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Hi Dr. Edwards!
I really hope you can help me out.
My cat always lived indoor so there is really nothing he could have gotten into that I wouldn't notice. Last time he used the litter box was yesterday afternoon. He did not drink or eat anything since yesterday morning. In the past he would vomit a fur ball once in a while, but this was very different and as I have mentioned, happened 5 times in a row. When I got him out from under the bed, he did cry a bit and then went into hiding again.
Thank you for all the tips. But since you have mentioned it might be a number of things going on here, could you maybe be more specific as to what else it could be if I rule out the bladder blockage?
Also, it might be very difficult to get him from under the couch now, since he moved to the complete end of it and I cannot reach him. What do I do if he doesn't come out? I'd like to try to do the test you've mentioned, but if I don't get him out, I feel a little helpless.
Ok, one last question though. Should I be worried here that it could be potentially life threatening? I certainly hope not, but I've never seen him like this and it is scary.
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Q - What is a personal injury?
A - A personal injury can include physical injury, sickness or disease, psychological and emotional injury.
Q - How much will my claim be worth?
A - Compensation is based on the difference between your life before and after the accident. Therefore, how much compensation you may receive will vary according to the seriousness of your injury. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to include some or all of the following in your claim: pain and suffering including loss of enjoyment of life, loss of income for missed work, loss of future income if your injury will interfere with working, no longer being able to perform daily household tasks and any out of pocket expenses, such as medical and travel bills and prescriptions. It is important that you get legal advice about your particular circumstances.
Q - Does it matter where the accident occurred?
A - It might. For example, if the accident was related to your employment, the Workers' Compensation Act provides for a compensation program that will address your financial, medical and rehabilitative needs. Under Workers' Compensation, you don't have to prove that anyone else was at fault in order to receive benefits.
You don't need a lawyer to file a Workers' Compensation claim. For more information about Workers' Compensation, contact the Workers Compensation Board listed under 'Labour' in the government section of the telephone book, or call 1.800.870.3331 in the Halifax Regional Municipality or 1.800.880.0003 in the Sydney area, or visit their website at http://www.wcb.ns.ca
Q - Does it matter who was at fault?
A - In some cases, this is very important. If someone else's negligence caused your injury, in most cases you can sue them for damages. However, if your own behaviour contributed to the accident, the amount of compensation you receive might be less than it would have been had you been a completely innocent by-stander. If your injury was simply an Act of God, that is, it cannot be attributed to any person, then you may have to rely on your own accident insurance.
Q - If I'm injured in a motor vehicle accident, what effect would the cap on general damages have on me?
A. The general damages cap limits pain and suffering awards for minor injuries.
There are two cap time periods. Neither affects claims for other types of compensation, such as lost income and medical expenses, which are in addition to the general damages cap compensation.
The first applies to motor vehicle accidents that happened on or after November 1, 2003 and up to April 27, 2010. Pain and suffering awards for minor injuries during this period are limited to $2,500.
Nova Scotia's Insurance Act defines a 'minor injury' in this cap period as a personal injury that:
a) does not result in a permanent serious disfigurement;
b) does not result in a permanent serious impairment of an important bodily function caused by continuing injury which is physical in nature; OR
c) resolves within 12 months following the accident.
For motor vehicle accidents which occurred on or after April 28, 2010 the general damages cap has risen to $8,352 (2015 - indexed to inflation; 2014 - $8,213) and now only applies to sprains, strains and certain types of whiplash and not broken bones, etc.
The legal definition of a minor injury is complicated. It is therefore very important that you speak with a lawyer about your particular situation.
Q - Are there other sources of compensation for an injury?
A - Other potential sources include Employment Insurance sick benefits, Canada Pension Plan disability benefits, short term disability and long term disability benefits under a group plan that you may have through your employer, provincial income assistance, and benefits which are included in motor vehicle insurance policies.
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text: While canoeing down the Russian River, I observed one Osprey sitting in a nest in the dead branches of an oak tree and another sitting a little above the nest with a fish in its talons. I'm pretty certain both were adults as neither showed any white speckling on the wings. I could see no signs of any young in the nest. It seems rather late in the season to have a nest with no young. I wonder what the story is. There was quite a bit of calling coming from the tree - the bird on the nest was definitely doing some calling, and I think the other was calling a little as well. The nest tree was in a narrow strip of riparian woodland along the Russian River, not far downstream of the Alexander Valley Road bridge. The nest is circled in red in the second photo.


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The closer the public scrutiny of the Rene Rivkin periodic detention affair, the more the law looks like an ass. The affair fosters the assumption there is one law for the rich and another for the rest; that Rivkin's wealth is the difference between his avoiding nine months of weekend jail and everyone else who must take their punishment because they cannot afford the legal representation needed to keep legal and administrative processes in a tangle. But there is more to this legal mess than simply clearing the hurdles the Rivkin team keeps putting on the path to Silverwater Jail.
Rivkin's case is but one of many. Of the 50 or so federal prisoners ordered to serve periodic detention in NSW, a third do not comply. Now, the NSW Government is hinting it may withdraw from the federal program because it considers it unworkable. NSW jails no longer would be available for periodic detention of those convicted of federal crimes.
Although applicable in only two Australian jurisdictions (the ACT is the other), periodic detention is useful. It broadens sentencing options, enlarging the courts' opportunity to tailor punishments to circumstances. If it is desirable for state prisoners - strict eligibility rules notwithstanding - it is fitting, too, for appropriate residents of NSW convicted under another criminal code. Without it, federal periodic detention sentences in NSW presumably would have to be redetermined to available punishments - from bonds and fines to community work orders and full-time custody.
The traps are found in the gaps between state and federal law. NSW law revokes periodic detention orders after three failures to attend, even if the prisoner has good cause (such as that claimed by Rivkin's medical certificates attesting to his unfitness). Authorities may then apply to the Parole Board for redetermination of the sentence.
But if good cause exists, federal authorities have no room to move on non-compliance. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Damian Bugg, admitted as much last September. No mechanism, he wrote, existed for judicial review of orders against offenders who had reasonable excuse for inattendance. "In the circumstances, this office is unable to take any action in relation to Mr Rivkin's failure to comply with his periodic detention order."
Rivkin will learn today the result of his appeal against conviction and sentence. If unsuccessful, the NSW Parole Board will consider tomorrow whether to overturn an order by the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner, Ron Woodham, that he resume his sentence, of which he has served one day in eight months.
The Rivkin case has brought a focus to an aspect of the crime and punishment debate that, without such a high-profile figure, might have escaped public attention. The federal Justice Minister, Chris Ellison, belatedly acknowledges this and says he will give thought to reviewing sentencing options. Despite the usual blame-shifting across boundaries, the fault here does not lie with NSW law. Federal authorities have been obliged to stand by impotently, and the legal system has been derided and mocked. To preserve the full range of sentencing options for federal offenders the Commonwealth must act to ensure they can be effectively applied.
Sharon gambles on Gaza
For now, Ariel Sharon should get the benefit of the doubt. His undertaking to remove Israeli settlements from Gaza is clear enough, even though he gives no timetable, and says evacuation would not be swift. He speaks of the "thousands of square kilometres of greenhouses, factories and packing plants" to be moved, of the settlers there who are third generation, who must be persuaded. His basic position, though, is unequivocal: "I am working on the assumption that in the future there will be no Jews in Gaza."
That represents abandonment of support for the dream of many Israelis to resurrect Israel within its biblical borders. It goes against his own past encouragement of settlements in the occupied territories. Its significance when implemented, will rival the return of the Sinai peninsula to Egypt by another Likud prime minister, Menachem Begin.
Mr Sharon's critics have suggested he is trying to divert attention from the bribery and campaign finance scandal that has put him under seige and threatens to force him to resign as Prime Minister. The political reactions to his talk of a time when there will be no Jews left in Gaza lend support to this. A few hours after that utterance he faced a no-confidence vote in parliament, and scraped through by one vote. But then, the Opposition leader, Shimon Peres, has indicated that if Mr Sharon's right-wing allies abandon him, he could depend on Mr Peres and his Labour Party to keep him in office to complete a settlement withdrawal plan.
Whether or not the money scandal helped prompt Mr Sharon's move, there are other reasons why its time might have come. Mr Sharon first talked of a "disengagement plan" in December. Now the settlements - which he did so much to encourage since the Six-Day War - have in his words become "a security burden and a source of continuous friction". More broadly, there is also a growing realisation that unless Palestinians are given separate statehood, Israel will become a country in which Jews are outnumbered by Arabs and Israel will become a kind of apartheid state.
In the 360-square-kilometre Gaza Strip about 7500 Jews in 21 settlements are surrounded by 1.2 million Palestinians. Many Israelis would welcome their removal if other settlements in strategic areas such as the Golan Heights could be made secure. That could be the basis for talks. The question is whether the Palestinians, in their hunger for peace, would take it seriously.
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By Lance Cpl. Cristina Noelia Gil, CG09 Combined-Joint Information Bureau Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2009
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- In an effort to reinforce international ties, Cobra Gold 09 gives service members from over 20 countries a chance to share knowledge and an opportunity to build a lasting bond between nations.
This year's exercise is the latest in the continuing series of U.S. - Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace through U.S. Pacific Command.
Soldiers of the 9th Mission Support Command, a reserve unit based out of Ft. Shafter Flats, Hawaii, have taken on the responsibility of working with coalition armies in the planning and operations element of this year's exercise.
"We are a smaller part of a much larger picture," said Col. John Ellis, commanding officer for the U.S. Army, Japan support unit.
When a conflict should arise, planning and operations staffs are charged with using available enemy, terrain and political intelligence to develop an appropriate plan of action to recommend to higher command following a set process.
"We're here to work with our partner armies in developing a response for whatever scenario should come up during this exercise," said Lt. Col. Mitch DeMarais, operations and planning officer. "This is meant to strengthen our relationship with them in order to be sufficiently prepared for a real-life scenario."
So far, the experience has proved to be a valuable tool in assessing the 9th MSC's procedures for operations planning. In comparing steps that are used to develop a course of action for ground forces, they have found that each country uses the same basic principles in developing a sound course of action.
"It was a surprise to me that our planning processes are so much alike. Knowing that, we're not here to take the lead. We are here to learn what we can from them and at the same time advising and observing them, seeing how we can better meet their needs," said Sgt. Major. Chris Kaukali, administrative noncommissioned officer in charge.
Even with a language barrier, the coalition forces have found ways to communicate with each other and make the most out of their time together.
"There are military symbols that all nations understand, so we try to use those when it's necessary," said Kaukali. "There are other things on which we have found a common understanding. That helps us out tremendously."
For Soldiers of the 9th MSC, CG09 has been rewarding and insightful, providing them a chance to learn about other cultures and bond with their foreign counterparts, who have been equally enjoying the experience.
"This is my first Cobra Gold and it has definitely been a positive experience for me so far. We were briefed on what to expect coming here, but it has been so much more than the great things they told us," said Kaukali.
In their endeavor to contribute to the success of CG09, Combined Army Forces are ready for the challenges that await them over the course of the exercise and gain as much knowledge as they can from their foreign partners.
"We'll do all we can to strengthen our military bond and an appreciation for how other armies do business," said Ellis. "Of course we also want to gain a cultural understanding among each other and develop lasting friendships.


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The ever-expanding landscape of the networked age requires new and adaptable skill-sets, within both academic and commercial paradigms. In order to address this need, the Technology, Arts, and Media Program, based within the ATLAS Institute, offers two undergraduate programs: a minor in Technology, Arts, and Media (MTAM) and a smaller Certificate in Digital Media (CDM). The minor is intended for students who wish to pursue research and careers related to digital media, whereas the certificate is intended for students who are interested in the fundamentals of digital media production.
The course code for this program is ATLS.
The minor in Technology, Arts, and Media (MTAM) provides a broad multidisciplinary perspective that integrates technological skills with a critical, theoretical, and historical understanding of technology, media, and the arts. The MTAM curriculum includes creative production courses, as well as classes that impart foundational knowledge and critical perspectives on the role of technology in society. Students from a wide range of majors receive instruction in digital media production, design, art criticism, computer programming, information technology, data visualization, media and societal analysis, and project development.
*See tam.colorado.edu for a current listing of approved elective courses.
The Certificate in Digital Media (CDM) provides a fundamental understanding of information technology and digital media production. The program will motivate students to think critically about technology and its impacts upon society.
*See tam.colorado.edu for a current listing of approved elective courses.


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Ducks Unlimited Contracts with AT&T
$1.5 Million AT&T Foundation Grant Helps Fund the Renovation and Construction of the New Math, Science and Engineering Complex
Memphis, Tennessee, January 27, 2006
AT&T Inc. has won a networking contract from Ducks Unlimited, a world leader in wetlands conservation. Contract terms were not disclosed.
AT&T will provide an extensive portfolio of data, voice, hosting and high-speed Internet access services supporting Ducks Unlimited locations around the country. DU's Web site, www.ducks.org, is hosted at AT&T's Internet Data Center (IDC) in the Atlanta area. AT&T operates 30 IDCs around the world.
"Reliability is the main reason we do business with AT&T," said Andy Pulliam, director of Information Systems of Ducks Unlimited. "Our business operations rely heavily on e-mail, as most businesses do today, and we need a provider we can count on.
"In addition, our Web site is a key way of keeping in touch with our 700,000 members. After doing business with others in the past, we can really appreciate the value of AT&T."
About the New AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high-speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with more than 52 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com.
About Ducks Unlimited
With more than a million supporters, Ducks Unlimited (www.ducks.org) is the world's largest and most effective wetland and waterfowl conservation organization. The United States alone has lost more than half of its original wetlands - nature's most productive ecosystem - and continues to lose more than 100,000 wetland acres each year. The World of Ducks Unlimited Radio Network is North America's largest general outdoor radio network and Ducks Unlimited Television appears on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).
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Cedar City • Southern Utah's Ed Lamb doesn't sound like a football coach only days away from tackling the most imposing schedule in school history.
Before eight games as a new member of the Big Sky Conference, the Thunderbirds open on the road against Utah State and California.
Lamb shrugs.
"Our schedule is something we now recruit to," he said. "It's exciting for our players to step on the same field as teams like Utah State and Cal."
Realistically, Southern Utah must pull off at least one unimaginable upset to avoid an 0-2 start.
With their first-ever Big Sky Conference race still ahead, however, the Thunderbirds can put together a season to remember no matter what happens in Logan or Berkeley.
"Our coaches try to make football into a microcosm of life a classroom where hard work and perseverance pay off," Lamb said.
"These games the way the schedule sets up give us a chance to do that. Early on, we need to learn things about ourselves that will help us for our conference run."
Southern Utah comes off consecutive 6-5 seasons, including 11-3 at Eccles Coliseum.
Last year, the Thunderbirds knocked off UNLV (41-16) and played only four home games. But they failed to secure a Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth because they lost four games by 16 points.
Southern Utah's ability to immediately impact the Big Sky race rests with a high-powered offense led by preseason All-American quarterback Brad Sorensen and the effectiveness of an inexperienced but athletic defense.
"We have a mature offense," Lamb said. "They expect to play well, and it all starts with our quarterback. His attitude, character and poise have really spread throughout the team. They are a confident group right now."
Because of Sorensen, who in 22 games at SUU has thrown for 6,306 yards and 38 touchdowns, two NFL general managers have already scouted Thunderbird practices.
"Normally, that's something I would downplay," Lamb said. "But it has been exciting because Brad has prepared himself so well for this season. He's had a nice camp. We have high hopes for him."
Southern Utah schedule
Aug. 30 • at Utah State, 6 p.m.
Sept. 8 • at California, 1 p.m.
Sept. 15 • vs. N.M. Highlands, 6 p.m.
Sept. 22 • at Portland State, 6 p.m.
Sept. 29 • vs. Montana State, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 6 • vs. Sacramento State, 1 p.m.
Oct. 13 • at Montana, 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 20 • vs. Weber State, 1 p.m.
Oct. 27 • vs. E. Washington, 1 p.m.
Nov. 3 • at North Dakota, noon
Nov. 10 • at Northern Arizona, 5 p.m.


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HUNDREDS of disabled people from across Dorset came to Weymouth to take part in the Adults Disability Sports Festival.
The festival, which is part of the 10-day Dorset Festival of Sport, took place on the beach and offered guests the opportunity to take part in sports including athletics, football, golf, sailing, kayaking, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair dancing.
Dave Franks, Dorset County Council Sports and Activity manager, said: "It's an amazing day. The people who come are those who don't get the option to do these activities every day."
The festival, which was sponsored by Sainsbury's and Chesil Trust, is in its eighth year and was attended by around 200 disabled adults and 100 volunteers and staff.
Steve Davies, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Events Manager, said: "It's a wonderfully successful day, it's special as it offers people with mental and physical disabilities a chance to experience a unique opportunity."
Guests were also able to take part in craftmaking where they could try sewing, painting pebbles and creating door signs from driftwood.
Jane Malpass, 35, from Christchurch, attended the festival for the first time this year. She said: "I'm having a really good time."
Peter Brown, from Sainsbury's, said "Sainsbury's are neighbours in the community and we want to support this kind of event as much as we can."


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PRINCETON, N.J. -- As the hockey slate heats up once again, it is Princeton that has worked its way to the top of the Ivy League standings.
The Tigers are 3-0-0 in Ivy League play after downing Dartmouth 2-1 on January 5. That handed the Big Green their first Ivy loss of the season and third straight loss overall. The Tigers are hoping 2013 is a fresh start. After beginning the campaign 3-7-4, Princeton recorded wins over Harvard and Dartmouth to get back on track. The two wins also pulled Princeton into second place in the ECAC standings.
In the Polls: USCHO.com | USA TODAY/USA Hockey
With the three straight losses, Dartmouth dropped from eighth to 12th in both polls. Yale moved up to 14th in both polls this week, up from 17 in USCHO and receiving votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Top 15. After dropping two at Denver last weekend, Cornell dropped three spots from No. 12 to No. 15 in both polls this week.
Brown (4-6-4, 0-3-0) got back in the win column when it closed out 2012 with a 7-2 win over American International at the UConn Tournament on December 30. Joe Prescott had a pair of goals in the win and Matt Harlow and Brandon Pfeil had three assists apiece. Pfeil also added a power play goal to complete a four-point night. The Bears added a 7-1 exhibition win over the Russian Red Stars last week, as well. Sophomore Matt Lorito leads the Bears in scoring with 15 points, including a team-best and Ivy-best 10 goals. His 15 points are good for seventh in the league this season. Lorito is also tied for the League-lead in power play tallies with four. The Bears have battled through several key injuries, particularly on defense, and are hoping things will solidify down the stretch. Brown visits Clarkson and St. Lawrence this weekend.
Cornell (7-6-2, 0-2-1) dropped a pair at then 11th-ranked Denver last weekend to see its losing skid hit three in a row. Cornell sits at No. 15 in both polls, dropping three spots after the tough weekend in The Rockies. The three-game skid began when a three-goal lead slipped away in a 6-4 loss to Maine. Cornell is led in scoring by Greg Miller with 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. He is tied for the team-lead in goals with John Esposito. The Big Red had three players named to the list for the opening round of online voting for the Hobey Baker Award this week. Junior goalie Andy Iles, senior forward Greg Miller and senior defenseman Nick D'Agostino earned spots on the ballot for the second straight year. After road trips to Estero, Fla. and Denver on consecutive weekends, the Big Red have this weekend off and return to action on January 18 when they visit Union.
Dartmouth (8-5-2, 2-1-1) has suffered three straight one-goal losses after having won three in a row. Dartmouth had scored 42 goals in its first 12 games (3.5 per game), but scored only twice in each of the three losses. The Big Green, now ranked No. 12 in both polls, had killed off 32 straight penalties prior to allowing a power play tally against UMass on New Year's Eve. Dartmouth junior forward Matt Lindblad and sophomore forward Tyler Sikura were both named to the opening ballot for the Hobey Baker Award this week. Sikura continues to lead the league in scoring with 21 points. His 13 assists lead the Ivy thus far this season, while his 1.40 points per game rank seventh in the nation. Lindblad is second on the team in scoring with 17 points (6g, 11a). After allowing two power play goals against UMass to see that streak end, the Big Green slipped to second in the nation on the penalty kill at 93 percent (53-of-57). Dartmouth, which is 7-1-0 at home this season, will look to get back in the win column when it hosts Harvard on Saturday night.
Harvard (5-7-1, 2-2-0) is coming off a thrilling 6-5 win over cross-city rival Boston University on Wednesday night. The Crimson rallied from down 5-2 with three goals over a 10-minute span in the third period to tie the game. Then Conor Morrison picked a great time for his first goal of the season, scoring with just 48 seconds left in overtime to lift Harvard to the win. The win snapped a four-game losing streak and a six-game winless skid. Alex Fallstrom and Tommy O'Regan are tied for the team lead in points with 10 each. Jimmy Vesey leads the team in goals this season with five. Earlier this week, senior defenseman Danny Biega was named to the opening ballot of the Hobey Baker Award. The Crimson are in the midst of a seven-game road trip and don't return home until January 25. The next three games are against Ivy League foes beginning with Dartmouth on Saturday night.
Princeton (5-7-4, 3-0-0) has surged as of late. The Tigers seem to have turned the calendar and maybe started to turn the corner. After a seven-game winless streak, Princeton downed Harvard in overtime, 3-2, and then knocked off Dartmouth, 2-1, last weekend to take over first place in the Ivy League and move into second in the ECAC. Andrew Calof scored the gamewinner in overtime to defeat Harvard last Friday. Mike Condon's 34 saves was the big storyline in Princeton's win over Dartmouth. The Tigers scored twice in the first 2:35 of the second period to erase a 1-0 deficit, including Jeremy Goodwin's tally that wound up being the gamewinner. Calof is second in the Ivy League in scoring with 20 points (8g, 12a). Tyler Maugeri is third in the League in scoring with 17 points (6g, 11a). They also rank second and third, respectively, in the Ivy in assists. The Tigers are tops in the nation in combined special teams (60.5 percent) and are fourth in the nation on the power play with an Ivy League-best 24.1 percent (13-of-54). The Tigers host Union on Friday night in a game televised by the NBC Sports Network.
Yale (7-4-3, 2-1-0) is ranked No. 14 in both polls currently. The Bulldogs are coming off of a 3-3 tie at then No. 3-ranked Boston College last Friday. In front of a crowd of 7,213, Yale scored three times in a span of 7:02 in the second period against the Eagles. The Bulldogs outshot the Eagles 48-22 on the night, including 15-6 in the final period but couldn't come away with a gamewinner. Senior forward Andrew Miller is one assist away from 100 for his career, which would make him the second Bulldog to achieve the milestone. He has 14 points on the year (6g, 8a). Miller joined senior forward Antoine Laganiere and junior forward Kenny Agostino on the first round ballot for the Hobey Baker Award. The trio are all in the Top 10 in the Ivy in points this season. Agostino is tied for third in the League in scoring with 17 points (7g, 10a), while Laganiere is sixth (9-7-16) and Miller is tied for eighth. Yale is on the road to face St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend.


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There have been unconfirmed reports posted on the Internet regarding a permanent price cut down to $99 for the aging Sony PlayStation 2 video game console.
It looks like U.S. retailer K-Mart will begin circulating a new product catalog with the altered prices beginning on April 5. If true, other retailers will likely follow suit shortly after, though it should be interesting to see how interested consumers are in this particular reduction in price.
The last major price cut for the PS2 took place in April 2006, when the console dropped to its current price of $129.99, and this could mark one of the final times the unit gets a lower tag.
And while it's very likely that the PS2 will receive a price cut, Sony fans may be disappointed to hear that there is no evidence thus far that would indicate the next-generation PlayStation 3 game console will receive a similar reduction. Many fans still want to see the PS3 drop down to $299.99 — though Sony has said that the move is rather unlikely.
Despite all the talk of a possible PS2 price cut, Sony is expected to announce something on Tuesday, which could range from a confirmation to the PS2 price cut or a God of War 3 announcement.


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257 employees at Oracle have reviewed Oracle across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 2 days ago.
Overall, the 257 Oracle employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or 62 out of 100. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Oracle are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Oracle, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits. Overall, 257 Participants rate their compensation at Oracle a D, or 46 out of 100.
Overall, employees at Oracle are not very pleased with their team. Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at Oracle are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Oracle believe the environment at Oracle is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Oracle is moderate. About 23% of the employees at Oracle work 8 hours or less, while 2% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
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Colossal Menace
Slay 5 Raging Colossi and then return to Tola'thion at the Cenarion Post in Hellfire Peninsula.
- Kill Raging Colossus × 5
You see that huge red crystal to the north? It fell from the sky not long ago, causing a massive earthquake.
When we came out here to investigate the disturbance, we found all of these colossi wandering about that weren't previously here.
There's definitely something strange about that crystal and the energies that it's emanating, but I don't have time for that. Those mountain giants are my immediate concern.
I want you to head up to Fallen Sky Ridge and deal with them.
You will be able to choose one appropriate item for your class from the following rewards:
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|Survivalist's Wand
You will also receive:
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Goodale Says He's `Encouraged' by Canada Talks on Release of Afghan Papers
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Canadian lawmaker Ralph Goodale, house leader for the opposition Liberal Party, said he's encouraged by talks with other parties to reach an accord on the viewing of confidential documents related to the treatment of Afghan detainees handed over to local forces.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper must reach an agreement with opposition parties on how to release the documents, the Speaker of the House of Commons ruled this week.
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it.
"Perspective is everything"
We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people, one in 25, has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in 25 everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath.
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history.
"Just When You Thought You Knew It All"
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best seller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.
"Fun But With A Couple O' Caveats--"
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
"You don't have to be a psychopath to like this."
In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders' warnings about the perils of overreach by the federal government and concludes that the men who created our country would be outraged and disappointed to see where we've ended up. Levin returns to the impassioned question he's explored in each of his best-selling books: How do we save our exceptional country? Because our values are in such a precarious state, he argues that a restoration to the essential truths on which our country was founded has never been more urgent.
"Voice talent so dry, it was literally unlistenable"
In 2011, a 26-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine website hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything - drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons - free of the government's watchful eye. It wasn't long before the media got wind of the new website where anyone - not just teenagers and weed dealers but terrorists and black hat hackers - could buy and sell contraband detection-free.
"An honest portrait of DPR"
At some point every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history.
"Entertaining and informative"
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.
"Captivating (if not an outlier)"
Internationally renowned psychiatrist, Viktor E. Frankl, endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of his suffering, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning.
"I will isten again and again"
By looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like them - and find out, in some cases, why it's good that we aren't. Barking up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn't, so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.
"A rare gem among self-help books"
In a thrilling narrative showcasing his gifts as storyteller and researcher, Erik Larson recounts the spellbinding tale of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Also available abridged.
"A Rich Read!"
In the 1920s the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances.
"Poor Narrator"
In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives. The Unwinding portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation.
Donald Trump is unlike any president we've ever had. He is the only person ever elected to be commander in chief who has not first held public office or served as a general in the military. His principles grow out of five decades of business and celebrity success - not politics - so he behaves differently from traditional politicians.
"Newt's Brilliant But It's Not The Title"
In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept?
"Buy it now! Or not.. Trust your instincts."
In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Michelle Alexander reveals, today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans.
"An essential read. A horrifying reality."
Red Notice is a searing expose of the wholesale whitewash by Russian authorities of Magnitsky's imprisonment and murder, slicing deep into the shadowy heart of the Kremlin to uncover its sordid truths.
"This is an absolute "YES" as your next read/listen"
The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end.
"Appalling European government crime cover up."
It's the feeling your grandma told you was only experienced by boring people. Some people say they're dying of it; others claim to have killed because of it. It's a key component of depression, creativity, and sex-toy advertisements. It's boredom, the subject of Yawn, a delightful and at times moving take on the oft-derided emotion and how we deal with it.
At the core of this book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blameless victims. Weaving the story of the Lafferty brothers and their fanatical brethren with a clear-eyed look at Mormonism's violent past, Krakauer examines the underbelly of the most successful homegrown faith in the United States, and finds a distinctly American brand of religious extremism.
It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, 30,000-mile journey into the war on drugs. What he found is that more and more people all over the world have begun to recognize three startling truths: Drugs are not what we think they are. Addiction is not what we think it is. And the drug war has very different motives to the ones we have seen on our TV screens for so long.
"This is worth your time...."
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells, taken without her knowledge, became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years.
"Amazing Story"
In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America - addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland.
"American Nightmare that is Necessary Reading"
Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men - John Chatterton and John Mattera - are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. While he was at large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th century, Bannister's exploits would have been more notorious than Blackbeard's, more daring than Kidd's, but his story and his ship have been lost to time.
"Pure Gold"
From Robert Spencer, the New York Times best-selling author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS, comes a bold defense of freedom of speech - the single most valuable freedom humanity has, a freedom now endangered worldwide.
I didn't believe in time travel or teleportation until it happened to me. I'm Bruce Gernon, and I flew through the heart of the Bermuda Triangle before I'd even heard the term. Skeptics have dismissed the Triangle as a nonmystery, but they weren't in my airplane when the fog surrounded my craft and I leapt ahead 100 miles. I documented what happened and memorized every detail of that flight. Now, I'm ready to explain that there is no Bermuda Triangle!
Something unimaginable occurred from 1764 to 1767 in the remote highlands of south-central France. For three years, a real-life monster, or monsters, ravaged the region, slaughtering by some accounts more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and inflicting severe injuries upon many others.
Every year since 1954, a Bilderberg meeting has been held in an exclusive hotel in Europe or North America. Attendance is by invitation only and includes some of the most powerful and influential people in the Western world. Are Bilderbergers working toward a new world order? Are they part of the secret ruling elite known as the Illuminati? Are they even human? Let's look at the evidence and see if we can assess whether Bilderberg meetings really do have an impact on the way that the Western world is run.
If you speak the truth, you are hated. If you write the truth, you are loved.
Accounts of true ghost stories and hauntings. Dealing with the world of the paranormal has always been an interesting topic and many still debate as to whether they are true or not. At one point, you may have even experienced a thing or two yourself - the fear of being alone at night, goose bumps as you pass by a deserted hall, strange noises, and even a chill down your spine. All of these things happened somehow yet you can't explain why it happened nor if there is really something out there.
Timothy Wilson Spencer has the distinction of being the first American serial killer to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence - evidence that also exonerated a man who had been in prison after being wrongly convicted of committing one of Spencer's murders. A troubled adolescent from Arlington, Virginia, with a deep hatred of women, Spencer utilized his cat-burglar skills, strength, and agility to gain entry into his victims' homes, lay wait, and then bind, rape, torture, and murder them.
"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment" (1922) contains Clarence Darrow's thoughts on the subject. "This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the topics I have treated are such as have always held my interest and inspired a taste for books that discuss the human machine with its manifestations and the causes of its varied activity.
Explore the big questions of science and religion with a Jesuit astronomer. While science and religion have often been seen as contradictory forces, in reality they complement each other. Join a leading Catholic scientist in examining the most vital questions about the universe. Your guide, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, an astronomer, will tackle the most profound aspects of existence: the hows and whys of the universe. In this brilliant course, you will ask yourself: Does science need God? Can physics prove the existence of God? How do we understand miracles?
FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Colonel Millett's historical study of the U.S. Marines in the Korean War and their combat operations around the Punchbowl during 1951 and 1952. This study examines how the Marines fought and were commanded, including numerous anecdotes from both the Marines on the front line and those commanding them. It covers the various changes of command and the associated problems, and how the inter-service conflicts effected the men on the ground.
On a clear autumn morning in 2004, Rachel O'Reilly, a 30-year-old mother of two, was brutally battered to death in her home. It was a merciless killing that stunned the small, trusting community where she lived and devastated her close-knit family. In the days that followed the discovery of her body, it was thought that Rachel was the victim of a bungled robbery attempt. It soon emerged, however, that police investigating the case believed Rachel had known her killer and that her murder had been carefully planned months in advance.
In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset (The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place.
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism Without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for - and ultimately justify - racial inequalities.
When Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer set out to create their farm in an historic Normandy village, they had no idea just how much their lives would change. Neither one had ever farmed before. Charles had been circumnavigating the globe by sail, operating a floating school that taught students about ecology and indigenous cultures. Perrine had been an international lawyer in Japan. Each had returned to France to start a new life.
At just 10 years old, Kirsty has suffered a lifetime of heartache. Neglected by her teenage mother and taken into care, Kirsty thought she had found her forever family when she was fostered by Pat and Mike. But when Pat has a heart attack and collapses in front of her, Kirsty's foster family say it's her fault. Kirsty is still reeling from this rejection when she comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley. She acts out, smashing up Maggie's home, and even threatens to hurt the baby boy Maggie has fostered since birth.
Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans. Collectively, these activists are de-colonizing their bodies and minds via whole-foods veganism.
This audiobook asks us to reconsider "whose global village" we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, and others across the world, Ramesh Srinivasan urges us to reimagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures.
Understand the basics of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a revolutionary digital currency that is transforming money as we know it, but understanding it can be daunting for the average user. Not anymore! This book strips away the complexity and teaches the basics of bitcoin in simple, easy-to-understand language. It is not a textbook. It is a non-technical primer that answers the most common and important questions new users have about bitcoin. No jargon. No technobabble.
Book one. Ed and Lorraine Warren, the Enfield poltergeist. In the town of Enfield, England, almost 40 years ago supernatural events would start a chain of events that would bring the world's most famous paranormal investigators, the Warrens, there to investigate. An investigation that would inspire The Conjuring 2. This box set includes four more books.
More often than not, a defense attorney's clients are guilty. Gerald Strebendt certainly looked guilty of the January 2014 road rage murder. Marine sniper. Blackwater operative. MMA fighter with a 9-7 win-loss record, including an appearance in UFC 44. Strebendt was a trained killer, in other words, and one who just happened to be known for his hothead tendencies.
In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets.
"Must read for political moderates"
What would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the premier book in financial journalist Felix Salmon's imprint PiperText, approaches scarcity economics by coming at it backward - through thinking about a universe where scarcity does not exist. Delving deep into the details and intricacies of 24th-century society, Trekonomics explores post-scarcity and whether we, as humans, are equipped for it.
"An Amusing & Practical Analysis of Fictional Ideas"
Based on seven years of ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together.
"Good self-help book; not well-suited for audio."
Tribes are groups of people aligned around an idea, connected to a leader and to each other. Tribes make our world work, and always have. The new opportunity is that it's easier than ever to find, organize, and lead a tribe. The Web has enabled an explosion of all kinds of tribes - and created shortage of people to lead them. This is the growth industry of our time. Tribes will help you understand exactly what's at stake, and why YOU can and should lead a tribe of your own.
"Tribal Manifesto"
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life.
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics - as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies.
"A Masterpiece of Science Writing"
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control.
"Colossus: The Forbin Project is coming"
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.
"Excellent insights, but a little too long"
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
"Everything I remembered about the case was wrong.."
The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it's our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.
"The Antidote explores the negative path."
Paris, 1933: Three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are the young Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron, a fellow philosopher who raves to them about a new conceptual framework from Berlin called phenomenology. "You see," he says, "if you are a phenomenologist, you can talk about this cocktail and make philosophy out of it!"
"Possibly the best book on Audible"
From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you'll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more.
"Statistics is like a high caliber gun, very useful"
The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges. Our lost history revived. With an introduction by Burroughs. A BookSense 77 selection.
"Hobo Jack"
From elicitation, pretexting, influence and manipulation all aspects of social engineering are picked apart, discussed and explained by using real world examples, personal experience and the Science & Technology behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering. Kevin Mitnick - one of the most famous social engineers in the world - popularized the term social engineering. He explained that it is much easier to trick someone into revealing a password than to exert the effort of hacking.
"Very Interesting, Very Detailed, Very Long."
From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. 'It's about the terror, isn't it?' 'The terror of what?' I said. 'The terror of being found out.' For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work.
"Thank You To All Who Recommended This!"
A major new collection from "arguably the most important intellectual alive" (The New York Times). Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sold-out lectures. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power.
"Current times demand you get this into your head."
The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century".
"I wanted more after the 2016 mini-series..."


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"[In this] haunting new novel, the act of forgetting is as strange and interesting as the power of remembering." -The New York Times Book Review Penelope Lively is renowned for her signature combination of silken storytelling and nuanced human insights. In Family Album, lively masterfully peels back one family's perfect façade to reveal the unsettling truths. All Alison ever wanted was to provide her six children with a blissful childhood. Its creation, however, became an obsession that involved Ingrid, the family au pair. As adults, Paul, Gina, Sandra, Katie, Roger, and Clare return to their family home and as mysteries begin to unravel, each must confront how the consequences of long-held secrets have shaped their lives.
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Reflections from Curator George Gurney
The first time
Before sculpture became my primary interest, I included Chaim Gross in a course I was teaching on American art. After one class in which I discussed the sculptor's work, a considerate student informed me that the "c" in Chaim should not be pronounced. Years later, when I met the artist, I chose to address him as "Mr. Gross."
In 1978 I was working on an exhibition of the sculptural decorations for the buildings in the Federal Triangle area in Washington, D.C. I arranged to visit Chaim Gross in New York City to tape an interview and find out whether he had any related works that could be included in my show. In general, I wanted to know what he recalled about his association with the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, a New Deal project of the 1930s. Specifically I needed information about his winning entry in the competition for the Alaskan Snowshoe Mail Carrier for the Post Office Department building and his commission for Industry (often referred to as the Riveters) for the Federal Trade Commission building. These two commissions had come at a very important time in his early career, bringing the sculptor national recognition.
Late in the afternoon on a very cold winter day I made my way to Chaim Gross's studio on LaGuardia Place in New York City, not knowing what to expect and also fearing that he might catch my very bad cold. I felt a sense of urgency because of the possibility that I might not have another chance to talk with him. The artist was then seventy-five, just a year older than my father, who was not in great shape. Chaim Gross was one of the few living artists who could enlighten me about the personalities, as well as the difficulties, involved with commissions for the Section of Painting and Sculpture.
As soon as he opened the door and gave me a strong handshake, my fears about his health evaporated. Explaining that he now did most of his work in another building, he suggested that we go into his old studio. He led me through the dimly lit upper section past a forest of wood sculptures. Descending some stairs, we sat down in the lower end of the high-ceilinged studio, which had a large wall of windows. We were surrounded by his sculptures of every type, size, and material. Many were freestanding or on pedestals or were crowded together on top of numerous cabinets and shelves. I was engulfed by the largest and best collection of works by Chaim Gross, a veritable mini-museum unmatched anywhere else. I had visited the studios of a number of sculptors but had never seen anything like this.
Mr. Gross suggested that we begin our discussion, as he had a group coming to visit him in an hour. I first asked if he had any sketches or models for the Mail Carrier or the Riveters. He promptly stood up, went over to some flat file drawers, rummaged around, and came back with his first three preliminary pencil drawings* for the Riveters relief (in these drawings the subject was welders). Without pausing, he then retrieved from a high shelf his small original plaster model for the Mail Carrier. When I asked to borrow these works for my exhibition, he replied without hesitation, "Of course." He then told me that he had given the intermediate plaster model for the Riveters ** to a friend, Oscar Rosen, whereupon he went to his address book and gave me Rosen's telephone number. I was ecstatic. All of these works were ultimately included in my exhibition, and in time several were given to this museum.
When Mr. Gross finally sat down, the interview officially began, although my tape recorder had been running for twenty minutes to catch any interesting side remarks he might make. I was amazed at how much he recalled of the events forty-five years earlier that related to these objects. His responses confirmed and gave depth to the information I had found in archival sources. His answers were to the point, and I soon realized that if he said he didn't know something, it wasn't because he could not remember. Eventually I asked some questions about his training. Knowing that he had studied carving for two months with Robert Laurent at the Art Students League, I asked how this came about. He replied, "I heard about it and I went there and I did my first wood [carving]." Whereupon, to my amazement, he walked over to a shelf and showed me the two reliefs he had made in Laurent's class.
My hour was soon over, but I didn't have a sense of being rushed. Mr. Gross had been attentive, patient, and cordial. He seemed to know where everything was because it had a history and a meaning for him. As I was leaving, he told me to call if I had any other questions. In fact, he called me first to say that he had discovered a wash drawing for the Mail Carrier and wondered if I would like to borrow that, too. Going out the door, I ran into the group of people going upstairs to see his African art collection. I wondered if that was all they wanted to see, and if they knew what other treasures were standing silently in his studio. I didn't forget, and over the next ten years I returned a number of times and was graciously welcomed by both Chaim and his wife, Renee.
* - These drawings are in the Website.
A "Celebration" of form and movement
Renee Gross walked through the Smithsonian American Art Museum's installation of artworks by her late husband, Chaim Gross, as if she were meeting old friends. She had, after all, been present at each of their births.
The centerpiece of the installation is a bird's-eye maple relief carving, Acrobatic Performers, which was a recent gift of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. It was completed in 1932, the same year the Grosses were married.
Renee and her daughter, Mimi Gross, made a special trip from their home in New York City to attend a public lecture about Acrobatic Performers by curator George Gurney. They talked afterward with museum visitors about the sculpture and other works in the installation, a number of which are on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
"Chaim carved this piece on three planks of wood joined together," said Mrs. Gross. "He sketched the acrobats directly on the wood in chalk before he started carving. He always used hand tools. This is an unusual piece in that he rarely did cutouts in his wood relief sculptures."
Gurney says that Gross enjoyed acrobatic subjects because he was interested in depicting form and movement. "Interlocking figures gave him the freedom to work out poses that were difficult or sometimes even impossible for real people to do."


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Ok, I can't resist any longer. I'm completely confident at this point that Dean will get the Dem nomination, and that Clark will be his running mate. Here's why: (348 words)
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Building the Internet Political Party
Britt Blaser's reflections on a Christopher Lydon interview with Clinton spinmeister Dick Morris. Morris argues that the internet is truly disruptive in politics, but that the Republicans still have a massive edge in online organizing. Far from the traditional wisdom. But read what Britt makes of the challenge and the opportunity...
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O'Reilly Network Weblogs
Hexagonal surface pattern of Co(OH)2(0001) - Atomic Resolution
This in situ STM image shows the hexagonal surface pattern of Co(OH)2(0001) on Co(0001) at E = -0.65 V. The average lattice parameter is 0.33nm.
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Agile Q&A: Missing Features/Requirements
Given the 3 part agile team of customer, QA, and development, what should we do when a feature the customer wanted is not implemented, or is incorrectly implemented at the end of the iteration? Q: Why wasn't the missing feature caught in a customer test? A: Customer/QA/Dev communications are not happening. I.e. the customer discussed a feature with a developer without QA present, or notified. Use a simple durable communications form such as a wiki to record decisions about a story. Q: Who takes responsibility for ensuring requirements discussed between the customer and development are communicated to QA. A: Ideally the customer should since QA is the customer proxy, however, the developer has some responsibility to inform QA about the currently available features. Once again a wiki can help this communications flow. Additionally the customer could add FIT tests that should start failing and start another communications flow. Q: How do you resolve adding new features during the ...
07:52:00 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Wayne Allen's Weblog
What The Entertainment Industry Doesn't Want You To Know
Introduce the digital world to the Entertainment Industry and they look for a way to screw us over with it...
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Butz, Henry - Photographer
Picasa Hello
A fusion of digital photo sharing and IM, Picasa Hello is a free IM service designed around sharing photos. The central idea is a 'film strip' -- a series of photos that have been displayed through interaction with others...
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Get Real
Web Standards for Business
WaSP : Learn : Reference: Web Standards for Business This article highlights the benefits of using Web standards for business...
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Creative Librarian
This sits well with me
A Pro-Football player, using Ephedra, died during summer training camp after overheating. A bottle of Ephedra with the warnings was sitting in the players locker. The widow sued the Football Team, the NFL, all 32 Pro Teams, the Team Doctors,...
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Rest In Peace Richard
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Leonine Ponderances
money for nothin'
Read this lyrical comment over on slashdot, which was made after the latest SCO tantrum. I for one can't wait for January 4, when SCO will be forced to turn over their "evidence" in their lawsuit against IBM... In the...
07:28:40 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
A guide to Slashdot's Moderation Scheme...
Probably the most significant evolution of moderation schemes over the last half-decade (and the best example of how seriously moderation schemes should be taken) was the emergence of Slashdot - an online community/weblog for the most overtly geeky part of the population. The community itself refers to the system that lies behind the site and keeps it on track as a kind of 'mass moderation' - which if you believed in my previous distinctions would probably be considered a form of distributed moderation. In a nutshell it works like this - moderators are chosen via algorithm from the body politic. Each moderator's stint lasts for three days and they are given five points to use during this time to either promote or demote a post in importance. The rest of the users of the board, then, can decide at which threshold they wish posts to be hidden from their view. This means nothing is deleted and that the community gradually reaches some kind of equilibrium where posts that are agreed to ...
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Everything In Moderation
Are DMs Capable Of Cheating?
The title says it all. . . are DM's capable of cheating? After all, we are mere mortals, and the dice never do any wrong! Never! The rules are the final say in any aspect of the game, and doom on you if you forget that!. . . Or so say some, outlandishly detailed by yours truly.
07:22:11 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
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Web services intermediaries evolve
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Telematique, water and fire.
yanks blow it
let's understand something: the yankees did not want andy back. in the final hour andy's agents counter offered a 3 yr $38 million dollar offer with a 4 year $52 million offer. cashman said 'we tagged out at that price.' too much money? it will cost them double to replace him not to mention more devastation to the farm system and bad attitude guys like brown. george prefers to spend the money on bums and classless drug addicts. the astros gm said it best about pettite in the press conference yesterday: 'andy stands for values that we value highly.' the 1996 - 2001 yankees were about class, good guys and values. the 2004 yankees and beyond have turned their backs on goodness choosing a zoo instead. todays cover from the daily news:...
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niknud: there was one?
Uncle Sam wants Clue!
Who says bureaucracies are stupid and slow? It only took the Defense Department *nine months* to figure out that the illustrious Dick Cheney's company, Halliburton, screws taxpayers. Boy, it's lucky for the ol' USA that no one other than H. was allowed to "bid" on those government contracts. I've recently...
07:12:45 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Avoid a Life of Regrets With Your Yes List
How many times have you told yourself "yes!" today? Not enough I bet. Yes is the most powerful word in the English language. Unfortunately, too many times we say yes to others when we should say no. At the same time we continue to tell ourselves no when we need to say yes. You deserve to create the life of your dreams. Period. The first step on that road is to learn to tell yourself yes before you say yes to others.
07:11:00 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Catching up.
This week, I've barely had time to read the news much less do any blogging. It's been 3 days since I've even read most of the blogs I read, so I'm going to try to spend today catching up as...
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One Name Left
making control properties accessible to both server and clientside code
"How do I make a property on my control be changable from javascript?" I've seen this question asked, in various forms, quite a few times, and now that an irc buddy got stumped by it, I decided to blog my perspective on the best way to handle it. So here is a big fat commented but untested code block: using System; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; ///  /// This control has a public serverside property <see cref="MyProperty"/> /// which is accessible on the client side via a hidden input element ///  public class TestControl : WebControl, INamingContainer { ///  /// This is the public property that I wish to expose to the clientside as well. ///  /// <remarks> /// Most public server control properties will use ViewState as their backing store. /// ViewState, however, is not accessible view clientscript. /// So instead, we'll use a hidden input child control to hold the value. /// </remarks> ...
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Andy Smith's Blog
YOUP VAN 't HEK, Zaal, 2004-04-17 20:00
 Remarkable, sharp-tongued Youp Van 't Hek! A Dutch star cabaret performer, notorious for his masterly criticizing year-end overviews on New Year's Eve. This Youp also writes newspaper articles, follows current (and political, of course) events closely, but most of all: he knows how to launch his absurd or bubbly comments in the best cabaret tradition of grandmasters like Wim Sonneveld, Wim Kan, Freek De Jonge, etc. Onl
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Lambda the Ultimate, a programming languages weblog, has awarded "The Best Publicity Quote (and/or bogus statistic) Award to Martin Erwig and Margaret M. Burnett for a statement they made in this presentation: The number of end-user programmers in the United States alone are expected to reach 55 million by 2005, as compared to only 2.75 million professional programmers In looking in the actual paper, I only see the 55 million number. I guess LtU added the reference to 2.75 million professional programmers. If these numbers are true even within an order of magnitude, the conclusion is obvious. Computer systems will have to get easier to use and program because end users will be the ones doing the programming. of course, that's not even remotely true today. It would be interesting to learn where the 55 million end-user programmers number came from. I wonder if they are just counting anyone who ownes Excel or Access as an end-user programmer.
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Lathi's Log
Week 49: 12/7 - 12/13
 2003-12-08. Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum) planted in the hollow of a rotted log. These are winter annuals from last year that revived with the cooler weather this November. Austin, Texas.
06:50:51 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Zanthan Gardens
Powerful Message
The message that I've been getting this year is this: Read your Bible every day. A simple message. One I've been getting since childhood. However, it has taken 25 years for me to put it into practice - and still I have days where I foolishly don't make it a priority. But here's the thing: doing so makes renewing your mind a lot easier. Romans 12:2 says: And do not be con...
06:49:55 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
The Pordcast
Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura Piazza Fontana, Milano 12 dicembre 1969...
06:47:54 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Calvin & Hobbes Creator Remembered
Cleveland Scene One of the finest comic strips of the 1980's, Calvin and Hobbes, was penned by a genius named Bill Watterson. What made Watterson a hero for many of us was the fact that during the entire time that C&H was a staple on the comics page of nearly every newspaper, there were no dolls, stickers, lunchboxes, Saturday morning cartoons, or candies bearing the images of his contemplative creations. Watterson refused to license the...
06:46:09 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
From Amazing to Plumbing: A year of WiFi
I didn't have any input into choosing our WiFi Day, but as luck would have it, today is the anniversary of the day I first bought a WiFi card and became part of the new 802.11 wireless revolution. An amazing coincidence! I can say that at the beginning I was pretty amazed. Full-on internet access from anywhere in my house or office or many times on the road quickly and easily without cables. I remember my first true wireless experience was connecting to the access point at SeaTac airport in Seattle on the way home to Madrid. Ana was online using Yahoo Messenger and a webcam, and I was able to hear/see her and Alex while sitting waiting for a plane. Very cool. I had bought two PCMCIA cards at the beginning so I wouldn't have to invest in a wireless router - I figured I would connect my PCs at home via peer networking. Living in Spain, I was more than a bit behind the WiFi pace that was being set in the U.S., so I made sure that I bought the cards on a trip to the U.S. before I went ...
06:43:28 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Blogging with PHP-GTK
I hacked together my first PHP-GTK app recently. It is not an application that is very useful to others at this time, but with a little tweaking it can be.
06:38:19 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Jackson Miller
Sam Ruby's Atom Specification Slides Now Available
Sam Ruby has posted some slides detailing the ins and outs of the Atom specification. Personally, I like Atom a lot more than RSS because it's very explicit about its requirements. I've toyed with writing weblogging software (both server and client implementations), but the number one thing that always stopped me from continuing my work was the mess of "standards" that exist in the weblogging world. RSS vs. Atom is all about the syndication, but what I'm interested in seeing is a new standard drafted around the publishing aspects of a weblog. Metaweblog API, for lack of a better description, sucks. Does it work? Yes, but, contrary to some people's opinions, that's just not enough. Echo is one API that is looking to change that though. FYI, you can pretty much keep up on all things Atom/Echo by frequenting the AtomWiki.
06:38:00 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Drew's Blog
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Does anyone have an invite code? I need one for a friend. Please please please please!!!!!!11
06:37:51 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Rev. George
Coalition of the Pinkertons
As Christopher Sheil noted, the US Army's attack on the new Iraqi trade union federation's headquarters was raised as an...
06:37:17 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)
Five reasons not to buy an iPod
"... if you don't care about low battery life, aren't fond of jogging, have ample disposable income, don't need to record/encode music portably, and want to purchase music downloads only from the iTunes Music Store, then the iPod is the...
06:35:41 December 12, 2003, Friday (PST)


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At Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), the check will never get lost in the mail. FIS provides software, outsourcing, and IT consulting for the financial services industry. For banks and other financing entities, the company's offerings address financial functions, such as core processing, decision and risk management, and retail channel operations, as well as payment services, such as electronic funds transfer, check and ticket processing, and credit card production and activation. The company's 20,000 customers aren't just the largest, private financial institutions, but also small businesses and government entities, and are in more than 130 countries.
The largest segment of business for FIS is its Integrated Financial Solutions (IFS), which accounts for 59% of revenue. It serves North American regional and community banks with transaction and account processing, products for payment, digital and non-digital channels, and risk and compliance solutions and services. The company generally works under multi-year processing contracts that generate recurring revenues.
The Global Financial Solutions (GFS) segment, 41% of revenue, serves large financial institutions around the world with banking and payments products and consulting and transformation services.
The company develops products and services in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, India.
Geographic Reach
FIS operates through 280 owned or leased locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the US. It operates service centers around the world. More than a fifth of FIS revenue is from international customers.
Financial Performance
Revenue ticked up about 3% for FIS in 2015, reaching $6.6 billion from $6.4 billion in 2014. The global segment outpaced GFS with sales rising 6.2% (up about $160 million in 2015). The unit benefited from acquisitions of
and Clear2Pay; its expanding presence in India, including core banking and payments; growth in Europe, primarily in core banking and payment solution; and growth in Latin America from transaction volumes
The company's net income fell 7% on higher costs including those associated with the SunGard acquisition. The $631 million profit was the company's second biggest, despite the drop from 2014.
Cash flow from operations fell to $1.14 billion in 2015 from $1.16 billion in 2014.
FIS has been aggressive in expanding internationally and it has been especially active in India.
Muthoot Finance
tapped FIS to provide fully managed ATM services and switching, which enables Muthoot to place its branded ATMs across India. FIS also installed its EFT switching platform and comprehensive card management product for
Bank of Maharashtra
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Brazil is another international growth area for FIS, where its joint venture partner,
Banco Bradesco
, accounts for $237 million of revenue for international solutions. The venture currently processed more than 64 million credit cards for clients in Brazil and provides call center, cardholder support and collection services for their card portfolios.
The SunGard acquisition in 2015 was a significant move for FIS, expanding its products and services and adding new markets such as the institutional and wholesale side of financial institutions as well as other buy-side organizations. SunGard also brings additional wealth management, treasury and corporate payment products and services.
Mergers and Acquisitions
acquisition was a $9 billion deal and the combined company would have annual revenue of more than $9 billion.
FIS continues to bank on acquisitions to strengthen its offerings and broach new markets. With the purchase of Reliance Financial Corporation, FIS Wealth Management Services, an FIS subsidiary, can quickly expand the company's retirement and trust offerings. In consumer lending, FIS acquired CMSI, a provider of consumer loan origination software and services. Adding CMSI's underwriting automation strengthens FIS' consumer lending services. The acquisition of Brussels-based Clear2Pay added corporate payment products, payments managed services, and payments processing utilities, bolstering FIS' global payments offerings.
In 2012 FIS purchased mFoundry, a mobile banking software provider for both retailers and banks. The deal gave FIS access to a broader client base and kept up its momentum in the important mobile growth market.
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I enjoyed your editorial, "Out of Rotation." I feel that your first two suggestions were very good. I would strongly disagree with your third suggestion.
State legislators do not need to be involved in high school activities. This battle was fought nearly 40 years ago. The voters in South Dakota soundly rejected the legislators attempt to get involved in the teacher's tenure, teacher pay and other aspects of education.
The SDHSAA has been in charge of high school tournaments for many years. While I do not agree with all of their decisions, they have more experience than anyone in the department of education to schedule and manage tournaments.
Cities like Aberdeen, Huron, Yankton, Mitchell, Spearfish, Brookings, Pierre and Watertown need to take notice and contact the board of directors of the SDHSAA and express themselves. They also need to ask themselves what improvements have they made during the last decade to improve the city as a host for a tournament.
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Operational Duties (General Patrolling)
The Mounted Police is a NSW Police state resource. Over 80% of the Mounted Unit's core business is general duty high visibility patrols in and around the CBD and metropolitan Local Area Commands. Horses will be transported by float to the suburban patrols, whilst most city patrols are in close walking proximity. We have two 6 horse trucks and 3 floats so we can transport horses to wherever the demand is needed, that being a protest or musical ride at the Easter Show. That is 19 horses at any one time.
Mounted Police perform the exact duties of general duties policing, with the only difference being our mode of transport. Mounted Police conduct patrols in "pairs" and are highly effective due to the mobility and elevation of the officers on horse back. The visibility of officers on horse back is increased by their height therefore making them extremely effective in search situations and in crowd situations with large numbers of people such as New Years Eve celebrations in the city. The effectiveness of a mounted unit can be compared to the utilisation of ten officers' on foot during crowd management situations due to the height and weight advantage of the horses.
This unit was used extensively over the duration of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and are regular fixtures at breakaways from major sporting events such as AFL; Cricket and Football games.
Public Order Management (Crowd Control)
The Mounted Police is a highly effective Public Order Management tool for the Police, and works closely with the Riot police (Operational Support Group (OSG)), foot police and Public Order Riot Squad (PORS) to maintain a high level of effectiveness when dealing with large numbers of people and situations such as riots, protests and large public events that require a high visibility police presence. The Police horses are only used as a last resort and extensive training is conducted year round between the Mounted and riot (OSG/PORS) police. Mounted Police assist by escorting arrest teams through hostile crowds; escorting ambulances and police vehicles through numerous crowds and in relieving pressure and gaining ground for the riot police (PORS/OSG).
Special Operations
The Mounted Police also respond to other area such as;
- Community events such as local festivals, parades and celebrations throughout the state.
- Searches - mainly in country areas or outer suburban areas, in national parks, for lost persons, escapees, drug plantations etc.
- Stock mustering - Mounted Police can assist stock squad police, RSPCA, officers, and local government impounding officers in mustering stolen or emaciated stock, and are equipped to assist Local Police in recapturing runaway horses in the city and inner suburban areas.
Protocol and Public Relations Duties
Parades and Escorts
The Mounted Police perform Protocol Engagements consisting of leading processions or parades (i.e. Anzac Day march, Ticker Tape processions), State or Police funerals. Mounted escorts are provided for members of the Royal Family, The Governor General, The State Governor, and various other VIP's on such occasions as the opening of Parliament and major agricultural shows. The lances carried by Mounted Police, whilst on parade were presented to the Mounted Unit in 1957 by General Carriapa, High Commissioner for India.
Musical Ride
The Mounted Police perform the musical ride at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and larger country shows. The musical ride consists of a series of precision drill movements performed in time to the music of the NSW Police Band over an area measuring 100 metres by 50 metres and is of approximately 20 minutes duration. This exhibition has received acclaim from many oversees visitors and is considered to by one of the most spectacular rides in the world. The ride was performed during the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held in Sydney in February 2005 and again in February 2010.
Fatigue Duties
All constables are responsible for the care and maintenance of their own saddlery and the grooming of their individual horses. In addition to this, they also maintain the cleanliness of the stables. One day a week is devoted to training of horses and personnel with instruction given in troop drill, crowd control, escort duty and various equestrian skills as well as police procedures. Police at this section have very diverse skills and training. Not only are they competent in police work, but also having to attain a high level of horse riding ability. This is coupled with other duties such as veterinary, farrier skills; and truck and float driving for transportation of horses.