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It has taken 19 years, an international move, three kids, and a career change for Javier Dalzell and Mariana Martos to open their first restaurant, Sur 16.
The dream started back in Mexico, as the young couple thought about opening their own taco place. Life took other turns, though, leading them to work at resorts and other people's restaurants, before Dalzell finally took a job at Microsoft in Mexico City. More than a decade ago, he was transferred to Seattle's Microsoft office, where he worked as the couple raised their children. But three years ago, Dalzell and Martos decided that it was finally time to dust off that original restaurant dream. Dalzell quit his job, and they both focused on Sur 16.
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"We're so excited," said Martos, beaming. "Capitol Hill was our first choice. We were looking at Bellevue and Issaquah, but we thought the concept of the restaurant was much better on Capitol Hill. And then we found this place, and it's perfect."
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"It took about a hundred years for mestizo food to really take shape," said Dalzell. "It started in 1519, when Spain conquered Mexico. The food fusion that happened over the next century involved the combining of traditional Mexican dishes, and concepts from Spain, including a lot of influence from French cuisine. So now we're taking that fusion and using local Seattle ingredients, like seafood."
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"One of our signature dishes will include oysters, but with a twist. They're a little like Oysters Rockefeller (oysters on the half shell, often baked with spinach, butter, and cheese), except we'll be using huitlacoche instead of spinach. Those are the mushrooms that grow on ears of corn. You don't see them often in the United States, but they're a delicacy in Mexico."
Other signature dishes at dinner will include octopus marinated in a citrus sauce with a splash of habanero chili, and ceviche.
"In the morning, our concept will be something raw, like juice," said Martos. "It will be something very simple and natural. We'll maybe have some fruit salad, quinoa, and eggs with the same vegetables we use for the juice. It'll be a simple breakfast, but very healthy. We might have the juices all day."
For lunch, they want to do something similar to what eating at home is like in Mexico.
"You'll get a small portion of soup," explained Martos, "and then usually a salad and a small meat dish. Of course, we'll also have vegan options because there are so many in the community. Something like this is what you would eat in your house, or what you'd pack for lunch. In Mexico, lunch portions are not traditionally huge."
Right now, the transformation is fully underway on 15th, turning Bagel Deli into Sur 16. And so far, the change is dramatic. Gone are the giant counter, huge deli cases, and brown tiled floors. Instead, the new restaurant will be bright, modern, and airy.
"This, here, will be the bar," said Dalzell, pointing to the area at the front near the windows, as he stepped through the construction. "We'll also have plants all along this wall, and we're painting it green. And look at these big windows! The dining room will sit 80, and the bar will be able to have 30 people."
The couple is still waiting on a few more permits, but are hoping to open Sur 16 later this summer.
"We're going to be here every day," Martos told me, with Dalzell nodding in agreement. "Every single day. We know that it takes that much dedication to make a restaurant work. And we like working together. We're hiring some great people, but we know that in the end this is our place and we need to make it work. It's all of the little touches that matter most."


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at 22:02 on 07 November 2007
does anyone here know if british ensembles like LCMG and BCMG have wind players that can play quarter tones? (and/or string players)
im writing a piece primarily for flutes and clarinets (using a mod24 type system) and im wondering if there are any british ensembles that play this sort of thing? (if so i might add some string parts and offer the score to a chamber/contemporary ensemble)
am i being unrealistic? or is playing quarter tones quite common amongst advanced/contemporary players these days?
the piece is mainly harmonic and quite slow so there wont be any difficult figurations or ornaments etc, but it is important to hit the notes properly (or the harmonies wont work very well).
thanks in advance for any info/advice.
Re: Quarter Tones
at 02:20 on 08 November 2007
Rarescale is a UK group that fits the bill.
There's an interview with them on this site somewhere.
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at 06:51 on 09 November 2007
check out ensemble expose - not sure of spelling, London based. wicked quartertoners all. there's a specialist trumpet player too, uses bizzare 19 note scales and others. can't recall his name but if you google microtones and trumpets should come up.
good luck, quartertones are addictive - it's hard to go back!
Tim Bowman (australia currently).
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at 10:06 on 09 November 2007
thanks very much for the info, i`ll look up both of those groups.
re quartertones being addictive, i would say they are unavoidable for me at this stage (as i write i keep hearing the notes inbetween the notes etc, 12 tones dont seem to be enough)
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James McFadyen
at 08:59 on 10 November 2007
12 notes were enough for Mozart.
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at 17:39 on 10 November 2007
12 notes were enough for Mozart.
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at 20:53 on 10 November 2007
The microtonal trumpeter is Stephen Altoft. www.microtonaltrumpet.com
12 notes might not have been enough for Mozart. see
Myself, I've been using 17 and 31 equal tones per octave. Different games, fun games, impractical games. Gotta build instruments, create pedagogy. Quartertones slightly easier to conceptualize but less fun for me.
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James McFadyen
at 22:18 on 10 November 2007
Interesting article.
I have to say that I am certainly not in a place where I have exhausted all 12 notes of the standard western scale. Perhaps I'm just slower than other's, but after 12 years of composing I believe I'm only really discovering the true power that beholds these simple 12 notes of our equal temered scale.
In these modern times, some composers can be more concerned with creating sounds rather than music.
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at 00:29 on 11 November 2007
In these modern times, some composers can be more concerned with creating sounds rather than music.
Who gets to decide where music ends and sound begins?, and what would such a system/taxonomy achieve?.
"Abstraction...is the instinctive or conscious reaction of art to ideas which have sunk to the level of ideology........Abstract art is not art without content, but art which protests, by withdrawing itself, against content which has sunk to the level of ideology. It performs its socio-critical function, whether or not the individual artist creating abstract works of art is aware of this, or whether he feels himself to be solely an artist"
Alfred Andersch...quoted by Carl Dahlhaus in "Schoenberg and the New Music"
Quartertones slightly easier to conceptualize but less fun for me.
Agreed, easier to work with etc, it seems the most practical way to achieve a blurring or an extension of the current system (for my purposes). The current system is culturally understood, its currency with a purchasing power, it could be an arbitrary signifier from that point of view (rather than something grounded in the overtone series/acoustics or requiring any "natural" justification). It can be a point of departure, I say it can be, if you like (or not).
"For example, it is known fact that a violinist going from C to C sharp and then to D, involuntarily makes the C sharp higher. The small deviations result in this involuntary manner are here a constructive element in the composition. I haven`t used any quarter-tones; of course, there may be some, but it was of no importance to me exactly how much the pitches deviate."
Gyorgy Ligeti, An Interview With Josef Hausler: Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music (expanded edition)
Re: Quarter Tones
at 11:13 on 13 November 2008
Can I mention two common misunderstandings about the pitch of tones. "Mozart did not write quarter tones". No he did not, but Mozart, Schumann and Brahms certainly wrote microtones because they exploited the capabilities of the natural horn, using the "out of tune" notes.
Now there seems to be a common idea that sharps are sharper than the same note respelled as a flat and many players unconciously play them that way. However if you define C# as a pure harmonic series third above an arbitary A pitch it will be flatter than an equal tempered C#, not sharper. As a lower auxiliary note it could be sharper, (or not). Similarly a D-flat as the Doh of an F is sharper than C# not flatter, if it is a pure third. So if you want to play in tune in any system other than equal temperament you have a problem defining what your notes are.
This is as we say in England "a real can of worms" and I imagine many musicians have gone near to madness trying sort it out. (Play baroque music and you can just do what the well documented great organists did.)
Re: Quarter Tones
at 14:09 on 13 November 2008
The way you can get quarter tones on equal tempered fretted instruments is to use ingenuity and scordatura (non-standard tunings). Everybody has tuning meters now so you can tune some strings a quarter tone flat and write so that the players play normal notes and notes at the right pitch come out. This has the disadvantage that the composer has to understand the instrument but that in itself is not a bad thing.
If you have violin family players who do not do not do quarter tones they can play as normal in scordatura and the right notes come out.
You can immediately see that the disadvantage is the non-linearity of the whole system as notes must move from string to string to get chromatic movement unlike what can be done on the violin. This disadvantage might be exploitable to some advantage in some pieces and you can get campanella effects on fretted instruments.
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Team Gaughan
at 14:10 on 13 November 2008
A very interesting discussion, and true that perhaps the 12 notes do still have a great deal to say in the hands of a skilled composer yes.
In my experience writing smaller pitches cause untold problems for performers who yes may sharpen a C sharp or flatten a D flat. I remember playing a piece as a harpist where I had to re-tune all the strings to quarter-tones, and my harp went out of tune as fast as I re-tuned, it also took an age to do, dont get me wrong, it was a fasinating piece and I was happy to perform it and work with the composer too. The Viola player also had a great problem being able to hear these small pitch changes.
I find quarter tones and micro intervals very interesting & do use them sometimes in my own work often as an expression of sorrow or at an expressive moment.
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at 14:37 on 13 November 2008
Yes, it is interesting to hear about the problems playing in scordatura. Some players will not do scordatura at all, even in Biber's Harmonia artificioso-ariosa and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, both of which have versions in normal tuning. Scordatura is a nightmare on the lute but stable on the modern classical guitar because of the machine heads, (wound strings still jam in the nut though).
I have only just seen the reference to Mozart's 1/6 comma meantone in this forum. Very relevant.
There used to be a statement in computational science applicable here: "God will punish those who approximate a geometric series with an arithmetic series". This is what we are doing with equal temperament.
Andrew Manze said of the scordatura in Biber's Resurrection Sonata, (which also involves swopping two string channels!), "I know from bitter experience that the violin used for the Resurrection Sonata cannot be used to play anything else that day".
Re: Quarter Tones
at 15:17 on 13 November 2008
1/4 tones can be good, but i use 3/4 tone intrevals which divide the minor third in 2 - this is very common in middle eastern music, and can have very powerful emotional effect.
scale - C, D1/4b, Eb, Fb, G, Ab, B1/4b, C - maqam saba - very beautiful. and, if one sticks to it for a large musical phrase, it can become "familiar".
i have also played with gamelan which has it's own unique tuning system. very hard!
"There used to be a statement in computational science applicable here: "God will punish those who approximate a geometric series with an arithmetic series". This is what we are doing with equal temperament."
wow, what a great quote! thanks for sharing.
Re: Quarter Tones
at 08:23 on 14 November 2008
Thanks for reminding me about middle eastern music. I realise it is pointless thinking about microtones on lutes and viols when we have the oud which is not far from a fretless lute. There are lots of oud players around now too. And why worry about frets when there are violin family instruments so available.
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George Soros has too much time on his hands. He wants Benjamin Netanyahu gone, but as usual, in a way that his thumbprints are not all over the place, nor his money. Just like the Obama administration, transparency is key to how the flow of hatred towards the Jewish people and the goal to put radical Muslims in control of a vast region, with the fresh scent of Arab Spring.
Just a tidbit from Front Page Magazine (emphasis mine). There's way more going on under the radar for people to care. This "Hobbit" seeks to put it out there to help protect and secure Israel-not only our only true ally in the Middle East-but as a reminder that G-d is with Israel, according to The Scriptures.
Netanyahu's sharp exchange with Obama in May motivated even Democrats who weren't in Soros' vest pocket to find a way to force him out of office. It was no longer just fear of losing the Israeli left as their hand puppet – the American Jewish vote was in play. Replacing Netanyahu with a lefty eager to appease the terrorists would heal the split with Obama and Jewish voters.
The American and European left could provide the money and the strategy, but the Israeli left would have to do the heavy lifting to save the millions of dollars flowing their way from their foreign backers. On the Israeli side were left-wing veterans of Clinton's successful effort to topple Netanyahu. Greenberg had been on that campaign and the plan was to do it all over again. […]
The New Israel Fund is the mothership of Israeli left-wing NGOs and it is the most threatened by donor transparency. The NIF's 25-million-dollar annual budget is used to fund even more radical groups, some of which call for boycotting or outright destroying the State of Israel. A recent WikiLeaks report quoted the local head of NIF, Hedva Radovanitz, as saying that she expected the country to disappear and be replaced by a more "democratic" Arab state.
Inside Israel there's already a lot of discontent to "fire" so to speak, Netanyahu. Israel did this already in 1999 with a no-confidence vote; they have a parliamentary democracy. The left is frothing at the mouth to do this again, and replace Netanyahu. Their method: An inside Egyptian model of an "Arab Spring" inside Israel. If this image below does not freak you out, I don't know what will.
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First Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival Kicks Off
A culinary venture two years in the making, the first annual Los Angeles Food & Wine festival kicked off Thursday night with a red carpet celebration at the Nokia Plaza in L.A. Live. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson welcomed the hungry crowd.
Over 30 different restaurants and 200 vineyards were represented at the event, including booths from Mr. Puck, Daniel Boulud, Hubert Keller, David Myers and more. Stars from cooking reality programs, like Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis, and Antonia Lofaso and Marcel Vigneron from Bravo's "Top Chef" mingled with the crowd.
The premiere was only the first of many events that will unfold over the four-day festival. Events run the gamut from a clambake with Tom Colicchio in Santa Monica on Friday night to the main event Lexus Grand Tasting on Saturday and Sunday.
Given the festival's proximity to Hollywood, a number of actors will be lending their cooking skills — or desire to learn — to various events, such as the pairing of Busy Philipps, of the sitcom "Cougar Town," and Eric Stonestreet from "Modern Family" with the chefs Christopher Kostow and Michael Chiarello to create something tasty.
Full details can be found at the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival Web site.


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A new word now used to just simply say "Aw shit"
Kid1: yo what happened with yo test?
Kid2: i failed it man!
Kid1: How bad u failed it
Kid2: Shit bitch i got a 40
Kid2: i failed it man!
Kid1: How bad u failed it
Kid2: Shit bitch i got a 40
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When being a bitch isn't harsh enough Shit Bitch is the answer.
Shut up you stupid Shit Bitch
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A person who is the defined one that deals with fecal matter that comes out of a person or an animal.
The girl holding the cup in 2 Girls 1 Cup would be the Shit Bitch
Or, "Bob, go pick up your dog's crap, it's in my lawn...Shit Bitch"
Or, "Bob, go pick up your dog's crap, it's in my lawn...Shit Bitch"
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"You fucking shitbitch"
(after eating shit on a bike) "SHITBITCH!"
(after eating shit on a bike) "SHITBITCH!"
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A word used often when a woman pussies out or acts lazy and pisses people off.
Bronwyn and Negus, get out of bed and don't be such shitbitches!
dodane przez badboybecky wrzesień 17, 2009
a common word that can used in a wide variety of ways. 1. a casual greeting such as "hi" or "whats up" 2. an expression to show displeasure with an unfortunate event. 3. an endearing term to call your friends. 4. a phrase that late night sushi shop employees yell across the restaurant. 5. nickname for the creator of the word, mitch pathe, of bakersfield CA and portland OR fame, who is a good man a better friend and... who LOVES THE COCK.
1. Andy, "Hi." Mitch, "Shitbitch." Andy "Shitbitch." 2. "The beer is all gone." "Shitbitch." 3. Hey shitbitch, go get me another beer. 4. Pauly yells, "Shitbitch," acroos the restaurant floor. Mitch replies in kind, "Shitbitch." 5. When shitbitch returned from California, he sure had a lot of balljuice on his chin.
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"guys - I reckon Mark is a shit bitch that likes a bit of Chocolate factory action!"
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Musician Alicia Keys performs the National Anthem prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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A large penis , Typically from a black male. However it really is quite obveious so dont use it in akward situations. see (boner)
you: Dude didnt sarah lick your beef cigar friday night?
Friend: shut up fool! Were at her house...
Friend: shut up fool! Were at her house...
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jose is gonna hit the beef cigar
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Yellow Flowers Blooming in the Middle of a Forest - Just For You
(above - false sunflowers)
Below you will see some of the yellow flowers now blooming - Mid June, 2010, in the southern Appalachian mountain area, on the north side of the mountain, in a full sun perennial garden.
Posted by Nancy Simpson at 6:33 AM
4 comments:
- Glenda C. Beall said...
I really enjoy your beautiful photos and especially Sasha's picture at the top.
Your flowers are gorgeous. Makes me wish I had spent more time gardening instead of de-cluttering this spring.
- June 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Your flowers are gorgeous Nancy. Perennials are some of my very favorites.
- June 20, 2010 at 4:37 AM
- Joan Ellen Gage said...
Thank you for the beautiful flowers! I don't know what it is about yellow--I love it! Perhaps it is like liquid sunshine; it always brings cheer!
- June 20, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Beth said...
Very beautiful flowers!
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Vauxhall has revealed its new downsized 1.0-litre three-cylinder direct-injection turbo petrol engine. It will first be available in the Adam supermini, where it will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
• Previously: Vauxhall Adam to get new 1.0-litre engine
Two power outputs will be available, including 89bhp and 114bhp versions, both developing 166Nm of torque. Vauxhall claims the little motor generates more low-down torque and pulling power than its 1.6-litre naturally aspirated engines.
Stop-start technology will be fitted as standard on both models, with the more efficient 89bhp model returning a claimed 62mpg and emitting only 99g/km of CO2. The 1.0-litre engine is the first in a whole new range of downsized petrol engines from the manufacturer.
Vauxhall has attempted to remedy the thrumming noise made by three-cylinder engines by increasing soundproofing. Acoustically optimised covers have been fitted to the top and front of the engine, the intake manifold and camshaft housings.
The new engine will also be mated to a new compact and lightweight six-speed manual gearbox. It's around 30 per cent lighter than the 'box it replaces, weighing 37kg without fluids and will make its way into other Vauxhall models in the future. Sales of the new engine in the Adam will commence in the spring.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – In the final game of the Fall World Series for the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team, the Grey Team was able to avoid being swept with a 4-3 win in an 11-inning affair.
Junior Jacob Dorris, who lead the team in appearances (30) and saves (13) last season, recorded the lone win of the series for the Grey Team. He did give up a run on three hits in his first inning of work in the 10th, but was able to set the Blue Team down in order in the bottom of the 11th.
On the losing end of things for the Blue Team was AJ Longoria. The senior gave up the winning run in the top half of the 11th on three hits and a walk.
Things were not in the favor of the Grey Team throughout the entire day though. A leadoff single by Frankie Salas in the bottom of the second, followed by an RBI groundout after Salas got to third would give the Blue Team the first lead of the day. In the same inning, a two-out double by Lukas Hermanson would bring Nicholas Jenkins around to score to push Blue's lead to 2-0 through two.
It was not until the fifth inning that the Grey Team was able to push a run across. With the bases loaded Jacob Hubert remained patient at the dish and drew a walk to make it 2-1.
Both teams went quite for a few innings before the Grey Team would keep its hopes of winning a game in the series alive, as Zach Gibson would score on a throwing error to tie the game up in the top of the eighth.
With neither team able to score in the ninth, the Grey Team put itself in prime position to pick up the W in the 10th, as three consecutive two out hits made it a 3-2 ballgame with Grey just three outs away from a victory.
However, the Blue Team would not go down without a fight. With two outs and nobody on, a Cody Stephens single started the rally. Freshman Travis Geiser knocked a single to put Stephens on third before a wild pitch brought Stephens around to tie the game up.
In the 11th though, the Grey Team took a 4-3 in the top half of the inning and let Dorris take care of the rest.
Both starters picked up no decisions on the day, with Grey Team's Gavin Williamson giving up two runs on three hits, while Blue Team's Devin Skapura gave up three hits as well but only one run. Both pitchers were also able to record three strikeouts on the day.
The three-game series will mark the end of fall practice for the Islanders, as they will have a few months off before resuming practice on Jan. 24, 2014.
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But rape?
And then I remembered.
Not only did I write jokes about rape, but they were about child rape. These jokes revolved around Catholic Cleanerupper-Man, a Catholic superhero whose job was to silence victims of sexual abuse committed by priests.
I think this would be considered a rape joke.
Some may argue the point, but everyone seeing the joke understands that the wee figure to the right is supposed to represent children who had been sexually assaulted by the good Fathers of the true Church.
Is the victim being made fun of?
Nope. I really don't make fun of victims. My job is to humble the proud -- more often than not the religiously arrogant, -- via laughter and absurdity.
What say you about rape jokes?
The poll is in the upper the left hand corner of the blog where it usually is. Feel free to comment below.
I wanted to add something from the piece in Time magazine Louis CK Talks Daniel Tosh Rape-Joke Furor on Daily Show, Gives Classically Louis CK-ian Response. You can see the Louis CK interview on the Daily Show there and it is is well worth your time. The writer of the piece then goes on to write about the controversy. Here is an excerpt.
One thing or another kept me from writing about it until it seemed way too late, but for the record: (1) You should be prepared to be offended at a comedy show, but Tosh was still being a jackhole. (2) Rape is never funny. But a joke about rape can be. (Likewise the Holocaust, disasters, assassinations. Infanticide = never funny; A Modest Proposal = funny.) (3) Comedians, in general, can joke about rape. But Daniel Tosh, in particular, seems really, really crappy at it.From what I understand, Tosh made the comments off the cuff, and when dealing with sensitive issues off the cuff can lead to bad things, really bad things. When you're on stage and interacting with the audience there is a lot of pressure to be funny in the here and now. Doing a rape joke properly is like threading a needle -- doing it in front of an audience is like preparing a four course meal in the time constraints of a McDonald's drive-thru lane .


text: Your Voice: What reason, if any, do you think guns should be allowed in churches and in airports in Georgia? Tanysha Pinder, Stone Mountain: "Guns should be allowed anywhere, I think, because you've got these ignorant folks that don't care about life or other peoples lives and you've got to protect yourself by any means necessary." Photo by Vincent Christie. James Hayes, Riverdale: "I believe that as long as you have a license for it, you should be able to carry a gun." Photo by Vincent Christie. Shari Glanville, Riverdale: "Guns should not be allowed in churches. Your faith should be in God and not the gun. Airport-wise, I think if they are trying to prevent one crazy person from bringing guns why should random other people bring guns to the airport?" Photo by Vincent Christie. Baheerah McMillan, Jonesboro: "No, [guns should not be allowed in churches or airports] because you are putting children and families in danger." Photo by Vincent Christie. Roderick Pittman, Riverdale: "They shouldn't allow them in churches, because they are a place of worship. People go there to feel at peace but at the airport, I still don't believe they should be there. I can understand why security should carry guns in the airport but just regular civilians-- I wouldn't see a need for that. Nah, we already have too much violence. People go into a movie theater shooting people, so why have them at the airport, at the churches...it just doesn't make sense." Photo by Vincent Christie. Jaworski Wiggins, Jonesboro: "Honestly, I don't feel they should. We are asking for violence if we do that." Photo by Vincent Christie.


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New pulsars could net gravitational waves
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By combining observations at gamma-ray and radio wavelengths, astronomers have rapidly increased the known number of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way. The newly discovered pulsars, found using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and ground-based radio telescopes, could form part of a galactic-scale observatory for detecting hitherto elusive gravitational waves.
Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space–time that Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts will occur whenever massive bodies are accelerated. Gravity waves at relatively high frequencies of about 1 Hz could be produced by the merger of neutron stars, for example. Physicists hope to detect such waves using a number of huge laser interferometers. These devices rely on the interference of two laser beams arranged at right angles to one another, with any passing wave producing a miniscule shift in the interference pattern.
An alternative, and cheaper, way to detect gravitational waves is to utilize millisecond pulsars – the extremely dense remnants of burnt-out stars that emit well-defined beams of electromagnetic radiation that sweep round like a beam from a lighthouse. Certain kinds of older pulsar can spin extremely rapidly and send out hundreds of pulses per second. These frequencies vary by less than a microsecond over very long periods of time and such pulsars therefore make ideal timekeepers.
All in the timing
The time it takes for these pulses to arrive at a radio telescope would be changed very slightly by any gravitational wave passing between pulsar and telescope. Therefore, by measuring the changes in the relative timing of large numbers of such pulsars, each with a different line of sight to the Earth, it should be possible to reveal the presence of a gravitational wave as well as record its direction of propagation and polarization.
Separated from one another by thousands of light years, these pulsars would enable the detection of waves with frequencies of nanohertz, which could be produced from sources such as black-hole binaries, which form when galaxies merge, or the "cosmic strings" believed to have existed in the early universe.
Millisecond pulsars were first discovered almost 30 years ago but the huge amount of telescope and computing time needed to find them using sky surveys at radio wavelengths has meant they have remained a relative rarity. Until recently astronomers had uncovered only about 150 of them, some 90 of which were grouped tightly together in star clusters and therefore unsuited for detecting gravitational waves. Now, however, Paul Ray of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC and colleagues have accelerated this discovery process by using the Fermi satellite's Large Area Telescope.
This instrument has been surveying the heavens at gamma-ray wavelengths since August 2008 and in that time has uncovered some 1000 new sources of gamma rays. Ray suspected that some of these sources were pulsars and so set up a team of astronomers to analyse them in finer detail using a number of radio telescopes around the world, including the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and the Parkes Observatory in Australia. After just three months of analysis on a fraction of the Fermi data, Ray and colleagues have found 17 new millisecond pulsars, and he reckons that they might double this number by studying the remaining unidentified sources.
With a little luck
Ray believes that "with continued good luck discovering millisecond pulsars and enough dedicated telescope time", gravitational waves might be detected using a pulsar array within the next decade. He points out that astronomers in the US, Europe and Australia are currently putting together proposals to increase the fraction of time devoted to pulsar observations on facilities such as the Green Bank and Parkes telescopes and to develop advanced software to process the huge amounts of data involved. He adds there is a small chance that a pulsar array might scoop the interferometers in making the first direct detection of gravity waves.
One of the physicists working on interferometers, Jim Hough of the University of Glasgow, agrees that pulsar timing is a good way to search for gravity waves at extremely low frequencies. He believes that if astronomers observe 20 pulsars with a timing precision of better than 100 nanoseconds for five years then they would "have a very good possibility of observing gravitational-wave signals."
The research was reported at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC.
About the author
Edwin Cartlidge is a science writer based in Rome


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Herb gardeners are not the kind of people who give up easily. A few years ago, when I nursed my garden through a drought with heavy water (the type carried by hand), I learned the value of special planting techniques borrowed from the native people of the arid Southwest, and gained a new appreciation for the natural drought tolerance of lavender, rosemary and other Mediterranean herbs.
Those of us who grow herbs have a big advantage when it comes to water-wise gardening because we have so many beautiful drought-tolerant choices available to us.
By combining herbs that thrive under dry conditions with several time-tested strategies for reducing moisture loss, you easily can grow an herb garden that requires little or no supplemental water
In water-strapped communities across the country, gardeners have found that placing plants that share similar moisture needs together makes watering more effective and convenient. For example, you might place St. John's wort, lovage, marshmallow and other herbs that prefer moist soil together in a spot shaded from hot afternoon sun. Should the rain clouds disappear for weeks at a time, you can efficiently water the heavy drinkers until they are satisfied. In similar fashion, herbs that need little water, such as horehound, santolina and all succulents, can be grouped together in hot spots that are difficult to water.
Newly planted herbs need moist soil until they establish a functioning network of roots. But after a few weeks, you can fine-tune your watering practices to push plants to develop bigger, better root systems.
Covering the soil's surface with any type of mulch will block weeds and slow evaporative moisture loss, but there's a catch. In dry weather, hurried watering sessions that moisten only the mulch and top inch or so of soil encourage plants to develop roots close to the surface, where they quickly dry out. Weekly deep watering, on the other hand, encourages the growth of deeper water-seeking roots.
Using drip or soaker hoses for several hours (or overnight) is the easiest way to deeply water established herbs. Or let water run freely from a hose laid on the ground as you do other things nearby. Avoid using sprinklers, which are inefficient and must be left on for a long time to soak roots deeply.
Few places are as hot and dry as the desert southwest, where Zuni gardeners developed an ingenious method called waffle gardening. As the gardeners dug the planting beds, they shaped them into squares or rectangles. Within each one, the Zunis used their hands to mound soil into a waffle pattern. Like warm syrup in a waffle, water collects in each basin when it rains. Between rains, the berms shelter roots from drying sun and wind.
Most gardens receive more rain than Zuni gardens do, but you can adapt the waffle garden concept for your temperate-climate herb garden. In the "Bountiful Water-Wise Bed" shown on Page 30, a berm broad enough to support lavender, sedum and six other herbs shelters the bed's moist middle, where a soaker hose stands ready to provide water to big, heat-seeking herbs. The bed's most accessible area is reserved for a select collection of culinary herbs. Within minutes, your herbs can be gathered, watered or both!
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A Bad Day For Europe's Banks
It was a bad day for European banking.
UBS shares tanked after the Swiss bank said it was being probed by authorities over possible currency manipulation. Deutsche Bank's third quarter profits slid sharply, while also acknowledging it was cooperating with these investigations. In the U.K., part government-owned Lloyds Banking Group's losses widened during the same three months. And in the Netherlands, Rabobank's CEO is set to resign after the group reached a $1 billion settlement over Libor manipulation.
And yet things had been looking so good.
Before today, the Stoxx index of European banks was up 19.8% since the start of the year, while its overall broad market index was up only 13.7%.
Indeed, for all of the trauma of the euro zone's rolling crisis since Lehman Brothers went bust, Europe's banks have led market gains since bottoming out in the first quarter of 2009–up 118% against a 101% gain for the broader market.
But after years of support from central banks and governments terrified of renewed banking crisis, the sector is finding life is getting tougher rather than easier as crisis fades and times become more normal.
Yes, central banks remain highly accommodating and are likely to do so for some time. There is even speculation the European Central Bank will provide another long term refinancing operation to spur bank lending to the private sector. But there will be normalization of policy eventually, and in the U.K. and U.S. the process could well start in the coming year.
Ironically, as economies recover banks are finding their friends in government aren't so friendly any more. Politicians are increasingly seeking political advantage by looking to recover some of the goodwill spent on the sector during bad times and regulators are desperate to prove they're no longer the door mats they were in the years before the financial crisis.
Although governments mull and occasionally levy windfall taxes, another way to extract surplus from the banking sector is through penalties for past malfeasance or supervisory failings. J.P. Morgan is just the highest profile subject of this regulatory drain. In its most recent quarterly results, the U.S. bank booked $9 billion in litigation expenses and reserved another $23 billion against further charges–which is roughly what it already had spent on regulatory action since 2008.
Deutsche Bank raised its own reserves for legal expenses to €4.1 billion.
In the U.K., lenders have already handed back some £11.5 billion to millions of customers for misselling insurance and have set aside another £7.3 billion for possible future payouts.
At the same time, regulators have been forcing banks to decrease their leverage in order to prevent a recurrence of financial crisis in future. Lower leverage doesn't just mean smaller losses in a crisis, but it means lower profits during the good times. Banks have been reducing leverage by simultaneously raising capital and cutting the size of their assets.
Banks will find themselves increasingly looking like regulated utilities, their range of activities heavily proscribed and their capacity to generate excess returns limited. This may not be great for investors. But it'll be a relief for taxpayers, their ultimate backers.


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MIDDLEBORO — The Fairhaven/Acushnet Little League (FALL) 11U all star team were the champions at the 2013 Middleboro 11U Baseball Tournament, held the weekend of July 20-21.
After suffering a tough loss in the tournament opener to Falmouth, the FALL all stars battled through the losers bracket and ran the table to win the Middleboro championship. In the final day of competition, Sunday, the 11Us had to play four straight games to capture the crown.
The team won their first two games of the day in the final at bat in the bottom of the sixth inning. Then, in the second game of the championship round versus host team Middleboro, they went into extra innings and were down four runs in the eighth. But the FALL 11Us battled back and put up five runs in the bottom of the eighth to win the championship, with the tournament-winning hit coming off the bat of Nate Figueiredo. The 11Us were lead by solid defense in the field and shut down pitching delivered by Noah Camacho, Brady Bennett, and Ben Tyson. Offensively, the team was lead by Jacob Krosschell, who had a .563 batting average, nine hits and six runs scored; Bryce Duprey, who had a .556 average, 10 hits and seven runs scored; Troy Lopes, with a .478 average, 11 hits and eight runs; Camacho, with a .400 average, eight hits and eight runs scored; and Justin Deslauriers, wit a .400 average, six hits and two runs scored.
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Atom Antics
Professor Twiddie's Atom Antics is addictive, entertaining and fun puzzle game. It's the ultimate brain challenge for you. Proof that you are genius. Help Professor Twiddie. Touch and slide the atoms around the playfield to match the pattern shown on the small image.
200 unique levels will keep you entertained for months. The game saves your progress automatically.
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"ian findlay"
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> Hi,
> We just had cable broadband installed in our flat and we want to share it
> over the network. The network setup is 3 PCs connected through a switch,
> the modem is connected too. At the moment, we seem to have two networks
> going, one PC and the modem can see each other and the other two can see
> each other. The one PC seems to be getting it's IP from the modem
> and the two others are windows ones (162.x.x.x). According to Mr.
> the modem's DHCP server can support 30 users or something, but when you do
> an ipconfig /renew on the other two PCs they time out saying it can find a
> DHCP server (or something along those lines). One thought was that we
> windows the IP of the modem as the default gateway (but we've not a clue
> how). Any help or advise you could give us on this matter would be most
> appreciated.
> thank,
> Jamie (Edinburgh, UK)
Here in the states most cable operators only provide one I.P. address per
cable modem and thus you need to install a router. I personally use linksys
befsr41 for this type of application. Ultimatly the router will take the
I.P. from the modem and then will assign I.P.'s to each attached device.
Quite a simple setupactually but can be complicated if you ISP uses a PPPoE
authentiication or some other wacky thing. Let me know if this does/doesn't
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I'm finishing up a a pretty easy tiny tote purse. The pattern instructions are short, and I've included them here. My ?s are in parenthesis.
The pattern is as follows: Cast on 26 stchs. garter for 2 rows, then stockinette until 18inches from beginning, end on purl row. (Does this mean I've ended on my knit row before beginning purling or does it mean go ahead and PURL the row and that is the END before moving on to next part of pattern?)
continuing with pattern instructions: Next row make buttonhole. (Does this mean begin making a buttonhole at the start of this row or in the middle of this row?)
Continuing with pattern instructions: Knit 12, YO, k2tog, knit 12, knit 2 rows. Bind off.
From here, I get the rest of the pattern which explains how to make the strap for the purse. Thanks for all your help, experts!
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Jim Rogers, a longtime Dallas attorney and accountant who was among the early founders of the Bryan Place neighborhood off Ross Avenue, plans to run for the District 14 council seat.
Rogers, who has been in Bryan Place since 1980, stopped by the office moments ago with a press release announcing his run.
"The issues we face today need a vision focused on the importance of quality planning which respects our neighborhoods and the efforts to stabilize the city's tax base. District 14 is integral to the growth of Dallas and deserves sustainable neighborhoods, smoother streets, and real fiscal responsibility," he said in a statement.
Rogers is well known in the city and District 14 and should prove formidable in the race.
The current council member, Angela Hunt, has not officially said she won't run for re-election but has indicated her interest in running for mayor.
Rogers said that if Hunt decides to run for re-election in District 14, he will not run for her seat.
Rogers is the second person to put his name in the hat for Hunt's seat. Last week, attorney James Nowlin, a relatively recent arrival to the district, said he plans to run.


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Unlike many celebrities, Jennifer Aniston is a true testament to clean and healthy living in your 40s. This clean and pure main dish or side dish salad combines the high quality protein and whole grain of quinoa with the healthy fat of avocado and olive oil, along with filling and quenching vegetables.
Jennifer writes, "This is a really simple salad, but so delicious, and all these beautiful, healthy ingredients, make it one of my favorites."
As an added bonus, the recipe is part of Loukoumi's Celebrity Cookbook, a new children's book benefiting Chefs for Humanity and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Jennifer Aniston's Favorite Quinoa Salad Ingredients:
- ½ cup quinoa
- 1 cup water
- Pinch of salt
- 1 bunch flat leaf parsley washed and chopped (thick stems removed)
- 4 Persian cucumbers peeled in strips, seeded and diced
- 2 medium tomatoes diced
- 1 ripe, but slightly firm avocado diced
- 2 -3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
- In a small saucepan bring water and salt to a boil.
- Stir in quinoa, cover and lower the heat to simmer. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Put quinoa into a medium size mixing bowl and cool.
- Add parsley, cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado & oil to quinoa.
- Mix and season to taste with salt and pepper.
This is a great, colorful dish to bring to a holiday party or pot luck dinner for a healthy alternative. It's Gluten-Free and Vegan, too.
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Stones of Remembrance by Elaine Allessio
However, one of the most exciting aspects of humanity has been all people's ability to follow the annual seasons-the matter of life- and create "holes in time"; holidays. Many of our holidays have their origin in the earth's transitions which have in turn led to a higher spiritual order. For example, the fact of the winter solstice which begins a lightening of our days in small increments has been the basis of many of our December light filled holidays. Is it a coincidence that inspiring lives of famous personages are at the apex of these "holes in time", holy days, holidays?
On Veterans Day, our Lower Elementary class honored this holiday albeit a somber one. We walked to the Northfield Cemetery to place little stones of remembrance on the graves displaying the American flag, our soldiers. The children do not understand the historical background of this day but it felt so satisfying for them to place these stones in gratitude to our soldiers. Before our walk, I told them the story of Martin of Tours whose special day is on November 11.
Martin of Tours was a soldier in the Middle Ages in France who one day noticed a shivering, nearly naked beggar. Martin gave him his cloak and gave up soldiering to help the poor. He became a patron of the outcasts and homeless. He brought light to the world that November and forever. Hundreds of years later as World War I ended on November 11, 1918, peace albeit fleeting was restored to the world. Light returned. A coincidence in the dates? I'm not sure….
We are in danger today of losing our traditions. It seems that businesses and commercial interest are dictating what our holidays will become. Move Halloween? Halloween has a definite spiritual reason for being the date it is. Move this "hole in time" so more candy can be sold for a weekend outing? Would this feel satisfying?
We don't necessarily need to know the story of Martin of Tours (although it would be nice) but we can honor a day that brought such relief to people in 1918 as well as give thanks for sacrifices made then and now. Let our children experience a higher order value-gratitude.
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The Saints offense got off to a good start in their 22-34 loss to New England, in the first quarter - from a numbers standpoint. The Saints outgained New England 154 to 25 in total yards, New Orleans had eight first downs to just two for the Patriots. The Saints offense was well balanced with 10 rushing attempts and 10 passes and the Saints picked up 20 sacks for minus 20 yards.
What fans want to see is the Saints rush the ball at a better rate and the staring O-Line have a better showing. "Look, we need to run the football. It's been proven in the past, whenever we can rush the ball and be a top 10 ranked running team our offense is near unstoppable. We need to run the ball better against the Texans!" said the Cajun Cannon Bobby Hebert.
We should see more of the starters in this game, and fans certainly want to see some improvement from second year offensive lineman Andrus Peat.
Like the offense, the Saints defense did come out and set a good tone to their effort against the Patriots last week. In the first quarter New Orleans held New England to just 25 yards of total offense in the first stanza on 13 plays. New England had 13 yards passing and 12 yards rushing. The Saints held the Patriots to 3-of-14 on third down conversions for just 21%.
#91 Kasim Edebali has been having a very good camp, and after his effort in the first preseason game I would elevate that "very good" camp to "excellent." Edebali has a chance to emerge as one of the bright young pass rushers in this league this season. Kasim had two sacks for minus 20 yards in the Saints loss to the Patriots.
I was pleased with the play of LBs Craig Robertson and Nate Stupar, and DL Bobby Richardson also had his moments. But again the Saints did not stop the run overall against the Patriots. New England averaged five yards per rush which is way too high, Bobby Hebert says. "Listen, when it comes to rushing the football and stopping the run, teams want to allow less than four yards per carry and the Saints want to rush the football for at least four yards per carry. The Saints need to slow the opposing teams run down."
The Saints got some solid production from several players. RB Marcus Murphy was an across-the-board player for the Saints. The second year 'back from Missouri touched the football 15 times for a total of 146 yards for an average of 9.7 yards per touch. Murphy carried the ball seven times for 22 yards, he had 3 grabs for 18 yards, Murphy returned three punts for 61 yards (20.3 Average) and Murphy capped off the night with two kick returns for 45 yards.
And what about little known wide receiver Tommylee Lewis? #87 really did a nice job given the opportunity. Lewis touched the ball six times in the game making an impact each time he touched the football. Hauling in three receptions for 38 yards, one punt return for 19 yards and one kickoff return for 24 yards for a total of 81 yards for an average of 16.2 yards per touch. Lewis also scored on a two point conversion taking a handoff and going around the far end for the two-point conversion.
I wrap up with prized rookie WR Michael Thomas. The receiver from Ohio State had four gabs for 67 yards and has consistently made spectacular catches at practices throughout training camp.
The action all starts at 3pm Saturday on the home of the Saints - WWL!
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Authors: Santoro, Michael A.; Gorrie, Thomas M.
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Source: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2005
Despite the pharmaceutical industry's notable contributions to human progress, including the development of miracle drugs for treating cancer, AIDS, and heart disease, there is a growing tension between the industry and the public. Debates are raging over how the industry can and should be expected to act...
Authors: Paine, Lynn S.; Bruner, Christopher M.
Product Type: Exercises
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2005
Designed to reinforce and test understanding of basic theories of insider trading under U.S. law.
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education; E Journal USA
Publication Year: 2005
In the wake of a new series of corporate scandals – Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Arthur Andersen – business educators in the United States are once again facing difficult questions about their ability to prepare future managers to lead their organizations responsibly and ethically. I say "once again," because we have been here before. There were the insider trading scandals of the 1980s, and the defense industry scandals before that...
Authors: Bruner, Christopher M.; Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2004
Provides a general description and overview of U.S. law on insider trading, including the basic theories of liability, the responsibilities of securities firm managers to prevent and detect insider trading, and potential penalties...
Authors: Wicks, Andrew C.; Shinewald, Jeremy; Mead, Jenny
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Source: Darden School of Business
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What does a nonprofit do when its major donor is indicted on insider trading?
Author: Coutu, Diane L.
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Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2003
Why did so many of us fall prey to greed? Can we be sure it won't happen again?
Authors: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Walter, Robert W.
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Source: "Corporate Ethics for Financial Managers-Navigating With Case Studies and Practical Solutions," Chapter 8: "Case 8-Precious Mining Inc.: You Are the Audit Committee Chair." By Robert W. Walter, J.D. © 2003 by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc., New York, New York.
Publication Year: 2003
As Congress, the Justice Department and the SEC began to investigate corporate scandals at Adelphia, Enron, HealthSouth, Qwest, Sunbeam, Tyco, Worldcom, Xerox and other well-known public companies, one clear consensus seemed to emerge: in nearly all of these cases, the board of directors and the audit committee were apparently "asleep at the switch."
Author: Lawrence, Anne T.
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Source: Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Publication Year: 2003
This case focuses on the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation and permits students to construct an analysis of the external and internal causes of Enron's collapse.
Author: Meulbroek, Lisa
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Some of the senior managers at Ameritrade, an Internet brokerage firm, are selling their holdings in the firm. Why are the managers selling, how will it affect shareholders, and what should the CEO do about it?
Author: Statman, Meir
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Source: Explore, Winter 2000
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In key cities in the Philippines, it is common to see IT buildings filled with small scale and big time call centers in every floor. The competition of being the grandest and the best call center in the Philippines continuous to be a daily rat race from the management down to the agents. However, Convergys still ranks the first on the list. Since the emergence of call centers in the Philippines, Convergys has maintained a prestigious stance among others. Throughout the years Convergys still holds the title as the best call center in the Philippines in terms of several aspects.
One of the aspects Convergys is considered the best call center in the Philippines is the labor salary. Convergys is generous enough to give more than what other call centers in the Philippines can afford. For this reason, among other call center agents, it is their dream to work in Convergys. Some have this mindset to gain experience first from other call centers before they actually venture their destiny in Convergys. This is also strengthened and proved by the rigid hiring process of Convergys. Convergys adheres to the strictest standard in hiring from the initial screening to the final deliberation. Because of this, Convergys is seen as the best call center in the Philippines. The idea that if you work in Convergys, you are the cream of the crop.
As the best call center in the Philippines, Convergys's agents are also required to dress the corporate way bringing with professionalism in fashion. As one might see, the best call center in the Philippines requires holistic professional development of an individual and not just the ability to utter in English. So far, Convergys shows no sign of inferiority among the budding competitors. It looks like they are here to keep their crown!


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Catholics for Choice Healthcare Resources
All eyes are on Washington, DC, as Congress continues to debate healthcare reform. Catholics for Choice has been in the thick of it, meeting with members of Congress, working with our colleagues to move the debate forward and providing extensive comment to the media on a host of related issues. Our poll continues to inform the debate, as we work to correct misinformation and provide accurate information about what Catholics really believe about healthcare reform.
Below, please find all of CFC's resources on healthcare reform:
- Abortion & the Bishops: Playing Politics with Women's Lives
- Statement on healthcare reform
- National Opinion Survey of Catholic Voters
- Ad in Politico and The Hill
- Ad in the Washington Post
- Conscience: Speak Out for Healthcare
- Press releases
- News features
Follow CFC on Facebook and Twitter for up-to-the-minute information on the battle for healthcare.
Abortion & the Bishops: Playing Politics with Women's Lives
What happens to the separation of church and state when top US Catholic bishops hold health-care reform hostage?
That's the topic of the cover story in the just-published issue of Ms. Magazine.
Catholics for Choice's president, Jon O'Brien, answers the question, and takes a closer look at the US bishops' interventions in healthcare reform—from threatening Members of Congress who vote for women's rights and health, to using back-room dealing to push strident antichoice legislation through the House and Senate. All the while falsely claiming that they represent the opinions of American Catholics on issues related to women's rights and health.
Catholics for Choice is the only international prochoice organization that meets the Catholic bishops' false claims head on and presents the real facts about Catholic support for women's reproductive health. In this article, Jon O'Brien gives the back story and the true story about Catholics, the bishops, and healthcare reform in the US.
An excerpt is available online and the complete issue is available today on newsstands, or visit www.MsMagazine.com to get your own subscription.
CFC Statement on Healthcare Reform
We Believe in Healthcare Reform
August 2009
Catholic Voters' Views on Health Care Reform and Reproductive Health Care Services: A National Opinion Survey of Catholic Voters
September 2009
According to a new poll of Catholic voters carried out by Belden Russonello and Stewart for Catholics for Choice, Catholics support healthcare reform and support a plan that would include funding for abortion. The vast majority of those polled, 84 percent, attend church regularly, from several times a week to a few times a year. The results show that the views of Catholics have been seriously misrepresented by the US bishops and by conservative Catholics in the debate over healthcare reform.
Read a one-page summary of the poll (PDF)
Read the entire poll with detailed findings (PDF)
Read our ad in Politico and The Hill
January 21, 2010
When Bart Stupak inserted the US Catholic bishops' antiabortion amendment into healthcare reform legislation, he put the demands of the bishops' lobbyists over the needs of women and the interests of the voters.
Click here to read our ad.
December 2, 2009
If the Catholic bishops have their way, many medical treatments and preventative measures we take for granted may be under threat. The pressure that the US bishops have brought to bear on the debate over healthcare reform has been widely reported. An ad in the Washington Post warns of the likely impact if that pressure to influence healthcare policy is not curtailed.
Conscience: Speak Out for Healthcare
In the lead article in the latest issue of Conscience, CFC president Jon O'Brien and vice president Sara Morello reflect on the healthcare debate in light of these poll figures, alongside a lengthy explanation of results.
CFC is now featuring a new, interactive online version of Conscience. Click here or on the icon above to view all of the enhanced features.
Healthcare Reform: One Step Forward for America; One Step Back for Women's Rights
March 21, 2010
American Catholics Want Bishops Out of Healthcare Reform
March 5, 2010
In Taking a Lead from the Bishops, Democratic Leadership Is out of Step with Voters
January 6, 2010
Catholics for Choice Statement on Healthcare Reform Package
December 19, 2009
Senator Ben Nelson Puts US Bishops' Interests Ahead of Americans' Healthcare Needs
December 7, 2009
Everybody's Healthcare Is Threatened by Catholic Bishops' Interference
December 2, 2009
Catholics for Choice Statement on Healthcare Reform Bill
November 8, 2009
Catholics for Choice Statement on Antiabortion Amendment to Healthcare Reform Bill
November 7, 2009
Catholics Do Not Support the Bishops' Stance on Healthcare
October 13, 2009
House Democrats Still in Search of Abortion Agreement on Health Care Bill
Congressional Quarterly
March 9, 2010
Abortion Could be Health Bill Deal Breaker in House
March 8, 2010
Hands off Health Care, US Catholic Group Tells Bishops
Agence France-Presse
March 5, 2010
'Hyde-ing' the Right to Choose
National Radio Project
January 19, 2010
Catholic Bishops too Powerful?
Washington Post On Faith
January 15, 2010
Abortion Funding Amendment Headed to Likely Defeat in Senate
Congressional Quarterly
December 7, 2009
Obama Can't Let Bishops Set U.S. Policy
Chicago Sun-Times
November 25, 2009
Did Catholic Bishops' Advocacy Cross the Line?
National Journal
November 23, 2009
U.S. Bishops Assert Their Authority
Washington Post: On Faith
November 21, 2009
November 19, 2009
Catholic Bishops Claim Moral Authority Amidst 'Confusion'
USA Today
November 17, 2009
Religious Abortion Rights Backers Push to Change Health Care Bill
November 16, 2009
Catholic Bishops' Influence on Healthcare Bill
Los Angeles Times
November 16, 2009
Abortion and Health Care Legislation: Letter to the Editor
New York Times
November 13, 2009
Catholic Bishops' Lobby a Force on the Hill
November 13, 2009
The Congress of Catholic Bishops
Tribune Media Services
November 12, 2009
Do We Know What Catholics Want?
Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 10, 2009
Catholic Bishops Call the Shots on Health Care Reform
Mother Jones
November 9, 2009
Politics, Not Religion, At Heart of Health Care Reform Wrangle on Abortion
Religion Dispatches
November 6, 2009
Abortion Language Creates Snag for Health Bill
November 3, 2009
Revela Sondeo Mayor Liberalidad de Latinos Católicos sobre Aborto
SPD Noticias
October 1, 2009
U.S. Catholics Support Health Reform; Reject Position Advanced by Bishops
The Colorado Independent
October 1, 2009


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Samsung: Haven't Cut LCD Supply for Apple
From the start of the patent battle between Samsung Electronics Inc. and Apple Inc. in April last year, investors and tech industry watchers have watched for signs that it would affect their business relationship, one of the largest in financial terms in all of high tech.
On Tuesday, it looked like such a sign had emerged — though Samsung quickly said it hadn't.
A report in the Korea Times, an English-language newspaper in Seoul, said that Samsung will "terminate its contract" as a supplier of liquid crystal displays for Apple. The reason, the newspaper said citing a senior industry official who it said didn't want to be named, is that Apple was pushing it too hard on prices.
A spokesman for Samsung Display, the unit of Samsung Electronics that makes LCDs, said the report wasn't true. "We did not cut the supply for Apple," he said. "Because of the patent lawsuit, the industry is guessing we tried to cut the supply. We didn't do that. We will continue to supply panels for any customer."
Samsung has never officially disclosed financial details of its relationship as an Apple supplier, though filings it is required to make to Korean financial regulators reveal that Apple was Samsung's biggest customer last year, when it bought about $8 billion worth of screens and chips.
That's around 15% of Samsung's revenue from component businesses, which was 58.2 trillion won, or about $53 billion, last year. But it's a small amount of Samsung's overall revenue of 165 trillion won ($149 billion) in 2011. The company's consumer-goods businesses – in cellphones, TVs, cameras, printers and the like – provide about two-thirds of its revenue.
Market research and financial analysts have noted that Apple's orders for Samsung screens have declined since the first quarter, though the decline matches the lifecycle of the Apple product – the iPad – for which Samsung primarily provides screens. Apple relies on other LCD makers for the screens in its iPhones and iPods, which were just refreshed last month.
Apple is believed to spend more money with Samsung on memory chips and application processors than displays. Samsung is the world's largest maker of memory chips and, in recent years, has built a significant new business in application processors – which serve as the main data engine in smartphones and tablet PCs – both of its own design and as a factory-for-hire for other chip designers. Apple buys memory chips from Samsung and hires Samsung to build application processors that Apple has designed itself.
In early September, reports surfaced that Apple would not use Samsung as a supplier of memory chips in its new iPhone. Teardown analysts found memory chips made by Samsung rivals in the iPhone 5. The new iPhone's application processor came from Samsung.
When speculation first arose that the patent lawsuits might drive a wedge in the Samsung-Apple business relationship, analysts who follow Samsung said they doubted Apple would take a chance on shifting away from Samsung to other suppliers. But there is less certainty of that now.
Mark Newman, who follows Samsung for Bernstein Research in Hong Kong said Tuesday that he thinks Apple is moving away from Samsung over the long term. "But the concern over this is overdone," he said.
Samsung, Mr. Newman said, may be better off with customers that don't apply the pricing and margin pressure that Apple can because of its huge purchase volumes. "Since Apple is the worst possible customer to imagine in terms of requirements and willingness to pay, I believe long term they are better off without Apple," he said of Samsung. "Furthermore, longer term an Apple without Samsung's components will be less able to compete in the marketplace, which further benefits Samsung."
He added that Samsung's profit margins would see little impact if it lost Apple as a buyer of memory chips and displays, noting that broad industry demand and price swings have bigger effect than a single customer's business.
Apple wasn't immediately reachable for comment.


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Cowboy's Dez Bryant Buys Lucky Shoppers New Playstation 4
And it's not even Christmas, yet.
Five lucky shoppers in a Dallas area Wal-Mart were given the gift of not having to shell out $400 for the newly released Playstation 4 game console.
That's because Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Dez Bryant bought the PS4's for them.
Bryant reportedly went to the Wal-Mart to pick up his own PS4 which was released at midnight last night. After buying his own, he picked up the tab for five other lucky Playstation fans.
Bryant hasn't said anything publicly, but has re-tweeted some of the thanks he got via Twitter.
Respect @DezBryant !! But we don't hear about positive stories like this about him or other media proclaimed "divas" pic.twitter.com/U5vCtU2QQ4
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First level, Sonic the Fighters
South Island is the first arena in Sonic the Fighters, which presumably takes place on the island of South Island. The level is based on the Tropical Island Cliché and looks very similar to Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1, with a similar pattern used on the walls and on the floor of the arena. Various other gimmicks inspired by the ones in Green Hill Zone are present in the arena, such as wooden bridges, waterfalls and palm trees surrounding the arena. Knuckles is the opponent for this level; once you have defeated him, you receive a Red Chaos Emerald and proceed to the next round.
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By Spc. Michael Adams, 3rd ID Public AffairsMarch 30, 2011
FORT STEWART, Ga. - The American Red Cross sponsored the 2011 Volunteer Awards and Recognition Ceremony, March 22, at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Stewart.
The ceremony recognized volunteers in the Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield community for their commitment to the Soldiers in a time of need.
Brigadier General Jeffrey Phillips, deputy commanding general, 3rd Infantry Division, spoke at the event, thanking the volunteers for their hard work and service to America.
He said he realized how vital the Red Cross is from his mother, who volunteered with the organization. "The American Red Cross, in its 130 years of existence, is probably the premiere volunteer organization in the area of health care services," said Brig. Gen. Phillips. "I think the Red Cross serves as a model for other organizations."
He was joined by Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Ashmen, 3rd ID command sergeant major, Col. Kevin Milton, Stewart-Hunter garrison commander and Command Sergeant Major James Ervin, Stewart-Hunter garrison command sergeant major, to honor those in the local area who contributed their time to make sure the Red Cross messages got out.
One of the awardees was Brigitte Shanken, who was recognized for 33 years of service to the Red Cross.
Shanken said she volunteers because it feels wonderful and there have been numerous times over the years when she has seen people's faces who she has helped.
"It's something I can do with my eyes closed," she said. "This is my country, this is my town, this is my community. If I'm not willing to make a difference, who else is going to do it'"
Shanken added that she works at numerous other places in the community by volunteering. She also serves as the volunteer director for Winn Army Community Hospital.
The Red Cross for the area serviced more than 4,000 messages to Soldiers and their Family Members. Out of those messages, more than four out of five were to Soldiers not in Fort Stewart or Hunter Army Airfield area.
President Barack Obama recently proclaimed March as Red Cross month to persuade people to get out in the community and make a difference.