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The Voice
by Thomas Hardy
The Voice Memory and the Past Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me,
Saying that now you are not as you were
When you had changed from the one who was all to me,
But as at first, when our day was fair. (1-4)
Whoa, hold on there, pardner. You're throwing a whole lot at us. If we break down these lines, we discover that the speaker imagines that his beloved has now changed back to the person she was when she was young, that (in death), she's no longer "changed." We get the feeling that there is some wish-fulfillment going on here—that the speaker really wishes that he could get his old (that is to say, young) wife back.
Quote #2
Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then,
Standing as when I drew near to the town
Where you would wait for me: yes, as I knew you then,
Even to the original air-blue gown! (5-8)
The speaker is all about nostalgia in these lines for the "fair" woman he used to love in that blue gown. What a perfect woman she was, waiting for him, all pretty and fancy.
Quote #3
You being ever dissolved to wan wistlessness,
Heard no more again far or near? (11-12)
Now the beloved woman in all of her forms seems to be disappearing—dissolving—into thin air. The speaker can't keep a hold of her forever. Even the question mark at the end of the line is a sad acknowledgement that she's not coming back. He already knows the answer to this question.


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Baker & McKenzie LLP: Business and Consumer Services Company Profile & SWOT Report
- February 2012
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Baker & McKenzie LLP (Baker) is one of world's leading law firms. It is engaged in providing legal services in the areas of venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, financial services, acquisition finance, capital markets, structured finance and securitization. The company's areas of practice also include antitrust and trade, pension funds, information technology, e-commerce, media, telecommunications, project finance, insurance, real estate, and others. In addition, Baker offers tax advice for tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing, international arbitration, tax litigation and dispute resolution services. It supports a range of legal requirements of various industries such as Automotive, Banking & Finance, Employment, Insurance, Intellectual Property, IT/Communications, Real Estate, Securities and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, and others. Baker offers its broad portfolio of services in 39 countries through 67 offices across the world. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the US. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
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3.4 Opportunities
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by James Joyce
Ulysses Love Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph), except for the "Circe" episode, which is (Chapter.Line) and the "Penelope" episode, which is (Chapter.Page). We used the Vintage International edition published in 1990.
Quote #7
"Never about the runaway wife coming back, however much devoted to the absentee. The face at the window!" (16.79)
Here, in "Eumaeus," W.B. Murphy's tales of his time at sea get Bloom thinking about classic myths and stories of seagoing men (e.g. from the Odyssey). He observes that the stories all focus on the man's adventure, but never give us a sense of what it's like from the wife's point of view. What is the view of love promoted by a book like the Odyssey? Is it sexist? How does adding the image of a "waiting" woman give us a fuller and more complete picture of love? What are the particular challenges of the lost traveler in love? What about those of the sedentary wife, not knowing about her husband's whereabouts?
Quote #8
What instances of deficient mental development in his wife inclined him in favour of the lastmentioned (ninth) solution?
In disoccupied moments she had more than once covered a sheet of paper with signs and hieroglyphics which she stated were Greek and Irish and Hebrew characters. She had interrogated constantly at varying intervals as to the correct method of writing the capital initial of the name of a city of Canada, Quebec. She understood little of political complications, internal, or balance of power, external… (17.92)
In "Ithaca," the narrator lists a number of ways in which Bloom disapproves of his wife's intelligence. Are these things incompatible with love? How far have they come from the passion of their early years that Molly remembers in "Penelope?" How would you describe the love that can accommodate all these complaints against one's love within it? Are husbands and wives more like lovers or friends?
Quote #9
It must be real love if a man gives up his life for her that way for nothing I suppose there are few men like that left its hard to believe in it though unless it really happened to me the majority of them with not a particle of love in their natures to find two people like that nowadays full up of each other that would feel the same way as you do theyre usually a bit foolish in the head. (18.767)
These are Molly's thoughts on love after reflecting on a boy that her daughter Milly was bringing home on a regular basis. What does it say about Molly that she thinks most men don't have "a particle of love in their natures?" Could this attitude grow out of her experience with Bloom or is it just a realistic observation?


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I must confess that perhaps the most exciting thing I learned from doing this story is that $1 dollar kids' seats still exist at a major-league baseball game in Houston.
Seriously, I thought they were a thing of the past. Gone with my childhood and the good ol' days at the Dome. I miss the Dome. I remember when I moved to Houston it was the first place I wanted to visit. But I also like that mall feeling Minute Maid Park gives me. Don't you? $1 tickets. I'm happy for the kids (and their parents).
Thanks to rather cooperative soccer and football teams and the Fan Cost Index, an annual survey that calculates the cost of a game for a family of four and that includes the weighted average ticket price (using season-ticket prices when available) for NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL teams, we know that:
Three of Houston's four most popular pro teams rank below average in ticket prices in their respective leagues for general seating.
The Dynamo have the cheapest average price in Houston at $20.50.
The Aeros are on the expensive side of AHL at $21.47.
The Astros are the eighth most expensive ticket in baseball at $26.90.
The Rockets rank well below league average at $41.98.
The 8-8 Texans are the priciest (and perhaps most coveted) ticket in H-Town at $60.66. If it makes you feel better, Patriots fans pay an average of more than $90 per ticket. Then again, unbeaten New England is Super Bowl-bound.
The Comets, or the WNBA, for that matter, apparently don't want you to know their average price. The average you see in today's paper is really the median price from their online ticket prices. All other averages are weighted, taking into account the number of seats available at each price. WNBA teams and the league either denied or did not respond to requests for weighted ticket average information or seating configuration.
What to make of the list? Are the Dynamo, the two-time defending MLS champions, the best value in Houston sports?
If you are a soccer fan you are likely to say "heck, yes." The team is a winner. The game is entertaining and the stadium atmosphere is electric every time 15,000 or more show up. The Dynamo have undoubtedly the best supporters' groups in Houston, something other teams have tried to emulate with mixed success, at best.
But if soccer is not your cup of tea, you're shaking your head. It's OK. Yes, this is the soccer blog, but soccer fans will respect a good debate.
Or maybe you are a fan but are bothered by the fact that a) the team plays in an older stadium, b) there's no retractable roof when it rains, c) no AC during the summer, d) traffic can be a mess in and out, e) you don't like the food sold there, or f) all of the above.
Here is how I would rank Houston teams on value (ticket price, team performance, facilities, availability, atmosphere, parking, food, etc.). I'll tell you the three things I look at are price, stadium and atmosphere.
1. Astros – Cheap by city standards, excellent stadium, so-so team with carryover from World Series run, mass appeal, free parking (if you're willing to walk a few blocks), big crowds, tickets readily available, chance to see best players in baseball.
2. Dynamo – Best in their league, affordable ticket, excellent atmosphere, player accessibility, decent tailgating, unable to compete with Big Three with respects to facilities, outbound traffic can be a mess.
3. Texans – Guaranteed sellout (even with no-shows, at least 55K), great stadium, good atmosphere (when winning), good tailgating, chance to see best players in football, only eight guaranteed home games, cheap tickets can be hard to find, At $60, most expensive average ticket in Houston.
4. Rockets – Excellent arena, excellent off-court entertainment, food selection, two NBA All-Stars, pricey seats, so-so team carrying great expectations, garage parking, borderline indifferent atmosphere.
5. Aeros – Great for those seeking something different, player fights, affordable tickets by Houston standards, it's always cold inside, developmental league.
6. Comets – Best of women's basketball, affordable tickets readily available, moving to Reliant Arena, smaller crowds.
Now it's your turn. Which Houston team offers you the best value for your money and why? What defines value, in your eyes?


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The AM Roundup: Smartphone Patent Battle Heads for Next Round
Apple v. Samsung: An appellate court hearing and an International Trade Commission ruling Friday could mark a turning point in the long-running smartphone patent war. WSJ
Curfew crackdown: Atlanta communities are stepping up enforcement of curfew ordinances, cracking down on unsupervised teens who loiter at night. Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Little read book: Roughly a month after passing a law requiring adults to regularly visit their elderly parents, Chinese policy makers are considering legislation to encourage another activity the country's people have neglected: reading. WSJ
Data collection questioned: The case against a San Diego cab driver convicted of sending money to a terrorist group has suddenly come to the fore of a national debate about U.S. surveillance. Washington Post
'Walking, talking, drug-testing machines': The state of Washington is training hundreds of police officers to spot impaired drivers. Seattle Times
Nipped tips: Criminal defense lawyers are challenging a U.S. government practice of hiding the tips that led to some drug investigations. Reuters
Christie gun bills: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed 10 gun-related bills into law Thursday, including a measure disqualifying people on the federal terrorist watch list from being able to buy guns. AP


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"In truth there is but one problem and therefore only one answer. The intelligent approach to be expected them would be the attempt to define the problem containing all problems, which is, as we now know, separation. once we have defined the root problem, we can look at the idea it stands for. Having understood the idea, not only intellectually but with out hearts, all problems vanish, for the root problem containing all its parts, all individual problems, is understood, and that is separation. Once we understand separation we cannot judge it or its individual appearances. With this understanding the only road open for us to take is to allow it in all its manifestation, and to transcend it. Allowing ourself and our brother the illusion of separations means to forgive,. This delivers us the bridge of the cross. As the last remnants of separation thus reunify with the vertical pole of the cross, the lateral pole dissolves, together with the very bridge we stand upon and merges into Oneness. We know we have returned home."
Peter Erbe
Source: God I Am: From Tragic to Magic, Pages: 141
Contributed by: Nara-Narayana
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
Omar Bradley
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I am at the same time both teacher and student mostly teaching myself or at least learning how to learn which may be the most important lesson of all in which case I may be my own best teacher because if I pay close enough attention to myself then I can see my own pitfalls as well as my strengths as long as I ALSO notice the times when my ego is involved and I then transcend my own ignorance and barriers to learning.
Pi Dialogue
Source: self
Contributed by: PiALOGUE
To transcend means to "go beyond," but this need not compel us to an ornate dualist view that regards transcendent levels of reality (e.g., the spiritual level) to be not of this world. We can "go beyond" the "ordinary" powers of the material world through the power of patterns. Rather than a materialist, I would prefer to consider myself a "patternist." It's through the emergent powers of the pattern that we transcend.
Ray Kurzweil
Source: Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I., Pages: Chapter 10: The Material World
Contributed by: Gaia Team
Who owns your time owns your mind. Change your time and you change your mind. Change your mind and you change your world.
Jose Arguelles
Contributed by: Your Fantasy
Love is a time-honored way to transcend the separate-self sense and leap into the sublime; Treya and I held hands, closed our eyes, and jumped.
Ken Wilber
Source: Grace and Grit : Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber, Pages: 27
Contributed by: David
You start feeling and thinking – you become alive. You practice positive thinking – you change. You open up to possibility thinking – you heal, transform and transcend." ~ Darina Stoyanova ~
Darina Stoyanova
Contributed by: Joy Bringer
After all, it is all within our Self, it is not about our self and it is all about transcending ourselves. ~ Darina Stoyanova ~
Life is difficult.
This is a great truth,
one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because
once we truly see this truth,
we transcend it.
Once we truly know that
life is difficult - once we truly
understand and accept it -
then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted,
the fact that life is difficult
no longer matters.
M. Scott Peck
Source: The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
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The Pulse of the Post-Recession Valve Industry
Challenges spur new opportunities for today's valve manufacturers
The burgeoning economies of the non-OECD countries will continue to expand at a historically high, if temporarily reduced, pace. Their requirement for larger size equipment with higher performance ratings is posting significant engineering, design, production, and supply chain hurdles that will require extraordinary expertise and a good deal of innovation.
One of several obstacles facing the valve industry is the steady decrease of engineering applications expertise throughout the industry--from the manufacturer to the contractor and at the end user's plant. The training of a new cadre of flow control engineers and technicians to specify and maintain equipment will be needed in addition to new specialized software and programs, allowing users of valve technology to correctly and effectively apply and specify equipment despite their inexperience.
Flowserve Vice President of R&D Eric van Gemeren discusses The Pulse of the Post-Recession Valve Industry in a Q&A with Flow Control Magazine. Read the entire Q&A article here.


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The College of Science and Technology along with other departments spent a day at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center College and Career Festival. The event was hosted by Camp Shelby and allowed us to engage with transitioning soldiers, veterans, civilian employees and family members. We are able to talk to soldiers and their families about the numerous educational opportunities at Southern Miss.
The Preprofessional Office helps students prepare for careers in a variety of health-care fields by discussing strategies for success and offering assistance with course selection, schedule planning, and the application process.
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"I started thinking about my kids and family, and things like that," victim Andre Chaney said.
Getting pulled over usually equals instant bad mood, but the frustration can instantly turn to fear when it's not actually a cop that comes to your window.
That's what happened to a 34-year-old Lansing man Monday night when he was robbed at gunpoint by a man impersonating a police officer.
Andre Chaney just wanted to meet some friends at Common Ground at around 10:30 p.m., and then his life changed forever because of a red flashing light.
"I noticed a car behind me that was like right up on the back of my car," Chaney said. "So, immediately I looked down to make sure I'm going the speed limit, because I was thinking, it's a police car."
Chaney was only going 35 mph heading north on Pennsylvania Ave., but he didn't want to risk it and slowed down.
"He lit up like a red light in his windshield, so I made a right hand turn on Lindbergh, and I stopped right at the corner, he pulled in behind me," Chaney said.
Then, Chaney watched in the mirror as the man walked up to his car. He was wearing jeans and a white shirt with a badge hanging around his neck, and a gun on his hip.
"I'm thinking that's an undercover officer," Chaney said. "Ok, what have I done?"
It was at that moment that his life flashed before his eyes.
"I saw the gun, and he was like, 'Give me your wallet.' So, I was like, you know what? You can take my wallet, you can take this car, you can take anything you want," Chaney said. "I started thinking about my kids and family, and things like that."
So, Chaney made a split second decision after the fake cop forced him out of the car at gunpoint. Chaney ran into the nearby park and called the police, who happen to be taking this incident very personally.
"We as police officers, what we get upset about is we take an oath, and uphold the law and protect the citizens of Lansing," Lansing Police Officer Robert Merritt said. "And I've got somebody out there impersonating me, and I take it very serious and very offensive."
Not only do they want to find the guy, they want to make sure no one else becomes a victim. People should know almost all police vehicles have several red and blue lights flashing, not just one color in the dash board. But police say it's better to be safe than sorry.
"You can always get on the phone and call the dispatcher," Officer Merritt said.
Police also recommend waiting to pull into a well-lit place, something Chaney will always do from now on.
"It was something that really opened my eyes last night and terrified me," Chaney said.
Fortunately, these incidents are very rare, but Lansing police understand people will probably be extremely cautious in the days ahead.
Lansing police want to remind people that all the department's cars are very well-marked. There's almost zero chance of an undercover cop making a traffic stop unless you're a wanted criminal, so they should be in uniform. Front flashing lights are also common.
Rolling down your window only a little bit when an officer approaches is acceptable, and don't be afraid to ask for ID.
If you have any information regarding the armed robbery, you're encouraged to call the Lansing police.
The suspect is described as a white male, 25-to-35 years old, about 6-feet-tall with short dark hair and a goatee. He was driving a dark Impala with a red blinking light on the dash board.


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SULLIVAN - Clyde J. Matthews, 100, died Oct. 14, 2005, at Sullivan.
Born April 7, 1902, in Scott County, near Sikeston, son of the late John Henry and Katherine "Kate" Johnson Matthews, he was a former member of the First United Methodist Church of Sikeston and Salt Lake City, Utah. He started in the grocery business in 1924 as manager of the Kroger Grocery in Cairo, Ill. He owned and operated Matthews Grocery market in Miner from 1940-1954. He worked in other various businesses which included Craft Seed and Grain, Crenshaw Distributing, 7/11 Stores in Denver, Colo., and Salt Lake City, and Farmer's Market in Aztec, N.M. In 1981, he moved to Sullivan, where he lived until his death.
On Dec. 20, 1922, he married Lucille Elizabeth Inman, who preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 1997.
One sister, who died in infancy, also preceded him in death.
He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Norma Jean Matthews Sr. of Sullivan; two daughters and one son-in-law, Betty Jo Council of Monroe, Wash., and Judy and Jerry Parker of Aztec; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Memorial Park in Sikeston with Eaton Funeral Home of Sullivan in charge of arrangements.


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There are a lot of successful strategies to photographing Slot Canyon, I went with my favorite, the KISS strategy. I went in with just the D4s / 18-35AFS, ISO set to ISO1600 and shot handheld until they kicked me out. Just shy of 1000 images in our hour, I deleted very few images. I've never done this before, just cranked up the ISO and went for it and to say I was very pleased with the results is an understatement. The D4s / 18-35AFS worked perfectly and shooting without a tripod the perfect solution. It was just that simple. mtc


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text: "He's an amazing bloke, though, Dave...Even though he could be the biggest prat in the world. You know, he could be your biggest friend for one week, or for two weeks, then suddenly you might be with him in front of 100 people and he'd just put you down. Make you feel like such a fuckin' fool. And you'd think, 'I could fuckin' stab him for that.' He's done it to me lots of times. But you can't help but like him, for all that…we should never have stopped playing. We should never have stopped...The fuckin' Master Plan...I never believed in all that. It might have seemed great as an idea - but fuck, those plans never work. I remember the first Ziggy tour, he was so happy then. He loved it all and we were having the time of our lives. And it got knocked on the head. It was such a fuckin' shame. America affected the band so badly. On whatever level you want to talk about. I'm talking about the feeling of people within the band, about money, and the position of people in the band. It was a bad feeling....I'm going to be over there in two weeks...and I'm going to see Dave as soon as I get there...I'm going to get hold of him and smack him across the head, right across the earhole, and try to drum a bit of sense into him..."Melody Maker, April 1975 (reprinted in Uncut, October 1999)


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Roger loses first match
Seventh seed Fernando Gonzalez shocked our number one 3-6, 7-6(1), 7-5 to hand the defending champion his first-ever loss in the round robin phase of the Masters Cup.
Roger was undefeated in the round robin phase in five previous appearances at the season-ending championships and had never lost to Gonzalez in ten prior encounters.
Roger was never in trouble until the second-set tiebreaker, when Gonzalez, who had only won two sets in their previous meetings, stunned him by running off to a 6-0 lead. Our star saved one set point before sending a forehand long to level the match.
Shouting and pumping his fist, Gonzalez had break points for the first time in consecutive games in the third set but couldn't convert. Roger squandered five break points of his own.
Roger looked stunned as Gonzalez whipped winner after winner, and the Chilean finally converted a break to pull ahead 6-5. Gonzalez showed some nerves by double-faulting while serving for the match at 40-0, but Roger sent a forehand wide to end it.
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That tiebreak was the ultimate shocker! 6-0?
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A recent string of pit bull attacks were reported on the Montlake wire this week. Animal control authorities were called to the 24oo block of East Roanoke on Thursday after a resident pit bull broke loose from its tether and severely injured another dog walking with its owner.
An earlier and more severe attack occurred March 1st at 22nd & Boyer. A man walking his dog was attacked by two pit bulls that broke free from their owner's grasp. Pit bull #1 went for the man's dog while #2 went for the man, knocking him down and biting his hands and arms.
My dog and I were walking North on 19th Avenue East from Boyer to Blaine about half way from Boyer when I noticed a Middle aged woman with little control over two pitt bulls. I immediately turned back to Boyer, shouting and pointing to the woman that I would be walking back up Boyer. A few Minutes later at the Blind NW corner of 22nd Ave E & Boyer we met. My dog was a pace ahead of me, without warning one of the pitbulls came around the corner with my dogs neck in it's jaws. The second pitbull came charging around the corner knocking me to the ground faced to face with the jaws pittbulls. I sustained a bit to my left arm, two deep wounds into my right wrist and hands. Fortunately two wonderful neighbors came along and helped get the vicious dogs under control. I thank them for being there and helping.
According to the victim, the dogs reside on Delmar Drive East and were quarantined by control authorities for a mandatory ten days. A third sighting of a pit-bull-on-dog attack occurred in "January or February" also on Delmar.
Reactions to these attacks have ranged from fear for small children to gentle reminders against breed discrimination. Before heading out for a neighborhood stroll to ponder the societal consequences of breed discrimination, consider reading The Stranger's How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bare Hands.


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Project Copernicus World Fly-Through Video
Enjoy, my friends.
Enjoy, my friends.
Best of luck, Ryan, saw the rough stuff this week and thought of you and Steve…
Keep believing in the vision, and build us world we can call home.
*hugs* Ganbatte! Hope you guys can pull through as well Looking forward to Copernicus and the crazy combat design that it will bring
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- Published Dec 18, 2013
- Updated Mar 8, 2016 at 6:31 PM UTC
This article was originally published in the Nov./Dec. 2013 issue of Inside Triathlon magazine.
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Understanding Iran's Internal Divisions
Iran's prosecutor-general and spokesman for the judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, said this week that a case against three journalists, including Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter and an Iranian-American, is a matter of "security."
Mr. Eje'i stopped short of saying the three — Mr. Rezaian, his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who works for the Dubai-based National newspaper, and a photo-journalist — would be charged as spies, but the July arrests appear to be another attempt to implicate Iranian-Americans in undermining national security. Mr. Eje'i, who had long been Iran's intelligence minister, appears determined to prove the U.S. is using Iranian-Americans to lay the ground for a "velvet revolution" in Iran, like those in places like the Ukraine and Georgia where Soviet regimes were ousted.
The action is part of bitter political infighting since Hassan Rouhani was elected president last year on a platform of moderation, pragmatism and reintegration of Iran into the international community. Mr. Rouhani has faced continuing opposition from hard-liners, who have sought to embarrass and undermine him. It seems no coincidence that the Rezaian arrest took place at a critical juncture in the negotiations between Iran and six major powers over Iran's nuclear program.
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Mr. Rouhani is a member of the ruling elite. He has held high positions in government since the 1979 revolution, and is no novice when it comes to internal power struggles. He knows that negotiations between Iran and the West are reaching a crucial stage and that he will need an agreement he can sell to skeptics and opponents at home.
But the opposition to his government has proved more persistent and broader than many — perhaps even Mr. Rouhani, himself — anticipated. It comes from elements in the ruling class that include commanders of the Revolutionary Guards; the security services; social conservatives among the clergy; the leading men of the judiciary; some in lucrative positions of privilege, who fear losing out to Rouhani supporters; and men committed to revolutionary principles that they believe require militancy and opposition to American interests in foreign policy.
Revolutionary Guards commanders have warned that they are closely watching the nuclear talks lest Mr. Rouhani's negotiating team give too much away. Members of parliament have sought an oversight role while activists calling themselves the "we are concerned" movement have held demonstrations and the hardline newspaper, Kayhan, has crowed that the negotiations appeared to be failing.
The infighting has been intense. Hard-liners have repeatedly warned against a return of the "men of the sedition," as they refer to Mohammad Khatami's presidency in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In May, Mr. Rouhani said the government had no business interfering in citizens' private lives nor was it responsible for forcing "people into heaven with a whip." A leading hard-line cleric, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, responded that the clergy has a duty to save Muslims from materialism and from paving a road to hell.
The judiciary and state security services have continued to arrest journalists, dissidents and intellectuals–clear challenges to a president who promised more political freedom. A clash between Mr. Rouhani and Iran's parliament came to a head Wednesday when lawmakers impeached Iran's minister of science and higher education for readmitting university students who were expelled on security grounds. The minister resigned immediately and was appointed as an adviser to Mr. Rouhani.
Opposition is evident in other areas of Iranian foreign policy: When Islamic State militants streamed into Iraq this summer to capture Mosul, Tikrit and other locales, Mr. Rouhani spoke publicly of potential Iranian-U.S. cooperation against the group. But Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quickly squelched the idea.
Mr. Rouhani's foreign policy team says an agreement over Iran's nuclear program is within reach and speaks of resolving other issues with the West and inviting foreign investors to Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei is straddling the fence, speaking of the U.S. as Iran's inveterate enemy while supporting the nuclear negotiating team though insisting that nothing will come of the talks.
The newspaper Kayhan continues to harp on Mr. Rouhani's failure to resolve Iran's severe economic problems and reduce unemployment, but the public seems willing to give the president a chance to show he can deliver. Mr. Rouhani appears to think that if he can resolve the nuclear issue and get international sanctions lifted, Iran's economy will grow, foreign investment will come–and he will have a mandate to press a moderate agenda and rein in the judiciary and intelligence services.
Haleh Esfandiari directs the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She was held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison in Tehran for 105 days in 2007.


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Algeria: No Change Yet for Worried Gas Companies
From Afrika
By Adam Robert Green
By targeting expatriates in Algeria's gas sector, jihadist terrorists went for the jugular. Energy accounts for 98 percent of the country's exports and 70 percent of tax revenue, with the In Amenas plant accounting for 12 percent of Algeria's gas output. Hence the government's uncompromising response, killing the captors (and, unintentionally, some of their hostages) to comprehensively dissuade other armed groups from trying their luck.
Beyond cautious statements about 'reviewing security' and communicating grave concern for still-missing workers, the major international oil companies in Algeria – including BP and Statoil – have not said much of substance yet about whether and how the tragedy has affected their views about the country in the long term. It is unlikely to prompt any large-scale pull out, but these events cap a longer term deterioration in the operating environment of Africa's biggest natural gas producers, where new investment has all but dried up, with steadily decreasing numbers of successful oil round awards.
On the regulatory side, a windfall tax in 2006 marked the beginning of increased resource nationalism, says Anthony Skinner, head of the middle east and north africa region for Maplecroft, the risk management consultancy. While the government later cancelled the tax, the new draft law on oil and gas offers little grounds for optimism for companies.
Tax incentives are present, but for unconventional gas resources which state-owned Sonatrach lacks the capacity to deliver. At the same time, the draft law – in keeping with earlier regulatory measures – would strengthen Sonatrach's role in everything from pipeline infrastructure to oil processing. "By and large, the business feeling is that it is not going to significantly improve the regulatory environment to attract conventional investment," says Mr Skinner.
Of course, tax revenues are needed by government for its own diversification and development agenda. The government is using a portion of its revenues for a $23 billion programme of public grants, lending programmes to boost the SME sector, and a steady increase in public spending of 27 percent annually during the past 5 years. Spending on education has been particularly impressive, at 6 percent of GDP over the decade up to 2011.
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GM maize ban to continue
Pointing to a new study on Syngenta's GM maize Bt11, France's Environment Ministry has asked the European Commission to suspend authorisation for the use of the MON810 maize sold by US agribiotech giant Monsanto as well. The latest scientific studies would show that the use of the GM crops "pose significant risks for the environment," the ministry said in a statement. The study in question is an expert's report on Syngenta's Bt11 maize that was published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in December 2011. This line produces the same Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin as MON810. In the study, EFSA's GMO Panel gave the green light for the EU cultivation of Bt11, but highlighted a number of concerns about the possible negative impacts on insect populations, including butterflies and moths. As with other Bt-plants, the study also mentions the potential risk of sub-populations of targeted pest insects developing resistance, which would require adequate resistance management. In terms of biological efficacy, the panel reaches the conclusion that Bt11 and MON810 can be considered equivalent. The French Environment Ministry is now basing its arguments on that analogy, saying the report raises new doubts about the environmental risks of MON810. France will re-impose a temporary ban on the cultivation of GM maize if the Commission does not impose an EU-wide moratorium before the planting season begins, government officials said. In January, Monsanto announced it is not planning to sell MON810 in France anyway, as the political climate in the country is ill-disposed to accept GMOs.


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The Masque of the Red Death
by Edgar Allan Poe
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But these other apartments were densely crowded, and in them beat feverishly the heart of life. And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the sounding of midnight upon the clock. (8)
The image we get of Prospero's party is one of wild and uncontrolled revelry. The narrator connects that revelry this to life, in opposition to death, which it ignores. It's the gloomy chiming of the clock – a reminder of the passing of time – that stops the revel.
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In truth the masquerade license of the night was nearly unlimited; but the figure in question had out-Heroded Herod, and gone beyond the bounds of even the Prince's indefinite decorum. (9)
On one level, the appearance of someone in a Red Death costume is the height of folly. Whoever it is appears to be making a joke out of something that even Prospero and his friends are unwilling to laugh at. Dressing up as the Red Death? Not funny. Offensive.
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Who dares?" he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him --"who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him --that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!" (11)
Prospero's reaction seems rush, impulsive, and extreme to the point of foolishness. He may be a passionate man and an imaginative artist, but does he ever think?


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Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Jurco are expected to be chosen in the first round at this year's NHL draft in Minnesota. But right now the pair are concentrating on helping the Saint John Sea Dogs capture their first Memorial Cup.
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[Breadalbane, PEI]— It appears a Queens County (Prince Edward Island) farmer may have been obstructing a section of the Confederation Trail with a permanent runway for his cattle.
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A cyclist using the Confederation Trail Aug. 20 believes a Queens County, Prince Edward Islands farmer may have been obstructing a section of the trail with a permanent runway for his cattle.
Sam Arnold, of Hunter River, was riding his bike on the trail Monday (Aug. 20) when he came to what appeared to be a permanent fence blocking the path just west of Junction Road near Breadalbane.
Arnold said while the fence was marked with a gate for individuals to cross, it was a less-than-desirable situation for those unfamiliar with large animals and for tourists. He added it appeared the runway had been in place for a long time, given how chewed up the trail was.
"It was a little disconcerting," said Arnold, who added he was unsure whether the fence was electric. "I didn't really want to touch it to find out. It looked like a standard electric fence."
After crossing through and returning to the area about an hour later, Arnold said part of the fence was down. A Department of Transportation trail maintenance worker was also at the site.
"He said the guy had been told to take them (the fences) down before," said Arnold.
While no one at the department could be reached for an interview Thursday, (Aug. 24) the department offered this statement.
"Officials from the province examined the site Thursday. There was no fence in place at the time of the visit. Officials say they will take appropriate action."
Arnold said while farmers are allowed to create a barrier for their herd to cross the trail if they own fields on opposite sides, he believes the barrier has to be temporary and removed once the cows are driven into the field.
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The Great Depression
Society in The Great Depression
Collapse Without Revolution
For more than a decade, the American people endured a pitiless, hardscrabble life, victimized by the structural collapse of the American economic system. Millions of American workers wanted jobs but couldn't find them. Millions of American businessmen needed customers but didn't have them. The broken economic system failed them all.
In other countries, similar economic crises had caused revolutions. (Lenin's Russian Revolution in 1917 and Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1933 both came amidst economic disarray.) Yet, in America, despite the seeming failure of the long-established capitalist system during the Great Depression, there was no revolution.
Why not?
Apathetic Revolutionaries
By the end of Herbert Hoover's presidency, the American people had endured more than three years of ever-deepening economic crisis, and neither the free market nor the federal government had proven able to solve the problem of the Great Depression.
By the time of the bleak winter of 1932-33—which in retrospect proved to be the Depression's darkest hour—Americans were beginning to openly ask whether they might have a revolution. Yet, as the widely read journalist Elmer Davis noticed, they asked the question "apathetically, as if nothing they might do could either help it or hinder it." And apathetic revolutions usually aren't revolutions at all.19
Structural Failure, Individual Blame
Americans reacted to the breakdown of the American economic system less with revolutionary fervor than with stoic resignation, self-castigation, and, well, depression. As historian David M. Kennedy has written, the Great Depression "revealed one of the perverse implications of American society's vaunted celebration of individualism. In a culture that ascribed all success to individual striving, it seemed to follow axiomatically that failure was due to individual inadequacy."20
The American people, even as they endured the ravages of a failed system, blamed themselves.
In the early days of the Roosevelt administration, federal relief administrator Harry Hopkins dispatched Lorena Hickok—journalist, close confidant of Eleanor Roosevelt, and perhaps also the First Lady's lesbian lover21—to travel around the country to report on the conditions of life for ordinary Americans four years into the Depression. Amidst the appalling poverty and destitution that had swept the land, Hickok found old attitudes that had not adjusted to the changed realities of the Great Depression.
"I'm Just No Good, I Guess"
In North Dakota, where ecological misfortune and market failure made it all but impossible for farmers to support themselves, Hickok encountered relief officials "inclined still to think there is something wrong with a man who cannot make a living. They talk so much about 'the undeserving' and 'the bums.'"22 This attitude—ascribing macroeconomic failure to individual faults—was common not only among those giving out the dole, but also among those receiving it. In Texas, Hickok encountered a college-educated schoolteacher, left unemployed after her school district went bankrupt, who told her, "If, with all the advantages I've had, I can't make a living, I'm just no good, I guess."23
Intellectually, plenty of Americans recognized that individuals' inadequacies could hardly be blamed for the collective misery of the Great Depression. Reading Hickok's reports back in Washington, Harry Hopkins remarked: "Three or four million heads of households don't turn into tramps and cheats overnight, nor do they lose the habits and standards of a lifetime... They don't drink any more than the rest of us, they don't lie any more, they're no lazier than the rest of us.... An eighth or a tenth of the earning population does not change its character which has been generations in the molding, or, if such a change actually occurs, we can scarcely charge it up to personal sin."24
But deeply held cultural attitudes die hard, and even if most Americans could accept the rationality of Hopkins's argument, they still felt like Hickok's Texas schoolteacher. And, needless to say, "I'm just no good, I guess" was not an attitude that lent itself to revolutionary action.


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Sunnis vs Shias
"Neocon war hawks" upset at the resurgence of the Sunnis and al-Qaeda in Anbar in Iraq are waving the "bloody shirt" to invoke the memory of Fallujah, urging U.S. intervention.
To understand the Middle East it is necessary to have a map of the area, be aware of who borders who, and who is Sunni and who is Shia.
Iraq was a Sunni-dominated state with a large Shia minority until the U.S. invasion in 2003. Iraq had fought an inconclusive war against Shia-dominated Iran from 1980 to 1988, ending in a stalemate. Iraq remained a counter balance to Iran.
Iran's long term rival, Saudi Arabia, is Sunni dominated, and with its powerful economic position has rivaled Iran for control of the Persian Gulf, promoting jihadists like al-Qaeda and spreading its hard line Wahhabi brand of Islam.
After the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent rise of the Shias to power, in Iraq, the Anbar province -- a Sunni stronghold -- resisted U.S. and Iraqi forces with the help of newly arriving al-Qaeda forces helped along by the Saudis on its southern border.
Ultimately, the Anbar Sunnis, persuaded by bribes and a surge of substantial U.S. forces, turned to the side of the new government, persuaded they would share in Iraq's government and economy.
General Petreus cautioned the balance was delicate and could be easily upset. Despite this caution, Nouri-al-Maliki, the Shia prime minister chose to ignore these warnings.
Following the U.S. withdrawal, he abandoned commitments made to Anbar Sunnis, sought closer relations with Iran and began an offensive campaign on the Sunni in Anbar, which, in turn, attracted a resurgence of al-Qaeda, always ready to exploit Sunni-Shia conflicts for its own purposes.
We are well out of Iraq and hopefully soon out of Afghanistan. We really have no strategic reason to re-involve in Iraq and knee jerk reactions to the term "al Qaeda" will only lead our Middle East foreign policy to a "tail wagging the dog" scenario instead of a well thought foreign policy reflecting our real long term interests.
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I read in a recent edition of Tampa Tribune that paintball equipment manufacturer Kee Action Sports closed its doors to move operations to China and Taiwan, thereby laying off 109 employees.
I now have to wonder how some of these employees will be able to make payments on their Kias, Hyundais, Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans, Suzukis, Volvos, Mitsubishis or Volkswagens, which will now be sitting rusting away in the driveway.
What about the payments on their Sanyo, Sony or Toshiba televisions that usually display a no-signal blue screen because of the poorly designed Japanese TV antenna system? And then there are the payments due on the Chinese-made media cabinets the TVs sit on, which are already disintegrating from the inside out.
I personally have had jobs sent overseas and have been so broke I had to go to the Salvation Army for food. In this country, if you are childless, the government will not help you out one bit. The tax man is always there with his hand out, though.
I am an old guy and I've seen a lot in my lifetime. In my opinion, the only way we can save our country and economy is to buy products from American- owned companies which are made by American workers, period.
I'm tired of these foreign-owned companies masquerading as American owned and made. What's worse is that some Americans actually fall for that. We also need a new taxation system such as the flat tax in which everybody would pay the same.
The current system is obviously not working. Over 2,000 fraudulent tax returns were sent to an address in Detroit and nobody got reprimanded or fired in the tax agency because of it.
Those of us who work in the private sector would have lost our jobs with a mistake like that. Of course, the taxpayers picked up the tab.
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Dear SAP Guru's
Can someone help me with (CRM Functional) Interview questions. would be very grateful, if you can share ur experiences.
Even if each one of u can contribute one or two questions it would be helpful.
Hi Amit,
Frankly speaking most of the issues posted by our forum members are directly related to real time scenarios. You can make 100s of interview questions out of those posts. Moreover you havent mentioned the exact area of CRM for which you are looking for questions. CRM is a ocean.
In general interviewer starts asking questions based on the projects with you have mentioned in your CV. Look at each bullet point of your project responsibilities and try to think of a question out of it.
If you let me know the specific area then I should be able to help you.
Do not forget to reward if helps
Paul Kondaveeti
Dear SAP Guru's
With reference to Paul's statement in a recent thread:
" Each issue in this forum is an interview question "
I think thats the best way to go. Would like to close this thread. Thanks Paul.
Appreciate your generousity for rewarding points. It generates more interest among the forum members. Keep it to the good habit of rewarding members.
Paul Kondaveeti


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Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D
Release date: January 25, 2013
Fifteen years after they were nearly killed by a witch with a gingerbread house, Hansel and Gretel have become lethal bounty hunters who are devoted to hunting and eliminating all witches who make their hideouts in dark woods.
As the notorious Blood Moon approaches, the innocent children of a familiar town on the edge of a forest face a nightmare. Hansel & Gretel meet up with an evil beyond any witch they've ever tracked down and killedand it may hold the secret to their frightening past.
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Genre: Action
Runtime: 88 min
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producers: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Beau Flynn
Screenplay: Dante Harper, Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Jeremy Renner,Gemma Arterton,Famke Janssen,Peter Stormare
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In Chicago, Mayor Daley has expressed concern about segregating LGBT students from the larger public school population, while at the same time acknowledging that all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, must feel safe at school. And as recent statistics from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) show, many LGBT students go to school in fear, and face a constant barrage of anti-gay harassment, threats and intimidation.
PFLAG's Safe Schools initiative (which will be re-launched with expanded materials and a new trainign seminar this fall) has focused on working with parents, at the local level, to facilitate a comprehensive program in the schools that addresses climate . . . empowers teachers . . . and creates an ongoing program to keep young people safe. And, as we told Edge Publications in an article out this morning, we can continue work to make schools safe and respect parents who, in the meantime, want alternative options for students who are being harassed right now.
"We hear from parents every day who contact us because their children are facing harassment," PFLAG told Edge. "They're telling us that the environment in many schools is dangerous and their children cannot learn because they are being distracted by threats and intimidation," adding that "the ultimate answer isn't to segregate students. It's to protect students, and we need to do that in the public school system."
Schools across the country need to provide the tools for "administrators and parents to adopt policies and implement training to create a school culture and environment that respects and protects LGBT students."
"We also need to give parents options to consider," we noted, because "While we work in public schools that include gay and straight students, PFLAG isn't going to fault a parent whose child is being subjected to constant harassment for wanting to get their child out of that environment."
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Audio recording, editing & mixing tool.
Audacity is a free audio recorder/editor/mixer. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: sound , audio , mp3
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Its GUI toolkit, WxWidgets, makes it look like an ugly thing, and the releases only come about once per year, but even so, it's an amazingly good piece of software for what it is: a general sound editor, with some advanced features.
Last time I looked at Amadeus it was pretty useless. Have they developed it to a point where one can actually do stuff with it?
Find it pretty unreliable and not very user-frindly. I prefer a combination of Lame and Amadeus.
To the admin: I have an icon ready for upload. E-mail me at [email protected] and I'll send it.
yes it will.
Will it run on Intel macs?
I use this a lot to combine various iTunes tracks or to split them. Also very useful for chopping off the ends of some songs which may have silence for 5 minutes or so until the "bonus track" is reached.
The best you can do with iTunes is instruct it to ignore (and not play) the silent part, whereas with this, you can chop it off and re-import the smaller file, thus saving space.
It's free too.
Very simple and smart. A must have for general audio editing needs!
I've been using monstrous Sound Forge on PC for ages and now it makes me great pleasure to use Audacity 9 of 10 times instead -- it fits. And it's free.
If you need an audio editing suite and have no cash, then this is the program for you.
This is a good Java based cross platform audio editing and recording application. It can crash, but mostly when heavily processing extremely large files. It is has a lot of functionality, including limited Nyquist scripting and VST plug in support. It is constantly under development, so improvements are always forth coming.
You will need the LAME framework to save MP3 file formats. Other formats, not listed, may require encoding plug-ins.
There's still much activity on the development mailing list, so I don't think this one has been abandoned quite yet. A fabulous cue-building tool for sound designers on a budget as well as a solid general-purpose multitracker!
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Softball Claims Final Pair of Games Against Elon
The team will now await the release of the SoCon Championship bracket and schedule to determine their opening-round game.
"We pitched very, very well today," said head coach Shelly Hoerner. "Hope [Klicker] did a great job coming in and shutting Elon down. Our other pitcher, Jen Rosene, kept them off balance and pitched very well too. Another thing we did well was score runners when they were in scoring position. We hit the ball and we strung hits together which we've struggled with during the year. Today we strung them together and came out on top."
Ashton Jarrett (Hanahan, S.C.) and Mackenzie Maples (Corona, Calif.) were both 2-for-4 in the second game of the series and Jarrett scored two runs while Maples drove in two.
Kristy Giragosian's (Charlotte, N.C.) second-inning grand slam propelled the Cougars to victory in the third game. She added a fifth RBI when she executed a squeeze bunt in the fourth inning.
"It feels great to be back to form," said Giragosian. "I've been struggling for a while and I knew moving towards the end of the season I needed to clear my head and just have fun and relax. I know the skill is there so I needed to clear my mind and it feels good to get the swing back so we're hoping for big things next week."
Maples went 2-for-4 in the second game as well and added an RBI. Lizzy Vaughn (Placerville, Calif.) was two-for-three and scored two runs.
On Sunday alone, Hope Klicker (Walla Walla, Wash.) registered a win, a save, two hits, an RBI and scored a run.
"I really wanted to finish on a strong note in our last set of conference games," said Klicker. "Coach is always talking about doing everything with a purpose and coming out and doing what we can do as a team. I came out with a clear mind and gave it my all for our last conference games and it turned out okay."
GAME TWO: CofC: 3, Elon: 2
Game two of the series began on Saturday afternoon but was suspended until Sunday when rains started to fall as the teams were set to start the fifth inning.
Klicker pitched the entirety of the game and earned the win for the Cougars. She struck out eight hitters against just four hits and one base on balls. She was perfect in the three innings she pitched when the teams picked the game back up on Sunday.
The game saw the Cougars take an early lead on Saturday afternoon when Jarrett singled up the middle in the first and Maples tripled down the right field line to bring her around to score.
The lead wouldn't hold long, however, as Elon responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning. Carleigh Nester sparked their rally with a double into right-center field and then took third on a bunt single by Hill. Before the Cougars could regroup, Hill made towards second base which allowed Nester to sneak home while Hill was in a rundown between first and second. Tomeka Watson then doubled into right to score Hill and give Elon the lead. The Phoenix put runners on second and third but Vaughn made a pair of alert plays to record outs at the plate and minimize the damage.
CofC equalized the game in the third inning in very similar fashion to the run they scored in the first. This time Jarrett produced a bunt single and stole second base before Maples doubled down the left-field line for her second RBI of the game.
The rain intensified as Jarrett prepared to step into the box to lead off the top of the fifth inning. Before a pitch was thrown, the teams were pulled off the field to wait out the rain but the decision was eventually made to resume play on Sunday.
When the teams resumed play on Sunday, Klicker was perfect in the remaining three innings of the game and the Cougars rose to the occasion with three-hits and the only run they would need in the sixth inning.
Vaughn started the rally when she legged out a groundball to the shortstop just before Klicker lined one back over the pitcher's head and into centerfield. With two outs in the inning, Corthell dropped in a single along the left field line which allowed Vaughn to score the game-winning run from second.
GAME THREE: CofC: 7, Elon: 6
CofC took a commanding lead on the heels of Giragosian's grand slam but slowly watched it trickle away before they bore down and ultimately thwarted Elon's comeback effort.
Jen Rosene (Charlotte, N.C.) started the game and was effective in the pitching circle for four innings to earn the win. Klicker entered the circle at the start of the fifth inning and earned the first save of her collegiate career.
Elon plated the game's first run in the first behind two singles sandwiched around a stolen base and illegal-pitch advancement.
The Cougars responded in a big way in the second with a rally sparked by Maples' ground-rule double which bounced over the low fence in right field. Amanda Lonergan (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) and Klicker earned free passes on a walk and hit-by-pitch, respectively, before Giragosian sent a towering shot over the scoreboard in left to clear the bases.
CofC added a fifth run in the third inning when Jarrett's speed left no chance for Elon to get her out on a chopped groundball to the shortstop. Maples continued to swing a hot bat and dropped an RBI single in along the right field line which allowed Jarrett to score.
The Cougars furthered their lead the next inning when Vaughn singled and worked her way around the bases and scored on Giragosian's fifth RBI of the game which she picked on a sacrifice-bunt squeeze play.
Elon came back to life in the bottom of the fourth when Morgan Wright led off the inning with a solo homerun to right center. Danielle Lafferty then singled to shallow right field and a hit-by-pitch and passed ball put runners on the corners for Ali Ford who singled back up the middle to cut the lead to 6-4.
The Cougars took an insurance run back in the sixth when Vaughn and Klicker both jumped on the first pitches they saw resulting in a right-field-line double for Vaughn and RBI single for Klicker.
A two-run homerun by Tomeka Watson in the seventh reduced CofC's lead to 7-6 but Klicker shut them down the rest of the way to preserve the win.


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Pushing Portraits Further – Rapid Box in Action
It had been a GREAT day! By 8:30 we'd already put in seventeen hours and thousands of clicks, but that was the point of volunteering. There was a huge 40's party in the Texas Flying Legends Museum hangar for the WWII vets and their family including a great 40's band, dancers, Patton look alike, surrounded by the P-51D "Cripes A Mighty" and B-25 "Betty's Dream.". "Betty's Dream" was partially pulled into the hangar and even a gorgeous LaSalle drove up delivering some of the reinactors who were guests, parking under its wing. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and than started to work all the activities. It was a target rich photographic opportunity. But being a control freak, I wanted more than just the grab shot under hangar lighting. Then it dawned on me … the Rapid Boxes!
The folks (all friends) were great and open to anything. So I asked the couple in the top image (who came in the LaSalle), Miles & Kim if they'd be up for their portraits being made with the car. I described to them briefly what I wanted to do and when they saw me point out of the hangar into the darkness, I got the strangest look. I just said, "trust me." Jake ran to the truck, got the Rapid Box lighting kit duffle I had with us and we set up the lights. In literally just minutes, we had the Westcott Rapid Box Octa/ SB-910 / PocketWizard FlexTT5 and Westcott Strip Box / SB-910 / PocketWizard FlexTT5 on Manfrotto 5001B Nano Stands set up (both flashes connected to SD-9s all powered with Eneloop AA batteries). The speed in which we had it all set up even impressed the guests. It sure impressed me!
With the D610 / 18-35AFS in hand (I really like the D610!), I got Jake to stand in for the models, hit the test button on the PocketWizard, took my first shot, looked at the LCD and went to work. I was at f/8, 1/25, underexposing ambient light making the flashes, set at zero (using cs e4 makes this part easy), the main light. The Octa was the main light on the folks and pointed up a tad to slightly light the underneath of the wing of "Betty's Dream." The strip light as you can see was to the side and feathered to do a little fill on the folks and than light up the side of the LaSalle (reflections of the lights on the car were minimized by flash placement). No, this wasn't enough light to really do "Hollywood" lighting, but that's wasn't the goal.
The "folks" are all dear friends, president and pilots of the Texas Flying Legends Museum. One is a seating congressman even. The very quick and impromptu "portrait studio" (which was up, used and down in less than ten minutes) was merely an extension of the night's fun. Like I said, we'd all had already put in a full day. I had minutes with each couple before they went back to the guests. It's a simple, clean shot capturing the memories of the evening. And if I didn't have the Rapid Boxes with me, I would have never thought of or attempted such a shoot. A single off camera flash would have looked like crap. The Rapid Boxes produced gorgeous light very quickly making me a hero. Can't ask more from your gear!
When it comes to working with the folks, this is how I did it. First, my beautiful bride would go get the couple so they were already happy by the time I got them. I told them I wanted them to pose for the period which meant body language you see with the gentleman holding the ladies elbow. I would take one click and than show them the LCD because there were standing in total darkness. I assumed the were wondering just what the heck the photo would look like. Once they saw the LCD, it was all a piece of cake. Ten minutes after we started set up, we were torn down and back at the party with the others. Personally, this kind of flash photography I can get into. It was quick, easy and great light. I simply can't say enough about the Rapid Boxes. They earned their name and keep this evening!
Oh, and this last portrait, this is very special to us. We had the great fortune to spend three days with three Tuskegee Airman, and one in particular really took a shine to my wife. Alexander Jefferson pictured here was simply a hoot to get to know. I'd already spent the day with him, talking up a storm and telling me a ton of stories. When he got in front of my camera he said, "Moose, get my good side!" And when I asked the trio to squeeze in tighter, Alexander said, "sounds good to me!" He was great and it was an honor to get to know all three and able to call them friends. Amazing what photography has brought to our lives!


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1. PURPOSE. This supplemental instruction gives information and guidance for use by combatant commanders during joint psychological operations (PSYOP) planning.
a. The Secretary of State has responsibility for overall direction, coordination, and supervision of interdepartmental psychological activities of the US government in overseas areas. PSYOP policies will be disseminated through US Information Agency channels to US Information Service representatives in a host country.
b. In a theater of operations, USIA will furnish representatives to serve on the staff of the combatant commander to advise and guide military PSYOP planners.
c. Combatant commanders will control the execution of all psychological warfare operations under the policy guidance of the Department of State.
d. When US forces are committed to an overseas operation short of a declaration of war or at the request of a friendly foreign government, PSYOP will be conducted by the military under the overall guidance of the US ambassador in-country, or the Secretary of State in the absence of a US ambassador.
e. Where insufficient guidance exists or conflicts arise regarding joint operational employment of forces, the matter will be referred to the Joint Staff for decision and/or policy guidance.
a. All PSYOP plans developed by a combatant commander must stem from national policy and strategy for a particular country or area.
b. Combatant commanders will ensure the integration of supporting PSYOP plans into the operation plans.
c. The combatant commander's responsibilities regarding PSYOP planning include the following:
(1) Preparation of PSYOP plans, orders, directives, and requests for support
(2) Coordination of PSYOP intelligence requirements
(3) Analysis of target audiences
(4) Determination of psychological objectives
(5) Coordination and allocation of PSYOP resources, using available friendly foreign military and civilian support and facilities
(6) Analysis of PSYOP effectiveness
(7) Giving PSYOP technical support to subordinate and supporting commanders
(8) Coordinating psychological support requirements with other interested staffs and agencies
d. In PSYOP planning, particular attention must be paid to enemy courses of action, availability of indigenous resources, assets of all US agencies, and the time available to produce and pretest PSYOP information and propaganda materials.


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Maria Guidone - One of Maria's greatest assets is the ability to listen! Once you have described your needs and desires with regard to real estate, she has the ability to search for your property through "your eyes." Purchasing a home, or land for a home, is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Selecting the right home is of major importance and having the transaction occur in a timely and businesslike manner is equally important. Maria is experienced and knowledgeable of the process; she can introduce you to the best of what you are looking for.
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Venice at Sunset, Private Photography Tour
The best part of going on holiday is taking pictures to make the memories last. You've heard of photography tours, but how does a private sunset photo shoot of Venice sound? (Cue the rush to pick up cameras).
Venice is already an absolutely magnificent city to photograph, with beautiful rivers and bridges around every corner. But when the sun begins to set, this tour will take you to some of the most photogenic spots Venice has to offer. Accompanied by a bilingual photographer-guide, your tour will begin at Vaporetto line 1. From that point, you will use your viewfinder to see Venice through a Venetian's eyes, capturing some of the following locations at the same time.
In the heart of Venice lies St. Mark's Square, lined by arcades with St. Mark's church on the eastern end. One of the most photographed spots in not only Italy, but the world, this square is filled with people, music and other festivities.
The Doge's Palace is the home of frescoes depicting the history of the Republic by Masters such as Tiepolo, Tiziano, Veronese, Bassano and Palma il Giovane. Kept in golden wooden frames, these frescoes are placed inside this beautiful Gothic building, located on the eastern end of St. Mark's Square.
Even though you will see a lot of water while on this tour, you will not want to miss the Venice Lagoon. This crescent-shaped body of water lies between the Italian mainland and the Adriatic Sea.
One of two bridges you will get to photograph is Ponte della Paglia, the stone bridge next to the Doge's Palace, connecting St. Mark's and Castello districts. From this point of view, capture the best photographs of the famous Bridge of Sighs, located right behind it.
The next and most famous bridge on the tour is The Bridge of Sighs. This small stone bridge connects the Doge's Palace with prison cells. As you click away, learn about how the bridge received its name: from the sighs of prisoners as they were led to the prison cells.
Don't worry if you feel you are lacking in knowledge of basic photography skills; your guide will teach you the basics of composition, the importance of lighting and techniques of creating a balanced and attractive image.
Impress your friends with marvellous photos taken by you in Venice, all while capturing the city from a different perspective.


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CSDL Home IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence 2002 vol.24 Issue No.11 - November
Issue No.11 - November (2002 vol.24)
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Abstract—A modular system to recognize handwritten numerical strings is proposed. It uses a segmentation-based recognition approach and a Recognition and Verification strategy. The approach combines the outputs from different levels such as segmentation, recognition, and postprocessing in a probabilistic model. A new verification scheme which contains two verifiers to deal with the problems of oversegmentation and undersegmentation is presented. A new feature set is also introduced to feed the oversegmentation verifier. A postprocessor based on a deterministic automaton is used and the global decision module makes an accept/reject decision. Finally, experimental results on two databases are presented: numerical amounts on Brazilian bank checks and NIST SD19. The latter aims at validating the concept of modular system and showing the robustness of the system using a well-known database.

Handwritten numerical string recognition, segmentation and recognition of numerals, recognition and verification, feature extraction, probabilistic model.
Luiz S. Oliveira, Robert Sabourin, Flávio Bortolozzi, Ching Y. Suen, "Automatic Recognition of Handwritten Numerical Strings: A Recognition and Verification Strategy", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.24, no. 11, pp. 1438-1454, November 2002, doi:10.1109/TPAMI.2002.1046154


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Hundreds of costumes on racks, revealing something of the pallet of the production. Note that it seems probable this filming is from around the time of the pilot, so there may have been notable changes, as we've been told that costumes for Winterfell scenes could be quite different from what's being used at present.
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