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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast, stealing a million litres of oil, in the latest in a spate of attacks in its waters, an official said on Thursday.
Pirates hijacked the Malaysia-registered tanker MT Budi Mesra Dua last Saturday off Bintulu in the oil-rich Sarawak state as the ship sailed from neighbouring Singapore.
"Ten machete-wielding pirates boarded the ship, which was carrying about a million litres of diesel. They took control of the tanker for about 10 hours," Mohamad Sufi Mohamad Ramli, a local commander with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency told AFP.
The armed pirates siphoned off the diesel fuel to another ship, robbed the crew of their valuables and destroyed communication equipment before escaping, he said.
"We have activated 24-hour sea patrols around Bintulu waters (in the South China Sea) to prevent similar attacks," Mohamad Sufi said.
"We are hunting down the pirates," he added.
Pirates have attacked a number of vessels in waters off Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia recently.
In April, pirates injured the captain and stole diesel fuel from a Thailand-owned tanker off the eastern coast of Malaysia.
In the same month, three Indonesian crew were kidnapped and diesel fuel stolen from a Singapore-managed tanker in the Strait of Malacca, an important shipping lane.
The International Maritime Bureau's Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre urged maritime agencies in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia to bolster security measures to stop the piracy menace.
"In recent weeks, we have recorded five hijackings (including this latest incident), in the South China Sea area and in the Malacca Strait," the centre's head Noel Choong told AFP.
"In four of the cases, pirates stole the diesel and gas oil cargo," he added.
The Strait of Malacca is a key maritime highway linking Europe and the Middle East to Asia, and has long been a hunting ground for pirates.
Attacks in the strait had dropped in recent years following stepped-up patrols and cooperation between neighbouring countries to secure waterways. - AFP
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The story of Grace Unlimited starts with our founder and program director: Starkey.
Starkey is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic … clean and sober since 1989, by the Grace of God. Speaking of Grace, that's how Starkey came up with the name of our organization… Grace Unlimited. After being in jail many, many times and to the State Penitentiary twice, she finally found experience, strength and hope and recovery from alcoholism in the 12-step program. After prison, continuing a lifestyle of recovery, Starkey opened her own home to women who were leaving prison and seeking a new way of life. They slept on Starkey's couch while she fed them, loved them, and introduced them to a life of recovery and responsibility. Several of these very women who slept on Starkey's couch years ago are now important volunteers with GU. In 2003, Starkey filed for 501 (3) c status on behalf of Grace Unlimited, and she dreamt of the day when an actual home could be made ready and more opportunities offered to women leaving prison.
You Gotta have Friends(or It Takes a Village)
In 2006, Kathleen Cook- Hunter, Former Co-Executive Director of Grace Unlimited, who has been involved with jail & prison work for over 19 years, contacted Starkey, asking about Starkey's dream of having a transitional home for female ex-offenders. What was being done to open a safe, loving home?
Kathleen has seen many women over the years be released from prison, with many hopes and dreams but without tools to change their lives. Most go back to prison.
Kathleen was looking for a transitional home for a friend who had served nine years in Gatesville prison and was being considered for parole. Being involved as a volunteer for many years in this field, Kathleen realized that choices for a safe home that actually "loved women sober" and into health with actual recovery tools, life skills, and healthy guidelines were somewhat limited in Dallas.
When she suggested to Starkey that they get together and call some friends, a plan went into action and a dream started to become a reality.
Kathleen called Jacqueline Hartley with the idea that such a home could be established in Dallas, something they had discussed many times as they drove home from Gatesville Prison after bringing in 12-step meetings to the units.
Jacqueline did not hesitate to say she was in – all the way in. Together, Kathleen and Jacqueline made a decision to buy a house to use for Grace Unlimited.
Jacqueline has also been involved with the recovery community since 1987 and has actively volunteered with both adult and juvenile females in State and Federal institutions in California and Texas. In 2003, Jacqueline was named "Detention Center Volunteer of the year" by the Dallas County Juvenile Department.
Mix three women with passion, experience, love, lots of friends, with unlimited Grace, they get things done. The first goal was to lay out a plan and have a larger meeting. People in the recovery community were extremely supportive and still are today. We knew we were on the right track.
Finding our home
The next step was finding a house that could be turned into a home.
Options were limited when we considered renting: coming up with first, last month and landlords not being very open to a transitional home for female ex-offenders.
We needed:
a safe neighborhood – a family neighborhood
an ethnically diverse neighborhood
a house big enough for six women
proximity to transportation (downtown, mid cities, etc.)
close to a community college (El Centro)
close to Starkey, our program director
front porch and a yard
We also needed an investment that would not lose money in an area that would continue to develop.
Consequently, Grace Unlimited is located in North Oak Cliff. Jacqueline and Kathleen stepped out on faith, buying a house, which we were fortunate to find. All of us immediately agreed that 824 Melba was meant to be GU's home.
Lots of work needed to be done. 824 Melba had been a boarding house previously, and we all were convinced that we wanted to offer women a safe, loving environment that they could call home. With no shortage of volunteers, or donations, or hard work, or laughter, and never with any doubts, GU took shape.
The journey gets real!
The Success of GU Residents
Our first resident, Pepper, who stayed with us six months left clean and sober and self supporting. Sarah was our second resident. Sarah is working as an apprentice for O&E supplies, learning to make orthotics and prosthetics. Sarah is taking classes at Northlake College. She has established relationships with her family and continues to reach out and help others.
Tammy, our third resident is working full time. Tammy has reunited with her family. She continues to grow. She is active in the recovery community.
Nancy and Bridget arrived in December 2007. We provided a safe and loving home for them. Both Nancy and Bridget are living clean and sober; actively involved in the recovery community. Nancy is reunited with her family and working full time.
Bridget graduated after living at Grace Unlimited for six months. She is continuing her education at El Centro College, working full time at a retail shop and has her own apartment.
Virginia, now living at Grace, has gotten her beautician's license and is working full time. Virginia just had her first visit with her daughters, she continues to thrive at Grace Unlimited. Theresa has just joined our family.
Once our residents are picked up from prison, they are bought new pajamas, personal intimate items and introduced to AA or NA, and a sponsor in recovery. They receive appointments for counseling and health care. We help them get identification and a driver's license.
Grace Unlimited offers classes at the house, such as computer use, financial principles, and life skill instruction, the residents attend workshops and seminars in the area; they become active in the community.
Our residents have made a positive impact in our neighborhood. After a storm knocked down trees in Oak Cliff, the GU residents were the first to help the neighbors clean up the trees and get electricity restored. Unused donations such as food are given to the neighbors along with clothing that is not sold at garage sales. Garage sales greatly benefit our neighbors as this gives many families the opportunity to buy children's clothing, household items, etc.
Grace Continues
June 2009
Veronica is still working at "It's a Grind" coffee shop.
June 2008
Life is Funny – Thank you for joining us for the FUNdraising comedy show featuring Chuck Cason at the Lakewood Theater June 7. Almost 400 people attended and was very successful. The FUNdraiser and Grace Unlimited were featured on Channel 11 and Channel 21.
May 2008
Grace continues to grow as we welcome two new residents this month. Bridgette, Starkey and Melissa finish their first semester of Community College with A averages. Grace Unlimited continues to receive the Bingo Charity Distribution, thanks to Ridgewood Bingo.
April 2008
Starkey continues to correspond and conduct interviews with potential residents at Jesse Dawson Jail and Gatesville Prison. Bridgette starts work at the Rose Garden, a high-end resale shop in Oak Cliff.
March 2008
A succesful garage sale raises over $1200. Grace appreciates all donations and especially our volunteers. After three months Nancy is ready to begin living independently. While at GU Nancy began working full time, had much needed surgery and a great start in her new life.
February 2008
Grace Unlimited receives a donation of a 1994 pick up truck which will assist in moving furniture and donations.
January 2008
Starkey starts the new year by going to school at Eastfield Community College studying Drug and Alcohol Counseling. Melissa, our resident director, and Bridgette also start classes at El Centro Community College.
December 2007
A great holiday season starting with two new residents, Bridgette and Nancy. Bridgette celebrated her first Christmas at Grace Unlimited after 15 years in prison. Everyone was surprised by an anonymous donor who left Christmas presents at the back door for Grace Unlimited.
November 2007
This was an exciting month for GU as both Tammy and Sarah graduated from our program after having spent almost a full year with us. We are very proud of both of them.
October 2007
Touched by Grace concert annual fundraiser was October 7, 2007 at the Unity Church on Forest Lane. Over 300 attended. We want to thank everyone for their support especially Mark Carroll.
September 2007
Grace Unlimited welcomes a new resident. Grace Unlimited begins our capital funds campaign. It is our goal to own the house that we now rent.
August 2007
Sarah starts two classes at El Centro College.
July 2007
Women of Grace venture out to Samuel Farms to pick fruit and then share the extras with their neighbors on the block. The Grace residents take the elderly next-door neighbor to their doctor appointments. Both therapy and classes continue.
June 2007
Program Director, Starkey, continues reviewing applications and organizing teams to interview new candidates for the house. This process is comprehensive as it requires Starkey to write personal letters to each applicant, review each application, process a background check, then the trip to Gatesville, Lew Sterrett or Jesse Dawson is scheduled for a personal interview with the applicant.
May 2007
We proudly watch Pepper complete the Grace Program earlier than expected and march confidently into the world on her own. She left Grace clean and sober, gainfully employed and with money in a savings account.
April 2007
Grace holds a successful yard sale which brings in money for groceries and to support renovation work on the garage. The Women of Grace respond to the April storms that have left the neighborhood littered with debris by initiating a neighborhood clean up and GU helps to cut down a fallen tree, collect and bag scattered and damaged belongings. The ladies were featured on the KTVT CBS-11 5 o'clock News highlighting their efforts.
Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse sponsor National Youth Services Day and on one Saturday GU is filled with energetic young people who help repair the garage and front porch.
March 2007
Ladies have Health Care Plus from Parkland, driver's licenses and they are working. Pepper has extensive dental work done by caring and generous dentists. Therapy Services are donated and all ladies begin a road of personal healing.
Grace Unlimited receives our largest grant award of $5,000 from the Harold Simmons Foundation.
Molina High School students donate over $1000 to Grace through the Common Cents project where the students collect change for one month to contribute to a cause they want to support. Sponsored by Communities Foundation of Texas, Grace Unlimited attends the event and we are touched by the kindness and generosity of these students.
February 2007
Through the loving donations of their time, love and money, The Young Family completes the full renovation of the Grace Unlimited Learning Center. Our center now has fully operational computers and Internet connections along with brand new office furniture and workstations donated by Dallas Desk. This allows Grace to begin Computer Proficiency classes taught by our volunteer Mary Ellen.
January 2007
Resolana Classes, www.resolana.info, begin in Grace's Learning Center, teaching living and communication skills. Gracie's Girls opens as a cleaning service company and now employs not only our ladies, but also other women just released from jail, providing them with the opportunity to make an honest living through an honest days work.
Grace Unlimited receives the Bingo Charity Distribution. Thanks to Ridgewood Bingo, some of the profits from games played are donated to Grace Unlimited.
December 2006
The Grace family welcomes Sarah and Tammy, our second and third Women of Grace. Tammy walked out of the Gatesville Prison directly into the Grace family's arms and we whisked her to Dallas and her beautiful new home.
The Cox Family has a Holiday Party and asks all their guests to bring paper good donations for Grace Unlimited. What a success and The Grace Van goes home filled with donations.
Grace Unlimited has our first Holiday party and friends bring a decoration for our tree.
October 2006
$30,000 is raised at the Life is Good benefit concert allowing us to establish a financial portfolio to provide stability for Grace, get a much needed alarm system for the house and insurance for our vehicle. Pepper, our first Woman of Grace, arrives. Upon arrival, Pepper and the hands of Grace get busy, establishing and maintaining her wardrobe and personal needs, health insurance, a Texas Driver's License and introduce Pepper to the 12-step recovery community.
September 2006
Grace Unlimited reviews applications from prison. Three Directors go to prison to interview possible residents.
August 2006
Grace Unlimited has its first "huge" garage sale where we raise over $2000 and realize August in Dallas is not the time to have a huge garage sale!
June and July 2006
The Melba House undergoes serious rehab. Volunteers, mostly from the recovery community, do just about 100% of the work. Walls are scraped and painted, floors are scrubbed and a multitude of other jobs are performed with love and vigor to prepare the house for its first Woman of Grace.
May 2006
A house is purchased and we're prepared for hard work in getting Grace Unlimited ready for residents.

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The Office of Academic Planning provides vision and leadership for evidence-based decision making at the University of Georgia.
What's New
The University Council approved the updated Building on Excellence, UGA 2020 Strategic Plan at its November 28, 2012 meeting. The updated plan's goals for focused investment in research and graduate education were highlighted in a front page article of the Athens Banner Herald, on November 20, 2012.
Institutional Research
The central mission of the Office of Institutional Research (OIR), a unit of Academic Planning, is the collection, organization, and analysis of institutional and other data to support institutional management, operations, decision-making, and planning functions.


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Master Gardener Carol Kagan goes a-wassailing into the apple orchard.
"Health to thee, good apple-tree,
Well to bear, pocket-fulls, hat-fulls,
Peck-fulls, bushel-bag fulls."
This song was sung during "orchard visiting" wassailing (rhymes with fossil-ing), a tradition that is typically done on Twelfth Night (Jan. 17 on the old Gregorian calendar). It refers to visiting apple orchards to thank the trees for the past year and promote a good harvest in the coming year.
Wassailing dates back to the 14th century, with lots of variations in communities. "Wassail" means "to your health" in Old English. Many communities in England still have January wassailing events.
Pennsylvania is the fourth highest U.S. apple producer and Franklin, Adams and York counties have ample apple orchards. Sadly, there are no local wassail events but Terhune Farms in New Jersey holds annual wassailing, as does Linville Orchards in Media, Pa.
Originally, the wassail was a cider drink made of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted crab apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar. After partaking of cider and cake, people would go out into orchards carrying an earthenware cup of cider and some cake. The cake was soaked with cider and left in the tree branches for the birds. Cider was then poured around the tree roots and various songs sung.
For some, the aim was to wake the apple trees and scare away evil spirits. Shouts, noise makers and musket shots were part of the ritual. Other variations included a wassail king or queen to lead a processional through the countryside, visiting a number of orchards.
A folktale from Somerset reflecting this custom tells of the Apple Tree Man, the spirit of the oldest apple tree in an orchard, and in whom the fertility of the orchard is said to live. In the tale, a man offers his last mug of mulled cider to the trees in his orchard and is rewarded by the Apple Tree Man who reveals to him the location of buried treasure.
Today, the wassail tradition has been used to promote a good harvest or good growth of other plants besides apples. Is there something in the garden or yard you need to give a little boost for the coming growing season?
Should you wish to make some wassail and visit the garden, Colonial Williamsburg provides this recipe:
Serves 20
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon whole allspice
2 sticks cinnamon
1 gallon apple cider
1 large can unsweetened pineapple juice
3/4 cup tea
Tie cloves, allspice and cinnamon into a cheesecloth sack. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker and let simmer on low for 4 to 6 hours. Add water if it evaporates too much.
Ice safety
By Extension environmental educator George Hurd
How do you know if ice on a pond or lake is safe to walk on?
According to Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, never fish on ice that's less than 4 inches thick. Remember that temperature, snow cover, currents, and springs can all affect the relative safety of ice.
Ice is seldom the same thickness over a single body of water. Avoid areas where there are feeder streams and springs. Avoid dark, honeycombed or porous ice.
The PFBC website http://fishandboat.com/ice.htm offers links to an ice thickness chart and Safety Checklist for Ice Anglers that can be downloaded. PFBC also recommends the following ice safety tips:
• When drilling holes to check ice depth, check the ice at least every 150 feet.
• Always take a partner along and let others know exactly where you are going and when you will return.
• Once at the lake, stay away from "stickups" like brush, logs, plants or docks and steer clear of multiple pressure cracks on the ice.
• When ice fishing in a group, spread out to avoid too much weight in one area.
• When fishing from shore, be extra careful near rivers and streams. Moving water wears ice from underneath, so the ice may look thicker than it really is.


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Friday December 22, 2000
Redolent of atmosphere and rapturously cinematic, "Before Night Falls" has a gift for creating visual mood that's so strong you'd swear it couldn't last--but you'd be wrong. Anchored by a charismatic and accessible performance by Javier Bardem as star-crossed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, this florid examination of an artist's coming of age, of cultures in collusion and conflict, is difficult to resist.
Stronger on images than on dialogue and with a tendency to embrace excess for its own sake, "Before Night Falls" is not without its shortcomings. But ultimately this powerful, beguiling film about a poet whose homosexuality put him at odds with the state seduces us just as it seduced Bardem (who resisted the part but ended up winning best actor at the Venice Film Festival) and director Julian Schnabel, who has made a much better film than anyone might have expected.
Hardly the modest artisan, Schnabel is a famously successful artist whose feature debut, "Basquiat," was more on the order of a self-indulgent dabble in another form. There are similar indulgent elements here, like the stunt casting of his friends Sean Penn and Johnny Depp in cameo roles and putting his wife, his five children and his parents in the picture, but what's remarkable about "Before Night Falls" is how much Schnabel has surmounted this gimmickry and turned out a deservedly confident and artistic piece of work.
It all starts with that intoxicating look. Collaborating with cinematographers Xavier Perez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas and production designer Salvador Parra, and with Mexico standing in for Cuba, Schnabel has turned out an exceptional re-creation of several exotic worlds. The Edenic rural Cuba of Arenas' childhood, the hothouse sensuality of Havana just after the old regime's fall and the nightmarish prisons that are the revolution's darker side combine to create visual poetry of a high order.
Ironically for a film about a poet, it's the scenes without words, or rather the scenes where excerpts from Arenas' wonderful poetry and prose are read by Bardem in the original Spanish over magical images and Carter Burwell's hypnotic music that are the most successful. The script by Cunningham O'Keefe, Arenas confidant Lazaro Gomez Carriles and the director is at its weakest when it resorts to dialogue, both because its take on emotions is more operatic than realistic and because Bardem's uncertain command of English frequently makes him hard to understand.
On the other hand, that heavy accent is a price easily worth paying for the actor's exceptional performance. A major star in his native Spain but little-known here, Bardem brings grace, empathy and sensitivity to his portrait of the poet who makes the journey from innocence to experience without losing his freshness and his receptivity to new sensation. Though Bardem is on the screen in almost every scene, his is a presence that never wears out its welcome.
It's Arenas' childhood we experience first, growing up in rural Oriente "a child of absolute poverty, absolute freedom." Raised by his mother (Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Schnabel's wife) and a supportive matriarchy, young Reinaldo experiences the first stirrings of what will be the twin passions of his life, poetry and men.
Captivated by Fidel Castro and his revolution, Arenas ends up in Havana in 1964, a shy, modest, would-be poet and novelist. His early work catches the eye of some well-known writers, and his physical gifts attract the notice of Pepe Malas (Andrea Di Stefano), who guides the young author (and us) through the city's quasi-clandestine gay subculture.
Those early days of the revolution are portrayed as a pansexual fever dream when everything was tolerated. Gradually, however, the Castro regime gets increasingly rigid and views Arenas, both as a gay man and as a writer, as the kind of threat it doesn't want to tolerate. "Artists are escapists, counterrevolutionaries," someone tells the poet. "People who make art are dangerous to any revolution."
"Before Night Falls" presents an especially damning look at the Cuban revolution's attitudes toward homosexuals, and, in a wider sense, at the way increasingly repressive regimes try to marginalize anyone who bucks the imperative to conform. Though the last parts of Schnabel's film are not up to its best segments, its wholehearted embracing of what the poet believed in and its ability to unfold like a veritable dreamscape, to use the camera to expand our world, are virtues in short supply. "Before Night Falls" commands our involvement and our respect.
Before Night Falls, 2000. R, for strong sexual content, some language and brief violence. A Grandview Pictures production, released by Fine Line Features. Director Julian Schnabel. Producer Jon Kilik. Screenplay Cunningham O'Keefe, Lazaro Gomez Carriles, Julian Schnabel. Cinematographers Xavier Perez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas. Editor Michael Berenbaum. Costumes Mariestela Fernandez. Music Carter Burwell. Production design Salvador Parra. Running time: 2 hours, 5 minutes. Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas. Olivier Martinez as Lazaro Gomez Carriles. Andrea Di Stefano as Pepe Malas. Johnny Depp as Lieutenant Victor/Bon Bon. Sean Penn as Cuco Sanchez. Michael Wincott as Heberto Zorilla Ochoa. Olatz Lopez Garmendia as Reinaldo's Mother.


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Anyway, Jesus gave the freedom to some to 'count the cost' and decide whether or not to follow. Was the rich young ruler cast out? or did he turn away under his own accord? You could go on and on with examples of 'apparent' choice.
I certainly understand the ramifications of rejection of Calvinistic teaching to result in some sense of works based salvation, and clearly salvation is not of works. At the same time an out and out rejection of free will requires a gross manipulation of countless scriptures as well.
I am blessed by your blog and not trying to make an argument for or against anything, simply saying that both camps (Calvs vs. Arminian) seem at best inconsistent, and at worst dishonest. Plus they do a tremendous job of misrepresenting the other side's belief. I was out and out Calvinist at one point, and was reading Wesley expecting to blast him out of the water, only to find that most Calvinists I have heard speak about him totally lied concerning his doctrine.
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Christmastime is approaching once again, and another year is coming to an end. It has been a long-standing tradition to give gifts to friends and loved ones to reflect on the birth of Jesus. The wise men came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. I know that Christmas has been so commercialized that it has lost its true meaning; however, Christmas does give us a reason to reflect on the season and how grateful we are for friends and family. Gift giving is a tradition, so why not give practical gifts that our loved ones can use year-round.
I give practical preparedness items to my friends, family and loved ones every year. As my children get married and have families of their own, they appreciate these types of gifts more than they used to. I have three married children, several who are single and live in apartments and some who are going to college. I worry about them venturing out into the big world. I want to make sure they have some preparations that could make them safer and even could save their lives in times of crises.
One year, I gave my husband and my children sleeping bags that would keep them warm at 20-30 degrees below 0. They were very expensive, and I wondered if it would be practical for everyone. My oldest son volunteers at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, every January. The frigid 20-below weather would surely freeze the faint of heart. My son slept in his sleeping bag in the back of his van for the entire week, and he had no problems. He was very happy that I had given him such a practical gift.
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Emergency Food Storage (Pre-Packaged Meals)
Last year, all my children got a large assortment of Go Foods™ prepackaged meals that serve four people. I loaded each one of them up with a large box of food. These meals are so easy to fix that even my daughter in college can boil water and cook them. I like Go Foods because the meals have no genetically modified organisms, no MSG, no trans fats, no illegal fertilizers and no chemicals or harmful preservatives. The shelf life is 15-25 years. You can eat these meals tonight, store them for a rainy day or share them with others. Go Foods has a Christmas special this month that is a great deal.
Solar-Powered Flashlights
I love my solar-powered flashlight. I keep it in my car at all times. It charges with sunlight, natural and artificial light. This is one of the gifts my children are getting for Christmas.
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Mary is the Program Coordinator for the Department of Community Relations, and is responsible for cultivating relationships with businesses and non-profit organizations in the Rogers Park and Edgewater communities, planning and executing special events, and serving as liaison between the University and residents of the local neighborhood.
Prior to joining Loyola in June of 2012, Mary worked for range of non-profits focused on improving the economic sustainability of low-income neighborhoods through job-training programs and business outreach.
Mary attended fellow Jesuit institution, Marquette University, earning her BA in Psychology and Sociology. Following Marquette, Mary pursued a MA from the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, focusing her studies on public policy, community organizing, and non-profit management. She is thrilled to be working at Loyola University, the alma mater of her parents, close friends, and extended family.
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Brace yourselves, ladies! We're on the verge of the busiest time of the year. Between cookie baking and family get-togethers, it's hard to find time to create a new hairstyle for each occasion, from scratch. Don't fear—there's still a way for you to switch up your look when you're running from party to party!
Celebrity hairstylist Raphael Reboh (he's worked on Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, and Claudia Schiffer) shared his tips for getting Kendall's two ultra-chic looks with no need to rinse and repeat in between! Here's how to create a daytime topknot and transform it into a tousled, wavy 'do for all your nighttime festivities.
1. Take your clean, damp hair and gather it into a high ponytail. Make sure the sides are super smooth, pulled back tight, and have no bumps.
2. Section your pony into three sections and braid it tightly all the way down.
3. Wrap the braided ponytail around the base of the ponytail and pin it in place.
4. To get the wavy style, remove the pins, unbraid your ponytail, and take out the hair tie.
5. With your fingers, comb your hair downward and settle any fly-aways and frizz with some dry shampoo or hair serum.
Raphael says you can add a little jazz with a headband or by creating a cute hairline braid. Another bonus? This look can go three to five days without a wash!
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Next public city review set for Alki Homestead renovation proposalMarch 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm | In Alki Homestead, West Seattle history, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
The architects who are working on the plan to renovate the Alki Homestead, closed since an electrical fire in January 2009, will return to the city Landmark Preservation Board's Architectural Review Committee this Friday morning. It'll be the third time they appear before the committee, which doesn't vote, but rather advises applicants on their project before they get to a vote of the full board – whose approval is required for an official city landmark to proceed with renovations/modifications. The meeting is open to the public and is scheduled for 9:30 am this Friday at the Municipal Tower downtown; here's our report on the first review in January, and the second review last month. The proposal seeks to renovate the historic Fir Lodge as a restaurant, with banquet facilities, and an added structure to its rear (west side) that would house the kitchen among other things.
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anyone else having fried chicken withdrwals?
Comment by Paul — 11:58 pm March 28, 2011 #
Yep! and along with fried chicken withdrawals, I'm missing those delicious Manhattens
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It is one of the most admired companies in the world. As a matter of fact, its name became a mantra in the field of business and management– it's called the Toyota Way of Management. Yes, Toyota has captivated the world for its commitment to quality cars. It is the number one car manufacturer in the world in terms of sales. Toyota is the leading company that stringently apply kaizen, the Japanese term which means "continuous improvement." If my means would allow me, I want to have a Toyota car.
Yet, despite its very high standard on quality, Toyota once faced with a challenge. Its name was put into the test when it had recalled millions of car units in 2010 because of defects. It was a crisis that was immediately put under control and it was forgotten. Toyota today is stronger and bolder.
In Dagupan City, it is ironic that Toyota Dagupan is located at Calasiao, Pangasinan. This is maybe because Dagupan is tremendously more popular than Calasiao. If given a chance to choose (choose only), I want to have a Toyota Fortuner. It looks classy yet tough for anyone and for any occasion. I would love it!


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'Pay Drew Brees' Song by 5-Star & T-Bone
5 Star & T-Bone have done it again. First it was 'Free Sean Payton' and now they've come up with 'Pay Drew Brees.' "It's time to give Drew Brees his cheese… Franchise tag- wrong call."
Ya gotta love it! I think I have a new favorite song!
Pay Drew Brees
Free Sean Payton Rally Song
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom, be-knownst by all the lands, and revered by all its occupants. This kingdom was filled with systematically built fortresses of concrete and steel, towers that seemed to ascend forever, and black asphalt roads that bent around every corner. Small aerodynamic carriages of plastic, metal and rubber economically poisoned the air as they carried about the kingdoms occupants in style and speed. Pretentious, pushy vendors pedaled all manner of conceivable wares from symmetrical stalls that lined the hallways of vast indoor market places and glimmering screens transported a symphony of sound and color, from far and wide, into every home.
That aside, what made the kingdom truly great was its surface. All the bleakness of reality lay beneath the synthetic gleam of cheap boot polish, perfectly parted hair, powdered faces and polite smiles. The iron bars of every window were hidden behind neatly trimmed, taut hedges and electronically watered flower beds, brimming with a perfect co-ordination of colors. Benign racism was termed 'affirmative action', date rape was 'boys-being-boys' and homophobia was religiously justifiable. Yes, there was massive social oppression, yes anyone daring to live an alternative lifestyle was made to suffer, and yes none of it mattered to the majority of this kingdom.
From birth all children of the kingdom had their fate mechanically allocated. Every little girl had to be a princess, a beautiful helpless object, like the color pink, and wait patiently for her prince charming/knight in shining armor. She had to be a virgin or else she was a whore. Every little boy had to be a prince or a knight, like the color blue, and driven by an overwhelming compulsion to kill dragons, enchantresses, cultural minorities and other supposedly evil creatures. He had to resign himself to the monotony of a repetitive day job and swear an archaic oath to dutifully defend heterosexism or else he was cast out.
There were many children in the kingdom that grew to faithfully fulfill their allocated fate. This tale, however, is about one who did not:
"Kayla, what am I to do? I am to be the bride and victim in marriage to this prince and his happily ever afters", exclaimed princess Kiya as she dropped rigidly down onto the hardened mattress of a canopied bed, creasing the factory made quilt that was to be kept perfectly straight during the daylight hours.
"Marriage? Have you not told your parents about us?" the handmaid asked pretentiously when she already knew the answer. She sat down beside Kiya, unknowingly adding another ripple of creases to the quilt.
"Yeah right!" Kiya replied, her voice dowsed in sarcasm and then returning to its natural tone "I did mentioned to my mother once, years ago, of my love for another girl. She recoiled, said that it was a passing phase. Thank god I didn't mention that you were the subject of my affection."
"That's true," Kayla conceded reluctantly. "They would have seen us separated long ago". She let her head fall upon Kiya's shoulder, a familiar, and yet still welcoming alcove for the heavy weight of her consciousness. Her long un-kempt hair silently whispered songs of rebellion as it fell about her face and covered her dark complexion. "I would have lost you" she said and then paused a moment, contemplating submission to the still present cravings of her small ego, cravings for the seductive re-assurance of posing yet another already answered question. "Tell me, do you want to marry this nameless prince?"
"Ha-ha, I'd rather slit my wrists with a straight razor," Kiya answered with a tone that clearly illustrated the stupidity of such a fleeting thought and then added, "I love you Kayla, you know that." Both hearing the sudden click of approaching footsteps they paused, pulled away from each other and turned expectantly towards the door. Silence again. They waited a moment and then continued.
"Run away with me then! The night before your wedding, under the cover of dark, we'll take our leave of these walls. What do you say?" said Kayla enthusiastically.
Kiya paused, pretending she needed a moment to think the matter through, or at least to play her polite part in what had become a long anticipated act, and then she replied, "You would have to make all the arrangements, lest anyone be the wiser, but you know I will!"
Unbeknownst to Kiya and Kayla, the king stood outside the servant's chamber. Having overheard fragments, he pressed his perverse, prying ear against the paper thin door and listened in on the whole conversation. He rushed to his study where he called, with haste, upon the prince to whom his daughter was betrothed.
"Hearken, brave prince!" the king said, "You must go about this task as I tell you now, lest there be no happily ever after." Hearing that his bride-to-be had taken a female lover did not bother the prince. Like many of the kingdom's care-free occupants, he lived under the false pretense that two women were only ever romantically affectionate for the pleasure of men. He was so shamelessly immersed in his own egotistical projections of self-importance and dull delusions of effortless sex-appeal that he could not comprehend the more likely motive of these two women. But Kiya and Kayla intended to elope and leave him shamefully stranded at the alter and that he could not abide.
Kayla was preoccupied carefully packing what few necessities she could afford to and making stealthy arrangements for her and Kiya's midnight departure. She didn't notice the prince enter her chambers, take up a self-righteous stance, and lock the door behind him. The king had already seen to it that the princess and the other servants were studiously tending to the wedding arrangements and well away from the castle. The prince was alone with Kayla. Suddenly aware of his presence she turned and addressed him.
"My lord, you've startled me." she curtsied politely, "What brings you into my quarters?"
Wielding a colt revolver he spoke, "I have come to slay thee, wicked enchantress. Thou shalt not deprive my princess and I of our happily ever after."
"Wha… I don't unders…" she began, terrified, knowing well what he meant, but not how he'd come to know.
"Kneel before me" he demanded. She was neither weak nor helpless but the scales were unfairly tipped. Like in all fairy tales fate favored the prince and so did the .38 caliber pieces of perfectly cast lead that sat snuggly inside the revolvers chambers silent waiting for their tailored purpose. Kayla knelt and brought her hands together like a preying mantis on its death bed in a catholic confession box.
"Please, I beg of you, have mer…" The prince forced the gun into her mouth. She didn't dare move, save her trembling jaw that tapped her teeth attentively against the barrel and the tears that now rolled down her face with freedom and fluidity, carving out their own artistic path across the canvas of her stark cheek bones.
"Make it look like suicide, just as the king hath instructed," the prince mumbled to himself in a barely audible tone before he blew the back of the handmaids head apart. He wiped his prints from the gun and placed it in her hands. He routinely straightened the quilt on her bed and then left.
The king, providing the prince a supposedly perfect alibi, confronted the princess upon her return. "My beloved daughter! This day is one of sorrow. Your servant girl, she has taken her own life." His words were stained with false sincerity and the slightest hint of remorse as he now saw his bidding done.
"Come see, this is all that remains of her". Kiya stood silently, staring at the blood splattered wall, that mimicked some piece of contemporary art, and the corpse of her lover piled upon the floor beneath it. She forced back the tears that persistently threatened her cool composure. She knew immediately the extent of her father's deceit; that he was somehow responsible. "Come now, my dear," he said, a little disarmed by the intensity of her suffering and wrought with a genuine desire to comfort her. He placed a maternal arm around her pale neck and gently ushered her away from the room. "We must not let this besiege tomorrow's joyful occasion. You are to be wed, rejoice!" In a voice so cold and removed that it cut through the stiff, stale air like the hot blade of a machete through rotting fruit she said,
The next morning guests congregated in the main dinning hall like mindless worker ants about a fallen sweet, waiting anxiously for the marriage ceremony to commence. Kiya however was no-where to be found. The king was dis-heartened and a little distraught by her absence but routinely told him self this was to be expected. After a frantic, frenzied search for the belated bride, the queen finally found her in the bathroom of the servant's quarters.
"Kiya? Kiya! Is that you?" she said in a tone of frustration and disappointment that only a mother could manage, as she entered the dark room. She groped the walls like a hormonal teen on her first date until she found that special spot: the light switch. The light flickered and coughed before illuminating the room with its sterile fluorescent glow. Kiya lay still in the bathtub unyielding to her mother's calls. As though respecting her desire for modesty the diluted red water prudishly covered the top of her pale pink breasts. On the titled floor beside the bath sat a polished straight razor. The queen in a panic grabbed her daughter by the shoulders and violently shook her naked body. "Kiya! Kiya! Sweetheart are you…" she screamed with frantic desperation but prompted no response "No! no, no, Kiya!" Kiya's eyes were wide open but showed no sign of awareness, no tiny spark of anything that might be optimistically miss-interpreted as life. It was then that the queen noticed her wrists, a bold and blatantly obvious detail that had escaped her in the chaos and confusion. They were slashed vertically. Kiya had opted to join her lover in death rather than be subjected to a union, forced upon her by a kingdom that neither understood nor cared for her. On the tiled wall above her, where she'd pressed her open wrists like pen to paper in one final, immortal, bitter expression of her deeply rooted cynicism and dis-contentment, were the words in blood:
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Dominican teen's age may pose problem for Rangers
By EVAN GRANT
Staff Writer
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Just four months before the curtain draws on the wild west environment for signing Latin American talent, the Rangers have apparently landed one last whopper in signing 17-year-old outfielder Jairo Beras.
That is, if the Dominican teen really is 17.
The only thing that might prevent Beras from receiving a $4.5 million bonus from the Rangers is a discrepancy over his age.
According to Baseball America, Beras had been listed as having a Dec. 25, 1995 birthday in both international play and at a Major League Baseball showcase this month. That would make him 16 and ineligible to sign until July 2. Not coincidentally, that is when MLB's new rules curbing bonuses go in effect. Teams will only have a $2.9 million pool from which to sign international talent. Until then, however, teams can still operate freely, so long as the player is 17.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels declined to comment on the situation, but according to a source, Beras' paperwork now says he was born in 1994, which would make him 17 and eligible to sign. Beras is listed at 6-5 and 178 pounds and drew a comparison to a young Juan Gonzalez from several scouts, according to the Baseball America report.
The Rangers spent more than $10 million on Latin American teens last year, anticipating some kind of change to the international free-agent signing process. When the new collective bargaining agreement was negotiated late in the season, the new restrictions were put in place.


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Starting on January 8, 2013, QMG will offer eight-sessions on Tuesday evenings from 5 pm to 6:30 pm
At Quincy Medical Group, we understand the positive outcomes of quitting smoking months and even years after a person commits to quitting. We also understand the difficulties faced during the road to becoming free of tobacco. This is why Quincy Medical Group has partnered with the American Lung Association to offer Freedom From Smoking, a tobacco cessation program.
"Smoking and tobacco use is more than a habit, it is an addiction, and one that can be hard to overcome," said Loretta Musholt RN, Certified Smoking Cessation Facilitator.
Starting on January 8, 2013, Quincy Medical Group will offer the eight-session program on Tuesday evenings from 5 pm to 6:30 pm. This program will provide targeted tobacco cessation classes led by Certified Smoking Cessation Facilitators, along with individual counseling, peer support and tobacco replacement products. Freedom from Smoking is based on a five step platform that prepares individuals to quit and provides resources that are scientifically proven to help them stay tobacco free.
"Freedom From Smoking is a program I am proud to be a part of because it not only gives you the resources to quit, but it also provides the guidance to make sure you beat the habit for life," said Ashlyn Myers, RD, LDN, Certified Smoking Cessation Facilitator.
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Johannesburg - The Congress of the SA Trade Unions has called on the Public Protector to investigate former defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu following claims that she abused the defence force's jets.
"If true, (this) amounts to a monstrous waste of public funds by an elected public representative," Cosatu spokesman Patrick Craven said on Monday.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula recently told Parliament that Sisulu took 203 trips in SA National Defence Force Gulfstream jets while she was defence minister between 2009 and earlier this year.
According to reports, around R200 000 was spent on return flights for Sisulu from Lanseria, via the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria, to Ysterplaat in Cape Town.
This excluded costs for the pilot, crew, food and landing.
On Saturday Sisulu, who is now minister of public administration, denied Mapisa-Nqakula's claims, dismissing the information as false and misleading.
She asked for an apology and a correction. - Sapa
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9:47 AM MDT | July 31, 2013 | Lindsay Frost
Ineos says its has started commercial-scale production of cellulosic ethanol at its Indian River BioEnergy center joint venture at Vero Beach, FL. Shipments from the plant, the first US facility to produce cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale, will start in August.The plant uses a unique hybrid of gasification and fermentation technology to convert wood scraps, grass clippings and other waste materials into transportation fuels as well as energy for heat and power. The plant is a jv between Ineos and New Plant Energy (League City, TX),
Plant output will total 8 million gal of cellulosic ethanol and 6 megawatts of renewable power. The plant is permitted to utilize municipal solid waste, quantities of which will be used for bioethanol production at the center during 2014, Ineos says.
"We are now pleased to announce that we are producing commercial quantities of bioethanol from vegetative and wood waste and, at the same time, exporting power to the local community—a world first," says Peter Williams, CEO of Ineos Bio and chairman of Ineos New Planet BioEnergy. The company says it expects "to spend the remainder of 2013 putting the plant through its paces and demonstrating full nameplate capacity."
The plant cost over $130 million. The facility has already converted several types of waste biomass material into bioethanol—including vegetative and yard wastes, as well as citrus, oak, pine, and pallet wood wastes.
"Today's announcement of commercial-scale cellulosic production represents an important benchmark for American leadership in this growing global industry," says Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Ernest Moniz. "It also demonstrates the need for early-stage investment in innovative technologies that will help diversify our energy portfolio, reduce carbon pollution and lead to tomorrow's energy breakthroughs." DOE says the project's gasification-fermentation technology–which produces fuel, heat and power–has its roots in a University of Arkansas research project, supported by a $5-million DOE investment over fifteen years. Ineos purchased the core intellectual property for the technology in 2008.
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Why can not all Florida Sugar Mills burn their baggasse to produce electricity ?
It could be a welcome new green source for the state
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Stool 60, Tom Dixon Special Edition
Note: This product is no longer available.
An Alvar Aalto Design. Reinterpreted by Tom Dixon.
By Artek.
An Alvar Aalto Design. Reinterpreted by Mike Meire.
By Artek.
Tom Dixon's design contribution to the Anniversary Edition series of the Stool 60 adds the designer's signature fluorescent orange to Aalto's iconic silhouette. This vivid painted finish echoes the sentiments of the colorful Anniversary Edition Stools which drew their anniversary colors from Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium white, black and orange furniture scheme.
It was now 80 years ago, that designer and Artek co-founder Alvar Aalto launched his Stool 60 to great acclaim. The simple, stackable and durable wooden stool represented a new approach to furniture design with the revolutionary use of wood instead of bent steel as was traditional at the time. And the ground breaking Stool 60 proved a durable and modern solution that would influence a large number of today's classic designs. Throughout 2013, Artek commemorates Stool 60's 80th Anniversary by introducing a series of limited edition stools, designed by a select few architects and designers.
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Material(s): Birch wood
Dimensions: 17.3" H X 15" Dia
Designer: Alvar Aalto
(1898-1976) Born in Kuortane, Finland. Thanks to his original style and unique talents, Alvar Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design. During his career, he designed many buildings in different parts of the world: concert halls, libraries, hospitals, museums, and private homes, including the Villa Mairea. His furniture and lamps, often starting out as a part of the buildings he designed, are produced together with Finnish Artek.View other products by Alvar Aalto
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Originally posted by Jose Campana: It's so easy to create Web Services in .NET, I saw a guy today do it in 5 minutes.
I was wondering if its like that in Java. ...and most of all I would like to know If I could try a "Hello World" example using Glass Fish? (Is there a tutorial around?)
Originally posted by Jose Campana: It seems that you have some sort of grievance against that particular process (WS in Visual Studio --> IIS), right? Why would that be?
Originally posted by Peer Reynders: You only need Java SE 6 Webservices in JDK 6 Introducing JAX-WS 2.0 With the Java SE 6 Platform, Part 1 However that won't clarify any confusion that you may have regarding WSDL and UDDI. Maybe this topic can be of some help. And don't forget the Web services FAQ.
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Grown mainly for their colorful foliage and compact growth habit, coral bells are becoming more collectible. New lines of plants continue to be produced and marketed. This year, a new soda pop line joins coral bell theme collections such as candy flavors, desserts and more.
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Many gardeners in our area are beginning to discover coral bells, or heucheras, along with their cousins, foamy bells, or tiarellas.
A new series of plants crossed between the two are known as heucherellas. Between these three families of beautifully designed plants for shade or part shade, the number of plants available to gardeners is astounding, along with the variety in color, shape, size and texture.
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First on the FREE list is a holiday Ecard where you can type your personalized message and then create your dancing elf. Click on the image below and go to Holiday eCards and you'll find Elf Madness which is FREE!
There's also an awesome gangnam style video that is free. This one tickles me. I made one of these and personalized it with a picture of Tommy and I think I've watched it 10 times and laugh every time. I then posted it on Facebook so everyone else could laugh at him too. He's such a great sport! To make the Free Gangnam Style video, click on the picture below and then click the gangnam style tab.
These are the only two personalized JibJab items that I found to be free. After I did mine, I started looking at the other videos and I was hooked. I paid my $12 annual membership fee and I began creating videos of friends and family. My mom and mother-in-law became disco dancers and musical elves, my kids and their friends played roles in the farting version of the Nutcracker (I know, I'm warped). I just can't stop!!
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With all the boats from the Melbourne to Launceston race safely finished as of late last night, the focus now shifts to the last stages of the Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoaster and Westcoaster races.
Goldfinger - Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoast-Race( Salamanca Series) - Ocean Race of Victoria (ORCV) Tassie Trio 2012
Goldfinger has stretched out its lead for line honours to 90 nautical miles, as fickle winds on the east coast of Tasmania have left the next group of boats – made up of Seven50, Matrix, Dry White and Escapade – travelling at speeds below one knot. While this is frustrating for the crews trying to find some speed to propel them past Bicheno, it has allowed the rear of the fleet to close the gap.
Goldfinger is sitting to the east of Tasman Island, preparing for the turn into Storm Bay. Currently the Tasmanian weather pattern is not in their favour as Storm Bay is experiencing 20 to 25 knot westerlies which will make a record breaking run look less likely.
This same westerly weather pattern will suit the Westcoaster fleet who are reveling in 25 to 30 knots driving them towards their destination. Leading boat Extesea has just passed Low Rocky Head, approximately 20 nautical miles from Southwest Cape where they will turn inside Maatsuyker Island. The 30 knot westerlies are an ocean racing skipper's dream – these are the moments yachties live for, and the stories that become part of their folklore. The spinnaker wardrobe will be out in readiness as they surf their way towards Bruny Island.
Unlike earlier in the race, the conditions are now conducive to this fleet with all of them able to hug the rhumb line. Former ORCV Commodore, Angus Fletcher, will be cautiously pleased with his current position on Tevake II as he closes the gap on Extasea. The double handed Cadibarra 8 is close behind as is the well performed Bandit and the downwind flyer, Spirit of Downunder.
Fletcher's handicap position is strong and the spinnaker run across the bottom will suit Tevake II. Both Yoko and Turbulence, who yesterday went to the aid of their compatriot, Afrayed Knot, will be asking for time redress which will be decided after the fleet reaches Hobart. This could impact handicap positions.
Given that Goldfinger will be beating to cross Storm Bay, their ETA has shifted to approximately three p.m. today. The west coast fleet will enjoy reaching conditions after their spinnaker run and are now expected around six p.m. Leading positions in that fleet are still tightly contested.
Sandringham Yacht Goldfinger, skippered by Peter Blake and Kate Mitchell have rounded Tasman Island. With their compulsory radio call Goldfinger have predicted an ETA of midday today for their finish in the Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoaster race.
Storm bay and the fickle Derwent River await them but with the record beckoning they are leaving nothing to chance using precision sailing and tight crew work to battle the strong westerlies on their journey home.
A media vessel will be leaving from Elizabeth Street pier to capture their crossing of the line.


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Huawei confirms Ascend W2 with Windows Phone 8, 4.3-inch screen
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Ascend W2 shown at Mobile Asia Expo with China Mobile TD-LTE
The rumored Huawei Ascend W2 has been confirmed by the company, after making an appearance at the Mobile Asia Expo. Appearing on the Huawei stand, the Ascend W2 is a low-cost Windows Phone 8 device, complete with a 4.3-inch WVGA IPS display, a range of three colors, and a styling reminiscent of the Nokia Lumia range.
Images of the phone and of the accompanying specifications sheet, taken by Winp.cn, shows the Ascend W2 as measuring 9.9mm (0.38-inch) thick, with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 running at 1.4GHz, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, and TD-LTE connectivity through China Mobile.
Shown in black, red, and yellow, Huawei has not revealed when it will be launching the Ascend W2, though it is though to be soon. It is expected to cost less than $300 at launch.


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Steve Melewski joins The Scott Garceau Show with Jeremy Conn to talk about the Orioles spring training.
Steve talks about the impressive spring training that non-roster invitee Conor Jackson is having so far.
Melewski breaks down the bullpen that went unchanged from last year. Steve also touches on Brian Roberts trying to play his way back into the team after injuries. Steve also talks about the lack of a big off season move by the Orioles and reminds us not to count anything out just yet.


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Care Continuum Alliance will host the Population Health Innovations Showcase on Wednesday on Capitol Hill, giving policymakers an up-close look at the latest strategies and technologies aimed at population health and chronic disease management.
Care Continuum Alliance (CCA) is an industry association of more than 200 stakeholders in healthcare delivery. That includes a "wide array of organizations that provide population health services," says Tracey Moorhead, CCA's president and CEO.
"We truly represent every segment of the healthcare delivery system," she adds. "We have hospitals and health systems, physician group practices, accountable care organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers, PBMs, wellness companies, health plans, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans, private sector plans, disease management organizations, group purchasing organizations for hospital systems, consultants, academic medical institutions, integrated delivery systems, lab companies, you name it."
In other words, it's a broad-based coalition, convened to address about as broad a healthcare challenge as there is: "population health." It's a term that has different meanings, depending on who you ask.
"Our definition is based on our population health management framework, which identifies five core components, or strategies, for effective population health management," says Moorhead. "Those components are population identification, assessment, stratification, engagement/intervention and outcomes measurement. The Care Continuum Alliance has focused in the last seven years on identifying best practices, developing definitions, and establishing measure sets and methodologies around each of those five components."
[See also: Care Continuum Alliance spotlights four core strengths of ACOs .]
At the Population Health Innovations Showcase, which will be held in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, CCA will show members of Congress, their staffs other federal and state officials how technology is being put to use cutting costs and improving care delivery across the population.
Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, (D-PA13) and Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen, (R-MN3) will be there in addition to an array of vendors, including Inovalon, Active Health Management, Healthrageous, Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Health Dialog, Mirixa, Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health, Qualcomm Life, United Health Group, U.S. Preventive Medicine.
Ken Yale is vice president of clinical solutions for ActiveHealth Management, which will be demonstrating its clinical decision support, patient portal and provider workflow technologies at the Innovations Showcase.


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How significant was the Lehman collapse to the UK economy?
– Geoffrey Wood is professor of economics at Cass Business School in London. The opinions expressed are his own -The collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, sparking a crisis that paralysed the global financial system. But how significant was the bank's collapse to the UK economy? What about other events such as Northern Rock? Professor Wood argues that the fall of Lehman was just one of many symptoms of the recession in this country.The year of global change: watch our documentary and view our interactive timeline on the fall of Lehman Brothers and the 365 days of upheaval that followed.


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What would a celebration of Mardi Gras be without a heaping hot bowl of jambalaya?
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The stage is set for a big Mardi Gras celebration Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Old Bay Restaurant in New Brunswick. In fact, it's a brand new stage at Old Bay that New Brunswick Jazz Project and the Old No. 7 Band will be performing on.
"It opens up the whole place, you can see it from everywhere," said Old Bay general manager Pat Pipi. "We've knocked down a wall and raised the floor ... the patrons have a good visual perspective."
That means you'll be able to see who's catching your beads no matter where you are. The New Brunswick restaurant has been ground zero for Mari Gras fun in Central Jersey for the last 25 ...


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A lot of work goes into the lemon drop martini at Vesta in Coralville. Bartenders mix house-infused lemon vodka, housemade sour and lemonade and serve the citrus-y drink in a sugar rimmed glass. / Benjamin Roberts / Iowa City Press-Citizen
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When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But if life gives you a lot of lemons, we suggest you find some vodka and make a lemon drop martini. The sweet, citrus-y drink is the perfect summertime sipper, and these Iowa City bars and restaurants make some of the meanest martinis in town.
115 E. College St., Iowa City
Information: 887-5477
Downtown Iowa Citys Graze has been named the top spot to grab a martini in the area by Press-Citizen readers for four years running, and for good reason: quality ingredients, innovative recipes and sophisticated presentation come together in each of the bars drinks. The Lemon Drop martini ($8) made with Absolut Citron, lemon and sour is no exception. In the mood for something a little different? Try the Lime Drop martini ($8) made with absolute citron, lime and sour for a twist on the original.
849 Quarry Road, Suite 100, Coralville
Information: 338-3782
A lot of work goes into each Lemon Drop martini ($7) served at Vesta in Coralville. Bartenders mix house-infused lemon vodka, housemade sour and lemonade and serve the citrus-y drink in a sugar rimmed glass. They are really popular, especially in the summer, they are a nice, light summery drink, Bartender Natalie Curlee said.
503 Westbury Drive Suite 1
Information: 338-1770
Balance is the name of the game when it comes to the Lemon Drop martini ($7) at BlackStone. Bartenders blend tart lemon juice with sweet Cointreau and vodka in their version of the classic drink. For a fruitier flavor try the Raspberry Lemon Drop ($8), which is made with Stoli Razberi Vodka, Triple Sec and raspberry puree.
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|Coker Ranked a Top 100 Baccalaureate College in the Nation
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – September 1, 2011 – Washington Monthly's September-October issue ranks Coker College among the top 100 baccalaureate colleges in the nation that contribute most to the public good.
"In recent years, college rankings have proliferated dramatically," said Coker College President Robert Wyatt.
"While each list endeavors to measure the value of a college education, prospective students may find themselves spending almost as much time comparing the rankings as they do comparing the institutions.
"In fact," Wyatt added, "the field has become so complex that education writers now weigh in with unexpected commentary on each other's efforts. Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews, who wrote the popular college guide, Harvard Smarvard, describes Washington Monthly's list as, 'a model for what all college rankings should be.'"
"It is based on how professors are teaching and students are learning, not on the average SAT score of a college's freshman class or how prestigious college presidents think the school is," Mathews wrote.
Regardless of how the rankings are judged, invariably they reveal surprises for readers who aren't well versed in the attributes of the individual institutions.
Washington Monthly's roster is based on three broad criteria: the social mobility of its students, the cutting-edge research it produces and the ways its students give back to the nation.
Of the various individual measures that contributed to its overall rank, three scores, in particular, elevated Coker to the top tier: research expenditures #27; community service #45; and academic and administrative support of community service #25.
This year, as last year, Coker College was named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
Also this year, Coker was one of about 250 colleges nationwide that joined the President's Interfaith and Community Service Challenge, which was launched in Washington last month.
Examples of Coker's commitment to conducting cutting-edge research include Professor of Biology Joseph Flaherty, who recently received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to support new undergraduate biology research, and Professor of Chemistry Dr. Gordon Brown, who was awarded a $50,000 grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund to enhance Coker's chemistry program.
For more information about Washington Monthly's 2011 rankings, visit http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2011/baccalaureate_rank.php.
For information about admission to Coker College, visit http://www.coker.edu/future-students.html.


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Outraged environmentalists slammed a new State Department report that found the controversial proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, which would deliver oil from Canada to Texas, would have minimal impact on the climate.
"We're mystified as to how the State Department can acknowledge the negative effects of the Earth's dirtiest oil on our climate, but at the same time claim that the proposed pipeline will not likely result in significant adverse environmental effects," said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune. "Whether this failure was willful or accidental, this report is nothing short of malpractice."
Since Canada will tap into its oil sands anyway, approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to change the rate of development. The project wouldn't change the volume of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area. Development of tar sands in the Canadian province of Alberta would create greenhouse gases, but other methods of transporting the oil, such as trucks or barges, also present risks to the environment, the report said.
President Obama's stated commitment to addressing climate change will be put to the test in the eyes of environmentalists when he makes the decision of whether to approve the project in the coming months.
"Letting corporations get rich off of environmental devastation will make Obama's climate rhetoric look like the worst kind of greenwashing," said Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford said.


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|The demonstration of the number, course, and the location of nutrient artery canals of the femur by multidetector computed tomography.
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|PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the number, course, width and location of nutrient artery canals of the femur by using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS: Sixty-six adult (35 right and 31 left) dry femurs were included in this study and scanned by MDCT. Nutrient artery canals were evaluated on the multi-planar reformatted and volume rendered images which were reproduced on the basis of axial images. RESULTS: The median value of nutrient artery canals was two (minimum 1 and maximum 6). We determined that there was a negative correlation between the number of nutrient canals and the canal diameters. The outer ostia of the nutrient artery canals were most frequently located at the middle third segment of femoral diaphysis (65%). While the vast majority of the canals were showing upward courses (95%), only a few canals were having transverse (3%) or downward (2%) courses. Most encountered location of outer ostia of the canals according to linea aspera was the medial lip of the linea aspera (44%). Various variations were demonstrated in the number, course, and location of nutrient artery canals using MDCT. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the knowledge of the topographic features of the nutrient artery canals may be useful in various clinical implications such as bone grafting or radiologic evaluation for the fracture lines.
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The state of John "al Quds" Brennan's rhetoric is strong. Here's the president's chief counterterrorism adviser previewing the release Obama's National Security Strategy, which after much delay will be released tomorrow:
The President's strategy is absolutely clear about the threat we face. Our enemy is not "terrorism" because terrorism is but a tactic. Our enemy is not "terror" because terror is a state of mind and as Americans we refuse to live in fear. Nor do we describe our enemy as "jihadists" or "Islamists" because jihad is a holy struggle, a legitimate tenant [sic] of Islam, meaning to purify oneself, and there is nothing holy or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children.
Indeed, characterizing our adversaries this way would actually be counterproductive. It would play into the false perception that they are religious leaders defending a holy cause, when in fact they are nothing more than murderers, including of thousands upon thousands of Muslims. This is why Muslim leaders around the world have spoken out—forcefully, and often at great risk to their own lives—to reject al Qaeda and violent extremism. And frankly, their condemnations often do not get the recognition they deserve.
Moreover, describing our enemy in religious terms would lend credence to the lie—propagated by al Qaeda and its affiliates to justify terrorism—that the United States is somehow at war against Islam. The reality, of course, is that we never have been and will never be at war with Islam. After all, Islam, like so many faiths, is part of America.
Sounds really smart, right? Very nuanced, very Obamaesque. Meanwhile, back on planet earth, there's disturbing news, suggesting that the White House's Cairo speech rhetoric might not be changing the hearts and minds of our enemies:
The pace and number of attempted terror attacks against the U.S. over the past nine months has surpassed the number of attempts during any previous one-year period, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security report issued on Friday, May 21.
The report notes chillingly that while US officials "lack insights" they believe that "operatives are in the country and could advance plotting with little or no warning."
The DHS document also warns that both the Northwest 253 and Times Square incidents, like attempts several prior successful and attempted attacks, featured a link between the terror suspects and radical Muslim cleric Anwar Awlaki, who was born in the U.S. but is now based in Yemen. The charismatic preacher, called by the report a "violent extremist ideologue," is now the subject of a widely reported manhunt by the US in an effort to kill him.


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