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New Movie Trailers 2012
The 2012 movie trailers is your guide to the all the movie previews for upcoming 2012 films. What new movies are coming out in 2012? New movie trailers for 2012 releases of film franchises you love will be listed here as they are released. Click here for 2012 Action Movies. What movies are coming out in 2012? Easily searchable, sortable and viewable without leaving Ranker, you can watch all the trailers for upcoming 2012 movies. The most recent 2012 movie previews will be at the top of the list, you can also switch the list to infostyle to see more trailers on the page and sort alphabetically.
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To the Wonder TrailerAn exploration of love in it's many forms.Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier BardemRelease Date: TBA 2013
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Pacific Rim TrailerIn the future, the world is plagued by giant monsters called "Kaiju". The only defense we have are the massive robot fighters, the "Jaegers".Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman, Charlie DayRelease Date: July 12, 2013
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The Lone Ranger Trailer
The untold origin story of the famous Ranger.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter
Release Date: July 3, 2013
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GI Joe: Retaliation Trailer
The G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Ray Park, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Elodie Yung and RZA
Release Date: June 29, 2012
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Man of Steel Trailer
Zach Snyder's re-imagining of the classic Superman story.
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburn
Release Date: June 14, 2013
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After Earth TrailerIn a distant future, all of mankind has left Earth as it has become uninhabitable. A father and son crash on the planet and have to learn how to survive the new world.Starring: Will Smith, Jaden SmithRelease Date: June 7, 2013
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Oblivion TrailerOn a future Earth one man risks his life and all he knows to save a girl.Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa LeoRelease Date: April 12, 2013
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Star Trek: Into Darkness TrailerWhen the crew of the Enterprise return home to see the Federation in ruins it is up to them to chase down the madman responsible.Starring: John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Peter WellerRelease Date: May 17, 2013
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Jack the Giant Slayer Trailer
"Jack the Giant Slayer" is a dark retelling of the classic story.
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor
Release Date: March 1, 2013
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The Mortal Instruments TrailerBased on the young adult series of the same name, Mortal Instruments focuses on a young man who discovers he is more than he ever dreamed possible.Starring: Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West, Kevin Segers, Kevin Durand, Robert Maillet, Lena HeadeyRelease Date: August 23, 2013
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The Host Trailer
Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Frances Fisher
Release Date: March 29, 2013
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21 and Over TrailerBy the writers of "The Hangover", things go south during a 21 run on a guy's 21st birthday.Starring: Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin, Sarah Wright, François Chau, Jonathan KeltzRelease Date: March 1, 2013
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World War Z TrailerOne man's race around the world to stop the growing zombie pandemic.Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, David MorseRelease Date: June 21, 2013
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Les Miserables Trailer
"Les Miserables" is the film version of the world wide hit musical, set during the French Revolution.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit and Samantha Barks
Release Date: December 14, 2012
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The Last Stand Trailer
A sheriff is confronted with his past when an escaped drug kingpin comes to town.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Zach Gilford, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Rodrigo Santoro and Johnny Knoxville
Release Date: January 18, 2013
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Escape from Planet Earth trailersFollowing the exploits of an alien space hero who crashes on Earth.Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jessica Alba, James Galdolfini and Sarah Jessica ParkerRelease Date: February 14th, 2013
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Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management
|The application for the Fall 2016 Certificate in Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management program is now open. The priority application deadline is Aug 1, 2016. The final deadline is Sept 1, 2016.
Program Description
Increasingly, diversity and inclusion are becoming strategic business drivers that have a direct impact on organizational effectiveness, profitability, and reputation. According to a recent report by Deloitte Consulting that surveyed 245 companies, including Fortune 500 companies, the top three reasons for investing in diversity and inclusion are improving employee engagement, serving customers more effectively, and increasing organizational innovation and agility. A recent study by McKinsey quantifies the "diversity dividend": highly diverse companies appear to excel financially due to their talent recruitment efforts, strong customer orientation, increased employee satisfaction, and improved decision making.
Taught by academics and experienced practitioners, the Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management program is designed for executives, managers, and consultants responsible for human resources, talent management, and organizational effectiveness. The program is grounded in research demonstrating that embracing diversity and inclusion can bring a broader range of mindsets and backgrounds into the organization, leading to more effective decision-making and drawing in a wider customer base. A critical focus of the program is integrating diversity and inclusion into strategic decision-making processes and recognizing its value as a driver of organizational effectiveness and profitability.
During the program, participants gain a sound understanding of the latest academic research and best practices in the fields of cultural competency and strategic diversity. The program links emerging research in the field of diversity and inclusion management with current theories in organizational development and change management. More importantly, participants adopt a systems-thinking mindset and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the program to a real strategic diversity issue in a client organization during the practicum. Past client organizations include Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Wells Fargo, and Bon Secours Health System.
Program Objectives
The program emphasizes the development of critical competencies, metrics, values and ethics—in addition to technical skills, effective communication, and strategic thinking relevant to a wide variety of industries, sectors and disciplines. Students who successfully complete the program will be able to:
- Link the impact of diversity and inclusion to key organizational goals to identify critical gaps that impact the bottom line
- Assess and reflect on self as an agent of change within a complex organization or system
- Assess an organization's culture, history, and objectives with respect to diversity and inclusion
- Collect data and develop meaningful metrics and reports for executive leaders and staff
- Apply a systems-thinking approach to analyzing, developing, implementing, and/or critiquing diversity and inclusion initiatives, programs, metrics, and opportunities
- Make feasible recommendations to create, expand, revise, or discontinue an organization's diversity and inclusion programs
- Message and communicate diversity and inclusion initiatives to key stakeholders including staff, executive teams, customers, and vendors.
Designed For
The program will benefit professionals with diversity and/or talent management responsibilities in the government, non-profit, or private sectors. Participants will gain the necessary insight, skills, and tools to lead or support a strategic, long-term, sustainable approach to diversity and inclusion management in their organization. The courses will provide functional and relevant templates and tools to effectively plan and implement a sustainable diversity strategy.
Industry Outlook
Between 2010 and 2020, both SHRM and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expect a 21% increase in the number of HR specialists positions created, which is faster than average employment growth. Several trends are driving growth:
- Many organizations in the private and public sectors have recognized the importance of diversity and inclusion as a critical strategic component to recruit talent, better serve existing customers, and acquire new customers. Read more about the "diversity dividend".
- Projections by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that changing demographics of American society will have a significant impact on business as the U.S. becomes more diverse. For example, minorities are projected to comprise 57% of the U.S. population in 2060 compared to 37% today.
- The U.S. federal government recently launched a strategic and coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce. President Obama signed Executive Order 13583 in August 2011 to enhance the federal government's ability to recruit, hire, promote, and retain a more diverse workforce.
Program Prerequisites
Participants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent. A TOEFL examination for non-native speakers of English is not required but students are expected to read, write and comprehend English at the graduate level to fully participate in and gain from the program. Any requests for exceptions to these requirements must be made in writing to the program director at CCPE.
Certificate Requirements
To earn the Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management, participants must complete the six (6) required courses for a total of 14.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 144 contact hours.
|Course Name
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|Theoretical Foundations of Diversity & Inclusion
|A Systems Approach to D&I Measurement
|Cultural & Social Group Identities
|Resistance & Renewal: D&I Change Initiatives
|Workplace Application (A) - Leading & Influencing
|Workplace Application (B) - Leading & Influencing
|6 Required Courses
See below for course schedules and registration information.
Program Format & Schedule
Courses meet Thursday, Friday, and Saturday during the day. This is a cohort-based program. Students are not able to take sessions independently of the certificate program. Participants are required to attend every day of each session. During the program, students meet periodically as a group with a learning community advisor to gain greater awareness of self as a change agent.
Program Materials
Most course materials are included in the cost of tuition. Course materials will be distributed in digital format and accessible through Blackboard, Georgetown's learning management system. Students must have a laptop or tablet computer to access course materials.
Program Tuition
Total tuition for the certificate program including all six (6) courses is $5,970.00. Tuition is due at time of registration. An interest-free payment plan is available for eligible students. Withdrawals and refunds are processed based on the Withdrawal and Refund Policy.
This program also qualifies for Veterans Affairs Benefits for eligible students.
Tuition Payment Considerations
While non-credit professional certificate programs do not qualify for federal financial aid, prospective students should consider the following for tuition payment:
- Seek employer funding or reimbursement
- Enroll in our interest-free payment plan
- Use Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits/ GI Bill
- Apply for a private education loan
Application Process
The Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management certificate program has a competitive admission process. As this is a cohort program, each applicant will be evaluated as an individual and as part of a well-balance cohort of students. For each cohort, an admissions selection committee chooses a group of students who represent a variety of backgrounds, occupations, and goals for the program to enrich the classroom experience. Students must be open to feedback and personal growth, have a capacity for self-examination, and have a willingness to challenges one's own beliefs.
Application Checklist
A complete application consists of the following documents:
- A completed application form.
- A non-refundable $35 application fee.
- An updated resume or CV (no more than 2 pages).
- One letter of recommendation in which the recommender specifically addresses the following points:
- How you know the applicant.
- The applicant's self awareness and capacity for self-reflection.
- The applicant's receptivity to feedback from others.
- The applicant's willingness to challenge her/his own beliefs.
- An example of the applicant's commitment to her/his own personal and professional development.
- Evidence that the applicant cares about the development and growth of others.
- Individual essay in which the applicant addresses the following questions:
- What are your goals, both personal and professional, in attending this program?
- Describe a recent situation and the impact when a) you examined or challenged a belief you held; or b) you received feedback that surprised you.
- In what activities do you engage to foster your personal growth and development?
- What measures of success will you use to assess your time in the program?
|The application for the Fall 2016 Certificate in Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management program is now open. The priority application deadline is Aug 1, 2016. The final deadline is Sept 1, 2016.
International Students
Non-credit professional certificate programs are classified as part-time education programs. As a result, Georgetown University cannot sponsor international students for student visas (F-1) to enroll in certificate programs. However, prospective international students who enter the U.S. on a valid visa are eligible to enroll in courses. For more about travel visas, please see the section on international students under Frequently Asked Questions.
More Information
For more information or to speak with a program advisor, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 202.687.7000. Interested students are also encouraged to RSVP for an upcoming information session.
Required:A Systems Approach to D & I Measurement and Accountability
Cultural and Social Group Identities: Expanding Self-Awareness
Resistance and Renewal: Managing the D & I Change Initiative
Theoretical Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
Workplace Application (A) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Workplace Application (B) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Course Schedule
|Course Name
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|Fall 2016
|Theoretical Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 15, 2016 to Sep 17, 2016
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2016
|Cultural and Social Group Identities: Expanding Self-Awareness
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oct 20, 2016 to Oct 22, 2016
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2016
|A Systems Approach to D & I Measurement and Accountability
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Nov 17, 2016 to Nov 19, 2016
3307 M Street
|Fall 2016
|Resistance and Renewal: Managing the D & I Change Initiative
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 08, 2016 to Dec 10, 2016
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2016
|Workplace Application (A) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jan 19, 2017 to Jan 21, 2017
640 Mass Ave.
|Fall 2016
|Workplace Application (B) - Leading and Influencing Across Differences
Not currently scheduled
Section 01
Thu/Fri/Sat, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Feb 09, 2017 to Feb 11, 2017
640 Mass Ave.

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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Due to the forecast of inclement weather this weekend, East Carolina University officials have announced operational changes that will be implemented for the scheduled women's and men's basketball doubleheader Saturday. ECU has announced that admission for both games will be free to everyone.
Tip-off times for the Lady Pirates' game against Memphis and the Pirates' matchup against Rice inside Minges Coliseum remain set at 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., respectively, but parking and Pirate Club hospitality events have been revised.
•There will be an open parking policy (no passes, no attendants) in place for lots adjacent to Minges Coliseum for fans who can drive safely to campus;
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•All scheduled Pirate Club events (Friday banquet, hospitality social between games) are postponed.
Fans are encouraged to check www.ECUPirates.com for possible updates and exercise caution driving to the games if weather conditions allow transportation.
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Feb 11 2010No No No No No: Humanoid Flies First Class
This robo-jerk, the same one who tried creating a Facebook profile to infiltrate the Geekologie Fan Page, is now flying around in the first class section of airplanes. BAD IDEA.
Travellers on a recent Emirates flight from Dubai to Riyadh were accompanied by a different type of passenger, after the Dubai-based airline was tasked with transporting one of the world's most advanced humanoid robots.
Able to verbally interact with people, Ibn Sina stunned fellow passengers as he was checked in at Emirates' dedicated First Class check-in counters and relaxed in Emirates' First Class lounge prior to boarding his flight.
The transportation of Ibn Sina required countless hours of planning and input from multiple Emirates Group departments to ensure the humanoid was cleared for travel by the Dubai Police Authorities, the Dubai International Airport and Emirates' safety team.
Uh, could you really not just stuff him in a box and
mail him to his destination set it on fire? And how come I can't even use my cassette player advanced media device during taxi and take-off and this BEEP BOOP BOPPING jerk can fly? OH GOD -- PLEASE TELL ME HE DIDN'T GET COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGE SERVICE.
Humanoid discovered travelling on Emirates flight [arabiansupplychain]
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This seems moderately silly.
I'd sit beside him.
And his disguise is rubbish.
Now I know where this little field excercise was being held but did he really have to fit the facial profile that EVERY sky marshal is looking for? I mean, cmon...
Explossive news!!!
Aaargh! Robot terrorists!
Long live the robots.
If the robot was made in Japan it would probably resemble a Japanese man. Since it was made in the middle east it makes perfect sense that it looks like an arab.
I would be worried if they were making them to look like Americans
So creepy, i would prob not even be on the same flight. What if it goes bonkers or was planned to be used for evil, ha? hell noooo!
Two things...
Did they check his underwear (or would that be software)?
Getting him the ticket probably ended up being cheaper than having to pay the airline for an extra bag that they would just end up losing anyway.
I want his drink and peanuts.
Oooh wait...that's three. Er...three....THREE things. Maybe I should just go out and come in again?
That thing just plain ol creeps me out, I would switch to coach if I had to be near that bastard
Three things...
Did they check his underwear (or would that be software)?
Getting him the ticket probably ended up being cheaper than having to pay the airline for an extra bag that they would just end up losing anyway.
I want his drink and peanuts.
And I wouldn't worry unless THIS came up on his laptop: http://www.myit-media.de/the_end.html
Four...just FOUR THINGS!!! Aw just forget it.
can he fold his own tray table? recline his own seat
i'd still rather him than john candy in Planes Trains Automobiles
i would punch that's thing head off...
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/ˈærəb/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ar-uhb] Show IPA
1. a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.
/ˈtɛrərɪst/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ter-er-ist] Show IPA
1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
The two don't mean the same thing, fucktards.
Lots of love!
@15 ...Now it appears they actually DO mean the same thing, don't they?
Dear Clueless "Commence Racism":
Watch the news retard.... Nowadays they are the same thing.
Stupid people and their "political correctness"
Robots are flying first class? I don't even fly first class!
Visit my site to read my newly published story, "Ragnarok."
the only thing that abomination is going to be saying on the plane is, "HALA HALA HALA PLANE GO BOOOM!!!!"
This robot dude looks straight out of team america world police. (the guy with the poor makeup). How come I can't take a plastic knife on a plane but these guys can take a frickin robot? I bet the dudes at security haven't got a clue about what in this kit could go pop or bang.
Plane safety FAIL.
robot suicide bombers. wowzers
Dear 15,
Please simmer the fuck down. This is Geekologie. Not the ClaytonBigsbyForums.com . Nazis are associated with Germany, Terrorism with Iraq, etc. Dont try and make yourself out as a moral superior on a site about bacon and star wars.
Rich people treating inanimate objects better than other human beings. Typical.
I agree. Yes this is Geekologie, and silly witty statements are expected, even absurd ones. But saying terrorist or whatever in this instance is just stupid.
An Arab air line, an Arab pilot, flying from one Arab city to another Arab city, with the majority of passengers dressed as such.
Maybe if you're American saying robot terrorist is funny slightly, but only because they don't really travel.
If I was American I wouldn't find it funny, geekologie should be witty not stupid or ignorant.
Germany is associated with Nazis, but we don't call anything coming out of Germany Nazi, or any german a Nazi, whether a games designer or a an inventor etc. It's just stupid, as stupid as associating the above with terrorism.
fucking jews and arabs
what the fuck is white people's obsession with semitic peoples?
any why do black people keep stealing my TV?
Man, look at that fucker's eyebrows, he looks ready to release some mother-fucking jihad on that flight attendant!
"Gah! Dirty women touched me! Alla AKBARRRRR!!!!" (lights wick sticking out of artificial penis)
now that is NOT ok with me, first they are taking our first class seats pushing humans back to coach whats next, They get taken care of in the emergency human before humans??? WE MUST STOP THE UP RISING NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE AND THE ROBOTS CONTROL US ALL lol. Keep fighting the good fight GW we are with you.


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LaDontae Henton is not exactly coming out of nowhere: After all, he played big, efficient minutes for a very solid Providence team -- one that gave North Carolina a serious go in the NCAA tournament before its elimination -- in 2013-14. But last season's Friars were so dominated, literally and cognitively, by point guard Bryce Cotton that Henton remained under the radar nationally. After Sunday night, that will no longer be possible. Henton scored 38 points on 14-of-19 shooting in Providence's 75-74 Hall of Fame Tip-Off win over Notre Dame, prompting Irish coach Mike Brey to pull Henton aside after the game and tell him: "You've become a hell of a college player. Go win the Big East now." NBC's Rob Dauster has some background reading on Ed Cooley's latest senior star.
Speaking of the Big East, Sunday's Puerto Rico Tip-Off finale felt a bit like an old mid-aughts Big East tumble. UConn guard Ryan Boatright squared off with West Virginia's Juwan Staten, a matchup of the two fastest -- and maybe the two most confident -- guards in the country. For 40 minutes, as Boatright and Staten went at each other, West Virginia never surrendered a lead. Part of that has to do with suspensions UConn announced before the game Sunday: Omar Calhoun, Rakim Lubin, and walk-ons Dan Guest and Marcel Lewis were all forced to miss the game for undisclosed violations of team rules. But just as much had to do with West Virginia's obvious improvement on the defensive end. The Mountaineers pressed Connecticut for nearly 40 minutes, something no team could conceive of doing to the Huskies in last season's title run. In its five wins to date, West Virginia has forced opponents into turnovers on 30.8 percent of their possessions, sixth best in the country. And the Mountaineers' average defensive possession length is just 14.4 seconds, fourth lowest in the country. When you play Staten and Co., expect harassment -- both physical and verbal. West Virginia looks great so far.
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How did Clemson lose to Gardner-Webb Friday? Calling a timeout it didn't have didn't help.
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The Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) was created in 1975 by the passage of California Senate Bill 101 and came into existence on January 1, 1976. In 1984, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1736, which expanded the MTD Board of Directors from 8 to 15 members. In 2002, Senate Bill 1703 merged MTDB's long-range planning, financial programming, project development and construction functions into the regional metropolitan planning organization, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). In 2005, MTDB changed its name to the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).
Board of Directors
15-member Board generally meets twice a month. Members selected as follows:
- Four appointed from the San Diego City Council
- One appointed from each city council of Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Poway and Santee
- One appointed from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
- One San Diego County resident elected by other Board members to serve as Chairman
Subsidiary Corporations
MTS owns assets of: San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI); San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC); and the San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway Company, which owns 108 miles of track and right-of-way. In addition, MTS provides administrative and support services to San Diego Vintage Trolley, Inc., a non-profit corporation established to restore historic Trolley vehicles.
Areas of Jurisdiction
About 570 square miles of the urbanized areas of San Diego County as well as the rural parts of East County, 3240 total square miles, serving approximately 3 million people in San Diego County.
Provision of Services
MTS provides bus and rail services directly or by contract with private operators. MTS coordinates all its services and determines the routing, stops, frequencies and hours of operation.
Light Rail
Light rail service is operated by SDTI on four lines (the Blue, Orange, Green and Silver Lines) with a total of 53 stations and 54.3 miles of rail.
93 fixed bus routes and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complementary paratransit service (MTS Access). Fixed route bus service include local, urban, express, premium express and rural routes.
MTS contracts with the San Diego & Imperial Valley (SD&IV) Railroad and the Pacific Imperial Railroad, Inc. (PIR) to provide freight service to San Diego shippers over SD&AE right-of-way. SD&IV shares certain tracks with SDTI, operating during non-service Trolley hours.
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Approximately $243 million annual operating budget; $94 million comes from fares. Fare revenue accounts for 40% of annual operating cost, one of the highest fare box recovery ratios among similar transit systems (FY12).
MTS generates 88 million annual passenger trips or 285,000 trips each weekday. MTS provides approximately 1.9 million hours of service across 24 million miles each year (FY12).
Planning and Scheduling
MTS is responsible for the service planning, scheduling, and performance monitoring of all MTS transit services. Service adjustments occur three times per year and as needed to improve efficiency and customer service.
MTS receives funding from various federal, state, and local sources. The primary sources are the California Transportation Development Act (TDA), Federal Transit Administration (sections 5307, 5337 and 5339), TransNet funds (local sales tax) and fares.
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Master Dogen's Shinji Shobogenzo
301 Koan Stories
Book Details
- Publisher : Windbell
- Published : 2003
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 386
- Size : 230 x 154mm
- Category :
Zen: General
- Category 2 :
Zen: Soto
- Catalogue No : 4162
The Shinji Shobogenzo is a marvelous collection of 301 Zen koan stories in three volumes that master Dogen collected during his four-year stay in China. The stories were written in Chinese, and are records of conversations between Buddhist masters and their students. Dogen used many of these stories as the basis for his formal lectures in his major work, the Shobogenzo.
Nishijima Roshi has published a complete translation and commentary on the stories in Japanese, and he first dictated an English translation to three of his students in the early 1980`s, together with a commentary on each story, which was produced in three volumes. Only the first of the three volumes was published, but it is now long out of print. This new and completely revised version comprises all three volumes in one edition, together with Nishijima`s refreshingly down-to-earth explanations of the stories.
The Shinji Shobogenzo is an essential collection that encompasses many of the well-known koan stories, with many interesting and less familiar ones, together with the comments of a contemporary Buddhist master renowned for his clear and no-nonsense approach.
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When I was eighteen, I found a book called the Shobogenzo. It was written in the thirteenth century by the founder of the sect of Buddhism in Japan which is based on the practice of Zazen. His name is Master Dogen. I found the Shobogenzo almost impossible to read at that time, and I was amazed that there could be a book written in my own language which I was unable to understand at all. But although I could not understand it, I had the feeling that the book might contain important and valuable things.
This was the start of what was to become forty years of study. And when at last T could understand the meaning of the Shobogenzo, it also became clear to me why I had found it so difficult for so long. The book itself is composed of many contradictory statements, and this made it appear illogical. But after reading and re-reading many times, I found that the Shobogenzo is in fact constructed in a very special way; using a unique pattern of expression.
Master Dogen expresses his ideas in the Shobogenzo based on a pattern of four phases. First, he explains a problem from the idealistic point of view; that is, as an idea using abstract concepts. Then, immediately after this first phase, he explains the same problem, but this time from the objective, or material point of view. In other words, he gives concrete examples and facts. Then, in the next phase, he explains the problem yet a third time as a real problem; that is, on the basis of action.
Of course, he cannot fully explain the reality surrounding the problem with words in a book, but he does so by bringing together the subjective viewpoint which he presents first, and the second objective viewpoint. He synthesizes the two viewpoints into a realistic appraisal of the problem based upon the philosophy of action, which states that in action, there is a synthesis of the self and the external world. And in the final phase, he tries to suggest the subtle ineffable nature of reality itself by using symbolic, poetic, or figurative forms of speech.
The Shobogenzo is full of these four-phased explanations. The chapters themselves fall into four groups: theoretical, objective, realistic, and figurative or poetic. The contents of the chapters are also divided in the same way, and even the content of individual paragraphs follows the same pattern. In general, a theoretical or subjective explanation and a materialistic or objective explanation of the same problem will always be contradictory. Again, a realistic explanation will seemingly be in contradiction to both the subjective and objective points of view. And the real situation itself is different again from the realistic explanation given.
When we first read the Shobogenzo, we are astounded by what appear to be gross contradictions in logic. This is one of the reasons why the book is so difficult to understand. It appears full of opposing ideas.
However, after I had read and re-read Master Dogen's book, I got used to this unique way of thinking about things. He discusses all problems from three points of view, subjective and theoretical, objective and material, and action/realistic. He then insists on the difference between his three viewpoints and the actual situation itself. Using this method, he is able to explain the reality of a situation very clearly and logically. He believes that the most important thing is to see what the reality itself is; and at the same time, he realizes how impossible this is using the medium of the written word.
So this unique pattern or logical system is Master Dogen's way of suggesting what reality is. And I believe that Master Dogen's method is in fact a very realistic way of explaining reality. I found that Master Dogen's ideas were very realistic, and I found too that Buddhism is a religion of reality.
The stories in the Shinji Shobogenzo also follow the same unique logical system, and if they are studied from the four viewpoints, we find that they are very realistic stories that were used to teach the fundamental principles of Buddhism. They contain nothing mystical or incomprehensible; they are the Buddhist Masters' way of pointing to reality.
Gudo Wafu Nishijima
Ida Zazen Dojo
October 2002
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50 Amazing But Useless Facts
June 21, 2012 | 11 Comments » | Topics: Uncategorized
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.
On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
Slugs have 4 noses.
Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
The average person laughs 10 times a day!
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
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June 22nd, 2012 at 1:27 am
The average person laughs 10 times a day?!
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June 24th, 2012 at 2:33 am
Of course, not all of these "facts" are useless — and not all of them are facts. For example: "impossible to sneeze with your eyes open"? Point me to the proof of that one — or just try it for yourself.
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June 25th, 2012 at 7:43 am
Whether it's technically 'part of the English language' may be questionable, but the name for the genus of goatgrasses, 'Aegilops', is longer.
N_gothic Says:
June 25th, 2012 at 7:56 am
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel?????
Surely Rhythms is longer.
N_gothic Says:
June 25th, 2012 at 7:56 am
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel?????
Surely Rhythms is longer.
None Says:
June 25th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Y is a vowel.
Floridafrog Says:
June 26th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
one of these facts is false….does anyone know which one?
Guest Says:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Adolf Hitler was NOT a vegetarian and had NOT only one testicle.
Markbm Says:
September 2nd, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Is there a Rome in Antarctica?
Imam Ali Says:
March 22nd, 2014 at 8:34 pm
anyone with a more than passing knowledge of German history knows that the myths of Hitler being a vegetarian and having only one testicle were never taken seriously by anyone who was serious about Germany or history and were so spurious that the debunking didn't take much work.
Knowing how little research was put in this from the start – obviously there is not a Rome in every continent, and rhythm is NOT the longest word with no vowel.
so I'm not worried about the rest of this balderdash
commenter1 Says:
May 2nd, 2014 at 2:34 pm
#1: try it underwater


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Which is fine if you approach it solely from a technological standpoint and do that usual "gee, what a world we live in" stuff that such articles typically inspire. Watt, however, talks about the larger implications of turning players into data: the blurring of their professional and personal lives:
Welcome to the next frontier in baseball's analytic revolution. Many of this revolution's tenets will be familiar to anyone who works for a living—the ever-growing digitization and quantification of things never-before measured and tracked, for instance, or the ever-expanding workplace, the blurring distinction between the professional and the personal, and the cult of self-improvement for self-improvement's sake. These broader trends are colliding with baseball tradition on backfields and in training facilities around the major leagues, and those collisions have raised questions about privacy, security, and what employees owe their employers.
Players already accept drug testing and rules about personal behavior. But can a club, armed with knowledge about how it affects a player's performance, make rules about how he sleeps? What kind of shoes he wears off the field? Everything he eats?
I'm the last person to fall for slippery slope fallacies. In most instances there are lines that can be drawn when it comes to regulating the behavior of others and making new rules. But in order to draw those lines you have to ask questions about what is and what is not acceptable. You also have to acknowledge that it's really easy for technology to get ahead of our ability to comprehend its ethical implications.
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But just because a movie stinks doesn't mean every aspect of it is bad. I loved Burt Lancaster in everything he did and he did an excellent job in "Field of Dreams." Same with James Earl Jones for the most part. I thought he did a great job playing a character which, at times, didn't have as much to work with as he could've had. No, there are good elements of "Field of Dreams." If there weren't — if it were just a total turkey — it wouldn't inspire the feelings I have about it. If it were an unmitigated disaster, I'd occasionally re-watch it on a so-bad-it's-good theory.
The "People will come" speech is good. Not necessarily for its content — there's some hokeyness to it — but because James Earl Jones does a great job delivering it. He could read the dang phone book and make it compelling
Yesterday Major League Baseball launched a partnership thingie with the Field of Dreams site in Iowa. Part of that effort involved having Vin Scully recite the "People will come" speech over some baseball footage. Watch and listen:
Personally, I'd prefer Vin to tell some kooky story about an opposing player actually being a part time flautist or what have you. He's had many monumental moments, but Scully is Scully for the way he makes the workaday and the mundane sound poetic, not because he takes the already poetic and elevates it further.
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Pete Rose will soon be inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame and have his number retired and all of that jazz. To mark the occasion, Cincinnati Magazine interviewed the Hit King. And, for, like, the 4.256th straight time, Rose shows that he's in complete denial about why he was banned in 1989 and why he was not reinstated last year when Rob Manfred agreed to review his case:
In this time of limbo after the ban, did you worry about your legacy? I normally don't ever worry about anything that I'm not in control of. I wasn't in control of anything in that situation. I went through a period when I got suspended where I didn't even go to the ballpark. It's not because I didn't want to. There were so many restrictions on me, I just didn't want to put people through that. It didn't feel good to me.
Sure he wasn't in control of anything. He was a tiny boat, cast out onto the waves, left to drift in a sea of uncertainty and powerlessness.
But it gets better. Rose was asked about how he changed his life after his ban:
But you still bet on baseball, albeit legally. It seems like the commissioner's office has taken issue with that fact. Have you considered not betting on baseball anymore? That's a good point. You remember reading about Bart Giamatti telling me to reconfigure my life? OK, no one has ever told me—including Manfred, including Selig—what does that mean? I guess my point is, just tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it. I'm in control. Just tell me. If I want to bet on Monday Night Football, and that's the way I enjoy my life, why is everybody so worried about that? I'm 75 years old, I have to be able to have some form of entertainment. I'm not betting out of my means. It's not illegal. If you don't want me to bet on baseball or anything else, just tell me.
If they told you that— I'd do it. Absolutely. But no one has ever explained "reconfigure your life." I have taken responsibility for it. I have apologized for it. I have shown I'm sorry. But there again, no matter how many times you say you're sorry, not everybody's going to hear you. All I can do is imagine what they meant when they said reconfigure my life. And evidently, no one's willing to tell me what that means.
So it was all a big misunderstanding. A man who was in his late 40s was banned for gambling on baseball and was told to straighten up yet he had no idea, for 26 years, that maybe it'd be a good idea for him to not gamble on baseball anymore in order to get back into the good graces of the folks who banned him. Damn, why did they pose such impossible riddles to him! If only he had a clue as to what sort of behavior would have improved his chances!
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TORONTO -- For Mariano Rivera, save No. 601 was a lot like many of the 600 that preceded it -- a strikeout on a cutter that froze the hitter, a groundout on a cutter that left the hitter's bat in shards and a harmless fly ball to shallow center field, followed by a low-key group handshake and a head-down lope back to the dugout.
In other words, a 17-year series of rather unspectacular innings that, taken as a whole, add up to an incomparably spectacular career accomplishment.
This is how Rivera prefers it. "Just another ho-hum save," is how he put it, which to a closer is the best kind of all.
"Don't get me wrong , it's a great number," he said. "You gotta hit 601 to hit 602. It's a great number. But the most important thing is, we won the game. Don't think that I don't appreciate it, but I am a team player and what happens to the team comes first."
By his own admission, he will be more excited for No. 602, the one that puts him over the top, the one that, in the words of Joe Girardi, "puts the final stamp on him as the greatest closer of all time."
To Rivera, this one was special not because it placed him atop a peak formerly occupied only by Trevor Hoffman, but because it ensured not only that the Yankees would win on this day, but that they would lose no ground in the AL East race to the Boston Red Sox, who were just getting under way against the Tampa Bay Rays, their dogged pursuers.
Asked if he had taken time to reflect on the magnitude of his accomplishment -- 601 saves is the equivalent of saving a game every day for 20 months -- Rivera said, "That might come later. Now, we just have a job to do, and that's clinching the playoffs. There's a lot of things to think about besides this."
That is probably why Rivera described himself as "uncomfortable" with the crush of reporters around his locker after he had nailed down the final three outs of the New York Yankees' come-from-behind, 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon.
"I don't like this much attention," he said. "I would much rather you guys just leave it alone."
That, of course, is not about to happen, not with the fetishization of numbers that is such a part of baseball's attraction, and certainly not with the amount of coverage and history surrounding this most record-laden franchise.
"When you've been around this club for as long as I have, as a player, as a coach and now as a manager," Girardi said, "you see a lot of great things."
Still, the feeling is that while save No. 600, which came on Sunday in Seattle, was special because of the roundness of the number, and 602 will be special because it will transfer sole possession of the record to its rightful owner, No. 601 was something of a middle child, easily overlooked.
So even though center fielder Curtis Granderson, who had tucked away the final out off the bat of Eric Thames, dutifully flipped Rivera the baseball, and Rivera's wife and two of his sons were in the crowd, there was a sense that this was business as usual.
"We're happy for Mo obviously, but I think he'll be more excited and we'll all be more excited for 602," Mark Teixeira said. "Today I think we were just more happy with the win."
That was anything but business as usual. Left to die in a 6-1 hole after four innings by an unusually ineffective Bartolo Colon, the Yankees seemed more likely headed for an embarrassing loss than a rousing win.
"After four innings it didn't look too good," Girardi said. "We had some opportunities early and kind of messed up on the basepaths."
The worst mess-up of all was the baseball burlesque routine performed in the fourth by Teixeira and Robinson Cano, who broke from second and third on Nick Swisher's long drive to center.
After Colby Rasmus made a spectacular, and spectacularly improbable, catch on the warning track, Teixeira tried to scramble back to third. To his surprise, he found Cano skidding past him on his way home.
"It really shouldn't happen," Teixeira said. "It was a heck of a play, you give [Rasmus] credit and all, but at the same time, there's no reason to be running like that. Robbie knows better. You make mistakes and you learn from them."
But things began to turn in the sixth, when Alex Rodriguez -- trying out his new split-hands grip in his first game since Sept. 9 due to lingering pain from a sprained left thumb -- belted a three-run homer off Henderson Alvarez to close the gap to 6-5.
"All of a sudden, you felt like maybe we got a shot here," Girardi said.
An inning later, after Derek Jeter had beaten out an infield hit, Granderson battled Carlos Villanueva for 11 pitches and then sent No. 12 over the fence in left-center for his 40th home run of the year, his league-leading 113th RBI, and the Yankees' first and only lead of the day.
With the help of an exceptional performance by the bullpen -- Scott Proctor, Aaron Laffey, Hector Noesi and Rafael Soriano followed Colon and retired all 12 Blue Jays they faced -- the Yankees took that slim 7-6 margin into the ninth, where in the hands of Rivera, a one-run lead has almost always been as safe a 10-run lead.
"To me, it was just a normal save," Rivera said. "And we won the game. If my teammates didn't score that many runs, I wouldn't get a chance to pitch at all. Whatever happens to me is because my teammates permit it."
Six hundred and one times now, Mariano Rivera has taken the opportunity his teammates gave him and handed back a saved game. One day soon, perhaps has early as Sunday, he will do it again, and once again, Trevor Hoffman will be alone on his mountain. That will be on a peak below Rivera, who even at 41 years and 10 months old still seems to have a long way to go.
"Now he can just add on to the record books after this because, as you guys know, Mo's not done," Teixeira said. "He's not gonna be done until somebody pulls that uniform off of him."
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Girardi announced that Phil Hughes suffered back spasms after throwing his bullpen session on Friday and would not pitch Monday against the Twins at Yankee Stadium as originally planned. A.J. Burnett will make the start instead, and Girardi said Hughes would go Tuesday or Wednesday. Hughes said he was much improved on Saturday and expected to be ready to pitch on Tuesday against the Rays. ... Soriano has struck out the last seven batters he has faced and eight of the last 10. ... A-Rod hit fifth in the Yankees' lineup for the first time since Sept. 6, 2006. He said his thumb was "pretty much pain-free" after the game but plans to continue hitting for the rest of the season with his hands separated by a ridge of adhesive tape on his bat handle roughly a half-inch wide. ... Freddy Garcia (11-7, 3.71) faces RHP Brandon Morrow (9-11, 5.23) in the series finale Sunday; first pitch at 1:07 p.m.


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Creation of the Group:
Place, Time, Size, Preparation
Before a group is convened, there are certain decisions to be made about its circumstances. The therapist must secure an appropriate meeting place and establish policy about the life span of the group, the admission of new members, the frequency of meetings, the duration of each session, and the size of the group.
Group meetings may be held in any setting, provided that the room affords privacy, freedom from distraction, and the opportunity to sit in a circle. Some therapists prefer to have the members seated about a large circular table. (A rectangular table is unwieldy, since not all the members on the same side will be able to see one another. Sofas that seat three people are unsatisfactory for the same reason.) But most prefer to have no central obstruction, so as to be able to see the entire body of each member and, thus, be able to observe non- verbal or postural responses.
If the group session is to be videotaped or observed through a viewing screen by students, the group members' permission must be obtained in advance and ample opportunity provided for discussion of the procedure. A group that is observed usually seems to forget about the viewing screen after a few weeks, but often when working through authority issues with the leader, members become concerned about it. If there are only one or two student observers, they are best seated in the room, though out of the group circle--an