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Gui Engine Goals
Goals of a potential GUI-engine standard.
HTTP-friendly - Works well with the latency patterns of HTTP
Programming language neutral - at least as much as possible (
One possible way to achieve such is a CLR-like language, such as
Encourages (or enforces) separation between the display and the data to be displayed. The typical MVC example of an analog and digital clock view being updated from the same data should be simple.
May be outside the scope of an "engine". See discussion.
Availability of a data-flow model (as in spreadsheets and CellsLibrary
) to minimize explicit state changes.
This is more of a strategy than a goal. Perhaps reword it as: 'Minimize Explicit State Management (
): '.
- were spreadsheets not mentioned?
Consistent rendering across screen resolutions/DPI. Implies a system like
"Consistent" is often in the eye of the beholder
Ability to migrate displays/window across systems. An application should be able to run on a server and be displayed on a client and the display should be able to move from client to client. Ideally, the user should not need to perform any specific 'cleanup' on one client machine before accessing it from another (since it's easy to forget to do so). Even better if the display can be rendered on multiple clients at once (e.g., to enable screen/window sharing)
Self-managing "widgets". For example, text-boxes that accept user input without a round-trip to the server for each character. And, preferably input validation such as size and character filters.
Supports both coordinate/percent-based placement and "auto-flow" and/or nested type positioning.
It's possible such an engine could leave relative positioning up to higher-level and/or server-side tool-kits, although this could lead to slower re-size response time. But it could compensate by having good memory of user-specific preferences.
Free. Open.
. Initial implementation may be commercial, but ability of community to create a high quality free open-source implementation is ideally not hindered by patents and proprietary aspects. Neither the server nor the browser are restricted.
Abstraction. Ability to define display templates, then apply them repeatedly. Abstraction may be provided in-document, but even better if can be represented as cacheable, fetchable references to remote URIs.
Extensible Widget Set. New widgets can also be defined, complete with input, output, and display characteristics, exposed properties for manipulation, with defaults. This may require having more 'primitive' access than simple composition and abstraction from other full widgets. Something like SVG may work as a basis. It is guaranteed that no matter what the original definer adds, something will be missing. Allowing an extensible widget set can help recover from this... and, indeed, one might be able to define the original widgets using the same mechanism.
Initial Composition. From the service application provider's perspective, applications are defined by composing smaller applications, and the result of doing so can further be composed by the same, uniform mechanism.
Analysis and Accessibility. The 'document' or 'application' is accessible to analysis such that it can heuristically made accessible to the blind, or people with small mobile screens, or people who read and speak different languages, etc. without requiring the users beg the application service provider for pittance.
Stylization & Secondary Composition. The ability for users to shape, link, and embed applications rather than be subject to the whims and stylistic ventures of the service application providers. The ability, also, to achieve this through other applications provided across the network (e.g. so a user could develop a portal to other applications, and necessary for a 'web-top' desktop that follows users from kiosk to kiosk).
Live / Real Time. At both the document definition and the browser, it is easy to hook 'live' data sources to the document or application, such that the application user sees a continuously updated 'view' of the service. The updates achieve low latency without horrendous networking costs - which will likely involve designing
directly into the associated network protocol.
Secrecy-Secure. People can't hack the connection between server and application and steal any sensitive data or listen to any sensitive conversations, and also can't hack-the-browser in the event the user is utilizing public Internet services (net-cafe and such). For the most part, this means securing the network connection and having a clean design. Even better if service-provider also can be assured that secrecy protocols are not violated: may require associating trust certs with browsers/platforms and such in order to ensure a service doesn't provide sensitive data to a platform or kiosk that isn't authorized for it.
Graceful Degradation in the face of secrecy protections.
Capability-Secure. Avoid need for passwords wherever possible. This requires some discipline for identifying application instances... in particular, identifiers for active services and applications cannot be forgeable and cannot be obtained outside of a validated secure network connection. In practice, this means identifiers carry both a random string of about 160 bits and a hash of a public key for the hosting server, and that the protocol is modified to validate the server before sharing the random string (not very challenging, but only
does this by default right now). Users that require significant security can simply carry around a smart-card with the initial capabilities they need; others can simply 'bookmark' active applications, possibly in another shared application.
Zoomable. Two aspects. First, the processing and network cost to keep an application active is a function of its screen real-estate and current level of user interaction with the application. In particular, it is NOT a function of the number of open applications. Space cost, OTOH, may be a function of applications. Second, the display elements must be defined in a zoomable language... e.g. favoring SVG over raster images. Raster images might still be supported, of course, but the first-class support should be given to the scalable images.
Server-Scalable. The processing and network cost to maintain an application is a function of its activity.
Delay and Disruption Tolerant (Robust + Resilient): Useful work, such as reading documents, performing edits-to-be-processed-later, and reviewing the most recent available data across application pages, may still continue during the disruption. When the network recovers, connections will be established, updates distributed appropriately, and no undefined behaviors will occur. (By extension, this includes tolerance to persistence, and greatly helps with zoomability.) This is aided by avoiding 'events' where feasible, and instead favoring a shared-space model (e.g. something like a
, not necessarily shared state). It also means careful attention to user-input, and is helped a lot (in terms of the ability to continue doing useful work) by the ability to mobilize some code to be near the user. If plugins and scripting-languages are used, delay and disruption tolerance must be extended through them as well.
Graceful Degradation: In the face of heavy network traffic or a denial-of-service attack, services degrade in such an order so as to continue providing the most value for the least network effort. E.g. pretty pictures for the background go quickly, and video downgrades. This likely requires the ability for the programmer of the application or document definition to put some 'importance' rankings on different data and on user input capabilities, probably with reasonable defaults for fallback. Requires that this capability extends to all scripts and plugins, if any are needed. Resilience here, too, such that when the traffic is available again, it gracefully upgrades.
Robust against programmer error: doesn't crash, doesn't enter undefined states, fails safe and secure, doesn't enter infinite processing loops that consume tons of CPU resources, doesn't enter infinite network loops.
Persistence Friendly: Browser may persist inactive pages and restore them easily.
Caching Friendly: Significant portions of application components, such as widget-sets and abstractions, can be cached, pre-processed or pre-compiled, and shared between users, between application instances, and even between applications.
Animated: Supports declaration of temporal display events, to be interpolated by the browser (as opposed to requiring repeated update events from the server). E.g. one might declare a 2-second transition from transparent to opaque while sliding a frame in from the side.
Audio & Video: Support for sound and video in a common manner, ideally declared relative to temporal events similar to animation. Ability to attach sounds to events, like pressing buttons, without waiting for feedback from a potentially high-latency server. A common set of codecs for these, similar to how HTML has default support for JPEG, plus support for more generic input, similar to how HTML has support for SVG.
Undo-friendly. Easy to write services and GUIs to these services that have 'undo' capability, that make the user aware of what can and cannot be undone, and makes 'undo' easy to achieve in a consistent way. Must extend through any scripting languages and plugins to whatever degree those must be utilized to achieve common applications.
Multi-User Friendly. Users can not only share reference to an application, but they may have different active views of the application (i.e. one may have it minimized while another has it fully active), and they can readily identify where one another utilize the application (e.g. words added to a textbox might initially appear in another color before fading to a common one, possibly shading for apparent areas of user-focus) in order to prevent/reduce multiple users from conflicting in their labors. Further, some sort of default multi-headed merge for edit conflicts is provided for shared applications, e.g. as a common easy-to-utilize widget.
Interpretation Friendly: Can readily be translated into other display formats. Doesn't require compiling down to bytecode of any sort. Doesn't require a specific programming language runtime for simple displays (ignoring potential need for plugins).
Pretty / Eye Candy: Can readily take advantage of graphics card and 2D acceleration by browsers that wish to go this extra mile. Perhaps the ability for these browsers to take advantage of higher 'level of detail' that might otherwise be degraded in an interpretation-only environment.
Data Driven: No history of 'events' is needed by the server or the client; wholly driven by 'current state'. The cost to maintain an application is proportional to its complexity and available data, not its lifetime (except insofar as its lifetime affects its available data). This is useful for migration of client from machine to machine. A case to beware of, though, is client-side scripts and plugins. Some restrictions on the design for client-side code and plugins is necessary to avoid keeping any local data except of the sort that can simply be regenerated by interaction with the server.
Anti-cheating, DRM friendly: GUI and App Servers resist copyright and license violations for the usage of restricted shared media. Similar technologies can be used to prevent cheating in applications that represent video-games. Servers have access to a trusted computing base on the client machines (i.e. unforgeable dongles, smart-cards, or chips that can answer challenges and may have certs assigned to them). Ability also for servers to challenge one another, and for clients to challenge servers.
Minimal or Lightweight Client: possible to implement a client where most or all logic processing for user-inputs and 'document-object' updates occurs server-side in a manner that is consistent across servers. This does not preclude the possibility that a bells-and-whistles client could cache logic and display components locally in order to reduce apparent latencies. The latter would be an 'optimized' version; i.e. insofar as possible, the semantics should be identical.
This goal is usefully compatible with many other goals, such as the ability to migrate an application from one client machine to another, disruption tolerance with well-defined recovery, and the ability to support multiple simultaneous views and users for an application.
This goal is not incompatible with animations and transitions, but may require some care in the integration (i.e. declarative animations).
Please only include brief summaries in this list. Put discussion below.
How do you measure 'HTTP-friendly'? Why is 'HTTP-friendly' a goal? Are you aiming for 'HTTP-compatibility' (the ability to run the GUI atop HTTP protocol in particular), or (if HTTP-protocol itself is just an example) should you really break it down into goals regarding bandwidth and latency between 'display and server providing data-to-be-displayed'?
X-Windows is an example of something that is "compatible" with HTTP, but not HTTP-friendly because it is not designed with fairly long latency in mind. Ideally the engine should be able to work with a wide variety of latency and bandwidth characteristics. In the shorter term, HTTP-friendly is the main goal because that is what the current infrastructure supports.
The issue I have with your 'definition' is that you seem to be equating latency patterns with HTTP-friendliness. To me, HTTP-friendly suggests also: (a) compatibility with the HTTP security model. (b) compatibility with the HTTP handshake protocol. (c) compatibility with the HTTP 'no long-term connections' design. (d) compatibility with HTTP cookies model (that is part of HTTP, not HTML, just so you know). (e) compatibility and design around the basic six-message set (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, UPDATE, HEAD, plus a few peripherals) and their expected safety and idempotence properties. So, to me, when you say "HTTP-friendly - works well with latency patterns of HTTP', I think: "either the left side is poorly named or the right side is grossly underspecified".
How do you measure 'Programming Language Neutral'? Seriously.
I suggest that, unless contributors wish to produce another
page like
, every goal should (as part of its definition) be objectively measurable (put a number on it) or qualifiable (e.g. via proof, rubric). Further, we should explicitly separate 'Goal definitions' (which name and define goals) from 'Goal sets' (a weighted set of compatible goals that some contributor thinks represents 'GUI done right'). After all, there may be incompatible goals among the definitions.
I also find the title a bit painful. 'GUI engine' in literature, colloquially, and on the Internet, pretty much means 'display framework and widgets set', like Motif or GLO or various Desktop Environments. It usually excludes anything further behind the scenes.
What alternative would you suggest?
. Has a more end-to-end feel (server, app-developer, browser, display-engine, and user) whereas 'GUI engine' rarely refers to more than the display-engine.
I'm not particularly fond of DRM, but I understand the motivations of those who are. The technology is very good for other privacy management, and for ensuring need-to-know information only reaches those who need-to-know.
Re: "Encourages (or enforces) separation between the display and the data to be displayed. The typical MVC example of an analog and digital clock view being updated from the same data should be simple."
That is an IDE and/or application development pattern, not necessarily a concern of the "GUI engine". Clock shape and style is a domain issue.
I interpreted it as basically being a statement of
or data-driven: the data is managed separately from the display thereof. "Clock shape and style", to me, are presentation issues, independent of data (up to precision), and potentially independent of application.
may need to clarify; the above description seems to be ambiguous.
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Given Elliott's credentials—as a 245-pound former All-Pro tackle with the New York Jets—it seems remarkable that anyone would stand in his way. But so far, at least, the going has been decidedly bumpy. Ever since he traded his football jersey for a sheriff's badge in Texas' rugged Real County, Elliott has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the local political machine. The situation has grown especially rancorous since federal agents, with Elliott's help, arrested three men, including a county commissioner, and charged them with unlawfully shooting as many as 70 golden eagles from a helicopter. (Ranchers say the eagles prey on lambs and kid goats; scientists disagree.) In December a jury found the three men guilty of conspiracy, and they will be sentenced next month. The sheriff, meanwhile, insists he's just doing his job. "Heck," he says, "I don't even let the kids around my place shoot birds with a BB gun."
Though golden eagles are fast becoming an endangered species in Texas, Elliott, 33, sees the issue as mainly political. One of the men he helped convict last month is a protégé of Democratic Judge W.B. "Pud" Sansom, the county's political boss. Since Elliott's election in 1976, the new sheriff (who also doubles as tax collector) has hammered at alleged cronyism in Real County, charging political bias in local tax assessments. He also says that public money was used to finance the slaughter of the eagles. "There are canceled checks that show that hunting flights were paid for out of county funds," he explains. "That's what upset me so much."
Native Texan Elliott is no knee-jerk radical on the issue of wildlife protection. An avid hunter since childhood, he grew up in the east Texas town of Warren, then starred on the gridiron for the University of Texas. Drafted by the Jets in 1966, he played seven seasons, figuring in the team's 1969 Super Bowl upset of Baltimore. He was chosen the Jets' most valuable player in 1970, but jumped to the ill-fated World Football League in 1974. Slowed by a knee injury, he played one season before retiring to Houston, where he worked briefly as an oil-tool salesman. But the wide-open spaces beckoned, and two years ago Elliott moved with his wife, Nancy, and their two daughters to a house on the Nueces River in the town of Camp Wood. "I enjoyed New York," he reflects, "if for nothing else than it made me appreciate this place more."
Elliott's appreciation is frequently tested. Earning a meager $650 a month, he must use his own pickup truck to patrol a 622-square-mile area, with only one part-time deputy to help. Nancy works as a teacher's aide to make ends meet, and Elliott hunts varmints (like raccoon) and sells the pelts to a furrier. As a lawman, he enjoys the casual, wide-open spaces. So far he has not had to draw his .45 in the line of duty. "I've killed some rattlesnakes on the road," Elliott says, "and I'd like to keep it at that."
If law and order has not posed a problem, however, the county commissioners have. In December all elected county officials except Elliott were given annual $1,000 bonuses. No explanation was offered. And only recently, says the sheriff, the commissioners tried to cut his salary "until the county attorney told them they couldn't." Gossip, too, has grown increasingly vicious. "People have spread it around that I sell dope to schoolchildren and shack up with Mexican girls—stuff like that," says Elliott. "I just consider the source." His political enemies, says Elliott, "would still like to run this county like they did in 1920. But people are beginning to question just what's going on in these parts. They're beginning to see the light."
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ACS Employment Dashboard™ FAQ
- What is the Employment Dashboard?
- How do I use the Dashboard?
- Why is there a map of the US at the bottom? / What states are in each region?
- How do I use the menu?
- What do I need to know about the Salary category?
- What do I need to know about the Employment category?
- What do I need to know about the Demographic category?
- How do I choose the Entire US or All Regions?
- What's the statistical significance of these data?
The Employment Dashboard is a visual control panel that lets you examine results from ACS employment surveys. The data presented is not a model (like the Salary Comparator). It is not intended to asses your particular employment situation. It is intended to provide an overview of salaries, demographics, and employment.
It was created with data from the ACS Comprehensive Salary and Employment Status Survey. This survey is conducted yearly from a sample of ACS Members who represent the workforce. Every 5 years the survey is replaced with the ChemCensus which sends the survey to the entire ACS membership. The data contained in this application represents the collected data from 2000 until the most recent salary survey (currently 2013).
When you first begin using the dashboard the default data displayed is the median salary information for the most recent year's data.
The screen is divided into three main regions: The data pane (top), the region pane (bottom) and the menu bar (right).
The data can be displayed by one of 9 different regions (from west to east): Pacific, Mountain, West North Central, West South Central, East North Central, East South Central, South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic, and New England. To see more about these regions, please see the section below.
The map at the bottom is an interactive map to examine data by 9 different regions: Pacific, Mountain, West North Central, West South Central, East North Central, East South Central, South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic, and New England.
To examine a region, simply click anywhere in that region. A hovering dialog near the mouse will tell you what region you are about to click on.
|California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Alaska
|Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada
|West North Central
|Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
|West South Central
|Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas
|East North Central
|Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois
|East South Central
|Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky
|South Atlantic
|Delaware, DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
|Middle Atlantic
|New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
|New England
|Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut
The right menu is how you navigate the ACS Employment Dashboard.
Depending on what you're looking at, the menu will display up to 5 options:
- Years allows to select any year's data for examination. Each year's data is from the survey collected in March of that year.
- Category selects the general area of data you want displayed: Salary, Employment, and Demographics. Salary will display salary data, Employment will display data related to unemployment, post doctoral positions, and full-time/part-time employment
- Statistics allows you to be more specific with the information you want displayed. This option is only available for Salary and Demographics. In salary mode you can choose do display the mean salary, median salary, or even certain percentiles. In demographic mode you can choose to chart the absolute number of responses, or view by percentage.
- Export will give you the option to download the entire data set as an XLS file.
- Instructions contains a simple reminder on how the application works and includes the option to select "All Regions". If you have already selected a region, this is how you would select the more general statistics.
This category is selected by default.
Here the data is displayed in two bar charts. The data are broken down by degree (PHD, MS, BA or BS) in the left chart. The data are broken down by employment sector (Industry, Government, Academia) in the right chart.
By default the data displayed is the Median income. The cases summarized represent a trimmed sample of the entire data. Anyone making less than $5,000 USD or more than $700,000 USD was dropped before the statistic was pulled.
Also available statistics can be found from the drop-down menu and include: Median, 25th percentile, 75th percentile, and Total N. A brief explanation of each of these terms follows:
- 25th Percentile: This represents the lower salary percentile. It means that 25% of respondents made less than this amount.
- Median: This represents the 50th percentile of salary. This is the value that separates observed salaries into two equal halves such that half the values are below, half above. This value is less affected by outliers and other volatility in data, and is the best measure of salary.
- 75th Percentile: This represents the higher salary percentile. It means that 75% of respondents made less than this amount. (25% made more)
- Mean: The simple arithmetic mean of all respondents salaries. This average is very susceptible to sample volatility and outliers and is a weak economic measure.
Note: This measure does not discriminate based on full-time/part-time/temporary employment. It merely presents a snapshot of ACS members
This section displays employment information. You can see the percentage and count of Full-Time, Part-time, Unemployed, and Post doctoral persons. Those who indicated that they were unemployed and not seeking employment have been removed as well as any respondent who omitted to provide this information. This is standard practice for calculating unemployment.
This page displays a gender and age breakdown of the ACS. The charts are ordered by descending values. The category with the most respondents appears first, and that with the least appears last.
To see the counts for each statistic, choose "By Count" from the statistics menu.
On the right hand side you'll see a link in the "Instructions" box. Click the link for "All Regions" to display data on the US as a whole.
The general "rule of thumb" is that any statistic with less than 15 data points should not be considered representative of a larger sample. In this light every effort has been made to provide access to the absolute counts for each statistic. Some options drill down so deeply into the data that you run the increasing risk of displaying misleading data.
This data is not intended for publication and is provided "as is". It merely represents a snapshot of a certain region and time.
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1. The incessant need to pee. Seriously, there were some days that I could have camped out in my bathroom. But our bed didn't fit.
2. Not being able to see your feet. I don't normally look down when I walk, but the ability to see your feet is sometimes very helpful in preventing stubbed toes…or when scaling a flight of stairs.


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by Moacyr Scliar
Guedali Tartakovsky is born on a farm in a remote area of Brazil. His father and mother are Jewish refugees from Russia. Though his older brother and two sisters are perfectly normal, Guedali has the body of a horse. The initial shock to his family is great, but once they begin to recover, they decide to keep him but to hide him away from the world. This novel is the story of his strange life. When a neighbor discovers Guedali's existence, the family moves to the outskirts of a city where the centaur has a garden in which to run. He takes correspondence courses because he is restless and smart. All the while he gnaws at one all-consuming concern, explaining himself: "Psychoanalysis, dialectic materialism, nothing; laws of supply and demand, nothing, nothing; fiction, nothing. Nothing seemed applicable to my case. I was a centaur, irremediably a centaur. And without any plausible explanation." The author, who is a doctor in Brazil, has written nine other novels. His fictional world is original and imaginative. Perhaps the most unusual quality of this appealing novel, translated unobtrusively by Margaret A. Neves, is Scliar's sly, pervasive sense of humor. The Centaur in the Garden is delightful and full of insights. (Available Press, paper, $5.95)
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It was easy to follow, which I always appreciate in a recipe! Look how elegant they are! I'm so excited! This is kind of a big deal because, lately, I don't make much food for myself. I get fed at my restaurant, and then I also recipe-test for VegNews magazine; I've gotten more than a little bored with food lately. (A far cry from where I was when I started this blog, that's for sure.) Anyway, I'm a huge fan of vegan "seafood", because seafood is what I miss the most from my omnivore days! Yes, I am quite pleased with myself tonight.
I made a few changes in them, which is that first, I doubled the recipe. Then I only put in half the amount of corn kernels, and added very finely diced celery for what would be the remainder of the corn. Celery in crab cakes is what I remember from my childhood days in San Francisco (Erin is located in Boston, so maybe it's a regional thing?). Thirdly, I added the lemon peel of one lemon, as someone in her comments sections suggested -- I thought it sounded delicious!
Now, these crab cakes are almost gluten-free, except that they call for panko bread crumbs. I've noticed that there are gluten-free panko bread crumbs available now, so I'm sure you could substitute those! Also, if you have an allergy to red bell peppers (night-shade allergy), I don't see why you couldn't sub the celery for the bell peppers and add the amount of corn the recipe already calls for.
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The Naturalists, an Amarillo-area youth acting company, will stage an original production on June 9 to benefit the Amanda Nicholson Fund and the Wegener's Granulomatosis Support Group.
The original play "Where or When,'' produced by Jaybee & Associates, serves as the centerpiece for "Amanda's Night'' at 7:30 p.m. at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theatre on the AC Washington Street Campus, according to information from Joe Barone.
Admission is by donation, and those seeking more information can call Jaybee & Associates at 359-6132 or visit the Web site, amandaplace.oneaddress.net, Barone's information said.
Nicholson, an Amarillo student, was diagnosed in November 1997 with Wegener's Granulomatosis, a disease - found rarely in children - that attacks the immune system. She has gone through months of chemotherapy, dialysis and suffered a hearing loss. She endured a kidney transplant in November of 1998.
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The Naturalists cast includes students from Amarillo and Canyon, Lubbock, White Deer and Plainview.
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No matter what you're doing and how competant the person is you're dealing with, always follow up.
When I left my former employer on August 25th, I knew that my final paycheck would be a paper one, not a direct deposit as it had been for the last three years. I assumed that it would likely be mailed out on or near the last day of the month. So imagine my consternation when I opened my mailbox all of this week (now the third week of September) and still no paycheck. So, I called the only person in Human Resources that I knew, was routed to Payroll where I discovered my paperwork conveniently came in "yesterday" and my paycheck would be mailed out today. It's pretty ridiculous that it took 18 business days (28 if you consider they knew for two weeks) to "process" my resignation, one that was as vanilla as they came.
But, that was my fault. My file could've just been sitting under a stack of papers that the processor never got to, an honest mistake by anyone and one I am willing to accept. I should have called after 5 days to inquire about my final paycheck, not 15 days. I could claim excuses like how I was busy with the new job, which I was, and how I had to help with a conference, which I did, and how I generally found myself unwilling to talk to someone on the phone about something that probably was already in the mail… but it's still my fault for not following up. Everyone always claims to be busy, but the phone call took all of five minutes and I have 1440 minutes to choose from during the day to handle my business.
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"The Usual Suspects" movie received a lot of comments for its killer twist of an ending, and the film has proved to be enormously influential. On the Lip's "Unusual Suspects" comprise a unique cross-section of influential characters who just so happen to, surprisingly, golf.
Michael Moore, the controversial documentary filmmaker whose latest film "Sicko" recently opened to rave reviews. The folks at General Motors in Flint, Mich. (remember "Roger & Me"?) where Michael grew up built five golf courses around the plant to offer workers an opportunity for some recreational golf. Michael's father and friends would play after work, and Moore and his friends grew up playing after learning the game from their dads.
To date, Moore's lowest score is 101, but he hopes to break the century mark some day. He mused at the irony of all the plant workers playing golf after a hard day's work. That background might have influenced a scene in "Sicko" where he interviews a Brit on a golf course. "You cut out my golf swing," the Londoner called out at the English pre-screening of "Sicko." This came from the same man who explains universal health care to a mock-skeptical Moore on the course.
Another unlikely golfer is Alice Cooper, the rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. Known for outragious stage shows with guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew from heavy metal, garage rock, horror movies and vaudeville to create a theatrical brand of music that would be called "Shock Rock." The single-digit handicapper hosts his own celebrity golf tournament that benefits the Solid Rock Foundation, an organization started by Cooper and other community leaders with the primary goal of helping to meet the spiritual, economical, physical and social needs of teenagers and children in their Arizona community. During a recent interview, Cooper said he "traded one addiction for another" when he began golf while recovering from substance abuse. He's now hooked on the game, and has even managed to get a sponsor - Izod.
Though not well-known in the U.S., cricket is wildly popular around the world. The game, which took its modern form in England, after soccer, is the second most popular sport in the world, with more than 100 cricket-playing nations recognized by the International Cricket Council. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It's also a major recreational outlet in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. It's here that we find Brian Lara, arguably the best cricket player of our times.
Also known as "The Prince," Lara is a record-breaking cricketer, the greatest batsman of his generation, and one of the best ever. This Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods of cricket is also a single-digit handicapper, a 5, though he's not played as much as he'd like over the past few years. The famous White Witch Golf Course in Jamaica was our backdrop as we spoke during the recent World Cup. Looking more like a rock star, this surprisingly open and down-to-Earth celebrity is an avid golfer who finds a great deal of similarities between his two favorite sports. The world's No. 1-ranked golfer in 2004 and '05, Vijay Singh, grew up on Fiji playing cricket and is still an avid devotee of the sport.
Like the movie, our unusual suspects have produced a great deal Moore than a surprise ending!
Elisa Gaudet brings a wealth of entertainment and golf experience to Cybergolf. Elisa has spent the past several years in the golf industry in the U.S., Latin America and Spain. She worked for the PGA Tour and the Tour de las Americas before founding Executive Golf International, a golf marketing company that works with clients to develop strategies using golf as the medium. Often referred to as the Maria Bartiromo (a business analyst for CNBC) of golf, Elisa says: "Golf, as a marketing tool, has been around for years. It's amazing how many new ways companies can align their brand with the golf market to reach their target audience. Our goal is to create alliances and establish cross-border relations." Elisa also worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years, including five in Los Angeles as a model and actress. She can be seen at many celebrity golf events and often gets the inside scoop from PGA Tour players. For more information about Elisa, visit her websites at www.onthelip.com or Executive Golf International www.execgolfintl.com.
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It takes time, courage and honesty to find hope after a life of addiction and despair.
"This is a disease that will kill us," said Ginny Boggs, who in March completed the Downtown Women's Center drug and alcohol recovery program.
"It takes a lot of courage to come in and say, 'I'd rather live than die.' "
Boggs, 56, used drugs for 30 years, becoming broke and homeless before turning herself in to the DWC's recovery program at Haven House.
"This was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," she said.
Now, she's back on her feet, attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings and contacting her sponsor for daily maintenance. The DWC recently honored 10 women with its first graduation ceremony.
"A couple hundred have completed the program since 2001, but we're starting with 10 women we still have contact with," said Diann Gilmore, DWC executive director.
Each participant received certificates, roses and specially crafted cross necklaces from Barnes Jewelry. Three women completed the program this year, while others were honored for staying clean and sober years after going out on their own.
After recognizing her alcoholism, Pamela Fountain was one of the first women to enter DWC's Abba House. She completed the program in 2002. Now she is a medical transcriptionist and lacks one class to finish her associate's degree.
"I want to leave it as a legacy for my family," Fountain said of her degree. "So they can see it's never too late."
She also volunteers as a house manager for the DWC. She has been sober for seven years.
"I've been willing to cry many nights as opposed to having a drink or a drug," she said. "I don't have a desire to drink."
The Downtown Women's Center, a nonprofit, faith-based organization, has been operating since 1989 but started focusing on homeless women with addictions in 2001.
"The No. 1 reason for homelessness in our country is due to addictions," Gilmore said.
Mental health and domestic abuse compounds the problem. About 80 percent of the women DWC serves have a mental health disorder such as depression or schizophrenia, Gilmore said. About 78 percent suffer from domestic violence, she said.
There are three pillars to the recovery program: acquiring spirituality, knowledge about addictions and a safe place to live. The women must attend Alcoholics Anonymous and NA meetings and other group sessions such as relapse prevention several times a week. After completing the sobriety program, 81 percent of the women are clean and sober a year later, according to the DWC.
DWC places the women in the Haven House dormitory or in the Abba House, which has 10 efficiency apartments.
"We're always full," Gilmore said. "So it's hard to get into Abba House."
DWC officials said they hope to acquire a 34-unit apartment building in the near future, Gilmore said.
"Sometimes we hold them at Haven House longer because there's nowhere for them to go," Gilmore said. "When we get this apartment building, we'll be able to serve more women."
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These accounts provide the model for such works as The Mirror for Magistrates on which Shakespeare drew for many of his Engish history plays. Boccaccio includes the following figures found in Shakespeare: Theseus, King of Athens. Priam, King of Troy, and his wife Hecuba, Agamemnon, King of Mycena, Alcibiades the Athenian, Tarquinius the Great King of the Romans, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Antonius, the Triumvirate and Cleopatra. Picture and data courtesy of the Yorck Project, under Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License (Wikipedia).
Shakespeare often alludes to the Wheel of Fortune as in Henry V when Pistol and Fluellen talk of the execution of Bardolph for thievery:
Bardolph, a soldier, firm and sound of heart,
And of buxom valour, hath by cruel fate
And giddy Fortune's furious fickle wheel,
That goddess blind,
That stands upon the rolling restless stone--
By your patience, Aunchient Pistol. Fortune is painted
blind, with a muffler afore his eyes, to signify to you that
Fortune is blind; and she is painted also with a wheel, to
signify to you, which is the moral of it, that she is turning,
and inconstant, and mutability, and variation; and her foot,
look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and
rolls, and rolls. In good truth, the poet makes a most excellent
description of it. Fortune is an excellent moral. (III.vi.25-38)


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Two teens have been charged in connection with sexual hazing incident involving Raton High School.
The district attorney's office confirmed that 17-year-olds Rashaan Craig and Caleb Wood are charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor, which is a third-degree felony.
The Raton Range reported that junior varsity players were held down on a bus while a varsity teammate put his groin in the victims' faces. The players were fully clothed.
They have been charged as juveniles, so the maximum time they could spend in a juvenile detention center would be two years.
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The opening action of the War of 1812, the British capture of the American schooner Commencement off Buffalo Creek in June 1812, will be re-enacted by members and vessels of the Buffalo Maritime Center at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The center's 1880 Erie Boat Scajaquada, representing the Commencement, will sail out opposite the Erie Basin Marina. The center's 25-foot replica War of 1812 bateaux, Black Rock and Buffaloe, will represent the British gunboats and will fire on the Commencement, then board it, haul down the Stars and Stripes and raise the Union Jack.


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There are many misconceptions about sexual offenses, sexual offense victims, and sex offenders in our society. Much has been learned about these behaviors and populations in the past decade and this information is being used to develop more effective criminal justice interventions throughout the country. This document serves to inform citizens, policy makers, and practitioners about sex offenders and their victims, addressing the facts that underlie common assumptions both true and false in this rapidly evolving field.
Fact: Most sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim or the victim's family, regardless of whether the victim is a child or an adult.
Adult Victims
Statistics indicate that the majority of women who have been raped know their assailant. A 1998 National Violence Against Women Survey revealed that among those women who reported being raped, 76% were victimized by a current or former husband, live-in partner, or date (Tjaden and Thoennes, 1998). Also, a Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that nearly 9 out of 10 rape or sexual assault victimization's involved a single offender with whom the victim had a prior relationship as a family member, intimate, or acquaintance (Greenfeld, 1997).
Child Victims
Approximately 60% of boys and 80% of girls who are sexually victimized are abused by someone known to the child or the child's family (Lieb, Quinsey, and Berliner, 1998). Relatives, friends, baby-sitters, persons in positions of authority over the child, or persons who supervise children are more likely than strangers to commit a sexual assault.
Myth: The majority of sexual offenders are caught convicted and in prison.
Fact: Only a fraction of those who commit sexual assault are apprehended and convicted for their crimes. Most convicted sex offenders eventually are released to the community under probation or parole supervision.
Many women who are sexually assaulted by intimates, friends, or acquaintances do not report these crimes to police. Instead, victims are most likely to report being sexually assaulted when the assailant is a stranger, the victim is physically injured during the assault, or a weapon is involved in the commission of the crime.
A 1992 study estimated that only 12% of rapes were reported (Kilpatrick, Edmunds, and Seymour, 1992). The National Crime victimization Surveys conducted in 1994, 1995, and 1998 indicate that only 32% of sexual assaults against persons 12 or older were reported to law enforcement. (No current studies indicate the rate of reporting for child sexual assault, although it generally is assumed that these assaults are equally under-reported.) The low rate of reporting leads to the conclusion that the approximate 265,000 convicted sex offenders under the authority of corrections agencies in the United States (Greenfeld, 1997) represent less than 10% of all sex offenders living in communities nationwide.
While sex offenders constitute a large and increasing population of prison inmates, most are eventually released to the community. Some 60% of those 265,000 convicted sex offenders noted above were supervised in the community, whether directly following sentencing or after a term of incarceration in jail or prison. Short of incarceration, supervision allows the criminal justice system the best means to maintain control over offenders, monitor their residence, and require them to work and participate in treatment. As a result, there is a growing interest in providing community supervision for this population as an effective means of reducing the threat of future victimization.
Myth: Most sex offenders reoffend.
Fact: Reconviction data suggest that this is not the case. Further, reoffense rates vary among different types of sex offenders and are related to specific characteristics of the offender and the offense.
Persons who commit sex offenses are not a homogeneous group, but instead fall into several different categories. As a result, research has identified significant differences in reoffense patterns from one category to another. Looking at reconviction rates alone, one large-scale analysis (Hanson and Bussiere, 1998) reported the following differences:
Another study found reconviction rates for child molesters to be 20% and for rapists to be approximately 23% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
Individual characteristics of the crimes further distinguish recidivism rates. For instance, victim gender and relation to the offender have been found to impact recidivism rates. In a 1995 study, researchers found that offenders who had extrafamilial female victims had a recidivism rate of 18% and those who had extrafamilial male victims recidivated at a rate of 35%. This same study found a recidivism rate for incest offenders to be approximately 9% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
It is noteworthy that recidivism rates for sex offenders are lower than for the general criminal population. For example, one study of 108,580 non-sex criminals released from prisons in 11 states in 1983 found that nearly 63% were rearrested for a non-sexual felony or serious misdemeanor within three years of their release from incarceration; 47% were reconvicted; and 41% were ultimately returned to prison or jail (Bureau of Justice Statistics).
It is important to note that not all sex crimes are solved or result in arrest and only a fraction of sex offenses are reported to police. The reliance on measures of recidivism as reflected through official criminal justice system data (i.e., rearrest or reconviction rates) obviously omits offenses that are not cleared through an arrest (and thereby cannot be attributed to any individual offender) or those that are never reported to the police. For a variety of reasons, many victims of sexual assault are reluctant to invoke the criminal justice process and do not report their victimization to the police. For these reasons, relying on rearrest and reconviction data underestimates actual reoffense numbers.
Myth: Sexual offense rates are higher than ever and continue to climb.
Fact: Despite the increase in publicity about sexual crimes, the actual rate of reported sexual assault has decreased slightly in recent years.
The rate of reported rape among women decreased by 10% from 1990 to 1995 (80 per 100,000 compared to 72 per 100,000) (Greenfeld, 1997). In 1995, 97,460 forcible rapes were reported to the police nationwide, representing the lowest number of reported rapes since 1989.
More recently, when examining slightly different measures, it appears that rates have continued to drop. The arrest rate for all sexual offenses (including forcible rape and excluding prostitution) dropped 16% between 1993 and 1998. In 1998, 82,653 arrests were logged for all sexual offenses, compared to 97,955 arrests in 1993 (Federal Bureau of Investigations, 1997 and 1998).
Myth: All sex offenders are male.
Fact: The vast majority of sex offenders are male. However, females also commit sexual crimes.
In 1994, less than 1 % of all incarcerated rape and sexual assault offenders were female (fewer than 800 women) (Greenfeld, 1997). By 1997, however, 6,292 females had been arrested for forcible rape or other sex offenses, constituting approximately 8% of all rape and sexual assault arrests for that year (FBI, 1997). Additionally, studies indicate that females commit approximately 20% of sex offenses against children (AT5A, 1996). Males commit the majority of sex offenses but females commit some, particularly against children.
Myth: Sex offenders commit sexual crimes because they are under the influence of alcohol.
Fact: It is unlikely that an individual who otherwise would not commit a sexual assault would do so as a direct result of excessive drinking.
Annual crime victim reports indicate that approximately 30% of all reported rapes and sexual assaults involve alcohol use by the offender (Greenfeld, 1998). Alcohol use, therefore, may increase the likelihood that someone already predisposed to commit a sexual assault will act upon those impulses. However, excessive alcohol use is not a primary precipitant to sexual assaults.
Myth: Children who are sexually assaulted will sexually assault others when they grow up.
Fact: Most sex offenders were not sexually assaulted as children and most children who are sexually assaulted do not sexually assault others.
Early childhood sexual victimization does not automatically lead to sexually aggressive behavior. While sex offenders have higher rates of sexual abuse in their histories than expected in the general population, the majority were not abused. Among adult sex offenders, approximately 30% have been sexually abused. Some types of offenders, such as those who sexually offend against young boys, have still higher rates of child sexual abuse in their histories (Becker and Murphy, 1998).
While past sexual victimization can increase the likelihood of sexually aggressive behavior, most children who were sexually victimized never perpetrate against others.
Myth: Youths do not commit sex offenses.
Fact: Adolescents are responsible for a significant number of rapes and child molestation cases each year.
Sexual assaults committed by youth are a growing concern in this country. Currently, it is estimated that adolescents (ages 13 to 17) account for up to one-fifth of all rapes and one-half of all cases of child molestation committed each year (Barbaree, Hudson, and Seto, 1993). In 1995, youth were involved in 15% of all forcible rapes cleared by arrest-approximately 18 adolescents per 100,000 were arrested for forcible rape. In the same year, approximately 16,100 adolescents were arrested for sexual offenses, excluding rape and prostitution (Sickmund, Snyder, Poe-Yamagata, 1997).
The majority of these incidents of sexual abuse involve adolescent male perpetrators. However, prepubescent youths also engage in sexually abusive behaviors.
Myth: Juvenile sex offenders typically are victims of child sexual abuse and grow up to be adult sex offenders.
Fact: Multiple factors, not just sexual victimization as a child, are associated with the development of sexually offending behavior in youth.
Recent studies show that rates of physical and sexual abuse vary widely for adolescent sex offenders; 20 to 50% of these youth experienced physical abuse and approximately 40 to 80% experienced sexual abuse (Hunter and Becker, 1998). While many adolescents who commit sexual offenses have histories of being abused, the majority of these youth do not become adult sex offenders (Becker and Murphy, 1998). Research suggests that the age of onset and number of incidents of abuse, the period of time elapsing between the abuse and its first report, perceptions of how the family responded to the disclosure of abuse, and exposure to domestic violence all are relevant to why some sexually abused youths go on to sexually perpetrate while others do not (Hunter and Figueredo, in press).
Myth: Treatment for sex offenders is ineffective.
Fact: Treatment programs can contribute to community safety because those who attend and cooperate with program conditions are less likely to re-offend than those who reject intervention.
The majority of sex offender treatment programs in the United States and Canada now use a combination of cognitive-behavioral treatment and relapse prevention (designed to help sex offenders maintain behavioral changes by anticipating and coping with the problem of relapse). Offense specific treatment modalities generally involve group and/or individual therapy focused on victimization awareness and empathy training, cognitive restructuring, learning about the sexual abuse cycle, relapse prevention planning, anger management and assertiveness training, social and interpersonal skills development, and changing deviant sexual arousal patterns.
Different types of offenders typically respond to different treatment methods with varying rates of success. Treatment effectiveness is often related to multiple factors, including:
Several studies present optimistic conclusions about the effectiveness of treatment programs that are empirically based, offense-specific, and comprehensive (Lieb, Quinsey, and Berlin&, 1998). The only meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies to date has found a small, yet significant treatment effect-an 8% reduction in the recidivism rate for offenders who participated in treatment (Hall, 1995). Research also demonstrates that sex offenders who fail to complete treatment programs are at increased risk for both sexual and general recidivism (Hanson and Bussiere, 1998).
Myth: The cost of treating and managing sex offenders in the community is too high—they belong behind bars.
Fact: One year of intensive supervision and treatment in the community can range in cost between $5,000 and $15,000 per offender; depending on treatment modality. The average cost for incarcerating an offender is significantly higher, approximately $22,000 per year, excluding treatment costs.
As noted previously, effective sex offender specific treatment interventions can reduce sexual offense recidivism by 8%. Given the tremendous impact of these offenses on their victims, any reduction in the re-offense rates of sex offenders is significant. Without the option of community supervision and treatment, the vast majority of incarcerated sex offenders would otherwise serve their maximum sentences and return to the community without the internal (treatment) and external (supervision) controls to effectively manage their sexually abusive behavior. Managing those offenders who are amenable to treatment and can be supervised intensively in the community following an appropriate term of incarceration can serve to prevent future victimization while saving taxpayers substantial imprisonment costs (Lotke, 1996).
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[5.8.12, San Fernando Valley, CA]--Last year it was "bath salts" but now our youth have moved on to another strange but dangerous new trend. Drinking hand sanitizers to get drunk is all the rage for some teens these days.
Yes, hand sanitizers, I kid you not. Just type that on YouTube and numerous videos pop up with teens slugging back what was meant to clean bacteria from our hands. Those doing it seem to think it is one big joke, judging by the shenanigans in the videos but the number of kids being rushed to emergency rooms tell a different tale.
In California, six San Fernando Valley kids experienced just that when they reportedly ended up in the hospital after hand sanitizer binges. Teens have figured out how to separate the high concentration of alcohol from the gel.
The young tend to think they are invincible, but doctors say this new fad is dangerous and can be deadly. Hand sanitizers are a reported 62 percent proof alcohol and can cause alcohol poisoning or toxic shock.
Signs that kids may be in trouble is slurred speech or other obvious sings of intoxication accompanied by an intense burning in the stomach. Doctors are warning parents to be vigilant and pay closer attention to what their teens are doing.
Opting out of buying the gel sanitizers for the foam ones instead may be the safer purchase to leave around the house and in schools. However, this might safeguard younger children more than teens. Teenagers are more independent and get around on their own--thereby having access to groceries, pharmacies and other stores where hand sanitizers are sold. How do you monitor this age group who can legally purchase the product, then use it where they cannot be seen?
The authorites will have to get involved and pharmacies, grocers and other outlets will have to be on alert. This can prove to be a daunting task to execute. After-all, sanitizers are a household product and monitoring this can bring up all sorts of legal issues and accusations of government over-reach and over-legislation. Americans will certainly not want to have a prescription to purchase hand sanitizers now, would they?
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I am Simranjeet Singh an Electronic engineer, searching for the job. In the mean time i got a call from Future Link Recruitment Agency. its Riya which is working in Delhi office and contacted me with mobile No: 8566078516 and called them self as a partner of Naukri.com and promised me to deliver a job Andy Solar Pvt. Ltd. So, they called me at there office in S.C.O 146-147 sector 34a Chandigarh, there they demanded for Rs 1500,
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1. Validation of registration fee for three months
2. The receipt issued in terms of enrolling the name of the candidate it doesn't mean job guarantee
3. Our duty is only to conduct interview.
4. Payment is not refundable and non transferable in any circumstances
As Riya told me that the amount will be refunded if you will don't get any support from Future Link Pvt. ltd.after all after two days i got a message and a call for the job opening at Jalandhar in Innovation Jalandhar S.C.F-55 Urban Estate, Ph-1. As i reach there was no office of This kind and after calling back to future link no response was there. At last i came back and go to there office for complaint, one guy came and made a meeting with me and convince me that they will do the best for another job. Now its till three months from registration don't get any call and i have to visit personally for the asking for job to there office. At last i requested them to pay back my fee, but they denies for that. So, friends be aware of that and get messed up with them. I am going to do a case against them.
You should be alert for this. and i hope that court will do something for it.
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Excerpt from The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
Thought is the creative power or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act. Thinking in a certain way will bring riches to you, but you must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action. That is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific thinkers meet shipwreck – the failure to connect thought with personal action.
We have not yet reached the stage of development, even supposing such a stage to be possible, in which a person can create directly from formless substance without nature's processes or the work of human hands. A person must not only think, but his personal action must supplement his thought. By thought you can cause the gold in the hearts of the mountains to be impelled toward you, but it will not mine itself, refine itself, coin itself into double eagles, and come rolling along the roads, seeking its way into your pocket.
Under the impelling power of the supreme spirit, people's affairs will be so ordered that someone will be led to mine the gold for you. Other people's business transactions will be so directed that the gold will be brought toward you. And you must so arrange your own business affairs that you may be able to receive it when it comes to you. Your thought makes all things, animate and inanimate, work to bring you what you want, but your personal activity must be such that you can rightly receive what you want when it reaches you. You are not to take it as charity, nor to steal it. You must give every man more in use value than he gives you in cash value.
The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want, in holding fast to your purpose to get what you want, and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want.
Your faith and purpose positively impress your vision upon formless substance, which has the same desire for more life that you have, and this vision, received from you, sets all the creative forces at work in and through their regular channels of action, but directed toward you.


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July 6, 2008, 10:54 PM
It's a P226, with tac light front rail, with night sights for $850. Probably too late to ask, this is a reasonable deal?
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July 6, 2008, 11:21 PM
Depending on where you are, and actually, pretty much anywhere, yes, it's about the going rate. Prices on Sigs are rising.
Regardless, you now own one of the finest combat firearms in the world. Go forth and conquer.
July 6, 2008, 11:31 PM
Brand new you may have paid a little much depending on where you're at, but not too bad. Enjoy your new pistol.
July 6, 2008, 11:47 PM
I don't think that's a bad price for a gun of that quality that will last you the rest of your life. Nice choice.
July 6, 2008, 11:49 PM
As John Taffin says, "the time to ask price is BEFORE you buy!", but also, "You can never pay too much for a gun,....only too soon!".....five years from now, you'll probably be patting yourself on the back....
July 7, 2008, 12:13 AM
The P series Sigs are like gold. Keep it well maintained and you won't ever want to sell it. But if you do you will get your money back out of it.
I have one pistol. Sig P-220 .45auto.
July 7, 2008, 12:19 AM
You should send it to me right away for your own sobriety.:D
July 7, 2008, 05:19 AM
I purchased a Sig Equinox in .45 a few years back.. Great gun, fun to shoot.. I can't remember exactly what I paid but it is a great gun to have; very well balanced.. Buy a few more and you will start to get fuzzy on the prices also...:D
July 7, 2008, 05:28 AM
That price seems to be fairly on par with what i've seen at a lot of places. The P series are fine pistols. I hope to add a P220 SAO to my collection sometime in the future.
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July 7, 2008, 11:35 AM
Your not from California are you?
Fair price, bet you can't own just one.
I now have 7 or more, just depends on if my daughter is home or not!
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gudel... great gun, you'll love it!! You didn't really get screwed, but could have easily got it for $75 cheaper... Also, could have looked into the CPOs (for about $550+).
But don't lose any sleep over it... you did OK, now enjoy it!!
July 17, 2008, 10:35 PM
Now with pics:
A note on the finish: this particular one seems to be very good compared to some of the posts people complain about poor finish.
There's a section in slide where the guide rods slides in (under the front sight just below where the barrel sits) that wasn't finished like the rest of the gun. They probably couldn't get it in to such small spaces. Oh well, cosmetic stuff I suppose, as long as it doesn't rust.
We'll see about to hell and back reliability. Here another pic with my two other proven 100% reliability performers:
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July 17, 2008, 11:29 PM
Love your first picture, man! It just now became my wallpaper. Now I have to go out and buy one to complement my P228.
I'd pay what you did for that in a heartbeat. Guns are an investment. Take care of it and buy at least two more to go with it.
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No matter the fate of Potter County Sheriff Mike Shumate, there will be a new sheriff in town next year.
Shumate, whose trial on felony charges of bribery/public corruption began with jury selection June 2, finished fourth in a five-candidate field in the GOP primary.
That means the county will have a new sheriff - either Republican Brian Thomas or Democrat Robert Taylor.
Whether it's Thomas or Taylor, the new sheriff will need to take a close, hard look at how the inmates in the county jail are being fed.
Shumate is accused of accepting bribes from Mid-America Services Inc., the food services company that received $1.9 million in taxpayer money from 2003-06.
The new sheriff can determine for himself whether the jail can run a meal program in-house, as was the case in years past, or needs to accept bids for a food services/commissary contract with a private company.
Whatever the decision is, it needs to be carefully researched and explained publicly.
Potter County's new sheriff undoubtedly will change things in the sheriff's department, as is the case with all new administrations. All department employees work at the pleasure of the sheriff.
However, this will not be a normal changing of the guard in the sheriff's department. It will come after a criminal trial determines whether Shumate is guilty or innocent of the serious transgressions alleged against him.
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When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. At its core, it would be a university for the community created by the community.
The University has come a long way since its humble beginnings on Hartford's last remaining farm, evolving from a local school for commuters into a comprehensive university that attracts students from throughout the world. Yet it remains true to its original mission of serving as a valued resource for individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout the Hartford region, offering hundreds of programs that serve the University and its neighbors every day. For over 45 years listener supported WWUH has served an important role in the University's community service mission.
Sunday Afternoon at the Opera - McCartney: Liverpool Oratorio
Sunday Afternoon at the Opera host Keith Brown writes:
Paul McCartney of Beatles fame decided to accept the commission to compose something for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, partly in order to force himself to master the system of Western musical notation. A natural, if unlettered, musician from the first, he had never actually learned to read or write music properly until circa 1989,when he began work on the Liverpool Oratorio (1991).
The oratorio deals in part with the story of Paul's life in the city of his birth: coming into the world in wartime, his schooldays, his parents and meeting his wife Linda. Carl Davis, then the conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, acted as Paul's mentor in the composition of this monumental work for full orchestra, five vocal soloists (one of whom is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa), adult choir and the boy choristers of Liverpool Cathedral. (As a lad Paul auditioned to be a chorister there, but was turned down.) The Liverpool Oratorio was recorded in the cathedral live in performance. Carl Davis conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Choir. McCartney himself produced the recording for EMI.
I broadcast the two EMI silver discs on Sunday, November 22,1992. It's worthy of note that Sir Paul's oratorio has over the years come to be considered a "classic," and certainly all those memorable pop tunes he wrote have also become classics,too, in their own way. Liverpool Oratorio has been reissued in the EMI Classics line. I work from the two-CD reissue today.