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A Popular Vote
The Electoral College was hated by Jefferson, loved by Hamilton, used poorly by Burr, and exploited by Harrison.
I have ever considered the constitutional mode of election ultimately by the Legislature voting by States as the most dangerous blot in our Constitution, and one which some unlucky chance will some day hit and give us a pope and antipope. - Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to George Hay, 1823.
Thomas Jefferson was talking about the Electoral College system.[1] Jefferson was uniquely suited to despise the system, having already been stuck in an electoral tie in the 1800 election with Aaron Burr. As the electors couldn't decide who was going to be the next president, the House had to decide the election, and it was so partisan that it held thirty-six runoffs (Jefferson eventually won). Back then, the second-place winner of the Presidential election contest became Vice-President, and so Jefferson was stuck with Burr for his first term. The two men hated each other.
If there's one person Jefferson might have hated as much as Burr, it was Alexander Hamilton.[2] Hamilton authored the Federalist Papers, which thought the Electoral College was the greatest thing since canned beer:[3]
It was ... desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the [office of the Presidency] ... A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.[4]
So not only did the Electoral College throw a monkey wrench into Jefferson's election into office and make him share elbowroom with one of his direst enemies, but his other nemesis was ringingly endorsing it. The man had ample cause to hate the process.
Letting Someone Else Take the Reigns
But what was Hamilton talking about? The original design of the Electoral College. The plan was that you'd vote for someone whose judgment you trusted, and then he would go off and vote for who he thought would be the best chief executive (women wouldn't get in the game for another 120 years). This way, Hamilton argued,
The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union.
Fat chance, huh? Ever since we lurched into a two-party system, which was pretty much immediately after the Constitutional Convention called it a day, voters stopped voting for somebody's wisdom. Instead, they wound up voting for a political party. The Constitution never really prescribed how electors are supposed to be appointed, so the parties took it upon themselves to select electors with unusual degrees of loyalty.
Recall that Hamilton was excited that the population votes for the electors' wisdom. The Supreme Court agreed with him in 1952 (Roy v. Blair) when it decided that states can't constitutionally require that electors vote for the parties they represent. Thus, if an elector got a wild hair and felt like voting for Mickey Mouse, nobody could stop him (or her). Seven times in the last century, this happened, although it usually wasn't Mickey Mouse. Most recently, in 1988, an elector from West Virginia decided to cast a vote for Lloyd Bentsen for President and Michael Dukakis as veep, rather than the other way around.
What makes this possible, other than ambiguity in the Constitution, is the little-known fact that the electors don't meet on Election Day. They meet a couple weeks later, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December (December 18, 2000).
Seeing a loophole here, the fledgling Whig party tried to exploit the process in the 1836 Presidential contest. They decided to run three different Presidential candidates (William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Hugh White) in different parts of the country, hoping to win an electoral majority and figuring it would instruct its electors to vote for just one guy later. One of the major reasons the Framers didn't bother with a popular Presidential vote in the first place was not because they thought the American population was stupid (although sometimes we have to wonder) but rather that, lacking mass communication in those days, it just might be ill-informed.
Stacking The Deck
By having three local guys, the Whigs could get around this problem and deal with the consequences of actually winning later. In the period between the popular election and the convening of the Electoral College, the party would select its actual candidate. They lost anyway, but people got to wondering: what happens if a candidate dies after the popular vote but before the College gets together? Fortunately, we know, because it's already happened.
In 1872, Democratic candidate Horace Greeley (of "Go West, young man," fame) died in the interim period between the popular vote and the Electoral College vote. He'd lost, so nobody was that upset; but there was the problem of the electors selected by the public to vote for him. They wound up splitting their votes over a few leftover Democratic candidates; three electors voted for Greeley anyway, which further emphasizes exactly how free the electors are to cast their votes, no matter how kooky.
The quirks in the distribution of the electoral votes can cause problems, too. In 1888, Benjamin Harrison got elected over incumbent Grover Cleveland, who actually had a stronger showing in the popular vote. Cleveland whomped the poo out of Harrison in 18 states, while Harrison only slightly edged Cleveland in 20. Ergo, Harrison won, but more people voted for Cleveland.
Outdated And Going Nowhere
Even with these errors, Electoral College system has managed to hold on pretty well. It sustains criticism pretty much every election cycle. To abolish it, the country would have to get its act together enough to pass a constitutional amendment, and we daresay Electoral College reform could quite possibly bore the country more than any other conceivable legislative act. It would never work anyway. Think we're kidding? There have been no less than seven hundred Congressional attempts to reform, re-legislate, or abolish the Electoral College system in this nation's history. So, like it or no, if the past is any precedent, it ain't going anywhere. The last time it saw major tinkering was after Jefferson's election way back in 1800, and it's held, admirably or no, ever since.
Which brings us back to that contest. Jefferson's hatred for the system notwithstanding, he needed it to become President. And while Hamilton famously hated Jefferson back, he hated Burr more. So he pressured the House, which, you'll recall, was charged with the duty of selecting the President in the event of an electoral tie, to vote pro-Jefferson. Hamilton distributed propaganda calling Burr, among other things, "a profligate; a voluptuary in the extreme." Such behavior, and some backroom dealings, got Jefferson into office. It also ticked off Burr enough to shoot Hamilton dead a few years later. Oops!
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Heralded as "one of the city's best midsized venues," the Bluebird Theater regularly features a lineup of artists that span genres, from well-known indie rockers to local singer/songwriters. With its warm décor and accessible stage, the theater has an intimate vibe while still providing enough room for a crowd to rock out. And rock out you will with this offer for admission for one plus two drink tickets to your choice of four upcoming shows.
Choose from the following concerts:
• Tuesday, September 17: The Slackers ($26)
• Saturday, September 21: Matt Wertz with Elowen ($29)
• Friday, September 27: El Ten Eleven with Eliot Lipp ($25)
• Saturday, September 28: One More Time - A Tribute to Daft Punk ($19)
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Summer short course filter: Fun readings on the internet, the future, and research in the digital age for high school teachers. Help a librarian plan a syllabus! I'm a an academic librarian who will be teaching a week-long course entitled "Research in the Digitial Age" to a group of high school English and Writing Students this semeseter. I'm hoping to provide the teachers with the tools they need to use both library and web resources in their teaching (and encourage their students to do so responsibly), but I also want to talk about information behavior, using the web for discovery and evaluation of sources, and the history and future of the internet (mostly as it pertains to "research").
There will be a lot of time for discussion, and I want a range of readings that brings in voices from all over and will give us a lot to explore. Some of the things (or types of things) I have in mind are:
- As We May Think, by Vannevar Bush (the truncated-but-illustrated version that appeared in LIFE)
- Is Google making us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr, The Atlantic, 2008
- Kuhlthau, C. (1991). Inside the search process: Information seeking from the user's perspective. Journal of the American Society of Information Science 42(5), 361-371.
- Kalbach, J. (2006), "I'm feeling lucky": The role of emotions in seeking information on the Web. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57: 813–818.
- Spink, A. and Cole, C. (2006), Human information behavior: Integrating diverse approaches and information use. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57: 25–35. doi: 10.1002/asi.20249
- Oblinger, D. (2008). Growing up with google – What it means to education. Emerging Technologies for Learning 4, 12-29.
- Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling (a short story about an iphone like device & a gift economy)
- Maybe a chapter or two from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, since its characters are high school-aged and deeply engaged in technology
- Though I haven't gotten my hands on them yet, I'm sure there are good passages in these two books to consider:
You can see, it's pretty loose, and of course some of those are mutually exclusive (I'm not gonna make them read 3 JASIST articles!). I want to use the readings and discussions to launch into practical tools and strategies for dealing with information overload and students' use of technology (two things that are often intimidating to this audience). I'd really like a mix of academic, historical, and short fiction that perhaps don't answer the questions we'll consider, but help to drive discussion around them. I'd prefer the academic articles not to be too boring or statistics-y for the audience, but I want to reveal some of the complexity of information behavior. Also, documentaries or short films on the same topics would be welcomed as well– both those available online or just DVD.
It's also probably more of a stretch, but I'd love to know there are any other types of work — shorter stuff like poetry or comics especially– that approach these topics. Bonus for free, CC, or open access stuff.
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Local History Center
The Local History Center is your portal to information and materials relating to the rich heritage of the Syosset community. You will also find about upcoming local history events and library programs, as well as a means to view photos and materials from the collection.
The Local History Finding Aid is an online guide to the contents of the collection. This finding aid is frequently updated as more items in the collection indexed and recorded.
Veteran's History Project
Syosset Library's Veterans History Project will collect the memories, accounts and documents of war veterans from World War I, World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and preserve these stories of experience and service for future generations. Teen volunteers will interview veterans to learn about their experiences during their service.
The project is open to all veterans and any civilians who were directly involved in supporting the war effort and who are willing to be interviewed on videotape. This program will help preserve your memories and experiences for future generations. Interviews will be conducted by appointment.
For more information please contact Barney Levantino or Sharon Long at Syosset Library (516-921-7161).
Enlist now and share your experiences!
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CIS 068. Data Structures
Section 001. Fall 2006
InstructorDr. Pei Wang
OFFICE: Room 1050, Wachman Hall (Computer Activity Building)
ADDRESS: CIS Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
Time/PlaceLectures: Tuesday & Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM (Tuttleman Learning Center 305A)
Lab: Wednesday 8:40 AM - 10:30 AM (Wachman Hall, 104)
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM, and by appointment
PrerequisitesGrade of C or better in CIS 0066 and 0067; Grade of C or better in Mathematics C085
Course DescriptionA continuation of CIS 0067. Program style organization and design with continued emphasis on the object-oriented design paradigm. Understanding and use of data abstraction through Java classes and class libraries. Understanding and use of the following Abstract Data Types: strings, stacks, queues, linked lists and binary trees. Introduction to expression evaluation and other applications. Introduction to recursion and comparative analysis of searching and sorting algorithms and data structures. Sorting algorithms include insertion sort, mergesort, heapsort,and quicksort. Searching algorithms include binary search and hashing.
Required TextbookObjects, Abstraction, Data Structures and Design Using Java Version 5.0, Elliot B. Koffman, Temple University, Paul A. T. Wolfgang, Temple University, ISBN: 0-471-69264-6, ©2005
Topics CoverageThe Chapters 1-8 and 10 of the textbook.
AttendanceAttendance to all lectures, labs, and examinations are required.
Programming EnvironmentThe programming language used for this course is Java 5.0. The programming environment in the lab is NetBeans, which can be downloaded for free.
Lab RequirementsAll lab assignments should be emailed to your lab instructor before lab on the day they are due. Your grade will be reduced by 1 point (out of 10) per day for a late lab. For each lab, you must submit a design document along with the program and a test of the program. The design document will show the steps you took to design the algorithm and will follow the software development method used in the text. You must plan to spend time outside of the scheduled laboratory working on your programs.
GradingThere will be two mid-term exams and a comprehensive final exam. The exams will count for 70% of your grade. There will be about six programming assignments, which will be 30% of your grade. To pass the course, you must maintain a passing average on both the exams and the assignments. Students who miss the final and do not make alternative arrangements with me before I turn in the grades will be graded F.
All of the final results must be the student's own work. Plagiarism and academic cheating will be punished.


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Huntsville native J.D. Manders is a U.S. Army National Guard veteran as well as a children's book author. Manders wrote this fictional tale, "The Fairy Child," for his own children while he was deployed to Iraq in 2004 as a way to stay connected with them while they adjusted to his absence.
Inspired by classic children's literature, the story follows two girls, whose father has gone off to war and whose mother has fallen ill, as they stumble upon a magical fairy world.
This book is now available to the public, sharing the message of self-reliance and strength.
Catch J.D. Manders on Saturday June 28th at Beloved Books in Lowe Mill from Noon until 6:00 p.m. You can also purchase "The Fairy Child" on-line at Authorhouse.com, Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon.com.


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If only. Not sure where you guys were/are seeing that, but it's inaccurate. This is a more up to date list of participating sites.
The tone read as "you like that show? That show sucks," but glad to better understand you weren't merely using the show as just a vehicle to take a pot shot at another commenter. And your cliche was mopped clean by The Adjustment Bureau, but I mean. Really, I have waterfront property on the Olentangy to sell you if you're surprised by its bent.
I actually "like" the show? I think two or three of the episodes have been nearly great (though admittedly one was full on recycled from another Sorkin vehicle) and shows its true potential but a few of the others (including this past Sunday's) are so bad, "hate watch" is a favorable description of what undertaking them was like.
I think it's completely within reason to think the absence of Glass-Steagall created a regulatory environment that encouraged banks to be more risky without falling into a quid pro quo fallacy.
There are plenty of valid criticisms (of which you dismiss in favor of championing the worst actor in a relatively strong ensemble cast) of The Newsroom that don't involve over simplifying the subject matter or creating false dichotomies where you dismiss it for falling to (paraphrase Sorkin) go on a mission to civilize and engage on high level topics at the level of Bloomberg or The McLaughlin Group.
It's a tragically flawed show, but shitting on a fellow reader for enjoying it in lieu of its shortcomings by playing tired cliches seems the wrong way to go about doing it.
Giddy had I chosen the opener it would've been the same tune. Should I be frightened? GET OUT OF MY HEAD, GINTER.
Tons of credit to Ramzy and Urbzrenewal for getting Waugh on compliance's radar before anyone else. It would seem pretty open and shut, but hopefully Kentucky State Police can ensure he doesn't come close to dialoguing with any underaged kids ever again and the university can make this into a real teaching moment.
Four 5-stars, eh? The rich get richer. Welcome, Jeff, Kyle, Chad, and Dave.
This is the stuff dreams are made of. Okay, fever dreams, but dreams none the less.
Is that 71% DJ, 1% for each additional Marionaire?
Thanks so much for the kind words, y'all. Look forward to seeing you when I see you.
I think I've decided my rapper name is now 'Luke Win'.
Sunday at 4 PM EST.
Something can be both inappropriately racist and a mildly clever turn of phrase. ESPN should know better as one of the leaders in their industry, but given how often they placate to the lowest common denominator, I'm not sure it should be any kind of surprise.
He could be for them what Taylor Price was supposed to be.
Agreed! Here's Bon Iver doing an incredible 4AD Session.
01. Hinnom, TX
02. Wash
03. I Can't Make You Love Me
04. Babys
05. Beth/Rest
I miss Raising Cane's all the time. In the spirit of Elika, the random Columbus place I miss that I can't get in this moment in time is Mad Mex, though I also routinely miss Adriatico's and Smokin' Joe/Hounddogs.


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Ibn al-Baqillani
Ibn al-Bâqillânî, Muhammad ibn al-Tayyib ibn Muhammad ibn Ja`far ibn Qâsim, Shaykh al-Islâm, al-Qâdî Abû Bakr ibn al-Bâqillânî al-Basrî al-Baghdâdî al-Mâlikî al-Ash`arî (d 403), eulogized by al-Dhahabî as "the erudite Imâm, peerless Master of the mutakallimîn, and foremost of the Scholars of usûl, author of many books, the examplar of perspicuity and intelligence." Elsewhere he exclaims: "There is not, among all the Ash`arî Scholars of kalâm, anyone better than him!" [1]
Al-Qâdî `Iyâd said: "He is known as the Sword of the Sunna (Sayf al-Sunnah) and the Spokesman of the Community (Lisân al-Umma), a mutakallim who spoke the language of the hadîth Scholars, adhering to the doctrine of Abû al-Hasan al-Ash`arî, and the apex of Mâlikî Scholars in his time. His gathering in al-Basra was huge." Al-Khatîb narrates that Ibn al-Bâqillânî's nightly wird – at home or abroad – consisted in twenty tarwîha or twenty pauses, each pause separating sets of two to four rak`ats. Ibn al-Bâqillânî took al-Ash`arî's teachings from Ibn Mujâhid. He used to say: "I consider the best part of me the time when I fully understand al-Ash`arî's discourse." [2] He used al-Ash`arî's method to defeat virtually every sect in his time – including the Christians – among them the Râfida, Mu`tazila, Khawârij, Jahmiyya, Karrâmiyya, Mushabbiha, and Hashwiyya. Against the latter he stated: Whoever claims that the letter s in bismillâh, which comes after the letter b, and the letter m which comes after the letter s, have no beginning, he has taken leave of everything rational, denied what is obligatorily known, and contradicted the obvious…. And how can we hope to direct through proofs someone mulish enough to deny what is necessarily known? [3] Abûal-Qâsim ibn Burhân al-Nahwî said: "Whoever hears al-Qâdî Abû Bakr debate, will never again feel pleasure at hearing another mutakallim, faqîh, or orator." He took the MâlikîSchool from Abû Bakr al-Abharî. [4] Abû al-Walîd al-Bâjî narrates that al-Dâraqutnî's deference to Ibn al-Bâqillânî was the cause of the hadîth Master Abû Dharr al-Harawî's adoption of the Mâlikî school of Law and the Ash`arî school of doctrine. [5]
Al-Khatîb narrated that Ibn al-Bâqillânî's nightly devotion consisted in forty rak`ats whether at home or while travelling, after which he wrote thirty-five pages of text which, after the Fajr prayer, he would pass on to others to read out loud for proof-reading and editing. At the time the Caliph `Adud al-Dawla sent Ibn al-Bâqillânî as an envoy to the emperor of the Eastern Romans, he was asked to enter through a low door to see the emperor and realized that this was done by design so as to make him enter on his knees; whereupon he entered on his knees but with his back turned, approaching the emperor backside first. In the course of this conversation he noticed, next to the emperor, a church dignitary. He turned to him and asked: "How are your wife and children?" Hearing this, the emperor said: "Lo! Do you, the spokesman of Islâm, not know that a monk is exempt of such matters?" Ibn al-Bâqillânî replied: "You exempt a monk from such matters, but you do not exempt the Lord of the Worlds from having a mate and child?" Ibn Hajar reported from Ibn al-Bâqillânî that there is Consensus in Islâm on the fact that the order of the verses in each of the Sûras of the Qur'ân and their successive arrangement in the present order in the mushaf is so decreed by Allâh Most High, and on that basis has the Community related it from the Prophet – Allâh bless and greet him -. [6]
Of the "story of the cranes" in the Sîra, Ibn Hajar said: "Al-Qâdî `Iyâd did well when he said, 'It is possible the Prophet – Allâh bless and greet him – was mentioning the belief of the pagans by way of derision,' noting that at that time it was permitted to speak in the midst of prayer. To this position leaned Ibn al-Bâqillânî." [7]
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Findley Hall
Findley Hall is located on Beech Street in North Campus. Findley is comprised of primarily double rooms, with a small number of single rooms in the north wing. Findley Hall is co-educational by floor or wing and is air conditioned. The hall is conveniently located near Ritter Library, Lang Dining Hall, the Lou Higgins Recreation Center and the Kleist Center for Art & Drama.
Findley Hall's main lounge is a favorite gathering place for students who enjoy the large screen TV, fireplace and lovely views of the North Quad. Findley also has a large multipurpose room with ping pong and ample space for study. The hall provides easy access to the basketball and sand volleyball courts located on the Quad.
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Cash crop: Gentlemen farmers reap what Tennessee lawmakers sow
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Roger Mick lives on an impressive sweep of land resembling the setting for the soap opera Dallas: 70 acres of manicured pastures surrounding a sprawling, 12,000-square-foot mansion with a tennis court and pool.
And like the fictional oilman J.R. Ewing, agriculture is more of a pastime for Mick, the long-retired chief financial officer of Nashville-based Hospital Corp. of America.
There are no farm animals here. No row crops. Only an occasional hayfield or two.
Yet, Mick reaps a huge property tax break under a 1976 Tennessee law designed to save family farms but also widely used by hobby farmers, wealthy landowners and real estate developers as a tax shelter. For Mick, it means a 64 percent savings in city and county property taxes on his $6.4 million estate, slashing his annual bill from $43,153 to $15,525.
An investigation by The Commercial Appeal found the former HCA executive is among an impressive roster of wealthy Tennesseans who make their millions elsewhere but use the farmland protection law to escape much of their local property tax bills — from Fortune 500 executives to country music stars.
"I do think it's fair ... I pay what they bill me under the rules,'' said Mick, 66, who says if not for greenbelt he might be forced to subdivide his property for development as has occurred just west of his land on historic Old Smyrna Road. "People stop me all the time and tell me, 'We really enjoy driving by and seeing this.' ''
But a largely ignored 2009 state report recommended lawmakers limit the tax breaks to those who make their living on the farm.
"It's being used by some people who clearly aren't farmers,'' said the report's author, Stan Chervin, a senior research associate for the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
The newspaper found Tennessee counties forgo an average of nearly 5 percent of their tax bases to greenbelt discounts; losses reach 20 percent in some rural counties where farming is the dominant industry.
The law has become a popular tax haven because participants can harvest huge tax savings by having as little as $1,500 a year in gross agricultural income. Contributing to the rush of property owners onto the Greenbelt rolls, too, is lax, inconsistent, often charitable, enforcement of the act across the state's 95 counties, the newspaper found.
Citing a lack of manpower and resources, assessors say they often can't check to see if participants are producing $1,500 a year — an amount unchanged since 1992 — or if they're farming at all. Other officials just shrug.
"That's not something we would keep track of,'' said Tom Womack, spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture.
The Commercial Appeal found repeated examples across the state where wealthy individuals with expensive estates set up nominal farming operations to reap tax breaks:
** Robert Berkheimer, owner of Sunrise Pontiac GMC in Memphis, enjoys a 49 percent tax markdown on his $4.2 million estate in Collierville, which includes a 7,900-square-foot home on 65 manicured acres. The arrangement saves Berkheimer more than $29,000 a year in city and county property taxes. When Shelby County Assessor Cheyenne Johnson questioned the discount in 2009 after an appraiser took photos revealing no farm animals on the estate, Berkheimer produced a check showing he rented a pasture to a farmer for $1,500, the legal limit.
** AutoZone founder J.R. "Pitt'' Hyde receives a 76 percent tax reduction on 135 rural, largely wooded acres where he owns three expensive homes in east Shelby County. A clearing in the woods includes a pond and a field where he runs a small fish and hay operation. Hyde said in an application he'd raise $2,500 a year producing fish and hay. The arrangement saves him $25,500 a year in county property taxes.
** Michael Ducker, chief operating officer at FedEx Express, gets a 33 percent tax reduction on his $2 million, 38-acre "Willow Oaks'' estate in Collierville, an old horse farm he bought in 2004 where he keeps some horses — a reporter spotted three in a field in September — alongside a 7,900-square-foot home with a pool, lake and landscaped gardens. The arrangement saves him $8,991 a year in city and county property taxes.
Making hay
Greenbelt participants pay the full, fair market tax on their homes because the tax reductions aren't allowed on homesites and generally are also precluded on the immediate one acre — at times up to five acres — surrounding living quarters. Yet, a hallmark of the law is that it extends the farm tax break over the rest of the property, even when only a corner of the land has an actual agricultural use.
Such is the case for Mick, who, in 1993, paid $900,000 for his 70 acres along Old Smyrna Road, an exclusive neighborhood of old plantation homes and estates in Brentwood.
Mick and his wife, Barbara, built a two-story, antebellum-styled 12,000-square-foot home set back from the road on acres of rolling green lawn surrounded by a fieldstone fence, iron gates and a cornerstone decreeing the property, "Brentvale,'' after a historic log plantation home of the 1800s.
Records show Mick receives a farming discount on 69 of his 70 acres, an arrangement that cuts the value of his $6.4 million estate to $2.3 million for tax purposes.
Aerial images from Google Earth show Mick grows hay at times on the western section of his land. Visits to the property by a reporter this spring, summer and fall found no farming activity.
"The last several years have been tough,'' said Mick, who says bad weather has hurt production of hay he grows for a local cattle farmer.
Official records inspected at the Williamson County Assessor's Office provided no insight into farming operations on Mick's land.
"I have not had a field check on this property,'' said Melanie Edwards, greenbelt appraiser for Assessor Brad Coleman. Edwards said last month she asked for updated information from Mick but hadn't received anything.
Like many greenbelt recipients interviewed statewide, Mick noted that the Greenbelt Law protects rural, open space, not just traditional farms.
However, while the law has a specific provision for protecting open space, few property owners opt for it, largely because it entails more hurdles in gaining approval and greater penalties if the greenbelt is violated.
Owners who develop a farm or forestry greenbelt face repaying three years of their tax savings – the so-called rollback. Violating an open space greenbelt carries a five-year rollback.
Consequently, among 214,000 greenbelt parcels statewide, only 87 — 4/100ths of 1 percent — are open space, the newspapers found. The state's most populous counties, Shelby and Davidson, have no open space greenbelts.
The practice of cutting hay a couple times a year for a tax break irks Bill Boner, the controversial former assessor in adjacent Rutherford County.
"I grow hay. I get 20 rolls on 15 acres. I get $25 a roll. It doesn't pay for itself,'' said Boner, a farmer critical of several provisions of the law, including one that allows participants to produce as little as $1,500 a year in gross agricultural income. "You cannot make money on $1,500. It should have been raised a long time ago.''
Among proposed greenbelt reforms in his 2009 state report, Chervin recommended limiting the size of tax discounts and giving assessors more powers to police the program "to ensure that the tax-subsidized activity claimed is actually taking place every year.''
The 35-page report recommended limiting tax breaks to "those who actually depend on'' agriculture for a living, citing a substantial reduction in "the tax base in many counties.'' Those tax losses trigger "higher property tax rates and taxes on those property owners not enjoying greenbelt valuations,'' the report said.
Assessors in counties large and small throughout Tennessee say they lack the manpower to check on greenbelt participants to ensure they're actually farming. When they do find nominal or questionable operations there often isn't much they can do, they contend.
"We don't have any greenbelt police that go out and check that," said Donna B. Jones, assessor in East Tennessee's tiny Union County, where 1,452 greenbelt parcels receive $678,767 in annual property tax subsidies, ranking it 79th among Tennessee's 95 counties.
"Fifteen hundred dollars could be your garden."
The powerful Tennessee Farm Bureau lobby, however, argues hobby farmers provide valuable contributions to the state's agricultural production and should be entitled to tax discounts.
"The greatest thing a county can have in green space is farmland. It (the law) was (passed) not only to save the family farm. It was to save open space,'' said Farm Bureau spokesman Pettus Read, who called hobby farmers and small farming operations important elements of the state's agricultural economy.
"They're agriculture as much as anyone else.''
'We call it a farm'
As for hay, even as this year's drought has driven up its cost, the Farm Bureau's Read agrees it's "not necessarily'' profitable overall, yet said it's essential. Read, who owns a former dairy farm in Rutherford County, said he now rents his land to a farmer to produce hay for his cattle.
"You can hardly say that's not farming,'' he said.
Hay is a centerpiece of a small farming operation Pitt Hyde owns on a 135-acre, $3.3 million tract between Memphis and Collierville near Raleigh-LaGrange and Reid Hooker roads, where he cuts hay and fishes two ponds in a 50-acre clearing in the woods.
The arrangement has saved Hyde about $200,000 in taxes since 2000. It's currently saving him $25,000 a year on the property where he owns a cabin built in 2005 for family outings, a 4,400-square-foot home with a pool and a two-story rental home.
"It's not a tax shelter by any means,'' said John Pontius, president of PittCo Management, which manages Hyde's assets. "We call it a farm.''
There is little evidence, however, of any substantial farming.
An application on file with the Shelby County Assessor's Office says the operation produces $2,500 a year in income, yet official records list no detail about production.
"We have harvested hay, but not as aggressively from a production standpoint,'' Pontius said. He said the farm doesn't have a license to sell fish, but did allow an individual once to harvest excess bream and bass populations. The operation also cuts timber, he said. Pontius declined to discuss any customers or income connected to the operation.
"I really don't feel it's necessary or right for me to get audited by the paper,'' he said. "We're in compliance with the law.''
Sketchy official records often make it difficult to know just what a tax-subsidized farm operation does.
In Williamson County, the local assessor has enrolled well-known country music stars such as Billy Ray Cyrus, and Naomi and Wynonna Judd in the program, yet public records reveal little about those operations.
Cyrus, for example, receives a $29,000-a-year tax break on a 467-acre, $6.5 million spread with a tree-topped hill near Thompson Station, Tenn., where the "Achy Breaky Heart'' star owns a 7,850-square-foot home.
Williamson County records show Cyrus, who's also lived at times in Los Angeles, holds separate farming greenbelts on six of seven parcels that comprise the 467-acre tract. By law, applications for greenbelt are supposed to be filed with the local Register of Deeds. Yet a check of records there revealed applications for just two of the six farming greenbelts, both from 1994, when the singer disclosed that he intended to raise corn, horses and cattle.
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That The Evil Within shares so much with Resident Evil 4 is a two-sided proposition. Resident Evil 4 was one of the greatest games of its day, but its ground has been retread many times by subsequent survival horror games over the years, and even by Mikami himself in Shadows of the Damned.
Where The Evil Within seems to stake its greatest claim is in its visual and thematic elements. The game stars a detective named Sebastian – Seb to his friends – who is sent to investigate a disturbance at a mental hospital. An unknown event has claimed the lives of several patients and possibly a few police officers.%Gallery-191139% Sebastian and his two partners enter Beacon Mental Hospital, discovering a lobby filled with dead bodies. Beginning his investigation, Seb heads to the security office, where he notices something strange on one of the camera monitors. A ghostly figure is attacking police officers in a different part of the hospital. The figure, manifesting some otherworldly power, suddenly appears behind Seb and assaults him, knocking him out.
Seb awakens, hanging upside down in a grimy meat locker, surrounded by bodies dangling on hooks. He then covertly witnesses a disfigured monster butcher one of these bodies – literally cut it apart, presumably for food. It becomes clear that Seb is in trouble and, without going into every detail, Seb spends the next few minutes running from the butcher monster, alternating between stealth and flat-out panic. Running from the beast, Seb gets slashed in the leg with a chainsaw and barely escapes the clutches of a human-sized meat grinder (that section falls under "panic," if you're curious).
At that point, a different section of the game was loaded and the demonstration shifted to The Evil Within's combat, which is where the Resident Evil 4 influence really came into focus. The combat demo wasn't given any context. All we knew was that Seb was cornered in a two story house and that grotesque, torch-bearing monster-people were slowly converging on his location. The echoes of Resident Evil 4 were palpable as Seb prepared the house for the oncoming invasion. He set up a few traps near the windows and waited for the onslaught.
Once Seb's pursuers arrived, familiar mechanics came with them. Third-person aiming, headshots, clipping monsters in the legs to make them stumble and leave them open for special attacks. Seb wasn't suplexing any zombies though, opting instead to set them on fire with a limited supply of matches. The whole thing seemed pretty rote, at least until Seb ran downstairs to escape the horde.
Visual design like this was the strongest feature of the demo, and the story was intriguing, but the gameplay looked stale. The survival horror genre has evolved considerably over the last few years, especially in the independent scene, and The Evil Within's old-school colors are definitely showing. In fairness, Mikami and developer Tango Gameworks are aiming to return to survival horror's roots, so much of its familiarity may be intentional.
I'm a sucker for asylum horror though, and The Evil Within certainly has a great sense of its environment, and it's already playing some fun tricks with mental stability. I just hope the core mechanics aren't too familiar for their own good.
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Advice to North Lincolnshire residents on clearing snow from properties
Posted: January 21, 2013|
North Lincolnshire Council has issued advice to residents about clearing snow outside their property.
Following the severe winter in 2009/10 the Government recommended that a snow code note be published.
This guide is designed to help you to act in a neighbourly way by safely clearing snow and ice from pavements and public spaces.
- Will I be held liable if someone falls on a path I have cleared?
There is no law preventing you from clearing snow and ice on the pavement outside your property, pathways to your property or public spaces.
It is very unlikely that you would face any legal liability, as long as you are careful, and use common sense to ensure that you do not make the pavement or pathway clearly more dangerous than before. People usingareas affected by snow and ice also have responsibility to be careful themselves.
- What can I do to help clear snow and ice from pavements and public spaces?
Start early: it is much easier to remove fresh, loose snow compared to compacted ice that has been compressed by people walking on it.
Do not use hot water. This will melt the snow, but may replace it with black ice, increasing the risk of injury.
Be a good neighbour: some people may be unable to clear snow and ice on paths leading to their property or indeed the footway fronting their property.
Snowfall and cold weather pose particular difficulties for them gaining access to and from their property or walking to the shops.
If shovelling snow, consider where you are going to put it, so that it does not block people's paths, or block drainage channels. This could shift the problem elsewhere.
Make a pathway down the middle of the area to be cleared first, so you have a clear surface to walk on. Then you can shovel the snow from the centre to the sides.
Spreading some salt on the area you have cleared will help to prevent any ice forming. Table salt or dishwasher salt will work, but avoid spreading on plants or grass as they may be damaged by it. A few grams (a tablespoon) for each square metre you clear should work. The salt found in salting bins will be needed for keeping roads clear.
Particular care and attention should be given to steps and steep gradients to ensure snow and ice is removed. You might need to apply additional salt to these areas.
Use the sun to your advantage. Removing the top layer of snow will allow the sun to melt any ice beneath; however you will need to cover any ice with salt to stop it refreezing overnight.
If there is no salt available, then a little sand or ash is a reasonable substitute. It will not have the same de-icing properties as salt but should offer grip under foot.
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Women's Soccer Adds Dawn Lucas From Unioto High School
CHILLICOTHE, OH - The OCU women's soccer program is pleased to announce the addition of Dawn Lucas. Lucas comes to Ohio Christian from Unioto High School in Chillicothe.
"Dawn has a fire and a passion to learn. She will be a great help to this young program bringing energy and a drive."
Lucas joins an up an coming OCU team that is still seeking their first ever Mid-East Regional Championship.


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I only make cheese twists when I entertain. So they always feel like party food to me. This recipe is surprisingly easy to make. Just be sure to use cold butter or your twists won't be as light as they can be. Served with wine, fruit, and nuts, these cheese twists really shine. Enjoy! . . .
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Cheese and crackers. I don't eat them often, but I can't imagine starting a holiday meal without them. These crackers taste just like Ritz crackers. If your family loves crackers, consider making a double batch of this recipe. If you're very lucky, there might be some leftover! . . .
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High expression levels of the master mesenchymal factors C/EBP–β, C/EBP–δ, and STAT3 were associated with a poor prognosis. Strong, specific expression of C/EBP–β and C/EBP–δ by hypoxic, perinecrotic cells in glioblastoma (GBM) likely account for their tight association with necrosis and may be related to their poor prognosis.
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What was your previous position and where?Most recently, I taught for 23 years at Texas A&M University and operated a successful real estate company in College Station/Bryan, Texas. I previously taught at Penn State University, the University of Florida and the University of Southern California.
What brought you to LSU?After I established an endowed professorship in honor of my parents, Donald and Velvia Crumbley, at LSU, I was invited to join the accounting faculty. I decided to get out of the real estate business, become a full-time professor again and give back to the university that gave me such a valuable start in my career.
What is your research interest?My research interests are corporate taxation, forensic accounting, petroleum accounting, education research and tax research.
What do you hope to accomplish at LSU?I would like to establish a strong forensic accounting track in the E. J. Ourso College of Business. I also would like to develop a stronger emphasis in petroleum accounting and taxation. A strong master of taxation program is essential for the survival of LSUs accounting department. I wish for at least one of my novels to be made into a movie, and I would like to help create a television series with a forensic accountant as the main character.
What do you enjoy most about LSU?I enjoy teaching students at LSU that wish to learn and still have a strong work ethic. This position offers me the flexibility to travel to many interesting and strange countries — 120 countries so far — and continue to engage in some consulting and expert witnessing disputes.
What are your major accomplishments?My major accomplishment is the publication of 13 educational novels, including "The Ultimate Rip-off: A Taxing Tale," especially after my chairperson at Texas A&M told me not to write my first novel because it would reflect negatively on Texas A&M. I have authored more than 350 articles; 60 books, including the best-selling "Forensic & Investigative Accounting"; served as editor of the Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly for 33 years; and served as editor of two other forensic accounting journals, including the Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.
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Purdue University once again has the fastest university-owned super computer in the world, unveiling the powerhouse just in time to end Indiana University's two-month reign at the top of the list.
"That's not why we do it, but it's nice because it's not just our opinion. It is determined in a very objective way," said Gerry McCartney, vice president for information technology, CIO, and Oesterle Professor of IT. "What's really great is that Purdue and IU are both really stepping into this.
This is a very, very sophisticated tool to help faculty conduct their research … what we're trying to show here is that we're providing our faculty with the best possible tool."


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One name stood out to manager Buck Showalter when it came to naming a new third-base coach, and that was Bobby Dickerson.
"We kept coming back to Bobby," Showalter said on Thursday afternoon just after the Orioles named Dickerson as their replacement for DeMarlo Hale.
The 47-year-old Dickerson has known Showalter for more than 20 years when he played for him in the Yankees' organization. After 25 years in professional baseball, Dickerson has his first full-time major league job.
"It's just an honor," Dickerson said in a conference call. "I'm like a lot of guys in the minor leagues. I paid my dues and tried to do it the right way."
Dickerson is in his second stint with the Orioles. The last three seasons were spent as the team's minor league infield coordinator. He spent parts of the last two seasons with the team, filling in for part of 2011 as the bullpen coach.
Showalter wanted an in-house candidate, and considered two or three others from within the organization, including Brian Graham, the team's coordinator of infield instruction. Other candidates were former Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu, former Cubs manager Mike Quade, former Nationals manager Jim Riggleman, former Marlins bench coach Joey Cora and longtime Orioles second baseman Rich Dauer.
"We had a lot of good candidates," Showalter said. "We're always going to look within. It says a lot about an organization when you can promote within."
Dickerson has worked closely with Manny Machado, and Showalter liked the idea of the two continuing to bond.
"All our players know Bobby and think the world of him," Showalter said.
When Showalter made his decision, he called Dickerson's wife Karen and cleared it with her, and then they told the family.
"It's a nice gesture," Dickerson said of the promotion.
Dickerson will be the fifth third base coach since Showalter arrived in Aug. 2010. Gary Allenson finished out that season and was replaced by current bench coach John Russell in 2011. Willie Randolph moved from the bench to third base in June 2011, but wasn't retained for 2012. Hale left after last season to become Toronto's bench coach.
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One believes establishing a faculty union would protect and strengthen the university. The other insists a bargaining unit for faculty would weaken the institution.
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18x24" acrylic on canvas. There's still some figures to add...
This is just wonderful. The pinks with the blues, browns and touches of gold is happy color combination and looks as though it is a pleasant day. Where is it located?
This is the type of painting which gets purchased quickly.
Nicely done. I can smell the suntan lotion.
Thanks so much. This is a charming area of the Jersey shore called Chadwick Beach.
I love your use of detail in this one Christine - very nice.
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When Jordy Nelson was breaking out for the Packers last season, his fellow wide receiver Greg Jennings said that he thought Nelson got underestimated around the league because hes white.
According to some members of the Dolphins, Nelsons big 2011 season hasnt changed much on that front. Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post writes that Hartline, who ran track for a time at Ohio State and has shown he can get behind defenses, keeps hearing that the Dolphins need to get some more speed at receiver while hearing himself described as being deceptively fast. Wide receiver Davone Bess and quarterback Ryan Tannehill think that their teammates skills get downgraded because, like Nelson, people are put off by a white wide receiver.
Yeah, man. Definitely, Bess said when asked if people underrate Hartlines speed because of his skin color. He can run. Thats good that they sleep on him, because come game time he can open up on them.
Ive had that label before, too. Its just kind of a stigma that comes with it, Tannehill, who played receiver in college before moving to quarterback, said of the deceptively fast label. If it helps you, then it helps you. I dont know if teams underestimate him or anything, but hes making plays for us, and it doesnt matter what color you are.


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Summer BookTalkUNA Guest of Honor:
Dr. Alejandro Toledo
On July 13 our summer BookTalkUNA event, presented in co-operation with the International Institute of Education, featured honored guest Dr. Alejandro Toledo, the former President of Peru, who was invited to present his new book, The Shared Society: A Vision for the Global Future of Latin America.
In 2001, Dr. Toledo was the first Peruvian president of indigenous descent to be elected in five hundred years. In serving his country, Toledo fought against poverty by prioritizing investments in health care and education. With the resulting economic growth and social policies directed to the poorest of Peru, extreme poverty was reduced by 25 percent during his five-year term, and the Peruvian economy grew at an average rate of 6 percent, making it one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America.
UNA-NY Receives 2015 Earl W. Eames Jr. Communications Award
The United Nations Association of New York received this year's Earle Eames Communications Award given by UNA-USA at their recent Annual Meeting. The New York chapter's website re-design by Littlefield and Company was the beginning of new efforts to promote a more effective communications outreach by UNA-NY, and was a significant contributing factor to this award. The website as well as other promotional efforts, such as emails, newsletters and social media have been actively managed by UNA-NY and its members, as well as volunteers.
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The UN is not a perfect institution, but it serves a near-perfect purpose: to promote global cooperation and address some of the world's most pressing challenges that no single country can resolve alone. Among other things, the UN is a platform for multilateral efforts to counter terrorism, stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons, increase economic development, provide humanitarian aid, promote democratic governance and, through peacekeeping missions, maintain order in some of the world's most dangerous places so U.S. forces don't have to.
As Congress works to protect our national security and foreign policy interests, and as the U.S. faces unprecedented challenges abroad the UN remains a critical partner for the U.S. Be sure to let Congress know!
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May 29 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, a reminder that these troops offer hope for a better life to the civilians they serve and protect, writes Herve Ladsous, the UN Under-Secretary-General of Peacekeeping Operations. The support of UN member states is necessary to help UN peacekeeping "to be more innovative, more flexible and more cost-effective," he argues.
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Young People at the UN in Support of Climate Action
20 March 2015 | Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and environmental advocates Philippe Cousteau and Sylvia Earle joined local students at an event held at United Nations Headquarters today to celebrate the International Day of Happiness and highlight the importance of tackling climate change.
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on UN's World Food Programme in Syria
Recently the CBS program 60 Minutes aired a segment which focused on the dramatic role that the World Food Programme plays in feeding and assisting the 5 million refugees who have been displaced by three years of war in Syria. It also features an interview with its Executive Director Ertharin Cousin. Please have a look at this heartening video and be inspired by its potent reminder of what tremendous good the UN accomplishes every day.
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United Nations Association of New York
2014 Annual UN Day Gala Dinner
Honors Three Global Leaders
On October 29th, the United Nations Association of New York announced the honorees for its annual Humanitarian of the Year awards, during their celebratory gala dinner commemorating the 69th Anniversary of the United Nations. Receiving the award this year was Stefan Persson, Chairman of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. In addition, a Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Lord Raj Loomba, CBE and The Loomba Foundation.
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'Evidence Is Clear: Equality for Women Means Progress for All' Ban Ki-moon Says in Address to UNA-NY Awards Dinner
"The empowerment of women, the theme of your dinner tonight, is a matter of fundamental human rights," said the UN Secretary-General. "But it is also crucial for building the future we want. Despite important gains in access to primary education for girls and political representation for women, progress remains far too slow and uneven. Discrimination and violence against women remain widespread, across the world. We cannot fulfil 100 per cent of the world's potential by excluding 50 per cent of the world's people. The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all."
Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." Malala's courage and determination are a beacon of hope and an inspirational reminder of what youth activism can achieve.
Levelling the Diplomatic Playing Field
By Laurent Cleenewerck and Robin van Puyenbroeck
For global governance to be inclusive and equitable, all UN Member States should be effectively involved in treaty-making processes with the level of expertise that guarantees fair representation.
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"Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too"
The 24-year-old actress Emma Watson, recently appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, gave a rousing 13-minute speech about gender equality at UN headquarters in New York on September 20, in which she said, "We don't just want to talk about equality, but make sure it is tangible."
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Ban Ki-moon to Join Climate Change March
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is to join a public march on Sunday, September 21 calling for action on climate change. "I will link arms with those marching for climate action," he told a press conference. "We stand with them on the right side of this key issue for our common future."
As high-ranking officials do not normally attend mass public protests, his unusual step is a measure of how high the stakes are at a climate summit next week of world leaders. Ban said, "Action on climate change is urgent. The more we delay, the more we will pay in lives and in money We are anticipating an impressive turnout of leaders from government, business, finance and civil society. Most important, we are expecting significant commitments and progress."
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UNA-NY Evening at the Consulate
with Ambassador Sun Guoxiang
In early September, our Members-only Consulate Evening featured a visit to the Chinese Consulate General in New York, for an informal first-hand introduction to the economy, culture and cuisine of the People's Republic of China.
The Ambassador Series
with Thomas R. Pickering on U.S.Iran Relations
Our distinguished guest this spring in our ever-popular Ambassador Series was Thomas R. Pickering, whose diplomatic career spans five decades, and who holds the rank of Career Ambassador, with extensive service covering many territories. In his evening presentation the ambassador addressed both the obstacles and the possibilities of success in the efforts of both Iran and the United States to resolve their differences over Iran's nuclear program.
Spring BookTalkUNA
with Marwan Muasher on the Second Arab Awakening
Our spring BookTalkUNA event featured special guest Dr. Marwan Muasher, who was invited to present his latest work, The Second Arab Awakening and The Battle for Pluralism.
Advocacy Chair Joan Levy Awarded Recognition at UNA-NY Annual Meeting
Foremost on our agenda at our UNA-NY Annual Meeting this spring, was the warm recognition given to our long-standing Advocacy chair Joan Levy. Bestowing the Distinguished Service Award allowed the board members to honor Joan for all of her sincere efforts over the years.
UN Climate Chief
Christiana Figueres on Climate Action:
Which Path Will We Follow?
The UN's climate chief Christiana Figueres announced that the latest government-approved science more clearly than ever points to the extreme risks posed by climate change, as well as the many opportunities to put the world on a safer and more resilient path. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) yesterday released the new installment of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), on impacts and vulnerabilities.
The UNA-USA and UNFCU Alliance:
Strengthening Support and Member Benefits
United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) recently announced an alliance extending UNFCU membership to UNA-USA members, who can now benefit from all of the financial products and services exclusively available to the United Nations, its specialized agency staff, retirees and their families worldwide. The good news capped UNA-USA Members' Day, a gathering of over 800 UNA-USA members, senior UN officials, and diplomatic corps at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The Resilience of the Syrian Woman
The conflict in Syria has raged on for three years, creating the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. But from the rubble of their former homes, the women in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp are displaying a remarkable resilience in finding ways to build new lives.
In recognition of International Women's Day, we recommend this feature appearing in Marie Claire magazine by Rania Abouzeid, an independent journalist covering the Middle East, and who has chronicled the Syrian uprising since it began in 2011. Photograph by Rena Effendi.
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A People Uncounted
The Untold Story of the Roma
Our recent Screening the Issues event honored Holocaust Remembrance Day with a well-attended presentation of Aaron Yeger's A PEOPLE UNCOUNTED. It illuminated the story of the Romani people, exploring their rich culture as well as their suffering at the hands of others throughout history. As victims of varying degrees of racism on the one hand, and stilted romanticized images in popular culture on the other, the real-life intolerance and persecution of the Roma has historically been largely ignored. Commonly referred to as Gypsies, their tragic experience reached an extreme when an estimated 500,000 of the Roma were murdered during the Holocaust.
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
"The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion for one another, Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all." Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General
"When I thanked him for his life's work, he insisted the credit belonged to others. I was very moved by his selflessness and deep sense of shared purpose Nelson Mandela showed what is possible for our world and within each one of us if we believe, dream and work together." Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Read tributes from The Elders here
UN Peacekeepers Deserve Our Thanks
Join us in thanking the more than 113,000 brave men and women from 116 countries who serve as United Nations peacekeepers in 15 missions around the world.
UN peacekeepers risk their lives every day to rebuild societies wracked by violence and natural disasters, restore confidence in people who have known little but war, and adapt to new challenges in some of the most difficult places in the world.
Add your name, and a note if you'd like, to the thank you card HERE, and we'll deliver it to UN peacekeepers worldwide.
Women in UN Peacekeeping
As the need for UN peacekeeping forces has expanded around the world, women have been right at the forefront. Women peacekeepers suit up and are deployed in all areas of peacekeeping operations including police, military, and civilian forces and play a critical role in building peace and protecting women and girls' rights in regions torn apart by conflict.
When women participate in the peace process, it not only promotes gender equality, but also provides strong female role models in regions torn apart by war where all too often those two critical elements are missing.
Screening the Issues
UNA-NY Film and Discussion Events
As an effective way to educate and motivate a community, Screening the Issues has been promoting the work of the United Nations with events that serve a dual purpose: to commend the intelligence of filmmakers who have the courage and passion to address crucial human concerns while presenting important global issues to a culturally aware New York audience. The mission of UNA-NY is to educate, inspire and mobilize the NYC community and to raise awareness of the vital work of the United Nations.


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Way before Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, music's reigning queen of crazy style was also the queen of disco! Donna Summer was known not only for her sultry voice and lusty hits like "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff," but also for her unmatched wardrobe. Her live performances, music videos and spots on top shows like Soul Train were always a feast for the eyes as well as the ears. Today we lost a glittering legend whose dance floor smashes could wake you up better than a cold shower and a hot coffee! So to pay tribute to the divine Ms. Summer, we've compiled a list of her 20 most outrageous outfits ever. Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to go listen to all 17 minutes of "Love To Love You Baby." And, of course, "Last Dance."
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18. Animal Instinct
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Seems to be working fine.
WiiKey 1.99beta , on 4.2U.
There is also Japanese in various places too however it does display the safety warning in English from the disc (I suppose).
EDIT: I just wanted to mention that despite the ??????? text instead of English, the game works just fine in USBLGX. Also, same results in USBcfg.
Is anyone else on a J-Wii experiencing the same thing on the US release of DKCR??
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Seems to be working fine.
WiiKey 1.99beta , on 4.2U.
Im new here and i really need some help. Is there something else i need to do? im on cios249rev20. I tried usbloader gx and configurable usb loader. I have a NTSF partitioned drive and all i get is a black screen. This never happened with any other game I have. Can someone please help? thanks.
Dont know if anyone else is having this problem but at times when loading it sticks with music playing in the background...mostly going into Kranky kong....I hit the home button and hit the home button again and the game will continue...I have been having a few freeze spots and that has worked every time.....Using current NeoGamma btw!
Works great with wiiflow 2.1 using IOS224.
Wii 4.1U - cIOS38 rev17 - 500gbHDD - Wiiflow 2.1 - uLoader 5.1 - Wimc 1.0.9 - Priiloader 0.5 - boot2 - gamecube launcher 2.0 - cMIOS rev3
I have preordered the original PAL disc but I heard that this game requires an update to 4.3. My console is hardmodded (laser replacement, no chip, no softmod) at 4.2 firmware. Will I be able to play the game or will it make me update to 4.3 thus risking the playability of my backup disks?
Mine does NOT work with GX under ios 223 with 37&38. It always asks for insertion DKCR disc. But it works perfectly with GX under ios 249 with v20 base 57 (same does Black Ops).
My details: 4.2E, softmoded, USB HDD running.
There is one thing you may need to do, however, and that's updating IOS56 to the latest revision.
Just see if the game works without changing anything. If not, you most likely have an outdated IOS56 installed.
To block the update which will try to start, see
Last edited by InvincibleSloth; 11-23-2010 at 05:43 AM.
Heres a little update from me, im on 3.3u, 249 rev 17, loading with neogamma 8. It ONLY loads after 1-2 tries by doing (not sure what it is) but its called reboot with hooks, and thats sometimes it actually launches the game. If anyone can explain what that is maybe it may solve the problems not just for me but for others. Now the game does not run smoothly after it launches, it sometimes randomly kicks you in the black screen where it says disk cannot be read or something, so you can go back in wii menu from your remote and relaunch and hope it wont kick you back in black screen again.
Ill give it a try with a uloader and see how it goes... Can you guys perhaps suggest which cios/ios or what not to install to perhaps get rid of this error?
launchers that dont work for me based on what i have 3.3u 249 17rev
backup launcher .3 (old)
neogamma 9 (latest)
any help is appreciated!
Edit; forgot to mention, when loading with neogamma 8, you have to go in reboot settigs/options and 2nd last option down choose force cios (i believe its called) and i saved the config so i dont change it every time i load.
Last edited by kiriller; 11-23-2010 at 05:47 AM.
seems more of an issue with the media your using...try and see the result with 223
taiyo yuden,verbatim or ritek g05 and burn at 2x(imgburn) or better usb load the game


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The American Dental Association (ADA) held the first national observance of Children's Dental Health Day on February 8, 1949. This single day observance became a week-long event in 1955. In 1981, the program was extended to a month-long celebration known today as National Children's Dental Health Month (NCDHM). NCDHM is celebrated in the month of February each year.
Since 1941, the observance has grown from a two-city event into a nationwide program. NCDHM messages reach millions of people in communities across the country and at numerous armed service bases abroad. Local observances often include poster, coloring, and essay contests, health fairs, free dental screenings, museum exhibits, classroom presentations and dental office tours.
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In today's competitive market it is important to do more than simply keep up with others. In today's market true success comes most easily to those that are creative and innovative. Innovation is the key ingredient to thriving and to reaching the highest levels of success possible. With that, certain trends are changing the face of business administration. While the primary concern is innovation, there should be five major areas of focus:
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Some people seem to be born with an abundance of creativity. These are the individuals that instinctively and intuitively try new things. Even if these traits are not something that seems to 'come naturally', the secrets to innovation can be learned.
The first step in the process is learning to make connections and associations. In some cases two seemingly unrelated situations or experiences may in fact have some similarities. It is often possible to adapt existing solutions to solve 'new' problems. In addition to learning to make associations it is important to learn to question why a solution does or does not work, or even why there is a problem at all.
This questioning process can lead to new insights, which brings about experimentation. This, in effect, can result in innovative solutions and products.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
No matter the size of a company, value should be placed on innovative ideas offered by all employees. Taking that concept a step further will help instill a culture of innovation. This can be accomplished by supporting, rewarding, and encouraging new ideas.
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One of the best ways to 'develop' innovative ideas is through customer feedback. This feedback may come from noted product returns, complaints, loss of sales, or simple straight-forward suggestions. Using this information to improve on products and services is fundamental to innovations.
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Coming up with innovative ideas is only part of the success equation. Marketing must also be handled in an innovative way. Modern-day consumers are savvy. They expect products to be easy to use while providing the services or benefits desired. When marketing in today's world it is important to address this.
Successful marketing will describe product advantages which will at the very least 'justify' product cost. Although today's market is extremely competitive, when all of these ideas are used and the components are perfectly aligned, any business can succeed.
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Crime Report: May 22, 2014
911 Calls
Rutherford County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to 162 calls on Thursday; Forest City police had 98 calls; Rutherfordton police was dispatched to 31 calls; Spindale had 25 calls; Lake Lure had 10 calls; Rutherford County EMS responded to 44 calls and Rescue had 14 calls.
Fire Calls
Rutherfordton Fire Rescue was dispatched to a woods fire; Spindale firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.
Amy Elizabeth Anderson, 43, U.S. Highway 74A in Forest City, was charged with failure to appear on failure to comply; $2,000 bond.
Ryan Gaige Campfield, 17, Big Island Road in Forest City, was charged with misdemeanor injury to personal property; written promise to appear.
Kenlee Jane Conner, 19, Horseshoe Drive in Forest City, was charged with misdemeanor probation violation out of county; $7,000 bond.
Shannon Lorine Dysart, 39, High Shoals Church Road in Mooresboro, was charged with felony parole violation; no bond listed.
Aaron Dag Epley, 17, Arrowood Drive in Forest City, was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver; $5,000 unsecured bond.
Tina Marie Hamrick, 31, Jonestown Road in Bostic, was charged with surrender by surety on failure to appear on misdemeanor resisting a public officer, failure to appear on failure to comply with child support, failure to appear on simple possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear on possession of drug paraphernalia; $7,850 bond.
Aaron Nicholas Langley, 22, South Pea Ridge Road in Mooresboro, was charged with failure to appear on altering serial numbers and failure to appear on felony obtaining property by false pretense; $10,000 bond.
Douglas Keith Nanney, 57, State Line Road in Mooresboro, was charged with misdemeanor probation violation; $10,000 unsecured bond.
Larry Eugene Putman, 45, Sparks Street in Rutherfordton, was charged with misdemeanor larceny; $1,000 unsecured bond.
Brandon Ernesto Rodriquez, 27, Adams Street in Fayetteville, was charged with misdemeanor communicating threats and misdemeanor simple assault; $500 bond.
Jeremy Chad Silver, 31, U.S. Highway 221 in Forest City, was charged with communicating threats; $1,000 unsecured bond.
Ann Sparks reported an incident of larceny.
John Trotter Jr. reported an incident of breaking and entering and larceny.
Joshua Millwood reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretense.


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DPS adds five early release days to 2014-15 calendar
Durham Public Schools teachers will get five additional early release days during the 2014-15 school year.
That means students will be released from school early on those days – 12:30 p.m. for some schools and 1:30 p.m., for others.
The school board approved the five extra days during its Dec. 19 board meeting.
The five additional days brings the total of early release days for the next school year to eight, including three others that had been previously approved.
School officials said the additional days are needed because of new assessment standards, new state final exams in middle and high schools and higher proficiency demands.
"Teachers need more time to analyze data, unpack new standards, develop common assessments, and create and share lesson plans," administrators wrote last month in a power point presented to the school board.
In an interview, Jim Key, the school district's area superintendent for high schools, said there aren't many professions that ask employees to work all day and then engage in professional development for several hours afterward.
"We have a tendency to do that quite a bit in public education and it's not fair to teachers," Key said.
The additional early release dates approved for year-round schools are: Sept. 17, Nov. 19, Dec.10, Jan. 28 and March 11. The previously approved dates are Aug. 6, Feb. 11 and April 29.
For specialty high schools, the addition early release dates are Aug. 20, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Dec. 10, Jan. 28. Dates previously approved are Sept. 17, Feb. 11 and April 29.
The extra early release dates for schools on the traditional school calendar are Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Dec. 10, Jan 28 and March 11. The dates previously approved by the board are Sept. 17, Feb. 11 and April 29.
After school programs for children in K-5 will operate on the early release days, but middle school programs will not because the programs are administered by middle school teachers who are required to attend the professional development sessions.
Key said the school board has asked administrators to look at a way to provide after-school care for middle school students during the early release date to minimize the impact on parents.
"We are looking into that," Key said. "Right now, we don't have a plan for that but it's something we are taking a look at."
He said after-school care is not needed for high school students who are generally engaged in activities outside school such as jobs or club activities and are capable of looking out for themselves.
Teachers must participate in the early-release day meetings and teachers in schools that dismiss students at 12:30 p.m. are expected to meet until 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, teachers in schools that dismiss students at 1:30 p.m. are expected to meet until 5 p.m.