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We have now reached the number of available scholarship places for our upcoming kopano – Accelerating Change.
kopano – ACCELERATING CHANGE – an LGBTI strategy space where people, places, and ideas meet to help make freedom a reality for all in southern Africa
Everyone should be free to live a safe and dignified life, have a family and make their contribution to society – no matter who they are or who they love. We need to figure out what is working and what does not, to make this a lived reality in southern Africa. That was the purpose for convening this kopano.
Our inaugural kopano Freedom for All provided a unique and empowering strategy space for groups that are working to advance and protect the human rights, social inclusion, and wellbeing of homosexual and bisexual women and men, as well as transgender and intersex people in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Remarkably positive feedback has been received from many of the over 100 activists from 11 African countries, who engaged in facilitated strategy discussions geared towards shifting the paradigm of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex [LGBTI] activism from individual sexual rights to transformative social change.
"What an amazing conference! So much motivation for us as African social movements." Alain Redcliffe, OUT!ology Network
"It was a delightful experience." Melusi Simelani, Swaziland
"I am truly grateful to the Other Foundation for being part of this amazing conference." Ricky Nathanson, Zimbabwe
Breaking away from dreary conference formats, the kopano was purposefully designed as a community gathering, to facilitate as much soul-searching, interaction and discussion between participants as possible. It was defined by collaborative organizing, enough time for remembering those who have gone before us, and great moments for celebration of new milestones that have been reached. 1 in 4 participants was actively engaged in the running of the kopano – by being a co-facilitator, volunteer, or intern. There was emphasis on self-empowerment and community building through working with activists from the media, faith groups, organizations focused on human rights defense from a legal perspective, health and wellbeing organizations, and social justice movements. In addition, high profile panelists and moderators in plenary sessions helped to unpack the possibilities of alliance building with non-LGBTI groups and challenge participants to re-invent their approaches.
Our kopano was also innovatively documented in video by a cohort of media interns working with more experienced media professionals, so as to be able to share the experience far beyond the immediate participants in the kopano. In the interest of those who couldn't attend our kopano (and for those who wish to relive some moments), we have uploaded footage of the plenary sessions, which can be viewed on our kopano-dedicated YouTube channel. Click on the links below to watch recordings of the key plenary sessions.
Prospects for Progress & Lessons from Setbacks
Gains made from across the region over the last 12 to 18 months are interrogated for lessons to strengthen our work.
Moderator: Eusebius McKaiser – Social Commentator.
Panelists: Danilo Da Silva – LAMBDA; Fadzai Muparutsa – Coalition of African Lesbians; Ricky Nathanson – Southern Africa Regional Trans Forum; Monica Tabengwa – Activist; Steve Letsike – National Task Team, South Africa, Access Chapter 2.
Finding Shared Values in a Fractured World
Presentation: Carla Sutherland – The Other Foundation
Speakers: Miguel De Brito – Trustee; Neville Gabriel – The Other Foundation.
Alliance Building for the Future
Exploring what it will take to build strong alliances with related sectors.
Moderator: Alice Mogwe – Trustee.
Panelists: Malusi Mpumlwana – South African Council of Churches; Edwin Cameron – Constitutional Court of South Africa; Karima Brown – Independent Media; Lindiwe Zikhali – Anglo American.
Short inputs on new and innovative work happening in the region.
Moderator: Ian Southey-Swartz – Open Society Foundations.
Panelists: Faraaz Mohamed – South African Human Rights Commission; Mukami Marate – UHAI, The East Africa Sexual Health and Rights Initiative; Swelakhe Shelembe – KwaZulu Natal Christian Council; Finn Reygan – Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action; Jabu Pereira – Iranti.
Outcomes: Approaches to Social Change
What is needed to achieve sustainable social change, from human resources to strategy and everything in-between?
Outcomes: Thematic Areas for Strategic Interventions
Given limited resources and trying environments, which areas of focus have been proven best at effecting change ?
Outcomes: Opportunities for Action
Many hands make light work – are you aware of these opportunities?
kopano FREEDOM FOR ALL – an LGBTI strategy space where people, places, and ideas meet to help make freedom a reality for all in southern Africa.


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Mere recovery cannot save us - what we need is transformation
This crisis is in large part one of values – and only radical change in those can rescue Ireland
THE SHAME and fear swirling around our little country this last week has been painful to witness. We have tumbled from the dizzy heights of apparent economic success to being an embarrassing liability.
It is not made easier by the Schadenfreudein some of the international media coverage. Even the Guardianblog on the Irish crisis could not resist using several pictures of Ajai Chopra of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), all of which featured different beggars. (Almost immediately, an image was doctored and appeared on Twitpic, giving one of the beggars Brian Cowen's face.) Enthralled with its own wit, the BBC's Newsnightalso used a Celtic typeface for quotes from British chancellor George Osborne in 2006 about Ireland's economic miracle.
Whatever about the impulse to indulge in a little paddy-bashing, our relentlessly polite visitors from the EU and IMF have made it very clear that sovereignty is not for the little people. It has exposed the huge flaws of the European Union. For those of us who have been saying for years that the EU suffers fatally from the fact that there is no common identity, it has been no joy to see that view vindicated.
We entered a monetary union predicated on the understanding that everyone would act responsibly. From the beginning, as the German magazine Der Spiegelpointed out last September, many countries did everything they could to get around the constraints imposed by a common currency, including Germany itself. Der Spiegeldescribes the euro as a currency based on a culture of lies and trickery.
Each country continued raising or cutting spending and taxes as if there were no need for reference to another 15 countries.
The chickens have now come home to roost. We have a monetary union that deprives the poorer and weaker states of mechanisms like exchange and interest rates to suit their circumstances. Yet the euro is wildly unpopular, even in Germany, arguably the country that has benefited most from it.
It is a recipe for disaster, and the alienation of ordinary people in the EU proceeds apace. The "bailout that dare not speak its name" may ultimately prove no more damaging than what our own Government would have had to impose on us anyway, but the shame and humiliation it entails will mean even more distrust of the EU.
Yet our German masters see this crisis as an opportunity for pushing for closer political and fiscal union, whatever the peoples of the union want.
As far back as 1991, Helmut Kohl pronounced that political unity was now inevitable. The German dream has always been for a single currency, a single foreign and military policy, and a single set of laws on everything from pensions to immigration. There is no popular support for such a union, and a union built on the desires of elites will be truly terrible in its fall.
Although low interest rates fuelled the borrowing binge that has proved so disastrous for us, the deepest part of our shame is that we cannot just blame the EU. The fact that our own Government failed so miserably to manage our period of wealth, and our financial institutions acted like gamblers, means there is little faith left in any institution.
The Catholic Church lost much of its credibility in even worse circumstances, so at the moment we are bereft of leadership. There are few voices to point out that our crisis is in large part a crisis of values, an embrace of a model of success that is extremely damaging.
Having been poor for centuries, we relished being rich. But we did not look at the growing inequalities, and how the heady embrace of a neoliberal economic view meant that many of our citizens were merely collateral damage in a race towards wealth.
We were quite willing to tolerate inhuman lifestyles for young couples who were forced to move further and further from networks of families and friends in order to afford a house at all. We ignored the fact that our boom was being built on the profits granted to developers and builders, leaving young families in particular stretched to the limit.
Those same young families are now the ones in negative equity and losing jobs. Whatever about lack of solidarity between member states of the EU, there was a shocking lack of solidarity in our own country, a kind of worship of material success that meant whoever could not keep up were just "losers". We are all losers, now.
It is telling that this week, we experienced an unprecedented horror. Yet we are so taken up with our financial woes that we scarcely paused to mourn for four children, two women and a man dead, an event that should stop us in our tracks, and lead to immense soul-searching.
Certainly, their families and people in their localities have mourned and questioned, and no doubt there are children all around the country shivering at the horror of what took place . But we have spent far more time discussing our national humiliation than we have looking at what drives people to desperate acts of violence and self-harm. We have come dangerously close to normalising suicide as a response to life's pains.
Is it all part of a skewed system of values, a lack of any deep-rooted respect for other people or ourselves, that leaves people dangerously bereft of resources when difficulties loom? Individuals continue to live by deeper values, but our collective culture has become debased.
We can, and most likely will, recover eventually from this economic crisis. All our focus is on recovery, but shouldn't we be aiming to be somewhere altogether different from where we were five years ago? That's not something that the IMF or the ECB can sort out for us. We are going to have to do that all by ourselves.

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Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed? National Board Certification as a Signal of Effective Teaching
In this paper, we describe the results of a study assessing the relationship between the certification of teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and elementary-level student achievement. We examine whether NBPTS assesses the most effective applicants, whether certification by NBPTS serves as a signal of teacher quality, and whether completing the NBPTS assessment process serves as a catalyst for increasing teacher effectiveness. We find consistent evidence that NBPTS is identifying the more effective teacher applicants and that National Board Certified Teachers are generally more effective than teachers who never applied to the program. The statistical significance and magnitude of the "NBPTS effect," however, differs significantly by grade level and student type. We do not find evidence that the NBPTS certification process itself does anything to increase teacher effectiveness. Copyright by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Dwayne Johnson Still Attached to Make Two More 'Journey' Sequels
by Ethan Anderton
August 14, 2014
Source: THR
Over two years ago, just after Journey 2: The Mysterious Island hit theaters, Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson were set to return in a third film, with director Brad Peyton and writers Mark and Brian Gunn all back in the same capacity as well. However, it sounds like the direction of the franchise has changed a bit as New Line has just hired Chad & Cary Hayes, the writers behind The Conjuring, to script not just Journey 3, but also Journey 4, both of which Johnson is already attached to lead. As for Hutcherson, THR says the actor isn't attached yet, but as the only star of both the previous films, he's expected to return.
Honestly, these films are just silly, childish, adventure fun, but mostly for kids, like theme park rides without the moving seats and carts. But Johnson has become a big star even in the past two years since Journey 2, so it's not surprising that New Line is keen on keeping him around. One would think that after having success with the Fast & Furious franchise and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (with a sequel in that franchise coming too), that he would stick with better quality fare; at least better as far as mindless blockbusters go.
These movies also feel like a step back for Hutcherson, who has become a decent sized star in his own right with a pivotal supporting role in The Hunger Games franchise. Of course, the actor hasn't quite proven himself as a box office draw or solid actor outside of the sci-fi franchise, with the exception of The Kids Are All Right, so this may not be a bad move for the actor. The Hayes brothers also teamed with Johnson on his earthquake action thriller San Andreas, and the forthcoming supernatural military action thriller Seal Team 666, so they seem to have a good working relationship. But can they turn this sill franchise around? It's probably going to take a decent director to make that happen too.
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Is a populist movement on the right even possible?
Populist Movements are Not Partisan
As a supporter of both the Tea Party and the Occupy movements, I am saddened to see media commentators try to discredit and destroy populist movements by labeling them as either a tool of the Left or, as Hartmann does here, a tool of the Right.
ANY successful populist movement will attract big backers who want to hijack the message for their own ends. That doesn't diminish the importance of the people's support.
Notwithstanding what Thom says, there WAS a groundswell of popular support for the initial ideals of the Tea Party- fiscal responsibility in Washington, and a limited Federal government to protect against encroachments on individual liberty. And these are not some crazy right-wing ideas. They are embedded in our Constitution.
Similarly, there was widespread support for the initial ideals of Occupy: fairness and economic justice, rather than a society that benefits the rich at the expense of the less fortunate.
Believe it or not, there is a common theme to both movements. The institutions that control our society--Big Government and Big Business-- are becoming too powerful and need to be reigned in, or we will lose our way of life.
This endless partisan struggle between Left and Right just keeps the existing power structure in place. Commentators like Hartmann are unfortunately part of that problem, perpetuating the divisiveness among the people that prevents a true populist movement that could really effect change.
So let's focus on what unites us, rather than what divides us. Only when we can come together will we be able to reclaim our society.


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Coleen Rooney has given birth to a baby boy who she and husband Wayne have named Klay Anthony.
Coleen Rooney has given birth to a baby boy.
The 27-year-old star and her soccer player husband Wayne Rooney welcomed their second son into the world in the early hours of this morning (21.05.13) and the pair have named the new arrival - a brother for three-year-old Kai - Klay Anthony.
Tweeting shortly after giving birth, Coleen wrote: ''At 2.11am our Beautiful Son .... Klay Anthony Rooney entered the world.
''He weighed 7Ib 11.1/2 oz We're all so happy and doing well. X (sic)''
Coleen - who revealed over the weekend she had passed her due date - was rumoured to have been taken to hospital on Saturday (18.05.13), after admitting she had struggled to sleep the night before.
She tweeted: ''Such an uncomfortable sleep last night!!! #hurryupbaby (sic)''
The couple announced in December they were expecting a son, two months after confirming Coleen's second pregnancy.
Coleen has previously admitted she would love to have a large family, saying: ''I'd like to have maybe three or four children. I'd be happy to be a full-time mum.''
Manchester United ace Wayne, 27, and Coleen married in Italy in 2008 after a five year engagement.


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Chinese government tells the Chengdu Auto Show to Behave, next Time
September 10, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
Well, we kinda expected this. The Chinese government has reprimanded the organizers of the Chengdu Auto Show for allowing too much female flesh on the floor, the same thing happened in Beijing in April.
Apparently there were three cases that pulled the trigger; the Kia girl and the Citroen girl we saw earlier, and this almost-naked Ms Yan Yu who briefly posed with a Toyota Camry before things got so mad with 'journalists' taking pictures that she was quickly taken back stage.
Fortunately for the organizers the government only acted after the show was already over, but they will have to be careful next year. Now!, about Yan Yu… (NSFW in some countries!!!)
Chengdu Auto Show: Audi RS5 Coupe launched in China
September 7, 2012 by Joey Wang
Back once more to the Chengdu Auto Show where Audi launched the mighty RS5 Coupe earlier this week, with a very pretty babe in a plastic mini skirt. Audi indeed, knows how to please the crowd, like Kia does not. The RS5 Coupe is new for China and has to compete with successful offerings from AMG and M.
Chengdu Auto Show: Yema M31D MPV Concept
September 3, 2012 by Joey Wang
Sichuan Yema Automobile has its factory near Chengdu, so they got to show something good on the Chengdu Auto Show. As usually they did. This year brought us the A-MPV, the B60X SUV Concept and this mad M31D MPV Concept. Design-wise it is a copy of the Toyota Alphard, albeit a bit sportier, mixed with some Nissan NV200, which is a popular car for China's copy-makers, BYD is working on a clone as well.
Chengdu Auto Show: China-made Ford Kuga has arrived
September 3, 2012 by Joey Wang
We have seen zillions of spy shots but now it is finally here, the China-made Ford Kuga officially debuted at the Chengdu Auto Show. Mass production of the Kuga at the Chang'an-Ford joint venture will start in November and it will be launched in early 2013. There will be two engines; 1.6 and 2.0, mated to a six-speed tiptronic. We know there will be at least three versions available: the base Kuga, a sporty S and the luxurious Ghia. Price is still a well-kept secret but we think it will start around 180.000 yuan.
Chengdu Auto Show: Joel Ewanick was Right about Football
September 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
Back in July all automotive media got red hot about the unexpected and very sudden firing of Joel Ewanick, marketing chief of General Motors. Why exactly he was kicked out remains unclear untill today but rumors say the reason was likely his very expensive soccer deal with Manchester United. GM however signed the deal anyway and new pictures from the Chengdu Auto Show prove Joel was right. A local Chengdu Chevrolet dealer hit the floor with a yellow Chevrolet Camaro with a giant Manchester United sticker on the bonnet.
Chengdu Auto Show: Chery Cowin 1 goes WRC and Fast & Furious
September 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
Here we have a very sporty Chery Cowin 1, seen on the Chengdu Auto Show. The normally rather boring Cowin 1 comes with a fat-ass body kit and some cool stickers: 'WRC Auto Sports' and 'The Fast and the Furious'. Wheels are sadly standard and that ain't too good for such a sporty vehicle. Buyers can take it right away from the floor, a local dealer is offering the package for 36.000 yuan and that is very cheap.
Chengdu Auto Show: Chang'an BenBen Mini goes British
September 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
Chang'an Automotive didn't have much real news for the Chengdu Auto Show, but they did bring a sporty version of the Chang'an BenBen Mini, which is a rather popular Chinese minicar. It is not a production model but all parts can be ordered at the dealer, including this very cool British flag on the roof, much like a BMW Mini indeed…
Chengdu Auto Show: Lincoln arrives in China but not Really
September 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
Just before the start of the Chengdu Auto Show on Friday we received pictures of three Lincolns turning up near the exhibition hall. We were kinda surprised because Ford had just announced Lincoln would be launched in China in 2014. We couldn't really figure out what the cars were so doing there. New pics however learn Ford had nothing to do with it…
Chengdu Auto Show: are things getting a bit outta hand in China..?
September 2, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
We are going back to the Chengdu Auto Show once more, and once more again for a kinda pretty babe. Remember the Beijing Auto Show in April? There was a lotta flesh, even so much that the central Chinese government started to complain, saying that things had gone too far. Well, it seems that those 'Chengduren' didn't hear all that!
Earlier on we checked a hottie doing a Citroen C4 and today things go much further with a sorta strange girl doing a Kia Sorento. I must say, if this babe would come my way, I might delay. NSFW but really on a very public auto show in China, with kids and grannies running around and such and such. Kia Girl, Click on Pics for Bigs®:
Chengdu Auto Show: SouEast V5 Lingzhi hits the China auto market
September 2, 2012 by Tycho de Feijter
The SouEast V5 Lingzhi sedan has been officially launched on the China auto market, price starts at 70.800 yuan and ends at 97.800 yuan. The SouEast V5 debuted in April on the Beijing Auto Show, it is based on the platform from the last-gen Mitsubishi Lancer that is still made in China by the SouEast-Mitsubishi joint venture.


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What names can you only picture on a child/teen, but just can't imagine it on an adult or elder?
My list:
Lindsey/Lindsay/etc.- I knew plenty of these growing up and I will always picture them as children or adolescents.
Princess - This is on the top 1000 right now. Seems like something you would call a toddler as a pet name.
Maddison - I have a hard enough time picturing this on a girl.
Aidan - I still see this as being a child's name.


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EATON TWP – Police have arrested a man who allegedly handed a note to a gas station cashier and made off with money from the register on Sunday.
David Kimble, 33, of Elyria was charged with robbery and theft at his father's house on the 41200 block of Griswold Road Tuesday morning.
Police said Kimble went into a Marathon Gas Station on 38495 Royalton Road at about 9:15 p.m. on Sunday and handed a note to the clerk, saying he was robbing the station. Kimble took the money from the register and fled the scene in a red van parked outside, police said.
After looking at surveillance footage and going over the information officers got when they did a traffic stop on Kimble's van earlier on Friday, police were able to identify Kimble as the suspect.
He was brought to Lorain County Jail, where he was being held on an $11,000 bond until his next court date at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elyria Municipal Court.


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Popular comical poetry show Waah Waah Kya Baat Hai' has successfully completed 100 episodes. To celebrate the shoot, producer Asit Kumarr Modi invited Sunil Pal and SAB TV head Anuj Kapoor on the show. A huge cake was cut by Sunil Pal, Anuj Kapoor, Neha Mehta, Asit Kumarr Modi and Sailesh Lodha and the other poet guests on the sets.
With the theme of naya-purana this episode had young and senior poets having an entertaining and humorous poetic debate.
Sunil Pal is the Celeb Guest of this episode. He brought the house down with his comical representation of various things. He did a takeoff on fat people with thin voices. A comical version of announcement on railway stations. He imitated the Chaiwala and Vada Paav wala on the stations. He also recited a parody, set to the tune of O Womaniya' from Gangs of Wasseypur. A few lines from the same...
"O, womaniya, aha womaniya... Har cheez mehngi beche hai baniya, vegetable ka bhaav na poochho..."
"I am really thanks to Asit ji they all called me as guest on 100 episode. For any show 100 episodes is very important and this is really different show from other. I wish they will also called me on 1000 episode also," says Sunil Pal
It will telecast on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October at 9 PM.
The show is anchored by Sailesh Lodha & Neha K. Mehta which is a humorous hourly weekend show.
The concept of the show is loosely based on the old tradition of 'Haasya Kavi Sammelan'. Produced under the banner of 'Neela Telefilms' by Asit Kumarr Modi, the show is telecast every Saturday & Sunday at 9PM on SAB TV.


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Xtine Hanson has never seen the Simpsons episode in which Bart strolls through a mall as every store becomes a Starbucks, but she can relate. In the summer of 2004, visiting New York for an art exhibit, she and a friend walked around the city's Soho district, hoping to sip some joe in one of its legendary hipster coffeehouses. They never found one. Everywhere they looked, there was a Starbucks.
The trip annoyed Hanson. She's a Long Beach resident and loves that her city hosts indie coffee shops on seemingly every other street (one of her favorites is Portfolio Cafe, off Fourth Street and Cherry Avenue). So when she returned to California, Hanson set out to create an art piece that would attack the Seattle-based corporation's Borg-like presence. She enlisted the help of a student at the Art Institute of Orange County in Santa Ana, where she's a professor, and spent the next six months designing a website that would allow people to find independent coffee shops. That site, Delocator.net, debuted in April 2005 and quickly became an Internet phenomenon, receiving more than 2 million visits in the first two months and positive write-ups in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Agence France-Presse and the popular BoingBoing blog.
Part of Delocator's popularity is attributable to its simplicity: type in a ZIP code, and the Delocator spits out a list of independent coffeehouses within five miles. Like Wikipedia, the list is produced by the site's visitors. As a playful reminder of Starbucks' omnipresence, Delocator also provides a parallel column of Starbucks locations in the same region.
Though Hanson herself is lighthearted, the site's tone is doctrinaire. "By comparison of numeric quantity and site-specific detail," it reads, "the viewer/searcher will see evidence of the unchecked aggression and power that corporate businesses have in our communities."
Hanson isn't surprised by Delocator's popularity. "Starbucks is a very polarizing cultural entity," she says. "A lot of people love to love it, or love to hate it." Hanson chuckles about the time she received an e-mail from a lawyer who claimed to represent Starbucks. The Seattle-based company was angry that Hanson's website included a logo that parodied Starbucks' iconic green goddess of caffeine.
"They didn't want me to sell items with a likeness to their logo," Hanson says. "I'm not looking to make money off the site. But are you kidding me? You have copyright to a circle?!"
Hanson is planning for Delocator's second phase with the help of UC Irvine arts professor Beatriz Da Costa. By the end of February, they hope to include a cell-phone version with options for independent bookstores and movie theaters. Hanson and Da Costa will make the code for the new sites public, in the hope that people around the world will create their own indie-seeking search engines.
Hanson calls Delocator "a cultural critique, a practical tool and a semantic joke." She's worried about the decline of mom-and-pop shops as corporations expand and created the verb "delocate" to describe her efforts.
But is it art—or a new dot-com business plan with Google-like possibilities?
"My mother is the most practical person I know," says Hanson, who was raised in upstate New York. "To her, nothing matters if it doesn't do something for you. I adopted that influence. That's important for me as an artist, to engage with people who aren't going to be in a gallery."
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She does allow that Starbucks isn't necessarily sheer evil. "The case has been made that because of Starbucks, there's a wider avenue or platform for the independent coffeehouses to stand on," says Hanson, who once worked at a Berkeley Starbucks for six weeks. "And for a lot of people, Starbucks represents high culture. It represents the city, a cosmopolitan way of life. It represents that even for people who live in the city. They offer stability to society at large.
"But it's a seduction game," Hanson adds. "There are people who like something mechanical. I personally want a human cup of coffee."
And for the record: Hanson gets most of her Orange County coffee from the staff room at the Art Institute because "it's free."


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Oakley drops a special new Gearbox watch here with the Titanium Edition. The watch is constructed out of the extremely strong and virtually indestructible titanium. It also features a nice carbon fiber dial face and comes with an Oakley Unobtainium rubber strap. It also comes equipped with a 5-year battery, so given that, plus its durable construction, you should get some great usage out of this piece. The new watch is available now at Oakley.
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Education with History
In choosing to study this Education with History degree you'll cover a broad spectrum of childhood development activities that include the sociological, psychological and educational facets that influence the development of children alongside the essential History syllabus. You'll be taught by enthusiastic staff and cover a range of practical, theoretical and professional disciplines that employers in this discipline demand. Your skills and abilities will be enhanced with regular exposure to team-work, communications, interpersonal, and time and work management opportunities.
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Postcard from Pinehurst: The demonic tape recorder and my new pal, Phil Mickelson
In my dreams as a kid of covering events like the U.S. Open, they never included a tape recorder that went to the dark side.
But mine did. After years of being a trusted companion, it just quit working, right before I was set to interview several members of the advance team for the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. My tape recorder was dead. Nothing. Not even new batteries helped.
On Thursday night, I went to bed early to treat myself to six hours of sleep. But at 1 a.m., I started to hear this odd beeping noise. It was the kind of noise that you hope will go away because you don't want to get up, but you know that it won't.
After about 15 minutes, I could take it no longer, and I got up. Five minutes later, I finally discovered what was making the noise: my tape recorder. It was flashing and beeping but still not functional. So I did the only humane thing to this terminally ill piece of equipment: I broke it into 1,000 pieces. And of course, it took me an hour to fall back asleep. So much for the six hours.
I went shopping at the 39,000-square-foot main merchandise pavilion at Pinehurst No. 2. I asked a worker what was the weirdest item in the store. His answer was the periscopes, and by luck, the owner was there to help hawk them.
He was Phil Mickelson. Not that Phil Mickelson, but his pop. And after a long chat with my new buddy, I realized the periscopes aren't really that weird after all. If you are back in the gallery, it's tough to see the action. But the periscope extends 22½ inches into the air, so you are seeing above everyone's heads.
"It's like being on a 2-foot ladder with a pair of binoculars, but using just one eye," Mickelson said.
Golf writer Scott Hanson will be writing postcards all week from Pinehurst, N.C., site of the U.S. Open. Look for them in the Take 2 blog on seattletimes.com/sports.
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If you're peckish or looking for the perfect dessert, bananas and cream is the perfect answer: its smooth, soft and delicious!
1Grab your bananas and start chopping: With your knife cut the banana into little cubes of about a 1 centimeter (0.4 in) width.
2Place about half of the banana it in the bowl: Depending on how big your bowl is and how many bananas you are using, place it in a circle facing down on the edge of the bowl (or two circles if you are using 2 bananas)
3Drizzle the sauce: Squirt the sauce—either your chocolate or caramel, or both—on top of the bananas.
4Time for the first serving of cream: In the empty circle in the middle of the bowl, squirt loads of whipped cream.
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Demand-Supply Trends and Projections of Food in India
The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections have been based on change in productivity levels, changes in price, growth of population and income growth. A comparison with projections provided by other scholars has also been made in the paper. Subsequently, the future supply-demand gap has been discussed in the light of policy requirements. It is concluded that an increase in total demand is mainly due to growth in population and per capita income. A diversification in consumption basket significantly away from cereals has been observed. On the supply side, production is constrained by low yield growths. This is more specific in context of total cereals and sugarcane. While in the short and medium term, there might be surplus of cereals in the country, these prospects are likely to diminish in the years to come. This situation is even more alarming for edible oil, sugarcane and pulses. To meet the future food requirements, the country shall have to either increase agricultural production, or depend on imports. In this light, the paper suggests that the policy focus needs to be laid, towards productivity enhancement in agriculture, through public investment in irrigation, development of roads, research and extension.
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Training Children to Handle Money God's Way - Part 2
The consequences of not teaching children to handle money wisely are tragic. So many young adults today are out of control financially. They are drowning in debt with almost no savings, and they don't understand how important it is to be generous. Parents have the responsibility to train their children. Proverbs 22:6 promises, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."
The fundamental strategy for training children to handle money is the Little-Big principle. The Bible says, "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much" (Luke 16:10).
When children become faithful with small amounts, they are prepared to assume greater responsibility. After they learn to handle quarters wisely, they are ready for a few dollars. Parents should be as systematic in equipping children to handle money as teachers are in teaching them to write. First, children learn the alphabet and then how to spell their name. Each year they learn more complex words and grammar. Eventually, they are able to write essays. Learning to handle words-or money-is a process that happens in stages.
Graduating to greater responsibility
The strategy is to steadily increase responsibility so that your children are independently managing all their finances-with the exception of food and shelter-by their senior year in high school. That way, parents are available to watch and advise as their children make increasingly important financial decisions while still at home.
Unfortunately, most young people are unprepared to handle money when they leave home. One college student admitted how shocked he was to learn that credit card purchases actually had to be paid for later! That surprise paled in comparison to how stunned his parents were when they received his credit card statement with an outstanding balance of $11,350!
By the time your children are in their junior year of high school, they should open a checking account and get a secured credit card. Parents can then show them how to reconcile their checkbook each month, coaching them to use the credit card wisely and pay it off in full and on time every month. Once those habits are in place, they will likely stay in place for a lifetime.


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Boristar delivered John McMillan his first stakes-level race victory in Adelaide on December 26 but the trainer is hopeful it won't take as long to get his second.
The last start winner will line-up in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday; while it will be a challenge for the gelding that has mainly stuck to Benchmark races, McMillan believes he has earned the chance.
Boristar has finished in the first two in five of his past six starts, including a close second in the Emirates Airline Handicap (1400m) on November 8 at Flemington. The gelding got trapped wide early so went onto be the outside lead. He hit the front at the 400m mark and was still there with 20 metres to go before finding himself nabbed late by Eclair Big Bang.
After finishing outside the placings in all three of his previous black-type starts, Boristar emerged victorious in the Listed Christmas Handicap (1400m) at Morphettville on Boxing Day.
"But when you are talking about Listed races at Flemington you are going up to a whole other level," McMillan told Sky Racing.
"That's why I'm realistic about this.
"I think this horse has certainly earned his chance. If I left him in Adelaide he'd just go around and win and then I'd be thinking, `I wonder if he was good enough for a Listed race in Melbourne'.
"So we might as well find out now."
The five-year-old gelding was one of 17 horses nominated for the 2015 Chester Manifold Stakes on Monday morning, against the likes of Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) winner Decircles and top weighter Reparations.
McMillan had high hopes for Boristar after winning two races in his first preparation but after suffering a fractured pelvis, the gelding was sidelined for nine months.
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Here we'll be maintaining a list of common issues and questions that people have with the client and the solutions and answers to these problems. This page is still a work in progress and we'll be updating it throughout the competition.
Also - we update the client and other software throughout the competition. Your scaffold is set up to automatically download these updates, and many of these updates will fix bugs and improve the client in general. At any point, check the Specs & Software page for details on the most recent patches.
If you downloaded your Battlecode files Monday night (1/9) or earlier, we've updated a few things. Redownload your scaffold on the website. See the git repository for when it was last updated: https://github.com/battlecode/battlecode-scaffold-2017. In addition, the latest version of the README will also be there and we might make clarity updates over time.
If you get errors related to 'unpackClient' or 'copying' not working, try closing the client. It might be trying to unpack over files that are running, which doesn't work on Windows or some Linuxes.
General solutions to a lot of problems:1. Refresh dependencies to make sure you have the latest version of all the libraries. Your scaffold should automatically download new updates when you run any gradle command (build, for example). If it's not working, this is how you'd force it to update: From command line, run gradle --refresh-dependencies build or ./gradlew --refresh-dependencies build or gradlew.bat --refresh-dependencies build. Run this from the root directory of your Battlecode project. For Eclipse, you can also right click the project in the Package Explorer and select "Refresh Dependencies" in the "Gradle" menu. On IntelliJ, above the list of gradle tasks there is an icon with two blue arrows in a circle that will "Refresh All Gradle Projects."2. If your build isn't working, try cleaning and rebuilding. There should be relevant gradle tasks for this (build->clean in Eclipse). Alternatively, you can just delete your build folder.3. Re-download and set the scaffold up from scratch. This has fixed problems for people.4. Make sure your gradle version on your computer is up to date if you are using command line / terminal. It should be version 3.3.5. Rerun the gradle build task.
gradle --refresh-dependencies build
./gradlew --refresh-dependencies build
gradlew.bat --refresh-dependencies build
If your Javadocs are out of date on your IDE or if your IDE doesn't seem to recognize the latest update (or if your Javadocs aren't working at all): For Eclipse, you can right click the project in the Package Explorer and select "Refresh Dependencies" in the "Gradle" menu. On IntelliJ, above the list of gradle tasks there is an icon with two blue arrows in a circle that will "Refresh All Gradle Projects."
If you get Exception in thread "WebsocketSelector##" (with a NullPointerException) or your client keeps playing an old match: read through this thread in the meantime for a solution: http://battlecodeforum.org/t/resolved-client-runs-previously-runned-game-on-startup/436.
Exception in thread "WebsocketSelector##"
First thing to try for any client issue: press F12. This opens the debug console and will give you more information. If you see a gradle failure, your code probably doesn't compile.
If your client dropdown shows no players: press F12 when running the client to see the debug console, and report the bug to us. Here are some resolutions:
If running a match does nothing: your robots are probably crashing before the game even starts, or they don't compile. Check the error console.
If you see a complaint about compileScala having to do with zincClassPath: your version of gradle is probably out of date. Install version 3.3.
If you see "Execution failed for task ':compileScala'. > java.io.IOException: Cannot run program (something javac)" on Eclipse: in the battlecode->build task, right click build and open the run configurations. Set the JAVA_HOME to where your JDK is.
If you see other errors about :compileScala: there is a good chance your code doesn't compile. Run the gradle build command to figure out if that's the case. (This is a misleading error message, since it happens even if you are not using Scala. For example, this error happens if you have a Java compile error.)
If you can't find a client: you probably didn't build. Make sure to run the gradle build task, as described in the README.
If a gradle task is taking forever on your IDE: close your IDE and run gradle build from command line.
General Eclipse problems: make sure you have Eclipse neon2 and not an older version. Make sure you read the Caveats in the battlecode scaffold README as well.
If Eclipse doesn't list any gradle tasks: you can either set up your project again from scratch or follow the tips here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14751276/eclipse-not-recognizing-project-as-gradle-project
If you're wondering where your System.out.println output goes: the output should show up in the console. If it's not working for you, run the matches from command line in headless mode (use gradle run, as described below). Afterwards, upload the match file and view it from the client. Also, remember that you can click on a unit to see that specific unit's output. You may have to adjust the number of rounds to be something larger.
gradle run
How do I run a match from headless mode (from command line)? If you are using command line / terminal, enter your battlecode scaffold directory and execute gradle run -PteamA=examplefuncsplayer -PteamB=examplefuncsplayer -Pmaps=shrine,SparseForest to run a match. If the gradle command doesn't exist, use ./gradlew instead or gradlew.bat on Windows. This will produce a .bc17 match file in the matches/ folder, which you can open using the client.
gradle run -PteamA=examplefuncsplayer -PteamB=examplefuncsplayer -Pmaps=shrine,SparseForest
How can I run use terminal / command line from my IDE?
If you are using IntelliJ, you can open the built-in Terminal. View -> Tool Windows -> Terminal should work. If you can't find it, follow the instructions here: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.3/working-with-embedded-local-terminal.html.
For Eclipse, you might have to install a plugin. This is one example: http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/tcf-terminals
"battlecode.instrumenter.InstrumentationException: ILLEGAL Illegal class: battlecode/instrumenter/inject/System this class cannot be referenced by player code": sometimes your IDE will automatically import battlecode.instrumenter.inject.System when you are just trying to use Java's System class. Delete that unnecessary import statement.
battlecode.instrumenter.InstrumentationException: ILLEGAL Illegal class: battlecode/instrumenter/inject/System this class cannot be referenced by player code
If you have an issue with Gradle using an incorrect JDK, you can explicitly set it in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties with a line like org.gradle.java.home="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_101" (replacing the last path with wherever your JDK was installed).
org.gradle.java.home="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_101"
IntelliJ: If you've installed the latest version of the JDK but the option does not appear among the Gradle JVM choices: check these replies http://www.battlecodeforum.org/t/battlecode-2017-troubleshooting-faq/161/3.
If you get this error: javac: invalid target release: 1.8 or if you see a complaint about not being able to find javac: you need to install JDK 8. Instructions to do so are linked on the specs and software page. In addition, you also need to make sure that JDK 8 is on your computers PATH (or CLASSPATH). More detailed instructions are here https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/install_overview.html, and pay especially careful attention to anything about setting the PATH / CLASSPATH.
javac: invalid target release: 1.8
If you're using Intellij, verify all these under File->Project Structure:
For Eclipse, verify these:
If you're using terminal, make sure java -version and javac -version both output 1.8.something.
java -version
javac -version
If you're on Linux Mint, you might have to follow these instructions to install JDK 8: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1372
If you get an error about Unsupported major.minor version: it means that the version of Java you are compiling with is different from the version you are building with. Make sure that these versions are set properly on your IDE. Then, delete your build folder and rebuild everything.
Unsupported major.minor version
If you see anything about unindexed remote maven repositories: that's okay. Just continue along with the instructions.
If you get something like "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file" when opening your client: read here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2669244 .
My robot explodes unexpectedly (possibly on round 1 or 2). Why? A robot will die if an uncaught exception is thrown, or if its run method returns. Make sure to always keep your code within a while loop. Make sure you wrap your code in a try catch, like how examplefuncsplayer does it. Then, if there are exceptions, you can catch them and usee.printStackTrace() to see where the error is coming from.
If your player doesn't show up in the dropdown menu: make sure your source code is in a file called RobotPlayer.java and that it's in the src directory somewhere.
If you get Could not find or load main class org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain: check the gradle/wrapper folder in your scaffold. It should have two files in it (gradle-wrapper.jar and gradle-wrapper.properties). If not, you need to redownload these files from the scaffold.
Could not find or load main class org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain
If everything still doesn't work: post on this forum, or come to the Battlecode IRC (#battlecode on the irc.freenode.net server). An easy way to join is through here: http://irc.lc/freenode/battlecode. This is another client you can use: https://kiwiirc.com/client. On the IRC channel the devs will try their best to help you resolve your problem.
Check the issues and pull requests within our Github repositories.
If you are using our website and getting something like "CSRF verification failed: try switching to Google Chrome or another browser. It might also be a firewall issue.
How can you tell if a scrimmage is ranked or not? Ranked matches have a little gear icon on the left.
How do you find the size of the map? You can't do this using any command. However, you could send out units (like scouts) to explore the map and figure out its size.
What maps will be used for tournaments? Those maps are not revealed until the tournament starts.
What does the boolean value in MethodCosts.txt do? You can safely ignore it. If you're curious, dig into the battlecode-server code.
How do I access parameters of different robot types (such as stride radius)? Look at the Javadocs for RobotType. As an example, you can get a Scout's stride radius using RobotType.SCOUT.strideRadius.
Can I use multiple files for my player? Yes! In fact, this is encouraged. It'll make your code much cleaner.
Can I put my player code across multiple packages? Yes. your code can reside in different packages. This allows you to share code among multiple players. Just make sure to specify the correct package name for your RobotPlayer.java when you submit your bot.
Can I use global variables in my player? Yes, you can. However, global variables are not shared between robots. (Essentially, each robot is running in a completely isolated environment.) The only way for two robots to communicate is via broadcasts.
I'm trying to configure IntelliJ.
Even though I installed the latest version of JDK and restarted my laptop, the 1.8 option does not appear in "Gradle JVM." All i have is "Use JAVA_HOME (not defined yet)" in red letters.
How do I fix this and configure IntelliJ?
On the "Welcome to IntelliJ IDEA" screen, on the bottom right, go to Configure > Project Defaults > Project Structure. You should be able to set the Project SDK by hitting the "New" button.
thanks! I got the client to work but I when I try to launch the application this happened.
Do you how to fix this?
Whenever I open intellij I get an error that reads "Unindexed remote maven repositories found". When I try to update the repository in the Maven menu intellij gives me a fileNotFoundException. Does anyone have any advice?
Hey, you have to go to the File tab in Intellij and click on Project Structure then click on New then go to program files and find the latest jdk and select it. Then you'll have what you need.
I got that too, but just ignored it and everything else went fine
hmm i tried that and i still have the same problem.
Well I am getting this error when I try and run build:
"No cached version listing for org.battlecode:battlecode-gradle-plugin:2017.+ available for offline mode."
I just assumed they were related.
Have you downloaded and installed the latest JDK? I reinstalled it then did the steps.
Again, to make sure:
File --> Project Structure --> New --> click on the first option --> go to program files--> Java folder --> the latest JDK
yeah i have the 1.8.0_111
Okay so you selected it then clicked "apply" then "ok" then you restart the whole process
thats what i did. should i delete the client folder and do "build"???
Have you tried switching from offline mode?
Accidentally deleted my last post. Did you try disabling your antivirus file security?
wait, if you went on with the installation you should probably delete it and start over but this time select the right JVM for it
That's the strange part, according to intellij I do not have offline mode activated. I will try restarting and importing again.
ive done that multiple times and its still not working. I have the right jvm bc its compatible with java 8
After running a random match in the client I have a message like this:
But what does it mean? How to understand who won that round?I guess, there is a UI bug in the client somewhere here...


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Very droll! Now who is Ever the Clever? LOL
Why, thank you, my dear! Yes, a color combo that cannot be matched! Throw in a julia, then an Orb and... voila! You are very welcome, L!.... :-)))
Lol! You provide quite an interesting visual, dear one! With the twirling eyeballs, does spekkie have anything to do with vision correction? You are most welcome, T! .... :-)))
A Julia, an Orb in Purple and Royal Blue.... Primo good buddy... Creative, artistic and then some... Thanks mucho .... :) :)
Ooooh! Spekkie, spekkie, spekkie! Eyeball twirling stuff :-)
Thanks, Jillia!
I'm so glad you like it, dear Shirley! Wow! Look who is #1 out of 122. Way to go!
Very unique Jill, I love it, great work, Thanks Jill.


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Taste of Home: Cookies: 623 Irresistible Delights
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Taste of Home: Cookies: 623 Irresistible Delights
Holiday Cookbooks, November 2012
This cookie compendium has twelve chapters of recipes, including Christmas favorites. Another on gifts or "big-batch baking" will help bakers who need cookies for exchanges or parties to find one for every occasion. Something for tastes from simple to elaborate can be found here from the popular magazine. Comments from Taste of Home readers who have tried the recipes help with the enormity of recipes and make this seem even more inviting for new bakers.


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Brian Bielmann: Straight Up The Man! Mini Movie From Sanuk
Like the title says, longtime TransWorld SURF photographer Brian Bielmann is the man! I've known Brian and his family for ages and have the best memories of our early trips to Tahiti, Hawaii, Fiji, and Australia together. We dubbed him "Uncle Brian" and his coffee-fueled calls to the TWS office were a daily treat—every time I saw that 808 number pop up I knew it was going to be Uncle Brian time and gave myself 20 minutes to listen. Shit, I sound like I'm writing an obituary! Far from it though, after the final issue of TransWorld SURF was printed Uncle Brian was super bummed like everyone else, but like he says in the movie above, re-invented himself at an age when a lot of people are thinking of retiring. I'm not the only one singing Uncle Brian's praises, KaiBorg, Alek Parker, Matt Meola, and many more have amazing Bielmann stories. Thanks to Sanuk for taking the time to recognize one of the true legends of our sport!—Justin Coté
PS: One more thing, you hear how Brian is just firing away on those sequences? Well I was the guy he'd pass the memory card off to after a long day shooting a contest—scouring through thousands of images late at night is one part I don't miss about working with him! Haha, love you BB!
Check out Brian Bielmann's "Photographers Series" post
Go to brianbielmann.com
From Sanuk:
Bielmann: Straight Up the Man is a short film that profiles world-renowned surf photographer Brian Bielmann.
If a photo is worth 1000 words, what's 30 years of photos worth? Hmmmmm? Find out and tag along with Sanuk as they follow Brian through his home turf on the North Shore. Cruise at the Pipeline Masters, thumb through endless stacks of vinyl records, and savor the incredible stories behind the iconic photographs that he's documented over his 30+ year career…
Starring: Brian Bielmann, Chris Cote, Alek Parker, Aaron Checkwood, Clark Little, Nathan Fletcher, Herbie Fletcher, Kai "Borg" Garcia, and Matt Meola.
Directed By: Joey Maiocco & Scott Nichols
Executive Producer: Joey Maiocco
Edited By: Tony Vercelli
Original Score: Joseph Vadini & Peter Kreta
Original Photography: Brian Bielmann


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Cathy Overton-Clapham was still in a state of shock 24 hours after her teammates told her she was no longer wanted as third for Canadas reigning womens curling champion Jennifer Jones.
I was totally blindsided, for sure, and obviously very disappointed, Overton-Clapham, 40, told the Sun on Thursday. They just said things were getting stale and they needed more excitement and vision.
Overton-Clapham was the all-star third at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and among the top thirds at the womens world championship, where Jones settled for a disappointing bronze medal.
One of the hardest things about this is that I earned the right to compete at the (2011) Scotties (as defending champ), the Canada Cup and the Continental Cup, and thats been taken away, she said, her voice emotional.
Jones, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn Askin told Overton-Clapham of their decision together on Wednesday.
Officer was guarded when reached by the Sun Thursday.
We have no comment right now but I guess all I can say is if you can hang tight, youll have some details, Officer said.
It is believed the foursome is looking to add a younger player.
There have been rumours the team is eyeing reigning Canadian junior champion Rachel Homan of Ottawa.
There may never be a right time to do this but there is a better time, Overton-Clapham said. Its April and its going to be difficult for me to put together a team for next year.
You know, I get that things have to be done to get better and I get that this is a business team but if we are all business partners, dont you think you should talk to your business partner, too?
Overton-Clapham added that the team plans to issue an official press release about her departure on Friday.
The Jones foursome has won three consecutive Canadian womens curling championships and four overall.
However, they have only one world title in four tries and fared poorly at the Olympic trials in December.
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AVILA BEACH – With two planned maintenance and refueling outages scheduled at Diablo Canyon Power Plant in 2014, PG&E is again looking to hire workers to support these projects. Opportunities for outage work and full-time jobs at PG&E, as well as how local companies can do business with the utility, will be available at an information fair at the PG&E Energy Education Center in San Luis Obispo on Friday (Oct. 4).
The PG&E Energy Education Center is located at 6588 Ontario Road, between the San Luis Bay Drive and Avila Beach Drive exits on US 101.
Sessions will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. and from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Each of Diablo Canyon's two reactor units is refueled about every 18 months. Unit 1 will undergo a planned outage next spring, followed by Unit 2 in the fall. During a planned outage, supplemental workers from the community and around the country assist the plant's nearly 1,500 employees on projects that support the continued safe and reliable operation of the facility. (Click here to watch a Currents video on how these maintenance and refueling outage benefit the region.)
"Diablo Canyon Power Plant plays a major role in helping PG&E deliver some of the nation's cleanest electricity to its customers," said Site Vice President Barry Allen. "The work performed during planned outages supports our strong commitment to safety, and ensures a steady flow of affordable, reliable and carbon-free energy to more than three million Californians."
Various temporary positions need to be filled at Diablo Canyon during a planned outage, including roles requiring administrative, maintenance and mechanical skills. Full-time positions supporting the plant and other PG&E operations, including its electric and gas business units, are also available. Representatives from PG&E and its contractors will be on hand during the fair to provide information to those interested in applying for positions.
Employment counselors from Shoreline Workforce Development Services also will be on-site to provide complementary resume coaching and inform participants about other job search resources. Additionally, member organizations of the Building Trades Council as well as representatives from the PG&E Hiring Hall will present information regarding apprenticeships and other career-building opportunities for skilled-trades members.
Each planned outage at Diablo Canyon provides economic opportunities for local businesses. Many temporary workers who assist PG&E travel from other parts of the country and require lodging in local hotels and housing while in the area. In addition, PG&E contracts locally for support services, supplies and materials year-round. Local companies interested in learning how to do business with PG&E during an outage at Diablo Canyon or any other time of year are encouraged to attend the Oct. 4 fair. Hotels and other lodging providers also are encouraged to attend to find out how to offer their accommodations.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant's two units together produce approximately 2,300 net megawatts of electricity without greenhouse-gas emissions. That total represents nearly 10 percent of all electricity generated in California, enough energy to meet the needs of more than 3 million Northern and Central Californians.


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How does intermittent fasting affect fertility in women?
If you're trying to get pregnant, or just hope to be one day and you're worried that intermittent fasting might affect your level of fertility, research shows that it has no negative effects at all, and in some cases even improves your fertility levels.
There has been research in several animal species which show a decrease in reproductive hormones when fasting just prior to ovulation however these results have depended on the species and the nutritional status of the animal at the time.
This isn't likely to happen to us because if we're ifasting properly (and eating well on non fasting days/parts of the day) we'll be well nourished from our meals. It's actually the chronic dieters who restrict calories and are poorly nourished that have problems conceiving.
The studies that show decreased fertility levels in rats and mice are pretty much irrelevant to humans because they are 'foragers' compared to us hunter-gatherers. Any period of time that a species who forage for food (and therefore rarely go without it) is likely to trigger a decrease in reproduction hormones as the message their body is receiving is that 'food is scarce'. Throughout the Paleolithic era (the majority of the time humans have been on earth) we ate intermittently naturally, when we could find and hunt for food.
A recent study in human females in the International Journal of Fertility and Sterility (2010) looked at the effect of intermittent fasting on ovulation and fertility hormones such as follicle stimulating hormone, estradiol and progesterone, in 24 women with normal menstrual cycles. They found that there were no changes in these hormones when fasting compared with not fasting, and no changes at all in ovulation.
Another study in the 'Reviews of Reproduction' Journal (1996) showed that females who fasted intermittently for short durations were actually more fertile in the follicular phase of menstruation (days 1 to 4 of their period) and from day 14 (at ovulation) until day 28 they showed slightly and insignificantly less, reproductive hormones during each fast. However as soon as they ate again after the fast these hormones normalized. It concluded there was no evidence of a decrease of reproductive hormone and fertility due to short-term fasting.
So you can rest assured that your fertility levels won't be affected by intermittent fasting, but if you're trying to get pregnant and you're still a bit concerned, just simply take a break from your intermittent fasts a few days before you ovulate.


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Legal Question in Immigration Law in Illinois
My brother has 2 previous DUI's and was caught driving with a revoked license. He is a legal resident. He was told ICE would come get him and he could possibly be deported. What are his rights? Can they do this? Is there a way we can prevent this from happening?
2 Answers from Attorneys
He can consult and hire an immigration attorney specializing in deportation defense. He doesn't have a right to free lawyer in immigration court system.
Note: The above response is provided for legal information purposes only and should not be considered a legal advice; it doesn't create an attorney-client relationship. To schedule a consultation or for more information, please visit http://www.law-visa-usa.com/contact_us.html
He needs a combination of an experienced deportation lawyer and a skilled criminal lawyer. The DUI's generally do not trigger deportation, but depending on the law where the second conviction occurred ICE might have a claim. Prior to ICE getting involved, work with a deportation attorney to assess the issue and if necessary work with a criminal defense attorney for post-conviction relief.


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Oscar Pistorius Trial Day 19: Prosecution goes on the offensive
PRETORIA, South Africa – The prosecution's cross-examination of Oscar Pistorius was always expected to be tough, but the photograph – a graphic close-up of Reeva Steenkamp's brain injury – seemingly came out of nowhere during the former Olympic star's murder trial on Wednesday.
After viewing a video of himself firing a .50 caliber handgun at a watermelon – then shouting, "It's softer than brains, but [expletive] it's a zombie-stopper!" – Pistorius, 27, acknowledged his comment was, in hindsight, "distasteful."
"You can see the effect the ammunition had on a watermelon, it exploded. Am I right?" prosecutor Gerrie Nel asked.
"That's correct, my lady," Pistorius replied to the judge.
"You know that the same happened to Reeva's head," Nel said. "It exploded, have a look. We must show you, Mr. Pistorius. It had the exact same effect as the bullet that went into her head."
It was in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine's morning last year when Pistorius fired four Black Talon bullets through a locked bathroom door, one of the bullets causing the fatal head injury to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius insists he believed there to be an intruder inside the bathroom, while the prosecution contends it was pre-meditated murder.
As Pistorius spoke in court Wednesday, the bloody image of Steenkamp flashed onto the courtroom's eight screens, including one only centimeters from where the Olympian sat on the witness stand. Steenkamp's mother June covered her face with her hand.
Pistorius turned his face away from the monitor. "My lady, I was there that night I ..." his voice trailed off.
"That's it. Have a look there," Nel gestured at the screen, his voice rising. "I know you don't want to, because you don't want to take responsibility, but it's time that you look at it. Take responsibility for what you've done, Mr. Pistorius!"
"My lady, I ... I take responsibility by ... me waiting, not wanting to live my life, but waiting for my time on this stand to tell my story for the respect of Reeva and for myself," Pistorius said, his voice wavering.
"I take responsibility, but I will not look at a picture where I'm tormented by what I saw and felt that night," he continued as his breaths grew shorter.
"As I picked Reeva up, my fingers touched her head. I remember! I don't have to look at a picture, I was there!"
His voice trailed off into a hysterical, high-pitched falsetto, sounding remarkably like a woman.
Proceedings were hastily adjourned; the courtroom sat in stunned silence.
Nel's shock tactic could backfire. Several state witnesses testified to hearing "terrified" female screams, a crucial part of the prosecution's case. The defense insists the shouts were Pistorius himself.
(Pistorius' high-pitched testimony can be heard here, around the 1:55 mark.)
Pistorius also pointed out that the prosecution did not call to testify four neighbors and a fifth's housekeeper who gave statements claiming to have heard only one person screaming, him. He noted that none said they heard a woman screaming.
As he heaved with sobs on the witness stand, the athlete was comforted by his psychologist and sister, Aimee. In the front row of the public gallery, June Steenkamp sat unmoving, watching his reaction in silence.
Prosecutors said they had checked with Steenkamp's mother, warning her that they planned to use the photograph. They said she told them she wanted Pistorius to see the picture.
It was a day of combative interrogation, as Nel, a veteran prosecutor, pulled no punches and was on the offensive from the very beginning.
[Slideshow: Photos of the Oscar Pistorius Trial Day 19]
"You are a model for sportsmen, and able-bodied sportsmen all over the world?" he asked.
"I think I was," Pistorius replied. "I made a terrible mistake and …"
"You made a mistake?" Nel interrupted.
"That's correct," Pistorius said.
"You killed a person. That's what you did, isn't it?" Nel said. "You killed Reeva Steenkamp, that's what you did."
"I made a mistake," Pistorius responded.
"You're repeating it three times. What was your mistake?" Nel pressed.
"My mistake was that I took Reeva's life, my lady," Pistorius responded meekly.
"You killed her. You shot and killed her," Nel said. "Won't you take responsibility for that?"
Pistorius would not meet Nel's hard stare. "I did, my lady."
"Then say it, then … say, 'Yes. I killed ... I shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp,'" Nel said.
"I did, my lady," Pistorius responded.
Pistorius' third day of testimony began less aggressively, as defense attorney Barry Roux continued guiding him through his account of Feb. 14, 2013.
After breaking down completely and howling wildly on the stand the day before, Pistorius was initially more composed, speaking slowly between deep breaths, reliving the hours after he found his girlfriend's bloody body.
"I put her weight onto me," he told the court. "I had her head on my left shoulder ... I could feel the blood just running down on me."
Realizing then that she was still breathing, Pistorius said he pulled her into the bathroom, gently laying her head on a bathmat. Finding her cellphone in the toilet bowl, he tried to call for help, but couldn't access the iPhone without her passcode, he said.
Grabbing his own phone, Pistorius said he rang Johan Stander, a friend who lived in the estate.
"I couldn't get Reeva out. I was struggling to pick her up," said Pistorius, his voice cracking on the stand. "I was trying to pick Reeva up, but I couldn't."
Calling a local private emergency ambulance line, Pistorius said he barely remembered speaking to the operator. "But I remember him telling me to get Reeva to the hospital, that I mustn't wait for him," he said.
Pistorius' phone records show he then called his estate's security, but he doesn't remember that either.
He then ran through the house to open doors through which to carry his injured girlfriend, Pistorius said, running into one side of his double bedroom door of the wheelchair-friendly house, which features wide passages. Police photographs show damage to the wooden door.
Picking up Steenkamp in the bathroom, the athlete says he only partly recalls carrying her to the stairs, where he found Stander and Stander's daughter.
"At that point I was shouting and screaming for him to help me. ... I remember saying, 'We need to get to the hospital, we need to get to the hospital,'" Pistorius said, but Stander told him to put Steenkamp down because an ambulance was on its way.
"I had my fingers in her mouth to try to help her breathe, I had my hand on her hip to try to stop the bleeding," Pistorius said as his voice trailed to silence.
After getting some tape and plastic bags from the kitchen – Stander's daughter had said she would try to stop the bleeding – they waited.
Pistorius said a doctor then arrived: Johan Stipp, who previously testified as a state witness.
"He didn't seem like he knew what he was doing," Pistorius said of Stipp. "It seemed like he was overwhelmed by the situation."
Then the paramedics arrived.
"Reeva had already died while I was holding her, before the ambulance arrived. There was nothing more I could do for her," Pistorius said as he struggled to say the words.
He said he then cried on the kitchen floor, as police arrived, too scared to look around the corner, as every time he saw Steenkamp's body, he felt sick.
"I didn't intend to kill Reeva. I didn't intend to kill anybody," Pistorius told the court.
Pistorius said he asked the officer in charge – Col. Schoombie van Rensburg – if he could wash his hands, because the smell of blood was making him cry. He says the colonel gave him permission.
In cross-examination, Nel has doggedly pursued minute details of Pistorius' statements and testimony, from his choice of prepositions to his memory of plug points, determined to show that the athlete is lying.
But above all, the Olympian's intent when he fired his 9mm Taurus is in the spotlight.
In his plea explanation, Pistorius describes the killing as a "tragic accident."
In his spoken testimony, he described hearing a noise in the toilet. "Before I knew it, I fired four shots through the toilet door."
In cross-examination, when pressed by Nel, he repeatedly said, "I didn't have time to think about what I was doing." Pistorius said various thoughts were running through his head, including his fears of crime and his desire to protect Steenkamp.
"I shot my firearm before I had a moment to comprehend what was happening," he said.
Legal experts say his lack of consideration for the consequences of his actions points toward recklessness.
They say his testimony goes to dolus eventualis, a form of intent where an individual foresees a possibility that a specific set of events resulting in death can occur as a result of their actions, and he or she recklessly proceeds anyway.
Under South African law, it is also considered murder.
Pistorius insists he wants to "tell the truth," even if it means including details which aren't necessarily in his favor.
During testimony Tuesday, he made one critical addition to his previous written accounts: He described hearing a door slam, as he approached the bathroom.
"It could have only been the toilet door," the athlete said on the stand. "It confirmed there was people or a person in the toilet at the time."
This crucial detail – while legal experts say it contributes to the "real" threat he may have felt, as part of his argument for "putative self defence" – shows that he knew when he pulled the trigger that he was firing bullets at a person.
Pistorius' case appears to be based on the principle of "putative self defense," which can allow for a finding of "culpable homicide" – South Africa's equivalent to "manslaughter" in the United Sates – instead of murder. His testimony ticks several boxes of the elements required for self-defense: the threat must be real (the slamming door); immediate ("I was aware that these people or persons could come at me at any time"); of a magnitude that threatened his life ("I thought I could get shot as I went around the corner", "they might come up the ladder and fire their firearm").
The putative element applies where, despite all objective facts pointing to the contrary, an individual genuinely believes his or her life to be in danger: "I was overcome with fear."
Pistorius only appeared to realize the full consequences of his actions on the stand Wednesday – that whether or not he meant to kill his girlfriend, he fired shots at someone.
Nel hammered the point, asking the murder-accused again and again if he intended to fire the shots. Pistorius seemed to grow increasingly frustrated, maintaining that it was an accident, that he believed an intruder was about to attack him; but his insistences have been focused on mistaken identity, rather than about whether he meant to discharge his 9mm.
The prosecutor asked him if his growing agitation was because he was considering the implications of his answers, insinuating the athlete might be adapting his testimony.
"If I was sitting here and I wouldn't think of every implication of what I say, it would be reckless," Pistorius replied. "My life is on the line. Of course I think of every single word I say, when I'm sitting here."
"But Reeva doesn't have a life anymore," Nel shot back. "Because of what you've done, she's not alive any more. So please listen to the questions and give us the truth, and not think of the implications for you."
The athlete faces more grueling cross-examination tomorrow.
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