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The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced March 5 the participants in the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships with North Central College qualifying seven individuals and two relays on the men's side while the women qualified two individuals.
The men's team qualified Dan Benton and Dionte Hackler (photo) in the 400-meter dash, Zach Heerspink in the high jump, Robert Kapustka in the shot put and John Wood, Josh Winder and Thomas Stacey in the pole vault. The distance medley relay team of Tim Hird, Bai Kabba, Juliano Lodi and John Crain and the 4x400-meter relay team of Kabba, Hackler, Benton and Mustapha Olaoye also qualified.
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lcb_arithmetic — Perform arithmetic operations
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#include <libcouchbase/couchbase.h>
lcb_error_t lcb_arithmetic(lcb_t instance, const void *command_cookie, lcb_size_t num, const lcb_arithmetic_cmd_t *const *commands);
lcb_arithmetic() is used to perform a arithmetic operations on a document's value. If the library instance is using asynchronous mode (the default) this operation will return immediately and schedule the operations to be executed by the event loop, otherwise it will block until all commands are executed. command_cookie is is an opaque field that will be provided to the callback function. num is the number of entries in the commands array.
lcb_arithmetic_cmd_t is a structure defined in <libcouchbase/arguments.h>:
typedef struct lcb_arithmetic_cmd_st { int version; /* The enty in "v" to use */ union { struct { const void *key; /* The key this response belongs to */ lcb_size_t nkey; /* The number of bytes in the key */ lcb_time_t exptime; /* The documents expiry time */ int create; /* create non-existent documents */ lcb_int64_t delta; /* amount to add/subtract */ lcb_uint64_t initial; /* initial value if creating */ const void *hashkey; /* hash key if != key */ lcb_size_t nhashkey; /* number of bytes in hash key */ } v0; } v; };
Please note that using an alternate key for hashing may lead to an unbalanced cluster if the key does not hash evenly with a crc32.
Upon completion the arithmetic callback as set by lcb_set_arithmetic_callback is called.
lcb_arithmetic() returns the LCB_SUCCESS on success, or a specific error code upon failure. See lcb_strerror(3couchbase) for more information.
Example 1: Query the current callback
#include <libcouchbase/couchbase.h> ... lcb_t instance; ... lcb_arithmetic_cmd_t *arithmetic = calloc(1, sizeof(*arithmetic)); arithmetic->version = 0; arithmetic->v.v0.key = "counter"; arithmetic->v.v0.nkey = strlen(arithmetic->v.v0.key); arithmetic->v.v0.initial = 0x666; arithmetic->v.v0.create = 1; arithmetic->v.v0.delta = 1; lcb_arithmetic_cmd_t* commands[] = { arithmetic }; lcb_arithmetic(instance, NULL, 1, commands); ...
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To honor veterans from any era and current active duty military personnel, Bed and Breakfasts across America are giving free rooms for vets on the day preceeding Veteran's Day. This is being done to allow veterans to go back to their hometown or to be a guest at a local Veteran's Day gathering.
Veteran's Day is traditionally celebrated at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This year it is on Thursday, November 11, 2010. With morning memorial gatherings across America, it is important that veterans are in town on time for the salute. That is why participating B&Bs are offering free rooms to veterans on the preceeding day--Wednesday, November 10, 2010.
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Kathleen Panek, owner of the Gillum House in Shinnston, WV, came up with this idea and began recruiting innkeepers on a B&B forum and directed them to her B&Bs For Vets website. She says "We just wanted to say 'thank you' to the courageous men and women from our armed forces. These are some trying times for anyone serving or who has served, and a good night's rest is our way to say, thank you."
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Started doing my local cemetery and after finding several Civil War vets I thought it would be interesting to look for Revolution and Civil War burials in Dearborn Co. Indiana. That in turn has turned into finding pioneer and forgotten burial grounds in my area also. Will transfer most memorials unless they are my ancestors. Corrections are appreciated, nasty grams are not.
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RE: Blasdel Cemetery, Ripley Co., IN
Thank you for your reply. Also thank you for the memorial you created for Tavner Cheek in Dearborn County. In addition to his being the brother of Nicholas Cheek (as you mentioned), he is also the brother of Nancy Cheek Green, my 4x-great grandmother.
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I see that you have photographed the entrance to Blasdel Cemetery. Do you know anything about an old cemetery, the Woolery Family Cemetery, that is also in Washington Township, Ripley County? It has just a few graves and was located on a farm owned by a Clyde Woolery. I have ancestors buried there and would like to create memorials for them, but I have no idea of its location.
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Do you know anyone that can help me with records at Bovard Cemetery.
I have found a story in The Recorder, June 17, 1887 stating that Dr. Martin McLefresh died and will be buried in the Bovard Cemetery.
He was a Corpsman in the Civil War and later became a Doctor.
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Hello Justin,
You created a page for my gr-gr-grandfather, John Lorenz Buchta (Puchta), memorial #34542259. His son, Leonard is also buried in River View Cemetery and has a Find A Grave page (memorial #14893467). Would you be willing to transfer ownership of John's memorial to me or else to create a family link to Leonard's page.
As best I know, the 'correct' spelling of the surname is Puchta or at least that is the spelling that was handed down to my generation.
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Ok, I'm new to Find A Grave so I'm not sure really how it works, but you took photos at St. John's correct? How did you know to attach Dorothea Maria Bierman Wilkening to St. John's? The death date is identical and this has to be the same person, I have no records showing another Bierman married to a Wilkening. Thanks for your help!
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Hello, this probably my relative but according to an autobiography written by her son, she was buried with her husband and a granddaughter in Concord Cemetery. I'm wondering why she is attached to St. Johns? Do you have a photo of the marker? There is a shared marker photo for her and her husband in the listings for Concord. This is very confusing!
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Dorothea Marie Bierman Wilkening
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I searched for my great uncle, Louis Frederick Ott, and didn't find him. I created a new entry numbered 158113144. I just discovered that you had him listed as Lewis F. Ott 47235540. Do you know how to merge or delete people? I would be happy to take possession of his record if you like. Also, if you happen to be in Union M.E. Church Cemetery in the future could you please take a photo of his grave? The rest of the family was from, and stayed in, Louisville, KY. After his wife died, Bud just kind of wandered away and no one in the family knew what happened to him until I found his death while doing genealogy.
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Thanks, Justin, and no problem. I'm now thinking my view of the Holman Hill Cemetery was mistaken and I'm looking instead back to the old Conwell Street Cemetery for the burial of Sarah Harris. Her grave is not listed in the records transcribed for this site, but her brother-in-law Francis Harris, who arrived in Aurora from England just two days after Sarah's burial, expired on Oct. 1, 1823 (less than 7 weeks after Sarah) and, as Samuel Harris's letters relate, was buried next to Sarah. There is a gravestone for Francis in the 'Old Conwell Street' section of River View Cemetery, but apparently nothing for Sarah. I am going to have to write to the River View Cemetery Association to see if they have information not showing on this site, as also about one or two other details of Harris family members' graves (William Tell Harris, his second wife Sarah Harris, and Susanna Lawford - Samuel Harris's daughter). I have been reading the excellent information about River View at http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13001011.pdf and it seems to clear up our previous question about the Holman & Probst family cemeteries. The Probst family and Buffington family cemeteries were transferred to River View, as also Holman burials from Veraestau (so they say). Thanks again and sorry about the rain. We have had too much rain here as well, with vast areas of northern England and Scotland under flood water - never seen anything like it. Best regards, David
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Dear Justin, Thank you for your listings of 36 graves in the Holman Hill Cemetery, Aurora, Ind. I am presently researching some old letters written by Samuel Harris of Aurora, 1821-1832, whose wife Sarah Harris died 1823 and, from the remarks written at the time by Samuel, seems to me must have been buried in the Holman Hill Cemetery. Unfortunately her name does not appear among those you list. Is the listing complete? Could there be more names to add? Or are some graves unmarked, as far as you know? I have no means of searching for myself, as I live in England. You may care to look up an earlier draft of my work on the letters by Googling 'Harris-Brown letters', on the second page of which you will also find my email address. Many thanks for help and best wishes, David Brady
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February 17, 2014
President and Lady Bird Johnson in Columbus, 1966
Since today is Presidents Day, I thought it would be a good time to post this photo from our collection, which I have always found a delightful snapshot in time.
In September 1966, Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon B. Johnson were on a Midwest trip and were in Central Ohio for about 3 1/2 hours, beginning with a brief talk at Port Columbus. Crowds lined the 30-mile route to Lancaster and cheered him at the day's climax at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds in Lancaster.Continue ReadingPosted by Linda Deitch on February 17, 2014 11:07 AM
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On Weds., Jan. 19, 1994, the official record low temperature for Columbus, set in the 1800s, was broken at 5:45 a.m. when the National Weather Service station at Port Columbus registered 22 degrees below zero.
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- In last four to five years, the volume of U.S. beef, pork, and lamb going to export "has just skyrocketed," says Dan Halstrom, senior vice president of global marketing and communication for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. "We've gone from a very small business internationally to $11.5 billion sales of beef, pork, and lamb in 2011, and we expect to be over $12 billion in 2012 — two consecutive years of record export sales. We're really on a roll!"
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"Meat industry sales people are more and more learning to put the right cut in the right market to maximize value. Hams, for instance, command more value in Mexico; loins, tenderloins, and bellies are big in Japan; variety meats are huge in China.
"In Japan for two years we've a pork promotion program in 45,000 convenience stores. Japan has over 300 different domestic pork brands, but with our promotion and marketing and customer assistance programs, U.S. pork has become a very popular item in these stores." Beef tongues in Japan are $7 per pound FOB, compared to $1.50 here, $14 per head in value for tongue alone.
Beef sales to Japan were significantly hurt by the BSE ("mad cow disease") scare in the U.S. in December 2003, which resulted in the Japanese government banning U.S. beef entirely until 2006.
Japan, which had been the largest buyer of U.S. beef —purchasing 900 million pounds in 2003 — imposed stringent requirements on American beef before resuming imports in 2006, but it still limited those purchases to beef from cattle under 20 months of age.
On Jan. 30, Japan announced that it was relaxing the import requirements and would allow meat from animals up to 30 months of age. The USDA said the move could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional beef exports to Japan.
"Japan was a $1.8 billion market pre-BSE," Halstrom says. "Last year, we were just under $900 million for cattle 20 months and under. By now taking meat from cattle 30 months of age and under, we'll go from only 20 percent of U.S. cattle qualifying to over 90 percent.
"This is a really big deal — something we've been waiting on for years. There is a huge potential for U.S. beef in Japan."
The U.S. has "a very good trendline going for beef export sales" worldwide, Halstrom says. "In 2011, we had $5.4 billion in beef exports, and 2012 should be $5.6 billion to $5.7 billion, another record. Exports as a percent of production is well over 14 percent, back to the same levels we had pre-BSE.
"Pork has really taken off in Mexico, and Central and South America are exciting markets for both pork and beef.
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With world population now at 7 billion people, and estimated to be 9 billion by 2040-2050, with 96 percent of those outside the U.S., market opportunities abound, Halstrom says.
"We're seeing huge growth rates in emerging markets. Whereas our U.S. growth rate is about 1.7 percent, some of these markets are 7 percent, 10 percent, even18 percent. A number of countries are declining in self-sufficiency for pork and beef, and we can help to fill that need. The U.S. is the lowest cost producer in the world because of our grain grain production."
The U.S. meat industry needs to do an even better job of telling its story and promoting its products, Halstrom says. About half the funding for the U.S. Meat Export Federation is USDA-generated, he notes, and checkoff programs provide additional support.
"With these funds, we're also able to get investments from customers in foreign countries, which really helps to increase our marketing leverage overseas.
"It's crucial to our continued growth and success that USDA funding through the MAP/FMP programs be continued. With no new farm bill passed last year, these promotion and marketing funds are approved, but have not been authorized to be spent. Other commodities that get USDA promotion and marketing funding are in the same boat.
"Please stress to your legislators the importance of authorizing these programs so we can continue to support these vital programs for exporting the highest quality, safest meats in the world."
A Cornell University study, Halstrom says, has shown $35 in returns from every $1 spent in these government supported programs. "Every $1 billion in ag exports supports 8,400 U.S. jobs," he says.
Mississippi ag exports in 2009 totaled $1.3 billion, with beef and cattle among the top five sources of export income, he says, "and that number is quite a bit higher by now."


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June 9, 2005
By Martine G. Bates
Clowns holding bouquets of brightly colored balloons greeted visitors as they drove into the parking lot. Inside the fun continued with booths and activities for children and adults.
Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Morgan Baptist Association, recently sponsored the East Morgan Community Fair, a day-long event designed to reach out to the surrounding community.
The women's ministry group, Ladies with a Focus, coordinated the fair. "Families aren't what they used to be, and it's harder to get them in (church)," said church member Vicki Terry, noting the fair was meant to offer a different twist to church.
Community member Teresa Necaise attended with her son Daniel. "We got a flyer … (and) I was interested in seeing what they have here," she said. "This is a good thing for the community."
Initially the women's group had no idea where to begin, said Terry, so they started by contacting local vendors. "We asked local people because they represent the community but also because sometimes they need churches, too," she said. "Getting vendors to come was the easy part."
A number of organizations set up booths in the church's fellowship hall, representing a variety of products and services from health food to an optical service. Several nonprofit groups, such as the local fire department and a local hospital, were there to inform visitors about their services.
The day was packed with 12 seminars and workshops, ranging from a clinic on heart health and information on Alzheimer's disease to buying and selling a home to preventing youth violence and facts about methamphetamines.
Eighteen children's sessions covered interactive workshops on art, singing, fire safety and anger management, among other things.
While all of the sessions were well received, the response to the information about preventing youth violence was so enthusiastic that the presenter will be invited back to speak to the entire church.
According to Terry, the turnout was good, although smaller than the organizers had hoped.
Pastor Harold Fanning said, "We are trying to do a lot of unusual things. We're trying to beat secularism on its own turf. The bottom line is, we are trying to make church relevant to people's lives."


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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Presentations
Thursday, November 29, 2012
154 Biomedical Sciences Research Building
Jonathan Drury
Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
"The Intersection between Reproductive Interference and Interspecific Territoriality in Rubyspot Damselflies (Hetaerina spp.)"
Abstract: Male rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina spp.) defend territories that they use solely for accessing females. In rivers throughout the southern U.S. and Mexico with two or more Hetaerina spp., there is much variation in whether species pairs engage in interspecific territoriality. Previous research has unearthed mechanisms by which some species pairs avoid competing with conspecifics, but until now we had not investigated species pairs that do engage in interspecific territoriality. New field data and simulations that quantify the cost of sharing a territory with heterospecifics demonstrate that interspecific territoriality occurs in species pairs that exhibit heterospecific reproductive interference (i.e., when males clasp heterospecific females). This pattern occurs across several different sites and species pairs, and even within-site as levels of reproductive interference vary, suggesting that between-species aggressive interactions are the adaptive outcome of selection on males competing for access to conspecific females.
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|Kishta Feathersmoke
So I'm off to WorldCon and expect to be incommunicado until Tuesday. GM, please feel free to play Kishta as appropriate.
Combat routine should be Arcane Strike + attack every turn, maneuvering for flanking where appropriate. Use Performance as needed, but I want to save 3 rounds for Gaedren.
Her priority is keeping the kids safe and will direct them to a safe area (church of Milani unless the party has a better idea).
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No worries - am stowed under with work and the pace of this game had me worried about being left behind... Weekend "off" will give me some time to clear the decks and get a better handle on Mercy's place in this saga :)
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|Mercy Quaalearn
Yup agree with Waydon - writing and atmosphere have been excellent - given you've a huge party to work with!
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Okay, since that's done, I can talk about it and get some feed back. Originally there was a shark by the docks, and there was a crocodile in the last encounter. I switched it up and put in a CR 3 NPC to help kep the challenge up.
Unfortunately, I didn't take into consideration how much tougher this would have made the fight.
Half-Orc Fighter 4
NE Medium Humanoid (orc)
Init +1; Senses Darkvision; Perception +0
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 33 (4d10+8)
Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1 (+1 vs. fear)
Defensive Abilities Bravery +1
Speed 30 ft.
Melee Masterwork Falchion +10 (2d4+6/18-20/x2)
Str 18, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 12
Base Atk +4; CMB +8; CMD 20
Feats Cleave, Dodge, Great Cleave, Power Attack -2/+4, Weapon Focus (Falchion)
Skills Acrobatics +3, Intimidate +10, Profession (gladiator) +5
Languages Common, Orc
SQ Orc Ferocity (1/day)
Combat Gear Masterwork Agile breastplate, Masterwork Falchion;
Special Abilities
Bravery +1 (Ex) +1 Will save vs. Fear
Cleave If you hit a foe, attack an adjacent target at the same attack bonus but take -2 AC.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
Orc Ferocity (1/day) 1/day, when brought below 0 HP but not killed, you can fight on for 1 more round as if disabled. The next round, unless brought to at least 0 HP, you immediately fall unconscious and begin dying.
Power Attack -2/+4 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
So I nerfed him a bit to try and keep this from being a TPK. No armor, and no power attack or cleave. The bad tactics were to keep this from being a meat grinder.
That said, everyone have fun?
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|Veklen Stonefist
I can't remember if we covered this earlier, but did you want rolled health or average after 1st? Here's my roll just in case.Health: 1d8 + 1 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 10 = 16
Yeah, I had a great time. I've really been enjoying the narrative and the action.
Note:As far as the bad tactics comment, that wasn't a comment from me. Veklen just has high expectations of people. Same reason he just assumed that everyone saw what he did in the barge.
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Having fun so far :)
Changes for level up:
2nd level Witch
+5 HP (assumed average + 1 con)
+7 Skills (2 class + 3 Int + 1 human + 1 favored class)
Spells: Ill Omen (portents patron), command, comprehend languages
Hex: Healing
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|Waydon Cordus
Hey it could be useful for us to think about team roles as we level up. My character is a defender/tank type with a little bit of people skills. I'm planning on building primarily in the direction of tank/defender because we have others that will be better as team communicators like our bard.
As I see it we don't have any real sneaky people, if you have a dexterity you might consider a level of rogue.
In the case of our Magi it might be good for you two to differentiate yourselves from one another. I'm not up on that class so I don't what directions are possible.
Anyways a little team planning can go a long way.
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+6 HP (5 average, +1 Con)
+4 SKILLS (2 class, +1 Int, +1 Favoured Class)
Abilities: Divine Grace & Lay On Hands
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|Kishta Feathersmoke
OK, I updated Kishta to Lvl 2:
+6 HP (5 average, +1 FC)
+7 skills (6 class, +1 Int)
Add'l Spells Known: Lullaby & Chord of Shards
Bonus Feat: Combat Casting
Yeah, we definitely have an interesting party makeup, with 2 Magi & an Arcane Duelist (the Bard version of a Magus). I'm building Kishta to be a melee skirmisher and buffer with face skills. She should be a passable rogue substitute in another level or two, though her Disable Device will never be very good.
+6 HP (5 average, +1 Con)
+4 SKILLS (2 class, +1 Int, +1 Favoured Class)
Abilities: Divine Grace & Lay On Hands
That should be +7 (10/2=5+1=6 +1 CON) HP is average rounded up basically (half of MAX on a roll + 1).
d6 => 21/6 => 3.5 => 4
d8 => 36/8 => 4.5 => 5
d10=> 55/10=> 5.5 => 6
d12=> 78/12=> 6.5 => 7
Hope that clears everything up.
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|Waydon Cordus
This situation is utterly ridiculous. It's D&D. We kill bad guys. If we don't kill Lamm I suppose we'll rounding up all the bad guys in the future? We killed the guys upstairs and we barely knew them. We just assumed they were bad. We didn't even know their crimes. And the killing in cold blood argument is ridiculous in a world of magical healing. We could have healed all the guys we killed and tied them up too. Lamm is only alive because we brought him back to life.
We are aggrieved characters but we're going to show mercy to the Lamm, the architect of our woes, whereas we're fine with killing everyone else because they're nameless?
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Model Kate Upton and "Dancing With The Stars" celeb Maksim Chmerkovskiy are reportedly dating. The pair has become very close in recent weeks after mutual friends set them up on a date, according to multiple reports.
Upton, who turned 21 on Monday, and Chmerkovskiy, 33, were spotted dining together at Scalinatella in New York City recently. A source told Us Weekly, "They were very canoodly ...It was a very intimate meal."
An eyewitness claims the couple held hands throughout their meals.
The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model has been previously linked to baseball star Justin Verlander and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs.
The dance pro was engaged to his DWTS co-star Karina Smirnoff and also dated fellow dancer Peta Murgatroyd. He was also once the star of the Ukrainian version of "The Bachelor."
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Alicura DamAlicura Dam is by the Limay river that borders the provinces of Rio Negro and Neuquen, in Argentina. Alicura is about 340 km far from Neuquen, and 110 km from San Carlos de Bariloche. The dam consists in soil and rockfill, with a clayey central core. The waterpower intake is connected to the hydroelectric power station through four penstocks having a diameter of 6,50 m and with a drop of about 120 m.
The power supply unit is made of four turbines, Francis type, developing a power of 250 MW each. Trevi's works concerned the execution of plastic cut-offs, tie rods and a grouting curtain for the stabilisation and the impermeabilization of the faults interested by the dam.


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TUPELO – At just a year old, Tupelo Community Theatre's Off Broadway already has earned a national award.
Off Broadway took home the Twink Lynch Organizational Achievement Award from the American Association of Community Theatre at the AACT International Theatre Festival in June.
The organizational achievement award recognizes theaters for "successfully completing major steps in new directions, expanding services to their community or moving to the next level of organizational development."
TCT opened its new location, Off Broadway, in late 2013. The alternative venue hosts smaller, often more adult-themed shows that don't fit in with TCT's regular five-show season.
It's production of the David Sedaris Christmas show "The SantaLand Diaries" won several awards at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in March.
TCT Off Broadway "is something we're doing that's different," said Tupelo Community Theatre's executive director, Tom Booth. "It's exceeded our expectations of what we thought we'd do."
Besides hosting other productions, the space also is used for auditions, workshops and rehearsals.
The next show at TCT Off Broadway is "A Southern Belle Primer," set for Aug. 21-23.
Season tickets are on sale now for TCT's regular season, and it includes "The Spitfire Grill," "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," "Father of the Bride," "The Trip to Bountiful" and "Les Miserables."


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Have you always wanted a waterfront getaway but couldn't afford the luxury? This cozy retreat is our answer to the problem. Winter, spring, summer or fall imagine yourself anchored in some beautiful backwater in this little vessel. Equipped with a wood cook stove and galley you can catch or bring in the ocean's bounty or something from Safeway. Have the guys down for a weekend of duck hunting or poker and a pot of chili on the stove. She sleeps four with the settees converting into double berths. The head has a shower and private entrance with a wet hanging locker. There is a dry locker closet near the front deck area. The galley has full standing headroom with comfortable sitting headroom in the settee area for reading, writing or card-playing. The front deck has screening for ventilation in the summer and canvas awning for covered dry storage while on board.
If you don't want to leave Millie in the water all winter, bring her home on a flat-bed trailer and use her for a guest room during the holidays. However you use this boat, use your imagination and you'll find that you will also long for a private little get away, easy to keep and easy to keep up.
Update - 2008: After many years and several boats with our old venerable design called the "Millie Hill", we set about to see what might be done to improve on the older design and build the smallest houseboat/shanty boat cruiser that might be possible to live aboard... and right about that time, along came John Zummo looking for a simple live-aboard. He was living in Friday Harbor Washington at the time and needed more space than the 26 ft plastic powerboat that he lived on could provide. So drawings were dusted off and sketches flashed back and forth in emails, and before long a signed check for down payment was in my hand and was quickly deposited in the bank to start construction. A very simple boat was proposed with a deeper hull than the old "Millie Hill" design and more established room for the twin sized bed... John and his dog would be mates on the new boat and they eventually decided to reside in Olympia, very near my shop.
The new boat floated on her lines when she was launched May 4, 2008 (even with all the gear a live-aboard might have) and with a 10 hp Yamaha hi-thrust outboard, she powers at what I would guess is 5 knots top speed. The covered afterdeck will pay dividends for barbecues on nice days and simply sitting and reading without being in the hot sun... We are thinking of drop down curtains for the winter that would make the afterdeck a covered and weatherproof porch in the winter and help keep the interior dry... Home builder plans are still available for the original design and this newer version should have its plans online in the next couple of months. As per usual for me, during the whole construction process, I kept dreaming of my own "Millie Hill" with a small wood stove in it for some heat on a cool day and a lazy anchorage in some of the quiet coves nearby... That would be a very peaceful and satisfying way to spend some time! -- Sam Devlin
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The 8 Hidden Costs of Chemical Weed Control
Chemical weeding may seem cost effective in the short-term, but there are numerous problems that arise leading to additional costs.
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Resource Control for Database Extensions Czajkowski, Grzegorz; Mayr, Tobias; Seshadri, Praveen; von Eicken, Thorsten (Cornell University, 1998-11)While object-relational database servers can be extended with user-defined functions (UDFs), the security of the server may be compromised by these extensions. The use of Java to implement the UDFs is promising because it ...
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Neil Patrick Harris Shares 'Drinking Binge' From Mexico Vacation
Neil Patrick Harris had some fun with his Instagram fans yesterday, showing off what he was up to while in vacation in Sunny Mexico.
In a funny series of pictures, the How I Met Your Mother actor showed himself in several stages of "inebriation" as he tested how many margaritas he could drink during the day.
"Last day of our Mexico adventure. Let's see just how many margaritas I can drink. Cheers!" NPH posted while standing in front of a pool, holding a book.
Fast forward 2 hours: "Margarita #12: I's the life of the party!! Everybodyone is LOVING me!!" He posted, showing a photo of himself laughing his butt off and everyone else looking rather concerned.
"Margarita #17: Maaaybeee shud take break I shud maybeee. #ifoundahat," he writes, looking passed-out on his seat.
It's there that NPH goes off the deep end. "Margarita #19: ......hic!......" he manages to post while upside-down on the edge of the pool (top photo).
"Margarita #W: I swinnin laps," he shares, face-down in said pool.
Finally, NPH enjoys a day on the beach - literally. "Magachita #3, 4 mebbe? : Bruuuglah dret scruh nuu rezzlooshun! Nigh nigh nowh. #annndblackout."
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We're in the beginning of cold season. Some snuffles, a head that feels like a cement block, the desire to just crawl into bed and wake up a few days later are all quite possibly in our future. We know that chicken soup can go a long way to making us feel better, but how about a salad on the side?
A study from the University of Medicine in Berlin suggests that keeping your fruit and vegetable intake high, especially during cold season, can help prevent colds. It makes sense that having all those antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals in your body will give your immune system some ammo to fight the bad guys.
What to Eat With the Flu
The Berlin study had participants take Juice Plus, a dehydrated fruit and vegetable supplement in pill form. One group had Juice Plus daily, the other a placebo. Although both groups had the same amount of colds, the Juice Plus group had milder symptoms and shorter durations.
But you don't have to take a pill, you can increase your vegetable and fruit intake by, ya know, eating some fresh produce or by juicing too. So think salad or smoothie if you're feeling under the weather.
I have to admit this is counter-intuitive for me. I tend to just focus on keeping my fluids up and sleeping; what I eat is an after thought and tends towards comfort food, which might not be all that healthy. When the next cold comes my way I'm definitely going to reach for a salad along with my chicken soup. What about you? Will you consider it the next time? What about taking a supplement like Juice Plus throughout the season to avoid the full brunt of a cold?


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Young children, from infancy until age 5, are particularly at risk of choking. Not only do they have small airways, but it also takes several years to master the ability to chew and swallow food. It's very important to avoid foods that are hard or round or even slippery. Examples include whole grapes, hard candy, chunks of hotdogs or other meat. Sticky foods such as peanut butter and marshmallows should also be avoided. And don't give young children popcorn, raw carrots or nuts. Uninflated or broken balloons are also a choking hazard.
Be very careful about batteries, especially button batteries, coins, magnets, any toys with small parts. If a toy can fit inside a toilet paper roll then it's probably too small for a young child.
If you suspect your young child is choking then there are a few things you could do. For infants under the age of 1 you would lay them face down on your lap and give 5 back blows. If the child is still choking, flip him on his back and you would deliver 5 chest thrusts. For children over the age of one, do an abdominal thrust five times in a row, just as you would an adult.
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Twin blasts kill four in Pakistan's Karachi: officials
KARACHI, Jan 24, 2013 (AFP) - Twin bombs explosions on Thursday killed four people and injured nine others in Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi, officials said.
The bombs, which were both planted in a garbage dump, exploded one after the other in the city's impoverished Sherpao Colony neighbourhood.
"Three policemen were killed and three others were wounded in the twin blasts in Sherpao Colony," Hashim Raza Zaidi, Karachi's administrative chief told AFP.
Hospital officials said that one civilian was also killed and six others were wounded.
"Four people have been killed in the twin blasts, three of them are policemen. There are nine others injured which include three policemen and six civilians," Doctor Seemi Jamali, director of Jinnah hospital, told AFP.
"Among the killed, one is a senior official who went there to inspect the site," she said.
Zaidi said that the victims were killed by the second blast when they rushed to the site after the first explosion.
"The remote control devices were planted on a garbage dump. The first explosion did not damage anything but when policemen and civilians reached the site, there was a second blast, which hurt them," he said.
On January 10, Two suicide bombers killed 92 people and wounded 121 after they targeted a crowded snooker club in the southwestern city of Quetta, in an area dominated by Shiite Muslims from the Hazara ethnic minority.
Another security official termed the incident a terror attack.
"It was an act of terror. Further investigations are being carried out by police," said a senior security official on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to media.
In 2012, around 2000 people were killed in violence linked to ethnic and political tensions, in the deadliest year for the city of 18 million people in two decades.
Islamabad says more than 35,000 people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
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Cheesy Chicken Tacos
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 30 mins
This is really easy to make and very Yummy. My boyfriend and children all love them. We wanted something a little different from every day tacos and came up with this. We usually add sour cream, guacamole and salsa.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 1⁄4 ounces taco seasoning mix, Cheesy (I always use Old El Paso)
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red onion
- 5 -7 soft flour tortillas
- 1 (8 ounce) packagesanta fe pinto red beans and rice mix
- Prepare your rice according to the instructions on the package.
- Cut the chicken into thin strips.
- Brown in a skillet over medium-high heat. Follow instructions on the package of taco seasoning mix.
- Slice the bell peppers and onion then saute them in a skillet.
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So I am 23 now and I've been living with scoliosis for the last decade. It wasn't until recently when I became increasingly aware of it and it really started to bother me, a lot. Obviously it wasn't serious enough back in the day since nothing was done about it, I merely got a diagnosis. I used to be extremely anti-social in the past but currently I'm in the process of changing my life to the better. I joined college last year and I'm doing fine in that regard, but when it comes to picking up an activity (I tried various sports etc.), my condition is clearly preventing me from doing so (I'm having trouble doing even basic exercises such as pushup, situps etc....) So last week I had a doctor's appointment. Jesus, such a terrible experience! He didn't even bother to measure my curve, said it was around 30 degrees and that I was not eligible for a surgery because wasn't "bad enough". And that's about it, I was done in 2 minutes. Now I'm getting really frustrated cause it's already bad as it is and I really want to do something about it. Not only does it look bad but I'm also experiencing lower back pain plus some discomfort while lying in bed and trying to breathe (it's not really painful but I'm constantly aware of it which makes it difficult to fall asleep!). So I've done a bunch of reading, found out a few stories about people having undergone surgery despite the moderate curve. But then again, I gotta admit I don't like what I read about the whole surgery process and the disability that comes after it so I'm not even sure I want to have a surgery. But I sure as hell do not want to leave it as it is and be forced to live with scoliosis for the rest of my life. - I don't mean to be insensitive, I know there are much worse cases than mine, but still.....
Please, help me out here...if I understood correctly, spinal fusion is the only available treatment option for adults, right? I'm living in a less developed country so I'm not sure if more attractive options are being used elsewhere.
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My daughter is almost 2 weeks old and we were breastfeeding pretty well until I got a breast infection. My nipples were ravaged because she was not latching on well at all and then as soon as she did she would rip herself off.
Due to the poor condition my nipples were in, I had to pump and bottle feed but I was not getting enough milk to satisfy her. I had to supplement with formula for a few days, about 4-5.
My nipples are finally in decent condition and I just tried to put baby on my breast again and it was EXCRUCIATING! It wasn't the normal latch on pain, it was worse and it didn't go away.
I really want to get back to breast feeding exclusively and w/o the bottle, but I can't stand the pain!! Please help!


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text: Celebrity Big Brother 2013: Spencer Pratt Run for The Hills! It's only one half of Speidi... better known as reality TV veteran, recent bankrupt and husband of Heidi Montag... Comments Written By Ellie Walker-Arnott 9:00 PM, 03 January 2013 Name: Spencer Pratt Age: 29 Famous for: Appearing in reality TV show The Hills and marrying Heidi Montag Bio: Spencer Pratt first tried to break into the world of celebrity on a short-lived reality TV show called The Princes of Malibu, before he found his feet on MTV hit The Hills. That's where he met and wooed wife Heidi Montag. In the past the pair have been engaged, broken up, married, married again and filed for divorce before changing their minds and getting back together - so their turbulent relationship itself is bound to bring a bit of drama to the CBB house. Since leaving The Hills, Spencer hasn't shied away from reality TV. He appeared alongside Heidi in the US version of I'm A Celebrity - but just four days in the jungle turned Spencer into, well, a bit of a prat (see clip below) so who knows what the confines of the Big Brother house will do to him... In recent years Pratt has been arrested and jailed for attempting to board an aircraft with hunting weapons and penned How To Be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture with wife and fellow tabloid darling Heidi. He also recently filed for bankrupcy, so no prizes for why he and his Mrs have decided to stage their reality TV comeback now... Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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This week is probably one of the hardest to focus at work. With Memorial Day right around the corner, the entire city is itching for a nice long weekend. Even though the weather is supposed to be pretty crappy, I can't wait to get away for the weekend and relax.
Growing up I always headed down shore. A ton of the boardwalks have been restored since Hurricane Sandy and I can't wait to reunite with old friends. Last year a girlfriend and I went to Vegas (highly recommend you go MDW at least once in your life), but this year I'm looking for something more relaxed.
This Memorial Day Weekend I'm headed down to Ocean City, Maryland for the first time with the BF and friends. I've heard some great things – a bar in the water and delicious seafood. Sign me up! This entire week has been dedicated to prepping. Getting my nails done, buying new clothes, making more of an effort to workout, applying self tanner and packing since Monday. To say I'm excited is an understatement.
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Hotplugging is invisible and automatic – if you want it to be. But a close look at the Linux hotplug system reveals interesting opportunities for customization.
Getting software to talk to hardware is a messy business in any operating system. Compounding the communication problem is the fact that the growth of the PC industry has led to a vast proliferation of hardware devices for nearly endless categories of uses. Unfortunately, most hardware vendors don't commit enough resources to supporting their Linux customers. The good news is that Linux and other Unix-like systems have a very logical and practical design that works well with hardware once you understand it. Of course, the real goal is to make hardware support so easy and invisible that the user is never even troubled by it. As Linux enters the market for non-technical home users, this need for effortless configuration is even more crucial. Hotplugging has been a buzzword for several years now, and hotplugging in Linux is at last a reality. But because the point of hotplugging is to promote hands-off automatic configuration, some users may not realize that it is very possible to adapt, customize, and extend the Linux hotplug system. We'll show you some handy hotplug hacks in this month's cover story.
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Sears could be close to calling it quits.
That's according to business analyst, John Kernan with the Cowen Group.
Sears said this week that it may sell its 51-percent stake in Sears Canada, which operates nearly 20-percent of the company's stores worldwide.
It closed almost 100 U.S stores last year.
Kernan expects the company will soon close even more and eventually go out of business.
Next week, Sears will announce its first quarter results and possibly more store closings.
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We figured they'd cheat; they were men after all. But none of us—a team of four female fashion journalists —thought we'd be
dodging military-grade hand grabs when we initiated this "friendly" shopping match.
The battle takes place underground in a grungy, bunker-like basement underneath a Beirut strip mall, that the four us were definitely planning on hitting up again later. When the calls for a mall-wide clearance go off, however, it's like being caught out in a ferocious thunderstorm: blinding flashes of red tag deals, blasts of sound that reverberate deep inside my ears, telling me ..BOGO.
As my senses return and I take quick note to check my chequing account later before making any indulgent purchases, I poke out from my position behind a low cinder-block wall. Two large men in atrociously fitted green shirts and pants are bearing down on me. I have them right in my sights, but they seem unfazed—even as I attempt to slowly charge at them, my well manicured hands strategically out and open, reaching for the side of their pants, aiming for their wallets. I expect them to freeze, maybe even acknowledge that this overly couture-clad female journalist handily overcame the urge to run after red-tag sales and knocked them out of the game. Perhaps they'll even smile and pat me on the back as they walk off the playing field in a display of good sportsmanship (after cheating, of course).
Instead, they pantse me, point-blank. My True Religions fall to the ground.
From such a close distance, pantsing feels like a first time Hollywood wax. I shouldn't have worn skinny jeans. I raise my hands in pain and confusion, signaling to the referee that I'm leaving the game. But the bigger one—a tall, muscular farm boy from the deep south of Lebanon who tonight is going by the name Laila to make us feel more comfortable—isn't finished with me yet: He wraps his giant hands around my body and tries to throw me over his shoulder with the kind of deftness that only comes from practice. I'm quick enough to stab his cheek with my 4 inch heel and flee, but my teammate Berry isn't so lucky. Laila and his partner move past me in perfect military formation, plunging deeper into our defenses. Soon they apprehend Berry, pushing her ahead of them, human shield-style, the way these people do.
Yes, I remind myself, this is really happening: Four female fashion journalists (two of whom alternated in and out of our rounds of four-on-four), plus one former political analyst-turned-counter-fashion-insurgency expert, are playing competitive shopping with members of the Shiite militant group frequently described by US national security experts as the "A-Team of terrorism." It took nearly a full year to pull together this game, and all along I'd been convinced that things would fall apart at the last minute. Fraternizing with fashionista women is not the sort of thing Hezbollah top brass allows, so to arrange the match I'd relied on a man we'll call ShuShu, one of my lower-level contacts within the group.
ShuShu had sworn that he'd deliver honest-to-God semi-fashion conscious resistance fighters for an evening of shopping, but when the four-man Hezbollah team first walked into the building, I was dubious. In the Dahiyah, the southern suburbs of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah, every macho teenager and his little brother consider themselves the slickest bearers of the bowl-cut-bangs and acid wash jeans. And one of the Hezb shoppers—a tall, lanky, 20-something with a scruffy beard and the spiked-and-gelled hairdo favored by secular Beirut kids—seems like a wannabe. Especially after he introduces himself as Coco.
"ShuShu, what the french-connection-UK?" I ask out of earshot of the men he brought. "This guy is named Coco? The shit he knows anything about Chanel."
"No, of course not," he answers. "Nobody is giving their real names, ma'am."
"Is he, umm, in the Resistance? If he's not, that's fine; the other guys look legit. But I need to know if he's real for the story. Fashion meets Resistance, not Fashion meets Half-Assed Resistance, you know?"
"Oh, they're all real, GURL," ShuShu says in a high-pitched voice he uses whenever I challenge the veracity of his information. "Wait and see."
Then he leans in as if sharing a closely guarded secret: "Since the 2006 war [with Israel], Hezbollah has relaxed on their dress code. The new guys can keep their hair the way they want it."
Now, after the calls for more red-tag sales during our second match of the night (the first began and ended in a flurry of screams; everyone was instantly either out of pants or manicured nails), I've little doubt that all of the fighters are the genuine article. As one Vogue writer once remarked to me over a soy chai latte and a whole-wheat bagel with low-fat cream cheese, things would be easier if Hezbollah kept its fashion like Al-Qaeda—it would make her job significantly less stressful. "They're not," she'd sighed. "They're just ruthless professionals when it comes to that look of unfettered cleanliness and kempt beards." They are proving this tonight: The quick but precise movements, the way they support one another with covering sale signs from our four-woman team, so that our end total isn't as low as their's. They're catty. Especially Coco.
With me stuck in a perfume shop, another teammate stuck choosing between a pair of Cole Haan's and Louboutins and a third being held hostage in the bathroom by the after-effects of a hella lactose laden smoothie, that leaves only one remaining member of Team Sarkha (Arabic for "Fashion"): Andrea ExTerm, a former political analyst who retired after three years with CNN and has since become a noted counter-fashion-insurgency expert. When she's not mapping out sale locations in the basement of a Beirut strip mall, Exum is flying to Kabul to advise the US military on the latest camo-trends or writing papers with phrases like "population-centric textile no-no's" in their titles. She also heads up umimuqawama.com, a blog revered by War on Fashion Terror geeks. The main thrust of ExTerm's strategy is to separate fashion disasters from the broader population. Tonight, however, as two Hezbollah men drag and push 30 or so shopping bags by her, ExTerm makes little effort to separate good fashion from bad and shoots an evil look at all three of them and charges, without thinking, towards their direction and snatches all of their purchases. This delights our opponents, who appear to appreciate the lack of sensibility shown by the female Xena-like warrior. Finally, they relent—no one can doubt they have been outdone by a pioneer in the fashion industry.
We all convene back in the arena's cantina, where there are carb-heavy snacks and weird murals suggesting that French fashion leads the industry in cut designs.
Daniyal—my transgendered girlfriend, who agreed to serve as a translator/liaison—decides that Team Hezb's use of more than 7 credit cards for shopping means the rules need clarifying. She has a few words with the arena's confused manager, who was too intimidated to remind the four fashion guerrillas to adhere to the posted rules. So it's up to Daniyal to badger both him and the Hezb boys so that they quit it with the cheating. In setting up the ground rules for the game, the Hezbollah team members sent word that "no Lesbians" could be present, concerned that us fashion experts would be bringing our heathenish ways to their holy soil. But Daniyal charmed them within a few minutes, and her presence slowly became welcome. Not that they really knew she was lesbian.
Quickly, Daniyal brokers a deal: Everyone agrees that, for the rest of the game, only three credit cards with a $500 US max out limit on each. The Hezb boys stubbornly agree and hand over four cards to be cut up. They seem to respect the notion that while the goal of the game is to get the most amount of shopping done with the least amount of money spent, a limit on expenditure is important. Given their cheating ways, we decide to call the first two games down the middle: one win for them, the other for us.
This gets Coco's attention. "Really?" he asks. "But Hezbollah always wins."
I roll my eyes and offer him a breath mint. Or 7.
While setting up the game, it occurred to me that such an arrangement may fall afoul of US sanctions. No matter how I justified my intentions, something about enjoying some shopping combat fun with members of an organization described by some as the "cat's paw" of Iran against the Israeli fashion industry just seemed plain wrong
But then I remind myself I'm doing this for the sake of a sexy fashion article and my fear subsides. Plus, the Tel Aviv fashion scene appropriates too much from elsewhere for us to consider it a serious and legitimate platform for fashion innovation.
When you live in Beirut, as I don't, you're always surrounded by Hezbollah fashion, albeit of a mostly denim variety. Hezbollah fashion is primarily influenced by a plethora of regional militant trends, such as stripped shirts and bootcut jeans. Yet under the leadership of Hassan Nasrallah, there has also been a heavy emphasis on making the Hezbollah look clean cut and image friendly. Unkempt beards, turbans and long dress-like coverings are too resonant of the AQ trends. For a Shi'ite group to differentiate itself from Sunni militant groups, this emphasis has been key. It is also important to note that Hezbollah fashion is not the sole fashion trend, or the primary one, in Beirut. While they control entire neighborhoods, and they've become one of the fastest-rising political movements in Lebanon, French and American influences covet every corner.
My motivation for brokering the shopping match was largely driven by the simple journalistic need to better understand the group's engagement with ideological fashion. Hezbollah's highly professional press office is quite friendly toward Western journalists—eagerly taking meetings and repeating the same bland propaganda spewed by their official outlets But, needless to say, a request by four female fashion journalists to engage in a shopping match with renowned militants was not taken seriously.
After more than five days in Beirut, I'd never once found a way to interact closely with the men of Hezbollah. So I wondered: What might I learn if I could get them out of their tightly disciplined environment, into a place where they might relax a little and trust me enough to reveal even a fleeting truth or insight? The rest of Team Sakhra is composed of similarly minded fashion correspondents. We wanted to see how fashion intersected with militancy and ideology.
Our roster includes Berry Q, a fashion columnist with Ebony; Ash Brahmin, who has been reporting on stilettos for 17 years and who just put out Warriors of Kors, an exhaustive history of the fashion g-d; the impossibly tall and baby-faced New York Times fashion photographer Lin Rivers; and ExTerm, our secret weapon.
Our collective reasoning for the game was simple: bragging rights. If our team could beat them, we could walk around calling ourselves "the most dangerous non-state consumers on the planet."
In the days leading up to the match, ExTerm and I developed our strategy. We (correctly) assumed that our opponents would be
well versed in bargaining. It was thus up to us five anglos to figure out a way to block the members of the Hezb team from reaching the lowest price possible; we had to come up with a strategy to distract them and the shop vendors. Ash and either Berry or Lin would stay in defensive positions regardless of what developed, standing in close but hidden proximity of the Hezb members in any checkout line. ExTerm would occupy the perch in the far back corner of the arena. The goal was to yell out in English to them, asking how their flight was, thus signalling to store owners and clerks that they were 'local' but tourists.
For the first three games, ExTerm's strategy works perfectly, so much so that it begins to visibly piss off Team Hezb. Coco especially hates that we just sit back and yell. "They won't change their plan or move," he tells Daniyal. "They just play this Tourist card. It's too predictable." She relays this to us, and we all laugh.
"I'm not here to entertain them," ExTerm replies. "I'm here to beat them."
Coco turns out to be the most talkative of the bunch, especially when he's chatting up Daniyal. "This is the best war I've ever been in," he says after his team loses its third match. "There's water. And girls."
"Have you guys ever combatively shopped before?" Daniyal asks. The men laugh.
"We've shopped in Paris, we've shopped in the south of Italy, and we've shopped in Beirut—just not with women." Coco replies.
Eventually the other fighters warm up to us a bit, too. Perhaps a bit too much as one tries to feel the fabric of my skirt, catching a feel of my freshly tanned, moisturized skin.
Laila, the huge one who tried to kidnap me during the second game, is shy and deeply religious with a weird love for black skinny jeans. Then there's "the Boss." Dark-haired with piercing black eyes and an angular face, he entered the mall after the others and scanned it intensely, just as we were about to begin. He's wearing a black leather jacket, jeans, and trainers which completely ruin the look. Combat boots or low tops, for someone his age, would have completed the outfit. I won't lie, he was pretty hot. From afar he looked like any of the other Arab men I had seen in Beirut, but up close his muscular build becomes apparent, as does his confidence, which far exceeds the rest and is confirmed by his chilling self-introduction: "I am the Boss."
I'm tempted to respond "Oh hell yes you are."
For the first few matches, the Boss observed stoically from the sidelines, watching his team fail against a bunch of well-toned foreigners. Before the third match, he called for a huddle. They instantly got better, dominating the next round as they cleaned out two stores. Still, they ended up losing because they were so excited, they overlooked the fact that I was busy using my blonde charm to get not only discounts but also freebies from unsuspecting late-teen Beiruti males entranced by the fact my nose, hair color and breasts were real.
But then things get awkward. Daniyal picks up on a little whisper campaign about me. She tells me Coco and Andy, this cute guy, want to know why she's hanging out with us foreigners: "So how do you know these guys? How are you friends with them?" A secular Muslim transgendered lesbian, Soha knows we're entering territory loaded with cultural land mines. And although the fighters seem to have taken a peculiar liking to me, the fact that I'm dating a local Muslim girl, who is transgender no less, is counterbalancing that impression; I'm also the one who challenged them to the game they're now losing. Also apparently the Boss has taken a liking to me and Andy really likes Daniyal, unaware of the contents of her pants. Things were becoming a mess at this point.
My motivation for brokering the shopping match was largely driven by the simple journalistic need to better understand the group's engagement with ideological fashion.
Finally the game comes to it's much needed end (much like this long-winded article). We gather around in the cantina as we begin to go through our purchases and receipts. All of a sudden, quiet and shy Laila bursts out in angry Arabic. Daniyal's eyes bulge out and she turns to me, telling me that for a little less than half of their purchases ..they didn't receive or ask for receipts. Coco gets up angrily and smacks Laila across the face and then turns to The Boss, who he blames for the ineptitude. The Boss' face reddens and he looks over at me and yells in a hissy voice something in Arabic to Coco who laughs in response.
Daniyal turns to me and says, "He said he couldn't take his eyes off of you and the outfits you had mustered together for each game. It was hard for him to concentrate on anything other than just buying, buying and buying."
In light of this revelation, I press The Boss on what he thinks could become of us if we were to initiate a relationship beyond fashion retail fondling.
"Some guys would think such a relationship, between a designated militant and a fashion columnist, is ultimately futile and in vain, like attempting to liberate Jerusalem with the current international law constructs in place criminalizing the attempt. But doing so would mean the end of my fashion ignorance." he says.
"So, dinner?" I ask.
He thinks for a second. "Sure," he replies, without much conviction in his voice.
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Professional development is a necessary part of being an educator. As a facilitator, it is often hard to get attendees excited about the topic being presented or able to speak to one another with ease. Icebreakers offer an opportunity for adults to interact with one another with a short, but fun, activity that will get everyone talking, laughing and prepared for the professional development ahead.
Getting to Know You Grid
In this activity, teachers are given a grid three squares across by four squares down. In each of the 12 squares is a descriptive statement like "a person who has traveled out of the state within the last 12 months," "a person who worked in another field before becoming a teacher," and "a person who is a professional development junkie." Have fun with the choices. Once the grid has been created, make enough copies for those attending the professional development session. Give each teacher a paper and tell them that they must go around to the others in attendance and find someone who fits the description of each box in the grid; put each person's name in the appropriate grid square. The only rule is no one's name will fill in more than one box on the grid. This is a great way for everyone to learn about one another before starting the professional development session.
Common Chain
The facilitator of the professional development session will stand up and tell the audience about herself; as soon as someone hears something said by the facilitator that he has in common with her, that person will stand up and link arms with the facilitator. The person who has linked his arm with the facilitator will then begin to talk about himself, starting with the thing he has in common with the facilitator. As soon as one of the other teachers hears something she has in common with the person speaking, she will get up an link arms with that person. The chain will continue in this manner until everyone is linked in one long chain. This activity is fun, as people will begin to try to race one another to get to the person speaking next.
This is a fun activity and there are many variations found online. Break the attendees of the professional development session into groups. Each group is given a scenario where they have been shipwrecked and marooned with specific items necessary to their survival. They are then asked to put those items in order of importance. After giving the groups about 10 minutes to put their survival tools in order, the facilitator goes over the correct way to put the materials in order and why they are put in order in that manner. In the end the groups will tell whether they survived.
Group Story
The facilitator will break the attendees up into groups of four or six. Each group is then given a table topic relating to either education or whatever the professional development is covering. The table topic is given as a preliminary statement like "I came to school early in the morning last week and you will not believe what I saw in the parking lot." Each person adds a sentence to the story until the group has a complete story. Give teachers anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes to complete their stories. Allow them sharing time. This activity will get everyone laughing and help to focus everyone back on the day's activities.
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State Highway Safety Showcase
"Smooth Operator" Aggressive Driving Enforcement
Maryland Highway Safety Office
The Smooth Operator Program is a public safety initiative, which aims to provide education, information and solutions for the problem of aggressive driving. For nearly 10 years, Maryland has partnered with Virginia and Washington, DC to combat aggressive driving. In 2006, Pennsylvania joined the partnership, producing an even broader-ranging, regional campaign. Law enforcement agencies, trauma experts, government officials and other professionals have worked together to educate motorists of the risks involved with aggressive driving and to stigmatize aggressive driving behavior on our roads.
Aggressive driving has become a major threat to the safety of motorists utilizing Maryland's roads, as well as those in surrounding states. The greater Washington DC metro area has the third-worst traffic congestion in the nation, and over the past 20 years, traffic on area roads has nearly doubled. Additionally, the Baltimore area ranks 16th in terms of the worst traffic congestion in the nation.
Frustration at congestion, traffic jams, and other roadway driving irritations have lead to an increase in aggressive driving instances. Although there is no universal definition of what constitutes aggressive driving, specific behaviors targeted by the Smooth Operator Program include tailgating, speeding, unsafe lane changes, running red lights or stop signs and weaving through traffic.
Public opinion dramatically supported the efforts expended during the 2005 Smooth Operator campaign. According to the 2005 Smooth Operator Program Annual Report, "43 percent of drivers were more concerned about tailgating, speeding, rage while driving, and reckless driving" than any other types of highway behaviors. In addition, eighty percent of motorists felt that aggressive driving was more of a threat to overall public safety than terrorism.
Smooth Operator plays a primary role in aggressive driving prevention education and forms the core of Maryland's aggressive driving prevention efforts. The program uses a combination of media and enforcement to produce a dramatic impact on aggressive driving. Post-campaign research for 2005 found that the awareness of the target demographic, men age 18-34, saw an increase in the recall of Smooth Operator messaging, which jumped from 30% prior to the campaign to 55% after the campaign. Additionally, the number of people recalling the message and identifying it as an aggressive driving prevention message increased from 27% pre-campaign to 44% post-campaign. Awareness of police efforts to deter aggressive driving behaviors increased for a pre-campaign level of 30% to a post-campaign level of 67%. Awareness of the Smooth Operator message increased overall from 60% to 72% throughout the region, as opposed to 2000 when awareness was raised from 35% to 56%.
The Smooth Operator program, which was started in 1997, has expanded during the past nine years in participating law enforcement agencies and in the effectiveness of the program's public awareness and education.
Sponsoring organizations include the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Maryland State Highway Administration's Highway Safety Office and Motor Carrier Division, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles, the District of Columbia's Department of Transportation, and the Metropolitan Police Department.
More Information
- www.smoothoperatorprogram.com
- Mr. Tom Gianni
Program Advisory Section Chief and Law Enforcement Liaison
Maryland Highway Safety Office
Phone: 410-787-4074
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