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Newspapers serving both Jewish and Arab readerships in Israel reflect the tensions over Tuesday's vote in the Israeli parliament on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and some West Bank areas.
Despite the overwhelming belief among Jewish commentators that Mr Sharon will get his way and that parliament - the Knesset - will vote for the pullout, they express fears that political instability within Israel could increase and violence could continue.
Israel Arabic commentators, for their part, are divided over the plan.
In December 2003, Ariel Sharon uttered for the first time the explicit word "disengagement". All over the world, no less in Israel, many were astonished. People refused to believe it possible: the prime minister of Israel intends to evacuate at least 21 permanent Jewish settlements, to uproot 7,500 settlers from their homes, to unilaterally pullout from Gaza and a respectable area in the northern West Bank and all in a resounding unilateral step. Despite all, this is going to happen on Tuesday, at the Knesset plenum.
Commentator Ben Kaspit in Maariv
The decisions on the disengagement plan to be made by the cabinet [on Sunday] and the Knesset on Tuesday may be essential steps, but they will still not ensure its implementation. The demand to prefer halakha [Jewish law] to the law of the land, to exclude Israel's Arab citizens from the process of approving disengagement, to deviate from accepted norms of debate and decision-making, to shut up opposition by means both administrative and juridical, are all clouds that presage the storm. Violence will later emerge from its lair with all of its destructive force. If the country does not manage to impose its authority on the minority opposing disengagement, it will open the gate to its disintegration.
Commentator Uzi Benziman in Haaretz
The right wing's lobbying of MPs and ministers to push for a referendum on disengagement will proceed energetically in the coming days, as if no Knesset vote were scheduled for Tuesday. The right wing and the settlers are now pursuing two parallel courses. The first leads to Tuesday's vote, which they know is already lost. Now their hope is to minimise the margin of loss, based on the premise that a small margin will increase the chances of a referendum.
Commentator Nadav Shragai in Haaretz
Israel is at the start of a fateful week in which the legal foundations of the disengagement plan will be brought before the cabinet and the Knesset, and it seems they will be approved.... Many feel that the fate of the disengagement plan will not be settled in the Knesset. The strange situation in which the prime minister receives sweeping support from the opposition while being stymied by his party only brings home the extent of the meaninglessness of the ordinary political process.
Yediot Aharonot editorial
This week the disengagement plan will be brought before the Knesset for a decision, which of course will not be a decision but another link in the struggle for its implementation. A week later the Americans will decide if George W Bush will win another four years in the White House. There are few similarities between these two political campaigns barring one: In both cases, one is expected to put his trust in a man whose main reasoning for his deeds is that he believes in them.
Commentator Ofer Shelah in Yediot Aharonot
This [disengagement] act will - albeit with difficulty and pain - move Israel forward to a new chapter in the history of the conflict and of politics. The move is unilateral. It will not mean an end to terror and it will not bring peace. But because it will take place in Gaza and the northern West Bank, it is no less important than the ground-breaking initiative of Menahem Begin. All of these are sufficient reasons to expect the opposition parties not only to vote in favour of disengagement. They must overcome their gut feelings and allow the government to enjoy a solid parliamentary majority as it begins disengagement.
Haaretz editorial
Non-implementation of the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the removal of settlements in occupied areas, as even the prime minister describes them, will dissipate all the energies that are now being invested in this important struggle. Who will still have the emotional and political strength to repeat the failed experiment? Not Prime Minister Sharon, certainly not his possible successor Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and not the Israeli public if it is called to the polls.
Commentator Gideon Samet in Haaretz
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance, significance and drama of the occasion: On Tuesday the Knesset will declare the start of the end of the Israeli occupation and the start of the disengagement of the state of Israel not only from Gaza but also from parts of the West Bank. The absurdity... is that most of the supporters will come from the opposition. There is nothing that testifies more to the impossible parliamentary situation in which Sharon is in today.
Commentator Sima Kadmon in Yediot Aharonot
On Wednesday morning, following the disengagement approval, the political system will wake up to a different, much more stormy reality. Likud will disintegrate, even if not formally. Minister [Uzi] Landau, who intends to vote against the plan, will be expelled from the government. Most of the rebels will continue the struggle and sharpen the confrontation with Sharon... With this problematic majority in the Knesset and the rift in the right, Sharon will have to dismantle the settlements. Ministers say this will not work and Sharon will in the end find himself alone, a general without soldiers.
Commentator Shalom Yerushalmi in Maariv
Sharon now resembles a Bedouin with two wives. One is the right faction in the current coalition. She is ready to provide his daily needs, but is not ready to hear about evacuating settlements. The other is the opposition on the left. She is eager to support the evacuation, but opposes everything that Sharon does daily. Both are trouble for each other and both loathe their situation and the one who brought it about. In theory the husband, a man of many exploits, can live in parallel with both of them. Yet it is forbidden for him to bring them together, for then they would both set about him together and pull out what remains of his hair.
Commentator Nahum Barnea in Yediot Aharonot
For the first time in history, Israel will withdraw not only from a land it occupied, it will also retreat from an ideological position long entrenched in the right... We look forward to the future and to what history will record. We are certain that our being in the ranks of those who support the withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territories is better than being in the ranks of the extreme right and the settlers who oppose the withdrawal.
Commentary by MP Abd al-Malik Dahamishah in Israeli Arab Kul al-Arab
The United Arab List, Dahamishah-al-Sani, has announced that it will vote in support of Sharon's plan and its point of view is worthy. Hadash-Taal has declared its position to vote against the plan. And its point of view is also worthy... However, endorsement of the plan is one thousand times better than its rejection. No matter what the results of the plan, they serve the interests of the Palestinian cause.
Editorial in Israeli Arab al-Sinnarah
The disengagement plan does not propose to end the occupation in Gaza, but to re-arrange it. The disengagement plan proposed by Sharon comes to free the occupation from the Palestinian people without freeing the Palestinian people from the occupation.
Commentator in Israeli Arab al-Ittihad
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The global diversity of our gardens is playing a key role in the fight to save bumblebees
The most common species of bumblebee are not fussy about a plant's origin when searching for nectar and pollen among the nation's urban gardens according to a study by ecologists at Plymouth University.
But other species – in particular long-tongued bees – do concentrate their feeding upon plants from the UK and Europe, for which they have developed a preference evolved over many millennia.
Dr Mick Hanley, Lecturer in Ecology at Plymouth University, said the study showed the continued importance of promoting diversity and encouraging gardeners to cast their net wide when choosing what to cultivate.
"Urban gardens are increasingly recognised for their potential to maintain or even enhance biodiversity," Dr Hanley said. "In particular, the presence of large densities and varieties of flowering plants supports a number of pollinating insects whose range and abundance has declined as a consequence of agricultural intensification and habitat loss. By growing a variety of plants from around the world, gardeners ensure that a range of food sources is available for many different pollinators. But until now we have had very little idea about how the origins of garden plants actually affect their use by our native pollinators."
The findings of this study were backed up by preliminary results from the Royal Horticultural Society's Plants for Bugs research project.
The four-year study is the first field research project designed to find out if native or non-native garden plants are best at supporting wildlife – with the term 'native plants' referring to those species which arrived in Britain after the ice age without the assistance of humans.
At a conference held by the RHS and Wildlife Gardening Forum this week scientists said provisional analysis of the data indicated that all garden plant combinations (native and non-native) support abundant and diverse invertebrate wildlife.
However RHS entomologist Andrew Salisbury said analysis was at a very early stage and the data needed to be investigated in greater detail before firm conclusions and advice could be provided to wildlife gardeners.
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The ground has officially been broken on the Five Central project site in Osseo. On Tuesday, July 9, Osseo city officials and members of the Beard Group were on hand to pick up shovels to get the project started. The Five Central project will be a 71-unit apartment building with underground parking located on the Block 6 redevelopment site, between First Avenue N.W. and Central Avenue and Fifth Street N.W. and Sixth Street N.W. The apartments will be market rate units, complete with full furnishings and amenities. Pictured at the ground breaking event, left to right, are: Dean Lundski, Beard Group; Paul Gamst, Beard Group; Bill Beard, Beard Group; Riley Grams, Osseo City Planner; Duane Poppe, Osseo Mayor; Mark Schulz, Osseo Councilor; Rick Weber, Osseo Councilor; Douglas Reeder, Osseo City Administrator; Kevin Rebman, Economic Development Authority President; Larry Stelmach, EDA member; and Harold Johnson, EDA member. (Sun staff photo by Alicia Miller)
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The offensive stats of the wings we are discussing trying to acquire are not much, if any, better than those of the wings we already have.
Per 36 minutes scoring:
D. Granger 20.9
D. Jones 19.2
P. George 15.3
M. Dunleavy 15.1 (out for two months)
B. Rush 13.2
J. Crawford 17.6
W. Chandler 17.3
O. J. Mayo 15.5
D. Jones .511
P. George .451
M. Dunleavy .441
B. Rush .438
D. Granger .435
W. Chandler .463
J. Crawford .423
O. J. Mayo .409
B. Rush .420
D. Granger .386
M. Dunleavy .362
D. Jones .357
P. George .286 (Just think what his overall shooting percentage would be if he were hitting threes at Granger's percentage!)
W. Chandler .364
J. Crawford .351
O. J. Mayo .342
We can expect Paul George to improve his numbers dramatically as soon as he finds the NBA 3 pt range.
As many have noted and as the stats bear out, the problem is getting more quality shots for Brandon Rush. If he were taking five to seven more good quality shots per game, half of them threes, and getting a few more free throw attempts in consequence, his scoring would be in the Granger range or higher.
Leaving Dunleavy out of the picture, with imaginable improvements from George and Rush, we would have four wings with potent offense and, with maturing from George and a little more consistent effort from Granger, fairly formidable defense.
So, are Collison and Price up to the task of helping Rush find more shots? Can Rush learn to put himself in position to get them?
Stats-wise, O.J. Mayo, W. Chandler, and J. Crawford, for example, do not stand out relative to the wings we have.
In fact, if we can boost P. George's and B. Rush's stats a bit, I would say that those other guys we are considering acquiring would have to compete hard to make the rotation.
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Richard Fairbrass from Right Said Fred was beaten by ultra-nationalists during the demonstration in Moscow.
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The lead singer of Right Said Fred, Richard Fairbrass, and an Australian activist were among marchers bashed at a gay rights rally in Moscow yesterday during which several foreign Gay Pride supporters were arrested.
Fairbrass and British-based Australian activist Peter Tatchell were among a crowd of demonstrators who braved punches, kicks, eggs and insults as they defied a state ban to briefly stage Moscow's second ever Gay Pride march.
Police detained Russian gay community leader Nikolai Alexeyev and several European MPs in central Moscow at the start of the demonstration by dozens of homosexual rights activists campaigning for an end to sexual discrimination.
Dozens of Russian right-wing extremists converged on the group, shouting insults, throwing eggs and punching and kicking gay demonstrators in front of riot police, who intervened much later.
The police also systematically arrested both the attackers and the assaulted.
The gay rights activists were also assaulted by ultra-nationalists and Orthodox Church hardliners.
Russian news agencies, citing police, said eight to 10 people had been arrested for participating in the rally.
The demonstrators were trying to march on Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov's office to hand over a memorandum signed by more than 40 members of the European Parliament requesting permission to hold a march in central Moscow.
Mr Luzhkov had earlier described Gay Pride marches as a "work of Satan".
Also detained were Volker Beck, a member of Germany's parliament; Marco Cappato, an Italian member of the European Parliament, and the British-based Australian gay-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
Mr Tatchell and Mr Beck were punched in the face in full view of police and dozens of journalists. Another activist was seen bleeding from his face after being attacked.
Mr Tatchell took a punch in the eye from an ultra right-wing nationalist counter-demonstrator, witnesses said. Riot police eventually detained several far-right members.
Supporting the demonstration were Austrian, German and Italian MPs, Fairbrass and the Russian pop duo Tatu.
Tatu singer Yuliya Katina said she was angered "when someone forbids someone else from loving in the way they want to love", the Interfax news agency reported.
The crackdown on the gay rights marchers drew quick condemnation from around Europe.
The mayor of Rome along with cabinet ministers and Italian MPs deplored the violence.
"What happened in Moscow, leaves you speechless: to use or even tolerate violence against those who are demonstrating in a peaceful manner for the recognition of their human and civil rights is a sad sign," said Mayor Walter Veltroni.
After being held for about five hours at a police station, Mr Cappato was released with the help of the Italian embassy, officials said.
Mr Beck, who was beaten during Moscow's first Gay Pride march last year, was attacked again by ultra-nationalists and detained by police who then released him after an apology, the russiagay.ru website reported.
Transsexual Italian deputy Vladimir Luxuria, who was pelted with eggs, was clearly shocked after the attack.
"I will put pressure on our parliament to ensure that the Italian president brings up this very serious matter during his next meeting with (Russian President) Vladimir Putin."
That view was echoed by the Liberal Democrat leader in the European Parliament, Graham Watson, who said European leaders must raise with Putin at the Group of Eight summit next month "the question of whether Russia still adheres to the values of the Council of Europe, of which it is a member".
The violence also was condemned by the mayor of another European capital, Bertrand Delanoe of Paris, who slammed it as "clearly inappropriate".
"I would like to denounce the unacceptable violence perpetrated once again by extremists on people peacefully participating in a rally in the Russian capital for the equality of homosexuals," he wrote in a statement.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Centre in Paris, concerned that Russian demonstrators could be sentenced to jail, said all those arrested in Moscow must be freed.
"They have been told (by the authorities) that they will not be released and that they will be brought to justice," centre chief Christine Le Doare told AFP.
She called on the French foreign ministry to put pressure on Russian authorities to release all march participants.
Far-right Russian parliamentary deputy Alexei Mitrofanov was present in support of the march, despite the opposition of many in the legislature to sexual minority rights.
Igor Miroshnichenko, a deputy leader of a hardline Orthodox church group, told Interfax gays were "perverts who violate the will of God".
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On Sunday, October 12, my SNAP Challenge came to an end. For the folks scoring at home, I had $27 to feed myself for the entire week: The same amount a single adult receives for a weekly food budget on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as food stamps). That's about $1.28 per cibum or $3.86 per diem.
The Five Stages of SNAP Challenge
1) Denial and Isolation: On Saturday when I unloaded my $27 worth of groceries, I smugly wondered: How am I going to eat all of this food? By myself? Seriously: A POUND of black beans, a whole head of cabbage, a 5-pound sack of potatoes, two boxes of spaghetti, eight chicken-thighs and 18 eggs. Eighteen! I didn't even know what I'd eat first – the chicken or the eggs? I filled my crockpot to the brim with hearty, homemade black-bean soup. Parting it out into six massive servings, I figured I should just go ahead and freeze some since I'd probably be eating it for the next three weeks. Sure, I was light on the fresh fruits and vegetables, but still: $27 can buy a lot of food, especially with coupons. I got this in the bag (Actually it was three reusable bags).
According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross who identified the original Five Stages of Loss and Grief, denial is "a temporary response that carries us through the first wave of pain."
Make that pangs. Hunger pangs.
Oh, SNAP! Coffee is food
I stumbled out of the gate on Opening Day of the Arizona SNAP Challenge. At 5:02 AM, I trudged into the kitchen. Made the coffee. Drank the coffee. Realized the coffee was not in my $27 weekly food budget.
Talk about your wake-up call: When I went shopping on Saturday at my neighborhood Safeway, I thought only about what I'd be eating this week. It took me about an hour to spend $27… which is about as much time as it normally takes me to spend $270. I kept adding (proteins, starches) and subtracting (fresh fruits, vegetables), trying to see into the future of servings that could stretch to next Monday.
Thinking about how I'd be eating on $1.27 per meal, I never considered what I'd be drinking! Because you cannot use the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) to purchase alcohol, I knew I could abstain from booze for a week, but I hadn't figured on skipping the one beverage I am truly addicted to: COFFEE.
SNAP Decisions
- Two 28-ounce cans of tomatoes.
- One 14.5-ounce can of sweet corn.
- A 1-pound sack of dried black beans.
- A 1-pound sack of brown rice.
- 3.95 pounds of chicken thighs.
- Three bananas.
- Three Bartlett pears.
- One head of green cabbage.
- One 15-ounce jar of extra crunchy Skippy Natural Super-Chunk peanut butter (lower in sugar and fat).
- 18 large eggs.
- One gallon of 2% milk.
- One 5-pound sack of russet potatoes.
- One loaf of wheat bread.
- Two, 16-ounce boxes of Barilla pasta (Yes, I realize their chairman is a homophobe… but the pasta was on sale for 79 cents a box. We all have to make sacrifices).
Grand total: $29.06. Damn you, Bartlett pears. I knew I shouldn't have, but I wanted a little something extra in the fresh fruits-and-vegetables column. Suffice it to say, I'm giving those sweet treats to my sweet husband, Patrick, when I begin the 2014 Arizona SNAP Challenge on Monday.
The goal of the SNAP Challenge is to live for one week on the same food budget of an Arizonan on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as "food stamps." For a single person, that's $27. Per hebdomadem, not per diem. I can easily spend $27 on a single meal – and this week, I have $1.28 per meal.
Sadly, I could not persuade Patrick to join me on this journey in order to score a luxurious extra $18 on our food allowance.
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He is alive, and so am I.
And never I have felt so alive: Lying in a hospital bed, the apheresis machine sucking stem cells from my veins for the better part of a workday. 6 hours, 10 minutes to be exact.
I reported for duty at Mayo Clinic Hospital at 7:15 AM in my favorite, long-sleeved dress-pajamas with my lucky New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Champions T-shirt underneath. They needed ready access to my veins, and I needed a good omen… or three.


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"If you a man and your [sic] over 25 and you don't eat pu*** just kill your self damn it. The world will be a better place. Lol."
—50 Cent gives more classy advice via Twitter. Thanks a million for being an advocate for vag. Wait, what if the guy is under 25? Should he hang on for a few more years? Also, what about gay men? Suddenly this quote seems potentially homophobic. Oh, 50, why must you be so hard to understand? [Huffington Post]


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Beware Ukrainian ignorance
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2014 06:00 am
On May 28 the St. Albert Gazette published an article by Dr. Irina Shilova, adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary, entitled �Beware Ukraine �experts�.�
Indicating on the decline of Slavic and regional studies in North American universities following the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the author argues that this negative change affected not only academia but also policy decisions on the governmental level due to the growing lack of experts. No doubt, the observation is accurate and fair. But for some reason her conclusions were turned upside down to make a false impression on the reader.
To show how the budget cuts in academia had political implications, Dr. Shilova used an example of the current crisis in Ukraine. She says that U.S. politicians such as John McCain and Victoria Nuland openly �sided with the leaders of the right-wing Ukrainian party �The Right Sector.�
Here is the catch. She did not say that they first of all met with leaders of the strong and legitimately elected opposition in the Ukrainian parliament, with largely pro-European and democratic views, but singled out this small radical group, not represented in the parliament at all. Its support is about one perccent based on the recent presidential election in Ukraine (for comparison, similar groups have much higher support in the EU countries).
This is actually what official Russian propaganda tries to install in people�s minds, distorting real facts and justifying the Russian expansionism: Ukrainian nationalists are coming to power, so Russia has now the right to protect peace and stability in the region.
In another example, Dr. Shilova criticizes senator McCain for relying on Cold War specialists such as Henry Kissinger and blaming Russia for the Ukrainian crisis. What may this imply? One may think that this is the United States who is allegedly initiating a new Cold War, not Russia, which has in fact violated a number of international laws and annexed Crimea.
I have recently watched a lecture by another icon of the Cold War era, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and found it extremely competent and up to the point. He put the current crisis in Eastern Europe (that also includes Georgia and Moldova) into the framework of civilizational conflict: Western democracy versus Russian authoritarianism.
Other factual errors betray Dr. Shilova�s lack of expertise in the field, which she herself calls to repair. Her references to �the Kiev coup,� �Ukrainian Resistance� in Eastern Ukraine, �civil war,� and �shady �government� in Kiev� are notorious clich�s exploited by the Russian propaganda machine. Is this a kind of expertise, which Dr. Shilova wants to strengthen in North American universities or something else?
Dr. Mykola Soroka, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta


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Bemidji High School boys hockey team blanks Apollo 6-0
The winning ways continued for the Bemidji High School boys hockey team as the Lumberjacks dominated Apollo 6-0 Saturday in St. Cloud.
The victory upped Bemidji's overall record to 4-0-1 and the Lumberjacks will conclude their exhausting season-opening road swing Tuesday when they visit Warroad.
BHS will finally make its home debut Thursday when it hosts Thief River Falls at The Sanford Center.
"We had a lot of shots and kept peppering the net but you could tell that the guys were a little tired," said Bemidji coach Wade Chiodo. "When you open the season with five road games in 10 days being tired can be expected.
"But a win is a win and we'll take it."
As has been the custom this winter the Jacks came out firing and took early control with a pair of goals in the first five minutes.
Easton Halbert set the tone with his goal at 4:12 and Max Hazelton lit the lamp 47 seconds later.
Jordan Heller added a goal at 16:21 and BHS enjoyed a 3-0 lead after the first period.
Hazelton notched his second of the day 6:34 into the second stanza and Bemidji iced the victory when Will Bruestle scored 2:13 into the third and Jordan Heller tallied at 9:57.
Jeremiah Graves needed only 13 saves to earn the shutout while the Lumberjacks fired 49 shots at the Apollo net.
The junior varsity improved to 4-1 Saturday with a 4-1 victory at Apollo. Ryan Erickson and Zach Rickers each scored two goals for the Jacks.
Bemidji 3 1 2 -- 6
St. Cloud Apollo 0 0 0 -- 0
First period: 1. B, Halbert (S.Heller) 4:12. 2. B, Hazelton (Forseth, Dahedl) 4:59. 3. B, J.Heller (Halbert, Spencer) 16:21
Second period: 4. B, Hazelton (S.Heller, Forseth) 6:34 PP
Third period: 5. B, Bruestle (Halbert) 2:13. 6. B, J.Heller (S.Heller) 9:57
Saves: Graves (B) 3-6-4-13; Pentz (A) 18-13-12-43
Penalties: Bemidji 6 for 12 minutes; Apollo 8 for 16 minutes
Junior Varsity
Bemidji 2 1 1 - 4
Apollo 0 1 0 - 1
First period: 1. B, Erickson (unassisted) 3:18; 2. B, Rickers (Mistic) 8:25 PP
Second period: 3. A, Warner (Haugen) 2:32 PP. 4. B, Erickson (Borowski) 13:52
Third period: 5. B, Rickers (Rickert, Erickson) 6:28 PP
Saves: Loisell (B) 4-4-5-13; Wood (A) 5-9-4-18
Penalties: Bemidji 10 for 20 minutes; Apollo 7 for 14 minutes


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The Crime Stoppers Ball is an annual fundraiser attended by Toronto's Chief of Police and other high-ranking officials. With so many of the city's crime fighting elite occupied at the event, it would be "The Perfect Night to Crime."
This explains the sudden Mexican standoff at the Kwik-e-mart.
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Counts! Metrics, ROI, and Accomplishments (the missing element)
A recent publication, Metrics, by Jay Cross of the Internet Time Group, presents an opportunity to comment on some current issues in measurement and evaluation. The author, who happens to be an old friend, is an entertaining and wide-ranging thinker (some might say Renaissance Man), and his book is noteworthy in part because of its unconventional form: a constantly updated eBook available for purchase online. Jay's history in financial services, training, marketing, and a whole host of cerebral pursuits has left him most recently in the world of e-Learning, where he has become something of a pundit.
While I don't agree with everything in Metrics, I recommend it because it's a quick and enjoyable read, because it contains valuable references and links, and mostly because it challenges us to think outside many of the current ruts in measurement and evaluation.
Things I Like about Metrics
Here are some of Jay's key points along with my comments:
"Metrics are measurements that matter." With this sentence, he challenges us to measure results that our clients agree are important and to look for large valuable improvements. He adds, "Don't fritter away time on the small stuff."
"Start with business problems and work backwards." He later adds that we should "focus on process not on behavior." These comments point in the direction of our best strategy for measuring the right things, following Thomas F. Gilbert's dictum to identify accomplishments, the outputs of processes or of individual jobs that contribute value toward business results. Behavior costs money while accomplishments have value. Following the path from business results back through measured accomplishments will lead to the behavior and improvement strategies that produce worthwhile organizational outcomes.
"Forget measurement of value based on cost savings!" As an e-Learning strategy consultant, Jay has probably tired of cost justifications based on saving travel time and expenses. It is critically important that we find ways to use our technologies and interventions to improve outcomes, not simply reduce costs for the same (often mediocre) outcomes.
"Time matters." Whether we're speaking of time to perform (fluency, productivity), time to achieve benchmark performance (ramp-up), or results over time (revenues, profits), we cannot ignore the time dimension in either our measurement of learning and performance during training or our measurement of desired business results.
"Gather baseline data." While it is easy to interpret this statement as simply that we need a "before" measure to evaluate the worth of our "after" results, the "line" in baseline is very important. To clearly understand the effects of our interventions, we must view current performance in the context of measured levels, trends, and bounce (or variability) over time. We need a series of counts (per minute, per day, per week, or per month) to establish a true baseline so that we can tell whether our interventions or ongoing efforts are changing trends, levels, and/or the "bounce" (variability) of measured outcomes.
"You must be able to relate your decisions and choices to the profitability of your organization." While much of Jay's discussion focuses on what I call "validation data"—measurement to justify expenditures by showing that programs work—the best measurement systems support ongoing decision-making. This is why I recommend ongoing measurement as feedback to performers and decision-makers, and why I like Timm Esque's book, Making An Impact, so much.
Jay disagrees with much of the current thinking about ROI, suggesting that his book can save you the cost of an ROI workshop. Whether or not this is true, managers would certainly prefer to see how your program improves their specific outcomes beyond a general payback ratio or cost justification. And since some current-day ROI "methods" use subjective estimates of payback rather than direct results measures, we need to question in detail many ROI claims before we accept them.
Things I Don't Like So Much About Metrics
Lest you think I'm giving my friend a free pass, let me make a few comments about shortcomings.
The second half of the book is mostly a justification for e-Learning, something I would have preferred left to a few pages. I recognize that Jay makes his living in this field, but it would be more helpful if the book addressed the general case with a broader set of examples. Moreover, it is inconceivable that even the best e-Learning program will produce optimal results without efforts to improve other factors in a performance system, including expectations, feedback, tools, resources, consequences, and selection.
Jay does not discuss what's a good measure and what's not. For example, he mentions the limitations of test results as metrics but does not explain that percentage correct is not a measure of performance because it is a dimensionless quantity from which we cannot determine either the count of behavior or accomplishments nor the time required to complete them. He does not point out that the best metrics count things in absolute units (dollars, widgets, gallons, etc.) rather than rating them on subjective scales. Careful application of all his recommendations can still yield meaningless measurement if we fail to adhere to this basic principle.
I suggest you read Metrics yourself, and discuss it vigorously with your colleagues and clients. I am sure you will find it both entertaining and illuminating.
Dr. Carl Binder is a Senior Partner at Binder Riha Associates, a consulting firm that helps clients improve processes, performance, and behavior to deliver measurable results. He may be reached at [email protected]. For additional articles, visit http://www.binder-riha.com/publications.htm.
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If you're beaming it directly into your retina, how can that not be harmful?
James, you'll find that the light used by the projector is really dim compared to a standard projector. Google Glass probably uses a small projector module from Microvision or a similar company. While it is directed straight to your eye, the amount of light you get is ultimately going to be similar to looking into a LCD, or maybe even less light than that.
What I'm more worried about with Google Glass is the focusing problem: unless they're being really smart about their optics, the Google Glass image will only resolve when your eye is at a particular focus. Anyone who has used a wearable display for a decent length of time can tell you this gets annoying pretty quickly….
Actually, instead of making my own terrible summary of the problem, I'll just point you to this awesome article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/steve-mann-my-augmediated-life . About halfway through (right after the HDR youtube video) is where I'm pulling most of my knowledge of Google Glass's issues from.
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Measuring Green Body Density
The bulk density of a green ceramic body provides valuable information needed to control the quality of a ceramic piece (after firing) with respect to its final size and the porosity and cracks in the body. Therefore, it is important that optimum measurement procedures to be followed in determining density.2
Many American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methods for determining bulk density of refractory materials and glasses are described in annual books published by ASTM (see www.astm.org). Most of these methods are based on volume displacement by Archimedes' principle; that is, since both refractory materials and glasses are compatible with water, their bulk density can be easily determined by volume displacement in water. However, this test method is not suitable for green body ceramics, which will disintegrate easily in water. For green body ceramics, mercury pycnometry is recognized as the benchmark method for measuring the bulk volume of a body. Mercury is an excellent displacement liquid—its high wetting angle and large surface tension prevents it from penetrating the small pores in green bodies. However, mercury has a high toxicity and is considered to be a significant health hazard. Mercury porosimetry is currently used (a) to generate bulk density data to be compared with data obtained from other absolute measurement techniques and (b) to generate calibration standards for a relative measurement technique.
In 1999, an assessment report on several laboratory techniques for bulk density measurement was published.1 The techniques studied include mercury pycnometry (ASTM C493-93), water displacement of bodies coated with wax (ASTM C914-95) or with a water repellent spray, volume displacement of mineral oil, and powder pycnometry methods. Of all measurement techniques studied with a limited number and shape of samples, the compacted powder pycnometry appeared to be promising when compared to mercury pycnometry.
Experimental ProceduresGreen Ceramic Bodies Studied
Green body samples with different preparation procedures were used in this study. The first set of alumina samples was prepared by using a uniaxial pressing process in different sized pressing dies at various pressures. The second set of samples comprised commercial alumina and electronic porcelain tiles.
The first pressed alumina samples were cylinders, and GE 94ND2 was the alumina powder used. Pressed alumina cylinders with a dimension of 1.86 cm (0.75 in.) height and 1.28 cm (0.5 in.) diameter were designated as the "A" series. The pressures used were 142 MPa (20.5 Kpsi), 85.0 MPa (12.3 Kpsi), 56.6 MPa (8.21 Kpsi) and 35.4 MPa (5.13 Kpsi). Altogether, 24 cylinders were produced with six cylindrical samples at each pressure setting. Their green body densities were first determined by the mass-volume measurement technique, and the density value (g/cm3) at each pressure was approximately 2.22, 2.15, 2.10 and 2.04, respectively. Thus, a range of densities was produced for the higher precision measurements that follow.
The second set of alumina samples, designated as the "B" series, was pressed uniaxially with the same alumina powder, but they were in disc form. Their dimensions were 3.15 cm (1.25 in.) diameter and 0.9 cm (0.36 in.) thick. The pressing loads were 32.3 MPa (4.68 Kpsi), 48.4 MPa (7.02 Kpsi), 64.5 MPa (9.35 Kpsi) and 96.8 MPA (14.038 Kpsi). Their densities (g/cm3) at each pressure by mass and volume measurement technique were approximately 1.96, 2.05 2.11 and 2.19, respectively.
These two sets of alumina samples were used to compare the bulk densities determined by mercury porosimeter, compact powder pycnometry, and the mass-volume measurement technique. The bulk densities obtained from the mass-volume method were used to establish correlation with noncontact ultrasound measurements.
Two sets of 9 cm x 9 cm (3.5 in. x 3.5 in.) square alumina tile samples were also studied. The first set consisted of two electronic porcelain tile samples, designated "C" and "D," and were pressed at 12.6 MPa (1825 psi) 18.1 MPa (2625 psi), respectively. The second set consisted of two 96% alumina tile samples, designated "E" and "F," and were pressed at 12.6 MPa (1825 psi) and 18.1 MPa (2625 psi), respectively.
Each tile sample was cut into nine small squares (3 cm x 3 cm), which were examined with the noncontact ultrasound technique and numbered Al to A9. After ultrasound study, each tile sample was cut again into nine smaller squares (1 cm x 1 cm), and the edges were shaped to fit the porosimeter's cell (penetrometer), which was not large enough to hold the first divided samples (3 cm x 3 cm). Mercury porosimeter measurements were made on three of the 1 cm x 1 cm samples, and the average of the three measurements was taken as the corresponding noncontact ultrasound measurement.
After obtaining both their ultrasound velocity data at these nine positions of each tile sample and then their corresponding bulk density values by mercury porosimeter, a correlation between the two techniques was considered to determine whether noncontact ultrasound velocity can be used as a relative measurement technique for bulk density gradient of each tile sample.
Bulk Density Measurement Methods
Mercury displacement method. Two mercury porosimeter instruments were used in this study. The Autoscan Porosimeter (Quantachrome Corp., Boynton, Fla.) was used to measure the bulk densities of the alumina tile samples, and the AutoPore Ill mercury porosimeter (Micromeritics Instrument Corp., Norcross, Ga.) was used to measure the bulk densities of the alumina discs.
For both porosimeters, a penetrometer with known volume was used. The cell tapered into a finer tube at one end where a reference mark is present for accurate filling. The volume of mercury displaced by the green body is determined by measuring the following masses: the mass of the green body (WB), the mass of the cell filled with mercury (WC+Hg), and the mass of the cell filled with mercury plus the green body (WC+Hg+B). The mass of mercury displaced by the green body is equal to (WC+H9) - (WC+Hg+B - WB). By keeping the temperature constant during the measurements, the density of mercury is known, with which the volume of mercury displaced is calculated knowing the mass. The bulk density of the green body is the mass of the green body divided by the displaced mercury volume.1,3
Compacted powder method. In this method, a packing of fine powders serves as the displacement media. The volume of a body is measured by the change in volume of a given quantity of particles before and after the body is immersed in the particles under the same applied force.1,3 The instrument used here was the Geo-Pyc from Micromeritics Instrument Corp. Parametric studies of the instrument have been reported previously.1
To improve the repeatability and reproducibility of the method, the following parameters should be carefully considered: consolidating force, ratio of sample volume to the chamber volume, sample shape, sample position in the chamber, and pretest sample preparation in the instrument.
Mass-volume measurement. Since the alumina cylinders and discs have geometric shapes, the volume can be calculated from a few linear measurements. A digital caliper can measure the lengths, thicknesses and diameters needed for the calculation to obtain the volume of cylindrical and circular bodies. An analytical balance can obtain mass of the green bodies, and bulk densities can be derived.
For tile samples, the edges of the divided tile subsamples are not perfect, so linear measurements are not possible. Therefore, mass-volume measurements are not feasible.
Noncontact ultrasonic measurements. Noncontact (air coupled) ultrasound, a relatively new technique to characterize green bodies,4,5 determines ultrasound velocity through a material with approximately 10 mm of air between the specimen and the transducers. Since it is a noncontact technique, measurements on fragile samples such as green body ceramics can be made. Before this new technique, ultrasound velocity through a sample was generally measured in a medium such as water, and it is impossible to immerse green ceramics in water without disintegration.
Noncontact ultrasound is a relative method and has the potential to be used as a nondestructive quality control technique to control green body density during an on-line production process, since it can perform precise measurements at a speed of 20 readings per second.
For the tests discussed in this article, ultrasonic velocities were measured with the NCA 1000 noncontact analyzer from Secondwave Systems Corp, Boalsburg, Pa. This system is characterized by >140 dB dynamic range and a time-of-flight uncertainty of ±20 ns (under open ambient air condition) and ±1 ns (under closed condition)—i.e., uncertain measurements can be improved 20 times under closed conditions. After routine calibration, the NCA 1000 measures thickness, velocity, time-of-flight and attenuation of the test material. The transducers used in these tests were the nominally high transduction noncontact type that are nominally 1 MHZ and have a 12.5 mm active area diameter. Since the transducer probe is relatively small (app. 12.5 mm diameter), bulk density gradients can be monitored within a ceramic piece.
ResultsComparison of Green Body Density Measurements on Alumina Cylinders
For the alumina cylinders, green body density was measured by both the mass-volume method and powder compacted pycnometry. Bulk density measurements by the mass-volume method were determined at three laboratories: NIST, University of New Mexico and Secondwave System Corp. The values are in agreement to the first decimal place. However, the variation of three sets of mass-volume data shows that the method is operator-dependent.
The density values between powder compacted pycnometry values and the mass-volume values are also in agreement to the first decimal place, but the repeatability of the powder compacted pycnometry is good to the second decimal place.
Comparison of Green Body Density Measurements on Alumina Discs
For the alumina discs, bulk body density measurements were generated by three methods: mass-volume, powder compacted pycnometry and mercury porosimeter. The agreement between the values was good to the second decimal place.
Correlation Between Green Body Density Measurements and Ultrasound Velocity Measurements
Noncontact ultrasound velocity measurements were also made on these two sets of samples. Since both cylinders (A series) and discs (B series) are composed of the same alumina powder and uniaxially pressed, the correlation between bulk density by the mass-volume method and ultrasound velocity measurements should hold for both samples. The correlation coefficient for these samples (R2) was 0.88. The good correlation observed in this study illustrated the possibility of using noncontact ultrasound velocity measurements as a relative method for bulk densities.
Comparison of Green Body Density Measurements on Alumina Tiles
For the set of commercial tile samples, there were two objectives for this study: 1) to establish the correlation between bulk densities by mercury pycnometer and noncontact ultrasonic velocities, and 2) to illustrate the possibility of using noncontact ultrasound method as a nondestructive evaluation method to study bulk density gradients within a green body, such as a tile.
The good correlations observed between the bulk density measurements of the subdivided tiles and their noncontact ultrasonic velocities illustrate the possibility of using noncontact ultrasonic velocity measurements as a nondestructive evaluation method for density gradient measurements, since the detection area of the transducer diameter is only 12.5 mm. The correlation coefficient between densities and ultrasound velocities of the two tile samples are 0.77 for the electronic porcelain tiles and 0.91 for the 96% alumina tiles.
ConclusionsBulk densities of well defined samples such as discs and cylinders can be determined by both mass-volume measurements and powder displacement pycnometry instruments, and their values are comparable to those measured with a mercury porosimeter. For complex-shaped green body samples, a more detailed study still needs to be done with powder displacement pycnometry instruments.
Noncontact ultrasound velocity measurements are promising as a relative method for measuring bulk density, including density gradient measurement, within well defined green samples such as discs and cylinders. The noncontact measurement also has the potential to be an on-line quality control technique. However, it is a relative method, and bulk density standards of the same ceramics with known bulk density values are needed to calibrate the noncontact ultrasound instrument. Work is in progress at NIST to develop bulk density and porosity standards for the calibration purpose of future relative methods.
Authors' Notes and AcknowledgmentsThis is a cooperative study of Ceramic Processing and Characterization Consortium (CPCC) members ranging from national laboratory, academic institution and instrument manufacturers. Certain trade names and company products are mentioned in the text or identified in illustrations to specify the experimental procedures and equipment used. In no case does such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply the products are necessarily the best available for the purpose.
We are grateful to the late Dr. J. D. French of Advanced Cerametrics, Inc. and to Dr. Kevin G. Ewsuk of Sandia National Laboratories for providing us samples to study, and to Dr. Richard J. Fields of the Metallurgy Division of NIST and John Elter of Micromeritics for their helpful discussion with regards to the applications of Geo-Pyc Instrument. Special thanks to Dr. G. Onoda and Dr. Said Jahanmir for helpful discussion and effort in this study.
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Smith Voted BSC Preseason Player of the Year
Senior guard Anthony Smith was named Big South Preseason Men's Basketball Player of the Year, it was announced at Tuesday's 2008-09 Basketball Tip-Off Media Luncheon, held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Concord, N.C. In addition, the Flames were picked to finish fourth, in the conference preseason poll.
Smith (Plano, Texas) was the only player in the nation during the 2008 season to attempt at least 200 three-point field goals and succeed on at least 50 percent of his field goal attempts (51.5) and 40 percent of his three-point field goal attempts (41.0). He was one of five players in the nation to accomplish the same feat while attempting at least 100 three-point field goals. The other players were Mario Chalmers (Kansas), Lee Cummard (BYU), Malik Hairston (Oregon) and James Harden (Arizona State). Smith led the Flames in scoring last season (16.0 ppg) and is the second-leading returning scorer in the Big South Conference.
2008 was a solid campaign for Smith, as he broke Liberty records for three-point field goals (84) and three-point field goal attempts (205), while setting the fifth-best season success rate from beyond the arc (41.0) He also became the 20th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau, but only the eighth to do so during in the Liberty Division I era. Smith has also earned several other preseason accolades, including being named Big South Preseason Player of the Year by the Sporting News and Blue Ribbon, as well as being a "Candidate to Consider" for the Wooden Award.
|Anthony Smith (left) and Megan Frazee (right) both represent Liberty as the men's and women's Big South Preseason Players of the Year. Smith and Frazee took part in Media Day 2008 in Concord, N.C. on Tuesday.
The Flames, who return one starter (Smith), and four total scholarship players this season, were tabbed to finish fourth in the preseason poll. Liberty received two first-place votes, as seven different schools received notches as a possibility to be the league's top finisher.
"I think the conference race is wide open," said McKay. "With that said, you have to pick Winthrop as the league champions because of what they have accomplished in this conference over the last decade. Yet, I think there are teams that certainly can make a move and have a season worthy of dethroning the reigning champion."
The Flames finished in fourth place a season ago, giving Liberty its first non-losing season in four years. McKay enters his second Liberty season with the loss of four starters and a total of eight lettermen off last year's 16-16 squad. A Basketball Times Top 50 recruiting class, the first in Liberty or Big South history, is a remedy for those losses.
Winthrop was picked to finish first, followed by a closely contested vote for second place. Radford nudged Big South newcomer Gardner-Webb by one point. High Point was picked to finish fifth behind Liberty, while Charleston Southern, VMI, Coastal Carolina, UNC Asheville and Presbyterian round out the remainder of the poll.
The Flames will start official full-team practices Friday, which is the universal NCAA start date. The Flames open up the 2008-09 season at home against Montreat on Nov. 14, the first day the NCAA allows games to be played. Tip-off is slated for 9:15 p.m., or 25 minutes after the conclusion of the women's hoops Preseason WNIT contest with VCU.
2008-09 Big South Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
Anthony Smith, Liberty - Preseason Player of the Year
Chavis Holmes, VMI
Omar Carter, Charleston Southern
Grayson Flittner, Gardner-Webb
Joey Lynch-Flohr, Radford
2008-09 Big South Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Rk Team (first-place votes)
1. Winthrop (9)
2. Radford (7)
3. Gardner-Webb (3)
4. Liberty (2)
5. High Point (1)
6. Charleston Southern (1)
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(b) (iii) above, but is willing to sign a bond for working with the Institute for four years after completing the course, the case may be referred to the Coordinator-Admission.
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Runyan Named Oneida's Chief Global Supply Chain Officer (10/24/06)
October 24, 2006
Oneida Ltd. recently announced that Tim Runyan has joined the company as executive vice president and chief global supply chain officer. He has extensive experience in business and operations management consulting, supply chain optimization, and business development, and has worked throughout Asia for more than 20 years. For the past eight years, he has managed offshore sourcing and distribution projects as a consultant to domestic firms in the consumer goods and apparel industries, frequently working in China and other locations in Asia. Prior to founding his consulting firm in 1998, he was chief executive officer and founder of United Forwarding, Inc., a freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain company.
Oneida's website is located at www.oneida.com.
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Coding for creatives: How to get started with CSS
Our getting-started guide tells you everything you need to know to understand CSS.
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Aardman's The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists proves there is still a place in people's hearts for stop-motion – and not just footage produced with the most elaborate gear.
Colourist Dado Valentic of Mytherapy reveals how to overcome the challenges inherent in grading stereo 3D footage.
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Michael Burns suggests how you can push the boundaries of digital design using projection-mapping, Arduino, Microsoft Kinect & more
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Laura Snoad asks the world's best graphic and interactive designers, illustrators and animators to set briefs to inspire your next project. Here are their inspired suggestions.
Kodak is thus the first printer manufacturer to offer cloud printing convenience to existing customers.
Live art events are an opportunity for unfettered creativity, a bit of self-promotion, and pure good fun. Lisa Hassell reveals how to make your day (or night) a grand success
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Whether you're an artist who's never touched 3D, or an accomplished modeller wanting to spice up your renders, there's a lot to learn about how best to bring 3D suites, Photoshop and Illustrator together. Michael Burns finds out how the experts do it
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King of Queens funny woman Nicole Sullivan was spotted attending a birthday party in West Hollywood, Calif. with her 2-year-old son Beckett in West Hollywood on Sunday (February 12).
The former Saturday Night Live star – who is also mother to 4-year-old Dash with hubby Jason Packham – looked casual for her day of balloons and cake as she carried a blue baseball bat. Sweet Beckett wore some very colorful sneakers and carried some very colorful balloons!
The mom-of-two recently opened up to Celebrity Baby Scoop about her darling boys.
"My kids are 2 and 4 1/2," she says. "They are pretty amazing in every way. My oldest son is coming out of his terrible twos and threes (it was a long spell). And now we go on 'dates' and we laugh and laugh."
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Aunt Karen
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My beautiful Aunt Karen, my mother's youngest sister, passed away this morning, around 4am, 12 July 2012, with her loved ones at her side. She was always so kind and sweet and caring.
She has had cancer, three times, for several years. She went to the University of California at Berkeley and studied English and spent a lot of time with us (me as a baby above, my sister at Lake Tahoe below) when we were little.
Sending all thoughts and prayers to my lovely cousins, Alissa and Maeley, and Aunt Karen's loving partner, Art.


text: DELAWARE In their final tune-up prior to this weekends Ohio Athletic Conference playoffs, the Muskingum College Lady Muskie softballers took a road twinbill from Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday afternoon by scores of 7-3 and 12-1.With the sweep, Muskingum will enter OAC tourney play with a stellar mark of 35-5. The pitching duo of Erica Hoyt and Andrea Crow teamed to stymie the hosts for 13 innings. Hoyt was the starter and pitcher of record for both games, improving her record to 33-2. Crow saw significant relief time in both contests.Muskingum actually trailed 2-1 in game one before posting five in its fifth to pull away. In the crucial fifth inning, Jen Feldkircher, Elaine Haubner and Erin Zupko each delivered hits and the guests took advantage of several Lady Bishop miscues. Haubner and Jeanna Rayman each had a pair of hits.Game two was never close, with Muskingum pounding out 14 hits and posting crooked numbers in the final four frames.Nicole Blubaugh led the hit parade in game two with a double and two singles to go along with a pair of RBI. Also collecting two hits each were Lindsay Bramhall, Feldkircher and Amy Iammarino. Teammate Kim Tackett cranked a homer in addition to a single.Ohio Wesleyan (25-13) did reach Hoyt and Crow for 15 hits during the day but committed four errors in each game, giving themselves no chance to be competitive.NEXTThe Lady Muskies host the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Baldwin-Wallace and Mount Union will meet in the tourney lidlifter on Friday at 11 a.m. Muskingum and Ohio Northern will play at 1 p.m.


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Underground Iftar: Dubai's metro wants you!
Get free wifi and support an Iftar charity drive? Yes please! (Shutterstock)
Passengers on Dubai Metro which travels both under and over the city can use free Wi-Fi this Ramadan to post content on social media as part of an iftar charity drive.
The complimentary wireless connection is courtesy of UAE telecom du, which will donate Dh10 towards its annual iftar charity for every post using the hashtag #30DaysofSharing.
Social media users on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook are invited to share the things that make Ramadan special to them.
The donations will support the firm's Mawaed Al Rahman iftar tables initiative that distributes iftar meals to those less fortunate.
Iftar is the sunset meal taken to end the day's fast.
The Wi-Fi service will be available in all Dubai Metro carriages, on every train and on both the Green and Red Lines.
To connect, passengers need to select the 'du WiFi' from their Wi-Fi-enabled device. Opening their device's browser will direct them to the du Wi-Fi landing page, from which they enjoy complimentary browsing throughout their journey.
Now we know why more travellers prefer Dubai metro to a car!
Fahd Al Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer, du, said: "The ability to connect anywhere, at any time, empowers people with the ability to be more productive, and to stay in touch with the things that matter most to them – something that we consider to be important at a time such as the holy month of Ramadan."
Du initiated the Wi-Fi network on Dubai Metro's Red Line in 200 and the Green Line in 2012.


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The Cathedral Parish has several groups, organizations, programs, and ministries which are listed under various headings; Word, Worship, Service and Boards. If you are interested in more information on any of the ministries listed , contact the Parish office at (217) 522-3342.
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Richard Ayoade On For Neighborhood Watch
He's joining the Ben Stiller pic
Looks like Chris Tucker's loss is Richard Ayoade's gain… While last week we reported on Tucker being considered for one of the main roles in Ben Stiller's new sci-fi comedy Neighborhood Watch, the part has now been handed to the IT Crowd veteran.
Stiller stars as a man who moves from the big city to the suburbs, and worries that his life will be boring now he's away from the excitement of the metropolis.
But while he signs up for the local neighborhood watch patrol after being assured that the crime-fighting organisation is really a way for blokes to escape the routine of family life, he's soon thrust into uncovering a massive conspiracy.
Ayoade is playing Jamarcus, who has recently gotten divorced. He joins a cast that already includes Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Rosemarie DeWitt.
It's almost odd to think of Ayoade acting on the big screen, since while he's long since established himself on TV with the likes of Crowd, The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he's more known cinematically these days as the writer and director of the excellent Submarine.
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Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer is getting set to start shooting later this month.


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4 Ways To Make Office Style Simple And Chic
3. Don't be afraid to re-wear and rework your favorite pieces
Most of us get in the mindset of not wanting to wear the same thing twice. If your wardrobe is extensive, you shouldn't let beautiful clothing go unworn, but you should also wear what you love. Do not be afraid to wear the things you adore once a week in new ways whether it be your favorite pair of studs or your most magical pencil skirt.
4. Always plan the night before
So much time can be wasted when you choose your ensembles in the morning. Take an extra ten to fifteen minutes each night to pick out your outfit for the next day and iron what you need to. You will save yourself a great deal of stress and time.
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Funeral services for Robert Vassel Jr. will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Independent Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will be held at Ray-Thomas Funeral Home Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Burial will be held at Ennis Memorial Cemetery.
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The Two Forces Against this Market
There are two forces against this market as we begin the fourth quarter and both are palpable: analysts who downgrade at the drop of a hat and charts that are ugly as sin.
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