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Sustainability in WKU Residence Halls
Big Red has gone green at WKU, and the residence halls are no exception! Housing and Residence Life encourages all residents to engage in sustainable practices and opportunities, from simply remembering to turn off the lights and unplug cords, to going head to head with their neighbors and other universities in a competition to see who can conserve the most energy.
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The Building Dashboard was initially implemented so students can easily view and track their residence hall's energy usage so residents can monitor their hall's usage and take part in the effort in reducing WKU's energy use. Residence halls can compete against one another during special energy reduction programs to win prizes. Turn off your lights and shoot for the gold!
WKU Energy Kiosk
The WKU Office of Sustainability has partnered with Johnson Controls to implement the WKU Energy Kiosk. WKU students and staff can see WKU's energy use all across campus, from residence halls to academic buildings.
Sustainability Initiatives
Housing and Residence Life offers several opportunities for students to participate in sustainability initiatives. Each year students in all residence halls compete in "Reduce Your Use" to see which building can use the least amount of energy! Winning halls celebrate their victories in style with an ice cream party with WKU President, Gary Ransdell!
At the end of every academic year, "Lighten Your Load" allows students to donate unwanted items so they don't end up in a landfill. In 2013, students donated a total of 5,778 items, and 1,042 lbs of food. All items and food were donated to the Housing Authority of Bowling Green to assist the approximately 30 families they serve.
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Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile Processors: Thermal Design Guide
The power dissipation of electronic components has risen along with the increase in complexity of computer systems. To ensure quality, reliability, and performance goals are met over the product's lifecycle, the heat generated by the device must be properly dissipated. Typical methods to improve heat dissipation include selective use of airflow ducting, and/or the use of heatsinks.
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We made this for Easter and were disappointed. There was to much onion and they were soupy even after extra cooking time. No one really liked them. If I made them again, I would chop up less onion and mix it in with the potatoes. I would also cook them longer.
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I caught the tail end of this transit of Europa and its shadow. The shadow was quite prominent against the bright South Temperate Zone (STZ) but Europa could not be seen in front of the zone.
Europa was trailing its shadow by about 40 minutes and appeared when it reached the darkening just inside the limb. The seeing had improved considerably by then and the moon looked like a cream colored three dimensional orb. Once it cleared the limb, it reverted to appearing like a 2-D disk.
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Moscow, Russia -- U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has abandoned his request for asylum in Russia after President Vladimir Putin said the former National Security Agency contractor must stop his anti-American activity.
In a statement posted on the WikiLeaks website published on Monday, Snowden said that his "continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will."
That was followed on Tuesday by a statement detailing the number of countries to which requests for asylum had been made, including Russia, Norway, China, France, Ireland and others.
But Russian news agencies Tuesday quoted President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Snowden has now withdrawn his application to Russia, with the U.S. fugitive apparently unhappy with the conditions Russia has set.
"It's true, Snowden did express a request to remain in Russia. But having found out yesterday about Russia's position, voiced by President Putin, about the conditions for theoretically doing so, he rejected his intention and request to stay in Russia," RIA Novosti quoted Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, as saying.
President Putin said Monday that Snowden would have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wanted to be granted asylum in Russia, where Snowden has been hiding out for eight days. Putin said while Moscow "never hands over anybody anywhere" Snowden needed to stop harming Russia's "American partners."
Peskov said Tuesday that "handing over Snowden to a country like the U.S., where the death penalty can be applied, is not possible."
The development comes as several of the other countries where WikiLeaks says Snowden has applied for asylum have said he can't apply from abroad. Officials in Germany, Norway, Austria, Poland, Finland and Switzerland all said he must make his request on their soil.
The U.S. has annulled Snowden's passport, and Ecuador, where he had initially hoped to get asylum, has been giving mixed signals about offering him shelter.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is visiting Moscow, said Tuesday that Snowden had "done something very important for humanity" and deserved the "world's protection." But Maduro said that Venezuela had not received a request from Snowden for asylum.
In a further sign of Snowden's narrowing options, India turned down Snowden's request for political asylum on Tuesday.
Earlier, a Russian security official said that Russia's Federal Security Service and the American FBI were in talks over Snowden.
"Of course they [President Obama and President Putin] don't have a solution that would suit both sides, that is why they have ordered FSB director [Alexander] Bortnikov and FBI director [Robert] Mueller to be in contact and look for options," RIA Novosti quoted Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as saying Monday.


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1964 Ford Galaxie Gets Custom Hinges - Getting UnhingedWritten by on May 1, 2009 Contributors: Jeff Lilly Fabricating Custom Hinges
Today's street rods and customs are built with ever-changing technology and the line between street rod and custom rod continues to be blurred. We're seeing more and more '60s cars being built with the attention to detail that up until recently was reserved for high-end street rods.
One area that needs improvement on these late-model cars is the hood hinges. Detailing engines is nothing new, but opening the hood to show off the engine suffers somewhat when the ugly stock hinges are also in view. Some innovative builders have started to come up with solutions, and this hood lift system fits right in. Jeff Lilly Restorations came up with an interesting hinge system for a '64 Ford Galaxie in their shop which can be retrofitted to many projects if room allows, so let's take a look at what it takes to get it done.
Before they could start making the hinges, they needed to determine that the arc they needed to build into the new hinges would not change the hood-to-cowl panel clearance. On some vehicles the hood moves back, closing up the gap to a point where it can hit on the cowl as the hood swings up. When building a project with consistent 3/16-inch panel gaps this becomes even more critical. With this type of hinge there is no play as with most original factory hinges, so that potential problem was eliminated.
On the interior side of the cowl and floor area they needed adequate room to install the gas shocks toward the outside of the car so that the custom kick panels will look natural without protruding too much into the foot space. On the driver side the emergency brake foot pedal system will be changed to a pull-up unit located between the bucket seat and console. In this particular application they have ample floor space width even with a console, which makes this a natural candidate. Another item to consider is the A/C heater box and any other items that are already behind the dash or will be installed during a custom build.
With a little work and ingenuity you can build a hinge system that will not only help lift the hood and hold it open but will add to your custom's underhood detailing.
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As with any custom project, it's always good to start with mock-ups. This is a quality control step. Just like a carpenter, measure twice and cut once. Louie mocked up the hood hinge rotation in correlation to the firewall to allow enough clearance when the hood was being raised.Here's the basic hinge welded together and ready to fit. They chose 1-inch chrome-moly tubing for light weight as well as overall size so the hinge would look trick but subtle when finished. Louie bent two equal left and right side pieces with 110 degrees of arc. He had a tube bender, but a home shop can get the same results by simply filling the tubing with sand and then torch-heating it to bend over a round surface if need be. He cut a straight length determined for the application, cut one end of both the bent section and straight piece at 45 degrees, and then welded them together while clamped. The bushing ends are 1 inch long. The other end of the straight tubing section was notched with their joint jigger tool on the drill press using a bimetal 1-inch cutter. Louie then welded it all in place.On the pivot end of the hinge Louie installed a bronze bushing that matched the inside wall of the tubing with a press fit.The pivot box bracket was fabricated using 1/8-inch-thick angle iron. This part will be bolted up in and against the drain cowl. The pivot box was drilled to match the bushing's inside diameter and the correct bolt was inserted to match for a snug fit.This pivot box support strap bracket was fabbed from 14-gauge steel. Louie simply paper board mocked it to attach to one side of the pivot bracket down to the firewall to provide front-to-back support for the hinge. He installed the pivot support plate and then welded it around the outer perimeter of the box. It is now ready to trial fit to the cowl.On the pivot end of the hinge Louie installed a bronze bushing that matched the inside wall of the tubing with a press fit.The pivot bracket was installed up inside the cowl where the original air vents were located. It's hard to see here but there is a hole on top of the pivot bracket which has a nut welded underneath inside the pivot box. This will be used to bolt the assembly to the top of the drain cowl.The hinge needed more clearance to make a full swing, so Louie cut out more of the original drain cowl side wall. If your cowl is like this style, you will need to build a wall around inch tall in the section you needed to cut out to keep any water from coming into your interior. This is important if you get caught in a rainstorm or are spraying into your cowl vents during washing. On this project they do not need to add a wall because they are closing off the vents on top of the cowl given it is an A/C car and don't need outside air, thus eliminating any leaks.
The hinge clears the firewall fine. Later on they'll build a nylon brush cover to keep dust and debris out of the interior but still allow the hinge free, unrestricted movement. Once the inner fender aprons are fabricated, this part of the hinge will be covered and viewable only from under the front fender.The hood was flipped over to get it ready for attaching to the new hinge system. A new hinge bolt plate with a longer pattern was welded in to allow a nice transition from the mounting bolts to the gradual radius of the hinge.The hood was laid down in place on the car and shims were used to get 3/16-inch gaps along the fender and cowl edges. The hood hinge was shaved to make a nice contact with the hinge plate and then tack-welded on. The hood was lifted up and down and all clearances were dead on. They then welded some gussets from the hinge to the flange plate to beef up the system to eliminate any flexing. Strength is first and beauty will come later.The hood lifted up and down smoothly, so they removed the hinge from the pivot bracket and ground down the mounting plate edges to a shape that matched the outer edges of the hood for a nice transition.Once they were happy with the fit, the hood was flipped back over and Louie boxed in the factory hinge pockets for a smoother look.Beauty time! Some metal covers were fabbed for a smooth and subtle transition of the custom hinges. They were then tack-welded on for now and will be finish-welded before primer and paint as the project progresses. You can see them starting to take on their character.Attention was then turned back to the interior side. Here you can see the small triangular bracket welded to the very end of the hinge where they originally joined the straight section with the bent section. They welded this on and the adjustable gas shock was attached with a clevis rod and quick-release pin. The arrow points to the Allen-head set screw, which allows gas to be released from the unit, which changes the amount of tension going down. Turning the set screw out just a bit then back in, we released a little bit of gas till we have the right amount of closing pressure.Louie cut a hole in the toeboard and fabricated a pocket out of 12-gauge metal that he tack-welded into the floor. Most of the force is on the bottom of the shock, so it needed to be stable. The gas shock was attached with a clevis. A custom kick panel will be built, which will be easily removed for service if ever needed.


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Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) - The great Roger Federer was an easy
winner Tuesday in first-round action at a scorching hot Australian Open.
Federer, relegated to the No. 6 seed in the year's first major, dominated
Australian James Duckworth, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, in a mere one hour, 46 minutes at
Rod Laver Arena.
The Swiss legend, who owns a record 17 major titles, is looking to win for a
fifth time in Melbourne and first since 2010.
Three-time Australian Open runner-up and second-seeded Andy Murray made short
work of Go Soeda, routing him 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, while last week's Sydney champion
and fifth-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro was a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 winner over
Rhyne Williams.
Winning the Auckland title last week may have taken too much out of 13th-
seeded John Isner. The highest-seeded American lost his first two sets to
Slovak Martin Klizan and eventually retired because of a foot injury. Isner
did not appear in last year's Open due to a bone bruise in his right knee.
Fans sat through temperatures that reached well over 100 degrees and
watched local favorite Lleyton Hewitt fall to 24th-seeded Andreas Seppi, 7-6
(7-4), 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5. Hewitt was making his 18th straight appearance in
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Former Aussie runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seeded 10th this year, cruised
past Filippo Volandri, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3, while 11th-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic
downed Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
Sixteenth-seed Kei Nishikori of Japan outlasted Marinko Matosevic, 6-3, 5-7,
6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in three hours, 41 minutes, and No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov defeated
Bradley Klahn, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Other seeded winners on Day 2 at Melbourne Park included: No. 26 Feliciano
Lopez, No. 27 Benoit Paire and No. 31 Fernando Verdasco.
Lucky loser Stephane Robert, who was a late entry due to 21st-seeded Philipp
Kohlschreiber pulling out with a strained left hamstring, took advantage of
his good fortune as the Frenchman downed Aljaz Bedene, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-0.
Nick Kyrgios, Roberto Bautista, Michael Berrer, Teymuraz Gabashvili, Blaz
Kavcic, Thomaz Bellucci, Michal Przysiezny, Blaz Rola, Victor Hanescu, Yen-
Hsun Lu, and Dusan Lajovic also moved on to the second round with wins on
Novak Djokovic beat Murray in last year's final to nail down a third
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Brilliant, thanks Sandman! Don't know why you keep apologising for your English, it's better than the English I hear spoken by most English people.
Gosh, a few days to the do the rock shading...I guess it's something that comes with practice. Time to get my wacom going! It's also always interesting to see how people organise their workspace on PS.
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A look at this week's top recalls.
Infant's ER trip prompts Playtex Hip Hammock recall
More than 300,000 baby carriers are being recalled after the company received 87 complaints about the straps and buckles breaking, posing a hazard for the infant. At least two children have been injured, including one who required a trip to an emergency room. The carriers have been sold nationwide at retailers including Walmart and Target. Consumers should stop using them and contact Playtex for a refund.
Acura sedans recalled for suspension problem
Honda Motor Co said on Monday it is recalling 7,751 Acura RLX sedans in the United States and Canada to replace rear suspension bolts that may not have been properly tightened. Honda said one or more of the eight bolts on the 2014 model cars that attach several rear suspension parts could loosen over time and fall out, possibly allowing a portion of the rear suspension to move out of proper alignment and increasing the risk of a crash. Mail notification of the recall will begin in early January, Honda said.
Google, HP recall 145K computer chargers
Google and Hewlett-Packard are recalling about 145,000 computer chargers because they can overheat and melt, creating a fire and burn hazard. The recalled chargers were sold with the HP Chromebook 11 from October to November at Best Buy, Amazon.com, Google Play and HP Shopping. The commission says if you have one of the Chromebooks, you should stop using it and get in touch with Google for a free replacement charger. The recalled devices are black with a 6-foot long cord with the model number "MU15-N1052-A00S," which is stamped on the face of the battery charger.
Red Wing recalls 45 boot styles
Red Wing Shoes is recalling more than 100,000 pairs of its popular work boots for a problem with the steel toe portion of the shoe. There are 45 different boot styles included in the recall. The boots were sold as recently as last month. Consumers should stop wearing them and contact Red Wing for a replacement.
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After receiving many advices about how to draw a medieval-fantastic city built in a rock desert, I made some trials (unachieved for now as you will see).
I already made the walls and towers, but I didn't figure them on the map yet, due to a lack of time...
Buildings, fields and such things are also missing, that will come very soon, I hope. Same for the scale... the map is about a mile large (1,5 km), to give an idea. The city has about 15,000 inhabitants (100,000 was too much :p).
I'm still looking for a less repetitive (and seamless) pattern for the desert ; difficult to find any that could fit, in fact.
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This In the Clinic slide set serves as an educational tool to accompany Annals' In the Clinic issue on Celiac Disease. The slides are free to ACP members and individual subscribers to Annals of Internal Medicine. Others can purchase slide sets for personal education or to facilitate teaching clinical topics to others.
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At least one Republican who voted for the gun control legislation this week which Gov. Martinez says she will sign, has begun to voice excuses for his vote. In the case we are going to look into it was in the form of a Facebook post which can be found here on what was Rep. Baldonaldo's campaign Facebook page 'Vote Alonzo!'. The complete text is | Read More »


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Money is the first – and most obvious – reason people choose to rent. The opportunity to earn rental income influenced 3 out of 4 of U.S. vacation home purchasers in 2012. The average vacation rental earns $28,000 a year – often enough to cover expenses and the mortgage. Imagine what you could do with that extra money.
We know what you're thinking…but renting your home doesn't have to take up a lot of time. With minimal effort, you can list your home on a website such as HomeAway.com to maximize profit, or you can let a property manager manage it all for you. You can also choose to rent as much or little as you want, from all year long to once in a while for "seasonal" events. Your level of involvement is completely up to you.
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U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004 - San Marino
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|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 28, 2005
San Marino is a democratic, multiparty republic. The popularly elected Parliament, the Great and General Council (GGC), selects two of its members to serve as Captains Regent (co-heads of state). Captains Regent preside over meetings of the GGC and the Cabinet (Congress of State), which has 10 other members (secretaries of state) who the GGC also selects. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has some of the prerogatives of a prime minister. The judiciary is independent.
Elected officials effectively controlled the centralized police organization (the Civil Police), which was responsible for internal security and civil defense; the Gendarmerie, a military group responsible for internal security and public order; and the Guardie di Rocca, a military group responsible for external defense that occasionally assisted the Gendermerie in criminal investigations.
The principal economic activities were tourism, farming, light manufacturing, and banking. The country's population is approximately 28,000. In addition to revenue from taxes and customs, the Government also derived income from selling coins and postage stamps to international collectors and from an annual subsidy provided by the Italian Government under the terms of the Basic Treaty with Italy. Gross domestic product grew an estimated 2 percent, and wages grew 5.7 percent in 2003. The unemployment rate for the first semester of the year was 2.9 percent. Officially, the inflation rate is the same as Italy's, but in both countries it was actually higher than reported. Corruption by public officials occurred and was usually enhanced by political rivalry. However, the Government did not consider corruption a priority.
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of addressing individual instances of abuse. Some remnants of legal and societal discrimination against women remained, particularly with regard to the transmission of citizenship.
1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no reports of arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life committed by the Government or its agents.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The law prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials employed them.
Prison conditions generally met international standards, and the Government permitted visits by independent human rights observers. Male prisoners were held separately from female prisoners, as were juveniles from adults and pretrial detainees from convicted prisoners.
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention
The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, and the Government generally observed these prohibitions.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The law provides for an independent judiciary, and the Government generally respected this provision in practice.
The judicial system requires that the country's lower court judges be noncitizens, with the aim of assuring impartiality; most lower court judges are Italian. A local conciliation judge handles cases of minor importance. Other cases are handled by non-Sammarinese judges who serve under contract to the Government. The final court of review is the Council of Twelve, a group of judges chosen for 6-year terms (four of whom are replaced every 2 years) from among the members of the GGC.
The law provides for the right to a fair trial, and an independent judiciary generally enforced this right.
There were no reports of political prisoners.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
The law prohibits such actions, and the Government generally respected these prohibitions in practice. Violations were subject to effective legal sanction.
2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and the Press
The law provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice and did not restrict academic freedom. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combined to ensure freedom of speech and of the press.
The independent media were active and expressed a wide variety of views without restrictions. Access to the Internet was unrestricted.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The law provides for freedom of assembly and association, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice.
c. Freedom of Religion
The law provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.
For a more detailed discussion, see the 2004 International Religious Freedom Report.
d. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation
The law provides for these rights, and the Government generally respected them in practice.
The law prohibits forced exile, and the Government did not use forced exile in practice.
The law does not provide for granting asylum or refugee status in accordance with the 1951 U.N. Convention or its 1967 Protocol. Asylum or refugee status may be granted by an act of the Congress of State; however, the Government did not formally offer asylum to refugees. The Government has permitted a few persons to reside and work in the country and cooperated with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and other humanitarian organizations in assisting refugees.
The issue of the provision of temporary protection of individuals who may not qualify as refugees did not arise during the year.
There were no reports of the forced return of persons to a country where they feared persecution.
3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage.
There were no women serving on the Great and General Council during the year. However, women held positions in mainstream party organizations. There were 9 women in the 60-seat Parliament, but no minority group members.
4. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
There were no domestic human rights organizations, although the Government did not impede their formation. The Government declared itself open to investigations by international NGOs into alleged abuses, but there were no known requests to investigate.
5. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
The law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, language, or social status. The law also prohibits some forms of discrimination based on sex; however, vestiges of legal and societal discrimination against women remained.
The law provides for the protection of women from violence. Rape, including spousal rape, is a crime under the law. Occurrences of violence against women, including spousal abuse, were rare.
Several laws provide specifically for the equality of women in the workplace and elsewhere. In practice, there was no discrimination in pay or working conditions. All careers were open to women, including careers in the military and police as well as the highest public offices.
The citizenship law provides that both men and women may transmit citizenship either through birth or naturalization; however, children of male citizens only need to state their "intent" to retain citizenship, whereas children of female citizens must state their "desire" to retain citizenship. It is not clear if this affects the transmission of citizenship in practice.
The Government was committed to children's rights and welfare. Public education and medical care services were amply funded. Education is free until grade 13 (usually age 18) and compulsory until age 16. Most students continued in school until age 18. No differences were apparent in the treatment of girls and boys in education or health care. Violence against or abuse of children was an isolated problem; however, there were no reported cases during the year. One case from 2003 was pending.
Trafficking in Persons
The law does not explicitly prohibit trafficking in persons. However, there were no reports that persons were trafficked to, from, or within the country.
Persons with Disabilities
There was no discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, access to health care, or in the provision of other state services. There also were no reports of other societal abuses. The Ministry for Territory has not fully implemented a law that mandates easier access to public buildings by persons with disabilities.
6. Worker Rights
a. The Right of Association
By law, all workers (except the armed forces) are free to form and join unions, and workers exercised this right in practice. The law sets the conditions to establish labor unions. Union members constituted approximately half of the country's work force (which numbered approximately 10,300 citizens plus 4,000 resident Italians). Trade unions were independent of the Government and political parties; however, they had close informal ties with political parties, which exercised strong influence over union members.
b. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively
The law allows unions to conduct their activities without interference, and the Government protected this right in practice.
The law gives collective bargaining agreements the force of law and prohibits anti-union discrimination by employers. Workers exercised these rights and effective mechanisms existed to resolve complaints. Negotiations were conducted freely, often in the presence of government officials (usually from the Labor and Industry Departments) by invitation from both unions and employer associations. Complaints generally were resolved amicably by a "conciliatory committee" composed of labor union and business association representatives and government officials.
The law allows all civilian workers, including the Civil Police, the right to strike, and workers exercised this right in practice.
There were no export processing zones.
c. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and there were no reports that such practices occurred.
d. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment
The minimum age for employment and compulsory education is 16, and no exceptions were granted by the Ministry of Labor and Cooperation.
The law does not limit children between the ages of 16 and 18 from any type of legal work activity.
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
The Government sets the minimum wage according to industry standards. For example, in the hotel and restaurant industry, the minimum wage for employees over 18 years of age was approximately $ 8.84 an hour (6.55 euros). For employees under 18, the minimum wage was approximately $ 7.13 (5.28 euros). The national minimum wage provided a decent standard of living for a worker and family. Wages generally were higher than the minimum.
The law sets the workweek at 36 hours in the public sector and 37½ hours for industry and private businesses, with 24 consecutive hours of rest per week mandated for workers in either category.
The law requires a premium payment for overtime and allows a maximum of 2 hours of overtime per day. There is effective enforcement of laws and industry contracts that prohibit excessive compulsory overtime. However, overtime laws do not protect the small number of foreign illegal day workers in the country.
The law stipulates safety and health standards, and the judicial system monitors these standards. Most workplaces implemented the standards effectively; however, there were some exceptions, notably in the construction industry, where not all workers, particularly foreign workers hired for a specific contract, consistently abided by safety regulations, such as work hour limitations. The Government closely monitored the implementation of safety regulations in the construction industry, but improvement has been slow.
Two laws treat foreign workers differently from citizens of the country: The first prohibits indefinite employment status for foreign workers with nonresident status. The second requires non-Italian foreign workers to obtain an Italian residence permit before they can apply for employment. In practice, these provisions limited the application of unemployment benefits to foreigners because such benefits were granted for a period of 12 months.


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Family Days Out near to Ilkeston
Thanks for all the great things to do in Ilkeston with kids you keep sending in.
Now we have the easter and summer holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find the best days out and as many fun things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, horse riding, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, outdoor play at the best local parks, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Derbyshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
Places to go in Derbyshire | Kids fun in Nottinghamshire | Things to do in Derby
Things to do in Staffordshire | Places to visit in Buxton | Where to go in Cheshire
Warwickshire days out | Things to do in Matlock Bath | Theme parks in Nottinghamshire
Swimming in Ilkeston | Play centres in Ilkeston | Zoos in Ilkeston
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I didn't have the problem that Betsy did, but I can understand some confusion. This may be a case where we have to accept other communities' "wonky" language to find common ground. Scharff, MusLA 2/25/07
I didn't have the problem that Betsy did, but I can understand some confusion. This may be a case where we have to accept other communities' "wonky" language to find common ground. Scharff, MusLA 2/25/07
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General comments and introductory paragraph
document utilizes DCMI object model and the <indecs> metadata framework, which are mostly unknown to catalogers and quite difficult to decipher (especially DCMI). Considering that FRBR and FRAD are still challenging for many catalogers, if such language and terminology from DCMI, such as "value strings" or "value representations" etc., are incorporated (introduced) into RDA, it may provide another barrier between the cataloger and the code/RDA and thus hinder its acceptance. Notwithstanding these questions, I personally find the structure (from 2. Structure on) of this outline and its sections in describing the structure of RDA logical, but not always understandable (e.g., sub-element v. sub-element type). PVF 2/26/2007
1. Scope
It would be highly useful if scope addressed to whom RDA is directed, for example, either the primary or secondary target audiences or both. (The exclusion of this audience information to date has led to lack of clarity on a variety of levels, particularly when it is later suggested that various instructions are "out of scope". It can be argued that some of what has been missing in AACR/RDA is a lack of reference to the other kinds of vocabularies that make up a complete cataloguing record and that by their acknowledgement in various parts of RDA would give some additional credence to use of RDA in those other arenas that the national libraries seem to want to have focusing some attention on RDA.) Suggested additional sentences: L.Jizba 25Feb07 "RDA is primarily intended for use to the library cataloguing community. Depending upon the specific nature of various resource collections, it may also apply to the broader library community and to those in other arenas working on databases similar to library catalogues, such as to: • librarians developing/cataloguing for repositories of dissertations and or academic research projects or • librarians developing/cataloguing or metadata files of historic photographs, books, newspapers, articles, etc. • archivists who may use other rules for details such as DACS yet to whom these RDA rules have some relevance or others using the DCMI Abstract Model, The <indecs> Metadata Framework, museum staff using COO, and thesauri beyond LCSH such as AAT, etc." - L.Jizba 25Feb07
Agree. Randall, 2/26/07
1.1 Definitions
Resource discovery IDENTIFY — i.e., to confirm[delete "confirm"] determine that the resource described corresponds to matches the resource sought, or to distinguish between two or more resources with similar characteristics [is this latter section after comma really necessary?]
[This seems to be a circular definition; my underlining]: Access point control data Access point control data are data (i.e., value representations) that reflect the characteristics (i.e., properties) of an entity represented by a controlled access point
Alternatively: … of an entity represented by a standardized, uniform agent or identifier of a resource used for its retrieval. [or something along these lines] PVF 2/26/2007
The definition for "Identify" under "Resource discovery" seems appropriate to me. In the first part of the definition, you're comparing the record with the resource you have in mind; in the second part, you're comparing records with each other (and, supposedly, the resource you have in mind). Maybe it's a fine distinction… Randall, 2/26/07
Descriptive data
Access point control data If new cataloguers or the Dublin Core or other metadata users are to read this, then they need to know up front, and not in a footnote, that "in this context, a controlled access point is a name formulated according to guidelines and instructions in part B of RDA". Suggested additional text is below. This is important enough for the target audiences to put this information in line with the rest of the text, and to not put it in a footnote. -L.Jizba 25Feb07 In the context of RDA, a controlled access point is a name that is relevant to authorship or to other types of creation responsibility, or to creation associations (e.g a family entity). A controlled access point name is formulated according to guidelines and instructions in part B of RDA. Similarly, while subject terms or subject access points are also points of controlled access, such as those used in library subject cataloging or in various metadata, their formulation is not part of RDA. Instead, such controlled subject access points, whether used or not used in conjunction with RDA controlled access points for names in library cataloguing databases, or in other contexts, are governed and formulated not by RDA, but by various thesauri or controlled vocabularies as selected by cataloging or metadata agency policies. - L.Jizba 25Feb07
1.2 Descriptive data
3rd paragraph: Because RDA will include an appendix for ISBD, data display isn't completely out of scope. Glennan 2/23/07
Agree. See Jizba's suggested text in 1.3 comments. Randall, 2/26/07
1.3 Access point control data
It would have been helpful to be able consult FRAD while commenting on this section. (I know it's coming soon, but not before our comment deadline.) Glennan 2/23/07
1st paragraph: Does "item" belong on this list? Glennan 2/23/07
"Item" does belong, because an access point may be related to a single copy of a manifestation. Randall, 2/26/07
Final paragraph: I assume that author/title relationships are not out of scope (the author would certianly be a controlled access point; I assume the "preferred title" incorporates both the author and the title of the work). I'm sure FRAD clarifies this situation. Glennan 2/23/07
Agree. I think the relationships referred to are things like earlier/later, but still unclear. Scharff, MusLA 2/25/07
K. Glenna wrote: 3rd paragraph: Because RDA will include an appendix for ISBD, data display isn't completely out of scope. Glennan 2/23/07
I agree, and the flat statement "are out of scope" would be better modified since the intended audience for RDA and the many intended uses to which library cataloguers will want to put RDA seem to be still in a state of formulation, because the actual scope of RDA still appears somewhat fuzzy. . Suggested text is below. L.Jizba 25Feb07 Attributes and relationships associated….(e.g., data processing, etc.) are not presently addressed in the main text of RDA. Data display in the ISBD context is addressed in an appendix. L.Jizba 25Feb07
Agree. Randall, 2/26/07
1.4 Elements
1.4. The difference between sub-element types and sub-elements is not very clear. PVF 2/26/2007
Add the phrase "not requiring a new record" to "earlier/later title" in the second sentence, to make the sentence read: "For example, for the RDA title element, sub-types are defined for title proper, parallel title, other title information, variant title, earlier/later title not requiring a new record, and key title." This will help distinguish the element from an earlier/later title that is a separate resource. (See discussion of 2.3.5 in ALA and LC responses to RDA Part I, and the JSC response table.) Randall, ALCTS/SS, 2/26/07
1.5 Value representations
Quality I have a problem with the use of this term since the attributes listed under it do not measure the quality of the described entity. The fact that the text is in English or the map is in color doesn't speak to the quality of the entity or its contents. Historically librarians/catalogers have bent over backwards to not make judgments on the quality of the contents of the described entity. Even using Qualities would be better than Quality. MANGAN 2/25/07
I didn't have the problem that Betsy did, but I can understand some confusion. This may be a case where we have to accept other communities' "wonky" language to find common ground. Scharff, MusLA 2/25/07
Agree with Scharff. I take the sentence under "Quality" to be a definition of that term for the purposes of RDA, and therefore don't see anything hinting at it meaning a value judgment of the resource. BTW, definition 1 of "quality" that I found in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary was "peculiar and essential character : NATURE … an inherent feature : PROPERTY … CAPACITY, ROLE" Randall, 2/26/07
1.6 Value strings
Transcribed string Don't use "transcribed" to define "transcribed". MANGAN 2/25/07
Structured string
Unstructured string
In the final paragraph I don't understand what is meant by "rich representation", even going back to the source document. In the i.e. statement is the adjective "marked-up" meant to modify text only or also to modify images, videos, audio, etc., or is it "mark-up text" and all images, videos, audio, etc.? MANGAN 2/25/07
1.7 Application
The 1st paragraph seems to contradict itself: "… general guidelines and instructions that can be applied to any resource exhibiting the characteristic … Supplementary guidelines and instructions provide additional detail … for resources that exhibit characteristics not covered by the general guidelines and instructions." Why aren't these supplementary guidelines considered general guidelines that are applied if exhibited? What is the criteria for a guideline to be general, applied if relevant, as opposed to supplementary. MANGAN 2/25/07
2nd paragraph: Are "works" encompassed by the "etc." in the 1st sentence regarding entities represented by a controlled access point? Glennan 2/23/07
1.8 Record structure
Nothing is mentioned about indicating the relationships between elements. There needs to be some method to link the element "statement of responsibility" for an edition to the edition statement and not to the title or to link the scale to the correct coordinates when multiple scale elements and coordinate elements occur in the same record. Both ISBD and MARC21 provide for this linking but this element-to-element relationship isn't even mentioned in this document. MANGAN 2/25/07
2. Structure
2.1 Part A –Description
I was surprised to see "item" crop up under the 1st two headings below. Glennan 2/23/07
Resource identification
I think "work" should be included under resource identification. Also, there should be a strong explanation as to the rationale for choosing a structured string vs. an unstructured string. Smart 2/26/2007
Acquisition and access
Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource
Related resources
2.2 Part B – Access point control
Access points representing persons
Access points representing families
Access points representing corporate bodies
Access points representing places
This should really be handled as part of the previous paragraph dealing with corporate bodies. Descriptions don't generally include access points for a physical/geographic place other than for subject access. Place names are used as part of a corporate name representing some part of the jurisdictional government or as a qualifier in an access point to qualify or differentiate between/among multiple persons, families, or corporate bodies represented by the same character string. Place names are also occasionally used to differentiate between multiple serials with the same title. MANGAN 2/25/07
I agree with Betsy. My note on this paragraph was "places to me connote georeferencing i.e. the typical lat/long info associated with place." As the intent of "place" in this context is to disambiguate other access points it should be explained along with those points it is disambiguating. SMART 2/26/2007
Access points representing works, expressions, manifestations, and items
Other information used in access point control Why does other information need its own separate chapter? Can't the additional attributes be explained along with the entities they are associated with? SMART 2/26/2007
2.3 Format
2.4 Specificity of instructions
2.5 Appendices
Initial articles
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What are the season dates?
My dad drew a unit 1&2 KS mulie tag for this fall on his first try. I am taking him on this hunt as a thank you for taking me hunting my whole life, I'm 27 y/o and he is 61. We are planning on using USO outfitters. This is a muzzleloader hunt and we can go in either Sept or Nov, whenever they find us a big one.
Have any of you hunted western KS? Any tips?
What are the season dates?
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I haven't hunted there yet, but I plan on it! I'm moving to central Kansas in a month or so. I have some guys I will be working with that I am planning on bringing this subject up to. If I get some good info or any tips on contacts, I'll try and pass them on to you. I have a bad habit of saying that then never being able to find the original post again! Good luck to you! I hear there are some big ones out there.
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
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I'm assuming you are a non-resident? I've never hunted unit 1 or 2. I've hunted 3 & 7. I lived in eastern Kansas for 10 years. My oldest son Pake & I hold a lifetime licenses. There are some good muleys out there. USO should be able to put you on one. The muzz seasons are typically in September & December. The tag should be valid for both early & late seasons. I think Kansas also legalized scopes for muzz, you might check on that. Lots of walkin hunting, but the pheasant hunters run alot of deer out. Good luck & congrats to your Dad!
"Only two people have died for You and I, The American Soldier died for Our Freedom & Jesus Christ Died for Our Souls!" I thank GOD for them! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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Hunting the early season (sep.) is usually still really hot. The big mulies are still pretty nocturnal, depending on your area they may be in the middle of a corn field all day. But...if you find a big one you will be hunting an unpressured mulie most likely in velvet. Eberle is right, if you hunt the rifle season the deer will be much more educated by pheasant, coyote, and archery deer hunters. But...you could be catching the end of the mulie rut, and some "unseen" big deer seem to show up just in time for the rut (after your sep. hunt) I'd definately ask your outfitter some questions about their success in sep. muzz before you go early. A lot of it depends on the particular area you will be hunting.
My family is from Kansas around Abilene. I can remember going there many years ago when the deer hunting was not quite as good as it is today. I also remember USO outfitters back when they started up in the late 80's and their licensing service. I've seen some hunting shows with them back in the day and they really looked like a good outfit. I hope you have a great hunt. Let us know how it goes. It sounds like an great hunt.
Thanks guys. The tag is good for early and late seasons, we will hunt when Brent (USO's outfitter) tells us we need to hunt. Yes you can use a scoped muzz which will help a lot. I plan on making a video of the hunt and I will share it here.
The December 4-15 dates could be sweet. If the bucks are no longer rutting, the will be pounding food sources for sure.
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Does anyone know how the rainfall looks up there so far this year? It's been great here in Fort Worth, Tx this year! I got 3.8" of rain last week alone!


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Looking for PANSTARR
Posted 09 March 2013 - 09:54 PM
Since no cold weather, Clear sky, dark sky, clean horizon and no moon in Yardley,PA and just 5 minutes drive from my house; I decided to try the comet.
I setup my P-mount on the tripod and 12x60mm (recently sold by Meade for $19) binocular and swing to west at about 15degree and as soon I looked through my binocular; BINGO... I saw something like comet !!!!
After watching about or over 20 seconds; I realized that It does not look like COMET instead it has a fat tail but very dark in colour like smoke and the body was reddish type. It was going down like setting in the west but very very slow (not like any sat or plane)
I just do not know; what was it or it was a Comet ???
Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:04 PM
By 7pm in your area, C/2011 L4 should have already set.
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Just for the information is that the CONTRAIL can be seen as white or grey in orange and white zone as I have seen several times and not in black colour.
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Unfortumately, there have been a rash of mistaken comet sighting posted over the past few evenings, all corresponding to folks seeing distant con trails. So far PanSTARRS itself has remained lost in the twilight for mid northern latitude observers.
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Posted 10 March 2013 - 12:08 AM
The SMOKE that I mentioned it was "going with it" and only about 2 degree long so I know it was no contrail.
That smoke like a part of a thing..
Posted 10 March 2013 - 12:08 AM
The SMOKE that I mentioned it was "going with it" and only about 2 degree long so I know it was no contrail.
That smoke like a part of a thing..
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Patience panstarrs is coming, it will be unmistakable if anything like what I saw
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thing you are talking
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These SH folks are starting to get on my nerves with their Comets Lovejoy and Lemmon and Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They may have even gotten the better part of Panstarrs. Hey, we got the North Star!
Panstarrs was terrific through 18x70s the other evening (yes, that was a gloating tone!).
ps wouldn't mind your North Star for quicker polar alignment...
Posted 10 March 2013 - 10:20 AM
I have looked the past two evenings with my 12x36 IS II's with no success. I probably should have been using the 15x70's.
BTW, be prepared to see many, many contrails on the western horizon.
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Contrails can have all sorts of crazy optical effects. I've seen them look like dense black smoke and I once even observed and photographed one that projected a shadow on the cloud deck which the plane looked to be flying through!
Michael Mc
The photograph is indeed a contrail and in the photograph the contrail is a long streak while I observed a nearly 2 degree tail which was travelling with the thing and the thing was moving super super super slow . Please note I use the movement is super slow like a star but only 25 percent faster.
Posted 10 March 2013 - 05:27 PM
Observers in California who have reported seeing it with telescopes say that it was not visible with 7x or 10x binoculars.
My buddy Kau and I spotted it last night (Saturday) from out private site in the mountains about 70 miles east of San Diego along the US-Mexico border. I spotted it with my ST-80 fitted with a 2 inch focuser and a 31mm Nagler when it was about 3 degrees above the horizon. Once we knew where it was, Kau was able to see it in his 10 x 50 Action Extremes.
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Though my 10x50, the fanned out tail looked around 1/2 degree long, and appeared streaky or divided. The head was a uniformly bright white ball of light. I was too taken aback to estimate a magnitude, but it must pretty bright, since I didn't notice any stars nearby.
My wife had her 8.5x42, and we oohed and ahhed. See it if you can. It's a real beauty!
Posted 10 March 2013 - 09:58 PM
It is going to be fun watching this one's apparent brightening as it moves away from the Sun.
Posted 11 March 2013 - 12:20 AM
PannStarr really needs some magnification to really appreciate its beauty. Its a magnificent object to observe, its just very difficult to pick out of the low sky. It has a beautiful bright coma and a wide tail that seems to fan out very nicely. I'm estimating tonight it was it was about 30 to 40 arc minutes long in the twilight light I was observing it in. At higher magnifications you can just tell this object is screaming through our solar system and ballistic speeds in how it appears at magnifications approaching 100x.
I have 25x100 binoculars but PannStarr really needs more magnification to really see it and appreciate the beauty of how magnificent is really is.
38 deg latitude,
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Tonight a few of us met above Walkers Pass about a mile high and spotted it with my 20x100s. It could not be seen naked eye and the guy with the 7x35s had no luck. It looks like a neon "V" or check mark actually. The head was very bright and the tail was interesting but dim. In the 20x100s it was plain that this was one tail with a wispy center though some what shaped like Hale Bopp which had two distinct tails, one left a particle trail the other was an blue ion tail. See my photos on file with NASA or Cal Tech. -Rick Crockett


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Ruth Cooper wrote to us asking for help with a Yiddish or Russian rhyme that's a finger game. Here's her email: The finger game I am trying to track down has motions that go with it. The words (from close to 80 years ago) were something like: Pippa kasa varele, nafshe studge [...]
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Got my Zimbra server up (FC3) and it all seems to work except... When I go to create a new domain, the dialog comes up, I enter the new domain in the form "example.com", it's not flagged as an error. I can click through the "Next" button on the dialog, the "Finish" button shows enabled, but clicking it does nothing, and there's no error; the dialog just stays there and I have to cancel to clear the dialog.
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Learn the Basics about Cabin House Plans
Cabin house plans are small in nature and are often used as vacation homes or secondary residences, perfect for weekend getaways. They are generally known for their rustic appearance and ability to blend with their natural surroundings. Many times, cabin home plans are built as a hunting or fishing retreat and work well in the mountains, beside lakes and in wooded areas. The exterior finish and trim often consists of natural materials such wooden siding or shingles and stone. Outdoor living spaces such as covered or screened porches encourage the enjoyment of nature. Inside, cabin floor plans deliver the basic amenities. They usually provide one or two bedrooms (or maybe an upstairs sleeping loft), a full bath, an efficiency kitchen, and an open floor plan with the kitchen and eating space adjoining the living area. Sometimes, cabins even include a fireplace and a stacked/washer dryer unit. The interiors are usually finished with wood continuing the rustic feel inside the home. Log cabins are perhaps the most well known cabin home plans. The designs in The House Plan Shop's cabin house plan collection are typically less than 1220 square feet and do not have a garage. Due to their small nature and ability to fit into the surroundings almost anywhere, cabin floor plans are closely related to cottage home plans and vacation house plans.


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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KSDK) - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson received 3 honors as the team announced its 2012 season awards.
Jackson was named the Rams' Most Valuable Player (Daniel F. Reeves Memorial Award), recipient of the Carl Ekern Spirit of the Game Award, and recognized as the club's Walter Payton Man of the Year for his commitment to community service.
The Walter Payton Man of the Year honors the player who's off the field activities do the most good. Each team elects one player as a finalist. A panel of judges, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former players, picks the winner out of the 32 finalists.
Steven Jackson hosts a number of activities and events through his foundation, including a free youth football camp, celebrity golf tournament, charity auction and fashion show, Back-to-School n' Class, and the Beautifully Blessed Boys and Men Thanksgiving Dinner with the Covenant House in St. Louis. He also donates $1,000 to the Steven Jackson Foundation for every touchdown he scores during the season.
Rookie Janoris Jenkins won the team's Carroll Rosenbloom Memorial Award for his record-setting season. Jenkins tied an NFL rookie record with three interceptions returned for touchdowns. His four defensive touchdowns (3 INTs, 1 fumble recovery) led the NFL this season.
Wide receiver Danny Amendola won the Ed Block Courage Award, an honor given to a player who overcame some form of adversity in the year, after missing 15 games in 2011. Amendola caught a team best 63 passes in the 2012 season.


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As it is my first time in a challange I need to ask something:
-Can I (and anyone that made a map for the challange) vote?
AlexTna - The Borderlakes
bartmoss - The Lost Valley
Beoner - Junjul's Treasure map
Candacis - In the Clouds
Chashio - Drakanyama
Gallifreyan - The Olayan Islands
Greel - Trade Routes of a Maritime Empire
HTram - Satellite
Jaxilon - Junjul Isles
jfrazierjr - The Rift Principalities
Katto - The city of Lujjun
Master TMO - The Life Beneath
PlumCrazy - Streetwise Luxor
solis_tahoe - Pátzcuaro Lake
timallen - Anadnac Empire
waldronate - Technically Uninteresting
This month the challenge was simple - take this silhouette and turn it into a map:
The map could be anything from a linked system of stars to an archipelago of pirate islands. And the challenge entries did not disappoint! This month we have 16 entries. Take a look through the maps on the challenge thumbs thread:
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Vote for three entries, and make sure you rep those you vote for.
The voting will end on the 22nd of July (in 4 days), and thetriumphant winner will receive the silver lite compass, bragging rights and $40 in store credit from Profantasy!
Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic set of entries.
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As it is my first time in a challange I need to ask something:
-Can I (and anyone that made a map for the challange) vote?
My Finished Maps | My Deviant Art
Current WIP - Arcantis, the lake city (dead )
Lite Challenge winners: Junjul's Treasure | Bargon's Harbor | The Amazonas
OMG So exited!!! I know I don't have much chance, but I'm very glad to be part of this!
Yeah, me too! It's my first challenge and I am very exited too see the result, not because I entertain any hopes of winning but because there are so many maps in so many styles, I am curious how the voting goes!!! Good Luck everyone !
You "check" 3 boxes (you have 3 "votes" to cast) and click vote.
Heh...wow.. I got a vote even unfinished... thanks!
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I voted for junjul's treasure map because its so charming, streetwise luxor for using it in a context i didnt expect, and technically uninteresting because its downright hilarious.
Who is John Galt?
Also, whats up with all the J's and L's in the titles?
Who is John Galt?
The J's and L's all probably come from the words June/July spelled differently( Ex. JunJul, LujJun)


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Kate Behr moved from England to the United States in 1995, and has been living the connections between theology and literature ever since – both in the classroom (as a Professor of English at a Christian college) and in the home. Her research interests in popular culture have led her to speak and to publish on romantic fakery, sensation fiction, narrative, and Harry Potter (examining the shift from a classical pagan myth in Book One to a Christian myth in Book Seven). Her interest in theology and children's/young adult literature owes a lot to her experiences with her three children and church. She still reads children's books.
5/07 Professor of English, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY.
Courses and duties as below. Additional committee service (Academic Policies Committee, Rentention Committee, Academic Review Committee, Expo Day, Renaissance/Reform Commitee). New courses designed and taught with new pedagogy: Com 110 as hybrid learning course. Art of Debate as EXL course.
5/05-6/07 Associate Professor of English, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY .
Courses and duties as below. Additional committee service (Experiential Learning, Information Literacy). New courses designed and taught in addition to those below: Origins of Drama; Intro to Drama.
7/00 - 5/05 Assistant Professor of English, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY.
Courses include: British Literature Survey from the Romantics through the Victorians; American Literature Survey of the Nineteenth-Century; The British Novel from Austen to Forster; The American Novel; Critics, Criteria and Criticism; Modern Drama; Origins of Drama; multiple sections of Writing/Speaking to Inform and Writing/Speaking to Persuade, and Writing in Academic Contexts; Shakespearean Drama; and Oral Interpretation of Dramatic Literature. Apart from teaching and advising, I have also acted as the Faculty Mentor for the college literary magazine and served on several committees (Plagiarism, Book-ordering, ILC, NCATE, Capstone Course). From 2002-Fall 2003, I was the ILC Coordinator.
'98-'00 Assistant Professor of English, Iona College, NY.
Undergraduate courses taught included core literature courses - British Literature from the beginnings to 1800, and British Literature from 1800 to the present day - and freshman composition, as well as an interactive writing lab focusing on grammar. Graduate courses included seventeenth-century poetry and eighteenth-century literature and culture. Apart from teaching, I was involved in a college-wide committee examining grading trends, and did student-teaching observations
'98-00 Writing and Academic Skills Advisor, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Tutored selected, non-traditional students struggling with writing, who needed better study skills.
1997-98 SCOPE Program, Iona College, Writing Specialist.
I provided academic writing support to at-risk students within the SCOPE Program. This involved intensive one-to-one tutoring in basic writing and research skills as well as group workshops in specific aspects of the writing process. I was also responsible for producing the SCOPE Program quarterly newsletter.
1994-95 Exeter University, UK, Tutor/Lecturer to Testamur in English Language Studies.
I was responsible for constructing and teaching three courses:- Nineteenth-century British Literature; Critical & Cultural Reading; and Academic Essay Writing. Students' ages ranged from seventeen to thirty.
1991-93 Oxford University, Pembroke College, Lecturer.
My responsibilities included constructing, teaching and examining nineteenth- and twentieth-century British Literature courses for First Year students. I was also closely involved in the Admissions procedure of the College.
Oxford University, individual courses at various colleges.
- Wadham College. – Second Year course in British Literature from 1740-1830.
- Wadham College. I supervised a finalist's thesis on the works of Fanny Burney and Maria Edgeworth from a twentieth-century feminist perspective.
- Pembroke and Hertford Colleges. Weekly seminar classes on 'Practical Criticism', concentrating on how to read texts and subtexts.
- St. Catherine's College. Elective introduction to 'British Women Novelists of the Nineteenth Century'.
- Freelance copyediting
- 1993-present. St.Vladimir's Seminary Press.
- 1990 - W.H. Allen, U.K.
- Scoring SAT Essays for Pearson – 6/05
- Writing articles on seminary life for St Vladimir's Seminary website – 7/09 -> present
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- The Representation of Men in the English Gothic Novel 1762-1820. Edwin Mellen Press,2002. Preface by Dr. Kate Flint.
- Article/Book Chapters
- "Philosopher's Stone to Resurrection Stone: Narrative transformations across the Harry Potter Series" IN Heilman, Elizabeth (ed.) Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. NY and London: Routledge, 2008.
- "'Same-as-Difference': Narrative Transformations and Intersecting Cultures in Harry Potter." Journal of Narrative Theory 35.1 (Winter 2005): 111-131.
- Reviews: Multiple reviews in Notes & Queries, and reviews in St Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly and CrossCurrents
Work in Progress
- Revising an article on Narrative and Mary Elizabeth Braddon for publication
- Preparing an article on the romantic poetry of William Henry Ireland.
- 4/10 "Thomas More's Utopia" to LIRIC (Learning in Retirement Iona College).
- 4/08 "Philosopher's Stone to Resurrection Stone: Narrative transformations across the Harry Potter Series" AERA (American Education Research Association).
- 4/07 "What Price Empathy?" CEA National Conference (College English Association)
- 4/05 "Holes in the Text: Narrative Spaces in the Work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon" CEA Conference (College English Association).
- 7/03 "William Henry Ireland" NSSR National Conference (North American Society for Studies in Romanticism).
- 8/02 "'Same as Difference: Narrative Transformations in Harry Potter' at NYCEA Conference, Niagara, NY.
- 10/01. "Harry Potter" for Concordia College's "Books and Coffee" series.
- 6/00. "Technology and Pedagogy in the Humanities Classroom." Conference on Technology and Teaching, Iona College, NY.
- 4/00 "William Henry Ireland: Notorious Shakespeare Forger and Quintessential Romantic". Dean's Symposim. Iona College, NY.
- 10/99. "Satan's Bridge: crossing temporal and cultural boundaries in Paradise Lost" at NYCEA Conference, Canisius College, NY.
- 7/95. Public lecture: "All you need to know about Shakespeare's Tempest but....". Exeter University Summer School.
- 8/95. Public lecture: "From sensational page to melodramatic stage: a comparison of narrative techniques." Exeter University Summer School.
- 9/94. Open Lecture: "From Nosferatu to the Count: a Feast of Vampires", Exeter University. UK.
- 4/94. Lecture: "Wicked Monks in the Gothic Romance: secular theology and sensational thrills", New York Patristics Society.
- 7/92. "Is there a Female Gothic?", HELAS seminar series, Oxford University.
- 4/92. "Not Guilty: a defence of George Eliot's narrative style", Nineteenth-century Seminar, Oxford University.
1989-93 D.Phil, Pembroke College, Oxford University. Supervisor: Dr. Kate Flint
Thesis title: The Perfect Gentleman: the representation of men in the English Gothic Novel 1762-1820 - an examination of male stereotypes (both of character and of role) as manifestations of a formula in Gothic fiction.
1984-87 B.A. Hons. First Class (= U.S. summa cum laude) English and Drama/Theatre-Studies. Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London.
Courses: Middle English; Shakespeare; English Literature from 1780-1880; English Literature from 1880-present day; Origins of Drama; Renaissance Theatre; Theatre in Europe and America from 1850-present day; and Stage Design.
9/08 Chair, English Program.
Duties include staffing and mentoring faculty, curriculum planning, co-ordinating activities, preparing and maintaining the budget for the Program..
9/08 - 01/09 Assistant Dean for Arts and Science:
Duties included staffing, monitoring/mentoring faculty, serving on administrative committees, strategic planning. Also taught two courses. Position terminated due to financial exigency.
9/04 - 09/08 Director of Fellows (Honors) Program:
Duties included designing program, recruiting and assessing students, planning and facilitating extra-curricular activities, organizing Fellows classes and Colloquies, mentoring the Editor for the Fellows Journal, facilitating its production, and maintaining the Fellows budget.
Awards and Prizes
1999 Two Faculty Information Technology Initiative awards, Iona College, including a $2000 award for a technology and teaching project.
1991-93 Browning Studentship, Pembroke College, Oxford, [stipend and membership of the Senior Common Room].
1989-92 British Academy Major State Studentship [full tuition and maintenance - held for three years].
1987 Harrison Prize for the best, combined arts degree at Royal Holloway & Bedford New College in that year.


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10 Things You Loved in April
The Kitchn's Best of 2013
What did you want to cook, eat, and read about through the months of 2013? We always find it instructive and entertaining to look back over the past year and see what you loved.
10 Things You Loved in April
- Faith's Kitchen Renovation: The Big Reveal, the Final Result!
- 15 Fabulous Pitcher Drinks for a Party
- Look! 5 Years of Hand-Drawn Sandwich Bags by a Dedicated Dad
- Baked Ricotta: The Best Appetizer You Haven't Met Yet
- What Does 2000 Calories Look Like? You Might Be Surprised
- Look! A Huge World Map (and Purple Table) in the Dining Room
- How To Make Coffee Concentrate to Serve Hot Coffee to a Crowd
- Crêpe Parties, Taco Bars & More: 9 Build-Your-Own Party Meals
- 10 Crowd-Pleasing Party Appetizers with Cream Cheese
- 12 Food Writers Share Their Favorite 3-Ingredient Cocktails
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Welcome to The Kitchn's Best of 2013 roundup!
From December 21 through January 3 we are rounding up our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year. We'll also share guest posts, special holiday features, and a sparkling Winter Glam Cocktail Party, the final installment in our 2013 Gatherings from The Kitchn. Happy Holidays!
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