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"Because there has been no concerted effort at (transparency), I will not be supporting any Economic Development Corp. project," he said during a portion of the meeting in which the EDC's CEO, Bob Trezise, was on hand to answer questions about an industrial facilities tax exemption certificate being sought by Jet Engineering Inc.
Hewitt said that his declaration was not aimed at any particular developer, but at the EDC. Hewitt said that he has been asking for reports from the EDC on the success of tax abatements for two years.
"Your EDC has done more report ing, more monitoring than any other local economic development agency in the state," Trezise said. "To demand more reporting, Ill listen, but to not proceed with the work of creating jobs in the city because of this position — I would just urge you to reconsider."
Trezise said he was "slightly frustrated" with Hewitt's remarks and asserted that Hewitt had not been asking for more reporting on abatements for two years, only since this year's budget process.
As Council proceeded to vote on the Jet Engineering Inc. abatement and the setting of a public hearing for the same kind of abatement being sought by Demmer Corp., Hewitt duly voted "no" on both. Hewitt was the only no vote.
Hewitt's declaration touched off a long series of statements by each Council member on their feelings toward tax abatements and the work of the EDC.
At-Large Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar said that it is "dangerous" for Hewitt to come out with such a stance and said that she hoped he would reconsider.
At-Large Councilman Brian Jeffries, who chairs the Council Committee on Development and Planning, said that the Jet Engineering abatement is worth around $150,000. But, the city would also get $150,000 because the abatement would be for only 50 percent of personal property taxes. Jeffries said the company has also pledged to add 37 news jobs, adding income tax, and restore the jobs of upward of 50 employees it laid off several weeks ago.
After the meeting, Hewitt furthered his remarks, saying that he was worried about the losses that schools and other taxing entities were feeling because of abatements. Hewitt said he would explore the reporting the EDC has done — there are spreadsheets listing the status and amount of abatement of projects from the last three years on its Web site — to the Development and Planning Committee to determine if that data satisfies the information he wants.
"Until I know that that data is being given to us, I will continue to say 'no' to them," he said.


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I emailed Senator Feinstein asking her to vote "Yes" in confirming Chuck Hagel as SOD and I get this
Dear Mr. ___________:
Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to the President's nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. I appreciate hearing your views on this matter, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.
I strongly believe that a president is entitled to his cabinet selections unless there is something in an individual's record or background that is disqualifying, which I do not believe to be the case with Senator Hagel. I worked closely with Senator Hagel when he was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and I believe that he is more than qualified to implement the Administration's policies in Afghanistan and around the world, as well as to manage the Department of Defense in an era of reduced spending.
Once again, thank you for writing. While we disagree on this issue, I hope that you will continue to keep me informed about issues of importance to you. Should you have any further comments or questions, please feel free to contact my Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841, or visit my website at www.feinstein.senate.gov. Best regards.
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Now I really do believe they don't bother reading any emails they are sent. They really don't care do they? If they aren't going to read, can they at least get their responses right?
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Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:32 PM
LiberalFighter (35,269 posts)
1. Call her office and complain about not having competent staff to read their email.
Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:34 PM
elleng (79,276 posts)
2. They care; they're busy,
have more than a handful of constituents.
Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:37 PM
otohara (24,135 posts)
3. That Little Menu of Topics
that they require you to choose on the contact info....when I wrote my Senators about Hagel, I chose Homeland Security and got the right response.
I've written about subjects that don't have in the menu and get no response.
Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:48 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
4. I think the whole thing about how they receive & process the various forms of our input would make
a fascinating study, especially in comparison to how they receive & process the various forms of 1% input.
I have always heard the email is the least respected mode of communication with congress-critters.
The highest is hand-written, not typed/word-processed, letters and 2nd would be other original (typed/word-processed) letters. Hard-copy letters are considered to have a ratio of 1:n in their weighting as to what they represent within a constituency. I can't remember what n is, but I think at one time I was told 1-10; one hard-copy letter represents 7-10 other similar letters with the same or similar positions on whatever the issue is.
After hard-copy letters, phone calls are next most weighty. When I call a congress critter and get a staff person, which is the usual thing, I often wind up by asking them what they are going to tell my representative or senator about my position on the vote or the issue at hand. I think this whole question of how they receive and tally such phone calls bears much more light than it gets. I don't know how phone-calls received are weighted relative to the rest of a congress person's constituency, that is how many other people are assumed to have the same or similar view on the issue as that expressed by a phone caller?
I'm not sure where in the hierarchy of significance legally signed petitions place, but I do know that emails are last and I don't think that is necessarily the right weight to give to that form of communication. Are those emails stored digitally? What kind of database are they stored in? How searchable is that email database for content and how much focus can it achieve in its semantic resolutions?
Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 06:56 PM
indepat (20,899 posts)
5. E-mail must have inadvertently been placed in wrong stack for reply
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Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:36 PM
ncteechur (3,071 posts)
6. One time I called John Conyers' office and he answered the phone.
It was pretty damn incredible. We spoke for about 10-15 minutes about all sorts of stuff and I'm not even from Michigan. Wish they were all that way.
Response to ncteechur (Reply #6)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:50 PM
busterbrown (6,687 posts)
7. Was it...Hello, Howcan I help you.? or was it.. "John Conyers office? or was it, this is John,?
or was it, Please hold?
Response to ncteechur (Reply #6)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:16 AM
Rhiannon12866 (84,288 posts)
10. Wow! I'm impressed!
But John Conyers is really one of the good ones. Don't know if you saw it, but he really did post here on DU!
Response to xxxsdesdexxx (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:02 PM
mcgarry50 (68 posts)
8. feinstein is one of the worst democrats. she also pushed for alito and roberts for the supreme court
Response to mcgarry50 (Reply #8)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:04 AM
davidpdx (22,000 posts)
9. I have to agree with you
She's definitely has disappointed as of lately. I'm still rather pissed about the filibuster reform.

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Durban - Transforming the demographic profile of staff will be a key priority for the new vice-chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
On Monday, the three candidates for the top job presented their leadership vision to the university community, which included academics and members of council, convocation and unions.
All three expressed a commitment to seeing through UKZN's transformation project, particularly where the demographic profile of staff was concerned.
Two UKZN academics and one outsider made the shortlist: UKZN professors Renuka Vithal and John Mubangizi, and the chief executive of the National Research Foundation (NRF), Albert van Jaarsveld.
Following their presentations, the three were quizzed on their approach to issues including the balance between research productivity and teaching excellence, on management and governance, and on transformation in higher education.
Mubangizi, who took to the podium first, affirmed the importance of transformation in addressing past inequalities and empowerment. UKZN had been successful in transforming its student population, but less so in terms of its staff, he said.
Mubangizi is the deputy vice-chancellor and head of the college of law and management studies.
He emphasised the need for communication, participatory decision-making and recognising good staff performance in fostering a healthy institutional culture.
Vithal asserted that university leadership in the era of transformation was "not for the faint hearted", and that it was not limited to demographics, but, critically, included the transformation of the content of what students learnt.
"Diversity enriches the knowledge project," said Vithal, who is the deputy vice-chancellor of teaching and learning.
Vithal also spoke of the need for academics to disseminate their research more widely, for UKZN to build its own cash reserves in the face of shrinking government spending, and to be proactive in forging partnerships with alumni and the business community.
Last to speak, Van Jaarsveld expressed his belief that excellence and transformation went hand-in-hand.
He said that a university's staff were its most valuable strategic asset and that the culture of service at UKZN should be student orientated.
Van Jaarsveld has been chief executive of the NRF since 2009 and was re-appointed for a second term in March.
If appointed as UKZN vice-chancellor, he vowed to "listen, learn and absorb", to pursue a "light touch" management approach, and to encourage mutual respect and accountability among management and staff.
While a university's international reputation was built on research, there was a need for teaching and learning excellence as well, and to reward research quality rather than quantity alone, he said.
Quizzed about the role of staff unions in UKZN's future, Van Jaarsveld said that a healthy organisation was one where the lines of communication between management and unions were open.
The new vice-chancellor is expected to be appointed in September.
Professor William Makgoba vacates the position in December, after 10 years in charge.
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Citroen Junior Team's Sebastien Ogier took a hugely satisfying maiden win in Portugal at the weekend, a result that moves the youngster up to second in the 2010 WRC drivers' standings.
Ogier has come on in leaps and bounds this season, and led the sixth round in the World Rally Championship pretty much throughout, seizing P1 in the second 'proper' stage.
The Frenchman began the final day with a 21.1 second cushion over Sebastien Loeb and despite having to run first on the road, he managed to hold off his compatriot and return to the service park after the opening loop still 10.1 seconds in front.
"We tried not to take any stupid risks this morning," said Ogier after SS15. "From the start of the rally, we've not had any big moments even though we've been quite close to the limit. We expected to lose time through being first on the road today.
"Now we're going to try to stay in front again this afternoon, but the road conditions should be less of a disadvantage. We all know what Seb is capable of but I'm going to be trying my hardest!"
On the repeat loop, Ogier was more or less able to match the times set by Loeb, just dropping 0.6 seconds in SS16 and 1.8 seconds in SS17. By the time he got to the final spectator superspecial Ogier still had a lead of 7.7 seconds, allowing him to seal victory over the last two kilometres of the rally in a 30,000 capacity stadium.
"We pushed all the way to the end," Ogier stated. "It's a huge satisfaction to win. It's difficult to explain the feeling now. I am very, very happy. A few weeks ago it was a big disappointment not to win in New Zealand but now we are on the top step of the podium.
"This weekend was just perfect. We pushed very hard from the start to the last day and I have the first victory. To get this against S?b, it's very good. He is the best driver in rally and the best in history; he is the reference for everybody. I have to thank the entire team: this is a massive moment for me."
Citroen Junior manager Benoit Nogier meanwhile conceded that he never expected to see the 'B' team win: "Victory was never an objective for our team but it's a fantastic gift that fate has bestowed on us here," Nogier added. "S?bastien deserved this success as he has driven a fantastic rally since the shakedown.
"He has seen off the person who is undoubtedly the best rally driver in the world, all the time while running first on the road. This victory does not change the objectives of the Citro?n Junior Team though. We're going to continue down our chosen path so that S?bastien and Kimi [Raikkonen - his team-mate] can continue to make progress."


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• I guess once you get too hot, you've gotta leave the people wanting more! Givenchy announced yesterday that the label will not show a collection during couture fashion week next month. WWD says, "Givenchy and Tisci have been moving toward a more personalized approach to couture in recent years," which would help explain this otherwise surprising (and disappointing) news! I suppose this means we'll just have to wait for the next red carpet event to see the label's couture offerings this season! (WWD)
• Emily Current and Merritt Elliott founders of Current/Elliott the brand, have announced their resignation from the label. While the pair have yet to give a reason for their departure, they assure us that they will continue to bless the world with their design talent: "We are so proud of what we have accomplished with Current/Elliott," they said. "Parting ways has been a difficult decision, but we are thrilled for our next chapter in design and to perpetuate our whimsical Americana aesthetic across multiple categories." It might be safe to expect a slew of design collaborations from the duo. Who knows? Leaving their brand might prove to be quite lucrative and rewarding for them. Just check Carine Roitfeld's credentials! While we're sad to see 'em go, we wish Emily and Merritt the best of luck! (WWD)
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WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2011 – Asia Society vice president Tony Jackson spoke at a Congressional briefing today, urging policymakers to invest in language acquisition programs for elementary and secondary school students.
"It's an economic risk, it's a security risk, and it's a risk to our capacity as a nation if we do not fully engage in an increasingly global civil society," Jackson said.
Jackson outlined several cognitive advantages for students who study languages or are multilingual. Notably, students who study languages show greater achievement in reading and math skills.
The Partnership for 21st Century Learning, working with the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), released a "skills map" that help to develop students' language proficiency around modes of communicative competence reflecting real life situations. The skills map was developed with the input of dozens of educators and researches from throughout the country.
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Increasingly, throughout multiple sectors, recognizing that a nation's competitiveness is truly enhanced by their workers proficiency in languages. "We cannot assume English will remain the world's dominant language," Jackson cautioned.


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LittleBigPlanet Marvel Edition Releases for PS Vita This November
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LittleBigPlanet 2 is Getting Disney's Maleficent DLC
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AWhich bit? Looks like fondant ruffles with a rice paper flower.
AIt looks like buttercream to me, made to emulate the fondant ruffle look (if you look closely you can see air bubbles in the buttercream). Maybe someone who has experience with buttercream could elaborate? (I work mainly with fondant and modelling chocolate)
I'm a buttercream decorator and that looks like bc to me.
Don't under estimate how difficult that cake is to do!!!
It's just piped on frosting. Off the top of my head I don't know what tip they used to get the falling over edge. The frosting consistency would be important to get that effect. There's a lot of skill in how they finished their borders, especially the bottom borders on the stacked cakes. Plus they did a great job on the ombre because it's almost impossible to see color changes.
I wouldn't want to travel with this at all. The piped edges that fall over to form the ruffles could easily collapse when you hit bumps in the road. The frosting would have to be really hard before I'd attempt to travel with it and your car would need to be as cold as a refrigerator to keep the frosting from getting soft.
It would be a lot easier to do this cake in fondant or make a dummy in royal icing.
AThank you all. I think I will do the ruffles in fondant. Less headache in the long run. Last thing I want is a ruined wedding cake. It's for a good friends daughters wedding..
My concern doing this in fondant is you would need a lot. Is this done by rolling out fondant in stips and appling it to the cake. Wouldn't it make it very heavy and time consuming. I think you could do it in 1/4 of the time with a good crusting buttercream and tip (maybe 127) not sure on the tip.
Just my opinion on how I would tackle it
I enlarged the photo and this is definitely butter cream, however you can do something close with fondant. Just roll or use a pasta machine to make your strips very thin.
It's hard to tell from the pic but it looks like piped buttercream. I did something similar (pic below) but my ruffles went the opposite direction.
what i did was ice my cake in a light layer of buttercream (slightly thicker than a crumb coat) then I used large rose tip (like a 127), I put the larger end of the tip against the cake and held it at a 45 degree angle, I then spun the turn table as I squeezed the bag. For my cake I worked from the bottom up on each tier, for the cake in your pic, you would work from the top down as another poster indicated. The cake in your pic seem to have more uneven strips so just move you hand a bit up and down while you're spinning the turn table and you'll get that effect.
Good luck.
Yes that finish is definitely buttercream. That would be very time consuming using BC or fondant.
APost pictures when you finish, good luck


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Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny has pledged a considerable amount of money to help save an accordion factory in his hometown from having to close down.
According to the Guardian, Koscielny is part of an investment group which has donated €600,000 (approx. £495,000) to the Maugein accordion factory in the defender's home-town of Tulle, which is located in the French department of Correze.
Apparently Maugein's handmade accordions are regarded as a "symbol of the region's industrial heritage," at least according to Bernard Combes, the mayor of Tulles – but he would say that, wouldn't he?
The distinguished Maugein company was founded in 1919 but has recently been threatened with closure as the accordion market is currently flooded with cheapo knock-offs from China and Eastern Europe.
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According to Britt on Wonnathan Woss last week, she had an arse-double, because she thought her booty was too large.
Fans of 1973 cult classic The Wicker Man will be delighted to learn that Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee are on board for a sequel to the virgin-roasting paganfest. The film, promisingly entitled Cowboys For Christ, will be helmed by original director Robin Hardy, and is based on his 2006 novel of the same name, according to …
According to Britt on Wonnathan Woss last week, she had an arse-double, because she thought her booty was too large.
Can we have a NSFW-USA or something because round here nobody would flick an eyelid at that. Maybe that and NSFW-XXX for the rest of us.
Are you suggesting the British are arse-averse?
(Really though, some people's work filters will balk at the sight of a shapely knee, so we err on the side of caution, like the giant Victorian prudes we are.)
"To my distress I discovered she was still with the crew, having a good time, two weeks later."
aaaah, need I say more....?
The fact that she used a stunt-bum has been known for quite some time - it was mentioned in the commentary of the DVD release.
There are filters that can recognise knees and bottoms? That's going to make searching Google much easier...
'horrific enough to loosen the bowels of a bronze statue'
Ooooh I wish I could hear him say that - it'd be the scariest thing since Balmer did 'Developers' (see how I slipped the IT angle in there?)
Poor pun ahoy:
"The girl we found in a club was promised back the next day to the place she was performing. To my distress I discovered she was still with the crew, having a good time, two weeks later.""
Did they Dick-er, Man ?
I read somewhere that they had shot the entire scene with Britt, but she was pregnant at the time and the director was unhappy with the results. That is why they brought in a body-double.
Also, the 'How Do' song (there is a great cover of this by sneaker Pimps) was dubbed by someone who could actually sing, much to Britt's annoyance! The director apparently didn't tell her until the film was screened.
Thnik Chris was hinting that the NSFW on this would be more suited for the American readers and that it wouldn't cause much of a stare in the UK. Well, ASSuming any Daily Mail readers didn't see it that is...
So if I read this right, BE had a double for the nuddy dancing, and was re-dubbed for the singing. Wow, she really nailed that movie there didn't she??
Paris: 'cos at least she got genu-winely nakkid in HER movie ;-)
Who was it that had an enormous public back lash over an arse being shown on some TV show recently?
Oh thats right, the US... el reg even did an article about it.
In the UK we happily have arses on tv adverts mid day (i've seen em!). Well I say happily, we would be happier if they were mostly womens arses rather than mostly mens arses.
The US opinion that brits are prudish is wholly inaccurate (visit essex if you'd like to know more), but I think Sarah Bee could have been more clearly defined if she had explicitly included the sarcasm tags so the yanks would spot it. Some brits just never allow for the undeveloped american sense of humor, see: Friends.
That was ever so heated, Karl. Have you been looking at arses too long today?
Thankyou AndyC spot on you've saved my some typing. I thought it was reasonably clear but upon second reading maybe I should take some clASSES to improve my DICKshun.
The excuse I heard was that Britt Ekland was increasingly pregnant during filming; in most places the bump is cleverly hidden, but naturally the nude shots were a bit of a problem. I'm sure she wasn't too disappointed at the time that a reasonably nice posterior was put in place of her baby bump.
Whatever the sequel is going to be like, it's going to be a hell of a lot better than the Holywood (Nick Cage vehicle) remake.
If you check Chris's comment, you might find that he's proposing "NSFW: USA" for things that our Bible-bothering transatlantic neighbours would find offensive, and "NSFW: XXX" for the rest of the world who are moderately well-adjusted and can deal with it.
Anyway, I don't know what Ekland is complaining about - nothing wrong with her arse-double for me! Arse-averse? Not this Brit! ;-)
"...Who was it that had an enormous public back lash over an arse being shown on some TV show recently?..."
Odd that America also produces some of the most fierce porn in the world, as well as being some of the world's most reactionary anti-wardrobe-malfunctioners.
Of course of course. I was clearly boggle-brained by the morning's moderating.
And the arse.
Dunno if US porn is "fierce".. British prudishness is mainly of the Atonement school: we definitely didn't do anything, but if you saw us at it, then for god's sake keep it to yourself or I'll look at you in a funny way for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Britt was dubbed over for the whole film, not just the singing.
Nice tits though.
"Odd that America also produces some of the most fierce porn in the world, as well as being some of the world's most reactionary anti-wardrobe-malfunctioners."
I'm presuming that "fierce" here means "boring, generic and repetitive". And as for the wardrobe malfunction I think The Onion speared that one better than anyone:
I so read that as 'genital lard'. Should have gone to specsavers.
it's just a few vocal Puritans who make a ridiculous stink about them...and so happen to be ones who have enough power/influence to get shown in the media making said stink.
most of us have no problems with it, and at work it's only an issue of "professionalism" and whatnot, which i don't see as unreasonable. (luckily my office doesn't have any windows ;D)
i have the feeling you Brits have the same basic dilemma as we 'Murrikans...old guard vs. new school (Mary Whitehouse, haha, charade you are). the sooner the prudes are in their graves, the better off we'll all be.
meanwhile, i just watched the original 'Wicker Man' not too long ago. it was really quite comical and not the least bit horrific, but nonetheless better than 80% of movies made today. i found myself rooting for the pagans, who are a good deal more fun than those damn Christian stiffs (who are owed some flaming payback, as far as i'm concerned). the booty shots were nice, but nothing to write home about.
and Paris because...well, anything arse related should probably fall under her demure gaze, no?
"Britt was dubbed over for the whole film, not just the singing.
Nice tits though."
Only nice? FANTASTIC tits!
I have never heard, "The US opinion that brits are prudish". I have just experienced the brits don't like americans. Well at least the brits in Cornwall. Nice place though. Great pubs! I would go back.
I keep reading public as pubic....
If the Americans were as prudish as implied here and in many news reports about accidental & deliberate tits & ass being shown on tv then how did shows like "Lucky Louie" & "Californication" get aired?
Admittedly "Lucky Louie" did get a ton of complaints and canned after the first season but IMHO it was THE funniest tv show I've seen in years, "Californication" on the other hand went even further with it's on-screen debauchery and it appears everyone loves it, I'll wager it's only because of David "Spooky Mulder" Duchovny being in it that it didn't get complained about as much as "Lucky Louie".
I would, as a swedish citizen currently residing in the UK that I'm proud to say that even if the US produces all that porn a large part of it is owned by swedish interests or where at one point or another related to the swedish adult industry... We're just clever enough to get another country to make it and ditribute it for us... Oops, probably shouldn't be giving state secrets away...
As for paris... She sorta starred in porn...
"Increasingly pregnant"?
I always believed pregnancy was like death - you either are or aren't.
Still, I can think of several I would like to see become "increasingly dead"...
Anorak please - a coat's not appropriate for me.
Paris because she wouldn't get the difference


text: A stake in the future By Dawn Miller April 25, 1999 Story Share Even if coal companies were allowed to remove all the coal they wanted by blasting off the tops of mountains, the jobs they say would be saved would last just another 30 years, novelist Denise Giardina said at a rally Saturday at the state Capitol."Is it worth 30 years of a few more jobs? Is it worth 30 years of a few severance taxes? Is it worth 30 more years of dependence on coal?" she asked about 550 people in attendance.The crowd grew steadily for about two hours. People gathered on the Capitol grounds between the governor's office and the mansion. Called the Mega-Rally for the Mountains, the event was in protest of mountaintop removal mining, in which the tops of mountains are cut away to reveal the coal inside."Thirty years from now, the generation now in college will be middle-aged. My generation will be in nursing homes. The young people now will look back on this time and they will curse our memory," Giardina said."They will curse our memory unless we get involved and change our process."Elsewhere, supporters collected signatures on a petition to put Giardina on the ballot as a third-party candidate for governor.When she finished speaking, there was a short chant of "Run, Denise, run." Giardina said she is seriously thinking about running, but wouldn't be ready to make an announcement until May.West Virginia should be making plans for an economy after coal, Giardina said. Twenty years ago she researched property values in McDowell County. The coal company owned a third of the surface land and a third of the mineral rights. But the company's property was valued so low that it paid just 16 cents an acre on a third of the county's land."And we wonder why that school system needs money?" she said.Transplanted West Virginians came from Ohio, and fellow coal-mining activists came from Kentucky to speak at the rally. Some had pulled their gray hair into buns or ponytails. Younger ones pushed babies in strollers. "Before I became an activist, I was a plain old grandma and mom," said Linda Brock, a member of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. That was before mining ruined her family's well. "I was happy being that, but it's hard to live without water."Signs bobbed above heads, saying, "Save Blackwater Canyon," "Almost Level West Virginia" and "Save Blair Mountain."The crowd gave a standing ovation to Secretary of State Ken Hechler, and later recognized Delegate Mary Pearl Compton, D-Monroe.Several speakers stressed a need to change the way political campaigns are funded. "It's not just the outsiders who would keep us dumb hillbillies," said Marshall University professor Linda Ann Ewen. "It's our own compromised ruling class."Ewen is also a member of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, which sponsored the rally with the West Virginia Citizen Action Group."The people who will be thrown out by campaign finance reform are unlikely to vote it in," Ewen said.Those who support mountaintop removal would pit environmentalists against out-of-work coal miners, said Ron Stief, minister for labor relations and economic justice for United Church of Christ.Miners will rally today at Chief Logan State Park in Logan. Gov. Cecil Underwood is scheduled to appear."They say the church isn't for workers if it opposes mountaintop removal," Stief said. "They say the church isn't for poor people if it opposes mountaintop removal. Baloney. Baloney!" To contact staff writer Dawn Miller, call 348-5117. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 4 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 5 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' Massey mining permit inadequate, OSM says Previous Story Ruling could halt mining, DEP says Next Story


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Albert Pujols Plans To Show Up Early For Angels' Spring Training
Albert Pujols is spending his next 10 years with the Los Angeles Angels, and he's eager to get started. Mark Saxon of ESPN L.A. reports that Pujols plans to show up early for spring training.
Pujols, who signed a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels in December, said he plans to show up to the team's training complex in Tempe, Ariz., a week before the reporting date for position players.
"I believe it's important not just because I'm on a new team, but because for the last 12 years I've lived in St. Louis, where it's cold," Pujols said. "I'm going to try to show up a week early to get used to the weather, to get to know my teammates and to avoid getting there a day early and having a lot of problems."
The Angels' pitchers, catchers and injured players are scheduled to report to Tempe on Feb. 19; the rest of the team gets in on Feb. 26.


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The governments emancipating pension policy must be the craziest Tory policy since Mrs Thatcher deregulated the City of London. The idea a pensioner can cash in a lump sum of a private pension presses a lot of alarm bells. The first one is the company or pension provider may not have the money to pay it out as lot of pension funds are invested so to generate enough cash to actually meet the monthly payments. If 30% decide they want their money now then that could cause major issues, now and down the line, those companies havening to keep money aside to payout on maturation, rather than the more manageable annuity.
It's pretty obvious this is George Osborne short termism to help the Tories get re-elected. Older voters are the most likely to vote and mostly vote Tory. This move will also free up locked down cash and get it into the economy to boost the flagging retail sector as deadly deflation rears its ugly head. Cameron is encouraging a low wage economy to keep inflation under control and another middle-class property bubble the only real inflation around. He doesn't want to mess with that policy helping his core vote and with the glamorous Governor of the Bank of England in his pocket he can sustain that measured growth that hammers the poor and delivers for the rich.
I don't think many pensioners will rush to a Ferrari dealership but I do think they will have cruises and buy that motor home or conservatory they have always wanted. No one really knows how long they will live after retirement and so why not enjoy yourself while you can? The whole point of an annuity is to stop that reckless early spend and make sure the retired person can live within their means. Some clued up oldies may well invest well and make more from their pension pot they would have but that majority won't. I hope our reserved sensible British sense of fair play will see most pensioners continue with a monthly sum but you can't be sure. Why else would Osborne introduce this move other than to put money in the economy and weaken pensions?
A more calculated cynism would be that Cameron thinks this move may help to deal with the massive dementia and elderly problem, which HAS to be dealt with. If pensioners are taking out lump sums and have the ability to access that locked down cash that gives councils more access to those funds that can pay for care. At the moment the government simply don't know how to deal with our aging population and certainly not building enough affordable care home places, simply putting pressure on relatives to sell the family home to pay for care or simply bung the frail back into the NHS to bed block. But that no longer disguises the problem and Osborne has to find cash to at least contain this huge issue in his next term. Every family in Britain will be affected by it and 30% of over 50s unemployment believed to be related to the workforce staying home to care for family member. One of you reading this will be those 30% and the majority of you having a relative with dementia. The movie may portray dementia glamorously with Julianne Moore but it's a cruel cancer on society and affecting the majority of the western world now.
The Tories continue their nasty tricks by decreasing cash strapped non Tory council's funds and then blame the councils for not funding care. They need that pension cash to fund elderly care. The Bedroom Tax is all you need know about the Tories to look at motives for.
Big businesses, of course, are also ducking out of its responsibility for its workforce through decent pension provision, preferring to pay minimum wage and zero hour contracts and hide all its money in Bermuda instead. The Germanwings tragedy is an example of just how expensive pensions have become. The German pilots union has been making all manner of pension demands. The Germanwings pilots went on strike last year to keep the right to early retirement at 55-years of age on 60% of their salary. 60%!! Post 911 the airline industry has not recovered and Germanwings one of many who had to restructure to stay afloat. Germanwings wanted to offload some of the expensive time served experienced pilots through their restructuring to bring down the pension pot and break the uion. They then employed guys like Amdreas Lubitz, a known manic depressive, perhaps other airlines not wanting to touch him because of that. Pension provision and old age is bringing us all down, quite literally.
I wish people would stop complaining that the state pension is not only getting further away. but also that they will never be able to afford to retire, because the state pension is so low. Yes, it is true that we have. compared to many other countries a poor pension scheme., but this is not a new fact, I have known the pension scheme was going to be a help, but not a solution since the day I started paying my national insurance stamps. And yes, when I started it was just that- STAMPS!
I am not by any means well off, but I live realistically, knowing that I am not only earning a living for the times I am at work, but that I also need to provide for my retirement.
The problem is, we have all come to expect too much, we want what we want, rather than need what we need.
Quality of life is important, but if I can only afford 5 nights instead of 7 for a holiday, because the other expenditure goes into my pension pot, then so be it.
If I watch the news rather than buy a paper, if I price compare and don't buy a new handbag, until the current one has worn out, if I don't have satellite TV, if I, If I, if I.... well so what?
There will be some people who are living on or below the poverty line, and I am not targeting them with my comments. However, I am getting upset because I hate that financial education in this country is so lacking. I want people to have a quality of life and, if their desire is to retire before they drop, I want them to have the wherewithal to do it.
Please look at the state pension, as finance that will assist you in your retirement- but it will not allow you to live. It is always better to start saving when you are younger, but however old you are it is never too late to start.
You can go onto DIRECTGOV and get a pension forecast and I suggest you do, and then have a look at your own budget, and you may find you feel somewhat concerned. State pensions will soon be linked to earnings, a benefit that was removed under a former government, and this will help. However, it will not be a miracle cure. You will need more money and you will need to be doing something about it now. If you have other pensions then add them up and decide what your shortfall is, chances are you won't be able to plug the gap, but you can help it remain as a gap, rather than a canyon.
I am well aware how pension funds have lost a fortune during the recession, and so a cash ISA might be a sensible secure plan- but as long as you do something. I have had the comment that my shares have lost value, and I point out that whilst it is true that they have, they are still worth more than the zero holding that the person making the comment has.
Trust me on this one, unless you are in a job that you love and will be able to do as you get older, then chances are, you will want to retire at the earliest opportunity. Do not be a would have, should have, could have person. - you can make changes now. If you don't think you can afford a penny, then do my favourite money saving tip- write down every penny you spend in a month and I defy you not to find some non essentials. Always get rid of debts first, (unless you have interest free debts), and then start planning for the future.
Life is not a rehearsal; don't let the final act spoil the show.
If work doesn't kill you, more work will
I've never been one of those people who looks kindly on the day I can retire, yet I don't blame people who do. The fact that no-one can afford to retire today is a reckless fiasco that has been inbuilt in our greed bitten society for too long. The right to retire is part of our liberty surely. By taking those rights away is bringing in a poorer state of liberty to all individuals who want to. It doesn't surprise me that the powers of be have told their flock to retire at 70 years instead. It isn't our fault that the UK economy is now diminishing at an alarming rate. It has posed many problems which has nevertheless been ignored by our authoritarians for many years, now the people have to suffer to counter-act the mistakes many have made across the financial sectors. I sought after many governmental quests over the last twelve years that deemed as insightful money making schemes that would make the UK a mountain of cash. I didn't believe in any of them. The 768 Million money pit of the Millennium Dome which was to spurge huge successes in business beyond the Capital was a sham as the monument wasted so much cash that the only way out was to sell it to private firms as business space. In my mind the seed of waste was upon our nation and quite frankly I knew worse was to come as now 768 Million is barely a dip in the ocean. Our very own credit system is marred with flaws that baffle economic experts who have consistently been screaming for twenty five years that the UK is the epicenter for an imminent financial crash. Plus you can bet the financial markets will not be the ones to get the nation out of the tide of money that is regularly squandered due to waste and non regulatory guides to help our democratic processes along - which now is non existent along with every-ones pension pots. Our very own liberties have been sold off due to the crazed GDP syndrome that has plunged citizens into debt that is immeasurable. There is no point in being careful now; as subjectively our elected bodies have forfeited their opportunities to bring stability into the realm of normal thinking. You cannot trust a system that is non democratic within its processes. Reforming isn't the answer, when it comes down to just editing law makes paragraphs but there is an epidemic of small filters within their bureaucratic ideologies.
There is one thing which sure deems as true dementia is that all of the mistakes come down to the normal UK citizens, and pension system is the biggest sword in the authoritarian's make-up box. Pensions are a gift for all the hard work that individuals give through-out their working life. It is a wondrous thing to have so many people who reach that milestone to reap the rewards of a decent pension pot, but now due to huge greed and a marred financial institution many pensioners are suffering, many of them don't have families, many of them don't have the energy anymore to fight for their own rights, these are the rights they are owed already.
The recession was brought on by banks wayward gun-slinging of credit, that created toxic debt so vast that it appears regulating the current system wont un-block the plug-hole. Along with a global downturn the financial storm is bring misery to hard-hit pensioners the difference is they have saved for a rainy day just to find their roofs have caved-in. - Their state pension rise of just 5% in April this year won't touch the service especially as the house-hold inflation figure on average has hit 7%, it isn't even a silver-lining. Mean-while state owned banks are still offering huge bonuses to CEO's and top executives for doing a poor job; basically the state won't let you retire until the state owned bank CEO's get their over inflated bonuses.
The problems are highlighted to four simple points.
* We're not saving nearly enough
* The money we do save isn't performing as well as we hoped or expected
* We are living longer and that means more years of retirement to support from savings over a given working life
* Those expecting to rely on state benefits are not going to escape this demographic time bomb
Before the financial crisis the UK were not saving enough, so now the evidence has concluded a worse forecast than ever predicted. For individuals who were saving for retirement, a huge 70% of would be pensioners had to stop as their own inflation increased so they had to re-use their funding for other matters than retirement purposes. What is outrageous is 29% of would be pensioners have to defer retiring altogether, as the economy falters and yet more unemployed litter the benefit system as jobs are lost at an estimated 2,000 a day. The facts are frightening by themselves for pensioners, let alone what may disperse in the Winter months that could descend into utter turmoil. - Would be pensioners off to work at greater risk at contracting flu and ill health; the ever ready Swine flu type has the potential to mutate to a stronger form that could cause major concerns for the already compromised elderly. The underlining tones deem fretful and highly unfair for the cash-strapped pensioner, who require the extra income to just survive. This is the thanks we give to our elderly. Many of which do not know what is available to them as they do not have internet connectivity or are logged onto governmental forums that state what is available. That is if the elderly would want to sift through fifty pages of total bureaucracy in which many wouldn't understand or could even read the small print; even if they wanted to be informed.
In 2012 our present government is proposing retirement accounts that will supposedly help the elderly top up their pension pots to a reasonable level; it is also open for working individuals who do not have occupational pensions. The accounts are there to take 8% of your salary every month to help with any shortfalls. The problem I will have with these type of pension pots is the security and whether it just may become another black-hole which the government can dip their greedy hands in, just like they've done with last months expense scandals. Or if the size of the GDP doesn't decline within the next few years and actually increases the cost of living will surely cater for these types of accounts, if they have included pension credits in their figures relating to GDP. What I also have found completely baffling is the lack of TV advertising concerning pension credits, if the government wants to diminish pension poverty seriously they should direct pension credits to them directly. It is like they don't want the elderly to know about what is available to them. This no-doubt will be an option that will be cut completely out before the next budget, along with many other cuts across the spectrum as well as the freezing of public sector salaries.
Age Concern has showered scorn over the treatment of the poorest pensioners since the beginning of 2008. The measures are not enough when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable in our society. In my own experience I've taken direct action against firms who outlandishly make fraudulent acts that scare the wit out of my own Grand Mother. I naturally take the high line and resolve all her problems. Not all pensioners have that support though. They do not want to be a burden and want to just sneak off into their tidy existence without too much to worry about. To be honest they've done enough worrying for a life-time and don't need the concerns that throw them into cold sweats and sleep deprivation.
What is disgusting is Darlings standard £250.00 Winter fuel allowance. This is not depending on the over-inflated fuel costs that the elderly have to fork-out for, it is a set fee. It should be based on a percentage of what the actual fuel bills are. The basic state pension is set to rise to 2.5% this next year; so if your house-hold inflation is 7%; you will still be worse off, as stated earlier. The pensioner has no hand-outs and that is after knowing the house-hold inflation will rise. The only slight recognition is within the pension credit scheme, the savings limit is to be set at 10,000 GBP but then again the government is planning to cut these schemes in the near future.
What Westminster wants is more revenue from our aging population. They've balls-up the every regulatory requirement for a stabilizing economy and the fad is to up the retirement age to 70 years of age. I happen to confess the problem isn't with the increasing elderly population but with the governments 'knee jerk' policy reforms that carry no clout and purpose. Yet they still hit the vulnerable. The scary fact is that over 2.8 Billion Pounds are left unclaimed in pension credits is a huge symbol of lack of communication and care to our wonderful elders; a further Hundreds of Thousands of pensioners miss out on Council Tax and Housing Benefits. These wonderful people live on 95.25 GBP per week (single person ) and for a couple 152.30 GBP per week. Many of these same individuals are care workers at home devoted to their spouses, saving the benefits system further. Yet the government continues to compromise their liberties for their own shortfalls.
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I am amazed to find that I am the first to broach this topic, maybe I am the only old codger using DooYoo. But State Pensions - HMMM. When whatever bunch decided that pensions should only be tied to the retail price index, ie inflation, at a stroke they decided that whatever increased properity the rest of the population enjoyed, those on pension were excluded. The theory was that having established a standard of living, the best pensioners could hope for was that the pension would maintain that standard and the RPI was to be the measure of that. Whatever one thinks of Gordon Brown's policies in general, I do believe he has tried to make some (repeat SOME) amends for this situation and lucky us, we have received a couple of years' increases above the level of inflation. We should also remember the £200 per year per household winter fuel allowance and the £10 Christmas present (a figure which has been fixed since it was introduced). However, GB has made one extraordinary admission - the pension is inadequate even after his little fiddles. How do we know that he thinks this? Easy, he has introduced a means-tested "Minimum income guarantee". Under this provision, the level of the increase a basic pensioner will receive is £16.65, for a couple it is £19.20. This is not much less than the amount my SERPS contributions (made in years when I was not contracted out) have earned me - AND I PAID, they get it free! Fortunately, I made other provision and my wife and I enjoy other pensions including one related to my service in the RAF and another to that of my wife as a teacher, so we have a decent if not expansive life-style. Another provision is that I occasionally write here on DooYoo and the £100 or so that I have earned so far has been very useful. I could rabbit on for ever about, for instance, how pensions are paid - ours are paid direct to the bank, but they insist on doing
this 4 weekly instead of calendar monthly which, since everything else is monthly, is a real pain. One month a year you get 2 lots, and some may regard this as some sort of bonus, which it is not, you've waited a year for it. Is it beyond the wit of the DSS to pay calendar monthly? It would seem so. For the record, the basic single pension 65-79 inc is now £75.50 and for a couple £120.20. Minimum income guarantee is £92.15/£140.55. Next question, how does the government equate these figures with the National Minumum Wage? Let's see, 40 hour week at £4.10, that's £164.00 whatever your personal circumstances. So if you are a pensioner, you need less to live on . . . . ! Very logical, I'm sure.


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A font hint for GTK+ 2.0 apps
I imagine that this applies to few LFS users, but I had been struggling with fonts in the Japanese version of Openoffice 1.1.2. Basically they looked like うんち。Some of you may know what I mean. Well, I found the simple solution. At least it works on my system, and I don't recall doing anything spectacular that is above and beyond what was written in LFS5. From the xfree86 website:
For applications based on GTK+ 2.0 (including GNOME 2 applications), the environment variable `GDK_USE_XFT' should be set to `1':
$ export GDK_USE_XFT=1
So what I did was make an alias in my .bashrc file...
alias soffice='GDK_USE_XFT=1 soffice'
and now my fonts look something like what I would expect them to. This is a total relief. I never use windows though it's on my box, and Ive been trying to write up my resume in Japanese. Now it is finally doable!
I rock.
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Iowa stumbles in NIT finale
NEW YORK — One hour before tip-off at Madison Square Garden, Baylor's players knocked down shot after shot after shot. Iowa's players stood and looked at the backboard and orange rim.
The net on Iowa's basket had yet to arrive. Figuratively, it never did.
Iowa (25-13) lost its bid for an NIT championship last night the way it lost many of games this year. The Hawkeyes failed to knock down critical shots at the basket time and time again. In its 74-54 loss to Baylor (23-14), Iowa missed inside and outside, shooting just 26.1 percent for the game.
"It was just frustrating," Iowa junior Devyn Marble said. "We couldn't get stops, we couldn't make shots."
Marble, Iowa's leading scorer, was held to six points on 3-of-12 shooting. Second-leading scorer Aaron White scored 12 points, but he was 4-of-13 from the field.
While the Hawkeyes struggled offensively, the Bears sizzled. Baylor hit 54.2 percent, including 65.2 percent in the second half. The Bears outscored Iowa 36-18 in the paint and dunked 11 times.
"We've had games like that, but I don't think we made the defensive stops that we needed," Marble said. "We've struggled shooting pretty much all season and we've overcome that with good defense. We didn't do that tonight."
Baylor also showed how quickly it could respond to an Iowa run.
After Eric May hit back-to-back shots — including a 3-pointer — to bring Iowa within 28-27, Baylor scored eight points with lightning execution in 52 seconds. First, Cory Jefferson hit a jumper. After Iowa's Adam Woodbury missed a four-foot jumper, Baylor point guard Pierre Jackson drilled a 3-pointer to push the lead to 33-27.
Baylor's Isaiah Austin blocked Devyn Marble's attempt and the rim, and Jackson was fouled and sank two more free throws.
"We cut it to one, but seemed like we just kept missing easy shots," Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery McCaffery said.
Then when Iowa responded with two Aaron White free throws, Baylor's Cory Jefferson dunked on consecutive possessions to give the Bears a 10-point advantage. It got worse from there for Iowa, which couldn't stop Jackson or Baylor's inside presence.
Iowa pulled down 20 offensive rebounds, one more than on defense. But starting post players Melsahn Basabe and Adam Woodbury combined to go 0-for-9 from the field.
"They protected the basket really well with big men, their length, athleticism," Marble said. "I think we were missing a few bunnies we normally wouldn't miss."
Freshman Mike Gesell led the Hawkeyes with 13 points.
Marble's streak of four straight games with 20-plus points was snapped but he still was named to the all-tournament team. Jackson, who scored 17 and dished 10 assists was named the tournament's most outstanding player. Baylor's Cory Jefferson scored 23 points to lead all scorers.
May, Iowa's only senior, stood red-eyed but proud in the locker room afterward.
"We never want it to come to an end, but it's a little bitter with a loss," he said. "I'm proud of these guys, proud of this team, proud of what we accomplished."
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UPDATE: Evergreen Line truss issue blamed on operator error
Operator error is being blamed a large gantry crane slipping June 17 during placement of a concrete guideway for the Evergreen Line on North Road near Foster Avenue in Coquitlam.
The incident shut down North Road during the afternoon rush hour while crews worked to re-position the beam and halted construction for 10 days pending an investigation.
On Friday, B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and infrastructure said work would resume in the area after officials determined that operator error caused the equipment failure.
Amanda Farrell, the Evergreen Line project director, said the truss has been reinforced and new procedures have been put in place to prevent a similar incident from occurring.
"Essentially, there are two operators that control the [truss] movement," she told The Tri-City News. "I guess what happened was that one of them got out of sync with the other. That created tension… and it put too much stress on this particular connection and the connection failed."
She added that despite the slip, the truss was supported at all times and that nobody was hurt in the incident.
Tri-City residents have likely seen the large blue and yellow gantry crane, which has been working its way up North Road for the last several months. Farrell said the equipment is commonly used in large infrastructure projects and neither the manufacturer nor the Evergreen Line contractor has had problems with the truss before.
It is not the first time issues with the SkyTrain's guideway have caused a road closure. In March, a section of Como Lake Avenue was closed in both directions after a massive concrete beam shifted above Clarke Road. Farrell said the recent crane issue was not related to the March incident.
Daytime closures can be expected on North Road at Foster Avenue this week as work in the area continues on the Evergreen Line's elevated guideway.
Turning restrictions on Foster Avenue will also be in effect between 6 a.m. and midnight. During that time, drivers heading south on North Road will not be able to turn left on Foster while drivers heading west on Foster will not be able to turn onto North Road. Right-hand turns on Foster will be allowed.
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One of the biggest pieces of news to come out of this year's Consumer Electronics Shows: Guitar Hero III is now the best-selling videogame of all time, racking up more than $1 billion - yes, billion - in sales. And that's just in the game's first year.
Why the success? Because the developers of Guitar Hero didn't just create a videogame, they developed a new way to experience and receive music. About a year ago, I met with the two MIT media lab grads who created the franchise - really interesting guys who set out not just to make a game, but to reinvent how music is distributed and consumed in the digital age. They've since split off to do the Rock Band franchise, and are working on the first ever Beatles videogame - due later this year.


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Breaking News: Per Syracuse University—No Fab Melo or MookieJanuary 21, 2012
According to a recent statement released by Syracuse University today, two players from the Syracuse Basketball team will not be seen with the Orange in the foreseeable future.
Fab Melo, perhaps the most improved player in the Big East and the best big man in Syracuse's rotation, will not be making the team's road trips to Notre Dame or Cincinnati.
Furthermore, Mookie Jones, a scholarship player now turned bench warmer, will be leaving the team for personal reasons.
In the statement from Syracuse, "Given University policy and federal student privacy laws, we are not able to provide any further details at this time."
For Fab, that explanation would lead one to believe that he may be academically ineligible at this time, however this would be strange as Syracuse just resumed classes this past week.
While an injury or illness may be the culprit, such a last minute and vague reason naturally lends itself to the worst possible scenario.
For Mookie, personal reasons could range from lack of playing time to family matters, but the bottom line is that fan favorite Jones will not be seen in a Syracuse uniform again.
Syracuse's depth and Jim Boeheim's strategy will be challenged as the Orange face off against two tough Big East foes looking to pull an upset.
Notre Dame is 11-8 with a 3-3 mark in the conference while the Bearcats are 15-4 with a 5-1 mark within the Big East.


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Simbol Apartments and Hostel
Youth Hostel Simbol (Symbol) offers a wide range of advantages for a good price. Free WI-FI, air-conditioning in every room, parking, terrace with a grill for the perfect summer vacation? We got all of that and more.
Our youth hostel can accommodate 55 people in nice, colourfully decorated non-smoking rooms. You can choose between:
- standard 4 Bed Apartment
- standard 4 Bed Family Room
- standard 6 Bed Apartment
Symbol Hostel is set in a quiet and green part of South-Eastern Ljubljana. A leisurely 10 minut walk to the beginning of the old part of the town center (Church of Trnovo) and the Ljubljanica river. From there you get to the town center, walking through the old part of the town center past many pubs and restaurants along the Ljubljanica river. If you want, you can take the bus to the city center (only few minutes away).
- free parking space
- WI-FI in every room
- CLIMATE in every room
- free usage of the kitchen (24/7)
- washing machine
- luggage storage
- rent-a-bike for only 8 € a day, 6 € for 5 hours
- a ride to the hostel from bus/train station for 1€ per person (3€ per person from 10 pm)
- short sightseeing tour of the town center from any Tourist Information Center (TIC) in Ljubljana
- terrace with a grill for relaxed summer afternoons and evenings
Our reception works from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M.
We can arrange check in also during the night but you have to inform us in advance. If anything changes in your arrival also please let us know.
1,27 eur (not included in price)
- upon arrival we accept only cash,
- cancellations are accepted only 2 days before check-in (guest arrival to the hostel) with no charge.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pet Friendly
- Reading Light
- Steam Room
- Taxes not included
- Towels For Hire
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Please contact us beforehand to inform us about the time of your arrival. Tell us where you are coming from and how (by plane, train, bus or car) so we can work the best solution for you. We can arrange transport from Ljubljana airport or from the railway station.
- leave the ring at Ljubljana-zahod
- turn left at the crossroad
- turn right at the 3rd traffic lights
- continue straight ahead and after the 2nd traffic lights the Simbol hostel is the 2nd house on the right (red house)
- take the bus no. 9 in front of the railway station (bus stop called KOLODVOR, direction TRNOVO)
- get off on the 6th stop (bus stop called KOLEZIJA)
- walk straight ahead for about 100 m to the traffic lights (there is the excange office) and turn left, then walk 300m to the 2nd traffic lights
- then you walk about 20m straight ahead and you will see our red house – SIMBOL hostel - 2nd house on the right, opposite of the Mercator store
- take the bus no. 1 on the same side as Nama store (bus stop called KONZORCIJ - direction MESTNI LOG)
- get off on the 6th stop (bus stop called GERBIČEVA)
- carry on by foot to the traffic lights and turn right – there you will see the SIMBOL hostel – 2nd house on the right (red house)
FROM A TIC (tourist information centre)
You can reach a TIC at a following locations:
1) Ljubljana Railway Station (open 8-22) or
2) Tromostovje – by three bridges (8-21)
There you ask the informant to contact the SIMBOL hostel manager Matej and he will give you all the information you need.
PLEASE NOTE: your arrival time is important to us. Please be careful when you make a reservation and in the case something changes please let us know.
Our reception works from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. We can arrange check in also during the night but you have to inform us in advance. You can also inform us when you are comming and we can drive you the hostel.
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Nearby are famous roman wall, post office, pubs, the nightclubs,the stores and the shopping centre.


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I am lucky to have once had a boss who showed me what it would look like to be competent, likeable, and also very firm in my speech and actions at work. While I've been fortunate to have a number of positive female role models in the workplace over time, this woman in particular stood out to me for her seeming commitment to not let her gender or stereotypes about her gender influence her success at work.
Women Human Rights Leaders at the Courage to Lead Summit in Geneva by US Mission Geneva (via Flickr Creative Commons).
First of all, she wouldn't let anyone interrupt her during meetings. If they did, she would interrupt right back with a polite but firm, "Excuse me, I'm not finished." She never started her sentences with "Sorry, but …" or "I just think …" Instead she would say what she thought, getting it all out. Then she would listen carefully and thoughtfully to other peoples' responses (often from men), and if need be, add to her argument to support it again. It wasn't that she would force her point over everyone else's, she simply preferred not to let her point go without hearing a good reason for why she should do so.
For the most part, it didn't seem that coworkers found her to be stand-offish. She somehow managed to avoid the categorization of being power-hungry and cold. Instead, everyone seemed to deeply value her opinion, and found her to be a staunch ally and loyal colleague. It didn't hurt that she was also tremendously funny. I laughed a lot around her.
Shortly after moving on from that job, I encountered advice from self-help expert Tara Mohr called 8 Ways Women Undermine Themselves With Their Words. I wish I could find the video interview that Mohr did with Jillian Michaels on the subject, since it animated each of Mohr's points. But at any rate, I remember watching the video and seeing myself in all of the handicaps that Mohr lays out.
Mohr says, for instance, that women are too quick to minimize their messages, through phrases like "I actually think there's another story here …" or "I just want to point out some complications …" She also notes how we often talk too fast, trying not to take up too much space during meetings, or how we may raise the tone of our voice at the end of many sentences to make them sound more like non-confrontational questions rather than opinions. I realized how rare it was to have had a female boss who seemed to have conquered these handicaps for herself, and counted myself incredibly fortunate to have been able to work with her.
Since learning of Mohr's advice, I've thought a lot about how I want to change my own speech patterns. Ideally I would love to stop using the word "just" at the start of my sentences, and speak louder and firmer during meetings run by men. But what I've learned in reality is that this is really, really hard. These are deeply ingrained habits that I've developed both in my own individual life, but also from seeing the collective self-presentations of thousands of women throughout the years–from friends, family, colleagues, media stars, etc., I've learned that my speech habits aren't something I can just will away with a changed mentality.
I've also learned that feeling guilty about my speech patterns doesn't really help to promote change. What has helped is being proactive about taking small, positive steps toward more assertive speech. Right now I'm taking a class on negotiations, which is helping me to role-play stressful situations of conflicting interests in a safe environment. I enjoy reading books about gender and introversion (another layer on top of gendered experiences with speech). I push myself more now to be better prepared at meetings, so that lack of knowledge and ideas won't be part of the reason why I'm tempted to minimize my voice.
I sense that gender is not a topic that comes up often in professional training for many fields, even among women. There are a number of understandable reasons for why we might see gender topics as taboo or unpleasant to bring to light. We might joke about them during downtime or talk about how we wish we had done better on some presentation or in some meeting, but we don't talk about the systematic ways women are alike in their speech and what that means for the workplace. Perhaps having more of these open conversations and a support system for personal progress would help.
I do not mean of course to draw pinpointed conclusions about every woman. Some people face more challenges with their speech patterns in work environments than others. Some women probably can't relate to Mohr's message at all. It is certainly not helpful to assume that all women are the same and all women are facing the same battles. The eight points that Mohr describes would be complicated further by bringing in intersectionalities of class, race, age, gender presentation, and physical ability, for instance. But I do find her words to be a helpful starting point for me in a personal quest toward fulfillment in the workplace, and I hope to continue reading other enlightening thoughts on the subject.
Originally posted at stefanicox.com.
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