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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, couldn't garner enough support among Republicans for his so-called Plan B, a continuation of most of the Bush-era tax cuts except for millionaires or richer, Thursday night.
Things are so bad in the divided Republican party that Boehner didn't even call a vote on the bill, which was the GOP's answer -- OK, some of the GOP's answer -- to fix the impending "fiscal cliff." I can't blame the speaker. Why embarrass yourself further by having it be defeated by your own party colleagues?
So what's next? In a brief statement after the House essentially closed shop for Christmas, Boehner said a fiscal cliff deal is now up to President Barack Obama and the Senate.
The big question is: What will Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., do? He's been a pretty hard-line no-tax advocate himself. Of course, part of that is because he's probably facing a challenge for his Senate seat from more conservative Tea Party Republicans.
So getting a complete tax and spending deal now looks like it won't happen.
The best we taxpayers who are waiting on some tiny bit of tax clarity can hope for is that after the holiday break Capitol Hill and the White House agree to continue some of the tax measures that expired at the end of 2011 -- that's right, the so-called extenders such as the state and local sales tax itemized deduction and above-the-line adjustments for teacher expenses and tuition and fees that would apply to our 2012 tax returns have been dead for almost a year -- as well as fix the alternative minimum tax so that we can at least file our 1040s somewhat on time.
Then after we fall off the fiscal cliff on Jan. 1, 2013, members of the new 113th Congress can work on what tax laws they -- or should I say we citizens who elected them? -- want for next year.
Maybe once the current tax rates all go up all by themselves next month, the recalcitrant members of the GOP who wouldn't vote for any tax hikes will be OK with voting for tax cuts to bring at least some of the rates back down to 2012 levels.
But this is Congress we're talking about, so don't go placing any big bets on what might happen!
Happy Holidays and to all a good tax night.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team could not solve the University of Tampa pitching staff as the visiting fourth-ranked Spartans swept aside the Lions 11-2 and 5-2 in Sunshine State Conference doubleheader action on Saturday afternoon from Southard Stadium.
The loss drops the Lions to 18-10 overall as they are now 3-5 in conference while Tampa, claiming their first SSC series win of 2012 improves to 22-5 and 5-4 in the SSC.
The opening game was decided by two frames where the Spartans exploded for five and four runs in the second and fifth innings respectively. The fifth inning runs were particularly frustrating as the Lions looked to be out of the inning unscathed, but a two-out, fielder's choice play to third seemed to be routine, but the umpire ruled Taed Moses's foot off the bag allowing the inning to continue. The Spartans would eventually score all four runs in the frame after that play.
Starting Saint Leo pitcher Charles Neely (4-3) only managed 4.1 innings of work and was responsible for the decision and eight of Tampa's 11 runs. Sean Bierman (4-2) was responsible for keeping the Saint Leo bats muted, throwing six complete allowing just three hits.
In Game Two, similar to last weekend's final game against Barry, Tampa cracked the scoreboard and took the lead on one swing of the bat in the fifth inning. With Saint Leo holding a slim 1-0 lead Tampa's Andrew Jones took a Rick Teasley 1-2 pitch over the left field wall for a two-run homer.
Saint Leo would answer with a run in the bottom of the inning on a Ryan Brnovich RBI ground out, but Tampa added two more runs in the top of the sixth inning to widen the gap and tilt the game in its favor.
Teasley (4-3) picked up the losing decision as he surrendered pitching duties with a tie score and two runners on base. Those runners would eventually score, giving the decision to the junior. Tampa's Preston Packrall (5-1) picked up the win in relief as UT only allowed the Lions three hits in the game.
Brendan Collins continued his hot streak as he went a combined 4-for-7 and was the only Lions with three hits in the opener. Michael Revell, responsible for two of the Lions' three hits in game two, went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
The Lions will look to rebound from the weekend series when they host NCAA South Region rival Valdosta State on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Southard Stadium. For the latest news, information, and updates on the baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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The Surrey RCMP are looking for a few good men and woman to help volunteer to keep the city safe as part of the Auxiliary Constable Program.
Do you have an interest in policing or the criminal justice system? Do you want to advance your career and gain more experience? Do you want a physical and mental challenge? Do you believe volunteering should be more than just sitting behind a desk? Then becoming an Auxiliary Constable may be the opportunity for you.
The Surrey RCMP Auxiliary Constable Program is currently holding mandatory information sessions for Canadian citizens interested in joining the Auxiliary team.
"We are looking for diverse mix of individuals with a strong desire to make a difference and give back to their community," said Auxiliary Program Manager Merv Bayda. "Auxiliaries come from many different backgrounds, but they all have the same goal in mind – to make Surrey a safer place for all its citizens."
Auxiliary constables assist police officers with community based policing and crime prevention programs along with assisting officers in the field in various circumstances. Auxiliaries must also complete a basic training program that consists of 250 hours of classroom and practical instruction.
"It is a significant commitment however the rewards are immeasurable," said Bayda. "When you join our team you become a real difference maker with a solid understanding of crime reduction and the issues facing our community."
Information sessions continue to Feb. 16 at City of Surrey council chambers at city hall (14245 56 Ave.).
The next information session is Saturday, Feb. 2 at 12 p.m. There are also sessions Feb. 5, 7 and 13 at 7 p.m., and at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Feb. 16.
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Pronunciation: zai-mêr-jee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. That branch of applied chemistry that deals with fermentation, such as that involved in wine-making or brewing. 2. The practice or art of fermentation in brewing, distilling, wine-making, and so forth.
Notes: This rather rare word would be an excellent play in a game of Scrabble. It is analogical to metallurgy, liturgy, and dramaturgy, so it has an adjective, zymurgical, and an adverb, zymurgically, but that is the extent of its derivational family.
In Play: If you don't want your friends to be certain about the shady activities of your relatives, today's is a word that can help you out in certain situations: "Uncle Skeeter was caught in an act of zymurgy somewhere out in the woods by the revenuers. I don't think he was making merlot." Of course, zymurgy can also be a perfectly legitimate academic pursuit, too: "While writing his master's thesis on the zymurgy of the grape, Felix accidentally fell into a vat of his subject matter and nearly drowned."
Word History: Today's Good Word is a Greek compound consisting of zyme "leaven" + ourgia "working". Ourgia comes from Proto-Indo-European werg-/worg- "to do, work", which turned up in English work with relatively little change. The E-variant is visible in Greek ergon "work", which we use in ergonomics, the study of equipment design for efficient work. Organ was taken from Greek organon "tool, instrument" and orgy, well, that has to be a lot of work. (We are happy that Kitty Moody did the work of finding today's Good Word and sending it in to us.)


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Choose Your Favorite 'Catching Fire' Character Portrait
The cast of Catching Fire is looking picture perfect.
With the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire just months away, the games have begun (again) as fans were treated to a number of promo stills this week — featuring the YA franchise's beloved characters posing for the Capitol Couture portrait series.
In the latest installment, Panem's heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) goes glam in another extravagant gown, this time donning a gorgeous tiered dress complete with ruffles, a metallic embellishment (possibly in the shape of a mockingjay) and a white rose.
As for the other citizens of Panem, Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) and Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci) do their best to represent the dystopian nation's capitol city in their distinguished photos.
In an equally eye-catching ensemble, Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) sits pretty and pink, while Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) cleans up well for his shot.
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July 13 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 6 Presentations
July 12, 2010
News Highlights
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Tuesday, July 13, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will make the following presentations to residents and county staff. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711. More information on the July 13 meeting, including an agenda, can be found online.
Thomas Jefferson High School U.S. Olympiad
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Thomas Jefferson High School U.S. Olympiad finalists for their academic achievements in computer, chemistry, mathematics, computational linguistics, physics and biology.
Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Month
The Board of Supervisors will designate September 2010 as Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Month in Fairfax County. Direct support professionals provide care for individuals in the community who have age-related or other disabilities and need long-term services to live as independently as possible.
Boys Scouts of America
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America for its work with youth and its contributions toward building a conscientious, responsible and productive society. The Boys Scouts of America was established 100 years ago.
McLean High School Girls Softball Team
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the McLean High School Girls Softball Team for winning the Virginia State AAA Championship.
Ben Peck
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Ben Peck of Herndon, a lifelong resident of Fairfax County, for more than 50 years of community service. His efforts contributed to the preservation of the land that became Frying Pan Farm Park.
Howard Guba
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Howard Guba for his years of service with the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. During his tenure, Guba has been involved in the Capital Improvement Program and made lasting contributions to the quality of capital construction in Fairfax County.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
703-324-3189, TTY 711, Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
Alex Jacob wrote:It takes endless repetition, endless shifting of tactics to get through to someone like that. Be patient.....
Brilliant analogy of how others try to make you see with their eyes, when your eyes are the best for you.)
try to make you see with their eyes
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Well, 'made up' is sort of like how it happens: First, I am just sitting there listless. Then I feel a breath of fire and the Holy Spirit comes over me like a wave of 'conscious lava'. I become like unto a ceder ember and my eyelashes like unto burning filiments while I am lifted up to the throne of the Most High who welcomes me into His parlor. When I am in that state, certain ideas, snippets of sheer genius, lotto tips, as well as Coyote stories just come into my brain. I HEAR them and write them down as quick as I can. (I also once 'received' the design for a new type of vacuum cleaner!)
It's "taunt, enthuse, amuse, color, tickle, belittle, belabor, bedeck, festoon, argue, allude, compare, challenge, qualify, mock, present, illuminate, research, ironize, &cetera"
'A flute, a tuneful bamboo flute
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The name is the same and so is the goal;
To tangle, lure, and snare.'
'As long as.you think you're white, I have to think I'm black'.
Bob: My time and energy spent here serves primarily (and very likely only) in my own continuing development towards spiritual perfection. Being/becoming Pure Spirit!
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there are some episodes of LOTTERY CHANGED MY LIFE on Youtube, anyone have them recorded that can upload the rest of the series? I no longer get those channels and do miss that show, it's so motivating.
I think b2b has every episode recorded and cataloged by name and date. Lets hope he can upload them.
I seriously would not change too much from the day-to-day way I live now.
Keeping in mind that I play Hot Lotto (as opposed to MM or PB), and would like to win only 2 - 5 million, the biggest change would be that I would quit my job, and then spend my days doing things for me and my family, instead of making money for the people I work for.
The second biggest change would be that I would bump-up the schedule for building my house ... which would be the same modest design that I have on paper now ... and already plan to eventually build (myself).
After getting the house done, I would spend more time just enjoying life, and trying to find something good to do to help others.
Since I would be collecting anonymously in KS, very few people would ever know that I won.
That's it!
LOL Ronnie you know it!!!...Sadly I cant upload them...they're on my DVR...When ever they show them I erase the old and just rerecord...I think you can watch some on the TLC website if you do a search for it....but yeah it's my favorite show i hope to be on it someday....I'll keep you all posted it if find out when any new episodes come out...but don't hold your breath waiting they haven't had any new ones in two years
Agree 100% - keep it simple and you will always be a winner!
what good is Money if you can't spend it
If God will give me a chance to win a lottery why not my God..my fist off is Hawaii...then explore the world! thats just a wild dream..
If I will win a lottery I will spend the money wisely its a what time bigtime!
There is a small number of folks who go broke compared to number of people who actually win and stay wealthy. I myself like to win before the end of year before this non-sense with fiscal cliff. No telling how much taxes will be taken out of our winnings starting 2013. Ive cashed in a ticket for an auntie earlier this year. It was a $5.00 Scratch-OFF Bingo Game and she won $200,000.00. With Illinois being the greedy state with high taxes the final prize amount was $140,000.00 . Its good they take the taxes out up front but the amount they get is to much. I wish everyone good luck fortune health and wealth in the upcoming year. Gotta be in it to win it!. Oh when I do win I'm buying a Maserati Quattroporte slightly used.
Some will get the joke.
This is why I already have my "to-do" list. Winners who blow their money are the ones who did not have a plan before or after they won.
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Hawaii i like that idea
Its always nice to have kind neighbors.... And the pump action sounds good too......
what if it was a car?
Once I win the jackpot prize I use the money on investment. I will hire a financial advisor who will guide me on entering different kind of investments. All of these will come true soon!
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Like last year Crystal Space is involved with the Google Summer of Code program. Last year we had seven students. Some of that code is already integrated with Crystal Space and the rest will be integrated at some point in the near future. This year we have four students (we decided to do only one student per mentor this time). On this page you can find more information about the Summer of Code for Crystal Space:
- Summer of Code Ideas: the original ideas page for Summer of Code. There are still some interesting ideas there that didn't get selected this year.
- Crystal Space Blogs: on the Crystal Space blog site you can find the individual blogs of all GSoC students:
- Mauricio Hollando: AI and Path Finding.
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Melbourne's Sunday Market Becomes Weekend Festive Market
Arts Centre Melbourne's Sunday Market will be open all weekend in the lead-up to Christmas. It will now also open on Saturday 8, 15 and 22 December and will showcase new makers as well as 80 original stallholders and their best locally-made festive wares for the gift-giving season.
The Weekend Festive Market will feature the finest artisans from across the state, with a festive twist and holiday cheer added to their usual wares, which makes it the perfect place for Christmas shopping. There will be a variety of unique, handmade goods ranging from arts and crafts to freshly made delicacies.
Arts Centre Melbourne's Forecourt and St Kilda Road lawn will become a Holiday Walk, with Christmas carols playing throughout the day.
Just a short walk over the bridge from Flinders Street Station, Arts Centre Melbourne Weekend Festive Market has the relaxed feel of a regional craft market against the backdrop of Melbourne's arts precinct.
Market visitors also have the convenience of under-cover parking located under Arts Centre Melbourne's Theatres Building.
Arts Centre Melbourne, Forecourt and St Kilda Road
The Weekend Festive Market
10am to 3pm on Saturday 8 December and 10am to 4pm to Sunday 9 December
10am to 4pm on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 December
10am to 4pm on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 December
The Weekend Festive Market will not be open Saturday 29 December and Sunday 30 December
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Reducing Your Risk of Stroke
Keeping your heart and blood vessels healthy can significantly decrease the risk of most strokes. There are many factors that can affect your cardiovascular health and the more factors you control, the more you reduce your risk of a stroke. Controllable factors include:
Reach and Maintain a Healthy Weight
If you are overweight or obese , talk to your doctor about a plan to lose weight. Adopt a sensible eating plan and exercise regularly. Plan to lose weight gradually, to help you maintain your weight at the desired level. Consider consulting with a dietitian, who can help you with meal planning and portion sizing.
Quit Smoking
Chemicals in tobacco smoke contribute to the build up of plaque in the arteries, increasing your risk of atherosclerosis . Over time, this increases the risk of blood clots, which can reduce or block blood flow to the brain. Smoking can also cause tightening or spasming of blood vessels which can further restrict blood vessels with plaque.
Quitting smoking is the best way to put yourself on the right track. Talk with your doctor about tools and programs to help you quit . Secondhand smoke can be damaging as well, so try to avoid that when possible.
Drink Alcohol in Moderation
Excess alcohol intake is associated with an increased risk of heart arrhythmias, which can affect blood flow to the brain. If you drink alcohol, aim for moderations. Moderate alcohol intake, means two drinks or less per day for men, and one drink or less per day for women. Some studies have suggested that moderate alcohol consumption be beneficial. You do not have to start drinking to achieve the marginal benefits of alcohol.
Eat a Healthful Diet
Your diet can have a significant impact on your "bad" and "good" cholesterol levels. Managing your cholesterol levels with a well-balanced diet can reduce your risk for a heart attack by reducing the amount of plaque build up.
A well-balanced diet includes plenty of whole grains , fruits and vegetables , and nuts. Also consider substituting bad fats for good fats . This means eating more mono- or polyunsaturated fats like olive and canola oil, and less saturated and trans fats which can raise your bad cholesterol levels.
General recommendations include adding fish, which contains omega-3 fatty acids , to your diet at least twice per week. Talk to your doctor about whether you should take omega-3 supplements.
Exercise Regularly
Regular aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, using a stationary bike, or treadmill, can help reduce the risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. In general, aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise per day on most days of the week. If you have a sedentary job, it may be beneficial to aim for 60 minutes of exercise a day. Overall, exercise can help lower blood pressure, enhance blood circulation, increase good cholesterol, and decrease the demands on the heart.
Talk to your doctor before starting any exercise program.
Manage Other Health Conditions
Certain medical conditions are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease or stroke. While not all risk can be eliminated, carefully managing these conditions can greatly decrease the risk of heart problems.
Hypertension is the biggest risk factor for stroke. If you are being treated for hypertension, adhere to the treatment plan outlined by your doctor. Monitor your blood pressure regularly. Talk to your doctor about checking your blood pressure at home.
Dietary changes, regular exercise, and medications can help you control your blood pressure. The DASH diet is a plan designed to help reduce blood pressure.
High blood glucose levels can increase your risk for a stroke by causing damage to smaller blood vessels and contributing to plaque build up on blood vessels walls. Managing blood glucose levels may delay cardiovascular problems that contribute to stroke. If you have diabetes, work with your doctor to develop a plan to manage your blood glucose levels.
High blood glucose levels can increase your risk for a stroke by causing damage to smaller blood vessels and contributing to plaque build up on blood vessels walls. Managing blood glucose levels may delay cardiovascular problems that contribute to stroke. If you have diabetes, work with your doctor to develop a plan to manage your blood glucose levels.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repeated episodes of complete or partial airway obstruction during sleep. The disorder is associated with disrupted sleep patterns and decreased oxygen supply. OSA has been linked to several cardiovascular disorders, as well as early death. Complications of OSA include hypertension, heart failure , diabetes, stroke, and heart attack . Work with your doctor to decrease the incidence or severity of your sleep apnea. This may include using a CPAP machine or surgery.
Daily Aspirin
Ask your doctor whether taking a daily aspirin is right for you. If you are at high risk for stroke, aspirin may prevent one. Since aspirin therapy is not without risk, be sure to consult with your doctor before taking an aspirin a day.
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The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley has organised an evening with Roger Davy and Dennis Warwick, looking at the Yorkshire textile industy and its role in social history.
Roger's book Waste Matters looks at the people he encountered whileworking in the family business in Bradford, while Dennis has produced a revised edition of Greenholme Mills Remembered, originally compiled by his late wife, Margaret.
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The Center for Food Integrity and the National Council on Chain Restaurants hosted the 4th Annual 2009 Food System Summit Oct. 6-7 in
Bovine Veterinarian: What was the significance of this conference this year in terms of subject matter, speakers and attendees?
Charlie Arnot: This year's theme was, "The New Normal – building consumer trust in a period of unprecedented market volatility." These are challenging times for everyone in food production. We're challenged economically, politically and socially. We wanted stakeholders from across the food system to come together to talk about how we can work together to build consumer trust and confidence in the contemporary food system. Part of that process is hearing from those who are critical of the system like Robert Kenner, the director of Food, Inc. We can learn from our critics, even if we don't agree with their point of view.
If you lose a football game and don't take time to watch the game film to learn how to improve, you've not only lost the game but the opportunity to improve. Listening to those who critique the modern food system can help us better understand the issues and develop long term strategies to build consumer trust.
BV: What was significant or surprising this year in your consumer survey regarding animal welfare?
CA: The biggest surprise is that it's about more than welfare. Consumer support for the statement, "if animals are treated decently and humanely I have no problem eating meat, milk and eggs," has declined significantly over the past three years. To me that decline indicates the concerns extend beyond welfare. The other important learning is that while consumers trust farmers, they are not sure that contemporary production is still farming. We are going to have to be more transparent and more open in promoting the great men and women who produce our food on contemporary farms using technology, protecting the environment and caring for animals.
BV: Where do you think the opportunities are for the livestock industry to educate and build trust with consumers, especially where welfare is concerned?
CA: We need to understand that this is a process and not an event. We won't build consumer trust with a single strategy or tactic in a short period of time. We've completely revolutionized food production over the past 60 years. It wasn't that long ago that nearly a third of our population was involved in food production. Today it is less than 1%. That's a wonderful testament to the productivity of the American farmer. The public doesn't understand contemporary food production and we need to commit to a long term strategy of showing who we are and what we do. We need to help the public understand that the size, scale and technology on a modern farm are different than they were 40 years ago, but the commitment of today's farmer to do what's right has never been stronger. It will take a long term commitment and a willingness to engage the public if we want to build trust and confidence.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference has posted the top NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate for the fifth straight year.
The Academic Success Rate (ASR) for all 22 Division II conferences was released at the NCAA Convention, which was held in Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11-14. SSC member institutions posted an ASR of 86 percent to again lead all conferences. The Northest-10 Conference placed second in the rankings with an ASR of 85 percent. The leagues have claimed the top two spots in the conference-by-conference comparison each year since the ASR performance rankings were first released in January 2008.
"The fact that our conference has posted the top ASR in all of Division II for the past five years is a tremendous source of pride for the SSC," Commissioner Jay Jones said. "This accomplishment speaks to the dedication of the student-athletes and administrators throughout our league. Our student-athletes are a testament of the good that exists in college sports, as they exhibit dedication to winning championships and excelling academically."
Data for the 2011 version of the ASR was compiled by following the progress of the 2001-04 cohort. The national four-year ASR for all DII student-athletes increased one point to 72 percent. SSC student-athletes performed well above that average, posting an 86 percent ASR.
A number of SSC teams posted a perfect 100 percent Academic Success Rate, and each member institution had at least one program sport a perfect mark. They included:
- Barry softball and women's tennis;
- Eckerd men's basketball and softball;
- Florida Tech men's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, and women's tennis;
- Florida Southern men's and women's tennis;
- Lynn men's basketball, women's golf, softball, and women's tennis;
- Nova Southeastern women's cross country, rowing, and women's golf;
- Rollins men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming, women's basketball, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, and volleyball;
- Saint Leo men's swimming; and
- Tampa women's tennis.
Along with the Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the ASR is a tool used by the NCAA to measure the academic progress of student-athletes competing within the Association. The NCAA developed the Division II ASR at the request of college and university presidents who believed the federal graduation rate was flawed. Both the Division I GSR and the DII ASR take into account transfer students. However, given the partial-scholarship model of Division II, the ASR also includes student-athletes not receiving athletically-related financial aid. The ASR also removes students from the cohort who left the institution while academically eligible to compete.
Top Ten NCAA Division II ASR Conferences
1. Sunshine State Conference - 86%
2. Northeast-10 Conference - 85%
3. East Coast Conference - 81%
T4. Conference Carolinas - 79%
T4. Great Lakes Valley Conference - 79%
6. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - 78%
T7. Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - 76%
T7. Great Northwest Athletic Conference - 76%
9. Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - 74%
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Welcome! So you've decided to kill a man. Well, with a few easy steps you'll be able to kill anyone you want with just your bare hands.
edit Reasons to kill a man
Let's face it, a lot of people deserve death. You may be asking yourself, "is it right to kill a man"? Well here are some moral reasons to do so:
- Calls your Kings with Ace/3 off and rivers an Ace on a final table
- Slept with your wife, daughter, sister, or mother, ran over your dog, or slept with your dog (before or after running it over)
- Drank the last beer
- For no reason whatsoever
edit What you will need
Now that you are thoroughly (not at all) versed in the moral and legal implications of killing a man with your bare hands, you need the following items:
- Hands (any colour will do)
- A Bear from which to extract "Bare Hands".
If you have these item(s), you are ready to get killing.
edit Killin' Time!
Find the man you wish to kill. Take your hands, and put them around his neck. Squeeze until dead.
Was that so hard? Well, there are three more advanced methods. You will need two rolls of quarters for the first:
- Put the quarters in your hands.
- Take your hands, and punch him in the face.
- Repeat as necessary until he is dead.
Be aware that this method can leave you with broken knucles, fingers, or an entire hand. Sure is fun, though.
For the second method(Not for those who had trouble with the first method) however nothing extra is required:
- Punch the unsuspecting
victimassailant in the stomach,or groin, causing them to bend over in pain.
- Securely grasp the back of the
victimassailant's head and motion your hands towards the ground, while raising your knee, imagine you were bounce passing a basket ball whilst going up a stair case(Don't ask why you would do this)
- Proceed to stomp on the
victimassailant's ankle to prevent him/her/it from fleeingchasing after you. (In the event of [[1]] knee caps will suffice)
- Further proceed to kick or punch the
victimassailant in the head, repeating as necessary untill they are dead.
The final method requires your Kung fu prowess to be used:
- Call the man. Name him "Dick Penisberg" or something and let him attempt to punch you.
- Grab his wrist and then push his nose into his brain with an elbow uppercut.
- Then punch his ribcage/face/balls repeatedly the way Bruce Lee did the Wing Chun punch (Note that this takes 10 minutes to cause internal hemorrhage and death because each punch is as weak as your little sister hugging a spiked rock)
- Finally see Disposal of Corpse below(Unless in the USA, New Zealand, China, or Africa. In which case no one will care.)
edit Disposal of Corpse
The most pesky, not to mention rude, part of killing someone is they never help in the cleanup. The best way to dispose of the body is to go out into the desert and burn it. Remember, what the fire doesn't get, the vultures will. Another way is to drive out into the desert and bury the body. This is less dangerous to you, but a lot less fun and a lot more work.
edit Conclusion
Remember, murder is only wrong legally. Don't worry about it. Good luck with that.


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These quotes were excerpted from the August/September 1991 special interstate edition of the Bulletin.
"We were asked to think in enormous quantities of everything – asphalt, concrete, earth, rights of way. And everything was new – new construction standards, new safety features, new personnel – many more personnel, as well as training programs for them."
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The Crap We Missed – Tuesday 7.10.12
Welcome to Tuesday's The Crap We Missed that sadly fails to replicate yesterday's butt blitz but don't worry, there's still plenty of "That person is still alive?" and "I'd pee in her butt." material in here for you to anonymously keyboard hate babies into. Starting with Vanessa Paradis who still hasn't learned that closed mouth smiling could have saved her relationship, Lou Diamond Phillips who really could have waited until Will.i.am came around with his valet ticket before apologizing for that dent, Channing Tatum's thinning hair which won't at all stop Fish and I your wife from blasting one out to his assless chap dancing and finally, the upsetting realization of what a sexually embarrassing hell Melanie Griffith's life has been ever since those goddamn Shrek movies came out.
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There is no end to the reviewing and essaying on Jared Diamond's new book, "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
Today's New York Times Book Review has a lengthy and thoughtful essay by Gregg Easterbrook. Easterbrook reviews Diamond's career and touches on his other books including "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Why is Sex Fun?" The first won Diamond the Pulitzer Prize and the second reflected the serious work that won him the National Medal of Science. Easterbrook is less enthusiastic than say Malcolm Gladwell or Steward Brand and in the end less thoughtful than David Brin.
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Printing physical objects, certain ones, anyway, is easy with the Cube, but you will quickly hit the printer's limits. 3D Systems' software is overly simplified in the name of user-friendliness, and its proprietary feedstock cartridge and retail-focused Cubify.com site give you the feeling that 3D Systems is more concerned with monetizing you than creating something you can get the most out of.
If you like the idea of a 3D printer as a consumption device -- using it to print others' designs that you've paid for -- the Cube might hold some appeal. But as soon as you want to get creative with the Cube -- making your own designs, tweaking others' creations, printing with different materials -- you might find that it isn't very accommodating. The Cube has some nice usability features, but you're better off putting the time in with a less expensive, more capable printer to get the most out of this still-developing hobby.
For those who are unfamiliar with the basics of 3D printing, here's the Brief Brief Overview of 3D printing from my MakerBot Replicator review.
1. Acquire a 3D model file via download, by designing a model yourself, or by scanning a physical object.
2. Send that file to the 3D printer, generally via your Windows, Mac, or Linux-based computer.
3. Watch as the printer draws from a spool of 1.75- or 3-millimeter plastic filament, printing your design by building up layers of heated, extruded plastic.
4. Bask in the glow of having brought a three-dimensional object into existence.
Aside from those basics, the Replicator and the Cube are almost totally different from each other.
Comparing the two printers visually, the Cube looks like a far more polished product. It's encased in plastic, not laser-cut plywood. You can't see any operating wires on the Cube, and its build platform, the surface on which the printer forms objects, is a crisp piece of burnished black metal, as opposed to Replicator's aluminum platform, which you might often keep covered in tape.
The two printers share some similarities in their setup process, and the Cube's is both easier and more cumbersome. In order to use your Cube at all, 3D Systems requires that you first register the device on its Cubify Web site. There you create a user account, from which you'll be issued a four-digit activation code to enter into the printer via its touch-screen display. Once it's activated, you may proceed with initial hardware setup.
Neither MakerBot nor any other consumer-level desktop printer maker I know of requires that registration step, and I expect many of the designers and users of the other 3D printers would balk at such a requirement. It seems to serve no purpose other than to funnel you to Cubify, ensuring that you're aware of the various accessories, software packages, and design files 3D Systems wants to sell you.
Once you activate the Cube, you're ready to set up the hardware. As with the Replicator, the Cube's onboard display guides you through loading the plastic filament into the heated print head, and in both cases the process is simple.
In order to ensure that your prints come out properly, you must also level each printer's build platform. Leveling is a hassle on both printers, each requiring you to move the print head around the platform while adjusting a set of bolts or screws. The Replicator is easier since it uses thumb screws. You'll need a small wrench, not included, to level the Cube.
When it comes to actually printing something, 3D Systems has seemingly eliminated at least one major source of botched prints. While the Replicator can print with multiple materials, one of the most common is ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) plastic. 3D Systems says it's open to supporting more materials, but right now it only offers ABS for the Cube's proprietary feedstock cartridges.
ABS is useful for its malleability and its typically low cost (more on that later), but it can be challenging to print with because it doesn't always adhere well to the build platform. MakerBot helps mitigate that issue by heating the build platform and using Kapton tape to provide a smooth, evenly heated build surface, but it doesn't always work, and you may have to clean and replace the tape often.
The Cube has a heated platform as well, and it also uses glue.
You apply the glue to the platform before each print. When the print is done, you remove the whole platform (it's held on by magnets) and drop it in water to cool it and dissolve the glue. The company won't tell me the ingredients of the glue, but it works well. Unlike with the MakerBot Replicator, with the Cube I never once had a print-in-progress ruined because it got dislodged from the build platform.
As with the Replicator, objects with a lot of surface in contact with the Cube's build platform can still be prone to "peeling," aka lifting up off the platform during a print. This is a common problem with ABS, leading to a lot of bad prints, and a lot of time releveling your printer.
Unique to the Cube, though, are its aggressively expensive, proprietary feedstock cartridges.
A typical spool of ABS from other vendors costs $50 for 1 kilogram, or 5 cents per gram. 3D Systems doesn't reveal the specific amount of plastic you get with each cartridge, but a user on a Cubify fan blog found a 320-gram difference between an empty cartridge and a full one.
At $50 per Cube cartridge, that boils down to more than 15.6 cents per gram, making 3D Systems' printing plastic over three times the price of ABS for other printers. Even 3D Systems' best deal for multiple cartridges, five for $219, comes to a comparatively exorbitant 13.6 cents per gram.
You also can't game the Cube with non-3D Systems ABS. A sensor lets the printer know when the cartridge is inserted, and you can't print if the Cube thinks the cartridge is missing. I tried loading the cartridge and feeding a separate spool into the print head. It didn't work. The print head wouldn't feed the outside filament through to the extruder.


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This article was published 11/11/2011 (2112 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The former soldier is pacing in circles in a small office in the bowels of a nondescript, tan brick building at 17 Wing.
He can't stand still. His mind is racing, too.
Bad memories. Baggage. And the little things that remind him of both.
"You drive by the Maple Leaf plant (the smell of burning flesh and dead meat) and you have to pull over and start crying," the former Canadian Forces warrant officer begins. "Sitting at a campfire with your kids, it smells like burning buildings. You see a little kid walking around with one arm..."
The man -- we'll call him Mike -- is trim and fit at age 44. He could still drop and give you 50. He's wearing a suit jacket with his medals of service on the left side of his chest. Some are for tours in Bosnia, Haiti, Nairobi and Oka.
Two decades later, he's in the offices of the Operational Stress Injury Support Services (OSISS), a peer and family support system jointly run by the Department of National Defence and Veteran's Affairs that currently deals with well over 5,500 active and non-active military and RCMP personnel across the country.
The actual number of service members suffering from operational stress injuries, or post-traumatic stress, is estimated to be much higher -- especially after 10 years of Canada's forces serving in Afghanistan.
You could walk by Mike on the street or meet him at a social function and never have a clue that he suffers from OSI. But if you're going to pry into the heart and mind of a Canadian soldier still dealing with the emotional scars of more than two decades of combat, you must be prepared for what comes flooding out.
When he came home from Croatia (the first time), he didn't talk to his wife (his first wife) for a week. He was drinking every day. Isolated, withdrawn, depressed.
"Totally self-destructive," he says. "Didn't care. It didn't matter."
After five years, and counting, of therapy and peer support, Mike believes he's changed. "It's like night and day."
How has he changed?
"Well, for starters," he says, his eyes narrowing. "I have a question. Where is your poppy?"
In a split-second, it's the warrant officer talking, not the civilian who left the service last year. The voice rises, a flash of anger.
"How disrespectful is that to come onto this base without a poppy? How disrespectful is that to the uniform? Do you see these?" he asks, pointing to his row of medals. "How disrespectful is that?"
The tiny room feels like it is getting even smaller. And then...
"Five years ago, I wouldn't have been so nice," he says. "And I wouldn't have kept my hands in my pockets, either."
The former soldier takes a seat.
"That's how I've changed."
2It doesn't have to equate to the picking up of blown-up body parts or pools of blood streaming from fellow soldiers or innocent victims. It could be, and often is, something as inconsequential as a dirty sock left on the floor. Or listening to a total stranger complain about an everyday inconvenience that to someone who has witnessed genocide in Rwanda or mass graves in Bosnia would seem utterly ludicrous.
Imagine a medic who sees a woman in war-torn Rwanda walk into a clinic with a dead baby's arm sticking out of her womb. Imagine seeing a young girl run down by a group of drunken foreign soldiers who show zero remorse, yet you are powerless to see any justice done.
"We just had a 10-year war," explained Jim Lowther, a Halifax-based veteran who served two tours in Bosnia and was a member of the first mission to Afghanistan.
"And we had another 10 years of so-called peacekeeping missions where we were getting shot at and thrown in between three countries that were at war. So these guys do all their tours, they come home, and when you're over there, you have to have your spidey senses going all the time. You're looking over your shoulder 24/7. If you do that for six months, it's hard to turn that off.
"That's the problem. You can't do your job. When you've seen horrible things and done things... it's hard. So you have to put it away. You have to do your job. But when things calm down, that's when it comes back to bite you. That's when it spirals."
Lowther was perfectly fine until about 10 years ago when he went to the movie Behind Enemy Lines with his son. It's about an American soldier (played by Owen Wilson) who witnesses a massacre during the Bosnian conflict. Lowther had to leave the theatre.
"(The Wilson character) was running through the same places I had patrolled and something snapped," Lowther said. "I got sick and went and threw up in the garbage can. That was it. Full-blown nightmares. Just like that."
Said Mike, who served three tours in Bosnia: "A lot of stuff you shrug off or keep it internally. I could sit here and list example after example (of trauma), but I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to beat myself up."
The OSISS groups are not just peer support, they're conduits to professional therapy and medical counselling. Groups include active and non-active members. Ranks are thrown out the window. So are service records.
"The important thing is that everybody has a common denominator -- we all served in some sort of way," he said. "It doesn't matter if you're an officer or a junior rank. It doesn't matter if you're male or female. What matters is you went through a trauma, and we're here to help bring you back."
The OSISS, which has 20 sites across Canada, also offers spousal support.
"The person who lives with you is going to see some things even if you don't realize you're not well," said regional family peer support co-ordinator Angela Duda. "So what we try to do is say you're not the only person out there. There is help for you, so you don't feel like you're alone.
"And we go out into the units," Duda added. "We tell them that you need to watch each other and these are the signs."
All Canadian Forces personnel who come off tour in Afghanistan now have a mandatory decompression that includes education on identifying signs of OSI, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
"You don't just come home to your family," Duda said. "You may come off a six-month tour and say, 'I'm good.' But three months after you come home, you might be saying, 'God, I don't want to go out. I don't want to see anybody. I've got to call someone.' "
Education for OSI includes both entrance and exit sessions, a fundamental shift from the prevailing pre-1990s military attitudes, where any mental health issues would be seen by both soldiers and officers as career-ending.
In fact, the stigma still exists.
"A lot of people are very, very reluctant to come forward to get help," said Louise Groulx, OSISS regional co-ordinator for the Prairie region. "There's a stigma, a shame about having mental illness -- certainly in the military. We've all been trained to be tough. 'Suck it up, carry on.' You don't want to let your team down.
"(But) it's really come a long way as far as I'm concerned," Groulx added. "I think it's happening on the civilian side a lot more. The more it goes into the public sector, once it becomes more of the norm, it will help the military take some of the stigma off of it."
Added Follette: "At one time, if you got an OSI, goodbye. But now it's gotten to the point where they're trying to keep people, trying to help them get stronger and stay in the military, if that's the best thing for them. We're just trying to take it to the level where it's OK to say if things aren't going well."
Still, in life-and-death military training, where room for error or indecision is unacceptable, a decision to seek help can itself be traumatic. One day in 2005, Mike got in his car and drove around the Winnipeg base "four or five times," trying to bring himself to walk into a building where a sign said "Mental Health Ward."
"I was sick and tired of being sick and tired," he said. "I knew I needed help. When your soul is that lost, you know."
Mike walked unannounced into the office of a medic of a similar rank. He fumbled to explain the impromptu visit.
Finally, the medic asked, "Feeling a little unglued?"
The floodgates opened.
"That's when I got help," Mike said. "That one person made all the difference."
But like so many aspects of mental trauma, there are no absolutes.
"I'm grateful every day I wake up," Mike said. "It's a journey. I'm not ashamed to say I'm a veteran. I'm not ashamed to have served. And I'm not ashamed to say I have an OSI. I really like who I am now.
"But all of us that have an OSI, we'll have a monkey on our back for the rest of our lives. We just have to deal with it. It's extremely difficult sometimes. It's a daily battle."
And it's a battle that doesn't end in far-off places like Somalia or Bosnia or Afghanistan.
"The one thing about (these disorders) is you can't make promises," Follette said. "There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but it's going to be a lot of work. We can help keep you on track."
Does the current OSISS infrastructure meet the demand? Or the future demand?
For Lowther, it's at least a start. For Mike, it's a lifeline. For Groulx, it's a place where soldiers can reach out and get help to deal with the hidden casualties of war that weren't acknowledged in previous generations.
"For so long, people have needed a program and it wasn't there," she said. "Too many people who left the military ashamed or numb, and they didn't have to."


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Topic: AASLD - The Liver Meeting - Boston, MA Nov 9 - 12, 2012
Sorry it has taken me so long to post this report. I was honored to represent The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation at AASLD – The Liver Meeting in Boston, November 10 – 12. Saturday, Nov. 10th was the 5 year day that I lost the love of my life, Jacques to cholangicarcinoma – I knew that being at this convention was just where I needed to be on this day.
This was my first time attending AASLD and perhaps the first time that The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation was present. Attendance was amazing, approximately 10,000 attendees. The Liver Meeting is the premier annual US conference on hepatology, covering all aspects of liver disease including viral hepatitis, fatty liver, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplantation. I spoke with physicians, surgeons, fellows, researchers, scientists etc. from all over the world. I handed out over 250 brochures and ran out of bracelets on the last day – I brought 180 with me.
We were located on Foundation Row, which was an excellent place to be. It was set up in a large hallway that led into the main exhibit hall, everyone had to pass by us to go to the exhibit hall. There were 11 other foundations , including several international foundations. We were the only patient advocacy foundation.
Numerous attendees from Greece, Egypt, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Thailand, Cairo, and Toronto were very interested in knowing about the foundation, as they are seeing a rise in incidence in their country. One physician from Costa Rica said that she alone has 6 cases this year, and it is young patients, she said this is alarming because they have a small population and she knows that other physicians in other towns in Costa Rica are also seeing patients. Many had heard about The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and many had not. I showed so many attendees the site with the use of the iPad, they were very impressed with the wealth of information it contained. I cannot even recall how many people expressed their thanks for the immense efforts of the foundation in raising awareness. It is through this awareness that research, the ability to detect at an early stage, and the improvement of the treatment and care of people living with this cancer will receive, as well as the hope for a cure.
I feel that this was a successful venue for us. We should plan to attend this again next year. There was a true sense of increased attention and effort by the scientific and medical communty to further research and improve the options that are available to treat cholangicarcinoma. I was not able to go to the sessions as they were ticketed. Next year, we will need to see how we can attend these. As I said earlier, I was honored to represent The Cholangicarcinoma Foundation at this event and I know that many more people know about us due to our attendance at AASLS, The Liver Meeting.
With warmest regards from NH,


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A subtropical location and a high interior plateau are responsible for South Africa's temperate conditions so appreciated by visitors.
South African temperatures, which are measured in centigrade, average at highs of 28°C to average lows of 8°C in the summer months while winter temperatures range from 1°C at night to around 18°C in the day. Average annual rainfall is on the low side at under 500mm a year, making the country somewhat dry. Much of the rain falls in the Western Cape in the winter, differing from the rest of the country, which experiences summer rainfall. Thunder and lighting storms are common in provinces like Gauteng, North West and KwaZulu-Natal. On the plus side, the South African climate boasts more than its fair share of sunshine, recording an average of 8.5 hours a day.
South Africa's climatic conditions generally range from Mediterranean in the south-western corner of the country to temperate in the interior plateau, and subtropical in the north-east. A small region in the north-west has a desert climate.
Our relatively mild and short winters do not justify the expense of central heating in many buildings and homes, which may lead visitors to think the winter is colder than it actually is. The answer to this is dressing in layers.


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I used to be goodish at html, but I gave up for a year or two, but recently me and some friends decided to start a server on a game we like, and we would need a website for it. So far my friend made a good mock up on photo shop of the front page, as he is more creative than me ( http://i.imgur.com/pZ6JRdm.gif ) and I came up with this so far: http://prntscr.com/45jef9
I kind of got a bit stuck at this stage, as I only have a basic knowledge of html and css. If anyone could maybe help me with the positioning of the next steps that would be great!
For instance I need to figure out how to use margins instead of sizing the background, but when I did:
p { margin-left: 1000px; margin-right:1000px; }
It wouldn't work, and I experimented putting it inside the body tag ect?
Thanks in advance
Are you trying to position the body picture to the center of the page? Do you have a live website where we can look at this? If you are trying to center an image to the center of the page, I would not use the  element, however create a
 just inside the  element which encompasses the whole page, give that a width, such as 70% or something, and give it auto left and right margins, which will center at any screen resolution. You can place the background picture on that and you should't have to mess with background positioning due to the fact the element is already centered.
Sorry I don't have a live website I know I should be using divs, but I don't know how to code them or use them
Can you give us the full markup you are using at least? And full CSS. So we can recreate it :). We should be able to see what you're trying to accomplish if we get the full code and look at it.
Okay, so the css code is:
body {
background-image: url("background2.png"), url("background.jpg");
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-size: 650px, 820px;
background-position: center;
I have a recreated copy on my computer right now...I see what you have in your screenshot, and what your friend drew up. Seems to be on track right now, and you just need the content in place?
Your image has a ton of white space in it. I would crop the picture down to the bare minimal, aka the gray part. Just the image part you need. Then do something like this.
Also, I would recommend doing the image like x amount of pixels wide, and then 1px tall, and then repeat-y it. No need to have such a huge image file to load when CSS can just repeat the image.
Crop down the image to the gray part, do something like this, and since the image is placed on a center div, you shouldn't have to mess with margins to center content.
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(Statement as delivered by Ambassador Wittig in a Security Council meeting on the work if its Subsidiary Organs)
"Mr. President,
over the last two years Germany had the honour to chair the Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions committees as well as the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
Advancing the work of these bodies was one of Germany's priorities during its membership in the Council. Both the fight against terrorism and the protection of human rights are essential elements of German foreign policy. I therefore appreciate the opportunity to share some personal observations on this with you.
With regard to the Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions regime I would like to point out three of the challenges we had to tackle:
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Second, we had to make sure that the sanctions regime continues to serve its political purpose.
And third, we had to ensure continued universal respect for the sanctions regime.
Those challenges could only be met with a determined and united effort by Council members. Our task was to forge a consensus in the committee as a basis for the needed reforms.
These efforts culminated in June 2011, when this Council adopted resolutions 1988 and 1989 (2011) – establishing new landmarks within the UN sanctions policy.
Resolution 1988 separated the Taliban sanctions regime from the former Al Qaida- and Taliban sanctions regime. This step rendered the instrument of sanctions more nimble and more responsive, which is of significant importance to the political process in Afghanistan. It is an encouraging development that Afghanistan is seeking an even stronger role in the Committee's work and has presented proposals for de-listing reconciled individuals.
Resolution 1989 substantially strengthened the role of the Ombudsperson for the Al-Qaida sanctions regime. This introduced a much-needed element of due process that is crucial to ensure universal respect of the sanctions regime.
It is time to consolidate the progress made and to build further on it. We, together with our partners in the Like-Minded Group on Targeted Sanctions, have made concrete suggestions to improve due process in the sanction regimes. In particular, we are of the view that this Council should consider widening the mandate of the Ombudsperson to other sanctions regimes.
We are convinced that all Council members must have an interest in the universal respect of the Council's political instruments, especially the sanctions regimes. We are therefore looking forward to the discussion of our suggestions in the Council.
Mr President,
I now turn to the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
Allow me to start with a couple of words on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Just last month more children were killed due to the fighting in Eastern DRC than in the whole year before. In 2012, the number of children killed or maimed by parties to the conflict almost tripled as compared to the previous four years. Some estimate that up to 200.000 children suffer from this conflict.
M23 is estimated to have at least 300 children forcibly recruited as child soldiers. Other armed groups increased recruitment of children as well. There are gruesome testimonies from children confirming that M23 commanders killed child soldiers within their ranks who tried to escape.
The situation in DRC is a grim reminder that civilians – especially women and children – continue to bear the brunt of war and conflict. Their suffering continues to oblige the international community.
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We are also satisfied that the Council adopted resolution 2068 in September 2012 – again under German Presidency –, focussing on how to put more pressure on persistent perpetrators and to achieve better accountability.
Furthermore the Secretary-General now has an open-ended mandate to present annual reports to the Council. And let me underline: his reports and the listings therein are highly valuable and effective tools to protect children. They are part and parcel of the international legal architecture to protect children in war.
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The Working Group should make better use of its tool-kit by issuing press statements on situations of concern which occur outside the reporting cycle. So far, there has been some resistance to use this tool. I recommend discussing this issue again, as the Working Group must be able to immediately react to massive violations and abuses of children's rights in armed conflict. The informal "Horizontal Note", by which UNICEF informs the Working Group about the current situation on the ground, is an ideal source of information in this regard.
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The Working Group should also explore options to increase the number of country visits. We have successfully conducted a highly useful visit to Afghanistan in 2011, also in preparation of resolution 1998. We are certain that these visits could substantially complement the work of the UN staff on the ground.
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I have a question. In the article "Automobile" is spelled: a'utomobile'. Why that? What does that mean? Harry granger Talk contribs 20:35, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
- I assume it was some sort of coding error. I fixed it. -- 1337star (Owl Post) 20:46, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. As english is not my native language, I was not sure if it was right or not. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:02, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
we don't call them 'automobiles', we call them CARS. Can someone change the page and everything? 188.8.131.52 21:41, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
- That will not happen, because this Wiki uses british terms, because the author of the books is british. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:48, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
Then, I think, it would be the best to ask Cavalier One. He is Admin and british. So he would be one who could tell us best. Harry granger Talk contribs 22:07, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
I'm British, that's what I was trying to say, we say car, not automobile! 184.108.40.206 22:15, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
and not 'motor car'... this isn't the 1920s... 126.96.36.199 22:16, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
- O. k., I understand. But then there is the question of a renaming of the whole article from Automobile to "Car". Who is to decide that? Harry granger Talk contribs 22:21, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
- Are you absolutely sure "automobile" isn't used in the UK? I mean, I always thought "car" was a more causal term and "automobile" was used in a more formal/technical situation. I'm not British, mind, and I might be wholly wrong. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 22:50, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
So, apparently my library subscribes to the Oxford English Dictionary. It appears to support the points brought up by our lovely anons from across the pond: "automobile", in the sense of being synonymous with car, is listed as being "chiefly North American". I think that should settle the matter. -- 1337star (Owl Post) 23:23, December 22, 2011 (UTC)
- As long as the UK editions of the books never refer to "automobiles" (which, given your research, I don't doubt), I'm fine with moving this article under "Car". -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:38, December 22, 2011 (UTC)


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Aria — By Diane M. Byrne — November 2001
Song of the South
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Part of this expertise is Sensation's familiarity with composite, aluminum, and steel hull construction, making the yard one of only a handful worldwide to offer all three. But the Milhouses already knew this. Bob had spent two and a half years in the mid- to late 1980s building a 123-foot sloop, Aquel II, at Sensation, with an aluminum hull and a Kevlar and carbon fiber superstructure. While Aria has an aluminum hull and superstructure, flat-panel composite sun beds and composite sections around the life rafts were used to minimize weight.
Hand in hand with the issue of construction materials is the intended performance of the yacht. Just as Sensation succeeded in ensuring Mari Chai III would outperform any previous sailing yacht of her size on transatlantic crossings, it succeeded in giving the Milhouses a motoryacht that would comfortably achieve good transatlantic range. The projection was for 22-knot cruising speeds and maximum 24-knot speeds, with a 5,000-NM range at 12 knots, thanks to twin Caterpillar 3516s. The result? Each was met on the nose.
Yet another advantage Sensation offered was its on-site engineering shop, electrical shop, interior and exterior woodwork shops, and painting and finishing sheds. The extensive stainless steel piping found in Aria's spacious engine room, for example, was all done in-house.
The quality of the joinery onboard Aria --"absolutely outstanding," to use Bob's words--shows just how skilled Sensation's woodwork shops are. The yard had hired Donald Starkey to design the interior when she was a spec project, and the Milhouses liked his approach and demeanor. If you've seen Starkey's work, particularly onboard the 149-foot Oceanfast Perfect Prescription (now Perfect Persuasion), then you'll recognize wood fashioned in building-block-like designs on some walls instead of flat paneling throughout. Onboard Aria, the blocks appear in the saloon and are highly lacquered, unstained Australian cirrus, a rare wood with a yellow hue. The effect is terrific, complementing the warm, welcoming atmosphere. There's also a custom-built flame-mahogany coffee table with an inlaid compass rose.
More beautifully fashioned wood lies forward of the main saloon and through a lattice door in the dining saloon. Additional use of cirrus on the walls, combined with a custom-built cirrus-topped dining table designed by Starkey, create a spectacular dining environment. The table can be extended to accommodate 12. Custom-built cirrus and eucalyptus burl cabinets and sideboards store Aria's crystal and cutlery.
Whether it's to be enjoyed before or after meals, entertainment in the form of music and movies are pastimes taken seriously by the Milhouses. If the framed Stradavarius violin on the wall in the sky lounge above the curving staircase doesn't give it away, then the 12-inch Crestron color touch-screen control panel--part of a sophisticated system that extends throughout the yacht--sure will. With the touch of a button, electronic blinds descend over the large windows to each side. Another touch of a button causes the plasma-screen TV to rise up from the eucalyptus burl cabinet in the middle of the room. All that's left to do is make a selection from one of the more than 200 DVDs available on demand and let the sound flow from the Surround Sound setup. Sensation had never installed such an extensive system before, but Bob Milhous says the yard met his and his wife's expectations.
Guests can enjoy the saloon's full multimedia capabilities and relaxed surroundings from the comfort of chairs and sofas featuring New Zealand and Australian leathers. The U-shape settee was specifically designed to take full advantage of the audio system (including 1,000 CDs) for the ultimate experience.
If they choose to listen to music in their staterooms, the Milhouses and their guests are treated to peaceful havens. The full-beam master stateroom, encompassing an office area as well as a bedroom with a separate sitting area, is accessed through a hidden door forward on the main deck. Guests can choose from four suites on the lower deck between the engine room and crew's quarters, each with its own color scheme, designed to reflect famous arias. Starkey designed the two forward guest cabins--one with a queen-size berth, the other with twins--to be convertible into one large bedroom with a lounge, thanks to a sliding dividing wall between them.
Having built the largest motoryacht to come out of New Zealand to date, neither the Milhouses nor Sensation are taking a break. The couple enjoyed a two-week maiden voyage a few months ago in Fiji and, as we were going to press, were preparing for a one-week trip through the Galapagos in early October before taking the yacht back to Florida. They'll island-hop through the Caribbean for the winter season. As for Sensation, Aria won't be a solo act. It has three more motoryachts underway, ranging from 147 to 167 feet LOA, the largest of which should be delivered this coming winter.
One question remains, however: Where did the yacht's name come from? "Gail and I love all kinds of music and decided `Aria' (an operatic solo) was a pretty name for a yacht," Bob Milhous explains. Unlike many of the characters who sing those solos, however, this Aria will take center stage for both the owners and the yard for some time.
Sensation New Zealand Phone: (64) 9-837-2210. Fax: (64) 9-836-1775.
For additional photos, visit our Web site at powerandmotoryacht.about.com/webfeatures.
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I am watching the 4th volume of the Naruto Uncut Box Sets and it seems as though there might be some construed information. In the episode it is said by Kakashi that there are 316 tenketsu not 361. Im wacthing the dub so there may be a translation error but I just want to know if anyone can verify the correctness of this statement.—This unsigned comment was made by Slyfox311 (talk • contribs) .
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