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|Chris Brown to seek 2nd term on council
|Kerry Craig | News-Telegram Assistant Editor
Feb. 7, 2005 -- Place 6 City Councilman Chris Brown, said Monday he will be a candidate for reelection to the council seat he has held for the past three years.
In announcing his intentions to seek a second term on the council, Brown cited the close working relationship that has developed among council members and current projects as primary reasons to want to serve three more years.
"I think the biggest thing over the three years is we've had a council that has been able to work together, respect each other and work together to accomplish the things we have accomplished."
Brown said that the opening of Coleman Park was the biggest accomplishment during his term on the council although the project started well before he came onto the council.
Industrial and retail growth was also cited as highlights of his council service over the past three years.
"The moving in of Owens Sausage and some good new retail growth with new jobs coming in was significant," he said.
The city's continuing capital improvements project is something that Brown hopes to see continue.
"One of the best things has been the increase in the capital improvements budget this past year" the Place Six councilman said. "I hope I can carry that forward and keep increasing it until we get on a level to where we are fixing streets faster than they are deteriorating on us."
Along with capital improvements, Brown said other priorities include the water park at Pacific Park and, eventually the other city parks, and the skateboard park at Buford Park. Brown, 29, a Sulphur Springs native, is employed with Century 21 First Group.
The other seat on the council that will be on the May ballot is the Place Seven seat currently held by Lydia Bryant.
Bryant, who has not formally announced her political plans, is a council veteran. She was first elected to the council in the late 1980s and served for six years.
She returned to the council in 2002 and is completing a three year term.
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Seeing Potential - Warren's Recovery from Guillian-Barre Syndrome
On May 15, 2012, before retiring to bed for the evening, Warren Weldon noticed a slight tingle in his right arm which he dismissed. The next morning, he realized something wasn't right. After getting out of bed, he stumbled and fell—his legs unable to hold him up. His wife, Pauline, and a neighbor helped him out of the house and into the car. Pauline drove frantically to the hospital.
Having been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy 10 years before, Warren's physician began a battery of tests as the paralysis began to spread throughout his body. After 10 days in the intensive care unit, one of his physicians said the words that would forever become part of Warren's vocabulary: Guillian Barre´ syndrome.
Guillian Barre´ syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the nervous system. Weakness and tingling are usually the first symptoms which can quickly lead to paralysis.
"I was in terrible pain," Warren recalled. "Every part of me hurt. There wasn't anything I could do on my own. I wasn't able to dress or feed myself because I couldn't move my arms or legs. It took two to three people just to sit me up and then to hold me in that position. So for the most part, I was just lying in bed, flat on my back. I have to admit, I was really worried about my wife and my kids. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through this."
With permission from his doctors, Pauline and Warren's daughters began exercising his limbs to keep his muscles from getting atrophied. Eventually therapy was prescribed and Warren was assigned a therapist to help him regain some of his strength and movement. "I asked the therapist how many cases of Guillian-Barre´ she had treated," he explains. "She told me there was only one that she was aware of. That wasn't very encouraging. I needed to be at a place that was familiar with this disorder and would know how to help me get better."
As Warren's daughters began researching rehabilitation facilities, they spent time on Marianjoy's website, reading some of the first-hand accounts of patients who had been through Marianjoy's rehabilitation program. One in particular caught his daughters' attention; a woman recounted how Marianjoy gave her the ability to walk again after experiencing a stroke. Warren's daughters immediately called to begin the admission process.
Warren admits he was apprehensive. "To be honest, I was depressed and I was scared," he said tearfully. "I couldn't believe this had happened to me and I knew I was in bad shape. I wondered if I was going to be able to get better, especially when I still couldn't do anything for myself. But then I found out that Marianjoy had a lot of experience in treating individuals with Guillian Barre´ so I knew I had to try. It was the first time I ever listened to my kids – and it was probably the best time!"
Warren arrived at Marianjoy on June 28, 2012. He was surprised to find that the very next day he would receive a full schedule of physical, occupational, and speech therapies. "When my therapists asked me what my goals were, I immediately told them I wanted to walk again. Even while living with muscular dystrophy, I was still able to drive, mow the grass, ride my bike, and cook. I wanted to get back to all of those things again. I was still in a lot of pain and the therapists recognized that but continued to push me. Even though I didn't think I could get better, they had faith that I would. They were incredibly encouraging. That meant a lot to help keep me going."
In addition to therapy in the gym, Warren's therapists took him to Marianjoy's warm water therapy pool. The 95 degree water helped Warren's muscles relax while he worked on strengthening his core muscles, legs, and arms. Eventually, his therapist would have him simulate walking while in the water to help prepare him for when he would actually attempt to stand and walk in the gym.
One of Warren's biggest accomplishments in his recovery came one afternoon as he was lying in bed. "Almost without thinking, I rolled myself over on my side," he recalls, choking up. "That was a 'wow' moment for me. I had spent three months staring at the ceiling unable to even do this simple movement on my own. I couldn't believe it. Now I'm able to roll around like a fish!"
As the days passed, Warren could see that the paralysis was slowly beginning to subside. "My occupational therapist eventually was able to help me start using a spoon and fork again. She and I didn't always agree on how I should do things, but I listened to her and I respected what she told me. She taught me how to see and do things differently than I had before. I never said 'no' to any of my therapists. I put complete trust in them.
"I remember one time in particular, I was working with one of my physical therapists and he had me doing squats to build up the strength in my legs. I was getting tired and I just wanted to quit. He asked me to do one more set and I replied, 'I can't.' I immediately regretted saying it. I knew he was pushing me for a reason so I quickly said, 'Never mind' and continued with another set."
Several weeks into his inpatient rehabilitation stay, Warren's therapists felt that he was ready to begin learning to walk again. With the help of several therapists, he stood at the parallel bars for the first time in weeks. "I was scared," he admits. "I really didn't think I had it in me but they kept telling me I could do this. At one point I told them that I thought they were more determined to get me walking then I was." From that point forward, his therapists continued to push Warren to walk. Today, with the assistance of a walker and with a therapist by his side, Warren walks up to 150 feet at a time.
"It's amazing to me how far I've come," Warren noted as he prepared to be discharged from inpatient therapy, 10 weeks to the day he was admitted. "Without these therapists I would not have been able to accomplish any of this. I have mixed emotions about going home. I'm a bit nervous because I'll still need to use a wheelchair and my house isn't as accessible as I wish it could be. But I'm excited to get back home and return to my old routine."
Warren's left side has recovered quicker than his right side but he is determined to continue his exercises to improve his strength. Though he is still not able to completely maneuver the stairs at home, he notes that with what the therapists have taught him, it will be a matter of time before he returns to Marianjoy and walks up the simulated staircase in the gym.
On his last day of therapy, Warren was surrounded by his therapists as they shared stories and laughter about their time together. "It was a long difficult road but Marianjoy is the best," he confirms.
"I had incredible support as I recovered, especially from my wife. She never left my side once, even sleeping every night in my room.
"You never realize how important the role of a physical or occupational therapist is until you need them. And around here, they mean business. If you are even five minutes late for therapy, they come looking for you. You are here to get better and you have to put in the work so you can continue to improve. I got to know many of them and I asked why they decided to become therapists and you know, there was a common theme in all of their responses. They all said that the reward is in helping people get better. And without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. I was ready to give up in the beginning. I really thought I had made a mistake in coming here and that maybe I should just go home. But they kept encouraging me and saw my potential. I'm so thankful for that."


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Adam Yauch '86
from the Beastie Boys returned to Bard to receive the Kellogg Award for Arts and Letters over Commencement Weekend. Later he blogged
and sent Leon a vinyl copy of the Beastie Boys 2007 album
The Mix-Up
Although the story is over ten years old, London's
Daily Mail
recently printed an
about the more than 6,000 polaroid photographs left by
Jamie Livingston '79
. More on his life can be seen
on the website of
Hugh Crawford '78
, the dance duo of
Layla Childs '95
Sonya Robbins '96
, came to the
Philly Fringe
to make new work and perform to high acclaim.
The artwork of
Pamela Wallace's '87
, displayed in Hudson, is reviewed
Documentary filmmaker
Nick Corrao '01
is a finalist for the 2011 Student Academy Awards for
Civil Indigent
, his film about an activist for the homeless based in Florida. See a trailer for his film
More cool Bard stuff in New Orleans. Nick Shapiro '08 is featured in an
about the Bard New Orleans Initiative, started by
Stephen Tremaine '07
Anna Banana (aka
Anna Bohichik '04
) and her band are featured in an article by
Jesse Sposato '02
in the
Greenpoint Gazette
Arthur Blaustein '57
, Bard's 1995 John Dewey Award winner for public service, wrote an article on public service for the
San Francisco Chronicle
Dan Wilbur '09
is at it again with
Better Book Titles!
Read more on the NPR blog site
Asher Edelman '61
talks about art and money on CNBC's the Strategy Session. Click
to view.
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Hi Friends,
Greetings from the Hudson Valley; today it is hazy, hot, and humid, but it wasn't like this three weeks ago when more than 300 alumni/ae and 500 seniors celebrated with their friends and family under huge pointy tents, in big silver buildings, on majestic hillsides, and in pokey dorm rooms in Annandale. It had rained all week, but it didn't rain on what I kept on calling 'the parade' ( but I guess it is actually 'the academic procession'). I was excited to see Adam Yauch '86 back on campus to get an award. He made everyone laugh with a story of a music senior project in Bard Hall that involved atonal music and a lawn mower. Although he was only here for two years he said Bard really opened his eyes to many things. The Sherman Brothers, aka the Disney Boys, were back on campus for the first time since graduating in 1949 and were proud to be given honorary degrees. Then there was Dick Koch '40 and Pia Carusone '03, both awardees doing exceptional things as well as members of the Board of Governors.
We had an airstream trailer (a Tradewind '61) for BardCorps, our alumni/ae oral history project. At the Annandale Roadhouse, the Class of 1981 represented with a medley of musicians from the seminal Bard bands The Trolls (some of the first Tivoli settlers in the 'Troll House') and Virus. Check out the video
. We also had a wonderful photography exhibition by the late Peter Kenner '66. Bard 'Communion' (Commencement/Reunion) Weekend is open to all and never not worth the trip. Next year it is on Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, 2012. Save the Date!
The sad news this week was the death of Adolfas Mekas, a man who, if you knew him, needs no explanation. End of an era is not hyperbole. Adolfas was a Bard fixture for more than 30 years and on Friday he was buried in the Bard cemetery surrounded by family, friends, and former students. Lemons were thrown into the grave at his wife Pola's suggestion as homemade Limoncella was one of Adolfas' many legacies. If you have any memories of Adolfas you would like to share, please send them to us to put up on his
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Over the summer there will be alumni/ae events for you. (Anyone want to join me in July to watch the horses race in Saratoga or to watch the Mets play the Cardinals?) Keep tuned to our
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PS. You know, I ( I mean me personally) don't usually ask you for $, but (if you can, especially if you did give once and haven't for a while) make a gift to Bard by June 30th (the end of our fiscal year). We need you. All gifts are meaningful. Thanks.
PPS. I have a free t-shirt for anyone who knows where the phrase 'Be seeing you' comes from.
Bard SummerScape 2011
opens July 7 with a dance triple bill by the Tero Saarinen Company. Bard alumni/ae: Receive a ten percent discount for all SummerScape events. Call the Box Office at 845-758-7900; the offer is limited to two tickets per buyer and cannot be combined with other discounts.
Bard's new
Center for Civic Engagement
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New York Times
"If I had known what I was doing,....I would have said no." Click
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Leon Botstein
talks about coming to Bard, adolescence, and the art of persuasion.
Dimitri Papadimitriou
, Bard's Executive Vice President and President of the Levy Economics Institute, advocates for more exports to improve the US economy in the Los Angeles Times
Bard High School Early College Queens
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Daily News
as the proud champion in Womens Rugby. Rugby in Annandale remains popular with students and alumni/ae, and progress is being made in fundraising to get a regulation pitch on campus in the next year.
While the
Bard Socially Responsible Investment Committee
waits for an official statement by McDonald's in an upcoming
Wall Street Journal
, the story of its success can be seen
with quotes from
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Taun Toay '05
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150th ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Have you heard about the 150th Anniversary Campaign for Bard College? Launched in May 2010, it is the largest and most ambitious fundraising campaign in Bard's history. The campaign will significantly strengthen Bard's endowment, provide much-needed funds for capital projects, and will support the operating budget for the duration of the campaign. In fact, the campaign has already provided for annual scholarships, a new dorm, a new building for the Bard College Conservatory of Music, renovations to classrooms, and enhanced and improved IT infrastructure. Another early campaign success is the result by the Bard-St. Stephen's Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors to donate more than $872,000 for an endowed scholarship fund. Click
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1. The Great Moon Hoax
In 1835, The sun, a New York newspaper, published a series of what purported to be articles by Sir John Herschel, in which he claimed to have discovered a civilization of lunar "bat men." A hoax, of course-designed to increase readership and revenue.
2. The Purification Machine
The gnostic Manichaeans believed that the Moon was a kind of machine for drawing particles of Light-the Good-from the Darkness, purifying them, and transmitting them to the sun; its phases represent its alternate filling with and emptying of the Light.
3. The Moon-Biters
The Romanian varcolaci, a species of vampires are said to cause lunar eclipses by attempting to devour the Moon-and filing its disk with blood.
4. Men On The Moon
Driven to the Moon on the winds of a hurricane, the notorious liar Baron Munchausen found the lunar residents to be a giant race given to riding huge three-headed eagles in place of horses.


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Ormuz Khan gracefully threw himself upon a divan to the right of this open door.
Affonso de Albuquerque took Ormuz in 1509 and Gôa next year.
He knew that Ormuz Khan must finally and definitely disappear.
He was killed at the siege of Ormuz, in the East Indies, 1622.
All the ships in this harbour were burnt, except two from Ormuz having very rich cargoes, which were carried away.
He swore at the time of his first repulse at Ormuz that he would return, and he did.
As had happened at Ormuz, his captains did not share his views.
The Portuguese were hemmed in at Ormuz by a greatly superior English force.
This was why Albuquerque laid such weight on the necessity of building a fortress at Ormuz, and of endeavouring to capture Aden.
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Microsoft Surface Book review
Updated Windows 10 updates and leaks are making the Surface Book even more enticing.
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The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) recently ruled in a preliminary hearing that the £100m Thorn occupational pension scheme surplus be shared between the employer (now owned by Japanese heavyweight Nomura) and the scheme's 30,000 pensioners.
Much of the information bandied about after this hearing has been inaccurate. In 1996, Thorn EMI went through a demerger and became two separate companies – Thorn Ltd and EMI Group Limited. Having split from the record company that gave us The Beatles, Thorn's shares went into decline and Nomura bought the company for £980m. It is, however, at this point that we say goodbye to EMI, contrary to some reports that Opra's hearing focused solely on the Thorn pension scheme's surplus.
Much has been made of the notion that Nomura has come crashing into town like a financial Godzilla to pillage a pension fund that it never contributed to. It sounds outrageous – how can it buy a company and steal its pensioners' cash from under their noses? It is true to say that Nomura never paid a penny into the scheme. Is it not, therefore, somewhat distasteful that this megalith should demand half of the fund from a group of pensioners receiving, or likely to receive, modest pensions? On the face of it, yes. However, the reality is less straightforward.
This is an interesting case in that it is only the second of its kind. The first was mentioned in Opra's 2000/2001 annual report, but the details were confidential.
Under Section 69(1) of the 1995 Pensions Act, Opra has the power to authorise a modification of a pension scheme to enable the reduction of a surplus. Inland Revenue rules limit a scheme's surplus due to the tax advantages involved.
The Thorn Pension Scheme rules do not allow a return of the surplus to be paid to the employer. At the same time, benefit improvements can only be granted by the employer. In order to avoid a possible impasse, the trustees of the scheme negotiated a benefit improvement in exchange for a return of part of the surplus to the employer. To enable this exchange a modification order is required.
The benefit improvements tabled are an immediate increase in pensions of 5 per cent and an increase to the Limited Price Indexation (LPI, or the percentage by which pensions are increased) from a minimum of 5 per cent to a maximum of 7 per cent per annum.
Although the latter may not appear particularly attractive in the present climate of low inflation (and hence low pension increases), the history of inflation since World War II suggests that we should not become complacent. If inflation was running at 7 per cent and a pension was increased by only 5 per cent, then it would quickly devalue.
Before issuing authority for this, Opra must be satisfied that the trustees' decision has been made for the right reasons. Opra examines whether the modification is in the interests of the members and that all relevant information has been taken into account.
It is worth pointing out that not all of the pensioners think they are being disadvantaged by Nomura's offer. Only 50 out of 30,000 are appealing against the decision to grant the modification order.
The 50 Thorn pensioners argue that, because Nomura has never paid contributions into the scheme, it does not deserve to share in its surplus. Furthermore, they allege that Nomura has massaged the fund by altering the investment portfolio to artificially increase the surplus. Their biggest fear, however, is for their future security, which they think may be in doubt if the proposal is accepted.
The pensioners are concerned that Nomura is getting something for nothing; that it has purchased a company with an overfunded pension scheme that it is now seeking to plunder.
Financially, a pension scheme is not necessarily an asset – it can just as easily become a liability. Consider the amount of employers desperately trying to close final salary schemes to new employees. Who is to say that, in a few years, the investment returns will not plummet drastically, leaving a shortfall to be made up? Would the pensioners lay claim to that deficit and insist on taking a cut in their pensions to make up for it? Of course not. The employee bears no investment risk in a final salary (or defined benefit) scheme. This is one of the features, compared with money purchase (or defined contribution) schemes, that makes final salary schemes so attractive.
Final salary pension schemes involve a certain amount of give and take. Members pay a contribution towards the cost of providing a pension for life, a tax-free lump sum and dependent's benefits, while the employer pays the not inconsiderable balance of this cost.
Some pension scheme members seem to be under the illusion that their contributions entitle them to a stake in the fund. They do not. And nor should they, as it would undermine the provision of pension scheme benefits.
Regardless of its validity, some people will see the Thorn pensioners' campaign as a worthy and justified one. Certainly, Hammond Suddards Edge, Robert Ham QC of Wilberforce Chambers and Philip Engleman QC of Cloisters do. They have so far represented the pensioners on a pro bono basis.
Some financial columnists may herald the outcome of this case as another nail in the coffin of the final salary scheme, or suggest a victory for Goliath over David. However, looking deeper into the matter, it is clear that Opra has made sure that the employer has had to jump through all of the relevant regulatory hoops.
Opra is clearly reassured that, so far, the employer has just reason for its actions in requesting a modification order to return part of the surplus. Remember that Opra must be satisfied that the trustees have acted in the interests of the scheme members.
The strict and transparent system of regulation now in place simply did not exist in the pensions industry prior to the implementation of the Pensions Act. We should feel encouraged by the fact that, where there is a perceived threat to pension funds, Opra is ready and able to ensure that nobody is having the wool pulled over their eyes.
Andy Blake is the principal pensions officer at the British Medical Association
Thorn in my side
The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) recently ruled in a preliminary hearing that the £100m Thorn occupational pension scheme surplus be shared between the employer (now owned by Japanese heavyweight Nomura) and the scheme's 30,000 pensioners.


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|Commissioners weighing options on office
Could a new courthouse be in county's future?
|Kerry Craig | News-Telegram Assistant Editor
Jan. 24, 2006 -- Hopkins County officials are weighing the pros and cons of buying an existing building to house county offices or building a new facility for that purpose.
Since before the start of renovation of Hopkins County Courthouse, the county has leased office space from Sulphur Springs Independent School District. With the lease set to run out at the end of the year, county commissioners are scrambling to find office and storage space for the county clerk's office and possibly space for a number of other county offices.
"One of the alternatives we have to look at is Houston School and to renovate, not restore, it to fit the county needs," said Precinct 1 Commissioner Beth Wisenbaker.
In a workshop meeting Tuesday morning, commissioners were meeting with Paris contracting firm Harrison, Walker and Harper to get an idea of what it might cost to renovate the building if the county were to purchase it from the school district.
Wisenbaker said the cost of renovation, along with a purchase price, must be under a certain amount.
"To me, you will hit a ceiling as to what you want to put into an older building," she said. "When you hit that ceiling, then you start looking at what a new building would cost because we do have the land adjacent to the jail, the perfect spot for a new building, but we want to do what is most financially effective for the taxpayers."
County commissioners previously considered but rejected a plan to renovate the old city library after projected renovation costs became prohibitive.
The commissioner said a new building would have a lot of positive factors the older structure does not have.
"One of those things that, to me, is a huge plus is you would be able to put all of county government down there, sell some of the older buildings and get them back on the tax rolls, plus we would be able to connect with the jail," she said.
Having a courts building located adjacent to the jail would mean a savings for the sheriff's department through a reduction in the number of deputies required to transport inmates to and from court.
Wisenbaker also said a new building would be more energy efficient.
With increasing attention focused on courthouse security, she said, a new building would be built with security measures in mind, rather than have to build security into an older building.
The commissioner stopped short of saying a new building would be the best route for the county to take.
"I won't say 'better' right at this moment because I don't know that it is better until I really look at the Houston School property," she said.
Wisenbaker said commissioners need to know just how much money it would require to adapt the Houston School building to meet the county's needs.
"We would like to put an extra courtroom down there, the district attorney's office and possibly the county attorney, and to make it really effective, our juvenile and adult probation office. That's a lot of people to put on that campus," she said. "I want to see a dollar figure, and if we hit that ceiling like on the old library building, it doesn't make any sense to spend too much money for a building that probably won't serve us for maybe three to five years."
The county has been in talks with the school on the building for several months discussing how much the building would cost. The Houston School is listed on the tax roles as having a value of $850,000.
The starting price on the building was $750,000, according to Millsap, who said negotiations brought the price down to the current asking price of $550,000.
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My favorite movie is probably the Matrix. Yes, all of them. I think the first movie set expectations for the rest that left some feeling misled. I enjoy how the movies still operates effectively on different levels of analysis while still bringing high level philosophy to the cultural center. I also highly enjoy Memento, the Lord of the Rings, the Meaning of Life, Shaun of the Dead among others!
I watch a lot of random TV shows. I love to watch science fiction series and I've seen quite a few... but as far as shows still in production I enjoy such shows as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Game of Thrones, and the Walking Dead.
I love food. I enjoy trying all kinds, types and genres. I like going to nice restaurants but I love small local places that serve up quality. There aren't really any foods I explicitly detest but I do prefer certain ones more frequently than others.
You're not supermodel skinny but you care enough about yourself to stay somewhat in shape. You enjoy exploring the world and learning new things. You want to push your boundaries. You're adventurous in and out of the bedroom. You love culture both high and low. You can be nerdy or classy as the situation requires. You think the best thing about life is living it.
For the negatives... You don't believe in deities nor do you have children. You don't have a minimum wage job when you should have a career. You're not anti-intellectual or a prude.
But mostly... you think we could talk and have fun together. I think all good things start with that solid foundation!


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A body found in the sea and brought to shore at Hoylake has been formally identified as a missing man in his 40s from North Wales.
The remains were spotted six miles off the Wirral coast at 10.30pm on Wednesday.
The body was brought ashore at Hoylake and later taken to Liverpool for post-mortem examination.
The RNLI said a boat which takes workers to and from a wind farm had reported an object in the water.
Hoylake's all-weather lifeboat the Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood was launched and recovered the body.
A Merseyside Police spokesman confirmed the deceased had been identified as a man from North Wales.
In a statement after the discovery police said: "Officers were called by the coastguard just before 10.30pm following reports that the body had been seen about six miles off the Wirral coastline.
"The body was recovered from the water to Hoylake and brought to Liverpool where a Home Office post mortem will take place."


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Greetings from beautiful Europe.. I'm in Warsaw, Poland at the moment, finished up the 1st leg of the Euro tour. Now onto Czech Rep and then France. Then it's home to the USA to start on the radio promotion and release of "Everything has Changed." It was released in Europe, but never officially in the USA and on May 1st, it will be out on iTunes and beyond.
Along with a national radio campaign, funded by loyal fans, we are hoping for a little more visibility on the record.. maybe some good press.. and some radio interviews. And with the radio campaign starting in April, in May I will launch a US tour, including cities on the east coast and Texas. In June, we're hoping to hit the west coast and beyond, so stay tuned :)
Amongst other news.. I'd like to introduce you to my one of my guitar students- Breanna Lynn. A VERY talented 16 year old singer, songwriter.. and of course guitar players. In fact, she played all the acoustic guitar on her new release, which just came out March 18th exclusively on iTunes. She's quite a musician and performer, and songwriter. We wrote one song together as well, on her new cd. I highly recommend going to check her out and downloading the music! GREAT songs!
website: http://www.breannalynnmusic.com/
itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/breanna-lynn/id510986419
Thanks for stopping by and see you in the great, great wild and wonderful world...
Cheers, Janet
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Low interest rates in times of boom are a bad idea, as is a fiacsl deficit. There's nothing wrong with banks seeking profit, that's the point of capitalism, but when, as a result of this, they need? public funds to bail them out (the merits of which I'm not arguing for or against), they really can't complain about a miniscule tax being imposed to help governments out of the fiacsl mess these bailouts put them in.Looking forward to playing you guys next week in the semis!
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pure and simple!! this pinnichoo is a complete fraud! the irrefutable evidense points directly to ineligibility!!! the powers that put this liar into what used to be the highest position in the world have long tentacles that have blood running thru them made of $$$$$!!! lt quarles harris murdered because he was going to co operate with the fbi on the congressional records breakin and washing of the liars documents is real!!! follow the $, 2006, the liar with john ayers were on the board of the joyce foundation, they created the "chicago climate exchange" CCX. soros, BP, al gore, the rothchilds, the rockefellers, maurics strong, dick cheney and cohorts and a slew of other anti americans purchased ALL the shares of CCX!! WHY? in the cap & trade scheme CCX wiill be the ONLY company ALLOWED to buy & sell the carbon credits mandated by this scheme that the masses will be able to buy energy carbon credits from!!! this will result in TRILLIONS of dollars for the share holders at the american masses expense!!! the result will be massive job losses, more $ sucked by this unconstitutional mandate from the people, industry and ALL other forms of business that NEEDS energy to produce, sell and market thier products!!! the trickle down effect will be astronomical job layoffs and companys going out of business as prices will rise absorbatantly to offset the mandated "carbon credit" purchases that will be required! what a scam and to think a president of the united states is pushing this nation crippling agenda for his own monetary increase!! makes me puke!!!!


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Gary DiSarcina Named PawSox Manager for 2013
Former Angel Field Coordinator Becomes 15th Manager in PawSox History
By Pawtucket Red Sox | December 13, 2012 6:37 AM ET
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Boston Red Sox are pleased to announce that Gary DiSarcina has been named as the new PawSox manager for the 2013 season. Additionally, the clubs today announced that former Portland (AA) hitting coach Dave Joppie will be the new PawSox hitting coach while pitching coach Rich Sauveur will return for his sixth season with the PawSox and trainer Jon Jochim is back for his fourth year.
The 45-year-old DiSarcina was the minor league field coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. He was recently promoted to Special Assistant to Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto this past October. In 2011 he returned to the Angels organization where he had spent his entire 12-year major league playing career (from 1989-2000).
Gary was in the Red Sox organization for four seasons as he managed the Lowell Spinners (short-A) from 2007-2009 and served as Boston's minor league infield coordinator in 2010. He was originally hired by the Red Sox as a Baseball Operations consultant in November of 2006.
A native of Billerica, MA, DiSarcina attended the University of Massachusetts and was selected by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1988 draft. In 12 seasons with the Angels he appeared in 1,086 games (tied for 7th most in team history) with 1,069 of those games at shortstop (3rd in club annals). His career batting average was .258 with 186 doubles, 20 triples, 28 HR and 355 RBI. He also consistently ranked among the top American League shortstops in assists, putouts, and fielding pct. throughout much of the 1990s. In 1995 he was an American League All-Star (batting a career-best .307 in 99 games) and was selected as the Angels Team MVP. He also earned Team MVP honors in 1998, hitting .287 with career-highs of 39 doubles and 56 RBI.
Gary signed a minor league free agent deal with the Red Sox for the 2002 season and hit .243 in 35 games for the PawSox playing mostly at second base. He began the year on the disabled list with a broken finger, came off on May 16, and eventually retired on July 15. Buddy Bailey was DiSarcina's manager during that '02 season.
After retiring as an active player, he operated the DiSarcina Baseball Academy in Billerica and served as a NESN analyst during the Red Sox pre- and post-game shows. He was also on the coaching staff for Team Italy in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
In his three seasons as a manger, DiSarcina compiled a 125-99 record (.558) for the Lowell Spinners, the Red Sox short-season Class A affiliate in the New York-Penn League. He made his managerial debut in 2007 and finished in 2nd-place in the Stedler Division of the NY-Penn League with a 40-36 record. Red Sox outfielder Ryan Kalish and LHP Felix Doubront were both on the '07 Spinners.
3B Will Middlebrooks and catcher Ryan Lavarnway both made their professional debuts on DiSarcina's 2008 Lowell club which finished in 1st-place with a 40-33 mark. Current PawSox INF Jon Hee and RHP Brock Huntzinger were also members of the '08 Spinners who lost to Batavia, 2 games to 1 in the NY-Penn League semi-finals.
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Gary led Lowell to back-to-back division championships in 2009 with a 45-30 record to win the Stedler Division by 9½-games. The Spinners fell in the semis to Staten Island by a 2 games to 1 margin. Members of the 2012 Governors' Cup Champion PawSox who played for DiSarcina at Lowell in 2009 included outfielders Alex Hassan and Jeremy Hazelbaker, catcher Dan Butler, and RHP Alex Wilson. Portsmouth, RI native Ryan Westmoreland had an excellent '09 campaign with DiSarcina (.296/7/35 in 60 games).
DiSarcina was born in Malden, MA on November 19, 1967. He currently resides in Plymouth, MA. He has two children, daughter Carlee and son Gary, Jr..
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Lovely eyes. Breasts just right. This girl is all pussy. My favorite.
Definitely a favorite. I loved the model, and the clarity and light were just what this set needed, so we can see exactly what she is doing.
However, I cannot help thinking about Arthur and his knights enduring the incessant French taunting. I hope Clarice was not stuck with any flying cows. Run away!
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What a beautiful face! The rest of her is gorgeous too of course, but those eyes are hypnotic!


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IF Sunday night's 19th-frame thriller was a match for the ages, Shaun Murphy admits he was left feeling like an old man after scraping victory in the first round of the World Snooker Championship.
Urmston-based Murphy was given a run for his money against qualifier Jamie Cope in his first outing at the Crucible, with his opponent making his first World Championship appearance in three years.
The world No.5 trailed 5-4 after Saturday's first session and the tit-for-tat clash followed suit a day later on Sunday after Cope pegged back Murphy's mini-revival to 9-9.
And it seemed like disaster for Murphy when he potted the white in the final frame, but he was handed another visit to the table – and did not make the same mistake twice.
But Murphy, who won the world title in 2005, insists he was just relieved to still be in the reckoning for another tilt after his own share of narrow losses in previous tournaments.
"If that's what this tournament has got in store for me for the next 17 days, I want to go home. I feel like I've got the nerves of a 75-year-old and I'm only 31," he said.
"All I can say is I'm just glad I've got one of these in the locker because it's so hard out there, so difficult. That first round is like a blood bath.
"I came here really well prepared a few years ago and ran into Jamie Jones, who played out of his skin and went on to get to the quarters.
"I've lost my fair share of deciding frames in this venue, it doesn't get any easier and that match had the smell of a 10-9 from early on.
"There was all sorts of errors, me not rolling up to the black in the penultimate frame was like schoolboy error No.25. In the end I'm just pleased to get over the line."
Murphy will now face either Marco Fu or Martin Gould in the second round on Sunday – and he concedes not even he knows how the rest of his tournament will pan out.
"It's completely impossible to know," he added. "I've paid for the hotel in Sheffield, I've paid my entry fee, I want to come here and get my full value.
"I've tried my best and never been guilty of giving 100 per cent, I've done so over the last two days and I'm thrilled to get to the second round."
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More than once, after asked where I'm from, I'll hear a co-conversationalist dare a joke about the faux-native yokelian name of my hometown, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Say what you like; you're more than likely to mispronounce it. (It's chae-tuh-NOO-guh or chaet-uh-NOOG-uh, depending on how quick you are on the consonant draw.) I'm ever pleased to rebuff your suspicions of no-shoes, no-shirt, no-Yanks, no-education. The town's more than just Moon Pies, Rock City, and "Pardon me, boy . . . "
Chattanooga sits in a valley along the Tennessee River, surrounded by mountains, where it cradles restaurants, bars, the Tennessee Aquarium, the Riverbend Music Festival, and much more. Not only has Outside Magazine consistently rated the town as one of the best cities to live in, I'm now telling you: It's got an intimate and avid literary scene.
Case in point, unus: Meacham Writers' Workshop, a three-day all-day junket of readings, lectures, workshops, and social gatherings. This perennial blossom's been cultivated by poet Richard Jackson for over twenty-five years, primarily in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Chattanooga State Community College. Rick now has a team of coordinators, including faculty from both institutions, as well as the always-eager writing students from UTC.
Once I was one of those students. I volunteered for the conference as a driver to the visiting writers, and it provided me with access to rare interactions with writers. I learned how to talk to writers, to ask them questions about their work, to ask for advice about grad school and beyond. As a student, this was an invaluable boon to my growth not only as a poet but as a citizen of the poetry community. The conference isn't just for the students, however; it's free and open to the public. And if you're anywhere within a four-hour radius of Chattanooga, I suggest you go. Buy books. Talk—actually talk—to writers. (Check out a list of their past guests.) Ask Rick for a wine recommendation. Shake out those little bees in your bonnet: for three days, live your life for writing and writing only.
Of course, I'm biased. And nostalgic. Which brings me to my next counsel—something new, something that attests to the growth of Chattanooga as a hub for literary, visual, and performing arts in the Southeast. Now introducing: the FUSEBOX art&word series, a year-old reading series that's happening on a near-monthly basis.
Meet Aubrey Lenahan, founder of the program and graduate of UNC–Greensboro and George Mason University, a hella-stylish poet herself. You may ask, How does she bring in the likes of Matt Hart and Jenny Sadre-Orafai and other scribblers from the far-flung states of the nation?
A. Out of her own pocket. And donations.
That's part of the miracle of the program, a testament to Lenahan's tenacity and insistence that Chattanooga have a literary scene throughout the year, beyond the biannual Meacham conference. It's unpretentious, stylistically diverse, and solicitous of the audience and readers' needs. Now hosted in the Folk School of Chattanooga, one feels as if literature does indeed speak to other forms of art. How do you find out more? Facebook's your best bet, although I've heard rumors that they're expanding their online presence in the near future.
The longer I've been writing and working with journals, the more I've become aware of how important good citizens of our community are, like those who run the Meacham Writers' Workshop and FUSEBOX art&word. So often, after toiling over a few words and nitpicking our writing decisions, we feel we deserve praise, and we do, but let's not forget to give the laurels to our champions, too, beyond National Poetry Month, beyond this venue.
—Emilia Phillips
*Throughout Poetry Month 32 Poems will use this space to praise presses, journals, and readings series that bring poetry to us in a special way. Our hope is that we can point new fans in their direction and publicly thank editors and curators for their work. Check in with us again tomorrow for another poet's recommendation.
Emilia Phillips is the author of Signaletics (University of Akron Press, August 2013) and the prose editor of 32 Poems. She teaches poetry at Virginia Commonwealth University and, in August, will join Gettysburg College as the 2013–2014 Emerging Writer Lecturer.


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Quote from Steve Caruso. By way of Bob Cargill.Left to right, that's Giorgio A. Tsoukalos from History Channel's "Ancient Aliens," Joseph Atwill of Caesar's Messiah fame and Simcha Jacobovici of various spurious biblical archaeological discoveries. … [Read more...]
Invisible Watermelon
Simon Says …
Peter Dinklage recently made an appearance on Sesame Street as the character Simon, provoking deep reflection on the nature of authority: why do we have to do what Simon says?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkj4i-QjWrQ#t=24Dinklage's acting and facial expressions are worth the price of admission, and the puppet sitar is just icing. … [Read more...]
Naming Storms After Denialists
Alright, this is apt:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efAUCG9oTb8#t=17Michelle Bachmann is coming, folks. Stock up on food and bleach. … [Read more...]
The Way Too Philosophical Pop Song
Or, "Why existential philosophers don't reach the Top 40."http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZLDvdzSwG20"We'll be dancing for the rest of our lives, so objectively where is the worth."I dedicate this to Daniel Fincke. … [Read more...]
Scientific Honesty
I love these! Apparently some scientists have been making "secret confessions" on twitter under the hashtag "#overlyhonestmethods". Someone combined these with labphotos, and 22 Words has a collection. Some favorites:I'm trying to think of some good admissions from my own profession of archivism. Sort of "overly honest scope & content notes":"Collection is of negligible historic value, but will be preserved indefinitely because the donor was an egomaniac who gave us … [Read more...]


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continued efforts to distance the government from an online anti-Islam video that is blamed for triggering protests in the Middle East.
"The United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video," Clinton said today at the State Department.
Clinton called the video "disgusting and reprehensible" and said it in no way reflects the views of the United States.
"We have the greatest respect for people of faith," Clinton said. "This video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion and to promote rage."
Still, Clinton said, the video in no way justifies violence against diplomatic offices in Egypt, Yemen and Libya; that last assault killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
"There is no justification, none at all, to respond to this video with violence," Clinton said. "We condemn this violence in the strongest terms."
U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other embassy staff were killed in an attack in Benghazi, during which armed militants raided the embassy Tuesday night, amid protests apparently due to outrage linked to the American video posted online that many Muslims have found offensive. The film's almost 14-minute trailer, which is still on YouTube, shows people acting as violent Muslims, taking their aggression out on Christians and women.
Clinton stressed that the U.S. has a history of free expression, and the government does not stop individuals from expressing their views, "no matter how distasteful they may be," Still, Clinton said, "violence in response to speech is not acceptable." ...
Protests continued on Thursday outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo as demonstrators demanded an apology from the U.S. for the video. And protesters in Yemen stormed the U.S. embassy there, setting fire to a building and burning the U.S. flag, raising instead a black banner bearing Islam's declaration of faith: "There is no God but Allah."
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Absolut are now a straight up the "cool art" sponsor. A parallel campaign that began in the 90s has always aligned Absolut with art for the borrowed interest of making the booze itself be associated with artistic talent. We've seen the world famous Absolut Warhol, and now we're looking at Absolut less famous Brazilian graphic artist, as if the booze is sponsoring talents on their way up and bringing them to a larger audience. Absolut is now the patronage of artists worldwide and your buying of the booze helps a Brazilian Graphic artist shine for a moment in an ad...In this one we follow a man who can see everyones daimons, beings that plant ideas and create ideas in us, as he hunts down a woman who stole a mans "daimons".
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An inmate in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections in Tucson has died, the possible victim of a homicide, the department said Saturday.
Christian Frost, 38, was pronounced dead Friday at the state prison here after receiving medical treatment. Frost, who was convicted in Maricopa County, was serving 26 years for manslaughter, flight from law enforcement and aggravated assault.
Officials say the investigation is being conducted by the department's criminal investigations unit.


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text: TUNIS : Seven militants and a Tunisian policeman were killed in a gun battle after police raided a house in Tunis where weapons, explosives and suicide bomb belts were found, a security source said. The clash broke out late on Monday when police surrounded a house in Raoued, a northern suburb of the capital, in an attempt to arrest a group of suspected militants hiding there."They had suicide bomb belts and explosive material and they were well-armed," Interior Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui said, without naming the group to which the men belonged. Raoued is a poor district close to luxury beach resorts just outside the capital. Heavily armed counter-terrorism police patrolled near the whitewashed house where the fighting took place, its outer wall pockmarked with dozens of bullet holes. Since last year, Tunisian armed forces have cracked down on the Ansar al-Sharia faction, which Washington has listed as a terrorist organisation and whose leader has declared allegiance to al Qaeda.Tunisia formally celebrates a new constitution on Friday, with French President Francois Hollande and other dignitaries invited to the ceremony to mark the North African country's progress to democracy.Three years after its uprising inspired revolts across the Arab world, Tunisia is led by a new caretaker government that took over after the moderate Ennahda party stepped down in a compromise to end a political crisis.


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Kids spending ridiculous amounts of money on free games is becoming more frequent, and parents are paying for it.
Paula Marner, a mother of seven-year-old twins, learned firsthand just how costly free games can be. While taking a trip to the UK Marner gave her sons an iPod Touch and iPad to entertain them. The two children began playing an iOS game called Clash of Clans, which allows players to purchase gems to help them in-game. The two boys purchased about $3000 worth of help.
Apple makes and sells a wide variety of mobile devices, which are perfect to play small games on. Many of these game are free to download, but often allow users to purchase in-game content. The in-game content is usually a form of currency that allows players to progress faster, or sometimes its special items that make the game easier. Either way the content can be bought with just a simple tap of the screen.
Apple has acknowledged how easy these transaction are, and has added extra security to help prevent situations like this from happening.
To prevent in-game transactions on iOS devices, GDGT.com advises parent to do the following:
- Tap Settings
- Tap General
- Scroll down and tap Restrictions
- Tap Enable Restrictions, and set a Passcode
- Scroll down to Allowed Content and slide In-App Purchases from On to Off.
This restriction setting was devised due to Apple being involved in a $100 million class-action lawsuit, which claims Apple's policy isn't string enough to prevent children from spending loads of money. The bright side of the story is that Marner was refunded the nearly $3,000 her boys spent, reports GDGT.com.


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There is no plug this little baby cannot master. Little light lets you know it's working before you plug in your expensive electronics. Note it's not a transformer. So make sure the thing you're plugging in can handle the local voltage. These days, most devices with power bricks (laptops, cell phones, etc) can handle anything from 110-220 volts, but check to be sure.


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Even though it is early in April, I have already gotten the first phone call inquiring, "Is it too early to plant soybean?" Looking outside the window watching the snowflakes and seeing 7 inches of snow on the ground, I know that particular grower probably appreciated that I didn't recommend planting.
So how early can you plant? Well, it depends on the weather and the temperature. Previous research from the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University shows that the optimum planting dates for full-season soybean varieties are in the last week of April and the first week of May, with yields not being significantly different between late-April and mid-May. So why push the planting date? The reason is that date of planting has more effect on soybean yield than any other production practices if soil conditions are suitable. Numerous planting date studies have been conducted in the Midwest with similar results. However, if soil conditions not are suitable, early planting will not be economically feasible for the grower. The use of no-tillage planting practices has been another issue because soils that are not tilled in the spring before planting do not warm up as fast and are usually wetter than those that are tilled.
Many growers have a tight schedule because farms are getting larger and timely planting is therefore more unlikely. However, planting soybean too early puts the crop at risk due to soil conditions that are too cold and too wet, as well as possibly exposing early emerged soybean to a frost or freeze. Soybean germination and growth typically begin at temperatures of 46 to 50°F. Temperatures above 50°F speed emergence in much the same way as the overall growth. Optimum temperature for soybean germination is in the lower 80s that are also the optimum temperature for hypocotyl elongation. By planting too early in a cool and wet soil, you inhibit germination, and emergence can then take as long as 4 weeks, making the seed vulnerable to many soil pathogens and insects. Thus, an adequate and vigorous stand is more difficult to obtain and replanting needs to be considered. Replanting is a nice "backup plan," but who can afford to buy seeds twice with the current profit margin in soybean?
Late-planted soybean will yield less than early-planted soybean, but the loss in yield of soybean will first become more severe past early June. The reason is that in addition to temperature, soybean maturity is influenced by day length. Soybean is photoperiod sensitive, meaning that the lengths of day and night strongly influence when the plant begins flowering. Late-planted soybean go through growth stages much faster than early-planted soybean. It is primarily the vegetative development before flowering that is shortened by planting delays. Soybean planted later will therefore not develop the same biomass as soybean of the same variety planted earlier.
You still have plenty of time and there is no reason to rush planting. Wait to the last week of April--as the earliest. Suitable soil conditions are a must and especially using no-tillage practice.
|Be sure to pick the right maturity group! (Photo by Michael G. Bertram.)
This article originally appeared on pages 34-35 of the IC-490 (4) -- April 14, 2003 issue.


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Calcutta: An "assurance" from the UAE government that it would do everything to "protect the integrity" of the IPL went a long way in persuading the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to stage the first 16 matches, at least, of edition No.7 in the Gulf state.
The window is between April 16-30.
"We've received an assurance from the UAE government that it would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the integrity of the IPL and the game itself didn't suffer at all. We have no reason to believe things would be otherwise," IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal told The Telegraph on Wednesday.
The integrity issue is absolutely critical as there's a "strong perception" that a powerful arm of the fixing mafia operates out of Dubai, one of the three Emirates (others being Abu Dhabi and Sharjah) that will host the IPL.
"Also, the International Cricket Council is headquartered in Dubai and, so, its anti-corruption wing will monitor the IPL closely. We've ourselves tightened a lot of things since IPL VI," Biswal added.
That the IPL's title sponsor, Pepsi, has a strong presence in the UAE is another factor which swung it for the Gulf state.
Pepsi isn't strong in South Africa, one of the reasons why Nelson Mandela's country lost out.
Another, of course, is the cost factor. Apparently, a "very attractive" financial package played its part too.
The time difference — a more acceptable 90 minutes vis-a-vis three-and-a-half hours — worked in the UAE's favour as well.
Finally, even South Africa is due to have general elections!
However, it's unlikely that every franchise owner will be delighted with the choice of the UAE. Some have reservations, driven by the "strong perception" bit.
Recently, one of the owners had been blunt while speaking to this Reporter. "I've always been wary of travelling to Dubai, in particular, for one never knows who'll slide up to you and have a photograph taken... What if that person turns out to be the undesirable sort?"
According to Biswal, Bangladesh could stage 12 matches if the Union home ministry doesn't okay a proposal for action within the country from May 1-12.
That the first half could be hosted by the UAE and Bangladesh had been reported in these columns on March 1.
The other day, Bangladesh was favoured to stage the first 16 matches, but there was a quick rethink on two counts: After two mega events (Asia Cup, World T20), nobody is sure how the wickets would behave and, secondly, fans could become tired of too much cricket featuring big names.
Biswal and the BCCI are confident of hosting at least 32 matches within the country between May 13-June 1. May 16, the day of counting for the April 7-May 12 general elections, will be a day off for the IPL.
The BCCI has had to work overtime because of the general elections. But, unlike in 2009, the entire IPL isn't moving overseas.
Also, Biswal has made it a point to work with the Union home ministry and not flaunt what the BCCI could do at short notice.


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New Delhi, Feb. 4: Mamata Banerjee could be Anna Hazare's "aam aurat" to counter "aam aadmi" Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
The social activist, who broke off with disciple Kejriwal, plans to project Mamata as "best suited" for the country's top post, sources close to Hazare said.
Hazare is likely to announce his intentions in his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra soon, the sources said. Trinamul could also take the lead by releasing a letter from Hazare to Mamata and her "warm reply".
Hazare and his followers have been sulking ever since Kejriwal sought to ignore the man behind his success and were looking for a credible face to pitch against the ambitious Delhi chief minister.
The social activist had suggested that Kejriwal should focus on providing good governance in Delhi and not bare his "greed" by contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, however, has decided to go all out and announced plans to contest more than 350 Lok Sabha seats.
Mamata was the only politician to reply to Hazare's letter to leaders of most parties. In May last year, Hazare wrote a letter to the chiefs of all political parties seeking their approval for a 17-point "pro-people economic policy".
A month ago, Mamata replied through her party colleague Mukul Roy in a very "warm tone", endorsing all the proposals made by Hazare. This set the ball rolling, leading to phone conversations and a few meetings, and the political strategy took shape.
"Mamata is a much better representative of a commoner than Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal has moved into a government bungalow but Mamata still lives in her humble house. Kejriwal has turned greedy for power," said a source close to Hazare.
Hazare has suggested that Mamata should field candidates across the country to emerge as an alternative to the mainstream parties, including the rookie AAP. The social activist has offered to extend all support, including credible candidates, and said that he could also campaign for "Mamata for Prime Minister".
"Mamata has a better record of a commoner than Kejriwal. If Anna, who commands a lot of moral authority, endorses her, she will emerge as a big challenge to the so-called third front and other parties," said an activist close to Hazare.
Trinamul leaders were tightlipped about the larger political strategy over aligning with Hazare but acknowledged the exchange of letters.
"Anna Hazare makes constructive suggestions to Mamatadi. She responds warmly. Watch this space
" Trinamul MP Derek O'Brien tweeted today.
Contacted O'Brien confirmed the exchange of letters. "Anna Hazare wrote a letter to Mamata Banerjee outlining certain issues, proposals and suggestions for governance. Then Trinamul wrote back that many of the issues already figure in the party manifesto and the new suggestions would be incorporated," he said.
Others said Mamata could use the backing of Hazare as a reply to the efforts being made by the Left to cobble together a front and isolate her in the national arena.
Some sources said plans have been drawn to field "credible candidates" from every Lok Sabha seat where the AAP contests.
Mamata's newfound love for Hazare marks a turnaround. In December 2011, the chief minister had left a CNN-IBN programme where she would have had to share a dais with Hazare had she stayed. Trinamul was then part of the UPA and Hazare was at the peak of his popularity after his fast for the Jan Lokpal bill.
However, sources close to Mamata had then said she left because her mother, who passed away later that month, was unwell and there was no other reason.


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Hamilton top in FP1
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap as McLaren dominated FP1.
The 2008 Champion finished the session with a best time of 1:43.285, three-tenths faster than team-mate Jenson Button. Earlier in the week McLaren had suggested Abu Dhabi was not a circuit that would confer on Red Bull the same sort of advantage that they had recently enjoyed. On the medium tyre in FP1 Hamilton emphasised that point.
The early part of the session did not see much action on track with the running performed primarily by the various reserve drivers on show. Ma Qing Hua appeared for HRT, Max Chilton was given a race weekend debut for Marussia, having previously completed the young drivers' test at this circuit with Force India. Giedo van der Garde drove for Caterham and the more regular sights of Valtteri Bottas and Jules Bianchi appeared for Williams and Force India respectively.
At the 40 minutes mark Bottas topped the order with 1:46.085, thought the front-runners were only just beginning to appear. When they did Hamilton immediately went fastest with a time of 1:44.001. He progressively improved that , first to 1:43.449 and ultimately to the 1:43.285 that remained the benchmark.
Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull took P2 early in his run but could do no better than 1:44.050, that would only be good enough for third as Jenson Button made it a McLaren one-two late in proceedings with a time of 1:43.618. Fernando Alonso was fourth for Ferrari, ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull. Michael Schumacher was sixth for Mercedes, Pastor Maldonado seventh for Williams, Nico Rosberg eighth in other Mercedes. Bottas retained ninth and Kimi Räikkönen was tenth for Lotus.
Felipe Massa finished the session in 11th for Ferrari, ahead of Nico Hülkenberg's Force India. Kamui Kobayashi was 13th for Sauber, Romain Grosjean in the second Lotus was 14th and Bianchi 15th. Sergio Pérez was sixteenth for Sauber, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne in the Toro Rossos.
Behind them Heikki Kovalainen was 19th, ahead of Timo Glock as Caterham got the better of Marussia. Pedro de la Rosa was 21st for HRT, in front of Chilton and Ma. Van der Garde was unable to set a time as an engine installation issue caused him to miss almost all of the session.


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I have a friend who is a tech recruiter who needs test engineers that companies are willing to pay top dollar for but he can't find any. Or at least the ones who are looking are not who these companies want. Any advice? How do you get test engineers who are currently working interested in a sweet, highly paid job change? Posting on Dice isn't enough...these people aren't even looking...probably swamped with work.
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The continent that 'both invites and resists understanding' has always fascinated the travel writer. And his favourite country is today the saddest: Syria
It is 14 years since Colin Thubron's last novel but, he explains, there was research to do, which meant a lot of travelling…
As Ubud festival is forced to drop discussions and film screenings, sixty authors join PEN International campaign against 'deeply shocking' move on 50th anniversary of tragedy
Regulations introduced by the justice secretary Chris Grayling that stop people sending books to prisoners in England and Wales, have caused outrage among writers, teachers and prison experts. But what titles would they send?
Writers, Observer critics and others tell us their favourite reads of 2013 – and what they hope to find under the tree
More and more people are setting out on pilgrimages, for religious, cultural or personal reasons. Robert Macfarlane explores our need to reconnect with landscape and nature
The celebrated travel writer explains how his latest book began a "secular pilgrimage" to Mount Kallas in the wake of his mother's death
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron, The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins and Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Jackie Kay, Colin Thubron and AL Kennedy in our honorary awards to mark the end of the Edinburgh Book Festival
Michael Jacobs: The internet may have made redundant the Victorian type of travel book, full of facts and figures, but it's a form of literature that can still thrive
Triggered by a death in the family, Colin Thubron's Himalayan journey of remembrance is daring and brilliant, writes Joanna Kavenna
Rereading: Published 70 years ago, Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana remains unsurpassed in its passionate descriptions of Persian art and architecture. Colin Thubron celebrates 'the Ulysses of travel writing'.
Ian Thomson is impressed by the scholarship and literary craft of Colin Thubron's record of an epic journey through China and Central Asia, Shadow of the Silk Road.
Colin Thubron shows no fear as he plunges deep into the Márquesian jungle in his novel, To the Last City
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Hi. I'm Natalie and I'm a transfer sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm kind of high-strung, a little wacky, a little bit too candid, and I love to laugh and to make people laugh. I'm open-minded, but still firm in my philosophies. Feel free to chat with me any time! I'm actually more looking for friends than I am looking for dates, but of course I'm open to new people and new experiences---within reason!
NOTE: I am not bisexual because I'm indecisive. It's just who I am. I am not promiscuous by any means and I won't ever just decide that "I don't like girls anymore" or vice-versa.
UPDATE 03/30/2013: Friends only.
Anyway---I'm an English-Education and Theater double (or triple, really) major. I used to know what I wanted to do in life, but now it's a little hazy. Hell, if I ever get motivated enough, I'd want to try and be a doctor. However, I have the urge to travel and make a difference. If I could pick up and go off and travel the world, volunteering at orphanages, and teaching kids songs, I would. But I've got a family to think about, so it'll have to wait.
"Why is she so...twitchy...?"
2. Laughter.
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4. My family
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5) You must not be racist, sexist, homophobic, or bigoted in any way.
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Senators John Kerry and Edward Kennedy and Massachusetts' Congressional Delegation sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez urging him to approve the Commonwealth's request for a disaster declaration in response to the recent outbreak of red tide and provide federal disaster relief to the impacted communities.
In June, Kerry urged both the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately develop a federal response to the red tide bloom that is threatening much of New England's coastal areas, including miles of Massachusetts' coast.
"Red tide contamination is devastating to the economies of communities up and down the Massachusetts coast," Senator Kerry said. "Families throughout Massachusetts are struggling to afford the essentials. Those families dependent on shellfishing could be devastated if the Bush Administration fails to approve a disaster declaration. Along with my Congressional colleagues and on behalf of thousands of Massachusetts fishing families, I hope Secretary Gutierrez will take immediate action."
"The red tide certainly qualifies as a disaster. Senator Kennedy strongly supports the hundreds of shellfishermen and their families. They've been an essential part of the Commonwealth's economy for hundreds of years, and a disaster declaration is urgently needed. It will open the door to the assistance these families need to pay their bills and get back on their feet after this latest calamity," said Kennedy spokesperson Keith Maley.
In 2005 both Kerry and Kennedy worked to provide assistance for Massachusetts shellfish farmers who were suffering through the worst outbreak of red tide in more than three decades. Unfortunately, there was significant confusion between the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration as to which federal agency ultimately is responsible for providing assistance to these fishermen.
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