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The work was expected to begin on July 7 and be completed by
August 11, allowing pupils and parents to cross safely at the
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pedestrian crossing, but have failed to do so.
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disrupting traffic and causing driver frustration.''
The new signals would remain green, allowing traffic to pass,
unless a pedestrian activated them.
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seconds at busy times, he said.
He did not expect the new lights would add to congestion in
the area, but staff and police would monitor the new layout
and the timing of the lights.
Settings would be adjusted if needed.
Mr Clarke said the school's parent volunteers would continue
to operate the crossing and activate the signals only when
groups of children were ready to cross, to avoid ''everyone
stopping for one kid''.
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their part in this and actually stop when it goes red.
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February 23, 2016 The Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Andrew McCutchen wants to end his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but it will take a new contract to ensure that happens. more »»
Kang fielding, hitting but not 100 percent yet
February 21, 2016 BRADENTON, Fla. — Jung Ho Kang's debut season in the major leagues ended with a jolt last September, when the Pittsburgh Pirates infielder cracked his left leg in a collision. more »»
Cole suffers small setback
February 20, 2016 From Mirror, wire reports BRADENTON, Fla. — On the first day of spring training, Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole already was behind schedule. more »»
Bucs, Cubs, Cards will battle for it again
February 17, 2016 The Associated Press A team-by-team look at the National League Central entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and... more »»
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Hurdle positive winning ways will continue
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Pirates set ticket schedule
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Melancon, Pirates agree on contract
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Pirates trade Broxton for Rogers
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Pirates say goodbye to Morton
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Hartsock: Odds against fan favorites staying
December 12, 2015 The renowned poet Robert Frost wrote that people who don't like the weather in New England should wait for 15 minutes. more »»
Searage highlights Care-a-van visit
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Walker's long tenure with Bucs' organization over
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Trained as a cultural anthropologist and working on lived religion in Ghana for more than 20 years, Birgit Meyer studies religion from a global and post-secular perspective. Her research is driven by an urge to make sense of the shifting place and role of religion in our time, and to show that scholarly work in the field of religion is of eminent concern to understanding the shape of our world in the early 21st century. In so doing, she seeks to synthesize grounded fieldwork and theoretical reflection in a broad multidisciplinary setting.Her main research foci are the rise and popularity of global Pentecostalism; religion, popular culture and heritage; religion and media; religion and the public sphere; religious visual culture, the senses and aesthetics.
Birgit Meyer studied religious studies and pedagogy (for disabled children) at Bremen University and cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). After her PhD defense in 1995 she was affiliated with the Research Center Religion and Society (UvA). Between 2004 and 2011 she was professor of cultural anthropology at VU University Amsterdam; since September 2011 she is professor of religious studies at Utrecht University. Between 2000 and 2006 she directed the NWO Pionier programma Modern Mass Media, Religion and the Imagination of Communities. She has conducted research on and published about colonial missions and local appropriations of Christianity, modernity and conversion, the rise of Pentecostalism in the context of neo-liberal capitalism, popular culture and video-films in Ghana, the relation between religion, media and identity, as well as on material religion and the place and role of religion in the 21st century. Her book publications include Translating the Devil. Religion and Modernity Among the Ewe in Ghana (Edinburgh University Press, 1999), Globalization and Identity. Dialectics of Flow and Closure (edited with Peter Geschiere, Oxford: Blackwell, 1999), Magic and Modernity. Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment (edited with Peter Pels, Stanford University Press, 2003), Religion, Media and the Public Sphere (edited with Annelies Moors, Indiana University Press, 2006), Aesthetic Formations. Media, Religion and the Senses (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), Things. Religion and the Question of Materiality (edited with Dick Houtman, Fordham 2012) and Sensational Movies. Video, Vision and Christianity in Ghana. (Berkeley: The University of California Press). She is vice-chair of the International African Institute (London), a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the editors of Material Religion. In 2010-2011 she was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg), Berlin. In 2011 she was awarded the Anneliese Maier Forschungspreis (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). In 2015 she received the Academy professor prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the NWO Spinoza award from the Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research.
The publications listed refer to 2011, 2012 and 2013. For a full list of publications see CV.
Research projects in progress
2012-2016: Habitus and Habitat. Politics and Aesthetics of Religious World-Making. Project hosted by the Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, in collaboration of the Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Utrecht University (2 PhD-students).
2010-2013: Cultural performance, belonging and citizenship in contemporary South Africa Sanpad project 10-13, I am the "Dutch partner," in colaboration with Dr Heike Becker, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
2010-2013: Creativity and Innovation in a World of Movement (CIM), with Maruska Svasek (Belfast, Project leader, BM is the PI for the NL-subproject), [2 part-time postdocs].
2008-2013 Research grant (principal investigator) by NWO for the research program 'Heritage Dynamics: Politics of Authentication and Aesthetics of Persuasion in Brazil, Ghana, South Africa and the Netherlands' [3 Phd students, 1 postdoc].
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Insider's guide to Restaurant Week Cape Town
Foodie-lovers, get ready for Restaurant Week Cape Town from September 22 to 29, 2012!
It's taken the social media world by storm: bite-sized information passed from one internet savvy diner to another and now, I'll let you in on what Restaurant Week is all about.
Set to reaffirm the Mother City and her magnificent winelands as the Culinary Capital of South Africa, Restaurant Week is jam-packed with fabulous specials and you're not going to want to miss one delicious morsel of it.
Here's what you need to know:
What is Restaurant Week?
A Dining City.com initiative, Restaurant Week is a week-long gourmet fest of discounted meals at high-end establishments in and around the city.
First held in the pleasure-seeking city of Amsterdam in 2007, where it sold out within minutes, Restaurant Week is now held in Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Budapest, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Singapore.
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The 2012 edition will see Cape Town and the winelands' top establishments including Planet Restaurant at the Mount Nelson, La Moutte in Sea Point and Haute Cabriere in Franschhoek offering diners specially priced meals and the opportunity to visit the places they've always wanted to.
Special three-course dinners are R200 and a three-course lunch is R125. Remember, though, that restaurants with a DiningCity STAR (which means they are accredited by Dining City) have a R50 surcharge.
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Treat your loved ones and friends to a great meal at a fabulous restaurant by booking a table via www.restaurantweek.co.za.
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The Ten Best Movie Performances by Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan in Joe.
As video-on-demand continues to become the preferred route of distribution for a certain kind of independent film, much is being made of Nicolas Cage's willingness to slum for a paycheck, with recent examples including already-forgotten, small-screen-friendly items like Seeking Justice, Trespass, Stolen, and The Frozen Ground. (His character names in these projects -- Will Gerard, Kyle Miller, Will Montgomery, and Jack Halcombe -- are as interchangeable as the titles of the films.) Aside from citing the obvious appeal of doing work for money (a defense Cage himself brought up in a recent interview with The Guardian), it's also possible to back Cage by acknowledging the consistency with which he's taken on "serious" roles over the years.
David Gordon Green's Joe, which hits limited release this weekend, marks the latest instance of this trend, with Cage giving a reportedly subdued performance as an ex-con named Joe Ransom. In that spirit, we've put together a rundown of some of the actor's finest performances, all of which serve as proof that, though his over-the-top inclinations may make for a side-splitting YouTube compilation, Cage has amassed a career that few contemporary actors can equal. This list is hardly airtight in its exclusivity, so a few honorable mentions ought to go out to a pair of Cage's deliriously uneven auteur collaborations (David Lynch's Wild at Heart, Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes), 1983's Valley Girl, 1987's Moonstruck, and Alex Proyas's Knowing (a favorite of the late Roger Ebert).
Rumble Fish (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
With these three Francis Ford Coppola films, Cage, a nephew of the famed Godfather director (he adopted a different last name to dodge accusations of nepotism), was given a prominent entryway into the industry, starting with supporting roles in Rumble Fish and Cotton Club and building to his bizarrely-voiced Peggy Sue performance that drove co-star Kathleen Turner mad.
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Raising Arizona (1987)
Cage's only collaboration with Joel and Ethan Coen has remained one of the brothers' most well-liked films, a charmingly kooky response to their dead-serious 1984 feature debut, Blood Simple. In a recent appreciation of the Coens' oeuvre, Mike D'Angelo laments the fact that Cage and the Coens haven't re-teamed in the years since: "The Coens have never made another movie with Cage, which seems criminal, given how perfectly his recklessness meshes with their control-freak exactitude."
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
The performance that earned Cage a Best Actor Oscar, this is the closest thing on the list to an obligatory entry. However, though the self-loathing-alcoholic/well-meaning-hooker set-up is rather problematic -- Jonathan Rosenbaum aptly, if harshly, describes it as "[i]n keeping with the prevailing designer-vomit Hollywood style of glamorous despair" -- there's nothing flimsy about Cage's raw work in the film.
The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997)
Cage's action-movie streak hit something of a peak with this miraculous run in the mid-'90s, which had the actor collaborating with genre stalwarts Michael Bay, Simon West (with producer Jerry Bruckheimer), and John Woo, respectively. Here's hoping the present-day Cage soon ditches the realm of sub-VOD actioners and returns to working with bona fide craftsmen.
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader reunited for this under-appreciated gem, which, featuring one of Cage's most demanding roles, finds the actor channeling both the New York despair of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle (Cage's character is an ambulance paramedic) and the crazed nocturnal anxiety of After Hours's Paul Hackett.
Adaptation (2002)
This second Spike Jonze-Charlie Kaufman collaboration (after Being John Malkovich) presents Cage in a challenging dual-role performance. Writing in the Voice in 2002, J. Hoberman noted that "[t]he perfectly seamless presence of the two Cages on-screen has the uncanny effect of neutralizing the actor's naturally obstreperous affect."
Matchstick Men (2003)
One of the fleetest films directed by Ridley Scott, this comedy-thriller positions Cage as a con-man with obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Writing in the Voice in 2003, J. Hoberman praised the actor's dynamic work: "Artful distraction is the key to a successful con, and Cage does more than that for Matchstick Men, dazzling the viewer with a veritable ob-com sonata based on a plethora of tics, hitches, stutters, twitches, and obscure rituals."
Lord of War (2005)
Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol's detailed look into the world of arms dealing was a kind of passion project for Cage, who's credited as a producer. In an interview he gave at the time of release, Niccol said, "I don't write with anyone in mind, but as soon as I finished I thought, 'Who can make the devil charming?' It's Nicolas Cage."
The Weather Man (2005)
Cage is known for big performances; director Gore Verbinski (The Lone Ranger, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) is known for big movies. They both restrained themselves -- to satisfying effect -- in this somber, Chicago-set drama, which the Voice's Michael Atkinson championed in 2005 as "the most supremely odd American film of the year."
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
This may end up being the most ridiculously perfect role Cage ever takes on: after all, a Werner Herzog remake of an Abel Ferrara film doesn't come along all that often. If the movie itself doesn't live up to every expectation, the performance is so overblown that it can't be dismissed: it plays like a greatest-hits reel of Cage's potential for hysteria.
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The Fiat 500X and a new small Jeep crossover will be built at Fiat's factory in Melfi, Italy, from 2014.
At an event in Melfi, factory chairman, John Elkann, and Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO of Fiat-Chrysler, confirmed that work is already underway to prepare the factory for the arrival of the two new models.
Key to this in the investment over €1billion (£810million) in the Melfi plant, which Fiat claims is now one of the most technologically advanced car factories in the world.
Both cars will be built on the Fiat-Chrysler 'Small Wide' platform, which underpins the Fiat 500L and is essentially an enlarged version of the underpinnings of the Fiat Punto.
We've already had a sneak peak of the 500X crossover, which joins the 500L and forthcoming 500XL in continuing Fiat's plan to expand the 500 marque into a sub-brand of its own.
Details are yet to be revealed of the new Jeep, although it has been confirmed that the new car will fit into a sector in which Jeep has never competed before. Given its small size, a B-segment rival to the Nissan Juke and Ford EcoSport is most likely.
As for the Melfi plant, the factory now has new panel and body welding lines, new welding robots, upgrades to the assembly area and new technologies involving paintwork for the new cars.
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Organizers have planned a one-day tour in and around Union and Jackson counties. Transportation, lunch and commemorative t-shirt are provided as part of the tour. The fall tour will commence at the Shawnee College Annex in Anna, Illinois at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016. The Fall Ozark Tour coincides with National Public Lands day. The tour will visit Shawnee National Forest sites including the Kaolin pond area where the clay for the famous Kirkpatrick pottery was obtained; Pomona Natural Bridge, one of the largest Natural Bridges in the Midwest; and the Lincoln-Douglas debate site at the old Union County fairgrounds all with interpretation by U.S. Forest Service personnel.
A KR is a 2-seat composite home built aircraft, and is named KR after the names of the first builders. Each year enthusiasts, builders, and pilots travel to the KR Gathering to exchange ideas, to learn more about the KR, talk to pilots and other builders, take pictures to assist in the building process and to see friends from past gatherings.
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Enjoy this year's Jersey County Historic Society's Annual Apple Fest. Throughout the day, visitors can browse craft booths, demonstrations, quilt raffle, kettle corn and children's games. Pioneer stew, ham & beans with cornbread, and sweet treats will be sold throughout the day. Historic tours of the Cheney Mansion, Log House and Lone Star School are $5 for adults; free for children 6 and under. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the day. All other events are free. For more information, call (618) 498-2811.
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Visitors to Day at the Farm will see how the oats are removed from the chaff and straw with an antique threshing machine/separator. Kids can pet farm animals, play on a pedal tractor pull, and enjoy pony rides! Bossie the "milk her yourself' cow will be there as well as the corn box. But there's more! Antique cars and tractors, tractor-pulled hayrides, and food from the Country Kitchen. All this with live bluegrass music in the air. C'mon out! Caption: Dickson-Murst Farm volunteers were busy harvesting oats using a vintage 1930s-40s hay binder getting ready for old-time harvesting demonstrations during Day at the Farm.
Dig out your berets and bowlers, ushankas and sombreros, and celebrate diversity in style! This event is a dancing, eating, creating and learning celebration of Aurora's diverse cultures, past and present, benefitting Family Focus Aurora, World Relief and the Aurora Historical Society. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. 4-8 pm
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Historic LaSalle Street (Aurora) comes alive with classic cars. The block of LaSalle Street between Downer Place and Benton Street is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Cars were first sold and serviced in Aurora on LaSalle Street in 1907. LaSalle Street was fondly called "LaSalle Street Auto Row". Food vendors, games, prizes and cars! 9 am - 3 pm
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Join in a celebration of American pioneer faith held in the historic church "Jenny Lind Chapel". The church as constructed in the early 1850's and named for the celebrated Swedish singer, Jenny Lind. Join a celebration of American pioneer faith at Jenny Lind Chapel. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Starting at 4pm to 6pm.
Autumn Solstice Haunted Extravaganza
Meet paranormal investigators, have a free Tarot card reading and take a free tour of the Historic Museum of Torture Devices during the Mineral Springs Haunted Autumn Solstice Extravaganza. There will be speakers, vendors, door prizes and so much more! For more information, call (618) 465-3200.
Come out and enjoy a family oriented event that has something for everyone in Dow, Illinois! A steam, gas and threshing show will feature antique tractors, engines and heritage demonstrations, along with an antique tractor pull. There will be live entertainment both days, with Cowboy Church on Sunday. Shop the large craft & flea market and enjoy lots of good "old-fashioned" food. Admission is $5 per person. Children 12 and under are free.
Roodhouse Sesquicentennial Celebration
Come celebrate 150 years of food, family and fun in Roodhouse! Festivities include the "There Is No Place Like Home" parade, car show, youth day, heath fair, demonstrators and craft vendors, quilt show, amusement rides, little miss pageant, historical museum, beer tent, BINGO games, historical play, and community church service. Plenty of food vendors and two stages of free entertainment daily. Free parking and free admission.
Ellwood House Lecture Series: Local Lore
The public is invited to the Ellwood House Museum for a new lecture series titled "Local Lore." Local Lore is an adult lecture series which will cover a wide variety of topics relating to DeKalb history. Each month, a different guest speaker will present these fascinating programs. All lectures take place at the Ellwood House Museum Visitor Center. Visit the Ellwood House Museum webpage for dates and times.
Open House at Haskell Playhouse
Come and take a tour of this historic playhouse the 2nd Saturday of every month. This playhouse was built by Dr. and Mrs. William Haskell for their five year old daughter Lucy. It is a rare architectural gem containing many of the flamboyant elements of the Queen Anne style: cartwheels, brackets, spires, diagonal sticking, fish scale shingles and stained glass windows. It's importance is magnified because so few of these accessory structures for children have survived. The playhouse contains a single room, front porch and side porch. The interior has been restored and the playhouse is open for special occasions. The playhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Step back in time to the days when frontier fur trappers met with fur traders and buyers during this reenactment festival at Pere Marquette State Park. The Second Annual Pere Marquette State Park Rendezvous will be a traditional Pre-1840 event with buckskinned re-enactors portraying primitive traders and campers. There will be period demonstrations, black powder and longbow shoots, camp music and food common to days on the Illinois frontier. The public is invited to attend and admission is free.
Christmas at the Mansions Tour
Travel back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s and experience a traditional Victorian and Edwardian Christmas! Tour Ewing Manor, the David Davis Mansion and a Mystery Mansion in Bloomington-Normal and take in the architecture and history of these homes while they are decorated for Christmas. Tours will be at: 2 pm – 5 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm
Festivities include plowing competition, English and Western horse show, arts and crafts show, children's games, ladies and junior fair auction. Food available from local area vendors and much more. Parking is free.
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H.A. Rathje Peotone WindMill Tours
Tour and explore three floors of the largest Dutch/German Illinois Windmill built in 1872, filled with antiques and exhibits. Su 1-3PM.
Open House at Haskell Playhouse
Come and take a tour of this historic playhouse. This playhouse was built by Dr. and Mrs. William Haskell for their five year old daughter Lucy. It is a rare architectural gem containing many of the flamboyant elements of the Queen Anne style: cartwheels, brackets, spires, diagonal sticking, fish scale shingles and stained glass windows. Its importance is magnified because so few of these accessory structures from children have survived. the playhouse contains a single room, front porch and side porch. The interior has been restored and the playhouse is open for special occasions. The playhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The open house will be held on June 11, July 9, August 13 and September 10, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
STORYTelling: Hmong American Voices Exhibit
This collaborative exhibit explores what it means to be Hmong American. How has Hmong life changed since refugees first entered the U.S. in the 1970s? What does it mean to be Hmong American today? Through objects, audio recordings and personal stories of Hmong Americans, this exhibit immerses visitors in the material culture and social issues of Hmong American communities. The exhibition is now open and will run through December 2016. A special opening reception featuring refreshments and live music will be held 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the museum, located in Cole Hall on the NIU campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Join Cantigny and The North West Territory Alliance in a Revolutionary War Reenactment and Encampment. Get a feel for camp life, experience a battle and enjoy the sights and sounds of the 18th century. Event is free with $10 parking.
23rd Annual Potawatomi Trails Pow Wow
The Potawatomi Trails Pow-Wow is the only event of its kind in this area. This celebration of the Native-American heritage heightens the awareness of the history, traditions and customs of the heritage. Specific activities include demonstrations, music and dance presentations, educational sessions and a trader area.
Fetching Market at Ford Hangar
Quality vintage and handcrafted Artisan wares, all within an historic atmosphere at the Lansing Municipal Airport Ford Hangar! Barn finds, old doors, old windows, silver, ironstone, vintage glassware, collections, skilled craftsmanship, talent, project finds, pieces of stuff, tables, old, new, painted, chairs, old, new, recovered, re-purposed, lighting, chippy rusty stuff, garden items, beautiful jewelry, great food, great craft beers, great cocktails, great live music, great cause! F 5-9PM; Sa 10AM-6PM
The Evergreen Cemetery Walk brings the voices of McLean County's history to life. Costumed actors portray individuals representing all walks of life from the county's past on the beautiful grounds of Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Put on your walking shoes and bring your family to participate in this fascinating, award-winning outdoor theatrical program.
This event will take you back in time with a historic re-enactment of military life from 1750-1820. Military and camping demonstrations will be provided daily. Both campers and public are welcome.


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Just kind of bumming out for the holidays... I know there must be a few of you out there that feel it this time of year too. If we had gotten pregnant when we started or soon after we'd have a toddler to do this with.
My two babies are past the fun and magical holiday it used to be. In fact they are just plain grumpy from just coming back from my ex's house. I wish they would just cheer up and be happy that it's the holiday!
I've been trying to get my mom and my sister to come do christmas here with the kids. I found out today they got together and did christmas today without us. Or even inviting us. That was a harsh one.
Do any of you get down around the season? Or do the fun and festivities take your mind off the lousy stuff?
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Mizuho Markets Dollar Bonds as Default Risk Tumbles to 2011 Low
Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. is marketing U.S. dollar-denominated bonds as a gauge of corporate debt risk in Japan heads for its lowest close since March 2011.
Mizuho, a unit of the Asian nation's third-biggest bank by market value, is offering five-year notes at about 105 basis points more than Treasuries and 10-year securities at a spread of about 155 basis points, a person familiar with the matter said. Bank of India is also in the market with 5.5-year debt at a premium of about 285 basis points, said another person.
Dollar bond sales from Japanese issuers surged to $13.4 billion this quarter, almost double the prior three months, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Marubeni Corp., Japan's biggest trader of agricultural commodities, and Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. are also planning offerings. Japan's benchmark index of credit-default swaps is set for its lowest close since the day of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated north-eastern parts of the nation.
"The timing availability is limited for Japanese issuers to sell bonds," Tokyo-based Reiko Hayashi, the head of Japan debt capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said. Companies are seizing on a window between earnings season and the end of the fiscal year, she said.
The Markit iTraxx Japan index declined 1 basis point to 101 basis points as of 9:10 a.m. in Tokyo, Citigroup Inc. prices show.
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The Markit iTraxx Asia index of 40 investment-grade borrowers outside Japan was little changed at 102.5 basis points as of 8:24 a.m. in Hong Kong, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc prices. The measure rose for the past three business days, the longest stretch since January, according to data provider CMA.
The Markit iTraxx Australia index was also little changed at 105 basis points as of 11:12 a.m. in Sydney, according to National Australia Bank Ltd. The gauge has fallen 9.3 basis points so far in March, according to CMA, which is owned by McGraw-Hill Cos. and compiles prices quoted by dealers in the private market.
Credit-default swap indexes are benchmarks for insuring bonds against default and traders use them to speculate on credit quality. A drop signals improving perceptions of creditworthiness, while an increase suggests the opposite.
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NEW DELHI The police have established a link between a bomb that wounded an Israeli diplomat's wife in New Delhi and a fumbled bomb plot in Thailand, the city's police chief said on Friday, adding that arrest warrants had been issued for three Iranians.
New Delhi police said one of the three suspects had been in touch with Sedaghatzadeh Masoud, an Iranian man arrested in Malaysia last month in connection with blasts in Bangkok.
"Houshang Afshar Irani, who had come twice to Delhi, was in touch with Sedaghatzadeh Masoud, thus establishing his links with the terror module that executed the terror acts in Bangkok," police chief Brijesh Gupta told reporters.
Gupta said the three men were not Iranian officials.
Though somewhat clumsy, last month's attacks raised concern that a "shadow war" may be developing between Israel and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme. At least four Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in recent years in attacks believed to have been carried out by or for Israel's intelligence services.
The attack in New Delhi has been awkward for the Indian government, which has close defence ties with Israel but is also a major buyer of Iranian crude oil. India has tried to work around U.S. and European sanctions aimed at damaging Iran's atomic development, which the West fears is aimed at building nuclear weapons.
In New Delhi, a bomber travelling by motorcycle attached an explosive to the car of the Israeli diplomat's wife as she drove to pick her children up from school on February 13, hours after an attack was foiled in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The next day in Bangkok, an Iranian lost his legs when a bomb he was carrying exploded in shortly after an apparently accidental explosion forced him and two other men to flee a house they had been renting.
The wounded man and a second Iranian, arrested at Bangkok's main airport, are in custody. A third Iranian believed linked to the plot, Masoud, was detained in Malaysia.
Israel accuses Iran of engineering the attacks. Iran rejects that.
India's foreign ministry said it was seeking an Interpol order for the three men believed to be behind the new Delhi attack, but added that "no conclusions could be drawn at this stage".
"We have informed the Iranian ambassador of these developments so as to seek the cooperation of the Iranian authorities in bringing those involved in this dastardly attack to justice," spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said in a statement.
Thai investigators say the same magnets were used to make the bombs in India and Thailand.
Last week, Indian police arrested a journalist called Mohammed Kazmi who did freelance work for an Iranian news agency in connection with the embassy attack.
(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel and Annie Banerji; Editing by John Chalmers and Robert Birsel)
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This is a discussion on Sotomayor being grilled on 2A within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Originally Posted by HotGuns Lets get this thread back on track. This isn't a thread about stuff that could be argued forever, it's a thread ...
But what I expected from her was a deeper discussion like the one that has gone on during this thread for the last 4-5 pages so that people could better understand her inteligence, grasp of the constitution, and history. She just came up real empty to me if you played her hearings alongside the hearings of other justices.
"Run for your life from the man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another-their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun."
Who is John Galt?
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Benjamin Franklin
Steps in the stripping of State's Rights/Sovereignty
1. War of Northern Agression 2. Coersion to ratify the 14th Amendment 3. Ratified 17th Amendment
Thats because she is empty.She just came up real empty to me if you played her hearings alongside the hearings of other justices.
Doesn't really matter though, she'll be the next one regardless of her prejudiced and socialistic leanings.
Universal Background Checks...the next step towards registration and confiscation.
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I have deleted six posts that were off topic and nothing more than frivolous thread clutter in an already cluttered up and hijacked thread. If yours is missing, that's why.
I second HotGuns' warning and remind everybody of my warning way back in post #17.
When youre wounded and left on Afghanistans plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier.
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Paid attention to the week in sports that was? Put your powers of observation and recall to the test with our weekly quiz:
(a) Las Vegas police announced that suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Pacman Jones will face two felony charges in a February strip club brawl that preceded a triple-shooting
(b) Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett was arrested for battery at a Wisconsin nightclub
(c) Cincinnati Bengals running back Quincy Wilson was charged with disorderly conduct, becoming the 10th Bengals player to be arrested in the past 14 months
(d) The NFL issued a public apology for being so sanctimonious about "Playmakers"
2. A British newspaper reported that a Liverpool FC fan hasn't watched the club play for a decade because
(a) A heart condition that makes him black out when he gets too excited
(b) Detroit Lions fans never have this problem
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Do you know who this torso belongs to?
(a) Tiger Woods, at the U.S. Open
(b) Barry Bonds, circa 2001
(c) Andy Roddick, on the cover of "Men's Fitness"
(d) Phil Mickelson, 'cause the nipples are a dead giveaway
4. After puffing dozens of cigarettes en route to his U.S. Open title, golfer Angel Cabrera said:
(a) "Some players have psychologists, sportsologists. I smoke."
(b) "I feel alive. With pleasure."
(c) "I'm so happy, I could kiss a phallus-faced cartoon camel while making up words like 'sportsologist.'"
(d) "Don't mind that thick stuff in my phlegm. It's too dark to be blood."
5. BYU runner Kyle Perry reportedly was arrested for aggravated assault after he:
(a) Got out of his car to confront a pedestrian who was pushing a mop bucket across a street
(b) Grabbed a mop out of the bucket and used it to attack the pedestrian
(c) Engaged in a mop fight when the pedestrian grabbed a second mop and used it to defend himself
(d) All of the above
(e) Held an impromptu solo audition for the Jackie Chan role in the next "Rush Hour" movie
6. A Chinese company that once tried to sell land on the moon lost its appeal against a court ruling that:
(a) Stopped the company from selling bags of "World Cup Air"
(b) Stopped the company from peddling Personal Seat Licenses
(c) Stopped the company from including preseason games in NFL season ticket packages
(d) Stopped the company from charging $8.50 for a plastic cup filled with lukewarm beer
7. Rookie safety LaRon Landry was unable to participate in Washington Redskins minicamp because
(a) A paintball shot to the groin he suffered during a team-building outing
(b) Ouch
8. The Oakland Raiders canceled the final week of their offseason training program after:
(a) Complaints from the players union about the intensity of practices
(b) Complaints from the players union about the intensity of weight workouts, because not everyone can be as jacked as Tiger Woods
(c) Complaints from the players union about team-building exercises that are all fun and games until someone gets shot in the groin with a paintball
(d) Waaahhh!
9. The Humane Society sent a letter to Nike asking that the company cut ties with:
(a) Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who is being investigated for alleged connections to dogfighting
(b) The University of Miami football team, because Clinton Portis played for them, and he didn't have a problem with dogfighting until PR people told him otherwise
(c) San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, who plans to hold a rap concert in Marseilles before his wedding to Eva Longoria, and really, dogs have very sensitive ears
(d) Former NBA player Michael Jordan, whose sad, middle-aged grinding with young women in Cabo nightclubs is embarrassing to man and dog alike
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10. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ian Snell missed a start because of a blister on the index finger of his right hand that came from:
(a) Burning his finger while cooking a chicken breast
(b) Not having the good sense to steal Gary Sheffield's personal chef
11. After declaring that all Tour de France cyclists will be asked to sign a declaration saying they are not involved in doping, International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid said:
(a) "There is no reason cycling and doping should be linked and no reason doping should overshadow our sport"
(b) "No reason at all"
(c) "Seriously. No reason"
(d) "Please, no giggling"
12. The Cincinnati Enquirer's Web site ran a headline reading:
(a) Bengals Not Involved In Assault
(b) Bryant: Happy To Be A Laker
(c) Sunni, Shia Hold Baghdad Peace Rally
(d) Geraldo Sparks Sweater Trend
(e) ****1/2 For 'Chinese Democracy'
13. In the new television series "Age of Love," a contest between groups of 20-something and 40-something women for the affections of tennis player Mark Philippoussis is dubbed:
(a) Kittens versus Cougars
(b) Proactiv versus Botox
(c) Attention Whores versus Daddy-Never-Gave-Affections
(d) Women that Philippoussis subsequently will dump for a chesty "model/actress" versus women he'll promptly drop for busty pole dancing twins
14. Former NBA player Byron Houston was arrested after police found him:
(a) Sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle at an Oklahoma City intersection, masturbating, with his underwear on the floorboard
(b) Insert David Cone joke here
15. USC's recruitment of 14-year-old basketball player Ryan Boatwright did NOT include:
(a) Coach Tim Floyd watching Boatwright play at USC's basketball camp
(b) Floyd offering Boatwright a scholarship, which the eighth-grader promptly accepted, even though he has yet to choose a high school
(c) Floyd getting his second verbal commitment from a 14-year-old in the last two years
(d) A bag of taquitos, some Mike's Hard Lemonade and the sudden appearance of Chris Hansen
16. A Nevada golfer accidentally started a 15-acre brush fire by:
(a) Striking his club against something that created a spark while attempting to play a ball that had landed in the dry grass beyond the course
(b) Emulating his new favorite golfer, Angel Cabrera
17. Former MLB player Warren Cromartie took part in a Japanese pro wrestling bout that featured:
(a) A chair-throwing, turban-wearing, sword-swinging villain named Tiger Jeet Singh
(b) Cromartie wearing a full baseball uniform with "Samurai Man" written on his chest
(c) A main bout card starring a wrestler named "Hard Gay"
(d) At least three potential characters for a Wii remake of "Punch-Out!" C'mon Nintendo, get cracking already!
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18. Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard appears on the cover of this month's:
(a) Playboy
(b) Foreign Affairs
(c) Utne Reader
(d) International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research
19. Kobe Bryant : Digital cameras
(a) Paris Hilton : Night vision camcorders
(b) Pat O'Brien : Voicemail
(c) The entire cast of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" : Celluloid film
(d) All of the above
20. Mike Nifong : Responsible prosecuting
(a) Mike Brown: Effective coordination of disaster relief
(b) Rafael Palmeiro : Honest Congressional testimony
(c) Jayson Williams : Judicious exercise of Second Amendment rights
(d) All of the above
21. Alexi Lalas : MLS is as good as the EPL
(a) Darren Daulton : Anything he says about Mayan temples
(b) Dick Cheney : Greeted as liberators
(c) Obi Wan Kenobi : Not the droids you're looking for
(d) All of the above
22. The Texas Rangers gave general manager Jon Daniels a one-year contract extension despite:
(a) The club having the league's worst record at the time
(b) Is George W. Bush still running the Rangers?
23. The WWE's latest publicity stunt involves faking the death of chairman Vince McMahon via:
(a) Exploding limousine
(b) Violent mop fight
(c) Asphyxiation due to convulsive laughter brought on by the notion of pro wrestlers signing a Tour de France-style drug-free pledge
(d) A single round with "Hard Gay"
A recent exhibition basketball game in Washington featured 11-foot rims and took place just days before the release of a scientific study concluding that the average height of Americans is decreasing, likely due to junk-food diets. In 600 words or less, discuss what both items mean for USA Basketball's chance of ever winning an Olympic gold medal again.
ANSWER KEY: 1, d; 2-4, a; 5, d, though this must have already happened in a Jackie Chan flick; 6, a, and if the Chinese surpass us in hucksterism, we really are doomed; 7-14, a; 15, a-c, but wouldn't it be great if Hansen unleashed his investigative fury upon college basketball recruiting?; 16-17-19, a; 19-21, d; 22, a, though in fairness, Tom Hicks is just now wrapping his head around the possibility of Juan Gonzalez taking steroids; 23, a, and props to former ESPN.com colleague Darren Rovell, now with MSNBC, for getting tangled up in this (dude, we're totally jealous); ESSAY QUESTION: Any answer that includes "bronze medal at best unless Shaq's new television show ends up bigger than "American Idol'" is acceptable.
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Politics VOTE SQUIRREL!!!
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After a contentious meeting late last night in, yes, a smoke-filled room (pot smoke, so it was legal), the authors of Slog have decided to throw our support to SQUIRREL! Squirrels were here on Capitol Hill long before Sloghell, long before people wereand they'll be here long after we're dead and gone. If anyone deserves to win this election, it's squirrel.
Click here to VOTE SQUIRREL!!!
The vote is currently tied50/50, Slog/Squirrel. We can only have ties in soccer and, uh, Iraq ("We're not winning but we're not losing"), but not elections. A tie could throw this to the Houseif you don't want the likes of San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi or Taxachusetts' Barney Frank making this decision for us, go vote squirrel!


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Dining in style.
Living room
Barb working on her next culinary delight.
Our guard dog hard at work.
Bono, his toys and OUR throne.
Throne details
Bono on HIS throne. From here he can watch who is coming & going through the front gate.
We seem to spend a lot of time eating.
Yard shots
Car park & front gate.
Just four apartments, our's is in the upper left.
The dryer
We are just a few miles from downtown - see red circle.
Home Sweet Home. With all the trees around the house we hardly notice the neighbors.


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Petrified waterfalls, ancient trees and mezcal
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We all browsed the market and souvenir stalls for a while. I bought an Aztec stone plate, which I'd been meaning to get for a while. Glad I waited; the prices in Mitla were much lower than in Puebla or Oaxaca. A few people got some food, and Ben got some ...
Beautiful Oaxaca - should have stayed longer
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2013-14 Course DescriptionsCONR - Conflict Resolution
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CONR 601 Conflict Theory and Communication (3-0-3). Designed to prepare professionals for the field of conflict resolution. Provides advanced opportunities to analyze case studies, critique basic assumptions of conflict theories and role-play appropriate behavior in conflict scenarios.
CONR 605 Negotiation and Mediation (6-0-6). Comprehensive study of the conceptual and interpersonal skills required to engage in effective negotiation and mediation. Topics include analysis of conflict, negotiation and mediation planning, effective negotiation and mediation skills and process, impasse resolution, and agreement documentation. Emphasis on skill development and strategic approach to creating opportunity for agreement.
CONR 610 Managing Conflict in the Workplace (3-0-3). Designed to prepare professionals for conflict resolution in the work environment. Provides opportunities to develop skills in identifying the signs and root causes of friction, anger, violence and conflict. Analysis of case studies provides the framework for understanding sources of organizational conflict.
CONR 612 Conflict Management Systems Design (3-0-3). Provides a framework for understanding organizational conflict prevention and resolution systems. Analysis of case studies and practical application are featured throughout the course. Prerequisite: CONR 605.
CONR 615 Managing Conflict in the Schools (3-0-3). Provides a basic understanding of the nature and management of conflict in schools. Students will learn to identify and deal with conflict through appropriate strategies, processes, and interpersonal skills.
CONR 630 Advanced Mediation: Marital Disputes (3-0-3). Applies the concepts of negotiation and mediation to the resolution of conflicts which arise during and after termination of a marital relationship. Prerequisite: CONR 605.
CONR 635 Identity, Culture and Conflict (3-0-3). Examines self and social contexts in which people with incompatible goals, assumptions, and behaviors conflict because of cultural differences. Proposes intercultural competence as an approach for managing cultural conflict from differences in cultural patterns and variables, problem perspectives of self and identity, and differences of race, gender, and class.
CONR 637 Dispute Resolution and the Legal System (3-0-3). Introduces students to a variety of legal traditions, including natural, Talmudic, Islamic, civil, Hindu, Asian, and common law, with emphasis on the United States legal system. The course specifically places alternative dispute resolution techniques in context with each legal tradition and challenges the student to reconcile the diversity of traditions.
CONR 638 Ethics and Conflict Resolution (3-0-3). Investigates contemporary policies, historical perspectives, and significant theoretical systems of ethics in the study of conflict resolution and reconciliation. Examines the relationship of ethics to decisions-making and problem solving in conflict resolution contexts.
CONR 643 Practicum in Conflict Resolution (3-0-3). A graduate level practicum tailored to meet the individual interests of the student and to utilize the student's God-given, unique talents in advancing the field of conflict resolution.
CONR 645 Practical Skills and Theory in Conflict Resolution (3-0-3). Examines contemporary ideas in negotiation and mediation, reflects on the personal experience of conflict resolution, studies a holistic model of conflict, and engages practical applications of conflict processes.
CONR 651 Critical Thinking and Analysis (3-0-3). Examines concepts and techniques of adult learning, critical thinking and analysis within the context of family conversations that address heritage development in business-related and emotion-driven issues and interests.
CONR 653 Communication and Facilitation (3-0-3). Principles best practices and processes are discussed for guiding groups toward solving problems or achieving collective goals for heritage development. The course focuses on building positive communication contexts for a group of people to move through complex relational challenges of emotionally charged conflict, problem solving and decision making.
CONR 655 Strategic Vision and Planning (3-0-3). Explores theories and techniques for evaluating present conditions and future potential, creating viable vision and foundational platform statements, and designing and implementing strategic plans for heritage development.CONR 657 Practicum in Heritage Development (3-0-3). This course provides students with practical experience working with applications of course principles and with professionals in heritage development contexts. Students will observe processes and apply concepts and theories from courses in regular reports and reflections.
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