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With our first two quarterfinal fights out of the way, we tonight find out who will meet Team Dos Santos' Ramsey Nijem and Team Lesnar's Chris Cope in the semifinals.
As the episode kicks off, Team Dos Santos' Zach Davis is preparing for his fight and rematch with Chuck O'Neil, who previously was submitted by Zach but got second life in the tournament as a wild-card pick.
Back at the house, Chuck says he's giving away half his win bonus to Charlie Rader, who's struggled with hard times and trying to take care of his son. But despite mounting legal fees in the fight to get back his son, Charlie says he can't take the money. Chuck basically insists, though.
Back at the gym, Chuck is drilling strategies with Brock Lesnar. Brock knows Chuck has his hands full but thinks he can enact revenge if he stays focused.
"My whole game in this fight is to try to strike fast and hit him hard early," Chuck says.
Soon, it's fight day, and both competitors hit the dressing rooms for final preparations. They then head out to the cage (with Chuck busting through the door) for official introductions.
And we have:
Team Lesnar's Chuck O'Neil (8-3) vs. Team Dos Santos' Zach Davis (4-1)
UFC president Dana White does the intros, and Steve Mazzagatti calls the action.
A touch of gloves get us started, and Zach opens with a quick jab. Zach goes low with a kick but is tagged with a quick flurry and then a straight right and a low kick. The fighters trade leather, and Zach shoots for the takedown. Chuck fends it off with his back against the cage, but Zach continues working for the single leg. Zach works knees to the legs and goes high with his clinch. The fighters jockey for underhooks and trade the occasional knee. Zach looks again for a single leg and eats some short punches. He moves back high with his clinch while the two trade ineffective knees. The ref calls for a break, and we start again. Chuck lands a nice low kick and a two-punch combo. Zach throws low kicks but doesn't have much behind them. Chuck lands another nice combo, but Zach answers. A big right lands for Chuck, and he pours on follow-up shots until Zach clinches and puts him against the cage to buy some recovery time. Zach works a single leg and looks for a trip-takedown, but Chuck stays upright. Zach lands a nice uppercut on the break and then looks for a single leg again. Chuck defends and eats a couple quick knees. The fighters finally separate and start trading punches, and Chuck unloads a vicious barrage that open facial cuts and has Zach reeling. The round ends. Chuck clearly wins it thanks to the late fireworks.
Chuck is very confident between rounds. Zach already looks beaten.
As the second round begins, Chuck knocks Zach to the mat with a low kick, works from half guard, and delivers punches. He gets to his knees and then opts to back away and allow Zach to stand. Zach lands a nice left. They circle, and Chuck snaps off another solid leg kick and follows it with lunging punches. Zach shoots for a single leg, but Chuck puts his back against the cage and fends it off. Chuck eventually collapses on top of him and into full guard. Chuck postures to his knees and then backs away again. On the restart, Zach looks depleted. Chuck lands more lunging shots and then collapses on top of Zach when he shoots. They eventually return to the standing position, and Zach presses Chuck into the cage. The punches and knees aren't effective from either fighter, and they reverse each other while fighting for position. The pace slows while they're clinched, and the ref restarts them in the center. Zach moves forward with punches but is picked apart with kicks and lunging shots. Zach is just too slow to the punch. Chuck lands a nice left-right combo, easily shakes off a low kick, and then lands a stiff right to the chin. Zach shoots for a final time, and Chuck easily avoids it as the round ends. MMAjunkie.com scores it 10-9 for Chuck in what turned out to be a pretty lopsided fight.
It's unanimous, and Chuck takes it 20-18 on all three judges' cards.
The rematch was nothing like the first one.
"This second fight, Chuck came out and absolutely put it to him," says Dana, who thinks fighting more often during "TUF" is actually an advantage.
Brock is as proud as a pig in chicken poop.
Despite the loss and heavy facial swelling, Zach says he loves the sport so much that he still enjoyed the fight.
Back at the house the following day, Chuck is raving about Zach's toughness and durability in the fight. Despite the loss, he's earned the respect of his fighter.
However, Zach, who has two badly swollen eyes, returns from the doctor with bad news. He tore both his retinas and actually needed to go into laser surgery. And with the likelihood of re-injuring his eyes or even going blind, he gets the worst news of all.
"The doctor says I'm not going to be able to fight anymore," a dejected Zach says. "It's pretty brutal news."
The news hits Chuck especially hard. He gives Zach a hug and feels terrible for him.
Zach says it's all a bit surreal, and he says he knows he now needs to find a new way to make a living.
With that fight in the books, our attention immediately turns to the next quarterfinal matchup: Team Lesnar's Tony Ferguson vs. Team Dos Santos' Ryan McGillivray.
Junior Dos Santos is confident Ryan can win. He thinks he's a "very complete" fighter and better at all areas than Tony, even though most of the cast considers him a weak link.
"All I want to do is prove I'm a serious contender in this competition," Ryan says. "After this fight, I guarantee you that Tony won't think I'm the weak link on this team."
Soon, it's once again fight day. Ryan takes the morning to write a letter to his daughter, one he hopes she can appreciate later in life (especially since he's missing her birthday while being on "TUF").
Tony, meanwhile, admits a move to a mostly white neighborhood as a kid proved a tough transition for him but that he always found his place in sports. He says MMA has been much the same.
After final preparations, it's fight time. And we have:
Team Dos Santos' Ryan McGillivray (11-4-1) vs. Team Lesnar's Tony Ferguson (10-2)
Josh Rosenthal gets us started, and the fight is underway.
Ryan works a jab to create distance, but Tony strikes first with a straight left. Tony then lands a nice inside leg kick and then drops Ryan with a solid short left uppercut. Tony swarms in with additional punches and forces the quick KO stoppage.
Team Lesnar and Tony are ecstatic. Back in the dressing room, Brock hits the mat with a smile on his face.
"It's time to chill," he proclaims.
Ryan is devastated, and he can't even look at his daughter's picture without crying. Junior, though, provides an emotional and effective pep talk to the whole team and gets everyone to rally around their remaining member, Ramsey.
Both teams soon return to the training center to learn how the final four will be paired up.
Dana announces:
- Ramsey Nijem (Team Dos Santos' No. 4 pick) vs. Chris Cope (Team Lesnar's No. 5 pick)
- Tony Ferguson (Team Lesnar's No. 3 pick) vs. Chuck O'Neil (Team Lesnar's injury replacement)
Everyone seems pretty pleased with the matchups.
In fact, back at the house, the two teams combine for a party (with lots of alcohol), and Ramsey is soon in stripper mode.
"My mom's probably going to be like, 'Oh my gosh,'" Ramsey jokes. "But she raised me, so it's her fault."
While everyone seems to have a good time, Charlie sneaks and pours a bit of his drink on Tony's head. He immediately charges after Charlie, eventually crashing over a crouch and into a coffee table. He continue pressing a forearm into Charlie's neck.
"Tony, relax!" someone yells.
The fighters then stand, and no one, including Charlie, can tell if Tony is serious. It turns out he is, and the fighters quickly need to be separated.
"Where's your kid at?" Tony taunts at him. "Where's your kid at?"
Despite the obvious goading and Tony's continued rampage, the cast members keep the two separated. Charlie proves the bigger man and simply warns Tony to shut up about the situation.
Both teams are in a bit of shock.
"He's gone over the line," Clay says of the low blow.
Pretty much everyone in the house admits they've lost respect for Tony. After cooling off in the pool, Tony comes back in the house and starts the taunting again. Charlie has enough, and so have the rest of the cast members. Chuck, in fact, says he has more than enough ammo to crush Tony in the semifinals.
"I'm beating him," Chuck promises Charlie. "I'm taking his dreams away."
For the latest on this season, stay tuned to "The Ultimate Fighter 13" section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Catch new episodes of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos" every Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Spike TV. MMAjunkie.com recaps each episode of the reality series, and full series coverage can be found on "The Ultimate Fighter 13" page.


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Two Augustana Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships
SIOUX FALLS – Augustana students Nick Bleeker and Bethany Jochim have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year.
The 2009 Goldwater scholars were selected based on academic merit from a field of 1,097 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide. Bleeker and Jochim are the 13th and 14th Augustana students to be awarded Goldwater Scholarships.
Mrs. Peggy Goldwater Clay, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, announced the Trustees awarded 278 scholarships for the 2009–2010 academic year to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from the United States. The one- and two-year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Bleeker, a junior, is majoring in chemistry (American Chemical Society). He is the son of Brenda and Bruce Bleeker of Shakopee, Minn.
Jochim, a sophomore, is majoring in physics. She is the daughter of Loretta and Michael Jochim of Pierre, S.D.
After his freshman year, Bleeker (shown right) participated in a 10-week research experience funded by the National Science Foundation through the Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center. His work focused on the synthesis of ionic liquids under the direction of Augustana chemistry professors, Dr. Gary Earl and Dr. Duane Weisshaar. Following his sophomore year, he conducted a 10-week research project under the direction of Professor Brian S.J. Blagg from the University of Kansas. Bleeker's work involved the synthesis, purification, and characterization antibolic compounds based on previous research conducted in the lab.
This summer, Bleeker will carry out research at the University of Minnesota under the direction of Professor Gunda I. Georg. Details of the project have not been established.
"Nick Bleeker is an outstanding young man who has worked extremely hard during his tenure at Augustana College to be a wonderful student, researcher, lab assistant, tutor, student leader, and last but not least, chemical demonstrator (master of the green flame)," said Dr. Jetty Duffy-Matzner, associate professor and chair of the Chemistry Department. "We are so proud of all his accomplishments and thrilled that he was honored with a Goldwater Scholarship."
To date, Jochim's research has involved studying how dissociating molecules rearrange their bonds to from new molecules. During the summer following her freshman year at Augustana, she came up with a theoretical model that provided a plausible explanation for some counter-intuitive experimental results.
"It was a problem we had been puzzling over for a couple years," said Dr. Eric Wells, assistant professor of physics at Augustana. "Bethany's work really allowed us to get a handle on why we saw the experimental outcome we did."
Members of the collaboration from Kansas State University were also impressed with Jochim's work. "Bethany (shown right) impressed me as a quick learner from her first visit to the laboratory," said Professor Itzik Ben-Itzhak, director of the J.R. Macdonald Laboratory at KSU. "Her main work on the elaborate molecular structure calculations was a task that would challenge many graduate students."
This summer Jochim plans to turn her attention to new experiments involving the selective cleavage and subsequent formation of molecular bonds, a more challenging problem.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the Goldwater Scholarship is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
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Decade Of Statues, A Thousand Shall Fall, and Pete & Repete @ The Caravan Lounge Friday 12/5/14
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Divergent, uncompromising, and absolutely punishing; Santa Cruz, California's "A Thousand Shall Fall" stand poised to continue what they have done for years. Create music untethered to the whims of labels, magazines, or blogs. To create metal that is unafraid to experiment, to enjoy itself, and to humiliate the inadequacy of environment. "A Thousand Shall Fall" greeted 2013 with the release of "In the Shadow of the Mighty," they continue their growth and evolution in 2014 with the release of "Horizon." Having recently wrapped production of their latest release the band is currently hard at work cementing tour plans and crafting the band's first full length album for 2015.
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There's good news/bad news folks.
The good news is I am helping launch a new restaurant called ChocoChicken which will be opening its doors in March downtown. I have partnered with Adam Fleischman (Umami, 800 Degrees) and his AdVantage Restaurant Group and Keith Previte on a new concept that I helped developed (and they more importantly perfected) and my time and energy is focused on making that a great success. Plus, I don't feel comfortable being brutally honest about other restaurants when I've joined the game myself. Guess it'll soon be time for others to cheer/jeer about ChocoChicken at my expense.
EaterLA article here.
And here.
The bad news is Feed The Monster is changing. No longer will there be reviews of the finest (and worst) restaurants in Los Angeles. The past few years have been a blast and I have so many great memories and have loved being able to share them all with you.
From dumpling factory tours to chocolate factory tours to pickle company tours, from outrageously great meals to truly horrid ones, from being on KCRW's Good Food to having CNN do a piece about my journey, I ate damn well and raised money for The James Cancer Hospital in honor of my father.
It has long been my dream to open a restaurant and the experience so far has been incredibly rewarding. As one chapter ends, a new journey begins. FTM will live on as I share this new path with you so don't take this site off your bookmarks just yet.
As Willy Wonka opined "The suspense is terrible… I hope it'll last. "
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Electric Kia Soul confirmed for UK
* Kia bringing electric Kia Soul to UK * Priced from around £22,000 * Due on sale October 2014...
The electric Kia Soul is due to go on sale in the UK in October 2014, with prices set to rival those of other electric vehicles.
Kia's UK commercial director Yaser Shabsogh said that the electric hatchback will 'be similarly priced to the rivals - low-to-mid twenty thousands'.
However, Kia has yet to decide whether it will include the battery in the sale price, or lease it, which would bring the initial cost down.
Shabsogh said that Kia UK doesn't anticipate huge sales numbers: 'It is not going to be huge volumes - it might be a hundred or a couple of hundred and obviously it will focus on metropolitan areas like London.'
Instead, Kia sees it as a branding opportunity. 'We know we want it [in the UK] - we have the technology and we want to show it off. We see it as a huge branding opportunity.'
The bigger question for the manufacturer is the support network that an electric car would require, with Shabsogh saying: 'We would definitely have some specialist dealers that can charge and service it.'
The conventionally powered Kia Soul appeared at this year's New York motor show, and is due on sale at the start of 2014.


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June 15, 2019 (INDEPENDENT) A Marxist-Leninist political party has called for a ban of historical TV miniseries Chernobyl in Russia, dubbing the show "disgusting". In a statement, party member Sergey Malinkovich spoke of the party's intentions to lobby TV regulator Roskomnadzor about how the show represents Russia.
The party will request that the regulator blocks local access, stating that the series "turned a tragedy into an object of ideological manipulation," "demonizing the Soviet regime and Soviet people". The party has also called for a libel lawsuit against Chernobyl's writer, director and producers. But, according to Roskomnadzor, a formal complaint has not been received as of yet.
Despite this, Malinkovich has conceded that the series correctly portrayed key moments of the nuclear disaster. This comes after the announcement that a Russian version of the series had been commissioned, partially funded by the culture ministry. Chernobyl – which stars Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgård – tells the story of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, and has been met with high acclaim. The show is the highest rated TV series of all time on Internet Movie Database (IMDB), beating out competitors such as Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.


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Pelican = great. These Arms Are Snakes = great, also. The two touring, together = nurse, I need a sponge down.
The bands hit the UK in April - not, like, hit the UK, like, with their fists... well, probably not - and travel the land laying down layer upon layer of dense sonic noise. Noise that sounds great. Hurray!
And what's best of all? The dates are co-sponsored by DrownedinSound.com and Rock Sound magazine, meaning that there'll be all manner of rockin' treats coming your way before the tour kicks off on April 14. Expect to see fancy features on both acts soon, both on these pages and in those of Rock Sound, our monthly glossy of choice.
Unless Razzle counts.
14 Southampton The Joiners
15 Birmingham Barfly
16 Glasgow ABC2
17 Manchester Satan's Hollow
18 Leeds Cockpit
19 London Islington Academy
20 Brighton Audio
Are you excited? We are! Are you gonna go? We are! Click here and add yourself to a gig, why don'tcha.
More stuff to follow, soon. Tickets are available on Ticketweb and Seetickets, and from individual venue box offices.
Pelican are due to release their third album in May, through Hydra Head.


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Obama's words of sacrifice vague
July 9, 2009
I don't know what President Obama means when he says "We must all expect to sacrifice during these times." But never mind the details. Does he want to enact laws that force us to sacrifice? Is that his job?
What exactly does the president consider a sacrifice? Does reducing our standard of living amount to a sacrifice? Even if it brings one peace of mind or eventual greater prosperity?
Or does a sacrifice mean suffering net losses with no gains at all? So we must expect to get worse and worse off from now on? Why?
Even if in the recent past the various pubic policies and some private imprudence have produced the need to cut back on most Americans' standard of living, does this cutback amount to some good in itself so we must all seek it and make it permanent? Why?
In most eras of human history the vast majority of people were dirt poor, died early, lived rather unhappy lives, carried forth mainly because of promises they'd get into heaven after their bum ride. It is doubtful that without this belief they would have accepted their lot. Many did not and tried to rebel against those they blamed for keeping them poor and unhappy.
In time, in various places, ways of organizing wealth and work were identified that promised to improve matters for nearly everyone. Still, for the past few centuries the welfare of the large majority of human beings on Earth has experienced significant improvement.
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Consistent, sometimes crowded and pay to park in summer. Good diving/snorkelling at north end - kelp forests, caves, but beware the currents.
The scenary is beatiful at the northern end at the beach, where beatiful diving/snorkeling opportunities when the swell is off. Underwater kelp forests, colourful sponges and other marine life, and if you put some research into it you may discover some of the magnificent underwater caves here. Beware of the currents, though!
Check out the fantastic house in the northern end of the beach! This is the home of the youngest grommet surfing regularly in Norway, a 10 year old guy who you most likely will see in the water at Hellestø, if the surf is up.
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http://mmajunkie.com Gina Carano's doctor has cleared her to resume training, and if all goes well, she'll be back in the cage before the end of the year.
As with any Carano update, that's far from a promise, but it's the plan for now, manager Scott Karp today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
If nothing else, it appears the medical issue that precluded her from fighting this past June at "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" won't keep her from mixing it up in the gym.
"She's feeling good," Karp said. "She's ready to get back in there and train."
Carano (7-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) made an appearance this past month at Comic-Con – a yearly fan convention on comic books, video games and movies – to promote the upcoming action-thriller "Haywire."
The fighter filmed the movie, which is directed by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, this past fall alongside actors Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas. Carano has a starring role in the flick.
Carano, 29, has not fought since August 2009, when she took the first loss of her professional career in a bout against Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos for the then-vacant Strikeforce women's featherweight title. The fight, which headlined "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg," peaked with 856,000 viewers on Showtime while the event averaged 576,000. Both were Strikeforce-Showtime records at the time.


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Giants drop seesaw affair with Rockies
Bumgarner allows first grand slam as early lead vanishes
DENVER -- Jordan Pacheco's fifth-inning grand slam, the biggest hit for the Colorado Rockies in their 10-9 victory Friday night over the Giants, was almost obscured amid a flurry of activity that accounted for the game's three-hour, 48-minute duration.
Pacheco's drive capped Colorado's five-run fifth inning that erased a 5-4 Giants lead and pinned a career-worst nine runs on Madison Bumgarner. But a lot happened before and after that. Before, the Giants maintained the shabby defense that has marred their trip, committing a season-high four errors that accounted for two unearned runs. After Pacheco's slam, the Giants hit for the cycle in the seventh and eighth innings, with Hunter Pence's RBI triple galvanizing a three-run seventh and Buster Posey's eighth-inning homer reducing the difference to a single run.
But Dexter Fowler's diving catch of Angel Pagan's sinking liner with two outs and Joaquin Arias at third base denied the Giants a key run in the seventh inning. The jumbled combination of events ultimately halted the Giants' 10-game winning streak against Colorado and Bumgarner's stretch of six consecutive victories over the Rockies.
Predictably, Giants manager Bruce Bochy focused most on the errors, which hiked his club's total to nine in the four games played here and in Toronto.
"We shot ourselves in the foot, that's what stands out," Bochy said. "That's too many errors, particularly in this ballpark. Walks and errors kill you. ... We have to tighten things up."
As he did in Toronto, second baseman Marco Scutaro dropped a catchable first-inning popup, but it didn't mushroom into runs for the Rockies.
The second inning was different. With Wilin Rosario on first base and nobody out, Bumgarner fielded Nolan Arenado's comebacker and threw the ball into center field. Only one run scored, but Bumgarner was forced to throw additional pitches to escape the inning.
"I just felt like I needed to rush, which I didn't," Bumgarner said. "... That's something we know better. You get a little bit lackadaisical sometimes and don't do what you mean to do."
Third baseman Pablo Sandoval made an ill-advised throw past first base on Eric Young's third-inning grounder, enabling the Rockies' leadoff batter to reach second base. After Fowler bunted for a hit, Pagan scooped up Carlos Gonzalez's RBI single to center field and flung his throw on one hop into the stands behind third base.
"We haven't missed a cutoff man too much," Bochy said. But he didn't excuse that mistake or the others. "They shouldn't be happening," he declared.
Yet the Rockies never led until Pacheco crushed a cut fastball, the first pitch he saw from Bumgarner, into the left-field seats with two outs in the fifth inning. It was the first grand slam allowed in the Majors by Bumgarner, whose ERA climbed from 2.18 to 3.09.
As Bumgarner's pitch count soared toward and past 100, Bochy knew the left-hander was struggling. But he also maintained faith in the tough North Carolinian.
"I was going to give him a chance at one more hitter and it backfired, obviously," Bochy said. "Sure, those are tough calls. But with those runners out there, his runners, I was going to give him a chance to get out of it."
Bumgarner appreciated Bochy's belief in him.
"He's an awesome manager," Bumgarner said. "I love playing for him. I wish I could have made him look good right there. It didn't work out that way today."
As a result, the ERA of San Francisco's starting pitchers rose to 10.13 on this trip. It's also 4.69 overall, 13th in the National League.
"We have to pitch better, too," Bochy said.
Another ingredient that did not influence the game's outcome but thickened the stew was a third-inning incident in which Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado's baserunner at first, noticed a black smudge on the baseball Bumgarner had and asked first-base umpire Tim McClelland, who's also the crew chief, to check it. In no way was Tulowitzki trying to start a fuss, though it appeared that he and Bumgarner exchanged words.
"You respect the game and there's something on the baseball, so let's get rid of it and move on," Tulowitzki told CSN Bay Area. "You respect guys who compete. I have respect for [Bumgarner] and hopefully he has the same for me."
Said Bumgarner, "I was just a little confused about why the runner at first base was asking for the ball to be checked. That was it. I didn't really know what was going on for a minute, but it wasn't a big deal."


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Straddle Trimmer
The word that sums up the PELLENC trimmer on a straddle tractor is 'practical'! It is very simple to use and intuitive. The hydraulic height and offset adjustment are a real comfort when working. The vertical lift of the cutting elements allows fast and safe manoeuvres even in the most narrow headland. The overhang on the front of the straddle tractor is minimal, the stability of the unit and the life of the equipment is optimised. The construction of the unit is of excellent quality. I appreciate the well-designed guidance of the hydraulic hoses and the slides on rollers of the horizontal beams (hydraulic adjustment of the offset). The trimmer modules and the blades are also very robust. The quality of work is consistent day after day.
Hervé CARRETTE – GAEC Domaine Carrette, Vergisson – FRANCE
Quick coupling in 3 minutes
Coupling and uncoupling of the cutting heads without tools.
Hydraulic and electrical connections are accessible and grouped.
Safety swing-back mechanism
In case of an obstacle, the cutter bars fold back and reposition themselves in the working position once the obstacle is passed.
| Standard equipment.
Optional equipment
|1-row trimmer on straddle tractor
|2-row trimmer on straddle tractor
|Cutting width – ft
|0.79 to 1.8
|0.79 to 1.8
|Standard vertical cutter bars
|3.41 ft with 3 blades
|3.41 ft with 3 blades
|Option 1 vertical cutter
|4.53 ft with 4 blades
|4.53 ft with 4 blades
|Horizontal cutting bars
|2.39 ft with 2 blades
|2.39 ft with 2 blades
|Cut-off on impact ensures safety at all times
|Control joystick
|Straddle tractor distributors
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Volkswagen Golf wins Car of the Year; new models announced in Geneva
The 2013 Geneva Motor Show is set to start Tuesday, but Volkswagen is already having a good week.
The VW Golf was named European Car of the Year on Monday, gathering more than twice the votes than the second-place Subaru BRZ. Volvo's V40 was third. The prestigious award is chosen by automotive journalists in more than 20 countries.
The Golf also won the award in 1992 and has finished on the podium five times since it was introduced in 1974. The seventh generation of the car recently went on sale in Europe and will land in U.S. dealerships in spring 2014.
Monday's win comes on the heels of news of three variants of the Golf. The latest models will be the Golf GTI, GTD and Golf Wagon.
The GTI will have a 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injected four-cylinder engine. It will make 220 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. That's a boost from the current model's output of 200 horsepower and 207 pound-feet of torque.
The front-wheel-drive GTI will come with either a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed dual-clutch gearbox, known as the DSG. VW says the GTI with a manual transmission will do zero-62 mph in 6.5 seconds, and should get 39.2 mpg in highway driving.
An optional performance pack boosts horsepower to 230 and adds bigger brake rotors and a torque-sensing limited slip differential. VW is still considering whether to bring this option to the U.S. when the GTI goes on sale next spring, but color us surprised if it doesn't.
All GTI models will differentiate themselves from lesser Golfs with red brake calipers, twin chrome tailpipes, a lowered sport suspension, LED taillights, 17-inch wheels and various exterior trim upgrades.
Golf fans who want their performance in diesel form have the GTD to consider. Though this version has been available in Europe for decades, VW is only now considering whether to bring it to the U.S. It would be positioned above VW's other Golf diesel -- the TDI -- which is already sold in the U.S.
The latest version of the GTD will have a turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine that makes 184 horsepower and a stout 280 pound-feet of torque. Like all Golfs, the GTD will come with either a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed dual clutch transmission. VW says the car will do zero-62 mph in 7.5 seconds, when equipped with a manual transmission.
Finally, Golf fans looking for more practicality have the Golf Wagon to consider. In the U.S., this car effectively replaces the Jetta SportWagen, which was actually built on a Golf platform.
VW hasn't decided what to actually call this wagon when it goes on sale in the U.S. at the end of 2014. Regardless of what it's called, the Golf wagon will come with either a gas or diesel engine.
VW says about 80% of current SportWagons in the U.S. are diesels. The new diesel engine will be turbocharged like its predecessor and will see a 10 horsepower bump, to a total of 150.
Meanwhile, the gas engine in the U.S. model will likely be a 140-horsepower turbocharged unit. All models will use an engine start/stop feature and battery regeneration to bump up fuel economy.
Volkswagen said Golf models headed to the U.S. market will be built at the same Puebla, Mexico, plant that currently builds the Jetta and Beetle for the U.S. market.
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Career interview: Sales forecastingSubmitted by plusadmin on January 1, 2000
At Drury House on the banks of the Thames, Helen Thompson works for Sainsbury's as a Sales Forecasting Manager. Trained in maths and statistics, she uses a variety of tools and techniques to predict what customers will be buying in Sainsbury's vast network of shops.
Just before Christmas 1999, the Plus team visited her at Drury House to get the full story on working with statistics in one of Britain's best-known companies.
Early schooling
Helen went to Willowfield Lower School, Five Oaks Middle School and Manshead Upper School, all in Bedfordshire. She enjoyed maths at school, especially pure maths and statistics. Despite this, she says she had difficulty choosing between humanities and sciences at A-Level.
"I chose maths, physics and chemistry in the end", she said, "but it was a big decision to make at the time." She balanced out her studies with other activities such as involvement in a Young Enterprise scheme, sports such as hockey, and school House-related activities.
University days
When it came to choosing a degree course, Helen considered going back into the humanities. However, she was impressed by the flexibility offered at the University of Essex. The Mathematics Department there offered a degree with a general first year and a choice between economics, computing and maths at second year. She eventually took a maths degree with economics and computing components.
"I enjoyed University - both the study side and the lifestyle", said Helen. "It was completely different from school - standing on your own two feet." She also liked the fact that Essex was a campus-based University, where she lived in a residential hall with fifteen other students.
After finishing her degree, Helen decided to do a Masters degree in statistics and operational research at Essex. This would give her some hands-on experience working with real world statistics. Her M.Sc. project involved analysing statistics for blood loss during labour and haemoglobin measurements. The aim of the project was to investigate the effect that iron deficiency during pregnancy had on blood loss at delivery. It was hoped that this might help local doctors decide which new mothers could be sent home early without risk of iron deficiency after labour. (Iron is an essential component of haemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood.)
"My lecturer had already set up the project - what would be measured and so on. However, I found I had to go back and get other statistics from the records, and work out what to do with the actual data. It was the first time I'd encountered real statistics - up until then they had just been numbers in lectures", said Helen. "In the end we found no real link between blood loss in labour and iron deficiency, but the analysis turned out to be useful to the doctors in other ways."
The world of work
After her M.Sc., Helen contemplated going into teaching. She started a teacher training course at the University of Hertfordshire, but decided she'd rather have a job in industry. "I looked in Prospects Today magazine and saw an advertisement for Sainsbury's, so I sent them a letter and CV. I applied for some other jobs as well - I was still interested in medical statistics, and also things like credit scoring in banks." However, she was offered the Sainsbury's job very quickly, and started at Drury House soon after as a statistician.
Drury House, where Helen is based.
Helen was soon promoted to Senior Statistician, and was promoted again to Forecasting Manager nine months before our interview. She said that a variety of sales forecasts need to be produced during the year. "Twice-yearly forecasts are produced for each of our four hundred stores, projecting weekly sales for around a year out. Each store's forecast is based on its own history, using its own data. There's *lots* of data! Our forecasts are used by other areas of the business, such as logistics, finance and retail, to plan ahead and so need to be reasonably accurate, but of course they can never be one hundred percent correct."
Forecasting sales for the Millennium holiday season was a major project for Helen. Millennium planning started 18 months ahead of time. "This Christmas is very special - it's completely new for us. We've nothing to go on! We've been working very closely with market research as a result." Helen said that market researchers had been surveying Sainsbury's customers since January regarding their Millennium plans. "More people have been going for private parties as time goes on." Helen's forecasting needed to take facts like this into account.
In addition to her main projects, Helen said she often receives direct requests for information from the Board of Directors, who check sales information daily. Other departments also ring her for information. "This morning, I had a query from Auditing about the sample sizes they should assume for some quality checks they were undertaking. In our work, each person has key projects, but things come up. You can come in most days and not know what you'll be working on."
Helen's current role means working closely with the Finance and Supply Chain sections, as well as reporting upward to the Board. She spends most of the day at her computer, but fields frequent phone requests. However, it's not all a desk job. "It's voluntary, but the majority of people here spend time working in stores. It's a good way of staying in touch. Our senior manager spent three days in a store last Christmas. Talking to staff in the stores gives a different perspective - it helps you know what the problems are, what's working and what isn't. It gives you a sense of what the numbers mean."
Helen said it was "very positive and uplifting" when Dino Adriano, Sainsbury's Group Chief Executive, went Back To The Floor for the BBC. She herself was planning to spend the Sunday after we spoke with her in a local store - "probably stacking shelves", she grinned.
We asked Helen if she actually uses the statistical methods she learnt at university in her everyday work. "Sales forecasting already has well-defined models, so not a lot of hands-on statistical work is needed", she told us. "However, when it comes to a problem, you do need to know where to go to find a solution. I still use things like T-tests and regression analysis [which you can learn at A-level] to help with sales trials - to advise on the number of stores to use, and check the validity of the results, for example."
Career moves
Helen at her desk.
To get into sales forecasting and related areas as a career, Helen suggested that a university course involving maths, economics and/or statistics would be appropriate. "Maths plus statistics is a useful degree." She had some further recommendations: "Get some practical experience using real statistics, such as a school or university project. A maths A-Level is essential, and computer experience is useful - including programming and spreadsheets". According to Helen, a Masters degree isn't essential, though it could be helpful. "It helps your CV stand out. It implies practical experience with a large project. A one year university work placement can also be highly beneficial."
As compared with other maths-related careers, Helen said that starting salaries in her area were reasonably good - "higher than some, though not at actuarial levels. And you won't earn as much as a city banker! A typical graduate starting salary might be £18,000." She said that there was a 50/50 gender balance in her department, and that Sainsbury's was a good equal-opportunity employer. They also offer opportunities for students - "we take a large number of student placements, usually University sandwich-year full-time placements. We've had two come back recently as full-time employees."
More from Maths Careers
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Brown&Sharpe Clarifies And Redefines Its Image As A Metrology Supplier
Brown & Sharpe Clarifies And Redefines Its Image As A Metrology Supplier.
Brown & Sharpe (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) has adopted a new color scheme, changed its corporate logo, and implemented a single-brand strategy for its metrology products. The company has also formed a new business entity to design and develop advanced measurement and inspection software.
The new color scheme and logo will be the most apparent external change. When you see coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and other metrology equipment in a distinctive charcoal, yellow and gray color scheme, you'll know they are from Brown & Sharpe. The new logo, equally distinctive, is derived from a decimal point and three zeros, the one farthest to the right being split. The idea is to suggest precision down to a half micron, or the highest level of measuring precision.
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While these changes may appear superficial and driven by marketing rather than by the market, they complement other changes that go much deeper, changes that do represent a response to important trends sweeping the major users of metrology equipment. For example, many of these users operate manufacturing facilities in several countries to serve a global customer base. Issues of system compatibility, training, service, upgrading and pricing put a premium on standardized equipment purchases. Having a single supplier of metrology devices and service favors these global operations and promotes efforts to standardize, but only if that supplier has worldwide distribution and worldwide service capability.
With its strategic acquisitions of metrology companies overseas and its refocused divisions in the United States, Brown & Sharpe has positioned itself to fulfill such a mission. However, the image of this company as global supplier of metrology equipment with a broad but coherent array of products was obscured by the numerous brand names and separate company identities it found itself supporting. The single brand strategy is designed to clarify the company's image in the global marketplace.
Under the new branding strategy, the DEA-Brown & Sharpe factory in Turin, Italy, changes its name to Brown & Sharpe DEA with the products manufactured there branded by the new name also. Likewise, the Leitz-Brown & Sharpe factory in Wetzlar, Germany, will change its name to Brown & Sharpe with products manufactured there branded Brown & Sharpe. In the Precision Measuring Instruments operation, the TESA and ROCH factories will change their names to Brown & Sharpe TESA and Brown & Sharpe ROCH. All of their brands will now carry the new logo and the line, "A Brown & Sharpe Company."
The new software company has been named Brown & Sharpe Information Systems, Inc. (BSIS) and will be headquartered in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. BSIS consolidates the company's software expertise and focuses this expertise on the development of open-architecture measurement software. The new software will be designed to work with CAD/CAM and off-line inspection systems. The vision of BSIS is to make metrology software the essential link between design and manufacturing.
In this vision, software will establish a "bi-directional information bridge between design and manufacturing." Both disciplines will rely on metrology information to make critical decisions. Tolerancing, for example, will help connect what designers can design with what the factory can produce. Designers will work within manufacturing realities (process capabilities as they exist on the factory floor). Likewise, manufacturing will be able to apply design intent without misinterpretation.
According to Chris Garcia, vice president of software product development, the new software must be able to seamlessly interface with all CAD systems so that CAD models do not have to be translated when they are downloaded to the measuring system, thus providing the user with an accurate analysis of the tolerances that a process must maintain on the part for a complete assessment of design intent. Initial release of the new software from BSIS is scheduled for the first quarter of 1999.
In the meantime, the company continues to roll out innovative metrology products such as the GAGE 2000 R Series Measurement Station. It can be used as a full-featured CMM with a manual scanning option. The manual scanning mode allows operators to collect a large number of data points by moving a hard probe along the surface of a workpiece feature, maintaining contact with the workpiece throughout the operation.


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With Wear OS by Google, creating layouts for a watch is similar to creating them for a phone, except that you have to design for the screen size and for glanceability. Do not port the functionality and UI from a phone app to a watch and expect a good experience.
You should create custom layouts only when necessary. Read the Designing for Wear OS guidelines for information on designing great watch apps.
Create custom notifications
In general, you should create notifications on the phone and let them automatically sync to the wearable. This lets you build your notifications once and have them appear on many types of devices (not just watches, but eventually Auto and TV) without having to design them for different form factors.
If the standard notification styles don't work for you (such as
NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle or
NotificationCompat.InboxStyle), you can display
an activity with a custom layout. You can only create and issue custom
notifications on the watch, and the system does not sync these
notifications to the phone.
Note: When creating custom notifications on the watch, you can use the standard notification APIs (API Level 20) instead of the Support Library.
To create a custom notification:
Create a layout and set it as the content view for the activity that
you want to display.
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { ... setContentView(R.layout.notification_activity) }
public void onCreate(Bundle bundle){ ... setContentView(R.layout.notification_activity); }
Define necessary properties for the activity in the Android manifest
to allow the activity to be displayed in the watch's context stream
process. You need to declare the activity to be exportable, be
embeddable, and have an empty task affinity. We also recommend setting
the theme to
Theme.DeviceDefault.Light. For example:
<activity android:name="com.example.MyDisplayActivity" android:exported="true" android:allowEmbedded="true" android:taskAffinity="" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light" />
Create a
PendingIntentfor the activity that you want to display. For example:
val notificationPendingIntent: PendingIntent = Intent(this, NotificationActivity::class.java).let { notificationIntent -> PendingIntent.getActivity( this, 0, notificationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT ) }
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, NotificationActivity.class); PendingIntent notificationPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity( this, 0, notificationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Build a
Notificationand call
setDisplayIntent()providing the
PendingIntent. The system uses this
PendingIntentto launch the activity when users view your notification.
Issue the notification using the
Note: In Wear 1.x, when a notification is peeking on the homescreen, the system displays it with a standard template that it generates from the notification's semantic data. This template works well on all watchfaces. When users swipe the notification up, they'll then see the custom activity for the notification.
Create layouts with the Wear UI Library
The Wear UI Library is automatically included when you create your
watch app with the Android Studio Project Wizard. You can also add this
library to your
build.gradle file with the following
dependency declaration:
dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) compile 'androidx.wear:wear:1.0.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:+' }
This library helps you build UIs that are designed for watches. For more information, see Create custom UIs for Wear devices.
Here are some of the major classes:
FrameLayoutobject that's aware of screen shape and can box its children in the center square of a round screen.
- An activity that displays confirmation animations after the user completes an action.
- A group of animations that should be played together.
- A layout that provides a circular countdown timer around a child view. Typically used as an automatic timer to confirm an operation after a short delay has elapsed.
SnapHelpersupports snapping for a
Implementation of the
SnapHelperinstance supporting pager style snapping in either vertical or horizontal orientation.
- A subclass of Dialog that can display one, two or three buttons.
- Displays a bar to the user representing how far the operation has progressed; the application can change the amount of progress (modifying the length of the bar) as it moves forward.
Wearable specific implementation of the
RecyclerViewclass for displaying scrollable lists of items in square and round devices.
Wear UI Library API reference
The reference documentation explains how to use each UI widget in detail. Browse the Wear API reference documentation for the classes above.
Note: We recommend using Android Studio for Wear OS development, as it provides project setup, library inclusion, and packaging conveniences.


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Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 PTA Reports On Upcoming Winter Wonderland Family Dance, School Tour Dates, NYPL Partnership, Parent Workshops, Fundraising With Popcorn, Tea, And Valentine Grams Plus More
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Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 PTA representative Erin Olavesen reports on this week's programs and services at Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217.
Thank you to all 217 families who purchased and sent Valentine grams! Together we raised almost $1,000 for our school!
With over 1,500 grams sent out, our dedicated teachers did their best to distribute the Grams each day, but class work comes first. We hope all grams will reach their recipients once we return from the break on Monday. Thank you for your patience!
Tuesday Parent Workshops - 7:50-8:25am
Please join us before school on Tuesday, February 23 for the following workshops:
All K-8 students can be dropped off in the cafeteria to enjoy a fee breakfast while you attend.
- Grade 3 - Test Preparation for ELA and Math
- ELA Middle School - Engrade Pro
Thank you in advance for partnering with us! We hope to see you there!
100th Day of School Spirit Day/Popcorn Sale - Friday, February 26
Buy popcorn at the pick up time and support your school - $1 popcorn and drinks.
Classes with most students wearing school t-shirts or school colors (gold & purple) will get FREE popcorn vouchers! While we are working on setting up online Spirit Store, please email Erin at firstname.lastname@example.com if you'd like to purchase $15 school t-shirts (limited number of adult sized t-shirts is now also available for sale!)
Winter Wonderland Family Dance - Saturday, February 6-8pm
We can't wait to see you all at our Family Dance 6-8pm this coming Saturday! Last chance to purchase tickets at a discounted price - click HERE to get yours.
217 Partners with MyLibraryNYC
MyLibraryNYC is a partnership between the NYC DOE and NYC's public library systems. The program provides participating schools with enhanced library privileges including fine-free student and educator library cards!
All 217 educators and students are eligible! Simply stop by your local library and ask the librarian to upgrade your existing library card. As 217 student, your existing fines will be waved, and till the end of this school year you will get no overdue charges on books! (standard overdue charges apply on all other materials e.g. DVDs, CDs, magazines).
Our Tea Collection partner fundraiser begins February 22nd and runs through February 29th. This is a great way to support PS/IS 217 while stocking up on well-made and beautifully-designed gear for babies and kids. The more you shop, the more we raise!
Follow these steps and your purchase will benefit all the great programs funded by the PS/IS 217 PTA:
Save The Dates for School Tours - 8:45am March 11 & 18
- Go to TeaSchoolDays.com (not TeaCollection.com) anytime between February 22nd and February 29th.
- Go shopping!
- At checkout enter SDS16PSIS217in the promo code box at checkout and click "apply code." This code will be active from 2/22/2016 until 2/29/2016 at 11:59 pm PST.
- Complete the checkout process and you are done - you will receive free shipping and 15% of your order's total price will be donated to PS/IS 217!
The PTA will be hosting informal tours for prospective families on March 11th and 18th at 8.45 am - more information on our website HERE. We're looking forward to meeting families from our community to show them around our campus and fill them in on all that's happening at 217.
Spring tour dates will be announced after Gifted and Talented Score Reports have been distributed. Please check our website for updates.
The "On Roosevelt Island We..." Campaign
The Social Cultural and Education Committee of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association is teaming up with PS/IS 217 to promote good citizenship. RIRA is counting on our students to share their ideas on what good citizenship looks like in our community. Student work will be printed in a larger format for placement on the kiosks and the red bus. Some will be scanned and displayed on the monitors in the tram cabin.
We're asking students to complete the statement "On Roosevelt Island We..." and then provide an illustration.
Some examples:
If your child would like to participate:
- On Roosevelt Island we hold the door for each other.
- On Roosevelt Island we say good morning to each other.
- On Roosevelt Island we put trash in the trash cans.
We're looking forward to seeing the ideas of 217 Hawks around the island reminding us all to take care of each other and our community.
- Use the form which is being sent home via backpack this week, or download a copy from our website.
- Include an illustration and your thoughts within the frame on the flyer.
- Return your work to your teacher or to the PTA mailbox.
Have a great week!


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OHCHR's Uganda country office was established in July 2005, initially to protect and empower populations in the conflict-affected areas of northern Uganda. By September 2007, OHCHR had six field offices (Gulu, Pader, Lira, Kitgum, Soroti, Moroto) in addition to its office in Kampala.
OHCHR Uganda responds to three distinct, yet historically interlinked, human rights problems in the country: the southern,western and central districts of Uganda, including the capital Kampala,which have registered considerable socio-economic progress and a growing economy over the last 20 years, but which still lag in the realization of economic and social rights and require the incorporation of human rights in development planning; the effects of the 21-year internal conflict in the north, where peace talks have made progress but the core issues of justice, impunity, security and livelihoods must still be addressed; and the widespread human rights violations that took place during government operations to disarm people in the northeastern Karamoja subregion, a centre of illegal arms trade and one of the most impoverished areas in the country.
OHCHR's human rights monitoring, investigations and research enabled the Office to raise public awareness of, and advocate for an end to, human rights violations in the forgotten subregion of Karamoja.
OHCHR's technical support to the Uganda Human Rights Commission and its Civil-Military Cooperation Centres resulted in a significantly strengthened national human rights protection capacity in the conflict-affected north, and allowed for the establishment of district-level human rights protection structures and capacities under the National Policy on Internally Displaced Persons.
During the ongoing peace talks, OHCHR conducted an extensive public survey to amplify the voices of victims on justice, accountability and reconciliation. The Office also provided technical expertise on these issues.
OHCHR's cooperation with UNICEF has prompted the Government to develop a national action plan against the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. OHCHR also developed partnerships with legal aid organizations and paralegals operating in IDP camps in an effort to build a human rights monitoring and reporting network at the parish level.
Training sessions on implementing treaty body recommendations were offered to various stakeholders. A national Treaty Body Implementation Coordination Committee was established, consisting of representatives from the Government and civil society. OHCHR obtained a commitment from the Government and initiated preparations for the long-overdue State party report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Assuming that a peace agreement will be concluded between the Government and the Lord's Resistance Army by the end of 2007, OHCHR Uganda will focus on monitoring human rights in the context of the return of internally displaced people and the progressive return of civilian law-enforcement and judicial institutions; transitional justice initiatives; and land rights. OHCHR will provide technical guidance on peace negotiations or the implementation of a peace agreement. In the context of return, OHCHR will continue to monitor the landrestitution process and advocate for the establishment of dispute-resolution mechanisms that comply with international human rights principles.
The Office will also intensify its efforts to strengthen national and local capacity to systematically monitor and respond to conflict-related human rights violations as well as those in the Karamoja region. In cooperation with other protection agencies, the Office will continue its human rights training programmes for the army, police, judiciary, lawyers, prison officials and paralegals. OHCHR will also train human rights civil society organizations in lobbying and advocacy.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
What do you choose?
I have no idea why I used that analogy, since the last time I bought a new car was almost 14 years ago. It was just a few weeks after I got married.
Which is probably exactly why I used that analogy. Being a new author going through divorce makes me keenly aware of how many other authors are in my shoes. There was an article several months ago in Romance Writers Report magazine offering one author's tips on keeping the muse alive through divorce. At RWA Nationals last spring, several authors gave a panel discussion on the same topic.
But it was this recent blog post by author Jessica Corra that really touched me.
Not in the way I most enjoy being touched, but pretty close.
She does a beautiful job capturing the numb feeling of holding your first advance check and realizing how different your life was when the whole crazy ride began.
I posted a link to the blog on Twitter, and my amazing agent read it, retweeted it, and followed up with this:
It's one of the things I love best about my agent – the fact that she cares so deeply about her authors beyond how fast we can crank out manuscripts.
The morning my ex informed me he wanted a divorce, the first person I contacted wasn't my best friend or my mother.
It was my agent.
So you know I'm serious when I tell you she's been more than just a business partner through this ordeal. I'm not sure I could have endured some of the darkest days of the divorce process without her unwavering support and levelheaded "here's what we're going to do now" approach.
Still, our perception has been fascinatingly different. More than once, she's tried to comfort me for having my debut year tainted by such an awful life event.
While I appreciate the sympathy, that's not how I see things at all. By my way of thinking, the marriage was destined to crumble at some point. What a tremendous, amazing gift to have this three-book deal happen at a time I urgently needed all the joy, excitement, and reader support to buoy me through the worst of it.
Blame it on my perpetual glass-is-half-full attitude, but that's the way I see it. Never once have I lamented that my debut year was ruined by my ex's decision. Never once have I fumed that I'd be enjoying my book deal more if things had gone differently with the marriage.
For me, it's all about focusing on the positive aspects of life's changes. I can choose to be perpetually angry that the presence of my two twenty-something housemates means I can no longer stroll naked through my own living room.
Or I can choose to be grateful their presence keeps me laughing and keeps the mortgage paid.
I can choose to be hurt someone didn't want to be with me foreverandever, or I can choose to be grateful I was set free to find someone else who does.
It's always a choice.
In the end, that's what everything comes down to.
I know what I choose. How about you?
22 comments :
- Linda G. said...
As a fellow optimist, I am in total agreement. :)
- November 18, 2011 at 3:47 AM
- Alexa O said...
I love this post. When my marriage crumbled, I had a two-month-old baby. Needless to say, I didn't really get to enjoy motherhood that first year. I was so, so angry with my ex for a long time about that. New parents have enough to worry about. Foreclosing on their house because their ex bailed out should not be one of them.
BUT, because I had a baby, I was able to see clearly that my ex was bad for us. What I'm not sure I could have done for myself, I did for her. And it was the best thing that could have ever happened.
So I can choose to focus on the things that make me angry, or I can focus on how happy and thankful I am that I'm free.
You're amazing, Tawna. Amazing and strong and lovely. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us, and for making us laugh. Laughter is the best.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- Sarah W said...
I don't know. . .
I've had several great things happen to me this week, but I'm sure they're just flukes and people are just being nice and they don't mean it . . . Though why I don't fully appreciate people making the effort to be nice, I don't know.
When exactly will I stop dragging high school around with me? 'Cause it's still stuck to my shoe . . .
- November 18, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- Patrick Alan said...
I think you should poll those housemates. I am sure there would be few objections to strolling through the living room naked. Possibly carrying their next cold beer.
Honestly, stop using them as the excuse to hold yourself back. Only you are stopping your naked strolling. It's not like you are in the Swiss Alps. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15785219
- November 18, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I love your point of view and attitude. Why would ending a doomed relationship be a bad thing? I think it's great that they happened in the same year, because I'm sure soon enough they'll both be seen as great things in your life.
Also, I love Jess. I hung out with her a lot at WFC, and she is tiny AND adorable.
- November 18, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Patricia Eimer said...
I know what you mean about relying on the industry people around you now. It seems like whenever anything changes in my life the first person to know about it is my editor. There's something comforting in having that objective outside person who can keep you focused on the rest of the world when it gets crazy in your own life.
- November 18, 2011 at 5:52 AM
My first marriage finally biting the dust was a breath of fresh air to me, but I was marriage to a tyrant.
It was then, and only then, that I was free to pursue my life, instead of being a slave to his. That was when I wrote my first book.
The supportive people in our lives are the ones we need to hold onto - otherwise, take out the trash.
Recently (yesterday) I gave your book as a gift to my girlfriend whose marriage is taking a nose dive. She needs to laugh... and now she has an even deeper appreciation because I sent her a link to your blog. She needs to laugh and knowing that you've "been there" gives her a sense of sisterhood.
I'll refrain from the fist pumping and bra burning for now. ;)
Great post - awesome agent!
- November 18, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- Teri Anne Stanley said...
My husband (who won't divorce me, no matter how much I torture him) once pointed out that I could awful-ize even the most wonderful of experiences.
I have been working that...I've since moved from "It could be worse" through "touch of grey" to "cup half full"...maybe one day I'll get all the way to "cup half full of liquid, half full of air, which means it's all the way full!"
- November 18, 2011 at 6:59 AM
- Trinity Faegen said...
Tawna, you're a treasure. I wish all the best of wonderful things for you.
- November 18, 2011 at 7:07 AM
I know, I know, I've been slow to catch on. And you are right--as you have been all year every time you pointed it out--that it was wonderful to have something exciting to focus on during a difficult year. Well you know I couldn't have been more thrilled for you for that.
For all the other readers, Tawna's glass half full attitude barely begins to describe her unbeatable spirit. I think we can all learn a lesson from Tawna in how to approach life, and I know I've looked to her as an example many times.
Simply put, Tawna's amazing.
- November 18, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Adriana said...
Great post, Tawna! I hope you never ever lose that glass-half-full attitude! It's great that you can consciously make that choice about what to focus on. And I hope you have plenty more wonderful things to focus on in the years to come!
- November 18, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Kristina said...
All I have to say to this beautiful and eloquent post is, "Thank you." And you know who'll always drink wine with you...
- November 18, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Kennyc said...
Very open and honest post Tawna.
As Charles Bukowski said, "Love is a fog that burns away with the first daylight of reality."
As much as I resist believing this, often I do.
Congratulations on your success. I enjoy your blog a ton.
When you least expect it to happen, that's when you'll meet someone great.
- November 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Living, Learning, Eating said...
Wonderful post. I'm so happy for you! And I think that you just made every writer out there (myself included) come down with a serious case of agent-envy. :P
- November 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Unknown said...
I absolutely love your positive attitude. I hope it is infectious. Did you always feel like a "glass half full person" or is this something you've had to work on over the years?
- November 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Missy Olive said...
Well put. It is strange because I had just started stalking you when you were still writing about your ex. And then when you broke the news I was sad for you.
I have enjoyed watching you embrace and move forward---and maybe even love again.
I was diagnosed with cancer almost 10 years ago. A friend shared a story with me about boiling water, coffee, a carrot, and an egg. It really struck a nerve. From that point on, I chose to be coffee.
If you have never heard the story, you can read it here:
Congrats on a great year. I'm certain there will be many more!
- November 18, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Raquel Byrnes said...
What an amazing attitude. You are a true romantic...don't let life beat that out of you. Best wishes and congratulations on your success. You've earned the right to be happy.
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- November 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM
- Harley May said...
This is beautiful and I love you.
- November 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Jess Corra said...
Thank you for linking and this is why I say you're my role model. I'll be alright. I already am a much better person since leaving.
And thanks, Matt. :)
- November 18, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Kimberly Sabatini said...
So lucky to be in the company of such amazing friends. (((hugs))) Love you both.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- Elise said...
Love love love this post -- thanks for the inspiration!
- November 20, 2011 at 6:04 AM
- Lisa Ahn said...
I agree with your agent -- you are amazing! I am working on having the glass full more often than not. Thanks for the inspiration.
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A Philadelphia Police sergeant is under investigation by the department's Internal Affairs division after he allegedly hid his identity while turning in several guns to the force -- including one that was reported stolen.
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On the evening of August 3, Ruff walked into the 35th District in North Philadelphia carrying a bag containing three guns. He tells NBC10.com that a community member, in a different part of the city, needed help getting them to authorities.
Ruff, who himself runs the nonprofit Devoted Dads Inc., said the man had been buying the weapons from neighborhood kids in an effort to get them off the streets.
"I was working with this guy. He said he was interested in submitting firearms to me because he'd rather the kids have money to eat," he told NBC10.com. He would not identify the man.
In plain clothes and failing to identify himself as an officer, Ruff tried to anonymously turn in the guns. However, he says district police on-duty that night repeatedly asked for his information and where he obtained the weapons.
"I said 'You don't need my information.' I asked for a supervisor. I was not acting as a police officer at the time," he said. "I'm just doing this anonymously in good faith."
The 8-year police veteran says he then went to leave the district headquarters at Broad and Champlost Streets to get the information when several officers approached him from behind outside.
"One officer says 'I'm f-ing tasing you.' I said, 'If you tase me, I'm going to sue you," he said with two Tasers pressed up against his body.
Ruff said he identified himself as an officer, but that the proof was in his pocket, which he could not reach.
Officers then noticed the man's personal firearms on his hip and disarmed him. Ruff said he was brought back into the precinct and treated poorly during questioning. He claims one officer called him a "piece of s---" and "disgrace to the job."
Ruff said he was detained for seven hours until, around 1:30 a.m. that Monday, Internal Affairs detectives told him he was being investigated and taken off the street. He was stripped of his police firearm, as is protocol, and sent home.
"I just started crying uncontrollably," he said. "I couldn't believe that the people that I call my brothers would treat me this way."
Law enforcement sources tell NBC10.com that ballistics showed one of the guns was reported stolen during a past burglary. The other two guns are said to be undergoing testing to find out where they came from.
A Philadelphia Police spokesperson confirmed that Ruff was the subject of an internal investigation, but would not elaborate on the details citing department policy. Officials would not say whether Ruff is suspected of any wrongdoing. The Fraternal Order of Police, the officer's union, did not respond to a request for comment.
Illegal guns have been a major issue for Philadelphia, like many large U.S. cities. Last year, 1,128 people were shot and 201 died at the end of a gun barrel.
Those numbers were down 11 percent from 2012, however. City leaders have made a big push in recent years to crack down on illegal guns with tougher prosecution and new policing tactics.
Still, police say buying firearms on the street, despite good intentions to get them out of the hands of teens, is illegal.
Ruff believes he and the community member were simply doing the responsible thing. Asked why he chose to turn in the guns as a civilian and not a member of the law, Ruff said he didn't want the teens involved to be "blacklisted" for life.
"I'm thinking, 'He's coming to me in confidence. Let's get these guns off the streets,'" he said.
Philadelphia Police do not have a policy requiring citizens turning over firearms to provide a name, contact information and how they obtained the weapon. But a police spokesperson says officers use their own discretion as to whether to question individuals. They say in Ruff's case, officers were suspicious about the situation and thus asked for information.
The man said had this situation happened at his district, the 16th, he would have never treated a person the same way.
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Ruff says he's been traumatized by the entire experience and has not been able to return to work since the investigation began. He's not sure about his future with the department.
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PITTSBURGH -- The Blue Jays continue to come up empty with the new replay system as manager John Gibbons lost a crucial challenge during the eighth inning of Saturday night's game against the Pirates.
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On 02.29.12 02:15 PM posted by Helle Dale
The rioting in Afghanistan resulting from the inadvertent incineration of several copies of the Quran at a U.S. military library has hammered the home the need for cultural understanding in the context of Afghanistan. The forces fanning the flames of popular outrage (i.e., the Taliban) clearly have their own anti-American agenda, but maybe the initial spark could have been avoided had U.S. military personnel been better informed.
In a relationship as complicated and as fraught as that of neighboring Pakistan and the U.S., strategic communication is a major challenge. At Heritage on Tuesday, author James Farwell (The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination and Instability) and Heritage research fellow Lisa Curtis provided valuable insights into Pakistans internal dynamics and the strained dynamics of the U.S.Pakistan relationship.
It is a relationship that stretches back to the Cold War, and it was never an easy one. Today, the levels of distrust between the two countries are riding highthe U.S. for its part suspecting Pakistan of two-facedness in the fights against militant Islam and Pakistan seeing the U.S. as an unreliable fair-weather friend.
Just think of the issues that confounded the U.S.Pakistan relationship in 2011, an annus horribilis in this alliance: First, year got off to a bad start with the killing of two Pakistanis by CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who was apparently being followed and harassed by the gun-wielding Pakistani robbers.
Next, the U.S. Special Forces operation that took out Osama bin Laden had an enormous impact in Pakistan, as it put the Pakistani military and security services in a conundrum: either they knew of bin Ladens whereabouts and deceived the U.S. deliberately, or they did not know and were shown up as humiliatingly incompetent. According to Farwell, this incident is still reverberating in Pakistans current constitutional crisis. And it certainly reverberates here in Washington, where distrust of Pakistan as an ally is at an all-time high.
And finally, there was the attack by NATO forces on a Pakistani army post along the border with Afghanistan that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Is there a communications strategy that can overcome these problems? Not likely is the answer from Farwell, and we might as well get used to that fact. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007 removed one of Pakistans notable pro-Western leaders. Though also friendly to the U.S., her rival, General Pervez Musharraf, lost popular support late in his tenure because of his efforts to stifle democracy.
According to Farwell, the depth of the mutual distrust and anti-Americanism in Pakistan is such that Pakistanis look on their relations with the U.S. in purely transactional terms. The Obama Administration came into office believing that this could be changed by a policy of greater engagement and foreign aid. However, as noted by Curtis, at this point in time, Pakistanis should take ownership of their countrys future and focus on building a democratic political process and a viable economy. Only that can change the U.S.Pakistan equation in the long term.
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"I supported the idea of setting up of venture capital fund for promoting Dalits who want who start their own business when Dalit industry body DICCI met," Ahluwalia said while speaking at the 3rd National Conference of Dalit Organisations here.
"I am also in favour of government and industry contributing to the fund to bring the underprivileged class of the society to mainstream economy," he said. Ahluwalia said the Planning Commission alone could not do this as Dalits bodies would have to come through some concerned ministries for seeking aid and the panel would then support it.
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