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The trial of Abu Ghraib whistleblower Paul Bergrin entered a key phase on February 20 as the government's central witness, alleged hit man Oscar Cordova, began his direct testimony. Bergrin, a prominent North Jersey defense attorney and former JAG lawyer, was one of the first people to disclose human rights abuses at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Many believe that his efforts to bring Bush, Cheney and other administration officials to justice are the reason why the current laundry list of federal charges is being pursued. According to the government, Bergrin was engaged in large-scale drug dealing and conspired to murder witnesses on behalf of clients. The government witnesses have essentially been a parade of unsavory characters looking to deal their way out of legal jeopardy. Almost all have conceded lying in previous legal matters, yet the government has repeatedly assured that this time they can be believed.
Is Begrin's federal trial payback for his work to expose abuses at Abu Ghraib?
The government packed the courtroom with security personnel for Cordova, complete with communication devices protruding from their ears, presumably to drive home the point to jurors that the witness was in need of extraordinary protection. Evidently, the government is asserting that the fact that Bergrin has been imprisoned for four years has not lessened the supposed threat he poses to prosecution witnesses. The government's direct examination of Cordova was conducted by lead government prosecutor, AUSA John Gay. Cordova performed as expected under Gay's friendly and often leading questioning. Numerous tapes were played in which Cordova could be heard speaking with Bergrin about drug dealing and murder. There was, however, something surreal about the discussions. Bergrin had told the court weeks ago in his opening statement that the tapes with Cordova would prove to be nothing more than role playing, and that appeared to be the case as utterly absurd and improbable discussions were played for the court.
A statue of blind justice sits prominently outside the courthouse where the Bergrin charade is unfolding
Bergrin is an experienced criminal defense lawyer and as such would certainly have pegged Oscar the hit man as a fraud from the very beginning. Cordova claimed to be the national leader of the Latin Kings gang, son of imprisoned leader Lord Gino. But Bergrin had represented real Latin Kings and must be assumed to have immediately spotted Cordova as a fraud. Why he decided to "play" with Cordova and answer his role-playing with role-playing of his own is anyone's guess, but the tapes speak for themselves and reveal strangely cartoonish conversations.
While Cordova claimed to be the international leader of the Latin Kings, Bergrin, having represented real Latin King gang members in the past, would have immediately recognized him as a fraud
On one tape Bergrin promises to make Cordova "not a millionaire, but a billionaire" as they discuss setting-up a "global" drug network that would yield millions in profits every week. The idea of a high-powered criminal attorney like Bergrin seriously making such plans with a simpleton like Cordova is beyond ridiculous. Other conversations included details of murders Bergrin wanted carried out by Cordova. Much was made of the alleged murder plot involving "Junior the Panamanian." Bergrin never tells Cordova where he can find Junior, or what he looks like, but repeatedly insists that he be killed. All of the calls in which murder or drug dealing was being discussed were oddly lacking necessary details.
The government guided Cordova through his well-rehearsed testimony for the better part of two days. Having been billed as the government's star witness, his performance could only have been seen as a disappointment from the prosecution's perspective. Cordova appeared to be dull-witted, developmentally challenged and possibly medicated as he haltingly recited his prepared lines. The government indicated on Wednesday afternoon that their direct examination was almost complete and on Thursday, February 21, the defense finally had their opportunity to challenge what may have been some of the most preposterous testimony ever presented in a federal courtroom.
Bergrin, who continued to act as his own counsel, began his cross-examination of Oscar the pretend hit man by having him verify some of his more outrageous claims. Oscar conceded that he had told Bergrin about his personal relationship with Chapo Guzman, the world's most wanted drug lord. He also admitted that he had told Bergrin he had committed "hundreds" of murders. Bergrin asked if in the history of the United States he had ever heard of a mass murderer or assassin who was credited with hundreds of victims. When Cordova lamely offered a response of "Sammy Gravano," there was laughter in the courtroom and Bergrin was quick to point out that Gravano had in fact killed only 23 people. Cordova repeatedly claimed he was only "role-playing." This would become a familiar line throughout Bergrin's blistering cross-examination. Despite his lame protestations to the contrary, the point was made that Cordova's story was completely ludicrous.
Cordova's mention of Sammy Gravano elicited laughter in the courtroom and highlighted the absurdity of his tale
Having exposed Cordova as a teller of childishly unbelievable tales, Bergrin next began to expertly demonstrate that the witness was a professional informant who had repeatedly lied to his handlers. Cordova admitted having acted as a federal informant on various matters since 1999. After much prodding, he also admitted to having falsely accused another individual of murder. When Bergrin asked Cordova if he realized that his false accusation exposed this individual to the death penalty, Cordova resorted to a well-rehearsed refrain of "This trial is not about me, it's about you, Paul Bergrin, and the people you killed and the drugs you sold." Cordova reached to this retort whenever he was forced to admit an embarrassing detail or fact which was harmful to the prosecution. Judge Cavanaugh grew tired of it and repeatedly told Cordova and his handlers that "The witness is not doing himself any favors." Cavanaugh had to repeatedly direct Cordova to answer Bergrin's questions as he sought refuge in his practiced obfuscation.
USDJ Dennis Cavanaugh appears to be sensing that the government's case against Bergrin is disintegrating
Another bit of rehearsed choreography Cordova resorted to was dodging questions by patting his hands on the pile of transcripts in front of him and saying, "No matter what you say, Paul, the transcripts and the tapes don't lie." Bergrin deftly proved the opposite to be true, having Cordova concede that he had the ability to turn his recording device on and off as he pleased. Cordova was also forced to admit that some of his most outrageous claims against Bergrin were somehow not taped.
Early in Bergrin's cross-examination, Cordova was caught in a blatant lie regarding another investigation in which he had cooperated with federal authorities. Paul then asked Cordova if he had been prepped by the FBI and U.S. attorneys for today's testimony. Cordova admitted to lengthy rehearsals for his performance in court. Paul then asked, "Is telling lies like that part of how you were instructed to testify?" There was audible laughter in the courtroom and more importantly, among the jurors. Spectators were threatened with removal if there were further outbursts.
Did the FBI and U.S. attorney actively suborn perjury by prepping Cordova to testify falsely?
Cordova became visibly upset whenever the questioning turned to the topic of his alleged father, imprisoned Latin King leader Lord Gino. Cordova looked to the judge for help several times saying, "Your Honor, I don't want him asking about my father." Cavanaugh seemed a bit puzzled and was at first sympathetic to Cordova, gently advising him that Bergrin had the right to ask these questions. Even after Cavanaugh's gentle prodding, Cordova was reticent to answer questions regarding his supposed father. It became immediately obvious to all in attendance that there were significant doubts about Cordova's claimed lineage. Most likely, he was just an opportunistic petty criminal who was able to initially fool the feds with his claim of being Lord Gino's son. The feds by now were likely wise to his lie, but had no choice but to stick with his initial story, ridiculous as it may be. Bergrin likely knew all along that the story was a complete fabrication and continued to question Cordova on the issue. Cordova repeatedly sought Cavanaugh's assistance in dodging the questions, but the judge was growing weary of the witness' performance and firmly instructed him to answer. Cordova attempted to resort to his rehearsed line of the trial not being about him, but the judge was now having none of it. Cavanaugh again told Cordova and his government handlers that his testimony was "not doing them any favors." A look of resignation began to grow on Cordova's face.
Imprisoned Latin King gang leader Lord Gino is almost certainly not Cordova's father, despite sworn testimony to the contrary
Bergrin picked apart Cordova's story masterfully, revealing one lie at a time. Zeroing in for the kill, he asked Cordova if he was receiving any type of professional care. Cordova hesitated and after a lengthy pause looked at Cavanaugh and said, "Your Honor, I don't feel so good." Cavanaugh noted that it was almost noon and declared a recess for lunch. Once the jury left the courtroom, AUSA Gay approached Cavanaugh and complained about Bergrin's preceding question. Cavanaugh shot back, "Well, I didn't hear an objection." Gay said that the question had not yet been answered, so he was now objecting. Cavanaugh sustained the objection and broke for lunch.
Why did federal prosecutors from the Newark, NJ office fail to previously reveal that their star witness was receiving mental health counseling and had been prescribed mood stabilizing drugs?
Court resumed about an hour later. Prior to the jury being seated, Gay again approached Cavanaugh and said, "Your Honor, it has come to our attention that Mr. Cordova is in fact receiving counseling and taking two types of mood-stabilizing drugs." Cavanaugh became visibly upset and said, "Why is it that we are four weeks into this trial and I am hearing for the first time that the government's central witness is medicated and receiving counseling?" Gay offered a mumbled response and the show continued.
Bergrin spent most of the afternoon driving home the point that Cordova had received no money to kill anyone and had received no address to locate the supposed target, despite repeatedly querying Bergrin. It became increasingly clear that there was never a plot to kill anyone. Cordova's whole story about why he initially contacted the FBI about Bergrin was similarly exploded on cross-examination. Cordova claimed he met with Paul and spoke about the murder plot prior to calling the feds. The relevant dates, however, exposed this lie as Cordova had actually spoken with the feds prior to meeting Bergrin. This lie exposed the possibility that Cordova was called into service by his federal handlers specifically to try and entrap Bergrin before any "plot" existed. We may never know if it was Cordova or the feds who initiated this part of the scheme to ensnare Bergrin.
Who is Oscar Cordova and is that even his real name?
AUSA Gay sat expressionless as his central witness was repeatedly impeached and exposed as a serial perjurer. There seems to be no doubt that the government was fully aware of Cordova's shortcomings as a witness and inconsistencies in his story, yet chose to partner with him in his perjurious performance. Subornation of perjury is a serious offense, but such charges are reserved exclusively for defense witnesses. The government's case against Bergrin, advanced by a procession of mendacity, has devolved into a mockery of the justice the prosecutors purport to represent. If the prosecution possessed one iota of decency, they would pull the plug on this affront to the legal process.
The government's case against Bergrin is predicated upon informants of the lowest order
Admittedly, it may be difficult for the average juror to concede that their government would engage in such violative behavior. Yet what is playing out before their eyes is the worst kind of government abuse one could imagine. The facts speak for themselves and one can only hope that the jury recognizes the government's colossal fraud for exactly what it is. Meanwhile, the mockery of justice entitled U.S. v. Bergrin continues to unfold.


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Graffiti, madmen and death will be some of the themes explored in poetry and song at an event in Rawdon. Scriptophilia is described as "a tantalising exploration by Peter Spafford (writer and performer) and Richard Ormrod (Yorkshire Jazz Musician of the Year 2012) of the sources, compulsions and consolations of writing". The performance – part of the Rawdon Amnesty Series – will take place at Rawdon Quaker Meeting in Quakers Lane, Rawdon, at 7.30pm on Sunday. There is no need to book. Admission is free, but there will be a collection for Amnesty International.
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July 31, 2007
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March 13, 2007
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I've had a chance to play with one of these before, the AVIC-N1.
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text: SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) today announced several changes to its executive and banner retail leadership teams, as it continues preparations to move forward with a focus on serving wholesale grocery operators, growing its hard discount format and running a smaller, more efficient retail operation following the close of its previously announced transaction with AB Acquisition LLC. That transaction is expected to be completed the week of March 18, 2013. Today's announcement includes additions to SUPERVALU's corporate leadership team as well as new presidents at Save-A-Lot and Shop 'N Save. There will be additional announcements in the coming weeks as new president and chief executive officer Sam Duncan continues to finalize his leadership team. Corporate Leadership Changes Mark Van Buskirk has been named executive vice president, merchandising and marketing for SUPERVALU, where he will be responsible for overseeing companywide retail merchandising and marketing efforts, along with directing SUPERVALU's private brand offerings and retail pharmacy teams. He spent the past 20 years in leadership positions with Kroger, most recently serving as vice president, meat and seafood merchandising and procurement. Rob Woseth has been named executive vice president, chief strategy officer. In addition to overseeing real estate and corporate development, Woseth will focus on identifying strategic growth opportunities that support independent grocers, as well as working with banner leadership to build and maximize the company's traditional and discount retail businesses. He spent the past 10 years in business development, strategy and leadership positions with Albertsons Inc. and Albertsons LLC. Steve Fox has joined SUPERVALU in the role of senior vice president, food merchandising, reporting to Van Buskirk. He comes to SUPERVALU after spending 41 years in retail leadership positions with Fred Meyer, a division of Kroger. During his tenure with Fred Meyer, Fox spent 10 years as vice president of produce merchandising/procurement and 11 years as vice president of grocery merchandising/procurement. All three appointments are effective immediately.


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Joan "Nannie" Stroupe Hoover, age 81, of Fieldstream Drive, Boone, was received into God's loving arms and kingdom glory Thursday evening, July 10, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Joan was born October 11, 1932 in Charlotte, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Fred Hirst Stroupe, Sr. and Florabell Dean Hawkins Stroupe. She was a 1951 graduate of Central High School and an honor graduate of Central Piedmont Community College with an Early Childhood Development Degree. Joan was a retired Preschool/Kindergarten teacher at Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. She was an active member of Third Presbyterian Church of Charlotte. Joan was a Cub Scout Den Mother and a volunteer at Presbyterian Hospital. Joan was a member of East Mecklenburg Optimist Mrs. Club. During her years in Boone, she was an active member of Perkinsville Baptist Church and was co-owner of WeeRuns Children's Consignment Boutique from 1992 until 1999.
Joan was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had a deep love for people, cooking, fashion, and decorating. Joan was a kind and giving friend who represented daily the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Joan is survived by her husband, Lloyd Leonidas "Leon" Hoover, Jr. of the home; one daughter, Terri Hoover Reynolds of Boone, and her daughters, Bethany Reynolds Mosteller and husband Chris of Indian Trail, North Carolina, Abbey Reynolds of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and her sons, Brandon Reynolds of Boone, and John-Michael Reynolds and wife Emily Wood Reynolds of Blowing Rock; two sons, Alan Hoover and wife Kathryn of Dublin, Ohio, and their two daughters, Meredith Yonushonis and husband James of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kelsey Hoover of Columbus, Ohio; and their son, Christopher Hoover and wife Christine of Columbus, Ohio, and Reverend Donnie Hoover and wife Valerie of Woodstock, Georgia, and their two daughters, Brittni Hoover and Brianna Hoover, both Woodstock, and their son, Brock Hoover of Woodstock; three great-grandchildren, Clare, James David, and Mary Kathryn, all of Cincinnati; one sister, Carolyn Stroupe Helms of Banner Elk; one brother, Richard "Dickie" Stroupe of Charlotte; one sister-in-law, Evelyn Ann "Dolly" Windle of Huntersville, North Carolina, and one brother-in-law, William "Bill" Hoover and wife Ann of Asheboro, North Carolina. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Bobbie Jo Stroupe Stith, and one brother, Fred Hirst Stroupe, Jr.
Funeral services for Joan "Nannie" Stroupe Hoover will be conducted Sunday afternoon, July 13, 2014, at 5:00 o'clock, at Perkinsville Baptist Church. The body will lie in state, at the church, from 4:00 until 5:00 o'clock. Officiating will be Reverend Seth Norris and Reverend Donnie Hoover. Graveside services and burial will be conducted Monday afternoon, at 1:00 o'clock, at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon, from 4:00 until 5:00 PM, at the church, prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Navigator Ministry #175067, PO Box 6079, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 56007, or to the Perkinsville Baptist Church Family Life Center, 274 Jefferson Road, Boone, North Carolina, 28607.
Online condolences may be sent to the Hoover family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com.
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text: On 02/18/2012 10:06 PM, deadalnix wrote: > Le 18/02/2012 16:04, Timon Gehr a écrit : >> For them, it is certainly safe. It is questionable how large the >> effective benefit is for const, since the const qualifier would be >> inherited for the method only, but not for its parameters. >> > > The const qualifier does NEVER qualify a function. This is a > misconception. I don't care whether or not it is a misconception. It is how the language is defined. If you want to change this, file an enhancement request. > In what we call const function, what is const is the > hhidden parameter "this", not the function. Both are const. Ask the compiler. struct S{ void foo()const{ static assert(is(typeof(this)==const)); static assert(is(typeof(foo)==const)); } } In fact, the incident that the method is const is what enables contravariant overriding of mutable/immutable by const methods. (This is not supported for the explicit formal parameter types.)


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Day Two of the government shutdown ended Wednesday with congressional lawmakers no closer to a funding deal needed to reopen it.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday told House Speaker John Boehner that Democrats would negotiate over changes to Obamacare and the federal budget — but only after House Republicans reauthorized funding for the government without any strings attached. Republicans rejected the offer.
"Offering to negotiate only after Democrats get everything they want is not much of an offer," Boehner spokesperson Michael Steel said.
The impasse continued against a backdrop of blatant political posturing. Members of Congress posed for photos with World War II veterans at the shuttered memorial to that war. Senators posed for photos answering their own phones, the job usually of furloughed staff. Dueling news conference were set up on the Capitol steps for maximum effect.
The House passed by acclimation a measure to fund the District of Columbia, and other fund measures for specific government departments were approved by Republicans with some Democratic support. The Senate, however, indicated it would not consider any of partial funding bills and President Obama threatened to veto them even if they passed.
Lawmakers say they see no quick resolution to the government shutdown, but believe the government-funding issue is now on a collision course with negotiations of the debt limit, which must be raised by Oct. 17 or the government will default on its financial obligation.
"Watch this thing move toward the debt ceiling and watch the (government funding bill) and the debt ceiling and this partial shutdown all come to a head all at the same time," said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
That dynamic stoked rumors of a grand bargain being in the works, particularly after the four top congressional leaders were called to the White House for a meeting with Obama.
As the House's business wound and congressional leaders continued talking with the president, Rep. Trey Radel looked down at a news alert that popped up on his phone — and then back up, with a sigh. It wasn't the news he was wanted to see.
"I was hoping that the president and leadership had said, 'You know what? We've got everything solved,'" said Radel, R-Fla.
They hadn't quite. After a nearly hour-long meeting, leaders of both parties said they were still not budging.
Both the House and Senate, meanwhile, finished their business for the evening — ensuring the government shutdown would extend into a third day that looks much like the second.


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I'm currently fixing up my homepage, and using excerpts from my posts. The first part of all my posts start with an 'important message block', then the rest of the article follows after that.
I've been creating my excerpts manually, and at first on my homepage, the important message block was only in text, and not displaying the box. I've since added the code
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The problem now is that the important message block is now displaying in the slider, which I've set to show featured image and excerpt. Is there a way for the slider to only show an automatic excerpt of the post rather than my manual one, as the automatic ones used to work perfect for the job before.
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Planned Giving
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Named in honor of John Bigelow, the first President of the New York Public Library, the Bigelow Society, created in 1991, is an honorary organization that recognizes the generosity of individuals who have named the Library in their will or trust or have designated the Library as beneficiary of an investment account or insurance policy. The Library expresses its gratitude to members by inviting them to special Library events and by listing their names in donor publications. The support of Bigelow Society members ensures that the Library can continue its mission to inspire life-long learning, advance knowledge and strengthen our communities for generations to come.
Current Bigelow Society members Nancy Wight (click for video) and Johanna Hurwitz have shared their personal stories as a testament to their support for the Library's ongoing work. We hope their words inspire you to make the Library a part of your legacy and we invite you to download The Bigelow Society brochure by clicking here.
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September 2002 Minutes
Informational Staff Council President, Connie Smith, called the business meeting to order at 11:45 PM.
Members present: Kevin Blake, Grettie Bondy, Debbie Copp, Joan Goth, Dan Hough, Celia Jones, Susan Lauterbach, Anna Love, Debra Levy Martinelli, Johnnie-Margaret McConnell, Sophia Morren, Marilyn Nicely, Annette Schwiebert, Marko Sherbon, and Connie Smith. Guests: Jackie Farley, Staff Senate Chair and Barbara Perry, Staff Senate Office.
1. Introduction of members and guests - Connie introduced guests Barbara Perry, Managerial Associate I for Staff Senate and Jackie Farley, Staff Senate Chair. Jackie thanked Barbara for her past and continued work with Staff Senate and expressed feeling honored to be selected as the chair for this year, which she hopes will be a fun one. Although this will be a tough year at OU with budget issues and parking a challenge, Jackie hopes that more people will become involved with Staff Senate, taking advantage of the opportunity to network, become informed, and have fun. Rumor has it that cookies often make an appearance at Staff Senate meetings…
For a summary of the self-introduction of members and guests, please see the appendix.
Jackie, the Director of Recreational Services, also gave an update on the Huston Huffman Center renovation and expansion. The center's $9.2 million project will add +32,000 square feet (the size of four basketball courts). The size of the weight room with be doubled and the cardio room will be relocated to where the racquetball courts are currently housed. There will be $5 million in new equipment purchased. Although the project completion date is July 2003, Jackie is realistically hoping for Fall 2003.
During the renovation, these services are still available: fitness classes/programs, cardio room, basketball courts and the pool. Staff currently pay $70 a semester to use the facilities. In the future, staff will be able to pay for HHC use through installment payroll deductions. Additionally, staff parking in the area has been increased with gated lots next to the OCCE Forum building and across from the Honors College.
Debbie gave an update on the $100 million renovation of the stadium. Working around and learning about construction projects has been an interesting learning experience. After being relocated to the press box from November 2001 until July 2002, Debbie and athletic business staff have moved back to their original spaces. Debbie reports that when finished, the renovated stadium will be absolutely beautiful and invites ISA members to stop by for a visit. Her recommendation for the football games - get there early and watch for press releases on open gates. For now, all east side gates are closed.
2. President's remarks -
3. With a motion by Susan seconded by Marko, the June 2002 minutes were accepted as presented.
4. Reports -
The executive committee of Staff Senate met with Cori Loomis, Director of Compliance Services. Offices dealing with compliance on the Norman and Health Sciences Center campuses are being combined into one office to be housed at the HSC. No staff have lost jobs due to this restructuring.
To view the entire minutes from the Staff Senate Meeting, please see http://www.ou.edu/staff_senate/minutes.html
· Faculty Senate, also by Connie Smith. Mostly an end-of-year wrap-up and housekeeping meeting, Faculty Senate also discussed retirement issues. For the Faculty Senate minutes, see http://www.ou.edu/admin/facsen/minutes/502jrn.htm
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Miscellaneous - Debbie suggested that all staff, as members of the Norman community, become aware of the issues surrounding the charter amendment that will be on a special ballot during the election on Tuesday, September 17.
Meeting adjourned at 12:55 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at 11:30 AM in the OMU President's Room.
Because of the number of new ISA members, each person present at the September 4 meeting was asked to introduce themselves, state where they work and tell one thing about themselves, either what they did this summer or a hobby they have.
Marilyn Nicely, on September 1, 2002, Marilyn celebrated her 26th year at the OU Law Library. Her hobby is painting river rocks, mostly with animals, especially cats.
Dan Hough, Oklahoma Biological Survey Computer Guru, Dan is the immediate past chair of Staff Senate and a past president of PSA. Dan was pleased to finish a long-term kitchen remodel this summer.
Celia Jones, Coordinator for Academic Student Services, or otherwise known as Mama Cass of the School of Meteorology, Celia has recently taken up storm chasing and is a student in the College of Liberal Studies.
Susan Lauterbach, Coordinator of Instructional Laboratories and Facility Safety for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Susan's hobby is working out and the highlight of her summer was a trip to the Northwest.
Grettie Bondy, the advisor for the English Department and two years removed as the Staff Senate Chair, she enjoyed her summer trip to the Bahamas with her sister. Ask to see the picture of Grettie wrestling an alligator…
Anna Love, an Information Technology Analyst III with IT, Anna was excited about the marriage of her son this summer.
Joan Goth, also an Information Technology Analyst III with IT, Joan took two full weeks off this summer (first time since 1990) and highly recommends the practice for all staff. She spent her time off in California.
Johnnie-Margaret McConnell, the advisor for the Communication Department, Johnnie-Margaret was excited to get her brother enrolled in college this summer.
Sophia Morren, OU Assessment Coordinator, Sophia has revived as past hobby of tennis.
Marko Sherbon, Mac and all-around Computer Guru from Goddard Health Center, those present were surprised to hear that Marko would be leaving for Charlotte, N.C. and the beach on Thursday (ha, ha). Marko's current hobby is an independent film he is working on with several OU students.
Debra Levy Martinelli, a Marketing/Pr Specialist I with Public Affairs, Debra is a freelance writer in her spare time and thoroughly enjoyed interviewing Tony Hillerman (who was a former professor of hers from New Mexico and remembered her!) this summer for the Sooner Magazine.
Barbara Perry, Managerial Associate I for Staff Senate, Barbara is excited about her first granddaughter, who should be arriving in two months. Barbara's big event for the summer was the remodel of the Staff Senate offices.
Kevin Blake, a Media Specialist (mostly streaming) for IT, Kevin enjoyed spending a week in South Florida this summer.
Jackie Farley, Director of Recreational Services, went to Alaska this summer and looks forward to a trip to Hawaii with the basketball team in November.
Annette Schwiebert, Information Technology Specialist III for IT, went to France this summer to visit family and was pleasantly surprised that she had retained more of her French language skills than she though she had!
Debbie Copp, Marketing/Pr Specialist II for Athletics and immediate past president of PSA, Debbie enjoyed a trip to Westchester, N.Y., where she was able visit many historical homes, parks and museums. Now, she is looking forward to a trip to Disney World in November. This year was Debbie's 25th anniversary of being a full-time university employee.
Connie Smith, Marketing/Pr Specialist II for the OK Geological
Survey, Connie was PSA president in 83/84, 87/88, and is serving again
this year to assist with the reorganization of the group. Much admired
for it by Debbie, Connie took off a day recently to "read a book."


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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Assignment 4
-the major difference between deadlock,starvation and race is that in deadlock, the problem occurs when the jobs are processed. Starvation, however is the allocation of resource that prevents one job to be executed. Race occurs before the process has been started.
2.Give some "real life" examples(not related to a computer system environment) of deadlock,starvation,and race.
Example of Deadlock: When two person are about to buy one product at the time.
Example of Starvation: When one person borrowed a pen from his classmate and hisclassmate get his pen back.
Example of Race: When two guys have the same girlfriend.
3.Select one example of deadlock from exercise 2 and list the four necessary conditions if the product is only one.
-if the two person needed that one product urgently.if there's other alternative products available.
-if the two person are brand concious and the product happen to be what they like. needed for the deadlock.
4.Suppose the narrow staircase (used as an example in the beginning of this chapter)has become a major source of aggravation.Design an algorithm for using it so that both deadlock and starvation are not possible.
5.Figure 5.16 shows a tunnel going through a mountain and two streets parallel to each other-one at each entrance/exit of the tunnel. Traffic lights are located at each end of the tunnel to control the crossflow of traffic through each intersection.Based on the the figure, answer the following question.
a.Can deadlock occur?How can it happen and under what circumstances?
-Deadlock will not happen because there are two traffic lights that control the traffic. But when some motorist don't follow the traffic lights, deadlock can occur because there's only one bridge to drive through.
b.How can desdlock be detected?
-Deadlock can be detected when there will be a huge bumper to bumper to the traffic and there will be accident that will happen.
c.Give a solution to prevent deadlock but watch out for starvation.
The solution to prevent deadlock is that, the traffic lights should be accurate and motorist should follow it. In order to have a nice driving through the bridge.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Assignment 3
-There is currently one user and he is not doing anything. The drive is showing a lot of activity. There is adequate disk space, and the machine is not an http, nis, or nfs server. The machine reaches this state of "thrashing", for lack of knowledge as to what's going on, after several weeks uptime, with no apparent difference in load by the few users that work on it.
2.How does the operating system detect
-The system can detect thrashing by evaluating the level of CPU utilization as compared to the level of multiprogramming.
3.Once it detects thrashing, what can the system do to eliminate this problem?
-It can be eliminated by reducing the level of multiprogramming.
1.Explain the following:
a.Multiprogramming. Why is it used?
-The interleaved execution of two or more programs by a computer, in which the central processing unit executes a few instructions from each program in succession.
b.Internal Fragmentation.How does it occur?
-Internal fragmentation occurs as a failure of the file system to store the file with enough precise enough a granularity such that all available free space is utilized. This occurs because reduced granularity allows for increased performance or simplicity when implementing the file system. Internal fragmentation on most computer systems is not usually considered a problem, because optimizing it invokes only small performances benefits, and involves modifying the file system, which can lead to a host of compatibility issues.
c.External Fragmentation. How does it occuInternal
-External fragmentation occurs to the free space on the hard drive, after data has been removed. Ideally, free space would be kept contiguously, so that data can be written to the medium contiguously and without fragmentation. However, if segments of data are removed at arbitrary places along the storage medium, then the free space is automatically fragmented. Ideally, a storage medium would be able to shuffle files into that free space and reallocate the free space back to a "heap" of it, however this is time consuming. This can be seen in defragmentation software, which utilize significant amounts of time to defragment heavily fragmented disks.
d.Compaction. Why is it needed?
- In a data center, compaction is the reduction or consolidation of hardware to make better use of physical floor space. Although the goal of compaction is to be cost-effective and maximize real estate, increased hardware compaction puts more demands on power consumption and cooling requirements, two major cost elements in maintaining a large data center.-In storage area management (SAM), compaction is the automatic removal of expired data from a storage area network (SAN) to condense the existing archive and make room for new data.
e. Relocation. How often should it be performed?
-Once the relocation of the iliac artery bifurcation is completed, timing of the endovascular procedure is crucial. In a thin patient with appropriate anatomy, the endovascular aneurysm repair could be performed immediately after iliac bifurcation relocation, in which case the abdominal incision is kept open, and saline-soaked sponges are applied to the wound. In more complicated cases or obese patients, procedures should be staged at 7 to 10 days to prevent bleeding during heparinization for the endoluminal procedure.
2.Describe the major disadvantages for each of the four memory allocation scheme.
--The major disadvantage for each of the four memory allocation schemes presented is only 1 job per partition and waste of storage.
3.Describe the major advantages for each of the memory allocation schemes presented.
-The major advantage is easy to manage and implement.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Assignment # 2
Memory paging occurs when memory resources required by the processes running on the server exceed the physical amount of memory installed. Windows, like most other operating systems, employs virtual memory techniques that allow applications to address greater amounts of memory than what is physically available. This is achieved by setting aside a portion of disk for paging. This area, known as the paging file, is used by the operating system to page portions of physical memory contents to disk, freeing up physical memory to be used by applications that require it at a given time. The combination of the paging file and the physical memory is known as virtual memory. Virtual memory is managed in Windows by the virtual memory manager (VMM). Physical memory can be accessed at exponentially faster rates than disk. Every time a server has to move data between physical memory and disk will introduce a significant system delay. While some degree of paging is normal on servers, excessive, consistent memory paging activity is referred to as thrashing and can have a very debilitating effect on overall system performance. Thus, it is always desirable to minimize paging activity. Ideally servers should be designed with sufficient physical memory to keep paging to an absolute minimum. The paging file, or pagefile, in Windows, is PAGEFILE.SYS. Virtual memory settings are configured via the System control panel. To configure the page file size: 1. Open the System Control Panel. 2. Select the Advanced tab. 3. Within the Performance frame, click the Settings button. 4. Select the Advanced tab. 5. Click the Change button. The window shown in Figure 1-1 will appear. Window Server 2003 has several options for configuring the page file that previous versions of Windows did not. Windows Server 2003 has introduced new settings for virtual memory configuration, including letting the system manage the size of the page file, or to have no page file at all. If you let Windows manage the size, it will create a pagefile of a size equal to physical memory + 1MB. This is the minimum amount of space required to create a memory dump in the event the server encounters a STOP event (blue screen).
Virtual memory settings
A pagefile can be created for each individual volume on a server, up to a maximum of sixteen page files and a maximum 4 GB limit per pagefile. This allows for a maximum total pagefile size of 64 GB. The total of all pagefiles on all volumes is managed and used by the operating system as one large pagefile. When a pagefile is split between smaller pagefiles on separate volumes, the virtual memory manager optimizes the workload by selecting the least busy disk based on internal algorithms when it needs to work write to the pagefile. This ensures best possible performance for a multiple-volume pagefile. While not best practice, it is possible to create multiple page files on the same volume. This is different to what most documentation suggests. This is achieved by placing the page files in different folders on the same volume. This change is carried out via editing the system registry rather than via the standard GUI interface.
Virtual Memory in UNIX
Most corporations have UNIX systems for handling heavy-duty applications. Microsoft Windows 2000 has been rapidly gaining ground because it provides better performance at lower cost. But companies aren't going to replace UNIX with Windows 2000—they've invested too much in their UNIX systems over the years. So many companies are choosing to add Windows 2000 to support departmental functions. It's expensive and inefficient to run two separate systems side by side so network and IT managers need to learn how to integrate Windows 2000 with their existing UNIX systems. This book shows them how to do just that and much more. The expert authors of this book approach Windows 2000 from a UNIX Systems administrator's point of view.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Assignment 1
Personal Evaluation
It tells about the uses of operating system,and their definition.
2. Regional bank might decide to buy a six server computer than a one supercomputer:
-it easy to use
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Terror books: federal police to investigate
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Australian Federal Police will investigate allegations a number Sydney bookshops are selling publications promoting acts of terrorism.
A Sydney newspaper reported yesterday that three suburban bookshops, including the Islamic Bookstore at Lakemba, stocked a range of disturbing literature, including one book endorsed by Osama Bin Laden and another promoting suicide attacks.
One book by Sheik Abdullah Azzam said: "The form this usually takes nowadays is to wire up one's body, or a vehicle or a suitcase with explosives, and then to enter a conglomeration of the enemy and to detonate."
Representatives from state and federal police forces plus counter terrorism experts met today to discuss the content of the books being sold and to see if any Commonwealth law had been violated.
They also examined whether any legislation exists to prosecute the author, publisher, printer, retailer or purchaser of the material.
The federal police said it would seek the assistance of the Muslim community in the investigation.
"The AFP and its state and territory partners already work closely with the Australian Muslim community and will continue to engage their assistance wherever possible," it said.
NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said the investigation would extend beyond the state.
"My advice is the Australian Federal Police will lead this investigation, which of course has national ramifications, while NSW Police will continue to assist in certain areas," he said.
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New Orleans-based government services firm Hernandez Consulting was the state's highest-ranked firm at No. 526 on the 2013 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies.
The company's revenue jumped 867 percent to $16.8 million.
Hernandez Consulting, which grew from four workers to 19, provides project management, construction, design, environmental, design, environmental, sustainability and security services to the government sector.
Its growth has been largely driven by Veterans Affairs projects in Louisiana, including the hospital in New Orleans, and Texas, said Alex Hernandez, president and founder of Hernandez Consulting.
"That's probably about-two thirds of our work," he said.
In the 2012 Inc. 5000, Hernandez Consulting ranked No. 191 nationally but was second in Louisiana behind Lafayette-based Townsend, a network of addiction treatment clinics. Townsend ranked No. 182 on the 2012 list.
The other New Orleans-area firms on the list, their rankings, revenue and growth, are:
No. 806: Innovative Advertising, Mandeville, up 561 percent to $11.2 million.
No. 1274: Search Influence, advertising and marketing, up 321 percent to $4.6 million.
No. 1543: Archon Information Systems, government services, up 258 percent to $8.7 million.
No. 2275: AAC Enterprises, Metairie manufacturer, up 161 percent to $4 million.
No. 2408: First NBC Bank Holding Co., financial services, up 150 percent to $119.6 million.
No. 2863: QCS Logistics, logistics and transportation, up 120 percent to $3 million.
No. 3213: Netchex, Mandeville human resources firm, up 101 percent to $9.4 million.
No. 3324: NewBath, construction, up 95 percent to $11.1 million.
No. 3502: Geocent, Metairie-based IT firm, up 87 percent to $29.6 million.
No. 4031: CompuCure, IT services, up 66 percent to $4.2 million.


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ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi joined 40 other states in registering a slowdown in personal income during the third quarter.
The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis said today that personal income in the state, in comparison with the second quarter, grew 0.4 percent. Mississippi's personal income grew 1.7 percent during the second quarter.
Much of the drop is blamed on income declines in construction, real estate and government and weak growth in the finance sector.
Personal income is the sum of all income from all sources. It includes wages after taxes, investment income, rental income, retirement payments and government payments.
Over the United States, personal income grew 0.7 percent during the third quarter, a slowdown from 1.4 percent in the second quarter. The southeastern region, including Mississippi and 11 other states, recorded an increase of 0.2 percent during the third quarter — down from 1.4 percent in the second quarter.


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Ordinate represents geo-electric excitation; abscissa, distance from upper surface of flower stalk.
The abscissa of such a curve is the reading of the instrument to be corrected.
To provide for such cases the curve is drawn as if it never touched the abscissa.
A Thermo-crescent Curve is thus obtained, the ordinate of which represents increment of growth, and the abscissa, the time.
The measured lengths are marked off on ordinates erected on an abscissa, along which the times are noted.
The ordinate of the curve represents the intensity of response, and the abscissa the time (fig. 1).
Thus we find the curve at first slightly convex, then straight and ascending, and lastly, concave to the abscissa (fig. 30).
The ordinate in these curves represents the E.M. variation, and the abscissa the time.
Newton denoted the moment of the abscissa by o, that of the area z by ov.
The curve as a whole becomes, first slightly convex to the abscissa, then straight and ascending, and lastly concave.
Plural abscissas or abscissae (āb-sĭs'ē)
The distance of a point from the y-axis on a graph in the Cartesian coordinate system. It is measured parallel to the x-axis. For example, a point having coordinates (2,3) has 2 as its abscissa. Compare ordinate.


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Angela Simmons – Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Angela Simmons is the daughter of rap icon Joseph "Run" Simmons of Run DMC. She founded the Pastry shoe line with older sister Vanessa Simmons and publishes a monthly magazine for teens called Angela's Rundown. She recently posed naked for a PETA ad and will be the star of their campaign called "Eating Meat Is a Sin: Go Vegetarian."
'Pan Am's' Kelli Garner — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Kelli Garner first blipped on our radar in the movie 'Dreamland.' Her other acting credits include 'Man of the House,' 'Bully,' 'The Aviator' and 'Thumbsucker.' Kelli is one of the stars of the new ABC show 'Pan Am.' We shouldn't hold that against her. Not that we've ever seen the show, we just have a thing against TV shows depicting air travel in the 1960′s. This is due to our hatred of air travel in the present time and can't imagine what it was like to fly almost fifty years ago. Probably so much easier that it would infuriate us. "Well sure your passport says your name is Lester but we are going to need you to drop your pants and bend over to prove that sir."
Erna G — Crush of The Day [PICTURES]
The Crush of the Day today is Erna G. Erna is from Reykjavik, Iceland and has done spreads in several Icelandic magazines, appeared in music videos and TV commercials and graced the cover of Bleikt & Blatt magazine which, according to Erna's modeling profile page, is the Icelandic version of Playboy. We tried to Google that info but searching Bleikt & Blatt made the computer fart and immediately shut down.
Eva Amurri — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Eva Amurri has several things going for her: incredible genes from mom Susan Sarandon, a burgeoning acting career, a hatred of clothing and a love of being photographed without much of it on.
Izabel Goulart — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Izabel Goulart is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel. She is also well known in the modeling industry for her "wardrobe malfunction" at her first ever fashion show. Her top fell open and her Victoria's were no longer a secret. Goulart also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011.
Lara Stone — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Lara Stone is our crush today for proving that no one, not even a ridiculously paid fashion model, is perfect looking. Lara has more than a few physical flaws, which shall now be discussed, just to feel better about our own grotesque imperfections. Lara is an example to all young women that beauty comes from the inside. Unless you're ugly on the inside, then, it can be masked by beauty on the outside. If you're ugly both inside and out, you're probably S.O.L.
Serinda Swan — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Our Crush of the Day is Emmy red carpet stunner Serinda Swan. She can make any man do a double take, but, it's her feet that seem to get much of the attention. Check out these Google search results.
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Christina Hendricks — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
This entire post will be about our crush Christina Hendricks but at no point will it mention her chest. That is a promise. There is so much more about her to love beside her giant, perfect, squeezable…let's just move on.
NFL 2011 Season – Week Two Preview
After players used week one of the 2011 NFL season to reward the football faithful with NFL records for passing yards, special-team return touchdowns and sacks, week two brings several early season games that could be future playoff, or, perhaps, conference championship previews. With temperatures turning fall-like in the east, fans will likely be treated to great football in near-perfect football weather.
Stacy Keibler — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Well, let's see, it took George Clooney all of a couple weeks to get hooked up with another amazing specimen of a woman. Honestly we thought it would take less time. His newest fling is former wrestling superstar and 'Dancing With The Stars' contestant Stacy Keibler. George usually goes for the lesser known beauties and…you know what…we will now stop discussing George Clooney in a Crush of the Day post.
Broncos Fans Eager To Start 'Tim Tebow Era'
It only took four quarters and one lackluster performance from Broncos' starting quarterback Kyle Orton for the Denver faithful to start up a 'Tebow' chant during Monday night's 23-20 loss to the Raiders...


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An important part of the new Doctor ritual is choosing the look; it happens off camera as well as on camera. I'll never forget the scene in "The Eleventh Hour" when Matt Smith faces off against the Atraxi and settles on his signature bow tie. But what if bow ties weren't cool?
These pictures give us a peek into the wardrobe department on the day Matt Smith tried on six different outfits before deciding on the one we know and love. They run the gamut from too eccentric to preppy to vaguely Sherlock-y. I for one am glad he chose the bow tie and suspenders.
Which look do you like best? Let us know in the comments.
The rest of the options are after the break.


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To give you a good overview of the T301 and how it operates check out the video below!
As I pointed out in the video the screen is a bit dull and since this is a 7-inch tablet the screen resolution is quite small. You are going to want to keep that in mind when purchasing this tablet.
Another thing to mention about this tablet is that it does not have any dedicated buttons. All of your navigation buttons are actually on the screen itself. I found them, at times hard to activate and I would end up touching something else instead of the buttons.


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In October 2007, the Department of Revenue became the first Washington State Executive Cabinet agency to apply for a full examination by the Washington State Quality Award. For nearly 14 years, Revenue has used the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as the foundation of its management model and to foster a culture of continuous improvement. The Department of Revenue conducted three self-assessments prior to its first external evaluation.
This Washington State Quality Award examination is an opportunity to describe the agency's mature management processes and share impressive results. Revenue has benefited from the evaluation process by implementing multiple process improvements throughout the journey.
Read our 2007 Washington State Quality Award application.
To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of our improvement efforts, Revenue submitted a WSQA "Lite Assessment" application in June 2011. The Department received excellent scores, but more valuable was the objective, professional advice about the agency's strengths and opportunities for improvement. The feedback supports ongoing continuous improvement efforts.
Read our 2011 Washington State Quality Award application.
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We rolled out of bed early and got out of Somitillo. The road was much the same as yesterday for the first 30 clicks. Gravel, Pot holes and nothing but shite. Some of the pot holes were so big the gps registerd elevation changes and there were families selling stuff at the bottom. After traveling about 100 clicks we stopped for fuel and the gas station attendents were super cool. We had them sign the bikes and they tipped us to the cops across the street where we were headed. They machined gunned a bunch of spanish at us, waving and tellling us to exit the station over there. We were pretty sure they were telling us something more, but all we got was "timmy fell in the well again" and we should ride out over there.
After we rode out and stopped at the "T" we made a left toward the cops and bingo! they waved us over to the shoulder. After much gestering and us saying how little spanish we knew. Him saying how little english he knew, we figured out he was informing us we had improperly made a turn into the wrong lane. Dan then made a diagram to show how we made a correct turn before his "partners" waved us into the other lane. After much debate he grew tired and gave us our documents back and waved us on. We laughed and talked on the intercom about how they got nothing from us and we punked them…
The road improved for awhile and then got even worse. It took quite some time to go even 30 miles. When the road began to improve and we started picking up the pace. We came to a hill and there was a super slow tractor crawling up it. John went to pass and dan followed. After cresting the hill bingo, More Cops…. They waved us over and we thought, $hit! were gonna pay this time. After some more gestering and trying to understand each other. Even if you know good spanish I think the way to work the cops is to just plain act dumb. They were pretty cool though and informed us we had passed in a no passing zone. They loved our bikes and we checked theirs out as well. It is a 125cc! If you don't know bikes thats just barely bigger than a moped. This thing was shagged and they both ride on it together. They then asked for anything to drink as they were standing in the hot sun. We had nothing, but informed them that we would be happy to cruise back a bit into a town we had just past and get them a coke. They seemed surprised when we came back with sodas for them. We shook hands and headed on our way with some "cop karma". After our two cop deals we had a chat about being more careful. You see since we got into Mexico we have seen really NOBODY obeying any traffic laws. As well as no cops really caring. People would even pass cops at warp speed, Rip though towns and generally drive ayway they wanted. So in Nicaragua we started behaving ourselves again.
We found our way into Granada and started looking for a hotel. We stopped by the bank and this really cool dude from CA comes up and starts chatting us up. Well he's a travel guide in the area and tips us to a hotel down the street. "The Oasis" We get there and its a little door in a wall. Looking kinda scummy. After going inside though its super cool with a garden, pool and just a good feeling about the place. It was a tight fit getting the bikes in, We had to remove the side bags and then cross this iron bridge thingy that was bending under Dans weight….We chilled out, walked around Granada an old colonial city right on a huge lake. The lake had a bit of a smell and funny color to it though.
Did someone say rain? not hardly – the streak continues….


text: I have been completely clean for a week now. I have a few social events that I cannot not attend Halloween weekend. I am worried that I will lie to my self that I can have a few while I smoke and drink like a few of my friends are able to do. Encouragement or advice appreciated.


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Interview with Guillermo Martinez Casan, Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee
What is the message of your report and draft resolution?
Martinez Casan: The Iraqi situation is serious. It endangers stability both in the region and the rest of the world. Unless it is brought under control, it could trigger a confrontation between the West and the Arab/Muslim world, which is absolutely to be avoided. In addition, any unilateral action against Iraq risks weakening the United Nations. But the report obviously takes as its starting point the attitude of the Iraqi regime, which has been the same for years.
Question: If Saddam Hussein's regime continues to resist the United Nations resolutions and to refuse any unconditional return of UN inspectors, what do you see as the likely outcome?
Martinez Casan: We have to draw a dividing line between international legality and international illegality. On the legal side of the line we have the UN and the Security Council member countries. On the illegal side we have the country which for years has been jeopardising world stability and security, namely Iraq. Iraq persists in refusing to co-operate with the UN. But under pressure from the UN and the international community, including the Arab countries, the Iraqi government now says that it is prepared to co-operate and receive UN inspectors. It is the international pressure which has brought that about. But we have to face facts. Until such time as we see that the Iraqi concession is not a delaying tactic, there will be doubts about Iraqi sincerity. It is extremely important to keep up the pressure so as to make it clear to Iraq that it cannot toy with the international community. It cannot play fast and loose with democracy, freedom and stability. Which is why my report suggests continuing the negotiations in the UN so as to give Iraq a chance to demonstrate the sincerity of its undertakings. And also give the sceptics, who include the United States, a chance to believe the undertakings.
Question: In the report you say that unilateral action by the United States risks dividing the democratic world. Can you explain?
Martinez Casan: Obviously I want to avoid any armed confrontation. Any confrontation would have to be under UN decisions. The risk of multilateral action exists. Even if there is evidence that Iraq is producing weapons of mass destruction, Security Council members are not necessarily going to agree to military action. Some countries may use their veto. One or more Security Council members might then act on their own to maintain peace and stability. That would risk splitting the Western world and the Arab world alike. Equally, such action may prove necessary to safeguard stability. But it is early days to talk about it.
Question: What might be the consequences of such a conflict? Your report particularly mentions relations between the Western world and the Arab/Islamic world.
Martinez Casan: Just as with action in Afghanistan, we need to explain the position carefully. There is no quarrel between the Western world and the Arab/Islamic world. The conflict is between international legality and international illegality. Today the country which is imperilling world stability is an Islamic country. Tomorrow it might well be a Christian or Western one. There is no question of a conflict between civilisations.
Question: Overall, how do you see the European political position in the Iraqi conflict? Some European countries have already stated that in no circumstances will they take part in military action against Iraq.
Martinez Casan: Europe ought to have a common foreign and security policy. If Europe had had legal personality and a permanent seat in the Security Council, it could have acted as one. But the position is otherwise, and so European countries, and particularly those in the European Union, have sovereign authority to conduct their own foreign policies. Personally I think the United Kingdom, like Spain, decided at the outset to support the efforts to put pressure on Iraq. However I think that Chancellor Schröder did Europe a disservice with his remarks on German participation in any military intervention. I think they were coloured by the election campaign. But I think we shall shortly see a change in German policy on the question. Germany is a leading country which has always shown commitment to peace and stability.


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I still love this story! Niflheim. That is seriously my new favourite word. I kept going up to people and saying that word. They looked at me funny. Thank you for making me laugh so hard!
Author's Response: Mwahaha, thanks. But thank Zoheb for the word "Niflheim," as I learned it from him.
Schmergo, you are BRILLIANT! Only you could make a romance story this hillarious! I love this story!
Your somewhat-stalker-ish fangirl,
Author's Response: Awww, thank you! I mean, we haven't even gotten to the romance part yet!
LOL!! You LIKE Lydia?? Anyways, don't worry, I'm following this one like a tracker! ;)...
~Arya...who leaves warm fuzzies for Schmergo...;)
Author's Response: Hehehe, I like Lydia because she's so naive and stupid and she doesn't really know what's going on... Caroline Bingley knows exactly what she's doing, but I honestly think Lydia didn't mean to do anything wrong. Thanks, ARya!
Ok, here's what I think about what's up in the latest chapter:
1. Wolfgang is a werewolf, and that's why he was late for the dinner with Emma.
2. Wolfgang is lying to Emma about him giving money to his brother etc.
I really love this story, it's awsome! I keep checking back for new chapters, but you havn't updated for AGES, and I am seriously wetting myself waiting. I also LOVE Potter's Pentagon. I've got a question:
Is Jordan gonna fall for Georgi? Coz if they are, I will be soooooo excited! I LOVE Georgi, she's so... unique in a good way!!! UPDATE SOON!!!!!
Author's Response: Ooh, interesting theories, Phoebe! *Zips lips* I've got stuff in queue so I can't submit now, but I will... at some point... in the not-so-distant future. Many more chapters are planned. As for Jordan and Giorgi, I can't really say anything, but I will tell you that Giorgi's not in this story, and Jordan doesn't play much of a role in it, either. Because really, including Jordan at all would be a vast spoiler for the third Potter's Pentagon book.
Schmergster!! You HAVE to update this!
I love the way you have still kept Emma IC [even though she's your own character, LOL]....I LOVE Tyrone and Wolgang..*sighs* I fell in love with Wickham too!! And Haley is portraying Lydia in an absolutely sweet, unhatable way. I've always hated Lydia in P&P like I've hated Amy in Little Women...whoa, off topic. Basically, UPDATE.
Author's Response: I will be updating as soon as possible, but it's slow going because of exams and SOLs. I've got the chapter written; I just have to type it. Plus, I've got stuff already in queue, so there's no room for another story. I've actually always loved Lydia, only because I played her in a school play and thought the girl from the A&E/BBC film adaptation was great... so she's always been my favourite. But I agree, I HATE AMY MARCH. Grrr.
I hate how there's always two sides of crazy extremists in every problem—there's the fascists and the communists, the bloodthirsty tyrants and the bloodthirsty revolutionaries, the sociopathic perverts with no morals and the bible-thumpers with no compassion, the maneating tigers and the poaachers that kill them off. I hate how everyone thinks you have to be on one side of the other—if you're not with the people who want to get rid of all werewolves, then you clearly support the murderous feral werewolves and what they're doing.
How can you say you're not deep and write this? GENIUS!
Author's Response: Well, hey, I don't think it's particularly deep... just common knowledge... but even so, Emma is smarter than I am. I wouldn't say that kind of thing on my own!
Brilliant! I'd leave a long, gushy review but I don't have time at the moment. i'm a Potter's Pentagon fan and I am now in love with this story. Update ASAP!!!!!!!
Author's Response: Wows, thanks! I'm updating this story as soon as the humour fic I submitted the other day is validated (or rejected).
*hands over peacock-sweeping broom* Hope you like it! I totally forgot about Mr. Wickham! Erm...I can't exactly see him marrying Haley, though...
She's the shrimp, the hyper one, the one who believed in Santa Claus until she was fourteen years old. She acts like she's twelve.
Something about this sentence tells me that Haley and I would be thick as thieves...Which is AWESOME, because Haley is a kick-butt character! =D And apparently she's so happy about Ted and Ivy's baby, there's some happy-dust for Emma as well. Only it's not working on her...
He was one of Haley's old friends from school, and a Slytherin.
Wait...haven't we already met him, in brief passing? I think I asked "Who is he?" and you said "He's important in the third story."........?
But yes. This was an awesome (looooong, too) chapter! Please update soon! And I hope you enjoy the broom until it falls apart~
PS: Dean WHAT?!
Author's Response: Urrrgh! Did you actually have a peacock that died? That's terrible! I'm really hoping that's a joke! As for ol' Wicky-woo, well, read on, Macduff. (Sorry about that... it's a Macbeth reference... lead on, Macduff... yeah...) Anyway, I wuv Haley, so I'm really glad you did, too. Yep, we briefly met Anatoly in the second story, but not really enough to get to know him and his insanity. His portrayal in the third PP is a lot more flattering than in this one, because it's not in Emma's point of view. I'M REALLY SORRY I KILLED DEAN. :( It was important to the story. Darcy's dad had to die so that the fortune would go to him and Wickham! But... I won't update REALLY soon, but I should update soon-ish.
ZOMG, I love the name of this chapter! Assuming, of course, it's a take on Cute Is What We Aim For? =p
I am willing to bet my broom that erm...what's his name? Wolfgang will fall in love with Emma. But if I'm wrong, I'd still bet my broom, 'cause it's teeny and was used to scoop up the ashes of our dead peacock. Nasty...
If dreams are prophetic, I'd better avoid sugar/evil overlords/my friends/musicals/lots of other weird stuff for a veeeeeery long time, or my life could finally get interesting! Most of my dreams have l ots of death/wonderland/mushiness in them, SO...
In my spare time, I came up with a chart stating the more-than-likely-obvious character matches (A: this shows you how boring my life can be...B: you're probably really bored with these right now...but I couldn't resist)
Elizabeth-Emma (duuuuh)
Mr. Darcy-Tyrone (same)
Jane-Ivy, maybe? Can't be Haley since you said she was already married...unless my brain is playing tricks on me *again*
Mr. Bingely-Ted, if Ivy's Jane (must admit, Emma was rather offensive in describing him...them...and very convincing too...I got more than my liking of mush =p)
Kitty-Jordan? That or he's Mary...
Lydia/Lidia/however her name is spelled-Haley...PROBABLY
OOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGG TED AND IVY ARE PREEEEEEEEEEGNANT!!!!!!!!!!! If I hadn't already known this I think I'd be bouncing of the walls right now XD But it was SO funny when Emma found out! The way the next several paragraphs went, I started laughing very hard...
Awesome job!~
Author's Response: I did pick that name to spoof "Cute Is What We Aim For," but I've never heard the actual song/album/what have you. *Shrug* Emma's dream certainly wasn't meant to be prophetic, just based on the random dream I had the night before writing this story. As for the characters, You guessed them all right(Jordan is technically a Mary character, but he's not really in the story much), but Haley's not married... yet. She will be at some point. (And yeppers, she is Lydia-- the character I played.)
Ooh, if I'd been Emma I would have stared Tyrone down and let him know that I had heard him and was NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL. And then I would have done loads of childish things until he finally exploded at me, but what with my luck, that wouldn't even happen and I'd be stuck making him uncomfortable until I was a woman whose husband had died the previous year and he was one of those celebrity-types who're married for a month and then divorce, marry a month later, divorce a while after that...
Oh my...who're...*blushes* Is that the appropriate abbreviation?=p
Once my two girlfriends from church and I considered painting our classroom walls neon orange...just so it would clash with our perfectly hideous green-and-brown-dotted carpet...*shudders* Unfortunately, that never happened, and our walls are still blue-gray (uuuuurgly room)
As I said in my other review, I saw this had three new chapters, but I didn't say I thought this story had been added to my favorites???? Unless it is, I never check to see if it's updated *lazy daisie* So I'll use a good chunk of sleeping-writing-reading-whateverelse time to read those chapters!
Must add: I loved the can of worms thing...it's so true! But sometimes the same stupid fish keeps getting caught again and again...muahahahahahaha!~
Author's Response: If I'd been Emma, I'd've run up to Tyrone and randomly snogged him, but that's why I'm not Emma! Wait, what's this you said about 'is that the appropriate abbreviation?" (*Ish cornfused*) Okay, now our church youth group room looks like this-- ugly grayish carpet, one neon orange wall, one neon green wall, one bright purple wall, one hot pink wall with huge pink polka dots. And loads of fuzzy pillows and lava lamps. It used to have pale mint green walls and looked like it should be a senior citizen home, so we revamped it! I painted the orange wall.
Okay, I should probably be thanking Zoheb as well, so I hope that Zoheb is reading this:
I told my dad about Niflheim, and we had a whole discussion about it. We discovered that Tartarus also works, but it doesn't bring the same joy.
Author's Response: Haha, Zoheb is probably one of the funniest people I've run into online. Even reading his reviews requires the reader to descend into psychadelic madness.Other fun words for Niflheim: Naraka, Di Yu, Jahanaam, Zamhareer, Xibalbá, Metnal, Anaon, Manala, Uffern, Aralu, Gimokodan, Kelichi, Mictlin, Adlivun, Hetgwauge, Shobari Waka, O le nu'u-o-nonoa, and more!
It's great so far, just like the other Potter's Pentagon stories. Niflheim is now my new second favorite word. (The first is purile. It means childlike and immature.) Now a question (because I'm too lazy to do the research myself): Does Niflheim have fire and brimstone, or flames of any kind? If it does, it would be the perfect name for something in my story. Keep up the good work. I love your stories, but I like the non-humor ones the best. Strangely, I find the humor in them to be more humerous than the humor in the humor stories. I'm odd, aren't I?
Author's Response: Well, thank you so much! I think I know what you mean by thinking that the non-humour stories are funnier than the humour ones... I wrote "The Dark Lord's Blog" over a year and a half ago, and my style's matured a lot since then. I usually prefer to combine silliness and seriousness... Oh, my favourite words are pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeiosis because it's obnoxiously long, and Schnurrbart, which is German for mustache and the absolutely perfect word. As for Niflheim, it's really more of a... country where you-know-where just happens to be located, if I understand my Norse stuff correctly. I think Niflheim is full of mist, but I can't remember. There is a wikipedia page, so you can always use that.
Love this story
let me geuss, wickim=wolfgang?
Author's Response: Good guess! You're right!
And by the way, for some reason, I actually like Anatoly.
Author's Response: So do I. ^_^
Hm, I see a lot of people like Wolfgang. Well, Wickham was likeable, too. At least before he- *covers mouth to stop character-parallel spoiler, possibly* I'll try not to learn to like him too much.
Author's Response: Oh, Ankh, Ankh, must you always be such a party pooper? I personally like Wolfgang, but how can you not like someone with a name like that?
oh goodness. there is no next chapter!
yo es muy stupido. i shall wait though.
Author's Response: Hehehe, all righty then! I'll try to submit fairly soon.
i have a math teacher named ms. darcy.
i hate her. :]
but anywaysssss. wolfgang is officially almost better than ted. he's aaaaalmost there. but i have a bad feeling about this Anatoly guy and his musical. this was hilarious. on to the next chapturrrr! -emilyy
Author's Response: Ahhahahaaa, Darcy... *gets better* sorry, I'm just imagining a woman version of Colin Firth, complete with the voice. Not a pretty picture. *Zips lips about ol' Anatoly* I'm glad you liked this!
Author's Response: Hahahaha, sorry about that! And sorry I haven't responded to your email yet-- I intend to do that!
Oh my god! really. I wasnt sure if you would. I thought you would have thought that I was just a raving lunitic with more heads then fluffy! Well until I hear from you I will go patiently await your next chapter
Author's Response: Oh, well, there's nothing wrong with being a raving lunatic, but I was rather touched that you thought to email me!
Ha I loved this chapter!
I actualy know someone named Wolfgang you know, i was laught=ing when I read that part. HOwever, if you have Ted and Ivy name a child mufasa, I will have to hunt you down.
Author's Response: You actually know someone named Wolfgang? That's amazingly cool! Like, really cool! I'm super fond of that name... my cousin had a dog named Wolfgang Wolfenburger.
Yes indeady I know someone named wolfgang. His name is Wolfgang Hiller, he is german, and scares me very much.
Author's Response: Darnit, I was hoping he was cool. Ah, well, he still wins for having a cool name and for being German ('cos I speak German and am of German ancestry.)
Sorry he's not cool, nut he is German! An now I encourporate neflieghm into my daily vocab
Author's Response: So if I ever meet anyone who says Niflheim, I'll probably assume they're one of the cool people who read this story.
And you'll probably be right. I used it in school today and all my friends stared ata me like I had more heads then Fluffy.
Author's Response: Hahahaha, sorry about that! And sorry I haven't responded to your email yet-- I intend to do that!
Ha I loved this chapter!
I actualy know someone named Wolfgang you know, i was laught=ing when I read that part. HOwever, if you have Ted and Ivy name a child mufasa, I will have to hunt you down.
Author's Response: You actually know someone named Wolfgang? That's amazingly cool! Like, really cool! I'm super fond of that name... my cousin had a dog named Wolfgang Wolfenburger.
Yes indeady I know someone named wolfgang. His name is Wolfgang Hiller, he is german, and scares me very much.
Author's Response: Darnit, I was hoping he was cool. Ah, well, he still wins for having a cool name and for being German ('cos I speak German and am of German ancestry.)
Sorry he's not cool, nut he is German! An now I encourporate neflieghm into my daily vocab
Author's Response: So if I ever meet anyone who says Niflheim, I'll probably assume they're one of the cool people who read this story.


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Rising costs are keeping many of the country's chief executives awake at night.
Some are good at complaining about it, while others are facing up to the harsh reality and doing something about it.
It is not a bad achievement given the strong Australian dollar and other cost pressures that make life difficult for miners as commodity prices come off record highs.
The targeted US$5 billion in savings represents around 13 per cent of the miner's cost base.
While positive news, the savings did not set the miner's shares on fire this morning and investors were waiting for more details from chief executive
Albanese talks about a "relentless focus on improving productivity", which is something most companies need to concentrate on at the moment.
Kloppers reiterated calls for the government to provide a more stable and predictable policy regime, something most miners will support after the messy implementation of the resources rent tax and the lack of consultation on state-based royalties.
Like Rio Tinto, BHP is also focused on cutting costs in the absence of any material upside in iron ore or coking coal.
Both BHP and Rio Tinto provided cautious outlook statements, saying growth in China will come off the double-digit highs of recent years. BHP predicts China GDP growth of 7-8 per cent, while Rio Tinto expects growth of just over 8 per cent.
BHP chairman
Seeking to play down all the noise around Kloppers's future after media reports revealed the miner had hired a consultant to look at succession planning, Nasser said it was normal for any company to start planning for a leadership transition from the first day a chief executive starts in the job.
The Australian Financial Review