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The United Nations pledged Thursday to forge ahead with relief operations in Pakistan's worst-ever floods despite Taliban threats to attack foreign humanitarian workers.
"We will not be deterred from doing what we believe we need to do, which is to help the people of Pakistan," John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, told a news conference at the world body's headquarters.
"Those threats existed before the floods and we've always known that the security issues are there," he said.
Holmes said that the United Nations would take "appropriate precautions."
"Even if the security situation has been relatively calm in the last few weeks, we will obviously take these threats seriously as we did before," Holmes said.
US officials have reported threats by the Taliban to attack foreigners involved in relief in Pakistan, where floods have submerged one-fifth of the nation and affected more than 17 million people.
"We have information of the potential targeting of foreign relief workers in Pakistan, as well as government ministries," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters in Washington.
Crowley pointed specifically to the extremist group Tehreek-e-Taliban and voiced concerns that its militants may attack foreigners or government institutions involved in relief efforts.
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He said that the United States -- the top donor to relief efforts with more than 150 million dollars in contributions -- was working with Pakistani authorities to handle the threat.
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"We're looking at all options in terms of how we can assist Pakistan in the midst of this tragedy," said International Monetary Fund spokesman Gerry Rice, raising also the specter of an emergency loan to help it cope with the crisis.
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"These discussions are ongoing, they're very active," he said as Pakistan's finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh joined his team Thursday in the talks with IMF on steps to help Islamabad cope with its worst humanitarian disaster.
The floods have already affected more than 17 million people and left eight million dependent on aid to survive. Nearly half a million people were asked Thursday to evacuate towns due to rising waters.
Shaikh will ask the IMF to restructure the current loan or consider new financing in the talks expected to continue up to next week, Pakistan officials had said.
Even before the floods there had been speculation that Pakistan might seek a new loan agreement with the IMF.
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The Pakistani government has confirmed that 1,600 people have been killed and 2,366 wounded, but officials warn that millions are at risk from diseases and food shortages.
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My 13yo son is ADHD and Aspie. We homeschool so we don't have 'issues' related to stresses at school, etc. He has lots of useful stuff to do, and lots of freedom too. He's a highly gifted musician, involved in many local bands, orchestras, lessons on different instruments, etc. He's also fond of video games... a little TOO fond, if you catch my drift.
We have had FREQUENT problems through the years with him becoming 'addicted' to one game or another. Portable devices are the worst, so most have not ever been allowed in our house. When he was 8, I think, we let him get an OLD gameboy. And we'd find him sneaking it all over the place, playing it in the middle of the night, and oh the tantrums if he wasn't allowed to have it...
Every time we think he's matured enough to try it again, with structures and restrictions and guidelines and limits that he readily agrees to... the same thing happens.
Lately, it's Minecraft, and his new iPod. He saved up the money for the iPod himself and agreed to limits on its usage (never past 930pm, has to finish schoolwork first, etc). Similar restrictions on Minecraft, which we happily bought for him since it's got some great creative aspects to it. We even found a homeschool server for him to play on with other kids we could trust!
Every so often, though, he 'cheats'. For instance, our computer records clearly showed one night that he went on at 2am and played for about a half hour. Other times, he's played when I was out running errands, or busy doing housework, and he was supposed to be doing his schoolwork. This is, of course, to be expected. Who among us NEVER snuck around at least a little bit to do things we really enjoyed? I'm not pleased about it, as it shows his ongoing lack of impulse control and addictive tendencies. But it's within "normal childhood problems" stuff.
The bigger problem is how he LIES about it. And once again, you might expect a certain amount of "cover your ass" lying. "I don't want to get caught" lying.
But he still lies AFTER he's caught. Red-handed. I could be standing there looking at minecraft on the computer screen right in front of him and he'll say "no I wasn't..." "So how do you explain this?" *shrug*
The latest is that he was playing for an hour yesterday while I was out. This was a bigger problem than usual, because we've been having problems with this computer. Crashing more and more frequently, more and more unstable. My IT hubby wanted us to leave it alone until he had a chance to work on it, except that I would try to get on it to make sure our backups were up-to-date. My son was clear on this -- the next time we got it turned on might be the last time it worked ever, and it was vitally important that I check our backups (which include many of his own files!)
However, the computer records clearly show he was on the computer, and playing minecraft. Risking all our files. (It turned out that our data was mostly backed up but slightly out of date, although we didn't know this at the time.) Fully knowing what he was doing.
He was on again this morning, when I was sleeping in (fighting a cold).
He fervently denies either episode. Even when I showed him the clear computer records. He specifically says "I did not." "You know that you were risking the whole computer system." "Yes I know, that's why I didn't do it!!"
I've told him frequently that the problem is the lying, and not the actions he's lying about. That when he admits things, things are easier and better (and on the rare occasions where he HAS admitted things, I've let him get off scott-free!!! that's how desperate we are to show him that the truth is better!). We've tried punishments (no minecraft for a week), positive reinforcement/rewards. We've tried talking about it. I've cried, I've hugged, I've sympathised, I've yelled. Nothing makes any difference.
I've read books on defiant kids. He's read books on being the person you want to be, dealing with things, etc. None of it makes a difference. I've tried re-connecting, making sure our attachment is secure, playing with him, understanding. I've tried supervising his every move -- he whines and cries that I don't trust him (duh, I wonder why) and insists that if I just trusted him everything would be fine. So I've also tried just trusting him. And he betrays the trust every. single. time. Nothing has made any difference.
He has zero impulse control... we can deal with that. But he lies. Flagrantly, bold-facedly, unashamedly. Looks me right in the eyes and tells me things that are clearly and unequivocally and proven untrue. And he gets mad at ME about it!
I understand lying to protect yourself, lying because you don't want to admit the truth even to yourself. But it's disturbing how far he's willing to take it. Whatever threats or promises are made if he would only just admit it, he still won't admit it. Surely there is a point where common sense kicks in and says "dude, just admit it, you're only making things worse at this point"???
I am honestly at the point where I'm getting worried about more serious things. It's "only" video games right now, but what about when he's older and gets tempted by more serious and more dangerous things? And then lies about them? If he can never take responsibility for his own actions (which is a whole other thread, everything is always someone else's fault) where is he going to end up?
He's a sweet kid most of the time. Smart and funny and talented. But self-centered and non-empathetic too. And also with great self-esteem issues, I think fundamentally he sees himself as 'unfixable' and broken, which only compounds with these problems.
We have seen a therapist about this and other issues. She's a sweetheart but almost too sweet... she assures me that just using lots of short-term concrete positive reinforcement will fix everything. No, it didn't.
So... any BTDT miracle stories that might help us out?
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My 15 year old has Asperger's. She has waist length naturally curly hair. Yesterday, for no apparent reason, she cut off a chunk of it off, sorta of giving herself bangs (but very, very badly). I don't get it. I'd be happy to take her for a hair cut -- any place in town. I know a stylist who will come to our house. She refuses professional hair stylists. So, she just wacked a chunk off.
IMHO, it looks horrid.
When I first saw it and was surprised, I said "Did you CUT your HAIR?" (I know it's silly to ask a question that one already knows the answer to, but I was shocked.)
And she said, "no."
I pointed out that lying about things that people can easily check out is a waste of time.
I don't get it. She's allowed to wear her hair any way she wants, and even though I don't like the way it looks right now, I know its not my hair. It will grow. It's her head, her choice, but she still lied.
As I was standing there looking at her recently cut hair, she lied.
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Ouch :( I have a 10 1/2 yr old Aspie and while he does lie, it' s not hard to get him to admit the truth. I generally don't punish if he does aside from natural consequences (you ate all the cookies while I was asleep, no more cookies this week).
I don't know that it helps the behavior but at least he admits it. I would be much more upset if he didn't so I understand your concern. I don't know how to help but I didn't want to not post. It certainly is a concern for the future.
Only going to address use of the problem computer. If you don't want it used, remove any and all cords possible. Render it unusable, instead of making it an attractive nuisance by leaving it functional.
I make unplugging the router at night a normal thing. It gets plugged back in in the morning and DD1 has to actually ask for it to be plugged in.
We've got time lockouts set up on the computer now anyway. The middle of the night thing seems to have been a one-time occurrence. But as I said, that's not the greater part of the problem... it's the lying about it that I'm most concerned about. (The middle of the night event was a couple of months ago now and he still insists he didn't do it.)
Lying.. Wow I have a 12 yr old who is a wonderful sweet most of the time mature girl. However that said lying and about worthless things is an issue. She is high functioning autistic and a bunch of other things on paper that we have been able to work our way around with some intense homeschooling and life schooling. SO most times no one would notice other then her toe walking which we just had surgically corrected ( again) so now even that is not there. But lying about silly things is a constant issue. But like someone mentioned she will confess when asked most often. Ex. Who ate all the donuts? Daughter" the dog" or " I do not know " as she still as crumbs or something on her lol. This really used to get me upset but recently I have spoken to a few friends and have been reminded what they were like as kids or what their own kids are doing. Several of my friends recall making elaborate lies up that were really bad as a tween. So maybe it is not just an aspie thing but a phase. So we as parents need to just keep them coming clean and use those moments to teach and train. I know loosing things mean nothing to my daughter. Out of sight out of mind. I try to use humor and fun to teach and even tease her a little to help teach her how to play and it seems to have helped a bit over the years. I guess I will have to see in a few more how it really worked lol. I still get annoyed that she feels the need to lie to me. But I have learned not to take it personally. Now I just try to focus it on her . I will stay tuned to this thread to see what tips I can get from you all I know I am always looking for ideas.
I understand why you are frustrated. As I read your post I was thinking that talking about lying and expressing repentance involves some pretty complicated social and emotional processing and information. While he's 13, with Asperger's he may really be in a lot of ways younger than that and what you are describing to me sounds more typical of the behavior of a younger kid which can be really frustrating but maybe as an encouraging thought that means that maybe you will see more growth with this as he matures. Your son may not have the flexibility at this point to shift his thinking and conversation so rapidly to talk about emotional issues like this. You've probably already tried this, but does it help him at all to be really clear about your position and tell him that you want to give him a few minutes to think about it before you talk? As you've tried hard when he's lying to communicate what about it bugs you and that's not working, I wonder if for now it might make sense to put more energy into prevention. Is there anything else that can be done to help get him on board with the limits? Would it maybe lower his stress if there was some kind of lock out feature or something like that?
This was mentioned above, but I wanted to emphasize it. Autism in all its spectrum, is a developmental disorder. One thing this means to me is that our kids will develop on their own timescales. Especially with Aspbergers, some aspects of life will be lagging behind others. So while it is easy to expect a certain level of functioning, based on chronological age and other lifeskills, we have to adjust our expectations to meet their capacities very individually. For example, my YoungSon, 15, nags about time ("When are we going to leave?", " When will we get there?") just like a whiney 4 year old. In many other ways, he is quite mature, so this fluke really stands out, and drives me nuts.
My suggestion would be to separate the ability to tell the truth under pressure from the moral aspects of lying. I bet your child already has a clear understanding of the difference between fact and fiction, and knows right from wrong. He isn't developmentally ready yet to admit when he has done wrong. Or to self-regulate regarding video games. So I would avoid asking. I would avoid the whole discussion. Just put up the computer cables if you need to, keep the ipod packed up, whatever causes the problems. Revisit the whole issue in 6 months or a year. Telling the truth will come up many times a day in daily life, and he will learn this skill at his own pace. I would even venture to say that no system of rewards or consequences will speed up his development. Don't ask questions when you already know the answer. Don't engage in debates
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I don't really think this is a moral issue with your Aspie. I think it's actually about being a poor liar. Most kids at age 13 will sometimes lie to save face. With or without a disability, people don't like being caught in the wrong or at a disadvantage or looking silly. But lying well requires reading what others might think, and kids with Asperger's don't do this well. Add that most kids with Asperger's are just plain rigid, and won't let go of a statement that is an obvious lie, and the lying is pretty obvious. My 11 year old DS (with Asperger's) will continue saying something not allowed (lying or rude statements) even if it means he will miss out on doing his very favourite things because once the idea is in his mind, there's no letting go. He has no idea when his lie is ridiculous. Two nights ago, he filled up a water pistol at bedtime and I caught him squirting his little brother with it on his way to bed. He threw the water gun on the floor and said "I didn't squirt him. This was just here on the floor."
I agree with some of the other posters who are recommending a practical approach and making sure he can't use the computer beyond limits. If he's anything like my son, all the consequences in the world won't matter because he doesn't get how annoying his obvious lie is to you. I'm sure he knows the truth to himself, but just doesn't feel able to switch gears to tell you. I also think just because hie lies about this one thing doesn't mean he's lying about everything. If he gets obsessed about the game, the lie is just an extension of the obsession.
Busy keeping up with three children and an awful lot of chickens!
Really helpful thread. My 7.5 yr old (got his dx of Aspy on Tuesday!) has a super-annoying behavior that I understand a bit better after reading this. He will deliberately do something (rub the cat's fur backwards, push his brother), and then say "I didn't mean to!" When it's very clear that it WAS a deliberate act. I just watched him do it. I have been thinking that it was a communication issue (his old school identification is communication disorder) of him not knowing what those words meant. I have tried (unsuccessfully) to explain to him the meaning of the words, and how they don't apply. Now I am seeing it in the context of lying, and of not understanding how ridiculous and obvious this lie is to me. Hmmm....
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Well this thread is 3 months old but I'm going to share anyway. :-D I don't know if I'm on the spectrum, but I certainly lied like that a lot. Yes, it drove my parents crazy, and sometimes even in the moment I knew how absurd I was being. But, yeah, that terrier inability to let go once I take a stance is a big part of it.
I have a couple of thoughts. You noticed that your son is lying to himself when he lies to you, too. This might be a big problem for him when he's an adult. The consequences of his lying to himself might only get worse. It makes it difficult to deal with uncomfortable truths and to make good decisions, makes it all too easy to ignore and deny, deny, deny reality, makes holes get deeper.
So I urge you to point out to him that he's hurting himself when he lies like that. And try to explain how lying to himself causes unforeseen consequences. I think this is the bigger, worse issue anyway, because he's going to have to live with himself. This isn't particularly going to make him stop lying. But it's a seed that needs to be planted in his head.
I agree with the above, don't take it personally, and don't ask 'did you?' when you already know the answer. Try to make it really easy, or comfortable, for him to be truthful. For one thing this might defuse the inability to back down from a lie, and might defuse some stress between you both, and that's important.
Who knows, maybe this is all off, but I hope this perspective helps.
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It helps to make it mathematical. The more mathematical your explanation of the effects of lying the better. Drawing comics of the effects, showing what goes on in other people's heads when they hear a lie might even help.
Aspis are terrible liars LOL. They don't know how to choose what to lie about, they don't know how to be convincing, they can't tell if you are convinced, and they don't know when or why to give up on their lie. As you are saying, common sense doesn't kick in. And really, it doesn't, think what common sense actually is--it's made up so many of the things Aspis just don't get but the rest of us think it is obvious. All those nuances of how other people work. All those expectations of others where you can tell approximately where the boundaries are especially when you've crossed them--we call that common sense. They can't see why some people lie and it works and they lie and no one believes them. And they are often stuck in their script of the lie fixing things, still expecting the lie to work long after you've called them on it. Even when the plan isn't working they do not know how to change their plan.
Most people use lies selectively as tools to manipulate a situation. But AS kids oversimplify and can't use them that way because they don't know enough to manipulate. At some point lying must have worked for your ds or someone he knows, and it's just going to take a lot to get past the inflexibility now that this is fixed in his mind.
We have locked computer accounts. Our oldest was sneaking all of the time and everyone else was fussing about wanting to use it at all hours. Our Aspi son can hardly walk past a computer and leave it alone, although he does respect the limits, he pressures pretty hard about it. The problem is also that he is not self-monitoring. Most of us watch ourselves all of the time, making sure we are doing the "right" thing. "Is what I am doing okay?" "How am I affecting others?" "What might they think of me?" "Is this working?" Ds doesn't do this. He agrees to follow a rule and cannot keep track of that intent once his mind is on anything else.
I feel for you. I don't have answers really. It's exhausting and the future does seem scary, because we watch our children missing these essential survival skills and not even learning them with lots and lots of help as the years go by. I know!
ME&HE... loving our: dd(18) ~~ds(13) dd(13)~~ dd(10)
Really helpful thread. My 7.5 yr old (got his dx of Aspy on Tuesday!) has a super-annoying behavior that I understand a bit better after reading this. He will deliberately do something (rub the cat's fur backwards, push his brother), and then say "I didn't mean to!" When it's very clear that it WAS a deliberate act. I just watched him do it. I have been thinking that it was a communication issue (his old school identification is communication disorder) of him not knowing what those words meant. I have tried (unsuccessfully) to explain to him the meaning of the words, and how they don't apply. Now I am seeing it in the context of lying, and of not understanding how ridiculous and obvious this lie is to me. Hmmm....
Maybe, but I think it's more that he learned that was the "right" thing to say. My ds thinks apologies fix everything. If I simply ask him what happened he'll often say "I'm sorry" He'll apologize when it's not at all necessary and he's not even being held accountable for something. For him it's easier than thinking about and answering my question. He wants to have an answer that requires no thought to come up with. It's really really hard for him to find words that fit. So it's good to have easy, all purpose answers that fix certain problems. Unfortunately they are way too simple and often a poor fit.
Because of the mind-blindness factor, he does not see when such an answer does and doesn't work for other people or in a certain situation. He doesn't know what it seems to mean to you. He just knows that sometimes when he says "I didn't mean to" it helps, and otherwise he is probably extremely confused about how to respond at all. Being caught hurting someone is a rather complex social situation for an Aspi. What meaningful thing does he know to say at that point? You are clearly expecting him to say something, and that's probably just all he can think of.
Maybe, at the moment you confront him, he notices himself and wishes he hadn't done it. At that point he doesn't mean to but it's sort of past tense. When he did it he was probably not thinking about it being right or wrong or whether he "meant" to or not. It's probably a rather confusing moment, kind of realizing you've been doing something you know is wrong when you weren't previously giving it thought, and wanting to be good at that moment after the action even if you weren't thinking about being good a moment before.
ME&HE... loving our: dd(18) ~~ds(13) dd(13)~~ dd(10)
Instead of asking him "Why did you do x-" and accusing him of lying and stuff, address it this way, "I know this is what you did. Why? Can you explain it to me?" And if he said, "No, I didn't blah blah blah" then say, "Then what do you call it?" You need to deconstruct it before you can fix it.
Same goes for the girl who cut her hair but denied it. "Ok, what did you do?" Figure out what they call it, then you can address it more accurately.
When any of my kids lie (and the aspie does try!), I tell them, "I SAW YOU DO IT" and then we deconstruct.
Put limits on time. Don't say one hour. Say, "You have 1 hour. That means at 9:30, you turn it off." Now, with my aspie, if he's watching a show when his time is up, I let him finish the episode, or finish the one thing he's working on in Minecraft, and that's it. It usually extends a few more minutes, but generally not more than 20. So, if you're dead set on no computer past 9:30, you might go in at 9 and warn him. Warn him again at 9:50.
As for mind-blindness - as children, yes, we DO have trouble grasping the fact that other people have ideas and thoughts, but we DO develop it. As adults, we're much more aware of what's going on than you realize.
I have aspergers and I blog about it. It might help you guys to read it. Parenting with Aspergers
There is hope. They will get through this and turn out to be functioning adults in society, provided you offer the right kind of support. (The fact that you're on mothering and even asking is awesome. I come across a lot of families who don't care to try and get through to their kids. It's sad, but true.)
Oh, one more thought: We are VERY empathetic, but we do need to be shown and taught the right responses in an emotional situation. It helps if you just tell your child, "Your friend is crying. you should ask why and when they tell you, tell them you're sorry. It will help them feel better and it will let them know that you care about them." This will lead to conversation about why and how and such, so just keep talking. If they get overwhelmed with it, just tell them, "Ok, we can talk later." Don't force it. We have to process a lot more than you realize.
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A chatty Shane Warne behaved as if nothing had changed as he talked publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the break-up of his marriage, vowing not to let the cricketing world glimpse the effects of the weeks of scandal that culminated this week in his sacking by Channel Nine.
Australia's record-breaking, controversial leg spinner, who has joined the Ashes squad and pledged his determination to finish his final Test tour of England on a high, strolled into a press conference at the Australian team hotel in Kensington - for which extra security was laid on - looking relaxed, a state of mind that was reflected by the pair of thongs he wore with his team tracksuit.
"Too much practice, probably," Warne quipped when asked how he intended to focus single-mindedly on mesmerising England after several weeks of upheaval in his personal life.
"Over a period of time, whatever happens in your life you just have to deal with it, there's no use labouring on an issue or dragging your behind across the floor for a while," said Warne, facing the English press for the first time since the London tabloids published allegations of dalliances with women other than his wife, Simone.
"You have to get up. Those sorts of things make you stronger that you go through in your life. I'm sure if you were in my position and you had your private life splashed all over the place it might be interesting reading about all you guys, too. It's disappointing and it's tough, but my job is to play the best cricket I possibly can, [and] I've got no doubt I can do that.
"I think I bring something to the Australian team, not just my bowling, but my experience and I suppose a little bit of that X-factor as well.
"I've never played in a losing Ashes series. A few of the guys have only played in one or two [Ashes series], I've played in a hell of a lot. I know a lot of the [England] players, I know the way they play, I've got a general good feeling about the psyche of their guys. I think I bring a lot to our table in the team."
Warne shared drinks in the hotel bar on Tuesday night with some of the Australian players who had just wrapped up the one-day series over England, and said he had been welcomed back into the squad after several months of county cricket with Hampshire.
"I'm sure Ricky [Ponting] will be happy to have me back and all my teammates have been fantastic with their support. I think all the guys have been looking forward to having me back, contrary to what some people think.
"... How I feel privately and what I do when I walk out of my hotel room and get to play, I won't let you guys know if I'm happy, sad or whatever. I'll just be me every single time I play. That's how it's got to be. I'm actually doing OK, and I'm looking forward to the Tests."
Warne, 35, gave the impression he had not yet decided whether to press ahead with his recently publicised plans to live permanently in England, where he has become juicy fodder for some of the tabloids. "I'm working [on] all that at the moment, to be honest; for the moment I am just living here," he said.
Warne's captain and his coach, John Buchanan, have each expressed confidence that the leg spinner will be able to separate personal matters from professional duties when the battle for the Ashes begins, unlike England batsman Graham Thorpe and former Australian opener Michael Slater, who went off the rails in different ways after their marriage splits.
Warne was very much his old self on Wednesday: he talked up England and his Hampshire teammate Kevin Pietersen, whom he described as "the most destructive player in England", ruled out a return to one-day cricket under the new rules and expressed confidence in his country's chances of holding off an England side that "can compete for the Ashes for the first time really since 1989".
"I think they've started to peak at the right time," Warne said of his fellow Australians.
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He managed to Over use his MS eyes vs bee And go blind faster than running out of chakra,
it took itachi years for him to go blind, sasuke went blind in a matter of 1-2 days and still didn't run out of chakra.
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Well, since you guys generally dislike my ideas, I have come up with a new one. And you're the first I'm announcing it to (: I'm not sure if I will always have the time to maintain them, but I'm at least going to get a few months done. Here is how they work: If a country plays a country with more wealth/population and wins they will receive a win, the losing country will receive a loss. If a country defeats another country that is moderately smaller than them they will receive a win, but the losing country will not receive a loss. This is a primitive idea, but I think it may be pretty accurate, let's see how it goes. I will use most men's team sports.
some possible problems i see with this idea:
1. too few matches in some sports, and unbalanced because some sports are played less than others
2. some sports are harder to organize, especially those with more players on the field, because they require more resources and skill. i have no weight system for sports that require more resources
3. the common problem of teams that often play harder teams suffering unfairly with winning percentage that elo rankings try to solve, but i don't think it will be as big of an issue as with regular ranking because wealth/population is taken into consideration. some regions certainly have more efficient sports culture though, so it could still be an issue
4. typical mathematical problem when comparing and using available populations because of the disparity of the numbers in many cases
5. very small countries have few opponents that qualify to give them a loss
edit: i have decided to try elo rankings based on matches played by countries of relatively the same population/wealth instead.
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In an article titled "The Da Vinci Clone?" that appears in the July issue of Vanity Fair, set to hit newsstands this week, Seth Mnookin compares plot similarities between The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2003) and Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue (2000):
NEW 'DA VINCI' DEBATE: Vanity Fair makes new claims
• Perdue: An American art curator travels to Europe to meet with the owner of a priceless art collection.
Brown: An American professor is summoned to meet with a curator at the Louvre.
• Perdue: The collector tries to pass on "an ancient secret; a religious truth, knowledge that can change the entire course of human affairs."
Brown: The Louvre curator tries to reveal "one of the most powerful secrets ever kept" to allow an "unbroken chain of knowledge."
• Perdue: The art collector is murdered to try and prevent him from sharing his secret.
Brown: The museum curator is killed to try and prevent him from sharing his secret.
Mnookin also notes that in both books:
• The secret at the center of the story is the sacred role of women in early Christianity.
• Clues are hidden in artwork.
• The primary story line has a hero and heroine trying to puzzle out the secret and a secondary plotline in which Catholic Church officials try to stop them and discover the secret first.
Mnookin notes that in The Da Vinci Code, Brown describes a lost robot of da Vinci's as "an outgrowth of his earliest anatomy and kinesiology studies" and that it was "designed to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head via a flexible neck while opening and closing an anatomically correct jaw."
On a website for the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy, the robot is described by robotics expert Mark Rosheim in a 1996 paper as "an outgrowth of (his) earliest anatomy and kinesiology studies" and "was designed to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head via a flexible neck while opening and closing its anatomically correct jaw."


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2010 State Individual Wrestling
State Individual Finals Admission: $6.00 / Friday
Hosted By Rock Hill High School:
Entry Fee: $25 ( Make checks payable to SCHSL)
Weigh Ins: Friday, February 26, 2010: 5:00 pm
Saturday, February 27, 2010: 8:00 am
Schedule: Friday, February 26, 2010: 6:00 pm-Conclusion of 1st Round
Championship Round 1: Mats 1-7-ALL of A/AA, then ALL of AAA, and finally ALL of AAAA.
Saturday, February 27, 2010: 9:00 am - until conclusion
Championship Semi-finals immediately followed by Cons Round 1:
Mats 1-7-ALL of AAAA, then all of AAA, and finally ALL of A/AA.
Cons Semi Finals - Mats 1-7-ALL of AAAA, then all of AAA, and finally ALL of A/AA.
Cons Finals - Mats 1-7-ALL of AAAA, then all of AAA, and finally ALL of A/AA.
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Order: A/AA Parade of Champions-1st-4th place winners
AAA Parade of Champions-1st-4th place winners
AAAA Parade of Champions-1st-4th place winnersFinals to start approximately between 5:00-6:00 pm
Conclusion: Finals (Mat 1: AAAA Finals, Mat 2: AAA Finals, Mat 3: A/AA Finals)
Awards will be given for the 103 lb. weight class at the conclusion of the 112 lb. weight class
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CADET Sergeant Ben Squires, 17, from Bridgwater, has completed three back-to-back varied weeks of training in the UK and the Netherlands before heading off to Okehampton on Somerset Army Cadet Force's annual camp.
His action-packed month started as a member of the battalion shooting team at the Inter-Service Cadet Rifle Meeting at Bisley, Surrey.
That was followed by participation in the 98th Nijmegen Marches, in which the Somerset group won 'Best ACF team'.
Ben has also attained an above average report from the Cadet Leadership Course run at Frimley Park National Cadet Training Centre, which he completed last weekend.
Ben said, "This course was the best course I have been on since my time in cadets. I met loads of new people and did things I'd not done before.
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – United States Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Bob Casey (D-PA) held a press conference today to discuss recent remarks by the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and touted a strong reform package to strengthen the faltering watchdog agency.
This year alone, more than 20 million toys have been recalled because they pose hazards to children. The CPSC, which is responsible for overseeing the safety of more than 15,000 consumer goods, employs fewer than 425 full-time staff, relies on antiquated testing facilities and employs just one full-time toy tester.
In a letter to the Commerce Committee last week, however, CPSC Chairwoman, Nancy Nord, called the Senate bill "unnecessary" and urged lawmakers to oppose the legislation.
"When I hear statements like Chairwoman Nord's, I'm struck by the similarities to another bureaucratic failure – the planning and response to Hurricane Katrina. More than 20 million toys recalled, the lowest staff levels in over a decade and one person responsible for testing the safety of toys – and changes are unnecessary? That's a heckuva statement, Nancy," said Durbin. "Katrina taught us that when the head of a public safety agency ignores reality, refuses to act and is unwilling to heed the advice of professionals, ordinary families pay the price. Our bill gives CPSC the tools and resources necessary to deal with the flood of dangerous products before the situation gets worse."
"We're one step closer to answering the call of moms and dads around the country who want the CPSC to stop dangerous toys and products from ending up in their homes. I can appreciate the industry's gut reaction to act in their interest, but Congress and the President need to act in the public interest. Moreover, the acting Chair of the CPSC should be leading the way, not dragging her feet. Our kids' safety is at stake," Pryor said.
The Senate's package of reforms, The CPSC Reform Act of 2007, will more than double the agency's budget from $62.7 million to $141.7 million by 2015, increase staffing levels by nearly 20 percent, dramatically increase the cap on fines from $1.8 million to $100 million and give the CPSC greater authority to inspect and recall products. The bill also contains a third party testing requirement for children's products, bans lead in children's jewelry, and makes it illegal to knowingly sell a recalled product.
"After millions of toys have been pulled from shelves, we've taken action to effectively ban lead from all children's products," said Klobuchar. "It will keep unsafe toys off our shores and out of our stores. As the holiday season approaches, parents ought to know that toys are safe before they reach the toy box."
"Toy safety is not only important with the upcoming holidays, but a year-round concern," said Nelson. "We need to pass this bill to make sure the toys and other products consumers bring into their homes are safe."
"What happened to the Consumer Product Safety Commission putting safety first?" said Casey. "As a former Auditor General, I know what it is like to be a watchdog and protect the public. We need to improve our inspection and enforcement, and we need to give the Consumer Product Safety Commission all the resources they need to protect parents and consumers."
In her letter, Nord argued that the proposed funding increase contained in the Senate bill would "harm product safety and put American people at greater risk." The senators responded by pointing out that the cliché "less is more" often cited by Nord, has done little to improve consumer safety. Instead, the senators argued, it has done a great deal to protect industry's bottom line.
Since 1980, the CPSC's staff levels have been halved and funding kept nearly stagnant; at the same time, foreign imports have dramatically increased. The lawmakers argued that the dramatic increase in funding they proposed will allow the agency to increase staff for the inspection of children's products and free up manpower to investigate reported hazards.
The senators also responded to White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino, who suggested at yesterday's press briefing that whistle-blower protections in the Senate bill would "incentivize people to wait" until a problem is too great to be stopped in an effort to reap a financial reward. The senators noted that whistle-blower protections in the Pryor bill are modeled on other similar laws already in place and which have proven successful. Similar statutes have encouraged people to come forward and report problems with consumer products before they reach the marketplace.
The Senate Commerce Committee yesterday approved comprehensive legislation to improve the CPSC which now goes to the full Senate for consideration. Durbin, Klobuchar and Nelson have all introduced stand-alone measures to improve safety standards; many of which were included in the bill passed yesterday by the Commerce Committee. Senator Casey has co-authored a bill to require importers, including toy importers, to carry the insurance necessary to carry out a recall and cover any liability arising from that product.
This year, Durbin and Pryor have each held hearings on the issue of toy safety in their respective subcommittees. In June, the Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, which Durbin chairs, held a field hearing in Chicago where CPSC Chairwoman Nancy Nord testified. In September, Durbin held a second hearing on the issue where he heard again from Nord and the CEOs of Mattel and Toys "R" Us, the nation's largest toy manufacture and retailer.
All the members at today's press conference have been actively engaged on the issue of consumer safety for some time and have worked with the CPSC to highlight and fix gaps in the system that have allowed for the recalls we've seen this year.


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The electronic circuitry can be adjusted , usually by an external switch, to register the integrated to read the level of all most frequencies in the sound being measured or the intensity of selected bands of frequencies. A time lag is usually incorporated to slow down meter response and thus permit rapidly varying sounds to be averaged. The amount of time lag may vary somewhat among instruments, depending Because the alternating current (AC) signal received by the unit's microphone first must be converted to a direct current (DC), a time constant must be incorporated to average the signal. The constant selected depends on the purpose for which the instrument was designed or for which it is being used.
A typical sound-level meter can be switched between a scale that reads absolute sound intensities uniformly for all frequencies and most frequencies—called unweighted—and a scale that introduces a frequency-dependent weighting factor, thus yielding a response more nearly like that of the human ear. A weighted scale is more -frequency-weighting is the most commonly used standard, but B-, C-, D-, and Z-frequency-weightings also exist. The A-frequency-weighting scale is useful in describing how complex noises affect people. Thus, the scale is recognized internationally for measurements relating to prevention of deafness from excessive noise in work environments.
In the early 1970s, as concern about noise pollution increased, accurate, versatile, portable noise-measuring instruments were developed. Sound level is not a measure of loudness, but actual as loudness is a subjective factor and depends on the characteristics of the ear of the listener. In an attempt to overcome this problem, scales have been developed to correlate loudness with objective measurements of sound. The Fletcher–Munson curve, for example, shows the relationship between loudness in decibels and subjectively judged loudness. Other variables have also been studied.


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Adam Levine Discusses "Woozy" Proposal to Behati Prinsloo
Shedding some light into his personal life, Adam Levine stopped by "Live with Kelly and Michael" to share the story on how he proposed to fiancé Behati Prinsloo.
People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive said he felt a bit "woozy" when he popped the question to the stunning Victoria's Secret Angel.
"You can't be confident about it. I'm a confident person, but I got on that knee and everything changed immediately," Levine told the hosts.
Adam even said that he lost his equilibrium at one point and got down on both knees. "The one thing that I will is that I did say at one point, 'Both knees. Like look, I got on both knees."
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One day after unveiling content to address a controversial ending, studio BioWare has revealed the first multiplayer download for its role-playing game Mass Effect 3.
The free Resurgence Pack -- available April 10 -- adds two fresh maps to the cooperative multiplayer component, as well as new weapons, characters and gear.
The two maps are "Firebase Condor, a warzone outpost located on one of Palaven's moons and Firebase Hydra, an old abandoned quarian colony which has since been converted into a critical power facility," says a statement from BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts.
Players will also have three more weapons, four reinforcement packs for gear and six new characters, one for each class.
The game's cooperative mode allows groups of four players to work together to capture key locations tied to its single-player campaign.
On Thursday, BioWare announced free downloadable content tied to Mass Effect 3's controversial ending. The Extended Cut DLC will give fans "deeper insight into how their personal journey concludes," said the studio.
Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis clash in 1992. An original pinball wizard, he eventually was seduced by Robotron: 2084 and Tempest. These days he is a fan of action/shooters and lives out his Keith Moon fantasies playing a mean drum kit on music games. More about Mike.
Brett Molina has been writing about video games for USA TODAY since 2005. He is well-versed in Madden NFL, the fighting genre and first-person shooters. The first video game he played was Asteroids at a local arcade. He has been hooked ever since. More about Brett.


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TEL AVIV (Nov. 15)
Ruth Aleksandrovich, released from a Soviet prison camp a month ago, was married here last night to her fiance, Isaiah Averbuch. Rabbi Itzhak Yedidya Fraenkel officiated at the ceremony which was held at the Wizo Club here and was attended by a small party of relatives and friends. Miss Aleksandrovich were a long bridal gown with hand embroidery which was presented to her as a gift of the Wizo, Women's International Zionist Organization. The 24-year-old nurse from Riga served a one year sentence for alleged anti-Soviet activities.


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Global resourcing specialist BPS World has warned that one of the main challenges facing employers in the UK in 2017 will be the impact of Brexit on the ability to attract talent, particularly in the high-value digital, technical and engineering industries where recruiters are already struggling with severe skills shortages.
The UK's largest Sales Training & Development day has once again passed successfully sending the hundreds of delegates back to work full of the industry's latest news and training.
The 'right people' are sales men and women with potential – they might be relatively inexperienced but they are emotionally intelligent (or willing to develop their emotional intelligence!); hungry for knowledge, feedback, success and self- improvement. These people can be trained, coached and developed much more easily and successfully than lazy, experienced, cynical people with an axe to grind and a 'can't do' mindset . As the saying goes; 'hire for attitude, train for skills'.
We often dismiss 'culture' as a load of self-serving consultant speak. Companies roll out initiatives designed to improve the working culture, there is a big hurrah, then things would settle back to the way they have always been.
Outsourcing customer experience experts, Sitel UK, has been awarded a contract to provide contact centre services for the prestigious National Citizen Service (NCS). The contract will see Sitel UK providing multichannel services in support of the programme from their new location in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is delighted to announce that Sam Walsh, previously CEO for international mining company, Rio Tinto, has been appointed CIPS President for 2016/2017. Sam succeeds Richard Masser, CEO of Crestwood Group.
New research from Henley Business School indicates that over 85% of UK managers are using bribery on a monthly basis when operating in culturally different environments.
The UK's market leader in accounting, payroll and payment systems has launched a sales programme with the Association of Professional Sales (APS) to train more than 400 employees to be Certified sales professionals.


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9971 phones unable to call internationl numbers
I am facing this issue with my 9971 phones connected to UC520.
Whenever i am trying to dial an international number that starts with 8 as prefix i.e 800XXXXX as soon as i press 800 it starts giving me fast busy tone.
But works with all the regular 7975 and 7945 phones therfore not a problem with line seems some problem with configuration.These calls are going thru sip trunk ( if it has any issues with 9971 and sip).
Current config:
voice register pool 1
id mac ACA0.16FD.584A
session-transport tcp
type 9951
number 1 dn 1
dtmf-relay rtp-nte
username barigs password 123456
codec g711ulaw
with dial-peer as:
dial-peer voice 106 voip
corlist outgoing INTERNATIONAL
description *** International Calls ***
destination-pattern 800T
translate-outgoing calling 3
translate-outgoing called 100
session protocol sipv2
session target ipv4:10.209.4.58
dtmf-relay rtp-nte
codec g711alaw
I tried applying the corlist to the voice register dn but it seems this command is not permitted here.
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Lambik until the age of about 6 months (on oak casks) is considered young (Jong in Dutch) and traditionally sold as such. The difference in flavor and palate between both Jong and Oud is substantial.
Please note the age of the sample you are reviewing when entering your rating. While many factors determine whether you have had "Jonge" or "Oude" Lambik, a general rule of thumb is to enter 1 year-old or older lambik under "Girardin Oude Lambik" and anything less than 6 months-old under "Girardin Jonge Lambik".
For those between 6 and 12 months of age, you should take in to consideration the character of the lambik. Samples presenting themselves as hazy/cloudy, with some head-formation and residual sugar should be entered as "Jonge Lambik", while those that are drier, higher in clarity and with little/no head formation should be entered as "Oude Lambik".
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Style: Lambic Style - Unblended
Alcohol Content: 5%
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(The third book in the Earth Blood series)
A novel by James Axler (Laurence James)
The crew of the U.S. space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and clay, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness. But even as they draw closer to their destination, old faces reappear form the past, and something deadly, something ultimately threatening is unveiled.
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Video Preview of 3-D Episode of Chuck on NBC
Get Those 3-D Glasses Ready for Chuck Tonight
I hope you didn't pitch your 3-D glasses after the big Monsters vs. Aliens ad during yesterday's Super Bowl, because you'll need them to tune into tonight's special episode of Chuck. Well, you won't need them, per se; the episode will still make sense in just the regular ol' dimensions. But if you want to see knives spinning out of your TV — and the most awesome shot of Big Mike eating a donut ever — you'll want to don the geeky specs like Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez do in this cute video to watch along.
Tonight's episode is the first since December, and in addition to special effects, it's also full of guest stars: Lost's Dominic Mongahan plays a rock star who stops by the Buy More for a promotional visit, while former Pittsburgh Steelers star Jerome Bettis plays a thuggish new Buy More employee. Chuck's used its guest stars better than any show I can think of (well, besides maybe 30 Rock), so I'm expecting these folks to fold in seamlessly to the show's wacky world.
As I heard from Josh Schwartz a while back, there's some big stuff coming up for Chuck in the second half of its second season. The show isn't a lock for renewal — especially not with Jay Leno moving to primetime — so I'm hoping this special episode gives the show the ratings boost it deserves. To check out a preview, just
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Sarah Jessica Parker Has Mole Change Operation?
A source has told FOXNews.com that Sarah Jessica Parker had her monstrous facial eyesore beauty mark removed. Expect her to slide right off Maxium's "unsexiest women" list.
SJP was photographed last night doing a public service announcement with Sheryl Crow and MLB Commissionaer Bud Selig at a Major League Baseball All-Star festivity, apparently sans mole.
But tipsy, cosmo-swilling Sex and the City fans want to know: What could have prompted the nixing of Parker's trademark growth? Did husband Matthew Broderick push her to slice it after another fight? Did this hat clash with the mark too much?
Or maybe she was just tired of it slamming into meandering boom mics on the SATC set.


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This Land Was Made for You, Me and Its Criticsby
With the celebration this month of the 100th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's birth, festivals, academic symposia and new collections of his music are bringing renewed attention to "This Land Is Your Land," one of the U.S.'s unofficial anthems. And it is becoming more widely recognized that some versions of the song featured lyrics not normally associated with patriotism -- words reflecting Guthrie's communist beliefs.
What may not be so well-known is that "This Land Is Your Land" belongs to an American tradition of patriotic pieces made by critics of capitalism. The authors of the Pledge of Allegiance and "America the Beautiful" also took a distinctly leftist view of the U.S. economic system.
Make no mistake, Guthrie was a patriot. In May 1941, months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he ended his song "Pastures of Plenty" with the pledge, "My land I'll defend with my life if it be / 'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free." When the war reached the U.S., he volunteered for the Merchant Marine, and in his three voyages across the Atlantic, two ships sank under him, one hit by a torpedo, another sunk by a mine.
Nevertheless, Guthrie was also a Communist sympathizer. Evidence suggests that he never officially joined the party. In an article he wrote for the Communist newspaper People's World, he deflected the question with humor: "I ain't a communist necessarily," he wrote, "but I been in the red all my life."
One verse of "This Land Is Your Land" that Guthrie apparently never recorded, laments the Depression. "By the relief office, I saw my people -- / As they stood there hungry, I stood there wondering if / This land was made for you and me." Another attacks the concept of private property. In a recording he made in the 1940s, Guthrie sang, "There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. / A sign was painted said: Private Property. / But on the back side it didn't say nothing -- / This land was made for you and me."
Guthrie was following in a line of artistic critics running back to Francis Bellamy, a former Baptist minister and a member of the Society of Christian Socialists, who composed the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing.
Bellamy gave considerable thought to what should go into the Pledge. Most important was the republic for which the flag stands. With the Civil War a living memory, "indivisible" was crucial, too. Then, being a Christian Socialist, he considered "liberty, equality, fraternity" -- ultimately rejecting these in favor of "liberty and justice."
The following year, Katharine Lee Bates, a Wellesley professor of English and a socialist sympathizer, penned "America the Beautiful." A little-known stanza in the original 1895 publication critiques the greed of the Gilded Age, concluding: "America! America! / God shed His grace on thee, / Till selfish gain no longer stain / The banner of the free!" Bates not only made fraternity central to her hymn -- "crown thy good with brotherhood" -- but also portrayed her fellow citizens' drive for "selfish gain" as a "stain" upon freedom's flag.
In subsequent revisions, Bates toned down the criticism. The final version reads, "America! America! / May God thy gold refine / Till all success be nobleness / And every gain divine!"
That three of our most beloved patriotic texts were written by critics of our economic system speaks well of our freedoms. Criticism of country does not preclude loyalty -- or love.
(John Shaw is a musician and writer in Seattle who is writing a history of America's national songs. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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Smart...funny...insightful... The Hell With Love is a sassy and heart-wrenching collection of poems that expresses the anger, hurt, and depression of loss; that asks why, analyzes rifts, and strives for explanation; and that builds resolve, envisions a future, and revels in the present. Poets include Margaret Atwood, Louise Gluck, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sharon Olds, Robert Frost, and many more.
Genre: Poetry, Self-Help
On Sale: June 23rd 2010


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Finding Your Pulley System
I had a big breakthrough yesterday: I did my first handstand in yoga class! This may not sound like a big deal to you but for me it was HUGE. I hate going upside down; I hurt myself a few years ago doing a forearm stand and my shoulder was screwed up for months. So it took years for me to get comfortable just doing a headstand against the wall and I had pretty much convinced myself that that was the extent of my comfort zone. I had even stopped being envious of the class "yoga beast", who seemed to have an invisible pulley system attached to the soles of her feet—so gracefully and effortlessly did she fly up every single time. But yesterday, after doing the requisite headstand, our teacher suggested we all try a handstand, with her spotting us but not assisting. I had planned on passing (again) but then another woman in our class—someone who I sensed was similarly reticent—agreed to give it a go. She was clearly scared, but she pushed through her fear and guess what? She found her invisible pulley system! I'll admit it: I wasn't just inspired and encouraged; I was also feeling the teeniest bit competitive because, well, that's my nature. So I declared my intention: I would try the handstand. The first attempt to kick up failed. As did the second. And the third. "Rest," said my teacher. "Try again another time." Arrgh! "One more try," I said. And voila! As it turns out, I had a pulley system, too. Applause. High fives. It felt amazing! Gosh, I thought, courage really is contagious.
So what on earth does this have to do with entrepreneurs? Plenty, I think. While I frequently practice yoga at home alone and enjoy it, I never would have attempted a handstand on my own. But yesterday's class provided the perfect risk-taking environment: I had a trusted teacher, a role model, and a peer, each giving me a different kind of encouraging, yet unspoken, message: "I will coach you to push your limits, but I will not let you hurt yourself"; "This is what's possible if you work hard,"; "I was afraid and I tried anyway; so should you." It struck me that those are EXACTLY the three kinds of voices that entrepreneurs need when they're starting and growing companies. As I've said many times before, GenY entrepreneurs are particularly good at surrounding themselves with mentors, role models, and peers. They know that while you sometimes need to work in isolation to get things done, it's your trusted, collaborative tribe that often helps you find the pulley system you never knew you had.


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Candy Bar Tarts (A Different One)
Recipe by Hey Jude
I found this one in the Chicago Sun-Times but they attribute it to Pillsbury. This was in an article on baking yummy deliciousness for Valentine's Day. I struggled to get the candy bars past the Zaar editor...it's 2 2.07-oz. Snickers bars.
Top Review by Zaney1
Very good! They are very rich so you only need to eat one. I let the chocolate sauce cool a little bit before I spooned it on the top so it would be a little thicker. I also didn't use the refrigerator crust. I made mine from scratch. I took them to work for a potluck and they were gone before lunch!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (15 ounce) box refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
- 4 1⁄4 ounces candy bars (milk chocolate-covered, peanut, caramel and nougat candy bars such as Snickers)
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon whipping cream
- 1⁄4 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oven to 450°.
- Unroll pie crusts on work surface. With rolling pin, roll each crust lightly into a 12-inch round. With a 3-inch round cutter, cut 24 rounds from crusts, rerolling scraps as necessary.
- Press 1 pie crust round in bottom and up the side in each of 24 ungreased mini muffin cups, press them in so that the edges of the crusts extend slightly above sides of cups. Bake 5-7 minutes or until very light golden brown; cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 325°.
- Cut candy bars in half lengthwise; cut into 1/8-inch pieces; chop coarsely. Place candy bar pieces in bottoms of crust-lined cups, reserving some for garnish.
- Beat cream cheese and both sugars (couldn't get the 2 different amounts of sugar on one line) in or with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in egg until well blended; add sour cream and peanut butter, beating until mixture is smooth. Spoon 2 teaspoons cream cheese mixture over candy bar pieces in each tart. Bake at 325° 20-22 minutes or until centers are set. Cool completely (about 30 minutes depending on the temperature of your kitchen).
- In a 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream until very warm; remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Spread over the top of each tart. Garnish with reserved candy bar pieces.
- Refrigerate 2-3 hours before serving. Cover and refrigerate remaining tarts.


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Rare ceramics prized
Change of art...artist Marguerite Mahood.
Five years ago Marguerite Mahood was an almost-forgotten Australian artist. Her ceramics were treasured but so few appeared on the market it was hard for new collectors to acquire them. One source said only 50 pieces had been listed at auction in the previous 30 years.
Then in July 2007, nine significant pieces were listed through Shapiro in Sydney. Seven were unknown, coming via neighbours of the Mahoods when Marguerite had a home studio in Melbourne.
Shortly after, Melbourne collector/dealer Marvin Hurnall sold his impressive collection, perhaps the finest in Australia. Most went for well over reserve.
The Marguerite Mahood revival was in full swing. This month, sees another major selling exhibition. These pieces are from her son, Martin, who is selling due to a house downsize. He will keep select pieces.
For sale are about 50 ceramic objects - face masks, winged dragons, pierced pots and figurines dating from the early 1930s when she was just starting to explore her trademark themes.
There are also 50 or so works on paper including drawings, hand-coloured linocuts, watercolours and pastels. These are familiar themes of art nouveau ladies, cats, native animals and brooding monkeys. A series of studies details the development of ideas to the final image. There are some working drawings of established pieces.
This is a rare insight into the creative process of one of Australia's few professional female artists. Born in Richmond, Melbourne in 1901, Mahood studied drawing under Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery School, working as a painter before turning to ceramics. Her first solo exhibitions were held in the 1930s in Melbourne and at the David Jones Gallery in Sydney. Later she worked as a cartoonist, art historian and lecturer.
She gained a PhD in 1970 from the University of Melbourne. Her thesis was on political cartooning in the 19th century. She died in October, 1989. Mahood has always been respected by galleries and the National Gallery of Australia has perhaps the finest work, the 1947 Figure of Mermaid with Seal.
Yet her son notes that when she died he didn't see one obituary in any major newspaper. He and Hurnall are hoping that this selling exhibition, through Hurnall's Antiques and Decorative Arts in Melbourne, will serve as an overdue tribute to her life and work. Hurnall says his favourites from Martin's collection are one-offs like the large mediaeval woman with a copper body and ceramic face and hands. Two large puppets on display (but not for sale) were made for members of her family. These show the artist's love of caricature.
Also unique is a selection of small pots, prototypes for full-size versions, and drawings from which she carved linocuts.
Prices for this exhibition reflect the dramatic demand for the work of Mahood and a select group of other Australian potters from her period, also on sale - several of them female, which is rare in the male-dominated art world. Many collectors of this work are also female.
The selling exhibition is from April 26 to May 2 at Hurnall's Antiques and Decorative Arts, 612 High Street, East Prahran (open noon to 5pm daily). See hurnallsantiques.com.au. Previews by appointment from April 12 to April 25.
"I don't need the money and I'm not selling it for the money," says Martin Mahood, the son of artist Marguerite Mahood (pictured in the 1930s). Instead, his motivation is the modern phenomenon known as "downsizing".
When he and his wife moved into a much smaller home, he sorted through his collection of his mother's work and decided that some fanatical collectors would appreciate them.
But he is keeping a selection of her ceramics. His favourites are the "grotesques" or caricature pieces, which remind him of his mother's impish sense of humour. He remembers her as a woman of great determination who would always achieve her goal. This explains why she gained a PhD at the age of 69.
In his own life, Martin has followed in the footsteps of his father, a tradesman with a special talent for toolmaking.
His father played an important part in Marguerite's career. It was he who designed and built the coke kiln for her studio.
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Fernand G Allie, B 24 Gunner, WW II
1944 — Fort Dix, NJ
Ernest and Alina Allie had a large family, 1st daughter Ria, --- 2nd daughter Yvette, --- son John B, --- son Fernand, --- son Berno, --- and son Stanley..... from Essex, NY.
Fernand Joseph Allie Joined the War 31 Jan. 1944 at Ft Dix, NJ. .....Fernand was trained as a B-26 person that also ended up on another type aircraft – he was a B-24 gunner when the attached photos were taken (Spring 44 – in Italy).
Amazing enough, Fernend's son Stan and his wife Elizabeth have found ME ! They live in Phoenix, AZ and I live in Prescott, AZ ! I am a 57th BW Researcher, but Fernand is a B-24 Gunner and the brother to 321st Bomb Group, 446th Bomb Squadron, B-25 Pilot, Lt Jack Fitzgerald's wife, Yvette Allie Fitzgerald and whose son, John T Fitzgerald is part of the History team for the 321stBG. It is with great pleasure that I placed Fernand and now some of the family is re-connected :)
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