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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief whose French presidential ambitions were shattered by a sex scandal last year, is making a comeback in business and at conferences.
The 63-year-old Strauss-Kahn was accused of trying to rape a New York hotel maid in May 2011. He protested his innocence and criminal charges against him were dropped, though civil proceedings by the woman are still pending.
Now he is promoting himself as a consultant and guest speaker at far-flung points on the world's conference circuit, where participants can demand $100,000 or more to talk for an hour, and five times that sum for star performers such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
While Strauss-Kahn's itinerary for now will keep him at some distance from the financial capitals he used to frequent, experts say his economic policy experience and a contact book that many heads of state would envy will stand him in good stead.
"He has the potential to be enormously successful," says Roy Cohen, a New York-based career coach and author of "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide".
"He needs to be test-driven first … If he is able to prove that his intervention and the consultancy advisory work he is doing is powerful and effective, he's going to generate interest."
Strauss-Kahn has been little seen in public in his native France, where until recently media have been portraying him as a shunned and lonely man. Yet in the past year he has delivered keynote speeches at conferences in China, Ukraine, Morocco and South Korea.
He was warmly applauded when he spoke about global economic prospects to hundreds of students and executives in Morocco in September, at an event where his hosts at a private university introduced him not with his grandest former title but simply as Professor Strauss-Kahn, the economist.
He is scheduled to make a second appearance in Morocco at an Arab banking congress in Casablanca in mid-November. Organisers of the meeting declined to comment when contacted by Reuters, as did others hosting conferences Strauss-Kahn is due to attend.
His come-back plan took another step forward last month when he lodged the founding statutes of a consultancy firm, called Parnasse, at the commercial court in Paris.
On top of conference work, public speaking and consulting, Parnasse's statutes show his ambitions stretch to finance, real estate and political services in France and abroad.
Strauss-Kahn this month also gave a rare magazine interview to France's "Le Point", which photographed him relaxing at his new apartment in Paris's Montparnasse district with a tablet computer in his hand.
It was a stark contrast to the image the world watched on TV in May 2011, as he trudged handcuffed and haggard to a U.S. courthouse to be jailed briefly on criminal charges, later dropped, of trying to rape hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo.
But the potential pitfalls that lie ahead were illustrated in March when police had to bundle him into a getaway car as protesting students clashed with security guards after he gave a speech on the world economy at Britain's Cambridge University.
The case will hang over for him for some time yet; though New York prosecutors dropped the charges on the grounds that Diallo was not a reliable witness, the date of her civil suit has yet to be determined.
And in France, a court will rule on Nov. 28 whether to pursue a judicial investigation into a prostitution ring in which he was allegedly involved. He says he has done nothing illegal and is being pursued because of his libertine lifestyle.
Yet if Strauss-Kahn can put those cases behind him, Cohen said time would work in his favour and pointed to other big names on the conference circuit who overcame image problems.
Clinton, who survived sex scandals and an impeachment trial in the late 1990s, now makes millions of dollars a year attending high-profile events.
According to financial declarations his wife Hillary Clinton makes as U.S. Secretary of State, Clinton charged $750,000 for addressing a telecoms event in Hong Kong, and $500,000 for his presence at an Abu Dhabi conference on environmental data.
Sylvie Audibert, a Paris-based consultant who coaches corporate executives on topics from stress management to life-makeover decisions, said Europe's economic crisis could give Strauss-Kahn a perfect forum to use his talents.
He recently floated an idea under which Germany and France, which are enjoying low borrowing costs as investors see their debt as safe, devote some of their savings to helping weaker countries in the euro zone.
The idea has generated little visible interest, apart from a blog mention by former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton. Greek government sources have also quashed rumours that he is advising Athens over their debt troubles.
But Audibert said that like others who have held frontline posts in politics and global economic management, Strauss-Kahn may still harbour hopes of one day taking up a public policy role, perhaps at European level.
"We're talking about people with very big egos and very big ambitions," Audibert said. "I am not convinced his ultimate goal is to remain the adviser in the shadows."
Strauss-Kahn himself hinted at his longer-term ambitions in his interview with Le Point.
"I sense a possibility of investing myself in big international projects … For the moment, my situation stands in the way."
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Actor Robert Wagner has repeatedly refused to be interviewed by detectives probing the 1981 drowning of his wife, Natalie Wood, a sheriff's lieutenant said in remarks published today.
Since reopening the investigation more than 13 months ago, detectives have gathered new evidence and interviewed more than 100 witnesses, but not the man they're most anxious to interview, authorities told the Los Angeles Times.
"We reached out through his attorney and got rebuffed. We went to his home and he refused to talk us, and we sent him a letter, so I say it is fair
to say he has declined to be interviewed, repeatedly," Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. John Corina told the newspaper.
Wagner has ties to Palm Springs as a part-time resident over the years.
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This is the defensive end that has been linked to the Giants in several mock drafts. However he had a big Senior Bowl and if he runs well at the Combine then he will be long gone by the time we pick at number 19.
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This is the defensive end that has been linked to the Giants in several mock drafts. However he had a big Senior Bowl and if he runs well at the Combine then he will be long gone by the time we pick at number 19.
Would be shocked if he were still there at 19.
This is the type of draft move I would expect from the Giants!
He will be gone before 19..
Ezekiel Ansah Senior Bowl Stock
By Walt - @walterfootball
Jan. 27, 2013
2013 Senior Bowl: Ezekiel Ansah Stock
Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel won the 2013 Senior Bowl MVP, but the award could have easily gone defensive end Ezekiel Ansah. The BYU product was an unstoppable force. He embarrassed the offensive linemen trying to stop him, put tons of pressure on the opposing quarterbacks, made great plays to limit the running backs to short gains (or losses) and even strip-sacked Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib.
Along with Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher, Ansah made the most money at this year's Senior Bowl. He went from being a mid- or late-first-round pick to a prospect who could easily go in the top 10. I had Ansah slotted No. 19 overall to the Giants in my most recent 2013 NFL Mock Draft, but New York will be extremely lucky if he gets there.
Ansah's new range should be considered six to 19. He could go virtually to every team, given that he fits in both the 4-3 or 3-4. Ansah played outside linebacker in BYU's 3-4, so he would obviously fit the latter scheme.
Here's a look at every team in the 6-19 range, and whether or not they make sense for Ansah:
Cleveland Browns
Michael Lombardi is now calling the shots with the Browns, and he's a big proponent in building a defense starting with a pass rush. Cleveland is now running a 3-4 and needs a rush linebacker across from Jabaal Sheard. If Damontre Moore and Bjoern Werner are off the board, Lombardi could definitely consider Ansah over Barkevious Mingo or Jarvis Jones.
Arizona Cardinals
If the Cardinals don't like any of the quarterbacks available, they'll go with the best player on the board. Ezekiel Ansah could fit that and fill a need as well. Arizona doesn't have much of a pass rush coming from the linebacking corps.
Buffalo Bills
The Bills will be going quarterback or receiver.
New York Jets
The Jets have to improve their pass rush. Because Ansah fits both the 4-3 and 3-4, he would be a great fit for Rex Ryan's hybrid scheme. The Jets have to improve their pass rush if they want to beat Tom Brady. Drafting Ansah could very well do that.
Tennessee Titans
Sources have told us that the Titans will not be looking for a defensive end early in the 2013 NFL Draft.
San Diego Chargers
The Chargers will be praying for Eric Fisher to fall to them. If he doesn't, they'll consider Ansah if he's available in the event that they lose Shaun Phillips to free agency. Other players are also possible, like Johnathan Hankins, who could be rated above Ansah on their board.
Miami Dolphins
Ansah is a very strong option for the Dolphins. They desperately need pass-rushing help across from Cameron Wake, as they're in the same boat as the Jets. Beating Tom Brady requires putting tons of pressure on him.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers desperately want Johnthan Banks. It's unlikely that they'll draft a defensive end in the first round.
Carolina Panthers
The Panthers are strong at defensive end. They'll be looking at another position.
New Orleans Saints
The Saints are transitioning to the 3-4 - check out this article about the four teams switching defenses this offseason - but Ansah still makes sense for them because he can play in that formation. New Orleans has to find a pass-rusher, so Ansah makes a ton of sense.
St. Louis Rams
Chris Long and Robert Quinn are the starting ends, so they won't be interested in Ansah.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rush linebacker is one of the positions that the Steelers will be targeting in the first round, given that they need to find a successor for James Harrison. Ansah would make a ton of sense.
Dallas Cowboys
Anthony Spencer will be too expensive to re-sign for a cap-strapped team, so Dallas will have to find another pass-rusher across from DeMarcus Ware. Ansah could easily play left end in Monte Kiffin's 4-3.
New York Giants
The Giants already have enjoyed success with a raw pass-rusher, so why not another? Ansah isn't so raw as he is inexperienced, but the fact remains that the sky is the limit for him once he realizes his potential.


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Louis, Mar 26, 2011.
Wow. Totally unnecessary. Glad you have nothing more to say -- goodness knows what it would be.
Louis, you are the only one who knows how your friends would interpret such a huge gift. I know if it was me, I would feel awkward, as it would point out the large power/financial gap between me and you. I would also worry about how the heck I would reciprocate when I got a wedding invitation from you. I would be ashamed to give a gift that I could afford. I think that even a $500.00 gift would be astoundingly generous.
I still struggle at Christmas and birthday time when my best friend and her family go all out on me, spending several hundred dollars every time. I have finally accepted that they do this because I am buying for five of them and they are buing for 1 of me. We are probably spending fairly close to the same .
even if you get tons of money at a reception it's not like you can book a "better" honeymoon the next day. But then again I left the day after my wedding for the honeymoon, I couldn't even cash the checks - my dad took them home for me.
The last few weddings I've been to the couple hasn't gone on their honeymoon until months after. Granted I live somewhere that's miserable in the winter, so people usually have nice summer weddings and then wait until winter to get away.
I gave cash to each one of those couples as well, between $50 - $200 depending on the people. I think what you're suggesting is a wonderful gesture.
Whatever you give, it is a real kindness to send the gift in advance of the wedding. You'd be saddened by the number of gift cards that get separated from the associated gifts, and dealing with the gifts at the reception is generally a hassle. And, if the bride and groom aren't going to be living where the wedding is taking place, that adds one more complexity that they don't really need.
I hope you can celebrate with your friends before too long.
I agree
There is absolutely nothing in Louis' post that mentions a destination or an expensive wedding. For all you know they might be having it in their back yard.
And even if they weren't... you're in no position to label it a bad choice.
Please point out the phrase in this post where it says they're having a) a destination wedding and b) spending money on a lavish wedding.
I also think that you are being judgemental. Just because that was your idea of the perfect wedding, doesn't mean that it is everyone else's. My niece and nephew in law had a destination wedding on a cruise. They did not expect anyone to go on the cruise with them. I did, because at the time my finances allowed me to do that. Another niece and nephew in law got married in Las Vegas with a themed wedding. I attended that too, as my finances allowed it. My son and soon to be daughter in law will have a destination wedding. They do not expect people to attend (other than family). It has been her dream wedding since she was little. My older son and his wife had a wedding with a judge presiding over the event. And my youngest son had a wedding that could be described as shot gun in the backyard of a friend.
Weddings are for the couple. Guests are invited to share, but shouldn't be the focus.
Nowhere do I see that Louis indicated that this was a destination wedding (which to me implies that the couple would in fact have a honeymoon). From what I read, the couple either a) live some distance away or b) are returning to their home town to be married around family. I feel that Louis is asking if the gift is too much or should be a thing rather than money.
Louis you know your friends best, but they might be embarassed by such a large gift, knowing that there would be no way that they could reciprocate when you and Sweets get married.
Both the bride and groom are in societally important but not especially well-paying jobs. They can barely afford the wedding and don't have enough money to go on a honeymoon..
um that part...
Louis, I'd give the cash, but think a bit about whether it would stand out. If the family and friends include people who are well off, and yours isn't likely to be the only large check, go for it.
Not if you are Catholic. That's why my husband's parrish would not marry us even though he was at Alter boy there for his k-12 life. They would not marry us in his boyhood church because we lived outside of a 100 mile radius, even though his family sent and paid for 6 kids to go to parochial school. They told us that we would have to invite everyone who is Catholic within a 100 mile radius to celebrate as a community. So I gave in again and got married at St. Paul's Monestary which was basically a wedding factory (very nice) to give in to my Catholic side of the family. Yeah, I could of got married on the side of Mt. Kilminjaro backpacking or something but I chose to think of my family and not my own wants which again must be old-fashioned to not put yourself first...
and why would it be "better" to have a smaller wedding an go on a honeymoon instead??
Following your logic, they're actually putting their guests first by investing in the wedding rather than the holiday...
Anyway, it could well be that it's a small wedding and even that is stretching their finances. Nowadays, everything is expensive, even (very sadly) hiring a church /officiant.
^ but the guest can't afford to get to the destination and even if they can there are NO hotel room available to stay at
Has it not crossed your mind that Louis may have friends who, gasp, live in a different city? Surely it's not the couple's fault if all of their friends don't live in the same place?
Everyone I've ever talked to about their wedding wishes they got more cash gifts. Presents are more for showers. Weddings are expensive, and money is always appreciated. I am part Italian and Italians almost always give lots of cash. I think it is more tacky to get a picture frame (which I got as a wedding gift, and also was dropped in taking to the car and destroyed). Most couples have to take out loans to have a small but nice wedding and would appreciate cash to pay off the loan.
But I must say $1,000 is awfully generous!! If you can afford it and don't mind and are very close with this couple, then go for it. I'd think they'd be happy with even just $100 if you couldn't make it. Just sayin'.
Not everyone's finances allows destination weddings. Hence weddings for the masses locally, honeymoon destinations for the couple who can afford it...
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That is absurd! I have never heard of a parish that did such a thing. I suppose that our service was technically open, and any member of the parish could have come in, but our reception was entirely seperate so we did not have to host them. (We invited the priest, but he declined, since it was New Years Eve, he said people often felt uncomfortable "partying" when the priest was present.)
I've been to many many Catholic weddings, as most of my family is Catholic, and I've never heard of a church that required everyone in the area to be invited. My sister also used a "pretty" church to get married at where no one in the family was a member of. They just required a note from our parish that she was a member there, and requested a donation be made to the church (no different from a rental fee.)
As for the original question of the wedding being about the couple- my mother told me, the ceremony is about the couple, the reception is for the guests.
And to "destination" wedding- I guess ours was for us, as we got married in our hometown, but neither of us lived there anymore (Austin TX, I lived in Houston, he in Ohio). Much of my family had to fly in too- as not everyone is from Texas. But it wasn't destination in the sense of going to the Carribean. But the idea of a local wedding seems very quaint to me- I don't know anyone whose family and friends all live in the same city- it's always a destination for someone.
Really? You know enough people who have done this that you said "most"? I've never heard of such a thing. I didn't realize a bank would even loan for this sort of thing. Learn something new everyday...so glad I didn't have to do that!
(Also, the best wedding gift I got was a week at a timeshare. We got to pick any destination we wanted, and did so ahead of time so we went just after the wedding. Originally we got a Hawaii timeshare, but the flights were too expensive, so we switched to a lovely ski vacation in Durango, Colorado. My Aunt gives her timeshare as a gift for most every wedding.)
I don't interpret that in the same way. If the jobs are not-well paying they may be using all their income on regular living expenses and having a very simple wedding could be hard to afford.
Louis - the gift is a nice idea. I have friends who would love a thoughtful gift like that and others who would feel obligated to return a gift of equal value.
^ Saint Francis Cabrini of Allen Park Michigan refused to marry us even though the new Father/Priest was younger than my husband at the time! I refused to beg (evangelical Christian/ not tied to Catholicism) said adios and found the Monastery to be a wonderful place that still placated my Catholic in-laws. We now attend a Bible church btw...and my DD attends private Christian school thanks to that experience.
Credit card, loan, whatever you want to call it. I paid for my own wedding because I lived at home and was able to save a lot of money for my big day. I had 200 guests, a live band, sit down dinner, and people still say it was the best wedding they had ever been to.
So glad that you were able to learn something new today.
Exactly. Even a bargain-basement wedding can easily be $5,000.
Louis didn't say he couldn't afford it, nor did he mention any other person having difficulty getting there or finding a hotel. Perhaps Louis is one of the only out-of-town guests?
Who said anything about a destination wedding?
I feel dumb- I don't use my credit cards that way, so it didn't occur to me to think of them as a loan. You're right- many people do put weddings on credit cards and aren't able to pay them off right away.
It is always expensive for guests to go to weddings. I had to miss my college roommates and a best friend from high school's weddings because the plane tickets were about $400 plus a few nights in a hotel, and time off work. I've gone to as many as I can, but it's not always easy. None of these are destination weddings, in the true sense of the word- it's just that no one lives in the same place anymore.
I assume that you deleted the
No I had the wedding of my dreams in spite of the priests and other factors like my mother-in-law to be suggesting that her version of the rehersal dinner would include cold cuts in her basement complete with views of stuffed killed things on the wall that gramps had killed over the last 30 years...
When my sister got married, her fiance asked his best friend to be best man. The friend couldn't attend the wedding as he was out of the country for work, but as a wedding gift he gave them the equivalent of what he would have spent on airfare to attend. At the time my sister and her fiance were still students and the money was very much appreciated, though certainly not expected. They were overwhelmed by his generosity, but knew he could afford the gesture and were touched that he had done this. Of course, while not "family" they had been best friends for years. You are the only one who can judge whether or not a large gift of money would be appropriate in your situation.
Louis, you're in the best spot to evaluate how the gift might be received. Weddings run a wide spectrum, and at some while a $1,000 would definitely be a generous gift, it might not be out of the range of what other people might give.
At some weddings, a gift of that size could well exceed what everyone else would give by many mulitples. Even if that were the case, some people might feel uncomfortable and wonder how they could ever reciprocate, while others would appreciate the generous spirit with which it is given and just enjoy the money.
I think the background story (I had planned to attend and this is what I allocated for the wedding, and since I can't come now, I just want you to use this for something special) would help a recipient understand and appreciate the spirit behind the gift and help them receive it with an open heart. If you're not sure how they'd react, I think you're definitely safe giving $500.
I say give what you can afford. If they are dear to you and you want to help them out, that's fine. Gifts are to show someone your appreciation towards them and to give them something USEFUL. Giving a monetary gift would be just that.
Louis, if I ever get married, I am inviting you, and I would accept any check you decide and be grateful for it. If this is what you want to do for them, you should do it. If they cannot accept your generous gift graciously, it says a lot more about them than it does about you.
The problem with these threads is weddings are so specific to culture, to family, to religion, to budget that it's almost impossible to get advice that's relevant to the OP. They also seem to devolve, rather quickly, into MY wedding is better than YOUR wedding, and posters that are perfectly reasonable in other threads forget that just because someone else doesn't make the same choice as you did, it's not an equally valid choice. The projection and judgment of people's own weddings who are different religions, live in a different place and time, want different things in their wedding, and have different cultural norms is just
(If I ever get married, I've already decided it's going to be about pleasing my husband and myself. The minute you try to please family, friends, coworkers, officiant, etc., you end up pleasing NO ONE. I have learned much from these threads. I will also accept any gift anyone chooses to give me without acting prissy.)
You should have tried St. Constance Church in Taylor, Mi. Only a few miles away. Both my sons were baptized there even though I went to a different parish. The priest told me that he was happy that we were getting our kids baptized. That was what was important. Not if you were a member of the parish or not. I don't know if they are still this way. My youngest was baptized 15 years ago.
Cabrini is a pretty church--my mother went there when she was young-but there are quite a few nice looking Catholic churches in the downriver area that are much more liberal in their beliefs.


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Original post made by C Gage, Del Prado, on Mar 22, 2008
Anyone else heartbroken about the news of a fifth-grade old boy in San Ramon who was killed when he accidentally entered a residential intersection into the path of (or into the side of) a small-ish bus and was killed? I often see young (under 12) kids riding their bikes to/from school without adults on the sidewalks along Pleasanton's major throughways. I see them make decisions at intersections - like crossing at intersections on a yellow light or not looking into a right-turn lane next to them before crossing on a green light to the street the lane feeds into... The family of this S.R. boy must be so heartbroken.
Anyway, my reason for starting this thread is to open a discussion about how our community, schools and neighborhoods and police can work together to help parents and children use the best bicycle safety practices possible. I know the Pleas. Police Dept has a bike safety program, but wonder if it gets used by enough people, if there's enough education out there to inform parents about things like this: How old, tall or mature should a child be before being allowed to ride alone on his/her bicycle... I don't know the answer, but I wonder if PPD or other sources have stats to back up any suggested ages/sizes for kids to cycle w/o an adult(kind of like carseat laws).
Again, I request that we keep this an advice or suggestion forum and respectfully ask fellow residents that we avoid any accusaions or blame-placing related to any children's or parents' decisions regarding kids' bicycle use.
Hoping to stay safe --
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a resident of Country Fair
on Mar 22, 2008 at 6:22 pm
when i first let my middle schoolers ride bikes to school I followed them and spied on them one day, then got them in trouble after school for not being as careful as they were supposed to be. No bikes for a month.
a resident of Country Fair
on Mar 22, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I see parents driving their kids to and from school everyday, and everyday I see them go through red lights. I see them talking on the phone, oblivious to children in crosswalks. I see them drive toward children in crosswalks, instead of stopping. I would never let my children walk or ride their bikes to school in Pleasanton because of the narcissistic parent drivers I see on the road every school day.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Mar 23, 2008 at 12:51 am
When approaching kids using the bike lane in the direction of my travel, if possible, I move over a lane. Most of the time these kids have recently been released from school and their mind is on anything but watching for vehicles approaching from behind. They sometimes veer out of the bike lane while having fun with their friends.
Just remember when we adults were kids and where our thoughts were after school. Be an alert defensive driver, especially around schools.
I agree with Amy, some of the most dangerous drivers around schools are parents transporting children while their thoughts are elsewhere.
Good for you. Thank you for being a responsible parent.
a resident of Del Prado
on Mar 23, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Good points, Amy and Jerry. My kids ride bikes to school sometimes - but only with me, door to door with close supervision of the way they're riding - I told my son the story about S.R. boy to get him to stop asking, "When can I ride to school by myself?" Some other kids from his school do, at age 10. I'm just not ready yet. I hate usuing stories like this as examples. Then we learned that the little boy from San Ramon who died was in the same class as the daughter of a good friend of ours. Tragic. No other way to put it.
a resident of Livermore
on Mar 23, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I never carry a cell phone in the car. All riders are quiet or they can take a taxi at their own expense. Children know how to pressure parents to get their way;accompany you kids door to door, no bicycles. I don't think that most children can rely upon adults to drive carefully. I don't. Nothing in the world will ever bring back that 5th grade child. Tragic.
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
on Mar 23, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I think it's important for parents to discuss bicycle safety with their children- making sure that they pay attnetion when crossing streets, helmets etc. I live in an area where children cut through the side street- it's a scary place to drive around 3pm. I've seen MANY without helmets or they do the thing where someone sits on the handle bars. Also, the intersection of Greenwood and Valley is scary-I've seen many students, walking or on bikes, dart out in the middle of traffic and stand on the medium. Cars turning could possibly not see these darting kids as a smaller car often can't see infront of larger ones. Anyway I think it goes both ways that drivers and pedestrains need to be safe and really pay attention during school hours.
On a side note, I remember getting pulled over on my bike about 15 years ago for not riding on the correct side of the street. I wish police officers would patrol school zones more often when school is let out. That way they can pull over the people in speeding cars, rolling through stop signs etc, as well as stop kids on bikes that aren't wearing helmets or who dart across the street. A simple citation is worth it compared to being injured or possibled killed.
And doesn't a cell phone law start up this summer? It'll be interesting in the fall to see if parents continue to chat on their phones. I've seen many parents in larger sized cars, small ones too,(and no not everyone does this) talk on their phones with a couple kids in the car. Dangerous!
a resident of Birdland
on Mar 28, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Take a look a this public service announcement from the UK which illustrates very well that we need to increase our awareness of bicyclists when we are behind the wheel of a car: www.dothetest.co.uk/
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Menshov: 3toe, 3lz, 2toe, 3ax, 3sal, 3loop, 3flip? fall, 2a-2toe-2toe. Some problems in the landings of the most of the jumps
Had a lot of stream issues, so I'm not sure:
Hanyu: 3toe, 3ax, 3f, 3lz-2toe, 3a3toe, 3f-2toe, 3loop, fell right before the footwork, 3sal
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Preaubert: 4toe fall, 3a-2toe, 3loop, 3ax, 3f-2toe, 2lz, 3sal-3toe-2toe, 3f
Is it just me - or does Javi seem awfully slow during his steps? I sort of like what he is doing but it looks so slow........
Gachinski looked so miserable out there.. ok technically.. but I hate that program.
Contesti really needs to stop burying himself in the short.
Mini Plushenko popped his quad, good 3A followed by borderline 3A. Must be Mishin;s skater - frontloading and weak choreo.
But definite potential ......
Gachinsky: 2toe, 3a-2toe-1loop, 3ax, 3loop, 3sal, 2lz, 3toe, 2a-2a
Gooooo Tomas! :D Land your jumps, please
Verner: 3lz-3toe, 3ax, 3loop, 3a-2toe, 3lz, 3sal, 2ax stepped out and hand down, 3f-2toe-2loop


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text: I graduated from college in May and moved back home while continuing the job hunt - fortunately, I found one and am due to start working in a few weeks. I'd always assumed that I would start paying rent whenever I found a job and now that that's finally happened, thank goodness (can't say that enough!!), I plan on holding up to that, since I'll be continuing to live at home for now. My question is - how much seems reasonable? I think it'll be up to me to bring up a number, but I don't want it to be too much or too little. None of the other college grads I know that moved home are paying rent at all, so I haven't been able to compare with them. Would appreciate hearing how others handled this situation. TIA


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AOLer Phil Campbell's Life Hits the Big Screen
Jul 18, 2012
AOLer Phil Campbell has a lot to celebrate these days. He loves his job as an AOL Senior Collections Representative on our finance team, and he's celebrating his new movie which just hit the big screen at a theater near you. "Grassroots", a film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal (father of Maggie and Jake, pictured above), recently opened in limited release in theaters across America and to glowing reviews from outlets like The New York Times. Campbell's book, Zioncheck for President, a memoir published in 2005 about an eccentric local political campaign Phil once managed in Seattle for a friend, was the basis for the movie, and as a result, Campbell is now experiencing new fame from the movie's release.
The book chronicles the period from Campbell's sudden firing to how he was able to regain a balance in life and figure out who he was. "I wrote the book because I had a strange experience in 2001 where I was fired from my job at an alternative weekly in Seattle and I was trying to figure out what to do with my life next. I had an identity crisis and ended up jumping on my friend's political campaign for local office."
Zioncheck was adapted into a movie after Gyllenhaal was taken in by a copy of the book provided by Campbell's publisher in 2007. The movie took years to come into focus, but both Campbell and Gyllenhaal wanted to see it through. The process wasn't without some challenges: "You can pack a lot more into a book, but for a movie everything gets boiled down and condensed," said Campbell. "Parts are tossed out wholesale, which was quite a challenge, but suddenly in 2010 it was really happening."
When discussing Jason Biggs, who plays him in the movie, Campbell admits that he didn't know who he was. "I didn't see American Pie, so I didn't really know him," said Campbell. "Everyone told me he was a great choice and when I met him he seemed intent on widening his range as an actor and show that he could do more than just pie jokes. After being on set for four days I was very impressed. He played the role the way it should have been played."
Last year, Phil was featured on You've Got... on AOL.com when he shared the story of the Phil Campbell relief effort in Phil Campbell, Alabama. An off-beat convention of Phil Campbells from around the world, organized by Campbell, was scheduled to take place in that Alabama town when it was devastated by an EF-5 tornado. The convention turned into a volunteer effort that attracted heavy media attention; the Phil Campbells worked together to raise $42,000 in 6 weeks. AOL's Phil Campbell is now working on a documentary about the project called I'm With Phil and credits the event as "one of the most profound experiences I've ever had. Connecting with total strangers to help out a place that we didn't really know very well was incredible."
An AOLer since 2007, Campbell's favorite part about working at AOL is the people. "I love my team and supervisors and I just really love coming into this office because people here are really friendly. Compared to other places I've worked, this is a place you actually want to work at."
On top of the documentary, Campbell is working on a second book, and can't live without the time needed to "think and create and use my mind to try apply creatively to any kind of problem, whether inside or outside of the office." As his list of accomplishments continues to grow, Phil still cites the birth of his son as his single proudest moment. "He's four years old now and he's really smart and just incredibly gregarious. Watching him grow up has been an incredible experience."
Find out where you can see Phil's new film, "Grassroots", by visiting Moviefone. (Bookstore Photo by Robin Hellmold.)
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Wedged between lush coastal mountains and the vast Tillamook Bay, the town of Garibaldi is classic Oregon: laid-back, outdoorsy, and serious about food and drink. Though only 900 people claim permanent residence here—many of whom get by on the town's long-standing tradition as a fishing village—many more make their way from Portland, just 80 miles east, to enjoy the slow pace of life, the natural beauty of the region, and some of the best seafood, cheese, and wine anywhere on the Oregon Coast.
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You'll be greeted at The Garibaldi House Inn & Suites—a boutique 50-room hotel overlooking the bay—with fresh flowers and chocolate. Other amenities at this 2012 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence winner include mini-refrigerators, microwaves, complimentary Wi-Fi, and cable TV. The inn also features a heated indoor pool and whirlpool, and with each afternoon comes complimentary snacks, usually between 3 and 9 p.m. In the morning, follow your nose to the hot buffet breakfast downstairs, which includes eggs, sausage, waffles, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit, muffins, and more.
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Then head out to Tillamook Bay for fishing, kayaking, or crabbing. Hit the sandy shore of Rockaway Beach and hike the 4.8-mile trail up to Cape Lookout, or drive the Three Capes Loop—a 35-mile coastal byway between Tillamook and Pacific City that links three state parks.
Afterward, a wine tasting awaits at Blue Heron French Cheese Company, just nine miles south of the inn. Drop anchor and sip from your included souvenir glasses during an included wine tasting for two, while learning about the characteristics of the regional wine selections. In addition to a wide variety of Northwest wines, guests can pick up French-style cheeses and a selection of jams as well as other gourmet goodies.
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TrueCrypt System partition or entire system drive?
How Secure is Encrypting Just the system partition Vs Whole Disk in the given scenario.
Hard Disk has 1partition for recovery (dell) 1 partition for Windows 7. if I were to only encrypt the System Partition how secure would that be?
My only thought is worse case scenario someone boots into recovery and wipes the whole drive, (which they could do anyway with a linux Distro and no bios pass). Is there anything i'm missing? Would true crypt store any file on the recovery partition that a forensics expert could use to hack the drive?


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Barn hive referenced in my previous post "great opportunitity for me"....now I am planning the trap out.
Goal: I want them to overwinter where they are but get use to the 'tunnel' entrance. I don't want to add the empty medium or deep until early, early spring and see if they will build up in the extra space. I'd like to lure the queen in there during that build up; put in a funnel than and finally plug up the hole.
Some months ago, someone posted pictures of a trap out from an oak with showed the funnel piece inside the tunnel in the medium...that is what I want to do. I want to be able to open the lid and insert the funnel after the bees are using it as their main entrance and hopfully building up frames. I searched and cannot find that posting... if anyone can find it would you post to it and I'll see it in new posts?
Will this work? advice? This is my 2nd attempt at a trapout; 1st one the lady got impatient. This one they know it will be a wintering / spring process. They won't open the barn wall for an extract and I am learning so it is a good match.
Picture of site; Ill be replacing that hive with a trap out to the wall:


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To cover Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, this guide gives you four superb books in one -- a separate section each for program! You can manage your day and create professional-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in no time. Office 2008 has been redesigned so that the windows, toolbars, and icons blend in better with your other Mac applications. But there are still plenty of oddities. That's why this Missing Manual isn't shy about pointing out which features are gems in the rough -- and which are duds. With it, you'll learn how to:
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text: Thanks Mark. I thought that would be your answer. It didn't make sense to me that the bees that are overcome with mites would eat the honey first and then die from mite infestation. It makes more sense to me that the hive would be crammed full of honey with mite infestation because the bees dies in the fall.


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Capacity crowd offers comments on Cass zoning
Cass County Correspondent
All the seats in the Cass County board room were filled Tuesday morning as the commissioners received comments on proposed changes to county zoning ordinances.
The board voted on several issues, the most significant of which would delete changes proposed to tighten gravel pits rules in the county. This followed opposing comments from gravel pit operators and those who wrote new rules.
The planning commission and a citizen committee have spent the last two years preparing changes they saw as a response to citizen complaints about noise, hours of operation, gravel truck traffic and reclamation of closed pits.
Tuesday's board action would reverse those proposed ordinance changes, not require all pits to register with the county or require a reclamation financial assurance deposit of $1,500 per acre if topsoil is available onsite of $7,500 per acre if topsoil would have to be brought in from another site.
Current zoning requires a conditional use permit for any new pit. The planning commission could require as a condition a reclamation deposit or set operation hours or specify noise levels or limit truck hauling as has been done in the past.
Whether to use the existing ordinance terms or to adopt what had been new, stricter changes will depend upon a final board vote at the 9 a.m. Jan. 8 regular board meeting at the courthouse in Walker.
Tuesday, Bill Herheim, Lott Excavating owner, located between Hackensack and Longville, told the board, if the proposed changes are adopted, the financial assurance deposits, limiting operating hours (especially on weekends) and limiting the number of loads hauled would put smaller operators out of business.
He said tightened regulations are the result of problems with one or two operators. Problems with those operators should not affect all operators in the county, he said.
Further, if smaller pits close, it will raise the cost to the county as well as private citizens, because pit operators will have to haul longer distances to construction sites.
Mark Ruyak of Remer also objected to the high cost of the proposed rules. Business people already are facing higher state and federal taxes. Having to register pits with the county would only lead to a future county fee per registration, he predicted.
After hearing comments from two of the citizens who sat on the committee to write the proposed gravel pit ordinance changes, Ruyak said it was evident to him that the changes were written by gravel pit haters. He also objected to a suggestion that the changes might only be applied to new pits.
"If you pass these rules, all the small businesses will be forced out, leaving you with only the big guys who are causing the problems," Dave Felton of Longville said.
Butch Peterson of Peterson Excavating asked the board who will have time to enforce all the regulations.
Dennis King, who served on the citizen committee to write the rules changes, said the committee used as a guide rules already being used in neighboring counties. He said the reclamation deposit would be changed only to new pit operations.
He also said the requirement to register pits was included only so the county would identify which pits are existing and which ones are new. New ones would be subject to tighter regulation. Registration also could help people buying properties be aware of pit locations before they buy their land or house.
Jim Ballenthin, who has served on the planning commission during the time the proposed changes have been written, said planning officials have seen an increase in conflicts between pit operations and residential neighbors.
He supported pit registration, with existing pits to continue to operate as they have, but to require tighter regulation on new pits.
Susan Sundberg, a northern Cass planning commission member, supported having differing regulations, depending upon the size of operation. She also noted the planning commission has the power to grant variances even if the rules do become tighter. She noted two variances given this year to pit operators under existing zoning laws.
In making the motion to delete proposed changes to the zoning ordinance gravel pit section, Commissioner Jeff Peterson said he thinks more work needs to be done before the board can adopt any changes.
Commissioner Neal Gaalswyk said he thinks the present method of setting conditions for gravel pits through a conditional use permit works well without tightening the rules for all pits. Financial assurance already exists for reclamation, he said.
Cash Luck, who described herself as a 45-year resident of the county, chastised the board and zoning officers for failing to enforce existing zoning laws.
"I don't want to be the lake rat," she said, adding, "Enforce. Enforce. Enforce."
She maintained she has watched people remove expanses of cedar trees on her lake, then replace them with expanses of rock riprap when the shore washed out – all this despite the fact the county's existing ordinance limits clear cutting along lake shoreline.
Fines don't do any good she said, noting offenders she has seen can afford to pay the fines to do what they want. Restoration, instead, should be required, she emphasized.
Bob Sipes, who said he is closing out his resort on Leech Lake, told the board zoning has destroyed the value of his property. There is too much zoning of all kinds in his view. He qualified that by saying he does not oppose all zoning.
He also objected to the fact the county has been requiring native plants to be used in shoreline restoration projects.
"This isn't the Boundary Waters or Alaska or Siberia," he said. He called planting brush around a house a fire hazard in the event the area might be hit by forest fires. He also contended his wetlands have dried up while he has lived here, partially because he was not allowed to dredge them.
In addition to the proposal to let existing rules stand for gravel pits, the board Tuesday approved the concept of requiring both sides of a property line fences to be of equal quality, changing the term "urban growth" to "municipal growth", standardizing the setback from any platted or public road (regardless of ownership) to 20 feet and taking out a section of the resort portion of the ordinance that would have required resorts to provide the county with business financial documents to prove that they are a resort business catering to transient clientele rather than a high density residential complex for permanent residents.
If the board Jan. 8 adopts changes to the existing Land Use Ordinance, Environmental Definitions Ordinance and the Subdivision Ordinance, those changes would take effect 30 days after legal publication.


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These findings defy the prevailing consensus, and one wants them to be wrong. But what if they're not?
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Will AI create mindlike machines, or will it show how much a mindless machine can do?
Brian Hayes
Artificial intelligence began with an ambitious research agenda: To endow machines with some of the traits we value most highly in ourselves—the faculty of reason, skill in solving problems, creativity, the capacity to learn from experience. Early results were promising. Computers were programmed to play checkers and chess, to prove theorems in geometry, to solve analogy puzzles from IQ tests, to recognize letters of the alphabet. Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers, declared in 1961: "We are on the threshold of an era that will be strongly influenced, and quite possibly dominated, by intelligent problem-solving machines."
Fifty years later, problem-solving machines are a familiar presence in daily life. Computer programs suggest the best route through cross-town traffic, recommend movies you might like to see, recognize faces in photographs, transcribe your voicemail messages and translate documents from one language to another. As for checkers and chess, computers are not merely good players; they are unbeatable. Even on the television quiz show Jeopardy, the best human contestants were trounced by a computer.
In spite of these achievements, the status of artificial intelligence remains unsettled. We have many clever gadgets, but it's not at all clear they add up to a "thinking machine." Their methods and inner mechanisms seem nothing like human mental processes. Perhaps we should not be bragging about how smart our machines have become; rather, we should marvel at how much those machines accomplish without any genuine intelligence.
It is not only critics from outside the field who express such qualms about the direction of AI. Fifteen years ago Minsky told an interviewer: "The bottom line is that we really haven't progressed too far toward a truly intelligent machine. We have collections of dumb specialists in small domains; the true majesty of general intelligence still awaits our attack." At a recent mathematics meeting I heard Minsky offer a similar assessment, lamenting the neglect of the field's deepest long-range goals. His comments prompted me to look back at the early literature of artificial intelligence, and then survey some of the recent accomplishments. Has AI strayed from the true path, or has it found a better way forward?
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