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News: Nas Admits To Being A Shook One, "I Start To Get A Little Nervous"
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 12:20PM
Rap veteran Nas recently discussed crossing the finishing line with his upcoming Life Is Good album and why he still gets a little worked up despite over two decades in the rap game.
According to Nas, reaching the end of his long-awaited solo follow-up to 2008's Untitled recently got him a little anxious.
Despite having more than 20 years in the game and a number of classic albums already under his belt, Nas admitted to MTV News he's "a little nervous" about completing his 10th solo album, Life is Good. Luckily, he has friends like producer Salaam Remi to reassure him. When Nas and Salaam were putting the finishing touches on the album, the rapper admitted doubt started to creep in. "At this point when we're mastering, I start to get a little nervous," Nas told MTV News on June 12. "I start thinking about those records I could've, should've, would've done that didn't make it." It's not that Nas lacks confidence, but in the past he has been known to leave some pretty amazing records on the cutting-room floor. In fact, on 2002's The Lost Tapes, he unearthed gems like the soulful "Doo Rags" and "No Idea's Original." For Life is Good, however, Nas firmly believes that he has all the right songs on there. (MTV)
In early June, Nasty Nas discussed the motivation behind his Life Is Good album cover.
"Life, love, joy, anger, celebration. There's so many things you can see on that album cover. You see my life. My life is on that album cover," he explained in an interview. "It just happened. It happened on its own. It was not a lot of effort at all. ... [Have I heard from Kelis yet?] We just put it out, so it's still way too fresh. ... [Will I hear from her about it?] Eventually at some point." (Rap-Up)
Earlier the same week, a Life Is Good promotional video revealed the long-awaited album's cover.
The one-and-half minute clip clears up the use of Kelis' infamous green dress, ending with a clip from Nas' episode of VH1's "Behind the Music" where he reiterates a moment from his public and bitter divorce from her. "She took her stuff out of the house and left her green wedding dress, and that was all she left," Nas said on the episode. (Billboard)
In April, the rap veteran announced his long-awaited solo LP's release date.
""LIFE IS GOOD" - JULY 17th, 2012!!! #LIFEISGOOD717 http://tmblr.co/ZxeGrvKEULtA," Nas tweeted April 24th.
"#LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717 #LIFEISGOOD717" (Nas' Twitter)
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It's one part of childhood we love. Children don't usually hide feelings or emotions. Case in point, Sasha Obama's yawn during her dad's inauguration speech.
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St. Andrew's Resources for Seniors System has announced its honorees for the 10th annual Ageless-Remarkable St. Louisans celebration, and Carolyn Beimdiek is one.
"I did suddenly awaken the other day to realize, hey, I've passed my 80th birthday," Beimdiek said. "It happened while I wasn't looking, and there was no reason to stop doing things."
Beimdiek and her husband, Don, 83, get up each day at 6:00 with a half-mile walk, as long as it's above freezing, then usually don't see each other until dinnertime.
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ejevs, did you have some problem with the voicemail still ?
ejevs, did you have some problem with the voicemail still ?
The provider "pbxes" has not activated phone-voicemail on my account, so I can not test this.
Instead I get vicemails forwarded to my email account, and im quite happy with this solution, so everything is good.
I have been using this setup today and find voice quality to be excelent, forwarding and transfer with codes (**97 etc) does not work, BUT the "options" under voipcalls (hold, forward, etc) on the 6300i works perfectly with the service (thats proberly better).
Ive got everything I asked for
ps. the codes could be a subject the day I get asterisk in the studio, and a voip-door-phone, as I would need it to forward the door-open command (I guess), but please do not post a solution to this .
Thanks Everyone.
What neither Nokia nor my SIP provider would tell me, I could get done through your support. I was able to configure my 6300i with my SIP provider parameters.
Bummer , could not connect to my SIP, since my ISP is blocking all SIPs.
Anyway getting around that?
I have a Siemens phone that seems to get around this problem, but all Nokia phones don't.
Any Advice?
I have been trying to configure my 6300i to be used with Budgetphone.nl SIP account. I can not get it to work... It just will not connect to the service. In details i get a 403 error.
Can anybody help me by creating a correct configuration script?
I have these settings available from my provider;
Inlognaam (login) : bb1cXXXX
Wachtwoord (password) : 013-711XXXX
Domain: budgetphone.nl
Outbound proxy: sip.budgetphone.nl
Port 5060
If anyone could please help me with this issue, i could pay for the correct configuration script if necessary.
Anyway, thank you in advance!
In addidtion, i am able to use my budgetphone account on a Nokia n95 using the following settings;
Profielnaam: Naar keuze
Dienstprofiel: IETF
Standaard toegangspunt: Draadloze router naar keuze
Openbare gebruikersnaam: email@example.com
Compressie gebruiken (keuze "Ja" of "Nee"): ja (nee)
Registratie (keuze uit "Wanneer nodig" "Altijd aan": Altijd aan
Beveiliging gebruiken (keuze uit "Ja" of "Nee"): nee
Proxy server instellingen leeg laten zoals hieronder (anders identiek aan registrar server)
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I know this is OT, but this is an active thread on VOIP on 6300i.
Due to this thread I got voip working on my 6300i.
Anybody in this thread having problems with wifi dropping now and then?
I'm having no problems with my macbook on my Asus with openwrt router, but my 6300i beeps once every hour or so saying it lost connection and reconnecting 1 minute later. Even if it sits right above the router.
My problem is that my 6300i, during a VOIP call, suddenly reboots. I have had this happen several times now.
I tried updating the firmware, but there is no new version available on the Nokia web site.
Has anyone encountered this problem?
Any advice?
sylvand, the 403 indicates that the SIP network gets the SIP message but cannot process it for some reason. Can you share the XML you are using and having this problem ?
sam_mood, can you share your XML you are using ? What kind of settings does the Siemen phone have which works ?
Thanx a lot to all of you! :]
It was fun building my own .prov settings, I've quite enjoyed it :]
To all that need some more help: I've done it all by just editing the "Series_40_VoIP_v72_Settings_Example.xml" with my IP, user and passwd settings then simply convertign it from xml to .prov and finaly sending it over bluetooth to the phone. So, it came out it's pretty easy actually.
Good luck to the rest of you!
My MSN : email@example.com
thank you again...
Guys i edited the xml file i renamed in .prov file (rename only is ok??) BUT I Sent it via bluetooth.. and nokia said "INVALID SETTINGS FILE.. FILE REJECTED" ... Pleeeeeeease help me
Hi minazzz,
You need to convert the .xml file to .wbxml and rename the .wbxml to .prov and then send the .prov to the phone via BT. see the beginning of the thread for step by step guide.
I have been following this thread with great interest as I too have bought the Nokia 6300i, specifically to use it with my existing account with a voip-provider that is NOT Gizmo5 - what a bummer!!!!!!! I actually wonder if this is a cheap trick from Nokia to sell more phones... Talking to support doesn't bring much hope of getting help by the way of a firmware-upgrade. Have looked at the proposed method of constructing a xml-file and sending it to the phone, but I am not sure precisely what to alter in the example xml-file. If anyone could send me an altered xml-file that has made it possible to create a new sip-account on 6300i it would be greatly appreciated. I could then compare it to the example-file.
asbri, in this thread there are several examples. If those are not enough, we would need the name of your provider (a webpage would be a plus).
Furthermore, this has nothing to do with the firmware of your 6300i. Your provider has to partner with Nokia and place their configuration at Nokia's site. If your provider cannot partner, they should consider to send (Nokia) configurations as SMS themselves. If your provider does not like to send SMS, it is your job. Anyway, Nokia could make it easier, much easier, … well.


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Among the more than 3,000 flags, about the same number of people converged on Kastman Park to pay tribute on this the two year anniversary of the attacks. "It's good to remind people that we're still at war. And it's important for us not to forget what happened two years ago," says Lubbock State Representative Carl Isett.
"It reminds us of what happened. We should never forget," says one observer.
Voices of children from the LISD choir joined in song. The keynote speaker, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, praising the strength and bravery of our first responders. "We watched these men and women as they rushed into burning buildings."
"It makes us realize the true servants of the community. When tragedy strikes, they're the first ones to step up to the plate," says Lubbock County Sheriff David Gutierrez.
Then, a flyover. Two helicopters dismissing the first responders, the crowd staying put as all first responders walked away, symbolizing moments when emergency crews rush into danger while civilians seek safety.
A fitting and awesome tribute. Supposedly one of the most spectacular in the nation.
The flags will be on display until Sunday.
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text: Let's think about this for a second, all the players on the market other than Thorton and Crain are really more than half year rentals. Alexei , Rios, and Peavy all have contracts going past this season. The more time that passes, the more i'm starting to see the big picture. While the White Sox are in "sell mode", are they really? Don't get me wrong, i'm sure they are weighing offers each and everyday, but where is the obligation to trade these guys? Just because we're having a bad year, doesn't mean these guys HAVE to go, in fact, which of our guys is really at peak value right now? Rios has been iffy for over a month now, Alexei's power and defense has to be a concern for teams, and Peavy's health is scarring teams from really going all in. It almost seems like the Sox are playing desperate just to see exactly what the league has to offer for their players. Considering all these guys genuinely want to play here, and the fact that their contracts aren't really restricting us financially, i feel like the Sox are almost throwing smoke screen to see what teams come out with some juicy offers. So my question is, would it really surprise you to see nobody go this deadline? I just have a hard time really believing the Sox are going to sell for the sake of selling, when they have the opportunity to showcase for the rest of the season and possibly deal during the off-season.


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We absolutely loved our stay at Buttercup Haven. The home was exactly as described, but as always the pictures don't do it justice. The views were breath taking and the interior was full of surprises. All the directions were easy to follow and the property was immaculate when we arrived. In fact, after a 14 hour drive, getting settled and cooking our first meal in the well appointed kitchen was a breeze. I would definitely recommend this house if you are looking for a place to relax and enjoy all the offerings of Western NC. We chose Franklin because it seemed to be a perfect central location for all the activities we wanted to do for our getaway. There was so much to do within 45 minutes. Unfortunately our 7 night stay didn't seem long enough. We are a family of 4, with two kids 9 & 12 yrs old. Here are some of the places we recommend visiting (all less than an hour drive); Highlands Aerial Park for ziplining, Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) for white water rafting, Tsali Recreational Area for mountain biking, Franklin Area visiting the various gem mines, a scenic drive to Highlands (stopping at all the waterfalls), picking up one of the many books at Buttercup Haven and visiting some other local waterfalls. And lastly, spend a day or two just sitting around the house, if time allows. Our only regret is that we didn't have more time back at Buttercup Haven, spoiling ourselves. ps. Don't forget to soak in the hot tub at night. Star gazing was great!
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Cabin is nice and clean and worked well for our group of four families. We had 13 people that included 4 children and a baby. Home included high chair and pack n play. We enjoyed the decks and the mountain view. The outside ceiling fans made the deck pleasant even on warmer days. The kids and adults enjoyed the hot tub. We saw a fox walk along the edge of the woods a few times. The Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the nearest locations to access mountain hiking trails and is less than 30 minutes away up Cove Creek Road. Some of the other places we visited included Maggie Valley, Cherokee, Bryson City, Asheville, and Clingman's Dome. Big Bear Rafting (highly recommended) is just up I-40 in Tennessee. The Walmart in Waynesville is not very far away for the essentials (such as hand soap) and it is worth the drive to eat at Bogart's Restaurant and Tavern. The kitchen itself is very nice with a five-burner gas cook top and two ovens. The cooking pots are in good shape. Unfortunately the kitchen also had a few downsides. Prior to booking I wrote to the owner and asked: "We plan to do a lot of cooking. Is the kitchen cookware in good working order? (We had a previous rental experience where there were plenty of pots and pans but they were rusty or flaking teflon and basically non-usable)." The owner wrote "The kitchen cookwear will exceed your expectations." The kitchen had two fry pans. One of them was stainless steel and had black gunk encrusted around the edge of the cooking surface. The other pan had flaking non-stick surface. I could not find a spatula or coffee grinder. I contacted the owner who responded: "I assume that someone took the spatula and has damaged the frying pan as well. We don't offer a coffee grinder. Just regular coffee pot and a Keurig. There is an electric frying pan that you can use that is new. Would you like me to have someone bring you a spatula?" The cookware did not meet our expectations. Using an electric skillet in an otherwise gourmet kitchen was not what I had in mind. I ended up buying a couple fry pans at Walmart. I suggest asking about this prior to booking if you intend to cook during your stay. Don't have space here to write much else (including more of the great things!), but I do want to mention that the bunk beds were squeaky and made it hard for some of the kids to fall asleep. Overall we loved the cabin and had a great week!
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If you're looking for a vacation home that is quiet and secluded, yet has easy access to every place you would want to visit in the Asheville area, Mountain Laurel Lodge is the place for you. After spending three weeks there with different family members and friends joining my husband and me during the time, I can write with confidence that the home is clean and well-maintained, is comfortable for both children and adults, has everything you need in the kitchen, as well as throughout the home, has wonderful beds and linens, and is truly a delightful place to stay. The sparkling clean hot tub was a definite plus that was enjoyed by all of our group. We loved sitting on the porches for early morning coffee or visits in the evening. The children loved being able to play outside. One day they even made fairy houses and looked each morning to see if a fairy had come. White squirrels and a cottontail rabbit played along the edge of the woods. Among our favorite area activities were rafting the French Broad River with the French Broad Rafting Company, horseback riding at Cedar Creek Ranch, taking a trolley tour of Asheville, touring the Biltmore, and spending time in both Hendersonville and Flat Rock. Carl Sandburg's home and goat farm is definitely worth seeing and having barbecue at Hubba Hubbas is a good place for lunch afterwards. In fact, all of our restaurant meals were delicious. One thing we especially liked about the Hendersonville/Flat Rock area is that we didn't feel like tourists. All of the shops were authentic. There's a great children's play place on Main Street and Fired Up Ceramics was fun, too.. Another plus for this area are the wonderful locally grown food markets. Last, if you're a gardener like I am, do not miss Raymond's Nursery in Hendersonville...outstanding,...80% of the plants are propagated there. Our visit was one where tons of memories were made. We would love to come again and would definitely choose Mountain Laurel Lodge as our home away from home. Dianne Mapp, June 17, 2014


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Taher Abu-Lebdeh, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
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Ph.D. Louisiana State University 1992
M.S. Yarmouk University, Jordan 1988
B.S. Yarmouk University, Jordan 1984
Teaching Interest
CIEN 640 Advanced Structural Analysis
CIEN 730 Reinforced Concrete II
CIEN 731 Structural Steel II
CIEN 733 Advanced Reinforced Concrete
CIEN 785 Prestressed Concrete Design
CAAE 536 Reinforced Concrete Design
CAAE 331 Engineering Mechanics I-Statics
CAAE 332Solid Mechanics
Research Interest
Durability, repair and rehabilitation of concrete; Inelastic Analysis of Structural Element; Damage and Fracture Mechanics; Constitutive modeling of material behavior
Research Projects
Using Sulfur Cement as a Lunar Soil Stabilizer, Funding Agency: NC SPACE GRANT-NASA.
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI). National Science Foundation (NSF 09-502). $317,965. August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2011.
Implementation of Superpave Asphalt Binder Tests into Transportation Design Course in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum. NSF 09-512. $147,990. August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2011.
Student Education and Research Traineeship. DOD-DTRA-Defense Threat Reduction Agency. $108,778.75. January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010.
Supporting the Strategic Plan of the Technology Transition Office, DOD-DTRA-Defense Threat Reduction Agency. $21,550. June 1 to December 31, 2010.
Selected Publications
Abu-Lebdeh, T., S.A. Hamoush, W. Heard, and B. Zornig, "Effect of matrix strength on pullout behavior of steel fiber reinforced very high strength concrete composites", Construction and Building Materials Journal, (in press), 2010 DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.059.
Abu-Lebdeh, T., S.A. Hamoush, and B Zornig, "Rate Effect on Pullout Behavior of Steel Fibers Embedded in Very-High Strength Concrete", American J. of Engineering and Applied Sciences 3 (2): 454-463, 2010.
Hamoush, S.A., T. Abu-Lebdeh, and T. Cummins, "Deflection behavior of Concrete Beams Reinforced with PVA Micro-Fibers", Construction and Building Materials 24 (2010) 2285–2293.
S.A. Hamoush, T. Abu-Lebdeh, T. Cummins, and B. Zornig, "Pullout Characterizations of Various Steel Fibers Embedded in Very High-Strength Concrete", American J. of Engineering and Applied Sciences 3 (2): 418-426, 2010.
T. Abu-Lebdeh and George Z. Voyiadjis, "Plasticity-Damage Model for Concrete Under Cyclic Multiaxial Loading," Journal of Engineering mechanics, SCE,119(7),July 993, pp.1465-1484.


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North Dakota has only one abortion clinic and has been rated the worst state in the country for women, but the State Senate passed two bills on Thursday will make it even more difficult for women in the state to access abortion care.
North Dakota lawmakers passed a Personhood Constitutional Amendment initiative on Thursday that would amend the state's constitution to give legal rights and protections to human embryos. If the ballot initiative passes the House, North Dakota voters will decide on it during the 2014 elections.
"We are intending that it be a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, since Scalia said that the Supreme Court is waiting for states to raise a case," state Sen. Margaret Sitte (R), the sponsor of the personhood initiative, told HuffPost.
The Senate also passed a bill on Thursday that could shut down the North Dakota's one abortion clinic, the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, by requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. A similar law in Mississippi is currently threatening to close the only clinic in that state because the hospitals near the Jackson clinic are all refusing the applications of doctors who perform abortions.
Sitte said that while the bill could effectively end abortion in North Dakota, she supports the bill because it would protect women who experience medical complications after the procedure. "Yes, this bill could possibly close the abortion clinic [in Fargo]," she said. "I'm not saying that's the intention of the law. The intention of the law is to ensure that women have adequate health care and the follow-up care that they need."
The State Senate rejected a second personhood bill introduced by Sitte that would have made it difficult for women to use in vitro fertilization. The bill would have prohibited doctors from disposing of unused embryos after an in vitro cycle, which would force families to pay hundreds of dollars each year to keep the embryos frozen indefinitely. It would have also prevented women with cancer or other illnesses from using a sperm or egg donor to conceive through in vitro fertilization.
"It's like a bad episode of the twilight zone," said Rania Batrice, communications director the North Dakota Democratic Party. "These bills just open the door for every other state in the country to interject themselves into everybody's bedroom."
Sitte said she fully expects North Dakotans to pass the personhood measure in 2014, which declares "the inalienable right to life of every human being at any stage of development must be recognized and defended."
"We know North Dakotans are pro-life," she said. "This just puts a statement of fact into the Constitution."
Sarah Stoesz, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, expressed her disappointment on Thursday with the Senate's votes.
"Politicians in North Dakota are wasting taxpayer time advancing what would no doubt become another divisive constitutional amendment with dangerous unintended consequences for North Dakota families," she said in a statement. "Planned Parenthood will continue to fight these legislative attacks on women's health in partnership with a broad coalition of doctors, patients, teachers, lawyers and other concerned North Dakotans who do not want to see politicians inserting themselves into the private medical decision-making of women and families in our state."
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Eric Fehrnstrom, senior campaign adviser for Mitt Romney, said on Sunday that issues pertaining to women's reproductive rights, such as abortion and birth control, were "shiny objects" meant to distract voters from the real issues. "Mitt Romney is pro-life," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "He'll govern as a pro-life president, but you're going to see the Democrats use all sorts of shiny objects to distract people's attention from the Obama performance on the economy. This is not a social issue election."
Talk (Coldplay)
The Senate will vote Thursday on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would expand and strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and make it illegal for employers to punish women for bringing up pay disparity issues. Dana Perino, a Fox News contributor and former press secretary for President George W. Bush, called the equal pay issue "a distraction" from the country's real financial problems last week. "Well, it's just yet another distraction of dealing with the major financial issues that the country should be dealing with," Perino said. "This is not a job creator."
Just My Imagination (The Temptations)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whose home state's legislature recently defunded Planned Parenthood and voted to pass a bill that would allow employers to deny women birth control coverage, delivered a floor speech in which he insisted that the war on women is something imaginary for Democrats to "sputter about." "My friends, this supposed 'War on Women' or the use of similarly outlandish rhetoric by partisan operatives has two purposes, and both are purely political in their purpose and effect: The first is to distract citizens from real issues that really matter and the second is to give talking heads something to sputter about when they appear on cable television," he said.
Butterfly Fly Away (Miley & Billy Ray Cyrus)
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tried to trivialize concerns about the legislative "war on women" by comparing it to a "war on caterpillars." "If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we'd have problems with caterpillars," Priebus said in an April interview on Bloomberg Television. "It's a fiction."
Distraction (Angels And Airwaves)
Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman (R) took heat from her opponents in May when she contended that Democratic lawmakers' focus on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act was "a distraction" from the issues they should be dealing with instead. "I think it's unfortunate that the Democrats have made a political football out of this thing, which I think is what they keep doing to distract from real problems that are facing our nation," she said in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio.
We Don't Care (Kanye West)
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) defended the Republican Party in April for going after insurance coverage for contraception by arguing that women don't actually care about contraception. "Women don't care about contraception," she said on ABC's The View. "They care about jobs and the economy and raising their families and all those other things."


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One item overlooked about the end of season and playoff failings of the 2009/10 Nuggets was the lack of Dahntay Jones on the roster.
During the 2009 playoffs Dahntay was a very valued defensive presence on the court; someone who could be thrown at CP3, Josh Howard and Kobe and deliver tenacious D, chaos just this side of dirty, and the ability to get the player he covered out of their game.
During the 2009 offseason the Nugs tried to re-sign him; but Dahntay received a more lucrative 4year $11m contract from Indiana. The Nugs later traded for Aaron Afflalo who proved to be a valued member of the team and rotation.
After a full season with the Nugs & Dahntay's belt I think both sides learned a valuable lesson: 1. Dahntay learned he's not the starting big minute player who can develop offense; and 2. Though AAA is a very good stand-up defender, AAA is not a disrupting influence on defense. The Nugs never re-gained that game turning tenacious defender who could totally mess up the head of the person he's covering. In short, the Nugs lost their economy version of Bruce Bowen; their smaller Tru Warior.
In hindsight, Dahntay's contract isn't that big. In 2010 he'll earn $2.5m, in 2011 it'll be $2.7m, in 2012 it'll be $2.9m. Compared to other contracts; especially in relation to some of the players suggested by posters to sign, Dahntay's salary is very reasonable. And, Indiana fell out of favor with Dahntay; they thought Dahntay would be more of a player than he is. He's not; he's a greatly athletic defensive stopper who can mess with the head of the player he's covering.
The Nugs greatly need more legit bigs; but the Nugs also need a defensive stopper at the wing; someone who's OK with limited minutes, will understand his role and will not only defend but will disrupt the opposition.
Bring Dahntay back. The trade would be cheap and it's already proven he's a valuable player in Karl's rotation and will wreck havoc against the Durant's, Kobe's and others... in short he's the kind of player other teams are acquiring in order to stop Melo.
Bring Dahntay home; bring the inferno back to the Pepsi Center.


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Cosmopolitan Publics: Anglophone
By Shuang Shen
Reviewed by Samuel Y. Liang
MCLC Resource Center Publication (March 2011)
Shuang Shen. Cosmopolitan Publics: Anglophone Print Culture in Semi-Colonial Shanghai. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009. 204 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8135-4542-4 (cloth).
The culture of early twentieth-century Shanghai has been extensively studied over the past two decades. The majority of these studies has examined Chinese-language sources to map the city's unique modern urban culture that is comprised of (semi-)colonial, international, and Chinese (or national) influences. Other studies have examined English-language sources to foreground a different aspect of the city's international culture, namely the life and work of the city's expatriates or so-called "Shanghailanders." This has created, it seems to me, a gap in the Shanghai scholarship, between the native and foreign versions of the city's international culture. Shuang Shen's new book potentially fills this gap by drawing our attention to English-language sources produced by Chinese intellectuals who had been trained in the West and returned to Shanghai. As far as I know, little or no scholarly attention has been paid to these materials in extant studies of modern Shanghai.
The book is comprised of an introduction, four chapters, a glossary, and a bibliography. The Introduction begins with the question "Can English be regarded as a Chinese language?"--which is raised to challenge the dominance of the "national language" paradigm in Chinese or Asian studies. The Anglophone materials discussed in the book indeed call into question the dividing line between Chinese studies and Asian Diaspora Studies. For Shen, these materials embody a cosmopolitanism that is distinct from Chinese nationalism and that has been a hot topic in Asian studies. Shen distinguishes this cosmopolitanism from "Western cosmopolitanism" and defines it as uniquely Chinese despite the fact that it is manifested via the English language; it was at once both Chinese and international or, in Shen's words, "translational and transnational." To illustrate this Chinese cosmopolitanism's deployment of English and translational practices, Shen examines two key "cosmopolitan" (and nationalist) periodicals in the first two chapters of the book and a range of other periodicals--most of which are leftist--in the third and fourth chapters.
The China Critic, a weekly newspaper published in English from 1928 to 1945, was connected to the Nanking government. It was filled with anti-imperial narratives that are similar to contemporary nationalist discourses in the native language. Yet rather than simply promoting liberal values, the weekly negotiated with the colonial powers for a coexistence of national and international interests. Shen argues that The China Critic exemplifies the cosmopolitan public because the very word "cosmopolitan" was used in the weekly and the editors and contributors promoted a range of transnational and translational ideas (pp. 33-35). Other important concepts, such as hybridity, were also highlighted in the weekly to characterize disjunction and unevenness in Shanghai's multinational space with its profusion of "borders." This urban environment facilitated or necessitated "interlingual" activities. In analyzing materials from the weekly, Shen frames political arguments in linguistic or translational terms, drawing on Lydia Liu's idea of "translingual" modernity.
An English-language literary monthly published from 1935 to 1941, Shen considers T'ien Hsia to be at the intersection of cosmopolitanism and nationalism and to have presented "national allegories" to the world. She illustrates this by recapping the "itinerant career" of the magazine's contributor Jack Chen, whose writing and translation crossed borders between East and West, left and right, and folk and global. This wartime publication also reflected the tension between city and country, or Shanghai and Yan'an, which are interpreted by Shen as representing the cosmopolitan and the local, respectively. Shen pays particular attention to how the magazine's regular cultural reports--known as "chronicles"--produced a different type of "national time" marked with disjunction between localities rather than unity and abstraction, and how the translations of a great range of Chinese literature from diverse "temporal zones" (i.e., both pre-modern and modern) published in the magazine produced "new temporalities." Shen argues that the magazine promoted translational time as opposed to national time, and this potentially contributed to the development of literary historical trends that focus primarily on works in the native language.
The third chapter discusses the English translations of Chinese literature in leftist publications. Shen applies Walter Benjamin's theory of translation as the making of history to the translation of Lu Xun's short stories and political essays into English and Japanese. This translation process, she avers, was creative rather than passive. Shen argues that Chinese to English literary translation was important for cosmopolitan reasons prior to the establishment of a hegemonic nationalist literary tradition (in the native language). Shen also critiques Edgar Snow's characterization of a homogenous China for neglecting the complex and ambivalent nature of Chinese nationalism being constructed through translation during this period. This is an interesting approach to the history of modern Chinese literature, which Shen shows to have embodied a greater degree of "internationalism" than is usually assumed.
The fourth and final chapter examines "the afterlife of Chinese cosmopolitanism" beyond the semicolonial era. The main example in this chapter is the publication XXth Century, whose editor was supportive of the Axis powers and sympathetic to Japanese wartime ideology. Unlike other periodicals, this magazine was not edited by Chinese and its contributors were mainly non-Chinese. It is not exactly clear why Shen singles out this particular journal from among other foreign publications of the same period to make an (implied) comparison with the aforementioned publications. Perhaps it has to do with the presence of a high-profile contributor, Eileen Chang. Shen discusses Chang's Chinese and English writings, four of which appeared in XXth Century. According to Shen, Chang's bilingual writings show that "life has been translated"--a quote from her story "Sealed off"--and that "the locals were dependent on the acts of translation." The chapter concludes with a discussion of Lin Yutang's later career and the topic of Chinese diaspora literature, further extending the scope of Shen's study and what she means by "translation."
Throughout the book, Shen uses the term "translation" (or translational) to broadly refer to the processes of cultural assimilation and hybridization. She argues that translation played an important role in cultural (re)production before the notion of a hegemonic national language had been consolidated, and that the latter was influenced by the use (or translation) of English. This illustrates the complex formation of (the discourse of) Chinese nationalism and national identity as constructed through print culture. Although Shen calls our attention to the impact of linguistic or literary production on broader social, cultural, and political processes, precise connections between discursive production and larger cultural processes are not clearly evident.
Shen's liberal use of the term translation at times makes her arguments unclear and abstract. In fact, Shen uses a great range of terms interchangeably in the book, among them: transcultural, translocal, and transnational; translational, translingual, and interlingual; nationalism and stateism. The precise meanings of and subtle differences between these terms are not always clear. A more prudent and meticulous treatment of these terms would have augmented the focus on translation and linguistic effects.
Furthermore, while Shen's textual analyses of the Anglophone periodicals make many references to the current scholarship on and discourse of cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and translingual modernity, the book would have been strengthened by an empirical study of the periodicals' funding, production, circulation, and readership. For example, Shen considers these periodicals to have served a Chinese readership without presenting sufficient historical evidence to support this claim; by my count, the issue of readership is only mentioned once in passing (p. 51), and the term is not even listed in the book's index. The book could also have engaged more of the recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of modern Shanghai. Such engagement would have provided a better historical background for Anglophone print culture and shown how influential it was beyond a limited circle of elite intellectuals in early twentieth-century Shanghai.
Samuel Y. Liang
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Goose Creek City Council and the mayor decided to shelve a hospitality tax they said needs further development before proceeding.
The new tax was on the agenda at the regularly scheduled May 14 council meeting. Councilmember Mark Phillips made a motion so council could enter discussion. John McCants seconded the motion.
After much discussion and public comments, Mayor Michael Heitzler asked Phillips to withdraw the motion. He did and McCants withdrew his second.
The hospitality tax would affect prepared foods – anything from gas station roller hot dogs to rotisserie chicken at grocery stores and food sold in restaurants and bars, according to Heitzler.
"We recently established the Economic Study Committee," Councilmember Franklin Moore said. "I think we need to study it a little bit more. Give it 30 days."
Of 91 municipalities in the state, Goose Creek is one of 17 that does not have a hospitality tax, Councilmember Jerry Tekac said. He added the surrounding municipalities of Summerville, Moncks Corner and North Charleston all use a hospitality tax.
"I'm not sure in 30 days we will have the answer," Mayor Pro-tem Kimo Esarey said. "If it's counter-productive in bringing new restaurants we'll look at other options."
Esarey, Phillips and Moore are on the recently formed Economic Study Committee, which has three members of council plus Economic Development Advisory Committee members.
Councilmember Marguerite Brown said money from the tax would have to be spent on recreation and historical things. She added it could not be used to hire a police officer.
Chris Walker voiced opposition during the public hearing. Walker owns the Chick-fil-A franchises in Goose Creek and in Summerville, where there is a hospitality tax.
"If a check amount is $7.90, it's going to be over $8," Walker said. "It does have an impact on business.
"It's two percent on top of eight percent. Goose Creek has the highest business license fee in the tri-county. You're already taxing us steep."
"Are we going to go the way of the federal government . . . raise taxes and spend money?" Joel Arenson asked.
"The city runs a tight, balanced budget," Moore said, adding that money from the tax increment financing (TIF) ran out last year. "If we want anything, we have to move forward."
"I see this as a positive new chapter," Heitzler said. "Thirty years ago we tried to make Goose Creek less ugly . . . 15 years ago we added TIF to not raise taxes.
"Do we want to step up? Each time we made a bold step nobody has regretted it. We have land you already own. We don't have money to develop."
The tax would raise about $1 million a year for the city, Heitzler said. He reminded the audience the city was named the best place in the state to raise children.
Heitzler said he talked to the owner of his favorite restaurant in the city – which he would not name – who told him it would not make a difference.
"In the past 15 years we've been handcuffed to raise recreation funds," Goose Creek Recreation Commission Chairman Jerry Glass said. He added that recreation facilities are overcrowded.
"We have a candy sale every year," Glass said. "It's not a big revenue generator. We're having to hunt for places to practice. We're having to beg and borrow."
"We need to sit down and say exactly what we're going to spend the money on," Tekac said. "I think it needs more work."
"So often we travel the highways of life and never stop and see the side roads," McCants said. "Go by Old Moncks Corner Road between 6 and 11 (p.m.) and see how crowded the Casey Center is. We need to look beyond the tree line at places that are isolated from our eyesight."
"I don't like raising taxes," Heitzler said. "I'm ultra-conservative. It's not about me and what I want – I'm a real penny pincher and I don't want to pay more taxes.
"This isn't about Mike Heitzler. I'm a public servant here to listen to what the people of Goose Creek have to say. We're not even ready to show you conceptual plans."
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - A man wanted for a deadly shooting was taken into custody on Thursday.
Little Rock police said Steven Hayes was arrested around 6 on Thursday at a home on South Main.
They say He'll be charged with first degree murder and first degree battery.
According to Lt. Sidney Allen, two people were shot at near the intersection of 33rd and Elam Streets around 6:30 p.m. Shoncoven Smith was found dead at the scene and a second victim, who was attempting to flee the shooting, was shot several times and taken to a hospital.
Another man was also shot several times, but he's expected to recover.
Earlier this week, Hayes' father made a public plea for him to turn himself into police.
No bail has been set.


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Macbeth [2013]
Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Eve Best
When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing – first Banquo, his old comrade-in-arms; then, as the atmosphere of guilt and paranoia thickens, anyone who seems to threaten his tyrant's crown.
From its mesmerising first moments to the last fulfilment of the witches' prophecy, Shakespeare's gripping account of the profoundest engagement with the forces of evil enthrals the imagination.
Billy Boyd and Samantha Spiro featured as part of the Adopt an Actor interview series for this production.
This production will employ Renaissance costumes and staging.
- Set Design Mike Britton
- Composer Olly Fox
- Choreography Charlotte Broom
- Choreography Sian Williams
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"Eve Best's utterly absorbing, unusually amusing staging, which shows us a loving couple whose souls blacken as marriage frays."
Financial Times
Griselda Murray Brown
"Director Eve Best mines the play for unexpected humour and gets real laughs from the audience. Joseph Millson is a captivating, swarthy Macbeth and Samantha Spiro brings a steely composure to the part of his bullying wife, barking orders and insults with relish."
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AN INQUEST is to be held next month into the deaths of two people who were killed in a landslide at a Beaminster tunnel.
Rosemary Snell, 62, from Misterton, Somerset, and Michael Rolfe, 72, from Fivehead, Somerset, died when the car they were travelling in was engulfed by a mudslide at the Horn Hill tunnel on July 7, 2012.
The local community was left shell-shocked after the couple's bodies were found 10 days later.
The main A3066 road from Beaminster was closed at the tunnel for over a year after the incident for stabilisation work to be carried out.
The inquest is at County Hall, Dorchester, on February 25 and 26, starting at 10am.


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Despite a couple of limitations, the Sony Move Racing Wheel performs well, delivering a good sense of steering a car in racing games, and is much easier to set up than a full racing wheel.
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Though it provides some of the best motion control we've seen in games, a few issues and a lackluster launch library may have you waiting to buy the PlayStation Move.
For runners looking to keep track of their workouts, the Nike+ SportWatch GPS offers a very attractive and simple solution, but it's on the pricier side.
Maybe it's not the reason to buy a Nano, but the useful Nike + iPod Sport Kit and the data-centered Nike+ Web site will appeal to runners who already own a Nano.
The Nike+ FuelBand SE is a minor upgrade to last year's FuelBand, adding Bluetooth 4.0 and a few new motivational wrinkles to its software, but the band's design is more successful than its package of features.
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Highland Trail Arizona 5-Person Tunnel Tent
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Family tent for 5 people.
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Superb 3 bedroom family tent, sleeps 6 people comfortably.
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Yellowstone Fast Pitch 2-Person Tent - Blue
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Buy this tent and get a half price festival pack! Just add 4HFYW to your basket, value of this offer will be taken off at checkout.
- Outer: 190T Polyester with PU coating.
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The Ark is an easy-to-pitch gothic arch tunnel tent offering generous internal space, head room and large front windows. All-in-one pitching and a simple 2-pole structure means that the Ark can be pitched in under 5 minutes making this an ideal tent for festival goers and campers who want a great quality, feature-packed tent that pitches and packs away with maximum ease.
Yellowstone Ascent 4-Person Tent - Blue
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Outer: 190T polyester with PU coating. Inner: 170T breathable polyester. Sewn-in 120gsm polyethylene ground sheet. 3000HH. Fire retardant. Easy to pitch. Pre-attached guy lines. Taped seams.
Vango Pop 200 DS 2-Person Tent
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The Pop range offers the ultimate in quick pitch tents.
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Lichfield Brunswick 4 Person Tent
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This Lichfield 4 person tent is ideal for a group of beginner campers or those who want to explore the great outdoors with minimum effort.
The tied arch structure gives this 4 man tent maximum headroom for ease of movement and extra space in the sleeping area. The steel poles offer great stability while the fiberglass poles are light and flexible to create the domed shape.
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This Yellowstone Fast Pitch 2 Person Tent is perfect for festivals or light camping, with a pop-up design that can be pitched in seconds.
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Outer: 190T polyester with PU coating. Inner: 170T breathable polyester. Sewn-in 120gsm polyethylene ground sheet. 3000 HH. Fire retardant. Easy to pitch. Pre-attached guy lines. Taped seams.
This Vango Omega 450XL 4 Person Tent gives you plenty of space when you're heading off for an outdoor adventures.
Whether it's camping with the family or a festival with friends, this tent boasts a four person bedroom to ensure you all get a good night's sleep. It also has a large living space with extra headroom, so you can store your wellies and bags without trailing mud into the bedroom.
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Vango Soul 200 2 Person Tent
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Vanga Soul Two Person Tent
This Vango Soul 2 man tent is a quick and easy option for any new campers or those who want a simple way of experiencing the great outdoors.
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The inner tent is part mesh and combined with the polyester material it's breathable and provides good ventilation. The handy lantern loop inside this Vango tent means you won't have to scrabble around in the dark trying to find a torch.
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A number of people staying at a Liberty motel that went up in flames early Wednesday morning had been living there for a period of time - something police say is more common than normally realized.
When someone falls on hard times in Kansas City there isn't always space available at shelters like the City Union Mission, and that can put families in need in a very bad situation.
"This has been going on for decades," said Officer Jason Cooley with the Kansas City, MO, Police Department.
Cooley sees what can happen at extended stay motels first-hand.
"Could be a disturbance call, more than likely that's the case but it's also in some instances a breeding ground for drugs and prostitution," he said.
"Counties have used extended stay motels to place families that they don't have a permanent place for," said Executive Director of the Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City Vicki Riddle.
She said there are 3,000 homeless adults in Jackson County alone and 7,500 homeless children. Riddle said some parents are terrified to get help from an agency, so they head straight to an extended stay situation.
"People with children are terrified about their children being taken away from them so, in some cases, they go to the extended stay motel because they don't want to work with an agency," she said.
Investigators said a lot of the places homeless families choose to stay at are shady at best. Many of them run below board and without regard to the law. That's why they said they are being shown more frequently on the news with some being shut down for non-compliance, something police said is overdue.
"Quite honestly, from the police standpoint and for the sake of the surrounding neighborhoods and communities, it looks like we're looking to address that," Cooley said.
One of the ways the conditions of extended stay motels are being addressed, Cooley said, is through the health department. He said they are working on a lodging ordinance that might give them a little more control.
Click here to read about the Liberty motel fire that displaced 50 people.
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W.Va. Superintendent of Schools Testifies Before Congress
Posted: March 20, 2007
CHARLESTON, W.Va. _ State Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine, who is leading a systemic 21st century skills initiative in West Virginia, testified Tuesday before a congressional committee in Washington.
Paine addressed the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance about Realizing Competitive Education: Identifying Needs, Partnerships and Resources and West Virginia�s effort to prepare students for today�s global economy.
�Rather than preparing our students for their future, we realized we had created an educational system that was preparing students for our past,� Paine said in his testimony. �Through our 21st Century Teaching and Learning initiative, our graduates will enter a fiercely competitive, digital world equipped with the necessary intellectual capital and the finely honed skills that will enable them to compete as productive citizens of a diverse and interconnected world.�
The current generation of 18- to 38-year-olds will likely work an average of 10 jobs in their lifetime, compared to one or two jobs that their parents and grandparents held.
As educators nationwide consider ways to address the need for 21st-century learning to meet the needs of the 21st century work place, many are looking to West Virginia as a model.
In 2005, West Virginia became the second state in the nation to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The Partnership's framework puts a special emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, communication skills, global awareness and business literacy.
West Virginia has adopted six elements of 21st century learning that focus not only on the basics like math, science and reading, but also skills backed by the Partnership.
The state Board of Education also has strengthened the curriculum to add rigor and increase alignment with national and international assessments. Those include the National Assessment for Education Progress, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).
�While we know our students must develop learning proficiency in the core subjects that have been the bedrock of America�s education, we also know that these core subjects must be joined by content of the 21st century,� Paine said.
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MILFORD, Del. - A Milford man was charged after allegedly using his vehicle to apparently intentionally hit a person.
Milford Police say on July 15th, in the intersection of N. Washington and NE Front Streets, 40-year-old Michael Carlisle rammed the vehicle of a 27-year-old man at a red traffic light. According to the report, Carlisle then pushed to victim's vehicle into the intersection, at which point the victim was able to get out, and confront Carlisle. Police say Carlisle then pulled around the victim's vehicle, and drove at the victim, who was able to get out of the way, but Carlisle opened the driver's side door, and hit him with that, before fleeing.
At the time of the incident, Carlisle reportedly had two small children in the car. He turned himself into Police, after apparently discovering that he was identified, and that there was a warrant out for his arrest.
He was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, criminal mischief under $1,000, and failure to report an accident. He was later released on bond.


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UNV volunteers praised for contribution to UNMEE
Asmara, Eritrea and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) is now at an end. UNV volunteers were an integral part of the mission from the outset, and a senior official says that without them UNMEE could not have functioned.
The Mission began in September 2000 with a mandate to monitor the cessation of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea and to observe the positions of each country's forces. It closes on 28 February 2009.
About 30 percent of the international civilian staff at UNMEE were UNV volunteers, assigned in a range of roles. More than 300 served during the course of the mission, and 28 UNV volunteers – of national backgrounds from Côte d'Ivoire to Timor-Leste – were still on duty at the end of the mission.
Chief of Mission Support (CMS) at UNMEE, Maurice Critchley, said that UNV volunteers had made "a conscientious and valuable contribution" to the mission since its inception. He cited the examples of the Medical Unit, where UNV volunteer Doctors and other medical professionals were key to the medical system; and the Transport Unit which also relied heavily on UNV volunteer expertise.
Times were sometimes tough, but the UNV volunteers maintained their professionalism. "During the height of the fuel embargo in 2007," said former UNV Programme Manager Lani Gamboa, "UNV volunteers were instrumental in ensuring the uninterrupted supply of fuel for air operations, road movements and a supply of cooking gas for troops until their repatriation, ensuring the availability of fuel until the very last day."
Someone with lengthy experience at UNMEE is Eritrean national staff Yonas Tesfamicael. As Administration and Finance Assistant, he dealt with every UNV volunteer involved with the mission "from check-in to repatriation", he says.
Mr. Tesfamicael said that he particularly remembered the active support that UNV volunteers gave to UN special events, not only International Volunteer Day. He also mentioned additional voluntary work that some of them took part in. Many gave lessons in computer skills at an orphanage outside Asmara, while UNV volunteer engineers and technicians helped the school with much-needed renovations.
"In December 2007, we celebrated International Volunteer Day at the orphanage," added Ms. Gamboa. "We provided basic amenities, like clean and warm water supplies, for 70 orphans. With this project, we hope to have improved their access to better hygiene."
Other staff who had worked at UNMEE mentioned a project to assist women living nearby with income generation via a small handicrafts business, while at the same time taking the opportunity to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
"As a proportion of the workforce, UNV volunteers comprised a significant number," concluded the CMS, Maurice Critchley. "They weren't here as passengers, they were here to work, and were a very important part of the mission."
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Lance Does The NYC Half Marathon
Lance Nation fundraising for KICK4LIFE INC
I'm running the NYC Half Marathon to support youth affected by HIV in Africa.
In the summer of 2012, I met Ben while earning my Divemaster in Utila, Honduras. Ben, a Brit, had a natural affinity for soccer or, as he puts it, football.
One day when watching England play in Euro Cup 2012, Ben starts showing off picture of him and some mates in Cologne for the 2006 World Cup. He shows some pics of the matches and tells a few stories; then he points out his buddy Pete.
Ben starts telling of how Pete and his brother Steve dribbled a soccerball 250miles across Malawi to raise £15k for an AIDS orphanage and then how, a year later in '06, Pete and Steve launch Kick4Life.
Kick4LIfe is a charity based at the Football for Hope Centre in Lesotho in southern Africa. The organization delivers a range of projects aimed at supporting vulnerable boys and girls. This includes health education and HIV prevention, voluntary HIV testing, life-skills development, mentoring, support towards education & employment, and the chance to enjoy sport.
Recently, I met Pete for coffee in NYC. He really is great guy with a smart mind and kind heart. Plus, he knows how to sell a pitch thus my attempt at the half marathon.
Our goal is 1,000 dollars per runner and here is where I need your help. I ask you give however much you feel comfortable with.
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