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Franklin General Hospital opened on April 1, 1963, with 146 beds. It grew steadily over the next few decades, adding nearly 160 more beds, an emergency department, hospice and psychiatric units and a parking garage, and changed names twice. The adjoining Orzac Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation, a 120-bed facility named for one of the hospital's founders, Dr. Edward Orzac, opened in January 1989.
In 1995, Franklin joined the North Shore-LIJ health system, which officially took over ownership of the hospital in 2002.
Other ideas to mark the 50th anniversary include a car raffle and expanded community outreach programs. Hottendorf, who chairs the anniversary committee, gave her members a simple charge for the anniversary year: "Let's make it golden."
The 50th anniversary, she said, can be a great opportunity for the hospital to reach out to the community and highlight its services. She added that community awareness should remain a focus for the year, even as the committee plans celebratory events.
"I think 50 is so monumental because we've come so far and we're going to go even farther," Hottendorf said. "We want to be here for another 50 years."
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Jonathan M. Evans is the former chief of the Section of Geriatric Medicine at University of Virginia. He graduated from Mayo Medical School in 1989, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in geriatrics medicine at Mayo Clinic, where he subsequently became a staff physician and associate professor of medicine at Mayo Medical School. He remained at Mayo until 2000, when he received a Bush Foundation Award to pursue additional training in Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. He returned to Virginia in September 2001.
Evans has a clinical interest in long-term medicine and hospice care. For the past 10 years he has served as a hospice medical director, and was the founding medical director of Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minn., the first free-standing Medicare-certified residential and inpatient hospice in the state of Minnesota. He has been a long-term care facility medical director since 1995, and was secretary of the American Medical Director's Association (AMDA). He currently serves as chair of the AMDA Ethics Committee. He is medical director of Trinity Mission Health and Rehabilitation Center in Charlottesville, as well as medical director of Hospice of the Piedmont
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Mr. Chairman, members and staff, and guests of the Helsinki Commission:
Following this brief overview, Nickolai Butkevich will summarize the current status of hate crime incidents in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. I commend to your attention our detailed Briefing Paper and attachments and ask that they, and our oral presentations, be incorporated into your record.
No briefing subject could be more timely and important to UCSJ than hate crimes and religious discrimination in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. These examples of the break-down of rule of law – antisemitic and xenophobic racism and the discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities – have been the principal subject of UCSJ's monitoring and advocacy since 1970, and especially since the dismantling of the Soviet Union. And, beyond the monstrous violence to the human rights of citizens, there should be no mistaking the foreign policy dimension – the threat that the break-down of rule of law, and the consequent absence of accountability, poses to democracy and national security.
In cooperation with the Moscow Helsinki Group, UCSJ has inaugurated an unprecedented international alliance of 30 NGOs across the three countries called the Coalition Against Hate which, through the medium of a bi-lingual and interactive Blog will promote coordination of counter-action against neo-Nazi groups and disseminate information about hate crimes and how the authorities respond to them. Central to this effort is the need to vouchsafe the future by strengthening and mentoring the burgeoning human rights youth movement.
One of our attachments provides a directory of these groups. Another is last Friday's edition of our weekly electronic newsletter, Bigotry Monitor which, together with our website and periodic reports, provides a record of our monitoring activity. Bigotry Monitor draws from the UCSJ and MHG monitoring network, the increasing input of the other partners in the Coalition, and reviews governmental reports and the mass media from across the region.
We seek to infuse rule of law goals into the fabric and conduct of statecraft. The Helsinki Commission and OSCE play a vital role in this. Beyond current concerns for the strength of election monitors in Russia, we encourage strengthening OSCE's role in the face of Russia's hostility to the agenda of the "third basket," an even stronger relationship between ODIHR and hate crimes monitoring NGOs, and developing special criteria for ODIHR to assess the relationship of hate crimes and rule of law to promoting democracy and international security.


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All is quiet in the modest white house under the oaks he planted as saplings when he and Kathleen moved here in 1954. Floyd Council Wilson shivers under two flannel shirts, and the dark sky of a rising spring storm makes the red-bloomed shrubbery outside seem brighter. Azaleas are the fullest this year Ive ever seen them, he says softly. He tugs a wingback chair under a lamp by the mantle, opens a green spiral-bound notebook, squints and moistens his thumb.
The old bank sold out in 54, and we were part of the new ones who bought in, he says. Bought five shares, $211.55 a share. He would serve on its board of directors. Now, I want to get this right. Yes, right here, paid $1,057.75. He leafs through page after page of dates and figures in small, neat handwriting. Heres where we got $358.34 in dividends for these three months, and heres where we got As he flips the pages, the years pass faster.
The oaks grew tall. He and his wife raised two sons, who moved away and became successful. He buried her in 1988 and retired from the other love of his life, Wilson-Abernathy Hardware Co., up the hill on Main Street. At 92, he still misses it. A few doors down from whats now Granite Hardware are some small shops. At Fairway Cleaners & Laundry, just up the street, Fran and Doris still keep track of whos laid up, whos having a baby.
Wilson thought Bank of Granite would always be like this, solid as Granite Falls, the little town that gave it its name. By the middle 90s, with growth and splits, a share like his bought in 1954 had blossomed into about 2,300 shares, worth more than $67,000. The little bank from the little town won big fame. By then, it had recorded more than 160 straight quarters of increasing dividends it would go on to exceed 200 a feat no U.S. bank, big or small, is likely to match.
He turns to another page and stops. Theres a blank where the dividend should be. Thats what I had been living on. This is when it quit coming. Now theres a notation: Social Security, $1,200. A labored breath turns into a sigh. I tried to warn them. He lowers his voice. Dont know if I should say this, but I think maybe they got greedy.
In September 2008, 102 years after it was founded, Bank of Granite was so close to collapse the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. warned that it would have to, as regulators say, cease and desist operations unless things got better in a hurry. Staggering under bad loans, its death march stumbled through three years of recovery attempts. Bless our investors, a board member prayed at a 2010 shareholder meeting, as the stock price plunged to less than a dollar a share.
The prayer went unanswered. In April 2011, Bank of Granite announced it would be acquired in an all-stock deal, with its shares valued at 84 cents each, by Asheboro-based FNB United Corp. Its signs in eight counties, including the one now rusting in Granite Falls, will come down by the end of this year, says FNB CEO Brian Simpson, who helped raise $310 million in private-equity capital to seal the deal. The combined banks have about 500 employees, 63 branches including Bank of Granites 18 and about $2.5 billion of assets. Well consolidate operations in Asheboro and operate as CommunityOne Bank, Simpson says, adding that he expects some branch consolidation. But he wont say how many closings and layoffs are coming.
The deal was Bank of Granites salvation but an ignominious ending. FNB started as First National Bank of Asheboro in 1907, scarcely a year after Bank of Granite opened. It too had recently been warned that it was on the brink of failure and barely avoided prosecution in connection with a customers $40 million Ponzi scheme, paying $400,000 in restitution and promising the U.S. Department of Justice it wouldnt happen again.
The implications of Bank of Granites downfall go far beyond the town of Granite Falls, population about 4,600. Many of North Carolinas 60-odd other community banks, generally defined as those with less than $1 billion of assets, are struggling, says Ray Grace, acting state banking commissioner. Barely a decade after bullish investors were creating new ones at a clip of a dozen or more a year, no community bank has been chartered in North Carolina since 2009. Only five were created nationwide in 2010. And none since. Scary, says Tony Plath, a UNC Charlotte associate professor of finance. Community banks are the best example of grassroots capitalism in our economy. Grace agrees. Community banks control 11% of all banking assets in the nation but make about 40% of the small-business loans. Thats a huge piece of the economy.
Granite Falls Mayor Barry Hayes sits behind a desk in the small municipal complex that includes Bank of Granites original headquarters, a gray-stone building heightened to two stories in 1938. Hayes, whose company sells water chemicals to textile and furniture makers, recounts the routes he bicycled to the house of his buddy, Mike Mackie, now president of his familys Mackie Furniture Co., established 1925. Theyre 64 now. We didnt take the bank for granted, but we werent awestruck by it either, the mayor says with a shrug. It was always like a big brother you could depend on. Losing it, they say here, is like a death in the family.
The Buffett Curse, Plath and others call it, tracing it to a precise time and place: May 7, 1996, at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in Omaha, Neb. John A. Forlines Jr., 78, listened as legendary investor Warren Buffett praised Bank of Granite, noting that a financial institution doesnt have to be big to be successful, a sobriquet quickly condensed to the best little bank in America. Though Buffetts conglomerate was worth $40 billion and Forlines bank less than $500 million, the CEOs shared many traits.
In Omaha, one of the worlds richest men drove a worn Lincoln to work and lunched at a blue-collar steakhouse. Describing Forlines, Mackie sinks into a plush, brown recliner in his furniture showroom. Hed come walking down the street every day when he was in town, down to City Cafe for lunch. He wasnt afraid to speak. Matter of fact, hed go out of his way to. Buffet has donated billions to charities. Forlines gave millions to his causes, his name prominent on buildings at Caldwell County Community College and Technical Institute, just up U.S. 321 from Granite Falls.
John Forlines was the epitome of the Southern community banker, Plath says. He was polite, quiet, plainspoken and down-to-earth. Son of a grocery clerk, he was born in Graham and grew up in Durham. He worked his way through Duke University, where he earned a bachelors in business in 1939, running a one-man campus bank branch. He entered the Army as a private in 1940, rising to major in the Finance Corps in World War II. He returned to Durham, where he operated a hardware store with his brother-in-law.
In Granite Falls, the little bank drifted along, much as it had for nearly 50 years. In 1954, still heated by a pot-bellied stove in the lobby, it had five employees and $1.2 million of assets. Only two banks in the state were smaller, and its owners wanted out. Forlines, who wanted to get back into banking, met with the new investors, who asked him to become president and chairman. In a show of confidence, he invested $25,000 of his own money, then began enlisting other investors such as Floyd Wilson. Though Forlines would come to epitomize them, Bank of Granites traits were the hallmark of hometown banking. The town had a savings and loan, but the bank, its only bank, was its financial heart.
Any time Id accomplish something, in sports or business or whatever, Id get a note from Mr. Forlines congratulating me, Mackie says. He remembers the Christmas Club. You put in 50 cents or a dollar a week, and come Christmas, youd have a lot, at least a lot for that time. Furniture makers and owners of the hardwood lumberyards, whose scent still wafts across Granite Falls and the adjacent town of Sawmills, could structure loan payments to their business cycles. Community banks, Grace says, do business differently than big banks in terms of tailoring products and services to the specific needs of the community. Bankers like Forlines knew their customers, and their character, as well as they knew their balance sheets. When his wife died, Wilson recalls, somebody asked me if I thought hed get married again. I said, No sir. Hes married to the Bank of Granite.
In 1959, the bank opened its first branch office, in Lenoir. It spread to surrounding towns in the four-county foothills region known as Unifour, domain of major manufacturers such as Broyhill Furniture Industries Inc. but also mom-and-pop sock makers and woodworkers. In 1984, Bank of Granite Corp., a holding company, went public. Though growing, it stuck close to home. But its home turf was shifting beneath its feet. Not only Unifour but all of North Carolina was losing traditional industries to foreign competition and automation. In the pivotal period from 1990 to 2004, some sectors were hit harder than others. Textiles and furniture lost more than 200,000 jobs statewide, while other manufacturing lost just 27,000.
The bank was adapting in some ways but clinging to old ways in others. In 1996, it acquired a mortgage company, and its loan portfolio began shifting as the regions foothill lakes attracted retirees, second-home buyers and developers. It wasnt as isolated, it wasnt as riskless, it wasnt based on the same set of a thousand families who lived in the community, Plath says. You needed to make loans based on technical finance. You couldnt make them based on character anymore.
Its a problem community banks still face, Grace says. You get to a comfort zone with customers, and when youve successfully banked those customers for many years, you get lulled into a false sense of security. You dont pay attention to whats going on in those businesses and the larger economy. You take your eye off the ball. In the Unifour region, the furniture industry in particular saw boom times and then fairly suddenly collapsed. That had a collateral effect, and suddenly you had a broad-based decline.
Doing it the old way was not the only thing old about the bank. Back in 1982, Forlines had recruited Charles Snipes, who ran a community bank in nearby Lincolnton, as executive vice president. Though 16 years younger, Snipes was not seen either by Forlines or the board, insiders say as heir apparent. He and Forlines were too alike for Snipes to be the fresh blood to lead the bank into a new era. Several times they tried to groom a successor, but it never seemed to work out. One left in 1996 to run a chain of steakhouses. In 2003, when Bank of Granite made its first acquisition First Commerce Corp. in Charlotte CEO Wes Sturges was expected to become president of the combined company, but he departed the following year.
Some blame the Buffett Curse: The bank and its leader had become legends in the industry. It was no longer, We are the Bank of Granite, a former executive says. It was, We are the Bank of Granite. He and others describe a tug of war over expansion, sometimes disagreeing on who was pulling which end of the rope, management or the directors. You had a bank beginning to grow with uncharacteristic speed, Grace says. They still hold the record for the most quarters of increasing dividends of any bank in the nation, but they became victims to some extent of their own success. It was like the athlete that reads his own press and starts to believe it.
With the $21 million acquisition of First Commerce and its three Mecklenburg County branches, Bank of Granite entered the competitive Charlotte market. Soon, it had 21 branches in all. But on the books festered millions in character loans and, increasingly, loans to developers and speculators as the real-estate market hurtled toward collapse.
When he owned Wilson-Abernathy Hardware, Floyd Wilson had borrowed money from the bank from time to time. He thumbs through his green notebook, through the 50s, 60s and 70s, tracing figures with a wizened finger. Well, they treated me just like anybody else, he says. I had to pay it back.


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First was the commercial "celebrating" 40 years of abortion, which was produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights and broadcast on Jan. 22. Entitled "Happy 40th Anniversary, Baby," this vile ad features actor Mehcad Brooks, and makes visible the depravity of those who promote abortion. All women should be outraged.
Second was learning that the Communists in Russia, then in Poland, and then in Hungary used abortion to subjugate the citizens of those countries. Through the brutal practice of abortion, these countries' families, cultures and very populations were decimated. Each of them now faces a demographic winter, and they are struggling to rebuild what they have lost. Abortion is the real war on women. Abortion was then and is now a form on control.
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Benzoic acid is an ingredient that is common in many types of skin care products, but often suffers from mistaken identity. The name of the substance is similar to that of benzoyl peroxide, a medicinal ingredient often used in the treatment of acne. Despite the similarity of their names, benzoic acid and benzoyl peroxide are not the same ingredient and do not offer the same benefits for the skin. Benzoic acid is, however, a building block of benzoyl peroxide and mixes with oxygen to form the substance. Benzoic acid is also sometimes confused with benzoin resin, from which benzoic acid is derived, and with the organic compound benzoin, which is used to protect building and industrial materials from sun damage.
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Benzoic acid is found in a variety of plants, including apricots, cranberries, mushrooms and jasmine. Some invertebrate species also contain benzoic acid. Although the ingredient can be derived from its natural sources, it typically is made through synthetic means, as manufacturing the ingredient is less expensive and can result in greater yields.
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The history of our knowledge of benzoic acid dates back to the 16th century. It was then that Nostradamus described how benzoin resin could be broken down into its raw components through the use of distillation. Nostradamus could not fully isolate the acid, and he did not give it a name. It was not until 1832 that the exact composition of benzoic acid was discovered by the scientists Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler.
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Because it is milder than other types of chemical preservatives, benzoic acid is often found in products designed for sensitive skin. Benzoic acid that is derived from plants or invertebrates may also be used as an alternative to chemical preservatives in natural skin care lines.
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Hello again. Thought I would share a few older maps of Somery and parts of it with you. This is the big island off the west coast, The Isle of Milne, which is something of a tourist magnet. In the history of Somery it has a significant role since it was here that the first members of the Summer Clan (that were forced to flee from their land origin a couple of thousand years ago, because of religious persecution (this has caused the Somerish people to keep all religious belief to themselves, creating an emphasis on secularity within the society) took their first steps on Somerish ground.
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(CNN) -- On Thursday, December 2, as Aneka sat at home nine months pregnant, the phone rang.
It was her obstetrician wanting to know where the heck she was. Did Aneka forget that today was the day for her cesarean section? How could she have forgotten?
No, Aneka hadn't forgotten. She hadn't shown up intentionally.
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This underscores the fact that we need to prevent FIRST c-sections. We need to reach a point where doctors are extremely hesitant to cut unless there is an emergency or known medical necessity. Although I loved my home birth with all my heart, I believe most of us would be happy knowing we could go to the hospital and pretty much be left to just birth peacefully (with hospital midwife, doula or friends) in an emergency-ready environment.
I completely agree! I'm looking forward to my home birth, but in the back of my mind I would really love if my midwife was able to attend to me in the hospital. It would be a beautiful thing to know that I could have the freedom to labor/deliver how I choose in a hospital. Unfortunately, with the current state of hospitals, there is no way of knowing what experience you will get. It really seems to come down to what doctor is on call when you are in labor.
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And this is exactly the reason that I am looking into home birth for my next baby. I recently moved to a town with one hospital that I thought would be more natural-birth-friendly than my last one. As it turns out, their c-section rate is HIGHER than the national average. I found a great OB here, but I just can't be assured that I would get her on delivery day. I'm not even pregnant, yet, but just thinking about that c-section rate has me already exploring other options.
If I delivered at home, I would end up with one of two midwives (only if mine couldn't attend for some reason). Both of them are awesome. If I went to the hospital, I think there would be a 1 in 6 chance I'd actually get my OB. Not very good odds! And I just can't trust the other doctors to handle things the way mine would. :(
Great birth story!!! I'm so happy that Aneka and her baby are doing well and she got the birth she wanted. I agree, I wish hospital births could be peaceful and natural... maybe there a few somewhere, certainly not where I live. :( While I'm glad my now three year old is here healthy and happy, after being 10 weeks premature and delivered by c-section, I'm still upset about how I was treated. I don't believe being ignored by the OB and treated very roughly by the nursing staff was at all called for. I'm trying my very best to find an alternative to a hospital birth but if I have to give birth there, I really feel the need for more protection than just a doula and my husband. =/
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As big data is changing every domain of research, cloud computing is becoming increasingly cost effective, accessible, and user friendly. Cloud computing enables professional and citizen scientists around the world to collaborate on today's toughest problems, by processing the best available data with high-end systems that, formerly, only the highest-funded laboratories could access. By embracing the advantages of working in "the cloud," academics and scientists are now able to realize the vision outlined in The Fourth Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific Discovery.
The objective of the eScience in the Cloud workshop was to broaden the potential impacts of cloud computing on science by sharing learned experiences about the benefits of using cloud technology in scientific ventures. The workshop brought together academic and Microsoft researchers as well as people building the Microsoft Azure cloud and data analytics tools—allowing an unprecedented exchange of ideas that was beneficial to all.
This workshop was a follow-up to our Cloud Futures and eScience workshops and addressed key themes that encompass many research domains that use cloud technology. The sessions included panels and presentations on:
- Impacts of the cloud on research communities
- Streaming environmental data and urban science
- Perspectives on data science
- The leading edge of cloud design
- Deriving information from data
- Data analytics and simulation
Demo sessions displayed several new technologies and tools to facilitate the research process. We also coordinated a one-day training event on April 28 to instruct researchers how to take advantage of our Microsoft Azure for Research program.
Workshop co-chairs
Dennis Gannon and Kristin Tolle
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The program is approved by the Delaware Board of Nursing (Cannon Building, Suite 203, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, DE 19904, 302.744.4500) and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404.975.5000, www.acenursing.org [1]).
This accredited baccalaureate degree nursing program is grounded in the concept of academic excellence. Students seeking professional preparation for nursing practice are admitted to the program. Preparation for professional nursing practice demands a knowledge of the humanities, natural and social sciences and nursing theory with correlated laboratory and clinical practice.
The faculty of the Department of Nursing subscribe to the mission and core values of DSU and EdH&PP. Its mission is to provide meaningful and relevant education that emphasizes the liberal arts, scientific and professional aspects of higher education for a multicultural student population. The nursing program provides educational opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds and prepares knowledgeable, entry-level practitioners for meeting present and future health needs of individuals, families, groups and communities. The nursing program develops an educational base for graduate study and fosters professionalism.
The primary purposes of the program are (1) to prepare competent professional nurses, (2) to meet the needs of a culturally diverse student population, and (3) to develop an educational base for future specialization and/or graduate study.
The nursing curriculum is four academic years and leads to the bachelor of science degree with a major in nursing. Professional level nursing courses include both nursing theory and related laboratory and clinical study. Health agencies including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and other community health settings, and schools in the Delaware area provide settings for laboratory study in nursing. Practica are also provided in the simulated laboratory in the Department of Nursing.
Students who meet nursing admission criteria may be admitted to the nursing program. Nursing students are responsible for their own transportation to all clinical experiences. All nursing students are eligible to become members of the Delaware State University Student Nurses' Association. Delaware State University Nursing Honor Society invites students to be members after successful completion of the junior year of the Nursing Program with a 3.0 GPA and in the top 1/3 of the class.


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WASHINGTON - Wilson Ramos homered and drove in three runs, Ross Ohlendorf pitched five innings in place of Stephen Strasburg, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 Friday night for their seventh straight victory.
Ian Desmond had two hits and two RBIs, and Ryan Zimmerman (3 for 4) hit a solo homer and scored three runs for Washington, which began play trailing Cincinnati by 5 ½ games for the final NL wild card.
Strasburg was scratched after experiencing forearm tightness during a throwing session Thursday in New York. Ohlendorf (4-0), who recently moved to the bullpen, stepped in and allowed a run on five hits over five innings.
Kyle Kendrick (10-13) was charged with six runs on eight hits.
Washington's Denard Span singled, extending his hitting streak to 24 games.
Manager Davey Johnson said Strasburg will rest for a few days and is slated to start Sept. 19 against Miami.
"It's not down where they did the Tommy John (surgery in 2010)," manager Davey Johnson said before the game. "It's on the soft tissue on the top side of the forearm."
The Nationals have clubbed 15 homers in their last five games. Zimmerman has nine of his 24 home runs in his last 11 games, while Ramos has four in his last six.
Carlos Ruiz and Cody Asche had two hits apiece for Philadelphia, which scored first.
Cesar Hernandez led off the game with a walk. With one out, Chase Utley singled him to third. Ruiz followed with an RBI single, but Ohlendorf struck out Darin Ruf and Asche to end the inning.
Zimmerman singled in the bottom of the first. After Jayson Werth walked, Zimmerman took third on Bryce Harper's fly to right and scored on Desmond's infield single.
Ramos led off the second with his 14th home run on a line drive into the visitor's bullpen.
Zimmerman made it 3-1 when he sent Kendrick's 0-2 sinker into the same bullpen to start the third.
Freddy Galvis led off the Phillies' fourth with a hit to left. Galvis tried for a double and barely beat Harper's throw, but Steve Lombardozzi's tag pushed his hand off the bag and he was called out.
The Nationals chased Kendrick in the fifth. Desmond picked up his second infield single, this time with the bases loaded, to make it 4-1. With two outs and a 3-2 count, Ramos hit a hard grounder off the foot of reliever Luis Garcia. The ball deflected up into the air for an infield single as two runs scored.


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I am not sure if anyone esle is having this problem going from 8.0.2 FOSS to 8.0.6 FOSS. But when the upgrade on my proxies have finished, we cannot send or recieve mail. Complains about port 10024 being unreachable (amavisd).
I got a solution here for anyone who runs into this and obviously the error message makes it pretty obvious, but why not.
If you su - zimbra
zmamavisdctl restart
You will see the error:
[zimbra@proxy2 ~]$ zmamavisdctl restart
Stopping amavisd...amavisd is not running.
Starting amavisd...Error in config file "/opt/zimbra/conf/amavisd.conf": syntax error at /opt/zimbra/conf/amavisd.conf line 59, near "= ;"
Just edit /opt/zimbra/conf/amavisd.conf.in, find this line
$log_level = %%amavisloglevel%%; # I forget what the original value was..But the variable was blank, so it caused this error.
$log_level = undef; # I don't know which the default log level is, but this works.
Anyway hope this helps someone


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Because BitLocker stores its own encryption and decryption key in a hardware device that is separate from your hard disk, you must have one of the following:
A computer with Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is a special microchip in some newer computers that supports advanced security features. If your computer was manufactured with TPM version 1.2 or higher, BitLocker will store its key in the TPM.
A removable USB memory device, such as a USB flash drive. If your computer doesn't have TPM version 1.2 or higher, BitLocker will store its key on the flash drive.
Some BitLocker features and settings can be enabled by Group Policy settings.
To turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption, your computer's hard disk must:
Have at least two partitions. One partition must include the drive Windows is installed on. This is the drive that BitLocker will encrypt. The other partition is the active partition, which must remain unencrypted so that the computer can be started. Once you've encrypted the drive Windows is installed on, you can also encrypt additional data drives on the same computer.
Be formatted with the NTFS file system.
Have a BIOS that is compatible with TPM and supports USB devices during computer startup. If this is not the case, you will need to update the BIOS before using BitLocker. For more information on updating your BIOS, see Update the BIOS for BitLocker Drive Encryption.
Open Bitlocker Drive Encryption by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Security, and then clicking Bitlocker Drive Encryption.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
If the TPM administration link appears in the left pane, your computer has the TPM security hardware. If this link is not present, you will need a removable USB memory device to turn on BitLocker and store the BitLocker startup key that you'll need whenever you restart your computer.
In some cases, the computer's BIOS might prevent the TPM administration link from appearing. If this link is not present, but you think your computer does have a TPM, check the information that came with your computer to make sure.


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Pro-life pivot
Abortion Past | The untold story of how movement shifted focus, changed its image, and saved lives
Twenty years ago the pro-life movement was in bad shape. Frustration had grown as eight years of the Reagan administration had not led to Roe v. Wade's reversal or reduced the annual toll in dead children. With legislative and judicial approaches bogged down, some pro-lifers blocked entrances to abortion businesses as part of Operation Rescue. Others thrust bloody photos of dead unborn babies in front of passersby.
Those efforts were earnest but, in the eyes of sympathetic observers like Tony Snow-he later served as Bush press secretary until cancer claimed him in 2008-they were also counterproductive. In 1989 Snow argued that pro-lifers were relying on "clichés that appeal to people who already agree with them. 'Abortion is murder,' they say. . . . Then they startle innocent shoppers or passers-by with graphic pictures of dead, red, dripping fetuses. This is no way to win political support."
Snow, arguing that pro-lifers were "getting smashed politically," said that they "must establish a service network that educates and cares for pregnant girls. . . . That kind of approach would persuade the public that anti-abortionists aren't just finger-wagging prudes, fanatics, and clinic bombers." Snow was right: Many Americans associated pro-lifers with shootings of abortionists and "blockades" of abortion businesses. A Gallup poll showed that Americans were 45 percent more likely to regard pro-lifers as violent than to see pro-abortion people in that way.
Overall, the percentage of Americans saying that abortion should always be legal surged to over 30 percent two decades ago, with only 12 percent saying it should always be illegal. The rest were in the middle, and the middle was sagging. A Gallup poll showed some 61 percent opposing a reversal of Roe v. Wade. A Wirthlin poll showed that Operation Rescue was making Americans more likely to support abortion.
The pro-life movement was also internally divided, with an "all or nothing" component treating as a baby-killer accomplice anyone pushing for restrictions on late-term abortions without demanding a complete reversal of Roe. But from 1989 to 1992 the movement's emphases began to change, and the pro-life movement was on its way not to overthrowing the abortion regime but to reducing the number of U.S. abortions by more than 25 percent.
Critical in the change were a series of meetings that brought together leaders of pro-life groups, yet that story has not been told. Here goes.
Oddly, the conferences owed their origin to a desire to promote a book on abortion that was part of the Turning Point series I began editing in the late 1980s under the auspices of Fieldstead & Company, a California foundation. Assuming that the leaders of large pro-life groups regularly talked with each other, I thought we could have a reception and pass out copies, but my initial calls yielded what to me was a surprise: The leaders did not talk with their peers and generally mistrusted them.
From that point on the goal became clear: We needed a forum that could produce trust or at least understanding. To facilitate frank appraisal and open discussion participants would not be quoted. The invitation had to come from an individual perceived as neutral regarding the conflicts within the pro-life movement, so on March 31, 1989, Sen. Bill Armstrong, R-Colo., invited leaders of major pro-life groups to attend a "summit conference" he would host on April 20 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Armstrong, now the president of Colorado Christian College, had the right idea: He noted in his invitation that "decentralization has been one strength of our movement, but sometimes, when we do not fully understand the goals of some of our brothers and sisters, we may lose patience with each other or engage in criticism that could weaken the witness that all of us, through different means, are attempting to maintain."
No one knew what to expect on April 20 from leaders who had not hesitated to call each other-sometimes in public-cowards or fools, but they all showed up. Armstrong wisely opened the meeting with a request that those in attendance pray for each other. One participant referred to a cartoon of snowmen boasting to other snowmen, "I'm the biggest" or "I'm the oldest"-and then the sun comes out and melts them all.
Veteran pro-life advocates agreed to bury the hatchet, and not in each other. Two younger pro-lifers showed dueling agendas. Randall Terry of Operation Rescue wanted the group to support his attempts to block physically the entrances of abortion businesses, but he didn't get much traction. The previously little-known, 34-year-old president of Americans United for Life, Guy Condon, gained more support for his belief that pro-lifers needed to show love not only to unborn children but to their young moms who feel trapped.
By the end of 1989 the level of fratricide within the pro-life movement was declining. I began chairing the meetings and saw that a locker room with less towel-snapping was not necessarily a winning locker room, so we started concentrating on what the pro-life movement was doing right and doing wrong in communicating with a broad public. Among those who volunteered their counsel were Fred Barnes, George Weigel of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Hadley Arkes of Amherst College, and Bruce Edwards of Bowling Green State University.
Barnes emphasized the damage resulting from the portrayal of pro-lifers as mean, angry people who don't care about women. He suggested that the pro-life movement push to limit late abortions (which are horrific to the public) and the reasons for abortion: For example, most people do not want sex-selection abortions. He argued that since the battle is primarily cultural, changing moral convictions (not just laws) was crucial.
Weigel suggested challenging the liberal argument for Roe v. Wade on liberal grounds: The American tradition favors expanding the community of those protected under the Constitution, not restricting it, so Roe was a reactionary decision, not a liberal one. Weigel suggested an emphasis on community, hospitality, and the common good, with pro-life efforts tied to welcoming the tired and poor at Ellis Island, and to building schools for children with cerebral palsy.
Arkes spoke about inviting pro-abortionists to offer their view of when a fetus becomes a life to be protected: If they say birth, ask about the child who survives an abortion, and if they say such a born child should not be killed, point out that their claim to base protection on "wantedness" has just disintegrated. Over the next two years Arkes developed that idea and proposed a bill that would protect children born alive after a failed abortion. A decade later that idea became reality in the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act signed into law by George W. Bush in 2002.
Edwards argued that some of the pro-life movement's standard rhetoric-equating abortion with slavery or the Holocaust-was ineffective, and that the movement should emphasize the innocence of babies as opposed to the depravity of villains. He cited a film like Look Who's Talking-with its depiction of an articulate unborn child who wants to make choices of his own-as an important step forward, and noted that positive statements about protecting the innocent work better than rants.
Later in 1990 frustration grew among "direct action" advocates, particularly when participants suggested that the face of the pro-life movement should be smiling women rather than raging white males. Others, though, thought the meetings useful for putting faces to names, hearing new ideas, and gaining inside information. For example, attendees at a Sept. 20, 1990, meeting heard assurances that Supreme Court nominee David Souter was pro-life, but talk of that might stop his nomination. As one participant summarized the discussion, "We all agreed to keep Souter a secret." (That approach, of course, backfired.)
Other meetings tried to broaden the pro-life coalition beyond its white Christian base: African-American leaders and others from Feminists for Life and Libertarians for Life began attending. Gradually, a critical mass of the pro-life movement moved from an "all or nothing" demand to an "all or something" approach that aimed eventually for complete protection of unborn children but in the short run wanted to keep alive as many as possible. Leaders spoke of transforming public perception by increasing awareness of third-trimester killings (such as through partial-birth abortion) and then helping people see the continuity of life from conception onward.
A consensus to "love them both"-troubled moms and at-risk unborns-also emerged. Condon of Americans United for Life played an important role in that movement, arguing in 1991 that "our sloganeering, demeanor and symbols make us appear to be against women, against individual freedom, against the democratic process if it leads to policies that defy traditional religious principles, and even against one another, if the other doesn't hold precisely the same view we do."
He proposed a pro-life pivot: Since much of the public perceived pro-life advocates as "violent, fighting for special interests, against something instead of for something," he wanted the pro-life movement to "personalize the unborn, personalize women as victims, present women as pro-women and pro-life advocates, present pro-lifers as compassionate and reasonable." By then the Operation Rescue movement was fading: Although network interview shows still liked to pair angry Randall Terry with a smiling pro-choice spokeswoman, more pro-life women who saw things Condon's way began coming to the fore.
The public has responded: 51 percent of Americans now tell pollsters that abortion is morally wrong, with 40 percent saying it's morally OK; that's an improvement from 20 years ago. The strategy of focusing attention not on abortion in general but on very late abortions, through legislation concerning infants born alive or partial-birth abortion, also seems to have been effective regarding public opinion: The Gallup 2007 Values and Beliefs survey noted a shift during the 1990s "in a significant and sustained way to the conservative side . . . it appears that the debate over partial-birth abortion is the cause for this adjustment in public attitudes."
The central issue, though, is not public perception of the pro-life movement or abortion in general: It's the life or death of unborn children. The number of abortions per year has declined from its 1.6 million peak two decades ago to 1.2 million or fewer now: still a horrendous number, less than predicted when Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide.
On the other hand, the law hasn't changed-and the death toll still tops 1 million. Hopes were high in 1992 when the Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey seemed poised to overturn Roe. The justices agreed to uphold parental-consent, informed--consent, and waiting-period laws, and four of them-William Rehnquist, Byron White, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas-opposed Roe. But Justices Souter and Anthony Kennedy delighted abortionists by siding with liberals to uphold Roe: They have lived ever after with the happiness brought by Washington Post acclaim.
Fieldstead Forums, renamed Life Forums, continued after Casey, but the Supreme Court decision ended the major push to remove from the Constitution the abortion liberty forced into it in 1973. The decision also propelled to greater importance the compassion wing of the pro-life movement. The largest umbrella group for pregnancy counseling centers, Care Net, had fewer than 300 centers 20 years ago and has more than 1,100 now. Even Time reported last year that the "quiet campaign for women's hearts and minds, conducted in thousands of crisis pregnancy centers around the country, on billboards, phone banks and websites, is having an effect."
Guy Condon typified the shift toward compassion when he moved from the presidency of Americans United for Life, which emphasizes legislation, to the presidency of Care Net. On Nov. 11, 2000, he gave a speech in Washington, D.C., to benefit the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center and was driving to his home in Virginia when a Dodge van broadsided his 1990 Honda. Condon died shortly thereafter in a Fairfax hospital. His wife Linnie and four daughters, ages 12 through 19, survived him.


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Recap: Bulls at Thunder
8:25 p.m. The Thunder has won 17 straight home games against Western Conference teams, but lost two of three to the East. Chicago in OKC tonight.
8:45 p.m. Why the Thunder is not running I will never understand. Each stop the Thunder has gotten has resulted in a more difficult halfcourt set.
8:46 p.m. Kendrick Perkins gets a one-on-one defensive stop, acts like he just hit a game-winner. Don't ever change.
8:50 p.m. Russell Westbrook with his ninth technical of the year. Ties him with Perkins for second on the team. #KDisNotNice has 11.
8:56 p.m. Thunder players have combined for 67 technicals this season, second most in the NBA. Clippers are first with 73.
9:04 p.m. 6 points, 6 rebounds for Serge Ibaka in Q1. #Thunder leads #Bulls 24-16 headed to Q2. Watch on #FoxSportsOklahoma.
9:04 p.m. Struggling defense beating a struggling offense. Bulls go 6/30 shooting (20%) in the first quarter. Thunder up 24-16.
9:09 p.m. Bulls offense without Derrick Rose = Big 10 offense without Urban Meyer as its coach
9:14 p.m. Joakim Noah, Nate Robinson and Taj Gibson a combined 2/18 shooting in the first half. Bulls shooting 19% as a team.
9:15 p.m. Ronnie Brewer's session with the media before tonight's game. Take a look @ nba.com/thunder/video/… #Thunder
9:21 p.m. Russell Westbrook Dunkface pic.twitter.com/0UWKkX5VMG
9:25 p.m. Minnesota bench went 16/18 shooting in the first half vs OKC on Friday. Bulls bench is 1/13 shooting right now.
9:27 p.m. Stat: 10 of he Bulls' 23 points have come on second chances.
9:32 p.m. Kevin Durant with 13 points and 9 rebounds in the first half. Thunder up 15.
9:34 p.m. #Thunder vs #Bulls. 1st half highlight: Collison steal, dish to Westbrook down the floor for dunk. youtu.be/s5FtdsjEL8A
9:35 p.m. Russell Westbrook's powerful slam, complete with a filthy Dunkface youtube.com/watch?v=Ao_p5r…
9:40 p.m. Chicago bricks provide plenty of rebound opportunities. KD with 10, Ibaka with eight, Perkins with five in the first half.
9:45 p.m. Nate Robinson trying to throw down on Serge Ibaka. Hilarious dunk attempt pic.twitter.com/KyGkkHU2BG
9:46 p.m. #Thunder leads #Bulls at halftime 49-36. KD w/13 points, 10 rebounds. Russ 13 points. Watch Thunder LiVe halftime show on @FSOklahoma
9:47 p.m. Bulls frontline (Boozer/Noah/Gibson) a combined 2/21 shooting in the first half. Thunder up 49-36 at the break.
10:01 p.m. If you missed Nate Robinson's dunk fail, here it is in its hilarious entirety youtube.com/watch?v=ukYvfK…
10:11 p.m. The Thunder has missed one free throw the past two games (39-of-40). Joakim Noah has missed four tonight (2-of-6).
10:23 p.m. Russell Westbrook has been terrific the past two games: 60 points on 23/39 shooting.
10:23 p.m. Stirring version of the anthem tonight from the @OKC_PHIL brass quintet. Nice job, gentlemen! #OKCPhilharmonic pic.twitter.com/qfAzUpkqfb
10:29 p.m. Thunder up 80-54 on the Bulls after three. This one's over. Let's clear the court and let Noah and Perkins go one-on-one for comedy sake.
10:29 p.m. #Thunder outscores #Bulls 31-18 in Q3, takes a 80-54 lead into Q4. thunder.nba.com
10:30 p.m. Kevin Durant with 16 rebounds in the first three quarters. Season-high is 17, but he probably won't play in the fourth.
10:40 p.m. Nate Robinson 2/14 shooting, 1/8 from three and a -23 plus/minus tonight. But he's been pretty entertaining in the process.
10:53 p.m. The return of Daequan Cook to Oklahoma City. Oh, the drama in Chesapeake Arena right now!!
11:01 p.m. OKC smokes Chicago 100-72. KD finishes with 19 points and 16 rebounds. The Bulls shoot 29.4 percent.
11:01 p.m. OKC smokes Chicago 102-72. KD finishes with 19 points and 16 rebounds. The Bulls shoot 29.1 percent.


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For Your Eyes Only
Release Date: June 26, 1981
Running Time: 127 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG
Genre: Action, Adaptation, Mystery, Spy
After a ship is sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo: the powerful ATAC system, which will give the bearer unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As James Bond (Agent 007) joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos of seizing the device. The competition between nations grows more deadly by the moment, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock, who blames Kristatos for the death of her parents. Agent 007 navigates his way through passionate encounters and risky confrontations which draw him into a world of arduous challenge, including, automobile chases, underwater battles, a tour over razor...
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A Kneeling Nymph
GOTT, Joseph (1785 - 1860)
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Love, internet style
Technology | Popular matchmaking websites may be blinding singles with the pretense of science
Kathy Rodarme says she might never have tried online dating were it not for the example of a friend. "The site [Match.com] was offering a free month trial and I had a friend who'd met her boyfriend there. She talked me into doing it and helped me get my profile ready because I would have been way too scared to do it otherwise." At first Rodarme's fears were confirmed. She received responses from a few "weirdos" and one man who initially seemed nice but soon began steering their conversations in ways Rodarme found inappropriate.
Then just before the month was up a police sergeant named Rob contacted her and said her personality profile had registered a 100 percent match with his. She decided to give the site one more try, and after several email exchanges and phone calls the pair discovered that not only did they live within two miles of each other, they attended the same church, though at different services. By the end of the week they agreed to meet for coffee at a nearby Starbucks.
Seven years and two kids later, both the Rodarmes are happy to sing the praises of online dating. "With my job and schedule [on an overnight shift], I met women, but not the kind of women I wanted to date," Rob laughs. "So Match.com really provided a solution for me." Kathy feels that God used the technology to bring them together, saying, "We lived practically in the same neighborhood and went to the same church, but without the website, we probably never would have met."
As we progress further into the information age, stories like the Rodarmes' are becoming more typical. According to a nationally representative survey out of Stanford, one in four people who started a serious relationship in the last two years met their significant other online. The internet is now the second most popular way for couples to meet, right behind being introduced by friends. And that only counts the millions of people who have found success with online matchmaking, not the millions more who would like to. If, as Pat Benatar once sang, love is a battlefield, almost 40 percent of singles now include dating sites in their romantic arsenal.
What has caused the explosion in online love connections? It isn't just the fact that the internet has altered our approach to most things these days-after all, there are no sites making millions off helping people find new friends. Rather, a close examination shows that it is the promise of better prospects that has singles going to their keyboards in droves.
In 2002 a Wired magazine editor wrote, "Twenty years from now, the idea that someone looking for love won't look for it online will be silly, akin to skipping the card catalog to instead wander the stacks because 'the right books are found only by accident.'" In saying this, he wasn't just predicting that more and more people would start looking for love online, he was predicting that the internet would offer a better, more scientific approach to love, which is exactly what dating sites like eHarmony and Match.com claim to offer.
"We try to give people what they need, rather than just what they want," eHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren has said. His company operates a relationship research facility and uses a patented matching system based on "29 key dimensions of compatibility" that the company claims is responsible for generating 2 percent of all new marriages. Match.com publicizes the designer of its personality profile, a "world-renowned biological anthropologist, author and expert in the science of human attraction," and crows that 12 of its members get married or engaged every day. Never mind that a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that these so-called success rates are based at best on questionable statistical tweaking and at worst on nothing at all, the marketing seems to be working.
In 2005, a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 64 percent of single internet users agree that online dating helps people find a better match than they would on their own. Only 28 percent disagree. Christians, in particular, seem to find the idea of targeted, marriage-minded web dating appealing. Talk to dozens of singles over the age of 25 at any given church service, and you'll be hard pressed to find even one who hasn't tried a service like eHarmony's or isn't planning to. Part of the appeal, they say, is the compatibility questionnaires that identify the spiritually like-minded.
But is the positive buzz surrounding web-based romance based on good results or good advertising? For every story like Rob and Kathy Rodarme's, there seems to be one like the young minister who asked that his name not be used in this article.
"J" is music pastor to a large congregation in a major metropolitan area. Unmarried in his early 30s, he decided to give dating sites a try. He opened accounts at both eHarmony and Match.com, taking the personality questionnaires associated with each. After dating matches from both sites, he believed he found love with a woman he met on eHarmony. Within six months, the two married. Within a year, they were divorced, even though, J says, he did everything in his power to prevent the split.
The biggest problem, from his point of view, was that his wife was nothing like the person she presented online, though it took him till after the wedding to realize this. He believed based on the website matching them up and their early correspondence that she was a family-oriented single mom looking for a quiet, settled life. Instead, a few weeks after the wedding he says he discovered he'd married a party girl who often left her 5-year-old daughter in his care to hit the club scene.
J doesn't think his ex-wife intentionally lied, but he does think she answered the questions and crafted her profile with a mind to who she thought she should be-that is, an idealized version of herself-rather than who she actually was. He says he knew his wife had no intention of working on the marriage when he booked a romantic cruise vacation as a last-ditch effort to preserve their union, and she spent most of the evenings dancing and drinking with the single people at the onboard disco rather than with him.
Of course, couples who met via the older routes have horror stories as well, but there is at least some evidence that experiences like J's may be as endemic to internet relationships as the highly-touted, fairy-tale endings in the commercials.
There aren't yet any statistics on the divorce rate among internet-forged marriages, but there is some research that demonstrates that couples who meet online behave somewhat differently than those who meet via more road-tested routes. For one thing, those who meet online tend to rush down the aisle much faster. A 2010 study conducted by sociologists at Iowa State University found that internet couples go from meeting to matrimony in less than half the time of those who meet via more traditional methods.
J believes it was the promise of a scientifically approved partner that caused him to marry more quickly than he otherwise would have. "It's like I didn't think I needed to take the time to get to know her better and make sure we were a good match because this super-detailed test already told me we were." When sparks flew during their first few meetings, he wasn't worried about going too fast; he felt the toughest part of starting a relationship-making sure the person is a good fit-had already been done for him.
Then there's research that suggests dating site customers are far pickier about who they're willing to date, typically meeting less than 1 percent of the people whose profiles they examine. Dr. Eli Finkel, a psychologist with Northwestern University's Relationships Lab, says dating site users tend to be overly specific in the kind of person they're looking for, leading them to miss out on potentially good partners in favor of those who meet a superficial list of requirements. Details like height, hair color, and profession that may not be a big deal to two people who meet by chance often become the basis of rejection.
Kathy Rodarme admits she almost fell victim to such bias. "When I saw Rob was a cop, at first I decided not to respond to him because I'd heard they take their stress home and can be difficult to be in relationships with." It was only the encouragement of the same friend who convinced her to join the site that changed her mind. And it turned out the rumors she'd heard about police officers didn't apply to her husband.
Though Rodarme is thrilled with the match she ultimately found, she also says that the personality profile wasn't especially perceptive. "I don't think it delves that deep. It connects you on enough of the basic things-like being of the same faith, having the same values-that it at least makes the introductions worthwhile. After that, you probably either just click or you don't." And it must be noted that what she describes is hardly more insightful or scientific than the way friends approach setting each other up. And that, say critics, is the problem with paid dating sites: They sell a product that is impossible to deliver.
Dr. Robert Epstein writes in Scientific American, "I have been a researcher for about 30 years and a test designer for nearly half those years. When I see extravagant ads for online tests that promise to find people a soul mate, I find myself asking, 'How on earth could such a test exist?' The truth is, it doesn't."
Jeffrey Lohr, a professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas who is studying the claims of online dating companies, agrees with Epstein, saying that they are "marketing their product far beyond the available evidence. There is none to very little effectiveness in the matching process." Even relationship psychologist James Houran, who developed algorithms for the dating site PlentyofFish.com, recently told ABC that whatever compatible characteristics two individuals may share, he guesses relationships created online are more likely to fail than those launched the old-fashioned way.
Perhaps that's why the online matchmaking business is showing signs of slowing down, indicating that some daters are returning to old-fashioned methods of meeting. Earlier this year, ComScore showed double-digit, year-over-year declines for Yahoo Personals and Match.com. And Hitwise found that eHarmony's traffic dropped 61 percent in December 2009 compared to the same month in 2008.
Single people like Kim Bloss of Magnolia, Ark., could be the cause. A professor of Counselor Education at Southern Arkansas University, she fits to a T the profile of those who use paid dating sites-educated, white, in a high-income bracket, and a regular internet user. However, her brief trial with the website PerfectMatch.com told her finding web-initiated romance is probably not for her, and she decided against meeting any of her matches in person. "My husband had died three years earlier and I was feeling lonely. I saw a special on Oprah about online dating and took the test at PerfectMatch.com. When I saw my matches, it seemed like they were based more on geography than personality."
But the experience wasn't without some benefit. Sifting through dozens of profiles and continually being drawn to the same type-men who worked with their hands-helped her discover what was really missing in her life. "I finally realized I wasn't looking for a soul mate, I was looking for a handyman."
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All over the world indigenous communities suffer land grabs by moneyed interests - weaknesses in the legal system of land tenure open the door to unscrupulous transnational companies.
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It really is past time for the United States to join the rest of the world in ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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For the past twenty years, I have filmed children all over the world in every conceivable form of poverty and abuse, from global child labor (Stolen Childhoods, 2004) to the struggles of street children (Rescuing Emmanuel, 2009). The Same Heart is the third film in this trilogy, and it confronts one of the central issues of our time: growing inequality and poverty with its impacts on children in the U.S. and abroad.
The playground appeared perfectly normal with students clustered here and there laughing and enjoying their lunch break. But if you looked closely, you'd notice another group milling about or sitting alone, the students with empty lunch pails.
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While most people expect the face of child poverty to be African or Asian, child poverty is a global phenomenon that doesn't exempt any race or country.
Central American children fleeing serious threats face formidable obstacles in applying for asylum in Mexico.
Human Rights Watch has documented wide discrepancies between Mexican law and practice. By law, Mexico offers protection to those who face risks to their lives or safety if returned to their countries of origin. But less than 1 percent of children who are apprehended by Mexican immigration authorities are recognized as refugees, according to Mexican government data.
"We do live in fear, and that's violating our rights too. Nobody should live in fear. Not having the DREAM Act right now is affecting a lot of people. And it's affecting our human rights, and I feel that the government might not realize that. Or maybe it does, but I don't know why it hasn't been passed, if that connection is made. It's inhumane."
Filming in Kenya in late 2012 we interacted with hundreds of children; at their schools, in their homes and as we crisscrossed the country in our production van. The filming had gone on for weeks and it was depressing to see these bedraggled babies, with their rags and obvious malnutrition. We wished a major charity was in the van, handing out food aid and clean water but we settled on lollipops, thousands and thousands of lollipops.
We'd see a group of children by the side of the road and stop and prepare for a lollipop moment, a way of giving love with no strings attached.
The United States government and tobacco companies are failing to protect teenage children from hazardous work in tobacco farming, Human Rights Watch said today, in a report and video.
A lovely short film by photojournalist Sydney Combs on a community of Maasai women, who are supporting each other in starting small businesses to feed their families.
Our current policies shortchange families and harm the development of young children.
More of Robin Romano's photographs of children around the world.
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Calling a teenager who is being exploited for sex a child prostitute reinforces the pimp's message of her worthlessness. The LA County Sheriff's Department has been working to reframe the problem and educate police officers and other county workers who come into contact with trafficked teenagers.
In 2014, 90,000 unaccompanied minors made the treacherous journey from Central America to the United States. No longer are people simply fleeing poverty, now they are fleeing for their lives.
Nigeria is the latest target of multinationals establishing palm oil plantations on community lands and nature preserves. This Friends of the Earth report details Wilmar International's blatant disregard of best practices in consulting communities.
The focus of the 2016 World Day Against Child Labour is on child labour and supply chains. This ILO brochure details what businesses are doing to clean up their supply chains.
Central American children fleeing serious threats face formidable obstacles in applying for asylum in Mexico, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
2,018 young men who spent their formative teenage years in the UK care system have been sent back to Afghanistan over the past 9 years, often to very precarious and dangerous situations.
Since March 2014, RSN has been systematically monitoring what happens to former child asylum seekers who have been forcibly removed to Afghanistan after turning 18.
Humanitarian action is at the core of UNICEF's work, encompassing effective preparedness, early response and recovery to save lives and protect child rights. Of particular interest is the section on funding shortfalls on page 11...
Teenage children too young to legally buy a pack of cigarettes are getting exposed to nicotine while they work on US tobacco farms. The US government and tobacco companies should protect everyone under 18 from hazardous work in tobacco farming
All but one of the world's nations have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. All but the United States. It's time to change that. Read the Unicef overview of the CRC.
Update to the 2014 Cotton Sourcing Snapshot report by the Responsible Sourcing Network
2014 report by the Responsible Sourcing Network on what companies are doing to keep Uzbek cotton picked with forced labor out of their supply chains.
Children's Defense Fund report showing how the nation could reduce child poverty by 60 percent and lift 6.6 million children out of poverty.


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Oh how the mighty have fallen by the roadside at this year's Wimbledon - tennis roadkill, if you will.
First Nole gets booted yesterday, then Maria gets crushed earlier today and now you can add Andy Roddick to the growing list. The American baller was utterly outplayed by a more aggressive Janko Tipsarevic, losing 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) and continuing his misery at The All England Club.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
PHOTO OP: Tipsarevic brought to his knees after A-Rod defeat
Oh how the mighty have fallen by the roadside at this year's Wimbledon - tennis roadkill, if you will.
Labels: Janko Tipsarevic, photo op, tennis, Wimbledon
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Serena and Federer are the next giants to fall.ReplyDelete
I was super happy for Tipsy with this win. His reaction was just golden!!
I hope it's not Roger! At this point, he and Nadal are the only true "giants" left on the men's side, anyway. If any other seeded player loses at this point, I'd classify it as a minor upset a la Blake v. Schuettler.ReplyDelete
The women's draw is a little more fluid - I think Venus and Serena are looking pretty scratchy, so they may go out before the quarters. And perhaps Ana is still reeling from her near defeat?
wow b2012 - those are bold predictions!ReplyDelete
ff - i'm seeing ReRe go before V just b/c she's not looking like she's in good shape.
interesting the jelena is quietly putting together some really solid results. no one was talking about her which could help her focus on the task at hand - a first major.
- AnonymousJune 26, 2008 at 3:10 PM
I don't want it to be Roger, but it very well could be. I agree that he & Rafa are the only giants left.ReplyDelete
I would love for Jelena to win, but I don't think she will. Ana probably has the best shot at winning. But I'll take any woman winning except a Williams sister. Please, oh please, let Venus or Serena be the next to fall.
- AnonymousJune 26, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Roddick is not the first Tipsy's big scalp - last year at Wimbledon he took out Gonzalez in R32, in 5 sets.ReplyDelete
He gained quite a following among the British crowd back then, being so cool, philosophical and inked; he won 3 matches, each in 5 sets, before crashing out.


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