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This year's lecture entitled "Living Without a Canopy of Ultimate Explanation" was given by Dr. John J. McDermott, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Texas A & M University, on Friday, April 16, 2004 in the Butler Board Room, 3:45-5:45.
Dr. John J. McDermott is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University and the General Editor of The Correspondence of William James, a twelve-volume project published by the University of Virginia Press. Since 1992, this project, operating under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, has received over $1,400,000 in support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, and other sources.
Professor McDermott is also the author of The Culture of Experience: Philosophical Essays in the American Grain (NewYork: New York University Press, 1976), Streams of Experience: Reflections on the History and Philosophy of American Culture (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1986), and many other books and articles.
Dr. McDermott received his Ph.D. from Fordham University. His areas of specialization are classical American philosophy, philosophy of culture, and philosophy of medicine. Learn more about him at http://www.pragmatism.org/.


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The question of being able to supply different cultures, sought after by Australian boutique dairy processors, is being actively examined by an industry backed not-for-profit research body.
It comes as what constitutes Australian made dairy products is being examined by a parliamentary committee.
The dairy industry has argued that many products could no longer carry the label because in areas such as cheese, locally produced cultures are not easily available.
Dairy Innovations is a Victorian-based operation which is partly funded by industry group Dairy Australia.
Dairy Innovations' development manager Donald Maxwell says it is difficult for any large manufacturer to meet the demands of a niche or boutique operator.
The operation, which is located west of Melbourne at Werribee, is trying to find ways to satisfy the smaller processor.
"We are certainly looking at we can do that. In the longer term you have to be able to do that in a viable sustainable way.
"Now we have a different model to the larger culture houses in that respect.
"I think we would be able to manage to do that at a cost that is much, much more competitive than the larger producers, if we are to give the industry a breadth of cultures that would be better for them."

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Goldsworthy has an extensive business and community service background. He served 14 years as Mayor of West Pittston while also working for three decades at Golden Business Machines. Goldsworthy helped the company grow from a small, local business to a regional company covering 20 counties.
He remains active in several other community organizations as well. Goldsworthy serves on the Board of Directors for both the Wilkes-Barre and Pittston Chambers of Commerce and remains an active volunteer firefighter with the West Pittston Hose Company #1. He started there when he was 18 and later served a number of years as borough fire chief. Bill is also an Eagle Scout and former Scoutmaster for Troop 352.
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Tiger Woods' comeback didn't exactly go as planned -- and now he may be taking yet another hiatus.
On Sunday, the golfer -- returning to his sport following his adultery scandals -- tied for fourth place in the Masters Tournament.
The crestfallen athlete told CBS News, "I wanted to win this tournament. As the week went along, I kept hitting the ball worse. [My placement] was not very good."
He added on his website of his performance: "Unsuccessful...I didn't get the job done. I felt very uneasy on every shot I hit out there..I was not feeling good."
So what's he doing next? "I'm going to take a little time off and kind of reevaluate things," the 34-year-old said.
Where was Elin Woods during her husband's disappointing Sunday? At an airport in Orlando -- boarding a private jet to an unspecified location, according to photos at RadarOnline. The athlete's wife, 30, appeared to be traveling without her kids Sam, 2, or Charlie, 13 months.


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Determining the right fertilizer rate for cotton production as part of 4R Nutrient Stewardship depends on several factors. Plant nutrient demand, soil nutrient supply, and fertilizer use efficiency are some examples of things that need to be considered when making a fertilizer rate decision. Following a 4R Nutrient Stewardship plan also requires that growers consider the interaction of rate with nutrient source, time of application, and placement. Thus, identifying the optimum fertilizer rate in a given season can be one of the most challenging aspects of cotton management.
One of the major cotton production areas in the South is the Blackland Prairie region in central Alabama and Mississippi. This region was once the heart of North American cotton production; however, growers in recent years have experienced fertility problems that have been difficult to explain. Growers are reporting K deficiencies in cotton in spite of the fact that these soils often test "high" or "very high" in K. One problem may be poor calibration of the soil test-based recommendations for these soils.
Auburn University researchers, Charles Mitchell and Gobena Huluka concur that "Soil test calibration for cotton on these soils is weak." To address this concern, a fertilizer response study was conducted for six years on a Blackland clay soil in Central AL. The experimental site tested "low" in P and "very high" in K, and the treatment structure included multiple rates of N, P, and K. Lint yields were compared to that of a control treatment that received 90-100-100 lb N-P2O5-K2O/A each year.
Despite the fact that this soil initially tested "very high" in K, there were significant increases in yield with rates up to 100 lb K2O/A in five of the six years. These results provide credibility to growers' claims that additional K seems to increase yields even though the soils are rated "high" or "very high" for K and none is recommended from the Auburn University Soil Testing Lab. There may be justification to change soil test K ratings for these soils and increase K recommendations for cotton.
Just as surprising a result was the lack of a significant yield response to added P. The "no P" treatment typically produced relative yields between 96 and 120% of the control treatment, which received 100 lb P2O5/A/yr. This result calls into question the current "low" rating for this soil test value for cotton. The definition of a "low" soil test rating indicates that the soil will produce less than 75% of its potential without fertilization of that nutrient and that clearly does not appear to be the case for the Blackland Prairie soils.
Soil testing remains our best tool for determining soil contributions to plant nutrient requirements. Fertility trial work shows current soil test recommendations to be accurate in determining required rates of P and K for cotton in other areas of Alabama and surrounding states. However, the results from this study demonstrate that periodic validation of the calibration accuracy is necessary and that re-calibration work is sometimes needed.


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Anne Unknown
Cruel, Sweet Love - Poem by Anne Unknown
I thought I had an empty heart,
no love that pumps through my vaines at every heartbeat.
I thought I was hollow,
condemned to feel only pain,
or contain no emotions at all.
I was wrong,
I know the truth,
I feel it.
I can love,
love every inch of you,
and crave your touch.
I was wrong,
now, I feel love,
but without purpose.
The time I have to spend near you is numbered,
I see the moving boxes getting filled,
and my room becoming empty,
and know, that I won't be able to make you love me,
in such a short time.
Oh, I wish it false,
but the airplane tickets are booked,
and soon I will be thousands of miles away,
no hope left for this love.
I am also glad,
glad that in the short period of time I knew you,
I got to spend so close.
Love is, as always, as hurtful as it is beautiful.
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It was a tremendous game to watch tonight. Fun to write. Here's my take:
NEW YORK _For the first time this season, the Mets looked special.
For the first time, they reminded us of a better time.
"It reminded me of '06," David Wright said. "These were the kinds of games we won all the time in '06.
"These are the kinds of games that get your confidence back. These are the kinds of games that get your swagger back.''
No, the Mets didn't just beat the Florida Marlins, 7-6 in 12 innings last night. They reached back in time to do it.
Earlier in the evening, Endy Chavez's greatest professional moment was played on the video board: His homer-robbing catch of Scott Rolen in Game 7 of the 2006 NL Championship Series.
Chavez really hasn't had any moment since until his game-tying homer off Kevin Gregg leading off the ninth gave the Mets a spark they've long since lacked.
Some might say, since that season.
The spark was dampened after Alfredo Amezega's homer in the 12th inning, but the Mets stormed back to win on Fernando Tatis' two-run double in the bottom of the inning.
Wright walked off Justin Miller to lead off the inning, then took third on Carlos Beltran's hit-and-run single.
As he stood on the bag and listened to Shea, Wright knew the game was over.
"There was no doubt in my mind we were going to win,'' Wright said. "I just knew that we were going to win that game. The way we fought to come back, I had a feeling we weren't going to lose.''
Meanwhile, as Tatis strode to the plate, his thoughts were simple and focused.
"I was looking for a fastball in,'' Tatis said. "That's what I got.''
Tatis scorched a double to left. Wright scored easily, and Beltran let it out to a higher gear, looking like on Olympic sprinter.
"I was thinking about home plate,'' Beltran said. "I was thinking I was going to score.''
There was no play as the relay throw was off, but the Mets fled their dugout the way we had seen them dozens of times two years ago.
Before last night, the Mets hadn't come back once in 24 games when trailing after the eighth; last night they did it twice.
The lightning in the bats of Tatis and Chavez took some of the sting _ or stink _ from Oliver Perez's outing.
Perez walked four and gave up three homers as he worked six innings, coughing up the lead in his final inning on Cody Ross' three-run homer.
They've booed a lot at Shea this spring when what they've only wanted to do was cheer.
The bullpen that dominated in 2006 and has leaked oil most of this year, was overpowering last night. Scott Schoeneweis, Aaron Heilman, Billy Wagner and Duaner Sanchez combined to give up one run in six innings, retiring 17 of 18 hitters.
The hitter they didn't, Amezega, homered off Sanchez with two outs in the 12th inning.
But, last night was different.
Where the Mets whimpered before, Wright drew a leadoff walk and scampered to third on Beltran's single to left.
Damion Easley struck out, but it didn't matter.
"Even after Damion got out,'' Wright said. "I knew something would happen.''
It did, and now for the bigger question: Can it happen again?
"These are the kind of games that can get us going,'' manager Willie Randolph said.
Then Chavez said something that might have never previously been said in a major league clubhouse.
"The ambiance here is changing,'' he said.
That's a champagne word from a team that believes its destiny is to sip it in October.
We've heard the Mets say time and time again this year that they thought they were ready to take it up a notch.
For the first time, they actually sounded believable.


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We'll be training on April 1st only (no March 31 session). The price has been reduced accordingly. $300 includes two training routes split between dunes and cross-country. You will need a roadbook reader, rally odometer, and CAP heading device (GPS, Rallye MAX-G, etc).
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text: well I bought a dog hat pattern off ebay (omg so cute) and they are made out of fun foam and fabric, but she also included a beer cozie pattern too...what you do is take a sheet off craft foam and spray adhesive on it, then you put a cute fabic you like on it...I use logo fabric , old jeans etc. then you cut it to can size ( this way the edge doesnt fray) sew around all the edges (my machine zipped right thru it) sew a few pieces of velcro on ,then voila its done..., my husband manages an offroad racing team, so for each season i make the guys each a cooling neck tie and a beer cozie that matches, they love them esp. the cool ties...cause in vegas its one hot mother.I want to see this dog hat pattern made out of fun foam.


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Indian stock market today closed in Red, The equity market negative zone amid another lackluster day of trades. Global markets weakness, profit booking and this week rupee subdued the equity markets on Friday. The Indian market started last trading session on flat note. The BSE Sensex on Wednesday the day 46 points lower but Sensex touch 28,000 levels.
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One of my quirky skills is opening my mouth and inserting my foot on occasion. My friends and workmates also claim that I am a great baker....apparently my chocolate cheesecake is "mean" - try it some time and let me know.
Literature is very wide ranging: currently reading The Jungle
Movies - currently working through the Oscar nominated movies.
My taste in TV shows is eclectic ranging from Sons of Anarchy, Justified to Game of Thrones....and everything in between
My iTunes is very eclectic and no one can ever find the pattern!
. Friends - these are the family you choose (hence why you get on better.)
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I got kicked in the face and knee by a 750kg cow and survived to tell the tale (without plastic surgery!!!)


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USPTO to Host Preview of New Electronic Filing System for New Administrative Trials
From Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator:
The USPTO will preview its new electronic filing system, called the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), to be used for making filings in connection with the new administrative trials of inter partes review, post grant review, and covered business method review that become available on September 16, 2012. The preview will take place on Thursday, September 6, 2012, from 10 am to noon Eastern Daylight Time at the Alexandria campus in the Madison North Auditorium. The preview also will be webcast.
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At the preview, representatives from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board will demonstrate the system, including how to register to use the system, to file a petition seeking a trial, to pay petition fees, to join the proceeding as a patent owner, and to file motions and other documents. The preview will be helpful for any practitioners or administrative personnel who anticipate filing documents in the new proceedings. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions for in-person and webcast participants. WebEx participants will be able to submit questions through the WebEx chat session.
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text: PoliticsSomali MP killed in car bomb attack Isak Mohamed killed and another politician injured by a bomb attached to vehicle in Mogadishu. 21 Apr 2014 10:24 GMT | Politics, Africa, Somalia A UN-mandated African Union force has been sent to defeat al-Shabab [AFP]A Somali politician has been killed and another wounded in a car bomb attack in Mogadishu, the prime minister has said. Isak Mohamed, an MP, was killed on Monday when a bomb concealed in his vehicle exploded in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district, near the port and close to the heavily fortified government district. Mohamed Abdi, another MP, was wounded. "Somalia has today lost a committed parliamentarian who worked tirelessly to serve the people of Somalia and help rebuild our country," said the prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. "This cowardly attack will not derail the progress made in Mogadishu and across Somalia," Ahmed added. Al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab told Reuters it set off the device to punish parliamentarians for backing foreign forces in the country - and threatened to carry out more attacks. Al-Shabab has been driven out of fixed positions in Somalia's major towns by a UN-mandated African Union force, but still regularly launch attacks that include bombs and guerrilla-style raids. "We are investigating and hunting the perpetrators to bring them to justice," Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir, the commissioner of the Hamarweyne district, told the AFP news agency. The blast comes a day after the president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, opened the thee-day security conference, where he claimed that the "culture of lawlessness that has plagued Somalia for the last 23 years is coming to an end."Source: Agencies


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Slater awarded scholarship by Avera St. Luke's Auxiliary
By Travis Svihovec
Callie Slater, a 2013 graduate of Mobridge-Pollock High School, is one of five area high school seniors to be awarded a $500 scholarship by Avera St. Luke's Auxiliary.
Callie is the daughter of Kent and Kristi Slater of Mobridge. She plans to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and major in health sciences and occupational therapy.
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Jacoby named to the Dean's List at Citadel
William Earl Jacoby of Lawrenceburg has been named to the Dean's List at the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, for academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 academic year, according to a release.
Dean's List recognition is given to those students whose grade point average is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.
Several students in one of Mrs. Hardin's classes collaborated to write a poem about their experiences during the recent snow days, according to a release. They contributed written images and experiences, separated them into categories, and then created a poetry stanza for each category.
Finally, students edited the poem and took a picture in some remaining slush around the school. Participating students were Brenda Jo Rogers, Solomia Chuburuk, Kameron Sunbom, Zariahn McKee, Jakori Bell, Joseph Denny, Jamie Walton and Robbie DuPlanti.
Students eligible for Governor's Mansion Centennial art and essay contest
Kentucky public, private and home school students are invited to submit original artwork and/or essays in the Governor's Mansion Centennial Visual Art and Essay Contest sponsored by First Lady Jane Beshear, the Kentucky Governor's Mansion Centennial Committee and the Kentucky Department of Education, according to a news release from the state education department.
Saffell Street Elementary recently released its fourth and fifth grade honor roll for the second nine weeks of the 2013-2014 school year.
Fourth grade
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Ian Akers
Chris Ball
Logan Chapman
Adison Duvall- Coffman
Hailey Faas
Zoe Graham
Lauren Holmes
Abby Joseph
Jacob McCoun
Mikey McFarland
Julia McNulty
Addie Miller
Laura Quire
Olivia Reynolds
Jacob Richmond
Anna Sawyer
Amos Searcy
Bridget Gay's kindergarten class had a guest speaker, Ms. Tina Litkuenhus, recently come in and speak to them about 'Lady Liberty,' according to a release.
According to teacher Bridget Gay, "The students enjoyed learning facts about the Statue of Liberty from Ms. Tina who was dressed like Lady Liberty.
Emily Franck, a student at Robert B. Turner Elementary, recently won an AARP essay contest, according to a news release.
Emily's essay was about her grandmother Bell Bryant, Turner Principal Wayne Reese wrote in an email.
The essay contest is sponsored by the AARP and is open to all fifth grade students who want to write about their grandparent and how important they are in their lives, Reese wrote.
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- n. A sheriff's officer, especially one who arrests debtors.
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- n. A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
- n. A sheriff's officer, usually one who arrests debtors.
- n. An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
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- n. See catchpoll.
- n. An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach.
- n. The game of tennis.
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KABC reports that multiple methods were attempted to draw out the kitten, but ultimately they saved the cat with a makeshift catchpole made of wire and cables.
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'' We took it out with the catchpole and we could just hold it, '' Kreider said.
With this view, while the bailiff conducted him to bed in another apartment, he desired the catchpole to act the part of mediator between him and the Count, and furnished him with proper instructions for that purpose.
The stronghold of the bailiff was carried by storm, the scholar set at liberty, and the delinquent catchpole borne off captive to the college, where, having no pump to put him under, they satisfied the demands of collegiate law by ducking him in an old cistern.
And the catchpole, rather than risk his carcase, consented to discharge the debt, comforting himself with the hope of making me prisoner again.
The catchpole, after a diligent search, had an opportunity of executing the writ upon the defendant, who, without ceremony, broke one of his arms, fractured his skull, and belaboured him in such a manner, that he lay without sense or motion on the spot.
The money was immediately deposited; Miss Williams gratified the two evidences with one half, and putting the other in her pocket drove borne with me, leaving the catchpole grumbling over his loss, yet pleased in the main, for having so cheaply got clear of a business that might have cost him ten times the sum, and his place to boot.
Here the lady thought fit to interpose, and tell the catchpole, if he had taken her word for it at first, he might have saved himself and her a great deal of trouble.
Then the tabor beat a point of war, and the gauntlets began to do their duty; insomuch that the catchpole had his crown cracked in no less than nine places.
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If there is one redeeming feature of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of ..., a Channel Five documentary miniseries which for all intents and purposes is little more than a tabloid clip show following the lives and untimely deaths of three celebrities notorious for their self-induced ill-health, it is the calm presence of forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd. Amid the circus of paparazzi shots and musings on the declines of Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Anna Nicole Smith by promoters, biographers and journalists, Shepherd is, as his discipline dictates, the voice of detachment, dispensing perhaps the only truly verifiable facts of each subject's life.
Having given evidence at high-profile inquests, including those into the deaths of Princess Diana and victims of the 9/11 and the 2005 Bali bombing attacks, and proven his knack for translating ''medicalese'' for the camera (his television credits include Death Detective which charts a week in the LA Coroner's office), Shepherd is well qualified for the job of explaining exactly how the three celebrities, in whose autopsies he was not involved, came to what are now infamously tragic ends.
''Every autopsy I do is the most important thing I'm doing at the time,'' says Shepherd from his home in London. ''Whether it is a celebrity, or whether it is a drug dealer that's just been shot by one of his rivals, whether it's a drug addict, whether it's a baby, whether it's a mother, whether it's someone who has collapsed and died playing football. The fact that the person has had a public persona prior to my examining them makes no difference at all to what I'm doing.''
In the first episode, the King of Pop is variously depicted through his extensive body of work, by an actor sharing a dubious likeness in dramatisations of his last hours, and lying lifeless on a gurney, an image which is relentlessly repeated throughout. It is a crude and undignified portrayal of the artist in his final moments, which unashamedly seeks to satisfy a popular morbid curiosity about the mysterious figure.
''There are the pressures of television and the pressures of professional accuracy and it is a fine line treading between the two, ''says Shepherd. ''I think we've kept on the right side. It's only Michael we show in that particular position and that's a picture that's been widely distributed. These people have been public property all their lives. I think it's important to realise that a lot of people have a lot of false beliefs about how each of these three people died, and we've managed to bring it together now in one coherent story so we can get as close to the truth as we can possibly manage.''
There are few revelations in the unravelling of Jackson's medical history, yet Shepherd declares on the program that he found extraordinary the singer's capacity to survive his abuse of operating-theatre anaesthetics as long as he did.
''The fact that drugs played a part in all three of them doesn't come as a surprise'', he says. ''What comes as a surprise is the way these people have managed to isolate themselves from proper medical care. They've had lots of doctors, but they doctor-hop and self-medicate in the belief that they can manage and, as we can see, that definitely isn't the case.''
His work as a ''real doctor'' has taught him about grief. He hopes the program will help break the taboo of talking about death in all its unsavoury detail.
''If people understand better the processes, then some of the fear of death might be dissipated. And as long as we go with the truth, in the end, although it is sometimes painful to hear, it is far better to have than fantasies and beliefs that are incorrect. Even relatives whose loved ones died a tragic and traumatic death – as a murder victim or in an accident – would much rather know the truth because then they can deal with it. The fantasies that people have are almost always far worse than the situation.''
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of ..., Thursday, Seven, 8pm.


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Footballers could be prosecuted if they spit during matches, Waltham Forest Council has admitted.
The council last year said it would push to prosecute people caught spitting under powers available to local authorities, and it has said places such as public football pitches are not exempt.
Last week Enfield Council, which has also introduced a ban, sent letters to amateur football clubs warning them that players could be prosecuted.
And while Waltham Forest Council said targeting footballers was not a priority, it admitted no one was exempt from action if they are caught spitting on public land.
Ged Walker is general secretary of Globe Rangers FC, an amateur football team based in Walthamstow, which was warned by Enfield Council.
He believes it is natural for footballers to spit and any problems should be dealt with by the game's authorities.
He said: "Players do generate moisture in the throat and it's only natural.
"If they were spitting at each other that would be different and there's laws imposed in any sport by the appropriate bodies to deal with it."
Brian Robinson, 74, is president and chairman of Old Parmiterians Football Club, based in Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow.
And he believes all athletes should be exempt from the ban.
He said: "I'm shocked that the council permit the same law for someone spitting in the street as someone spitting whilst playing football.
"I don't think any athlete can avoid spitting, as its all part of being an athlete. If a player is running around a pitch and he spits it's because he needs to clear his lungs."
Hale End Athletic Football Club was founded 85 years ago and plays at Wadham Lodge Sports Groound in Walthamstow.
Secretary John Brooks, 70, says spitting has become more prevalent and blames players at the top of the game.
He said: "I don't remember people spitting all the time whilst playing football, it comes from the very top premiership teams.
"Youngsters are encouraged to do this from watching their idols on TV and I don't think it is pleasant."
A council Spokesman said: "This is not our area of priority – we are more focused on town centre locations as part of our campaign to keep the environment cleaner and greener.
"There isn't anywhere we could make exempt. The local authority adheres to the Environmental Protection Act which applies to all public places."


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Does Anxiety make you fat? Or a better question might be does the stress related with having chronic anxiety make one gain weight? Well like most things there are at least two schools of thought on the issue and I agree with both.
When researching anything I always suggest looking for various viewpoints. If you go in looking for an answer chances are you'll find something to reinforce what you thought was the right answer.
Well after looking for two viewpoints on this issue I found them; so let's review them a little. On the one hand you have those that believe that stress can in fact cause you to gain weight. Primarily this viewpoint holds that stress and anxiety can increase stress hormones in the body, such as cortisol.
Exactly how the cortisol does this remains unexplained – read more about this here. What does make sense about this viewpoint is that stress can lead to eating "comfort foods" like ice cream, donuts, and well you get the picture. In addition it has been said that excessive stress effects fat storage because stress promotes belly fat. Those are two main points of that view, the opposing view would agree with one big exception.
According to another perspective cortisol does not effect weight at all. Stress does effect weight but not on a hormonal level. What stress does do is alter thought patterns and eating habits. Stress than effects our emotions and makes us tired and run down.
This in turn makes us not want to exercise or be active even on a minimal level. That's not all, we have way too many food options to help us become fat nowadays. Fast food and too much going on makes a good recipe for unhealthy eating and bigger bellies.
Over the past 3 years I have gained 30 pounds and although I know nothing about my stress hormone levels I can say that I am always stressed, short on time, and constantly fatigued. Lately I have been trying to exercise more and eat better but I could improve on both counts.
Of course there are other reasons why we gain weight – genetics and even prescription anti-anxiety drugs come to mind. However the bottom line is that stress can cause weight gain but it's probably related more to our emotional state and not cortisol. To read more about cortisol and its non effect on your belly click here.
Ultimately we all have a pretty clear notion of what is causing us to gain unwanted weight. Luckily we also have a good idea of what we should do to not gain weight. Exercise, proper diet, relaxation. Very simple but of course hard to do.


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Platinum prices have been pretty rocky of late (see chart), but that's not stopped exchange traded funds in the metal doing well. Earlier this year, Absa listed its fully-backed platinum ETF, NewPlat, on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
It has now emerged that NewPlat now accounts for approximately 20 per cent of the total global platinum ETF holdings. Absa confirmed to beyondbrics that as of the end of Thursday, the fund held 391,789 ounces of platinum to back its securities, representing over one-fifth of all platinum held by ETFs. What's going on? Read more


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Welcome to the College of William & Mary Field Hockey scholarship and program info page. Here you will get information about the school and details on their Field Hockey program like who to contact about recruitment, names of past alumni, what scholarship opportunities can be had and how to begin the recruiting process.
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I am new to Python world and I need some advice on encryption with m2crypto. I have created code that can calculate hash from some text data.
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import hashlib
def new(request):
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if request.POST:
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myHash = hashlib.sha1(documentContent).hexdigest()
print myHash
Now I want to do two additional things, i.e. read private key from the file and use that private key to sign the hash / generate certificate. How can I achieve that?
I have found that reading the file may be done in this way:
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pk = M2Crypto.RSA.load_key('private.pem')
But I was unable to find any way to sign it with private key. All the threads I have found were about signing something with public key (http://sheogora.blogspot.com/2012/03/m2crypto-for-python-x509-certificates.html says "to encrypt a message using the public key above" and here https://gist.github.com/Snegovikufa/5232301 with "encrypt the message using that public key"). And after all, should I use M2Crypto.RSA or M2Crypto.X509?
In m2crypto.rsa I could not find any 'encrypt' method (http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/m2crypto/api/M2Crypto.RSA-module.html).
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Nissan and Whybin\TBWA, Melbourne has decided to secure an advertising space in my hypnagogia nightmares by evoking shadow people all over this ad. Or they just thought it looked cool.
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London UK Film Focus to screen 40 films to about 150 buyers
The London UK Film Focus (LUFF), which runs from June 25-28 at the revamped BFI Southbank, is expected to attract around 150 buyers to London. Around 40 films will be screening.
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Baku, Azerbaijan, March 28
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Some of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visits to the country's provinces were cancelled due to health problems, Turkish TRT Haber channel reported on March 28.
The TV channel reported that Erdogan will be under the supervision of doctors in Istanbul in the near future.
Despite the doctors' ban, Erdogan participated in two pre-election campaigns on March 27 in connection with the upcoming municipal elections.
These will be held in Turkey this Sunday, March 30. It is expected that the main struggle in the elections will be observed between the Turkish Republican People's Party and the ruling Justice and Development Party.
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DIY LaserCutArt
Creating art for AMT's LaserCutter
I use a free program called Inkscape which is available for both Mac and PC. It's a little tricky to use, but there are excellent step-by-step tutorials available online if you get stuck. You will want to save your work as a .svg or .dxf file.
With Inkscape you can either
- Create a vector drawing from scratch
- Import a pdf or jpg file, for example an internet picture or a scan of your artwork, and use the "trace bitmap" function to convert this to a vector drawing.
There are also several commercial programs that will produce vector art, for example Adobe Illustrator.
Email us at the address below if you're having insurmountable problems - but do use a search engine to look for solutions online first :)
Mail us your art file
Email your .svg file to [email protected]
Why do I need to email my file?
A couple of reasons. First, we will be cutting on a first-come first-served basis; sending your file in email gets you an early place in the queue. Second, I can let you know if your pattern is going to be difficult to cut in the material you want. Third, I can convert some of the files ahead of time -- which means more time for actual cutting during Open Lab.
Logistics for Open Lab day
How large/complex can your design be?
The external dimensions of your design can be up to 3x4' - what will fit on the lasercutter bed. However I do want to make sure that we help as many people as we can, so I would like to limit actual cutting time to around 10 minutes.
What kind of material will we be cutting?
We will have on hand, for no charge:
- Paper and poster board
- Corrugated cardboard
We will have on hand, for a small fee:
- 3/16" birch plywood
- 1/8" cherry veneer plywood
- leather scraps
- various cloth materials
You can bring in your own:
- Cloth made entirely of organic material (cotton, bamboo, wool, or rayon)
- Leather
- Paper or cardboard
We won't cut any material that we have concerns about - coated paper, heavily-dyed leather, etc. The safety of our visitors is our first concern.
Please don't bring your own plywood to Open Lab! We want to maximize the time we spend cutting, which means limiting the number of materials we will have to calibrate for. We won't be cutting acrylic during Open Lab; although it's safe to cut, it generates a really obnoxious smell, and it also takes a lot of time because the laser moves slowly.
I have a real project that I want to make! How do I get more Laser Cutter time?
The Laser Cutter is a member resource of Ace Monster Toys. The easiest way to get access is to join AMT, get trained, and use the equipment. Membership is month-to-month and there is no long term commitment.
You can also come in as the guest of an AMT member who knows how to use the Laser Cutter. Speak nicely to the AMT members who volunteer at Hacker Scouts Open Lab, and one of them will probably be willing to help you out :)


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Kodok or Kothok, formerly known as Fashoda, is a town in the north-eastern South Sudanese state of Upper Nile. Kodok is the capital of Shilluk country, formally known as the Shilluk Kingdom. Shilluk has been an independent kingdom for more than sixteen centuries. Fashoda is known as the place where the British and French nearly went to war in 1898.
According to Shilluk belief, religion, tradition and constitution, Fashoda serves as the mediating city for the Shilluk King. It is a place where ceremonies and the coronation of each new Shilluk King takes place. For over 500 years, Fashoda was kept hidden and acted as a forbidden city for the Shilluk King, but as modern educations and traditions emerge, Fashoda is now known to the outside world. Fashoda is believed to be a place where the spirit of Juok (God), the spirit of Nyikango (the founder of Shilluk Kingdom and the spiritual leader of Shilluk religion), the spirit of the deceased Shilluk kings and the spirit of the living Shilluk King come to mediate for the Kingdom of Shilluk's spiritual healing. Fashoda is preserved as a quiet place for the spirit of God, where the sounds and speeches of God (Juok) can be heard and received by the King, leaders, and elders. For the Shilluk, Fashoda is a city of mediation and peace.
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Coppola takes out top Venice prize
Sofia Coppola's Somewhere - an insider's look at the life of a Hollywood actor who becomes numb to life through drink, drugs and a string of one-night stands - has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The choice of the Coppola's film for the Golden Lion award will come as a surprise on the Lido waterfront, where reaction to the Los Angeles-based drama has been mixed.
Coppola tells the story of Johnny Marco, an up-and-coming star whose days are divided between five-star hotels, Ferraris and blonde pin-ups, but also loneliness, tiresome media attention and boredom.
Marco, played by Stephen Dorff, is finally faced with the question of where a life so enviable on the surface is ultimately heading when his 11-year-old daughter unexpectedly comes to stay with him.
Sofia Coppola, the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola who won an Oscar for her screenplay of Lost In Translation, partly based the film on her own experiences as a young girl following her famous father from one hotel to another.
"Thanks to my Dad for teaching me," she said at the Venice awards ceremony.
The director award went to Spain's Alex de la Iglesia for Balada Triste De Trompeta (The Last Circus), a horror film doubling as a metaphor for fascist Spain that split critics.
Vincent Gallo won the best actor prize for his performance in Essential Killing, where he plays a suspected Taliban fighter on the run from US forces in Afghanistan and Europe.
Gallo, who does not utter a word in the film and has spent his time in Venice escaping paparazzi and wearing a balaclava to hide his face, did not take the stage to accept the award.
"Vincent, come on! Are you here?" Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski said as he received the prize in Gallo's place.
Ariane Labed won the best actress prize for Greek father-daughter drama Attenberg, while Monte Hellman scooped a special career award. He was in Venice with Road To Nowhere.
Prizes for pals?
The awards, which bring the curtain down on the 67th edition of the world's oldest film festival, are likely to fuel controversy.
Italian media have already questioned whether jury president Quentin Tarantino, who is a close friend of Coppola as well as Hellman, would be influenced by a conflict of interest in his choices for the prizes.
Tarantino squarely rejected such suggestions.
"I wasn't going to let anything like that affect me at all. I was just going to literally respond to the film. There was no me steering any direction," he said.
"Sofia doesn't know these other people (on the jury) and she won it fair and square in a completely unanimous vote," he added.
The 24-strong competition line-up, featuring the youngest group of directors in memory, had been seen by critics as strong and varied - providing everything from French comedy to Polish existential minimalism to effects-heavy Chinese costume drama.
But unlike 2009, when hard-hitting war movie Lebanon was a popular winner, and 2008, when The Wrestler launched the surprise comeback of Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke, this year lacked a defining moment that united audiences.
Among those shunned by the seven-member jury was Natalie Portman, praised for her powerful turn as a disturbed dancer in Black Swan.
Also popular with critics were Venus Noire, the true story of a woman brought from South Africa to Europe in 1810 and turned into a freak show, and Chile's Post Mortem, which looks at the 1973 military coup through the eyes of a morgue employee.
- Reuters
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Emmaline Stigwood | 12:13pm October 26, 2012 | Gold Coast News
AN M1 gunman who shot out the window of a car in a random road rage attack has been jailed for four years.
Mahan Gheisari, 29, was this morning sentenced and given a parole eligibility date of May next year after he pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm while armed and carrying dangerous goods in a vehicle. Continue reading M1 Shooter Jailed for Four Years


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Okay but did not live up to the hype: Disney Dream Cruise Review by dulcemariamar
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Okay but did not live up to the hype
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Orlando (Port Canaveral)
The biggest issue was the food. The food was not really good. I thought the food was actually better at the windjammer than at the MDR. Several nights, I left hungry. I think they want to be creative but the meals fall short. But to be fair I did eat at Remys and Palo. The food is incredible at Remys but I am a bit of a picky eater so I didnt like everything there but my dinner partner loved it. Palo was great and I had a nice time there.
It was also annoying that the hours of the places were really limited. The windjammer was only open for a short time and the breakfast in the MDR was only open for 1.5 hours in the morning. It wasnt open at night so you could get a quick snack. The pizza, sandwiches, and More hamburgers weren't that they great but that stand was open later.
I was also disappointed with the kids menu. They actually served corn dogs in the MDR. How is that even healthy, just give a kid a hamburger. I only ate in the MDR twice but the healthy option was a repeat. It was a turkey bolognese but when I ordered it for my daughter the pasta was hard.
The shows were great and my daughter loved meeting the characters but we did have to wait in lines. So if you want to see the princesses it is better to show up 30 minutes before or you will be stuck in a really long time.
The private island is really great. I really enjoy the adult only section. The boat is pretty empty during that day so it is a great time to enjoy the pool and the aqua deck with crowds and lines. Less
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Farmington Hills, Mich. (April 25, 2013)---Botsford Hospital's Diabetes & Nutrition Services Department is offering its popular five-week, action-packed class to people who have prediabetes, which is when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during prediabetes. The good news---you can act to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes. Learn how to take better care of yourself by making needed lifestyle changes for diabetes prevention.
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Selecting Furniture & Sculpture Part III
Suitable for Inclusion? – Some Practical Considerations So you're a curator with your eye on an extraordinary, dazzling furniture or sculpture object (which perhaps handily belonged to someone famous!) that you would like to include in your galleries. Now you need to consider further practical aspects that might determine whether or not it is suitable […]Keep reading
Born on This Day: Master of the Animal Still Life
Frans Snyders (11 November 1579 – 19 August 1657, Antwerp) is considered to be the first specialist in what was a new Flemish form of still life – the animal still life. Regarded as one of the finest animal painters of his day, Snyders had a particular knack for creating large, well-balanced compositions in which he […]Keep reading
Selecting Furniture & Sculpture Part II
Continuing on from the previous post … Sculpture The V&A's sculpture collection is designated the National Collection of Sculpture. It concentrates on Western European Sculpture from the 4th century to the end of the 19th century and comprises of approximately 22,000 objects intotal. Highlights of the collection include masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance, ivory carvings of all […]Keep reading
Welcome to Hell!
Looking at the V&A blog page this morning, I can see that Halloween has caught the imagination of a number of fellow Museum bloggers. However, I can't pass up such an apt occasion on which to introduce you to two of the most gruesome and macabre objects going into the Europe Galleries. Both, fittingly, will […]Keep reading
Commemorating the Reformation in 'ANNO SECULARI MDCCXVII DIE 31 OCT'
Today I bring you a commemoration of a commemoration! 'IN MEMORIAM SECUNDI IUBILAEI EVANGELICI ANNO SECULARI MDCCXVII DIE 31 OCT[obris] CELEBRATI SENAT[us] FRANCOFURTI F [ieri] F[ecit] I I F' The text above is found inscribed on a Reichstaler coin set into the base of a beaker going into the Europe Galleries. The inscription translates as: 'In […]Keep reading
Born on This Day: The Bridge Builder
Born this day in 1708, the French architect and structural engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet was admittedly not technically a 'builder' but he was the man responsible for the design and construction of many key bridges in 18th-century France. Perronet improved the network of bridges and roads across France, and established the first school for training bridge […]Keep reading
Selecting Furniture & Sculpture Part I
Today's post has been prompted by a comment from Robert Thornhill on a previous entry. Robert asked for more information on how and why choices were made in selecting furniture and sculpture objects for the new galleries. I previously described the overall process of selecting objects back in the early days of the blog, but […]Keep reading
'little meat and a great deal of cabbage and turnips have driven us out of Würzburg … This 22nd day of October in the year 1716'
Large writing cabinets, such as the impressive example below, were often important indicators of a gentleman's status in the 18th century. This cabinet is a fine example of the best craftsmanship of the period and its large size and intricate detailing indicates the importance of the person for whom it was made. It also held within it a secret […]Keep reading
Born on This Day: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
In the late-18th and early-19th centuries, increased travel and archaeological discoveries, at sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, led to a revival of interest in ancient and classical decoration. The work of architect and printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) helped to pioneer this rediscovery of Roman remains and he was one of the […]Keep reading
Born on this Day: François Boucher
Having caught the autumnal lurgy which seems to be making its way around the city at the moment, I was off work yesterday. This meant that I've been pipped to the post by the V&A's Facebook page in marking the birthday of the French court painter, draughtsman and etcher François Boucher. I've refrained from changing […]Keep reading


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Superb opportunity to sample country life on a grand scale. The West Tower forms part of an old baronial keep set in approx. 25 acres of parkland with boating lake, private garden and double garage. Enjoying all the benefits of modern living including oil CH, refurbished shower room, bathroom and kitchen, the property has an abundance of traditional features including day room and 2 bedrooms set in the tower with original stone staircase. A gardener is provided and it can be available for short or long term let.
Accommodation: KITCHEN with original flagstone floor, equipped with large fridge, electric cooker, dishwasher, washer/dryer, breakfast bar, large LOUNGE with firemaster fireplace and access to garden, DINING ROOM. 1st floor: MASTER BEDROOM, SHOWER ROOM with EN SUITE DRESSING ROOM, BATHROOM, TWIN BEDROOM, 2 DOUBLE BEDROOMS. Double garage.
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Celebrated director Peter Sellars makes his Met debut staging "perhaps the greatest American opera of the last quarter-century" (Associated Press)
The Metropolitan Opera's premiere production of John Adams' Nixon in China , conducted by the composer and staged by internationally acclaimed director Peter Sellars, will air on Great Performances at the Met on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9 a.m. on Eight, Arizona PBS.
Nixon in China stars James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the opera's world premiere in 1987. With a libretto by American poet Alice Goodman, the opera is based on significant moments during President Nixon's visit to China in February of 1972, with the key political figures as the lead characters: Nixon, first lady Pat Nixon (Janis Kelly) and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Richard Paul Fink) for the Americans; Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Robert Brubaker), his wife Chiang Ch'ing (Kathleen Kim), and Premier Chou En-lai (Russell Braun) for the Chinese.
The Met's production features the work of the world premiere production's design team, including set designer Adrianne Lobel, costume designer Dunya Ramicova, lighting designer James F. Ingalls, and choreographer Mark Morris. Adams, Sellars, Goodman and Morris also collaborated on the opera The Death of Klinghoffer .
Adams, who has conducted his works with many major orchestras, makes his Met debut as conductor of Nixon in China ; his opera Doctor Atomic had its Met premiere in 2008 and later aired on Great Performance at the Met .
Maddalena has sung Nixon on many of the world's leading stages, including the English National Opera, Netherlands Opera, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Washington Opera, and the Théâtre du Châtelet. Kelly, who also starred with Maddalena in the recent English National Opera revival of the opera, made her Met debut as Pat Nixon. Kathleen Kim, who won critical plaudits for her Zerbinetta and Olympia in recent seasons, takes on the challenging coloratura role of Chiang Ch'ing, the forbidding and formidable wife of Mao Tse-tung. Brubaker has sung in many 20 th -century works at the Met, including Moses und Aron, The Makropoulos Case, Peter Grimes, and the Met premiere of Busoni's Doktor Faust. Braun is best-known to Met audiences for his Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia . Fink sang principal roles in the Met premieres of Adams' Doctor Atomic and John Harbison's The Great Gatsby .
Great Performances at the Met: Nixon in China was directed for the live HD transmission by Peter Sellars and hosted by Met baritone Thomas Hampson. Jay David Saks is the music producer. The performance is sung in English with subtitles.
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As an HR professional in the accounting world, what would I wish for? Interesting question. Throughout my "travels" I have discovered that there really aren't any HR groups in the accounting world, or at least none that I have seen. Am I looking in the wrong places?
In contacting our state society to inquire about joining the HR group (logical place to start), they informed me the group was disbanded due to "lack of interest." Lack of interest? I would think there would be interest abound. What better way to network and have discussions on best practices? What better way to speak to people that are in the same boat as you, and bounce ideas back and forth?
Being a part of a group like that would be invaluable. I know I would appreciate it. With all the challenges we face, and I'm sure we all face them, it would be beneficial to have a group to be a part of. A group to connect with.


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Congratulations to Morena Baccarin and Austin Chick!
The Homeland star, 33, and her director/writer husband are expecting their first child, PEOPLE reports.
Baccarin — who plays Jessica Brody, the wife of former marine Nicholas Brody on Homeland — is currently in production for the show's third season.
"When I'm not working I'm definitely a no makeup girl," the mom-to-be recently said. "The most I ever do is a little tinted moisturizer and a little mascara and blush."


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Layner dominates in Warriors' victory
Osceola — Taylor Layner allowed one hit and struck out 15 to lead Osceola past Palmetto 6-0 on Wednesday and into the final, clinching a state playoff berth.
"You can't save your best because there might not be a tomorrow," Warriors coach Kevin Mullins said of starting his ace. "This also lets us open up with our best when the playoffs start."
Layner gave up a single in the first and walked six but didn't allow a runner to reach third.
"I've been thinking about this game all day," Layner said. "But after the first pitch, I got my nerves out."
Osceola, which faces Bradenton Lakewood Ranch in Friday's final, scored two in the second. With one out and the bases loaded, T.J. Glessner put down a bunt to score one. Josh Townsend followed with a bunt of his own to make it 2-0.
"I normally don't like to (bunt) because I got boys that can hit doubles and leave the park. But (Glessner) may be the best bunter I've ever coached," Mullins said. "I also wanted to get (Layner) some runs early. When (Layner) gets a lead, he throws with more confidence."
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The Leader's Dilemma: How to Build an Empowered and Adaptive Organization Without Losing Control by Jeremy Hope, Peter Bunce, and Franz Röösli
The Leader's Dilemma describes a practical new approach to management that has grown out of a dozen years of discussions by an outfit named the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable.
Franz Röösli, who suggested Stoos as the locus of our gathering
Franz Röösli, co-director of the Roundtable and a co-author of the book, handed out copies at the Stoos Gathering. I haven't been able to put it down.
The BBRT is an international shared learning network of member organizations with a common interest in transforming their performance management models to enable sustained, superior performance. BBRT helps organizations learn from world-wide best practice studies and encourages them to share information, past successes and implementation experiences to move beyond command and control.
The BBRT is at the heart of a movement that is searching for ways to build lean, adaptive and ethical enterprises that can sustain superior competitive performance. Its aim is to spread the idea through a vibrant community.
The Leader's Dilemma is organized around the Beyond Budgeting Principles:
|12 Beyond Budgeting Principles (2011)
|Governance and transparency
|Bind people to a common cause; not a central plan
|Govern through shared values and sound judgement; not detailed rules and regulations
|Make information open and transparent; don't restrict and control it
|Accountable teams
|Organize around a seamless network of accountable teams; not centralized functions
|Trust teams to regulate their performance; don't micro-manage them
|Base accountability on holistic criteria and peer reviews; not on hierarchical relationships
|Goals and rewards
|Encourage teams to set ambitious goals, don't turn goals into fixed contracts
|Base rewards on relative performance; not on fixed targets
|Planning and controls
|Make planning a continuous and inclusive process; not a top-down annual event
|Coordinate interactions dynamically; not through annual budgets
|Make resources available just-in-time; not just-in-case
|Base controls on fast, frequent feedback; not budget variances
The Roundtable believes that by replacing the command and control model with a Beyond Budgeting alternative (that is, an Empowered and Adaptive Organization), leaders can create an organizaiton that:
- Responds rapidly to threats and opportunities. Adaptive organizations operate with speed and simplicity and this can best be achieved by giving managers the scope to act immediately and decisively within clear values and strategic boundaries. Making strategy an open, continuous and adaptive process is the key. It enables the firm to react to emerging threats and opportunities as they arise rather than being constrained by a fixed and outdated plan.
- Attracts and keeps the best people. It is no coincidence that Adaptive Organizations such as Google, Handelsbanken and W.L. Gore regularly appear in the lists of "best companies to work for". The reasons are obvious. From the employee perspective, talented people want to learn and develop; they value time to think, reflect and try new ideas; they want decision-making responsibility and they want a friendly, collegiate culture. From the employer perspective they want people who have the right attitude, have ideas and can add value, want to participate in decision-making, are good team players and have the talent to become leaders at any level.
- Enables and encourages continuous innovation. Innovation is about thinking and acting differently whether it is about strategies, business models, processes, or management practices. In adaptive organizations, people work within an open and self-questioning environment. Clear governance principles set the right climate and builds the mutual trust needed to share knowledge and best practices. This is also encouraged by the move away from rewards based on budgets and toward rewards based on a business unit or group.
- Drives operational excellence. Adaptive organizations have lower costs. Not only do they connect the work that people do with customer needs, but they also align products, processes, projects, and structures with their strategy. Operating managers also challenge resources used rather than seeing them as 'entitlements'. Just asking the question, "Does it add value to the customer?" is often sufficient to ensure that unnecessary work is eliminated.
- Leads to loyal and profitable customers. Adaptive organizations know how customers want to conduct business with them. Key issues are whether customers just want the lowest-cost transaction, added-value services, or customized solutions. Under this "outside-in" approach, firms know how to satisfy customers' needs profitably. This means not only knowing their needs, but also their net profitability.
- Support good governance and ethical behavior. Adaptive organizations are held together by strong values and inviolate principles. But it is not a soft option. It exposes nonperformers. It challenges people all the time. You can't just agree on a number. You have to show people that you can actually achieve real performance improvements, and must always be prepared to be judged against others with similar problems and opportunities.
- Leads to sustained value creation. Leaders in Adaptive organizations focus their attention (either explicitly or implicitly) on creating wealth over the longer term. In particular, they focus on setting high performance expectations and stretching people's ambitions. Those companies that operate this way tend to beat the competition not just this quarter or this year but year after year.
The Adaptive Organization relies on teams:
Some leaders struggle with the idea that many small teams can actually cost less than a few large units. While economies of scale can look seductive on spreadsheets, creating many small teams leads to a more flexible and innovative organization that, with more accountability and less management, actually consumes fewer costs.
What do we mean by 'teams'? In Beyond Budgeting organizations we believe there are three kinds of team (excluding 'project' teams that are usually temporary). The executive team is the C-level suite responsible for setting purpose, goals and strategic direction as well as challenging other units to maximize their performance. Support services teams (strategy, finance, human resources, marketing, supply chain management, design, production, logistics, sales and service teams, information technology and so forth) are responsible for serving and supporting value centers. Value centre teams are responsible for formulating strategy, investing capital and delivering value (or profit). They invariably have their own profit and loss accounts and are typically created around lines of business, brands/product groups, regions/countries and plants/branches.
The aim is to create as many value centre teams as possible by sub-dividing them and adding new ventures. They should be based round a clear market niche and have a distinctive customer value proposition. On the other hand, the aim is to reduce the numbers and size of support services centres. In other words, the aim is to have as many direct costs within value centres and as few indirect costs as possible.
With a tip of the hat to Meg Wheatley, BBRT argues that the appropriate mental model for the new-age organization is the complex adaptive system:
Putting this into practice is tough. The Leader's Dilemma offers suggestions but I'm hungry for more. Of course, finding a way to turn dreams like these into reality was the whole purpose of meeting in Stoos.


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After the 'Paper Roses' singer admits to have wet herself, her brother Donny Osmond tells the audience while holding back his laughter, 'We promised you an experience. You got it!'
Marie Osmond has had a little accident during the farewell night of "Donny & Marie Crusin' With Friends". Last Friday on March 2, the "Paper Roses" singer wet her pants on the stage after she and her brother Donny Osmond dropped to their knees in laughter because of a question from an audience member.
In a video documenting the moment, Marie was seen laughing hard while kneeling on-stage. After a while, she sent her brother and the audience into hysterics as admitting, "I just peed my pants! Oh ship." After realizing that Marie was not joking, Donny said before bursting into more laughter, "You really did."
Fighting to regain his composure, Donny then told the audience, "We promised you an experience. You got it!" Meanwhile, Marie took the incident in stride. She first tried to mop the floor using her outfit before a stage hand came onto the stage with a towel. She and Donny then poked fun at the incident with some singing.
"Donny & Marie Crusin' With Friends" departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 28. The 4-day-and-night voyage visited Nassau in the Bahamas and the private island of CocoCay.


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Despite Heavy Oil, Louisiana Keeps Fisheries Open, Dahr Jamail for Inter Press Service, October 26, 2010:
Massive slicks of weathered oil were clearly visible near Louisiana's fragile marshlands in both the East and West Bays of the Mississippi River Delta during an overflight that included an IPS reporter on Oct. 23. ...
"They are literally shrimping in oil," Jonathan Henderson, the Coastal Resiliency Organiser for the environmental group Gulf Restoration Network, who was also on the flight, exclaimed as our plane flew over shrimpers trawling in the oil-covered area...
Earlier on the same day IPS spotted the oil, a spotter pilot for LDWF had flown over the same area and told Southern Seaplanes there was no oil.
"He is the spotter for LWDF and saw that bay, and it is still open," Henderson told IPS. "He should have closed the bay for fishing. So now you can see how sophisticated they are in tracking this. Either this guy is completely incompetent, or has an agenda to keep as much of Louisiana's waters open for fishing as he can, whether there is oil or not. I don't see how he could have flown down there today and not seen it. It's criminal."
See also: "We have fishing boats and cleaning crews working almost side by side" (VIDEO)
NRDC's Gina Solomon on Trying to Pin Down The FDA for Answers, ProjectGulfImpact, October 24, 2010:
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