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The Board of Aldermen, during its meeting Tuesday, charged its finance subcommittee with looking into the boot program to catch tax scofflaws.
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Alderman Scott Nihill agreed that the cash-strapped city needs to pursue every available option to boost revenue.
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Aldermanic President Gene Sharkey cited New Haven's success in using the boot as a means of collecting back taxes. West Haven has also had success with the program.
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By FITSNews || The familiar refrain – shouted annually from the rooftops by taxpayer-funded educrats – is that South Carolina doesn't spend enough money on public education. In good times or bad times, the song remains the same: "We need 'mo money, yo …"
Clearly that's 100 percent bullsh*t, as evidenced by the record amount of funding that our worst-in-the-nation public school system has received in each of the last two years (click here and here for those stats) as well as the hundreds of millions that school districts have tucked away in reserve accounts.
What's been the "return on investment?"
Well, South Carolina's overall graduation rate remains among the worst in the nation – which is consistent with our state's declining SAT and ACT scores. Also, South Carolina's rural graduation rate also ranks dead last in the country. We've made no progress whatsoever, in other words … and yet the only solution policymakers have come up with to turn things around (well other than boatloads of new taxpayer cash) is to dumb down our state-administered test scores to make it look like more students are passing.
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In the developed world, older people often leave the formal workforce in their later years, although they may continue to contribute to society in many ways, including participating in the informal workforce, volunteering, or providing crucial help for their families. There is no physiologic reason that many older people cannot participate in the formal workforce, but the expectation that people will cease working when they reach a certain age has gained credence over the past century. Rising incomes, along with public and private pension systems, have allowed people to retire based on their age rather than any health-related problem.
It is ironic that the age at retirement from the workforce has been dropping at the same time that life expectancy has been increasing. Older people today spend many years in retirement. In OECD countries, in 2007, the average man left the labor force before age 64 and could expect 18 years of retirement (Figure 13). The average woman stopped working at age 63 and looked forward to more than 22 years of retirement if they adopt similar concepts of retirement.
Many high-income countries now want people to work for more years to slow escalating costs of pensions and health care for retirees, especially given smaller cohorts entering the labor force. Most middle- and low-income countries will face similar challenges.
Other than the economic incentives of pensions, what would make people stay in the workforce longer? To start, misconceptions about older workers abound and perceptions may need to change. In addition to having acquired more knowledge and job skills through experience than younger workers, most older adults show intact learning and thinking, although there are some declines in cognitive function, most notably in the speed of information processing. Moreover, there is some evidence that staying in the labor force after age 55 is associated with slower loss of cognitive function, perhaps because of the stimulation of the workplace and related social engagement.
Even physical abilities may not deteriorate as quickly as commonly assumed. Although relatively little is known about the relationship between age and productivity (which takes wages into account), one study of German assembly line workers in an automotive plant found that the average age-productivity profile of workers increased until age 65.
Whether older people spend more years in the labor market also will depend on the types of jobs available to them. Many jobs in industrialized countries do not require physical exertion that might be difficult for an older worker, but they may necessitate acquiring new skills and retraining to adjust to changing work environments. Evidence is needed on the capacity of older workers, especially those with low education levels, to profit from retraining. Older people with limited mobility or other health problems may require more flexible schedules or adapted work environments. Considerations may need to be given to the value of building new approaches at work or institutions that will increase the ease with which older people can contribute outside of their families.
Figure 13. Expected Years of Retirement for Men in Selected OECD Countries: 2007
Note: OECD average is for 30 OECD member nations.
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Society at a Glance 2009. Available at: http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/Retirement/LFEA.
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Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Uniobrew31, Feb 8, 2013.
40 pack of Founders Porter in cans.....works for me!
Bring on the nip pack!
Just invest in buying a few of these Uerige Sticke beers and reuse the bottles...
Make sure you pour the beer into the flip-top bottle for fridge storage right away, then enjoy the rest. This was week old Black Xantus!!
Have you encountered a 4-pack labeled as a 6-pack with two empty bottles?
Otherwise there's nothing dishonest about anything.
Direct contact and refraining from purchasing four packs. This will get their attention if it is consistent and done in significant numbers.
BA's may be the most passionate but they are simply the vocal minority. A large portion of a breweries customers are unaware of many BA type movements (freshness, anti four packs/bottles) and are not going to care. Even when you get into the BA crowd the majority do not want to do any more than sit at a keyboard and complain on a forum. You will get a few who may send an email but even less will change their buying habits. We as consumers to a mighty poor job at giving breweries incentive to change.
Just think of how much easier trading with other BA's would be if there were more beers in can format. They are lighter and won't break.
Better for the beer, better for shipping, better all around.
sorry but I happen to prefer the 4pack size.
Also I think the best craft beers out there are underpriced and frankly I'm GD tired of having to deal with all of the problems with places selling out so much, so fast, etc. I'd rather just pay a few bucks more and not have such a hard time to get what I want. Craft beer is still insanely cheap for being able to buy best of the best at a relatively low price compared to best of the best for Scotch, wine, etc.
In the context of thread, what is frustrating for me is that in my area most times I only have a choice between singles or cases. Wegman's is my biggest local retail outlet for craft six packs, but if they don't carry the particular brew I am looking for, I'll have to buy it in single or case.
Value wise, the case is much better deal versus buying singles (sometimes at $4.50/$5.50 per), but then I have to make sure it's something I'll enjoy as I'll have 24 of them.
Generally I agree with this, love the beer can format, just think the jury is still out if they age beer as well as bottles, especially larger format bottles.
I love folks who complain that things should cost more.
Come on you know what I'm saying - there's a bigger problem on the table which is supply relative to the demand, and in the big picture beer is still really cheap.
I would wish you had more patience and energy before wishing breweries would raise prices. Would have same result.
Not sure what you mean. The 2nd trip to the store is more gas than an extra few bucks on the sixpack, plus the time & hassle value.
I know it's easy for you and others to object with the higher prices argument, but I think it's just completely out of place when prices are artificially low in the first place. Brewers could be charging more and selling out just as fast, especially the rare releases. DogfishHead is closer to fair market price than most brewers, and they still have a major supply problem. Yet so many brewers are so much cheaper than DFH, and often have beers that are just as coveted.
'Gansett is doing all their beers in 16oz. cans x 6 packs. I like that. But we could do better
Just remember, it all breaks down to making a profit. Costs are not the same for each brew and brewer, and some are trying to profit more than others. In America, it's religion. To wit; the 16 oz. pint vs. the imperial 20oz. pint, and the glassware in England is marked with the 20oz. fill line, and the glass leaves room for the head. In America the pint glass is 16 oz. at the very top. If the pour has any head then you get 13 or 14 oz. tops. As long as no one is complaining....
England has CAMRA looking out for its beer drinkers. They pushed for legislation to actually make sure that you got your full pint. We could get of our a**** and at least push for some fairness. They charge us for what passes as a pint, we should at least get it.
Dishonest may be a bit strong but... They are selling four beers for the price of six. That's some brewery saying "if we give them less they will think its better" that's is taking advantage of the beer advocates who respect beer and will support the small brewery. That's a bad move.
4 packs are too litte. I don't like getting loaded off of craft beer (sometimes I do) but 4 packs are still not enough. I have to go to the store every other night to replenish and shop around. Craft brewers should stick to 6 packs and nothing else because anything higher would be too expensive
You are putting a lot of words into breweries mouths. What about the brewery who changes to four packs but does not change the case price? Blanket statements about the big bad breweries don't work here.
Let's not act like all consumers are oblivious either. Most of us know whats up. If someone if completely oblivious they may be "tricked" the first time but they will soon make up their mind about if it is worth it to them.
Complain about the value you are getting if you want but let's not turn this into the breweries taking advantage of us. Bad argument to make, no one is harmed here.
I can be a cheap bastard. Some times a growler is less cost, some times six pack, and some times different size bottles.
I do the math and tell my fav beer dude that I have beat his system. He then laughs
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well considering four packs harbor the liquid of two bomber (usually for the same price), i agree. not to mention, it gives me four chances to drink the beer as opposed to one. i think the biggest thing with four packs is that most of these beers are usually higher in abv and more espensive to produce, thus cost more.
I'm with you on the singles, I love to sample different beer in a sitting...found some real treasures that way.
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I am just this moment (before going in to make dinner) finishing my first ever "stovepipe" (19.2 oz) of Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale, canned at their new facility in North Carolina. This is an awesome, perfect serving size for a 6.5% ABV beer. It's right on the money - I could drink one of these every day after work and not be left either wanting for more like I often do after a 12 oz or feeling too full and hazy as I sometimes do after 24 oz.
And, a stovepipe of Ten Fidy would be perfect for the weekend.
Agreed about the cost and alcohol content of a 4. I don't mind a four or six- but really love mixing up a 6- especially if you can put one or two of those "only in a 4" bottles into your mixed 6. The larger bottles are good if you are with friends and you both want to drink the same thing. I don't particularly care for companies that only make the large bottles though. Berkshire Brewing Company does this. Their beers only come in 22oz, growler, or on tap which is a bummer.
Why are they morons? What if $14 means I'll buy four of your beers, and $21 means I won't buy a single one? You lose, brewer.
And if you're not offering sixers any more and I really like your beer, maybe I'll spend $28 on two four packs instead.
Morons? Seems like a pretty good idea to me, actually.
the breweries are taking advantage. they are selling four for the price of six...how is that not taking advantage. four pack no more. i dont care if its the best beer on the planet.
no but I have encountered 4 packs priced as a six pack. maybe its not the brewers but something sucks about four packs i dont buy em, bombers are a rarity for me as well. has to be something really rare.
Thoughts on the New Belgium Shift 4-pack? I want them to be tall boys and I want them to be sold in a sixer. Those cans are not tall boys...
I like to think I'm far from a moron.
I pay attention to unit cost.
And I would agree with you if we're talking beer that isn't going to deteriorate quickly or beer that I'm going to consume in a short period of time.
But I like the idea of buying a 4pk of APA, IPA, and/or DIPA.
Yeah, I know.
I just said I'd rather have 4 bottles instead of 6.
Some breweries are selling cases at the same price, distributors are maintaining four packs and six pack prices. In those cases we are looking at misplaced blame here.
It takes two parties to complete a purchase, a buyer and a seller. When the transaction is completed at the register there is an understanding between the two parties as to what is being sold and what is being bought. The customer obviously knows they are being four beer and by purchasing the beers they are agreeing that the price is fair, by fair I mean one that the buyer is willing to pay. Of course we'd all like to pay less for just about everything we buy but nothing is getting cheaper these days. We don't have to like it but let's not throw breweries under the bus needlessly.
Ummm. You really think the 6-pack version would still be at the same price, if they still offered it?
No, of course not; 6 would cost more than 4.
Be real. The price of things goes up sometimes. (except Bigfoot, which cost less this year...)
This is simple: there's a price marked on the damn thing. If the price is too much, don't buy it. There are plenty of other things in the store. And plenty of others who want the expensive things you don't want.
At my beer store anyway, 4 bottles from a case costs 4/24ths the price of the case, and 6 bottles costs 6/24ths the price of the case, regardless of whether they're packaged in 4-pack cardboard or 6-pack cardboard. Pretty simple math.
Not at my beerstore. I dont know if its the brewers or the sellers but could the world not agree that 6 is better than 4? I have no problem paying 9 bucks for a four pack of murphys or guinness 16 oz. but 12 for a FBS four pack of 12 oz? its not that much better!!! and i will not buy it. lets not forget it is: water, malt, yeast and hops. maybe a little oatmeal, coffee, toffee or spice in some cases. this is not an expensive beverage to make. I think that beer lovers should unite on this issue and quit the 4 pack in favor of brands that are sold as six. thats why I wrote the post.
So, basically, you don't like, or choose to pay for, better beers. That's fine. That's your personal choice, not the brewers' fault. Please enjoy your Guinness and Murphys, leaving more FBS and FIS for me.
If you seriously think a 10.5% beer should cost the same or similar to a 3.5% beer, you have no concept of how beer is made or what costs are involved. And that's OK too, until you start complaining about it.
I make beer, I love beer. you have no concept of how beer is imported thats ok until you start sounding off like a pompous snob. but keep buying bombers and four packs if you like. why dont you back your ass up to founders doorstep so they can fuck you over proper!
Good, more for me. In my own opinion, Murphys is to Founders Breakfast Stout as a '78 Pinto is to a 2013 Ferrari.
From my understanding the 4 packs are becoming more and more common now for brewery's so that they can get more of they're better selling beers or BIG beers on the shelf as apposed to shipping out 6 packs and them flying off the shelves and stores running out quicker. I was discussing this with a department manager at one of the stores I frequent. We were talking about why Bigfoot had switched from 6 to 4.
Either way, if this is the case I'm all for it. I like seeing more of stuff that's usually a pain in the ass to get year after year.
Please, stop posting while drunk.
The real tragedy is start up local microbreweries stuck selling bombers for $8 or $9 because bottling lines are too expensive and they need to find a profit. I just can't justify paying that much for an unproven <6% beer.
YES, I deal w/the fours but would prefer sixers especially if I enjoy the stuff...like FBS


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THE entries for the opening European Tour event of 2013 have been confirmed, with a total of 114 players set to compete in the UK Qualifier on Friday February 22.
Following the success of the inaugural season of European Tour events last year, the series has expanded to include £100,000 prize money per tournament in 2013 along with new events in Gibraltar, Germany and the UK.
The UK Masters weekend will be held at the Butlins Minehead Resort from March 8-10, with 64 players competing for the £20,000 first prize.
The top 32 players from the PDC's One-Year Rolling ProTour Order of Merit qualify by right for each European Tour event and are seeded to face the 32 qualifiers in the first round draw.
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The letter to the Wave, OUR OWN OWS, by Dr. Harold Paez was to say the least humorous if one could understand what exactly Dr. Paez was saying. All I got out of it after reading around the mish mash was that the occupiers of Wall Street don't have a message, don't have a job, never created a job, and they were demonstrating without knowing what they were demonstrating for. Oh, and they were infested with fleas. I also learned from Dr. Paez that Daniel Solomon was writing articles without being qualified to write those articles due to his lack of education, and President Obama was to blame for everything wrong in America today. How good of him to point all that out to the community. I read Daniel's article, and unlike Dr. Paez's letter it was clear and intelligible. Isn't that what writing is supposed to be Dr. Paez?
No message, eh. When, if ever, has anyone seen the wealthy run up to Capitol Hill and throw themselves at the feet of Congress begging the government to take their money so they could pay their fair share of taxes? Well Dr. Paez it happened last week and that message was a result of the OWS movement. The demonstrators are sending and carrying out powerful messages to the government and especially the banks. Move your money is something OWS has been working on and is scaring the daylights out of the banks. Millions of people have moved their money from banks to Union banks that pay interest. Do you agree with that Dr. Paez, or would you rather pay a bank to hold your money? I guess in Dr. Paez's world it is OK that the 1%ers income increased 300% while the minimum wage went down.
I guess in Dr. Paez's world plain ordinary common sense has no place at all. People like Dr. Paez always fascinated me. I often wondered what college they attended. I believe there should be another form of college that would erase everything from the mind and start over. In other words, you went down the wrong road. Turn back to the beginning and this time get it right. Anyway, one would think that there was a solution somewhere in Dr. Paez's letter. If there was I didn't get it browsing through the dribble. But I have an excuse. I am not a college graduate. However, it is my opinion that the only way to make real change is at the ballot box. A viable third political party could be one solution. As for you Mr. Solomon, please don't go to college. I want to be able to understand your writing.


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A Melbourne scholar has translated a work of 16th-century, Italian pornography, reports, Jane Schou Clarke.
Sometime in 1535, in Venice, Pietro Aretino - the originator of European pornographic writing - penned his moving, poignant, funny and scathingly witty dialogue, The School of Whoredom. It is now available in a new translation thanks to Melbourne scholar Rosa Maria Falvo.
The School of Whoredom is essentially about the eternal political dance between men and women. Aretino interprets pornography as "the writing about prostitutes" rather than the meaning we give the word today. However, the book, written as a dialogue between mother and daughter, does give some fairly clear instructions on how to keep the customer satisfied.
Falvo is a teacher, educator, cultural affairs co-ordinator and advocate for humanitarian research who does not, she laughingly points out, engage in the profession she spent so much time researching in order to translate it from 16th-century Venetian dialect into modern, pacey, racy English.
"There's lot in this book that strikes a modern chord," she says, "as women continue to try and survive in what is still a basically very male world."
Falvo splits her time between Melbourne and Assisi, Italy. She survives, and indeed flourishes, by living in two worlds, two homes, across two hemispheres, combining her genetic inheritance with her modern outlook.
For all its charm and obvious attractions for tourists, pilgrims, peace marchers and every Italian schoolchild, the UNESCO-protected town of Assisi is essentially a medieval town, with only 906 inhabitants. It is a difficult place, logistically speaking, in which to live.
Falvo's art deco apartment in Melbourne overlooking the Yarra, however, has all the conveniences that a city the size and sophistication of Melbourne can offer, and it is, as Falvo says, just as much "home" to her.
Born of Italian immigrants who arrived in Wangaratta during the 1950s and '60s, Falvo was two months old when her parents came to Melbourne.
Her first visit to Europe was as a tourist in her early 20s, backpacking with a friend.
"It was very much 'Gidget goes to Rome', with me wide-eyed and loving everything I saw, just like you'd expect," she laughs.
By 1998, however, while studying at Monash University, she went back, this time to Perugia, the capital of Umbria, on a scholarship to study at the Perugia University for Foreigners.
"Completely unreasonably, I suppose," she says, "I took myself off to a friend's stone cottage rather than initially stay in the town. So there I was, surrounded by snow, knowing no one and nothing about the place, but I loved every minute of it."
Falvo took a day trip to Assisi, home of St Francis and the very heart of Catholicism in Italy, and again, unreasonably, it was love.
"The place was actually deserted at the time because it was only four months after the devastating earthquake so there was rubble and scaffolding everywhere and virtually not a soul in sight, though I made friends with a couple of dogs!"
The scholarship ended, but, two years later, Falvo was back in Assisi, living in her apartment perched on the top of the city with views that took in the breathtaking Umbrian countryside, covered in summer with the famous fields of sunflowers. Falvo danced, sang, wrote and discovered a part of herself in those fields.
"Certainly, I was living in the past, because the city is medieval, at times even a bit like a stage set. But, then, it's the future, too, because the place is in the heart of Italy, which is in the heart of Europe, so, while the walls surround you, you are very much at the centre of things."
After September 11, 2001, Falvo remembers sentries being posted at the gates of the town, which reminded her yet again that - though romantic and charming as Assisi is - it is part of the modern world. In fact, its annual hosting of the International Peace March, makes it an important part.
Falvo organised the Pilgrim of Peace 2000 award to be given to Dr Hunter (Patch) Adams, who was portrayed in the film Patch Adams by actor Robin Williams.
The commission from England's Hesperus Press to translate The School of Whoredom delighted Falvo's sense of merging past and present.
"It really is an extraordinary work," she says, "and difficult to translate because it is full of satire, double meanings, double entendres a well as a pretty frank and, at times, scathing discussion about how to play with men's minds, as well as their bodies."
Now back in Melbourne with the book published to much acclaim in London late last year, Falvo continues her teaching while at the same time immersing herself fully in the city's cosmopolitan and artistic life.
"Melbourne is home. So is Italy. Somewhere down the track, I may find another one as well."
The School of Whoredom by Pietro Aretino, with foreword by Paul Bailey, and in a translation by Rosa Maria Falvo, is published by Hesperus Press.
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Sources that saying that that the Browns are throwing their 6th rounder in too, and receiving the 49ers 5th rounder and 7th rounder.
We're hearing that old "we would have cut him anyway" routine, but it sounds like they're basically getting a ham sandwich and bag of footballs in exchange if you look at it closely. They're moving up a few spots from the 6th round pick, and receiving one of the final picks in the draft that they probably could sign as an UDFA anyway.
The trade works out for the 49ers and McCoy though. As I was saying, they gave up virtually nothing to get him, there is no way that all 14 of their draft picks make their roster. And McCoy has talent, but was being shell shocked playing on such a terrible team. The 49ers won't ask him to do anymore than hold down the fort whenever Kaep has to leave the game early. This is cheaper than them having to use a 3rd or 4th rounder for the same quality player.


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I am Karlee and I was born missing part of my right arm. I, with two of my best friends, have started a public awareness project for our DECA business club at our high school. DECA is an international club that competes with schools in other countries. Our project that we selected brings attention to those living with amputations; letting the public know amputees are thriving citizens, not to be pitied or ignored, but to be treated with equal representation in all aspects of society, especially in the media. Our campaign is "I am missing a leg/arm… So What… We are more than what we are missing." Please visit our web site at sowhatcampaign.org. We will have a commercial on you tube next week, please review. Since this is a competition and we want to make others living with a limb difference and America proud, please 'like' us on Facebook and/or follow us on Twitter. We would be so ever grateful.


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I presume Linderhof Palace near Oberammergau, Germany?
For the car drop-off, you probably need to investigate several places to strike a balance between the cost vs. having to carry luggage on trains. I don't think FRA-Paris drop-off charge is that bad. Hertz is showing about 200EU for that convenience. FRA-Paris train, if you can get hold of an internet non-refundable fare, is about 69EU per person according to www.bahn.com.
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I would take the train from Frankfurt to Paris. Are you spending any time in Frankfurt or only returning there to drop off the car. If so, then drop it off at the closest spot in Germany to the Swiss border.
I've asked the editors to add tags for Germany and France. Tagging for multiple countries is a computer function rather than a fodor's function. Hold down the control key and click on multiple entries.
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Drop off the car in Kehl, if possible, cross the border and take the TGV from Strasbourg to Paris. If you order the tickets 3 months ahead of time, you will probably get a good deal, but on non-exchangeable, non-refundable tickets.
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Greg: Yes your correct Linderhof Palace near Oberammergau, Germany. If we did drop off in Paris is it a nice drive? We would could drop down to Geneva and go that route.
adrienne: Thanks for adding the tags and the directions how to do it.
We could spend 2 days in Frankfurt, is there an area of the Rhine river near by that is worth driving to?
Just checked out the suggestion: It looks like a good idea. Can't get ours yet ,be price looks good as far as I can check.
How do we get from Kehl to Strasbourg? I'm from California and feel train/transfer challenged. We don't have trains here so I am a little unsure of my self.
Very great ideas. Thanks so much
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You take a train from Kehl to Strasbourg. It only takes a quarter hour. If you've ever been in an airport you'll find a train station to be much easier.
The trains run every half hour except at mid day. Use the German rail site for schedules:
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Thanks so much.
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Or you could drop the car at the Bahnhof in Stuttgart or Karlsrue and jump on the TGV to Paris without having to change trains...in case you have a lot of luggage or don't want to bother with a train change. Just a thought...
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Since we are coming from Lucern Switzerland that morning I was thinking of getting a train a little closer. I can drop our car off in Lorrach and take a train over to Basel and then catch a 12:30 TGV train to Paris.
How much time do you think we should allow to get to Lorrach from Lucern?
We will be driving on Sunday July 21st.
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www.viamichelin.com will give you distance, time and cost for any itinerary that you specify.
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I have mapped it but I was just wondering about summer traffic?
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Chronicle Documents the Rise of Evil
A little over a week ago my wife fractured her fibula while playing softball. Aside from the fact that I have been left to handle all of the household responsibilities, the really annoying aspect of this situation for my wife is the fact that she is confined to limited movement on crutches. It means that simple tasks can no longer be done without assistance. Even to move just a few feet requires complex planning. In many ways Chronicle feels like a film that is limited by its own technical crutches.
As a film about average people gaining super human powers, Chronicle is one of the more interesting entries in the genre in quite some time. It is one of the few superhero films that is an origin tale told from the perspective of the villain. The villain in question is Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan), a high school student who is bullied at both school and at home. To better deal with having a terminally ill mother and an abusive alcoholic father, Andrew resorts to documenting every aspect of his life on video. While at a party one night, Andrew's cousin Matt (Alex Russell) and a fellow student, Steve (Michael B. Jordan), ask Andrew to film a hole they have found in a nearby field. After making a startling discovery underground the boys soon find themselves with telekinetic powers. Though their new found powers initially bring the three young men closer together, their friendship is threatened when Andrew's emotional instability leads him down a much darker path.
Andrew's need to document everything is both a blessing and a curse for the film. On one hand, this allows director Josh Trank the ability to give Chronicle a "found footage" feel. The viewer gets a first-hand look at what it would be like to have super powers. Many of the film's most interesting moments arrive when the main characters are experimenting with their powers. The handheld camera style of filming also gives Trank a unique way to display some of the jaw dropping special effects sequences in the film. There are several "how did they do that?" moments that all culminate into one fantastic final battle sequence.
The downside to this technique is that Trank not only needs to find ways to capture events from different angles, but he must justify why they would be filming the scenes in the first place. While taking footage from cell phones, traffic cameras, etc makes sense in the final fight sequence, the same cannot be said for many of the other pieces of footage Trank uses. This is most evident when the film introduces a high school blogger, Casey Letter (Ashley Hinshaw), who is obsessed with recording material for her blog. While it is true we live in a self absorbed world, Casey serves no real purpose other than to be a second camera to provide additional footage. Which brings up another major issue with relying so heavily on the "found footage" technique and that is piecing the footage all together. There are numerous times when the question of "who actually put all of this footage together?" takes the viewer completely out of the film. It is hard to believe that local law enforcement, or anyone for that matter, would find the flirtation between Matt and Casey either interesting or important in light of everything else that occurs in the film.
Chronicle is a film that might have actually worked better had it just scrapped the found footage stuff all together. The script and performances are captivating enough to make the film successful without having to rely on the "found footage" style crutch. This is not to say that Chronicle is not a decent film, in fact there is much to enjoy throughout. If anything it is a film that will leave you somewhat divided. It has all the makings of a great superhero film, but its constant need to confine itself to the found footage aesthetics is what holds the film back from reaching its full potential.
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Good review CS. I really liked this flick because of the friendship that these three guys had together and just how realistic all of the superpowers looked with this found-footage aspect. Problem is, by the end of the film they start to go a tad overboard with that aspect and everything, but I was still riveted from start to finish.ReplyDeleteReplies
The only issue I had with the friendship arc is that it makes Andrew's becoming pure evil seem a bit silly. While the parental aspect played a major role in his descent, Andrew calls out the only two friends he has as not being true friends. This is rather silly considering how well the other two had embraced Andrew as a friend up to that point.Delete
I was surprised that I liked this film. The trailer for it was misleading (in a bad way). The question of who put the footage together also crossed my mind, but I shrugged it aside. It was a movie about three guys getting telekinesis from a glowing rock, so if I made that leap, then I was able to make the additional leap that somehow we were being made privy to this footage.ReplyDelete


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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Math App Saturday (#3, Rush Hour & Think Fun products)
Rush Hour
An electronic version of the popular sliding block logic puzzle, Rush Hour "tracks your moves and compares them to the shortest, most efficient path possible. When you solve the challenge in more than the minimum, you get challenged to do better… to keep playing until you get a PERFECT SCORE."
The free game has four levels: easy, medium, hard, expert... with 10 games on each of the first three levels and 5 games on the last.
Rush Hour is particularly good for spatial awareness and encourages players to look for patterns, a key "ingredient" to building mathematical thinking skills.
This game impressed me enough that I spent some time perusing the company website, Think Fun. On the website you can access a page on "How we use Rush Hour in Schools to Teach Thinking Skills." Downloadable teaching resources for Rush Hour are also available. You can print game boards and cut out vehicles for additional challenges.
The Think Fun website offers additional games and teaching resources. In my opinion, they live up to their "Think FUN" name:
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Players must place candies on a tray, deducing which chocolate (with which attribute) goes in which location. It is an "exercise in deductive reasoning, and players become more effective as they acquire strategies that support their reasoning process." An on-line version of the game is posted here. Many lesson plans are also available, free.
Math Dice are games using a particular selection of dice (that I suppose you could independently purchase if you don't own the product...or, if you're like me, you already have a variety of numbered dice in your math cupboard.) Instructions are available in pdf form for games at several levels of challenge.
ThinkFun also has its own educational forum. Educators talk about innovative ways they've used the games.
Have FUN trying it all out! ;)
Disclaimer: I've only tried the free apps and the on-line games. ThinkFun has a lot of educational games/products available, but I haven't tried any but the free ones so far. I have no company ties. Bummer. 'Cause they're pretty cool! ;)
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Thanks for sharing such great links. My children love Rush Hour! We played the travel game all the way to Washington D.C. this summer.ReplyDelete
Thanks for digging these up! I look forward to your Saturday postings. My ipod will be too full soon! (I am on Living Math, btw)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing all these links! We're thrilled to have moms like you sharing the educational value of the games and apps we create - and we look forward to hearing any ideas you and your fabulous readers have to share!ReplyDelete
I just downloaded Rush Hour! What fun! We'll be playing it on our drive to Tahoe this weekend!ReplyDelete
Great links, thanks! I really want to eventually get some physical "Think Fun" games, but it would be good to try iPod version first.ReplyDelete
Thank you for leaving me a message. I love comments almost as much as I love chocolate! And I do LOVE chocolate. :)


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Design a Passport-like Brochure/Service & History Book for a watch
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We are looking for a creative person to design/create the following:
For a mechanical watch that will be launched Q2 2017, we need to create a booklet that will be included in the packaging of the watch. This booklet must be passport size and designed to look like a passport inside. The content will be the following:
- image of the individual watch
- technical specs of the watch
- space for image (or stick the original paper) of test results of the movement
- date of production
- date of delivery
- original owner
- place for second, third, fourth owner
- service plan of the watch (mechanical movements must be serviced every, 2-3-4-5 years, depending on the kind, in order to function properly and accurately, like cars) with space for the stamp of the company or watchmaker that did the service. This must be 1 page per service and must feature space for date, place, person, etc... that made the servicing.
- some pages to descript a brief history of the watch and its concept, the materials used, etc...
All in all there will be about 20-30 pages in this "passport", most of them copy/paste (service plan, etc..) + cover with logo (available in .AI)
We expect excellent work on the watermark style, like in actual passports, with references to Switzerland, mountains, edelweiss, watch gears, lakes, rivers, Geneva, etc... All these ideas/infos can and will be provided to the designer.
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Allison Walker is the first to acknowledge that the journey she has embarked on seems entirely improbable -- and yet, suits her completely.
Walker, who grew up in Fairfield, will be leaving in a few weeks for a one-year program at Scotland's University of St. Andrews, where, at St. Mary's Divinity School, she will work toward a master's degree in Theology, Imagination and the Arts.
Founded in 1410, St. Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland, but it may be better known at the moment as the alma mater of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate.
Just as prestigious is the program Walker is entering. It accepted only a half-dozen students last year, most of them already well-established in their careers. Walker is 22 and a new graduate of Southern Virginia University.
St. Mary's Divinity School was begun in 1538 by the Catholic Church, but during the Reformation, it became a center for Protestant study under the Church of Scotland, which gave birth to Presbyterianism. Walker, however, is a devout Mormon.
Consider, also, that she didn't start out to be an artist. In fact, she fought against it.
"My whole life it was, 'I can't be an art major -- I'd be embarrassed to tell anyone,'" she said this week, sitting on a couch in the small home where she grew up in a family of six. She went off to college expecting to major in chemistry, thinking she would become a nurse or teacher, "something that helps the world."
Yet a "totally faith" thing occurred: She wound up in a sculpture class that made use of recycled materials -- her favorite medium as a child. (So much so, she says, that her mother finally took to hiding the recycling bin from her.) She was hooked, and she turned out to be good at it. She declared art as her major and dove into sculpture, creating colorful pieces that were attractive to buyers.
Her style and focus abruptly changed in her junior year, after she suffered a crisis of faith triggered by the suicide of a young man she had grown up with and considered her best friend.
"It was the moment when the foundation is taken out from under you," she said. "I didn't want to make pointless art any more. Nothing in me could fake anything. I started turning out art in a style like I'd never done before: Linear, clean, black and white. ... I wanted order and intellect and religion."
She found deep meaning in a "saints, signs and symbols" class, where she studied Medieval religious art. She turned to printmaking and began creating images that blended biblical messages with symbols from her own life. She "fell in love with cathedrals," and spent weekends traveling to nearby Washington, D.C., and gazing at art in the National Galleries and Smithsonian Institute.
There, she began to ask a profound question, one she hopes her coming studies will help her answer more fully: "What is the difference between the pieces that move me -- the pieces I could stand in front of for an hour and it was like being in temple -- and others that were just empty? What is the difference between truly great art ... and art that yields no inspiration? ... Is it skill? Is it intent? What is it?"
During the summer after her junior year, she worked through her grief with the help of a counselor and made three vows: She would make it a priority to attend services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she would spend time reading the Scriptures and she would insert charity into her life.
Also that summer, she read, "The Feminine Mystique," the classic feminist work by Betty Friedan. When she finished the book, realized that she "needed" to apply to graduate school.
She wasn't sure where or what she wanted to study, though. Later, listening to her roommate rattle off a list of schools in the United Kingdom, where she was applying to study, the name "St. Andrews" jumped out. She looked it up online and found the divinity school.
"Then I saw the program "Theology, Imagination and the Arts," she said.. "This is THE masters program I dreamed of and wanted, but I didn't even know there were programs like this."
She applied and was accepted.
Now she's figuring out how to pay for it. Her student visa won't permit her to work in Scotland, but she's sold her car and saved up her salary from a summer job as a camp counselor. She also was awarded the Deseret Industries' national Gospel Vision of the Arts Scholarship.
"I'm still trying to figure out how this is going to work, but I know it's going to work," she said, confidently.
She's appreciative of the help she's had along the way, from supportive parents, teachers and mentors, she marvels at how it's all come together and she hopes other young people might find some inspiration in her story.
"I'm from Fairfield High School and I'm going to St. Andrews," she says with wonder. "Buckingham Palace sends their children to St. Andrews and I'm from Lily Street. When kids from Fairfield High say they can't do anything -- this is the American dream right here."
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| Openings are anticipated throughout the year in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, for non-tenured, academic term appointments for Postdoctoral Scholars. Please visit the website below for information on some of the faculty members that may sponsor the appointments. http://www.pharmsci.uci.edu/faculty.php Salaries are competitive and commensurate with experience. Requirements - M.D., Ph.D., or M.D. /Ph.D. Application Procedure - Submit curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of three references via UC Irvine's online application system, RECRUIT, located at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03561 A statement that addresses past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equality and inclusion should also be included in the application materials. "The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy."
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3G 4G WiFi Maps & Speed Test
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Published: 2011-08-08, by Peter Warrior.
Please, first at all check Open Signal Maps homepage.
This app looks for the nearest towers around you. It's really useful if you are in a place nearly out of range and you need to know which way you have to walk toward in order to get better signal. In a populated city, where at least two or three towers are around you at any time, it's more a curiosity than anything else.
When you activate this app, you're collaborating with Open Signal Maps, a project to map all the cellphone signals worldwide. Useful if you plan to travel to God-knows-where and you don't know if there'll be 3G there or not, or which carriers work and so on.
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Today's recipe brings back lot of childhood memories. Akki Rotti is a delicacy back home and will be made on special occasions and this recipe also needed lot of time to prepare so whenever amma used to make this we all had extra space in the stomach. I always wanted to make it at home but the hard work behind this recipe always made me think twice especially after work …this is my hubby's favourite breakfast. Suddenly last week I had this urge to make this for him and gave him a surprise. He was so happy and surprised to see his favourite dish J
Made with minimal ingredients and good for health and comfortable for the stomach too.
Soak the rice in the water for about 4-5 hrs/overnight. Grind into smooth paste and put the batter into a thick bottomed kadai and add about 1 to 1.5 cups of water (the batter should be medium consistency along with the water). Add salt to taste
Keep stirring the batter in medium heat until it becomes a single mass. Keep aside to come to room temperature. Then make round balls little bigger than the lemon size.
Grease the plastic sheets with oil and put one each on the sheet and cover with another greased sheet and put it in the presser and press into medium thick rottis.
Heat the iron griddle/non-stick tawa and take the rotti from the plastic sheet and put it into the tawa and cook till done both the sides.
Serve hot with spicy garlic/onion chutney.
This Rotti can be made with rice flour as well but this version makes the rottis smooth.


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TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's highest court has upheld the fraud convictions of the two co-founders of a Broadway theater company that produced 1990s hits such as "Ragtime" and "Show Boat."
Livent co-founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were both convicted in 2009 of two counts of fraud and one count of forgery.
Judge Mary Lou Benotto found both men manipulated Livent's statements over nine years to attract investors, before the company went bankrupt in 1998.
The Tony award-winning producers claimed their accounting staff perpetrated the fraud without their knowledge.
The Ontario Court of Appeal rejected their efforts to appeal the convictions on Tuesday, but agreed to trim two years from their sentences.
Drabinsky must now serve five years, and Gottlieb four.


text: Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of San Antonio community leaders. HFHSA's President and CEO reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for the day to day operation of the organization with the support of his/her management team. HFHSA relies on strong partnerships within the San Antonio community to provide the necessary volunteer and funding support needed to serve our families in need. Please click the links below to download the relevant documents.


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Thomas Coughlin
IEEE Region 6 Director Elect Candidate in 2012
Campaign Brochure
Campaign Presentation
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
(Your career; how the local IEEE can help, and my plans for the Region)
Geek is Chic
(The speed of technology; K-12 and university education; the value of technologists; becoming more social;
how the Region can help)
I Can Do That
(Why people join the IEEE; how to get more out of the IEEE; volunteerism and its value to Region 6)
One IEEE
(How can we rejoin the silos of Societies, Chapters and Standards; Regional support for reaching across the boundaries)
Will Life Be Better for Our Children?
(College education is exceeding our ability to pay; how can we lower the price while increasing the effectiveness
of education; what the Region can do to help create on-line education)
What is the ROI for IEEE Membership
(Why are we losing IEEE members and how can we increase the value of IEEE membership?)
BIOGRAPHY: Thomas M. Coughlin (SM 1978, M 1981, SrM ~1992) worked for over 20 years in the digital storage industry as an engineer and engineering manager. After this long career he started Coughlin Associates in 2000 and over the last 11+ years he started two well know storage related conferences, Storage Visions (a partner event to the annual CES) as well as the Creative Storage Conference. He has over 70 published articles, books and reports and 6 granted patents. He has also been the chairman for the last 5 years of the Flash Memory Summit. Coughlin Associates publishes reports on digital storage and applications as well as provides various types of consulting services. Tom is an active member in IDEMA, IEEE, SMPTE, SNIA and other technical organizations. Tom received his BS in Physics from the University of Minnesota where he also received an MS in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science. He received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Shinshu University in Nagano, Japan.
2011-12 Member of TAB Future Directions Committee
2012 Member of Cloud Computing Committee
2011-12 Chair of the Strategic Plan Committee of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
2009-2012 Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE CE Society
2012 Direct Elect Candidate for Region 6
2008-2009 Region 6 Central Area Chairman
2008 Region 6 Director Elect Nominating Committee Member
2009-2012 Member of Marketing Committee of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE Consultants Network (CNSV)
2007-2012 Participated as a trainer in the annual SF Bay Area Council IEEE Leadership Training
2007 IEEE San Francisco Bay Area Council Chair
2007 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section Chairman
2006 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chapter Chairman
2006 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section Vice Chairman
2005 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section Treasurer
2004 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section PACE Chair
2002 Santa Clara Valley IEEE Magnetics Society Chapter Chair (also in 1992)
2010-2012- Vice President of Operations and Planning for IEEE CE Society
2010-2012- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
2009-2012 Associate Editor IEEE CE Society Newsletter
2007-2012 Elected Member of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Adcom
2010 Membership Chairman, IEEE Consumer Electronic Society
2008-2012 Distinguished Lecturer, Consumer Electronics Society
2007- 2012 Consumer Electronics ICCE Conference Paper Selection Committee
2011 IEEE Sections Congress Chairman
2011 IEEE IGIC Conference Publicity Chairman
2004 Publicity Chair for IEEE Magnetics Society TMRC Conference (also in 2002, 1996 and 1992)
2004 Local Chairman of International Conference on Ferrites in San Francisco
1995-2007 Reviewer for IEEE Intermag and TMRC conference submissions
Chairman and founder of Storage Visions Conference—partner event to the International CES (2002-2012)
Chairman and founder of Creative Storage conference (2007-2012)
Chairman of annual Flash Memory Summit (2006-2012)
Founder and Chairman of Entertainment Storage Alliance (2004-2012)
Past standards chair for heads and consumer electronics for IDEMA
Volunteer of the year, IDEMA (2006)
Chairman of IIST Symposia at Santa Clara University (1997-2002)
Co-chairman of bi-annual iNEMI Storage Roadmap (2002-2012)
Publicity Chairman of the SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative (2010-2012)
Trusted Computer Group Invited Expert (2009-2012)
Recognized for Meritorious Service by the SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative TWG (2009 and 2010)
Founding Member of SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative TWG (2008-2012)
Member of SNIA Long Term Retention TWG (2009-2012)
70+ published papers, articles, reports and books on data storage technology
Author of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Complete Guide, Newnes, 2008
· Author of several review articles in publications such as the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; The Economics of Information, Communication and Entertainment, published by Springer; Canopus Handbook of Visual Display Technology, and an upcoming Wiley Handbook of Digital Imaging.
· 6 patents granted on magnetic head and media designs
· More at the Coughlin Associates website: www.tomcoughlin.com
My extensive involvement with the IEEE at the society and geographic level gives me a broad knowledge of IEEE activities and capabilities which I will use extensively as Region 6 director. I have considerable leadership experience in the IEEE including Chairman (and initial promoter) of the 2011 IEEE Sections Congress held in San Francisco as well as numerous chapter, section, council and section leadership positions. My overall IEEE leadership experience covers almost 22 of the 34 years I have been an IEEE member. I am appreciative of the needs of small as well as large sections in Region 6. Although I now live in the Bay Area my roots are in smaller towns in the Mid West. I am an experienced public speaker and I am would be an excellent spokesman for and representative of Region 6 interests and activities.
1) Created the initial proposal for having the IEEE Sections Congress in San Francisco in 2011. In addition, I also represented Region 6 in pitching the proposal and when the proposal was accepted I became SC 2011 chairman, appointed the program and local chairs as well as created a new SC 2011 fundraising chair. We created an IEEE foundation account for SC fundraising for 2011 and the future and attracted close to $250,000 in total IEEE and corporate contributions to SC 2011. I presided over SC 2011 in August 2011.
2) As chairman of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Strategic Plan Committee I put together a group representing multiple elements of the IEEE CE Society to create a comprehensive society strategic plan. The initial version of this plan was approved by the CE Soc. Adcom in January 2012.
3) I have served many regional IEEE leadership positions including chapter chairman (multiple times and multiple chapters), section treasurer, vice chairman and chairman (of the Santa Clara Valley section) as well as region 6 Central Area Chaiman.
4) I have served as an ongoing advisor to the Santa Clara Valley section, providing helping as needed. Likewise I continue to help with SCV IEEE Consultants Network, CE Society and Magnetics Society activities and programs.
5) I have been a distinguished lecturer on Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics (I wrote a book on this topic published by Newnes Press—a division of Elsevier in 2008) for the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society from 2008 through 2012. In the course of these years I have given dozens of talks all over the world—giving me a great opportunity to meet and interact with IEEE members worldwide.
Region 6 is a collection of large and small IEEE sections with different needs and interests. If elected as region 6 Director elect I would work to enable our members to create the future, better their lives and their communities and represent their interests and aspirations before the IEEE. I believe that my IEEE volunteer experience gives me the background and experience needed by Region 6 in its interaction with the larger IEEE organization. Here are some initiatives that I will support as Region 6 director:
1) Make sure that Region 6 interests are represented at the MGA meetings
2) Create greater interest from and support of student and GOLD IEEE members and create greater efforts for them to become active IEEE volunteers
3) Create venues and support for member job creation and employment searches
4) Provide remote access services that will enable more meetings for geographically dispersed sections and chapters (common in parts of Region 6)
5) Create a greater presence of the IEEE in Region 6 venues and activities as appropriate
6) Support development of useful and interesting activities at area meetings as well as regional activities and meetings
7) Create more frequent communication and interactions between region 6 and the various sections that
comprise it
8) Bring new and useful IEEE initiatives back to the region
9) Create a greater communication between technical and regional IEEE activities
10) As director elect, to support the director(s) in any way I can


text: Did anyone catch it? I can't believe it but Steve Young thought Bledsoe was going to have more success on the Cowboys than Michael Irvin did. Irvin was blasting our receivers saying all of them were overglorified #2's. Mentioned Key, Peerless and Glenn. Irvin said if Bledsoe throws more than 25 passes a game, the Cowboys lose, and only win with Julius and better defense. Steve Young said Bledsoe is a very smart QB, and Parcells can turn him around, and wanted ESPN to take record of Irvin's comments about Bledsoe because he thinks Drew will carry the team a few games.


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Arturo Prat was born on April 3, 1848 in Chile, and he died in 1879. Arturo had a great life. At ten years old, he joined the Naval Academy. Later, he became a Lieutenant Commander and graduated in 1873. In the same year, he got married to Carmela Carvajal. Chilean people still say to this day that he was the greatest naval hero of all time.
Arturo did great things in his life. He got the degree of Capitian de Fragata, which means commander. He was also involved in many major naval engagements in the war against Spain. But what he is mostly remembered for is what he did in the War of the Pacific. He commanded the Esmeralda, one of the ships that blockaded Iquique. As he tried to jump on the deck of the Huascar," one of the enemys ships, he got killed on the deck. He was so remembered that they made a museum all about him.
Arturo said before the combat, Men, the combat is difficult but courage! And come
! He also said, As for myself, I can assure you that this flag will wave as long as I live and if I die, my officers will know how to fulfill their duty. He is a hero because he was a leader, he was fearless, and he was brave. He was a leader because he set good examples for other people by his seriousness in war, and showed you have to do what you have to do to survive or save your country. He was also fearless and brave by risking his life jumping onto the Huascar. He did it, but he died. He put his life on the line.
As a result, heroes are people who help other people and they dont have to be a celebrity to be one. Celebrities can be heroes, but a hero doesnt have to be a person that is famous. Arturo Prat showed that he was a hero by saving his country. Arturo was indeed a great hero and he will stay in the minds of all Chileans for the rest of their lives.
Arturo Prat
Account of his heroism
Arturo Prat
Naval and Maritime Museum
Armada of Chile


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