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Building a network and corporate governance expertise is an important aspect of board appointments. The organizations and institutions listed here aim to educate and connect individuals who are directors and aspiring directors. They offer opportunities for networking, online communities, and director education programs.
Catalyst does not rank or partner with the majority of organizations on the list, and the list is not exhaustive. It should serve as an introduction to the types of organizations that can be helpful in the pursuit of a directorship.
By Industry and Expertise
- American Institute of CPAs
- Association of Audit Committee Members
- Audit Committee Leadership Forum, Corporate Executive Board
- DirectWomen, an American Bar Association Division
- Executive Leadership Council (ELC)
- KPMG Audit Committee Institute
- Practising Law Institute
- Rice University/ Fulbright & Jaworski Energy LLP Energy Industry Directors
- Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals
- WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD)
By Country
- Australian Institute of Company Directors (Australia)
- Board Prospects' BoardU (Online)
- Collège des administrateurs de societies (Quebec, Canada)
- The Director's College (Ontario, Canada)
- Hawkamah, Institute of Corporate Governance (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- IMD Business School (Switzerland)
- INSEAD Business School, International Directors Programme (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; France; Singapore)
- Institute of Corporate Directors/Institut Des Administrateurs de societes (Ontario, Canada)
- Institute of Directors (London, UK)
- International Corporate Governance Network (London, UK)
- Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Universidad del Desarrollo (Santiago, Chile)
- WomenOnBoards (Ourimbah NSW, Australia)
United States
- Boardroom Bound and Boardology Institute
- Deloitte Center for Corporate Governance
- Directors' Consortium
- Directors Institute
- The Directors' Network
- Foley & Lardner LLP, National Directors Institute
- InterOrganization Network: Advancing Women to the Boardroom
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- OnBoard Bootcamps
- Women in the Boardroom
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- Baruch College Zicklin School of Business,Center for Corporate Integrity
- Board Leaders
- Columbia Business School
- Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, Lindenauer Center for Corporate Governance
- Harvard Business School
- New York University, Stern School of Business
- Outstanding Directors Exchange
- University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Institute for Corporate Governance
- Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
- University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
- University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
- Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business
- Wisconsin School of Business
- Oregon, Washington and Idaho Bankers Associations, Northwest Bank Directors College
- Seattle University School of Law, The Adolf A. Berle, Jr. Center on Corporations, Law & Society
- Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business
- Emory University, Goizueta Business School
- Oklahoma City University, Meinders School of Business
- SMU Dedman School of Law
- The SW Graduate School of Banking Foundation
- University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
- University of Maryland, University College: National Leadership Institute
- University of Tampa, Florida Directors' Institute
- University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
- University of Texas at Dallas, Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance
- Forum for Corporate Directors
- San Diego State University, Corporate Governance Institute, Corporate Directors Forum
- Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Stanford Law School, Rock Center for Corporate Governance
- UCLA, Anderson School of Management
- University of California Irvine, The Paul Merage School of Business
- University of Denver, Daniels College of Business
- University of Southern California, Center for Effective Organizations


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The number of junior and senior undergraduates enrolled in teacher-training programs in the University of Wisconsin System has dropped.
That's according to system data reported to the federal Education Department provided to the State Journal by the UW System.
The State Journal reports a 2.8 percent decrease between 2010 and 2012 at University of Wisconsin System campuses. That comes after a 6.8 percent increase between 2008 and 2010.
It's unclear why the number has dropped. But Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, associate dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, says some graduates are reporting feeling ill prepared for what they call the political atmosphere surrounding teaching.
The Republican-controlled Legislature in 2011 passed Gov. Scott Walker's proposal that stripped most public workers across all levels of government of their collective bargaining rights.

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quote:Originally posted by Jules12I am having the same problem. When i calculate my BMR anywhere else it says i should eat about 1600-1700 calories, but the suggestion for this program is 2250. Not only that, but I also calculated my healthy weight on foodfit.com and it told me in order to reach my goal weight i need to eat about 1700 calories. So the program is contradicting itself and i don't know what to do about it because all of my meal plans are based on a 2250 calorie daily intake and i know that won't help me lose weight. Any suggestions or tricks on how to work the program would be greatly appreciated. thanks


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USDA Makes Permanent Meat and Grain Serving Flexibilities in National School Lunch Program
WASHINGTON, January 2, 2014 - Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced that USDA is making permanent the current flexibility that allows schools to serve larger portions of lean protein and whole grains at mealtime.
"Earlier this school year, USDA made a commitment to school nutrition professionals that we would make the meat and grain flexibility permanent and provide needed stability for long-term planning. We have delivered on that promise," said Concannon.
USDA has worked closely with schools and parents during the transition to healthier breakfasts, lunches and snacks. Based on public feedback, USDA has made a number of updates to school meal standards, including additional flexibility in meeting the daily and weekly ranges for grain and meat/meat alternates (PDF, 103KB), which has been available to schools on a temporary basis since 2012.
USDA is focused on improving childhood nutrition and empowering families to make healthier food choices by providing science-based information and advice, while expanding the availability of healthy food. Data show that vast majority of schools around the country are successfully meeting the new meal standards.
- Last month, USDA awarded $11 million in grants to help schools purchase needed equipment to make preparing and serving healthier meals easier and more efficient for hardworking school food service professionals.
- In November 2013, USDA issued an additional $5 million through the Farm to School grant program to increase the amount of healthy, local food in schools. USDA awarded grants to 71 projects spanning 42 states and the District of Columbia.
- USDA awarded $5.6 million in grants in FY2013 to provide training and technical assistance for child nutrition foodservice professionals and support stronger school nutrition education programs, and plans to award additional grants in FY 2014.
- USDA's MyPlate symbol and the resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov provide quick, easy reference tools for teachers, parents, healthcare professionals and communities. Schools across the country are using the MyPlate symbol to enhance their nutrition education efforts.
Collectively, these policies and actions will help combat child hunger and obesity and improve the health and nutrition of the nation's children. This is a top priority for the Obama Administration and is an important component of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to combat the challenge of childhood obesity.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).


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Press Row…..the big time. You need to convert that experience into MLB press box!
You are on your way up. I'll ask Dylan next time I see him or I'll send him an email. I will also ask another Dodger beat writer. I'll let you know what they say.
I caught some of the game of the Pirates a& Blue Jays after watching the Dodgers from the 30 Clubs in 30 Days. I like the uniform the Pirates were sporting. JAmes McDonals did not start well.
Big East women's basketball…which includes the UConn ladies…pretty sweet. As a Connecticite living not too far from the XL Center, I agree with you that women's basketball is the game at its purest form. Kids around here talk more about the UConn women than the UConn men's team.
I never thought about women's basketball that way before, but now that you say it, having watched and kept stats for both I agree. Wow, a spot on press row. Coming from Oxy (smaller school, only division III athletics and ours was just a weekly paper) that sounds luxurious and pretty big time to me. Very cool!
This is a very simple game…


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Gabriel Bryant of Clovis shows his support for Cannon when members of the Brac Commission visited Clovis in June. (Staff photo)
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
Remnants of the Base Realignment and Closure process linger around eastern New Mexico. Posted outside several businesses are thick, plastic banners. They were designed months ago in a campaign to overturn a Department of Defense proposal to shut Cannon Air Force Base.
The banner hanging outside Napa Auto Parts on shop-laden Prince Street in Clovis is in pristine condition.
Napa Auto Parts Manager Phil Johnston said he will probably change his marquee, which also bears a pro-Cannon message, but he doesn't plan to take the banner down yet, even though four months have passed since a federal commission spared Cannon from closure and requested the Department of Defense find a new mission for base.
But that commission also voted to disband Cannon's three F-16 squadrons, promising the jets to various installations across the country, as well as close Cannon if it hasn't been granted a mission by 2010.
"I am going to keep (the banner) up until we get a final answer," said Johnston, himself a retired Air Force member.
"Things can change," said Johnston who still worries Cannon may shutter despite recent Air Force mention of a yet-to-be revealed potential mission.
He believes the bright banners outside the Napa Auto Parts stores, one in Clovis and another in Portales, will remind local leaders, as well as government officials who may visit the area again, of the local support for the base, which accounts for an estimated 30 percent of the region's economy.
There is no uniform reaction to the roller coaster ride launched by the 2005 BRAC round. But for some in this largely agricultural region, the sting of recent government decisions has not worn off. The region escaped the harsher sentence of a Cannon closure, but the base's fate is still uncertain, and that, some say, has paralyzed business.
"When they announced the base (could) close, it affected us overnight," said Tommy Heflin, owner of Portales Concrete, Inc.
Heflin has supplied the region with concrete for more than 20 years, yet he has never seen business drop as suddenly and as drastically as it did then. Building plans were simply abandoned — one contract to build 12 homes in Clovis was terminated, and Heflin lost out on the potential sale of more than 700 yards of concrete.
He said business has not increased since Cannon was spared from the BRAC list in August, and he doesn't expect it will. "People are still scared. They could pull the plug on Cannon again," Heflin said. Leery residents, Heflin said, want to know for certain that Cannon has a mission, and that the base will not decrease in size, before they enter into any costly construction ventures.
For others, business lulled only temporarily after the BRAC announcement.
"I think people have finally decided that they don't want to put their lives on hold," said Skip Overdier, an associate broker with Coldwell Banker Colonial Real Estate.
According to Overdier, home buying froze to a trickle in May when Cannon was initially threatened, even while interest rates remained low. But about a month ago, business for the real estate agency returned to normal, he said.
For Clovis resident Mike Bailey, the events of this year were a "wake-up call." His early childhood memories are closely tied to the base. His father and mother worked as civilians on its sprawling campus, and the family would often host dinner parties for the young, single men stationed at the base.
"They were a little wet behind the ears. And Clovis was a pretty desolate spot in the '50s," said Bailey, co-owner a local car dealership. With the base so closely tied to Bailey's own identity and that of Clovis, he said he took its presence for granted until the BRAC announcement.
"It got a lot of people back on board," Bailey said.
Base advocate Randy Harris, too, believes Cannon's brush with extinction reminded Clovis and Portales residents of its value. It also highlighted a desperate need for a more diversified economy, Harris said.
"We realized that we have to continue to work hard to keep Cannon Air Force Base, but also increase our efforts to bring other industry into the community. … That's easy to talk about, but hard to get done," Harris said.
Infrastructure needs and economic expansion are now top priorities for the city of Clovis, said Clovis Mayor David Lansford.
Yet another lesson gleaned from the BRAC round may serve to suture those region vulnerabilities.
Clovis, Portales, and state leaders banded together to protest the Pentagon call for closure; so did community members, Portales and Clovis leaders said. And Cannon was spared.
"If you believe in something strong enough and work for it hard enough," said Roosevelt County Commissioner Gene Creighton, "you can usually get that something to happen."


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Vt lays out Circ Highway alternatives around Chittenden County
WILLISTON More than two years after a decades-old plan to build a loop road through Burlingtons suburbs was scrapped amid environmental concerns, officials gathered Tuesday to announce their unanimous agreement on a series of alternatives.
Gov. Peter Shumlin pulled the plug on the long-planned Chittenden County Circumferential Highway five months after taking office, setting in motion the talks that ended in the agreement announced at Willistons Town Hall.
I said in May of 2011 that weve argued about the Circ Highway proposal for too long, Shumlin said. Meanwhile, traffic congestion had only gotten worse, impacting businesses and the quality of life in this area.
The Circ originally was planned to run for 16 miles from Williston, east of Burlington, to Colchester, north of the city. The goal was to speed traffic around and through key parts of what is Vermonts only real metro area. Some $97 million had been spent on building a 3.5-mile stretch of the road in Essex and planning and designing the rest. Completing the project would have cost about $200 million more, officials said.
Instead, the region will see an estimated $99 million spent on 34 smaller projects designed to alleviate key traffic choke points, along with additional public transportation options, carpooling programs, bike lanes and other measures designed to reduce traffic.
Among the projects: a new crescent connector road in Essex Junction that will allow commuters to bypass the villages Five Corners intersection, perhaps Chittenden Countys most infamous traffic bottleneck. Other improvements include new traffic signals at some intersections designed to respond to traffic flow, and a multiuse path along the Vermont Route 15 corridor designed to promote walking, biking and public transit connections.
Planning for the Circ proceeded in fits and starts, with ground-breaking ceremonies by four different governors and lawsuits over what environmental groups saw as flaws in planning for the road. The Conservation Law Foundation and the Vermont Natural Resources Council led the fight against the Circ, saying that like so many other suburban loop roads around the country, it would only encourage more traffic congestion and more sprawl.
Were happy with this outcome, Chris Kilian, vice president and Vermont director of CLF, said after Tuesdays event. People think of CLF as being about litigation, and theres no question litigation helped us in getting to here. But fundamentally its about solutions.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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This long troubled country singer from the everyone is a celebrity in the family developed her own strain of pot which has three letters
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***WYNONA not my beloved WinoforeverReplyCancel
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You are a nobody until somebody names a strain of the sticky icky after you!
Heisenberg OG whuuuuut
If Wynonna her initials are WEJ. The pot strain is 3 letters. What is the alliteration of her initials? Seems like it would need to be a three word name?ReplyCancel
What a long and feisty day here—I am going to soak in the tub -listen to Lana Del Ray and touch myself…….ReplyCancel
yup.. i was just going to say wy judd not her real name. ashley and wy have different fathers that wy never met b/c of naomi's liesReplyCancel
haha I barely smoke weed so if I did Iwould be like Aunt Jackie stoned in the bathtub on Roseanne!!! Not cute!ReplyCancel
Ciminella = sensimilla ?ReplyCancel
Salmonella. Citronella. Possibilities are endless here.ReplyCancel
Great one, braver!
"C"-Cubed Kush it is! I think C3 and C4 are already strains
Let's see what strains would I want Wynonna to grow?
Rock Bottom Trainwreck
What The World Needs OG
Judd Herer…
An alliteration of WEJ would be pronounced something like "wedge". Works for me.ReplyCancel
Holy cow, @Derek, I'd forgotten that scene! Too funny!
It's just me and my ganja! Is this the sink or I am shrinking? Birds, birds, birds! The jig is up!ReplyCancel
Maybe Carlene Carter – (daughter of June Carter Cash… from her early marriage)ReplyCancel
lady h.. FAT BOTTOM GIRLS
fbg strain.. don't kill me *ducks*
A member of the Cash family?ReplyCancel
DHC, as in THC, for Destiny Hope Cyrus, Miley's real name.ReplyCancel


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Peder Leonard Hendriksen (1859-1932)
Because of his extensive experience of hunting in Arctic waters, Hendriksen was asked by Nansen to join the 1st Fram expedition. He also participated on Otto Sverdrup's 2nd Fram expedition.
Peder Leonard Hendriksen was born in Balsfjord, near to Tromsø. He was off on sealing expeditions from the age of 14, and also had many hunting voyages around Svalbard. In 1888 he was on the sloop Enigheden of Kristiansund that was wrecked near Novaya Zemlya. Nansen himself wrote to Hendriksen in September 1892 as he needed crew members with practical experience of sailing in the Arctic. During the Fram expedition Hendriksen used much time in the crow's nest looking for land. He was bitten in the side by a polar bear on the ice in the dark the first winter, but hit the bear with his torch and managed with the help of the dogs to run for cover.
He was such a success on the Fram expedition that Otto Sverdrup asked him to join further expeditions. He went to Svalbard in summer 1897 on the tourist ship Vesteraalske, where Sverdrup was the captain. His job was to guide the tourists who wanted to see the Arctic fauna. He then participated on Sverdrup's 2nd Fram expedition 1898-1902. He was respected for his extensive knowledge of the fauna and nature in the Arctic, and he was regularly sent out hunting for food, particularly sea mammals. Autumn and winter 1899 he was ill with a swollen body and breathing difficulties, but he recovered with a diet and rest in bed. Others of the crew remarked on his good humour and sense for jokes.
Hendriksen was married and had four children before he left on the first Fram expedition. After the two long Fram expeditions he settled down as a lighthouse keeper, first at Gjeslingene in North Trøndelag 1904-08 and then at Andenes 1908-28. He retired at 70 years of age.
"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it"
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I am having huge problems!
My baby is 6 months old, and I want to give her breast milk until she is a year or two old. Up until now I have exclusively breastfed. I have just started her on solids and she loves it! The problem I am having is that I would love for her to take breast milk from a bottle, so that I can drop her off at families and so I can have a little more feedom. But she ABSOLUTELY will NOT take a bottle. She acts offended. I have tried so many different things, my dh has also tried to no avail. Today was aweful because she likes to suck before she falls asleep and that is another thing I want to get away from (i want to get away from this bc she is 21 1/2 pounds) so I tried everything possible to get her to fall asleep without sucking. She doesn't take a bottle or passifier so I tried walking bouncing singing rocking, etc.... She screamed for an hour and a half!!! It killed me inside. She was looking at me and trying to suck my cheeks or any flesh she could get her lips on, it was sooo sad, I even started crying because I have no idea if I am doing the right thing or not. I never want to make my baby cry like that. I have no idea if her weight is bc she feeds for comfort or if it is just genetics. I am so confused I don't know what to do, does anyone have any advice???
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Stores support healthier choicesJuly 02,2013
Stores support healthier choices
Im writing to thank CP Dudley, East Calais General Store, Golden Meadows Country Market (formerly Meadow Mart), Kurrles Fuels, LBJs Grocery, Maple Corner Store and Uncommon Market for making an important contribution to the health of our community.
As part of our outreach to improve the health of Vermonters by educating them about the risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol use and obesity, members of Central Vermont New Directions Coalition recently visited these fine retailers.
At these stores we found supportive partners who realize that by offering healthier options, they can have a positive impact on the community. Small changes like moving signs for alcohol and tobacco products above child height or making displays for healthier options (like fresh fruit and local produce) more prominent can make a big difference.
Central Vermont New Directions Coalition provided Fit & Healthy posters and other display materials because research has shown that point-of-sale advertising and in-store displays increase the number of unplanned tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food purchases. Plus, if alcohol and tobacco ads are seen by kids every day, they have the potential to make these items seem normal to the youngest members of our community.
Were not asking retailers to stop offering these products, just to let shoppers know there are healthier options too. Central Vermont New Directions Coalition salutes CP Dudley, East Calais General Store, Golden Meadows Country Market, Kurrles Fuels, LBJs Grocery, Maple Corner Store and Uncommon Market for making small changes that can have a big impact.
When thinking about what products you purchase and consume, what healthy change can you make today?
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Cabin fosters memories
One summer evening in about 1969, our friends from Wales said, "Why don't we go somewhere for the Fourth of July weekend?" So we made some telephone calls and found that a cabin that I was introduced to some eight or nine years before was available. So we took it.
The Gatisses had two children, as did we, all younger than 6. We packed two cars and took off like a gypsy caravan. Our destination was the little village of Mill Run, in Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania, between the Youghiogheny River and the foot of Laurel Ridge.
From Mill Run, we drove part way up the Ridge on a dirt road to find our cabin, one of four, in the grove of conifers and deciduous trees. The cabin was about 30 feet above a creek named Fulton Run. It was a beautiful, rustic spot where we felt we were getting away from it all.
That was the first of our many happy visits to the Cabin In The Woods.
During that weekend, we took the Gatisses to the antiques shop in Mill Run. I got involved in a fishing story there with a local man.
He said, "If a man knows where the fish are, he can catch one any time. I'll bet you a dollar I can catch a fish under that bridge outside the store."
I said, "Right now?"
"Yep," he said.
We asked the storekeeper to hold the money. The fisherman got his tackle and some worms from his pickup truck and floated the bait right down the stream so it would go under the bridge. Instantly, there was resistance on the line. "We got one!" he cried as he reeled in a 7-inch rainbow trout.
He followed this with several others.
So we went in, settled up the bet, gathered up the families and stepped across the street for some fat back from the country store. We headed back up the mountain for a taste of fish in our rustic cabin.
On later and longer trips to the cabin, when our children were 3 and 4 years old, they enjoyed sliding down the hill behind the house to Fulton Run. I helped them build a dam there to make a pool where they went skinny-dipping.
Every once in a while, there would be summer storm that washed away some of the boulders. Almost every time we came back to the cabin, I helped them rebuild the dam to maintain the pool.
Only a few times after that did we sight any fish, but we did find salamanders, crawfish and turtles, much to their delight.
In time, friends from Pittsburgh with children approximately the ages of ours joined us, and we rented all four cabins for Mother's Day weekends. When the grownups gathered in the evenings to play bridge, baby monitors kept the parents aware of how their children were sleeping. Only a few times did they have to go back to their cabins to settle things down.
During the days, the children spent a lot of time in the creek, playing in the sand and water. We also took day trips to Ligonier to see the Revolutionary War fort there. Excellent displays of rifles, uniforms and artifacts fascinated kids and adults alike.
Another favorite trip was to the Big Red Fun Barn where the children could jump in the hay, ride the tire swing and play horseshoes.
Much later, when the children were grown, fathers and sons rented the cabins for annual fisherman's weekends.
Two of the young men had become excellent anglers, under the guidance of their father. Others had less interest in the lore of angling. We'd spend a half hour practicing casting with the three skilled anglers on dry land, then we'd go look for a likely stream for catch and release fishing.
Almost half the group were not skilled. We did know how to hold the rod, but much of our time was spent untangling lines. Steak dinners, hearty breakfasts and great good fun compensated for fish not caught.
As the consummate fisherman, Cy said, "You don't have to catch fish to go fishing. We'll come back to the cabin next year and try again."


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Muni Wireless Is Dead. Here Comes a New Way to ConnectU.S. cities that once trumpeted their free public Wi-Fi plans are muting their fanfare, as project after project stumbles. Now nonprofits have a plan to succeed where city governments have failed.
Two such examples launched this week, with at least $61 million in combined funding.From Wired Magazine, April 11, 2008
Singapore Reserving $724M for Next Generation BroadbandThe Singaporean government announced Monday that it will set aside a grant of up to 250 million Singapore dollars (about 181 million U.S. dollars) to the winning bid to bring the country's broadband network to a new level.From Xinhua, April 10, 2008
Is In-Vehicle Wi-Fi a Boon For Commuters?By deploying a wireless infrastructure, public transportation companies, like King Metro, are offering free Wi-Fi access for riders—an amenity that could help boost ridership.From Wi-Fi Planet, April 10, 2008
OneCommunity: Knight Center Commits $25M for InclusionA new national center in Akron (OH) will help communities ensure that their citizens can take advantage of social, civic and economic opportunities by accessing the digital town square of the 21st century.From OneCommunity, April 10, 2008
Cambria County Receives Innovation AwardThe Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania honored seven organizations and two individuals for their professional accomplishments and innovation at their 16th Annual Awards Gala held at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.From Press Release, April 09, 2008
Study Gives High Marks to U.S. InternetContradicting earlier studies, conventional wisdom and politicians' rhetoric, European researchers say that the Internet infrastructure of the United States is one of the world's best and getting better.From The New York Times, April 09, 2008
Workers, Wi-Fi and Coffee Shops: The Perfect BlendA quarter of workers now take advantage of wi-fi hotspots, working remotely from a coffee shop at least one day per week to escape the interruptions of the office.From Silicon.com, April 09, 2008
FCC Standard: 768 Kbps Still Isn't Enough"As one example, the FCC used to call broadband anything that was 200 kb/s or faster," Kelly said. "Now they have come up with new measurements (768 kb/s to 1.5 Mb/s), but I would argue that those are really definitions that are two to three years old."From Telephony Online, April 07, 2008
Sprint's WiMAX Service Expected by Autumnprint Nextel Corp.''s delayed April launch of its initial Xohm WiMax markets comes down to a lack of backhaul horsepower. Vendors expect that Sprint could have WiMax services up and running by autumn.From LightReading, April 07, 2008
Google Weighs In on U.S. Wireless NetworksGoogle Inc confirmed on Thursday it had been an active bidder in recent U.S. auctions for licenses to create a national wireless network and that it will weigh in as regulators set new rules.From eWeek.com, April 07, 2008


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I heard the Admins won't be upgrading to vBulletin 5.0 any time soon. They'll probably skip 5.0 and go to the next available version. Not completely sure.
V5 looks decent...!
I prefer the old vb. =/
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I prefer the old vb. =/
Me and you bro.
I was looking at some old screenshots on my harddrive, and I must say, VB4's layout is much better than that of VB3.
However, Versuvio isn't upgrading to VB5 anytime soon, and just from looking at the VB5 screenshots, you can probably tell why.
If it is in the future, Versuvio will announce it. But don't keep your hopes up high.
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Last week on Google Earth Blog we…
- Looked at the excellent 3D campus at the University of Alberta.
- Showed you some ways to track the Transit of Venus.
- Told you about Google's upcoming "Next Dimension of Google Maps" event.
- Discussed all of the great new things unveiled at the event, including a whole new way to generate 3D buildings and terrain.
- Showed you the innovative ways that G Element is using Street View to validate their 3D models.
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Skip to comments.Internet Explorer 9 hammers rivals in download blocking test
Posted on 07/18/2011 8:39:44 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
The in-house reputation system used in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is markedly superior at blocking social-engineering attacks than the Google equivalent used by Chrome, Firefox, Apples Safari, an independent test by NSS Labs has found.
Rating the browsers against a sample set of European malware URLs over 19 days in April, IE 8 achieved a mean block rate of 90 percent, leaving Chrome 10, Firefox 4 and Safari 5 in the dust on 13 percent each. Opera, which uses technology from antivirus company AVG, came in last on 5 percent.
When assessing IE 9 with application filtering turned on, the results were even more dramatic, taking that version to a mean blocking rate of 100 percent.
Internet Explorers positive showing appears to be thanks to two embedded technologies; Smartscreen URL Filter, a cloud-based system that checks URLs against a master database. This is present in both IE 8 and 9 and seems to work more or less identically in both.
In addition, IE 9 has added a second system, SmartScreen Application Reputation which on the basis of this test offers browser users a remarkably effective level of download block protection. Chrome, Firefox and Safari all use a rival URL checking system, Googles Safe Browser Feed, which as previous NSS Labs tests have suggested, is now falling some way behind.
The significance of Microsofts new application reputation technology cannot be overstated. Application Reputation is the first attempt by any vendor to create a definitive list of every application on the Internet, the authors conclude.
Browsers provide a layer of protection against socially-engineered malware, in addition to endpoint protection products; as this report shows, not all are created equal. The overall lower protection offered by Firefox, Safari, and Chrome is concerning.
An extra but important dimension also tested was the average response time to block malware, basically the time it took each browser to add a problem site to the block list once it had been fed in to the test by NSS Labs.
Again, IE 9 with Application Reputation enabled gained a perfect score, adding a site without any delay, the only browser to manage such a feat. Interestingly, however, without the Application layer, IE 8 and 9 sank down the table, taking nearly 14 and 16 hours respectively, behind Safaris five hours, Chromes nearly seven hours, and Firefoxs 8 hours.
Block time is worth paying attention to because the longer protection takes to be activated, the longer the window of possible exposure.
The limitation of the report is that it is only measuring one dimension of the threat users face when using browsers, that of attacks where the user can be tricked - socially-engineered in security parlance - into downloading malware. This compares with what are called drive-by attacks that seek to exploit specific vulnerabilities in software and which require no user intervention.
Which is more dangerous is a matter of debate although NSS Labs references a separate study by AVG that found socially-engineered attacks to be the most likely way for malware to find its way on to a users PC.
A social engineering attack has the advantage that it recruits the user to agree to a download event thereby potentially bypassing Windows controls such as User Access Control (UAC) and even the warnings of antivirus software. A drive-by attack, especially one manipulating a zero-day flaw, can sneak on to the PC without any of these defences being aware but requires more engineering effort to work.
The claim that socially-engineered attacks are the more significant doesnt entirely accord with the admittedly patchy evidence that exists on the subject.
A recent and revealing assessment by Qualys using its Browsercheck tool found that large numbers of browser users routinely run out-of-date plug-ins for interfaces such as Flash Adobe Reader and especially Java. Many of these have significant flaws that can be attacked by drive-by exploits.
It could be that both sides of this coin social-engineering attacks and drive-by attacks are equally perilous but in different ways.
A final qualification is that the test was conducted on Firefox 4, since supplanted by the rapid-development replacement, version 5.0, likewise Google Chrome, which has reached version 13. The URL-filtering systems used by these are, however the same as in the previous versions so would be unlikely to make a difference to their blocking performance.
Tech Ping Please.
Since Safari was mentioned I thought I'd ping you as well, but not really a direct apple topic. Your call if you want to ping the apple list.
It sounds like IE is the browser for those stupid enough to click on every link and popup that presents itself on the screen.
Curious that they used the most recent version of IE against an older version of Firefox. Firefox 5.0, the current version, is reputed to have improved security features.
This sounds like another Microsoft sponsored test from these people.. similar to their LAST test that said somethign similar. Just because a company calls themselves the "leading trusted independent authority" don't make it so. These guys are shills for M$. I'm sticking to Google with Adblock and Noscript add-ons. I've not had a single problem for years with this combo.
Firefox 5 came out a couple of weeks ago and the article said they ran the comparison in April. You can't compare what isn't there yet.
It says at the end. FF 5 was still in beta at the time of the test.
So, 95% of Internet users...;)
If you can't win in one category, find a category you can rank #1!
probably because the test was set before they could get firefox 5. Isn't FF5 fairly new? But the article does address that and says ff5 uses the same engine for this feature.
I resemble that remark!!! [smile]
To echo Oddball from Kelly's Heroes ...
"Oh, man, I just ride in 'em. I don't know what makes 'em work ..."
They suck at brainwashing the ecosystem, so the had to find something else.
Got any proof or are you just saying that to make IE inferior in your mind?
But even if they are shills it still doesn't dismiss their findings.
Rule #1 of the internet is that you never, ever download an application that a web-site says you should, such as those pop-ups that say your computer has been infected with a virus.
That's social engineering. The claims here are that IE9 is the best at blocking a socially engineered application after you've clicked the "Yes" button to have such an application "scan your computer for viruses".
So, the "New and Improved" IE9 is supposed to save stupid people from themselves.
My two cents on this issue:
I am a firm believer that the best way to protect your computer and yourself from viruses, malware, phishing scams and other general internet nastiness, is to think twice before clicking on ANY unknown link.
This even includes email from trusted friends and family, especially the sort of email that has a chain of addresses a mile long (I never click on anything in these messages). This general rule also applies to any email from a bank, any website where you might have an account (Hotmail, Google, Yahoo, etc.), your favorite web store, or ANYTHING else that informs you that you need to update your information by clicking on a link from the email.
By being sensible and careful, along with using a good anti-virus/internet security software package, you have a much better chance to avoid these problems.
I wonder whether they were actually blocked, or if they just hadn't opened by the time the test concluded. 19 days isn't a lot of time for ie to open many pages.
IE isn't inferior in my mind, it is inferior in fact. Anyone can cherry pick results to make a report say anything they want, especially with the testing is sponsored by the guy who you determine is the best. Ask any serious web programmer and you'll find it fairly consistent that IE does not
1 - comply with standards
2 - is highly inefficient with rendering Javascript
3 - tries to set their own standards in order to make others comply with them.
Here's a related article which is a little less biased than the press release.
Correct. That's the tough thing MS has to fix. They can't hide behind low number of users to keep from being socially engineered. Max OSX had the luxury of hiding for years, but now they are more popular so they too are getting attacked. The dumb user is the biggest problem, but the dumb user only hears Mac is secure that virus won't run on a Mac. So they buy a mac and they have the same issue.
To protect their market Microsoft HAS to protect the dumb user from themselves. Me I never had an issue with IE and Windows, but then again I'm not a dumb user. But I've had many dumb users ask me to fix their stuff.
IE9 is considered more HTML5 compliant than Chrome or Firefox (last I heard). I know there is some dispute over these findings, but http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ie9_outperforms_other_browsers_for_html5_complianc.php but still you can't deny IE9 isn't taking HTML5 seriously.
IE9 also blocks all of my legitimate downloads, my banking site and most PDF downloads.
Browsers leapfrog for compatibility, stability, security, speed and malware detection. IE 9 is definitely better than the past versions of IE.
Still not enough to have me switch back.
Really? It hasn't blocked any of mine. And I go to several banking sites, BA, Chase, Citi, USAA, Wells Fargo, etc...
Yes, ING Bank.
Frustrating. It doesn't work on my iPad (Safari) either.
I have to go to FF to make a transfer. [Safari classic on my iPad also crashes Google Adsense reports.]
There have been a few other transactional or interactive sites where IE has failed me but I cannot recall any of the URIs at the moment.
Also Standard Bank doesn't work for me with IE9 either.
I just did the standard bank one...and it *appeared* to work for me. I did have to put it in compatibility mode though. CLick the little broken page at the right of the address bar by the refresh symbol.
I'll try that tomorrow when I'm back on my own PC.
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disturbed and godsmack...music for people who don't want to be challenged. similar to bands like nickelback, which is music for people who dont actually like music, but dont realize it.
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The always on time and non-procrastinating Masterguy checks back a week later for his review of Mayhem Fest 2011
Well let me start off the review by saying that Mayhem Festival will always be close to my heart. In 2008 it was my very first metal concert ever and it was a dream come true. It was the same year I got into metal through Disturbed and Slipknot(Who were also my favorite bands at the time) and like 2 months later I find out they are BOTH headlining a festival together, it was like a sign that this was meant to be. Thankfully, two of my best friends got into metal through the same bands at the same time(Unfortunately one now listens to Korean/Japanese Pop and the other to electronic music with the occasional metal ) and we all decided to buy seats and go to it 3 years ago. While I'm not here to review that show, I'm just showing that Mayhem Festival means a lot to me and I will be attending every year no matter how bad or expensive it is
Now to the initial review, my review style goes from band to band and short things that happened in between that made the experience better/worse.
So we got to the door around 1:00 and the doors were to open at 1:30 so we had to wait in the line to get in for about 30 minutes. In those 30 minutes I noticed a lot of people wearing Suicide Silence, Godsmack, and Disturbed shirts, which I had a feeling would be bad considering these guys were obviously here for the worst bands of the tour. Regardless I entered and walked over to the where the side stages were. While me and my group walked around and looked at shit and then a local band(Must. Not. Kill.) came on and well, they were good for a local band, hell they even had some great pits. I was pretty impressed but I don't really dig their music too much. Soon after them I went in the line early for the free Machine Head Signing at the Rockstar booth at 2:30. From there I heard Straight Line Stitch from the line and while they weren't so bad musically, HOLY FUCK DID THE VOCALIST SOUND FUCKING AWFUL. Like honestly those were the worst vocals I have EVER heard in a live setting and I've seen Emmure! Unfortunately Machine Head didn't come at 2:30 as planned so I had to view Red Fang from the tent(thankfully the stage was right in front of the stage they were playing) and well they sounded great live, just like on record, if anything better! Too bad it didn't look like the crowd knew them well or anything. So right about as they stopped playing, Machine Head finally came and I met everyone and even got a picture with Rob!
After that it was about time I ran over to the Revolver Stage for the next band....
All Shall Perish
I love these guys on record and all but something honestly seemed missing from their performance. I think they were one of those bands that just seemed tired from the whole festival and were ready to go home. They just didn't seem that into it and the crowd knew them and all but showed no energy, which was kind of annoying. There was some hardcore dancers and some moshers in the pits which was just annoying cause if you wanted to mosh you had to beware of being hit in the face by the hxc kids. Overall everything did sound tight, but the energy was just lacking. Oh well, hopefully they come back here soon to a better crowd and hopefully not as tired!
After these guys it was back to Jagermiester stage to see...
Kingdom of Sorrow
Wow, these guys proved to me once again, Jamey Jasta is one of the best frontmen in metal! He really gets a crowd moving and while I might not be the biggest fan of their music, they sounded so good live and from what Jamey said this was their last show in a long, long time so they really gave it their all and I was glad to see them!
Now running back to the Revolver stage for this forums favorite band,
Suicide Silence
No but in all seriousness this was my 3rd time seeing these guys and I really didn't have much of a interest. I still enjoy their music but they just didn't do it for me this time, they sounded all heavy and br00tal and stuff, but I guess that shit doesn't do it for me anymore. For some reason I still enjoy their recordings, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for them that day. Looking back on it their performance was better than a 5.5 but still. On the bright side their new songs sound MUCH better live than studio.
Now back to one of the bands I was excited for....
These guys sound so great live and were just great overall. They had the energy, got the crowd moving, and more importantly played their music very well. Unfortunately I left a little early to secure a spot for the band I was there for...
Holy fuck, It seemed like the whole crowd was there for Machine Head because I've never seen a crowd get so crazy. Every time there was a chance everyone would yell MACHINE FUCKING HEAD! MACHINE FUCKING HEAD! Rob loved the crowd, I loved the crowd, everyone loved this crowd. Not to mention the band sounded PERFECT and gave it their all for the last fucking show on the Mayhem Festival. It was my first time seeing them and I had high expectation but they EXCEEDED all the expectations I had for them. I didn't see the pit but I could sure as hell tell, people were loosing their god damn minds. Hell during Aesthetics of Hate when the song kicked in a pit formed right by me next to the rail and it was intense as fuck. There was crowd surfers constant through their set as well. Their set may have been 5 songs and about 35 minutes long but holy shit it was the most perfect 35 minute long set I've experienced. Not to mention the highlight of the day, right before Halo it began POURING rain and I mean the ground was practically flooding but no one gave a shit, hell the crowd started a FUCK THE RAIN chant and we were all loving it. Right then they kicked into Halo which has always been one of my least favorites from The Blackening(which isn't saying much) but after hearing it live I know love it. Also when they began the solo for Halo lightning struck followed by the big BOOM of the thunder making it all the more perfect. It was such a good show and I'm so glad I didn't miss this, cause it was just so fucking perfect the rest of the day just couldn't compare.
Post-Machine Head
They had delayed the main stage till the rain stopped. We were all hiding under whatever we could find and thats when I realized holy fuck my phone and my joints were in my pocket. I took them out and saw my phone wasn't working and my joints were fucked (the next day my phone began working though ) I was pretty upset but the fact that I saw Machine Head like that more made up for it.
So then the rain stopped and the lawn was open for the first main stage act to come on...
I really, really like Trivium and all, but they just aren't main stage material. i was so bored watching them from the lawn on the main stage I left to get a pipe for my weed since my joints got fucked. They sounded great musically and it was a home show so they gave it their all, but it would have been 1000000x better on a side stage. So just because of the main stage, my first Trivium experience was a lack luster one. Can't wait till they come back here in a club headlining though
30 minutes later the next performance came on...
After a full-of-win speech by the guy who runs Mayhem Festival about how Dave is a legend everyone was pumped to see Megadeth! They came on and even though they only played 7 songs or so, they kicked fucking ass! I didn't really like them last time I saw them cause Dave sounded horrible vocally but this time he sounded perfect and he really sounded amazing with an injury! This show gave me a lot of respect for Dave and I hope he comes back sounding like this on a headlining tour
Then it was time for the next two bands. Since none of my group cared for them, we went to the back in a secluded spot and me and one of my other friends took a few hits(weed). We weren't high but we had a good buzz. Suddenly sound and lights turned on and the sound of Sully's voice came on...
Well these guys are really energetic and really sound just like on record...
Seriously I was buzzed and their music STILL sounded all a like. I was really bored no matter how much energy they had, so I just couldn't like them. Sorry all you people saying Godsmack will change me when I see them live, THEY DIDN'T. I only like 1 or 2 songs by them and I enjoyed those songs, but other than that nothing. The only fun thing was that me and my friend started a mosh pit that started with us two and ended with like 10 people
After Godsmack left me and my friend finished all my weed and we were really, really high and more importantly ready for the next band...
*warning this review was written by someone who was under the influence during the performance, therefor you may or may not get the same experience*
Like dude this shit was so trippy, Disturbed was like OH AH AH AH and I was like whoa man, why you gotta be yelling like a monkey and shit... your not a monkey... your a metal vocalist. But then I realized they had a song about being an animal so I just assumed like the singer's parents were Apes or he was raised by apes. Like that movie Tarzan, that movie was good and shit.... what was I talking about? Oh yeah Disturbed, they had like good vocals and a cool video background so it was chilll.... yeaahhhh...
No, but in all seriousness Disturbed got me into metal and they were one of the first metal bands I saw live and they always have a special place in my heart. David sounded very good live, regardless of the fact he has been sounding off a lot recently. Their video in the background was really cool and went with the performance(though sometimes it was distracting). The instrumentals were all spot on and they just sounded great throughout. Considering this could be their last show in America in a long time, they really did give it their all and I may have been high but it seemed like David was thanking the crowd a lot and went on a huge speech about us fans and shit. Overall they were good and fun
Overall Mayhem Festival was a fun day and considering I got in for 20$ it was well worth the price! I can't wait till next year and hopefully the line up is better than this year
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#31581 - 06/12/01 12:34 PM Re: Pictures
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I have one of those scanners that came with the computer package. Tried reading manual ... HA! ... so far have gotten one picture into the computer ... no idea how to send a photo onward. Ohhh, maybe my cyber cafe ???? !!!
And if I have success and it scares you to death , well, you asked, nay, begged for it.
Just as an aside, a friend recently returned from a trip to Italy where he asked about availability of Internet Cafes only to discover from an Italian that in Italy the public access places are called Internet Points ... in case you're travelling.
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#31583 - 06/12/01 05:11 PM Re: And They're Off!
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Luddite Unite!-- Actually getting a digital pix is not all that hard--or expensive.
Take a picture with your favorite camera (a disposable, a 35 mm single lens, a PHD camera (push here dummy--automatic) using you favorite film (the ones on sale!) and then take them to any reasonable place-- your local photo shop, Costco, Kmart, Walmart..
and for an extra $5 (US) get the entire roll on Disks! (usually 2 floppys for a roll of 24--) for $10 you can get a CD cut-- but i usually find i don't really want to save all of the photos--only about half-- so why pay more? Its easier to edit floppies.
Each floppy come with a "Kodak Photo viewer" so you can see "thumbnails" (small images that load super fast-) and then click on the thumbnail for a full size image.
the kodak disk images (JPEG's) are easy to use-- and you just "Mail" them like any other attachment--(use the Paperclip icon... look on A: (your floppy..) and your on your way!
the same images can be used for "wallpaper" or screen saver images...
the real trick is to be in front of the camera!
Max's new web site has a "mail to" option.. you can mail your photo to him...
If you need more detail directions--send me a PM (meanwhile, i have spend all my time behind the camera-- so I don't have any ready images.. but I bet Max could find one.. (hint-- there are image of me posted elsewhere on the net--not my doing.. I did mention my son was a webmaster didn't i? and he is not the only one who has plastered my face in cyber space.-- really does any one need that?)_________________________
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#31584 - 06/12/01 08:25 PM Re: And They're Off!
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Great site, Max! My Netscape gets it fine! Curious how often the images we create through the personalities we sense through the interaction of words seem to resemble reality quite closely in most cases..."in most cases" being my safety valve here! (Watching Sir Paul McCartney on Larry King right now, God I'm getting old) Of course, my present state of computer savvy doesn't permit me to contribute just yet (thanks, of troy, for rendering that last excuse irrelevant with your crash cyber-photo course! ). But, of course, I could never go before Jackie posts hers! (there's my out!)
#31585 - 06/13/01 03:45 AM Re: And They're Off!
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I could never go before Jackie posts hers!
To put words into Jackie's mouth (or PC or whatever):
"I'll get my picture took just as soon as I can find the bow to my cupid costume, sweetie!"
Now don't disappoint us Jackie!
#31586 - 06/13/01 01:57 PM Re: What about Jackie!
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Great pic, Jackie!
#31587 - 06/13/01 02:03 PM Re: What about Jackie!
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#31588 - 06/13/01 02:08 PM Re: What about Jackie!
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>Great pic, Jackie!
just to save everyone else the trouble: Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
#31589 - 06/13/01 05:42 PM Re: What about Jackie!
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shall no man see me, and live.
C'mon Jackie, double dare you twice over ...
Enough of this false modesty!
If I can brave the "exposure" so can you.
And we will all see you through the eyes of love.
And Mav, now that you've had your lil' joke ...???
No guts, no glory!
#31590 - 06/13/01 06:07 PM Re: What about Jackie! Anonymous
If I can brave the "exposure" so can you.
ohhh, does this mean we can expect to see you up there soon, wow?
and mav, i'm with wow. let's have it!!
besides, those onion things frighten me, and not just because i'm probably the only one here who still doesn't get the joke)
ps: anna~ hubba hubba... were you the driving force behind the change? the funhouse image was cool and all, but clarity becomes him =)
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The court held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act forbids the administration from forcing Hobby Lobby -- an arts-and-crafts chain owned by evangelical Christians -- to cover contraceptives that its owners object to on religious grounds (specifically, four drugs that it believes act as abortifacients).
If you don't see the anti-women agenda at work in this decision, you aren't as discerning as the hysterics on the left who point out, accusingly, that the five justices in the majority are all men. QED.
Sen. Harry Reid, displaying his unfailing instinct for the inane, tweeted, "It's time that five men on the Supreme Court stop deciding what happens to women." The majority leader seems to believe that the court was deliberating in the case of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. v. The Fate of Women's Freedom in the United States.
The ruling was quite limited. It didn't strike down the contraception mandate, which represents a sweeping extension of government power. The decision only says that the mandate can't apply to Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations that oppose it on religious grounds.
Of course, Hobby Lobby doesn't have the power to deny its employees the drugs it finds objectionable, nor does it claim such a power. Women who work for the company can buy them on their own. For that matter, Hobby Lobby doesn't claim the right to stop them from having abortions. The women who work for Hobby Lobby have exactly as much "choice" now as they did prior to the decision.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress in the 1990s with large bipartisan majorities, created a broad protection for religious liberty. It says that government can't create a substantial burden on someone's exercise of religion unless it is using the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest. The court held that there are less restrictive means for the government to get women the drugs in question.
The left can't get its head around the idea that the law or the Constitution sometimes limits the means whereby it seeks to achieve its ends. The left doesn't really do law. It often doesn't even do reasoning. It does bullying and demagoguery. In the argument over Hobby Lobby, it has brought the logic of the "war on women" -- its shameless smear job -- to the Supreme Court.
There are numerous lawful ways around the Hobby Lobby decision. If it wants to get at the root of the matter, Congress can carve out an exception from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for the contraception mandate, or repeal the act in its entirety. Surely, if liberal lions like Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton had foreseen how the act would eventually get in the way of the left's coercive cultural agenda, they never would have supported it.
But finding a way to eviscerate or kill the act is for another day. For now, inveighing against the sexist Supreme Court is the priority.
– Guest editorial by
Rich Lowry, editor, National Review
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forget jorts.
this guy is the next Matrix
the white matrix...heh, maybe we'll just call him Neo.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Knicks have two guaranteed roster spots to fill before opening night on Nov. 1 against the Nets.
One of them is likely for Rasheed Wallace. Could the other go to John Shurna?
Shurna's almost mirror image, Steve Novak, is a strong believer that it should.
"He's done a great job at camp," Novak told ESPNNewYork.com after practice on Friday. "He's approached it the right way. He's got a motor on him. He just moves, moves, moves, always trying to get open, always trying to wear the defense down and he shoots the ball so well. I'm obviously biased, but I feel like there's a place for him somewhere. I hope this year with us. He's going to be able to play for a long time."
Shurna has approached training camp the right way because he knows who's the boss, the defensive-minded Mike Woodson. Shurna has been occasionally assigned to Carmelo Anthony during 5-on-5 scrimmages and he hasn't backed down, getting right up in his grill and even forcing a couple of turnovers -- one of which led to a one-man fastbreak dunk.
While Shurna gets a lot of attention for his 3-point shooting (44.0 percent his senior year at Northwestern), he's underrated athletically. He can run the wing, hang with the speedy Raymond Felton and take off far from the basket. In fact, he won a dunk title in high school, which Novak didn't even realize.
"Did he? I love it," he said. "I think he definitely is stronger than he looks, and he gets his hands on rebounds and stuff like that. He's a good player. There's a spot for him, there's no doubt about that."
Novak said he has shot around the 3-point line with Shurna, and has taken the 22-year-old under his wing. Novak recalls what it was like to be in Shurna's shoes years ago.
"I think more than anything, I know that he looks at where I am, being in the league my seventh year," he said. "I remember being where he was that first year in camp, and coming out and trying to find your way. I hope it's good for him to see that I'm still here, that I found a place, because when I was his age, you just pray that there's a spot for you. I just tell him keep working, this is your window, just stay focused. He's done a good job."
Shurna said "it's been great" to learn from Mr. Discount Triple Check, and he's ecstatic about being in New York.
"I thought it was a great opportunity with a great organization in a great city," he told ESPNNewYork.com recently. "This is an opportunity of a lifetime. I'm happy to have the Knicks jersey on the front."
While Shurna went undrafted this summer because he wasn't viewed as a strong defender nor someone who could create much off of the dribble, he's lights out and explosive in the paint. And every team could always use another stretch four.
John Shurna could be this season's Josh Harrellson, a last-man bench guy who could become a fan favorite for his hot shooting and hustle plays -- and some highlight moments for punctuation.
Who wants a defensive underachieving stretch 4?
Wait, something about this seems awfully familiar.
forget jorts.
this guy is the next Matrix
the white matrix...heh, maybe we'll just call him Neo.
Is Novak biased because Shurna is a fellow white man...and how do you spell Shurnasanity?
Do it! Hes young, has size and seems to be pretty versatile. We desperately need a young energy player thats taller than 6'8'' which he is so this is perfect. Because while our young core players are all in their prime, if we get any injuries to our front court we are OLD. And if its for a long stretch of games we can't afford to have our older guys playing a lot of minutes. He seems like hes exactly what we need.
I'd like to see the Knicks find a way to keep Shurna and Copeland. Can never have enough shooting...Still don't know why James White was given guaranteed money. He should've been placed in the same boat as some of these other guys -- non-guaranteed/make good training camp contract. I certainly understand the need for a little more 2G depth, but why James White? What the hell has that guy ever done?? What skills does he hang his hat on exactly? Not exactly known for his shooting or for being some great defender. He's known for his youtube dunks...What else? I don't get it. Is the overall skill really there? Enough to warrant a roster spot at a guaranteed $855K? Why doesn't this guy have to earn it like these other non-guarantee invitees??
If Ronnie Brewer's ready, maybe we should cut James White and take Shurna and Copeland, esp. if White hasn't shown anything in training camp (White wasn't a standout at all in SL -- Copeland, meanwhile, was and Shurna is playing real well in training camp). Even if Ronnie's a week or two away to open the season, maybe they can get away with JR backed up by Kidd... Hey, if Shurna's really opening eyes in training camp, maybe they look at him as a stretch 4 & he winds up making it over Sheed. Who knows..I thought Shurna was a straight up 3, but the dude is 6'9" and he can shoot it...That's the very definition of a stretch 4. Plus the kid has other intangibles (hustler, nose for the ball, motor, passing, etc.). Woody's gonna have a tough call for the last cut.
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Wow his shot is sooo ugly. Looks like Kevin Martin's.
Seems promising though. Teams can always use high energy shooters.
Seems to have a more complete O game than Novakaine. Those vids of him at least show him driving the lane which you never see Novak do. I hope he makes the team and we keep him, getting all these vets at an age where 99% of players are retiring not trying to win a championship sucks to me.
He still got 3 preseason to show set his skills.
He need to show the offense can thru him, which is his strong point. Maybe he needs to start talking to Pablo about his offensive tendency . I believe copeland got to show set his skills because he's familiar communicating to international players.
Even though , plays are not designated for him. He still have a face with a pg to set him up.
Looks like there wont be a spot for Shurna. Hes a poor mans Novak, not even. Copeland has the last spot on lock
Shurna is a mess. Dude's barely D League.


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Mr. DeLeon was born Sept. 2, 1925, in Bee County to Simon Sr. and Rojelia Ramos DeLeon. He worked as a farm hand.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sisters, Adelfa (Eleno) Duenes and Aurora (Adolfo) Trevino, both of Pawnee; three brothers, Reynaldo DeLeon of Kyle, Domingo (Juanita) DeLeon and Juan (Lupe) DeLeon, both of Pawnee; a son, Arturo "Lupe" DeLeon of Hobson; one grandchild, Ashley DeLeon; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A memorial service is planned for a later date.
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Chad Johnson
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - AUGUST 11: In this handout photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Chad Johnson is seen in a police booking photo at Broward County Sheriff's Office on August 11, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Johnson was arrested on a domestic violence charge following accusations that he had head-butted his wife. (Credit: Broward County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 16: Actor George Clooney (C) and U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) (L) are arrested by members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy March 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Activists, Congressional members, human rights and faith leaders participated in a civil disobedience to protest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashirâs blockading of food and humanitarian aid for a half a million people in Sudan's Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions. (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Snoop Dogg
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MIke Tyson
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Peewee Herman
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James Franco
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Hugh Grant
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Steve Austin
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50 Cent
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Mel Gibson
LOS ANGELES – JULY 28: In this Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking photo, actor Mel Gibson has his police mug shot taken July 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Gibson was arrested July 28, 2006 for drunk driving after he was caught speeding and had a blood alcohol reading of 0.12 percent according to authorities. (Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Getty Images)
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
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Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars was allegedly found in a bathroom at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a bag of cocaine.
Randy Quaid
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Peravel Beach Holiday Home
Peravel is a very homely and comfortable resort, situated on a quiet village lane, just a one minute stroll from the beautiful beaches of Candolim and Siquerim and numerous beach shacks. It is also within walking distance of the restaurant and the shopping area.
Peravel is known for its cleanliness and friendly atmosphere. We offer self contained rooms with an attached bathroom which has hot and cold shower/bath, twin beds and individual balcony. We also provide a roof top terrace with lawn chairs for sun bathing, a self contained bar and a large lawn space where breakfast is served.
cleaning along with linen change will be done very 3 days
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
B&B Facilities & Policies
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Facilities
- No Curfew
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Transfer times to Peravel from the following locations:
Dabolim airport 50km
Margao railway station 55km
Karmali railway station 35 km
Tivim railway station 15 km
Panaji bus terminal 12 km
On arrival at any terminal or station a hired taxi will bring you to Peravel. It is a well know property in Candolim and is found opposote the government primary school, close to Fort Aguada
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