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1. Johnny Depp
2. Christian Bale
3. Ryan Gosling
4. Humphrey Bogart
5. Hugh Laurie
Top 5 Favorite Bands:
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. The Beatles
3. The Clash
5. Queen
Top 5 Favorite Shows:
1. Futurama
2. The Office
3. Arrested Development
4. House M.D.
5. How I Met Your Mother
Top 5 Least Favorite Things (Or People) Ever:
1. Scott Baio
2. Blogs
3. Brad Pitt
4. Oprah
5. Kiddie Pop
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Quite Possibly The Funniest Movie You'll See This Decade
Yes, even though Pirates is mainly an Action movie, its usually quite funny.
And this one was no different. A person thats been in captivity for the past ten years could walk into the theater and not know they weren't watching a comedy.
However, that's not a bad thing. It also found a way to wrap up most of the trilogy, without us going "Huh?". I thought this movie was a counter act to Spider-Man 3's disappointment and Shrek the Third's complete abomination.
9/10. I can't sum up the movie without giving you the plot but I can say this:
Go see this movie. You won't be sorry.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Definitely Not Worth All The Hype.
I will admit that like every other person I shelled out to go see Spider-Man 3 so I wouldn't be left out of the loop. However, even though my expectations were low, I was still disappointed by this movie. I'm not even sure exactly why I was disappointed but I noticed that there was something wrong with it.
The parts that I know that I was upset about were when Harry died and when Peter decided that all of a sudden he'd dye his hair black, or at least it looked that way, and become another Emo kid. The dance was extended for way too long and I found myself laughing at the scene than with it.
But, I did like Eddie Brock and the further development of Harry Osborn in this film. Not to mention Bruce Campbell's part as Maître d'. Venom wasn't used until the end of the film which made me feel cheated. Coming from someone who really likes Venom.
Overall, it made me feel like I was scammed out of my money. Definitely not even close to the genius that was the first two Spider-Man's.
So take my advice and save your money, folks.
Charlie Rose (1991)
Ha ha ha oh Charlie!
Life must be boring as Charlie and I think this show really shows you that. As I said to my mother one time when I was watching Charlie Rose (which I barely ever watch due to its boringness!) that his background is black because he's so poor he can't afford a real background like other hosts (like David Letterman or Conan O'Brien). My college Conan O'Brien, from Late Night with Conan O'Brien, said you know Life is like a box of chocolate you never know what your gonna get. He wrote that line for Forest Gump said it on TV and they stole it from him. Just like Charlie Rose stole his theme song from Paul Shaffer ( Late Night with David Letterman). I hate Charlie Rose's show because if it got any more boring I would die! My mother loves it. Sad enough that means I have respect that show!
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Gay or Not?
What the *#$@! This was one of the most freaky movies I have let my eyes befall. If you study symbolic meanings of literature and movies, like I do, you'll see the freakiness (is that a word) of Willy Wonka. I wonder how many viewers knew that the Oompah Loompahs were actually a representation of the African-American community. If you look at how they are "different" colored and subservient, you'll see the racism behind this movie as I and many others have. The same with The Wizard of Oz, which is a symbolic movie about the United States Government...but that's for another day. By the way, has anyone answered the question of whether Willy Wonka is gay or not. That purple outfit was out of style at the time, and a tad bit too flamboyant. Another thing is...does he resemble Michael Jackson---I think so. He might just have molested Charlie, but no one will ever EVER know. Thanks for listening. And Goodnight.
24 (2001)
Great Show (6 stars, out of 6) for 24
Now here's a show you can love. Even if you hate it, you looove to hate it. 24 is jam-packed with action and adventure. Not only is it in real-time (which by the way is a major feat in TV syndication), but the plot is so intense, I swear by my beard that I put my mother in a senior home, sold my sister to monkeys, and ate my brother for dinner, just so I could watch it at 9.00pm on Monday. Sadly, I used to be a fan of Seventh Heaven (the second worst show next to Charles in Charge) which used to occupy my time on Mondays because I only have basic cable, but now that 24 is on Monday, I gaffaw at Seventh Heaven. If I could marry a TV show....well let's not go there. Never mind, we'll go there...I'd marry 24. And we could have babies, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29...you know where this is going.
Charles in Charge (1984)
This Show is Boooorrrrinngg!
This show is really boring! I would rather die than watch it again. I hope that you don't watch it either. Charles in Charge has no story line and it has no plots at all this show makes me hate Scot Baio! I'm surprised it lasted more than a month let alone 6 years! I'm surprised that Nick @ Nite is so pathetic that they would even have this show on at 4:30 at night! Instead they should have Three's Company a better funnier show everyone can agree is great and not pathetic and moronic like Charles in Charge. I'm still trying to get that image of a bad comedy out of my head! I hope that the one person that likes this show is in a mental institution because they must be crazy! It annoys me to see such airtime on TV go to waste because some guy was on Happy Days and wants his own show. It is outrageous! It wasn't even his show! Happy Days wasn't about Scot Baio it was about Harry Winkler and Ron Howard those were the main characters. Its people like Scot Baio that destroy peace in this world. HE'S NOT A STAR!


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Suffolk Wildlife Trust offers internships in environmental education and conservation.
I love working with such a variety of ages and abilities; it really is such a fantastic experience.
You will benefit from an individual tailor-made programme focusing on both personal and career development.
You will work as part of a team who will help you to gain experience and acquire new skills while training on the job.
Our placements have found this to be an invaluable experience and have gone on to get full-time jobs with Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Natural England and the RSPB.
Environmental Education
Education placements are for 6 months, with a minimum of three days per week, usually from March to Spetember and are based at each of our six education sites around the county as well as Ipswich Wild Spaces and Coastal Outreach. Each centre has a busy schedule of events, school visits and outreach community work. You must be passionate about wildlife and want to inspire people about Suffolk's wildlife and wild places. You will be able to attend in-house courses and there is an option to occasionally get involved in some practical work. Closing date for applications for 2018 is 31 January.
Please contact us for more information.
We offer a variety of placements in different locations across Suffolk working a minimum of three days per week full time. You will work alongside our reserves teams and volunteers assisting in the practical management of nature reserves. You will receive on the job training in the use of hand tools, brushcutter, chainsaw and tractor appropriate to the tasks. You may also get the opportunity to undertake species surveys and work with livestock.
'My time as a work placement was both hugely enjoyable and an invaluable experience. I had graduated the previous year and was unsuccessfully job hunting. Prior to the placement I was getting no response to my job applications. After the placement I was getting interviews for most of the positions I applied for, eventually leading to a seasonal contract with the Trust on the Sandlings Team, followed a few months later with the assistant warden position here at the Valley Fens'. Richard Young, former intern, now Valley Fens Warden.
Please contact us for more information.

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Daily briefs of the top news stories impacting Christians around the world.
In today's edition:
Thousands March in Memory of Christian Massacre in Egypt
Thousands of Egyptian protesters marched Tuesday in Cairo to mark one year since the Maspero Massacre, when nearly 30 people were killed in a Coptic Christian demonstration that was violently crushed by security forces, International Christian Concern reports. "The victims of the massacre are described ... as martyrs," Egypt Independent reported. "Among [Coptic Christians], this language of martyrdom has a particular resonance, rooted in a history of struggle as the practitioners of a minority faith in Egypt." Most of the victims' families, however, have yet to see justice: "The Egyptian authorities have failed to conduct a full impartial and independent investigation into the circumstances of the violence and to bring those responsible to account," according to Amnesty International. The massacre on Oct. 9, 2011, later dubbed "Bloody Sunday," marked the largest attack on Egyptian Christians in recent memory and the worst violence in the country since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
Abortion the Primary Issue for One in Six Voters
According to a new Gallup poll, nearly one in 10 registered voters in America say they will only support pro-life candidates who share their position on abortion, a number that is larger than the corresponding data for pro-choice voters, Baptist Press reports. Specifically, 9 percent of registered voters say they will only support pro-life candidates who oppose abortion while 7 percent of all voters say they will only back pro-choice candidates who support legalized abortion. In total, about one in six voters in America are single-issue voters on abortion. Gallup's Lydia Saad called it a "slight pro-life tilt, albeit one that could potentially benefit pro-life Republican candidate Mitt Romney." Gallup historical data shows the issue has benefited pro-life candidates in every presidential election dating back to 1996, with pro-lifers ahead by 2 percentage points in every election except for 2004, when 12 percent of voters said they'd only support pro-life candidates and 5 percent said they'd only support pro-choice ones. In 2008, the issue favored pro-lifers, 7 percent to 5 percent.
China's Shouwang Church Continues Sunday Protests in Beijing
Beijing's Shouwang Church, one of China's largest house churches, continues to refuse official registration in spite of increasing pressure from the Chinese government, Christianity Today reports. Members of Shouwang have been meeting outdoors for Sunday morning services for 17 months -- and say they will continue to do so until they receive official permission to return to an indoor location. The government has increased efforts to dissuade church leaders, including sentencing senior pastor Jin Tianming to 500 days of house arrest and detaining church members 1,600 times at 90 different police stations over the past 17 months. Tianming recently took legal action, submitting an administrative review protesting the government's interference with legal church functions, but The South China Morning Post reports that the legal affairs office of the Beijing government has rejected the petition. "This is obviously repression of citizens' religious freedom and the church's right to practice its faith," Tianming previously said.
Venezuela: Chavez's Reelection Sparks Fears of Further-Deteriorating Religious Freedom
In a reelection to another six-year term, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez marked his fourth presidential election victory since 1998. It means more of the same socialist policies -- and fears of continuing violations of religious freedom, Mission Network News reports. Since 2009, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has included Venezuela on its annual Watch List, which "provides advance warning of negative trends that could develop into severe violations of religious freedom." In USCIRF's 2012 report, investigators found continued violations of freedom of religion in Venezuela, including government failure to hold accountable those behind attacks on religious leaders and houses of worship; virulent rhetoric from Chavez, government officials and state media; and pro-Chavez media directed episodically against certain faith-based communities. Since Chavez first came to office in 1998, there has been a steady increase of government rhetoric and government action against faith-based groups thought to have ties with the West -- and these trends are likely to continue, says Greg Musselman, spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs Canada. "If things do get more difficult, pray that the church would be strengthened, that believers would be prepared for churches to close down."


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Just My Size
Just My Size is one of several brands owned by Hanesbrands, Inc., and it specifically manufactures plus-sized intimates and other apparel. Brothers John Wesley and P.H. Hanes founded two separate businesses in the early 1900s--both focusing on clothing manufacture. John Wesley Hanes established Shamrock Knitting Mills in 1901 (later renamed Hanes Hosiery), and his brother created the P.H. Hanes Knitting Company that same year. After operating separately for several decades, the two businesses finally merged in 1965. During the 1970s, Hanes' plain t-shirts gained popularity among screenprinters, and the brand started to garner a national reputation because it was used for so many graphic tees.
Hanes continued to grow throughout the rest of the 20th century, and its parent, the Sara Lee Corporation, decided to spin off Hanesbrands, Inc., as its own company in 2006. In addition to Just My Size, Hanesbrands manufactures several other sub-brands, including Champion, Bali, Leggs, Playtex, and more. The business has specifically catered to plus-sized women for many years, and Just My Size is considered one of Hanesbrands' primary brands in the categories of innerwear and activewear. Today, the company is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it sells its apparel in more than 40 countries across the globe.
Women's Merchandise
Like many of the most important Hanesbrands divisions, Just My Size focuses primarily on intimates, and its specific niche is women who wear clothes in size 14 or larger. The brand specializes in wire-free bras with several different types of closure mechanisms. These bras are available in multiple colors and include seamed and seamless varieties. Just My Size also offers panties in styles like briefs, bikinis, boy-shorts, and more. Hanesbrands subsidiaries are especially known for their cotton panties--most of which have been tagless for many years.
Beyond intimates, Just My Size features plus-sized apparel in a number of categories. Tops include tees, tanks, v-necks, sweaters, cardigans, tunics, polos, and blouses. You'll also find light jackets for mildly chilly days. In bottoms, the brand offers trousers, twill pants, and palazzo pants, as well as jeans in various cuts. Dresses are available in styles like fit-and-flare, sheaths, knit dresses, polo dresses, maxi dresses, and more. Crops, capris, skirts, and shorts are perfect for keeping cool in warmer weather, and you can choose from an array of styles. In activewear, Just My Size offers options like yoga pants, active capris, and workout shirts, while swimwear is available in styles like bikinis, one-piece swimsuits, and cover-ups.
Our rating
Hanesbrands is essentially synonymous with underwear and other cotton basics, and the company is trusted by millions of people around the world. It only makes sense, therefore, that the conglomerate would offer clothing for larger individuals that makes them feel comfortable throughout the day. Just My Size does a great job designing apparel for women who wear plus-sized clothing, and its products are straightforward and easy to like. The brand is also known for its affordability and its quality, which is why we give Just My Size 4.5 stars out of 5.
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I like cows. Everyone who knows me is aware I was raised on a dairy farm and am still inordinately fond of cows. I am not snobbish about what breed. Nor was my father. We had different cows, Holsteins, Jerseys, Guernseys, and many who were crosses of those. We were an equal opportunity barn. I like that. It's kind of like publishing today. There should be room in the field for all kinds of cows. You can't always tell a good producer by her breed just like you can't tell a good book by its publisher. You have to read it.
I hate the way the issue of publishing with a small press is often framed, i.e., as the default choice between the big publishers and self-publishing. Let's turn the issue on its head: not merely why did I go with a small publisher, but why do small presses choose the authors they do? Be assured, they do make choices. They want a good story, well-written by an author who knows how to market and promote. If that sounds familiar, it is exactly what the big boys want too…and what the author who self-publishes is trying to accomplish.
The best thing a writer can do for him/herself is to be honest about what he/she needs to operate successfully. I have a friend who self-publishes and is wonderfully successful at it. She knows her craft. I know she chose to self-publish and not to go with a small press.
Me? I'm not so confident. I need to be needed and to hear the words, "here's a contract" and to hear it from someone who has credentials in the publishing world. I now work with four small publishers, and I like all of them for different reasons. But I am confident they chose my work because they thought it was good, not just available, but really good. I think that's flattering, that's a boost to my confidence.
Recently, in attempting to procure a publisher for a new manuscript, my agent got back to me with a list of edits a small press wanted me to make. I looked at them and came to the conclusion that these changes would strengthen my work. It's the kind of attention to an author that can be found with a small press. It's difficult to imagine a large house saying "maybe for us if you do this." Usually it's the phrase, "not a fit" as if your manuscript was an ugly stepdaughter's foot being shoved into Cinderella's slipper.
One of my presses gives me more than their contract and their editing. The authors they represent have become my writing family. We can rant to one another and not feel embarrassed that we want to hurt, maim, smoosh, drown, or otherwise destroy the obviously deluded reviewer who gave me only one star for the book everyone else liked.
I'm not saying I will never self-publish. In the world of publishing it's not wise to make absolute pronouncements on what one may do in the future. It's also not wise, and it's just plain unkind and professionally insulting to pass judgment on the method by which a writer's book reaches the intended audience. If you must judge, keep it to yourself. You may find that writer is one of your colleagues at a small press one day. Some of the authors who once denigrated the small press have been let go by the large publishers and are looking at (horrors!) small presses. Welcome aboard. Now you won't have to worry about selling through that large advance. We're friendly, we're helpful, we support one another, and we're happy to have you join us to add your expertise especially in the areas of marketing, publicity and promotion. Who has more relevant experience in these areas than authors?
As for all you who are self-publishing? Good for you, you courageous and creative entrepreneurs. As with my self-publishing friend, providing me with information about how she does so well is encouraging to me. I learn from her. What is not helpful, and what she avoids because she's a supportive friend/writer, is a conversation that begins," I sold xxxx books last month. How many did you sell?" She also does not refer to small presses as "vanity" presses.
Writers want to write and they want what they write to be read. I've never heard a reader give a moo about how a favorite book got published. The issue is not what's the better way to publish, but how each author decides to reach the reader. That's easier to do if we spend our time writing and not judging. It's a huge pasture just made for everyone to get a bit of that green grass. What kind of a cow are you? I'm a little Guernsey. Moo. But I'm glad to share the field with you, you big ole Holstein.
Even if you don't like cows as much as I do, there's every kind of animal—alligators, horses, handsome cowboys, sleazy lawyers, bass and crappie and, yes, more cows—in Dumpster Dying, the first in my Big Lake Mystery Series set in rural Florida. Emily Rhodes discovers the body of the county's wealthiest rancher in the Big Lake Country Club dumpster. With her close friend accused of the murder, Emily sets aside her grief at her life partner's death to find the real killer. She underestimates the obstacles rural Florida can set up for a winter visitor and runs afoul of a local judge with his own version of justice, hires a lawyer who works out of a retirement home, and flees wild fires hand-in-hand with the man she believes to be the killer.
Lesley Diehl retired from her life as a professor of psychology and reclaimed her country roots by moving to a small cottage in the Butternut River Valley in upstate New York. In the winter she migrates to old Florida—cowboys, scrub palmetto, and open fields of grazing cattle, a place where spurs still jingle in the post office, and gators make golf a contact sport. Back north, the shy ghost inhabiting the cottage serves as her literary muse. When not writing, she gardens, cooks and renovates the 1874 cottage with the help of her husband, two cats, and, of course, Fred the ghost, who gives artistic direction to their work. She is author of several short stories and of two mystery series, both featuring country gals with attitude: the microbrewing mystery series set in the Butternut Valley (A Deadly Draught and Poisoned Pairings) and a rural Florida series, Dumpster Dying and Grilled, Killed and Chilled. For something more heavenly, try her mystery Angel Sleuth. She invites readers to visit her on her blog and website.
Website: www.lesleydiehl.com and blog http://anotherdraught.blogspot.com


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If a webapplication with relative path was created and not provisioned, it stops the user from creating any more webapplications; also we can't delete that webapplication from the central administration site, though we can see the webapplication name and information. Whenever we try to create a site collection on top of that web application or delete that web application we will get the following error.
"Absolute path information is required"
There are 2 work-arounds available to this issue:-
1. Recreate the entire farm from scratch, uninstalling MOSS and reinstalling, then creating a new
configuration database. (It won't be feasible solution always)
2. Use object model code to remove the broken web application from the configuration database.
If you want to delete that webapplication from the configuration DB, the easy and supported way is through SharePoint object model. You can use the following .NET console based application code to delete a half baked webapplication from the configuration DB.
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
class Program
static void Main(string[] args)
SPWebApplicationCollection oWebCollection = SPWebService.ContentService.WebApplications;
foreach (SPWebApplication oWeb in oWebCollection)
if (oWeb.Name == "MySampleWebApplication")


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Examples of Aeronautical
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Could F1 and aeronautical tech help Sir Ben Ainslie's 'flying' catamaran win the America's Cup?
(BBC News - Business, )
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Billionaire Musk made the comments at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London.
(Daily Mail - Science, )
Charles Bolden talked to MailOnline at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London (pictured).
(Daily Mail - Science, )
The Covert Aeronautical Cocktail Shaker features a slick Art Deco design and moving propellers.
(CNET News, )
A European aeronautical consortium announced plans to offer affordable trips to space out of Spain's Canary Islands.
(UPI - Science News, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. says it has improved its Grey Eagle unmanned aerial system for increased endurance.
(UPI - Business News, )
Last year, Britain's hub airport took in £1.5billion in 'aeronautical income', such as the charges levied on airlines.
(Daily Mail - Money, )
An Airbus facility in Spain is leading a project to introduce harmonized robotic solutions to the aeronautical assembly process.
(UPI - Business News, )
A French industry group reports that 2015 was a record year for the country's Aeronautical, Space, Defense and Security Industry.
(UPI - Business News, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. reports Britain's Military Aviation Authority has given it design approval certification.
(UPI - Business News, )
The students of the Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautical Industry Management were pictured during their compulsory military training.
(Daily Mail - News, )
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority said Tuesday lower aeronautical fees contributed to a $1.3 million net loss in the second quarter.
(CBC News - Business, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. completes successful test of its Sense and Avoid system for drones in non-segregated civilian airspace.
(UPI - Business News, )
The use of military remotely piloted aircraft in civilian search-and-rescue operations is being touted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
(UPI - Business News, )
NASA aeronautical innovators are helping to design future airliners that will cut fuel consumption, reduce polluting emissions and fly more quietly.
(Science Daily - News, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will produce 30 additional MQ-9 Reapers for the U.S. Air Force by May of 2019 under $370 million contract.
(UPI - Business News, )
Aeronautical broadband usage over Latin America is set to increase after recent deals aimed at expanding capacity and range of services in the region.
(UPI - Business News, )
An enhanced version of the U.S. Army's Gray Eagle drone has been flown for the first time by its manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
(UPI - Business News, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. reports it has completed the first flight test of a sense-and-avoid architecture and self-separation function.
(UPI - Business News, )
Spain's Defense Ministry has decided to acquire Predator B drones, designated MQ-9 Reaper in the United States, from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
(UPI - Business News, )
The Italian Air Force has taken delivery of two Predator-A drones from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the last two Predator-A systems being produced.
(UPI - Business News, )
Use of an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft to help contain a recent wildfire in California is being touted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
(UPI - Business News, )
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is to open a training academy on Grand Forks Air Base for operators of its remotely piloted aircraft, such as the Predator.
(UPI - Business News, )
Experts suggest the plane could be in an 'aeronautical black hole' hundreds of miles from the current search area or may have been involved in electronic warfare.
(Daily Mail - Science, )
Fallon is already facing protests over an expected deal to buy 50 Apache helicopters, also made by Boeing, putting the future of 600 aeronautical jobs in the UK at risk.
(Daily Mail - Money, )
NIK SIMON: There is a brief switch between aeronautical code and regular speech as Richie McCaw pilots his blue Eurocopter AS350 up from the tarmac of Christchurch Airport.
(Daily Mail - Sport, )
A Canadian team of engineers has made aviation history with the first ever sustained flight of a human-powered helicopter to win a long-standing $250,000 aeronautical prize.
(Daily Mail - Science, )
A new book reveals how a brilliant American physicist almost singlehandedly foiled a covert attempt by a Japanese consortium to acquire much of America's aeronautical knowledge.
(Forbes - Technology, )
A widely broadcast audio clip including exchanges between the control tower and pilot of doomed TransAsia Flight 235 was confirmed by Taiwan's Civil Aeronautical Administration as authentic.
(Fox News - World, )
But until today it was difficult for operators to act on the information the campaign provided --- for example, reading aeronautical charts or searching for FAA flight restrictions is difficult.
(Forbes - Business, )
While the effort is undeniably a goldmine for puns, the research is serious and positive results could help NASA's aeronautical innovators achieve their goals for improving the fuel efficiency of aircraft cruising across the country.
(Science Daily - News, )
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Yet more Microsoft Certified Master | Exchange 2007's I'm delighted to annouce!
Robert Rice from West Monroe Partners in Chicago. Robert attended the R1 rotation of Masters last October and is another one to have recently passed the Qual Lab. I'm sure Bob will be another great member of our community.
Christian Schindler from NTx BackOffice Consulting Group in Austria, who successfully upgraded to MCM 2007 from 2003. Christian is an MCM/MCA in Exchange 2003 as well.
Gerald Ramich, a Senior PFE for Microsoft in the US, again, an upgrade from MCM 2003 to 2007. Gerald also teaches some of the Ops/Mgmt stuff for the Program. Gerald is also a 2003 MCM/MCA.
Agus Rachman, a Consultant for Microsoft based in Indonesia. Another upgrader from 2003 to 2007.
Ross Smith IV - That rather well known Microsoft all-round clever chap, creator of previous labs and instructor of Master classes passed the lab I built to get his MCM 2007 as well, to add to his MCM and MCA in 2003.
Devin Ganger from 3Sharp, MVP and another very bright graduate from Masters R1 in October. Devin is lucky enough to have a Roundtable device at home it turns out, so I had the pleasure of watching him do some kung-fu'esque calming moves as the Roundtable followed him around the room. Nice... Devin will be blogging about his Master's experience soon on his blog. Keep an eye out for that.
So well done to them all, more labs this week and next, and just over two weeks to the start of Rotation 2. I'm looking forward to seeing a new group arrive, fresh faced and full of energy.... we'll soon get on with some work, don't worry.


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MLB.com Columnist
Roger Schlueter
MLB Notebook: Dunn on path to join elite company
MLB Notebook: Dunn on path to join elite company
Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Harmon Killebrew combined to hit 1,823 home runs and stand as the only three members of the 500 home run club to own the top totals in both strikeouts and walks during the span of their respective careers. This is interesting news for the White Sox Adam Dunn, who seems like the perfect candidate to someday turn that trio into a quartet.
In a three-hit, four-RBI night Dunn hit his Major League-leading 30th home run of the season. Dunn is the 18th player in history to have at least eight 30-homer campaigns through his first 12 Major League seasons.
Dunn's 395 home runs through his first 12 seasons are the ninth most in history. Albert Pujols has 463 and counting -- 2012 is his 12th Major League season -- for the all-time high. After Pujols there is Ken Griffey, Jr. with 438, Alex Rodriguez with 429, Eddie Mathews with 422, Willie Mays with 406, Mantle with 404, Frank Robinson with 403, Hank Aaron with 398, and then Dunn.
Since his first season in 2001 Dunn is third in the Majors in home runs (68 behind the leader Pujols), first in strikeouts (466 ahead of second-place Alfonso Soriano) and first in walks (six ahead of Bobby Abreu).
A day after mounting a four-run comeback to the beat the Brewers, 7-6, the Phillies established a new season best by overcoming a five-run deficit to defeat Milwaukee, 7-6.
For the Brewers, the meltdown kept Zack Greinke (seven innings, three hits, one run) from picking up the win. Milwaukee's bullpen has taken away 16 potential wins from starters this season -- the most in the Majors.
Paul Maholm
Maholm allowed one run in eight innings and won his fifth consecutive start. The Cubs southpaw has allowed four runs in 37 1/3 innings (0.96 ERA) in these five starts and has fanned 27 while walking five.
Maholm joins Ted Lilly (wins in six straight starts in 2007) as the only Cubs left-handers to record wins in at least five consecutive starts in the past 40 seasons.
The Athletics won their sixth straight contest on Tuesday, defeating the Blue Jays, 7-2. Travis Blackley allowed one run in seven innings to earn the win.
Oakland's starters have 24 games this season in which they have thrown at least seven innings and allowed no more than one run. This ties them with the Mariners for the second most of these games in the Majors. Giants starters have 26 such games.
This game marked the third time Blackley has thrown at least seven innings while allowing no more then one run. Tommy Milone has seven such starts, Bartolo Colon and Jarrod Parker each have five and Brandon McCarthy has four.
The A's improved to 15-2 in July, with a run differential of +26 (72 to 46). During the month, Yoenis Cespedes owns a .338/.386/.569 line, with four homers and 13 RBIs.
For the second straight day, a player -- in this case Cespedes -- collected three RBIs on a single. Before these past two days there had not been a three-run single since 2009.
Will Smith
Facing an all-righty Angels lineup (seven right-handed hitters and two switch-hitters) Smith allowed two hits and a run in seven innings and picked up the win, in a 4-1 victory.
Before Smith, the last lefty to go at least seven innings and allow no more than two hits to the Angels was Ricky Romero on August 13, 2011.
Qualifying Lefties, Lowest Slugging Percentage Against
|Slugging % against
|Clayton Kershaw
|John Tudor
|Fernando Valenzuela
|273 1/3
|Clayton Kershaw
|233 1/3
|Teddy Higuera
|227 1/3
Gonzalez allowed a pair of singles and an unearned run in seven innings and improved to 13-5 as the Nationals defeated R.A. Dickey and the Mets.
Gonzalez, who is tied with Dickey and David Price for the Major League lead in wins, is holding batters to a .300 slugging percentage -- second in the Majors to fellow lefty C.J. Wilson's .295 mark. Since 1983 five left-handed pitchers have qualified for the ERA title and finished the year holding batters to a slugging percentage of .300 or lower.
Jordany Valdespin
Valdespin hit his fifth pinch-hit home run of the season on Tuesday, setting a new Mets single-season record. Valdespin had been tied with Danny Heep (1983) and Mark Carreon ('89).
The last player before Valdespin to hit five pinch-hit home runs in a season was Matt Stairs in 2009. The single-season MLB record is seven, shared by Dave Hansen (2000) and Craig Wilson ('01).
Ryan Zimmerman
Zimmerman went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored on Tuesday. Since June 24, Zimmerman has played 27 games and compiled a .393/.447/.786 slash line, and has 13 multi-hit games.
From Opening Day through June 23, Zimmerman owned a .218/.285/.305 line in 55 games and had a total of 11 multi-hit games.
The Reds defeated the Astros 4-2 for their sixth consecutive win.
This season, Cincinnati has four winning streaks of six games. No other team has more than two, with the Braves, Dodgers, Rangers and Rays each having a pair.
Josh Willingham
Willingham hit two home runs for Minnesota on Tuesday and now has 25 for the season.
Willingham is the first Twins right-handed hitter with 25 home runs through the team's first 97 games since Killebrew had 32 in 1970.
Roger Schlueter is senior researcher for MLB Productions. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Woman fails to block brothers handling mother's finances
A woman has failed in a High Court bid to block two of her brothers having power of attorney over their elderly mother's financial affairs.
Mr Justice Seamus Noonan said there was "powerful evidence" of the mother saying she wanted the sons to look after her affairs.
The sister's evidence fell "well short" of discharging that burden of proof, he said.
The mother, in her 80s, has dementia but her GP was satisfied while she could not manage her financial affairs, she had sufficient capacity to say who had power of attorney, the judge said.
The sister brought the objection claiming, among other things, one of the brothers planned to falsify an application for a subsidy for their mother's nursing home costs under Fair Deal.
By stating the mother's savings were only €28,000 - rather than the near €100,000 they actually were - the mother would have got a higher subsidy than the €340 per week she eventually got towards her €1,500 weekly nursing home bill.
However, the sister told her brother this was illegal and put in her own application under the Fair Deal which was accepted and resulted in the €340 subsidy.
Mr Justice Noonan was satisfied all three siblings only had the best interests of their mother at heart.
The brothers never did submit a false Fair Deal application once they received professional advice on the matter, he said.
They had proposed submitting an application with reduced savings on the advice of a healthcare professional, he said.
The sister was also concerned the mother's savings would soon be depleted because she was paying €1,160 per week for the nursing home while one of the sons had moved into the family home since and was living there rent free.
The judge was satisfied the son was prepared to make €950 available for his mother's nursing home costs.
The judge hoped the siblings could now put differences behind them because, if not, it would be detrimental to their mother.
He said both sides should pay their own costs of the case "in the hope they will do their best to get on".
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The Impact of War on Women/Women Waging Peace
We humans have trapped ourselves in a war-based society for thousands and thousands of years. War, as a way of life, is so pervasive and normalized that even capitalism—which claims to be all about efficiency and cost-effectiveness—embraces and perpetuates war. Yet there is no more wasteful, self-destructive, psychotic, and costly human endeavor than war.
The cost of war goes far beyond the money we give to Lockheed or Halliburton to build bombers or military bases, or the money we give to churn out billions of bullets. The real cost of war is what it takes away from us. From the lives lost to the social upheaval, the real costs of war are far greater than the official cost analyses.
Casualties to soldiers are always figured into the cost of war, but the physical and psychological injuries to civilians are not. Yet they have lasting repercussions, from the missing limbs to the debilitating diseases that accompany the sudden lack of sanitation, running water and food; and while former combatants receive counseling for their post-traumatic stress syndrome, in most cases, civilians do not.
The devastation to a nation's economy—from the destruction of its infrastructure, industries and farmlands to the inability to provide jobs and basic needs to its citizens—can last for decades. And the destruction to the environment can takes generations to overcome.
Even in the U.S.—where we never have to see the mutilation caused by our bombs—our civil economy is steadily drained, our infrastructure slowly collapses, our schools, hospitals, fire stations begin shutting down, social services are withdrawn from the most vulnerable and needy; jobs, homes and lives are lost, as more of our national treasury and our national psyche is devoted to waging war.
But above all, the real cost of war is how it impacts women because ultimately, it is the women who bear the price of the wars waged by men.
Although less likely than men to be combatants, women account for the majority of adult civilians killed in war.1 And for the women who survive, the cost is also far greater.
There is no nation on the face of the earth where women have rights or status equal to men. They are—everywhere and throughout history—considered secondary to, and the property of, men. And that lack of equal rights, equal access to jobs, health care, land, housing, education and legal protections, is made far worse during war.
During wartime, it is predominantly the women who are left behind to care for the children, put food on the table, pay the rent, the utilities, the medical bills, and try to survive in the middle of a war. Wars happen in populated areas, to civilian populations in cities, towns and villages where the women have been left to protect themselves and their children against the bombings, the occupations, and the enemy soldiers.
In any war, the women make up the majority of the civilian population,2 so it is the women who must try to keep their own lives and families going, even when they are denied the same access to jobs and assistance, and even when jobs, along with all aspects of normal life, become nonexistent.
During wartime, as military spending increases, social services decrease or are eliminated. Housing, clean water, basic food staples—all those take a back seat to the war effort. And women are the first to be impacted because the needs of women and children are not considered a priority by the men who run governments and wage wars because these men can't comprehend that the needs of women are the needs of society.
As combatants receive priority in emergency hospitals and clinics, health care services seen as women's issues—always considered nonessential—are no longer available: nonessential services like prenatal and postnatal care, breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment, immunizations for children, abortion and family planning, screening and treatment for HIV and AIDS, counseling and treatment for rape, domestic violence, and a range of other crimes that target only women.3
And one thing is always certain during wartime: a curtailment of civil rights which, for women, always means losing what little ground they may have gained. In countries where females only recently gained the right to an education, theirs are the first schools to be shut down, and they're the first to be fired.4
When civil laws are superseded by Emergency War laws, the rights of women are thrown out with the constitution—in part because those recently-gained rights are still too new to be an accepted and cherished part of society, and in part because a government cannot wage war if empowered women refuse to hold the nation together while the men go off to slaughter or if empowered mothers refuse to send their children to war.
During wartime, while the men are gone to war, it is the women who hold the nation together—who take over the jobs, run the stores, the farms, the factories and the schools. But the women's new role as sole provider for her family, along with her traditional role of providing food and water become nearly impossible as infrastructures are bombed, sanctions are imposed, curfews and pogroms and ethnic cleansing campaigns instituted, and there is no longer anything left of normal life.
As food—and the means to obtain food—disappears, women are forced to turn to prostitution in order to keep themselves and their families alive. Not only does this make women's lives even more uncertain and perilous, but it increases the range of health problems associated with prostitution, from unwanted pregnancies to STDs and AIDS. And it also places the woman at much greater risk for sexual violence at the hands of men taking advantage of the woman's desperation and society's breakdown in policing and prosecution of civilian crimes.5
By the time invading armies or bombing campaigns force people out of their homes, the majority of those people are women and children. It is estimated that up to 80 percent of people displaced by war are women and children.6 And what happens to female refugees is not the same thing that happens to male refugees.
Despite numerous studies and requests for changes by the UN, Amnesty International, the International Red Cross, and numerous women's organizations, the services and aid available to refugees are primarily provided by men who have little or no experience in dealing with women.7
As a result, it doesn't occur to them to provide female gynecologists, if gynecologists are provided at all. It doesn't occur to them to provide job training to women or any of the same kind of economic aid that is given to the men. And, in any case, men receive aid first.8
In one study of a refugee camp in Bangladesh, Burmese girls under the age of one year died at twice the rate of the boys, while women and girls over the age of five died at three and a half times the rate of males.9 In another refugee camp in Zaire, Rwandan refugee families headed by women were found to be suffering more malnutrition than the families headed by men.10
Like societies everywhere, women are excluded from decision-making and positions of power, and this lack of input from women has dire consequences for everyone. The men who run relief operations often farm out distribution of food and water to local businessmen, who turn around and sell it on the black market.11
It doesn't occur to the men who run the camps that because it is the women and girls who go out and gather firewood and forage for food and water, they suffer greater casualties from antipersonnel mines.12
And it doesn't occur to the men who run refugee camps to provide counseling and assistance for rape victims. Nor do they provide special security for women and girls within the camps.13
Of all the differences between the impact of war on men and women, gender-directed sexual violence is probably the greatest and most devastating.
Rape, trafficking and sexual slavery of females is as common a weapon of war as the gun. According to Amnesty International:
The abuse of women in armed conflict is based on traditional views of women as property, and often as sexual objects.…It is a weapon of war, a tool used to achieve military objectives such as ethnic cleansing, spreading political terror, breaking the resistance of a community, rewarding soldiers, intimidation, or to extract information.…Women have long been attributed the role of transmitters of culture and symbols of nation or community. Violence directed against women is often considered an attack against the values or "honor" of a society.14
In the words of a Native American proverb, "A nation is never conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground."15
During wartime, the sexual assaults directed against women and girls is so brutal and widespread, it is often considered a war within a war.
And, in recent years, this gender-directed warfare has taken a particularly horrifying turn: Rape is increasingly being used as a weapon to spread AIDS to the enemy population.16
But it's not only the enemy soldiers who perpetrate crimes against women during wartime. Local armies and militias are notorious for demanding payment in the form of sex in exchange for protection. The International Red Cross reports that in villages along the borders of war zones, young girls are left in unlocked huts at night for the use of local militiamen, a practice condoned by the entire community in exchange for protection.17
Women and girls are raped, brutalized and murdered by local police, by neighbors and relatives, and by countless others who take advantage of the breakdown of law and order. The number of women and girls being kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery and forced marriages skyrockets during wartime, along with the creation of rape camps.18 Even peacekeeping troops and allied forces take part in raping as well as in the business end of sex trafficking.19
Some of them have set up businesses selling videotapes of local women and girls being raped and then murdered. In Bosnia-Herzegovina alone, it is estimated that as many as 10,000 women have been trafficked into prostitution and sexual slavery since the end of the war in 1995, with the UN peacekeeping troops playing a large role in facilitating these crimes against women.20
Even females combatants themselves face rampant, institutionalized gender-directed violence within their own armies. From Myanmar to Uganda, girls are abducted and forced into conscription, and are also subjected to repeated rapes by their fellow soldiers.21 In the U.S. military, an estimated 41 percent of females veterans experienced sexual assault while serving our country.22 What's more, the culture of contempt for females is so pervasive that one-fifth of the women believed that rape was to be expected in the military. Among current servicemembers, 37 percent of the women raped in our military have been raped more than once, and 14 percent report having been gang-raped.23
Whether internally displaced or as refugees, women forced to run are at far greater risk than men, and not only because she usually has the added burden of carrying the children. As Amnesty International reports, "While fleeing war in their homelands, women are victims of rape and sexual violence at the hands of security forces, border guards, locals, smugglers, and other refugees."24
And, while the refugee camps may be a safe haven for men, they are not for women. Although the UN, the Red Cross and numerous non-governmental agencies have reported the rampant sexual abuse of women in refugee camps, the problem remains largely unchanged. As Amnesty International reports, "Unaccompanied woman and girls are often regarded as common sexual property in refugee camps and may face forced prostitution as well as coercion into sex in exchange for food, documents or refugee status."25
Finally, from so-called modern nations to traditional societies, when a women is raped, the stigma is on her. In many nations, she is considered unclean. If she is married, her husband throws her out; if she is single, she is no longer eligible for marriage. Worse, in some societies, she is considered to have brought such dishonor on her family that she is murdered. These so-called "honor killings" are not only particularly common during wartime, but in recent years have been spreading, as the fundamentalist backlash to U.S. occupations grows.26
Following our invasion of Iraq, women were attacked, raped and murdered at unprecedented levels, not only by criminals and security forces, but by fundamentalist militias. The attacks on women became so widespread that large numbers of women and girls stopped leaving their homes. Families pulled their girls out of schools, as increasing numbers of fundamentalist militias patrolled the streets, attacking women without head coverings and assassinating professional women and women who refused to stop attending university.27
At the governmental level, women were excluded from most levels of power and decision-making. Their demands for fair representation in the newly-created post-invasion government, to be included in drafting the new Constitution, to establish a women's ministry, to stop appointing increasing numbers of misogynist fundamentalists to key positions—were all ignored.28 In fact, the attitude toward women in the U.S.-appointed Coalition Provisional Authority was summed up early on by one high-ranking U.S. official who said, "We don't do women."29
And neither do most other governments, particularly in the aftermath of war. Reconstruction is carried out by men "transitioning" from combat duties or war profiteering, so it's not their concern that land mines maim and kill 15,000 to 20,000 people each year; it wouldn't be cost-effective for the corporate victors to remove them.30
It's not their concern that chemical warfare has poisoned the air, soil and water for generations to come. It's up to the mothers of Viet Nam to care for children with multiple, debilitating birth defects while trying to make a living off land made barren by dioxin. It's up to the mothers of Iraq and Yugoslavia to watch their children dying of leukemia from the uranium-tipped missiles dropped on their countries. It's up to the wives and girlfriends of our country to care for vets whose lives and health has been destroyed by Agent Orange and Gulf War Syndrome. And it's up to these women to take the physical abuse from their men suffering post-traumatic delayed stress syndrome.
It's not up to the men who can't or won't plan for the human cost of war.
The "we don't do women" attitude is why women are excluded from peace talks, treaty negotiations and post-war reconstruction. This hatred and contempt for all things female has led our world to stake our lives and our futures on the Orwellian fallacy that men, because they are tough, uncompromising and focused on winning, are more suited to negotiating a peace than women, who are less egocentric and competitive, and too apt to find a workable solution for all parties.
The fact is, the men who wage war are uniquely unqualified to wage peace. Waging peace requires skills unknown to the men who've been raised to thrive on power and supremacy, to establish hierarchies and rule with iron fists, who've been socialized to glorify anger and sneer at tears. The fact is, the men who run the world are stupendously lacking in the abilities necessary for the job so they wage wars instead.
Whether the differences between women and men are nature or nurture is irrelevant because the reality is that in our current world—not a future world where all children are raised equally—women are socialized to be less competitive, less ego-centered, less violent, more willing to find a solution for all parties, more nurturing and more apt to approach things holistically. (Of course, if women are the same as men, then there's no reason whatsoever to exclude them, is there?)
One example of the difference between male-directed leadership and female-directed leadership was described by former U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt:
[Women] come to the table with a different perspective on conflict resolution. [They] are more likely to adopt a broad definition of security that includes key social and economic issues that would otherwise be ignored, such as safe food and clean water and protection from gender-based violence. This sentiment was expressed to me by South Korea's Song Young Sun, the National Assembly's military watchdog. Most of the men she serves with define security as protecting South Korea's territory against North Korea, she said. [But] she believes that security considerations should also include "everything from economics to culture, environment, health, and food."31
Meanwhile, an example of male-directed leadership would be how our leaders handled the 1999 Rambouillet peace talks that failed to stop the NATO bombing in the Balkans. After isolating and excluding the popular Kosovar pacifist Ibrahim Rugova and instead supporting the nationalist KLA militia, the U.S. then presented non-negotiable demands that neither the Serbs nor the Kosovars could possibly agree to, including NATO occupation of both countries and the imposition of a free market economy.32 Most tellingly, following the collapse of Rambouillet, a U.S. State Department official told reporters, "We intentionally set the bar too high for the Serbs to comply. They need some bombing, and that's what they are going to get."33
While men continue pursuing their wars at any cost, women have always risked their freedom and their lives to meet with the enemy, bring together all parties, include the excluded, mainstream the marginalized, get to the root causes of war, and seek a lasting peace with justice.
In 1915, in reaction to the impending slaughter of World War I, thousands of feminist peace activists around the world risked being jailed for sedition to oppose war, met in The Hague to develop a framework for international peace with justice and formed the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).34
In 1916, one of these women, Crystal Eastman, spearheaded a "People's Diplomacy Campaign" to prevent a war with Mexico following the bloody U.S. invasion of that country. Eastman brought together trade unionists from both countries and convinced President Wilson to appoint a commission. U.S. troops withdrew, and the war was averted.35
In 1979, following the successful overthrow of the Nicaraguan dictatorship, the Sandinista men who took power famously had no plan in place for actually running the country. While they scrambled for several weeks to come up with a new government, it was the women, through their democratically-formed neighborhood Defense Committees, who distributed food, formed health, education and sanitation brigades, kept the economy and local governments going, and actually ran the country from the grassroots level till the men took over.36
In Rwanda, in the words of President Paul Kagame, "After the genocide, it was the women who rolled up their sleeves and began making society work again." One of those women, Aloisea Inyumba—herself raised in a refugee camp—created the "Each One Take One" campaign to deal with the hundreds of thousands of children orphaned by the massacres. The campaign resulted in huge numbers of Hutu women adopting Tutsi children and Tutsi women adopting Hutu children.37
Even President Clinton, who is quite frankly not known for his respect for women, said after the failure of the Palestinian/Israeli peace talks in 2000, "If we'd had women at Camp David, we'd have an agreement."38
And even the Nobel Peace Prize committee, which has traditionally only recognized men whose resources and connections put them in the limelight (including men who are famous for waging wars), has begun to look at the extraordinary, far-reaching work of women who actually wage peace and devote their lives to sustainability, social justice, and true change.
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Prize as a result of her work on sustainable development, democracy and peace, created the Green Belt Movement, a massive reforestation program which provided sustainable economic assistance to the marginalized, impoverished women of Kenya. Since 1977, over 30 million trees have been planted and over 30,000 women trained in forestry, food processing, bee-keeping, and other trades that help them earn income while preserving their lands and resources.39
Jody Williams, another recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, initiated and coordinated the international campaign to ban landmines which resulted in an international treaty that 162 countries have signed as of 2013.a, 40,41
Though most have been written out of history, women have always worked to bring about peace, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,b Rigoberta Menchu, Sojourner Truth, Jeannette Rankin, Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks, Grace Paley, Swanee Hunt, Coretta Scott King, Helen Caldicott, Barbara Lee, Efua Dorkenoo, Vjosa Dobruna, Stella Tamang, Hanan Ashwari, Yuko Nakamura, Ala Talabani, Medea Benjamin, Cindy Sheehan, and thousands more women who are waging peace around the globe every day.
In the movie Lawrence of Arabia, Alec Guinness' Prince Feisal says to Peter O'Toole's T.E. Lawrence, "Young men make wars…then old men make the peace."42 In fact, men in power have never made peace. The truces and treaties made by them have always been nonviolent forms of the wars they continue to wage: wars for territory, for markets, for supremacy. The truces they forge—truces for territory, for markets, for supremacy—are nothing more than temporary cessations of shooting while they sow the seeds for the next war in their treaties.
After thousands of years of being trapped in a war-based culture, women have really had it, and are become increasingly more insistent and involved in stopping conflicts and mediating disputes—despite being officially marginalized and excluded from the mainstream peace talks established by men, despite death threats, personal sacrifice, vilification in the media, imprisonment, beatings, abandonment by their husbands and families, and against odds that few men have to face, these extraordinary women persist and prevail.
Increasing numbers of women everywhere understand that the exclusion of women from participation in decision-making, in government at the highest levels, and from any sort of real power has dire consequences for the whole world. Because women are excluded from resolving conflicts, wars happen. And because women are excluded from attempts to end wars, wars escalate. And because women are excluded from formal peace talks and the forging of treaties, truces collapse, reparations are inadequate and wars begin again.
These women are never welcome at the table, so they find other ways to bring about peace. They use their creativity, their intelligence and holistic approach, and their very outsider status to seek sustainable solutions based on inclusive, participatory democracy rather than hegemony and violence.
From the Sudan to Colombia, from Jerusalem to Bangladesh, women are increasingly taking international matters into their own hands and effectively settling disputes with long-term, broad-ranging solutions. These women are creating a world based on a peace with justice. They are putting an end to the slaughter.43
copyright 2009, Mimi Yahn
The Notes to The Impact of War on Women/Women Waging Peace
a: Since the landmine ban treaty was introduced in 1997, the United States is one of 35 nations that still refuses to sign.46,47
b: In 2012, three women, Tawakkol Karman of Yemen and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leyman Gbowee of Liberia were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."48 Since it's inception in 1901, only 44 women have received Nobel prizes in all the categories, compared to 832 men.49,50


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The Corporation's activities, affairs and property shall be managed, directed and controlled, and its powers exercised by, and vested in, the Board. The Board shall have all powers necessary to carry out the purpose of the Corporation as specified in the Articles of Incorporation as amended, and the laws of the State of Arizona and of the United States.
The Board consists of at least nine members. The term of each Director begins in August and generally serves for three (3) years. In 2017, the Board expects to fill three seats. We hope to fill these positions with candidates who bring diverse skills, backgrounds and experiences and can contribute to a well-rounded and effective Board.
If you wish to be considered for a position on the Board, you will need to attend an informational meeting on either January 17, 2017 or
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Cucumber Gazpacho with Persaillote Shrimp and Toasted Almonds
Yes, we did indulge in a Michelin-starred restaurant, but we also enjoyed amazing and cheap creperies. We ate at an authentic Lyonnaise "bouchon" and swooned over the traditional "quenelle," but we also visited several ethnic restaurants serving great Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Indian foods. When we had an apartment in Montpellier, we were able to do a bit of cooking, but we kept those mostly simple, produce-driven dishes. Omelets with sautéed mushrooms and Comte cheese or tagliatelle with tomatoes, basil, garlic, and olive oil. We visited farmers markets and "les halles" at every town we visited, and came back with local cheeses, wines, and produce to consume. We left the fancy cooking and sauces to restaurants we visited, and instead ate very simply in our temporary home.
Once we returned to Chicago, I was looking forward to continuing that trend—something that is possible during the summer months when fresh produce is more readily available. When I went shopping yesterday for our first dinner back home, I stuck mainly to fruits and vegetables. Our produce is not quite as fresh as those in the markets we visited in France, and much of it is still packaged and trucked (or flown) from other countries. But it at least felt a bit more "French country" to eat a simple, produce-driven dinner.
I found some beautiful Heirloom tomatoes (above), and sliced a couple of those for a caprese salad (with buffalo mozzarella, basil, and my very own balsamic glaze--recipe here). The only bit of "cooking" I did was to try a new "Cucumber Gazpacho" recipe from May 2014 issue of Food & Wine. (Click here for the recipe.) It's a super-simple recipe that involved pureeing together cucumber, green grapes, a garlic clove, olive oil, vinegar, and water. Then season and chill until serving!
The final note to "serve chilled with shrimp and almonds" was where you could go in various different directions. The picture seemed to encourage using boiled shrimp with raw almonds, and I could see the appeal of that with such a simple recipe. After all, that would allow the subtle flavors to come through the best. I chose a slightly different path though. Since I was doing so little "cooking," I wanted to do a little extra to the soup. So, I sautéed the shrimp in some olive oil and a sprinkling of Persaillotte (a French herb mixture of parsley, garlic, and shallot). I then roasted and chopped the almonds.
As you can see in the picture above, I placed the cooked (then cooled!) shrimp on the bottom of a shallow soup bowl and tossed the roasted almonds over the shrimp. Then I ladled the chilled cucumber gazpacho on top (picture at top of post). If you really want to feel like you're at a fancy restaurant, you can fill small teapots with the chilled soup and then pour it over for each person at the table!


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Every summer for the past 31 years, academic top achievers from Texas high schools have spent a weekend at the Honors Colloquium at the University of Texas at Austin. This unique tool in the college search process shows high school seniors from Texas the enormous range that UT Austin offers: world-class research, seminars with faculty who have been recognized for their commitment to teaching, and guidance from college students who are themselves academically gifted. This weekend, 575 rising high school seniors will arrive at Jester Center to begin their weekend at UT Austin.
The three-day event is by invitation only. Activities introduce UT Austin's academic excellence. Top research faculty lecture and open their laboratories to tours and campus libraries and museums offer special access to Colloquists. Faculty members committed to teaching and mentoring students lead small seminar discussions. Students also experience residential campus life first-hand: they stay in Jester Center and spend most of their time on campus with a small cohort of other colloquists. Divya Ramamoorthy, a former Colloquist who will mentor a group this year, recalls "sitting with newly met friends in a Jester lobby the summer before my senior year…. I had no idea then that the University of Texas at Austin would be my home for the next four years—and even now…I am only beginning to realize how lucky I am to be here."
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Faculty from every discipline lead sessions so that students can experience how challenging and engaging UT academics are. This year, students can conduct field research at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory; discuss magical thinking among children with a tenured Psychology professor; and explore plasma made of freely floating electrons at the Helimak Laboratory.
Students choose from:
- 71 small seminar discussions led by top teaching and research faculty
- 12 luncheons where students learn more about desired fields of study within particular colleges and schools
- 7 lectures by world-class researchers on everything from the physiology and psychology of music to mathematical concepts of infinity.
Impact on Prospective Students
According to a 2012 survey, 28% of Colloquium attendees rated themselves as being extremely interested in UT prior to Colloquium. After attending, 61% rated themselves as extremely interested.
92% of all 2012 Honors Colloquium attendees applied to UT, as compared with 60% of students who were invited and did not attend Colloquium.
90% of students agreed or strongly agreed that the Honors Colloquium helped them explore college options.
Elyssa Klann, a Plan II & Psychology senior, explained what about mentoring she is looking forward to: the students. "Just meeting all those students, taking them in and showing them that they could have a place here. There are so many things here for them… so many ways to make the university to feel smaller. Whatever their backgrounds may be or wherever they're coming from, UT has a place for them."
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Students come primarily from Texas high schools, but selected out-of-state schools are also represented. Many participants will eventually be named National Merit, National Achievement, or National Hispanic Finalists and Scholars, and compete for the university's honor programs. Most students invited to participate are identified using data provided by the Student Search Service of the CollegeBoard.


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Eugene, OR (PressExposure) August 24, 2008 -- R&R InfoSystems, Co. of Eugene, OR. USA and Amazing Joy Vacations of Mayan Riviera, Mexico have joined forces and their two companies expertise to market to the largest developing market on our planet.
The light will be shown brightly over the course of the next several weeks with the Summer Olympics taking place in Beijing, China. It is not breaking news that China's growth has been in the double digits for many years, but what is news is that the Chinese public has indicated that it has more and more disposable income. The personal income of the Chinese population in on the rise and they are looking to fine ways to spend this disposable income.
In an article on July 27, 2008 by the China Daily, âChina's urban income up 6.3 - 14.4% and it does not look like this is going to change.
"It would be better if the income growth could keep in line with the economic expansion," said Jia Kang, director of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance. "There is a need to cut taxes to increase the income of local residents and the government could afford to do so with its growing financial muscle."
The real income growth of local residents has lagged behind the nation's booming economy over the years, although the nation has spawned a breed of millionaires. The recent high-flying inflation is exacerbating the burden on the average wage earners, especially the urban poor that earmark a significant proportion of their income on foods and daily necessities.â
It is because of this type of growth and personal earnings increase, that caused companies like this joint venture partnership to address the Chinese market place.
Other growth sectors that have seen double digit growth are the markets from down under. R&R InfoSystems, Co. has seen a sharp spike in the volume of contacts it is acquiring for the Australian market place. Jed Reay President and CEO of R&R InfoSystems, Co. said today that partnering with Marco Lizama CEO of Amazing Joy Vacations will bring 40 plus years of experience in the media and marketing industry to this partnership. With Marco's international experience and long business history in Mexico and relationships in China, this partnership will have a solid foundation.
Reay is quoted as saying âmarketing discount travel membership, right now when the economy in the US is sluggish is a good thing. People do not want to stop traveling, they just want to receive more value for their traveling dollars.â This is what Lizama and Reay believe they can offer the traveling public locally and internationally.
R&R Infosystems, Co. and Amazing Joy Vacations are marketing companies that provide Luxury membership lodging all over the world. They work in conjunction with the 22 years brokerage firm Gold Crown Resorts, to offer the highest level of luxury and travel options.
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From the Hill of Montmartre's breathtaking panoramas to the back alley brasseries of the Left Bank, iMinds' guide to Paris will educate and captivate listeners, whether visiting the city or simply interested in its culture and history. Australian actress Margot Knight visits six of the city's most renowned destinations, including the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, Notre-Dame, Sacré-Cœur, the Latin Quarter, and Champs Elysees. The popular television actress examines the city's geography, history, art and architecture, so that listeners can walk the Latin Quarter in the footsteps of Joyce, Hemmingway, and Sartre, celebrate with revelers on Champs-Élysées, or explore the legacy of the Paris commune in Montmarte. A perfect real-time companion for explorers seeking an in-depth understanding of Paris, Margot exudes warmth and familiarity throughout.
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Naomie Harris wants to introduce Oprah Winfrey to her mother at Oscars
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Los Angeles: Naomie Harris is nominated in the best supporting actress category of Oscars and the actress says more than herself she is excited for her mother, who is big fan of Oprah Winfrey, and there is a chance for her to make her mom meet the legendary talk show host.
The 40-year-old actress is nominated for her role in "Moonlight" and will be taking her mother along for the Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"I'm excited because I'm going with my mom. I know how incredibly proud she is of me and how it's going to be so special for her to walk the red carpet and be around all these people she loves or looks up to.
"My mom is the hugest Oprah fan ever, and it's her dream to meet Oprah. I met her a year ago at an event in London, and I was thinking about calling my mom and saying, 'Just get in the car and get over here!' She is so calm and collected, but I know she will lose it while meeting Oprah. I want to see that moment!," Harris said.
Directed by Barry Jenkinsis the movie is based on a short play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" by Tarell Alvin McCraney.


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Miami, FL (PressExposure) January 09, 2010 -- Leading Child Safety Company Introduces System for Maximum Parental Peace of Mind Guard-A-Kid, a leader in child identification and family safety, announces the introduction of a revolutionary service that gives parents the ability to carry their child's important information on their mobile phone.
Parents who participate in Guard-A-Kid's Child I.D. service in schools or daycares can now choose to receive their child's information as a MMS message (picture message) on their mobile phone as well as email. The MMS message facilitates instant access to the child's image and vital information. In case of an emergency, parents can now use their mobile phone to forward their child's photo, fingerprint and other vital information to Police as well as their friends on their contact list, instantly. Additionally, parents receive a copy of their child's full ID with ten fingerprints and photo by email.
"Mobile Child I.D. service is a vital addition to our already comprehensive child I.D. package and our portfolio of child and family safety products," says Hossein Kasmai, CEO of Guard-A-Kid. "The instant access to a child's photo and fingerprint at any time, anywhere, takes security to the next level," says Kasmai. Extremely powerful in situations where a child is lost, Mobile Child I.D is designed to allow the parents to quickly and efficiently send the child's complete information to their friends, family members, as well as Law Enforcement.
Guard-A-Kid, headquartered in Miami Florida, is the world's most highly recognized Child Identification and Child Safety Program. The Guard-A-Kid Child ID Program offers a complete child identification kit to help protect children. In addition to the Child Identification program, Guard-A-Kid offers a complete line of safety products for children, teens, and adults including medical bracelets, Smart ID Sticks as well as GPS child locating products.


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World's Greatest Fight Night 17 live blog. You know you want to read it. It's coming in a few minutes, don't worry. Hit refresh and enjoy the glory that is a free night of fights on SpikeTV, accompanied by a live blog on Spike.com!
Starting off the live broadcast, Joe Rogan and Goldie seem to be calling for Lauzon to pull off the W in the main event (they're not alone). Only one way ot find out who will have their hand raised at the end if the night, but for now Luigi Fioravanti is about to open the action in a bout against Anthony Johnson for a fight that's likely to be a candidate for fight of the night.
Fioravanti vs. Johnson
Round 1:
Despite what was forecasted by most of the "experts," we're having quite a long feeling out period in the opening bout. Luigi tags hid taller opponents a few times, but nothing to really write home about so far. The Italian has him pinned against the cage then lands a low blow. Might not be the best game plan. Let's see how Johnson responds. Action resumes, and Johnson seems pissed! He smothers Fioravanti and overwhelms the Italian, scores a takedown, gets Luigi's back and throws bombs. He needs only a few more seconds to score the TKO.
In his post-fight interview a very confident Johnson says he could have done much better. Not sure you can do much better than an early first round knockout over Fioravanti, but if this guy is serious we might have just witnessed the coming out party for one of the newest welterweight contenders.
Danzig vs. Neer
Round 1:
Neer opens up with an interesting, wide open stance. He tales a head kick from Danzing. Mac slips and lands on the canvas, Neer lands a nice combo, but Danzig recovers and it turns into the tactical, smart fight we expected from Danzig. vThey tie up and Danzig cuts Neer with a right hook to the eye. Neer, still employing the open stance, gets stunned and falls to the mat. Danzig covers. Neer answers with some sharp jiu jitsu and tries to lock up a triangle choke. Danzige wiggles out but Neer transitions to an armbar. Her almost gets it, but Mac slips. Neer goes for the omaplata, and Danzig slips agian. Danzig recovers to his feet and they close out the round with some good back and forth exchanges.
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Neer swarms Danzig and lays some combos, then scores a takedown and fires some ground n pound. He passes with no resistance and looks, casually for a choke. Danzig pulls guard. After a few exchanges, Neer locks up another triangle. It doesn't look like he has it, but he might be able to move to an armbar. After some adjustments, the triangle might be pretty tight, Danzig taps!
Despite his decisive win, Neer elicits some hard feeling from the crowd. In his post-fight with Joe Rogan, Neer reveals that he doesn't care what we think of him and also explains that his cut came from an illegal head butt. Tough break on the no-call, but I'm glad this fight wasn't decided on a technicality.
Denis Stojnic vs. Cain Velasquez
Personally, I'm pumped about this fight. Not many (including me) have given the Eastern European Stojnic much of a chance here, and, admittedly, he has a tough task in Cain Velasquez but I'm excited to see that this UFC newcomer can do here.
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Round 1:
Some ugly exchanges open this bout, then Velasquez ties it up and lays a few knees. Stojnic breaks free and eats a kick to the head. Cain goes for a takedown but it's defended. Cain locks up a Muay Thai clinch and fires more knees. Velsquez tags his opponent with a hard right and stuns him. Cain attacks with constant combos, but Stojnic holds firm. The bell rings and Velasquez will see the second round for the first time in his career.
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Cain easily won the first round and comes out looking to end it early in the second round. He smothers Stojnic and takes him to the mat, firing constant bombs. He is now in side control and continuing to punish Stojnic. This won't last much long unless he can find an answer. The fight is called. Referee makes the call based on a lack of Stojnic's ability to "intelligently defend himself" Stojnic seems to think the fight is just being stood up and upon the realization the he had just lost, he's obviously unhappy ant the crowd voices its disapproval as well.
Matt Grice vs. Matt Veach
After the quick(ish) ending, there's time for an under card bout. Check out the liveness!
Round 1:
Explosive beginning, and Veach quickly takes Grice to his back. Grice gets back to his feet and Grice nearly locks up an anaconda choke. He gets out. Grice hurts Veach, knocks him over and and swarms with an intense ground 'n pound. Grice holds on, but Veach is not letting up, he keeps the pressure on with punches and various attempts to ens the fight. Grice gets back to the feet. Grice lands a nice combo. Veach finds an opening and drops Grice with a big right. It's all over, but Grice is immediately protesting the call. Rogan thinks it was an early stoppage, but I think it was accurate. He was stunned and not moving, which is enough to lose a fight. Upon the replay, I might change my mind. It was close for sure, Grice was getting pounded but he wasn't out. I'm glad I didn't have to make the call on national television.
Main Event: Lauzon vs. Stephens
Round 1:
Stephens, as expected, throws early bombs. Lauzon ducks and Stephens bulldozes for a takedown. Lauzon is back to the feet and keeping the pressure in the clinch. Lauzon gets a takwdown and nearly locks up a kneebar. Stephens breaks free but Lauson is right nack on him, working his jiu jistsu from the top. Lauzon goes for the full mount and immediately looks for the armbar. He almost has it and there's plenty of time to secure it, but Stephens avoids disaster again. Stephens gains top control and delivers some punishment. Lauzon remains composed and negates any damage Stephens can do with superior grappling skills.
Round 2:
Opening with heavy exchanges, Stephens has had enough of the grappling, but Lauzon has other plans. He throws a slick fireman's carry -representing the wrestlers- and lands in side control of Stephens. Lauzon gets the full mount and Stephens quickly gives up his back. Stephens sweeps and lands on top, in Lauzon;s guard! This is still a dangerous spot for Jeremy, he wants to get to the feet. Joe is now cut, but he reverses and regains side control over Stephens, gets the mount and immediately transitions to an armbar. IT;s locked up and there's nothing Jeremy can do but tap, or lose his arm. He taps.
Lauzon;s second main event appearance is considerably more successful than his first, and though it may not have been impactful than a win over Hermes Franca would have been, Lauzon emerges tonight as a legitimate contender for Penn's belt.
Now for a little more bonus action...
Dan Miller vs. Jake Rosholt
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A little background on this fight, both are top level wrestlers, but this is Rosholt's UFC debut while Miller is among jiu jitsu's elite.
Round 1:
Not surprisingly, the fight quickly goes to the mat and Miller immediately shows his supiority in the jiu jitsu game. He locks up a guillotine and forces Rosholt to tap at 1:03
Well, kids, that's it for me. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it. I'm off the Irish Pub on the first floor of my building --after I watch some dudes die 1,000 different ways! Catch you later.