keiko was promoted to the rank of 5th dan in judo but the graduation system for women in the Kodokan was very antiquated and sexist.
There was nothing for a woman beyond 5th Dan. She was frozen in 5th Dan for 30 years.
During the Second World War, Fukuda confronted him with the bombed streets of Tokyo and traveled daily to teach his beloved discipline.
Kanō had commissioned his students to go abroad and expand the world of Judo. Fukuda made that commitment to Judo for life.
Fukuda's personal motto was: "Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful, in mind, body, and spirit"
After the war, she was invited to the USA to teach Judo.
She settled in San Francisco, coinciding with the struggle of the women's emancipation movement, and soon opened her own Judo Dojo.
Fukuda became friends with one of her students, Dr. Shelley Fernandez, who was president of NOW (National Organization for Woman) in that city.
Fernandez took up the case against gender inequality in Judo and requested the Kodokan to promote Fukuda for 6th Dan, claiming that he had been in the 5th Dan (1972) graduation for 30 years.
Forty years later she became one of the four living people who held the 10th Dan, becoming the woman with the highest graduation in the history of Judo.
Fukuda continued to teach judo until her death, at the age of 99, in San Francisco, California. She established the Keiko Fukuda Judo Scholarship to encourage and enable women to continue their formal training in the art.
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Author has written 9 stories for Gundam Wing/Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing/AC, and Harry Potter.
Nickname: Itty
Age:24 B-day: April 10
Hair color: Brown, Red, Purple, Black
Eye color: Blue
I like Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha, YU YU Hakusho, Kekkaishi, Teen Titans, Family Guy, POTC, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious (still need to see the 5th) and others
TV shows: House MD, Bones, Supernatural, Numbers, Psych, Covert Affairs
I want to say i'm sorry to my Readers, I haven't updated my stories in a LONG time. I am so sorry.
(6-20-05) Sorry for not updating for a while. I'll try my hardest to get past the writers block I have for my stories and update.
I've been thinking of maybe redoing One Crazy Adventure, Away from Home, by making thecharacters I created into theSM girls and changing some things to it.If possible some positive feed back on that idea would be helpfull and welcome. I've also been thinking of going through my other stories and make some small corrections, such as spelling errors.
(8-10-06) Have huge writters block on all my stories. I'm sorry for not updating for a while. My life has been really hectic again lately and I'm trying to get back on track. So I'll try to get past the writter's block and work on new chapters and get those up as soon as I can.
(10-11-06) I know it's been a while for all my stories. Still have a huge writter's block for most of them. My muse for Learning to Love has returned and I've been working on Chapter 5. I haven't gotten real far into the Chapter yet since lately all I seem to do is work but I usually have at least one day off a week where I will try to finish up LTL chapter 5 and work on the other chapters for my stories. I think one reason it's so difficult to add on to my SM/GW stories is cause I haven't seen the shows in a while. I bought Sailor Moon and the Doom Tree Series at Pawn Shop for cheap and found one of my GW videos, so I'll try to watch them soon and try to get back into the characters personalities and what not so I can update those stories also.
(11-9-06) Hey Peeps. I have Chapter 5 of Learning to Love written down. I have to work Friday and Saturday but I do have Sunday off, YAY!! the first in a while, so I should have the chapter typed and up prob Sunday afternoon-ish. I'll try to work on my other stories. My muse for them tends to come and go for short periods of time. It sucks when whenever my muse desides to hit me on my head when I don't have the time to or can't write, like when i'm at work, and then by the time i can write -or get home- it's gone. _ Anywho. Learning to Love Chapter 5: Hiding will be up Sunday. _
(11-12-06) Chapter 5 of LTL is up. I just had a thought. I know that in some of my reviews people ask if i can email them when the next chapter is up. If you want for me to email you when I put the next chapter up, review for the story, give me your name and email address and tell me that you want me to give you an email to inform you when I update.
I'll write down all the names and email addresses and email them whenever I put up a new chapter. This doesn't have to be just for my Learning to Love story it can apply for all my stories. I really don't mind. It feels really good when people read my stories and want to keep reading them.
So if you want to be emailed when a new chapter to one of my stories comes out just leave a review, also cause i like to know what ya'll think, with your name, email address and saying you want me to email ya'll.
(3-27-07) Just wanted to say that right now i'm working on the next chapter for Black Despair (GW/SM) and Learning to Love (HP). Things have been a little difficult since my grandfather died in January but I'm doing better. I hope to be finished with Black Despair chapter 6 soon- it's the one i've been working on more. It's about 6 pages written on paper but there's still more i want to add to it. I'm trying to work on my other stories but it's a little difficult since my muse likes to run off. I'm going to try to have BD6 up before my birthday, April 10.
(4-24-07) Black Despair chapter 6: Story Time is up. still working on Learning to Love chapter 6, little stuck on words. Silly, mean muse.
(5-29-07) MAJOR wRiters block for all my stories. Right now my life is pretty...out of control-in a way. my car's engine is could blow any day now so i either have to buy a 'new' one or fix it- both of which will be expensive. plus my great grandma has been in the hospital for almost a month now. they found out that she has cancer but it was too late to do anything and gave her at most two months. right now her kidneys are failing and we don't think she'll make it much longer. i'll try to use this...negative energy to inspire me to write but just to warn you it might be a while till i can actually work on my stories.
(7-11-07) I want to say sorry in advance. Things have been extremely hectic. My great grandmother died May 31. I haven't been able to go on the Internet for about a month now because our phone was shut off for a while and then my mom canceled our Internet service. Right now I'm "commandeering" Internet from my father, so I can only go on for a little while.
My life is…taking a tumble down a steep hill. There are some MAJOR family problems going on right now. Which is causing me to have to find a place of my own A.S.A.P.
So I'm sorry to say but I most likely wont be updating my stories for a while. I have been working on some. I have about seven pages written for Hidden Secretes and about five pages written for Learning to Love. My other stories I have a major writers block, but I will try my hardest to get around/over it and write the next chapters.
The ones I know I wont be updating for sure for a while are The Romance of Shinigaimi, Forbidden Love, and One Crazy Adventure. I would love to get chapters for all my stories out but I'm stuck in a rut. Some of my stories I'm having trouble trying to visualize where I want them to go while others there are many different paths I can take for the plots.
Please be patient with me, this year just keeps getting worse and I'm trying to get back on track. Thanks to all my loyal readers who probably speculate whether or not I'll update but still wait and leave reviews.
I'm hoping things will settle down within the next couple months. I'm hoping that a small vacation will help so I'm trying to put something together with some friends from work and just go some place new for a week or so and get some "fresh air".
Thank you.
I want to appologise for not updating my stories in a long time and I'm sorry to say that it will be even longer till I am able to even think of updating them.
I would leave a author's note attached to each story but some people are...frankly jackasses and threaten to "tell on you" for putting up a note and not an actual chapter.
I'm in the middle of a huge crisis/change in my life right now. I have a billion things I need to do before I can even think of writing.
I'm not sure when I'll be able to update any of my stories but I'll try my hardest to work on them in the seldem spare time I have.
I'm VERY SORRY to my loyal readers. Hang in there. It's just something that can't be helped right now. Thank You!
I suck I know. I really want to update my stories. I hate disappointing my loyal readers and I know how disappointing it is when updates are far and few between.
I could sit here and list off excuses as to why I haven't updated for a year or more for my stories but I don't want to do that to you.
There are a couple true reasons as to why I haven't been updating. I've lost my inspiration for writing, every time I sit down and try to add more to what I've got started on the next chapter for a couple of stories I either get distracted or my mind comes up blank. I've been working so much so much it feels like I live there. Also my computer keeps crashing. I'm afraid to type what I'm working on only to lose it because my computer is older than dirt and needs to go to computer hell. I'm trying to save up for a laptop but it keeps getting put off cause I need to use what little money I am able to save on other things, like currently I need to buy a new windshield for my car- I really don't have luck when it comes to cars, it runs in my family. _
I'll try to keep working but I beg you to be patient cause even though I love my stories I can't update any time soon. I'm VERY SORRY! Hang in there please. I'll try to get something going. I've gotten about two pages of Learning to Love chapter 8 written. Just a warning when I do post the chapters might not be really long, but I do want to give you something. I welcome feedback on ideas for my stories, maybe it might help me out of this hole. Thank you.
April 8, 2009
The day many of you have waited for. I will be adding chapter 8 of Learning to Love later today when I get back from running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. It will prob be around five or sixish. YAY! I'm amazed I actually got it done.
March 31, 2010
Finally after almost a year of not updating I posted Learning to Love Chapter 9. Sorry for the delay, there was a great number of reasons as to why it took so long. Mostly not enough time and lack of inspiration. So those of you who read Learning to Love and look at my profile I ask if you have any ideas on what I should add/have happen leave a review and it'll hopefully help to inspire me.
For my Gundam Wing/Sailor Moon fics. I'll been recently buying my fav anime series, trying to on some of them- they can get really expensive. I bought the complete collection of Sailor Moon including Sailor Moon Stars and the complete collection of Gundam Wing -except the movie Endless Waltz (only have that in crappy VHS right now)- so I'm going to try to watch them when I get the chance and hopefully it will inspire me and help get the characters personalities to continue writing for those fics
May 6, 2011
Wanted to let everyone know that I do have Learning To Love Chapter 10 finished, but unable to post it as of now because of Internet issues. I'm hoping I'll get that taken care of real soon so I can get the chapter posted but unsure of when as of yet.
June 17, 2011
Finally Learning to Love Chapter 10 is up!!!
JUNE 4th, 2012 IMPORTANT!!!!: If for some reason my stories or account is deleted, I have an account on . user name is Moonluna. So far I have posted the first chapter of Learning to Love and will get my other stories and the rest of Learning to Love posted on that site. I also have an account on , my user name is Moonluna on there as well. I love fanfiction.net and will continue to post here, but I want to let my readers know that if for some reason my stories or my account are deleted I do have them located on other sites.
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Material Approved for Incorporation by Reference
(Volume 2 - Parts 51 to 199)
(Revised as of January 1, 2008)
The Director of the Federal Register has approved under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51 the incorporation by reference of the following publications. This list contains only those incorporations by reference effective as of the revision date of this volume. Incorporations by reference found within a regulation are effective upon the effective date of that regulation. For more information on incorporation by reference, see the preliminary pages of this volume.
|Each of the following documents is available for inspection at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Library, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738. The individual documents are available through the sources listed below.
|American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth floor, New York, NY, 10036 Telephone: (212) 642-4900
|ANSI MH5.1-1971 Basic Requirements for Cargo Containers (1971)
|ANSI S3.6-1969 (R 1973) Specifications for Audiometers
|Part 73, App. B, I.B.b(2)
|American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990; Telephone: (800) THE-ASME
|ASME Boiler and Pressure Code, Section VIII, editions through the 1995 edition.
|Combustion Engineering, Inc. (ABB-CE)
Available from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161
|ABB-CE System 80+ Design Control Document, (January, 1997)
|Part 52, App. B, III.A
|Department of Defense
DODSSP, Standardization Document Order Desk, 700 Robbins Ave., Bldg. 4D, Philadelphia, PA, 19111-5098
|Federal Specifications:
|GSA Interim Federal Specification W-A-00450B (GSA-FSS): Alarm Systems, Interior, Security, Components For.
|3GE Nuclear Energy
Available from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161
|ABWR (Advanced Boiler Reactor) Design Control Document, Rev. 4, (March 1997)
|Part 52, App. A, III.A
|International Atomic Energy Agency
Available from: Assistance Director, Security Office of Governmental and Public Affairs,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
|IAEA, INFCIRC/225 Rev. 2, The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, December 1989.
|INFCIRC/225/Rev. 4 (corrected), June, 1999, "The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities".
|International Standards Organization
Case Postale 56, CH-1211, Geneve 20, Switzerland; also available from ANSI, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
|ISO 1496-1978 General Cargo Containers
|ISO 389-1975 Standard Reference Zero for the Calibration of Puretone Audiometer
|Part 73, App. B. I.B.b(2)
|National Rifle Association
Competitions & Training Division, 1600 Rhode Island Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20036
|NRA Target Manufacturers Index, Dec. 1976
|Part 73, App. B. IV.C-n.2
|Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852
|AP1000 Design Control Document, Tiers 1 and 2, including the investment protection short-term availability controls in Section 16.3 and the generic TS in the AP1000 DCD (Revision 15, dated December 8, 2005).
|Part 52, App. D, III.A
|Westinghouse Electric Company
Advanced Plant Safety and Licensing, P.O. Box 355, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230–0355
(ATTN: Brian A. McIntyre, Manager)
|AP600 Design Control Document (September 1999 revision)
|Part 52, App. C, III.A
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Sturgion, John
STURGION, JOHN (fl. 1661), pamphleteer, was at one time a private in Cromwell's lifeguards. On 27 Aug. 1655 he was arrested as the author of a pamphlet against the Protector, called 'A Short Discovery of his Highness the Lord Protector's Intentions touching the Anabaptists in the Army' (Thurloe Papers, iii. 738). He was discharged from the lifeguards and for a time imprisoned. In 1656 Major-general Goffe complained that Sturgion's preaching attracted large crowds at Reading (ib. iv. 752). About July 1656 Sturgion and other anabaptists sent an address to Charles II complaining of their sufferings under 'that loathsome hypocrite,' the Protector, and announcing their return to their allegiance to the king, begging him also to establish liberty of conscience and abolish tithes (Clarendon, Rebellion, xv. 105; Cal. Clarendon Papers, iii. 145). He was suspected of a share in Sindercombe's plot against Cromwell, became one of Sexby's chief agents, and was arrested on 25 May 1657 with two bundles of 'Killing no Murder' under his arms [see Sexby, Edward, and Sindercombe, Miles]. For this he was committed to the Tower, where he remained till February 1659 (Thurloe, vi. 311, 317; Rawlinson MS. A lvii. 413). At the Restoration he was appointed one of the messengers of the court of exchequer (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1660–1, p. 104). In October 1662 he petitioned for leave to resign his place to Thomas Benbow, on the ground of bodily infirmity (ib. 1661–2, p. 513). Sturgion was the author of 'A Plea for Toleration of Opinions and Persuasions in Matters of Religion differing from the Church of England' (4to, 1661). It is addressed to Charles II, consists largely of extracts from Jeremy Taylor's 'Liberty of Prophesying,' and is reprinted in 'Tracts on Liberty of Conscience,' edited by E. B. Underhill for the Hanserd Knollys Society in 1846 (p. 312).
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You have to love the way Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch puts together a repertory evening. It's like a fine meal. At the recent Gershwin Glam rep, which opened last Thursday night at the Wortham, audiences feasted on a delightful appetizer, George Balanchine's Serenade; a brilliant, meaty entrée, Christopher Bruce's dark tour-de-force Swansong; and a decadent dessert, the Stanton Welch world premiere of The Core.
The Core is a soufflé of sound and sight set to George Gershwin's Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra, played with polish by the Houston Ballet Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Ermanno Florio. On opening night, pianist Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon sparkled, bringing Gershwin's New York City of the 1940s to life.
Welch has peopled this world with characters called Stella and Stanley, Skip and Velma, although some could have been named "Dave the Dude" and "Harry the Horse." It's a delightful parade of sailors on leave, chorus girls, tourists, beat cops, bored women, waiters, schoolgirls, streetwalkers and, well, just about any character you'd find in a Damon Runyon novel or a '40s Busby Berkeley musical. It calls to mind the Gene Kelly solo "Gotta Dance!" from Singin' in the Rain, only there's no central character or plot, just a wild, voyeuristic view into Big Apple nightlife. The way the dancers spin in and out of this world without colliding with each other is sheer choreographic magic.
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Holly Hynes's costumes are both authentic and slightly cartoonish (the gangster's moll's lime-green dress, slit to here, would have been perfect for Jessica Rabbit), and Thomas Boyd has created an ever-changing streetscape of New York buildings, fire escapes, lampposts and brightly painted taxicabs.
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Just as The Core is a great way to top things off, Balanchine's 20th-century classic Serenade adds stunning romance to the start of the evening. Big and beautiful, this ballet features fluid, neo-classical movement that's just as fresh today as it was more than 80 years ago. And while Houston Ballet dancers may not have the perfect Balanchine arms waving in Rockette unison, they do have the fleet footwork and the icy energy to pull off this masterpiece, which celebrates the sheer beauty of dance. It's hard to mention only a few of the 26 dancers, but on opening night Mireille Hassenboehler was her usual elegant self; she was partnered by Linnar Looris, whose dancing more than explained why he has just been promoted to soloist.
Lest you get the idea that this is no thinking man's ballet program, there's plenty of dark meat to chew on in Associate Choreographer Christopher Bruce's Swansong. Has it really been 16 years since Houston has seen this comic/tragic ballet for three about a political prisoner and military interrogators? Swansong's American premiere was here with Houston Ballet in 1991; Bruce created the work in 1987, but it could be a comment on recent headlines from Gitmo or Abu Ghraib. On a bare stage lit by David Mohr, a man in jeans and red T-shirt slumps in a wooden chair as two khaki-clothed interrogators attempt to alternately cajole and brutalize him.
Principal Connor Walsh danced the detainee opening night with such anguish and explosive movement, you could feel his pain and his longing for freedom. Nicholas Leschke and Ian Cassady used syncopated tap moves echoed by Walsh as a sort of question-and-answer dialogue before resorting to fierce movements, tossing their prisoner onto the ground, kicking and rolling him, then throwing him through the air. In a grotesque comedy sequence, they also resort to ballroom dancing and a vaudeville dance with canes. In the end, the prisoner wins freedom through death. Swansong is pretty intense, and sandwiched between the romance of Serenade and the sheer spectacle of The Core, it sure is satisfying.


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Wackersdorf/Düsseldorf, December 14. Executives from three technical colleges from the state of Georgia visited the Gerresheimer facilities in Wackersdorf and Pfreimd. They were accompanied by the Director of the State of Georgia Europe Office, which is based in Munich and promotes the recruitment of European companies to Georgia. The objective of the visit was to intro-duce the American guests to the exemplary training system with its intensive intermeshing of schools, universities, and the company.
When touring the development labs and production facilities, visitors first notice the modern injection molding machines, automatic assembly machines, and test devices. What is even more important than high-tech equipment is the employees' performance and efficiency to ensure the quality of the products. This is why training has always been important to Gerresheimer. The company does not post vacancies and wait for the right applicants. It prefers to train own future specialists for the company. With its unique dual training system, and increasing optimization of its dual-track university studies, Germany is laying an outstanding founda-tion for the implementation of this strategy. The intermeshing of theory taught in vocational schools and the acquisition of practical experience in the company where trainees complete their apprenticeship provides these participating companies with the opportunity to ensure that they will fulfill their demand for employees - employees who were trained in step with actual practice and are highly qualified. Gerresheimer not only takes advantage of this opportunity, but even goes a step further. Having developed a partnership with the vocational school in Domažlice in which provides trainees for the company facility in Horšovský Týn; Gerresheimer has successfully exported its dual training system to the Czech Republic. In the area of university studies, the company advanced the intensive intermeshing of theory and practice as well, through joint research and development projects and the establishment of an endowed professorship for the subject area of medical technology production at the Technical University of East Bavaria in Amberg-Weiden.
The advantages of a dual training system have now generated a great deal of interest in the United States. During a trip through Germany this summer, Nathan Deal, the Governor of the State of Georgia, visited our head office in Düsseldorf to learn more about the successful German model. The Governor and the State of Georgia are very interested in the success of American and International companies based in Georgia. To provide very important competitive incentives, the State supports the training and continuing education initiatives of those companies. The Gerresheimer plant in Peachtree City, Georgia, currently has approxi-mately 120 employees. Due to the expansion strategy in the American Market, however, the number of employees there will increase consist-ently. In the year 2017 alone, increase the number of employees will increase up to 200. It is not always easy, however, to find adequately qualified employees in a country that does not have a dual training system. This is why Gerresheimer is planning to work closely with schools near Peachtree City to familiarize future employees with the sophisticated processes of a medical technology company while they are still in training. Rolf Springmann (Global Senior Director Human Resources, Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Regensburg, Germany) is looking forward to the new training options: "This is a very positive cooperative project that allows us to do something for companies and employees on both sides of the Atlantic. That is an encouraging development, particularly in these times."
Having contacted three vocational colleges in Georgia, the plans are ready for execution. During their visit in Wackersdorf and Pfreimd, Steve Daniel (President of West Georgia Technical College), W. Mark Andrews (Executive Vice President of Southern Crescent Technical College), Dr. Ian Bond (Executive Director of the International Center of the Technical College System of Georgia) and Antje Abshoff (Managing Director State of Georgia – Europe Office) had the opportunity to see how the German model with its practice-oriented training works. Axel Süß (Head of Human Resources Germany, Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Regens-burg), and Rolf Springmann introduced the guests to our training system as well as its successful implementation in Wackersdorf and Pfreimd in depth. Then, Stefan Schuman (Trainee Sampling/Metrology, Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Wackersdorf) and Verena Ziereis (Process Engineer, Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH, Wackersdorf) talked about their experience with this training model. These two Gerresheimer trainees received an award for their outstanding perfor-mance from the National Association of Plastics Processors (Gesamtverbands der Kunststoffverarbeitenden Industrie - GKV). During a tour of the production facilities in Pfreimd, the guests were then able to see for themselves how the quality of training is reflected in day-to-day operations.
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Embedded systems, which are widely used in consumer electronics, communications, automotive, avionics and industrial automation, has now become the cornerstone of the Internet of Things driving many smart city solutions. The Specialist Diploma in Embedded Systems is a synthesis-based course to develop highly skilled engineers for the Infocomm and Electronics industry in embedded systems design and development. It will also prepare engineers for the fast growing IoT market with opportunities for innovation. This course will utilise development tools, hardware and software platforms, open source solutions and equipment for practice and project development. Experiential learning design will also be part of the course.
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