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Not so long ago most observers expected tomorrow's parliamentary election in Pakistan to be followed by rioting and bloodshed. They expected President Pervez Musharraf's government to engage in widespread election-rigging to gain a majority for the party supporting him (standard operating procedure in Pakistan), which would outrage the cheated opposition parties. In the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto – and the expectation that without a leader her party would do poorly – this scenario seemed plausible.
However, a poll conducted last week by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute showed about 50 percent support for Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), 22 percent for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and 14 percent for the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), the party supporting Musharraf. You might be able to cheat your way to a majority from a base of 45 percent or so, but getting there from a base of 14 percent won't be so easy.
Besides, as Farhanna Ali, who watches Pakistan at the RAND Corp., told me, the government will have its hands full trying to provide security for the polling places. (At least nine people were killed Tuesday by a bomb blast near a Sharif campaign office.)
Had Bhutto not been assassinated Dec. 27, things would likely have been different. Polls in December, Ali told me, showed Bhutto with a strong lead over Musharraf and Sharif. She had returned from exile, to some extent at the behest of the United States, with the idea of winning the election and ruling in a probably uneasy coalition with Musharraf, who engineered his election as president for another five years at the price of giving up his position as head of the army.
Sharif, who was deposed as prime minister in 1999 when Musharraf assumed power in a military coup, returned from exile also. There is no love lost between Sharif and Musharraf. In the wake of Bhutto's assassination, her PPP party (now headed by her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, whose nickname, Mr. 10 Percent, suggests he is the most corrupt individual in a notoriously corrupt country) went from suggesting cooperation with Musharraf to open opposition to him. Thus the coalition of convenience between Bhutto's PPP and Sharif's PML-N. They have been bitter rivals in the past, but the coalition announcement is expected to increase the vote total for both parties.
Neither major opposition party has much of a program. According to the Pakistan Policy Blog, commercials for the PPP trade mostly on Benazir Bhutto's martyrdom. The PML-N commercials invoke Nawaz Sharif as a promoter of economic development and developer of large-scale infrastructure projects when he was prime minister, but emphasize how bad things have gotten under Musharraf. It's not difficult to conclude that they campaign mainly because they want back inside the government, with all the opportunities for rake-offs and corruption that come with it. PML-Q commercials don't show Musharraf at all, though he is the party's main patron.
Why should Americans care at all about Pakistan, beyond the fact that U.S. taxpayers have provided about $10 billion in military and economic aid since 9/11, when Musharraf decided that casting his lot with the United States, (despite the fact that Pakistan's intelligence services practically created the Taliban government in neighboring Afghanistan), was the better part of discretion?
Two reasons: Pakistan has nuclear weapons, and nobody wants them to fall into jihadist hands. And it would be nice if the Pakistani government managed to weaken the gathering jihadist forces (Taliban, al-Qaida, perhaps bin Laden himself) in Pakistan's North West Provinces and along the rugged border with neighboring Afghanistan.
That latter will be ticklish. No Pakistani central government has ever really tried to rule the North West Provinces, which are dominated by tribal leaders of ancient origins. Under Musharraf the government has sent military expeditions into the provinces to root out jihadists. But most Pakistanis believe he has done so as a puppet of the United States, and even tribal people with little or no sympathy for jihadists resent military incursions into places where they had been left alone in the past. If U.S. forces operated openly (they do some training now) anti-American sentiment would likely boil over.
U.S. officials had hoped that Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who took over as army chief when Musharraf took off his uniform to remain president, would improve the military's effectiveness in the tribal areas. But the Pakistani government just announced a cease-fire, only a few weeks into a campaign against militant leader Baitullah Mehsud, who is suspected as the plotter behind the assassination of Bhutto and some 60 suicide attacks in Pakistan. While a few cease-fires in recent years have worked out, most have simply allowed extremist forces to regroup and fortify their strongholds for future operations.
Whatever the reasons behind the latest cease-fire, the army in Pakistan has long been and still is the dominant force enforcing whatever semblance of stability prevails there. If things spiral out of control in the wake of the election, the army is likely to step in.
Assuming the election goes as the polls predict, and the Bhutto and Sharif parties form a coalition government, what is likely next?
RAND's Ali thinks Musharraf will remain as president, and the two parties will nominate as prime minister somebody other than the most prominent party leaders, all of whom carry baggage.
Ted Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, thinks the situation could be even more tense after the election than before. He notes that the army is becoming increasingly disillusioned with Musharraf, fearing that if it supports him unconditionally its own power could be undermined. If there's a serious move to impeach Musharraf or hold a vote of no-confidence, the military might even move in and assume direct power for a while, as it has done several times since Pakistan became independent.
Muazzam Gill, who was a news producer in Pakistan before immigrating to the United States and does analysis on international security issues for United Press International, wouldn't be surprised to see a move for a no-confidence vote very soon after the new Parliament assumes its powers. "There are too many old animosities, too many scores people will want to settle, to expect much cooperation. Both parties have only sought to outdo one another in corruption in the past, and it's hard to see that pattern changing," he told me.
RAND's Ali is a little more bullish on Musharraf's staying power, noting that the business climate improved during his tenure and he harnessed the relationship with the United States to bring in large aid packages, so he may have a bit of residual good will left. She told me she has visited the Pakistani nuclear facilities and considers them well protected and quite secure.
Tomorrow's election could usher in a period of relative stability in a country some international relations experts consider essentially ungovernable. But don't be surprised if the opposite happens.
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Falmouth councillors are supporting plans to lay on a host of activities and entertainment in the town during this summer's Tall Ships Regatta, but unusually questioned why the shut down time was so early.
Tim Vigus, of South West Bars, and Anna Druce, of Visit Cornwall, attended a meeting of Falmouth's licensing sub-committee to explain two applications for limited period licenses in respect of Falmouth Docks and Church Street car park.
The docks licence would cover entertainment areas on Duchy Wharf and County Wharf where marquees will be erected which will host plays, films, dance, live music and bars from 10am until 8pm, although the end time applied for is 10pm. There will be CCTV coverage of the area and stewards and marshals will be on hand to control the crowds.
Ms Druce told councillors it is planned for the sites at the docks to be open between noon and 8pm on the Thursday and 10am and 8pm on Friday and Saturday, adding: "The application is for longer in case we need to alter our opening times."
On hearing this, Councillor Diana Merrett asked: "Why do you have to shut at 10pm for an event as big as tall ships?"
Mr Vigus said: "The primary concern is public safety. We would love for us to be open until 12, but the site is situated in a working dockyard and that is where the issues are. The ships will be having evening activities on board, but for the general public the thought is that if we shut down the facilities, we will see a flow of people coming back into the town again.
"There are other activities going on throughout the town, so the fun doesn't have to end at the docks."
The Church Street car park application seeks a licence to be able to provide activities including children's fairground rides, a continental market and an acoustic stage and bar.
The times sought are from 11am until 9pm. There will again be CCTV coverage and stewards and marshals to ensure the smooth running of the events.
Again Ms Merrett thought 9pm was too soon to end the activities, but Mr Vigus said: "We do not want to create too much of a nuisance. Hopefully, the main focal point will be at Events Square."
The sub-committee has recommended Cornwall Council approve the two applications as applied for.
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Even quasars can be picked up by the Southern African Large Telescope.
The reason the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) was erected outside the town of Sutherland, some 370km from Cape Town, is because it is one of a handful of locations in the world that is ideal for stargazing.
Its remoteness, elevation (2 000 metres above sea level), the cold and the absence of light pollution, ensure clear, cloudless skies essential for research.
Tourists who visit SALT during the day can book a guided tour of the interpretive visitor centre and a selection of the research telescopes, including SALT, located on an elevated plateau overlooking a vast expanse of the Karoo.
And while the SALT facility is closed to the public at night, visitors can experience the thrill of astronomy by booking a stargazing session at the visitor centre where two dedicated visitor telescopes, a 16″ Meade and 14″ Celestron, are located.
Nobody is allowed to drive up to the dome facilities on the plateau at night as astronomy research is light sensitive and that's when local and international scientists are at work.
The stargazing session lasts about 90 minutes, but may be cancelled due to inclement weather conditions. Booking is essential.
SALT is an extraordinary international collaboration and has put South Africa at the forefront of 21st century scientific exploration. Such is its magnification that it can see the light of a candle on the moon.
One of the first light images taken by SALT was of 47 Tucanae, an ancient cluster of several million stars about 15 000 light-years from earth. The stars are 10 to 12 billion years old and among the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy, which makes them the perfect laboratory for the study of the life, birth, and death of stars.
Astrophysicists are currently unable to explain about 96% of the universe, notably dark matter and dark energy, and they believe images and information gathered from SALT may trigger a revolution more dramatic than the leap from Newtonian to quantum physics.
SALT will assist them to look deeper and more clearly into the dark heart of time and tackle unsolved questions about the universe and our place in it. This means giant leaps for not just those who make it to Mars, but for the whole of humankind.
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In Fraserburg visit the Paleo Surface which has some dinosaur footprints. Williston has fascinating historic gravestones.
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Self-drive is the best way to tour the towns in the area.
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Carol must be about my age.
This is from Barfly's US premiere at the 1987 New York Film Festival a few weeks before its theatrical release.
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Boys basketball team to play AAU before Centrobasket
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Published: Aug 01, 2013
Basketball coach Kevin 'KJ' Johnson will get to see first hand how some of the members vying for spots on the under-17 boys national basketball team, stack-up against competition.
A select team will play in an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) tournament, which will tip-off today in Orlando, Florida. Johnson, along with executives in the Bahamas Basketball Federation (BBF), will ratify the national team on Tuesday. The 12 players will travel to Puerto Rico to compete in the Centrobasket Under-17 Championships, August 13-19.
According to Mario Bowleg, first vice president in the BBF, this is a perfect test for players. He said the level of play at any AAU tournament is very high and it can work in the county's favor.
"This is the best test and competition for these young men," said Bowleg.
"AAU is a top level basketball so Coach KJ will get to see these young men in action, incorporate plays and players in certain situations. This is the kind of competition all of our players need, ahead of going to regional and international tournaments.
"The players who went with Coach Johnson are a great group of guys, one of the better teams I have seen in a while. I think they will fare very well in Orlando. The level of play there will boost their confidence heading into Puerto Rico. One thing for sure, this team will be very well prepared. Over the last month or so, I have seen a number of the players grow. They are much stronger and are working as a cohesive unit."
Bowleg described the team in Orlando as being a diverse and well-rounded one. At past tournaments, The Bahamas had a problem with defending the paint, but Bowleg said that should change now that a number of the players are well over six feet.
Bowleg said: "When you have bigger, taller players who can play any position, your chances are much better. This is the best shooting team in the last five years at this age level. We have a few players who can take it strong to the bucket, step out and shoot the jumper as well as dribble. That team in Orlando has an excellent guard, so I think it is one of the best teams that we will put together at this age level, in a while. They are very well coached and ready to face the competition."
The under-17 girls national basketball team is expected to travel before leaving for the Centrobasket Championships as well. Those championships for that age division is set for August 28-September 1, in San Salvador, El Salvador.


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The devastating tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon did not arrive unannounced. The National Weather Service put out a tornado warning 16 minutes before the tornado touched down, and Rick Smith of the NWS posted a briefing on YouTube more that three hours earlier stating that tornadoes were likely in the area. Based on modeling and historical trends, the NWS had been warning for days that conditions were ripe for a tornado to hit the region.
"The story is not that this was not warned for," said Dr. Marshall Shepherd, president of the American Meteorological Society. "We knew that this area was going to be under the gun."
But the warnings were not enough for many residents of Moore. This is an area that has grown used to the threat posed by tornadoes, and generalized warnings of a possible hit did not prompt officials to get schoolchildren to a safe place or convince most families to retreat to storm shelters for the day. By the time a specific warning came, 16 minutes before the storm touched down, it was too late for many residents to make it to safety.
America is home to the best tornado forecasting in the world, in part because it is home to some of the most severe thunderstorms in the world. (Moore has been hit by tornadoes four times in the past 15 years, which helps explain why the National Severe Storms Laboratory is just down the road from the site of the devastation.) Forecasters have managed to increase the average lead-time for a tornado warning from 5 minutes in the 1980s to about 13 minutes today. (The lead-time is actually closer to 18 minutes when officials put out a warning - but they only manage to do so about 80 percent of the time.)
"This is the hardest forecasting problem of all," said Cliff Mass, an atmospheric sciences professor at the University of Washington. He believes that it is possible to increase the advance time for a tornado warning to as much as three hours, though he doesn't know if meteorologists can do better than that. "I think six hours or eight hours is going to be very hard," he said.
To understand how tornado forecasting works, you have to start by differentiating between (1) radar systems and (2) computer modeling. The United States uses technologically advanced radar systems that allow meteorologists to see when tornadoes are about to form, and the systems are only getting better. Meteorologists are now able to look in great detail at "debris balls" and air rotation to know if a tornado is forming in the short term, which is how they've been able to tick up the warning time over the last few decades. (Even this is an inexact science: The Moore tornado did not touch down where storm chasers expected.)
To formulate longer-term warnings, meteorologists would need to use sophisticated computers to predict what is likely to happen with the weather. And the United States has fallen behind on that front. Last year, the NWS' Global Forecast System was criticized for being less advanced than the European forecasting system, which was able to predict the path of Superstorm Sandy more quickly than the U.S. model.
That situation will change soon, thanks to $23.7 million in funding tied to Sandy relief legislation that will allow for key upgrades to the two National Weather Service computers that form the basis for most weather forecasts. "By 2015, we will be on pace to equal or surpass the European model," said Shepherd.
Mass says that's a good start, though he believes it's not enough of an investment. "They need at least 10 to 100 times more [computing power] than they're getting," he said. Still, he acknowledged, the upgrade (along with advances in data collection) will allow meteorologists to run far more sophisticated weather simulations. That could eventually allow them to improve warning times.
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Complicating matters are cuts to the NWS tied to the sequester and other budgetary decisions. Shepard said there is "a danger right now of plateau" in tornado warning time due to a "very constrained budget environment" at NWS that may lead to furloughs. The NWS is currently under a hiring freeze, and many offices are not fully staffed.
A Department of Commerce spokesperson told the Washington Post in February that as a result of the sequester, "the government runs the risk of significantly increasing forecast error, and the government's ability to warn Americans across the country about high impact weather events, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, will be compromised."
The Government Accountability Office, meanwhile, is warning that satellite data could be compromised for up to 53 months thanks to challenges in replacing failing satellite systems. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are warning that the situation may lead to "less accurate and timely weather forecasts and warnings of extreme events."
And then there's this: Because warnings based on computer models will "always be probabilistic," as Harold Brooks of the National Severe Storms Laboratory points out, it may not make sense to use computer modeling to warn the public that a tornado is coming. That's because if they get a specific warning and the tornado doesn't come, people may simply ignore the warning the next time.
Greg Carbin of the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center told Scientific American in 2011 that there are simply too many variables to confidently make longer-term predictions. While improved data collection and computing power improve the odds of being right, Shepard said he is "not sure a model will ever be able to spin out a tornado" with anything approaching certainty.
According to Brooks, longer-term warnings may be useful "for emergency managers and people who have really sensitive populations like nursing homes." But, he said, such warnings may be counterproductive for everyone else. "We don't know what the ideal lead time is for these kinds of events," he said.
In addition to further upgrading computer systems, Mass believes the NWS needs to invest in more social scientists who will help in "describing threats and motivating people" when a tornado is coming. ("The cry wolf problem," he said, "is very real.") Mass also called for a "national commitment" to build more storm shelters in high-risk areas. While some buildings in Moore had storm shelters for residents to retreat to during the storm, many homes, public buildings and businesses did not.
"Even if the predictions were perfect," he said, "there's still the issue of having safe places for people to go."
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Remember when Kendrick Lamar got everyone talking two weeks ago with his tenacious verse on Big Sean's 'Control'? Of course you do. So why did it take Joey Bada$$ this long to respond?
Early this morning (Aug. 26), the Pro Era spitter uploaded a gruff new track, 'Killuminati Pt. 2,' that mostly addresses Lamar's line about being the king of New York. Of course, this had some rap heads up in arms because he's from Compton, Calif. and not New York City. But others looked at the line as merely being a statement about hip-hop in general considering that's the city where the genre was born.
On this cut, Bada$$ notes that he can't just let that "king of New York" line go unnoticed while stating the following on the hook: "But f–k it, I'm Biggie, I'm L, I'm Pun/ I'm God's Son, I'm Pac, Guru, all rolled in one." He also takes a more direct shot in the second verse, rapping through his teeth, "I'm the real king fella here/ You more like, Prince of Bel Air."
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Now a days, I write so many articles about Google Plus on many blogs. Today, I found a way to Export Facebook friends to Google+. I wondered when I was able to add them to my Google+ circles. I want also my readers to perform this action if you require. People say Google+ is better than Facebook and migrate to Google+.
Did you know why some people say Google+ is better than Facebook? Facebook copied some features from Google+. Don't Agree? Have a review here: http://www.technofx.tk/facebook-copied-google-features-lets-have-a-review/
To do this, you will require a Yahoo! account as an intermediate. We use Yahoo account to Export Facebook friends to Google+ circles as it provides to Export Facebook Contacts to Yahoo. One might ask why I should use yahoo account to Export Facebook friends to Google+. Here's how the Export process is done briefly.
The Export process in brief (Not tutorial):
When you authorize your Facebook Contacts on Yahoo, your Yahoo account will be power packed with your Facebook Contacts. You will see that your Yahoo contacts contains both personal Yahoo contacts and also your Facebook contacts. Now when you authorize your Yahoo account in Google Plus, you can see all your Yahoo contacts on your Google+. Then you are ready to add to your circles.
Tutorial to Export Facebook friends to Google+ :
- Log in to your Yahoo! Mail.
- Choose Contacts.
- Click Import Contacts button.
- Select Facebook from the upcoming options.
- In the popup window, please authorize your Facebook account so that Yahoo can share your Facebook contacts.
- Your work has been completed for this process in Yahoo! 🙂
- Now Log in to your Google+ account.
- Go to your Circles Page.
- Click Find People > Yahoo!. The below picture shows the steps to be performed in Google+.
- Authorize Yahoo!. After Authorizing, you will find that your Facebook contacts on your Google+ which is ready so that you can add to your circle. Drag and Drop your friends to your circles.
Alternative method also available to Export Facebook friends to Google+. The method is by using a Facebook Application called Friends to Gmail. I'll explain you this method too.
- Go to the Application (http://www.friendstogmail.com/).
- Click on Facebook Connect and connect to your Facebook account.
- Allow the Application.
- Wait for sometime. The Application starts to generate a Address Book for your Facebook Friends.
- After generating, Copy the Entire Text on the box, Paste on your favorite text editor and save as facebook.csv. If you have trouble, see the Application's help page.
- Now Go to Circles Page on your Google+ account. Click Find people.
- Now select Upload address book.
- Browse the file facebook.csv that you saved. After uploading your Facebook Friends will be shown in your Google+ account.
- Now you are ready to add them to your circles.
- To Export your Facebook friends to Google contacts, then use this link (http://www.google.com/contacts) to reach your contacts. Click on Import link, browse facebook.csv and click Import button.
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British rock was in mourning yesterday after the surprise death of singer Robert Palmer in a French hotel.
The 1980s superstar, whose many hits included Addicted To Love, died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
The Grammy-winning artist was in Paris when he suffered the attack in the early hours of the morning.
He was on a short holiday with his American partner, Mary Ambrose, after recording a TV interview in London. The couple had stopped off on their way home to Lugano in Switzerland, where Palmer had lived for 16 years.
Emergency services were called to the Warwick Hotel in Rue de Berri, off the Champs-Elysees, but Palmer was already dead, a spokeswoman for the Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed. She said that the prosecutor had ordered a post-mortem examination as part of a standard inquiry, but the death was not being treated as suspicious.
Friends and colleagues in the music industry expressed their shock and sadness at the loss of a man noted for his distinctive, gravelly vocals and sharp dress sense.
Duran Duran members John Taylor and Andy Taylor, who formed a band called The Power Station with Palmer in 1985, said they were devastated to hear of his death.
"He was a very dear friend and a great artist," they said in a statement. "This is a tragic loss to the British music industry." The pair had last seen him in July in Japan, when Palmer had been promoting his latest album, Drive.
A statement from Palmer's record label, Universal, said: "Everyone is deeply shocked and saddened at the terrible news."
UB40, who collaborated with Palmer in 1990 on the Top 10 hit I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, also paid tribute, saying: "We are shocked and saddened by the news of Robert's sudden death."
Singer Elkie Brooks, who spent almost five years performing in bands with Palmer in the early 1970s, described him as "an amazing talent" whom she had loved dearly, but who could be trying at times.
"He was wonderful, highly intelligent and very talented, as he has proved. When things were going well it was awesome, but sometimes when things were going less smoothly he would be standing on the sidelines as if it was nothing to do with him. But that was Robert."
Palmer was born in West Yorkshire in 1949, but spent much of his childhood in Malta, where his father was stationed with the British Admiralty.
At 12 he returned to Yorkshire and his family settled in Scarborough, which he once described as being a culture shock.
"Until then I'd had a pretty glamorous time, going to the beach and being taught in small classes, so the level of education was really good," he said. "When I got back to England I was two years ahead and got bored with lessons. I became a loner and kept myself to myself, so I got out and joined a band when I was 16."
That band was the Alan Bown Set, which he joined while a graphic design student. By 1970 he was part of the jazz band Da Da and the following year he and some other members left to form blues-rock band Vinegar Joe. He shared lead vocals with Brooks - but, despite critical acclaim and a contract with Island Records, they did not have a hit.
Island boss Chris Blackwell realised Palmer's potential and gave him a solo deal. His first success in the UK came with Every Kinda People in 1978, which reached No.53, although it got to No.15 in the US charts. Other singles followed, including Johnny And Mary and Looking For Clues, and in 1982 he had his first top 20 success with Some Guys Have All The Luck, a cover of an old Persuaders number, which reached No. 16.
In 1986 his album Riptide produced the single Addicted To Love, which was a No.1 in the US where it earned him a Grammy. The slick video, featuring a suited Palmer backed by a group of guitar-strumming models, became an enduring image of the '80s.
In an interview with The Guardian last November, he said: "I hardly ever get asked about music. I do, however, get asked about the Addicted To Love video and my suits on a daily basis."
Accused of being a male chauvinist for the Addicted To Love video, Palmer protested in a recent interview that it was not his idea to include the women in the clips.
"People think the video was my idea, that I would happily portray myself as a James Bond of boogie . . . that surprises me, because I don't think about my image at all," he said, noting his director filmed the women separately and edited them onto a clip of him singing.
"When I saw it, I was shocked," he said.
"At the time, that approach was exactly right because the songs were tongue-in-cheek rock tunes. Simply Irresistible was quite a sexy video, but they have become so erotic these days that if my three were released now they wouldn't cause a stir."
Palmer was "a class act", the London Daily Telegraph's music columnist Neil McCormick wrote of the singer's death. "He embraced blues, jazz, reggae, world music, hard rock and synthesiser pop, often on the same album."
What brought these strands together was his distinctive vocal style and an off-beat approach to rhythm and phrasing.
Palmer was a musician's musician. Even in the hippie heyday he eschewed long hair and the raggle-taggle fashions of the era, preferring a neat trim and classic tailoring. Palmer certainly knew how to wear a suit.
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Hubby is a man who has worked in many fields. When we first met, he was a teenager working at a potato warehouse. From there, he went lobster fishing and then into sales. He has sold shoes, men's wear, insurance, and cars. I think he even sold mini homes and vaccum cleaners for a short time. He was District Manager of two businesses and at one point, owned his own business.
As a pastor, he worked tirelessly for the Lord and for his flock. There is a saying that "a woman's work is never done." As a pastor's wife, I could also reiterate that a pastor's work is never done either. I remember even while on vacation, spending time in prayer for our congregation and the needs of the people. A congregation is a pastor's extended family and they were always close in thought.
Hubby is passionate about many things but the Lord and his family top the list.
He is my best friend and soul mate..... I think I'll keep him!
A couple of years before my father passed away, he said of his son-in-law, "He walks about the streets of the City, spreading joy everywhere he goes."
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"I truly don't know [what the issue with BJ is], it's something I don't want to get too specific about. I don't know what's going on with BJ. I don't know if it's his people writing for him. We tried to help him out… I think he took that somehow as an insult. I don't know who is in his ear advising him but he seemed to flip out a bit and had some issues with it. Hopefully he gets it together over there… I don't know if that was him saying that or his group of yes man around him. They kind of worship him over there. I don't really know if that was BJ so it's hard for me to comment on it."
A few weeks back the internet was swarming with comments from BJ Penn as he seemed to voice his opinions for the first time since his UFC 137 match against Nick Diaz.
The target of some of these comments was Diaz coach, Cesar Gracie. For the first time since the back and forth, Cesar commented on the issue on today's "The MMA Hour" podcast over at mmafighting.com.
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Volume 58, Issue 44: August 17, 2012
For Golden State's Public Colleges, No Silver Bullet
A higher-education system once admired for its quality, access, and affordability is now hobbled by budget cuts and booming demand.
Doing More With Less at Cal State
Since the recession began, state financial support for the California State University system has dropped, then risen, then plunged. Two tables show the details.
If Prop 30 Fails, What Then?
To save higher education in California, a tax referendum needs to pass in November. And lawmakers are also hoping for a tax windfall from Facebook options. After that, not...
Tying Lawmakers' Hands in Calif.
Over the past 79 years, California voters helped shape the current higher-education-spending crisis.
Shrink My Board, Please
Some colleges have decided that fewer is better when it comes to the trustee count.
The Future of Peer Review in the Humanities? It's Open
Nobody likes the current system, and most everybody agrees it should move online, but from there, opinions diverge.
Push for Open Access to Publicly Financed Research Swells Abroad
The debate goes global, with policy makers in Britain, the Continent, and Australia signaling a warming trend.
Real-Time Data Show 2-Year Colleges What Employers Need Now
Community colleges are using new software to get a glimpse of the labor market.
U.S. Program Enourages Foreign Female Students to Dream Big
The State Department effort brought 20 women to Saint Mary's College, in Indiana.
China Puts Out the Welcome Mat
The country is hoping to draw half-a-million foreign students to its shores by 2020.
Foreign Scientists and U.S. Policy Makers Seek Ways Around Visa Stalemate
Even academic entrepreneurs preparing to take their new scientific breakthroughs to market find it difficult, if not impossible, to stay in the country legally.
Top Executive at U. of Virginia Resigns in Wake of Leadership Crisis
Michael Strine, executive vice president and chief operating officer, drew criticism after the president's forced resignation.
5 Professors Join Vanderbilt's Bid to Bridge Health and Society
The university's growing Center for Medicine, Health, and Society has just hired its first full-time faculty members.
Transitions: Administration Official to Return to Harvard; Temple U. Appoints New President
Cass R. Sunstein, Obama's regulatory chief, is going back to being a law professor. Read about that and other job-related news.
A Delicate Operation for an Ex-Surgeon: Leading a Young Business School
Bernard T. Ferrari, once a surgeon and corporate strategist, is leading the Johns Hopkins' business school, which emphasizes management of health-care industries.
In Struggling South Texas, a New Fund Raiser Focuses on Alumni
Veronica Gonzales, a vice president at the University of Texas-Pan American, sees private giving as one way to make up for the loss of state support.
Transitions: Alexander Doty, Expert on Gay Culture, Dies at 58; Other Notable Deaths
Mr. Doty, the author of books on queer film theory and gay culture, died of injuries he suffered when he was hit by a motorcycle.
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Does Religion Really Poison Everything?
A new science of religion says God has gotten a bad rap.
Scholars, Spies, and Global Studies
It took a world war to propel Americans to make a serious commitment to global study. Now we have the time and the need to do it more deliberately.
Hoover, Reagan, and Spying at Berkeley
For decades the agency claimed it was protecting the nation. The author's FOIA requests show different.
A Healthy Mania for the Macabre
Death is on exhibit in a futuristically old-fashioned way. What makes us want to buy tickets?
The New Aesthetic of 'Aww'
Let's get over the sublime. It's the cute we should be thinking about.
Ghost Campus
In summer a campus reboots; students are only an afterthought.
The Life of Leisure
"The most intriguing aspect of the article is that its main argument ends up in a paradox."
The Vanishing Conservative Intellectual
"There is plenty of intellectual thought on the right."
Don't Confuse Technology with Teaching
Though universities are rushing to embrace online courses, true education requires one mind engaging with another.
Why Online Education Won't Replace College
Massive Open Online Courses raise complications.
Making Sure Learning Takes Place
A writing instructor gives a student an F for a paper on which she had help, and learns something in the process.
Fix the Remediation Problem Before It Starts
"Our task force on remediation will determine how New York's colleges, schools, community partners, and government officials can best collectively address our needs."
Gates Symbolizes What's Wrong With Education Reform
"Because he is wealthy and successful (if the accumulation of wealth guarantees a person's "success"), he is accepted as an expert on anything that he chooses to talk...
Governance? It's in the Hands of Corporate Elites
"Things are so far gone that talk of shared governance is at this point idle. It is in effect peasants appealing to the czars."
Embrace Your Inner North Dakotan
In searching for your first job, persuade yourself to appreciate different—not "lower"—standards.


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BOSTON-The threesome comes aboard from Jones Lang LaSalle to help expand Avison Young's capital markets presence in New England.
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Time To Write Off President Trump's $1T Infrastructure Initiative?
"The federal government is not as big an actual player in public infrastructure as commonly thought."
Construction Starts Haven't Yet Peaked
Within the up-and-down pattern of construction starts on a month-to-month basis is "a modest upward trend," says Robert A. Murray at Dodge Data & Analytics.
Trinity, Oaktree Launch $3B Hotel JV
Having already partnered on an acquisition from Starwood Hotels, Trinity Investments and Oaktree Capital Management plan more lodging investments in Trinity's core markets here and abroad.
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In Manhattan, transaction dollars have declined 39% on commercial, and top-end residential transactions and prices are declining. The flood of new…


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The push to ban in smoking in cars when children are present has gained momentum, with Quit highlighting the tremendous public support for the idea.
As the political spotlight moves once again to the issue, Quit has sent a reminder to Government that research released in July this year revealed almost 9 out of 10 Victorian smokers think that smoking should not be allowed in cars when children are present.
Executive Director of Quit, Ms Fiona Sharkie, said the Victorian public were overwhelmingly in favour of smoking being stamped out in cars containing children.
"We are confident that a ban on smoking in cars with children will be largely self-enforcing given we have data available reflecting an exceptionally high level of public support for the idea."
"Removing second-hand smoke in cars when children are present is a natural extension of what we do in the car environment to protect our younger passengers, including seatbelt use and special fittings for child passengers."
Ms Sharkie said there is mounting evidence that the limited space of a car increases exposure to second-hand smoke.
"Children are particularly vulnerable to the considerable health risks of exposure to second-hand smoke, so it is very alarming when you think that being in a car with a smoking adult gives them a concentrate dose of second-hand smoke in a really confined area."
"Banning smoking in cars with children present is an important step in protecting children against the harms of second-hand smoke, given that children and babies are obviously unable to escape or move away from the poisons contained in cigarette smoke when in this situation."
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Dangerous Teen Fads 2012–Crazy! Talk to Your Teens
Okay, I admit that my friends and I did stupid things when we were teens, but we didn't really do anything that was going to get us injured severely or even killed. And we never did anything that would have been considered a 'fad.' Even by that time things like VW stuffing or telephone booth cramming (see video below) was all but over. But teens today have taken things to a whole new yet dangerous level.
Alright, raise your hand if you know what sky-walking, butt-chuggin,' and the salt and ice challenge are? That's what I thought. You've got some homework and some talking to do with your teens before it's too late.
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Star Legacy, Casket Supplier to Walmart, Looks to Partner With Funeral Homes in Employee Benefits Program
When news started circulating on Oct. 20 that Walmart had begun selling caskets through its web site, many in the industry recalled Costco's entry in the funeral service a few years ago. Although much was made of the foray at the outset, the numbers didn't really cause funeral directors to lose sleep at night.
What Costco's decision to sell funeral goods did do was to reinforce the notion that funeral service practitioners no longer had a corner on the product market. The handwriting was already on the wall by then as third party retailers started springing up with increased frequency.
Today, when a behemoth like Walmart starts working your side of the street, things could get interesting, with the obvious reaction being this will cause further downward pressure on retail casket prices.
"Walmart represents a bigger threat than Costco since they have so many nearby locations," said David Nixon, president of Nixon Consulting, Chatham, Ill. "Even though their caskets are only online, the retail power is the largest in the United States."
"This is not an overnight cataclysm, but a slow, inexorable chipping away of pieces," said Alan Creedy, president of Trust 100, Raleigh, N.C. He sees Walmart's entry into funeral service as part of ongoing trend toward unbundling.
To meet the challenge from third-party sellers, funeral directors responded by raising service charges thereby lowering their casket margin dependence. However, as a whole, the profession is still not heavily tilted in that direction.
According to Nixon, it is the service charge that is the most frequently compared aspect of funeral service. Firms such as Everest Funeral Package offer consumers funeral price comparisons, primarily on the service charge. As a result, there can be downward pressure on the service charge as well.
Mark Allen, executive director of the Casket & Funeral Supply Association, sees Walmart's entry into funeral service as a good news/bad news situation. "The good news is that Walmart, like Costco, is putting the option of choosing caskets — domestically-produced caskets — in front of buyers. The bad news is that mass marketing a limited number of styles based on low pricing encourages consumers to regard caskets as a commodity rather than as an important way to add meaning and personalization to the memorialization process. Plus, it offers consumers yet another opportunity to skip the funeral director when planning a funeral."
Prices of the Walmart selections range from $999 (for 18-gauge steel) to $3,199 (for a bronze casket).
Another Angle Unfolding
While most of the attention has been directed at Walmart, another angle to this story is unfolding. Supplying the caskets, urns, jewelry, flowers, and pet memorialization items to Walmartis Star Legacy Funeral Network, McHenry, Ill. Founded in 2006, the company supplies funeral-related products to end users and also assists consumers with planning and preplanning funerals.
In addition to Walmart caskets, Star-Legacy currently supplies urns for Costco, and offers a wide range of funeral items for the Internet site Overstock.com.
Since 2007, Star Legacy has supplied funeral product as part of Walmart's employee benefits program, which is separate from Walmart online. Through this program, Walmart employees are able to purchase funeral goods, including flowers, urns and caskets, just like life insurance is a benefit.
It is the vision of Rick Obadiah, Star Legacy president and CEO, to create a network of funeral homes as part of benefit program Star Legacy provides to major corporations such as Walmart.
"Our goal is to create a major benefits program that has within it, as one of its components, a directory of affiliated funeral homes," Obadiah said. "Because of our contacts in the mass market, we will be able to bring customers to that network."
Other principals in the company include Joe Semon, director of manufacturing and product development, who has been in funeral service for 43 years; Wes Johnson, director of information technology; and R.J. Grissoff, director of sales.
Michael Kubasak, a funeral director and long-time consultant and industry speaker, serves as a consultant for Star Legacy Funeral Network.
"Walmart employs a couple million [1.5 million] people and those people have deaths in their family," Kubasak said. "A part of that network is going to suggest an affiliated funeral home to the employee. That is going to be the key ingredient for a funeral home to realize additional business [from the network] through exposure to many potential buyers. Plus there will be the assurance to the consumer that I am dealing the best funeral home in the area."
A funeral director advocate for many years, is Kubasak concerned that his affiliation with Star Legacy will be interpreted as a sign he is now a competitor? "At present there may be funeral directors who see Star Legacy as a competitor," Kubasak said, who has been consulting with the company for about a year. "However, as I, and other industry consultants and experts have been saying for years, funeral directors must learn how to emphasize the service aspect and not look for the majority of their profitability merely from the sale of a casket."
It is here where Obadiah and Kubasak are hoping funeral directors look at the overall plan and not just on the online casket sales aspect.
"For us, we look at funeral homes, everybody in the industry as our potential partners, whether they are funeral homes, urn suppliers or casket manufacturers," Obadiah said, "And our customers are the end users. We don't view a funeral home as a customer to buy our product, of course if they want to, they can. And that distinction is what differentiates us."
Obadiah expects the specifics about the network to be rolled out to funeral homes no later than June 2010.
Kubasak added that if funeral directors walk away thinking that Walmart is going to cause them to lose a casket sale, they would be missing the most important point. The key word here, Kubasak said, is network. "In a very short period of time, the network is going to be in place," he said. "It is the network portion that has to excite the funeral director. It's a great way for an independent funeral home to get their name in front of a lot of potential purchasers in their marketplace."
Reiterating a point Kubasak made at many a seminar, "anyone can supply a box. In addition to Costco and retail casket stores, we know of churches that build and provide caskets for their members," he said. "It is evident that anyone can supply a casket, but very few people or companies have the skill, the ability to provide the sensitive, caring service when a death occurs. Few are willing to make the investment in a facility and fewer less have the expertise and the experience and the know-how that funeral practitioners possess in dealing with death and helping say goodbye — not just a typical funeral but to really help people say goodbye in a meaningful way that may be entirely different from my father's or my grandfather's idea about what a funeral should be."
According to Obadiah, Star Legacy is the "manufacturer of record" for the caskets. Kubasak said that all of the metal caskets are manufactured in the United States. All of the wood caskets, at present, he added, are imported from Canada. He emphasized that Star Legacy caskets are not imported from China or Mexico.
Product is shipped from one of four warehouses (Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Tennessee) with locations in Texas and the Pacific Northwest expected to open by January 2010. "We have an arrangement with FedEx, because our goal is to be able to blanket the country with overnight delivery," Obadiah said.
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When this article was published, I received an influx of comments from people "outside" our industry, but who we work with on investments, trusting, etc. They understand our business, but really don't "get it" altogether. I found it interesting that they were concerned about our company's business over this supposed threat.
I hate Walmart and I know I can't be the only one that does. The people that generally shop at Walmart are shopping for merchandise that they need everyday, for a good price. To walk into Walmart and suddenly see that there is a great deal on caskets is really not something that we need to be concerned about. There are savvy consumers everywhere and if they are looking to make a casket purchase, perhaps they may see the "bargain" they will get from Walmart, but likely there isn't a threat anywhere.
What intrigued me most about this article - although it was not stated in the one above, but was in other publications - was the reiteration of the fact that funeral homes cannot charge additional fees if the casket is not purchased from them. It is true that I have never seen a separate line item on the funeral home's invoice that indicates this, but additional charges are happening on a daily basis if consumers do not purchase the casket from the funeral homes. I have seen it countless times since we started to sell and deliver caskets. It is disguised as "Package A" vs. "Package B" and generally is an $1800-$2200 ADDITIONAL FEE if the consumer does not purchase from the funeral home. The additional charge is generally so vaguely stated that even if you know what to look for, it's difficult to know what it's really saying.
I have researched this and disputed this hard with the NFDA as well as the FCC to no avail. After countless phone calls to the NFDA office, with no return calls, I finally was able to talk to someone who told me that this additional charge "is standard business practice" and that there was nothing illegal - or (gasp!) unethical - about it. The lady I spoke to made me feel like quite the moron for even questioning these practices.
Regarding my complaints to the FCC, I have filed logs of first hand accounts of consumers being charged additional fees when they don't buy caskets from the funeral home. But, since my complaints don't show a pattern consistent with just one funeral home, nothing could be done until a pattern had been formed. I have no clue of how many times this violation would need to occur to form a pattern.
So, here I am, writing a comment to an article which infuriated me not for the move that Walmart made, but for the false remarks made on many other versions of this article that were written by others. But, the bright side of the story is that perhaps this "standard business practice" will change and that this will continue to open the eyes of many within our industry who have blinders on.
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Standard Business Practice
O.K. so we are looking for a better business deal than our local or corporately owned funeral home can give us...I don't know what line of work you are in so lets just assume a few common occupations and see how this applies... Let's say you are a mechanic...Now you are going to change the oil or brakes or even the engine in someones vehicle. So you are about to turn the wrench and they say "Oh, by the way I brought my own oil, brakes, or engine and I want you to use that", or You own a restaurant and that same person shows up and says "I want steak and potatoes" so you head back to the kitchen to start cooking and they poke their head through the window and say "By the way, use these potatoes and this steak!" You are a school teacher and the parents bring the books they want their kids taught out of.
The caskets funeral home sell are carefully chosen by the management of the funeral home for quality and price. Of course there is a mark up. You want your loved one treated with dignity and respect and given the best funeral for your money right! What you forget is that the Funeral home has employees that have to be paid, the hearse has to be insured along with the funeral home, and it's employees. The funeral home has to make a profit because it is not a charitable business but what a lot of people don't know is that so many funeral homes do good things for their community in other ways. Some funeral homes are tasked with taking care of the remains of those in society that have no one to pay and often absorb the cost of this on their own. If the funeral home has "Package A" and "Package B" it is because the cost of doing business would be different if you bring your own casket in or buy it there! The things that go into a funeral package cost money...It is not free. The funeral home transports your loved one from the hospital, crime lab, nursing home, or wherever they pick them up from to the funeral home(Sometimes in the middle of the night), they bathe the body, reconstructs them in many cases to makes them up to look like they did before death or as close to this as possible, dress them, put them in the casket, provides the facility, coordinates all of the funeral plans, disposes of the things no one wants to think of, like your loved ones blood that is drained, accommodates there family and friends and all their requests during visitation and the funeral, cleans up after all of this, provides all of the paperwork to make this legal and in many cases handles odd or strange request with out question all with the Dignity we demand.
I hope your profession is not the next one targeted that you are using inscrutable business tactics to make a profit... I mean how many funeral home owners do you see on the cover of Forbes magazine? Of course they make a profit but so does every other surviving business!
Dear Anonymous;
We are in the cemetery, precast concrete and architectural business...in Wisconsin where we cannot be affiliated with a funeral home due to our cemetery ownership. If I could own a funeral home, I would and I understand how to run a business, which requires mark ups and profits. We sell caskets and yes, we mark them up. But, they are as far away from being a profit center for our company as they can be. The reason we are selling them is to give consumers a choice, which is the way that America does business. Do we sell to everyone we present to based on the fact that they can save thousands of dollars with us? Of course not! We hear the comment from families many times that the would prefer to pay more to purchase this item with the funeral home due to their loyalty to them and that the rest of their family "has always done it that way". That's fine with us - we don't lecture them, make them feel guilty or put high pressure sales tactics on them. Our theory is to make the consumer 100% comfortable with any decision they make.
I commend your comment about caskets being carefully chosen by funeral homes for quality and price. We feel the exact same way about the memorial suppliers we deal with. When a customer comes in and tells us they bought a memorial online, from what is likely someone working out of their garage, it makes us cringe since we know we offer the best merchandise which is going to last in our cemetery FOREVER. That is our responsibility as cemetery owners, operators and employees.
What I still do not understand is the increased price in "Package B" when you are delivering less product and therefore have less cost to run your business. You do not need to pay the wholesale price on the casket in this case! There is no way to justify the extra expense for this arrangement. Period. Can we, as cemetery operators, charge the family thousands of dollars more money to be interred if they decide not to purchase the memorial for us and justify the charge because we lost the profit on the memorial sale? Absolutely not! But that is exactly what funeral homes are doing and I cannot believe this practice is acceptable.
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Not Starting a War
As my subject says I am not starting a war, I think many funeral homes should change their practice of making the casket the way to offset their service fee and let the service fee stand alone. I think that would change the profit margin in independent casket stores and buy on line stores and even your cemetery/casket business greatly. Maybe this would solve our conflict!
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Star Legacy Funeral Network's Mission
There is no doubt, that with Walmart entering this business - it represents a paradigm shift in a very old profession. In the end (no pun), equilibrium will be achieved and the cost of a funeral will remain the same.
Star Legacy Funeral Network states "Empowering the consumer".
I agree


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Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
Our cabin 9638 was on the hump. Normal size balcony but a great location. Near the elevators and 2 decks below the Windjammer. Junior Suites are great size. Walk in closet, sofa, chair, large balcony with 2 chairs, table and another chair with attached footstool. We gathered frequently in our cabin or on our balcony. Our friends had a balcony cabin on deck 8 and it sure seemed small compared to the JS. We sure are getting spoiled. Our cabin attendant, More Simeon, was great. Was very "stealthy" in that he was rarely seen, but always available. Took excellent care of us. We had a bottle of wine and a bottle of champagne and he kept them iced down as well as kept a full ice bucket for us. On the last Formal Night we returned to our cabin and he had placed rose petals on the bed. A very nice touch.
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The Home Fashion Products Association has announced the election of a president-elect, four new members to the board of directors, and the re-election of three directors to new two-year terms.
Gretchen Dale, Loftex USA; Ed Greenberg, Pem-America, Inc.; Andrew Riesel, Richloom Fabrics Group; and Keith Sorgeloos, Home Source International were elected by the membership to serve on the board of directors for two-year terms.
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