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Phil Buckellew
VP, IBM Mobile Enterprise
As VP of Mobile Enterprise for IBM MobileFirst, Phil Buckellew is responsible for setting the strategy and coordinating requirements for the IBM MobileFirst portfolio. Prior to his role in mobile, Phil held various positions in the Collaboration Solutions division, most recently on the worldwide sales team leading the top evangelists and competitive specialists to establish IBM as the leader for Social Business. Before joining IBM, Phil spent five years in the consumer products industry in brand management roles. Phil has a Management Information Systems degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Jim Comfort
General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services Cloud Services (GTS)
Jim is currently General Manager, Global Technology Services Cloud Services (GTS), with responsibility across offerings, sales enablement, architecture, development and global delivery of the IBM Smart Cloud Infrastructure and Application Services. The GTS Cloud Services division scope includes IBM's recent acquisition and integration of SoftLayer.
Jim has held a number of executive positions within IBM Systems Group, spanning technology development, systems development and product line management, as well as roles in IBM Corporate Strategy. From 2008-10 he was part of the Enterprise Initiatives team in Corporate Strategy, defining IBM's cloud computing strategy from technology, offerings and business model
Lance Crosby
Chief Executive Officer of SoftLayer
Lance Crosby is currently Chief Executive Officer of SoftLayer. Prior to SoftLayer, Mr. Crosby spent five years with The Planet as Chief Operations Officer where he managed all operations including sales, provisioning, product selection, managed services, application development, engineering, information security, business development, and legal departments. Serving in prior executive management roles at Catalog.com and Dallas Internet, he brings extensive experience in leadership and management skills coupled with extensive technical skills in software and hardware environments. Mr. Crosby is a licensed attorney in the State of Texas and an active member of the State Bar of Texas.
Rich Lechner
Vice President, Business & IT Services Sourcing, IBM
Rich Lechner is vice president, IBM business and IT services sourcing. IBM delivers a broad spectrum of business and IT services in a model that is premised on business value and enabled by cloud. He is responsible for leveraging the breadth and depth of IBM's unique combination of insight, innovation, and expertise to help clients achieve business transformation, improved economics and increased operational efficiencies.
Mr. Lechner has broad experience across the software, systems and services business including key leadership roles in virtualization, Internet technology, Green innovation, smart buildings, enterprise systems, and storage. He spent ten years as a programmer for IBM, beginning as a micro-code programmer in the Financial Services Industry. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from University of California, Los Angeles.
Steven Mills
Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Software & Systems, IBM Corporation
Steve Mills joined IBM in 1973 after graduating New York's Union College. He has held various executive leadership positions in IBM since 1989. He has played a leading role in the growth of the IBM Software Group since its inception in 1995. In 2000, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Software Group.
In 2010, he was named to his current position adding hardware and systems to his responsibilities. In this capacity, he is responsible for directing approximately 110,000 employees spanning development, manufacturing, sales, marketing and support professions.
IBM's product business contributes more than $40B of IBM's revenue. IBM's industry-leading products provide critical business integration infrastructure that powers more than 100,000 enterprises around the world.
Bob Picciano
General Manager, IBM Information Management Software Division
Bob Picciano is General Manager of IBM's Information Management Software Division which includes database, data warehouse, information integration, master data management, integrated data management and associated software. He is responsible for the revenue, development and strategy of the Information Management business, and has overall responsibility for the company's Big Data initiatives.
Mr. Picciano is a member of several global leadership teams that drive IBM's business: the Client Experience Team, charged with making distinctive client experience systemic across IBM; the Performance Team, responsible for managing the key operational elements of the corporation's performance; and the Integration and Values Team, providing guidance across IBM on strategic business issues.


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We have another cold morning in KELOLAND. Temperatures have dropped well below zero in many areas, even down to around 20 below zero just west of Pierre. We will see a good rebound today with sunshine in the forecast and highs in the mid to upper teens in Sioux Falls. Aberdeen will still be colder around 12, with upper teens in Pierre and lower 20s.
We are forecasting areas of snow tonight in much of southern KELOLAND. The snow should be mainly light, but Sioux Falls could pick up around an inch. Locally higher amounts will be possible in NW IA and SW MN.
Colder air will likely return for the last half of the weekend. Highs on Sunday will struggle to get above zero in many areas East River. This colder trend will linger into Monday, but we are forecasting an improvement by Tuesday.
We still some warmer signals next week, but it will be a process to see that trend unfold. We may slip back on temperatures either Thursday or Friday, but a general trend toward milder weather is ahead towards Valentine's Day.

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National Party caught out on Kiwisaver
KiwiSaver safe after Nat gaffe
Hundreds of thousand of New Zealanders who belong to the KiwiSaver scheme can now be assured its safe - no matter who wins the election. KiwiSaver has exceeded expectation with around 630,000 workers signed up to it, and one of the scheme's drawcards is the employers' compulsory contribution. Now National has been flushed out and forced to say they will keep the compulsory employer contributions to the scheme. "We haven't finalised our KiwiSaver programme yet but there will be compulsory employer contributions," says National leader John Key. But the circumstances of National's announcement bordered on the bizzare. It all started during a forum on industrial relations at Wellington's Backbencher Pub on Tuesday morning, when backbench MP Kate Wilkinson said her party was opposed to employers having to make compulsory contributions to the retirement scheme. Until now National had consistently refused to state its position on the scheme, and the mistake has forced the party to come clean on a $2.5 billion policy.
National – the new party of 'moderation' – OR IS IT? My suggestion is that this moderate stuff is election wrap and once in we will see a radical right wing agenda adopted under the mantle of mandate, and the reason National are not releasing policy is because they know the wider electorate outside of their Business echo chambers wouldn't put up with right wing economic policy adopted as social policy, and here we have a prime example of this. Kate Wilkinson tells an industrial relations forum that National will stop the employer component of Kiwisaver, John Key rushes around saying she's wrong and that they haven't finalized their policy. With National reluctant to tell NZers what they will actually do, when will they be upfront with their policies? Will National release all their polciy after the election?


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"This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning."
― Winston Churchill
SDSU and Boise State have met twice ever at football in the history of the two schools. One would think it could hardly be called a rivalry, what with so few games played, but SDSU and Boise State are forever entwined in Mountain West lore. The Aztecs coach, Rocky Long (who took over for Brady Hoke in 2011) seemed to be behind the blue on blue ban that the MWC handed down. However, they were also the team that believed enough in the dream to talk to the Big East about playing in that conference as our travel partner before the deal dissolved. We all felt it was odd for a team from Boise to play in the Eastern time zone - imagine it from the Aztec fan perspective!
However, everything worked out for the MWC and both teams ended up staying at home in the west, and started building what could be a very heated rivalry. SDSU taking out the Broncos on the Blue last year was a statement game, a shot heard round the MWC. Followed up by beating the best Bronco bouncyhoop team in some time TWICE last season, and the Aztecs officially put themselves on the Bronco Hate Map.
"To win you need to have first lost. That makes you so hungry to win that you'll do everything you can to achieve it."
― Brendon Clark
SDSU is obviously good at playing up to their opponent. The Fightin' Montezumas are currently 6-4, sitting second in the West division behind Fresno. Losses to powerhouses like Directional Illinois and Oregon State make no sense for a team that nearly took out the Bulldogs, and has been stomping their way through the MWC. Of course, this season hasn't been the Broncos prettiest, but now that the defense has gelled and the offense is scoring its face off, a beatdown of SDSU in a cavernous Qualcomm Stadium will be a nice way to end a horrendous road schedule.
"No question."
― Chris Petersen
So, SDSU, I'd say good luck, but I really don't mean it. Boise State owes you guys a shot in the mouth for last year, and are looking great right now. Sure, San Diego is gorgeous and as someone who froze at a night game last week, I'm jealous as hell of the weather. Doesn't mean that I love Boise any less. The Aztecs are the little jerk friend of the guy we're headed to fight at the flagpole, baiting us in the hallway on our way to greatness in the MWC Championship game. Prepare to get pwnd, SDSU, from blue turf to hardwood. 2013 just isn't the year.


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Samuel Dambreville, Yogesh Rathi, Allen Tannenbaum, "A Framework for Image Segmentation Using Shape Models and Kernel Space Shape Priors," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1385-1399, August, 2008.
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I have noticed, especially over the past three or four years, that the Jays have a tendency to keep good prospects mired in Double-A and then jump them straight to the big club when they are needed. This is especially true of pitchers (witness Drabek, Litsch, and Richmond to name a few). I think our real prospects would benefit by facing tougher pitchers/batters at the AAA level instead of having those spots filled by professional minor leaguers like Jarrett Hoffpauir, Raul Chavez, Jason Lane, Willie Collazo, and Sean Henn.
I agree that it sucks to keep guys in Las Vegas where we cannot get at them from the east coast on short notice. It's a shame that we haven't kept our Triple-A farm club closer to Toronto. Does anyone know what management did to irritate the Chiefs, scare off Buffalo, and get left with Vegas when the AAA musical chairs ended last off-season? I'd have preferred to have seen the Jays start over in Ottawa, Montreal, Richmond, or some other city that is at least in the Eastern Time Zone.


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The UFC has released a new video featuring UFC 158 Welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz. In the video above we see him working the mits and also get the following quote from Diaz about champion Georges St. Pierre:
"I'll tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I've always said that. I want to fight the No. 1 fighter. Georges never said that. That's the only thing I've ever said negative about Georges, is that, if I were in his place, I would do more. I'd be asking for the Anderson Silva fight. I wouldn't let that blow away. Like, that's crazy."
At one point Diaz' manager Cesar Gracie was putting Diaz forward as a potential opponent for Anderson Silva but the UFC brass showed no interest.
Diaz will get his chance to beat GSP in two weeks in Montreal at UFC 158.


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Precisionist Claremont 96B129 with Sweep Seconds
The most striking features of the Claremont Precisionist
for me are the curved case and crystal, the three dimensional hour numerals and of course the sweeping second hand. The curved case makes it possible for me to wear this watch comfortably despite its 44 mm diameter. A very clever design element and good looking too in my opinion. I love three dimensional dials and the numerals of the Claremont really are a feast for the eye. Next you will probably notice the styled short end of the second hand. It's the Precisionist logo. When I first saw it I was thinking of a pair of scissors. I could have done without that "P" but this was not a deal breaker. The stylized "P" also looks similar to the mathematical infinity sign ∞ which is probably intended. The hour numerals have a linear brush which makes them really shine at certain angles. The hour hand reaches that matte silver hour chapter ring with a little groove for each hour. The minute hand reaches the middle of the hour indices. I think Bulova got the length right here. Something I tend to forget to check when I buy new watches, too short hands have a silly look for them. Also they are not very functional as your eye will have to do more work reading the time.
For non-WIS, the sweeping second hand will most likely be interpreted for this to be an automatic watch. From the first day of ownership, I have been enjoying watching this second hand solemnly circle around the dial. I have also tried to listen to it. With most Quartz watches you will be able to hear the tick-tock. But not with this one, it is absolutely silent. I guess the thick crystal and case are the cause of the silence. I turned out that I had to look three times at the dial to read the time. My first look followed the sweeping second hand. My second look admired the three dimensional numerals. And then I had to look again to check what time it was. I guess that is why there is an idiot in Watch Idiot Savant.
Diameter: 44 mm
Height: 12.2 mm
Lug to Lug: 50.5 mm
Lug Width: 22 mm
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1. How to Choose a Bowling Ball
Most recreational bowlers never need to worry about which ball to use, figuring the bowling alley has a slew of them available at any given moment. That's true. However, if you want to get more serious about bowling, you'll want your own bowling ball. How do you know which ball is the best for you? Determine the ideal weight, cover stock and drilling pattern to instantly help improve your game.
2. How to Hold a Bowling Ball
Throwing (and even holding) a bowling ball with an improper grip can cause injury, not to mention hinder your bowling abilities. These objects are heavy and should be held the right way to keep yourself healthy and improve your game. Once you find a ball of the best weight for you, learning how to hold it properly is the next step. There are a number of different ways to grip the ball, but it all starts with this general overview.
3. Bowling Ball Cover Stocks
Different bowling balls have different cover stocks (the outer surface of the ball). Each cover stock is designed for a different purpose. Many bowlers build an arsenal of bowling balls to keep them prepared for any shot they need to make. This article explores reactive-resin, urethane and plastic cover stocks and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
4. How to Score a Game of Bowling
In most bowling alleys these days, machines will keep score for you. That doesn't mean you shouldn't know how to do it. Being able to keep score will help you figure out what you need to do in order to achieve certain scores, defeat your opponents or merely impress your friends with a scoring system that can be extremely confusing at first. After a brief tutorial, the confusion goes away and bowling scoring becomes second nature.
5. Why You Need to Wear Bowling Shoes
What's the point of bowling shoes? Is it a scam by bowling-alley owners looking to make an extra couple dollars from everyone? Some worldwide scheme developed by house-shoe makers trying to grab as much money as possible? No - bowling shoes are crucial to the maintenance of the lanes and the safety of all bowlers.
6. The Bowling Pin Rack (Numbering the Pins)
The bowling pins are numbered, 1 through 10, and stand in a triangle. What are the dimensions of the pin rack, and how are the pins numbered? Since splits and leaves are referred to by numbers (for example, a 7-10 split), it's important to know all about the pin rack. This article explores the dimensions of the pin rack and will give you a better understanding of the goal of bowling: knocking down pins.
7. The Life of a Bowling Pin
How long do bowling pins last? What materials make up a bowling pin? Bowling pins are created to be abused repeatedly by heavy blunt objects (yes, bowling balls), but how long can that continue? Learn everything you want to know about a bowling pin. How many sets of pins do most bowling alleys keep on hand, and how often do they change pin sets? What happens to pins past their prime?


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Erie police responded in force when a woman reported that her husband was armed and had barricaded himself in a bedroom. The call came about 8:30 PM Sunday to a home 639 east 4th Street.
Police even had the swat team on standby at the scene. Within a half hour, the man surrendered, without incident. Police report that they took the man mental health evaluation at a local hospital.
Police recovered the weapon, a .357 revolver. Officers say it was not registered to the man, but instead was reported stolen more than a decade ago. The investigation into that is continuing.


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The KCTV5 StormTrack5 weather team has been certified the "most accurate forecast" for the second straight year by WeatheRate for television stations in Kansas City.
WeatheRate is an independent company that tracks television forecast accuracy. It looks at different parts of the forecast, including high and low temperatures, precipitation, severe weather and snow predictions. Then, it rates the accuracy of each station's forecast.
From March 2012 to February 2014, the KCTV5 StormTrack5 weather team was rated the most accurate in Kansas City.
Weather team members are proud for the honor in an area known for its fast and often challenging weather.
Along with Suchan, meteorologists Gary Amble, Hallie Shulman and Tom Wachs make up the StormTrack5 weather team. All meteorologists are certified by the American Meteorological Society or the National Weather Association. They are the only
Combined, they have nearly 60 years of experience covering tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms and floods.
The StormTrack 5 team had such a commanding lead that WeatherRate made the announcement before the rating period officially ends later this month because it was mathematically impossible for another station to catch up.
"I'm proud of the team because it means we're getting it right consistently and more often than our competition," Suchan said. "In this part of the country, conditions change rapidly and sometimes 10 miles can mean the difference between an inch of snow and a blizzard or a dangerous tornado and blue skies. Our daily goal is to make sure our viewers are prepared for what Mother Nature is bringing to our area."
KCTV5 news director Larry Perret said the distinction shows how good the team is at predicting complex weather systems.
"I believe we have the best weather team in town. They are dedicated, knowledgeable and have a passion for the science of meteorology and they're experts at communicating their knowledge in a way that everyone can understand," Perret said. "They're committed to getting it right and making sure our viewers know what to expect when they walk out their door."
Copyright 2013 KCTV (Meredith Corp.) All rights reserved.
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How Much Time Women Spend Shopping
Guess How Much Time Women Spend Shopping Each Year?
Women are notorious for turning shopping into a sport, but how much do we really shop a year? We need to shop for necessities such as groceries and random household objects, so that adds up to a lot of hours of buying stuff. And if you're including window shopping, that takes up 49 hours per year, according to a poll by OnePoll.com. So how many hours do you think you spend shopping a year?


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Keep warm and keep a healthy heart, leading local doctors advise
Posted: February 25, 2014|
OLDER people are being advised to keep their heart healthy this winter by wrapping up warm, ensuring homes are well-heated and taking advantage of the financial help and benefits available.
That's the advice of leading local doctors who are urging older people across North Staffordshire to fend off the cold weather and the increased risks it brings with it.
Dr Mark Shapley, Chair of North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group said: "It may feel like it's getting warmer, but people should not let their guard down, there's still time for winter to make a comeback and temperatures to plunge."
"The cold weather and reduced sunlight hours can bring with them an increase in illnesses and injuries and have a dramatic effect on everyday life for people already vulnerable because of their age, illness or disability.
"Cold and wintry conditions can lead to very serious health problems including strokes and pneumonia, but also heart attacks, which are more common in the winter months.
"This may be because cold snaps increase blood pressure and put more strain on the heart.
Dr Shapley said there were a number of simple tips people could follow including staying warm by keeping rooms in use at 18-21°C (65-70°F), using a hot water bottle or electric blanket to keep warm in bed and wrapping up warm in a hat, scarf and gloves when leaving the house.
The advice comes during National Heart Month, the British Heart Foundation's annual campaign to raise awareness of heart and circulatory diseases.
The NHS has produced a guide on keeping warm and well, which includes tips on staying warm as well as details of the various financial and practical help people can get with heating their home during cold weather.
You can read the guide online at http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/winterhealth/Pages/KeepWarmKeepWell.aspx


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Hello all. What a horrible horrible weekend. I mean, I know Houston is pretty terrible, but I really felt this team was turning a corner. Now that we have been brought back to reality a bit, I think it's safe to say that this team needs an injection of talent in some way. Maybe that means you call up Alex Pressley rather than carry a frontier league player *cough Pedro Ciraco Cough*, maybe it means you want to try to trade Diego Moreno, Jordy Mercer and Aaron Pribanic for a rightfielder, catcher or firstbaseman with an albatross of a contract, and maybe you blow it up (not completely and trade Maholm for a few of prospects you won't have to add to the 40 man roster. Regardless, something has to give.
Now I realize we haven't been in "contention" or this close to 500 this late in the game for a while, so some of you are just a bit rusty as far as what we should be trying to add to our squad. This is leading to posts saying we should trade Pedro Alvarez (NO NO NO NO) or that Andrew McCutchen wouldn't bring a return of Jesus Montero (not even going to dignify that with a response). I guess what I'm saying is that in spite of all of that I feel like we have some pretty knowledgable people here and that anybody who checks in on any Pirates blog regularly is clearly not lacking in loyalty or fandom given the teams recent history.
So this post is home to your chance to make up a deal. If you are joking, let people know. If you are serious, state so. I'll go first:
1. Joke trade: Clint Hurdle to the Marlins for Catcher John Buck and RHP Chris Volstad. Reasoning: The Marlins need a manager and the Pirates are no strangers to catcher for manager trades (see Sanguillen for Tanner). The Pirates need to have at least one major league catcher on their squad and may as well deal their best trade chip to get one. Since Buck isn't "equal" value, the Pirates will likely insist upon receiving that which they covet second most, the tallest RHP in the Marlins entire organization.
2. The more "Realistic" proposal: Diego Moreno, Aaron Pribanic, Jordy Mercer for Carlos Beltran. Beltran is getting paid a ton of money to play RF, but is unlikely to return next season. Beltran would immediately be the bucs starting rightfielder and 5 hitter adding pop from both sides of the plate. The three "prospects" I have chosen to be included are all exposed to rule 5 next season and potentially could be gone for 50K. I don't necessarily think we need to trade these 3, but I tried to pick 3 middle of the pack guys from the Piratesprospects rule 5 update post from last week. I figure you can trade 3 of those and then make a complimentary deal that makes room in the rotation for Brad Lincoln and replace those 3 with 3 prospects that will not be rule 5 eligible.
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For the past year I've been reporting on the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom .
With oil prices hovering around $100 a barrel, most industry insiders were optimistic about the boom. Though shale wells are expensive to drill, with such high prices it was worth the cost to drill down, frack the Eagle Ford Shale formation and get that oil flowing.
But there was always a caveat - if oil ever dropped below $70, the companies would start getting shifty. If it dropped below $65, the oil boom would be over, the industry insiders told me time and again.
Back then, it seemed impossible that this would ever become an issue, but now with European finances in turmoil, tensions with Iran and a ton of other problems the people who study this stuff are saying oil might drop to $50 a barrel, Anne Myers Jaffe, an energy consultant, wrote in a guest column for the New York Times.
The Houston Chronicle reports that fracking services have seen a significant decline in the price of their services . After a storm of activity the past few years, there is a glut on the market and with dropping prices it doesn't pay to keep the fracking outfits on hand the way it once did.
In the Crossroads, we are in the midst of growth and development not seen in these parts for years, but, for many communities, it is growth chained to the price of oil.
Oracles used to look at innards to try and forecast the future. Luckily we have fleets of analysts out there who do that job, minus the innards and all.
Still, even with so many pairs of eyes peering into the nether, it's hard to say what will happen, but it's worth watching.
Back in the last big bust, in the 1980s, Victoria became a ghost town. Oil prices rise and fall based on a myriad of factors, so who knows if it will really happen, but history definitely teaches us that it's possible.
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Yes, you're making great money compared to what you were used to in college, but the economy is tough, ever changing and unforgiving. And while many of your friends are probably outfitting their apartments and homes with the nicest TVs and furniture credit can buy, it's in your best interest to keep your expenses low.
With sites like Craigslist and Zaarly, your ability to find really nice items that are gently used couldn't be easier. Granted, you'll be sitting on someone's old leather couch, but honestly, the leather looks cooler when it's been "weathered." Plus, a brand new sofa and side chair with ottoman could cost upwards of $1,500-2,000 and a gently used set goes for $500-700.
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Whether you are ready to trade in that hand-me-down hatchback or toss that bus pass in the trash, buying your first car is quite an adventure. It can be a time-consuming, frustrating and exhilarating process, so it's best to make a plan before you head out to the car lots. Here are a few tips on where to start.
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Aztec Basketball Concludes Regular Season With Pair Of League Games At Home
Feb. 27, 2007
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San Diego State Aztecs (12-13, 5-9 MWC)
-When & Where: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Cox Arena (12,414), San Diego, Calif., 7 p.m. (PST); Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Cox Arena (12,414), San Diego, Noon (PST).
-Webcast/Live Stats/Live Video: Bill Earley and Tammy Blackburn will have the live video broadcast on SDSU's official website, www.goaztecs.com. Live stats are also available on the web for both outings.
-The Records: The San Diego State women's basketball team ends its 2006-07 regular season this week with a pair of league games at Cox Arena. The Aztecs will look to snap their two-game losing skid by picking up their fourth and fifth straight victories at home when they play host to TCU on Wednesday and New Mexico on Saturday. SDSU dropped the earlier meetings to both opponents, who currently sit in the top half of the league standings and have each earned votes in the national polls at some point this year. Sunday is the final home game for Aztec seniors Desiree Johnson and Erin Jackson.
-SDSU Head Coach Beth Burns: Burns (Ohio Wesleyan, 1979) is in the second year of her second stint as head coach at San Diego State. She led the Aztecs for eight seasons from 1989 to 1997, before returning in 2005. She has an overall head coaching record of 247-185 in 15 seasons, while she is 166-120 in 10 campaigns at SDSU.
-TCU Head Coach Jeff Mittie: Mittie is in his eighth season at TCU and has a school record of 171-81. His overall mark is 322-140 in 15 seasons as a head coach.
-TCU Series History: TCU leads the overall series 5-2, but SDSU owns the edge in games played in San Diego at 2-1 (Last: TCU def. SDSU, 83-57, in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 28, 2007).
-New Mexico Head Coach Don Flanagan: Flanagan is in his 12th season at New?Mexico. His school and career coaching record is 259-111.
-New Mexico Series History: New Mexico leads the series 21-13, including a 7-6 mark in San Diego. The Lobos have claimed the last 15 contests with the most recent SDSU win coming at home in 2001. (Last: New Mexico def. San Diego State, 76-46, on Jan. 315, 2007 in Albuquerque, N.M.).


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Wednesday night, the Piedmont Group Sierra Club is taking a stand against pollution in the Rivanna River watershed and getting the green conversation going.
The Sierra Club is inviting the public to the meeting. The group hopes to talk about how the waterway benefits the community and how to clean it up for future generations.
Robbi Savage, a member of the Rivanna Conservation Society, says pollution is clogging the Rivanna River. She will speak at Wednesday night's meeting.
She says this is a good time of year to take a look at our waterways.
"As we're getting into our summer, winter, summer months we want to go swimming, we want to make sure working together that we can guarantee or at least advise the community about the various places where they can swim and where they actually shouldn't be swimming," Savage said.
Savage says the newly created stormwater utility fee for the city of Charlottesville will also be a hot topic at the discussion. She says in the city of Charlottesville alone there is an estimated $10 million cost for fixing stormwater problems.
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With the unveiling of the Jaguars new uniforms today, there was an accidental slip of what the Vikings will be sporting this season. See it here on the far right:
These go right along with the previews that we have been given. From what it appears they now will have darker purple in the uniforms, probably not as dark as most of us want and a two stripe pattern on the sleeve. The biggest changes come in the helmets, which appear to be a more matte finish, and the away pants, which are now purple instead of the usual white.
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The greatest Duck ever
LaMichael James is leaving the Ducks for the bucks. The Oregon all-purpose running back is skipping his senior season for the NFL draft.
During his press conference on Friday, James indicated that he was told he will likely go in the third round. His relatively diminutive size (5′ 9″, 195 pounds) is the likely reason he will not be a first-rounder. But it is his speed combined with agility and a seemingly innate talent to break tackles that will bring a lucrative pay day.
Traditionalists aside, this was great college football
Some people like their football in certain ways. Just like they like their grits, iced tea, and, well anything else that folks are particular about. Traditionalists, and there are many, eschew games like we saw today — the Rose Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl. Those same people are the ones who get downright giddy over a 9-to-6-in-overtime game of the century, and at the same time find absolutely no joy in the recent Alamo Bowl that featured 1,397 yards of total offense, 123 points scored, 17 touchdowns, and a newly-crowned Heisman Trophy winner. Two ends of a very long spectrum, no doubt. But it is hard to understand how college football fans could not be enamored with the drama of this evening's double-header of New Years Day (plus one) bowl games.
Double Vision
There is no debate about who are the best two teams in the land. And, there is no debate about who is the best college football player in the land.
Auburn vs South Carolina in Atlanta for the SEC Championship game, and Oregon vs Oregon State in The Civil War clash in Corvallis.
Read what happened, as it happened, as the Ducks and Tigers took their final step in anticipation of facing each other for glory.
Is It Lesson Learned Yet?
Saturday's whopping, record-breaking whupping to the Oregon Ducks can either be a lesson to learn from or a nuclear implosion. We all want it to be the former, and if it is, how long will it take to learn whatever it offers to teach?
The Sound and the Fury
Oregon 48 Tennessee 13
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With 8:53 left in the first quarter, a good old-fashioned late-summer thunderstorm unleashed its sound and fury. That was just after the Vols and their fans in a floodlit Neyland Stadium unleashed their own sound and fury to ruffle the Ducks's feathers for a quick 6-0 lead. One hour and 10 minutes later, following a mandated safety break due to lightening, the sound and fury of Vol football in the house that a General built resumed in front of a full-throated Volunteer party that reached its apex with the Vols ahead 13-3 just after the first quarter break.
Oregon vs Tennessee: It Feels Like Rain
Oregon vs. Tennessee | 11 Sep 2010 | Neyland Stadium
7:00pm EDT | ESPN2 and ESPN3.comI've been looking forward to this one for some time, as I love intersectional games. One of the most exciting, dynamic football programs comes to Knoxville Saturday night as the defending Pac-10 champions, ranked #7 in the AP poll (#8 in the Coaches' poll). This year's starting squad brings 17 out of 22 back from last season. More than relying on just experience, the Ducks kill their prey with speed and physical play within a very disciplined construct on both sides of the ball, including special teams. They are simply very, very good in every facet of the game. Read More…
The Business End of the Week Arrives for Ducks and Vols Alike
Last week, Oregon defeated New Mexico 72-0, and Tennessee defeated UT-Martin 50-0. That's a combined 122-0. What do you say we combine teams and go to LA and whip the livin' cheatin' out of Southern Cal? We'd both like to do it for our own causes if you know what I'm talking about.
Ducks 101
Anybody who has been watching college football over the past decade knows the Oregon Ducks. They have been one of the game's most entertaining teams to watch, from the high powered offenses to those quirky uniforms (more on that at the end of this post). By their visibility you would think their program has been in the upper echelon for a long time.
Tonight's Civil War: A Peek at Next Year's Duck Migration to Neyland
There's a lot going on right now with bowl committees unashamedly sitting in their thrones to see who will grovel the lowest and get down the dirtest. That's what the first week of December has come to when you have six SEC teams with 7-5 records.
So today I thought we'd talk about something more interesting: Football.
Good football.
The biggest game to be played in the Pac 10, arguably the most exciting conference in the NCAA this year.
The Civil War, Oregon Style
The Civil War is the local name for the seventh-oldest college football rivalry game: Oregon-Oregon State. The first game was played in 1894 and Oregon has the hold on the series with a 56-46-10 record. From 1997 through 2006, the winner was the home team – this streak was snapped two years ago when OSU beat Oregon in Eugene, and then last season, the Ducks beat the Beavers in Corvallis. Read More…


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It's that time of year again; time for Maize n Brew's Big Ten football preview! I'll be taking a look at everyone's schedule during this series. This week: Chicago's Big Ten Team.
Pac 12's game of the meek, perhaps, but huge for both programs.
The internets is starving for details on the story.
How are the Bears feeling after losing our closest game to an FBS opponent this year?
Cal lost, but that didn't stop Kenny Lawler from making a ridiculous one-handed TD catch. Watch it!
You take the good, you take the bad. You take them both and there you have the facts of life. The facts of life.
Cal wide receiver Kenny Lawler discussed what times are like with the new coaching staff. The rising redshirt freshman was a standout player during spring practice.
Cal wide receivers Kenny Lawler and Maurice Harris talk about being roommates, spring practice, and vomiting techniques.
Cal wide receivers coach Rob Likens is excited to coach young players like Bryce Treggs and Kenny Lawler and is enjoying adjusting to the Berkeley lifestyle.
Cal wide receiver Bryce Treggs opened up about following in his father's footsteps and what it's like to be a part of the Heem Team. Then we raced.
The California Golden Bears will have plenty of options to distribute the football to in the 2013 season, including wide receivers Bryce Treggs and Kenny Lawler and incoming tight end Ray Hudson.
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Sign swiping: Enough, already
The latest episode - caught on video, as so many are these days - comes from Candia, where an activist named Eric Shifflett caught Selectman Fred Kelley parked near some political signs while several belonging to Shifflett sat in Kelley's truck. Kelley admitted taking the signs and said he legally could because the signs were illegal.
The law, however, spells out exactly who has the authority to remove illegal signs. Selectmen are not on the list.
These juvenile shenanigans are penny ante stuff, as far as political misdeeds go. But in small, local races it is possible that sign swiping can affect the outcome.
Such misbehavior is not going to stop entirely. But the Attorney General's Office can dampen activists' misguided enthusiasm for it by prosecuting some high-profile cases. It is a nuisance that should be curbed.
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NEW DELHI: In a step aimed at appeasing the main Opposition Bhartiya Janata Party, prior to the Budget Session of Parliament, Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday voiced regret over his 'saffron terror' remark.
In a statement released by his office, Shinde said, "I had no intention to link terror to any religion. My statement given in Jaipur last month has created a misunderstanding."
Earlier, staging a strong protest over Home Minister's 'saffron terror' remarks, the principal opposition party had on Wednesday said Shinde's comments were part of a conspiracy to divide the nation for vote bank politics and had demanded an apology.
Intensifying attack against Shinde ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament starting today, BJP president Rajnath Singh questioned the Home Minister's intentions in making such a provocative statement.
"This comment of the Home Minister is part of a conspiracy to divide the nation for vote bank politics," Singh said, addressing a large number of protesting party workers at Parliament Street here on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the BJP accepted and welcomed Shinde's statement.
"We accept the Home Minister's apology. We again warn the government that such baseless allegation will compromise the national security," BJP spokeswoman Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters.
Earlier in the day, BJP president Rajnath Singh and other senior leaders led thousands of party workers in a protest against Shinde at Jantar Mantar.


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Globe Editorial
By Azad Amin
Tense diplomatic engagements between Kurdish and Arab political leaders of Iraq with regards to the ongoing crisis seemingly indicate the end of Prime Minister Al-Maliki rule. The process of withdrawing confidence from Maliki has begun and it is very likely that Maliki will not see to the end of this summer in the hot-seat.
A successful and smooth withdrawal of Maliki from his post can certainly be considered as a triumph for Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani who played the leading role in removing Maliki and formed the most outspoken opposition against him.
However, the question is not whether Maliki is to be removed or not but what sorts of political reforms and formations will take place in the post-Maliki era in order to resolve the ongoing Iraqi internal problems, particularly the bitter disputes between Baghdad and Erbil.
This editorial claims that the disputes between the capitals cannot be resolved by changing premiers or by making new alliances. The core point of contention and difference between both parties is about sovereignty and the entitlement to sovereignty. There are two aspects that have to be considered closely in relation to the problems between Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
The first point is that Iraq was established as a political entity based on a nation-state. In other words those who structured Iraq according their imperial interests at the time assumed that a national Iraq identity could emerge within the arbitrarily drawn borders. This has never materialized. Contrary to the emergent of an Iraqi nation, Iraq witnessed disunity and conflict of nations within its borders.
Not only did Iraq fail to assimilate the various ethnic identities within the pot of a singular Iraqi nation, Iraq failed to even reconcile denominational differences within its constituencies. From the precedent set by the British imperial government to King Faisal's rule, Iraq accumulated its experience of an iron-handed rule that served to dominate others. The fact that he was an Arab Sunni king with the assistance of British forces, Faisal did not have any other option but to apply repressive and military rule to exert his sovereignty.
It is not coincidence that since the formation of Iraq, there has always been a Kurdish conflict and war between Baghdad and Kurdistan. This repressive character of Iraq unfortunately did not alter with the collapse of Saddam's regime in 2003. In place of the Sunnis, the Shiite Arabs now want to run Iraq and become the patron of what is still an arbitrary state. What Maliki does is in fact only the continuation and preservation of Iraqi political structure with a new colour. The main tenet of this political make-up is to assume exclusive sovereignty not share it.
The second point is that the new Iraqi constitution which inscribed federalism remained only in words and not in practice. Iraq is not a federal country and can never be such. It was a temporary solution in the immediate post-Saddam period to contain the strong position that the Kurds gained. Federalism was marked into the constitution solely to appease Kurdish demands.
Neither the Arab political actors nor the US had the luxury to exclude the Kurds from the Iraqi politics at that transitional period. Despite all the clear wordings of the constitution, almost all the articles that govern the federal relations between Baghdad and Erbil have not implemented. The dispute over the oil and gas sharing or the Hydro-Carbon law is the most significant case that demonstrates the lack of intention of Baghdad to recognize either the federal structure or share sovereignty with the Kurds. By refusing to allow the KRG to control its natural resources, Iraqi actors send a clear message that Baghdad is the sole and only sovereign power in the country.
The crucial question is this: is Iraq able to radically change this old political characteristic in order to accommodate the various national and denominational groups within a plural democratic and federal political structure?
The Kurdish political actor's response to this simple question since the fall of Saddam has always been positive. It is this positive approach that prompted the Kurds to restructure a so-called new Iraq. The great efforts of Kurdistan President to remove Maliki and eradicate the dictatorial tendencies in Baghdad indicate that the Kurds still believe that Iraq can change. This positive perception of Iraq's political future is a waste of time and energy. The Kurdish leaders have been throwing away time and energy in this endeavour since 2003 to create a new Iraq. It is very unlikely that any new premier who replaces Maliki can really be better than him.
This brings us to a strategic point: a real solution to Iraq is realizable only through dismemberment of Iraq into its granular components. Old political structures of the Middle East that was established according to the imperialist interests following the First World War can no longer be sustainable. The regional political and social unrest, combined with a new global hegemonic struggle, will one way or another reconstruct a new Middle East. In this new reconstruction it is very probable that the Middle East may follow the footsteps of the Balkan region. Balkanization of the Middle East refers to formations of new political entities and new borders. An independent Kurdistan thus is not a far-fetched possibility but to the contrary will be an essential component of a new Middle East.
This however should not misguide the Kurdish political elites into believing that there will be a plethora of readily available states to support an independent Kurdistan. The fact is that there is not a single sovereign state that can support the Kurds to establish their own state. Some argue that newly discovered masses of natural resources in Kurdistan can be a significant factor towards independence. The rich natural resources of Kurdistan were a precursor for the division of Kurdistan at the turn of the 20th century, and there is no indicator this time around that it can be a contributing factor to freedom rather than another curse.
Constituting the third largest ethnic group in the Middle East with a considerable size of territory, it is at the hands of the Kurds to decide their own destiny and nobody else. Regional powers including Turkey, aim to contain the Kurdish national liberation movement at such a critical and chaotic period. The Kurdish political elite and the intelligentsia should understand that Turkey's close relation with KRG does not mean that Turkey will recognize Kurdistan Region's independence.
Turkey's main intention by developing good relations with KRG is to balance Iran's influence in Iraq and to weaken Maliki's government. For Kurds not to separate from Iraq, regional and international powers must give up on Maliki. Their main intention is to contain the Kurds within the framework of existing political borders until a new Middle East reconstructed.
The Kurds can solely rely on their own resources. It is time for the Kurds to strategically consider independence. Rather than wasting times and energies with unfruitful ends, it is time for the Kurds to spend their times and energies for better and higher prospects.
The first sign of such series of strategic moves can be seen over the issue of Syrian Kurdistan. Today the most crucial and strategic concern for the Kurds in the whole Kurdistan is the unfolding events in Syria and Syrian Kurdistan. Independence for Kurdistan will go through the freedom of Syrian Kurdistan. KRG and all political parties in the four parts of Kurdistan should concentrate their efforts on Syrian Kurdistan. Any failure in Syrian Kurdistan will be detrimental to the Kurdish national interests than Maliki could ever be.


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Members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the Black-n-Bluegrass Rollergirls celebrate the independent spirit of women by hunting as a pack. During high-energy bouts, the team circles around a short track, pushing and shoving as the jammer attempts to score points by skating past the throng. Founded in 2006, the Rollergirls spent one and a half years recruiting and training before completing their first full season, today siccing two competitive teams on other leagues throughout the Midwest's flat hardwood plains. Though the Rollergirls offer no mercy in the rink, they dedicate their time outside it to helping others within the community. The squad regularly volunteers for activities and events throughout northern Kentucky and help raise funds for local charities. To raise awareness for the sport, the team was also the focus of a 2009 documentary titled Black-n-Bluegrass, which chronicled the players' regular lives and addressed misconceptions surrounding their beloved pastime.
BB Riverboats began with a deceptive motto and a fleet of zero. In 1977, Ben Bernstein opened a restaurant in a converted steamboat, whose motto was "The Romance of Riverboat Dining." Intended as tongue-in-cheek, the motto instead confused customers, who arrived hoping for a scenic cruise down the Ohio River. To placate his clientele, Ben Bernstein went into business with riverboat industry veteran Betty Blake, and BB Riverboats—named for their shared initials—was born.
Now run by Bernstein's son, BB Riverboats has increased its fleet to three vessels, including the Belle of Cincinnati, a riverboat outfitted with Victorian details and two climate-controlled decks. On daily cruises down the Ohio, historical narration complements the scenery, while passengers play swashbuckling games and learn to read treasure maps on family-friendly pirate cruises. On the company's dining cruises, visitors drink in the scenery while noshing on a Hawaiian buffet spread or sampling award-winning wines from StoneBrook Winery. Additionally, holiday cruises honor occasions from Valentine's Day to Thanksgiving.
At Laser Rage, clad in vests covered in responsive laser sensors, frenemies attempt to hit the opposition with the phosphorescent ammunition of their phaser as they move through a black-lit arena populated by swiveling partitions and plumes of smoke. The nautical venue lets guests imagine themselves as futuristic pirates, mobsters in a riverboat shootout, or fishermen daydreaming about laser-shooting sharks.
Neither instructor at Salsannati expected a career in dance. Ivana, a native of Croatia, only started dancing in 2004; Frederic, on the other hand, started when he was just 8 years old and spent his teenage years teaching others but never enlisted in any formal training. Their mutual passion is what fuels Salsannati, where they teach beginners and advanced dancers the art of salsa. Classes typically center around basic steps, turns, and footwork combinations as foundations for more advanced moves.
Of the three Super Bowl Family Fun Centers, Superbowl Erlanger is the biggest. Its skybox overlooks 64 lanes where bowlers can roll strikes and perfect their victory dances. Visitors looking for a change of pace can also head to the pool tables, perfect for games of billiards or a really easy round of miniature golf.
Erlanger's two sister fun centers?Super Bowl Bellewood and Super Bowl Alliance?boast pool tables too, along with 32 automated lanes apiece. And whichever one kids visit, they're welcome to bowl. All three spots host birthday parties and roll out bumpers for youngsters.
You don't have to drive all the way to Nashville for great music and food?just head over to The Little Nashville of Newport. Executive chef Shamus Craig offers a menu of Southern favorites, such as slow-cooked baby back ribs, pulled-pork sandwiches with slaw and pepper jack cheese, and crab cakes. The laid-back joint features weathered wooden floors and a bar that holds plenty of drinks and the occasional dancing guest. Libations pour freely inside the joint as guests enjoy live entertainment on the stage with local musicians and karaoke nights.


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Brazil's Truth Commission
March 22, 2011 // 1:15pm — 2:45pm
The discussion focused on Brazil's progress in developing a congressionally-backed truth commission which would examine crimes committed by the military regime that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
A New Approach to Citizen Security in Brazil: Rio's Pacifying Police Units
March 16, 2011 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
A discussion with two senior officials from the State Secretariat of Security in the state of Rio de Janeiro in charge of a new policy to fight drug trafficking and crime in the favelas (slums) that seems to be yielding some positive results.
Brazil in Regional and Global History
March 10, 2011 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Leslie Bethell and Luigi Einaudi will present their recent publications regarding the future of Brazil and their viewpoints.
Oscar-Nominated Documentary: "Waste Land"
March 09, 2011 // 11:30am — 1:00pm
Introduction: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Prospects for Brazilian-American Relations on the Eve of President Obama's Visit to Brazil
February 28, 2011 // 8:00am — 10:30am
Opening Remarks: Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Embassy of Brazil in Washington; Speakers: Ambassador Craig Kelly, Vice President, The Cohen Group; Ambassador Luigi Einaudi, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, National Defense University; Luis Bitencourt, Dean of Academic Affairs, National Defense University; Carl Meacham, Senior Adviser to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Carolina Costa, Senior Associate, McLarty Associates; Moderator: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Managing the Planet's Freshwater
February 23, 2011 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Karin M. Krchnak, Director, International Water Policy, The Nature Conservancy; Dann Sklarew, Sustainability Fellow, George Mason University; Moderator: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Book Launch: The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World
December 16, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Author Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, The World Bank; Author Marcelo Giugale, Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management for Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank; Ajay Shankar, FICCI Scholar, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Perspectives on Domestic Politics of the Incoming Government of President-Elect Dilma Rousseff
November 17, 2010 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Speaker: David Fleischer, Professor Emeritus, University of BrasiliaDiscussants: Kellie Meiman, Managing Director, McLarty Associates; Bryan McCann, Professor, Georgetown University Moderator: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Brazil's Foreign Policy of Today and Tomorrow: A Critical Appraisal
November 16, 2010 // 8:00am — 10:30am
Roberto Abdenur, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to China and the United States; Sergio Amaral, former Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce, and former Ambassador to England and France; Marcos Azambuja, former Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to Argentina and France; Antonio Carlos Pereira, Editor, Opinion Page, O Estado de S. Paulo; Moderator: Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Discussants: James Ferrer, Director, the GWU Center for Latin American Studies; Peter Hakim, President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue
Brazilian Cultural Identity: Shaped or Limited by Language?
November 03, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Cristovão Tezza, Author and Professor, Federal University of Paraná; Marçal Aquino, Author and Journalist; Luiz Ruffato, Author; Vivaldo Santos, Author and Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center


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Gossip is something that can forever change a friendship, and even prevent you from making new friends in the future. Talking out of school? Just not cool. Here are some ways gossip hurts, and what you can do to avoid it.
Gossip Makes You Look Bad
If you're the one gossiping, other people who don't know you will shy away from being your friend. If you talk behind one friend's back, the perception is that you will do to anyone. Plus, you never know if the person you're gossiping to is pals with the one you're trashing.
Friendship is about likability and trust, and if you show that one of those components is missing, you'll have a harder time making friends. The next time you feel the need to talk about a friend, take a moment to understand why. Do you think spreading gossip will help make you stand out? Do you believe it will give the perception that you're "in the know"?
When you have the urge to blurt something out, give yourself a time out. Pause. Take a breath, and then re-think what you were about to say. Perhaps the problem isn't that you're mean-spirited or hurtful, instead maybe you let things come out of your mouth that you don't intend to say.
Confronting a Friend Who Has Gossiped About You
If you confide in a friend and then realize your trust was misplaced, this will forever change your relationship. Once trust is gone, it has to be rebuilt over time. You may decide that you do not want to give your friend another chance, and this will end your relationship. Perhaps the person that gossiped was not your friend to begin with.
If you do go forward with your friendship, you'll need to make sure your friend knows that talking out of turn won't be tolerated. Perhaps your friend believed that what she shared was common knowledge. If you choose to give her another chance, do it with a clear indication that you don't talk about people behind their backs, and you expect the same from your friend. You might need to hold your pal at arm's length for a bit until trust is restored.
How to Stop Gossiping
If you hear someone gossiping, set an example of how to behave. Even you don't know the person being talked about, change the subject or walk away. Don't let the poor behavior of someone else ruin your reputation as a good friend.


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When probation ends, sheriff gets gun back
SAN FRANCISCO - This is what it's like to be Ross Mirkarimi, the love-him-or-hate-him sheriff of San Francisco.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee isn't talking to him. Women's advocates are considering a recall. A band of Mission District healers wants to restore him to spiritual health during a drumming and dancing commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Toward Women and Girls.
Oh, and he probably won't get his gun back until he's off probation.
It has been quite a year for Mirkarimi, starting with the revelation that he had grabbed his wife during a New Year's Eve fight, bruising her arm and leading to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence.
The sheriff eventually pleaded guilty to one count of false imprisonment and is now more than halfway through 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling. He will be on probation for three years.
Instead of ending the political theater, however, Mirkarimi's plea - which he now seems to regret - set off months of public furor. The mayor suspended him without pay. The city Ethics Commission voted 4 to 1 that he had committed official misconduct and should be removed from office.
But Mirkarimi's former colleagues on the Board of Supervisors instead voted last month to return him to the helm of the Sheriff's Department, after listening to hours of angry testimony from the sheriff's supporters, who questioned just what constituted domestic violence and attacked the advocates who work on the behalf of battered women.
"We all have disagreements with wife," declared one man. "That's our thing."
"All the things you domestic violence ladies say is nice and needs to be said," a woman said. "But go and find the women who really need to be helped, the ones who are shot, stabbed, beaten. Eliana doesn't need your help."
The Eliana in question is Venezuelan telenovela star Eliana Lopez, Mirkarimi's wife, with whom he has since reunited.
Now the mayor and District Attorney George Gascon want Mirkarimi to recuse himself from any responsibility that could possibly intersect with victims or perpetrators of domestic violence.
That's an awful lot of turf in the realm of San Francisco law enforcement.
The department oversees widely praised counseling programs for batterers. It supervises inmates who have been charged with domestic violence. Deputies serve restraining orders that protect battered women.
The sheriff also is responsible for disciplining deputies who have been brought up on domestic violence charges.
"As a result of your probationary status for a domestic violence crime, there is a clear conflict of interest," Gascon wrote to the sheriff last month, after Mirkarimi was reinstated with back pay. "As a result, you are not able to adequately perform the duties of your office that relate to crimes of domestic violence."
Mirkarimi emphatically disagrees. This week, during an appearance at the Commonwealth Club of California, he told the audience that such a point of view was "wrong in every aspect." If his nearly yearlong ordeal "has changed me, it's changed me for the better," Mirkarimi said when asked about whether he could be objective in his job. "What they're getting wrong is the fact that rarely does any matter related to a program or a policy about domestic violence reach the desk of the sheriff." Should that happen, he told Lee in a letter this month, "the matter will be determined independently by the Undersheriff with no input from me."
When asked about his deeply strained relationship with the mayor, Mirkarimi said he would "continue to send him love letters." He vowed not to back down from "doing the work on behalf of the people as I was elected to do."
It has been awkward, the sheriff admitted, to "communicate through the Chronicle," finding out how the mayor feels about him on Page One of San Francisco's biggest newspaper, responding in kind in the next day's edition.
But Mirkarimi wasn't beyond sending a message to Lee via the Commonwealth Club appearance, which will be broadcast in coming weeks on KQED Public Radio.
"I think that it's best that we do meet," Mirkarimi said. "I invite him to choose a venue that he would like. I'll meet with him in public. We'll have a public discussion, maybe in a forum like this. ... Because I believe he wants the same things as I want."
"Maybe some things, but not that meeting thing."
Said Lee spokesman Christine Falvey: "The mayor will meet with the sheriff when there is something to meet about." Until that time comes, she said in a text message, "the sheriff should be focused on the many public safety agencies that have concerns about his status as a probationer and overseeing intervention programs."
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Let's get hypothetical real quick.
Target List:
1. Earl Thomas
2. Mike Iupiti
3. Maurice Pouncey
As a general consensus, from what I have gathered is the player we all want is Earl Thomas. If he is still there around pick 20 we should strongly consider a trade up. A game breaker like him would change the whole dynamic of our defense. We would be feared instead of respected. Mike Iupiti seems to be rising out of our range which I'm fine with. As much as he would be a good player, he wont be a game changer like ET, so there is not as high of an incintive to trade up. I'm fine with Pouncey as first round pick. He would play immeadiately - even if you have capable starters a player of his caliber will force his way into the line-up. But taking him leaves us with no game changer on D. Additionally, our interior O-line is still adequate, the situation is not desperate yet so we can afford to take 3-4 rounders for O-line as we have been doing.
What am I getting at here? Say we think its more important to get some playmakers in the secondary than build the line; we are not going to be able to do both without some kind of trade. We have two options - one is detailed by raf vela in his mock draft - trading up from our second pick to draft Morgan Burnett. The other option is to trade out of first round (or to last picks of first) and pick up extra picks and somehow transform our mid round picks into another 2nd.
So lets say we end up with something like the 35 pick. We target two players here, Morgan Burnett and Nate Allen. The order of priority will be more clear after combine. Lets assume they are both there. We take the one we like better and start working the phone lines to trade up and get the other one. This way we have two very solid S prospects so we can once and for all fix the S position.
Original Picks:
27, 59, 90, 122, 186, 218
For example I have us trading pick #29 for #35, #98, and #162 ( a 1 for a 2, 4, and 6)
We take Nate Allen (if he's higher rated) at #35
So we now have:
59, 90, 98, 122, 162, 186, 218 (and Nate Allen)
We target pick 45 for trade up on the condition Burnett is still there. If he is we pull the trigger and trade pick #59 and #90 for #45. (a 2 and a 3 for a 2) Boom we now have a young playmaking secondary.
After that we come home with:
98, 122, 162, 186, 218 (and Nate Allen and Morgan Burnett)
For all yall that like rds instead of numbers
What we had:
a 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
What we get:
two 4's, two 6's, a 7 (and Nate Allen and Morgan Burnett)
So in conclusion we get a starting caliber FS (Allen) and a starting caliber SS (Burnett) and two extra picks to find two OL projects, a NT, a WR, and a whatever else we decide we need.
Used draft value chart for guidelines: http://www.draftcountdown.com/features/Value-Chart.php
Maybe Jerry could do better.


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On 24 August 2001 this aircraft had to make an emergency landing in the Azores on a flight from Toronto to Lisbon.
Just arrived on 26L (new colours)
Heading to 08R for departure.
Heading to 08R for departure. Thomson.co.uk titles
Heading to 08R for departure. Just seconds earlier another Air Luxor A330 had landed - something to do with Euro 2004 in Portugal?
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