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Bahrain was in full Grand Prix mode all week, which kicked off with the first Motor Sport Middle East Forum in the Ruf Building at the Sakhir circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by the FIA Medical Summit on Thursday.
The former was notable for gripping presentations by McLarens Ron Dennis, Nadia Petrossi of Kangaroo TV, His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, Talal Al Zain of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the investment arm of the Bahraini Royal Family, and Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen of the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority. The Forum attracted huge interest and generated some strong business links between European visitors and the emergent motorsport community in the Middle East.
A Simply Red concert and paddock parties provided entertainment, as did a gripping Asia series GP2 race on Saturday which was won by ARTs Romain Grosjean and was memorable for the amount of overtaking.
In Speedcar, Uwe Alzen was disqualified for not wearing his HANS device, leaving Frenchman David Terrien victorious after a spectacular collision between Jean Alesi and Stefan Johansson late in the race. Other familiar faces in that series included polesitter Johnny Herbert (whose car developed an engine problem), Ukyo Katayama, JJ Lehto and debutants Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve.
Elsewhere in the paddock, familiar F1 regulars Sir Jackie Stewart, Christian Danner and Marc Surer were joined by 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter and former Brabham and Williams racer Riccardo Patrese, whose record for the most Grand Prix starts is set to be broken later this year by Hondas Rubens Barrichello. Famous fans included impressionist Rory Bremner, former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, and rock legend Eric Clapton.


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Firefly Online MMO heading to PC, Mac
"A captain's goal was simple: find a crew, find a job, keep flying." – Shepherd Derrial Book
Developer SparkPlug Games has announced that in addition to Android and iOS, their MMO Firefly Online will be heading to PC and Mac around Q2/Q3 2014.
Digital distribution channels, pre-orders, and pricing are said to be announced soon.
SparkPlug said that the game will have feature parity across all platforms, so no one will be playing a gimped version, and progress will be persistent across mobile and desktop devices.
Players will be able to captain a ship, recruit a crew and engage in missions, all while trading and fighting for survival. The player's ship will be customisable, and users can trade and interact with others in the game.
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We offer our most sincere apologies to DJ Shadow and his fans for his set being cut short at Mansion this past weekend. This error should not have happened and will not happen again, especially as we pride ourselves on creating an environment that cultivates and respects innovators such as DJ Shadow. We have learned a lot from this error and made changes within our organization to ensure that Mansion's vision, and the vision of our guests, will never be compromised again.
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A plan to construct an underground highway beneath east Atlanta received new life this month, appearing at the top of a list of proposed projects released by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
The proposal seeks to connect GA-400 and I-675 through a subterranean toll road which would serve as an alternative to the Downtown Connector and be funded through the state's recently renewed Public-Private Partnership, or P3, program.
An initial estimate of the work pegged construction costs at around $3.7 billion - with private-sector investments being used to develop the tunnel, and commuters eventually footing the bill through tolls.
The GDOT originally rolled out the list of P3 projects in early November in order to draw interest from investors. More recently the department spoke out on the conspicuous presence of the underground highway atop the agenda – one spokesman telling the AJC that the proposal had the greatest likelihood of any listed to significantly ease congestion.
The plan has been both highly touted and highly criticized over the past few years, with policymakers lauding the potential for congestion mitigation and increased mobility, while residents of east Atlanta condemn the project's potential to destroy residential areas.
A similar proposal to link the two highways with an above-ground thoroughfare in the 1970s fell flat following a strong public outcry from residents of east Atlanta, and even with the more modern design, residents have again been wary.
Though the project must first be approved by the Atlanta Regional Commission, the GDOT plans to proceed with additional toll lane projects on the P3 list, which include installing lanes on I-75, I-285, I-20 and GA-400.
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Eberhard E. Scheuing, Ph.D., C.P.M., A.P.P., NAPM Professor St. John's University, New York, NY 11439, 718/990-6770, firstname.lastname@example.com
Abstract. Excellent purchasing organizations consistently exceed internal customer expectations. They engage in continuous customer dialog, demonstrate total commitment, and offer customer-friendly processes. Based on years of experience in helping purchasers deliver world class service, this paper offers proven tools for assessing the customer-friendliness of your organization, and for achieving excellence.
Identifying Opportunities to Excel. Excellence means delighting customers by consistently exceeding their expectations. To achieve excellence, purchasing organizations must follow a four-step process:
Customers are individuals or groups who depend on the purchasing organization's performance for the success of their own efforts and the satisfaction of their requirements. They can be fellow employees (internal customers) or buyers of the company's outputs (external customers). Due to complex webs of roles and players in decision making processes, it can be quite a challenge to identify specific customers. After all, a customer could be a requisitioner, a specifier, a user, or a payor.
A number of research tools can be used to obtain input from customers :
Customer expectations refer to the performance levels they anticipate from purchasing. Customer perceptions are their assessments of the performance delivered by purchasing. Customer response is the behavior customers carry out after comparing their perceptions with their expectations. The relationship between these factors is shown in Exhibit 1.
Exhibit 1: Factors Driving Customer Behavior: Not available in text-only version of this paper.
Customer expectations and perceptions can be measured with the help of report cards. Exhibit 2 presents a generic report card.
A | B | C | D = B x C |
Customer Expectations | Relative Importance | Performance Ratings | Weighted Ratings |
Totals | 100% |
Exhibit 2: Purchasing Report Card
In a purchasing report card, the function's customers list their performance expectations in column A. In column B, they indicate the relative importance of their individual expectations by assigning percentage weights to them. In column C, they reflect how well purchasing is performing on each of these expectations with the help of a simple rating scale: 5 = excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = fair, and 1 = poor. The weighted ratings in column D are computed by multiplying the figures in columns B and C with each other. The shaded cell in the lower right hand corner of the report card represents purchasing's total score for the evaluation period. Because the maximum total score is 500%, any overall weighted rating below this score indicates opportunities for performance improvement. The individual weighted ratings help pinpoint and prioritize specific opportunities.
Another invaluable source of improvement opportunities are complaints received by purchasing. Research indicates that for every dissatisfied customer who complains to an organization, there are 26 other customers who are equally dissatisfied but do not complain to the organization. But they tell others--in fact, about ten others on average. This negative word-of-mouth discourages potential customers from ever giving the organization a chance. So for every complaining customer, there are possibly 260 others who either had a bad experience or heard about one and thus will not/no longer do business with the organization. But the organization never gets a chance to hear about it and take corrective action.
So it is essential to encourage and welcome complaints instead of treating them as unjustified nagging or evil nuisances. A customer who complains offers your purchasing organization a chance to correct an alleged faulty performance or set the record straight by educating the customer about the true nature of the situation. Most customers whose complaints are resolved will continue to do business with an organization. If complaints are resolved promptly, they may even become loyal customers.
It helps to ask complaining customers what would make the situation right for them and then go beyond what they requested to surprise them. Correcting perceived performance problems is known as recovery. Recovery requires an appropriate process that enables quick action. It is both an art and a skill. As an art, it involves sensitivity, judgment, and flair. As a skill, it can and must be taught because it is a powerful means of gaining critical insight and recapturing the goodwill of customers ready to defect.
Creating Customer Passion. Because even satisfied customers often leave and do their own purchasing, purchasing leaders must instill and continually reinforce a genuine passion for delighting customers in all team members. Toward this end, it must provide values as well as a mission and vision for purchasing.
Values are the guiding principles of the purchasing organization:
Its mission is a statement about the nature and purpose of the purchasing organization. In contrast to its mission statement which describes what an organization is and believes in, its service vision is a statement about what it wants to become.
A purchasing organization's vision statement involves an inspiring picture of:
The purchasing vision is a statement about the function's future nature and purpose within the company, describing its role, competencies, and approach to doing business. Issues to be addressed in formulating a vision statement include:
Customer passion in purchasing results from selecting the right people, training and paying them well, empowering them to use their judgment and creativity, and encouraging them to have fun at work.
Tools for Achieving Excellence. Excellence relates to both purchasing processes and outcomes. Purchasing processes are sequences of activities that your organization uses to carry out its responsibilities. These processes developed to suit purchasers' needs, not customer requirements and are typically forced on customers who find them inconvenient, inconsiderate, and often onerous. In fact, we usually try to make the customer fit our system rather than fitting the purchasing processes or system to the customer's requirements. Purchasing outcomes are the results of purchasing actions. Hopefully, they will match what customers expected and/or needed. In any event, outcomes are the basis for evaluating purchasing performance.
Excellence in purchasing can only be achieved and maintained if both purchasing processes and outcomes are optimized. Customer-friendly processes are ultimately useless if they do not deliver the desired results. But it is equally fruitless to deliver targeted outcomes if customers feel mistreated in the process. Customer-friendly processes and impressive outcomes are a winning combination.
But this combination can only be realized if your purchasing organization engages in a continuous dialog with its customers, using any and all means of communications possible to understand and anticipate their changing needs. Because actions speak louder than words, demonstrating a spirit of total commitment that regularly goes beyond the call of duty to deliver extra performance to customers is essential for the credibility of this customer passion.
Exhibit 3 illustrates this crucial triad. Exhibit 3: The Excellence Triad is not available in the text-only version of this paper.
A number of tools are available to resourceful purchasing professionals who aim to exceed customer expectations with regard to purchasing processes and outcomes:
The Rewards of Excellence. The benefits of achieving and sustaining excellence in purchasing are enormous. Service excellence in purchasing:


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Frosted Chocolate Chip Brownies Recipe
These moist, cake-like brownies are so chocolaty-good that they'll go fast at any get-together. The sour cream ifrosting gives these yummy squares a little tang that makes them seem special. —Conni Poto, North Canton, Ohio
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts
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- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in chocolate syrup and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- For frosting, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 5 minutes. Whisk in sour cream. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Frost brownies. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 1 dozen.
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Upward Bound Selected to Receive $2.5 Million Grant Over Next Five Years
The program provides skills, tools and motivation for high school students to enroll and complete college.
Written by Jorge Cruz
Munoz, along with the Upward Bound staff and its students, worked hard to make sure their grant application would be highly competitive.
Texas Tech was selected to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Education in the amount of $2.5 million during the next five years to help fund the Upward Bound Classic Program under the Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement.
"We invested a significant amount of time and human capital to insure that our grant application would be highly competitive," said Juan Munoz, vice president of the division. "Clearly, it was. It is also worth noting that Upward Bound remains a specific programmatic criteria, referenced by the Coordinating Board, for being NRUF eligible."
The Upward Bound program has been continuously offered at Texas Tech since 1967.
Upward Bound is designed to provide the skills, tools, and motivation for high school students to enroll and complete college. The local program serves first-generation college-going students in 20 school districts within a 50-mile radius of the Lubbock area. The program is open to high school students who would be first-generation college students from limited-income families, and exhibit a high-level of academic commitment and achievement through their high school course work.
"It takes a strong commitment to succeed in this program," said Jesse Jalomo, managing director for Upward Bound at Texas Tech. "With the skill sets that Upward Bound provides, these students will be successful in post-secondary education. They have a hunger – a strong desire to go and complete a college degree."
The program receives 100 students at a time and exposes them to the collegiate life through college visits and prepares them for the academic rigors of college through tutoring sessions and supplemental instruction in core subjects, as well as enrichment courses.
The grant will help fund various Upward Bound services, including:
- College-prep classes
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- Financial aid advising
- Career counseling
- Volunteer opportunities
The Texas Tech Upward Bound program also is in competition for two math/science grants in the amount of $2.25 million per grant.
For more information on Upward Bound, visit http://www.depts.ttu.edu/upwardbound/.
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May 22nd, 2012 at 7:21 pmAWESOME ! This is GREAT NEWS we are so Happy and would like to take this time to express our gratitude to THE TEXAS TECH UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM, for allowing my grand-daughter
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June 14th, 2012 at 7:32 pmExcellent, for Texas Tech; the Program; and Community. Congratulations!
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Portsmouth Tourist Attractions
Until 1808, the port town of Portsmouth, founded in 1630 at the mouth of the Piscataqua, was the state capital. A walk round the district of Strawberry Bank with its handsome old houses will introduce visitors to the town's past.
Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke was the name of the settlement which began at Portsmouth. The Strawbery Banke Museum is a ten acre complex which depicts the everyday life of the early settlers to the area. Historic houses and staff in period costumes help to recreate the setting.The Abbott Corner Store has been restored and stocked with items from the time of WWII. Some of the other structures in the complex include the Pitt Tavern (1770), Wheelwright House (1780), Drisco House (1795), Walsh House (1796), and Chase House (1815), as well many others.
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454 Court Street, Portsmouth, NH 03802, United States
Prescott Park
Located within Prescott Park are two warehouses, one of which is the 1705 Sheafe Warehouse which now houses the Folk Art Museum. The park also offers gardens, fountains and a pier.
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Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Athenaeum Library and Museum
The Portsmouth Athenaeum was established in 1817. It was a library which could only be used by shareholders. The building itself was built for the Fire and Marine Insurance Company, incorporated in 1803. The building today is still used for a private library which has over 300 members.
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9 Market Square, 3rd floor, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Isles of Shoals Steamship Company
The Isles of Shoals Steamship Company in Portsmouth offers sightseeing cruises of the Isles of Shoals and the Portsmouth Harbor on replicas of 19th century steamships. The boats stop at Star Island, where passengers can hop and explore the island. Various theme cruises are available.
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315 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03802-0311, United States
Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum and Albacore Park (USS Albacore)
The USS Albacore was a prototype for modern day submarines. It was built in 1952 and used for almost twenty years to test new submarine equipment and devices. A nearby Memorial Garden is dedicated to those killed in the submarine services.
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600 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3361, United States
Children's Museum of Portsmouth
The Children's Museum of Portsmouth features a variety of hands-on educational and entertaining exhibits.
Official site:
280 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-4637, United States
Portsmouth Harbour Trail
The Portsmouth Harbor Trail runs past historic homes and the waterfront. Guided tours are available.
Official site:
Box 239, Portsmouth, NH 03802-0239, United States
Warner House
The Warner House in downtown Portsmouth was built in 1716. The house has 18 inch thick brick walls. It was originally built for Captain Archibald Macpheadris and his wife Sarah Wentworth but was named for their son-in-law Jonathan Warner. Exhibits include the oldest Colonial wall paintings still in place, Smalt Room, and first example of Queen Anne furniture known in US.
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150 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, NH 03802-0895, United States
John Paul Jones House
The John Paul Jones House was built in 1758 in Portsmouth. It was built by Captain Gregory Purcell and turned into a guesthouse later by his widow. Among the guests who lived at the house was Captain John Paul Jones. On display in the house are collections of china, silver, glass, portraits, and clothing.
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43 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Moffatt-Ladd House
The Moffatt-Ladd House in Portsmouth was built in 1763 by John Moffatt but is better known as the home of his son-in-law, William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house still contains original furniture and the grounds feature formal gardens.
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154 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3730, United States
Governor John Langdon House
The Governor John Langdon House in Portsmouth was built by John Langdon, the New Hampshire Senate's president in 1785. The interior of the home features ornate woodwork and period furnishings.
143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-4506, United States
Wentworth-Gardner House
The Wentworth-Gardner House in Portsmouth was built in 1760 for Thomas Wentworth as a wedding gift from his father. On display in the houses is a collection of Wallace Nutting photos.
50 Mechanic Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-4624, United States
Rundlet-May House
The Rundlet-May House was built in 1807 in Portsmouth by James Rundlet. The house features furniture made by local craftsmen.
364 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Water Country
Water Country in Portsmouth is a water amusement park which features a wave pool, tube ride on a slow river, and other water rides.
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2300 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion was built in 1720. The 42 room mansion was the official residence of Benning Wentworth, the first royal governor.
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DBA 232 Database Administration • 5 Cr.
Develops the concepts and skills required to perform the duties of Database Administrator (DBA) in organizations using large relational databases. Students develop coherent plans for security, disaster recovery, backup and restore, replication and other administrative functions, including the creation and use of SQL scripts to automate administrative tasks. Prerequisite: DBA 130 with a C- or better. Placement by assessment into ENGL& 101 or ENGL 092 or 093 with a C- or better.
After completing this class, students should be able to:
- Correctly describe the Sql Server architecture
- Plan for a Sql Server installation
- Successfully configure Sql Server and manage files and databases
- Choose the appropriate security scheme for a business situation
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- Successfully backup and restore a database
- Develop a disaster recovery plan ro production databases
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Report: Florida's Unemployment May Not Drop Below 6% Until 2020
Categories: Recessionomics
It's predicted that 2011 will see the unemployment rate in the state begin a steady decline, but that the rate may not dip below 6 percent again until 2020. It may not even fall below 10 percent until the last quarter of 2013.
It will be the first quarter of 2014 until the payroll levels of Florida companies reach their pre-recession levels. Real gross state product, personal income growth, the housing market and most other economic indicators are expected to also start making slow recoveries.
In the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale metro area Snaith predicts moderate growth between 2010 and 2013, with personal income growing 3.8 percent each year. Jobs should increase by 1.7 percent each year with major increases coming in the business and professional services, health and education, and trade, transportation and utility sectors.
Here's a snap shot of the projections for the Miami area over the next few years.
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text: Maintaining Strength Equipment With new studies appearing daily documenting the benefits of strength training, clubs are seeing increased interest in their strength training equipment and it is getting used now more than ever. The best way to keep your equipment consistently providing safe and trouble free operation and looking good - is to establish a regular preventive maintenance program. The following preventive maintenance area guidelines are highly recommended as a comprehensive and easy to follow program that will provide the best insurance for extending equipment life and providing maximum uptime plus helping to protect against the arch enemy of all equipment - rust and corrosion from perspiration. 1. UPHOLSTERY Check for small tears and rips daily – an ounce of prevention here is worth a pound of cure. a. Light soiling Wipe down soiled upholstery with recommended cleaning products such as GymWipes or a mild solution of 10% household liquid dish soap and 90% warm water. For areas requiring something a bit stronger, use a solution of liquid cleanser and warm water applied with a soft bristle brush. Be sure when finished to follow up by wiping away any residual cleaning solution with a water dampened cloth. b. Moderately difficult stains Dampen a soft white cloth with a solution of 10% household bleach (sodium hypochlorite) and 90% water. Rub gently. Again when finished be sure to rinse with a water dampened cloth to remove any residual bleach concentrate. The same procedure can be used with full strength household bleach - if necessary but you must be very careful to rinse this off well to remove any residual bleach. c. Severe stains Allow the bleach to puddle on the affected area or apply with a soaked white cloth for approximately 30 minutes. Rinse with a water dampened cloth to remove any residual bleach. - or as an alternative - Dampen a soft white cloth with rubbing alcohol and rub gently. Rinse with a water dampened cloth to remove any residual rubbing alcohol. d. Upholstery – Luster To restore some of the lost sheen and luster to your upholstery try applying a light coat of spray furniture wax to the upholstery surface. Apply for 30 seconds or so and follow with a light buffing using a clean white cloth CAUTIONARY NOTICES When using strong cleaning agents such as bleach or rubbing alcohol, it is advisable to first test them in an inconspicuous area to insure they do not damage the fabric or alter the color. Other miscellaneous cleaning agents may contain harsh or unknown solvents and are subject to formula changes by the product manufacturer without notice. So, should you choose to use these other cleaning agents, carefully try them in an inconspicuous area to test for potential damage to the material being cleaned. Never use harsh solvents or cleaners which are intended for industrial applications. To clean stained or soiled areas, a soft white cloth is recommended - avoid the use of paper towels. Cleaning products may be harmful/irritating to your skin, eyes, etc. Use protective gloves and eye protection. Do not inhale or swallow any cleaning product. Protect surrounding area/clothing from exposure. Use in a well ventilated area. Follow all product manufacturer's warnings. Cybex and its vendors cannot be held responsible for damage or injuries resulting from the use or misuse of cleaning products. COMPATIBLE CLEANERS, DETERGENTS AND POLISHES Formula 409 Top Job Joy Palmolive Windex with Ammonia D 2. FRAMES Rust, Scratches and Gouges Perspiration salts are highly corrosive and will leach into any microscopic openings in even the most impenetrable paint finishes. So it is very important to keep the equipment clean and dry to prevent rust and corrosion. All users should be instructed to wipe up any liquid spills immediately and use GymWipes to wipe the equipment after each workout, to remove remaining perspiration from the handrails and painted areas. Club staff should clean the equipment at least once a week. Wipe down with GymWipes to clean perspiration and dirt off the frame and painted surfaces. To clean perspiration and dirt off the frame and painted surfaces, wipe these areas down with GymWipes Be sure to dry the frames thoroughly. AVOID cleaners containing abrasives - as these could scratch or damage the equipment finish. Although scratches and gouges can and will occur from time to time, addressing them while they are small and manageable will help prevent them from spreading and causing much larger problems in the future. To Minimize Fine or Hairline Scratches: Mild automotive polish applied and removed with a soft, clean cloth will help fill in minor scratches. SUGGESTED POLISHES Johnson Paste Wax Mirror Glaze #10 Plastic Polish - by Mirror Bright Polish Co. Novus Plastics Polish #1, #2 - by Novus Inc Touch up paint is available for any signs of surface rust or to cover any deeper scratches and gouges – contact Cybex Service to order. As perspiration can be insidious in getting into small nooks and crannies in the paint finish a good protective measure would be to apply a light coat of automotive wax to the metal frame parts as an additional protective layer against moisture. Addressing any signs of paint damage or rusting when and if they first appear will greatly increase the longevity of your strength equipment and keep it looking in top shape! As a side note - Do not place the strength equipment in an area of high humidity, such as in the vicinity of a steam room, sauna, indoor pool or outdoors. Exposure to extensive water vapor, chlorine and/or bromine can adversely affect the finish of the product. 3. CHROME TUBES Clean chrome tubes using chrome polish - then help keep your chrome protected by adding an additional protective layer with car wax seal. Neutral cleaners with a pH between 5.5 and 8.5 are recommended, and as always, be sure to dry thoroughly and AVOID acid or chlorine based cleaners and also cleaners containing abrasives as these could scratch or damage the equipment. 4. HARDWARE Inspect all nuts and bolts for looseness, tighten as required. 5. GRIPS Inspect grips for wear or damage and replace as necessary. Inspect all handles and bars for wear or damage, particularly at any tab style connecting points. Inspect all snap links for proper latching or wear. 6. WEIGHT STACKS COMPONENTS AND GUIDE RODS Inspect all weight stacks and increment weight systems for proper alignment and smoothness of operation. Wipe all guide rods clean over their entire length, and then lubricate with a light coat of medium weight automotive engine oil. NOTE - Several accounts have reported odd smells associated when using synthetic oils as a guide rod lubricant - so it might be in your best interest and that of your members to avoid those Never use Teflon spray as a guide rod lubricant. Never use WD-40 as a guide rod lubricant as it is primarily a cleaner and degreaser. 7. BELTS Replace all belts - at least - once a year. Inspect all belts for proper tension and any non-uniformity, wear or damage along their entire length. Things to look for that would indicate a need to replace a belt: - peeling of the belt's skin - waves or distortions in the belt - narrowing of any portion of the belt in excess of 1/32" than the rest of the belt - any crack or splits - fraying of the belt or Kevlar strands hanging out 8. CABLES Replace all cables - at least - once a year. Some machines use cables in addition to or instead of belts. Inspect all cables for wear or damage and proper tension. 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Travel back with me to 2010. The top-ten leaderboard in saves is filled with a who's who of current non-closers: Brian Wilson topped all with 48 saves, and Heath Bell checked in right behind him with 47. Rafael Soriano is third, in what was his virtually out-of-nowhere elite season that drew Cy Young and MVP votes alike. Fourth through eighth includes Joakim Soria, Matt Capps, Francisco Cordero and Neftali Feliz. In a three-way tie for ninth are Jonathan Papelbon — only the second current closer in this top ten — the retired Billy Wagner and Kevin Gregg, who saved 37 games for the Blue Jays despite posting an awful 58:30 K:BB ratio.
Kevin Gregg's 2011 and 2012 weren't any better than his 2010. He earned 22 saves in 2011 while closing for the Orioles but also threw up a 4.37 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and 53:40 K:BB ratio in 59.2 innings, which is basically like a Carlos Marmol without an elite strikeout rate. Mercifully, he appeared to be done as a closer after becoming even more hittable in 2012 (10.3 H/9 as opposed to 8.7 H/9 in 2011), garnering no saves for the Orioles and seemingly out of any future discussion as a fantasy commodity.
However, no one told the Cubs. Baseball's favorite hard-luck case signed Gregg to a minor-league deal on April 14, promoted him to the majors on April 16 and gave him his first save opportunity a week later. Over the next week, Gregg recorded three more saves in what was previously labeled a "closer by committee." Those three saves were perfect: no hits, no walks, four strikeouts in 3.1 innings. So, what gives?
Gregg has seemingly abandoned the cutter he added to his repertoire in 2010. According to Baseball Info Solutions via Fangraphs, Gregg threw the pitch more than a quarter of the time that season and at least 25 percent of the time in each of the following two seasons as well. This year, he's pumped his fastball usage up to pre-2010 levels while throwing more split-fingered fastballs than ever before to go along with his normal slider. Is the key to his early success ditching the cutter?
When you look at PITCHf/x data, another story emerges. While the cutter is still gone and the splitter is still being thrown more often, more than a third of his fastballs are being classified as sinkers. His 25 percent sinker rate is four times as high as it was in 2012 and even higher than in 2011, the first year he was recorded throwing a sinker. Gregg's been getting a lot of ground balls this season, and the sinker may be to thank.
However, he isn't getting a disproportionate amount of ground balls. In fact, his ground ball percentage was higher last season. The big reason for the improvement thus far (which, let's be honest, is more than a little small-sample-size driven) is his propensity to keep the ball out of the strike zone yet still induce batters to swing. He's thrown just 30 percent of his pitches in the strike zone, a figure far removed from his 47 percent career rate. Yet he's still getting swinging strikes almost 10 percent of the time, a rate that equals his 2008 season as his best over the last six years. Batters are swinging at his pitches less than usual, but they're still swinging enough to let Gregg get ahead in counts — he's thrown first-pitch strikes 62 percent of the time, his best mark since 2007. Once they're behind, he can finish them off with more pitches out of the zone.
It's entirely likely this success will be just a blip on the radar as hitters adjust to the new and improved Kevin Gregg, laying off more pitches out of the strike zone and letting Gregg beat himself. Hopefully for the Cubs, that won't happen until Kyuji Fujikawa returns to reclaim the closing role. The biggest takeaway from the Gregg-as-closer situation, as I talked about on the weekly Cafe Pod, is that it shows the Cubs have no faith in Carlos Marmol closing right now, despite him not allowing a run in any of the nine games since being removed from the role. It's a wise move — Marmol has walked six batters in four innings over his last four appearances, and his 1.87 WHIP suggests he's been more lucky than good over his scoreless streak.
The Cubs may decide to stick with Gregg in the short-term even when Fujikawa returns, at least as long as he's delivering positive results. However, I remain skeptical Gregg's new sinker profile will continue to fool hitters all year. We'll see how effective he is once he's forced to work more in the strike zone as pitchers study his tape and make the necessary adjustments. His velocity hasn't gotten any better, so he may have to out-think the hitters once he has to throw strikes. I don't see it working. I think Fujikawa returns to closing before too long, even if he doesn't get the job immediately upon activation. I'd be looking to sell high on Gregg wherever possible.
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Globe reported over the weekend that Joel Hanrahan was expected to get his ninth-inning gig back when he returned from the disabled list. That led to incredulous comments from us on the Cafe Pod — hadn't the Red Sox been watching Andrew Bailey dominate hitters this season? Thankfully, they had. Upon Hanrahan's activation, Bailey was re-affirmed as the team's closer for the time being. He's surrendered just six hits and four walks while striking out 20 in 12.1 innings; he clearly deserves to be the closer. Hanrahan gave up a run on two hits in his first appearance back with the team. If you own him, you'd better have him on the bench. With as well as Bailey is pitching, it might take an injury to get Hanrahan back in the closing role. I wouldn't necessarily keep him around in standard, 12-team formats.
Arizona Diamondbacks
J.J. Putz has converted just five of nine save opportunities after Tuesday's loss to the Giants. Should owners be worried? I wouldn't be, despite his fastball losing a full mile-per-hour in the early-going. Putz has given up three home runs already this season, yet he's drawing more ground balls than he has in a long time. He hasn't induced ground balls on more than 50 percent of his batted balls in a season since 2006, yet he's doing so 53.1 percent of the time thus far. Putz gave up just four home runs in each of the previous three years, throwing more than 50 innings in each season. This year, he's given up three in 12.2 innings. I might be looking to buy low on Putz from a panicked owner. Just in case, David Hernandez needs to be owned in all leagues — he's already one of the best setup guys in the game, and he's likely be a top-10 closer if Putz is revealed to be dealing with an injury and de-activated as a result.
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Feelings as Control, Feelings as Responsibility
One of our members emailed me with the following request: "Margaret, would you consider writing some dialogue on people sharing feelings, and the differences between pulling and taking responsibility for own feelings?"
Following are examples showing these differences:
"The other night you said some things in our argument that really hurt my feelings, and I'm still feeling upset about it."
This woman is letting her partner know that she is upset by what he said, and she is making him responsible for her hurt and upset. Instead of recognizing that she caused her own hurt by whatever she told herself regarding what he said, she is avoiding this responsibility and blaming him.
If she were taking responsibility for her own feelings, she would first do an Inner Bonding process to learn about what she told herself that caused her hurt. Then she might have the following dialogue with her partner:
"The other night you said some things in our argument and I ended up feeling really hurt. I did some dialoguing about it and realized that I had let myself take your attack personally. But I'm wondering if we can set some ground rules regarding what we say to each other in our fights. Are you available to talk with me about this?"
In this case she is not making her partner responsible for her feelings. Instead, she is requesting a learning discussion. If her partner is not available to discuss this, then she would need to accept this and learn to disengage from conflicts that are personal attacks.
Another example:
"I just want to let you know that I'm really angry at you for changing our plans at the last minute."
This man is making his friend responsible for his anger. He is telling her that she caused his angry feelings. He is hoping that by letting her know that he is angry with her, she will change her behavior and not do that again.
If he were taking responsibility for his anger, he would first do an Inner Bonding process to explore why his inner child is angry at him - how he did not take care of himself in this situation. He might discover that he often puts himself in this position with this friend, knowing that she is not reliable. If he were focused on taking care of himself rather than controlling her, he could decide to either accept that this is likely to keep happening, or only make spontaneous plans with her. If he doesn't want to accept it, he might then have the following discussion with his friend the next time she tries to make plans with him:


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An Improvement Status Report has been made available for public inspection as follows.
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Daio Paper Corporation (Code: 3880, Market Division: 1st Section) |
2.Public Inspection Period | From Jan. 29, 2013 (Tue.) to Dec. 29, 2016 (Thu.) |
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Securities Listing Regulations, Rule 503, Paragraph 4 (Public Inspection of Improvement Status Report) |
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After disclosing amendments to its past earnings reports, etc. from the 1st quarter of the fiscal year ended Mar. 2007 to the 1st quarter of the fiscal year ended Mar. 2012, Daio Paper Corporation (hereinafter "the Company") disclosed that it was planning to amend such past earnings reports, etc. for the same periods. Regarding this matter, the Company submitted the report containing the background of such corrections and improvement measures on Dec. 29, 2011 (Thu.) and submitted the amended version of such report on May 25, 2012 (Fri.) and the Improvement Status Report on Jul. 12, 2012 (Thu.). The Company disclosed the "Notice in relation to agreement on acquisition of shares of affiliated companies, etc. and changes in subsidiaries, major shareholders, and other related companies" on Jun. 26, 2012. As in the notice, a major change in the scope of consolidation of the Company was scheduled within a short period of time. Such change included the Company acquiring stock of affiliated and other companies held by the founding family via a third party, which would result in such companies that became unconsolidated companies before the implementation and operation of the improvement measures becoming consolidated subsidiaries once again, as well as multiple companies joining the Company group. In light of the above, TSE re-requested the Company to submit an Improvement Status Report in order to confirm that the improvement measures of the Company group effectively function after such change. |
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South-East User group meeting:
2nd South-East QGIS user group – 4th November
The Venue: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Town Hall, St. Ives Road, Maidenhead. SL6 1RF.
Tickets: You can grab them from here and they are FREE!
9.30-10: Arrive
10.00: Welcome
10.15 – 12: Lutra Consultancy – Python Plugin Development *
12 – 12.30: Discussion / Its your floor: This part of the agenda is entirely driven by you. It's your chance to stand up and let everyone know what you are doing with QGIS or ask a burning question about QGIS? The best question or lightening talk will win a prize! If your lightening talk requires a bit of power-point, then put together no more than a 5 slider presentation and send them over to email@example.com
12.30 – 1.30: Lunch / Networking: There is a cafe within the Town Hall, or a plethora of eating establishments in Maidenhead.
1.30 – 3.00: Talks
Tim Martin from the OS on Terrain5, Topo and building heights to create a 3d using the QGIS2ThreeJs plugin. *
Simon Miles from the RBWM doing a bit of show and tell on how QGIS is used and configured at the Council.
3.00 – 5.00: Unconference: This part of the day is over to you, its your user group! Bring along your own laptop, project or piece of code; or borrow one of the laptops dotted around the room and do a bit of show and tell, or ask someone a burning practical QGIS question. Some of the machines will have QGIS Master on them and there will be a Windows tablet running QGIS on to have a play with. Some suggested topics – Styling features, Creating forms, WMS resources, Print Composer
* Bring along your own laptop if you would like to follow along with the Plugin workshop in morning or with Tim Martin in the afternoon. Software and data requirements will be forwarded to you prior to the day.
Registration is open
Registration is open now for the Scottish QGIS user group. You can register here:
The planned agenda for the day is as follows:
- arrive for coffee 9.00
- welcome and intro 9.30
- workshops 10.00 – 12.00
- lightning talks 12.00 – 12.30
- lunch 12.30 – 13.30
- afternoon presentations 13.30 – 16.00
- close
- geobeers
There is a great line up of talks and after feedback from the last user group there are now two workshops in the morning for you to choose from.
- Workshop 1: QGIS plugin development with Python
- Workshop 2: Using the QGIS Processing module
- Michael Spencer – Raster time series analysis using FOSS4G
- Heikki Versanto – Visualising population demographics in 3D
- Simon Willcocks – Using PgRouting with OS ITN in QGIS
- Ross McDonald – Cartographic experiments in QGIS
- Mag Low – Rendering OS MasterMap buildings using QGIS2threeJS
- Paul Weedon – PostGIS, QGIS and Associated Street Data
- Lightning talks – a few minutes to tell us about, well, anything really.
Thanks to EDINA, thinkWhere and Ordnance Survey for helping to make the day happen!
QGIS OpenLayers alternative: ArcGIS online basemap
The QGIS Ireland user group posted a method of adding the ArcGIS Online global raster basemap to QGIS to use as an alternative to the openLayers plugin:
Scottish QGIS User Group – 21 October, Edinburgh
The next QGIS user group meeting in Scotland is happening on 21st October 2014.
It is being held in the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University. For more info about the venue: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/about/location
This is your chance to offer a short talk or presentation or workshop so we can build an exciting programme for the day. The final programme and agenda will be released closer to the date. Please let me know through the contact form or comments or twitter (@mixedbredie) if you have a presentation or talk you would like to share.
Slides – Scottish QGIS User Group Meeting
An introduction from Ross McDonald to the inaugral QGIS user group meeting in Scotland.
Neil Benny from thinkWhere getting passionate about QGIS and open source spatial software.
Martin Dobias from Lutra showing us the super performance enhancements coming in the next version of QGIS.
Charley Glynn from Ordnance Survey demonstrating some of the map eye candy they're producing with QGIS.
Pete Wells from Lutra showing us how to use Python with QGIS.
Videos of the talks will be posted here including Heikki Versanto showing how to connect to a huge variety of data sources.
Programme: South-East QGIS User Group
The agenda for the South-East user group meeting, being held at Imperial College, on the 2nd April is here! We've got a mixture of speakers, two workshops and a 'its your floor' feature where by you can stand up and let people know what your up to with QGIS! If you haven't got a ticket, there are still some available.
Time |
9.30 – 10 |
Arrive / teas & coffee / networking |
10 – 10.15 |
Simon Miles: Introductions etc |
10.15 – 10.45 |
David McDermott: QGIS and Atlas: automatic map generation |
10.45 – 11.15 |
Mike Saunt: QGIS and PostGIS: The perfect marriage! |
11.15 – 11.30 |
Break |
11.30 – 12.00 |
Jerry Clough: QGIS and OSM: All you needed to know! |
12.00 – 12.30 |
Andrew Bell: QGIS and PostGIS: TBA |
12.30 – 1.00 |
Lunch: Provided by the Ordnance Survey |
Stream 1 |
Stream 2 |
1.00 – 2.45 |
Introduction to QGIS: Based on the Ordnance Survey 2013 Masterclass tour. Ordnance Survey will give an introduction to QGIS and getting started with OS Opendata. |
Python & QGIS: Lutra Consultancy Pete Wells will demonstrate how you can introduce python into QGIS. |
2.45 – 3.00 |
Break |
3.00 – 3.30 |
Its your floor! Your chance to share what you've been up to with QGIS |
3.30 – 4.00 |
Round up / Discussion / User Poll / Geo-beers? |
OSGeo Code Sprint, Vienna
This is how OSGeo happens. These are the folk who bring us a lot of that open-source geo-spatial goodness. You can follow the code sprint on Twitter using the hashtags #csprint and #viennacodesprint14
My first morning at the Vienna code sprint. pic.twitter.com/R3ii26R3ox
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— Daniel Morissette (@dmorissette) March 26, 2014
Scottish QGIS User Group Overview
Scottish QGIS User Group
Stirling, 19th March 2014
It was a long time coming but the wait was worth it. Forty two excited QGIS users and open-source GIS enthusiasts arrived at the Stirling Management Centre on a brilliantly sunny March day. People had traveled from all over the UK to make the day happen: Charley Glynn from OS in Southampton, Pete Wells, Martin Dobias and Saber Razmjooei from Brighton as well as others from Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cumbria and most places inbetween. The event was supported by thinkWhere, based in Stirling, and Neil Benny and Heikki Vesanto provided suitably geeky geo entertainment.
First up was Neil Benny (thinkWhere) who provided us with an overview of QGIS through the years to the current top features available in version 2.2 "Valmiera". The questions on everyone's minds were answered when he presented a series of slides outlining the benefits of using open source software, highlighting the savings and investments and the importance of investing in training. His top 10 feature comparison of proprietary v open source desktop GIS provoked much discussion.
After a coffee break I presented a short talk on how Angus Council is moving to a mixed hybrid GIS environment to take advantage of the flexibility of the open source licence and the variety of tools available to deliver results. Available here http://vimeo.com/89959143
Martin Dobias of Lutra Consulting and core QGIS developer revealed some of the performance enhancements available in the development version of QGIS. The multi-threaded multi-core rendering impressed everyone and will prove a huge draw card to seasoned GIS'ers used to single threaded applications.
Saber Razmjooei (Lutra) filled in an open slot talking about the autoTrace plugin they developed for a group of Local Authorities across the UK. Modeled on the MapInfo trace tool it forms a key part of a lot of Council workflows and is a good example of how future plugin development work can deliver savings.
Pete Wells (Lutra) delivered a very comprehensive overview of Python and QGIS and how they interact at different levels through the python bindings. There was a lot of interest in this and this was reflected in the feedback forms we collected where Python, plugins, hands-on workshops and tutorials feature high on the list of wants.
Charley Glynn (OS) unveiled some fantastic cartography using the OS vector products of MasterMap, VectorMap Local and District. He also revealed the work OS has been doing to make corporate styles available to the public and the Ordnance Survey's bias towards open source software. Again the feedback forms revealed a desire to get hands on with QGIS to create good looking custom cartography. The next Scottish user group meeting will definitely be having some hands-on workshops.
Heikki Vesanto (thinkWhere) bravely ventured into live demos of how to connect to just about any spatial data format available. Local files, local databases, WMS feeds, WFS feeds, text files, CSV and URLs with images and custom map templates using the Atlas generator. An excellent overview of just how flexible QGIS is when it comes to consuming data and converting data to almost every format supported by OGR and GDAL.
Thanks must go to the generosity of thinkWhere in supporting a feature filled programme of presentations and keeping us topped up with coffee. As a result the first Scottish QGIS user group meeting was a success and there is definitely a desire for more events like this.
Slides and videos of the presentations will be available here shortly.
Programme: Scottish QGIS User Group
The programme of events for the Scottish QGIS user group meeting in Stirling is now available:
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
9:30 |
Registration | |
10:00 |
Welcome | Ross McDonald / Alan Moore |
10:30 |
QGIS Evangelism | Neil Benny |
11:00 |
Break | |
11:30 |
Data auditing in PostGIS | Mike Saunt |
12:00 |
QGIS performance enhancements | Peter Wells |
12:30 |
Lunch | |
13:30 |
Land Terrier Management | Mike Saunt |
Developing QGIS | Martin Dobias | |
User Group, eh? | Ross McDonald | |
14:30 |
Break | |
15:00 |
Cartography in QGIS | Charley Glynn |
Data Connections in QGIS | Heikki Vesanto | |
16:00 |
Close | |
Geobeers |
You can download the ScottishQGISUserGroupAgenda here.


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NEW YORK — U.K. firefighters participated in an impromptu marathon in New York's storm-ravaged Central Park after arriving hours before the cancellation of the official event.
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Storm Lake, Iowa
Due to the current course conditions and with the chance of additional rain over the next couple of days, the Buena Vista Men's Golf Spring Invite, which had been postponed to only Saturday, April 20, has now been cancelled altogether.
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JCC film festival captures both sides of the tale
Whether focusing on Israel, the Shoah, or closer to home, fare challenges and entertains
It's a year of anniversary celebrations at JCC Rockland's International Jewish Film Festival. The focus this year — the festival's 10th — is on Israel as the nation celebrates the 65th anniversary of its independence.
A number of the films, however will offer a different look at the lives of modern Jews, from the late Ed Koch to those who have struggled to make peace with the turbulent past of the Jewish people.
"We had multiple missions with this year's festival," said Micki Leader, who is co-chairing the event with Evan Kuperman. "This is the 65th anniversary of Israel's independence, so we have quite a few films on Israel, and of course, we have films on the Holocaust. Sometimes people ask me why we always have so many films on the Holocaust, and the simple answer is that there are more than six million stories out there."
JCC film festival captures both sides of the tale
Hora! Hora! Hora!
When you walk out of the film "Hava Nagila," showing at the Lafayette Theater at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, you'll have a detailed understanding of the history of the iconic Jewish song.
You'll also have it stuck in your head.
Directed by Roberta Grossman, "Hava Nagila" made its debut as the opening night film of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in July 2012. Since then, it has played to Jewish film festival audiences across the country. Its hora-antic appearance at JCC Rockland's 10th International Jewish Film Festival is sponsored by the Rockland Jewish Standard and the Crowne Plaza hotel, Suffern.
Paving a road to the rabbinate
New City JC celebrates rabbi's more than two decades of service
It was a trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic in the early 1980s that sent Rabbi David Berkman on a road he never quite set out to take. But it is one that led him to become a rabbi, and to a Shabbat fete held by the New City Jewish Center, the Conservative congregation he has served for more than two decades. The special Shabbat celebration will be held on Friday, April 26.
Berkman and his friend, Larry Diamond, with whom he shared a blacktop business in Glencoe, Ill., were sent by the Chicago Action Committee for Soviet Jewry on a mission to visit Soviet refusniks — those Jews who sought to leave their country, but whom were denied exit by the government. They brought with them some siddurim, copies of the 1939 novel, "A Driven Leaf" by Milton Steinberg, and expensive cameras they could "lose," and which were clearly valuable to those who "found" them.
Bible by the buzzer
'Rockin' Rabbis' compete on cable television
They may not know the Sermon on the Mount by heart, or even how to turn the other cheek, but the "Rockin' Rabbis," will hold their own on this season of "The American Bible Challenge."
"I'm not allowed to reveal the questions," said Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham of the Conservative Sons of Israel in Nyack, as he danced lightly around the specifics of the show. "But it was a fair split between" the Hebrew Bible (the Tanach) and its Christian counterpart.
The show's second season debuts on Thursday, March 21, at 9 p.m. on the Game Show Network. The rabbis are the first Jewish team to tackle Bible thumping study groups from the south and Midwest on the program. This episode will air on Thursday, March 28 at 9 p.m.
The partisans of the forest
Bielski son to speak at annual Yom Hashoah program
More than 300 years ago King Louis XIV of France asked Blaise Pascal, the great French philosopher, to give him proof of the supernatural. Pascal answered: "Why, the Jews, your Majesty — the Jews."
How can the Jewish people survive so much adversity for so long? Pascal continued. "It must be from the help of God. It is beyond human comprehension."
Fast forward into the 21st century and Nazi Germany. Even after unthinkable persecution in a killing machine of unthinkable proportions, so many Jews across Europe managed to survive, eventually fleeing to Israel and America.
The survey says…
JCC, amid controversy, exploring interest in childcare program
JCC Rockland, looking for ways to ensure its future stability, is exploring the possibility of offering a full-day child care. The move has drawn mixed reactions among other Jewish organizations currently offering preschool programs.
The JCC distributed a survey to its membership through email in late January aimed at gauging interest in such a program, which would run from about 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. There would be an educational component, and it would reflect Jewish values, yet would be open to all, according to Josh Krakoff, JCC Rockland's chief operating officer.
Celebrating the people's temple
Beth Am marks 50 years
Growing up in suburban Detroit, Rabbi Daniel Pernick belonged to a temple with more than 3,500 families and six rabbis. Yet something one of the rabbis said to Pernick about all that grandness really stuck with him.
"He told me that while he was thrilled the temple, Temple Israel, had so many families, he thought [the] days he was the rabbi at a much smaller temple in Butler, Pennsylvania, were some of his favorite days as a rabbi," Pernick said.
"He said that belonging to a temple where you know everyone is not something to take for granted."
A virtual sale meets the virtual marketplace
I was half listening to the announcements at the end of the Saturday morning service when something the rabbi was saying broke through the noise in my head. I was pretty sure I heard him announce that we could sell our chametz online.
Immediately, I pictured a sort of eBay marketplace, where I could auction off boxes of Ronzoni penne, Cheerios and unopened bags of chickpeas after frenzied bidding to a winner offering big bucks for the privilege. Of course, since I'm not supposed to receive benefit from my chametz, perhaps I'd have to donate the funds to some worthy charity, but hey, so much the better. Doing good and ridding my kitchen of the things I'm not supposed to eat during Pesach all at the same time? Does it get any better?


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Have a gander. Some new dubs in there too
Have a gander. Some new dubs in there too
is that dub you keep banging on about in there?
6.45 is massive
Nah its not in this video
The tune after Protection sounds pretty sick, and No! smacked it.
feeling the tune that drops 10:30
feeling the tune after gatekeeper
protection is so big!
the last tune sounds like the kind of thing you'd get in a gameboy game
Video of me doing a 3 deck mix- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIo4kLbpL44
Deep, Dark & Dangerous (3 Decks, 2.5 Hours)
I need Bomber SO fucking badly! Tune is ridiculous!
fucking hell i should of stayed to see andy that night, bomber sounded like it killed the place..
whats this protection tune
I will make the other video public in few more days
REALLY feeling the tune after Protection. That's some vibesy shizz.
The breakdown on No! is just amazing. Holy shit.
Also, what is this Bomber tune you heads are going on about?
Currently pon de SOUNDCLOUD: Housesitting (Click here for Thread!)
Currently pon de MIXCLOUD: That's the Joint! (Click here for Thread!)
Click here to see it on Mixcloud
There is a part two video which has the tune Wayne is going on about..
I will take it off private in a few more days as apparently its that new and unfinished so don't wana get into trouble..
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Budget Cuts For East Feliciana Schools
The East Feliciana School System is out of cash. Officials will have to cut 1.5 million dollars in spending before the start of next school year.
Disappointment runs deep here in East Feliciana Parish. An already struggling school system has been hit with even more financial trouble.
School Superintendent Donald Beauchamp says a loss in state funding and a drop in sales tax revenue have made major cuts here mandatory.
Beauchamp says, "They will not be getting some of the opportunities other kids my have." Beauchamp goes on to say that teacher and staff salaries will be the first to feel it.
Also facing elimination are electives and programs like band and ROTC. Beauchamp says that's what he's been fighting for all along.
He presented a plan to the school board that would save money by consolidating the parish's two middle and high schools, but that plan was denied.
The school board denied the consolidation of Jackson and Clinton's middle and high schools by a vote of 7-4. It will be up to the members who rejected the plan to reconsider it.


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