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Communication is a form of interaction between two or more parties during which a message is conveyed through the use of media. According to modern media studies a crucial issue is the impact media and communication channels have onto a target audience. However, media and communication issues are not exclusively peculiar to our modern society. In fact, ancient societies display a highly developed communication system whose investigation leads to the following main questions: what was the connection between literacy and orality? How developed was the writing system? Could it encode the spoken language? What kind of audience had access to written culture? How could messages of a cultural, political and religious nature be conveyed in a low literate society? What was the role played by non-verbal and visual communication?
Ancient Egyptian culture is documented over more than 3000 years. Architecture, writing, figurative art, religious thoughts, literature, medicine, magic and daily life culture developed through this long period of time by continually changing its features and reflecting new historical and social realities. The increasing stratification of society is attested in Egypt from Pre-dynastic times (especially from Naqada II, i.e. 3500-3200 BC) onwards,1 witha concomitant increase in literacy2 and economic development.3 With the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000-2686 BC) the developments mentioned above slowly led to the formation of a politically centralised and hierarchically organised state,4 characterised by an economically and culturally strong elite opposed to a broader stratus of common people.
Messages are usually conveyed through the use of media. Among these we count script and representation, the material surface, colours as well as gestures, body postures, music, voice, etc. The first evidence of an Egyptian writing system dates back to the Naqada IIIA1 period (c. 3300 BC). It comes from the so-called tomb U-j in Abydos5 which probably belonged to a high ranking individual.6 The tomb revealed approx. 175 incised tags with geometrical and pictorial signs7 that have been interpreted as forerunners of the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system.8 Several scripts were developed in Egypt through time, though two systems remained fundamental: the monumentaland highly pictographic hieroglyphs and the cursive hieratic hand writing, developed from the hieroglyphs.9 During the 7th and 6th century BC a new cursive writing system – the so-called demotic – was developed and used alongside hieroglyphs and hieratic, though mainly for everyday purposes. Eventually and especially during the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC) demotic was also used on monuments.10 The audience accessibility and the content reflected by these scripts are crucial issues. While the use of hieroglyphs was always restricted to a relatively small group of specialists11 who were purposely trained, hieratic is likely to have been more wide spread, although school training was the requisite for being able to read and write.12
Alongside the invention and emergence of script in the early stages of the Egyptian culture, figurative art developed. It was used mostly for political and religious display purposes13 and in general to encode complex messages for which the writing was not sufficiently developed.14 The basic rules and patterns of Egyptian representation known among Egyptologists as the 'canon of proportions'15 were already set in the Pre-dynastic times,16 but continuously developed new styles and features.17 Similarly to the hieroglyphic writing system, representation was highly symbolic, being an art that could be "read" and the pure aesthetic aspect was a later development. Although at first script and figurative art were in the hands of the political elite, with time specialists like craftsmen and scribes increased in number alongside the development of new settings for inscriptions and representations. Writing and representational art became two different media which worked together for communication and display purposes by addressing different audiences.18
As far as the evidence is concerned, the main purposes of both text and image were the display of high culture19 and the conveying of messages within funerary contexts, though not exclusively royal. Rectangular slabs coming from cemeteries in Giza (by modern Cairo) and dating to the 3rd Dynasty (2686-2613 BC) displayed the tomb owner sitting on an offering table. The surface was also covered with inscriptions listing offerings at first and becoming over time more complex until providing a detailed description of the deceased's life.20 As a matter of fact, during the Old Kingdom (2686-2160 BC), text and image became the two indispensable parts of a whole. By the 5th Dynasty (2494-2345 BC) private tombs, structured on a lower and an upper section,21 displayed a vast surface covered by scenes integrated with inscriptions. Simultaneously, the first royal funerary text corpus known as the Pyramid Texts covered the walls of the funerary chamber of the 5th Dynasty's kings, thus reflecting a dramatic development of the writing system unknown until then.
It is particularly from the so-called First Intermediate Period (2160-2055 BC) onwards that Egypt experienced a dramatic increase in the use of different media. Text and image were no longer connected with the sacred context only, but also developed in other settings. Though already used in earlier times for administration purposes, papyri and ostraca acted more and more as a support for literary texts, school exercises, private letters, and also sketches, magical and medical texts, religious hymns and prayers as well as funerary literature. Alongside these developments, libraries based in temples,22 'houses of life',23 archives,24 schools,25 and also owners of private books increased, thereby keeping and transmitting Egypt's cultural production.26
As a consequence of the development of script and representation, new media were chosen. The surface27 of statues, statuettes and stelae gained relevance for self-presentation purposes and personal religious practice and began being covered by inscriptions and representations. A significant example is also provided by shabti statuettes (fig. 1: ECM414 © IAA University of Birmingham). Shabtis were human-headed mummiform funerary statuettes attested from the Middle Kingdom onwards and meant for the deceased's afterlife. While representing the deceased, they fulfilled his/her jobs in the beyond. They bear an inscription (the so-called shabti formula) all over the lower cylindrical surface that corresponds to the legs and feet. ECM414 is a stone shabti of the 'mistress of the house' Satamun, dating to the 19th Dynasty that organises the hieroglyphic inscription in registers. The rear bears the depiction of the working basket, while the collar around the neck and the working tools held in the hands cross over the chest on the front of the figure. Shabtis are attested in different materials (wood, stone, faience) according both to the deceased's status and the trend of the period.
The Egyptians believed in an interaction with transcendent spheres. Therefore, different media were used to address dead individuals as well as divinities. All of them were believed to intervene in human life and thus were approached to be appeased, given offerings, adored, etc. Similarly to communication between human partners, supernatural beings could be addressed through verbal or non-verbal communication. The latter in particular should be understood in a broader sense, with reference to the performance and quality of gestures and body postures,28 as well as through images, including artefacts. Communication could also be carried out orally,29 or via rituals.30
In addition to the relevance given to the surface as a support for inscriptions and depictions, the setting of an artefact became crucial in terms of its impact on the audience. Especially from the Middle Kingdom onwards, private statues and stelae were set in places (temple or tomb courtyards) that were partly accessible to a broader public.31 Despite the overall low literacy rate, the general meaning of the scenes displayed on the stelae or of some type of statues32 would be decoded by a broader audience.33 This can also be assumed for small divine figures. ECM638 (fig. 2) is an 11.5 cm high figure of an Egyptian lion headed goddess that could be either Sekhmet34 or Mut.35 She is represented in standing position with the solar disc and uraeus (broken) on the head and dorsal pillar. The figurine is made of beeswax, a material that according to Egyptian belief had magical properties and was used in later times within magic rituals.36 Therefore, although the original setting cannot be identified, it was probably used for personal religious or magical purpose. Sekhmet's violent and powerful nature was feared and rituals were performed to appease her. Though the decoding of divine iconography by a broader audience cannot be assumed, collective religious experiences like feasts and processions as well as individual daily religious practice37 also provided non-elite people with basic knowledge of religion.
Egyptian visual and written culture was based on a complex system of symbols. ECM1429 (fig. 3), a double sided wedjat eye amulet made of blue-green faience, for instance is an excellent example to show how objects with a highly religious-mythical symbolism were used in daily life also by non-elite people though they probably were not able to decode, and thus understand, their meaning. We cannot compare the effectiveness of our modern channels of communication with the Egyptians ones, but nonetheless we face a culture which developed a highly functional media apparatus which similarly to nowadays, constantly developed to ensure encoding, preservation, and communication.
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Baines, J. 2007b. 'Communication and Display: the Integration of Early Egyptian Art and Writing', in J. Baines (ed.), Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt, Oxford, 281-297.
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Alissa Cooper
Alissa Cooper is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research is about how country-specific regulatory factors and industry paradigms impact Internet engineering. For her doctoral research, she is currently conducting a comparative study of the relationship between telecom regulation and broadband Internet traffic management in the UK and the US.
Prior to joining OII, Alissa served as the Chief Computer Scientist at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a non-profit public policy organization headquarted in Washington, DC. Her work at CDT focused on a range of Internet policy issues including consumer privacy, net neutrality, and technical standards. She conducted original research and writing on numerous policy topics, served as technical liaison between CDT and engineers at technology companies and within Internet standards bodies, and served as CDT's technical voice in public forums. During her time in DC, Alissa testified before the US Congress and and on several occasions before the Federal Trade Commission.
Alissa continutes to serve as CDT's Chief Computer Scientist on a part-time basis. She currently co-chairs the Geographic Location/Privacy working group (Geopriv) and serves on the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). She is also a member of the Technical Working Group of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG).
Alissa joined CDT after completing her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science at Stanford University. There her work focused on computer security issues and included research into the structure and organization of botnets and online forums used to perpetrate fraud.
Research interests
Internet openness and innovation, network gatekeeping, deep packet inspection, end-to-end architecture, privacy, net neutrality
Positions held at the OII
- DPhil Alumnus, December 2013 -
- DPhil student, October 2009 - December 2013
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- Powell, A. and Cooper, A. (2011) Net Neutrality Discourses: Comparing Advocacy and Regulatory Arguments in the US and the UK. The Information Society 27 (5).
- Cooper, A. and Hardie, T. (2009) GEOPRIV: Creating Building Blocks for Managing Location Privacy on the Internet. IETF Journal 2 (5).
- Cooper, A. (2008) A Survey of Query Log Privacy-Enhancing Techniques from a Policy Perspective. ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB) 2 (4).
- Hansen, M., Schwartz, A. and Cooper, A. (2008) Privacy and Identity Management. IEEE Security and Privacy 6 (2) 38-45.
- Cooper, A. (2011) Doing the DPI Dance: Assessing the Privacy Impact of Deep Packet Inspection. In: W.Aspray and P.Doty (eds) Privacy in America: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., pp. 139-165.
Conference papers
- Cooper, A., Jacquet, A. and Soppera, A. (2011) Bandwidth Usage and Management: A UK Case Study. 39th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC), Arlington, VA, September 2011.
- Peterson, J. and Cooper, A. (2009) RFC 5594. Report from the IETF Workshop on Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Infrastructure. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), July 2009.
- Cooper, A. and Morris, J. (2009) Binding privacy rules to location on the web. Proceedings of the 2nd international Workshop on Location and the Web, Boston, MA, 4 April 2009. LOCWEB '09 vol. 370. New York, NY: ACM, pp. 1-4.
- Barnes, R., Lepinski, M., Cooper, A., Morris, J., Tschofenig, H. and Schulzrinne, H. (2011) RFC 6280. An Architecture for Location and Location Privacy in Internet Applications. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), July 2011.
Working papers
- Cooper, A. (2010) The Next Tim Berners-Lee: Response to Ofcom Discussion on Traffic Management and Net Neutrality. September 2010.
- Cooper, A. (2008) What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies. Testimony of Alissa Cooper before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, July 2008.
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Cooper, A. (forthcoming) How Regulation and Competition Influence Discrimination in Broadband Traffic Management: A Comparative Study of Net Neutrality in the United States and the United Kingdom. DPhil Thesis, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
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International Perspectives on Net Neutrality: A Policy Seminar
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This policy seminar provides three complementary assessments of the relationships between advocacy, rulemaking, and legislation around Net Neutrality, based on data from Canada, the United States, and the UK.
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CDT's Alissa Cooper Named to the Internet Architecture Board
3 February 2011 Center for Democracy and Technology
Alissa Cooper, CDT Chief Computer Scientist and OII DPhil student, is named to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), a technical committee that provides architectural oversight to the IETF, one of the world's premier Internet standards organizations.
IETF Standards Coming to a Device Near You
Alissa Cooper on 18 Mar 2013 23:40PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The Internet runs on technical standards created in a variety of forums, most notably the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). These technical standards are what make [...]
Future-Proofing Network Management
Alissa Cooper on 18 Jan 2013 23:38PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. AT&T took some heat last fall for imposing limits (some of which have since been removed) on which subscribers can use FaceTime, Apple's video calling service, over [...]
Adoption of Traffic Sniffing Standard Fans WCIT Flames
Alissa Cooper on 28 Nov 2012 23:35PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog and was co-authored with Emma Llanso. Updated December 5 The telecommunications standards arm of the U.N. has quietly endorsed the standardization of technologies that [...]
'OpenStand' Underscores Commitment to Voluntary Internet Standards
Alissa Cooper on 29 Aug 2012 23:32PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Recent proposals from several countries urging the mandatory adoption of technical standards are dangerous and misguided. Underscoring that view is today's launch [...]
It Takes a Village to Defend a Network
Alissa Cooper on 1 Aug 2012 23:24PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Defending networks from malicious hacking exploits depends in large part on the voluntary, cooperative efforts of network operators, device makers, and Internet users. [...]
Digging into Traffic Management in Europe
Alissa Cooper on 13 Jun 2012 14:30PM
In recent years as regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have grappled with questions about net neutrality, there is at least one commitment they have made in common: to monitor market developments for signs that discriminatory or anti-competitive [...]
Privacy in a Future that is Forever
Alissa Cooper on 6 Jun 2012 17:18PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The Internet is running out of address space and it appears that the solution has narrowly avoided a technical issue that carried serious implications for consumer [...]
Paving the Way for the Internet's Massive Address Switch
Alissa Cooper on 6 Mar 2012 23:43PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. The addressing system our computers and phones use to find each other on the Internet is undergoing its largest ever transformation. We've nearly run out of Internet [...]
Net Neutrality Discourses in the US and the UK
Alissa Cooper on 14 Oct 2011 17:15PM
Telecommunications policy issues rarely make news, much less mobilize thousands of people. Yet this certainly occurred in the United States around efforts to introduce net neutrality regulation. A similar grassroots mobilization has yet to develop in the [...]
Alissa Cooper on 14 Oct 2011 17:04PM
It can be difficult to predict when and why particular technologies will attract attention from policymakers. A few years ago, it seemed like around every policy corner — whether it be privacy, Internet neutrality, copyright enforcement, or [...]
Alissa Cooper on 9 Aug 2011 16:33PM
In the spring the major UK broadband providers agreed to an updated voluntary code of practice that requires them to publish "Key Facts Indicator" (KFI) tables in a standardized way that describe the limitations they impose on their broadband [...]
Some Facts About the BT/AT&T Volume Cap Comparison
Alissa Cooper on 16 Mar 2011 09:46AM
With the news that AT&T will be introducing volume caps on its DSL and U-Verse broadband Internet service plans, a number of commenters (1, 2) have pointed out the contrast between AT&T's move and the recent news from BT, which announced [...]
The State of Traffic Management Regulation in North America
Alissa Cooper on 7 Jan 2011 12:11PM
It has been two whole weeks since the FCC issued its Internet openness rules, and with holiday celebrations out of the way there has been some time for the details to start to sink in. Some observers seem to be perpetuating a high-level debate about [...]
Lest We Forget: The Internet is a Network of Networks
Alissa Cooper on 20 Dec 2010 08:34AM
The last decade's worth of US policy work on broadband Internet openness – first open access, now net neutrality – has focused largely on the access links operated by individual residential ISPs. But the recent dispute between Level 3 and Comcast has [...]
Alissa Cooper on 1 Dec 2010 13:13PM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Without knowing all of the commercial details, it's hard to know what to make of Level 3's recent claim that Comcast is threatening the openness of the [...]
Ring Ring, the Web is Calling – Or Not?
Alissa Cooper on 20 Oct 2010 10:43AM
Note: This was originally posted on the Center for Democracy & Technology blog. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate at the RTC (Real-Time Communications) Web Workshop, a gathering focused on addressing what technical standards work is [...]
Alissa Cooper on 9 Sep 2010 10:17AM
Today is the last day to file comments for the net neutrality consultation that Ofcom, the UK telecom regulator, is conducting. As I was reading the consultation document and reflecting about the state of traffic management in the UK — where [...]
"Paid Prioritization" and the IETF
Alissa Cooper on 9 Sep 2010 10:16AM
For the past 10 days or so, a debate has been raging (see CNET, Free Press, AT&T, and the IETF discussion mailing list) in the techiest, wonkiest corner of the Internet policy universe about whether the Differentiated Services (DiffServ) standards [...]
UK Traffic Management Policies
Alissa Cooper on 12 Aug 2010 12:37PM
It's been awhile since I last surveyed the traffic management policies of some of the largest UK retail ISPs. The chart below is up-to-date as of this week. ISP Has traffic management policy? Hours of application Takes application-specific action? [...]
Congestion Lessons from the World Cup
Alissa Cooper on 19 Jul 2010 10:06AM
While soccer fans across the globe have been captivated with the excitement of the World Cup during the last month, vendors of DPI-based technologies have been casting their focus there as well. I recently came across a number of different vendor reports [...]


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Below is the poem entitled Rain which was written by poet
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Kasim Ishmael
He says this stupid rain
As he runs to the car
But later he was happy
For a cool drink of water
The rains a gift of nature
The most important part of our life
The most precious of all
Without it nothing can survive
And yes I am guilty also
Of saying this dumb rain
When we have to go outside
And it just keep falling
We so take it for granted
Cause we have it in abundance
While in some poor counties
They pray for it to fall just once
Some evil governments
Use it to suppress the people
Then they sit in the United Nations
and the world pretends they don't know
In refuge camps parents are helpless
as children die for a drink of water
While in some other countries
We use it to wash our car
The beautiful falling rain
Or should I say the stupid rain
Is the most precious gift of god?
It belongs to every living thing
It had one time in Trinidad
And I can remember it still
The sun was out down the street
And rain was falling up the hill
I remember seeing a Hindi movie
Where they were dancing in the rain
And every time I see the rain
That beautiful image comes to my brain
Some many have fall in love
Under the falling rain
While many have depend on it
To wash away their pain
We have to be thankful
For what we have in our life's
For what we take for granted
Some fight for with gun and knifes
We have dish washer, car wash
We like to take a long shower
While some died of thirst
Every second of every hour
Some times we are selfish
And for simple things we complain
And for silly reasons
Like getting caught in the rain


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Quail Hollow winner McIlroy dismisses burnout talk
Wells Fargo Classic winner Rory McIlroy has shrugged off any talk of burnout ahead of next month's US Open.
Wells Fargo Classic winner Rory McIlroy has shrugged off any talk of burnout ahead of next month's US Open.
The UEFA Under-17 Championships may have ended in disappointment for the Republic of Ireland, but it was proof that progress has been made at underage level.
Cork captain Anthony Nash thinks striking the ball against three men from 18 metres out rather one-on-one from 20m is the best solution to the hurling penalty conundrum.
Limerick boss TJ Ryan accepts that his side are expected to win promotion from Division 1B of the league but he insists failure to do so would not spoil their season.
Former Wallabies official Di Patston is on heavy medication after quitting her job amid an explosive scandal over "offensive" text messages sent by utility back Kurtley Beale, coach Ewen McKenzie said on Tuesday.
There's a full programme of SSE Airtricity Premier Division fixtures tonight with tabletoppers Dundalk hoping to stretch their lead over Cork City with a win at home to Limerick.
Ewen McKenzie chuckles when he recalls the baptism of fire in international coaching he underwent last year when Australia took on New Zealand in back-to-back tests to open the Rugby Championship.
Jason Day will play the World Cup of Golf this week with the heaviest of hearts after eight of the Australian's relatives were killed when Typhoon Haiyan pounded the Philippines earlier this month.
After what may prove to be a decisive weekend in the Airtricity Premier Division title race, there was no shortage or players for our team of the week. See who made the cut here.
Frankie Dettori's mount Farrh has been installed as favourite with the sponsors for the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday after the defection of So You Think.
So You Think has been retired to stand at stud in Australia after lameness ruled him out of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.
Aidan O'Brien's So You Think recorded his 10th Group One victory in the 150th Anniversary of Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot.
So You Think is set to face 10 rivals as he bids to make amends for last year's defeat in the 150th Anniversary of Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.
So You Think got back to winning ways with an easy defence of his Tattersalls Gold Cup crown at the Curragh.
Cirrus Des Aigles and So You Think, who fought out the finish to the Qipco Champion Stakes in October, are among 10 horse remaining in the Prix Ganay - Prix Air Mauritius at Longchamp on Sunday.
So You Think is to retire after the summer to join the Coolmore Stud roster in Australia.
Joseph O'Brien believes So You Think can scale even greater heights this season as he kicks off his campaign in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan.
Aidan O'Brien's So You Think strengthened his position at the head of the market for the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday evening after being handed stall four at the draw ceremony for the richest race in the world.
So You Think has been confirmed "a definite runner" in the Dubai World Cup next Saturday - as long as his transferral to the United Arab Emirates goes smoothly.
Ballydoyle stars So You Think and Await The Dawn are among 15 pre-entries for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday week.


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Sue Ann Mckean: Spreading The Aiki Message Through Bodybuilding
by Stanley Pranin
Aiki News #66 (February 1985)
I was little prepared for the magnificence of Sue Ann McKean. This powerful young woman from Mountain View, California is a highly proficient aikido instructor with twelve years of training experience and a champion bodybuilder of world caliber. She is moreover an articulate spokeswoman for both disciplines and has discovered important areas where the two arts are mutually complementary.
I'm sure that there are those among our dedicated readers who are shaking their heads and muttering to themselves: "There he goes! Pranin is talking about muscles again! The next thing you know we'll have a photograph of a bodybuilder on the cover of AIKI NEWS!" Well, in all honesty, the thought did cross my mind. But, alas, I felt compelled to suppress the impulse. Nonetheless, look at the photos of Sue Ann I did manage to sneak in! Pretty impressive stuff, don't you agree! I beseech you, dear readers, permit me one further indulgence. Read on about this amazing lady! See if there isn't really something to this aikido and muscles talk.
Background in Aikido
Our story begins with a rather "chunky" young lady, the Sue Ann I remember, who started aikido practice in 1973 looking for some way "to get in touch with her body". Her first and current teacher, Mr. Robert Nadeau (a direct student of O-Sensei in Tokyo in the early 1960s) surprised her by treating women, not as passive, weak beings, but as if they had power, an approach which immediately struck a resonant chord with Sue Ann. What also captivated her about O-Sensei's art was her newly acquired ability to become centered, to feel grounded, as it were, something she could only experience on the mat. This recreational activity soon became the motivating force in her life and led to her abandoning college studies to pursue aikido full-time.
Naturally, a mesomorphic type, Sue Ann learned to feel a "wholeness" and accept her natural build and strength through aikido training. For her, aikido was a way to transcend the barriers and the cliches normally associated with the male-female stereotypes. Also, the emphasis in aikido on the coexistence of opposites had a special meaning for her.
Introduction to Bodybuilding
Sue Ann's initiation to bodybuilding was quite by accident. About three years ago, she tore ligaments in her knee and was told by her doctor that she would have to abandon aikido and restrict her physical activities to such "safe" things as machine exercises and cycling. Since at that time her whole identity was wrapped up in the martial art, her only purpose in going to the bodybuilding gym for weight training was to strengthen her injured knee. Consequently, at first she performed only leg exercises. Without giving much thought to it, Sue Ann began to imitate others in the gym and added additional weight exercises for the upper body as well. Somewhat surpisingly, she found that she enjoyed the feeling which accompanied weight workouts although it differed from what she felt on the aikido mat. There was something freeing about letting out the "attention-loving narcissistic egomaniac" (Sue Ann's way of describing bodybuilders) which resided within her.
Sue Ann's Winning Ways
It turned out that her bodybuilding gym was sponsoring a show about one month after she started training. After her initial reluctance, our aikidoist-cum-bodybuilder realized she wanted to be talked into competing by her training friends. To her surprise, Sue Ann won this local competition and it was readily apparent to all that this young woman had tremendous potential.
Bob Nadeau, her aikido instructor, wished to encourage Sue Ann in this new field of endeavor and went so far as to become her training partner. Bob, having pumped iron in the old days, was himself no stranger to barbell training. The rest is bodybuilding history. Sue Ann won the Ms. San Jose con-test in January 1983 after only four months of training. This was followed by a victory in the Ms. Northern California competition and a first-place in her weight class of the Ms. California contest, all with less than one year of lifting experience!
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News, reviews and interviews from award-winning crime / mystery author Declan Burke
"Burke shows again that he's not just a comic genius, but also a fine dramatic writer and storyteller." – Booklist. "Prose both scabrous and poetic." – Publishers Weekly. "Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness." – Spectator. "A sheer pleasure." – Tana French. "Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre." – Sunday Times. "A hardboiled delight." – Guardian. "Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir." – Kirkus Reviews. "A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O'Brien." – John Banville. "The effortless cool of Elmore Leonard at his peak." – Ray Banks. "A fine writer at the top of his game." – Lee Child.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
"Smokey, This Is Not 'Nam. This Is Bowling. There Are Rules."
Good news and better news, people: first off, Will Russell of Lebowski Fest fame publishes I'm A Lebowski, You're A Lebowski tomorrow (August 3), the tome being the ultimate The Big Lebowski nerd-fan resource (the Crime Always Pays elves being utterly in thrall to the genius of the Coen Brothers in general and the Duderino in particular). The better news? The Lebowski Fest UK rolls into Edinburgh on August 24 and London on August 30. What to expect? Erm, some bowling, a movie party and waaaaaaay too many quotes from the movie. Still, it's the most quotable movie since Casablanca, so maybe that's not such a bad thing. Make with your favourite Lebowski quote in the comment box, folks ...
Posted by Declan Burke at 10:05 PM
6 comments:
- Graham Powell said...
"Does this place look like I'm fucking married? The toilet seat's up, man!"
- August 1, 2007 at 10:35 PM
- Vince said...
"I got a rash, man." Some days I like keeping it simple.
- August 2, 2007 at 7:20 AM
- David Forsythe said...
I never realised there are so many BL fanatics out there.. I feel I belong!!!
Now I'm just going to find a cash machine.
- August 2, 2007 at 10:43 PM
"Stay in your goddamn element, Donnie!"
- August 3, 2007 at 11:06 PM
"Hey lady, buddies of mine died face down in the mud just so that you and I could enjoy a family restaurant like this one."
- August 4, 2007 at 6:35 PM
- kayduen said...
Walter Sobchak: When he moved to Hollywood he had to go door to door to tell everyone he was a pederass.
Donny: What's a... pederass, Walter?
- September 5, 2007 at 1:33 AM
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text: In really ratchet news: L.A. designer Kyle Svendsen has based his new collection off of Los Angeles's most famous gangbangers, the Bloods and the Crips. In a Huffington Post article, Svendsen remarked that though the iconic blue and red flag waving troublemakers were an inspiration, the new womenswear line was really birthed out of his fascination for "90's southern Californian hip-hop, and how rappers dressed. I wanted to explore a way to translate this into a bold, elegant and wearable collection for women. Thus the oversized shorts, oversized shirts, draped bandana and tank top dresses." No blood stains made it onto the clothing, however…just really iconic screenprints of the Virgin Mary, and every gangbanger's fave: paisley print. See the collection below, think it's ridiculous or rad?


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Heidi Treadway of Menands, daughter of Lemuel and Susan Treadway of Moriah, has been named to the dean's list at Bryant & Stratton College. She is majoring in the health services administration bachelor's degree program.
To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must be enrolled in a full-time program and attain a quality point average of 3.3 or higher.
Kimberly Herrick of Hague is a member of the Class of 2013 at Hudson Valley Community College.
Herrick graduated from the dental hygiene program.
SUNY-Potsdam awarded nearly 900 undergraduate and graduate degrees during its 2013 commencement ceremonies, including:
Tyler French of Moriah, who earned a degree in biology 7-12 (master of science in teaching).
Amber Perkins of Ticonderoga, who earned a degree in psychology.
Donald Tesar of Port Henry, who earned a degree in childhood/early childhood education.
Rachel Woods of Moriah, who earned a degree in art studio.
Rachel Woods of Moriah was named to the president's list at SUNY-Potsdam. Woods, whose major is art studio, was among 827 SUNY Potsdam students who were honored for academic excellence in the spring 2013 semester.
SUNY-Potsdam named Amanda French of Moriah to the dean's list. French, whose major is art studio, was among 377 students who were honored for academic excellence in the spring 2013 semester.
Katelyn Rose of Schroon Lake has been named to the dean's list for the spring 2013 semester at Plattsburgh State. She is a sophomore studying communication disorders and sciences.
Area students were recently named to the president's list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring 2013 semester at SUNY Canton.
To receive president's list honors, full-time students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Cited were:
Chelsea M. MacDougal a veterinary technology major from Mineville. MacDougal is a graduate of Moriah Central School.
Kaylee M. Sprague an emergency management major from Moriah Center. Sprague is a 2008 graduate of Moriah Central School.
Karin M. Bogart a SUNY Canton dental hygiene major from Ticonderoga, made dean's list for the spring 2013 semester. Bogart is a 1994 graduate of Crown Point Central School.
Dean's list requires full-time students to achieve a grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale.
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text: Neither Boston winters, nor downed computers, nor disorganized coeds shall keep residence hall front desks from being manned at Northeastern University. That's because ScheduleSource takes a lot of the work out of workforce management. Using the Teamwork 3.0 platform, a web-based workforce management application from ScheduleSource, Northeastern's residence hall access control staff can digitally check their work schedule, or swap or pick up shifts from their computer or smartphone.


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KHOU: Nightclub encounter ends in armed robbery
Harris County sheriff's deputies say a nightclub encounter led to an armed robbery and shooting early Sunday, KHOU-TV reports on its website. Two brothers met a couple of women at a nightclub and invited them back to their home in the 4000 block of Westermill near Crested Green, authorities say. About 4:30 a.m. Sunday, one of […] [Read More]


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Suspect In Heritage Christian School Fire [PICTURE]
The Gallatin County Sheriff's office is asking for your help in identifying the person in this photo according to their official press release.
The Gallatin County Sheriff's office is asking for your help in identifying the person in this photo according to their official press release.
Crews made considerable progress yesterday on the Lava Lake Fire and were able to completely contain the blaze.
The next time you visit the 6-Mile Drainage, it's going to look different. But after the devastating wildfire this summer, at least you're allowed back in. Details from the Forest Service here:
Starting tonight (August 21st) at 5pm - a burn ban is in effect in Bozeman city limits. Conditions continue to be dry and warm, and the fire ban will be in effect until further notice from fire officials
There was a massive fire last night at the Country Mall Antiques on Huffine Lane. It started as a vehicle fire that quickly spread to the building. People reported seeing large flames and lots of smoke. Here's the press release from the Gallatin Media Center.
Here are the latest details on the fire that was sparked a week and a half ago by lightning and know as the Emigrant Fire from the National Forest Service:
The National Forest Service has issued an update tonight on area wildfires. With prolonged hot weather and not very much rain, fire danger remains moderate to high in our area.
Tragic news this morning. 19 members of an elite hot shots fire fighting crew were killed over the weekend during a massive Arizona wildfire that has burnt over 2000 acres, taking with it the lives of the firefighters, and many of the homes in Yarnell Arizona.
It's Mothers Day and some trails in Bridger Canyon WILL BE CLOSED during a prescribed burn by the Gallatin Forest Service. Official details here:
THANK YOU! We are getting sweets already yesterday here at the station! We are collecting any kind of baked goods - cookies, cakes, brownies, pies ect - and they will be distributed to the Firefighters at the Millie and Pine Creek Fires! They are risking their lives to keep us safe, and this is a fun way to show your appreciation! All you need to do is bake, then drop off your sweets here at the station - 125 W
We all deal with the smokey skies, read the continuous news articles about more - and larger - fires in our area. We have neighbors who have lost homes, we have local families who are displaced - where do we even start to help? Here's how.
Lighting has ignited a new fire, this time at Holter Lake. Officials are saying that about 300 acres has burned in the Black Beach Fire near Holter Lake. So far the fire is burning on the state-owned Beartooth Wildlife Management Area, along with Bureau of Land Management and private lands


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2011 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Review
This review was written when the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class was new.
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL offers a blend of luxury, performance and comfort that reviewers appreciate. They say it's not as sporty as the Porsche 911 Carrera, but think the SL is a great option for shoppers who won't do more than cruise around town with the top down.
The automotive industry says the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLK is a go-to convertible for shoppers in search of a sports car that's quick, comfortable and has a luxurious interior fitted with high-tech options. In this respect, the SL doesn't disappoint. Most test drivers say the SL's V8 engine is smooth and powerful. The cabin is one of the nicest on the market and can be equipped with several upscale features like AIRSCARF, a heating vent located in the headrests that keeps the driver warm while they drive. The SL also has a very spacious interior. According to reviewers it can seat passengers who are over six feet tall, which isn't something all sports cars can boast.
Still, the Mercedes-Benz SL isn't perfect. The SL's engine isn't wimpy, but there are more powerful options like the Nissan GT-R and Dodge Viper. Also, most test drivers really dislike Mercedes' counterintuitive COMMAND system, which integrates navigation, audio and communication systems, and forces drivers to use one knob to manage them. But if you're willing to accept these flaws, the SL is a great option for those after a roadster that will get them noticed.
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Pictures & Videos
Other Sports Cars to Consider
If you want a sports car with a generous portion of luxurious interior features, look at the BMW 6-Series and the Jaguar XK. The 6-Series is only available as a convertible and starts at about $91,000. The XK, however, comes as coupe or convertible. The coupe starts at about $83,000, and the convertible starts at $89,000. Both are packed with a ton of upscale features, but there is one common complaint: the technology systems that integrate the navigation, entertainment and audio controls are very difficult to master. Unfortunately, you won't escape this problem if you choose the SL; many reviewers slam its COMMAND system for being confusing.
For the best performer, test drive the Porsche 911 Carrera and the Nissan GT-R, but keep in mind that the Carrera is available as a soft-top convertible, and the GT-R only comes as a hardtop. Get the GT-R if you want good performance and a lot of interior features at a good price. Granted, the nearly $90,000 GT-R is out of range for most shoppers, but when you look at its standard features, the GT-R is a good deal. It has a 3.8-liter turbocharged V6 engine and comes standard with navigation, a USB iPod interface, Bluetooth and many other tech features.
Then there's the Porsche 911 Carrera. In comparison to the GT-R, its engine is smaller: a 3.6-liter V6, but the Carrera isn't shy once it hits the road. The Carrera, however, doesn't have as many standard features. It comes with Bluetooth and a universal audio interface, but you'll pay extra for power seats, navigation and a Bose surround system. The Carrera cabriolet starts at about $89,000, and once you add tech features, a special paint color or Porsche's special ceramic brakes, you'll pay well over $90,000.
Details: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SL
The Mercedes-Benz SL has undergone a few changes for the 2011 model year. All models get a tire-pressure monitoring system, HD Radio and a satellite navigation system with real time traffic information that's provided by SIRIUS. Non-AMG SL models also get Direct Steer, a system that Mercedes says provides a on-center feel. This year, a SL550 Night Edition is also available. It has a special coat of Magno Night black paint and a black leather interior. Mercedes only produced 100 Night Edition models.
The SL550 starts at about $103,000, making it one of the most expensive options in its class.
- "It's hard to call a vehicle priced at or above $100,000 a good value, particularly one that can only accommodate two people. The SL-Class, though, makes as compelling a case as any. These convertibles are fresh looking, solidly built, impeccably finished, and a pleasure to drive." -- Consumer Guide
- "SL has been a mighty fine all-around luxury two-seater since this basic version launched in 2002. Mercedes has reworked it since then, but eight years later, I'm pretty much over it. There are a lot of enticing, fresher options available today at this price point. No way could someone talk me into this car rather than, say, a Porsche 911S Cabriolet, to name one. True, the Porsche is arguably no fresher than this Mercedes from an appearance standpoint (and some would say that has been the case for more than 30 years), but that car certainly delivers on the driving front." -- AutoWeek
- "The SL-Class retractable-hardtop roadster competes in the upper-crust sport-luxury market with the likes of the Cadillac XLR and Jaguar XK convertible." -- Cars.com
- "To the contrary, the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is such a seamless blend of luxury and performance that we wonder how Mercedes' engineers can improve upon it." -- Edmunds


text: The bad "Opera" standard disc is my first bad experience with any DVD, and since it apparently plays fine for some of you and not with others, it looks like a luck of the draw. Now the big question is if anyone out there have had a bad case of "Suspiria" yet ?. (-I've heard this movie have problems too.) And in particular the LE, as I'd like to decide soon if I should terminate the mutha (that's the order), or take the chance with it. Those who've gotten a faulty one; is it anything like the severeness of the "Opera" ****-up ?. Thanks guys.


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College Tours: Where to Eat Near U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, California is a fantastic place to fall in love with food. I should know—over five years of study at the University of California, I left the collegiate confines of canned chili, terrible pizza, and too many trips to the "Asian Ghetto" for the greener pastures of one of the best food towns in the state. More


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Major - Civil Engineering
2001-02 - Competed at the SEC Championships in the 100y freestyle, 200y freestyle and 500y freestyle, clocking season-best times in all three ... Also competed at the Nike Cup, swimming the 100y freestyle, 200y freestyle and 500y freestyle ... Saw first collegiate action in the Louisville dual meet ... Also swam in the South Carolina and Indiana/Cincinnati dual meets.
Pre-College - Four-year letterman in high school... Dover Swimteam Coach's Award... Lists competing at YMCA Nationals as his most memorable moment in sports... Also ran track in high school... Chose to swim at UK because of the beautiful campus, the good engineering program and the great swim team.
Best Times - 200 freestyle - 1:46.21; 500 freestyle - 4:48.83; 200 IM - 1:59.99.


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The Knicks introduced Phil Jackson as team President on Tuesday morning.
The Knicks Team Historian, Dennis D'Agostino, breaks down Jackson's history with the franchise that drafted him as a player back in 1967.
Watch Phil get interviewed by Walt Frazier, his former teammate, following the introductory the press conference.
With March Madness underway, some current Knicks shared their fondest memories from their college days.
The Knicks practiced Monday in preparation for their upcoming matchup with the Indiana Pacers. Watch the Practice Report here.


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Another day, another myth being purported by those who like making a living from keeping people scared in their homes glued to the radio.
So should we really go through the laws of thermal dynamics?
First off, I don't blame people who don't get a lot of snow where they live, for believing this. Hell if I only saw snow once in my lifetime, I'd be freaking out and heading to DEFCON 4.
What I do have a problem with is the hype purported by those that "know better" and are just using this as a way to sell a few more radio advertisements.
So what IS going on here? First off, you can see the flame is held on the side of the snow, not underneath it. Most of the heat is being directed up and away from the snow. What little bit of water that does melt off is absorbed back into the snow pile.
Had the video presenter placed the lighter directly underneath the snow, it would have melted all over her hand.
Am I the only one who finds it sad that I need to explain this due to people that know full well what is happening are using this as some sort of example of chemtrails?


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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
THESSALONIKI, Greece, June 6, 2001 Troops will be needed for peacekeeping duties in the Balkans for the foreseeable future, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld here June 6.
The secretary arrived in this Aegean Sea port city June 5 to attend the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial with officials from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Greece. Ukraine is participating as an observer.
Rumsfeld and Greek National Defense Minister Akis Tsokhatzopoulos fielded reporters' questions at a June 6 morning press conference.
Rumsfeld replied: "Oh, certainly," when asked if he was convinced a continued need existed for peacekeeping forces in Kosovo and Bosnia. However, he added, peacekeepers shouldn't be patrolling the Balkans forever.
"The intention of all the nations that have troops in the Balkans is that over a period of time the parties on the ground will sort through their differences in a peaceful and constructive way," he said. Presumably, they would then create a stable, durable society, he noted.
"There was no question that the SFOR (Bosnia) and KFOR (Kosovo) forces … are making a very valuable contribution to the stability in the region," Rumsfeld remarked. "Our interest is peace and stability in the region and finding ways to do it in the most effective and constructive possible way."


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The Texas Cultural Trust's Board of Directors is a state-wide governing board comprised of a diverse group of industry and business leaders, arts patrons and artists, who are passionate about the impact and potential utilization of the arts to benefit the state of Texas. They are charged with guiding the Trust's long-term financial stability and strategic direction, and leading TCT's programs and initiatives.
Message from the Chair
Charles Matthews, Chair of the Texas Cultural Trust
To read the May 2014 Message from the Chair, click here.
Highlights include:
- The success of the Young Masters campaign
- The Trust's Kennedy Center Partners in Education induction
- Texas Women for the Arts awards over $200,000 to 19 arts programs
2013-2015 Board of Directors
Chair — Charles W. Matthews, Dallas
Vice Chair — Judy Robison, El Paso
Treasurer — Greg Davis, Dallas
Secretary — Kelli Blanton, Houston
Immediate Past Chair — Karen Oswalt, Austin
Member at Large — Wayne Fisher, Houston
Member at Large — Pamela Willeford, Austin
Anita Arnold, Texarkana
Ray Benson, Austin
Leslie Blanton, Houston
Marvin Blum, Fort Worth
Michelle Brock, Midland
Patricia Hamilton Dewhurst, Houston
Patsy Donosky, Dallas
Wayne Fisher, Houston
Linda Gibbons, Dallas
Sandra Gilliland, Amarillo
Carol Haynes, Abilene
Gayle Hunt, El Paso
Alexis Hunter, Corpus Christi
Gene Jones, Dallas
Kathleen R. Kennedy, San Antonio
Carole Krist, Houston
Linda La Mantia, Laredo
Dawn Leatherwood, Tyler
Mary Hammon Lee, Houston
Mary Lamar Leyendecker, Laredo
Nancy Loeffler, San Antonio
Sharon McCullough, Dallas
Debbie Montford, San Antonio
Jesús Moroles, Rockport
Guillermo Nicolas, San Antonio
Kay Olson, Waco
Kay Sanford, Lubbock
Laura Street, Amarillo
Leslie Ward, Austin
Mark Watson, San Antonio
Andrea White, Houston
Donna Axum Whitworth, Fort Worth
Chair Emeritus, Texas Women for the Arts
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Artists Mari Boine, Jorge Ben Jor, Blänk
January 22, 2012
Cosmic Music began at the end of the 70-ies in northern Italy. Ok, this 16 tracks with help from DJ Mandela, Augsburg.
Germany´s next Top Model by rakein
A compilation of different styles from German Music.
hip hop, pop, dub
Sweet Depression by rakein
15 tracks for a better feeling, including songs from Portishead, PJ Harvey and Waldeck.
alternative rock, chill, indie rock
Are you Sophisticated by rakein
15 sophisticated songs to chill and think.
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Y'all may have been wondering why it's been a week and a half since my last recipe. More likely, you haven't noticed or cared and you only remember to read this when you are at work and I post an enticing picture of food on your Facebook feed. However, I do feel the need to explain myself. Here is my explanation: I was in New Orleans. Need I … [Read more...]
Roy-Tito's Super Spicy Bloody Mary
Confession: I don't like Bloody Marys. I've never ordered one at a restaurant that ultimately didn't make me feel sick. They're always so heavy- it's like drinking a jar of Pace Picante mixed with Worcestershire, horseradish and vodka. Gross. However, all of my Bloody Mary-loving friends and family have been harping on me non-stop to … [Read more...]
Shredded Chicken Tacos with Avocado Black Bean Salsa
As all of you Austinites reading this know too well, this past weekend was the annual Austin City Limits music festival. Now I am not generally a big fan of large crowds (see: Brunch) or overly loud music from bands that I probably haven't heard of because I am 22 going on 95 and consider the grandparents from Willy Wonka to be "living the dream" … [Read more...]
Chicken Parmigiana
One of the first dishes I ever made when I started cooking things that didn't have a recipe of "1. Remove from box, 2. Microwave." was Chicken Parmigiana. Here in Amurr'ca, it's usually referred to as Chicken Parmesan, but I like to get all Giada de Laurentiis when I cook italian food and enunciate my italian words to an obnoxious degree, so this … [Read more...]
Spicy Roasted Tomato Basil Soup and Pesto Grilled Cheese
If you've been on any social media site (or interacted with real life humans, God forbid) in the past couple days then surely you know that it is OCTOBER! People are, like, freaking out about it. It's fall! Cool weather! The leaves are turning! Well, here in central Texas, fall really just means that you no longer have to bring an extra shirt in … [Read more...]
Breakfast Hash a la Royito's
Like most people these days, I am a big fan of a Sunday brunch. Well, no, let me rephrase that- I am a big fan of the IDEA of a Sunday brunch. I mean, it's an excuse to have a big, shameless feast of a variety of breakfast foods and drink booze in the middle of the day with complete societal approval. In theory, this is just about the perfect … [Read more...]
Spicy Four-Cheese Spinach Artichoke Dip
Let's take a second to discuss spinach artichoke dip. I admit, not always the most exciting dish in the world. My guess is you've probably had many different encounters with this classic appetizer, most of which were not particularly memorable or delicious. That is why it may come as a shock to you when I say this particular recipe is … [Read more...]
Royito's Light and Crispy Fried Shrimp
I know, I know…fried food is bad for you…frying at home is a mess and a hassle, yada yada yada. Well, get over it people because I am about to blow your minds with small bites of fried shrimp heaven. These guys pack a ton of flavor and have a light, crispy coating that won't make you feel like you just ate dinner at the State Fair. And truly, … [Read more...]
Juicy Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Brace yourself, internet, for I am about to let you in on the easiest way to make the most delicious and savory pulled pork you've ever had. Honestly I feel like kind of a doofus even calling this a recipe because it requires such a minimal effort. You know how they say "no risk, no reward"? Yeah, that statement doesn't apply here. Along with … [Read more...]
If you live in the southwest and have been slightly cognizant over the past month, you are probably aware that it is hatch chile season. This means that it is the time of year when otherwise normal humans turn into complete psychopaths who can't stop talking about some green pepper that comes from New Mexico. Over the years, these chiles have … [Read more...]


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New Mastodon
I love all the fanboys freaking out saying they sold out and aren't proggy anymore. I just listened to Curl of the Burl about 15 times on youtube and I love it.To me it's very stoner rock/70's esq with lyrics about goat revenge how can you beat that?
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They just released another song as well - Spectrelight
This album is going to be soooooo good!
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I'm pretty sure the people freaking out over it haven't heard Black Tongue or Spectrelight yet. So far Spectrelight is my favorite. I listened to it almost twenty times the other night lol
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New album is up on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWVlG8rK9k
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@kettles... I think you're my new hero. Good lookin' out on that man.
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I've always liked Mastodon but I never started listening to them alot til recently (previous Rhythm Magazine for a matter of fact) and I really like them. I love the Stoner Rock kinda Prog 70's style thing like Black Sabbathish and Motorhead with the Mastodon feel and groove.
The album got leaked onto YouTube yesterday and I listened to most of it and I have to say it's great! I see loads of people complaining about it but my dad really likes Curl Of The Burl. We both first heard it on the way home from drum lessons the other day and the first thing my dad said was "Sounds like a REALLY good Black Sabbath" and I said "Definitely" and he doesn't like metal that much... So that's a good sign.
But yeah, I'll definitely buy the album when I get the money.
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EU Health & Safety Legislation Now and Tomorrow The European Cement Industry: a Health Perspective CEMBUREAU General Assembly Stockholm June 13, 2006 Ursula Schliessner McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP I. Introduction Health related regulation is scattered in different areas: Workers Safety Chemicals* Products** * REACH; Classification, packaging and labeling of substances & preparations (Dir. 67/548, 1999/45: safety data sheets, chromium VI labeling); Marketing & Use Restrictions Directive 76/769 ( example: Chromium VI) ** Construction Products Directive 89/106 (Products must be safe for occupants, neighbors and other users, Annex I); Dir. 85/374 product liability; Dir. 2001/95 product safety) 2 II. Workers Safety Legislation There is a large number of Directives* setting minimum requirements all based on the same principles. * Dir. 89/391 (base); Dir. 98/24 chemicals at work; Dir. 2004/37 carcinogens/mutagens at work (Binding limit values for benzene, vinylchloride monomer, hardwood dusts); Others (Dir. 83/477 asbestos at work; Dir. 2003/10 physical agents (noise); Dir. 89/655 work equipment; Dir. 2000/54 biological agents; Dir. 1999/92 explosive atmospheres; Dir. 94/33 on protection of young people at work; Dir. 92/104 workers in surface and underground mineral-extracting industries; and drilling 92/91; Dir. 92/85 pregnant, recently given birth, and breastfeeding workers; Dir. 92/58 safety & health signs at work; Dir. 92/57 temporary and mobile construction sites; Dir. 91/322 indicative limit values; Dir. 90/270 display screen equipment; Dir. 90/269 manual handling of loads (risk of back injury); Dir. 2006/15; Dir. 89/656 personal protective equipment; Dir. 89/654 workplace; and Recommendation 66/464 medical control) 3 Principles of Workers Protection Legislation Avoid Risk Assessment of specific risks work place (on the basis of Combat risks safety data sheet, other at source available info, measuring) Adapt work to individual Risk management if risk identified Replace dangerous by non or less dangerous Training & consultation Develop coherent overall prevention Evaluation policy Collective measures take priority over individual measures (e.g. PPE) 4 Examples of Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Negative) 5 Examples of Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Positive) Cables routed under the walkway 6 Example of Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Negative) 7 Example of Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Positive) 8 Self-regulation may also be used in the workers safety area: so-called Social Dialogue Member States may entrust Social Partners, at their joint request, with the implementation of Directives Conclusion of Social Dialogue Agreements upon joint request (9 months suspension of legislative process)* Experience:** Currently 31 sectoral Social Dialogue committees incl. construction, mining and chemicals. CEMBUREAU not member. Indirectly CEMBUREAU may be impacted because of its suppliers/customers. Very few Social Dialogue Agreements. * Implementation possible by a) procedures/practices social partners and Member States, or b) Council Decision/Directive upo n Commission proposal ** At earlier stages, agreements at horizontal level implemented by Council Directives (part-time work, parental leave , fixed-term work, etc.); now "autonomous" horizontal or sectoral agreements, e.g. stress at work (horizontal); telework (sectoral); vocat ional 9 training in agriculture, working time in civil aviation; age diversity in commerce; telework in telecommunications sector Silica CEMBUREAU participated along 14 other industry associations and two employee organizations (EMCEF, EMF) in negotiation of Social Dialogue Agreement on "Workers health protection through the good handling and use of crystalline silica and products containing it" Novel because: • First Agreement on a substance • First multi-sector Agreement • First Agreement with parties not members of existing SD sector committees • First Agreement directly applicable • Very detailed (compared to existing SDAs) • Extensive monitoring and reporting scheme • Self-initiated (not in response to First or Second Stage consultation) 10 11 III. Chemical Legislation REACH will impact health protection, but changes will not be dramatic. Increased supply of information Less divergences More record keeping 12 Existing Requirements REACH Requirements • Classification, packaging, labeling under Dir. 67/548 and • Same 1999/45 of dangerous* substances and preparations – plus PBT and vPvB (Council); – plus substances eligible for authorization (EP) – plus annex with exposure scenarios (with related use and exposure categories, EP) • Provision of safety data sheets (SDS) for dangerous • Same substances and preparations and some non-dangerous preparations to professional users before or at first delivery • Obligation to revise SDS and inform customers, and to • Obligation to notify and update Agency on changes to notify new information on previously notified substances to – hazard classification MS – hazard label "Classification and Labeling Inventory" If information supplied results in different entries of the same substance, the notifiers and registrants shall make every effort to come to an agreed entry to be included in the Inventory (Art. 110 REACH)** Information in the Supply Chain (see following slides) * 15 danger categories: explosive, oxidizing, extremely flammable, highly flammable, flammable, very toxic, toxic, harmful, corrosive, irritant, sensitizing, carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, dangerous for the environment ** Art. 112 REACH: harmonized classification & labeling under Dir. 67/548 will continue only for carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotox, cat. 1, 2 and 3, and respiratory sensitizers. 13 Safety Data Sheets under REACH (current Dir. 2001/58) 1. Identification of the 7. Handling and Storage substance/preparation and of the 7.1 Handling company/undertaking 7.2 Storage 1.1 Identification of the substance or 7.3 Specific Uses preparation 8. Exposure Controls/personal 1.2 Use of the S/P Protection 1.3 Company/undertaking identification 8.1 Exposure limit values 1.4 Emergency telephone 8.2 Exposure controls 2. Hazards Identification 9. Physical and chemical properties 3. Composition/Information or 9.1 General information Ingredients 9.2 Important health, safety and (= all hazard information) environmental information 9.3 Other information 4. First Aid Measures 10. Stability and Reactivity 5. Fire Fighting measures 10.1 Conditions to avoid 10.2 Materials to avoid 6. Accidental Release Measures 10.3 Other information 14 11. Toxicological information ANNEX (NEW!): 12. Ecological information Exposure scenarios (based on 12.1 Ecotoxicity chemical safety report, i.e. above 10 12.2 Mobility tons and subject to registration and 12.3 Persistence and degradability dangerous/PBT/vPvB = Article 13 12.4 Bioaccumulative potential REACH) 12.5 Results of PBT assessment 12.6 Other adverse effects 13. Disposal Considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information (e.g. key data, training, recommendations on use restrictions) 15 NOTE: SDS • TO BE PROVIDED IN NATIONAL LANGUAGES • TO BE UPDATED (and sent even to previous customers of last year) • TO BE DATED • PERSONS in charge MUST BE REGULARLY TRAINED • To be made available to workers 16 Information in supply chain when SDS not required Registration number Details on authorization Details on restrictions "Any other available and relevant information about the substance that is necessary to enable appropriate risk management measures to be identified and applied" Info to be made available to workers To be updated Also to previous (12 months) customers 17 Record Keeping* Assembly and keeping of all information required to carry out duties under REACH for at least 10 years after last manufacture, import, supply or use This obligation is transferred in case of company transfer/cessation upon successor Obligation upon manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors Conclusion/consequence: Install a procedure and a system ! * Article 33 18 Conclusions REACH: Not so many changes for cement industry Communicate in the supply chain Change SDS Install record-keeping system 19 Legal Consequences from Failure to Comply with Information Requirements under REACH National administrative / criminal law penalties/fines Criminal law sanctions in case failure can be considered a negligent/intentional wrong-doing / omission leading to e.g. an injury / fatality Damage claims under national toxic tort law if damage caused negligently by inaccurate / incomplete / lacking information that caused damage Strict product liability if failure amounts to "defect" of a product Contractual liability in case supply contract provides for "compliance with all applicable laws" Product recall under product safety legislation only in case of "consumer products" 20 IV. Product Regulation Business as usual except for revision of Construction Products Directive 21 V. Tomorrow Legislative/Regulatory Program Adoption of REACH will lead to increased flow of information up and down supply chain, increased availability of information on substances and will therefore necessitate updating of work place risk assessments Adoption of new Community program 2007-2012 on H&S at work will increase focus on multisource agents and risks, facilitate setting of limit values. Revision of Construction Products Directive and standards may increase health and environmental standards of products 22 Other Sectoral Social Dialogue as self-starter creating pressure on human resources of associations Empty national health budgets to increase focus on employer responsibility/liability for occupational diseases and accidents and more prevention Aging workforce will create challenges also in terms of risk assessment and risk management at the work place Large disparity in national H&S protection levels and within sectors. No level-playing field 23
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2006 HRW Cabernet Sauvignon
Hendry Blocks 16, 17 and 18 are located on bench lands west of the town of Napa. The vines grow on thin stony soil between 200 and 300 feet above sealevel. Morning fog and strong afternoon breezes from San Pablo Bay moderate the climate. The vines were planted from 1996-2002. They are spaced 7' x 5', cordon trained and spur pruned.
The clones are U.C. Davis 4, 7 and 15, grafted to St. George roots. A seven-foot vertical trellis system supports the cordon and the canopy. Average production is between 2 and 2.5 tons per acre. In 2006, median budbreak was April 16, median bloom was June 4 and median veraison was August 9. The harvest took place October 17 with a yield of approximately 2 tons per acre. The wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It was aged for 18 months in French Oak barrels, 10% of which were new. The remaining barrerls are the 1 and 2 year old barrels used in our estate Cabernet.
Grapes for the HRW series wines come from our vineyard estate, as they do for all of our wines. The grapes we use for the HRW are individual blocks or barrels that for one reason or another do not have the complexity we require for our Hendry label, but are very nice every day drinking nonetheless (and too good to sell off to someone else). In some vintages we make one variety, in others, several, and sometimes we make none at all. The production is generally small. The 2006 HRW Cabernet Sauvignon's initial aromas are of berry, spice, pepper and orange rind. The palate is round and full with more raspberry and blackberry, pepper, cocoa and orange, finishing with substantial though finegrained tannins.
Alcohol is a moderate 13.8%
558 cases produced


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while sending mail through the microsoft outlook it is working.but mail through java is not send.
the following error will shown:
smtp server is installed on -->incsbs01p.obistech.local
my system name is -->INCDB005.OBSITECH.local
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javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: localhost, port:25;
nested exception is: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: connect
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August 4, 2015
A shady oak tree that served for decades as both a good luck charm for University of Texas Medical Branch students and an open-air study hall is being cut down this week after never recovering from Hurricane Ike.
For months after the September 2008 hurricane, signs of life were searched for in the oak that had been dedicated in memory of the medical branch's first president, Truman G. Blocker.
Mike Shriner, vice president of business operations and facilities at the school, says the experts called in agreed the tree would not recover.
The Galveston County Daily News reports that the medical branch
is asking faculty, staff and students to suggest ways to immortalize the "Blocker Oak."
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Jennifer Aniston Gets Engaged to Justin Theroux!
One of Hollywood's favorite couples is finally tying the knot: PEOPLE reports that Jennifer Aniston is set to wed her longtime boyfriend Justin Theroux, whom she has been dating since May 2011.
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London. A former chief executive at a US-owned chemicals company that bribed officials in Iraq and Indonesia to buy its products pleaded guilty to corruption charges in a London court on Monday, the latest chapter in a long-running international legal saga.
Innospec admitted in 2010 that it had paid millions of dollars in bribes between 2002 and 2008 to secure contracts to sell the two countries tetraethyl lead, a fuel additive that has been phased out from industrialized countries because of health and environmental concerns.
The case is being closely watched in British legal circles because of an unusual plea bargain agreement struck in 2010 between prosecuting authorities and Innospec, a deal which was sharply criticized at the time by a senior judge.
His critique is likely to feature prominently in an upcoming debate over government proposals to give prosecutors new plea bargaining powers.
Two other former senior executives, Dennis Kerrison and Miltiades Papachristos, pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court to one count of conspiracy to corrupt. Jennings pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to corrupt in relation to bribes paid in both Indonesia and Iraq.
That raised the number of former Innospec executives to have admitted corruption to three. David Turner, a former sales and marketing director for tetraethyl lead, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Jan. 17 and is awaiting sentencing.
Innospec's Iraq agent, Ousama Naaman, was sentenced in December 2011 by a US federal court in Washington DC to 30 months in prison for his role in the corrupt deals.
The investigation into the case began in 2005 and was carried out jointly by US and British anti-fraud agencies.
Innospec was registered in the US state of Delaware but its executive offices were in the British county of Cheshire and the Indonesian bribes were organized from there.
After complex negotiations, prosecuting authorities on both sides of the Atlantic reached a plea bargain agreement with the company in 2010 under which it paid fines of $27.5 million in the United States and $12.7 million in Britain.
John Thomas, the senior British judge who sentenced Innospec at the time, reluctantly upheld the terms of the agreement but he said the $12.7 million fine was "wholly inadequate."
He also said Britain's Serious Fraud Office did not have the power to make such arrangements and it should not happen again.