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The Associated Press | February 17,2013LOS ANGELES Bill Haas had another bogey-free round at Riviera on Saturday for a 7-under 64 the best round of the day by three shots that gave him a three-stroke lead going into the final round of the Northern Trust Open.
On a warm afternoon off Sunset Boulevard that made the greens even faster, Haas turned in a remarkable score. The key was a seven-hole stretch in the middle of his round that he played in 6-under par, including a 60-foot pitch that dropped for eagle on the scary par-4 10th hole.
He was at 12-under 201 and will try to become only the eighth back-to-back winner in the 76-year history of this tournament.
All he cares about Sunday is winning.
Its very difficult in this game to just pull away from the rest of the field, Haas said. Youve only seen a few guys ever really do that, and those are guys like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson. So I think Ive just got to stay in the moment, dont let my emotions get the best of me.
A year ago, Haas was two shots behind going into the final round and wound up winning in a playoff over Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. This time, he has a comfortable margin over U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, who each thought they did well for a 68.
John Merrick bogeyed the 18th hole for a 70 and joined Simpson and Schwartzel at 9-under 204.
Luke Donald overcame a sloppy start three bogeys in a six-hole stretch with four birdies on the back nine to salvage a 70 that put him four shots behind, along with Fredrik Jacobson (72).
Mickelson was hopeful of making a move and instead went the other direction. He missed three par putts of about 6 feet on the front nine and had a 72, putting him nine shots behind. Ernie Els, playing with Mickelson, also dropped shots early and dropped out of the hunt with a 73.
The round started with 20 players separated by five shots. Thanks to Haas and his flawless play, only eight players were within five of the lead.
It might not be easy for anyone to catch up to Haas if the sunshine continues to bake Riviera. The fairways were so firm that tee shots were running some 50 yards after they landed, and the greens were firm enough that balls ran out an extra two feet around the hole.
I had a lot of 3- and 4-footers for par, Simpson said.
He was pleased with his round of 68 that included only one bogey, but when Simpson pulled out his cell phone to check the leaderboard as he sat down for lunch, he saw Haas atop the leaderboard with a 64.
So he played great, Simpson said.
Most impressive about how Haas has gone around Riviera in the last few days is 40 consecutive holes without a bogey. The last one he made was on Thursday when he missed a 4-foot putt.
But on this day, it was his birdies and one eagle that made the difference.
I was just kind of plugging along out there and then all of a sudden, made a nice putt at 9, chip-in at 10, good up-and-down at 11, he said.
And off he went.
The birdie putt on the ninth was about 30 feet, and Haas had to play it outside the hole and hit it with purpose. It broke sharply into the cup, and then he hit 3-wood off the tee on the 10th, leaving it some 10 yards short of the green with the left pin. He had seen Greg Chalmers play a pitch from about the same area to 6 feet short of the hole and figured that was a good play anything that rolled by the hole was likely to keep going off the green and down into a valley.
Haas hit an even better shot, landing it about 15 feet short of the hole and watching it roll into the cup. He hit his second shot into a bunker near the green on the par-5 11th and got that close for birdie, and later in his round, he splashed out of the sand on the par-5 17th to inside a foot for his final birdie.
Simpson, who arrived at Wake Forest the year that Haas graduated, figures Haas will have to make a few mistakes for anyone to make a big move.
I think Bill is in a position, if he keeps a three-shot lead and goes and plays well again, that its going to be hard to catch him, Simpson said. But with the golf course this tricky, you get a guy that has a good front nine, he could be tied or even in the lead with nine to go. So anything can happen tomorrow.
Schwartzel is the only player with all three rounds in the 60s. He made two mistakes, one of them more of a bad break. His tee shot on the 10th bounded through the green with such pace that it stayed toward the back slope of the rear bunker. His shot came out too soft and rolled back off the green, leading to bogey.
He came out weakly from the sand on the 15th and had to make a 6-footer to escape with bogey.
Its easy to make bogeys, Schwartzel said. The course got a bit firmer and, playing in the last few groups, the greens get a bit more bumpy. So its hard to make birdies and also to keep the bogeys off the card.
I probably wont change anything, he said. Just keep playing the way I am and see if I can give myself chances and see what happens. I know the game is good enough to be able to win tomorrow.
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Instead, Dr. Kelly Lowther, a Miramont Family Medicine primary-care physician in Fort Collins, was able to closely monitor their recurring urinary system infections, bring in other professionals in the practice, and prescribe treatments that spared them a trip to the hospital.
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I actually once recently read a theory somewhere and someone did in fact hold that almost everything except the campfire was a Kirk dream.......hey if it worked for them.........why not anyone else!
And you do have to show that the future is not set (to borrow from another franchise) but that some work was involved in making it and keeping it that way. This is why certain aspects of the new film don't phase me at all. There are a lot of ways to express these ideas overall.
In the case of DS9 yes they did do something similar (which I very much value and enjoy), but I would counter that they didn't do it by veering drastically away from the characters or the origins of the series premise. Here the DS9 story had it's seven full seasons to play out slowly and steadily (the War/Conflict storyline was ultimately played out over 5 whole years, not two hours) and DS9 started off as a darker take on the Star Trek universe anyway. This had allowed it to prime us for stories that took the characters (and the Federation) into far murkier water - with obviously some lighter episodes in there as well - therefore I would argue that it had more of the general tonal consistency for it's material choices.
For example, by the time that Sisko had to make his choice in 'In the Pale Moonlight' we had years of consistent and cumulative events depicted that slowly took him to the point he had to make it.
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It is not just a theory, it is the only perspective from which TFF becomes close to endurable.
Well, the lack of in-between-movies consistency is a problem of single movies so perhaps it is not a bad idea to now do a lose trilogy once again?
If I understood you correctly one problem at which you are hinting are Meyer's racistified characters in themselves but also that they seem unnatural:
In TWOK the bad guy identified himself with Ahab and quoted Melville, it was a bit stylized but still OK.
In TVH Spock said something like "judging by the pollution content in the atmosphere we have arrived in the late 20th century" and you realize that this is a Meyerian line which is great but an overuse would again create an artificial atmosphere.
In TUC he went went too far. The Klingon villain randomly quotes Shakespeare, Spock quotes Doyle and refers to 20th century Earth history, Chekov talks about Cinderella, the Klingon chancellor looks a bit like Lincoln ... it becomes too stylized.
When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means that you will walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, means being abused and scorned. It may mean having a seven, eight year old child asking a daddy, "Why do you have to go to jail so much?" And I've long since learned that to be a follower to the Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. And my bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. - MLK, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
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Well, I think that Kirk can be slimly justified due to David. I don't entirely buy it as an excuse for him to want the whole race dead, but in the grander scheme of things I give it the general benefit of the doubt. I do believe it's inconsistent with TFF but events are depicted as they are depicted.
The problem is making that so for all the others as well. It isn't a fit for them. Unless they are all feeling David's death but let's put into perspective the fact even Kirk hardly even knew 'my son' before his untimely death so even at that Fatherly grief causing hatred and the crew following him too also pushes things too far.
They would have to have always been like that, I feel - but they never were previously. And where characters did say anything that could be construed that way, they were generally checked for their words and not seemingly freely permitted to say them.
Meyer definitely has a foot in the literary past (that's fine, except as noted, when, for example Klingons randomly start spouting Shakespeare. I've never been entirely convinced that added depth to the character but I suspect Meyer believes otherwise and, well, it's his movie at the end of the day so.....) and it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
The revising of Starfleet in TWOK to an 1805 Hornblower/Jack Aubrey vibe worked for that film (it's ultimately as inconsistent as the shift between TOS and TMP but it ended up working in that particular film) but you have to try and keep in mind it's also the future that you're meant to be depicting.
Funnily enough, I was listening to Meyer today on the 1951 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' DVD commentary and he talked a little about his working on the Trek films and how he had wanted to introduce less 'sterility' into Trek - he used the example of Kirk holding and reading a physical book, and wanting things like realer buttons on consoles and tangible, tactile things - and he did that. The weird thing is, that's not a million miles away from what Abrams wanted to do visually as well. Just the method of showing it differs maybe.
But that was always a general bugbear of mine in later Trek anyway - how everyone in TNG onwards (and parts of the films) were all so obsessed with the 20th Century!! TOS never needed that and they still were able to do stories about racism and contemporary (then) issues.
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Kirk's anger might have been amplified by his guilt of not having spent more time with his son. Sure, it wasn't his neither his fault that the Klingons shot him nor that Carol never told him about their child, but I guess that you would feel guilty nonetheless.
But Kirk's deep hate it is a stretch nonetheless, the "intervention" of the writer clearly sticks out.
About the book, Meyer might take too much credit here, there have been books in Trek before and after TWOK:
When you tell the truth and take a stand, sometimes it means that you will walk the streets with a burdened heart. Sometimes it means losing a job, means being abused and scorned. It may mean having a seven, eight year old child asking a daddy, "Why do you have to go to jail so much?" And I've long since learned that to be a follower to the Jesus Christ means taking up the cross. And my bible tells me that Good Friday comes before Easter. - MLK, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Since we are on the subject of Meyer, it's interesting to note that he bought a ticket from me two days ago at my job. He came with a younger woman, which I'm assuming was either his date or his wife, and went to see Winter's Bone. He seems like a nice guy and even though I'm sure he is a senior, he still bought a normal price ticket. Maybe to keep his youth to that girl. Who knows, but yeah it was sweet. He signed the receipt and everything. I just wanted to say to him, "I loved Star Trek VI!"
*The word "dabo" means "I will give" in Latin, and "Gold" in Aramaic.
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Star Trek VI is IMO, the best TOS movie, but Valeris was a bad character.
It should have been Saavik. Robin Curtis was willing to reprise the role.
To be honest, the only thing that really bugged me was the uniform inconsistency for Valeris. Red shirt collar and cuffs under the jacket, yet a grey lapel/shoulder strap for the rank insignia. What was that about?
Courtesy of Spikes Star Trek page:
1.) Rank insignia: Everyone in the movie referred to her as "Lieutenant Valeris," but her uniform showed the rank insignia of a Lieutenant Commander.
2.) Shoulder strap colour: Her shoulder strap was grey, although she was the helmsman of the Enterprise-A. The correct shoulder strap colour would have been yellow ochre.
3.) Shirt colour: Spock stated that Valeris has already graduated from Starfleet Academy. Thus, her turtleneck shirt shouldn't have been red, because that's the colour for cadets and trainees. Moreover, the shirt colour has to be of the same colour as the shoulder strap. The correct shirt colour would have been yellow ochre.
4.) Pants stripe: Her pants stripe was red, although a red stripe is only worn by command officers. The correct pants stripe colour would have been yellow ochre.
You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true." Spock (Amok Time)
Yeah, it could be like the betrayal of Anakin from Obi-Wan...only better written.
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Has anybody tested sdk's and Carbide.c++ or Carbide.vs with Windows Vista?
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Has anybody tested sdk's and Carbide.c++ or Carbide.vs with Windows Vista?
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I tested, it's can not found any symbian sdk ? what's happend ?
I guess there are some changes in Windows Environment variables...
I'll ask this of the Carbide interviewsOriginally Posted by fwojtek
I had the same detection sdk problem with carbide.vs so I tried to install it in "Windows XP compatibility" mode and everything worked fined !!
You right click on carbide_vs_201.exe to change compatibility mode.
My gues is it's a problem with the new user directory path "c:\user" instead of "c:\documents and settings"
carbide.c++ 1.2 & windows vista ultimate aero enabled
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Bought this food processor/blender combo thinking it would be a highly versatile appliance. My husband and I have used it far less than we anticipated- the food processor attachment is a little too small to do much except a sauce, and the blender has a very difficult time making smoothies with frozen fruit or crushing ice- when we try to blend anything frozen, the unit emits a burning smell as if the motor is working too hard- if the motor can't handle frozen foods or ice, there should not be a "crush ice" option, but I digress . . . What has been really frustrating, is that the blade unit for the blender has cracked twice, causing whatever we are blending to leak all over the place. The first time the piece cracked, Cuisinart replaced the part even though the blender was out of warranty, which I appreciated. Now it has happened again, and Cuisinart wants me to spend $20 (including S & H) to replace a twice-faulty piece. I understand that the blender is out of warranty, but given that the blade has failed twice, I would expect Cuisinart to stand behind their product- or at least waive the S & H! I paid $80 when we first purchased the blender- why would I spend 25% of the original price to replace something that has failed twice?! If the blade unit had honestly cracked due to wear and tear, I would gladly pay for the replacement piece, but we have used it so little (we've been a little afraid to given how fragile it has been) I am more than a little frustrated that Cuisinart will not replace what is a fundamentally flawed part. We are taking the $20 Cuisinart wants us to spend and putting it towards a new blender from a different manufacturer, probably KitchenAid. They have lost my business!
I have owned a Cuisinart Duet food processor/ blender combo for at least ten years. I dropped and broke the glass blender container several years ago but continued to use the food processor almost daily. After much use and abuse it finally gave out so I purchased another. I was pleased with the price and prompt shipping from Overstock.com.
A great addition to my kitchen. The wide almost stubby blender makes it much easier to clean than its slim-waisted counterparts.
the blade is not sharp and it does not chop some soaked grains at all. Not happy
Great product for a small kitchen. easy to use and clean. Hoping it really is a Made in USA product.
Bought this item refurbished from another website. I immediately had to go online to Cuisinart to purchase a new locking lid for the food processor attachment because the one it came with didn't screw on right, it would go on so tight that it was impossible to remove. Likewise, the blade attachment never sat right in the center and I had to almost force it in. Food processor parts were very difficult to disassemble to clean, very hard to get the blade out. It looked like the center hole in the food cup was misshapen, whether that was the way it was shipped or it got that way in the top rack of the dishwasher, I don't know, but it was a waste of money. Meh as a blender.
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Versatile uses, plenty of power to produce the desired results.
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This product is a space saver because it does double duty. It has a base unit, housing the motor, with a blender unit and a food processor unit to put onto the base. I found it helpful not having to buy 2 separate machines. Both blender and food processor work perfectly well. I bought this product because I was given the same product years ago and loved it. When the old one finally wore out, it made sense to find the exact product as a replacement.
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Despite the low version number, the developers say that Webminstats is ready for productive use. The Webmin module can generate diagrams for a wide range of system information and services, such as CPU load, mailbox sizes, statistics for Amavis, Firewall and Snort. It offers hourly, daily, weekly and monthly overviews, and supports customized periods. The program draws on RRDTool as its engine and for drawing graphs.
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In 1993, an onsen (hotspring) in the city of
Excluded people complained about this situation for years, but the Otaru city government ignored the situation. Although they admitted that this activity was discrimination, they maintained that they had no power to stop it. This was, after all, not specifically illegal in
Emboldened, other local onsens around town put up their own "Japanese Only" signs. Then other businesses, including bars, restaurants, ramen shacks, even a barber and a sports shop, in other towns began copycatting. (See a photo archive at http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html)
In September 1999, we came on the scene. Several multinational families (German, American, and Chinese, all with Japanese spouses) and I dropped by as customers at the original exclusionary Otaru onsens. The managers only refused entry to the Caucasians in our contingent. Reason given? "Russian sailors disobey our bathing rules. They drive away our Japanese customers."
"But we are not Russian sailors," we replied. "Also, we have lived here for more than a decade each. We have Japanese families. We know how to take a bath."
"Doesn't matter," they retorted. "Refusing only Russians would be blatant discrimination. So we refuse all foreigners equally."
"Including our Chinese friend you just unwittingly let in?" we asked. Quick to admit their "mistake", they tossed her out too.
So, as they were judging "foreign" by appearance, we asked what would happen to our children. Born and raised here, they are full Japanese citizens.
Answer: "Asian-looking kids can come in. But we will have to refuse foreign-looking ones."
Thus racial discrimination — accept no substitute — was afoot. Managers would permit foreigners who look Japanese, but bar Japanese who look foreign. We decided from that moment on to fight this policy. Over the next year and a bit, we appealed to every possible avenue for its abolition (read all about it in my book, JAPANESE ONLY). However, press coverage from the case, as well as a concurrent police campaign against an alleged rise in foreign crime, prompted businesses nationwide to adopt their own exclusionary policies.
In October 2000 (for reasons unrelated to the onsen case), I received Japanese citizenship. Proof of naturalization in hand, I returned to Otaru for a bathhouse baptism. Guess what? One exclusionary onsen named Yunohana still refused me. Their reason this time? "Even if you have citizenship, you still don't look Japanese. Our customers will misunderstand. Goodbye."
That made the evidence incontrovertible. There was nothing left but for my friends and me to sue the proprietor for racial discrimination. We also sued the Otaru City Government, the epicenter of signposted discrimination in
Fast-forward a few years. The
However, we lost against Otaru. Even though the United Nations Convention on Racial Discrimination (a treaty
No other developed country has made as ludicrous an argument to escape these treaty obligations, and thus
The case against the
As I discuss in my book, there are three cultural canards in
1. "
Um, okay, so maybe not "unique," but
Never mind that ill-mannered Japanese also exist, and that foreigners could be taught how to bathe. That's covered by the second canard:
2. "Nihongo wa muzukashii." (Japanese is a difficult language.) How many times have we heard, despite copious counter-evidence, that Japanese is impossible for the non-native to learn? After all, Japanese is allegedly one of the world's toughest tongues. So, since foreigners axiomatically will not know the rules, the monolingual onsen manager cannot possibly communicate with them.
Never mind that free multilingual bathing rules exist on bathhouses around the country. Foreigners shouldn't be in here anyway, you see, if there's the possibility of trouble. That leads us to the third canard, where arguments veer from comical to sinister:
3. "You can tell a foreigner on sight." Wrong. Especially nowadays, with record numbers of international marriages, multicultural children, and Asian and nikkei extra-nationals making up the majority of registered foreigners in
This is a situation my friends and I are trying to rectify by promoting the passage of anti-discrimination laws and challenging blatantly discriminatory actions in the courts. Like it or not, laws are the only way to stop the bigots (who exist in every society) from having their way.
We have pushed for more than five years now, and will continue for as long it takes. If not, a lot of innocent international children, including Japanese, are going to get hurt. We hope you will support us.
For more information about the Otaru Onsens Case, see Arudou Debito's website at http://www.debito.org/otarulawsuit.html
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|Frederick L. Reimer Jr.
Frederick L. Reimer Jr., 66, entered into eternal peace on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wis.
Frederick married his wife, Linda, and together they owned Majestic Property Management Services, Holiday, Fla. They worked beside each other for more than 26 years, giving back to the community by employing many and feeding the homeless during holiday seasons.Frederick was a member of First Christian Church of Tarpon Springs and attended Land O' Lakes Bible Church in Land O' Lakes, Wis.
He leaves his loving memories to be cherished by Linda and his loving children, John, Bridget and James; loving grandchildren, Alexandria Mercedes, Bethany Marie, Victoria Lynn, Jesse James, Alexis Kennedy, Daniel James and Carter; great-grandchild, Graham Kennedy; his adoring cousins, Kathryn and Frances Garguilo; his sisters-in-law, Denise Miller and her husband, William, Kathleen Servi, Diane VanVuren and her husband, David; brother-in-law, Michael Pearson and his wife, Charmaine; along with a very special friend of many years, Christine McEntire.
Frederick was a very kind and gentle soul. He had a loving and generous heart, quick wit and a happy-go-lucky attitude.
Frederick always said that "friendships are not just about the people you've known the longest, it's about the ones who came into your life and never left your side." The friends he made along the way have gone from "friends to family."
What sets Frederick apart from many others, and what everyone who knew Frederick will remember forever, is his selfless love and concern for people. Not once did he complain about the hand he was dealt with organ failure. He faced his fate and daily challenges admirably and with grace.
As an organ recipient of a liver and kidney which was successfully transplanted, he thanks the donors he never knew. He received the gift of life from two individuals who gave Frederick's family and friends an additional 17 years of love and laughter.
Frederick is a hero and an inspiration to all whose paths he crossed.
Donations in memory of Fred would be appreciated: LifeQuest Organ, 720 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 570, Gainesville, FL 32601, phone (352) 733-0350.
A memorial is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013, at 2 p.m. at 1635 Crystal Lake Rd., Land O' Lakes, WI 54540. Pastor Frank Puffer will be officiating.
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Malcolm Robertson on why Norfolk Police are using YouTube to help solve a20-year-old murder mystery.
Malcolm Robertson on why Norfolk Police are using YouTube to help solve a20-year-old murder mystery.
Police in Norfolk are using the video service Youtube in a bid to track down the killer of a woman 20 years ago.Read the full story
Norfolk Police have created a YouTube video appeal over the Natalie Pearman cold case investigation.
Miss Pearman's body was found by a lorry driver at about 3.50am. She was last seen alive in Rouen Road, Norwich, at 1.15am the same day.
At the time of the initial investigation, DNA samples were taken and loaded onto the national database but no match has yet been found.
Over the years, more than 4,000 people have been interviewed and hundreds of men provided DNA samples for testing.
Lead detective in the Pearman investigation Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy said the case could be easily solved with one piece of information.
– Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy
There are people who know or strongly suspect who was responsible and I'm sure that plays heavily on their conscience.
"All we need is a name and we will do the rest, it is a simple matter of matching DNA. Natalie was little more than a child when she was murdered and her and her family deserve that this case is resolved
Cold case murder detectives have launched a fresh appeal to help solve the killing of Norfolk sex worker Natalie Pearman.
Natalie was 16 when she was found dead in woodland close to Ringland, outside Norwich.
Detectives in Norfolk and Suffolk are renewing their appeal for information about the death of a young woman in Norwich, on the 20th anniversary of her murder.
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CATEGORIES MoviesBrad Pitt is calling fiancee Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy "absolutely heroic."
Jolie, whose mother died of ovarian cancer in 2007, revealed today (May 14) in a NY Times op-ed that she chose to have the preventative breast cancer surgery to reduce her risk of the disease from 87. The actress's "World War Z" star beau later gave a statement to the London Evening Standard saying, "Having witnessed this decision firsthand, I find Angie's choice, as well as so many others like her, absolutely heroic. I thank our medical team for their care and focus," adding, "All I want is for her to have a long and healthy life, with myself and our children. This is a happy day for our family."
Jolie wrote that she made the decision after genetic tests revealed she carried a "faulty" gene called BRCA1, which made her chances of getting both breast and ovarian cancers very high. The three-month process, she revealed, began on February 2 and ended fairly recently on April 27 with reconstructive surgery.
In the piece, Jolie also spoke about Pitt and the support he gave her throughout those three months: "Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer."
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You too can help prolong the lifetime of your products. To succeed in this challenge, several aspects must be taken into account: product usage (intensity, frequency, conditions etc.), and also the transport, storage, care and maintenance.
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Numerous organizations and associations are actively doing their part so that each one of us can accomplish our goals for the environment and society. We offer a list of some of the many relevant initiatives and projects that are an extension of the work we do. Contact them directly to get involved.
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Join the Young Explorers of Pangaea community and participate in their experience.
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The objective of the UIAA is to promote the development and protection of mountaineering and climbing around the world, particularly protection of the environment.
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CPNT (Nature Protection and Tourism Club) is an association that subsidizes green tourism and the protection of the environment. They organize different actions like collecting funds, hosting summer camps, etc.
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The Access Fund is the most important organization in the USA that protects climbing sites.
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Leave No Trace is a program created to encourage all outdoor enthusiasts (climbers, walkers, bikers, etc.) to limit their environmental impact. Find general tips on how to act responsibly in the outdoors.
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This educational website shows the importance of proper tree care.
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Leadership Studies at Cabrini focuses on a strong sense of self-awareness, personal relations, justice, fairness, and solidarity with those who are marginalized.
Leadership programs are designed to complement any other major or minor at Cabrini College.
The minor in Leadership Studies requires six courses for 18 credits, including a Gateway course that may also count towards a major or core-curriculum requirement and is usually taken during a student's first year.
Cabrini also offers a six-credit Leadership Studies Certificate, and a Degree-Completion Program, designed to meet the education needs of working adults.
Students who participate in leadership studies at Cabrini College should consider some general principles.
Leadership development is one of the pillars of Cabrini's mission statement and an institutional imperative.
Leadership is a way of thinking as much as it is a way of living.
Leadership of the self is the foundation for leadership development.
Leadership is about taking responsibility for your own action and the actions of those who you lead. Leaders are willing to hold themselves accountable to take responsibility when things go wrong.
Leadership education should be developmental; it takes time to process and build self‑awareness.
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May 10, 2011 | Posted By: B list Bargain Bin Crew | Categorized in: Entertainment
"The 13th Warrior" Review
For some reason, "The 13th Warrior" is the most unlikely quintessential B-movie of all time. It's widely known. It is directed by John McTiernan of "Predator" and "Die Hard" fame and based on a book by Michael Crichton. It stars Antonio Banderas. Yet, for one reason or another, no movie pops up in bargain bins more than this one.
Antonio Banderas plays an Arabic (yes, you heard me right - Arabic) poet who is banished for his homeland when he is caught fooling around with the wife of a prince. That little mishap lands him the thankless job of emissary to the Vikings, who don't have the reputation of being the most friendly people. So Banderas' Ahmed is a stranger in a strange land, which gets even stranger when he is enlisted against his will on a dangerous mission with twelve Viking warriors.
Something is tearing up a remote Viking settlement up north, and Ahmed and his Viking posse are sent to check it out. Once in position, Ahmed and his comrades bear witness to the horde of brutal flesh-eating attackers - attackers who may or may not be human. The Vikings and their conscript must discover the truth of this mysterious foe before time and their ever-dwindling numbers run out.
The basis of this movie, "Eaters of the Dead," is certainly one of the more obscure works of Michael Crichton. The story is, in many ways, a transplanted, pseudo-historical retelling of "Beowulf," which might be one of the reasons the movie failed at the box office. Despite this, it remains one of the best "Beowulf" movies out there - and one of the best movies on the subject of Vikings.
When you consider the movie is from the same director as "Predator," perhaps it's because the movie is so similar to "Predator" that the movie works so well. Both movies feature well-armed warriors ready for anything facing off against something way out of their league - with expectantly violent results. And while you can be advised the source of the Vikings' woe is not an invisible alien, you can still look forward to plenty of twists and turns, including even a little intrigue.
There are a few plot holes, including a scene where Ahmed picks up the entire Norse language just by listening to it, as well as a few characters who never quite develop, like a somewhat random love interest for Ahmed. But despite these relatively few shortcomings, the movie moves with a brisk pace to enjoyable characters. In particular, the last stand at the end of the movie is one of the best battle scenes this side of "Lord of the Rings" and "300."
If you want a Viking action movie, "The 13th Warrior" is probably your best bet outside of "How to Train Your Dragon" and a few offerings on the SyFy channel. "The 13th Warrior" may have bombed at the box office, but at the very least, Antonio Banderas and his Viking crew lives on in the halls of the B-List Bargain Bin in the form of this great action flick.
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Arizona coach says team is moving past UCLA loss
Or two steps forward, one step back.
However you want to describe it, the Arizona Wildcats 2012 football season has been one filled with both great highs and low lows.
Following a 3-0 start that included a big home win over No. 18 Oklahoma State, the Wildcats, ranked 22nd in the nation, went to Oregon to face the Ducks and were summarily destroyed 49-0.
The team followed its first loss with two more, as Arizona dropped close games to Oregon State and Stanford, both of whom were ranked 18th in the country at the time they played the Wildcats.
Following a bye week, Rich Rodriguez's squad knocked off both Washington and No. 9 USC, with the wins putting the team back in the top 25 before a big game against UCLA.
The Bruins dumped the 'Cats by a score of 66-10 at the Rose Bowl in a game that saw quarterback Matt Scott leave with a concussion, with Arizona's chances at a Pac-12 South title likely going with him.
So, where does Rodriguez's team go from here? The only place they can.
"After a night like that it really hits you, and you want hurry up and work and get going," Rodriguez told Arizona Sports 620's Doug and Wolf Tuesday. "Kids bounce back easier than coaches. We have a 24-hour rule, but at the same time you've just got so many issues you're dealing with and guys banged up."
Rodriguez said his team, which has a 5-4 (2-4) record, actually rebounded from the latest loss a little quicker and easier than he would have hoped.
"I wanted them to still be ticked off, I was," he said. "They know. We watched the film, we didn't hide from it."
"He's feeling a lot better," Rodriguez said of Scott. "The medical staff evaluates our guys. Not just Matt, but everybody else. We have a laundry list of guys that they evaluate and they see every day, all day."
Rodriguez said the medical staff keeps the coaches updated on the status of every player, and by Thursday they tell him whether or not the injured will be able to take the field that Saturday.
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- Greg Byrne - Arizona Athletic Director Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne previews the 2014 Arizona football season
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Human Resource Management (HRM) works to establish the terms and conditions of employment and the employer-employee relationship. It also establishes the rules for interaction at the workplace and in society.
Interest in HRM has increased significantly over the years, due in part to the growth of government legislation and regulation. Private and public employers' growing awareness of employee rights and needs also has had a great impact on the field.
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|Citizens Bank
|Portfolio Processor - Business Credit Services
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|Family Medical Supply
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|First Trade Union Bank
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|Galeton Area School District
|Business Manager
|Gannett Fleming
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|Graybar Electric
|Human Resources Specialist
|Great Lakes Home Healthcare Services
|Account Representative
|Hartwood Learning Center
|Preschool Teacher
|Indiana U. of PA M.A. in Labor Relations
|Graduate Student
|Verification Specialist
|LKQ Corporation
|HRIS Analyst
|Lockheed Martin Corporation
|Labor Relations Representative and Human Resources Business Partner
|Lowe's Home Improvement/Staples
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|Human Resources Coordinator
|Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
|Marketing Associate
|PNC Bank
|Compensation Associate
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|Project Manager
|Republic Services, Inc.
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|Rite Aid
|Benefits Specialist
|Ritter Technology
|Territory Manager
|Social Media Director/Creative Director/President
|Seneca Resources Corporation
|Human Resources Representative
|Sheetz, Inc
|Shift Supervisor
|Shell Exploration and Production
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|Siemens Healthcare
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|Technical Recruiter
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|Success Factors
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|Karen Armstrong
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The Case for God is a 2009 book by Karen Armstrong. It is an answer to the recent atheism of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett and focuses on the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam from the paleolithic age to the present day. Also included are Buddhism and Hinduism.
Among the themes of the book are apophatic theology and intellectualism versus practice. Armstrong claims that the fundamental reality, later called God, Brahman, nirvana or Tao, transcends human concepts and thoughts, and can only be known through devoted religious practice.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2009, the book was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the University of Tübingen [6] in recognition of its contribution to the fields of theology, philosophy and intellectual history, and for improving international understanding and tolerance between faiths.
In the Introduction, Armstrong presents two forms of knowledge, mythos and logos.[7] Since the 16th and 17th century, she says logos governed civilization, resulting in two phenomena: fundamentalism and atheism.[8] Armstrong says that the "new" atheists have made some valid criticisms of religion but that they focused on fundamentalism. She says they "aren't radical enough" and finds their work "disappointingly shallow".[9] Her study of religion during the prior twenty years gave her this book and something fresh to [bring to] the table".[10]
- ^ "All quiet on the God front". The Guardian. 4 July 2009.
- ^ Byrnes, Sholto (16 July 2009). "The Case for God: What Religion Means By Karen Armstrong Reviewed by -". New Statesman.
- ^ "Perpetual Revelations". New York Times. October 1, 2009.
- ^ "The Case for God: What Religion Really Means by Karen Armstrong". The Sunday Times. July 5, 2009.
- ^ Miller, Lisa (September 11, 2009). "Out, Out, Damned Atheists: Karen Armstrong weighs in on God.". Newsweek.
- ^ Armstrong, Karen (2010). Plädoyer für Gott. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 108/. ISBN 978-3-16-150305-4.
- ^ Armstrong, p. xi.
- ^ Armstrong, p. xv.
- ^ Armstrong, p. xvi.
- ^ Armstrong, p. xvii.
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Ravens FS Ed Reed and Panthers QB Cam Newton received hefty fines this week for actions taken in Week 16.
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While the Panthers' issues extended well beyond the QB position during their 1-6 start, Cam Newton's struggles were part of the problem.
Week 16 QB tips: Newton a must-play vs. Raiders
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Panthers QB Cam Newton, Rams CB Janoris Jenkins and Seahawks KR Leon Washington were named the NFC Players of the Week for Week 12.
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In Scout's Eye, Nolan Nawrocki says a radically new offense has left the Panthers' star playmakers frustrated and out of sync.
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Following the firing of GM Marty Hurney, will the Panthers rally together in an effort to save head coach Ron Rivera's job?
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The Saints beat the Bucs, and the Panthers are still a mess, as most of the NFC South came up short with the Falcons on bye.
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The Falcons are 5-0 for the first time in franchise history, and the Saints finally have a victory, but the Panthers continued their downward spiral.
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For the second week in a row, the Falcons are the only NFC South team celebrating a victory on Monday.
A person familiar with the penalty says the NFL has fined Panthers quarterback Cam Newton $21,000 for abusive conduct toward a game official. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the league hasn't announced the fine.||||||| Newton shouted at and bumped referee Jerome Boger in the fourth quarter of Carolina's penalty-plagued 17-6 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Newton apologized after the game, saying "the words that I said during the game were very disrespectful and I apologized to (Boger) during the game, but I'm going public and apologizing again. It was something in the heat of the moment." Boger said he didn't feel the bump was enough to warrant an ejection.
Newton was 18 of 29 for 170 yards with one touchdown and one interception on Sunday in a win over Oakland. He also ran for a score.||||||| Newton has 14 touchdowns and three interceptions over his last eight games.
Newton went 19 of 33 for 231 yards and two touchdown in Carolina's win against San Diego on Sunday.||||||| Newton's sophomore campaign has truly been a campaign of two seasons. He compiled a 75.2 passer rating with five touchdowns and eight picks in the Panthers' first seven games, but has a 102.6 rating with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions in seven games since.
Newton was unstoppable in Sunday's 30-20 win over Atlanta, throwing for 287 yards and two touchdowns to go along with another 116 and a 72-yard score on the ground.||||||| Newton become the first player with 250 yards passing, 100 yards rushing, a touchdown run and a TD pass in a game. He's been putting up monster and numbers of late - just in time for the fantasy playoffs.
Newton went 15 of 27 for 232 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday. He also ran seven times for 78 yards, his second-highest rushing total of the season.||||||| Newton's passer rating was 121.2, the fourth time in five games he's recording a rating of at least 95.8.


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GARNER — If an accountant tells you one thing in early April, it's this: I am very busy during early April.
If the accountant has time to tell you other things, they would say that tax law is not getting simpler, especially with health care reform. They would also say that, in North Carolina, big changes could await the next time you file your returns.
That seemingly constant stream of changes to tax code at the state and federal level often leave businesses and some individuals perplexed, and keep the accounting field more dynamic than the pop-culture monotonous numbers-nerd stereotype might indicate.
The laws passed by North Carolina's legislature generally take effect in 2014, which mean it will be next tax season – after the fall elections – before residents first see the bottom line. But area certified public accountants say small businesses lead a group of people who might want to plan for new realities this tax year.
"There's a lot more changes on the table in 2014 than hit in 2013," said Leslie Merritt, a Zebulon accountant who has been a CPA for more than 30 years. "Overall it may be good for the economy. But it's not spread to everybody. Some will be helped, some will be hurt. "
While health care reform creates a lot of chatter and major changes, multiple accountants singled out a major state-level game-changer. The General Assembly eliminated an income tax exemption for small business owners on the first $50,000 of their net income. The 2011 General Assembly passed that break as an attempted economic stimulus. Tony Pandiscia, a CPA with the Garner firm Langdon & Company, said a lot of his clients have taken advantage of the break, which he said made sense because it offers reward for the risk of a small business.
"It coincided with a lot of new start-up activity in the last two years," he said. "I think (removing it) is going to have a little bit of a chilling effect."
While $50,000 of tax-free profit might strike a wage-earner as unfair, Pandiscia said small businesses making that kind of money as a sole proprietorship would be likely to expand and hire more workers, helping the economy.
More broadly, the legislature lowered and flattened the state income tax rate, arguing it was too high for the region. It made back some of the lost revenue by eliminating certain exemptions to sales taxes such as live entertainment, but tax revenues are projected to be down in the neighborhood of $2.8 billion over the next five years under the new rates.
For all taxpayers, income tax will drop from a progressive 6, 7, and 7.75, percent to a flat 5.8 percent in 2014 and 5.75 in 2015. That will mean, without computing deductions, the median North Carolina household ($46,450 income) will save about $430 in 2014 with the rate change. Of course, for most much of that will come through slightly higher paychecks as less is withheld.
Lawmakers promoted the law as saving all in the state money, though they also said they hoped the rates combined with new lower corporate rates would lure lure job creators. Residents making $100,000 – a bit less than 15 percent of households, will save $1,272. For each additional $100,000 earned, the cut shaves $1,950 off the tax bill.
Department of Revenue spokesman Trevor Johnson also noted that the standard deduction will more than double, possibly resulting in fewer people filing itemized deductions.
Health Care
On the federal level, Merritt said the Affordable Care Act would have the biggest impact on the individual wage-earner, though the effects will vary by individual. Regarding the ACA, some of the wealthy granted relief by changes to state law will pay part of that back if they make over $250,000 per year because capital gains will be taxed at a slightly higher rate.
Meanwhile, businesses in particular have a lot to consider when it comes to the federal law.
"The health care act has just been all-consuming. I deal with a lot of small businesses," Pandiscia said. "No one I've talked with the past year hasn't raised concern over health care."
He said the most concerned clients have been in the retail and restaurant business.The low-wage, high-turnover industries present unique challenges regarding the law as they decide whether to comply by offering insurance or pay a penalty. He said some businesses worry that if they pay the penalty – which would be cheaper – competitors might do the opposite to become more competitive in the labor market and possibly poach employees.
He said delays of enforcement have provided various businesses something of a reprieve – along with uncertainty that makes giving sound advice difficult.
Burden shift
Whether a tax increase involves axing a small business exemption only two years old that had wiped out state income tax on the first $50,000, or a capital gains tax that taxes income beyond $250,000 slightly higher but still lower than income, Merritt said there's bound to be griping. Even removing loopholes to promote fairness ends up hurting someone's bottom line.
"You're offsetting that (rate increase) with (closing) a lot of what you could term loopholes, but if someone's been used to receiving that tax break there's going to be some screaming and squawking," Merritt said.
Knightdale CPA Ronald Hines said that while tax law has always changed -- in theory helping drive customers to people like him – recent complications have become more frequent and difficult.
"Everything is much more complicated than it used to be, and it continues to get more complicated each year," the 28-year-veteran CPA Hines said. "I feel for small business people these days."
Hines also noted the elimination of the two-year-old small business deduction that could, in 2014, cost small business owners $3,500 to the state of North Carolina compared to what they could have paid in 2012 and 2013.
Garner growth
Local news for Garner provides a bit more optimism than state and federal issues with the state end of the small business exemption and the federal ACA. Asked about whether the expansion of White Oak Crossing and potential for an occupant at ConAgra, Pandiscia didn't hedge.
"Absolutely. This is an exciting time for business growth in this area," he said.
He doesn't worry much about businesses being crowded out by the new players; he takes more of a rising tide raises all boats perspective with increased commercial and residential development.
"There's always risk that you may have to adapt and change to better provide to the demographic," he said. "(But) all of the peripheral businesses in the area, all the businesses that are the backbone of Garner, they stand to benefit."
Jahner: 919-829-4822; Twitter: @garnercleveland


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PHOENIX (AP) -- A hotel in northwest Phoenix was evacuated for the second time in as many days because of the smell of natural gas.
Approximately 140 employees and guests were evacuated from a four-story Holiday Inn at Cactus Road and Interstate 17 Monday morning when a natural gas leak was detected in the area.
A smaller number of people were evacuated from the same four-story hotel Tuesday morning after an employee smelled the rotten-egg odor of natural gas.
However, Fire Capt. Scott McDonald says there's no new leak.
McDonald says the odor resulted from residual gas that dispersed when a Southwest Gas machine being used to suck gas from the ground at the site of Monday's repair was turned off for refueling.
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SCORE Minneapolis mentors and representatives from the local business community conduct a variety of regularly scheduled, low-cost educational workshops and webinars that provide valuable information and techniques necessary for establishing and managing a successful business.
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