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Holiday flat to rent on a daily basis in Da Gama, one of the Strand's best apartment blocks on the Golden Mile, Beach Road. Sleeps 4.Beach Rd, Strand, Cape
Three Apartments on Beach road, STRAND each with full seaviews. Rock or deep sea fishing, watersports, whale watching or Cape wine routes, all on your doorstep18 Beach road, Strand, Western Cape
This two bedroom self catering beachfront apartment is fully equipped and has secure parking. It also offers beautiful swimming and barbeque facilities. Comfortably accommodates 4 guests.Beach Road Strand, Helderberg, Western Cape
At Groenewald Accommodation you have a choice of Bed and Breakfast or self catering accommodation. Situated just 200 meters from the beach in Strand, situated in the helderberg area between Somerset West and Gordonsbay, this establishment is in the ideal location for a holiday.16 Van der Merwe Street, Strand, Cape Town
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Comfort and luxury of the highest standard offered in this self catering unit in a seaside security estate. Sweeping views across False Bay towards Cape Point and Table Mountain. Sleeps a maximum of 2 guests.104 St Andrews Drive, Greenways, Strand
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Ideally situated in a very safe and secure area. Right on the most popular & swimmable beach in the whole Western Cape.
This beautiful beachfront apartment offers stunning views and self catering accommodation for up to 4 guests. Within walking distance of the local restaurants and cocktail bars. Come and experience Strand and all it has to offer. In a security complex.95 Beach Road , Strand, Helderberg, Western Cape
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Ideally situated just 300 metres from the famous 5 kilometer stretch of white beaches in Strand, Ocean Breeze Cottage is the perfect place to come and relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Just a minute's walk and you are on the beach for a swim or a nice walk before sunset.12 Scarbrow Street, Strand, Western Cape
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Reynolds Wraps Up People Poll
Ryan Reynolds, the man who WAS Van Wilder has been proclaimed People's "Sexiest Man Alive".Reynolds , helped masturbate a dog in the film that brought him his notoriety. So please, don't feel rejected that you didn't win sexiest man alive-at least you didn't have to play with a dogs wiener. Reynolds will be appearing in the Green Lantern and goes home to Scarlett Johansson every night.

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Issue 115 – Conversations with a Pornographer
This time around, stevieD meets up with Dale Lazarov to talk about his latest gay erotica graphic novel (try saying that 10 times fast), and they also discuss the state of independent gay comics. This is a very queertastic episode. If you're a hetero man, prepare to feel a desire to manscape after listening.
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Shoulder to shoulder, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton have celebrated the centenary of the Rhodes Trust in the British Parliament's Westminster Hall.
Before 1000 former scholars and world figures, the former South African president dismissed claims that he and the British Prime Minister had become "common enemies" over Iraq.
"I looked forward to coming here to meet Tony Blair because we differed on one point, but we have never forgotten that we are the best of friends."
Both Mr Blair and the former United States president identified the advancement of Africa as a challenge for the wider world.
Mr Clinton was a Rhodes scholar at University College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1970.
The scholarship was created in 1903 to allow high-achieving students with leadership potential to study at Oxford. It supports 90 students a year from the Commonwealth, Germany and the US for three years at Oxford - paid for by a bequest of the diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes, the millionaire imperialist after whom Rhodesia was named.
The event also launched the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, dedicated to aid and education in southern Africa.
The former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke, 73, was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil law as part of the 100th anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarship. Professor Jasper Griffin, the public orator, mentioned Mr Hawke's career in the Australian trade union movement, his political career and his moves towards reconciliation with black Australia.
Mr Hawke said: "I don't think the Rhodes scholarship as such has helped me politically but what came out of being the Rhodes scholar has set the whole path of my career."
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British music group Gorillaz released their new album, 'The Fall' on Christmas Eve. The 15-song album was written entirely on an Apple iPad over a 32-day period.
According to Damien Albarn, Blur's former frontman, he recorded the album in hotel rooms across America while being in tour.
'The Fall' is the sequel to 'Plastic Beach' which was released earlier this year. If you're member of the Gorillaz Sub-Division fan club you can download 'The Fall' for free. You can preview the album here in the player. Enjoy!
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A Skeptic's View of NaturalSelection
by Ryan McMaken by Ryan McMaken
It's become somewhat de rigueur in recent election cycles to ask politicians about their beliefs regarding biological evolution. This was an issue again this year with several Republican candidates earning the condemnation of pundits over their views on the matter. The issue rears its head occasionally, mostly in the context of public schooling, but rarely is any actual discussion on the matter allowed. The question is only asked to make a political point, and never to discuss specifics.
Whether applied to political candidates or not, the immediate response in any case in which any person expresses some skepticism around evolution is to suggest or suspect that the skeptic is therefore some kind of young-Earth creationist who thinks the Earth was created in 6 days about 10,000 years ago.
This is a false dichotomy. Creationism is hardly the only alternative to devout and orthodox Darwinism, and evolution is not synonymous with Darwinism. Evolution is one thing, and Darwinian natural selection is another, but ever since the days of the Scopes Monkey Trial, creationism is the straw man repeatedly set up to illustrate the alleged foolishness of those who express even the slightest doubt about the infallibility of Darwin and natural selection. The favored strategy is to suggest that the choice is only between Darwinism on the one hand, and creationism on the other.
This approach is nonsense. Evolution as a general concept has been a well-accepted theory among the educated since the ancient Greeks. Saint Augustine in the 4th century rejected the notion that the scriptures should be used as a guide to natural history, and an acceptance of evolution was widespread in Europe well before Darwin ever came on the scene.
Darwin's innovation was the theory of natural selection which is a specific mechanism used to explain evolution.
What's interesting is that the most venomous condemnation of skeptics seem to come from those who know nothing about evolutionary science whatsoever. Those who have read anything about the field at all know that natural selection as an explanation of evolution, while generally accepted by most biologists, is nevertheless a theory that is critiqued and questioned in scholarly publications.
As with any scientific theory, natural selection needs to be evaluated based on how well it explains natural phenomena. It is a theory like general relativity or quantum theory. Sometimes it explains natural phenomena quite well and sometimes it does not.
The reason physicists search for a "unified theory" is because the theories of Einstein and the great physicists of the past have their shortcomings. Does one therefore embrace "superstition" if he notes that general relativity is "a theory" and that another theory might be shown to better explain the universe? I suspect not.
In the same way, natural selection is a theory that has hardly proven itself as infallible. As this article by W.E. Lonnig illustrates, problems with the theory have been pointed out for years by biologists and other physical scientists who have encountered scores of natural phenomena that natural selection cannot fully account for.
Obviously, the scientists found questioning natural selection in scholarly texts are not arguing for any kind of creationism. They are, however, pointing out that the empirical evidence is insufficient to prove that natural selection is an adequate theory to explain all aspects of evolution.
Although refereed journals are hardly the last word on scholarly matters, they are helpful in illustrating what is considered acceptable discourse among most scholars. This bibliography of peer-reviewed articles questioning the validity of natural selection well illustrates that natural selection is indeed "a theory," and that a defense of the theory as unassailable smacks more of dogmatic metaphysics than of a healthy and open mind regarding scientific theories.
If one accepts generally accepted notions of empirical analysis, a theory must be regularly analyzed for its ability to describe the phenomena that it is supposed to describe. If it is found wanting, then the theory obviously has its shortcomings and remains but a theory. The fact is that natural selection has, on more than one occasion, been found wanting. Does this prove it is a useless theory? Not necessarily. But it does prove that it is not an immutable fact of life, and we would be right to harbor doubts about it.
The idea that science, if left to the scientists, would proceed unmolested by ideology and politics is unserious in the extreme. Scientists, physical and otherwise, all function within a little world probably best explained by the philosopher Paul Feyerabend in which scientific "progress" is not a matter of rational acceptance of a better theory over a worse theory, but is really a reflection of the ideologies of those who decide what is "scientific" and what is not.
Anyone who has spent any time in academia at all knows full well that the ideological and economic concerns of the gatekeepers dictate what is acceptable research at least as much as the quality of the research itself.
Beyond labeling everything they disagree with as superstition or religious extremism, the pundits who vilify critics of natural selection as creationists or religious nuts merely illustrate their own dogmatism about theories to which they have ascribed a devotion of religious proportions. When it comes to Darwin, they would do well to rely a little less on faith, and a little more on reason.
Ryan McMaken [send him mail] teaches political science in Colorado.


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After winning nine of their first 10 games by blowing out their opponents, the Patriots have won three of their last four by the slimmest of margins. Last week's win over the Ravens was their biggest scare of the season. But just as they did after their first 11 games, the Patriots walked off the field as winners in game 12.
The Patriots had a short week to prepare for their next opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers. But a short week doesn't mean that people had less to talk about. Au contraire. In the last week we've had an official offending one of the Ravens, talk of an NFL conspiracy to help the Patriots win, more undefeated discussions, and a guarantee by one of the Steelers that Pittsburgh will beat New England this week. It's been a busy week.
Here are the top 10 quotes of the week, heading into Week 14, Patriots-Steelers:
10. "The refs called me a boy. Number 110 called me a boy. I will be calling my agent in the morning and sending my complaint. I have a wife and three kids. Don't call me a boy."
~ Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle
Translation: "I am a man! You hear me? A man! Now gimme the phone so I can call my mommy. Waaaah!"
9. "I heard the whistle blow and I stopped. I would've made the first down if the whistle didn't blow."
~ Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, on the 4th down quarterback sneak play that was negated when the Ravens called timeout
Translation: "I am all-knowing and all-powerful. I know when the whistle will blow and when it won't. I know what to do on the football field at all times. I see you when you're sleeping and I know when you're awake. I know who's been bad and good, so be good for goodness sake."
8. "Coach Belichick doesn't coach us or raise us that way. So for us to come up and shut them up with a last-second touchdown, that's what really felt good."
~ Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss, talking about how the Ravens were talking smack during last week's game
Translation: "I don't remember my childhood. Or anything that happened in my life before this year. My life began when I joined the Patriots, and Coach Belichick raised me to be what I am today. No smack-talk. Just a player. A darn good player on a darn good team."
7. "I felt that this was the first time all year that we got bullied."
~ Patriots safety Rodney Harrison
Translation: "They came out and punched us in the mouth. Well, except for the guy that was blowing kisses at me. So I guess we got bullied and sexually harassed. Umm, I'm uncomfortable now. Can we talk about something else?"
6. "It's hard to go out there and play the Patriots and the refs at the same time. They put the crown on top of them, they want them to win."
~ Ravens cornerback Chris McAlister
Translation: "All hail the Kings of the NFL, the New England Patriots. This is a conspiracy, I tell ya. A conspiracy to make sure they go undefeated. Who's involved? It's a mystery! It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma!"
5. "Sixty percent say it's a catch, maybe some say it's 40. That's not conclusive enough to change the ruling that has been made. The hand never came off the ball. He maintained control."
~ NFL senior vice president of officiating Mike Pereira, on whether or not Jabar Gaffney's touchdown catch should have been overturned [HBO's Inside the NFL]
Translation: "There's no conspiracy. Look at that tape. It hasn't been doctored. Some of you think it was the wrong call but some of you think that it was right, and some of us think that it was right and some wrong. If I keep talking in circles, will I get out of answering this question?"
4. "Yeah, why not? We've got the number 1 defense. We don't expect that to change, so why not? We think we're going to win every game anyway, so yeah .Yeah, I can guarantee a win, as long as we come out and do what we've got to do."
~ Steelers safety Anthony Smith
Translation: "Am I crazy enough to guarantee that we'll knock off a 12-0 team on the road on Sunday? Yes I am. I am that crazy!"
3. "I know Aaron Smith. I don't know Anthony Smith."
~Patriots defensive end Ty Warren [ESPN.com]
Translation: "Blah blah blah. Some no-name Steeler is guaranteeing a win. So what? I think one of their ballboys guaranteed a win too. And the guy that washes their uniforms. Oh, and the little kid that represents the Steelers at the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition did too."
2. "Well done is always better than well said. That's been the motto of this team I didn't know who [Anthony Smith] was until we started preparing for them I don't know if we've ever come out and predicted victory or anything and we've won a lot of games. Whether you predict it or not, he's got to show up on Sunday and try to guard us, play his role, do his job and we've going to try and make it hard for him."
~ Patriots quarterback Tom Brady
Translation: "Anthony Smith, I'm coming for you. You hear me? As soon as I figure out who you are and what your number is, I'm throwing to your guy every time. You want a guarantee? 12 catches, 186 yards. I guarantee that's what your guy is going to have when this game's over."
1. "We can sit around and put a bunch of stuff up on a board and write stuff down on paper and all of that. I think in the end it comes down to whether you can outplay the other team on Sunday or not outplay them."
~ Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, when asked about using Anthony Smith's guarantee as bulletin board material
Translation: "Guarantees are like those ugly sweaters my aunt used to buy me at Christmas. They look like a good idea at the time, but everyone looks pretty foolish when you put the darn thing on. Less talk. More football. We'll see who's wearing the ugly sweater on Sunday."
Get all of the Christmas shopping out of the way by four o'clock. Chop down the tree and get all of the decorating done so that you can put your feet up and watch the game. The 12-0 Patriots face another tough test on the road to perfection. Don't look here for a guarantee of victory. I'm not going to be the one wearing the ugly sweater. I can guarantee one thing: No matter what happens, it's going to be entertaining. And there will be plenty to talk about next week.
Darren is a regular contributor to Patriots Insider. You can find him in the forums under the name: DestinationSuperBowl. You can also find archives of his columns on the Insiders by searching for "Darren Kelly"
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Great tool!Tuesday, March 13, 2012
This thing has been in my pocket almost everyday since I got it. It's durable and the yellow handle makes it easy to see when I put it down on my workbench. Plus the added bonus of the non-rounded surface keeps it where I put it.
Everything, it's a great and simple tool that gets the job done without deforming the metal I use it on
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Spot On!Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Please forgive the bad pun. It's hard to make the review of a hand tool entertaining. This pin punch replaces another purchased locally at a greater cost. As the smallest punch in the original set, it is both the most often used and the easiest to damage, so I bought two. I was initially surprised by the robust packaging that takes the form of a rubberized hanger, but now realize it is very handy for day to day hanging storage. The punch itself is nicely finished and a little longer than the item it replaces. The thin rubbery coating on the handle makes it is easier to use than the original that was just painted.
Nicely finished and seems to be both strong and well constucted
Cannot think of anything I would change
Sanded Down NicelyTuesday, July 19, 2011
I really needed a .055" diameter pin punch. But this one was of good quality and sanded down nicely.
Did not break when I sanded down, price very reasonable and free shipping
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Innovative Food Processing Technologies: Advances in Multiphysics Simulation
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and Institute of Food Technologists
Editor(s): Kai Knoerzer, Pablo Juliano, Peter Roupas, Cornelis Versteeg
Published Online: 16 FEB 2011 11:38AM EST
Print ISBN: 9780813817545
Online ISBN: 9780470959435
About this Book
Part of the IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) series, this book discusses multiphysics modeling and its application in the development, optimization, and scale-up of emerging food processing technologies. The book covers recent research outcomes to demonstrate process efficiency and the impact on scalability, safety, and quality, and technologies including High Pressure Processing, High Pressure Thermal Sterilization, Radiofrequency, Ultrasound, Ultraviolet, and Pulsed Electric Fields Processing. Ideal for food and process engineers, food technologists, equipment designers, microbiologists, and research and development personnel, this book covers the importance and the methods for applying multiphysics modeling for the design, development, and application of these technologies.


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Gamma flux is monitored continuously on the St Paul Campus Climatological Observatory using sodium iodide scintillation counters mounted 2 meters above the surface. Total counts are recorded every 15 minutes. Two counters are employed so as to confirm observations of large short period fluctuations and to provide some backup for cases of instrument failure. The purpose of this study is to obtain a quantitative description of the gamma background and its temporal variation and to gain an understanding of the physical processes producing this structure.
Since the termination of nuclear bomb testing most of the gamma flux at the earth's surface originates in the decay of naturally occurring radioactive elements in the uranium and thorium decay series as well as radioactive potassium, K40. The gamma flux background in the absence of precipitation arises primarily from decays in the upper 30 cm of the earth surface. Radon (Rn222 a radium daughter in the uranium series) is a gas with a half-life of 3.82 days. The decay of radium atoms near the surface of soil grains releases radon which may escape to the atmosphere; the flux rate over land at midlatitude is estimated to be of the order of 1 atom/cm2 sec. It is the decay of the second and third generation progeny of Rn222 originally termed radium B and C (RaB and RaC) that is the principal source of gamma flux from the atmosphere.
If periods of precipitation are excluded the contribution to the gamma flux at the earth's surface by decays in the atmosphere may be no greater than 10%. However, since the source of radon and moisture in the atmosphere is at the earth's surface, rising air currents which produce the cooling necessary for condensation and precipitation thus have relatively high concentrations of radon as well as water vapor. Precipitation particles formed in this environment therefore contain a relatively large concentration of radon progeny which decay after reaching the surface. The resulting gamma flux at the surface during a summer rain may reach a level twice that of the normal background. An example of high gamma activity during a rain is illustrated in a time series histogram of fifteen-minute observations of gamma counts and precipitation for the 24 hours starting at 12:00 CST, 21 August 1999 (Figure 1).
Once precipitation ends the effective decay time of the excess gamma flux usually falls in the range of from 50 to 40 minutes which corresponds to that for a mixture of RaB and RaC with an initial concentration of RaB greater than 50% and the return to gamma background level is essentially complete within two hours. If there has been very heavy precipitation or if the precipitation is snow there may be a layer of H2O on the surface which absorbs gammas from the soil and the background gamma flux decreases. An example of the time series in which gamma counts decreased by 20% after the snowstorm 8-9 March 1999 is shown in Figure 2. Gamma counts are recorded every 15 minutes. Hourly precipitation values are estimates derived from the Local Climatological Data for Minneapolis-St Paul which recorded a water equivalent precipitation of 1.20 inches for these two days and a snow depth of 13 inches at 06:00 on the 9th.
A time series of gamma counts for the period 16-17 August
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in background is 6% in this case and the return to the higher background
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A further example of meteorological factors controlling the gamma flux is that of diurnal variation. The diurnal variation of heating and cooling at the earth surface results in a diurnal cycle of convection and mixing in the atmospheric boundary layer. Radon escaping from the soil accumulates in the lower boundary layer during the night when convective mixing is reduced thus increasing the gamma flux at the surface. The time series of gamma counts for both instruments for the three days, 10-12 July 1999 illustrates the magnitude of this effect (Figure 4: note the change in scale). The trough to peak amplitude from afternoon of the 11th to 06:00 of the 12th represents an increase in the gamma background of 9%. The linear best-fit line illustrates the overall increase in background of 7% over the three-day period. This longer period increase is believed to be due to drying of the upper layer of the soil after the shower on the afternoon of 8 July.


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Using Skype for Communication? Why Not for Language Learning?
This tutorial introduces participants to Skype which was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. Skype enables easy and fun communication with people around the world for free. It is available in 28 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Through Skype people can make and receive calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as online. Educators can use Skype to match their students with students in different countries and help them practice their language skills. For example, if they know Spanish, you can search for and speak with a native speaker of Spanish and in return you can teach English. Skype's features allow communication not only through speaking but also, writing. This way, students can practice their listening, speaking, writing and reading skills while seeing their communication partner through video camera which brings authenticity and motivation to learning process. With the tools it offers, its collaborative nature and free access Skype will play a key role in the future of foreign-language programs.
The objective of this tutorial is to introduce Skype to educators not only as a free communication tool but also as a free language learning tool. Through demonstrating procedures step by step, at the end of the tutorial, participants will have information about what Skype is, its features, reasons for using it for language learning, how to install and use it, and where to find people to exchange language learning experiences.
Keywords: Skype, Language Learning, ESL, EFL, Speaking, Writing
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A long string having a cross-sectional area 0.80 mm2 and density 12.5 g/cm3, is subjected to a tension of 64 N along the X-axis. The end of this string at x = 0 is attached to a vibrator moving in transverse direction at a frequency of 20 Hz. At t = 0, the source is at a maximum displacement y = 1.0 cm. The wave is travelling along +ve x direction.
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Designing iconic TV sets has proven to be beyond most tech companies, but not Philips. Its Ambilight range perfectly mixes style and performance and the 32PFL7762, while lacking the wall-splashing light show, is its slimmest and arguably best-looking LCD yet.
As is also becoming standard for Philips, it's jam-packed with features. There's a swivel-stand – handy, as off-axis performance isn't great – and the welcome combination of a rear-mounted subwoofer and stereo speakers under the screen.
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The omens are good when we look under the bonnet too. The 32PFL7762 can't display 1080p – no disaster on a screen this size – but its familiar Pixel Plus 2HD engine (assisted by Digital Natural Motion) will happily downsize a full HD picture to 720p. That signal can come over one of three HDMI ports – so no more juggling cables between your high-def DVD player, HD set-top box and games console.
Unfortunately, picture quality from disc is a slight let-down. Black levels are excellent, although it can't quite squeeze enough detail out of the darkest shades. But it's overall insight that really disappoints: it just can't get as much information out of close-ups or panoramas.
The colour balance is accurate and realistic, although skin tones can appear ruddy. That Digital Natural Motion is an acquired taste too.
Excellent off-air performer
It's far harder to take issue with the 32PFL7762's TV performance, which is bright, vivid and sharp. Sound is excellent too, with film soundtracks delivered in a detailed, forthright and organised way.
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By Arianna Johnson
Imagine owning a farm that has been passed down for generations, then having it all taken away
That is exactly what happened to farmer John White. His familys 300-year-old, 57 acre farm is in serious jeopardy of being lost to an oil tycoon from Houston. This whole fiasco came about in an innocent attempt to save his children the headache of having to pay millions of dollars in estate taxes after his death. White had found that one of his cottage renters, Anthony Petrello, could help. Petrello offered to buy 11 acres of the White property for $2 million dollars, in order to alleviate some of the future debt; the deal, however, was not as simple as that. More than a decade has past, and there are still lawsuits being pursued.
John White, 89, is a World War II veteran, a retired Bridgehampton volunteer firefighter, and has worked his familys land, growing potatoes, for as long as he can remember. He has never put a monetary price on the oceanfront farm, setting aside conservation land in Sagaponack strictly for the family, eventually totaling over 90 acres and worth millions. But they have never given into developers, showing how strong their attachment is to the land. Being old-fashioned and thrifty, however, has its costs. Deals made by supposedly honest men and sealed with handshakes, no longer hold up, especially in a court of law.
Petrello, 56, is the president and C.O.O. of Nabors Industries, the largest land-based oil-drilling company in the world. His background story is that of a typical lower-middle-class boy who excelled in math and got a free ride to Yale, only to go onto Harvard Law School. He climbed the ropes, working at Baker & McKenzie in New York, and then at 37 accepted his present position. Being located in Houston came with the job, but Petrello wanted to find a way to come back to his roots. When a friend of his told him about the cottage rental, or the model, as he refers to it in 1992, he flocked to the beach.
After hearing about Whites dilemma, in 1995, they hashed out a deal to subdivide the land that was then appraised at $6 million. The only concern that White had was how large of a house the Petrellos would build; he did not want one of those McMansions on his land. Petrello assured White that they would erect a house about the size of the model; however, David Berg, the Petrellos lawyer, confessed that because of the enormous size of their mansion in Texas, it was silly for anyone to believe they would build a modest sized home.
When the blueprints were first drawn up by architect, Francis Fleetwood, the house was estimated to be around 4,500 to 7,000 square feet; the final result was 18,000 square feet. By the time the first closing came around in late 2000, land prices had gone through the roof and the farm was being appraised at $32 million. The $2 million Petrello was going to pay for his 9.56 acres was barely going to cover the estate taxes. Due to this problem, plus the fact that the Petrellos wanted a substantial sized house, not only the first, but the second closing was cancelled, to which Petrello responded with a lawsuit.
Since then, ten summers have gone by. The Petrello family received their plot for $2.1 million and the rest of the beach front land went to the Town of Southampton to develop on for $14 million; mere pennies compared to what the Whites could have gotten from the subdivision. But the heartache does not end here; Petrello is suing the White family for 10 years of aggravation and lawyers fees, which totals $4.3 million. Petrello also has a right-of-first refusal clause in the original contract that now gives him the right to the rest of the familys property. Petrellos plan of grandeur for his new Sagaponack getaway is to build a two story five-bedroom home with a pool and deck.
If theres a modern-day Satan, its Tony, says Chandler Robinson, the builder who reinvaded the Petrellos Houston home. If youre around him, you see it: hes mean; hes self-centered; hes aggressive On top of everything, he wants to hurt you. Apparently, the Whites are not the only people Anthony Petrello has done damage to.


text: Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS) today announced two institutional appointments aligned with its efforts to continue to grow its commitment to institutional client and consultant relationships in the U.S. Hillary Bolton has been appointed Head of Consultant Relations for Janus Institutional. Bolton has more than ten years of experience in the investment consulting business working with clients in the Defined Contribution, Defined Benefit, Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts and Endowment segments. Bolton most recently headed Towers Watson's southeast office. Prior to joining Janus, she was co-head of the Defined Contribution research committee in the U.S. and a member of the Global Defined Contribution team at Towers Watson. During her eight years at Towers Watson, Bolton participated on the research committees for US Large Cap Equity & Global Fixed Income. She will be reporting directly to Susan Oh, Head of the firm's U.S. Institutional Group. Tamara Doi joins Janus Institutional as a Client Executive for U.S. Institutional for the Western Region, also reporting to Susan Oh. Since 2003, Doi has held roles establishing relationships across all institutional market segments on the West Coast and in the Rocky Mountains. Doi most recently served as Director of Business Development for institutions and consultants for Lee Munder Capital Group and was Senior Vice President in institutional sales at Neuberger Berman. Tamara has 13 years of institutional investment experience. "Attracting investment industry veterans with deep client relationships and institutional experience is critical to our strategy for meeting the increasing complexity of clients' needs," said Oh. "These exceptional professionals, along with the recent hires of Soonyong ("Suny") Park, Institutional Client Strategist, and Andrew Weisman, Senior Vice President leading the development of Janus' liquid 2 alternative and multi-asset client solutions, increase our ability to help our institutional clients with greater insights and unique solutions to the challenges they are facing today."


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- accomplish a specified project/task, as needed, using OTA and/or participants volunteer time.
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In response to USDA's request for comments, OTA convened a task force to analyze the National Organic Program's proposed rule. The mandate of the task force is to assist OTA in developing comments to USDA- NOP on the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices proposed rule that will reflect the current perspectives of the organic livestock sector. The focus of the task force is to ensure that the specifics within the proposed rule accurately reflect NOSB recommendations, lend themselves to consistent implementation and enforcement by ACAs and USDA, and level the playing field for organic livestock and poultry producers across the nation.
Over the course of the past two months, task force subcommittees comprised of organic livestock operators representing eggs, broilers, beef, dairy, and swine along with accredited certifiers have met and discussed the proposed revisions and their impact on the organic sector. OTA thanks the member volunteers of the task force who helped develop OTA's draft comments. OTA will continue to engage the task force in the development of our final comments and with any future subsequent draft guidance that may be associated with a final rule.
Transitional Certification Task force
There has been significant discussion recently around the concept of an industry-led transitional certification program administered by USDA's Process Verified Program (PVP). A transitional certification has the potential to support producers through the significant task of transitioning their farms to organic by providing exposure to the certification process and organic regulations, access to USDA support programs for producers, and, potentially, premiums for their "certified transitional" crops. OTA's Transitional Certification Task Force will advise OTA on the benefits, principles, scope, and risks of such a program as we consider submitting an application for transitional certification to USDA.
'Natural' Food Labeling Task Force
In response to consumers who have requested that it explore the use of the term 'natural,' FDA is asking for the public to provide information and comments on the use of this term in food labeling beginning November 12. OTA is forming a task force to shape its comments to submit to FDA on this issue.
Global Organic Supply Chain Integrity Task Force
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In this series of PD ON YOUR PLAN, Oklahoma REAC3H Coaches, Kelli Anglley and Kristen Jones present strategies for passage-based writing.
The series is intended for grades 3-8 and designed to be viewed by small groups to elicit discussion and participate in model lessons and activities. During certain segments, you will be asked to pause the video and reflect or engage in a short activity.
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- WRITING NEXT: Effective Strategies To Improve Writing of Adolescents In Middle And High Schools by Steve Graham and Dolores Perin (Page 15-21 will be used or referenced to during certain activities.)
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Chapter 1: Foundations, and Essential Background Information
Chapter 2: Introduction to Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Chapter 3: Quoting, Using Evidence, and PEEC Paragraphs
Chapter 4: Teach Paraphrasing
Chapter 5: Teach Paraphrasing Continued
Chapter 6: Teach Summarization
Chapter 7: Teach Editing and Revisions
Chapter 8: Creating Prompts
Chapter 9: Creating Prompts Continued and Closing
Fisher, D. & Frey, N. (2012). Writing, not just in English class. Principal Leadership. P. 58-60.
Harwell, S. (2003). Teacher professional development: It's not an event, it's a process. CORD: Waco, TX.
Lawwill, Kenneth Stuart. "Using Writing-to-Learn Strategies: Promoting Peer Collaboration among High School Science Teachers." Diss. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA,1999, 29-30.
Meade School District. Summarizing strategies. Retrieved October 1, 2013 from http://www.meade.k12.sd.us/PASS/Pass%20Adobe%20Files/March%202007/SummarizingStrategies.pdf


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Border Crossing by Julie Elswick Suchomel
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Border Crossing
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Twice a week I travel over the Illinois/Wisconsin border to hang out with my knitting friends. These mirror image socks feature stitches traveling back and forth over a border between stockinette and reverse stockinette.
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Fermilab is at a pivotal moment, marked by a directorate transition and reshaping of its multi-frontier scientific agenda. By enabling Fermilab users to influence its path, the Users' Executive Committee plays an important role in this process and I am in a prime position to contribute.
I have been at Fermilab since I was a graduate student. I am currently a postdoc working on the cosmic frontier at the Dark Energy Survey (DES) experiment. A large fraction of cosmic frontier researchers have worked as well on energy and intensity frontier projects and this fact promotes a vibrant exchange of knowledge. In the construction of the Dark Energy Camera for DES, our Collaboration has built upon skills and infrastructure used for the silicon vertex detectors for CDF, D0, CMS and others. In analyses involving clusters of galaxies, we use methods analogous to jet clustering algorithms. At Fermilab I have developed a galaxy cluster finder algorithm, worked on commissioning of DECam and pursued DES data analyses. As a convener for the Snowmass Young Physicists group, I have helped organize the participation of young scientists from all frontiers in the 2013 Community Summer Study. These experiences have taught me to appreciate the different views expressed by our rich and diverse research community. Being a foreign national myself, I can also understand the specific needs of other non-US users.
Government relations and outreach is an area I am also looking forward to contribute to in the UEC. We need to promote, to the government and the general public, the exciting work we do here at Fermilab, highlighting achievements at the LHC and at experiments that are currently taking data, such as DES, along with upcoming projects such as g-2, Mu2e, MicroBooNE, SuperCDMS and COUPP. We also need to promote developments in accelerator technologies and detector R&D efforts which are important to the future of our field and affect all frontiers. Dark matter projects are using liquid argon detectors similar to MicroBooNE and other intensity frontier experiments. CCDs used in DES are being used for dark matter searches in DAMIC and their application in a coherent neutrino scattering experiment is under study. Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are being investigated as a post-CCD generation of silicon detectors with many possible applications. These are a few examples of Fermilab R&D efforts that continue to build upon the legacy of the Tevatron and experiments across all frontiers of our field. They need to be strengthened and highlighted as unique to Fermilab and vital to our scientific accomplishments.


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Excellent cuisine, beautiful surroundings, very peaceful and quiet. No, nothing.
Quietness and high quality of furnishings etc.
Excellent location, the chateau park, the silence and the cook The beds are covered with a plastic matress cover- please get rid of those
Peaceful and informal with many period features & furnishings. Pleasant gardens in rural surroundings. Welcoming and informal dining room with good food and service. Range of reasonably priced wines. Staff helpful, particularly at check in - some english spoken. Pool looks good, but not in use during our stay in October. Not the easiest or most convenient place to find, but internet guidance notes are accurate and the location makes the effort well worthwhile. Standard rooms fairly small, but good value & ours had an excellent modern bathroom/shower. Bath would be impossible for the elderly or disabled, but other rooms may be much more convenient?
We were made to feel very welcome the atmosphere that is created for guests is one of comfort and warmth and the meals that were taken were well cooked and presented. The rooms provided were on the small side and the bathrooms minute. Nevertheless, quite acceptable and attractively furnished.
Beautiful rural setting combined with a very warm family welcome and excellent cuisine. This is the perfect place to go for a quiet break - for the more energetic there are great forest walks around the area. En-suite toilet was located very close to the bed.
Lovely fresh air and relaxing atmosphere
Friendly welcome, good food, quiet location, nice gardens. Faded grandeur, food & wine were expensive.
We liked everything about this hotel. It was in a beautiful setting, the food and hospitality were superb and it was immaculately clean. We look forward to a return visit!
Toilet in bedroom a bit small.
The location was beautiful and very convenient for exploration. We were very pleased we chose it and the food was 5 Star.
The hotel was delightful, all the staff were friendly and spoke english, to varying degrees, which we found helful. The hotel was situated in the square at Lyons le Foret which enabled us to access bars and restaurants quickly as we were only there for the night. No!
Extremely comfortable, beautiful situation, eating outside on the lawn, the pool. felt the food was very expensive. Breakfast was very expensive for a fairly ordinary buffet
The room was cheap and honest The food was good but rather expensive for the quality. Not a serious problem
Our junior suite was excellent. Spacious, spotless and very comfortable. Parking. Our named reserved parking space was removed on the second day and given to another hotel client. Receptionist annoyed with us when we complained and asked for our original sparking space back, in fact she was rude. We also thought that the breakfast selection was poor for a hotel with the reputation it has, or is the hotel perhaps living on it's reputation of previous years.
Nice location. Friendly staff. WiFi was not working in the room and was not fixed during my stay.
The decoration of the hotel is beautiful, and the restaurant terrace to eat breakfast and dinner on is perfect. A bird flying over our table dropped a 'present' on to me and my starter during my meal. They happily replaced my food (once the other guests had finished lauging at my misfortune!)
The staff were very friendly and helpful and made us very welcome No
The welcome at reception, the bedrooms,the location in the town and the excellent dinner and breakfast. Although we had booked dinner, we were seated in the small dining room on our own and then ignored . I had to constantly go and find the waiter to serve us. Also could your staff not shout to each other when clearing up after a wedding party. We eventually got to sleep at 3.oo am.
This place is in the throws of renovation and when they are complete, it will be stunning. The original building is approx. 400 years old. The manager was the most helpfull man that i encoutered in France (he even got his english dictonary when he didn't understand me) and a real character. We stayed in two of the older suites, one was horrible, one was fanastic. The horribile (in my opinion) suite is the only room that will not be renovated. GO figure? Different strokes for different folks. I didn't eat there but the food looked good from afar. You will need a car in this region Caution: Suite 25 is "interesting" to say the least. As mentioned above, it is the only suite that will not be renovated and that is because it's unique. Crazy 70's brown and orange wall paper on the walls and roof that i would describe as a bad trip, not at all to my taste but maybe for someone else. But as soon as the manager found out i didn't like the room he swapped us strait away. If 70's decore is not you thing, put a note in your booking not to book suite 25. There is no net cafe or super market in the town but it is a beautiful little town nestled in the forrest
Everything was close to perfect Just a very minor issue, the restaurant opened a 7:30pm which was a bit late for my timing
Friendly staff, very efficient, enormous bedroom and bathroom, comfortable and well furnished. Nice grounds with lake / pond, golf and indoor tennis facilities, well located. Hotel has lots of ads on Ave des Sources making it hard to find right entrance (turn off by stone arch). Breakfast not included, costs 15 euros.
The rooms were excellent value for money. Clean, spacious and very well appointed. Bathroom fist class. Could not find fault at this price. Restuarant was dissappointing. Plenty of food but bland, not at all 'French' in its quality and presentation.
Much larger than average, well fitted bedrooms with single beds the size of small doubles. Set in extensive grounds with lovely gardens and beautiful view over a large lake, especially from the restaurant. Dog handlers patrolled car park. None that we discovered.
La chambre était spacieuse et très propre. Très bien meublée. Les matelas très agréables. Un grand confort. Bravo ! Parking avec code (ce qui laisse le client serein). Très belle salle de restaurant... Une chose que je n'ai pas aimée (la seule !): la désinvolture des clients qui se baladent en tongues et en tenue peu adéquate avec ce type d'établissement dans la salle de restaurant. Un peu de tenue !
All round excellent!! Many thanks A very, very minor point - the hallways were far too hot.
Perfect hotel to relax in after cycling along the Avenue Verte from Dieppe. Also they willingly put my bike in a secure locked room overnight.
This was a lovely hotel which offered not only a quality room but also a fabulous bar area, sporting facilities and lovely surrounding park land. I would very highly recommend this hotel as I also thought it was very good value for money.
The pool was good, and not busy while we were there. There was also a gym and spa. There as plenty of choice of food at breakfast. We got good value for money The corridors were dark and gloomy.
Helpfulness of staff No tea or coffee making facilities in the room
The room was lovely, the staff were good and friendly when there. Hotel overall was clean quiet and well decorated set in wonderful grounds Staff only there when we checked in. Had breakfast and checked out. There was no restaurant as described and we had to eat in the nearest villiage. There were no other customers in the hotel and no one else but us there overnight
Not recommended for a overnight stay , we were the only couple in the hotel , there were no facilities , we had to go to the local village for supper and drive back . The hotel is very remote . Lovely surrounds , stunning scenery, but they really cater for Weddings every week end , which is there speciality .
Beautiful room. Every need though of. First rate hotel. No charge for our dog. No restaurant but excellent breakfast provided. Staff fantastic. None.
Hotel staff was very nice and kind. They recommended a restaurant and the restaurant was excellent and I could have very good time there.
The food, the service, relaxed. Our room was rather basic, dark and cramped. No tea/coffee making facilitities. No lounge area.
The Chateau was magnificent as were all the internal oak features. The restaurant was outstanding, and good value for money, with excellent cuisine. The setting was perfect and we were disappointed it was too cold to use the swimming pool. We look forward to our next visit when large open fires will be burning in the winter. The room decor was a little tired with a few water stains on the ceiling
The beauty of the place, both inside and outside of the hotel.
I like the oldy worldy feel of it... I was expecting a more up market hotel but really enjoyed the old feel of this hotel... The meals where rather expensive and none of the staff could speak English... but they where all very friendly and helpful....
Location Resturant was closed and breakfast was disappointing
The Chateau was lovely, beautiful surroundings and impressive building. |The staff, who I think were family, were all very friendly and accommodating. Our daughter and granddaughter had a superior room and it was spacious and clean. Ours was a standard and it was clean and the beds comfortable. The adult breakfasts were delicious and served in a very pleasant conservatory. When we booked the web site did not process the booking very quickly ( more that 30 min ) so we re booked thinking the booking had not gone through, it had! Cancelling the second booking was done efficently the following day but the resopnse from the web site needs to be quicker. Also when we booked it stated that there was a restraunt, having booked we got an e-mail saying that it was closed on the night we stayed. Not good when you are travelling with a 2 1/2 year old. We booked 4 breakfasts and there was no breakfast, adult or child, served to my granddaughter. I had to ask for milk for her to drink, she actually ate from our breakfasts. Our bathroom was shabby with a very limescaled shower but it worked and there was enough hot water and clean towels.
Occupation was good. In the past I stayed there and the hotel was very empty.
The interior design is very original and striking and everything has been done to a high standard. The hotel is in the heart of a very attractive town.
Superbly comfortable bed and room. Individually designed rooms. Facilities of kettle and tv. quiet location our room overlooked garden/terrace. Staff very helpful and pleasant. Clean, and towels changed each day. Lack of wardrobe or practical hanging space for clothes as the room was on the small side and the individual decor although exceptional was at the expense of practicality. Toilet and shower do not have extractor fans. Fortunately I took my own hairdryer as the room did not have one. The lighting in the shower room was not the best for putting on makup.
The location, design of interior, layout of gardens, willingness of staff to help as best they could without a more authoritative figure in charge. We felt that teething problems of a new and beautiful looking hotel would be ironed out in time. Some facilities not in good working order which we put down to teething problems. Restaurant looked great but disappointed in the quality of the menu on the weekend we stayed.
Perfectly situated in centre of town, beautifully appointed and comfortable bedrooms. Food good and dinner menu reasonably priced.Staff very friendly and polite.Private parking. Good relaxing stopover. We didn't take breakfast as too expensive. No tea & coffee facilities in room. Parking could be awkward if Hotel full.
The hotel decor is modern. Hotel and bedrooms are very clean, bathrooms also have modern fittings - really good showers. Good food in the hotel restaurant. Breakfast was not available in this hotel but in a neighbouring hotel. We also felt breakfast was quite expensive at 12 or 15 euros per person.
Even though it was a Sunday night and there were only a few people eating it was delightful . There were also only on;y 3 of us in the hotel overnight. As we were only 3 we had to go down the road to another hotel for breakfast but they were just as charming
The location was fantastic. The hotel was very individual and stylish. Room was very clean. Staff very friendly and helpful. There was a market in the square the next morning which added to the charm of this extremely beautiful town We had a suite but I was not keen on the open plan bathroom. I had to ask reception for a hairdryer which was surprising in a hotel of this standard. We were very disappointed with the food in the Bistro but they were very busy and the kitchen is very small.
Very cozy room, beautiful decoration, good location in the village, good French cuisine and breakfast.
Thee atmosphere and lovely toen very old and atmospheric Food well presented and good value
It was "nice" really NICE.cosy,compact,friendly,quite,In a pretty and intersting village.Would I go back>YOU bet. The resturant manageress. She thought she was too self important.,not friendly.I Felt she thought she was doing you a favour serving you.She gave the impression she was more important the guests.could say more but won't
the room was lovely and the food just as we like it perfect
This was our second visit to the hotel, the first time with our son, the second with friends. On both occasions the food and the accommodation were excellent. We will definitely return.
Friendly service and good value accommodation Bed was uncomfortable
A superb little hotel to stay in on a cold November night. The rooms are furnished with lovely antiques and the decoration was fresh and clean. We dined in the restaurant which was full of local customers a really good atmosphere, well presented and cooked food, friendly family staff, it was a really nice change from the run of the mill stop over's The stairs to the rooms are on the outside we found them slippery with leaves and quite steep.
Friendly atmosphere in tranquil surroundings
We had stayed the hotel this August and October.Loved the decor of the room and very clean. Excellent breakfast and lovely French family atmosphere in the restaurant,tasteful furniture and friendly staff.We would like to go back to next summer again!
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Powder-hungry locals wreak traffic, parking havoc near ski area
Aspen Highlands saw one of its busiest days of the season on Tuesday, as thousands of people went for the powder at the only remaining mountain open in the area.
"It was a big day for Highlands," said Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle, who estimated that there were a couple thousand people there on Tuesday and the number of skier visits was close to what a day during Christmas week would be.
Hundreds of people lined up before the opening of the Exhibition chairlift at the base. Another 100 or so waited for patrol to drop the rope so they could hike the bowl, which occurred around 10 a.m. The line of people hiking the bowl was constant during the morning hours.
A line of cars was backed up on Maroon Creek Road past the Aspen schools campus in the early morning, causing long delays for motorists who were dropping children off for class, those looking to use the Aspen Recreation Center (ARC) or park at Highlands.
The SkiCo will be running the Highlands/Buttermilk shuttle daily the rest of the week. People can park at Buttermilk and take the shuttle to Highlands, which will leave on the hour and half hour all day. There will also be one skier shuttle doing laps to Highlands from Rubey Park, leaving on the hour and half hour. The Castle/Maroon bus, which goes to Highlands, is running on its regular schedule of departures from Rubey Park every 20 minutes at :00, :20 and :40.
Tim Ware, director of parking for the city of Aspen, said the number of people attempting to park at the ARC and catch the bus to Highlands was more than what his department had expected on Tuesday.
"There were a lot of cars," he said. "It caught us off guard."
Parking department personnel responded early on Tuesday, directing people to the shuttle at Buttermilk and posting signs alerting people that they are not allowed to park at the ARC. Spaces in the parking lot are reserved for people using the ARC.
Ware said he received a few calls from people complaining that parking should be set aside at the ARC for skiers and boarders. And while Ware said he gets their argument, ARC customers also expect to be able to find a parking spot.
He said parking officers will be stationed all week at the ARC parking lot, directing people to Buttermilk. Ware said the best option is to use public transportation.
Hanle said parking will be free at Highlands through the week, but the company will charge over the weekend. A decision hasn't been made about free parking for the bonus weekend of April 27-28, he said.
Hanle also reminded people that they are not allowed to use snowmobiles on the front side of Aspen Mountain.
"We're not going to let people do it," he said, while acknowledging that SkiCo is not a law enforcement agency.
Enforcement falls to either the U.S. Forest Service or the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, and SkiCo will report scofflaws to those agencies. Hanle said it's a safety issue since a lot of work is being done by SkiCo on-mountain crews.


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No. 14 Tyler Bray
Published: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 2, 2012 at 11:34 p.m.
Gatorsports.com counts down the Top 25 players in the Southeastern Conference.
No. 14 TYLER BRAY
Tennessee junior quarterback
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 213 lbs.
Why he's No. 14: When Bray has been healthy, he has been the bright spot for the Vols over the last two seasons. Bray has a gun, but a fractured thumb caused him to miss a big chunk of last season. Tennessee's fate, and perhaps Derek Dooley's, rests on Bray this season.
College career: Bray has good numbers, throwing for 3,832 yards over two seasons despite only 12 starts. He has thrown for 35 touchdowns with 16 interceptions, better than a 2-to-1 ratio.
Fun fact: Bray originally committed to San Diego State and picked Tennessee over Fresno State and Louisville. The knock on him was that he was too skinny.
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Multnomah will host a Day of Prayer from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, November 20, at the JCA Student Center. Dr. Morris Dirks, who has been a pastor for more than 25 years in the Pacific Northwest, will lead the event. Dirks has a doctorate in leadership and spiritual formation and recently published "Forming The Leader's Soul: An Invitation to Spiritual Direction." He is the founder and director of SoulFormation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing the spiritual and emotional health of Christian leaders.
The idea for SoulFormation came to Dirks more than 10 years ago, when he found himself in the midst of a dysfunctional church. What began as an energetic, hope-filled ministry had morphed into a season of depression, cynicism and disillusionment. Dirks was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. Out of desperation, he turned to a psychiatrist for help. Eventually he realized that he needed more than doctors and counselors — he needed spiritual direction in the form of a soul friend; someone who could help him make sense of the events in his life and the impact they were having on his soul.
Once Dirks found spiritual direction, his life changed. Today, he's loving life and ministry more than ever. His trials have made him realize the intense challenges and loneliness many ministry leaders battle. Several of these leaders, because of their position in the church, don't feel they had a safe, accepting place to turn to when they needed help. SoulFormation, founded in 2005, helped solve this problem. The organization provides these leaders with support and resources that help them care for their souls and tend to their spiritual needs.
Dirks believes that the highs and lows people encounter in ministry present them with unique opportunities for spiritual formation. Ups and downs aren't just for leaders, though; they come to everyone who's walking with Christ.
"It's easy to rush through life without paying attention to our own soul," Dirks says. "This is true for most people – students, professors, pastors, CEOs and on it goes. When our souls feel thin, we slip into all kinds of difficult and dangerous places. The easiest thing in the world is to fill your soul with the wrong stuff."
Dirks recalls receiving an email from a young leader who should have been on top of the world. Instead, he felt as if everything was caving in around him. He wrote to Dirks: "I believe I am in need of some soul care. I know we all struggle with different issues in ministry from time to time. I certainly do. But I think some of my issues have been piling up so much that I am at a point where I'm ready to throw in the 'ministry towel.' I really don't want to continue serving unless God changes my heart. I think all the issues I'm struggling with stem from my heart condition. I don't know how to fix it myself."
This young leader's dilemma illustrates every Christian's need for spiritual formation, no matter what stage they're in.
"There is something deep inside [people] that needs special care...and when it's neglected, they experience an internal crisis," Dirks says. "This struggle to care for the soul is a central theme in the Bible. It is the top priority!"
During Day of Prayer, Dirks will address what the soul is and how it should be cared for.
"Many of us wait too long before we take soul care seriously – we discover that the battery has died and we don't know where to find a charger," he says. "Join me for our Day of Prayer as we explore new pathways of renewal that will form the soul."
Day of Prayer schedule:
9 a.m. Begin with a community worship session, followed by a time of prayer for our acting president, Dr. Wayne Strickland
9:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Dirks will teach and invite students, faculty and staff into a time of prayer and personal reflection
11:30 a.m. - noon Time of responsive reflection and prayer, including writing a personal psalm to the Lord
If you have any questions about Day of Prayer, contact Student Services at email@example.com.
Multnomah University observes a semi-annual Day of Prayer. Undergraduate and seminary classes are cancelled so that students can take time for spiritual renewal and refreshment through personal and corporate prayer. As we prepare the next generation of Christian leaders, we believe in not only caring for their minds academically, but also for their souls.
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surface water potential is estimated
at 122 billion cubic metres per
annum, which is one of the highest
in the sub-Saharan Africa. Despite
the potential of water supply
sources, Ethiopia is among the
countries with least access to
drinking water supply for the
population. Currently, the national
water supply coverage is about 52pc
while that of Addis Abeba is 73pc.
The Addis Abeba Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), the sole entity
responsible for providing water to
the city, produces a total of
301,000 cubic metres of water per
day from Legedadi and Gefersa
treatment plants, and from water
wells found in the city while the
daily water demand of the city is
estimated at 450,000 cubic metres.
As a result, the demand is observed to exceed the supply by about 27pc
and the distribution network reaches
only about 73pc of the needy area.
Moreover, about half the population
has less than 12 hours per day of
water service, and a quarter have no
service at all. As of July 2011, the
authority had about 350,000
customers connected to its water
supply system whereas most of the
unserved people live at the
periphery of the city, which has
been incorporated into the city
administration in recent years.
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Drought, Inflation Force Gov't into $ 94m Wheat Buy
The Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) has
signed a 94 million dollar contract with Agrimpex
Company Limited for the supply of 300,000tn of
milling wheat two weeks ago, sources disclosed to
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Labour Board Summons CEO over ET Dispute
The Federal Labour Affairs Board has extended the
hearings in a labour dispute between the Ethiopian
Airlines Basic Labour Union and management by an
additional week to allow for further negotiation
between the two parties, a decision made in a
hearing held on August 12, 2011.
Addis Abeba Hopes to Host Digital Summit
The 10th annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit
will be held in Addis Abeba from March 27 to 29,
2012, according to the Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology (MCIT).
Twin Leather Institutes, Twine Knowledge, Raw materials
The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in
collaboration with Footwear Design and Development
Institute (FDDI) is to start on a twining programme
for the Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI)
of Ethiopia as of August 15, 2011, following the
submission of the proposal on August 6, 2011.
Petroleum Enterprise to Import South African Coal
The Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise (EPE) is to
import coal from South Africa with the aim of
securing a sustainable supply of coal as an
alternative source of energy for cement factories in
Ethiopia, Fortune has learnt.
Ten Million Birr for 384sqm Plot
Bole District has announced on August 2, 2011, the
names of the highest bidders for plots at an open
auction held on July 1, 2011. located near the
Millennium Hall off Africa Avenue.
Wegagen Selects Developers for New HQ
China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic
and Technical Cooperation (CJIC) has been awarded a
contract to construct the headquarters of Wegagen
Bank, which will be situated by National Stadium on
Ras Mekonnen Street, at a cost of 733 million Br.
Heineken Celebrates Market Entry
Heineken officially entered the Ethiopian beer
market on Thursday, August 11, 2011, commanding an
18pc share of the market.
Textile Sector Nets $62.2m
Ethiopia's textile sector has collected 62.2 million
dollars from exports during the 2010/11 fiscal year.
Ethiopia Drafts WTO List of Trade Goods
Ethiopia, which applied for World Trade Organisation
(WTO) accession in 2003, is to send a list of goods
and services that the country wishes to open its
doors for negotiations to offer WTO members in a
couple of weeks.
City Focuses on Arat Kilo Redevelopment
The Addis Abeba City Administration has decided to
auction 30 plots of land in the Basha Wolde Chilot
neighbourhood on Niger Street. The area occupies a
total of 30,284sqm according to a recent study on
urban planning, conducted by the city administration
last week.
10m Br Facelift for Wollo Sefer
Wollo Sefer's roadside in Kirkos District's are to
undergo a massive facelift stretching from Ethio-China
Friendship Avenue to Alexander Pushkin Square a.k.a.
Sarbet; a project that will cost the Addis Abeba
City Administration 10 million Br.
Experience of Micro and Small Enterprises
Governments and development organisations have designed
support programmes that encourage Micro and Small
Enterprises (MSE) as vehicles for climbing out of poverty.
The Addis Abeba City Administration has also been engaged in
MSE development, in an effort to help cut urban
unemployment. Still, MSE programmes are in need of
refinement in order to ensure sustainability, writes MAHLET
Summering in Addis Abeba
Ethiopia's kiremt, rainy season, takes place when much of
the world is on summer holiday. The Ethiopian Diaspora use
their summer breaks to visit their homeland, while tourists
from different corners of the world come to enjoy the cooler
weather and the plethora of urban venues, giving local
businesses a boost, writes HADRA AHMED, FORTUNE STAFF
Common Approach to Boosting
Food Security
World food security, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform
and sustaining the agriculture budget in the European
multiannual financial framework lasting from 2014 to 2020
are some of the numerous challenges that the Romanian
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development,
Dacian Ciolos, faces. Educated in Agricultural Trade from
the University of Rome and in office since 2009, he leads
the green policies of European Commission in Brussels,
When speaking of CAP, a comprehensive agricultural reform
programme that eats close to 40pc of the EU's budget, Ciolos
reiterates that this remains the only community policy of
the EU, in an interview organised by Afronline.org (Italy)
in partnership with Fortune (Ethiopia), Sud Quotidien
(Senegal), Les Echos du Mali (Mali) and Le Républicain
Africa, a continent where both farmers and consumers see the
CAP as a thorn in the eye, hopes that Europe will finally do
something to guarantee equal access to food. Ciolos affirms
that this could only be realised if the world collaborates
in controlling agricultural commodity price speculation that
threatens food security and undermines the fight against
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