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I used to have a cat named Odysseus but he went on a long trip with a friend and I'm still waiting on him to come back.
For a year I had a job through AmeriCorps doing capacity building for a non-profit who does GED assistance and vocational construction training for 18-24 year old young adults in Detroit. Even though I was only supposed to be working in administration, I made a point to make sure I got to spend at least a few hours a week working on academics with the students and found that forming personal relationships with them was by far the most rewarding part of the job. I'm sad it's over and some how I wound up in finance.
In what little free time i have these days i usually train in Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or kick it with my friends. I would love to teach Judo or BJJ some day down the road, but don't yet feel anywhere close to qualified. I guess I should also add that I don't do martial arts to "fight" people, I do it for personal fulfillment. I have never been in a fight!
I get along with almost everyone. My friends use me as a test when someone got a new girlfriend. If they can't get along with me, then they must have a generally disagreeable demeanor. With that said, I typically prefer liberal, open minded, intelligent people who are interested in learning new things, and generally kvetching about that state of current world affairs. While it has taken me way to long to realize it, I'm also someone who excels with a set routine, although often struggles to set one.
I also like to try to take a week every year where I go backpacking with my dad. As each of us have gotten older our time together has become more important to me and time away from technology is a fantastic was to decompress and reset.
-Judo/ Jiu Jitsu
-Procrastination (although I'm making a concerted effort to change this)
-Giving advice that I don't follow myself
-Making cats long for my attention (I've been called the cat whisperer. No feline can resist my charm!)
In general, I feel as though I excel at interpersonal interaction. Its what I derive the most satisfaction from, and enjoy the most.
...Certainly not coming up with things I'm good at
In terms of music, I am pretty open. I have a fondness for ska and old school rap, and most things 80s and 90s along with smatterings of "indie shit" for lack of a better term; as long as it isn't dub step or electronica and there isn't any screaming i'm good.
In terms of my favorite shows, in no particular order:
South Park, Breaking Bad, Trailer Park Boys, Cops, Workaholics, Gilligan's Island, Scooby Doo, Arrested Development... to be honest I wasn't aloud to watch much T.V growing up, and i don't currently have cable so these days my intake it quite limited.
Update:I got cable!
I am not a picky eater. I eat to live, not live to eat, although that isn't to say that I can't appreciate a good meal. But man, eating can be so damn inconvenient! These days I have been surviving mainly on a diet of fruit, salad, Mexican, and Blimpy Burger (Nectar of the Gods). Since this was first written I have begun to make dietary reforms! Blimpy Buger closing has been a traumatic experience for me, and I feel kind of lost without it. However, it have also made eating better much easier, since I no longer can indulge my constant Blimpy cravings. So, it was time to give veggies more lovin', and seriously cut down on my red meat consumption. We'll see how it goes, but so far I am feeling great!
Judo/ Jiu Jitsu
The internet (duh!)
Nature (I couldn't live in a concrete jungle)
Update: I have moved to a concrete jungle... consider me displeased.


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I've been an airgun fan for a long time. Sometimes I prefer them over a .22, its a lot of gun to hunt small game with them too.
This is a discussion on Amazed by airguns! within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I had a BB rifle as a child, and had some friends with a CO2 pistol. While looking through some catalogs, I've seen .17 air ...
I had a BB rifle as a child, and had some friends with a CO2 pistol. While looking through some catalogs, I've seen .17 air rifles that produce 1000 to as much as 1600 fps. And I've seen rifles in 9mm, .45, and .50, with impressive speeds as well. I can see how these could be of use in a SHTF scenario, especially when ammo for conventional firearms runs out. Hunting, even defense appears reasonable. It looks like I'll have to add some of these as I continue to build my arsenal.
I've been an airgun fan for a long time. Sometimes I prefer them over a .22, its a lot of gun to hunt small game with them too.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I've got a pellet rifle that supposedly shoots 1000 fps with a .177 caliber pellet. Maybe for the first 10 shots it did. It still does ok, just nothing like when it was new.
I got it so I could get away with shooting squirrels and rabbits in a populated area. (With a safe backstop of course)
Gamo puts one out that shoots 1600 fps.....Geez Louise, that thing costs a mint too.
I use my RWS to dispatch multiple garden raiding bunny's every year and the neighbors are none the wiser. I also helped a friend of mine with his squirrel problem a couple years ago.
A good .177 at over 1000 fps makes a great close range small game rifle.
I had mine outfittedwith the same sights I use on my competition rifles so it's great for off-hand practice as well.
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CZ makes a .177cal pellet rifle that is around 900fps - for under $100It's my squirrel rifle. It's very effective out to 45 yds. It even took out a grey fox. FUN GUNS.
Mine is a Crosman Quest 1000. Came with a 4x32 scope (not bad, helps with low light) and cost $90 from Cabelas.
Several years ago I put a .177 caliber pellet through a big gopher's head at 18 yards with a CO2 airpistol. I have seriously respected airguns ever since then...
Assault is a behavior, not a device.
"Don't never take no shortcuts." Patty Reed, Donner Party
Lifetime NRA member
I have a .22 cal co2 pistol that shoots right near 550fps.I shot a cottontail in the head at about 25 yards and dropped him deader than heck.These are fun guns but they sure aren't toys by any stretch of the imagination.sj
I've taken squirrel with them (and the occasional annoying birds that got into my grandfathers fruit trees and veggies). They are definitely not to be taken lightly. I spoke of this account before, but can't find the original thread:
I was involved in a pellet gun shooting as a child. A few of us were in a friends backyard shooting a sheridan pellet gun(backed up to woods with a reliable backstop). A new kid in the area decided to invite himself and decided it was his turn to shoot. We all decided it best to call it a day as anyone his parent's hadn't specifically "OKd" were not allowed to shoot. We followed the rules. The new guy didn't like it and started a fight over it, grabbing the air-rifle. A struggle quickly ensued and the new guy ended up turning the rifle around and pulling the trigger (rifle had already been pumped before the fight started). My friend was hit in the abdomen. Basically, the round ricocheted around inside his torso. The pellet traveled through his stomach, large intestines, nicked his kidney and eventually lodged in his spine. Thankfully he lived, but was hospitalized, had numerous surgeries, and was generally in bad shape for a while.

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You hear someone announce, "I just signed up for a marathon!" and your jaw instantly drops in awe for what they're about to dive into.
Or maybe you're the one who goes through the vigorous training required to cover all 26.2 miles of a marathon.
It's a large feat, but staying the course and finishing the race is the best feeling. And it really brings people together.
Bible Pathway Ministries hosted another type of marathon that requires just as much commitment. But it has bonded believers in a unique way—both to each other and to the Lord.
The Bible Reading Marathon by Bible Pathway was held June 9-13 in several churches around the world. People took turns reading God's Word aloud from Genesis to Revelation over 90 hours.
"People will say, 'I don't know if I can read 15 minutes,' and then after 30 minutes you have to tap them on the shoulder and say, 'Would you let somebody else read?' Something happens when you read it out loud. It is really getting into our spirits, and it's becoming living to us, so we see that people from all denominations come together," says Karen Hawkins with Bible Pathway.
A recent study by The Barna Group shows that 20 percent of Americans have read the Bible cover-to-cover, and it's not just Christians. In comparison, only 15 percent of Americans have read The Hobbit, and 12 percent have read Twilight.
Bible Pathway encourages a routine for reading the entire Bible in a year with just 15 minutes a day. Hawkins says, "Every time you read it, you're in a different place spiritually. Sometimes those words just jump off the page and you go, 'Wow, when did God put that there?' Well, it's been there all along. You may even have it highlighted. But that's when it becomes 'the sword.' That's what we use against the devil."
Hawkins shares how simple Bible reading has had a huge impact for God across the world. "A pastor in Liberia started a church just by handing out daily devotions from Bible Pathway and saying, 'Read this Bible.' People said, 'I don't have one,' and he'd say, 'Come join me.' He has now held Bible Reading Marathons in 7 of the 11 counties of Liberia."
It also spans generations. People aged 7 to 87 came out to read God's Word at the Bible Reading Marathons.
"It's really important that we get young people into the Word because I heard a really shocking statistic just the other day: 98 percent of young people who have been in the church drop out of church within two years after getting out of high school," says Hawkins. "We have to get them so grounded in the Word."
This article was originally posted on mnnonline.org.
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After visiting company-sponsored childcare centers, tagging along on errands with stressed-out, upper-management moms, and interviewing employees in all sectors of the company -- from "Bill," a high-ranking corporate executive, to "Becky," a factory-line worker -- Hochschild discovered myriad ways in which the home is being invaded by the pressures of work, while the workplace is becoming a haven from a hectic, unrewarding home life. Her findings offer eloquent, sad, and sometimes chilling evidence of the "time bind" many employees find themselves in and, more broadly, suggest a disturbing cultural transformation in the way Americans feel about home, family, work, and even time itself.
Q: You argue that people are having trouble arranging their work hours to spend more time with their families. But you also contend that men and women alike are choosing to spend less time at home. What's going on? Where's the bind?
A: The bind is between work and home for both women and men. In The Second Shift, I put forward the argument that women have changed more rapidly than men. Women are spending more and more time at work, but men are not spending much more time taking care of needs at home (the second shift). We're still stuck in this stalled revolution, and we've come to think of that stall as "normal." In The Time Bind, I've explored ways in which the first shift (paid work) is staging a quiet takeover of life at home.
When I began my research, I thought we were working more for external reasons -- for example, we needed the money. When I took a hard look, that explanation didn't fit the facts: At the company I studied, the richer the employees, the less interested they were in time at home. The poorer they were, the more interested.
Another explanation I tried out was that with all the downsizing going on, people are working very hard so that they don't get on the layoff list. But when I asked people, "Are you working your 60-hour week because you're afraid of being laid off?" they said, "No. I'm doing it because I love my work." Disbelieving these responses at first, I looked at two different departments of this company, one which was adding people and another which was subtracting people. In comparing the two, I found that there weren't any differences in the number of people applying for family-friendly work schedules.
I'm not saying that fear of being laid off or the financial need to work long hours aren't real issues for people. It's just that they didn't account for the absence of a cultural resistance to long hours at work. I was looking for that kind of cultural resistance. What I found was a company that offered policies that we say we want -- paternity and maternity leave, part-time, job sharing, flex-time -- but very few employees who were interested in them.
Q: Were these policies really available? I got the sense that while the policies were on company books, they often didn't exist in practice.
A: Indeed, there were some managers who really wanted to sabotage the policies. It was just an extra headache for them. But there were also managers who took pride in offering flexible work arrangements. When I compared people working for rigid managers to those who were working for flexible managers, I found little difference in the number of people who came forward to ask for shorter hours.
Then I thought that perhaps people just didn't know about these policies. Wrong. In fact some workers said, "I'm really proud to be working for an enlightened company." Or, "I really don't know the policy specifics, but I know how I can find out should I need them in an emergency." But they weren't defining the scarcity of time at home as an emergency.
All of these explanations -- that people wouldn't want more time at home because they couldn't afford it, or they wouldn't want more time because they were working scared, or they wouldn't want more time because they didn't dare ask a bad boss, or they wouldn't want more time because they didn't know about the policies -- hold a little water and, in some cases, were definitive explanations. But they didn't account for the absence of a cultural resistance to long hours at work.
Q: Have we become a workaholic, anti-family culture?
A: This country has become more workaholic, but I don't think Americans are anti-family. It's not a family values issue. We live in two separate cultural worlds, one encompassing the workplace and one encompassing home and family. Over time, the world of the workplace has been transformed by a new kind of cultural engineering -- especially in Fortune 500 companies -- where the worker is invited to be empowered, to work closely with a team, to be a part of a quality circle, etc. In this new work culture, there is a great premium on reward. Moreover, if you get into a problem, there is somebody there to help you. For all its aggravations, many people like being at work.
I don't think that this new culture is necessarily bad. Rather, I think we need the same kinds of support at home that we are now getting at work. Today we have more recognition ceremonies at work, and fewer recognition ceremonies, so to speak, at home. We're asked to value the individual at work, and nobody's quite holding that ideology at home. It's tempting, therefore, to emotionally relocate to the workplace.
Of course, there are many kinds of workplaces and many kinds of homes. There is also a complicated set of corporate work-family strategies. Some corporations are going in the high-investment direction I saw at Amerco: "We're going to put a lot of effort into making a good workplace, and we're going to get a lot of work out of these folks." Others are following the strategy of divestment: "We're going to lay workers off; we're going to speed up; we're going to go back to Frederick Taylor's efficiency model." [In the early 1900s, Taylor engineered highly rigorous and mechanistic standards for factory work.]
Q: But isn't the company you studied in fact doing this? It has laid people off; it has encouraged a speedup in the sense that people are working a lot longer at their jobs for the same amount of pay. It's Taylorism with a smiley face.
A: You're right. But now workers buy into it. They internalize the speedup; they think their hurry is due to their work ethic. At Amerco, people began to think it was exciting to be in a workaholic environment. They would say, "We're our own worst enemy"; "It's hard to scrape myself up and get home, there's just so much to do"; and "No one does it to us, we're like that to ourselves."
They simply felt very rewarded by work. Moreover, their best friends were at work. Essentially, the neighborhood has gone to work. Corporate engineers have looked at how women are with each other, borrowing the best tips from female neighborhood culture and then transporting them back into the bosom of capitalism. They've feminized capitalism. You have to marvel at such corporate engineering, and then you have to watch it like a hawk because it's stealing family time away from families.
Q: Are you suggesting the workplace has been feminized but that the effect of this feminization has been far different than what the original women's movement might have hoped for?
A: Yes. Absolutely. A lot of feminists in the 1970s were calling for an equality in the workplace based on a female sensibility, as well as for an equality in which men participated more actively at home. But the corporate world was holding out the carrot of another equality in which women became equal on traditionally male terms. And there have been more rewards for women to throw themselves into work, frankly, than there have been rewards for men to go in the other direction.
I'm a feminist. And I'm certainly not saying it was a mistake for women to enter the labor force. I believe work outside the home is good for women and it's good for families. All the data we have show that working women are more likely to feel good about themselves and positive about their lives, and to feel that their contributions at home are honored and valued -- more so than women who permanently stay home.
However, women have entered the work world on male terms, and because of power arrangements they haven't felt able to push back. The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time -- to push back on our hours of work. We need to form a new alliance between feminist groups, labor unions, child advocates, progressive corporations, and the federal government insofar as it's willing to pursue a family-friendly agenda.
Q: But if people really like to work and they don't want to go home, why should we care about starting a "time movement" that would give us more time away from work to spend with our families?
A: I hope to open up a conversation about the costs of settling for the wrong terms at work. And I think there are enough people who don't feel good about the conditions under which they're working to begin this conversation. People are ambivalent. They feel confused. I hope to appeal to this ambivalence.
Q: Men who would like to take more responsibility for child rearing seem to be in an untenable position, almost worse than that of women, because in today's corporate culture wanting to spend more time with one's family -- to be a family man -- is taken as a sign of lack of ambition.
A: Yes. I think that when you allow a market culture to prevail, those new men, those heroes of an alternative culture, suffer. For example, I interviewed a young engineer, the first man to apply for formal paternity leave at Amerco -- two weeks, unpaid. His own father had left home early in his childhood, and he felt strongly about becoming a real daddy to his child, from the very start. His wife appreciated his doing this. The women in his office appreciated it. But his male co-workers divided into two groups. Acquaintances pretended they didn't know why he'd been absent, though they did know. Friends kidded him, "So, did you catch up on the soaps?" They could understand his wanting to take a holiday, but they couldn't understand paternity leave. They thought family-friendly policies were for women, not men. Of course, if he'd been living in Sweden he wouldn't have gotten the soaps jokes, since he'd be among the 80 percent of all employed fathers who take two weeks paternity leave there.
Q: What's happening to the kids in this time-deprived family dynamic?
A: The children I saw were doing fine in school and weren't beating up kids on the playground. But children feel starved for time, and adults feel guilty for starving children of time. That's a huge problem, not because your kid won't grow up to be bright and successful, but what if they grow up to be bright and successful and replay the same time-starved life that was taught to them? I talked to one child, who said to her grandmother on the telephone: "Grandma, I don't have time to talk to you." Well, this kid was doing beautifully in school, but is that what really matters? If that's what matters most, aren't we missing an important emotional piece of the picture?
We want to live fully human lives. Not only is that the feminist project, it's the progressive project. What I'm talking about is very radical. The time movement is an extension of the labor movement, only it's fundamentally different because it puts family and private life center stage in a way that the labor movement has not done. Even portions of the feminist movement have not yet dared to do it.
A new time movement needs to be critical of market culture; it also needs to critique the ways in which capitalism has incorporated the useful aspects of neighborhood female culture and given itself a humanistic face.
The subtraction of effort from community life has been seen as the absence of civic virtue. I see it as the result of increasing the number of hours at work. The marketplace has been absorbing more people's time, and that time is coming not just from families but from communities.
The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition. And in that competition the American companies are winning hands down.
Q: Why haven't we been able to hold the line, like other nations, against the invasion of work into the home?
A: I think we have a rawer version of capitalism and a more fragile community and family base than other nations. We are a more individualistic culture. From the Boston Tea Party on, we've had too little faith in government. We also have a higher rate of mobility from one community to another. These American characteristics didn't wreak havoc until other factors came into play -- the decline of labor movements and the globalization of capital. We could get along with rugged individualism, social mobility, and the absence of dedication to community before. But when you add on these two extra factors, the balance is tipped in favor of the marketplace. And the marketplace has won -- for the moment.


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Topographic shading and wave exposure influence morphology and ecophysiology of Ecklonia radiata (C. Agardh 1817) in Fiordland, New Zealand
Limnol. Oceanogr., 52(5), 2007, 1853-1864 | DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.1853
ABSTRACT: Patterns in morphology, pigment concentration, and light saturation kinetics of Ecklonia radiata reveal great morphological and physiological variability among individuals from sites spanning strong gradients in topographic shading and wave exposure among the 14 fjords in southwestern New Zealand. Morphology of E. radiata varies from relatively narrow (85 ± 4.7 mm) (mean ± standard error), thick (3.2 ± 0.30 mm) blades from the well-illuminated, wave-exposed outer coast sites to wide, undulate (460 ± 36.8 mm,) and thin (0.46 ± 0.059 mm) blades from quiescent, topographically shaded inner fjord sites. Chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration of blades (0.084-1.34 µg g-1 of tissue) and the ratio of fucoxanthin to Chl a (0.33 to 0.56) also increased along this gradient, indicating photoacclimation within the inner fjord populations. In situ measurements of light saturation kinetics indicate maximum photosynthetic rates at lower irradiance (Imax = 43.7 vs. 257 µmol quanta m-2 s-1) for algae at inner fjord sites relative to well-lit outer fjord locations. Individuals exhibiting characteristically photoacclimated relative electron transfer rate curves had more deplete δ13C (-13.35% to -22.35%) than individuals with higher Imax. There was no significant association between the kelp morphology or geographic location and the observed recombinant DNA diversity of ITS sequences that would indicate the presence of two Ecklonia species in the fjords. E. radiata occupies a wide range of habitats in Fiordland and displays variability in morphology and photo-physiological responses to low light that coincide with gradients in wave exposure and topographically shaded light conditions.


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Steamboat Springs The administrative and classroom building proposed for Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs has been given the green light.
CMC President Stan Jensen said that planning for the 50,000-square-foot facility that would use geoexchange heating and cooling technology and the secondary access road has resumed. He made the announcement during a conference call Monday after the college's Board of Trustees met in Glenwood Springs.
"Those are back on track," Jensen said. "We're delighted with that."
He said the next step is soliciting bids for a contractor and making a selection, but one piece of business remains unfinished.
The Steamboat Springs City Council will consider a first reading to dissolve the intergovernmental agreement with CMC during a meeting tonight.
The agreement, signed in 1997, requires the college to go through the city planning process for development projects.
The City Council expressed support for the dissolution with a 6-0 vote Nov. 2.
Councilwoman Meg Bentley was absent for that vote, which directed city staff to create the formal ordinance that will be presented tonight.
Also at that meeting, the City Council supported the Crawford Avenue spur as the secondary access road for the campus.
The intergovernmental agreement requires a secondary access, in addition to the primary access of Bob Adams Drive. College officials initially had planned the secondary access for 13th Street and Lincoln Avenue.
CMC backed away from that road site because of concerns raised by the City Council and members of the public at a meeting in September. The college also couldn't reach an agreement with the property owners to buy the site, and officials said constructing the road there was cost prohibitive with an estimated price tag of $8 million.
The estimated cost for the Crawford spur, which would be 24 feet wide and include a 6-foot-wide detached sidewalk, is $1 million to $1.5 million.
With the access road in question and the intergovernmental agreement on the table, CMC officials previously mentioned the possibility of splitting up the Steamboat campus and adding a satellite location somewhere else in Steamboat or moving the campus outside city limits.
With the pending dissolution of the intergovernmental agreement, Jensen said the college is committed to the Alpine Campus, which has the capacity to meet the college's local needs for the next 20 to 30 years.
Jensen said he hopes the college will break ground on the new facility and access road in June with occupation expected for fall 2012.
Reporter Mike Lawrence contributed to this story.


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Wintry Wonderland at This Wakefield Hotel & Spa
Moulin Wakefield Mill Hotel & Spa • Wakefield, Canada
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two in a Heritage Room, Arriving Sundays to Thursdays ($149)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Two in a Heritage Room with Two $30 Credits at Muse Restaurant, Arriving Sundays to Thursdays ($259)
- $20 Spa Credit for Each Person
- $20 Credit for Each Person at the Heron Wine Bar
- Complimentary Parking
- Valid for Stays from Now to January 29, 2016 (Blackout Dates Apply)
- After Purchase, Follow Your Voucher's Redemption Instructions to Complete Your Reservation
Proximity to Gatineau Park offers the opportunity to hike, kayak, and ski amid the rustic splendor of this hotel.
The Destination
In the shadow of Canada's parliament and within 20 minutes of Ottawa, Gatineau Park unfolds into nearly 100,000 acres that feel far removed from the pace and predictability of a city. It's fitting that this natural oasis is named for explorer Nicolas Gatineau, since the park's year-round activities—think hiking, swimming, biking, and skiing—call for a sense of adventure. Learn about the land's flora and fauna as you explore one of many trails, and keep an eye out for the resident white-tailed deer, timber wolves, or beavers. When the weather cools, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing provide a fresh perspective on the ever-changing landscape.
The Digs
Overlooking Gatineau Park, the Moulin Wakefield Mill Hotel & Spa fully embraces its rustic location. Echoing the park's call for exploration, guests are invited to discover the inn's own trails with the use of complimentary snowshoes—or stay cozy and enjoy views of the park from the accommodations. Heritage Rooms feature rustic wood décor and convenient amenities like cable television, Wi-Fi, and queen-size beds. After a day at the on-site spa, continue to indulge yourself with dinner at the hotel, followed by a dip in one of two outdoor hot tubs for a romantic winter's night.
The Diversions
Go cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. Gatineau Park
Raise a glass. Heron Wine Bar
Take a stroll. Wakefield Covered Bridge
Wine and dine. Muse Restaurant
Indulge in a massage. Spa Eau Vive
The Details
• Taxes and resort fees aren't included—you'll pay those directly to the property
• Spa credits cannot be combined; not valid for Saturday appointments
• Plan around the blackout dates: December 20-25 and 27-31, 2015; January 1, 2016
Part heritage mill with original features, part modern environmentally-friendly building, this waterside hotel and spa on the edge of Gatineau Park has lots of character, wonderful views of the MacLaren Falls, and plenty of pampering on offer.-- Read Fodor's Review of Moulin Wakefield Mill Hotel & Spa
We loved the dinner at the Muse Restaurant; the food was spectacular. The grounds are lovely and just a short walk from the quaint town of Wakefield. Neat shops with a few nice restaurants/pubs and a decent live music scene.-- LivingSocial Member
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the fine print
- Limit 10 per customer, up to 10 additional as gifts; vouchers may not be combined to extend stay
- Only valid for stays now to January 29, 2016
- Nights must be spent consecutively; all inclusions must be redeemed during one stay
- Reservations required and subject to availability
- Merchant cancellation/rescheduling policy and fees apply once booking is made; voucher subject to forfeiture
- Not valid toward existing or room block reservations
- Voucher includes $20 spa credit for each person, $20 credit for each person at the Heron Wine Bar, and complimentary parking
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As authorities continue the probe into the sets of remains found on a desolate Long Island beach highway in a case believed to involve more than two killers, one investigator has proved invaluable to the search: an 8-year-old German Shepherd named Blue.
Blue, as the cadaver dog on duty during a frigid afternoon last December, went on to uncover four bodies near Jones Beach -- the first of four in what would become a months-long investigation that would eventually uncover 10 sets of human remains.
At the time, the Suffolk County Police were down to just one dog trained with that specific skill. The other two had been retired and the police were in the process of training new ones, according to an officer in charge of the Special Patrol Bureau, which includes K9s, cops said.
"Dogs are able to find these remains much more rapidly and in some cases remains that would never otherwise be found if we were searching the area with people, visibly searching for something," said inspector Stuart Cameron, commanding officer at the Suffolk County Police, who noted the county trained two more dogs in the wake of the discovery.
Currently, there are 19 K9s that specialize in either explosive detection, narcotics detection and three that specialize in cadaver detection. The dogs, mostly from Eastern Europe, are selected when they are 1- to 2-years old and are chosen based on their health and temperament.
Cameron said they are looking for "green dogs," or dogs with no previous training, and canines that are neither too aggressive nor too docile.
The dogs undergo 16 weeks of training, followed by eight to 10 weeks of training in their specialty. They are regularly retrained once a week for patrols, and every two weeks in their specialty.
For dogs like Blue, and his fellow cadaver detector, Hungarian-born, 5-year old Knight, who also uncovered two sets of human remains, their training involves searching for a cloth or rag covered in bodily fluids that simulates the smell of a decomposing human body.
Humans experience the world with their eyes "but a canine, their sense of smell is estimated at 1,000 to 1,000,000 times more sensitive than a human's," Cameron said.
Cameron said canine units have found bodies that were underwater (the dogs smelled the air bubbles that drifted to the surface), buried underground and under snow.
Right now, the canine unit is not actively searching the Long Island beaches for further human remains, but they may go back if necessary, Cameron said.
When the canine unit completes a task, the dogs are rewarded by they handler with playful treatment. "They are very high drive dogs, they want to work, but for them really work is kind of play," Cameron said.
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- Each dog lives with his handler and usually retires at age 10.
- In the 1960s, the dogs were only used for overnight work, usually working from 8 p.m.to 4 a.m., but now they're on call 24-hours.
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I'm running Mathematica 3.0 on an SGI 02 and get a core dump when I
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mat1 = Array[a,{5,5}];
mat2 = Array[b,{3,3}];
mat1[[{1,3,5},{1,3,5}]] = mat2;
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The Ethernet network that BT provides is vital to our everyday operations. It's also the key to our Connected Forces and Smart Defence initiatives, which will shift the emphasis from operational engagement to operational preparedness."
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Steamboat Springs High School alumnus John Cutter is in his junior season at the University of San Diego and logging his best times for the Toreros cross-country team.
Sure, the years of training have paid off and a hard summer of running on the trails above his hometown of Steamboat Springs has helped. But Cutter said learning how to run — often by doing it the wrong way — has helped him as much as anything.
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"4th-Floor near KaDeWe" !!! - in BERLIN
Size36 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
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- Smoking allowed
- Parking available
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|Lietzenburger Straße, 10789 Berlin, Germany
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Guests arriving at the Airport "SCHONEFELD" (SXF), take the
Train "AIRPORT EXPRESS" to "BERLIN HAUPTBAHNHOF", where
we could wait for them with our Car, in order to be taken to their Apartment.(20,-) A Phone-Call from the Train to our Cell-Phone is required,
since we would need to know your time of Arrival at the "BERLIN-HAUPTBAHNHOF".
The Apartment -- one of our four quite attractive Apartments -- is located on the 4th Floor of a well-kept Building at the Lietzenburger Strasse, - surrounded by beautiful Landscaping, which can be enjoyed, especially from the Balcony.
Here is a Quotation from one of our Guests:
"An extraordinary Combination of a central and exciting Location, - AND - relaxing Greens and numerous Trees, - something to be found very rarely !!"
Only a few steps away from the Apartment is the "Wittenbergplatz". -- There,- right adjacent to it, - one will find the world-renowned "KaDeWe" - Department-Store or "Department-Store of the West" !!!
In the center of the Wittenbergplatz, a historic Underground-Subway Station can be admired - 100 years old !!! - (built 1911-13), from where Trains can be taken to every possible Sight-Seeing-Treasure of Berlin and its Surroundings, be it a Museum, a Monument, or aConcert Hall.
-- The Castle "Sanssouci" in Potsdam? --
Around the Wittenbergplatz, there are also numerous Cafes and Restaurants, which are placing quite a number of tables and chairs outside in front of their Establishments.
On pleasant days, hundreds of Tourists - of all Nationalities !! - can be seen sitting there, enjoying their Dinners or just having a great Drink.
Also, in the immediate area, a number of Supermarkets can be found, one of which, with the name of "KAISERS", also located at the Wittenbergplatz, is open until midnight.
When visiting the KaDeWe-Department Store, the experienced Tourist immediately will take the Elevator to the 7th Floor, because he knows that there, a Buffet is expecting him,
- of the most distinguished Quality and Taste !
Only a few steps away from the entrance of the KaDeWe, Sightseeing-Busses are leaving frequently, inviting the Tourist to enjoy a Tour through Berlin.
Looking west, or down the Tauentzienstrasse, one can see the "Gedächtniskirche" or Memorial Church.
Just before the Church on the right hand side is the "EUROPACENTER", with the "IRISH PUB" located right inside of it ! There, a Live Band is playing every single night of the week !!!
And let's not forget the large Water-Clock located in the Main-Hall, together with a number of interesting Cafes and Restaurants, and some quite exciting Stores.
To get to the Apartment, one takes the Elevator to the 4th Floor. Upon entering the Apartment, one immediately is taken in by its attractive and also friendly Ambience.This was achieved through the selection and arrangement of its Furniture, complete with a most luxurious Queen-Size-
Bed, as can be seen on the photos.
Also, Kitchen and Bath are newly renovated.
We are looking forward to welcoming you here in Berlin.
Thank you very much!
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SMOKING IS ALLOWED, - only on the Balcony !
The Price for the 3rd and 4th Guest is €10,- each per Night, - in Addition !
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We really enjoyed our stay in this cosy appartment! Perfect location and a very nice and welcoming host. Thank you very much, Bernd!
Seniorsingletraveller, 9 days stay, third time renting flat in Berlin.
Pickup and delivery at Berlin Hbh.was worth the costs, great valu to me.
I was well introduces to the surroundings, the building and the flat. Safe area and building.The flat is bright and quiet, facing a backyard with trees. Spacious wardrobe in the hall, and a practical table on wheels for the suitcase.Nice, practical bathroom and a hairdryer. Good bed with pleasant bedlinen.Big TV with many interesting chalnnels, 2 in english.The TV can be turned around and watched in many angles.The separate kitchen with window had modern equipment: fridge, owen, microowen and waterboiler.Short distance for coffe-food- and wineshopping.
I felt well and relaxed in the apartment.I knew I could have support from Bernd if I needed it, especially bacause of his knowledge about Berlin and his exellent english.
Whishes for a stay in the future: 2 big smooth dinnerplates and 2 lunchplates. Bottle of spray cleaningstuff placed in the bathroom.
Excellent location for this comfortable and very clean studio. Upon arrival, our host surprisingly offered us a tour in town, and provided us with some tips that turned out to be useful during our stay. Thank you, Bernd ! We would certainly come back.
Great Stay in the centtre of Berlin. The Apartment was clean and comfortable, and in a great location. Bernd was very helpful, we would definatly stay again
Good location close to West Berlin city center. Clean and tidy in a little special style. Friendly host who would tell and show up. We had a lovely long weekend and enjoyed all the Christmas in the area.
God beliggenhed tæt på Vest-Berlins centrum. Rent og pænt i en lidt speciel stil. Venlig vært der gerne fortæller og viser frem. Vi havde en dejlig forlænget weekend og nød alle jule-mulighederne i området.
Die Room was incredible! Everything was very confortable and cheap at that! The Hosts were very nice and there ist overall an amazing service from their part. I would always go back and advise to everyone that is looking for an appartment in the citycenter to go here! Thanks to the hosts again.
Apartment is centrally located. The apartment complies with the photos and we had a comfortable stay in Berlin!
Wohnung ist zentral gelegen. Die Wohnung entspricht den Fotos und wir hatten einen komfortablen Aufenthalt in Berlin!
We were delighted with the host that was nice.
Vi var fornøyd med verten som var hyggelig.
The apartment on the 4th Floor was very clean and absolutely cheap. Bernd is an attentive and informative host. It has been a good experience and we felt comfortable there. Repetition will follow! Petra and Thomas
Die Wohnung im 4. Stock war sehr sauber und absolut günstig gelegen. Bernd ist ein aufmerksamer und informativer Gastgeber. Es hat uns gut gefallen und wir fühlten uns wohl dort. Wiederholung wird folgen!
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Set in the City Centre district in Catania, 985 feet from Piazza Duomo, I Mori Maison De Charme boasts air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi throughout the property. The rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV with cable channels. Some units have a seating area to relax in after a busy day. You will find a kettle in the room. The rooms include a private bathroom equipped with a bidet. For your comfort, you will find bathrobes, slippers and free toiletries. A DVD player is offered. A sweet Italian breakfast with fresh fruit and freshly baked pastries is served daily. On request, breakfast can be enjoyed at a nearby café in Piazza Duomo. Upon arrival, you will be offered a glass of Prosecco sparkling wine. A shared kitchen is also available at the property. Tours on Mount Etna and sea excursions along Catania coast can be organized upon request. Casa di Verga is 329 feet from I Mori Maison De Charme, while Ursino Castle is 657 feet from the property. Piazza Stesicoro is a 10-minute walk from the property, while Fontanarossa Airport is 1.9 miles away.


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Tina Fey on Working Moms
"What is the rudest question you can ask a woman? "How old are you?" "What do you weigh?" "When you and your twin sister are alone with Mr. Hefner do you have to pretend to be lesbians?" No, the worst question is: "How do you juggle it all?""How do you juggle it all?" people constantly ask me, with an accusatory look in their eyes. "You're screwing it all up, aren't you?" their eyes say. My standard answer is that I have the same struggles as any working parent but with the good fortune to be working at my dream job. Or sometimes I just hand them a juicy red apple I've poisoned in my working-mother witch cauldron and fly away. The second-worst question you as a woman is "Are you going to have more kids?" This is rude…I debate the second-baby issue when I can't sleep. "Should I? No. I want to. I can't. I must. Of course not. I should try immediately."…And what's so great about work, anyway? Work won't visit you when you're old. Work won't drive you to the radiologist's for a mammogram and take you out afterward for soup." The New Yorker, February 14th, 2011
It was a surprising look into the worries of a working mother who has an army of people who depend on her for their livelihoods, and yet struggles with the question of taking care of her child and expanding her family. I've had the same worries, the same fears. What if my children resent me for working? (They'd better not, since it keeps them fed, thank you.) What do I do with the talents and ambition I've been given? I'd better have another baby right away if I want to ever have another baby. How will I fit another baby into our family? They're universal questions that mothers face; they don't go away just because you have your dream job, are famous, or are super funny. It's reassuring that we fear the same sense of failure and the weight of responsibility.
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Anna Froula is the coeditor of two books (Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture and the "War on Terror," Continuum, 2010 and It's a Mad World: The Cinema of Terry Gilliam, Wallflower/Columbia University Press, 2013) and the author of several book chapters and journal articles about war culture, gender, trauma, and zombies. Her forthcoming publications include an article about The Daily Show alum Rob Riggle's satire and chapters on representations of women soldiers in popular culture in World War II and the "War on Terror." She was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Film Studies at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
An English major and biology minor, Anna was involved in BSC's service-learning trips to Zimbabwe and Calcutta and worked in the non-profit sector before attending graduate school at the University of Kentucky, where she earned her MA and PhD.
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Apr. 29: American session
Tatiana Norkina, an analyst at FBS
U.S. dollar index remains stable after day growth to 79.90 and is still in plus of 0.10 %. However, statistical data on NE consumer confidence came out a bit worse than expected: 82.3 instead of 83.0. It may slightly degrade the dollar. At the same time, stock markets opened in a mixed way: DJIA jumped 0.25 %, while the S & P500 is going under the zero mark, losing about 0.05 %.
At the same time, the currency pair EUR/USD is once again collapsed to 1.3820 support after an unsuccessful test of yesterday's high 1.3880. A rapid recovery of GBP/USD was prevented by unexpectedly lower than expected UK GDP: trades are carried at the upper boundary of today's range 1.6800-1.6840.
Strengthening of the dollar contributed to the today's growth of pair USD/CHF, which is now recovered to around 0.8830. A strong resistance is held there, which can be used to resume sales. Currency pair USD/JPY failed to overcome the resistance of 102.60-102.70 once again and now corrected in 102.50.


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Mitt Romney is miffed at losing an election to some black dude whose parents were not wealthy and successful. Mitt came out with an honest evaluation as to why he lost the election. Defeat did not occur because his opponent had more successful ideas, no, the president stole the election by handing out billions to those from whom he wanted votes! "The president's campaign focused on giving targeted groups big gifts so he made an effort on small things." In the end, Obama was "very generous to blacks, Hispanics and young people."
Mitt lived in fantasy world during the election and it is clear he still remains an inhabitant of the other world. OK, so Mitt backed billions of dollars in free tax deductions for the wealthy. OK, so Mitt favored allowing anyone with wealth to employ dozens of tax loopholes to avoid paying taxes–he only paid at a 14% rate, but such gifts are not really gifts, they are entitlements for the wealthy.
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2013 'Riders Coaching Staff Announced
Steve Buechele Returns for Fourth Season as Manager
January 3, 2013 11:59 AM ET
The 2013 season will mark Buechele's fifth as a Minor League manager after starting his coaching career in 2009 with the California League's Bakersfield Blaze. Last year, he led the RoughRiders to an 80-60 record - the second-best mark in the league - and an appearance in the Texas League Championship Series. Owner of a 306-253 career record, Buechele's teams have made the playoffs in every season he has been a manager. On April 16, 2012, Buechele passed Tim Ireland to become Frisco's all-time winningest skipper with his 155th victory; he now has 231 regular season wins as manager of the RoughRiders. This past season he was also named to the Rangers' 40th Anniversary Team, as he played eight of his 11 big league seasons with Texas.
Andrews will mark his fifth season as Frisco's pitching coach and his 28th as a Minor League instructor. He joined the RoughRiders during the 2009 season and previously served in the same capacity on the Pittsburgh Pirates' Major League staff in 2008. Last year, Andrews' pitching staff tied for the Texas League lead in shutouts and finished in the top half of the circuit in fewest runs allowed, fewest earned runs, fewest hits, fewest home runs, most strikeouts and most saves. Two of Andrews' pitchers, Justin Grimm and Wilmer Font, were promoted directly to the Rangers from Frisco during the 2012 season.
The upcoming campaign will be the second for Hart on the RoughRiders' coaching staff and fifth as a coach in the Rangers organization. He was the hitting coach for Single-A Hickory from 2010-11 and began his coaching career with short-season Spokane in 2009. Last year Hart oversaw an offense that led the TL in home runs and triples and finished in the top three in the league in batting average, runs, hits, fewest strikeouts and slugging percentage. Under Hart's tutelage, infielders Mike Olt and Jurickson Profar were both promoted to Texas from Frisco last season, bypassing Triple-A Round Rock in the process.
The Rangers also announced the return of the RoughRiders' athletic support staff. Carlos Olivas will be back for his third season as Frisco's athletic trainer and his fifth year with the Rangers organization. Strength and conditioning coach Eric McMahon will also return for his third season with the RoughRiders and fifth with the Rangers. Both Olivas and McMahon were honored as the best in the Texas League at their respective positions in 2012.
The regular season begins for the RoughRiders on Thursday, April 4 when Frisco visits the Arkansas Travelers. The 'Riders begin their home schedule on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. when the Travelers come to Dr Pepper Ballpark. For information on tickets to see the RoughRiders in 2013, please call (972) 731-9200, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.ridersbaseball.com.
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The Balkans' Journey of Transformation
Western Balkan countries are only just embarking on a journey to transformation, a process that must affect all walks of life, not least some stubborn old attitudes.
The process of transition from communism to democracy in southeastern Europe has reached the point at which the countries of the region are embarking on a much longer journey: the transformation process. While the transition so far has included dismantling of communist political structures and getting rid of one-party authoritarian rule, transformation is going to be much more complex. It involves state-building and good governance based on the rule of law, human rights, and civil liberties; a free-market economy; pluralistic democracy; and above all, socio-cultural changes and acceptance of new values and responsibilities across the board.
The lesson the international community and democratic governments are still to learn is that the holistic approach to reconstruction and development is the only way to guarantee stability and peace in the region. The holistic approach simply means realizing that civil liberties, safety and security, an independent judiciary, and good governance go hand in hand with market economies and private and entrepreneurial initiative, eventually creating conditions for a good society. Efforts and measures aimed at improving these policy areas should not be given priority over one another. Wherever the international community or local authorities have tried a sector-driven approach in transitional countries, it failed or slowed down the process of transformation. All these areas have to be addressed and confronted simultaneously from day one, in particular when dealing with communities struggling with post-war reconstruction as well.
TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGESKarl Deutsch wrote in 1971 that the main task of law is to make life more predictable. And Deutsch was not a lawyer. I interpret this laconic statement as one of the crucial signposts for countries that are struggling with their own transformations. Namely, legal regulation, in general, aims at facilitating the functioning of social relations and at stimulating their development in a definite direction. In any society people need a clear perspective in order to function and show their abilities and creativity. In times of major political changes and socio-economic transformation this is even more true. In other words, legal reform is just one of many elements in the holistic approach to transforming Balkan countries into stable democracies with trustworthy and credible institutions.
At the same time, there is a stubborn socio-cultural background, based upon the legacy of the previous way of life and work culture, which is still very much reflected in the social and business mentality in the region. Evoking the "good old times" has become a convenient defense mechanism for people who still dwell on the predictability of the way of life in the second half of the last century, when they could safely follow the same social patterns for generations. That nostalgia has lost its ideological label (communism or socialism) but still serves as a reference in evaluating current democratic processes and economic transformations. More importantly, it has become a collective paralysis for some communities. They refuse to trust the transition process and have no courage to face reality and take the initiative however small it might be.
The system which produced this type of "stable stagnation" and encouraged mediocrity was encapsulated in a few popular jokes. People used to say in defiance: "We pretend to work and the state pretends to pay us," or "You cannot pay me as little as I can work." There is a long way ahead of us, and many invisible bridges will have to be built in order to transcend that legacy and transform that mentality into a mode of individual responsibility, competition, and entrepreneurship.
Promoting the concept of good governance and good society should be a crucial agenda item for the Balkan countries. The international community's help and support have been enormous and in many cases progress was made.
Nevertheless, there is a risk that new or reformed government institutions (public authorities, tax agencies, state ministries in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reformed police, human-rights ombudsmen, etc.) might remain empty shells if not empowered by appropriate capacity that includes an army of skilled civil servants, public accountability mechanisms, and a system of checks and balances.
It is a notorious fact that the countries of the Western Balkans are part of Europe, and their strategies of transformation are focused on having a place in an integrated Europe. Yet, the process of embracing European standards in the Western Balkans is often reduced to the spheres of politics and the economy in their narrow sense. Few people realize that European standards, as a set of democratic and civic values, are equally crucial for the functioning of education system, health and social care, utility services, environmental protection, etc. In other words, the transformation of the region should involve all walks of life, including civil society.
The civil-society community is essential in promoting cultural change and providing a favorable atmosphere for addressing environmental issues, corruption, and inadequate public services. When developed, it can be very effective in cultivating public opinion and raising the awareness of good work practices and accountability of public-service providers, as in the recent case of corruption in a hospital in Croatia, or a few cases of bribery involving Bosnian judges.
PUBLIC DIALOGUE NEEDEDAnother problem, quite common for countries of the Western Balkans, is the lack of public dialogue in politics. Politicians do communicate among themselves but, as a rule, they do it via individual press conferences and interviews in the media. They almost never share a panel and engage in an informed and constructive dialogue aimed at helping the general public understand current issues and future options. Failure to initiate and maintain public debate on key issues has resulted in the lack of clear vision for many societies in the region, consequently stifling their ability to set meaningful strategies for reform and sustainable progress.
Nor has the international community been good at learning lessons. For too many years foreign experts were parachuted into the Balkans without enough serious prep-work on the background of political processes and socio-economic complexities. Most of them never found a way to communicate effectively with their local interlocutors. As a result, foreign experts tend to surround themselves with arrogance and bureaucratic walls. The risk of the international community alienating itself from the country it came to support in its transition process has been all too real and in some cases mutual hostility was the result.
There is something seriously wrong with the international community's institutions on the ground. The main problem seems to be lack of continuity and long-term planning. It is understandable that the flow of officials and experts is very intensive, but often newly appointed officials seem insufficiently briefed by their predecessors and want to do things from scratch and in "my own way." This sends a confusing message to national officials, to say the least, who in turn try to build personal relationships with their international colleagues, instead of cultivating a businesslike institutional cooperation.
The international community - including governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, development and aid projects, etc. - is facing the challenge of transforming itself in accordance with the requirements of different countries' transformation processes. The international community now needs to switch from lecturing and dictating to a mode of engaging with local communities and sharing with domestic authorities the risks involved with reforms and projects initiated on that road. This may facilitate the "ownership transition" and make the withdrawal of the international community less painful.
Given the level of dependency syndrome created in Bosnia and Kosovo so far, it is high time that such a change in attitude take place.
BOSNIA'S DOUBLE TRANSITIONCountries in transition are often thrown together as a package of states defined by a number of common features. This may be so if the analysis is restricted to recent economic and political indicators. But if socio-cultural and historical charateristics are taken into account as well, then the opening sentence of Anna Karenina may apply to Bosnia: "All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion."
What makes Bosnia different and unhappy? The country has a unique burden of traveling along two parallel roads in order to reach the end of its transition and achieve stability and functionality; it is transition, times two! One is the task of overcoming the gap between one-party authoritarian rule and parliamentary democracy and the open market. This road is very slow and bumpy, and exhausting enough even for countries that did not experience war or serious ethnic conflict. The other path, that of postwar reconstruction, is extremely demanding economically, but also painful and emotionally charged and will torment Bosnian society for generations to come.
Emerging from the war after the Dayton Agreement of late 1995, Bosnia presented many challenges for an international community ill-prepared to deal with this double-act of transition requirements. Much precious time, effort, and resources was wasted in the years after Dayton in trying to achieve a political settlement. The totally dysfunctional tripartite presidency and the futile rotating chairmanship of the Council of Ministers were the main focus of the international community's efforts, while crucial areas of the reconstruction process were neglected, including reviving the economy and creating jobs, reforming the judiciary and public administration, and establishing the rule of law.
This brings us back to the point: the holistic approach. In the case of Bosnia it would have meant, back in 1996, setting a clear time frame for the international administration's involvement, consistent reconstruction and development projects supported by a united international community, plus a workable political settlement. Instead, the international community rushed towards organizing the first "free and fair" elections less than a year after the war. The election project stalled the process of reforms for at least a couple of years because this very democratic measure, backed by no rule of law to speak of, simply allowed criminals to legitimize themselves by being elected to office all over the country. What this lead to in September 1996 was not the launching of a democratic future for Bosnia, but allowing criminals and war profiteers to highjack the institutions of the state.
More than 10 years later, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still struggling to make itself a more effective, functional state, and to shape its identity. It has progressed dramatically in terms of economic and social viability. But it is still paralyzed in many sectors by corruption and incompetence. It has built a state-level institutional structure to a degree never anticipated by the Dayton Agreement. But it is still a hostage to the lack of political will to release the grip of the two sub-state entities and the prerogatives they still enjoy in some crucial areas, like the judiciary and law enforcement. Its efforts to form an identity are still hampered by the divided loyalties of Bosnian Serbs and Croats, and by Bosniaks' stubborn demands to bring back an idealized "civic Bosnia" that existed until the end of the 1980s.
But there may be a way out of this impasse in an overarching European identity of Bosnia and Herzegovina that would embrace all peoples and individuals alike, without interfering with their respective ethnic or group interests. In order to be able to consider this prospect the country needs a broader framework to enable people to see the future beyond the Sarajevo-Belgrade-Zagreb triangle that has been squeezing them for the last 15 years. Europe indeed stands today as a beacon for all and everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of age, ethnic or religious background, political affiliation or profession.
It appears that while international expertise on state-building is well established, there is still uncertainty on how to transfer know-how on building strong institutions to developing countries. They can tap into accumulated knowledge on how to transfer resources across international borders and administer weak states, but well-functioning public institutions require a diversified approach that takes into account certain habits and traditions of governance, as well as the political and legal heritage of each society.
Whereas the Western prescription in the 1980s and 1990s had generally been to "roll back" the state, the experience of countries in transition shows that a strong state is essential to the success of the liberal-democratic project in the developing world, as Francis Fukuyama notes in his State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century. In spite of the liberalization process and impressive growth of the nongovernmental sector in the past 15 or 16 years in Central and southeast Europe, in the final analysis only the state can deliver security and a range of public services from health care to education and be held responsible for the collapse of law and order.


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Authors: Malcolm H. Mac Gregor
Experimentally, the sum of the W and Z gauge boson masses is equal to the top quark t mass, to an accuracy of better than 1%. This unexpected mass relationship has no Standard Model explanation. It can be related to a precision mass equality in Fermilab and CERN proton-antiproton collision experiments, and to an empirical mass relation between the top-quark and the electron that ties together the lightest and heaviest particle states to 0.1% accuracy. These results, which do not appear to be accidental, can be used as a guide in classifying high-energy particle states. Since these relationships are between different types of particle states, they logically involve the particle energies E = mc^2 rather than their masses, since energies represent a universal property that is essentially independent of particle types and quantum numbers. Particle energies E are proportional to particle inertial masses m. The Standard Model quark energies correspond to constituent-quark masses. The experimental mass/energy relationships mentioned here can be fitted into a comprehensive particle generation formalism based on factor-of-137 kinetic-energy-to-particle-energy transformations in related boson, fermion and gauge boson energy production channels.
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