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The principle of equal opportunity is grounded in the Italian Constitution (Arts. 3, 37, 51) and Italy became a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1985, acceding to the CEDAW Optional Protocol in 2000.[1]Recent important legislation in the pursuit of gender equality include the Legislative Decree No. 198/2006, also known as the "Code of equal opportunities between men and women", Law 183 of 2010 which acts on the regulation of gender equality and women's employment, and a recent law in 2013 which sets stricter penalties for perpetrators of domestic abuse, sexual violence, and stalking.[2] While such legislative initiatives have been applauded, measures to ensure their implementation remain weak.[3] The government has however, enacted a National Action Plan on Violence against Women and Stalking (2010-2013) and the First National Strategy for the prevention and the fight against discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity (2013-2015).[4]
[1] United Nations Treaty Collection (2014) [2] Unione Forense (n.d.) CEDAW Shadow report, p.4 [3] Idem;WAVE (2013) [4] CEDAW (2013) p.4
The legal age of marriage in Italy is 18 for both sexes, although women and men who have reached the age of 16 may marry with the permission of the court and parental consent.[5] The last several decades (since the 1980s) have seen both a rise in the average age at first marriage (currently at approximately age 30 for women), a decline in the overall number of first marriages, and an increase in the number of cohabitations.[6]Regarding early marriage, in 2010, 0.4% of 15-19 year old women had ever been married, divorced or widowed.[7]
Women and men have equal parental authority over children during marriage and both men and women can be the head of the household. Prior to Law 54 in 2006, which enacted joint custody in the event of divorce, mothers were almost always given custody of children. The new divorce law grants custody of children to both parents as a standard and priority procedure.[8]In practice, however, judges often award joint custody with the children's stable residence in the conjugal home, which is most often allocated to the mother.[9]
When it comes to decision-making over earnings and household purchases, the majority of Italian couples make such choices jointly.[10] More specifically 54.5% of Italian couples decide together when it comes to everyday shopping, 75.9% in terms of important expenses to make for children and 79.2% with regards to expensive purchases of consumer durables and furniture.[11]Recent studies show that wives' responsibility for decisions increase as her characteristics in terms of age, education and income more closely resemble those of her husband. [12] There is some evidence, however, that wives may also have greater responsibility when she is not employed, suggesting that decision-making responsibility is assigned to the spouse with more available time.[13]
The law provides women equal inheritance rights as wives (Civil Code, Art. 581-585), and girls equal inheritance rights as daughters (Civil Code, Art. 565).[14]Since January 2014 a new law (D.Lgs. 154/2013) removed previous discrimination towards children born outside of marriage. Before, the law was distinguishing between 'legitimate sons' who are born from parents legally married to each other and 'illegitimate sons', born from unmarried parents. Now all sons inherit equally. In addition, siblings can now be heir to the other, even if they were adopted or have a different parent.[15], [16]
Women may initiate divorce in the same way as man, and this right is not restricted in any way. More generally, Italian law envisages only a few grounds for divorce, such as long-term imprisonment of one of the spouses or, more frequently, a period of legal separation lasting 3 years (as per the reform law of 1987, previously this period was 5 years).[17] While on the rise, Italy has one of the lowest rates of divorce in Europe.[18] Studies on divorce show correlations with wives' labour market participation, high education level, residence not in the South, and not being a regular churchgoer.[19]
Studies on the use of time reveal that among dual earner couples, Italian women bear a larger proportion of unpaid work in the family. However, time-use research suggests that younger and better-educated Italian fathers, whose wives are in workforce employment, participate slightly more in household work, particularly childcare (by 9 minutes per day), compared to other men. Asymmetry remains notable, however, with women still undertaking 76% of the housework.[20]
[5] UNdata (n.d.) [6] Demo Istat (2012); CEDAW (2010) p. 105 [7] United Nations (2013) World Marriage data [8] CEDAW (2010) p.98 [9] Schnabel (2013) pp.609, 610 [10] EuroStat (2012) [11] Idem [12] Bertocchi et al. (2014) [13] Idem [14] World Bank (2013) [15] Studio Legale Magri (2014) [16] Gazzetta Ufficiale (n.d), DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 28 dicembre 2013, n. 154 http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2014/1 /8/14G00001/sg, [accessed 06/05/2014] [17] Schnabel (2013), p.610 [18] CEDAW (2010) p.106 [19] Schnabel (2013) p.609; Demo Istat (2012) [20] Schnable (2013) p.610, data from 2009
Law number 154 of 2001 ("Measures against violence in family relations) specifically addresses domestic violence with a focus on protecting the victim from the perpetrator. Domestic violence is defined as behaviour causing a spouse or other cohabiter serious prejudice to their physical or moral integrity, or to their personal freedom. The definition includes emotional, physical, and sexual, but not financial, abuse.[21] While the law provides for the separation of a violent spouse or relative from the family, through civil or criminal proceedings, victims frequently decline to press charges due to fear, shame or unawareness of the law.[22]
The Ministry of Equal Opportunity operates a hotline for victims seeking immediate assistance and temporary shelter, and there are over 200 shelters funded by local authorities. Although these initiatives have improved awareness of rights and remedies, cases of domestic violence remain underreported, in part due to the insufficient training of social operators, police and health workers, in part due to shame felt by victims and views that domestic violence is best either concealed or tacitly accepted.[23]
Results from a recent survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights indicated that the prevalence of physical and/or sexual partner violence in Italy was of 19%.[24]In addition, more than 120 women were killed in domestic violence attacks in 2012.[25]Only 7% of Italians believe domestic violence is acceptable in certain circumstances.[26]In 2013, the Italian government approved a 12 point legislative decree that sets stricter penalties for perpetrators of domestic abuse, sexual violence, and stalking, as well as grants law enforcement agencies the right to remove an abusive partner from the house. Critics, however, have argued that tougher legislation is not necessarily the solution in that existing laws are adequate but arbitrarily applied, paired with a lack of a well-organized, funded network of psychological, legal and financial assistance and resources for women in abusive relationships.[27]
Rape, including spousal rape, is a criminal offense. According to ISTAT, in 2009, 178 individuals were prosecuted for rape.[28]That same year, the Italian government approved a law that introduced tougher penalties for murder committed after sexual violence, sexual assault and lewd sexual acts against minors, gang rape and stalking all punishable with life imprisonment. Although Italy's rape laws were originally written in the 1930s under the rule of Benito Mussolini, when rape was considered a crime against a woman's honor, since 1996 rape has been classified as a crime against a person (not a crime against public morals) and punishment includes a minimum sentence of 5 years. The law also no longer distinguishes between crimes that include intercourse and crimes as acts of lust, the latter of which carried a lighter sentence.[29]
Legislative Decree number 198 (also know as the "Code of equal opportunities for men and women"), enacted in 2006, specifically addresses sexual harassment, defined as "any unwanted conduct, physical, verbal or not-verbal, having sexual character and the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a worker and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment." The decree does not, however, provide specific criminal sanctions, nor is there legislation that addresses sexual harassment outside of the workplace.[30] Sexual harassment can, however, be prosecuted under the criminal code provision on sexual violence, which is broadly worded and makes punishable "everybody who, with violence or threat or through abuse of authority, obliges anybody to make or to undergo sexual acts."[31] In addition, a law on stalking was introduced in 2009, which includes mandatory detention for perpetrators, including partners.[32] The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) reports that 55.2% of Italian women between 14 and 59 years of age have suffered from sexual harassment in their lifetime.[33] When it comes to sexual harassment specifically in the workplace, most women prefer not to report cases to the police due either to a perceived lack of seriousness of the episode (28.4%), having solved the problem alone or with family help (23.9%), lack of trust in the police or the inability to act (20.4%), or the fear of being judged or mistreated when reporting the incident (15.1%).[34]
The increase in migration to Italy has made visible the phenomenon of female genital mutilation, and a rising number of female infibulations has been recorded, mostly among women of Somali or Nigerian origin.[35] As a consequence, Act 9 of 2006 introduced measures to prevent and punish FGM; violators are subject to a prison sentence of up to 12 years or more if the procedure is conducted on a minor or for profit.[36] The most recent prevalence estimates in Italy show that there are 35,000 women with FGM and 1,000 girls are at risk in the country.[37]
Using the most recent data available, the United Nations reports that 11.8% of women age 20-49 had an unmet need for family planning, while 40.6% were using a modern form of contraception.[38] Average age at first birth for women is 30.2.[39]
Although abortion is legal, women can face difficulties accessing emergency contraception or abortive pills, as doctors may choose to be "conscientious objectors". There have been no efforts on the part of the government to provide a regular presence of non-objector doctors in hospitals so as to guarantee women's right to a free access to sexual and reproductive health services.[40]
[21] World Bank (2013); CEDAW (2010) p.28 [22] CEDAW (2010) p.28 [23] 30 Years CEDAW (2011); Union Forense (n.d.) CEDAW Shadow report [24] OECD (2014), Gender Institutions and Development Database, http://stats.oecd.org/ [25] Idem [26]OECD (2014), Gender Institutions and Development Database, http://stats.oecd.org/ [27]WAVE (2013) [28] US Department of State (2012) [29] 30 Years CEDAW (2011) [30] World Bank (2013) [31] Idem [32] CEDAW (2010) p.26; US Department of State (2012); CEDAW (2013) p.24 [33] 30 Years CEDAW (2011) p. 138, survey from 2004 [34] ISTAT (2010); 30 Year CEDAW (2011) p.71 [35] CEDAW (2010) p.94 [36] Idem [37] European Institute for Gender Equality (n.d.) [38] UN, unmet need for family planning (2012) and world contraceptive use (2012), data from 1996 [39] UNECE (2010) [40] 30 Years CEDAW (2011) p.75
The male/female sex ratio for the working age population (15-64) is 98 while the sex ratio at birth is 1.06.[41] Analysis of sex ratio data across age groups indicates that Italy is not a country of concern in relation to missing women.
Under-five mortality rates are the same for boys than for girls;[42] while disaggregated data on immunisation rates are not available, coverage is generally high, ranging from 90-99% coverage depending on vaccine.[43]
Gross enrolment ratios at both the primary and secondary levels are approximately equal. According to a 2014 report by UNICEF, gross primary school enrolment ratios (females as a % of males) were 99% at the primary level and 99% at the secondary level.[44] However, there are noticeable gender divisions in areas of study chosen, with more males in scientific and technology institutes and more women in the humanities.[45]
[41] CIA (2013) [42] UNICEF (2014) p.32 [43] Idem, p.44 [44] Idem, p.74 [45] CEDAW (2010)
Women have the legal right to own land and property other than land.[46]Although women have equal access to land, a woman runs one in every three farms and the latter are on average smaller than those run by men.[47] The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) has shown that women's "factorial endowment" (access to credit, land, and machinery) is 60% that of men's.[48]
According to the Civil Code (and following the reform of family rights in 1975), the default marital property regime is partial community of property and both partners must agree on the administration of property during marriage.[49] Couples may also opt for the separation of estates regime.[50]
There are no legal restrictions on women's right to enter into business contracts and activities, and nor any legal restrictions on women's opening a bank account or accessing bank loans and credit.[51] In practice, however, female entrepreneurs face difficulties accessing credit and more often rely on self-financing (from family friends). Those managing very small firms are required to provide external guarantees more often compared to their male counterparts. They also pay 3-5 percentage points more on average than male entrepreneurs despite the fact that the proportion of bankruptcies is higher among men than women.[52]
[46] World Bank (2013) [47] 30 Years CEDAW (2010) p.5; ActionAid (2010) p.11 [48] Idem, p.6 [49] World Bank (2013); 30 Years CEDAW (2011) pp.103-104 [50] 30 Years CEDAW (2011) pp.103-104 [51] World Bank (2013) [52] 30 Years CEDAW (2010) p.6
There are no laws that affect women's free access to public space and freedom of movement. Women may choose where to live in the same way as a man, and may equally access passports and national ID cards.[53]
The Italian constitution provides for freedom of assembly and association, and Italians are free to form social and political organizations.[54] Women's rights groups are active, and efforts have focused on increasing female political participation and female presence in employment, fighting the misrepresentation of women in the public sphere, particularly the media, and raising awareness of violence against women. There are no specific reports of discrimination against women's association and freedom for collective action although studies show that women participate less than men in strikes and rallies.[55]
Amendment of Article 51 of the Constitution in 2003 introduced the principle of gender equality in the access to public and elective offices.[56] However, there are no quotas at the national level to promote women's political participation. Legislated candidate quotas do exist at the sub-national level and Article 117 of the Constitution provides that regional laws must 'remove all obstacles which prevent the full equality of men and women in social, cultural, and economic life, and promote equal access to for men and women to elective offices'.[57] In addition, 12 of Italy's 20 regions have adopted gender quotas in their regional laws, while 7 regions have applied similar provisions on gender quotas to those set forth for the National Assembly (1987-2001).[58]While many political parties envisage some norms on gender equality or quotas for candidatures, they are applied with irregularity.[59]The law on Public Financing for Political Parities also seeks to promote women's participation in elected office by allotting quota equal to at least 5% of the electoral reimbursements received for initiatives oriented to such an objective.[60] That said, however, there are proportionally fewer women than men in government.[61]
Following the 2013 elections, women made up 31.4% of the seats in the national parliament.[62] Women mayors within Italian municipalities amount to 789 out of 7,238 mayors, and there are 19,130 women on municipality Councils compared to 86,325 men; on regional Councils there are 118 women compared to 1001 men.[63] Except for a few cases in minor Italian political parties, there have never been female party leaders, nor has Italy ever had a woman head of state or prime minister and very few women have held cabinet positions. When women have held cabinet positions, they are in posts for which their gender is assumed to make them more suitable, such as family and education.[64]However, there has been an increase in the number of women in the last government: in April 2013, there were 7 women out of the 21 cabinet ministers, which represents a record in Italian history.[65] According to the World Values Survey, the majority of Italian disagree or disagree strongly with the statement "men make better political leaders than women do" (although 19.2% either agreed or strongly agreed with the same statement).[66]
In Italy, the Ministry for Rights and Equal Opportunities promoted a training project entitled Women, Politics, and Institutions to improve women's education and interest in politics. This course was offered for free in 41 universities across Italy over two or four years. Overall, the project aimed at enabling women to participate more actively in politics and decision-making positions at the national and local levels. [67]
Italians law (legislative decree 198 of 2006 and Article 37 of the constitution) mandates both non-discrimination based on gender in hiring and equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value.[68] The same decree also addresses sexual harassment in the workplace.[69] Legislative decree 151 of 2001 establishes a mandatory minimum length of maternity leave at 150 calendar days, during which time the government is responsible for financing 80% of the woman's wages.[70] Rates of female employment in Italy are at 56.9% in 2012.[71] Variation by region is considerable, with much higher rates in the northern regions compared to the southern regions, characterised by high proportions of irregular work.[72]
Regarding the media, Italy has long faced critique of its sexist portrayals of women present in both commercial advertising and regular programming. There are no preventive mechanisms that verify whether programming is discriminatory against women, although it is possible to appeal to the advertising self-regulatory Authority.[73]
[53] World Bank (2013) [54] Freedom House (2013); US Department of State (2012) [55] CEDAW (2010) p.51 [56] Union Forense (n.d.) CEDAW Shadow report, p.14 [57] Quota Project (2014) [58] Idem [59] 30 Years CEDAW (2010) p.4 [60] Quota Project (2014) [61] CEDAW (2010) p.50 [62] OECD (2014), Gender, Institutions and Development Database, http://stats.oecd.org [63] CEDAW (2010) p.50 [64] Campus (2010) [65] Open Democracy (2013) [66] World Values Survey (2005-2008) [67] www.mpo.hoplo.it/percorsiformativi/ or www.unical.it/portale/ateneo/progetti/donnepolitica/ [68] World Bank (2013); CEDAW (2010) p.60 [69] Idem; Idem [70] Idem; Idem, p.63 [71] European Commission (2012) Employment Statistics [72] CEDAW (2010) p.61 [73] 30 Years CEDAW (2010) p.4
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Among the most sacred rights of Englishmen and women is the right to protest and complain about the government. Unknown to those protesting in the streets of the land is that police are taking photographs, and videos of those in the crowd. The Metropolitan police advises other groups on how to store data about those in protesting crowds. Its storage system indicates names of those in the protest as well as other information about these individuals. According to a recent investigation by the Guardian surveillance teams are targeting journalists who cover demonstrations. Christina Ferguson, notes, " a searchable database containing photographs of people who are not even suspected of criminal activity may well violate privacy rights under article 8 of the Human Rights Act." Why is anyone taking names of those in a crowd?
Many journalists are angry that police photograph them or take videos while they are covering a protest. In so doing, the police are somehow linking a journalist who is doing her job with the ideas or desires of the group that is protesting. I have often wondered what would happen if police cease doing such things and spent their time trying to capture criminals.

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CBS' Chen: Casey's reported Iraq withdrawal plan "not a cut-and-run strategy"
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In reporting on the purported pullout plan proposed by Gen. George Casey Jr. for Iraq, on the CBS Evening News, correspondent Joie Chen stated: "It's not a cut-and-run strategy, but the report suggests the Pentagon is contemplating a sharp change in direction, a way out for some forces." Chen did not say how she thought Casey's reported plan differs from what the White House and Senate Republicans have labeled the Democrats' "cut-and-run" proposals for U.S. troop withdrawals.
On the June 25 edition of the CBS Evening News, correspondent Joie Chen asserted that a plan reportedly presented to senior members of the Bush administration by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the senior U.S. commander in Iraq -- that, according to The New York Times, "projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there [in Iraq] by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September" -- is "not a cut-and-run strategy, but the report suggests the Pentagon is contemplating a sharp change in direction, a way out for some forces."
As Media Matters for America has noted (here and here), media outlets have uncritically repeated Republican attacks on Democratic proposals for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq -- with or without a timetable -- as tantamount to "cutting and running." Chen did not say how she thought Casey's reported plan differs from what the White House and Senate Republicans have labeled the Democrats' "cut-and-run" proposals.
From the June 25 edition of the CBS Evening News:
RUSS MITCHELL (anchor): There is word tonight the Pentagon may be looking for ways to bring some troops home from Iraq. A new report says the top U.S. commander in Iraq has drawn up plans for what is being called a significant pullback of some key brigades. Joie Chen is at the Pentagon tonight.
CHEN: It's not a cut-and-run strategy, but the report suggests the Pentagon is contemplating a sharp change in direction, a way out for some forces. The New York Times says General George Casey, the top man in Iraq, last week laid out a plan that would slash the 14 combat brigades now in Iraq down to five or six by next December. The first two brigades would depart this fall and wouldn't be replaced. This would be a significant change, though not in numbers. Combat forces make up only a fraction of the 130,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq, and Defense Chief Donald Rumsfeld last week warned Iraq may still need lots of non-combat forces to stick around.
DONALD H. RUMSFELD (Secretary of Defense): It very likely will go down and up and down and up depending on the circumstances and depending on the needs.
CHEN: Still smarting over last week's botched bids to set any timetable for troop withdrawals, Democrats quickly cried foul.
SEN. BARBARA BOXER (D-CA): Eighty percent of us voted to say we ought to start reducing our troop presence there, and again, we got pummeled. And now, it turns out we are in sync with General Casey.
CHEN: But others warn the pullout talk may yet be premature.
SEN. JOHN WARNER (R-VA): We could lose it all if we fail to -- to succeed in allowing the new Iraqi government to take over this nation. And if it suddenly fell into a tragic civil war, that would not be in the interests of the United States, the region, and could have serious repercussions.
CHEN: Both the Pentagon and the White House are downplaying any suggestion that an exit strategy of any sort is being worked out. A lot still depends, Russ, on what happens on the ground in Iraq.
MITCHELL: But Joie, if this report is in fact correct, is General Casey saying in essence he thinks the Iraqi troops are getting up to speed?
CHEN: Well, not necessarily. It is still possible that these -- this plan was still meant as some sort of framework of discussions between General Casey and the new government in Baghdad. The other thing is that the Iraqi forces may still have great needs in terms of intelligence, logistics, training. And that may, in the end, mean that a lot of U.S. boots will still remain on the ground, Russ.
MITCHELL: Joie Chen at the Pentagon. Thank you very much.
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November 5, 2014
Internship fair with employers from the greater Amherst, Northamption and western MASS area will be on-campus to meet with UMass students about their internship opportunities.
November 5, 2014
11:00 am-1:00 pm
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
This is a time for networking and making connections. Come meet our staff, connect with women of color, network and relax from your busy schedule, or simply just come say hello!
November 5, 2014
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
New Africa House, 127
It is predicted that climate change, which can result in increased temperature, eutrophication (the occurrence of excessive nutrients in a body of water), and changes to freshwater inputs, will alter food web dynamics and consequently the sustainability of fish populations in the Great Lakes, which provide significant multi-national fishery resources.
November 5, 2014
3:30 pm
"Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars?" presented by Wilbert Rideau, lecturer, capital defense consultant, award-winning prison journalist and author of In the Place of Justice, which won the 2011 Dayton International Literary Peace Prize.
November 5, 2014
4:00 pm
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies welcomes Roberto Ludovico to the Renaissance Wednesday Lecture Series, who will be speaking on Italian Renaissance Food.
November 5, 2014
4:00 pm
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Join the Women of Color Leadership Network (WOCLN) in a panel discussion about the powerful role of media; the implications of (mis)representations of women of color across their varied social identities; and the potential for (counter)representations in resistance to stereotypes and for transformative construction for women of color in different media outlets.
November 5, 2014
4:30 pm
Campus Center, 804-808
Come to "Keeping it Consensual: Hooking Up in College" to discuss what consent looks like and the many ways to prevent sexual violence.
November 5, 2014
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Gorman Hall
Join filmmaker Eileen Jerrett as we screen Blueberry Soup, a documentary about the recent protest and constitutional change in Iceland.
November 5, 2014
7:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S404
Hear Our Stories, a digital storytelling research project about young Latina mothers in Holyoke, will be highlighted during a screening of videos created by participants.
November 5, 2014
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall
As part of the UMass Amherst Outdoor Summer Arts Project, New York-based artist Jennifer Williams created two 12-feet by 24-feet banners for the south facade of the Fine Arts Center building.
August 1—December 7, 2014 6:00 am-11:00 pm
Fine Arts Center, FAC south facade
For soon-to-be graduates, cap and gown portraits make a great keepsake for family and loved ones. If you are searching for a job or internship, this is your opportunity to have professional portraits made for your social media profiles, so come dressed in your business attire. There is no sitting fee, and no sales pitch.
October 1—October 3, 2014 9:00 am-3:00 pm
November 5—November 7, 2014 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Campus Center
A donation of 48 contemporary American prints, representing special processes and innovative techniques in printmaking, was given to the UMCA collection by Richard Gerrig in memory of his sister Risa, a UMass alumna.
September 11—December 5, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 13—December 7, 2014, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 11, November 27—November 30
University Museum of Contemporary Art
One of the most influential artists from the Middle East, Walid Raad explores the experiences and representations of war through video, photography and performance.
September 11—December 5, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 13—December 7, 2014, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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University Museum of Contemporary Art
The Marriott Meals is a core course within the HTM program in which students have the opportunity to manage the restaurant with a team of student employees.
September 16—November 13, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu 11:45 am-7:45 pm
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Campus Center, 11th FLoor
Deep in the Hole examines a wide range of experiences of imprisonment including political prisoners, conscientious objectors in WWII, the war on drugs and marijuana decriminalization, psychiatric confinement, and the role of controversial activism and publications.
September 17—January 21, 2015
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November 26—November 28, November 27, December 25, December 30—January 1
Learning Commons in W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Members of the campus community are invited to nominate a faculty member who has demonstrated academic quality and leadership to be the next UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar.
October 1—November 28, 2014
Herter Art Gallery is pleased to present "Points of View", a mullti-media exhibition featuring a diverse range of works by students currently enrolled in the MFA Studio Arts Program of the Department of Art, Architecture and Art History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
October 8—November 6, 2014, Mon/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:00 pm
October 12—November 2, 2014, Sun/Tue 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Herter Art Gallery
Graduating seniors are invited to submit a speech proposal for consideration as the Student Commencement Speaker.
October 30—February 3, 2015
The University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks nominations of graduating seniors for the 21st Century Leaders Award.
November 3—February 2, 2015
This is a two-session introduction to the SAS System.
November 3—November 5, 2014, Mon/Wed 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Lederle Graduate Research Center, A210
This is a collaborative community exhibit to spark conversations and raise awareness on the various forms of racism and oppression impacting our communities or items that may foster recovery and healing from oppression
November 3—November 7, 2014 10:00 am-5:00 pm
November 10—November 14, 2014 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Student Union Art Gallery
Come by the front of the Student Union every day next week from Monday through Friday from 11AM-3PM to learn more about these co-managers, their businesses, and the student business community as a whole, because they are some of the coolest people you will meet on this campus.
November 3—November 7, 2014 11:00 am-3:00 pm
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A lot of people have given up on Xytronyx--with good reason. The stock has been one of the big losers of the past two years. After hitting a high of 26 in late 1991, it headed downhill, to a low of 6 by early 1993. Recently, however, some aggressive players have been snapping up shares, driving the stock up to 10.
It's not just bottom-fishing. One New York money manager says Xytronyx, which has produced a test kit for detection of periodontal disease, will turn a profit in the last quarter of the year, ending Mar. 31, 1994. The year will still close with a loss, but he sees net of $1 a share in 1995.
Those earnings will come even before the Food & Drug Administration approves the product for the U.S. market, says Aaron Lehmann, president of Fulton Group, a research boutique in Greenwich, Conn. Part of his optimism is based on an exclusive agreement Xytronyx signed in May with Japan's Sumitomo Bank to find a partner to market the periodontal kit in that country.
The pact is part of Xytronyx' new strategy to aggressively market the kit outside the U.S. Colgate-Palmolive has worldwide rights to distribute it outside of China and Japan. Colgate recently ordered 50,000 kits to sell primarily in Britain and Australia. Xytronyx also has signed a deal with Asia Link, to seek regulatory approval and sell the kits in China, where periodontal disease is widespread.
Lehmann is optimistic about Xytronyx' other products, too, including an ink called Kephra he says can be used on natural or synthetic fiber or be incorporated into plastics or metals. Its special feature is an ability to change colors when hit by ultraviolet light.


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Harry Redknapp has stopped the bleeding but the patient is still fading away. There is only one side who have survived the Premier League after being bottom at Christmas, but there are none at all who have done so without winning a game by the time the crackers are passed around.
Redknapp has cancelled the club's Christmas party, possibly on the grounds he does not want photographs of a side who have performed with so little commitment falling out of their Hummers while high on cherry brandy. However, this disparate group of individuals look like they could do with more time together.
When he settled behind his desk for the first time, Redknapp would have scanned his opening fixtures and seen: Sunderland (away), Aston Villa (home), Wigan (away) and Fulham (home).
That the first three have been drawn is encouraging at a club who have not won away from Loftus Road in 13 months and who have now set a Premier League record of 16 games without a win from the start of the season. Redknapp argued that if that statistic did not change before the January transfer window opens, he would advise the owners not to spend. "They have done enough," he said of a club who have managed to spend £6.8 million on agents' fees in the past two windows.
Many of those brought in at exorbitant cost by Mark Hughes, with help from the agent Kia Joorabchian, found themselves on the bench. Redknapp put his trust in some old pros; Ryan Nelsen − whose powerful header dragged his side level and whose uncompromising tackle at the death might have saved this game − Sean Derry and Clint Hill. Robert Green may not have won the Champions' League but he is probably more committed to the cause than Julio Cesar.
"We need to get a win, get to the window and see if I can dig one or two out from somewhere," said Redknapp, who admitted he was looking seriously at bringing Robbie Keane on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy. When asked how many points he thought might be required to avoid relegation, he laughed: "I am hoping for about 14."
However, it was significant that when Djibril Cissé side-footed home Shaun Wright-Phillips's pass to give Rangers a lead for the first time in the afternoon, Redknapp admitted that it did not cross his mind that his team might go on and score a third. All he could think of was holding out for the final 20 minutes.
They managed three and significantly Wigan, having somehow fallen behind after dominating the second half, did not panic. They continued playing the slick, one-touch football that Roberto Martinez has insisted upon, although Rangers allowed Jean Beausejour far too much time to pick out James McCarthy, who scored his and Wigan's second.
Martinez pointed out that, at 22, McCarthy is getting the exposure and regular football he would not enjoy were he at a club other than Wigan. If Redknapp's new-year task is to bring footballers in, Martinez's is to stop them leaving.
These were just the right conditions for a six-pointer. The floodlights shone through a shroud of mist and rain and the ball skidded – sometimes with wild unpredictability –off the pitch.
Rangers initially appeared to cope the better but when a half-cleared corner fell to McCarthy on the edge of the area, "picking his nose" in Redknapp's phrase, they found themselves one down before Nelsen showed some leadership.
As Redknapp walked through the corridors of the DW Stadium, he might have noticed the adverts for Keeping the Faith, a book about Wigan's remarkable escape from relegation last season. His demeanour suggested that, deep down, he knew it was unlikely his players would be signing copies of their own book next Christmas.
Wigan (3-5-2): Al Habsi; Boyce, Lopez, Jones (Maloney, 77); Stam, Gomez, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour; Di Santo (Boselli, 85), Koné.
QPR (4-2-3-1): Green; Bosingwa (Fabio, 85), Nelsen, Hill, Traoré; Derry, Diakité (Granero, 77); Wright-Phillips, Taarabt (Cissé , 59), Mbia; Mackie.
Referee: Phil Dowd.
Man of the match Nelsen (QPR)
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Reviewed By Caleb D (COLD SPRGS HIGHLAND HTS, KY) Reviewed for a 2007 Mazda 3 —5/15/2015 7:01 AM
Excellent quality and obviously better than OEM. Got them on sale and i've been very pleased with them. Weird how until after I replaced the front struts I didn't realize that the back shocks were going bad. It makes a big difference.


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A Captcha is a type of test used in computing wherein the response is not generated by a computer. The process involves a server asking a user to complete a simple test. It is described as a reverse Turning test, since it is administered by a machine to a human.
The image above is a CAPTCHA. Users can interpret it, but computers have a harder time interpreting these letters. Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that creates these CAPTCHAs to help in protecting more than 100,000 websites from spam and fraud. Thus malicious programs cannot scalp tickets or spam on millions of email accounts.
The image above is a CAPTCHA to test whether you are human when you try to register on websites.
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Google plans to use the technology adopted by reCAPTCHA both as a security measure with in Google sites and to make its large book-scanning project a smarter one. When these CAPTCHAs come from books and newspapers, computers find it hard to recognize these words because of the degradation in ink and paper over time. Thus reCAPTCHA`s unique technology converts these scanned images as plain text which is known as Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Google Books and Google News Archive Search websites will also use this technology. We can also easily search for information, render information in mobile devices and use the information for visually impaired persons when we have the text version of the document.
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Buy ZEIGLETICS!
The Fairy Tale
Buy Zeigletics!
THE GRIMMSIAN ACCOUNTS of company operations that one can read on these online services demand, even from the dimwitted, a mild suspension of disbelief. More often than not, the stocks trade on wildcat Canadian exchanges, and the "corporations" (which may be nothing more than two- or three-man operations) are primarily doing business in countries that the average American citizen couldn't place on a map, making the business story that much harder to follow (useful for the Hypester).
And what types of business are these companies doing abroad? Well, take Wye Resources, the Canadian owner of a Zairian diamond mine. (Despite its failure to secure enough crystallized carbon to inlay a single diamond hairpin, Wye--a HOT STOCK promoted on several online services--witnessed a 300% gain in its stock in less than one month before regulators stepped in March 1994, having detected an unexplained 62% increase in shares oustanding. As of this writing, the stock has yet to resume trading.)
Or how about ITP Thermal Packaging, the Canadian developer of a technology for aluminum cans, which cools the drink automatically upon a user's popping it open? Never mind that vending machines already dispense cool drinks, and never mind the cooling ability of your own refrigerator. . . the point is to suspend your disbelief!
Or consider the HOT STOCK we'll be looking at closely for the remainder of this article, Interlock Consolidated Enterprises (ILS). The company provides materials for pre-fabricated housing to the "exciting" Russian market. The excitement largely surrounded an announcement of multimillion dollar contracts with Russia for unbuilt houses planned for returning Red Army soldiers. A quick buzz over to ILS Headquarters turned up only this: Interlock received no money upfront and would not comment on the pending contracts. So, what was the name of the Russian company involved? That too had to be kept secret. And each of ILS's press releases ends with a disclaimer never seen on those of listed U.S. companies:"This press release has neither been approved or [sic] disapproved by any Exchange or Regulatory body."
Below, we print the closing prices and daily volume for Interlock (ILS.E) as quoted by Prodigy members for the first three weeks of March 1994. . . the period of its HYPING. For perspective, consider that the company traded 175,000 shares for the whole month of December. Original mention of this stock on Prodigy occurred on February 22nd at a price of $0.25. (N/A means "not available.")
Date Price Volume 3/2: $0.42 165,500 "BIG NEWS COMING!" 3/3: N/A N/A "BUY! BIG NEWS!" 3/4: $0.46 156,000 "BUY! BUY!" 3/7: $0.57 324,000 "BUY!" 3/8: $0.64 416,000 "BUY!" 3/9: $0.74 478,000 "BUY! LOOK AT IT GO!" 3/10: $0.72 N/A "BUY!" 3/11: $0.86 N/A "BUY!" 3/14: $0.96 602,900 "BUY! NO STOPPING IT!" 3/15: $1.06 255,200 "BUY!" 3/16: $1.15 194,000 "BUY! COME ON NOW!" 3/17: $1.30 349,000 "BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY!" 3/18: $1.00 358,000 ("UM. . . HMMMM. Ssshh.") 3/21: $0.96 235,150 ("SSHHHHH. Sell. Sssh.") 3/22: $0.76 159,000 ("Sell, sell, sell. . . .)
As of a few months later, Interlock had resumed trading a couple thousand shares a day again, having dropped below $0.50. The Hypester, of course, had moved on.
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I am a 42 year old female who unfortunately with severe nasolabial folds. Never really noticed them until I lost quite a bit of weight and then suddenly there there were a few years ago. I did this because at 42 I looked much older than my age and it bothered me.
I spent a lot of time researching and comparing Radiesse and Juvederm and actually decided on Juvederm along with botox for my crow's feet and my lines between my eyebrows. Made the appointment and went in to do it!!! My provider and I talked at length about both Radiesse and Juvederm. We discussed what I wanted and my concerns about both products especially Radiesse. He recommended Radiesse over Juvederm for what I wanted to accomplish and I am very glad I listened to him.
At the clinic I went to Radiesse is $550 for a 1.5 syringe and Juvederm is $500 for a .8 syringe. And Radiesse is supposed to last longer. So since he works with and prefers Radiesse for the area I wanted to improve it wasn't hard to do the math and be convinced to go with the Radiesse.
It took 2 syringes of Radiesse, one for each side! That's how severe they were. He first used a numbing cream and then while we waited for that to take affect he mixed lidocaine in with the radiesse. Additionally we iced each side before he did the injection. It wasn't as painful as I expected in fact it was painful at all! I was thrilled and actually able to relax a little during the procedure.
After doing both sides he did have to apply pressure to one side that decided to bleed and eventually bruise. There was some swelling but the effect was immediate to my appearance! I was and am still thrilled.
There was some swelling for a day or two but no one noticed that at all. They did however notice the bruise that without makeup is a purple-red color and about the size of a dime but just a blue smudge looking spot with makeup. Thank goodness people at work bought the "ran into the corner of the cabinet" story!!!
I am applying arnica cream and it does seem to be fading slowly. The procedure along with the Dysport(review in that section) it took a good 5 to 10 years off and was well worth the money and the time. I can't wait to see if my sister notices next time I see her.


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Sometimes I miss the monte
Well w/ the Volvo coming allong and three bands,I haven't thought much about the old monte at all.Today I posted about the time I let m mother take the car to work and she hated it,too loud,welded spiders,no speedo,manual automatic.
Anyway I got think I had that car for 6yrs and had allot of first in the car(no not that!!).Anyway it was my first car w/ gears.My first car w/ new paint.My first car to run respectivly strong.My first all new exhuast(no coat hangers).First all new set of tire(had one had two but not 4 befor)
Not to mention During woodstock 99" I acidentaly got stuck in the line and prompted to pull holeshot while there.
Took it and enetred in in the 1st GAFB Hot August Nats here.
Blues fest in Turin NY
Night I took it to the quaint college town of Clinton open headers and scared the pants off of people.
The night the Alt. died at 4am and I tried to get it home open headers and blew a fireball out that rolled out so high I could see it(scary)
Night I got icked out of the town of Oriskany cause I was gassing up and the cop ulled in and told me my exhuast was too loud and to get OUT.(pre new exhuast days,they sucked!!)
Time I almost got arrested cause I couldn't pass emmisions so I stuck a piece of paper plate in the windshield to look like an inspection.lol
There all memories some good some bad but I kinna miss it.
Anyway the guy who bought the body plans on a frame off between him and his son so thats cool.
Not to mention all the BS and this oulda been the yr its exempt from emmissions.DOH!!!
Oh yea and my favorite memory.The time I had to get driven back from Woodstock 99 w/ three of my new found freinds in the back seat,me hammered in the pass seat screaming out the window some overly excited nonsense.Yes the driver as sober the monte was safe.
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i still got my monte
I've got a couple... OK 4
'73 S coupe 3 on the tree 350 2bbl
'78 Landau 305 (for now) soon to frame off
'79 parts car (bad frame)
'80 Landau 229 It was my first Monte
I had to part with my Avatar Monte. The frame rusted the car apart. Rust in Wisconsin...who'da thunk it??? I hear ya man on the memories. I miss mine almost everyday.
I still got mine also. Updated pics coming soon. I have been doing alot of work to it.
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A huge antiques market with dealers in antiques and collectibles including ceramics, books, furniture, glassware and jewellery.
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Notting Hill and Portobello Road Market
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Cape Town XDR-TB patient leads international campaign
A Cape Town survivor of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has taken her campaign for better access to testing and treatment from her hometown of Khayelitsha to Paris and beyond.
In August, 23-year-old Phumeza Tisile beat the odds and became one of only a few hundred South African who beat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) each year. After an almost three-year battle with XDR-TB, Tisile has helped launch a campaign for better access to drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) testing and treatment.
Patient-Centered TB Treatment Will Require Modernizing Directly-Observed Therapy
In the first of two linked posts, Mike Frick of Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Audrey Zhang of Harvard College argue that patient-centered approaches in treatment for drug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis are needed.
New TB technology may be ready for clinics
New research has shown that rapid GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) test improves access to TB diagnosis and treatment, and may be ready for South African clinics.
Conducted in part by the University of Cape Town (UCT), the study looked at whether it was possible for nurses – instead of laboratory technicians – to administer the test in clinics in four countries, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania.
The Desmond Tutu TB Centre on a quest to reduce childhood TB Deaths
South African researchers have thrown their weight behind the first ever global action plan specifically targeted for children with tuberculosis (TB), in the hope of bringing down the country's extremely high childhood TB rate.
About 45,000 children in South Africa get TB every year, while many more go undiagnosed or are not reported, says Professor Anneke Hesseling, director of the Paediatric TB Research Programme at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Stellenbosch University.
New NHLS system causes delays in HIV, TB and cervical cancer tests
Patients in some parts of Johannesburg have had to wait up to a month for vital tests results as the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) swtiched to a new system, according to Soweto patients.
Harsh price of HIV-linked longevity
HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.
HIV+ people on ARVs are now living longer lifespans. But the virus's associated diseases could put an unbearable strain on the health system.
Research studies show that people with HIV who are on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment now live almost as long as their HIV-negative peers.
But this gain in life years also has a downside: it has put HIV-infected people at risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease and high cholesterol, which normally only appear in older people.
The Roadmap for Childhood TB: Toward Zero Deaths
The urgency of the problem of TB in children, whose full scope is still not fully known, cannot be underestimated. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in 2012 revealed that up to 74 000 children die from TB each year and children account for around half a million new cases annually. It should be noted that the estimated deaths only include those in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative children. In fact, the actual burden of TB in children is likely higher, especially given the challenge in diagnosing childhood TB. Compounding this difficulty with diagnosis is the fact that children with TB often come from families that are poor, lack knowledge about the disease and live in communities with limited access to health services.
New funding models needed 'to fight cancer in poor nations'
A global fund is needed to curb ballooning cancer rates in poor nations, where malignancies already kill more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria combined, a report by a coalition of researchers shows.
Progress against infectious diseases, aided by organisations such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has helped to extend life expectancy. As people live longer, other illnesses such as cancer are more likely to develop.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of new cancer cases will double in the next 15 years, straining medical systems in the region, the researchers said at the European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam on Monday.
TB in South African prisons: WHERE TO NOW?
South Africa stands at a crossroads in the fight against tuberculosis. An important victory in the Constitutional Court has affirmed the direction that we should take, but we need sustained political will and activism to ensure that we do not squander this momentum.
The Dudley Lee case
Dudley Lee spent over four years in Pollsmoor Prison outside Cape Town as an awaiting trial detainee. Eventually he was acquitted and released, but not before being infected with tuberculosis.
Community health hub extends Khayelitsha care
Doctors Without Borders is launching a new healthcare project in Khayelitsha. The humanitarian organisation will run a community health hub for a year, after which the Department of Health will take over.
The Wellness Hub in Khayelitsha looks like a basic structure, but it could provide the basis for the much-anticipated National Health Insurance scheme.
The emphasis is on quality health care that is easily accessible.
The Wellness Hub attends to a range of illnesses and diseases such as HIV,TB, sexually transmitted infections, diabetes and hypertension.
The centre could significantly lower health-care costs.


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With two positions to hire on her first staff as head coach at Tennessee, Holly Warlick looked to a former Lady Vol to fill the initial one. On April 26, 2012, Kyra Elzy answered the call to return to her alma mater and serve as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator.
Elzy, an associate head coach/recruiting coordinator at the University of Kentucky from 2008-12, came back to Knoxville to fill a vacancy created when Mickie DeMoss joined the staff of the WNBA's Indiana Fever. As she embarks on year four of her second stint in Knoxville, it is apparent that Elzy, Warlick and the rest of the staff form a winning combination.
Elzy's impact was recognized in September 2015, as she was promoted to associate head coach.
It didn't take long for the UT alumnus to make a difference for the Big Orange on the recruiting front. She helped Tennessee reel in the No. 3 signing class in the country for 2013 high school seniors, including a pair of McDonald's High School All-Americans (Jordan Reynolds, Mercedes Russell) and the nation's No. 1 player in Russell.
She continued her run in 2014 and 2015, directing efforts to land the nation's No. 6 signing class, anchored by McDonald's All-Americans Jaime Nared and Alexa Middleton, in 2014. She helped Tennessee add a pair of highly-touted guards in 2015, including McDonald's All-American Game co-MVP Te'a Cooper.
On the court, Elzy has helped Tennessee forge an 86-20 record over the first three seasons of the Holly Warlick era. During that time, Tennessee has gone 42-6 in SEC play, winning a pair of regular-season titles (2013, 2015) and a tournament crown in 2014. The Lady Vols also have made it to the NCAA Tournament three times, including the Elite Eight in two of the past three years.
Elzy has helped build depth in the wing group she coaches and saw her first Tennessee pupil drafted in 2015, as Cierra Burdick was taken in the second round by the Los Angeles Sparks. This season, her group is a talented quintet, and redshirt junior Jasmine Jones stands as her oldest.
As a successful role model on campus, Elzy was chosen as the 2013 keynote speaker for UT's fifth-annual Multicultural Student Symposium. She also was honored as the Lady Vols' SEC Legend during the 2013 conference tournament in Duluth, Ga.
In 2011-12, Elzy completed her fourth season at Kentucky, where she served as the recruiting coordinator and was responsible for coaching the guards of the 2012 SEC champion Wildcats. It marked her second season as associate head coach after being promoted in August 2010.
As a student-athlete at Tennessee from 1996-2001, Elzy's game excelled under the nation's all-time winningest coach in Summitt. A four-year letterwinner who actually spent five seasons in a Lady Vol uniform after missing the 1998-99 season with an injury, Elzy was a member of two national championship teams (1997 and 1998) and a national runner-up squad (2000). During her time in Knoxville, she played in 126 games and earned the Holly Warlick Defensive Player of the Year award in 1997, the Unsung Hero Award in 1998 and was on the USA Today All-Injury Team that recognized athletes that competed while overcoming medical issues in 2000.
Elzy became just the fifth freshman in Tennessee history to start her first game as a Lady Vol when she started at guard in the 1996-97 season opener against Austin Peay. She also earned another distinction during her playing career, becoming the first UT player to earn her master's degree while still playing.
Also excelling in the classroom, Elzy was named to the 2000 and 2001 SEC Academic Honor Rolls. She was a three-time member of the Lady Vol Academic Honor Roll (over a 3.0 GPA) and earned UT Dean's List honors each semester while in graduate school. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology (1999) and a master's in cultural studies in education with an emphasis in sports psychology (2001).
As a coach at Kentucky, Elzy was considered one of the top recruiters in the nation and helped UK sign a top-10 recruiting class three-straight seasons, including the signing of four McDonald's High School All-Americans.
She was instrumental in helping UK advance to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments and chart back-to-back-back 20-win seasons, including two NCAA Elite 8 appearances in 2010 (losing to Oklahoma) and 2012 (losing to UConn).
Elzy's guards received SEC recognition in 2011-12, as A'dia Mathies was named the SEC Player of the Year and rookie Bria Goss was named the SEC Rookie of the Year.
Under Elzy's tutelage, Mathies received UK's first SEC Freshman of the Year honor in 2010 and was named UK's first freshman All-American since Valerie Still in 1980.
Prior to Kentucky, Elzy spent four years as an assistant coach at Kansas. As the recruiting coordinator, she helped the Jayhawks land their first top-20 signing class in 2007 under head coach Bonnie Henrickson. She also helped KU earn two postseason bids in her four seasons. In 2006-07, KU finished 17-16 overall and advanced to the third round of the WNIT, while guard Danielle McCray was named honorable mention All-Big 12.
Elzy made a coaching stop at Western Kentucky for two seasons under head coach Mary Taylor Cowles. She coordinated the recruiting efforts for the Lady Toppers and also worked with the guards and handled individual workouts. The Lady Toppers posted 20+ wins in both of her seasons at WKU, and in 2002-03 WKU won the Sun Belt Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Elzy helped coach Sun Belt Player of the Year Shala Reese and Newcomer of the Year Tiffany Porter-Talbert. In 2003-04, WKU was the Sun Belt runner-up and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.
Prior to her first coaching job, Elzy spent one year as an administrative assistant under Henrickson at Virginia Tech. She was responsible for team travel, scheduling community service events and working with the women's basketball summer camps.
Her outstanding prep career earned her induction into the Kentucky Lions Club Hall of Fame in 2009 after a standout prep career at Oldham County High School. She had guided the Lady Colonels to four district championships, two regional titles and a state semifinal appearance during her prep career.
In addition to starting a new job at Tennessee in 2012, Elzy was wed that August to Dexter Lander.


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NM forests prep for prescribed fires
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two national forests in New Mexico are planning prescribed fires this week that are designed to clear out hazardous fuels from hundreds of acres.
Officials with the Santa [auth] Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico plan to treat more than 200 acres east of Santa Fe as long as the weather cooperates.
The treatment is focused on improving the health of Santa Fe's watershed.
Smoke will likely be visible from Santa Fe, Pecos, Los Alamos and as far south as Albuquerque.
In southern New Mexico, Lincoln National Forest officials are planning to burn slash piles over a 470-acre area southwest of Glencoe.
The Skillet 3 project is the first of several fuel reduction treatment scheduled on the Lincoln forest this fall.
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text: USF Bulls Cap Off Perfect Weekend in Charleston September 09, 2012 By USF Related Links Box Score @USFSoccer on Twitter Sign Up For Free Email Updates Team 1 2 OT Final USF 1 1 -- 2 Kennesaw State 0 0 -- 0 By TOM ZEBOLD USF Senior Writer The Bulls made it a 2-0 weekend at the College of Charleston Cup with a dominating performance on Sunday afternoon in South Carolina. Demi Stokes and Jackie Simpson provided the offense, while the USF women's soccer team allowed only four shots (two on goal) in a 2-0 victory over Kennesaw State (3-4). The Bulls (4-3) started the weekend off with a 2-1 comeback win over the College of Charleston late Friday night. "I thought we had control for the majority of the game," USF head coach Denise Schilte-Brown said. "It was a really solid performance, and I'm pretty excited about the pace and tone the girls are setting going into Big East play," Schilte-Brown said. Stokes got the scoring started in the 26th minute when her first goal of the season was recorded from long range. "She scored on about a 40-yard bomb into the left hand corner. It was an incredible goal," Schilte-Brown said. Simpson put the game away in the 79th minute with her first-career goal off an assist by Sarah Miller. Simpson, a midfielder, shined at Newsome High School in Lithia, Fla., before becoming a Bull and she's made quite an impact already with seven shots (four on goal). "It was exciting to see a freshman score," Schilte-Brown said. Freshman keeper Christiane Endler made two saves and recorded the third shutout of her young collegiate career thanks in part to a relentless USF defense. "Christiane was solid. There were no mistakes made in the back or in goal and it was one of those games where you felt really good the whole game," Schilte-Brown said. USF shoots for its third straight win Sunday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. when it hosts Big East opponent Pittsburgh at Corbett Soccer Stadium. USF G A Shots Stokes, Demi 1 0 1 Kenn. St. G A Shots Frost, Katrina 0 0 3 USF Min. GA Saves Endler, Christiane 90:00 0 2 CofC Min. GA Saves Hutto, Melissa 90:00 2 5 MORE FROM Women's Soccer Listro Signs with U.D.G Tenerife in Spain Simpson Renews with UDG Tenerife 100 USF Student-Athletes to Graduate in 2016-17 @USFWSOC USF Women's Soccer @USFWSOC WHAT'S HOT news: USF Receiver Group Becoming a 'Monster' news: No. 23/24 Bulls Extend Win Streak to 22 Games news: Williams Becomes Program's First All-American


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Grand Hôtel Roi René Aix en Provence MGallery By Sofitel
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Aix-en-Provence hotel in Mazarin Quarter, walk to Cours Mirabeau
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Guest Highlights
- Friendly, helpful staff
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Clean guestrooms
Located in Mazarin Quarter, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Place des Quatre-Dauphins, Cours Mirabeau, and Place des Precheurs. Saint-Sauveur Cathedral is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) away.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a 24-hour business center, and valet parking.
Room Amenities
All 134 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and 24-hour room service. For a bit of entertainment, LCD TVs come with satellite channels, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Grand Hôtel Roi René Aix en Provence MGallery By Sofitel features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 2476 square feet (230 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Grand Hôtel Roi René Aix en Provence MGallery By Sofitel is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Total number of rooms - 134
- Number of floors - 3
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Library
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 2476
- Conference space size (meters) - 230
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Bathtub or shower
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM on weekdays.
La table du Roi - This poolside restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 10 AM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
Guests must contact this hotel in advance to reserve onsite parking. Contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.6 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: EUR 26 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 20 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Grand Hotel Roi Rene MGallery Collection
- Grand Roi Rene Aix en Provence MGallery Collection
- Grand Roi Rene MGallery Collection
- Hotel Roi Rene
- Rene Roi
- Roi Rene
- Roi Rene Hotel
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National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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International orders will be dispatched via Airmail. Please allow up to 14 days for international Airmail delivery.
Shipping costs depend on the order weight and destination country. Once you have added the products you require to your shopping basket, select your country from the dropdown list and the shipping cost will be displayed.
Returns Policy
We hope that you will be delighted with your order. However, if for any reason you are not completely satisfied then please contact us within 7 days of receipt of your parcel, and our customer service team will be pleased to assist you with organising a return authorisation. All returned merchandise must arrive back to us in their original, unopened and unused condition.
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For your peace of mind, credit card information does not pass through or stored on our servers. Once you pay for your order, your credit card details are encrypted and processed through the our PCI-Compliant Payment Gateway.


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The University of North Carolina men's tennis team enters the 2014 dual match season ranked 43rd in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The ITA released the rankings on Thursday afternoon. UNC finished 52nd in the rankings at the end of the 2013 season.
Carolina heads into the 2014 campaign with two singles players and two doubles teams among the national rankings.
Freshman Ronnie Schneider from Bloomington, Ind. is ranked No. 17 in the preseason singles while sophomore Brett Clark is rated No. 36 in the singles rankings.
Two Tar Heel doubles teams start the season in the national rankings.
The duo of Brett Clark and Esben Hess-Olesen (Viby, Denmark) is ranked No. 29 in the nation. The other nationally-ranked team consists of senior Nelson Vick (Grafton, Wis.) and junior Oystein Steiro (Snaroya, Norway). That tandem is ranked No. 50.


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Daily Show Looks at 'The Big Sort'

Author Bill Bishop discusses the "big sort" that's resulting in increasingly homogeneous voting patterns in the segment on Comedy Central's Daily Show.

Bishop talks about how people are moving to places where others live and vote in similar ways. The interview begins around the 15:00 mark.
You can hear more about his findings in Planetizen's three-part podcast series with authors Bill Bishop and Richard Florida, "The Sorted Nation" part one, part two, and part three.


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Whether capturing images in the studio or on location, the Shoot brand RC-300 Wireless Remote Shutter Release adds flexibility and versatility to your shooting style. Photography unplugged - shooters can interact with a model, view the scene or set from alternate angles, or set a camera by a stream to capture an image of a bear hunting while you remain at a safe distance away - all this and more without missing a beat, a shot, or a moment. This particular FreeWave unit is compatible with cameras with a 3-pin connection, i.e. Canon 1D series, 5D, 6D and 7D series DSLRs.
This versatile shutter release features Smart Code technology which allows it to be configured to operate on up to 16 million possible radio channels. You can easily switch channels to "zero in" on a frequency that provides optimal range and functionality.
The RC-300 operates with radio frequency (RF) technology, therefore a direct line of sight is not necessary; radio waves pass through objects such as windows and walls. It is unlike other wireless remotes on the market that operate on an Infrared (IR) system and require a direct line of sight between transmitter and receiver to make things work.
Since touching the camera even lightly while capturing an image can create a blurred image, the FreeWave eliminates this by tripping the shutter without any disturbances. This is critical when photographing subjects close up, and for long-exposures and macros. It is also extremely valuable when photographing nature, wildlife and other subjects that are difficult for you to get close to.
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