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By Joe Koizumi
WBA super-flyweight6 champ Hugo Cazares (34-6-2, 24 KOs), 115, a Mexican switch-hitter, kept his belt as he pounded out a unanimous decision over counter-punching Japanese Hiroyuki Hisataka (19-9-1, 8 KOs), 114.75, over twelve gory rounds on Thursday in Osaka, Japan.
The official tallies were as follows: Russell Mora (US) and Gustavo Padilla (Panama) both 117-111, and Sergio Caiz (US) 116-112, all for the defending champ Cazares. The referee was Luis Pabon (Puerto Rico).
The 32-year-old Cazares registered his third defense since he dethroned Japan's Nobuo Nashiro in their rematch at the same arena this May.
Hisakata's strategy apparently looked wrong and unsuccessful since he kept waiting too long for his trademark countering shots and Cazares kept punching to pile up points steadily. The third round saw Hisataka, 25, sustain a gash caused by a butt, which kept streaming blood until the end of the bout. It was obviously a nuisance for the Japanese challenger to retaliate in later rounds.
It was a question why Hisataka was so negative without throwing jabs or combinations throughout the contest even though he kept aiming to counter against the awkward switch-hitter. Cazares easily accumulated points simply because of Hisataka's lack of action especially in middle rounds. The Japanese, however, showed his best in round eight, when he almost stunned the champ with a well-timed right and desperately threw solid combinations to the bewildered Mexican, who was saved by the bell.
Cazares, with more experience and composure, swept the last three sessions with ease, as he kept positively throwing right jabs or left jabs depending on his switch-hitting stance. He also often connected with southpaw lefts to the Japanese challenger to confirm his victory.
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The Arsenal first-team squad recently warmed up for July's visit to Jakarta by learning the gamelan - the traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia.
Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Gervinho and Nacho Monreal worked at the training ground with tutors John Pawson and Manuel Jimenez from the Southbank Gamelan Players and the results can be seen in our free video clip.
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1930 colonial style house with white stucco needs exterior casing
Need to do exterior casing and not sure which material to use. Casing will be painted white.
Pine or poplar woods were mentioned, then aluminum capping over this.
Have also heard about tough board, this is primed white.
But, I have been looking at vinyl, seems to work with little maintainance. been checking into Azek. Anyone familiar with this.
Also, what size should boards between, on top and on the ends be? 4", 5" 6"? Not sure.
I think it will look much better, especially on a stucco house to stay with trim that looks like wood, rather than aluminum capping. We do high end work and use Azeck for almost all exterior trim. It is a very good product; be wary of some of the other less expensive vinyl or pvc brands, the cheaper stuff is much more brittle, prone to cracking, and often is a poor quality core with a hard skin on it. Prime with a recommended zylene based primer and apply a top quality latex finish for a paint job that should last 15 years. Since this is pretty much a "forever" product don't skrimp on the ancillary items; we use only stainless gun nails (so called "galvanized" is trash) and urethane caulking. More expensive, yes; but do it once and forget about it. As for widths...4 9/16" has pretty much been the dimension of choice for many, many years, check it out on older traditional buildings you see.
Thanks. i didn't think this stuff had to be painted. What is the best way to paint it? Does it need to be primed?
Could you tell me more about the nails you mentioned? Thanks.
As for not needing paint, I see that advertised all the time as one less step to perform, but once you see the condition of the surfaces after it has been shipped from distributor and lumberyard you will know the two posibilities of this in the real world...slim and none:no:.
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OUAGADOUGOU: The US military is expanding its secret intelligence operations across Africa, establishing a network of small air bases to spy on terrorist hideouts from the fringes of the Sahara to jungle terrain along the equator, according to documents and people on the project.
At the heart of the surveillance operations are small, unarmed turboprop aircraft disguised as private planes. Equipped with sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and mobile phone signals, the planes refuel on isolated airstrips favoured by African bush pilots, extending their effective flight range by thousands of kilometres.
About a dozen air bases have been established in Africa since 2007, says a former US commander involved in setting up the network. Most are small operations run out of secluded hangars at African military bases or civilian airports.
The nature and extent of the missions, as well as many of the bases being used, have not been previously reported but are partially documented in public US Defence Department contracts. The operations have intensified in recent months, part of a growing shadow war against al-Qaeda affiliates and other militant groups. The surveillance is overseen by US Special Operations forces but relies heavily on private military contractors and support from African troops.
The surveillance underscores how Special Operations forces, which have played an outsized role in the Obama administration's national security strategy, are working clandestinely all over the globe, not just in war zones. The lightly equipped commando units train foreign security forces and perform aid missions, but they also include teams dedicated to tracking and killing suspected terrorists.
The establishment of the African missions also highlights the ways in which Special Operations forces are blurring the lines that govern the secret world of intelligence, moving aggressively into spheres once reserved for the CIA. The CIA has expanded its counterterrorism and intelligence-gathering operations in Africa, but its manpower and resources pale in comparison with those of the military.
US officials said the African surveillance operations were necessary to track terrorist groups that have taken root in failed states on the continent and threaten to destabilise neighbouring countries.
A key hub of the US spying network can be found in Ouagadougou, the flat, sun-baked capital of Burkina Faso, one of the most impoverished countries in Africa.
Under a classified surveillance program code-named Creek Sand, dozens of US personnel and contractors have come to Ouagadougou in recent years to establish a small air base on the military side of the international airport.
The unarmed US spy planes fly hundreds of kilometres north to Mali, Mauritania and the Sahara, where they search for fighters from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a regional network that kidnaps Westerners for ransom.
The surveillance flights have taken on added importance in the turbulent aftermath of a March coup in Mali, which has enabled al-Qaeda sympathisers to declare an independent Islamist state in the northern half of the country.
Elsewhere, commanders have said they are increasingly worried about the spread of Boko Haram, an Islamist group in Nigeria blamed for a rash of bombings there. US forces are orchestrating a regional intervention in Somalia to target al-Shabab, another al-Qaeda affiliate. In central Africa, about 100 American Special Operations troops are helping to co-ordinate the hunt for Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the brutal guerilla group known as the Lord's Resistance Army.
The results of the American surveillance missions are shrouded in secrecy. Although the US military has launched airstrikes and raids in Somalia, commanders said that in other places, they generally limit their involvement to sharing intelligence with allied African forces so they can attack terrorist camps on their own territory.
However, the creeping US military involvement in long-simmering African conflicts carries risks. Some US State Department officials have expressed reservations about the militarisation of US foreign policy on the continent. They have argued that most terrorist cells in Africa are pursuing local aims, not global ones, and do not present a direct threat to the US.
The potential for creating a backlash can be seen across the Red Sea, where an escalating campaign of US drone strikes in Yemen is angering tribesmen and generating sympathy for an al-Qaeda franchise.
In a response to written questions, the US Africa Command said that it would not comment on ''specific operational details''.
''We do, however, work closely with our African partners to facilitate access, when required, to conduct missions or operations that support and further our mutual security goals,'' the command said.
The US military has largely kept details of its African spy flights secret. The Washington Post pieced together descriptions of the surveillance network by examining references to it in unclassified military reports, US government contracting documents and diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
Further details were provided by interviews with American and African officials, as well as military contractors.
In addition to Burkina Faso, US surveillance planes have operated periodically out of nearby Mauritania. In central Africa, the main hub is in Uganda, although there are plans to open a base in South Sudan. In east Africa, US aircraft fly out of bases in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and the Seychelles.
General Carter Ham, the head of US Africa Command, which is responsible for military operations on the continent, hinted at the importance and extent of the air bases while testifying before Congress in March.
Without divulging locations, he made it clear that in Africa he wanted to expand intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Some of the US air bases fly Predator and Reaper drones, the original and upgraded models, respectively, of the remotely piloted aircraft used to kill al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan and Yemen.
''We don't have remotely piloted aircraft in many places other than east Africa, but we could,'' said a senior US military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ''If there was a need to do so and those assets were available, I'm certain we could get the access and the overflight [permission] that is necessary to do that.''
However, most of the spy flights in Africa take off the old-fashioned way - with pilots in the cockpit. The conventional aircraft hold two big advantages over drones: they are cheaper to operate and far less likely to draw attention because they are so similar to the planes used throughout Africa.
The US military began building its presence in Burkina Faso in 2007, when it signed a deal that enabled the Pentagon to establish a joint special operations air detachment in Ouagadougou. At the time, the US military said the arrangement would support ''medical evacuation and logistics requirements'' but it provided no other details.
By the end of 2009, about 65 US military personnel and contractors were working in Burkina Faso, more than in all but three other African countries, according to a US embassy cable from Ouagadougou. In the cable, diplomats complained to the State Department that the onslaught of US troops and support staff had ''completely overwhelmed'' the embassy.
In Ouagadougou, both the US and the host government have worked hard to keep the partnership quiet.
The Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Djibril Bassole, praised security relations between his country and the US, saying they were crucial to containing al-Qaeda forces.
''We need to fight and protect our borders,'' he said. ''Once they infiltrate your country, it's very, very difficult to get them out.''
However, Mr Bassole declined to answer questions about the activities of US Special Operations forces in his country. ''I cannot provide details, but it has been very, very helpful. This co-operation should be very, very discreet. We should not show to al-Qaeda that we are now working with the Americans.''
Discretion is not always strictly observed. Residents of Ouagadougou said American service members and contractors stand out even in plain clothes, and are appreciated for the steady business they bring to bars and a pizzeria in the city centre.
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Hi, my name is Lora Brody and my mother and I wrote Bread Machine Baking: Perfect Every Time—75 Foolproof Bread and Dessert Recipes Custom-Created for the 12 Most Popular Bread Machines (William Morrow & Co. Inc.). I was advised to begin by telling you right off the bat why this book is so important. Okay. Here goes. First,
More than 1 million automatic bread machines were sold during a recent holiday season. And when all the people who bought those machines find out that the recipes in the chintzy pamphlets that come in the box don't work and/or are written in Japanese, they will run out to buy bread machine cookbooks.
And what will the new bread machine owner discover about these cookbooks?
That all other bread machine cookbooks work on the incorrect premise that one generic recipe will work on any machine.
I thought writing a bread machine cookbook would be a piece of cake, or a slice of bread, so to speak. Hey, I figured I could easily knock off 75 recipes in no time. I sent out the call to friends and family for their recipes. I tried them right away and knew something was terribly wrong.
My mom sent me recipes she had developed for her bread machine.. My machine was a different make than hers. Her recipes didn't work in my machine, and my recipes didn't work in hers. When I acquired a third machine, I discovered that the recipes that worked in my machine didn't work in number three. Everything needed adjusting. I was adding a teaspoon more of this, 1/4 cup less of that, changing the settings and the order and timing of the ingredients as they were placed in the machine. It became obvious that each machine needed it's own custom-tailored recipes. I sent out the call for Mom to help bail me out.
We had to test each recipe on each of the 12 most popular machines. We had 100 recipes, and even someone who flunked math can tell you that 12 machines multiplied by 100 recipes is 1200 loaves of bread that rolled out of our kitchen.
To help readers avoid mistakes and blunders, Bread Machine Baking contains the most comprehensive chapter on bread machine troubleshooting found in any book. Here's what Chuck Williams of Williams-Sonoma has to say:
"Every owner and future owner of a bread machine should read the introduction in Bread Machine Baking and then try one or two of the recipes. This book gives new meaning and understanding to these remarkable machines—plus delicious bread."
Did we have fun writing this book? You bet we did! We used ingredients never before associated with bread: smoked tea, candied ginger, dried figs, chocolate nougat champagne and hazelnuts. The phone lines between Hartford and Boston were burning up with new and daring ideas: Mango Chutney Bread or Alsatian Spice Bread made with Gewurztraminer and dried apples.
Are bread machines a passing fad?
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text: Not excusing the Pistons pathetic display and sub-par coaching, but when has a team w/o a superstar consistently won ships? Looking back from the Bad Boys era, the current Detroit Pistons are the only team to win w/o a superstar. Looking into history you come up w/ players like: Isiah, the Dream, Kobe, Shaq, Jordan, Duncan etc. These players produce every game and have that competitive attitude which drives their team mates. Can anyone imagine Isiah accepting the performances we have seen from the Pistons? Nobody on this roster wants to take ownership and burden of being a leader and go to guy. CB is full of hot air, Sheed has point blank stated that he doesn't want to be the main man and no else has the talent. Now the Pistons were awfully close a 2nd ship w/ LB at the helm and they were a few years younger. But I don't think this is a sustainable model. Joe got lucky w/ '04-'05 Pistons, but it is clear that w/o a go to guy the winning attitude is not sustainable. Maybe the exception would be to have great, not just good, coaches.


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WOOSTER -- Veterans reconnecting with themselves and others in their community is the goal of a program available in Wayne County.
Warrior's Journey Home was started seven years ago by the Rev. John Schluep, of First Congregational Church in Tallmadge. Schluep is a senior pastor at the church, as well as a veteran.
Twelve years ago a veteran came into Schluep's office on the recommendation of a psychiatrist. Schluep thought there wasn't much he could do to help the man, so from there, he began researching to learn what could be done to help veterans, and he learned about the idea of warriorhood and the spiritual journey that goes along with a warrior's return to the community.
According to Schluep, the warrior's job is to protect civilians. The civilians, or people of strong heart, have a job to do as well.
"Their job is to protect the warrior when they return," Schluep said, adding it generally happens through storytelling.
The group, now meeting at MOCA House, allows veterans to tell their story in the company of fellow veterans and other people of strong heart, said Schluep.
"What emerges from that is a reconnection of people in a community forum," he said. "Community is essential for the healing work that's being done."
While a one-on-one meeting with a doctor, followed by a diagnosis and treatment plan may work for some people, Schluep said he believes when someone returns to the community it must be a group effort to help that person heal.
"The community is the reason we went in the military in the first place," he said. "The community needs to accept responsibility."
In Warrior's Journey Home, everyone agrees to listen to the stories told. The group includes veterans of all ages, from World War II to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every branch of the military is represented within the group.
The group at MOCA House is the newest branch of Warrior's Journey Home, and the fourth one in northeast Ohio. It meets every other week in the evenings, and is open to anyone who wants to come, whether they are a veteran, a family member of a veteran or just a member of the community.
Wayne Holmes Mental Health Coalition Director Helen Walkerly helps to facilitate Warrior's Journey Home. She said when she learned of the group about a year ago she was impressed with the power she saw in the sort of healing it could offer and wanted to find a way to bring it to the community.
" ... We are all about the healing power of peer support at MOCA House," Walkerly said. "That is what is so powerful about this program. Veterans and their loved ones come and are open to listening without judgment as others speak what their hearts lead them to say. ... Like with all other groups we have at MOCA House, our goal is to provide a safe space for these men and women who have served our country to have a place to come together, feel validated for their thoughts, feelings and experiences."
The group also was founded by Shianne Eagleheart, who brings a foundation in clinical treatment of post-traumatic stress and elements of earth medicine.
"We honor all beliefs, it's non-sectarian, non-political," said Schluep. "Everyone can refer to God as they understand God."
Schluep pointed out the U.S. has never gone more than 6 1/2 years without some type of conflict with the global community, meaning that war affects virtually everyone.
"Everyone has experienced the aftermath of war whether we realize it or not," Schluep said.
According to Schluep, narrative storytelling has been recognized in a lot of different venues, even in the medical community, as a way to promote healing.
"When it's done in context of a healing circle, there's a validation that what you're saying is important," said Schluep. "People begin to realize that they're not the only person to experience things that way."
Schluep has found that when people have the opportunity to tell their story, it can help them to sleep better at night, function better at work and restore their relationships.
"When you have somebody that listens, and really listens without criticism or comment, it feels good," he said.
The next meeting of Warrior's Journey Home will be Nov. 18, 6 p.m., at MOCA House, 637 College Ave.
More information about the group is available at www.WarriorsJourneyHome.org, by contacting Schleup at 330-633-4931 or the Mental Health Coalition at 330-264-1590.
Reporter Amanda Rolik can be reached at 330-287-1635 or email@example.com. Living editor Lydia Gehring contributed to this story.


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Tomorrow is T-Day
Well tomorrow is the big day: test day. I've been a good girl and haven't performed my obsessive pregnancy testing throughout this 2 week wait. I promised Mason that I would behave myself and follow the program. So far I have managed to do that. I will admit that as my temps have risen in the past few days.
I have been sorely tempted to test earlier than I agreed to. But then I remember a) I gave my word, and that counts for something; b) my test date is the same day as my last day on-service EVER (must be good karma in that); and c) I will be just as pregnant tomorrow as I possible am today. So I've already had my morning pee. Now I've gotta wait until tomorrow.
I'm starting to have those warring feelings of excitement and hope as well as fear and shame. You know how I am. For some reason I am prone to believe that if I dare hope for a positive outcome, fate will smite me down. "How dare she even believe that she might be pregnant?! We must punish her for such hubris." And yes, I do realize how ridiculous that sounds, but this is how I have lived the majority of my life, in fear and feeling unworthy. At least I have an awareness of my loony thoughts. So I'm trying to allow myself to hope and I do feel hopeful, especially with the temperature rise again today. But I still feel guilty for having this hope. I am a mess.
Maybe Milagro proved true to his/her nickname and became my miracle. I want this so badly. However until recently, my luck has been really crappy. So I will probably continue to torture myself throughout the day today, wondering about the continued mild breast soreness, the sweats I keep having at night, the weird taste in my mouth, and the slight discomfort with urination. Could this mean? Could I be? Do I need medication for my obsessive-compulsive disorder?!
As far as my testing goes, my plan had been to go in to Cooper for my blood test on Monday. Yet the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I honestly didn't want to wait all day for the answer from the crazy people at Cooper. I would rather first find out in the privacy of my own home. So I discussed it with Mason and have now decided that I will use my one pregnancy test that I snagged from the lab to test on Monday morning before heading in to Cooper. In that way, I'll know what to anticipate from the telephone call. And if my home test (which is actually an office urine test, so very sensitive) is negative, I'll be able to grieve at home. That somehow feels better to me than waiting all day for an impersonal message from the nurse. I'll still go in to Cooper for my test (since they will not accept any home test results as valid), but at least I will have my answer bright and early.
Why am I so afraid of hope? Must be one of my defects of character….
Plan B
I was also freaking out this past week because the donor I chose at Renew was taking so long to determine whether she would agree to be our donor. I was told it would be a week and at 1.5 weeks I was still waiting and she was asking questions of the coordinator as to whether we would be good parents. I was becoming a wreck that my back-up plan would not go as planned. But on Thursday I received her lovely letter agreeing to be our donor.
In her letter, she interestingly said that she anticipates that I will become a housewife for a while after the child is born as her mother did for her. I have to find a way to respectfully explain to her that housewife is not in my family's vocabulary. But this does not mean that I will not make my family my first priority. The women in my family have long been the primary breadwinners. We can't imagine NOT working. She always wants to know about my faith. I mentioned that Mason is Jewish and she thought I omitted information about my faith. What she doesn't realize is that Mason is Jewish in ethnicity, but not really in faith. (He considers himself to be the unJew) I'm the one with the firm basis in faith. Mason is still finding his way along that path. I sense a long reply coming on.
I will not, however, share with my donor the hysterical dialogue I had with my mother when I mentioned that our donor assumed that I would become a housewife for some period of time. My mom came off the spool. "I didn't raise you like that!" "You're not going to waste all that education!" "Does she think you're stupid?!" "You need to pick another donor then." "Is she crazy?" "Does she expect you to give up medicine to sit home and bake cookies?" She was off the chain!! All totally politically incorrect comments from my hard-charging Type A physician mother. I was laughing so hard at her pique, I could barely speak. You see, unlike most families, in my family, the word "housewife" was held in similar esteem to "criminal," "crack ho," and "heroin addict." I'm not saying that this is right thinking, but it is how I was raised. Housewifedom is not for me, but I am much more tolerant and politically correct than my loony mother. But she provided me with a great belly laugh yesterday. She doesn't even know how funny she actually is.
The last time I saw her lose it like that was when I told her that my then-boyfriend Mike woke me up from sleep asking me to "hook him up with some of my banana pancakes." I thought that tirade would never stop. "Did I send you to 4 years at Yale, 4 years of medical school, residency and fellowship for you to be 'hooking some man up' with banana pancakes?" "Are his hands broken?" "Who the hell does he think he is?" Poor Mike. She held that against him forever. It didn't help that my stepfather then decided to adopt the "hook me up" term ad nauseum for the next 5 years!!!
So let me get to Mass to pray for my Milagro and then off to work. Last two days on service! Hooray!!!
Published by: teendoc on June 5th, 2005 | Filed under infertility, IVF
2 Responses to "Tomorrow is T-Day"
wessel Says:
June 5th, 2005 at 12:26 pm
Geez, girl, that temp is mighty high. Wow. Can't wait to see what your test result brings you–I hope good news! Wishing you all the very very best of luck. 🙂
Millie Says:
June 7th, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Sorry I couldn't talk more yesterday but you did sound very good–strong and determined and just plain good.
What's wrong with baking cookies, btw? It's much harder to bake really good cookies than anyone thinks.
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GOVT-361 Prisons & Punishment
Spring for 2017-2018
2.3 million Americans currently reside in jails and prisons, often under conditions of severe overcrowding, race-based segregation, and horrific physical and sexual violence. They are granted few (if any) educational opportunities or job training, in stark contrast to many European countries, which operate extensive rehabilitation programs that prepare inmates for their eventual release and reintegration into society. Yet even though prisoners and former prisoners (not to mention their family members) constitute a substantial portion of the American population, they are generally a powerless and forgotten group of people, with few rights or opportunities. Surprisingly, very little is known or taught about prisons and punishment—in the United States or elsewhere.
This course will explore these issues in a comparative perspective. It will seek to answer the following questions: Why does the U.S. maintain an incarceration rate that is seven times higher than other democracies, even though Americans are no more likely to be the victims of crimes than are people in other societies? Why is the U.S. one of the few democratic countries to sanction the death penalty? In other words, why is the criminal justice system in this country so much more punitive than in comparable countries?
The Fall 2011 version of this class will be a lecture course, but it will also involve several different formats, including smaller group discussions of certain readings, the viewing of several excellent movies and documentaries that relate to prisons and punishment, and a class "field trip" to an actual prison.
Texts & Readings
Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA (San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, 2009)
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New York: The New Press, 2010)
Amy Bach, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009)
Joseph T. Hallinan, Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation (New York: Random House, 2001)
David M. Oshinsky, Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice (New York: Free Press, 1997)
Assignments & Expectations of Students
Students will take a midterm and a final exam, as well as write several short papers.
What Students Should Know
Note that the format for the Fall 2011 version of this course will be different from the Spring 2011 course, which was a Departmental Seminar. Fall 2011 will be a larger lecture course, but it will still include many of the same features from the seminar (occasional smaller group discussions, some films and documentaries, and a prison visit).
The attached syllabus if from the Spring 2011 version, as the Fall 2011 syllabus will not be finalized until the summer.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
GOVT-361-01 Soverign and International Law
Spring for 2017-2018
Sovereignty is the founding principle of both international law and international relations. Yet, there are also many inherent tensions between the principle of sovereignty and the body of international law that has been produced through group interaction within the modern state system. Global environmental and security threats, nationalist and irredentist movements, and economic and cultural globalization have posed significant challenges to the principle, causing some scholars to point to the possible decline of the sovereign state system.
The purpose of this course will be to familiarize students with the fundamental ways in which the international legal principle of sovereignty is both protected and challenged in international relations. Towards this end, every class will focus on one of the major issue area in which the future of sovereignty is being challenged. Each class will begin with a lecture on the international legal rules and cases involved. The second part of class will consist of short (10 minute) student presentations on the readings for that day, followed by class discussion and debate. Each student will be responsible for one in-class presentations, a midterm examination, and take-home final to be submitted electronically.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Other academic years
There is information about this course number in other academic years:
More information
Look for this course in the schedule of classes.
The academic department web site for this program may provide other details about this course.


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Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte originally hurt his ankle in Week 2 this year. It forced him to miss the following weeks' contest and he's been dealing with it all season. Last week, he re-injured it on his first carry of the second half and did not return.
He was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, and practiced in full today. On Chicago's official injury report, he's listed as probable and should be ready to go on Sunday in the Bears' must-win game against the Detroit Lions.
"I've been doing acupuncture, chiropractics stuff, soft-issue work, hyperbaric chamber," Forte said today. "Same stuff [I've done in the past] but it seems to work better this time. Since I've sprained it the first time and it hadn't all the way healed, so it's not a lot more damage than like the first time."
Forte said it's all about playing through the pain at this point.
"That's what you've got to do," he said. "I know it's going to be painful especially when you get tackled or do running stuff. But it would just be like the Dallas game where I got hurt on the first play and I just had to get re-taped.
Forte's presence on the field Sunday will be big, as establishing the run against Detroit will be key in getting Chicago's offense, which has struggled of late, back on track. This especially so considering RB Armando Allen (knee) hasn't practiced all week and is listed as questionable.
With the Bears hurting at running back, the club today elevated RB Harvey Unga from the practice squad and waived DE Cheta Ozougwu. If Allen can't go, Unga will likely be activated on Sunday.
Also on the injury report was Brian Urlacher, who practiced on a limited basis for the first time since injuring his hamstring in Week 13. Lovie Smith was encouraged with Urlacher's participation but stopped short of saying he'll play.
"Brian had a limited practice. That's about all I can tell you," said Smith. "If you can tell me how the hamstring works any more than that, I would. And if he was playing of course I wouldn't tell you right now. That's kind of where we're at.
"I wouldn't take off too far on the Brian Urlacher talk. All we can tell you is that he had a limited practice today, which is progress for us. No more than that."
S Chris Conte (hamstring) and LB Blake Costanzo (calf) are out for Sunday's game. Second-year player Anthony Walters will start in place of Conte. Henry Melton (chest) was a full participant today and is listed as questionable. I expect him to play.
CB Tim Jennings (shoulder), CB Charles Tillman (ribs/elbow) and T Jonathan Scott (hamstring) were all full participants today and are listed as probable.
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2013 is seventh hottest year, rising seas worsen typhoon
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WARSAW (Reuters) - This year is the seventh warmest since records began in 1850 and rising sea levels caused by climate change are aggravating the impact of storms such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
More greenhouse gases in the atmosphere meant a warmer future, and more extreme weather, was inevitable, WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said in a statement during November 11-22 climate talks among almost 200 nations in Warsaw.
The WMO said the first nine months of the year tied with the same period of 2003 as seventh warmest, with average global land and ocean surface temperatures 0.48°C (0.86°F) above the 1961-1990 average.
"This year once again continues the underlying, long-term trend," towards higher temperatures caused by global warming that are causing more heatwaves and downpours, Jarraud said.
The WMO said it was likely to end among the top 10 warmest years since records began in 1850.
Extreme events include super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most intense in history that smashed into the Philippines last Friday, it said. [ID:nL4N0IX5SO] The WMO said, however, that it was impossible to blame climate change for individual storms.
"The jury is still out on whether tropical cyclones will become more frequent in the future," Jeremiah Lengoasa, deputy WMO Secretary-General, told a news conference.
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In a per curiam opinion this week, Grady v. North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court reinforced recent 4th Amendment decisions in holding that when the government physically occupies private property for the purpose of obtaining information, it engages in a search under the 4th Amendment.
The State of North Carolina subjects certain repeat offenders to a lifetime of satellite-based monitoring (SBM) after they complete their sentences. The plaintiff, Torrey Dale Grady, argued that such a program represents a violation of his 4th Amendment rights under recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions, including a 2012 case called United States v. Jones (installing a GPS tracker on a suspect's car represents a search) and a 2013 case called Florida v. Jardines (using a drug-sniffing dog on a suspect's porch represents a search).
The Supreme Court agreed with Grady that such monitoring constitutes a search. In light of these decisions, it follows that a state also conducts a search when it attaches a device to a person's body, without consent, for the purpose of tracking that individual's movements.
In concluding otherwise, the North Carolina Court of Appeals apparently placed decisive weight on the fact that the State's monitoring program is civil in nature. See Jones, ___ N. C. App., at ___, 750 S. E. 2d, at 886 ("the instant case … involves a civil SBM proceeding"). "It is well settled," however, "that the Fourth Amendment's protection extends beyond the sphere of criminal investigations," Ontario v. Quon, 560 U. S. 746, 755 (2010), and the government's purpose in collecting information does not control whether the method of collection constitutes a search. A building inspector who enters a home simply to ensure compliance with civil safety regulations has undoubtedly conducted a search under the Fourth Amendment.
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1955 Gibson ES-140 in Natural in a no reserve auction. This one is ending in about an hour. Apologies, we want to get the price on this one. Rarely if ever do we see one of these in Natural. Sell describes this guitar as being in Super Clean original condition which the excellent pictures would seem to support. This seller often puts up cool items no reserve. With original Lifton case. Very cool.
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Kate Upton & Kellan Lutz Front Abbot & Main Fall 2012 Campaign
Posted Thursday June 7, 2012 4:48 PM GMT
Kellan told press, "Our first campaign was really sexy, got your attention. This one is more about the line, the feeling of the line." "I worked alongside a stylist and the photographer to create looks that brought the relaxed philosophy of the brand to life and also looked great shot against the setting sun, he added. "L.A. is known for its casual luxury look which is a constant influence to both brands, so we wanted to be sure the styling reflected this aspect."
Bringing out the big guns, Dylan George and Abbot + Main have enlisted Kate Upton and Kellan Lutzfor their Fall 2012 ad campaign.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl and the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" stud both look breathtaking in the newly released California Dreaming images.
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Hey All....
Heres the issue I'm having, hopefully someone has a fix for this or knows of something thats on its way but let me get to the specifics.
I have a Pioneer DEH-7000BT head unit in my truck. The head unit is Bluetooth capable...I use it for handsfree all the time. I have no issues with pairing my iphone to the handsfree feature of the head unit. Once it pairs, it works awesome and it holds the pair, so that everytime i get in my truck and start it up, the phone automatically pairs and I'm good to go. The head unit also is A2DP capable, here is where it gets kind of sketchy.
When I used to have an iPhone 3G (jailbroken of course) I had an app that came from Cydia called "iBluetooth" I believe. When this app was on my phone all of my audio apps (pandora, ipod, etc...etc..) would stream to my head unit via A2DP bluetooth protocol....this would also pair everytime i got in my truck, and the pairing would lock in and hold. This all worked GREAT prior to iOS 3.0. Once I upgraded to iOS 3.0 iBluetooth wasn't supported any longer. (at least I think it was this iOS version when it stopped working....initially). This meant I could no longer stream music to my head unit any longer even though I was still able to utilize hands free....
I figured it was just a bug and would soon be resolved, but to this day still has not been resolved. I am now on an iPhone 4 (4.3.1 jailbroken of course)and iBluetooth wasn't even supported by the iPhone 4's nor do I think it was ever updated to work....I'll have to check back in to see if it works now.
I don't know if there are several different types of A2DP protocols, or whatever the case may be but A2DP connections now will pair to my head unit, it works fine but the problem is, the A2DP pair does not STICK. I mean, I have to erase the head unit from the phone and go back through the pairing process after everytime I turn my vehicle off. This gets very frustrating.
Does anybody know of a way to MAKE THIS PAIR STICK? Or, does anyone know how to create an app that supports every SINGLE TYPE of A2DP protocol? It's weird that it used to work flawlessly and once i upgraded to iOS 3.0 and ever since has never worked again. Does Apple have its own proprietary version of A2DP? Please help!!!
Best Regards and thanks in advance!
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The PSNI chief constable said this could have serious inplications for both the fight against international terrorism and organised crime.
Sir Hugh said if people were not confident their identities would be protected they would not come forward.
He said those exposed as informants remained under real threat in NI.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4, Sir Hugh said: "Are people going to say 'I am confident that I can tell police officers about something which is hugely sensitive and if ever it is exposed I am dead?'
"I think they are going to step back and that critical piece of information that can provide the wider picture around all the other information we are gathering from other ways could be missing."
He said this could lead to a tragedy.
Sir Hugh said he was not opposed to inquiries and would help them as much as possible.
"My concern is the legislation as currently framed means I can't protect - and can't tell people I can protect them - from exposure 10, 15 or 20 years down the line."
However, Paul O'Connor of the Pat Finucane Centre, rejected Sir Hugh's comments.
"The names of informers have not been made public," he said.
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Biggie Smalls is the illest. It's hard to believe 20 years have passed since The Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in the streets of Los Angeles. While his murder remains officially unsolved, the presence and influence of the man born Christopher Wallace still looms large over hip-hop.
The game has changed significantly since Big's passing. His career was born in a largely offline world. There was no blog game to build him up and later tear him down, no social networks to annoyingly promote his material—or let him embarrass himself. Big did it the old-fashioned way: word of mouth, radio spins, flossy videos, and a whole lot of talent.
Rising rapidly to the top of hip-hop's food chain, he was multi-platinum by the time most rappers today are getting their first blog posts. Looking back, Big was incredibly mature and successful for a young 20-something who'd spent such a short time in the limelight.
While his talent and legacy are largely overshadowed by his insanely public beef with you-know-who, Big was arguably the best to ever do it. An astonishingly gifted and well-rounded MC, Biggie was the personification of the American dream. Overcoming the crack-filled streets of Brooklyn to become the undisputed King of New York (and quite possibly an entire genre of music), B.I.G. was a rapper who appealed to everyone. He could make us dance. He could make us laugh. He could make us want to rob someone. He was even a bit of a sex symbol.
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Unfortunately, Big doesn't have the extensive catalog that many of his revered peers boast; but he did leave us with two near perfect albums, a bevy of freestyles, and countless classic guest appearances. Oh, and a couple of posthumous hits too.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of Big's death, Complex celebrates the music that was the crowning achievement of his life. We've dug deep to pull together the 50 Best Biggie Songs because we'll always love Big Poppa, and you should too.
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chrisatlemon said
So let me get this right: We have a club owner who comes here and tells us what he needs on his flyers for his club.
Then we turn around and say: no, that's not what you need. You need your flyers the way we did them! We have many years of design experience, therefore we know much better than you what you need for your club.Really?
Chris, you need to look at the big picture here. I am not saying that was is he saying is wrong, but…Things are more complicated, there are more levels, depends on culture, club, music, people etc..
For example compare this club, who has nothing to offer other just a night out, http://clubprana.com/spring-break-foam-party-night/
and this poster wich has top notch label music and top line up at a modest club in ibiza (DC 10) http://pushvisual.com/main/portfolio_page/jamie-jones-paradise/
I am very grateful for biggest thing in this world, DIVERSITY.
Now bigtrini76
im a customer im getting a lil frustrated , sometimes i dont even want to come on to GR i have to go through like 10 pages b4 i see a flyer that is suitable for a real club
Your problem here is that envato lowered the standards for flyer category, and authors copy some original work they see here that's why you have to go trough 10 pages to find something. And another thing I dont get why you take everything for granted, like you want everything to be easy, just reserve yourself some time to search for your right flyer, I am sure there are a lot of real club flyers for you here, you also have the search function.
The designer should not guess wich every one neeeds, again Diversity, and this is just a template that costs 6$ less than a coffe in some countries, and a good thing to do is ask or pay someone with skills to edit your template according to your needs. And make it perfect.
monkieart said
I honestly just think Envato needs to implement a portfolio cleaning function. Items that don't sell well after 1 year need to be deleted to make room for new ones so that customers don't have to go through 10 pages of items that aren't the best the author has to give.
Something Envato needs to think about if it cares about its customers. Cause we all know how much Authors love deleting items that don't sell wellI still love you Envato, you my baby.
I don't think that is a good ideea, if you remove old items you will still have first 60 pages of bad items (i was nice) .
I know what is a goood ideea, to STOP accepting all this * items. Raise the standards like in the good days.
And maybe some restrictions, 2 or 3 items per/week. Maybe then, they will focus on quality not quantity.
Alright, I will give my 2 cents on this topic.
First of all I don't think we are in the 2000's anymore with a model girl and speakers and shots of tequila and so on, and you don't need all that info in the flyer like drink specials, you need place, line up, event name, and date, and any extra specific to the event important info. Simple is better.
Of course this is just my opinion, but a festival flyer (poster now wich is rare here) needs to DRAW ATTENTION, no one will read your drink special if your flyer does not draw attention. It needs to hold the viewer attention and draw him into it, You need to be different, You have to make their eyes leak not release a manuscript.
As for the club flyers, depends on the quality of the party, club and people that come. Depends on the eye, and if the club doesn't focus on the line up, the music or theme party, than you can't ask for nothing special.
bigtrini76 said
im going to inbox you a site that has real flyers to give you some insight and on whats going on in america and you will be able to see examples of the info that needs to go on designs …look at info not the designs and tell me what you think
What is the site? if it's just a showcase website you can show us here.
The word client alone (of an agency in this case) implies a resell. But that's my only 2 cents.
Typically an agency should buy the extended license, unless they are buying the items for themselfs. There is no agreement, no special treatment. It's just a market.
Again, no one should be offended, it is your work after all, if you are not proud of it then it is your problem. I have the right to my opinion, I have the right to criticize, you should take a critic and learn from it, I am not saying that I am better or something.
Final point, this is a competing marketplace, I hate to see authors with 200 items all bad, and learned nothing from that experience.
ennadesign said
Did not quite understand what you mean. But some time which is spoken here in the forum, that the criteria are not equal between the reviewers. Some accept low quality jobs (personal option).
I was being sarcastic. So you are saying that they have a personal option to accept bad designs?
It is meaningless to fill a page about every 6 months about the quality of the print templates that are being accepted on this marketplace so I will keep it short this time.
Let's give a round of applause for our reviewers, and their proud work. NO LINKS GIVEN
P.S No one should be offended about their own work. It would be absurd.


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OK, the teams are in, and they make interesting reading: Sol Campbell and Patrick Vieira have been passed fit, while Robert Pires partners Thierry Henry up front. As we all know, a win or a draw puts Arsenal through - while a defeat leaves them clasping their hands in prayer to the Virgin Mary and hoping that Roma beat Ajax.
No further news on the war on Iraq, you'll be pleased to hear. But what price our ever-enterprising bookies offering bets on the number of days it will last? Under or over 2.5 days anyone?
1 min We're off! Already your emails are flooding my inbox like the River Lea in rainy season. "Transform your rod into a monster," says Tad Metcalf. Erm, that's not really what we want, Tad.
2 min Already Clive Tyldesley is dipping into his big book of bumper clichés. He's just described John Carew as "the Giant Norwegian". What price him saying "He's got a good touch for a big man" before the evening is out?
3 min: Like the Super Furry Animals' third album Guerrilla, Arsenal have made a decent start - Ljungberg wins a free-kick, which Henry overhits. Let's hope they don't rapidly disappear up their own arses like aforementioned album.
5 min: Interesting news from the Stadio Olimpico: Ajax have gone 1-0 up against Roma in the first minute. If the score stays the same there, Arsenal need to draw (or better) in the Mestella.
7 min: Arsenal are continuing to run the game. Pires has hit the side netting with a speculator, and they're having most of the possession. "Over or under 2.5 days: are you talking about the immediate war, or the repercussions?" asks Jack Lee. Just the war, Jack. The repercussions will go on for decades, even centuries, won't they?
9 min: More promising work from Arsenal. Henry, fed by Pires, tries a dabbler from 20 yards which Canizares easily saves. "Any sign of Heaven 17 there to do a rendition of 'We don't need this fascist groove thing?'" asks Rob Hisnay. What do you think, Rob? No Heaven 17 here: just my colleague Barry Glendenning and a TV screen. Still, that's heaven to some of us...
12 min: At last Valencia mount an attack. Aimar jig-jaggers his way past two in the middle, exchanges a one-two but - with a shooting chance on - elects to pass. This could develop into a classic. To your emails.
"While no one can argue that his pupils have learned volumes about the beautiful game from him, I would argue that Wenger should take some presentation cues from his dashing players," says Neil in Ottawa. "How can he persist with that hair-helmet? The man can speak umpteen languages fluently, but cannot find a decent hair stylist in London? Please explain to this confused Canuck." My advice for Arsene would be to opt for a Toni and Guy senior stylist, Neil. Just £32 for a cut/style/blow dry - and worth every pound, surely?
14 min: Pires is sitting very deep - and a lot of the time Arsenal are playing a very patient 4-5-1. Still, so far it's working. "What's wrong with the Super Furry Animals? I've always been quite partial to their existential Welsh psychedelic musings," says Mike Livesley. Me too, Mike. It's just that Guerrilla has about three good songs on it.
17 min: Time taken for Clive Tyldsley to proclaim that John Carew has a good touch for a big man (or words to that effect): 16 minutes, 11 seconds.
20 min: It's very even at the moment: Arsenal made a fast start, but have resorted to an away-side-in-Europe mentality: breaking slowly and cautiously. Let's hope, like two years ago, they don't concede a late goal. Incidentally, Edward Mackereth - a big fan of our cricket World Cup coverage - wants to know whether he can bring a cake into our offices tomorrow. Of course, Edward. If our capacious security guard doesn't wolf it down in one bite, we'll be most grateful to receive it.
23 min: It's quiet but tense at the moment. Valencia look the more dangerous, though - they're getting the bodies forward when they attack.
"Is your SFA analogy a reference to the extremely annoying and very loud 'mystery track' several minutes after the 'end' of Guerrilla?" asks Craig. "Are you suggesting that all the players will stand still and the crowd go silent for 15 minutes just before the end (perhaps in sombre recognition of the war) before some cheeky young 'un scores an undeserved goal for Valencia? If you are then pop a tape in for me, as it should be more entertaining than last Valencia - Arsenal game." Perhaps, Craig, perhaps.
25 min: So close for Arsenal! Ljungberg flicks it onto Henry, whose shot is tipped round the post by Canizares. But wait one second: the referee's assistant has his flag up - offside. Immediately Valencia break, but Taylor takes a good catch.
27 min: Excellent news for Arsenal fans: Cassano has made it 1-1 in Rome. It's less good for me, however, I've got a hefty wager - at 50-1 - on Ajax to win the Champions League. Ah well. "Talking of hairstyles, WHO on the GU team had the frosted highlights - we're not going to let this one drop, you know" says Jack Lee. Couldn't possibly say, Jack, but whoever it is carries it off spectacularly...
30 min: Unbelievable! Arsenal have nearly scored twice in the last minute. First Canizares slid out to block Wiltord from an oh-so-tight angle. Then, from the resulting corner, Gilberto's header - from five yards out, for chrissakes - hit Vicente on the line and rocketed up onto the crossbar.
32 min: Aimar has just ballooned a free-kick high over the bar (think Jaap Stam's shambolic penalty v Italy during Euro 2000). "Keep up the good work - following the game with the Guardian is better than 24 hours a day IRAQ talk over here," says Rudy from Boston. Thanks for that message to us, Rudy.
34 min: GOAL!!!!!!! Valencia 1 - 0 Arsenal Spotting that the hapless Cygan - surprise, surprise - has got caught completely out of position, Aimar slips it through to the lumbering Carew, who slides it underneath the advancing Taylor. That's harsh on Arsenal...
"Like the last Gulf War when Massive Attack were made rename to Massive, will this be the same in the dying minutes with the Arsenal team launching a massive for a last minute goal to put them through?" asks David O'Connell. You never know, David.
37 min: Yellow card Carboni, for a shocking take-your-ankles-off challenge from behind on Wiltord. Bad news for Newcastle: Inter are 1-0 up against Leverkusen.
40 min: These are worrying times for Arsene Wenger: Valencia are on top here, and Arsenal can't string a pass together. "I too thought Guerrilla was rubbish apart from a few songs, and so never bothered with Rings Around The World," says Phil Mannion. "Can the assembled hordes tell me if I missed out? (bearing in mind my thoughts on Guerrilla). Thought the first two were ace, though."
42 min A harsh yellow card for Vieira, who clatters Rufete (but also gets a lot of the ball). If Arsenal get through - admittedly, a big if at the moment - then Vieira will miss the first leg of the quarter finals.
"You may well have a point about Guerrilla, but at least it's better than Mwng, that all-Welsh offering which sounded like bizarre chamber music from a different world," says Mike Livesley. "A bad bad world." I quite liked Mwng, Mike, but maybe I'm just weird.
44 min: More Valencia pressure: they've had a succession of corners in the last five minutes, and 80% of the possession. "Is there any way to get the page to refresh automatically?" asks Fouad Batlouni from Austin. "What I've had to do is manually refresh it." The heart bleeds, Fourad - but there's nothing I can do. You're going to have to scroll the mouse up to the refresh button yourself.
Half-time: After coasting for 35 minutes, Arsenal are now in deep, deep trouble. The way things stand at the moment, they're going out. "The hapless Cygan?" says a bemused Dr Paul Smith. "And you said Tyldesley was rolling out the clichés." OK, guilty as charged, Paul.
46 min: We're off again. "My brother Simon thinks Cygan is fantastic: in fact he's made him his player of the month," says Steven Wells, preparing the inevitable punchline. "He's a Spurs supporter. Ha bloody ha!"
48 min: A positive start from Arsenal. Ayala hauls down Vieira in a promising position, but Henry's effort at goal - from a next-to-impossible angle, flies just wide of crossbar and post. "If he finds it easier, Fourad can always hit F5 to refresh the page - a handy hint I picked up from reading the over by over cricket commentaries," says Chris Gottlieb. "Also I don't think they ever had cakes on Test Match Special sent in by anyone called Edward. Edith maybe. On the other hand 'a rather lovely chocolate cake sent in by Mrs. Mackereth' sounds like just the job." Couldn't agree more, Chris.
49 min: YES! COME ON! ARSENAL HAVE EQUALISED! Valencia 1 - 1 Arsenal. Pires plays in Henry who, with Ayala closing rapidly like Jaws in full dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun pelt, curls a sweet short around the advancing Canizares.
52 min: Valencia try to rally, but Vicente's shot is about 30 yards wide. "Please inform Phil Mannion that Rings Around The World also starts well with the jangly power pop of 'Sidewalk Surfer Girl'," says the helpful Jamie Woods. "On the whole, however, it was twenty Canadian dollars poorly spent."
54 min: Aimar, showing glimpses of Maradona, glides inside Gilberto only for Campell to make a brilliant sliding tackle on the edge of the box. Arsenal clear, then Pellegrino is booked for a comical dive on halfway.
57 min: Goal! Valencia 2 - 1 Arsenal Just seconds after Taylor has tipped a Carew header around the post for a corner, the Gunners go to sleep. Wiltord doesn't get a block into Rufete's cross, Carew gets the header in and Taylor - who appears to dive too early - can't keep it out. Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.
60 min: More bad news for English teams: it's Newcastle 0 - 1 Barcelona. "Sean, are you an Arsenal fan?" asks Paul Martin. No, Luton, Paul (I know, I know - but you can't choose where you come from). It's just that I'd like to see Arsenal get through...
63 min: More Valencia pressure - again Arsenal are struggling to keep hold of the ball. "For Fourad's benefit, tell him to get the Opera browser, and select "Reload Every..." - you can reload as often as you want, automatically," says Neil Denton from Canada. "AND you're annoying Microsoft at the same time. Great :-)". If only we got such intelligent emails from our American readers, eh?
66 min: From a Valencia corner, Ayala gets more hang-time than Michael Jordan in his prime. His header is firm and true - but, with Carew sniffing like an eager Yorkshire Terrier, Taylor makes an excellent save. "I am watching the match on Venezuelan TV," says Rob Campbell from Caracas. "My, these people are baseball fans. Which teams are going through to the quarter-finals if the scores stay the same?" Valencia and Ajax, Rob.
68 min: Valencia sub: Sanchez off, Angulo on. "If Ayala is Jaws, does that make Pires Quint (Robert Shaw)?" asks Paul Kernell. "And who is Roy Schneider?" Thinking is beyond me at the moment, Paul.
69 min: So close for Arsenal! Canizares fails to hold a grasscutter from Wiltord and it spills out. Ljungberg pounces, only for the Spanish No1 to make the follow up save. He cops a boot for his troubles though, and - with his left eye bleeding - is still down getting treatment. "Radiator is the best album, one of my all time faves," says Lawrence Hurley from Baltimore. Most people agree with you, Lawrence. Still, I prefer Fuzzy Logic.
71 min: After a two or three minute delay, Canizares is stretched off. Palop - no sniggering at the back - replaces him.
73 min: Ljungberg has just been cynically body-checked by Pellegrino, leaving Arsenal with a great free-kick opportunity, 25 yards out. Henry steps up...
74 min: ... and knocks it just wide, with Palop beaten. "I know it's a spelling mistake but the chap's name inquiring about the refresh incapability of the guardian website is called Fouad that's "heart" in Arabic," says Ren. "So there you go!"
76 min: Arsenal sub: Jeffers for Wiltord. With 15 minutes left can he turn things around?
78 min: So, so close! From a Valencia corner, Arsenal fast-break. Henry speeds - Roadrunner-style - past one, two, three players and slips it into Jeffers, who is millimetres offside. "I'll tell you what Fuzzy Logic is - comparisons of Carew and a Yorkshire Terrier," says Scott. "It is the best SFA album though." Agree on both counts, Scott.
81 min: It's still Roma 1 - 1 Ajax. If the score stays the same in the Stadio Olimpico, Arsenal need to find an equaliser or they're out. Their efforts aren't helped by the Valencia players comically rolling about after every foul, though - shades of Anfield earlier in the season, anyone?
"It's got to be Fuzzy Logic," agrees Mike Livesley. "Not every band has Howard Marks rambling incoherently on answering machine on their debut record (Long gone), plus Something 4 the Weekend and countless others made my summer so many years ago. Isn't it odd there's so many SFA fans who also don't subscribe to obscure digital channels? I think I just found my thesis subject."
84 min: Still no sign of the last-ditch Arsenal push yet - they can't find a way through the five-man Valencia midfield. Gilberto's just stepped over the ball, a moment which sums up his night. "Since, as David O'Connell pointed out in the first half, Massive Attack had to de-warify their name during the last Gulf war, shouldn't Arsenal also shorten their name to sound a little less militaristic this time round?" says David Omerod, who may or may not be related to Southampton striker Brett. "Dropping three letters should do it."
86 min: If anything, Valencia look the more likely scorers at the moment. Aimar's just prowled into space and fired just wide. "It might be a faulty memory, but didn't you guys have an automatic browser refresh on the live commentaries during the World Cup?" says Andrew Ti. Certainly did, Andrew,. "You need to get the web design team to work on something other than bob the builder animation ads." Agree - will put it to them when they're not planning trips to sci-fi conventions....
87 min: Arsenal are drinking in last-chance saloon territory now. Kanu has just come on for Toure. "Has Jeffers started diving for a penalty yet?" asks Frazer in Dallas. Yes, but after he had collided with Ljungberg, which rather ruined the effect.
89 min: Valencia sub: Marchena on, Carew off. Valencia are now essaying a 5-5-0 formation. "Could I, through your good offices and speaking as an academic, beg Mike not to write his thesis on SFA fans and digital channels?" asks Dr Paul Smith. You can try, Paul.
90 min: We have five minutes of stoppage time. "Will Kanu miss a sitter in the last few minutes?" asks Taillur. "Wager anyone?" Every chance, Taillur.
90 min+2: Arsenal have gone route one: Lauren pumps a long ball forward, Jeffers feeds Pires who, under pressure from Reveillere, falls in the box. Penalty? No - yellow card for Pires. "Viewing the DVD version of Rings Around the World explains everything," says Matt from Brooklyn. Everything, Matt? "Just get as cooked as Gruff and co did when making it, watch the videos, enjoy self immensely. Simple, really. Oh and hang on Valencia!"
90 min+4: A Valencia corner - not what Arsenal want at all. Still, it's cleared. The Gunners have one more throw of the dice...
FULL-TIME No, that's it. Game over. And, to cap a bad night for English teams, Newcastle also crash out after losing 2-0 to Barcelona. "I hate to disappoint Paul and cheapen his status as an 'academic' but the first 200 words are written and I look to be onto a sure thing," says Mike Livesley about his SFA thesis. "I'll sprinkle it with long words, a few well timed Marx and Engel references and I should still have time to catch last orders tonight. Studying is hard." Indeed it is. Thanks for all your emails and goodnight, Sean.
Valencia: 1-Santiago Canizares; 33-Anthony Reveillere, 4-Roberto Ayala, 2-Mauricio Pellegrino, 15-Amedeo Carboni; 19-Francisco Rufete, 6-David Albelda, 21-Pablo Aimar, 14-Vicente; 11-Juan Sanchez, 7-John Carew.
Subs: Palop, Aurelio, Djukic, Angulo, Marchena, Mista, De los Santos.
Arsenal: 13-Stuart Taylor; 12-Lauren, 23-Sol Campbell, 18-Pascal Cygan, 28-Kolo Toure; 11-Sylvain Wiltord, 4-Patrick Vieira, 19-Gilberto, 8-Fredrik Ljungberg, 7-Robert Pires, 14-Thierry Henry.
Subs: Holloway, Stepanovs, van Bronckhorst, Parlour, Jeffers, Edu, Kanu.
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece).


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I told my husband to not get me anything for
Valentine's Day. He was overly generous last year and I said that
we should amortize that gift over a few years. I took it a step
farther a few weeks ago and said that we really didn't need to do
anything for the holiday. Maybe the brutally cold winter froze my
heart, but I just wasn't feeling Valentine's Day this
Then I changed my mind.
I told my husband that he was welcome to get me a
card, maybe flowers or chocolate or something else small if he felt
so moved. I'd do the same with him and I also made a conscious
decision to flirt like mad with my husband on Valentine's
I changed my mind because I talked with Jo Langford,
a therapist and teen sex educator in Seattle, who told me that kids
today have no idea how to flirt.
He explained that the idea of wooing someone in
whom they have a romantic interest is pretty foreign to kids who
are exposed more and more to increasing displays of overt sexuality
(and less to the nuances of developing relationships).
Then I remembered that in researching apps and
online safety, I've seen several pieces lamenting the lack of
dating on college campus because students use apps like Tinder to
connect with (photos of) people to whom they feel a physical
That is trickling down to high schoolers. They live
a large portion of their lives online and are seriously
overscheduled, leaving precious little time for, or interest in,
old-school teenage pursuits like flirting in person.
Add to that a need for instant gratification and
kids these days aren't flirting, they're just clicking "like" on
photos or worse, sexting.
Sadly, some misguided boys and girls think sending photos
of their private parts is a way to express interest in
Do I think that my husband bringing me flowers and
a card on Valentine's Day or me leaving him a little surprise or
breaking out our wedding playlist for music during family dinner
tonight will prevent my kid from sexting?
Nope. Sadly, I don't.
But I do think that witnessing such acts will help
give her some idea that those gestures are some of the many options
available to her when it comes to showing love and affection. I
want her to know that people who like each other can share their
feelings in ways that are socially appropriate. I'm going to do
some fun things based on a few of our inside jokes both as a couple
and a family. She should see that showing someone you "like them
like them" can be so very fun.
I also know that me flirting with my husband and
vice versa will be either ignored or met with a disgusted
"eeewwwwww" from my tween. That's what happened yesterday, anyway,
when my husband paid me a compliment and gave me a hug. And that's
okay. She doesn't have to like it, she just needs to observe
I have to say that my plan melted my cold heart a
bit, too.
I'm all about feeling the love this Valentine's Day
and I'm hoping that someday far, far into the future (I'm talking
really far) that my daughter will have someone who does the little
romantic (and appropriate) things that make her feel
loved, too.
Although she'd like to be taller and have more time to dive into good books, Shannan is awfully happy with her life as a recovering attorney living in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and teen daughter.
See more of Shannan 's stories here.
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Message from the Director
Welcome to the Graduate Program in Counseling at Messiah College. We are committed to helping students attain the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary for professional counselors who wish to help meet the needs of today's society.
The counseling program at Messiah emphasizes personal growth. We encourage each student to gain competencies, values, and beliefs that will enhance and facilitate the helping process. Our faculty is a diverse group of experienced counselors and scholars who will take time to mentor you in your education, faith, and career. We are passionate about developing the next generation of counselors and meeting the needs of our students.
Students who successfully graduate with a counseling degree from Messiah are prepared to sit for the appropriate licensing or certification exam on their track and professional goals; the professional counseling licensure exam (LPC), the marriage, and family therapy licensure exam (LMFT), or the Praxis exam to become a certified school counselor in Pennsylvania and/or many other states. With a master's degree in counseling, graduates can expect to make a lasting impact on their communities, colleagues, students and students' families.
Graduates have successfully obtained positions in elementary and secondary schools as well as community mental health organizations, services agencies, substance abuse facilities, hospitals, and crisis units.
If you have a desire to learn and grow as you prepare to serve society as a counselor, I encourage you to join us in the counseling program at Messiah College.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.
Heather Barto, Ph.D., LPC
Director of the Graduate Program in Counseling


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Usually, when people travel to their favorite vacation spot, they look for sightseeing, night life and other activities. The main objective of having a vacation is to relax and enjoy in the refreshing natural ambiance. Undoubtedly, the aforementioned points are requisite for a getaway. Alongside of nature's view, good food and pleasurable activities, you should delight in the local people of the place. When you make a list of visits, you should make a point to delve in the culture and the events organized by the community of the region.
The culture of Troncones point is so lively that many US citizens stay here for so long. In case you decide to stay here and never go bacto US, you should fill a free usps change of address form before you get settled here. USPS will be useful to get all your mails to your new address. Often people come to stay for months and USPS can actually transfer your mails temporarily for that period
Give your vacation a tinge of knowledge by seeking interest in the people's lifestyle. Join in the folk lore, arouse your interest in knowing the history of the place and sundry events to make your vacation memorable. Of countless interesting places in the world, plan your vacation in Troncones Point and its community. What makes the community of Troncones set apart from the rest? If you wish to know more, then have an overview of the article to get your answer.
Troncones Point—The Crowd-Pleasing Getaway:
The enchanting horseshoe shaped beach draws tourists from all over the world to spend a relaxing time in the place. From various water-sport activities to eye-catching panoramic views, Troncones is equipped with entertainments and happenings. Either you can unwind on the beach or lounge in the cushy hotel rooms. You get a chance to plunge in the thrilling adventures in mountains and beaches. Troncones' surf spots are known worldwide. The local guides will help you see around many other catchy sightseeing of the renowned location. Gorge in the delectable dished out in the top-class restaurants and cafes. Make time to join with other people in the 'turtle release program'. Fulfill all your travel desires at one-stop point in Troncones, as the beautiful place has a lot in store for all travel enthusiasts.
The people of Troncones are very friendly in nature. Whenever a local person passes by you, a smiling face with sweet greetings "hola" (hello) or "bienvenidos" (welcome) are often heard by them. The amicable nature of the local people makes the vacation stay enjoyable. The inhabitants of Troncones community make time to talk with tourists to give them knowledgeable insights on the place. The locales are so friendly that you will feel to spend more time with them. The community of Troncones takes pride in the rich diversity of the place. Hence, the community openly embraces all religions with harmony. The hospitality of the community is truly commendable. Because of their benign nature, you will get familiar with the local residents in no time. It will be indeed a great pleasure to have fun chats, enjoy their folklore, learn fishing and the local cuisine from them.
Special events are organized every year in Troncones during winter season.
A) Freaky Race:
Dwell in the "freaky race" with family and friends. Tourists gather in a particular location to witness the obstacle race conducted for the local people. Children and adults of the town participate in the race. The fun-loving sport is later followed by an exciting party.
B) Exhibitions:
Are you find of watching exhibitions? Then, you must visit the spectacular exhibitions organized in Troncones. You will be amazed to see the fantastic display of cars, sand art, listen to music and so on to make you spellbound. Entertainments and refreshments will incite you to indulge in the exhibitions.
C) Shrimp Festival:
It is the apt event for all the shrimp lovers to feast your eyes on the shrimp delicacies. With unique food packages to allure tourists, the food festival caters everyone with toothsome delicacies of shrimps and fish. The mouth-watering dishes of shrimps when served out in the palates make the festival alluring.
D) Guitar Festival:
During spring season, the talented guitarists from across the globe are invited to showcase their music talents at the guitar festival in Troncones. You can savor the musical moments by hearing the best music piece in the paradise of Troncones.
Keep your luggage at hand and start your journey in Troncones to be with the community and take part in the stupendous events arranged by the town. Be a part of the events to zing up your holiday spirits. Make your vacation days filled with thrills and frills. Make a reservation of Troncones Point to have a joyful experience you never had before.


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Developed by our owner originally to manage 'shin splints', this formula can work amazingly well on any injury to the muscular-skeletal system. In fact, the blend seems to act almost instantly, likely due to the speed at which essential oils pass through the skin and into the underlying tissues.
What is it about ibuprofen that gives it its pain-relieving ability? Its anti-inflammatory action. The same goes for many essential oils - they have potent, rapid anti-inflammatory activity.
We've included ideas for two blends here. We suggest including Helichrysum in the formula specifically for spot pains and injuries. While the cost may seem high, for acute conditions, nothing really beats Helichrysum for it's regenerative potential. It contains the highest amount of safe ketones of any essential oil, thought to stimulate cellular regeneration.
ALL these oils are known for their inflammation-reducing activity, so, for larger areas – entire aching quadriceps muscles, for example – one may omit the Helichrysum, and have an excellent pain-relieving formula.
The essential oils that are included in the blends:
Birch – Contains approx. 97% Methyl Salicilate, actually liquid aspirin
Frankincene – Contains boswellic acids, researched for their anti-inflammatory effect
Helichrysum – Strongly anti-inflammatory and regenerative
German Chamomile – Known for it's strong anti-inflammatory action
Plai – Researched for it's pain relieving action
Here's the formulas, based in any carrier oil you like, though Fractionated Coconut Oil is very easily absorbed, and is low cost. The formula is for 1oz of blend, made by first adding the essential oils to a bottle, then 'topping off' with the carrier oil. You may alter the blend as described above by omitting the Helichrysum if you like:
Helichrysum (Balkan or Corsican)- 3ml
Frankincense (Carteri) – 2ml
Plai – 3ml
German Chamomile (steam distilled)- 15 drops
Birch – 3ml
Note that we highly recommend measuring essential oils with measuring pipettes, rather than attempting to count drops per milliliter. While with many droppers, you may find each ml of water will have 20-25 drops, but essential oils, because of their different viscosity, typically have 30-35 drops. See our 'Bottles and Pipettes' page for measuring pipettes.
We find only small amounts of the blends are needed – just enough to be absorbed at any one time. Essential oils are rapidly assimilated and processed by the body, and you can reapply every 2 to 3 hours as necessary.


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Director's Welcome
Welcome to the Pars Equality Center. As I reflect on the past 12 months, I can say it has been a tremendous year for Pars. We have remained true to our community-based philosophy while scaling our programming and growing the client base to which we cater. We continue to experiment and introduce new types of services, and we do so now with a successful six-year track record behind us. With your support, we are refusing to rest on our laurels and still maintain the agility of a start-up: quickly and effectively responding to client needs as they arise, and anticipating challenges before they appear. Help us celebrate our community's success. Come along with us on the journey and join us as we carve out this unchartered territory.
Discover Our Programs
Pars places great emphasis on swiftly responding to the community's needs. Its programming spans multiple categories, including social/legal services and counsel; job readiness training and placement; mentorship; younger generations/senior support. During any given week, classes offered include English as a Second Language (ESL); Citizenship classes; and basic computer training. Pars represents a welcoming place for every member and age group of the community, and it is the only organization of its kind offering such a centralized and coordinated facility addressing every need of its participants.
Get Involved
As a community organization, Pars is reliant on the active participation and dedication of its members. We encourage you to visit us, participate, listen and engage with the community and get involved. Whether you would like to join the ranks of our sponsors and Founding Members, become a mentor to a highly-skilled newcomer, volunteer to chaperone one of the Silver Club's excursions, or simply lend a helping hand during one of our many cultural or fundraising events, we are always looking to grow the community's reach and numbers.


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4 secrets to reading body language like an expert - The Week
Eric Barker stashed this in Diabolical Plans For World Domination
Stashed in: #lifehacks, @bakadesuyo, Awesome, Body Language, Life Hacks, Context
The one I'm going to practice is not being biased:
If you already like or dislike the person it's going to affect your judgment. And if people compliment you, are similar to you, are attractive... these can all sway you, unconsciously. I know, you don't fall for those tricks. Well, the biggest bias of all is thinking you're unbiased.
How to get better at reading body language
First, pay attention. Sounds obvious, but you're probably not doing it consistently throughout the conversation.
Dynamics change, especially when you're dealing with someone who is actively trying to deceive you. Unless they're very good, inconsistencies will arise ("leakage") and you can get insight into how they really feel.
You'll improve dramatically by addressing the four weaknesses pointed out in The Silent Language of Leaders:
- Consider context: Should someone in this situation be acting like this?
- Look for clusters of actions, not isolated ones: All three of those behaviors are associated with…?
- Get a baseline: How do they normally act?
- Be aware of your biases: Are you tempted to cut them slack and they haven't started speaking yet?
Your abilities will make a quantum leap if you realize that body language is part of a bigger context and a bigger cluster and you start monitoring the other facets of behavioral interaction: voice, appearance, clothing, etc.
These can help you evaluate the whole package:
- What does a face tell you? How about a quick glance?
- What are 10 instances when you should trust your gut?
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