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For a better teaser for the CD, you can go to Lennon's mySpace page and listen to "Dead Meat", which recreates the ugly confrontation between the lovers with a strikingly beautiful tune.
Lennon's birthday is October 9, and coincidentally, he shares that birthday with his late father. Also coincidentally, he turns 31, which is roughly the age his father was when he recorded "Imagine." The younger Lennon bears a slight vocal resemblance to his father, but it's not as pronounced as his older half-brother, Julian. "Friendly Fire" comes with a DVD with short films for each of the tracks on the album. You can read more about Sean Lennon and his new CD at his website.


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An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman's struggle to love again, Safe Haven is based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author behind the hit films The Notebook and Dear John.
When a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town, her reluctance to join the tight knit community raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. But dark secrets intrude on her new life with such terror that she is forced to rediscover the meaning of sacrifice and rely on the power of love in this deeply moving romantic thriller.
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Top-ranked Rainier Beach will face tough test in Long Beach Poly
Vikings will try to earn more respect against California power Long Beach Poly.
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Mike Bethea walked over to the bleachers. The gray jaunty cap that had changed positions on the Rainier Beach coach's head throughout practice pointed forward, framing a face that featured a wide smile.
He sat down and, while his players packed up their gear, he contained his grin just long enough to explain the cause of his happiness.
The longtime coach sees something special in this group of Vikings, a camaraderie and competitiveness that were trademarks of previous Bethea-coached state-title teams.
"All 14 guys like each other," Bethea said. "That's so big. I look back to the 2003 team and the 2008 team. They were all good friends. That plays a big part. By them liking each other and getting along, it makes it easier for that chemistry to come together for this team, and that's what I think is happening."
He has a star player in senior Anrio Adams. Junior Marquis Davis sets a tenacious tone. And what the lineup lacks in experience, it makes up for in depth.
After two years of restless nights spent trying to conjure ways to match talent and chemistry, Bethea feels he's found the right fit.
"Put it like this, I'm sleeping better at night," Bethea said.
The Vikings (13-0), ranked No. 27 in the nation according to ESPNHS, get their biggest test of the season at 3:35 p.m. Monday when they play No. 26 Long Beach (Calif.) Poly in the 2012 King Holiday Hoopfest at Edmundson Pavilion, one of seven games on Washington's home floor.
"It's exciting with the rankings and all of that," point guard Will Dorsey said. "Mostly, it's just exciting to play somebody from out of town, since we didn't get to play anyone earlier in the year like everyone else that's ranked."
The Jackrabbits (12-1) feature two top-tier talents in juniors Roschon Prince — a 6-foot-6 forward who averages 20 points — and Jordan Bell, a 6-8 shot-blocker who finished a game against Compton with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks.
"These are the kind of games we've come to expect at Poly, trying to be a nationally recognized program," said Jackrabbits coach Sharrief Metoyer. "It's a huge honor being invited to such a prestigious event."
Bethea said his team has carried a chip on its shoulder all season. The Vikings wanted to prove they were the best in the state, which they seem to be so far. Now they want to prove they can play with one of the top teams in the nation.
"It's going to be a big one for us," Davis said.
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Chemical Safety Committee announces next meeting
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The next Chemical Safety Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 07, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm in Rudman Hall G04. The Committee webpage can be viewed at : http://www.unh.edu/research/chemical-safety-committee-0.
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My 22 y/o daughter called me yesterday and said she wanted to quilt. She had been to Joann's the day before and had bought jelly rolls, a cutter, a mat and various other supplies. She came over yesterday and put these together! Still needs a border, but she did a great job, so I thought I would share.
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Toronto-based insurer Sun Life Financial Inc. has agreed to the biggest conventional mortgage deal in its history.
The company has given a $140-million mortgage to Shape Properties (Abbotsford West) Corp., the developer behind the new Highstreet Shopping Centre in Abbotsford, B.C., which holds the shopping centre on behalf of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and Vancouver-based Shape Properties.
The three-level shopping centre, which is in the Fraser Valley about 60 kilometres from downtown Vancouver, is one of the largest to open in North America in recent years.
The 20-acre site has a Wal-Mart on the lower underground level, along with 1,400 parking spots. Open-air main-street-style shopping sits above that with tenants such as Cineplex, Old Navy and H&M. Because of the way the whole project is stacked, it uses about one-third less land than would normally be needed for a mall with normal surface parking.
Sun Life has more than $12-billion worth of commercial mortgages on everything from malls to office buildings, factories and apartment complexes. Last year subsidiary Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada made 128 commercial mortgage loans collectively worth about $1.1-billion in Canada, and 69 worth about $931-million (U.S.) in the United States.


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Titanfall's delay could have more to do with pre-orders than polishing
Yesterday, Electronic Arts announced that the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall will be delayed. Rather than launching alongside the Xbox One and PC versions on March 11, it'll instead be released two weeks later on March 25. It's a move designed to give the game's developer, Bluepoint, more time for polish.
However, industry analyst Michael Pachter, of Wedbush Morgan, believes there's a different, more financially-motivated reason for its delay -- pre-orders and sales. It all comes down to sales targets established by EA. Its delay, according to Pachter, will ensure EA hits its expected revenue targets for the financial year ending March 31, while helping start the FY15 off on "solid footing."
"We have modeled 3.5 million units of sell-in for the game in its release quarter, with the bulk of sales likely occurring on the Xbox 360 platform; we suspect that pre-order demand for the game is above this figure, and believe that EA expects to sell more than 7 million units overall in the game's first three months following launch," Pachter wrote (via VG247).
"We believe that by delaying the launch of the Xbox 360 version until several days before quarter end, EA can manage its sell-in of units to around 3.5 million, and still largely satisfy demand. This will allow EA to sell sufficient units to hit its Q4 revenue and earnings guidance, and ensure that its FY:15 starts on solid footing."
Titanfall will still release for Xbox One and PC on March 11 in the United States.


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A Case of the "Mondays" Not Covered By Title VII
Question: One of our employees has requested a religious accommodation to not work on Mondays, claiming she practices her religion on Mondays as it is a so-called holy day for her. The problem is she admits that she is not a member of any recognized religious group. She also claims that she is the founder of her "religion" and currently the only person she knows who practices it. Under these circumstances, are we still required to provide her with this religious accommodation?
Answer: No, you are not required to provide this employee with this religious accommodation. In any religious discrimination claim under Title VII, the employee has the initial burden of establishing that she has a sincere religious belief, that she has given his employer notice of his sincere religious belief, and that her sincere religious belief conflicts with one of the employer's work requirements. Only when an employee is successful in establishing these three elements is the employer required to show that its failure to honor the employee's religious accommodation request would pose an undue hardship on the employer.
Your question raises an important issue concerning the threshold showing that employees are required to meet in order to trigger an employer's duty to accommodate their religious practices. Without proof of a sincerely held religious belief, employers are under no obligation to accommodate an employee's personal preferences. To warrant religious accommodation, your employee must establish both that her belief is religious in nature and that it is sincerely held. Based on the facts you present, it is doubtful that your employee will be able to establish that her belief is in fact a religious one, since she has admitted that she is the founder and only practicing member of her religion, and she has not articulated any basic tenets of her "religion."
Title VII defines the word religion to include all aspects of religious observance, practice and belief. 42 U.S.C. 2000(e)(j). The "truth" of a belief is not a question for courts, but rather only whether a belief is "truly held" is up for consideration. United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S. 163, 185 (1965). A court's inquiry with respect to whether an employee's beliefs are afforded Title VII protection has two parts: whether the employee's claimed beliefs are sincerely held and whether they are religious in nature. Eatman v. United Parcel Service, 194 F. Supp. 2d 256, 268 (S.D.N.Y 2002). Within this twofold analysis, a court must analyze the sincerity, as opposed to the verity, of an employee's religious beliefs. Philbrook v. Ansonia Bd. of Educ., 757 F.2d 476, 481 (2d Cir. 1985). It appears that your employee may have a personal preference to observe her "religion" on Mondays. However, Title VII does not require employers to accommodate a purely personal preference. See EEOC v. Unión Independiente de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico, 279 F.3d 49, 55 (1st Cir.2002) (holding that a belief must be sincerely held and religious in order to require accommodation).
In deciding whether a belief is religious in nature courts have considered factors such as a religion's size, history, adherence to the principles of theology and tax-exempt status. See e.g. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Barber, 650 F.2d 430, 441 (2d Cir.1981) (holding that Krishna Consciousness was a religion since it came out of the ancient and diverse Hindu tradition, attracted thousands of followers worldwide, had an elaborately articulated body of religious doctrine, and enjoyed nonprofit tax-exempt status by New York State and the Internal Revenue Service). Courts have also considered characteristics of the world's orthodox religions to determine whether a belief is religious, such as belief in a Supreme Deity or providing an explanation for human existence. See e.g. Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas v. Trustees of Big Sandy Independent School Dist., 817 F. Supp. 1319, 1329 (E.D. Texas 1993) (holding that the Native American Indian movement was a religion since it "encompasses fundamental questions of the nature of reality and relationship of human beings to reality"). Courts have gone as far as looking to the testimony of anthropologists in deciding whether a practice or belief is religious, rather than cultural or based on personal preference. See e.g. Teterud v. Burns, 522 F.2d 357, 359 (8th Cir. 1975) (citing anthropologists in holding that a Native American's practice of wearing his hair long was a sincerely held religious belief because it was a tenet of the Indian religion).
When these analyses are applied to your question, it becomes even more unlikely that your employee can meet the threshold needed for Title VII to require you to accommodate her personal preference of not working on Mondays.
Keisha-Ann G. Gray is senior counsel in the labor and employment law department of Proskauer in New York and co-chair of the department's employment litigation and arbitration practice group. Proskauer Associate Jacklina A. Len assisted with this article.


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By Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce | Apr 21, 2014
You're invited to the next DWMM networking event on April 23, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at PlantLab, 121 Main Street in Belfast. It's a time to meet and exchange ideas with anyone whose work touches upon the physical, mental or spiritual health of Midcoast Maine. Come savor the wellness along with cutting-edge plant-based cuisine provided by The Gothic. Those interested in attending, please RSVP by email to email@example.com.
Destination Wellness — Midcoast Maine (DWMM) is a new professional organization that has formed to make health and wellness a mainstay of life in Midcoast Maine, and, ultimately, to have our region recognized nationwide.


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Parents have a lot to consider these days to keep their little ones safe from harm, especially online. With the advent of the Internet, one of the biggest concerns for parents is online safety. If you and your family have Internet access throughout the home, it's important to know how to keep your household safe. Online safety training can help.
If you already take steps to keep your family safe at home, you'll find the steps you need to take to keep them safe online aren't all that different. First, discuss about online safety habits with your family members. Create a family plan to remain safe while using the Internet. Talk about rules that help maintain family values and how they apply to the Internet as well as in real life. Decide as a family which online activities and discussions are okay — and which aren't. And make sure to explain to your kids that interactions online exist in the same way they do in real life.
Practice online safety as a family to expand your kids' knowledge of the importance of safe Internet use. WebWiseKids is one of many websites you can use to teach your kids about Internet safety, as it offers computer games to instruct Internet safety lessons based on real-life scenarios.
When working with young children, you may find the website ikeepsafe useful. Children think the games and videos are fun without realizing they're learning about online safety training. The website also offers tips for parents in three primary online risks: inappropriate contact, conduct, and content.
Many websites also help keep parents up-to-date with the latest in technology and resources. Parents can check on their children's online activity and learn how to better communicate to their children using the available safety training.
Have you ever used any online safety resources? What are some ways you keep your family safe on the internet?
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Gananath review shows nations divided in perception
"I will confess that, as I write this essay, many do see him [Rajapaksa] as someone who "saved" the nation from the brutal LTTE. Surely such a view is not without its truth. But that truth cannot excuse human rights violations that currently afflict the nation as a whole; or for that matter obscure the looming threat of the cultural and political colonisation of the north by the Sinhala Buddhist majority," writes Gananath Obeyesekere, in reviewing a recent book on Sri Lanka. Commenting, a Tamil academic said Gananath's reference to 'nation' in singular confines to the Sinhala nation, for despite differences of opinion on ways and tactics, many Eezham Tamils see the LTTE as something that was checking brutal genocide by the Sinhala state. The divided perception is sign of nations in plural, justifying their separation even for reconciliation in future, the Tamil academic said.
Further comments from an Eezham Tamil academic in Jaffna follow:
The divided perception is striking, especially when it comes from a veteran Sinhala scholar like Gananath Obeyesekere, pointing to no way other than separation to the affected nation of Eezham Tamils, even to stop the "cultural and political colonisation of the north by the Sinhala Buddhist majority," referred to by him.
Conspicuously, Gananath left out the East, where the process was going on for a long time, preceding the current structural genocide in the north.
pdf: Book review of The Sri Lanka Reader by Gananath Obeyesekere: Biased and Prejudiced Collection on Sri
Professor Gananath Obeyesekere's book review on "The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics", edited by John Clifford Holt and published by the Duke University in the USA, appeared in Mumbai-based Economic and Political Weekly, dated 28 January, with the title "Biased and Prejudiced Collection on Sri Lanka."
The editor of the book, Professor John Clifford Holt is a leading historian of religion in the USA.
Gananath Obeyesekere, now 82-years old, is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University in the USA. Hailing from a village in southern Sri Lanka, he left the island permanently after the JVP insurrection of 1971. Before that he served in the University of Ceylon at Peradeniya in Kandy.
In the review Gananath didn't fail to make a comparison between the genocidal war and the state's suppression of the JVP insurrection:
"Violence in recent times is not simply confined to the long war and its suppression, but also relates to the brutal Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna insurrection of Sri Lankan youth in the late 1980s and the equally brutal suppression by the then government of President Premadasa in which it is estimated that about 60,000 people were killed. Even if we reduce this official estimate to 20,000 dead, we are confronted with a searing commentary on violence by Sinhalas against Sinhalas, an issue that Holt does not discuss," Gananath says.
But the stereotype comparison brought out by many Sinhala and Indian academics, keen in state reformation by keeping state as one in the island, misses the qualitative difference between a protracted genocidal war by a majoritarian state and the state of the Sinhala nation handling an insurrection within its nation.
The comparison makes little justice to the future plight of the nation of Eezham Tamils facing sure annihilation if nothing appropriate to the national question is done right now.
Even in making a comparison, many other Sinhala academics and journalists (not Gananath), have a habit describing the events related to JVP as 'insurrection,' but calling the LTTE's resistance as 'terrorism'– once again exhibiting the difference in the perceptions in the nations.
This review to the review has nothing to say on the book in question. Many books come nowadays from publishers in the USA and New Delhi, aiming at the orientation of students of South Asian Studies.
But the responses of Gananath, the professor of anthropology known for his psychoanalytical approach, gain particular significance in gauging Sinhala elite opinion – what the most reasonable of them think on accepting Eezham Tamils as a nation needing its own right of self-determination.
Eezham Tamils also carefully watch what Gananath's Tamil contemporaries like Prof Sivathamby had finally concluded with the 'Kohomba Kangariya' model, but in contrast, what the sceptics of the university academics like the creative writer S.Ponnuthurai (Es Po) continue to say on the issue.
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Leaving apart the one-nation-outlook, which itself is a colonial legacy, Gananath has come out with many other valuable observations in the review.
The review points out that alongside the brutalities, "Sri Lanka is proud to be the first or the near first in other areas: it has maybe the highest rate of suicides in the world, followed by equally horrendous homicide rates. And if one can rely on official statistics the nation's Sinhala and Tamil males are among the largest consumers of alcohol in the world, assuming, of course, that most Muslims and women in general abstain from alcohol or are only moderate consumers. Violence against women, sexual abuse of children and multiplying cases of incest (owing to absent women working in west Asia) that have been highlighted in recent times do not merit mention anywhere in this collection."
Gananath's review exposes the kind of NGO 'development' that are promoted in the West as solutions to the problems in the island:
"The editor has chosen an essay "Sarvodaya in a Buddhist Society" by Ariyaratne, the Sarvodaya chief, who attempts to produce a Buddhist version of socio-economic and political development. Ariyaratne, in his numerous publications, seriously believes that, prior to western contact, Sri Lankan villages expressed Buddhist ideals and lived harmonious lives where inequalities did not prevail. Such an idealised model of village life simply did not and could not exist in Sri Lanka or elsewhere in the world. I doubt that Sarvodaya has made the slightest impact on the issues that I have highlighted, including matters relating to peace and human rights violations following the end of the long war," the review observed.
"The editor believes that the Vädda hunters or "people like them" had lived here for perhaps "millennia" without offering a scrap of evidence to substantiate this vision of history and without examining whether such groups or so-called tribals, like many other south Indian peoples, continued to migrate into Sri Lanka from the neighbouring subcontinent. All of us after all have been "aborigines" at some point in our unknown pasts," Gananath said.
Prof. Obeyesekere made a revealing observation on the British historiographical version on the last king of Kandy, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Tamil–Telugu origin.
"It is as if the editor has accepted uncritically Davy's account, including the king ordering the wife of his enemy Ähälepola to pound her infant child on a mortar, a myth that the Sri Lanka historian P E Pieris has effectively deconstructed, pointing out its colonial origins in "The Tragedy of Ehelepola's Family" (pp 175-85 in Tri Sinhala: The Last Phase)."
"There is no doubt that this was a time when a great deal of brutality prevailed on both sides of the warring divide, but one must remember that the last king built the beautiful "palace of the tooth relic" and the adjacent lake in Kandy and that he was popular with many sections of the Sinhala population," Gananath observed.
"The story of the English rule in the Kandyan country during 1817 and 1818 cannot be related without shame. In 1819, hardly a member of the leading families, the heads of the people, remained alive; those whom the sword and the gun had spared, cholera and smallpox and ¬privations had slain by hundreds," Prof. Obeyesekere cited a British judge writing in 1896, to show inadequacies in Holt's book when it deals with the British colonial period.
Gananath, admitting his own prejudices against colonialism, says in the review, "The Pax Britannica that followed the rebellion [Kandyan rebellion] was initially erected on a terrifying base in Sri Lanka as it was in other lands that the empire subjugated".
Even though unsaid, Prof. Obeyesekere brings in here the parallels to be understood on what is taking place in the country of Eezham Tamils, enacted by the agent state of Sri Lanka and by its imperial masters.
pdf: Book review of The Sri Lanka Reader by Gananath Obeyesekere: Biased and Prejudiced Collection on Sri
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Notorious red top hack, Richard Littlecock today added his lardy-arsed weight to the 'Let's All Hate Katie Waissel' movement by claiming that Katie can't stand kittens and that her grandad's a ruthless pimp working the mean streets of Bradford.
"It's true," Littlecock told Skoob Entertainment News, profusely rubbing his gums. "I've done my research meticulously, and she emerges as a pretty shadowy figure. With more skeletons in her closet than Hammer studios. She's a nasty piece of work. I tracked down a man whose cousin's workmate worked with a bloke who knew a bloke down the pub whose brother once went out with Katie Waissel. And he said that she hated fluffy kittens and that they should all be hit repeatedly with a five pound lump hammer. He told me too that his source told him that her nan is a prostitute and her other grandad probably ruled over a stable of hookers on the Lane in Bradford. She doesn't seem to realise that having a haircut won't erase her sleazy background."
What is clear is that Katie Waissel has been consistently championed by X-Factor judges, Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole, and that Littlecock holds a grudge against the showbiz impressario.
When confronted with this revelation, Littlecock blushed and muttered:
"Cowell owes me. I once bought the bastard a pint in Spearmint Rhino and he fucked off without buying me one back. The tight cunt. I'll go to any lengths to fuck that bastard up."
At which point our reporter suggested voting for Wagner to win X-Factor.
"Fucking brilliant idea that!" Littlecock enthused. "Why didn't I think of that?"
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"Over 20 contributors share their thoughts on The L Word, widely seen as Showtime's lesbian answer to HBO's Sex and the City, and, as expected, opinions vary. Some, like Sarah Warn, appreciate the mere presence of the show for its representation of attractive lesbians living interesting lives in LA. "Love it or hate it," she writes, "this series represents the first-and so far, only-attempt to make lesbians the center of attention." Others, like Samuel Chambers, bristle at its apparently "heteronormative" narrative. Rather than stacking it against, say, Desperate Housewives, he argues, the program should be examined through the prism of queer politics. Not all contributions are so academic, and complaints that the show appears to appeal to the male fantasy of lesbians are outweighed by the endorsement of those who see the show as part of a "golden age of gay TV." Kathy Belge explains why The L Word is sexy, and her unabashedly erotic praise illuminates the subtleties that will likely go over the heads of straight men watching the show for a thrill. Adding to the book's pop culture appeal is an insightful interview with Guinevere Turner, one of the show's writers, who helps fans understand the evolution of the characters and hints to their future trajectory. Fans of the series will appreciate this companion."
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Headless journalist 'identified'
Ukraine's chief prosecutor has told parliament that a headless body at the centre of a major political scandal is almost certainly that of missing journalist Georgy Gongadze.
Mikhailo Potebenko said experts were 99.66% certain of the identification, following DNA tests, but he called for further analysis.
Mr Kuchma has denied the allegations, and the authorities have staged counter-demonstrations in his support.
Mr Gongadze, aged 31, was the editor of an online newspaper, Ukrainska Pravda, that had been outspokenly critical of Mr Kuchma.
He disappeared in September.
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The body was discovered on the outskirts of the village of Tarashcha, north of Kiev, two months later.
The allegations of Mr Kuchma's involvement in the case rest on audio tapes, in which a voice is heard urging that Mr Gongadze should be "abducted by Chechens".
Mr Potebenko told parliament that it was impossible to determine whether the tapes were genuine, because they contained "editing, removals or inserts of separate fragments, words and sounds, and were of low quality".
The former bodyguard who released the tapes, Mykola Melnichenko, has been charged with slander and forgery.
On Tuesday a Ukrainian parliamentary commission investigating Mr Gongadze's disappearance accused prosecutors of eliminating evidence linked to the case.
The same day, the US State Department said any friend of Ukraine had to follow the Gongadze affair "with concern", and called for a "speedy and transparent" investigation.
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I usually teach my classes in the following manner and I feel this method is terribly inadequate, especially with advanced students. Please review and comment on my method, and if possible make book and article reading recommendations, items you have personally found useful in your teaching. I don't care for theory. I need techniques. I'm really sceptical of language teaching theories.
I teach at the college level. The students are expected to learn enough English to be able to read texts in their own fields. Usually, they pass three or four English courses at college, with the first two focused on general English, and the later courses focused on ESP with respect to their own fields of specialty.
First, I read the text aloud for the students to listen for pronunciation, and explain the meaning of new words in Persian. Then ask students to read the text aloud one by one. Usually each student reads one paragraph and then I ask reading comprehension and vocabulary questions and they are expected to answer in English. Then we do exercises, I ask questions and give explanations as needed.
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Driving across much of the southern third of Minnesota is a mess this morning, with slippery roads and a thick fog advisory in the area. Roads from Lake City to Austin are in the worst condition.
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The National Weather Service in LaCrosse reported freezing rain continuing until well after dark in Wabasha Sunday night, with up to a half-inch of ice reported in some areas.
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some of the cars that came to watch and hang out.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash that forced officials to close an Orlando roadway.
The motorcycle, driven by Kyle Allen Morton, and a SUV,driven by a 73-year-old woman, crashed around 8:25 a.m. on Goldenrod Road near Charlin Parkway.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman made a left turn in front of Morton, causing him to hit the SUV and be thrown off his motorcycle.
Morton was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
Goldenrod Road was closed in both directions in the area while troopers conducted an investigation.
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KUALA LUMPUR: OSK Research Sdn Bhd has revised upwards Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd's 2013-2015 financial year earnings forecast by between 5% and 12%, given its better-than-expected third quarter performance.
In a research note, OSK Research said Astro's core earnings for the nine months ended Oct 31, 2012, were ahead of its estimates, but within consensus' numbers, making up 84% and 73% of the respective full-year forecasts.
The group's revenue for the period under review grew by 12% year-on-year, propelled by higher subscription of its B.yond High-Definition services.
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The research house maintained its "buy" call on the stock, with an upgraded RM3.40 fair value.
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i've seen it all during my time as a mtb guide/instructor...
you kind of get used to it after a while...there are certain things that can be seen as an opportunity to educate someone such as helping them to get their bike up and running or teaching them about the impact of littering on the trail etc..
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Irritating behaviours on the bike....
i've seen it all during my time as a mtb guide/instructor...
smokers who wheeze up every hill then moan at the top that that was hard, need to get fit, etc. Then proceed to light up!
I can recall most of these things happening on rides I've been on, but I don't remember getting wound up about any of them. Probably me doing the winding up
Broken bike before the start of the ride
Moaning about the climbs (FFS it the South Downs, half the ride will be UP!)
Not bring a camelbak/bottle and sponging other peoples water.
People that issue unsolicited advice about saddle height, bar and lever position.
On a group ride, people that decide they want to change the plan because they don't like the GUIDE'S route (bloody ride your own ride then)
Slow people starting first onto singletrack or DH and then not getting out the way and then holding the fast boys up (after being briefed to let the quick people go first).
People that ask for advice and then completely fail to take on board what they've been told because they didn't listen.
Fast riders intimidating new riders on a social ride
Poo stops - yes poo stops wtf
People who wear gaudily coloured riding "shorts" and hurt my eyes..
People who arrange routes on the South Downs called "Triple S up" and include a number of steep hills that are barely rideable (unless you own a plastic bike that weighs 9 grammes). Annoyingly everyone else seems to really enjoy said routes and keep asking for a repeat performance...
People who bring a crate of delicious local beer to a New Years Eve parties and force me to drink it and thus feel a bit "tired" the next day.
(Sorry - been a long week)
not enjoying yourself
Going to the pub after a ride & most of the group straight on their phones uploading their strava times....
people who on the road blow snot rockets behind on group rides without dropping back first - had a mate who was bad for this.
What happened to him
I mostly ride on my own ,99% of the time & irritate myself with faffing.
Then it's wearing too much or the wrong gloves. Or I set off too fast and pay later.
I'm surprised people haven't moaned about unfit buggers who have to walk up every hill making the ride last twice as long for everybody else.
I am the unfit bugger.
Flat out towpath racing with no regard for the safety of other people
OK, given that everyone on this thread hates late faffers, we should all be fine riding with each other then
Anyone who doesn't get irritated!
People who don't take their turn holding the gate on rides that cross walled fields.
Mechanical hypochondriacs. No, your brakes don't need bleeding, no you don't need to strip and grease your headset for the fourth time this month, no your freewheel's not knackered. Just ride your bloody bike and shut up.
Slow people starting first onto singletrack or DH and then not getting out the way and then holding the fast boys up (after being briefed to let the quick people go first).
Fast riders intimidating new riders on a social ride
You've got to let the slower ones go first some times, they'll get faster by being chased.
The lads I ride with and I have a natural order to ride in (i'm 3rd) but i like to go first sometimes as when i can hear on of the other lads behind me it makes me go faster.
You've got to let the slower ones go first some times, they'll get faster by being chased.
actually I think that might be how I have got some of my best strava segments at Ashton Court
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Doug Krizner: We've already seen how the credit crunch lead to heavy job losses on Wall Street. Now there's a prediction of thousands of pink slips in Britain's financial services business. Stephen Beard has more from London.
Stephen Beard: The survey by the Confederation of British Industries reflects a growing mood of pessimism. Most of the financial companies polled reckoned the credit squeeze would get worse, and would last at least another six months.
The survey forecast that investment banks would be the first to shed staff. At least 10,000 jobs could go by June. Other forecasters say more than 30,000 jobs in London could disappear over the next six months.
Fund manager Justin Urquhart Stewart reckons the whole U.K. is more vulnerable to this downturn than the U.S.:
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The Gaslamp Quarter space that for decades was home to Croce's has a new tenant -- a family-owned cafe that already has two San Diego locations.
Cafe 21, which first opened in 2007 in University Heights and four years later added a location downtown, is owned by a transplanted Azerbaijan couple who use locally sourced, organic ingredients for a homey menu with Eastern Europe and Asian influences.
The 6,000-square-foot space on Fifth Avenue has been empty since the end of last year, when Croce's Restaurant and Bar closed for good following an earlier lease dispute with the owner of the Keating Building, which also houses the Keating hotel. Ingrid Croce, who opened her Gaslamp restaurant in 1985, is now operating a new eatery in the Bankers Hill area.
Owner Alex Javadov and his wife Leyla plan to relocate their current Gaslamp Quarter restaurant to the Croce's space, which they will redesign at a cost of at least $300,000, said Javadov. The decor, which will reflect a fusion of old and new world vibes, will make use of reclaimed materials, including brick, metal and wood. Javadov said he hopes to open the new Cafe 21 sometime in the spring.
"We are always busy on Saturdays and Sundays, and therefore we are moving to a bigger and better location, which is on a corner and in very close proximity to our other place, so people won't be looking for us," Javadov explained.
Keating owner Edward Kaen said he was approached by a number of corporate restaurant brands but was attracted to Cafe 21 because of the owners' emphasis on locally sourced ingredients and their willingness to also provide room service for the hotel guests.
"I've been checking out their place and there's always a 30-, 40-minute wait," said Kaen. "They have a cool drink program, with house-made sangrias, and these guys make everything in in house. We're a boutique hotel and this kind of fits the whole feeling of the hotel."
Kaen put the value of the lease at more than $3 million over the next 10 years.
He has also recently rented out his other street-level restaurant space, formerly occupied by a temporary pop-up cocktail lounge called Frauds & Swindlers. Coyote Ugly, part of a chain of saloons that originated in New York in the 1990s, opened this week. Next door to that will be a small pizzeria called Samurai Pie.
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"Thirty thousand people in Pasadena are making $15,000 or less a year,†explained Pat Riley, Director of Social Services for The Salvation Army in Pasadena. People don't expect that in the City of Roses.â€
Knowing this time-honored high school tradition comes with a high price tag these days – from $100 admission tickets to dresses to a boutonniere for their date – the staff at The Salvation Army in Pasadena teamed up with the local school district and area businesses to get local low-income and foster teens ready for the big day.
The excited young ladies had a chance to sift through hundreds of new and gently-worn prom dress and select the perfect dress for them.
Brenda Garcia, a senior at Blair High School, took two hours to choose her perfect dress, vacillating between a youthful peach taffeta dress, and a more sophisticated deep amethyst-colored gown, ultimately going with the latter.
After her mother died when Brenda was just seven, she entered a loving foster home. Later, her father fought for custody and won, but struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and was in no place to care for her and her siblings. They ultimately ended up on the streets but Brenda bravely fought to get back into foster care and won. That day she said to herself, "This is the beginning of a new life.â€
Since then, she has taken advantage of every opportunity she's been given to build a future for herself. Brenda will attend a local community college next year and plans to study criminology.
Jeanette Rico – pictured above – is a senior at John Muir High School. Beaming in her new bright purple prom dress, she said, "I think today is a great opportunity for the girls in Pasadena. Without today's event I would have to ask for money from my mom and dad, and that would have been a problem. They can't always provide.â€
Last summer she worked hard to save $1,000 to help off-set senior-expenses. Between these savings and the donated dress, she'll make it to her senior prom and major in business one day too.
With sparkly dresses in tow, all the teens made their way to a luncheon that featured track Olympic Gold Medalist Inger Miller who spoke from the heart about overcoming difficult circumstances in life. The special teens left the event more confident, encouraged and hopeful – not just about prom, but their futures as well.
The Salvation Army in Pasadena offers comprehensive services to the community, including food and clothing to the homeless, groceries for families in need, after school youth programs, and church services on Sunday mornings. For more information, contact Pat Riley via email here or by phone at (626) 773-4404.


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Hard on turkey heads not your wallet, the Primos Tight Wad Turkey Choke Tube is sure to tighten up your patterns by striping the wad. The Tight-Wad produces patterns that densely spread pellets into a 30″ circle at 40 yards. This choke tube is CNC milled from chrome alloy steel. The Tight-Wad effectively shoots lead, cooper-plated lead and Hevi-Shot but is not rated for steel shot. Install and removal are a breeze and do not require any tools. No frills, just clean kills.
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Here's what happening in the local papers, bookwise! Over at the Pioneer Press, they featured Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon, and a host of info about local author signings.
In the Star Tribune Books section, there was a front page article about the next Talking Volumes author, Jeffrey Toobin and his book The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court. In the Five Faves of the Moment, Eloisa James's historical romance The Ugly Duchess got a lovely shout-out.
On the non-fiction side of things, they reviewed The Scientists by Marco Roth, Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work by Jeanne Marie Laskas, and When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin. Fiction included the delightful sounding Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub and short story collection from Graywolf Press, The Book of Mischief by Steve Stern.
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Hamas Suspends Shalit Talks to Protest Dubai Assassination
PM: The choice is in Hamas' hands; Shalit family lashes out at Hamas for poor treatment of Palestinians.
The indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a deal for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit have been halted, due to the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai two weeks ago, Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday.
The negotiations were reportedly close to a breakthrough in December, but have since stalled again.
"The current circumstances do not allow a continuation of the indirect talks to finalize a prisoner swap deal," said Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha. However, he added, "we cannot say that the talks have completely stopped. The movement will later make a final decision."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters Tuesday that Hamas is the main obstacle to a prisoner swap involving captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.
"If Hamas wants a deal, then it will happen," said Netanyahu, who appeared at a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Jerusalem. "If it doesn't want a deal, then there won't be one."
"The choice is in its hands," the prime minister added. "We have a goal of bringing Gilad Shalit home alive and well, and to do this in a way that won't enable terrorists to resume murderous acts."
Another senior Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also told the Saudi daily Okaz that Hamas decided to suspend the talks to protest Mabhouh's murder. "Israel is fully responsible for the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh," the daily quoted him as saying. "Therefore Hamas decided to halt the indirect talks."
But that same official also told the daily that the talks had been on the brink of an explosion in any case, for which he blamed Israel's government.
Mabhouh, a senior Hamas official who Israel said was involved in smuggling weapons into Gaza, was found dead in a Dubai hotel room on January 20. Hamas has accused Israel of being behind his death.
The Shalit family, which has been keeping mum on the negotiations for the last several weeks, broke its silence on Tuesday to lash out at Hamas.
The family said in a statement that Hamas leaders "ought to remember that in addition to holding Gilad hostage without any basic human rights, they have also kept hundreds of thousands of Palestinian residents of Gaza in an intolerable humanitarian situation for almost four years. Because of Hamas leaders' stubbornness, hundreds of thousands of ordinary, uninvolved civilians are living under siege for the fourth year now, in poverty, hunger and economic and diplomatic strangulation. Therefore, the time has come for Hamas leaders to think carefully about their actions and start putting the interests of their people above their own political interests."
Israel has conditioned reopening its border with Gaza on Shalit's freedom.
Activists for Shalit's release also responded, by going to Karni and Kerem Shalom, two Israel-Gaza border crossings, and trying (unsuccessfully) to block the entry of fuel containers into Gaza. The family was not involved in this initiative.
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Hamas gunmen opened fire at an IDF helicopter in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. The army said in response it was unaware of any unusual incident in the area.
A source at Hamas' special security force told Ynet that members of the organization's naval force fired at an Israeli aircraft flying over a naval base in the central Strip, near Nuseirat refugee camp.
At first the Palestinians reported that the IDF struck the naval force's post, but it was later discovered that the Hamas gunmen had fired at the helicopter.
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Israeli navy given new instructions in light of Hamas' establishment of naval forces in Gaza, military officials say
The Palestinians reported that the force commanders instructed their men to search the area, as the aircraft may have been damaged.
About three weeks ago, the Hamas government's interior ministry in Gaza confirmed Ynet's recent report that the Palestinian organization's special security force had completed the establishment of a new naval defense force, which would serve as a "navy" for the Hamas army in the Strip.
According to the announcement, the naval police force would be responsible for providing security on Gaza's shores. According to the Hamas government, the new naval arm is comprised of 150 fighters.
The naval force's goal, according to the announcement, is to provide security to the Strip's shores, prevent drug smuggling attempts, supervise fishermen and guarantee their personal safety and the safety of their property.
"The force will safeguard the tourist sites and the wellbeing and safety of their visitors," the announcement added.
In response to the report, a military source said that "the new situation in the Gaza Strip obligates us to act differently at sea. There are threats that did not exist in the past. We recognize this, and are ready."
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BOSTON — Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others were out to prove something to the world about their sport, the city or their country. And some wanted to prove something to themselves.
With the names of the victims scrawled on their bodies or their race bibs, more than 32,000 people ran in the Boston Marathon on Monday in a powerful show of defiance a year after the deadly bombing.
"We're marathon runners. We know how to endure," said Dennis Murray, a 62-year-old health care administrator from Atlanta who finished just before the explosions last year and came back to run again. "When they try to take our freedom and our democracy, we come back stronger."
The two pressure cooker bombs that went off near the end of the 26.2-mile course last year killed three people and wounded more than 260 in a spectacle of torn limbs, acrid smoke and broken glass. But the city vowed to return even stronger, and the victory by Meb Keflezighi — the first American in 31 years to win the men's race — helped deliver on that promise.
On Twitter, President Barack Obama congratulated Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan, the top American finisher among the women, "for making America proud!"
"All of today's runners showed the world the meaning of #BostonStrong," Obama wrote.
The race was held under extraordinary security, including 100 new surveillance cameras, more than 90 bomb-sniffing dogs and officers posted on roofs.
As runners continued to drag themselves across the finish line in the late afternoon, more than six hours into the race, state emergency officials reported no security threats other than some unattended bags.
Kenya's Rita Jeptoo won the women's race in a course-record 2 hours, 18 minutes, 57 seconds, defending the title she won last year but could not celebrate because of the tragedy.
Keflezighi, who did not run last year because of an injury, won the main event this year in 2:08:37. A 38-year-old U.S. citizen who emigrated from Eritrea as a boy, Keflezighi wrote the names of the three dead on his bib along with that of the MIT police officer killed during the manhunt.
As he was presented with the trophy and golden laurel wreath, "The Star-Spangled Banner" echoed over Boylston Street, where the explosions rang out a year ago.
"I came as a refugee, and the United States gave me hope," said Keflezighi, who was welcomed by fans chanting "U.S.A.!" "This is probably the most meaningful victory for an American, because of what happened last year."
At 2:49 p.m., the time of the first explosion, the crowd at the finish line observed a moment of silence — then broke into some of the loudest cheers of the day, with whooping, clapping and the clanging of cowbells.
This year's starting field of 32,408 included 600 people who were given special invitations for those who were "profoundly impacted" by the attacks, and almost 5,000 runners who were stopped on the course last year when the bombs went off.
"Today, when I got to that point, I said, 'I have to do some unfinished business,'" said runner Vicki Schmidt, 52, of Nashville. She added: "You can't hold us back. You can't get us down. Boston is magical. This is our place."
Some of the victims themselves returned for a ceremonial crossing of the finish line.
"It was hard. It was really hard," said Heather Abbott, who wore a "Boston Strong" sticker on the black prosthesis where her left leg used to be. "I was really nervous. I didn't want to fall. … I'm just glad we made it."
Tatyana McFadden, who was 6 and sickly when she was adopted out of a Russian orphanage by an American, won the women's wheelchair race for the second straight year. Afterward, she spoke of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy who was the youngest of those killed in the explosions.
"I have a Russian heritage, but I am an American," McFadden said. "For today, not only was I running for Martin and his family, but all those other people that were affected by last year."
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, is awaiting trial in the attack and could get the death penalty. Prosecutors said he and his older brother — ethnic Chechens who came to the U.S. from Russia more than a decade ago — carried out the attack in retaliation for U.S. wars in Muslim lands.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a shootout with police days after the bombings.
"It was a hard last year," Lee Ann Yanni, whose left leg was badly hurt in the bombing, said moments after crossing the finish line. "And we're just so much better and stronger."
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I get my new Stoger SXS on the 31st (10 day wait here in CA). Wonder about working on it to get the action to open easier and the shells to fall out better. I know that I can use fine emory on a drill mandrel in the chambers just to smooth them up, I don't think that you really want to remove any material. Is it possible to speed up the break in on the action by applying a little Clover compound to everything that rubs and work it smoother or do you really have to know what you are doing and stone the correct contact points? Totally off base or? I would probably use a little 400 grit first, clean it out and go to 600 grit and maybe even 800 if it felt like it was working. Crazy or good idea? Bullmoose
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You can smooth up the opening of your Stoeger in a few ways. One is to use a lapping compound where the gun hinges. Also,the lever spring can be lightened by cutting a coil or two off,or by putting in a lighter spring,which is the best option. The chambers can be honed to allow the shells to slip out easier. Brownell's sells a honing kit that attaches to a handheld drill. I had a gunsmith who specializes in CAS guns tune up my Stoeger,and he did a great job,but it could be done by someone with minor gunsmithing experience and the proper tools.
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St. Mark United Church of Christ in Valrico lives by its mission statement: "No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you're welcome here." This close-knit congregation is more like an extended family, welcoming and accepting.St. Mark United Church of Christ (UCC) was established in 1984, and prides itself as a friendly, progressively thinking church. Church members are committed to their involvement in the community and host a number of organizations, including Meals On Wheels, PFLAG, Boy Scouts, as well as an outstanding preschool. The Reverend Sue Detterman has served as the senior pastor of St. Mark UCC since 2007. Previously serving UCC churches in Ohio, Virginia and New Hampshire, Detterman also served several UCC congregations in Florida as an interim pastor. In the past two decades, Detterman has been active in many different civic and ecumenical activities and has also led numerous workshops and retreats, written curriculum materials and articles, primarily about Christian education, which have been used by many denominations. A native of Ohio, Detterman was raised in the United Church of Christ Church, where her mother was very active and employed by the church. "The church became my second home while I was growing up," said Detterman.After she graduated from The Defiance College, she then earned a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education from Scarritt Graduate School and a Master of Divinity degree from The Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. "Originally, I was majoring in elementary education, but found myself drawn toward friends in the field of social work and religion majors," said Detterman. "I realized that caring for the 'whole child' became part of my calling, to care for people spiritually."Detterman enjoys empowering people to embody faithful discipleship in both church and their daily lives, while exploring new ways to affirm and celebrate the diversity of all God's people.This spring, the church sponsored a mission project called "One Great Hour Of Sharing." This mission supports international programs of health, education, agricultural development relief, refugee assistance and emergency relief to victims of natural disasters. Just recently the church has began to share its space with Faith Family Community Church, a newly formed congregation with many members coming from the Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa.St. Mark United Church of Christ's new worship service time is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and it is located at 2914 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. in Valrico. For more information, please visit www.stmarkunited.org or call 685-0998.


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This beautiful and rare set was made in the 1930's era by August Walther & Sohne glass works of Germany. The pattern name is "Muschel" and it is in the much sought after green color. This particular set includes the bowl in the shape of a shell--measuring about 8 3/4" by 9" and 2 1/4" deep. The piece that the shell-dish fits INTO is the mermaid holding her long, flowing hair above her head. The intricate detail on this piece includes the hair going down her back, her fish body and the sea-waves coming up to meet her body. Very lovely piece and can stand alone.The mermaid is about 5 3/4" by 6" at her base and stands almost 9" tall. Condition of the mermaid is excellent. This mermaid has no cloudiness, no scratches, and obviously no chips, cracks or breaks. And the green is just vivid. Along the mould line at the elbows t is a very small amount of roughness--which is normal. The shell bowl is quite good--only injury is scrapes that are at a couple of points w it would set into the mermaid when displayed. Obviously not visible unless turned upside-down. Just for your information, though, I took a picture up close of the underside in the last photo This is a set that is breathtaking on display---