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The culmination of the 2011 college football season is not complete until Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Field host the NFL Combine. Sure players have their private pro days at their respective universities, but nothing is as observed, scrutinized and followed as the Combine. Draftniks like Mel Kiper, Jr., Todd McShay and Mike Mayock use the Combine results to build, adjust and support their projections. Spectacles like the Combine breed over-analysis and mass hype, however, that often drives up the stock of players whose body of work does not warrant such high regard. The hype is not exclusive to 2012 as it always has and always will be a part of the process of attaching objective measures to subjective situations. So who are the over-hyped players in the 2012 NFL Draft?
Robert Griffin III : Yes, that Robert Griffin III. The other franchise quarterback the Indy Colts are supposedly considering for the top overall pick. Just stop it. Griffin is an unbelievable quarterback, a game changer to say the least, but he is not the franchise quarterback Andrew Luck is. Griffin blew everyone away at the Combine, registering a taller height than most expected, running a blazing 40 to cement his status as an elite player and blowing team execs away in interviews. Griffin has immense potential, but at what cost? Let us not forget, as incredible as his junior season was, it was one year. One year against 5 of the bottom 25 defenses in the country. One year which saw injury concerns flare up and have a select few question whether or not Griffin's health will hold up in a league where smaller (but comparable in size/skill set) quarterback Michael Vick always seems one hit away from the injury report. Griffin missed part of a game in 2011 and considerable time in 2010 due to injury, which given his price, Washington cannot afford to see happen in their uniform. Griffin could very well become the franchise quarterback many expect him to be, but giving up three 1sts and a 2nd are more than rebuilding teams should pay for any unproven player. The nature of the game breeds reaching for the quarterback position and there is no better example than the Washington Redskins.
Vontaze Burfict : Following an immensely disappointing 2011 season at Arizona State, Burfict is a near complete omission from the over-hyped list as he has done nothing in 12 months to warrant the minute amount of hype that remains for the much maligned linebacker. There is no doubt Burfict is meant to be on a football field, as his crushing hits on numerous YouTube clips would suggest. However, it is his off-the-field issues combined with the lackluster 2011 campaign that has many questioning his potential. When Dennis Erickson decides you are too big of a jerk to see the field, certainly some character concerns are prevalent. Burfict cannot seem to get out of his own way and a sub-par performance on the field has all but eroded the hype surrounding Burfict.
Alshon Jeffery : Scouts cannot help but get excited at the sight of a 6'4" 230 pound specimen that can run and catch. Following Jeffery's sophomore success, scouts could not wait for him to declare. However, Jeffery's lackluster junior season, questions about his weight, and concerns about speed have some wondering. Certainly some team will be blinded by tangibles, but reaching for the Gamecock would be a mistake. Jeffery showed up lean for the Combine, but his avoidance of the 40 yard dash has some concerned. Jeffery has shown the ability to dominate and excel at times, but teams smitten with his size should be wary over-paying for the wide receiver.
Dontari Poe : Perhaps only one other invite saw his stock sky rocket during the Combine workouts more than Dontari Poe. A massive man at 6'4" and 346 pounds, Poe raised some eyebrows with his workouts and drew comparisons to Raven great Haloti Ngata. A perfect example of what a great workout at the Combine will do: analysts seemed to have forgotten Poe's production (or lack thereof) at the University of Memphis. Facing less than elite talent for 3 seasons in Conference USA, Poe never came close to dominating and only amassed 5 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss. It is hard for owners and GMs to not fall in love a workout, especially one as dominating as Poe's, but teams would be well served to check Poe's tape one last time before reaching for him.
Brock Osweiler: There is no greater scrutinized position for tangibles than quarterback. A line of demarcation, if you will, separating the NFL-capable quarterbacks and those who took advantage of watered down competition despite their feeble frame and measures. Standing at 6'7" and weighing 247 pounds, Brock Osweiler has more than enough to go around. His size has advantageous coaches salivating. Reading defenses and throwing motions can be taught and changed, but players' height cannot be coached up. While Osweiler certainly has the height thing down, that may be his best (and only?) attribute. An erratic throwing motion leads to inaccurate throws and even drops his throwing height down to an average 6'3". Osweiler is a project at best and teams should not expect anything more.
Michael Brockers : Another "freak athlete", Michael Brockers was a contributor on an LSU defense that dominated every opponent in 2011 and led the Tigers to the National Championship game. However, outside of defensive back Morris Claiborne, it is tough to single out another standout player on the defense. For many analysts, enter Michael Brockers. Young, raw and athletic, Brockers showed flashes in 2011, but never dominated (only amassing 2 sacks). In an age of defensive line focus (thank you New York), Brockers is perhaps receiving more attention than his production suggests he should. Teams should expect some work and time refining and tuning Brockers' game, which is not what fan bases and ownership expects from a top-20 pick.


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Trudy Rubin, writing in the Philadephia Inquirer, described changes at the Davos World Economic Forum that suggest America's economic dominance has come to an abrupt conclusion. Its high-tech bubble has burst, deficits are common, the housing market has collapsed and US banks continually need injections of money from all parts of the world. Bush militlary policies have absorbed trillions of dollars away from productive use in the nation and squandered the money by having resources expended– and wasted– in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The unipolar American moment is deemed over," says Rubin, "in part a casualty of the Bush administration's political and economic policies, in large part the result of global economic changes that are shifting wealth eslewhere." At the meeting, Klaus Schwab suggested onstage to Condoleezza Rice, that America was a piano and the world the orchestra. Schwab asked if the piano and the orchestra could play together in harmony.
The current housing /debt/banking crisis in America comes at a time when the nation is massively in debt to China and oil-rich countries like Russia and nations in the Arab Gulf. Many experts believe by 2050, the world's super economic powers will be China, the United States and Japan in that order, but this prediction may not take into account the growing economic power of the European Union.
There is still one more question– will a new president be able to redirect America's destiny by shifting priorities from military to economic? Can the United States afford to spend trillions on wars in Iraq or Afghanistan or tomorrow in Pakistan? Has there come a time to call a halt on military thrusts and focus on economic development within this nation. Unfortunately, none of the current crop of candidates appears willing to cast the future of America in long term considerations. Can America continue its present path without suffering terrible economic consequences down the road?


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Imagine you are an employer who, despite the current economic gloom, is looking to take on someone new.
Leafing through a stack of otherwise monotonous CVs, you come across one candidate that catches your eye. Under the "Previous Employment" section, the following jobs are listed: drum'n'bass pioneer, international DJ, graffiti artist, breakdancer, record producer, painter, actor (The World Is Not Enough and EastEnders, to name just two), alchemist, former Celebrity Big Brother contestant and – wait for it – classical composer.
To say that Clifford Joseph Price – better known by his nom de musique, "Goldie" – has had a diverse career would be an understatement. Ever since he picked up his first graffiti spray can as a virtually feral child on the streets of Wolverhampton and began daubing the nearest wall, creativity has burst out of the 43-year-old musician with the same persistence as one of his relentless drum'n'bass tracks.
But it is Goldie's latest CV entry that will, perhaps, turn the DJ into a truly household name that stretches far beyond the connoisseurs of dance music, celebrity culture and James Bond cameos. This afternoon, a boy who was raised in foster care and in the 1990s was the very epitome of raver hedonism will take a seat in the Royal Albert Hall to listen to the world premiere of his first orchestral piece.
Sine Tempora (Without Time) has been commissioned by the BBC for this year's Proms and will feature the Beeb's Concert Orchestra. It's a far cry from mixing drum'n'bass beats on a computer in a studio flat and, as a headline grabber, it doesn't get much quirkier than "Goldie turns classical". But those who know him say they are not in the least bit surprised that their's friend's latest musical incarnation has traded a beat box for a conductor's baton.
The gentrification of Goldie in fact began last year when the gold-toothed impresario appeared on Maestro, the BBC's surprise reality hit where five celebrities battled it out to become orchestra conductors. Most of the other candidates, including the eventual winner, the comedian Sue Perkins, had some sort of classical music background.
Everybody thought Goldie, the bling DJ who couldn't read sheet music, would be the series' laughing stock. Sure, he was musically gifted, but would he really be able to keep up with classically trained musicians? In fact, he more than kept up. As soon as the first episode aired it was clear that Goldie was the show's star, exhibiting a genuine flair for classical music and a conductor's ability to motivate his musicians and, very importantly, the audience.
The Beeb was suitably enamoured and earlier this year a letter from Roger Wright, controller of BBC Radio 3, arrived at the star's home in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, asking him whether he'd be willing to write a seven-minute orchestral piece on the subject of evolution for this year's Proms. Learning how to conduct is one thing, but would Goldie really be able to write an entire score for a full orchestra?
"Of course," he says, in his still thick Brummie accent despite years living in the south. "I've always worked with different mediums whether it's melting gold to make teeth, working with wood and paint or bending sound in a music studio. We started with a blank screen, lots of empty staves and an engineer who said to me, 'Right, what do you want to do?' It was fun."
Nick DeCosemo, the editor of Mixmag, has watched Goldie go from a little-known underground drum'n' bass pioneer to someone that even Radio 3 listeners now know all about. "There's always been an enormous amount of goodwill towards him in the dance scene but that goodwill is spreading," he says. "Goldie's a bit like a veteran politician or a building. The longer they stay around the more respect they get. He's becoming a British institution."
Those who meet Goldie are normally struck by two things – the first is his seemingly boundless enthusiasm and energy for whatever artistic project he is working on at that moment. Last week, for instance, while putting the finishing touches to Sine Tempora and frantically rehearsing with the BBC orchestra, he still found time to DJ at Fabric in London and at a rave in Hungary.
The second is how open and candid he is about the incredibly troubled childhood he led – a childhood that saw him bounced from foster home to foster home but almost certainly nurtured his creativity by turning him into a whirlwind of artistic energy and pent-up anger.
The Goldie we saw last year dressed in suave tails and conducting Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King is a very different beast from the angry man that burst on to the dance scene in the early 1990s and helped to pioneer drum'n'bass – a genre of music he has always maintained that most people simply don't get.
Born to a Scottish mother who sang in pubs and an itinerant Jamaican father, Goldie and his younger brother Melvin grew up in a broken home where violence from his mother's string of boyfriends was a routine occurrence. When he was three he was taken into care; while he struggled to cope with intense feelings of rejection, and having to compete with other children from similarly broken backgrounds, the violence against Melvin continued.
But while foster care deeply damaged Goldie, it also introduced him to breakdancing and the urban scene that he would eventually thrive in. He once recalled: "I remember quite well when I was in institutions, and the only thing I had was 25 other kids from broken families that had nothing and we used to learn breakdancing and go to all-dayers all round the country – it was a big thing in the 1980s – and battle the guys in Nottingham, battle the guys in London, battle them on the dance floor and it was no longer about violence."
In his late teens he travelled to the United States in search of his father. It was there the first of his many varied jobs began. For before Goldie the DJ came Goldie the dentist. Falling deeply in love with all things bling he turned to alchemy, creating gold "grills" (decorative metal covers for teeth) for New York's hip-hoppers, a look he took back to Britain to launch his drum'n'bass career. Hence the nickname.
In 1995 his debut album Timeless reached No 7 in the chart, a first for the drum'n'bass genre which even among dance aficionados has remained something of an acquired taste. The album fused fast breakbeats, thick jungle basslines and orchestral textures with soul vocals from Diane Charlemagne. Even in the early days, it seems, Goldie's alter ego as a classical composer was clear to see.
His second album, SaturnzReturn, received mixed reviews but featured an hour-long, 30-piece orchestral track called "Mother". The track was inspired by his then girlfriend, the Icelandic singer Björk, who introduced him to the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.
Alongside the music came a series of surprisingly accomplished acting roles in The World Is Not Enough, Guy Ritchie's Snatch and EastEnders. Thanks to Goldie's trademark gold teeth his roles were almost always playful, bumbling and slightly psychotic gangsters.
But the spectre of his troubled childhood continued to haunt him, despite the success. High-profile break-ups with girlfriends Björk, Naomi Campbell and Stella Tennant filled the tabloids throughout the 1990s, along with an addiction to cocaine fuelled by an anger he once described as "overwhelmingly too powerful". His marriage to Sonjia Ashby in 2005 broke down soon afterwards. Today he is a father to four children with four different women.
It took a near fatal jet-ski accident and a long spell in the Hoffman Institute (an intensive therapy course) to turn his life around and finally forgive the mother he assumed had abandoned him. The Goldie that remains has retained the same boundless energy without the drugs, is rebuilding his relationship with his children and surrounds himself in spiritual metaphor.
"The moment things began to change for me was when I got back [from the Hoffman Institute] and I literally dug a hole in my garden and buried my ego in there," he says. "It was like escaping from a prison. The immense sense of rage I once had kept me full of energy but left me undisciplined. Once you leave your ego behind and let the good light in, you shine good light back. That may be a bit Buddhist but so what."
A Life in Brief
Born: Clifford Joseph Price, 19 September 1965, Walsall, Staffordshire. He was put up for adoption and raised in care homes and by foster parents.
Early life: Member of breakdance crew Westside in 1980s and later joined a different crew called Bboys. He moved to the US and started selling grills (gold teeth), a business which he continued after his return to England in 1988.
Career: In 1992, he released his first track as Ajax Project. His releases "Killa Muffin" and "Krisp Biscuit" and the Dark Rider EP were put out under an alias, Rufige Cru. His first globally released album, Timeless, entered the charts in 1995 at No 7, a first for a drum'n'bass record. Has appeared in several films, most notably the James Bond film The World is Not Enough and Guy Ritchie's Snatch. He played gangster Angel Hudson in EastEnders, and appeared on the 2002 series of Celebrity Big Brother.
He says: "I wanted to show the seriousness of the gang-related, the multicultural. Just like ruckus on the street and mobile phones on the street, there's a loada wannabes out there and people have to understand that whole thing: if you live by that, you die by that."
They say: "Goldie could make a go of almost anything he turns his hand to. He has got so much talent in a million different areas." David Bowie
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - In a hard-fought and close road contest, the Marist men's basketball team fell victim to a pair of late Rider scoring runs to take a 67-63 setback. In the final 10 minutes of the game, the Broncs (15-13, 10-6 MAAC) would post a 9-1 run and a closely followed 7-0 run on their way to the win over the Red Foxes (7-20, 4-12 MAAC).
Sophomore Chavaughn Lewis (Queens, N.Y.) led Marist with 18 points on 7-14 shooting from the field. His effort was aided by Adam Kemp's (Sherrill, N.Y.) eighth double-double of the year with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Jay Bowie (Tampa, Fla.) gave the Red Foxes three players in double figures with an efficient 10 points in 20 minutes of foul-plagued action. Sophomore Isaiah Morton (Vineland, N.J.) filled up the box score in a complete game effort with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists in 40 minutes of play.
Marist opened the game with early success from long range as Lewis netted back-to-back three pointers to spot the Red Foxes a 6-2 lead.
After Rider equaled Marist at 7-7 at 16:07, the contest would be close and within one possession until 6:59 when the Red Foxes would hold a 26-20 advantage. As part of an 11-0 run, Marist would extend its lead to 29-20 by 4:47. A trio of three-pointers spearheaded this run, as Morton, T.J. Curry (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Manny Thomas (Brooklyn, N.Y.) knocked down the long range shots.
A 10-4 stretch of play by Rider to close the half gave Marist a 33-30 lead at the halftime break.
After the intermission, the Red Foxes got hot again with an immediate 8-0 run to expand their lead to a game-high 11 at 41-30 by the 17:04 mark.
A fast as Rider would cut down the margin to five with consecutive three-pointers, Marist would respond back with consecutive threes of its own courtesy of Bowie and Morton.
In control of the game by a double-digit number at 49-39 with just over 13 minutes to go, the Red Foxes would see the Broncs fight back with the first of three extend runs in the second half. Between 13:07 and 10:32, the home team would cut eight points off of its deficit.
After Marist built its lead back to five at 52-47, the Broncs would then go on a 9-1 run to re-take the lead.
The final lead change for Marist would occur on the following possession when Curry hit an uncontested three point from the wing to swing the score back in the Red Foxes' favor at 59-58 with 3:49 left to play.
An immediate 7-0 rebuttal by Rider would decide the game as Marist would have to try and fight back from a six point deficit with two minutes to go.
Unfortunately for the Red Foxes, the Broncs would hold on for the 67-63 decision.
For the game, Rider outshot Marist from the field 52.9 percent (27-51) to 43.1 (22-51). The Broncs also had advantages in three-point shooting 50.0 (8-16) to 43.5 (10-23) and foul shooting 71.4 (5-7) to 50.0 (9-18).
The Red Foxes will take a brief break from MAAC play to participate in their 2013 Ramada Bracketbusters matchup on Saturday, Feb. 23 versus VMI. Marist hosts the Keydets of the Big South Conference in a 7 p.m. contest at the McCann Arena.


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There was a story about a mob of villagers in Bolivia who became upset at a couple whom they accused of casting witch spells on them and interfering with their normal lives. Villagers became upset and then killed the couple. I live in the United States of America which has a candidate for the US Senate who admits to having been involved in witch stuff, but she wants people to elect her, not kill her. Of course, there are people on Fox News who might be considered to be witches or Dracula types seeking to confuse the American people with stories of goblins and dragons out to destroy their nation.
My problem is while villagers went ahead and killed the suspected witches, I have to put up with these people who disguise their pompous lying rhetoric under the name of "news." Oh, well, perhaps we should send Glenn Beck and Sarah and Rush to Bolivia.


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I'm adding everyone except Chenzo because he types like a Scottish asshole.
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Two hundred children from this school went to Belmont Camp for a stay of two weeks. The following members of staff accompanied them: Mr C.H. Wood (teacher in charge) Mr Sidney Groves, Miss Jean Tosh, Miss Margaret Keay and Miss Jessie Stewart. During this period the children remaining at home were grouped under miss Moonie, Mr Anderson and Miss Bruce.
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The school has been broken into during the night of 2nd May and a small sum of money stolen from the Headmaster's desk.
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Agile New England is the leading community of Agile and Lean enthusiasts, practitioners and learners in New England. Based in Boston, we are committed to fostering a greater knowledge of the Agile and Lean values, principles and practices. Our goals are to broaden the understanding and professionalism of our members, and to increase the effectiveness and competitiveness of software development organizations in New England.
Agile New England is affiliated with the ACM and with the Agile Alliance.
Agile New England (originally Agile Bazaar) was founded in June of 2002 when Ken Schwaber called a meeting at a hotel in Burlington. He was acting on behalf of the Agile Alliance board in their mission to seed webmd local chapters of Agile Alliance. The founding members present for that first meeting were Mike Dwyer, Stephen McDonald, Ron Morsicato, Ken Schwaber, Tom Stambaugh, Jeff Sutherland, and Nancy Van Schooenderwoert. The organization was renamed Agile New England in January 2011.
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Multimedia Services RT 301
Facilities & Equipment
The Multimedia Lab
Located within Multimedia Services in RT 301, the Multimedia Lab provides members of the CSU community with the resources to review audiovisual media and to create effective multimedia material of their own for class presentations and projects.
The lab features Internet access, multimedia production software, language learning applications, scanners, CD and DVD recorders, and knowledgeable staff to provide assistance. The lab is open to all faculty, students, and staff with a current CSU ID. Hours for this lab may differ from regular library hours.
The MMS Lab features:
- 15 PCs with scanners; DVD-RW/CD-RW drives; Microsoft Office; software for viewing/listening to DVDs, CDs, and multimedia on the Web; the Adobe Master Suite which includes graphic, multimedia, and Web design software; and DVD/CD recording software.
- 10 iMacs with Microsoft Office for Mac, various language learning applications, Apple multimedia software, and the Adobe Master Suite which includes graphic, multimedia, and Web design software.
- 10 specially configured Tandberg audio recorders and .mp3 voice recording software to facilitate foreign language learning.
- Equipment for review of video and audio material in a variety of formats.
- Headphones for use with the PCs (available for checkout from the Multimedia Services Desk)
Users may not log onto more than one computer at a time, and may not install personal software on Library PCs. Food and drink are not permitted by Library equipment. We ask that Library users observe posted signage regarding quiet study areas.
See Computers in the Library for a more complete list of available software and hardware.
Presentation Practice Room
Faculty, staff, and students wishing to rehearse group or individual presentations for class may schedule the Presentation Practice Room for a 2 hour block by providing a current CSU ID#, a course number and instructor name. Located in RT 304 on the third floor of the Library inside Multimedia Services, this room is equipped with a Smart Board and PC. Additional media equipment is available upon request.
Skype Room
Currently enrolled CSU students looking for a place to interview with potential employers in remote locations, or participate in educational projects with colleagues located off-campus, may reserve the Multimedia Services Skype Room, located in RT 305-I.
Students with a current CSU ID may book the space and check out a key for 2 hours from the Multimedia Services Desk in RT 301. This room contains an iMac pre-loaded with Skype and FaceTime, but students may use their own laptops if they prefer.
Student Collaboration Room
Students wishing to reserve a space for class group work may schedule the Student Collaboration Room for a 2 hour block by providing a current CSU ID#, a course number and instructor name. Located in RT 402 on the fourth floor of the Library, this room seats 6 and is equipped with white boards and a large flat-panel display mounted to a conference table with laptop connections.
Writer's Lab
Located in RT 302 within Multimedia Services, the Writer's Lab is a joint venture of the First-Year Writing Program and Michael Schwartz Library to provide additional support for students enrolled in First-Year Writing courses.
The lab's primary use is for computer-assisted classes for developmental writing students. Other writing teachers may arrange to use the lab for classes. The lab is also used to support library instruction, particularly for courses in the First-Year Writing Program.
The Writer's Lab features:
- 25 Student PCs with Internet access, DVD-RW/CD-RW combo drives, USB ports
- Software: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office 2007, Roxio CD Creator
- For the instructor: SmartTouch panel, DVD/VCR deck, NetSupport School software
See Computers in the Library for a more complete list of available software and hardware.
Viewing Room
The state-of-the-art film and video Viewing Room is located in RT 325, near Multimedia Services. The room seats up to 24 people. Classes as well as other University groups can be scheduled to use the room where they can view programs in cinema-like surroundings.
The Viewing Room features a 72" projection screen, video projector, stereo speakers, PC, DVD player, VHS player, 16mm film projector, and slide projector.
For more information about any of these facilities, contact Multimedia Services at (216) 687-9337.


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HARRIS, Mich. -- Sweetgrass Golf Club kicks off preparations for the fourth Island Resort Championship this month, welcoming the LPGA Symetra Tour's return June 27-29.
Sponsorship slots are sold out for Pro-Am tournaments scheduled Wednesday and Thursday during championship week. The Delta County Chamber of Commerce commenced volunteer recruiting and area non-profits have dedicated manpower to sell tickets in return for fundraising dollars.
"This tournament has become the highlight of the golf season, drawing tourism dollars and national exposure to our course and region," says Tony Mancilla, event co-chair and attorney for the Hannahville band of the Potawatomi Nation, owners and operators of the resort and course. "Players, sponsors and locals look forward to it every year."
Nearly 5,000 spectators attended the 2013 Island Resort Championship, with tournament sponsorship opportunities filling months in advance of the event. Its success resulted in a three-year contract renewal between the Island Resort & Casino and the Tour last fall, continuing the tournament until 2016.
"We've set the bar high for other course hosts in suburban and rural regions," says Mancilla. "Small-town America can see professional athletes compete at an inexpensive cost, regional sponsors realize the benefit in exposing their brand, and players vie for attractive purses on LPGA-Tour courses. Everyone benefits."
Since the Island Resort & Casino first became a title sponsor and host in 2011, Symetra Tour purses have escalated to an all-time $2 million high, and the number and quality of host courses has improved dramatically, Mancilla notes.
"For the past three years, we've been a standout event," he says. "Now, we're proud to be among the top-five venues, because the Tour is simply that much better."
Mancilla and the Island Resort Championship committee will enhance the spectator experience of the tournament this June. Walking routes to key viewing areas, placement of weather shelters and on-course access by both young and older fans top the to-do list.
"Our town replicates the same visitor, player and sponsor experience as the LPGA Tour," says Mancilla. "Our shared commitment to excellence makes it a better tournament, every year."
Three-day grounds passes to the 54-hole stroke-play tournament are $10 and are now available at the Island Showroom on property; kids 17 and under enter free with a paying parent.
For more information: www.sweetgrassgolfclub.com, 877-ISL-GREEN
About the Championship
Welcoming the world's brightest new talent in women's professional golf, the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass is a Symetra Tour - Road to the LPGA event held at Sweetgrass Golf Club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The 54-hole stroke-play event will be held June 27-29, 2014. Located in Harris, Michigan, Sweetgrass Golf Club was designed by Michigander Paul Albanese and is situated at the Island Resort & Casino. Both course and resort are owned/operated by the Hannahville Indian Community of the Potawatomi Nation.
About the Symetra Tour
The Symetra Tour - Road to the LPGA, is the official Qualifying Tour for the LPGA and enters its 34th competitive season in 2014. With the continued support of its umbrella sponsor, Symetra, the Tour's mission is to prepare the world's best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Top-10 money winners receive full, equal status for the following season on the LPGA Tour.
The 2014 schedule includes 20 tournaments with stops in 12 U.S. states and a total purse of $2 million. Symetra Tour events have contributed more than $5 million to charitable organizations throughout the nation since 1989.
For more information: www.SymetraTour.com.
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While I was pondering what to make for the children this morning for breakfast on Saturday, I noticed that I had a few bananas that were well on their way to gross, so I thought about making some banana bread, but my usual recipe takes a little over an hour to bake, and that's not including prep time. I was already hearing the "Mommy, I'm huunnnngggrrryyyy" whines, so I knew that wouldn't work. I decided to convert the recipe to a muffin so that the cook time would be considerably shortened. When I opened the fridge to get out the eggs and yogurt, I realized that I still had some pumpkin puree leftover from when I made a pie last week. On the spur of the moment, I decided to experiment and what follows is the result. 🙂
Mmmmm…..Pumpkin Banana Muffins. Yum. These turned out so moist and great, that even Hubs ate them (THREE of them) and he is generally NOT a muffin man.Want to make some of your very own?
You'll Need:
- 3-3 1/2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- pumpkin puree (about the equivalent of one can…or you can just buy a can!)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease your muffin pan.
I threw the bananas, pumpkin puree, eggs, honey, brown sugar, vanilla, and the applesauce into my food processor and turned it on low just until it was all combined.
Then I put all the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and whisked it all together.
Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until combined. I use an ice cream scoop to equally distribute the batter to the 12 compartments of the muffin tin. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until done.
Hubs suggested that next time I throw in some walnuts or maybe make a streusel to go on top, but I think these were perfect the way they were! Mmmmm…. A great way to use up the fall harvest!
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I'm considering getting 3 Mosaic treatments done but I want to make sure it's effective first. I'm only 30 years old but it seems I'm cursed with bad skin that ages quickly. (Yes, I know wear sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses when in the sun).
My biggest problems are brown spots (possibly due to hormones and sun exposure), wrinkles, big pores and light acne scarring. I had 4 IPL's done but they didn't seem to help very much. If you could tell me what you recommend, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you kindly.


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GM plant in Michigan briefly evacuated after worker threatens to shoot himself
Automotive News
April 12, 2013
A General Motors powertrain plant in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, Mich., was evacuated for a short time this morning after a worker threatened to shoot himself with what turned out to be a starter pistol.
GM spokesman Bill Grutz said the incident began around 6 a.m., soon after the start of the first shift. About 575 employees were evacuated.
Plant officials called the police, who took the man into custody. Work resumed at about 7:15 a.m. and no injuries were reported, Grutz said.
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Jp McMahon and the team at Eat run one of Galway's most highly regarded restaurants Aniar - and the fact that they operate the food service here guarantees Massimo's status as one of Galway city's leading gastropubs.
Already well known for good music, it is a large pub and - paving the way for this exciting food development - has recently been refurbished to a high standard.
It's a pleasant and welcoming place to be. The front section has an open fire (always a good sign), cosy cubicles which make it private for small groups, and interesting side lighting - and (another good sign) it is popular with locals, especially for lunch and Sunday brunch.
The menu features pub food that stands out for its flair and commitment to showcasing local and speciality Irish foods, albeit with international interpretation, and around fifteen respected suppliers are listed on the back of the menu.
Gourmet pizza (about €13.50), for example, may bring together St. Tola goats' cheese from Co Clare, local herb pesto, cherry tomato, roast beetroot, along with their own tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Sandwiches (about €8.50) are served with pickles and local leaves, and could include Connemara smoked salmon, Killybeg cream cheese, and rocket pesto, while unusual salads (about €9.50) may include grilled organic Jerusalem artichoke with black olives, caramelised onion and are served with local leaves and rye bread.
'Big eats' may be stout & beef burger, smoked Gubbeen cheese, their own ketchup & thin cut chips (c. €11.50); or Spanish cider-battered ling, with thin-cut chips, lemon mayonnaise & leaves; at about €13.50 this is a nice modern take on a popular dish and makes good use of an under used fish. Another five equally interesting choices are offered, and also specials on a blackboard each night.
An enjoyable evening meal might begin with potted crab, pickled cucumber, lemon mayonnaise and local leaves - a delicious starter, served daintily in a little kilner jar on a small wooden board. For mains, you might try wild pigeon with chickpeas, bacon, spinach, hazelnuts - great flavours here, although the pigeon is served rare and diners would need to remember that wild birds have a more muscular texture than farmed ones...
Like the cider-battered ling 'Big eat', some choices among the seven 'Sweet eats' - such as a densely tasty Pedro Ximenez sherry & raisin pudding, served with both butterscotch sauce and cream - are a reminder of Jp McMahon's love affair with Spain.
A menu for the kids has the usual sausage and chips and pizzas, but you may be sure that it will be far from 'the usual' when it comes to quality.
Another great experience from this talented team.


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Lynda from Texas writes:
I have Windows 8 on my laptop but have been hesitant to upgrade with the free 8.1. Is it safe to download the update? I'm nearly used to W8 now so it shouldn't be too much of a shock. I've read where some people have had problems with the upgrade so that's why I've not done it yet.
Yes, Lynda please do update. There have been no safety issues with the upgrade to 8.1 and it is quite easy to do. It's not a huge change from 8, but there are some great new features with the 8.1 and the 8.1.1 updates. This update is much like a service pack in Windows 7 or XP. It won't overwrite your files and you can even use the computer while it's updating. Check out this article about the upgrade for some assistance.
~ Cynthia
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Wheaties welcomes Adrian Peterson
Another football season is here, and as a Minnesota Viking fan, it's exciting to see Adrian Peterson on a Wheaties box.
Wheaties just unveiled the first of three limited edition boxes that will feature Peterson, which you should see in stores this week.
Wheaties calls Peterson an "inspiration both on and off of the football field" in a press release, who has "overcome adversity and injury to rank among football's elite. His leadership and performance made him a natural fit for this honor."
In that release this morning, Peterson also says he has fond memories of Wheaties from his childhood, hearing his parents tell him he better eat his Wheaties. "I never thought that as a kid that I would actually be on the same box that once had my childhood heroes on it. I am blessed and fortunate to have such an incredible honor."
Last season, Peterson had his best year as a pro – just months after after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament – earning him both player of the year and MVP awards. Peterson also gives his time to numerous charitable causes, and his All Day Foundation raises awareness and funds for programs that help build a better future for at-risk-children.
For the limited-edition Peterson boxes, Wheaties is trying something new. They are partnering with Blippar, an augmented reality platform.
Wheaties consumers who download the Blippar app can then "blipp" or scan the box with their iOS, Android or Blackberry 10 device and unlock exclusive hidden content including an Adrian Peterson video game and some sharable photo opportunities.
Again, the first of the three Peterson boxes is in U.S. stores this week, with two more to follow.
Let's play some football!
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UPDATE 1-Poland's KGHM plans dividends of up to one third of profits
* KGHM plans dividends at up to one third of profits
* Plans to raise copper output by more than 1 mln tonnes
* Sees its EBITDA 70 pct up by 2020 (Adds details, background)
WARSAW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Europe's No.2 copper producer KGHM plans to pay out dividends of up to one third of its 2014 annual profit, as it plans to spend 27 billion zlotys ($7.23 billion) to boost output over the next five years, the company said on Monday.
The dividend policy of the state-controlled miner is in line with what it signalled last year. KGHM paid out a dividend of 5 zlotys per share which equalled 30 percent of its 2013 profits.
In its strategy for 2015-2020 published separately, KGHM said it planned to increase its annual copper output to more than 1 million tonnes by 2020 from 567,500 tonnes targeted for 2014.
KGHM should receive a production boost from its key foreign asset, the Sierra Gorda mine in Chile, which it co-owns with Japan's Sumitomo.
The mine, which started production late last year, is expected to produce 120,000 tonnes of copper and 50 million pounds of molybdenum this year.
KGHM expects the average copper price to be $7,600 a tonne in 2015-2020. It expects $6,800 in 2015, unchanged from last year. Continued...


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Transport & Travel Nursery Rhymes
Cars, planes, boats, vans, trains, busses... Kids love them! So why not sing a song about transportation and travelling together? You will find popular songs and rhymes about travelling and transportation below. These rhymes can be sung anytime and anywhere, but don't miss out when actually travelling! :)
Recommended Nursery Rhymes Transportation and Travelling:
|Daisy Bell
|Cute nursery rhyme about marriage (and a bicycle made for two).
|London Bridge is Falling Down
|Popular nursery rhyme and singing game about famous London Bridge.
|Row Row Row Your Boat
|"Row" your boat while you are singing!
|Sailing, Sailing
|Nursery rhyme about sailing.
|The Skye Boat Song
|Beautiful Scottish folk song that is often used as a lullaby.
|The Wheels On The Bus
|Very popular nursery rhyme about the bus. Perfect to sing while travelling with bus.


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Hello all,
I'm somewhat new to the area around Albuquerque. I was hoping get some info around me to hunt. I've read on other forums about hunting around los lunas area. I was wondering if anyone knew what the regs are for that area. I'M NOT HERE TO STEAL ANYONE SPOT! I'm sure everyone has heard that before. I'm aware of limited duck hunting is in NM so I'm not here to steal.


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Circuit Breakers with Uncertainty about the Presence of Informed Agents: I Know What You Know . . . I Think
Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, and Narayanan Jayaraman
Working Paper 2002-25
December 2002
Download the full text of this paper in PDF format - (298 KB)
This study conducts experimental asset markets to examine the effects of circuit breaker rules on market behavior when agents are uncertain about the presence of private information. Our results unequivocally indicate that circuit breakers fail to temper unwarranted price movements in periods without private information. Agents appear to mistakenly infer that others possess private information, causing price to move away from fundamental value. Allocative efficiencies in our markets are high across all regimes. Circuit breakers perform no useful function in our experimental asset markets.
JEL classification: D82; G18
Keywords: circuit breaker, experimental asset markets, trading interruption, private information
The authors thank the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for financial support, an anonymous referee for helpful comments, and Kendra Hiscox and Laura Jenkins for valuable research assistance. The views expressed here are the authors' and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.
Please address questions regarding content to Lucy F. Ackert, Department of Economics and Finance, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, 770-423-6111, email@example.com, and Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470; Bryan K. Church, DuPree College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0520, 404-894-3907, email@example.com; or Narayanan Jayaraman, DuPree College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0520, 404-894-4389, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Davenport University's Lansing Campus has partnered with the American Legion in order to offer information on available veteran benefits to anyone who is eligible and interested.
Veteran Services Available at Davenport University's
Lansing Campus
American Legion on-site
every Thursday from 1 - 6 p.m.
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 23, 2014 – Davenport University's Lansing Campus has
partnered with the American Legion in order to offer information on available
veteran benefits to anyone who is eligible and interested. The group will
continue to offer office hours every Thursday at Davenport's new Lansing Campus
at the corner of Allegan and Grand Ave. from 1 – 6 p.m. A knowledgeable
representative will be available for consultation during these times on a first
come, first served basis.
What: Veteran Services
Information Office Hours
When: Every Thursday, 1:00 -
6:00 p.m.
Where: Davenport University,
Lansing Campus
200 S. Grand Ave. Lansing, MI, 48933
About Davenport University
Founded in 1866, Davenport is a private, non-profit university serving nearly
10,000 students at campuses across Michigan and online. With tuition among the
lowest of all private universities in the state, Davenport provides high
academic quality, small class sizes, conveniently located campuses, faculty
with real-world experience and more than 50 dynamic undergraduate and graduate
programs addressing in-demand careers in business, technology and health
professions. More information is available at www.davenport.edu.
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CENTER TOWNSHIP — Strangely, the worst-case scenario didn't materialize for I-Medical when it lost in blowout fashion Tuesday night to tournament front-runner East Hempfield.
After all, I-Medical manager Doug Pennington saved the arms of his top two pitchers, a move that will undoubtedly help the Punxsutawney-based entry in their consolation game today against Millcreek.
I-Medical became Hempfield East's fourth straight victim in the Pennsylvania Youth American Legion Western Regional baseball tournament, falling 12-2 in a winners' bracket game that was shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule at First Commonwealth Field.
I-Medical can punch its second straight ticket to the state tournament with a win over Millcreek at 10:30 a.m. today. Hempfield East will take on Westmoreland County runner-up Murrysville in the championship game at 1 p.m.
Both Hempfield East and Murrysville have already guaranteed spots in the state tournament.
The top three teams advance to the Pennsylvania Youth American Legion State Tournament, which begins Saturday at First Commonwealth Field.
"Hempfield's a good team," Pennington said. "I stuck around last night (Monday) and watched them and saw some really good things. I knew we were going to have our hands full, and I knew we'd have to hit. It kind of all boils down to hitting, and tonight we had two hits and didn't get a hit until the fourth. We have to start hitting. That's all there is to it."
Hempfield East jumped on I-Medical starter Brandon Douthit early, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings to zoom to a 6-0 lead. Jake Hefner ripped a bases-loaded double with two outs in the top of the first to drive in Hempfield East's first three runs.
An inning later, Hempfield East's Scott Riley, Austin Butler and Cole Reese smacked successive base hits. Riley, Butler and Reese each scored later in the inning to make it 6-0.
"That was very important because the whole tournament we've been jumping on teams and holding leads," Hempfield East manager Mike Gaffney said. "Our defense is very good, and our pitching is very good, and getting that cushion just put our kids in the right mind state. We knew at that point that all we had to do was hold on and we'd have to be beat twice tomorrow."
Hempfield East tacked on three runs on two hits, two errors and two walks in the top of the fourth to nab a 9-0 lead.
Tyler Richardson notched I-Medical's first hit of the game when he dropped a single into shallow left field in the bottom of the fourth off Hempfield East starting pitcher Jake Nesser. Nesser and Riley teamed up to toss a two-hitter. Nesser struck out one and walked one in four innings, and Riley struck out two and walked none in one inning of relief.
"Jake's not overpowering, but he locates the ball well and throws a lot of ground balls," Gaffney said. "He definitely proved that his style is effective tonight. I don't think they hit the ball in the outfield until they got that bloop single in the fourth."
The top two pitchers on I-Medical's staff, Lance Pennington and Byers, have each thrown seven innings in the tournament. Pennington tossed a complete game in I-Medical's 3-2 loss to Farmington on Sunday. Later that day, Byers fired a complete game in a win over West County.
"We've got some arms left and we tried to take care of them a little tonight because the game kind of got out of hand early," Doug Pennington said. "We've got a bunch of young kids, and we're not making excuses for ourselves, but win or lose, we're getting these guys good experience for the future."


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Goddess On The Go January 27th 2013
Goddess On The Go hosted by Leora Edut
Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Welcome Goddesses!!
Please join us for a full day workshop of deep healing, connect with THROUGH THE ROOF self -love, explore your sensual YUMMY you, and connect with your divine beauty.
Join our movement and our community of extraordinary women who are all about celebrating FEMININE FABULOSITY. Each Goddess On The Go promises a new experince designed to fill your spirit and soul. Check out our January 27th OUT OF THIS ORBIT LINE UP.
Sacred Self Grounding-led by Terri Cole
Even when you are doing something you love, if you feel overwhelmed on a regular basis, you walk around with constricted energy. This energy can block your flow of abundance and take a toll on your health. Learning to be truly present in your life, or creating and inner "Zen Den" creates expanded calm energy and opens the floodgates for abundance to flow with ease. Terri will guide you in rebalancing techniques and lead us in grounding meditations. She will share simple actionable tools that anyone can do at little cost or no money. You will leave this amazing day of empowerment with everything you need to make 2013 your best year yet!
Flow and Glow Led by Camille Ford
Ready for feminine energy to flow through your body and have an awesome workout at the same time? Camille helps you escape the overwhelm of your demanding life, helping you feel sassy and sensual with an out-of-this-world floor workout. Prepare to have tons of fun, learn some magical moves and feel your bodacious body come alive!
Organic Avenue
Organic Avenue will share their LOVE cleanse to kick off the New Year along with awesome mini juices and goodies!!
Healthy Catered Lunch
Nourish your pleasure-loving palette with delicious lunch from celebrity chef Gretchen Young
2013 Luscious Lovescopes
How you can manifest or magnify romantic bliss in 2013? Identical twins Ophira & Tali Edut (The AstroTwins), astrologers for ELLE.com, tell you what the stars have in store for your love life and beyond this year. If you're single, learn exactly what, how and when to best meet that special someone. If you're in a relationship, The AstroTwins reveal divine times and techniques to keep the passion hot—or to reignite your spark. Quick compatibility tips for every sign, Q&A session included.
Give Fabulous Face
Tired of flawless face fairytales? Celebrity makeup artist Leora Edut will guide you through creating your own beauty affirmations and reveal how to? Celebrity apply your base makeup with ease. Learn industry insiders' foundation techniques, demystify which foundation texture (powder, liquid, cream) is right for your skin at what time. Leora will teach you an on-the-go regimen for when you need to look great but don't have much time. Learn natural skin care secrets combined in an atmosphere of beauty and self-love
When & Where
Prince Street Penthouse
177 Prince St
New York,
Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EST)
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Goddess On The Go hosted by Leora Edut
Goddess On the Go reconnects women to their essential needs, so they can experience life with a full "tank" of gratitude and glow. Our workshops bring women together to reconnect to their pure and perfect pleasure, spice up their sensual sides, and bask in the power of sisterhood. Led by a compelling group of experts on wellness, spirituality, and beauty, participants dive into all that's divine about being a woman.


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HUNTER FREEMAN headed the ball into his own net from 17 yards to gift Houston a 1-0 lead. His Toronto FC recovered to earn a 1-1 tie thanks to Marvell Wynne's first MLS goal in four seasons and kept its playoff hopes alive despite remaining last in the East standings with 26 points VIDEO
50. The Columbus Crew, which clinched a playoff spot last weekend, extended its overall point lead when it downed second-best New England, 1-0, on the road. The Crew, which got its goal on a corner-kick header from defender Chad Marshall, tops the East on 50 points, followed by New England (42) and Chicago (41). West leader Houston is fourth on overall points with 40. Columbus has six wins and one tie in its last seven games. VIDEO
CONOR CASEY scored a hat trick for Colorado in its 5-4 win at New York, which got its goals from four different players, including MLS debutant Matthew Mbuta, a 21-year-old Cameroonian who was signed by the Red Bulls Sept. 15 from the USL's Crystal Palace Baltimore. VIDEO
2. Real Salt Lake won its second road game of the year when it downed San Jose, 3-2, to end the Earthquakes nine-game unbeaten streak. Javier Morales scored the gamewinner with a 59th minute free kick. Before the Argentine's strike, Yura Movsisyan scored twice for Salt Lake and Darren Huckerby hit two for San Jose. VIDEO
KENNY COOPER scored his 15th goal of the season when he struck FC Dallas's third goal in a 3-0 win over D.C. United that boosted Dallas' chances of a playoff spot. United and Dallas are now in fifth place of the East and West, respectively with 33 points. Cooper is second in league scoring behind Landon Donovan (19 goals) and is the first Dallas player to reach 15 in a season since Ariel Graziani did in 2000. Dallas has a 19-1-7 all-time record when Cooper scores. [VIDEO]
6. Dallas' win broke a six-game winless streak against D.C. United, which last lost to Dallas on May 28, 2005. Before Cooper's goal against United, Brazilian Andre Rocha scored with a long-distance free kick that bounced through a confused D.C. defense and into the goal. Jeff Cunningham scored the second with his fifth goal in seven games.
SASHA VICTORINE, who joined Chivas USA from Kansas City less than two weeks ago, shone against the club he'd played for since 2005. Victorine set up Alecko Eskandarian for the opening goal and scored the stoppage-time gamewinner with a 19-yard shot in Chivas USA's 2-1 win over the Wizards. VIDEO
JOSH WOLFF's third goal of the season was a bicycle kick effort that equalized the Kansas City-Chivas USA game until Victorine's winner. VIDEO


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Before the start of the year, the biggest foreign student population in Australia came from India. With the freedom of choice as to the courses to take and the flexibility of student visas becoming immigrant visas once gainfully employed, many other countries aside from India have favored Australia to find their education and eventually their future.
The recent governmental policies though have created a lot of confusion within the foreign student community. This was compounded by the death of an Indian student and several hate crimes aimed at the foreign student population.
Several quarters in the education community have raised howls over the current policy of student immigration instituted by the government. With the reinstallation of Gillard's government in Parliament, there is still a lack of clear policy that the government is about to take regarding this issue. All that is seen is the clampdown on poorly run vocation schools and the application of new policies that disregarded previous credits by foreign students, making their stay in the country all the more perilsome.
Tony Pollack, the Executive Director of IDP Education said "There's perhaps anywhere from 25 to 50,000 students and ex-students in limbo in Australia at the moment. Their visa status is only temporary and it seems unlikely they will be able to achieve the outcomes they were hoping for which is to be able to get work experience in Australia or to apply for permanent residency because of the way the rules have reframed."
He has continuously urged government to create policy with transition before instituting the new student immigration rules and especially for the requirements for skilled and professional immigration. His group has recorded the steep drop in enrollees from over a hundred thousand in 2009 to just above a quarter in the current year.
On the other hand, Abizer Merchant, the Associate Director of International Marketing and Recruitment from the La Trobe University said that the problem is not about the students but what the perception of life of a foreign student in Australia. Many parents were horrified with the recent violence and they want to keep their children safe from xenophobes in the country. All in all, he surmised that Australia has a tarnished reputation as an education destination not just in India but in many parts of the world. This would take years to resurrect.


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Book Talk: Self-help author finds animals give twist on life
By Belinda Goldsmith
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Heard the one about the pair of ducks who moved into a New Jersey home? Or the doe that stopped a woman in the woods as her fawn was stuck in a fence?
Author Jo Coudert, who built her writing career in self-help books, could not resist these heart-warming animal stories so found herself heading into a new chapter in her career.
Her latest and 10th book, "The Dog Who Healed A Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart and Touch the Soul," consists of 19 animal stories displaying hope, humor, loyalty, compassion, and love, that she gathered over the years.
The title story is about what happens when a family of five adopts three siblings with a troubled past and they adopt a dog, Shaneen, who eventually brings the family together.
Other stories focus on a goose, born without feet and destined for the Thanksgiving table, who is given new life via a pair of Nikes and the cygnet saved from drowning who becomes a pet.
American Coudert, 77, who published her first book in 1963, spoke to Reuters about writing and animals:
Q: How did you get into self help books in the first place?
A: "My first book happened by accident to be a cookbook and the publisher then said he was looking for someone to write a really intelligent book about self help. I said I thought it was a terrible idea but I talked to a very intelligent friend about it and we started talking about how you live a life. I thought that was interesting so maybe you could write an intelligent book about self help. Having argued that I did not have the credentials to write the book, I wrote "Advice From A Failure."" Continued...


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The Abuse of Women—A Worldwide Issue - Abuse In Other Cultures
Abuse threatens women's health and human rights throughout the world. Global estimates suggest as many as 30% of the world's women are at risk for violence (beatings, coerced sexual activity, or other physical abuse) at least once in their lives. It may occur in the home, the workplace, or the community and it may take different forms throughout the stages of a woman's life. (See Table 1.1.) Women of all races, ethnic backgrounds, and ages are subjected to forced abortion, rape, genital mutilation, and other acts of violence, often at the hands of their partners or persons known to them.
Data about violence against women are scarce. Most researchers agree that even when the data are available, rates of sexual abuse and domestic violence are significantly underestimated because many incidents are unreported. The official statistics that are collected by organizations such as the Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), are believed to be underreported—but still paint frightening pictures of the magnitude of the problem. For example, in industrialized countries, less than 1% of women were sexually assaulted in the past five years, and 1.3% of women had been victims of other offensive sexual behavior, according to J. N. van Kesteren, P. Mayhew, and P. Nieuwbeerta in Criminal Victimisation in Seventeen Industrialised Countries: Key Findings from the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey (The Hague: UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, 2000). The U.S. Department of State, in its 2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, reported that between 10% and 15% of Ukrainian women had been raped. The report found that in Bosnia and Herzegovinia as well as China, 30% of women were thought to have been victims of domestic violence; in Egypt, 67% of urban women and 30% of rural women had been victims of domestic violence. Another survey finds that reported instances of domestic abuse in the Ukraine rose by 16% in the five years ending January 1, 2000.
This section describes selected examples of violence against women practiced in various cultures. Although these practices are among the most extreme and dramatic instances of abuse, the fact that they have persisted into the twenty-first century is a shocking acknowledgment of a social problem of global proportions.
Bride Burning
In India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, disputes over a bride's dowry—the money, property, or belongings given to the husband by the bride's family after marriage—has created a serious domestic violence crisis. The inability or unwillingness of a bride's family to meet dowry demands often results in brutality and sometimes death. The National Crime Bureau of the Government of India in 2002 estimated that each year about six thousand women are killed over dowry disputes (although they acknowledge
|Gender violence throughout the life cycle
|Type of violence present
|SOURCE: Lori L. Heise, et al, "Gender Violence throughout the Life Cycle," in Violence against Women: The Hidden Health Burden, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, 1994
|Sex-selective abortion (China, India, Republic of Korea); battering during pregnancy (emotional and physical effects on the woman; effects on birth outcome); coerced pregnancy (for example, mass rape in war)
|Female infanticide; emotional and physical abuse; differential access to food and medical care for girl infants
|Child marriage; genital mutilation; sexual abuse by family members and strangers; differential access to food and medical care; child prostitution
|Dating and courtship violence (for example, acid throwing in Bangladesh, date rape in the United States); economically coerced sex (African secondary school girls having to take up with "sugar daddies" to afford school fees); sexual abuse in the workplace; rape; sexual harassment; forced prostitution; trafficking in women
|Reproductive age
|Abuse of women by intimate male partners; marital rape; dowry abuse and murders; partner homicide; psychological abuse; sexual abuse in the workplace; sexual harassment; rape; abuse of women with disabilities
|Abuse of widows; elder abuse. (In the United States, the only country where data are now available, elder abuse affects mostly women)
that the recorded number is a gross underestimate of actual murders of young women). Such women's groups as the International Society against Dowry and Bride Burning in India put the number closer to twenty-five thousand annually in India alone, according to Himendra Thakur in "Are Our Sisters and Daughters for Sale?" (http://www.indiatogether.org/wehost/nodowri/stats.htm%20[accessed November 16, 2004]). Many are victims of bride burning, a preplanned homicide committed by the groom and his family, in which women are doused with kerosene in the kitchen and set on fire; their deaths are later blamed on kitchen accidents. The risks for women are exacerbated by the unwillingness of many parents to shelter daughters in danger.
The phenomenon of burning brides who are unable to meet exorbitant dowry demands is alarming. Ahmed-Ghosh reported in "Chattels of Society: Domestic Violence in India" that in India a young bride is being beaten, burnt to death, or pushed to commit suicide every six hours (Violence against Women, vol. 10, January 2004). In the urban centers of Maharashtra state and greater Bombay, about one in five deaths of women aged fifteen to forty-four are due to "accidental burns"; the rate for younger women aged fifteen to twenty-four is one in four.
Although India has had an anti-dowry law since 1961, and Dowry Prohibition acts were passed in 1984 and 1986, the prohibition is not enforced. Dowry is still exchanged between the parents of newlyweds. Men usually only need to claim that their wives died as a result of a house fire or cooking accident or committed suicide to be freed from blame or suspicion. When cases are brought to court, it takes years for them to be heard. When they are heard, there is a high rate of acquittals. An Indian special public prosecutor quoted in "'Dowry Deaths' in Bangalore" said that in the first six months of 1999, out of 381 dowry death cases pending, fifty-one defendants had been acquitted and only eight convicted (Frontline, vol. 16, no. 17, August 14–27, 1999).
The lack of Indian society's recognition of domestic violence as a serious issue was graphically illustrated when the Indian Parliament unveiled the Protection from Domestic Violence Act of 2002. The act protected the right of husbands to beat their wives occasionally.
Wife Beating Still an Accepted Form of Discipline
In Iran and much of the Middle East, wife beating is an accepted form of discipline. The Koran, the basis of Islamic law, states:
The men are placed in charge of the women, since God has endowed them with the necessary qualities and made them breadwinners. The righteous women will accept this arrangement obediently, and will honor their husbands in their absence, in accordance with God's commands. As for the women who show rebellion, you shall first enlighten them, then desert them in bed, and you may beat them as a last resort. Once they obey you, you have no excuse to transgress against them. God is high and most powerful.
Some interpret this passage of the Koran as allowing a Muslim husband to physically punish his wife whenever he determines she has misbehaved. For example, in his book, The Woman in Islam, Egyptian-born Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa states that wife beating can be used as a last resort, using "a rod that must not be stiff, but slim and lightweight so that no wounds, scars, or bruises are caused." The author was sentenced in January 2004 in a Barcelona court for publishing the book. The court found that the book contained incitement to violence against women and violated women's constitutional rights. The book was removed from bookstores in Spain.
The practice of wife beating is so culturally accepted that many women endorse the violence. In a 1996 study by Egypt's National Population Council, 86% of the 14,779 married women who responded said they believed a man is justified in beating his wife for refusing sex, talking back, talking to other men, neglecting his children, wasting money, or burning food. Agreement with a man's right to beat his wife varied according to the respondents' age, education, employment, and place of residence. The study also found that one out of every three married women had been beaten at least once by her spouse. Among pregnant women, 32% received a beating from their husbands; 44% of those women said they were beaten as often or more often during pregnancy than they had been before becoming pregnant.
Because premarital virginity and postmarital sexual fidelity are required of Islamic women, it is traditionally the role of male relatives to enforce chaste sexual conduct. In extreme cases, they do it through murder, known as "honor killing." In Islamic countries, men who kill a female relative because they perceive she is no longer chaste are generally given a lighter sentence than men convicted of other types of murders. Under a 1990 law, any Iraqi man who killed his own mother, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, or female cousin for adultery could receive immunity from prosecution.
The Hudood ordinances enacted in Pakistan in 1979 provided harsh punishments for violators of Islamic law; the ordinances replaced a system that included many more protections for women, according to Asma Jahangir in "Pakistan: The Women's Commission and the Hudood Ordinances," (http://www.ahrchk.net/hrsolid/mainfile.php/2003vol13no04-05/2292/%20[accessed September 18, 2004]). Under the Hudood ordinances, a female or non-Muslim witness is not allowed to testify in certain trials. Consequently, if a man rapes a woman in the presence of several females, he cannot be convicted by their testimony. In addition, rape of wives was made legal under the code, and women were liable for prosecution for adultery, or zina. In many cases, women alleging rape have been arrested and charged with zina. Punishment under the Hudood ordinances include death by stoning for unlawful sexual relations.
Increased conservatism in the Islamic world has forced more and more women to wear head scarves, undergo female circumcision, and avoid men in school and the workplace. The fundamentalist Taliban regime governing Afghanistan until 2002 banned women from any work outside the home, kept them from seeking and receiving needed medical care, and prevented girls from attending school. Women and girls could not appear outside the home unless they were accompanied by a male family member and wore a "burqa," a garment that covers the wearer from head to toe.
During 2002 Afghan women and girls took their first steps toward a new life by returning to school and work. Still, many women and girls remain trapped by poverty and rules imposed by strict husbands. In October 2002, CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour traveled to Afghanistan and broadcast a report on the CBS newsmagazine Sixty Minutes depicting impoverished families who sold their young daughters, as well as others who persisted in the belief that girls should not be educated.
In many parts of the world, women who are raped have nowhere to turn for help. In Colombia, for example, fewer than 0.5% of investigated rape cases in 1995 went to trial. Most cases—95%, according to Colombia's Institute for Legal Medicine—are never reported because the women know no action will be taken against their rapists.
RAPE IN WAR. The use of rape as a weapon of war occurs in many parts of the world. The high rates of rape in war are attributed to the idea that women are viewed as property, and men gain ownership of women by taking sexual liberties with them. Rape in the context of war is also provoked by the tendency to demonize and dehumanize the enemy, and by the climate of anger, hate, and immediate fear of death.
In Darfur, Sudan, rape has been used as a weapon of war by government-sponsored militia known as Janjawid since 2003 ("Darfur: Rape as a Weapon of War: Sexual Violence and Its Consequences," Amnesty International, July 19, 2004, http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR540762004?open&of=ENG-373). The Janjawid, supported by the government army, attacks villages in Darfur, kills men, and rapes civilian women. The attacks are in response to the insurgency of two armed political groups and have led to the displacement of at least 1.2 million persons, according to Amnesty International. Women and girls are also targeted for abductions and sexual slavery.
During the Bosnian civil war it was estimated that Serbs, aware of how important chastity is to Muslims, raped more than twenty thousand Muslim women, forcing many women to bear Serbian children. Serbian "Rape Camps" existed across Bosnia, where Muslim women were held and routinely raped, according to Roy Gutman in "Rape Camps: Evidence Serb Leaders in Bosnia Oked Attacks" (Newsday, April 19, 1993). In Rwanda, as many as three hundred thousand ethnic Tutsi women were raped by the majority Hutu military during a bloody civil war in the 1990s, as reported by Llezlie L. Green in "Propaganda and Sexual Violence in the Rwandan Genocide: An Argument for Intersectionality in International Law" (Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Summer 2002, pp. 733-76). Many women became pregnant as a result of the rapes. Because abortion is illegal in Rwanda, women were forced to seek illegal abortions. Others abandoned their babies or committed infanticide. For those women who kept their children, survival has been precarious. Most of these women watched as their husbands and families were murdered at the same time they were raped. Now, their Tutsi neighbors shun their offspring and blame the mothers for their existence, according to Binaifer Nowrojee in Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath (Human Rights Watch, http://hrw.org/reports/1996/Rwanda.htm, September 1996).
The UN established war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, although neither has had much success. In 1997 the Rwanda Tribunal filed its first indictment for rape and sexual abuse. The international community has recently established a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute persons accused of crimes against humanity, including sexual violence, who are not brought to justice in their own countries. The ICC was to be formally established when sixty countries had ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. On April 11, 2002, ten nations simultaneously ratified the statute, bringing the total to sixty-six and triggering its adoption. The Rome Statute entered into force on July 1, 2002. The first eighteen judges were sworn in on March 11, 2003. As of September, 2004, the ICC had been ratified by ninety-four nations.
The United States entered the ICC under the administration of President Bill Clinton. However, on May 6, 2002, the United States formally renounced its signature on the statute. President George W. Bush's administration cited serious reservations about the ICC and its functions, including concerns that it would have unchecked prosecutorial power and might undermine the UN Security Council's efforts to preserve international peace. Despite the U.S. decision to withdraw, there is widespread optimism about the establishment of the ICC and its potential global contribution to an effective justice system free of political influence. Some international affairs experts and historians mark the Rome Statute adoption as a historic achievement and the ICC as the most significant advance in international law since the founding of the UN.
CONSEQUENCES OF RAPE. The consequences of rape include immediate emotional symptoms, such as shock, anger, shame, fear, and helplessness. Rape also can trigger lasting psychological problems, such as confusion, disturbing or recurring memories, and self-blame. Physical injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, fatigue, and changes in appetite and sleep patterns may also occur in response to the trauma. Long-term consequences can be serious and debilitating. Rape victims may suffer from anger, distrust, and psychiatric disorders including:
- Post–traumatic stress disorder—Recurring memories and dreams, memory impairment, anxiety, sleep disorders, and social and emotional withdrawal
- Depression—Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, loss of focus and purpose in life, fatigue, despair, and thoughts of suicide
- Alcohol and drug abuse—Substance abuse may occur as the victim attempts to self-medicate to relieve physical pain and dull the effects of bad memories and feelings or other emotional distress
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is practiced in twenty-eight African countries, in some parts of Asia and the Middle East, and among immigrant communities in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States. The World Health Organization estimates that between one hundred million and 140 million women and girls worldwide have undergone genital mutilation, and that each year another 2 million girls are at risk of undergoing genital mutilation of some type. Surveys of five African nations find that 93% of women in Mali and 89% of Sudanese women have been genitally mutilated. Slightly less than half the women of the Central African Republic and the Ivory Coast and 12% of Togo's women have also been "circumcised."
Different societies practice different rituals of socalled female circumcision, and young girls are subjected to a variety of procedures. Some procedures remove the foreskin of the clitoris; others involve "infibulation," in which the clitoris and labia minora are surgically removed and the two sides of the vulva are abraded and sewn together, usually with catgut. These procedures are performed without an anesthetic and often with primitive, unsterilized tools. Immediate health risks include hemorrhage, tetanus, blood poisoning, shock, and death. Women and girls who survive are left with terrible scarring, and their future sexual relationships are usually joyless and very painful. The inadequate openings the surgery leaves for the flow of urine and menstrual blood can cause vaginal and urinary tract infections and sometimes sterility, the ultimate disaster for women whose value is based on their fertility (ability to reproduce).
Infibulated women who do give birth must be surgically reopened, only to be resewn again after childbirth. In Somalia, a study of thirty-three infibulated women found that their final stage of labor was five times longer than normal, five of the babies died, and twenty-one babies suffered oxygen deprivation from the prolonged, obstructed labor. The information was reported by Lori L. Heise et al. in Violence against Women: The Hidden Health Burden (Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1994).
Some Muslims believe the Koran demands female genital mutilation (although, as the World Health Organization points out, the practice predates Islam); others see women's genitalia as unclean and believe infibulation is a ritual purification. Men in such cultures will not marry unmutilated women, believing them to be unclean, promiscuous, and sexually untrustworthy. Many women do not object to the procedure since they view it as a tradition and a natural part of their role in life. Some women, however, are trying to increase awareness about the procedure. They insist that female genital mutilation is not an important African tradition that must be maintained in the face of Western influence. Rather, they see it as violence directed against women. Many people believe that female genital mutilation stems from men's desire to control women's sexuality.
In June 1996 efforts to educate the public about this practice paid off when the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) recognized for the first time that the fear of genital mutilation was legitimate grounds for asylum. Fauziya Kasinga, a 19-year-old Tobago woman who feared she would be circumcised if she returned home, was detained in prison for one year while the INS made its decision. The ruling quoted an INS report that said that "women have little legal recourse and may face threats to their freedom, threats or acts of physical violence or social ostracism for refusing to undergo this harmful traditional practice or attempting to protect their female children."
The U.S. Congress outlawed infibulation in the United States under the Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1996. Anyone found guilty of performing this surgery faces up to five years in jail. In addition, U.S. representatives to the World Bank and other international financial institutions are required to oppose loans to the twenty-eight African countries where the practice exists if those countries fail to conduct educational programs to prevent it.
In Egypt a 1995 government-supported study indicated that more than 97% of the 14,770 never-married women participants had undergone circumcision. Two years later, an Egyptian court overturned Egypt's ban on female genital mutilation. The ban was later restored through a decision from the Egyptian Supreme Court. Although it remains in effect, women's rights groups continue to work to change the Muslim tradition in villages where midwives and barbers still perform mutilations.
The Missing Women
In China, South Korea, India, Nepal, and other Asian countries, sons are favored over daughters for their economic value and their ability to carry on the family name. Some prospective parents believe that a female child is more likely to present a financial burden to her family, while a male child is a potential breadwinner who will not require such expenditures as a dowry. Preference for boys where resources are scarce can mean that daughters receive less food, education, and medical care than their brothers. The poor health care and nutrition daughters receive results in a higher child mortality rate among girls than boys.
In China, the problem is particularly acute. The U.S. Department of State, in its 2003 publication Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, stated: "Female infanticide, sex-selective abortions, and the abandonment and neglect of baby girls remained problems due to the traditional preference for sons and the birth limitation policy." This so-called "one child policy," established in 1979, imposed a variety of penalties on most couples who chose to have more than one child. The policy was instituted as law, with minor changes, in 2002. According to the Department of State report, the male-to-female birth ratio in China is about 116.9 to one hundred, as compared with a statistical norm of 106 to one hundred. For second births, which require parents to pay a social compensation fee of one-half to eight times the average workerís annual disposable income, the ratio was even higher, at 151.9 to one hundred.
In India, the male-to-female ratio has increased to one hundred males to every 92.7 females, a large demographic difference. Based on comparisons of male-to-female sex ratios, Princeton University demographer Ansley Coale estimated that at least sixty million women are missing, mainly from Asia and North Africa. These are females who have been aborted, given inferior care in childhood, underfed, and subjected to various forms of gender violence resulting in death.