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Every dog owner likes to think those guilty looks Fido sports before you after he chewed up your favorite sandals - with his head down, ears back, and sad eyes is the remorseful face of your best friend, but for years we have known that is really not true. Dogs react to their humans calling them "bad dog" or "look what you've done." Studies show they don't associate being yelled at because of something they did hours before you arrived home.
The Associated Press has taken another avenue about "the look" or "he knows," and lightheartedly directs our attention to Facebook sites created to embarrass our canine friends with their alleged guilty looks; often with a sign next to Fido, explaining their particular shameful behavior.
On Facebook, DogShame, where photos of dogs doing the most dastardly deeds with the most sorrowful faces are posted for everyone to enjoy. The site has over 71,000 "likes." Often the evidence of the pooch's deeds are included in the photo.
So what's the scientific proof that dogs don't really feel any remorse? In 2009, Alexandra Horowitz, an assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College in New York City published a book on dog reactions and those "guilty dog looks."
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, included an experiment using 14 dogs and their owners. During the experiment, a treat was left for each dog, and as the owner left the room, the owner ordered the dog not to eat the treat.
The results; some of the owners knew if their dogs ate the treat sometimes, and some of the owners didn't know if their dogs ate the treat sometimes leaving Dr. Horowitz with the decision that humans can't really tell by a dog's face if their pet is feeling shame; it's more of a reaction to the scolding, and perhaps little Fido's way to stop you from yelling at him.
"I am not saying that dogs might not feel guilt," Horowitz states, "it's just that 'guilty look' is not an indication of it."
Still all one has to do is visit one of the popular sites both on Twitter and various social media networks to see dogs and cats with the most "shameful" looks.
Pascale Lemire, the creator of Dog Shaming.com agrees that dogs are incapable of guilty emotions, and agrees that dogs have figured out how to use "faces" to calm their humans down. His Facebook site amusingly states however:
"Has your dog done something naughty? Post a photo with a sign telling us what it is they have done.. That will teach them... Right? Everyone loves a good shaming."
Let's face it. Dogs speak a different language.
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Sarimanok is a legendary bird of the Maranao people who originate from Mindanao, a major island in the Philippines.
Manok is a tagalong word for chicken.
Sarimanok is a legendary bird that became a symbol of Maranao art. It is illustrated as a fowl with colourful wings and feathered tail that holds a fish on its beaks or talons. The head of Sarimanok is liberally adorned with scroll, leaf, and spiral motifs. The Maranaos believed that it is a symbol of good fortune.
The Sarimanok originated from a totem bird of the Maranaos known as Itotoro. Itotoro acts as a medium to the spirit world through its invisible twin spirit bird called Inikadowa.
Some people believed that it also originated from an Islamic legend. The legend relays that Muhammad found a rooster in the first of the seven heavens. It was big enough that its crest touched the second heaven. When it crows, awakens all living creatures except man. It is believed that judgement day would come if this heavenly rooster stopped to crow.
A Sarimanok known as Magaul is associated with the legend of Malakas and Maganda (Adam and Eve). Magaul was the Sarimanok bird that pecked the bamboo from where Malakas and Maganda were born from.

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To get around the threat of competitive procurement, the company worked on a novel legislative maneuver. Although the program has virtually nothing to do with defense, the FY2002 defense appropriations bill included language that authorized the DOT to extend the program contract to "the same competitively selected consortium leader" selected for the earlier pilot contract for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta then exercised his authority to expand the program to 25 more cities on a sole-source basis. Soon afterward, the FHWA formally signed the task order enabling Traffic.com to be the sole-source provider for services under the program's umbrella.
From 2002 to 2004, state and local agencies representing 14 cities — including Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. — signed up for the program. Traffic.com tapped into its existing data sources and installed its pole-mounted radar traffic sensors to create its "Digital Traffic Pulse sensor network."
As discussions about the reauthorization of the transportation bill were heating up in early 2005, several of the company's competitors complained to their elected representatives. Wavetronix of Lindon, Utah, was one of the most outspoken. It markets the "SmartSensor" line of digital wave radar traffic sensors, which compete with Traffic.com's pole-mounted traffic sensors. Wavetronix sought the assistance of its state's senior senator, Republican Orrin Hatch.
Through the spring and summer of 2005, Hatch, joined by several House members led by New York Democrat Anthony Weiner, worked to add language to SAFETEA-LU that would open up the program to competition. In the end, he used the conference process to add the language, which said in part that for the program's new Part II, "the Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, contracts for the deployment of intelligent transportation infrastructure systems that have been accepted by the Secretary in congested areas."
On the same day that Hatch and Weiner were celebrating their legislative triumph, Young inserted a statement in the Congressional Record that intended to starve funding for the Part II phase. The statement said it was "the conferees' intent that all of the existing $54 million that has been provided for the current contracting team would be used to carry out the existing contract to deploy the current highway congestion information system under Part I."
In other words, the DOT should continue the program under the no-compete terms and ignore the Part II provisions unless new funds were forthcoming.
Young got his way. All 11 agreements signed by state and local governments — including the cities of Atlanta, Las Vegas, San Jose, Calif., and Baltimore — under SAFETEA-LU have been under Part I provisions of the law. In January 2007, Hatch wrote Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Mineta's successor, asking why none of the agreements utilized Part II. Her response contained a list that confirmed his assertion that the DOT was managing the program to maintain Traffic.com's involvement, but she avoided an explanation as to why.
Hatch wrote Peters again, complaining that her response "does not address my central concern: why the monopoly for Traffic.com has largely continued since the passage of language in SAFETEA-LU specifically was designed to eliminate that monopoly." Peters delegated the response to the department's acting general counsel, who claimed the statute "expressly requires the Department to complete the original contract, [so] the majority of the funding that has been provided is committed to Part I."
Neither Hatch nor Weiner was satisfied with that answer.
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DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois men's soccer team opens the 2011 NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon when in hosts Western Illinois in the first round at the NIU Soccer Complex. Game time between the Huskies and Leathernecks is slated for 1 p.m., and the winner will advance to play at Creighton on Sunday. Following the Western Illinois matchGametracker and live video will be available via NIUHuskies.comAbout Western IllinoisWestern Illinois has a 13-6-1 overall record and won the Summit League regular season and tournament championships. Nathan Bruinsma and Daniel Lewis each have five goals to lead the Leathernecks offensively. Andy Ryan has played 19 of 20 games in goal for Western Illinois and has a 0.88 goals against average and a .841 save percentage. Western Illinois was most recently in the NCAA Tournament in 2009, when it lost to Drake in the first round, 2-1.Luzzi on Western Illinois"We are excited to be a part of the tournament. This is the goal that you work year-round for and to have the opportunity to host a game is great for our program. We know that Western (Illinois) is good. Anytime you can do the double in your conference that is an accomplishment. They won the regular season and the conference tournament, so they did the double in the Summit League. They have been in the NCAA Tournament three or four times in the past, Coach Johnson is a very good coach and he will have they ready. I think our guys are just going to have to do the things they have been doing. They have to commit to playing on both sides of the ball, play for each other, and I think it's going to be a great college soccer game."Huskies Claim Second MAC Tournament TitleNIU won it second Mid-American Conference Tournament championship with a 1-0 victory over Western Michigan in the title game. Sean Totsch scored the lone goal in the 84th minute to give the Huskies the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. NIU's previous MAC Tournament championship came in 2006. All-Tournament TeamAfter defeating Western Michigan in the championship game and Buffalo in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, four Huskies were named to the All-Tournament Team. Gael Rivera, Francis Otira, Sean Totsch and Jordan Godsey were each named to the 11-man all-tournament squad. NIU Makes Third NCAA Tournament AppearanceNorthern Illinois will be making its third appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament, the Huskies previously made the field in 1973 and 2006. In their first appearance in 1973, NIU fell at SIU Edwardsville in its tournament opener, 3-0. During the 2006 tournament, NIU hosted Loyola (Ill.) in the first round, defeating the Ramblers 1-0 in overtime. In the second round, the Huskies lost 1-0 at Indiana. Five Huskies Earn All-MAC HonorsJust prior to the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the league office announced this season's award winners. NIU had five players named to the all-conference team, the most for the school since 2006. Francis Otira, Jordan Godsey and James Stevenson were named to the All-MAC First Team while Karim Darbaki and Isaac Kannah were recognized as All-MAC Second Team performers. Youth Will Be ServedLed by six goals from sophomore James Stevenson, four goals from sophomore Gael Rivera and three from freshman Paul Hogan, the NIU men's soccer team has seen its young players lead the way offensively. In total, 21 of the 26 goals scored by the Huskies this season have come from freshmen and sophomores.Totsch is ClutchSean Totsch entered the final weekend of the regular season having never scored a collegiate goal. Now entering the NCAA Tournament, the Oswego, Ill., native has a pair of goals, scoring on each of the last two weekends. Totsch netted his first goal in the 2-1 regular season finale victory over Hartwick (Nov. 5), he then scored the biggest goal of the season in the 84th minute of the MAC Tournament Final, lifting NIU to a 1-0 win over Western Michigan. All He Scores Are Game WinnersSenior Pat Sloan registered NIU's first goal in a 3-0 victory over Bowling Green, his fourth goal of the season. Along with his game winning goals against Oakland, Michigan and Western Michigan earlier this season, all four of Sloan's markers have turned out to be game winners. Double Digit WinsWith its 1-0 victory over Florida Atlantic, the NIU men's soccer team reached the 10-win mark for the sixth time in the last eight years, and the 15th time in school history. The Huskie record for wins in a season is 15, set in 2006 when NIU advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Current head coach Eric Luzzi was an assistant coach with that 2006 club.Hunting Goose EggsNIU ranks seventh in the nation in shutout percentage, holding its opponents scoreless in 58 percent of matches this season. Creighton leads the country, shutting out its foes in 80 percent of matches on the year. The rest of the top-10 includes: 2) Connecticut (68 percent), 3) St. Francis (PA) and Lehigh (61 percent), 5) Monmouth (60 percent), 6) Brown (59 percent), 7) NIU and Appalachian state (58 percent), 9) Lafayette (56 percent), 10) Valparaiso, New Mexico, Akron and Louisville (55 percent). Godsey Among Nation's BestJunior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey ranks among the nation's best goalkeepers in goals against average. Godsey is currently 12th in the national rankings with a 0.617 GAA. Godsey posted his 11th shutout of the season in the 1-0 MAC Championship win over Western Michigan. Godsey also ranks 20th in the nation in save percentage at 0.824.Last Time OutSean Totsch scored in the 84th minute to give NIU the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship over Western Michigan. Totsch's winner secured NIU an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Luzzi FileNorthern Illinois head coach Eric Luzzi is in his third season as the head coach for the Huskies. Luzzi has a record of 33-19-3 at the helm of NIU. The Huskies' head man spent three seasons as an assistant at NIU before taking becoming the head coach. In his first season at NIU, Luzzi helped the program win the MAC Championship and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.Totsch Makes 10Sean Totsch became the 10th different goal scorer for NIU this season when he tallied with a 35-yard rocket in the 53rd minute of the regular season finale against Hartwick. In addition, 14 different NIU players have recorded at least one point.All-Tournament Team at NorthwesternFrancis Otira and Gael Rivera were named to the Northwestern Lakeside Classic All-Tournament team last weekend. Rivera scored both of NIU's goals in the tournament. For Otira, the accolade marked his third-straight all-tournament team honor.Otira Claims HonorsOn Sept. 12, Francis Otira earned both College Soccer News National Team of the Week and Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors for his performance at the NIU/adidas Invitational. It marked the second consecutive week a Huskie claimed both awards.Four Huskies Named to NIU/adidas All-Tournament TeamFrancis Otira earned Most Valuable Player recognition and Jordan Godsey, Karim Darbaki and freshman Isaac Kannah were named to the All-Tournament team at the NIU/adidas Invitational. Godsey recorded clean sheets in both games, Darbaki scored a pair of goals and Kannah registered a goal and an assist.Sloan's Game Winners Earn Weekly AccoladesPat Sloan was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week following his performance in the Michigan Invitational. Sloan netted the game-winning goal against both Oakland and Michigan to help the Huskies win the Michigan Invitational. The two goals were the first of Sloan's NIU career.Four Huskies Earn All-Tournament Honors at MichiganEn route to winning the Michigan Invitational, four Huskies, Pat Sloan, Francis Otira and Brad Horton, along with goalkeeper Jordan Godsey, were named to the Michigan Invitational All-Tournament Team.


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For two hours, they hopped onto King Arthur's Carrousel at Disneyland and then off.
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Before the park opened on Wednesday, volunteers helped raise $200,000-plus for the Festival of Children Foundation by alternately calling possible donors via cellphone and jumping aboard the merry-go-round to fulfill pledges based on rotations. The money will go to 10 participating charities.
"We hope this grant money will help these (nonprofit groups) achieve their dreams to the very fullest," said Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, the executive director of Festival of Children Foundation.
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President Abdullah Gül visited the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) in Ankara on Friday, paying the first presidential visit to the institution in 33 years. Turkey's sixth president, Fahri Korutürk, last visited the directorate on May 5, 1979.
Gül visited the Religious Affairs director, Professor Mehmet Görmez, after performing Friday prayer at the directorate's mosque.
During the meeting the president praised the directorate's efforts to teach Islam to people in the most correct way. "It is undoubtedly one of the most important duties of the Religious Affairs Directorate to teach our religion to our people in the most correct, clear and concise way and steer them away from superstition," Gül said.
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Russia is ready to 'gradually' lift economic sanctions against Turkey, says Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Finance Minister Naci Agbal says Turkey will have no difficulties in meeting criteria of EU budget policy
The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan have condemned extremist attack at Ataturk Airport, Istanbul.
All suspects, including three foreigners, are believed to have links with the extremist who killed 41 people in the Istanbul Atarürk Airport attack earlier this week
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"Health is not only the absence of disease; it is about vitality, well-being, finding joy and achieving your full potential." — Dr. Brad Jacobs
Have you vowed to make changes in your life – to exercise more, lose weight, be kinder – but found it challenging (or impossible) to sustain? You're not alone.
Join recognized experts for a 360-degree approach to create lasting change. Learn the newest science and psychology of making positive life changes that endure. In this retreat, you'll create a personalized plan and receive practical tools, expert advice, and a support group to help sustain new habits for a lifetime.
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Creating Your Journey: Bring pen, paper and a willingness to dream big! This retreat introduction includes mind-mapping and goal-setting. These techniques inspire and focus your journey to create positive, lasting change in your life.
This hands-on learning experience changes how you view the landscape of human behavior, giving you unusual clarity in designing effective and lasting behavior change. You learn new tools and techniques developed by BJ Fogg that you can apply immediately to change behaviors in every aspect of your personal and professional life. You find out how three elements must converge to cause behavior: motivation, ability and triggers. Together we map out target behaviors and evaluate them in what Linda calls "priority mapping." You also learn a process for designing and testing solutions step by step. You leave this workshop knowing how to design for effective and lasting behavior change.
Based on her book Practical Genius, Gina breaks "practical genius" down, providing an accessible, actionable, inspirational playbook for unleashing your own hidden potential:
Identify Your Genius. Visualize and realize who you truly are. Know your values and your passions. Put your creativity and authenticity front and center. Find the place where these "hard assets" and "soft assets" intersect.
Express Your Genius. Be fully visible. Listen, explore. Identify the vocabulary for your genius; learn to dictate your narrative and refine your message.
Surround Yourself with Genius. Raise your expectations and elevate your standards. Build a network with others who are living purposeful, inspired lives. Engage with a community that's a positive reflection of your values and purpose.
Sustain Your Genius. Rededicate yourself every day to mastering your practical genius. Cultivate focus. Commit to a practice. Make the right choices for your body and mind, keeping your professional and personal lives deeply connected.
These ancient Chinese teachings, based on the movement of "qi" flowing through the body, have shown profound and positive effects on many aspects of health. These include memory, blood pressure, balance, strength, tranquility, anxiety, sleep, mental focus and attention. In this workshop, participants learn eight valuable movements to improve health and well-being, which are easy to learn and to continue practicing at home.
Part of the pleasure of a retreat at Cavallo Point is simply allowing the energy of your experience to guide you toward what you need most. Options are many. Explore the grounds with a gentle walk or epic hike. Visit the Healing Arts Center & Spa for a transformative mind-body healing or luxuriating treatment. Relax in the heated meditation pool. Write in your journal at a peaceful spot by the bay. See our retreat staff for other activities to maximize your free time while on retreat.
This experiential class is based on the philosophy, shared by Dr. Brad and the Cooking School's Chef Jayne Reichert, that cooking delicious and nutritious food is easily within reach. The key ingredients:
Learn to ask intelligent food questions: Are these greens organic? Where did the arugula come from? How was this fish fed? How are these walnuts stored? Are these ingredients in season?
Skillfully create meals with "easy access foods" and a "powerful pantry list:" Think the daily catch from a reputable fish monger, pan seared on a bed of wild arugula salad with walnut pesto. Yum!
After this class, you'll be empowered to cultivate your plan for sustainable change by making healthy food more accessible to you and your loved ones.
Modern life keeps us so busy that we are often overcommitted, juggling multiple priorities and feeling out of control. This lifestyle is exhausting, unsustainable and potentially damaging to health. Research shows that 70-90% of health conditions can be prevented or adequately managed through lifestyle alone. The cornerstone of Dr. Brad's innovative solution is "Six Pillars of Healthy Living." In this workshop, you complete his Six Pillars of Healthy Living questionnaire to determine areas where you excel and those which need more attention. You leave this experience with practical tools to increase vitality, joy, health and well-being – all important to sustaining change. The Six Pillars of Healthy Living include:
Cavallo Point is located on over 80,000 acres in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Breathe fresh sea air, take a hike and explore our backyard with seasoned guides. You'll find outstanding views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean.
This powerful experiential workshop is presented together by Dr. Brad, Gina Rudan and Linda Fogg-Phillips. In these two hours, you clarify your intentions to make meaningful change in your life, and identify potential triggers and appropriate responses to help stay on course toward your goals. The instructors work with you, both individually and within the context of dyads and small groups.
Enjoy some additional free time at Cavallo Point. Contemplate what you've learned in the retreat; explore the lodge's beautiful natural surroundings; repose in the Healing Arts Center & Spa with a soothing treatment; bask in the meditation pool. If you can't decide, please see our retreat staff for other options and personal recommendations.
Too frequently we frame what we are capable of doing by what we've experienced in the past. In this workshop, featuring speaker Joel Kimmel, you enjoy the freedom of releasing the stories we tell ourselves of what is and what is not possible. This allows you to more fully embrace the changes and life goals you truly want to achieve. Come prepared to rediscover the fundamental values and life goals you hold close to your heart.
While it's time to bring to a close an inspiring retreat weekend, you won't walk away empty-handed! Dr. Brad reviews the tools to create lasting change and walks you through next steps to ensure success in the subsequent phase of sustaining positive change.
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Last night, the remaining 70 Idol contestants headed to Las Vegas to perform on the Viva Elvis stage. They were, once again, sorted into groups of three or four. Then each group was assigned a song from the 50s or 60s and had only a day or two to perfect it. It was nice to get to see each of the performers doing their thing with full production on a big stage before they hit the Kodak.
The first group, made up of Skyler Laine, Chase Likens, Colton Dixon and Cari Quoyester, sang "Dedicated to the One I Love." Cari's voice fit the style of song better than any other in the group; Chase sounded a bit too Broadway, Skylar is pure country (though she sounded pretty good despite earlier worries), and Colton was too pop. Funnily enough, Cari was the only one from the group who was cut.
Group 2 was a group of youngins who met at the Savannah auditions and have remained friends ever since. Gabi Carrubba whined that she wasn't getting a chance to show off. "I want to shine, and everybody else is. I wanna be that girl that gets the standing ovation," she moaned before her group went on. Lucky for her, all members of the group have strong vocals and ended up having an equal(ish) share of the song. After all of the kids get through, Gabi was feeling much less stressed.
Adam Brock, Erika Van Pelt, Angie Zeiderman, and Shelby Tweten sang "Great Balls of Fire." Erika was AWESOME throughout. I couldn't understand why Angie is still in this, but her sequined, midriff baring halter top and leggings clued me in a little bit. The performance was pretty good, albeit a bit overdone. J. Lo was feeling it, though. "I felt that the whole number suited all of you. You played to each other's strengths," she complimented them. Steven's eyes were predictably on Angie's "dance moves." "The choreography was astounding," he said. "For a skinny little girl, you don't have any tail feathers, but you sure shook 'em." Thanks, creepy man. And all group members are through.
Schyler Dixon, Brielle Von Hugel, and Molly Hunt looked like service girls in shorts and cute little hats. The girls were cute, the choreography was cute. The voices weren't weak, but they certainly weren't the strongest. I'm pretty sick of Brielle oversinging everything. Still, she and Schyler made it through, while Molly was cut.
A montage of horrible people made the judges want something better, and they got it with Haley Johnsen, Reed Grimm, Elise Testone, and Eben Franckewitz. This group got along incredibly well, and, as we saw on group night, it showed. Reed pulled weird faces but sang well. Elise had a strong rasp. There was an awesome and fun a cappella breakdown in the middle of it all. Eben sounded a bit loungey, though it was kind of cute because of how young he is. This group was in it to win it. The received a standing ovation from the judges. All members proceeded onwards.
The next group was an interesting duo of baritone voices – Jermaine Jones and Richie Lawson. After struggling to find a group, Jermaine still wasn't convinced that his routine with Richie would go well. He felt that they were almost listening to two different songs. However, despite worries and Richie's honking, guttural voice, the harmonies kind of worked out. Jermaine does have a very pleasant voice, but there's no way he can win this competition. Either way, the judges were enthralled and advanced both boys onwards.
At the end of day one, a group made up of Jessica Sanchez, Deandre Brackensick, and Candace Glover was uncomfortable with their song, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore." Their vocal coach Peisha McPhee and Michael Orland, musical director, helped them add a gospel flair to the song to properly show off their voices. All three sang with big, powerful vocals, though by the end of the song, while the judges were still grooving, I was yawning. I felt the arrangement stayed samey throughout. All three contestants sure can sing, though, and all three advanced.
Once this group had done their thing, the judges pulled everyone back on stage to tell them that there was going to be a little bit of a twist – there were so many good performers this year that, after seeing what the Day 2 singers had to bring, Day 1 contestants would have to be reviewed and might end up losing their spots. A slight panic rippled through the air. Whatever, guys – you were all going to be judged against each other and cut again at some point.
Day 2 brought a lot of Elvis cheese, starting with Clayton Farhat, Adam Lee Decker, Curtis Gray, and Scott Dangerfield. The vocals were fine, the performance was silly. I was excited to see Scott Dangerfield back – he got through preliminary auditions last year, but dropped out to continue teaching. I remember him being better than he was last night, but he made it through those cuts, so maybe there was just some poor editing. In fact, everyone in the group, with the exception of Curtis, moved on. I always feel bad for the lone dove who gets cut, especially when there doesn't seem to be much of a reason behind it, as in this case. Was Curtis really that much worse than the other three? I didn't hear much difference in any of their vocals.
Feeling that they were above the competition since they're all professional singers, The Neopolitans (Courtney Williams, Britnee Kellogg, Jessica Phillips) didn't rehearse with the band or a vocal coach. Probably due to lack of coaching, they all did too many runs and oversang. The judges didn't seem wild about any of the girls. In the end, they chose to keep Britnee and Courtney and axed Jessica. "They're not looking for real artists," Jessica moped in the lobby. Courtney glanced at her sideways and hinted, "To me, you can walk away gracefully." Jessica didn't take the hint, kept pouting, and ended up looking like a sore loser.
The next group was the first to have a struggle with the Vocal Coach from Hell, Peggi Blu. She screamed in everyone's faces through rehearsal, especially once they started crying. Peggi is cruel but hilarious. Anyone else think she should be the next judge on Idol? When the group finally hit the stage to sing "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?," they sounded fine. Lauren Gray has deep smokiness in her voice reminiscent of Adele. Wendy Taylor has a big belt, but she has bright red hair, which doesn't usually fair well for contestants (unless you're Alison Iraheta, and even that girl struggled to get where she did). Mathenee Treco has a good voice with a pleasant falsetto, but the judges decided to send him home. He took the news gracefully, with a thank you and a goodbye. His humility made me wish the judges had kept him – that kind of attitude would be refreshing to have on the show.
Heejun Han worried about Peggi Blu – he had looked her up on YouTube and was a little terrified of her, as he had every right to be. They shared an early hug, though, banishing the tension before it broke out. Peggi was so impressed with this group that I was expecting them to move mountains with their voices – which they didn't. They were good, but not to the degree that she was making them out to be. All four boys (Neco Starr, Jairon Jackson, Heejun Han, and Phil Phillips) moved forward. Even though Phil still sounds like Kermit the Frog.
Groove Sauce was sad that they had to split since four was the maximum amount of contenders aloud per group. Without Reed Grimm, the rest of the group (Creighton Fraker, Jen Hirsh, Nick Boddington, and Aaron Marcellus) now called themselves Lady and the Spectacles. Their vocal coach, Peisha, worried that their harmonies were too tight and that they weren't letting their individuality shine through enough. WHATEVER, Peisha. I wish Idol would let this group continue to work together. Their sound was impeccable. Each member had an individual line that they got to sing three times throughout the song, and each time they built on dynamics and drama skillfully. An absolute pleasure to watch and hear. However, the judges, for some completely unknown reason, decided that Nick Boddington was not good enough to move forward. But Kermit the Frog and Cowboy were. Go figure.
The Spectacles were the last group to perform, after which the Day 1 contestants were called back to the stage and presented again to the judges in their groups. Now it was time for some bad news. Schyler Dixon was sent home, leaving her brother, Colton, who continues on, complaining about how unfair the competition is. (I'm sure Schyler thinks it's unfair, too, especially considering that, according to earlier episodes, bro Colton wasn't even supposed to audition this year, and now he has her spot in the top 42.) I was happy to see Angie Zeiderman go, but none of the other cuts seemed to make sense to me. We lost Gabi Carrubba, Candace Glover, Johnny Keyser, Jairon Jackson, and Britnee Kellogg, as well as 27 others. Altogether, though, at least the show was entertaining.
With just 42 people left, next week, all contestants will be singing for their life. Then they'll have to take the Elevator Ride of Horror and The Long Walk Down the Hallway to be told their final fate. Who will get to perform for America's votes, and who will be left with a ticket home? Watch next week to find out!


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There were lots of new faces April 12 when then the Washington Spirit opened their second National Women's Soccer League season in Boyds, Md. Unfortunately for the home team, the results were similar to last year as the Western New York Flash topped the Spirit, 3-1, on Sunday in front of 2,306 fans.
Vicky Losada, who was signed by the Flash entering the 2014 season, had a hand in all three of WNY's goals, finishing with two goals and an assist on the night. Brittany Taylor scored the other goal. The Flash only had three shots on goal.
Losada, a FC Barcelona transplant, nailed a shot from 30-yards out past former Flash goal keep Ashlyn Harris. Playing with the wind, Losada's shot sailed over the hands of Harris and into the back of the net at the 15 minute mark.
Spirit midfielder Christine Nairn knotted the game at 1-1 with a corner kick past Flash goalkeeper Lydia Williams five minutes into the second half. Narin led Washington with 5 shots and 2 shots on goal.
Center back Brittany Taylor put the Flash ahead with a sliding goal off a Losada assist. Spanish international Losada finished off her debut in the 67th minute, netting her second goal of the match. Making a run into the box, fellow Spaniard Adriana Martin found Losasa open and she finished.
The Spirit added English international striker Jodie Taylor, known for her tenacity at goal, to bolster goal production in the offseason. She was held to 2 shots and only one on goal. Newly acquired Tiffany Weimer and Diana Matheson, last season's leading scorer with 8 goals, are expected to form an effective scoring duo. Matheson was the victim of a foul Sunday, but Weimer did not play.
In other action, Scottish international Kim Little scored a penalty kick in the 49th minute and added a second goal in the 54th minute, and Megan Rapinoe capped the scoring in the 88th minute to give the hosts the Seattle Reign FC a 3-0 victory over Boston April 12.
Midfielder Allie Long scored the game's only goal in the first half and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer helped register a shutout as the defending-NWSL champs Portland Thorns FC opened the 2014 regular season with a 1-0 win on the road against the Houston Dash before 8,097 fans at BBVA Compass Stadium April 11.
Sky Blue FC tied FC Kansas City 1-1 in Kansas City, Mo. FCKC defender Kassey Kallman had possession inside the box and played the ball into the middle for forward Amy Rodriguez. Rodriguez one-timed her shot into the low right corner of the net, scoring her first goal in the NWSL at 42 minutes. SBFC midfielder Katy Freels scored the equalizer in the 48th minute to secure the tie.


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For me, the whole thing started in March of 1980 when I was a 22-year-old graduate student on spring break from the Wharton Business School. My father, Eugene C. Zorn, Jr., a prominent economist who had just published an article in The New York Times a few days earlier, was vacationing with me in the Hamptons at the home of my aunt and uncle. It was at this point that my father first told me that he was positively convinced that as a 15-year-old boy growing up in a German neighborhood in the South Bronx, he had unwittingly witnessed two German immigrant neighbors of his—John and Walter Knoll—conspiring with Bruno Richard Hauptmann outside Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey to kidnap the Lindbergh baby.
At the time, John Knoll was still alive, but his younger brother had died many years earlier. Hauptmann had gone to the electric chair in 1936 after he had been convicted of murdering the Lindbergh baby.
For the rest of his life, my father was haunted by his belief that two men—the Knoll brothers—had escaped justice and lived the rest of their lives in freedom while their accomplice went to his death close-mouthed. Dad had tried to approach Lindbergh through a mutual friend who sat on the Board of Directors of Pan Am with the aviator, but Lindbergh never responded to a letter hand-delivered by this mutual friend, who had once served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Eisenhower.
After my father's death in 2006, I embarked on a research odyssey and crisscrossed the States and Germany in search of the truth. With my father having handed off his "Project Jackson" (named after the street on which my father grew up) to me, I had no idea what I might find. Yet I determined that if I came across any piece of evidence or fact about the case that ruled out John Knoll as a participant in the kidnapping, I would immediately terminate the project and that would be that. What I discovered, however, was one piece of compelling evidence after another that pointed squarely in John Knoll's direction.
I've been aided by the greatest FBI profilers in the world, by prosecutors highly familiar with the Lindbergh case, by a top researcher of psychopathic personality, by forensic experts across a broad range of disciplines, and by members of John Knoll's own family (who, incidentally, are some of the most wonderful people I've ever met and who have become beloved friends). The journey has been an extraordinary one, and it has afforded me the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the most brilliant people I've ever encountered in my life. My father had believed that a measure of justice would be brought to the Lindbergh case at long last with the telling of his story.
Thank you for "listening" as we go forward on this journey of exploration together.


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Defendants were charged with smuggling Mexican women into the United States and forcing them to become prostitutes. The women (at least 3) were brought to Atlanta and forced to have sex with at least 25 men a night and to turn over all the money they made to the defendants, as well as men working as taxi drivers. The defendants threatened the women and their families with violence if they did not comply.
Only Samuel Mendez Romero pleaded guilty and was sentenced. The other three defendants remain fugitives.
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Entry to the pits was a lot easier then than it is today, with just a little care combine with picking the right moment enthusiasts could spend quite sometime wandering around the pits taking a few snaps.
During the seventies and into the eighties the racing was much closer and more exciting than it is today, the main factor being that the majority of teams were using the Ford Cosworth engine and aero dynamics were less influential. The downside was that the racing was much more dangerous and drivers really were risking their lives every time they raced. It might not be as exciting but at least Grand Prix racing is safer today.
I still remember the speed that James Hunt went through Copse Corner during the 1976 Grand Prix, he looked visibly quicker than any other driver, and he was. James Hunt won the race but unfortunately Ferrari lodged a protest and two months after the race James Hunt and Mclaren were disqualified for a technical infringement.
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Cavender Audi in San Antonio
(San Antonio, TX) Cavender Audi opens it's newest dealership with a Gala Grand Opening Event scheduled for March 18, 2010 from 6:00 PM until 8:30 PM.
The evening event, open to the public, will feature good company, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, a dazzling fashion show along with area retailers offering special gifts to attendees. Live music will set the mood.
After grabbing a cocktail, walk around and have a look at the new building. Cavender's new facility is one of the first using Audi's new dealership design, created by architecture firm Allmann Sattler Wappner of Munich. The design is called "terminal" and is intended to combine the efficiency, performance, luxury, and environmental themes that are part of Audi's corporate identity. The new terminal dealerships are 30-40 percent more energy efficient than previous dealership designs and individual dealerships will be able to secure LEED certification, which further demonstrates Audi's commitment to environmental stewardship. The customer experience will be enhanced not only through the clever use of space and light, but also through custom-made furniture and accessories.
The dealership will also feature the all new 2010 Audi line up, including the Audi S4, Audi A3 TDI, and the Audi A5 and S5 Cabriolets.
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I am a firm believer in slow chess. I advocate it, I recommend it, and I play it. However, sometimes a few good one-minute chess battles can be really fun. It can relieve stress, it can help wake you up if you are tired, and the games can go by very fast. But do they have any value in the grand scheme of chess? Maybe.
Most bullet chess is played on the Internet, and therefore it can end up being quite a mouse race. One-minute chess games are very easy to find and are extremely popular, especially at the master to grandmaster levels. They use it to work out openings and to test their prowess at endgames, as well. They play fast, they play strong, and they play a lot.
If you play enough one-minute chess games, you'll begin to notice patterns that happen often, depending on your opening choice and style of play. Practicing different lines at this speed, recognizing checkmating themes and noting what the endgame most often looks like can all be applied to your slow chess.
It might also teach you to play simpler chess altogether. In a slow game we look for tricks and sacrifices that may win immediately, or try to see sequences many moves deep. We may also do that in bullet chess, but on a much more surface level. Simply playing solid moves that don't risk too much can win bullet games, as well as slow chess games.
That isn't to say don't look for tricks, of course. But why spend half an hour calculating a knight sacrifice that doesn't work when you could simply develop a piece or push a pawn, gaining control of an important square?
One of my personal problems in slow games is that sometimes my mind actually slows down. In a bullet chess game, we are forced to work out the effects of our moves immediately, or risk an embarrassing loss. I believe that bullet chess can help apply some speedy calculations to our regular games, as well.
Bullet Chess Tips
• When playing the opening, pick moves that don't immediately cause conflict, so that your army can develop quickly and efficiently. Don't pause or stall if you drop a pawn or two or even a piece, because speed is king in bullet chess. Keep playing, play aggressively, and get castled. In the middle game, aggressive play coupled with a concrete plan is what wins.
• Most Internet chess servers allow for a phenomenon known as "premove". This allows us to actually commit to our next move before our opponent has even made theirs. Of course, the inherent risk is that of making an egregious, game-losing blunder, but it can also be a wonderful tool when used correctly. Many of the opening moves can be completed using premove, as well as endgames or checkmates, if you know the patterns.
• Also, if both players are down to 1 or 2 seconds on the clock, it's time to start sacrificing! Your opponent may have a certain series of forcing moves planned for you, but if you crash your queen into a pawn in front of his king, thus putting him in check, his mouse may be far enough away from the area to cause him to flag (run out of time). Or they may think you see a mate they missed, and stop to think about it for just a second, which all too often is all it takes to win a bullet chess game.


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However, here's some information which could be helpful in configuring your computer when running Linux to be able to access the BYU-Idaho network:
- Required Authentication: WPA2 Enterprise and 802.1x, and BYU-Idaho username and password.
- You might also be asked for another authentication protocol. In this case, use PEAP. If it asks to see a certificate, ignore that message. It may ask for your username and password again, so go ahead and enter it.
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As a Senior in 2009-10 Spring: Part of the Second Varsity Eight that had two second place finishes against Buffalo (6:50.90) and Dartmouth (6:31.60) (May 1) ... Part of the Quad that raced at the Knecht Cup (Apr. 10-11). Fall: Rowed in the Lightweight Eight and Lightweight Four that finished first with a time of 15:70.54 at the Head of the Fish Regatta ... Raced in the Lightweight Eight that finished eighth with a time of 18:42.843 at the Head of the Charles Regatta ... Competed in one of three Fours boats and one of three Eights boats at the Head of the Housatonic.
As a Junior in 2008-09: Spring Rowed the lightweight four at Knecht Cup ... Won the lightweight four at the A-10 Conference in Camden, NJ helping the team to claim the A-10 Championship for the 13th UMass win ... Rowed the lightweight four and placed second at Dad Vails in Philadelphia.
As a Sophomore in 2007-08: Fall: Stroked the lightweight eight at the Head of the Charles in Boston ... Raced the lightweight four at the Head of the Fish. Spring: Did not compete due to injury.
As a Freshman in 2006-07: Fall:Rowed in the novice eight boat that took first at the Textile Regatta and the Head of the Housatonic ... At the Head of the Fish, her novice eight boat finished sixth and her novice four boat came ahead of the rest of pack. Spring: A member of the novice eight team which took third in the Yankee Cup in Kingston, R.I. (3/30) ... Placed first in a race against Iona in Orchard Park, N.Y. (4/1) ... Also competed and took second place and the silver medal in the A10 Championships in Camden, N.J. (4/21) helping the Minutewomen to their 12th Atlantic 10 title ... Rowed in the novice eight that finished fifth at the ECAC Championships.
Before UMass: Rowed for Agnes Irwin while in high school under Coach Liz Bergen ... Helped her team to the Inter-AC Championship during her junior season ... Earned recognition as the most improved rower following her junior campaign ... Was also on the soccer, volleyball and swim teams while in high school
Personal: Allison Lauren Donzanti ... Born October 23, 1987 to Bruce and Sandra Donzanti ... Has one sibling, Dave ... Majoring in Political Science and History.
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For the second year, NEWaukee will host the Eastside Music Tour presented by Associated Bank this Saturday on Brady Street in Downtown Milwaukee. The Eastside Music Tour showcases local musicians as well as other regional and national music groups. 30 Brady Street businesses will host 70 music acts starting at 4pm until 11pm. A free trolley shuttle will be running throughout the afternoon and evening while Hi-Hat will have a heated "All-Access Tent" on Arlington Street for all attendees.
To check out the entire lineup, set times, and ticket information, head to newaukee.com/eastside-music-tour


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Taking the selfie to the next level…
I have made dozens of pilgrimages to this sacred, riverine wilderness over the past twenty years. And within the delicious, unfolding hours that those magical days have afforded me, I have found myself, again and again, knee deep, balanced upon some submerged rock, fly rod in hand, asking for two simple gifts: trout willing to dance and a healing swirl of currents to pull and prod, and tug at the edges of my soul until, finally, I can release my grip on all those perceived slights and frets I have carefully gathered and kept score with during the months prior. This is big work. Thankfully, the river is even bigger.
Last summer I managed several consecutive days alone here, wading and fishing, harvesting wild currants and mint, making pictures of the river's changing moods and falling into ever deeper states of calm with first-light awakenings and mid-afternoon naps beneath rustling trees. Slowly the chattering monkeys in my head quieted and I found myself thinking about a somewhat different kind of picture, one that might explain what a fly fisherman feels while lost utterly within 'the pregnant moment' of fishing. I haven't had words to explain that experience, so profoundly moving to me and others, but I've longed to be able to share it, to explain the strange, calming effect of the water and light, and the dances with fish to those who inquire.
And so, five full days into my solo adventure, after an early dinner in camp I packed my heavy tripod and camera gear, grabbed my fly rod and donned my fishing vest, then headed off through heavy brush and a tangled thicket of trees toward a particularly picturesque and braided stretch of river.
In my mind I had begun to form an image that flowed with motion, with the hush of fading, midsummer light and with a fisherman's calm, purposeful concentration. I was not envisioning a picture about catching a fish, but rather a picture about the search for fish. Anyone experienced with a fly rod knows that far more moments are spent searching for fish than playing fish, that it is the search that is the real gift, the meditation, the repeated koan. But how? How would one manage to record the beauty inherent within that lonely quest while standing there at the edge of the river all alone?
I had an idea.
I had not attempted anything quite like what I was imagining nor did I know of anyone who had, but it occurred to me that maybe I could use Canon's groovy new EOS Remote iPhone app to visualize and position myself perfectly within a framed-up image, then trigger the camera to capture my photograph, a selfie if you will, of the only possible fisherman in the vicinity intently exploring a stretch of pocket water in search of rainbow trout, at dusk. Undoubtedly, this was going to be more complicated than a simple, eyes-to-camera selfie, but figuring out how to do even that remotely was something I needed to master before attempting additional layers of complexity.
As you can imagine, I was apprehensive about placing my brand new camera and L series wide-angle lens on a tripod in the river and then walking away from it, no matter how carefully I'd situated the tripod's feet among those slippery rocks in shin-deep water. I could just imagine the setup slowly tipping over and disappearing beneath the surface as I walked away, or accidentally kicking it over as I tried to move around from behind it. I double and then triple-checked my setup for stability, carefully attached and leveled my camera, zooming out and framing up my shot in a way that would allow the viewer's eye to move naturally through the scene from watery foreground to silhouetted fisherman, to eventually, pastel-colored dusky sky. Ever so slowly then I moved away from the camera itself and into the camera's frame. When I was approximately where I thought I needed to be as the focal point of the shot, I activated the EOS Remote app on my phone's screen and 'looked' through the camera's viewfinder to see exactly what the camera was seeing.
Obviously, I was still too close. And my back was turned too much to the camera. I moved two steps further toward the river's center and a step to my right, tucking in behind a few leafy branches within the frame, then turned my body slightly more profile to the camera. I checked the screen again to see how the camera was seeing it. Much better.
From the phone's touchscreen then I manipulated my camera's controls, dialing the shutter speed way down to allow the water in the foreground to blur out as it flowed through the scene during a long exposure, but discovered that there was still far too much light in the sky to slow my shutter speed suitably, even when shooting at low ISO and tiny apertures. I fired off a few frames, experimenting with the way I should hold my fly rod and where I should point it, but couldn't yet manage the moody image I wanted. Even though the sun had dipped below the canyon rim on the far horizon, it was still too high and the sky far too bright, so guessing the light would probably be problematic for at least another half hour, I decided to go fishing.
Once my iPhone 5 was safely sealed back into its ziplock bag and tucked it into a pocket I carefully made my way back to the Canon 6D on the tripod, switched it off to save battery power and worked my way upstream. Hello there, fishies.
Between 7:58 and 8:39PM, as the light faded and the skies colored up, I caught and released three eager rainbow trout that were feeding in the "pocket water" upstream from my photo setup, then carefully worked my way back down to that sheltered stretch where my camera sat unattended within the swirling river. Whew! Still there. And dry. After switching the Canon 6D back on and reconnecting with my iPhone via it's internal wifi network, I waded back out to that picture-perfect little spot I'd earlier identified as ideal and began refining my position.
The light levels had dropped substantially so I was now able to underexpose for mood while managing full, one second long exposures at f-20 rather than those 1/5 second exposures I'd needed earlier. In practical terms that allowed both for immense depth of focus and for that blurred, watery foreground, with literally five times as much movement as before, which certainly would add to the dreamy effect I was after.
With tripoded camera set on self-timer mode, shutter speed set to one second and exposure set to about one and a half stops underexposed, via the iPhone, I began to shoot in earnest, triggering the camera's self-timer, then carefully pocketing my iPhone, assuming the position, flyrod extended and holding very still. I knew the camera would probably record some wiggle motion in me and my extended fly rod during such long exposures but also believed this might add to the integrity of the shot. (Imagine the fisherman in such a photograph frozen, perfectly still while the water moved all around him. It would seem inauthentic and psychologically diminish the 'truth' of the shot.)
Each time I triggered the self-timer, I counted it down in my head, then waited in position for several more seconds, just to be sure. I did this fifteen times, selecting and zooming into each newly recorded image via my iPhone's screen immediately after each capture, refining slightly as I went. With an aperture of f-20 on a 16mm lens, which I'd manually focused at about four feet distance, I knew the image would be sharp from the near foreground to a distance of infinity, so depth of field was not going to be an issue. And by viewing what my remotely triggered camera had recorded each time, via my phone, I knew my exposure was on target for the mood I was after and that my fisherman's positions were improving aesthetically, bit by bit.
Finally, confident I had a handful of images that worked as intended, I waded carefully back toward my camera, along the way pausing to prop my beloved fly rod ever so carefully on a rock in the foreground. With a simple swing of the camera to the left (upstream), I was able then to frame up another simpler shot, this time without the silhouetted fisherman.
Selfies, digital self-portraits are boon to some minds and narcissistic bane to others. And regardless your opinion of their value to, or drag upon our collective psyche, they have been around in some form for as long as human beings have been curious and self-aware. Having once seen our reflections in the mirrored surface of a river at sunset, we could not help but wonder about the hidden depths of those fascinating persons reflected in the water. Our hungry imaginations demanded we ponder the implications of those eyes looking back at us, and that we try to see further into them. As we learned to draw, to carve, to rhyme, to paint, our explorations took on ever more elaborate and lasting dimensions. And so we artists of every age and medium since have found ways to explore the worlds we live in by examining and picturing those unique physical vessels within which we breathe and move.
Self-portraits are an ancient and time-tested art form, and are without question here to stay.
This is the humble story of just one of them.
If you have questions about any aspect of this little project that I haven't adequately covered here, please leave a comment and ask away. I'll tell ya' whatever I know. And once again, without you I'd just be standing here talking to myself, so my thanks once again for following along…


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In the News: Heaven, Human Rights, His Holiness, and more!
A round-up of the week's religion news.
How Christians Helped Create The Muslim Brotherhood
Maurice Chammah reviews Beth Baron's book The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Turmoil at Al-Azhar: Religion, Politics, and the Egyptian State
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....it's really boring living there.
Out of the frying pan.....
Here in The Register's antipodean eyrie, we have good economic news! Australia skipped the worst of the GFC and avoided a recession. Annual growth remains close to three per cent and unemployment hovers near five per cent. We gather things aren't so good elsewhere. Brits seem to be grumbling about a double dip recession and …
....it's really boring living there.
Out of the frying pan.....
I... just don't know where to start?
Yes, it's relatively boring. I much preferred my years in South Africa doing IT - back here in Australia it's just a tad... bland.
Now, with the dissing of my own homeland and exposing myself as horribly un-patriotic all out of the way; I have to say, if you want a job over here, just head for the mines, good pay and they keep you so busy you don't care that you're not out partying.
'it's really boring living there'
I've heard that about Perth and Adelaide* but Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are all pretty fun places. Sydney is similar to London (i.e. lots to do, lots to eat, but it's expensive and you might get burgled or mugged from time to time) but has the advantages that
a) literally hundreds of good, relatively clean beaches
b) lots of sunshine
c) not being a complete s***hole.
As for Brisbane, I'd rather spend my weekends scuba diving in the great barrier reef than paddling at Southend thank you very much.
*queue lots of hurst feeling in 3, 2, 1...
I'm trying to figure out if you're an Aussie trying to turn people away to save your own job, or a potential winging Pom who'd complain that Australia isn't like the UK you know and love with warm beer and football hooligans.
Note to self - refrain from feeding the trolls.
>....it's really boring living there.
Boring? When every living creature can bite you and kill you
Been there, loved it. Spent some time in Sydney, and really liked the place (people, climate, food, surroundings).
If you find Oz boring, can I have your helping?
..,the delicate petals from the UK would just melt in the Pilbara heat. They'd not even have the energy to read El Reg let alone post to it!
Actually it's very dangerous here
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEeq5qGh8I
Hmm - are there any good IT jobs to be had in the Pilbara, though? If so, let me know- I'm less than 500 miles away.
For example it's impossible to receive proper television down there as all the relevant satellites are below the horizon.
BTW, the US is also searching for highly skilled workers, as this actual add posted to the "career" wall at a technical university in Germany shows:
@Christian Berger: Nah ... if you consider THIS as a problem you should never waste a thought on going abroad as an expat. Cheers from Melbourne/Viele Gruesse aus Melbourne, Michael
Just have to be careful of the dropbears.
The best thing about the tour there is the "Warning - Drop Bears" signs!
Good article, bookmarked for reference.
I'd be interested in similar articles about working in New Zealand, the USA, Hong Kong, etc.
I was recently offered a job in the USA and only then found out that I wasn't eligible for a visa, even with a sponsoring company, as my further education wasn't quite sufficient. Oops.
I am an Expat Brit living in Darwin on a regional skilled migration visa. This grants permanent residency, so is certanly worth looking at if you are willing to go to places in Oz other than the major metropolitan areas. Darwin is quirky and a long way from anywhere, but is in the tropics so benefits from hot weather all year.
Regarding Oz vs the US. The US probably pays more, but we get a decent holiday entitlement here. As I understand it, the US is the only Western economy with zero legal leave entitlement and most USians only get about 12 days a year off. Cost of living is high here, but the lifestyle more than makes up for it.
I am glad I made the move and have absolutely no intention of going back to the UK.
"...plus a health system that isn't entirely alien to Brits and can look generous to North Americans."
I guess you have never been to Canada, know nothing about it, and just make the same broad assumptions that Canada must be like the USA in every respect.
Please educate yourself before sounding ignorant.
As someone who has had to use the Canadian health care system I can confirm that it is NOTHING like the American health care...and closure to the NHS.
I just landed *knock on wood* a job here provided I can find a place to stay. Which, in a market infested with middlemen and brokers-of-middlemen and so on, several layers deep, is no picknic, let me tell you. Well, I'spose down under might have a chance yet; we'll know in a week.
Depending on the city Australia can be a great place to live, the big two, Melbourne and Sydney are just like most major cosmopolitan cities around the world, good night life, good services, good food, good sports, so-so public transport, etc. Perth and Adelaide are a bit behind the times, and Adelaide has a detestable road system that was designed by a drunk monkey with bugger all public transport, but still over-all nice places. I can't speak to Brisbane as I've never been there.
On the subject of "imported workers", it's less of an issue for IT workers, the main fuss is about importing 1700 workers for a mining project, untrained or minimally trained foreign workers, it's understandable people are fairly ticked off about that, since if they are untrained why not hire locals and train them?
Most highly skilled professionals are welcome, over the last decade a large number of doctors have been "imported" into regional areas and have been welcomed with open arms for example.
The cost of general living is fairly high though, so let that be a warning, and in some cases disgustingly high, with a "nice beach tax" thrown on by international companies without any real justification (for a quick example, check the prices on Steam AU and then US, both are in USD, no taxes or extras, yet the AU price is almost triple, that's very common in tech/entertainment purchases), so keep that in mind.
So anyone interested in coming Down Under, please give it a look, it's a great place to live, just please watch out for the drop bears
Sounds like it.
You forgot to mention that one will only enjoy the 'brilliant' intellectual life in Australia if one has a room-temperature IQ (one enjoys life more if one is amongst equals).
It's pretty straightforward to get permanent residence (a 175 / 176 visa) if you're in IT. The process will take a year, cost two or three thousand quid, but is generally pretty straightforward.
If you can follow instructions then you don't necessarily need to hire an immigration agent either, which is another big saving. :)
From what I've heard, I'd agree with the characterisation that the east coast is suffering, whilst the resources sector is booming. In fact, a friend reckons the state of Victoria is already in a recession. The trouble is that most of the IT work is in Sydney and Melbourne.
At the current exchange rates, contract rates seem to be on a par with London (most are $600 to $900 per day, about £400 to £600), permanent salaries are a touch higher. Living costs are higher, and some things, such as cars, are eye-watering.
Housing is also really expensive. Melbourne is on a par with London, whereas Sydney is completely bonkers. Prices have started to slide, by around 5% in the last year. If this is the start of a bubble bursting, then the Australian economy could be in for a rough ride as a large proportion of the population has significant mortgage debt, or even loss-making investment properties.
I'm tempted to head over there later this year, though probably as a temporary (6 to 12 months) stint.
Australia is also pretty efficient at processing applications.
We have one customer in the mining business that moved it's tech R&D centre from Canada to OZ because Canada was taking 5+ years to process permanent residency applications, then 3+years before you can apply for citizenship which is then taking a further 2years to process. And every new government throws out the entire application backlog and changes the rules.
Oz was a few months for the visa then IIRC 1year residency before you can apply for citizenship.
The downside they mentioned was that although N.America / UK workers were welcomed other nationalities had a bit more trouble being accepted.
You forgot about all the animals there that are DEADLY. Half the world's venomous creatures live in Australia.
Half? Pfft don't be insulting, it's at least 4/5ths.
Yes but all of them in Canberra. Parliment house is where you find the really venemous creatures.
Australia is a great country, but as a foreigner there are aspects of Aussie culture that can take one unawares. While Aussies love to pay homage to their frontier past and are generally more gregarious and easy-going that the average Brit, even in a fact-based field like IT there is a tendency to avoid confrontation and deal with tricky matters via "back channels". This can be frustrating if you are used to having a vigorous debate on the technical merits of a proposed solution.
Even though it is an English-speaking country (more or less!) you *will* experience culture shock so it is wise to swot up on the local culture so you know where they're coming from.
But looking on the bright side, an English "heatwave" is simply called "winter" in Brisbane.
odd. At my workplaces technical decisions were made by a beancounter on another continent who did not know or care about IT. Robust debate could happen if the local architect was human, not a process droid, not that it made any difference.
... go for it!
My folks dragged the family off to South Africa when I was eight - it was mid-seventies and blighty was in a state probably worse than now. My dad was a skilled draughtsman/engineer.
I ended up living there for 25 years. Ironically, I came back home to find work in the IT sector, as South Africa was really backward on that score.
If your single, or a young couple and feel stuck in a rut, just do it - life changing experiences don't come along often and believe me, when you hit your 40s it gets harder and harder to do something as challenging as moving to a new country.
Again, ironically enough, for me it was the other way around - coming to London after 25 years away from home.
Whatever you do, if you do go, don't badmouth this country - we've got a lot going for us, even though it may not seem so. That's probably one of the best reasons to live and work in another country for a few years - you suddenly appreciate that life isn't greener on the other side, just different.
In this day and age of skilled workers living and working longer, the Aussies have a 'Need Not Apply' sign up for those older than 49. Guess I'll take my awesome virtualization skills elsewhere, MATE!
Part of it is we're suffering from the same "Baby Boom" population problem the rest of the western world is suffering from, and they are nearing retirement, and it's going to put a massive strain on our pension system.
It's unfortunate you're caught up in it, but the last thing the government wants is older people coming in, working a few years, getting citizenship, then claiming the old age pension they would be entitled too.
Yeah it sucks, but what could they do?
I see your point, which is why a limited visa should be available. I would love to work there for a year or two, see the country, then come back home. Been all over N and S America and Europe. Would have been a nice adddition.
True. Turn 40 and you become invisible, even to motorcycle outlets where the midlife crisis customers are the best customers. Turn 60 and no employer wants you even though they winge to the government about the need for more skilled labour. This while the excuse for a national gov is busy making education more expensive and lecturing the oldies about working until they drop. The state schools are excellent places to train your kids to be devout materialists if that that's what turns you on. Literacy might be a bit dodgy though.
BTW, all previous commentards forgot the hoop snakes that chase you down hills. Did I mention Aus snakes are the most venomous in the world ? And our spiders do well in the horror stakes. The flesh rotting ones in eastern states are world beaters. The Queensland irukandji jelly fish make the bigger stingers like Portugese Man o' War look anemic. Perth is not boring either, unless you need the nightly shootings that Sydney has. Perth provides as many drugs, drunken hell holes and brothels as any other big city. It does have a working rail system, unlike any other Oz city. However most jobs are in the north west, not Perth. There is this strange belief Perth is isolated, so the bigger companies are run from third world countries like the USA, via a PHB colony in Sydney so expect enlightened management, not.
Go to New Zealand they have a limit of 55. Once you have an NZ passport you have defacto Australian citizenship.
NZ is the most boring place on the planet....seriously. The cost of living is appalling, the housing is shocking, the pubs are crap and the wages are terrible.
By NZ passport, you mean "obtain NZ Citizenship". That means 5 years solid in the land of the long white yawn. After that, you may reside and work in Australia on a Special Character Visa. At no point does this mean you automatically gain Aussie citizenship nor have most of the benefits that Australian's have such as unemployment or sickness benefit. Fail to be a good little citizen and they'll kick you straight back to New Zealand.
Yip. Sure is some ageism going on there.
Plus don't forget there's the competition from all the third world body-shoppers and intra-company transfers, and financially things just don't stack up.
Super country to visit though !
If you are looking to work abroad, Canada has a growing IT sector, and several skilled worker programs too (at federal and provincial levels).
Don't believe the marketing hype. Australia may have avoided the GFC thanks to a commodity boom its economy is on the verge of tanking. You only have to look at the economic figures for the last 6 months to see it. Sure, economic growth is around 3% - but look further and you'll see the last two quarterly GDP figures have both come in under expectations. The last reported jobless figures were, again, worse than expected. Property prices are declining and have been doing for about 12 months. The RBA recently cut its cash rate by 0.5% in an effort to 'soften the landing' and it has yet to be seen if this will do anything given that China's economy is slowing (China has been the #1 export market for Australia during this recent commodity boom).
But don't take my word for it. Just do your own homework and you'll see it's not as good as Recruitment Agents like to tell you... and have you ever really trusted what an Agent says?
...when the Irish turn up.
A lot of local coverage has echoes of Ireland circa 2006, shortly before things went very pear-shaped.
"Pack now, you can be on the first plane out tomorrow".
This is total BS, I've just got an IT job after being out of work for 6 months - The first time in my life I've been unemployed for that long, previous was 3 weeks.
East coast Australia is a basket case even in the IT industry. If you can get a job expect to be on a lower salary. The only jobs going are in the mines and don't bother applying unless you have all your machinery operator tickets.
The mining boom has screwed the rest of the country with the high dollar which is causing all the local manufacturers to go belly up.
As Brit now living in Switzerland for the past 5 years, I'm surprised that this little island in the middle of Europe has also pretty much avoided the recession.
Salaries here are high (starting salary for a basic C# developer is about 120,000 CHF - about £80,000), and depending on which Canton you live in, you'll pay about 10% tax on that.
Everything here is more expensive, and some costs (like health insurance) are compulsory. But, it's clean, safe, and has affordable public transport which would shame the UK.
Geneva & Zurich are both major financial capitals, and there are plenty of English speaking jobs around.
The downside...
Australia has better beaches. We just have lakes.
Some friends moved to .au - he was "head hunted" (he is a specialist painter and decorator) while over on hols with his family. While at a BBQ (where else) a friend of the family suggested he contact his boss who was lokking for someone with his skills. The boss was desperate and pretty much hired him on the spot! He went to london spoke to the commision and they confirmed all his worries were unfounded - he was a "very desirable".
The company offered him a senior post on the assumption he would train up new staff etc.
So the family sold up and moved to the land of the barbie!
Then all hell broke loose. When he arrived at the office on Monday he was told that because his qualifications were no longer recognised by .gov.au, He had to start work as an apprentice. No pay for the first year etc. He was quite rightly fuming and checked with .gov.au and they confirmed it even though he had letters stating his qualifications and experience were not only acceptable but "highly desired".
He relations until they could get funds back from the uK for a flight home.
Thankfully they had not transferred thier dosh from selling the Uk house to the land of the crims...
And Micheal and Mary were fastidious about double (and triple) checking everything - the aussies can and do say/write one thing before you leave and then change thier mind after you arrive!
"...he was told that because his qualifications were no longer recognised by .gov.au,"
That probably meant he was over qualified. Once, we had a wonderful trades system equal to anywhere in the world, now tradesmen are treated as a joke--uneducated scum. Of course, that's the attitude of Australia's spoilt chattering classes--the boring overpaid latte set that frequents the inner cities and has too much effect on politics.
Australia manufactures stuff-all anymore except hot air. When the mining boom's over heaven help us all.
I hope people come back and read the comments on this, I bookmarked it as I want to (.net dev) work in Sydney. The Switzerland comment got me tho. That sounds awesome. 80k for a dev role? You don't need to get back to me actually, I'll research this myself, because I'm on a Welsh wage here of 30k. This would be 45 or so if I was in London (based on colleagues pay whilst working down TVP). Fuuuuck, I need to move. I will move, just.....where?