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March 20, 2009: USF Holland is closing terminals and directing freight to YRC and New Penn.
USF Holland announced it is closing terminals in Albany, Allentown, Baltimore, Bedford, Mass., Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Wilkes-Barre, Penn., Dubois, Penn., Richmond, and Wichita.
These locations represent operations that USF Holland absorbed from the former USF Red Star and also the former home terminal for USF Dugan.
The last day of work for most Teamsters at these terminals will be April 3. Teamsters at locations with more than fifty employees will be entitled to pay under the WARN Act which requires qualifying employers to give sixty days notice before closing their doors.
The union can and should bargain to extend WARN Act pay to all affected members.
Many of the Teamsters at the closing terminals lost their jobs in 2004 when the Hoffa administration botched a strike at USF Red Star and the company shut its doors. Eventually, the IBT brokered an agreement to get some Red Star Teamsters put to work at USF Holland. Now, these Teamsters are losing their jobs again.
Holland is encouraging customers to move their shipments to other YRCW carriers: New Penn and YRC. Richmond and Wichita areas will be serviced by YRC and the remaining terminals in the east will be serviced by New Penn and YRC.
Teamsters at USF Holland are awaiting word on what rights they will have to follow the work.
An emergency Change of Operations hearing will be held on March 25 in Philadelphia. The company is requesting that the union waive the 30 day notification requirement before a Change of Operations.
This request gives the Freight Division leverage to bargain accommodations to protect the seniority rights of Teamsters—many of whom are being tossed to the curb by USF for the second time in their careers.
Click here to read the letter from USF Holland requesting a Change of Operations hearing.
Click here to read the memo from USF Holland management on the terminal closings.
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brewup replied on Permalink
YRC is driving (pun intended) 3 previously profitable union freight companies, into the ground on purpose. Why? to get out of their union labor agreements. If YRC wants to destroy the company, there's nothing you can do about it. I worked at Roadway for 30 years and have never seen a company that hates it's employees like they do.Good Luck
JohnnyRotten replied on Permalink
Don't let Holland out
Here we go again another RedStar debacle. The IBT should not cave into their needs and should negotiate with Holland on the IBT's terms. All employees irregardless if their terminal has 50 employees or not, should be entitled to the warn act. Let me predict that this will be another "cave in deal" without respect for the members needs!!


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1970 Ford Mustang SportsRoof - Reigniting The Spark
A Rekindled Romance Brings Sweeping Change To This '70 Mustang
She explained to the owner that he owned my first car and that I had missed it since selling it years before, said Mark. Thankfully, he completely understood and wished that he could have the opportunity to own his first car, and he offered to let us see the car and see if it was something we would like to purchase. But wait, it gets better.
We met the following weekend and after several hours of speaking, we learned that it was the same car I had called about months earlier and missed due to the weather! said Mark.
A deal was struck and Mark brought his Pony back to the stable. It wasn't long before the old horse got a makeover.
Sean Blea and I discussed the restoration and restomod options, said Mark. Sean had been dreaming of taking a '70 SportsRoof and doing an SVT Terminator conversion. He said he could make everything from an '03-'04 Cobra fit into a vintage Mustang like mine. Getting nearly all the running gear and mechanicals to work on a chassis meant for a car built 30 years previous didn't happen overnight, however.
First, Blea, his righthand man Rick Mathis, and their team of specialists, media blasted the car and performed the necessary body restoration. While that took place, Blea located a low-mileage '03 Mustang Cobra that had been totaled and arranged to have it delivered to his shop. An AJE Racing K-member provides a cradle for the 390hp, 4.6L supercharged engine, and upgrades to the front suspension consist of two 600-lb/in coils and adjustable struts, as well as a tubular stabilizer.
Now the advantage of the AJE Racing K-member is that it can be ordered to the specifications of the new motor. Thus, mounts aren't needed. Of course, the larger motor didn't just slide right in.
The bulk of the heater protrudes 3 or 4 inches into the engine bay on the stock vehicle, said Sean. To make room for the motor, we had to flatten it on the passenger side. Then we had to add reinforcement ribs on the firewall because without the curves or bends, it would have basically been a piece of flimsy sheetmetal.
This firewall conversion also allowed for the Tremec T-56 transmission to slide in like a penguin at a black tie dinner. However, the fitment of the Cobra's independent rear suspension and Cobra-specific gas tank required quite a bit of modification. While the original wheelhouses were retained, Blea's plasma cutter found its way through much of the rear end of the car.
We cut from the torque box to the taillight section and everything in between, noted Blea. Then, we did the same to our late-model donor car, carefully measured and measured again, made our cuts, and set the entire late-model floor beneath the '70. We then tied it all together, thus allowing all of the late-model components to literally fall into place.
Since they installed the entire rear floorpan from the '03, the rear seats bolted right in. All that needed to be adapted was the trim and a few custom-fabricated panels. The front end of the cabin wasn't as simple.
We had to remove about 34-inch from the dash on each side to get the Cobra unit to fit, said Mark. The front seat perches were removed to provide proper driving position and room for the power front seats.
Once the cabin layout had been established, they tore it all apart so they could get their spray on. At first they looked at samples of the stock Ford Red Fire Metallic, but Mark wanted a little more pop.
Getting the color right was quite a challenge, said Sean. The lines didn't seem to stand out in certain lighting. To remedy this, they added some House of Kolors Candy Tangerine and some additional metal flake, and the result is alerting enough with the blacked out hood and custom-made SVT reverse C-stripes.
We decided to blend a modern SVT/Boss Mustang theme for the exterior, said Mark. Rear window louvers and a rear spoiler completed the look we were striving for.
Nitto NT555R radials (P275/40R17 fore and P315/35R17 aft) take care of the final transfer of power to the ground. They wrap American Racing Shelby Limited Edition rims 17x9 front and 17x10.5 rear.
The brakes that bring all this madness to a halt are Cobra 10th anniversary two-piston calipers with 13-inch vented Brembo discs up front, while the rears are 11.65-inch discs with the factory single-piston Cobra calipers. What's probably more impressive is that the Cobra's antilock braking system was also carried over to the old horse.
The ABS is part of the factory braking and traction control system on the Cobra. It would have been more work to remove these items, therefore both of these items are part of our conversion, and work perfectly and have been thoroughly tested, recalls Blea.
To date, the car has been entered in a couple of shows and has won Best Engine and Best '67-'73 Modified at the 16th Annual Mustang and All-Ford Stampede in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as the Award of Excellence-Peoples Choice award at the Horsefeathers Car show in Greeley, Colorado.
With perseverance, some shrewd inves-tigation and an almost fanatic desire to find his original sweetheart, Mark succeeded in reigniting the spark that drove him to so many memorable experiences.

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Williamsburg, Ky. – University of the Cumberlands, formerly Cumberland College, has announced it has changed its web address to www.ucumberlands.edu and all university email addresses will reflect this change as well. The old domain, www.cumberlandcollege.edu, will still be active and work until June.
University of the Cumberlands, located in Williamsburg, Ky., is a private liberal arts college in its 116th year of operation. Cumberland offers four undergraduate degrees in 37 major fields of study, 30 minors and 9 pre-professional programs, as well as online and accelerated, nontraditional programs for busy adults.


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Sandra Bullock almost cries saying goodbye to Jay Leno on 'Tonight Show': WatchAdd to Favorites | The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
As Jay Leno's tenure on "The Tonight Show" comes to an end, a number of his friends have offered touching goodbyes to the late night institution. The latest is Sandra Bullock, who actually comes close to tears remembering the times Leno has been kind to her over the years.
"I'd like to say something. I'm going to start crying," Bullock tells Leno, choking up. "You've always been so kind. That's saying a lot in this business because we like to be mean. There's not been one time that you haven't treated me like I had something to offer. Even when the film was horrible and you knew it, you never let me see it in your eyes."
She continues, "When I made crazy life decisions you never questioned. You were always so welcoming and every single person on your crew was that way consistently, and I just felt special even when I felt very insecure. And everyone, I think, in this room and in this country, has felt that every day that you've been in their home. I'm so grateful that I got to be a part of this."
"You are special," Leno replies, kissing her hand.
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Lisa M. Kreager
Elected: November 2012
Current Term Expires: 2016
I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve our school district in this capacity. Originally from New Mexico, I have grown to love this wonderful community of Rockford since my husband Mike and I relocated here in 1995. We have two daughters: Rachel, a senior, and Claudia, a sophomore, at Rockford High School. I earned my B.S. in Finance from New Mexico State University. I currently work as a tax manager for Crowe Horwath LLP and have been with this firm for 17 years. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, playing golf, and family road trips.
Timothy J. Lewis
Vice President
Year Elected: 2010
Current Term Expires: 2018
My wife Karen and I have been married for 24 years and have lived in the district for the past 20 years. We have three kids: Jake (graduate of RPS and currently a junior at Grand Valley State), Sam (18 and currently a senior at RHS), and Kaili (12 and currently a 7th grader at North Rockford Middle School). I have been a police officer for 28 years and have been in the public service my whole life. I have enjoyed my time on the Board of Education and look forward to many more years of serving the Rockford Community. I have always considered it an honor and privilege to be elected to the Board of Education.
Laura L. Featherston
Year Elected: 2006
I have been a resident of Rockford since 1997 after my husband Dave and I relocated from the Chicago area. We have two daughters: Rebecca, a 2013 graduate of Rockford High School, and Amanda, an 8th grader at East Rockford Middle School. I graduated from Michigan State University in 1987 and worked in advertising for 15 years prior to going into real estate in 2002. I am currently a real estate agent with Greenridge Realty. In my spare time, I enjoy biking on the White Pine Trail, cross country and downhill skiing, golfing and camping throughout Michigan.
Carol A. Hillman
Year Elected: 2003
I am a mother of three daughters. Anne, our oldest, is a 2003 graduate of Rockford High School and lives in Boston and is completing her doctorate in Theology at Boston University. Renee is a freshman at Michigan State University studying veterinary sciences, and Eve is a senior at Rockford High School for the 2014-15 school year. I am the former owner of Kindermusik of Rockford and Grand Rapids, LLC, and I hold a Masters of Arts in teaching from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. My husband and I enjoy both participating and being spectators in a variety of cultural events, and love spending time as a family reading, singing, playing games, and re-grouping at our cabin.
David M. Keller
I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to serve, as well as your continued support. My wife Deb and I have three children: David, Grant and Ryleigh. David is a senior at Michigan State University, Grant is a freshman at Central Michigan University, and Ryleigh is in 9th grade at the Freshman Center. I have lived in Rockford since 1990 and my wife has been a lifelong resident. My educational and professional background includes a B.B.A. from Grand Valley State University and a Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. I am currently employed as in-house legal counsel for Dematic Corp. My interests include golf, basketball, running, boating and spending time with my family.
Miles J. Postema
Year Elected: 2005
I was appointed to the Board in October 2004. My wife Kellie and I are proud parents of Hannah, a sophomore at Rockford High School. I graduated from Western Michigan University, obtained my Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University and have a Masters of Science in Taxation from Grand Valley State University. I am the Vice President and General Counsel at Ferris State University. My wife, Kellie, is also a lawyer and a partner in the firm Ryan, Podein, Postema & Westgate. Currently, I enjoy my family time, bird hunting and photography.
Randall C. Sellhorn
Year Elected: 1995
I tell people the Rockford School Board, school finance and school improvement have become my second career. My professional career is with Farmers Specialty Insurance/Foremost where I am employed as a product manager for recreational vehicle insurance. I am currently serving my fourth term on the Board and beginning my 20th school year in 2014-15. I am a 29-year resident of the Rockford area. My wife, Diane, is a retired sixth grade teacher, and my married son, Tyler, is a 2001 RHS and 2006 Taylor University, Indiana graduate. Currently he teaches and coaches at Snider High School in the Fort Wayne, Indiana school system.


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Geraldine Hoff Doyle: WWII 'We Can Do It!' poster girl dies
The woman behind the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster, citing "We Can Do It!" has died at 86.
Geraldine Hoff Doyle was 17 years old when she was spotted in a Michigan metal factory wearing the now infamous red polka-dot bandanna. After being photographed by Union Press International that day, the photo was later used by the U.S. War Production Coordinating Committee to create the image we know today.
Daughter Stephanie Gregg says of her mother, "She was 5-foot-10 and very slender. She was a glamour girl. The arched eyebrows, the beautiful lips, the shape of the face -- that's her."
Gregg explains to The New York Times that though it was her mother's face on the poster, the muscular arms were not hers.
Despite the popularity of the image, Doyle never noticed her famous face until spotting it in a "Modern Maturity" magazine in 1984 Gregg tells the Lansing State Journal, "She said, 'This is me!'"
In 2002 Doyle was inducted into the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame. Former director Gladys Beckwith says, "Rosie the Riveter is the image of an independent woman who is in control of her own destiny, [Doyle] was a gracious, beautiful woman. Her death is the passing of an era, ad we need to take note of that. We need to respect what she stood for."
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Adventures with Chris: Daniel Lutheran Part 1
Back in December the House of Vans in Brooklyn, USA held a best trick contest and a coat drive to benefit NY Cares. In keeping with the spirit of positivity HOV flew out the most positive person on God's green Earth: Daniel Lutheran. Young Daniel is so charming he even convinced one girl to donate the coat right off her back.


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The old Elks parking lot on Main Street in Valley City won't be developed immediately. During a special meeting of the Valley City City Commission on Tuesday, commissioners declined to make a motion to sell the property through open bidding.
According to Valley City City Commissioner Mary Lee Nielson, the consensus of the commission at this time is to leave the lot as-is. The city needs a parking lot for community events like Rally in the Valley, she said.
However, the Valley Development Corporation has an agreement with the city to develop the property.
Valley City 4th-, 5th- and 6th- grade harriers raced in sunny mid-70s conditions on Tuesday at Chautauqua Park's 1-mile course in the Elementary Cross Country Meet, put on by Valley City Parks & Recreation and the Valley City Cross Country team.
Read this story in Thursday's Times-Record.
Those looking for the fruit of fall can head out to the Wittenberg Pumpkin Patch northeast of Valley City this weekend. Shawn and Kim Wittenberg opened the patch on their farm 15 years ago. Visitors have the opportunity to pick out their very own pumpkins, squash, gords and Indian corn in the scenic area. Pumpkins are either $4 or $5, and the price of everything else varies.
Kim said she decided to open the patch after visiting Papa's Pumpkin Patch in Bismarck when her children were younger. She said hers is much smaller, but this has been her best year so far.
Service dog Hayden is helping Iraq War veteran Dalles Jorgenson of Valley City deal with the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder he suffered during his war time experiences.
Jorgenson, who participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, suffers from problems dealing with crowds, anxiety "and night terrors."
Jorgenson spend several months being treated for his PTSD at the Veterans Affairs medical facility in St. Cloud, Minn.
More in Wednesday's issue of the Times-Record.
Amanda Myhre spent her life straddling two cultures. She was never considered white, even though she was raised in the white world, yet she was never considered Native American either. With brown skin and dark hair and eyes, she wasn't recognized for her Norwegian ancestry like many of the kids she grew up with in Enderlin, but having not grown up at the Standing Rock Reservation where she was born, she never felt like she would fit in there either.
No. 8 Hi-Liner Tennis (1-7 Eastern Dakota Conference, 1-9 overall) faced No. 9 Wahpeton (0-7, 0-10) on a gusty Monday night in a duel for the eighth and final Eastern Dakota Conference Regional Tournament.
Read this story in Wednesday's Times-Record.
Valley City Girls' Golf teed off in the 11-team East Region Meet at Grand Forks County Club on Monday, from which the top seven teams advance to the State Tournament Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
Maple Valley volleyball beat LaMoure/Litchville-Marion 2-0 (25-14, 25-22), smashed Glen Ullin 2-0 (25-10, 25-12) and outmatched Oakes 2-0 (27-25, 25-17) in pool play at the Valley City Optimist Tourney on Saturday.
The Raiders fell to Valley City, however, in a very close 2-0 (21-25, 22-25) tournament match.
Abbie Tinjum served eight aces in the tournament, Rylee Nudell six, Megan Kasowski five and Ashley Punton two.
Tinjum dished out 36 assists, Katie Pautz 19, Kasowski three, Lexi Berntson two, Nudell, Kaylee Hanson, Punton and Kara Smith one each.
Valley City High School crowned this year's homecoming king and queen at coronation Monday evening.
This year's king is Mason Bjornson, chosen from nominees Mason Bjornson, Nick Stevens and Dustin Lindgren.
This year's queen is Gabby Cummings, chosen from nominees Gabby Cummings, Sara Gilbertson and Tia Wagar.
Kristi Shanenko, an English language arts teacher from Valley City Junior-Senior High School, was one of four finalists for the 2014 North Dakota Teacher of the year.
In May, Valley City Public Schools named Shanenko, junior and senior high English teacher, as teacher of the year for the school district.
After receiving the local honor, Shanenko said, "I'm so proud to be here. I'm humbled and grateful and I'm honored."


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Unfortunately, in light of recent events, two of MMA's most-beloved stars, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, are falling deeply in the rankings following losses. Both these guys have been unable to show any of the dominance they once had when they stood on top of Light Heavyweight mountain. One can certainly ask, is it time for them to retire?
The answer is yes, but not yet.
These two were scheduled to face each other after the conclusion of The Ultimate Fighter Season 11, but "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" dropped out due to surgery. Ortiz was replaced by Rich Franklin, who ended up Knocking out the Iceman in the fight.
Most recently Ortiz took on Season 3 TUF veteran and former "Student" Matt Hamill. Ortiz lost by unanimous decision. Considering both these men are on losing streaks, it could be feasible to arrange a fight between them.
I know that many may say they should hang up the gloves right now. But money talks, folks, and these two former champions will not quit fighting unless forced to.
The Iceman had dropped five of his last six fights, four of them by knockout. In his most recent fight against former middleweight champion Rich Franklin, we saw glimpses of the old Iceman. He showed a lot more versatility in his strikes, even breaking Franklin's forearm.
Regrettably the Iceman got too aggressive with his strikes and ran into a big right hand from Franklin. But the old Iceman was back, he just committed too much to his strikes.
Chuck's ability to stay calm, slipping in with counter-strikes and waiting for his opponents, is what he needs to rely on in future fights. In his fight with Rampage, Rashad, and Franklin, the Iceman was too aggressive with his attacks and fell to powerful counter punches. Keith Jardine mixed it up better than Liddell in their fight, and Shogun is Shogun.
From his performance at UFC 115, I truly think that the Iceman is capable of one last foray in the Octagon, but he might need to change things up and be a little more cautious.
He deserves to fight Ortiz.
"The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" dropped four of his last five fights, most recently against Matt Hamill. Like Chuck Liddell, we were seeing improvements in this fight, as he was mixing up his strikes better and came into the fight with a ton of confidence.
But Hamill used his improved striking as well as his wrestling to shut down Ortiz and win decisively. All of Ortiz's losses have come from decisions, except the TKO victory Liddell scored over him back in '06 and a draw against No. 1 contender Rashad Evans--which he could have won had he not grabbed the fence during the fight.
Ortiz has shown improvement, but he has not shown he can still stand in the top ten. This is why Ortiz/Liddell 3 has to happen.
One of two things would happen. Either Ortiz would leave with a W, which could improve his ranking. Or Liddell would have an opportunity to retire in style with a victory under his belt (and the opportunity to punch Tito Ortiz in the face again).
Whether or not he chooses to keep fighting, I will always remain a fan of the Iceman. So I say one last time, "Ortiz/Liddell 3: make it happen!"


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Samsung announces bada mobile platform
Samsung has announced the launch of its own open mobile platform, "Samsung bada" with an SDK due to be available in December.
Bada will mean developers can create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones.
The name bada means ocean in Korean (we're certainly hoping Microsoft is planning a search app for the platform) and was said to be chosen "to convey the limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using the new platform".
Samsung says bada is simple for developers to use - "one of the most developer-friendly environments available".
The first bada-powered mobile is due in the first half of 2010.


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Ricky and Amy Get Closer! Secret Life Recap: Season 3, Episode 19 "Deeper and Deeper"
OMG, Secret Lifers! We've been waiting all week for Ricky to give Amy an answer to her proposal — and it finally happened! Annnnd... what a let down. Ricky says "we'll see" which is hardly the "hellz yeah!" we were hoping for.
Sigh, we had our fingers crossed for a Ramy and Badrian double wedding. Luckily, there was so much sexy drama in last night's Secret Life of The American Teenager episode that we're totally over the disappointment. Check out Wetpaint's recap!
If You Wanna Be My Lover, You Gotta Get With My Friends
Uh oh, is it just us, or are Amy and Adrian getting a little competitive? It's like The Real Housewives of Beverley Hills: Preggo Teens edition. These two hot mamas are gearing up for one hell of a cat fight. Could they be any more jealous of each other? First of all, Adrian reminds Amy that she's slept with Ben and Ricky, like, a gazillion times. Then she brings up the fact that Ricky rejected Amy's sexual advances. Way to be a beeyotch, Adrian! These gals might be at war, but Adrian does give Amy some words of wisdom about Ricky — withdraw her proposal and move in with him instead. Sounds like a fab idea!
Amy comes up with a plan to get her man right where she wants him: reverse psychology! She works her magic with a sexy dress and some home-cooked meat sauce, and Ricky just can't resist (we all know how he loves his meat). Amy even gets her baby daddy to suggest that they shack up instead of getting hitched. Looks like Adrian's tips worked — it's all about playing hard to get, ladies.
To return the favor, Amy gives Adrian advice on how to deal with Ben (or Benny, as Adrian calls him). They're on the hunt for a perfect condo, but Ben's a little reluctant to commit. Poor dude doesn't want to move out of the sausage empire until he's good and ready! Ben finally comes clean about why — he has tons of sentimental memories about his mom in his childhood home. Awww... sad face! Being the great baby mama that she is, Adrian's super supportive of Ben. These guys are shaping up to be a pretty adorbz couple, huh? Their kiss was 100 percent tender luvin.'
Spice Up Your Life!
Meanwhile, the other Juergens sister (or "the dark one" as her study buddy would say) is having some trouble in home-schooling paradise. Ashley meets her advisor Mr. Malkovich, a vaguely British old man with an amazing plaid suit. Mr. M clearly thinks Ash is a shut-in, friendless loser, and is desperate to get her some besties. Girlfriend needs to join Twitter stat!
Luckily, George is on the case! He finds a nerdy hipster named Toby (Prom's Jared Kusnitz) to be Ash's "study buddy." And guess what? We finally get the low-down on Ash's weird accent! It turns out she's been faking British to differentiate herself from everyone else around her — just like Toby. These two misfits become fast friends after immediately hashing through their sexual history. Who wants to place bets on how long it takes them to hook up?
Ash might have finally found herself a bff, but George is bored out of his mind so makes a date with Nora! Wait, why is she leading him on like this? George gets a reality check when Nora's ol' ball and chain breaks up the party with a steamy girl-on-girl kiss. Hmmm, we know she's a lesbian and all, but could you sense just a hint of chemistry between Nora and George? As The Biebz would say, never say never!
Tonight Is The Night When 2 Become 1!
Let's get back to the real action and check in with Grace and Grant: Secret Life's resident sex-oholics. Grant's renties are booking it out of town, and you know what that means! Time to get it on! Kathleen's a little worried about Grace doing the nasty with Grant, and she has good reason, after all — last time Grace got down and dirty, her dad died. Do we have to be worried about Kathleen's safety? Dun dun duuuuuuun!
Clearly, Grace is wiling to risk it, because she and Grant eat some pizza, light a few romantic candles and get frisky! And guess what? The sex is ah-mazing! Seriously, Grace won't shut up about it. Sigh, why do we only get to see the morning-after shot? At least let us check out Grant shirtless, jeez!
While G-Unit are getting it on, Jack and Madison's physical relationship is going nowhere fast. Jack totally rejects Maddy's advances because he thinks that if they have sex, she'll catch marriage fever and lock him in for life. Totally understandable. Meanwhile, Madison's other half, Lauren, is on the rebound with a hunky new piece of man candy who we can't wait to learn more about. It looks like Jesse is a little jealous, so there's bound to be some dramz!
We can't wait for next week's all-new episode — and we have a very important question on our minds: Is Ricky going to college? He isn't planning on it, but Katelyn might kick his bad boy butt into gear and force him to apply. OMG, is he gonna leave Amy and Baby John to get his edumacation on? Say it ain't so!


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The number of accidents involving electricity reported to the National Social Security Authority is increasing. On average one electrocution (death due to electrical energy) is reported every month.
Electrical safety is an important matter controlled by the Factories and Works (Electrical) Regulations, RGN No. 304 of 1976, copies of which all employers who use electrical power in one form or another should have available for their personnel to read. Most electrical accidents could have been avoided if various electrical hazards had been recognised and action been taken to deal with them.
Electrical accidents are caused either by defective equipment, unsafe work practices or ignorance of the dangers of electricity. Most can be attributed to human error, such as negligence or carelessness, forgetfulness, experimenting, taking short cuts or ignorance.
Types of equipment frequently involved in electrical accidents include distribution networks, motor-driven equipment, control devices, portable electric tools, and switches and panels. Common tool and equipment defects include incorrectly grounded equipment. Sometimes the earth wires are missing, broken or incorrectly connected.
Open conduits, switch boxes, damaged or worn connections and exposed live wires are another hazard that comes under the heading of equipment defects. Unguarded live parts are common, particularly in areas with "No unauthorised persons" caution notices. Wiring defects are also a major cause of residential and workplace fires.
Equipment not made or installed according to suitable standards constitutes another defective equipment hazard. Insulation which is defective, inadequate or compromised may create short circuit possibilities and energise equipment frames. Defective switches, receptacles, extension cords and lamp sockets are potentially hazardous, as are dirty motor windings, improperly adjusted brushes and worn out commutators.
Improperly connected power tools are yet another hazard. Other equipment hazards include broken housings and loose or vibrating machine parts which might come into contact with and energise tool or machine frames and expose the operator to "live" surfaces.
Unsafe practices and work procedures often result in electrical accidents and fires and these include using ungrounded or incorrectly earthed equipment and portable tools. Double insulated tools should be safe, though.
Failure to de-energise, or in other words switch off or disconnect electrical equipment when it is being repaired or inspected is a common unsafe practice. Many companies do not have an isolation switch or lock-out procedure that would enable equipment in need of repair to be isolated from the mains.
Another risky practice is the intentional use of obviously defective and unsafe tools or equipment in need of repair. Overloading of circuits or over-fusing circuits by using the wrong size or type of fuse is another common man-made electrical hazard. Fuses are designed to blow in the event of a short-circuit.
Replacing fuses with wire or aluminum foil from a cigarette packet defeats the objective of having a fuse. Not only is it dangerous it may result in expensive damage to equipment.
Some people repeatedly close off switches or circuit breakers when there is a fault. Tying or holding in place switches that keep tripping is a common practice. That may stop the switch tripping but it does not remedy the fault that is causing the switch to trip. It is therefore dangerous and may lead to fire breaking out and equipment being damaged.
Failure to use the right class of equipment for a hazardous location is another dangerous mistake. Failure to subject installations to periodic inspection and testing by a competent person can prove costly in the long run. All electrical installations deteriorate with age and use.
Incorrect procedures during maintenance and checking for failures may either create a hazard or result in failure to detect one.
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NEW PALESTINE — So far this spring, the state of Indiana has seen two sophomore pitchers commit to NCAA Division I baseball programs.
New Palestine faced one of the standouts April 23 when Roncalli's Michael McAvene (Purdue) dominated the Dragons' lineup in a 15-1 six-inning win. The six-foot-3 right-hander and the Rebels held New Palestine to three hits with 10 strikeouts in a regular season, non-conference affair.
Saturday, New Palestine (21-9) could face the state's other 2016 Division I commit with much higher stakes. The Dragons will take on No. 2 Lebanon (25-3) in the Crawfordsville Regional semifinals at 2 p.m.
Reid Schaller, the Tigers' ace with a 90-plus miles per hour fastball, verbally committed to Vanderbilt in March.
"When Roncalli threw McAvene at us, he pretty much dominated us with his fastball, which was disappointing," New Palestine coach Shawn Lyons said by way of comparison. "But I will tell you that was six weeks ago, and I would like to think that we are a much better team than we were then. And our record indicates that.
"The strength of schedule we played going down the stretch with Brebeuf or Franklin Central and others, it has proved that we're playing our best baseball right now toward the end of the season."
The Dragons have won eight of their last nine games, including a 3-0 sectional performance that included wins of 10-1, 11-1 and 7-5. Led by freshman Keegan Watson (.500 average) and seniors Nick Butcher (.462), Connor Swain (.418), Steven Clark (.389) and Cam Clark (.362), the squad's offense is clicking.
New Palestine's hot hitters will be tested Saturday, no matter who is on the Lebanon mound.
Fifteenth-year Lebanon head coach Rick Cosgray said Thursday that he wouldn't decide until after practice today who he would toss against the Dragons and who he would save for a potential championship game against the other semifinal winner.
Beech Grove (9-11) and Edgewood (22-6) will battle at 6 p.m. Saturday evening, with the championship to follow.
Schaller, a 6-3 right-hander and Preseason All-American Second Team selection by Perfect Game USA, is 9-1 on the year with a 1.77 ERA in 55.1 innings. Lebanon senior Jackson Bennett is 8-1 with a 1.78 ERA in 51 innings.
No other Tigers hurler has thrown more than 20 innings this season, and either Schaller or Bennett, a Vincennes commit, will take the hill against the Dragons.


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Nigeria defeated Rwanda 2-0 in Calabar on Saturday to move into the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ikechukwu Uche and Ahmed Musa scored the goals for Stephen Keshi's side in both halves of the encounter.
The Super Eagles started the game against the Amavubi with six home-based players. Uche Kalu came on for Victor Moses and Ahmed Musa also replaced John Utaka on the left wing.
Those changes seemed to have paid immediate dividends as Musa's corner kick in the ninth minute was nodded on by Egwueke and Ikechukwu Uche flashed in an unstoppable shot. After that the Eagles laboured in their build up, though they had some other scoring chances.
With the choice of shooting from distance but most of the shootings were off the mark. Gabriel Reuben seemed to be on a mission to add to the goal he scored last week in Blantyre against Malawi and he went closest to adding to his tally in the 16th minute when his bicycle kick was parried for a corner kick by goalkeepr Jean-Claude Ndoli.
The Eagles played better than Rwanda but near the Rwandan box were too cautious and hurried in getting in the last ball.
The second half was almost a carbon copy of the first with the Eagles on the front foot. Ejike Uzoenyi was buzzing around but the last pass for the strikers was just lacking.
The Eagles got the second goal in the 56th minute through an Ahmed Musa left footed shot from outside the box. He was assisted in that goal by Uche Kalu, who had a wonderful game until he was substituted in the 84th minute by Omatsone Aluko.
Uzoenyi hit the side netting in the 72nd minute, but it was all about winding down the clock after the second goal. The Eagles at the end qualified for the next round of qualifiers for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations


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The Swift Current rink skipped by TeeJay Haichert is rolling along in the opening stages of the 2014 Viterra Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Tisdale. Haichert won both games Thursday to improve to 3-0 atop the Pool B standings.
Haichert moved to 2-0 Friday morning with a 7-5 win over Balgonieãs Mandy Selzer after blanking the ninth end with the hammer and then scoring two in the 10th end. The game got out to an exciting start when Haichert scored two in the first and Selzer responded with three in the second end. Selzer increased her lead to 4-2 when she stole one in the fourth before Haichert tied up the game with two in the fifth. The two rinks traded points in the seventh and eighth ends before Haichert scored the win in the final end.
She repeated the feat in the evening draw by stealing two in the 10th for a 6-4 win over Regina's Lana Vey. Vey led 4-2 after five ends by Haichert scored one in the seventh, stole one in the eighth to tie the game and then blanked the ninth before stealing a pair in the 10th to remain unbeaten.
Saskatoon's Stefanie Lawton sits alone atop Pool A with a 3-0 record as well.
Haichert is joined by lead Allison McMillan, second Kelsey Dutton, and third Janelle Tyler. The team is coached by Ken Dutton. The Swift Current rink will conclude the round robin Friday against Regina's Michelle Englot (2-1) at 9:30 a.m. and Chantelle Eberle (2-1) at 2 p.m.


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Zap2it: You're the host of the six-episode Syfy reality competition show "Exit," based on a Japanese series called "Dero!" in which contestants have to battle to escape a series of four bizarre and mind-bending rooms, playing brain games, solving puzzles and facing their fears, in hopes of winning $10,000. They also must face scary situations -- so, were the episodes geared to the fears of the individual contestants?
Curt Doussett: I think it was mostly random. I don't think we knew ahead of time exactly what they were afraid of. We discovered that when they would first come into the main rotunda. I'd talk to them and find out what they're afraid of. Some of them were terrified of heights; some weren't. So it was a potluck.
Zap2it: Do you have specific things that you're afraid of?
Curt Doussett: Questions. No, I don't know. I have five kids. Nothing, really. Not heights -- landing, maybe, from heights, I would think. Falling's easy; it's the landing part that sucks. I don't really have too many innate fears, so I'm OK.
Zap2it: Will there be a lot of surprises for the audience along the way?
Curt Doussett: No matter who you think is going to do well, you're wrong.
Zap2it: Were there particular contestants that handled certain fears better than other contestants?
Curt Doussett: Yeah, I don't know. Short people had an easier time with heights, maybe. They were probably more terrified of water than the tall people.
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Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop v4.0 is available for download, with significant enhancements for enterprise deployments and better integration. It offers a flexible presentation virtualization alternative—particularly useful for Linux desktops and also for integration of desktop applications into web-based architectures.
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At Citrix Synergy in Barcelona, this was a very good question that a number of partners were reporting their customers were asking. Citrix XenApp 6.5 is a market leading product. Windows 2012 is very new. What are the differentiating features, what key questions should you ask and how do you decide on the one for you?
Ulteo has taken advantage of the Guacamole project's Open Source RDP client technology to provide a native HTML5 client for the Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (OVD) presentation virtualization solution for Windows and/or Linux desktops, which we recently reviewed.
Ulteo Open Virtual desktop is an Open Source alternative to Presentation Virtualization solutions such as Citrix XenApp, or Ericom PowerConnect or Quest vWorkspace. We looked at Ulteo back in 2009 and that post has consistently featured amongst various top 10 lists of posts on the site. So we know you are interested but there were limitations in the Version 2 of Ulteo that made it suitable for a only a small number of use-cases. Ulteo have taken our views into account and responded to customer feedback and Ulteo OVD 3 can now provide a viable alternative in the general marketplace – not just for those enteprises who actively adopt Open Source.
It has been a while since we last updated our Presentation Virtualization Solutions whitepaper. Has nothing happened in the market in 2011? On the contrary, there was a good deal going on for Presentation Virtualization in a year that saw a new benchmark setting XenApp release from Citrix, Apple remove terminal services functionality, RES Software launch their reverse seamless technology and Ericom their HTML5 client.
Way back in January, when 2010 still had that showroom fresh smell we released Presentation Virtualization Solutions whitepaper; the year wasn't half way through before that was updated and its being defrosted as we speak to enable updates going into 2011. Its been an eventful year for Presentation Virtualization.
Open Source continues to be an important part of the mix in Virtualization and Cloud. Indeed, this year has seen major developments in established players at the Operating System and Hypervisor level, as well as a major new cloud entry at the IaaS cloud layer.
Ulteo has just released Version 2 of its Open Virtual Desktop (OVD), an Open Source desktop broker product which is designed to deliver GUI applications running on Linux, Terminal Services and Windows to java-enabled browsers. Ulteo's appeal is likely to be to more cost-conscious and linux-oriented organizations than the large enterprise customers of Citrix, VMware, Ericom, Systancia or Quest, but within these potentially new markets it can deliver many of the mangeability benefits of the existing proprietary products, and it has few competitors for its key feature of delivering both Linux and Terminal Services desktop applications through the same portal.


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The Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji IDrissa Timta is feared killed in an ambush attack on his convoy some few hours ago while traveling to Gombe for the burial of the late Emir of Gombe.
He was driving in the same car with his counterpart, the Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ismaila Timta, who managed to survive the attack.
The Emir of Uba has been found by soldiers who had pursued the insurgents.
Additional information gathered was that the two emirs were driving on the same car when when the insurgents opened fire on them.
The two emirs managed to open the car and fled into the bush.
After a serious gun battle between some soldiers and the insurgents, the Emir of Uba was eventually found in the bush.
But the Emir of Gwoza could not make it as his body was found in the bush, dead.
He was said to have died of cardiac arrest, as a result of the sudden attack.
Borno state Government officials have not officially confirmed the incident.
But a top security personnel confirmed the death of the Emir of Gwoza.
"It was really sad that the Emir of Gwoza got killed in the attack; but his colleague, Emir of Uba managed to escape unhurt".
All the vehicles on the convoy of the Emir were also said to have been burnt.


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With China now the second largest film market in the world and its annual box office revenue on course to surpass 20 billion, the nation's thriving film industry is producing numerous outstanding works. Starting next month, "Chinese Film Panorama 2013" will showcase 10 recent Mainland films, including acclaimed works from directors Wang Jing, Liu Jie, Chen Kaige, Cha Chuen-yee, Sun Lijun, Zhang Yang and Huang He and with stars such as Gao Yuanyuan, Wang Xueqi, Yan Bingyan, Sun Honglei and Qin Hailu.
The selected films include award-winning works, span a diverse range of genres and offer a glimpse into the innovative spirit of recent Chinese cinema. They are the opening film "Feng Shui" (2012), which shows the bumpy life of a female protagonist fighting against her destiny; the teen movie "Young Style" (2013); director Chen Kaige's "Caught in the Web" (2012), on cyber-bullying; "Beijing Blues" (2012), focusing on swindlers and thieves; "Lethal Hostage" (2012), with a bold theme on drug trafficking; the city comedy "Kill the Boss" (2012); the touching "Full Circle" (2012), which portrays life in an elderly home; the extraordinary "Sunlight at Fingertips" (2012), on left-behind children in villages; "Camel Caravan" (2012), with beautiful desert scenery; and the 3D animation film "Fantastic Adventure" (2013).
"Chinese Film Panorama 2013" is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the South China Film Industry Workers Union, in association with Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd and Southern Film Co Ltd.
The screenings will be held from November 4 to December 15 at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive, the Lecture Halls of the Hong Kong Space Museum and the Hong Kong Science Museum, and Cine-Art House.
Directed by Wang Jing, the opening film "Feng Shui" focuses on the deep misfortune a woman experiences after moving into a new house that is believed to have bad feng shui. Despite the sadness of having her husband commit suicide and her son turn against her, she vows to fight against her fate. The film successfully elevates common melodrama into tragedy and fuses a bittersweet tale of destiny with black humour. Lead actress Yan Bingyan won Best Actress in the First Tiantan Awards of the 3rd Beijing International Film Festival as well as Best Actress in the 13th Chinese Film Media Awards.
Director Liu Jie's light-hearted teen movie "Young Style" features a teenager who falls in love and fails in his high school examination. With a smooth and likeable style, the film depicts students who are perplexed by rebelliousness and impulses of love. Young actors including Dong Zijian give natural performances, while Qin Hailu plays the demanding teacher brilliantly. The film won Best Feature Film and Best Actor in the China Movie Channel Media Award at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Director Chen Kaige's trendy film "Caught in the Web", adapted from an online novel and starring Gao Yuanyuan and Mark Chao, deals with the issue of cyber-bullying. When an office lady discovers that she has contracted an incurable disease and, while feeling depressed, refuses to give her seat to an elderly person on a bus, the episode blows up into furious attacks from netizens. The film starts with a light-hearted style, but the mood gets progressively heavier. The film won Best Screenplay at the China Film Directors' Guild Awards 2012.
In "Beijing Blues" a plainclothes detective who is fighting rampant cheating successfully catches a number of swindlers and thieves, yet he is also being stalked. Filming in a documentary style, director Gao Qunshu recreates true stories with vivid scenes to reflect the different sides of human nature. The film has won many awards including Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing in the 49th Taipei Golden Horse Awards and the Grand Prix Award at the 20th Beijing College Student Film Festival.
Starring Sun Honglei, "Lethal Hostage" is directed by new director Cheng Er and has the bold theme of drug trafficking, which is rarely seen in Mainland films. The swift and fierce images, along with a rule-breaking structure with the drug trafficker falling in love with the girl he kidnapped, conjure up a unique style. The film won Best Feature Film and Best New Director in the 13th Chinese Film Media Awards and Most Popular Actress and Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role at the 4th China Image Film Festival.
For his urban romantic comedy "Kill the Boss", Hong Kong director Cha Chuen-yee chose not to focus on extravagant scenes but instead presented outstanding performances and a smart play on office politics. The story sees a female boss try to take advantage of two greedy young designers, who join hands to fight back. Their move forces the boss to take a dangerous step that changes the whole game. The film was awarded in the China Film Performance Art Academy's Golden Phoenix Awards.
The touching "Full Circle" features performances by veteran actors who are in their 70s and 80s. To relieve boredom in an elderly home, the optimistic Lao Zhou designs a group game for the elderly. The old folks have great fun with the game and the old tenants even escape to pursue their dreams. Director Zhang Yang brings out the theme that senior citizens can face life positively. The elderly persons in the film have shortcomings, but they are nonetheless lovely characters. The film won the Special Award of Performing Arts at the 20th Beijing College Student Film Festival.
Director Huang He's "Sunlight at Fingertips", which features left-behind children, was shot in a mountainous area in Chongqing. An ancient township, a 1,000-year-old jetty, ferryboats and the folk customs of the Tujia and Miao people all add colour to the picture. The performances of the child actors, who were selected from some 5,000 primary students, manage to reflect the problem of parentless homes in a village setting.
Portraying the chivalry of martial artists against a backdrop of magnificent scenery in the Xinjiang desert, "Camel Caravan" is a typical Chinese western and focuses on a camel caravan that travels from place to place as it carries goods. When pressure from government troops grows and the caravan members become divided, a fierce battle erupts between a rifle squad and the caravan. The film won Best New Actress in the China Movie Channel Media Award at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Directed by Sun Lijun, the head of the Animation School of Beijing Film Academy, the 3D animation "Fantastic Adventure" tells the story of a young employee named Glutinous Rice and a lady photographer, who join forces with islanders to fight against scoundrels. The film aims to resonate with both adults and younger audiences, and is packed with exciting action and jokes.
"Feng Shui" is in the Wuhan dialect and Putonghua, and the other films are in Putonghua. All films have Chinese and English subtitles.
Tickets are now available at all URBTIX outlets (for films to be shown at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Hong Kong Film Archive, the Hong Kong Space Museum and the Hong Kong Science Museum), Cine-Art House and Cityline (for films to be shown at Cine-Art House). Tickets are priced at $55 with half-price concessionary tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 and above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. Credit card bookings can be made on 2111 5999 (URBTIX), 2317 6666 (Cityline), or on the Internet at www.urbtix.hk (URBTIX) or www.cityline.com (Cityline).
For enquiries, please call 2734 2900. For ticketing details, see the programme booklet, distributed at all URBTIX outlets and Cine-Art House, or browse the webpage at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/filmprog/english/2013cfp/2013cfp_index.html.
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A film still of "Feng Shui" (2012).
A film still of "Fantastic Adventure" (2013).
A film still of "Lethal Hostage" (2012).
A film still of "Young Style" (2013).
A film still of "Caught in the Web" (2012).
A film still of "Sunlight at Fingertips" (2012).
A film still of "Full Circle" (2012).
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Ebay, the online auction house known for helping millions to buy and sell their stuff, made a savvy purchase of its own on Thursday: it bought fuel cells from Bloom Energy (like those pictured) to power one of its data centres in the United States.
More importantly – it's setting up those fuel cells in a way that allows the data centre to run independently from the electricity grid, which in Utah is heavily powered by coal, the fossil fuel that destroys communities and causes climate change.
Other technology companies such as Apple have invested in fuel cells at data centres as well. What makes eBay's move unique is that its fuel cells will be directly powering its data centre as its primary energy source, meaning it will be able to operate independently from the electricity grid.
We had criticised eBay back in 2010 for siting its data centre in Utah, where 82% of the grid is powered by coal, according to US EPA eGrid figures.
Then last year, eBay effectively lobbied the state government to change the law for the right to build its own renewable energy facilities. That's a great example of the kind of advocacy that IT companies can do at the state and federal level for more renewable energy. Now, eBay has put its money where its mouth is by moving its facility onto fuel cells and off the coal-fired grid.
For the rest of the sector – including companies such as Amazon and Microsoft that still rely heavily on the coal-fired electricity grid – the lesson here is that there are many options to say no to coal and yes to clean energy leadership.
- They could go off-grid by using fuel cells like eBay
- Even better, they could avoid the problem of coal in the first place by committing to build data centres where the grid is already green, as Facebook has done
- They could directly invest in renewable energy through power purchase agreements, asGoogle has done with wind power in the US Midwest
- They could lobby and push their electric utilities to provide cleaner energy, as Facebook has committed to doing.
What Amazon, Microsoft and others cannot do is continue to power their 21st century clouds with 19th century coal power – not when there are so many options to quit coal at their fingertips.
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MIGHTY Warriors captain Onai Chingawo has rallied her teammates to remain focused ahead of tomorrow's Unity Day Cup Challenge tie against Botswana at Rufaro. The match against Botswana will mark the first time that the Mighty Warriors play different opponents in the Unity Cup challenge having played South Africa in the two previous editions.
Chingawo said everyone in camp was eager to play and they were ready to defend the title they won last year after beating Banyana Banyana. "I think we can defend our title. We are trying to make sure that we play as a team. Everyone is happy and everything is okay, I can say that," said Chingawo.
In their previous encounter against Botswana in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in January, the Mighty Warriors won 3-1 on aggregate. However, the Mighty Warriors goalkeeper cautioned her teammates against complacency and said they can not count on their previous performance.
"It's not an easy game, we should work hard and do what our coaches have been telling us and that way I think we are going to do well.
"When everyone is playing with the champions they always want to do their best and break the record so we have to make sure we play our usual game and take this match seriously. We cannot be complacent because we have won against them before.
"We are also taking these friendly matches seriously because we are starting our preparations for next year of which it's not that far," Chingawo said.
Chingawo, who is one of the senior players in the Mighty Warriors team, said the coming in of new players into the team has created competition among the players for places in the team. "I think there is competition from new players in all departments and this has seen everyone raising their game.
"We train hard, there is no room to relax because we have to work hard to be in the team," said Chingawo.
Banyana Banyana won the first edition of the Unity Day Challenge Cup before the Mighty Warriors clinched the title last year.
The team has been preparing for the match since last Sunday when they got into camp and yesterday they geared up their preparations under the guidance of coach, Rosemary Mugadza who had traveled to Bulawayo on Wednesday.
There are 27 players in camp at the moment and team manager, Charity Munemo, said the final squad will be announced today ahead of tomorrow's encounter.
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Border statistics from before 2003 are not as complete as those now kept by Homeland Security. For example, Customs and Border Protection said it has comprehensive figures for apprehensions and Border Patrol agents from the 1990s, but not for rescues or technological devices.
In the past decade, billions of dollars have gone into beefing up enforcement along the southwest border. Authorities knew the result would be a funnel effect that pushes illegal immigrants and drug smugglers into the rough topography of Arizona, which is harder to patrol, according to government reports at the time.
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The comments supposed to have been made by Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, have generated an understandable furor in the United States, with many incensed by the vulgar racism aired in a leaked recording of a supposed conversation between him and a girlfriend. Even President Barack Obama, thousands of miles away on a tour of Asia, was compelled to weigh in on the controversy.
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Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Brad Gooch; Little, Brown and Co.464 pages, $30
In the short stories of Flannery O'Connor, pride – whether in family, intellect, moral fiber, social conscience, atheism or piety – always triggers a fall, and the fall is both terrible and terribly funny.
The reader doesn't chuckle, though, chuckling being the kind of thing you do when you're comfortable. The reader, somehow implicated in the fall, laughs in horror. A self-reliant, morally upright woman is gored by a bull; a brilliant nonbeliever has her wooden leg stolen by a Bible salesman; a foolish old woman is graced by a moment of spiritual clarity and immediately murdered. "She would have been a good woman," says her killer, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."
The woman who wrote that line wrote this one when she was a 9-year-old cartoonist, depicting a young girl being admonished by her mother to hold her head up straight: "I was readin where someone died of holding up their head." In "Flannery," Brad Gooch shows, without needing to argue strenuously for it, the straight thematic arrow that led from childhood through to the end of her short life, at age 39. The pious Roman Catholic child became a severely religious, self-described 13th-century mystic; the girl who decided, at age 12, that she would never grow older was in many ways an ancient child at the time of her death, having been sheltered all her life by family and friends.
"I think," said O'Connor, "that you probably collect most of your experience as a child – when you really had nothing else to do – and then transfer it to other situations when you write."
Psychiatrists would likely agree, but she had no use for those – nor for liberals, freethinkers or Northerners (unless they shared her faith) – except as fuel for her fiction. As we read Gooch's generously researched biography, though, what emerges is a singular character to whom any experience was a kind of encumbrance. O'Connor lived fully in her own head.
She spent most of her life in Milledgeville, Ga. When she began to write in earnest, she attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop and later Yaddo, a community of artists in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She lived briefly in New York City and was a yearlong guest of Robert and Sally Fitzgerald in Redding, Conn. Life in the North brought her close friends – including the poet Robert Lowell – and a number of devoted admirers. But she remained resolutely alien to her surroundings, and when she was diagnosed with disseminated lupus – a fatal disease at that time – she returned home, where her mother cared for her for the rest of her life.
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First it was Snooki who went one-on-one with Mike in the hot seat. We can certainly understand where her anger is coming from. Who wouldn't be frustrated with a supposed friend badgering you into admitting something you didn't want to? Or, that might not even be true? But when asked if they would ever reconcile, The Situation was open to the idea, whereas Snooki just said, "Get f**king real."
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Writer objects to Spare Rib digitization project's imposition of a Creative Commons license
December 21, 2013 | 6:00 am
By Chris Meadows
We're familiar with Creative Commons as a tool for granting creators more freedom to choose what permissions they want to grant readers of their work. But even a tool for freedom can become constrictive if its use is required, and that seems to be the case with the project to digitize content of Spare Rib, "the landmark UK feminist magazine of the seventies and eighties." Spare Rib contributor Gillian Spragg writes that the terms of the British Library's digitization project leave a decidedly bad taste in her mouth.
The BL is asking all contributors to agree that their contributions should be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0. licence. This means that not only the BL but all future users too would be granted a perpetual licence not only to reproduce the material but to adapt it: to 'remix, transform, and build upon' it, as the summary on the Creative Commons website helpfully explains. The main restriction is that there should be no commercial use of the material. But this is hardly a sufficient safeguard against abuse.
If this project goes ahead, anyone with misogynist, anti-feminist and/or anti-lesbian attitudes will be able to take any and all of the letters, articles, poems, photographs, cartoons and other illustrations that feminists contributed to Spare Rib and twist and misuse them in ways that suit their own agenda. The original authors would not be able to do much, if anything, about it.
I do not find it at all pleasant to contemplate what the remix culture of the Internet could do with the poems, photographs and articles in Spare Rib. We have already seen misogynist trolls in action far too many times.
Spragg further notes that the British Library is misrepresenting the license by claiming it just means people who use the archives "will be able to reference Spare Rib material in their work so long as it…does not in any way manipulate the material." But that is not what the license says. (Perhaps the BL meant to add a "No-Derivatives" but forgot?) She also dislikes the infectious, perpetual, and irrevocable nature of the license (she's far from the first to complain about that, or about the "noncommercial" restriction) and that it imposes obligations on the writers but not on the British Library. And she adds that the BL is trying to pressure contributors to agree to the license within seven days of the notification.
There's some interesting stuff about UK copyright law involved, too. UK copyright law grants an author a "moral right to object to derogatory treatment of the work" under certain circumstances. If the work was modified under the CC license, presumably this right would kick in, except that the right to object to derogatory treatment is left out of the BL's contract.
It is true that the CC licence (in its full form) says that 'You must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author's honor or reputation'. But there is a weaselly bit right above it that says 'Except as … may be otherwise permitted by applicable law'. Now as I have just said, the right to object to derogatory treatment is only protected under UK law if that right has been asserted. It has not been asserted. So – I am not a lawyer, and I am open to correction, but as I take it, that would be applicable law: so there is nothing in the CC licence either that would protect against derogatory treatment.
But in any case moral rights are very weak rights, notoriously hard to enforce. Much better not to enter into very broad perpetual licensing arrangements with users about whom nothing whatsoever is known; better to keep as much control as possible of how your work is exploited.
She also points out that, for all the British Library's talk about preserving the magazine against the deterioration of paper, the BL doesn't mention that Spare Rib was already transferred to microfilm years ago, and is available in many places including the BL.
Finally, I find it troubling that an atmosphere of fervour is being whipped up around this project with no acknowledgement that contributors are being leaned on to make their work publicly available for no remuneration. In its day Spare Rib received contributions from important poets, journalists, photographers, short story writers and novelists. It was a shoestring venture, I believe, but not an amateur one. I believe that if there is sufficient demand for the material to be made available to the public again then it is sufficiently valuable for payment to be made. I think the British Library may be trying to set a precedent with this project – a bad one.
Some contributors may be happy to forgo payment; it's a matter for individual decision. But no one should be made to feel pressured into licensing their work in perpetuity for no return.
It seems that there are some problems with the way the British Library is going about licensing these magazine archives. Hopefully they can work something out to everyone's satisfaction.
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Taking on aging, Seventies era, "I am woman, hear me roar" feminists? The British Library must be insane. And trying to bully them with a short deadline is even more foolish. If I were the BL, I'd drop the project altogether. Digitize something safe and popular like Dr. Who fan magazines.
I'm also not impressed the furor surrounding: "UK copyright law grants an author a 'moral right to object to derogatory treatment of the work' under certain circumstances. "
I read that as trying to use copyright to silence critics and as an extension of the UK's infamous libel and slander laws, where a writer is regarded as guilty and must prove their innocence (at great expense) in court. I believe Penguin had to spend that much defending itself against a lawsuit by a Holocaust denying/minimizing historian.
There's a move afoot in this country to make it illegal to extradite a U.S. author for those lawsuits. If one of my books were sued in that fashion, I'd yank it out of print in the UK and tell the Brits to "Go to h__l."
If you don't want someone to mock, make fun of, misquote, or parody what you say, then don't write. Fortunately, U.S. copyright law doesn't take that 'moral right' stuff seriously. It actually protects criticism (as parody) under fair use under the assumption that copyright doesn't protect the sorts of alterations of a story that an author is unlikely to do.
I prefer authors who take themselves less seriously. I wish I knew where I could point to it online, but there's a hilarious and pseudo-anonymous review that G. K. Chesterton did of one of his books in an Irish magazine.
If I were those UK feminists, I'd say no to the BL and publish "The Best of Sparerib" in a two or three volume collection, reserving all the copyrights for the original author. The best way to retain complete control is to publish it yourself.
–Michael W. Perry, Inkling Books
I should have said more about that British libel lawsuit again Penguin and worded it better. Here are the details on Wikipedia:
Here's a short summary of UK law:
"Irving's decision to file his lawsuit in the English courts gave him the upper hand by shifting the burden of proof. Under American libel law, a public figure who claims to have been libelled must prove that the statements in question are defamatory, that they are false, and that they were made with actual malice. Furthermore, reliance on reliable sources (even if they prove false) is a valid defence. In contrast, English libel law requires only that the claimant show that the statements are defamatory. The burden of proof falls on the defendant to prove that the statements were substantially true, and reliance on sources is irrelevant."
Legal scholars sometimes use the term "libel tourism" to describe the UK. If you want to sue someone for libel, it's best to do it there. The other guy is guilty until he can prove himself innocent.
Fortunately, the law does provide some compensation. The person sued has a very powerful right of discovery, which means the person suing can be forced to give up material to be used against him. In that particular lawsuit Irving ended up having to provide a lot of evidence against himself. But using discovery tends to be very expensive.


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How does hemodialysis work?
- If the access to your bloodstream is by a fistula or graft, one or two needles are inserted into it at the start of each hemodialysis session. Plastic tubes attached to these needles connect them to a special filter called a dialyzer or artificial kidney. If you have a vascular access catheter, tubes attached directly to this catheter connect it to the dialyzer.
- The blood leaves your body via one needle, and is pumped through the dialyzer. There is an artificial membrane in the dialyzer. It removes wastes and extra fluid.
- The clean blood is then returned to your body via another needle or port inserted into your fistula, or through a tube into your vascular access catheter.
- Both needles are removed at the end of the session.
Only a small amount of blood (about 200ml or less than 1 cup) is outside your body at any one time.
Hemodialysis usually needs to be performed three times a week. Each treatment takes 3 to 6 hours.
You may feel tired and weak after treatment.
"It's a relaxing time. I kind of look at it as my down time. It's something I have to do, just like brushing my teeth, so I do it." - Stay In Touch hemodialysis patient
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