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By Halim Moris
This is the second in a series of articles focusing on the dramatic changes that are currently taking place in the area of immigration practice. Unfortunately, many of these changes have had a negative impact on many non-citizens who are seeking immigration relief. In my previous article, I highlighted the recent restrictions on immigration appeals, as well as the so-called "streamlining" of the highest immigration appellate tribunal, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).1
This article will focus on the newly implemented "Special Registration" program that requires foreign nationals from 25 countries, primarily Arabic and/or Muslim countries,2 to register their presence in the United States. While the United States Department of Justice has indicated that the main purpose of the "Special Registration" program is "to protect Americans from possible terrorist threats,"3 many community advocates, particularly in the Arab and/or Muslim communities, charge that the "Special Registration" program is nothing more than an official policy of racial profiling.4 Since the implementation of the "Special Registration" program, it is estimated that more than 1,600 men from Arabic and/or Muslim countries have been detained by immigration authorities,5 and many more were put in removal proceedings, for alleged immigration violations, despite the fact that many of these men had pending applications for legal status in the United States.6
"Special Registration" is a product of the USA PATRIOT Act,7 in which Congress required the Department of Justice to develop an entry-exit tracking system to monitor the whereabouts of all non-citizens in the United States.8 On June 5, 2002, without consulting Congress, Attorney General Ashcroft announced the creation of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), also known as "Special Registration," to track foreign nationals in the United States.9
On Aug. 12, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)10 finalized regulations implementing NSEERS. The NSEERS regulations require non-citizen males from certain countries to appear before the local INS to be interviewed, fingerprinted and photographed.11 These requirements apply to all males over the age of 16 from the designated countries who are in the United States on a non-immigrant status and/or a temporary basis.12 In addition, NSEERS eligible non-citizens are mandated to use pre-designated airports exclusively upon their departure from the United States.13 NSEERS registration of non-citizens is designed to be implemented in stages. So far, four different stages of "Special Registration" have taken place, and they covered male nationals from 25 different countries.14 More stages of the "Special Registration" are already in the planning.
The NSEERS regulations impose severe penalties on individuals who do not comply with the registration requirements. Individuals who fail to appear for the "Special Registration" or otherwise fail to comply are deemed removable and inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).15 Also, a willful failure to register or making false statement(s) during the registration process is punishable under INA ßß 266(a) and (c), respectively, by a fine of up to $1,000 or by imprisonment for up to six months.16 Failure to provide information requested during the registration process or failure to notify the INS of the registrant's change of address (within 10 days of the move) is punishable by imprisonment for up to 30 days and/or a fine of up to $200.17
While registering, fingerprinting and photographing non-citizens are not new phenomena in immigration practice,18 all of the previous registration programs were designed to register those who were seeking to enter the United States and who were in the process of coming from abroad. NSEERS registration, however, aims to register those who are already in the United States and who already have been inspected and admitted by an immigration officer.19
Since the first day of implemention of the "Special Registration" reports of mass arrests and initiation of removal proceedings against a large number of registrants as well as mistreatment by INS officers, particularly on the West Coast of the United States, have been circulated.20
Critics of the "Special Registration" program argue that the true purpose of the program is to intimidate and instill fear in the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States. They point to the fact that 24 out of the 25 countries subject to the special registration are Arab and/or Muslim countries. They also point out that many of the registrants were detained for days or weeks for minor immigration violations,21 were denied access to their attorneys during the registration process,22 or had valid applications for residency pending with the INS for months, if not years.23 They argue that the INS is setting a bad example when it detains and mistreats registrants who ought to be commended for trying to comply with law. One critic of the "Special Registration" program calls it "a war against Muslims and Islam." After all, he says, the INS is "not targeting Hindus, Jews and Christians."24
The Department of Justice and the INS, however, deny any racial, religious or ethnic profiling as the reason for the "Special Registration." A local INS spokesperson points out that the reason Arab and Muslim countries are on the registration list is that "all of the countries that have been selected in the registry are places where Al Qaeda, or other terrorist groups, have been active."25
End notes
1. Halim Moris, Restricting Immigration appeals: Efficiency Over the Right of Due Process, Section Review, Mass. Bar. Association, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2003). [back]
2. Out of the 25 countries that are currently subject to the "Special Registration," only one, North Korea, is considered non-Arab and non-Muslim. For a complete list of countries subject to "Special Registration," see note 14, Infra.[back]
3. Attorney General Ashcroft Announces Implementation of the First Phase of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, U.S. Department of Justice Press Release (Aug. 12, 2002). The press release is found at www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2002/august/02. [back]
4. Kalimah Redd, Globe Correspondent, Protesters Rally Against INS Rules Effort Decried as Racial Profiling, Boston Globe, 15 Feb. B3, 2003. "After Sept. 11, because the country was so frightened and saddened, the government used the emotional climate as an excuse to clamp down on civil liberties...The loss of civil liberties is most glaring among Arabs and Muslims." Id. Nurith C. Aizenman, Local Muslims Turn Attention to Civil Rights; Registration for Immigrants Becomes Particular Concern, Washington Post, T05, March 27, 2003. [back]
5. The INS has the authority to arrest and detain foreign nationals pursuant to 8 C.F.R. ß 278.5(c). In addition, an immigration officer has the authority to arrest a foreign national without a warrant if the officer has "reason to believe that the alien....is in the United States in violation of any [immigration] law or regulations and is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest." INA ß 278(a)(2). [back]
6. Nurith C. Aizenman, Muslim Institutions Focus on Legal Matters; Immigrant Issues Become Common Topic, Washington Post, T03, March 20, 2003. "The 'Special Registration' effort has caused widespread panic and confusion because more than 1,600 of the more than 41, 000 men nationwide who have signed up were detained for visa violations, and many had applications pending for permanent residency. Large numbers of those arrested spent a night or more in jail." Id., at T 03. [back]
7. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001). [back]
8. "The Attorney General, in consultation with Secretary of State, should fully implement the integrated entry and exit data system..." Id., ß 414 (a)(1). [back]
9. U.S. Department of Justice, Press Release, National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, June 5, 2002.[back]
10. As of March 1, 2003, the INS became a part of the Department of Homeland security pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2153, signed into law by President George W. Bush on Nov. 25, 2002. Under the Homeland Security Act, INS ceases to exist. Immigration functions of the former INS are now delegated to two bureaus in the Department of Homeland Security. These two bureaus are: the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE) and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS). For a section-by-section review of the immigration provisions of the Homeland Security Act, see 79 Interpreter Releases 1733 (Nov. 25, 2002). [back]
11. 67 Fed. Reg. 49561 (Aug. 12, 2002). Females, United States citizens (naturalized or native born), diplomats, Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) and individuals granted asylum (asylees) are exempt from the "Special Registration." Id.[back]
12. Id. This includes non-immigrant foreign nationals who are currently in the United States as students, visitors for business or pleasure, and those who hold temporary employment visas. See 8 U.S.C. ß 1101(a)(15). In addition, under NSEERS asylum seekers who filed their applications for asylum after certain date are required to register. 67 Fed. Reg. 49561 (Aug. 12, 2002). Finally, foreign nationals who are out-of-status are also subject to NSEERS registration requirement if they entered the United States with inspection. Id. [back]
13. 67 Fed. Reg. 61352 (Sept. 30, 2002). For a complete list of the pre-designated airports that non-citizens subject to NSEERS registration must use to depart from the United States, see 79 Interpreter Releases 1493 (Sept. 30, 2002). [back]
14. Stage One covered males over 16 from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria. The registration period for that stage ran from Nov. 15, 2002, until Feb. 7, 2003. See 67 Fed. Reg. 40581-86 (June 13, 2002). Stage Two covered males over 16 years of age from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The registration period of the second stage ran from Dec. 2, 2002, until Feb. 7, 2003. See 67 Fed. Reg. 67766 (Nov. 6, 2002); 67 Fed. Reg. 70526 (Nov. 11, 2002). The third stage covered males over the age of 16 from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It ran from Jan. 13, 2003, until March 21, 2003. See 67 Fed. Reg. 77135-38 (Dec. 16, 2002). The fourth stage of the NSEERS registration covered males over the age of 16 from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan and Kuwait. It ran from Feb. 24, 2003, until April 25, 2003. See 68 Fed. Reg. 8046 ( Feb. 19, 2003). Note that individuals who hold dual citizenship are required to register as long as one of their citizenships is in a country on the "Special Registration" list. [back]
15. 8 C.F.R. ß 214.1.[back]
16. 8 U.S.C. ßß1306(a) and (c). [back]
17. INA ß 266(b), 8 U.S.C. ß 1396 (b). [back]
18. Historically, the INS has mandated the registration and fingerprinting of certain non-citizens who were seeking entry into the United States. For example, in 1991, the INS required registration and fingerprinting of foreign nationals from Iraq and Kuwait who are seeing entry into the United States. See 56 Fed. Reg. 1566 (Jan. 16, 9191); In 1993 the INS required the registration and fingerprinting of nationals of Iraq and Sudan. See 58 Fed. Reg. 68157 (Dec. 23, 1993). And in 1996, the INS required the registration and fingerprinting of nationals of Iran and Libya. See 61 Fed. Reg. 46829 (Sept. 5, 1996). [back]
19. Foreign nationals who entered the United States without inspection are not required to register under NSEERS registration. See 67 Fed. Reg. 49561 (Aug. 12, 2002).[back]
20. Michele R. Marcucci, Staff Writer, Treatment by INS Still Haunts Immigrant: An East Bay Dentist From Iran was Thrown in Jain after Obeying the Agency's Sign up Call, The Oakland Tribune, A3, Feb. 24, 2003. [back]
21. The INS has the authority to detain foreign nationals for any immigration violation regardless of how minor. See INA ß 287.3 (a). (emphasis added). [back]
22. A number of attorneys, in various jurisdictions, reported being denied access to their clients during the registration process. See American Immigration Lawyers Association, Office by Office Summary of How the INS is Handling Call-in Special Registration, InfoNet at Doc. 0212642 (Feb. 24, 2003). [back]
23. Many of the registrants who were detained and/or put in removal proceedings since the beginning of the "Special Registration" program "had valid applications pending with the INS for permanent residency." Aizenman, Washington Post, note 6, supra at T 03. [back]
24. Jason Margolis, Staff Reporter, Men Without a Country Go North to Find a home; Fear of U.S. Registration Fuels Pakistani Muslims' Flight to Canada, Seattle Times, B1, March 23, 2003, quoting the president of the American Muslim Alliance in Seattle, Wash., Rizwan Samad. [back]
25. Redd, Boston Globe, supra, note 4, quoting Paula Grenier, a spokeswoman for the INS's Boston district.[back]


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McCarty selected for academic award
Luke McCarty, a Tonganoxie graduate now playing football at Missouri Southern, was named to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the fall season.
McCarty, a 2004 THS graduate, carries a 3.226 grade-point average after two complete semesters at the MIAA school. He is a sophomore this year and played on the defensive line during the fall for the Lions, who finished the season at 3-7.
McCarty is undeclared on a major at this time.
The sophomore was one of 35 Missouri Southern student-athletes honored. He was one of 12 football players chosen for the honor. Women's soccer had 10, while women's cross country had six, volleyball five and men's cross country two.
To be eligible for the honor, students-athletes had to have a cumulative 3.0 GPA or better, have at least two terms of attendance at the school (excluding summer classes) and be at least a sophomore in athletic eligibility.
The MIAA is an NCAA Division II conference made up of universities from Missouri and Kansas.
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Fri 10 JUNE
Blogger Curated Pop-Up opens in Covent Garden for 10 days.
Wed 08 JUNE
Sunken Cities
Egypt's lost worlds at the British Museum
Tue 07 JUNE
Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony at the Noguchi Museum
Marks the Museum's 30th anniversary
Tue 07 JUNE
The Serpentine Pavilion 2016
Serpentine Galleries revealed its 16th annual pavilion and four Summer Houses
Tue 07 JUNE
Margaret Lee's Windows at Barneys
Custom designed windows by Margaret Lee
Tue 07 JUNE
Kips Bay Decorator Show House 2016
Showcasing interior design talent and raising funds for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club
Mon 06 JUNE
Fly by Night
Duke Riley at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Thu 02 JUNE
London Festival of Architecture Panel at Atrium
A dialogue on the landscape of workplace design
Tue 31 MAY
Studio Job Mad House
Mad but in a good way.
Fri 27 MAY
365 by Whole Foods Market
We went to a new grocery store in LA and it's kind of a big deal here…
Thu 26 MAY
Missoni: Art Colour
A retrospective on the Italian brand
Tue 24 MAY
Kitchen. Bath. Outdoor. Joy.
Fri 06 MAY
Frieze New York
The 5th edition of Frieze art fair descends upon New York's Randall's Island
Tue 03 MAY
Main Street Just Went Underground
Tue 03 MAY
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium
Mapplethorpe explores "perfection in form"
Fri 29 APRIL
Pick Me Up
The Graphic Arts Festival returns to London
Tue 26 APRIL
Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) at The MET
Parker merges two American architectural emblems
Fri 22 APRIL
Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones
An immersive exhibition captures the history of the world's greatest band.
Thu 21 APRIL
Marimekko for Target
The latest designer collaboration for Target features Finland's Marimekko
Mon 18 APRIL
Voyager Espresso
An underground Australian coffee shop designed by Only If
Tue 05 APRIL
Fashion Show: 60 Years of Fashion Photography
is a succinct summary of the way the photographic medium has evolved
Tue 29 MARCH
Uniqlo & Liberty London
Uniqlo and Liberty London collaborate in NY
Tue 22 MARCH
A Japanese Constellation at MoMA
An architecture exhibition that highlights emerging Japanese design
Tue 22 MARCH
Unread Messages
The Aram Gallery explores our relationship with communication technologies
Wed 16 MARCH
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius
Da Vinci's drawings & technological visions are brought to life
Fri 11 MARCH
World Trade Center Transportation Hub
Santiago Calatrava's Transit Hub is Open
Wed 09 MARCH
Performing for the Camera
An inquiry into performative photography
Fri 04 MARCH
SPRING/BREAK Art Show returns for the 5th time in New York
Fri 04 MARCH
Vogue 100: A Century of Style
Iconic magazine hosts retrospective to celebrate centenary.
Wed 02 MARCH
Where the Shadows are so Deep – Imran Qureshi
perfectly combines his artistic roots
Mon 29 FEBRUARY
Spruth Magers Gallery
Renowned European gallery opens new outpost in LA
Mon 29 FEBRUARY
Eightfold Coffee
New coffee shop includes partnership with publisher & Pens
Mon 29 FEBRUARY
Barneys New York Flagship
Barneys New York returns to its Chelsea roots with a beautifully renovated new space
Fri 26 FEBRUARY
Stockholm Design Week 2016
features some of the boldest innovation in Scandinavian lighting and furniture
Fri 11 MARCH
Curtain Up
Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York
Wed 24 FEBRUARY
Rivertown Lodge
A new boutique hotel in Upstate, New York
Wed 24 FEBRUARY
Francis Towne's Watercolours
An astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805.
Mon 08 FEBRUARY
Betty Woodman: Theatre of the Domestic
The first solo exhibition by one of the most important ceramicists
Wed 03 FEBRUARY
Creation from Catastrophe
How architecture rebuilds communities after disasters
Thu 28 JANUARY
Spooky Action
The Design Studio, The Principals, present 'Spooky Action'
Thu 28 JANUARY
Museum of Innocence
The physical manifestation of Orhan Pamuk comes to London
Tue 26 JANUARY
Big Bang Data
The Somerset House Exhibition examines what your phone has been saying about you
Tue 19 JANUARY
An Arm, A Leg and Other Stories
An exploration of exchange at the South London contemporary arts gallery
Tue 19 JANUARY
MacGuffin magazine at magCulture
A talk with the founders of MacGuffin magazine to launch their second issue
Tue 19 JANUARY
Saying Goodbye to Starman
Second Home & The Beat Magazine pay tribute to the late, great David Bowie
Mon 18 JANUARY
Babaji Pide and Lumiere London
Lights and Turkish Pizza. What could go wrong?
Wed 13 JANUARY
Ethos Foods
This healthy London eatery serves up a treat or two
Tue 05 JANUARY
Greater New York at MoMA PS1
Latest overview of New York City-based artists features over 400 works
Thu 10 DECEMBER
Café Sibylle
This Berlin café still has remnants of a bygone era
Mon 07 DECEMBER
Unmade Pop-Up
Unmade are revolutionising our approach to shopping and design
Tue 10 NOVEMBER
Tom Dixon Opens First NYC Showroom
"The Shop" further establishes iconic British designer in the US
Fri 06 NOVEMBER
Joe & the Juice
Soho: An Upbeat Coffee & Juice Spot takes Prince Street
Wed 04 NOVEMBER
Icon's 150th Edition
To celebrate Icon's 12 years, the bespoke magazine has a rebranding
Wed 28 OCTOBER
The Goodhood Store
presents a well curated array of independent labels and one-off pieces
Mon 26 OCTOBER
The World of Charles and Ray Eames
An extensive display of works on show at the Barbican
Tue 20 OCTOBER
The Fabric of India
First major textile exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum
Tue 20 OCTOBER
PAD London
The prestigious art fair has been and gone
Mon 19 OCTOBER
Mademoiselle Privé
CHANEL and Karl Lagerfeld have brought a multi-sensory exhibition to London
Mon 19 OCTOBER
The Paula Crown Affair
A Collaboration of Art and Design
Mon 19 OCTOBER
Abraham Cruzvillegas: Empty Lot, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Fri 16 OCTOBER
Louis Vuitton SERIES 3
This stand-alone exhibition showcases Nicholas Ghesquiere
Fri 16 OCTOBER
Frieze 2015
London's leading art fair is underway!
Thu 15 OCTOBER
Oscar Murillo
The New York dealership comes to London
Tue 13 OCTOBER
Newport Street Gallery
Damien Hirst opens his own gallery in South London


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London-based International Grains Council lowers its corn output prediction for the 2013-14 season.
Bloomberg reports that, while corn output may reach 942.4 million metric tons from 859.1 million tons in 2012-13, this figure is 3.6 million tons smaller than originally estimated. Clement weather this year is primarily the cause in the production growth between seasons.
Corn prices, too, have dropped, falling 32 percent on the Chicago Board of Trade this year. So while farmers may have high corn yields this harvest, they may not see very high prices at the market.
Worldwide wheat forecasts, however, have increased to 686.9 million tons expected this year. According to Bloomberg, this figure is up from 653.6 million tons from the 2012-13 season.


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Great for problem hairIt is a very nice mask. I have pretty good hair, and don't necessarily need special care for it, but I was very happy to get this mask as a gift and try it. I find it very moisturizing and pleasant to use. I apply it in the shower for about 5-7 minutes. I love that it doesn't feel slippery and silicon-y like most cheaper masks. It sort of gets absorbed into hair, and is very easy to rinse out. Lea...read moreves hair very soft and touchable. It also works wonders on fine, difficult hair. My friend literally saved her damaged hair with this mask. It is a little miracle in a jar! It is quite pricey, hence I'm giving it less then 10 stars. And I'm not crazy about the scent and packaging. If you have good hair as it is, you might want to opt for something less expensive, or use Kerastase's leave-in conditioners, which are great. But if you have difficult, damaged hair, this is worth the investment- if you use it once a week it lasts for months. — 3 years, 8 months agovenenumletalis | 176 reviews
So bad!I´ve always loved this brand. Somehow i wanted to try this mask. After I washed my hair, i put on lots of this product ( i have very long hair), I put on a plastic cap and waited 30 minutes. When I removed the cap, I touched my hair hoping it would be soft, WRONG! It dried my hair sooo bad and i had to wash it off and put on deep conditioner for like 10 minutes to try to reverse the damage this p...read moreroduct did to my hair. It cost me $54. I´m never buying this brand, EVER AGAIN! This product messed up my hair. I had to go to a saloon a couple of months to rehydrated my maine. So not worth it. I tossed it in the trash, because I wouldn´t want anyone to go through what I did. — 5 years, 2 months agoprincesita | 27 reviews
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Prescriptivist's Corner: Pleading Your Case
To plead was originally in the class of verbs, along with read, speed, lead, and feed, that took an irregular past tense and past participle, pled. The irregular form has a history dating back to the 16th century. Competing with this past tense was the regular form pleaded, as in "he pleaded not guilty." The regular form won out in England, and pled retreated to Scotland where it became the standard past tense in Scottish law. It then made its way to America, probably through Scottish immigration, where it coexists with pleaded.
Beginning in the late-19th century, American grammarians started attacking the irregular form, pled, presumably because it was not in use in England. They were largely successful in legal and journalistic circles and pleaded is the dominant form in America, but pled continues to survive in general US usage and lately is making inroads into the courts and newspapers.
While it's not strictly improper, pled is rarely used by lawyers and journalists. Using pled in one's own speech is an indicator that one is not well versed in the law. As such, it should be avoided. (Others would argue the opposite—that being noticed as not being a lawyer would be a good thing.)
A bigger problem is the preposition that follows the plea. One pleads to a charge. "He pleaded not guilty to murder" is correct. "He pleaded not guilty of murder" is not. Of should not be used with the verb plead, although "he is not guilty of murder" is grammatically correct.
And to confuse things further, technically one cannot plead innocence. In law, one pleads either guilty or not guilty. This, however, is a distinction that is best left to the lawyers. Plead innocent is sometimes used for fear the not in not guilty might be dropped accidentally. So the rule of thumb is when the judge asks for your plea, you say either "guilty" or "not guilty." At other times you can say plead innocent to avoid any misunderstanding.
And by the definition of plea, which means to make one's case, one cannot actually plead guilty. "Guilty" isn't a plea; it's a confession. Blackstone, in his 1769 Commentaries on the Laws of England never uses the phrase plead guilty. But this last is a lost cause. No one seriously makes this distinction anymore.
Words On The Web: www.oed.com
What better site to start a feature on language sites on the web than with www.oed.com. The Oxford English Dictionary is, without question, the greatest English language resource either online or off.
The OED provides definitions for over half a million words. It includes 2.5 million quotations demonstrating word usage and historical examples of changes in spelling and form. The OED is the fundamental resource for anyone serious about words and language.
Book Review: Safire's Let A Simile Be Your Umbrella
William Safire is perhaps the most widely read commentator on the English language writing today. His weekly On Language column appears in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. Safire's column runs the gamut of language issues, covering etymology, usage, and grammar. It focuses on words and phrases that are in vogue or recently used by key political and media figures.
Let a Simile Be Your Umbrella is the 12th in the series of compilations of Safire's column. Safire has been writing the On Language column since 1979 and turning out these compilation volumes on the average of once every two years since then.
Big news stories, especially scandals, often generate a variety of nonce words. Some survive, like the –gate suffix of the Watergate scandal, others disappear into the mists of history. The Enron Scandal is no different. It's generated a plethora of nonce terms and phrases, or Enronyms, if you will.
The most famous of these, perhaps, is the verb to Enron, coined by Senator Tom Daschle in a CNN interview on 23 January of this year. Comparing the Enron employees' loss of their pensions to Republican raiding of the Social Security trust fund, Daschle said, "I don't want to Enron the people of the United States. I don't want to see them holding the bag at the end of the day just like Enron employees have held the bag."
Loan-Words and Where They Come From
Below is a list of different languages and some English words that derive from roots in those languages. This is by no means a comprehensive list. There are many, many more such words than are listed here. And do not draw conclusions based on the number of words listed. While in some cases a conclusion may be valid (e.g., Finnish has one word listed and the impact Finnish has had on English is indeed minimal), in others it may not be (e.g., Arabic has about as many words listed as Latin, but the impact of Latin on English is incomparably larger).
This is a sample only. But another caution, it is not necessarily a representative sample; although you can draw some conclusions based on the words listed here (e.g., most Japanese loan words are used in connection with Japanese culture, such as geisha or sashimi, and have not been adopted into generic English use, although a few have, such as futon or tycoon).
Some of these words come into English via other languages (e.g., many native American words arrive via Spanish). I've tried to note where such intermediary languages are common. Words marked with a question mark (?) are of uncertain origin, but probably come from that language.Read the rest of the article...
How Many Words In The English Language?
This question is only tangentially related to word and phrase origins, but enough people ask it that I thought I'd provide a permanent answer.
This is an indeterminate question. First, there is the problem of what exactly is a word. Are mouse, mice, mousy, and mouselike separate words or just forms of one root word? Is a computer mouse the same word as the rodent? (To demonstrate the difficulty in counting words, over the centuries many scholars have attempted to count how many different words Shakespeare used in his corpus of work. The counts run anywhere from 16,000 to 30,000.)
Second, unlike French, English has no official body to determine what is proper and what is not. English dictionaries are (usually) descriptive in nature, not prescriptive. That is they describe how the language exists and is used, they do not prescribe its use. Just because a word "is not in the dictionary," doesn't mean that it is not a legitimate word. It simply means the dictionary editors omitted it for one reason or another.
The Oxford English Dictionary, the largest English-language dictionary, contains some 290,000 entries with some 616,500 word forms in its second edition. Of course, there are lots of slang and regional words that are not included and the big dictionary omits many proper names, scientific and technical terms, and jargon as a matter of editorial policy (e.g., there are some 1.4 million named species of insect alone). All told, estimates of the total vocabulary of English start at around three million words and go up from there.
Of these, about 200,000 words are in common use today. An educated person has a vocabulary of about 20,000 words and uses about 2,000 in a week's conversation. (These estimates vary widely depending on who is doing the counting, so don't take them as absolute.)
A (Very) Brief History of the English Language
Indo-European and Germanic Influences
English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. This broad family includes most of the European languages spoken today. The Indo-European family includes several major branches:
- Latin and the modern Romance languages;
- The Germanic languages;
- The Indo-Iranian languages, including Hindi and Sanskrit;
- The Slavic languages;
- The Baltic languages of Latvian and Lithuanian (but not Estonian);
- The Celtic languages; and
- Greek.
The influence of the original Indo-European language, designated proto-Indo-European, can be seen today, even though no written record of it exists. The word for father, for example, is vater in German, pater in Latin, and pitr in Sanskrit. These words are all cognates, similar words in different languages that share the same root.Read the rest of the article...
Common Errors in Etymology
The fact is, man is an etymologizing animal. He abhors the vacuum of an unmeaning word. If it seems lifeless, he reads a new soul into it, and often, like an unskillful necromancer, spirits the wrong soul into the wrong body.
�The Reverend A. Smythe Palmer, Folk-Etymology, 1890
Popular wisdom often adopts tales about the origins of words. Sometimes these tales are correct, but more often they are not. These popular etymologies suffer from several recurring errors.
Superficial Resemblances
"Because two words look the same, they must come from the same source." This is a very common error. To be fair, many, if not most, similar words are etymologically related, but this is not always the case. In fact, there are so many exceptions to this rule, that it is a very poor guide.
Etymological Tools
What are the various tools and methods for finding and validating the origins of words and phrases? Where can one go to find information and common mechanisms of word and phrase formation.
Standards of Evidence
By far, the most common methodological error I find that amateur word sleuths make regards standards of evidence. Someone comes up with a hypothesis that sounds plausible, but fails to back it up with any evidence. Explanations for words or phrases like the whole nine yards are interesting, but without actual evidence to support them they cannot be considered correct.
The gold standard for etymological evidence is a citation of usage. You must find a written instance of the word being used that is both earlier than any other known usage and that supports the hypothesis. If for instance you want to prove that the whole nine yards is a reference to the length of a formal Scottish kilt, you need to find someone using the phrase prior to the mid-1960s in reference to kilts, or since all the early known uses are American, at least from a Scottish source.Read the rest of the article...
Methods of Word Formation
The formation of new words is not a random process. There are several distinct patterns and paths by which new words come into the language. These fall into four major categories, which in turn can be subdivided.
New Root Formation
Root formation is the creation of new words. Roots come from one of three sources: they are inherited from Old English, they are adopted from other languages, or they are coined by an individual to express a particular idea.
Inherited roots are those native to the language, dating back to antiquity. For English, this means roots that are found in Old English. Of all the words in the English language, relatively few (one or two percent) have Old English roots. But this number is deceptive. About half of the most commonly used words are Old English in origin. So the bulk of everyday English speech and writing is rooted in Old English.Read the rest of the article...
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Blessed are the lowly provincial hoi polloi
I'm an old-school purist when it comes to education, cantankerous and likely mistaken in my belief that the consumer-friendly choices of today are no improvement over the limited options I had three decades ago.
After all, I studied Latin at high school, and although my only reason was because it had the attraction of being taught at the neighbouring girls' school, it was still a dead language. Flavia may have been a "puella pulchra romana", but I was more interested in the pulchritude of the teenage Stephanies, Harriets and Annes of Dunedin.
So when I heard the news that Kiwiana is to be taught at Canterbury University next year, I initially dismissed it as another example of degrees in underwater basket-weaving, designed to draw revenue moths, especially fat fee-paying international ones, to Christchurch's shining beacon of higher learning. But in a radio interview, lecturer Katie Pickles, an associate professor of history, made the case that it was a legitimate aspect of history.
Kiwiana is "an expression of Kiwi popular culture in the past", she said. The host asked why Kiwiana icons matter, "given that New Zealand is now such an urbanised population, and these things really harken back to an older, more rural sort of a lifestyle".
Prof Pickles argued that Kiwiana was pop culture preserved in brine. "When you go to the souvenir shop and you see the sheep and the gumboots and the Swanndri, it's not about the reality, it's about the past."
As if confessing to studying Latin hadn't already marked me as a hopeless old fuddy-duddy, now my footwear and clothing are consigning me to the dustbin of history.
But it's not just me. Great swathes of Motropolis, most of the South Island and much of the North Island south of the Bombay Hills suddenly discovered that their rural lifestyle was a relic, fascinating to Canterbury's international students but not that relevant to modern New Zealand.
Yet in the same Morning Report, the news that dairy farmers were likely to face lower payouts next year that would shave $1 billion off the country's export earnings was treated as vitally relevant. There's an odd disconnect between the focus on dairy payouts and the belief that rural New Zealand is somehow a relic. It privileges an Auckland-centric, consumer-driven view, as if The Ridges, with its wine-swillers at SPQR in Ponsonby Rd, is somehow a more contemporary, authentic version of how we like to imagine ourselves than the characters of Country Calendar.
Last Sunday's broadcast of Country Calendar drew 336,110 viewers, making it the fifth most popular show of the day. A similar number tuned in for the debut of The Ridges, which then lost viewers every week until the penultimate episode, when it was down to about 80,000 viewers.
In other words, the Kiwi public has better taste than the tastemakers. The idea that the rural lifestyle is a relic reminded me of economist Brian Easton's comment that without a thriving Christchurch, "the South Island will have to settle for being a rural Arcadia, beloved by tourists, with the odd tertiary institution in a pastoral setting".
I'm not slamming Easton, because I escaped the rat race in order to live in a rural Arcadia. And that choice is true for a lot of Motropolis, whose residents either had the good sense not to leave or are refugees from faster-paced lives elsewhere.
A day spent in the Abel Tasman with a group of i-SITE travel consultants from around the South Island last week brought that home. These people were experts on some glorious parts of the Mainland, from Punakaiki to Hanmer to Kaikoura, and yet they were blown away by what our region has to offer. They returned home determined to convince tourists that they should spend more than one night in the area, and several told me they wanted to bring their own families back for a holiday.
The truth is that focusing on the wine-swillers does us no favours. I see it as vestigial evidence of the cultural cringe we have supposedly abandoned.
Swanndris and gumboots are faintly embarrassing because they remind us of a more provincial New Zealand, when we would like to imagine that we are just as cosmopolitan as the cosmopolitan swillers of Manhattan. But as anyone who has spent time among the inhabitants of the world's great cities will tell you, those people don't come to New Zealand to visit our cities, and Kiwis and Kiwi businesses are valued overseas precisely for the characteristics that come from our provincial pioneers: ingenuity, self-reliance and the ability to get along with all kinds of people.
A few years ago, I interviewed several immigrants for a story for popular American magazine Men's Journal on why New Zealand was the best place to emigrate to. The editor asked me to add a small sidebar on one must-have item a visitor should buy. My answer was a Swanndri, because you never knew when the weather would turn nasty.
But I also picked it because it was a unique expression of Kiwi culture: rugged, practical, durable. Wearing it in one of those cosmopolitan-swilling watering holes in Brooklyn (New York, not Motueka) would earn a Men's Journal-reading hipster far more credibility than a T-shirt from a cool Auckland nightspot that aspires to nothing more than aping the rest of the world.


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When you reach the halfway point of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike (somewhere in Pennsylvania), you have the opportunity to take the "half-gallon challenge" to eat a half-gallon of ice cream.
(I didn't partake when I was on my thru-hike because the ice cream store was closed for the season, but I did enjoy living the challenge vicariously through other hikers. Here's a particularly entertaining account of one hiker's half-gallon challenge.)
But I'm not here to talk about half-gallons, or ice cream, or even hiking. I'm here to talk about halfway points.
Today (Friday), Hubster and I are at the halfway point of our pregnancy. (Does that sound silly, to call it "our" pregnancy?) I'm 20 weeks along, with 20 weeks to go. See?
Baby Scout is now about 10.5 ounces, about the weight of my Z-Rest foam sleeping pad. Baby is also about 6 and a half inches from crown to rump--just longer than a white blaze on the AT. If you include those kicking little legs in the measurements, Scout grows to about 10 inches.
Scout is swallowing a lot, practicing, I guess, for his or her own half-gallon challenge for, oh, eighteen or twenty years from now. Scout's also producing meconium (poop), so I guess I'd better put an orange shovel on the baby registry.
It's hard to believe I'm at the halfway point. It's been a challenge, just getting here.
I think I'll have some ice cream after all.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
2 comments:
- Sherry said...
Ice cream is good. Full of milk, eggs, and nutrition. Don't worry about the sugar. She's young yet. Yes, I said she. I have changed my mind and decided that Scout is a girl. This has nothing to do with the fact that in "To Kill a Mockingbird" the girl's name was Scout. I knew this when I thought she would be a boy. But now I know she will be a girl. And finally Google is letting me sign on as my name, yay!
- July 17, 2009 at 7:45 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
You knew she would be a girl when you thought she would be a boy? I'm confused!
- July 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM
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1. For people living with AIDS proper nutrition is more than just healthy living, it's a vital part of the regimen that keeps them alive. Unfortunately the struggling economy and cuts to government HIV/AIDS nutrition programs mean that, for some, eating right, or just eating, is a challenge. That's where the AIDS Foundation Houston Stone Soup Food Assistance Program steps in. Kelly McCann, CEO of of AFH, says that the program has recently seen a 40% increase in request for assistance and needs an additional $25,000 a month to meet demand. F Bar (202 Tuam) is doing its part to help out tonight, collecting monetary and food donations from the community. Donors will receive a VIP invitation to an appreaciation party on Nov 22, and be entered in a raffle to win fabulous prizes.
2. Washington may soon become the seventh state to have full marriage equality, if a recent poll by the University of Washington, Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexualityis accurate. The poll asked 938 registered voters in the evergreen state if they would support a same-sex marriage law were it to appear on the 2012 ballot: 47% responded that yes, they would strongly support it, only 32% said they would strongly oppose.
3. Voter turnout in Harris County is slowly catching up with the last municipal election cycle in 2009, but continues to lag. So far 28,679 people have cast their ballots, 81% of the 34,485 who had voted at this point in the process the last go around. Early voting continues through November 3. Election day is Nov 8. A list of all early voting locations and sample ballots are available at harrisvotes.org.
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1. For people living with AIDS proper nutrition is more than just healthy living, it's a vital part of the regimen that keeps them alive. Unfortunately the struggling economy and cuts to government HIV/AIDS nutrition programs mean that, for some, eating right, or just eating, is a challenge. That's where the AIDS Foundation Houston Stone Soup Food Assistance Program steps in. Kelly McCann, CEO of of AFH, says that the program has recently seen a 40% increase in request for assistance and needs an additional $25,000 a month to meet demand. F Bar (202 Tuam) is doing its part to help out tonight, collecting monetary and food donations from the community. Donors will receive a VIP invitation to an appreaciation party on Nov 22, and be entered in a raffle to win fabulous prizes.
Los Lobos tonight at the Winspear
Latin legends grace Dallas
After 34 years, the iconic three-time Grammy winners, Los Lobos continues to top the charts with inventive and inspiring hit music.
Los Lobos was formed in 1974 by David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano, Louie Prez and Cesar Rosas, four friends from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Though they started out as a rock-and-roll band, they soon chose a more traditional Mexican acoustic style. In time, the band adopted music from Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B and blues, as well as the traditional Mexican songs from their roots. The band has won Grammys for its 1988 Spanish-language album, and for its contribution to the film Desperado. They have collaborated with artists such as Dave Alvin, Ruben Blades, Elvis Costello, Little Willie G, Mavis Staples, Richard Thompson, Bobby Womack and Tom Waits.
Wildly popular, talented and fun, the Los Lobos invites you to the ultimate Deiz y Seis celebration.
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DEETS: Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. 8 p.m. $12–$125. TITAS.org.
Applause: Stage pink
Queer highlights from the upcoming theater season
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
Anticipation should be strong for the upcoming theater season in general. Ambitious shows like Giant, The Tempest, West Side Story and Hairspray all dot the stage horizon.
But we also like to see some of our own up there. As we look over the upcoming offerings from local theater companies, we always ask, "Where's the gay?" In addition to Uptown Players' first Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival, here are some of the others.
Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik gave an indie music flair to the musical adaptation of the 1891 play Spring Awakening. Set in 19th century Germany, Awakening follows a group of youths as they discover more about themselves and their rapidly developing sexuality.
The original Frank Wedekind play was controversial in its day, depicting abortion, homosexuality, rape and suicide. Now the show just has an added rock 'n' roll score. Along with Sheik's musical perspective, Steven Slater wrote the book and lyrics in this updated version which debuted in 2006 on Broadway and won the Tony for Best Musical. Terry Martin directs.
WaterTower Theater, 15650 Addison Road., Addison. Sept. 30–Oct. 23. WaterTowerTheatre.org.
It's almost un-Texan if you're gay and not familiar with Del Shores' tales of Southern discomfort. Southern Baptist Sissies and Sordid Lives are pretty much part of the queer vernacular in these parts, but Shores got his start way back in 1987.
How will those northern folks take to Shores work (And by north, we mean past Central Expressway past LBJ)? Jeni Helms directs Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will for McKinney Repertory Theatre this fall. As the family patriarch suffers a stroke, the Turnover family gathers as they wait for his death. This family may just put the fun in dysfunctional.
McKinney Performing Arts Center, 111 N. Tennessee St., McKinney. Sept. 30–Oct. 7. McKinneyRep.org.
WingSpan Theatre Co. will produce one of the greater comedies of theater-dom this fall: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, with Nancy Sherrard sparring over the gay wit's price bon mots as Lady Bracknell.
Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Oct. 6–22. WingSpanTheatre.com.
Although A Catered Affair might sound a bit like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, it has the added flair of Harvey Fierstein's wit. That's because he wrote the book for the show alongside John Bucchino's music and lyrics. The play is based on the Gore Vidal-penned 1956 film The Catered Affair starring Bette Davis.
When Jane and Ralph decide to get married, Jane's mom Agnes wants to put on an elaborate spectacle of a wedding. The truth is, she can't afford it and Jane isn't all too thrilled about a huge affair. As in most cases, the wedding planning is more about the mom than the daughter and Agnes soon realizes the fact. Jane's Uncle Winston — the proverbial gay uncle — is left off the guest list and is rightfully pissed. But as most gay characters, he rallies to be the voice of reason and support.
Theatre Three, 2800 Routh Street, Ste.168. Oct. 13–Nov. 12. Theatre3Dallas.com.
Lesbian soprano Patricia Racette was going to be featured in the production of Katya Kabanová but unfortunately the show was canceled by the Dallas Opera. But fear not. Dallas will still get to bask in the greatness that is her voice as Racette will perform An Evening with Patricia Racette, a cabaret show with classics from the Great American Songbook for a patron recital.
Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. Nov. 9. DallasOpera.org
Kevin Moriarty directs Next Fall for the Dallas Theater Center next spring. Written by Geoffrey Nauffts, the play centers on Luke and Adam, a couple with some unusual issues. What's new about that in gay couplehood? Not much, but when Adam's an absolute atheist and Luke's a devout Christian, the two have been doing their best to make it work.
The comedy played on Broadway in 2010, garnering Tony and Drama Desk nominations. And now Dallas gets to see how, as DTC puts it, "relationships can be a beautiful mess."
Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. April 13–May 6. DallasTheaterCenter.org.
Perhaps the most surprising queer offering this next season is Theatre Arlington's production of The Laramie Project. The show usually creates quite a stir — at least it did in Tyler, thanks to Trinity Wheeler — so how will this suburban audience handle it? Doesn't matter. Props to T.A. for taking Moises Kaufman's play about the tragic bashing and death of Matthew Shepard to its community.
Theatre Arlington, 305 W. Main St., Arlington. May 18–June 3. TheatreArlington.org.
Usually the question with MBS Productions is "what's not gay?" Founder Mark-Brian Sonna has consistently delivered tales of gay woe and love that are sometimes silly and sometimes sweet, but always a laugh.
This season is no different. Playwright Alejandro de la Costa brings back drag queen Lovely Uranus in The Importance of Being Lovely. The last time we saw Uranus, Sonna wore the stilettos and pink wig in last season's Outrageous, Sexy, (nekkid) Romp. This time around, Uranus graduates to leading lady status as the show is all about her as audiences follow her through the changes she makes in her make-up, wigs and men.
Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison. July 16–Aug. 11, 2012. MBSProductions.net.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 26, 2011.
More entries for your Foote fetish
We review two of the entries in the Foote Festival in the Voice this week — Uptown Players' The Young Man from Atlanta and WaterTower Theatre's The Traveling Lady, as well as a review several weeks back of Dallas Theater Center's Dividing the Estate — but the fest continues with a number of productions coming soon. Some today!
WingSpan Theatre Co. and One Thirty Productions are doing four performances of their staged reading of The Carpetbagger's Children today and Saturday, with two shows each: 1:30 p.m. matinees and 8 p.m. evening perfofoamnces. Performances take place at the Bath House Cultural Center.
Contemporary Theatre of Dallas opens The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Rene Moreno, tonight at the Greenville Center for the Arts off Lower Greenville Avenue.
Theatre 3 is in previews of its production of The Roads Home, a collection of one-acts. Official opening night is Monday.
Hawaii soon to be more civil, united
State Senate just voted 18-5 to give final legislative approval to civil unions. It now goes to Gov. Abercrombie, who has announced plans to sign:
Lambda Legal Applauds Final Legislative Approval of Hawai`i Civil Union Bill [Lambda Legal]
Update: PPP to Poll Rhode Island Soon
Saturday I posted a call to vote in Public Policy Polling's poll asking which state they should conduct a poll in next. Despite trailing Maine going it, Rhode Island emerged the winner and will be next. Pollster Tom Jensen explains:
Rhode Island received the most votes from distinct individuals in our 'vote on where to poll' this week so that's where we'll go this time around along with North Carolina.
"Distinct individuals" makes it sound like Maine's lead was attributed to a single IP address (aka cheating).
Well done those of you who participated. Our work isn't done. Jensen asks:
What questions should we ask besides the races for President and Senate?
Go over there and tell him to poll "marriage equality." The vote is near and a good result (which is likely) will do a lot to crowd National Organization's nonsense, lies and insanity out of the local paper's headlines, and place the lawmaker's focus on the "will of the people."
Allred's Court: Soon in Session
Attorney Gloria Allred dons a judicial robe for We the People With Gloria Allred,premiering this fall.
Advocate.com: Daily News
Dispatch from New Hampshire: Marriage Repeal Bill Expected Soon
Having been in Concord for a few days, I forgot what the real world is like outside of DC. It's refreshing, even if the locals wear a lot of camo. Not my thing, but, hey, to each his own–which is the attitude of the Granite State, whose motto is "Live Free or Die." A strong strand of libertarianism has defined New Hampshire for decades.
And it is in this kind of environment where the next marriage fight– to repeal marriage equality or not to repeal– will play out.
We expect a bill—or bills plural– to be introduced very soon that would take away marriage rights for LGBT couples. For a year now, LGBT couples—about 1,000 of them—have gotten married. Nothing has changed. The clocks haven't stopped. Havoc didn't ensue as predicted by the anti-gay right.
It's mind boggling that some in the new Republican majority in the statehouse think people here want them to actually re-litigate the marriage question. This was debated for years and is now a done deal. Enough already about gay marriage. Let's move on. All people care about, according to every single poll, now are jobs and economic recovery.
But the so-called National Organization for Marriage and the New Hampshire arm of the Family Research Council, Cornerstone Action, won't rest until they successfully deny marriage to committed LGBT couples. New Hampshire is one of their highest priority targets.
We'll be updating you in this space when NOM lands in the state and provide a play-by-play of legislative activity coming out of the statehouse.
Sen. Harry Reid: Tea Party Will Disappear As Soon As The Economy Gets Better
A-List Producers Soon To Be Trolling For B-List Gays Around Americas
LOGO's The A-List: New York is about to bear some brothers: Production company True Entertainment is hosting casting calls in Los Angeles and Dallas in hopes of putting together some spin-off seasons, proving aspirations for fame, wealth, and snide comments aren't only limited to heterosexual housewives. Probably a good decision to lay off on The A-List: Atlanta thus far: I'm pretty sure Dwight Eubanks is still trying to run that town.
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Meet Samantha Speno Orton. She is WWE Champion Randy Orton's wife who just recently won his seventh title. His wife is super "Hot" and we want to know all about her. Keep reading the story below and don't forget to take a look at the photos and video after the jump.
Ok, so Samantha's husband won a very important title, the WWE Championships is a huge deal to every wrestler, for him it was a great reward after his last title almost a year ago. For Samantha title or no title he is already a champion.
Our Lovely WWE WAG is quite different than any other, she can be spotted by her man during his fights, but when it comes to her life outside the ring she protects it with her life, don't get us wrong if you are lucky to bump with her she is the nicest, sweetest person in the world, but let's find more about her.
29 year old Samantha Marie Speno went to Francis Howell North High School in Saint Charles, Missouri where she graduated in 2000.
The story of how this sexy couple met seems like the usual guy who spotted the most beautiful girl at the club, approached her and the rest is history. It was sort of like this, but I like to think about it more like love at first sight, sure he did see her across the room, approached her after a friend helped him (He had just broken his foot), sat next to her, flashed a drop dead smile and asked for her number. Sure he was dreamy but how serious can he be? Sam might have thought, maybe it was not such a good idea, but he insisted and then she thought It wouldn't hurt to give him her number even less if he could remember it to call her, so after telling him that he would have to remember it she gave it to him. And you sure know the rest? He did remember it and called her. They started dating and after a while moved in together. A year later in November 2005 they got engaged.
On September 21st, 2007 Samantha Speno became the new Mrs. Orton, three months later it was announced she was pregnant. These days besides being an utterly sexy wife, 29 year old Sam or Sammy like her friends call her is a terrific, caring mother of their daughter Alana Marie Orton who was born on July 12th, 2008. When Samantha is not being a housewife at their home in High Ridge, Saint Charles, Missouri she is a gymnastics teacher.
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The Jill of all trades. That's me. Variety is definitely the spice of my life and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm a 2008 graduate of UMBC's Visual Arts program who has returned to school on my path to medical school (a future surgeon and holistic health doctor), making me a non-traditional student here at Montgomery College. Though, honestly- aren't we all non-traditional? I think so! I value the unique gifts everyone has to offer the world and I admire the unique paths we all must take to get where we are going. In addition to my many projects and varied interests I am passionate about helping others discover their purpose and live their passion. I am a young entrepreneur who is passionate about transforming the overall manner of business practices globally- through the way we do business we can save the health of our environment and people alike.
After graduating from UMBC, I ran away with the circus, went to Massage Therapy School, then Personal Training School. I began learning so much about health, the human body, nutrition, and unseen energies. I worked in webcasting for the US Patent and Trademark office for two years and plan on using that experience to vlog rather than blog. In 2012 just before beginning at MC I began to fall ill and was extremely sick for nearly a year. As it turned out, my gallbladder had died- the tissue had become necrotic. Emergency surgery saved my life. I still don't know why it died, but I am well now and that is really all that matters.
As for work, I have several businesses- an online store filled with antiques and vintage goodies, I am a freelance artist, I am a self-employed massage therapist, personal trainer occasional hoop dance instructor, and this year I started a food manufacturing business. In addition to all things school and business, I love to run, keep bees, grow and cook food, read or listen to non-fiction, hula hoop, do yoga, travel, conceptualize, visit natural springs, make art, take photos, admire my two adorable cats, and write my blog. ( blog.gogetblissed.com)
I'm tremendously grateful for the opportunity to share my experiences and lessons with everyone at Montgomery College over the course of this school year. Feel free to ask me any questions related to my blog or about anything I do- I love to help, I am here to help.
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Northman is an excellent novel by an indie author. J.D. Hughes twists time and history into a paranormal page-turner that is one of a kind.
Academically brilliant, but haunted by the memories of her dead lover, Kate Elliot struggles to find the joy in her chosen career. An archaeologist, she is assisting Dr. Weatherall at a dig near Repton, England. An unexploded bomb left over from WWII has exploded and opened up the barrow of a Viking warrior, Thorkild, exposing his bones and that of an infant.
The night she finds the infant's skull, strange things begin to happen to Kate, and somehow she finds herself running though the archaeological dig, pursued by the malevolent spirit of the Viking who is determined to possess her. Rescued by Michael McLaren, a B-Movie director, Kate is troubled by several terrible events which all have a common thread – the Northman, Thorkild. Soon others are trapped in the same web of terror and together they are thrust back 1200 years into 9th century England to face the Northman.
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Write a paper that is at least 750 words (papers that are less than 750 words, will receive a reduction in points) in which you respond to the Broadening Your Perspective 18-1 activity titled "Decision Making Across the Organization" in Ch. 18 of Accounting.
BYP18-1 Martinez Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be
manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing
method will not affect the quality of the product. The estimated manufacturing costs by the
two methods are as follows.
Capital- Labor-
Intensive Intensive
Direct materials $5 per unit $5.50 per unit
Direct labor $6 per unit $8.00 per unit
Variable overhead $3 per unit $4.50 per unit
Fixed manufacturing costs $2,508,000 $1,538,000
Martinez's market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of
$30. The incremental selling expenses are estimated to be $502,000 annually plus $2 for each unit
sold, regardless of manufacturing method.
With the class divided into groups, answer the following.
(a) Calculate the estimated break-even point in annual unit sales of the new product if Martinez
Company uses the:
(1) Capital-intensive manufacturing method.
(2) Labor-intensive manufacturing method.
(b) Determine the annual unit sales volume at which Martinez Company would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods.
(c) Explain the circumstance under which Martinez should employ each of the two manufacturing methods.
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Grand Cru, LogMyCalls, MortarData and TraceLink Awarded $100k in Amazon AWS Challenge
Amazon Web Service, today announced the winners of the sixth AWS Global Start-Up Challenge. Grand Cru, LogMyCalls, MortarData and TraceLink were each awarded $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in AWS credits, AWS Support services at the Business-level tier for one year and technical mentorship from AWS. The four winners were selected based on their originality and creativity, likelihood of long-term success and scalability, how well the business addresses a need in the marketplace, and implementation of AWS solutions.
This year, AWS selected four grand prize winners - one from each of the following categories:
Grand Cru - Gaming
LogMyCalls - Consumer Applications
MortarData - Big Data & High Performance Computing
TraceLink - Business Applications
"We are very happy, proud and honored to have been named the best Gaming start-up in the 2012 Amazon Web Services Global Startup Challenge," saidMarkus Pasula, CEO and Co-Founder of Grand Cru. "Being a mobile free-to-play gaming company, having a great cloud based server and storage solution is critical for our success and a key component of everything we do. Only AWS fulfills our demands and provides the scalability and flexibility we require."
"We are elated to be a Grand Prize Winner. The market values what LogMyCalls delivers--cloud-based analytics of phone conversations so businesses can optimize their marketing, automate marketing, and make more money from phone calls," said Jason Wells, CEO of ContactPoint, maker of LogMyCalls. "Our platform and our capabilities are built on AWS and they are central to our expansion strategy as we grow and require Seamless scalability. It's an honor to be selected out of 2500 companies from 85 countries and we're excited to work with AWS for the long-term."
"We are humbled that AWS has selected us from such a large pool of impressive startups," said K Young, CEO of MortarData. "Our mission is to make big data accessible to companies of all sizes - allowing them to analyze data and build complex big data apps with ease. We've combined the Mortar open source frameworks' focus on collaboration and simplicity with our Hadoop platform-as-a-service built on AWS's Elastic MapReduce service. Using Mortar, our customers take on machine learning, natural language processing, regression analysis, and much more using their existing skills-and because we build on AWS, our customers never have to worry about scaling or operations."
The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud protects life and enables health by creating complete global connectivity, traceability and visibility of pharmaceuticals from raw materials through production, distribution and delivery to the patient. "Counterfeit drugs threaten the safety of millions of people each year. Eighty percent of medicines are consumed by only 15 percent of the global population. Over 2 billion patients lack access to essential medicines," said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO, TraceLink. "The AWS platform is fundamental in giving us the scale and reach we need to help the global Life Sciences supply network address these critical issues and securely track and trace the billions of pharmaceutical products produced each year. With a single point and click connection, we enable shared visibility and complete collaboration across all supply, production and distribution processes that a company executes with each and every partner in their network."
New to the Global Start-up Challenge this year was an Audience Favorite award. Finalists made short presentations at the finale event and the audience voted for their favorite finalist. This year's Audience Favorite went to Poikos, who earned$5,000 in AWS credits.
Amazon Web Services recognized twenty-four semi-finalists from around the world. From these, twelve finalists were selected to move into the final round and were flown to San Francisco, California to attend the AWS Start-Up Challenge finale event. At the event, each finalist presented their ideas to a panel of judges with representatives from AWS. The finalists also had the opportunity to present their business to venture capitalists during "lightning round" sessions. At the end of the day, the judges selected the winners and announced the results at the evening awards ceremony. After accepting their award, the four winners were presented with the coveted "Golden Hammer," and then partook in the annual AWS Start-Up Challenge ritual of using the hammer to demolish a real server, symbolizing how companies no longer need to own servers when they operate in the cloud.
AWS congratulates the winners and all of the 2012 AWS Global Start-Up Challenge finalists:
Big Data & High Performance Computing
- Demyst Data (Hong Kong) - Real-time analysis of consumer and small business profiles to improve decision making.
- MortarData (USA) - Open source framework and runtime environment for building big data pipelines on Elastic MapReduce.
- QMedic (USA) - A wearable sensing platform that monitors physical activity, sleep, and falls for older adults.
Business Applications
- PlanGrid (USA) - A mobile replacement for construction blueprints.
- Poikos (Netherlands) - Imaging and measurement of the human body in 3D using consumer-grade hardware.
- TraceLink (USA) - Connect people, processes, and information across a global supply network.
Consumer Applications
- LogMyCalls (USA) - A marketing and analytics platform for the phone.
- Hive (Australia) - A battery-powered security camera combined with a social network to protect people, places, and things.
- Wikidot (Poland) - A web-based Wiki platform for community sites, personal blogs, gaming, and more.
- Bossa Studios (UK) - Real-time multiplayer cross-platform games.
- Grand Cru (Finland) - The Supernauts game, a casual take on the Minecraft style of sandboxed building.
- Playblazer (India) - A configurable API for instant access to a comprehensive set of pre-built data models, components, and workflows.
SOURCE: BUSINESS WIRE ©2015 Business Wire


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