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Salutations to the Haitian community of Palm Beach County. Again, as we do each year in May, we acknowledge and recognize those in the present and those in the past that have brought the emphasis on the fact that people of color are not only through history to now have been highly motivated intellectually and have excelled in all areas of the Arts, Music, Science, Politics, Business, et al completely to the full spectrum of human interest and ability.
Several events will take place to celebrate Haitian Heritage Month again this year in Palm Beach County. The month-long series of activities include a Multicultural Festival at the Delray Beach Tennis Center, the Fourth Annual Celebrate LIFE with HOPE in Belle Glades, a book festival at the Greenacres Library on Saturday May 17, and several presentations to follow districtwide. This year again, the traditional student essay contest sponsored by Gaskov Clergé Foundation is taking place. Visit http://www.palmbeachschools.org/pao/creole/MwaEritajAyisyen.asp.
"Our goal is to build up the self-esteem of all Haitians, share our wonderful history and culture with the communities where we live and highlight our contributions to the history of the world," said Bito David, the initiator of the celebration in Palm Beach County in 2003.
The School District of Palm Beach County partners with the Palm Beach County Library System and Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice to coordinate these events. Haitian and Haitian American students represent the largest ethnic minority group from a single country in the School District of Palm Beach County with about 14,000 students. According to community activists, Palm Beach County is home to more than 90,000 Haitians.
(See list below of three outstanding historical figures of Haitian Heritage)
REF: SDPBC (Press Release) Public Affairs Office, April 2014
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (pronounced /duːˈbɔɪz/ doo-boyz; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community (DuBois' father was actually born in Haiti and lived in that Country until his youth. W.E.B. DuBois was a child of the Haitian Revolution). After graduating from Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Du Bois rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks. Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta Compromise, an agreement crafted by Booker T. Washington which provided that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities. Instead, Du Bois insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite. He referred to this group as the talented tenth and believed that African Americans needed the chances for advanced education to develop its leadership.
Racism was the main target of Du Bois's polemics, and he strongly protested against lynching, Jim Crow laws, and discrimination in education and employment. His cause included people of color everywhere, particularly Africans and Asians in their struggles against colonialism and imperialism. He was a proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African Congresses to free African colonies from European powers. Du Bois made several trips to Europe, Africa and Asia. After World War I, he surveyed the experiences of American black soldiers in France and documented widespread bigotry in the United States military.
Du Bois was a prolific author. His collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, was a seminal work in African-American literature; and his 1935 magnum opus Black Reconstruction in America challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction era. He wrote the first scientific treatise in the field of sociology; and he published three autobiographies, each of which contains insightful essays on sociology, politics and history. In his role as editor of the NAACP's journal The Crisis, he published many influential pieces. Du Bois believed that capitalism was a primary cause of racism, and he was generally sympathetic to socialist causes throughout his life. He was an ardent peace activist and advocated nuclear disarmament. The United States' Civil Rights Act, embodying many of the reforms for which Du Bois had campaigned his entire life, was enacted a year after his death.
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François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also Toussaint L'Ouverture, Toussaint-Louverture, Toussaint Bréda, nicknamed The Black Napoleon (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti. The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.
Toussaint Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint Domingue; he was by then a free black man. Initially allied with the Spaniards of neighboring Santo Domingo, Toussaint switched allegiance to the French when they abolished slavery. He gradually established control over the whole island and used political and military tactics to gain dominance over his rivals. Throughout his years in power, he worked to improve the economy and security of Saint Domingue. He restored the plantation system using paid labour, negotiated trade treaties with Britain and the United States, and maintained a large and well-disciplined army.
In 1801 he promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony, with himself as governor for life. In 1802 he was forced to resign by forces sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to restore French authority in the former colony. He was deported to France, where he died in 1803.
PHOTO: Sites of Haiti
Henry Christophe
Henri Christophe (who used the anglicized version of Henry Christopher) (6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a former slave and key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1805 he took part under Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the invasion of Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic) against French forces, and was documented as killing hundreds of Dominicans, including prisoners.
After Dessalines was assassinated, Christophe retreated to the Plaine-du-Nord and created a separate government. On 17 February 1807, he was elected President of the State of Haiti, as he named that area. Alexandre Pétion was elected president in the South. On 26 March 1811, Christophe created a kingdom in the North and had himself proclaimed Henry I, King of Haïti. He also created a nobility and named his legitimate son Jacques-Victor Henry as prince and heir.
He is known for constructing the Citadelle Laferrière, the Sans-Souci Palace, and numerous other palaces. Under his policies of corvee, or forced labor, the Kingdom earned revenues from agricultural production, primarily the commodity of sugar, but the people resented the system. He reached agreement with Great Britain to respect its Caribbean colonies in exchange for their warning his government of any French navy activity threatening Haiti. Unpopular, ill and fearing a coup, he committed suicide. His son and heir was assassinated 10 days later. The general Jean-Pierre Boyer came to power and reunited the two parts of Haiti.
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"The rumors are absolutely false-I'm not pregnant," the 20-year-old said in a statement. "I'm working hard to be the mom to my daughter. I have no plans to have more kids anytime soon."
This is probably a good idea, since she's is dealing with enough drama right now as it is. MTV showed her allegedly punching baby daddy Gary in the face in front of their daughter last season, which caught the attention of local police. They launched an investigation, temporarily taking 2-year-old Leah from her.
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Nebraska Tractor Test Data
by Joe Evans
The Tractor Tests Data Table has been compiled from numerous sources. My goal was to gather in one place as much information that was practical with regard to IHC tractors tested at Nebraska University. The information in the Table should provide for a 'one stop-one shop' source for IHC enthusiasts. Many hours have been spent collecting, reading, entering, and crosschecking the data, but there still remains the possibility that errors may exist. I strived to be as accurate as possible. The Test Tables are under continual construction as they say.
Read the table, print it, or copy and paste it. Do whatever you want with it. This information is not mine; I've just presented it in a different format. I have provided an Excel file of the table for ease of printing. The folks from whom I've borrowed the data need to be fully acknowledged here. My two main sources were: Nebraska Tractor Tests Since 1920 by C. H. Wendel, and The Ultimate American Farm Tractor Data Book by Lorry Dunning. Secondary sources were University of Nebraska Tractor Test Lab web site, and the International Harvester Tractor Data Book by Guy Fay. By far, the majority of the data came from C. H. Wendel's book. While Mr. Wendel's book is excellent, it is a bit awkward to use when wanting to do a quick look up of a particular tractor in my opinion. I'm a bit loony and like to wonk around with databases. I have compiled the majority of C.H. Wendel's information on over 1100 Tests into a database for instant look-ups, sorting, grouping, and ranking of tractors. The database is extremely handy. At this writing, I'm still searching for a more complete source on 'corrected maximum HP' figures. I will amend the Table when and if I'm successful.
I have limited the data from the the first Tests up through Tests conducted in 1970. Mr. Wendel's work extends to 1985, but tractors newer than 1970 aren't really antiques. Our Club has a cut-off year for what is called antique as anything made prior to 1960. I'm including information on tractors made in the 1960s--they fascinate me as the 1960s stuff was new iron to me as a kid. That's what I saw in the dealers' lots and at the fairs.
This overview of the Tractor Tests is rather lengthy. I have made several observations about the data while doing the research that I want to share with you. If you don't want to read this, and you want to proceed to the TABLE, you'll need some guidance on the heading notes for some of the columns before you go there. They are as follows:
1. Source: Nebraska Tractor Tests Since 1920 by C.H. Wendel.
2. Source: The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Web Site.
3. Source: International Harvester Tractor Data Book by Guy Fay.
4. Source: The Ultimate American Farm Tractor Data Book by Lorry Dunning.
Using the Table
In general, the Table is sorted by Make (Farmall, International, etc.) then by Model. I grouped the Models by family or series keeping the Letters, Supers, 100's, -60s and so on together. Since IHC is famous for cross-dressing tractor models, some problems with this convention arise. Example: the Farmall 460 is not grouped with the International 460 Utility. Well...I had to figure out something! I can easily arrange things around if I get some feedback on the sorting.
In the Test Number column, note that there are Tests listed with letter suffixes. I added these suffixes for clarity and computer sorting. There are many instances of Test Numbers entered this way. This signifies that suffixed Numbers were not actual Tests, but that the Test Scores for the tractor with a non-suffixed or true Test Number were used for subsequent models. For example, the Farmall A was Test Number 0329, and it underwent testing in 1939. The follow-on Super A (assigned Test #0329A) was never tested at Nebraska, but IH used the A's scores for the Super A. Another example is the Super WD-9 (#0518), and its follows-ons, the 600 Diesel (#0518A), and the 650 Diesel (#0518B). This discovery of using older, established test scores for newer models was made when perusing the Nebraska Test Lab Web Page and helped to make a more complete Data Table. I also added a '0' in front of the Test Numbers for database/computer usage.
The Model column lists the models and model numbers as they were written by C.H. Wendel.
The Engine column was formatted in this manner to save space. For example, using the Farmall A again, the engine listing is 'IH 4-113'. What this means is 'IH' is the manufacturer, '4' is the cylinder count, and '113' is the cubic inch displacement. Most of the text in C.H. Wendel's book for Tests prior to 1950 did not actually state the CID. I made calculations from the bore and stroke listing for each respective engine in this case to arrive at the CID figure. Some CID figures were cross-checked using the other listed sources. Some CID entries were initially incorrect. Mike pounded on me to correct these.
The Maximum Pull Lbs. column lists the maximum pull in pounds of force the Test tractor achieved in low gear. This corresponds to Nebraska's testing parameter 'Test G'. Beginning in 1959, Nebraska stopped the Test G scores using 'maximum pull pounds' and started listing drawbar HP for the maximum pull test. I elected not to include the HP figures. In any event, the information for maximum pull post-1958 was not recorded by Mr. Wendell, nor was the information listed on Nebraska's Web Site PDF files. 1959 saw the most significant change to the Tests when Nebraska stopped MBHP testing at the tractor's belt pulley and began obtaining these figures at the PTO.
Weight figures in the Table are those from C.H. Wendel. Some care had to be taken when reading the Tests with respect to weights. Generally, Mr. Wendel listed the shipping weight of the tractor, or "presented for testing", or "bare tractor weight". These are what was used in the Table. Wendel was careful in stating that additional ballast was added for the Drawbar Tests. Sometimes the information was not clear, so no weight figures were listed. Take the weights with a grain of salt--these can vary greatly depending on how your tractor is equipped.
I have the Fuel Economy Scores in the Table as I find them quite fascinating. This figure is stated as 'horspower hours per gallon'. That term is confusing (at least to me) and a better way to state fuel economy is by listing fuel usage in gallons per hour. Mr. Dunning did just this in his book, so I was inspired to do the same. I did not transpose Dunning's figures into the Table--I let the computer do this for me by dividing Wendel's ECON numbers into the two-hour duration MBHP test figure. These MBHP figures are not in the table. I'll expand on these more later, but for now, if you are not familiar with the'horspower hours per gallon' terminology, just think of it as 'miles per gallon'--the higher the number the better.
The RPM listing is the speed rating of the engine stated by the manufacturer. The two-hour test is run at rated RPM.
Horsepower...gadzooks, man! Where do I begin? The MBHP (maximum brake horsepower) column is the maximum figure recorded by Nebraska--these figures are from Dunning's book as are the Max Draw Bar HP figures. The two-hour MBHP Test parameters were changed over time by Nebraska. The MBHP figures are the basis for all other obtained or observed HP ratings of a particular tractor. The two columns, MBHP and DB HP, that have the tag "CFSL", are figures corrected for sea level, or are figures published and/or claimed by IH, or they may be SAE figures. Confused yet? I almost didn't include this mish-mash in the Table, but there they are! I'll break these down on page 2.
Go on to the TABLE now if you wish, or for more information (a lot!), continue on to Page 2. PAGE 2 COMING SOON (yeah, right!)
Bonus! Just added on 1/18/2004 is a IHC Horsepower Ranking Table. The tractors are ranked from the lowest to highest in terms of MBHP. It's interesting seeing them lined up in this manner. Also newly added is a JD vs IHC HP chart--real cool!


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The weather looks terrible today: cloudy, rainy, just overall gloomy, but it's absolutely beautiful outside. It's about 60 degrees and there is a light rain that comes and goes. I was of course using it as an excuse not to run, but I didn't run all weekend, so I knew I had to get out there. I'm so glad that I did!
While running I listened to a podcast to switch things up a little bit. It was "Bigger Better Stronger Faster" and the episode is "The Importance of Sucking". It was not only upbeat and kept me moving but had a great message that transcended to my entire life: you have to be bad at something before you can be really good, but in order to get good, you need to get started!
It made me think about my whole journey to get to where I am now with my running, health and attitude. I sucked for a long time at being healthy, my attitude was negative, and tomorrow was when I was going to start running. I want to run a 2:00 half marathon and I know that it's going to take some major time management to continue my training over the next couple of weeks, but if I want to get it done I need to keep going. It's going to suck at times but in the end I'm going to shine. I might fall short of my goal but at least I know that I will have given it my all, and you know what it will just be another lesson in "The Importance of Sucking" because I'll work even harder to get to my goal at the next race!
While the podcast was great, the best part of running today were the people who drove by and waved/laughed at me while I was out running. I don't mean laugh in a mean way, more of a "I don't understand you #1 for running #2 for running in the rain" type laugh. I live in a rural area, and our road is one of the main paved roads around. I meet the same traffic out on my regular runs. I always wave and smile, just to make them wonder what I'm thinking. Today, I'm pretty sure they thought I was crazy running in the rain, with a goofy grin on my face--little did they know it was pure bliss! :)
Well, I better get into the shower. I have a nice mix of sweat, rain, and dirt going on right now!
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I love to imagine what the people driving by are saying as I run! I did have one man yell out his window "don't lose your curves, baby" as he drove by!
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Awesome job not letting the rain stop you!!!
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I don't know all the reasons why I grew up thinking I should have instant results for everything (ego, mainly) but I do know that the people who are really good at what they do usually put in about 10,000 hours of practice for some of which they undoubtedly sucked big time.
Makes me feel good about being so backward in so many ways; in order to get turned around I have to give it time and more time.
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New VWs are JUNK!
Vehicle had 2 body panels repainted at the factory due to a paint defect. The panels do not match the rest of the car.
Engine noise began at 5k miles.
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The car handles well and is pretty quick. Although VW does not have very good quality compared to other manufacturers.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
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the whip-poor-will singing in the bush, luka nuzzles her dark crown into the crook of kottak's neck, says, "I cold." the golden grass sways and kottak's maple eyes meet mine. I nod, stomach suddenly swelling with love like it does often for them; I am already walking to the camper before I realize I have moved, warm, as if the sun has found refuge inside me.
arrow is still asleep there, freckled fingers in a fierce hold on her rabbit, its pale cotton ears hanging over the edge of the bed in imitation of her bare leg. I watch her breathe obsessively. in sleep, she exudes peace. yin. in waking, she's a wildling. yang. In the golden silence, with the dying light falling like stars across her body and the sweet thought of my two still outside, I capture the moment in the mason jar of my mind, store it there for nourishment in hard times.
I tug from the overhead rack the blanket nana poppy made mama when she was a fledgling, press the fibers to my nose and inhale slow, then cradle it outwards, towards my babes to be wrapped around their fawn skin like a cocoon. snug as a bug in a rug.
"thank you, mama," kottak says then kisses the tip of his littlest sister's head.
"danks mama," she says, eyes closed, fingers curled in the crochet.
it has been a long day. ten hours in the truck with our little camper sailing behind us, restless bones flailing in protest to the car's restraints, not one dry eye between our eight by the time the tires subside and we park for the night. I pray I haven't made some huge mistake, ask oren for a sign, tears falling from my eyes: are you watching? can you feel me? my heart beating against my bones like an ancient wardrum, broken but mending, always longing. dove, can you see from inside their eyes? the three you helped create and raise. are there pieces of you there that even death cannot take?
and I'm shaking, almost angry. why won't you answer me!
I almost forget the favor of the breeze when kottak starts to sing his sister to sleep, at first softly, the notes growing bolder with every word until even the birds fall silent, struck dumb by his heaven-sent tongue cooing, "baby mine, don't you cry, baby mine, dry your eyes, rest your head close to my heart, never to part, baby of mine."
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Kim Jong Eun and his young wife Ri Sol Joo have done a great job of raising expectations in the international community vis a vis change in North Korea, according to Dr. Oh Kongdan, a researcher with the Institute for Defense Analyses.
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"It would be good if the modern, fashionable wife of Kim Jong Eun could to draw him towards reform and opening," Dr. Oh admits. But, she warns, "Now is no time to be optimistic or pessimistic about it; it is the time to just watch and wait."
"If Kim Jong Eun wants to reform then he is going to have to cast aside the entire inheritance he received from his grandfather and father," she points out. "They key here is the real reforms that emerge from between the people of the Republic of Pyongyang (those with vested rights and influence) and those of the Non-Republic of Pyongyang (those without such rights and influence). Ultimately there has to be an attempt to differentiate Kim Jong Eun from his father."
Meanwhile, Oh adds, there is no doubt that if sudden changes do occur in North Korea then the U.S. will intervene.
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The "stock" photos you see are the ones that show the dress as it came; however, I added a beaded belt to it as you will see in the photo of me wearing it. This dress is very form fitting. Includes: horizontal pleating on the bodice and waist, flared skirt with beaded organza flowers** and feather detailing, fabric buttons over a zipper, and chapel length train. (Size 10 for this dress = 37 Bust, 28 Waist, 39 Hips) **one of the flowers may seem to be coming off slightly, but that can easily be sewn back into place (or take off completely), this is one reason the price is reduced!
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Did you ever wonder what it would be like to work on a touring children's production Kate Miller a local Clevelander who worked with Vee Corporation from 2000-2003 on Bear and the Big Blue House and Dragon Tales tells us what it was like to have this professional Stage Manager and Writer experience.
She tells the Examiner.Com that company managers are responsible for the whole tour while traveling, including logistics for the cast, crew and local staff members (box office, marketing people, building managers, IATSE crew, etc.) The company stage manager is in charge of making sure all travel is taken care of which includes: buses, trucks, airplane bookings and for booking hotel rooms for the whole company in every city. Managers also keep the tour within budget for each venue, take care of on-the-road human resource issues, oversee marketing activities like meet & greets and interviews, and act as a liaison for the home office in Minneapolis. All of this takes place while training in which can be anywhere from 8-14 months. Kate could not retire to the blue house with this position since she was in charge of the entire show.
Kate gave us an example of her past work schedule:
Monday- Travel by bus or plane
Tuesday- Off
Wednesday- Load in, sometimes there will be a Wednesday night show, sometimes not
Thursday-Sunday- Shows
Sunday Afternoon/Eve- Load out - Pack up the set etc.
"Sit down" time in a city is usually a week, but occasionally there will be a "split week" where you'll do Mon-Wed in one city and travel close by for Thurs-Sun in another. It can get a bit hectic! Say's Kate.
Kate has many tales to tell as she traveled with the Dragon and Bear to multiple provinces in Canada and across the USA. Her favorite cities to tour were Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Lincoln, NE. The most memorable experience with the company are her life-long memories and friendships that she encountered while on tour. "The most vivid and beautiful memories involved her visit to Sandia Peak in the Albuquerque, NM area," Kate quoted.
"The tramway ride up the peak is the world's longest aerial tramway span. It travels a distance of 2.7 miles up the mountain and the view was absolutely amazing. The canyons and hills were breathtaking and the ride up (10,378 feet at Sandia Peak) ended in dinner at the High Finance Restaurant & Tavern. The food was great and the scenery was magical. But the icing on the cake was the trip back down as we watched the sunset. Gorgeous," said Kate.
For those who are interested in working with Vee Corporation; Kate mentions looking at VEE Corporation's website (http://www.facebook.com/l/2c145;www.vee.com)
"They look for strong performers that connect with the childlike innocence and curious wonder of our family-oriented shows. In addition, they invite performers to share the exhilaration of live performance with their young audiences. In a nutshell it encompasses family-oriented shows. All shows use pre-recorded tracks, performers do not use their own voices, unless cast as a live-mic performer. You must be 18 years old or older to travel with the show since shows tour for an average of ten months. They do ask the performers to commit to a full tour; they do not hire on a per city basis. Shows usually play one to three cities per week, with an average of nine performances per week.
The tours are primarily bus and truck tours, meaning the cast and crew travel in charter buses and the set, lights, costumes, sound equipment, and concessions travel in one to three 48' semi-trucks. A professional crew travels with each show, cast members DO NOT double as behind the scenes crew or company management.
So if someone wants to work as talent with VEE Corporation productions they will have to audition live and be video-taped that is used to evaluate the talent auditioning. The auditions are held in the corporation's home city of Minneapolis, MN and in various cities around the U.S.Audition information can be found on the http://www.facebook.com/l/2c145;www.vee.com website.
"As many Cleveland-area dancers and crew members have been through the VEE Corp tour machine. Jennifer Miller Glowe and David Glowe" are two that come to mind to Kate. Even though she did not work in Sesame Street her favorite character is Cookie Monster known for his big Goggle Eyes in which are so cute for both young and old fans.
Kate has one recommendation to young aspiring performers with hearts of children: "VEE Corp is a great experience for people with lots of energy and the desire to perform or work while traveling. You live out of two large suitcases for long spans of time, see LOTS of different places, and form friendships that will last a lifetime." Just as the memory of Sesame Street Live will live on in the memory of many Cleveland area children for years to come.


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Breaking news out of Henrico, Virginia as dozens of police vehicles and SWAT called in for a 'suspicious situation' at Glen Allen High School. According to NBC12, reports that a gun was found at the high school put the facility on lock down just hours ago. Police are asking concerned parents not to head to the school. They are instead being directed to the Cross Ridge Shopping Center at 10220 Staples Mill Road.
WTVR reports the teachers inside the school have not been told why the school is locked down. They are aware of and are verifying the lock down, but do not know the reason.
WRIC reported the heavy police presence and verified through the Henrico County Police Division that no shots had been fired, and no injuries reported as of now. According to WRIC, Andy Jenks, the director of communications and public relations for Henrico County Public Schools, has notified parents of the situation via email.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City + The Office of Equality and Diversity's next selection for its Intercultural Book Circle is "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," by Matthew Desmond. "Evicted" takes readers into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where evictions are common, public housing vanishingly rare, and low-income families spending more than half of their meager incomes on substandard housing pervasive. Desmond explores the lives of the people he met doing field research, from a single mother raising a family on just two dollars a day, to an amputee trying to make ends meet once his disability check is gone, and the heartbreakingly common situation in which just one unanticipated expense can lead to a month of missed rent and, with astonishing rapidity, to homelessness. The Book Circle will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in the Hon. Ida Chen Room, James Marks Intercultural Center, 3225 Arch Street. Tuesday, January 26, 2016 The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League 2014 – 2015 academic year book selections: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Fall, 2014) - Thursday, October 23, 2014 (University City Campus) & Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (Center City Campus) Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. Soon to be made into an HBO movie by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball, this New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta's small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It's a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we're made of. Retrieved September 22, 2914, from http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/ Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Copulsive Disorder by Fletcher Wortmann (Winter 2015) - Wednesday, February 4, 2015 In this brilliant memoir, Wortmann takes us on an intimate journey across the psychological landscape of OCD, known as the "doubting disorder," as populated by God, girls, and apocalyptic nightmares. Wortmann unflinchingly reveals the elaborate series of psychological rituals he constructs as "preventative measures" to ward off the end times, as well as his learning to cope with intrusive thoughts through Clockwork Orange-like "trigger" therapy. But even more than this, the author emerges as a preternatural talent as he unfolds a kaleidoscope of culture high and low ranging from his obsessions with David Bowie, X-Men, and Pokemon, to an eclectic education shaped by Shakespeare, Kierkegaard, Catholic mysticism, Christian comic books, and the collegiate dating scene at the "People's Republic of Swarthmore." Triggered is a pitch-perfect memoir; a touching, triumphantly funny, compulsively readable, and ultimately uplifting coming-of-age tale for Generation Anxiety. Retrieved September 22, 2014, http://us.macmillan.com/triggered/fletcherwortmann ONE BOOK ONE PHILADELPHIA: Orphan Train (Winter 2015) - Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck or chance. Would they be adopted by a kind and loving family, or would they face a childhood and adolescence of hard labor and servitude? As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was one such child, sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine, the memories of her upbringing rendered a hazy blur. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship. Retrieved September 22, 2014, http://christinabakerkline.com/novels/orphan-train/ Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown (Spring, 2015) "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." —Theodore Roosevelt Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts. In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown's many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities. Retrieved September 22, 2014, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588356-daring-greatly


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Apple is currently featuring the calendar app "Sunrise" in its App Store, Marco.org reported on Wednesday. That, in and of itself, would not be news, but the fact that that app asks -- in app -- for your iCloud username and password, is news.
Sunrise, in response to media inquiries, said that they do not store your actual credentials on their server, but instead a token created from them.
When you type in your iCloud credentials, they are sent to our server only once in a secured way over SSL. We use them to generate a secure token from Apple. This secure token is the only thing we store on our servers, we never store your actual iCloud credentials.
In addition, they gave the following reason for requesting them in the first place (paraphrased by Marco.org):
It lets us do cool stuff.
At least they are not storing data on your device in the clear, like some applications we know, right?
Still, all this back and forth means that Sunrise has to be secure when it gets the information from your device, when it sends it to Apple, and when it stores it on its servers. That's still not all that comforting, especially when the company has already had a security scare, and only two months ago, too.
How much damage could someone do with this information? One need only read the cautionary tale of how such a break-in led to the destruction of Wired writer Matt Honan's digital life to see how much havoc this could wreak.
Notably, it does not appear there are explicit App Store review board rules against this sort of thing. Of course, Apple could change this.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE EXCLUSIVE) – A Kenya Moore, Porsha Stewart RHOA Reunion 2014 fight erupted yesterday March 27, 2014. Porsha Stewart came for Kenya Moore, pulled Kenya Moore's hair allegedly on the set. But details about the Kenya Moore, Porsha Stewart fight are allegedly being embellished by some sites. Porsha allegedly did not drag Kenya around the set. There was allegedly no "beating". And the altercation did not last for a long time. A police report could be pending as well, LALATE can report. Moore is dating singer DBanj, as LALATE exclusively reported starting last year.
The big question, however, is whether Porsha Stewart was acting as a "puppet" for someone else during the altercation. The other question is whether Porsha fought Kenya to insure renewal back to RHOA for another season. And the final question is whether Kenya Moore is filing a police report against Porsha Stewart today. And if you are wondering, Kenya's friend Brandon has yet to comment about the fight either.
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The Kenya Moore, Porsha Stewart RHOA Reunion 2014 fight erupted later during taping Thursday. And neither Stewart nor Moore are commenting about the matter. But other cast members and their friends are fielding an avalanche of comments today. After NeNe teweeted her "love" for Porsha, one viewer wrote "NeNe did you join in the on the action". Many fans felt Porsha was fearful of being cut from the show. One aptly wrote. "Many of the women make comments but no one gets physical. NeNe took #RHOA to ratchet & Porsha is her puppet."
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Kandi Burruss, with yet another hairstyle, wrote "Taking a break to small amidst the drama." That prompted one viewer to write "Fighting is never classy! I will be watching the reunion though".
But details about the fight are being embellished. "They did get into an altercation. Porsha stood up, so then Kenya stood up," an insider told US Magazine. "Porsha charged at Kenya and pulled her hair, but it was over in a matter of seconds. Porsha never dragged her by her hair. Andy [Cohen] and a producer jumped in and then security came."
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NeNe Leakes had few words after the Kenya Moore, Porsha Stewart fight, stating simply "Love you Porsha". But the reaction is still unraveling. UPDATE: More details have just been released HERE.


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eventer79 has been eagerly watching this yard for the past 10 months, gambling that the residents would not get motivated and eventer79 would get the BIG payoff.
"These Christmas trees have been up all year. The decorative fire hydrants are just a bonus"
- 2 fire hydrants (the assumption is non-functioning): 2 points
- 2 Christmas Trees with tattered bedraggled trimming: 20 points (1 point for every month past the holiday)
- Christmas jingly bells on the door: 10 points
- Purple bow: 0 points (I can't think of a purple holiday)
Subtotal: 32 points
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While this is a pretty boring layout by itself, I will grant there is symmetry in the presentation. But for the epic level of procrastination that would allow seasonal decoration to span the entire year until they are almost once again seasonal: 4 points.
Total: 36 points
that'll do, player, that'll do
For you naysayers, if she had waited one more month, I would have had to call the decorations "seasonal" and she would have lost a majority of the points.


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Potentially lucrative business opportunities in Florida beckon Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as season 4 of "Boardwalk Empire" begins Sept. 8 on HBO. Al Capone, Lucy Luciano and Arnold Rothstein are back in Atlantic City and there's trouble with the mayor. New to the cast this season are Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse, a Harlem drug lord; Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet, a Florida speakeasy owner; Ron Livingston as a romantic prospect for Gillian (Gretchen Mol); Brian Geraghty as federal agent Warren Knox, and Dominick Lombardozzi and Morgan Spector as Al Capone's brothers, Ralph and Frank.


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For many, it will be seeing the Rock Hall and Cleveland Browns Stadium splashed across a big screen (most of the movie was filmed in Canada, but Wilson shot scenes here for two days last summer). Others will connect with the story of a 1980s rock drummer who is kicked out of his band only to watch it go on to superstardom without him. It's the tale of "fifth Beatle" Pete Best for the Superbad generation.
We talked to Wilson, who has a legion of fans thanks to his role as The Office's Dwight Schrute, about stepping out in front (and sitting down behind a drum kit) for his first comic lead.
Check back for the entire story Aug. 1.
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AMHERST, Mass. - After the success of last year's event, the UMass football team will once again field an Alumni Team as part of this season's Spring Game which will be held Saturday, April 20 at McGuirk Stadium. The game will begin at 4:00 PM as the current Minutemen take on the Alumni Team for the first half before moving to a traditional intra-squad scrimmage for the second half. Admission to the Spring Game along with all events during the day are free to all.
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Enthusiasm is growing for Rick Auerbach's shot at the pros – this time in bowling.
Auerbach, a former major leaguer, has entered the West Coast Senior Tour tournament Aug. 16 at Buena Lanes in Ventura. The WCST attracts many of the top pro bowlers from California and Nevada and is open to players aged 60 and over.
The WCST caters to players with 200-plus averages. Johnnie Englehart, one of the super elite of Valley-area bowlers, has competed frequently on the tour. So has Robin Romeo, who recently claimed the 2014 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens title in Reno, Nev.
Despite the stiff competiton he will face, Auerbach has no shortage of supporters rallying around him.
Said Bill Plummer, who bowled back-to-back perfect games this month: "The truth is, if [Auerbach] is on his game, he's a professional too.
"He can do real well in that tournament. One of his biggest strengths is his mental approach to the game."
The 64-year-old Auerbach, a Woodland Hills resident, compiled an 11-year major league career from 1971 to 1981, including three years with the Dodgers.
In the past few years, the right-handed Auerbach has joined the group of the most prolific Valley-area amateur bowlers. His entrance into the area's elite essentially came in July 2012 when he crushed his first 800 series.
Auerbach smoked games of 276, 276 and 266 for an 818 series using an antiquated rubber ball at AMF Woodlake Lanes in Woodland Hills.
Auerbach plans to gear up for the tournament by getting in some practice at Buena Lanes with Richie Gardner, a top Valley bowler known for his explosive right-handed shot.
"I think he's going to do awesome," Gardner said. "A lot of the guys [in the tournament] have more experience, but they don't have the heart and tenacity that [Auerbach] has.
"He's a great competitor and can always rise up."
Plummer pointed out that in such a tournament, "whether you win or lose, you always will improve."
That has been Auerbach's mantra since he announced two weeks ago that he would compete in his first WCST event. He said then that he wanted to participate in the event "for the experience. . . . If I get my butt kicked or not, I'll be there."
On Wednesday night while he was bowling at Corbin Bowl, Auerbach expressed confidence that he can do well.
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Okay, so I was getting all these emails about the fourth article in my "Getting Giddy" series of articles. You guys kept saying it was missing and I kept saying "Hey, it's right here!". And then finally I noticed – #4 and #5 were identical. I must have done something stupid somewhere. Well, I was able to track down the original article on my hard drive and restore it. So now, the fourth article is as it should be, and all seems well with the universe.
Sorry for the confusion, and I appreciate the interest that these articles have generated.
So now after the first three parts, you are probably wondering – What the heck is he getting at? Wasn't he going to talk about dependency injection? What the heck is this dependency injection anyway?
Okay, so let's get down to more practical matters. Earlier I recommended the Martin Fowler article that (I believe) actually coined the term "Dependency Injection", but that article is a bit wonky. I'm going to try to be a bit more practical and "examply" here, and of course, I'll be showing everything in Delphi. We've talked about the Law of Demeter and why writing testable code is a good idea, so now we'll get down to it and show how we might actually go about doing what I've been talking about.
So, Dependency Injection. Well, Dependency Injection (I'll call it 'DI' from now on) is really just a way of providing functionality to a given class without creating a specific dependency on that class. That is, the dependency is "injected" – provided -- for you. There are a number of ways to do this from the simple provision of a class to the use a complex framework and attributes to define dependency instances. By "specific" I mean that DI will allow you have control over how dependencies are provided. For instance, you may want to control the injection of dependency depending on whether you want to run things "for real" in production or what to run them as unit tests.
So by way of getting started, I'm going to define two rules (in addition to "Follow the Law of Demeter" and "Write Testable Code" that is…) that you should follow to make the use of DI easier and simpler.
This might seem a bit weird, but I think it is a critical practice to follow. Interfaces define a given set of functionality, and that, really, is all you need to provide, right? A given set of functionality? A side-rule to this is "Never put a class in the interface section of a unit". Now that may seem a bit radical, but if you do this, you are pretty much guaranteed that you'll follow the Law of Demeter. A class in the implementation section of a Delphi unit cannot be coupled to outside of that unit. It cannot be used or abused anywhere.
Consider the following code:
unit uNormalMathService;
IMathService = interface
function Add(a, b: integer): integer;
function Multiply(a, b: integer): integer;
function MathService: IMathService;
TMathService = class(TInterfacedObject, IMathService)
function Add(a, b: integer): integer;
function Multiply(a, b: integer): integer;
{ TAdditionServiceImplemenation }
function TMathService.Add(a, b: integer): integer;
Result := a + b;
function TMathService.Multiply(a, b: integer): integer;
Result := a * b;
function MathService: IMathService;
Result := TMathService.Create;
This code provides a clearly defined set of functionality, implements that functionality, and makes that functionality available to anyone who wants to use it. It does all of this without exposing any class at all to anyone outside of the unit. All you get is an interface and a means of getting an interface via a function call. (It's simpler than you'd probably like it all to work, but it's illustrative of the point….) You can't do anything other than use TMathService via the IMathService interface. You can't abuse and otherwise mess around with TMathService because it is completely hidden from everyone.
IMathService is easy to test, too. You can grab an interface, and run tests on it to your hearts content. And as we know, "easy to test" is a mantra akin to "look both ways before crossing the street" or "Don't cross the streams".
And in fact, as we move forward, a really cool part here is that you can provide different implementations of the IMathService interface if need be. That can provide all kinds of flexibility in the areas of testing and production. For instance, if you somehow come up with some better way of adding and multiplying numbers, you can can change to the new way without having to worry about breaking anything at all. Since it's easy to test a specific interface implementation, you'll have a complete suite of unit tests, and can change the implementation with confidence.
Here's a good rule of thumb for our second rule: Don't create anything in your constructor. At all. Ever. Your constructors should do little else than assign values to field variables. If your class needs something, it should ask for it. To start, we'll do the "asking" via parameters in the constructor.
Another thing to consider is that you should never have conditional code in your constructor. If you are feeling the need to put an if statement in your constructor, you almost certainly need to break the given class up into two sibling classes with a common descendent.
Another thing to consider is that you should never have conditional code in your constructor. If you are feeling the need to put an if statement in your constructor, you almost certainly need to break the given class up into two sibling classes with a common descendent.
unit DIBasics;
TPizza = class
TPizzaOven = class
procedure Bake(aPizza: TPizza);
TPizzaMaker = class
FPizza: TPizza;
FPizzaOven: TPizzaOven;
constructor Create;
destructor Destroy; override;
{ TPizzaMaker }
constructor TPizzaMaker.Create;
FPizza := TPizza.Create;
FPizzaOven := TPizzaOven.Create;
destructor TPizzaMaker.Destroy;
{ TPizzaOven }
procedure TPizzaOven.Bake(aPizza: TPizza);
// bake the pizza
This code has all sorts of problems, no? Right away, you can see all kinds of coupling. The TPizzaOven class is directly dependent on TPizza. The TPizzaMaker class depends directly on TPizza and TPizzaOven. What if you want to bake a TPepperoniPizza?
Basically this code defies practically everything that I've been telling you not to do.
Okay, so, let's apply the most basic form of DI on this code. I'm not sure if it has a name, but I'll call it "Dependency Injection via Constructor Parameters" (as opposed to "Constructor Injection" which is, as we'll see, something entirely different):
unit DILittleBetter;
TPizza = class
TPizzaOven = class
FPizza: TPizza;
constructor Create(aPizza: TPizza);
procedure Bake;
TPizzaMaker = class
FPizzaOven: TPizzaOven;
constructor Create(aPizzaOven: TPizzaOven);
{ TPizzaOven }
procedure TPizzaOven.Bake;
// bake the pizza
constructor TPizzaOven.Create(aPizza: TPizza);
FPizza := aPizza;
{ TPizzaMaker }
constructor TPizzaMaker.Create(aPizzaOven: TPizzaOven);
FPizzaOven := aPizzaOven;
Here, the thing we've done to reduce the coupling and the dependency is to have the classes not create their own instances of what they need, but instead, to "ask" for those instances via the constructor. The TPizzaOven and TPizzaMaker classes get their dependencies provided to them via parameters on their constructors. The constructors merely assign the passed in references to local variables. This way, the "link" between the classes is much looser and the flexibility of the whole system is increased while making the classes less coupled together.
And here's another reason to use interfaces – the above code doesn't really cleanly answer the question of the lifetime of the classes passed to the constructors. Who is in charge of freeing the classes – the caller or the class itself? The TPizzaMaker and TPizzaOven classes assume that the classes passed to them will be freed elsewhere but there may be occasions when that isn't the pattern you want to follow . If you use interfaces for everything, you don't' have to worry about the lifetime of your objects – Delphi's reference counted interfaces will be "garbage collected" for you (for lack of a better term).
And here's another reason to use interfaces – the above code doesn't really cleanly answer the question of the lifetime of the classes passed to the constructors. Who is in charge of freeing the classes – the caller or the class itself? The TPizzaMaker and TPizzaOven classes assume that the classes passed to them will be freed elsewhere but there may be occasions when that isn't the pattern you want to follow . If you use interfaces for everything, you don't' have to worry about the lifetime of your objects – Delphi's reference counted interfaces will be "garbage collected" for you (for lack of a better term).
So at its base, DI is the notion that a class should ask for the things it needs and not create those things itself. There are any number of ways to ask for a given need. "Dependency Injection via Constructor Parameter" is a very nice way to inject dependencies into a class. It can get a little messy though, because in order to create a class, you often have to create multiple classes to pass as parameters.
So, what if you had a system that allowed you to inject dependencies into your classes without even having to really create the classes in the first place? What if instances of your dependencies could just auto-magically appear out of nowhere without you having to really do anything much at all?
Well, that is what DI frameworks like Spring do, and we'll take a look at that in our next installment.
There are a bunch of things that I'd like to see Embarcadero do. I've listed and discussed some of them below. I'll probably think of more later. They are in no particular order, and they are not grouped in any particular way. They are a bit random, and range from business decisions to minor technological decisions. Where it makes sense, I've linked the titles to the entries on http://delphi.uservoice.com/ so that you can vote for the items if you see fit.
I'd like to see Embarcadero:
That's all for now – I'll probably have more as I think of them, but that ought to be food for thought for while
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Members of CODEAGA, a cooperative for maize growers in Umusaraba village, Gakoma cell, Mimuli sector of Nyagatare district commended land consolidation and said that it has increased productivity.
Before maize growers formed a cooperative, farming was done on an individual basis and yields were low due to unfertile soils.
"Yields increased after forming a cooperative and consolidated land. Members have attained social and economic development," said Jean Baptiste Nzasigande, cooperative president.
"I have Rwf57000 savings on my account. I renovated my house and purchased livestock," disclosed Laurencia Nyiramatama; cooperative member.
"Joining the cooperative enabled me to earn money and help my husband in providing for the family," revealed Xaverina Kabatesi; another member.
There are two agriculture cooperatives in Umusaraba village, Gakoma cell, Mimuli sector of Nyagatare district. The cooperatives were started with 45 members who consolidated 10 hectares of land and started growing maize.
The Land Use Consolidation is part of strategies and activities carried out under the Crop Intensification Programme (CIP), geared towards increased food production to ensure food security and self-sufficiency.
Through the programme, the government distributes fertilisers and improved seeds to farmers as a way of increasing their production.
Since its introduction in 2007, the programme has played an important role in uplifting the lives of many Rwandans through increased profitability.


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Shotgun marriage
A shotgun marriage is a tactic used by Federal Reserve Board or other government bodies to try to resolve individual financial company crises.
Expanded Definition
When a financial company gets in trouble and is of a size that the government becomes concerned that its potential bankruptcy could adversely affect markets, the government will often use moral suasion to encourage the company to sell itself to another company. Usually this can be accomplished through closed-door meetings or public threats. The government prefers this to direct intervention as it involves no government money.


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Many stories begin with the trope, "long ago in a far away land." We expect to be transported to an unfamiliar place and time. Unfortunately, some careerists use this technique when writing a résumé. We feel as though we are climbing on grandfather's knee to hear the tale of a time when 3.5 inch floppy disk was king and everyone was blown away by DOS. We see skills such as Fortran and dBase. On the contact line, we see a f...
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I am reporting to you from the heart of Bordeaux wine country in France, where I have been enjoying several days of a press trip to attend the wine festival here. But first I visited a peaceful, unique spot run by a lovely couple, that I wanted to share.
Simply Canvas is a gorgeous spot in the Duras wine region, that offers both extremely large, comfortable tents as well as a full house for rent. It's run by Sandra and Santi, a couple who just married a few weeks ago and are entering their second tourist season with Simply Canvas.
Here, you can rent one of the tents by the week, a room or the entire house - and experience this little spot of paradise in France. Simply Canvas is ecologically friendly - a philosophy that is important to both Santi and Sandra. The couple met while both living at a nearby Buddhist monastery for several years, and their principles of simplicity and respect for the earth carry over into the quiet way they run Simply Canvas, which is obviously a labor of love for them.
They try to make the site as green as possible, from the organic garden to the well water and solar power used. Recycling and composting are of course the practice, and the inviting swimming pool is saltwater that is naturally filtered by plants. The rates include breakfast, and guests can also enjoy dinner prepared by the couple, using their own fruits and vegetables as well as those locally sourced. They also offer workshops such as yoga and wine tastings, and have a special focus on families. Kids love Santi, as Sandra told me, and there are always lots of fun activities geared toward the young guests.
One aspect that I especially liked was their philosophy on supporting social causes. Santi was born in Laos, although his family moved to France when he was only a baby. He and Sandra visited the country several years ago and met a man who ran a non-profit to help street children. Since that time, they have supported two organizations supporting children in Laos, and also invite their guests to donate toys or books which are shipped to Laos for the children.
Nearby to Simply Canvas are great places to visit on holiday, from the 12th century castle of Duras, to of course dozens of wonderful vineyards and winemakers. For an incredible vacation like no other, that is good for both the environment and your soul, I invite you to check out Simply Canvas.
Simply Canvas rates run from 680-1450 Euros per week, including breakfast. For more information, visit the Simply Canvas website.
Visit the Bordeaux Tourism bureau for more information about the city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and things to do in the region.
Atout France is the official guide to France, with helpful information and tours in Bordeaux and throughout the country.


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Kia has released today the first sketch of the new pro_cee'd, which is scheduled to debut in September at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (29th Sep -14th Oct). The Korean C-segment design will be visibly carried over from the Cee'd 5-doors and will be recognisable from the "Tiger-nose" front grille and the headlights stretching out to the wheel, while the side will be subject to a small stylistic innovation, transforming it into a 3-doors. The image looks deliberately exaggerated and portrays a low, slender car, with no side handles and fitted with large diameter alloy wheels. The actual model will be certainly less extreme and aggressive.
The new Kia pro_cee'd will be mounting the new 1.2-litre T-GDI petrol engine producing about 120 hp and the 1.6-litre T-GDI with an output of 185 hp. Yet to assess the launch of the quietest 1.4 MPI (100 hp) and 1.6 GDI (135 hp), while it is been confirmed the 1.4 WGT diesel engine with 90 hp and the 1.6 VGT offered with 110 and 128 hp. Will also be available the brand new Flex Steer system, which allows the driver to change some parameters of the car according to the Comfort, Normal and Sport operating modes.


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Google's Mayday Algorithm Update
With Google's Mayday algorithm change being a rankings change, and not a crawling or index change means that websites that get less traffic will still have those pages indexed but may no longer rank as highly as before.
Matt Cutts indicates that "this is an algorithmic change in Google, looking for higher quality sites to surface for long tail queries. It went through vigorous testing and isn't going to be rolled back."
So its long tail queries that are going to be affected and large brands that do not have optimised "product" or "item" pages. An example of how this could affect you is explained well by Stephen Logan at Impact Media.
"Say you have a website with 30 pages. You have just 12 core products and have optimised the entire site to target these pages. There is an excellent linking profile, including plenty of deep links to your individual product. You have also developed a good internal link structure, with all pages easily accessible and sharing their content. Better still, you have unique content on each page and customer reviews to keep a fresh stream of information for the search engines to index.
Your competitor on the other hand has a sprawling site covering thousands of pages. They offer a variety of products in a wide number of categories. Each product has the manufacturer's description attached, but no dynamic or unique content. The site has a high number of links, but the majority go to the Homepage and other main money pages.
Now you both have the same product. You are also both targeting the phrase 'Sky Blue Brand X Sports Jacket'. This is a long tail keyword; it is also a term that you are likely to be far more optimised for being as though you have created original content. This could mean that you could now possibly overtake your rival due to your page's greater authority."
So what can you do?
Look through your analytics and keyword ranking reports and software to see if you notice any traffic and rankings dropping abnormally. Once you are armed with this information you can start to identify any changes that will make the pages more unique and implement them. These changes can be from content amendments to internal link structure requests to help regain your rankings and ultimately your traffic.
Listed below are some other good resources on the algorithm change:
- Google Confirms Mayday Update Impacts Long tails Traffic
- Google Mayday Update Impacts Long Tail Traffic
Watch Matt Cutts talking about the Google Mayday Algorithm Change
In the video above Matt Cutts says "it's an algorithmic change that changes how we assess which sites are the best match for long tail queries." He recommends that a site owner who is impacted evaluate the quality of the site and if the site really is the most relevant match for the impacted queries, what "great content" could be added, determine if the the site is considered an "authority", and ensure that the page does more than simply match the keywords in the query and is relevant and useful for that query.
He notes that the change:
- has nothing to do with the "Caffeine" update (an infrastructure change that is not yet fully rolled out).
- is entirely algorithmic (and isn't, for instance, a manual flag on individual sites).
- impacts long tail queries more than other types
- was fully tested and is not temporary"


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The 2014 Great American Beer Festival sold out for the 3rd year in a row in less than an hour. Despite selling out in a similar timeframe in the last two years, it seemed that this year didn't have the same Ticketmaster technical glitches that became a focal point of rage for would-be festival goers. Measures such as ticket limits for purchases and captcha-codes were implemented into this year's sale which compared to last year's feedback seemed to indicate that a majority of ticketbuyers were fans as opposed to the prior years with many tickets being sold to scalpers. Despite the added measures and less-angry feedback this year, many tickets did find their way to scalping sites such as stubhub with marked up prices, however the festival's facebook page indicated that most scalping sites are speculative and may not actually have as many tickets as indicated.
This is technically the last year that The Great American Beer Festival is under contract with Ticketmaster having signed a 3-year deal in 2011, however there hasn't been any indication whether or not the festival will renew their agreement yet. With a revolution of sorts for craft beer, many consumers have turned away from giant beer companies such as MillerCoors or InBev (owners of Budweiser) and focused on smaller locally produced brewing companies. In addition, TV shows such as Brewmasters, Beer Geeks and Brew Dogs have helped perk interest in the craft beer revolution. With a growing fanbase, it should not come as a surprise that the country's biggest beer festival has become quite the hot ticket for beer fans.
This year, the festival will take place October 2-4th and will feature nearly 600 breweries and 2700 beers. In 2015 the festival will see 30% more space which will help accommodate room for more tickets and room for more breweries, which like the fans have also had a hard time to get into the festival in recent years. For those that may have missed out on tickets this year, there will still be plenty of GABF-related activities around the city during the week of the festival such as tap-takeovers, beer dinners, kick-off parties, special tappings, and mini-festivals.


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ok so like i spilt milk on my computer and it wokred on and than the screen died, it will turn on but the screen is fully black no light at all. SOmetimes it will turn on than instantly turn off. i tried takeing out the battery and draining the static energy ( hold down power button while its off w/o battery ) its a gateway nv 52 laptop, how much would geek squad cost to fix it i live in MA
You messed up by turning it on after you spilled the milk into it. When electronics get wet, all the circuit pathways that are wet make contact with each other, and when that happens, the electronics on the board can burn out. Chances are, since you did not take the laptop apart and properly dry it, it is still wet inside. Plus, dried milk leaves a sheen that may conduct electricity. I would remove all the doors on the bottom of the laptop, and place it in front of a fan for an entire week, to make sure there is ZERO wetness inside it, then test it. If it's still not working, then the board is fried. In the future, if you ever spill anything on something electronic, IMMEDIATELY remove power to the device and do your best to insure that the components inside are dried before you turn it back on.
As for taking it to Geek Squad, Geek Squad sucks…not only in pricing, but in quality of service. You'd be better off calling around and finding a better price. Either that, or it's time to buy a new laptop.
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