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Stunning and Chic Remodel with Private Spa & Mtn View Rooftop Deck! in Palm Desert
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This beautifully updated 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath end unit condominium with a loft offers amazing mountain views from its private rooftop patio! Conveniently located steps from the pool, enter through a gated courtyard featuring a private updated spa into this condo that boasts a master suite on the main floor and a loft that can be used as an office. The condo has new tile floors, carpet and granite countertops. The kitchen has new cabinetry and appliances. The fully functional 2 car garage features storage cabinets and a workshop while sporting epoxy floors!
One month membership in Ironwood Country Club available to renters for $750. This includes golf on both courses, use of practice range, state of the art health club and 14 tennis courts. Also use of main dining room and halfway house for meals, and all club social events using your credit card.
This condo is located within the prestigious and popular gated community of Ironwood Country Club. It is walking distance from the Living Desert and 20 minutes to Palm Springs. Ironwood is known as one of the premier communities in the Desert. It is literally minutes away from shopping, cultural and recreational activities to include fabulous shopping, galleries, bars and restaurants on El Paseo, the Palm Desert Mall, the Riverwalk Shopping Center, in Rancho Mirage and McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts, Palm Desert's state-of-the-art center for performances of all kinds. Palm Desert is the geographic center of the Coachella Valley, a fast-growing region of southern California that comprises nine cities. Palm Desert has evolved into a vibrant small city that today is the educational, retail, and cultural hub of the Valley. There are 133 golf courses in the Coachella Valley and many of them are open to public play.
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Wednesday, May 1, from 12:15-1:45 at the Foster Student Innovation Center
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Hey everyone! Welcome back to the Friar's Hat Stash! The Friar's Hat Stash is an in-depth look at everyone's favorite piece of baseball related wardrobe: the baseball cap.
If you remember our last issue, we were taking a look at (arguably) one of the best colorways our Padres had, and one in use during most of the 90s: the navy/white/orange colorway. Many of us fans can still recall fond memories of our Padres clad in the navy, white and orange. The best memories may culminate with the 1998 Padres squad that made a run to the World Series.
This is a replica of that particular cap from the '98 run. As you may fondly remember, this 100% wool cap is navy, with the interlocking SD in white and orange. In lieu of the New Era flag on the left side, the 1998 World Series patch is stitched in full color. The MLB logo is in the standard colors and has a hard to see navy border. A fashion gray underbill and black sweatband completes this cap.
I did make a mention of this cap in the last issue's comments section, and had to grab it for myself. This particular cap captures one memory in my mind: Gwynn sending one to the right porch in Game 1 of the series. I remember being parked in front of the TV and my dad cheering when Gwynn sent it flying. This cap helps commemorate better times in our franchise, with (hopefully) better times on the way.
I'm sure you're waiting to see some new variations, right? Here's the rest of my navy/white/orange collection:
Here's a 90's color cap with a different fabric makeup: 66% wool, 34% viscose (rayon). This particular mix of fabrics makes for a comfortable, fuzzy sweater look for this gray cap. The interlocking SD are proper white and orange, and the bill, New Era flag and button are navy. The MLB logo in the back is in the proper Padres colors with a raised white border. Fashion gray and a black sweatband are shown here, as well.
This is one of my favorite looking caps just because of its fuzzy feel. Because of its warm appearance, this particular cap also makes a great winter wardrobe choice and adds to a comfortable look.
This cap is an alternate take on the Padres road colors, with gray, navy and orange making an appearance. This 80% polyester, 20% wool cap is gray with a blue bill and button. The interlocking SD features navy taking place of white, and orange still occupying its place. The MLB logo is in standard colors with a white border. The gray underbill is paired with a black sweatband.
This is actually one of my favorite colored caps; favorite enough that it is actually a size too small. This particular cap is an example of a stretched cap, and a subject I'll touch on further down the page. Even with an aggressive stretching, this cap is still slightly too small on some days. Size difference notwithstanding, I enjoy wearing this cap from time to time, just because the colors work so well in conjunction with each other.
I'm sure everyone remembers the pinstripes! When in use, our Padres sure made the pinstripes a sharp look. This 86% cotton, 14% wool cap is white with blue pinstripes. The button and bill are navy, and the MLB logo is in standard colors with a white border. Gray makes its only appearance as the underbill color and black as the sweatband.
As much as I really like this cap's colorway, I'm scared to wear this cap on a regular basis. You guessed it: the white color scares me. As much as the cap being white does worry me, I should really make a more concerted effort to wear this cap more often (maybe at a game!).
This particular cap is a more recent foray into New Era's Diamond Era collection. This 100% polyester cap is gray with a navy bill, New Era flag and button. The interlocking SD logo is in its modern iteration* (read: serifs) and is completely white with an orange border. The MLB logo follows the same coloration as the previous caps, and the underbill and sweatband are also gray and black respectively.
So why is New Era pushing the Diamond Era collection, you may ask? Well, it may be considered the next step in baseball cap construction: polyester, while lacking the natural wicking agents of wool, is easier to imbue with new "technologies" such as water repellant and UV resistant properties. The construct of the cap, while different in appearance, does make it lighter than the average cap. Perhaps a lighter cap will make a player faster? I suppose that remains to be seen.
* I miss the old Padres lettering and alternating colors.
This next cap goes back to the primary navy color with an interesting take on the interlocking SD. Navy makes up most of this 80% wool, 20% polyester cap, and also pops as the stitching in the orange bill. Orange is also found in the New Era flag and serves as an offsetting border for the interlocking SD. White also finds itself as the second color in the offsetting border, and in the MLB logo in the back. The underbill matches the navy color of the cap with a black sweatband.
Of the many 90s colorway Padres caps I own, this particular one has the most visually interesting use of the interlocking SD logo. Although it is done in the 90s Padres colorway, it is somewhat difficult to pinpoint as a Padres cap (mainly the SD logo) in the wrong light. Still, this cap sees regular use in my rotation.
This cap, according to my brother, is in a "Space Jam" colorway. White makes up most of this 100% cotton cap. The bill is adorned with an interesting orange/blue gradient colorway with splotches of white and orange stitching. Navy makes up the primary portion of the SD logo, button, New Era flag, and underbill. The MLB logo remains the same as the previous caps, and the sweatband is also in the standard black.
While I do really like this cap, I've already had to clean it once due to it being white. I do have some unique challenges to keeping my caps clean, mainly because my head is more prone than most to hit things (I'm 6'7). Still, I am looking forward to an occasion where I can wear this cap.
The last two pieces of my 90s collection are my most visually interesting navy/white/orange caps.
Breaking away from all the previous caps, this cap does away with the interlocking SD as the primary logo and spells San Diego out across the front of the crown. The button also stands out in white along with the New Era flag. The interlocking SD isn't completely absent from this cap, as it is prominently displayed in the patch on the right side of the cap along with a motif of the San Diego skyline. Orange appears in the side patch and in the same-color-as-the-previous-caps MLB logo. The underbill is fashion gray, and the sweatband is black.
I really enjoy wearing this cap. The reason is obvious: it's really cool! The full stitched San Diego across the front really catches visual attention, and the patch on the side is a nice detail that really brings more attention to an already awesome looking cap.
The last cap in this issue is my most visually interesting 90s colorway cap that I own, even though it is primarily gray and orange. The reason? Check it out:
Yep, the Swinging Friar glows in the dark!
Gray makes up most of this 100% polyester cap. Orange is utilized as a pop of color in the Friar's garb, New Era flag, button, and eyelets. In lieu of the MLB logo, a Padres patch takes up the back of the cap, and is adorned in black, white and orange. This patch logo has been utilized in other Padres caps, and you'll see it again in a future episode. The underbill pops with orange, and black makes up the sweatband.
I've yet to wear this cap with the Friar fully aglow, as I'm waiting for a blacklight party to come around and make this cap the obvious choice. Even without the Friar glowing, this is still a visually interesting cap. The orange alone makes this cap stand out.
Sometimes, you may receive a cap in your size, or a size smaller that just doesn't fit correctly. What can you do? Here's a couple tips to get you started.
- The first and foremost tip is to know your size. If you're just purchasing your first cap and you're not sure what your size is, try a few on and find out which size works best for you. Of course, even two different caps of the same size can fit differently. What if you ordered the cap online? What if (like me) you just had to have the cap?
*These methods will work best if you're only stretching or shrinking one cap size. I wouldn't recommend purchasing a cap two sizes over or under sized.*
- There are several ways to stretch your cap out. You can use the Knee Method or the Heat Method. I've linked the videos within so you can take a look for yourself. Both methods do require patience and a bit of force which could permanently damage the cap, so do take care when using either method. Time and patience are your best friends when trying one of these techniques.
- My preferred method?
Pictured here is a Hat Jack, found with a quick Amazon search. This proprietary tool fits inside a cap and operates by turning the handle on the inside, stretching the two shaped pieces away from each other and stretching the cap out. I've used this tool to stretch one of the caps in this issue out to my size, and to adjust some well-loved caps back into shape. I own one of these just out of necessity of being a collector, and wouldn't necessarily recommend buying one unless you're against one of the techniques mentioned above. New Era also makes a hat shaper/stretcher that utilizes an inflating bladder, should you be so inclined.
- Shrinking can be done a few ways, depending on the cap's material.
> If the cap is primarily wool/cotton, you can try giving the cap a hot wash and drying with a hair dryer. Wool and cotton are prone to shrinking when washed and hot dried. Give your cap a wear while in the shower and dry it as if you were drying your hair with a hair dryer. That can help shrink the cap down.
> If the cap is polyester, washing won't help shrink it at all. Instead, you can take cotton balls and squish them down into a long, stick-like appearance. Take two of these and place them inside your cap's sweatband (tuck them in). If you need more shrinkage, take a few more and tuck them in the sweatband's front and back of the cap. This trick also works for cotton/wool caps in case you would rather not wash them.
That's it for another episode of the Friar's Hat Stash! Thanks for reading, and as always, I'll be happy to participate with you guys in the comments. Here's what's on deck for the next issue:
- We'll check out some camouflage variations of Padres caps!
Thanks again for reading! Until next time!
- Tim (The SD Hat Guy)
In case you missed it: TFHS #6 - TFHS #5 - TFHS #4 - TFHS #3 - TFHS #2 - TFHS #1


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Back from being on strike.
This is very disjointed due to a weeks worth of back up and a lot of saved tweets which don't make sense anymore (or have been previously posted).
Sorry for the delay. Enjoy!
Lundqvist says he's ready to play tomorrow.— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) October 27, 2013
Ready to play doesn't mean he will. First Montreal then us. Doubt he plays both.
Thomas Hickey has his nose broken in collision with Okposo in 1st. Came back with cage, got 1st pt of season, +3. Best game he's had.— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) October 26, 2013
Actually looks like he has been freed. Team sees to be putting a lot more trust in him 5v5.
According to Larry Brooks of the NY Post, Rick DiPietro has signed a PTO with Carolina's farm team affiliate.— TCLIsles (@TCLIsles) October 26, 2013
It's a PTO but gives him a chance to strut (who says strut anyways?) his stuff.
Panthers fans buying single-game tix tonight vs Buff got free tix for next home game if FLA won. They lost. Promo continues next game.— Chris Botta (@ChrisBottaNHL) October 26, 2013
This is too funny to me =)
Hahah, ZLATAN...— Victor Crus Rydberg (@CrusRydberg) October 19, 2013
ZLATAN sighting. Our prospects love him. Does he play goalie?
Good luck to Oilers tonite! Would've been nice to play against old teammates. Had waited for this game. #missyoucappy— Jesse Joensuu (@jouneri6) October 17, 2013
Nice words from the flabuse?
Why is everyone making such a big deal with baseball and beards? Playoff hockey basically invented sports and hideous facial hair #copycats— Christopher Bruton (@chrisbruton1987) October 18, 2013
I hate sports media btw.
The 3 stars of the night, all of which are from Stockton are 3)Garet Hunt 2)Kirill Kabanov 1)Brian Foster #GoThunder— StocktonThunder (@StocktonThunder) October 20, 2013
This was from the Gordie Howe Hatrick night. Also a reminder to follow Stockton Thunder for all your exiled prospect needs.
@rpulock2 Slapshot, Goon, Youngblood, Mighty Ducks (all 3), not miracle cause your Canadian and MVP (most valuable primate) #duh— Christopher Bruton (@chrisbruton1987) October 23, 2013
In reply to a Pulock post asking about what movies to watch during a trip. I do not recommend anyone watches MVP.
Thanks for the shirts @Buccigross! #bigred #friartown #nofilter pic.twitter.com/mkou1nJ1v6— Colin McDonald (@ColinMcDonald13) October 27, 2013
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itsPakistan Recipes - Snacks and Fastfood - Masale Wale Aloo
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bhuna Dhania Powder 2 Tsp-
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chat Masala 1 Tsp-
20 Big Red Chillies (remove Seeds Soak In Water And Grind With A Piece Of Salt)-
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ginger / Garlic 2 Tsp-
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Asia Society and Museum (Venue Partner)
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Hamid Dabashi
Thursday Nov 29, 2012 (6:30–8:30pm)
Asia Society and Museum (Venue Partner)
725 Park Avenue
Directions: Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to Madison & 70th; M101, M102 to Lexington & 70th; M30 to Park & 72nd; M66 to Park & 68th OR Subway: #6 to 68th St.
What does it mean to be human? Humanism has mostly considered this question from a Western perspective. Columbia University professor and author Hamid Dabashi asks the questions anew, from a non-European point of view. His groundbreaking study The World of Persian Literary Humanism presents this rich tradition as the creative and subversive subconscious of Islamic civilization. In conversation with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Robert I. Williams Term Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Retreat at Avalon Springs
For those who are looking for a way to meaningfully celebrate Thanksgiving this year – join us for SolYoga's annual Gratitude retreat November 21-23, 2014!
It's that time of the year – time to give thanks for all of the abundance and gifts that have been harvested in 2014. And what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than spending a whole weekend focusing on gratitude while surrounded by natural beauty and soaking in the healing pools of Avalon Springs!
Led by Katia Sol, this weekend retreat will immerse you in the uplifting and transformative practice of gratitude. You will be guided in developing a daily gratitude practice, through time in circle, alone, and on the land. We will reflect on what we are grateful for from 2014, in preparation for the coming Solstice and New Year. The retreat also includes a daily gratitude-themed yoga class, a hike in the beautiful Mayacama Mountains, delicious meals prepared by the onsite therapeutic chef, and plenty of time for reflection and soaking in Avalon's healing mineral hot pools.
The healing waters are the heart of the Avalon Springs experience. The mineral hot springs of Avalon have been honored for centuries for promoting harmony and wellness. Relax and unwind in the Magnesium-rich Medicine Spring Water. Experience the skin-softening effects of the Boron-rich Mother Spring. Melt away tensions while feeling the strengthening effects of the Iron-rich Dragon Spring. And stay hydrated with your choice of seven different mineral drinking springs, flowing fresh and clean straight from the earth.
You will return home from this retreat rejuvenated and with the foundation needed to continue a daily gratitude practice that can transform your life. For,
"The moment you shift from a mindstate of negativity or judgment to one of appreciation, there are immediate effects at many levels of your being: Brain function becomes more balanced, harmonized, and supple; your heart begins to pump in a much more coherent and harmonious rhythm; and biochemical changes trigger a host of healthful responses throughout your body. Especially in difficult times, remembering to return to gratitude is a radical life-affirming act that builds your capacity for resilience." (M. & J. Levy)
For more on the Transformative Power of Gratitude, view Katia's TEDx talk on this topic at: http://tinyurl.com/KSgratitude
Katia Sol is passionate about helping individuals cultivate the personal shifts that in turn enable them to transform their lives, their communities, and the world.
Katia has spent the last 18 years facilitating educational, international development, and leadership programs in more than 30 countries and with several First Nations around the world. Her most current work in this area includes being a co-facilitator for the Ecology of Leadership program at the Regenerative Design Insitute and a design partner for Emergent Performance Consulting, while working on the completion of her PhD. Katia's primary areas of expertise include transformative learning, group facilitation, Indigenous wisdom practices, experiential education, leadership development, and global change. Gratitude has transformed her life, and she loves to share it with others!
Visit her website at www.katiasol.com
Salina's passion for teaching was birthed in the public school system as a middle school classroom teacher. Here she integrated her lifetime activism with her creative style of teaching to empower youth. After four years of teaching, Salina attuned to the lack of balance and nourishment in her overstressed life and found yoga as a pathway to health. Transformed by the practice and by the new experience of freedom in her body, she began offering yoga after school and before school to students.
In the Spring of 2013, she joined the Mindful Life Project in Richmond, where she offers yoga and mindfulness to youth in the classroom as a tool of transformation and leadership. In addition, Salina belongs to a cohort of young people of color trained by Joanna Macy, a eco-philosophist and root teacher of the Work That Reconnects. In this cohort as a Keeper of The Work That Reconnects, she offers the work in marginalized communities and communities of color.
"Yoga is a vehicle to travel to the inner worlds of our own body. How we move on the mat is a powerful mirror for us to watch how we move through our communities. It is an invitation to feel our life, our body and to join the collective earth body. Yoga gives us the capacity, the space, the room in our bodies to hold this wondrous, challenging, beautiful human experience."
Mia started her journey to health in 1998 when after years of feeling tired, bloated, overweight, and constantly sick, she decided there must be a better way. She spent the next five years experimenting with diets, food, exercise, and educating herself on everything nutrition related that she could get her hands on. In 2003, she discovered that a diet of mostly raw plant foods made her feel fantastic. This inspired her desire to help others feel fantastic too. This eventually led her to New York City later that year and to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where she spent a year taking classes and getting certified as a Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor. – See more at: http://www.miacarawellness.com
One of my passions is creating the most luscious, melt in your mouth, raw chocolate experiences possible. I've never been totally satisfied with the raw chocolates in the store, so I've created what I feel is the best raw chocolate available. I've been offering it to friends for years, and my most popular flavor, Raspberry Rose, is perfect for Valentine's Day and anytime your heart is in need of a little love and pleasure.
Ingredients are Organic Raw Cacao, Raw Local Honey, with essential oils and dried fruit and nuts depending on flavor. They are made fresh upon order and are best within 2 weeks. Available for pickup in NOPA in San Francisco, or with other arrangement. No shipping at this time.
Avalon has what we think is the perfect mix between rustic living, cozy comfort and spa goodness. The rooms are old and are still being refurbished so aren't super fancy, but are comfortable and cozy. Most of the rooms have a sink for washing but use a shared bathroom by the pools or in the lodge like the original hot springs was set up. The food and the waters are top notch and are as healing and tasteful than any resort I've been to, if not more so. The all around vibe is familial and you'll feel like you're diving into yourself while being supported by the land, the waters, the food, the atmosphere and most of all the people. If you're looking for a sterile 5 star $400/night hotel, this isn't for you!
Relax and unwind in the Magnesium-rich Medicine Spring Water. Experience the skin-softening effects of the Boron-rich Mother Spring. Melt away tensions while feeling the strengthening effects of the Iron-rich Dragon Spring. And stay hydrated with your choice of seven different mineral drinking springs, flowing fresh and clean straight from the earth.
The healing waters are the heart of the Avalon Springs experience. The mineral hot springs of Avalon have been honored for centuries for promoting harmony and wellness.
In addition to the soaking springs, Avalon boasts a variety of special mineral drinking waters which can be enjoyed straight from their place of emergence in the rock. One drinking spring is high in Lithium – a mood elevator commonly used to treat Bipolar Disorder. Other springs include a bubbly iron soda drinking spring, a Magnesium-rich "laxative" spring historically named "Dynamite Spring" and Bohemia Spring, which was considered a hang-over tonic to cure the effects of over-indulgence!
Avalon is set up much like the old Weber Hot Springs from the 40′s upon which Avalon sits, with a main lodge, a mini bath house and cottages set back on the hill. We offer shared double rooms or single rooms. The bathrooms are located in the bathhouse and the main lodge although some room shave a sink for washing in them.
The kitchen at Avalon Springs will draw ingredients straight from the garden, offering an ample buffet-style meal plan with large meals twice daily (lunch and dinner) and a juice and snack bar available for breakfast and between-meals needs.
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With every meal introducing healing foods preparation including raw food delicacies, superfood juices, and healing teas, dining at Avalon will be a healing experience. Unlike many healing resorts, Avalon Springs will have no dogmatic restrictions on diet, allowing the guests the freedom to explore options and choose their own ways to nourish themselves naturally, with everything from raw chocolates to hearty meats and local wines.
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Dale Spangler - February 25, 2012Dale Spangler, age 79, of Marquette, passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29th at the Higby-McQuiston Chapel in Aurora. The Rev. Jim Garfield will officiate. Interment will be in the Richland Cemetery near Marquette. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Higby-McQuiston Mortuary. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family through the mortuary website at www.higbymortuary.com.
Dale Edward Spangler was born May 5th 1932, to Doretha Maria (Daberkow) and Raymond Spangler on a farm in Cumming County, Neb. He attended Zion Lutheran parochial school grades 1-8, and graduated from Wisner High School class of 1949. After high school he entered the United States Air force serving in the Korean conflict where he was a radio mechanic. After leaving the Air force Dale married Betty Sletten and to this union four children were born -- Michael, Sheryl, Susan, and Shelia.
Dale was a Golden Gloves boxer in the state of California from 1951 to 1953, winning 25 trophies. When he returned to Nebraska, Dale got a job as a cab driver in Omaha. He was very athletic and enjoyed being the pitcher on various softball teams. He also enjoyed horseshoes and was the man to beat at the family picnics where he holds the record for most trophies won. He enjoyed walking along the river banks and fishing as well as going out in his boat and camping. He was an avid woodworker who made many treasured pieces for his family. He also enjoyed Husker football and volleyball games. Dale also enjoyed helping his kids on their home remodeling projects.
In 1972, Dale married Donna Eastman Archer. They made their home in Marquette. He worked for National By Products, and later was employed until his retirement by the Village of Marquette.
He was preceded in death by his parents, both of his wives, children Sheryl, Michael, James, Robert, Lillian; a brother, Roland, three granddaughters, three grandsons; sister-in-law, Carol Wubbenhorst and two uncles.
Survivors of the immediate family include, daughters, Susan (Russell) Toscani and Shelia Spangler of California, Evonne King of North Carolina, Audrey (Steve) Gerdes of Aurora and Sherri (Davis) Taylor of Marquette; sons, Richard (Kim) Archer, Jerry Archer, Ronald Archer, Donald (Christy) Archer, Kenneth (Lisa) Archer, all of Marquette, Michael (Kathy) Archer of Georgia, Dan Archer of Aurora and David Archer of Lincoln; son- in- law, Monte Crawford of Marquette; brother, Gary Wubbenhorst of Marquette, sister-in-law, Sandra Spangler of Arizona; brothers-in-law, Earl Eastman of Washington and Larry Eastman of Boleus; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.


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I volunteered in a local election in a place that has been mired in scandal for a decade, all of which came from the more predominant local party. It's been one-party rule for a decade.
I helped the minority party, and they had two great candidates for county commissioner who were committed to reform. The dominant party had a bunch of brain-dead mouth-breather voters who showed up at the polls and made their X for the dominant party without any thought at all. As a result, one of the new county commissioners has made it clear that the scandals are "a marketing issue" despite the fact that massive documentation of the scandals exists. He's going to just cover stuff up like his predecessors did.
So my position is that we should all vote third party and break up the two-party system. Also, we should somehow do a basic intelligence/awareness test of voters before they are allowed to vote. I'm talking really basic, but enough to keep people from voting in crooks because they have a particular letter behind their name.
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"Bring it," UT's senior defensive end said. "That's what goes through my mind. I think that's everybody's mindset...He wants to run the ball and that's fine with me," Mitchell said of Tebow. "We thrive on hitting quarterbacks. If he wants to lower his shoulder, we'll lower ours too and bring the hat."
Obviously, Mitchell is forgetting that E does not equal mc2. E = Tim Tebow.
(For more Tebow facts, look here. My favorite is, "Tim Tebow sweats Gatorade."
Maybe Mitchell will get his chance to put a hat on Tebow. After all, if the o-line sucks in practice, then who knows what will happen Saturday. Meyer reported that someone missed an assignment, and Cam Newton paid for it during a scrimmage. In typical Urban-speak, Meyer reassured everyone it wasn't a starter.
Possible things that the unnamed player is worrying about: getting X-Box fixed before the bye week, today's quiz in Man's Food, and if that chick he met at Gator City has accepted his facebook friendship yet.
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STILLWATER, Okla. Â Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy announced the hiring of Jason Jones as secondary coach today. Jones was the cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Tulsa last year, helping the Golden Hurricane to a 10-4 record, an appearance in the Conference USA Championship Game, along with a 63-7 win over Bowling Green in the 2008 GMAC Bowl.
"We're excited to have Jason as a part of our program," Gundy said. "He comes from a great pedigree and he is very enthusiastic about what he does. He has a great relationship with his players and is an excellent technician. He's a great recruiter in the state of Texas."
Success has followed the 30-year-old Jones at each of his coaching stops, most recently highlighted by the Golden Hurricane during his second stint at Tulsa in 2007. In 2006, Jones served as the cornerbacks coach at Rice University, helping the Owls to their first bowl trip in 45 years as the Owls competed in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. In his first stint at Tulsa, Jones coached cornerbacks and helped the Golden Hurricane to a Conference USA Championship and an appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. His first coaching job came as a graduate assistant at Alabama, where he helped his alma mater to an appearance in the Music City Bowl.
"I'm very excited about being on the staff here," Jones said. "Living in Oklahoma, I know that OSU is a great program and university with a great tradition. A lot of outstanding players have come through here and it's an honor to be part of this program."
With Jones leading the Tulsa secondary in 2005, the Hurricane defense ranked third nationally in takeaways (36) and interceptions (22) and was the 11th nationally in pass efficiency defense and 17th in pass defense. Jones' cornerbacks totaled 13 of those interceptions and 29 had passes defended.
A 2001 graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in financial planning, Jones was a two-year starter at defensive back for the Crimson Tide and was part of three Alabama bowl teams, competing in the 1996 Outback Bowl, the 1998 Music City Bowl and the 1999 FedEx Orange Bowl. Jones was a member of Crimson Tide teams that played in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game in 1996 and 1999.
He earned a master's degree from Alabama in sports management in 2005. He and his wife Kysha have a 14-year-old son, Andrew.
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2007: Tulsa cornerbacks/special teams coordinator
2006: Rice cornerbacks
2005: Tulsa cornerbacks
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Alma Mater: Alabama, 2001; Master's from Alabama, 2005
Birthdate: November 13, 1977
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Apparently, the California Supreme Court believes the state bar was too easy on lawyers in 24 discipline cases.
The California Supreme Court has returned those cases to the bar for a second look, according to a state bar press release. The court's order cites two cases in which the state supreme court imposed harsher discipline than the bar recommended, suggesting that the proposed discipline in the 24 cases was too lenient, the press release says. The Legal Ethics Forum and the Metropolitan News-Enterprise have reports.
The release has a quote from state bar executive director Joe Dunn. "The court's action, while unanticipated, is consistent with the efforts already underway at the state bar to tighten the professional standards governing California attorneys," Dunn said.
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Chemtura sells rubber units for $162.5 million
Chemicals maker Chemtura Corp. said it has agreed to sell its EPDM business, most of its rubber chemicals operations and Flexzone chemicals business to Lion Chemical Capital LLC for $162.5 million, the Associated Press reports. The EPDM business—which stands for ethylene propylene diene monomer—encompasses Chemtura''s heat- and sun-resistant rubber products, which are used for hoses and weather stripping in autos. Combined, the EPDM and rubber chemicals operations had revenue of $300 million in the year ended Sept. 30, 2006. The deal will lower Chemtura''s 2006 and 2007 earnings slightly, the company said. The sale price also includes the sale of Chemtura''s stake in Chemtura-CNCCC Danyang Chemical Co. After the close of that transaction, which is subject to government approval, Lion will have full control of the company''s Danyang, China-based rubber chemicals venture. Chemtura said it will use proceeds from the divestiture to pay for its recent purchase of specialty lubricant maker Kaufman Holdings.


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You'll have to excuse the negativity here. I generally try to avoid being overly critical and focus myself on the positive side of things. And I don't believe in piling on the criticism again and again. But UFC 149 was bad. Really, really bad. And in the wake of this event, plus a lackluster UFC 148, plus a bad UFC 147, plus a let down in Jones vs. Evans, we're looking at a real rough patch of UFC shows. Of course, just complaining gets you nowhere. The impotant part is to ask why and to learn from what you find out.
So, what can the UFC learn from UFC 149? Why did this show turn out so terribly?
The most common, easy answers are a) injuries, and b) over-saturation. That's where most of the finger pointing goes. But I don't 100% buy that. On the main card here, the lone bright spot was Chris Clements vs. Matt Riddle - and that was hands down the most injury plagued, not ready for PPV fight on the card. Yet they went out there and delivered. As did the rest of the prelim fighters.
OK, so it's the fault of the main card fighters, right? They're being lazy while the prelims guys are working hard? Well, in this case, yes, but at UFC 148 the roles were reversed. The prelims and first half of the main card were all dull, with the emotion of the final fights being all that saved the show (your mileage on Tito vs. Forrest may vary).
The main problem at UFC 149 was an overall lack of urgency. From Hector Lombard to Tim Boetsch to Urijah Faber to Brian Ebersole to Shawn Jordan the card was filled with fighters who weren't engaging in the fight. And they all did so for different reasons - Faber is terrified of being Mike Brown'd again, Boetsch feared Lombard's power, Ebersole was so calm he became complacent, Jorden seemed dwarfed by the moment. Can the UFC stop this? Not really. They already do a good job incentivizing action, between their bonuses and the way they reward exciting fighters with high profile fights. Any further push in that direction devalues wins and loses too much for a sport.
So what can the UFC do? They can adjust fan expectations. And the way to do that is, in my opinion, simple. The UFC needs to move away from the PPV model.
SBN coverage of UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao
They've taken strides with this over the past year, adding higher profile fights to their Fox and FX shows, and increasing the regularity of non-PPV events. But they need to take that further.
The reality of sports is that some games/fights/events will be boring. It's inevitable, and no sport can rid itself of this problem. Sports fans tend to accept this and move on - if a game stinks, turn the channel and tune back in next time for a better one. But when you ask fans to pay $50 to watch you've created different expectations. Now when the event is bad, you've let your paying customer down, and they're upset. UFC on Fox 2 was by no means a great show, but it was free and so there was not the same sense of tangible frustration you're feeling in the wake of UFC 149. Had this been a free show, fans would have complained a bit, sure. But they would have then just moved on. Now? Fans will, hopefully, be more cautious about spending that $50 next time.
Dana White has always said he wants the UFC to be as big as a major sport. To do that, they need to become a free sport anyone can watch. The PPV model can only take them so far, and it's now beginning to hurt them. And before anyone says "Well, it's working for boxing", let me ask - is it? Is boxing in 2012 really the sport you want to hold up as the gold standard for what works?
Of course the real trouble here is that, despite that frustration, PPVs still can sell. UFC 148 looks to have done over 1 million buys, making it one of the all time top UFC PPVs. And as long as they can still generate those kinds of sales on PPV, they'll keep using it. But they also will keep letting down their fans. And, in the long run, that's not worth it.
I applaud the UFC for actively working to bring more free fights in recent years, especially with the Fox deal. But UFC 149 showed that they need to take that further. Stop asking fans to pay so much for a product that can't always deliver. Be a real sport, warts and all. After all, that's what you've always wanted, right?


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For those who are working engineers, what field are you working in? What attracted you to the field and is it what you imagined when you first started the journey?
Like the other posters here i enjoyed tinkering with, and figuring out machinery.
I was introduced to electronics in high school and did well at it. I figured i'd make a career of communications electronics.
In college i found i enjoyed electric machinery a lot more than circuits, for the circuits courses seemed to deteriorate into abstract if clever alphabet juggling and i didnt see the point of it. So i took an electric three phase power course after "Transistor Circuit Design".
I'd always enjoyed machinery. One of my "AHA" moments was when took apart a planetary gear automobile transmission and figured out how to work it in my head.
I also loved "analog computing" where we solved differential equations with opamp circuits - about the most visual example you can get of pure math at work in Nature.
I was tremendously curious about the reactor building at my school. My advisor let me take "Reactor Physics" and "Reactor Operation" as senior year electives. Both were fascinating with just the right blend of math and real concepts that one could visualize. I found the reactor even more fascinating than planetary gears; struggled through the vector calculus, did starttups, flux distribution measurements with a copper wire inserted in the fuel elements, learned to understand multiplying systems, and learned the simple electronic reactor instrumentation .....
Well - it worked out ideally. My hometown electric utility was building a nuke plant. They needed to hire some engineers for it.
It's a small world and the Lord lets you know when he's had a hand in your fate. When i applied for the job, the head of personnel came down to greet me. His daughter and i had won a lot of spelling bees in fourth grade and he remembered my name those years later....
I worked there 30+ years and became a reactor systems handyman because of my non-specialized background.
But now i'm retired.
So - to your question: it was not what i expected but i dont see how it could have been any more interesting.
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Another great lineup for the Scenic Design Master Classes, led by Tony winner David Gallo, and including ticket to MATILDA, THE MUSICAL
2013 Scenic Design Master Classes Schedule
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
7:00pm: Matilda The Musical
post-show Q&A
Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th St. NYC
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
NYU Tisch School Of The Arts
721 Broadway, NYC
9:00-9:30am: Registration, coffee & bagels
9:30-9:45am: David Johnson, publisher Live Design & David Gallo, creative consultant: opening remarks
9:45-11:15am: Rob Howell: Matilda: The Journey from London to Broadway: The challenges and opportunities of adapting a production to the Broadway stage.
11:15-11:30am: Break
11:30am-1:00pm: David Gallo and Ben Heller: Enter the Production Manager: How the production manager and designer use their creativity to construct reality.
1-2:30pm: Lunch and Scenic Showcase
2:30-6pm: LDI-NYC: Scenic Showcase open free to all industry professionals.
2:30-4:pm: Anna Louizos, The Broadway Groundplan: The Silent Director: Groundplans and the essential role that they play in telling modern day stories in Broadway's oldest theaters.
4-4:15pm Break
4:15-5:45pm: Donald Holder, When Did We Add The Mirrored Floor? A discussion of the critical collaborative relationship between the scenic and lighting designer on Broadway
5:45pm: David Gallo: wrap up, announcements
6-7pm: Dinner on your own
7-9pm: Open House/cocktails at David Gallo's Studio, 250 W. 49 Street, NYC
Thursday, June 6
NYU Tisch School Of The Arts
721 Broadway, NYC
9:00-9:30am: Coffee and bagels
9:30-9:45am: David Johnson, David Gallo: Notes, recap, Q&A
9:45-11:15am: Douglas Schmidt, Learning the Hard Way: What they didn't teach me in design school: A conversation with the true Broadway master about learning from real world design experience
11:15-11:30am: Break
11:30am-1pm: Steven Kemp: Broadway's Unsung Superhero: The Associate Designer: The critical role and relationship of the associate and designer.
1:00-2:30pm: Lunch and Scenic Showcase
2:30-4pm: Glenn Orsher and Fred Gallo, The DynamicDuo: Executive producer, Glenn Orsher and technical director, Fred Gallo discuss the creative solutions that brought SPIDER-MAN to life on Broadway.
4:15-4:30pm Break
4:30-6:00pm: Backstage Legends and Masters: Arnold Abramson
An interview with scenic artist Arnold Abramson, presented in conjunction with The Broadway Technical Theatre History Project at Purchase College–SUNY. Winner of the second annual "Backstage Legends and Masters" award, Abramson is one of the past century's most influential scenic artists, having painted more than 600 Broadway production sets, including the original The King and I, My Fair Lady, 42nd Street, Annie, Hello, Dolly, Sunday in the Park with George, Camelot, Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, Evita, Cats, and Bells Are Ringing. He has worked with a Who's Who of designers, including Oliver Smith, Jo Mielziner, Ben Edwards, David Hays, Robin Wagner, Raul Pene Du Bois, David Mitchell, Boris Aronson, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, and Tony Walton. Moderated by Dan Hanessian, Design/Technology program, Purchase College, Suny
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FLORANCE, AL – At game time the Florida Gulf Coast University women found themselves in North Alabama territory. The Lions came out strong to push a 6-0 lead over the Eagles, but it didn't take long for FGCU to step up and claim their 21st victory 83-57. The 12th ranked (21-1) Eagles ended the first half up by 22 points, allowing the (3-17) Lions to only four points in the last ten minutes of the first round. In the second half, North Alabama made a strong push scoring 37 points to FGCU's 41. It didn't phase the Eagles as they matched them point to point to maintain their strong lead. Three Eagles scored in double-digits with veteran junior Katie Schrader leading the way with 19 points. Schrader also led her team on defense with eight total rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Two other Eagles who followed suite on the court, were junior Jen Conely and senior Candy Myers. Conely scored 17 points which included five three's, two steals and three rebounds. Myers collected 13 points, three assists and two steals. The Eagles shot 50 percent overall in field goal range, 47 percent in three-point range and 60 percent from the free-throw line. They collected 31 total rebounds as a team and caused 29 turnovers for the Lions allowing only 16 of their own Leading scorers for North Alabama were India Hackman and Amber Rutherford who scored 19 points each. The fifth regionally ranked Eagles, look to take on Palm Beach Atlantic University at home in Alico Arena, on Saturday February 4th at 7:00 pm.
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On Military Day at Eagles Training Camp, wide receiver Chad Hall loses his surfer locks to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Army vet Shane Parsons gets the last cut.


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But the super star jockey watched his daughter Sophia Santos Wednesday, get sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison for driving while intoxicated and killing a beloved mother and grandmother.
Santos had a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit when she blew a red light in her Mercedes Benz on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. She killed 62-year-old Virginia Casazza- Urgo and critically injured 4 other people.
Santos could have gotten up to 25 years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide, but instead pleaded guilty to all charges against her, in return for 3 to 9 years behind bars.
"I'm very upset, " said the victim's son, Dean Casazza. "Nice job judge! Good message!"
Cassaza Urgo's children and grandchildren read emotional impact statements describing her as the core of the family. They had hoped the judge would give Santos more time.
Family members of Linda Chapman did the same. She was also in the car with Casazza Urgo and was left crippled and disfigured.
In court, Sophia Santos did turn to the families and apologize saying quote "I'm sorry for all the pain, I caused all of you. I know any amount of time I spend in jail would never be enough to bring back your loved one."
Casazza Urgo's husband, John Urgo, is still trying to cope with his loss. "We don't hate the girl," he said. "In some ways I forgive her, but she has to serve the time, and it's not enough."


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Hawks Attack Parishioners At Indiana Church
May 11, 2012 (Huffington Post)
Many people try to get by on a wing and a prayer, but the parishioners at an Indiana church could do without the wings, thank you.
Recently, a pair of hawks swooped down to the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Mishawaka, Ind., and moved in upstairs.
At first, they were good neighbors who respected the sanctity of the church, but things have turned hellish recently, according to church pastor Father Terry Fisher.
"Up until a couple weeks ago they really weren't bothering anybody and we weren't bothering them," Father Fisher told WSPT-TV.
However, they have just started getting a little too protective about their nest and have begun swooping down and attacking people.
"They got one lady on the top of her head and she had to have stitches, and another woman on the side of her face," Father Fisher said.
They've been acting so satanic, in fact, that the church asked a higher power to intervene: the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
But don't expect the DNR to fly in to the rescue. Officials said the hawks are a protected species, so nothing can be done until they decide to fly the coop of their own volition, The Republic reported.
Even if that happens tomorrow, it won't end the bird-brained problem overnight, Fisher said.
"Once they build their nest, I guess you have relatives moving in for a few months until their babies hatch and are old enough to fly away," Fisher told the South Bend Tribune.
Until then, he suggests that anyone worried about the birds should use an umbrella when entering the church or use a rear entrance.


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Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, revolves around the sun in a mere 88 days, making a tight orbit that keeps the planet incredibly toasty. Surface temperatures on Mercury can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to liquefy lead.
On a long spaceflight unique conditions including microgravity could give microbes the upper hand, but not if astronauts and their spacecrafts are properly prepared. In a new paper, infectious disease expert Dr. Leonard Mermel brings together a broad base of research to come up with specific recommendations for keeping astronauts safe in deep space.
The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm — Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) — could help it to live longer. The discovery was made by an international group of scientists studying the loss of bone and muscle mass experienced by astronauts after extended flights in space. The results of this research have been published today, July 5 2012, in the online journal Scientific Reports.
NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet. These macromolecules are not of biological origin, but they are indicators that complex carbon chemistry has taken place on Mars.
A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with "a strong and comprehensive life detection component." At the heart of their proposal is a small fleet of sensor packages that can punch into the Martian soil and run a range of tests for signs of ancient or existing life.
Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing individual particles of Martian soil. Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, will discuss the team's analysis at a European Space Agency (ESA) meeting on 7 February 2012.


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The chief information officer's role will become less about developing and maintaining highly customised bespoke applications and more about creating a seamless experience across generic cloud apps.
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Stilgherrian is a freelance journalist, commentator and podcaster interested in big-picture internet issues, especially security, cybercrime and hoovering up bulldust. He studied computing science and linguistics before a wide-ranging media career and a stint at running an IT business. He can write iptables firewall rules, set a rabbit trap, clear a jam in an IBM model 026 card punch and mix a mean whiskey sour.
The chief information officer's role will become less about developing and maintaining highly customised bespoke applications and more about creating a seamless experience across generic cloud apps.
The tide of public opinion is turning, but the digital spooks are still surviving the shower of criticism. How long can they last?
From the takedown of Silk Road to the endless propaganda pushing the 'inevitable' cashless society, governments and financial institutions are manoeuvring to monitor your money. Whoever wins, you lose.
If so many of the 2.7 billion people already online still have trouble with basic computer concepts, how will the next 2.5 billion fare?
A small premium beef producer in northern New South Wales gives a hint of what the dawning age of mass customisation might look like. Cows with Bitcoin.
The currency of the web is its own users' privacy, and we spend it like water. But the NSA revelations and other privacy concerns could turn the tide.
The Coalition may have published an in-device internet filter policy 'by mistake', but it's still portraying the internet as a danger to children. Watch it. Watch it closely.
Spearphishing attacks are cheap and will continue to be effective unless organisations — and those they deal with — develop a security culture.
Android can present security risks, says the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security. But that's been true for years, and core industry attitude problems still need fixing.
If you thought fake Facebook fans and Twitter clonebots were the hot, dirty new election tactics, just wait for when politicians catch up with this century's technology.


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Disability hate crime is at its highest level since records began
There were 1,942 recorded incidents of disability hate crime in England and Wales in 2011, an increase of more than 25% on the total for 2010 and the highest since this data was first recorded in April 2010.
Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows the number of recorded incidents grew by 60% between 2009 and 2011.
While almost 2,000 reports were made to the police last year, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made just 523 convictions for disability hate crime over the same period.
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John Burn-Murdoch | The Guardian | August 14th 2012
Claire Savage | BBC | August 14th 2012
USA: This is not a trial. It is an attempt to legitimise a death threat'
A US Army officer representing one of Guantanamo Bay's most notorious prisoners has spoken out against the secretive nature of the Military Commissions system, insisting it risks becoming little more than a "show game" to execute suspects, denying them and the American people the right to a fair trial.
Captain Jason Wright was appointed by the military to represent Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is charged along with four others with conspiring and executing the 9/11 attacks. Yet, the officer revealed to The Independent, rafts of vital evidence – including the three and half years his client spent at secret CIA "black" sites – have been deemed classified.
It was only through a Freedom of Information request that redacted files were released showing that Mohammed had been subjected to waterboarding interrogation 183 times, kept awake for seven days straight and had his family's lives threatened.
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Terri Jodd | The Independent | August 15th 2012
Over £1m to police Olympic torch relay in Northern Ireland
It cost the PSNI more than £1m to police the Olympic torch run in Northern Ireland.
The figure was revealed following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the BBC to the police.
The exact cost to the taxpayer was £1,029,749.
In comparison, according to a Metropolitan police briefing paper, it cost the Met almost £750,000 to police the Olympic torch relay in London.
The Metropolitan police force covers Greater London which has a population of almost 8m people, and the torch relay was in the city for seven days.
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USA: FAA Documents Raise Questions About Safety of Drones in U.S. Airspace
Under pressure to open the nation's skies to drone flights, federal regulators are relying on decades of aviation rules that imagined a human being in the cockpit – not an onslaught of remotely piloted aircraft – prompting questions about whether federal flight rules for drones are strong enough to prevent accidents and midair collisions, recently released documents show.
Congress in February directed regulators to more rapidly establish guidelines for the wider embrace of drones, and a subsequent debate about them leaves the impression for many Americans that unmanned aircraft have rarely operated here. Yet experimental drone flights accompanied by their own set of rules have occurred for years and are described in thousands of pages of FAA experimental flight records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting through the Freedom of Information Act.
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GW Schulz | Wired | August 14th 2012
Zombie FOI request costs Lincolnshire County Council
Questions about a zombie pandemic and the cost of biscuits are among the requests costing Lincolnshire County Council up to £500,000 a year.
The authority said Freedom of Information (FOI) request numbers have risen from 450 to 1,000 in three years.
It added responding to some was "not a good use of public funds".
An organisation supporting the legislation said people needed to know about important information that is not in the public domain.
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BBC | August 14th 2012
Guantanamo Bay inmates were 'injected with mind altering drugs and interrogated' according to Pentagon report
Guantanamo Bay prisoners were interrogated while being dosed up on 'mind altering drugs', according to a secret Pentagon report released under Freedom of Information laws.
The two-year probe by the Pentagon's inspector general into the use of anti-psychotic medication during interrogations revealed detainees inside the U.S. military's facility in Cuba were forcibly injected with powerful sedatives used in psychiatric hospitals.
'Certain detainees, diagnosed as having serious mental health conditions being treated with psychoactive medications on a continuing basis, were interrogated,' the inspector general concludes in the report.
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The Daily Mail | July 12th 2012
Tiffany Jenkins: Authorities are out of tune on music tuition
EVERY child must have the chance to learn to play an instrument for free, purely for the love of music.
When the BBC broadcast the Young Musician of the Year contest in May, which cello player Laura van der Heijde, 15, won, there was little fanfare and even less fuss. Compared with X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and The Voice, there was no well-promoted, prime-time programme on a mainstream channel (it was on BBC4), and no endless strings of adverts or emotive cajoling to get people to phone and vote for their favourite. Few know her name like they do One Direction, created by X Factor.
Details obtained by Conservative MSP Liz Smith, via Freedom of Information laws, revealed a number of authorities charge, or are about to, including Aberdeen, Highland, Dumfries and Galloway, and Renfrewshire, which recently began charging for additional tuition.
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The Scotsman | July 14th 2012
Hundreds of stalking cases over last five years
Street has been identified as a stalking hotspot in figures obtained by this newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act.
Almost 300 cases of stalking have been reported to police in Mendip over the last five years, the figures reveal.
The area's stalking hotspot is Street North, which includes Clarks Village, the High Street, Strode College, Strode Theatre and Crispin School with 21 cases reported to police since 2007.
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Wells Journal | July 12th 2012
Australian Police ring up $34,400 phone bill on directory assistance
POLICE are spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to have phone calls connected by an operator rather than dial numbers themselves.
Victoria Police spent more than $34,400 for information calls in the year to May, documents released to the Herald Sun under Freedom of Information laws show.
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Herald Sun | July 16th 2012
UK public bodies fail to reply to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA), finds monitoring exercise by Information Commissioner, reports CIO news.
The monitoring of nineteen public bodies has revealed that, whilst the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Cabinet Office made improvements in FoIA response times, the Welsh government and Nottingham City Council have been made to sign undertakings to hasten their responses.
Amongst the poor performers were also Kent County Council, Cornwall Council, North Somerset Council and East Lancashire NHS Trust.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham commented that "Responding promptly to freedom of information requests is important for maintaining public confidence and achieving greater transparency…it is vital that [the MoD and Cabinet Office's] improvements are sustained".
An all-party parliamentary group, chaired by Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie is asking for full disclosure of intelligence documents possibly implicating British officials in secret renditions of UK residents to Guantánamo Bay and other notorious jails.
The Guardian reports that an Information Tribunal is currently examining whether or not those documents should be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, as lawyers for the Foreign Office claim.
The newspaper also mentions that Tyrie's parliamentary group is opposing the refusal of the FCO with the support of the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham.
The team asks for the release of documents relating to three cases: The rendition and ill-treatment of UK resident and Guantánamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, the FCO's request to former US state department legal adviser John Bellinger to claim Washington opposed the disclosure of CIA information about Mohamed that was passed on to MI5 and MI6, and finally communications between Britain's intelligence and CIA about Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, who were also held in Guantánamo Bay.
Ian Cobain, a journalist for the Guardian, told the tribunal that a pattern of allegation and denial followed by later acknowledgement that the allegations may have had substance after all "has been repeated several times over the last six years". The case continues.
Doctor trainees' rotas might ignore EU directive
FoIA replies relating to junior doctors' rotas in NHS trusts had been brought into question by Bob Greatorex, the head of workforce planning and professional standards, it emerged today. The Telegraph reports 57 of the 77 trusts questioned replied to British Medical Journal Careers' requests and although the data show all comply with the EU directive of a 48-hour limit, Mr Greatorex doubted its accuracy saying many trainees work extra hours not recorded under the system.
Scottish Executive's secretary communications flooded with personal data instead of governmental issues
Sir Peter Housden seems more preoccupied with mundane hobbies, films and shopping than governmental issues, judging by his weekly updates to thousands of his staff. An FoIA request filed from The Telegraph, revealed that the Scottish Executive's permanent secretary even received a complaint from a civil servant that he was not saying enough about his actual job.
Scottish First Minister criticised for 'culture of secrecy'
Alex Salmond was brought under pressure last night for refusing to disclose information about any legal advice received pertaining to independent Scotland's statutes in Europe, the Scotsman reports today. Following an FoIA request, the First Minister said according to the Ministerial Code of Conduct such advice is confidential, but a spokesman for the Scottish Labour party complained Mr Salmond was adopting a "culture or secrecy". "The only thing stopping him from doing it may be that the Scottish Government hasn't taken legal advice, or that it fatally undermines his case," he said.
Carmarthenshire council spends £100,000 on private eyes
A freedom of information request to Carmarthenshire council revealed it has spent £100,000 on private detectives over the past three years, This is South Wales reports.


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Why Monsieur Sarkozy became a one-term president
A lot of column inches and airtime will, we assume, be utilised over the next few days analysing the electoral defeat of French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday.
Mr Sarkozy, a conservative who famously turned up at the presidential palace in jogging shorts and shoes on his first day in office five years ago, was defeated by Mr Francois Hollande, an unassuming socialist who, we are told, will likely clash with his fellow European Union (EU) leaders over his plan to renegotiate the bloc's fiscal pact that many have credited with saving the eurozone from meltdown.
The defeat has given Mr Sarkozy the indignity of being France's first one-term president since Valery Giscard d'Estaing was defeated in his re-election bid in 1981.
According to wire service reports, pollsters are now attributing President Sarkozy's election loss to personal style. For instance, his inauguration day jog, while conveying youthful vigour, "ultimately epitomised what many French came to see as self-centred antics unbefitting of a president at a time when economic troubles and persistently high joblessness were on most minds".
His critics also focused on his lavish celebrations after his victory in 2007 at one of France's ritziest restaurants on the Champs-Elysees, after which he flew to the yacht of a tycoon friend in the Mediterranean.
However, there's no doubt that France's sluggish economy and high unemployment rate — nearly 10 per cent — as well as his cap on income taxes for the rich played a major role in Mr Sarkozy's defeat. It didn't help, too, that Standard and Poors downgraded France's debt rating in January.
What will be interesting now is how the EU will interact with Mr Hollande who, on Sunday, promised supporters that he would reopen talks to focus on growth, instead of imposing deficit-cutting austerity rules endorsed by 25 of the EU's 27 governments in March.
President-elect Hollande will no doubt clash with Germany on that issue, as Chancellor Angela Merkel has already warned that reopening talks on the pact would be impossible.
How the talks between Mr Hollande and Ms Merkel play out next week will be crucial, as the health of the European economies will likely affect markets around the world.
On the political side, we are sure that analysts will be watching upcoming elections in other jurisdictions to determine whether a one-term domino effect is in play.
For example, we here in Jamaica had our first one-term Government since Independence when the Jamaica Labour Party was voted out of office last December.
On Sunday, our Caribbean correspondent, Mr Rickey Singh, pointed out in his weekly column that speculation was heavy that the governments of Barbados and Grenada will be defeated at upcoming elections, after just one term each.
While there may be a range of factors contributing to these political developments, we cannot overlook the fact that voters are now more astute.
They will, therefore, not put up with nonperformance by their governments and, as we saw in Jamaica, arrogance and disrespect of the electorate.
These are sobering signals being sent to politicians. Success at the polls will depend on who best heeds them.
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What Makes Music American?
Tito and Donald have instituted a worthy tradition of posting music on the weekends here at American Catholic, and so as the weekend winds to a close I thought I would attempt by own contribution to the genre, though with a characteristically analytical slant.
I'm not sure how it is that one can say that a piece of music "sounds like" a particular country. And yet some pieces of music very clearly have a regional tone. For instance, Vaughan Williams orchestral music simply sounds like English countryside.
While I don't think I could describe what it is that makes something sound American, the following are some of the most American-sounding pieces of music that I know of.
Jerome Moross received an Oscar nomination for the score he wrote for Big Country, the outstanding 1958 western staring Gregory Peck, Charleton Heston and Burl Ives.
The movie itself is very much worth watching, and the score is one of my favorite movie scores. This video illustrates the main theme with scenes from the movie.
Mozart Te Deum
Something for the weekend. Great music appeals to our souls as well as our ears and Mozart understood that perhaps to a greater extent than all but a few composers. Eric M. Johnson explores the role of the Arts in his conversion here.
Moonlight Sonata
Schubert's Ave Maria Sung By Luciano Pavarotti
In my opinion Luciano Pavarotti's Ave Maria is one of the most well sung I've ever heard. Andrea Bocelli just can't compare when singing Ave Maria. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Bocelli fan, but Pavarotti is just much more masculine, vibrant, and lively when singing this particular rendition of Ave Maria.
A Peaceful Canon
Something for the weekend. After the turmoil of the election I thought the Canon in D Major by Pachelbel was called for.
Very Modern
Something for the weekend. From the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song a Modern Major General was intended as a lampoon of Queen Victoria's best general Garnet Wolseley. Wolseley found the song amusing and would often sing it for friends.


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Big Louisville 2014 target 4-star DT Travonte Valentine out of Champagnat Catholic in Miami has committed to Miami tonight per his facebook account. This is quite convenient considering one of Miami's top freshman DT's was officially removed from the team last night. Valentine committed to Louisville last summer for a short time before committing to Florida only to de-commit a couple months later. I actually thought we had a great shot at landing him since he is teammates and friends with current Louisville commit Michael Johnson. This news is also concerning considering his high school head coach said Johnson and Valentine would like to play in college together. Before tonight I thought the two places that they could play together at would be Louisville or LSU, who was pursuing both very hard. Who knows, by signing he could be wearing a cardinal hat but those chances are slim to none right about now. Charlie and the staff will most likely still be in contact with Valentine, but go after a couple other big time DT's such as Poona Ford who has Louisville in his final 3 and Daniel Cage who most think is a favorite for Louisville.
Recruiting is wierd.