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Columbia Comeback Ignites Day 1 Sweep In First Half Of Baseball Foursome
Box Scores: Columbia 3, Princeton 2 l Columbia 8, Princeton 2
Princeton was one out away from a victory in the first of two games held at Satow Stadium in New York City, but a two-run game-winning double ignited a Columbia sweep in the first half of back-to-back doubleheaders Saturday against the Princeton baseball team.
The Tigers will look for a weekend split Sunday when they play a second doubleheader; Cameron Mingo and Keelan Smithers will be the Princeton starters in those games.
Game One
It looked like the opener of the Princeton-Columbia weekend would provide a dramatic late victory for the Tigers. Unfortunately, while the late drama held true, it was Columbia that walked off with a 3-2 win at Satow Stadium.
A brilliant pitching battle between Princeton's Michael Fagan and Columbia's David Speer sent the game into the seventh inning at 1-1. That lasted all of one pitch, though, as Princeton freshman Zack Belski launched his first collegiate home run over the rightfield fence to open a 2-1 lead for the Tigers.
Fagan, who allowed only eight hits and struck out nine in the complete game, tried to make that run hold up, but a leadoff single to center field by John Kinne put him in immediate trouble. He advanced to second on a wild pitch, but Fagan got the next two hitters without allowing Kinne to advance.
Following a walk to Will Savage, Fagan hit David Vandercook to load the bases. Sophomore Robb Paller took advantage of that mistake, launching a two-run double to the right-centerfield fence, just over the outstretched glove of Jonathan York for the winning hit.
Both Belski and York had two-hit days for Princeton, and York drove in Princeton's first run during the fifth inning.
Game Two
Both Belski and Danny Hoy had two hits, and Hoy scored both of Princeton's runs, but Columbia scored at least one run in each of its first five innings to take an 8-2 win. The Lions had four home runs in the victory, which improved their Ivy League record to 7-3. Princeton, which will make up its Harvard doubleheader this weekend, is now 4-4.
Hoy opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first, but a two-run home run by Vandercook in the bottom of the inning gave the Lions a lead they would never relinquish. After runs in both the second and third inning, Columbia added two solo shots in the fourth.
Chad Powers took the loss for Princeton after allowing five runs over three innings.


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DAYTONA BEACH — A crash between a motorcycle and a car late Wednesday night left a Port Orange motorcyclist dead and his passenger in critical condition, a police spokesman said Thursday morning.
The wreck occurred at 11:29 p.m. Wednesday on Nova Road near the intersection of Ridgecrest Drive in Daytona Beach, police said.
The car, driven by Bianca Dauro, 20, of Edgewater pulled out of a driveway to make a left and go south on Nova Road but cut into the path of the motorcycle, police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said.
William Welch, 26, of Port Orange was on his motorcycle northbound on Nova Road at about 70 mph when the two-wheeled vehicle slammed into the driver's side door of the car, investigators said. Both Welch and his passenger, Jessica King, 24, of Edgewater were thrown from the motorcycle, an initial crash report shows.
Welch died at the scene of the crash and King was taken in critical condition to Halifax Health Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, Flynt said. Neither was wearing a helmet.
After the collision, the car exploded into a ball of fire, engulfing it completely. Both Dauro and her passenger, identified in police reports as Joseph Dauro, were able to escape the vehicle, Flynt said.
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She graduated from Weber State University with a degree in fine art and has managed to stay working in the art industry.
"It's come full circle," Peters Charlwood said during an interview with The Park Record. "I've done everything from running art galleries to working as an art consultant."
Peters Charlwood had an interior design business in town as well.
These days, the artist spends her time "behind the easel" creating encaustic artwork.
"The technical definition of the word 'encaustic' means to 'burn in,'" Peters Charlwood explained. "It is a combination of molten beeswax and resin and various pigments that are put together in different layers. It has been around for many centuries, since the Egyptians, and is a very durable medium."
Peters Charlwood will showcase her new work during an artist opening at the District Gallery, 751 Main St., on Friday, Nov. 23, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. And also on Friday, Nov. 30, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Admission is free.
The works will range in size from six-inches by 12-inches to three-feet by four-feet.
"I will display more than 25 new paintings that I have been working on for the past few months," Peters Charlwood said. "I've been busy.
Peters Charlwood, who cited Clyfford Still, Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Stella as some of her favorite artists said she usually finds ways to add foreign objects into her paintings.
"I use recycled sailing material from old sails, because I spent a lot of time in the Caribbean," she said. "In fact, my work is inspired by the sea and by the mountains."
Peters Charlwood was drawn to the encaustic style because of the impact it made on her when she first saw it.
"Nothing has hit me like it has," she said. "I would try a different medium and then lose interest after a while. And I think what caught on to me about encaustic painting is that it similar to all the work I have done in the past with European plasters and doing my decorative finishing at home.
"Working with the encaustic medium is a very constructive and laborious process," she said. "I find that I'm building a painting from the inside out, rather than putting material on a plane."
While she works, Peters Charlwood applies the mixture and scrapes it back numerous times.
"As I do that, I find that I'm revealing and concealing visual mysteries, and I find that fascinating," she said. "It's an endless source of inspiration for me."
Peters Charlwood's works display a combination of abstract and representational styles.
"For example, I will have works that suggest a sea or landscape, and then I'll often add symbols of navigations or maps," she said. "I'll also put in some of the constellations and calculations, so there is a broad mixture of all of that."
Memories have been the launching point for many of the pieces.
"They always creep in," she said. "I usually don't have specific things in mind when I start, but there are always vague images. I remember colors well and I have a strong sensory memory. So, things that are sometimes hard to represent realistically like misty atmospheres make their way into my works."
As an artist, Peters Charlwood has found that many people have their own preconceptions about her profession.
"A lot of them think if you're an artist, you don't make a living," she laughed. "I found that when you introduce yourself as an artist, people feel sorry for you, you know? But if I say that I'm a successful artist, the whole conversation changes."
Still, the painter believes in doing what she loves to do.
"I think if you do that, the success will follow," she said. "Throughout my life, I've never really strayed too far from where my passion is, and I have been lucky to have that work out for me.
"Even when I was doing decorative finishing in houses and I would worry about things slowing down, the phone would ring," she said.
Peters Charlwood's latest success story was being picked up by LaFave Gallery in Springdale.
"This is a phenomenal new gallery owned by Kathy LaFave that just opened up a few months ago," Peters Charlwood said. "I just put my head down and work hard and things tend to work out. I consider myself very lucky.
"Doing my own art is something that I've always wanted to do and I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity," she said.
The District Gallery, 751 Main St., will host an artist opening for Michaelle Peters Charlwood on Friday, Nov. 23, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., and on Friday, Nov. 30, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.michaellepc.com or www.districtgallery.com.


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By Megan Tady
It wasn't the response she had in mind when she asked the class if there were any questions.
But then again, Vietnam had been full of surprises for the new teacher. One more wouldn't hurt.
After a short silence from the students, a girl stood up to speak for her class: "Have you ever been in love?" she asked.
"I think the most interesting thing is that although the students are quite shy, they ask very personal questions," Catherine said. "They will also be very up front about, 'Will you come and have coffee with me? Will you be my friend?'"Catherine Loy laughs when telling this story. After two months of volunteer teaching in Vietnam, and three more to go, Catherine is finding it easy to keep her sense of humor.
Which has all been fine for Australian-born Catherine, who volunteered through the Global Volunteer Network (GVN), an organization that connects volunteers with communities in need. She hadn't expected to be embraced by the community — a city called Da Nang located on the banks of the Han River — with such graciousness.
"I think my fondest memory will be how much people have opened up and invited me to be a part of their life," Catherine said. "It's one of the greatest things that happens when you become a volunteer."
As an English teacher in a country where 30 percent of the population is under the age of 15, Catherine's been impressed by her students' tenacity to grasp the language.
"Vietnamese students are very eager to learn English, to the point that people will accost you on the street to try to practice their English," she said. "Learning a second language is such a difficult thing. It's amazing to me that they're all putting so much effort into something that is so difficult."
The reason behind this eagerness, however, can sometimes be unsettling.
"They all know that getting a good job and having a better life depends on their ability to learn English," Catherine said. "It's kind of sad, what's driving it."
Although Vietnam has made strides in improving conditions for its population over the last few decades since the end of the Vietnam War, and even inched its way up on the United Nations Human Development Index, 17 percent of the population still lives on a dollar a day.
And while some people are experiencing the economic benefits of a more open economy, others are marginalized as the gap between the rich and the poor, and between rural and urban populations, increases. As Vietnam becomes ensconced in the global system, and as English increases its reach as the universal language, Vietnamese students are learning English less as a hobby and more as a dire necessity.
Because of Catherine's unique position as a volunteer in Vietnam, she's been able to reach a better understanding of this once reticent country, and to see first hand both the struggles and triumphs of its people.
"When you're a volunteer, you experience the country in a completely different way from how you experience it as a tourist," she said. "Even if you don't speak the language, your level of understanding of the culture and what's going on around you is so much greater."
On a day trip with two Vietnamese friends to Hoi An, a tourist-bogged ancient port city, Catherine was reminded of this difference.
"I had always seen this game being played, but I never knew how to play it," she said. "It's a type of musical bingo. My Vietnamese friends convinced me to play. A lot of western tourists were standing around on the edge of the game. They obviously had no idea what was going on. I ended up winning and we were all really excited so we were jumping up and down like crazy. And all the Western tourists were staring at us and asking, 'What's happening?' I was able to experience something they never would."
But it isn't just her own experience that's made volunteering meaningful for Catherine.
"I think it's very empowering for a community to feel like they are worth something, and that someone was interested in them enough to come and work with them without pay," she said.
She's seen the impact past volunteers have had on people in the community.
"People here talk about memory in a different way than Westerners do," Catherine said. "They feel the importance of having happy memories and they talk about their memories a lot.
"So I've had people talk to me about their memories of past volunteers in a way that it's obvious that those memories are really important to them. I don't think you'd have a Western person saying, 'Oh, my memories of this person are so special to me.' It made me realize that they really appreciate the volunteers coming and they feel like having the volunteers here is a really special thing in their lives."
Catherine has been astounded by the lengths people have gone to in order to help her and make her feel comfortable in the new environment.
"I was riding my bike on the street one day and it broke down," she said. "And this man came along and said, 'Oh, let me help you. I'll fix your bike for you.' He didn't even want any money. He just saw that I was in trouble and needed a hand. That would never happen to me in Australia or England."
She's noticed other cultural differences as well.
"Here, people are very spontaneous," she said. "Someone will just ask you, 'In half an hour do you want to go away for the weekend with me to my grandmother's house?' But the Western response to that is, 'Oh gosh, no. I've got to do this and this. Maybe another time.' But those are often the opportunities that you get the best experiences out of."
And as Catherine has learned to embrace these new opportunities, she also hopes she's left her mark on a country that has taught her the art of frankness, spontaneity and generosity.
"Everyone has something they can teach someone else," she said. "I've learned so much from my Vietnamese students here. And I hope they've learned something from me."
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Data is normally adjusted for splits/reverse splits, etc. The current shares outstanding is usually available. Is there a data repository that captures the shares outstanding for any point in the past?
That information is available in the SEC's EDGAR database, though there can be many flavors of "shares outstanding". It is reported quarterly in a company's 10-Q/K, sometimes on a weighted-average basis. If you don't want to get it manually, a service like Bloomberg will let you access the historical levels quite easily, or you can parse the EDGAR XML feeds.
You should note that the "current" number you refer to is just the most recent quarterly number -- the data isn't available with finer granularity.
If you need to reconcile splits, one (free) option is to use a service like Yahoo Finance -- their "Adjusted Close" normalizes historical prices for dividends and splits. You could back out the dividend impact and use the ratio of "Close" to your new "dividend-excluding Adjusted Close" to get the necessary scaling factor. Alternatively, you can download a table of just dividend/split information and parse it to get the required factors for splits only. To get that table, choose the misleadingly-named "Dividends Only" option.
I wanted to add this answer for anyone still searching for a convenient way to find this data,
Edit: The appropriate result should be in there somewhere, it may no longer be the first link as it previously was.
user25064 gave http://www.quandl.com/, which is a good source.
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I gave json since it is just the easiest form to deal with. But several other formats are available. "MSFT" in the URL can be replaced with any stock symbol and quandl.com "offers free and unlimited access".
YCharts provides historical data and charts for the number of shares outstanding. Here is Yahoo's chart as an example.


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Niang must touch the ball on offense every time down the floor. The kid is just a playmaker.
He is this team's Royce.
He is as good as advertised on offense. Very smooth and good things happen while he's out there.
I don't see him as Royce yet. I actually do believe he can be that type of player eventually, though. But not this year. He's not a twig by any stretch, but Royce was much more physically mature.
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Also, he and Gibson are a match made in heaven. Love watching those two together on the offensive end.
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Also, he and Gibson are a match made in heaven. Love watching those two together on the offensive end.
It seems they have chemistry down low already. It's amazing to watch them work together.
Originally Posted by johnnydugouts
MM and gesell are pretty much a wash. is niang a better player than woodbury? of course, but that doesnt mean its a good matchup for him, especially with a much more athletic defensive player backing up woodbury.
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Georges doesn't talk trash. He makes promises and then delivers on those promises.
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Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams
Agreed, but I wish he shot the 3 a lot less than he does.
And did anyone see that fake dribble hand-off for a layup? I was having flashbacks.
When we sub should we have Niang and Gibson both come in at the same time? They work well together down low.
GN had 15-pts and 6-assists.
Should Booker start?
Georges is fun to watch already. He is going to get a lot of playing time, and similar to Ejim will be a young veteran of the Big 12.
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Originally Posted by scyclonekid
Should Booker start?
No. Gibson and Niang have both proven to be more effective players
Who wants to sex Mutombo?
I got a bad feeling that Niang is really going to struggle in Big 12 play. I think the bigger, faster athletes will bother him
Booker is a starter more out of seniority than anything at this point.
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Lynda X
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:29 pm
Post subject: Virgins: "I hate sluts!"?
Smart Bitches, a romance site, interviews a woman who's getting her Ph.D with a thesis on virginity in romance novels.
(http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/virgins-in-romance-an-interview-with-jodi-mcalister). Astounded, I read McAlister saying, "virgin heroines who are all like, 'I am a virgin because casual sex is disgusting, you filthy sluts' are incredibly annoying. " This attitude was repeated a couple of times in the interview, implying that type of character is common in romances. It's bad enough that people hold romances in contempt who have never read them, but when they are misrepresented by their defenders, it's infuriating.
I personally cannot remember even ONE virgin in romances who felt that she was superior--and said so--to non-virgins. In fact, any author who wrote such a character would alienate her readers pretty quickly. Because I have not read all the romances available (yet), I wondered if even ONE of you had come across this "common" (according the the Ph.D. candidate) attitude among virginal heroines.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:52 pm
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Perhaps her meaning was not a literal quote and not necessarily from the heroine, but there are a lot of evil ex-wives/girlfriends/mistresses in romance novels who are categorized as more-or-less sluts.
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I read through the article and one of the problems may be that the PhD candidate was relying on romances that are 20-30 years old. The only 'recent' romance cited in there was
The Duke and I
However, that point aside, I disagree with her ideas that virgin heroines are judgmental and disapprove of casual sex. If anything, the virgin heroines I've read glorify in casual sex - once they meet the hero, the panties come flying off in a matter of weeks. In
50 Shades of Grey
, a contemporary romance that makes a big deal about its virginal and unworldly heroine, she's in bed with the hero within a month of meeting and she's just fine with him performing acts that she couldn't even spell. The last romance I've read where the heroine held onto her virginity until she received some sort of commitment was Teresa Medeiros'
Breath of Magic
and even there, the heroine ended up willing to compromise her principles after hearing the hero's sad, sad backstory (concerning his evil, selfish mother, natch).
Not to mention, the older bodice rippers may have celebrated the virginal heroines, but there was always a trade off of brain and spine for hymen. The wide eyed young things were more often than not dumb as bricks and helpless and passive at worst and reactive at best. In contrast, the evil slutty Other Women were actually proactive and worldly and came up with some pretty impressive schemes to keep the plot going.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:45 pm
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I can't recall reading about any heroines who expressed such attitudes.
The interviewee seems to have approached the subject with some very definite preconceptions. Her comments illustrate an ongoing issue with much of the commentary (academic or otherwise) on the romance genre - namely, that little or no evidence is provided in support of certain claims. Time and again you will see critiques of certain "tropes", "stereotypes" or "cliches," when in fact few examples of these trends can be identified. On several occasions I have questioned such claims and asked for examples. Few, if any, have been forthcoming.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:18 pm
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After reading the link I think Mcalister is being really snarky and doesn't much respect romances. I take her insincerity not seriously.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:14 am
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Sorry, but who awards a Ph.D. for a thesis on virginity in romance novels?
"I'm looking at virginity loss scenes and comparing to them to autobiographical stories about virginity loss and seeing how they matched up, as well as trying to tie them back to a historical framework."
This is earnest academic work? I know we all love romances, but I find it hard to take them this seriously, much less when it involves comparing and contrasting actual virginity loss stories with Kathleen Woodiwiss. You can make a good case for romance trends being reflective of the changing culture, but deconstructing at this level ... I can't see how this got approved.
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I think Laura Vivanco from Teach Me Tonight has done a better job of
the main focus of Ms. McAlister's research than some of the posters in this thread. This is it in a nutshell:
What I really want to do is work out how virginity functions as a narrative trope in romance, and how this is changed over time. You know those people that pull apart cars for fun to see how they work? I'm like that, but for stories. I guess I'm a narrative mechanic: I love pulling stories to bits to understand how/why/whether they work. I want to work out what function virginity serves as a literary device - how it drives plot, how it drives character, and why it pops up so often in romance in particular. To do this, I'm tracing the history of the virgin heroine in the romance plot - I take a bit of a tour through medieval romance, then through the rise of the novel and its shadowy twin the pornographic novel - before coming back to the modern romance.
I am at a loss as to why anyone would think this is not a worthy topic for a dissertation. Is the romance genre, its conventions and tropes, not worthy of literary analysis and only of interest from a socio-cultural perspective? I really, really disagree with that assertion. I also disagree with the interpretation that Ms. McAlister is anti-romance; I don't think she would take on a project of this magnitude if she wasn't passionate about the genre in a positive way. That's not to say she thinks everything in it is perfect and should be celebrated as such. Also, her point is not that the genre is full of slut-shaming virgins, and I really don't understand how anyone can come away with that as the main point of the interview.
That said, since the research she's working on is currently unpublished and is in fact a work in progress, with all that implies, I certainly can't comment on the merit of her work. I would suggest we all withhold judgment until we read the actual research.
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Thank you for linking to that, I thought it was an interesting interview.
Though I was totally distracted by her assertion that "Virginity" is the only word in the English language for something which is actually a not-thing: "virgin" is an identity based on NOT doing something, on not having an experience. "
What about prepubescent? There must be others... (Googling now: if slang counts 'pollywog' is someone who hasn't crossed the equator.)
As to the quote you mentioned, I thought from context that she was very much talking about older romances. And while I agree with you that heroines as individuals didn't have those attitudes, I think there's some truth to the idea that the genre as a whole did have odd attitudes around virginity and promiscuity (at least the ones I read when I was young did.)
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Lynda X
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:40 pm
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Having read a ton of early (70's and 80's) romances with their endless parade of innocents raped by the heroes, I still can't remember even ONE heroine with this attitude. To make such an unfounded generality, even about outdated romances, frankly, makes me doubt the rest of her research.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:55 pm
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Lynda X wrote:
Having read a ton of early (70's and 80's) romances with their endless parade of innocents raped by the heroes, I still can't remember even ONE heroine with this attitude. To make such an unfounded generality, even about outdated romances, frankly, makes me doubt the rest of her research.
I agree. If anything the virgins in romance novels always seem to have this feeling of shame and embarrassment that they are virgins, often afraid to tell the hero or her friends.
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The problem I had with the interview was the lack of focus in the interviewee's responses. Those respones were all over the place, jumping from point to point with not much transition between. At some point, she commented, as I recall, that she loved to talk about the thesis, and I have to agree with that. There wasn't much coherence in it.
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MrsFairfax wrote:
Sorry, but who awards a Ph.D. for a thesis on virginity in romance novels?
"I'm looking at virginity loss scenes and comparing to them to autobiographical stories about virginity loss and seeing how they matched up, as well as trying to tie them back to a historical framework."
This is earnest academic work? I know we all love romances, but I find it hard to take them this seriously, much less when it involves comparing and contrasting actual virginity loss stories with Kathleen Woodiwiss. You can make a good case for romance trends being reflective of the changing culture, but deconstructing at this level ... I can't see how this got approved.
And why shouldn't pop culture research be considered a serious academic work? Not all Ph.Ds are awarded for a thesis on Shakespeare or Jane Austen or any other studied to death author and that's a good thing IMO, because it keeps the field vibrant.
Besides, echoing what Yulie said, I don't think that this doctoral student is anti-romance at all. You don't spend years studying something you flat out hate. The bit about the judgmental virgins that several posters here jumped upon is actually a very minor observation and only refers to a string of not very good category romances, Harlequin Presents/Mills and Boon Modern going by the sample titles she gives, that she read a few years ago. And I think we can all agree that Harlequin Presents/Mills and Boon Modern often thrives on the contrast between the high status experienced alpha hero and the innocent and lower status virgin heroine. There's usually an "other woman" character as well, often the hero's mistress or ex, who's portrayed extremely negatively for the sole sin of having had sex. So it's not difficult to see how someone could get such a picture from reading too many bad Presents in a row. Of course, without knowing the exact titles of the books she's referring to it's difficult to ascertain whether those books or their characters truly are judgmental about non-virgins.
I agree with Dick that the interview is rambling, but then Ph.D students or scholars in general tend to ramble or just plain geek out, when asked about their research. It would have helped, if the interview had been cleaned up a little, though her enthusiasm is certainly infectious. Her project sounds interesting and I hope that we get to read/see it someday.
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Linda in sw va wrote:
Lynda X wrote:
Having read a ton of early (70's and 80's) romances with their endless parade of innocents raped by the heroes, I still can't remember even ONE heroine with this attitude. To make such an unfounded generality, even about outdated romances, frankly, makes me doubt the rest of her research.
I agree. If anything the virgins in romance novels always seem to have this feeling of shame and embarrassment that they are virgins, often afraid to tell the hero or her friends.
I see the embarrassment in more recent Harlequins. (And it's more like humbragging than anything else, if you ask me.) In the older ones, I do see the attitude she writes about. It may not be as blatant as she's phrasing it, but the Other Woman is slutty and therefore debased and evil.
And I get the impression she's quoting mostly older romances because that's where the history begins, not that she's basing her entire thesis on them. She sounds like she's doing quite a lot of reading and research.
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In my romance reading experience a virgin is just a future "slut" who hasn't met the right man aka the hero yet.
To be serious for a moment - I do not like the word "slut" used so freely in romances for sexually experienced and active women. I hate slut shaming in romances. Sexual experience is not a vice and virginity is not a virtue.
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I get 20MB/s sustained (using SysSpeed) on my CSMK3 with 10k hard drive, PFS and using DMA and it's flying on an Amiga. Most hard drive accesses are instantaneous. The CPU becomes the bottleneck and the hard drive speed isn't an issue at a certain point. I expect 133 MB/s is way past that point on the Amiga :D.
But the end-user use the filesystem usual.
How old is your Harddrive, you should exchange it.MK3 should have CSPPC SCSI Performance and it can reach much morethan 20MB/s. Thats a SCSI-3 controller.
You are right. I rechecked the speed and it's 30MB/s sustained. Here is typical SysSpeed results...
Create 1262 Op/sOpen 3056 Op/sDirScan 16516 Op/sDelete 1774 Op/sSeek/Read 7770 Op/s
CreateFile 29.71 MB/sWriteFile 32.10 MB/sReadFile 30.36 MB/sRawRead 30.61 MB/s
The hard drive is a newer Maxtor Atlas 15k 16GB Ultra SCSI drive I bought new for $10 U.S. The smaller capacity Ultra SCSI hard drives can be found cheap. I hope I got all the information right this time :/.
I was kinda hoping for UltraDMA Mode 7. :):)
CompactFlash Revision 6.0... UltraDMA Mode 7 (167MB/s)
Long time ago, I tried scsibench and diskspeed, one of the two gave its source code. Due to the ambiguity of the Amiga SCSI, I still do not know if they took care of IDE and I did not have them tried on the Buddha card.
Anyway, maybe this will be of any help...
PS: Yes I know I'm late again...
Boy am i wandering off topic to wrap this up, I do not get how this will not effect maximum performance.
Why should there be any problem with IDE transfers?
There is no problem at all.Look at the A4000 and A1200 both have the IDE controller just like the NATAMI, (Ok NATAMI has not one but two controllers and NATAMI can some features more).
But that IDE worked fine with A4000 and A1200 should prove to everyone that there never was a problem.This should be clear even to people with no knowledge about IDE.
This talk about endianes is just funny.
Is it on FFS or other filesystem?
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Richard Darnoll Anderson
Position: FB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 13, 1971 in Sandy Spring, MD
High School: Sherwood
College: Penn St. (school history) (Anderson college stats)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 6th round (144th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 29 (3459th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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According to Will Walker, owner of Will's Pub in Orlando, his newest venture on South Orange Avenue is certainly not Will's Pub South revisited.
The bar, that will open in a couple of weeks, will be called the Belle Isle Yacht Club, which had me and the hubby chuckling upon first mention. But the idea behind it is far from a joke.
"Basically that side of town doesn't have anything conceptually like Will's with a decent beer selection," says Walker who's co-owner of the bar. "We're going to raise the bar on the dive bar thing over there." The new bar will also offer an expanded wine list. Walker wants it to be "a little nicer, but still comfortable."
To start off with the bar will have eight taps and eventually expand to 16. For those of you expecting the live acts you've grown accustom to at Will's Pub, this will be a bit different. Mainly acoustic acts will play at the bar, but that's it. Also hours will be extended from what you're used to at Will's, with the "Yacht Club" open from 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Located just south of Belle Isle, the bar takes over the space that was home to the Amber Keg at 7521 S. Orange Ave. When an opening date is announced I'll be sure to let you all know.


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Neshama works at the Fairfax Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
This installment : a Persian historical novel; Armenian historical novel, and yet another Scandinavian mystery.
Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvanni
Her first novel, The Blood of Flowers, featured an impoverished tragic heroine and an interleaving of history and fable. I liked it a lot. This one also takes place in long-ago Iran but the protagonist is a high-ranking woman. Legendary Princess Peri has a great understanding of the inner workings of court but is thwarted at every turn by her gender. When her father dies his successor is up for grabs and she manages to manipulate an outcome that seemed to be the most positive choice. Not. Things turn worse and eventually it's chaos all around (a fascinating foreshadowing of current Middle East struggles). The narrator is her eunuch, Javaher, who was "cut late" so he retains some manly aspects. The language tends to formal and flowery, as befits the era (for instance,Javaher addresses Peri as "Lieutenant of my life,"); there are rhyming poems, phrases in Farsi, and a legend of bravery from old lore that plays out in segments throughout the book. It took me a while to get into it, what with the intricacies of historical events (history isn't "my thing") but I'm glad I stuck it out. Especially fascinating: the sex lives of eunuchs.
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
It took me a while to connect with this book, what with shifting back in forth from Syria in 1915 to current day America. But when I caught on that it covered different generations in the same family, the various strands started to braid together and draw me in. All the talk of "starving Armenians" from my childhood came to devastating life, as the Turks and Germans attempted to decimate the locals back then, with grisly success. A young American woman, Elizabeth, comes to Aleppo to help, falls in love with a heartbroken Armenian man, gets involved with the plight of a particular orphan, and stays on after the delegation she arrived with leaves. Bohjalian is a solid storyteller, and I appreciated the opportunity to learn more about a dim but haunting corner of history which the powers that be tried desperately to cover up.
Last Will by Lisa Markland
Another fascinating Scandinavian mystery. A very peculiar assassination at a Nobel-prize dinner baffles everyone, from motive to method. Why did they pick a committee chair and how did the killer get through security? Annike, a reporter, is right on the spot but hamstrung by police procedure and can't make her knowledge public. Her marriage is in trouble, her job is on the fence, but she perseveres and finally pieces together the story, a sorry tale of multinational big-pharma greed. We also learn the odd, sad story of Alfred Nobel. And oh what a chilling "weapon"--a murderer known as The Kitten. Riveting.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by DavidC Amazing! I ordered this and the red velvet hot chocolate on line. Both were shipped to me very quickly and the packaging was beautiful, probably cost more than my items! But the candy bars and the hot chocolate were amazing! I was not expecting them to be as good as they were and I had everybody trying my candy bars. They loved them! I came back online to order more but they are on backorder, saved from myself...temporarily! Fantastic! And a great buying experience also. I will shop World Market again. November 28, 2012
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Dr. Alveda King and I will be guest speakers at the 2011 Night Vision Music Festival taking place July 8th and 9th in Montrose, Colorado.
Prior to the Festival Dr. King and I will be speaking at a pastor's luncheon in Montrose. If you are a pastor or priest and would like to attend the luncheon on July 7th, please RSVP with your name, church name, and position to firstname.lastname@example.com by Friday, July 1st.
Night Vision is a two-day free festival that features activities for all ages including: a comedy tent, worship, kid's corner, workshops, carnival riders, and as the event finale, fireworks! Admission is free, but parking, food, beverages are not included.
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BREAKING: Hasselblad Launches HV, a High-End DSLR Based on Sony A99
Hasselblad has just announced the new HV, a 24.3-megapixel, full-frame digital SLR that appears to be based on the Sony A99 from 2012. According to a press release posted on Hasselblad's website, the HV camera will sell as a kit with a Carl Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 lens for for 8,500 Euros, or $11,500 USD. (The Sony A99 retails for $2,800, body only.)
Hasselblad, which is known primarily as a manufacturer of medium-format camera systems, has collaborated with Sony in the past for its Lunar, and Stellar mirrorless digital cameras, which are based on Sony's NEX models, but revamped as luxury items and sell at much steeper prices.
In describing the Hasselblad HV, Hasselblad's CEO Ian Rawcliffe said the new camera is designed to be stylish, ergonomic, and rugged, and is built with "premium materials like titanium, high-grade aluminium and latest 'tough as nails' PVD coatings."
"This camera is aimed squarely at people who don't just love taking pictures – but love taking them in real style," Rawcliffe said in the press release. "And the HV doesn't just look good; it feels good to hold too."
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
- Date submitted: 3 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
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Full SubmissionProtecting the Deep Seas: Recommendations to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), 4-6 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Recommendations Measures for Deep-Sea Conservation in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) urges that the States at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) call for the following measures to address the threats posed by unsustainable fishing practices to the deep seas: 1. States and regional fisheries management organizations/agreements (RFMO/As) should immediately cease authorizing vessels to fish in areas where there is not full implementation of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 with respect to the management of deep-sea fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction. 2. Any high seas bottom fishery that is not in full compliance with existing UNGA resolutions should be considered illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) and market States should treat it as such. 3. In view of the weight of scientific evidence, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, Rio+20) should agree that the single most destructive fishing method in areas outside national jurisdiction?deep-sea bottom trawling on the high seas?is phased out within 3 years. In addition, it is clear that more transparency is required by flag States and RFMO/As, including in the conduct, public availability and review of impact assessments of bottom fisheries in the high seas. Measures for the High Seas, Including the Deep Sea States at Rio+20 should agree to initiate a negotiating process towards a new implementing agreement under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) for the protection, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Such an agreement should include: A framework for the conduct of comprehensive prior environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and strategic environmental assessments (SEAs), together with ongoing and regular monitoring of the marine environment; Identification, designation and management of a global network of high seas marine protected areas (MPAs), including in particular no-take reserves and consistent with the criteria agreed under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Implementation of the precautionary principle and ecosystem based approach in decision making and fisheries management; and The reform of RFMOs to incorporate a broader ecosystem conservation focus. Brief Overview of Bottom Trawling The DSCC is a coalition of over seventy non-governmental organizations concerned about threats to deep sea biodiversity. The DSCC was founded in 2004 to address the issue of bottom trawling on the high seas in the absence of an effective governance regime. The DSCC is focused on achieving three overarching goals: i) To substantially reduce the greatest threats to life in the deep seas; ii) To safeguard the long-term health, integrity, and resilience of deep-sea ecosystems; and iii) To promote the development of effective governance regimes to ensure the protection and preservation of the marine environment in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The protection of biodiversity in the deep sea in areas beyond national jurisdiction ? the high seas - has been extensively debated by the UNGA and other international fora. The method are among the most destructive in fishing, akin to clear cutting the forest across an entire mountain range to hunt wild birds. Trawl nets with heavy doors and rollers are dragged across the ocean floor, crushing coral, sponges other bottom (benthic) structures and lifeforms as they go. Deep sea species in general are slow growing and slow to breed, meaning that fishing in the deep sea is, with very few exceptions, unsustainable in terms of targeted species, as well as bycatch species such as deep-sea sharks. The deep-sea corals, some of which are thousands of years old, are easily damaged and can take many decades or centuries to recover. In addition to the damage caused, deep-sea fishing on the high seas is neither economically significant nor substantial in terms of global fisheries catch production. In 2008, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) published a report that estimated the high seas bottom fishing fleet in 2006 was no more than a few hundred vessels, catching some 250,000 tonnes of fish. This catch was valued at approximately 450 million dollars, representing a mere 0.3% of the marine capture fisheries worldwide. Brief History of Bottom Trawling in the United Nations The conservation community began calling on the UNGA to declare a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling in 2002. The call to action was based on science showing bottom trawling to be the single most destructive fishing method for deep-sea marine life on the high seas. In 2004, the UNGA adopted Resolution 59/25 calling on high seas fishing nations and RFMO/As to take urgent action to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from destructive fishing practices, including bottom trawl fishing, on the high seas. Two years later, UNGA Resolution 61/105 adopted in December 2006 went a step further, committing nations that authorise their vessels to engage in bottom fisheries on the high seas to protect deep-sea fisheries and VMEs, inter alia: conduct prior impact assessments of bottom fishing on the high seas; manage bottom fishing activities to prevent significant adverse impacts to VMEs; close areas of the high seas to bottom fishing where VMEs are known or likely to occur unless the fishing in these areas can be managed to prevent harm to such ecosystems; ensure the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks and species; and implement measures in accordance with the precautionary approach, the ecosystem approach and international law. International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas were then negotiated under the auspices of the UN FAO and adopted in August 2008. These Guidelines established agreed standards for States detailing how to implement the UNGA resolution requirements, including conducting impact assessments for high seas bottom fisheries and measuring the impacts. In 2009, the UNGA reviewed implementation of the 2006 resolution and strengthened it (resolution 64/72), committing States and RFMO/As to fully implement the resolutions on an urgent basis, and calling for another full review in 2011. This resolution both reaffirmed previous commitments and called for additional actions. The new resolution made it clear that if the crucial steps, such as prior impact assessments are not carried out, then fishing should not be allowed to continue, and that this applies to all high seas bottom fisheries, including already established fisheries as well as fisheries in new areas. A UN workshop to review the implementation of these measures took place in New York in September 2011. The Moderator?s Report from this meeting noted that it was generally recognized that while some progress had been made, including the establishment of new RFMO/As and the adoption of measures by RFMO/As to limit bottom fishing activities to existing fishing areas, further actions were needed to fully implement the resolutions. Despite the progress achieved, further efforts were needed to fully implement the resolutions. In short, there is compliance in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where deep-sea fisheries are well regulated and bottom trawling is not allowed. However, in no other area has full compliance with the resolution been achieved. Shortcomings in implementation include absence of impact assessments, insufficient area closures and ineffective move-on rules, which require vessels to move away if VMEs are encountered. With regard to deep-sea stocks, challenges in the adoption of measures to ensure the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks, include difficulties in determining the sustainable level of fishing effort, high levels of discards and bycatch and the vulnerability of some stocks to fishing. Since the 2006 resolution, scientific evidence of the fragility of deep-sea fisheries and VMEs has grown. It has become increasingly clear that deep-sea bottom trawling continues to be the single most destructive activity to high seas fish populations and VMEs. Furthermore, bottom trawl fishing in the deep sea is overwhelmingly viewed by the scientific community as unsustainable.


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Robert L. Schucker, 82, of Clearfield, Pa., died on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Clearfield. He was born on May 25, 1930 in Clearfield, a son of the late Roy and Viola M. (Dunlap) Schucker.
Mr. Schucker was employed from 1984-1997 as a Special Project Engineer for Virgin Island Water and Power Authority. Prior to that, he built the power plant in Dover, Del. and was an Electrical Manager for the City of Dover from 1971 until 1984. In addition, he was employed as an Electrical Co-Op Engineer in Denton, Md. and as an Engineer for Yost Surveying of Clearfield.
He attended Pennsylvania State University and was a former chairman for the American Red Cross in Clearfield. He was a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a past Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge #540, Clearfield, a past Commander of both the Clearfield American Legion John Lewis Shade Post #6 and the American Legion Caroline Post #2, Denton, Md., and served as the bi-county commander of the Clearfield and Centre County American Legions. In addition, he was a member of the Free and Accepted Masonic Temple Lodge #128 in Denton, Md. and was the president of the American Power Association.
Mr. Schucker served with the U. S. Navy during the Korean conflict. He is survived by his companion Elizabeth P. "Betty" Buckell; three children Foster Schucker and friend Susan of Exton, Cynette Cavalier and husband Tom of Penfield, N.Y. and David N. Schucker and wife Debbie of Dover, Del.; seven grandchildren, Michael, Heather, Jennifer and Pamela Schucker, Thomas III and Tory Cavaliere and Tim Schucker; three sisters Gladys Knepp of Houtzdale, Peggy Rhone of Clearfield and Betsy Goulet of Carlisle; and two brothers James Schucker of Clearfield and David Schucker and wife Jean of Oklahoma.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Cynthia "Jane" Schucker and a sister Mary Jane McClarren.
A memorial service was held at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home in Clearfield on Thursday. Military honors were accorded at the funeral home by the members of the Clearfield VFW and American Legion Post Honor Guard.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Joseph and Elizabeth Shaw Public Library, 1 South Front St., Clearfield.
To sign the online guestbook go to www.beardsleyfuneralhome.com.
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Kyle James Brady
Position: TE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 278 lbs.
Born: January 14, 1972 in New Cumberland, PA
High School: Cedar Cliff
College: Penn St. (school history) (Brady college stats)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 26 (3866th overall since 1950)
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New GoPro Products From Tiffen and RedRock
Two new products were announced this week aimed at photographers and videographers using GoPro cameras.
Tiffen announced the release of the Steadicam Curve. Compact enough to fit in your back pocket, the new Steadicam Curve weighs in at just eight ounces with an ergonomic design for one-handed use. "Steadicam is synonymous with action, so engineering a system that keeps pace with the intensity of GoPro users was a natural step in the progression of the Steadicam product line," says Steve Tiffen, President and CEO, The Tiffen Company. "GoPro shooters have given the world some of the most amazing footage. We look forward with even greater anticipation to watching those jaw-dropping moments with that extra bit of cinematic flare thanks to the new Steadicam Curve."
According to Tiffen, the Steadicam Curve is "ideal for GoPro users on the move," a somewhat humorous statement given that almost all GoPro footage is captured "on the move" in some fashion. All joking aside, the Steadicam curve could turn out to be a powerful tool for professional photographers and videographers looking to spice up their offerings with the kind of footage that a GoPro can provide. While the output quality of the GoPro has increased over the years, the ergonomics of using it for anything but a mounted POV shot has always been tough. Tiffen has had its Steadicam Smoothee on the market for a while now. But its somewhat bulky form factor limited its usefulness for "on the move" users, as Tiffen might say. With a 6 3/8 inch overall height, the Steadicam Curve may just find its way into a lot of camera packs.
Pricing and availability to be announced soon. http://www.tiffen.com
Redrock Micro announced its new line of Cobalt Cages and accessories for the GoPro cameras. The Cobalt Cage is an aluminum housing that encases the camera for a significant increase in protection, mounting options, and accessory attachments. "GoPro cameras have been great cameras, but reliable mounting has been really
frustrating", said director and cinematographer Jon Collins. "With the Cobalt Cage, I'm able to attach it directly to a ballhead to get the cameras in exactly the place and angle I want. The multiple attachments on all sides gives me the ability to rig the camera with three points, which makes a huge difference in the shot's stability, and gives me the confidence to push the rigging for some really unique angles. And talk about indestructible–we accidentally ran one over with a 5-ton grip truck, and the camera was fine, the cage only a little nicked up. GoPro cameras can be disposable, but anywhere we can save money, it helps."
The increased protection aspect is always welcome given the locations that GoPro camera see use. GoPro cameras are fairly tough as-is, and it hardly breaks a production budget to lose one. But as noted above, saving money anywhere you can helps the bottom line. More importantly, why take the risk of losing footage because of an accident or equipment failure? In addition, the advantage of the Cobalt Cage's multiple 1/4 thread tapped attachment points shouldn't be overlooked. Judging by the images provided by Redrock, there appear to be close to 20 of them spread out across the four sides. The strength of the GoPro has always been in its expansive mounting options, the Redrock Micro Cobalt Cage expands these options even further.
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Preparatory ProcessResolutions 64/236 and 65/152 have decided to hold three preparatory meetings, one in May 2010 the second one in March 2011 and the third one immediately prior to the Conference itself. Additionally, it has also been decided that three intersessional meetings will take place: one in January 2010, the second one in the second half of 2010 and the third one not later than eight weeks prior to the Conference. The purpose of these preparatory meetings is to discuss substantive and procedural issues in preparation for the Conference. An inclusive preparatory process has started to take place involving various stakeholders at different levels. This process is geared towards achieving an outcome that will make notable contributions in advancing the goal of sustainable development.
BureauMember States elected at the First Preparatory Committee meeting in May 2010 a 10-member Bureau (2 representatives from each region) and Brazil as ex-officio member to steer the preparatory process and decide on the roadmap and organization of work of the preparatory process.
SecretariatThe UN Secretary General in May 2010 nominated the Under-Secretary-General of Economic and Social Affairs as the Secretary-General of the Conference. To support the Bureau and the Conference Secretary-General in steering the preparatory process, a secretariat has been established within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The Conference Secretary-General in his functions is supported by two Executive Coordinators and a team of special advisors. The Secretariat?s work is organized under five clusters. More information
UN System CoordinationTo secure coordinated support from the United Nations system to the preparatory process, capacities of several existing coordination mechanism are being tapped. These include: (i) the Executive Committee of Economic and Social Affairs (ECESA), (ii) the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), and (iii) the Environmental Management Group (EMG). "Troika meetings" in which Chairs of above referred mechanisms participate are held on as and when required basis. Some UN entities have also seconded staff to the UNCSD Secretariat. More information


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The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is reminding all motorists to expect heavy traffic in all parts of the state this Labor Day weekend.
Lane closures on Route 1, I-95, and U.S. Route 202 will be suspended on Aug. 30. Traffic accidents and other unpredictable types of transportation incidents may cause delays or lane closures.
For more information: DelDOT.gov.
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