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Emphasizing the importance of style (manner and means) over substance (terms and conditions), and by use of recognizable anecdotes and examples, you will learn how to transform an opponent into a genuine partner.
Cohen covers the "nuts and bolts" of building optimal relationships: opening with commonality, saving zero-sum issues for last, obtaining reciprocity, gaining investment, and the necessary closing criteria.
For more than three decades, Cohen has been a practicing negotiator, intimately involved with several highly publicized negotiating dramas, including the Iranian hostage crisis, the skyjacking of TWA Flight 847, and the Achille Lauro terrorist incident. He has served as adviser to two U.S. Presidents and acted as consultant to hundreds of corporations, entrepreneurs and government agencies.
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The five-week course saw teenagers from Oxfordshire schools work with Berinsfield's luxury boat builders Williams Performance Tenders.
Each Saturday since early April the youngsters worked in pairs on their creations at the firm's Berinsfield workshop.
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SUPERMARINE overcame the challenge of lowly Winchester on Saturday to get their Division One South & West play-off charge back on track.
Defeated 3-2 by rivals Merthyr on Tuesday, the Webb's Wood side followed that up with a 3-1 win on the road, although the result was tainted somewhat by substitute Harry Etheridge's late dismissal.
The hosts took the lead six minutes in when Kyle Lapham sent an ill-advised header straight into the path of Pat Nolan, who beat Kent Kauppinen in the Marine goal.
However, Ash Edenborough equalised just before the half hour mark and his strike partner Josh Parsons made it 2-1 shortly before the break.
With 20 minutes to go Edenborough got his second and although Mani Randhawa made his debut off the bench shortly after, it was his fellow sub Etheridge who caught the eye for the wrong reasons, when he was red-carded by referee Chris Wade.
Marine boss Dave Webb said: "I'm really pleased because it's one of those games where you're wondering how's it going to go?
"We were a little bit lacklustre in the first 20 minutes but give the lads a little bit of credit, we improved after that.
"Once we got the goal through Ash to make it 1-1 and then we managed to get in front through Josh Parsons.
"We needed to get the third goal quickly and we managed to get it around the 70-minute mark, and after that it was fairly comfortable.
"It was a tough game. They are a young side trying to scrap their way out of the bottom couple of positions.
"They aren't the team they were at the start of the season, that team is no longer there and they are just trying to get through to the end of the season with the lads they've got.
"We showed a bit more maturity and that extra bit of quality and we came through in the end.
"We had to dig deep after giving away the early goal that lifted them and deflated us."
On Etheridge's dismissal, Webb revealed he felt sorry for his player and stated he had revealed regret for his reaction after the event.
"Harry jumped as he was tackled and then landed on top of him, and he punched him as he went underneath him," said Webb.
"The ref booked the lad for the tackle which could have been a straight red.
"I feel a bit for Harry because he's a cracking lad and a pleasure to work with. It's out of character and he did it out of frustration.
"He held his hands up afterwards and apologised, so we just have to move on now."
Elsewhere in the division, Cirencester defeated Tiverton 2-1 after a late rally in Devon.
Sam Collier opened the scoring midway rough the second period from a through-ball by Ellis Dunton.
When Joe Bushin equalised on 84 minutes it looked as if Tivvy had done enough to take a point, but Sam Packer won it for the visitors with two minutes left.
In the Southern Premier, Chippenham are still looking for their first league win since December 1 after drawing 2-2 at Bedworth.
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Robert Alexander Womack aka "RAW" was born April 9, 1956, the oldest of 7 children in Halifax, Virginia. He was a fraternal twin and the oldest boy born to an African American father and a Cherokee Indian mother. Bob was a precocious and ambitious child. He worked to help the family after his parent's divorce at the age of 14. He attempted to help his mother raise the rest of the kids while saving money for college. These early influences would later come into play when he worked with the LA gang kid's charity, "Give Kids a Break", over a 6 -year period of time. He worked with over 850 kids returning them to responsible, productive members of society.
He finished his high school years in Albany, New York in 1974. He holds an Associate's Degree in Advertising in Fine Arts in 1977, a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in 1979. He graduated from the Academy of Television and Drama in 1983.
He has worked for places such as Cianni Jewelry as a freelance graphic artist, and later at Macy's Harrold's Square on 34th Street as the Art Director for 3 years. He worked at Acorn Graphics doing litigation graphics for 3 years, working as a mechanical artist at Young and Rubicon Advertising Agency for 2 years, and several other add agencies over a 10 year span until meeting his future business partner and best friend, Steve Allen Kauffman.
He grew up loving art and wanted to be part of it. He started in response to an ad in Boy's Life Magazine for a cartoon at the age of 13. When he received a response that he was very advanced for his age and should continue with his pursuit in drawing and art, he knew he had found what his passion was.
His high school art teacher in Albany, Miss Keeney, took a liking to the young teenager and encouraged him and his talents. She encouraged his artwork and as a result, he sold 2 of his oil paintings at the local high school art show at the age of 15. She continued to encourage him to go on to college and although he had many to choose from, he was excited when he was selected to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. It was in Manhattan, the heart of New York City, at FIT where he majored in illustration, fine arts, graphics, advertising, interior design, art history, and calligraphy. In his graduating years, he also took acting and radio broadcasting classes.
He met what was to be his future partner in business, Steve Kaufman in 1988 in the Riverdale Bronx area one cold freezing morning. In 2 degree below zero weather while trying to get his motorcycle started, Bob remembers hearing a voice saying "It won't start ,will it?". This simple jovial conversation started the unlikely pairing of Bob and the young Jewish entrepreneur. They found they had much in common.
Among many things, Steve's business partner at that time happened to be working with Bob at Morgan Stanley. A fast friendship and business partnership followed and they decided to do several business projects together. Steve Kauffman had been a former assistant of the famous artist named Andy Warhol in his teenage years. He had been attempting to follow the pop artist culture ever since and had an ongoing relationship with Andy Warhol. When Bob worked on the early projects with Steve, he had some definite influence in the way they did art together.
They also would do projects like promoting disco clubs in the Manhattan area. Being a disc jockey, bartender and security Bob advertised and helped promote the shows successfully over a 3- year period of time. They attempted several art shows together in Manhattan, selling pop and fine art paintings.
In the summer of 1993 they decided to form a permanent partnership. They moved to sunny California to take their art to a broader audience and a higher level of exposure. Although each of the artists were prolific and talented in their respective areas, Steve with his pop art influence and Bob, with his Native American Indian art, they agreed that they would sell together and thus combine forces.
Steve Kaufman and Bob Womack's art today stands in museums all over the world including countries such as Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Scotland, England, Amsterdam and places like the Vatican, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institute along with national art galleries all over the United States including Hawaii.
Among Bob's many accomplishments and one of his favorite drama roles include being the star in a Vampire movie called "Bloodshed and Emeralds" directed by the late Ann Cochran produced in 1997. He also played 5 characters in a movie produced by Steve Kauffman and BullDog Productions in the movie called "Kill' Em". They formed their own successful studio production company, Bulldog Productions in 1997.
Bob enjoyed working with Jay Leno with the "Love Ride" motorcycle charity ride where he met Peter Fonda, Lorenzo Lamas, Dwight Yokum, and David Croft.
Bob and Steve's 300,000 square foot art studio is located in Hollywood, California. Bob himself took a warehouse and personally reconstructed and designed the studio. Employing as many as 20 employees at a time over an 18 -year period, Bob supervised and managed many of these gang kids himself. As the facilitator for most of Steve's projects, Bob enjoyed being in the background supporting the work.
Bob's prolific work as an artist and his new ventures as a solo artist has helped reinvent him as a leader. He is determined to be the next number one pop artist in the world.
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Indians sign LHP Justus Sheffield, first round selection in Draft
CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has signed LHP JUSTUS SHEFFIELD, the club's first round (31st overall) selection from the June 6th 2014 First-Year Player Draft. The selection was compensation for the free agent signing of RHP UBALDO JIMENEZ by the Baltimore Orioles.
Sheffield, 18, recently completed his senior season at Tullahoma (TN) High School, going 10-0 with a 0.34 ERA (3 ER/61.2 IP) and 131 strikeouts. On Wednesday, the 6-for-1, 180-pound southpaw became the first high school athlete from the state of Tennessee to win a Gatorade National Player of the Year Award after leading his Wildcats team to a third straight district championship and a second round appearance in the Tennessee state playoffs. Past pitching recipients of the award include Zack Greinke ('02), Clayton Kershaw ('06) and Rick Porcello ('07), while Cleveland's 2013 first round selection (5th overall), OF Clint Frazier, earned the distinction last year.
A part-time center-fielder, Sheffield also batted .405/.478/.620 with 13 doubles, 3 homers and 16 RBI at the plate. Sheffield was a 2014 Perfect Game USA First Team All-American and returning First Team All-State selection by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association. The former Vanderbilt commit's older brother, Jordan, is competing as a freshman RHP in the College World Series for the Commodores baseball team.
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LOS ANGELES - David Beckham says the MLS Cup next month will be his final game with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Beckham and the Galaxy announced the superstar English midfielder's decision Monday, a day after the defending MLS champions advanced to the league final.
Beckham has played six years in Los Angeles since his groundbreaking move from Europe, winning the MLS title last year during his best season stateside.
Beckham agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Galaxy in January after playing out his initial five-year deal, turning down deals with Paris St. Germain and other clubs.
Beckham didn't announce his retirement in the statement issued by the Galaxy, which could heat up worldwide speculation over his next destination.
Last week, Beckham pointedly denied rumors linking him to a short-term stint in Australia.
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Lubiprostone (Amitiza®) Vs. Standard Care in Opioid-induced Constipation After Surgery in Inpatient Rehabilitation
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|Drug: Lubiprostone Drug: Senna
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Lubiprostone (Amitiza®) Compared to Standard Care in the Treatment of Postoperative Opioid-induced Constipation in Inpatient Rehabilitation Patients Following Orthopedic Procedures
- Change in Patient Assessment of Constipation (PAC) - Symptoms (Sym) [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 7, after treatment completed (6 days of treatment) ]Patient Assessment of Constipation (PAC) - Change in this measure was assessed. The PAC has previously been found to be a valid and reliable way to measure constipation symptoms and clinical course. The PAC has two components. The symptom (SYM) component is composed of 12 items with score range 0-4 with lower scores indicating improvement. Scores within the two domains were separately averaged. The PAC-SYM questionnaire has shown good concurrent and clinical validity for opioid-induced constipation in a number of pain populations and has demonstrative responsiveness to treatment. There are three symptom domains within the PAC-SYM: Abdominal symptoms (4 items), rectal symptoms (3 items) and stool symptoms (5 items).
- Change in Patient Assessment of Constipation - Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Baseline and day 7 ]The second component of the PAC is the quality of life (QOL) component.The quality of life (QOL) component consists of five items that are rated on a 0-4 scale with higher scores indicating better QOL. Scores within the domains are averaged.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Lubiprostone and placebo Senna
Lubiprostone (Amitiza) 24 µg po BID given with meals for 6 days with two tabs placebo Senna at noon
Drug: Lubiprostone
24 µg po BID given with meals for 6 days
Other Name: Amitiza
Active Comparator: Senna active plus Lubiprostone Placebo
Senna 2 tabs daily for 6 days at noon and placebo Lubiprostone 1 Cap BID
Drug: Senna
2 tabs daily for 6 days
Other Name: Sennasides 8.6 mg each tab
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of Lubiprostone (Amitiza) compared to standard care for the treatment of constipation in orthopedic patients receiving opioids for pain control during inpatient rehabilitation. Lubiprostone (Amitiza®) is a locally acting chloride channel activator that increases intestinal fluid, and thus increases intestinal motility. It has been approved for chronic constipation, but not in the setting of opioid-induced constipation. Senna is a stimulant laxative that increases propulsive peristaltic activity of the colon through local effects on the mucosa.
Subjects will be compared using from the Patient Assessment of Constipation (PAC) which has previously been found to be a valid and reliable way to measure constipation symptoms and clinical course. (Frank, Kleinman et al. 1999) as well as with other measures of bowel-related symptoms and functional outcomes.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult, 18 years old or greater.
- The patient is able to provide informed consent.
- Anticipated duration of hospitalization of at least 7 days.
- Woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at enrollment. Exclusions for testing include two years or greater postmenopausal, hysterectomy or tubal ligation.
Use of opioid for post-op analgesia following orthopedic surgical procedures as defined as IV, IM, transdermal or PO opioid received within the prior 24 hours of hospitalization for pain control, and expectation that an opioid will be continued for pain control.
- Medication may be administered on a PRN (as needed) basis or scheduled basis
- One or greater doses has been received within the 24 hours prior to enrollment as determined by medication administration recorded from the acute care facility or RIC MAR.
At least one associated symptom of constipation at the time of admission, such as, but not limited to:
- Lumpy or Hard stools
- Feeling of incomplete evacuation of bowels
- Abdominal cramping or pain
- Straining with movement of bowels or painful bowel movement effort
- Need for manual assistance to have a bowel movement
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known allergy or sensitivity to the study medications
- Females who are pregnant
- Diarrhea on the day of admission
- Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection during the current hospitalization
Pre-existing medical condition or surgical procedure, which is known to commonly lead to bowel dysfunction such as, but not limited to:
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cerebral palsy
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Colectomy
- Malabsorption Syndrome
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Abdominopelvic neoplasm (gastric, colon cancer)
- Severe liver disease
- Colonic or ileo-colonic resections
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00662363
|United States, Illinois
|Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60302
|Principal Investigator:
|Christina M Marciniak, MD
|Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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|Responsible Party:
|Christina Marciniak, Attending Physician, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00662363 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 16, 2008
|Results First Received:
|October 23, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 27, 2013
Keywords provided by Christina Marciniak, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Signs and Symptoms
Analgesics, Opioid
Senna Extract
Sennoside A&B
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Chloride Channel Agonists
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Gastrointestinal Agents
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Adnan Oktar: This is actually an obligation; the Turkish-Islamic Union is a binding religious duty. Because being separated is forbidden and being united in binding. It means that it's forbidden for Muslims to be separated. Why should we be separated from Azerbaijan, from Turkestan, FROM SYRIA OR IRAQ? Armenians are our brothers, why should they go and live in a different country? Why should Azerbaijanis live in a separate country? There is a master of everything, isn't there? For example, there is the kneader in the bakery or there is the blacksmith. Leadership has a master as well. This is the Turkish nation. Turkey is the leader country in the Turkish-Islamic realm. The leader always shows his attitude clearly. If there is a search for a leader, this leads to mischief and complication. However the leader is evidently obvious and it is the right of Turkey. Holy Relics are in Turkey. We also have experience. Thank Allah, we have a very intellectual and educated staff who fear Allah. We are clear-headed people. We are conservative, compassionate, affectionate people durable to pain, and who enjoy serving others and the happiness of others. Wherever we go, we are in a struggle for peace and agreement if you pay attention. They call for us wherever we go. Come and find peace between us. For example, Israel calls for us, SYRIA COMES AND CALLS FOR US, ALGERIA COMES AND CALLS FOR US. WHY DO THEY CALL US? Because they know that we are the natural leader. Then we will say of course, Turkey should be the head. Turkey should be the leader. Turkic countries are artificially separated. We are a family and this is family business. We clam this work, the Turkish-Islamic Union, as a family. Of course, we are going to unite with the Turkic realm, with our own brothers, with our family and embrace the Islamic realm, our family and protect them.
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Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Top stories this past weekend
Mitt or not, Utah voter turnout was paltry • Even in a year with Mitt Romney on the ballot, Utah citizens turned out to vote in lackluster numbers that will likely put the state among the lowest voter turnout in the nation.
Utah couple races to help son with unique genetic disorder • Feeling triumphant after four years of dead ends, Matthew Might hit "publish," launching a blog post about the hunt for his son's killer. "I should clarify one point: my son is very much alive," begins the May 29 entry. "Yet, my wife Cristina and I have been found responsible for his death."
Utah charter school enrollment on the rise • More and more students are attending charter schools in Utah with skyrocketing enrollment over the past decade: from 1,526 students in 2002 to a peak of 50,785 youngsters this school year.
How will lower mission ages change Mormon marriage? • With women able to leave at 19 and men at 18, the two likely will serve missions around the same time. Perhaps more young couples will stay together. Or knowing their missions are just around the corner, teens may avoid serious relationships.
Black Friday's creep creeping out some holiday shoppers • This season appears to mark the end of Black Friday as we know it. But not everybody seems happy about that, judging by reactions from smaller-than-expected crowds at retailers in Utah and elsewhere Thanksgiving night.
Holiday movies: 42 titles to watch this season • So what is Hollywood putting in our stockings this Christmas?
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FBI: most wanted fugitive hiding among Mormons?
Protesters fail to stop Walmart bargain hunters
Walmart opens on Salt Lake City's east bench
Photo gallery: Temple Square brightens for the holidays
In suicide note, alleged Utah rapist Greg Peterson said he was innocent
Online learning works for Utah student with autismStalking injunction upheld against Utah governor's son
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Leaves are nature's phenomenal food factories. This is how they work. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and they take carbon dioxide from the air. They use the sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. They then use the glucose as food for energy and as a building block for growing. This process of turning water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar is called photosynthesis. A chemical called chlorophyll helps make photosynthesis happen and chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color.
Three factors influence autumn leaf color-leaf pigments, length of night, and weather, but not quite in the way we think. The timing of color change and leaf fall are primarily regulated by the calendar, that is, the increasing length of night. None of the other environmental influences - temperature, rainfall, food supply, and so on - are as unvarying as the steadily increasing length of night during autumn. As days grow shorter, and nights grow longer and cooler, biochemical processes in the leaf begin to paint the landscape with Nature's autumn palette.
During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest, and live off the food they stored during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors. Small amounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. We just can't see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in the fall. In some trees, like maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn cause the leaves turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.
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OAKLAND -- Josh Reddick took on-field batting practice Saturday and ran more extensively than he had since going on the disabled list June 3 with a hyperextended right knee.
The right fielder, who hurt his knee banging into the wall making a catch in Anaheim, suggested that making sharp cuts while running would be the next step toward a return. On Friday, he was limited to "striders" -- more straight-ahead running.
Reddick is eligible to be activated on Monday, but manager Bob Melvin reiterated that he may need a brief rehab stint.
"I don't think it's a bad idea to get a few games in regardless, when you've sat that long and not seeing live pitching. But that's something we'll discuss here in the near future."
In 168 at-bats this season, Reddick is hitting .214 with four home runs.
Aaron Leibowitz is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gunmen shot at an Indonesian military helicopter in the restive province of Papua on Friday as the crew was trying to evacuate the bodies of eight soldiers killed in attacks a day earlier.
Three crew members were wounded in Friday's attack on the Super Puma helicopter, which was forced to abort its mission and rush the injured to a hospital, said Lt. Col. Jansen Simanjuntak, an army spokesman.
Eight soldiers and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in the area on Thursday. The area is a stronghold of separatists who have battled Indonesian rule in the impoverished region for more than 40 years.
In the deadliest attack Thursday, about 20 assailants armed with guns and machetes attacked a group of soldiers walking to an airport in Puncak district to collect communication equipment, killing seven, Simanjuntak said.
Col. Agus Rianto, a national police spokesman, said Friday that four civilians were killed.
Military chief Adm. Agus Suhartono said the soldiers were walking unarmed as part of the army's strategy to earn the public's trust.
That attack came shortly after gunmen stormed an army post in a village in neighboring Puncak Jaya district and fatally shot one soldier and injured another before fleeing into the jungle, Simanjuntak said.
Indonesian military spokesman Rear Adm. Iskandar Sitompul said the same group was responsible for both attacks.
Simanjuntak identified the assailants as members of a local separatist group led by Goliat Tabuni.
Senior Security Minister Djoko Suyanto said the incidents were "very irresponsible acts by the armed groups in Papua," adding that "the government very strongly condemns such brutal incidents."
Data from Suyanto's office show that 10 soldiers and 12 policemen were killed in 14 attacks in 2012.
Andreas Harsono, an Indonesian researcher with New York-based Human Rights Watch, said many villagers living near the sites of Thursday's attacks have left their homes because of fears of military retaliation. Some fled to churches.
"What we heard from church officials there, villagers fear being wrongly targeted," Harsono said.
The former Dutch colony of Papua in the western part of New Guinea was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 following a U.N.-sponsored ballot of tribal leaders that has since been dismissed as a sham. A small, poorly armed separatist organization known as the Free Papua Movement has battled for independence since then.


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I'll be the first to admit that I'm not big on dogs. For me, it's all about selection. Out of the entire canine sub-species, I only really appreciate a handful out of the hundreds. So, when Editor Bob came to me with a story and an outline for what he'd like to see, I wasn't impressed right off the bat with his idea. However, I liked the car. As I read through the tech sheet, I began to agree with what the 'ol whip cracker had to say...this car is a lot like an old dog. For instance, the coat of an old dog may not be as bright as it once was, or as full. Maybe it's a little gray around the muzzle, or doesn't get around like it once did. But, like the family dog, this Vette still knows all the old tricks, and is capable of teaching us a few new ones. It can still fetch anything you need when you go on errands, it still likes to get out and run, and it knows the rollover trick (once the odometer reaches that point). But, like an old dog, it has forgotten a few things...like how to play dead.
John Luther, a retired resident of Palm Coast, Florida, is the original owner of this black '57 Corvette. John is no stranger to high-performance rides; his first car was a '47 Chevy business coupe, which he started modifying by adding duel exhaust and carburetors along with a spiced up ignition. One night John's father came and informed him that his beloved '47 was going to his aunt. He then offered John a '53 Bel Air Sport Coupe. After starting over with the modifications, and taking full advantage of a lifetime guarantee on the transmission, John's father once more approached him about his vehicle and the amount of times a motor and tranny change had been done. "Dad had a long talk with me about the car. Well, the car went back to stock. Then, in the summer I told my dad I was going to get a new Corvette. He said that if I bought it he'd throw me out of the house, lock, stock, and barrel." Many weeks later, on the way home from work, John stopped in at the local Chevy dealership to talk to them about a new car. The conversation seemed to go nowhere he was interested in, until he mentioned the magic word known to us all-Corvette. John was in luck-the dealership had two new '57s in stock: a white F.I., and a black F.I. In no time flat, with $10 dollars down (all that was in his pockets) and the trade in of his now-stock Bel Air, John was a member of the elite. His dad was moved as well-not only did he not throw John out, he paid off the entire car-John now paid his father instead of a dealership, and he was even allowed to miss a payment now and again to make repairs. John's dad even made a few trips with him, only finding fault with the stiff ride.
But things weren't all roses at the beginning. When John picked up this dreamcar, it had 12 miles on it; by the time it was reading 26, he was winding 6,000-plus rpm through the gears. As John told us, "I said to myself, 'I had a car, but little do I know about this car.' First, the tires didn't last me 90 days. Oh! They would smoke. Then I found out the motor was too much for the clutch and transmission. And even the differential would not hold up. I ended up using an 11-inch cast-iron flywheel from a truck. And I went through several clutch discs." To solve the transmission problems he was encountering, John switched to a '58 T10 four-speed tranny. The differential was good for normal use, but the moment John floored it, "Things" happened. "The differential wasn't the best; it was okay for everyday driving, but not for hard use," John told us. "I went through many differentials, and axles, and axle ratios. A 4.56 Posi-traction worked out the best and longest, even though I went through about four complete units." In the end, a 3.36 Posi-traction was used. Meanwhile, keeping this animal tied to the stake was the furthest thing from his mind...
In the late-'50s, John decided it was time to run with the big dogs. From 1958-62, an assortment of different events were tried-from drag strips and gymkhannas to runs and ovals. In 1961 he installed a 327 fuel-injected small-block and gave the Midwestern Council of Sports Cars Club a try. This seemed to put him in front of the pack, as he placed first on his maiden race. Soon after receiving a racing license, life intervened. His girlfriend at the time, Alice, reminded John that he was going to have to stop racing soon because they were going to get married in the fall, and they needed to save money. So, as it happens to the best of us, the dog was kicked out of the bed and into the garage, where it stayed until 1978, when it was placed back into running status. Then, in 1987, John was at Road America in Wisconsin and coming down the front straight reading a steady 8,500 in high gear. Not bad for a tired-out motor-until a connecting rod came through the side of the powerhouse. "It was time for a new motor," John stated, "I used a blueprinted '57 block, and although I thought the 327 ci was good, this old 283 was something else! It dyno'd very high for what it was. I just had to replace the block in 2001. I used another '57 block, since I could reuse most of the parts on the old one."
With all this talk about engine, tranny, and differential changes, you might just be surprised about what has not been changed. John is actually a stock-car type-of-guy. He loves racing, but he loves his car just as much. For instance, the frame is original and, yes, that is the original, stock paint! "The women, including my wife, razz me a lot about the paint. I just tell them, 'With 170,000-plus miles on you, you'd be the same way.' The NCRS tells me not to repaint or restore it. It'll ruin the character," John declared. The recent addition of a 283ci engine mated to the Muncie four-speed transmission, which moves 15X7s wrapped in Goodyear 255/60-15s, puts the power to the floor every time John feels the need to put the peddle to the metal. And with this current combination, a top speed of 145 mph can be reached. So far, the best quarter-mile John has done was 13.94 seconds at a speed on 103.44 mph. And if you think that this old 'dawg can only make it short distances, you'd be wrong! Joh's longest trip so far has been Chicago, Illinois, to Keywest, Florida. So, when you see John Luther coming down the street in his pride-and-joy '57, we suggest taking a moment to see what's really in front of you. It's not pretty by Top Flight standards, it's not a Bloomington Gold winner, and it's not ashow-stopping trainer queen. It's exactly what John wants it to be-his. And for those of you that might pester him about the use of his vehicle, watch out...It may bite.


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New York -- The National Retail Federation on Monday announced that Saks Inc. chairman and CEO Stephen I. Sadove has been elected chairman of the NRF board of directors and chairman of its executive committee.
Sadove succeeds NRF's immediate past chairman, Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, president and CEO of Macy's.
The Container Store chairman and CEO Kip Tindell was elected first vice chairman of the board, treasurer and chairman of the finance committee, and HSNi CEO Mindy Grossman was elected second vice chair of the Board and secretary.
Sadove, Tindell and Grossman will join NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay to comprise NRF's leadership team. Each board officer will serve a two-year term.
"Representing the breadth and diversity of the retail industry from small business owners to global brands, the board will help shape NRF's strategic objectives and advocacy agenda," NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said. "The expertise and experience of these retail leaders will leverage our ability to shine a spotlight on the industry's role in building careers, growing communities, and driving innovation."


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DURING his time at Swindon Town, Vincent Pericard contemplated taking his own life.
For a 29-year-old who had represented his country, France, at under 15 and under 17 level and had played alongside the great Zinedine Zidane at Juventus, the suicidal thoughts represented the culmination of a spiral of depression which began several years earlier and ruthlessly ripped his world apart.
Pericard battled with the invisible illness for several years, mostly in silence, rejecting the approaches of those closest to him, his partner, teammates, managers and friends. He fell back on alcohol and spending sprees to layer over the cracks. He felt unable to share his emotions for fear of being excommunicated by the industry he relied upon for an income.
By the end of it the striker was turning out for Fairford Town in the Hellenic League when he should have been at the peak of his career – in his own words a "surreal experience" which made him recognise the need to turn his life around.
The Advertiser meets Pericard at a hotel set against the backdrop of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the hours before he makes a speech to a Kick It Out conference on the subjects of tolerance and equality in football.
He's a very different character now compared to the timid, introverted man who shied away from any and all meaningful questions when this reporter last interviewed him back in 2011. Back then it was almost impossible to understand why he was so reserved. Three years later, over the course of an hour in his company, it all becomes abundantly clear.
Pericard is willing to share very personal experiences of his battle with depression – an ailment which, according to the Mental Health Foundation, affects one in five people nationwide. To put it into perspective, that would suggest that a seventh of Swindon's current dressing room suffer from something similar, if perhaps much milder, in some way.
"The lowest I've gone is I've been suicidal," he reveals, leaned forward into the conversation and maintaining eye contact where before his words were muffled into the floor as he looked for the quickest escape route.
"That's crossed my mind, like 'I can't do it anymore, what is the point of me being here, what is the value I bring to the people who come here on Saturday, my life has got no worth'.
"It didn't reach a point where I acted upon it but I did do things that would be detrimental behaviour, destructive behaviour. Getting very drunk because you just don't care, spending lots of money because you just don't care, disregarding relationships because you just don't care, disregarding friends because you just don't care. Those are destructive behaviours that players use to offload their depression.
"That's the coping mechanism to help you cope with it.
"For no real reason, just because I had to let out that frustration, that inner trouble that I didn't have any one else to support me . I was going out, drinking, taking my relationship for granted when I shouldn't have."
Pericard's problems began during his second season at Portsmouth. Having impressed during a year on loan at Fratton Park, with nine goals in 32 appearances, the Cameroon-born forward ruptured his quadriceps four times in quick succession before injuring his cruciate ligament within days of his comeback.
He was sidelined for a year and his demons began to manifest themselves. In 2006, Pericard joined Stoke City where he enjoyed sporadic success under Tony Pulis, before he began to rediscover his love for the game during a short spell at Carlisle United in 2009.
When he arrived at the County Ground in 2010, signed by Danny Wilson, he felt as though he was finding his feet again. But he joined Town with a hamstring injury that had not healed in time for his debut.
Wilson wanted him to play anyway and he agreed.
"Obviously me, raring to go, I said yes when I shouldn't have said yes because I wasn't fit," he recounts.
"When I played, not being fit, I broke down again. The fans didn't know about this, they said 'he doesn't really run fast, he doesn't really do this or that' and the negativity was there.
"At that time I was competing with the likes of Charlie Austin and Billy Paynter and they were scoring for fun. When Billy left the fans expected me to replace him just like that, but it doesn't happen like that. That went against me.
"I never really had the time to get myself right mentally and physically and show what I could do and that was hard. When I look back at my time there – the fans, the club, the environment – it was lovely, but I was disappointed to never get to know them and they didn't get to know me.
"One of the main triggers (of depression) is injury. When you are injured you use your other coping mechanisms and for me that was destructive behaviour. I did that at Portsmouth, I had it at Stoke and I did it at Swindon.
"The first thing is on a Saturday night you go drinking and you drink to an extent which you know you shouldn't but you want to forget. The next day you go to training and you don't care – you don't care how you perform in training, you don't care if anyone finds out because you are just in that mood.
"I remember clearly at Swindon when after a game I would go home and actually drink indoors. I would go out and drink all night.
"It's very, very sad. I was very frustrated and it made me feel very sad because I wasn't respectful to the people that cared about me, the people who believed in me and it was a far cry from being that professional player, scoring goals, winning games. It wasn't that at all."
Pericard seems genuinely upset that he never obtained the mental state that would allow him to prove to Swindon fans exactly what he was all about.
"It didn't go according to plan, I couldn't deliver what the manager wanted of me and understandably the fans were frustrated with me. That turned into a vicious circle from which I couldn't get out," he said.
"The outcome was depression – going home, feeling very nervous, not happy, not wanting to train, feeling lethargic during training and during games, feeling scared of going out. All that made me realise I couldn't do it anymore and made me realise I'm not the only player in that situation.
"It's a day to day battle to get out of bed and leave. That's what it felt like for me. It's not a case of not feeling it today, it's like everything is depressing. You don't want to talk to anyone and everything is a nightmare."
He suffered in silence, for fear of appearing weak within an industry that casts aside weakness like rotting fruit.
"It's simply because the nature of the game dictates that we can't show any weaknesses within the dressing room," he explains. "It's not acceptable that you raise your hand and say 'gaffer, I'm not feeling well, I'm depressed' because we would be chopped and might not even be on the bench.
"If you don't play, they don't renew your contract and you're out of a job. It's the football environment that doesn't give you the time and inclination to address any weaknesses like depression."
Pericard made 40 appearances for Swindon, scoring just six times. He was mocked by his own supporters and heavily criticised by local media. He kept himself fit by playing for Fairford and then made the switch to Havant & Waterlooville, where the enormity of his fall from grace hit home.
"It was surreal," he says. "I remember clearly I was on the pitch thinking 'what am I doing here, why am I here?' "I was looking around at other players, and I don't want to appear arrogant, but you have to have to some self-pride. I was like 'you had potential, you played with Zidane, now you are playing non-league football at 29 when you should have been at the peak of your career'.
"It was just surreal. I never thought it would get there. That's what fuelled me to come out and make a difference. I wouldn't want anyone to follow my career."
Three years later, Pericard is using his own path to highlight the deep trauma depression can cause to sportmen and women.
His company, Elite Welfare Management (EWM) is making great strides in getting sports institutions – in the UK and abroad – to make an effort to understand the causes, symptoms and treatment of the disease. It's having an effect.
Clubs like Manchester United, Manchester City, Stoke City and Reading have all welcomed Pericard into their spheres to speak to young players on the subject of depression and he and his team, including ex-Norwich City striker Leon MacKenzie, have held dialogue with the PFA, the FA and the Football League.
EWM has attracted greater attention in recent months, following the tragic passing of former Wales manager Gary Speed, and Pericard intends to make sure every possible step is taken to get football and other sports worldwide to understand, at least in part, the nature of the illness with which he was so badly afflicted.
"All through my career I've met players who have gone through what I've gone through and I realised that maybe there was a gap in the support for them. That is where Elite Welfare Management comes in," he says.
"I think it has been fairly quick but I would say mainly because of the sudden death of Gary Speed. That was a tragic event that shocked everyone in the football community and really brought attention to mental illness and depression.
"Everyone saw him the day before or the week before as a manager, giving interviews, smiling and suddenly he's not there. Off the back of that I've managed to convey the message 'are we doing enough'.
"One of the examples Leon MacKenzie gives is one night he took a lot of pills, he had to be sent to hospital, the next day he went back to training and no one noticed what has happened. It makes you think 'that is not normal. The major part is to get clubs to understand that it's important to give players the understanding to address these issues and it's not going to have an effect on their contracts or their selection on a Saturday.
"We see more and more cases of players getting in trouble or into depression because they haven't got that faith."


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Reddick feeling good after first rehab game
OAKLAND -- A day after getting in work with Class A Stockton, outfielder Josh Reddick took his rehab to Sacramento for the start of what's expected to be a three-day stint with the Triple-A River Cats.
Reddick went 1-for-3 and played right field for six innings with the Ports on Monday night, marking the first game action he'd seen since May 6. He was placed on the disabled list May 8 with a right wrist sprain.
"He felt good," manager Bob Melvin said. "No issues."
Oakland's Gold Glove right fielder, hitting just .152, is now scheduled to play three consecutive games with Sacramento.
"He'll play in the field today and then DH tomorrow, see where we're at and maybe play in the field the next day," Melvin said Tuesday.
That puts Reddick on track for a Friday return, the same day Oakland is set to welcome the White Sox for the start of a three-game set.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Jeff Kirshman is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It sounds like a good idea to me except if you're expecting the whole team to do it Austin has already said he won't shave his head again. Why? He's still waiting for it to grow back after the last time he did it.Originally Posted by Roaming Gnome
In fact the more I think about it the more I think not many of the guys would agree to do it.
No one seemed to complain about JONeal prior to our current streak of suckage. Why complain about him now?
Just because we are losing now?
He maybe a small part of the problem....but I think that jettisoning the players that most of us wouldn't mind seeing gone ( SJax and Tinsley ) would be a good start.
Trading JONeal should only happen IF a reasonable deal can be had ( where we don't have to give up Granger and/or Harrison ) for a player of equal or greater value ( as in KG ) or if Bird/Walsh want to essentially rip out the foundation of the Pacers....meaning we are headed back to lottery land.
Trading JONeal is the "nuclear" option....which I don't think we need to do.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
The question has always been why that was and whether it was the player or the system.
JO without Artest has left JO exposed as a paper tiger in the system the Pacers keep running or are forced to run. Artest wasn't the complimentary player to JO, JO was the complimentary player to Artest.
That doesn't mean Artest didn't have issues.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Don't thank me, I'll kill ya.
J.os a beast we play better with him.
Here's a question for you guys.
Jermaine for Odom, Bynum, and Mihm. Yes or no?
This space for rent.
I chose No
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Actually, JO is the only one who needs to do it. Just walk into the locker room one day bald and ready to do battle.
If they then decide to do a team-wide thing, Austin is fully exempt. He needs the extra cushioning........
Oh man, would that be a sweet deal for us.
House Name: Pacers
House Sigil:
House Words: "We Kneel To No King"
Why?Originally Posted by Diamond Dave
Are ya a big Bynum fan?
I might do it if a pick of some sort was tossed in.
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The Village Voice voted Tobacco Road in Hell's Kitchen (574 9th Ave, NYC) the Best Dive Bar. It's also a "Bikini Bar". It's been sitting in the same location since the mid 80s. Therefore it's quite appropriate that I do a DJ set there tomorrow night (Saturday, June 21, 2013). My college friend Bill Kraemer's label "The Seed" recently re-released my 2007 political track Automatic. He had a contest for remixes and put the best of them out with the original. So besides my DJ set this is a proper record release party. Please come and drink heavily. It's free to get in!
"Totally weird, awesome bar. Appropriately surreal – it's basically right outside the bus terminal. $7 PBR + whiskey! what do you want, really? It's a true dive.
Hot chicks serving me drinks in a bra? 4 stars! Cheap booze? 4 stars! Stage to sing Karaoke once I'm hammered? 4 stars! Dancing on a pole for free shots? Lights out." – Yelp
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William D. Middleton Papers
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Dr. William D. Middleton
Photograph from William D. Middleton faculty file.
Scope and Contents
The William D. Middleton papers include photocopies of newspaper clippings, a biographical sketch of Middleton by his daughter, and transcripts of two addresses by Middleton.
Biographical Note
William Drummond Middleton was born in Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, on April 26, 1844. His family immigrated to the United States when he was twelve years old. He graduated from Davenport High School in Davenport, Iowa. At the age of twenty, he enlisted during the final year of the Civil War. Middleton graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (later the New York University School of Medicine) in New York City in March 1868. After graduation, he began his medical practice in Davenport.
On October 24, 1870, the first term of the SUI Medical Department opened with thirty-nine students. Middleton joined the Medical Department in 1870 as professor of Physiology, and Microscopic Anatomy. In addition to teaching, early SUI physicians held private practices or additional positions, because their only teaching income was from student fees. Middleton was concurrently associated with Mercy Hospital in Iowa City and in Davenport, and served as surgeon for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company.
From 1883 to 1887, Middleton was a lecturer on Insanity. When professor William S. Robertson died in March 1887, Middleton filled his position as professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Medicine. In 1891 he was named professor of Surgery and professor of Clinical Surgery. He served as dean of the medical faculty from 1895 until his death on April 5, 1902. Middleton was president of the Scott County Medical Society from 1876 to 1877. He was also a member of the Iowa State Medical Society.
Middleton's students formed the Middletonian Medical Society in 1900, which provided junior and senior medical students the opportunity for discussions of medical topics with faculty outside of the classroom. The following year these students established The Middletonian, a journal which contained alumni news.
Middleton married Sue Yandell Modemann on May 22 1871. The couple met in New York while Middleton was enrolled in courses at Bellevue. They had six children: Mary; George; Jessie; Edward; John; and William Drummond Middleton, Jr., who in turn named his son William Drummond Middleton.
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Related Materials
Folder, "Middleton, William D. ," Faculty and Staff Vertical Files collection (RG 01.15.03)
Folder, "Peck, Washington Freeman," Faculty and Staff Vertical Files collection (RG 01.15.03)
Papers of John T. McClintock (RG99.0280)
Records of the College of Medicine (RG 15.01)
Box Contents List
Box 1
Newspaper clippings. 1902 and n.d.
"The Garfield Case." Scott County [Iowa] Medical Society meeting. October 1881.
Middleton biographical sketch. 1855.
Published address by Middleton to Medical Department students.1877.
Photocopy of handwritten address by Middleton. September 11, 1889.


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Louisville hosts the Pig Irons at 6:05 EDT. Jeff Francis will work for the Bats.
Birmingham travels to Pensacola. Game time is 7:30 EDT. Tim Gustafson going for the Blue Wahoos.
Bakersfield attacks the Inland Empire tonight at 10:05 EDT. Tony Cingrani is listed as the starter.
The Lugnuts of Lansing are in Dayton tonight. Game time is 7:00 EDT. Daniel Tuttle will be on the mound.


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Understanding the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance Amendments
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Aug. 14, 2003
Understanding the Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Ordinance Amendments
On July 7, 2003, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted amendments to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance and other county ordinances to implement changes to the state's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations. The centerpiece of the revised state regulations is that Resource Protection Areas, known as RPAs, must now be designated around all water bodies with perennial flow. This will result in an increase in the extent of RPAs throughout Fairfax County and property owners and businesses will be interested to know how this increase in RPAs may affect them.
Recognizing this interest, a public information campaign has been
implemented at the request of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. As
part of the campaign, the county's cable Channel 16 will air a program
about the amendments every Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and on
Sundays at 4:30 p.m. until mid-October. Copies of the Channel 16 program
will also be available for loan at all of the Fairfax County public
libraries beginning on Aug. 20. In addition to the Channel 16 program, a
brochure will be available on Aug. 20 in all public libraries or by
calling 703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935. Each homeowners association in
Fairfax County will receive an information packet to share with their
members, and information is available on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes.
Information will also be sent to interested businesses via an automated subscription list currently used to provide updates to the land development and building construction industry on changes to county regulations. Businesses who would like to subscribe to the list should visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes, click on "Publications" at the top of the page and then click on "Letters to Industry." The information sent through this automated list is designed for architects, engineers, surveyors, developers, builders and contractors, but the list is open to everyone.
The Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is currently performing field studies to identify perennial streams throughout the county and update the county maps showing RPAs. It is anticipated that this work will be completed by Nov. 17, 2003, when the amendments become effective. An interim guidance map has been prepared to assist those interested in determining the potential impacts of the adopted amendments on properties throughout the county. The interim map is available on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes.
The maps display the boundaries of the existing RPAs adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1993, the boundaries of RPAs based on the field studies to identify perennial streams which have been completed to date and the estimated boundaries of RPAs for areas where field studies will be conducted this summer and fall. The online maps will be updated every two months until all the field studies are complete. The maps display the general locations of RPA boundaries for planning purposes and the actual limits may be further refined by detailed field studies conducted at the time a plan is submitted to obtain a permit to develop a property.
Property owners will need their property tax map reference numbers to access the mapping information for their property. The numbers can be found on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dta. Scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your address and click on "Search" - the resulting information will include the tax map reference number for the address entered.
If you have questions about the information campaign, call the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935. For questions about the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance, the adopted amendments or the mapping of perennial streams, call the Office of Site Development Services, a division of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, at 703-324-1720, TTY 711.


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Tried a couple types of "water holding devices" and like klean canteen the best.
Stays cold, very hard to damage, various sizes , reusable. I like the one liter one and would recco the sport cap thingy that keeps the cap attached and sports a drinking nipple.
Just add water!


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jcsuperstar wrote:you know if i wasnt trying to learn thai i'd so be right there with you guys...
Kare wrote:Both Gair & Karunatilleke and Collins are good and useful, but in my view Warder is still the best. Once you have worked your way through Warder, you will be able to read canonical Pali fairly easily (of course with the PTS Pali-English Dictionary by your side - and Geiger's grammar not too far away). The commentarial language is another cup of tea - even after mastering Warder you will need some time to get use to the syntax in the commentaries.
Another book that is very helpful to the beginner, is Rune E.A. Johansson: "Pali Buddhist Texts". Johansson takes you directly into important and interesting texts from the suttas, explaining every word and grammatical feature along the way. Warder gives a far better and broader foundation, but Johansson at least gives you a nice and pleasant "illusion" of being able to read the word of the Buddha from day one.
If you read German, and are interested in comparing Pali with other Indo-European languages, Mayrhofer "Handbuch des Pali" is a real joy to read - but this is not a good book for learning Pali from scratch.
jcsuperstar wrote:basicly because thai is kicking my butt...
jcsuperstar wrote:basicly because thai is kicking my butt...
Ben wrote:Hi Kare
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel and thank you for your review. Like Chris, I am intending to learn Pali and so your comments are especially welcome.
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WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation welcomed the House vote on legislation intended to avoid middle-class tax increases in the fiscal cliff, saying progress on the issue is critically important.
"Although this may not be the perfect solution to the fiscal crisis, what's important is that Congress provide certainty going into the new year on tax issues that will impact every American," NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay said. "Worries over the economy have already affected consumers during the holiday season. Worries coupled with actual tax hikes and spending cuts add up to a disaster our economy cannot afford."
The House voted on "Plan B" legislation backed by Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. NRF has not taken a position on specific details of the legislation, but believes passage will help assure the public that lawmakers are addressing the issue. The vote will also move Congress forward in the legislative process as the December 31 deadline for action approaches.
Retail sales in 2013 are expected to increase between 2% and 2.5% if the fiscal cliff is avoided, according to an analysis conducted by NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz working with the economics firm Macroeconomic Advisors. If not, sales would be flat for the year, with negative growth during the first half of the year, the analysis said. A White House report released last month said consumer spending could take a hit of nearly $200 billion next year if middle-class tax cuts affected by the fiscal cliff are allowed to expire.
Shay said Congress needs to do more than just avoid the fiscal cliff.
"There are a number of issues facing the economy, retailers and consumers that require a commitment beyond the fiscal cliff," Shay said. "We need to avoid going over the fiscal cliff, but Congress and the White House also need to develop long-term plans that will restore consumer confidence so that the business world can go back to investing capital and creating jobs."
NRF weighs in on fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation welcomed the House vote on legislation intended to avoid middle-class tax increases in the fiscal cliff, saying progress on the issue is critically important.


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Conference of Catholic Bishops Stance on Sister Johnson's Book Is a Move Against Conversation
by Paul C. DeCamp, guest contributor
If you ban it, they will read it. That seems to be true thus far in the case of Sr. Elizabeth Johnson's 2007 book Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God, which the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops suggested should be banned from Catholic schools in a statement on March 24.
By April 1, after national media coverage of the USCCB statement, the book was in the top 100 of the Amazon.com Religion & Spirituality Bestsellers list at #39, not far from the works of popular spiritual writer Eckhart Tolle, an impressive feat for an academic theologian.
Johnson has been respected for her work in Catholic theology especially because of her engagement with feminism, which was the subject of her now classic She Who Is, a 1993 book that sought to rediscover the "feminine God" in the Christian tradition. When asked for comment, prominent Catholic theologian David Tracy said that, while he had not yet read this book of Johnson's, "…this much is clear to me: based on her previous work, I consider Elizabeth Johnson one of the most original and impressive theologians of our period. The range and depth of her published work is a model for contemporary Catholic theology."
This particular work of Johnson's explores the diversity of current thought in the theology of God, and as the subtitle indicates, maps "frontiers" in areas such as liberation, womanist, black, and political theologies, areas that have been the subject of great controversies within the Catholic Church.
The Conference said that while it did not have the authority to order the removal of the book from Catholic institutions (only the Vatican could do that), it wanted to draw attention to certain "misrepresentations, ambiguities, and errors" of Catholic doctrine in the book. Among these were assertions by Johnson that all names for God are metaphors, that God is continually suffering, and that all religions bear some presence of God. Because the book was "by a prominent Catholic theologian" and "written not for specialists in theology but for a 'broad audience'," the Conference believed it was necessary to make the public aware of its problems.
Boston College theologian Stephen J. Pope, speaking to The New York Times, said, "The reason is political. Certain bishops decide that they want to punish some theologians, and this is one way they do that. There's nothing particularly unusual in her book as far as theology goes. It's making an example of someone who's prominent."
The American bishops are continually drawing lines in the sand. Restrictions had been placed on politicians, such as the refusal of several bishops to allow John Kerry to take communion during the 2004 presidential election. The bishop of the Archdiocese of Wilmington stated that he would not permit Vice President Joe Biden to speak in Catholic schools. And now the Conference suggests that certain books should be kept from Catholic classrooms. The Conference has proven itself to be an organization that does not tolerate change or ambiguity, and Johnson's work confronts both.
While the Conference claims to be interested in dialogue with Johnson, she indicated in a statement that no such invitations had been extended. She said in this statement, "I have always taken criticism as a valuable opportunity to delve more deeply into a subject. The task of theology, classically defined as 'faith seeking understanding,' calls for theologians to wrestle with mystery. The issues are always complex, especially on frontiers where the church's living tradition is growing."
While the USCCB's statement may be interpreted as a move against conversation and debate among the divided American Catholics, the stir over Johnson's book can serve to promote more open dialogue in Catholic circles. American Catholics, after all, are a group that continues to support politicians whom they are told not to vote for and to consume books that have been deemed dangerous for them to read.
Paul C. DeCamp is an M.A. student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Lafayette College.
This essay is reprinted with permission of Sightings from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School.