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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 In one of his first acts after taking command of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command in August 2011, Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. revised Northcom's mission statement to reflect the importance of partnerships to its success.
"U.S. Northern Command partners to conduct homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests," the statement now reads.
The change represented far more than an administrative stroke of a pen, Coast Guard Capt. Dan Kenny, director of the dual commands' interagency directorate, told American Forces Press Service.
It recognized, as Jacoby puts it, that relationships are Northcom's "center of gravity." They're paramount to its homeland defense mission, for which the command takes the Defense Department lead. But they're also vital to Northcom's civil support and theater security cooperation missions, for which it plays a supporting role to other federal agencies, Kenny said.
"General Jacoby fully understands and appreciates that a lot of agencies are bringing tremendous capability to the fight, and that in many of our missions, we will be in a supporting role, with someone else in the lead," he said. "And as a result, he is slowly but surely changing the culture within the command to foster these trusted partnerships and build enduring relationships with these agencies."
At a time when every U.S. combatant command is embracing partnerships – international, interagency, private sector and nongovernmental – Northcom stands as a model, Kenny said.
Northcom had a bit of a head start when it was stood up 10 years ago, he noted. For more than a half century, its binational sister command, NORAD, has operated hand-in-hand with the Federal Aviation Administration, its Canadian counterpart and both countries' intelligence organizations.
Today, more than 60 representatives of 50-plus agencies work full-time here in the Northcom/NORAD headquarters. They work closely with the staff, providing a direct, consistent liaison between their organizations and command operators and planners.
In addition, Northcom has its own liaisons embedded with the Homeland Security Department and other key agencies. U.S. Army North, Northcom's Army component, stations a colonel at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters and all 10 FEMA regions.
The goal, Kenny said, is to promote closer communication, to stay on top of developing events and to ensure that when it's time to act, every entity is ready to do so in a well-planned, coordinated way. "To be a good mission partner, you have to be able to have the right people with the right capability in the right place at the right time to support whatever federal agency is in the lead," he said.
For the homeland defense mission, Northcom and NORAD work particularly closely with the FAA, Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agencies share information and capabilities to monitor a fast-moving and ever-changing security environment, identify potential threats to the homeland, and, when necessary, to stop them before they inflict harm.
Jacoby calls this Northcom's "no-fail mission," one that exemplifies more than any other the need for trusted partnerships.
"It's not just about having a partnership," Kenny said. "It's about trusting each other" to quickly identify and be willing to pass critical information, confident that it will be handled and acted on appropriately, all at a time when every minute counts.
But Northcom's relationships are equally critical when it's in a supporting role, Kenny said. This, he said, provides the foundation for an efficient, effective and coordinated federal effort.
To ensure the command is prepared to respond if called on in the event of an earthquake, hurricane or other disaster, officials here remain in lockstep with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which typically would be the lead federal agency. During disaster responses, Northcom typically operates hand in glove with the Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, departments of Homeland Security, Transportation and Health and Human Services and other agencies supporting FEMA, Kenny said.
Similarly, Northcom's theater security cooperation mission supports the State Department. This typically involves close coordination with HHS, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI, among others, Kenny said.
One notable exception is Northcom's humanitarian assistance program, operated by its J9 interagency directorate. This effort, coordinated through the U.S. Embassies in Mexico and the Bahamas, involves building partner nation capacity in disaster response for Bahamian and Mexican first responders.
In this program, Northcom partners with U.S. agencies -- typically, FEMA and HHS -- to help the Bahamas and Mexico build its search-and-rescue and other disaster-response capabilities. Northcom recently tapped the U.S. Geological Survey, as well, which helped install a flood warning system in Northern Mexico.
Regardless of the mission, Kenny said, there's a growing understanding at Northcom that partnerships provide the foundation for better, faster and more effective national responses. That recognition is being integrated into everything the command does, beginning with its initial planning efforts.
"We have really matured the process by which we build our plans with our partners," Kenny said. "The effort has become much more collaborative in recent years. We invite our partners into the planning process very early to ensure the plan is shaped to fit into the overall federal response and our partners understand how we intend to support should the contingency happen. This effort has been very well received by our partners."
This, Kenny said, strengthens the partnerships that underpin Northcom's success. It also postures the command, he added, to live up to Jacoby's vision: "With our trusted partners, we will defend North America by outpacing all threats, maintaining faith with our people and supporting them in their times of greatest need."


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Seven Abominable Newsletter Marketing Mistakes
1. Not having a newsletter: Talk of a missed opportunity! A newsletter is an easy, cost-effective way to provide value to your contacts while you establish credibility, cement your brand and promote your services.
2. Having a boring subject line: Whether anyone reads your newsletter depends greatly on the subject line. And guess what? Most subject lines are incredibly boring. If the subject line doesnt intrigue someone to read on, they wont.
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The Crimson Tide's spring graduates include eight All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans and 13 student-athletes who were part of national championships during their Alabama careers
The Tide's total includes 24 women's swimmers and divers, 19 men's swimmers and divers, 12 gymnasts, six women's basketball players and four men's basketball players
It will be the Crimson Tide's Power of Pink meet, Senior Day and the start of its alumni weekend
The NCAA Award of Valor is given to a coach or administrator currently associated with intercollegiate athletics, or to a current or former varsity letter-winner at an NCAA institution who, when confronted with a situation involving personal danger, averted or minimized potential disaster by courageous action or noteworthy bravery
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2012 - Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships ... posted a career-best 1:39.65 in the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships ... named to the President's List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester ... named to the Dean's List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
Prep Highlights: Swam for Mike Gunner and Kate Wade at Bob Jones High School and Matt Webber at Huntsville Swim Association ... team captain ... member of six Alabama High School State Championship teams ... 2010 Alabama High School State 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle champion ... set Alabama State High School record as part of the 400 freestyle relay ... 2009 and 2010 High School All-American ... U.S. Open qualifier ... USA Junior National qualifier ... Physics Club ... National Honor Society.
Personal Information: Full name: Phillip Gerald Deaton, Jr ... son of Wendy and Phil Deaton ... brother, Mitchell ... chemical engineering major ... born January 13, 1993.
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At the end of the second night of racing at Sunset International Speedway, Brian Love finished in sixth place for his second feature top 10 of 2012.
In the first heat of the night, the Barrie, Ontario native started second and quickly found his way to the lead to win his first heat of 2012.
In the second heat, the driver of the No. 04 Fox's Bakery and Deli, Durham Signs and Graphics, Tire Depot Barrie, Hans-on Lawncare and Simcoe Auto Recyclers Civic started seventh and found his way to second by the halfway mark to finish there behind Brandon McFerran.
In the feature, Love started mid-pack and was seventh by the first caution on lap two for Stephen Wilson spinning. He was able to pick up one more position to finish sixth for his second top 10 of 2012.
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I really wish Fantasical would make an iPad version. I use the Mac and iPhone versions religiously. On iPad the default calendar app is good enough. I use my iPhone or Mac for calendar stuff 99.9% of the time so it doesn't bother me that much. If they released one I would gladly pay for it though.
Comparing iPad calendar apps at a glance
Earlier this week, I compared the default views of 12 popular iPhone calendar apps, and since sometimes good things also come in bigger packages, now it's time for the iPad. No surprise here, but as with the 5 iPad podcast apps, 18 iPad weather apps, and 9 iPad Twitter apps, not all iPhone calendar apps have versions or interfaces for the iPad. We get 10 this time.
And.. they're a mixed bag. A few of them bring iPad style and grace to their calendar interfaces. Most are pretty good. One looks like no designer really cared to do much design. As with the iPhone versions, that might be because there's a split between apps designed for iOS users, and for users who prefer functionality over form in the best old Windows Mobile sense of the word...
Here they are, in order:
- iOS 6 Calendar, Week Calendar HD
- Calvetica, Readdle Calendar
- CalenGoo, miCal HD
- [Awesome Calendar](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awesome-calendar-?at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im google-task/id480102733?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im), CalenMob Pro
- Pocket Informant Pro, Agenda
Those are just the default view, one of many offered by each app. Most offer a combination of year, month, day, and list view, as well as a host of other, sometimes distinct features. For a more in-depth look, check out our full reviews.
Meanwhile, check out the screenshots above and let me know if any of the calendar apps jump out at you. Any of them look good enough that you'd consider switching to them?
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Comparing iPad calendar apps at a glance
I'm sorry, iMore, I know you love Fantastical, but....
I finally downloaded it for my iPhone after your review of their recent update. I had avoided it for the same reason I've never actually used any other third-party calendar app I've tried: no visual/spatial day or week view that matches the native app!
This post helps me explain: above, only "Week Cal HD" seems close enough to the native app for the ability to provide a quick visual of the day's or week's schedule that communicates in a glance a clear understanding of the relative temporal relationship of events (but this is an iPad app?--I have no need for Calendar on the iPad).
Why can't the third-party calendar developers for the iPhone get it?! I DO like Fantastical's "duplicate" feature--something I've been waiting for since my Palm Treo (and a Homebrewed Pre) days, but that's not good enough to replace my native app.
Fantasical or Agenda would get a serious workout from me if they simply provided this visual instead of those stupid dots!! Sheesh!
End of rant, you may all return to your regularly scheduled praise of Fantastical....
I hate them all - especially Agenda and Calvetica. They're so clunky and require too many clicks to get the information you need. Does Agenda still limit you to only this year and last year? What kind of crack do those dopes smoke? IT'S A CALENDAR APP! And those dots at the bottom of the app are stupidly difficult to click. Those clowns have three ways to move from view to view? Dots, arrows, and swipes? Poor design. And unlike most calendar apps, they feel the need to put event dots above the date rather than below, spaced far away from the number. At a glance, they look like they belong to the previous week. It's amazing how much bad design they managed to squeeze into one app.
Calvetica isn't horrific, but it isn't great either. Little things like how many clicks it takes to get back to today bug me. It should be a click. Not multiple clicks or click and hold. Just a frigging click. There's currently a bug where clicking the month/year and then clicking "today" in the popup window doesn't take me to today if I've scrolled the calendar elsewhere.
Even though it's only an iPhone app, I use Fantastical on my iPad. The latest update is insanely good.
Hi Rene,
Your post is interesting, I discovering other tools for Calendar.
Personally I use Beesy, it's the first app that I downloaded for Calendar because is more a productivity app so at work is very useful, mainly for appointement. The benefit it's I can sync Reminders with my phone and laptop so I'm sure not forget an important thing.
Hi Rene - it might be a good idea to update the screenshots. For example, Pocket Informant have had major upgrade a few months ago adding Weather, revamped user interface, and some major performance improvements that I think its time. That screenshot is quite a bit older than the current release.
Also - there is Pocket Informant Go! that everybody seems to forget. Its a lot cheaper than PI Pro with just the calendar and simple tasks at about $4: and you can upgrade to Pro from within the app.


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Austrian Airlines plans to operate its Boeing 767 and 777 long-haul fleet until 2020, and could source potential replacement aircraft through the 777X and Airbus A350 orders placed by parent Lufthansa.
Earlier this year, the Vienna-based carrier completed a €90 million ($124 million) cabin refurbishment programme for its widebody fleet, which included installation of new business-class seats and IFE systems.
That decision was based on the premise that the aircraft would be utilised until the end of their service life, which averages around 24 years within Lufthansa Group, says Austrian chief executive Jaan Albrecht.
After evaluating costs against benefits of the cabin revamp, the Alpine airline decided that the investment was worthwhile despite the aircraft's age, he says.
With the seat life being calculated at about seven years, both the 767s and 777s will remain in service until 2020, says Albrecht.
Austrian operates six 767-300ERs manufactured between 1991 and 2000, and four 777-200ERs manufactured between 1997 and 2007, Flightglobal's Ascend Online database shows. The carrier plans to add a wet-leased 777 to the long-haul fleet in 2014.
When the aircraft will be retired, they could be replaced by long-haul 777X or A350s as part of Lufthansa's long-haul fleet order, placed in September.
This would be in line with Lufthansa's aim of standardising fleets across the group, says Albrecht.
The German airline has firm orders for 34 777-9X and 25 A350-900 aircraft. But it also arranged optional orders and purchase rights for up to 30 777-9X and 30 A350 aircraft, which can be utilised depending on economical circumstances.
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The assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs is charged with establishing policy and oversight of DoD's support to the 2001 presidential inauguration, with the Secretary of the Army serving as the executive agent for organizing and providing approved support. Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera has appointed Army Maj. Gen. James T. Jackson, commander, Military District of Washington, to serve as the AFIC chairman. The committee's day-to-day operations are the responsibility of the deputy chairman, Army Brig. Gen. Elbert N. "Nick" Perkins.
AFIC, a joint service organization, is charged with coordinating all military participation and support for the 2001 presidential inauguration. This inauguration will mark more than 200 years of military participation.
The tradition dates back to April 30, 1789, when members of the Colonial Army escorted George Washington to his swearing-in ceremony at Federal Hall in New York City. Participation traditionally includes musical units, marching bands, color guards, firing details and salute batteries. AFIC also will provide a very limited amount of approved logistical support.
Based on experience from previous years, the arrival schedule for AFIC personnel occurs according to a time-phased plan. An advance cell reported for duty in January 2000. Their tasks were to find and prepare a location from which to operate, retrieve and review all available historical documents, and establish operating and contacting procedures. Other personnel from AFIC arrived throughout the spring and summer months.
This core team of approximately 200 servicemen and women is currently in place. Responsibilities include planning, operations, communications, logistics, personnel support, and the construction of the official 2001 AFIC website.
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Applied Sport Management Skillsuses the four management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to teach readers how to become strong leaders and managers in the world of sport. This book, along with its companion Web site and online student resource, provides a comprehensive overview of management topics with a unique focus on developing the necessary skills for managing sport organizations.The text's how-to approach helps students learn by putting into practice what they will be doing as sport managersincluding creative problem solving, strategic planning, and developing the skills to lead, organize, and delegate. By taking principles and concepts presented in the text and applying them to professional practice, students will be able to assess how their interests and skills can contribute to the growing sport management field.Filled with various exercises and real-world examples, Applied Sport Management Skillscontains valuable tools to help students understand leadership and management in the sport industry:-Chapter-opening scenarios, revisited throughout each chapter, provide a cohesive thread to keep students focused on how sport managers use the text concepts on the job. Each chapter also includes several application examples from a variety of sport organizations.-Case studies in each chapter help students apply their newly gained knowledge to real-life situations.-Time-outs encourage students to relate chapter concepts to their own experiences through brief assignments and questions.-Self-assessment exercises enable students to better understand themselves and to determine their strengths and areas of improvement.-Skill-building exercises provide students with the opportunity to develop skills they can use in their personal and professional lives.-Application and skill-development sidebars, learning outcomes, key terms, and chapter summaries reinforce key points covered in the chapter. Applied Sport Management Skillsincludes an extensive instructor guide, test bank, and PowerPoint presentation package to assist instructors with class preparation and presentation and engage students in the material. A companion online student resource (OSR) allows students to use the learning activities from the text in a dynamic and interactive setting. Many activities in the OSR can be filled out, printed, and handed in to the instructor, whereas others provide immediate "correct" or "incorrect" feedback to students. Additional features found only in the OSR include related Internet resources and questions that test students' ability to gather information from sport-related Web sites.Applied Sport Management Skillsprovides readers with a thorough understanding of the management principles and concepts used in sport organizations and the challenges that managers face. This understanding is enhanced by the application of that knowledge and by the focus on developing management skills, allowing students to build a solid foundation toward a fulfilling career in sport management.Includes an online student resource! To assist students using the text, Applied Sport Management Skillshas a companion online student resource (OSR.) Completely integrated with the text, the OSR allows students to experience content through multiple dimensions. Students will receive free access to the OSR with the purchase of a new text, or it may be purchased as a separate component.The companion OSR is a dynamic and interactive tool that allows students to comprehend and practice information presented in the text with a variety of learning activities:-Time-out sections are
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Hey all,
Firstly I apologize if this is in the wrong topic,
About a month back I purchased a Oregano plant that had plenty of leaves on them from Wilkinsons and today I decided that I would split it and put them in to a much bigger pot as it seemed to be dying possibly due to lack of space. When my partner was splitting the roots and dirt in half we saw loads of yellow balls in between the roots and when he squished one, white fluid came out. Does anyone know what these would be??? My partner thought maybe spider eggs or something, we put it in the bin to be on the safe side, it was practically dead but I thought maybe it would be the seeds but I am new to this so I am coming here for advice.
Thank-you, Cat
The yellow balls are likely to have been Osmacote fertiliser
These are slow-release fertiliser granules added to the potting compost.
As for the oregano - was it outside or indoors - my new oregano plant has been planted out in the garden for over a month, and I have others which have been out in the garden all winter and are fine.
My first thought with dying oregano is always that it's been overwatered - it's a Mediterranean plant that needs gritty free-draining compost or soil and hates having it's feet damp all the time.
Slug eggs are white and transluscent
Thank-you Dovefromabove. That first picture you sent is exactly what they looked like, I was nearly sick because of what my boyfriend originally said ha-ha! I feel rather silly now for wasting the herb , but at least I have learned something from this, they were inside on my kitchen window sill, the bottom of it was really wet so I guess that is what was killing it. Thank-you again for your advice, it is greatly appreciated.
Cat - if you want to keep oregano in a pot transplant it into a bigger pot than it came in, using John Innes No 3 soil based compost and mix in about 1/3 horticultural grit.
To check whether it needs watering stick your finger into the soil - if it's still dry 1" down from the surface, then water it, let it drain and don't let it stand in water.
If you've got somewhere fairly sunny outside it will be much happier there for the summer than indoors.
Good luck
Hi Cat1988.
I think you will find that the yellow balls are worm eggs and will do no harm whatsoever. They reproduce faster when there is little food to eat and they will have laid the eggs and left the pot.
Ohh that is interesting, Edd, Well at least I know this for the future now. It is already in the bin but I will get another one and because it was so big when I bought it I will separate it right away and put it outside so it can enjoy the weather, Up North here right now it still seems early to put crops out but will my herbs survive?
The herbs will survive fine unless they are tender like Basil. Give them a good clip back about now. I'm doing some at the weekend (up North)
Are they like these in the pot of a honeysuckle bought the other day from a GC?
They are definitely nitrogenous fertiliser - I just squidged one and tasted the liquid on my tongue (don't do this at home folks) - I grew up on a farm where the smell and taste of nitrogen fertiliser sometimes permeated everything at certain times of year.
Fertilizer do not squash and Ooze fluid. Dove
Afraid I have to disagree there Edd.
The nutrients are contained within a permeable coating - as the compost is watered the water permeates through the coating and liquifies the nutrients inside - these then permeate slowly through the coating and into the soil - slow release.
See here http://www.osmocote.co.za/about.htm
Thanks Dove. Good to know.You learn something new everyday. Worm eggs turn to a dark red, over time before hatching (3-4 weeks) So they won't be around for long.


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The founder of the Great Indonesia Movement Party, Prabowo Subianto, has taken to Twitter to get a better grasp of the public's sentiment toward him running for the presidency in 2014.
Ahmad Muzani, secretary general of the party known as Gerindra, said Prabowo handled the Twitter account himself and read the comments that came in through the account @Prabowo08.
"Yes, that's Pak Prabowo's Twitter [account] and he accesses it every day," Muzani said on Wednesday.
He said that Prabowo read every comment that mentioned his name, although he did not reply to all of them.
"He pays attention to all [comments], from hatred to compliments," he said.
Muzani said that Gerindra hoped to garner criticism and input about what the public wanted.
"The Twitter account can be accessed not only by the central executives but also branch officials," he said.
Asked to comment on Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting's recent survey, which placed Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri as the most popular presidential candidate ahead of Prabowo, Muzani attributed it to her frequent public appearance.
"If Prabowo's popularity is below Megawati and Jusuf Kalla, I guess that's understandable because both of them were once a president and vice president, while Prabowo wasn't. He also never served as a minister," said Muzani.
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Howard Junior Curtis was born in Stratford, Connecticut, June 29th, 1857, and died there on September 24th, 1931. His ancestors settled in Wethersfield in 1640 and shortly moved to Stratford. He graduated from Yale, academic, in 1881, was for the next year principal of a school in Chatham, Virginia, and by studying law after school hours entered the senior class of the Yale Law School, from which he graduated in June, 1883, with a cum laude honor. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar June 27th, 1883. In the following October he entered into a law partnership with George W. Wheeler, his roommate in Yale, and practiced law in Bridgeport under the firm name of Wheeler and Curtis until the firm was dissolved February 28th, 1893, due to the election by the General Assembly of Curtis to the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas and of Wheeler to the Superior Court upon the nomination of Governor Morris.
As a practitioner Curtis was one of the most studious and capable of the younger members of the Fairfield County bar, a scholar of the law and a sound adviser. His preparation of a case was thorough and his presentation of it characterized by its accurate appreciation of the essentials of the case, its grasp of the facts and its constant appeal to sound sense and ripe judgment.
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One manifestation of the bar's regard for him was their obtaining the passage of a legislative act increasing the civil jurisdiction of the court by $1000; not another Common Pleas Court in the State was accorded this distinction until some years later. Judge Curtis continued in that court for fourteen years, having been twice nominated by the Fairfield County caucus and twice by a Governor of an opposite political faith. In January, 1907, upon the advice of leading lawyers and with the cordial approval of the bar of the State, Judge Curtis became a Judge of the Superior Court and continued in that service for twelve and a half years. By natural and acquired qualifications he was pre-eminently fitted for judicial place. By inclination and ambition he was a jurist. He possessed to a far higher degree than most judges do the judicial temperament. He loved the right and felt its call. His mind was well balanced and well poised. He was even tempered, patient as a listener, and in demeanor kindly and courteous. He never spoke before he had thought the point to be decided clear through to its beginning. Whatever he said or wrote was clear, to the point and somewhat sparing of words. He had an unusual power of analyzing facts and legal problems. When he graduated from the Yale Law School, Professor, afterward Chief Justice, Simeon E. Baldwin wrote him a letter emphasizing his capacity for close analysis. His charges to the jury were models. Both law and facts were brought within the average man's comprehension. They fulfilled their so often forgotten purpose, they helped the cause of justice by helping the jury to reach the right verdict. It was a charge, not an essay. No trial judge in his generation surpassed him as a trial judge, when all the qualifications which go to make up a great trial judge are taken into consideration. Within Judge Curtis there dwelt a tranquil but a resolute spirit and an abiding love for the majesty of the law. When there was a judicial duty to be performed he never faltered or retreated from responsibility. He never weighed the consequences of his judicial action. His was a moral courage of high order. Governor Holcomb nominated Judge Curtis to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors to take office in August, 1920. He continued in that court for nearly seven years and retired, through constitutional age limitation, June 27th, 1927. Judge Curtis brought to that court a rich harvest of experience, a well and splendidly disciplined mind, fine ability, a love for judicial work and very many of the qualifications which that position demands. He had a profound knowledge of fundamental legal principles and how to apply them. He was in truth a sound lawyer. He had an innate love of justice. He reasoned logically and fairly. He had sturdy common sense. He was quick to change his conclusion when convinced of his error. He wrote with lucid clarity. His opinions found in eleven or twelve of our Supreme Court Reports reveal these characteristics. They are essentially the product of clear legal thinking, their conclusion is inescapable. They are carefully and well written and some are leading cases. Judge Curtis' opinion with his associates in the conference room was weighty. His quietly expressed word represented a considered judgment which they deeply respected. The judicial attainments and wide repute of Judge Curtis, then a Superior Court Judge, led the United States Attorney-General McReynolds to tender him a position on the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit made vacant by the resignation of Judge Walter Noyes. For personal reasons Judge Curtis was obliged to decline this high honor.
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For the past decade, Tropic Bombs vocalist Ryan Wayton and his band mates have immersed themselves in the local music scene. As former bands Promise of Tomorrow and The Devil and The Executive, Wayton and company made music, played shows, released songs and developed new fans and friends.
Despite all those positives, Promise of Tomorrow and The Devil and The Executive never released full-length albums. Whether it was a singer having leaving group or an unforeseen circumstance arising, something always got in the way of making that happen — until now.
Three years after starting Tropic Bombs as a studio project with close friend and band mate Jon Hammond, releasing an album became a reality for Wayton on July 10 with the release of Tropic Bombs' debut full-length CD, "Nuclear Honeymoon."
"I would've loved to release stuff in the other bands, but man, this is just the pinnacle," Wayton said. "At this point, like I said, we couldn't be happier with what we're doing right now. I'm so proud of this. We worked really hard, obviously put a lot of time into it. I'm proud that this is my first official real release."
Comprised of Wayton (vocals), Hammond (guitar/vocals), Justin Crumley (guitar), Ben Snyder (guitar) and OnceOver's Nick Archer (bass/vocals) and Steve Dwyer (drums), Tropic Bombs will headline Frankie's Inner City on July 28 for its "Nuclear Honeymoon" release party and second annual "Midsummer Meltdown" show.
Having made five albums with OnceOver in addition to producing numerous artists over the years, Dwyer was excited to help make this happen and be part of Tropic Bombs.
"I'm super proud of this one because it's just so authentic to what it's supposed to be," said Dwyer, who first met Wayton at Toledo Music Fest in 2003. "Just knowing Ryan through the years, I'm glad that this is his first record because I think it's special."
When friend and former Tropic Bombs drummer Jason Goss informed the band in August that he'd be moving to California at the beginning of 2012, the guys decided to start recording in October in order to complete the album by the summer.
After bringing Dwyer back on board and successfully raising $1,280 through Kickstarter, an online fundraising tool, Tropic Bombs was able to get 1,000 hard copies of "Nuclear Honeymoon" pressed for physical distribution this month in addition to making it available digitally.
"It's like cooking a meal," Dwyer said of recording. "Cooking is fun to a certain extent, but once you start getting bombarded with s**t and you're just like, 'F**k this! I should've went out!' [But at the end], you get to eat an amazing meal."
Recorded in Wayton's home studio and mastered in Dwyer's home studio, "Nuclear Honeymoon" is definitely a meal with lots of variety.
Fusing elements of reggae, rock, funk and hip hop, Tropic Bombs navigates listeners on a 10-song journey that features everything from hard-hitters like "Bomber Bay" and "I'll See Your Ass at High Noon" to the more personal "Chrysanthemums" and "Light the Way." An aspiring English teacher, Wayton's lyrical creativity also shines on more abstract tracks like "The Art of Cloud-Cutting" and "The Assassins of Abboneau."
"I don't always want to tell people what to think or what to feel," Wayton said. "I want them to come up with their own interpretations of what the song means, what it means to them."
The band's music has already left a lasting impression on fans, too. Some have decided to get Tropic Bombs tattoos, including a close friend of the group.
"The only tattoo he has is on his back and it's for his grandpa because he said his grandpa was always there for him, always had his back," Wayton said. "And he just told me that he's getting the chorus of 'Light the Way' tattooed on his other shoulder blade, and he actually asked me to help him design it. It's really, like, giving me chills because it's just so cool, you know?"
With a versatile debut in "Nuclear Honeymoon" and a bond that spans a decade, Tropic Bombs is having fun and promises the same to anyone who comes out to a show, whether there's two people or 2,000 people in the room.
"We'll never not feel it because that's what we care about the most, is just playing really, really, really, really good music," Dwyer said. "And then the icing is being able to do it with people that just love it, too."
On July 28, Tropic Bombs, OnceOver, Garrett Warren and Kisses For Charity will perform at Frankie's Inner City, 308 Main St. Tickets are $5 for those 21 and older and $7 for those younger than 21. Doors are at 9 p.m. and all ages are welcome. Concert attendees are encouraged to wear tropical gear. "Nuclear Honeymoon" is available through the band, as well as at local record stores and online retailers cdbaby.net and itunes.com. For more information, visit frankiesinnercity.com or facebook.com/TropicBombs.
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The What IF… Festival celebrates lifelong learning and delights the community with the innovation, creativity, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Pikes Peak region. Imagination Celebration engages a team of very cool creatives to produce the annual What IF… Festival in Downtown Colorado Springs offering a day of free engaging, interactive, and exciting experiences to WOW participants of all ages. The What IF… Festival, the only event of its kind, supports economic development and intellectual vitality by welcoming over 25,000 participants to discover the breakthroughs of local businesses, organizations, artists, scientists, inventors, performers, and students.
Imagination Celebration thanks Presenting Sponsor Xfinity, and additional sponsors including Lockheed Martin, the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Creative Industries, and the National Endowment for the Arts, for their support in making this celebration possible.
About Imagination Celebration
A nonprofit organization serving the Pikes Peak Region for over 28 years, Imagination Celebration's mission is to connect people of all ages to the brain-stimulating, life-enriching power of creativity. Imagination Celebration provides low-cost and free public projects like iSpace at the Citadel Mall and the What IF… Festival to inspire artistic and intellectual curiosity and engage the community in collaborative experiences.
The What IF… Festival is in Downtown Colorado Springs
It takes up 6 City Blocks!
AND … the inside and outside of:
The Pikes Peak Center
The Pioneers Museum, and
The Plaza of the Rockies!
Tejon St. and Cascade St. are closed from Colorado Ave. to Vermijo Ave. just for the Festival!
2015 What IF… Festival Presenting Sponsor


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Mutual Mentoring:
A New Paradigm Of An Old Tradition
Mutual Mentoring With Those Outside the Community
Relationship between guests and the community
Now I would like to reflect on the mutual mentoring that happens between community members or the entire community and those outside the community. My favorite example from the Rule is in chapter 61, "The Reception of Visiting Monks."
Visiting monastics from far away will perhaps present themselves and wish to stay as guests in the monastery. Provided that they are content with the life as they find it, and do not make excessive demands that upset the monastery but are simply content with what they find, they should be received for as long a time as they wish. They may indeed with all humility and love make some reasonable criticisms or observations which the prioress or abbot should prudently consider; it is possible that God guided them to the monastery for this very purpose.9
We have found that listening to the reasonable criticisms and observations of those who visit us or serve on committees or boards has mentored us to a totally new level of understanding and growth. We recently established an Executive Advisory Council, which will serve as an overall advisory or mentoring group to the prioress and the monastic chapter. Here are some ways that members of this council said they could mentor us:
- Help the sisters prioritize the challenges facing them;
- Help identify people who may be able to help in some of the key challenges;
- Challenge the sisters from the outside in a loving way;
- Be a link to other people in the public sector;
- Think outside the box;
- Be a sounding board and validate direction;
- Help the sisters know how to market their uniqueness.10
We, in turn, have mentored these Executive Advisory Council members in our Benedictine way of life. We invited them to pray with us, eat with us, and learn more about us. One of the gentlemen who has owned businesses all over the world said that the best thing about the evening was praying Evening Prayer with the sisters. We will continue to give them articles and books about the Benedictine way of life.
We are all familiar with Benedict's admonition to see Christ in the guest and the stranger visiting the monastery. In a book entitled Letters to My Brothers and Sisters, Living by the Rule of St. Benedict, author Denis Huerre, when speaking about guests, says:
Unless we treat a guest with all the respect due to a human being and in the faith that God is manifest in this encounter, our hospitality will not be monastic. We need to remember that all travelers, whether on foot or flying by jet, are disoriented and dislocated. Health, hygiene, habits, mental composure, all need to be met with understanding, or the new arrival will feel himself inferior to the host and inferior to his own usual self. But the monk, too, has an equilibrium and rhythm in his way of life, and unless he can present himself in his own character as a monk, he can be of no value to the guest. Benedict wants each to be himself so that the encounter will be a gain for each and not a de-spiritualizing experience.11
Next (Examples of external mentoring)
Return to 'Mutual Mentoring' Index
9Chittister, The Rule of Benedict 158. return
10Minutes of the First Executive Advisory Council, Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IN, April 20, 2002. return
11Dennis Huerre, O.S.B., Letters to My Brothers and Sisters Living the Rule of St. Benedict, trans. Sylvester Houédard, O.S.B. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press 1994) 54. return


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Public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) on 3 June 2012 conducted Written Exam for the recruitment of 8500 Clerks.
The written test (Objective type) consisted of the following tests
• General Awareness
• General English
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Reasoning Ability
• Marketing Aptitude/ Computer Knowledge
The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English were printed in both English & Hindi.
There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.
State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest banking and financial services company in India by revenue, assets and market capitalisation. Founded on 1 July 1955, it provides a range of banking products through its vast network of branches in India and overseas, including products aimed at non-resident Indians (NRIs).
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Gear Review
Event Horizon
Unit works, lacking in many areas though
Good and bad. The speed in which this unit connects to speed, cadence and heart rate sensors is amazing compared to what I have used in the past to include other Garmin units. It connected to my phone via Bluetooth easily. The speed it connects to the satellites is pretty amazing as well. All in all, a fairly easy to use unit though I have not figured out if you can modified the data display screen yet in terms of adding or removing boxes of data which is annoying. Its not completely intuitive in my opinion.
The bad, the price and what you get. This is $500 which is as expensive as most high end phones you might buy without a contract. This unit isnt nearly as complicated or stuffed with as many features as a phone but, I will not ride with my phone mounted on my bike and my phone currently doesnt connect to the sensors. The screen is usable but there is a learning curve with it. Dont expect it to act like your phones screen. Also, while the screen does what it needs to, at this price I think it should be higher definition. Now for the REALLY bad, you wont get anywhere close to 13 hours out of the battery. Using it as you would in most outside situations, meaning Bluetooth on, screen at maximum brightness etc... youll get about 5 hours if you are lucky. Its probably fine for what most people will do but its the idea that Garmin would KNOWINGLY mislead people about this units battery life that annoys me. I want one GPS unit for all outside activities I do. Is it too much to ask to get a unit like this to work for hiking and golf for no additional cost? No its really not. Not when phones can do the same these days for less money. Also, 40 bucks for a piece of plastic to mount this unit the way it NEEDS to be mounted to make it the most useful it can be? Seriously Garmin, you are going to nickel and dime people like this? I wont be sorry to see you go when phones finally do everything.
Event Horizon
I dont get it. Where is the other review thats knocking the 810 up to 4 stars Backcountry? You aren't...you arent manipulating data for sales are you? I would hate to think so because that would mean I cant trust ANY of the reviews here.
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The Great North Museum: Hancock aims to give all local pupils the opportunity to attend exciting, interactive workshops focused around the many natural science and archaeology objects in the Museum's collection. Each workshop ties in strongly with the National Curriculum, while providing an experience that cannot be replicated in any classroom.
Key Stage 2
Dino Detectives is a workshop looking at how fossils can tell us so much about extinct species, with a focus on dinosaurs (did we mention we have a T.rex skeleton by the way?), Mummies Unwrapped illustrates the process of mummification and the beliefs behind it.
Key Stage 3
In the This World Rocks workshop, pupils learn how different types of rocks are formed and see amazing examples of rocks and crystals from around the world. Adapt allows students to explore the diversity of the animal kingdom through real specimens. In The Colour of Nature workshop we explore colour in the natural world with specimens and spectrometers.
99% Ape is a workshop for KS3 and 4 which encourages students to look at human evolution using our impressive collection of hominid skulls. Evolve is an opportunity for students to travel back to the early Devonian, 400 million years ago, to explore the fossil record and track changes in one group of animals, the ammonoids.
Strong links with Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums and the Natural History Museum mean that the Great North Museum is uniquely placed to offer a wide range of opportunities for learners of any age.
Entry to the museum and to the school workshops is free of charge. To plan your visit, please call 0191 222 6865 or visit the website.


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Gathering Divergent Forest Honeys: Collections and Commodity Flows in the Philippines
By Sarah Webb When I began researching honey collecting in the Philippines, I never anticipated that making visual collections of objects and images associated with marketing honey was going to become a powerful way of stimulating discussion about my study. But the clues were there all along. Collections are things brought together, in so many senses of the term. Such assemblages have a capacity for telling stories about how different products make their ways through the world, and into our homes, bodies and lives. Honey collecting, like other forms of forest harvesting or hunting, tends to evoke ideas about a bound type of thing moving in one direction - out of the forest and into a market (wherever that might be). But what happens when a 'natural forest' honey supposedly harvested on an island in the Philippines is manufactured and sold in Manila? And when this honey's association with nature and forest environments is hardly natural, but needs to be made apparent by literally rendering the final product green? How do such commodities relate to the forest honeys actually being harvested by Indigenous experts as part of their livelihoods and lifeways, and being marketed by non-government organizations? In attempting to discuss the issues that arose from my research, I found that bringing together a range of honey products that had different, yet related, trajectories could be a wonderful prompt for talking about the social and spatial disjunctures that often occur within efforts to add value to certain types of natural resources.
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Genese Marie Sodikoff on forest conservation, Malagasy worker-peasants and biodiversity
ENGAGEMENT editor Rebecca Garvoille recently caught up with Genese Marie Sodikoff, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, to discuss her new book, Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere (2012, Indiana University Press), and its broader contributions to forest conservation and socio-environmental justice debates in Madagascar. This interview is the fourth installment in an ENGAGEMENT series exploring how environmental-anthropological book projects inspire meaningful engagements in study sites across the globe.
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Settler Colonial Nature in the Everglades
Americans live in a settler colonial society, and this shapes how we understand and engage nature. In the vast expanse of slow-flowing water and drained agricultural lands known as the Florida Everglades, thinking about settler colonialism helps make sense of Burmese python hunts and Seminole water rights, of scientific restoration models and National Park policies. Doing so informs my own ethnographic research on the relationship between peoples' sense of belonging and the ways that they value water in the Everglades.
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Sustainability and Food Production in the Hoosier Heartland: Learning through Local Engagement
Once a booming agricultural and factory town, Muncie, Indiana, is today a post-industrial rustbelt city grappling with questions about its economic and environmental futures. As heavy industries left town, Muncie's economy has flagged, leaving some 24% of its residents at or below the poverty line. To make matters worse, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined in 2007 that one-third of the city's former industrial sites were brownfields that posed risks to human health and safety. In spite of these challenges, Muncie residents are transforming and revitalizing their city. In particular, they have shown renewed and growing interest in sustainably produced foods as a boon to overall health, safety and environmental restoration. Innovative partnerships have enabled Ball State University (BSU) professors and students to directly contribute to these community efforts. Inspired by Robert and Helen Merrell Lynd's pioneering community study, Middletown, BSU professors and students are expanding this tradition of conducting engaged, local research to benefit the region. The result has been the transformation of former brownfields into public wetlands. Also through direct civic engagement, student volunteers have helped remove 70,000 pounds of trash from the White River watershed over the last six years. As significant as these restoration efforts are for the community, local residents are also finding ways to combine sustainable economic development with environmental restoration.
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Microelectronic Disaster and the "Smarter Planet" Paradox
Less than 300 miles northwest of New York City, in the Empire State's Southern Tier region, is the small community of Endicott. Nestled along the Susquehanna River, it is known as the "Birthplace of IBM." International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)—born of a marriage between the Computing, Tabulating, and Recording Company and the International Time Recording Company—opened its first plant in Endicott in 1924. From the 1920s to the 1970s, the IBM-Endicott facility figured centrally in electronic innovations, and the surrounding community enjoyed relative prosperity. Since the 1980s, however, the area has experienced steady decline due to IBM's disinvestment in the Endicott facility and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs.
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The Lores of Local Food: Different Ways of Being Local and Eating Locally
Throughout the course of my research, I've seen how there is no one way to eat locally or to farm sustainably. These concepts and practices are quite fluid and change based on context, but also with the flash of a dollar sign. The "Loca-vore" movement is but one incarnation of many efforts to (re)connect to land and food, to foster food autonomy, to check out of the ConAgra-Monsanto complex, or to profit off of well-intentioned consumers' desires to be more responsible or ecological with their purchases.
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Paige West on coffee, commodities, and community engagement
ENGAGEMENT editor Rebecca Garvoille recently caught up with Paige West, the Tow Associate Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University, to discuss her new book, From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive: The Social World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea (2012, Duke University Press), and its broader contributions to promoting social and environmental justice. In this interview, Dr. West recounts the multiple and inspiring ways her ideas and knowledge circulate far beyond her book (and academia) to effect positive change. This interview kicks off an ENGAGEMENT series, which explores how environmental-anthropological book projects have profound and important impacts on the world around us and inspire meaningful engagements in study sites across the globe.
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Anthropology on Blair Mountain
I find it somewhat difficult to think and write about central Appalachia without falling into the use of essentialisms and stereotypes. Even though I am from West Virginia it is hard to escape the traditional narratives, the mountain-folksy caricatures, the one-dimensional portrayals of Appalachian culture. Those essentialisms are not really the Appalachia that I know, in fact I continue to have serious doubts whether 'Appalachia' is a real thing or not.
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