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Kathryn Britton, MAPP '06, former software engineer, is a coach working with professionals to increase well-being, energy, and meaning in their work lives (Theano Coaching LLC). She is also a writing coach, facilitator of writing workshops, and teacher of positive workplace concepts at the University of Maryland. Her own books include Smarts and Stamina on using positive psychology principles to build strong health habits and Character Strengths Matter: How to Live a Full Life. Full bio. Kathryn's articles are here.
March 1: Day 2 of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Conference The second day focused on how to create a healthy workplace by applying the findings from Positive Psychology. Highlights included presentations from several of the organizations that won the awards. These presentations demonstrated that creating positive workplace is not only possible, but also lines up with company values and contributes to the bottom line.
As mentioned in the earlier report on the conference, Clara Cheung is my co-author for this day and took all the pictures.
Here are links to Part I and Part III.
Positive Psychology in the Workplace
People with good psychological status tend to be more successful at school and work, have better social relationships, be more inclined to contribute to the success of their colleagues, and have better health. Therefore, applying positive psychology in workplaces creates significant business value. They discussed three ways to apply positive psychology in the workplace:
- Positive Reframing
- Creating conditions that enable flow
- Savoring achievements and recognition
Following their general review of positive psychology in the workplace, they turned to their own research about character strengths and why they matter in the workplace.
In conclusion, Chris highly recommended thinking of collective rather than individual efficacy, and not tolerating incivility in the workplace. He highly recommended Sutton's book on building civilized workplaces.
Rethinking Work-Life Balance Program to Achieve Better Results
Dr. Matthew J. Grawitch and Larissa K. Barber from Saint Louis University discussed some of the flawed assumptions about work-life balance that are promoted in contemporary popular press literature. They wanted to help participants re-conceptualize work-life efforts as helping employees better manage the allocation of limited resources, including money and energy as well as time, to all of the demands in their lives, work as well as non-work. Thinking about work-life balance (a misnomer, since work is part of life) in this way suggests several intervention points for helping people, for example reducing demands, increasing the supply of resources, and helping people manage the allocation of resources to demands. For example, they differentiated work-life practices into one of two types: work flexibility and non-work support. They also discussed the importance of employee involvement in the design and implementation of work-life balance programs.
Practices at Replacements, Ltd.
Jeanine M. Falcon represented Replacements, Ltd to share what they did to win the award. Replacements was founded in 1981 and has become the world's largest supplier of old and new china, crystal, silver and collectibles. They focus on the importance of custom tailoring workplace practices to serve the unique needs of a particular organization and its workforce. She also discussed employee and organizational outcomes. The following are some of the best practices of Replacements:
- Start with employee Involvement, including roundtables, employee opinion surveys, and benefits manager meetings
- Implement policies and practices that support work/life balance, such as parent education leaves, pets in the workplace, and one of the favorites, on-site chair massages
- Follow best practices for Health, Wellness and Safety, including an on site occupational health nurse and optional health education programs
- Manage diversity in the workplace. The owner has turned away customers who do not support diversity practices of the company
Toronto Police Service (TPS)
Another common theme of the conference was the need to meet people where they are, tailoring programs to match their habits, job constraints and resources. For example, Dr. Carol Vipari talked meetings during 3rd shift hours because that's when some officers work. TPS programs include health and wellness programs, work-home balance support, attention to promotion processes to address inequitable access to informal social and career mentoring networks, employee recognition programs, and employee development programs. She summarized the lessons she has learned after 4 years as corporate psychologist for TPS:
- Roadblocks are not an excuse. People need the support we can provide, and we can enhance their productivity and satisfaction.
- You don't need a psychologist to create a psychologically healthy work place.
- You can't reach everybody and that's ok. Reach those who are amenable and receptive and you'll still make a big difference.
- Real change takes time.
- Effective programs cost money, but the costs of inaction are higher.
These were just two of the award winners that presented information about their programs, and we wish we could report on them all. People often learn best from good examples, and they fill this purpose. For more information, see the descriptions on the PHWP 2009 National Award winners and Best Practice Honors winners. See also winners of Local Awards.
Sutton, R. (2007). The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Business Plus.


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This pilot fish has worked for the past two years as an IT assistant at a high school, and that means every now and then there are bound to be disagreements with the boss.
Case in point: "Every summer, we are supposed to take a computer, clean it up and set it aside for imaging," says fish. "I wanted to erase the hard drive, update the computer and load all of the programs onto it so I could be sure that it would be running optimally.
"My boss thought it would be better if I just removed the temporary files and removed unwanted programs. After a short debate, I did what I was told and 'cleaned it up' his way.
"We cloned the hard drive to all the other 100-plus computers in the school. All seemed well until the week before school started, when we could not attach the computers to the domain.
"One of our other IT guys had an idea. He took a computer and scanned it for viruses, Sure enough, it had several. And if one had it, so did all the others. We were running around with flash drives, fixing every computer one by one.
"From that point on, we decided to do clean installs of computers that were set to be cloned."
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What Haiti needs
Haiti was stuck by an earthquake measuring "7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck at 1653 local time (2153 GMT) on Tuesday, just 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince and close to the surface." More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been affected. Haiti has been through worse - and the Haitians have always pulled through. What Haiti needs is non-interference.
Sordid reactions
During an earlier segment with a reporter for Robertson's CBN News, the televangelist had questioned whether the earthquake in Haiti was a "blessing in disguise."
"They need to have ... a great turning to God," he concluded, adding that the earthquake may have been a direct consequence of their "Satanic pact".
"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," Robertson said during a broadcast of The 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network. (via US televangelist claims Haiti earthquake 'a blessing in disguise' | The Daily Telegraph).
What is it that Haiti did a 'long time ago' that made Pat Robertson, do rah-rah for this 'divine wrath'!
I know what Haiti did
Haiti was the world's first republic, set up by slaves - after a war of freedom. Haiti's, support for Simon Bolivar ended the Spanish Empire in South America. Most importantly, it forced the West to free all African slaves across the Europe and Americas. The second major 'crime' that the Haitians committed was that they rejected a 'liberating' Christianity - and continued with their voudou religion.
For all this, the West has not forgiven Haiti!
Messianic Rev.Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson, more than 40 years ago, founded the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN), which according to "Nielsen Media Research, The 700 Club, aired each weekday, has averaged 863,000 viewers in the last year" in the US alone. Some time earlier, Pat Robertson, had called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela - for which he later duly apologized. I wonder if the West would forgive if any Iranian Ayatollah issued a fatwa against a Western leader, and later apologized! Even earlier, when the Israeli Prime Minister suffered a stroke, he pronounced that as 'punishment from God!' Especially malevolent, Rev.Robertson's God is, I must say!
In 1999, he signed a deal with Bank of Scotland, part of the Lloyd's Banking Group, llter the HBOS, for a Internet-telephone-banking venture. When the deal was called off, Pat Robertson launched a scathing attack. "In Scotland, you can't believe how strong the homosexuals are," Mr Robertson said on his Virginia-based Christian Broadcasting Network and his 700 Club television show. Pat Robertson, coming in at NO.2, defeated George Bush in the 1988 Republican Party's US Presidential nomination race, at the Iowa caucuses. Robertson's 'http://www.time.com" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966745,00.html#ixzz0cZYoRMGv" target="_blank">message of moral regeneration' appealed to the Americans.
The Magna Carta sanctioned slavery. In various judgments, US Supreme Court, the ultimate arbiter of the US Constitution, upheld slavery. Vatican's, Council of Gangra, re-affirmed its faith in slavery. The administrators of the teachings of the "Lord of lords, and King of kings." (Revelation 17: 14) at the Council Of Gangra, 325 AD, issued edicts approving slavery - as did many other Vatican edicts. Pat Robertson, is just one in a long line of such Christian leaders, to support slavery.
In a twisted way, Pat Robertson maybe right.
Talking of money, rich foreigners and expats, who are keeping Haiti in misery, have lost a lot more than Haitians have.
Tell Haiti you care
Send Haiti your best wishes, your moral support. If you live in a less exploitative society than before, or a more exploitative society, remember, it was Haiti that stuck the first blow. A blow that en-slaver's have not forgotten 200 years later. To Haiti, we owe whatever liberty, freedom we have - or aspire to.
I don't know how your money will help them. They may not need your money (I guess), but you should give them your moral support (I strongly suggest). Just send a <ding> to this post. Or ping it. Whatever you do, just make it loud enough that your voice can reach Haiti.
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Corn borers -- same song, second verse
Did the European corn borer get your attention during July? If not, get ready because it's coming around one more time. Flying moths should be fairly common in the evenings during the first week of August, especially in the southern half of the state. Their presence is a subtle reminder that egg laying is beginning and scouting should start shortly. Below are some commonly asked questions about second-generation borers, along with predicted egg laying dates for some sections of the state.
How do second-generation corn borers cause yield losses?
Mostly by tunneling, which causes physiological damage. This tunneling translates into a 2 to 4 percent yield reduction during the second generation. Some yield loss also occurs from ear droppage, but this is in addition to the physiological loss, and it is not considered part of the 2 to 4 percent loss caused by tunneling.
Tunneling in the stalk causes the greatest yield loss.
Do second-generation corn borers really cause significant yield losses?
Yes. Insecticide trials I conducted during 1991 to 1994 in farmers' fields showed that second-generation borers by themselves (not counting first-generation losses) caused yield losses of at least 33 bushels (1991), 9 bushels (1992), 14 bushels (1993) and 10 bushels (1994). These losses were mostly from stalk tunneling and not ear droppage.
How do you scout a field for second-generation corn borers?
Because the plant is often tasseling when these borers attack the plant, we can not easily pull the plant apart to look for newly hatched larvae like we did with the first generation borers. Therefore, we look for egg masses. Scout for egg masses on the underside of the middle seven leaves (ear leaf and three leaves above and three leaves below). Scout a minimum of 50 plants, but 100 would be even better. Multiply the number of egg masses found by 1.1, which is a correction factor to account for eggs not counted on the other leaves of the plant. This is a time-saving procedure that eliminates the need to look on the underside of all the leaves. The resulting number will equal the number of egg masses as if all of the leaves had been examined.
When should scouting begin?
Ideally, between the 25 percent and 50 percent predicted egg laying dates (see the chart). These predictions are based upon first-generation larvae collected from the noted counties. A computer program predicts their development into moths based upon 30-year temperature averages for those counties. These predictions are useful guidelines for when fields should be scouted. Blackhead stage corn borer eggs hatching.
How do you determine whether a field would benefit from an insecticide application?
First, scout the field between the 25 percent and 50 percent egg laying dates. Write the number of egg masses found in the first blank on line 1 of the chart on page 147. If the egg population is low and the economic calculation suggests that an insecticide application would not be profitable, rescout the field in three to five days. Then rework the calculation by adding the egg counts together from the two different scouting dates.
As an alternative, if you scout on either the 25 percent or 50 percent predicted egg-laying date, the number of egg masses that you found could be expected to increase by four or two times when all the egg laying is finished. You could multiply the number of eggs found on the 25 percent date by four or the number found on the 50 percent date by two. This would provide you with a good idea of how large the borer population would be in that field. Then the calculation could be reworked to examine the economics of treatment.
This article originally appeared on pages 145-146 of the IC-476(21) -- August 5, 1996 issue.
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Getting Local with Social
Chicago Social Media Marketing Group
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT)
Who's Going
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Event Details
THE FUTURE OF NOW: Always On, Always Connected
We are living in an age of unprecedented human connectivity.
Social Media has transformed the way Chicagoans live, do business and experience the world. Engage with people who will share the brightest and most innovative perspectives on social media during Social Media Week Chicago 2014.
At this year's community-sourced, city-wide event - The Future of Now: Making Sense of Our Always On, Always Connected World - you'll discover world-shaking ideas, cool people, and the best sites, apps and online stuff that make life better.
In 2014 Facebook passed the 1 billion mark for monthly active users on phones and tablets. That is a sign of how mobile is approaching near-parity with desktop for Facebook. Instagram and Facebook Messenger each have over 200 million monthly users. Marketers and advertisers will learn how to reach social media customers on mobile devices.
There have been more than 2 billion check-ins with Foursquare. Users are encouraged to be hyper-local and hyper-specific with their check-ins-one can check into a certain floor/area of a building, or indicate a specific activity while at a venue. Users can choose to have their check-ins posted on their accounts on Twitter, Facebook, or both. Swarm, the new app from Foursquare, lets you to easily see who's out nearby and who wants to hang out later.
Speakers include:
Todor Krecu, Founder, Chicago Social Media Marketing Group
Linda Felter, Sales Executive at Foursquare - Linda is a Sales Executive at Foursquare, working with brands throughout the Central U.S., providing location based marketing solutions. Her areas of expertise include the ability to create, sell and manage innovative multi-platform campaigns, mobile marketing, and custom content programs. She also has a background in online video and sports media with previous positions at CBS Interactive. Linda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from The University of Michigan and resides in Chicago with her husband.
Julie Fekete, Brand Partner at Foursquare – Julie responsible for building and growing client relationships across the Midwest. Julie has 7+ years of experience working in digital and social media. Prior to joining Foursquare, Julie worked at Tumblr as a Brand Strategist partnering with clients on creative strategy and content marketing solutions. Before Tumblr, she worked at Yelp as a Senior Account Executive on their national sales team. She's worked with several key brands across the Midwest including Target, Kraft, Purina, Gatorade, McDonald's, Sprint, Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors.
Quincy Bingham, Paid Search & Social Analyst at Be Found Online - Quincy is a Mississippi native and a Search Analyst, a.k.a. Analytics and Paid Social specialist. Quincy excels at helping clients manage risk and maximize rewards. His certifications include: YouTube Advertising, Google AdWords, Google Analytics and Bing Ads
Panel Discussion:
Julie DiCaro, Social Media Manager for WGN Radio, WGN.fm, and 87.7 The Game. You can hear her talking sports on the radio weekdays on Griff, Quigs & Finfer from 1-3 pm on 87.7 fm or thegamechicago.com.
Tessa Groll, Social Media Manager, Dinkel's Bakery
Joe Sanders, Director of Marketing at Meatheads Burgers
Craig Poston, Social Media Director, Lodge Management Group
Event schedule:
6pm-6:30pm Registration and networking
6:30pm-6:50pm Linda Felter
6:50pm-7:10pm Julie Fekete
7:10pm-7:30pm Quincy Bingham
7:30pm-8pm Panel Discussion with Julie DiCaro, Tessa Groll, Joe Sanders
8pm-8:30pm Q&A
8:30pm After party at Cardozo's
Communication technology unites us, relays news equally with opinion, transports us to worldwide events, and shrinks distances between our relationships. We're tuning into events that we've never before been able to access and witnessing other people's experiences unfold in real-time.
Our communications paradigm has shifted, and with it, our interactions within our immediate environments have evolved.
Social media and mobile technologies have paved the way for new boundaries of relationships and connection while presenting challenges unique to our time: the ability to remain present, contemplative, and aware of our inter- and intra-personal relationships. These technologies help us multitask, search news, and browse several activity feeds at once. Although we're unable to extend time, we're doing our best to pack more into every second, reacting and responding to natural disasters, self-organizing at an incredible speed. Furthermore, businesses and brands can more quickly react to customer complaints, address supply chain problems, and engage new consumers.
In 2014, Social Media Week will peer deeper at this shift on a global level across all of our cities around the globe. This will provide a framework for the thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to address questions related to the impact and reach of social media and technology and draw inspiration from thought leaders who will their own ideas and inspire discussions.
Leading the framework for this discussion will be our global theme for 2014: The Future of Now: Always On, Always Connected.
Social Media Week, partnering with Nokia, will explore what this all means on a global scale. In our sixth year of operation, reaching attendees in 26 cities, together with an online audience of 1M who connect via streaming video, social, and mobile experiences, The Future of Now will be our global focus for the next 12 months.
Within The Future of Now there are 6 underlying principles that lead to a better understanding of this always on, always connected world:
w can we balance and preserve humanness - meaning the ability to listen, empathize, engage, focus and be present in the moment - despite the constant disruption that technology enables? SMW14 will help us all learn how to both appreciate and temper the pull of technology in our lives.
Social Media Week Chicago 2014 Series Events:
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Electrical Outlet Installation
Columbia University Medical Center Facilities will install additional electrical outlets within the Medical Center.
A fee based on an hourly electrical rate plus the cost of materials is charged for local or departmentally dedicated electricity distribution systems and associated hardware.
Providing as much of the information below as you can will help us provide you with a more timely and accurate estimate.
- What type(s) of equipment will be using the outlet? Photocopier? Computer? Fax? Washer? Dryer?
- What are the voltage requirements, if known? 120 V or 240 V?
- Where on the wall will the outlet be installed? High? Low?
- On what type of wall will the outlet be mounted? Brick? Plaster? Sheet rock? Metal? Stone?
- If known, does the existing electrical panel or fuse box contain space for additional circuit breakers?
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FT needed at STOF Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
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- If this is considered a cross posting then I must be in error asuming that you may know of someone that would be interested and quilfied. I figured who wouldn't want to do this just to have the chance to meet some of the English Clark's desendants of the famous explorer of the Clark Expedition. This could be the next generatation of indigenious explorors in indigenous archology with a Phd. I'm not sure of Phd status in archaeology for 2010 but according to Dr. Watkins a total of Native Americans with a Phd in Archaeology for 2003 totaled 5 in all of North America. STOF has been seeking a second FT since Aug. 2010.
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FT Archaeology Field Technician - Seminole Tribe of Florida
This is specialized work in the development of the historic preservation program for the STOF Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum.
Responsibilities consist of archaeological fieldwork, including excavation, field data collection and data recording. Some laboratory work involving artifact processing may also be required. This position reports to the Deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and is a non-exempt position.
The listed duties are only illustrative and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed by this position. The omission of specific statements does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed, if such duties are a logical assignment to the position.
Performs systematic investigation of possible archeological sites using accurate mapping techniques and established field recording methods. Interprets data using topographic maps and aerial photographs. Establishes site boundaries by accepted archaeological methodology and includes shovel testing at prescribed intervals, generally to a depth of a meter and passing the excavated soil through hardware cloth screens made for the purpose.
Will assist in the location and excavation of cultural resources located on the reservations and lands of the STOF. This will be done in a manner that will meet or exceed professional standards and guidelines.
Will assist in the identification, recording and mapping of archaeological sites. Will participate in field analysis of cultural and historical fact- finding projects.
May participate in archeological laboratory activities such as record-keeping and processing of field specimens including; cleaning, counting and cataloging of artifacts and ecofacts.
May participate in activities to reconstruct and preserve artifacts such as ceramic pottery shards.
Assists crew members at the site in a range of routine archeological and associated tasks.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Basic knowledge of Seminole culture and history.Ability to collect field data and accurately record findings. Knowledge of mapping principles and techniques. Ability to read and interpret topographic maps and aerial photographs. Ability to collect field data and accurately record findings. Knowledge of general excavation techniques, tools and equipment. Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Knowledge of archeological field and/or laboratory procedures and techniques. Ability to serve the Tribal community, the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity.Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the STOF tribal community, general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Position requires: a) Excavating and collecting field data and assisting in the recording of findings; b) packing and transporting artifacts and samples; and c) cleaning, sorting and cataloging artifacts and samples in the laboratory.
Bachelorâs degree or Masterâs in Anthropology/History or related field. Previous related work experience suggested. Excellent English oral and written communication skills. Ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
Considerable physical activity. Requires heavy physical work; heavy lifting, pushing or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds. Physical work is a primary part of the job (more than 70%).
Archaeological fieldwork will generally consist of heavy physical labor outside under typical southern Florida conditions including extreme heat, rain, humidity, and other conditions prevalent in the swampy lands of the region. Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.
Please submit cover letter with CV to:
Julie Richko Labate
Tribal Archaeologist
Seminole Tribe of Florida
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After some time of mailing with Tele2 swe operators support I've collected all information they needed to factory unlock my iPhone 4.
They told that I'll need to use any swedish sim card(specifically NOT Tele2 or Comviq) to complete unlock in iTunes(only use once and that's it).
Why? Can I just jailbreak instead activating it? Or this is essential part of unlocking?(I have no experience of factory unlocking and was struggling all the way with support service all by my own).


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The equalities minister visited a Highams Park school today to launch a scheme aimed at tackling gender bias.
Jenny Willott, the women and equalities minister, visited the science department at Highams Park School in Handsworth Avenue to give a speech about the year-long pilot scheme entitled Opening Doors.
Organised by the Institute of Physics and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the scheme will see a taskforce visit schools to encourage girls to pursue careers traditionally dominated by boys.
At this morning's visit, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central said: "No student should feel restricted by their gender.
"Gender stereotypes for too long have stopped girls and women pursuing careers in fields such as engineering, scientific research and manufacturing."
"This is a very exciting project which will shed a light on how teachers and schools can improve the rate of girls taking up science and maths."
Highams Park School is the only school in London to benefit from the scheme after showing a keen interest to host the workshops.
Science teacher Jon Barker said: "Girls in science don't feel it is for them. There are various closed doors and so today was about dispelling stereotypes and trying to open up their minds."
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The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday said that her husband and sons had not joined the U.S. military but had found "different ways of serving" by going onreligious missions in France, England, Australia and Chile as part of their obligation to the Mormon church.
During an interview on ABC's The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked Ann Romney how she would explain to the families of fallen soldiers why her husband and sons had not served their country.
"When I read about your husband, what I had read — and maybe you can correct this — is that the reason he didn't serve in Vietnam was because it was against the religion," Goldberg said.
Ann Romney: Mormon missions and U.S. military are 'different ways of serving'
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No Soak.
lucky, what's so funny about not trying to remember a date?
I'm actually gonna write the date of my washes and soaks on the inside as well.
ayo delete, how did you size on those?
Dont ever wash em, u went a year.. Just keep rockin, maybe a hot or warm soak but dont wash! haha
Dont ever wash em, u went a year.. Just keep rockin, maybe a hot or warm soak but dont wash! haha
Last pic of my SExSC06's before retiring due to repair needs. They'll probably see more light sometime during the summer. Seen here with a fresh pair of Samurai 0500s.
Actually it's been 5 months, looking to go till March though.
PBJ XX-005 at around 3.5 months.
Thinking about giving these a soak.
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In 1998, then US president Bill Clinton met a baby who was named after him in a village in Uganda.
Now, fourteen years later, the former president was reunited with his "Ugandan son."
Bill Clinton Meets Bill Clinton: Former President Has Lunch With Ugandan Boy Named After Him (PHOTOS)
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Church Building - Poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Uncle Jacob often told us,
Since freedom blessed our race
We ought all to come together
And build a meeting place.
So we pinched, and scraped, and spared,
A little here and there:
Though our wages was but scanty,
The church did get a share.
And, when the house was finished,
Uncle Jacob came to pray;
He was looking mighty feeble,
And his head was awful gray.
But his voice rang like a trumpet;
His eyes looked bright and young;
And it seemed a mighty power
Was resting on his tongue.
And he gave us all his blessing -
'Twas parting words he said,
For soon we got the message
The dear old man was dead.
But I believe he's in the kingdom,
For when we shook his hand
He said, 'Children, you must meet me
Right in the promised land;
'For when I done a moiling
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West Nile Virus
Warm, damp weather often results in a large hatch of mosquitoes. Along with the mosquitoes we usually see an increase in the number of mosquito-borne illnesses, such as West Nile Virus. It is important that you know how to protect yourself.
First, you should know that few who become infected will develop symptoms. Some may show minor flu-like symptoms, but only in rare cases will the infection result in severe illness. Those who are susceptible to severe cases, usually the elderly or those with depressed immune symptoms, can develop West Nile encephalitis, a potentially fatal brain inflammation. Less than 1% of those infected will develop severe illness, however, and fewer still will die. Also, those who are infected are believed to develop a lifelong immunity.
The virus is not spread from human to human, although there is rising suspicion that it could spread through organ transplants. It is not spread by contacting dead birds, either, as many fear. In the past we were asked to gather dead birds for the Board of Health, but that was only to determine if the virus had reached our area.
To avoid mosquito bites, stay indoors at dawn and dusk when mosquito activity peaks. When outside, wear long sleeved shirts and long pants, and apply an insect repellent containing at least 35% DEET. According to a study reported in the July 4, 2002, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, "Only products containing DEET are dependable for long-lasting protection after a single application." The study also noted that when label directions are followed, DEET will not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans, so there is no reason to be afraid to use it. DEET works by disrupting the ability of biting insects to detect the source of carbon dioxide—the gas naturally given off by our skin and in our breath— which is what attracts mosquitoes to us. In other words, it doesn't kill the insects—it just makes it impossible for them to locate their prey.
To reduce exposure, repair broken window screens, keep doors and windows closed, and eliminate any standing water sources. Puddles, tires, or even lamp posts can contain standing water, perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Be watchful for these places and eliminate them.
By following these simple precautions, and by knowing the truth about West Nile Virus, you can protect yourself and eliminate a lot of worry.


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RELEASE: January 26, 2007
Reminder: Ridgewood VIS to Close Permanently
TRENTON - The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) reminds New Jersey motorists that it will permanently close its Ridgewood Motor Vehicle Inspection Station on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. The MVC announced this closure in December 2006.
This facility is an appointment-only, two-lane inspection station. Technicians there complete about 27,000 vehicle inspections annually. The MVC has operated at the Ridgewood facility since 1938.
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From gorge hikes to garden strolls, Cornell Botanic Gardens is yours to explore.
Monthly Guide: Plan your visit using the monthly guide.
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Sorry I forgot to ask about this one too,
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the same computer than http://my.other.com <http://my.other.com> , does that
mean that BOTH of them should be in my limit_urls_to string?
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EDIT: Use the repo to install now.
So this one is so easy a itard can do it.
Grab a shell in BT4
Once it completes then:Code:
root@dorktest:~# cd /pentest/wireless/
root@dorktest:/pentest/wireless# svn co http://trac.aircrack-ng.org/svn/trunk/scripts/airdrop-ng
And Read it.Code:
root@dorktest:~# cd /pentest/wireless/airdrop-ng/
root@dorktest:/pentest/wireless/airdrop-ng/ cat README
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root@dorktest:/pentest/wireless/airdrop-ng/python install.py
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Fowler's 'Beside Ourselves' offers dark journey into woman's past
The Cooke family at the heart of Karen Joy Fowler's amazing new novel isn't so much dysfunctional as it is broken. Some members are present. Others are missing. All of them are struggling. Why? "(W)here you succeed will never matter so much as where you fail," says daughter Rosemary. The Cookes' failures — as parents, as siblings, as human beings — have left them strangers to each other, incomplete and unhappy.
Author of five other novels and three story collections, Fowler is best known for the pleasant but lightweight "The Jane Austen Book Club," a romantic comedy that qualifies as a good candidate for summer reading. If you pick up "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" hoping for more of the same, you may be shocked, but you will not be disappointed. Fowler's sixth novel is a different sort of beast, dark and devastating and ambitious, asking hard questions about science, communication and psychology and evaluating the nature of responsibility and our flawed selves.
The novel opens in 1996, when Rosemary is 22, a student at the University of California, Davis. "(S)tart in the middle," she decides, an easy choice for someone whose childhood memories are unreliable. There are also troubling gaps in what Rosemary knows about her past. So, she starts breezily with an amusing incident in the school cafeteria: A girl starts a loud, aggressive fight with her boyfriend, and impetuously Rosemary joins in. Crossing a campus cop lands both girls in jail. "The bars went all the way to the top of the cell," Rosemary reports. "I checked to be sure; I'm a pretty good climber."
But the experience sets off a chain of events that forces Rosemary back to her past. She goes home to Bloomington, Ind., where her parents still live (though not in the house she grew up in). An NIH grant is keeping her father busy with research; a secret drinker, he keeps her mom "on high alert," says Rosemary. "I worried sometimes that their marriage had become the sort Inspector Javert might have had with Jean Valjean." Serious though Fowler is here, she hasn't lost her playful touch.
Rosemary's brother Lowell and sister Fern aren't there; she hasn't seen either in years. But she remembers clearly how things were:
"In most families, there is a favorite child. Parents deny it, and maybe they truly don't see it, but it's obvious to the children. Unfairness bothers children greatly. It's always hard to come in second ...
"I was our mother's favorite child. Lowell was our father's. I loved our father as much as our mother, but I loved Lowell best of all. Fern loved our mother best. Lowell loved Fern more than he loved me. When I lay out these facts, they seem essentially benign. Something here for everyone. More than enough to go around."
But things went wrong anyway, and now Rosemary has to face her fears about the disappearances of Fern and Lowell, the complicity of her parents and her own guilt in what happened to her family.
Rosemary's voice is achingly memorable, and Fowler's intelligent discourse on science vs. compassion reshapes the traditional family novel into something more universally relevant. The Cookes are unlike other families and like them at the same time, and through Rosemary's unique perspective Fowler forces us to confront some tough truths. This brave, bold, shattering novel reminds us what it means to be human, in the best and worst sense.
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Vector packs can add flair to any design project, and the wonderful thing is that they will save you lots of time without reducing the quality of the design. They are great for helping you minimize the time you have to devote to a project, without reducing the quality of your project.
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|Education for Sustainable Tyranny
The United Nations Plan for Our Children
On September 10, 2003 in Prague at the International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future, the United Nations declared 2005 through 2015, "The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)." To nobody's surprise, the UN also named UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) as the lead agency for this global effort. The official launch ceremony took place on March 1, 2005 in New York City.1
Few Americans paid attention. They should have. On June 12, 2002, President Bush announced that America would rejoin UNESCO and ".participate fully in its mission. . . ."2 According to UNESCO, "The Decade of ESD is a far-reaching and complex undertaking. that potentially touches on every aspect of life. The basic vision . . . is a world where everyone . . . learns the values, behavior, and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation."3
Unfortunately for America, the "values, behavior, and lifestyles" that UNESCO requires for "societal transformation" run contrary to a Christian Worldview and American principles of liberty.
What is Sustainable Development?
Our Common Future, for example, reveals that SD involves ". . . a progressive transformation of the economy and society (p.43), . . . international interdependence (p.47), . . . redistribution [of wealth] (p.50) . . . less material and more equitable growth (p.50-52), . . . ensuring a sustainable level of population (p.55), . . . merging environment and economics in decision making (p.62); . . . and a new ethic that will include the relationship between man and nature above all (p.71). Clearly there is more to SD than simply good stewardship of natural resources.
At the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, so-called "representatives of the peoples of the world" adopted a document called Agenda 21, the global roadmap for SD implementation.5
The Chapter Titles of Agenda 21 reveal the extent of government control necessary to implement SD, including goals to: Change Consumption Patterns; Promote Sustainable Human Settlements; Plan & Manage All Land Resources, Ecosystems, Deserts, Forests, Mountains, Oceans, Fresh Water; Agriculture; Rural Development; Biotechnology; Ensuring Equity; an increased role for Non-Government Organizations (NGOs); and even defining the role of Business and Financial Resources. All this is to be accomplished on a global, national, and local scale.6
Since freedom-loving people would never willingly submit to such totalitarian control, education is the "key" to sustainable development. Chapter 36 of Agenda 21, called Education, Public Awareness, and Training, makes clear an intention to integrate Agenda 21 into ALL curriculum as a de facto international education standard.
America's Education Standards
On Oct. 3, 2003, celebrating our new partnership with UNESCO, then-Secretary Paige addressed the UN Round Table on Education. He explained: "The United States is pleased to return to UNESCO . . . There and here, we agree that we must make education a universal reality. Our governments have entrusted us with the responsibility of preparing our children to become citizens of the world. . . . UNESCO . . . knows the importance of education on a global level by coordinating the Education for All initiative (EFA). EFA is consistent with our recent legislation, the No Child Left Behind Act."7 (Emphasis added)
In other words, the United States and UNESCO's goals for education are one in the same and mandated through No Child Left Behind.
In fact, ESD has been a goal in America for many years. To save space, I'll connect the dots only as far back as 1990 the year President Bush Sr. endorsed UNESCO's EFA Initiative and promised implementation by the year 2000. In June 1993, President Clinton signed an executive order to create the President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD). In 1994, the PCSD published "Education for Sustainability: an agenda for action," calling on educators "to serve society by fostering the transformations needed to set us on the path to sustainable development."8 That same year, the EFA/ESD goals became President Clinton's Goals 2000, establishing the framework for our National Standards, Curriculum, and Assessments. All 50 states adopted Goals 2000 in order to receive the funding that came with it.9
Today, President Bush's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) holds states "accountable" to implement their previously signed agreements. States and districts that refuse to "align" their standards, curriculum, and assessments with these so-called "world-class standards" will lose federal funding. NCLB requires full implementation by the end of 2014 which just so happens to be the final year of The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
The US Department of Education insulated themselves from critics of this radical agenda by funding tax-exempt, non-government organizations (NGOs). Sometimes the NGO is several layers removed from its true funding source.
For example, the Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit, published through the University of Tennessee in July 2002, was "made possible by a grant from The Waste Management Research and Education Institution," (an NGO funded by the US Dept. of Education).10
According to the Toolkit: "From the time sustainable development was first endorsed . . . in 1987, the parallel concept of education to support sustainable development has also been explored. . . . Initial thoughts concerning ESD were captured in Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 . . ." 11 One goal the Toolkit holds for education is: "World Citizenship: A Global Ethic for Sustainable Development" defined as "encompassing the constellation of principles, values, attitudes and behavior that the people of the world must embrace if sustainable development is to be realized."12
ESD, Global Citizenship, and America's National Curriculum
To illustrate their mission, the CCE posted an article on their website called "Teaching Democracy Globally, Internationally, and Comparatively: The 21st Century Mission of Schools." It explains: "In the past century, the civic mission of schools . . . was education for democracy in a sovereign state. . . . In this century, by contrast . . . education will become everywhere more global. . . . And we ought to . . . improve our curricular frameworks and standards for a world transformed by globally accepted and internationally transcendent principles." 14 (Emphasis added)
In other words, education is no longer about preserving liberty based on American principles, but transforming America based on international principles.
The international "constellation of principles, values, attitudes, and behaviors" that our children "must embrace" are imbedded in today's curriculum and divided into three major themes as explained in Agenda 21, the US Agenda for Action, and the US ESD Toolkit. They are: Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society.
Sustainable Environment A New Ethic
In the United States, the tenets of the Earth Charter are included in the ESD Toolkit, including its goal of "a shared vision of basic values to provide an ethical foundation for the emerging world community."17
One good example of the "new Earth ethic" is Dear Children of the Earth, a popular children's book written as a letter from Mother Earth. Heavily illustrated with mystical paintings of animals, children are frightened into believing people are a cancer and threat to the sustainability of the planet. The text, under one illustration of a dying Rhinoceros, explains: "The animals have told me, 'We are worried, Mother Earth. We are afraid because our homes are being destroyed by people who don't know better, or don't care. . . . Tell me, my children, where will the animals live when my forests are gone? Where will the whales and dolphins swim when my oceans are too dirty to live in?" 18
Likewise, mainstream textbooks include such scare tactics based on questionable science. For example, one popular second grade textbook celebrates Earth Day by asking second graders: "How would you feel if there were no trees?"19 Another popular fifth grade social studies textbook parrots the dying-earth theme by summarizing: "The Earth needs your help . . . we are all children of the Earth. It does not matter what country you look at. We are all Earth's children and we should treat her as our Mother."20
Do these lessons have an effect on our children's worldview? A recent St. Paul Pioneer Press "letter to the editor" from a second-grader indicates the message is taking root: "The black rhinoceros is becoming extinct because of us. . . . When we cut down trees to build homes for us, we are destroying homes that were already there. Some people say, 'why should we help save the black rhinoceros?' I say because to me they are no more or less than we are. . . . The animals are dying 1,000 times faster than they would be if it were just plants and animals in the world."21 So much for this 7-year-old's self-esteem lessons!
Sustainable Economy Socialist Global State
The message for our children: True economic success comes from government control, but in America, success came from imperial aggression. Missing are the failures of socialism. McMillan's The World Past and Present for example, ends a lesson on the Soviet Union by asking 7th graders: "How do people in Moscow recycle some products?" [Teachers answer:] "Torn stockings are used to stuff pillows or to scrub dishes; milk cartons take the place of pots and pans."27 Apparently, these measures were not the result of economic failure, but an ecologically conscious Soviet citizenry!
Are these lessons having an effect? According to the National Center for Education Statistics report, What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders, the answer is YES:
The US Dept. of Education considers these "attitudes" correct answers and identifies them as "international principles of democracy!"
Sustainable Society Global Interdependence
Here are some social studies lesson examples from a variety of grades and publishers:
Publishers all sound the same because the National Standards for Civics and Government written by the CCE require conformance. The CCE's model textbook funded through No Child Left Behind is called We the People, the Citizen and the Constitution. In reality, it functions to shift children away from our Founding Principles toward accepting new citizenship ideals. Chapter 37, titled "How May Citizenship Change in the Nation's Third Century" explains the goal: "This lesson looks to the future. You focus on some major developments taking place in our society that are likely to affect the very nature of citizenship during your lifetime."35 A critical thinking question at the end of the lesson reveals what they mean: "Do you think that world citizenship will be possible in your lifetime?"36
By following the book sequence, one may see how students are programmed to respond, "Yes" to world citizenship and prepare to accept new principles. For example, the textbook demotes America's Bill of Rights as an antiquated "document of the eighteenth century, reflecting the issues and concerns of the age in which it was written."37 The lesson then promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as "positive" rights and the next phase in mankind's social evolution.38 Although the entire Universal Declaration of Human Rights is contained in the appendix, the textbook fails to teach what it says about the source of human rights in contrast to America's Declaration.
According to America's Declaration of Independence, our Founders understood the self-evident truth that "all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights . . ." Therefore, they recognized the primary function of government was to protect those unalienable Creator-given rights. The Universal Declaration by contrast, limits Human Rights to an enumerated list, and then gives government the power to take them away. According to Article 29.3: "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." In other words, under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, man as represented by the United Nations becomes god!
Once government becomes our god, citizenship takes on a new meaning. According to the CCE, "citizenship" is defined as "the status of being a member of a state, one who owes allegiance to the government."39 NOT allegiance to the principles of liberty, but allegiance to government the ultimate source of rights. That was Hitler's definition of citizenship!
According to the CCE, "civic virtue" now means: "The dedication of citizens to the common good, even at the cost of their individual interests."40 . . . Even at the cost of liberty.
Are these lessons taking hold? One distraught mother showed me her daughter's test response to the question: "Is the United States a 'sovereign state'?" Her "correct" answer: "Yes; because our government has absolute authority over the citizenry."41 Our children America's future citizens, voters, and government officials are being prepared to accept total government control in the name of "sustainable development!"
Twenty million American children have now graduated from the Center for Civic Education's program of indoctrination. Many Christian schools have also adopted the We the People textbooks unaware. Please don't build your house on the sand, simply because the sand is free! The warnings of scripture are clear: While we were sleeping, the enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.
Our Founders sacrificed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to give us our liberty. Don't let the torch of freedom flicker and die on our watch! Wake up oh sleeper and strengthen what remains . . .!
Michael J. Chapman, founder of American Heritage Research , is an author, speaker, and education researcher.
Education for Sustainable Tyranny by Mike Chapman may be purchased in a live multimedia presentation with an interactive DVD menu: http://www.AmericanHeritageResearch.com
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We are inviting employers to participate in our Career Services' Walk-In Wednesdays this Fall. Employers will have the opportunity to share expertise on resume writing, mentoring, and mock interviews through one-on-one sessions with our business students!
If you are interested in assisting with Walk-In Wednesdays, contact us to schedule a date during the Fall semester.
Tours provide students with a hands-on opportunity to connect with local companies, as well as provide additional branding for the organization. Most tours last 1-2 hours and include 15-20 students.
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Author to bring sunny disposition to Upper St. Clair library
The Upper St. Clair Township Library will host a free family concert Thursday night by Woodstock, N.Y.-based Morgan Taylor, creator of the gentle, friendly and slightly trippy "Gustafer Yellowgold" character.
In a mashup of 1970s-style soft rock, minimalist animation and silly lyrics, Taylor tells stories about Gustafer, a being born on the surface of the sun who comes to explore Earth by way of an absurdist version of the Minnesota woods. A projection screen will display Taylor's "moving illustrations" while he plays music and sings.
"If you weren't told it was kids' music and you weren't really paying attention to the lyrics, you wouldn't know," said Taylor, 43, whose Gustafer Yellowgold shows have opened concerts for such noted artists as alternative rock band Wilco and pop rock band Polyphonic Spree.
"It's a Beatles-influenced, acoustic alternative pop. … The lyrics just happen to be about pterodactyls and eels."
Baker & Taylor, the company that distributes the Gustafer Yellowgold DVDs and CDs, awarded Upper St. Clair the concert through a drawing held at the American Library Association's annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., in the summer, said Debra Conn, head of the children's and youth programs at the library. Library board member Paula Holmes attended and entered Upper St. Clair in the contest.
Taylor, who works with his songwriter wife Rachel Loshak, said that writing, illustrating and performing the Gustafer Yellowgold catalogue — five CD/DVD sets — has become his full-time occupation.
"Rachel and I started it as a fun side project in 2004, and now I'm getting to do the things I love all the time," he said.
This will be his first appearance in the Pittsburgh area since a performance at the closed Joseph-Beth Booksellers in the South Side a few years ago.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. in the library's multipurpose room 1. Admission is free, but space might be limited to about 100 people.
Matthew Santoni is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412 380 5625, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Discussion in 'NCAA Football (EA)' started by FutureIsHere, Jan 20, 2013.
Well...that escalated quickly.
I get it. An erection joke.
I would give you as much advice as I could...but it wouldn't help. She's a country girl, and she would be able to notice a poser. Sorry broheim.
Muddin'! America! Loud exhausts!
Only in soccer will a manager find out he has been fired while working as a pundit on live TV... and that's one of the reasons why soccer > all other sports.
It's not hard to be country. Put a dip in, wear boots and flannel or really short shorts and drink vodka and sweet tea out of a McDonald's cup
Man...you ain't got no idea.
Lol if the Bobcats somehow get Noel at 4 in this draft
It was a joke. I live in Alabama, I know country and fake country and it's easy to tell the difference
Most of Alabama is fake country.
On this day 18 years ago, a legend was born.
Still better than Pittsburgh
NHL playoffs > over every other professional sport. I've been convinced.
ATTENTION REGS. question posed between a chat that contained myself, joe, and sean. if we were all to meet would we go down south or the north?
i think we all know the answer based on where a majority of the regs reside.
Y'all are comin to Montana to see my swag.
I would say North or somewhere in the middle!
Like my mom would let me meet up with strangers on the internet . Y'all wouldn't want me there anyways lol but that's pretty sick if y'all ever really pulled that off. Go to the south.
Somewhere in the Mid - Atlantic would be the best, like Ohio/Pennsylvania.
Agree somewhere in the middle, or wherever the middle is for most of us
So thinking that I'm going to buy my first FIFA game tonight. Should I go with 12 or spend the extra $20 for 13? Any suggestions?
13. It's the funniest sports game
get 13. join our pro club.
only if youre good though. if not, then go away.
So because I couldn't ask for any more days off without being let go, I had to choose between going to the beach with my brother and one of his friends from work for a coupe days, or go with my friend from college and a bunch of people for a whole weekend. Needless to say, my brother is upset.
The paycheck isn't worth it sometimes, you know?
Party at my apartment.
I'll go with 13 then and doubt I'm very good since I've played Fifa about three times I think
Not expecting it, but I'm hoping Velton Jones can get picked in the late 2nd round tonight, or at least get an invite to summer league with someone. He had some interviews with a few teams a few months ago.
You guys excited for NCAA 14?
I don't even know if I'm gonna buy it
I tell myself I'm not going to buy it, but I'll buy even if the best part for me is the cover.
Forgot about the cover. Never mind, not buying it.
But for real, I like what I've seen from it and the demo's fun for me. Then again I'm not picky when it comes to video games.
This is how I feel about it. I haven't even played the demo but I'm still going to buy it because there is no reason not to.
I think the last video game I didn't like was Madden 09, and even then I played it a good bit. I only play sports titles so there's really not much to fuck up.
Right, as long as you don't have Blitz or NBA Jam stuff going on in a legitimate sports title I'm good.
I will be buying it on release day. Just like Woy and BC, I always buy sports titles since it's all I buy really. NCAA, Madden(except last year), 2K, The Show, and maybe now FIFA are the only games I'll purchase year in, year out.
I'm probably not buying it. I don't really have time for video games anymore and I don't really have $60 lying around. I'll hold out for the new FIFA and either NBA 2K or NHL.
What are some fun teams to play with on FIFA that aren't too dominant or anything? I'm playing my first game with Sunderland
Not Sunderland. Swansea City though.
I really need to pick up FIFA since I actually watch soccer now. Probably will hold out for '14 though, have too many things coming up that I have to keep money saved for.
Lost first game against Liverpool with Sunderland, but won with Swansea City over some sucky random team lol. Currently winning with Tottenham over Norwich City. Slowly getting the hang of it.
I'm the opposite Woy. I barely watch soccer, but hoping to pick up on it.
2K has become my favorite game, and the NBA is my 5th favorite league(NCAAF, NCAAB, NFL, NHL) but the game is so much fun. If they made CHOOPS 2k15 on next gen:
2k, FIFA, the Show.
I miss NCAA 2006. That and Madden 2004 I played religiously.
I still say NCAA 06 was one of the best football games I've ever played.
I seriously tweeted this when we were on the clock. Lmao
@AirUpThere33 What do you think about that trade?
Someone move to Pittsburgh and live with me, damnit. I need a roommate.


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By Reuters
July 3, 2004
NEW YORK - Israel has operatives
training commando units in Kurdish areas of U.S.-occupied Iraq, an
alignment with the Kurds that gives Israel "eyes and ears" in Iraq, Iran
and Syria, The New Yorker magazine reported yesterday.
The article by award-winning reporter Seymour Hersh, who earlier this year exposed the extent of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, quoted a CIA official as saying the Israeli presence is widely known in the U.S. intelligence community.
The report also quoted a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington as saying, "The story is simply untrue."
The report, quoting current and former intelligence officials in the United States, the Middle East and Europe, said one of Israel's main objectives is to increase Kurdish military strength to balance that of Shi'ite militias.
"Look, Israel has always supported the Kurds in a Machiavellian way as balance against Saddam," the magazine quotes a former Israeli intelligence official as saying. "It's realpolitik. By aligning with the Kurds, Israel gains eyes and ears in Iran, Iraq and Syria."
The report also says Israeli operatives had crossed into Iran with Kurdish commandos to install sensors and other sensitive devices to spy on Iran's suspected nuclear facilities.


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The big kick-off in England has a magic which Brazilian football would do well to imitate.
Some of the spell, of course, is cast by the August weather, with the stadium gleaming and the pitch in pristine condition.
But a large part of the big kick-off effect results from the fact that the supporter is returning to his second home after spending some three months away.
The pre-action pause is vital to the success of a league competition.
Such a break is badly missing from Brazilian football.
Admittedly, economic factors mean that no matter how good the organisation of the domestic game, Brazil's stars will still move to Europe.
And the game also suffers from problems which are far bigger than football, such as social violence and a poor transport infrastructure.
Even so, it is hard to escape the conclusion Brazilian football is operating some way short of its potential.
Recently I was at the match between Vasco da Gama and Cruzeiro, at that point 9th and 2nd respectively in the table.
A crowd of just 2,794 gathered to watch them.
At the final whistle I rushed to the Maracana for the local derby, Fluminense against Botafogo, where only 11,171 had bothered to turn up.
The total gate money for both games came to around £40,000.
These numbers make it very clear that all is not well in the so-called land of football.
Earlier this decade Brazil decided to adopt a European-style league format for its national championship, with all the sides playing each other home and away.
The new league was designed to keep all the clubs in activity, but one vital point was forgotten.
The European leagues get off to such a good start - the big kick off weaves its magic - precisely because of the summer break from the club game.
Football supporters are dreamers by nature and however terrible their team might have been back in early May, by mid-August the fan has persuaded himself that this might be their season.
The new signings will make a difference, referees will finally give them a fair crack and the path to glory is open.
Fired with hope he goes to the early games, and whatever happens he builds a bond with the players. It is his team.
But in Brazil there is no pause for this magic to work its effect.
The national championship starts in April or May.
Less than a week earlier the wretched state championships - one for each of the 27 states that make up the country - have come to an end.
The supporter is already well acquainted with the team and its defects.
He has a get-out clause. It is my club, he says, but it is not my team.
He stays away, and so Brazilian football becomes ever more dependent on transfer money coming in from abroad, selling its stars instead of selling its spectacle.
Tim Vickery takes part in Up All Night's World Football phone-in every Saturday morning at 0230 BST on BBC Radio Five Live


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CIA set to oversee the PA-Israel security cooperation (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Aluf Benn 01/30/05)
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The Central Intelligence Agency is set to resume its role in security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in an effort to stabilize the situation in the territories, senior officials said yesterday.
The Bush administration has been eager to establish a mechanism that will prevent the escalation of sporadic violent incidents into yet another total conflagration between the two sides.
More specifically, the U.S. is concerned about an extreme Israeli reaction to acts of Palestinian violence that are initiated by groups interested in undermining the diplomatic process.
As such, U.S. officials would like to see a stabilization on the ground at this critical juncture, when terrorist acts are at a minimum, and find ways of neutralizing the effect of any possible terrorist attacks.
This the Americans believe can be done through the revival of a tripartite consultative group, headed by officials of the CIA in the area, and including Israeli and Palestinian security officials.
CIA chief Porter Goss and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley discussed the matter with Shin Bet head Avi Dichter when he visited the American capital.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom had similar talks in his meetings with Hadley, and the same message was brought by outgoing State Department chief of the Middle East section, William Burns, in talks in Jerusalem.
However, during weekend deliberations at the Defense Ministry, no enthusiasm was expressed at the possibility of a revived three-way security coordination mechanism.
The tripartite security coordination meetings were set up as a result of the 1998 Wye Accord and collapsed at the start of the intifada in late September 2000.
Nonetheless, the conclusion of the discussions at the Defense Ministry suggest that if the U.S. is keen to revive the mechanism and asks Israel to participate, there is no possibility that Jerusalem can refuse.
Sources say it is not clear whether the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will be interested in cooperating with the United States in matters of security.
In their talks with senior American officials, Israel took the stance that any progress on the issue will depend on the effort undertaken by the PA in preventing terrorism, and in dealing with perpetrators of terrorist acts and punishing them.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and senior Palestinian Authority security official Mohammed Dahlan met late last night in an effort to achieve further progress on matters of security coordination.
The two men concentrated on the sensitive security situation in the West Bank and sources close to the talks said that the possibility exists that Israel will transfer security responsibility of major towns to the PA in a week.
The Mofaz-Dahlan meeting was also part of paving the way for the meeting between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, scheduled for the second week of February. (© Copyright 2005 Haaretz. 01/30/05)
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De Vita Caesarum
C. Suetonius Tranquillus
Quin et nummos non mediocris summae e fastigio basilicae Iuliae per aliquot dies sparsit in plebem.
He even scattered large sums of money among the commons from the roof of the basilica Julia for several days in succession.
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from C. Suetonius Tranquillus: Volume I. Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 31, translated by J.C. Rolfe, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1914, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.


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As an adult, Jonah is drawn to study extremophiles, microorganisms that flourish in intense climates.
"I was fascinated by the role of microorganisms in allowing life on Earth to exist," she says.
All such very small plants and animals are known as microorganisms.
The virulence is not great enough to kill a sufficiently high percentage of rats that eat food containing the microorganisms.
Phagocytosis: the destruction or devouring of bacteria or other microorganisms by phagocytes.
The passage of microorganisms through the digestive tract of Blaberus craniifer mounted under controlled conditions.
The destructive effect of microorganisms both in the interior of the cheese and upon its surface is rapid.
It exerts an inhibitive action upon the growth of microorganisms, but irritates the tissues.
Some microorganisms are transmitted directly from one animal to another, and the diseases produced may be called contagious.
When the infected egg is eaten raw the microorganisms, if present, are communicated to man and may cause disease.
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An organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size, especially a bacterium or protozoan.
An organism that can be seen only with the aid of a microscope and that typically consists of only a single cell. Microorganisms include bacteria, protozoans, and certain algae and fungi. See Note at germ.
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"Blood Memory: Writing the Personal into the Fictional" Workshop with Jessica Lanay Moore of Poets and Writers Magazine
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Writer Jessica Lanay Moore presents her first Pájaroluz Writing Workshop, "Blood Memory: Writing the Personal into the Fictional," with the Bronx Writers Center, where she will lead participants on the journey to fictionalizing the personal—from memoir to fictional narrative. Attendees are encouraged to write and develop first drafts and will receive creative feedback on their results. This new workshop series will be of great value to writers in multiple genres, so come welcome Jessica to our wonderful community!
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Nov 15, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- University of Maryland President Wallace Loh on Monday released the final report of the President's Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
To view the complete report submitted for Loh's consideration and decision, please visit www.president.umd.edu/pcia
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Try kelp. Ruth Flaherty recommends this in her book "Westies From Head to
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As with every major release of Acrobat, we've done an update to the PDF version with this one. The new latest version of PDF is 1.7. Compared to past revisions, 1.7 is a pretty minor update to the spec – most users won't notice that anything has changed. The revisions are mostly in the areas of 3D, advanced commenting features, and security. Because the update is pretty minor we decided to make a radical break with the past in how Acrobat handles version numbers – even though the latest version is 1.7, Acrobat 8 will default to saving out files as 1.6. It will only write out the 1.7 version number if the user asks for it, or if 1.7-specific features are used.
The benefit of this change is that users with Acrobat or Reader version 7 can open files saved from Acrobat 8 without getting the warning that the file comes from a newer version and "might' (who knows?) have features that don't work properly. We hope you like this!
Another change is that it has become easier to use Acrobat to Save a PDF to an older version number. In Acrobat 7 it was possible to reduce the version number by using Reduce File Size or PDF Optimizer. Access to this has been made little more intuitive in Acrobat 8 – you can now get to this functionality through the Save As menu. Under "File, Save As" the default option is still "Adobe PDF Files (.pdf)" but right under that is "Adobe PDF Files, Optimized (.pdf)". Making this selection enables the Settings… button in the Save As dialog. Clicking on that brings up the Optimizer dialog. If you just want to change the compatibility level of the file, uncheck all the options in the left panel (Images, Fonts, etc.) and set the Make Compatible option to the Acrobat version you want. Note that Acrobat 4 corresponds to PDF 1.3, Acrobat 5 to PDF 1.4, etc.
Looking further down the format choices for "Save As" you will find options to save as PDF/A (PDF for Archive) and PDF/X (PDF for Print Exchange). These options allow you to take the PDF you currently have open and save it in one of those ISO standard PDF subsets. Please be aware that these options only work if your PDF is pretty close to compliant already – you must have fonts embedded for both standards, for example. And unfortunately the product doesn't give much feedback in this path if it is unable to complete the conversion – you have to go to the Preflight tool to diagnose why the file couldn't be converted.
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The PDF/A specification requires that certain metadata be written into conforming PDF/A files. This metadata is in XML, and more specifically uses the Adobe XMP specification. Unfortunately the published version of PDF/A had some errors and ambiguities in the specification of that metadata. This may lead to some tools producing PDF/A that is not strictly compliant with PDF/A (either as originally published or as corrected) or to some tools declaring files non-compliant when they are compliant.
In XML, a namespace provides "a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language documents by associating them with namespaces identified by URI references" (W3C). The PDF/A spec refers to several namespaces that are defined by other standards (such as the xmp namespace) and defines a few of its own.A namespace is defined by a URI, such as http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/. The PDF/A spec identifies these URIs, but in several cases omits the last character, usually a / or # character. But the XMP specification, building on the RDF specification, requires that all namespaces defined within XMP metadata must use one of these termination characters. So what PDF/A specified to be used in XMP is in fact invalid XMP. This will be fixed when the PDF/A spec is corrected, but for now developers who follow the published spec will be writing metadata that is not strictly compliant with PDF/A as it was intended. And PDF/A files produced by software written to the corrected spec could get warnings or errors from validators written to the published spec.Another thorny area of the spec is namespace prefixes. An XML document that uses a namespace generally uses an abbreviation for the full namespace URI. The abbreviation is called a Namespace Prefix. Here's an example from the W3C:
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When was the last time you posted a pic on PhotoBucket? Did a search on AltaVista? Or updated your Myspace page? In the online world, sites that were once the rage can quickly fall out of fashion. But they don't die; they linger on in a kind of cyber-limbo. Here are 10 sites that you may have forgotten about, but they're hanging on, and in some cases they might be poised to make a comeback.
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The western Negev was quiet this week as well. Shooting incidents continue against IDF soldiers engaged in routine security activity along the border.
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, announced that the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians were expected to begin soon. US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is expected to arrive in the region.
Preparations continue for a flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip, which is supposed to include at least eight ships. The Hamas administration is repairing the Gaza port for the arrival of the flotilla and plans to send over 100 boats for a welcome ceremony. The flotilla and the welcome are planned to gain widespread media coverage.
This week, the State Security Court in Egypt issued long prison sentences to operatives of the Hezbollah group exposed in Egypt. The group was involved in smuggling weapons to Hamas in the Gaza Strip and planned a series of attacks in Sinai. Hezbollah leaders condemned the Egyptian court's decision.
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