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Well, it's the last day in Phnom Penh before heading home.
Wasn't able to make connections with Esther at Khmer Life as planned. Hopefully, we'll be able to do our business through emails.
I went to the Russian Market this morning to finish some last minute shopping, returned to the hotel to pack up so I'm ready to leave for the airport at 9:00 am tomorrow.
The hotel (California 2) has worked out really well. The guys who run it are friendly and helpful. The tacos are really, pretty good. The huevos rancheros are good, even though you have to pay extra…they're not included in the free breakfast. There's plenty of cable TV showing old, bad movies. The same tuk tuk drivers are out front all the time so you get to know them.
All in all, a great trip…very productive…have many of the pieces in place to get this business going.
I had a very enjoyable lunch at Malis with Starling Farm owners, Mark and Anna. They've had an interesting journey starting the farm, creating innovative growing techniques and receiving Kampot Pepper authentication. They are going to be a great partner.
After lunch, I picked up the new packaging from Daughters of Cambodia and it looks great. Ruth gave me a tour of the day center which was an eye-opening experience. They gave me brochures, a copy of the DVD and photos which we can use for promotion. They also sent me off with various items from the shop to sell on consignment.
Another incredible day. I feel like the pieces are in place to make this a great success.
Today, I plan to take a walk to the beach and the crab market and still replaying the details of yesterday.
Phary has been incredible. He was so jazzed when we were distributing all the backpacks to the kids yesterday. It was amazing.
And having the doctor come in to the clinic on his day off…on a scooter…was so grateful for everything. He looked at each item, said something to his assistant in Khmer and went on to the next item. He said, "people in the city have money. They don't have money out here and can't afford things like this."
That was truly one of the most incredible days of my life.
Phary and I went out to visit the families in the salt fields today to deliver all the goodies. The photos of the kids we printed out from our last trip were a huge hit. They loved them. And they were all thrilled with the backpacks…they put them on immediately. Phary explained to them what all the stuff was. (There were liquid bubbles, matchbox cars, colored pencils and crayons, activity books and construction paper, barrettes, hair scrunchies, toothbrushes and beach ball globes for them to blow up.)
We lined them up for Julie's photo, each holding a paper with different letter printed out to spell "THANK YOU MHS"…it may be a little scrambled but the nurses can figure it out! The little ones kept running around, then they kept the letters, clutching each one…incredible…a million great photos. They said, "when you come back next year, bring more photos."
We had to leave them to go to the rural health clinic in Kampong Trach to deliver the few medical supplies that we had gathered. I had tears in my eyes all the way there. This has been a very emotional time…in a good way.
We arrived at the clinic and because it's Sunday, they called the doctor to come in. He was the same doctor we met back in April who spoke with Julie. He was thrilled at what we brought. He examined every item, his assistant got me a chair, brought out a fan and cut open a coconut for both me and Phary. They were deeply appreciative. They showed me around the hospital and I got some good photos. Same sad stories, different patients.
This is a very brief account of my day. I guess words don't really describe it…like nothing I have ever experienced.
The trip to Kep from Phnom Penh is four-plus hours of bumpy, dusty road. I think they are still working on the same parts of road as they were six months ago.
But I'm here...at The Veranda...with an appetite. I just ordered a plate of char kreng (just like I did six months ago)...still loaded with Kampot pepper, still damn hot. But a large Angkor beer helps wash it down.
Not much at The Veranda has changed however the pool looks done. I'll have to check it out some time in the next few days.
Pretty much a full house. I just had a 10-minute chat with a guy from Riverside (CA) who lives in Phnom Penh...his wife works for the Peace Corps. Interesting.
I met Lily (owner of The Veranda) who is very charming. She also has some clothes she would like to donate to the salt families. I have another idea about the shipping...details to come.
I need to get hold of Phary (pronounced Perry)...tuk tuk driver extraordinaire. The meeting is confirmed for 8:30 tomorrow morning in Kampot Province to meet with the pepper folks.
Well, the adventure began with a bang. I arrived in Phnom Penh (without Cris this time) and had a very productive and encouraging meeting with the folks at Daughters of Cambodia. I will be returning to pick up samples of the packaging this afternoon. Their ideas were amazing, things we never thought of, like using only naturally dyed fabric, right down to the drawstring. I can't wait to see what they come up with.
I've booked the bus trip to Kep and leave first thing in the morning. Meet with the pepper folks there (in nearby Kampot, actually) and get all the product details ironed out...shipping...availability...etc.
Off to have fish and chips for lunch...and maybe a Beer Lao.
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In December, I was privileged to work with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights on three reports about Guantánamo that were published to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the prison on January 11, 2012, and released at a press conference in Washington D.C. that I reported here. The three reports are entitled, "Faces of Guantánamo: Resettlement," "Faces of Guantánamo: Indefinite Detention," and "Faces of Guantánamo: Torture" (also available via this page) and they present a comprehensive analysis of Guantánamo's history, President Obama's failure to close the prison as he promised, and profiles of 20 of the 171 prisoners still held.
The first report, "Faces of Guantánamo: Resettlement," focuses on the 89 prisoners still held who were cleared for release by President Obama's Guantánamo Review Task Force, but who are still held either because they cannot be safely repatriated, and no country has volunteered to offer them a new home, or because they are Yemenis, and both the President and Congress have acted to prevent the release of any cleared Yemeni prisoners, even though this constitutes guilt by nationality, which is an indefensible generalization, and ought to be regarded as a profound shame.
The article explains in detail President Obama's failures, including his refusal to allow any innocent prisoners (the Uighurs, Muslims from China's Xinjiang province) to be settled in the US, and also describes how Congress has intervened to prevent the release of prisoners for nakedly political reasons. Included are recommendations for the Obama administration, and calls for other countries to help with the resettlement of those who cannot be safely repatriated. Read the rest of this entry »
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled, "As Judges Kill Off Habeas Corpus for the Guantánamo Prisoners, Will the Supreme Court Act?" in which I covered the latest grim news from the US courts regarding the Guantánamo prisoners' habeas corpus petitions (see "Guantánamo Habeas Results: The Definitive List" for more).
As I explained in that article, and in a series of articles over the last year and a half, the promise that habeas corpus held for the prisoners in June 2008, when the Supreme Court granted them constitutionally guaranteed habeas corpus rights, in Boumediene v. Bush, has, since July 2010, been killed off by judges in the D.C. Circuit Court, led by Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph, a right-wing ideologue notorious for endorsing every piece of legislation relating to the Guantánamo prisoners that, under George W. Bush, was subsequently overturned by the Supreme Court.
The case that first shut down habeas corpus was Adahi v. Obama, involving a Yemeni, Mohammed al-Adahi, whose habeas corpus petition was granted in August 2009, on the correct basis that, although al-Adahi had accompanied his sister to Afghanistan for her marriage to a man with purported connections to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, he himself had no connection to either group, and was just a chaperone. Read the rest of this entry »
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If you type "Israel-Firster" into Google or Bing, the first hit you get is to a Jeffrey Goldberg post tracing how it and other anti-Semitic tropes are entering mainstream anti-Israel discourse. The rest of the top links are to hate sites like davidduke.com, america-hijacked.com, stormfront.org, and waronyou.com, where the dual-loyalty canard gets routine play.
Presumably search engines will soon pick up the most recent use of the phrase, this time courtesy of James Zogby's Arab American Institute (AAI):
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice was not happy with this legislation, telling Ros-Lehtinen, "There's no question that when the United States is in debt to the United Nations, when we fail to meet our treaty obligations to pay our assessed contributions, that our influence is diminished, our standing is injured, and our ability to pursue important initiatives that advance U.S. national security and U.S. national interest is gravely undermined." Whether Israel-Firsters (as MJ Rosenberg calls them) like Ros-Lehtinen will bother to heed Rice's cautions is doubtful.
The legislation in question is Ros-Lehtinen's bill to defund the United Nations, should the organization go along with the Palestinians' Oslo-abrogating concession-pocketing unilateral statehood declaration. Jonathan blogged yesterday the White House opposes the accountability measure for the same "we have to preserve our influence" reasons articulated by Rice.
That we obviously don't have much influence–inasmuch as we can't prevent the General Assembly from attacking the last stable and reliable ally we have in the region–seems to be getting less argumentative play than the point might. It's also not exactly clear how trying to protect a U.S. ally is so detrimental to U.S. interests that it becomes a matter of dual loyalty rather than legitimate debate. But civic deliberation isn't really what's at stake here. The goal is to vaguely link supporters of the U.S./Israel relationship to literally ancient anti-Semitic canards, and to erode public debate until those smears become acceptable in polite discourse.
When asked about the incident on Twitter, whoever is behind the Arab American Institute Twitter account responded glibly: "The term is actually that of MJ Rosenberg. If you want to argue that he's an anti-Semite, good luck with that."
While it's true Rosenberg once made John Mearsheimer's "Good Jews" list, there's reason to suspect looking to him for a certificate of rhetorical kashrut on this issue will not have the intended anodyne effect. He does not seem like a credible example of someone who trots out "Israel-Firsters" minus its anti-Semitic connotations. His use of the phrase has instead been in the context of railing against the influence of Jewish money, in between paranoia about Israeli warmongering and nudge-wink crossed-out assertions that "Jews control America." In any case, "Israel-Firster" is not Rosenberg's phrase, but rather that of anti-Jewish hate groups. He just adopted it, before passing it on to the AAI.
Ros-Lehtinen isn't technically a Jew, although she often plays one on hate sites. It'd be nonetheless interesting to know what the AAI meant when they said that others "like" her are Israel-Firsters. Women? Floridians? Congresspeople with vaguely Jewish last names? Maybe someone can ask them.


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Sponsor drops bill to change Texas County and District Retirement System
By Zeke MacCormack Staff Writer : February 27, 2013 : Updated: February 28, 2013 10:20pm
Rep. Rob Orr, R-Burleson, won't pursue his bill.
State Rep. Rob Orr, R-Burleson, won't pursue a bill he'd sponsored that called for reducing the annual yield on funds in the Texas County and District Retirement System, his staff says.
HB 958, filed Feb. 5 and referred last week to the House Pensions Committee, was opposed by many current and future retirees in the retirement system, which provides benefits to more than 235,000 Texans through more than 640 public employers.
Although the fund receives no state money, Orr proposed reducing its yield from 7 percent to 5 percent annually in a bid to cut system costs and provide it with more management flexibility, Matthew Miller, an Orr staffer, said Wednesday.
He said Orr had decided not to push for the bill's passage.
"All the county officials I have heard from are very pleased with that decision," Lonnie Hunt, of the Texas Association of Counties, said Wednesday.


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Have you ever wondered how your spouse feels about sex?
Or do you just assume you already know?
I think it's not uncommon for a husband and wife to either never communicate about their sexual intimacy or to drift into limited communication, especially if they have fallen into predictable sexual patterns.
Why not get courageous and reach for greater transparency, vulnerability and richness in your sexual intimacy?
Whether you have fabulous sexual intimacy or rather diminished sexual intimacy, I encourage you to pursue something deeper.
Be brave and ask your spouse the below questions.
You don't have to ask them all at once or in any particular order. Be discerning about good opportunities to foster this kind of conversation. And certainly don't ask from a defensive position, but rather with a heart genuinely bent toward nurtured intimacy with your lover.
10 Best Sex Questions to Ask Your Spouse
1. Have I ever hurt you in how I have treated sex in our marriage?
Sometimes we have caused pain to the person we love the most, and we don't even know it. This question can open some incredibly raw emotions. Resist the urge to defend yourself. Listen instead. Listen to your spouse's heart.
2. Do you ever struggle with sexual temptation?
I'll admit, this can be a scary one to ask.
But it can shed light into an otherwise abysmally dark area where your spouse may feel isolated and alone.
If your spouse is struggling with sexual temptation, much is to be gained by you creating a safe environment in which they can confide in you. There then is an opportunity to heal, usually by first understanding the root pain that makes the temptation so alluring.
If your spouse has acted upon sexual temptation, obviously this is deeply wounding. I don't in any way want to minimize how hard it would be to hear such revelations.
However, there are many marriages that heal beyond infidelity, pornography addiction and other sexual betrayals. But healing can't begin if the truth isn't revealed and both of you aren't committed toward restoration.
3. After we have sex, how do you feel about our relationship?
It may surprise many of you wives, but for most husbands, sex is not just about the physical release. It's about feeling deeply connected with the wife they love.
4. What do you really like during foreplay?
Nothing benefits a couple more sexually than being teachable and willing to teach.
Build an environment where you both have the freedom to share what you like during foreplay, whether that is foreplay hours before sex with your clothes on or foreplay right before you make love.
5. What do I do during sex that you really enjoy?
Fingernails on his back? The sound of his name? The way you pull him close?
What is it that really turns your spouse on when the two of you make love? As I've already said, be teachable and willing to teach.
6. What does it mean to you when I climax?
I'm not sure there is any scientific study on this, but I'm going to take an educated guess here and say that the vast majority of husbands are completely enamored and excited to see and feel their wife climax.
Ask him how he feels when you have an orgasm.
7. Is there anything specific you want us to try sexually?
Certainly you don't want to compromise biblical principles or invite third parties into your sexual intimacy. Within healthy God-honoring boundaries, though, the Lord has given you tremendous freedom in your marriage bed.
Are there things sexually that you've never tried that would be arousing for your spouse?
Different positions? Oral sex? Use of your hands? Different room of the house? Different way of initiating? Sexual play in the shower?
You get the idea.
8. Do you think we are setting a good sexual foundation for our kids?
Your kids don't see you having sex, but they definitely can sense the sexual tone in your marriage.
If you glance down the road to when your kids grow up and fall in love with the person they want to marry, will you have set an example of nurtured sexual intimacy?
Will they know that sex is vitally important to a marriage?
Ask your spouse what they think about this.
9. How can I show you I am sexually attracted to you?
I know it seems like the obvious answer to this is, "Have more sex with me!" But I think most husbands and wives know that it's more than that.
A husband has a lot of influence in helping his wife feel beautiful, whether it is in the way he verbally expresses love to her, shows her affection outside the bedroom, and compliments her both in private and in front of others.
And a wife has tremendous impact on her husband's masculinity. A husband wants to know that he is still the "one" for his wife... that she desires him, respects him, speaks well of him in front of others.
Only you and your spouse can discover what uniquely builds sexual attraction between the two of you. Your marriage is worth this type of discovery.
10. What could we do to improve our sexual intimacy?
This is a broad question, but the answers that come from it can be quite revealing. Those answers may reveal a need for greater frequency or a desire to be more sexually playful.
You may discover that a weekend away once or twice a year is worth building into the budget.
You may find that getting more rest and more sex is better for your marriage than a super clean house or a well-manicured lawn or watching Jimmy Kimmel Live every night.
Hey, I think Jimmy Kimmel is kind of funny too, but if you're regularly sacrificing your sexual intimacy on the altar of "let's watch late night TV," well, you have to start to wonder if the cost to your relationship is too high of a price to pay.
There you have it... 10 Best Sex Questions to Ask Your Spouse. Honestly, I don't know if they are the BEST, but they certainly are a start.
What questions would you add to the mix? Please share in the comment section. And please share the post. You never know the marriages you could be helping.
And don't forget to check out my new eBook Pursuit of Passion: Discovering True Intimacy in Your Marriage available for $5.99 for a limited time.
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"10 BEST Sex Questions to Ask Your Spouse"
Anonymous says: March 9th, 2013 at 9:21 am
Great questions to ask! I especially like questions one and nine.
Mike Spenceley says: March 10th, 2013 at 3:38 am
Not too sure about question nine. That is like telling someone what to get you for your birthday. There is no suprise or excitement for when you get it right. It dilutes it i feel.
Larry B says: March 10th, 2013 at 11:46 pm
Great questions. Couples should keep the communication going.
In # 6 above: "What does it mean to you when I climax?", there is no attention given to the man's climax. How do you, the wife, feel or react when your husband climaxes (either in intercourse or during oral sex)?
It is so often taken for granted when the man orgasms, but in greater and deeper loving intimacy, the wife can and will show an appreciation and shared joy when her husband ejaculates. Let's be sensitive and appreciative of our spouse.
This appreciation of her husband's climax can also apply to #7 above, "Is there anything specific you want us to try sexually?" If during oral sex, you have only rarely (or never) let him finish inside your mouth, you could try doing this on more occasions. (As Julie said above, "Why not get courageous and reach for greater transparency, vulnerability and richness in your sexual intimacy?") He may not ask for this (if he knows of your reluctance), but he will be pleasantly surprised and appreciative when you do so. This complete acceptance of your husband at the time of his climax can deepen the sexual intimacy and enhance the excitement that you share with each other. You may feel more vulnerable when you allow him to ejaculate inside your mouth, but, rather quickly you can become more comfortable with it. Growth requires stretching your comfort zone and, as Julie indicated, that takes courage.
Megan @DoNotDisturb says: March 13th, 2013 at 8:32 am
Absolutely wonderful set of questions. We will be incorporating these into our mentoring with other couples.
Nicci says: March 21st, 2013 at 6:38 am
Good questions, I like particullarly question 5, but I also would include the question, which hidden fantasies he has.
Nicole Laporte says: April 8th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I look forward to your newsletters..I am hoping to restore intimacy in my marriage.
Jessica Grono says: April 27th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Great questions! I like your blog.
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Alaska Airlines Flight Forced to Evacuate After Bomb Threat
An Alaska Airlines flight travelling from Seattle to Oakland landed safely at Oakland International Airport on Monday after a bomb threat aboard the plane was called in.
Airport spokeswoman Joanne Holloway said that Alaska Airlines flight 342 was isolated on a taxiway after landing just before 8am local time. Passengers were bused to the terminal. She added that the aircraft has since been cleared and released by the Transportation Security Administration and local law enforcement.


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Gordon: Chase addition has "lit a fire under us"
Sep 14, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
Like it or not, Jeff Gordon is in the Chase for the Sprint Cup – and while he and his team had been inconsistent through the regular season, he believes that everyone's ready to show that they truly deserved their post-season berth.
"I always like to say that you've got to walk before you can run, but I will say this has lit a fire under us," Gordon said Friday about his chances of claiming a fifth Sprint Cup title.
"…I know we haven't shown it yet this year, but this team is ready to show it now. So, I think that's the one thing is when you get yourself in this position, you want to show the world and our racing community, the ones that support us and the ones that didn't, that we belong here and there is a reason why we're in this thing."
NASCAR added Gordon to the Chase as a 13th driver following the events of last Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. He was one of the competitors most impacted by a spin from Clint Bowyer with seven laps to go in that event, and when the checkered flag flew following a restart with three laps left, he found himself out of the Chase by a single point.
But that was then. Now, Gordon is looking forward to the post-season stretch on a set of tracks that have treated him and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team well in the past.
"We have ten, or at least eight, I'd say, good racetracks that are in the Chase that I really like, that we run well at, and it starts right here in Chicago," he said. "This is a good track for us. We qualified well. New Hampshire is a great track for us. Martinsville is a great track for us. Obviously, Homestead is a great track. We ran great in Charlotte.
"I mean, I would say Kansas and Phoenix are the two that are probably on our radar that we need to do better at. Texas is another good track for us. So, I'm excited."
Gordon won at Chicagoland back in 2006 and has collected seven Top-10 finishes in 12 career Cup starts there. He'll start sixth in tomorrow's Chase opener, the GEICO 400.
- janinwashingtonstate - Sep 14, 2013 at 9:29 PM
This is SO WRONG, in so many ways. Jeffypoop did not qualify for the Chase, the correct qualifier-Truex-gets the boot, and the whole MWR team has been royally screwed.
Mike Helton and Ryan Pemberton should be VERY ashamed of themselves, and Brian France, besides needing to grow a spine (and a few other attachments), has his head so far up and locked that he will never see daylight again!
Is there ANY member of the France family with some guts? I'm sure that both Bills are spinning in their graves–and dear Lord, we need them back.
I am sorry for the rant–but someone needs to tell the truth here. I am a 64 year old grandmother, and even the kids were glad I was out of town this week.
- rodneyjewell18 - Sep 14, 2013 at 11:26 PM
janin you are so wrong in so many ways. The only reason Truex qualified for the Chase is because his teammates and the entire MWR organization cheated for him. If you freeze the field prior to Bowyers cheating spin out then at that point Newman & Gordon were in the Chase and Truex & Logano were not. NASCAR did the right think by including Gordon in the Chase.Gordon had earned it on the track and had it stolen away by the antics of 3 organizations (MWR, Penske, Front Row) and at least 4 drivers (Bowyer, Vickers, Logano, Gilliland). If everyone had been racing fair and square then Gordon would have qualified and Truex would not have.
There now. Someone just told the truth here.
- queenofsummit - Sep 15, 2013 at 1:09 AM
Why don't we go back and freeze it when Jeffys teammate took his little swan dive to get Jeff back on the lead lap. Nobody seems to want to talk about HMS shenanigans and if one more person says he blew a tire my computer is going to start gagging. I am sincerely sorry that Jeff and his fans can't take his NOT making it like adults . Move on they gave princess special status. But message to NASCAR from here on out special status has to be given to any driver who misses the chase by less than 5 points. If not this little bump will seem like nothing and this is a fan run sport so we can and will shut you down if the BS continues.
- queenofsummit - Sep 15, 2013 at 12:56 AM
- queenofsummit - Sep 15, 2013 at 1:12 AM
That was for you Janin.I think you covered it.
- meyeshua - Sep 15, 2013 at 2:18 AM
I think this whole thing is so hilarious and I am also thankful I don't live and die NASCAR like so many. I am hoping Gordo will take advantage of this and run the string. Number 5 would be so cool at this juncture for number 24.
- Anoesis - Sep 15, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Too bad you couldn't have found a way to light that fire earlier and got into the chase legitimately. Looking forward to you finishing 13th out of 13.
- worknman24hours - Sep 15, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Get over it Jeff.
Your car is a pig and no matter what Nascar does they can't change that.
I like you Jeff but that won't win you any races either.
Good luck liking ninth place in the Chase when the smoke clears.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would formally pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a largely symbolic move because the nation has already paid off its debts to the lending institutions."We will no longer have to go to Washington nor to the IMF nor to the World Bank, not to anyone," said the leftist leader, who has long railed against the Washington-based lending institutions.Chavez said he wanted to formalize Venezuela's exit from the two bodies "tonight and ask them to return what they owe us."Venezuela recently repaid its debts to the World Bank five years ahead of schedule, saving $8 million. It paid off all its debts to the IMF shortly after Chavez first took office in 1999. The IMF closed its offices in Venezuela late last year.Chavez made the announcement a day after telling a meeting of allied leaders that Latin America overall would be better off without the U.S.-backed World Bank or IMF. He has often blamed their lending policies for perpetuating poverty.The leftist president also has repeatedly criticized past Venezuelan governments for signing structural adjustment agreements with the IMF that were blamed for contributing to racing inflation.Under former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez in 1989, violent protests broke out in Caracas in response to IMF austerity measures that brought a hike in subsidized gasoline prices and public transport fares.
Newly bought Russian-made fighter jets streaked through the sky as Chavez shouted "Down with the U.S. empire!" to thousands of red-clad oil workers, calling the state takeover a historic victory for Venezuela after years of U.S.-backed corporate exploitation.Chavez accused foreign oil companies of bad drilling practices due to their hunger for quick profits and said Venezuela could sue them for causing lasting damage to oil fields.BP PLC, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., France's Total SA and Norway's Statoil ASA remain locked in a struggle with the Chavez government over the terms and conditions under which they will be allowed to stay on as minority partners.All but ConocoPhillips signed agreements last week agreeing in principle to state control, and ConocoPhillips said Tuesday that it, too, was cooperating.
... the truth — one that both Chavez and his archfoe, the Bush Administration, would prefer you not know — is that when it comes to oil nationalization, Hugo is hardly the most radical of his global peers. In fact, even after today's petro-theatrics, Chavez is just catching up with the rest of the pack.From Mexico to China, more than 75% of the world's oil reserves are controlled by national oil companies today. Of the world's top 20 oil-producing firms, 14 are state-run. And even though Chavez has now stripped foreign oil companies like Exxon Mobil of any majority stakes they had in Venezuelan oil production projects — mandating that his state-run company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), have at least 60% ownership from here on out — he's at least allowing those private multinationals to continue taking part in the drilling. Not so, for example, in Mexico or the world's largest oil producer, Saudi Arabia. Washington touts those two countries as model energy allies, despite the fact that for more than half a century their national oil companies have barred U.S. and other foreign oil businesses from production ventures.Apart from his fiery rhetoric, what makes Chavez's move seem more jarring is the fact that, until he came to power in 1999, Venezuela had been a trend-bucking oasis for Big Oil. Venezuela did nationalize its oil industry in 1976, but in the 1990s it had steadily re-opened its fields to foreign investment — in some cases handing the multinationals deals that even conservative Venezuelans considered too sweet. Chavez has just as steadily, and stridently, reversed that policy, paring down the multinationals' ownership while ratcheting up their taxes and royalties. And because Venezuela is America's fourth-largest foreign crude supplier — providing the U.S. with almost 15% of its oil imports — each turn of his nationalization screw tends to provoke outsized alarm.That, perhaps, is the real cause for concern — how deeply the nationalization trend affects the quantity of oil that not only Venezuela but other countries can export, and hence the price we pay for it.
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I have an idea and want some feedback. My goal and dream is start a bar/club in about two to three years. Here is the idea: I start a "research business" as a sole propritor. No money, no product, no service, no taxes. I do market research, travel to other bars for study, and all of my 'bar' workup as a business expense for my research company. I just use the research company for a little tax relief while building up my bar, then when the bar opens the research company goes Out Of Business... So, is this a good idea or bad? Shaun
‹ what if my corp never got off the ground I have a way to help so that it can keep fema out the dept if i can help ? ›
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How do you plan to make money from your research business? To be a legitimate
business and be able to deduct your expenses, you must also have a source of
income. A start-up business often has more expenses than income initially,
but it does have income. Otherwise, the IRS may consider your research
business as a tax shelter and disallow it.
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but it does have income. Otherwise, the IRS may consider your research
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Antimetabolites for Chemotherapy
|Generic Name
|Brand Name
|cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside
|Cytarabine, Cytosar-U, DepoCyt
|Droxia, Hydrea
How It Works
These chemotherapy medicines are classified as antimetabolites. Antimetabolites are medicines that interfere with the DNA and RNA inside cancer cells. They damage the cancer cells and prevent them from multiplying.
Why It Is Used
These chemotherapy medicines are used to treat acute leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and other cancers, such as breast or lung cancer.
How Well It Works
These medicines work well in treating cancer. But the type and extent of a cancer affects how well this medicine slows or stops the growth of those cancer cells.
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- Passed out (or lost consciousness).
Call your doctor right away if you have:
- Hives.
- Blurred vision or a sudden loss of vision.
- Blood in your urine, frequent urination, or painful urination.
- Fever or chills with or without cough, hoarseness, or lower back or side pain.
- Strong feelings of restlessness, confusion, or are seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there.
- Slurred speech and difficulty walking (ataxia).
- Unusual tiredness, dizziness, or seizures.
- Numbness, burning, and tingling in the hands or feet. This is from nerve damage and is called peripheral neuropathy. To prevent permanent nerve damage, you may need to have a lower dosage, stop using this medicine, or switch to a different medicine.
Capecitabine can cause serious bleeding and death when used in combination with blood-thinning drugs (anticoagulants), such as aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin). Tell your doctor if you are taking an anticoagulant drug. If you have any unusual bleeding or bruising, call your doctor immediately.
In rare cases, capecitabine can cause severe skin reactions that may cause death. These include Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. If you are taking capecitabine and you get a severe rash along with other symptoms like pain, blistering, fever, or mouth sores, call your doctor right away.
Hydroxyurea can cause skin ulcers, especially on the legs. But this is rare.
Nelarabine may affect your thinking or reactions. If it does, don't drive or do things that require you to be alert.
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- Loss of appetite, nausea, or vomiting.
- Skin rash, which may itch.
- Diarrhea or constipation.
- Sores in the mouth or throat.
- Hair loss. This is reversible, and hair will grow back when treatment ends.
- Changes in the way foods taste.
- Weakness or fatigue.
These medicines may also cause:
- Menstrual changes, symptoms of menopause (hot flashes and vaginal dryness), or early menopause in women.
- Loss of fertility, including decreased sperm counts in men.
- Low blood counts, which may make you tired and more likely to get an infection.
- Sensitivity to sunlight. You may need to protect your skin from the sun.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Some of these medicines may interact with many other medicines. Be sure that your doctor has a complete list of all prescription and nonprescription medicines you are taking.
These medicines may cause very serious side effects and even death. Do not drink alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine, while you are being treated with these medicines.
Cytarabine is often given with another medicine called dexamethasone, especially when cytarabine is given in higher doses than usual. This is done to prevent a possibly fatal side effect called chemical arachnoiditis. This causes symptoms that include eye problems, nausea, vomiting, headache, and fever. You will be closely monitored while you are given cytarabine.
Fluorouracil is often given with another medicine called leucovorin. This can increase your chance of severe side effects.
Mercaptopurine can cause problems in people who inherit genes that make their bodies more sensitive to this medicine. So gene testing may be done before you get this medicine. This medicine can also cause blood, liver, kidney, or gastrointestinal problems, so your doctor will watch you closely for any changes and do any necessary testing.
Pemetrexed needs to taken along with vitamin B12, folate, and corticosteroids to decrease the risk of side effects from this medicine.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Advice for women
Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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Hot Off the Presses…. Yucatan is Official Home of the Habanero
This new designation will serve to make Yucatan's chile habanero a "branded" product throughout the world. It is expected that with the export of our habanero farmers will add to the increasing importance of many of our Yucateco products in foreign markets. We are so glad to see our farmers, crop by crop, area by area, finally able to reap the rewards they so richly deserve. Congratulations to all of the farmers and workers throughout the Sistema Producto Chile Habanero!
Pier in Progreso to be Replaced
It appears that several cracks have been discovered in the pier at Progreso. While they are currently being repaired as part of the pier's ongoing maintenance program, research shows that the pier has a life span of only 5 to 10 years. With that in mind, a new pier will be built parallel to this one. Construction will begin in 2009 and the new pier will be 7 km in length, which will take it into deeper water and increase the capacity of the port for both tourism and industry. We assume that the new pier will have easy access to the new overhead
highway, making it possible for big trucks to avoid passing through the center of town. We wonder what they are going to do with the current pier when the new one is built? Wouldn't it be wonderful if it could be repaired to handle light traffic and the space used, perhaps, as a park? We have seen other cities with such parks and they make wonderful additions to the cultural life and economy of their communities. We will be watching to see if someone comes up with a new life for the old pier that has become such an integral part of the landscape on the Malecon.
Yucatan's Children Continue Releasing Baby Turtles
Last month, we reported on a group of small children who were allowed to release several hundred baby turtles from Cetmar de Yucalpetén, the center that cares for unhatched nests and injured turtles. This month, more children will release another 400 baby turtles. We saw pictures of last month's release and realized that many of the children are preschoolers. This is in keeping with an overriding theme throughout this state, in which children are educated and trained in every aspect of the creating a quality of life that will ensure the success of the entire population well into the future. If there is a tree to be planted, a Yucateco toddler will plant it. If there is a baby turtle to be released, a very young child and his or her parents release it together. If there is an environmental demonstration taking place, the marchers will be school children and their beaming parents and teachers will line their path to glory. When these 400 turtles are released, that will bring this year's total number released to 2,200. That's a pretty nifty accomplishment for a group of little kids.
Airport Near Chichen Itza Going Slowly
With the increase in the cost of fuel and economic troubles throughout the world, work has slowed at the new international airport near Chichen Itza. Part of this is because investors are reluctant to rapidly pour hundreds of millions of pesos into building up the number of hotels and restaurants that would be necessary to support an airport that could handle 600,000 tourists a year. Plans now are to begin slowly, with small planes from Cancun, Cozumel, and Merida; then to add planes from Fort Lauderdale, Cuba, and other places in the Caribbean. It could be as much as five more years before the dream of a real international airport near Chichen Itza can be realized, but no one has given up and work is still underway.
Pulpo Season has Failed, Shrimp Fishing is Weak
This year's red tide drove the octopus into deeper water and too far away for our fishermen to reach them. This left the fishermen with little more than snapper, grouper, and grunt but, since they all are coming in with the same fish, the market is flooded and, even though the price is down, there are fewer buyers. The shrimp season is not what it should be as well. It will not be long before our fishermen cannot afford the gasoline necessary to run their boats and the situation will only worsen. Red tides are cyclical and do not appear in all years, nor to the same degree in the years they do appear. With luck, our fishermen will survive this economic downturn and next year will be better. Please remember our fishermen as they enter the winter season, during which they will also face danger from storms for those who do make it to sea.
Lobster Season is a Rousing Success
Pulpo season may have failed – and shrimp fishing may be weak – but our lobster fishermen are averaging $500 MXP per day and loving it! They are able to stay out from between 18 and 20 days and are even being given advances so that their families will not have to do without while they are gone. This is such good news for men who work so hard and risk so much just to be able to take care of their families. It is also good news for the merchants with whom they spend this money. Big smiles and congratulations all around for the langosteros (lobster fishermen) of Yucatan!
Worldwide Space Race Coming to Our Neighborhood?
It looks as if we now live right in the center of the New Race for Space on Planet Earth. When we reported that it is fairly certain there will be a new Mexican Space Agency in our area, we assumed that this would be a global scientific effort, since many nations will be involved. We never stopped to think that there are other places in the neighborhood that are also geographically ideal for such a project – like Cuba. New news is that Russia is reforming its old ties with Cuba and that Cuba, Russia, and Venezuela will build their own space center in Cuba. Gone are the days of "sleepy little fishing villages" and "quaint interior towns." We are amazed to find ourselves living at what actually has the potential to become the Center of the Universe. The next few years will certainly be interesting – as they always are in Yucatan.
Post Office Woes
As many have now experienced, the grand new plans for a hot pink and lime green, dependable postal service have not materialized. It seems that the Mexican Postal Service is not living up to its financial commitment to mail carriers and they, in turn, are spending their time protesting, rather than delivering the mail. It is uncertain when this situation will be resolved, but certainly is an inconvenience for those who are not getting their mail. Learning to live with poor (or no) mail service is part of just another day in Paradise and an opportunity to practice the virtue of patience (and online banking!).
Yucateco Elected President of Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior
Jorge Hipólito Chablé Herrera, of Dzitás, has been elected President of the Institute of Mexicans in the Exterior. This is important to our expat community as well because this is one more Yucateco who has risen to a position of leadership not only in Mexico, but across borders as well. Yucatan produces some of the world's finest human beings in the arts and music, in medicine and science, and in social and philosophical arenas. Leaders such as Jorge Hipólito Chablé Herrera bring honor to our state and stability to the world. Now, of course, his job is to represent migrants before all 32 state governments and the Federal government in Mexico, as well as before all state governments in the U.S. and their Federal government. Our congratulations on Jorge Hipólito Chablé Herrera's winning this important post and for a job we know will be well done.
Biking in Yucatan
There is a lovely website, Yucatan by Bicycle, that is absolutely the best in bicycle blogging. However, what if you wanted to just take off down a beach road – on your bike – just you and a friend or two? This week, we found a site that maps out a 112 mile round-trip along the coast and through the inland towns nearby. The site is called Bikely and the zoomable map is just the ticket for following every inch of the trip that begins and ends in Progreso.
Hector was Here! Perhaps He Will Visit Again.
Hector F. Pascual Alvarez was awarded a Watson Fellowship in March of 2008. With it, from July 2008 to July 2009, he will travel the world – namely Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, and the UK – to look at the role of the theater director in empowering communities through performance to help them overcome a situation of crisis or heal a trauma. "Sanzbritz's Wanderjahr: One Year, Two Suitcases and the World as a Stage" is the blog that Hector is using to chronicle his plans, thoughts, theater reviews, and adventures. We are so glad that he chose to come to Merida in his travels. Pictures taken in our fair city, along with comments, are posted in his blog.
Rumors of Widespread Famine in Cuba Untrue
A recent news bulletin came to us, claiming widespread famine in Cuba and that the reason no one is hearing about it is that the Cuban government is actively keeping it quiet. The bulletin cited El Diario (which is what caught our eye) as saying that Yucatan is fearful of widespread illegal Cuban migration because of this so-called famine because such a situation would put catastrophic stress on our humanitarian resources. We knew that we had not seen such an article, so we searched the archives and found just the opposite to be true. Cuba does have enough reserves of staples, such as rice and beans, to ensure that no Cuban will die of starvation. They also have a food rationing program in place that is working well. They do need help through the winter to ensure that proper nutrition can be maintained until they can bring in next season's harvest. Since Cuba always imports about 85% of its food, they only expect approximately 6 months of discomfort due to food rationing. This experience serves to underscore the need to always consider the source and check the facts before blindly believing some horrendous story that arrives in all of our e-mail. Read the real story of Cuba's food crisis here.
So Near and Yet So Far Away…
There was a time when all of the people of the Yucatan Peninsula were one nation, united by bonds of history, religion and blood. Then the divisions came. National and state lines were drawn and the people rarely visited across those artificial borders. In most cases, unfortunately, this was because they were simply too poor to make such a trip. Over time, the elders died off and the young people were left with no memory of who they once had been, or how advanced their culture once was, or how much power their people once held.
That is all changing today. It is the 21st century all over the Yucatan Peninsula and school children are eager to develop and experience their own historical identity. This week, 70 school children from Cancun began a trip through Yucatan to Valladolid and Chichen Itza. They were amazed at what they saw and vowed to return to learn more. Maybe everyone on the peninsula will learn that teaching the children who they are and encouraging them to go out and actually stand in their own history is the key to immortality for their culture. We often meet locals here in Merida who have never seen some of the popular tourist destinations like Chichen Itza or Uxmal. If you want to do something good for those around you, consider bringing them along on your next trip to one of those important destinations.


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The 2012 Kane Boys' Golf team surpassed last year's win total on their opening day.
Head coach Nathan Smith's squad defeated Smethport and Austin in their first match, and split their second match, defeating Port Allegany and losing to Ridgway. Smith, now in his 10th year as coach, has five golfers that earned letters last year returning this season. They are Ryan Greto, Dan Park, Austin Woolcock, Trace Gordon, and Austin Hoag.
Smith calls these five the "core of the team." All of them spent many hours on the course over the summer and have improved over last year.
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If you ask me, something seems to be missing from Bombardier Aerospace's showcase at the AIREX 2008 exhibition being held in
During a recent interview, Bombardier Aerospace's director, programme managment office and director of marketing, Benjamin Boehm said the CSeries is being evaluated by Middle Eastern airlines for a possible role in providing feeder services. "We're finding that areas such as the
And in a statement today, Bombardier touts its growing presence in the region "as major airlines adapt their operations with more cost-efficient regional aircraft to feed their larger mainline aircraft networks".
Qatar Airways is rumoured to be one of several carriers that will launch the CSeries at the Farnborough air show.
Okay, so where is the much-travelled mock-up? A Bombardier spokesman tells me it was "too heavy and expensive" to lug to AIREX. "Next step: Farnborough, and no this does not confirm anything," he says. Well thank you kindly.


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DURHAM, N.H. - Kristen Thomas (Wilmington, Mass.), senior captain of the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team, was named TPS Hockey Player of the Week by Hockey East on Monday, and teammate Sadie Wright-Ward (Durham, N.H.) was honored as ITECH Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.
Thomas' career-high five assists propelled UNH to a season-high nine goals in the Wildcats' 9-2 victory against Northeastern University on Feb. 6. Thomas recorded an assist on each of UNH's first three goals to give the 'Cats a 3-0 lead and she reached the 100-point milestone on her third assist of the night. The five assists is a single-game Hockey East record and her five points also marked a career-best effort.
Wright-Ward recorded personal bests in both assists (three) and points (four) in UNH's victory against Northeastern. She scored what proved to be the game-winning goal by giving the 'Cats a 3-0 lead at 7:51 of the second period and picked up an assist 3:01 later for a 4-0 advantage. Wright-Ward also had a pair of third-period assists and finished with a +3 rating.
Thomas became the fourth UNH defenseman and 31st Wildcat skater overall to record 100 career points. She has 25 goals and 77 assists in 127 career games, and her 77 assists is a program record among defenseman. With two goals and 22 assists this season, Thomas ranks eighth in the nation in assists per game (0.92) and sixth in points per game (defensemen) at 1.00.
Wright-Ward, who previously earned the league's rookie honor Oct. 27, has 10 points with four goals and six assists in 25 games.
New Hampshire (14-8-3 overall, 9-1-1 Hockey East) returns to action Feb. 13 (4 p.m.) at the University of Maine. The next Wildcat home game is Feb. 20 vs. UConn. Game time at the Whittemore Center is 7 p.m.


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Quiet Time
Quiet Time is a term used to describe regular individual sessions of Christian spiritual activities, such as prayer, private meditation, or study of the Bible. The term "Quiet Time" is used by 20th-century Protestants, mostly evangelical Christians. It is also called "personal Bible study" or "personal devotions". Rick Warren points out that it has also been called "morning watch" and "appointment with God".[1]
Practices vary according to denominational tradition: Anglican devotions, for example, will occasionally include the use of prayer beads, while Catholics may use a rosary. Billy Graham suggests that Quiet Times consists of three main elements: prayer, Bible reading, and meditation. He also mentions that many Christians accompany these three elements with journaling.[2]
Proponents of the concept point out that Jesus often spent time alone in prayer: Luke 5:16 says that "Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (NIV). Leslie Hardin suggests that this was Jesus' Quiet Time: spending time in prayer and fellowship with God.[3]
Jerry and Becky Evans argue that the Quiet Time is a time of encouragement, strengthening, and insight to the Christian, and "spiritual food" for a person's soul.[4] They suggest that it is a "time of complete focus on God" that "continues throughout a person's entire life."[5]
Keith Newman suggests that as well as including conscious study and expressive prayer, a quiet time is a time of open-minded listening and waiting for guidance.[6]
Rick Warren argues that there is a difference between reading the Bible during Quiet Time and Bible Study.[1]
Many devotional books, or "devotionals", are available in shops today. These books contain directed Bible studies, often incorporating stories or anecdotes that convey Biblical principles, similar to the parables used by Jesus in his ministry. A notable example is My Utmost for His Highest, written by Oswald Chambers. Many Christian stores dedicate an entire section to these types of books, but in some countries they are available at secular stores as well, often shelved in the "inspirational" section.
Some Christian communities (e.g. Christadelphians) have Bible reading schedules, like the one suggested in the Bible Companion, for example, as one tool to help them with their study of the Bible. Such schedules take people systematically through the entire Bible, reading approximately four chapters per day (in the case of the Bible Companion), which allows the reader to keep context in their studies through the different books of the Bible, and ensures different areas are not neglected.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne also designed a system for reading through the Bible in one year. The plan entails reading the New Testament and the Psalms through twice a year, and the Old Testament through once. This program was included (in a slightly modified form) in For the Love of God by D. A. Carson (ISBN 0851115896) and is recommended by several Bible publishers, such as the English Standard Version[7] and the New English Translation.[8]
The use of study Bibles is also popular.
Evangelical theologian Greg Johnson criticizes the way the concept is treated by evangelicals as an almost obligatory part of a relationship with God. He emphasizes that the practice is not commanded in the Bible, and was not even possible for many centuries, until the printing press and certain economic conditions enabled most Christians to own their own copies of the Bible.[9]
However, this was a common practice. The prophet Daniel regularly met with God 3 times a day to talk to God and listen to Him (see Daniel 6:10). In addition, King David often mentions his times alone with God (morning and evening) throughout the Psalms. The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) record that Jesus Himself withdrew to met in a quiet, isolated place with His Father on a regular basis (see Mark 1:35; Matthew 14:13; John 6:15). The Apostle Paul alludes to several occasions where he spent time speaking to God. He also commands young Timothy to study God's Word and know it well to show himself approved unto God (see 2 Timothy 2:15). While a "quiet time" is not specifically commanded, desire and knowledge for the Word of God and regular, personal contact with God is necessary for sustainable, spiritual growth.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Bible Study Methods: Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God's Word by Rick Warren. Appendix A.
- ^ The Journey by Billy Graham. Page 102.
- ^ Leslie Hardin, The Spirituality of Jesus: Nine Disciplines Christ Modeled for Us, p. 28.
- ^ Quiet Times by Jerry and Becky Evans. Page 1.
- ^ Quiet Times by Jerry and Becky Evans. Page 3.
- ^ Newman, W. Keith (4 April 1997), The Quiet Time (PDF), Kingston, Jamaica: Initiatives of Change
- ^ http://www.esv.org/biblereadingplans ESV Bible Reading Plans
- ^ NET Daily Reading Plans
- ^ "Freedom from Quiet Time Guilt". Gregscouch.homestead.com. Retrieved 2010-07-02.


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The fight between James Island Charter High and its Principal Bob Bohnstengel escalated on Monday with the school accusing Bohnstengel of violating South Carolina ethics laws.
Bohnstengel and the school became embroiled in a legal battle after the school's board put Bohnstengel on paid administrative leave in November.
Bohnstengel filed a lawsuit against the school alleging defamation and intentional breach of his contract. The school's board responded on Monday by denying Bohnstengel's assertions and alleging that he had been working for a company that the school hired to train its teachers and administrators in classroom management techniques.
Bohnstengel recommended and the school's board approved paying The Education Company for services; the school appears to have paid the company more than $25,000 during the past two years.
The school's board says Bohnstengel failed to disclose that he was part of the company's staff. When the board asked the company about it, the company removed Bohnstengel's name from its staff listing online, and the school says that happened on the same day Bohnstengel was placed on an administrative leave, according to court documents.
Bohnstengel's failure to disclose his affiliation with the company, and his recommending of contracts for the company with the intention of gaining future compensation are both inconsistent with state ethics laws, according to the school's filing.
Bohnstengel submitted a separate affidavit explaining his relationship with the company and denying ever receiving any monetary compensation or being on its staff. Because he attended its trainings and was considered an approved trainer, his name was listed on its website, according to the affidavit. That was what gave the school access to the company's training materials.
"(James Island Charter High School) Board's repeated attempts to drag my name through the mud, tarnish my reputation based on false and trumped up charges, and keep me on forced leave, have caused me and my family significant embarrassment and distress," Bohnstengel said in his affidavit.
Bohnstengel also said that the board majority told him Nov. 18 that he would not be offered a contract for the 2014-15 school year, and that he either could announce his retirement or the board would do so for him. That night, Bohnstengel said he announced he would retire in June 2014.
Bohnstengel's attorney, Nancy Bloodgood, has said the school's newly elected board didn't like him and wants more say in running the school, particularly in picking the new football coach.
The school's attorney, Caroline Cleveland, has said the decision on the new coach was one of many issues, and the board wants to ensure a smooth transition to next year.
The charter school's board is slated to meet Tuesday.
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Don't call it a "small-market" World Series matchup
Oct 25, 2010, 10:15 AM EDT
I've already seen a lot of grumbling from various media members on Twitter about how the Giants-Rangers matchup is going to be a ratings nightmare for FOX. That may turn out to be true, but it won't be because the markets involved are small ones.
J.C. Bradbury of Sabernomics notes that Nielson ranks Dallas and San Francisco as the fifth- and sixth-largest television markets in the country, respectively.
For comparison, here's the top 10:
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Philadelphia
5. Dallas
6. San Francisco
7. Boston
8. Atlanta
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Houston
No one would be predicting ratings nightmares for, say, a Phillies-Red Sox matchup, but based on market size that's basically the same as Giants-Rangers. Instead, what the people worried about ratings are really saying is that the World Series matchup is devoid of East Coast teams and thus unlikely to attract significant interest from the No. 1 market, New York.
And that's probably true, but the No. 5 and No. 6 markets are going to be glued to their television sets and my guess is that the No. 2 (Los Angeles) and No. 10 (Houston) markets will also be more likely to watch than usual. Plus, if you're not a FOX television employee or Bud Selig should you really care about TV ratings?
Giants versus Rangers is an extremely compelling matchup featuring two of the elite pitchers in baseball, the potential MVP in the AL, and two franchises that are very hungry for a championship. You can be certain that hardcore baseball fans will be watching, and if some casual fans on the East Coast decide not to tune into the games … well, that's their loss.
- Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward - Oct 25, 2010 at 10:28 AM
All year long I've been waiting for Cliff Lee to go one-on-one versus Cody Ross and now it's almost here!
- mangothefruit - Oct 25, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Hopefully this ESPN poll quiets the people complaining about 'SMALL MARKET, LOW RATINGS'.
How unlikely is Texas looking forward to baseball over a Cowboys game?
- Richard In Big D - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Ley's see, the Cowboys, who always win, are losing. The Rangers, who always lose, are winning. Throw in the vocal Christian superstar, the legendary hero owner who's accesible to the masses, and the understated genius of a leader with a personal flaw, and what else could you expect? Good to see though, that my neighbors are finally waking up to the superiority of the Great Game over the semi-organized gangfight that goes on every Sunday in the fall.
- stealofhome - Oct 25, 2010 at 10:34 AM
This is a little bit misleading because NY has such a large portion of the TV ratings, so basically every market looks small compared to them. DAL + SF only have 49% of the number of TV households that NY + PHI do.
- amhendrick - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Not small markets, but both play in the West divisions, meaning that most of the country has fewer chances to see them play.
- mattraw - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:07 AM
It's also looking like a sizeable number of hardcore baseball fans in NY and Philly won't be able to watch it due to the Cablevision Fox blackout. Damn you Dolan, I'm tired of schlepping to Queens to watch baseball!
- Professor Longnose - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:32 AM
You know what I'd watch? I'd watch closed circuit footage of Reuben Amaro watching Cliff Lee win a championship.
- Kevin S. - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- apbaguy - Oct 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Lots of Orange and Black yesterday at the local coffee shop. Since we had residual tropical storm rain all day my little group didn't go into town for Blue Bottle, hence the disturbing sight of inferior mass market coffee fueled Giants madness. I got 10 cents off my coffee because of my Giants hat, and I swear people were going to church in their Giants jerseys, lighting candles and intoning entreaties to the God of all Sliders to please, please, not allow any SF pitcher to throw anything lacking in movement to Hamilton or Cruz.
I won't say things are crazy here, but the emotion is stronger for this Giants team than for the last Bonds team to make the Series. That team had a real shot at it, but the town seemed to understand at a gut level that Bonds was some unnatural presence disturbing the fabric of baseball, even if his prodigious moonshots were worthy of awe, rooting for team of Bonds and 8 guys whose presence was primarily due to their ability to tolerate his diva-tude was not. Plus the Angels were underdogs, or at least unknowns, what with Glaus, Lackey and a pre battery K-Rod seeming so fresh.
Anyway, this team has Timmy, a guy you could reasonably expect to see in a stained white apron hauling trash out of the back of your favorite restaurant. Plus a quirky, effective closer. All it needs is a front office type in a trench coat and fedora standing in some fog smoking a Lucky and you'd have 3 of the SF archetypes represented.
Out here on the sunny Peninsula we could care less about that stuff. The locals just want a good series. An SF Championship is too much, really, and people only whisper about the possibility. No one dares speak of it aloud, in the open, for fear such energies would disturb the fragile forces that have brought us this far.
Another thing you notice is that our Latin population, steady at just under 30%, is very into baseball as opposed to our football. It was a common sight to see papa y sus ninos walking down the street in their church wear, each topped with a Giants hat. Since the 49'ers have politely done nothing to distract us from baseball this period of pre game excitement will be savored like a snifter of Germain-Robin XO after a perfectly cooked steak. Right now, all things are black and orange.
- doctorfunke - Oct 25, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Great post.
Once my Twins were eliminated, I jumped on with these two teams. I am now having a hard time deciding who to now root for.
- tulsatim - Oct 25, 2010 at 1:18 PM
Root for both. I grew up in Tulsa and was a big Wille Mays/Sf fan until I moved to TX. Would be great to see either win.
- anythingbutyanks - Oct 25, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Funny that both of these cities had high hopes and expectations for this year in the NFL and now might just watch the Series instead. This would be quite the retro Superbowl matchup in the NFL.
- shandbi - Oct 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Um Dude, please don't speak for all Giants fans when you say, 'I won't say things are crazy here, but the emotion is stronger for this Giants team than for the last Bonds team to make the Series. That team had a real shot at it, but the town seemed to understand at a gut level that Bonds was some unnatural presence disturbing the fabric of baseball, even if his prodigious moonshots were worthy of awe, rooting for team of Bonds and 8 guys whose presence was primarily due to their ability to tolerate his diva-tude was not.'
There are many of us who LOVE the Giants AND Barry Bonds, so shut your pie hole and go back to your 'sunny Peninsula' living.
- willmose - Oct 25, 2010 at 1:23 PM
SF and Dallas aren't on the east coast, so they are small market by definition.
- schoenbaum - Oct 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM
Who cares? Let them watch law and order reruns.
- Old Gator - Oct 25, 2010 at 1:51 PM
All this brouhaha (Brouhaha? Ha ha ha ha….) over a small market World Series matchup?
- anythingbutyanks - Oct 25, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Just reminds me how high the narcissism is in New England, that anything not directly affecting them is somehow not worth watching. I am 1) a baseball fan 2) a Cubs fan 3) a Yankee hater; in that order. New Yorkers are like 1)New York fan 2) Yankees fan and 3) baseball non-fan.
I would never buy SF or Texas gear, as I don't specifically care how they do during the regular season, but I will watch as much of the Series as I can because I love the game. I'm excited to see Hamilton, Lee, Guerrero and co. go up against Lincecum, Cain, Posey and co.
PS, I have a sneaking suspicion that a majority of like-minded people also think Hernandez deserves the Cy Young award more than CC. Be interesting to see how that shakes out in a study if I had the time…
- mommadanko - Oct 25, 2010 at 2:57 PM
We'll have to call the WAmbulance for FOX TV. I'm so sick of hearing Joe Buck talk about how the Eastern Division is so much better than the West… Hello… who is in the Series? He said that the only reason SF was in the playoffs is because of their pitching… Hello, who scored more runs? That would be hitting Joe! Also defense kept the other teams from scoring more runs… I am in NO WAY a fan of the SF Giants, but the last few games were GREAT!!! I bleed Dodger blue, however the rest of my household are Giants fans, so I watch. My husband almost needed oxygen when Wilson walked two guys in the ninth inning of game 6, however the Giants won, and my husband hopes that he will see a World Series champion in his lifetime in San Francisco…
As the previous commenter, I am 1) a Dodger fan, 2) a baseball fan, 3) an anybody but the Yankees fan, in that order. I love watching baseball, and especially the next few weeks, then I will be wishing for baseball until next April!
Joe Buck and FOX need to realize that there are millions of fans West of the Mississippi, and we are tired of hearing about the East Coast teams and will thoroughly enjoy watching Western Division NL and AL Champions…
- mvd513 - Oct 27, 2010 at 2:36 AM
Anyone who considers themselves any sort of baseball fan and doesnt watch the World Series should be shot.
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Special edition also in the works
Nissan has teamed up with Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt to create a one-off GT-R.
Details are limited, but the model features a gold exterior, an embossed Usain Bolt signature and gold interior trim. The car will be auctioned off on eBay to support the Usain Bolt Foundation which creates educational and cultural opportunities for children in Jamaica.
Nissan also announced they will create a special GT-R Bolt Edition which will be available internationally.
Unsurprisingly, Bolt will extend his role as brand ambassador and become Nissan's honorary "Director of Excitement." According to COO Toshiyuki Shiga, "Nissan shares the spirit of excitement that captivated worldwide audiences at the Olympics. There is no-one better qualified than Usain Bolt to help us translate that spirit into great experiences."
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (October 11, 2012) - Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man and champion Olympic sprinter, is targeting another record-breaking performance by offering his passion and performance instincts to the Nissan team developing a special "Bolt" version GT-R.
Following his world records and medal-horde at the London Olympiad, Bolt today signed a special deal with Nissan Motor Co, Ltd, to extend his role as brand ambassador for the 196-mph GT-R and to become honorary "Director of Excitement" for the company's ambitious global marketing drive.
Bolt, appearing at Nissan's world headquarters, said: "Racing is my inspiration, and I want to help Nissan become an even more exciting brand for everyone."
Toshiyuki Shiga, Chief Operating Officer, welcomed Bolt's endorsement and deepening ties with Nissan - where he became a brand spokesman on the eve of the London Games. "Nissan shares the spirit of excitement that captivated worldwide audiences at the Olympics. There is no-one better qualified than Usain Bolt to help us translate that spirit into great experiences," said Shiga.
In recognition of Bolt's contribution to sports and his automotive enthusiasm, Nissan's Chief Operating Officer unveiled a unique gold-painted GT-R, which will be auctioned to benefit the Usain Bolt Foundation (http://usainbolt.com/foundation/).
Proceeds from the online auction, details which will be announced later in October, will help the foundation's work creating educational and cultural opportunities for children and young people in the Olympic Champion's home country of Jamaica.
The one-off GT-R, to be auctioned on the eBay online auction platform, will be embossed with Bolt's signature and bespoke interior fittings finished in real gold.
News of the deepening Nissan relationship coincides with Bolt's pledge to defend his titles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
As part of Bolt's partnership with Nissan, the sprinter today test-drove various GT-R models at the car company's proving ground near Oppama, Japan, where his reaction times, acceleration and other handling capabilities will be used in developing a special "Bolt GT-R" for his personal use.
Additionally, Bolt will start work with Nissan product specialists on a limited-edition version which can be ordered in markets where GT-R is available. Details of this project will be announced at a later stage.
Bolt, who was collected from Tokyo's Narita Airport in a GT-R driven by F1 racer Mark Webber, is expected to contribute further to Nissan's "WHAT IF_" global brand campaign.
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The Ventura County Community Foundation's portfolio grew 13.9 percent for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, it was announced today at the community foundation's annual Open Investment Committee Meeting, where news of the endowment's performance is shared with donors and beneficiaries.
VCCF invests the capital of more than 500 philanthropic funds that serve Ventura County. Nonprofits depend on returns from these investments to deliver charitable services to local residents. VCCF also manages endowments that will support $1.2 million in scholarships for Ventura County students, to be distributed in 2014.
"The better our portfolio does, the more good local donors and nonprofits can do in our communities," said Robert Katch, investment committee chair and board member of the Ventura County Community Foundation. "Our rate of return over the past two decades proves a risk-adjusted, diversified portfolio is the right platform to make charitable capital grow."
The foundation's total assets were more than $130 million as of Sept. 30. Last year at this time, VCCF's assets totaled $115 million.
"The markets in 2013 proved the value of the VCCF board's decision over the past few years to lower carefully our asset allocation in bonds and increase our investments in other areas," said Katch, who founded Manchester Financial Inc. of Thousand Oaks. "Those sectors returned 7 to 9 percent in 2013 while bonds fell slightly."
Katch also pointed out VCCF's 10-year investment performance ranked in the 7th percentile of foundations with less than $1 billion invested, meaning VCCF's portfolio performed better than 93 percent of those managed by its peers.
VCCF posted a 7.6 percent return for the last 10 years, against an Attribution Index* of 7.1 percent. The Attribution Index evaluates the performance of fund managers and reveals the power of the manager's investment decisions. The VCCF portfolio returns are compared to a benchmark to determine whether a manager's choices affected investment performance or if the portfolio rose or fell with the markets. The difference between the two reflects additional value captured by VCCF's investment managers and put to work to generate long-term growth for the portfolio and VCCF's donors.
VCCF's since-inception number ---- performance since 1992 ---- was posted as 8.4 percent versus its benchmark of 7.7 percent, demonstrating the foundation's strategies continue to generate additional value for its endowment funds. On an $85 million portfolio, noted Katch, that performance is valued at nearly $596,000 in additional annual earnings that will benefit local nonprofits.
For more details on the portfolio performance, VCCF investment strategy and fund managers, go to http://www.vccf.org/ and click on Investments.
* In the case of the VCCF portfolio, the benchmarks are 35 percent Russell 3000 / 20 percent Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index Except U.S., 15 percent Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond/ 15 percent Hedge Fund Research Index Fund of Funds Composite Index and 15 percent CA US Private Equity Lag.
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