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A. Introduction
This paper was prepared and written by a team of the Women's League of Burma (WLB) , an umbrella organization of 11 women's groups of Burma in exile, formed in December 1999. This paper will be submitted to the forty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2002.
This paper reflects the voices of women from Burma interviewed specifically for this purpose by representatives of the Women's League of Burma (WLB). The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the root causes of poverty and environmental degradation in Burma, and show how this has affected women and to give examples of how women are organizing themselves to survive and create an enabling environment for political and social change, and for gender equality.
As has been emphasized in the recent World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa in August- September 2001, root causes of poverty and environmental degradation are intersectional. That is, people experience poverty for more than one reason, and these multiple reasons combine to effect negative dynamics that result in complicated and tangled circumstances that are not reducible to any one cause. Nor can they be rectified through addressing only one cause at a time. For the purposes of explaining these intersecting root causes in this paper, section C identifies the following categories: the Burmese military regime's anti-insurgency policies, the regime's 'open door' trade policy for natural resources, and the regime's exploitative and irresponsible agriculture and development policies. In section D, the impact of these various root causes will be 'unpacked' from testimonies provided by women who have experienced various combinations of these state policies.
Data used to write this paper was compiled from interviews with individual women of different ethnic backgrounds, most of whom left Burma within the last three years, from publications produced with the permission of the regime's censor board in Burma, and from research reports by human rights and environment documentation groups, as well as other NGOs and academics.
The team was unable to locate information released by the SPDC on the status of women specifically in the rural and non-Burman ethnic areas. Moreover, to date, there are no publicly available government reports from Burma concerning women and the environment.
Data for the paper was collected in January, 2002, and compiled in February, 2002.
B. Background(1)
Burma, a country rich in natural resources and mineral ores, was once one of the most prosperous countries in Southeast Asia. Its population is approximately 50 million people, with 75 % living in rural and remote areas (2) , and made up of more than a dozen major ethnic groups. Burma was a British colony until it regained its independence in 1948. However, civil war broke out shortly after independence between the ethnic nationalities and the ruling authorities. There was a coup in 1962, which toppled the democratic government. The military rulers assumed total control over all aspects of the government, including the economy. After a quarter of a century of an isolationist policy combined with the mismanagement and corruption of the military dictators, Burma had become one of the poorest countries in the world. In 1987, Burma had to apply for least-developed country (LDC) status with the United Nations.
A year later, in 1988, resentment against Ne Win's SPDC boiled over into massive street demonstrations across the country demanding a restoration of democracy. The military responded brutally. Soldiers fired into crowds of unarmed demonstrators. Many were arrested and thousands fled to minority areas, and to neighboring countries. Thousands of young activists also joined the armed struggle against the military.
Due to international pressure on the military regime, elections were held in 1990 and resulted in a landslide victory for the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi, later to become a Nobel peace laureate. However, the regime refused to honour the results of the elections and until today maintains tight military control over the country.
Since its take-over in 1988, the regime has tried to seek cease-fire agreements with armed ethnic groups while expanding its military forces. However, its severe human rights abuses have continued to be rampant, especially in the ethnic lands where the minorities live.
The war raging against the ethnic peoples and the anti-insurgency campaigns conducted by the military have created internally displaced persons (IDPs) and caused an exodus of refugees to neighboring countries.
Social roles and gender stereotypes
In accordance with the Burmese saying," Respect son as Master and husband as God", men are the heads of the household and sons are valued more than daughters in the family. Culturally and traditionally, women are expected to care for the children, and also are responsible for the general well-being of each member of the family. In the face of poverty, women are expected to sacrifice for the family first. "Good" women are rarely single; they are expected to marry and bear children. Even women exceptional in their field rarely get recognition from society. Women's maternal functions are thus considered in Burma to be their only duty. However, the crucial value of maternity for the whole society is not acknowledged at all at present. Because of this, women are weighed down with the entire burden of their reproductive roles, which are expanded to include all of the private sphere duties.
The patriarchal nature of Burmese society is reinforced by the military regime, made up entirely of men.(3)


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Lahm impressed with Guardiola
Philipp Lahm has told Merkur that he has already been impressed with new Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola's training methods.
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Guardiola held his first press conference as Bayern boss on Monday when he made an impression with his ambitions and also his grasp of the German language.
Plans have already begun for the opening match of the 2013-14 Bundesliga season when they take on Borussia Monchengladbach on August 9, and club skipper Lahm has said his team-mates have been receptive to Guardiola's ways.
"He is very communicative," the full-back told Merkur. "He wants us to learn to understand him quickly.
"You could see that there will be a lot of changes. The training was completely new to us from warm-up to stretching afterwards.
"Everybody is very attentive. Everybody has to prove himself anew at the beginning of a season, especially with a new coach."
Meanwhile, Monchengladbach's Alvaro Dominguez, formerly of Atletico Madrid, has outlined his optimism that his side could upset the odds when they face Bayern in August.
"I know how to beat Pep", he told Bild. "With Atletico Madrid we won 2-1 against Pep's Barcelona in 2011.
"We have the chance to win at Munich, especially on the first matchday because Bayern won't be at 100% then."
The defender went on to reserve praise for Guardiola, adding: "He is a super coach. He knows exactly what kind of football he wants.
"He will change little things like pressing or how to react on turnovers. He will make Bayern even better."
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Master of Science in Mathematical Finance (MSMF)
The 17-month Master of Science in Mathematical Finance (MSMF) program focuses on the crux of mathematical concepts that led to the development of the Black-Scholes option pricing method and have grown recently into a universal tool for creating effective investment strategies and risk-analysis.
A distinguishing characteristic of the MSMF is the careful integration of certain practical domains of mathematics with an in-depth study of the theory and practice of modern finance. Our view of the field of mathematical finance (MF) has always been that "mathematical" modifies "finance" and that understanding the nature of the Brownian motion, however instrumental, does not amount to an understanding of finance. Therefore, this program focuses on the unique field of mathematical finance
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"First the mystery.\
"The sine qua non for any trait to have evolved is for it to correlate positively with reproductive success, or, more precisely, with success in projecting genes relevant to that trait into the future. So, if homosexuality is in any sense a product of evolution — and it clearly is, for reasons to be explained — then genetic factors associated with same-sex preference must enjoy some sort of reproductive advantage. The problem should be obvious: If homosexuals reproduce less than heterosexuals — and they do — then why has natural selection not operated against it?
"The paradox of homosexuality is especially pronounced for individuals whose homosexual preference is exclusive; that is, who have no inclination toward heterosexuality. But the mystery persists even for those who are bisexual, since it is mathematically provable that even a tiny difference in reproductive outcome can drive substantial evolutionary change."
— From "The Evolutionary Mystery of Homosexuality" at chronicle.comWhat was the first film to be created solely with CGI – computer generated imagery?"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful." — Edward R. Murrow"How do these just disappear from your life? That's just not right, man. I'm loyal. I love these things, and I'm diabetic." — Charles Selke, 42, of Indianapolis, after word spread that Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of Twinkies and other snack cakes, was going out of business."Toy Story" in 1995.neoteric (nee-uh-TER-ik), adj. – recent in origin; modern; new, as in: "The editorial writer wondered if the politician had acquired a neoteric love of opera or if he was attending merely to get the snob vote." From the Greek neoterikos, from neoteros, "younger," comparative of neos, "young, new."On this date in 1963, the first live murder hit the broadcast airwaves as Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald; talk about "reality TV."On Aug. 3, 2011, the national debt rose $238 billion, the largest one-day increase in the history of the U.S.


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Related: El Monte job fair draws thousands
California's unemployment rate fell below 9 percent for the first time in nearly five years last month, signaling the economic recovery is finally gaining traction.
The state's jobless rate dropped to 8.6 percent in May from 9 percent the previous month and 10.7 percent a year earlier, the state Employment Development Department reported.
May's reading pushed the state's unemployment rate to its lowest level since November 2008. Employers added 10,800 jobs last month, bringing the total gain to 767,200 jobs added since the recovery began in February 2010.
"I think we have great news on the overall front, and this is very good news for the Southern California region of the state," said Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist for the Kyser Center for Economic Research. "The labor market statewide is improving a lot faster than many expected."
Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire also posted declines in their unemployment rates last month. Both regions suffered job losses for the month, but year-over-year figures reveal that employment growth is continuing.
Los Angeles County's unemployment rate dropped to 9.6 percent in May from a revised 9.9 percent the prior month and 11.1 percent a year ago, the EDD reported. The county lost 15,500 jobs over the month but gained 44,100 during the year -- a 1.1 percent increase.
L.A. County's biggest annual employment gain of 21,800 jobs came in professional and business services -- home to such services as accounting, tax preparation, computer systems design and scientific research and development.
Education and health services boosted county payrolls with another 16,000 jobs, and leisure and hospitality added 14,400. More gains were seen in construction (up 6,700) and financial activities (up 5,900).
The biggest annual decline came in the government sector, which lost 7,500 jobs. Manufacturing, which has seen an enormous erosion of jobs over the last decade, lost another 6,300 jobs over the year. Information employment -- which includes TV and film production, telecommunications and data processing, among others -- lost 3,100 jobs.
"We continue to see fairly rapid improvement in the labor market in Los Angeles County, however, at 9.6 percent we're still not near the more normal rate of 7.5 percent," Kleinhenz said. "It could be late 2014 or early 2015 before we hit that target."
The Inland Empire's jobless rate fell to 9.2 percent in May, down from 9.6 percent in April and 11.9 percent a year earlier. The two-county region lost 1,200 jobs over the month but added 11,700 during the year.
The biggest annual gains came in trade, transportation and utilities, which added 6,100 jobs. More jobs were added in leisure and hospitality (up 5,700), educational and health services (up 3,300), financial activities (up 2,000) and professional and business services (up 1,500).
Losses were seen in the government sector (3,500 jobs), construction (3,100), manufacturing (1,800) and information (100).
Thirty-two states have added construction jobs over the past 12 months and California ranked second behind Texas with the addition of 38,500 added over the year -- a 6.6 percent increase, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America
But roughly 1.6 million Californians are still unemployed, and the state's jobless rate of 8.6 percent is still trending above the national average of 7.6 percent. That doesn't surprise El Monte Councilman Juventino "J" Gomez, who coordinated a job fair that was held Friday at the city's community center.
"We keep reading about numbers from the state and county that show things are getting better but I don't see it," Gomez said. "Just look around here at the turnout we have today. People are so much in need."
It was wall-to-wall people at Friday's job fair, as eager job seekers threaded their way among tables of employers.
"I had to come here because I've been looking," said Enrique Butler, who currently works as a cashier and is looking to get a higher-paying job. "I put in my resume for a job at a warehouse and I'm supposed to go back Wednesday for an interview."
Stephen Levy, director and senior economist at the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy in Palo Alto, said the nation's steadily recovering housing market is helping to bolster the economy.
"The gains in home prices have a 'triple bottom line' in the sense that they show a strengthening demand for housing, they bring more households out of negative equity so that they can sell their homes without losing money, and they allow more homeowners to refinance on the basis of higher equity, which translates into an increase in spending power as their mortgage costs drop," Levy said in an e-mail.
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Marlins finalize rotation for start of '14 season
Right-hander Koehler wins battle for club's No. 5 spot over southpaw Hand
JUPITER, Fla. -- Everything fell in line this spring regarding the Marlins' rotation, and there are no surprises with the final outcome.
The way manager Mike Redmond and pitching coach Chuck Hernandez set the order the first week of Spring Training games is how they will stack up when the season starts on Monday against the Rockies at Marlins Park.
As previously announced, Jose Fernandez will start on Opening Day. The 21-year-old sensation is the reigning National League Rookie of the Year, and he already has achieved All-Star status.
Following Fernandez will be Nathan Eovaldi, Henderson Alvarez, Jacob Turner and Tom Koehler.
All five are right-handers, and Koehler won the spot over lefty Brad Hand, who will make the team as a long reliever.
"I'm excited," Redmond said. "Jose, obviously, is our main guy and our Opening Day starting pitcher. For me, all the other guys are young guys with good arms. I know everybody makes a big deal about where they fall in line. But after Opening Day, it doesn't really matter.
"It's the guys' jobs to go out there and give us a chance to win ballgames. They always talk about battles for rotations' spots, or fourth or fifth spots. For me, it's more of a battle to get into the rotation. That's what we saw."
A year ago, the Marlins finished 62-100, but the team featured strong pitching. In fact, the pitching staff of 2013 set a franchise ERA mark of 3.71.
"I feel like everybody is picking up where they left off last year," Eovaldi said. "The first few games this spring, we were getting everything back. I feel like everybody is ready for the season to start. I feel like everything is the same. I really feel like we're going to pick up where we left off last year."
Hand, who is out of options, made his final spring start on Thursday, throwing four scoreless innings in Miami's 6-4 win over the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium.
As expected, the lefty will move to the bullpen.
"I'll do whatever they ask me to do," Hand said. "It's a lot different than starting. You just have to come in there and be ready to go right away. You don't have an inning or two to kind of get things going. You've got to get it rolling right away, and come right after people."
Koehler, 27, is the oldest on the staff. He's also shown the most improvement from a year ago. The right-hander impressed all spring, posting a 1.50 ERA in 18 innings.
"It really doesn't matter if it doesn't carry over into the season," Koehler said.
"I'm excited about this team. It's a good group of guys. We've really come together over the last six weeks. It's a talented group, and a hungry group. When you mix those three things together good stuff tends to happen. Hopefully, we'll just go out there and play hard every night, compete and hopefully things will take over and the results will be where we want."
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The Daily Prophet once reported on an eclipse that was predicted to occur between 3 December and 7 December in an unknown year.[2]
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We remember the important things. Like our children's birthdays. I might forget their names momentarily, but I know when they were born! We just celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary, and in my mind it was only yesterday I walked down that very long aisle toward my intended not knowing that in a few short moments he would soon set my dress sleeve on fire with his unity candle. I laughed then, and I laugh now.
That was just the start of what would be a spiral of downfall events. I woke up the morning of our wedding with what my mom deemed, "Nervous hives." I put on my brave face and donned my 65-pound wedding gown complete with the chapel-length train and veil. My father strolled down the aisle with me clinging to his arm thinking flash cubes from our photographer would be going off soon.
Instead I saw the pews lined with wedding guests and my sister Peggy, taking pictures while juggling my nephew Ron on her hip. Our photographer became ill and canceled at the last minute. Peggy — ahem — "volunteered," so they story goes, to take a few pictures.
After the fire, we went to the reception and were informed afterward that we had 600 guests. Not so. They counted the plates people used and we were charged per plate. We were scrambling through our cards trying to come up with the rest of the money. We thought we had it all settled beforehand and then they dropped the plate bombshell on us. (Note to brides: Check the caterer's exact pricing!)
Jim was a little tipsy, and I was scratchy, itchy and under the influence of Benadryl by the time we got back to our apartment. We were scheduled to leave the next day for a wonderful honeymoon in Michigan at a friend's lake cottage. Instead I get up the next day and looked like one giant scab. I am sorry to be so graphic, but it is the only way I know how to put it.
After a trip to the ER we found out I had flea bites. Our apartment was infested! We spent a lovely night or two at my parents' while our apartment was fumigated. I was also given a nifty little concoction of drugs that made me sleep 23 out of 24 hours of the day.
Thinking back, I know where I made my mistake. It was in the summer of 1959, I was riding in the car with my family. We were on our way to some place out in the boondocks called "Auburn." Granny lived there. I heard Frankie Avalon sing "Venus" for the first time, and I knew some how, some way, I must become Mrs. Avalon. Serves me right for marrying for love.
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CHINO - Chino Valley Unified board members will meet on Thursday to discuss possibly restoring up to $10 million worth of programs or positions.
Superintendent Wayne Joseph presented board members with a list of 18 items totaling $10 million that he recommends be restored in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years at a budget study session last month.
A couple of Joseph's recommendations are supported in the district's budget through the end of this school year.
Chino Valley Unified has a $24 million surplus in its projected unappropriated ending balance for the 2014-15 school year.
"This list reflects my priorities and my values ... and like I said at the study session someone else could come up with a totally different list or add or delete other things," said Joseph.
"So what the board has to decide is how well their values and priorities mesh with mine."
Here is a list of the superintendent's recommendations and Thursday's agenda.
Board members will vote on or discuss the proposals at 7 p.m. Thursday at the district office, 5130 Riverside Drive, Chino.


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Some time ago I looked through the famous Roman keyhole to view St. Peters. It was in a time of innocence and hope. Today might not be as innocent but the hopefulness of an earlier time still lives within.
We are living in a ruder world. People are not so patient with each other. I know in my world, our industry is really in a state of conflict the likes of which I haven't seen quite like this. Is it greed? Is it power? Is it progress?
Ideas of beauty, like power, change in time. 50 years ago Gina was the image, now Giada is.
50 years ago red high heals were a fashion statement, now it's Gel-Kayano's that set the pace for a more health-centered outlook.
A month ago I broke a toe. I haven't run a mile in a month. I'm trying to be patient with myself.
Five years ago we were a country the world looked to with awe, with passion, with pity, for strength. Now we are pitiful. I have no intention of cutting and running from this country, but it better start rewarding good behavior and bringing back the best and the brightest into the mainstream.
Our toe in America is broken. We have bumped our collective foot in the dark, by our own deeds. We have bullied people, and expected them to salute us for our misdeeds. We are losing power. I saw this in ancient Rome, walking the hills as a young man. Before that my ancestors lived it and some of that lives on in these bent bones.
We must re-juvenate our society. We must bring our people back under the tent and embrace our wisdom and our democracy. Something has invaded all of us and we have allowed something lesser than the best to clog our arteries and our air.
Does anyone really care about the score of a wine if our world is unfit for our children's children?
The ancient bones have been rattled and they have rattled back. We must bring back strength of character or the view through the keyhole won't make a difference from either direction.


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Hank Williams' The Lost Notebooks
The all-star Hank Williams tribute album Timeless won the Grammy for country album of the year in 2002. Mary Martin was an executive producer on that record, and soon after working on it, she was approached by Peggy Lamb at Williams' publishing company. Lamb had a cardboard box containing four notebooks and scattered scraps of paper full of unrecorded lyrics passed to the company after Williams' death.
Martin approached Bob Dylan, who pondered the lyrics for a bit then went to work with musicians such as Jack White, Norah Jones and Lucinda Williams to craft songs to accompanying these previously unreleased gems.
Lost: Roughly 60 years ago (some of the notebooks date back to the 1950s)
Recovered: Officially released in October by Egyptian Records, the Country Hall of Fame and Columbia Records.
Grand Ole Party's Under Our Skin
Back when Dee Dee of the Dum Dum Girls went by the name Kristin Gundred, she sang and played drums for jagged, San Diego pop-rock band Grand Ole Party. The group had one official release before breaking up (2007's Humanimals), but recorded a second, Under Our Skin, with producer Ben H. Allen (who's worked with Animal Collective and Deerhunter among others). The Dum Dum Girls released an album in September; it was only fair to let Grande Ole Party have its closure first.
Lost: 2009
Recovered: Officially released in August by DH Records.
Oasis' 'Stop the Clocks'
Noel Gallagher once called "Stop the Clocks" the best song he's written (though he was quick to refute that during a fan Q&A in '06). The song was intended for Oasis' Don't Believe the Truth, and then their greatest-hits album of the same name, but it missed the cut each time. "There are about 10 different versions and I can't decide on which one," Gallagher told fans. "It's a good song, the lyrics are great." The Oasis edition never technically surfaced, but two Gallagher solo efforts this year opened the door for him to revisit it.
Lost: 2001
Recovered: Officially released on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in October by EMI.
Daft Punk's 'Drive'
Workers at Soma Records were digging through the Scottish electronic label's archives preparing for a 20th-anniversary release when they stumbled upon an old DAT labeled "Daft Drive." The lost track, "Drive," had originally been slated to be released as Soma25 in 1995, but two other songs pushed it to the back burner. "Soma asked these two bright-eyed and techno-bound Frenchman to finish and send 'Da Funk' to accompany 'Rollin' & Scratchin' and 'Drive' was shelved for a later date," the label said.
Lost: 1994
Recovered: Officially released on Soma Records: 20 Years in September.
"Lost" music gets recovered all the time: Bands keep demos locked up in storage, original pressings are stumbled upon during spring cleaning at a recording studio.
2011 was littered with such previously unreleased material that finally saw the light of day. The Beach Boys' The Smile Sessions grabbed the most headlines, but don't look past these other must-hear (and now can-hear) music relics. (If you want to join the hunt for other lost bits of pop culture — from nuked sci-fi TV shows to missing movie footage — go to the Wired Relic Wranglers website.)
Captain Beefheart's Bat Chain Puller
Younger fans of underground music may only recognize the name from James Murphy's band-rant in "Losing My Edge," but Captain Beefheart was an experimental and abstract music legend. He recorded Bat Chain Puller with Frank Zappa as an executive producer, but a legal battle between Zappa and business partners kept it from official release.
"Lost" may be a loose term for this, however — an unfinished version was sent to Virgin Records and journalists at the time, then became heavily bootlegged. Beefheart performed some tracks live and others ended up on his 1978 album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller).
Lost: 1976
Recovered: Officially announced in December 2010, officially released on Captain Beefheart's birthday, Jan. 15, 2011, by Barfko-Swill.


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I never promised every post I made here would be about music and to prove it today is Space Invader faces day. Better than just plain Monday right? Designer Logan Walters put these together and I have nothing much to say other than "LIKE!". I think French Fries is the most interesting for some reason.
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ASCO Issues Annual Clinical Cancer Advances Report on Progress Against Cancer
Clinical Cancer Advances 2012: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer is now available for download online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Compiled and edited under the guidance of 21 renowned cancer experts, this year's report features a total of 87 studies, 17 of which are considered major, meaning they represent research results that are practice-changing, published in a peer-reviewed journal, and/or report on treatments that received FDA approval in the past year. Three of the studies highlighted in the report were funded by the Conquer Cancer Foundation. This year, the CCA is also available as an interactive report with additional features; visit www.cancerprogress.net/cca to download.
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SERS of this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival are promising one of the most experimental festivals to date, but also one that will be fun and accessible.
And brisk ticket sales so far seem to indicate that the general public has given a big nod to the programme, which has over 80 events.
Festival manager, Victoria Patch said: "The sales are really good, - at last year's levels at the moment, and that was our best ever, in terms of sales.
"What do I hope for this year's festival? I hope the sun shines. There's no theme this year, but a lot of mixing things up, in how people experience poetry.
"You could say it is one of our most experimental festivals, but it has very good poetry as well; it is very accessible, and I think everyone will enjoy it."
The ten day celebration of the written word starts this Friday, July 4, and for a while Ledbury becomes a place where famous faces are not so unusual.
Among those famous faces will the that of Clare Short who, on Sunday, July 6, will offer up her Desert Island Poems in the Community Hall, from 2pm,
Clare Short was MP for Birmingham
Ladywood for 27 years and Secretary of State
for International Development. In 2003, she famously
resigned from the Government over the Iraq War.
Actress Juliet Stevenson will feature in several events at celebration of Helen Thomas, at Hellens Manor, on July 5 and on July 6, at 6pm in the Community Hall, when she will read Elizabeth Bishop, one of great American voices of the last century.
Also on Sunday, July 6 modernity comes to Ledbury with Baddaboom Tee, who will be leading a free beatboxing workshop on the Baptist Church Hall.
Ian McMillan's voice is also projected widely, as the presenter of The Verb on BBC Radio 3.
On Tuesday, July 8, from 8pm, he will be "Taking Myself Home" with a mix of verse, northern wit and anecdotes.
This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, and "The Shadow of His Hand" will celebrate this, on July 12, from 12.45pm.
Four Welsh poets will share their favourite Dylan Thomas words, including broadcaster Own Sheers, who will also read some of his own words, alongside Paul Henry, Stephen Knight
and Oliver Reynolds.
A crowd-pleasing touch arrives with The Ledbury Celebration on Sunday July 13 This finale to the Ledbury Poetry Festival takes place between 11am and 7pm in Bye Street car park and the adjacent Orme & Slade's car park just behind Ledbury High Street. Entry is free and so is the parking.
The Ledbury Food Group says it has been "inundated" with applications to have a stall at what started as a simple food and drink festival.
Over 30 stalls will be selling local food and drink.,
And poets and musicians from the area will be out in force to entertain people as they browse, taste and buy.


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PLANTATION, Fla. - A retired emergency dispatcher says 911 operators need more training after a woman stayed on the phone with them for eight minutes while a man hit her car with a golf club.
"They just took a golf club and hit our car with it," said Tina Ratcliff, who was being chased by two men in Sunrise. "I think they're in some sort of road rage or something."
Ratcliff called 911 from her cell phone and was bounced between Plantation and Sunrise Police Departments. For eight minutes, the woman was transferred between agencies, having to explain her situation and location each time.
"Ok ma'am, are you in Sunrise?" asked the dispatcher.
"Gosh darn it. Don't you know where I'm at? I'm giving you the address?" Ratcliff responded.
"Well, you said Sunset. I don't know where that is. Sunset Strip is different," said a dispatcher.
"Okay, argue with me while they are waving a golf club and hitting our car," replied Ratcliff.
"Thank God we were just talking about golf clubs and not guns," said Joe Takach, a retired police dispatcher who worked in Miami-Dade County for 21 years.
Takach said the eight minutes of confusion could have been avoided if the Plantation and Sunrise dispatchers spoke with each other instead of transferring the caller between agencies.
"It's like three-way calling," said Takach. "Why would you not use that if you want to do a conference call? Would you call person one, hang up, and then call person two, and then hang up and call person one and relay the info back and forth? Of course not. You've got the capability of all three of you to talk at the same time."
Earlier in the week, Broward County commissioners rejected a county-wide tax hike to pay for a regional 911 call system to consolidate the current patchwork of city dispatches that can lead to confusion when cell phone towers misdirect emergency calls.
Sunrise and Plantation police acknowledged their dispatchers can speak to each other but said relaying information from a caller between agencies is less efficient and can lead to miscommunication when sending help.
"I think they need to do some more training so this doesn't happen again in the future because public safety is the issue," said Takach.
Takach added he supports the regional 911 call system.
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Tuesday 8th January 2013
Top UK drummer who has worked with everyone including bandleader John Wilson, brings his quartet to the Ronnie's late late show.
"We haven't had anything like this in New York for over twenty years". Wynton Marsalis
The Ronnie Scott's Late Late Show!
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In 1959, saxophonist Ronnie Scott opened the door to a small basement club in London's west end where local musicians could jam. Today, it is one of the world's most famous jazz clubs attracting packed houses and the biggest names in jazz and popular music and Ronnie Scott's welcoming, stylish setting is also home to London's coolest late night hang.
Each night Monday to Saturday, after the main act, Ronnie Scott's presents the Late Late Show, where some of the UK's finest jazz talents take to the stage for a late night blowing session.
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Fall 2011 Fashion Trend Report
Our Complete Fall 2011 Trend Report
If you want to know what everyone will be wearing this season, this is your one-stop shop for the top Fall trends. We covered all the shows from New York, London, Milan, and Paris during Fashion Week last February, and our FabSugarTV host Allison McNamara showed you some of our favorite looks via must-watch videos. Now, it's time for the complete recap. It's bound to be a sexy season, with a distinct naughty vs. nice theme running through thanks the boudoir, fetishist, and ladylike trends that dominated the runways. You'll want to show some skin, albeit under a black sheer top trimmed in lace or covered in dots; you'll want to invest in something in velvet; and there was never a better time to wear polka dots. The glamour and boho chicness of the '70s stays strong through Fall, with colorful furs and flowy maxi dresses. If you're about to start planning your Fall wardrobe, click here first to make sure you're covering all the most important points for Fall.


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Finland coach Daniel Castellani: "I am happy for the win, but even more happy with the change in the play after the second set. We made mistakes in the first two sets, the players and me also in tactics. Then players started to have more concentration in the game and they played the last sets clever volleyball."
Finland captain Mikko Esko: "Today it was really difficult for us. Portugal was ready to fight in the beginning, but we were not. We need to start matches better. Portugal opposite player Valdir Sequeira attacked very well. After two sets we improved our game and I am happy with the end result."
Portugal coach Juan Diaz: "We started very well, very focused. After the 10 minutes break between second and third set the team started to play differently. I don't know why. In third and fourth set we were bad, but in the last set it was a little bit better. Finland played good game tactically."
Portugal captain Flavio Cruz: "We were very focused to this match. It was very important for us. In the beginning we did what we wanted. I don´t know what happened after the first two sets."


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Dec 03, 2012
A 6 Step Plan to Maximize Content Marketing with Agile Engagement
The bad news first: The sheer momentum with which the two phenomena are evolving today is swamping many marketing departments. It turns out that generating enough high value content in ways that are meaningful to multiple social audiences is a monumental challenge in today's always-on media world.
The good news? Owned and earned media were born to leverage off one another – and their combined impact often proves to be far greater than the sum of their parts. Successful PR professionals work toward a self-renewing "virtuous cycle" in which owned media is published by a brand, audiences play it forward as earned media, and the amplification continues as these ripples spread throughout the social sphere.
And there's even more good news: owned media is not limited solely to the videos, white papers, tweets and other content you produce; it also includes the multimedia platforms you've creatively designed to host that stream of brand messaging, as well as the communities you've built and diligently maintained around your messaging. With these multiple manifestations of owned media comes a greater resulting opportunity for earning media.
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2009 Real Estate Assessment Change Notices Mailed
Feb. 23, 2009
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The Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration (DTA) begins mailing 352,526 real estate assessment notices to county taxpayers today. The notices will be sent to all property owners of taxable parcels in the county. Of the 352,526 taxable parcels in the county, 335,342 had some value change. The remaining taxable parcels have no change in their 2009 real estate assessment.
The assessed value of properties may change for a variety of reasons. Among these are appreciation and value declines (i.e., equalization changes); and, structural changes (additions, remodeling), rezonings, and land divisions (i.e., growth). A combination of these factors can apply to the same property.
More than 95% of residential properties experienced an assessment
decrease for 2009. The overall equalization change for
residential properties is -12.55%. Commercial properties show an
overall equalization decline of -4.51%. The commercial decrease is
primarily the net result of value decreases in hotels of -7.06%, office
elevator properties of -6.62%, and multi-family apartments of
-6.96%. The percentage of the real estate assessment base
attributable to commercial and industrial property in FY 2010 increased
to 22.67% (in addition, multi-family rental apartments contribute another
4.21% of the county's real estate tax base).
Overall, of the 335,342 properties that have a 2009 assessment change, 9,896 are due to growth (i.e., new construction, rezoning, etc.), and 325,446 properties changed due to equalization. The allocation of land value to total property value remained relatively constant in 2009.
Main Book Assessments of taxable real estate in Fairfax County for 2009 total approximately $206.8 billion. This is a decrease of approximately $22.86 billion, or -9.95% from the 2008 assessment base, and is made up of the following components:
Residential Properties:
- Equalization: -$21.56 B // -12.55%
- Growth: $0.88 B // 0.51%
- Total: -$20.68 B // -12.03%
Non-Residential Properties:
- Equalization: -$2.61 B // -4.51%
- Growth: $0.43 B // 0.74%
- Total: -$2.18 B // -3.77%
- Equalization: -$24.17 B // -10.52%
- Growth: $1.31 B // 0.57 %
- Total: -$22.86 B // -9.95%
It is important to note that these percentages represent the cumulative amount to the overall tax base and are not necessarily indicative of specific change to any particular, individual properties. Individual assessment changes may vary considerably. For residential property, for example, a key factor in determining the need to change is the relationship of assessments to the selling prices within neighborhoods.
Based on equalization changes, the mean assessed value (i.e., on average, county-wide) of most single family-detached homes for 2009 is $551,521, down -11.34%. This group of properties makes up greater than 72% of the residential equalization property value in the county.
Additionally, based on equalization changes, townhouse/duplex properties have a 2009 county-wide assessment average of $324,456, a decrease from 2008 of approximately -16.06%; and, the mean assessed value for condominiums is down -19.51% to $227,514.
As noted in the FY 2010 Advertised Budget Plan, the mean assessed value for 2009 of all improved residential property is approximately $459,228. For added reference, the 2009 Assessment Year Residential Analysis by Zip Code Area map shows varying pockets of equalization for residential property (vacant land as well as improved properties) throughout the county. Again, averages are not necessarily indicative of individual properties and neighborhoods.
Inquiries concerning any assessment should be directed to the Department of Tax Administration (DTA) at 703-222-8234; or, citizens may contact the department through the DTA's homepage. Again this year, citizens can obtain a list of residential sales within each assessment neighborhood from the DTA website. This is a continuing customer service initiative intended to help citizens review their assessment for 2009. Citizens are encouraged to call DTA at 703-222-8234 to discuss their assessment questions with appraisal staff.
Property owners are encouraged to review their assessment notice upon receipt. Administrative appeals can be filed with DTA if citizens believe their assessment is not equitable in comparison with similar properties or if they believe their assessment exceeds fair market value. Appeals may be made in writing to the Real Estate Division of DTA. Appeal applications can be obtained by calling DTA; or, can be downloaded directly from DTA's homepage. DTA requests that appeal applications be filed by April 3, 2009.
Real Estate appeals can also be filed with the Board of Equalization (BOE). Under State law, the BOE is separate from the Department of Tax Administration and consists of nine taxpayers appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The BOE conducts formal hearings and takes sworn testimony. By law, all appeals to the BOE must be filed and postmarked by June 1, 2009. BOE appeal forms are also available on the BOE website, or by calling the BOE office at 703-324-4891.
Property owners are encouraged to contact DTA concerning assessment disputes; however, property owners may appeal directly to the BOE or to the Circuit Court of Fairfax County.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
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WINDERMERE, Fla. - More information is surfacing about the past of the two teens suspected of shooting and killing Windermere police Officer Robert German.
Deputies said 18-year-old Brandon Goode and 17-year-old Alexandria Hollinghurst, both of Davenport, were found dead in the bushes near Conroy/Windermere Road after the shooting. They were considered missing and endangered in Polk County and left behind suicide notes.
Deputies said they are considered suspects in German's death. Goode's car was discovered on Monday at Florida Bank Commerce on Vine Street and was towed, according to deputies. It's not clear how the couple got from Kissimmee to Windermere.
According to the documents from Polk County Sheriff's Office, Goode was arrested on felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charges after threatening his mother with an ax in October 2012.
Goode's mother told deputies her son, wielding an ax, painted his face, covered the windows of the living room with blankets, and pinned her between a table and wall, according to arrest report.
Goode, with the ax resting on his shoulder, then demanded that she accept his father's offer in reference to a divorce settlement, deputies said.
Goode was also arrested on possession of marijuana, possession of alcohol by a person under 21 and possession of paraphernalia in February 2014. A 17-year-old girl was also arrested during the same incident, but she is not being identified by deputies, as Florida laws require confidentiality for juveniles with misdemeanor charges.
Local 6 also learned that Goode and Hollinghurst were confronted by Kissimmee police hours before the shooting at a Walgreens. An officer approached the couple to question them, but investigators say Goode sped off, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.
Goode's father lives in Windermere, a few miles away from the shooting.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office investigation is ongoing into what events lead up to German, 31, being shot at 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the area of Conroy Windermere Road and Horizon Circle.
Deputies said German asked for officer backup and was shot after stopping to talk to a man and woman who were walking down the street. German was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center by authorities, where he died.
Shortly after officers arrived on the scene they heard gunshots. They later found Goode and Hollinghurst dead. Their official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
Funeral services for German have been arranged to be held at Northland Church at 530 Dog Track Road in Longwood. The visitation will be held Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.; the funeral service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m.
German will be buried at Oaklawn Cemetery at 5000 County Road 46A in Sanford. A reception will be held after the burial at Lake Mary Events Center at 260 Country Club Road in Lake Mary.
The services will be open to the public, and a live feed of the service can be seen on ClickOrlando.com and the church's website.
Those interested in making a donation to German's family can make them at any Wells Fargo bank worldwide to the Robert German Memorial Fund (Acct #1087891923).
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I haven't been able to play disc much over the past couple of years because I have been working a job that requires a lot of my time. As a by product, I've decided to empty out all of my back up plastic to help buffer some of my holiday expenses. I'm not sure what these discs are worth or how in demand they are since I last lurked these boards, so please make reasonable offers. I'll give discounts on multiples and would love LOVE LOVE to sell them as a lot and will cut a deal for that as well. Forgive the new user name, my last one (Shank) is attached to a university email address that I haven't had access to since I graduated college. I am an honest and dependable trader. Here's the list:
White 172 JK Pro Valk 8/10 (scuffs but no major damage)
Blue 171 Star Valk 171 8/10
Blue 166 Pro Wraith 6/10 [pending]
Yellow 173 DX Eagle-x [pending]
Orange 174 Champ TL X-out 7/10 Chipped Edge
Clear White 167 Valk X-out 9/10
Yellow Unknown Weight (I think it's 175) Champ TL 9/10
White 171 Glow Champ Gazelle 9/10
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The perceptions and awareness of homoeopathy and the Homoeopathic Day Clinic (H.D.C) amongst students at the Durban University of Technology (D.U.T.) (2007)Tertiary education students are present and future health care consumers, and as such it is important that they are well educated in both mainstream and complementary health practices. Prior to this study, no data was ...


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What's the point in growing veg that tastes the same as the stuff you can buy in the shops? You can do better, and grow prettier veg while you're at it. Here are Fennel and Fern's top five flavoursome vegetables - and they're good-looking too.
1. 'Golden Sweet' mangetout
These are purple-flowered, yellow-podded peas. You'd grow them even if they didn't have such tender pods or sweet, juicy flesh. But fortunately, they have everything, and so the whole experience is a delight.
2. 'White Queen' tomato
Yes, you can get white tomatoes. And what a lovely big white tomato this is. It has a creamy blush around the stem, which betrays the sweet, slightly creamy taste of the juicy flesh.
3. 'Egyptian' tomato
Like most plum tomatoes, these have a lot of thick flesh, which makes them ideal for cooking. And oh, how fantastic that flesh tastes. It's a rich, bitter, smoky flavour which becomes even better when roasted and make into passata or slow-roasted into sundried tomatoes.
4. 'Pink Banana' squash
This is about as far from the typical Halloween-style squash or pumpkin as you can get. It's a pink zeppelin-shaped squash with a wonderfully nutty flavour and creamy, juicy flesh. Difficult to beat in terms of size or flavour.
5. Parrot tulip petals
It's not very well-known but you can eat tulip petals. These parrot tulip ones look particularly lovely in a salad and have a superb pea-like flavour and a crunchy texture. Just make sure they're grown without any nasty sprays - and some people can be allergic to them, so try one petal carefully.
There are so many other wonderful rare and tasty veg out there: how about blue potatoes, purple carrots, or white beetroot, for instance?
Fennel and Fern is a blogging collective inspiring gardeners all over the world; a big happy team of organic gardeners who love the soil under their fingernails and munching on thier own homegrown veg. For growing tips and advice on great gardening Click Here.


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Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the creator/writer of The Walking Dead, announced that the first episode of Playing Dead, a new online talk show discussing their upcoming game, The Walking Dead, is now live and available to view on the games' official website - telltalegames.com/walkingdead - which also debuted today.
Based on Robert Kirkman's groundbreaking comic book series, The Walking Dead is an episodic adventure horror game series set during the same apocalyptic period witnessed by Sheriff Rick Grimes. Telling the story of a new group of survivors as they struggle to flee the horror of Atlanta and the surrounding communities consumed by the undead, The Walking Dead offers players the chance to experience the very first days of the apocalypse, meeting people and participating in events that intersect with the story seen in the comic books. The Walking Dead will be available for digital download beginning in spring of 2012 for all major gaming platforms.
Playing Dead is an online talk show that takes fans behind the scenes to reveal what has gone into making the game. Hosted by AJ LoCascio (the voice of Marty McFly in Telltales Back to the Future: The Game series), the nine-part show will feature guests including The Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman and Gary Whitta, screenwriter for The Book of Eli and story consultant for the game.
After a 24-hour period of exclusivity on the official website, Playing Dead will also be available to watch on YouTube, iTunes and soon after, other online outlets including Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.
Telltale also released 3 new screenshots from the game, highlighting the game's distinctive visuals, inspired by the work of The Walking Dead comic book artist Charlie Adlard.


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Once again, we're looking for someone to help represent Bob's Red Mill at the 19th annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Scotland this October 6th. Thus was born Spar for the Spurtle, the ultimate oatmeal throw-down. All it takes is a winning oatmeal recipe!
As Bob's Red Mill founder Bob Moore and 2009 World Porridge Making Champion Matthew Cox explain in this video, the company won the competition and the title of World's Best Oats in 2009. Now, Bob's Red Mill is appealing to fans in search of the country's best original recipe that makes use of the company's Steel Cut Oats.
If you have what it takes to Spar for the Spurtle, simply make a video detailing your recipe* and submit it via our entry page by July 20th. We'll fly three finalists to Portland, Oregon to compete in a live cook-off, and the winner will be off to Scotland for an all-expenses-paid adventure representing Bob's Red Mill at the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship!
Visit Spar for the Spurtle for more information, vote on videos and enter your own porridge recipe.
Based on the video submissions, three finalists will be chosen to receive the ultimate trip for Bob's Red Mill fans. The finalist prize package includes:
- Roundtrip airfare to Portland, Oregon
- Three-nights' accommodations at a downtown Portland hotel
- A tour of Bob's Red Mill led by company founder Bob Moore
- A gift basket filled with Bob's Red Mill products and merchandise
- $100 Bob's Red Mill Gift Card
- A spot in the live cook-off for a chance at the Grand Prize
- $100 for cook-off supplies
The winner of the live cook-off will receive the Grand Prize, which includes the following:
- Round-trip airfare for two to Scotland to represent the Bob's Red Mill team at the 19th annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in October 2012
- Two nights' accommodations in Edinburg, three nights' accommodations in Carrbridge (for two)
- Rail transportation between Edinburgh and Carrbridge (for two)
- $2500 cash
*Recipe Requirements:
- The recipe must be completed in less than 30 minutes from start to finish.
- Soaking and toasting the oats is allowed, but they cannot be cooked prior to beginning the 30 minute time limit.
- The recipe must use steel cut oats, not rolled oats.
- Recipes must be cooked in their entirety on the stove top, using no more than two burners.


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A HAMPSHIRE man is one of three artists exhibiting their work at King John's House next month.
Romsey landscape oil painter Richard Paul and his girlfriend, Leo Deville, will be showcasing their works along with Neal Griffin and Eri Urushidani at the spring exhibition 4 Shades of Purple at the popular Church Street museum from April 16 until April 21.
The exhibit will be open between 10am-5pm but will not be open on April 20.
Richard, 47, whose studies include New Forest landscapes and paintings of the Outer Hebrides, is a member of Romsey Art Group and has been painting for 20 years.
"I began painting in 1992 using coloured pencil initially, but soon experimenting with charcoal, pastels, and pen and ink," he said. "I was living in Cambridge at the time and spent many sunny weekends sitting on the banks of the Cam sketching the iconic boat houses.
"In each picture I aim to capture something of the feel of the place through the quality and colour of the light – one aspect that photography so often fails to depict. For this reason I paint only the places and views that I have experienced first-hand.
Neil Griffin, a wildlife painter from Southampton, said: "I have exhibited at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art and in 2010 and I was a runner up for the David Cook drawing award for my etching 'giraffe sitting' and I have been able to sell my work at various galleries and art markets.
"Art is something that I do in my free time but ideally I would love to be able to become a full-time artist."


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MARK Collier is aiming to knit his Chippenham Town squad together as tightly as possible as the Bluebirds look for rapid improvement.
In the wake of last week's disappointing defeat to Bashley, the Chippenham management and players got together to discuss where they fell short.
And Collier reckons he got the intended reaction in a gutsy display at promotion-chasing St Albans City on Monday, as they lost 1-0 thanks to John Fredo's strike.
"We didn't train last Thursday - we had a meeting with myself, Tom (Jones) and the players," said Collier.
"We talked about where we wanted to go and the hope that everyone was on board. Obviously, Saturday's game was off so we all got together and watched Chippenham Park play.
"We wanted to make sure we are a team and we're sticking together. We felt that the performance at Bashley wasn't good enough and we wanted to speak about it. We didn't want to go straight on the training ground and forget about it.
"Myself and Tom have got responsibilities to the chairman and they've got responsibilities to myself and Tom, and the football club. I think you could see (against St Albans) that there's a togetherness about the team and hopefully we're moving in the right direction."
Chippenham will get a chance to make instant amends for the 3-1 defeat to Bashley when the New Forest club visit the Bluebirds tomorrow in the Southern League Premier Division.


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(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Feb. 27, 2013) A gang member-turned-college professor will speak at California Lutheran University on Tuesday, March 19.
Victor Rios, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will discuss his experiences growing up on the streets of Oakland and present his research on juvenile justice, masculinity, race and crime at 7 p.m. in the Lundring Events Center.
Rios' most recent book, "Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys," is based on three years of field research and in-depth interviews with young men in Oakland. The 2011 book analyzes how juvenile crime policies and criminalization affect the everyday lives of urban youth. "Punished" is required reading in Molly George's criminal justice research methods course at CLU.
Rios came to the United States with his mother when he was 2 and grew up in some of the worst projects of Oakland. He dropped out of school for the first time in eighth grade and joined a neighborhood gang for protection at 14, often living in stolen cars for months at a time. The turning point came at 15 when he saw a friend and fellow gang member murdered in a gunfight with rivals.
With help from a teacher who believed in him and a police officer who gave him a second chance, Rios graduated on time with his high school class. He went on to college and eventually earned a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
How Rios, now 35, was able to escape life on the streets and earn a doctorate is one of the narratives in "Punished." Another is his account of the dissertation research that took him back to the neighborhoods where he grew up.
Rios, who runs a Santa Barbara program for at-risk adolescents, has received many honors including the 2010 New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. "Punished" received the American Sociological Association's 2012 Latino/a Sociology Section Best Book Award. Rios' first book, "Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D.," was published five months before "Punished."
Lundring Events Center is located in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center north of Olsen Road on the Thousand Oaks campus.
CLU's Center for Equality and Justice, Multicultural Programs and International Student Services, Campus Diversity Initiative, ASCLU-G Student Government and departments of communication, criminal justice, languages and cultures, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, educational leadership, and counseling and guidance are sponsoring the free public event. For more information, contact the CEJ at firstname.lastname@example.com or 805-493-3694 or Molly George at 805-493-3437.


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The timely skies: The House and the Senate pass legislation that would end the travel-snarling furloughs by air traffic controllers. Travelers await legislation on wallet-depleting luggage fees.
Gwyneth Paltrow: The actress and lifestyle guru is named People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman of 2013. Gwynnie celebrates with filtered water and one perfect garbanzo bean.
Destination S.D.: Mayor Bob Filner finally signs that tourism marketing pact, freeing $4.5 million in frozen marketing funds and saving Arizonans from the curse of a Hodad's-free summer.
The Monarch School: The local school for kids struggling with homelessness opens its $15 million Nat and Flora Bosa Campus in the East Village. Spread those wings, everybody.
"The Voice": The NBC singing competition show tops the Nielsen ratings for the first time in the history of singing competition shows. The Ricola shots are on the house.
Country music fans: The incomparable George Jones dies at the age of 81. When did we stop loving him? Never.
Twitter: Stocks plunge after hackers post a false tweet about an explosion at the White House on the hijacked Associated Press feed. #uhoh.
Reese Witherspoon: The Oscar-winner nabs a set of shiny handcuffs for her performance as an interfering movie star during husband James Toth's drunk-driving arrest. Hold your applause.
Olde S.D.: A state audit finds that city building officials failed to perform required historical reviews before bulldozing the Sherman Heights Farmer's Market to make way for a Walmart. Shocker.
Kyocera: The solar arm of the Japanese conglomerate cuts 23 San Diego workers due to weak demand for American-made solar panels. Rainy-day fund? Anyone?


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We've had giveaways with Saddleback before, but this is by far our biggest and best. We've got multiple ways to enter and multiple prizes up for grabs.
We've touted our new book-The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man-as a way to take your manliness on the go. The book is full of short sections of essential man knowledge that are easy to read in snatches wherever you travel during the day. But it's pretty uncomfortable to try to shove the book in your pocket. What you need is a bag, a bag manly enough to carry the world's manliest book. You need a Saddleback Leather Bag!
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- How to enter: Submit a photo of yourself in a manly location or doing something manly while reading the Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man.
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- How to enter: Leave a comment under this post, join the Man Bag Group in the Community, or email the contest to a friend.
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- How to enter: Leave a comment under this post, join the Man Bag Group in the Community, or email the contest to a friend.
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The Grand Prize: A Manly Bag for Your Manly Book Photo Contest
The Prize
We're awarding one winner a Limited Edition Art of Manliness/Saddleback Leather Briefcase. It's an extra large light tobacco brown briefcase with The Art of Manliness boxer logo laser etched onto the bag. Indiana Jones will envy you when you win this bag. It's a $600 USD value. Saddleback is also throwing in 3 $25 gift cards that can be used in their online store.
How to Enter
To enter, you must submit an awesomely manly picture of yourself reading The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man while doing something manly or while in a manly location. Here's how to submit your photo:
- Step 1. Join the Art of Manliness Community.
- Step 2. Take a photo of yourself doing something manly or in a manly location while reading The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man
- Step 3. Upload the photo to the Art of Manliness Community photo page.
- Step 4. Tag your photo with "Saddleback." This step is important! If you don't tag your photo with "Saddleback," we can't tell that you entered. If the photo is not tagged correctly, you're not entered!
If you're a visual learner, check out this quick screencast I made during our Case pocket knife contest. View it here.
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We'll be judging photos on 1) creativity and 2) quality of work. We want you to have fun with this contest, so let your imagination run wild. You could take a picture of yourself reading The Art of Manliness while straight razor shaving or splitting wood. Or perhaps you know of a manly location that would be a great place to read The Art of Manliness. Be creative.
What's nice about a contest, as opposed to a giveaway, is the more effort you put in to your entry, the more likely you are to win. So go for it!
Deadline to Enter
Deadline to enter is Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:59PM CST. You've got two weeks to get a photo in!
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In addition to the photo contest, we're giving away two other Saddleback Leather company products in a random drawing. Here's the rundown on the giveaway.
The Prizes
The first name we draw will receive a Medium Dark Tobacco Brown Laptop Bag ($256 USD value) and 2 $25 gift certificates to the Saddleback Leather Company online store.
The second name we draw will receive a Light Tobacco Passport Wallet ($43 USD value) and 1 $25 gift certificate to the Saddleback Leather Company online store.
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- Leave a comment under this post sharingsomething that you think is classic and/or timeless. This can be an object or a bit of wisdom or knowledge.
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- Share this post with your friends using the "Email Story to a Friend" button in our "Share" Box at the bottom of the post. For each friend you email this post to, you'll receive one entry in the contest. This means the more friends you share it with, the more entries you get. You can only send 10 at a time, but feel free to come back and send some more. We cannot see your friends' email addresses, so we won't be sending them any mail whatsoever.
Increase your chances of winning by doing all three!
How to Win
We'll randomly select two entries. The first entry we draw will receive the laptop bag. The second entry we draw will receive the passport wallet.
Deadline to Enter
Deadline to enter is Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 at 11:59PM CST
Please read our official rules for more details about the contest.
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By Jaideep Varma and Jatin Thakkar
For the last 2 weeks, the buzz has been that the bookies are certain that Mumbai Indians will win IPL 2012. Even if that were to happen, would it be correct to attribute that to match-fixing, as is the implication? There are actually a couple of reasons why Mumbai Indians should be one of the two favourites, now that they have reached the playoffs (which should have actually been the tough part for them).
Delhi Daredevils have topped the league table but given their overwhelming reliance on 2 key batsmen, can this team really be considered the favourites? They are interestingly not even the highest impact side in this IPL. However, Impact Index suggests that history might just be on their side this year.
Kolkata Knight Riders have actually been the highest impact side of IPL 2012 so far. But given their immense dependence on Gambhir when it comes to batting, and having very little specialist talent at its disposal there, will the big match scenario expose their shortcomings?
Chennai Super Kings' distinct lack of hunger has been palpable, which is entirely understandable given what their captain has gone through over the last year. And yet, they have just scraped through to reach the playoffs. Will they be a different entity now? Their history would certainly suggest that but why are they still not the favourites?
The four metros are all in the playoffs, ensuring the highest possible viewership possible to be squeezed out of this tournament. The cynical think that has been manipulated…but then why does this not seem strange at Impact Index?
For the second successive year, Impact Index has got 3 of its 4 projected semi-finalists right, which would have been a source of considerable pleasure for us if we saw ourselves as a predictive entity in this seemingly random format and extremely close tournament. However, it is much more meaningful for us to examine strengths and weaknesses others can't always identify, and find mathematical reasons to explain what has happened. They provide more insights that are otherwise difficult to confirm, and sometimes even sense.
For example, here is the list of all the nine teams in IPL 2012 with the IMPACT they registered through their 16 matches each at the league stage.
For the first time in the history of the IPL, 3 of the 4 highest impact sides in the league phases did not make it to the playoffs. This bizarre occurrence happened mainly because of the close matches and the unprecedented tight competition between 7 of the 9 teams (and the last 2 fought tooth-and-nail for the second-last place). The extremely tight cluster between 6 teams on the Team Impact chart made this perhaps the most exciting tournament ever in cricket history – which, given its scale, is quite remarkable.
If the intensity of the cricket could not silence the doubters, it is unlikely Impact Index's justification will. It is extremely interesting though, how this whole thing unfolded and the manner in which the dust eventually settled. This is how it did.
Kolkata Knight Riders has had its best year by far, so far – this was the highest impact side of IPL 2012 by a distance. The team, packed with all-rounders and arguably not enough specialist talent, ended up relying way too much on Gambhir (even more than RCB did on Gayle) – McCullum, Bisla and Kallis did contribute at different times, but Gambhir's enormous contribution propelled Kolkata onwards at one end, while Sunil Narine's outstanding performances held up the other end. The bowling, still, was stronger than the batting, given how Shakib and Balaji pitched in – in fact, KKR's bowling had the lowest failure rate in IPL 2012.
Kings XI Punjab was actually the highest impact batting side of the tournament – more batsmen delivered consistently for them than any other side this year. Mandeep Singh, Gilchrist, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Gurkirat Singh and Azhar Mahmood all came through – at different times. Harris, Awana, Mahmood and Chawla did well on the bowling front too – this was one of the most consistent sides this year. To accomplish this without their highest impact players- Gilchrist for a big part (out with injury) and Mahmood in the beginning (visa problems), and Shaun Marsh at the fag end – suggests a show of character that their position in the points table does not do justice to. If they had made the play-offs, they would have been perhaps the most serious title contender this year.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, for the second year in a row, had Chris Gayle provide a miraculously consistent high impact performance right through the tournament. The dependence was near-complete, and most of the time, the only other batsmen who gave him support off-and-on were overseas players – de Villiers and Dilshan. Kohli did too, though in this format, he is not anywhere near the high impact ODI player he is. The bowling was better but Muralitharan did not play enough, and not being able to play him and Vettori together was one of RCB's biggest losses (and perhaps blunders). It may have done the team a lot of good to play Vettori for Dilshan but it would have weakened the batting immensely. The lack of consistent Indian talent has been RCB's debilitating weakness, which Gayle could not cover up for (unlike last year), and it is shocking that it was allowed to repeat itself this year too.
Rajasthan Royals registered adequate impact through Watson, Dravid, Rahane, Shah and Hodge in batting and Cooper, Hogg, Pankaj Singh and Trivedi in bowling – a lot of players bearing the responsibility somewhat, but eventually spreading themselves too thin on impact overall (with Chandimal – one of the highest impact T20 players in the world, not even getting a game). Watson's absence in the first half of the tournament, several close finishes not going their way, and two feeble performances at the end of league phase - all resulted in much ado about nothing in the end. Given that they had the highest impact overseas players this year, it can be said they underachieved. Like RCB, they need to find some good Indian talent (though unlike RCB, their dependence was not total on them).
Delhi Daredevils have a simple narrative – Sehwag and Pietersen, then Sehwag and Warner, with the batting. Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav with the bowling (with support from Aaron as bowler and Pathan as all-rounder). Too much impact concentrated in too few people. The impact was very high though, which is why DD won so many matches – some comfortably, but on an impact chart they are not as high as many would expect, as the rest of the players did not register much impact to speak of. They are likely to get through the playoffs through individual brilliance too – not the best situation to be in. But then, with Ross Taylor also showing signs of getting his touch back, they are also the side most likely of that kind of brilliance from more sources than any other team.
Chennai Super Kings was off-colour – middling batting impact overall from du Plessis, Michael Hussey, Raina and Dwayne Bravo with flashes of quintessential brilliance from elsewhere (like Albie Morkel). The bowling was a mess – Ashwin was lacklustre, Jakati feeble; only Hillfenhaus delivered, and he didn't even play half the matches. CSK were very lucky to enter the playoffs but it may be a different ballgame now for them, as this stage of the tournament might be more their natural habitat. It will all come down to desire now – Dhoni not completing jobs now which he would always finish before - perhaps a sign that lack of hunger could be a problem this year for CSK.
Mumbai Indians won 5 close matches – it can't be put down to just luck (though that can't be discounted either). The bowling, largely dependent on Malinga (with reliable support from Pollard), and the batting, mustering up reasonable impact between Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Rayudu (with support from Gibbs, Smith and Pollard) – made up for their low specialist talent through all-round impact. The tough part for them was reaching the playoffs – they might just flourish as a big match outfit.
Deccan Chargers just had Steyn as a high impact bowler – even Amit Mishra came to the party only in the last 2 matches. In batting though, they flourished more – with Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White leading the way and Duminy and Christian following a part of the way. They did not get the benefit of their highest impact players – Sangakkara was out-of-form, Darren Bravo missing and Daniel Harris not tried properly. The selection was muddled but they might just have the least to get right next year – just a little more clarity could do it for them, and another high impact bowler.
Pune Warriors were unlucky – they lost their star captain through illness. The makeshift one was inspirational for a short while but he just did not have the talent available in his squad to keep that momentum going. They lost 9 games in a row eventually, ending up last, just like Impact Index had predicted.
Here's a small preview of the first two playoff matches:
1) Qualifier: Delhi Daredevils (1.84) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (1.95)
Batting Comparison:
Bowling Comparison:
KKR is a side of primarily all-rounders whereas DD has more specialised talent. That makes DD a side more capable of individual brilliance with the bat or the ball in terms of consistency. KKR is a more solid, reliable side, which might hold them in good stead in the big match situation but they could find that X-factor missing if things go out-of-hand for them early on.
DD's batting is stronger – Sehwag and Warner hold the key. With Taylor showing signs of getting his mojo back, it could be a lethal combination. KKR relies way too much on Gambhir – if he gets out early, KKR will struggle – but they are still likely to scrap their way to the end.
Their bowling is almost par on numbers (though KKR is more consistent) – it is very clearly a case of pace (Morkel and Yadav) vs spin (Narine and Shakib) though. The pitch, expected to be slow, therefore could favour the KKR attack.
Big match players are the same in both sides – KKR may consider getting Brett Lee in; he is an average T20 bowler usually but transforms into an outstanding T20 player in knockout situations (5 out of 6 times in his career he has shown this). Of course, if the pitch is not likely to have much for the pacers, that will not even be considered.
Both teams are excellent in chasing which is what either might prefer. However, 5 of the 8 matches in Pune have been won batting first (62%), but it is important to remember that the weakest IPL team this year played in each of them, so perhaps there is not much to look at there.
On pure Impact numbers KKR looks the more likely winner (especially with the pitch likely to support their attack). However, DD could take the match away on sheer individual brilliance – it is their only hope of countering KKR – so, the steady game should not be their game-plan against them. The success of Sehwag and Warner (and maybe Taylor) will perhaps determine this game.
Even if they don't prevail in this match, Impact Index history seems to favour DD when it comes to winning IPL 2012. In all 4 previous editions, the second-highest impact team at the league stages went on to win. DD was not the second-highest impact team this year at the league stage, but they are that team amongst the four in the playoffs.
Eliminator: Mumbai Indians (1.83) vs Chennai Super Kings (1.83)
Batting Comparison:
Bowling Comparison:
These are two very similar sides in a contest that is literally too close to call. Defending Champions both – one, IPL 2011, the other, Champions League 2011. Identical Team IMPACT. Identical Batting IMPACT. Almost the same number of big match players in their squads.
And both have been similarly lacklustre at the league stage – especially batting (despite some inspiring performances through the league). CSK, moreover, has been particularly poor in bowling – Ashwin and Jakati have been off-colour and only Hillfenhaus has looked promising (though his last over lost a game against MI in the league phase).
So, it is bowling that could swing it for MI (despite having no one other than Malinga doing the high impact hi-jinks, with some support from Pollard). Or perhaps it is more accurate to say CSK's mediocre bowling could swing it for MI.
The toss could play a part too – in the last two years, 62% of the matches in Bangalore have been won chasing. MI has a better record than CSK this year when it comes to chasing.
It is too close to call – unless CSK bat first, in which case, MI should prevail.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com


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The Riu Plaza Miami Beach is adjacent to the beach and within 1.8 miles (2.8 kilometers) of the convention center, Lincoln Road shopping, South Beach, and the Art Deco District.
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Guests can relax in lounge chairs and hammocks next to a large free-form outdoor pool. Beach chairs are also available for a fee.
The fitness center features 2 flat-screen TVs, weight-training and cardio equipment, and a complimentary towel service. There are also tennis courts on site.
Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the lobby area and throughout the resort.
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The Restaurant - This family-friendly restaurant serves breakfast buffets with made-to-order omelets. Dinner buffets include salads, chicken, fish, and beef dishes. Indoor and outdoor dining available. Open for breakfast and dinner only.
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HOUSTON - They're men, women and children who have died as victims of crimes, accidents and natural causes. The common thread is no one has stepped forward to bury them.
When she died recently at home, it wasn't hard for authorities to identify Shirl Green. The problem has been finding her family.
"She was never married and if she has children, we don't know where they would be," said Dr. Sharon Derrick, a forensic anthropologist at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Green is now on an unfortunate list. She is one of the latest additions to Harris County's unclaimed dead roll.
Last year through lab work and investigation, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences identified and found kin for 99 percent of the nearly 4,000 people brought to its facility.
But the 59 less fortunate souls were left with a burial bereft of emotion in the county cemetery.
Sometimes the unclaimed are unidentified. They include fathers, mothers, even children who at the moment have no name and no history.
On Oct. 16, 2012, in north Harris County, stuffed inside a trash bag were the partially skeletonized remains of what turned out to be a young female, estimated to be between the ages of 15 and 17. How she died is a mystery and so far science has also failed to link her to her family. She was 5 feet 3 inches tall and died wearing a Smurfs shirt and a pair cargo pants.
The young female is one of just three victims in 2012 remains unidentified and unclaimed in Harris County and she is just weeks away now from a grave with a number.
Since 1957, 350 unidentified bodies have been buried at the Harris County cemetery. A 2011 federal grant has allowed the institute to exhume and re-examine the bodies of 25 people, one of whom has already been identified.
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