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Might be a bit early, but I'm excited for the postseason this year.
AL is wide open and I think the Braves/Cardinals winner goes to the WS.
Am I crazy to think the last statement?
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Bronco fans better take a good look. This is their future unfolding in front of them. It's about to get uglier.
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Carolina by 17
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Yeah, Carolina is going to win the Superbowl
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If you never had Fred then you never would have had Georges. Think about that for a minute you stupid *****
If all holds, who would have thought the Detroit Tigers would be the first to clinch their division?
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
Originally Posted by jdoggivjc
If all holds, who would have thought the Detroit Tigers would be the first to clinch their division?
The Reds clinched a while ago.
Originally Posted by IHavNoCyCash
The Reds clinched a while ago.
I meant to type AL, for whatever reason it didn't make it into my post.
Originally Posted by jdoggivjc
If all holds, who would have thought the Detroit Tigers would be the first to clinch their division?
In the AL or overall? The Nats clinched the East earlier tonight.
Edit: I see your correction now. Carry on.
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MM and gesell are pretty much a wash. is niang a better player than woodbury? of course, but that doesnt mean its a good matchup for him, especially with a much more athletic defensive player backing up woodbury.
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Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams
Reds all the way.
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Pencil in the Tigers - they just won the AL Central.
And Miguel Cabrera may have just won the Triple Crown.
I'm glad the Tigers won it rather than the White Sox.
Giants tied with Dodgers 2-2 in the 8th.
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Giants tied with Dodgers 2-2 in the 8th.
Casilla gave up a single that scored the winning run in the 9th (surprise). Dodgers took it, 3-2. LA has far more to play for at this point than the Giants, since they are still chasing the Cards for the 2nd wild card spot.
I have tickets for game 1 in San Francisco on Saturday, but flights are SO f-ing expensive. I don't know if I'm going to be able to go or not. Have seen a post-season game for the Twins before, but have never been able to see my Giants play in the post-season in person. When I bought them, I figured I'd rather have them and need to sell them if I couldn't go, than be able to go and not be able to afford the game tickets. <sigh>
Still don't know if San Francisco will play the Nats or Reds (they have the same record going into Tuesday's games). I saw on MLB Network's ticker that Gio Gonzalez should start game 1 for the Nats. Gonzalez/Cain would be a great match-up to watch, even if it's only on tv.
All people who make sweepingly generalized, stupid, uninformed comments are idiots.
as a cubs fan I don't belong in here whatsoever
just wanted to say the 1 game play-in for the wildcard is like playing 6 minutes of an NFL game and deciding the winner that way
Self proclaimed 2012 CF Newcomer of the Year
Hey dodgers. You can lose any time. Annnny time.
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Originally Posted by VikesFan4Ever28
You have almost 5 crap tons.
I still hate the play-in game. Game 163 to settle a tie is one thing. A play-in game for the wildcard is garbage.
Originally Posted by CLONECONES
as a cubs fan I don't belong in here whatsoever
just wanted to say the 1 game play-in for the wildcard is like playing 6 minutes of an NFL game and deciding the winner that way
You don't belong anywhere
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(a) Furnishing of information by employer to plan sponsor
An employer shall, within 30 days after a written request from the plan sponsor, furnish such information as the plan sponsor reasonably determines to be necessary to enable the plan sponsor to comply with the requirements of this part.
(b) Notification, demand for payment, and review upon complete or partial withdrawal by employer
(1) As soon as practicable after an employer's complete or partial withdrawal, the plan sponsor shall—
(A) notify the employer of—
(A) No later than 90 days after the employer receives the notice described in paragraph (1), the employer—
(i) may ask the plan sponsor to review any specific matter relating to the determination of the employer's liability and the schedule of payments,
(ii) may identify any inaccuracy in the determination of the amount of the unfunded vested benefits allocable to the employer, and
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(i) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of this paragraph and in paragraphs (4) and (5), an employer shall pay the amount determined under section 1391 of this title, adjusted if appropriate first under section 1389 of this title and then under section 1386 of this title over the period of years necessary to amortize the amount in level annual payments determined under subparagraph (C), calculated as if the first payment were made on the first day of the plan year following the plan year in which the withdrawal occurs and as if each subsequent payment were made on the first day of each subsequent plan year. Actual payment shall commence in accordance with paragraph (2).
(B) In any case in which the amortization period described in subparagraph (A) exceeds 20 years, the employer's liability shall be limited to the first 20 annual payments determined under subparagraph (C).
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (E), the amount of each annual payment shall be the product of—
(I) the average annual number of contribution base units for the period of 3 consecutive plan years, during the period of 10 consecutive plan years ending before the plan year in which the withdrawal occurs, in which the number of contribution base units for which the employer had an obligation to contribute under the plan is the highest, and
(II) the highest contribution rate at which the employer had an obligation to contribute under the plan during the 10 plan years ending with the plan year in which the withdrawal occurs.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, a partial withdrawal described in section 1385 (a)(1) of this title shall be deemed to occur on the last day of the first year of the 3-year testing period described in section 1385 (b)(1)(B)(i) of this title.
(I) A plan may be amended to provide that for any plan year ending before 1986 the amount of each annual payment shall be (in lieu of the amount determined under clause (i)) the average of the required employer contributions under the plan for the period of 3 consecutive plan years (during the period of 10 consecutive plan years ending with the plan year preceding the plan year in which the withdrawal occurs) for which such required contributions were the highest.
(IV) If under a plan this clause applies to any plan year but does not apply to the next plan year, this clause shall not apply to any plan year after such next plan year.
(iii) A plan may be amended to provide that for the first plan year ending on or after September 26, 1980, the number "5" shall be substituted for the number "10" each place it appears in clause (i) or clause (ii) (whichever is appropriate). If the plan is so amended, the number "5" shall be increased by one for each succeeding plan year until the number "10" is reached.
(D) In any case in which a multiemployer plan terminates by the withdrawal of every employer from the plan, or in which substantially all the employers withdraw from a plan pursuant to an agreement or arrangement to withdraw from the plan—
(i) the liability of each such employer who has withdrawn shall be determined (or redetermined) under this paragraph without regard to subparagraph (B), and
(ii) notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the total unfunded vested benefits of the plan shall be fully allocated among all such employers in a manner not inconsistent with regulations which shall be prescribed by the corporation.
Withdrawal by an employer from a plan, during a period of 3 consecutive plan years within which substantially all the employers who have an obligation to contribute under the plan withdraw, shall be presumed to be a withdrawal pursuant to an agreement or arrangement, unless the employer proves otherwise by a preponderance of the evidence.
(E) In the case of a partial withdrawal described in section 1385 (a) of this title, the amount of each annual payment shall be the product of—
(i) the amount determined under subparagraph (C) (determined without regard to this subparagraph), multiplied by
(2) Withdrawal liability shall be payable in accordance with the schedule set forth by the plan sponsor under subsection (b)(1) of this section beginning no later than 60 days after the date of the demand notwithstanding any request for review or appeal of determinations of the amount of such liability or of the schedule.
(3) Each annual payment determined under paragraph (1)(C) shall be payable in 4 equal installments due quarterly, or at other intervals specified by plan rules. If a payment is not made when due, interest on the payment shall accrue from the due date until the date on which the payment is made.
(4) The employer shall be entitled to prepay the outstanding amount of the unpaid annual withdrawal liability payments determined under paragraph (1)(C), plus accrued interest, if any, in whole or in part, without penalty. If the prepayment is made pursuant to a withdrawal which is later determined to be part of a withdrawal described in paragraph (1)(D), the withdrawal liability of the employer shall not be limited to the amount of the prepayment.
(5) In the event of a default, a plan sponsor may require immediate payment of the outstanding amount of an employer's withdrawal liability, plus accrued interest on the total outstanding liability from the due date of the first payment which was not timely made. For purposes of this section, the term "default" means—
(A) the failure of an employer to make, when due, any payment under this section, if the failure is not cured within 60 days after the employer receives written notification from the plan sponsor of such failure, and
(6) Except as provided in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), interest under this subsection shall be charged at rates based on prevailing market rates for comparable obligations, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the corporation.
(7) A multiemployer plan may adopt rules for other terms and conditions for the satisfaction of an employer's withdrawal liability if such rules—
(8) In the case of a terminated multiemployer plan, an employer's obligation to make payments under this section ceases at the end of the plan year in which the assets of the plan (exclusive of withdrawal liability claims) are sufficient to meet all obligations of the plan, as determined by the corporation.
Source(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4219, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 104(2),Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1236; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title V, § 558(b)(1)(B),July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 899.)
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I don't like a lot of color on my lips and tried this Volupte Perle in Milky Pink. Glad I did---it's gorgeous on the lips! Can't describe its exact color because while it does look pink it also has a golden/pearly sheen to it. Finally, a pretty pink that's super wearable. I love it! So much that I've purchased 12 of these to keep in storage as back-ups.
It does hydrate the lips when you first apply but throughout the day it has a tendancy to dry out and almost make the lips look parched...but at the same time it leaves a faint wash of color. Kind of like the parched pearly look it leaves behind. No worries, I re-apply after lunch and I'm good to go for another 5-hrs.
Was lucky enough to also get the vinyl candy eye palette that was launched with this color (avail through SAKS) and the two look amazing together. LOVE YSL!!
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I really enjoy the 107 impetuous beige it comes on a light pinkish beige colour which I really enjoy, it also smells great. The only problem is you have to keep reapplying to your lip for the color to be visible since it's such a light nude colour, but besides that i really recommend this product!


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Bras are supposed to be uplifting, but the results of a15-year study out of France says it's just the opposite. Acccording to the study, bras make your breasts sag.
A sports medicine specialist says he studied more than 300 women between 18 and 35 years old. According to his research, those who didn't wear a bra experienced a quarter-inch lift.
Ali Cudby, a bra fitting specialist, says you may want to wait before you ditch your bra. The results from the study are preliminary. She also says there are a lot of reasons why women choose to wear bras -- fashion, to make us feel better, for comfort and sort of a societal norm that says this is what we do in our culture.
Cudby says the bra fit mistake most women make is that women wear a bra band that's too big.
"I like to say the band is the foundation of the foundation," said Cudby. She continued, "It should be carrying 80% to 90% of the support of your breasts. If you have a bra that has a band that's riding up or very loose, then you're not getting that support. like a house, if you don't have the proper foundations everything sags."
Pulling up the straps is not the right answer, says Cudby. "If you're carrying the weight of your breasts in your shoulders, that leads to health problems and that has been documented by a lot of studies that have been tested in the scientific community."


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The East African Business Council (EABC) wants the five member countries to do more to enable the private sector become the engine of growth in the regional bloc.
EABC Chairman, Gerald Ssendaula speaking here on Wednesday, said the private sector is an engine of the regional economy, but it's facing a number of challenges that makes it unable to fulfill its expectations.
He was speaking during the launch of the third Edition of 'Doing Business in the East African Community 2012 Report' in Bujumbura.
He named some of the challenges as poor infrastructures such as roads, railways, and ports, which according to Ssendaula, need collective rehabilitation efforts by the EAC partner states.
"As a business community, we're struggling to do away with these challenges, but alone we cannot win. That's why we need support from member countries," he said in his brief remarks.
The newly appointed EABC chair also urged the governments in the region to put more resources into solving critical issues.
Impacting on business such as poor infrastructure, inadequate power and reduce politics at the entry/exit points.
He said despite undertaking full implementation of the Common Market protocol, countries are still entertaining unnecessary bureaucracies when it comes to the free movement of goods and services in the region.
"This is just one of the myriads of challenges which are hampering trade development in the region," he lamented, urging countries to truly implement what have been agreed in the EAC treaty.
First Burundian Vice President, Therence Sinunguruza noted that Doing Business Reports series were an indicator and encouragement to the government of Burundi to improve on the business climate in the country.
He said the country was aiming at achieving a two-digit position rather than the current three-digit (169th) as indicated in the Report.
He cited some of the milestones attained as including the setting up of the Burundi Revenue Authority, the promotion and facilitation of investment, and several other reforms aimed at changing the business environment.
Doing Business in the East African Community Report 2012 is a regional report drawing on the global Doing Business project and it presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 183 economies over time.
Burundian Minister of Trade, Industry, Posts and Tourism, Victoire Ndikumana re-affirmed Burundi's commitment to improve business climate in the overall context of the EAC regional integration.
For his part, EAC Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera commended the International Finance Corporation and Trade Mark East Africa for publishing of the 3rd edition of the report.
He said the current surge in interest and appetite by the East African citizens to critically analyse different elements of the
integration process across the region was a clear indication that the Community was moving towards being truly people-centered as required by the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community.
Sezibera noted that the data from the Reports would be used in setting up and focusing the Community's yearly priorities towards enabling the private sector work as an engine of growth, as a creator of employment, and as an innovator for change.
He reiterated that his primary objective and commitment was to work with Partner States to improve the business environment, adding that business regulations should ensure public safety and fair competition, not stifle legitimate businesses.
"That's why the Doing Business in the East African Community report, is an important tool to constantly remind us that business regulation shouldn't negatively affect the ease of doing business," he said.


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I think it wil be very interesting to hear from the photographer after the event, I hope he'll talk about the experience.
He's taken lots of great shots, imho, of the 2012 games.
I'd like the negative whingers below to provide a link to show their own best sports shot, then we can see if they have a clue about what they're talking about - I doubt they have anything worth seeing.
I'm also left wondering if the whingers are jealous, would they feel differently if the shots featured American competitors and the Games were in the USA?


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Entertainment Media Production combines several areas with the same purpose: to get students trained and plugged into the entertainment industry in Tennessee. Tracks include concentrations in music production, music business, multimedia and web design, and video production. The technical certificate program is designed for the media workplace.
An advisory board of industry professionals helped to put the program together. Partnerships with entertainment businesses in the area will be an important part of the program for students. The bigger vision behind Entertainment Media Production is to create a college version of Music Row- a set of student teams working together on a music project.
Students work with industry grade equipment in the Vol State digital recording and HD television studios. Web designers will use Adobe design software and perhaps more importantly than any one particular brand, they will learn the fundamentals of coding with HTML and CSS, which will help them understand the foundation of all web design software. The faculty members bring years of experience and many industry connections to the program. Program director Steve Bishir is a five-time Grammy Award winner and has mixed more than 120 number one singles in audio production.
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My mom came to visit me in Hollywood from Boston this week. She is a registered nurse in the ICU at a General Hospital in my hometown. For some reason, having her around made me think of serial killer nurses.
Nurses and doctors. We trust them with our lives. However, what better profession for sick individuals to get their rocks off in. If they are smart enough they can get their lust for killing satisfied but disguise it with medical overlay. They are dealing with critically ill patients anyway. Some serial killer types like to bring their patients to the brink of death and then magically "save them" so that they can get all the attention and glory for "saving a life". Some like to push their patients that extra step to cross over to death and justify their actions by thinking that they are helping them die peacefully.
Imagine you are in a hospital bed surrounded by various machines and pierced by needles and tubes running through your body. The nurse comes in and injects something into your IV. You assume it's to make you feel better. Then you are overcome with incredible pain and you slip into and out of consciousness. What's going on? You've been visited by one of the many Angels of Death that dwell in our hospitals today. She is taking joy from your pain. Being in charge of another human's health and very life is the ultimate rush of control.
Here are some of the more famous Angels of Death:
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner were Austrian nurses who worked at Lainz General Hospital in Vienna: Wagner (23) killed her first patient with an overdose of morphine in 1983. She found an overwhelming satisfaction in playing God. She recruited the other nurses and devised a new more "exciting" way to murder patients. One nurse would hold the patients head and plug his nose while the other would pour water in his mouth. The crime was unprovable since it wasn't uncommon for elderly patients to die from fluid in their lungs. The nurses were caught when they bragged in a local tavern about their kills. They confessed to 49 murders over six years but may have been responsible for over 200.
Jane Toppan (1854 – 1938) – trained at Cambridge Hospital and even worked at the prestigious Massachusetts general Hospital. She was a "lust driven" serial killer. She experimented with different dosages of narcotics in patients and made up medical charts etc. to help get away with her deeds. She would lay in patients and hold their bodies to hers as they drifted in and out of consciousness before they would die. She derived sexual pleasure from being close to life as it was leaving the body. Jane eventually made a mistake which got her arrested. She confessed 31 murders to her lawyer and pleaded insanity. Jane spent the rest of her life committed to Taunton insane hospital.
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care. She used injections of digoxin, heparin and later succinylcholine to induce medical crises in her patients, with the intention of reviving them afterward in order to receive praise and attention. These medications are known to cause heart paralysis and other complications when given as an overdose. Many children however, did not survive the initial attack and could not be revived. The exact number of murders remain unknown, as hospital officials destroyed records of her activities to prevent further litigation after Jones' first conviction. Two murders put her behind bars for 99 years and 60 years on top of that but due to a prison overcrowding law in place at her time of conviction, she will be eligible for automatic parole in 2017.
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree murder, and two attempted murders of patients admitted for care at the VAMC ("Veteran's Affairs Medical Center") in Northampton, Massachusetts. She killed her patients by injecting them with epinephrine, at the time a ward stock medication and a non-controlled substance, causing them to have heart attacks. Her goal was to bring patients to the point of cardiac arrest and then "save them" by demonstrating advanced nursing skills. She was convicted March 14, 2001 in federal court. She was sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole plus 20 years.
Charles Edmund Cullen (born February 22, 1960) is a former nurse and the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey history. Cullen told authorities in December 2003 that he had murdered as many as 40 patients during the 16 years he worked at 10 hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Charles is serving eighteen consecutive life sentences in a New Jersey penitentiary. How was he able to go from hospital to hospital killing so many? Apparently, not one of those institutions gave Cullen a bad reference, or told other hospitals he was trouble. It amounted to a policy of "See no evil-speak no evil" one that gave Cullen, in effect, a license to kill.
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There are unfortunately many more where this came from…
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Szymanowski: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Wit/Polish National Orchestra [DVD]
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Preparing to Become a Planner
Frequently Asked Questions about Urban Planning
What knowledge and skills do urban planners need?
If I'm good at SimCity, will I make a good urban planner?
Do I need a masters degree in urban planning to be an urban planner?
What sorts of courses should I take as an undergraduate that would be good preparation for studying urban planning as a graduate student?
Where can I go to get more information about urban planning as a career?
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What knowledge and skills do urban planners need?
Urban planners are trained as problem solvers. In order to find a solution to a specific problem, a planner may draw upon tools derived from economics, statistics, engineering, and architecture-among other fields.
Perhaps the key skill that planners bring to their work is the ability to see the inter-connections between different facets of urban living. For example, if a suburban community restricts development of low-cost housing, allowing on only expensive housing to be built, how will the community provide enough workers to fill a range of jobs that will be needed by employers in the future? What will be the cost to attract employees' affordable housing, public transportation, private buses for employers? Or will a community fail to take action and pay the price by losing employers? What may initially appear to be separate problems 'housing, land use, and economic development' planners see as closely linked.
Planners learn to take a step back, to take a broader view of any subject. Planners are trained to deal with complexity and uncertainty as well as interpersonal and group dynamics needed to resolve disagreements.
A related skill is a planners' ability to persuade others through strong communication skills, both oral and written. Planners need to be effective in communicating with many different kinds of people in a range of contexts.
A recent analysis by C.A. Keithley, reported in Florida Planning (March 2001), of planning jobs advertised in the American Planning Association's Job Mart suggests the skills areas that employers look for when hiring planners at the entry level and at more advanced levels. At the entry level, four sets of skills were most highly sought: (1) administration and enforcement of codes, (2) verbal and written communication skills, (3) computer applications, public presentation skills, and GIS applications, and (4) plan preparation, data collections, and land use knowledge.
If I'm good at SimCity, will I make a good urban planner?
SimCity deserves a lot of credit for increasing non-planners' awareness of how cities grow and change over time. Anyone who plays SimCity becomes aware of the many interconnections that planners need to understand to be effective. A poor transportation system will mean that parts of the city decline. Excessive taxation will make some residents move away. Too little land available for industrial development, and the city will not be able to provide jobs for all its residents. Too little investment in maintaining and upgrading infrastructure, like the electricity supply, will result in a decline in the city's health. SimCity teaches players to understand some of the trade-offs between future investment and present-day consumption.
One limitation of SimCity is that it does not allow solutions to problems that go beyond what the designers of the game included as options. In addition, a SimCity champion may have mastered the technical details of managing a city within the constraints of SimCity, but still lack the crucial interpersonal communication skills that make real planning successful.
Do I need a masters degree in urban planning to be an urban planner?
A masters degree is required for about half the entry-level jobs in planning and more than half of the more advanced positions. Even when the degree is not required, job candidates holding a masters degree profit from a number of competitive advantages.
In C.A. Keithley's review of jobs published in the American Planning Association's Job Mart (reported in Florida Planning, March 2001), 46 percent of the entry-level positions required a masters degree, 60 percent of the Planner 2 positions required a masters degree, and 65 percent of the senior planning positions required masters degree.
In addition, employers often allow job candidates who hold the masters degree to substitute the degree for required work experience. For example, while entry-level positions required an average of 2- 2.5 years of experience, for those jobs for which the masters degree was not required, the degree probably could be substituted for some or all of the required experience.
Another advantage of the masters degree is that job candidates who hold the degree may have a competitive advantage in securing the better jobs in planning. Salary data from the American Planning Association shows that planners who hold the masters degree generally earn higher salaries than planners without the degree. Entry-level planners who possess a masters degree typically earn between $2000-4000 more than planners who lack the masters degree. This salary premium for the masters degree continues even among planners with more experience.
What sorts of courses should I take as an undergraduate that would be good preparation for studying urban planning as a graduate student?
Take courses that will give you a broad education rather than focusing too narrowly on a single specialization as an undergraduate. Because planning is about seeing interconnections and taking a broad view, the more exposure a planner has had to different fields of study, the better prepared the planner is.
Most students will find a few courses particularly useful, however, as students move through a planning curriculum. An undergraduate course in economics' especially one designed for non-economics majors�is likely to be useful. A course in statistics in any of the social sciences and a course that covers how local government works can be very useful. A course in public speaking and courses that require students to polish their writing skills are also recommended.
Where can I go to get more information about urban planning as a career?
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) provides information about urban planning as a career and about specific academic programs designed to prepare individuals for a career in planning. Information on careers in planning are published on the ACSP website at www.acsponline.org.
The American Planning Association, an organization of practicing planners, also provides a wealth of information to individuals interested in a career in planning. The APA webpage is at www.planning.org, and information specifically related to career planning can be found at http://www.planning.org/jobscareers.


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Kendallville, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - Police officials in Noble County are taking precautionary measures at East Noble High School after rumors of a threat.
Noble County officials had patrols at the East Noble High School and various schools within the school system. Police insist that these were just harmless rumors, and there's nothing to worry about.
The Noble County police presence is just a precautionary measure.
We're also hearing that a similar situation has taken place at Churubusco Junior-Senior High School, where police were on the scene, after a parent discovered a threat that had been shared on a student's cell phone.
That school went on a code yellow lock down, where people were personally admitted to the building and classrooms remained locked all day.
At the time of this publication, investigators had not been able to trace the source of the threat.
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|This Filipino recipe is pork that's marinated with vinegar and soy sauce, simmered, and then browned.
Pork Adobo from the Phillipines)
Makes about 6 servings, original recipe adapted from Madhur Jaffrey and then adapted more by Kalyn)
1 1/2 lb. pork sirloin chops
1/2 cup water
1 T vegetable oil
12 cloves garlic, finely chopped (I used 2 T minced garlic from a jar, you could use less if you aren't crazy about garlic)
6 T soy sauce
6 T white vinegar
2 T vegetable oil (don't use less, this keeps the sauce from being too strong)
3 bay leaves
1 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
1 tsp. Splenda or sugar (use Splenda for South Beach Diet)
Remember the guideline to use meat with 10% fat or less if you're making this for the South Beach Diet. For phase one, this would be great simply served with Mary's Perfect Salad and a vegetable side dish such as Roasted Broccoli with Garlic. For phase two or three, add something like Georgette's Really Lemony Greek Pilafi or Lake Powell Spicy Rice, or even plain brown rice to serve the sauce over.
More Cooks Like Pork or Chicken Adobo:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Chicken Adobo from Kalyn's Kitchen
Filipino Pork Adobo from House of Annie
Beef Oxtail Adobo from Apple Pie, Patis, and Pate
Pork Adobo from Appetite for China
Fast and Easy Chicken Adobo from One Perfect Bite
Steamy Kitchen's Chicken Adobo from Burnt Lumpia
Chicken Adobo from The Asian Grandmother's Cookbook
Pork Adobo from Off the (Meat)hook
The Best Pork Adobo from Market Manila
Chicken Adobo from Nook and Pantry
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This past week can be said to have been a moment of learning in the political system, especially its electoral conduct where plenty of learning still seems to be required before it squares up with a civic-minded democratic outlook.
The key moment was a reminder to the principals of the Arumeru by-election campaign from the National Elections Commission (NEC() that those charged with conducting the campaigns should mind their language.
Things were visibly getting off course, partly on account of misuigded sense of confidence of some key stakeholders, and a vengeful spirit of their foes.
The surprising feature is that this misguided confidence and vengefulness was evenly spread between the two camps, the ruling CCM campaign team led by retired President Benjamin Mkapa for the opening session and Minister of State Stephen Wassira, who elaborated – or compounded – some of the contested themes.
On the other hand, the Chadema campaign team whose 'guest leader' was Musoma Rural MP Vincent Kiboko Nyerere did not spare on what they think they know on the retired Head of State. Once they began opening up on some taboo themes, the NEC had to fire the gun, call for order.
But it wasn't before 'bodies were thrown all over the place' as it were, with intimations of ex-president Mkapa's vicarious responsibility for Mwalimu's death, and at a slightly different stage, looking back at the career of Chadema secretary general Wilibrod Slaa in the Catholic Church.
Minister Wassira went out of the way to suggest imponderable incidents which even the church, whatever they know about their former Vicar General, urged temperance and probity in campaign pronouncements. Mwalimui's widow and respected elder Maria Nyerere similarly came out scolding Vincent Nyerere for his remarks.
A fairly wisened newspaper commentator put in a timely advise that people should evaluate the two candidates (and any others), instead of evaluating those who come to campaign for them. Nonetheless, despite the justiciousness of that remark or caution it remains true that focusing on the campaigners wasn't irrelevant or misplaced otherwise they wouldn't have been there in the first place.
There is a well known rule that 'nature abhors a vacuum,' so if the former president dresses down a Nyerere clan member for using the name for political benefits, the clan member could raise issues on his death...
In the final analysis this spate of offensive language between the two leading parties in the Arumeru East campaign shows the character of political sentiment right now, that it relates less to policy intentions or capacity (including competence) to fulfil such aims, but probity, honesty or astuteness.
It is electoral turf of an economically lethargic situation where no one seems to have an answer about the malaise, and the only possible point of contention is moral probity: who is less corrupt, or less amenable to such influence, than the other. Still it was just electoral turf, implying institutions still work, are still valued.
What was being said by Vincent Nyerere, coming in the wake of the tortous issue of whether Kyela MP Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was actually harmed in an intentional manner – some say within the vicinity of his office – was clearly destabilising.
It was creating a 'deja vu' scenario around poisoning suspicions raised by EA Cooperation Minister Samuel Sitta. This, despite that Dr Mwakyembe has lately come down in favour of giving the government select commission on the suspicions time to complete its work.
Despite that this was only a campaign platform rather than specific accusations for instance if the Musoma Rural MP had taken such a motion to the floor of the National Assembly, where it would of course be a different matter, it still was a problem.
On the one hand it was clear that such issues can't be raised on public platforms without something happening to the psyche that keeps the country together, and at the same time it was clear that the two leading political parties scarcely campaign on the basis of a country they share. It is similar to CCM factions and networks, that they hardly have a sense of 'party.'
The Arumeru East campaign was characterised by volatile electoral politics where the Field Force Unit is always at hand to throw in a few tear gas canisters to cool down excessive excitement with the performance of this or that opposition speaker.
When this scenario is repeated in each by-election – as it was also the case in Igunga, also involving the stopping of the head and shoulder cover of a lady DC by Chadema toughies – worries begin to appear as to the sustainability of pluralism with this sort of political culture.The NEC warning could go somewhere to restore calm, and parties' own lessons too.
It is evident that each party has some lessons to take home, which may also relate to own settings and roles they give to specific individuals, apart from the rope they give them to campaign, to determine the content of their remarks, etc. At the same time each party has opened itself to exposure, that it has some hidden skeletons in the closet, and owing to 'external' events like the poisoning suspicions concerning Dr Mwakyembe, it becomes possible to raise other issues. This way, parties may start learning to limit their campaign rhetoric to content, and indeed to those they campaign for, not vilifying their opponents.
The specific case of the campaign role of ex-president Mkapa was especially noticeable, since for all intents and purposes he had much less reason to be campaigning, had it not been for the fact that CCM is fighing a bitter turf war internally.
The best positioned CCM brass for campaign was definitely Edward Lowassa as Arumeru is clearly home turf where he enjoys a lot of goodwill, but several layers of leadership in CCM are still 'shedding' a gown painted with names of 'tainted' leaders.
The result is that they see no one else capable of breaking the ice at the spot but the former president, who spoiled it. Since the ruling party has already shown indications of wishing to reduce the level of presence in its day to day activities of retired party chairmen (and vice-chairmen for Zanzibar) that appears to now have to be implemented.
As some of us suspected, the ploy about removing the former presidents was just in order to permit MPs to swallow their own axing from NEC – that it is part of wider restructuring – in like manner as early 2008 when party chairman Jakaya Kikwete had members of central committee resigning. He then reappointed practically all of them back, with the notable exception of Rostam Aziz.
It therefore follows that ex-president Mkapa will have to cut down on his campaign appearances, and if the top leadership believes personalities like vice-chairman Pius Msekwa or publicity secretary Nape Nnauye or others don't fit the bill, they would seek the presence of other leaders without discrimination.
The whole campaign to unseat or sideline a section of its leadership is failing it, as by comparison, the former president has more to hide than the former premier whom a section of the leadership is haunting – thus pushing Mr Mkapa to excessive exposure. It is a lesson CCM can't pretend they haven't grasped.


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