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SPRINGFIELD -February 1, 2002 -- The State Board of Education
accepted the resignation of Superintendent Ernest R. Wish
at a special meeting today after he declined to end a consulting
agreement with an outside client, it was announced.
"The state superintendent can work only for the school
children and taxpayers of Illinois," said Ronald J. Gidwitz,
board chairman. "We are satisfied that that Mr. Wish's
consulting arrangement violates no laws, but the board feels
there can't be any question in the public's mind about whether
a state superintendent has divided loyalties," he said.
The Board also appointed its general counsel, Respicio Vazquez,
as State Superintendent to serve until a permanent one is
found. A replacement for Vazquez as counsel will be named.
The consulting contract in question is with Near North Insurance
of Chicago, where Wish served as an unpaid member of the company's
executive committee and as a paid consultant to the chairman,
Michael Segal.
"This is an unfortunate but necessary step," Gidwitz
said. "Ernie Wish has made an extraordinary contribution
to this agency in two months' time. He is responsible for
setting in motion a reorganization plan that will result in
a more efficient operation and better service to school districts.
Further, he has given the agency a new sense of what is possible
to achieve. We are endlessly grateful to him for that work.
"At the same time, his prior commitment to the outside
client makes it impossible for him to remain in this public
Miscommunication between himself and Wish lead to the issue
remaining unresolved until now, Gidwitz said.
He outlined this chronology:
In late November, Wish told an ISBE attorney during a routine
pre-employment interview about the existence of the consulting
In the context of drawing up a contract with Wish, General
Counsel Vazquez brought the matter to Gidwitz' attention in
mid-December. At that time, Gidwitz spoke with Wish and believed
Wish had agreed to end the consulting arrangements.
Wish told him he intended to work "at least 60 hours"
a week as superintendent, Gidwitz said, and Gidwitz took that
to mean Wish would not have time to do outside work. In fact,
Wish later said, he always meant to continue his consulting
That became clear the first week in January when Vazquez
attempted to complete the contract with Wish and found the
consulting issue unresolved.
In subsequent days, Gidwitz, Wish and Vazquez discussed the
matter numerous times, with Gidwitz setting today as the deadline
for Wish to agree to end the consulting agreement or resign
as superintendent. The full board accepted that action this
The planned announcement of phase two of the agency re-organization
plan will go forward as scheduled on Monday, February 4,"
Gidwitz said.
"The Board strongly supports streamlining the agency.
We believe the reorganization will improve services to local
schools. We are committed to moving full speed ahead toward
our goals for helping all students achieve the Illinois Learning
Standards," he said.
"Mr. Vazquez has been closely involved with the development
of the reorganization plan and the Board has complete confidence
in him and the agency's core management team to carry it out,"
he said.
Res Vazquez is the General Counsel of the Illinois State
Board of Education. He represents the State Board of Education
in all legal matters.
Mr. Vazquez is a graduate of DePaul University of Chicago
where he earned his Juris Doctor and Bachelors of Science
in Commerce and Business Administration. Mr. Vazquez background
experience includes the following:
1987-88 he was an Assistant Attorney at the Illinois
Attorney Generals Office;
1989-92 Mr. Vazquez served as Assistant Attorney at the
Chicago Board of Education;
1992-1998 he served as Associate General Counsel at City
Colleges of Chicago; and
1998-2000 Mr. Vazquez served as General Counsel at the
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McDONALDâS BETSY RAWLS GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
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July 26-29, 2004
MALVERN, Pa. â Julieta Granada of Asunción, Paraguay, continued her phenomenal season by leading the McDonaldâs Betsy Rawls Girls Championship after the first round at White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pa. With an even-par 71, the first-team Rolex Junior All-American holds a one-stroke lead over Grace Woo of Burbank, Calif.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the 54-hole stroke-play invitational event is being held at the newly renovated White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pa., home of the LPGAâs McDonaldâs Classic from 1981-1986. The event features 83 girls from 24 states, Canada and Paraguay who were invited based on past top national junior golf tournament finishes.
The tournament, one of two girls-only AJGA majors, brings 21 Rolex Junior All-Americans to the Philadelphia area, including Amanda Blumenherst of Scottsdale, Ariz., Julieta Granada of Asunción, Paraguay, Morgan Pressel of Boca Raton, Fla., and Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff of Toms River, N.J.
In the early afternoon, Granada and the rest of the field fought through a rain delay of almost three hours after heavy showers further heightened the difficulty of the course at White Manor.
âThe greens are hard, they are very hard to read,â Granada said. âWhenever I missed a green, it was just an automatic bogey.
âWhen I was on the green, I had some good putts for birdie, but I wasnât consistent during my round.â
Granadaâs first-round lead continues an impressive run of solid play in big-time events. The 17-year-old has already won two AJGA events this season, including the Rolex Girls Junior Championship. Last week, Granada outlasted Jane Park of Beaumont, Calif., in a 20-hole duel to win the U.S. Girls Junior Championship.
âThe whole school year I was working very hard on my swing,â Granada said. âIt was time to let my best game come out; Iâm hitting the ball really well.â
Woo sits alone in second with a one-over-par 72, a score she said was a success considering the conditions.
âThis is a really hard course and with the bad weather I think I did really well,â Woo said.
Rounding out the top-five are four players knotted at two-over-par 73: first-team Rolex Junior All-American Amanda Blumenherst of Scottsdale, Ariz., Megan Grehan of Mamaroneck, N.Y., Jennifer Osborne of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Catherina Wang of Orlando.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
Second-round tee times will begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday off the No. 1 tee. For more information about the McDonaldâs Betsy Rawls Girls Championship, please contact tournament headquarters at (610) 540-0275.
The Foundation
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Tea party supporters rally at the state Capitol
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's lieutenant governor told several thousand tea party supporters rallying outside the state Capitol Saturday that Wisconsin is the focus of the nation as the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker plays out.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch was the only politician to address the crowd. Walker and Kleefisch face a June 5 recall election. Organizers launched the recall drive after Walker signed legislation to curb collective bargaining rights for most public workers.
The Journal Sentinel says Kleefisch praised efforts by Walker and a Republican-led Legislature to cut the state budget deficit.
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defending the smokies as a fishery
talked to Darrell--he said catching 4" rainbows was not his thing--he fished tailwaters,10-15 inchers--trophy browns--I agreed-BUT Little River gives up Trophies,fish that will keep you coming back forever--besides I just like the place,the Smokies -the streams--thereis no reason to argue the betterness of one place opposed to another--if you measure the goodness of a fishing place by the weight of a stringer of stocked fishthen you may as well be buying them at Kroger,because they were not born in that place,so they are an artificial catch---kind of like kissing your sister--not much of a charge---
I don't have a sister so I'm not too sure what kissing her would be like
However, not all forms of fishing are for everyone. I have buddies who get a big charge out of tossing crank baits off the deck of a high powered bass boat. I know other guys who really enjoy globbing a hunk of stink bait on a hook and hauling in big catfish. I even have one friend who gets a kick out of chumming in a bunch of carp with corn and catching 40lb carp on ultralight spinning gear (he looses more than he brings in).
Personally, I would prefer to catch a 4" wild rainbow from a mountain stream than a larger stocked trout. However, I live an hour away from a stocked tailwater and 6 hours from the Smokies. The math is pretty simple regarding which I do most frequently.
To be very honest, my favorite fly fishing is going after bluegill. A hand sized bluegill on a 3wt rod is a hoot. For just plain good old fashioned fishing fun, it's hard to beat bluegill.
I don't really feel a need to defend or jcriticize any fishery. If someone has fun doing it and it's legal, more power to them. In the end, we're all pretty much the same, we're a bunch of people who love to fish, who get skunked more than we care to admit, and occassionally catch either a big fish or on those rare days a lot of fish just enough to keep us chasing the dragon and coming back.
If everyone liked the same style of fishig, the lake, stream, river, tailwater would become mighty crowded.
Yes, the Smokeis are special. The area is where I want to spend my days after I retire. I could wake up every morning for however many mornings the Lord is going to give me and be perfectly content looking out my window at these mountains. When the Lord does call me home (I hope many years from now), I'd be happy to be buried there.
Hey, I am easy. I think it is all good. Carp, Bluegill, Crappie, Bass, Saugeye, Bowfin, Trout, whatever, And I am a huge Catfish fan.
Mountain streams, ponds, big rivers, small rivers, creeks, lakes, tail waters, though the ice.
In the boondocks, downtown at the River Park, up the mountain.
Live bait, cut bait, lures, flys, liver, stink bait, soap, corn, dough balls, I have even used tin foil.
Fly rods, cat poles, bass sticks, cane poles, hand lines, ultralights.....
Wading, sitting, boating, floating.
Sun, rain, snow, tornado warning, fog, lightening, day, night, winter, summer, spring, and fall.
Catch them, not catch them, keep 'em, CPR 'em.
I am just a junkie, No such thing as bad fishing.
I have to admit that I agree with Marvin, although I have not tried all of his methods, yet.
But I am stuck on fly fishing for wild trout. I love the solitude of a mountain stream. Fishing with a bunch of people on a tailwater, or lake, can be fun, but I would rather only see the buddies I came to the hole with.
Any day fishing is better than any day doing something else.
Today I headed to Cosby (played hookey), then over to Tremont. Nothing is as cool as catching 7-9 inch brookies in a cramped and
b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l stream like Cosby Creek.
I've had 15-17 inch browns from the Little River,
Today I caught two of the largest 'bows I've ever caught in the park above the Institute (both 13 inches).
I've had 9" fish on the Holston and Clinch. Now that, on a large water, is tiny.
So, think of it in a relative manner. On a small stream, with a two weight, those "monster 13s" were, in fact, huge. On a tailwater, say the Clinch, those 13 inchers with a four weight are, well, 13 inchers.
I learned to fish in the GSMNP and I believe that set the bar. If I am successful in the park then I can be successful anywhere. And I have been (here I am ignoring the learning curve that any new water presents).
Ok, so there's my brief two cents. And wow, I rambled. But long story, I believe the GSMNP to be a wonderful fishery.
Well in my opinion for what it worth, as a person that enjoys several types of fishing from fishing bass tournaments, jig poling for big ole paper mouth's, role casting crickets for bream, diving down and wrestling big cats "noddling", bowfishing for monster gar and carp, to my newest addiction of fly fishing in the smokies. I think they are all different in there own right and have there place. I just moved up here about 4 weeks ago and spend at least 4 afternoons in the mountains chasing these trout through what I am convinced of is some of the most beautiful beautiful scenery that God created. Last weekend I took a trip up about two miles passed chimney tops and was in total awe of everything, the mountains, the scenery, the sound of the stream, and I couldn't stop thinking how truly blessed I am to even get to experience such an amazing feeling of peace, and solitude. As far as I am concerned nothing could come close to the aspect. But when I want to just hang out with some friends and through a few back while wetting a hook I would probably do some other kind of fishing.
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I love the smokies and will always consider it my "home waters" and my first love - my first trout were caught there and I will continue to fish it...but I think there is a place for tailwaters as well which provides a different experience and facet to our sport.
I think there is a big distinction between the "put and take" fish that are sometimes caught on tailwaters - the sizable fish already put in, most are dumb as a stick, somewhat unsightly with missing fins, dull coloration and are caught easily, ending up on the table....then there are the "residential" fish that are put into the system as fingerlings and naturalize as it were and become as wild as the conditions allow as they grow up into sizable, hardfighting and beautifully colored fish. Not only that,there are some spawning and are streamborn fish on some of these tailwaters - the SoHo namely has a natural brown spawning population and rumors of certain strain of bows on the Clinch...
Truth is, the only fish in the smokies native are the specs with bows and browns being introduced - supposedly there was a hatchery once where the chimneys picnic area is now....so I guess is all boils down to what floats each persons boat...I personally would take a high elevation spec over a Cherokee Dam cookie cutter 'bow, but man if you were to tie into a nice clinch brown, that is a blast no matter who you are...I'm finding out that pound for pound, its tough to beat a smallie on a fly - but now a close rival is a golden bone - soooo....the beauty is that there is somthing for everyone in the world of flyfishing and the common bond is that were all fisherman at heart who have the great freedom and priviledge here in East tn to explore and fish either freestone or man made water ways to have fun...
May you find a rise in every puddle... - WATERBORN
I disagree
I don't fish for carp with that nasty stuff THEY fish with---The "it's whatever turns you on man" stuff is what makes me love fly fishing that much more--I don't fish for catfish with balls of blood and gooh--I suggest you find that hot water,clouded with algae...don't cast--lower those catfish balls of bad odor into the water--maybe you'll catch a big one...
Truth is,fly fishing is hard to learn,you are in competion with zillions of insects for the right to catch a trout, we love and try to protect our good streams-- have read dozens of books on fly-fishing,fly fishing is how i have fished for 36 years--i have fished most of the streams of the smokies--the waters remain clear and cold-If you like catching carp and catfish in stagnant waters--good for you(do what ya godda do man!!!) but you will never be a member of OUR CLUB...NEVER
Come on now, put things into perspective....
I fish for trout in the mountains and in tailwaters, and I try to get as many trips out west as I can as well. I also ocassionally fish for warmwater species with the fly rod, but if my wife or dad is with me I will use spinning or baitcasting gear. Isn't it funny how most people think that where they fish or what they use is the hardest place and/or method.....I am typically a catch and release flyfisherman, but will keep some fish every once in a while if the wife requests it. And when I do it is usually warmwater fish since she doesn't like trout. I have seen people who typically fish the tailwaters get skunked in the mountains and vice versa. There are different approaches for each piece of water and if the fisherman is unable to adjust he will leave frustrated. Others say that tailwater fish are dumb and easy to catch, I have seen multiple reports on here from people (including myself) who didn't catch squat on the Clinch and South Holston. If somebody is accustomed to fishing the mountains and can't cast farther than 15' and uses 9' leaders while being stealthy will probably have less than satisfactory results on some of the more technical tailwaters. In contrast, if somebody who routinely fishes these technical tailwaters making long casts with 15' leaders and perfect drifts will have a hard time adjusting in the mountains. Each piece of water holds fish of different sizes. As somebody said earlier, catching 9" trout on the clinch does get old, but you must learn to change tactics/locations to focus on better quality fish. Hopefully the new slot limit will have the same results as what is seen on the SoHo. This simple lesson carries through in all types of fishing whether it be flyfishing, spinning, catfish, whatever. The way one person chooses to fish is their right, but we are all responsible for the maintenance and stewardship of the waters we love to fish. It is our duty to help to educate the youth of this wonderful resource we have and teach them to respect it and the fish that we all enjoy catching whether it is for food or fun......I look forward to teaching my son how to fish, and I would like to see him enjoy flyfishing. But teaching him that flyfishing is an elitist sport or club would be doing him a disservice.
I'm done now.
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Preach on Cheme. All types of fishing are fun. And fly fishing is not an elitist club.
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Consumer Reports just tested nearly 20 mini-fridges and found problems with almost all of them.
That's today's On Your Side. .
Lillian Mayer is packing up to go back to college. One of the most important items she takes with her is a mini-fridge for her dorm room. Lillian Mayer, "I use it mostly for milk, and then I also use it for jam or lettuce or study snacks." Consumer Reports just tested 19 mini-fridges, including ones from Danby, Haier, and Kenmore, to find out which ones do the best job of keeping your food cool. There are two basic types - ones that have a separate freezer compartment and ones that have the freezer inside the refrigerator section. Testers put thermocouples throughout the refrigerator section to measure the temperature. In the freezer section, thermocouples are put into packages of frozen spinach. Testers monitor how evenly each refrigerator maintains the temperature in both sections. "Inconsistent temperatures affected nearly every mini-fridge. In two-door models, the problem was worse in the refrigerator section, while in the other types it was an issue in the freezer." Testers use this audio sensor to measure how noisy each fridge is. Some are much louder than others. Energy efficiency is another area where testers found big differences. Dan DiClerico "Some of these compact refrigerators cost nearly as much to run as a full-sized model, even though they only have about a quarter of the space." In the end, Consumer Reports found most of the mini-refrigerators tested didn't perform well. But testers did find one to recommend. This Frigidaire costs 220 dollars and both the fridge and freezer sections keep their cool.
Consumer Reports says before you buy a mini-fridge for a dorm room, check the rules at your school.
Some colleges don't allow fridges, and others require that you rent them from the school itself. I'm Martha Koloski and that's today's On Your Side.
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Baltimore MD – New research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's Annual Meeting in Baltimore indicates that a high-fat diet, not just being obese, could impact fertility in both men and women.
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James Toner, MD, SART President remarked, "We appreciate Dr. Kushnir and his colleagues' sharing their analysis comparing the outcomes of cycles using frozen donor eggs with outcomes of fresh donor egg cycles.
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An Illinois court recently ruled that it was permissible to use pseudonyms to protect the identity of 40 plaintiffs in an ongoing malpractice case against an Illinois fertility center. Doe, et al. v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2014 IL App (1st) 140212 In 2013, Northwestern University reported a malfunction of its cryogenic tanks that stored sperm and testicular tissue specimens, which were cryopreserved by patients intending to use them for future fertility procedures. Many of the specimens were stored by patients who subsequently underwent treatment for diseases that rendered them unable to have biological children without the cryopreserved specimens. The malfunction resulted in the damage or complete loss of the specimens. Forty of the affected individuals filed this claim against the hospital, its faculty foundation, the cryotank manufacturer and the vendor companies involved in the maintenance of the croytanks.
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Belgian researchers have found that a triple-wash technique is effective for cleansing antral follicles (egg-containing cells) isolated from ovarian tissue contaminated with malignant cells, while maintaining the follicles' viability. This is an essential step in developing a process to preserve fertility for young girls who must undergo chemotherapy to treat childhood cancer, particularly leukemia.
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Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Glenn Langan – Lt. Col. Glenn Manning
Cathy Downs – Carol Forest
William Hudson – Dr. Paul Linstrom
Larry Thor – Maj. Eric Coulter, MD
I saw this film first as a young boy, on television, and it left a tremendous impression. I don't remember being frightened, exactly. I remember rather an odd feeling of oppression; of tragic, uncomfortable doom. A sense of sorrow for Manning. Certainly the stock footage of the Trinity detonation left its mark. A ton of fun also was the somehow thrilling, once-classified footage of test buildings being blown to dust in an atomic firestorm (the army set up mock buildings and towns at atomic test sites in the desert, complete with dressed manikins, in an effort to calculate the damage a nuclear strike might cause on Main Street, USA. The results were rather conclusive: Main Street, and all manikins within, will be returned to the atomic dust from whence they came).It isn't the violent nature of the imagery alone that does the trick (like the cool scene where Manning harpoons a doctor with an enormous syringe). Rather, the film is a dark, bleak, fevered dream – full of black corners, cold sweat, and sickening pain - a hidden noir in the silly science. The brief shots of a radiated Glenn Manning, lying on the surgical table covered in the remnents of hairless, pustulant flesh, might have come straight from the Hiroshima documents. Terribly effective are the sequences of corpulent, waxy Manning, bathed in sweat and lying nearly nude on his bed/structure - gurgling oddly with hot nightmare as the layers of live tissue slather over the rotting dead, as his bones thrust ever-outward. The scenes where Carol is running through the forbidden, stark corridors of the secret research facility, heels echoing over the perfect shine of the floor as she searches for a husband the military has decided is off limits, also do their work; The booming, fateful score by Albert Glasser doesn't do any harm, either. All become the elements for moments that are bookmarked in memory and stay put.Good Stuff, Pt. II: Lt. Col. Manning and the Korean WarManning is a combat veteran of the Korean War, that swept-under-the-rug dress rehearsal for the downward spiral of Vietnam. We know this by his hateful dreams. As Manning's body is re-animating itself after the blast, and his mind and soul struggle up from the depths of a death coma, the Colonel has to bubble up through nightmares. He does not dream, however, of the blast - that moment when his body was skinned and torched, as one might expect. No. His nightmares are of shooting a man in the face in Korea; of a hissing knife thunking into the spine of a foxhole friend during the "conflict."Throughout the film, Manning does not take his situation particularly well. God knows, he has been given a tough row to hoe, but still. He gives up hope easily, and seems forever poised on the brink of an ugly, cruel bitterness. His actions often seem childish, full of petulance and temper. "I don't want to grow anymore!" he says, his voice that of an angry boy. "I don't want to grow anymore!"Manning, despite his stiff, military discipline and bearing, has been made delicate and brittle by his war experiences – able to hold things together as long as his life follows a program – a routine. In short, he is primed for breakage. He simply doesn't have the equipment any longer to deal with the, admittedly, catastrophic situation that now confronts him. He is sent hurdling over the edge into complete despair, madness, and disorientation. He becomes a terrible infant, stamping his feet, a monster long before his broken, tiny heart ruins his mind. As Manning walks through the parking lot of a supermarket in Las Vegas, there is a beauiful moment of pause when things become clear - Manning is no longer one of us; and he is forever lost as he stares down at the "people."


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Business: Operations & Decision Sciences (ODS) Area
Building an Adaptive Manufacutring Enterprise for the Hong Kong Watchmaking Industry (ABSTRACT)
Noori, H., Lee, W.B., & Lau, F.
published: 2007 | Research publication | Refereed Journals - ODS
Noori, H., Lee, W.B., & Lau, F. (2007). "Building an Adaptive Manufacutring Enterprise for the Hong Kong Watchmaking Industry", International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 11 (3/4), 373-888.
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we discuss the development of a prototype DMN as a portal-based information exchange system for the design, manufacture and distribution of customised products for the watchmaking industry in Hong Kong. The e-portal serves as an enabling tool for the industry to share information instantly and globally among all the participants in the value chain and presents an unprecedented opportunity for a wider industrial collaboration among them. The portal offers flexibility to 'change by design' and creates distinctive knowledge for the channel partners in an industry characterised by a mature market. It allows them to address the challenges of fast response product development and manufacturing and hence better adapt to customer demands and coordinate go-to-market strategies in increasingly shorter time frames.
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Understanding and Preparing Waivers
E-learning Course:
Understanding and Preparing Waivers
June 6 - July 11, 2012
The course webinars will take place on the five consecutive Wednesdays (except July 4) of the course, beginning on June 6, 2012. All webinars will run from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Click here [1] for a more detailed course outline. Before registering for this training, please make sure that you will be available for these webinars.
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$ 225 per person for other nonprofit agency staff
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Waivers of the grounds of inadmissibility are an essential part of immigration practice. This four-week course will present information on both the theory and practice of developing and submitting successful waiver applications. Participants will learn what the legal standards of extreme hardship are, how to create a theory of the case, how to marshal the facts of the case, and what kinds of supporting documentation to submit. By the end of the course, participants will be better able to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of specific cases and advise clients on their chances for success. Please note that this course assumes a basic knowledge of the grounds of inadmissibility..
The course requires a time commitment of approximately four hours per week for each of the four weeks of the course. This time will be spent in different activities, including reading assignments, exercises, and participation in five webinars conducted on consecutive Tuesdays, as listed in the detailed course schedule. The course will be interactive, with opportunities for online discussion among students, and between the students and the instructors. The instructors for this course will be CLINIC attorneys Jennie Guilfoyle and Charles Wheeler. For questions about the course content, please contact Charles Wheeler at firstname.lastname@example.com [2].
For a detailed course outline, including the dates and times of the required webinars, [1]click here [1]. Note that in this e-learning course, successful completion of the course requires participation, not simply registration. Before you register, please carefully consider the dates and times of the scheduled webinars, as well as the additional time required each week for completion of the reading and assignments.
Training Level: Introductory. This is an introduction to waivers of inadmissibility for the practitioner who already has some exposure to immigration law fundamentals. Basic familiarity with: 1) immigration law vocabulary; and 2) the grounds of inadmissibility is assumed.
Registration: The training is for the staff of Catholic Charities and other community-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, and attorneys and legal staff of private law offices. If you are registering as staff of a community-based organization, you must fax a copy of your IRS 501(c)(3) letter designating your agency as a nonprofit entity to CLINIC at 202-635-2649 to the attention of Andres Abella. Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of this letter. If you are an attorney, please include your state bar number. Payment is by credit card only.
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Chicago Chic (Brown Sugar Caramel/Cheddarific mix)
It took a town as chic as Chicago to come up with a snack that's sweet as well as salty, full of creamy caramel as well as lots and lots of cheese, that's rich and tangy, crisp and crunchy and never lasts for long. We call it Chicago Chic: half Brown Sugar Caramel, half Cheddarific. You'll just call dibs.


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Fertel also said people should keep their kids out of the bedroom at all times.
"Your bedroom should not be Grand Central Station. It should be a sacred place for husband and a wife," he said. "You should feel safe, like intimacy can occur at any time and you can be spontaneous."
Setting The Mood
Once you've got the desire and the time, it can help keep the momentum and desire going before and long after.
Lipthrott said it can be as simple as creating a positive environment. Laughing together, smiling more and appreciating each other can be a real aphrodisiac.
"Don't just wait until you are in the mood to do something nice," she said.
Putting thought into the moment can also go a long way. Break out special perfume, light some candles and play some soft music.
Creating something to look forward to and long for can be a turn on. Make sure you leave yourself enough time for kissing, cuddling and maybe a sensual massage.
You can also keep it fun by switching things up now and then. Don't do the same things, the same way, every time. Talk with your partner about things you would like to try.
But, Lipthrott said, don't try to coerce or shame your partner into something they are not comfortable with.
And don't assume just because they love you they always know how to turn you on.
"Teach each other how to be a good sexual partner," she said.
Understanding Matters
Sometimes, that means just understanding the needs of your spouse. In general, women like to feel connected to their partner in non-sexual ways, Lipthrott said. Men can do little thoughtful things to let a woman know he is thinking about her -- not just on the days you want to have sex.
"If she doesn't feel emotionally connected to you, you won't get any!" she said.
Women, however, should remember that sex is usually the primary way men feel connected and bonded.
"It is not because they don't care about you and only care about sex," she said. "For most men, those two are intertwined."
Ultimately, being open, honest and communicating with each other can not only lead to a better sex life, but can help avoid any underlying rejection or resentment.
"Because being sexual is such a place of vulnerability, it can be a place of deep sensitivity," Lipthrott said.
One thing to keep in mind is that every relationship is different. If you have tried to work on the relationship and are still having problems, both experts recommend speaking to a doctor.


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Sarai Sierra, an amateur photographer, took her first trip abroad to Turkey – alone. She was found dead in Istanbul's historic district. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.
A New York City mom who went missing while visiting Turkey was killed by a blunt trauma wound to the head, Turkish officials said early Sunday.
The body of Sarai Sierra, 33, who had been missing for almost two weeks, was found Saturday evening dumped against ramparts of an ancient city wall, police said.
Police are reportedly questioning 15 people over her killing.
Mother-of-two Sierra, from Staten Island, had not been in contact with her family since Jan. 21, the day before she was supposed to fly home after a two-week vacation - her first overseas trip.
What happened in the days in which she was missing is not clear, police said.
Her husband, Steven, identified her body late on Saturday at an Istanbul morgue, state broadcaster TRT reported.
Sierra left for Turkey on Jan. 7 – alone, because a friend had dropped out of the trip. She wanted to pursue her photography hobby. An Instagram account she set up over the summer, with images of scenes around New York City, had developed a strong following.
During her two-week trip abroad, Sierra also visited the Netherlands and Munich, Germany, according to the AP.
Police briefly detained a man last week who exchanged messages with Sierra online. The man had contacted her and made plans to meet with her on a bridge she wanted to photograph, according to Hurriyet. The bridge was a short distance from where Sierra's body was found.
The man was released after being questioned. It was unclear whether he was among the those arrested after the body was found.
Speaking earlier, Steven Sierra said Sarai stayed in close touch with him and their children, ages 9 and 11, by phone and by Skype. After she didn't arrive at the airport as planned, he and his brother-in-law David Jimenez traveled to Turkey to look for her.
Isolde Raftery, Staff Writer, NBC News, contributed to this report.
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Walking down the supermarket aisle, you see one mouthwatering photo after another. But how does the food look when you get it home? "Whatever comes out of that microwave is a far cry from what was advertised." "They make it look appetizing and it's usually not." "It's never going to look as good as what's on the box." "Now we had a lot of people complain to us about the food that really doesn't resemble the pretty pictures on the box. So we decided to buy a cartful of products." Consumer Reports' trained testers evaluated more than three dozen products - everything from broccoli to bacon to sweet treats. Tod Marks "Some products did appear as pictured. But we found others whose photos didn't come near reality." Take this package of Tabatchnick Tuscany Lentil Soup that shows pretty red and green vegetables. But where are they once you heat the soup? And the spaghetti and meatballs on this Banquet box do look appetizing. But the actual meatballs are smaller and the spaghetti is in pieces, not strands. And while this Barbecue Steak from Healthy Choice does look like what's shown on the package … there's less than you'd expect. And "lean" is right with the Lean Pockets Pretzel Bread Sandwiches. See the chunky filling on the box? But the pockets Consumer Reports bought were far from full! So what can you do when your food isn't picture-perfect? Tod Marks "I suggest you complain to the company, because the worst that can happen is, well, maybe they'll give you an apology. But the best that can happen, you get a free product." ."
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In today's article, I'd like to continue configuring a multimedia workstation by concentrating on sound. First, I'll quickly demonstrate how to get sound working, then I'll move on to some of the sound-related ports in the ports collection.
If you haven't read the multimedia section of the FreeBSD handbook lately, you'll be pleasantly surprised. It has been totally revamped and is definitely the first place to go to see if your sound card is supported, and if so, how to get it working under FreeBSD.
My system has a SoundBlaster PCI 128, so I simply need to add the
device to my kernel configuration file in order to enable that soundcard.
Since I also plan on using a DVD player, I'll include the option to
optimize the CPU for multimedia applications. Multimedia applications also
use something known as
LDT, which may or may not already be in your kernel
configuration file; if it isn't, add it. These are the three lines I added
to my kernel configuration file:
options CPU_ENABLE_SSE #used by DVD
options USER_LDT #used by many apps
device pcm #used by SoundBlaster
I then rebuilt my kernel using the instructions found at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html.
There are several
sysctl values that can be tweaked to improve
multimedia performance. Two of them are read-only, meaning that you must
place these values in the file /boot/loader.conf, like so:
The other four values are placed in the file /etc/sysctl.conf. Note that, unlike the previous file, you don't use quotations around the values in this file:
If your soundcard doesn't use the
pcm device, don't include that third
sysctl value dealing with
pcm0. If you use
pcm1 instead of
pcm0, change the
0 to a
1 when you add that
sysctl value. Also note that you will need to reboot in order for all of your changes to take effect.
The first time I rebooted into my new kernel, I noticed something odd when I tried to mount a data CD-ROM: I kept getting this error message:
cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Device not configured
Normally, this error message indicates that there isn't a data CD in the
CD-ROM bay. Since this wasn't the case, a search through the mailing lists
revealed that this also occurs if you use
cvsup to upgrade from FreeBSD
4.5 to 4.6, which I had. To update the necessary device drivers, I
became the superuser and:
cd /dev
cp /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV .
rm acd*
./MAKEDEV acd0
While I'm in this directory, I'll also change the permissions to the CD-ROM device file, so I'll be able to play audio CD-ROMs as a regular user, instead of having to become the superuser:
chmod 666 /dev/acd0c
Now I can start building some sound applications. I've tried most of the
applications in the audio section of the ports collection, and I can
honestly say that you'll be hard pressed to find a sweeter sound-playing
utility than
xmms. It is skinnable, even though it looks great by
default; it has dozens of audio, visualization, and other plugins; it
plays MP3s, MPEGs, WAVs, and Shoutcast, as well as CDs, and supports the use of
CDDB servers. Thorough documentation of how to use its features can be
found at www.xmms.org, along with screenshots, plugins, and skins.
To install this utility:
cd /usr/ports/audio/xmms
make install clean
I also installed all of the available plugins from the ports collection.
Since there are several dozen, I'll list where they are located in
the ports collection, along with a brief description and where they can
be configured in
These plugins, once installed, can be configured in the Audio I/O Plugins tab of Preferences:
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-a52dec #a52/a53 decoder
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-bonk #plays bonk files
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-crossfade #allows crossfading
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-fc #future composer input
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-mad #uses libmad
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-musepack #mpegplus
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-osssurround #surround sound
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-shn #shorten compressed audio
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-sid #plays sid files
/usr/ports/graphics/smpeg-xmms #mpeg video support
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-sndfile #libsndfile files
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-tfmx #plays tfmx tunes
These plugins, once installed, can be configured in the Effect/General Plugins tab of Preferences:
/usr/ports/x11-clocks/xmms-alarm #alarm
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-crystality #remasters mp3 sound
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-ladspa #provides ladspa
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-liveice #icecast streaming audio
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-pipe #named pipe control
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-quix3dn #3-d sound effect
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-sndstretch #change pitch or speed
/usr/ports/audio/xmms-volnorm #volume normalizer
These plugins, once installed, can be configured in the Visualization Plugins tab of Preferences:
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-blursk #blur scope
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-finespectrum #fine grain spectrum
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-gforce #music visualization
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-goom #cool music visualization
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-infinity #full screen interactive
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-jess #awesome music visualization
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-paranormal #spectrum analyzer
As of the writing of this article, all of the
xmms-related ports installed
flawlessly, with the following exceptions:
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-avi is currently marked as broken with a fix being worked on by the maintainer.
/usr/ports/graphics/xmms-xvs gave me a
libxml error.
The source for /usr/ports/misc/xosd no longer appears to be available.
I was able to install /usr/ports/graphics/xmms-iris but it killed
whenever I tried to enable the
iris plugin.
I was able to install both /usr/ports/graphics/xmms-fishmatic and /usr/ports/audio/xmms-gdancer, but neither showed any fishies or dancing comic book heroes. If you've had success with either port, email me the necessary magic and I'll include it in the next article.
Finally, I didn't bother installing /usr/ports/audio/xmms-kde, as it is for KDE2 and I'm using KDE3. Besides, I prefer to add shortcuts directly to my panel rather than using the KDE menu.
Now, let's take a quick tour of
xmms. Instead of repeating the basic
usage that is already well-documented at the
xmms Web site, I'll instead
give some first-hand tips to get you started. I'll assume that your CD-ROM
and sound card are installed properly and that you were successful in
getting FreeBSD to recognize your particular sound card.
Let's start with a music CD-ROM. From your Window Manager, start
xmms and
press Ctrl-P to bring up the Preferences screen. You'll note the
various plugins tabs that I referred to earlier, and you'll recognize the
plugins that you chose to install from the ports collection.
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In the Audio I/O Plugins tab, click on CD Audio Player, then the Configure button. Under the Device tab, ensure your device is set to /dev/acd0c and the directory to /cdrom. Then, click on the CD Info tab if you would like to configure a CDDB server. CDDB servers are great, as they contain information regarding audio CDs, such as the names of the CD and artist, and the names of the songs on the CD. However, they do require you to be attached to the Internet when you first load an audio CD so that you can download that information. If you'd like that feature, click on Use CDDB and type in the name of your favorite CDDB server in the CDDB server type-in section. I use freedb.freedb.org.
Save your changes, insert an audio CD into your CD_ROM drive, and wait for
the light to stop flashing. Then, click on the eject icon in
Instead of ejecting the CD,
xmms will give you a pop-up window, where you
can choose which files to load. Navigate to /cdrom and you should see
all of the CD's tracks in the file section. (If you don't, you probably
forgot to change the permissions on /dev/acd0c.) Click on "Add all files
in directory." If you chose to use a CDDB server and this is the first
time you've played this CD, be patient; it takes a minute or two to download
the details. Once the files are added, click on Close and you should see
the name of each track in your Playlist. If you don't see a Playlist,
click on the PL button to open up the Playlist window. If the various
xmms icons for playing, stopping, and moving through the tracks aren't
intuitive to you, spend a bit of time at www.xmms.org/documentation.html to familiarize yourself with the available features.
xmms utility can play more than CDs. I tend to have eclectic music
tastes, which means the CDs I like are rarely in stock in my community.
Fortunately, the Internet is a great resource for discovering new artists. How
else would I have known that I enjoy Jewish reggae, Middle Eastern pop, East
Indian blues, electronica remixes of the classics, and even the occasional
gothic rock? My spare time is usually spent finding and listening to new MP3s,
so I always have a list of CDs to order when I visit my favorite music shop.
I use Mozilla, and since I have already installed the
plugger port (see
previous article), I simply have to click on the "play" hyperlink when I
find an interesting MP3 on the Internet. You can also tell Mozilla to use
xmms to play MP3s by going to Mozilla's Edit menu -> Preferences ->
Helper Applications -> New Type. Type in "mp3" in the first three fields
and "/usr/X11R6/bin/xmms" in the "Application to use" field.
In my home directory, I've created a directory called mp3s to store the
MP3s I'd like to listen to while my CDs are on order. To tell
xmms to
play these mp3s, I press Shift-L and double-click on the directory where
the MP3s are stored.
If you've installed the
xmms-liveice plugin, you can also listen to
Shoutcast. Head over to www.shoutcast.com, find something interesting, and click on the Tune In! button. When your browser asks you what to do with
this type of file, choose to "Open using an application" and use
/usr/X11R6/bin/xmms. When you get tired of listening, use the stop icon
xmms. If you don't want to be asked every time, go into Mozilla's
Preferences -> Helper Applications -> New Type. Give the type a
description, a file extension of "pls", a MIME type of "audio/x-scpls" and
the application to use, "/usr/X11R6/bin/xmms." Hmmm, I may never need to
turn on a radio again.
You'll find more stations at www.icecast.org. Most of these stations use a different MIME type, so go back into Helper Applications. This time, use an extension of "mpu" and a MIME type of "audio/x-mpegurl." I've had less luck with this MIME type; some stations come in fine, some sound like chipmunks on speed. If you know the workaround for this, let me know and I'll include it in the next article.
If you like to be visually entertained while listening to music, press
Ctrl-P to open up the Preferences and click on Visualization
Plugins. Highlight one of the plugins you installed, then click on "Enable
plugin". I liked
xmms-jess the best, with
xmms-goom a close second. If you
get tired of being entertained, re-click the enable button to toggle off
the plugin. I've found that my screen freezes if I try to enable more than
two visualization plugins at once.
While we're on visualization, let's take a look at skins. The first time
you ran
xmms a skins directory called .xmms/Skins was created for you
in your home directory. Head over to www.xmms.org/skins.html and if you see a skin you like, download it to your Skins directory. To apply the new skin,
press Alt-S and highlight the new skin to get an instant preview.
I also found that www.spacefem.com/xmms.shtml had a very nice collection of skins. If you're into skins, you'll find that most of the skins on
the Internet are advertised as Winamp skins. Don't let that deter you;
save them to your Skins directory and like magic they'll work on
For example, I did an Internet search for the popular "mooamp" skin and now my
xmms has its own "ecowlizer." Don't let the extension of the skin scare
you off; my Skins directory has
wsz and
png files all coexisting nicely together. So, feel free to spend some time browsing
through www.winamp-skins.com.
If you've installed
smpeg-xmms, you can also watch movies with the "mpg"
extension. Simply press
l (the letter ell) to select the previously-
saved movie file. This plugin can be configured to display the movie in a
centered window, in doublesize mode, or in fullscreen mode. To get you
started, the Library of Congress has an extensive movie collection at
One of my favorite features is the alarm that gets installed with the
xmms-alarm plugin. Use Ctrl-P to open up Preferences and click on
the Effect/General Plugins tab. Highlight Alarm and go into the
Configure button to set the alarm time and days. Unless you like to be
jolted out of bed, don't set the volume to 100%. If you don't set a
Playlist in the Options tab, you'll wake up to whatever song happens to
be selected on your Playlist. Just make sure
xmms is started before
going to bed, if you want it to wake you up in the morning.
This should get you started on using
xmms. In the next article, I'll
finish the multimedia series by taking a look at DVD players, RealPlayer,
and some miscellaneous ports to enhance your multimedia desktop.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines, the national carrier, operates connecting flights to major cities in Sweden via Stockholm. Through co-operation with the Star Alliance members, SAS links many parts of the world directly to Sweden.
The Star Alliance members are:Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, brussels airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, Ethiopian, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spainair, SWISS, TAM, Tap Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United and US Airways.
There are many flight connections to Sweden
SAS joins with all major European air carriers in linking major Swedish cities to the rest of the Continent on a daily basis. Finnair links Sweden to the rest of Europe via Helsinki.
Sweden has never been more accessible with a large number of direct flights from the UK and a maximum flight time of three and half hours. You can fly direct to both Stockholm and Gothenburg with SAS, British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet. Norwegian fly direct to Stockholm.
Skåne and Malmö is easily accessible via Copenhagen in Denmark and the Öresund bridge and SAS, British Airways, easyJet, BMI and Norwegian fly here.
Non-stop charter service to the northern part of Sweden is operated during the winter season by Discover the World to Kiruna.
From Dec 2016 easyjet fly direct from London Gatwick to Åre Östersund airport in Jämtland
Direct service between the United States and Sweden is operated by SAS in cooperation with United Airlines and other members of Star Alliance. Non-stop services offered from Newark, NJ and Chicago to Stockholm (via Copenhagen from Seattle and Washington, DC). Continental Airlines offer non-stop service to Stockholm from Newark, NJ and Delta Airlines offer non-stop service between New York, JFK and Stockholm. Most European airlines, Icelandair and Finnair to mention a few, fly to Sweden from North America via connection in Europe.
More information relating to Swedish airports and services can be found at Swedavia website.
Fly with SAS to Sweden's fabulous destinations; including capital city Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lulea and Malmo. SAS flies from 4 airports in the UK to over 10 destinations in Sweden
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refuse to play the "Groundpounders"
Posted 27 September 2010 - 04:15 PM
I'll tell you with everything that I know, with 22+ years of paintball, that I've NEVER seen a paintball team openly cheat, wipe, and play on like the Ground Pounders.
Playing against them is a waste of time, and money. You will never win a game, they will always max your team, and after the game is over you'll see 2 or 3 of them wearing your paint.
The guys I play with are seasoned PSP Players. Every one of them has at least 2 years of experience playing in the PSP tournaments, with at least 10 tournaments under their belt. We know our shit, and we go to field to make friends with other teams, not enemies.
From my own observation (and I've got perfect 20/20 vision for the record), I have personally witnessed numerous occassions of players cheating. This weekend, while I was in S2, they sent a player to the X (he was wearing a black empire jersey with a silver x on it). He was posted on me, I poppet up and put 3 into his chest. He proceeded to look at the hit, then attempt a run through. The list goes on and on and on.
If you guys want to waste your time and money, playing against 5 robots who are going to ignore everything that makes paintball a game, be my guest. I saw them openly cheat and play on, while witnessing the games where the USF team played them this weekend. I saw one instance where Sherwin was in S2, and hit a player 3 times that was going from back center to the dorito side can. The player looked down, saw the hits, then slid into the dorito, wiped them off, then did a run through.
I've never seen a team be this openly blatent with the cheating. My recommendation is to simply refuse to play them, let them "max" another team with their cheating, then step on the board and play another team. It's not worth your time or money to play this team. I've observed this conduct for months and months, and it's only getting worse. Hope this helps
Posted 27 September 2010 - 10:11 PM
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Posted 27 September 2010 - 10:41 PM
on that note, awesome job sherwin, miles, matt miranda and to the new guy Jeremy
it does indeed suck to have to play against cheaters, but when we do go out and actually play in a tournament, there will be games when we get 5 G's off the break and are wondering where the f*ck everyone went cuz no one cheated.
we are a good team and have tons of potential, but our biggest problem is getting players to consistently come out to play. I admit that this semester we did schedule a ton of practices and it will deff be easier next semester so those of us that are strapped for cash can still play.
at this point im looking for players that want to play, get better, and have a ton of fun doing it. we aren't going to walk on a field and smash fools immediately, but there is potential for us to do just that
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Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:43 AM
They'll be the first to tell you "We had 4 bodies up at the end, so you guys wouldn't have won anyways". Well no shit! When one guy gets hit, then does a run through with 5 hits on him and takes out 3 of your players, of course you're going to be up bodies.
I'm tired of the excuses after the game is over, and most of them are wearing your paint in multiple locations - "I didn't feel it", "The ref didn't see it", "That's rub", "That's old", "Wait, I saw you cheat the game before"
The problem is a combination of "Well there is a ref on the field, if the ref doesn't see it than I'm not out", combined with them being the "field team".
Playing a shitty team like the Groundpounders is not going to make you better. You are only going to get frustrated, and you are either going to get into a fight with them (which they are certainly looking for), or you are going to start cheating like they are.
Here is what you do - if you see anyone on the other side with a Groundpounders Jersey, step off the ready line and let someone else get max'd by a team with players who have multiple fresh hits on them. One thing about constantly cheating every single weekend, is that they get good at arguing and making up excuses. You guys saw us hitting them and them cheating, and when we saw the USF team hitting them with paint and them cheating.
Absolutely refuse to play them, you're better off just opening up your pods and dumping your paint on the ground. It's a waste of time and money to play an unethical team like that.
Also notice how this conduct has affected Blitzkrieg's business. How many other XBall teams come out to that field to practice? In the past 3 or 4 months, I've seen-
I wonder why? Hmmmmm
Posted 28 September 2010 - 12:38 PM
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Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:14 PM
That said USF should have plenty of bodies and their is no reason we can not hop on and show the field that is giving us so much support some love and give them a couple of extra refs. The experience only helps us become better ballers and learn the fields quicker. We can even look at it as an opportunity to trains some USF club members to be refs for local events. Instead of bitching about a problem lets do something to fix it.
Furthermore SET THE EXAMPLE, I hope to not catch any of the USF guys playing on or wiping hits. There will be consequences for unethical players. As for the Wiping, that will end up hurting the teams that do it, so let them pay for it when the time comes. Shit if they are playing with 7 lives and you win, what does that say about you?
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Posted 28 September 2010 - 09:31 PM
I saw them cheat against the USF squads, and I saw them cheat against my squad, and I saw them cheat against me first hand.
Perfect example - I was in S2, they had a player at the X. He was posted. I snapped up, hit him twice in the chest. When I looked up again, he was trying to do a runthrough with blue paint all over his chest!
I saw one of the Groundpounders who was in back center, run to the dorito side can and take 3 breaks from Sherwin who was in S2. Sherwin completely lit him up while he was running. He got to his prop, saw the hits, and ran up and bunkered the two USF Players. He was also hit while running before he crossed the 50, yet continued to play on.
I haven't seen the USF Squad win a single game against them. Every single time the USF squads have played against them, all 5 of the USF players were shot out. And then you see them wiping paint off themselves in the pits.
You want to waste the paint shooting against opponents who will never respect your hits? That's your nickel, not mine.
Posted 30 September 2010 - 09:24 AM
Posted 30 September 2010 - 10:43 AM
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Posted 12 October 2010 - 12:16 PM
I thought this was all common knowledge??? Andrew is a great guy, but the attitude of most of his players make it a easy choice for me to drive the extra half hour to CFP.
I guess it's one of those things you just have to find out on your own. We try to go into every situation with an open mind, and week after week after week of having the same problems with the same players, we just said "Enough already" and are going to go back to CFP for our scrimmages.
It's just an over the top, blatant disrespect to the other teams. I've never in my recent memory, can remember seeing a team as unprofessional on the field as these guys are. If you want to practice cheating, do it against your own squad or try your luck at a tournament. Don't do it against a FIELD TEAM, against paying customers during scrimmages.
But hey, when you are training for Division 4, I guess things can get a bit heated lol
Posted 13 October 2010 - 05:57 PM
R.I.P Jeffrey Kocab
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 06:23 PM
This thread is really getting us no where and if anything hurting some of the relationships we have worked to achieve. The issue has been discussed and addressed. Please end this topic
whoa, Groundpounders have ZERO say in ANYTHING that is related to the USF club. And we didn't work hard to have a relationship with them, they worked hard to burn the relationship with the USF club.
two weekends ago, I saw Sherwin in S2 absolutely stitch up their back center as he filled dorito corner. Sherwin saw it, I saw it, the whole sideline saw it. What did the Groundpounder player do? He did a runthrough and shot out 3 USF players point blank, with 5 bright green hits on his right side and pack.
Our relationship with a cheating, unprofessional Division 4 (yes, DIVISION 4) team has NOTHING to do with our sponsorships, discounts, or relationships.
the worst thing you can do is ignore the problem, not address it, and watch your own teammates and club members get their heads taken off by players who were legitimately shot out. That causes frustration, fights, and people who are part of the club to not come back.
Also, ignoring it hurts the business of one of our sponsors, Blitzkrieg. Ever wonder why so many teams drive 45 minutes PAST Blitzkrieg to CFP? We're not the only team to have a problem with GP, practically every team that goes out there complains about it. They don't complain about the other teams out there, but they complain about GP.
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#23387 - 03/20/01 08:12 AM Re: wrongeousness: Nemmine all that
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And what does Wronskian mean?
It's a math thing. It is the determinant of a matrix made up of the 0th to (n-1)th derivatives of a set of functions f1(x), f2(x),...fn(x), arranged as the rows of the matrix (ie. row 1 has the functions, row 2 has the first derivatives, row 3 has the second derivatives, etc.)
#23388 - 03/20/01 09:04 AM Re: And yet, and yet...
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Dear Shanks:
"Not guilty" and "innocent" are not the same - that's my point. "Innocent" means "he didn't do it." "Not guilty" means "it wasn't proved." To my knowledge, there is no "innocent" verdict available in the US.
The criminal justice system is concerned with adjudicating guilt (or not) for the purpose of imposing criminal sanctions. It does not address a person's reputation in the community, and does not concern itself with related civil matters.
A subsequent civil proceeding arising out of the same matter which resulted in a criminal trial does not pose a double jeopardy issue. Constitutional double jeopardy restrictions apply only to the government and its attempt to try or punish a defendant more than once for the same offense. What private parties do is not the concern of double jeopardy jurisprudence. (In fact, the constitution in general concerns itself only with the powers and limitations of the government; it does not regulate private conduct, but only protects it.)
Imagine that you entered into a partnership with another man for the purpose of developing a large real estate holding. The man convinced you to invest your life savings to buy the land and fund the beginning of construction, in part based upon a portfolio of prior developments he presented to you, all of which he assured you were highly profitable. Imagine that the man even presented you with supporting financial documentation of the prior developments to convince you to invest. Now imagine that the man - who never intended to build anything and who falsified every document and reference you saw and who intended to fleece you from the beginning - takes every penny of the investment and bolts to places unknown, leaving you with nothing but a land purchase now heavily mortgaged under your name by use of forgery.
Now let's imagine that the prosecutor issues criminal charges against the man, for fraud, embezzlement and forgery, and they find him and bring him before the court. Even assuming that the prosecutor can get a conviction (tough, since the man, using all your money, can afford Big Gun defense counsel), where does that leave you? Upon conviction, the man is subject to criminal sanctions, by way of imprisonment, a fine payable to the state, or probation. You are left with a big mortgage and no money. That's when you bring suit against him to reclaim all your assets. Do you not think it right that you can go after him for the return of your money? What if the defendant was acquitted of some or all of the charges in the criminal case? Maybe the prosecutor was incompetent, maybe the jury was stupid, but somehow, the jury was convinced that investment was legitimate and you lost your share of the money to an incompetent but not criminal partner who only took money owed to him for services rendered. Remember, the criminal trial burden of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt, so it only takes a partial belief in the defense to defeat the charges. Should you now be precluded from showing your claim under the ordinary civil standards of a preponderance of the evidence? No. Acquittal in a criminal trial does not preclude civil suit.
BTW, under certain circumstances, the opposite can apply: an establishment of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt can establish the underlying facts for the purpose of a subsequent civil trial.
Scribbler: thank you for your comments. I like the "Beware of Greeks bearing basketballs" concept.
Now spill: where are you and for whom are you rooting?
#23389 - 03/20/01 09:29 AM Going under for the third time
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This is all getting too much for me. Let me try to elucidate my confusion.
Firstly, as I see it, there are two separate issues:
1. What the law says and does
2. What our morality says and does.
As for 1., I understand that in US law (as in most) the presumption of innocence applies. Therefore, if someone achieves a verdict of Not Guilty in court, by law that person is presumed innocent? Remember I am only talking about the legal issue here. In this case, of course, there would be no need for a jury verdict of 'innocent' - that is presumed, and can only be overturned by a jury verdict of Guilty.
Next, from the point of view, IMO, of morality, rather than the law, if there is a civil suit, as per your example of the guy who ran off with my mortgage, the two issues are quite different. If he did not fulfil a contract - I have the right to sue him in the civil courts, and they will base their judgement (at least in the UK) upon a reasonable interpretation of the contract, and an examination of both parties' actions in the matter of that contract. If, on the other hand, he committed criminal offences, he should be prosecuted under those and (I don't know if this applies under UK law, but by heck it should) if found guilty, part of the sentencing should simply include restitution to the damaged parties. An extra civil case to establish this only clogs up the courts. Basically, your example seems to me to conflate two different issues - a civil issue (which has to do with contract law), and a criminal issue which would/should be prosecuted in any case. If one can be hauled to the courts twice, on the same matter, then to my mind it is a form of double jeopardy. If OJ was hauled to the courts twice for the same matter - the killing of Nicole - except that in one case the opposing lawyers sought money instead of criminal sanctions, then it appears to me that this is 'wrong'. If OJ had violated some contract he had engaged in with Nicole, and that was in dispute in the civil courts, then fair enough. If, on the other hand, as far as the courts were concerned he had to be presumed innocent of her murder, then a civil case based upon compensation for her murder should never have reached the courts.
At least, that's the state my muddled thinking has left me in. But do you see why I'm still going "but - but...">
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#23390 - 03/20/01 10:09 AM Re: Going under for the third time
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Loc: New England, USA
If OJ had violated some contract he had engaged in with Nicole, and that was in dispute in the civil courts, then fair enough.
Marriage is a contract. At least as I understand it.
Perhaps we'd have fewer diviorces if the contracting partners took notice of that before entering into "the marriage contract."
#23391 - 03/20/01 10:47 AM Re: Going under for the third time
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Marriage is a contract. At least as I understand it.
Mmmm...yes... But, in civil terms, what part of the contract had he violated that they were suing him for?
#23392 - 03/20/01 11:05 AM Re: And yet, and yet...
Registered: 01/21/01
Posts: 86
Loc: Utopia, not in literal sense, ...
Dear Sparteye - 1. As we have noticed, Shanks is a very, very bright person who asks good Qs. The Guilty/Not Guilty concept is very difficult for lay persons (seeking to avoid sexist words), but you have done an excellent job of explaining. We'll get an honorary law degree for Shanks yet. Would it help him to explain that it is the function of (choose one or more) God, individual conscience, Religion and its functionaries,and, in a certain sense, the General Public (in its collective "mind") to determine "Innocence". Courts do not seek to address that issue. Criminal courts determine, using a particular set of rules, whether a defendant must pay a penalty to the STATE, the community at large. Defendant is charged w/ speeding, careless driving and DUI. The issue is simply Guilty (D receives the punishment) or Not Guilty (D does not receive the punishment.) There may be civil issues arising generally out of the same set of circumstances upon which the criminal action was based. In the example, D the allegedly speeding etc driver, crashes into P's car, damages car and injures P. P may seek recovery in a civil action. The civil courts have some different rules, often very similar to those of criminal courts, but still different. The issue here, is NOT whether D is Guilty/NotGuilty,(or Innocent vel non) but whether (pause for emphasis, this is the whole point) D is LIABLE to P. Civil courts determine LIABILITY, whether or not D must redress P. To get the concept, one must "render unto Caesar, what is Caesar's. etc." For simplicity, let's say that God determines Innocence, criminal courts determine whether an accused is Guilty or Not Guilty and civil courts determine liability, whether or nay D must redress P. The system works, most of the time.
2. "Greeks bearing basketballs" A more "Tobasco" translation had occurred to me, but I thought I would give wwh first shot at it. Dr. Bill?
3. March madness- No dog in this hunt- My Commodores have not been very competitive since I was in Law School some DECADES ago. I'll cheer for SEC. Go, Kentucky and veeeeeeeeery long shot, Rebels.
#207019 - 09/07/12 01:32 AM Re: Th'excluded middle [Re: paulb]
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It could be a sound problem. It might have worked if he had spelled it wrongteousness.
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