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Over the past decade, financial services firms have added new bells and whistles to their "managed accounts," which offer direction on 401(k) accounts and IRAs on behalf of people who want investment help. Now, a small player is introducing another innovation—offering to make that help a lot cheaper.
Typically, when a 401(k) investor signs on with a managed account provider, the investor receives a recommendation produced by that company's software. A new program launched by NextCapital Group of Chicago, will offer advice from various companies with proprietary investment methodologies of their own, including Russell Investments, a global asset manager and consultant to both 401(k) and defined benefit pension plans.
(Full disclosure: NextCapital also powers the "portfolio dashboard" technology available to users of wsj.com, marketwatch.com, and barrons.com, who can use the tool to aggregate all of their holdings onto one balance sheet.)
NextCapital president Dirk Quayle says his company is trying to gain market share at the expense of the big managed-account players, including Morningstar, Financial Engines of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Fidelity Investments. But perhaps NextCapital's biggest selling point is that its accounts will potentially cost as little as half as much as those of rivals.
Clients with managed accounts at established firms typically pay from 0.15% to 0.7% of assets a year for the service, depending on the size of their account and the size of the plan they belong to, in addition to the fees of the mutual funds they invest in.
Quayle says his company's cost advantage will come from a few factors. First, NextCapital plans to offer two types of managed accounts – one that charges slightly more and provides help from a call center, and a cheaper option with an automated service. They also expect that by going in with lower fees than other players, they will be able to steal market share away from target date funds and so make up with volume for what they are giving up by lowering their fees.
The company's goal is to provide a customized alternative to target-date funds. Target-date funds automatically reset an investor's asset allocation – by reducing stock holdings and increasing the portion in bonds as the investor ages. But many criticize them for taking a one-size-fits-all approach to the asset allocations of investors who are the same age.
"If you have a thousand 40-year-olds in a 401(k) plan, putting them all into the same target-date fund may not make sense," says Quayle. "What if half have a defined benefit pension plan? What if half have assets outside the plan? That could radically change their optimal asset allocation."
On Tuesday, NextCapital announced that it has raised $6 million from investors including Russell. On the horizon, NextCapital says, is a website that will also allow retail investors to enroll in the managed account program—and pick their own money manager from among the company's partners.
Also by Anne Tergesen:
Managed accounts: Too pricey for retirees?
Will your next job be a public-service job?
Retirees could get their IRA tax break back
Anne Tergesen covers retirement for The Wall Street Journal. Follow her on Twitter @AnneTergesen .

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Portrait of a young boy dressed in a brown coat with a blue waistcoat
This is a particularly engaging example of child portraiture, the genre in which Hone excelled.
Pasquin, clearly a biased witness, with something of a vendetta against the artist, gives a hostile account of Hone's evident affinity with children, telling how he would lodge at the best in a town and having asked to dine with the family, would lavish praise on their children before offering to paint them: 'the portmanteau was unpacked, the operations began; while the fond and partial parents hung in rapture over his shoulder….Thus he made his establishment secure, and gave general satisfaction, by offending truth and outraging taste; making the children as angels, the mother as a Venus, and the husband a well-fed Job, in a brown periwig'.
Hone was appointed one of the directors of the Society of Incorporated Artists in 1766 but resigned two years later to be become a founding member of the Royal Academy. He exhibited his charming The Piping Boy – a portrait of his son Camillus – (National Gallery of Ireland) in the Academy's first exhibition and sent a total of sixty-nine works to their annual shows. However, as is well known, Hone, sometimes a difficult man, fell out with his fellow academicians and had a long-standing feud with Sir Joshua Reynolds – proposing Gainsborough for the Presidency in 1774.
Things culminated the following year in the controversy surrounding The Conjuror (National Gallery of Ireland) in which Hone caricatures Reynolds, satirising his supposed plagiarism by including prints of the old masters which, he suggests, the Academy's President had re-used in his work. Particular offence was taken to a female figure interpreted as representing Angelica Kauffmann, with whom Reynolds was rumoured to have had an affair. Although this was painted out, the work was rejected for hanging by the Academy and Hone exhibited it privately, together with almost a hundred other of his works, in one of the very first one-man shows, in St Martin's Lane. The only work that Hone did exhibit at the Academy that year was the famous Spartan Boy (private collection), perhaps his finest child portrait, which Walpole admired at the exhibition for its colouring and expression.
As noted above, Hone is famously at his best at portraying children. Waterhouse in his Dictionary notes how the artist was inspired to paint his most original and sensitive works by his son Camillus while le Harivel writes: 'his affinity for children often captures the transience of childhood, [and is] surpassed only by Gainsborough'. Here, the young boy sits on a chair, one arm resting on its top as if he has been posed slightly against his will. This apparent reticence is, however, belied by his confident and expressive engagement directly with the painter whom he faces, and so with the viewer. It is a work of great charm, freshness and immediacy. Hone perfectly captures a characteristic mixture of shyness and mischief in the young boy's face and, in this, it can be directly compared with a further work by the artist showing a child of a similar age, in rather similar costume (private collection, formerly with Agnews). Both paintings share the 'slightly excessive brightness of expression (effected by the highlights in the eyes)' which characterises Hone's work. Again the costume and handling of paint is close to The Sketching Boy (National Gallery of Ireland), a portrait of another son Horace, who was himself to become an eminent miniaturist. The intimacy of the present work would suggest that it is of a family member, but this must await further confirmation.


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For the second time in three weeks, the Browns won without brash and outspoken tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. Cleveland General Manager Phil Savage did little to silence growing suspicion the team may have to do more of that in the future.
For the second time in three weeks, the Browns won without brash and outspoken tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. Cleveland General Manager Phil Savage did little to silence growing suspicion the team may have to do more of that in the future.
Savage rescinded Winslow's suspension Saturday evening after the tight end criticized the team and accused the organization of trying to cover up a staph infection that led to him spending a few days in the hospital. Winslow revealed the staph infection last week when he said he sometimes "felt like a piece of meat."
Although Savage said the team and Winslow's agents and attorneys were close to working out a settlement on Thursday, the suspension wasn't rescinded until the team became aware of text messages sent by a Browns media relations assistant to Winslow that warned him not to mention the staph infection.
Savage spoke about Winslow's situation for the first time with writers after Cleveland's 23-17 win at Jacksonville, but did little to dispel the thought that Winslow's games in Cleveland are numbered.
Winslow has two years left on his contract after this season, and said he thought about asking Savage for a trade before the deadline.
Savage was asked about Winslow's future, particularly in light of the fact Winslow asked for a new contract before this season.
"That's a question for a different time," Savage said. "Not in this format."
Savage and Winslow spoke Saturday. The general manager said the player made his feelings known about how things were handled, and Savage made points to Winslow.
"This never was me versus him, or him versus me," Savage said. "... I told him we would welcome him back at 8 o'clock (this morning)."
Savage defended the Browns organization against charges the team is trying to hide staph infections among players, and how it protects players' medical privacy. The disease is a growing concern not just in the NFL, but even high school locker rooms.
"Since I've been here and since (Head Coach Romeo Crennel) has been here, not once, not twice, not a single time in a million years would Romeo or I ever interfere with what the medical staff evaluations of a player is. Whether that be he's up, he's down, it's two weeks, four weeks, six weeks or he's out for the season," Savage said. "... Never ever, ever, ever has there been a situation where I tried to determine whether the player keeps something quiet as a private matter or if he was going to go public with a decision.
"It's the player's body. It's his decisions."
There has been growing suspicion that Winslow was initially admitted to the hospital with another injury or illness and staph was a second diagnosis.
The Repository asked Savage, without being specific and with respect to medical privacy laws, if there was another injury to Winslow.
"I'm not going to categorize it any other way, other than he had an illness," Savage said. "Has it been disclosed, or is it still a private matter? I think it's all a gray area. You can ask him.
"If there's going to be disclosure, there's got to be full disclosure. That was the situation we were in. We were trying to ... do the right thing by him and his family."
The Browns had their complex professionally disinfected during the bye week last season because of growing staph concerns.
"It is a concern for us, yes. Is it different here as opposed to anywhere else? No," Savage said. "Our situation has been highly publicized the last couple of years for whatever reason. If a player wants to reveal his situation, we'll step aside and let that happen. That was the unfortunate thing about this in our mind.
"Two weeks ago, we were trying to protect the player's (wishes)."
Crennel acknowledged that Winslow became a distraction for his team before Sunday's win. Several Browns players agreed.
Winning heals all wounds, right?
"I don't know, we beat the Giants ... and if it's supposed to heal up everything, it didn't seem to really do much," Savage said. "It's a week-to-week business."
By lifting the suspension, it enabled Winslow to collect more than $235,000, a week's pay, minus a $25,000 fine the team levied for making disparaging comments about the Browns.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.-The Georgia College & State University cross country teams were named in the U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Division II Southeast Regional Rankings again this week, remaining in the top-10 as released yesterday (Oct. 7).
The women slipped one spot this week to No. 8 while the men remained in the tenth slot. Two other Peach Belt Conference (PBC) teams were ranked above the Bobcats in both polls. In the women's regional rankings Columbus State University and Augusta State University claimed the top two spots, while Lander University sits in tenth. On the men's side, Clayton State University and Columbus State take Nos. 2 and 3.
Both teams competed in the Pepperdine Invitational this past weekend in Malibu, Calif. The women finished seventh out of all 10 teams and first out of the three Division II schools present in the 6K run. The Georgia College men completed the 8K ninth overall and third in D-II schools.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Oct. 25 as they host the Peach Belt Championships.
Visit www.GCSU.edu/Bobcats to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement.


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The nature reserve Arikok covers close to one-fifth of Aruba and contains virtually all the flora and fauna that the country has to offer — against a background of beautiful volcanic rock formations. In addition, the national park is home to a large number of historical heritage sites.
On this part of the island, the first thing that catches the eye are the jagged hills, the remains of old lava flows. The 34-square-kilometre park also holds numerous types of other rocks — including chalk stone, fossilised coral and jagged igneous rocks with green quartz — and is home to the 2 tallest hills on the island: the Jamanota (188 metres) and the Arikok (176 metres), after which the park was named.
The park contains a wealth of historic remnants, such as drawings left by the Caquetío Indians on the rocks of Cunucu Arikok and in Fontein Cave. If you examine them closely, you can recognise the curious bird from the park logo. The park also has some old settlement sites, such as the location where Aruba's oldest plantations used to be. Here, visitors can get a good impression of how difficult it must have been for the families who settled in this challenging landscape so many years ago. Limited by their surroundings, they managed to build houses out of adobe — a mixture of mud and hay. After close examination of this building technique, the park administrators have rebuilt a number of these typical Aruban 'mud houses' in Cunucu Arikok and near Plantation Prins. In Masiduri, visitors can also go see an exhibition on aloe, the medicinal plant that used to be one of Aruba's most important export products in the early 20th century.
The northern coast of Aruba is home to numerous bays, called bocas. These striking rugged coves are shaped by wind and water, which you can tell from the incidental tall dunes on these white sandy beaches. Boca Prins and Dos Playa are beautiful bays, but Conchi is by far the most popular of all. This natural swimming pool can only be reached by foot, horseback or 4-wheel drive. The trek there is an adventure in itself and the reward a heavenly spot to spend the day.


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WASHINGTON (AP) The Miami Heat opted for rest for LeBron James and Chris Bosh over the pursuit of the Eastern Conference's top seed, and the Washington Wizards capitalized in a 114-93 breeze of a game Monday night that clinched the No. 1 seed for the Indiana Pacers.
Trevor Ariza scored 25 points for the Wizards, who shot 59 percent and made 14 3-pointers and remained one game ahead of the Charlotte Bobcats in the race for the East's No. 6 seed. Washington is trying to avoid dropping to seventh so that it can avoid the Heat in the first round of the playoffs – when LeBron and Co. will be back.
Michael Beasley scored 18 points for the Heat, who will be the No. 2 seed when the playoffs begin this weekend.
The Heat began the day still in contention for the top spot, but they would have needed to win their last two games and have Indiana lose to Orlando on Wednesday because the Pacers hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. Figuring it would be better to be fresh for the postseason, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra sat James and Bosh, saying they were dealing with "the residual of a long season."
ATLANTA (AP) – Chris Douglas-Roberts dribbled into the lane and sank a short jumper as time expired, and the Charlotte Bobcats overcame a 15-point deficit in the final period to beat the Atlanta Hawks.
Al Jefferson had 27 points and 15 rebounds for Charlotte, which remained one game behind Washington in the race for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Gary Neal had 17. Jefferson's turnaround jumper gave the Bobcats a 93-91 lead before Lou Williams answered with a tying jumper for Atlanta with 2.6 seconds remaining.
Following a timeout, Douglas-Roberts penetrated and lobbed the soft jumper as the buzzer sounded.
The Hawks rested starters Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap and DeMarre Carroll. Mike Scott led Atlanta with 20 points.
TORONTO (AP) – Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points, Kyle Lowry had 24 and the Toronto Raptors set a franchise record with their 48th win, beating the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jonas Valanciunas had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Tyler Hansbrough had 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors won for the sixth time in seven games and completed the first season sweep of Milwaukee in franchise history.
Toronto had dropped 11 consecutive games against the Bucks coming into this season, but has since won four straight.
Ramon Sessions scored 21 points, Jeff Adrien had 19 points and Brandon Knight 18 as the Bucks lost their 14th straight road game, matching a record for futility set in the 2004-05 season. Milwaukee has not won away from home since beating Philadelphia on Feb. 24.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Michael Carter-Williams had 21 points and 14 rebounds, Tony Wroten scored 20 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics.
Chris Johnson appeared to hit the tying 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining, but stepped out of bounds before attempting the desperation shot. James Anderson made two free throws a half-second later to seal Philadelphia's win.
Kelly Olynyk scored 28 points to lead the Celtics. Jeff Green had 27 points and Avery Bradley added 23. Rajon Rondo finished with eight points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds.
CHICAGO (AP) – Joakim Noah had 18 points and 10 rebounds and eight assists, Mike Dunleavy scored 22 points and the Chicago Bulls pulled away late for a victory over the Orlando Magic.
With one game left in the regular season, the Bulls are fourth in the Eastern Conference playoff race and looking at a first-round matchup with Brooklyn. To catch Toronto and finish third, the Bulls would need to win the season finale at Charlotte on Wednesday and have the Raptors lose at New York
Kyle O'Quinn led Orlando with 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting, and Andrew Nicholson added 19. Rookie Victor Oladipo was limited to 10 points after scoring a career-high 35 points against the Bulls earlier this season.
HOUSTON (AP) – Chandler Parsons scored 21 points and Dwight Howard and Terrence Jones added 20 apiece to lift the Houston Rockets to a win over the San Antonio Spurs.
The victory gave No. 4 seed Houston home-court advantage in their first-round playoff series with Portland.
San Antonio used a big run at the beginning of the fourth quarter to go on top and was up by three later in the period when Houston scored eight straight to regain the lead, 95-90.
A layup by Jeff Ayres got the Spurs within four points before James Harden knocked down a long 2-pointer with less than a minute left to make it 100-94.
Marco Belinelli had 17 points to lead the Spurs, who limited the minutes of stars Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili with their top seed in the Western Conference playoffs already secure.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Tyreke Evans scored a career-high 41 points to go with nine rebounds, eight assists and three steals, and the New Orleans Pelicans snapped an eight-game skid by shocking the playoff-bound Thunder.
New Orleans beat the Thunder for the first time in 11 meetings, dating to Jan. 24, 2011.
Evans made 14 of 26 shots while scoring mostly on quick, powerful bursts to the hoop. He also scored 12 points at the foul line and made a 3 that put the Pelicans ahead 90-82 with 4:21 left.
Kevin Durant scored 25 for the Thunder, who have lost two straight and won't lock up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs without at least one more win or a Los Angeles Clippers loss.
Oklahoma City played without Russell Westbrook, who was given the night off to rest.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Nick Young scored a season-high 41 points and helped the Los Angeles Lakers snap a seven-game losing streak with a victory against the Utah Jazz.
Jodie Meeks had 23 points and Jordan Hill added 21 for Lakers, who had only eight healthy players.
Alec Burks scored 22 points and Gordon Hayward had 21 points for Utah. Enes Kanter had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Trey Burke chipped in 17 for the Jazz, who have lost 10 of 11 games.
PHOENIX (AP) – Zach Randolph scored 32 points and the Memphis Grizzlies clinched the final playoff berth in the Western Conference with a victory over Phoenix that eliminated the Suns from postseason contention.
The Grizzlies scored the last six points of an intense fourth quarter.
Mike Conley sank a 3-pointer to put Memphis ahead for good 93-91 with 1:08 to play. Goran Dragic threw the ball away on the Suns' next possession and Randolph scored inside to make it 95-91 with 47.1 seconds left.
Markieff Morris had 21 points, and Channing Frye and Dragic 14 apiece for Phoenix.
Memphis swept the season series from the Suns 4-0.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stephen Curry had 32 points and 15 assists, and the reeling Golden State Warriors rallied from 19 points down in the first half to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves.
After learning that center Andrew Bogut could miss extended time with a fractured right rib, the Warriors (50-31) withstood a strong start by Kevin Love to secure the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. They finish the regular season Wednesday at Denver before beginning the postseason at the Los Angeles Clippers or Oklahoma City this weekend.
Love scored 22 of his 40 points in the first quarter. He finished with 14 rebounds and nine assists for the Timberwolves (40-41), who will need to win at Utah on Wednesday to clinch the franchise's first non-losing season since 2004-05.


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My First Sweater - The E. Z. Way!
For a long time, I had ideas about what my first sweater would be, but I was afraid to commit. That's a lot of yarn, after all, and what if I bought too little and couldn't finish it? Also, I knew I wanted wool, so that was going to be even more costly. Finally, though, I had a windfall. A Big Lots opened up near the library where I work, and they had this beautiful Lion Brand Magic Stripes on sale for $1.50 a ball. It was superwash wool. How could I pass that up? So I bought a dozen balls and then went home to figure out how I was going to make the sweater.
I'd seen Knitting Without Tears in the library before and looked at it a number of times. It wasn't long before I decided that was the way to go. I chose the Seamless Raglan and began at the beginning.
Right away, I departed from Elizabeth by doing ribbing at the bottom. I just don't see myself wearing a sweater with a flat hem. I also didn't switch back and forth between sleeves and body as she suggests, though I probably should have. I did the sleeves after the body, working both together on a long needle in the manner of Magic Loop socks, and that was by far the most boring and time-consuming part of the project. When I finished increasing and was just going back and forth to finish the sleeves I almost gave up. It almost looks like I could have given up earlier, because the sleeves are a bit too long for the body.
When I joined on and worked the yoke, the project became exciting for me again. Just like E. Z. says, those decreases make every row go faster, and it really felt like I was getting somewhere. I had some angst when it came to the neck shaping, and Zimmermania turned out to be my savior. Several of you had similar concerns to my own, and you helped me get over that hump. As you can see in the second photo (besides that I look ridiculously fat in the face) the collar still didn't come out just as I wanted. It's too square and gaps too much at the sides. Oh, well. Probably nobody will notice but me, and I haven't even washed and blocked it yet.
Many people looked at me funny when I said I was making this first sweater for myself. Some of them just thought it looked too small (especially the sleeves) but I think some thought I was selfish. Should have been making one for the kids, right? Well, my thinking was, I knew I was going to make mistakes. I knew I might get discouraged and take a long time to get done. I might even give up completely if it became frustrating enough. I wanted all of those problems to fall on me, not one of the kids who was patiently waiting for a sweater from Daddy. It turns out, now that I look at Ravelry, that it took me almost exactly nine months. My wife asked if I felt like I had a baby, and I had to think about that for a minute!
Now I have a ton of the yarn left, so someday soon I will cast on and make a similar sweater in a kid size. That will be a lot of fun, I think.


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Traveling to Japan? Will you need a means of communication? Prepare your pocket if you are up to rent a phone, a SIM card or a Data card in Japan. Most providers give you different choices for rental devices, but be careful because prices from one to another might vary a lot. Please read carefully the following information and then check all the links. Prices can vary from one another, and through time as well.
Do you want to rent a 3G SIM card in Japan?
If you have an iPhone, or a NOKIA compatible with Japanese WCDMA2100 technology, then you are able to rent it. (Sorry, Android seems too new at this moment). Though you have some providers who give you the possibility to rent it, using Softbank might be one of the best choices.
Though renting might be cheap (105 yen a day), using it can turn your bill a nightmare.
Check the rates here
You can apply for it directly from your sofa at home. Get it online, and be ready to pick it up when you arrive at the airport. If you aren't so sure yet about which provider you would like to use, just spend some extra time at the airport to rent your 3G SIM card. Note that you won't be able to rent a 3G SIM card anywhere else.
What if I want to use my own phone?
If your phone uses a 3G GSM SIM card you will be able to use this option. You can rent just the handset and use the GSM SIM card. But remember that you must check your roaming agreements with Softbank (vodafone) prior to come to Japan.
What if my phone has nothing of the above?
Then your only choice is to rent a Japanese phone. You can try the following services:
Softbank (quite cheap at the moment)
Pururu (with a special offer for 30 days)
Jal ABC
I also need a Data Card!
If you want to use internet wherever you go, to rent a Data Card for your Mac or PC might be a good idea. The most popular is called e-mobile.
The following companies offer data card services:
If you check the rates, Pururu has the best rental fees at the moment. But remember that this can change at any time. So please check all providers before flying to Japan.
What about a pocket wifi?
Unfortunately, at the moment, it seems that providers are not offering that option.
Where can I rent it?
At the Airport. You can check the list of providers in Narita International Airport here:
Providers only have rent options at the Airport, so once you exit it, you've lost all opportunities to rent a phone, 3G SIM card, or Data Card. Unless, that is, you go back to the airport just for that.
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Interviews with the wives of French World War II prisoners by University of Houston history professor Sarah Fishman led to lifelong research on the roles of women, gender and family, and an opportunity to co-author a well-received new book, "France and Its Empire Since 1870, " published by Oxford University Press.
University of Houston history professor Sarah Fishman
"The political history of the French state gives the book its structure, but the authors make clear that understanding questions of culture, economics, empire and gender are necessary to make sense of the past, not mere add-ons. By giving appropriate attention to women and men, Right and Left, provinces and colonies as well as Paris, this book meets the needs of current scholarship," says Todd Shepard, professor, John Hopkins University.
Fishman collaborated with Ohio State University professor of history Alice Conklin and University of Houston French history professor Robert Zaretsky to co-author the book.
"I knew Robert Zaretsky, and I could address women, family, politics - and culture, but we needed an expert on the French Empire," says Fishman. "Alice Conklin is the leading expert on the French Empire. We were looking for somebody who would be compatible and bring expertise of research in the field. Each one of us has done years of research in our areas."
Fishman and University of Houston French history professor Robert Zaretsky
Fishman is one of the first researchers to collect data on the roles of women as wives of French prisoners of war during the Vichy regime from 1940-1944. More than 800,000 French women were affected when their husbands were captured by the Nazis during the war in 1940 and held in captivity in Germany as prisoners until the end of the war.
She learned through personal interviews, questionnaires and restricted Vichy archives the details of these POW wives' daily life, their attitudes, and how they managed to support themselves and children with diminished resources. Many of the women experienced depression, fatigue and anxiety due to the added responsibilities and lack of communication with their imprisoned husbands.
"We usually think of World War II as a liberating period for women. I was interested in the prisoner's wife because the husband is gone and the women have to support themselves and children with shortages of food, clothing and supplies, as well as manage, in some cases, a small family farm or business," says Fishman. "I ended up interviewing former prisoner of war wives in France, which led to a dissertation in graduate school and my first book, 'We Will Wait: Wives of French Prisoners of War 1940-1945'" (Harvard University Press, 1992).
Fishman found wives of POW from varying religious, economic and political backgrounds had the opportunity to organize and experience female solidarity by being brought together by their husbands' situations through a grassroots support group they formed, the Fédération des associations de femmes de prisonniers (FAFP), and publications of the time.
The findings from her research led her to question her original hypothesis. She found the roles of POW wives not as liberating for women as she anticipated. Through the leadership of the FAFP, women served as their husbands' delegates or deputies and not as women emancipated by their sudden emergence from male control in marriage. She found the strength of social norms allowed the POW wives to adjust to the war and separation without challenging their ideas about the position of women in the family. When the husbands returned home, many of the women readjusted to their roles they held prior to the war.
From Fishman's research with the POW wives came her interest in their children. French leaders were convinced the rate of juvenile delinquency was increasing because their fathers were prisoners of war. This led her to the question of juvenile and youth crime during the war and the subject of her second book, "The Battle for Children: World War II, Youth Crime, and Juvenile Justice in Twentieth-Century France" (Yale University Press, 2002).
"I researched juvenile court records because when a young person comes into a court situation, the court requires a study of the family. I became interested in what we can learn about families from these family studies," says Fishman. "During the war, social workers would go into these families. They would tell me how long the mother breast-fed, when the first tooth came out, when the first step was taken. We know a lot about the child and the mother."
Likewise, the juvenile court reports described the fathers and their respective roles in the family structure. Fishman's research revealed the social worker's evolving interested in the fathers' changing family role.
"Information regarding the roles of women, children, family and the economy existed in the family surveys conducted by social workers and census surveys taken every five years in France. They collect all kinds of data," says Fishman. "It wasn't until people became interested in what happened to women and women's history that they started to think about what it means to study family life."
Until World War II, French society was predominately rural and agriculturally based. In 1940, it was still 40 percent rural. In England, Germany and the U.S. the rural population at the same time was significantly less than 10 percent.
"When you talk about a family farm or a small business, the wife is contributing in real ways to the family economy. Women are helping on the farm in a lot of ways, taking in work, running the shop, sitting at the cash register," says Fishman. "If you look at female employment just by labor statistics, you might miss the fact that women are contributing an awful lot to the business and the production that's going on in France."
Fishman is the author of three books, including "France and Its Empire Since 1870" (Oxford University Press, 2010) co-authored with Alice Conklin and Robert Zaretsky; "The Battle for Children: World War II, Youth Crime, Juvenile Justice in Twentieth-Century France (Harvard University Press, 2002); and the prize-winning historical study "We Will Wait: Wives of French Prisoner of War 1940-1945" (Yale University Press, 1992). She earned a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and has been recognized with both a University of Houston Research Excellence Award and a University Teaching Excellence Award. In addition to her teaching, she serves as associate dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at UH. Her current research explores the impact of France's rapid post-war economic transformation on ordinary people's lives, focusing on women, gender and family life.
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My students and I had a great week of technology-infused learning.
First, I had the pleasure of wheeling the wireless lab (a cart containing laptops) into my classroom. Until now, other teachers had been monopolizing the cart; I would see it being moved from here to there, to the same rooms every time. I always wondered how those teachers were using them. After talking with the computer teacher, I signed out the lab and was pleased to learn I would be able to keep it for two weeks. Awesome!
So this past week, during the literacy block, I had planned to use the interactive website Into the Book to review and practice using specific reading strategies, such as making connections and visualizing. The site allows students to read passages and practice applying these strategies for comprehension. However, once every student had a laptop at his desk, I was reminded of all the little things you have to go over with 13 kids who are using laptops for the first time. And in my case, it's ELLs who have not had the same access and experience with computers to begin with.
"Open it like this."
"Turn it on... press the power button."
"Press Ctrl and Alt and Del...at the same time...where are the keys?...... Here, and here, and here..."
"Enter the log in..... enter the password.... take Caps lock off!.... Didn't work? Try it again....."
"Type this address into your browser.....
And on and on it went.... 13 times. Wow.
When we finally got going, the kids loved Into the Book. There were, of course, some passages and vocabulary they needed my help with. Overall, the site was useful for my ELLs. We also reviewed some keyboarding skills, so they'll be ready for next week, when we'll try using them during Writer's Workshop.
The second highlight of the week was the grand entrance of the Smart Board, brought to us by the Math coach. We had planned for her to do a 45 min. lesson on attributes, but when she saw how excited my kids were, she ended up staying all morning. She showed us how to set it up, how to use the various functions, and she also did several activities involving math and language arts. The Smart Board is amazing! I was so grateful to her. It was like having my own real-world hands-on training. I'm ready to use it every week in some way. I know I will.
If we are to move our students along academically and linguistically, each and every one of us ought to try new things. I for one do not want my students to be held back by language; technology is for everyone. I know there is some reluctance out there, people who are not yet ready to give things a whirl. And I certainly recognize that time is a factor; I always wondered how I would ever "integrate" technology into my teaching.
Now, it's even more clear to me. It's about making some thoughtful changes and keeping the kids engaged. It's reaching out, teaching, and encouraging each other. This kind of teaching is like jumping on a train and going to exciting places with the most enthusiastic, wide-eyed travel companions.


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One thing I love about Untamed is out intense the racing can be - when the courses are jam-packed with racers, and you've got five drivers in a variety of different vehicles jockeying for position at 100+ MPH, things get chaotic and in a good way. Your adrenaline starts pumping, you start envisioning yourself at the front of the pack, and then you finally achieve the goal that seemed lofty just a few short seconds before. Unfortunately, this high level of excitement is a rarity, as the AI isn't all that aggressive, and at all but the highest difficulty levels, you'll have long stretches of time where no one's close to you, resulting in boring, or at least uneventful, races on a regular basis.
After my first few boring races, I decided to look for things to do to keep things interesting. The most effective solution to in-game boredom came from drastically changing my racing style from race to race or lap to lap. Going from an aggressive style that emphasized getting ahead by any means necessary, to a more passive style of using finesse to progress, and then focusing on doing tricks when I had a clear lead helped me quite a bit, as it allowed me to see just how much the game could offer. Unfortunately, that didn't do much to actually solve the problem of the gameplay getting redundant - it just slightly reduced how noticeable the problem was.
ATV vs. MX racing also spices things up a little, as the different attributes of the vehicle types (motocross bikes are much faster and give you more maneuverability, but can also fly off the track, while ATV's are slower, but stick to the track easier due to their greater size), but still doesn't resolve the core problem of the AI not really putting up much of a challenge. Fortunately for Untamed, mixed vehicle races usually result in some spectacular crashes, especially when you're in mid-jump and either land on an MX racer while riding an ATV, or are on the receiving end of such a collision as the game's crash animations look either body-mangling or comedically overdone, leading to either winces in pain from the player or laughter due to an absurd landing animation.
Unfortunately, while ATV vs. MX races are usually exciting, races featuring the game's the other vehicles (various types of buggies, trophy trucks, and monster trucks) don't fare as well. While they're fun to use with from time to time, you can't do tricks in them - nixing part of the fun of the ATV and MX racing. The buggies are also tougher to control during turns, making tight turns needlessly difficult, and leaving you in a jam if you're knocked off course or into the wrong direction, as you'll be forced to veer off the road and take the 3 second deduction plus deal with being repositioned on the track as opposed to be being able to drive back onto the course with relative ease in either the ATV or MX vehicles.
In online racing, I've found that the non-ATV/MX vehicles are the least-used, and that fairly regular lag is problem. After getting used to the finely-crafted online experiences found in the PGRs and Forzas of the world, it took some time to get used to a racing game with lag, and that's a good thing, especially since this game's pace can get pretty quick, and tricks are basically rendered impossible to accurately due to the lag.
The gameplay's redundancy only becomes more apparent as you play more of the game's many modes. You can have a variety of tournaments, indoor racing, outdoor racing, off-road racing, and even checkpoint racing. Unfortunately, they only serve to highlight how hollow the core gameplay is, as no matter how many spins are put on it, you end up with a largely boring experience because there simply isn't enough depth in the gameplay to keep the modes interesting.
You'd think a game with so many vehicles, racing surfaces, and so much action going on would at least look impressive, especially given the astounding graphics featured in other PS3 offerings like Motorstorm, but Untamed performs under par once again. There's a serious lack of detail on the bikes, riders, and environments, leading to a generic look to races and a static look to your surroundings. The most impressive graphical effect I noticed was dust accumulating on tires and on your rider's outfit as it's thrown back at you by rivals. That's about as visually impressive as it gets here, and that's a shame, as it ends up making the game look like an original PS2 game with slightly smoother textures.
The audio doesn't fare much better, as engine sound effects basically consist of a variety of generic hums that simply vary in volume and don't do a good job of conveying the power difference between the various types of vehicles. Collisions also lack much in the way of impact, and aside from a basic "oomph" voice from your rider, they're sold on the visual impact alone. Musically, Untamed's soundtrack is full of rock, with Nickelback, Disturbed, and Bad Religion being the most notable acts.
While the music is mostly good, the reliance on rock means that the soundtrack tends to bleed together after a while, leading to it also getting stale. Some variety in the kinds of tunes available would've helped that aspect of the game greatly. The biggest problem I have with the game's music lies in the fact that when a new song starts playing, a large , slightly transparent black graphic pops up on screen to give you information about it, obscuring the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. While you're navigating menus, this can cause you to select the wrong mode quite easily, but the worst problem it creates is blocking your view during a race - leading to not only your on-screen map being covered up, but also making it impossible to tell where opponents are in relation to your position, causing needless chaos during a crowded part of the race.
Untamed ends up being plagued by far too many seemingly small problems that, on their own, wouldn't be game-killers, but here, because there are so many and they're so frequent, end up sucking the fun out of the game. This could've been an acceptable low-price buy for fans of the genre, but the end result here is one that I can only recommend for a rental at most. For many, just playing the demo will likely give them all the thrills they seek from the game, and if you're just a casual fan of the genre, it will certainly suffice.
Rating: 64%
Written By: Jeremy Peeples
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As a casual fan of motorcycle racing games since the original Excitebike on the NES, and someone who has enjoyed more recent fare like Excitebike 64 and ATV Off-Road Fury 4, I approached MX vs. ATV: Untamed optimistically, and hoped that it would supply a trick and race-filled romp with a variety of vehicles. While it did that to a certain degree, it also lacked the polish or memorable design of the Excitebikes that made them classics, and wound up being a well-executed, but ultimately unspectacular game.
Untamed ends up being plagued by far too many seemingly small problems that, on their own, wouldn't be game-killers, but here, because there are so many and they're so frequent, end up sucking the fun out of the game. This could've been an acceptable low-price buy for fans of the genre, but the end result here is one that I can only recommend for a rental at most. For many, just playing the demo will likely give them all the thrills they seek from the game, and if you're just a casual fan of the genre, it will certainly suffice.
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As I maneuvered my stick-shift rental Opel through a maze of Heraklion's narrow one-way streets, desperately searching for the one that would lead me to Lato Hotel — which I could see but not reach — drivers squeezed past, sitting on their horns, revving their engines.
Was it an ill wind, I wondered, that had blown me here?
Heraklion (also called Iraklion), a city of about 125,000, is, by one guidebook's description, "astonishingly ugly." They got that right. Badly damaged by German bombs in World War II, it is an eyesore of blocky concrete buildings, noisy and congested. So why had I come?
It wasn't to lie on the white sand beaches of Elounda on the Gulf of Mirabello an hour to the east or at Ayia Pelagia or other nearby magnets for sun worshipers. This was March, not yet beach season in this, the largest of the Greek islands. Nor had I come to hike the Samaria Gorge, one of the longest in Europe.
I had come mainly to see the restored Minoan palace of Knossos three miles southeast of Heraklion and to see the incredible treasures of the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
Two days would do it, and then off to Chania — arguably the prettiest town on Crete — for another two days on this visit, piggybacked with a pre-Olympics trip to Athens.
Somnolent villages still exist on the southern, less tourist-trammeled side of Crete, I'm told, but the north coast, with the island's three major towns — Heraklion, Chania and Rethymnon — is anything but quaintly ethnic. That disappeared when the number of annual visitors to this island 100 miles south of the Greek mainland reached 3 million.
Less than an hour by air from Athens and served by commercial car and passenger ferries, Crete saw tourism jump 50% between 1990 and 2000, taxing its infrastructure and choking its towns with traffic. The physical degradation of coastal resorts, with their cheap holiday packages, has been matched by the dilution of traditional island culture.
If an island vacation with beach time is your wish, there are places just as pretty that are far closer to Los Angeles and where the spellings of place names is far less confusing. (You'll see Chania as Canae or Hania, among others.) But if ancient artifacts are your thing — and you're headed to Athens for the Olympics, which are to open Friday — Crete is certainly worth a look.
Checking into Lato Hotel in Heraklion — a city that will host some of the Olympics' soccer contests — I was overjoyed to hand the bellhop my car keys and let him try to find a space on the street. The refurbished boutique hotel has contemporary décor, a restaurant and an inviting bar. My twin-bed room, done in champagne and charcoal and with a balcony overlooking the Venetian harbor, was perfectly pleasant.
For dinner within walking distance, the desk clerk recommended Fos Fonari. When I arrived about 9, there was only a handful of diners, but by 11 the restaurant was filling rapidly. A table opposite mine was claimed by a young man and five mini-clad women sharing platters of food between cellphone chats.
The chef's special salmon baked in vodka cream sauce with raisins and celery was tasty. And then I presented my credit card. Fos Fonari doesn't take credit cards, and I had no cash, so my waiter doffed his apron and led me down the street to an ATM.
Getting an early start the next morning, I snagged the last free parking space at Knossos. In summer, the crowds are huge, but in March I encountered only a few clusters of tourists, including several large school groups. As I walked the paths, I tried to envision the 1,500-room palace that once stood on the site.
In Greek mythology, Knossos was home to King Minos, who was married to Pasiphae. Her carnal caper with a white bull produced the Minotaur, a ferocious half-man and half-beast that was locked up at the palace and fed men and maidens.
When Theseus, son of Athenian King Aegeus, came to slay the beast, Minos' daughter Ariadne fell for him and helped him escape afterward. The lovers fled together, but he later dumped her.
The Knossos that visitors see today is largely a reconstruction built on the ruins of an 18th century BC Minoan palace destroyed by fire in the mid-15th century BC. The controversial interpretation of what once existed is largely that of Sir Arthur Evans, an Englishman who bought the site and began digging about 1900.
The fact that one doesn't know for sure what one is seeing doesn't detract greatly from the experience. (For example, what Sir Arthur thought was an open-air theater later scholars thought was a reception area for VIP guests.)
Although not totally authentic, Knossos is totally fascinating — from the clay bathtub in the queen's apartments to the carved stone throne of King Minos.
Leaving Knossos, I ate a quick lunch at a nondescript cafe just across the road before heading back to town and the Archaeological Museum. It's a good idea to see Knossos before visiting the museum; many of the palace treasures, as well as some of its heavily restored frescoes, are here. It's been suggested that the palace site was never vandalized because would-be thieves were put off by the myth of the Minotaur.
It takes at least two hours to see everything, but if you're short on time, head straight for Room IV, where you'll find a carved black stone bull's head with jasper eyes and gilded horns, a ritual vessel from Knossos.
Here, too, are the faience figurine of a bare-breasted snake goddess and an exquisite carved ivory bull-leaping acrobat, both from Knossos. In Room VII, I was so taken with the gold pendant of two bees holding a honeycomb (it's from a Minoan tomb) that I later bought a silver replica at a shop across the street.
Upstairs is the so-called "toreador fresco" from Knossos, depicting a man somersaulting over a charging bull as one woman holds the horns and another stands ready to help.
Back outside, I headed for the pedestrian streets off Plateia Eleftherias. Heraklion's young set filled the tables at sidewalk cafes along Daedalou and Korai streets; at 5 Korai I found Loukoulos, a lovely restaurant in an old townhouse.
Although alone, I was shown to a table for five and showered with attention. The cuisine is more Italian-Mediterranean than Cretan, and my beef entrée was fine but not memorable. If you go, be aware that rock music from a nearby venue penetrates the back windows of the dining room; choose a table in the pretty front garden.
In the land of Zorba
The next morning I hit the E-75 for Chania. The road, the new national highway, is four lanes much, but not all, of the 85 miles west to Chania. On narrower stretches, I hugged the shoulder, as I'd been advised to do by an Athens taxi driver who feared for my safety behind the wheel.
About halfway between Heraklion and Chania, I turned off at Rethymnon, which has appalling traffic but — once you fight your way into the historic core — morphs into an old town rich with Turkish minarets, Venetian facades and narrow streets with shops selling jewelry, leather and lace.
At a seaside open-air taverna in the shadow of the imposing Venetian fortress at the harbor, I bundled up against the chill and ate just-OK spaghetti with wild mushrooms — spaghetti is a standard menu item hereabouts — and bitter dandelion greens splashed with olive oil and lemon.
Back on the highway, I passed roadside shrines, a few goats and even a sheepherder with his flock. Just west of Rethymnon, big new resort hotels have sprung up along the coast. I'd seen in a guidebook the name of the village — Kokkino Chorio — where Zorba lived in "Zorba the Greek," the 1964 film based on a novel by Crete native Nikos Kazantzakis. When I saw a road sign for the turnoff, it was irresistible.
Up and up I drove on a narrow, winding mountain road, my enthusiasm flagging with each blind curve. When I learned I still had 4 kilometers to go — on an even narrower road with huge potholes — I turned back.
Map in hand, I drove into Chania and headed for hotel Casa Delfino.
My map forgot to mention the auto-free streets, so I found myself driving in circles.
Finally, I parked near the harbor and walked 15 minutes to the hotel, where I described my situation to Stella, the clerk, who called Costas, the off-duty clerk, and asked him to get on his motorbike, meet me at my car and lead me to the hotel's parking area. Costas was a lifesaver; he even schlepped my bags up the 49 steps to my room.
Although I'd booked one of the lesser rooms (the suites are fabulous), I loved the place, which is in the heart of the old town, just removed from the bustle of the seafront promenade.
From my room, I looked down on a beautiful gated courtyard and weathered red-tile roofs. Candles flickered on tables as I enjoyed a cool drink in the courtyard.
Dinner was at Dino's, a long-established seafood restaurant at the less touristy Outer Harbor. Nothing fancy — bare wood tables and half-hearted décor. I put away a mezede (appetizer) of grilled red peppers and a plate of the three biggest shrimp I've ever seen, grilled in their shells. All very tasty.
Casa Delfino is just off Theotokopoulou, the prettiest of the old town's cobbled pedestrian streets.
It's named for Crete's most famous son, El Greco (born Domenikos Theotokopoulos). I poked through shops selling jewelry, sponges, spices and ceramics before heading for the esplanade, where annoyingly persistent touts drummed up business outside cafes.
Busy Khalidon Street is the main link between harbor and old town and, at the harbor end, is lined wall to wall with tourist shops selling plastic worry beads and other trinkets. I saw no Greek fishermen's caps but lots of baseball caps with logos of U.S. teams. (Serious shoppers might check out Mitos gallery at 44 Khalidon for high-quality jewelry and ceramics by Greek artisans.)
A left turn off Khalidon led me to Skridloph, the leather street, a blur of shops selling handbags and sandals. (Not all items are made in Greece, so check.) Continuing toward the new town, I made my way to the public market, which occupies a vast cruciform-shaped 1911 building at Plateia S. Venizelou. Fishmongers were selling whole octopuses, and butchers hawked pigs' feet with legs attached. Vendors sold spices, fresh vegetables and ouzo, the strong anise-flavored aperitif. Tantalizing smells wafted from little cafes.
For some inexplicable reason, I paid $5 for a pair of candleholders that are miniature ring-shaped Greek wedding cakes. The vendor suggested I douse them regularly with fly spray, lest creatures hatch inside the dough. Once home, I popped them in the freezer. So far, no bugs.
My wanderings then took me up the hill above the harbor to the Kastelli neighborhood, which was particularly hard hit by World War II bombings. It was astonishing to see homes built right into the ruins of bombed-out buildings.
Back at the harbor, I checked out some other old town hotels. Around the corner from the Naval Museum, Pension Thereza on Angelou Street had posted a sign saying to pick a room key and take a look. For those with a modest budget and strong legs, this is a find. There's a little lobby with stone walls and, up 44 spiral stairs, is Room 1, a charmer with a double bed, a loft with two singles, bath, air conditioning, TV and a harbor-view balcony — all for about $48 a night. At Casa Leone, in a 600-year-old house with a lovely courtyard, a clerk showed me two suites, both spacious and very nice. Room 2, with harbor views, rents for about $133 in season.
The Greek way
Having worked up an appetite, I headed for Tamam, an old town restaurant in a building that once housed the cold-plunge pool of a Turkish bath. There are tables in the sunken area and others in the narrow space rimming it. One steps gingerly so as not to fall in. Every table was taken, so I left my name and killed an hour at an Internet cafe. I loved Tamam, with its piped-in harem music and vintage ad posters. (Note: This is definitely not a no-smoking zone.) My meal — lamb with yogurt, raisins and spices — was wonderful. At 12:45 a.m., as I sipped a complimentary raki, a fiery distilled grape drink, people were still arriving. No, the waiter told me, they didn't have the next day off; this is simply the Greek way.
On my last day, I had a few hours to explore the Akrotiri Peninsula before checking in at the airport, which is on the peninsula about nine miles from town.
The peninsula has nice beaches and some awful new vacation villas. Following the signs to Stavros, I found a pretty, sandy cove sheltered by a tall cliff. In my imagination, I saw Anthony Quinn, the Greek peasant, teaching Alan Bates, the reserved Englishman, how to dance — just as he had at this very spot in "Zorba the Greek."
It was Crete as I prefer to think of it.
Searching out the island's best
From LAX, Heraklion is served with connecting service (change of planes) on Lufthansa, Air France, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, United, British Airways and KLM; many connect to Olympic Airways to Crete. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,180.
To call the numbers below from the U.S., dial 011 (the international dialing code), 30 (country code for Crete) and the local number.
Casa Delfino, 9 Theofanous, Chania; 2821-087-400, fax 2821-096-500, https://www.casadelfino.com . Suite hotel in lovely 17th century Venetian mansion in quiet old town location at harbor. Seasonal rates begin at $143.
Lato Hotel, 15 Epimenidou, Heraklion; (800) 577-9449 or 2810-228-103, fax 2810-240-350, https://www.lato.gr . Nicely renovated boutique hotel and restaurant overlooking old Venetian harbor. Seasonal rates begin at $137.
Porto Veneziano Hotel, Akti Enoseos 73132, old Venetian harbor, Chania; 2821-027-100, fax 2821-027-105, https://www.porto-veneziano.gr . Attractively updated Best Western at quiet end of harbor. Seasonal rates begin at $114.
Tamam, 49 Zambeliou, Chania; 2821-096-080. Atmosphere abounds in this restaurant in a former Turkish bathhouse, and the Greek food is very tasty. Dinner entrees from $10.
Dino's, 2 Akti Enoseos, Chania; 2821-041-865. Long-established restaurant overlooking harbor. Excellent seafood, with dinner entrees from $6.
Loukoulous, 5 Korai, Heraklion; 2810-224-435. Elegant dining in restored mansion or romantic courtyard. Large and varied menu. Dinner entrees from $10.
Fos Fanari, Plateia Agiou Dimitriov, Heraklion; 2810-342-245. Neighborhood restaurant serving well-made Greek specialties, with entrees from $6.
Greek National Tourist Organization, (212) 421-5777, https://www.greektourism.com .
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Communications Bill: 'No plans' to spy on postcards
The Home Office says it has no current plans to force the Royal Mail to store data on all letters and postcards passing through its system.
The provision is included in the government's draft communications data bill , published this week.
But the Home Office said the bill would just maintain existing powers relating to postal data.
And it stressed that only data about mail - not its contents - would be retained if the law was ever enacted.
Under the draft bill, the Royal Mail and other postal services could be asked to retain "anything written on the outside" of items for up to 12 months so they can be accessed by the police, security services and HM Revenue and Customs.
But a Home Office spokesman said only information relating to the "communications data of mail — who sent the letter to whom, when it was sent and the origin and destination" would, potentially, be stored.
'Snooper's charter'
Asked how the relevant data would be separated from the contents of postcards, for example, the spokesman said: "That would be something the postal services would need to address if they were requested to do so."
The spokesman added: "It does not cover the interception of contents, which will continue to be covered by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and require a warrant signed by the Secretary of State.
"In a very small number of cases, law enforcement or intelligence agencies might have to obtain the communications data of a suspect's mail, but there are currently no requirements to retain postal data and there are no plans for that to change.
"The new legislation will replace current powers relating to postal communications data. The Bill will ensure they are maintained."
Detail of all UK internet use will be stored for up to 12 months so that it can be accessed by the police, the security services and HM Revenue and Customs if the draft bill becomes law.
Records will include people's activity on social network sites, webmail, internet phone calls and online gaming.
It has been dubbed a "snooper's charter" by civil liberties groups but the Home Office says new powers are needed to keep pace with how criminals and terrorists are using new technology.
The Bill includes provision to help postal services and other communications providers with the cost of installing new equipment to comply with any laws, estimated to be £1.8bn over 10 years.


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New Mexico Tech Awarded "Best Collegiate Blood Drive", Feb. 9, 2005
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Feb. 9, 2005 – United Blood Services of New Mexico recently announced that New Mexico Tech is this year's recipient of the regional blood service organization's "Best Collegiate Blood Drive Award."
Statistics compiled last year on campus participation in blood drives held at various New Mexico universities show that New Mexico Tech drew proportionately more donors from its 1,800 student population than any other university in the area.
Blood drives conducted at the research university in Socorro over the past two years have yielded 35 units collected in 2003 and 178 units collected in 2004 — a more than 500 percent increase in donor participation.
In addition, during the past fall semester's blood drive, New Mexico Tech topped the single day donation record for a state university that had previously been held by the University of New Mexico.
"We've worked hard over the last couple of years to help educate our students on the importance of becoming regular blood donors," said Dennis Schumacher, director of the New Mexico Tech Residential Life Office, the group within the university that is responsible for coordinating campus blood drives.
While announcing the recent award, representatives of United Blood Services of New Mexico further commended Schumacher and his staff for being instrumental in creating the tremendous growth in blood donor participation and support on the New Mexico Tech campus.


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modelflight necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 20 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
A web design for an existing Radio Control Hobby website.
We have a new Logo and are looking for a new totally revised layout.
Modelflight.com.au is a premier destination for RC hobby gear. We are looking for a totally redesigned website to be a more visually appealing to our clients. We need a homepage and Product information page design.
We have a new Logo and are looking for a new totally revised layout that links all current main page panels into one more visualy appealing site.
Space on the main page should allow for a slide show of products should be considered.
Menus and their positions should follow best practice web design layouts.
It must show featured brands/logo's in one section on the main page.
- Use of the new Logo & Colour Profile - Logo files can be found at http://www.modelflight.com.au/webimages/
- Colour Profile RGB (Web) reference information – Yellow (255r, 204g, 0b/ffcc00), Black (0r, 0g, 0b/000000), Grey (177r, 179g, 182b/b1b3b6), White
- Retain a header space for main logo header and branding images
- Integrate all current panels into one visual design.
- No Flash


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Wireless Adaptor for Blu-ray Disc Players
- Works with BDP-330, BDP-31FD, BDP-33FD
- Connect your Blu-ray Disc player wirelessly to your home wireless network
- Access content such as Netflix® and youtube™
AS-WL100 Wireless Adaptor
Connect your Pioneer Blu-ray player to your home wireless network with this USB adapter (AS-WL100) and stream netflix®* and youtube™ content without the hassle of cables and connecting and reconnecting computers, modems and routers.
In addition you will be able to wirelessly download firmware upgrades.
The AS-WL100 Wireless adaptor works only with the BDP-330, BDP-31FD, BDP-33FD.
*Netflix content requires a subscription


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FINRA on Friday fulfilled its promise to seek comments on its controversial plan to require brokers to disclose their pay packages.
Comments on the proposed rule, Regulatory Notice 13-02, which requires disclosure of conflicts relating to recruitment compensation practices, must be sent to FINRA by March 5.
FINRA announced Nov. 29 that its board would be mulling such a rule at its Dec. 6 meeting.
FINRA's proposed rule would require member firms to specifically disclose the financial incentives they give to the representatives they recruit. The recruiting firm would be required to provide the disclosure before the rep's former customers transfer their accounts to the new firm.
Securities lawyer Patrick Burns says that a "number of FINRA member firms, namely wirehouses, offer significant financial incentives to recruit registered representatives to join their firms, yet these compensation arrangements are not disclosed to customers when they are asked to transfer their accounts to a representative's new firm."
The proposed rule states that "FINRA believes that customers would benefit from being told the material conflicts arising from a registered person being paid recruiting incentives to change firms."
However, Burns notes that FINRA's Regulatory Notice 13-02 "makes no mention" of broker retention compensation practices. "It is unclear whether these practices would be considered separately pursuant to a different proposed rule at a later date," he says.
Burns goes on to say that "many of the concerns about front-end recruitment bonuses mentioned in Regulatory Notice 13-02, such as forgivable loans and production-based bonuses, also apply to retention bonuses."
But FINRA's "efforts in requiring more disclosure by brokers about their compensation practices is a move toward providing more information to clients about fees they ultimately pay and conflicts of interest they should be aware of."
What's more, FINRA proposing a rule on recruitment compensation practices "appears to be a move towards treating brokers as fiduciaries," Burns notes. "Many in the brokerage industry have been calling for a common fiduciary standard for brokers and advisors for years. This proposed rule is a step in that direction."
Comments can be submitted by emailing them to firstname.lastname@example.com or mailing them to Marcia E. Asquith, Office of the Corporate Secretary, FINRA 1735 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-1506.


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Amy Campbell is the author of Staying Healthy with Diabetes: Nutrition and Meal Planning and a frequent contributor to Diabetes Self-Management and Diabetes & You. She has co-authored several books, including the The Joslin Guide to Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association's 16 Myths of a "Diabetic Diet," for which she received a Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication and a National Health Information Award in 2000. Amy also developed menus for Fit Not Fat at Forty Plus and co-authored Eat Carbs, Lose Weight with fitness expert Denise Austin.
Amy earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition from Simmons College and a master's degree in nutrition education from Boston University. In addition to being a Registered Dietitian, she is a Certified Diabetes Educator and a member of the American Dietetic Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Amy was formerly a Diabetes and Nutrition Educator at Joslin Diabetes Center, where she was responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of disease management programs, including clinical guideline and educational material development, and the development, testing, and implementation of disease management applications. She is currently the Director of Clinical Education Content Development and Training at Good Measures. Amy has developed and conducted training sessions for various disease and case management programs and is a frequent presenter at disease management events.


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The Bengals and free-agent quarterback Josh Johnson have reached a two-year contract agreement, NFL writer Jenna Laine reported Thursday night.
Johnson, 26, has appeared in 27 NFL games, starting five. He will vie for a reserve role behind Andy Dalton. Bruce Gradkowski, the top backup to Dalton last season, has joined Pittsburgh. If Johnson signs on as expected, he will join Zac Robinson as the only two other quarterbacks than Dalton on the roster.
Johnson, who played collegiately at San Diego under then-head coach Jim Harbaugh, was a fifth-round pick of Tampa Bay in 2008. Current Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden was an assistant on the Buccaneers' coaching staff when Johnson entered the league.
Johnson appeared in one game last season, joining the Browns for the season finale after a wave of injuries at quarterback. He played one play, taking a sack on what was Cleveland's last offensive play of the season.


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I recently put together a small video studio in the guest bedroom (not sure how the in-laws will feel about this) and wanted to design a high-quality, low-budget lighting setup. I wanted a bright, diffuse key light (that's the primary light off to one side and slightly higher than your head to illuminate the subject) and a slightly less bright, lower-angle fill light. Here's what I came up with for a little under $200:
- Two 500W halogen work lights: ~$15 each from the hardware store (get some extra bulbs too while you're at it).
- Two cheap-o lighting stands: ~$50 each from Filmtools You could choose to skip this and buy worklights that come with a stand, too. I like the flexibility of being able to eventually upgrade my lights and keep the stands.
- Two 20lb. sandbags (lighting stands don't have a wide enough base to be stable without added weight).
- Diffusion paper. Don't use paper or cloth, these lights are hot! It's worth the $6 to avoid setting your studio on fire. I'm shooting light through the diffusion filter for my key light. For the fill light, I've pointed the light at the wall and am bouncing the light to make it more diffuse and less bright.
- Some sturdy spring clamps to clip filters to the light stand and handle – avoid clipping to the hottest parts of the light.
The halogen light is pretty white, which is nice, although you should still do a manual white balance when taping. I mounted each light on its stand by slipping the light's bracket over the neck of the stand. This could be much sturdier than it currently is.
The cost of replacement bulbs is much less than "real" video lights. No, they don't have barn doors and other controls of a professional light, but that's probably a hack for another day. So far, I'm pretty happy with the results.


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Sunday, May 06, 2007
Catastrophe Ahead?
I listened to BBC Urdu Service this evening and two things struck me.
First, Shaukat Aziz was quoted as saying "there is a provision in the Constitution to impose emergency and there are certain circumstances, explained in the Constitution, which are required to impose emergency".
Secondly, Najam Sethi, who for reasons known only to himself, often uses the Daily Times and his Friday Times editorials to give advice to the general (some people even suggest that he has been a regular visitor to the presidency as well), told BBC that among the options open to Musharraf, in the event the Supreme Court goes against his wishes, is to declare martial law and sack the Supreme Court.
In my book this is a path to a national disaster, which might lead to a further break up of the country.
Could someone please tell me I am wrong!
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- Kashif said...
I am afraid you are right. Either the general has to step down or in attempt to prolong his destiny, he will demolish the structure around him. But I think it is too late now and declaring emergency will result in chaos.
- 12:47 pm
Why is it so hard to believe that a cornered and desperate Musharaff will impose martial law to hold on to his Khursi? Especially so if that farce of a re-election of his does not go according to plan. Quiet rumours of martial law have been doing the rounds for a while now. The situation in FATA and Balochistan will provide a suitable excuse.
- 1:14 pm
Let me predict another Taliban tamasha in Islamabad in this week.
- 3:02 pm
the world is watching with interest.
- 3:13 pm
Anything is expected from a millitary skull.
- 6:26 pm
Our Madari's (jugglers) in Islamabad would pull any rabbit out of their hats to save their asses and cling on to power for as long as possible. But any such move will only hasten the demise of our beloved Generalissmo and his hangers-on because it will put his foreign backers in a fix in the absence of a fig-leaf of democracy to cover the not-so-invisible private parts of the supreme leader(s). It will force him to admit, like the late Nawab of Kalabagh, that one side of his Mooch (moustache) is Law and the other side is Order.
- 7:12 pm
By the way, Najam Sethi sounds pathetic with his apologetic comments. Crowing with fear before the junta, beseeching it to act "sensibly" in his editorials in Daily Times, etc. And even speaking on its behalf in his interview that you just cited. What a let down !!
- 7:16 pm
I think paid servant of state, Mr. Musharaff will be overthrown by some other tin-pot khaki and we will be subjugated to another desi-imperial rule of boatwalas. I think if Army has even a slightest professionalism left they will try to be what professional armies do and not what the goons and imperialist would do to the natives. Pathetic Army.
- 8:37 pm
As long as Musharaff (or any other Khakhi for that matter) does whatever his foreign backers, i.e. the Americans, want him to do for a reasonable enough price, you will not hear a peep about democracy.
- 8:49 pm
- Balu said...
I think you are right. My worry is that the options with the state and its cronies and rogue organs are might amount to contemporary form of humanitarian ctastrphe. In my view a transition is necessary and any attempt to stop would only bring about unnecessary loss of humanity and increase human suffering in Pakistan. GOD BLESS US...
- 5:22 am
The unraveling drama at the Supreme Court of Pakistan may be nerve-wrecking for Musharraf and the Army (Establishment). If CJP-Chuadhry is restored back to his position than he may not be that accommodating to play balls with the Establishment in their game. Under that scenario, the Establishment may either opt for the Option BB if at all workable or create a "drama" of chaos and go for the Emergency Rule postponing all civil discourses like the "sham" election.
- 8:24 am
Only a coup in the army can overthrow Musharraf. At the moment there does not appear any sign of that happening any time soon, unless Mahi has some inside information he could share with us.
The other circumstances could be what Mahi calls "the mango patti" way of abrupt removal from the scene, as was done with Gen.Zia
At the present time, all the senior rank and file from Lt Gen to Gen owe their promotion to him and none has shown any ambition to enter the frying pan.
Under the present circumstances, Pakistan is in for mayhem both staged by the Establishment and otherwise and we may be in for military rule and the catastrophe.
Shortcut knows whats up.
- 12:16 pm
Najam Sethi's role is pathetic.
Too many Pakistani journalists start out as "liberals" only to become toadies of the establishment.
Sethi uses the Friday Times to poke fun at many while keeping himself respectable even though he joined Leghari's cabinet and is now Musharraf's man.
I have greater respect for anyone who starts out wrong and then hits the right road. But Sethi, Maleeha Lodhi, Mushahid Hussain --these are all rather sad stories.
- 4:14 pm
With self-serving people like Sethi and Sharifuddin Pirzada advising the already misguided General it seems that we are in for more turmoil....Jeevay Pakistan
- 8:46 pm
I have never liked Sethi but am not surpised by what some journalists do.
I have met one of the big backers of the Friday Times...and he is a big NS supporter....am surprised he would allow Sethi to publish that in the first place...who knows all the elites are corrupt .....its just about keeping there share safe anyway.
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In 'Letter Of Intent,' Hear Indie Rock Reimagined As Deep House
DJ Sprinkles Crafts A 9-Minute Remix Of Ducktails' Song
Well, this was a surprise. The boundaries between indie rock and electronic music have been dissolving for a while now, but who could have foreseen Ducktails' Matt Mondanile — also a guitarist in the straightforward indie-pop band Real Estate — seeking out cult icon DJ Sprinkles for a deep house remix of his new single "Letter of Intent"?
It turns out that Mondanile is a fan of the underground dance-music scene where Sprinkles, a.k.a. Terre Thaemlitz, is a star. Maybe it shouldn't have been a surprise at all, given Daniel Lopatin's synths in the original.
But the interest wasn't exactly mutual: Thaemlitz hadn't heard of Ducktails or Real Estate when their label approached him in December. But after listening to "Letter of Intent," he signed up for the remix.
The end result sounds almost nothing like the single, with the exception of the original's flute, which sort of hangs in the background while Sprinkles goes to town on some nasty bass and elegant piano chords. It's a remarkable reinvention.


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A unique Danish experience
Folk high schools (or summer schools) are a uniquely Danish experience. Denmark has more than 70, which offer courses and accommodation for people of all ages during the summer. Stays can range from one week to months and all participants eat together in the evenings.
Learn and relax
Courses range widely, from sports to creative disciplines such as art and philosophy. The price for a one week course is around 4,500kr including full board and a two-week course about 6,000kr. Most courses are taught in Danish.
Further reading
The Folk High School website explains all about the scheme and includes videos and brochures.


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A couple more hard ones:
Question 1:
There is a recent translation of the bookcases in Garvin's Mansion in Saraband that suggests those who receive a Spirit all start as Innovators, but can become Vandals. There is always a certain amount of interpretation... as well as the real possibility that a writer made a little slip up on unexplored lore.
I'm wondering if this should be interpreted as starting as Spirit Bearers and then become one or the other as is the prominent theory.
Question 2:
This suggests (if we haven't established this in the past) that Innovators and Vandals are not races, but classes. Gracia is a human boy (race), yet he becomes an Innovator (class). I think this gets confused a bit because everyone refers to Innovators as a "superhuman race", but that is probably just a way to refer to the clan. I believe "Innovator clan" is referenced on occasion, but many words could be used.
In addition to comments about this, I'd like to ask what race Bulzome is. Has it been defined anywhere? Could it be that his race and being a Vandal are so identifiable that they are known as the Vandal race.


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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 19, 2011 – Representing a coalition of seven U.S. manufacturers of solar cells and panels, SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest domestic producer, today petitioned the federal government to halt what the company describes as an ever-rising tide of heavily subsidized solar cells and panels that China's state-supported solar industry is illegally dumping into the American market.
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing – representing a significant majority of U.S. production of crystalline silicon solar cells and panels – filed complaints today with the U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission seeking relief from China's illegal trade practices. The complaints aim to end China's decimation of U.S. solar manufacturing and jobs.
The cases, which allege dumping margins well in excess of 100 percent as well as massive subsidies, are among the largest against China – and the largest in renewable-energy industry history.
"Artificially low-priced solar products from China are crippling the domestic industry," said Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., based in Hillsboro, Oregon. "As the strongest and most experienced U.S. producer, SolarWorld is leading the effort to hold China accountable to world trade law."
"China's systematic campaign to dismantle the U.S. industry has cost thousands of jobs in Arizona, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania," Brinser said. "China's wrongful tactics run systematically across the board; central planning has subsidized most facets of these companies' business. China actually has no production cost advantage. Labor makes up a modest share of solar-industry costs, China's labor is less productive, its raw material and equipment have come from the West and China must pay for long-distance shipping. Yet, massive state subsidies and sponsorship have enabled Chinese manufacturers to illegally dump their products into a wide-open U.S. market."
The petitions allege that the Chinese government – its state-controlled financial, utility and other institutions intermingled with its solar manufacturing industry – has deployed an arsenal of land grants, contract awards, trade barriers, financing breaks and supply-chain subsidies to advance its pricing and export aggression. China exports nearly all of its production to benefit from other markets' consumption incentives while increasing output and impeding imports. Along the way, it also sidesteps U.S.-level manufacturing standards for labor, quality, and the environment.
Imports of Chinese crystalline solar cells and panels rose more than 300 percent from 2008 to 2010. In July 2011 alone, exports exceeded those from all of 2010. In the first eight months of 2011, Chinese imports into the United States totaled $1.6 billion. Over the past 18 months, seven U.S. employers have shut down or downsized, not counting cutbacks among manufacturers of a variety of new solar technologies known as thin films.
Since 2006, SolarWorld has pursued a course of investment and expansion, creating hundreds of jobs in Oregon and California to undertake all solar-industry manufacturing steps – without loans, guarantees or subsidies from the federal government. SolarWorld employs more than 1,100 at its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Ore., and its commercial hub for the Americas in Camarillo, Calif.
The company is leading a group of seven domestic manufacturers, including SolarWorld, representing American manufacturers and employers in virtually all regions of the country. The coalition's website can be found at www.americansolarmanufacturing.org; its email address is email@example.com. SolarWorld and the coalition are both represented by the Washington, D.C., law firm Wiley Rein LLP.
SolarWorld manufactures and sells solar power solutions and in doing so contributes to a cleaner energy supply worldwide. As the largest solar producer in the United States and Europe, SolarWorld employs about 3,200 people and carries out production in Hillsboro, Ore., and Freiberg and Arnstadt, Germany. From the raw material silicon to solar wafers, cells and panels, SolarWorld manages all stages of production ‒ including its own research and development. The company maintains high social standards at all locations across the globe and is committed to resource- and energy-efficient production. Headquartered in Bonn, Germany, SolarWorld was founded in 1998 and has been publicly traded on the stock market since 1999. For more information, visit www.solarworld-usa.com.
Devon Cichoski
Media relations manager
SolarWorld Industries America
4650 Adohr Lane
Camarillo, CA 93012
Mobile: 805-377-2905
Office: 805-388-6388


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With the advent of the Internet and affordable technology, digital filmmaking has been hailed as the next evolution in the world of video entertainment. While 35mm filmmaking still has its place, several successful films and countless independent productions have been shot using digital technology.
Several well-known modern movies, including critically acclaimed films like Slumdog Millionaire and box office titans like Avatar have been created through the power of digital. However, the real change digital brings is a way to cut costs – bringing filmmaking to the masses.
Since digital is so new, the career opportunities are changing all the time. Careers in standard filmmaking fields such as cinematography, screenwriting, lighting, audio and editing are still relevant when it comes to digital, but there are also careers that come from new issues arising from this new technology, such as the long-term storage of digital files.


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Múinteoir Matamaitice in Coláiste Raithín, Bray, Co Wicklow - KW 286/Jun18
|Coláiste Raithín, Bray, Co Wicklow
|Salary: Teachers Incremental Salary Scale will apply
|Closing Date: 14/06/2018
|Recruitment start: 05/06/2018
Job Summary
Múinteoir Matamaitice in Coláiste Raithín, Bray, Co Wicklow - KW 286/Jun18 22 hours per week Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board invites applications for the above Pro-Rata or Part-time teaching post which may arise in School Session 2018-2019. Initial location, duration and provisional hours of work are listed above and may be subject to change. Should more vacancies arise; posts will be filled in the first instance from subject panels created as a result of this recruitment process. • This is a Fixed Term/Purpose Post. • All appointments are subject to the approval of Department of Education & Skills and the Director(s) of the National Redeployment Scheme. • All appointments are subject to registration with Teaching Council of Ireland. • Garda Vetting is Mandatory • Qualifications, Salary Scale and Conditions of Service in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Education and Skills. • Appointment is to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. • Shortlisting of applicants may take place. • Canvassing will disqualify. • Late applications will not be considered. • KWETB is positive to disability and an equal opportunities employer. Applications for this post should be made online before the deadline of 12 noon on Thursday, 14th June 2018. If you have any queries, please email email@example.com or phone Jessica at 0404 60542 or Sarah 045-988000 Dr Deirdre Keyes CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Job Objectives
To deliver the prescribed curriculum in accordance with KWETB and Department of Education and Skills requirements
Skills Required
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Difference between revisions of "And All That Could Have Been (halo)"
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And All That Could Have Been (also known as Halo 17) is a professionally recorded live performance from the Fragility 2.0 tour of 2000. It was released on CD, DVD and VHS on January 22, 2002. Its original release date was December 11, 2001, as shown on various teaser ads running in the months leading up to its eventual release.
The album, named after "And All That Could Have Been" from Still, went through many possible names, all lyric excerpts from The Fragile[1].
Track listing
CD version
The Deluxe CD version includes Still, a CD of stripped down renditions of old and new songs, as well as several instrumentals.
DVD/VHS version
DVD also features alternate camera angles for 3 songs on 1st disk, a photo gallery, a commentary on stage setup by Bill Viola on 2nd disk and morphing menus on both disks. It was released in 2 separate versions: while stereo sound is the same on both editions, 5.1 surround sound differs - one encoded in DTS and another in Dolby Digital (the latter is more common); this difference is generally indicated by sticker on front of the package.
Album Credits
Message From Trent
Most copies of the DVD include a clear, plastic slip with a message from Reznor printed on it. It reads:
Easter Eggs
The easiest way to get to most of the hidden content, or Easter Eggs, on the DVD is via the "Beneath The Surface" menu hidden on disc two. During "Head Like A Hole" at the 11:20 mark, press 7 on your remote (some users report that 7 doesn't work but 6 does) then Enter. The menu will come up and you will have access to the following hidden content:
An additional Easter Egg not on the "Beneath The Surface" menu is an additional wide shot of "Gave Up." To get to it, play "Gave Up" on disc one and near the 26:58 mark press enter on your remote.
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Texas Early Teal Hunting Season Opens Saturday
AUSTIN, September 13, 2013 – Texas duck hunters are bracing for another warm and dry early teal season opener. The teal are doing likewise.
Current observations indicate good numbers of blue-winged teal still remain in the northern breeding grounds, but those birds are expected to begin moving this way as cool fronts start to develop and hunting seasons in those regions get under way.
New this season, Texas hunters can take up to six teal daily, an increase in the daily bag limit of two from previous seasons. The possession limits for all migratory game birds has also increased and is now three times the daily limit, which cannot be applied obviously before the third day of the season. For ducks, including teal during the early Sept. 14-29 season, the possession limit is 18.
For many Texas duck hunters, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Annual Public Hunting Permit (APH) Program allows economical access to quality hunting on the state's wildlife management areas (WMA). With a $48 APH, available for purchase wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, hunters have regular access during the season to some of the state's prime managed wetland habitat. The hunting is typically good, but as TPWD biologists are quick to point out, there are no guarantees when it comes to migrating ducks.
"I am hearing of teal showing up on the coastal prairie in good numbers one day only to be gone the next," said TPWD Waterfowl Program Leader Kevin Kraai. "Some people are getting nervous."
"I never get nervous about teal season, retorted Jim Sutherlin, TPWD's Upper Coast Wetland Ecosystem Project Leader. "Our early bluewings are about a week or so late, possibly an effect of the late cool spring weather we have experienced."
Sutherlin said blue-winged teal finally showed up on the Big Hill Unit of the Murphree WMA early last week. "We will have teal to shoot on September 14, but teal numbers will likely improve on the Upper Coast as the season plays out."
Similar reports have been coming from the middle coast.
"We are seeing a few birds on the mid-coast WMA's but nothing to get excited about just yet," added Matt Nelson, Mid-Coast Wetland Ecosystem Project Leader. "As Jim mentioned, nothing to get nervous about; they'll be here at some point."
Nelson provided a brief synapsis of duck habitat conditions on the three popular wildlife management areas along the middle coast:
Water conditions at the Hurst WMA are fair with very shallow water available in the tidal marsh and little to none in the freshwater impoundments. Mad Island WMA is in a little better shape as it has received a decent amount of rain over the past two weeks and currently has water in the tidal marsh and its impoundments. Guadalupe Delta WMA has a good amount of water in the marsh.
"I expect the crowds to be large at all three areas opening weekend as the hunters have been burning up the phones," predicted Nelson.
In East Texas, teal are showing up on area reservoirs, but don't appear to be holding long.
"We're obviously dry all across eastern and north Texas," said Jared Laing, TPWD waterfowl biologist for East Texas. "I have been seeing handfuls of birds here and there, but have not seen any big numbers yet. Maybe this weak front will push some birds in."
Laing noted most wildlife management areas in East Texas remain dry except Richland Creek WMA, which has several new waterfowl units coming online this year.
Up in the Panhandle region, conditions aren't much better, according to Kraai. "We are holding a few birds up here in the playas at the moment on the few basins that caught water back in July," he noted. "Conditions on average remain below normal, but still much improved over the last few years."
Duck hunters are urged to share observations in the field opening weekend via Twitter at #txtealopener and by following @tpwdhunt.
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