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(1900-86). U.S. Navy officer and engineer Hyman George Rickover developed the world's first nuclear-powered engines and the first atomic-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, launched in 1954. He was born in Makov, Russia, on Jan. 27, 1900, and came to the United States in 1906. Rickover served as head of the electrical section of the U.S. Bureau of Ships in 1940-45. He directed the Navy project that developed the Nautilus in 1947-54. He served as chief of the Naval Reactors Branch of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from 1949. Rickover retired as vice admiral in 1964 but continued on active duty as assistant chief for nuclear propulsion. He won the Enrico Fermi Award in 1964 and was the author of American Education: a National Failure. He died on July 8, 1986, in Arlington, Virginia.


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text: Not strictly map related, but I was stunned to learn that the Nonprofit Internet Archive has made scanned copies available in a variety of formats of most of Dragon magazine and Polyhedron magazine. Although there are hundreds of maps scattered across the issues, the shear wealth of advice, background articles, support articles and general ideas available for rpgs in them is hard to describe. Dragon magazine can be found at Internet Archive Search: collection:dragon_magazine (http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Adragon_magazine&sort=-publicdate) and Polyhedron magazine can be found at Internet Archive Search: collection:polyhedronnewszine (http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Apolyhedronnewszine)


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EUR on the Scene: International Jazz Day in New Orleans
*New Orleans-Several hundred jazz aficionados got an early jolt to their day during the inaugural International Jazz Day in Congo Square the birthplace of jazz in Louis Armstrong Park, located in historic Fauberg Treme. The first annual International Jazz Day,April 30th was celebrated with an All-Star concert in New Orleans at sunrise and in New … Continue reading EUR on the Scene: International Jazz Day in New Orleans
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Herbie Hancock Gigs Launch International Jazz Day
*Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock's first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador last July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held annually on April 30, which coincides with the last day of what has been celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month in the U.S. This year's inaugural event — organized by the … Continue reading Herbie Hancock Gigs Launch International Jazz Day


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In his first novel, Mandelman (Talking to the Enemy: stories, 2005) writes of identity, intrigue, Israeli politics and murder.
On learning of the murder of his father, David Starkman, an ex-pat now living in Canada, returns to Israel to find that his father's will has put him under an unusual obligation—to produce a play, The Debba, within 45 days of his father's death, a play that had been performed only once before, in 1946, and had at that time created a riot. (A debba is a mythical shape-changing beast from Arab culture, one that can turn from a hyena into a man. While Arabs see it in heroic terms, Israelis see it as inflaming political tensions.) Starkman is so bitter about being both Israeli and being his father's son that at first he willingly forgoes the opportunity to produce the play even though he will only realize his modest legacy of $65,000 if he meets the theatrical obligation. He believes it's just not worth the trouble, but after reading the play he begins to get intrigued by the possibilities. In Canada he left behind his girlfriend, Jenny, but once back in his home country he begins a torrid affair with Ruthy, an old flame (also an actress) now engaged to be married to his best friend Ehud. The novel follows multiple narrative threads, from policemen trying to crack the case of the father's violent end to the endless difficulties of getting the play on the boards. Actors are threatened or physically assaulted, possible venues for staging the play are vandalized, young Israelis—followers of radical rabbi Meyer Kahane—protest the whole idea of putting on the drama...and this action plays out against the backdrop of the 1977 Israeli elections. Through it all Starkman perseveres, moving from cynical indifference to rabid commitment. Along the way he finds out secrets about his identity and especially about his father's past.
An absorbing and captivating novel that bridges the uncomfortable political gap between the Palestinian and Israeli sides.Copyright Kirkus 2010 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
Sharp, biting prose distinguishes this first novel from Israeli author Mandelman (Talking to the Enemy, a story collection). In 1977, David Starkman returns from selfimposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his warhero father, Isser, the owner of a shoe shore. The killer stabbed Isser in the heart with one of Isser's own knives, then mutilated his body. Isser's will includes an unusual provision--that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, The Debba, whose title refers to "an enigmatic Arab hyena that can walk like a man" and which had only been performed once, three decades earlier, be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit responsible for carrying out targeted assassinations in "times of non-war," decides to stick around to fulfill his father's request, despite opposition from those who believe the play is subversive. The author deftly blends a murder mystery with a nuanced examination of the intransigent Israeli-Arab conflict. (July)[Page ]. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.


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Federal authorities say the mother and son who owned and operated a now-defunct medical transport company in Gates County face prison sentences for conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Raleigh said Thursday that Phyllis Stallings Harrell, former owner of Harrell Medical Transport, was sentenced to six years in prison. Her son, Paul Lynn Trueblood, was sentenced to nearly 4½ years. Paul Trueblood is the company's former operator.
The two pleaded guilty last November, and were each ordered to serve three years of supervised release and reimburse the federal government more than $1.5 million.
Prosecutors said Harrell and Trueblood acknowledged using the company to defraud government and private insurers by billing them for weekly transportation services not eligible for reimbursement by Medicare and Medicaid.
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TORONTO — While Allen Iverson was answering questions at a news conference in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Tuesday, his new teammates were still sorting through the rubble of the four-player trade that sent captain Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to the Nuggets.
So which number will Iverson wear as a Piston?
Iverson has worn No. 3 since his days at Georgetown, and Detroit's Rodney Stuckey wears it now.
"He can have it," Stuckey said. "He's a vet. All his Reebok stuff is symbolized with the No. 3. I don't mind giving it up."
The NBA, however, does mind. The league notified the Pistons on Tuesday they can't change Stuckey's number this season. There are licensing and merchandizing reasons, here and with Iverson's Nuggets paraphernalia.
So Stuckey will keep No. 3 and Iverson will inherit Billups' old No. 1 for the rest of this season.
You can expect a switch next season if Iverson re-signs with the Pistons. Iverson would be able to switch back to his No. 3. Stuckey said he'd probably take No. 9.


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Police said a caller alerted them at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday that he knocked on the drivers window in an attempt to rouse the teen, but had no success.
Police found the young man slumped over the steering wheel. After failed attempts to awaken him, a police officer smashed out the front passenger window. He discovered that the teen wasnt breathing and had no pulse. He was taken to a hospital.
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The Soviet Financial System: What it is and how it works.
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1945.
(185 x 125 mm), pp.[64]; spotting to edges, light crease to corners and nicks to last few pages. Photomontage-illustrated wrappers designed by Heartfield, saddle-stitched; short tears at staple, very lightly rubbed, crease to front cover at corner. Very good.
First edition. Heartfield moved to the UK in 1938 in anticipation of the imminent invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis, having previously fled there from Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Whilst in the UK he continued to work as a commercial artist and jacket designer as well as carrying on his anti-Nazi work. The present is one of several books he designed for Lindsay Drummond's publishing house. Heartfield returned to Germany in 1950 and continued to work for Drummond up until the company closed a few years after the end of the war. Bogolepov was a director of the Financial Planning Division of the State Planning Commission of the U.S.S.R., and author of the financial programme of the First Five-Year Plan.


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My name is Lizzy Tucker, and I used to think I was normal. My hair is blond with some chemical assistance. My eyes are brown from my Grandpa Harry. I'm 5'5" tall, and my breasts measure more than my waist so I'm a happy camper. I had a mildly embarrassing childhood free from any truly significant disasters. I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I didn't graduate with honors. I chose culinary school after high school, where I limped my way through butchering beasts and excelled at baking cakes. I was engaged and disengaged. Good riddance to him. In January, three days after my twenty-eighth birthday, I inherited a house from my Great Aunt Ophelia, and I took a job as pastry chef at Dazzle's Bakery in Salem.
For five terrific months, I felt like my life was finally coming together. And then two men and a monkey dropped into my world and changed it forever.
One of the men is called Wulf, short for Gerwulf Grimoire. He's eerily handsome, with midnight black, shoulder-length hair that waves over his ears. His skin is pale, his eyes are dark, and his intentions are even darker. The other guy is big and scruffy, and beach bum blond. He has a hard muscled body, a questionable attitude, and a monkey named Carl. The big, scruffy guy is unexplainably charming, and he has only one name?.?. ?.?Diesel.
The men are my age. And according to Diesel, we're part of a loosely organized band of humans with abilities beyond the ordinary. I don't entirely believe all this, but I don't disbelieve it, either. I recognize that some people are smarter, braver, stronger, can sing better, are luckier than others. So who's to say some people don't have abilities just north of normal. I mean, it's not like he's telling me he's Superman from the planet Krypton, right?
This is my first October in New England. I still love my job and Ophelia's small, two-bedroom saltbox that sits on the crest of a hill overlooking Marblehead Harbor. The house was built in 1740 and over the years has had some renovation, with varying degrees of success. It's a little lopsided and the windows aren't plumb, but it has a working fireplace, and from day one it's felt like home.
Usually, I work from five in the morning until one in the afternoon, but today I had the day off. Rain was slanting against my kitchen windows, and the ancient maple in my backyard rattled in the wind. I was in the middle of chopping vegetables for soup when my back door blew open and Diesel stepped into my tiny mudroom. He was wearing motorcycle boots, washed-out jeans, a T-shirt that advertised beer, and an unzipped gray sweatshirt. He had a two-day beard, his hair was thick and unruly and wet from the rain, and he was sex walking.
"I need you to come with me," Diesel said. "Some guy just got pitched off his fourth-floor balcony, and Wulf is involved. There's a rumor going around that Wulf's got a lead on another SALIGIA Stone. I imagine this murder fits in somehow."
The story Diesel tells is that seven ancient stones hold the power of the seven deadly sins. They're called the Stones of SALIGIA, and if you combine them in the same vessel you get really bad juju going?.?.?.? like hell on earth. Some people believe the stones have found their way to Salem. Wulf happens to be one of those people, and he's made it known that he wants them. Since Wulf is thought to inhabit the dark side from time to time, Diesel has been bestowed the responsibility of preventing him from collecting the stones.
"Ordinarily, I wouldn't mind tagging along," I said to Diesel, "but I'm making soup."
"Okay, let's take a look at what we've got. You can stay here and make soup, or you can go with me and save mankind from getting chucked into Satan's stew pot."
I blew out a sigh. Having special abilities sounds good on paper. And there are some people, like Wulf, who might enjoy the power those abilities bring, but I found the gift to be an awkward burden. I get that someone has to save mankind from the big stew pot in hell, but why me?
"To tell you the truth, I've never really bought into the whole SALIGIA thing," I said to Diesel. "And I truly don't feel equipped to save mankind."
"You have a critical ability I lack," Diesel said. "You're one of only two people who can sense objects related to the SALIGIA Stones."
"And you think I'll have to use that ability at this crime scene?"
"Probably not," Diesel said, "but you're cute. And if I have to go look at some idiot who face-planted onto the sidewalk in the rain, I'm taking you with me."
"You think I'm cute?"
"Yeah. Can you hurry it up here, please?"
It's sort of alarming that I can be so easily swayed by a compliment, but there you have it. I scooped the chopped vegetables into my soup pot and clapped a lid on it. I grabbed my purse off the kitchen counter, snatched a hooded sweatshirt off a peg next to the door, and stepped outside.
The cloud cover was low, the rain was turning to a drizzle, and there was a chill in the air. There were still boats on moorings in the harbor below my house, but their number was significantly decreased from the summer crush. It was definitely fall in New England.
Diesel opened the white picket fence gate that led from my small backyard to the alley where he was illegally parked. He was driving a red Jeep Grand Cherokee that wasn't new and wasn't old. Usually, it was mud-splattered and coated in road dust. Today, the rain had washed the top layer of dirt away and it looked almost clean.
I slid onto the passenger-side seat, buckled myself in, and realized Carl was in the back. Carl looked up at me, gave me a finger wave, and smiled a horrible monkey smile. All monkey gums and monkey teeth and crazy bright monkey eyes.
I grew up in suburbia. We had cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, parakeets, and fish. Never a monkey. A monkey was a new, sometimes disturbing experience.
Diesel drove down Weatherby Street to Pleasant, Pleasant turned into Lafayette, and Lafayette took us to the bridge that crossed into Salem. We followed traffic through the center of town, cut off to the north side, parked behind a police cruiser on Braintree Street, and made our way over to where a small crowd was gathering.
This was a mixed neighborhood of commercial and residential. Cop cars, a truck belonging to the medical examiner, and an EMT truck were angle parked in front of a seven-story, yellow brick condo building that looked like it had been built in the seventies. Crime scene tape cordoned off an area in front of the building, and a makeshift screen had been erected, preventing gawkers like me from seeing the body sprawled on the rain-slicked pavement. Thank heaven for the screen. I didn't want to see the dead guy.
"Do you know his name?" I asked Diesel.
"Gilbert Reedy. He's a professor at Harvard. My source tells me Reedy came flying through the air and crash landed with a handprint burned into his neck."
I felt my breakfast roll in my stomach, and my upper lip broke out in a sweat. "Oh boy," I said. "Damn."
Diesel looked down at me. "Breathe. And think about something else."
"How can I think about something else? There's a dead man on the ground, and he has a handprint burned into his flesh."
"Think about baseball," Diesel said.
"Okay, baseball. Am I playing or watching?"
"You're watching."
"Am I at the park? Or is it on television?"


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- TTI Annual Report 2010 - http://www.ttigroup.com/onlinereport/ar2010 -
Chairman's Statement
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Techtronic Industries' (TTI) 25th year was marked with solid performance across all businesses resulting in excellent growth. This exceptional achievement was the result of strength in new products, continued geographic expansion, and significant operational efficiencies in a period of rising input costs.
Sales were HK$26.4 billion (US$3.4 billion) for the full year, representing a 10.0% increase over 2009. Our full year profit attributable to owners of the company was HK$740 million (US$95 million), an increase of 50.7% and earnings per share increased 45.1% to HK46.23 cents over the prior year.
TTI continued to invest in developing exciting new products, building our brands, expanding global operations, and implementing cost containment programs. These actions have further strengthened TTI's market leadership position and have increased demand for our superior brands and products. Our strong growth and improvement in profit margins underscores the effectiveness of our strategies.
During the period, our gross profit margin increased to 32.2%, up from 31.3% in 2009. This was a result of ongoing new product introductions and efficiency gains through broad, systematic cost reduction and productivity programs put in place that countered rising input costs. SG&A expenses were reduced from 27.7% of sales in 2009 to 26.9% in 2010 through strategic spending cuts and greater volume leverage.
Earnings before interest and tax increased by 33.1% to HK$1,302 million (US$167 million) representing a margin improvement of 80 basis points. Additionally, we initiated the restructuring of our German power tool manufacturing and gradual relocation to our Czech Republic and China facilities which will further enhance profitability going forward. A non-recurring provision of HK$208 million (US$27 million) was taken for the full year and no further charges are expected. Earnings before interest, tax and one-time charges was HK$1,510 million (US$194 million), 54.4% above 2009.
We continue to manage our working capital with an improvement in inventory days. We are comfortable with our current working capital level to meet our service requirements and fund our business growth. Our gearing position improved to 72.9% at the end of the year from 78.6% in the first half of 2010.
The Board is pleased to recommend a final dividend of HK6.25 cents per share. Together with the interim dividend of HK3.75 cents per share, this will give a full-year dividend of HK10.00 cents per share, against HK7.50 cents per share in 2009, a double digit increase of 33.3%.
TTI's portfolio of leading brands continued to generate outstanding growth through brand extensions into new products and categories. Our brands hold leading positions in their respective markets and have created a loyal following with end-users. We are expanding our brand reach into new product categories and under- represented markets.
Our commitment to launching new innovative products and our leadership position in cordless technology, particularly lithium-ion, continues to drive growth. New products accounted for approximately one third of global sales in 2010. TTI's new product development process maximizes speed-to-market, with a deep understanding of our customers' needs, allowing us to deliver a continuous stream of innovative new products that help grow our market share.
Our relentless focus on cost containment has been beneficial to the Group with gross margin improvements over the past two consecutive years. Value engineering projects and supplier initiatives across the Group continue to offset rising material and labor costs, building sustainable margin improvements. Product mix, volume leverage and accelerated integration of our production facilities are further improving operating performance.
Our recently constructed Asia Industrial Park has absorbed the increase in production volumes from the relocation of our outdoor products manufacturing into the facility in 2010 as well as higher volume from our businesses. At the beginning of 2011, the completion of our Asia Innovation Centre will bring R&D synergies and productivity efficiencies that will further enhance our already best-in-class, speed-to-market capabilities.
Entering 2011, our excellent product portfolio and superior brands give us strong confidence the Group will capitalize on the opportunities and drive further growth.
Our four Strategic Drivers of Powerful Brands, Innovative Products, Exceptional People, and Operational Excellence continue to be the foundation for strong performance and will help us achieve the goal of being number one in the industries we serve. These strategies have driven our transition from an Original Equipment Manufacturer to a global company with highly innovative products and powerful brands focused on exceeding the expectations of our customers.
I would like to thank our customers for their dedicated partnership, our world-wide team for working with enthusiasm and creativity, and our Directors for their strategic vision and support. TTI is at the beginning of the next 25 years of expansion and I am looking forward to the years ahead with excitement and passion.
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Boullier: Lotus success would be good for F1
9 February 2013
Lotus team boss Eric Boullier has claimed returning the famous name to the forefront of F1 would be good for the sport, and not just for the publicity it may gain.
While the racing world is divided about the reappearance of the Lotus name in the top flight, there is no doubt that many outsiders have taken an interest in its story and would celebrate any success that comes its way. Kimi Raikkonen showed that the Enstone operation had the potential to win races when he pounced on the opportunity to occupy the top step in Abu Dhabi last season, but Boullier reckons that sustained Lotus success would send another message to those
the sport.
"I think it would be a good sign for the sport and the big teams as the message is clear: they are smaller and with less money, but they are still on our heels, fighting with us for top positions and we are spending twice the money," he reasoned in an interview with the official F1 website, "Maybe there is something wrong."
Boullier clearly believes in his team, and even suggests that it could have been more than a threat for podiums and the occasional win last season had previous years not been blighted with misfortune.
"In the last two years, we have had our share of misfortune - think about the [Robert] Kubica [rally] accident," he pointed out, "Then we took some technical gambles that didn't work so well. So 2012 can be considered good - Think of where we could be without all those 2011 hiccups!
"Our success is very much based on the fact that we've tried to go different ways and that our shareholders followed us in each and every decision that we've made. Kimi, for example, was clearly a gamble…"
Raikkonen will continue to lead the team in 2013, and he and Romain Grosjean enjoyed a successful start to the campaign in pre-season testing at Jerez, posting top four times and racking up in excess of 260 laps of the Spanish circuit.
"After the orgy of work at the factory to prepare the car over the winter months, it is always a welcome relief once the testing campaign finally kicks off; not because the pressure backs off, but because we get a chance - finally - to see what we have been working on," technical director James Allison commented.
"It is tremendously exciting for the whole team, but very nerve wracking as well. We desperately want the performance to be good, but we are all aware of the thousands of potential traps in bringing a complex car to the track for the first time. We have had a good first test. The car seems competitive, and while there is always a background hubbub of problems to be solved, we are delighted with the basic reliability of the E21.
"With Jerez now behind us, our thoughts have already turned to Barcelona in ten days' time. There is a mountain of work ahead, but we are looking forward to our next opportunity to run the car."


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Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 4 points (0.0%) at 14,823 as of Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,672 issues advancing vs. 1,218 declining with 158 unchanged. The Computer Software & Services industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. A company within the industry that fell today was Intuit ( INTU), up 1.95. Top gainers within the industry include Infosys ( INFY), up 2.4%, Wipro ( WIT), up 2.3%, Sap AG ADR ( SAP), up 0.9% and Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT), up 0.6%. TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today: 3. Thomson Reuters Corporation ( TRI) is one of the companies pushing the Computer Software & Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Thomson Reuters Corporation is down $0.71 (-2.1%) to $33.01 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.4 million shares of Thomson Reuters Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $32.69-$33.42 after having opened the day at $33.18 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.72. Thomson Reuters Corporation provides intelligent information for businesses and professionals worldwide. It sells electronic content and services to professionals, primarily on a subscription basis. Thomson Reuters Corporation has a market cap of $27.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 14.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. TheStreet Ratings rates Thomson Reuters Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. Get the full Thomson Reuters Corporation Ratings Report now. Exclusive Offer: Jim Cramer's 'go-to' small/mid-cap guru Bryan Ashenberg only buys stocks he thinks could return 50-100%. See his top picks for 14-days FREE.Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the
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In southwestern England there is a natural site that was once ruled by an Iron Age people known as the Dobunni. Here is found the only hot water springs…Read More » in England, bringing mineral-laden water from the depths of the earth. The religious class of the Celtic Druids thought this site to be sacred to the goddess Sulis and that it was a special place where men could communicate with the underworld.
When the Roman Legion arrived here in A.D. 43 they immediately recognized the significance of the site. After a regional revolt was forcefully put down…Read More » in A.D. 60, the Romans began to turn the natural springs into spectacular sacred baths. The hot springs had to be controlled so Roman engineers began the placement of oak piles driven deep into the mud while lead pipes directed the sacred water into a 6-foot (2-meter) deep lead sheet-lined reservoir. Bathers would enter the sacred water by four steep steps that surrounded the entire bath.
The Romans were sensitive to the local gods and goddesses of the people that they conquered, and they decided that the goddess Sulis was truly another…Read More » manifestation of the Roman goddess Minerva (herself equated to the Greek goddess Athena). They designed and built The Temple of Sulis Minerva over the sacred water by the end of the first century.
The powerful face of Gorgan greeted bathers from the top of the temple pediment and reminded all citizens who came to the baths of Minerva's military power and wisdom.
The sacred water that still flow into the baths today once fell as rain in a nearby region known as Mendip Hills hundreds or even thousands of years ago.…Read More » Slowly it percolated down through the layers of limestone to a depth of over 3 miles (5 km) where the Earth's natural heat warms the water to between 147 and 205 degrees Fahrenheit (64 and 96 degrees Celsius).
Under great pressure, the heated water rises along faults and fissures back up through the ancient limestone and gushes to the surface as it has for over…Read More » two thousand years. Here the Druids first worshiped the goddess Sulis, the Romans once built the Temple of Sulis Minerva and the modern City of Bath, England is now found.
By the time the sacred water reaches the surface, it has cooled to a constant 115 F (46 C). Over 250,000 gallons (1,100,000 liters) of hot water have…Read More » flowed from these natural springs each and every day for centuries.
The water is colorless, but what is seen today at the baths is very green because of the algae growth that is stimulated by the heat and sunshine. Water…Read More » from the baths is not recommended for drinking or bathing since it still flows through the lead pipes laid down so many years ago by the Romans. Drinkable spring water can be consumed today in the world famous Pump Room restaurant, which brings the mineral rich water from the same ancient springs to the restaurant from its deep, underground source through modern lead-free piping.
Forty-three different minerals are found dissolved in the water. Sulfate and calcium are the two main ingredients while chloride and sodium are also found…Read More » in great abundance. There are very few dissolved metals found in the water with the exception of iron, which causes a distinct orange staining around the sacred pools. Exsolved gases cause a constant series of bubbles to rise and explode on the water's surface. In Roman times, the baths were enclosed in a beautiful temple with high, vaulted ceilings.
For over 300 years the hot water baths and The Temple of Sulis Minerva were a beacon of Roman culture and power in this corner of the ancient world. But…Read More » late in the fourth century, raiding barbarians foretold the end of this part of the Roman Empire. Neglect and vandalism of the baths and the great temple became common and eventually The Temple of Sulis Minerva collapsed back into the mud of an ever-growing swamp.
Late in the 19th Century the Roman Baths were rediscovered by English archeologists. At this time the ancient Roman baths were some 20 feet (6 m) below…Read More » the street level of the new and ever growing City of Bath. But the significance of the discovery was never in doubt and plans for reconstruction began immediately.
The neo-Palladian buildings and terraces that were built around the ancient Roman site and that are seen today were the design of two architects, a father…Read More » and son both with the name John Wood. The original buildings were completed in time for the 1897 grand public reopening of the ancient baths. Modern architects honored the traditional Wood family design as over the years more buildings were added to the historic site.
In 1987, the City of Bath was selected as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)World Heritage Site. Known as one…Read More » of the most romantic cities of the world, the historic Roman Baths help to bring over 1.8 million day visitors to this beautiful part of England every year. Learn more and enjoy the official web site at www.romanbaths.co.uk.


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Prez learns a difficult lesson during his first week at school; Bunny mulls an offer for a crime-research study; Rawls sabotages Freamon's unit; the mayor reacts to Carcetti's debate bombshell.
Proposition Joe suggests reaching out to Marlo; Bunk gets a taste of McNulty's domesticated life.
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Introduction to operations research techniques and advanced mathematics for the analysis of engineering systems. Principles of problem identification and model formulation, linear and nonlinear programming, integer programming, multi-objective programming, dynamic programming and network programming. Foundations of the risk analysis, statistical modeling, and computer simulation. Topics also include advanced linear algebra, partial differential equations, and fourier analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 3351 or equivalent or department chair approval.


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A $70 saucer, $260 bottle of perfume and $7,200 set of fine china are just a few of the items on NeNe Leakes' lavish wedding wish list.
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Elsie Mae Spurgeon, 74, of Scipio, died at 6:50 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2013, at her residence.
Survivors include her husband, Harold Spurgeon; two sons, Robin (Angela) Spurgeon of North Vernon, and Jonathan (Dorretta) Spurgeon of Columbus; three daughters, Rebecca "Becky" Ray and Joyce Smith, both of Scipio, and Roberta (Jim) Miracle of North Vernon; five brothers, Carl (Lee) Acton and Donald (Dorothy) Acton, both of Cortland, Irvin (Carolyn) Acton and Wendell (Gayle) Acton, both of Seymour, and Herrell (Judy) Acton of Acme; two sisters, Donna Griffith and Alberta Marshall, both of Seymour; 18 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in North Vernon with the Rev. Don Morris officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to the service Thursday. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Scipio.
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5 Stocks Pulling The Health Care Sector Downward
Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 57 points (-0.4%) at 15,601 as of Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,233 issues advancing vs. 1,686 declining with 120 unchanged. The Health Care sector currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Valeant Pharmaceuticals International ( VRX), down 1.6%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals ( VRTX), down 1.2%, Shire ( SHPG), down 1.2%, Agilent Technologies ( A), down 1.1% and AstraZeneca ( AZN), down 1.0%. Top gainers within the sector include WellPoint ( WLP), up 2.4%, HCA Holdings ( HCA), up 1.8%, Illumina ( ILMN), up 1.5%, UnitedHealth Group ( UNH), up 1.3% and Aetna ( AET), up 1.2%. TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the sector lower today: 5. Biogen Idec ( BIIB) is one of the companies pushing the Health Care sector lower today. As of noon trading, Biogen Idec is down $1.80 (-0.8%) to $225.96 on light volume. Thus far, 517,532 shares of Biogen Idec exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $225.10-$229.00 after having opened the day at $228.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $227.76. Biogen Idec Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, hemophilia, and autoimmune disorders in the United States and internationally. Biogen Idec has a market cap of $52.3 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 50.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Biogen Idec a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Biogen Idec as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Biogen Idec Ratings Report now. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading down today with the
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It turned out to be a very happy Thanksgiving after all on the streets of Manhattan.
Despite down-to-the-wire concerns, whipping winds were not enough to stop the balloons from flying for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thousands braved cold and windy conditions to catch a glimpse of them.
Winds were clocked at 26 mph, so handlers hung on extra tight to watch Spider-Man, SpongeBob Squarepants, and other balloons both old and new. In all, the crowd was treated to 16 giant balloons.
The 87th annual parade officially got under way at 9 a.m. EST, when parade executive producer Amy Kule cut the ribbon, 1010 WINS' Eileen Lehpamer reported. Celebration clowns on roller skates with balloons in their hands kept the crowd entertained, while the James Madison University marching band performed "My Favorite Things."
Confetti flew as the crowd roared. At 76th Street, the crowd was five deep, WCBS 880's Peter Haskell reported.
And the balloons did not disappoint. Spider-Man got his arm slashed in the parade, but still flew high, 1010 WINS' Juliet Papa reported.
Among the new additions to the parade this year was a giant "Wizard of Oz" balloon, a 47-foot creation to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the movie.
Many balloons were monitored intersection by intersection for safety purposes, Haskell reported. But the handler for the Snoopy balloon told Lehpamer she was thrilled to be a part of the parade.
"It is so cool to watch people's reactions from the parade and seeing them watching the parade – it's such a great feeling. The little kids' faces are awesome," she said.
Many were thrilled at the opportunity to watch the parade – whether they were longtime veteran spectators or first-timers.
"I've been coming to this parade since I was born," said Sarah Baglio of the Bronx. "It's my favorite holiday, and my favorite day of the year to bring the kids to the parade."
"Doing awesome," added Sarah Clamp of Atlanta. "A little cold."
The parade also featured the East Coast Marine Corps Composite Band, dazzling dancers, members of the Oneida Nation in full headdress, and giant clumps of seaweed strolling down Central Park West.
"Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I've wanted to come see it live," said Cindy Tschosik of Chicago.
The parade performers included Ariana Grande, Kellie Pickler, Richard Simmons, Cher Lloyd, and Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri – a native of Syracuse.
And of course, Santa Claus concluded the parade.
Officials said earlier that the inflatable creatures would not soar if sustained winds topped 23 mph and gusts exceeded 34 mph. That is because of city rules enacted after a Cat in the Hat balloon toppled into a light pole and seriously injured a spectator in 1997.
But police and parade officials gave the go-ahead for the balloons to fly around 8 a.m.
Balloons have only been grounded once in the history of the parade, in 1971.
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I Was A Child Model! A Tragedy In Nine Pictures
This is me—circa age six, sporting double popped collars, rainbow suspenders, more denim than is acceptable in public, and a smile. I was seemingly happy, making more money than I will ever earn again, and—look at that pose!—brimming with confidence. I was a child model. You could look just like me for $43.99 plus tax. I was pulling $55 an hour to show you how.
These pictures are from a first audition of sorts I had with David & Lee, a big modeling agency that had an office in Cleveland years ago. Getting to this point meant they liked my look enough to put together some professional shots. Kids modeling works a lot like what you may know about adult modeling: The best of the best from this series ended up in my book, which was then passed on to folks who wanted to hire stunning kids to wear stunning clothes. Mom trotted me to this audition when I was five. l vaguely remember the ordeal—big escalators, lots of wardrobe changes, and a day off school, the latter being clearly the biggest upside. There were short short-shorts and an ensemble that somehow involved a fake ice-cream cone, a headset, and a sweater. And the blurry one up there, which shows my considerable emotional range. I call it: "When Mom and Dad ask, you and Uncle Terry were just wrestling. Right, slugger?"
I did a fair number of shoots per year, but it was far from a weekly thing. And though the jobs were scheduled during the day, I missed school no more often than any kid with a moderately performing immune system, so it was easy to keep my secret life, well, secret.
I hardly mentioned it to any of my friends at school. I was already sequestered in a special academic classroom, and it's tough enough trying to bond with the cool kids when you're only shuffled out to mingle at recess, like a leper monkey at the zoo. I wasn't going to proclaim to the kids—all bigger, more popular, with girlfriends, and sporting, even as second-graders, what I remember as full mustaches—that a pretty woman wanted to take my pretty picture because of my pretty hair and hey, do you like my new suspenders?
As for the girls? The only time I was scoring some hand-holding action based on my looks was when a photographer made a girl do it.
But my friends in the neighborhood knew, mainly because my mom told their moms. She was proud, of course. Lots of parents hear the "Your kid should be a model!" routine; for hers, it was true. Other moms (and plenty of hairdressers) told her how gorgeous my red hair was. Turns out that hair could not only be admired but monetized. In fact, I'm pretty sure that it was my most positive attribute in the eyes of the modeling agency: my ability to chromatically match up well with red- and orange-colored products.
Years later, when I was 19, some ten years after my last gig, my sister pulled a bottle of Ocean Spray from the fridge and said, "Hey, Vince, isn't this you on the bottle?" It was. Some agency had somehow and for some reason dug up a decade-plus-old photo of me and plastered it on every Ocean Spray bottle to pimp a computer giveaway. The juice was red, my shirt was red, and my hair, of course, was perfectly red. A shade more perfectly cranberry red, apparently, than that of any other redhead born in years in between. I didn't get any big payday—the contract said David & Lee could do whatever they wanted with the picture once it was taken, although I still think I should have at least gotten a computer out of the deal.
For a few months, it became an ice-breaker at parties during college, a go-to when any girl was mixing a vodka cranberry from a bottle with my face on it. But it rarely proved effective. Probably something to do with implausibility and awkward delivery, the disparity in cuteness from the person on the bottle to the person standing before them, or maybe just the oddness of having my kid self grinning out at them while my older self was grinning earnestly and goofily beside it.
What was it like? I did gigs for Higbee's and a slew of other department stores, beamed out on flimsy paper in the Sunday circular to tens of thousands of people around northeast Ohio. Photographers, evincing none of the patience and tact that Sears family portrait shooters have to show, would point and direct and flex and cajole and manipulate me into any number of non-natural contortions. Smiles quickly fade as you fail to do exactly what they're telling you to do even though you're doing exactly what they told you to do, like jogging in place while smiling and looking athletic but without a strained look on your face or breaking into a sweat.
Sessions could be as quick as an hour, or much, much longer, all depending on how many shots were on the schedule and how easily I was able to give the photographers what they wanted. It was easy to tell when they were frustrated, and the stress tornado could spiral quickly. I remember getting cranky and tired—though a cookie break could save it all.
This was the late 80s. Usually, I was pimping the latest and greatest in denim-wear. Sort of the Oshkosh lifestyle on steroids. And way more polo shirts than I was comfortable with even then and which was probably the germination moment for my lifelong aversion to collared shirts. Also: hats. Hats, hats, hats—always oversized, always plopped ridiculously askew or backward or at a 180-degree angle.
But for that pay rate? Sure. I didn't know it at the time—it was all sequestered away in a savings account I was rarely allowed to touch and the balance of which I was clueless about—but I was fully funding my first two years of drinking in college.
From ages five to seven, I enjoyed a steady stream of work, and then the well dried up. Nothing. No calls. Looking back at the halcyon days of rainbow suspenders and jean jackets now, it's a depressing realization to know you hit peak attractiveness before you turned eight. A buddy of mine has a theory that your peak year should be 32. Some people would put it older; some, much older. Not me. For me, it had happened by age six. I have proof. It's right there.
I did get one last job after years on the bench. I was nine. It was a Halloween ad for CVS precursor Revco, a gig which is basically the made-for-TV Lifetime movie level of modeling, and my part couldn't have been more metaphorically appropriate. That's me as the clown.
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These baths were built by Titus (A.D. 39-81) at the time of the dedication (A.D. 80) of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Both complexes returned to public use land seized by Nero for the "Golden House," his sumptuous and vast private palace in the heart of the city.
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From Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, rev. Thomas Ashby. Oxford: 1929, p. 533-534.
Built by Titus in great haste at the time of the dedication of the Colosseum, and opened with magnificent games (Suet. Tit. 7: amphitheatro dedicato thermisque iuxta celeriter extructis munus edidit apparatissimum; Cass. Dio LXVI.25.1: τὸ τε βαλανεῖον τὶ ἐπώνυμον αὐτοῦ; Chron. 146; Hier. a. Abr. 2105). These baths were in Region III (Not.), near the Colosseum and within the precinct of Nero's Domus Aurea (q.v.) (Mart. Spect. 2: hic ubi miramur velocia munera thermas abstulerat miseris tecta superbus ager), but no actual buildings of the domus seem to have been removed to make room for them. In 238 A.D. some restoration was evidently contemplated (Hist. Aug. Max. et Balb. 1), and incidental references to them occur in Martial (III.20.15; 36.6) and in later inscriptions (CIL VI.9797 = AL 29.4; IG xiv.956 B 15: παρἀ τἀς Τιτιανἁς).
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Can the USA economy really grab hold as long as the housing market remains weak? This past week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at his press conference following the FOMC meeting acknowledged housing was the primary reason the current economic situation is muted.
My position is that:
Divide the housing crisis into two parts - sales volumes and prices. Home sales volumes have likely bottomed for existing homes.
Analysts and readers tend to get lost in the noise of month-to-month variations. Using yearly data, new home volumes seem like they are continuing to fall - but in fact, the data for the last six months are indicating new home sales are also bottoming (even though December's new home sales volumes were terrible - one month is not a trend).
Prices, on the other hand, do not seem to have found their feet yet - although the recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) data is showing some surprising strength in the last two months.
It boils down to a situation where maintaining volume appears to depend on prices falling. While backlog continues to fall (does not include shadow inventory), I am not convinced there is any metric which quantifies the number of homes which would come onto the market if home prices began to rise. Pundits' discussion on this topic is like watching a game of liars poker.
There may be years and years of pent up inventory which is not on the market due to homeowner's decisions not to sell at the current prices and millions of foreclosures that are yet to be completed. But eventually realization will set in that depressed prices are the norm and the reluctant homeowners will accept the new reality. A large group which is on a short fuse is the boomers who have second homes and/or McMansions - and were counting on relocating to cheaper or warmer places, or just wanting to cash out for retirement.
Supply and demand dictate prices. I remain unconvinced that anything less than a housing shortage will drive prices up and put financial pressure on the potential homeowners to mutate to become actual homeowners. There are approximately 130 million residential housing units, with the household growth demanding around 1 million additional residential units needed per year (after subtracting new residence growth). Much of the net gain in housing units may be in rentals. One reason for this is that as many as seven million potential home buyers are out of the market right now because they can't qualify for financing with a recent foreclosure on their record. And, with as many as seven million more foreclosures possible in the coming several years also producing a similar decline in potential home buyers, one million new household formations per year are completely offset as home purchasers by a similar number of foreclosed former homeowners who will not qualify for new mortgages for many years.
So both supply overhang and disrupted demand weigh heavily on the prospects for a turn around in housing anytime soon.
The good news may be that homes are in a depression, as well as many other sectors of the economy. How much more can one hunker down when one is already hunkered down? With the current global slowdown beginning, the already hunkered down USA economy might well be a net strength for the country.
Everything may not depend on housing but an important part of the economy does. Housing will remain a drag on growth until the after effects of the bubble end - and that will take years.
Economic News this Week:
The Econintersect economic forecast for January 2012 (first article under author's photo) continues to predict slowly improving economic growth.
ECRI has called a recession. Their data looks ahead 6 months and the bottom line for them is that a recession is a certainty. The size and depth is unknown but the recession was to hit before the end of 1Q2012. Econintersect's January forecast is not recessionary (one month look-ahead). This week ECRI's WLI index value was -6.5 - a negative value but the best index value since September 2011. This is the second week of index value improvement. This index is indicating the economy six months from today will be weaker.
Initial unemployment claims rose 21,000 to 377,000 following last weeks revised 46,000 massive fall. Historically, claims exceeding 400,000 per week usually occur when employment gains are less than the workforce growth, resulting in an increasing unemployment rate (background here and here). The real gauge – the 4 week moving average – fell slightly to 377,500. Because of the noise (week-to-week movements from abnormal events), the 4-week average remains the reliable gauge.
Overall the data this week continued to confirm an improving economy. The data releases seem to go in waves - good weeks, less good weeks. Last week was mixed. The data released this week which contains economically intuitive components (forward looking) was strongly positive. GDP was particularly disappointing, not because of the 2.8% - but the strong components of the 2.8% will not be sustainable into 2012.
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2011 Scent Attack Bear Scents has them coming into the baits as usual! We use granola which is a very mildly scented product, applying Anise and Formula 101 draws them in and the granola keeps them coming back!
When we baited this bait we were down to the last drop of Scent Attack in a 4 OZ jar. We left the jar in the hole of the barrel because the jar still contained enough scent to do the job! Upon our return the jar was on the ground and this series of photos was discovered on our trail camera!
Picture proof .. Scent Attack Bear Formula 101 works!
Note: We use both Anise and Formula 101 at all our bait sites.
This bear was at our T-Bait
Small bears like this come in early to beat the larger bears to the bait, Scent Attack is always working!
T-Bait 2011
A mother and her cubs are always welcome sights at any bear bait! The racket they make draws in the boars, so sit tight and wait it out!
This is a first year bait that was hit by this bear in the first week of baiting this site we call the Elim bait!


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Financing Failure? The European Debt Crises
Recorded: Monday, December 12, 2011
Vern McKinley, author of Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts discusses the current fiscal crisis in Europe. Recorded in English and Chinese at SOH Radio.
Experts: Vern P. McKinleyType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Economic Policy, Free Market Economics
Dr. Bruce Benson on ABC Australia radios Counterpoint
Recorded: Friday, November 11, 2011
Senior Fellow Dr. Bruce Benson, author of Property Rights: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings Re-examined, speaks on ABC Australia radios Counterpoint.
Type: RadioIssues: Business, Government Power, Property Rights
Randal Rucker Discuses the Resilience of Private Beekeeping on the John Batchelor Show
Recorded: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Research Fellow Randal Rucker (co-author of Plowshares and Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture) appeared on the John Batchelor Show to discuss the resilience of honeybees through private beekeeping in the face of colony collapse disorder.
Experts: Randal R. RuckerType: RadioIssues: Business, Environment, Labor and Employment, Science
A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institutes Gala Reception and Dinner
Recorded: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
On September 16, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actor and director Andy Garcia, and entrepreneur William K. Bowes, Jr. were honored at the Independent Institutes A Gala for Liberty. Each honoree received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award in recognition of their contributions to advancing the ideas and ideals of liberty, entrepreneurship, innovation, and peace.
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Iron Gate's Cooking for a Cause Gala
Announcing - Iron Gate's Cooking for a Cause Gala, the annual fund raiser to benefit the soup kitchen and food pantry.
Cooking for a Cause will be held Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m., at Metro Appliances & More at 53rd and Mingo. In a literal moveable feast, guests move through seven kitchens to meet seven chefs from seven top Tulsa restaurants.
Tickets are $75 and reservations may be made at Iron Gate's administrative offices at 501 South Cincinnati, on line or by phone 582-4128 ext 117. Seating is limited, so make your party's reservations early.
In our picture, Gala chair Susan Fuller Palmer, Iron Gate board member, prepares honorary chairs Margaret and Ross Swimmer for their American Gothic publicity photo.
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In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman whose boyfriend pesters her about having a threesome.
Q. Re: Gun-toting nanny: I'm a mom of two young children, and I enjoy shooting (and I've probably posted on Facebook about it). But that doesn't mean I keep guns around my kids. For Pete's sake, the childcare worker didn't say she planned to carry at all times! If you like to shoot (at a range, or any other legal spot), you need a permit to carry your gun to it, unless you choose to rent, which many places don't offer. As you said, Prudie, this sounds like a responsible gun owner being penalized for her hobby.
A: Let's hope this mother doesn't do anything to penalize her. And I can't imagine a day care owner being concerned that an employee is engaging in legal activities on her own time. Other readers have said it's perfectly fine to state forthrightly that the rules of one's home include no guns being allowed. But I agree that there's no evidence this should be a point of concern.
Q. Marriage and Sex: I'm a woman in my late 20s who's been married a few years to a wonderful man that I'm very sexually attracted to. We don't have children—yet—but we do have careers, a house, pets, and lots of great friends and fulfilling activities that fill our days. However, our sexual life seems to be somewhat lacking. I enjoy sex when we have it, which is probably around once every two weeks. I tend not to be the instigator and often use the "I'm tired" excuse. I worry that I'm not fulfilling him sexually, even though we've talked about it and we both understand the realities of working full time and try to set aside time when we can. Other than this, we're very happy together. Do you have any tips on how I can feel more gung-ho about sex? How much sex should two happy, healthy people in love be having?
A: Normally, two twentysomethings who are attracted to each find they have to carve out some time from their sex life to attend to work, pets, and other obligations, not the other way around. If your "fulfilling activities" make you too tired to have a more robust sex life with your husband, then cut back on the luge classes. The good news is that you like sex when you have it; the bad news is that you have it about 24 times a year, which is quite wan for childless people your age. It would be one thing if your Sex Point Average was exactly where you two wanted to be, but you acknowledge you're pushing your husband away with the lamest of excuses. So bring this up with him. Tell him you want to be more connected and adventuresome sexually. Say that initiating is not your style, but that maybe you two need to have appointment sex. Sure, that doesn't sound sexy, but having sex is sexy, so note it in your calendars. You make time for friends and animals, so set aside one night during the work week and one day on the weekend for just the two of you. You like it when you do it, so that should be a good incentive to do it more.
Q. Re: Marriage and sex: The author of the sex-lite marriage may want to talk to her OBGYN. Hormonal imbalance (especially from different birth controls) can lead to a waning libido.
A: Good point. Some birth control pills can be libido killers (which makes them doubly effective!). This is definitely worth talking about with her gynecologist.
Q. Forgetting Former Flames: Shortly before finishing college, I was enjoying a whirlwind of a relationship with an absolutely charming classmate, "Nick." After graduation, we went our separate ways, but had several sexually charged visits in the first year or two. We still speak from time to time. Seven years later, I'm engaged to a wonderful man whom I love dearly. I realize that I should probably stop talking to Nick, but when we speak occasionally, I don't tend to think about him as much. When I completely cut him off, I can't stop thinking about him. Is it OK to remember relationships like these fondly? Or how long will it take to forget about it? I'm excited about my marriage and would like to move forward.
A: You haven't had sex with Nick for years and you remain in sporadic, and chaste, touch. There's nothing wrong with that. Married people are entitled to their thoughts and fantasies, as long as these don't detract from the core relationship. Having a hot fling with Nick has helped make you into the sexual partner you are today—this is a clear benefit to the man you now love. You don't have to forget about Nick or cut off contact. As long as he remains just a friend in reality, his being a source of private erotic pleasure in your thoughts is strictly your own affair.
Q. A Bridge Too Far?: I'm in a six-month relationship with a woman who I really like—we have even exchanged "I love yous." However, something that has been bothering me more and more is our political differences. I don't mind differences in themselves—they help sharpen intellects and keep things interesting—but recently they seem a bridge too far. When I hear her talk about my side as if it is composed of idiots, evildoers, and other malefactors, I wonder why she would want to be with someone like me. I also wonder why I would want to be with someone who can't see that a different approach to things doesn't imply mendacity. I would love to have some help in figuring these things out and whether it's time to double down or cut ties.
A: I'm assuming you don't take offense at her characterization of your side because you've made it clear that the idiots, evildoers, and malefactors are on her side. I agree, that it's a shame that more people with differing political views can't debate vigorously, without being disagreeable, and then agree to disagree. Name-calling is a pathetic excuse for making one's case. You should tell your new love how uncomfortable you are with her characterization of your political views. Say you're happy to debate anytime, but when she ascribes your views to idiots or evildoers, you wonder why she would even want to be with such a person.
Emily Yoffe: Thanks, everyone. Have a great week.
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Reading the Sunday paper at a local coffee spot is a much-anticipated weekend activity. We don't always get to do it, but when we do, it's such a lazy luxury. Every once in awhile I peek over the edge of my section and catch the wine goddess' eyes and share some little random bit of news. Recently my report goes like this: "Holy hell, listen to this, blah blah blah's restaurant just closed!" We shake our heads and silently mourn the latest victim of our new economy. April, the wine goddess' other, less descriptive, name reads liberally from the local section, sharing tidbits of truly hideous crimes and I duck my head back into what used to be the food section to replace the image of the latest murder with a recipe for oyster stew.
Each day the paper seems to get smaller and smaller; newspaper room cutbacks are a piece of this new economic reality. I imagine that suddenly Seattle-ites are oversleeping, the familiar thunk of the paper hitting the door gone; the gentle swoosh of the newspaper pamphlet lulling subscribers back to sleep.
Reading the paper is becoming less and less a relaxing way to pass the time. This week's headlines were dominated by the flood waters and extensive damage, massive evacuations, people's lives destroyed overnight. Today's Times discusses how Seattle will most certainly be losing the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the other city paper, in operation for 146 years.
I like to be kept abreast of the news, but when the paper, radio and tv are constantly sharing bad news it grows increasingly hard to muster the intestinal fortitude to stay current. The new economy is making me dive into an alternate reality and until our media starts reporting on the good news, and healthy perspectives that surround us (much good can come out of reprioritizing our spending habits and simplifying in general) I'm content to keep one ear listening to the news and my eyes and heart on escapist literature and food t.v.
Today we met up with an old friend at one of my favorite coffee spots. El Diablo makes fantastically smooth coffees, in the Cuban style. They won my heart the day I realized that their so-called Yanqui drink was pronounced "Yankee" as in (you silly gringa) an Americano. Of course, I asked what it was, cluelessly putting what I thought was an authentic Spanish accent on the made-up word. I might as well have screamed, "HI I'M WHITE!"
On a gray Seattle winter day, stepping into El Diablo is therapeutic. The warm gold to orange tones and colorful walls replete with whimsical murals are transporting. The sandwiches are excellent and their batidos (tropical fruit smoothies with complementary mini-umbrella) in the summer are fabulous. However, even perpetually cheery El Diablo can't avoid the affect of the downturn in the economy; my ham and cheese sandwich came with a fruit salad I nicknamed "Hard Times Fruit Cocktail". One quarter of a strawberry, one singular 1/2" by 1/2" cube of mango.
Instead of reading the paper, we chat, catch up, sip on our coffees and laugh at the intense food-cost management that led to the decision to put that lonely quarter of a strawberry on the plate. To distract us further from these realities, we slip into the adjacent bookstore and lose ourselves in the aisles; my head tucks between the pages of the latest cookbooks, April gets lost in the wine section. I leave with the book "What Einstein told his cook" by Robert L. Wolke. Just 7 years after Einstein won the Nobel Prize in physics, the world slid into the Great Depression. Sounds like timely reading, no?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The new economy
3 comments:
- Jesse said...
A beautiful moment of your imagining sleeping Seattle without the heft of print media to wake them. A ghost town ensues. Wave quietly to your sleepwalking friends.
- January 11, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- Chris said...
Meanwhile, you scared the crap out of me. I was convinced this post was going to say that Diablo was closing... I need to inject some cash into the economy and buy a Mexican Mocha.
- January 11, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Becky said...
Sorry, man... I can totally see how you thought I was going there. Thank goodness - the place was jam packed with people. Love, love, love their mochas.
- January 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM
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(PRTS - Get Report), which is a distributor of aftermarket auto parts and accessories. This stock has been destroyed the bears during the last six months, with shares off by a whopping 56%.If you take a look at the chart for U.S. Auto Parts Networks, you'll see that this stock has been trending sideways during the last two months, with shares moving between $1.71 on the downside and $2.06 on the upside. Shares of PRTS are just starting to spike higher today and move within range of its 50-day moving average of $1.96 a share. The stock is also starting to trend close to breaking out above the upper-end of its recent sideways trading pattern. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in PRTS if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance levels at $1.92 to $1.99 a share and then once it clears more resistance at $2 to $2.06 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 37,810 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then PRTS will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $2.50 to its 200-day moving average of $3.23 a share. Traders can look to buy PRTS off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and then simply use a stop that sits just below some key near-term support at $1.71 a share. One could also buy PRTS off strength once it clears those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits just below its 50-day moving average of $1.96 a share.U.S. Auto Parts Network One under-$10 name that's trending very close to triggering a major breakout trade is U.S. Auto Parts Network
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The free Have Book Will Travel presentation features travel agent Marsha Holmes from Gulliver's Travel Agency. She will provide guidelines for planning a trip, whether that journey involves driving or flying, or to destinations in the USA or overseas. Participants are encouraged to bring travel questions.
In other June programs for adults, the Rock Island Library will offer historic tours of Chippiannock and Riverside Cemeteries with local cemetery expert Minda Powers-Douglas. The Chippiannock tour meets at the cemetery's 12th Avenue gate at 7:00 pm on Monday, June 10. The Riverside tour meets at 7:00 pm on Monday, June 17, at the cemetery's 5th Avenue gate. Both tours are free and open to the public, and will feature highlights of the art and stories behind two of the area's oldest cemeteries. Registration is requested, but not required for the tours. To sign up, call the library at 309-732-7341.
The Rock Island Library will also show free "movie flicks" featuring films based on books during the summer. The first movie, based on the novel Jaws, by Peter Benchley, starts at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 18 in the Main Library, 401 19th Street. Free popcorn will be provided.
All events are free and open to the public. The full list of summer programs is available at http://www.rockislandlibrary.
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Wednesday Jul 07 2010
Teachers take on tech training
By: Joyia Emard, Loomis News Staff Writer
High school instructors learn the benefits of tech in the classroom
Moodle, Wordle, Skype, and Jing don't sound like words that mean innovative technology for teachers, but they are. All are free shareware programs available online that some savvy high school teachers just may be using come fall. Eighty teachers from the Placer Union High School District were recently introduced to these programs at two, two-day technology training sessions at Del Oro High School. "We can't expect innovation and growth without giving our teachers the tools to do it," said Jeff Tooker, assistant district superintendent. Tooker said normally the district offers weeklong workshops during the summer for teacher education, but with budget cuts they were only able to offer a two-day workshop. He said technology was chosen as one area where teacher education can make a difference. "Today's teenagers are digital natives. We're trying to find more ways to engage them," Tooker said. Del Oro English teacher Dylan Holcomb said he uses the latest in technology to make learning more interactive. He uses a web camera to record himself while grading and commenting on students' essays. He posts the video clips on his website and makes only marks on the papers. Papers are then returned to the students who then must view the video and jot down the explanations given for the marks. "I may not have five minutes to explain the grades to each student, but this way I know they understand what they did wrong and what they can improve on," Holcomb told teachers during training. Holcomb explained to teachers how they could use Jing, a program that records a computer screen, and a podcast, a media file distributed over the Internet, to engage students. Kathy Meyers, district staff development coordinator, demonstrated how the attendees could use Wordle, a program that generates "word clouds" from text that users provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Meyers said they can be created and used to emphasize ideas or in English classes to break apart text. Mark Hayward has been a teacher at Del Oro for 35 years. "I'm one of the old-timers. I'm just taking baby steps. It's hard, but I'm willing to give it a try," Hayward said. Hayward confessed that he only began using e-mail two years ago. He said his students help him out when he gets in a pinch. "Now, I'm trying to get a web page with more than just my class schedule and course syllabus on it," he said. Tooker explained, "We kind of lay it out there and the teachers choose what fills their need." Tooker said as the district moves forward with technology, they are trying to go paperless, as well. He said last year Del Oro saved $4,000 and 100 boxes of paper by converting traditional printed content, such as syllabuses, to documents available on teacher websites. "Our hope is to someday do it all digitally," Tooker said.


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On reviewing bars: Is it better to be too soon or too late?
Got this email from a reader named Ted:
I read your review of J.A. Murphy's (pictured) and question the wisdom of reviewing someplace that has only been open for a week. Bars and restaurants need time to work things out. Even the best and most experienced restaurant owners make many changes in their first year.
The New Orleans food critic Tom Fitzmorris has a policy of not reviewing any restaurant until it has been six months. I think it allows owners to smooth out the problems. If they haven't, they probably won't be around in a year.
And here is what I wrote back to him ...
Thanks for the email, Ted. I'm with you -- I think reviewing a place a week after it opens is unfair. When I started The Sun's nightlife column about three years ago, I always waited about a month before reviewing bars and clubs for this very reason. But lately I've been getting some competition from other Web sites.
Normally when a new bar opens, I like to announce it on my blog, Midnight Sun, give it a couple weeks to get its bearings, and review it.
But more and more, these other Web sites see my blog posts about new bars opening, run to the bars and review them -- just to say they were the first to review them.
So I've been forced to review bars the first or second week they open. It's silly and unfortunate, but in the press, being the first is everything.
Now, in my reviews, I usually mention that I was there soon after the bar opened, and new bars take time to get their bearings.
Thanks again for the feedback.
(Photos by me. Kudos to the tavern for offering such a sweet happy hour special, too.)
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