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|Former United States President, Bill Clinton (right)
with former South African President, Nelson Mandela,
on his 94th birthday (July 18th, 2012).
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Mugabe and Mandela: Exploring the Legacy of Two Great African Leaders
Author: Edson Charikinya
international community joined South Africans in wishing Nelson Mandela a happy
94th birthday on July 18th. World leaders sent birthday wishes, with
others, such as former U.S. president Bill Clinton, jetting into South Africa
on the eve of the great man's birthday to convey their wishes. But not all
Africans feel that Mandela is the greatest African leader of the past century,
as he is often portrayed in reverence. There are others who feel that president
Mandela, by not addressing the question of economic freedom in South Africa, "sold
out" the same people he spent a greater part of his adult life fighting
for. Comparisons are quickly drawn between Mandela and Zimbabwe's President
Robert Mugabe, with some praising
the latter's determination in confronting his country's difficult history
at the expense of his international reputation. Mandela and Mugabe are both
equally two of the greatest living African leaders, even as the world's media
and political pundits' attempt to portray Mandela as the better of the two.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
South Sudan's False Dawn
Author: Declan Galvin
is of little surprise that the one year anniversary of South Sudan's
independence passed with little mention from anyone outside its immediate East
African community. This kind of complacency is all too emblematic of the
international community's forgetfulness with regard to the fragile states and
regimes it supports and props up, only to later be drawn into expensive
military operations (Afghanistan, Somalia, and the DRC are just a few
examples). Therefore, we would be doing ourselves justice to use this occasion
to reflect on some of the major economic and military developments in South
Sudan, her new and not-so-new relationships within East Africa, and what likely
opportunities and problems are on the horizon.
|South Sudanese citizens wave flag,
celebrating one year independence anniversary.
Perhaps most significant, is that South Sudan will likely go to war within the next year. However, I hasten to add that outright war between South Sudan and Sudan can still be avoided if appropriate mediation and diplomatic machines become activated, and run as intended.
Labels: Declan Galvin, Economy, independence, Juba, Khartoum, nation building, oil, politics, South Sudan
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Mobile Banking Without Debit Cards or Bank Accounts
Author: Christopher Guess
Labels: africa, Bank Accounts, Christopher Guess, Debit Cards, Mobile Banking, money, transfers
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Africa's Brain Shortage
Author: Edson Charikinya
The Battle to Brigde the Technology Gap
Africa, over the last decade, has been recording positive economic growth rates. This growth is due to the current global demand for raw materials and fossil-fuel energy rather than sound macroeconomic policies by African governments. The economic growth surge in China and its investments in Africa have contributed significantly to improving the GDP of most resource-rich African countries.
However, to maintain this positive growth trend, Africa needs to quickly adapt to new technologies in all its economic sectors in order to bridge the technology gap that currently exist between Africa and the developed world. Africa's ability to create, acquire and adapt to new technology at a faster rate than present is crucial in ensuring the continent's ability to compete successfully in the global economy. To drive this technology advancement process, Africa needs doctorate holders to play a crucial role in developing its human capacity, as well as policy formulation.
Labels: africa, Brain Drain, Edson Charikinya, Human Capital, Technology
Africans Get Financially Fit | Part 2: Work It Out!
Author: Aisha Lelouma Diallo
This is the second installment in a series titled "Africans Get Financially Fit." To read the first installment, follow the link "Part 1: Warm Up!"
In my first column I brought up some important questions to consider in order to establish a solid foundation to create a prosperous financial future. Now, we will actually craft the plan. In this section, you will find specific steps that you can start working on right away that will get you on track to securing a healthy financial future.
In my first column I brought up some important questions to consider in order to establish a solid foundation to create a prosperous financial future. Now, we will actually craft the plan. In this section, you will find specific steps that you can start working on right away that will get you on track to securing a healthy financial future.
Step One: Track Your Income and Spending
In a spreadsheet, notebook, piece of paper or any tool you're comfortable with, calculate your income. In evaluating your income, be sure to use after-tax income and include all sources of income such as side gigs, rental income, child support, etc. Next, list all your fixed expenses such as rent, mortgage, student loans, car payment, credit card payments and any other recurring expenses you have. Now compare the two amounts. Are you spending more than you're making, or do you have a positive balance after your fixed expenses are paid? Ideally, your bottom line should be positive because the opposite would mean that you are living beyond your means.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
African Fiber
Author: Christopher Guess
In most
industries it's the giants that build infrastructure. These creations, whether
by law or by kindness, are then used by others for their own purposes. Oil
companies build roads to ship out crude, which are then used by farmers to move
livestock and crops; and airports and runways that were built for passenger
flights are rented by freight companies to fly packages. The Internet is another beast all
together. Tech companies are small and
none, with the exception
of Google, has the sheer amount of money to even contemplate building the
sort of Internet connections that are almost universally required today.
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Africa's working on it, and getting a bit closer every year. When last I was in Tanzania, in 2008, Dar-es-Salaam had internet that made the free dial-up I used to get around the America Online child filters seem blazing. The compound where I was staying had a bookshelf that was running thin, so I "obtained" an e-book of The Lord of the Rings from online. The download took me the better part of three days to get what ended up being only 125 megabytes, or about the size of 30 full-resolution digital photos.
Labels: Christopher Guess, Development, EASSY, East Africa, Google, ICT, Infrastructure, Internet, satellite, SEACOM, speed
Saturday, July 14, 2012
A Huge Loss To Africa's Economy
Author: Edson Charikinya
Poor Intra-Africa Air Service Is Sapping The Continent's Commercial Potential
The high cost of air travel between African cities highlights a scarcity of intra-Africa air services on the continent. This is despite the current positive economic growth being experienced on the continent and the emergence of a growing middle class population that can afford air travel. The shortage of intra-Africa air services is depriving African cities of revenue from sectors that are heavily dependent on air travel such as tourism. Failure to move goods over long distances across Africa has also restricted the growth of intra-Africa trade. This is despite renewed urgency by African governments to boost intra-Africa trade, which currently is between 10% to 12% of total continental trade. To deal with this African countries need to liberalise their individual air services industry.
Labels: africa, Air Service, Commerce, Edson Charikinya, Growth, Intra-Africa, Potential, Transportation
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The African National Congress (ANC): Reassessing its Role in Global Human Rights Struggles
Author: Tseliso Thipanyane
As the African National Congress (ANC) - Africa's oldest political organization - enters its second century, the concern and question amongst many human rights activists is whether the ANC will play a more significant role in support of global human rights struggles, particularly on the African continent. At its formation in 1912, the African National Congress (ANC) was not only concerned with the human rights situation in South Africa. It was an internationalist movement concerned with the global struggle for human rights and democracy, and the emancipation of African people in the sub-continent from the bondages and pangs of colonialism in particular.
Describing the ANC, Pixley Seme - one of the founders and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936 - said: "The South African Native Congress is the voice in the wilderness bidding all the dark races of this sub-continent to come together… in order to… talk and think loudly on our home problems and the solution of them."
Labels: ANC, Freedom Charter, GLOBAL, Human Rights, Pixley Seme, South Africa, Tseliso Thipanyane
Sunday, July 8, 2012
On iPhones and Africa's Tech Industry
Author: Christopher Guess
It was November 2008 and I had just returned to Nairobi from Tanzania where a friend and I had been traveling for the better part of three months. In need of a hamburger and a decent cup of coffee, we had decided to take a day trip to the very American-style Westgate Mall. What we didn't expect was to have to weave our way through a line, stretching for what seemed like a kilometer, leading up to the Orange mobile store. After asking around for a few minutes, what we found out surprised us. The line was for the opening release of Apple's iPhone. Much like other geeks, nerds and technophiles of the world, Kenyans had lined up to get their hands on what the tech world had dubbed a year earlier as the "Jesus Phone".
It was November 2008 and I had just returned to Nairobi from Tanzania where a friend and I had been traveling for the better part of three months. In need of a hamburger and a decent cup of coffee, we had decided to take a day trip to the very American-style Westgate Mall. What we didn't expect was to have to weave our way through a line, stretching for what seemed like a kilometer, leading up to the Orange mobile store. After asking around for a few minutes, what we found out surprised us. The line was for the opening release of Apple's iPhone. Much like other geeks, nerds and technophiles of the world, Kenyans had lined up to get their hands on what the tech world had dubbed a year earlier as the "Jesus Phone".
I flew back to the US two days later and everyone wanted to hear stories. Of all my tales and tragedies, the line for an Apple product was one of the few that truly surprised everyone. My friends had always thought that Africans lined up for food, not phones.
Labels: africa, Apple, Christopher Guess, Development, Economy, ICT, iPhone, tech hub, Tech Industry, Technology, WiFi
Saturday, July 7, 2012
The Woes of Guinea's Political Deadlock
Author: Mohamed Toure
July 2nd, 2012, Guinea's
president Alpha Condé vowed that the country's long overdue legislative
elections would be held by the end of the year. President Condé, having won
the first free and fair presidential election since the early days of Guinea's
independence from France, came to power with high expectations and an
aggressive agenda to develop the West African nation. Currently, Guinea's future
is being held hostage by political deadlock between President Condé, who heads
the RPG (Rally of the Guinean People), and the opposition leader Cellou Dalein
Diallo of the UFDG (Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea). The authors of this
deadlock are partisans on both sides, whose zeal is fueled by misunderstood
ethnic loyalties. The current situation has many wondering: will Guinea be able
to overcome the social, economic, and political stagnation amplified by this
ethnic division?
How Ethnic Partisans Are Holding Their Own Futures Hostage
|Guinea's President Alpha Condé (left),
opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo (right).
The Death of Africa's Cities
Author: Edson Charikinya
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-HABITAT), the UN agency that analyses and studies human settlement
patterns, estimates that over a third of Africa's 1 billion population
currently live in urban areas. However, by 2030, that proportion will have
risen to one and a half billion—it represents a 50 percent increase in urban
population in just over 20 years. The pace and nature of urbanization in Africa
is such that many African governments are not able to provide adequate access
to public services such as housing, transportation, and clean water to urban
dwellers. African governments simply do not have the financial means or the institutional
capacity to develop infrastructure to support this level of growth in its urban
A Continual Loss in Human Capital
|Johannesburg, South Africa
Labels: africa, Cities, Development, Edson Charikinya, Human Capital, Infrastructure, poverty, UN, Urbanization
Sunday, July 1, 2012
An Arab Spring in Sub-Sahara Africa
Author: Staff Writer
The youth, who
were so instrumental in orchestrating and defining the revolt in Egypt and
Tunisia, are not so evident in Africa. On first glance, they are not there. It
is important to note, that like their Middle Eastern counterparts, Africa's
youth are below the radar. However, they will be instrumental in the second
democratic wave soon to occur on the continent. The hopes of many sub-Saharan
Africans is that the recent, exciting, and liberating events that transpired in
the Middle East, specifically in North Africa, known as the Arab Spring, should
happen in their respective countries. Like the 60s, when the winds of freedom
spread throughout the continent, freeing each country from the yoke of
colonialism, Africans hope the wind can make a second round. And this time,
actually, for the longest of time now, they have wanted institutions, strong
ones. In fact, they want one institution above all: institutions of justice, to
enforce the "rule of law." It was with immense longing that Africans looked on
to the collective consciousness of Tunisians, Egyptians, and Libyans, as they
expressed their frustration with the humiliating regimes under which they had
lived for generations. "When are we going to wake up as well?" was the
question. Africans have lived under similar conditions, for just as long, if
not more. Though, it is not so clear from where the spark for the necessary
mass movement will come.
A Continent's Silent Optimism
|Africa's Tech-Savvy Youth
South Africa | Lost in Transition
Author: Tselio Thipanyane
Is This South Africa's Second Post-Apartheid Transition?
Following its recent one hundredth anniversary, Africa's oldest political organization and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), held its policy conference from June 26 to 29, 2012. The conference deliberated and defined the policy direction the ANC will have to adopt in its 53rd national conference in December 2012, in order to respond to numerous challenges facing the country after eighteen years of democratic governance.
Some of the biggest challenges the ANC urgently had to address in its policy conference, and beyond, are high levels of poverty, unemployment, and income inequality. These challenges are largely a result of the inadequate transformation of South Africa's apartheid colonial economy, which has continued to exclude and deprive the majority of black South Africans full benefit of the country's wealth and resources; not the least, a meaningful role in and control over the country's economy.
Africans Get Financially Fit | Part 1: Warm Up!
Author: Aisha Lelouma Diallo
Making use of the little knowledge I possess in financial planning, I often try to sensibly edify African immigrants I come across, however I'm often met with resistance, with the most common excuses being: "We are not American, we do not have the same conditions;" "We came here to work then go back home, the rest is in the hands of God;" "I am still in college, this not for me;" "I am just starting my career;" and "I just want to get my bills paid;" all of which, needless to say, make me cringe.
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Welcome to SB from another Chicagoan Briscogun. There's a really generous community of people on here and tons of great information. Enjoy!
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Welcome to SB from another Chicagoan. I enjoy a lot of the same pours as you so I'd recommend that you try OWA and ETL. Both are excellent pours that are often overlooked.
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Mayer says she hopes to winnow Yahoo's portfolio of mobile applications from the current 60 to 75 programs to about a dozen. Her remarks came during a Tuesday appearance before investors in San Francisco.
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Ted Nugent -- Toledo, OH -- April 21st, 2013
Great show. Unfortunately only about 2/3 to 3/4 full.
Check out the link to my review....which also includes a link to my interview with Ted Nugent!
REO Speedwagon
Don't Let Him Go
Take It on the Run:light:
Keep Pushin'
I Can't Fight This Feeling
That Ain't Love
Time For Me to Fly :party:
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Roll With the Changes
Keep on Lovin' You
Ridin' the Storm Out:horns:
* no encore*
Blue Collar Man
The Grand Illusion
Foolin' Yourself
Miss America
Too Much Time on My Hands
Come Sail Away :light:
Rockin' the Paradise
Ted Nugent
Wango Tango
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Turn It Up
My Girl (Temptations cover)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)
Hey Baby
Live It Up
Cat Scratch Fever :party:
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Fred Bear :drool:
*No Encore*
Glad he kept in Turn It Up & Live It Up. 2 of his best. Wish he'd bring back Paralyzed, Snakeskin Cowboys & Queen of the Forest.
This is pretty awesome...
With Styx AND Uncle Teddy.... no Damn Yankees songs? :(
[QUOTE=tenchimyo;523078]With Styx AND Uncle Teddy.... no Damn Yankees songs? :([/QUOTE]
Maybe they needed Night Ranger on the bill too
[QUOTE=Force10;523141]Maybe they needed Night Ranger on the bill too[/QUOTE]
well When I saw Styx in 2010o they pulled out High Enough.
And then the next year, Night Ranger pulled out High Enough both times I saw 'em.
Hrm well I had sworn there was a show with both of them or Teddy and one of them and they did a(nother) damn yankees tune...
well When I saw Styx in 2010o they pulled out High Enough.
And then the next year, Night Ranger pulled out High Enough both times I saw 'em.
Hrm well I had sworn there was a show with both of them or Teddy and one of them and they did a(nother) damn yankees tune...[/QUOTE]
No doubt it would have been a cool idea. Say they opt for "Coming of Age" - where do you throw it in - right before Cat Scratch Fever?
I love that he's opening with Wango Tango. :D
During the Styx/Ted/REO tour last year, the final show was in Bangor, Maine at the Waterfront Pavilion. Styx headlined and for an encore, Ted came out and did Coming of Age with Styx. It was the only time during the tour they did any Damn Yankees material.
Perhaps they'll do it on the final show of this tour, which is in Burgettstown PA on 5/19.
I wouldn't mind if Ted, Tommy & Jack got together for one last Damn Yankees go-around. No idea if Michael Cartellone would be available since Coverband Skynyrd still tours a ton.
It would sure be freakin' amazing if Ted, Styx, and Night Ranger did a tour together and have a Damn Yankees tune for Ted's set, Styx's set, and Night Ranger's set.I'll probably be going to this tour for R.E.O alone
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The Jameel Prize 2011: Preview
The starting point of The Jameel Prize was the formation of the Jameel Gallery of Islamic art at the V&A and this was generously funded by Abdul Latif Jameel and houses the V&A's superb collection of Islamic art which they started in the 1850's.
The Jameel Prize is a step further from there and it's a new showcase for contemporary art and design and it reinforces the link between Islamic Art and contemporary art and design inspired by this tradition.
The aim is really to provide a platform for artists and designers that work with this way and also to show the thriving interaction between contemporary practise and Islamic art and the fact that these ideas and these techniques are still very relevant and very much alive today.
We had close to two hundred applications and submissions this year from countries ranging from Nigeria, China, Australia, Iran, France, so it was quite a tough decision for the judges. They filtered it down to ten artists and designers really selected completely on the strength of their work on the application form which was work that was very very strong, showed a deep respect for Islamic art and design and a deeper understanding of it and also ideas and techniques that were relevant and used in very innovative ways in their work.
I think what's interesting about the prize is that even through the artists' span such a huge geographic region, there are common threads and strands when you look around and wander around the exhibition and I think that's because the common denominators between all of that is really the kind of basis of Islamic tradition. I think the attention to detail, the handmade and the idea that the materials become part of the work is quite important in these artists work. So the some of these materials such as brick or mirror work traditionally are used as decorative forms but here they've become the subject of the work itself.
Prize giving ceremony where we'll announce the winner is on the 12th September this year and we'll have the judges that come together to decide on the winner. The day before on 11th September, we have a full day of programming at the V&A where all of the artists and designers will be presenting new work, talking about some of their work in the exhibition, various presentations and film screenings, which will be a lovely way of understanding some of these artists work further and getting a chance to meet with them.
We are really eager to bring this to a new audience across Europe and across the States and we feel that the international tour is a very unique part of the prize and really important exposure of these artists' work and the chance to build on parallel programmes, and introduce audiences and open up their minds to what Islamic art is.
The Jameel Prize was initiated in 2009 with a view to highlighting contemporary artists and designers whose work is rooted in Islamic tradition. In this film, curator of the Jameel Prize, Salma Tuqan, guides us through the 2011 shortlist.
Jameel Prize curator, Salma Tuqan, guides us through the shortlist of ten artists and designers...


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HORRAY! I FINALLY managed to merge the 2 output versions of the Frequency Counter module into the same micro WHICH automatically switches to the right version upon startup. Details are on the my product page.Had to change the target microprocessor to get it to work. Picking up the micros tomorrow so kits should FINALLY go out on Monday after I get all the micros programmed.
Rockmite][, Rock Topper & Z-Rock ATU enclosures:
Ran some tests this week and I think we finally have a new game plan. It looks like I can take fully processed powder coated enclosures, overcoat them with black powder coat material and then cure that layer with the laser. I will be running some speed/power matrix tests this weekend and hope to have enclosures for shipment vy the beginning of the week.
Tuna Can Kits:
I've kitted almost ALL the different tuna can kits, canned them, added labels and got them back on the shelf. Toppers and Helpers are out due to lack of boards but should have boards in in about 10 days.
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An investigative network television show is sending one of its correspondents to York next week.
Josh Mankiewicz of Dateline NBC will be in town to watch the Friday, Sept. 20 episode with York-based fans who use Twitter to talk about the show each week.
Dateline producers were also spotted at Central Market and other downtown York locations Tuesday.
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Regional archaeologist Jeff Girard uses a Trimble GPS unit to mark the exact location of a grave in the White-Lattier Cemetery in south Caddo Parish, off Overton Brooks Road, as Vincent Marsala, history buff and retired LSUS chancellor, watches. The cemetery has some of the oldest burials in the area but is threatened by the relentless pace of development in the area.
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Almost every day in recent weeks, forest has given way to cleared land in Long Lake Subdivision in south Shreveport. Swaths of reddish-brown earth lined with green turf and gleaming white new roads contrast with dwindling stands of forest.
Echelons of new half-million-dollar homes, some finished and others skeletons of wood gaining coats of bricks and shingles, advance ever closer to an older village of the dead, the historic White-Lattier Cemetery just north of Wallace Lake, not far south of Holy Angels.
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Slowdown in China appears to have ended, for now
Published October 18, 2012 12:04 pm
Stimulus • Measures may have put a floor under economy's decline.
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Baba au rhum: a spirited dessert terrific for a snowy winter's night.
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What is it about winter that makes you want to bake? Whenever there's a big snowstorm raging outside, I find myself getting out the cookie sheets, cake pans and muffin tins. Here are five great recipes to make during a snowstorm.Pastel Vasco
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American Graduate Day is an unprecedented full-day broadcast and outreach event dedicated to engaging our country around the dropout crisis with special celebrity guests, relevant spokespeople and compelling stories from the students themselves. The programs are meant to recognize and highlight the work community organizations are already doing to encourage students to stay in school.
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Yvette Rowntree: Common sense needed dealing with dogs
Posted: November 08, 2013|
THE news this week that a young child had been attacked and killed by a family pet was incredibly tragic and my heart goes out to the family involved.
The dog, a bulldog, is not a breed which is listed under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, which prohibits four types of dog.
The tragedy has already led to further calls to tighten up the legislation surrounding dog aggression.
And I do think that it really highlights the limitations of the Dangerous Dogs Act.
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The Kennel Club has described the Act as "one of the worst pieces of legislation" because it has failed in its attempt to control dangerous animals whilst also making the welfare of individual dogs worse.
There have been widespread campaigns from many organisations involved in dog welfare and re-homing to improve the legislation, as well as to educate dog owners about responsible dog ownership.
The basic problem is that the current legislation is mainly focused on controlling certain restricted breeds – the "breed not deed" that welfare organisations get annoyed about.
It focuses on controlling specific breeds that are very rare in the UK, rather than encouraging responsible dog ownership regardless of the breed.
The Government is currently looking at increasing the maximum penalties for dog owners whose pets are involved in fatal attacks, and potentially including aggressive behaviour that occurs on private property, which is not currently included in the Act.
This possible legislative change seems to have been driven in part by the increase in the use of dogs as weapons in certain areas.
Attacks like the one this week are heartbreaking and I think should remind us all that any animal – particularly when scared or provoked – can cause considerable damage.
As a vet, I quite commonly see animals that may have been labelled as "aggressive" in certain situations, especially when they are stressed.
This doesn't necessarily mean that they are nasty generally, but animals are by nature unpredictable and should never be left unsupervised with a child.
The first time I was bitten by a dog I was around eight years old – I'd annoyed a family member's dog who was fed up of all the children visiting their house on that day and nipped me. I have a permanent reminder on my wrist that even a child-friendly Labrador can have limits to her patience.
I am very fortunate in that, although my mum is quite scared of dogs, she didn't pass her phobia on to me.
I'm not a person who would call for some of the draconian measures that I've seen suggested in social media over recent days, but I do think that we all need to exercise common sense and caution with our children and our pets.
I would hope that some good can come out of this tragedy, so that no other families have to go through such a thing again.


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An infographic of a social media study of the last week of the US Presidential election campaign.
Social Searcher have done a social media study of the last seven days of the US Presidential election campaign, analysing more then 1.3 million Facebook and Twitter mentions of the candidates from October 30th to November 5th.
Amongst the key findings are:
• There were 4 tweets per Facebook post;
• 40% of Tweets were posted by 10% of users;
• There were 1.2 tweets mentioning Mitt Romney per second;
• Mitt Romney was much more viral in social networks over the last 7 days: he received 53.5% of all candidate mentions on Facebook and 70.3% on Twitter.
• Sentiment analytics of the posts looks similar for Romney and President Obama.
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You can credit indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona (pictured in his old chick magnet outfit) for turning federal Judge Andrew Guilford's stately 10th-floor Santa Ana courtroom into a bloody, limb-strewn morgue for the once-touted character of "America's Sheriff."
So what do Frank Mickadeit and Jeffrey Rawitz find so amusing? They wink, smile and nod at each other so often a stranger might believe he'd witnessed the blossoming of a torrid affair. Their communications are the kind of sneaky glances you'd see between sixth-grade classmates anticipating after-school mischief.
Mickadeit, the Orange County Register columnist, sits near me on a wooden bench in the back with a cluster of other media. Rawitz, a defense lawyer, parks himself at a table next to our indicted ex-top cop—30 feet away from Mickadeit, but close enough to shoot animated facial expressions at each other.
We found out what was so amusing on Friday, when Mickadeit published "Haidl Gets the Grilling Greg Didn't." The column portrayed Rawitz as Perry Mason, Don Haidl as a truth-dodging drone for prosecutor Brett Sagel, and Carona . . . well, Mickadeit's always had a soft spot for him. (Evidence: At a time in 2005 when the sheriff was strenuously dodging other reporters, he invited Mickadeit to announce his re-election plans to the public.) I'm guessing any criminal defendant--but especially Carona--would greatly appreciate a journalist waiting 20 paragraphs to mention him in a story about his case, and then only in passing. Mickadeit's readers might believe that Haidl is on trial.
Here's how Mickadeit summed up what happened in court late on Thursday afternoon when the defense got its first shot at Haidl.
"Rawitz has rattled Haidl," he wrote. "If this were a boxing match, it would be the second round, and Haidl has been knocked down once."
I was so shocked by the assertion that I read it several times to see if I'd missed a joke. Nope. Other court observers shared my bewilderment. One even said, "What courtroom was Frank sitting in yesterday?"
Let's set the record straight: Rawitz is a sharp, hard-charging attorney, but his first round of questions—which included embarrassing technical glitches and lengthy, boring stretches of Haidl reading documents—largely focused on tangential issues.
Did the defense lawyer upset Haidl by accusing him of harassing the victim in his son's six-year-old gang-rape case? Absolutely. Did he get Haidl to admit he's a rich dude with an income of $300,000-per-month when he was appointed assistant sheriff in 1999? Yep. Did he get Haidl to admit he'd acted while surreptitiously taping Carona for the FBI? Duh. Did he get Haidl to admit that he has a huge interest (a possible reduced sentence for a pending income-tax-evasion conviction) in cooperating with Sagel? Sure.
I don't know what question/answer Mickadeit thinks "knocked down" Haidl, because nothing has yet come close to knocking the ex-assistant sheriff off his eyewitness and audio-supplemented testimony about Carona's greed, corruption and efforts to thwart a federal grand jury's probe.
Indeed, the most interesting aspects to questions by both Rawitz and his Jones Day colleague, Brian A. Sun, have been loaded questions—questions that deliver false or unproven facts to juror ears. For example, Rawitz prefaced one inquiry by claiming that Haidl had promised to spend $1 million to defeat District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, who chose to prosecute Haidl's 17-year-old son as an adult rather than send the case to juvenile court.
"That's absolutely false, sir," Haidl replied. "That never happened."
Rawitz wants jurors to believe Haidl is an unrepentant liar, an assertion Mickadeit supplemented in his Monday column. For the sake of argument, let's say he is. How does that exonerate Carona, the man who took Haidl's money and expensive gifts and friendship—who even made the used-car salesman an assistant sheriff with full police powers?
But there's good news for Calamity Mike, a politician who soiled almost everything he touched at the Orange County Sheriff's Department. In the Court of Frank Mickadeit, the government could produce two, four, six or eight more folks from your slimy inner circle to testify against you, and it won't matter. You'll always be the innocent guy whose only mistake was unknowingly surrounding yourself with hoodlums. Hey, that's Rawitz's line. Wink, wink.
(R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
Moxley, your mistake is believing that anyone believes what Frank writes.
I read that article too and while I wasn't there it seemed really noticeably slanted. This coupled with the apparent interaction between the defense and Mickadeit makes the slant even more apparent.
I also was thrown off by the title of a previous article "Frank Mickadeit: Haidl gets the grilling Greg didn't (11/14/08)" makes it sound like Haidl Sr. is on trial for something related to the rape case of Haidl JR.
Both of these articles really just left a bad taste in my mouth which I am sure it did to others. I don't expect Mickadeit to bash Corona 24/7 but come on this is over the top.
Side note, is there a guesstimate on when this trial will wrap up?
I'd always suspected him of protecting OC's powerful and well connected. He seems to crave their adulation. Perhaps he might wake up and tell the truth about Mike Carona before the end of the trial. Am I being too optimistic?
Frank Mickadeit is a complete clown. I'm sick of reporters that favor some other clown and instead of reporting the events they put their personal BS in the article. Dave Lopez is another Carona lover. He didn't want to hear anything negative about Carona before the indictment. Scott I think you could be on to something re: Frank and a torrid affair with men. Last year I sent an email pleading him to shave that stupid George Michael look off his face or remove his picture so I could read the articles. He didn't respond but did shave a few months later…
Unfortunately Mickadeit seems to identify with the OC GOP high rollers. Folks like Mike Schroeder ply him with expensive scotch and good cigars - and he operates like a Carona press agent. That's okay if you're a shameless blog-flak. But it's pretty pathetic for someone calling himself a journalist.
He does call himself a reporter, doesn't he?
Thank you OC Weekly for telling the truth
It is obvious that Mickadeit and possibly the OC Register have been hired by Carona's defense team and/or have been promised SCOOPS and possibly free get out of jail cards, if they sway their reporting favoring Carona. It amazes me that all this corruption in the OC Sheriff's Department was going on for years BUT attorneys with a fiduciary duty to advise Carona, i.e., Michael J. Schroeder, Anthony Rackauckas, County Counsel for the County of Orange and the various attorneys representing the County in litigation, never felt compelled to inform Carona that he was breaking the laws of the land as an elected government official.
This tells those in the OC one thing!!!! It is not just Carona and the OC Sheriff's Department that have created public corruption and compromised the safety of children and adults in the OC. They are all in this together, with many many many more attorneys advising on corrupt deals who continue to build their financial portfolios. To the honest, hard working and dedicated law enforcement officials still protecting the public and abiding to the laws of the land, we are sorry you have to take the hit for corrupt elected officials. The public appreciates you and the truth will come out.
To the infamous Mickadeit and the OC Register: As the largest publication in the County of Orange, it is very difficult to understand why you are part of the inner circle of OC Republican politics. You have a duty to inform the public fairly and without favortism. Please ask Mickadeit to stop acting as if there is bias in reporting within the management of the OC Register. No one is irreplaceable Mickadeit..... try not to forget that as you name drop and play hopscotch with big politics, for self-serving gain.
There is always the possibility that attorney Rawitz is working with Mickadeit to build a mis-trial case when Carona is found guilty.
No law firm donates millions of dollars in defense funds unless there is light at the end of the trial tunnel... especially in today's economy.
Frank and his fans try to make him out to be like an old-time city columnist, but Royko, Caen--shit, even Steve Lopez--but the fact is that the poor Lompoc boy is too awestruck by the money the GOP flashes in front of him to ever report anything else than journalistic fellatio. Give 'em hell, Moxley.
Speaking of "Dickadeit"......
This may be OT, but when I picked up the Sunday, 11/16/08 edition of the Reg (for "comics & coupons"), you can imagine my surprise, when I found out that another OC Weekly fav, Gordon "Dildow" (i.e., Dillow), was leaving the Reg!
Was anything mentioned by you folks about his departure?
Bob: You haven't read the Weekly this week, have you?
Gustavo: Is it against the law to NOT read the OC Weekly every once in a while?
Besides, as a former L.A. County resident, I've been spending a little time catching up with what "sus hermanos/hermanas" having been saying over @ L.A. Weekly.
If you don't read the OC Weekly, then you will not get important information that other news publications refuse to print or research.
Depending on the OC Register for anything substantial nowadays, is an absolute joke. Especially with Mickadeit at the trial playing goo goo eyes with Rawitz.
Repeated slams against OC Register columnist, Frank Mickadeit have left me just a tad confused.
Do readers such as Dean, David Zenger and others not realize there is a difference between a reporter and a columnist? I mean, seriously folks, check your dictionaries. There is a big difference.
As for being in the "inner circle" of Republicans - well, I confess that made me laugh out loud.
It's impossible to turn around in Orange County, a county which prides itself as being "the most Republican county in the nation" without bumping into an army of Republican high rollers and their ickier, smug Republican pr mavens.
Especially since the DA's office is crawling with them.
All you clown's who re-elected Carona for a 3rd term pay attention. Next time read the OC Weekly. Next time pay attention!!! I personally handled this situation with the 3 stooges "Joe Cavallo, Mike Carona, and George Jaramillo. It started with George who was my wife's cousin. In 2004 I emailed George and threatened to disclose all the adultery and illegal cash gifts. In 2005 I went to Internal Affairs to disclose BS on Mike with my wife and Mike calling her to hang out in San Francisco for sex. Then he tried to threaten me. I then went to the media and caused Mike to threaten Joe Cavallo who was my wife's attorney. I told Cavallo that I would walk into a furnace with a gas suit before I would let his money or threats scare me. The rest is history. I used my intellect to make these 3 stooges fight with each other and bring themselves down. It worked!!! Never under estimate anyone… DH


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Crafting in World of Warcraft is a game in and of itself, and it can take tremendous investment of time and gold to level a crafting profession to maximum skill... and even more of an investment if you go all out to collect all the available patterns. Because it can be such suck up so much time and money, plenty of people progress through the game without bothering to craft. Sure, crafting has its benefits in enchantments, gear, and items that only the crafter can use, but is it worth the investment? For players who just don't enjoy the crafting grind, the answer is a clear no.
So today, let's talk crafting. Do you craft? Do you hate crafting? Do you wish you had the patience for crafting because you wish you had your own Sky Golem? Tell us about it!


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Meet Phil from Mt. Airy, the rare enlightened sports-radio caller.
"A championship parade down Broad Street would be better," deadpans Phil.
WIP's Macnow agrees.
"The fans of this town really need to get laid, and I mean that in the sports sense," Macnow says. "Collectively, we need to get laid."
Unfortunately, nobody in Philadelphia--including Gargano--expects to be getting laid, metaphorically speaking, anytime soon.
"The Eagles lost against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the last game at the Vet where they were a favorite and should've gone to the Super Bowl," he says. "That was it. That was the chance."
Martorano feels especially bad for younger fans.
"There's a difference between having your balls broken and your heart broken," he says.
He says fans like Phil, who've witnessed championships, fall into the latter category since they know their teams actually can win it all.
"But if you've never seen a championship, you tend to think the teams are breaking your balls," Martorano continues. "Like they're doing this on purpose. You talk to a 24-year-old guy, tell him, 'Keep hope alive,' he thinks it's bullshit."
Phil agrees. "Who's gonna end the drought? What team is right there? None of them."
The real bummer, Phil continues, is that the city's missing out on a terrific party, one that millions are jonesing for.
Macnow, who believes sports owners have an obligation to try to give their fans reasons to celebrate, feels certain the bash Phil longs for will eventually happen.
When that happens is another question.
"It's going to be like someone took a magnum of champagne and for 25 years put it on one of those machines they have in hardware stores that stir the paint cans, and then uncorked it," Macnow says.
Phil says you can just kill him afterward.
Frank Rubino last wrote about a break in the Strawberry Mansion murder case of a young Army vet. Comments on this story can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com
Phil isn't the only serial WIP caller. He's part of what Martorano dubs "the regulars," a cadre of callers with handles like "Chuck from Lansdowne," "Mitchie Tools," "Sly from West Philly," "Mike the Weasel" and "Cowboy Dave."
These are all callers with lives that allegedly extend beyond their radios and phones. Take Mitchell Cohen, aka "Mitchie Tools"--47, married with kids, and the proprietor of a hardware store at Fifth and Passyunk. Like Phil, he usually calls Gargano and Martorano. But unlike Phil, he doesn't care about sports all that much.
"I'm not on top of the stats and everything," he says. "Actually, I like it when they talk about other stuff."
"With 2 sports talk stations in town now , I listen to Glen and Anthony , Mike
Missanelli, Ray Didddy and Angelo Cataldi and Co. , Also Tony Bruno.
Many times I find Phil on the air. Phil, if there was a way i'd buy you a beer
and talk sports with you .You're better than half the guys on both stations.
A Eagles season ticket holder 47 yrs. i hear a lot of a-holes at the Phillies and Eagles games and on the air and your mix of brains and humor is
refreshing . I sit next to Shaun Young in Section 128 and you are in the top of Philly sports fans,, You both show your passion in different ways.
Anyway a tip of my Eagles,Phillies and Sixers hat to you. Remember, I owe you a beer!"
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Our Ruby Slipper Darling costume comes with a blue and white gingham print dress! This dress has a sheer red petticoat, red trim and red glitter button accents!
This Toddler Dorothy costume even comes with glittered red ribbons for the famous pigtails! So when there's no place like home to start your whimsical adventure, purchase this and let the good times roll!


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Patricia Murphy Macdonald works as an artist exhibiting in group and solo shows across Canada. She studied at The School of Visual Arts, New York, as well as graduating in painting from Emily Carr University, Vancouver British Columbia.
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November 18, 1999
Seeley Swan Pathfinder
Seeley Lake, Montana
by Mike Thompson,
Wildlife Biologist
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
"Game Range Ramblings" column Seeley Swan Pathfinder
by Mike Thompson
It's too bad Gary Larsen retired from drawing "The Far Side" cartoons. He could have had a lot of fun with this year's hunting season.
For instance, I envision elk and hunters crowded around a big-screen TV in a sports bar. They're watching The Weather Channel. Every time high pressure builds over Montana, a cheer goes up among the elk. But, when the jet stream dives south from Canada, the hunters start trash talking.
And, at halftime in the 1999 hunting season, the elk have cheered themselves hoarse.
Forgive me if we're in the icy grip of a storm front riding the Siberian express as you read this. Because I'm writing it in the middle of November, on the wrong side of a picture window, looking out at 64 degrees and blue sky. And, chinook winds just whipped up.
I'm thinking about fishing, not hunting, and I'm not the only one, judging by the data coming in from check stations across west-central Montana (i.e., Region 2). From Bonner to Anaconda to Darby, hunter-trips through the check stations are lower than they've been in the past five years.
Admit it, hunters. How many of you have been caught in the shopping mall this hunting season, eating ice cream and renting movies instead of cooking beans and hiking the mountains?
The numbers of animals checked at Region 2 checking stations through the first two weeks of hunting season are also the lowest they've been in the current 5-year period. On the bright side, we're seeing an upswing in the white-tailed deer kill compared with last season, owing to a good fawn crop last year and good recruitment of yearling (1-1/2 year old) bucks this year. Thank goodness for the mild winters that followed the last ice age in 1996-97.
At the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range (Hunting District 282), the special season closed on November 10 with the lowest elk harvest since we established the Game Range check station in 1988. Only 11 cow elk were reported killed by 50 hunters with special A-7 licenses. It's tempting to complain, but a 22% success rate looks pretty good this year, compared with most other places.
Some folks have asked if the special season will be extended, and I don't blame them for asking. The elk just haven't been in HD 282 this yearat least in large numbersbecause there hasn't been weather to push them to the winter range.
Actually, we already addressed this very situation a few years back, when the special A-7 license for HD 282 was also made valid for adjacent HD 285. This action expanded the available hunting area for special license-holders from 43 square miles to 489 square miles. Of course, most people want to hunt the Game Range. But, if someone really, really wants an elk, the special license allows privileged hunters to pursue antlerless elk wherever they live, whether on summer range around Seeley Lake and the southern fringe of the Bob Marshall or on winter range near Clearwater Junction.
And, even though hunting is now closed in HD 282, special license-holders may continue hunting for that elusive cow in HD 285 through November 28. After all, we know that's where most of the elk are.
Contrary to popular belief, the early closure of hunting season in HD 282 is not something done by Fish, Wildlife & Parks to see how many people we can confuse. The early closure has been in place since 1956, and hunter numbers have been limited by a special drawing since 1973. These regulations reflect the fact that the portion of the Game Range in HD 282 is critical winter range for as many as 1,000 elk. Even though we may be basking in sunshine today, we could get that big dump of snow any day now. And, when that happens, elk will pour onto the Game Range to continue maintaining and building fat reserves for the long winter. At such times, they are extremely vulnerable to overharvest and displacement onto neighboring ranches.
So, we carefully control hunting on the winter range, and provide as much hunting opportunity as possible on adjacent summer-fall ranges.
Besides, this is a year when FWP strives to continue building the Blackfoot-Clearwater elk herd from the population low of 759 elk that was documented during the annual helicopter survey of January 1998. This survey followed the loss of the two previous calf crops to the effects of the winter of 1996-97, and we've been in a rebuilding mode ever since. Sorry, but this FWP biologist is not wholeheartedly rooting for the hunters this year.
Go elk! Bring on the high pressure and that southwesterly wind.


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The first Monday of every June has been named Linemen Appreciation Day in Alabama.
Monday morning, the Wiregrass Electric Cooperative held a luncheon to say thanks to their linemen.
The linemen's families were also in attendance.
The ceremony honored the 30 lineman which cover 3,000 miles of electrical lines.
Lineman say its a dangerous job but someone has to do it.
"The day that we had a pole fall on me and another fella it is one of the most memorable days because it is just what pops in my mind every time I get on a pole we had come so close to being done away with that day and both of us made it," said Bill Cobb, lineman.
Representative Paul Lee and Representative Donnie Chesteen were also in Hartford to say thanks.
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Age: 53
Family: Wife, Diana Ulrich; 2 children and 2 stepchildren.
Occupation: Police captainPatrol Division commander, Vineland Police Department; adjunct faculty, Cumberland County College Criminal Justice Studies Program; adjunct faculty, Wilmington University Criminal Justice Graduate Studies Program.
Education: Masters degree in Administrative Sciences and BA Criminal Justice Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Associate of Science, Criminal Justice Studies, Cumberland County College.
Political experience: Vineland Board of Education, two terms, former vice president and president.
Community involvement: Vineland Positive Youth Development Coalition; member, International Association Chiefs of Police; member, Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates
What leadership skills do you possess and how would you apply them to be an effective school board member?
My professional and educational training have prepared me for the rigors of leadership. I have been a supervisor in the Vineland Police Department for over 20 years with increasing responsibility attaining the rank of sergeant, lieutenant and captain. I have earned a masters degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in administrative sciences along with graduate certificates in not-for-profit partnerships and criminal justice studies.
Professional leadership schools: Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy Session No. 250; New Jersey Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Course (West Point Model); New Jersey Police Executive Institute; New Jersey Chiefs of Police Certified-Eligible Chief Law Enforcement Executive.
As a two-term board member, I stand by my common sense approach to governance and my record of carefully considering all stakeholders when making decisions. If re-elected, I will continue to make decisions that are consistent with improving the education of all children in our city.
What three things would you pursue to improve education in Vineland Public Schools?
Professional development: I will continue to support our educational professionals by supporting professional development that gives teachers the opportunity to improve their craft. As an executive officer in the Vineland Police Department, I know that professional development in a lecture setting with questions and answers fielded from a dynamic speaker is invaluable. I do not know a single person who graduates from college and knows everything about their profession. Growth comes about through meaningful, continual professional development.
Health/safety: The safety of our students and staff is paramount. Discipline, emergency plans and traffic flow problems are examples of the issues that must use a best practices approach and be critically examined. I am extremely concerned that the district has not hired a nursing supervisor and instead is leaving the supervision of our nursing staff up to other supervisors who are not subject matter experts. In my opinion, the district is gambling with the safety of 11,000 students and not adequately protecting the taxpayers interest from costly potential liability.
Student achievement: I will continue to support central administration in their endeavors to close the achievement gap in our subgroups. I refuse to accept that the district move past the 3 percent of our at-risk students as was suggested by our current board president, Mr. Medio. In my profession, I know all too well what path those 3 percent of discarded students often take and there is a much higher cost for all of us when that happens.
What grades would you give the quality of Vineland education and the job performance of the district administration? Why?
I believe that students at Vineland High School are getting a quality education and can excel. There is always room for improvement and the district is working diligently towards closing the achievement gap for all students. The fact is that Vineland is located in one of the poorest counties in the state, and many issues are present because of socioeconomic conditions beyond the control of the district. However, that does not mean that high achievement in a diverse community cant be achieved. I recently shared an article with fellow board members, titled Improbable Inspiration. The article highlighted the Union City, NJ, school district and its road from possible state takeover to high achieving. It is a district where 90 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch and three out of four kids go home to families where Spanish is spoken. The district is comprised of 31 percent English language learners and 12 percent special needs a staggering at-risk population of 43 percent. It was stated there are no quick fixes, but consistency in board leadership and central administration were instrumental. I, too, believe that stability is a key factor and that is something that the district lacks. By re-electing me to the board, I can help ensure that stability and support for the administration and our educational professionals.
As a sitting board member, I am prohibited from evaluating employees except the district superintendent, which is a confidential personnel process.
What one action taken by the school board in the past 12 months do you most disagree with and how would you have handled the situation?
I am going to choose one inaction by the Board of Education concerning governance. I feel the board could have been a trendsetter in the state of New Jersey in regards to open transparency in government by the electronic recording of closed or executive sessions. The current administrative code does not prohibit the electronic recording of those sessions. After much debate the current board voted 5-4 to not record these sessions. The reasons cited were varied for turning down my request for this resolution which were mostly logistical issues. I will agree that some issues did exist, but I feel that with a collaborative effort those issues could have been worked out. When government is conducted behind closed doors, there is an inherent distrust in the veil of secrecy. Much too often I hear, Thats the way it has always been done, but that status quo statement does not reflect a progressive stance that maybe we should examine policy to ensure a best practice is being done. Maybe the recording of those sessions would have been problematic, but now we will never know. I would like to thank fellow board members, Scott English, Diamaris Rios and Carlos Mercado, for supporting the idea of open transparency in government.


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Major: Double Major in Interactive Graphic Design and Studio Art with focus in Painting
Hometown: Palmer, KS
Nominated by: Warren Olson, Associate Vice President for Advancement
Involvements (sports, clubs, organizations): Alpha Delta Zeta (Treasurer), Art Club (President), College Choir, Bethany Oratorio Society, Beta Tau Sigma
Plans for the future: Build portfolios in both design and painting, then go to Graduate School (maybe on the east coast?) and snag an internship at a design firm.
Why did you choose to go to Bethany? The second I stepped into the art building and saw paint and clay splatters literally EVERYWHERE, I knew this place was perfect. Every other college art department I visited was such a sterile, hospital-like environment—not very inspiring. The people in the admissions office treated me like gold and the professors were very warm and welcoming….There really was no other school I liked as much.
What has been your favorite memory from college? Meeting some of the best friends I've ever had and getting to spend almost every day with them for the past three years.
What drives you as a person? Knowing that it's completely up to me to be the best person I can be.
What is a special talent you possess? Mimicking people's voices and quoting movies
What are your hobbies? Making homemade cards, digital and analog photography, riding my bike, repainting/antiquing furniture…I also like to crochet doilies and listen in on the party line. (Just kidding.)
What is something very few people know about you? We have about twenty thousand barn cats at home. (No, really, it's getting out of hand.)
Favorite food? Sushi, and pretty much anything my sister cooks.
Favorite place to eat? Diamaru
Favorite beverage? "Green Machine" Naked juice.
Favorite TV show? Bones
Favorite book? The Art Forger
Favorite class? So far my Advanced Web Design (Animation) and Interactive Media class has been pretty entertaining as well as challenging.
Favorite movie? Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Favorite band? The Goo Goo Dolls
Favorite holiday? Christmas Eve
Favorite website? Ballerinaproject.com—it's pretty legit.
Favorite actor? Betty White
Favorite quote? "No artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."- Oscar Wilde
Favorite college team? K-State I guess?
Morning or night? Early morning is my favorite, but I get more homework done after 9pm.
Eat out or cook? Cook…most of the time.
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
Steak or fish? Either one!
Rap or rock? Rock
Country or pop? I'm a seasonal fan of both: Country in the summer, Pop during winter.
Dance or sing? I personally prefer singing, but I love to watch ballet and figure skating.
What is your current ring tone? It's called "Very Alarmed," (courtesy of U.S. Cellular).
What is your current desktop picture? A picture I took of an old, decaying house on our property back home.


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Henslow, George to Darwin, C. R.
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Reviewing C. V. Naudin's article ["Nouvelles recherches sur l'hybridité dans les végétaux", Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) 4th ser. 19 (1863): 180–203] for Popular Science Review [5 (1866): 304–13]. Requests references.
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My dear Sir,
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Very many thanks for the paper on Kidney Beans, & the offer
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I feel much tempted to run down, & take the liberty of calling upon you in Easter week if agreeable to yourself; as I shall have a holiday then: but perhaps you will kindly let me know if you are then, well enough to see me.
Yours very Sincerely | Geo Henslow
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Petal's Peyton Swilley (44) drops to slide home Friday as they face Hancock in a Class 6A playoff game.
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PETAL - So far, the 2014 playoffs have started out just how Petal wanted them.
Well, maybe not exactly like the Panthers might have hoped, but well enough.
The Panthers survived four errors, and junior right-hander Demarcus Evans got through a rocky spot in the middle innings to defeat Hancock 9-5 in the second game of the Class 6A play-in round at Panther Field. ...


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Running out of storage space? Running out of money? I feel for ya, buddy. Most of us are in a rough spot in the real world looking for a place to cram all our stuff; half the programming on cable channels seems to be about folks de-cluttering their homes, getting rid of stuff they don't need and culling the crap they do keep (10 teddy bears gone-hubby gets to retain one childhood keepsake... belt-buckle collection sold at garage sale- wife gets to keep her 1st place rodeo buckle... you get the i
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Matt Thompson works on a grinding machine at Greenville Tech. The program helps train students for 21st century jobs.
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A report by the Brookings Institution reveals that younger Americans are faring poorly in the economic recovery even as overall unemployment rates generally continue to decline. The disparity is clearly evident in South Carolina, and this demonstrates a need for economic development leaders, education officials and elected officials to continue seeking ways to engage high school students and recent graduates and lead them on the path toward productivity.
Brookings researchers said young workers between 16 and 24 are among those most adversely affected by a "lost decade" in which fewer jobs existed at the end of the decade than at the beginning, according to a recent report in The Greenville News. It is the first time since World War II that the United States experienced such a labor market.
Among the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, Greenville was among the 10 areas with the lowest employment rates for young adults between 20 and 24, according to the report. The area had a 54.2 percent employment rate for young adults; the highest employment rate for those individuals was 75.8 percent in Omaha, Neb.-Council Bluffs, Iowa.
It's a nationwide problem. In August of last year, people between 20 and 34 years old made up 41 percent of all unemployed workers and just 32 percent of the total labor force. In August, 41 percent of the 11.3 million unemployed were between the ages of 20 and 34, even though they make up only 32 percent of the civilian labor force.
Some of the damage to the job market for younger adults is systemic. As jobs disappeared for established workers, they increasingly turned to jobs that traditionally had been held by younger workers. That left younger workers displaced.
Some of it, though, comes down to preparedness. For example, 21st century manufacturing increasingly demands specialized training that high school graduates do not have and can receive only in a technical school setting or through some vocational training program. This is the area this state has been targeting and needs to continue addressing if it is to bridge the gap in underutilized young workers.
An example of the sort of collaboration that is needed to improve the fortunes of young workers was highlighted in a recent newspaper report. Technical colleges in the state are using a new curriculum that was developed by Clemson University to teach students the skills they need to get a job with a 21st century manufacturer. The university's partnerships with technical colleges and K-12 schools are part of a broad effort to advance education in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math).
Another effort is Greenville Technical College's planned Center for Manufacturing Innovation that will give students needed training to meet industry needs and help students receive an associate degree, bachelor's degree or workforce training programs so they can meet employers' needs.
The reality is that manufacturing is returning to the United States as it increasingly demands a more technically trained workforce. South Carolina is at the vanguard of that return - consider manufacturing plants such as BMW, Boeing and General Electric - and can attract even more manufacturers if it gives students the skills they need.
That approach can help to solve the younger generation's workforce under-utilization problem that certainly was exacerbated by the Great Recession.
It is incumbent on high school graduates to make sure they have the training employers are looking for. That includes potentially seeking post-secondary training in college or a technical school. At the same time, it is vital for state and local governments, along with economic development professionals, to ensure that they are offering programs that can provide the training young workers need, and guiding those workers toward the careers that are coming to the region.
South Carolina has taken great strides toward this. The data show that a lot of work still needs to be done; but there also is a tremendous amount of success and collaboration that can be a foundation for future success.


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Alissa Weber performs the 'Star Spangled Banner' at a Appleton Timber Rattlers baseball game.
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Fond du Lac native Alissa Weber has always loved singing, but she never fully pursued her passion.
A recent turn of events, however, has put Weber on center stage. She is slated to perform the National Anthem when the Milwaukee Brewers host the Cincinnati Reds in a Major League baseball game July 9 at Miller Park.
The former Alissa Zimmerman first began singing in junior high school under the tutelage of Woodworth Middle School choir director Margaret Bohn. Weber said Bohn helped inspire her love of music. ...


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