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BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has finally moved to sink a firm of alarm sharks - two years after we exposed their hard-selling racket.
Sas Fire & Security have been forced into liquidation after their ruthless tactics were revealed by the Sunday Mail in a series of special reports.
We revealed how bullying sales staff used crime fears to dupe vulnerable customers into buying cheap alarm systems for thousands of pounds.
The firm, which was launched by ex-Motherwell footballer David Black using the name David Diaz, was also rapped for misleading adverts and flouting a ban on cold calling.
But the 27-year-old - who raked in millions - has now seen the Government force SAS into liquidation.
Cable axed the firm following a UK-wide probe by his department's Company Investigation unit.
A spokesman for the minister said: "Following inquiries carried out by Company Investigation, a petition was presented by the secretary of state for this company to be wound up in the public interest."
The enforced closure is a major victory for the Sunday Mail and thousands of victims of SAS. Holyrood justice spokesman Richard Baker said: "I'm delighted that the campaigning efforts of the Sunday Mail have helped hasten the demise of a firm which preyed on the elderly and the vulnerable with their lies and sharp practice.
"After such a great result, it is now encumbent on the Government to ensure that the individuals involved in preying on our communities are not allowed to open up and operate under another name."
Diaz, from Milton, Glasgow, had offices in his home city and 14 other locations with an HQ in Stockport, Cheshire.
Sas sales teams raked in a fortune by using scare tactics and bogus crime stats, often targeting OAPs. They sold systems worth s500 for up to s9000 and lied about links to the Home Office and Association of Chief Police Officers.
The firm, who hired PR advisers in a doomed bid to clean up their image, have talked more than 2000 customers into buying the alarms - provided free to OAPs by some councils.
Investigators believe Diaz has already salted away a fortune from the firm.
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Book Review: Atlanta: Hip-Hop and the South by Michael Schmelling and Kelefa Sanneh
Updated 2:55 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Photographer Michael Schmelling's most recent project was borne of his admiration for Outkast's 1998 album Aquemini, which created a palpable and rhythmic sense of the New South metropolis. Celebrity reeled him in, but as Schmelling began to explore the city's growing music scene, it was the unsigned artists who really intrigued him, and it was these unknowns who inspired Atlanta: Hip-Hop and the South, a remarkable marriage of photojournalism, music, and art.
We are living in a golden age of the photography book, and like the best examples of the genre — standard bearers like Robert Frank's The Americans, modern exemplars like Ed Templeton's Deformer — the design of Atlanta is at least as important as the the photographs themselves. Schmelling's previous book, the small press edition The Plan, documented the work of Disaster Masters, a company that cleared out New York-area homes of the kind that make Hoarders one of A&E's biggest hits. Those photos were printed in black and white on newsprint and bound like a White Pages index (soon to be an obsolete format in itself), suitable to the density and disposability of its subject.
Chronicle Book's Atlanta is a more ambitious and more handsome book, but thematic elements remain steadfastly home-grown. Sure, you see bling and bravado, bold women and big cars, tattoos and pit bulls; but you also see makeshift studios with egg-crate soundproofing, weather-beaten loudspeakers, hand-written lyrics and set-lists. Such details are the photographic descendants of Stephen Shore's or William Eggleston, but in a very different culture.
Essays by New Yorker critic Kelefa Sanneh put the photos and the music scene in context — you can hear Sanneh and Schmelling talk about Atlanta on WNYC's Soundcheck. An appendix features interviews with Atlanta hip-hop figures from the famous — Ludacris, Outkast's Andre 3000 and Big Boi — to the less known. A download code is included for a mix tape of some of the unsigned artists featured in the book.

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24. Compilerbau - Fragments of Bach II
25. Cougar Synth - Seamless Connection
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27. Fleming Dallum & Kid Machine - Fantasmi
28. Photosynthesi - Tears Roll Down
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30. Air Glow - New Touch
31. The Dust Collective - Circle the City
32. The Dust Collective - The Final Electric Funeral
33. Pyramid Aeon - Reflection
34. Diem Redux - Chronotopia
35. AirLight SWE - Memories
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37. Femmepop - Our Time
38. Femmepop - Neon Nights
39. The Boy and Sister Alma - Lady Killer
40. Who Ha & StarForce - My Fantasy
41. Sunglasses Kid - The Last Days of the Sun
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47. Fixions - Knight Riders
48. Glitch Black - Rupture
49. C-Jeff - The Inner Side of Me
50. Dizkodeath - Orchid (GosT Remix)
51. Droid Bishop - Through the Universe
52. Droid Bishop - In my Delorean
53. Tritonal - Now or Never feat Phobe Ryan (Fuzgatti Remix)
54. Synthesis SpaceSynth - The Nebula
55. D.I.M.H. - Vectra
56. Lost Years - Suicide on 75th Street
57. Droid Sector Decay - Romance Breeds Jazz
58. StarCluster - Winter of Ice
59. Mental Minority - Dreamin'of you (the whole day long)
60. Hjordis Brit Astrom - Take me Away
61. State of the Union - Dancing in the Dark
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It's going to be another huge show and a big round of interviews this Sunday. This week I have interviews with DATAStream, Jowie Schulner an extended interview with new talent Sagittarius V and I have a chat with The Northern Lights Music along with the regular segments with Rick Shithouse and Paul Dress 2 Kill Daly.
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THE GOGEBIC Miner football team gathered in coach Mark Mazzon's room at A.D. Johnston High School to watch the MHSAA Selection Sunday show in which all the high school playoff teams were announced. The Miners finished with a 6-3 record and qualified for the playoffs in Division 8 Region 1. Gogebic will play undefeated Crystal Falls Forest Park in Crystal Falls. L'Anse and Lake Linden play in the other half of Region 1, District 1. Most of the playoff games will be on Friday, but the official time and date will be announced today. Team members watching the show included from left: Collin Gagnon, Tom Jackson, Lance Berwald, Ben Zielinski and Jess Mazzon.
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View Round the World on ClaireJoe's travel map.
We spent Thursday lazing in KK back at Borneo Backpackers, who are awesome. Trousers chopped. We also indulged at Chilli Vanilla, a nice restaurant in town. We had a glass of wine for RM13.50, or about £2.70 (Joe made me look it up).
We had an early start on Friday to catch the 8am ferry to Labuan. It was a nice ride, but we couldn't go outside and the air con was set to arctic. Labuan is an island off the coast of Brunei and is mostly used as a duty free haven due to complicated politics in the past - something about it technically being a Federal Territory of Malaysia. When we arrived, we were picked up by a guy on a scooter, who we will now call Uncle Jack because he ran Uncle Jack's Backpackers. Our guidebook doesn't have much to say about the cheap hostels on Labuan, but Uncle Jack's was really good. The rooms were nice and the showers worked (which is better than some of the places in Lonely Planet). He was also happy for us to drink tea and coffee (also alcohol left by students from Brunei who go to the island to let their hair down, but can't take the alcohol back) and fed us lots for breakfast, including fresh melon - the luxury.
The only downside was Uncle Jack's dog, who thought Joe wanted to play and tried to savage his leg. But she was only a puppy.
Labuan has a marine museum, which wasn't as good as we were led to believe, but passed a couple of hours quite happily. We also went to the Financial Park - Labuan's number one attraction - which is a duty free shopping centre. I bought sunglasses (which I've since broken) and we had a go in the free massage chairs - Joe's clamped him in. We also met Diane from Australia at lunch when we shared her table and chatted for a bit. She's from the south end of the great barrier reef, so we may run into her again when we're there.
Half a post and no Brunei - it's time.
That's about it really.
We arrived yesterday a little later than expected because the 9am ferry was cancelled. Then when we arrived on the 11am ferry, the money changer was at lunch, so we missed the express bus to BSB and found out the next one wasn't for hours (the guidebook was wrong again). Eventually we decided to walk to Muara, the nearest town, and were picked up (again!) by a local bus almost immediately. We shared the ride into the capital with a couple from New Zealand, who were lovely and chatty. We found the hostel, Pusat Belia, very easily and availed ourselves of what seems to be the only cheap accommodation in town. We're in separate dorms, so we had to meet on the balcony last night for a covert exchange of toothpaste and bite cream for safety pins.
Bandar Seri Begawan is a really lovely city, but strangely empty. It's also very clearly a different country to Malaysia. There's still a stilt village as part of the capital and everything is very spacious and quiet. We can't work out where all the people are. It takes about 10 minutes to walk across town. This morning we went to the Royal Regalia Museum, which mostly contains gifts for the sultan from pretty much everyone. It was an amusing way to spend a couple of hours, although I got cold feet. We had to leave our shoes outside and the museum is aggressively air conditioned with marble floors. After a break for brunch we headed to the boats for a trip to Bangar. This was a 45 minute hair-raising water taxi ride through narrow channels with tight bends. The driver is keen to shave off any time he can from the journey. Although he did stop on the way back to let us have a good peer at a crocodile on one of the banks. Bangar is a very sleepy town, nice, but virtually everything was closed; mostly we did this for the journey.
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Bobby Roode: "My opinion was you put the belt on him as a baby face and he is going to die 7 deaths. So my idea was to stop the craziness, get everybody upset and mad at me, and said you know what guys, it's not his time he's not the guy. Let's get him to be real consistent, solid as a rock, and then when you put the belt on him, it means something. So his progress to this day right now, no matter who wins the belt at Bound for Glory, you can switch the belt back to Bobby Roode off Aries, you can switch the belt off Hardy and back to Bobby Roode, and you can be safe, because Bobby Roode is that damn good . Bobby Roode has come into his own as a heel, he's got credibility now and he doesn't miss a beat. If I'm in the ring with him bro, standing there doing a promo I can tell when something is going to be hard. I've been in the ring with guys, when I'm like oh my gosh I'm going to have to work my ass off to get this match over. When you're in the ring with Bobby Roode it just works now. He's got himself over, he's established as a heel, and now he's wedged in, now if you got in trouble if Austin Aries got hurt or if Jeff Hardy got hurt, you can put the belt on Bobby Roode tomorrow and he'd be gold, he'd be safe."
Devon and Bully Ray: "He has really stepped up, and speaking of Bully Ray, I have to say something about Devon. One of my biggest disappointments this year has been Devon and I really wish he was with the company. You talk about a guy that got in shape, you talk about a guy that carried himself well, you talk about a guy that's a good person, you talk about a guy that went out with fire every night and tore the young guys up, you talk about a guy if you book him on a house show with no security and no ride and you tell him to go to six different media events and go to TV stations and he doesn't b---h and complain and makes all the appearances driving himself on time and still gets to the building before anybody. To lose someone like Devon, it's like what are you thinking! It's been one of my biggest disappointments so far this year. I pray to God we get him back. Now talking about Bully Ray, I hated seeing the team breakup because I loved 3-D. Okay so it happened, and he then got in crazy shape all of a sudden, and he told me, "I want to be the single best main event heel in the business" and I heard that about a year and a half ago, and I'll be damned he's definitely the single best main event heel we have right now to date. And I can't even imagine how much bigger he can get, but he's on fire."
James Storm: "He is a fan favorite, I just think direction wise, it's almost like "the little engine that could", when a company is up and running, you got to get the steam, you got to get build up, before you put the belt on a huge baby face like a Hulk Hogan, or a Rock, or a Stone Cold. I just think that this company needed to be building, and with the roster of heels and baby faces I just really feel that our timing, and it's not his fault, it's not Storms fault, I think our timing was off with this whole thing and me flipping the Roode thing and all the stuff I got my nose into, because they asked me. I think it kind of screwed his momentum up also, but he is such a good baby face and such a constant. I think this whole Roode thing is going to get him back on track and at the end of the day he is going to be better because he is not backing off and he is not discouraged. I think it was a timing thing and nothing to do with him as a baby face or his run."
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Motorola releases "Windy Day": an interactive short story made with the help of Pixar
0. phoneArena posted on 29 Oct 2013, 08:29
When we first saw the teaser video for Motorola's "Windy Day", we and others assumed that it was some sort of augmented reality game, because usually that's why you would see people moving their phones in the real world in order to change things on the screen. But, it turns out that wasn't quite right. Motorola has just released "Windy Day", which is actually an interactive short story...
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1. youdug (Posts: 27; Member since: 19 Jul 2013)
Looks like nobody is gonna experience it then
2. bbrigham (Posts: 1; Member since: 26 Aug 2014)
If you're insinuating nobody will own a MotoX or that it's a dumb game/clip/video, you're wrong on both. I just signed up for this phonearena just so I could post. Both the phone and the Windy Day are great. The phone is better. A real wood backed phone? Everyone should buy one but then it wouldn't be so unique! ;)


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It's funny because school girls are, like, idiots. (Edited by Realdeal 55 22:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC))
- A few months ago, i happened to find a few old 'free writing' journals created during junior high (1978-1979) I made the mistake of reading them. I had forgotten that the slang word for prostitute or slut was "prostie"...Also, i realised that YES, i was just as stupid back then as the current crop of kids today. WARNING: DO NOT READ YOUR OLD 'free writing' journals !--Finnius 16:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
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Come on. I know how subs are. I had one that claimed he was abducted by aliens for pete's sake. just get over youself and listen to the old woman. It's not like she wants to be there anymore then you do!!!
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ZIMBABWE - Julio 2013
FORMER World Chess champion, Garry Kasparov, is set to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow to meet stakeholders and discusss how he could help develop the sport in the country.
Kasparov, a Russian considered by some as the greatest chess player of all time, is expected to sink about US$150 000 in local chess development.
CDF Trust director, Caleb Dengu, whose firm is organising the visit, said Kasparov wants to assist the development of chess in Zimbabwe and other countries in Africa.
"He is coming here on Thursday before he leaves for South Africa to meet chess stakeholders. Zimbabwe is one of the countries on his itinery," said Dengu.
Kasparov is known in Russia, not only as a sports guru, but also as a political activist in that country.
The 50-year-old Kasparov became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22 by defeating the then champion Anatoly Karpov.
He held the official world title until 1993, when a dispute with the International Chess Federation, FIDE, led him to set up a rival organisation, the Profession Chess Association.
He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000.
Kasparov announced his retirement from professional chess on 10 March 2005, so that he could devote his time to politics and writing.
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Dilworth man leads authorities on 100-mph chase through Otter Tail County, ending in Wadena
WADENA - A chase that wound through Otter Tail County backroads and reached a speed of 100 mph ended with a foot pursuit in Wadena on Monday morning after the suspect crashed.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office said Jason Jensen, 23, of Dilworth, led a chase that reached more than 100 mph early Monday. The Henning Police Department attempted to stop the vehicle in Henning for suspicious activity when the driver allegedly sped away, the sheriff's department said in a news release. And then officers gave chase.
Wadena Police Department Sgt. Tom Crawford said the pursuit took place over county roads, through dirt roads and back in cornfields. The sheriff's department joined the pursuit as the suspect was near Otter Tail County Roads 50 and 67.
The driver entered Wadena from the west on State Highway 29, and lost control of the vehicle near Minnesota State Community and Technical College Wadena, crashing at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and 5th Street, where he went in the westbound ditch. Jensen allegedly then fled on foot.
"We ended up finding him in a garage on Second and Bryant," Crawford said.
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Amazon brings the price of the AT&T HTC One X to an all-time low of $79.99 with a contract
0. phoneArena posted on 03 Aug 2012, 14:06
Right now, for those who are interested in saving as much money as possible with the purchase of the HTC One X, online retailer Amazon is selling it for less at $79.99. Yes folks, that's a quick $20 savings to your pocket over what AT&T is currently offering...
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1. JunitoNH (Posts: 1934; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
This will certainly steer some peeps away from the iPhone, a cheap Android device; when are they going to run such a promotion on the iPhone.
2. MalakiMills (Posts: 257; Member since: 15 Jun 2010)
Come on now, the iPhone doesn't change price until the next one comes out. Gotta get all that profit ya know?
3. Murfpass (Posts: 23; Member since: 23 Aug 2011)
It's the same price at Costco.
4. torr310 (Posts: 1084; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
not only save $20 but also tax @ full retail.
5. darkkjedii (Posts: 24907; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
U guys can't go a day without bashing apple huh? This article has absolutely nothing to do with apple, or iOS. Gee wizz
7. tq3866 (Posts: 25; Member since: 20 Jan 2011)
cant hate tho I love my one x :)
8. rattler201 (Posts: 4; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
as of right now, it appears to be back at $99 with a contract renewal and $169.99 with a new contract. wth, i was going to order one at that price too.


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Digital PR Account Manager - £30 - £35K - International communications agency!
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- London (City of)
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- £30 - £35K+ DOE (flexible)
- Posted
- 12 Feb 2013
- Closes
- 12 Mar 2013
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- Sector
- Associations / Institutions, Business / Industrial, Consumer, Financial Services, Government, Media and New Media, Professional Services, Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities
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- Account Manager, Senior Account Manager
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- Business to Business, Corporate Communications, Digital & Online, Internal Communications, International, Marketing Communications, Public Affairs / Policy
- Hours
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PR Digital Specialist
A market-leading international communications agency is looking for a Digital PR Specialist to join their digital team, advising on how to weave digital into the communications strategy. Working with some of the world's largest and smartest brands, this role will involve working on UK, pan-European and global accounts, with collaborative teams to develop integrated solutions across traditional, digital, experiential and mobile channels to drive successful marketing and communications programs.
Main duties will include:
* Working directly with clients to develop digital and social media strategies, educating them along the way
* Set timelines and budgets, managing projects through strategy and execution
* Mentor junior staff and traditional PR staff on best practices in digital and social media
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If you have previous experience at Account Management level within a digital, public relations or advertising agency and want to work for one of the world's leading communications agencies, get in touch! Contact email@example.com if you think that you are the Digital PR Specialist I seek!
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The ACT government wants to re-integrate Manuka Oval with the nearby shopping precinct, historic swimming pool and Canberra Services Club as the oval undergoes a major facelift over the next five years.
Minister for Sport Andrew Barr also said he hoped the ground's lights would be ready for next year's Prime Minister's XI cricket match.
The government will allocate $3.18 million in Tuesday's budget to design a $35 million redevelopment of Manuka Oval that will include new stands and new entrances at the northern and southern ends, as well as incorporating commercial ventures such as cafes, shops and possibly a hotel.
Mr Barr wants the oval to become part of the community rather than a ''colosseum'' that only operates on game day.
A plaza will be built at the southern end, inspired by how the oval looked in the 1920s.
''It will never be a colosseum-style [ground], it won't be a fully wrapped around MCG-style redevelopment,'' Mr Barr told The Canberra Times yesterday.
''We still want to maintain grassed areas … and the objective is also to better integrate with the Manuka precinct on the southern end and Telopea Park on the northern end, and configure our public transport options to that.
''One of the things that we're looking at is having some of the facilities within the oval footprint actually viable commercial operations year round, so it's not a lockout, some of the cafes operate all year round outside of match days.''
Capacity will gradually increase from 15,000 to 19,000 with more undercover seats and a ''distinctly Canberra'' grandstand to be built on the eastern side, allowing television viewers to recognise it as Manuka Oval.
The Hawke and Menzies stands will be replaced and increased to a similar size as the main Bradman stand.
Mr Barr estimated the upgrade would be finished by the 2017-18 financial year.
Building lights will be a much faster project and will be completed before ''the middle of 2013''.
Six lights towers, 47-metres high, will be built, with work to begin next financial year.
The federal government announced $2.5 million in its budget and the ACT government will confirm a further $2.847 million for the lights tomorrow.
It will allow Greater Western Sydney, which will play three AFL games at Manuka Oval each year for the next 10 years, to play night games in Canberra.
The lights will also allow the Prime Minister's XI one-day game to become a day-night match.
And under the glare of prime-time television, Mr Barr wants viewers to instantly recognise Manuka Oval.
''[We want] what you see as the backdrop on the TV broadcast is distinctly Manuka and distinctly Canberra, so when people see the ground on the TV coverage they'll know instantly that it's Canberra.
''We're looking for something that meets the heritage requirements but is also distinctively Manuka Oval,'' he said.
Mr Barr said surveys showed the oval was an integral part of Canberra's sporting landscape, which meant an upgrade was the logical step for the ground. He said the redevelopment was a better option than returning Canberra Stadium to an oval or to develop another ground, such as Phillip Oval.
In March, Mr Barr announced a new rectangular, roofed stadium would be built to replace Canberra Stadium and would be completed by 2020.


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Creating balanced energy market structures: equal valuation of supply and demand side initiatives
Now in its fifth year, the Bordeaux Energy Colloquium was originally created to bring together the voices of various industry constituents to engage in a series of dialogues regarding the creation of a competitive energy marketplace. Each year, Colloquium members consider key variables within various contexts and evaluate their effect on the global transition trend from regulation to competition in energy markets. Fall-2005 Colloquium members agreed that the fundamental imbalance between how supply and demand options are valued is a key stumbling block in the proper functioning of energy markets. Working under the auspices of the Bordeaux Energy Colloquium, 2005 members created a call for action paper that attempts to identify important points of leverage that can be used to further unleash the potential of energy systems in favour of new lines of development.
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Expecting the unexpected Part 2
Forever, forever, forever
So you're having my baby
And it means so much to me
There's nothing more precious
Than to raise a family
If there's any doubt in your mind
You can count on me
I'll never let you down
Lady believe in me
"Careful Korra!" Mako said as he watched the young avatar get on chair to get a toy for Sytka. He immediately ran to her and helped her get down.
"Stop worrying so much! I'm not helpless!" she scolded. He chuckled knowing what was coming. The hormonal change had taken quite the toll on his young wife. One minute she would be perfectly fine and the next she'd be sending fireballs, or whatever element was accessible at him. Of course she never did hit him, they were just warning shots.
"I know that. But you are pregnant, and I want to take care of my girl's" he said. She scowled.
"I'm telling you, it's a boy" she replied. Mako smiled and rubbed her bigger bump of a stomach. It was a little more noticeable now and he watched her intently as it grew every day. Korra smiled at his enthusiasm for the new baby. She put her hand on her stomach as well and rubbed it.
"Don't be disappointed when it's a girl" he teased. She rolled her eyes and gave him a look.
"Korra" he began holding up his hands. "Sytka is in the room".
She stopped and looked at the little toddler who smiled at her. She smiled back and held out her arms. Sytka immediately held out his and Korra carried him, rubbing her face against his and laughing as the baby's laughter filled the air. Mako smiled and held out his arms to him. Korra and Sytka had gotten a lot closer since she had been pregnant, but he worried his weight could tire Korra. The baby shook his head and placed his head under her neck.
"He likes me better" she teased. Mako sighed and shook his head.
"Hello Korra. Mako" Tenzin greeted as he entered the room.
Korra smiled at her airbending master. He smiled back and looked at her stomach. It had grown a bit in the past month. She had started eating a lot more and had the most ridiculous cravings. Mostly Southern Water Tribe food and leechi juice, though.
"I see the pregnancy is going smoothly" he commented. Korra nodded and Mako just looked at him.
"Mako, can I speak to you for a moment?" He looked over at his wife who rolled her eyes at him again.
"I'll be fine. Go" she said putting Sytka down. He gave her a sharp nod before heading out of the room with the airbending master.
"What is it?" Mako asked as they entered Tenzin's office. He didn't like leaving Korra alone, especially in her present condition.
"I have informed Senna and Tonraq of Korra's condition. They will be here in the next couple of days" he informed.
Mako nodded. "Thank you".
"Mako, I didn't only call you here to tell you this" Tenzin began.
The firebender gave the master a confused look. "Is there something else?"
"Because of the
there is behind Korra's family regarding the pregnancy, I think it would be best for you two to move back to the main house, until the baby is born".
Mako thought about it for a minute. Tenzin had a point. Their house wasn't too far from the main one, just a few minutes. But then again, a few minutes could make the difference if Korra felt sick. "I agree" he finally said.
Tenzin sighed in relief.
"But, we have to convince Korra" Mako added. The airbending master raised an eyebrow.
"We?" he asked. The firebender pouted.
"You are going to make me do it alone?" he said. Tenzin smiled. He knew that Korra's hormones had been getting the best of her lately. She had actually launched a couple of fireballs at him as well.
"She is after all, your wife" he replied.
Mako groaned. "Fine" he muttered. Hopefully Korra didn't have that big of a fit.
Sytka wondered into the room and pulled on Mako's jacket. He smiled and picked him up.
"Hello Sytka" he said. The toddler struggled against his hold and Mako frowned as he put him down. He had never done that before. Sytka grabbed his jacket again and pulled it towards the door. "What is it?"
"-orra" the toddler said. Mako gave him a confused expression and then it hit him. He darted out of the room to see where Korra was.
Korra watched as Sytka played with a ball. She kicked it slowly at him when it went her way. The baby giggled and kicked it back to her but when she kicked it back it went under a bookshelf.
"Damn it" she said as she walked over to it. Korra bent down to get it but a sharp pain in her abdomen stopped her. She clutched her stomach with one hand and grabbed onto the bookshelf with the other one. She looked down and saw tiny drops of red on the floor. Her eyes widened as she saw she realized she was bleeding.
"No" she gasped. "No, no, no. Not today!" The three months would be completed that day. Korra tried to walk towards the door but the pain was too much and she fell on her knees, clutching her stomach again. The toddler walked to her. "Go-go get Mako" she told him. The toddler turned away and walked out of the room. Korra felt weaker and she slumped to the ground. She tried to stay awake but finally gave into the darkness.
"KORRA!" Mako yelled as he found her on the ground. He grabbed her hand and noticed it had blood in it. He looked at her pants and saw they were stained red. "Damn it!" he said picking her up. Sytka started to cry and Tenzin rushed into the room.
"What's wrong with her?" he asked looking at his student's limp, pale body in Mako's arms.
"She's hemorrhaging" he said heading to her old room.
"I'll let my mother know" Tenzin said running with the toddler in his arms.
Korra went in and out of consciousness. She heard different voices speak at once. Everything was blurry. She didn't know where she was. She tried to remember what happened and it came to her in flash. She had been bleeding; she was going to lose her baby. Korra shook the thought out of her head. No, the baby was going to make it. It had to.
'Korra? Can you hear me?'
'She's bleeding a lot'
'We have to stop the hemorrhaging'
'Korra hang on'
'More towels!'
'Stop the bleeding'
'Hang on' were the last words she heard before slipping back to darkness.
Korra woke up in her house. She looked around looking confused. How had she gotten there? She felt her stomach and saw that nothing was there.
"No!" she screamed. Suddenly a small cry pierced the air. Korra immediately ran to the room next door, it sounded like Sytka. She walked in and found a crib there. Korra approached it slowly and when she got there she gasped.
It was a beautiful baby boy. He had her skin color and eyes, black hair and Mako's face. The little baby smiled to reveal dimples and two tiny teeth. He held his hand out and Korra picked him up, carefully cradling him in her arms. Mako walked in a smile on his face.
"It was about time you woke up" he commented wrapping his arms around her waist. She smiled.
"What happened? How long was I out?"
"You hit your head pretty hard yesterday, you've been out for a couple of hours" he replied.
"I told you it would be a boy" she said kissing her baby. He rolled his eyes.
"Yes I know, you remind me almost every day" he teased. Korra smiled and gave him a quick kiss as they heard a knock on the door.
"I'll be right back" he said walking out the room. Korra took the baby to her room and sat him on the bed, playing with him for a while. She heard a thump downstairs.
"Mako?" she called out. Korra frowned and walked to the window. She heard someone come into the room. "I know this sounds weird, but can you tell us our son's name" but stopped when she saw who was in her room.
"So we meet again, Avatar" Amon said, holding her son in his arms.
"You're dead" she gasped.
"No, I'm quite alive" he responded as he looked at the infant in his arms. "He has his mother eyes, but his father's face".
"Give him to me" Korra said through her teeth as the baby started to cry. She wouldn't let anyone hurt her baby.
"Ending your son's life along with your stupid boyfriends will make the perfect revenge" he seethed.
Korra gasped. "No".
"Yes, he didn't stand a chance really. And neither does your son" he said. Korra saw as smoke came up the stairs and the room got hot. The house was on fire.
"Give him to me" Korra said holding out her arms following Amon as he stood on the top of the stairs, the entire first floor filled with flames.
"Say goodbye to you son" he said as he fell towards the flames.
"NO!" Korra yelled.
Korra stirred trying to fight the nightmare and opened her eyes with a scream.
"Shh" a familiar voice said. "I'm right here".
She looked around and noticed she was back at her old room in the main house. Mako was holding her hand; he had a tired expression on his face. She smiled weakly at him, but he didn't return the smile. She frowned and looked around the room. Tenzin, Pema with her son in arms and Katara were there, tired and worried expressions on their face as well. She closed her eyes and remembered what had happened. She looked at her stomach and threw off the blanket and gasped. Her small bump was still there.
Tears of joy rolled down her eyes. For a moment she thought she had lost her baby. But no, the baby was still in her, holding on to life. Mako rubbed his thumbs on her cheeks, whipping away the tears. She threw her arms around him and he sat on the bed, hugging her and gently rubbing her back.
"I thought I had lost you both" he said quietly.
"What happened?" Korra managed to say through her sobs.
"You were hemorrhaging" Katara replied. "It was a good thing little Sytka got to Mako and let him know in his own way, what was happening".
Korra smiled at the little toddler. She held out her arms and Pema gave him to her. "Thank you" she whispered to him. He smiled in return. Mako smiled at the little toddler as well and played with his hair.
"We'll let you rest" Tenzin said taking his son into his arms. "Feel better Korra, and please, don't scare us like that again". Korra flashed him a smile and nodded. Everyone left and the couple stood in silence for a couple of minutes.
"Korra, were you having a nightmare?" Mako asked. She nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Tears began to run down her cheeks and she buried her face onto his chest. "Amon killed you and our son" she sobbed.
"Shh Korra" he said, rubbing her back. "That won't happen, I promise. Please don't cry, think about the baby".
Korra whipped her tears again. He was right; their baby needed her to be strong. They would be ok. Mako, Tenzin and everyone in the house would protect them. "He's strong" she said. "He pulled though".
Mako smiled. "Just like you" he commented. Korra smiled and gave a tired sigh. "Go to sleep. I'll be here by your side". She nodded and slowly closed her eyes, going to sleep, free of nightmares knowing her and her baby were safe.
Korra has complications with her pregnancy...will the baby make it?
I love it.
This sounds like a makorra story i read called protect me, it had korra bleeding and amon tyring to end the babys life and the house on fire just like this story!
i got it from a tv show episode...the house on fire thing...and the bleeding, well sometimes that happens...
awwwwww! soooooo cute!!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
Preview: Korra is probably having her baby in the next chapter
Preview: Korra is probably having her baby in the next chapter
*gasp* REALLY?! *screams and faints*
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
lol....yup baby will be born in the next chapter...but its going to be a bit long....
the longer it is the more makorra people get to read! it's a win for everyone!!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
lol...thats true...i'm currently working on it...
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
don't judge me
if you like the pairing i hate, i will slap you in the FACE!
*tears form around my eyes*
Dx POOR KORRA!!
Dx POOR KORRA!!


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ESL students get the shaft
In my post "On the Marginalization of Esperanto" I pointed out that in the typical ESL course even English gets marginalized: interesting juicy aspects of English get omitted, and no notification is given to the student about this omission. In the first place, the ESL textbooks cannot tell what they are omitting, because then they would not be omitting it, and in the second place no one is about to include in their textbook a warning along the lines of "Please be aware that interesting juicy aspects of English are omitted from this textbook." because that would be marketing suicide. Given a choice, curriculum planners are going to choose a textbook that does not contain such a damning and embarrassing disclaimer. So, ESL graduates are left to fend for themselves when then venture into the deep waters of unrestricted English as it is actually spoken and written.
Anyway, there is another instance of the marginalization of English foisted upon what are patronizingly called "learners of English" / "English-language learners" (in other words, ESL students) that is so good (that is, bad), that I wanted to make a separate post (i.e., this one) about it rather than bury it as an additional comment to my original post on marginalization, and that concerns the word "shaft". If you look at the definition in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary (www.m-w.com/) you will see that an alternative plural in the case of the poles hitching a horse to a wagon is "shaves", but if you then accept the offer to see the definition offered to "English-language learners", this interesting juicy tidbit is omitted. Hence the title of this post, which I offer as a very memorable epithet (…epitaph?) on the ESL industry.
Note: The tag that I have given this post is "lankidalo", which is my Esperanto-rendering of "ESL": "English as a Second Language" => "(l)a (an)gla (ki)el (d)u(a) (l)ingv(o)".
Mike Jones
19.Jan.2011 (My son Vincent is 1 year 8 months old today!)
Ni kreu Asocion de Lakidalo de Esperantistoj
Mi konsentas kun multaj el via komentoj (kompare kun miaj 17 jaroj kiel ESL instruisto en Usono).
Dum la lastaj jaroj mi ekkonis eble 20 instruistoj de la angla kiel dua au' fremda lingvo-esperantistoj. Ni kreu asocion.


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PART of a York taxi rank could be turned temporarily into a loading bay to ensure business deliveries can continue during a square's revamp.
City of York Council is considering shortening the rank in St Saviourgate to allow for deliveries to properties affected by the second phase of the redevelopment of King's Square.
The proposal has been attacked by a driver, who wrote to The Press to raise concerns about the impact on regular customers, in particular elderly passengers, and also on drivers.
The driver, who asked not to be named, claimed: "It is quite obvious that City of York Council is not the slightest bit interested in the safety of its senior citizens, many of whom are in their 80s and a few of whom are 90 years of age plus.
"These senior citizens and the infirm will no doubt be expected to walk further and struggle with their shopping, while fit and able van and lorry drivers are given preferential treatment, and the hackney carriage drivers who have paid the council for the privilege of using the rank are told to go somewhere else.
"Our earnings will be decimated."
A council spokeswoman said residents, businesses and traders had played, and would continue to play, an important part in the King's Square scheme.
The scheme is part of the wider Reinvigorate York project. It is intended to improve the square's appearance and provide better seating, pedestrian access and street-performance space.
The spokeswoman said: "Following consultation, a large majority favoured the idea of splitting the scheme in to two halves, allowing deliveries access either in from the north or south and turning in St Andrewgate.
"Further proposals for phase two could see St Saviourgate taxi rank shortened to allow deliveries to those properties affected by the King's Square works.
"Taxis would also still be able to use the feeder rank outside the Central Methodist Church.
"We recently wrote to businesses in the area to put these proposals forward and ask for feedback.
"Any decisions will be made public in advance of the works starting to allow plenty of time for those affected to make suitable arrangements."


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|Please note: This article is about the eta. For other uses of the term, please see Yori (disambiguation).
Yori was the chief mortician of the eta community which grew up on the southern outskirts of the ronin village of Porisuko. [1]
- ↑ Strongholds of the Empire, p. 160
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SANTA ANA – Amid fireworks, confetti and a few jokes about "ground blasting," the Discovery Science Center kicked off a $22.5 million expansion Wednesday that will double the center's size.
The center, best known for its giant cube looming over the I-5 freeway, will increase exhibit space by 40,000 square feet by March 2015.
"Every child that goes through those doors enters the world of imagination," Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido told a crowd of more than 200 assembled in the expansion area amid earth-moving equipment. "They enter the world of the future, they enter the world of science and math and technology, and all that can do to improve our lives."
The new space will be two stories high, and will include an education wing aimed at honing science, technology, engineering and math skills among students and teachers.
A hands-on simulation of a space mission-control room, a 500-seat theater, a "healthy kitchen" exhibit with live demonstrations and a "natural resources" pavilion to encourage conservation and recycling will fill the new space.
The existing center is known for its outdoor dinosaur exhibit, the Boeing Rocket Lab inside the cube, and an "eco-challenge" reuse and recycling exhibit that will be moved and expanded into the new space.
The expansion is funded in part by donations and financed with a loan from Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Other speakers at Wednesday's event included Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen and Science Center President Joe Adams, who told the group of the coming "ground blasting – I mean ground breaking – ceremony."
Then fireworks crackled and sparkled and confetti cannons blew, scattering paper squares over the departing crowd.
The non-profit Discovery Science Center attracted about 413,000 people last year, including tens of thousands of students on field trips. That was down from a high of 526,000 in 2012.
Its pre-expansion square footage is 59,000 square feet.
By comparison, the California Science Center in Los Angeles, new home of the space shuttle Endeavour, covers more than 400,000 square feet and drew 2.7 million visitors in 2013.
Its smaller size aside, the Discovery Science Center received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in spring 2013 – one of 10 recipients of an award from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Service considered the nation's highest honor of its type.
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text: The Nature Conservancy and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) announced today the establishment of NatureVest, a new initiative of The Conservancy. The program will seek to transform the way we protect natural capital – the soil, clean air and water, and other valuable resources that nature provides. NatureVest will capitalize on the growing impact investment sector to create a platform to advance investment in conservation. As part of that effort, NatureVest will convene investors; develop and execute innovative financial transactions; and continue to build an investment pipeline across multiple sectors, including agriculture, fisheries and environmental markets. JPMorgan Chase is the founding sponsor of NatureVest and has committed to provide multi-year support for its launch and development. "NatureVest is a natural extension of The Nature Conservancy's work – it will open up entirely new avenues for investments that protect nature," said Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. "By bringing together leaders in natural resource management and investment, we will unlock new sources of capital to deliver important conservation results." With the global population estimated to peak at 9 billion by 2050, there is a growing need to maximize the pace, scale and effectiveness of efforts to protect natural ecosystems – along with the cities and communities that rely on them. At the same time, there is clearly insufficient investment in conservation. According to the Global Canopy Programme, the current financial need to support global conservation efforts is approximately $290 billion per year. However, only about $51 billion is devoted to these activities annually, primarily from public and philanthropic sources. NatureVest will work to close this funding gap by creating new opportunities for the private sector to invest capital in conservation projects. "There is an urgent need to step up the scale and creativity of financial resources dedicated to the protection of natural ecosystems," said Doug Petno, CEO of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan Chase. "We are delighted to collaborate with The Nature Conservancy to build NatureVest and demonstrate that profitability and sustainability can work hand in hand." EKO Asset Management Partners (EKO) helped to design NatureVest and will serve as an ongoing adviser to The Conservancy. This year, NatureVest will publish the first piece of research to comprehensively size and characterize segments within the natural capital marketplace. Developed collaboratively with input from The Conservancy, JPMorgan Chase, EKO, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation the research is designed to help investors and other stakeholders better understand current opportunities and identify potential future prospects.


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Remember when the most embarrassing marriage proposals happened via Jumbotron? Oh, how the ways to completely mortify your fiancé-to-be have multiplied in the age of viral videos and selfie-driven narcissism. In 2013, we saw a handful of elaborately orchestrated proposals that could have doubled as off-off-Broadway plays. But now that 2013 is gone, it's time we also put these ridiculously opulent shows of affection behind us, too. (Unless you happen to convince Aaron Paul to make a surprise cameo in your proposal video, because Breaking Bad will never go out of style, and because awesome.)
If you need more convincing over-the-top proposals need to die, Chillisauce, a UK-based event-planning company, recently surveyed 7,000 Brits for their thoughts on the modern proposal. And no matter how many Bruno Mars flash mobs try to convince you otherwise, it turns out women looking to become affianced would like you to please, please propose like a normal person. A little more than half of women surveyed said they'd prefer their boyfriends to propose by simply asking, "Will you marry me?" Although the rest of the women surveyed were pretty split on their idea of a dream proposal, we can all take solace in the fact that only 11 percent of them preferred "an extravagant proposal." (Also, if anyone can explain what "the longer the better" is supposed to mean in the context of proposals, please email me.)
Don't get me wrong — I support proposals as opportunities to exercise a little creative energy. What I don't support is the alarmingly high number of proposals that recently seem to come with their own professional film crews and social media editors. It's the fact that these are turning into an obligation that's a turn off. The minute these theoretically intimate moments became the internet's favorite spectator sport, we gave birth to things like proposal planners who we can pay actual money to propose for us. Where's the creativity in that?
So here's a New Year's resolution for serious couples everywhere: Propose at will; just don't make an ass of yourself while doing it. Do not specially call in a drove of pugs so you can propose. Do not force your guy friends to dress up like the Backstreet Boys circa Millennium and star in a 27-minute home music video so you can propose. Do not make your extended family spend an evening performing choreographed dance moves in the aisles of a Salt Lake City Home Depot so you can propose. Just propose. You can save the dumbassery for the wedding.
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If you need a sleek yet powerful look to kick start your gaming, choose the Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Gaming Case. Designed with 120mm White LED Fans, this ventilates heat from inside of the case and keeps your system cool . This gaming case consists of four external bays, six internal bays for installing your hard disks, and eight expansion slots that gives you sufficient space to install your cards. Plus, featuring two USB Ports and one FireWire Ports, enables you to connect other external devices easily. Furthermore, it is compatible with ATX, Micro ATX and ATX Mid-Tower motherboards. Take advantage PC components with the Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Gaming Case.
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Mitsubishi HD4000 Widescreen Projector Review
The HD4000 projector - In Your Home
Let me get rid of the suspense first. Yes, the HD4000 definitely has the "skills" to be a serious contender as a bright projector for home theater, but there are compromises. As a result, the HD4000 isn't for everyone. Purists – seeking near flawless image quality, will not choose this projector. Most mortals, however may find the HD4000 right for them.
A little background:
Let me start by defining the potential users. Home theater projectors (at least almost all that sell for well below $10,000, are definitely not bright devices. They are generally designed to be able to fill a 16:9 screen of up to 120″ diagonal, sometimes less, sometimes a little more (most commonly 92″ to 110″ diagonal). The caveat is that they expect to work in a near pitch black room, or something extremely close to that definition. Think movie theater.
The problems, of course are:
1. Not everyone can reduce their room ambient light to fully darkened or close to that. Some can do so at night, but may want to use the projector before the sun goes down as well.
2. While movies are definitely designed to be shown in the dark, (otherwise the dark scenes get seriously washed out – even with modest ambient light, many buyers have other uses in mind as well. They include watching general TV/HDTV, in particular, sports. Even if you can fully darken the room, who wants to invite some friend over and watch a football game in a blacked out room. It's just not natural. But even some regular TV type viewing or hooking up a video game like the X-box or PlayStation2, users may prefer more than minimal light in the room.
What to do? In some cases, with a smaller screen, especially those designed to reject ambient light, many get by. There is, however a strong market for those who wish to solve the problem by throwing more lumens at it. And that's a very reasonable thing to do.
Brightness vs. HT projectors
The typical home theater projector produces from 300 to 500 lumens in it's best mode, and maybe 500 – 750 in its brightest mode, but some projectors don't even hit 300 lumens in best mode, and few get much over 600 in brightest. For this reason dealers (especially online) have always sold huge numbers of business projectors to those needing the lumens. I would say from my own previous experience, that most commonly used "business" projectors are 2000 – 3000 lumen DLP models (and some newer "affordable" 3500 lumen projectors are now available). In addition there are a couple of very bright LCD models, but they are typically over $4000, and can't match the contrast and black levels of the DLP's.
The first drawback to using a typical business projector is that it's aspect ratio is the traditional 4:3, not the desired 16:9 widescreen ratio. As a result, they have less pixels available – lower resolution – with HD signals, then the tradtional 1280×720 home theater projector. For this reason, for the last few years, I've been a proponent, telling manufacturers that there is a significant market for widescreen business projectors in the home (or bright, dedicated home "entertainment" projectors. Except for those LCD models however, none have been around (in normal price ranges), and the LCD models do not offer black levels and contrast close to what is desired for home theater.
To give you a good idea about how the HD4000 performs – brightness wise – compared to a good, dedicated, home theater projector, consider the three images below. All are shot under the same lighting, with my side back shades open, and some daylight pouring in.
This small angled shot of the room gives you a very good representation of the actual conditions.
Now, for the three images below all shot with the same lighting, over a period of about 15 minutes (however two different DVD players where used, and the frames are slightly different. (a few seconds apart in terms of the movie). The first is an image photographed to show what my BenQ 8720 looks like, with a fair amount of ambient light. It is set for it's brightest reasonable performance: Home Theater mode, lamp at full power, and Iris wide open. The image is definitely not what I would call watchable (thus I spent the "big bucks" for those motorized shades).
The 2nd image is the HD4000 in Cinema Mode/High Brightness, and the 3rd image, is the HD4000 at it's brightest: (Auto or Sports mode/High Brightness). All three images were shot with the same exposure. As you can see, those extra lumens do make a rather significant difference!
Note: I used the zoom lens on my 8720 to reduce the image size – instead of filling my screen, to project about the same size as the HD4000 image.
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The League of Women Voters group headquartered in Bronxville but including members in Eastchester and Tuckahoe has voted to disband.
President Edith Szold said the membership has been steady for the past few years, but no one has been willing to step up to take leadership positions. Without a full leadership slate and board, the group cannot function. Times have changed, women have more on their plates and the current leaders have been in their jobs long enough and want to step down, she said.
Members will hold a final meeting in March; after that, they can remain at large as members of the national organization, or join groups in White Plains or Scarsdale.
"It's nobody's fault," Szold said. "It's just the way it happened. This is not peculiar at all to the league in Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe. This is something all the leagues have had to deal with. There just seems to be more demands on everybody's time."


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Eight University of California researchers have been awarded
fellowships for 2005, the New York-based John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation has announced.
UC's eight faculty were among the 30 recipients in the Pacific
Coast region
and among the 186 artists, scholars and scientists from more
than 3,000
applicants in the United States and Canada for awards
totaling $7,112,000.
Guggenheim fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished
and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. They
include writers,
painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers,
choreographers, physical
and biological scientists, social scientists, and scholars in
humanities. Many of them hold appointments in colleges and
and a number have no academic affiliation.
More Guggenheim fellowships have been awarded to UC faculty than
to any
other university or college. There have been approximately
1,250 Guggenheim
fellows from UC since 1930, according to the foundation.
This year's Guggenheim fellows at the University of California are:
- Donald J. Cosentino, a professor of cultural studies, UCLA,
who is
researching a Los Angeles priestshaman and his Congo spirit.
- Sharon Ann Farmer, a professor of history, UC Santa Barbara,
who is
researching Oriental luxuries, Parisian crafts and the making
of Europe's
fashion capital.
- Simone Forti, a choreographer and adjunct assistant professor
of dance,
UCLA, who will work on improvisation with movement and
language, including
collaborative research and performances with her Los Angeles colleagues.
- Peter Gourevitch, a professor at the Graduate School of
Relations and Pacific Studies, and professor of political
science, UC San
Diego, who is researching financial institutions and
corporate governance.
- Victoria E. Marks, a choreographer and professor of
choreography and
performance, UCLA, whose project is to create performance
work with
disabled veterans.
- Harryette Mullen, a poet and professor of English and African
studies, UCLA, who is researching her American ancestors with
the goal of
writing a creative family history.
- Katherine Sherwood, an artist and professor of art practice,
UC Berkeley,
who will work on a series of mixed-media paintings
incorporating cerebral
angiograms with 16th.century neuro-anatomy.
- Niek Veldhuis, an assistant professor of Assyriology, UC
Berkeley, who is
researching the intellectual history of ancient Mesopotamia.
Guggenheim fellowships are grants made for a minimum of six
months and a
maximum of 12 months. The average grant in 2005 is about $38,000.
The Guggenheim foundation has awarded more than $240 million in
to more than 15,500 individuals.
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