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You got a good deal on the PSL. Think I saw someone selling the correct IOR scopes on one ofthe AK boards.
Came with some ammo, pouch 2 mags so far, cleaning kit,scope he says he has and 2 more mags if he can find them.Are these good rifles?Have about 600.00 in it in trade items.These really have a long barrel,should be a good long range shooter.Here are some pics,its in good used cond.
You got a good deal on the PSL. Think I saw someone selling the correct IOR scopes on one ofthe AK boards.
Nice looking rifle, welcome to the club. In case your not aware of this, limit your bullet weight to 148gr.
Nice...let us know how accurately it shoots.
You did well. They are a mixed bag from accuracy, quality and reliability. There is huge variation.
They are not SVDs, Draganovs, or even close. They are Romanian in origin and design and they are based on the AK platform. The SVD/Draganov is a completely different animal with different milled receiver, bolt and action, not to mention price. They are cool guns but Draganovs they are not.
Cool rifle to enjoy and a scope will not be a hard find.
These rifles are selling for $1200-$1500. Mags are pricey so get as many as you can in the deal.
Thanks guys for the info and comments!I am pretty sure he has the scope with mount,a local guy never known him to lie.He said he bought this years ago new,the complete package.He couldnt remember what he paid either 599.00 or 699.00.Hope its one of the good ones.Will update when I get everything,he said it shot great.Wow that is amazing 1200.00-1500.00?I wont tell him that.
That price is with a scope! The original TIP 2 scopes run around $150 to $200 so keep that in mind.
For a short period, one of the online vendors was selling them them for $600 without the scope and mount. That's about the cheapest I've ever seen them at a retailer.
I picked up a complete package PSL about 10 years ago, first 2 digits were the year at that time (94 IIRC) at a local show for $600 on Sunday afternoon from a fellow dealer. Shoots dead on at 600 yds (as long as I do my part). I have others and later ones not so much. They are a fun gun at the range, all the internet experts tell me what it is. Good Grief !! Enjoy it you did good. Skid
You did very well especially if you end up getting the scope. Th $600 would be 1/2 the price I see them selling for if you get the scope with it.
Where do some of you guys find this stuff...A PSL for the going price of an AK lol. Get the Mags as they are $75 a piece if you can find them now.
Just find a non computer guy getting back what he paid,and getting something he wanted more,not hard, at least around here.YES, I want those mags now!
It's a decent rifle but the long bbl is prone to heating and bbl whip, which affect accuracy. Once the bbl warms up your groups will start to spread out. It's not a sub moa rifle, but you can get decent groups as long as your not rapid firing and put a little time between your shots.
I like mine. The bolt hold open feature is a joke or more like an after thought and will probably fail if it's not already gone.
Dont get me wrong,I didnt screw the guy,I traded stuff I had 600.00 in,am sure it was worth more than that,you know how that goes.I wont be rapid fireing it.I have a k98 mauser shooter,after shooting 20 rounds through it as fast as I could load it ,that barrel was got pretty hot!
Up date,guy dropped off scope/mount and one mag,couldnt find the other one.Is this a correct Romanian scope and mount,marked TIP2 like was said the originals are?It fits nice and tight on the rifle,pretty happy with this deal!Scope is a silver grey color.,the optics are clear.
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$600 including the scope & extra Mag !!! Nice. Scope 100% Correct, see my pictures. Also, dated '99 not '94, memory failing. Added Rubber Butt pad, believe it is for Grenade Launching, but works good, and a rubber cheek pad from Brownells. What can I say, I like my comfort. Enjoy your PSL !!
Thanks guys!sssniper that is a real nice one!This one is dated 77 and scope 76 so it an earlier Romanian built PSL package,thats great,will let you guys know how it shoots.
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Having owned both the real deal SVD (and Izvhesk), and NDM-86, and a PSL, I would be perfectly fine using a PSL in battle. I lacks the solid heft and smooth refinement of the SVD, but it fulfills the exact same role in a competent package.
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They do have their faults and quirks. There is some "tinkering" that can be done but nothing that actually resolves some of the faults or makes it better.
If you are lucky, you have a good shooter. There are also detailed instructions on how to correctly zero the scope.
Fun rifle to shoot. It can eat a lot of ammo very quickly!
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The "hold open" piece gets broken if you dry fire it with the mag removed.
The hammer does just that to the spring loaded tab that holds the bolt open with an empty mag.
I've owned several over the years and two of them shot MOA with 67bxn surplus ammo.
If you are new to 54r, remember surplus ammo is corrosive and you Must clean the rifle after shooting or you will ruin it.
There is no PSL that will shoot with a 308 NDM, not even close. I have one that is not too far off an NDM-86 in 54r, the other is a spray and pray.
The standards for a real SVD are well defined, about 1.3 MOA minimum with 7N1 IIRC. The PSL is luck of the draw.
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This was the best group I ever shot with my "keeper" PSL54. I normally shoot at least 5 rounds, but these were the last 4 rounds I had after a day at the range with it. Rifle was warmed up and dirty. 4 shots at 100 yds, shooting from a bench with a front bag, original TIP2 4x optic, Czech "bxn 68" surplus. Normally with Czech surplus or 7N1 the groups are about twice as big. Maybe some luck involved here and not just with getting a good rifle?
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The 44-year-old construction worker sat at the folding table in the tiny living room of his basement apartment on the outskirts of Barcelona and tried to grasp the larger meaning of a letter from the bank informing him he no longer owned the property.
The apartment will be auctioned at a fraction of the price he'd paid for it four years ago, when his fast-rising salary seemed a sure ticket to middle-class stability for his family. If a buyer is found this week, he and his four teenaged children will be evicted. As Spain has no personal-bankruptcy law, he will still owe the bank almost €200,000 - more than the current market value of the apartment - even if he loses it.
"It's like a terrible weight I'm forced to carry," Mr. Cadena says. "I feel like the whole country's problems have fallen on my back."
With an unemployment rate of nearly 20 per cent, the highest in Europe, it could be a long time before he finds more than the occasional month-long construction job. But the spending cuts launched by Mr. Zapatero this week will likely lead to reductions in the welfare and unemployment-insurance programs that were Mr. Cadena's only hope of staying aloft until jobs materialize again.
Mr. Cadena's family are part of an estimated 1.4 million Spaniards now facing court action over unpaid mortgages. During the late 1990s and 2000s, a freewheeling mortgage market gave Spain the highest rate of homeownership in Europe and possibly in the Western world, at 85 per cent. But property values quickly collapsed across Spain - falling more than 40 per cent in Barcelona - at the same time as 2.5 million jobs were wiped out, so there are now a million Spanish families in which all the members are unemployed.
In economic terms, Spain's simultaneous property-bubble collapse and debt crisis mean the country will face years of adjustment to a lower living standard and a less generous government. Given the country's comparatively strong underlying economy, it does not face a Greek-style lender panic, but it will likely be more than a decade before its economy returns to its previous levels.
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Across Europe, governments are preparing enormous cutbacks. In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron this month asked ministers to draw up plans for a 40 per cent cut in every department. Italy this week passed a budget cutting €25-billion over two years, and Ireland was warned by the International Monetary Fund that its brutal slashing may not be enough to keep debt in check.
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NMA has a collection of 28 Fallout 3 screens and links to other sites for a total of 145 images, following a demo to Taiwanese game sites. The shots are literally photos of the screen, so the quality is poor but you'll get to see lots of (spoilerish) dialogue and more.
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Wow! I really had doubts that the 1950's monochrome effects, superimposed over modern technology would really work; but it looks great.
Hmmm, the dialogue doesn't strike me as particularly good, nor bad really. Standard fare as far as I can tell from these few examples. Overall I am not too impressed with the looks of the game so far, but I totally dig the Vaultboy icons.
It looks surprisingly good at this point - some of those dialogue options actually indicate real choices, which is a huge step in the right direction compared to Oblivion.
Yes very informative screen shots.
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[If you don't want spoilers, you should probably steer clear of these. It's been suggested that they violate the NDA a tad, so if you want to, look at them while they're there.]
How does this NDA system actually work? - i would have thought pre release spoilers were allowed to a certain degree. What part actually "infringes" the NDA?
Kinda smirked at the Nerd Rage Perk.
In earlier showings, taking pictures of the demo was not allowed.
Note that this does not make it illegal for NMA to host the shots, it just means the journalist that attended the showing broke the rules and might be forced to take down the screens. Bethesda has no real leverage to make us or anyone else take down the hosted shots (NMA's shots, you'll note, have been corrected against the angle, so they're clearer than the shots on the Asian websites).
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Morgan, a 12 year old female from Ajax asks on November 23, 2005,If air is a gas, and gas explodes when heated (in an eclosed space, the atmosphere), does that mean that if the Earth gets hot enough, it will blow up from the gas particles expanding?
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Gas does not explode, gas expands. It might seem like it's exploding if you heat air in a closed container, and the pressure builds and builds until the thing explodes, but this is just a big release of pressure because you were holding it in. It's like if you were all curled up in a ball inside a small cardboard box and you suddenly decided to use all your strength to uncurl and stretch out, it would seem like the box is exploding. It's not really exploding. It's just breaking because you are putting pressure on it from inside. Same with the kind of gas explosion you are talking about. A real explosion, with dynamite or a bomb is caused by chemicals reacting together and creating *new* gas and force that blows out in all directions. This is different than the expansion of gas from heating.
The earth is not enclosed in any kind of can or box. The only thing around it is empty space--a vacuum. If the earth gets hotter and hotter, the gas of the atmosphere will just expand out into space, and that is it. Nothing is holding it in except gravity. It would be like if you were curled up in a ball but *not* inside a box. Uncurling fast would not explode anything. Gravity keeps the air here. Heating might make it a tiny tiny bit thicker, but it would stay on earth. The hottest molecules of gas would sure fly off into space, but few would escape the earth's gravity. Now if it was heated tremendously, then yes, all the atmosphere might be blasted off into space. But there would be no explosion. And you'd really need a lot of heat.
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Those are a curly hair problem in general. The problem is that the individual strands curl around themselves, to form the knot. It's just one of those things that comes with the territory. As for not wanting to cut your hair, I understand. But in my experience these knots can lead to breakage and split ends, which would be counterproductive to your length retaining efforts.
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- Global Steel Output Starts Tepid for 2013
- North American, European results
- China, Asia strong for January
- U.S. is-5.6% off pace
- Germany solid, rest of EU trails
Global raw steel production totaled 124.8 million metric tons during January, according to data collected by the World Steel Assn. The amount represents a rise of nearly 2.9% over the 121.3 million metric tons produced during December 2012, but just 0.8% more than the 123.8 million tons produced worldwide during January 2012.
The Association added that the global raw steel capacity utilization for its 62 member countries declined to 71.2% in January, from 73.2% in December. It noted that the current rate represents a year-on-year decline of -5.5%.
The World Steel Assn. represents steelmakers in 62 countries. Last month, the group reported global output for 2012 rose 1.2% over the prior year, despite decreases in European and South American production.
"Raw" or crude steel is the term describing the product of electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces, prior to metallurgical refining and casting into semi-finished products, such as slabs, blooms, or billets. World Steel Assn. totals represent carbon and carbon alloy steels; Stainless steels and other specialty alloy steels are not included.
January's results among different nations and regions varied considerably. China, which far outdistances all other steel-producing nations in terms of volume, produced 59,339 million metric tons of raw steel last month, an increase of 2.9% above its December output (57,656 million metric tons), but 4.6% more than its output during January 2012 (57,656 million metric tons.)
Japan is the world's second-largest steelmaking nation by volume, and its January result of 8,865 million metric tons also showed steady improvement. It is a 3.45% improvement on December output, 8,569 million metric tons; and a 2.7% rise over the January 2012 result.
South Korea is another of the world's top-ten steelmaking nations (sixth by 2012 volume) and its raw steel production was 5,811 million metric tons in January 2013, -0.4% lower than January 2012. Compared to January 2012 production, 5,775 million metric tons, that country's recent result is 0.4% lower.
As a region, Asia's 82,325 million metric tons produced during January represented a 2.4% improvement over December, and a 3.97% increase on the January 2012 report.


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It was a far cry from the University of Michigan Golf Course on the corner of Stadium and State and the classrooms in Dennison Hall. Former Michigan golfer Louisa Shu's career aspiration truly began 4,000 miles from Ann Arbor.
Three years before, Shu had entered the University as a general studies major with little idea of what to do after college. In July 2010, Shu, then an incoming senior on the women's golf team, traveled with pre-health club Medical Educational Service Opportunities to help treat residents in rural Panamanian villages. She, in a group with close friend and Michigan tennis player Denise Muresan, assisted and shadowed the doctors as they delivered diagnoses and prescribed medication. Many of the patients were older, in constant pain from crippling arthritis after being hunched over for years while working in the farms. While communicating with the residents in Spanish she had learned at the University and seeing the instant impact of the volunteer group, Shu realized her future was in healthcare.
Then, when Muresan told her about a friend who had loved the postgraduate Master of Science in Anesthesia program at Case Western Reserve University, Shu took the MCAT and applied to the program in hopes of becoming an anesthesiology assistant. But with tuition listed at more than $96,000 for two years, Shu needed a way to help defray the cost of her postgraduate education. In 2012, she was granted the Donald R. Shepherd Senior Scholar Award through the Michigan Athletic Department, an annual award given to student-athletes who are pursuing graduate education.
Shu's two-year program, through the Case Western School of Medicine, includes classroom studies, clinical instruction and month-long rotations in each specialty of anesthesia, including general surgery, obstetrics, burns and trauma, and pediatrics. Currently two semesters into the program, Shu said her athletic and academic experience in Ann Arbor has helped her excel with the rigorous curriculum at Case Western.
"This program is all about application and how you work with your hands and think on the spot," Shu said. "You're working in a hospital, which is really fast paced. You have exams, you have clinicals, and we're doing a lot of charity work. Being at Michigan and a student-athlete and having to juggle so many things prepared me for this program."
The scholarship was made possible by long-time donor Don Shepherd (BBA 1958), the former CEO of Boston-based investment management firm Loomis, Sayles & Co. Among other donations, his $3.5 million gift funded the construction of the Donald R. Shepherd Women's Gymnastics Training Center in 2002. He has endowed scholarships for numerous teams including field hockey, women's golf, volleyball, softball, women's tennis, women's cross country, women's gymnastics and women's swimming as well as the Michigan Marching Band.
After Shu decided she wanted to continue her studies, her extracurricular experience while at the University made her a natural candidate for the Donald R. Shepherd award. In addition to her success on the golf team and service work, the brain, behavior and cognitive science major worked as a research assistant for Dr. Elizabeth Peckham in the Mammalian Reproductive Endocrinology Lab after learning about the research in class. Shu worked on a project that investigated the behavioral effects of prenatal hormone treatments, and she assisted with behavioral observation research, data analysis and lab meetings.
Peckham quickly found Shu to be one of the best research assistants she had had to date, and named Shu's eagerness to learn, dependability and intelligence as what set her apart.
"I have a lot of students who show up and do what they have to do but don't fully engage, but from the time she started in the lab, she stood out as being one of the go-to students," Peckham said. "She'd be at the farm at 6 in the morning if I needed her to be there. She came in on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day because she was in town and was more than happy to come in. I knew I could depend on her to do what needed to be done."
With the assistance of the Shepherd award, Shu entered the Master of Science in Anesthesia program in 2012 and is on track to graduate from the program in May 2014. Similar to her undergraduate time in Ann Arbor, Shu quickly became involved in extracurricular activities at Case Western, including the Health and Wellness Committee on the school's Graduate Student Senate. The committee helps graduate students learn more about health care and health insurance and sponsors preventative health-related activities, including exercise classes and cooking demonstrations.
The focus on fitness fit in well with Shu's athletic background in Ann Arbor. And with little time for golf during her postgraduate studies, Shu turned to running as a new, athletic way to relieve stress. Although she had never been a runner, with cardio workouts on the Michigan golf team mostly consisting of half-hour workouts on the treadmill or elliptical machines, she finished the Columbus Half Marathon in 2:04:29 in October.
And with another half-marathon in Cleveland potentially in Shu's future, as well as her wedding in June to former Michigan men's golfer Bill Rankin, Shu's schedule will stay busy until she graduates in 2014.
"I have no doubt she'll be fantastic in whatever she does, and pretty much whatever she sets her mind to, she can do," Peckham said. "The fact she can be an athlete, still do well in her classes, and still do research makes her a good student and a good team member."


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ERIC Identifier: ED347494
Publication Date: 1992-12-00
Author: England, Joan T.
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services Ann Arbor MI.
Pluralism and Education: Its Meaning and Method. ERIC Digest.
The philosophy and ideology of pluralism is not new but one whose time has come for actualization. Education is providing experience for students, teachers, counselors and the community to nurture and practice pluralistic thought. The philosophy of pluralism is not restricted to the "purist" educational environment but is being extended to encompass teacher in-service training and community-based involvement and input. Teachers and the community at large are acquiring an awareness of pluralism through subtle methods of dialog and participation. Schools are expediting the implementation of pluralism through activities, workshops, courses, and small groups. These processes often fit under the name of multicultural issues and concerns; frequently the use of the term "pluralism" is avoided. Accurate definition may assist in the transition toward truly pluralistic thought.
Pluralism can be defined in a number of ways. The definition which seems most encompassing is the following: a society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious and social groups maintain participation in and development of their traditions and special interests while cooperatively working toward the interdependence needed for a nation's unity. The focus of most definitions evolves around the elements of interdependence, development and cooperation among diverse peoples of the world.
Although counselors, schools, social service components and communities may not label their activities pluralistic in nature, there appears to be a pluralistic thread which runs through the weave of fabric of their teachings and philosophies. Examples of the variety of ways in which pluralism is being practiced, taught and expanded include the following methods.
Innovative programs which have turned to opening the lines of communication to the community have produced remarkable results. In Lake Forest School District in Harrington, Delaware the situation of community linkage was addressed (VanSciver, 1989). The district had a 17% Black enrollment but not one Black was a member of the National Honor Society although several were eligible but chose not to apply. The entire administrative team and counseling staff were white. To whom would a Black youth with a problem go? There were a few Black teaching staff but none anywhere else. A meeting was held with members of the Black community to discuss their perceptions of the school district's effectiveness in meeting their needs. Discussion was frank and clear and items of concern were discussed and in turn acted upon. Other meetings were scheduled to continue the dialogues. With the advent of these meetings, Blacks began to become integrally involved in their children's educations. Service to all students in this school district has increased through these efforts.
As early as preschool, youngsters are learning about pluralism in an experiential sense. Barbara Thomson (1989), who teaches 4- and 5- year olds in St. Louis, MO, encourages this age group to "see beyond appearances" by offering them a choice between the contents of a large elegantly wrapped box and a small dirty carton. The children all want what is in the big, beautiful carton but, upon pondering, believe that something "yucky" or delightful could be in either box. Upon opening the boxes the children find garbage in the big box and a group snack in the little box. The discussion which follows this activity promotes the child's ability to transfer this tangible idea of "wrappings" to the real world of other children and how they are "wrapped" or dressed or appear. Other transference of learning takes place when discussion evolves around other times when appearance is not the most reliable indicator of worth.
Thomson's firm conviction that children must "do" and experience to truly learn is additionally noted in her many role-playing ideas for children. She continually emphasizes the individual in a group experience as opposed to a strictly individualistic orientation. This philosophy and her suggested activities provide needed practice for children in a pluralistic society.
Later in the elementary school years, teachers can help "celebrate diversity" and develop group respect with their students. To develop the idea of pluralism, children can create a classroom quilt to which each student contributes a square that is designed to represent his or her ethnic background; plant a small farm or garden project to allow children to experience the planning and cooperation required with each other, the earth and nature in planting their crops, harvesting and reaping the benefits or sharing the failures together. Children could create a mural in a similar way or have students independently research and report on various cultures. (Mack, 1988).
Group counseling has a particular impact in the high school setting. "Anytown: A Human Relations Experience" (McWhirter, Paluch, & Ohm, 1988) outlines a group experience for high school students to promote direct, intergroup contact and increased racial tolerance among students. The process of Anytown involves the promotion of group experience based on working together, sharing and listening. Each day of the week has a theme and the small groups are guided through experiential activities to help process the theme and become more fully attuned to themselves and others in their small group. The intimacy of daily contact and interaction helps to make the groups realize that race, religion, sex, age and other physical or social features are not sufficient bases for prejudice and discrimination. The Anytown program claims that the we-consciousness that is promoted tends to develop into friendships that transcend racial, ethnic, sex, religious, age and other differences.
One of the most active environments in reacting to pluralism has been the college campus. College campuses have developed training programs to diminish prejudicial attitudes and to promote unlearning racism. These efforts by universities help to bridge the gap for minority students. Most of these programs develop their ideas through a workshop or brief training program. Examples of these programs include a word association exercise which consists of six minority group descriptors typed on a page leaving space for written associations. Because the goal was to focus on racism, sexism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, the six descriptors were as follows: gay man, Black person, woman, Hispanic person, Jewish person and lesbian. Participants were instructed to respond anonymously by writing down the first words that came to mind for that descriptor. Sheets were collected and responses written on the blackboard. Questions which followed included: "Which group received the most positive associations?" "The most negative?" "Why?" It seems few questions needed to be asked to precipitate discussion. Students subsequently expressed their hurt, fears and anger about prejudice from this activity and in their lives. Both students and faculty participating in this group rated the overall experience as highly positive. (Lasenza & Trout, 1990).
James Stewart (1991), states that the design and implementation of diversity planning are most effectively undertaken as an integral part of overall institutional planning rather than as independent processes.
The following questions may provide fodder to provoke further pluralistic thinking.
1. How does the powerful ideology of individualism limit the realization of pluralism? (Olneck, 1990)
2. How can moral development be modified to educate individuals on three levels: (a) as members of a large society, (b) as members of a subgroup, (c) and as individuals free to explore potentialities beyond any group membership? (Haberman, 1990)
3. How does the media (television), assist or hinder in developing views of pluralism? (Piepe, 1990)
4. How can promoting diversity splinter as well as enlarge moral communities? (Opotow, 1990)
5. How does the language we use inhibit pluralistic thought? (i.e., subculture, subgroup)
6. Could we now be in an interval of redefinition before a higher ethos emerges that both tolerates and integrates pluralism? (Olneck, 1990)
7. Do we need to rethink/redefine multicultural counseling? (Speight et al., 1991)
8. How can we re-evaluate the trends toward courses in multicultural counseling and teach all courses in a pluralistic mode? (Journal of Counseling and Development, 1991)
The thesis of pluralism is truly summarized by an old Jewish folktale about a rabbi who is asked how one can know the moment of dawn. The rabbi says simply, "Dawn is the moment when there is enough light to see the face of another as that of a brother or sister." (Thomson, 1989). Dawn has not come to our world as yet, but when it does, pluralism will be the byword of all.
Haberman, M. (1990). The nature of multicultural teaching and learning in American society. Peabody Journal of Education 65, 101- 113.
Journal of Counseling and Development. (1991). Multiculturalism as a fourth force in counseling (special issue), 70.
Lasenza, S., & Troutt, D. V. (1990). A training program to diminish prejudicial attitudes in student leaders. Journal of College Student Development, 31, 176-177.
Mack, C. (1988). Celebrate cultural diversity. Teaching Exceptional Children, 21, 40-43.
McWhirter,J. J., Paluch, R., & Ohm, R. M. (1988). Anytown: A human relations experience. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 13, 117-123.
Olneck, M. R. (1990). The recurring dream: Symbolism and ideology in intercultural and multicultural education. American Journal of Education 98, 147-174.
Opotow, S. (1990). Deterring moral exclusion. Journal of Social Issue, 46, 173-182.
Piepe, A. (1990). Politics and television viewing in England: Hegemony or pluralism? Journal of Communication, 40, 24-35.
Sleeter, C. E. (1990). Staff development for desegregated schooling. Phi Delta Kappan, 72, 33-40.
Speight, S. L., Myers, L. J., Cox, C. I., & Highlen, P. S. (1991). A redefinition of multicultural counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 70, 29-36.
Stewart, J. (1991). In E. H. Cheatham & Associates (Eds.), Cultural pluralism on campus. Alexandria:VA. American Association for Counseling and Development.
Thomson, B. (1989). Building tolerance in early childhood. Educational Leadership, 47(2), 78-79.
VanSciver, J. H. (1989). Not a gray issue. Educational Leadership, 47(2),
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U.S. handover puts Iraqi prisoners at risk - Amnesty
By Maria Golovnina
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has released several thousand Iraqi prisoners into Iraqi custody despite documented evidence that Iraqi security forces have abused detainees, Amnesty International said on Monday.
The handover of prisoners occurred after a bilateral security agreement came into force last year, ending the U.S. military's right to detain Iraqis, and formally concluded in July with the transfer of the last U.S. detention centre.
"Iraq's security forces have been responsible for systematically violating detainees' rights and they have been permitted to do so with impunity," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty's director for the Middle East and North Africa.
"Yet, the U.S. authorities, whose own record on detainees' rights has been so poor, have now handed over thousands of people detained by U.S. forces to face this catalogue of illegality, violence and abuse, abdicating any responsibility for their human rights."
An Iraqi official disputed Amnesty's assertions.
The Amnesty report documents thousands of arbitrary detentions and beatings of detainees to obtain forced confessions. The Iraqi judicial system is based on securing convictions through confessions rather than evidence.
It estimated 30,000 people were being held without trial in Iraq and 10,000 of those were transferred from U.S. custody over the past year and a half.
"This report is baseless and inaccurate. We respect the law and observe human rights norms," said Iraq's Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim. Continued...


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Study of Azacytidine Followed by GM-CSF in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
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The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if the combination of azacitidine and GM-CSF can help to control MDS. The safety of these drugs will also be studied.
Azacitidine is designed to block certain proteins that stop the function of tumor-fighting genes. By blocking the "bad" proteins, the tumor-fighting genes may be able to work better.
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is designed to help produce white blood cells. This may help to fight infections.
|Drug: Azacytidine Drug: GM-CSF
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Azacytidine Followed by GM-CSF in Patients With Low- or Intermediate-1- Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
- Overall Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 2 treatment cycles (8 weeks) ]ORR is percentage total participants with overall response (Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR)) within two treatment cycles. Response based on modified International Working Group (IWG) criteria: Complete response - Bone marrow: 5% myeloblasts with normal maturation of all cell lines, Persistent dysplasia noted, Peripheral blood Hgb 11 g/dL, Platelets 100x109/L, Neutrophils 1.0x109/L, Blasts 0%. Partial response: All CR criteria if abnormal before treatment except: Bone marrow blasts decreased by 50% over pretreatment but still > 5% , Cellularity and morphology not relevant; Stable disease - Failure to achieve at least PR, but no evidence of progression for > 8 weeks; No Response or Failure - Death during treatment or disease progression characterized by worsening of cytopenias, increase in percentage of bone marrow blasts, or progression to a more advanced MDS French-American-British (FAB) classification subtype than pretreatme
|Study Start Date:
|March 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Azacytidine + GM-CSF
Azacytidine administered intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SQ) at starting dose of 40 mg/m^2, daily for 4 days.
GM-CSF administered IV or subcutaneously at 250 mcg/m^2 one day (the next day) after completion of azacytidine treatment, for 3 consecutive days.
Each treatment cycle will last at least 4 weeks
Drug: Azacytidine
Starting dose: 40 mg/m^2 intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SQ) daily for 4 days.
Other Names:Drug: GM-CSF
250 mcg/m^2 IV or SQ one day (the next day) after completion of azacytidine treatment, for 3 consecutive days.
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
Study Drug Administration:
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, on Days 1-4 of every cycle, you will receive azacitidine by vein over 15-30 minutes.
You may receive drugs to help prevent nausea and vomiting before you receive your dose of azacitidine.
On Days 5-7 of every cycle, you will receive GM-CSF by vein over about 15 minutes or by injection.
Each study cycle will be about 4-6 weeks, depending on the study doctor's decision.
Study Visits:
One (1) time each week during every cycle, blood (about 2-3 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.
At any time, if your doctor thinks it is needed, you will have a bone marrow aspirate to check the status of the disease.
Length of Study:
You may continue taking the study drugs for as long as the doctor thinks it is in your best interest. You will no longer be able to take the study drugs if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if you are unable to follow study directions.
Your follow-up visits will be per standard of care for the disease.
This is an investigational study. Both azacitidine and GM-CSF are FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of MDS. The study drug combination to treat MDS is considered investigational.
Up to 40 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with low- or intermediate-1-risk MDS according to the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) classification
- Signed informed consent indicating that patients are aware of the investigational nature of this study in keeping with the policies of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.
- Age >/= 18 years old.
- Prior therapy with growth factor support, lenalidomide, or other investigational agents is allowed.
- Previously untreated patients are eligible for this study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any previous adverse reaction (>/= Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade 2) to GM-CSF.
- Prior treatment with azacytidine or decitabine.
- Unresolved diarrhea >/= CTCAE grade 2.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01542684
|United States, Texas
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Zeev Estrov, MD
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01542684 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 27, 2012
|Results First Received:
|March 28, 2014
|Last Updated:
|March 28, 2014
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Used effectively, quotations can provide important pieces of evidence and lend fresh voices and perspectives to your narrative. Used ineffectively, however, quotations can clutter your text and interrupt the flow of your argument. This handout will help you decide when and how to quote like a pro.
Use quotations at strategically selected moments. You have probably been told by teachers to provide as much evidence as possible in support of your thesis. But packing your paper with quotations will not necessarily strengthen your argument. The majority of your paper should still be your original ideas in your own words (after all, it's your paper). And quotations are only one type of evidence: well-balanced papers may also make use of paraphrases, data, and statistics. The types of evidence you use will depend in part on the conventions of the discipline or audience for which you are writing. For example, papers analyzing literature may rely heavily on direct quotations of the text, while papers in the social sciences may have more paraphrasing, data, and statistics than quotations.
Sometimes, in order to have a clear, accurate discussion of the ideas of others, you need to quote those ideas word for word. Suppose you want to challenge the following statement made by John Doe, a well-known historian:
If it is especially important that you formulate a counterargument to this claim, then you might wish to quote the part of the statement that you find questionable and establish a dialogue between yourself and John Doe:
There will be times when you want to highlight the words of a particularly important and authoritative source on your topic. For example, suppose you were writing an essay about the differences between the lives of male and female slaves in the U.S. South. One of your most provocative sources is a narrative written by a former slave, Harriet Jacobs. It would then be appropriate to quote some of Jacobs's words:
In this particular example, Jacobs is providing a crucial first-hand perspective on slavery. Thus, her words deserve more exposure than a paraphrase could provide.
Jacobs is quoted in Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, ed. Jean Fagan Yellin (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987).
This scenario is probably most common in literature and linguistics courses, but you might also find yourself writing about the use of language in history and social science classes. If the use of language is your primary topic, then you will obviously need to quote users of that language.
Examples of topics that might require the frequent use of quotations include:
In order to lend variety to your prose, you may wish to quote a source with particularly vivid language. All quotations, however, must closely relate to your topic and arguments. Do not insert a quotation solely for its literary merits.
One example of a quotation that adds flair:
Once you've carefully selected the quotations that you want to use, your next job is to weave those quotations into your text. The words that precede and follow a quotation are just as important as the quotation itself. You can think of each quote as the filling in a sandwich: it may be tasty on its own, but it's messy to eat without some bread on either side of it. Your words can serve as the "bread" that helps readers digest each quote easily. Below are four guidelines for setting up and following up quotations.
In illustrating these four steps, we'll use as our example, Franklin Roosevelt's famous quotation, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Do not rely on quotations to tell your story for you. It is your responsibility to provide your reader with context for the quotation. The context should set the basic scene for when, possibly where, and under what circumstances the quotation was spoken or written. So, in providing context for our above example, you might write:
Tell your reader who is speaking. Here is a good test: try reading your text aloud. Could your reader determine without looking at your paper where your quotations begin? If not, you need to attribute the quote more noticeably.
Avoid getting into the "he/she said" attribution rut! There are many other ways to attribute quotes besides this construction. Here are a few alternative verbs, usually followed by "that":
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Different reporting verbs are preferred by different disciplines, so pay special attention to these in your disciplinary reading. If you're unfamiliar with the meanings of any of these words or others you find in your reading, consult a dictionary before using them.
Once you've inserted your quotation, along with its context and attribution, don't stop! Your reader still needs your assessment of why the quotation holds significance for your paper. Using our Roosevelt example, if you were writing a paper on the first one-hundred days of FDR's administration, you might follow the quotation by linking it to that topic:
All quotations, just like all paraphrases, require a formal citation. For more details about particular citation formats, see the UNC Libraries citation tutorial. In general, you should remember one rule of thumb: Place the parenthetical reference or footnote/endnote number after—not within—the closed quotation mark.
In general, avoid leaving quotes as sentences unto themselves. Even if you have provided some context for the quote, a quote standing alone can disrupt your flow. Take a look at this example:
Hamlet denies Rosencrantz's claim that thwarted ambition caused his depression. "I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space" (Hamlet 2.2).
Standing by itself, the quote's connection to the preceding sentence is unclear. There are several ways to incorporate a quote more smoothly:
Hamlet denies Rosencrantz's claim that thwarted ambition caused his depression: "I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space" (Hamlet 2.2).
The colon announces that a quote will follow to provide evidence for the sentence's claim.
Hamlet denies Rosencrantz's claim that thwarted ambition caused his depression. He states, "I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space" (Hamlet 2.2).
When faced with a twelve-foot mountain troll, Ron gathers his courage, shouting, "Wingardium Leviosa!" (Rowling, p. 176).
The Pirate King sees an element of regality in their impoverished and dishonest life. "It is, it is a glorious thing/To be a pirate king," he declares (Pirates of Penzance, 1983).
"There is nothing either good or bad," Hamlet argues, "but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet 2.2).
"And death shall be no more," Donne writes, "Death thou shalt die" ("Death, Be Not Proud," l. 14).
Dividing the quote may highlight a particular nuance of the quote's meaning. In the first example, the division calls attention to the two parts of Hamlet's claim. The first phrase states that nothing is inherently good or bad; the second phrase suggests that our perspective causes things to become good or bad. In the second example, the isolation of "Death thou shalt die" at the end of the sentence draws a reader's attention to that phrase in particular. As you decide whether or not you want to break up a quote, you should consider the shift in emphasis that the division might create.
When Hamlet tells Rosencrantz that he "could be bounded in a nutshell and count [him]self a king of infinite space" (Hamlet 2.2), he implies that thwarted ambition did not cause his depression.
Ultimately, death holds no power over Donne since in the afterlife, "death shall be no more" ("Death, Be Not Proud," l. 14).
Note that when you use "that" after the verb that introduces the quote, you no longer need a comma.
The Pirate King argues that "it is, it is a glorious thing/to be a pirate king" (Pirates of Penzance, 1983).
As few words as possible. Remember, your paper should primarily contain your own words, so quote only the most pithy and memorable parts of sources. Here are guidelines for selecting quoted material judiciously:
Sometimes, you should quote short fragments, rather than whole sentences. Suppose you interviewed Jane Doe about her reaction to John F. Kennedy's assassination. She commented:
You could quote all of Jane's comments, but her first three sentences are fairly redundant. You might instead want to quote Jane when she arrives at the ultimate reason for her strong emotions:
Quoting the words of others carries a big responsibility. Misquoting misrepresents the ideas of others. Here's a classic example of a misquote:
John Adams did, in fact, write the above words. But if you see those words in context, the meaning changes entirely. Here's the rest of the quotation:
As you can see from this example, context matters!
This example is from Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (Oxford University Press, 1989).
There may be times when you need to quote long passages. However, you should use block quotations only when you fear that omitting any words will destroy the integrity of the passage. If that passage exceeds four lines (some sources say five), then set it off as a block quotation.
Be sure you are handling block quotes correctly in papers for different academic disciplines–check the index of the citation style guide you are using. Here are a few general tips for setting off your block quotations:
So, using the above example from John Adams, here's how you might include a block quotation:
It can be confusing when you start combining quotation marks with other punctuation marks. You should consult a style manual for complicated situations, but the following two rules apply to most cases:
So, for example:
In the above example, both the comma and period were enclosed in the quotation marks. The main exception to this rule involves the use of internal citations, which always precede the last period of the sentence. For example:
Note, however, that the period remains inside the quotation marks when your citation style involved superscript footnotes or endnotes. For example:
Take a look at the following examples:
In the first example, the author placed the exclamation point outside the quotation mark because she added it herself to emphasize the absurdity of the student's comment. The student's original comment had not included an exclamation mark. In the second example, the exclamation mark remains within the quotation mark because it is indicating the excited tone in which the coach yelled the command. Thus, the exclamation mark is considered to be part of the original quotation.
If you are quoting a passage that contains a quotation, then you use single quotation marks for the internal quotation. Quite rarely, you quote a passage that has a quotation within a quotation. In that rare instance, you would use double quotation marks for the second internal quotation.
Here's an example of a quotation within a quotation:
Remember to consult your style guide to determine how to properly cite a quote within a quote.
Whenever you want to leave out material from within a quotation, you need to use an ellipsis, which is a series of three periods, each of which should be preceded and followed by a space. So, an ellipsis in this sentence would look like . . . this. There are a few rules to follow when using ellipses:
Take a look at the following example:
The reader's understanding of the Writing Center's mission to serve the UNC community is not affected by omitting the information about its location.
For example, using the above example, you would NOT need an ellipsis in either of these situations:
For example, if you take material from the end of a sentence, keep the period in as usual.
Likewise, if you excerpt material at the end of clause that ends in a comma, retain the comma.
Sometimes it is necessary for clarity and flow to alter a word or words within a quotation. You should make such changes rarely. In order to alert your reader to the changes you've made, you should always bracket the altered words. Here are a few examples of situations when you might need brackets:
Suppose you were quoting a woman who, when asked about her experiences immigrating to the United States, commented "nobody understood me." You might write:
In the above example, you've changed "me" to "her" in order to keep the entire passage in third person. However, you could avoid the need for this change by simply rephrasing:
For example, if you were quoting someone's nickname, you might want to let your reader know the full name of that person in brackets.
Similarly, if a quotation referenced an event with which the reader might be unfamiliar, you could identify that event in brackets.
In rare situations, you may quote from a text that has nonstandard grammar, spelling, or word choice. In such cases, you may want to insert [sic], which means "thus" or "so" in Latin. Using [sic] alerts your reader to the fact that this nonstandard language is not the result of a typo on your part. Always italicize "sic" and enclose it in brackets. There is no need to put a period at the end. Here's an example of when you might use [sic]:
Here [sic] indicates that the original author wrote "beach of contract," not breach of contract, which is the accepted terminology.
For example, it is not necessary to bracket capitalization changes that you make at the beginning of sentences. For example, suppose you were going to use part of this quotation:
If you wanted to begin a sentence with an excerpt from the middle of this quotation, there would be no need to bracket your capitalization changes.
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[EL SALVADOR] The Salvadoran soccer federation (FESFUT) banned 14 national team players for life for their role in suspected match-fixing of four matches, including a friendly against the USA in 2010.
Among those banned were veteran goalkeeper Miguel Montes and former MLS players Christian Castillo (D.C. United), Osael Romero (Chivas USA) and Ramon Sanchez (San
Other players handed life bans: Luis Anaya, Miguel Granadino, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas, Darwin Bonilla, Ramon Flores,
Alfredo Pacheco, Mordecai Henriquez, Marvin Gonzalez and Reynaldo Hernandez.
Romeo Monteagudo was banned for 18 months, while former D.C. United player Eliseo Quintanilla and Victor Turcios received six-month bans.
Four players -- including Gold Cup star
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Lots of stuff to catch up on after a beautiful and long weekend gawking at and riding bikes at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey.
Lots of stuff to catch up on after a beautiful and long weekend gawking at and riding bikes at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey.
Happy Monday. I hope you're enjoying the weather as much as I am today. I suppose I shouldn't complain about the much cooler than normal temperatures in California; at least we're not under threat from hail and tornadoes!
The Bike Commuter Benefits that began January hit the mainstream media over the weekend and became kind of big news. Kadisco on sports websites redesigns. See also this interesting bit about cycling team sponsorship budgets: while global sports team sponsorships rose 425% between 1989 and 2007, cycling sponsorship increased only 74% between 1989 and 2008. read more »
Today: An Afghan women's cycling team, maybe a bike bridge across the USA-Canada frontier, bike lane parking, adventures, rides, obstacles and opportunities.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I just received word that the airport decided to keep Ewert open for cyclists, though they may have short-term closures. Thank you to San Jose Active Transportation Director John Brazil for making this happen. Jump to the final paragraphs below for important details (because temporary closures might still happen) and background. Those of read more »
Happy Monday. I can handle rain, sleet, lightning, thunder, wet socks, but then I arrive at the office this morning and discover the coffee maker is broken! I fear this combined with those red Starbucks anti-Christ cups littering the trail are portents of evil tidings. Look for a brief collection of Monday bike news below read more »


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The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went." This often quoted gem from the story Reginald on Besetting Sins by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) came to mind when returning to the gastropub John Salt in Islington from where, late last year, chef Ben Spalding went in an untimely but not, as it turns out, inopportune manner.
Quick as a flash almost, Neil Rankin, formerly head chef at Pitt Cue Co, was engaged. Apparently there had already been discussions about him doing something at The Owl & Pussycat in Shoreditch, another pub owned by 580 Ltd. Rankin is a barbecue maven, a believer in smoke and coals to the extent that he maintains even some of his raw food has a whiff of cordite. The mezzanine restaurant at John Salt provides more scope in terms of space and numbers than Pitt Cue Co could and that depiction of liberation sees Rankin's cooking fly.
Interpretations, inspirations and japes jostle for attention like unruly, impish children in every section of his daily-changing menu. How cunning to put octopus together with lardo, both of them white, soft and rich in entirely different ways; what has every poussin that ever lived been crying out for but significant amounts of green chilli; aged dripping, why yes of course! the perfect fat for frites; bacon panna cotta may suggest desperate searching for a cure but at a price that its success — or not — is scarcely of consequence. Almost every current food fashion including "filth" and skins is strutting its stuff but doing it with grace and guile and — perhaps needless to say — guts.
Mercifully the menu offers the wherewithal to put together a fairly regular meal in terms of composition. It is not a no-choice, never-ending bloggers' banquet featuring unavoidable items that make toes curl and eyes squeeze tight shut. My own Reginald ordered a meal of ham and egg followed by a whole (huge) coal-baked crab with salad on the side — leaves courtesy of Keveral Farm — finishing with an uncowardy custard dessert of blood orange and buttermilk.
The first course was shards of patiently steeped ham hock topped by an egg wreathed in fine crumbs that broke to set free a yolk devolving into a satiny sauce. The crab, which he chose to unpick whole for £17 rather than half for £11, was, like all the seafood, bought and brought direct from Newlyn Fish Market. I am not entirely sure, but I would say it met its maker inside a Big Green Egg barbecue, a piece of equipment favoured by Rankin. The accompanying bisque sauce was no stranger to an anis-based spirit such as Pernod. I also loved the idea of 'nduja (spicy) sausage with mussels but there were only four of us and we couldn't try everything. The acidity of buttermilk met the acerbic quality of blood orange in a creamy medium with a wholly satisfactory (and pretty) result.
Pickles and ferment offset fat and so kimchee invades hollandaise to accompany grilled skirt steak and introduces a note of dietary caution into the unputdownable side dish of frites with pulled pork and cheese. Korean influence is also manifest in a first course of chopped raw beef with Nashi pear and sesame or, as Koreans put it, yukhoe. This is sweet and savage and at the same time light, perfectly suited as an opening act for green chilli poussin except that the little bird was lacquered with too honeyed a glaze. A subtle assembly of burnt leeks with Parmesan, egg yolk and truffle vinaigrette retained just a folk memory of scorching.
Octopus and lardo with octopus vinaigrette was a culinary evocation of a whiter shade of pale; historic, as the late, lamented Michael Winner might have said. Whole megrim sole of a size that could easily have satisfied two came with a powerful condiment described as bone sauce. Twigs of tarragon had seemingly played an important part.
The oh-so-on-trend banana dog is the whole fruit encased in delicate batter with a scattering of what looks like the pounded interior of a Crunchie bar plus a scoop of cold creaminess. Bacon panna cotta is brazenly unashamed and ultimately coherent about mixing metaphors. Cornwall, which has supplied the fish from Newlyn and the meat from Philip Warren & Sons, also provides the cheese selection.
The wine choice at the moment is a bit pubby, but that may change. I hope the service stays as sweet as it was. I've seldom encountered front-of-house staff more civil or more efficient. As Saki would have put it, each one had "the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster".
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MITX event called Government 2.0 Strategies for Unlocking Public Data focused on a 2009's theme of transparent communication. Tim Vaverchak, the Massachusetts Director of Integration Services, made a simple statement about people (post talk). He said that people who know that a bus will be late are more likely to be understanding than people who expect the bus to be on time and do not know it is going to be late. That profound statement encapsulates the message we heard from Governor Deval Patrick down. Massachusetts is committed to providing open data standards for the people.
The Philosophy
"If you think about it, the data already belongs to the people" said Ann Margulies, CIO of Massachusetts. She went on to talk about how it is becoming readily accessible starting with transportation data. Prior to her current position, Anne Margulies was the Executive Director of MIT OpenCourseWare and is a big advocate for open source software.
This is an extension of the philosophies laid in open source software. People from Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux, to Venture Capitalists like David Skok have been advocating for open source for a long time and now we are seeing the movement extend past the software itself into the actual activity streams.
Jeffery B Mullan, Secretary / CEO of @massdot said "The governor's leadership allows us to open the data. The governor's vision is quite literally to take the bureacracy and turn it around. Manage as though we are the customer (versus the bureaucrats.) He insists that it is done the way that customers do it. Open data is a metaphor for him."
The administration is actively looking for ways to take the best practices developed by the MassDOT and extend them into other areas. Brad Blake, Director of New Media Strategy, has activated social media throughout the Commonwealth. "Massachusetts still has the traditional press release, but we are competing (in traditional and digital news sources) with Lady Gaga's latest attire to get the story out and receive feedback." he said. He went on to remind us that the Commonwealth still gets mail, phone calls and email all day everyday, but that they are looking for ways to be more responsive and to compile the questions, comments and ridicule of the senders with the feeling that social media is a great new channel for communication as well as a way to be more nimble with their responses. The Commonwealth of Massachusett's social media presences have been compiled here: http://www.mass.gov/socialmedia.
What's Next?
With the goal of having all bus routes available by the end of the summer, the Commonwealth is now looking at making train and commuter rail data. We reminded them that following the same philosophy of communication with data availability would pay off Vayerchak's statement. However, they were reluctant to commit to timelines because of the data now lives in a somewhat archaic system and may take significant transformation work. There's also a call for standards for putting more data online.
iPhone apps and installations are already here (if you have a link to a compilation, let me know and I will link here). Once the analytics wonks get their hands on the data, you will see regression models that show the reliability of routes complete with confidence intervals that show how likely the bus is to arrive at the time you expect it to arrive. A Commonwealth Transportation working dashboard would be insanely useful and cool.
Mashups with FourSquare and Gowalla could provide amazing opportunities for advertising. Knowing the routes,who is on the bus and the length of time that riders are on the bus present great opportunities for music programming, advertising and suggested places to stop along the route in advance of getting there.
The possibilities are limitless and now nobody has to wait for permission to use the data to make their ideas happen.


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A pair of old Honda models, the Accord and Civic, lead the list of the most stolen cars last year, the National Insurance Crime Bureau reports.
In fact, five of the Top 10 on the list of the most stolen cars were 1990s models. After the Toyota Camry at No. 3, the next two are full-size pickups, the Ford and the Chevy.
Here's the list:
For the first time since 2002, there are more Detroit brands on the list than import brands. Ford accounted for three spots, Dodge for two and Chevrolet for one.
The NICB says that overall, vehicle thefts continue their decline. When the final figures are posted, 2010 will post the fewest vehicle thefts since 1967 because of improved technology.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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McGinn on biking
Some media outlets and Seattle voters have spread the rumor that if Mike McGinn is elected mayor, he will only use his bicycle for daily transportation. He said that's not true and wanted to set the record straight.
"Let's put this story to rest," said McGinn sporting a bicycle helmet with his two-wheeler at the ready with another day ahead filled with campaigning around the city.
"Even during my campaign I drive places," said McGinn, a Greenwood resident. "Some places are too far to bike. But I do plan to bike when it makes sense. Short trips are often times faster by bike than by car. I started mainly for exercise. I discovered I really liked it, and saved money because I didn't have to pay for parking and it's about as fast as the bus.
"But, yes, if elected, I do hope to bike as often as I can. You can just roll your bike on at a light rail stop, and also use those racks on buses. Of course there are some times you have to drive. That's the way the city's designed."
McGinn also rides an electric pedal-assist bike.
"The electric bike gives me a lot more freedom," he said. "I could bike around and get to events without being sweaty while going from event to event. Every once in a while some cyclist will say to me, 'Hey, you're cheating.' The rider will give me a hard time. So, I have a stock answer, 'I'm using a small electric motor rather than a large gasoline one."
Mike McGinn enters a run-off election with Joe Mallahan in the Nov. 3 general election. Both beat Mayor Greg Nickels in the primary election Aug. 18.
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Pamela Winburn of Carrollton received a master's degree in business administration from Western Governors University.
On July 14 the online, nonprofit university held its semi-annual commencement ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah, and celebrated the graduation of more than 3,200 graduates – WGU's largest class ever. This year, Western Governors University celebrates its 15th anniversary. Incorporated in 1997, the university has grown to a national institution with more than 33,000 students and 16,000 graduates in just 15 years.
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A motorcyclist was killed Aug. 10 in a crash on Hwy. 42 in Trimble County.
Dispatchers at Kentucky State Police Post 5 received a call at 7:28 p.m. of a crash between a motorcyle and a truck. Preliminary investigation shows Mark Rexroat, 43, of Bedford was traveling east on Hwy. 42 on his motorcycle. Perry Cook, 49, of Bedford was traveling west on Hwy. 42 in a truck, according to the KSP release.
The Carroll County High School cheerleaders hosted a series of pageants Saturday as a fundraiser for their squad.
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will display artifacts and exhibits related to the Civil War and Kentuckyís military history at the Kentucky State Fair, Aug. 16-26 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
Carroll County High School boys basketball and parent group will host a co-ed "Street Ball Show Down 3 On 3 Double Elimination Basketball Tournament." There will be two tournament events, one for middle school-age athletes and adults and another for younger athletes.
The first event will be Saturday, Aug. 25, with first round of game starting at 9 a.m. There will be four divisions: Division 1 – 7th and 8th grade; Division 2 – 9th grade to 18 years of age; Division 3 - 19 years of age to 35; and Division 4 - 36 years old and up.
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It's in the bag
Bags, bags and more bags
These are not Fendi or Gucci bags. What are they?
a. a bag-for-life
b. a cool bag
c. a garbage bag
d. a toilet bag
e. a tea bag
f. a doggy bag
g. a sick bag
h. a sleeping bag
1 a bag you would use on a plane or boat if you felt unwell
2 a bag you would put a bottle of champagne in to keep it cold
3 a bag you would ask for in a restaurant if you hadn't eaten all the food and wanted to take it home
4 a bag you would take on a camping trip with you to use at night
5 a bag you would put your household rubbish in
6 a bag containing dried leaves which you pour hot water on to make a drink
7 a strong shopping bag that you can use hundreds of times
8 a bag you would put your toothpaste and soap in if you were going away for the night
and ...
9 What is a bag lady?
a. a rich woman whose hobby is collecting expensive handbags
b. a woman who has no home and carries all her belongings around in plastic bags
Pick the right bag
1 to pull something out of the bag
a. to do something very badly
b. to do something unexpected that makes things better
2 to be baggy
a. to be tight (clothing)
b. to be too big and loose (clothing)
3 to be in the bag
a. to be fully paid for
b. to be certain to happen (usually something you've been doing)
4 to let the cat out of the bag
a. to hurt someone you like
b. to tell a big secret
5 He couldn't (act/argue) his way out of a paper bag
a. he is brilliant at (acting / arguing)
b. he is very poor at (acting / arguing)
Pick the right phrase
1 I'm off to the market. Where's my (shopping bag / sleeping bag)?
2 I want to keep my jacket and pants unwrinkled. Where's my (mixed bag / suit bag)?
3 I think you look better carrying a (shoulder bag / rubbish bag).
4 I need a new (cool bag / saddle bag) for my bike.
5 Put the cooked chicken in a (string bag / plastic bag) before you put it in the fridge.
Change the bag
Change one word in each of these sentences to make them correct.
1 We don't want the drinks to get warm. Put them in a tea bag.
2 I'm going to vomit! Pass me a sleeping bag!
3 I'm going to take the rest of this pasta home. Ask for a toilet bag.
4 I've put your toothpaste, soap and stuff in the sick bag.
5 You can use a doggy bag more than once to make a drink, you know.
6 Have you put the cool bag outside for collection?
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Dead on my feet:
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What are you saying? 1. a, 2. b, 3. a, 4. b
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Posted on July 26th, 2013 by Ryan
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Filed under: Garage Design
This one is just getting started, but user "LCG" is preparing to construct what promises to be one hell of a modern residential garage. You don't often get to see construction like this, so start following the thread now. You can do so here.


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Good luck, that sounds like fun!
I sighted in the new Steyr Scout yesterday. Accurate as all get-out, easily printing .75" groups at 100 yards with plain-jane Federal 150s bought at WalMart. Felt recoil was lighter than expected for a 7-pound .308, though I had to get off the bench after 30 or so rounds. Shooting from field positions was even more comfortable. Bolt work was smooth and easy. The barrel heats up fast, though, so I had some downtime. Luckily I brought a Glock to while away the time.
I'm heading out with Bill King and some other Galco folks to chase some coyotes. We'll be camping Friday night and then, with any good fortune, shooting 'yotes early Saturday morning. This will be my first chance to blood the Scout. Wish us luck!
What toys are everyone else bringing???
Isn't a .308 a little overkill? LOL
Have fun!
Go get them Mike. Dang things are nothing but a pain. Good luck.
Well, we didn't see any coyotes, just a lot of rabbits and birds.
However, I was treated to a gorgeous sunrise over the mountains as I sat in my hide site atop a hill overlooking a small valley, my excellent rifle in my hands, surrounded by nature and my good friends. You can have a successful hunt without firing a shot.
.308 is indeed a bit on the hefty side for coyotes. But the Steyr is by far my favorite rifle, and is super-versatile. I tried to get some of the Remington Managed Recoil ammo for the hunt, but no one in the Phoenix area had any in stock.


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Vladimir Putin is a man of all seasons, a man who can solve any problem, after all, years in the KGB do teach one how to be a problem solver. Russia is experiencing a drop in its population due to low births. He is proposing to improve financial and living conditions and encourage those who have left to return home and have lots of babies. If a family has two or more kids they get more money for the children.
An unannounced aspect of the program is a personal effort by the future president of Russia to ensure women have more babies. Putin intends to have baby hours for any woman in Russia who wants to get impregnated by the great man. As an alternative, women can get access to his sperm and along with each sample of his sperm they receive a new car and a signed photograph of dad.
So, ladies, get with the program. Have a Baby with Putin.


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