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ISACA Partners With APMG to Issue New COBIT 5 Training Courses and Accreditation Program
Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (16 August 2012) - Four new COBIT 5 training courses will be launched over the next five months as the result of a new partnership between ISACA and APMG-International. APMG has been appointed as ISACA's official training accreditation partner for COBIT 5, ISACA's framework for governance and management of enterprise IT. The agreement is in place for a period of three years.
Launched in April 2012, COBIT 5 helps enterprises maximize the value of their information—the currency of the 21st century. COBIT 5 publications have been downloaded more than 70,000 times in the four months since its release.
Under the agreement, ISACA and APMG will develop the training courses and exams that will lead to the achievement of individual course certificates and/or the achievement of a COBIT based certification for IT professionals who carry out COBIT 5 process-based assessments. APMG will also assess and accredit trainers and manage the examination process for the courses.
"ISACA's new COBIT 5 accreditation program for trainers and training entities will ensure high standards, consistent quality and a seamless process for conducting courses and exams on a global scale," said Thomas Borton, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, chair of ISACA's Education and Dissemination Committee. "This is an exciting and globally anticipated development of COBIT training."
Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG, said, "This is a very significant announcement for APMG. Naturally we are delighted that ISACA has appointed us as its accreditation partner. We are very experienced at rolling out accreditation schemes globally. We aim to encourage candidates to engage with COBIT 5, so their organizations will in turn benefit from better governance and management of enterprise IT."
The COBIT 5 courses and expected availability dates include:
- Foundation Level Training - November 2012
- Process Level Training - December 2012
- Implementation Level Training - January 2013
- Assessment Level Training - January 2013
ISACA's own subject matter experts will be collaborating with APMG to create course syllabi and exam items. ISACA will also continue to support COBIT 4.1.
To meet demand, current COBIT 4.1 licensed trainers and training companies can apply for a syllabus to deliver the COBIT 5 Foundation course until the formal course and accreditation requirements are completed. After that time, license holders will be required to be accredited by APMG to continue Foundation Level training.
For additional information on COBIT 5, including a free download of the COBIT 5 framework, visit www.isaca.org/cobit. For more details on COBIT training, visit www.isaca.org/cobittraining.
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With more than 100,000 constituents in 180 countries, ISACA® (www.isaca.org) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems (IS) assurance and security, enterprise governance and management of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. Founded in 1969, the nonprofit, independent ISACA hosts international conferences, publishes the ISACA® Journal, and develops international IS auditing and control standards, which help its constituents ensure trust in, and value from, information systems. It also advances and attests IT skills and knowledge through the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT® (CGEIT®) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control™ (CRISC™) designations.
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Tampa, Fla. • On a stretch of Nebraska highway last week, a Utah woman lost her husband. Thirteen grown children lost their father. And a tiny dog named Taz lost his way.
Home was South Jordan near Salt Lake City, but Taz had a job. He rode shotgun beside Larry Wright, 68, a long-haul truck driver who plucked him from puppyhood six years ago and showed him America.
They seemed right for each other. Wright, a retired jockey, weighed 118 pounds. Taz, a miniature pinscher, weighed no more than 6.
They were inseparable until earlier this month when Wright, who hadn't been feeling well, parked the rig on the side of the road. He left the window cracked. He got out, walked a few steps and collapsed.
The phone rang in Mesquite, Nev., where Wright's wife of 28 years, Kairle, was staying with her sick father. The officer told her Wright had suffered a massive heart attack. He was not expected to survive.
"Where's his dog?" she remembers asking.
"I have him," the officer said.
Almost nothing was in Kairle's hands. There she was in Nevada, her dying husband air-lifted to a Colorado heart hospital, his truck and cargo and their dog in Nebraska.
She didn't know if her husband even heard her voice when the nurse held the phone to his ear. She missed his last breath.
"He was the love of my life," she said.
She couldn't bring him back.
But she knew instantly what she could do. Get Taz.
From the trucking world came an offer of help.
A trucker from Cheyenne, who had known Wright, would drive Taz out of Nebraska via Florida.
The trucker, whom Kairle knew only as Rocco, was headed east to Brandon, Fla., where he had a load to deliver to a Walmart store.
Rocco called from the road with updates. The calls consoled Kairle, 57, as she arranged Larry's cremation, and the family planned a wake with his favorite Elvis music. They wrote an obituary. Taz was mentioned before any other relative.
"He's the only thing left of my Dad," said Wright's daughter, Sherri, 46, of Boise. "Any warmth that is left of my Dad's life is in this dog."
Wright's ashes arrived home on Tuesday.
That same day, the phone rang again. It was Rocco. Taz had slipped out of his collar and run away outside the Walmart in Brandon.
Rocco and volunteers from Hillsborough County Animal Services searched unsuccessfully for Taz.
Finally, the idea came to Kairle.
She put off her husband's memorial service and bought a plane ticket to Florida.
"This little dog, he deserves to be home with us," she said. "I deserve to have him home with me."
Then on Friday night, a phone rang again. Her son stopped Kairle at the Salt Lake City airport to deliver the grim news.
Searchers found Taz's remains buried in an area north of the Walmart where he disappeared, said volunteer Nancy Latimer. He had apparently been hit by a car.
"My first thought was, 'How are we going to tell her?' " volunteer searcher Jennifer Roberts said.
Everyone cried for Kairle.
Then the kind-hearted strangers found a place to cremate Taz and take impressions of his paw prints and will send his remains to Kairle.
She posted a note Saturday on TampaBay.com, thanking those who filled her heart.
"Taz is coming home," she wrote. "I am getting my little buddy back."
Kairle has lost a lot in two weeks. But in the search for a dog, she found faith in humans.
Tampa Bay Times news researcher John Martin contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer today announced the launch of an enhanced interagency telework website, www.telework.gov. The updated site features a series of user-friendly improvements designed to make telework information more accessible and understandable to Federal employees.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - French art dealer Aime Maeght was not only a friend to some of the 20th century's greatest artists.
He was also fixer, adviser, patron and publisher to the likes of Miro, Braque and Giacometti. When his Paris gallery, opened in 1945, it symbolized a new spirit in art following the dark days of World War Two and the German occupation.
A new show on Maeght and his family, at London's Royal Academy, combines major works with personal artifacts to explore his journey from owner of a small shop selling radios in Cannes to an influential gallerist, collector and dealer.
The journey began in 1941 when painter Pierre Bonnard met Maeght and his wife Marguerite at the Arte store, also home to a print shop and advertising agency, and asked them to print a poster.
Marguerite persuaded Bonnard to let her have some paintings to sell, prompting the artist to encourage the couple to open a gallery in Paris shortly after the end of World War Two.
Henri Matisse spent time with the Maeght family during the war in the relative calm of southern France, and produced works for the opening show at the Galerie Maeght in 1945.
While Bonnard and Matisse were seen by Maeght as mentors, he also had a close friendship with Spanish Catalan artist Joan Miro, American Alexander Calder, Cubism co-founder Georges Braque and Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (December 8, 2009) ─ The National Center for Safe Routes to School announced today the selection of 25 mini-grants recipients to receive up to $1,000 for local projects that encourage student creativity in Safe Routes to School (SRTS) activities in the spring 2010 semester.
"We were truly impressed by the creativity and innovation of the mini-grant applications we received," said Lauren Marchetti, director of the National Center for Safe Routes to School. "Proposed activities ranged from trail construction and letter writing campaigns, to middle school social marketing strategies."
The National Center received 247 SRTS mini-grant applications from schools and community organizations across 44 states and the District of Columbia. Selected proposals distinguished themselves through originality of efforts to help lead local community efforts to promote safe walking and bicycling to school, including the strong involvement of students, protecting the environment, promoting physical activity, and the implementation of measurable activities.
"Each SRTS mini-grant recipient illustrates the potential greater impact of successful SRTS efforts nationwide," continued Marchetti. "The National Center is pleased to support the vision and creativity of local efforts that can lead to real change in transportation behaviors across the nation."
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Solitary Confinement Units to Increase in NYC
The city's Department of Correction is significantly increasing the number of its solitary confinement units. Currently, it has 862 so-called "punitive segregation cells." By the end of next month, it will have just under a thousand, according to DOC Commissioner Dora Schriro.
"It is critical to the safety and well being of our workforce as well as all the other inmates," she said.
Norman Seabrook, President of the Correction Officers Union, supports more solitary untie, but he said Schriro has acted too slowly.
"Until we start sounding the alarm, everybody falls asleep at the switch," he said.
But some advocates are critical of this change. Jean Cassella, co-founder of Solitary Watch, said increasing the use of solitary confinement is not a silver bullet. And she added its use may have adverse impacts on inmate mental health.
"In fact two states Maine and Mississippi have reduced their solitary conferment dramatically and have seen a drop in prison violence," she explained.
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We found evidence that PE is achieving organic revenue growth through the execution of fundamental changes in portfolio companies.
Our analysis since the start of the credit crunch (2008—10) shows that even where the contribution of extra leverage and stock market returns is negative, private equity's return from strategic and operational improvement remains firmly in positive territory.
The 2010 private equity study provides a view into the performance and methods of PE, based on the analysis of just over 375 of the largest European businesses PE has exited over the last six years.
We found confirmation of what we had been hearing anecdotally: organic revenue was the largest driver of profit growth, accounting for 46% of the total across the whole period of our research, and even more significant for 2010 exits.
Perhaps more striking, we found evidence that PE is achieving organic revenue growth not only through investment expertise, by choosing the right markets, but also through the execution of fundamental changes in portfolio companies.
Key to achieving this is the amount of time spent by PE before a deal completes to ensure that the management team is strong and has the right skill sets in place to deliver on company strategy.
We found some evidence in the 2010 exits that PE firms are spending more time with their portfolio companies. In part, this was a reaction to the recession; it also represents a greater focus on designing and delivering on profit growth strategies.
And just as PE is taking time to buy well and improve portfolio company performance, we also found that it is investing more time and effort in preparing its businesses for sale, to ensure the best possible outcome. Two elements were noted in this year's research:
While 2010 was a positive year for PE exits, and the first half of 2011 has shown a further improvement in exit numbers, current volatility in the public markets will likely impact exits, particularly IPOs of PE-backed companies. The macro-economic outlook still remains uncertain in Europe and beyond.
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China ties Olympic gold to quest for worldwide esteem
By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY
BEIJING Photos of Olympic champions line the walls of a table tennis hall at Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where children battle across 30 tables and hundreds of balls litter the floor. A red banner with Chinese characters reads: "Future champions go from here to the world."
PHOTO GALLERY: China's colorful medal quest
Sun Kun, 10, practices table tennis for more than five hours a day as a resident of Shichahai, which trains athletes in a variety of sports, including gymnastics, weightlifting and volleyball. "My parents give me a lot of pressure. They want me to be a world champion," says Sun, who has trained in China's sports schools since he was 6.
Sun's family pays $6,450 a year for his training here. Their hope is Shichahai officials will think enough of his talent to elevate him from trainee to student status, so the state will begin picking up most of the costs of taking part in a rigorous training system modeled after the old Soviet sports machine.
Shichahai is one of thousands of sports schools in China, which together train more than 6 million young athletes. It's part of an increasingly aggressive sports program the Chinese hope to showcase in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which begin here next August. For a communist nation of 1.3 billion people that for generations largely avoided involvement with the West, the Olympics represent a chance to announce itself as a modern athletic and economic power — and boost national pride.
So there is an unmistakable urgency at Shichahai and many other sports schools that identify and train athletic Chinese children as potential Olympians. Such schools employ a strict, no-nonsense approach to training that has been criticized as abusive.
But many Chinese families — those that can afford it and particularly low-income ones attracted by the potential for better health care and education for their children — enthusiastically join the pursuit of glory through sports.
"I hope he'll be a champion; this place can develop him," says Sun's mother, Zhao Shixia. "Everyone said it was the best at table tennis and other sports. He needs to be conscientious. I hope we'll get some payback."
A visit to Shichahai provides a rare glimpse into China's training of its athletes, which is mostly secret. He Yi, an official for the Beijing sports bureau, a branch of the National Sports Ministry, says government sports officials "are like the U.S. colleges supporting sport."
He manages Beijing's five full-time sports schools, where students divide their time between sports and academics. Beijing also has 18 part-time schools where students train in sports for two hours daily.
"We study Western methods, but we still have the inertia of the planned economy," says He, a former swimming national champion and sports school graduate. "We can learn experience and skills from Western countries, but the actual sports system is tied to our country's political system."
Ren Hai, director of the Chinese sports ministry's Olympic Studies Center, estimates that at least 70% of China's full-time athletes graduated from specialized state schools. "The schools still provide the basis of sport in China," Ren says.
The Chinese training methods have drawn scrutiny. After a visit to Shichahai in 2005, Matthew Pinsent, an Olympic rowing champion for Britain and former International Olympic Committee member, reported that gymnasts were being physically abused.
Some young Chinese athletes say they are accustomed to some abuse but defend the practice as part of training to be the best.
"I have been kicked and slapped when I didn't try hard enough," Sun says. "It hurts and I cry sometimes, but next time I try harder. The coaches are good. They are trying to help me."
School director Liu Hongbin says abuse isn't condoned: "However, the concept of beating and abuse are different in different cultures and countries."
Recent rise in medals
China sent its first Olympian to the 1932 Summer Games, but the Chinese do not have a long history of Olympic achievement.
At the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, China claimed its first gold medal when shooter Wu Xiaoxuan won the 50-meter rifle event. That summer the Chinese won 15 gold medals and 32 overall, fourth in the gold medal count behind the USA, Romania and West Germany in a year in which the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics.
Four years later, in the Seoul Olympics, China's gold medal total dipped to five.
A two-decade surge in sports investment — along with the breakup of the Soviet Union's Olympic powerhouse — has since vaulted China in the medal standings. In the 2004 Athens Games, China was second to the USA in the gold medal count with 32 golds and had 63 medals overall. The USA won 36 golds and 102 medals overall.
China has great hopes for 2008 in part because of history: The nation hosting the Olympics typically gets a boost in the medal count because its athletes are familiar with the venues and inspired by home crowds. In sports such as softball, baseball and soccer, the host country automatically is placed in the Olympics without having to qualify.
China's recent rise in medals comes despite the fact it "is not a sports country," says Josef Capousek, a former German coach who leads China's Olympic canoe and kayak team. "Unlike in the USA or Germany, you don't see people jogging or rowing for fun. Everything is performance sport — or nothing."
Each year, authorities identify children who show athletic promise to train in sports schools, often in sports unknown to most Chinese.
Kayaker Zhang Jinmei says she fell out of a kayak as a teenager when a coach took her out for a trial run in Qinhuangdao.
"I had never rowed a boat before; I didn't know what a kayak looked like," Zhang says. "And I couldn't even swim."
The former discus thrower says she was picked for kayaking because she is "tall and stout, with good upper-body strength." Now 25, Zhang won a 2004 World Cup race and hopes to win an Olympic medal next summer.
Funding the elite
China's system for developing elite athletes contrasts with that of the USA, where top Olympic prospects receive no government funding. Athletes receive money from the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and several other sources, including corporate sponsorships, appearance fees and winnings.
China does not make public what it spends on sports programs, but Steve Roush, the USOC's chief of sport performance, estimates China is spending $400 million to $500 million to train elite athletes in the four years leading up to the 2008 Games. That doesn't include younger athletes training in sports schools. The USOC and the sports' national governing bodies will spend $200 million to $225 million during that period, Roush says.
Much of China's funding for the Beijing Olympics is going to 100 to 150 athletes, while the USA is funding 2,500 to 3,000 potential 2008 Olympians, Roush says. "I think now they are targeting their very best with the most resources."
In the USA, trials will be held in many sports next year to help determine who will be on the Olympic team. In China, Olympic team members are identified much earlier, most of them having trained in the sports schools, Roush says.
"In our selection method, we need to support a broad-based number of athletes," he says. "In other countries, they can already have selected who they're taking to the Games and can be focusing their resources on much smaller numbers."
He, the Beijing bureau official, says Chinese officials "only speak about gold. If you are second, you are a loser."
Recently, however, Beijing has played down its focus on winning gold medals.
"We have never said we were aiming for the top spot, only that we would try our best to perform well and seek to finish among the front-runners," says Chen Zhili, vice president of Beijing's 2008 organizing committee. "Winning gold medals is not the be-all and end-all. The most important thing is participation."
Even so, the importance of doing well in the medal count and winning gold isn't lost on China's athletes and coaches.
"There is big political pressure in China to do well," Capousek says. "China wants to show how strong it is."
He says his annual budget for Beijing's sports schools has risen by up to 5% a year since 2001, when the city was awarded the 2008 Games.
Shichahai cost $4 million to operate in 2006, with most of the money coming from the government. Student fees and sponsorships also feed the school's budget, Liu says.
"We are a developing country. Our economic basis and national conditions are different from the USA, so we need preferential policies" that attract promising young athletes to sports schools, Liu says. "There are very poor conditions in the countryside, and some students cannot afford to pay."
Shichahai and schools like it sit atop a national sports school system that Chinese officials liken to a pyramid:
•Shichahai's students, ages 6-18, are among 46,000 youths at the senior training level supported by 300 top schools nationwide, according to China's General Administration of Sports.
•Next on the pyramid are 400,000 children at the intermediate level, in about 3,000 specialist sports schools.
•At the base are 6 million at the elementary level in 11,400 schools that specialize in various sports.
Students selected for training programs are chosen from a vast pool: 200 million children 6-18 live in China, according to the 2006 China Statistical Yearbook. The immense countryside offers the greatest talent pool for Chinese sports, officials say. But even in a land of 1.3 billion, it can be difficult to recruit athletes, in part because of government population-control rules that limit births.
"Parents can only have one child, and they are less willing to let their kid suffer (in sports training) than before," says Feng Shuyong, coach of the national track and field team. Since the late 1970s, government policy has limited most urban couples to one child and rural couples to two.
"The Beijing and Shanghai athletics teams have to go down to the villages to recruit members," Feng says.
Liu says about 25% of Shichahai's students are from rural areas. Overall, 60% of the population lives in the countryside.
"There are more (types of) jobs available, so less people choose sports," Liu says, referring to the growing Chinese economy. But in rural areas, poor families "hope they can make money from sport — and bring glory to their family."
'I want to be a world champion'
The Shichahai school was established in 1958, during a decade in which newly communist China copied much from the Soviet Union, including its sports system.
"In the 1930s and 1940s, we were the 'Sick Man of Asia,' " says Ren of the Olympic Studies Center. "Under the Ming and Qing dynasties, Chinese education emphasized literature and history, not physical training. Chinese were slow and polite but not strong in body. We needed the Soviet system to focus interest in sport."
The dream of winning medals keeps 9-year-old Niu Sizhuo turning cartwheels and swinging on the high bars at Shichahai, whose alumni include 31 world champions in table tennis, gymnastics, diving, volleyball, taekwondo and wushu (martial arts).
"I cry sometimes because I am tired. But I want to be a world champion," says Niu, a national champion who started boarding at the school when she was 5. "If I train hard, I think by the time I am 14 or 15 I'll realize my goal."
Besides athletic training, elementary students attend classes in literature, math, English, natural science, ideology and morality. On Saturdays they can go home to their families for the night.
Lang Ping, head coach of the U.S. women's volleyball team and a former Chinese national team member and coach, was 13 when she first went to a sports school in Beijing to train in volleyball.
She remembers getting up at 6 a.m. three days a week to train before classes. After school she would train for three more hours every day except Sunday.
Lang, 46, says she spent most of her six years in the sports school system learning fundamental skills rather than competing. She enjoyed the experience because life at home was boring by comparison.
"You don't have TV to watch. You don't have a computer," said Lang, who won a gold medal playing for China at the 1984 Games. "In your childhood, you don't have any fun. When we go to school and play volleyball, it means fun for us."
Sun, the 10-year-old table tennis player, isn't the only Shichahai student to defend its strict training regimen.
" 'A severe teacher brings up brilliant disciples,' " Yu Xiaoyu, 15, who has made the national youth badminton team, says as he quotes a popular Chinese saying.
Sacrifice is part of the path to greatness, Shichahai director Liu says.
"We Chinese people are a nation that can eat bitterness, and our athletes can eat even more," Liu says.
"Our students want to be champions for our school, for Beijing and for the country. We teach them to be patriotic. If you win glory for the nation, the nation will reward you."
Contributing: Vicki Michaelis in Denver
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Notts Vs Surrey (Day Two) Round-Up
Mark Ramprakash remains in search of his elusive hundredth hundred as Surrey reached 356-7 at the end of day two at Trent Bridge.
Usman Afzaal reached 89 before missing a straight ball from Charlie Shreck which went on to hit off-stump as Surrey became the first team to reach 300 at Trent Bridge in the LV County Championship this season.
Matthew Spriegel hit 51 before he was caught by Patel at short-leg off the bowling of Graeme Swann but Chris Jordan maintained the momentum to reach 57 not out alongside Saqlain Mushtaq (27).
"Surrey have batted for a long time at a low scoring rate and with the rain delays it will be very difficult for us to win the game from this position," said Notts Director of Cricket Mick Newell.
"It's a good pitch for the batsmen but bonus points will be important if the game is heading for a draw so we'll be looking to get a couple of wickets in the first four overs tomorrow to get maximum bowling points."
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Tried to take off the big tb from my digifox. Got 3 allen bolts off. 4th is completely rounded. $%&^$&^%&%$ I gave em all lots of pb blaster beforehand and made sure to whack the allen bit in as much as possible. It felt like it broke free like all the others, but nope. Then I tried to rotate the TB to get the bolt free. Wasn't paying attention and bent the arm of the big butterfly a bit when it hit the intake manifold. Whoops. Hope no damage is done. Now to figure out how the hell to get it off.. Or if I see a fox2 at a picknpull, I might just get it from there.
Was going to put in the 268 cam, but spirits are too low now. Heh
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Analysis: Low rate pledge seen recharging Canada's housing boom
By Andrea Hopkins
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada's surprising signal on Wednesday that it will not raise interest rates any time soon will lift the housing market and give indebted households breathing room, but it leaves many apprehensive there will be a hard reckoning.
Canada sidestepped the worst of the financial crisis because it avoided the real estate excesses of its U.S. neighbor, and a post-recession housing boom helped it recover more quickly than its Group of Seven peers.
But the housing market began to cool last year after the country's Conservative government, worried about a potential property bubble, tightened mortgage rules.
The prospect of lower-for-longer interest rates, needed to help a struggling economy, has revived those bubble fears.
"This is a double-edged sword," said Laurie Campbell, chief executive at Credit Canada, a nonprofit credit counseling agency that is funded by banks and other lenders.
"It's going to keep more home buyers in the market, but ... I worry. Because, fine, interest rates are going to be stable and (home buyers) can get a good rate, but are they getting into the market only because of that? Debt is at record levels, and we know consumers are biting off more than they can chew financially, so does this lead to more problems down the road?"
The Bank of Canada has underpinned the housing market by holding its key policy rate at a near-record low of 1 percent since 2010. But early last year, worried by soaring household debt levels, it began warning its next move would be a rate hike and that Canadians should plan accordingly. Continued...


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New Culture Secretary Sajid Javid is likely to be more sceptical about BBC Charter renewal than his predecessor Maria Miller, according to political sources.
In theory, it does not matter all that much because there is a General Election between now and the next Charter but former banker Javid is more Right-wing than Miller and is likely to be a less congenial figure to BBC suits when it comes to negotiations. The one way this matters is the replacement of Chris Patten as BBC Trust chairman. That is coming up in the next few months. "Javid is most definitely not a Patten Tory," says a Whitehall insider.
London Press Club debate media future
Sun managing editor Stig Abell, Daily Mail columnist Simon Heffer and Impress Project founder Jonathan Heawood were among those who took part in a London Press Club debate about the "future of the press after Leveson" at Stationers' Hall. When the audience was asked about the merits of a royal charter versus independent self-regulation, a show of hands was about nine to one in favour of self-regulation, with the press's Independent Press Standards Organisation weeks away from launch.
JWT marks 150th anniversary
Advertising agency JWT is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of parent company WPP, let slip in New York this week that the agency could restore its old name of J Walter Thompson. That makes sense in an era when brands with heritage can prosper, particularly if there is a pioneer such as James Walter Thompson with a personality which can be brought back to life on social media. Another WPP agency, Ogilvy & Mather, has proved just that by using the legacy of its late founder David Ogilvy — it got a lot out of the centenary of his birth in 2011.Reuse content


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I have a 2011 WK2 with Offroad Adventure Package II and Trailer Tow Package IV. A local transmission shop recommended the installation of an external transmission oil cooler since I tow a 5,000 lbs travel trailer. I was surprised that Tow Package IV does not include a transmission oil cooler. I have seen the transmission oil temperature run up to 240. Why didn't Jeep put a transmission oil cooler on the car? Do I need to install one?
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It's not clear, though, whether it's supposed be standard, or part of trailer tow, etc.
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The V8 with tow package has the added cooler I believe, the V6 model does not get it no matter what combo you have.
Edit: along with larger breaks on the V8 model when equipped with the tow package.
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It appears the trans cooler and air con condenser are one unit divided into two.
Top quarter transmission cooler.
Bottom 3/4 condenser.
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FILE - This May 7, 2012 file photo shows singer-actor Justin Timberlake at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit in New York. Timberlake has concentrated almost exclusively on his acting career over the last few years. But on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, he posted a video on his that showed him walking into a studio, putting on headphones and saying: "I'm ready." He hasn't made an album since 2006's Grammy-winning "FutureSex/LoveSounds." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
NEW YORK (AP) — Mr. "SexyBack" is back.
Justin Timberlake released his new single, "Suit and Tie," late Sunday night. It features rapper Jay-Z.
The upbeat jam is the 31-year-old's first musical offering since 2006's critically acclaimed "FutureSex/LoveSounds." His third solo album, "The 20/20 Experience," will be out later this year.
In a letter posted on his website, Timberlake said he began recording music in June. He wrote that the "inspiration for this really came out of the blue."
Timberlake co-wrote and co-produced "Suit and Tie" with Timbaland, who produced much of the Grammy-winning "FutureSex/LoveSounds."
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From their beginnings in 1973, Levy's has grown to become one of the leading guitar strap makers in the world. With premium leather straps as well as models made of vinyl, fabric, faux fur and polyester, Levy's has attracted an all-cross roster of fans and endorsers. Users such as Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, John Sebastian, Rob Zombie bassist Blasko, members of George Strait's band and Tony Levin all attest to the appeal and durability of Levy's straps!
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the same exact hive that had just swarmed.. was swarming again.
I've asked him about adding another brood box on top to give them more room.
Hi Steve, I have been beekeeping 44 yrs. and I still love to learn.
Can I expect another swarm to happen from this hive?? "
Hi Steve, I have been beekeeping 44 yrs. and I still love to learn. The best thing any beekeeper can do is practice preventive beekeeping, try to stay ahead of your bees. Most older beekeepers like myself don't keeping an open mind they keep doing the same things over and over again and hope for differant results. >You need to think for yourself and watch your bees they are the best teachers in the world. Spend alot of time watching the hive entrance, how the bees act and work will tell you a great deal about how they are doing and what they need.< Bill
Hi Craig, I had not read the articles until you asked the question. And I guess what I do is similar, I normaly use 3 deeps and each spring around apple blossom time I will remove 8-10 frames mostly empty, and replace with foundation. Two reasons for doing this I need the old comb to fill with {HFCS} I put these in nucs that I am making up,this also is the way I rotate the old comb out of my hives. This gives the bees something to do at a time they need it and will do the best job drawing out the foundation. This is the time of year that I start to feed, to encourage the bees to draw the foundation. I don't feed before the middle of April unless I just have to. The reason is I don't want my bees to build to fast in march, if they build up to fast in march the hive peaks in population a bout a month before our main honey flow starts, by not encouraging them to build up to early, I can have them at peak when the flow starts. This is my method it works for me. Every beekeeper has his or her own way of doing things and if there is a better way I am very willing to change. My main concern is what is best for my bees, the amount of honey they make is secondary to me. Using this method I have had no swarms in the past 3 years. Bill


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On the surface, the X-Mini II capsule speaker looks like worse value than the iRule competition. After all, instead of a stereo capsule speaker system you're getting a single, monaural speaker, and unless you like listening to the original version of Pet Sounds or early albums by the Stones, going from two channels down to one is a bit of a sacrifice, right? Not necessarily. For one thing, there's not actually that much benefit from stereo when you're talking about tiny speakers you can only place about a foot apart. Secondly, the X-Mini II instantly feels like a more solid, better built and designed proposition. At 83g its significantly heavier than the 58g iRule modules, and as anyone who knows much about audio gear will tell you: weight often goes hand-in-hand with quality.
In design terms it's broadly similar to the individual ViBR8 Xtreme modules. When closed you get a squashed-down sphere a little smaller than a tennis ball, though the styling here is cleaner and the rubberised plastics feel a little more refined. With the cut-out X-Mini logo and the bright red driver underneath, you might even describe the X-Mini II as swish. Twist to open and you get the same concertina arrangement, albeit with a heavier base section this time around. XMI call it an extendable resonator, but in practice it seems to work in much the same way as the Xtreme 'Vacuum' tech. You get extended bass and an awful lot of vibration. This time, however, Mr Blessed has a bigger megaphone, he's been out for a liquid lunch and HE NEEDS TO SHOUT!
As with the ViBR8 Xtremes, the X-Mini II has a lithium ion battery which charges via a mini-USB to USB cable. Battery life is quoted at eleven hours, and from my observations that's pretty much on the money. The capsule has a couple of other interesting features. First, while it still has a standard 3.5mm line-in, it also has a built-in audio cable, about 4 inches long, that clips neatly into the base. Second, and more importantly, you can use the plugs and sockets to daisy-chain a series of X-Mini II modules together, which is handy if your mates have them too and you fancy making a big noise on the beach or at a party. Socially responsible? No. Fun? As long as I'm not listening, probably, yes.
However, none of this would matter were it not for one thing: the X-Mini II sounds an awful lot better than it has any right to. My rational mind tells me that this is the result of a larger 40mm driver, a better designed capsule, a more powerful 2.5w output and a heavier base keeping it (just about) anchored on the ground, but - frankly - it could easily just be the case that this is alien technology which has been dragged from an alternative dimension by Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four. Okay, it's maybe not quite that incredible, but it really is astonishingly good.
For one thing, the sound has much more bass and body than you get from the ViBR8 Xtremes, and while the X-Mini II doesn't go quite as loud, it's plenty powerful enough for personal listening or a reasonable sized room. It's great for quiet, acoustic material (I'm listening to Neil Young's Live from Massey Hall album as I write this), but the little devil can handle dance music, pop, electronica and even jazz without too many problems. The sound is a little too congested in the mid-range to put in a great performance with heavy rock, but provided you have sensible expectations the results are still listenable.
The bass is still light, but it is there, and while the output is more brittle than you'd get from a decent, larger speaker, there's a warmth and roundness to the tone that you can hardly expect from such a small module. In fact, I've heard full-sized, £50 speaker docks that sound far, far worse than this. Elbow's Mirrorball from The Seldom Seen Kid shimmers in approximately the way that it should. Justin Timberlake's LoveStoned throbs with energy. AC/DC's Back in Black just rocks. It's not Hi-Fi as we know it, and classical is probably a no-no, but the X-Mini II puts out a really entertaining noise.
This isn't a serious bit of portable audio kit. Put it against a £70 speaker dock or even a £20 set of headphones and there's no way that you could seriously compare the output. However, at £20 the X-Mini II doesn't need to be serious; it's the sort of thing you can buy on impulse, lug around, and make friends, colleagues and family members chuckle. And if you wanted a portable system to listen to in hotel rooms, then it's hard to think of anything better or more practical that doesn't cost a lot more dough. Take it from me - this little beauty is a winner.
The sound isn't incredible, but it's an awful lot better than you'd expect from anything so small. Solid, cute and practical, the X-Mini II is a genuinely lovable mini-speaker.


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Step by Step Laulau Creation
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Keoki's Lau Lau Factory
Keoki's Lau Lau makes 7,000 to 8,000 laulau a day. To make them, the factory goes through 18,000 ti leaves, 4,000 pounds of pork and 3,000 pounds of taro leaves. The most experienced of the laulau makers can make one in 20 seconds. Keoki's buys pork picnic shoulder as well as pork fat so that each meat package has a set ratio of pork and fat. "Without the fat, it ain't gonna be laulau," says Gary Ishimoto, president of Keoki's.
Keoki's sells to supermarkets and Costco, as well as L&L Drive Inn, but beyond that, Ishimoto won't expose restaurants' "homemade" laulau.
Laulau: That's a wrap
Bobby Toguchi at Highway Inn demonstrates laulau-making step by step.
Chunks of pork shoulder and a small piece of salted butterfish go into the luau leaves and then the whole ball is wrapped in two ti leaves and the stems tied. "It takes a lot of strength to keep it tight," says Monica Toguchi. The laulau are steamed for about four hours, and the ti leaves snipped right before serving.


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The loungeroom of Melbourne designer Lara Cameron! Circular hanging shelf by local maker Bride & Wolfe.
Sweet artwork collection in the loungeroom. Artwork top left – Jeremiah Ketner, circle painting top left by Harvest, Small painting on bottom left by Tsk Tsk, Row of houses – Wendy June.
Bedroom as seen from the loungeroom – can't get enough of that 'Birch' print on the wall, artwork and lampshades!
HELLO and welcome to another teeny tiny picture perfect Melbourne Home! HOW cute is it?! If you're a clued-in Melbourne craft lover, I am SURE you'll be able to guess which local creative lady lives here…. it's the very lovely Lara Cameron of course! Lara is one half of super talented textile design duo Ink & Spindle (the other half of course being the equally gorgeous Tegan Rose). Between them this pair design and print the most delectable range of screenprinted textiles, many of which you see here, gracing every surface of Lara's Flemington apartment! YEP that's Ink & Spindle you can see on the blinds, lampshade, quilt, bedside lamp, wall stickers, artwork, cushions and footstool…! I have never seen such effective use of multiple textile layering – Lara really knows how to work print and pattern!
It's amazing how all Lara's decorative details work together without overpowering this tiny space. One thing I think really makes this styling so effective is the limited colour palette Lara has chosen to work with. No prizes for guessing that Lara's favourite colour is green! (She says she was most excited to move into an apartment with a peppermint green kitchen!)
It'll be no surprise to learn that Lara currently lives her all by herself… so she hasn't had to compromise on anything – yet! Hopefully when she finally shacks up with her lovely fella, he'll be happy to leave Lara in charge of the interior styling. Because you know, it would be such a shame to mix up that perfect colour palette, now wouldn't it?
Huge thanks to Lara for sharing her beautiful home with us all! If you love Lara's little pad, you'll definitely love Ink & Spindle – do pop over and have a little look at their website and online shop!
ps) one hundred million years ago, not long after I started this blog, I interviewed Lara C! That interview is now quite out-dated, as it was pre-Ink & Spindle… but worth checking out for a look at some of Lara's much earlier work! You can re-visit the interview here.


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That's a bit like arguing there's no point in an expensive Swiss watch when a fake Rolex keeps just as good time. People pay a premium for a high-tech engine that makes incredible sounds. It's not all about performance or functionality when you're talking about objects of desire.
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There is simply no reason to slap a very expensive engine into the M3 if power was their requirement. But when you are charging 60K+ for a car it better have some damn impressive acronyms in the engine bay!
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When you drive on the limit, a higher revving engine allows the driver to more finely adjust the torque to the rear wheels. It gives more sensitivity. 85% of the torque is available across a 6500 rpm rev range. All this is essential when going around corners, something the GTO sucks at.
The new M3 is actually greener and more economical than the previous E46 M3(straight six).
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No one mentioned the GTO is any good at turning. The stock suspension has many flaws but can be improved without too much money or trouble. The big problem is the 3750 pounds. But since the M3 is going to weigh 3650lbs it is going to be comparable.
The point of the conversation is that the American LS2 cannot be disregarded as some inefficient lump of metal. While you argue that the M3 engine is more efficient because it gets 420hp/4liters, I am measuring efficiency by stating that HP/weight or HP/dollar makes the LS2 the clear victor.
There is NO point to a high revving engine. You do want a flat torque curve but the RPMs are unneccesary. Ff you want to improve the torque curve and greatly increase the power of the LS2 some simple breathing mods like an intake, headers and cam will flatten out the curve past the 5000RPM drop off suffered by a stock motor.
While the M3 generates its flat torque curve over a wider RPM range that is the point of gearing. Due to the M3's 100ft/lb deficiency, you will have to shift more often where the LS2 will be able to dig its way out of a turn without needing the shift.
The only reason that F1 cars and some race cars use small, high reving engines is because the rules mandate a displacement limit.
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I wasn't referring to suspension in my comment.
Car & Driver states: "As a result of that high redline, the M3 can fly though a turn in second gear where most cars need third."
The high revving nature allows the driver more feel when getting the power down, from the apex and coming out of the turn.
High revving engines (ones that still make peak power up top to be exact) are beneficial because they allow you to run shorter gearing thereby multiplying the available torque from a relatively small engine. This is possible because the engine is able to rev high enough that the gears are still long and don't drop power below the power band on the next shift.
To say there are no benefits from a high revving engine, is ridiculous. From your posts you seem to think BMW only creates low displacement high revving engines so they can charge more. Trust me that is not their intentions, there is a method behind their madness.
The same was said about the RX8 and its high revving rotary engine. The mag testers loved it and its 9,000 redline.
Please show me where I stated: "American LS2 can be disregarded as some inefficient lump of metal."
I was responding to your comment about buying a GTO instead of and M3 because the M3 is only a drag car now, because it has 250lbs more weight than the previous M3. That is a ridiculous statement.
I said putting a big V8 into a crappy car like the GTO is not answer. But putting a big V8 into a car like the Z06 is the answer, awesome car.
I have absolutely nothing against GM, if I told you who my grandfather was, you wouldn't believe me, let's just say he worked for GM in their heyday. I love nothing more than to see the Vettes dominate at Le Mans.
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Construction and Real Estate - August 2008
Construction and Real Estate
August 2008
Overall, reports on District housing remain soft. However, falling home prices, particularly in the existing home market, appear to be spurring sales. Both home builders and real estate agents noted that bankruptcies and short-sales were putting downward pressure on prices. Home sales in July remained at low levels, but growth rates continued to hold steady or trend upward across much of the District. Construction remained at low levels across the District, and new home inventories continued to contract by most accounts. Despite more positive news, the outlook remains subdued, in large part because of weak economic conditions and financing issues.
Commercial development remained weak across the District, most notably in Florida markets. Vacancy rates were trending upward in District markets, and developers continued to report fewer backlogs. Contractors noted that credit tightening and rising costs were curtailing activity. Most commercial contacts anticipate 2008 will be weaker than 2007, and the degree of pessimism has grown from earlier in the year. Several contacts anticipate weakness will persist into 2009. However, recent data indicate that the outlook for activity over the next six months will improve in Florida markets while softening elsewhere in the District.


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Intro Em7 - G - Am7 - G
Verse (same chords as intro)
You play, what I say, Yoko, Oh no
And we fly, to Tokyo, to say bye, to Yoko
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And she gets jealous when I'm away,
I've got nothing else left to say,
Oh no
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Jono, he went solo, cos Yoko, said oh no, no no
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The Russian Revolution (1958)
by Alan Moorehead
No current Talk conversations about this book.
This is a good treatment of the topic, I think.
The Russian Revolution paints a clear and detailed picture of what Russia was like in the decade leading up to the revolution: the economic condition, the bureaucracy of the Czar's monarchy, the strikes and street demonstrations, nihilism, peasant uprisings, and repression of the Jews.
This was the era of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev , yet most of Russia was illiterate, and isolated from the West. Even the university students had little exposure to world cultures especially in the fields of political science and philosophy. Yet, during this time the revolutionary movement was being crudely formed.
Approximately 15 million men had been recruited to the Czarist army," to fight World War I, many of them sent into the trenches without proper clothing, without boots, and even sometimes without a rifle."
By the year 1916 millions of soldiers had died, and most families lived on less than $150 a year in single room huts facing food shortages and extreme hardship; no bathhouses, no soap, and no medical attention of any kind.
This book chronologically tells the events that led to the 1917 revolution:
Marxism and the key players: Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin.
It explains how several different political parties competed for power.
It tells how Lenin, a fugitive in exile, hiding from persecution, became the leader of the Bolshevik party, and ultimately the communist country Russia.
And it expands on the role Germany played in the revolution.
The book is crammed full of interesting facts. For example: Germany invested approx. 1 million marks in the Bolshevik party, and aided Lenin in secretly returning to Russia and seizing power with the agreement that he would end the war. Churchill was quoted as saying "Germany turned upon Russia the most grisly of all weapons. They transported Lenin in a sealed truck like a plague bacillus from Switzerland to Russia."
And in the end the book tells how Lenin betrayed his party and his country. His rhetorical promises of equality and a Constituent Assembly of Citizens (freely elected parliament) were thrown by the wayside as the new communist government party took over all government agencies, ownership of all land, the banks, the gold supply, the press, utilities. The stock market was "swept away" and so were all rights of inheritance. Church lands were confiscated and religious teaching was forbidden in schools. "The state religion was now Leninism". No Constituent Assembly. No votes. No freedom of speech. No debates. No discussions. No freedom - period. A tragic outcome!
Of course, everryone already knows the outcome of the Russian Revolution, but this book gives the reader the feeling that they are actually living through it. An exceptional, passionately written documentary.
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WW II's abrupt end brought us many gifts, none stranger than the papers of the German State. These were captured virtually complete, and to this day give up secrets. One that emerges from Alan Moorehead's research is the extent to which Germany was involved in the Russian Revolution. The ironic result of this clandestine maneuver was Germany's sure defeat on the Eastern front in WW II. "It all forms a fascinating chapter in the history of our century," states The Book-of-the-Month Club, "and the man ignorant of how that chapter unrolled is minus the keys to an understanding of his own time and so in part himself--Moorehead hands us that key."
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I might be missing something here, but . . . 1. you spray a plant with poison2. You take some "dew" secreted by the plant, which obviously has poison on it.3. You feed it to the bees.4 They die.Help me out here. Why is that suprising?
Bees will collect dew, or any liquid substance from "any" plant.As corn is not one of the top crops that bees visit why rack your brain over it.They are going to spray what they are going to where they are going to. "Who" is going to fix that?
Isaias Corona of Bradshaw Honey Farm, near Visalia, Calif., putting corn syrup — bee food — into hives. The farm has lost about half its bees.
They are going to spray what they are going to where they are going to. "Who" is going to fix that?
Because no one is studying that as a possible cause to the Mysterious CCD. Scientists said well neonicotinoides are not in the nectar or the pollen which bees love but they forget that bees will go for anything sweet flavored.
Buzzbees comments are the best I've heard so far.No single chemical or pesticides have been found to be the problem. In fact, some of the ones targeted, and those banned in France and other countries, have been found at ANY level, in only about 30% of CCD samples. Some of the other chemicals, and the ones beekeepers have placed in the hives themselves, have been found at much higher percentages of the hives. Fluvalinate, being the most toxic.It seems that particular fungicides, tested and shown to be safe for bees unto themselves, has drastic kill rates, when mixed with other chemicals. These previously safe fungicides are being found to be the the "x-factor" and chasing down and eliminating one chemical as they are trying to do, may be in vane, since another chemical may just fill in for the job. So this could be a compounding problem that results in many chemicals being the "last straw" allowing this to take place. It seems that research is about where many beekeepers thoughts were at least two or three years ago. That it is the combination of chemicals, probably with suppressed immune systems, poor nutrition, that allow other diseases and a complete crash of the bees immune system and resulting CCD.
Once again my comments are getting pushed to the side as if finding out how all of the foraging members of a hive could up and die. As if all the foraging members of a hive dying has nothing to do with CCD.


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Online dating and intimacy in a mobile world
Barraket, Jo & Henry-Waring, Millsom (2006) Online dating and intimacy in a mobile world. In Colic-Peisker, V, McNamara, B, & Tilbury, F (Eds.) Sociology for a mobile world: proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2006 Conference, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), University of Western Australia & Murdoch University, pp. 1-10.
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The nature and possibilities for intimacy between adults are changing in the mobile era. Bauman (2003) has decreed this the era of 'liquid love', in which intimacy is commodified and committed relationships have been replaced by fleeting connections. In contrast, Giddens (1991; 1993) suggests that the reordering of everyday life in late-stage modernity has given rise to the possibility of a democratization of interpersonal interaction, characterized by reflexive 'pure relationships'. The purpose of this paper is to consider theoretical debates about intimacy in the mobile era with regard to the contemporary practice of online dating. Drawing on our qualitative research with 23 online daters in Australia, we argue that, while the architecture of online dating is consistent with liquid love, many online daters simultaneously desire the possibilities for consumption afforded by liquid love, while aspiring to the formation of pure relationships and/or more practical forms of caring. This creates tensions in people's experiences of this form of purposeful meeting, which are reflective of the conflicting socialities of intimacy available to us in the mobile era. At the same time, our research revealed disruptions to these tensions, by illuminating experiences where the consumerist orientation of online dating stimulated processes of reflexive self-discovery amongst our participants.
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Harrison and 'Riders shutout Hooks 6-0
By Cameron Varnau / Frisco RoughRiders | April 19, 2014 10:47 PM ET
FRISCO, TEXAS (APRIL 19, 2014) - In his third rehab start, Matt Harrison tossed eight scoreless innings and the RoughRiders defeated Corpus Christi 6-0 to win a franchise-record tenth consecutive game on Saturday night at Dr Pepper Ballpark. A four-run first inning and a two-run Drew Robinson homer in the fifth gave Frisco three straight wins over the Hooks.
After giving up one base hit and striking out three to begin the ballgame, Harrison sat down and watched his offense go to work. Jordan Brown walked with two outs and advanced to third on a double that Jake Smolinski dropped into center. Drew Robinson loaded the bases and 'Riders first baseman Trever Adams smacked a two-run single to center. Ryan Rua then hit a routine ground ball to the shortstop, Jio Mier, but the ball took a nasty hop and the infielder could not make the play. Robinson trotted home to give Frisco a 3-0 lead. The RoughRiders tacked on one more run to make it 4-0 on a Tomas Telis single to left.
The 'Riders also flashed some leather early in the contest with a pair of impressive defensive plays. In the third, Hooks leadoff hitter Nolan Fontana crushed a double off the wall in right-center field, but was thrown out trying to take third following two accurate and strong relay throws by Jake Skole and Guilder Rodriguez. Harrison made the third out on a sharp comebacker and gave the fans even more to applaud.
Seaton night ended after hitting Smolinski with one out in the fifth to put a runner on first base and Luis Cruz came on in relief. Robinson welcomed him to the ballgame by getting all of a 2-2 pitch and depositing it as a souvenir to the fans in right field. The two-run homer, Robinson's third of the season, increased the 'Riders lead to six. Seaton (0-1) finished his outing giving up three earned runs on six hits, walking three, and striking out two in four and 1/3 innings pitched.
Harrison (1-0) looked sharp and continued to pitch well in his gem of an outing. At one point in time, the southpaw retired ten consecutive batters. In eight shut out innings, Harrison allowed three hits while walking one and striking out five. Jon Edwards closed out the game for Frisco in front of a crowd of 10,126.
The RoughRiders look to sweep the four-game set against the Hooks Sunday afternoon at 2:05 at Dr Pepper Ballpark. Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff (1-0, 2.25 ERA) looks to earn his second win of the season in his second home start of the year and Matt Heidenreich (0-0, 9.72) gets the ball for Corpus Christi. For tickets to see the 'Riders in 2014, call 972-731-9200, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.ridersbaseball.com.
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"Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums" is based on the Emmy Award-nominated Japanese comedy-panel format Comaneci University Mathematics. The show is hosted by Dara O'Briain. The brainbox Irish comedian and broadcaster studied maths and theoretical physics at University College, Dublin and now he's on a mission to use all his knowledge and intuition to solve some very tasty real-world brainteasers and conundrums. Dara (alongside Oxford University maths professor Marcus du Sautoy) uses maths, physics, chemistry, logic and all those hidden mechanics of the world we don't see or are too distracted by football to notice to solve problems. Each episode in this eight-part series is themed and Dara, along with comedy guests like David O'Doherty, Andi Osho, Alex Horne, Simon Evans and Jason Byrne, dissect each conundrum and find out guaranteed ways to solve them.
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Ed Coffman's loved ones wanted to help him after a motorcycle accident earlier this year resulted in amputation of his leg.
But they would have never anticipated such an outpouring of support that an upcoming fundraising event has already garnered.
The Ed and Candy Coffman benefit ride, hosted by the Blairsville F.O.E. 1488 Eagle Riders motorcycle group, is already exceeding expectations, according to Courtney Faser, the Coffman's niece and an organizer of the event.
"This is turning into something I never imagined it would," she said.
Not only have individuals stepped up to help; businesses like Luther Ford in Homer City have, too.
The Sept. 14 ride includes five stops: Pikel's BP Inn in Home, Ironwood Grill in White Township, the Red Barn Sportsmen's Club in Homer City, Griffith's Tavern in Armagh and the Blairsville Eagles Club.
It's open to not only motorcycles, Faser said, but also cars and trucks.
"It will just be a fun time from there and all the money we raise will go to my Uncle Eddie," she said.
Proceeds will help cover medical and living expenses for Coffman, 40, and his wife, Candy.
Candy, 43, received minor injuries in the same accident.
She has taken time off work to care for her husband. The couple lives in Clarksburg.
Same-day registration is available at the Eagles Club starting at 10 a.m.
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NY State Senator Proposes Banning Anonymous Free Speech on the Net
Jason Mick
May 25, 2012 6:00 PM
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All users posting to websites would have to post their real name and address, non-compliant posts would be axed
When people think anonymity,
and their iconic Guy Fawkes masks
often pop into mind these days. But long before the members of that
controversial hacker collective
were a mere twinkle in their mothers' eyes, another anti-authoritarian rabble-rouser was using anonymous protest to stir up revolt against a totalitarian ruling elite. His name was Thomas Paine, and his anonymously published work
Common Sense
helped ignite the colonists in revolution against Britain.
I. Want to Post? Put Your Legal Name and Address Here!
Yet today in the country that Thomas Paine's anonymous writings helped to give birth to, a country in which speech is supposedly free, something alarming is happening. Several states are looking to
outlaw online anonymity
New York is among them. The State Senate is contemplating Bill
a measure that would force users to post (and verify) their home address, IP address, and legal name in
post they make online.
That's right; New York is considering laying waste to privacy and anonymous speech in the name of "preventing"
online bullying
. The bill describes:
A web site administrator upon request shall remove any comments posted on his or her web site by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post and confirms that his or her IP address, legal name, and home address are accurate. All web site administrators shall have a contact number or e-mail address posted for such removal requests, clearly visible in any sections where comments are posted.
It's unclear exactly how much support the bill has in the State Senate. It was introduced just over two months ago by
Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara
(R—Big Flats).
New York Republican State Senator Thomas O'Mara wants to force anonymous internet posters to surrender their right to anonymous free speech.
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Under the plan, New York State law enforcement officials and employees would be taxed with -- using taxpayer money -- sending takedown requests to websites. Of course, the irony is that the law is grossly out of line with federal laws -- and likely unconstitutional -- thus if a website is hosted by out of state companies New York regulators might have no way of "forcing" websites like 4Chan or blogs to expose their users.
II. First Amendment, Anyone?
Such a practice would be unacceptable to most web businesses involving user-generated posts. Not only would it violate user privacy and raise legal liability issues, it would also likely decrease participation. At the same time it would hit sites with a double whammy by requiring them to pay for expensive code additions and extra administration.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press
; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Several state laws prohibiting anonymous pamphlets have already been ruled unconstitutional. See
Talley v. California
(1960) and
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
(1995), for Supreme Court rulings defending citizens' right to anonymous speech and printed works.
Despite at least two Supreme Court rulings beating them back, states' effort to ban anonymous free speech has persisted into the digital era [Image Source: City-Data]
Thus, one thing is for sure -- if New York does adopt this wild restriction of civil liberties, it will surely be swiftly challenged. And based on past precedent, it will almost certainly be ruled illegal on First Amendment grounds.
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