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In our media-driven, socially-conscious era, every month has its many associations, and May is no exception. Did you know that May is National Salad Month? Neither did I. It's also National Mental Health Awareness month and Military Appreciation Month. It's fitting that these two issues share a month because, due to over ten years of continuous conflict, they are inextricably linked.
With a small, all-volunteer military pressed into duty for over a decade, many service members have faced multiple deployments and experienced sexual trauma, horrifying urban combat, traumatic head wounds, and they have suffered from lack of employment opportunities when they return home. All of these factors can contribute to mental health issues.
As many as 40 percent of all veterans will experience some form of mental health or trauma related symptoms as a result of their service. These are complex and often long lasting conditions that veterans will live with for many years. The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have both struggled to come to grips with this growing problem.
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Many people automatically associate homelessness with mental illness, based on stereotypes of men and women on city streets, disheveled and talking to themselves. In fact, certain groups of people experiencing homelessness do live with severe mental health conditions, though this is not true of all homeless people. With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, this is a good time to take a look at the connection between homelessness and mental illness.
Of the 633,800 people who were homeless on any given night in 2012, about 99,900 people (or 18 percent) could be described as severely mentally ill. Many are chronically homeless, meaning they have been without homes for a long time or have experienced multiple episodes of homelessness. Their mental conditions make it impossible for them to remain stably housed for long without intensive help. The consensus in the homeless assistance field is that best way to help them is by providing permanent supportive housing.
That's not the entire story, however.
At least three vulnerable groups could benefit from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in ways that could reduce homelessness and risks of homelessness: chronically homeless individuals; young people aging out of foster care; and ex-offenders, also known as homecomers.
Medicaid expansion, which is optional for states, could potentially cover all uninsured men with incomes under $15,000 – meaning most chronically homeless people and homecomers would have better access to medical and behavioral health care. Under the ACA states also must extend coverage to former foster youth until age 26, which will give these young people additional time to receive ongoing treatments and services. And under the ACA signing up for Medicaid will be easier across the country, as states must remove barriers to enrollment.
The ACA will not end homelessness! Housing is the primary intervention to solve homelessness. However, vulnerable people also need supports and services to be stable in housing. Medicaid can help individuals, and covering them will help strained communities by adding resources for services that accompany housing assistance. The proof will be in implementation, starting next year.
This has been a busy week at the Alliance. The Homelessness Research Institute released The State of Homelessness in America 2013. This is the third installment in a series of reports that examines trends in homelessness and the economic and housing context in which those trends occur.
Today we are going to take a quick look at Chapter 1, which examines national and state level trends in homelessness. The data presented in Chapter 1 comes from Point-In-Time estimates for January 2011 and January 2012 reported to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by communities across the U.S.
The President's budget proposal, released Wednesday, provides a detailed look at this Administration's spending priorities for the next year and beyond. Right now you can find all kinds of commentary on the proposed budget, in terms of both policy and politics, about the big picture and larger items like tax and spending policies aimed at reducing the long-term federal deficit, as well as concessions by the President to Republicans in the form of proposals to reduce spending on middle-class benefit programs.
Today, however, I want to go over a few specific items, much smaller in scale, that would have an impact on homelessness.
One important piece of background information that's important to keep in mind: This budget proposal is based on certain assumptions about how much money overall will be available for HUD programs. While those assumptions are certainly reasonable, not all members of Congress agree on them. The President's budget is always "just a proposal." This year there is more uncertainty than usual, but there is a greater need for Congress to enact it.
The date December 21 has meanings both ancient and new. Communities in every era have paused in awareness of waning daylight and the promise of the sun's return; in our era, some will pause to look for assurance that the world keeps turning. It is appropriate that National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day is December 21.
For people living on the street, the darkest day of the calendar is especially dark; for a person to die on the street is an ending that should be unthinkable. Homeless advocates, today, will pause to honor the neighbors and fellow citizens who passed away in 2012 without a home.
On Monday, December 10, The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released national numbers from the January 2012 Point-In-Time (PIT) Counts, which give an estimate of the number of people sleeping in shelters and other housing for homeless people and also in places not meant for human habitation (aka "the streets") at a single point in time. In this case, that point in time was mid-January, 2012.
Since a lot of people around the country are entering the final month of preparation for the 2013 PIT count, I want to start by saying that having these numbers every year has turned out to be extremely important. The enumeration is not perfect. But PIT Counts have become more rigorous over the years, and we believe they provide a reliable and worthwhile estimate.
Recently, I argued this point in an essay for Health Affairs that later appeared in the Washington Post. I wrote that the mistakes of an earlier generation of policy makers – a generation of which I was a part – caused so much of the problem.
Many years ago, we emptied our state psychiatric institutions for good reasons. They were often monuments to neglect or abuse. But when we emptied them, we failed to put in place the community-based service delivery system we needed.
Alliance and CEO Nan Roman delivered the following remarks at the Common Ground Alliance/Council of Homeless Persons Pre-conference Convening on in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (For our American readers, in Australia permanent supportive housing is referred to as "common ground housing.")
Ending Long Term Homelessness: Taking Permanent Supportive Housing to Scale
Thank you to the Common Ground Alliance and Felicity Reynolds and the Council of Homeless Persons and Jenny Smith for holding this forum and for inviting me to join you today. When I first came to Australia in 2007, permanent supportive housing and Common Ground housing were quite a new idea, at least by those names. Certainly there were people like Bryan Lippman at Wintringham here in Melbourne who were already doing it – combining housing and services. But it wasn't the norm; it was not a well-established intervention. Now, as heard this morning, there are quite a few models. That is good, as a variety of models are needed.
But the next step, as the title of this session indicates, is going to scale – moving from the occasional permanent supportive housing program to an adequate supply of permanent supportive housing to meet the need and end homelessness among people with chronic disabilities.
Today's post was written by Edward J. SanFilippo, Economic Development Policy Fellow for the Alliance.
Mention post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it relates to homelessness, and most people will probably think of military veterans, but other homeless populations struggle with PTSD. Indeed, the experience of homelessness itself is a trauma that can lead to PTSD.
PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can occur after an individual has experienced a traumatic event, particularly one that involves the threat of injury or death. It is still unclear why a particular trauma may lead to PTSD for some individuals but not for others, or why some individuals are traumatized by a particular event when others are not.
Today's guest blog post was written by Kristin Pazulski, Development Director and Managing Editor for the Denver VOICE. It includes an excerpt from the 2012 issue of the Denver VOICE, written by Raelene Johnson.
Raelene Johnson spent years living on the streets of Boulder. The shady space under a bridge was her home. She scraped by on the money earned the typical way on the street, her drug habit keeping her in a cycle of poverty and homelessness.
In 2008 Johnson discovered the Denver VOICE, a street paper in Colorado. As soon she walked through the vendor office door, she was given the opportunity to work. She received one hour of training and a badge with 10 free papers in exchange for the promise to conduct herself professionally while selling the VOICE.
Grabbing her first paper and ducking into the lanyard that held a tag with her face, name and vendor number, Johnson had no idea she was embarking on a journey very different from the one she'd been on.
The Alliance is proud to be a partner in From Housing to Recovery, a conference running from Sept. 19 through 21 in Tulsa, Okla.
In many ways, this three-day event exemplifies the kind of collaboration and focus we need if we are to address the problem of chronic homelessness and meet the goal of ending it by 2015, as set in the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
In his highlights of the themes of our 2012 National Conference, our Vice President Steve Berg touched on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its 1999 Olmstead decision.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Act requires states to grant people with disabilities the choice of where to live, and that states must avoid placing them in living situations that segregate them from the rest of society. The Olmstead decision, and a number of cases that followed, spoke specifically about state Medicaid programs. However, the Olmstead decision is about "community integration" broadly, and has continues to shape the ways in which state programs and services promote the rights of people with disabilities, particularly their right to live in the least restrictive settings of their choice.
This past Sunday, July 22, marked 25 years since President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, named after congressman from Connecticut who poured a lot of his time and energy into doing something about what was then the new problem of mass homelessness. The final vote in Congress was 65-8 in the Senate and 301-115 in the House. Years later the Act was renamed the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, adding the name of Bruce Vento, a congressman from Minnesota whose commitment to the issue matched Representative McKinney's.
Everyone involved in getting the act passed regarded it as a first step. The bill provided funding that allowed program operators to try out a variety of approaches to solving the problem. With these resources, for more than 10 years, program operators around the country worked to construct an impressive array of shelters, supportive services, and temporary and permanent housing.
Yet when a major federal research study in the late 1990s showed that the number of people experiencing homelessness had not gone down, few people were surprised. If anything, even more people were homeless at that time than in 1987, the year the act was signed into law.
Today's post was written by Christian Brandt, Federal Policy Intern for the Alliance.
Chances are you've heard about the recent instances of violence against homeless people. These attacks are part of the often violent reality of life on the street. On Tuesday, July 10, the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness convened to discuss this growing trend of violence against people experiencing homelessness. Among the panelists were Maria Foscarinis, executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NCH), Richard Wierzbicki, Broward County Sheriff's office captain, and David Pirtle, a man who himself was a victim of violence while living on the street. The panel was moderated by Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless.
What does the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act mean for communities poised to use new Medicaid funding to bolster their homeless assistance? First and foremost, communities have to engage more intensively with the state policymaking process – this, actually, was true before the ACA ruling came down. And it will be true no matter what the results of elections in November.
Since the decision, we now know that Medicaid will not expand nationally to cover virtually all uninsured people who earn less than $15,000. Therefore, the presumption no longer holds that virtually all people experiencing chronic homelessness will be able to enroll in Medicaid beginning in 2014. But states do have the option to expand in 2014, taking advantage of substantial federal Medicaid subsidies to do so. The ACA cannot require states to expand their programs, but still offers to pay them 90-100% of the cost of covering all uninsured adult citizens who earn around $15,000 or less annually.
Leaders and innovators in supportive housing convened in Chicago last week for a multi-faceted look at integrating housing and health care. The Leadership Forum, sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, was also the occasion for the release of a "business case" for states to tap Medicaid to pay for key services in permanent supportive housing. The presenters at the day-long conference and the paper on the business case speak to recent innovations with health care and supportive housing — demonstrating what's possible under the Affordable Care Act, and what's actually happening in communities where state government and homeless providers are proactive.
Two stand-out ACA provisions enable homeless advocates to persuade state policymakers that supportive housing is a worthwhile Medicaid investment.
States vary" – a top research finding in virtually every field studied inside the Beltway. When it comes to understanding how Medicaid is relevant to ending chronic homelessness, we would like to be more helpful. True, Medicaid's relevance to ending chronic homelessness in your community depends greatly on the profile of your state. Still, success in another state is worth looking at, along with assessing what can be borrowed effectively. A pre-conference session for early arrivals at the Alliance's summer conference will offer an opportunity to do just that. The half-day mini-conference is co-sponsored by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. We will examine several key facets of how to make Medicaid a stronger partner in programs that house and stabilize people who have been chronically homeless.
On Tuesdays in March, the Alliance has been blogging about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was enacted two years ago and is today (literally, today) the center of attention in the U.S. Supreme Court. As we and our partners have pointed out, the ACA is already helping very vulnerable people, including people experiencing homelessness – for instance, through a limited amount of new funding for community health centers. Other changes are coming on-line this year, such as Medicaid health homes, a state option that can help communities do a better job of coordinating health care and homeless assistance.
Still bigger changes are yet to come. If the key Medicaid expansion is upheld as constitutional, chronically homeless and at-risk adults who do not qualify now will have access to Medicaid benefits, starting in 2014. Even then, the promises of the ACA can fall short, if those benefits are not sufficient for people who need housing stability to recover and improve their health status. It is important for homeless advocates to have a voice in designing Medicaid benefits that make that link with concrete solutions when housing is necessary to complete an effective, person-centered care plan.
There is much work to be done. The ACA offers resources and innovative policies. Whatever the outcome in the Supreme Court, homeless advocates will continue to strive for community networks that seamlessly provide supportive housing, primary care and behavioral health services. We know this approach is necessary to end chronic homelessness.
It has been two years since passage of the Affordable Care Act. Next week, key parts of the ACA will be debated in Supreme Court oral arguments. The nine Justices will hear from lawyers on both sides – those who are challenging and those who are defending the law. Yet it could be several months (at least) before we know how the highest court in the land decides.
Whatever happens, there is no denying that the ACA has been helping people, as we noted in our March 6 blog. As we also noted, some of the ACA's greatest promises are still unfolding for the nation's most vulnerable people who still lack health care coverage. The Medicaid expansion, for instance, will not take effect until January 1, 2014 – assuming this part of the law is upheld by the Supreme Court. Even so, progress is being made.
For this week's ACA blog, the Alliance asked some of our national partners how they view the impact of the ACA. Here's what we heard:
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Official requirements can be found in the Undergraduate Handbook. They will be updated for students starting in Fall 2009 or later according to the requirements below.
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Major Requirements
Students must take 34 preparatory credits and 31 credits from the core curriculum. To emphasize the importance of communication and business skills for actuaries, students are strongly encouraged to take additional courses in communications, economics, and complete an insurance industry internship.
Preparatory Curriculum
The following 34 credits are required:
Math 231 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
Math 232 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
Math 233 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
(A GPA of at least 2.5 in the above or equivalent courses.)
Math 234 Linear Algebra & Differential Equations
BusAdm 201 Understanding Financial Statements
Econ 103 Principles of Microeconomics (VEE)
Econ 104 Principles of Macroeconomics (VEE)
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MthStat 215 Elementary Statistical Analysis
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BusAdm 210 Intro to Management Statistics
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BusAdm 230 Intro to Information Systems
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The following 32 credits are required:
Math 311 Theory of Interest (FM/2)
MthStat 361 Intro to Mathematical Statistics I (P/1)
MthStat 362 Intro to Mathematical Statistics II
MthStat 563 Regression Analysis (VEE)
MthStat 564 Time Series Analysis (VEE)
MthStat 591 Foundations of Professional Practice
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Spectrum Brands Holdings Reports Record Results For Fiscal 2012, Meets Or Exceeds Full-Year Financial Guidance
Fiscal 2012 Consolidated Financial Results
Spectrum Brands Holdings reported record consolidated net sales of $3.25 billion for fiscal 2012, a 2.1 percent increase compared to $3.19 billion for fiscal 2011. The improvement was driven by higher revenues in the Home and Garden and Global Pet Supplies segments, which included $53.5 million of net sales from the acquisitions of the Black Flag®/TAT® brands and FURminator® completed on November 1, 2011 and December 22, 2011, respectively. Excluding the negative foreign exchange impact of $73.1 million, fiscal 2012 net sales grew 4.3 percent versus fiscal 2011.
The Company reported gross profit for fiscal 2012 of $1.12 billion versus $1.13 billion last year. Fiscal 2012 gross profit margin decreased to 34.3 percent from 35.4 percent in fiscal 2011. The decrease in gross profit and gross profit margin was driven by $36 million of negative foreign currency impacts, a $17 million increase in commodity prices and costs from sourced goods, primarily from Asia, and a $12 million increase in costs due to changes in product mix. Partially offsetting the gross profit decline were increased organic sales which contributed $31 million of gross profit and fiscal 2012 acquisitions which contributed $23 million of gross profit.
Driven primarily by synergies from the Russell Hobbs acquisition, the non-recurrence of asset impairment charges, lower acquisition and integration charges, and savings from cost reduction initiatives, operating income for fiscal 2012 of $301.8 million increased 32.4 percent compared to $227.9 million a year ago. Operating income as a percentage of net sales improved more than 200 basis points to 9.3 percent versus the prior year's 7.2 percent.Spectrum Brands swung to net income of $48.6 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, for fiscal 2012 on average shares and common stock equivalents outstanding of 53.3 million, compared to a net loss of $75.2 million, or $1.47 diluted loss per share, for fiscal 2011 on average shares and common stock equivalents outstanding of 51.1 million. Adjusted for certain items in both years, which are presented in Table 3 of this press release and that management believes are not indicative of the Company's ongoing normalized operations, Spectrum Brands reported adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.28, a non-GAAP measure, for fiscal 2012, an increase of 24.6 percent compared to $1.83 last year. This represented the third consecutive year of increased adjusted earnings per share.
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The Highest Point in North Dakota
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White Butte, at an elevation of 3,506 ft, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
posted by: 12IrishGlaciers
location: North Dakota
date approved: 11/17/2014
last visited: never
Corrán Tuathail - Kerry, Ireland
The highest peak in Ireland.
posted by: Noe1
location: Ireland
date approved: 11/6/2014
Wisenberg - Häfelfingen, BL, Switzerland
Wisenberg is a mountain in the eastern Jura; it is the highest point of the municipality of Häfelfingen.
posted by: fi67
location: Nordwestschweiz (AG/BL/BS), Switzerland
date approved: 9/15/2014
Highest elevation on the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT)
Less than a mile from the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain, it is over 3500 feet above sea level.
posted by: sagefemme
location: New York
date approved: 7/31/2014
Highest Point in Lee County, Illinois
The highest point in the county named after "Light Horse" Harry Lee in The Prairie State, Illinois
posted by: MountainWoods
location: Illinois
date approved: 7/9/2014
last visited: 7/4/2014
The Highest Point in São Jorge Island (Pico da Esperança) - Açores, Portugal
This is the highest point of one of Azores Islands, São Jorge.
posted by: RuiJSDuarte
location: Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal
date approved: 6/23/2014
Highest Point in Benton Couny, Arkansas
The highest point in the northwest-most county in Arkansas
location: Arkansas
date approved: 5/27/2014
last visited: 5/26/2014
Highest Point in McDonald County, Missouri
The highest point in the southwest-most county of Missouri
location: Missouri
date approved: 4/25/2014
last visited: 4/25/2014
Copernicus Peak - Mt Hamilton, California
Mount Hamilton is in California's Diablo Range, of Santa Clara County. It is the tallest mountain overlooking Silicon Valley, and is the site of Lick Observatory, the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.
posted by: DougK
location: California
date approved: 12/30/2013
Mount Lemmon, highest point in Pima County, Arizona
Mount Lemmon, at over 9,000', is the highest point in Pima County.
posted by: tugies
location: Arizona
date approved: 12/18/2013
last visited: 11/28/2014
Mt. San Antonio - Mt. Baldy, CA
The highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains and Los Angeles County!
posted by: bluesnote
date approved: 12/14/2013
last visited: 12/14/2013
Monte Cinto, highest summit of Corsica, France
Monte Cinto (2,706m / 8,878ft ASL) is the highest mountain of island Corsica, Region of France and 5th most prominent mountain in Europe.
posted by: Rikitan
location: Corse, France
date approved: 11/29/2013
Hoverla - Chorna Hora, Ukraine
Hoverla - the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains
posted by: puczmeloun
location: Ukraine
date approved: 11/13/2013
Le Grand Ballon - Vosges Mountains & Région Alsace (France)
Le Grand-Ballon, with summit in 1424 m altitude, is not only the highest summit in the Vosges mountains but also is the highest point of the Alsace French region (Région Alsace).
posted by: Dorcadion Team
location: Alsace, France
Willard Peak - Weber County, UT
Willard Peak, is the high point in Weber County, which is in the north central area of Utah, near the north end of the Wasatch Mountains.
posted by: Chasing Blue Sky
location: Utah
date approved: 9/4/2013
last visited: 8/28/2008
Mount Nebo - Wasatch Mountains - Utah County, UT
Although not as popular a hike as Mount Timpanogos, its neighbor in the north part of the county, Mount Nebo, is in fact, the high point in the Utah County section of the Wasatch Mountains.
last visited: 8/23/2010
Monument Peak - Carbon County, UT
Monument Peak is the county high point in Carbon County, Utah. This is one of the few Utah county high points that you can actually reach by driving.
last visited: 9/7/2009
Prince Edward Island's Highest Point - Glen Valley, PEI
Prince Edward Island's Highest Point is located about 300m from Junction Road in Glen Valley, PEI.
posted by: mTn_biKer65
location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
date approved: 9/1/2013
last visited: 9/25/2013
Vaalserberg the Netherlands
The Vaalserberg is the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands. The hill is 322,7 meters in height (above sea level NAP) and close to the tripoint between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
posted by: markymarkies
location: Limburg, Netherlands
date approved: 7/27/2013
last visited: 1/3/2014
The Alcazar of Toledo, Spain
The highest point of Toledo.
posted by: g300td
location: Spain
date approved: 1/4/2013
last visited: 6/30/2013
Der Hochleckenkogel ist mit 1691m kein sehr markanter Aussichtsberg.
Hochleckenkogel (height 1691 m) is a top on Hell Mountaints.
posted by: dukex1981
location: Oberösterreich, Austria
date approved: 12/12/2012
The Highest Point in Athens, Greece
At 908 feet above sea level, Mount Lycabettus is the highest peak in Athens, and it can be seen from almost every part of the city.
posted by: denben
location: Greece
date approved: 10/15/2012
last visited: 8/3/2014
Bluebell Knoll - Wayne County, UT
Bluebell Knoll is the Wayne County high point at 11,317 feet in elevation. It is located in the south-central area of Utah on what is known as the Aquarius Plateau.
date approved: 10/7/2012
last visited: 9/3/2011
Fish Lake Hightop - Sevier County, UT
Fish Lake Hightop is the high point in Sevier County, Utah. As one would infer, it is at the top of the mountain ridge west of, and overlooking, Fish Lake.
last visited: 9/4/2011
Ejer Bavnehøj - The Highest point in Denmark befor 2005
[dk] Det højeste punkt i Danmark indtil 2005
[en] The Highest Point in Denmark until 2005
posted by: familiennielsen
location: Denmark
date approved: 9/29/2012
last visited: 9/8/2012
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Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano recall moments that made them smile
By BOB SIROTT AND MARIANNE MURCIANO December 7, 2012 4:34PM
Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano
Updated: January 28, 2013 12:08PM
The good thing about working with your spouse is the other person always knows what's happening at the office. The bad thing is the other person always knows what's happening at the office.
It's been our good fortune over the years on our old "Fox Thing" morning TV show, and more recently our weekly radio specials, to interview hundreds of well-known personalities. Sometimes, what happens off the air makes the best story.
Marianne: During the news accounts of Dick Clark's death we both recalled the day Clark was our guest on TV. I was pregnant with our now 12-year-old daughter, and he turned to Bob after the interview and said, "You have no idea what you're in for." That got us thinking about a few other close encounters of the celebrity kind we've had after the "on the air" light goes off.
Bob: Once, after I ended a satellite interview with Raquel Welch who was in Los Angeles, I said to Marianne, "Did you see how out of focus they shot her to make her look good?" Too bad the audio link was still hot so Welch heard everything. All we heard from L.A. was an audible gasp!
Marianne: When Mel Gibson was in town to promote "Braveheart," he made anyone who was going to interview him watch the three-hour-plus movie first. He wasn't about to answer dumb questions from reporters unrelated to the film. So of course, Bob gave me the assignment to interview him about anything BUT the movie! New at working with Bob back in 1995, I sheepishly asked Mel Gibson about his bed, mattress size, sleeping habits and favorite breakfast food. With a straight face he answered everything including a description of his favorite dream — the "decapitation dream"— his homage to the movie. Turns out Mel, Bob and I had a mutual friend, a FOX L.A. traffic reporter. A few days later Mel Gibson called me and left me a very long birthday wish on my cell phone! The traffic reporter told us years later, "there's a good Mel and a bad Mel." Boy, is there ever!
Bob: I came unbelievably close to getting Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, to go to Superdawg with me. After our interview I invited her to sample one of my favorite Chicago hot dogs and she accepted, but her "handlers" convinced her to head to the airport instead. It was fun just to hear Fergie say in her best British accent, "Superdawg."
Marianne: When State Treasurer Judy Barr Topinka appeared on our show, she revealed that she played the accordion, something I learned as a kid. I remembered that a few years later when Bob and I visited Judy's home on "Chicago Tonight" and I brought along my accordion. Topinka joined me in a duet of "Beer Barrel Polka."
Bob: We used to do a feature called "15 Minutes of Something" on our old morning show. We'd pick people off the street and let them conduct an interview with a celebrity, giving them their "15 minutes of fame." We selected a young man who worked in a factory and let him interview Charlie Sheen. Sheen may have a reputation as being difficult to deal with, but he was so amused at being interviewed by a regular person, he not only answered every question thoroughly, but also stuck around for a half hour afterward to make small talk with the kid.
Marianne: During a commercial break while we were taping a radio show with Dr. Oz, Bob and I were bickering about something and Bob turned to Dr. Oz with a frustrated expression on his face. Oz then said something to him that has become one of Bob's favorite sayings about marriage: "The prosecution never rests."
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I've got this fucking pain in my neck and my shoulders thanks to the stupid massage that Yuriko did to me before yesterday.
Already getting late to my class today. Damn!!!!!!!
I entered the classroom at 4 pm. And the class only lasted 20 minutes [just for me off course... yeah!!!]
In the morning I went to Yuriko's house. She downloaded "Once more, with Feeling" so she let me use her pc and her all new unlimited internet connection... cool.
I couldn't burn the episode on CD. It wasn't her fault, she's not guilty of having a stupid brother.
So my fight against her computer and the irresistible temptation of forwarding some mails were the reasons why I got late to class.
After my lovely torment I visited the faculty for the first time since last Friday.
I talked with Ian about my problem with Jack. He was pretty nice with me. Almost made me cry but was nice. Made me feel safe, protected.
He felt somehow guilty so he bought me a coke and chicken nuggest ... jeee... my fave food.
I felt pretty good.
He also took me home that night (that's the gentleman I need!!! I never understood why Danny never took me home. Bastard)
Before leaving I talked with Karen. She told me that her thingy with Chris was finally over. I'm sorry for her because she's in love with him - it's just that she doesn't accept/see it - but it's the best for her. for them both.
What a day!. I'm fine.
My phone is still screwed.
Jez is still coming.
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I'm still fine with Danna.
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Look, I get it. Hollywood is tapped out in terms of original ideas. Furthermore, before any movie studio even forks over coin to start shooting a picture, they need to know there is some sort of fan base to ensure a decent return on their investment (see the copious amount of horror movie remakes over the last couple of years and the utterly shitastic, Transformers).
The House on Sorority Row (now entitled Sorority Row) is being remade and apparently they dragged out Princess Leia from whatever rock she's been living under. Why they chose to remake one of the worst slasher films ever (looky here), is beyond me.
Apparently the dude who played Rorschach in the Watchmen flick is going to be the new Freddy Krueger. Whatevs.
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Sunday 25 November 2012
New Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp watched from the Old Trafford stands as his side surrendered a second-half lead en route to a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United.
The bottom-of-the-table visitors, under the temporary guidance of Mark Bowen, took the lead in the 52nd minute when Jamie Mackie pounced from close range after Anders Lindegaard had pushed out Kieron Dyer's cross-shot. But Redknapp, whose appointment to succeed Mark Hughes was confirmed this morning, saw his side swiftly undone by two set-pieces, Jonny Evans and Darren Fletcher both on target with headers from Wayne Rooney corners, before Anderson surged forwards and set up Javier Hernandez for a cool finish to settle matters.
Victory took United back to the top of the Barclays Premier League standings ahead of Manchester City's trip to Chelsea tomorrow.
In the other 3pm kick-offs, Jordi Gomez's hat-trick spared Ali Al Habsi's blushes as Wigan Athletic overcame Reading 3-2, Everton and Norwich drew 1-1 and Stoke City edged Fulham 1-0.
Sean Morrison's first goal for Reading had earned the visitors an interval lead at the DW Stadium. But Gomez equalised 13 minutes into the second period, lashing high into the net after his initial low effort from substitute Franco Di Santo's cross had been parried by Adam Federici. He grabbed a second 10 minutes later with a superb diving header from Jean Beausejour's cross.
Ten minutes from time, Hal Robson-Kanu's blocked shot looped high into the air and Al Habsi fumbled the ball under his crossbar and looked on helplessly as it trickled over the line. However, Gomez was not done, and swept home from Arouna Kone's pass in stoppage time to complete his treble.
There was also late drama at Goodison Park, where Sebastien Bassong's 90th-minute header from Javier Garrido's free-kick earned Norwich a point. Steven Naismith had given Everton a 12th-minute lead.
Charlie Adam's 26th-minute goal secured Stoke City a 1-0 win against Fulham at the Britannia Stadium, the Scotland midfielder benefitting from a knockdown by Peter Crouch.
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The names of Nat, Harold and Bruce Yamron represent the three-generation ownership of Yamron Jewelers. Thirty-five years ago, Harold and Joyce Yamron brought the business from Atlantic City to Naples. Twenty years ago, their son Bruce became the current company president.
Bruce and Bridget Yamron put down deep roots in the Naples community as they raised their two daughters and grew their business. They strengthened the ties their parents had previously established with some of the most admired jewelry houses like Henry Dunay, Picchiotti, Bulgari and Mikimoto, and they continued relationships with renowned watch companies like Patek Philippe, Harry Winston, Ulysse Nardin, Hublot and Zenith.
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The United States took another step yesterday toward building a new stockpile of up to 2,200 deployed nuclear weapons that would last well into the 21st century, announcing the start of a multiyear process to repair and replace facilities where they would be developed and assembled and where older warheads could be more rapidly dismantled.
Thomas P. D'Agostino, head of defense programs for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), told reporters that the "Complex 2030" program would repair or replace "inefficient, old and expensive [to maintain]" facilities at eight sites, including some buildings going back to the 1940s Manhattan Project that built the first atomic bombs. He said the sites—primarily in California, New Mexico, Texas and Tennessee—"are not sustainable for the long term."
Yesterday's announcement comes as the Bush administration is pressing its allies to take harsh steps to halt nuclear weapons programs in both North Korea and Iran that it says are violations of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That same treaty calls for the United States and other members of the nuclear club to eliminate their own stockpiles, but it gives no deadline by which that should take place.
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Breast Cancer Prevention Week: A Lifestyle Checklist
We're continuing our Breast Cancer Awareness Week with a checklist to help women prevent the disease by making small lifestyle changes in order to make a big difference. Self Magazine's Health News Director Sara Austin talked about these changes.
First we have a few things you should DO OFTEN
1. Run on side streets. The highest concentration of air pollutants is found near busy intersections and heavily trafficked streets surrounded by tall buildings. Check AirNow.gov to check the air-quality index score. If is above 150, hit the gym.
2. Eat takeout off real plates. BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to cancer, is in many plastic food containers and can leach into your meal when the container is heated and possibly when simply exposed to hot food. Transfer your take-out to a ceramic plate before digging in.
3. Take a desk break. Too much sitting can lead to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, both of which may up cancer risk. Standing for a few minutes every half hour may be enough to minimize the effects.
4. Sleep more. People who logged fewer than six hours a night were 50% more likely to develop colon cancer than those who got more than seven. Sleep helps cells repair themselves.
5. Don't top off your gas tank. Squeezing out that last drop of gas can release toxic fumes into the air, including benzene, which has been tied to leukemia. When you fill up, stand upwind of the pump and stop when the nozzle clicks, even if it's at $29.97.
And then we want you to do at least one of these this year but of course if you can check off all of them then you are good to go!
1. Get your teeth checked. Poor dental hygiene can increase your risk for gingivitis, an inflammation of the gums. Over time, high levels of inflammation may increase your risk for cancer. Another good reason to see your dentist: She can screen you for early signs of oral cancer.
2. Test your home. Exposure to radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States after smoking. The odorless gas can seep through cracks in your home from the surrounding soil. Ensure your space is safe by using a home-testing kit, available at hardware stores.
3. Schedule an HPV test. If you are 30 or older, request a human papillomavirus test along with your Pap smear. HPV causes most cervical cancers; as you get older, your body is less able to clear the infection on its own. If both tests are negative, you can wait three years before checking again.
4. Do a vitamin check. Vitamin D appears to help breast cells grow normally. Ask your M.D. for a blood test. If levels are low, she may recommend dietary changes and a supplement to help you get the suggested 600 IU daily. (Don't tan to up your dose: It can cause cancer!)
5. Create a virtual medical log. Create a detailed diagram of your relatives' health history by clicking on the Family Health Portrait Web tool at www.hhs.gov/familyhistory. Upload it to the free Microsoft HealthVault, then email the link to loved ones.
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First off, what exactly are Cloud Connectors?
Simply put, a Cloud Connector is a seamless connection between Eloqua's marketing automation workflow and any other system. So the data derived from a third-party application, or even from a homegrown Eloqua Connector like the Name Analyzer, are fed into our platform so it can be used for marketing campaigns, nurturing flows, lead scoring or communication efforts.
You see Cloud Connectors as intrinsically tied to Revenue Performance Management. Can you explain the relation between the two?
Revenue Performance Management is about getting a single view of the marketing and sales pipeline, which means from the early stages of awareness through the entire investigation process to close. So you need to do a couple of things. You need to get data from all kinds of sources, from social media, from events, from webinars. All of these sources are communicators that buyers provide that you need to pull in.
Secondly, you need to understand that data in context, which really comes down to identity. It's identifying Jesse Noyes's email account as @noyesjesse on Twitter and as Jesse Noyes on Facebook. Once you understand the data in context, you're going to guide them through the overall buying process, which means more then sending them an email. It's getting a Twitter message in front of them, getting a Facebook message in front of them, getting a targeted ad in front of them, getting social context involving their peers in front of them. What Cloud Connectors enables, in terms of Revenue Performance Management, is the pulling in of that data, the pulling in of buyers' identities and the triggering of well-timed communications.
So it's not just a one-way street. You can pull in data and also push out messaging?
You can suck in data, you can clarify identities by pulling in that data, and you can trigger targeted messages. Cloud Connectors are just extending our core platform, which absorbs and digests that date and ties it into the rest of the Revenue Performance Management ecosystem.
People seem to immediately understand the value of Cloud Connectors at the top of the funnel. Can you talk a little about what value they bring within deeper stages of the funnel?
Sure. Really, Cloud Connectors are part of a fully integrated lead management process. When you get a person in that investigation phase being able to understand what they did in webinars and events is absolutely key. Did they attend? What did they do when they were at the event? What content did they find interesting at the show booth? That gives you an indicator of whether or not a prospect is ready to talk to sales yet. That's middle of the funnel stuff. At later stages, Cloud Connectors help tie in an understanding of the business, whether the business you are talking to has the same fit of other businesses you've sold to. That's where you can use information from D&B or Hoovers or Jigsaw. That way when you get sales in front of them you're only getting them in front of people in those organizations with a strong fit.
I imagine many people see how this could lead to a greater amount of prospects and leads. But how does it improve the quality of leads?
This is the core of Revenue Performance Management – it's not about more or less. It's about aligning the right revenue assets with the right buyers. Marketing is typically not that effective but not that expensive on a per person basis. A billboard on the side of a highway will reach tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people, but it doesn't really help that much except for reaching people mildly interested or totally unaware. A field sales rep having a conversation is ridiculously expensive on a per person basis, but highly effective. So the goal of Revenue Performance Management in many ways is solving an asset allocation challenge. It's not about the pure simplicity of more or less leads going over to my sales team. Revenue Performance Management is looking at the entire funnel and saying where in the funnel do we need less based on effectiveness and cost.
What feedback are you getting from customers using Cloud Connectors? How are they using them?
Probably the most popular Connectors would be the webinar providers. The benefit to the marketer is quite tactical. It's, "Can I get the list from this event and who attended into my normal platform." It saves them a lot of work, but it's also a bite of the elephant. By making that easy and automatic, it enables them to, bit-by-bit, bite off that whole elephant so they can understand the buyer at all stages of the buying process and can react in all of their marketing to that buyer. The operational benefits build up to the broader strategy.
So the ideal Cloud Connector user would use them across all the various platforms? Is that the end goal?
That's the end goal of Revenue Performance Management: it's getting a full view of buyers. Cloud Connectors are one very effective way to get one aspect of that overall picture into focus. Cloud Connectors are the enabling piece for reaching that larger vision.
10 million transactions have already taken place through Cloud Connectors. How fast is this initiative moving?
We've got 25 different Connectors right now. It is moving fast. It is getting popular. It's moving very fast because of the nature of cloud. If you want to be set up in the right way, you need to build out these integrations.
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Patty's Wrap
Patty's Wrap is a crocheted tribute to the knitted design, Happy Street, by Veera Valimaki. It is worked from the top down in lace-weight yarn. Formed using short rows of bold stripes, the final wrap is a symmetrical, crescent-shaped shawl.
After blocking, the shawl/wrap is 87.5 inches (208 cm) along the outer curve and 15 inches (38 cm) at the widest point.
The following stitches were used: chain, foundation single crochet, single crochet, slip stitch.
Patty's Wrap is named for my marvelously talented friend, Patty--designer, knitter, crocheter, weaver.
Note on yarn usage: The pattern calls for (3) 600-yd hanks (65g each) of lace-weight yarn. When I finished crocheting, I had 4g of main color, 27g of contrasting color one, and 17 grams of contrasting color two remaining. So, it is possible to make this shawl with fewer yards/meters of yarn than what is stated here.
Gina has provided recipe information and a "print and go" page as well as a "print and go" chart to drop in your project bag.
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Tenth Annual Gala Fundraiser to benefit W.O.L.F.
BELLVUE, Colo. (JUNE 4, 2014) – W.O.L.F. Sanctuary will be holding its 10th annual Waltz for the Wolves on Saturday, June 14 from 5-9 p.m. at The Ranch Events Complex, 1st National Bank Building North in Loveland. This evening of fun and entertainment will include appetizers and a gourmet plated dinner, over 100 exciting silent auction items, the eight-piece funk/soul/R&B band Honey Comb, emceeing by the K99 Good Morning Guys, and visits by an Ambassador Wolf. Live auction items ... Full Story
W.O.L.F. Sanctuary Benefit
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (MAY 31, 2014) – W.O.L.F. Sanctuary will conduct an online auction June 1-13 to benefit W.O.L.F.'s operations and the future relocation and growth of its facility. Included in this national online auction will be items such as guitars signed by the Zac Brown Band and Rascal Flatts, several Midwest trips, and exquisite art--including a bronze horse sculpture by world-renowned animal artist Dan Ostermiller valued at nearly $5,000. Go to www.wolfsanctuary.net then ... Full Story
Heroes Behind the Badge
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith is inviting Larimer County residents to attend a special screening of the documentary film Heroes Behind the Badge on Friday, January 25 at 6:10 p.m. at the Timberline Church, 2908 South Timberline Road in Fort Collins. This documentary film features some of the brave men and women of law enforcement from around the country who have put their lives on the line and survived, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Already this ... Full Story
Bluegrass to benefit Search and Rescue
Larimer County Search and Rescue Benefit Concert in Estes Park Larimer County Search and Rescue is holding a benefit concert at Performance Park in Estes Park on Saturday August 18 at 6:30 p.m. The featured bluegrass band, Giddyup Kitty will be performing. Giddyup Kitty is a four-piece, high-energy, all-female bluegrass band from Longmont Colorado. The Denver Post says they are "the finest bluegrass you'll find anywhere along the Front Range". Quentin Young from ... Full Story
Studs Terkel's "Working" in Foote
Loveland Community Theatre presents excerpts from Studs Terkel's "Working" as two Readers' Theatre performances to benefit the House of Neighborly Service. Tickets are $3 at the door. Donations to the House of Neighborly Services welcome. At its heart, "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do" is about the quest for meaning in our lives. It is a mirror reflecting the enormous heart and spirit of the American people on that quest. And while some ... Full Story
Johnstown church calls off fundraiser for couple
Coloradoan Johnstown church calls off fundraiser for couple accused of child abuse JOHNSTOWN — A Catholic parish has called off a fundraising event to benefit a couple accused of abusing their children citing "controversy," 9Wants to Know has learned. Read more The Denver Channel.com Parents Accused Of Torturing 3 Adopted Russian Sisters LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. -- A Larimer County couple is charged with abusing three adopted Russian sisters, ... Full Story
Philo Grommon Benefit
Philo Grommon, a freshman of Johnstown Colorado became victim of a violent physical assault that would forever change his life and lives' of those that love him dearly. On December 1st 2010, Philo was unexpectedly attacked by another student while attending his local high school. During the attack he endured a severe blow to the head causing a traumatic brain injury. Stripped of what was once a normal teenage life, he now suffers from a neurological motor tic disorder, severe memory loss, ... Full Story
Knight of Caring and Sharing (Cancelled)
The Loveland Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a "Knight of Caring and Sharing" to benefit Edelwina and Steven Leschinsky of the Johnstown Parish Community. Tickets are $7.00 per person (children under 10 free) Menu Chicken and Beef Fajitas; to be held at the Senior Center, 101 S Charlotte, Johnstown on April 29, 2011 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. There will be a Silent Auction and door prizes. Some of the Auction items are: an I-Pad, a complete bathroom ensemble, including towels, etc; a framed ... Full Story
Golf Tournament benefits Stand Up 2 Cancer
The Peter Marsh Golf Tournament Benefiting Stand Up 2 Cancer WHEN:June 4, 2011 – shotgun starting at 1:30 p.m., check in 11:30 to noon. LOCATION: Estes Park Golf Course, 1480 Golf Course Road, Estes Park, Colorado. THE EVENT: The event will be an afternoon tournament, 4 person scramble. The fee is $100 per person which includes your green fee, cart with goodie bag, range balls, 1 drink ticket, and prizes. The event will be followed by a buffet dinner for awarding prizes and a ... Full Story


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Ireland and Portugal set for debt deferral
06.03.13 @ 09:50
BRUSSELS - Ireland and Portugal are to be given more time to repay their emergency loans with both countries seen as good pupils in following the imposed austerity programme.
An EU finance ministers meeting Tuesday (5 March) noted that "both countries have taken successful steps to re-enter the markets."
They discussed how best to help the two countries to "exit" their bailout programmes.
Officials from the European Central, European Commission and the International Monetary Fund - the so-called Troika - will now discuss how to "smooth" their debt repayments.
EU economic affairs commission Rehn said he was "confident" Ireland would leave its adjustment programme in autumn 2013 and Portugal in spring 2014.
He also claimed that national parliaments across the EU could be "convinced on the merits of the assessment of the longer maturities" on the grounds that "it is very much in the European interest, and the interest of each member state, that both Ireland and Portugal will successfully exit the programme and regain market funding."
Irish finance minister Michael Noonan was more circumspect, commenting that there were "a range of options still in the paperwork provided by the commission."
Ireland and Portugal want to push back the maturity of loans by up to fifteen years to help ease the repayment pressure although EU sources have indicated an average extension period of five years.
The two countries have received bailout packages worth €67.5 billion and €78 billion respectively.
Both countries are keen to return to financing themselves on the international debt markets.
Ireland was pushed into difficulties in 2010 following the collapse of Anglo-Irish bank and the Bank of Ireland, causing its budget deficit that year to reach a massive 30 percent.
The debt deals have pushed the debt-to-GDP ratio up to nearly 120 percent in both countries.
However, Ireland is now among the better economic performers in the eurozone. The Commission's Winter Forecast, released in February, predicted that Ireland's economy would continue its recovery in 2013 and 2014 with GDP growth of 1.1 percent and 2.2 percent respectively.
Portugal, however, remains mired in recession, with its economy expected to contract by a further 1.9 percent in 2013.


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The assumptions behind the latest poll from CNN are surprisingly typical and it tells you everything you need to know about why people are so skeptical about the polling data that they're seeing.
The top line is Barack Obama 49 vs. Mitt Romney 49.
Looks close, right?
But then, you look at the crosstabs and see this.
Registered voters were asked questions about their likelihood of voting, past voting behavior, and interest in the campaign; based on answers to those questions, 693 respondents were classified as likely voters. Respondents who reported that they had already cast an absentee ballot or voted early were automatically classified as likely voters. Among those likely voters, 41% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Independents, and 30% described themselves as Republicans.
When Hope and Change mania was running wild, brother — it was D+8. In 2010, when the GOP ran all over the Democrats, it was dead even. This poll is D+11.
Putting it another way, in 2008, the exit polls showed 39D/31R/29I. In 2010, when the GOP had such an incredible year, it was 36D/36R/28I. This poll assumes 41D/30R/29I. So, this poll is estimating that Republican turnout will drop BELOW McCain's horrific lows, while Democrat turnout as a percentage of the electorate will be way up from 2008 — and Romney is winning Independents by such an enormous margin that they're still even.
PS: Gallup pegs the electorate at R+1 and Rasmussen puts it at R+2.6


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HDMF Website
Listing details for Pag Ibig Fund HDMF website, hotline contact numbers, online registration, contribution inquiry, branches, forms and more. Website may be visited at pagibigfund.gov.ph.
For the HDMF Pag-Ibig Fund website, just visit pagibig.gov.ph/ while for the online registration please find their homepage or make inquiry via the hotline telephone numbers listed below.You can also call them for instructions on their different office locations and branches all over Metro Manila and provinces for your contribution inquiry. Forms may be downloaded from their website which is listed above.
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Much to my regret, I've decided to discontinue my monthly amortization. I've already requested for the termination of electric and water system of my house to avoid the tampering of squatters. My last payment to your office was January 7, 2014.
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MDA Delays Plans To Seek $3 Billion Multiyear Missile Deal With Raytheon
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GHAZNI CITY, Mar 19, 2011: A view of the capital city of southern Ghazni province. PAJHWOK/Shir Ahmad Haider
GHAZNI CITY, Feb 16, 2011: A newly graduated policeman shows his certificate to media people in a graduation ceremony in the southern province of Ghazni.
GHAZNI CITY, Jan 03, 2011: A newly-constructed market of women (Bagh-i-Zanana) in Ghazni city, the capital of in western Ghazni province.
GHAZNi, Sept. 18, a Man casts his ballot in Ghazni City.
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): A bus packed with passengers heading to Kandahar from Kabul flipped over on the highway Wednesday morning, killing 17 people and injuring another 25, officials said.
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Transcending Fear
This program was recommended to me by a friend via facebook. Though I had an idea of the importance of web 2.0, I had never paused to understand deeply its life altering power on a larger scale. Deciding to participate in VOF 2011 felt like an irresistible task, though I was quite suspicious about the word "media". Here is why. Media in its traditional connotation appeared to me an asymmetrical system of information consumption and production, exclusive to me as a woman, as a racial minority and as a student even. Despite this, I am positive that web 2.0 media training will afford me and other countless women who have been silenced the opportunity to resist the fear of speaking and make sure we are heard.
Web 2.0 has the immense capacity to bring solutions to the global women's movement. Web 2.0 is about accessibility, opportunity, choice, education and participation. Women, many of whom I have read about, listened to or tweeted at, whether in Egypt, Libya, or in a rural village in Ghana and all over the world choose risk instead of safety and diversity instead of sameness daily. To risk, means to share our lived experiences as our own stories and to make sure no one takes away from them even in the face of imprisonment, rape, death and religious fundamentalism. Risking means that I have the supportive medium to share and create these stories so that they are not distorted, misrepresented or even trivialized.
Web 2.0 gives me the power to believe in the fluidity of communities and it is this power that allows meaningful, active participation online, despite the complexity and diversity of issues women face in different geopolitical contexts. I have witnessed these online networks transfer into local actions in Egypt, Libya. To be able to do likewise elsewhere I need education, a diversified form like web 2.0 interactive tools that stray from the old forms of knowledge sharing. It is catalyst for women to believe in a process that brings us closer and gives us a world of shared values and meaningful community.
To explain how empowering the tools of web 2.0 will be for me, I need to deconstruct "empowerment". Often, empowerment is equated to a somewhat unbalanced distribution of power in which one thing has the ability to offer more or give to something but empowerment to me is about reciprocity. Reciprocity means that I invest in my community in the same manner, qualitatively and quantitatively as the resources invested in me. Web 2.0 will allow me to speak, write, create, share opinions, concerns, joys, struggles and also act in solidarity with others. Audre Lorde, an American feminist once said, "When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." Today, I make a choice and it is a choice to speak.
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Dear M. Dee,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this matter with the PulseWire community. I'm glad you decided to join this process. I love your line about women all over the world who "choose risk instead of safety and diversity instead of sameness daily." I really appreciated your definitions of both risk and empowerment. Keep writing about these issues. I look forward to reading more.
In friendship,
Great effort
Dear sister,
Wonderful vision, lovely articulation. Awaiting your next piece!
M. Dee --
you gracefully capture that we DO have choice in our lives and web 2.0 is part of that choice. Thanks for stepping us through your thoughts. We are learning from each other every day.


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- Release Date 1/28/2009
- Publisher D3P
- Platform PS2
- Genre Action Adventure
- Number of Players 1
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Get ready to explore the world as you've never seen it before. Step into the stylized shoes of Coraline, the heroine of the novella and feature film by the same name. Journey through two different worlds, including the peculiar Normal World and the whimsical and fascinating Other World. Solve puzzles, interact with other characters, collect items and combine it all with traditional action gameplay. Unlock collectables from the film, including artwork and ways to alter Coraline's looks. Use every bit of your system's capabilities as you accept the challenge of truly one-of-a-kind puzzles and areas which spring from the mind of best-selling author Neil Gaiman.
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Coraline So-so movie tie-in with buttons for brains You know exactly what you're in for when a game's first move – its way of drawing you in to the rest of the adventure – is forcing you to slowly drag a box around the kitchen. Then making you sa...more
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its a ok game, graphics are good. but i beat the game in a day, so the game was to short. great for a child, but they could have done more for this game then the same mini games over and over..more
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10 Tips for Coping with Anger
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This classic soup is always a winner as a hearty lunch or supper dish. It freezes really well, too.
25g/1oz butter
2 tbsp olive oil
1kg/2lb 4oz white onions, finely sliced
2 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
50ml/2fl oz dry sherry
250ml/9fl oz white wine
2 tbsp plain flour
1.2 litres/2 pints fresh veal or beef stock
1 tsp soft brown sugar
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 slices baguette, cut thickly on the diagonal
110g/4oz Gruyère, grated
Heat a large pan until hot, add the butter, olive oil, onions and thyme and fry for 20-25 minutes over a medium-low heat, or until softened and golden-brown.
Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes then add the sherry and white wine and cook until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half.
Stir in the flour, cook for one minute then pour in the stock. Bring to a simmer then cook gently for 10-15 minutes and season with the sugar, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
For the croutons, preheat the grill to its highest setting. Place the bread onto a grill tray and toast lightly until golden brown on each side then add the cheese and return to the grill until bubbling and golden brown.
To serve, ladle the soup into warmed bowls and top with a cheesy crouton.
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