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Week 1Top of pageIntroduction to the course [Lectures] [Discussion notes]Week 2
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of Rourke & Boyer, 1: Thinking & Caring about World Politics [Notes from Full edition]
- How can one approach the study of world politics? [Discussion notes]
- How can we distinguish 3 perspectives: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive?
- What actors are there on the world stage?
- How do realist and idealist schools of thought differ about world politics?
- How do these schools differ in reacting to the balance of power?
- Can we identify newer forms of the liberal and realist schools of thought?
- Can we apply these theories to current affairs?
- How do the 3 research methods differ in IR: logic; historical observation; and quantitative analysis?
- How do the 3 levels of analysis differ in IR: system level; state level; and individual level?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 3: The Future of Kurdistan [Berry, Law and Baugh] [PPT]Rourke & Boyer, edition, 2: The Evolution of World PoliticsWeek 3
[Discussion notes] [outline needed]
- How has global politics developed over the centuries?
- What were the contributions to political development of the Ancient Greeks?
- How did political participation become a part of the polis?
- How did the Athenian Empire develop and how did it clash with another empire?
- What institutions did the Romans create and how did they build an Empire?
- How did the mediaeval church develop in parallel to political structures?
- How did the reformation challenge the existing authority?
- What did the Treaty of Westphalia accomplish?
- How did international political structures develop in the twentieth century?
- How are they developing in the C21st?
- Do we face a world that is unipolar, bipolar, multipolar ... or what?
- Will nation states remain universal or will something replace them? A caliphate? A supra-national organization?
- Are nations interdependent?
- Will disparities of income keep growing?
- WIll human rights and the environment replace material issues?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 2: The Rise of ISIS [Preston Dixon, Webb, Breland, Tucker X] [PPT]
US Constitution, Article I (excerpts on foreign relations) [PPT][Reporter]
- Compare the enumerated & inherent Congressional authority in foreign affairs.
- What would happen if the Congress disagreed with the President's use of force abroad?
Rourke & Boyer, 3: Levels of Analysis [Notes from Full edition] [Dr. Lewis]Week 4
- Which of these approaches to studying the world is more effective?
- What ways might be found to prevent war in the long run?
- How many poles are there in today's world order?
- Is the US a hegemon -- or merely one power among many?
- Is China a superpower -- or merely a regional power?
- Is the EU a pole in the system -- or merely a collection of nation states that are at best regional powers?
- Do we usually place too much emphasis on the actions of states, and not enough on understanding the nature of the system or of mankind?
- Do non-governmental organizations make any difference in international politics?
- Does it make any difference to the conduct of a state, who is in charge?
Check for AL World Affairs Council (AWAC) speaker event
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of
US Constitution, Article II (excerpts on foreign relations) [PPT][Reporter]
Provisions of the Constitution relating to foreign policymaking | Lecture notes
- How powerful was the C-in-C position in 1787 -- and how powerful today?
- How is the appointment power allocated?
- How is the treaty making power allocated?
- Which major wars of the US were led by Presidents, and which by Congress?
War Powers Resolution, 1973 (50 USC 1541-1548) | Wikipedia entry | Lecture
- Does the President have authority under the Constitution to use force abroad, without authority from Congress?
- Can the President be required to notify Congress of the use of force abroad?
- Can the Congress restrain the presidential use of force abroad, once begun?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 4: International Migration [Baugh, Berry, Blaes, Howard X] [PPT]Rourke & Boyer, 4: Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation | Lecture[Reporter]Week 5
- Is the behavior of nation states the main cause of war and of peace?
- Do nationalism and nation-states define and divide the world?
- What is a nation?
- What is a Nation-state?
- What is nationalism?
- How have ideas of nationalism evolved over five centuries?
- After WW2, did nation-states decline or increase?
- What are the benefits of nationalism?
- What are the costs of nationalism?
- Can nationalism be blamed for wars -- including two world wars?
- What happens when nations and states are not coterminous?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 5: Korean Choices [Lomax, Howard, Tucker] [PPT]
Map of ethnic groups of the Caucasus | map of Kurdistan
- Is nationalism outmoded?
- Should regional or ethic populations be able to self-determine when to become a new, independent state?
- What is the future of nationalism?See Dates page for Test 1,which may include both multiple choice and written questions on all materials listed above this line, unless otherwise noted (bring Scantron card, pencil and dark ballpoint pen).Week 6
Current affairs issue: a President's conflicts of interest abroad[Frazier, Carson and Pearson]
Eichenwald, Kurt. 2016a. "Trump Foreign Business Ties Conflicting ..." Newsweek 09/14/16 [PDF]
Kutner, Max. 2016. "Trump Urged to Disclose Foreign Business Ties" Newsweek 09/19/16
Eichenwald, Kurt. 2016b. "Trump's Blind Trust Plan Makes No Sense" Newsweek 09/20/16 [PDF]
- How can a President avoid conflicts of interest if he has global business dealings with partners who have close ties to foreign leaders, some of them unsavory?
Current affairs issue: is covered-up beach clothing a matter of modesty, freedom or oppression?
Spiegelman, Nadja. 2016. "My Algerian Girlfriend Changed My Mind About the Burkini Ban." New York Times, 08/31/16[Jada H, K. Harding and L. Lomax]
- Is the burkini a symbol of modesty and faith -- or gender and religious oppression?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of
US Constitution, Article III (excerpts)[Reporters]
(The Treason clause, which obviously impinges upon US foreign policy).
- What did the Founders intend with the Treason clause; why did they restrict its language?
- Search for information about these alleged, modern traitors, and ask yourself whether they meet the constitutional criteria: John Walker Lindh (the so-called "American Taliban"), and Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden (both of WikiLeaks notoriety).
- What reasons could be given by the prosecution and by the defence, about the use of the charge of "treason"?
Rourke & Boyer, 5: Globalization: The Alternative Orientation | Lecture [Notes from Full edition]
- Can a new world order be achieved via global and transnational organizations?
- What causes globalization?
- What types of globalization are there?
- What are the benefits and costs of globalization?
- Does every state win from globalization -- or are there losers as well as winners?
Tests returned and exemplary paragraphs presented by students. (During this, nobody takes notes or records discussion).Lecture on Globalization in trade, media and transnational organizations, illustrated with current affairs examples in PPTWeek 7
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 1: Shifting Alliances in the Middle East [Reporters] [PPT w/maps]
Rourke & Boyer, 6: Power, Statecraft & National States: The Traditional Structure | Lecture[Notes from Full edition] [Reporters]
- How do national and international organizations actually function -- and how do they contrast?Rourke & Boyer, 7: Intergovernmental Organizations: Alternative Governance | Lecture | PPTWeek 8
- How did IGOs develop?
- What roles do IGOs play?
- How can international organizations establish cooperation, consensus and policing?
- How is the UN organized, and what does it promote?
- How is the EU organized?
- How does the EU operate?
- What is the Future of the EU?
See Dates page for Test 2, which may include both multiple choice and written questions on all materials listed above this line, unless otherwise noted.Rourke & Boyer, 8: International Law & Human Rights | Lecture | PPTFor Honors section (only) Research Design, see prompts form and template of slides and for due date, see Dates page
[Notes from Full edition, 9]
Lecture combining national and international approaches, PPT
- What are, or should be, the rules of behavior among nation states?
- Can treaties and common law bind nation states into civilized behavior?
- How do power and diplomacy reinforce -- or contradict -- each other?
- Can international law ever replace a balance of power in constraining nation states?
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 6: The United Nations [Lomax, K. Harding] [PPT]
- What developmental goals were established?
- How fit for purpose is the current UN?
- What progress is being made on current reforms?
- Must the next Secretary General be a reformer?
- Does the SG even have the power to achieve reforms?
Tests returned and exemplary paragraphs presented by students. (During this, nobody takes notes or records discussion).
Week 9Rourke & Boyer, 9: Pursuing Security | Lecture PPTWeek 10
- What are the causes of war, from the perspectives of the system, the state and the individual?
- What kinds of conflict are becoming more prevalent?
- What kinds of force can be utilized in modern conflicts?
- What are the differences between conventional war; unconventional war; war using WMD; and terrorism?
- What is the difference between MAD and NUT?
- How can security be achieved by states pursuing defense and alliances?
- Can cooperative action among states produce a world peace?
- What is the trend in UN peace keeping operations?
- Is it better to use LDC troops to keep the peace in LDC conflicts?
- Do arms control agreeements make the world safer - or less safe?
- Can collective security transcend peace keeping to actual peace enforcement?
- Is there any way to abolish war? Does pacificism have a chance?
Pursuing security -- while reporting from a war zone in the Middle East
Clarissa Ward appeared Oct. 2015 on CNN for the first time, with an unusually sophisticated video package of reporting from the 'front lines' of the Kurds in Syria. In this 2011 clip she explains how she contradicted an ISIS chief by showing hom a video of his men massacring captives.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-anatomy-of-a-dangerous-interview/ (2011)
Here's her debut report for CNN this week.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/clarissa-ward-makes-cnn-debut-reporting-inside-syria/275656 (2015)
Here's her Distinguished Lecture at Stony Brook (Youtube, 60', 2013)
CBS interview with Clarissa Ward about security for a correspondent (4', 2015)
The cost of war
Zakaria, Fareed. 2015. "Iraq War Was a Terrible Mistake." Opinion editorial piece on CNN.com plus short flash video (3.5').
Zakaria interviews PM Tony Blair (CNN, 6'),- Does Blair still defend the decision to enter Iraq with the US?Zakaria, Fareed. 2015. "Long road to hell: America in Iraq," full documentary film shown on CNN Monday 26 Oct. at 8 pm CST, and subsequently.
- Does he apologize that the intelligence on WMD was wrong, and for mistakes in planning for occupation?
- Does he do so for the decision to remove Saddam Hussein?
- Does he also argue that subsequent policies in the region have succeeded?
- Did the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 backfire in increased violence and instability?
- Did the US imprisonment of Islamic radicals enable al-Baghdadi to create and train ISIS?
The use of force to send preventive signals
Sciutto, Jim and Barbara Starr. 2015. "U.S. destroyer to pass islands in South China Sea within 24 hours", plus short flash video (4')
Sciutto, Jim. 2015. "US Navy to Send a Ship to China," CNN, with short flash video
- Will a demonstration of force trigger a violent struggle?
- How does this compare with signals sent to North Korea to release the sailors from the USS Pueblo in 1968-9? LectureRourke & Boyer, 10: National Economic Competition: Traditional Road | Lecture [Notes of Full edition, Ch. 12]Week 11
- With the decline in the cost of transport and communications, can global trade transform relations among states?
- To what degree are international economcs and politics intertwined?
- What are the criticisms of international trade and globalization from Marxists and from nationalists?
- What is the justification for the US transferring billions of dollars in economic aid to the bankrupted European powers after the second world war? [Marshall Plan]
The Economist Newspaper's Big Mac Index 2016 (to Purchasing Power Parity)
The Economist Newspaper's Big Mac Index, 2012 (as a backup source)
- Where is the cheapest state in which to buy something -- and can we predict exchange rates?
- How can we measure the standard international cost of a good or service?
- Is it better to buy presents here before travelling abroad - or to wait till arrival abroad?
- Which countries' currencies are the most overvalued and likely to fall?
See Dates page for Test 3,which may include both multiple choice and written questions on all materials above this line.
Honors section, and volunteers: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 8: Cuba and the US [Bottoms, Bentley, Harrelson] [PPT] moved from week 9
Honors students (and those taking research project option): tutorial in office, on research projects.
Search Exercise on gasoline price, using specfic questions in Google Form:
- In Google Form, compare costs of car to train on a specific route in UK for 4 adults.
You will need to search the web for the following
- Mileage on the route (Google maps)
- Current price of a litre of petrol (gasoline) for a car in England (at MyTravelCost.com (global prices) or TheAA.com (compares UK to Eurozone).
- Mileage per UK gallon of a Ford Focus 1.4 L car (carsfuelconsumption.com)
- Train day return prices per adult between two cities (thetrainline.com)
- Exchange rate of £/$ (usforex.com, xe.com or similar)
Rourke & Boyer, 11: International Economic Cooperation: Alternative Road | LectureAdvising week. How to pick courses for spring pre-registration: two for major field, two for core, one elective (and you will be able to graduate on time; transfer students may need to modify this).
Tests returned and exemplary paragraphs presented by students. (During this, nobody takes notes or records discussion).
Search Exercise on gasoline price:
If the different exercise is provided on a Google form follow, that one.
Note, from 2016, Google itself returns prices and conversions on its home search page, making this much simpler.
Search for the current price of a litre of petrol (gasoline) for a car in England. [e.g., in summer 2013 it was about £1.88 /litre; in October 2013 only £1.37].
Step 1: find this online, e.g. at MyTravelCost.com (global prices) or TheAA.com (which compares UK to Eurozone)
Step 2: Multiply this by 4 to get the price per US gallon (because 4 litres make a US gallon)
Step 3: Find an exchange rate calculator (e.g. at USforex.com)
Step 4: Multiply the result of step 2 by the $/Pound exchange rate (in 2015 was $1.59) to get the current UK petrol price per US gallon.
- At about $6-7 per US gallon, between winter and summer, what effects does that have on the economy?
Step 5: Now do the same for a litre of essence/benzene (gasoline) in the Eurozone, multiply the €/litre price by 4 and then convert by the Dollar/Euro exchange rate today (e.g. $1.34 on 11 Nov. 2013) to give the European price of gas at the pump.
Global graph of the Euro cost of a litre of unleaded gasoline in many countries
- Where is the USA found in gasoline cost rankings, according to its official figures for last month?
- Where are the Europeans found in the rankings?
- Why do Europeans drive smaller engined cars, and for shorter distances than Americans?
- Why do they often take public transport?
- Why do they often drive cars on diesel instead of gasoline?
Week 12,Pre-registration weekThe 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project, summary with chart of rankings (scroll down).Week 13
- How are countries ranked?
- How couold financial inclusion transform villages and increase economic growth?
- How does digital inclusion tie into this?
- Could economic development leapfrog a country over more developed countries?
Brookings: Inclusion in India: Unpacking the 2015 FDIP Report & Scorecard
- How many Indians are "unbanked?"
- How seriously did the Modi government press the plan for financial inclusion?
- How well was the plan adopted by the people?
Rourke & Boyer, 12: Preserving & Enhancing the Biosphere | Lecture
Rourke, Notes of Full edition 14: Preserving & Enhancing Human Rights
- Is economic competition or cooperation the key to development?
- Without a world government, how can human rights be upheld?
- Can we create a global civil society in the absence of a world government?
Non-Honors students, may volunteer: reports and discussion of FPA, Great Decisions 2016 Issue 7: Climate Geopolitics [Arguello, K. Harding] [PPT] [from week 11]
Maps of oil, minerals and other resources, and of political divisions in Africa, Lecture
Interactive lecture/discussion session
- What tensions emerged between EDCs and LDCs on environmental regulation that emerged from the first 2 global environmental conferences (Earth summits)?
- What perspective might a developing country's head of state have on our demand that all countries reduce their rate of burning carbon?
- What alternatives are there to cut the growth of pollution, besides forbidding the burning of dirty, fossil fuels such as coal?
- What are the differences between a carbon tax and pollution credit exchanges?
- How has the US reacted historically to tax increases?
- How does business lobbying affect the chances of introducing measures that increases energy costs to businesses?
Possible showing of film, An Inconvenient Truth
Notes of speeches by Prof. William Moomaw, "Energy, National Security & Climate Change". Lead author on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Notes of Illustrated lecture to our class and to AWAC, April 6, 2010. Moomaw is a Montgomery native who returned in April 2015 to speak to our class and to AWAC. Some of his slides and graphs are also found on our FaceBook page for "AWAC Alabama World Affairs Council".
- How did the IPCC argue for the existence of global climate change?
- How have the data from more recent scientific observations upheld - or falsified - the IPCC's reports?
- Have the climate change data for each decade fit within the cone of the best and worst case scenarios -- or outside?
- How did Dr. Moomaw respond personally to create an energy efficient lifestyle?
Terrorist Attack on Paris 11/14/15 analysis exercise.
Map of the attacks in Paris, Nov. 2015 | Charlie Hebdo attacks, Jan. 2015
Map of the Schengen zone (without border controls)
Map of travel routes from Bataclan, Paris, to Stade-de-France, St. Denis
Street & Metro map of northern half of Paris (zoom to Oberkampf Metro)
Metro map only, topological and zoomable
- Timeline, weapons, perpetrators, locations, targets, casualties
- What does this tell you about the terrorists' strategy and goals?
- What does this tell you about the necessary counter terrorism measures?
See Dates page and AWAC home page for any international speaker event
Critical thinking sessions (with PPT examples) about audiovisual design.
Honors section, plus any taking an upper level PSC course: for the eProject, deliverable by email and by TurnItIn, see Dates page, Citations page and Project requirements page
Note that, for readability, eProjects are now delivered to <jLewis> as well as to Turnitin.Critical thinking sessions (with PPT) about design of research briefing.
COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015: an online research exercise applying current affairs to the course materials on preserving the biosphere. [ form]
Honors, and upper level students will give briefings on research: the issue; the research question; arguments; evidence; and findings.
Students should prepare for the Maps exercise, by reviewing the major countries of each region of the world, and preparing to recognize them from a map of the region.
Documentary films from international relations list (selections may vary)
[Documentary films from Terrorism list: 2015: The Secret War and Fighting for Bin Laden]
Thanksgiving Break
Week14Honors, and upper level students will give briefings on research: the issue; the research question; arguments; evidence; and findings.Finals week:
Students should prepare for the Maps exercise.
Documentary films (selections may vary)
Shown in 2015: Revolution in Cairo (PBS), about the Arab springSee Dates page for time of Comprehensive Final Exam, conducted for two hours, in usual classroom. May include Maps exercise, and as well as multiple choice and written questions on all materials above this line.


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Throughout its history, the city on the western side of the Bosphorus Strait separating Europe from Asia has been an epicenter of the relationship between the geopolitical West and East. And Istanbul will most likely continue to play that role, given the current importance of mostly Christian Europe's relationship with the wider Muslim world.
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Hello I will assist you with your question,
Has the fuel pump recall been done on your Hyundai?
If you have moved or they did not have your address correct or you bought it used you would not be notified. At any rate the recall is to replace the fuel pump for just this concern. If you call a Hyundai dealer with your VIN they will check to see if it has been performed. As new as your vehicle is it should be covered for roadside assistance.
Call 1-800-243-7766 and they will tow it to the closest dealer at no charge if the cause of the no start is covered by warranty.
Unless you have more than 60000 miles or are in Canada you will be covered.
Everything is forwarded to the new address and the phone number hasn't changed. Would this be the cause of th car starting this morning but not tonight? The vehicle is still under warranty...how long will take to replace a fuel pump (asking because this is my only vehicle)
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I see that you jumped the car to try to start it. Was it not cranking?
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text: Update from VICS AGM 2009Ciaran, well done to you and the committee for a successful year. Just one thing, I don't recall hearing about the Limerick training day, where in Limerick was it held? Maureen. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ciaran Ferry To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:52 AM Subject: [vicsireland] Update from VICS AGM 2009 Hi all, As most of you are probably aware, the VICS AGM for 2009 took place last Saturday June 6th. Despite the terrible weather conditions in Dublin, a healthy number of you turned up and participated in what turned out to be an extremely lively meeting. Sincere thanks to you all. The new committee elected to serve for the coming year are as follows: Chairperson: Ciaran Ferry Deputy Chair: Joan Ann Brosnan Secretary: Esmond Walshe Treasurer: Tim Culhane PRO: Derbhile Dromey Ordinary Member: Darragh O'Héiligh Ordinary Member: Nicky Kealy On behalf of the entire committee I'd like to thank everyone who elected us, we'll do our best over the next year to ensure that VICS continues to grow and prosper as a society. For those of you who couldn't make it on Saturday, here are some of last terms achievements: - Acted as judges of the accessibility category in the Irish Web Awards; - Ran 2 training days, one in Dublin and one in Limerick; - Organised a very well attended Information and Technology day in Cork; - Established a working group to research the free operating system Linux and it's built-in assistive software; - Participated in the TV Access Campaign; - Ran a business-focused seminar with the ICS to promote web accessibility; - Continued to operate an extremely lively email discussion list; If you'd like to contact any of the committee, please do so at any time. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Updated contact details will be on the website shortly. Regards, Ciaran An timpeallacht? - Smaoinigh air sula bpriontáileann tú an r-phost seo. Please consider the Environment before printing this email. * ** *** ** * ** *** ** * ** *** ** * Tá an t-eolas sa ríomhphost seo agus in aon chomhad a ghabhann leis rúnda agus ceaptha le haghaidh úsáide an té nó an aonáin ar seoladh chuige iad agus na húsáide sin amháin. Is tuairimí nó dearcthaí an údair amháin aon tuairimí nó dearcthaí ann, agus ní gá gurb ionann iad agus tuairimí nó dearcthaí BSL. Má bhfuair tú an ríomhphost seo trí earráid, ar mhiste leat é sin a chur in iúl don seoltóir. Scanann BSL ríomhphoist agus ceangaltáin le haghaidh víreas, ach ní ráthaíonn sé go bhfuil ceachtar díobh saor ó víreas agus ní glacann dliteanas ar bith as aon damáiste de dhroim víreas. Cláraithe an Chomhlachta: http://www.esb.ie/companies This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of ESB. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Although ESB scans e-mail and attachments for viruses, it does not guarantee that either is virus-free or accepts no liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses. Company Registration Information: http://www.esb.ie/companies * ** *** ** * ** *** ** * ** *** ** * -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4776 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message


text: A gold mine of experience Meet Martha Glenny, Katharina Möller, and Shona Kearney, School of Fashion Studies Jewellery Arts alumni who returned to the College to become professors in the program themselves. In addition to sharing their skills and experience in the classroom, Shona, Katharina and Martha are members of Quintet, a jewellery design collective they started with two other members of the Jewellery Arts faculty. "Working together as artists as well as teachers is very rewarding," explains Shona. "It allows us to keep current and put the techniques we teach into practice." Quintet has a new exhibition that will be touring the country this year, and their work will be featured at the upcoming Society of North American Goldsmiths conference in May 2013, co-hosted by George Brown and Harbourfront. "In addition to creating the exhibition, we've put together a catalogue, designed a multi-function display unit and overseen the touring schedule," says Katharina. "The breadth of experience across the group allows us to tackle all these things ourselves." Martha Glenny – 1975 graduate, Jewellery Arts"My interest in jewellery was sparked by a part-time job in a shop that specialized in Scandinavian Modern design. It sold jewellery unlike any I had seen before –it was contemporary and made me see the potential for a creative career. The things I enjoyed as a student are the same things I love about being a teacher - the pleasure of problem solving and the delight of making objects. GBC was the start of a life-long career that has given me much satisfaction and joy." Katharina Möller – 1988 and 1991 graduate, Gemmology and Jewellery Arts "I chose to study at George Brown because it was the most recognized jewellery program in Ontario. As a student I could see the College had a strong commitment to excellence, but I didn't realise all the planning and preparation that went into each lecture. Now I understand my teachers made it look effortless because they planned their lessons so effectively. They showed genuine concern for our progress and encouraged us to rise to challenges and expand our vision, which is the same approach I take with my own students." Shona Kearney – 1997 graduate, Jewellery Arts "I chose George Brown because it was renowned for its intensive hands-on technical training. The value of technical accuracy, repetition and continually challenging oneself has been a constant throughout my career –taking risks in a creative discipline is essential. The College has been the ideal place to learn and develop my skills -the supportive environment and feeling of community in the program is something I've experienced as both a student and a teacher. I love working closely with a group of students and watching confidence and technical abilities grow." TOP TIPS FOR ASPIRING DESIGNERS What are the most important things for a successful career in jewellery design?KM – Be flexible and open to new experiences. Constantly examine the world around you and incorporate new ideas. MG - After you graduate, even if your goal is to have your own business, work in the field and spend a few years learning 'on the job'. Be active on many levels: working, volunteering and joining organizations. SK – Persistence and networking are vital. Take a chance on opportunities as they present themselves. Why do you think it's helpful and important for grads to stay connected to the college?SK: In the jewellery industry, job opportunities are not always posted in the usual places. Staying in close contact with our alumni allows us to pass along job opportunities, as the industry relies on word of mouth and often approaches the college when seeking new employees. KM – George Brown is a wonderful networking resource. I consider the students' time in the classroom as the start of their careers –the strong connections they make here will benefit them throughout their working lives. MG - On a personal level, we work very closely with our students and we simply enjoy staying in touch! What's the top advice you have for students? MG - Your time at college is very short - make the most of it! Commit fully to all the courses and project work, and actively engage with your professors to enhance your learning. SK - Something I try to pass on, which I found challenging as a student, is that there is value in making mistakes. In this field, making mistakes is inevitable and learning from them is hugely important. KM - Be creative in problem solving. Creativity is of vital importance, whether it's in an artistic, technical or business context. LEIF BENNER Program: Jewellery Arts - F114 Graduated: 2002 Growing up in family of artists, Leif Benner was set on a career in creativity from the time he was a school kid in London, Ontario. Asked whether he was always into jewellery, the George Brown College Jewellery Arts grad replies, "No, not back then, but I was interested in every artistic outlet around - music, cooking, all the creative arts." Leif first became involved with the jeweller's art around the time he was getting married. "I met a goldsmith who let me hang around his studio for a couple weeks while he made our wedding bands," he remembers. "I was fascinated by the process and to learn that each piece of jewellery is essentially a little sculpture." Although he was intrigued by the "bit of romance" and the highly technical skills required to work with gold and precious stones, Leif was still planning to attend George Brown College's Chef School. Then by chance, he came across the Jewellery Arts program while flipping through the George Brown College course calendar. "In London, there are quite a few goldsmiths, so I asked if anyone from George Brown had done apprenticeships, and heard only good things," says Leif. "I decided to apply to both programs, with Jewellery Arts as my first choice. I figured I could always fall back on being a chef." The Jewellery Arts faculty recognized the gleaming potential beneath Leif's inexperience, and although he had never touched a piece of metal, he liked that he was immediately immersed in the medium. "At that point in my life I was looking for something really fresh. You just jumped right in and they gave you everything you needed," Leif explains. When asked how he developed his unique style of distinctive yet classic pieces, Leif credits the mix of courses at George Brown College. "The Profs encourage creativity but always give you grounding in the traditional way to get results," he says. "The way the courses are set up, you study the skills most relevant to your interests whether they are more on the artistic or the business side." After graduating from the program with honours, Leif was accepted as an Artist in Residence at Harbourfront where he concentrated on perfecting his craft and began to sell his pieces. Inspired by his mother, a restaurateur, Leif leased one of the first studio spaces in the now wildly popular Distillery District, and is now in the enviable position of deciding whether or not to expand a successful business. "It's tempting to expand, but I don't want to lose the personal touch of dealing with my customers directly and the creative satisfaction I get from that." On November 17, 2010, ten outstanding graduates from Business, Arts & Design were inducted into the inaugural Alumni Wall of Fame. 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A program that gives Brandon residents $60 off the cost of a new toilet is ready to go next month.
The low-flow toilet credit program for 2014 will kick off April 1, providing homeowners in the city the opportunity to switch out old, inefficient toilets for new low-flow ones — and gaining a $60 water credit at the same time.
The program is not for new builds or for commercial installations; it's only good for renovations where a high-flow toilet (which flushes 13–30 L of water at a time) is replaced by a low-flow toilet (flushing 6 L or less at a time).
"We've tried to set up a program that will benefit the environment but, at the same time, is as user-friendly for our residents as possible," said Tom Keep, the city's environmental initiatives manager.
The home's water bill must also be in current good standing to qualify for the rebate.
"All a qualifying participant has to do is purchase a low-flow toilet, either install it themselves or have a contractor/plumber do it for them, and then submit their receipts to the city of Brandon's engineering department at City Hall. They'll be asked to provide proof of installation and then sign a waiver ensuring they won't be using the old toilet in another location," Keep said. "Once city staff are satisfied with a participant's submission, a credit of $60 per toilet will be applied directly to their city of Brandon water bill. It's just that easy."
There are 400 rebates available, on a first-come, first-served basis. The program will run to the end of 2014. Because it is not retoactive, toilet receipts dated before April 1, 2014, will not be eligible.
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Google on Friday had stopped digitizing old newspapers as publishers sought to make money off story archives instead of having them hosted free online.
People will still be able to find newspapers already converted to digital format in the Google News Archives at news.google.com/archivesearch but the collection won't grow.
"We work closely with newspaper partners on a number of initiatives, and as part of the Google News Archives digitization program we collaborated to make older newspapers accessible and searchable online," the Internet firm said.
"We don't plan to introduce any further features or functionality to the Google News Archives, and we are no longer accepting new microfilm or digital files for processing."
Google has digitized more than 3.5 million issues of more than 2,000 different newspaper titles, with the earliest being a March 23, 1752 edition of the Halifax Gazette in Nova Scotia.
Digital copies of archived newspapers will be given to respective publishers that will be free to host the issues on their own websites.
Archived publications include the London Advertiser from 1895, L'Ami du Lecteur at the turn of the century, and the Milwaukee Sentinel from 1910 to 1995.
Google launched the project in September of 2008 in a partnership with publishers to "make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online."
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Both a 2.6m and a 3.6m wrap are considered short wraps (or shorties). Which size is right for you depends on what carries you'd like to do.
With a 2.6m, you can do carries like a rebozo. And also back carries like rucksack tied under the bum, as well as one called RRRR. These are two of the popular back carries carries done with a short wrap.
You can do all these and more with a 3.6m too. I do a rebozo with a 3.6m too, but have long tails (I'm 5'8″). But, you can also do carries like a short cross carry, a back wrap cross carry, rucksack and also hip cross carry.
I tend to use a short one like a 2.6m as a convenient baby carrier that can easily double as other things like a blanket. When I use it, I use it mostly as a rebozo and a quick back carry like RRR. Whereas I use a 3.6m when I'm going to do back carries for a long time and want to be able to tie around my waist and also for carries like a hip cross carry.
They each serve a good purpose and it'd make perfect sense to have each length if you are able to. I've blogged about a beach day where I used a 2.6m. It was absolutely the most perfect length for a trip like that. And I've also blogged about using a 3.6m and it being the right length for that day and occasion.
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Change was the name of the game when it came to the traditional LGBT celebrations this year, from Easter in the Park in April to the 30th anniversary Tarrant County Gay Pride Week celebrations in October.
In mid-March news broke that the Turtle Creek Association, which had for years been the sponsoring organization for the annual Easter in Lee Park celebration, had decided to move the Pooch Parade to the weekend before Easter, billing it as a "family-friendly" event called Creek Craze. That left the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's traditional Easter Sunday concert in the park without a sponsor, and many in the LGBT community angry over what they saw as a way to exclude the community.
But after the irate reaction from the LGBT community, the Turtle Creek Association teamed up with Lee Park Conservancy to hire gay event planner Dave Berryman, who quickly put together a plan to fund the usual Easter Sunday celebration by bringing in Cedar Springs Merchants Association member Kroger, along with Park Place Volvo and Metro PCS as title sponsors, allowing TCA to continue with its Creek Craze event and for the traditional Easter in Lee Park party to take place as well, complete with the Kroger Pooch Parade and the DSO concert.
In the fall of 2010 plans began percolating to bring back what had long been Dallas' annual Gay Pride Month celebration, Razzle Dazzle Dallas. And while some questioned whether organizers would be able to coordinate their planned five-day revival of the event in time, Razzle Dazzle Dallas came back with a bang.
Many in the community reacted in anger again last summer when the Dallas Tavern Guild announced new rules for the annual Festival in Lee Park, following the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade in September. Under the new rules, the park was fenced in and a $5 admission fee was charged at the gate. The Tavern Guild also banned partiers from bringing their own coolers and beverages into the park for the festival.
DTG Executive Director Michael Doughman explained that the Tavern Guild was fencing the park for the festival to get ahead of new city regulations set to go into effect in 2012, and that the admission fee was intended to add to the proceeds to be distributed to parade beneficiaries. Outside liquor was banned, he said, because incidences with highly-inebriated partiers in the park had gotten out of control in recent years.
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Caucus members know that the Gillard must stay on the offensive in the effort to explain her policy: first, to show confidence in the plan; and second, to counter the mightily effective anti-tax crusade by Opposition Leader
But as they spend the winter in their electorates, some MPs feel it just won't work to mount the same sort of intensive sales pitch at a local level. Being available to talk about the policy is one thing, the reasoning goes, but accosting Australians with a hard-sell message is another one altogether.
There is a glimmer of hope within the government that Gillard has made some headway after two weeks of non-stop campaigning, even though there is no evidence that voters like the policy any better today than they did before the details were released on July 10.
The bigger issue for backbenchers, however, is the competence of the government – and that means how it is handling the economy.
Those looking beyond the carbon tax debate feel their success lies in keeping voters focused on the bigger picture, especially the relative strength of the Australian economy at a time of global turmoil.
On the face of it, this seems just as risky as a one-way conversation about the carbon tax, given Labor is so vulnerable on the way it implements policy.
But it may be Labor's only hope. The government has no choice but to work harder to gain credit for the way it has managed the Australian economy, given the size of the global risks emerging right now.
Europe is struggling to deal with a possible debt default by Greece and the subsequent risk that the "contagion" will spread to other indebted countries such as Portugal, Ireland, Spain or Italy. The US economy is weak and its politicians are divided over whether to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
Yesterday, there was another sign that the Chinese economy was cooling, with a contraction in the manufacturing sector in July.
These dangers are on an entirely different scale to Australia's troubles with weak retail spending, lacklustre business confidence and poor consumer sentiment.
But who will voters turn to when they feel the need for economic reassurance? The government that helped to keep the economy growing during the global downturn might feel entitled to a reward for doing so but it still doesn't get much credit for its actions. One month ago, a Nielsen poll found that 55 per cent of voters disapproved of Gillard's performance on the economy. Newspoll found that only 37 per cent of voters considered the budget in May to be a good one.
The Coalition is clearly having some success with its attacks on Labor for wasting money and slugging families with higher taxes.
This is a serious danger for the government when the Coalition is so confident it can make the carbon tax another chapter in Labor's mismanagement of the economy.
If there is one big hope holding Labor together, it is that Abbott will be found out for misleading voters about the carbon tax.
Because most of his warnings about the tax suggest that it will wreak havoc on jobs and growth, the Labor theory is that when the Opposition Leader loses credibility on the carbon tax, he will lose it on the economy as well.
"Over time, people will see that what he says is nonsense – he's just economically clueless," says one backbencher.
The most loaded charge against Abbott is that his attacks on the carbon tax amount to an attack on the economy itself. The debate is headed towards more and more Labor accusations that Abbott is economically irresponsible because of what the Prime Minister calls his "Chicken Little" warnings about carbon pricing.
"Mr Abbott is out there talking down the economy every day," says Swan.
This taps into the wider concern that the non-stop talk about tax acts like a dead weight on consumers, discouraging them from spending money and therefore hurting the economy. But economists are not so sure that criticising the carbon tax is the same thing as driving down consumer confidence.
National Australia Bank expects the carbon tax to trim 0.3 per cent off the annual rate of gross domestic product growth in the financial year from July 2012, which goes to show that the impact of the tax itself counts more than the impact of the political debate. In any case, NAB chief economist Alan Oster says Australian conditions partly reflect a global trend. "Everywhere, we're seeing weakness in consumer sentiment," he says.
Macquarie Group senior economist Brian Redican says consumers are already so conscious about rising costs, including electricity bills, that the carbon tax simply adds to the concerns.
Should politicians stop criticising a tax because doing so troubles consumers? "You can't stifle a debate just because the debate might be potentially destabilising," Redican says.
Challenged for talking down the economy, Abbott's response is simple: "I know there's a lot of concern out there in the community, but take away the threat of a carbon tax and that concern will be lifted."
Labor is so far back in the polls that it has to make the most of any lines of attack it can find.
Still, there is one aspect of today's consumer uncertainty that seems to be the government's own fault. About 69 per cent of voters believe they will be worse off under the carbon tax, according to an Essential poll, a much higher figure than the reality.
The government does not specify the number of households that will experience price rises that outweigh any extra payments from Canberra, but it is something less than 56 per cent. In other words, the sheer complexity of the package makes it hard to prove to consumers that they will be better off. And the polls suggest voters simply won't take the Prime Minister's word for it.
When it comes to economic uncertainty, nobody's blameless.
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Aiunt, Maenium et scurrilitate et nepotatu notissimum Romae fuisse. Hic post patrimonium adrosum Kalendis Ianuariis in Capitolio clara voce optavit, ut quadringenta milia numorum aeris alieni haberet. Quaerente quodam, quid sibi vellet, quod tam sollemni die aes alienum habere optaret: Noli mirari, inquit, octingenta debeo. Hic fertur, domo sua, quam ad forum spectantem habuerat, divendita, unam columnam [ibi] sibi excepisse, unde gladiatores spectaret, quae ex eo Maenii columna nominabatur.
They say that Maenius was very well known in Rome for buffoonery and for extravagance. This man, after his inheritance had been nibbled away, on the Kalends of January on the Capitolium, in a loud voice wished that he had 40,000 sesterces of debt. When somebody asked him what he meant, by wishing on such a solemn day to have debts, he said, "don' t be amazed-- I have 80,000." This man is said to have taken one column for himself from his house, which had a view of the forum, when it was sold, so that he could watch the gladiatorial games from it; for this reason it was called the Column of Maenius.
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Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) July 20, 2008
Nine policemen were killed in Afghanistan Sunday in international military air strikes called in when police and troops clashed after mistaking each other for Taliban, authorities said.
The "friendly fire" incident occurred before dawn when Afghan and international soldiers moved into a district in the southwest without informing police, who thought they were militants, the deputy governor of Farah province said.
"An engagement took place, each side thinking the other was the Taliban," said Mohammad Younus Rasouli.
The troops called for air support and military attack aircraft arrived and bombed a police post, he said. Nine police were killed and five wounded.
Rasouli said NATO's International Security Assistance Force had carried out the strikes, but ISAF said it was an operation by the separate US-led coalition. The coalition confirmed an incident and said it was investigating.
Rasouli said the police chief of Farah's Anar Dara district, on the border with Iran, was among the wounded and was in a serious condition.
The incident comes as US presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting Afghanistan to find out how international efforts against extremist militants trying to overthrow the Afghan government are progressing.
There have been several deadly incidents of "friendly fire" in Afghanistan, where many local and international security forces are involved in a growing fight against Taliban insurgents.
Earlier this month a British helicopter mistakenly opened fire on a group of British soldiers in Helmand province, injuring nine of them, three seriously, the defence ministry said.
In January nine Afghan policemen were killed in the central province of Ghazni by US-led soldiers hunting militants, Afghan officials said.
ISAF meanwhile said Sunday that its soldiers had killed four Afghan civilians by accident when mortar rounds landed off target in the eastern province of Paktika near the border with Pakistan.
"An ISAF unit on a fire mission accidentally killed four civilians, with an unconfirmed further three deaths," it said in a statement. "Four civilians were also wounded and are now under treatment by ISAF forces."
It is the latest incident in which the international soldiers helping the Afghan government have killed civilians by mistake.
The US-led coalition admitted last week that it had killed eight civilians in an air strike targeting militants in Farah. Afghan officials said nine women and a boy were killed.
The coalition and ISAF are also investigating official Afghan reports that 64 civilians were killed in two strikes in northeastern Afghanistan early this month.
One hit a wedding party, killing 47 people including the bride, an investigation appointed by President Hamid Karzai found.
Civilians are regularly caught in the crossfire of the insurgency launched after the hardline Islamic Taliban regime was removed from power in late 2001 in a US-led invasion for harbouring Al-Qaeda.
Most are killed in rebel attacks, but dozens have also been killed in military action this year.
On Sunday, three children were killed in the southern province of Hemland when a bomb blew up a minivan, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussien Andiwal said. Two children and two adults were wounded.
Taliban fighters attacked a police post in the same area around midnight and two of the attackers were killed in the ensuing fight, Andiwal said.
The defence ministry said in a statement meanwhile that its soldiers had killed nine "terrorists" in an operation to secure the road between Kabul and Kandahar, a dangerous route along which Taliban are active.
And 18 were killed in a week of action in Kandahar province's volatile Panjwayi district, it said.
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The Pentagon is pushing for more troops to go to Afghanistan but experts question whether a new "surge" can shut down the insurgency flourishing in Pakistan's safe havens.
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Vatican City, Nov 28, 2012 / 12:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict is lending his support to combatting HIV/AIDS, with a special focus on advocating for children who receive the disease from their mothers."My thoughts turn in particular to the large number of children who contract the virus from their mothers each year, despite the treatments which exist to prevent its transmission," said the Pope at the end of his Nov. 28 general audience.As he looked ahead to the … [Read more...]
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Nuncio says Church needs holy priests more than ever
La Plata, Argentina, Nov 28, 2012 / 12:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a message to seminarians, the apostolic nuncio to Argentina said that in today's society the Catholic Church is in dire need of "well formed" and holy priests. During a Mass to mark the 90th anniversary of St. Joseph Seminary in La Plata, Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig drew a parallel between the formation of seminarians and the healing of the ten lepers in the Gospel. "Of the ten, only one returned to … [Read more...]
Pope counsels parents to share faith with joy, dialogue
Vatican City, Nov 28, 2012 / 10:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Sharing the faith with children and others should be done in a joyful, clear and simple manner, Pope Benedict said at the Wednesday general audience."In our time, a special place to talk about God is the family, the first school to communicate the faith to new generations," Pope Benedict said Nov. 28 in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.He delivered his remarks, which are part of an ongoing weekly series on faith, to … [Read more...]
Bishops decry Congo violence, urge international help
Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2012 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Leaders of the Catholic Church in Africa are calling for humanitarian aid and peace efforts in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo after rebel forces captured a major city. In light of "the mission of Christian charity and solidarity," the African bishops called on various charitable organizations to renew and strengthen their efforts to ease "the suffering afflicting these brothers and … [Read more...]
Conference to study father figures in television
Rome, Italy, Nov 28, 2012 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At an upcoming spring conference, the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross will examine father figures and their portrayal in TV, including Lord Grantham from the British series Downton Abbey.Many television series "portray the father as being the family's problem," observed Professor Enrique Fuster, one of the organizers of the conference scheduled for April 22-23, 2013 at the Roman university.Fuster, who teaches … [Read more...]
Yad Vashem honors Italian cardinal who rescued Jews
Jerusalem, Israel, Nov 28, 2012 / 12:12 am (CNA).- Israel's official Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem has named the World War II-era Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, as "Righteous Among the Nations" for his help in rescuing hundreds of Jews from Nazi persecution.Yad Vashem said on Nov. 26 that the cardinal "played a central role in the organization and operation of a widespread rescue network."The Nazis began to deport Jews after the German … [Read more...]


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Everything that's supposed to happen in politics this year, and everything that has happened for the last several months, has been premised on the tacit, but seemingly safe assumption: The economy will remain weak for years.
This has underlined Congressional jobs bill theatrics, campaign rhetoric about Obama's record, debates about who's to blame for high unemployment, and which party best represents the interests of the middle class.
But what if that assumption is wrong?
A contrarian school of thought holds that it is wrong — and its proponents have a growing cache of evidence to back them up.
If these evidence-based optimists are correct the political implications will be vast — as we all saw on Friday when a promising jobs report from the Department of Labor alighted into the political consciousness the possibility that a robust economic recovery could take hold imminently, and thus overturn a year's worth of conventional wisdom about the trajcectory of the 2012 election.
Karl Smith, an economist at the University of North Carolina and author of the Modeled Behavior blog, is a major proponent of this forecast — what you might call Recovery Winter.Slate's Matt Yglesias explained it here. I went straight to the source to hear why Smith concluded that a real recovery was finally looming, and decided to take his prediction public at the considerable risk of embarrassment if the gloom-and-doomers turn out to be right.
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If you are part of the iCommunity you will of no doubt seen an event called 'MyGreatFest' talked about, and grow in stature over the recent months. The 'MyGreatFest' concept and ethos is that of a unique nature, and has not only never been done in this community before, but has never been seen anywhere in the world. Conferences, conventions and gatherings exist for technology industry in general, for the computing industry and also for the video gaming industry – now it exists for the mobile smartphone industry – and it will be huge! The primary focus of MyGreatFest is to concentrate on what we believe to be the number one mobile OS on the planet – Apple's iOS.
It will feature showcases and talks from prominent developers in the community. Such as Jay Freeman aka "Saurik", a 15 year old iOS developer named Joshua Lee Tucker, another developer Chris Simpson (who creared 3Dboard) there will be giveaways, games, tournaments, stalls selling the newest accessory or case for your device, technical demonstrations to include question and answer sessions and much much more!
This event will feature respected members of the community you will already be aware of, and introduce you to talented people from all aspects of the community who you may not be. We are also pleased to announce an event date of 17th September 2011 for MyGreatFest. And tickets are on sale now at their eStore Don't forget to pick up their iOS theme!
Finally, MyGreatFest have told us that they do plan to bring this fantastic event to the USA in early 2012. If that becomes a success (of course it will be!), we can see MyGreatFest becoming an annual event! So what are you waiting for? Grab your ticket before they all go!


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Minor league outfielder Jiwan James made one of the most magical catches of the year – or did he?
Even on replay, the catch is hard to disseminate.
Playing center field, James, a Philadelphia prospect with the Reading Phillies, climbs the wall to rob a Bowie Baysox batter of a home run. But it appears James misses the ball with his glove hand as he hits the fence and falls to the warning track.
Mysteriously, the ball lands in his non-glove hand. James shows the ball in triumph and the play is called an out.
From the video, it's difficult to tell whether the ball hit the ground. But the umpires were sold on the catch and the home run was denied.
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CNN's Gergen: Many Americans 'Horrified' by GOP Debate
CNN's political analyst David Gergen remarked Monday that many Americans were "horrified" at what they heard from the Republican presidential debate, co-sponsored by the Tea Party Express and CNN. "I was getting notes about they ought to keep this people locked up and not let them out. Don't let them do anything to the country," Gergen remarked.
Gergen's comments came in the post-debate analysis and during the 10 p.m. EDT hour of Anderson Cooper 360. He mentioned that Tea Partiers "loved the debate" and pitted them in contrast with the many on Twitter who expressed their disgust with the debate.
He referred in particular to a hypothetical scenario given to candidate Ron Paul by debate moderator Wolf Blitzer, which asked whether the state should be responsible for someone who chose not to buy health insurance and was subsequently in a coma. Paul maintained that people should be responsible for themselves without the interference of the state, and can be helped by neighbors and charities -- and many in the audience audibly agreed.
A few voices shouted "Let him die!" and scattered laughter ensued, but there was no widespread audience reaction to those comments.
Gergen used the Tea Party's glee and the disgust of other Americans to buttress his argument that the nation is becoming increasingly polarized. "So, this race is increasingly, I think, bringing to light and once again how divided and how splintered we are and how hard it's going to be for anybody to govern when this is over," he stated.
A transcript of the segments, which aired on September 12, are as follows:
9:58 p.m. EDT
ANDERSON COOPER: John, thanks very much. David Gergen, clearly to Gingrich, Santorum, Herman Cain – got some of the probably louder applause lines of the night. That does not necessarily translate, though, into any kind of bump in the polls. And clearly, a lot of folks were gunning -- were looking to try to take on Perry. Did they succeed? Did they succeed maybe, in lessening his poll numbers a little bit? Certainly we saw that from Mitt Romney. We saw that from Santorum. We saw that from Michele Bachmann.
DAVID GERGEN, CNN senior political analyst: I don't think so, Anderson. I will tell you that this hall is crackling with excitement. These Tea Partiers loved this debate. They liked the fact that the other candidates had a chance to get in more evenly. But just as they loved it, there were many, judging from what's been on Twitter tonight, who were horrified. So the country is still very divided about this.
In terms of the dynamics of this race within the Republicans, it's no question that Romney and Perry remain the front-runners. Romney has a better command of the facts. He's a more practiced debater, gave one of the best answers of his entire campaign when he was asked how he would balance the budget.
But Perry has the command presence. And even though people took shots at him, as you said, he deflected reasonably well. He came and he was a better debater. And he was more even this time.
He still talks a lot of Texas. He's going to need to move beyond Texas to get a national focus. And he clearly is going to have to beef himself up on the international side. But I would have to tell you, I think Rick Perry walked in here as the front-runner tonight and I imagine he walked out as the front-runner.
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COOPER: David, what do you make of what Representative Wasserman Schultz just said?
GERGEN: Oh, I think that she made a point that resonated back home with a lot of people on the question of the 30-year-old who was dying being allowed to die, and the kind of response in the hall. You'll recall in that last debate Governor Perry made this point about executions in Texas and there was this big applause and it got a lot of commentary. My sense is that exchange also will get some comment out there, Anderson, because what I find so interesting is that people in this hall really did groove on much of what they heard.
This is what they wanted to hear from these candidates. There are a lot of people around the country who are just like the folks in this room. And yet there are a huge number of people, an equal number of people, who I think were horrified by what they heard in this room. I was getting notes about they ought to keep this people locked up and not let them out. Don't let them do anything to the country.
So, this race is increasingly, I think, bringing to light and once again how divided and how splintered we are and how hard it's going to be for anybody to govern when this is over.


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Star Productions welcomes Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to The Chicago Theatre on Saturday, October 5, in an encore of their sold out 2012 performance.
The original Jersey boy himself, Frankie Valli is a true American pop icon. His incredible career with the Four Seasons, as well as his solo success, has spawned countless hit singles. With unforgettable tunes like "Sherry," "Walk Like A Man," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "December '63 - Oh What A Night," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and of course, "Grease," Valli has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
Their long-lasting career has led to the overwhelming success of the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys, which chronicles the life of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and features all of their greatest hits. In addition to their appearance at The Chicago Theatre, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be touring throughout the country on their 2013 tour.


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Im not a jock, Im more of a nerd. I dont care much for rugby or wearing screaming tight pink shirts in town. I like town, but if you see me there ill be wearing a Pantera shirt and some $10 chucks, after a hard day of trying to crack Photoshop.
I work out, go hunting, design tattoos and artwork.
Im not the Joker, the King or just another number. Im the Ace of Spaces. I place myself above royalty but still class myself as a peoples card. Im also no fool, and will not treat you the same.
Pretty shit at Poker, despite all of the cards lingo.
Now... Send me a message!


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Former pretend Republican Presidential Candidate, Herman Cain, whose nascent campaign went down in flames following every single woman he came on contact with coming forward with claims of sexual harassment, recently decided that being a semi-literate pizza hawker and sleazy creeper might have not been presidential prerequisites but rather worthy of Defense Secretary. Apparently Secretary of grab-boobs was already taken.
During a rather bizarre interview with Barbara Walters in which he smoothly serenaded Walters to "Amazing Grace", also said that he could be Secretary of Defense. "I could influence rebuilding our military as it should be, that would be a task I would consider undertaking," he said.
Herman Cain Sings To Barbara Walters, Says He Could Be Secretary Of Defense
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German police have arrested several members of a hacking forum linked to the distribution of Trojan horse software that infected 80,000 computers.
The www.codesoft.cc messageboard was being abused by cybercrooks to exchange tips on ways to use malware and other means to create counterfeit credit cards, according to cybercops from the LKA (Landeskriminalamt) internet crime unit (statement in German here [pdf]).
Police have raided the home of an unnamed 22-year-old Swiss man from Lucerne, Switzerland, on suspicion of running the forum. He allegedly used the online alias tr1p0d to flog password-stealing software. Police recovered what's claimed to be a database of codesoft.cc's users and their IP addresses from a raid on the Swiss suspect's home, net security firm Sophos adds.
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There was a time when every boy wanted to play ball for a living, and until they could, they'd play ball outside all day.
At some point, every boy stopped playing ball outside all day, and began to play action-oriented computer baseball games inside all day.
At some later point, every boy stopped playing simple action-oriented computer baseball games and started playing roto, fantasy baseball, and computer games with GM modes so that they were simultaneously pretending to be ballplayers and general managers.
That phenomenon has now reached its logical extreme.
On Tuesday, 2K Sports will release its MLB Front Office Manager, and for those addicted to the stat-heavy pastime of running fantasy leagues, being a Major League Baseball general manager may never get closer . . .
. . . There is no end to the roster of baseball video games that pay homage to the complexities of building a team from the ground up. They have mechanisms for relying on stats to determine which players are best in different kinds of situations — and many have had the endorsement of real-life players and the blessing of big league baseball.
But MLB Front Office Manager isn't like any of them. That's because the game is really about the process of running a team rather than the play-by-play action in which gamers have to swing at pitches, try to dive in the hole for sharp-hit grounders, and master all kinds of joystick button combinations in order to steal a base or pick someone off first.
The new 2K Sports game puts all the focus on what it takes to get a major league team going, and operates on a calendar that begins the moment the World Series ends and commences from there. That's because that's how it really is for each of the real-world big league general managers.
Given the direction we're heading, at some point they'll make a game where players simply sign checks, grouse about labor costs, and sucker municipalities into paying for new ballparks.
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Healthy Eating Tip: When to Buy Groceries
Going to the grocery store when you're hungry is the ultimate test in temptation and it's a given that you shouldn't run this errand on an empty stomach. It's good to go when when you've had some food, but an even better time to go is right after you've exercised. Working out can actually decrease your appetite.
Next time you're in need of a grocery-store run, try and go after you've pushed yourself at the gym or taken a challenging bike ride. Just slip your grocery list into your wallet and go directly to the store after your workout (well, maybe after taking a quick rinse to keep the sweat from clogging up your pores). Remember to pack a small snack for after your workout so that your hunger pangs don't distract you from what's on the list.
The dark chocolate-covered cookies will still make your mouth water, but your mind will remember how hard you just worked and it won't take long to walk away from the junk food empty-handed.


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Port Washington, N.Y. -- There is evidence in the home retail sector that consumers increasingly are first researching a product in physical store and then making their actual purchase online, according to The NPD Group.
The practice is known as "showrooming," and NPD reports that 15%-20% of consumers in 2011 were "showrooming" categories like stand mixers, electric knives, sewing machines, and some floor cleaners. Other categories like power tools, hairsetters, and robotic vacuums are now beginning to show signs of the "showrooming" trend as well.
"We are a long way off from a world of online-only shopping. The majority of consumers buy their kitchen appliances, personal care, and home environment products in a brick-and-mortar store. That being said the prevalence of smart phones provides consumers with the ability to do price comparisons in real-time, while still in the store, increasing the challenge retailers are faced with to offer the best price," said Perry James, president of home and office Supplies, The NPD Group.
According to NPD, the majority of home-related purchases were made in brick-and-mortar stores in 2011, with online sales accounting for a 13% dollar share of small appliances and a five percent dollar share of home improvement sales in 2011.
"The need to touch and feel a product before making the purchase is still very compelling for most customers, and that is what initially gets them in the door," Jemes said. "Once they have the items in their hands, and have decided they want it, the need for immediate gratification can be too strong to go home and wait for an item to be shipped to their home, even if it is the less expensive option."


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I cannot download for example drivers (never gets past 0% loaded) and other .exe downloads, youtube videos freeze after about 3 secs, and some websites do not open (although multi-clicking them sometimes helps). I am lost at what to do.
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Thinking outside the box, of cookies that is, has a whole new meaning for one local Girl Scout troop.
The more than 1,800 containers of Girl Scout cookies they sold were supposed to earn them a vacation in a sun-soaked paradise.
Instead, they decided to supply U.S. soldiers stationed overseas with a little taste of home.
The Girl Scouts from Troop 1000, which includes Menifee Valley and Canyon Lake, spent last weekend packaging the boxes of cookies, which will be shipped to soldiers.
They came up with idea to send the cookies to troops about halfway through their sales drive, while stationed outside a grocery store, said Scout Jessica Provines, 17.
Although soldiers are still stationed overseas and fighting battles, people aren't sending care packages as often as they used to, she said.
"We wanted to let them know people haven't forgotten about them," said her sales partner, Emily Blake, 17.
Their cookies had been selling fairly well at supermarkets and door-to-door, but the girls wanted to step up their efforts, they said.
Jann Blake, Emily's mother, said she knows the managers from several Curves workout centers in Menifee and Canyon Lake, and decided to ask the women to sponsor boxes for troops, since they might avoid buying the tasty, yet calorie-laden treats themselves.
The idea caught on like wildfire, and pretty soon, women visiting Curves centers were dropping $100 and $200 per order to support men and women in the military, Jann Blake said.
"It was heartwarming to see how many people wanted to support the cause," Emily said.
Boxes were beginning to pile up at Jann Blake's home, but she still wasn't sure how they would send them overseas, she said.
She contacted Mary Carnes, with the American Forces Network, which broadcasts radio and television services to military bases around the world from March Air Reserve Base.
Carnes and the staff there collected about $300 in donations to defray shipping costs, but knew the amount wouldn't be enough, she said.
So she turned to Operation Interdependence, an organization whose sole purpose is to provide support and services to troops, whether shipping cookies or moving them off the tarmac and into the hands of soldiers, said its founder Al Renteria.
Renteria, a Marine who is a Gulf War veteran, supervised the Scouts as they packed 30-pound boxes filled with an assortment of goodies at his Oceanside storefront headquarters.
Before they began packing the boxes, the girls looked through pictures of Marines receiving some care packages who then donated some of the items to Iraqi children in Fallujah.
"It was cool to see our Girl Scout cookies are going to brighten a child's day and help our soldiers," Emily said. "That's all worth it."
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star hotel near Corso Como
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Situated near the airport, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Pirelli Tower and Corso Como. Teatro alla Scala and Pinacoteca di Brera are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and valet parking. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
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All 68 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Guests will also find TVs, room service, and premium bedding.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of limo/town car service and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Marconi Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Free WiFi
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 6
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Coffee shop or café
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 68
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- Bar/lounge
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- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
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- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Television
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
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A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 5 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed
- Dogs only
- 1 per room (up to 10 kg)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Parking height restrictions apply
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 14 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
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- Valet parking fee: EUR 25 per night (in/out privileges)
- A late check-out fee will be charged
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- Hotel Marconi
- Marconi Hotel
- Marconi Milan
- Marconi Hotel Milan
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 5 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Dramatic Drop in the Number of Summonses, Tickets After Sandy
In the aftermath of the storm, thousands of police officers were assigned to extended tours of duty in parts of the city without power or to help keep order at the gas pumps. The NYPD said crime dipped in the days since Sandy, and according to the Office of Court Administration, so did the number of summonses.
Summonses written for everything from disorderly conduct to trespassing typically range from 450 to 850 a day in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In the week and half after Sandy, that number dropped to just about a hundred per day. David Bookstaver, director of Communications for the OCA, said for the first 24 hours after the storm "there was a tremendous drop off in arrests." He said the most recent sampling showed summonses were down by half in the Bronx and Queens, while the data from Staten Island is still inconclusive.
Edward Mullins, president of the Sergeants Union, said it makes sense the NYPD's attention was diverted during and after the storm but it's only temporary. "There's always going to be an issue regarding summons activity," Mullins observed. "It generates millions and millions of dollars a year for the city and they're not going to forget that."
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said generating revenue is "irrelevant" to the department and it's not a consideration when officers make arrests or issue summonses. He said police resources were focused on storm damaged areas but everyone was affected by the Sandy — including criminals. "Crime fell in the double digits, with the exception of burglaries — up two percent overall and a bit more in storm affected areas," Browne said.
He said the number of parking tickets also plummeted. In the first 2 weeks of November, the NYPD would expect to write an estimated 270,000 parking tickets, said Browne —instead agents only wrote 1,900. Traffic officers, normally tasked with giving tickets, were sent to intersections with disabled traffic lights and other storm related efforts.
Mullins said that tickets are a huge priority for the department but not in times of crisis.
"The truth of the matter is officers don't like writing summonses — I know the public believes that we do — but we don't," he said.


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Credit: William Berry and Pwinsider.com
Last night at a USWA event here in Jacksonville, Jesse Neal announced to those in attendance that it was his last appearance in the USWA. He stated that he had a family now (he has a child on the way) and other projects that he wanted to devote time to. The sentiment by those in attendance was that he was retiring after fulfilling his bookings. He was in tears as he walked up the aisle following his final match in the USWA and the crowd started a chant of "Thank you Jesse". I was able to speak to him following the event and he did not deny that he was retiring.


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All the boys from One Direction are taking a couple...
Cause he said so.
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"Just feel nothing anymore." I say looking into nothing. "I'm sorry." "Don't be I trusted you and I thought you would be here for a while. I guess I was wrong."
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