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SUDAN-UGANDA: Dozens killed as LRA rebels raid Sudanese villages
KAMPALA, 26 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - Dozens of people were killed and homes burnt or looted on Friday when Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided villages in southern Sudan, religious and Sudanese rebel sources told IRIN on Monday.
"The Lord's Resistance Army raided the small village of Moti on Friday morning, where they overran our small detachment there and killed seven of our fighters before they descended on the villages. Civilians were killed, but I don't have the clear picture of how many," George Riak, the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) liaison officer in Kampala, said.
However, Riak said Friday's fighting would not affect the peace negotiations taking place in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Rev Paul Yugusuk, a church minister of the remote Anglican Archdeaconry of Lomega in southern Sudan said the LRA-SPLA fighting took place about 50 km southeast of Juba and about 16 km west of Torit in the eastern Equatoria Province.
He added: "I cannot tell the exact number of people killed, but in one village we found five bodies, then 10 in another and another 20 in yet another village. What I am sure of is that more then 100 people have been killed in the past two to three weeks."
In early July, religious leaders confirmed reports by a rebel faction in southern Sudan, the Equatoria Defence Forces (EDF), that the LRA rebels had killed 100 people in two days of arson, looting and murder in villages near the town of Magwi in Equatoria Province.
Charles Barnaba Kisanga, the UK-based EDF secretary-general, issued a statement on Friday saying hundreds of LRA rebels, allegedly supported by Sudanese government army helicopters, "launched a fresh attack on the village of Moti under the control of EDF forces of the SPLA."
"According to commanders Obotu Mamur [SPLA] and Martin Kenyi [EDF] LRA rebels moved on Moti at 05:00 a.m. [local time] this morning [23rd July 2004] and attacked our positions and our forces engaged them in heavy fighting. Our positions have been strafed time and again by army helicopter gunship in aid of the LRA rebels," he said.
Kisanga also alleged that LRA rebels also "overrun the villages east of Polu towards Kapoeta and killed dozens of villagers and took away about 2,000 heads of cattle" on 19 July.
In a related development, participants of a meeting of civil society, religious and cultural leaders from northern Uganda and southern Sudan on Saturday called for a political solution to the conflict in northern Uganda, which they said would ensure lasting and sustainable peace in war affected northern region.
"We draw the attention of the government of Uganda to the strategy of dialogue and amnesty used in bringing a peaceful end to the conflict in the West Nile region to be applied in ending the current conflict," they said in a statement issued in the northern Ugandan town of Gulu.
They added: "We call for the immediate peaceful resolution of the conflict preceded by a ceasefire and appeal to the international community and the peace-loving people to help the warring parties in this process."
The meeting was organised by SPLM and Ugandan authorities.
The participants said although the conflict in northern Uganda had been described as one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, "the regional and the international communities have not given enough attention to bring it to an end.
"The regional and the international diplomatic response has been intermittent, uncoordinated and insufficient to a large extent," they said. "We believe that the role played by the IGAD [Inter-Government Authority on Development], the African Union, the US and the EU in the region should also be extended to resolving the conflict in northern Uganda."
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in northern Uganda, Archbishop John Baptist Odama, told IRIN that church and cultural representatives from both southern and northern Sudan made up the Sudanese delegation of 18 representatives while 48 delegates represented Ugandan churches and civil society organisations.
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Alaska State Fair organizers have announced that the stars of A&E hit series "Duck Dynasty" have been added to the upcoming event's roster.
The Palmer, Alaska fair runs from August 21 to September 1, 2014, and will feature the reality stars on August 30 in an event called "The Stars of Duck Dynasty: An Evening with the Robertsons."
"Duck Dynasty" follows the Robertson family, who made their millions selling duck calls and other duck-hunting items. Phil, the patriarch of the family, will appear at the Alaskan State Fair, as well as his wife, Kay, his brother, Si, and two of his sons, Jep and Alan.
In "An Evening with the Robertsons", the Louisiana family will discuss their Duck Commander business, hit television show, and close-knit relationships.
Alaskans' reaction to the "Duck Dynasty" booking has been mixed due to personal opinions about the family's patriarch.
Phil Robertson came under fire last year after making controversial comments in GQ Magazine.
Fair Marketing Director Dean Phipps said that although there are differing feelings about the Robertson clan, it is undeniable that many Alaskans enjoy the reality show.
"We're the Alaska State Fair, which means we represent all Alaskans," Phipps told the Associated Press.
"And if there's anything that all Alaskans have it's an opinion— and it's all not the same... there's a ton of them that are fans of 'Duck Dynasty.' "
Phipps also reminded dissenters that fairgoers do not have to see the Robertsons, if that is their choice.
"It's not something that's right there at the gate when you walk in," he said. "You have to actually make a choice to go."
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The NHL Playoffs are heating up, and the San Jose Sharks once again find themselves locked in a playoff match-up with the hated Detroit Red Wings. Sharks commentator Jamie Baker talks about why this team is getting hot at the right time and some of the specific strategic advantages involved in playing at home.
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LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- Allan Arbus, who played the caustic Dr. Sidney Freedman on "M*A*S*H,' died at his Los Angeles home. He was 95.
Arbus' ex-wife, fashion photographer Diane Arbus, confirmed the death to Hollywood.com.
Arbus became an actor after ditching a career as a photographer. In addition to his recurring role on the long-running Korean War series, Arbus appeared in such exploitation fare as "Coffy" and more recently on the TV series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as an uncle falsely accused of abusing Larry.
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My Excuses... ;>WE have an exercise bike. I don't usually jump on, b/c I don't want to deal with the sweat and the change of clothes and the need for a shower later [I usually shower in the morning only]. My dad tells us that we'll have a treadmill in the new house when it's complete. We'll see...
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I Will Soon Have ...I will soon have the opportunity to do more activity. I begin fitting for aprosthetic, and I will have to learn how to walk with it (so they say. I bet I do just fine!)
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I Am the Poster Child For This...I am the poster child for this. If anyone ever does an "Extreme Activity Makeover" show, I need to be the first one on it. I get up, go into the basement to work for 10 hours, switch from my work computer to my real computer, tinker around for 5 hours...
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I recently came across a sparkling wine sealed with a beer-bottle cap. I'm all for keeping prices down, but can a bottle cap be good for an expensive bottle of froth?
The answer
Perfectly fine, actually, at least for a few years' storage if not more. And in the case of bubbly in particular it makes certain sense.
You may be surprised to learn that virtually all fine sparkling wines, including hallowed Champagne, start out in bottles sealed with common crown caps. Carbonation in the best fizzy wines is produced bottle by bottle. It's the natural product of yeast feeding on a dose of sugar added to a still wine. This is referred to as the secondary fermentation. Usually the bottle is left in the winery's cellar to rest in this state for an extended period, long after the yeast gobbles the sugar, so that the spent yeast can enrich the flavour.
To trap the carbon dioxide produced by yeast, bottles must be sealed tightly – with a crown cap that fastens like a clamp around the rim. The hermetic, pressurized seal forces the CO2 to remain in liquid form. A conventional cylindrical cork, by contrast, would be forced out by the CO2, which, even at cool cellar temperature, would want to expand into a gas, yielding the pop and fizz.
Only after the resting period, often 18 months or more in the case of the best bubblies, does the crown cap come off and get replaced with a fancy mushroom-shaped cork and wire cage. As with still wines, many people believe cork is the best material for long-term cellaring. This is why I think you won't see producers of the cellar-worthy sparkling wines, notably vintage Champagnes, stampeding to crown caps.
But certain daring producers are embracing the seemingly proletarian beer-bottle closure for a number of reasons. In part they may want to avoid defects associated with cork. Or they may want to thumb their noses at Champagne's pretentiousness. Some have switched because the closure is more economical and convenient for consumers. For proof that great bubbly doesn't need a mushroom cork, check out the offerings of Flat Rock Cellars and Featherstone Estate Winery, both in Niagara. Cheers to them.
The Flavour Principle by Lucy Waverman and Beppi Crosariol was recently named one of this season's Top 10 cookbooks in the United States by Publishers Weekly. Published by HarperCollins.
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New York, New York (IPP) - John McCain announced today that he will put Mark foley's face on a new denomination of three dollar bills if he is elected president. Republican Representative from Florida, Mark Foley, was brought down by a gay scandal involving young male pages working for Foley in Washington DC.
He told reporters that he will also introduce a nine dollar bill with the face of Larry Craig on it. Larry Craig is the Republican Senator from Idaho that was arrested for soliciting a man for prostitution in a public restroom. That man turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Larry Craig is also under investigation for having two first names.
McCain says that these two Republicans were simply trying to bring the Republican party out of the closet and that these guys never stole a freight train.
McCain has also promised to put Florida governor Charlie Crist on a three dollar bill and that will create for the first time a denomination of paper money with more than one character on the face of the bill.


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Every fledgling sports network seems to have its watershed moment.
That big event that pushes it toward the forefront of viewer consciousness.
For GolTV, that breakthrough might just be around the corner. The 24-hour digital soccer channel has been sublicensed by the CBC to air 10 live matches in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which kicks off tomorrow in Ottawa and Montreal.
GolTV viewers can catch North Korea-Panama tomorrow at 4:15 p.m. ET, and Nigeria-Costa Rica at 7:45 p.m. on Canada Day. Both Ottawa matches on Tuesday (Czech Republic-North Korea, Argentina-Panama) air live on the network as well, starting at 4:45 p.m. ET.
While soccer fanatics know all about the channel, which launched in Canada in the fall of 2005, the U-20 World Cup figures to open the door to a wider scope of viewership.
"It's one of the most significant things we've ever had on our network. It's huge for us," said Chris Doyle, VP of marketing for Insight Sports, which owns the channel. This is really going to put us on the map." Already, it's been quite the run for GolTV. The network had live coverage of all matches at the just-completed Gold Cup. And it's just started showing the Copa America, the South American equivalent of the European soccer championship.
"Around the office, we've been calling it the perfect storm of soccer," Doyle said.
It's taken some time, but GolTV now has carriage on every major cable or satellite provider in Canada. Most offer the network as part of a digital sports specialty package. Rogers Cable customers can preview the network free next Tuesday and Wednesday on Channel 1.
SOCCER YOUR WAY: While CBC (21 games), CBC Country Canada (21) and GolTV are offering live coverage of every match at the U-20 World Cup, you're not shut out if you're away from a television. All matches are being streamed free (42 live) and on-demand at cbcsports.ca/fifau20. FIFA.com is also offering free live streaming on its website.
CANADA'S DAY: You knew this had to happen at some point. With the July 1 start of NHL free agency now a hot topic for hockey fans, TSN is producing a three-hour special Sunday (11 a.m. ET start) that mirrors its coverage of the league's in-season trade deadline. NHL on TSN: Free Agent Frenzy is also available on TSN Broadband and the NHL Network.
AROUND THE DIAL: TSN's Brian Williams sits down with new CFL commissioner Mark Cohon during tonight's Friday Night Football pre-game show at 7 ET ... XM Radio becomes the NHL's exclusive satellite radio carrier as of Sunday.


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Factory and office workers voted 206 to 93 in a ballot, not to join the Unite union. The decision was welcomed yesterday by the company, owned by private equity group, Lion Capital, but it was greeted with dismay by the union and Richard Howitt, the local Labour MEP.
The food firm employed Omega, a subsidiary of the US union busters, the Burke Group, based in Malibu, California to dissuade staff from joining the union. The reporting of the battle in the Guardian led to two campaign groups - Boycott Kettle Crisps for Attacks on Workers and Boycott Kettle Chips: the anti-union snack - being set up on the internet site Facebook which has attracted nearly 800 people in Britain, Australia and the US. The company has engaged public relations experts, Hill and Knowlton, to counter what it calls "its bruised reputation" through the campaign.
A statement from the company said: "The result indicates that the majority of our employees do not wish to be represented by a union for collective bargaining..."
Mike Hubbard, local Unite organiser, said: " We are dismayed by the decision but it follows a long poisonous campaign not to join the union. By the time we were able to make our case in the statutory two week period up to the ballot, most people had made up their minds."
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This project consists of renovations to the existing winery and additions. The project includes all new process and domestic waste systems with a unique wet lands that has been constructed as part of the process waste treatment system. The old domestic waste mound system was removed and replaced with a modern septic system. The renovations/additions consist of a new tasting room, new restrooms, two screened pavilions, a commercial kitchen, pantry and scullery. A new steel entry trellis is also being constructed with integrated solar panels.
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Project consisted of taking the old Epps Chevy dealer on St Helena's Main St and turning into a facility for J Davies still wines in three month time frame. Included processed waste systems at the interior of the building, external hold and haul tanks. Integrated refrigeration systems, night air cooling / CO2 removal systems. Winery piping and hose station assemblies as required for winery use. Wall and floor system assemblies consistent with winery applications. Insulation assemblies of wall and roof area to allow for winery production and storage.
Laird Family Estates - Barrel Facility
Ground up construction of a new 34,000 square foot barrel storage building and improvements to existing fermentation building. The new metal building includes outdoor work area under roof on four sides. The total area under roof at the new building is 57,249 sq.ft. The new building has a mezzanine that includes an executive meeting room, wine makers offices, shipping and receiving offices, and restrooms. The new building has a climate controlled case goods storage room, and three different climate controlled barrel storage rooms. There is also a three bay covered loading dock. This project included process and domestic waste systems, and domestic and fire water systems. New winery production systems were installed as part of this project. The new systems included a new boiler, air compressor and all associated piping and controls. Hose stations were installed in the new building that include domestic cold water, hot water, and compressed air for winery operations. A complete Glycol system with controls was installed in the new building as well as a CO2 removal system with motorized louvers and fans. At the existing fermentation building a new employee break room, bathroom, and shop were constructed. New catwalks were installed, new hose stations with associated piping as well as electrical pump stations. New openings were cut in the exterior insulated panel walls and new roll-up doors were installed. The exterior of the existing building was painted.
Keenan Winery Renovation
Renovation to existing winery. The project included demo and re-framing of sections of an existing mezzanine floor and roof to capture additional square footage at the hospitality areas. The project includes open beam ceiling construction, new offices, and a kitchen. The tasting room is new with a new tasting bar, new lighting and new finishes throughout.
Brian Arden Winery
Construction of a new winery including the associated site work. This project included a large, 20 feet tall, cast in place concrete wall with a future cave portal cut into a slope much like the proposed condition of the Von Strasser project. The winery consists of two buildings with a crush pad between them. There is a two story 6,193sqft. Winery Operations Building and a separate 4,286 sq.ft. Production Building. The site work for this project included a storm water retention system, domestic waste, including a grease trap for the kitchen, and a hold and haul process waste system. The production building includes a tank room, and a barrel storage room. Cat walks were installed. The project also included a boiler for production hot water, an air compressor and hose stations with the associated piping for winery production, and a night air cooling/CO2 removal system. The winery operation building includes area for future tasting room, a commercial kitchen, bathrooms, second floor break room, restroom and offices.
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Bloomberg makes a positive decision for teachers, and maybe Christine Quinn
The big takeaway from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget presentation is that the budge ax is hanging over after-school and child-care programs, and firehouses, rather than the overall size of the teacher workforce.
Henry Goldman of Bloomberg L.P. notes that preserving the teachers' jobs is a shift from what the mayor planned in February, and it "satisfied a demand from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn."
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Reuters took a more forward-looking approach, noting in their headline that the mayor's budget "freezes wages." What that means is there will be more pressure on the next mayor to give raises to union workers once those contracts come up for renewal.
Bob Hennelly of WNYC asked the mayor about this, referring to the "time-bomb of retro pay."
The mayor responded by saying it's unlikely future administrations will have money for pay increases.
Which will help lay the groundwork for the fight the next mayor will have to face.
National Security
Bill Clinton: "I don't want any more briefings unless the president or the National Security Council – the White House people – want me to have it.' Because I give too many talks, do too much work – I never want to inadvertently say something that complicates their job." [Devin Dwyer]
Christine Quinn's complaint about media bias is a media reporter's "Quote of the Day." [Dylan Byers]
A Harlem preacher at the "living wage" press conference criticized Quinn for leaving the event abruptly. [Stephon Johnson]
Gothamist is intrigued by the prospect a Diana Taylor candidacy. [Garth Johnston]
Mike Allen: "There's never been a better opening for a centrist, third-party candidate. Michael Bloomberg recognizes it's not his time. He's too liberal on social issues to make that run. But now he's finding power in a different way. In his third term as mayor he's finding that both sides recognize that in a time when the American people want a sort of more mute politics, this more centrist politics, that having him coming out for them would be huge." [Morning Joe]
Obama is going to the Albany area on Tuesday. [Jimmy Vielkind]
The chairman of the New York State Democratic Party, which answers to Andrew Cuomo, signed on to the effort to make same-sex marriage part of the Democratic Party's platform at their national convention. [David Freedlander]
A state senator who endorsed Adriano Espaillat is being challenged by a Democrat who is backing Rep. Charlie Rangel. [Roberto Perez]
Bloomberg's Budget
Bloomberg said his successor probably will not have money to be able to give retroactive pay increases. [Reuters]
The fight with the Council will be over firehouses and restoring after school and child-care services. [Michael Howard Saul]
Bloomberg is "abandoning his February plan to eliminate teachers through attrition" which "satisfied a demand from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn." [Henry Goldman]
David Greenfield likes that Bloomberg restored funding to the four district attorneys outside Manhattan. [Yeshiva World News]
Bloomberg's revised budget includes $185 million more in spending. [Billy Rennison]
"The mayor has cut child-care and after-school programs for five straight years," according to advocates. [Saki Knafo]
The United Federation of Teachers doesn't like how Bloomberg put the onus on the union to agree with the city. [Bob Hennelly and Brigid Bergin]
Hiring / Firing David Segal
The tweet that reportedly "spooked" Ydanis Rodriguez into re-firing Segal was from Gerson Borrero. [CityandStateNY]
That infamous tweet. [@GersonBorrero]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Obama and Romney head to the middle, toward Bloomberg. [Mike Allen]
Around the 11-minute mark, Cuomo takes questions about whether his new commission will follow the state's Open Meeting Laws, which they are not obligated to do. [Times Union]


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I agree totally with both reviewers when they say that this is the best thing Massacre has released. It has no ties with From Beyond or Promise (which is a failure of Cold Lake like proportions). It's a strange listen at first because other than Kam Lee's distinctive voice, you wouldn't think this was Massacre. This has much more in line with bands like Pestilence, Atheist, and Insanity.
Rick Rozz pulls out all the stops on this demo. His guitar playing is fierce and grinding, and the absence of solos is a great! Let's face it Rick Rozz is not a great lead player. Riffs careen back and forth from tremolo picked sections to mid tempo Celtic Frost styled riffs. The drum work is very tight and that's not Bill Andrews behind the kit either, that's probably a good thing because Joe Cangelosi is light years better than Mr. Andrews.
The bass is very pronounced and played with great technical skill, check out that little lead section in Devouring Hour for a good representation of Butch Gonzalas's playing abilities. Kam Lee's vocals are not the same monotone guttural growls found on From Beyond. Here, they are much more thrash sounding and much more unique.
There are some weak points here though. Some of these transitions don't work very well and to be honest, hurt the flow of some of the songs with Devouring Hour being the main culprit. I know that this is just a demo but I feel the guitar tone sounds too warm and doesn't have enough bite to it. For standout tracks though, I would have to go with The Second Coming, and Mangled as the best of this bunch.
It is amazing to me that earache records rejected this material. From Beyond had its moments, but this was a fresh bunch of ideas injected into the Massacre sound. When you really look at it From Beyond was just a collection of songs from their first demos mixed in with some filler. The Second Coming on the other hand, had a lot to impress with. It truly is a shame that not a lot of people know about this, so if you see it and you're a massacre fan get it!, this truly is their best stuff.


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"It would represent a major turnaround in Tim's strategy, but Vodafone are very aggressive and they could make an attractive bid."
"Gap is working through its turnaround and still dealing with branding issue and how to reinvigorate its core apparel basics."
"This is probably the biggest turnaround that I've ever been involved in. A team so experienced like ours, we should be able to control the game."
"That [camp] was the real turnaround for me. But I still wanted to be a ballerina. I mean, didn't everybody?"
"This is our eighth consecutive quarter of delivering on our promises to achieve a significant turnaround, improved profitability and a strategic refocusing of Motorola around wireless, broadband and the Internet."
"It's going to take a turnaround in the earnings picture, ... I think the upside begins when we get our next rate cut."


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University of Texas Arlington
Online conference to examine corporate learning and MOOCs
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Media Contact: Traci Peterson
News Topics: business, education, innovation, Internet
The University of Texas at Arlington is teaming with CorpU, a leadership development company for major businesses, to host a two-day virtual conference on corporate learning and Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, June 18 and 19.
The event, called "MOOCs: Scaling Corporate Learning," is free and open to the public. Featured panelists and keynote presenters will include representatives from Google, AXA, the World Bank, Coursera and others.
George Siemens, executive director of UT Arlington's Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge (LINK) lab, said the conference will address a topic that is often ignored.
"When we look at how technology influences the knowledge development process, one of the areas that is often overlooked by universities is learning and development in corporate settings," said Siemens, an online learning expert known as a pioneer of the MOOC structure. "The hard boundaries between formal learning and corporate learning are not as defined as they once were, and as a result of that there's an opportunity to better define that relationship."
UT Arlington's Division of Digital Teaching and Learning established the LINK lab earlier this year as a home for research on the evolution of online learning, especially as it relates to higher education's future. Siemens said the conference with CorpU "will give us the opportunity to understand what's happening and apply it to future situations."
A partner with the world's leading business and academic organizations, CorpU is pioneering new approaches to virtual learning communities that connect people to capture knowledge, solve problems, generate ideas, teach and learn.
"Businesses are seeing an increasing need to continue the education process in a corporate setting and events like these allow community leaders in business, education and technology to discuss the best possible ways to make that happen," said Alan Todd, CEO of CorpU. "We're looking forward to participating in this conversation and sharing our own experiences in how we've helped major corporations facilitate these unique learning environments."
More information about conference speakers and topics and a registration form is at http://web.corpu.com/online-symposium-0.
About UT Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington is a comprehensive research institution and the second largest institution in The University of Texas System. The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked UT Arlington as the seventh fastest-growing public research university in 2013. U.S. News & World Report ranks UT Arlington fifth in the nation for undergraduate diversity. Visit www.uta.edu to learn more.
The University of Texas at Arlington is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.


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They still call me often despite my insistence that I want nothing to do with this company.Don't even give them your information, let alone hire them!
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What is 'Debt Overhang'
Debt overhang is a debt burden that is so large that an entity cannot take on additional debt to finance future projects, even those that are profitable enough to enable it to reduce its indebtedness over time. Debt overhang serves to dissuade current investment, since all earnings from new projects would only go to existing debt holders, leaving little incentive for the entity to attempt to dig itself out of the hole. In the context of sovereign governments, the term refers to a situation where the debt stock of a nation exceeds its future capacity to repay it.
BREAKING DOWN 'Debt Overhang'
A debt overhang can trap companies and countries in a vicious downward spiral, as a greater proportion of cash flow or revenues go to servicing existing debt, creating an operating deficit that can only be filled through incremental debt, which adds to the debt burden.
Countries faced with a debt overhang face a steady erosion in living standards, due to reduced spending in vital areas such as education, health and infrastructure.
Eventually, the only way out of a debt overhang is either through forgiveness of part or most of the debt by creditors, through bankruptcy (for a company) or debt default by a nation.


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Megan Fox to Replace Victoria Beckham in Emporio Armani Underwear Campaigns
Giorgio Armani announced today that Megan Fox will succeed Victoria Beckham as the new face of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott photographed Fox over the weekend in Los Angeles for both campaigns.
As previously reported, Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid soccer star, will be replacing David Beckham in the men's Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns. Unlike the Beckhams, Ronaldo and Fox will not appear in campaigns together. Both billboards and print ads will run worldwide in January. [WWD]


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Ukraine's president has proposed a unilateral ceasefire by the government in the country's east. An explosion at a key pipeline in Ukraine has not disrupted the flow of gas to Europe, Russia's Gazprom has announced.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the ceasefire the first step of a peace plan that would also include an amnesty and constitutional amendments that give more power to the regions. However, Poroshenko did not say when he would implement the plan to quellnearly two months of rebellion
in eastern Ukraine.
Poroshenko, a 48-year-old confectionery tycoon elected president on May 25, told journalists in Kyiv that the insurgents would have to disarm and reinstate order in the regions "in a very short time," according to the Interfax Ukraine news agency. "Immediately afterwards, we must receive support for the peace plan from all sides," the president said on Wednesday.
Poroshenko had earlier discussed the plan in telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to his office. Merkel chancellorhas also asked Putin
to use his influence to calm the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Poroshenko also proposed Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, as the country's foreign minister.
'Caused by sabotage'
Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom's deputy chief executive, told reporters on Wednesday thatan explosion
on the Russian oil monopoly's pipeline through Ukraine had not disrupted flows to the European Union. Markelov refused to speculate on the cause of the explosion, but said that poor maintenance of pipelines in Ukraine increased the likelihood of such accidents.
"I think they will continue to occur because the network needs to be maintained well," he said.
Ukrainian officials have not ruled out terrorism as the cause of the explosion. The Energy Ministry has linked the blast to the halt of gas supplies to Ukraine.
In a statement released Wednesday, the ministry announced that it had "grounds to believe" that "the blast was caused by sabotage" intended to discredit Ukraine as a transit country. However, the ministry did not provide any evidence to support the claim.
The blast, which occurred Tuesday far from where government troops have fought separatists, came a day after Russiacut gas supplies to Ukraine
in a dispute over price and overdue payments. Russian officials say Ukraine must pay at least $1.9 billion (1.4 billion euros) of the $4.5 billion the country owes beforetalks on clearing the debt
and agreeing on prices could resume. On Monday, Gazprom had announced that it would need to start pumping by mid-October to insure adequate winter supplies for Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials say a blast hit a pipeline used to transport Russian gas to Europe, a day after Moscow cut supplies to Ukraine. Elsewhere, a Russian TV reporter was killed in fighting in the country's east. (17.06.2014)
Russia has announced that Ukraine must prepay for natural gas after it failed to pay previous debts. Meanwhile, the Russian foreign minister has criticized his Ukrainian counterpart over a name-calling incident. (16.06.2014)
The leaders of France and Germany have voiced "grave concern" over the ongoing violence in Ukraine and called for a ceasefire. It comes hours after pro-Russian separatists shot down a military plane, killing 49. (14.06.2014)
There are no long convoys of tanks and trucks but small groups that seep through the open border. Observers disagree about whether Russia is carrying out a covert invasion of eastern Ukraine. (14.06.2014)


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A new U.S. report calls the Pakistani legal system "almost incapable of prosecuting suspected terrorists," claiming that the acquittal rate stands at about 75 percent in such trials, the Indian Express reports.
"While Pakistan's law enforcement community continued to pledge to prosecute those responsible for terrorist acts inside Pakistan, a 2010 review by the United States of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court rulings revealed that Pakistan remained plagued an acquittal rate of approximately 75 percent," the paper quotes a U.S. State Department statement as saying. "The review, in conjunction with information provided by Pakistani law enforcement partners, painted a picture of a legal system almost incapable of prosecuting suspected terrorists."


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Actresses Taapsee Pannu and Sonakshi Sinha have spoken on the ongoing controversy surrounding the founder of the production house, The Viral Fever, Arunabh Kumar. He was accused of molestation by a woman in an anonymous blog post.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha feels that women are still afraid to talk about molestation and harassment at work place thinking that people will blame them for it. She added that women should take stand for themselves and should speak if they face something like that in their workplace.
Actress Taapsee Pannu, who has recently released videos of self-defence and woman empowerment stated that this comes as a big shock to her. She added that she heard a different story when she talked to some members of TVF. Taapsee further said that some women have openly accused the person and it is difficult to believe that someone whose identity is open, will lie about being molested. The actress revealed that she has asked her friends to keep her updated.
Sonakshi is gearing up for her upcoming film 'Noor' whereas Taapsee will next be seen in 'Naam Shabana'.
Few days back, a woman accused Anurabh of molestation in an anonymous blog. Later, the blog went viral and many women came forward and shared similar experiences. However, TVF has dismissed all the allegations against Anurabh.


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Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 14, 1685-1691. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.
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In this section
- DIE Veneris, 20 Novembris.
DIE Veneris, 20 Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
Bennet versus E. Sarum.
Upon hearing Counsel this Day at the Bar, upon the Petition and Appeal of John Bennet Esquire and Grace his Wife, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the First Day of May, 1691, in a Cause there depending, between James Earl of Salisbury and Frances Countess of Salisbury his Wife Complainants, against the Petitioners and others Defendants; as also upon the Answers of the Right Honourable James Earl of Salisbury and Frances his Wife, put in to the said Petition:
After due Consideration had of what was offered by Counsel on either Side thereupon, it is this Day ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petition and Appeal of the said John Bennet and Grace his Wife be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree, from which they appealed, be, and is hereby, affirmed.
Godsalve versus George.
Upon reading the Petition of John Godsalve, Thomas, Anne, and Elizabeth Godsalve, Infants, by their Guardian, Respondents, to the Petition and Appeal of Rebecca George; praying a short Day may be appointed for hearing of their Cause depending in this House:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, that this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Saturday the Fifth Day of December next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Legh versus Aspinall.
This Day Thomas Cooke, upon Oath, delivered at the Bar, the Rent Rolls and Books of Accompt, pursuant to the Order of this House, in the Case of Edmond Legh and others, versus John Aspinall and others.
Dutch of Beaufort against E. of Aylesbury's Bill.
After hearing Counsel this Day, at the Bar, for her Grace the Dutchess of Beaufort, against the Earl of Ailesburye's Bill; as also Counsel for his Lordship, and Consideration had thereof:
E. of Aylesbury's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the making a Twelve Years Lease, made by the Earl and Countess of Ailesbury, for Payment of Debts (which was determinable on their Deaths), to have Continuance absolutely for those Twelve Years."
ORDERED, That the Consideration of this Bill is committed to the Lords following:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet To-morrow, at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Chancery, &c. Bills of Review, Bill.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the House shall be put into a Committee, to proceed on the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better determining of Causes on Bills of Review in Chancery and other Courts of Equity," To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Tuder versus Reg. et Regin. in Error.
After hearing Counsel Yesterday, at the Bar, to argue the Errors assigned by John Tuder Scriviner, Plaintiff upon a Writ of Error brought into this House from the Court of King's Bench, the Seven and Twentieth Day of October, 1691, to which Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary are Defendants; Counsel appearing for the said John Tuder, but no Counsel for Their Majesties:
After hearing the Judges upon the said Case, and due Consideration had thereof, it is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Judgement, given in the Court of King's Bench against the said John Tuder Scrivener, shall be, and is hereby, reversed.
The Tenor of which Judgement, to be affixed to the Record, followeth:
"Et postea, scilicet, 17° Die Octobris, Anno Regni Domini Gulielm. et Dominæ Mariæ Regis et Reginæ Angl. &c. nunc Tertio, Transcript. Record. et Process. inter Partes prædict. cum omnibus ea tangen. Prætextu cujusdam Brevis Domini Regis et Dominæ Reginæ de Errore corrigend. per præfat. Joh'em Tuder Scribam in Præmissis prosecut. dict. Domino (fn. 1) Regi et Dominæ Reginæ in præsenti Parliamento apud Westmonaster. præd. a præd. Cur. dict. Domini Regis et Dominæ Reginæ nunc hic transmissum suit; idemque Johannes Tuder, propria Persona sua in eadem Cur. Parliament. comparens, diversas Materias pro Errore et Revocatione et Adnullatione Judicii præd. assignavit; ad quas Georgius Treby Mil. Attornat. Domin. Regis et Reginæ nunc General. in eadem Cur. ParDomina Regina nunc General. in eadem Cur. Parliament. præd. comparens pro dicto Domino Rege et Domina Regina placitavit, quod nec in Recordo et Process. præd. nec in Redditione Judicii præd. in ullo suit Errat. Postmodumque, scilicet, Vicesimo Die Novembris, Anno Regni dict. Domini Regis et Dominæ Reginæ Tertio supradict. in prædict. Cur. Parliament. visis et per Curiam ibidem diligenter examinat. et plenius intellectis tam Record. et Process. præd. ac Judic. super. iisdem reddit. quam præd. Caus. et Mater. superius pro Erroribus assignatis et allegatis, videtur Cur. Parliament. præd. quod in Record. et Process. prædict. ac etiam in Redditione Judicii prædict. manifest. est Errat. Ideo consideratum est per Cur. Parliament. præd. quod Judicium prædict. revocetur, adnulletur, et penitus pro nullo habeatur; et quod prædict. Joh'es Tuder Scriba ad omnia quæ ipse Occasione Judicii præd. amisit, restituatur, &c."
Rob'tus Atkyns, Miles de Balneo, Capitalis Baro de Scaccario, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Sabbati, (videlicet,) 21um diem instantis Novembris, hora nona Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.


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If you can answer yes to one or more of these questions, read on. As a child, did you ever hunt for your Christmas presents in mid-December and actually look when you found them? Have you ever read the back page of a novel while still only part way through? Did you search the internet to find out who won this year's Apprentice final before Sunday night's show?
Yes to one of those? More like yes to all of them, I reckon. It's great news for you lot then, as a flurry of reports from the US this week say that parents can now find out the gender of their unborn baby, at home, at only 10 weeks!
Couples mostly have to wait until the 20 week scan to tell the sex of their baby, and even that feels bafflingly early to our parents' generation, some of whom weren't even sure it would be a baby until the day it arrived. But now a North Texas company, Intelligender, has released a kit that can predict gender before you've even had the 12-week scan.The kit includes a vessel which, when filled with urine, turns orange if the baby is a girl or green if it's a boy. It's all based on hormones, but the company won't reveal which while a patent is pending.
The whole thing takes less than 10 minutes. It's claimed to be 78-80% accurate, and costs $34.95 over the counter at US chemists.
Intelligender suggest that parents don't paint the nursery blue or pink until the test is confirmed by a sonogram.
As a first-time pregnant mum-to-be, I admit to being intrigued by the baby's gender, and much keener on finding out than I imagined I might be. With five weeks to go to the next scan, I'm even tempted to Google Intelligender straight away to see if I can buy it on the internet. But overall, it concerns me that you can find out the gender so early. To be blunt, I worry for the 10-week old pregnancies that might end in termination because the gender doesn't quite suit.
The test is available for sale in 11 countries apparently, though interestingly and deliberately not in India or China.
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text: A buddy brought a bag over for a turkey smoke before Thanksgiving and it went alright for that, but I wanted to try it again before I bragged it up too much. So I picked up two more bags at Atwood's for my smoke yesterday, two 20lb bags for $28. I smoked a 10lb an 8lb brisket and six racks of pork spare ribs in my Brinkmann TMLE, about nine hours in 20-38deg weather, I didn't even use 20lbs of the stuff! Temps held steady as long as I stayed on top of it, fed it every hour, it wasn't terribly hard to recover when I let it go to long, unlike Royal Oak, which ran temps all over the place and was a bear to get it caught back up when run low. Fairly consistent sizes, considering it is lump, which helped with even burning. Yes, there was a lot of dust and quite a few small particles, I tried lighting it with a chimney, I wouldn't recommend doing this as the small pieces tend to fall out the bottom putting embers everywhere! Overall, I was really happy with it, and suggest anyone that's had issues and been put off by Royal Oak to give it a try at least once. I sure plan to use it more after my two good experiences.


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Great letter. I hope you are sending it over to The News.
Why Michigan Doesn't Need a Mascot
Sometimes I'm not above sending a letter to the local paper. I come from a long line of people who wrote letters to local papers (surprise!). Anyway, I penned this as a response to DetNews' Josh Katzenstein on Michigan's Mascot but then Brian front-page responded to the same thing, so there's no use saving it for Dear Diary anymore.
Here's the damn letter that doesn't say "capturing the Sharp market" anywhere in it. Image at right is from MVictors.
Get your arrogance hats ohnnn:
- You can cheer the winningest program in college football history.
- You can cheer because you're the largest group of football fans gathered together to watch a football game in the world.
- You can cheer because of their success on the field.
- You can cheer because they stand up after their failures.
- You can cheer because the best things about our state: integrity, hard work, engineering, business, nature, and beauty, are embodied by its oldest and greatest institution.
- You can cheer because this program, this team, and this school care more about being worth cheering for than whether or not you're cheering.
We don't need no stinking mascots !!!
Bravo. I am very much looking forward to his dumbfounded response.
You say it much better than I could, but I love the idea that "not having a mascot IS our mascot." Perfect. I'd rather have the tradition and excellence of Michigan football over a muscular foam green guy.
who, according to the cultural norms of ancient Sparta, is lacking a shield, and is thus a coward.
We don't want some random inaccuracy sullying our fair team's name.
Plus, you know, green instead of red.
Nice reply.
However, you never listed your stance on Rich Rod so I feel your letter to the editor may be incomplete. I think that is a requisite.
On a serious note, I think both this post and Brian's excerpt from the Illinois game do a suitable job of conveying how I feel about Michigan tradition. Sometimes the governing rules of the covenant are not arbitrary. Don't shake the bowl that holds the ghosts of our past. That being said, lights, club seats, and an extra quarter inch are all very welcome. Mascots, ads, and 'dynamic new branding opportunities' are not...
I thought five year-olds liked what their parents liked. That's why I'm a Michigan fan.
Brian's take was right. That guy cared about the mascot because he was a Minnesota Gopher's fan.
If we're going to have a mascot, let's get 10 and make them really scary looking. 1,000 crying babies will do wonders for the stadium noise level.
May I suggest Horny, the Fighting Airhorn?
Only if we can have 10 of them. If we're gonna do this whole mascot thing, we're gonna do it better than anyone else because THIS IS MICHIGAN, dammit
and if it is impossible to do better, let's just do more of it!
Victor the Vuvuzela.
Wait, nix that, I'd quit watching Michigan games with the volume on if I had to hear that buzzing.
I grew up in a Sparty family, and I became a die-hard Michigan fan despite the absence of a mascot.
I'm a fan because of Desmond. And because of Dreisbach to Hayes. And because, yes, Tim Biakabatuka just did that. And because HOLY SHIT there are a lot of people in this stadium. And because Charles Woodson can jump 15 feet in the air with a rose between his teeth. And because of The Victors. And because you can't have one without the other. And because Braylon is 18 inches taller than Jaren Hayes. And because, well, Denard.
Besides... live wolverine mascot or GTFO.
All that and a bag of chips. And I wouldn't hesitate to include the fact that 99% of the mascots in existence are lame as sh-t and embarrassing (the one exception is the Stanford Tree).
P.S. Good to see that you survived the Bar exam! Feeling better now, like after having just dropped a huge load?
That's a good way to describe the feeling. Relief, mixed with a nagging worry that I might not have cleared everything and therefore might have to return to the shitter again.
It's all good. Everyone feels that way. Just remind yourself that you only have to be better than probably 25% of the people you sat with, and I know you noticed that there were some in the building that couldn't have been dealing with full decks (know what I mean?).
I loved it. To sum it up in three words, though: Because we're Michigan.
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By most tangible criteria - wins, attendance, etc. - Mich is among the best, if not the best, in all college football. Maybe everyone else should dump their mascots.
I sent him an email in response to his column. I posted the text of my email as a Reply to the forum piece someone posted earlier today on the column. My points were similar to Misopogon's, but slightly less haughty and a bit more sarcastic. However, we all agree that this guy's problem is, he didn't go to UM, so he doesn't "get it."
I went to Stanford for grad school, and people can't understand why I HATE Stanford football (except when coached by the guy who was my alma mater's quarterback while I was on campus at UM). Because, at my first and only Stanford football game -- the first one on campus when I was out there -- I saw USC beat Stanford by 7 on a late drive. I saw the USC marching band with the goose step, the Song Girls, etc. And I saw Stanford's band making fun of USC -- mocking the goose step, mocking the Song Girls. And I said to myself, STANFORD DOESNT GET IT. They don't have their own traditions, so they mock those who do. Makes them feel more self-righteous (a classic Stanford problem).
That's at play here. He just doesn't "get it."
You should send this to Dave Brandon as well.
While Dave may "Get it," his love for the almighty dollar clouds his judgement on how important "it" is.
Agreed. DB is smart. DB knows how to make a dollar. DB also doesn't know how to let well enough alone. It's like a consultant who comes in and sees that everything is working pretty well and decides you should change your coorporate logo. It's change for the sake of "doing something." Sometimes that just makes you look foolish.
My feelings exactly, although I would have mentioned the MMB and all its glory to the mix.
Mr Brandon, I know you "get it" but please do not allow your judgement to be clouded. Our traditions and values are NOT for sale at any price.
Anyone ever read the book Rivethead? GM had a mascot. How did that work out?
Does anybody remember those long summer days as a kid? You would meet up to play ball, pick teams, and then a disagreement would always break out about who was going to be the team mascot, and the mascot cards those were the cards you wanted
young kids to the 1997 Iowa game. We got there early and watched the band perform pre-game. They were amaized at how they could march and hold the perfect M and then they did the Blues Brothers "cake". It inspired both my kids to join the HS band and pursue music.
No mascot could have ever did that. Im just happy that we came back from an aweful first half to win the game.
After viewing his story it is clear that he doesn't understand tradition, but instead favors petty details so here are some reasons that he would understand:
You can cheer because this is Michigan and this is what we do (Commercials are always easy on the petty mind)
You can cheer because everyone else is doing it (he really cares what other people do, instead of his own choice)
You can cheer because you might get on tv (he clearly wants to be recognized by people)
You can cheer because you can be part of something great (he seems lonely)
I like your points about how it's useful to set some goals to try to live up to even though you know you won't fully meet them. You'll probably accomplish more than if you have no goals at all. As for wht we don't need a mascot, I'd just go with a simpler rule: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Ugh. I so wish all of the mascot talk would just go away. Pretend like it never happend. Awful. We don't need a mascot because we aren't a fucking rinky dink NBA team based on stupid side show entertainment. The quality football and the boys are so much more than a dumb mascot shootin hot dogs and t-shirts into the seated grey hairs. Well put, Miso.
comment i've ever read of yours, el duderino
a wolverine would be too dangerous to let loose
Well put. I would be pretty irate if Michigan ever adopted a mascot. It feels cheap to me.
Agree. mascots are mostly annoying.
You know what else is cheap? Free t-shirts.
- You can cheer because the best things about our state: integrity, hard work, engineering, business, nature, and beauty, are embodied by its oldest and greatest institution.
also, I'm gonna be putting in for OT hours for the last 2 weeks (July !), who should I submit the time sheets too?
Our mascots are: Brady, Howard, Edwards, Woodson, Biakabutuka, Dierdorf, Long, Schembechler, Harmon, Oosterbaan and Kramer. Ask any 5 year old Michigan fan and I can almost bet you he will name at least one of those.
I was hooked for life when attending a game as a 13 year old the public address anouncer said Bo Schembechler's win/loss/tie record.
How could you forget me?
I was really hoping this was just going to be a list of all our great players over the years. I perceive a mascot to be a personification of a school/team's values/characteristics/attitude. Under that definition we've got hundreds of mascots, by my count. Every great player who has touched that banner and gone on to represent the university properly is a mascot for me.
I didn't need a dude sweating in a furry suit pantomiming around when I was a kid, I had Charles Woodson shoulder shaking, launching into to the stratosphere on an MSU sideline, and gripping a rose between his teeth and a bronze statue in his arms.
And if you think a kid today being properly brought up (watching Michigan) doesn't feel that way about Denard, you're crazy.
At the end of the day, we sell out every game w/o a mascot. State, who has arguablly the most recognized mascot in college sports, Sparty, fails to sell out despite having a stadium that holds 37,000 fewer seats.
If that doesn't prove the mascot case, I don't know what will.
This was the "mascot" if you will that got me as a kid.
4 out of 5 kids would take that beautiful helmet over any slob in a furry suit. You don't go telling a 132-year old institution what it needs to get better.
Dang rook journalists....
And Boom goes the dynamite. Winged helmets ftw.
Beautifully stated. I'm getting to read this now after working 12+ hours and it has made my day. Thank you.
Hoke could have done it in two words, "We're Michigan."
Thanks for the summary of why I root for Michigan. I started out just trying to be different from my classmates, but I always knew as I grew older that there really was something different about being a Michigan fan. It was something that I felt but also something I could see and hear when players and coaches were interviewed. Reading your letter makes me proud of my fandom and helps me understand my Michiganness (I love that word).
By the way, I caught parts of the PBS documentary "Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom" last night. I'm sure this has been posted before, but it's really worth a watch. Another reason we don't need a contrived mascot is the real wolverine is such an amazing animal and embodies the Michigan spirit so well.
Finally, the only time a mascot has done anything worth watching was when MY mascot beat the crap out of THEIR mascot.
If we ever do get a mascot (and I hope we don't), I think we know who we'll hire to wear the suit.
I'm someone who didn't buy a Big Chill shirt because I didn't want an Arby's logo dead center on my chest, but I'm not going to lie - when saw it coming out of the far tunnel and realized someone made a "mascot" out of a box of curly fries it made my day. Why? Because it's the most ridiculous thing ever, and *somebody* in the decision-making process had to be aware of that. They could have just made it a big cowboy hat, and that would have felt like obvious, cynical branding. But a walking box of curly fries in goal? Genius.
DISCLAIMER: The above was written by someone who cracks up every time the (secondary) mascot in his avatar jumps up and down on his head.
such an issue?
the kids would love it and it wouldn't damage the program.
people need to chill
Because its stupid and entirely unnecessary. Just because something won't damage the program doesn't mean it should be done. Kids don't give a sh-t about a mascot, especially if they are in attendance at a game. A mascot would simply be one of about 115,00 things to look at and enjoy. There is no need for it and thus it should not be done.


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Radiowave Propagation: Physics and Applications
320 pages
June 2010
Propagation-the process whereby a signal is conveyed between transmitter and receiver-has a profound influence on communication systems design. Radiowave Propagation provides an overview of the physical mechanisms that govern electromagnetic wave propagation in the Earth's troposphere and ionosphere. Developed in conjunction with a graduate-level wave propagation course at The Ohio State University, this text offers a balance of physical and empirical models to provide basic physical insight as well as practical methods for system design.
Beginning with discussions of propagation media properties, plane waves, and antenna and system concepts, successive chapters consider the most important wave propagation mechanisms for frequencies ranging from LF up to the millimeter wave range, including:
Direct line-of-sight propagation through the atmosphere
Rain attenuation
The basic theory of reflection and refraction at material interfaces and in the Earth's atmosphere
Reflection, refraction, and diffraction analysis in microwave link design for a specified terrain profile
Empirical path loss models for point-to-point ground links
Statistical fading models
Standard techniques for prediction of ground wave propagation
Ionospheric propagation, with emphasis on the skywave mechanism at MF and HF and on ionospheric perturbations for Earth-space links at VHF and higher frequencies
A survey of other propagation mechanisms, including tropospheric scatter, meteor scatter, and propagation effects on GPS systems
Radiowave Propagation incorporates fundamental materials to help senior undergraduate and graduate engineering students review and strengthen electromagnetic physics skills as well as the most current empirical methods recommended by the International Telecommunication Union. This book can also serve as a valuable teaching and reference text for engineers working with wireless communication, radar, or remote sensing systems.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.
1.1 Definition of Propagation.
1.2 Propagation and Systems Design.
1.3 Historical Perspective.
1.4 The Influence of Signal Frequency and Environment.
1.5 Propagation Mechanisms.
1.6 Summary.
1.7 Sources of Further Information.
1.8 Overview of Text.
2 Characterization of Propagation Media.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Maxwell's Equations, Boundary Conditions, and Continuity.
2.3 Constitutive Relations.
2.4 Dielectric Behavior of Materials: Material Polarization.
2.5 Material Properties.
2.5.1 Simple Media.
2.6 Magnetic and Conductive Behavior of Materials.
3 Plane Waves.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 D'Alembert's Solution.
3.3 Pure Traveling Waves.
3.4 Information Transmission.
3.5 Sinusoidal Time Dependence in an Ideal Medium.
3.6 Plane Waves in Lossy and Dispersive Media.
3.7 Phase and Group Velocity.
3.8 Wave Polarization.
4 Antenna and Noise Concepts.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Antenna Concepts.
4.3 Basic Parameters of Antennas.
4.3.1 Receiving Antennas.
4.4 Noise Considerations.
5 Direct Transmission.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Friis Transmission Formula.
5.3 Atmospheric Gas Attenuation Effects.
5.4 Rain Attenuation.
5.5 Scintillations.
Appendix 5.A Look Angles to Geostationary Satellites.
6 Reflection and Refraction.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Reflection from a Planar Interface: Normal Incidence.
6.3 Reflection from a Planar Interface: Oblique Incidence.
6.4 Total Reflection and Critical Angle.
6.5 Refraction in a Stratified Medium.
6.6 Refraction Over a Spherical Earth.
6.7 Refraction in the Earth's Atmosphere.
6.8 Ducting.
6.9 Ray-Tracing Methods.
7 Terrain Reflection and Diffraction.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Propagation Over a Plane Earth.
7.3 Fresnel Zones.
7.4 Earth Curvature and Path Profile Construction.
7.5 Microwave Link Design.
7.6 Path Loss Analysis Examples.
7.7 Numerical Methods for Path Loss Analysis.
7.8 Conclusion.
8 Empirical Path Loss and Fading Models.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Empirical Path Loss Models.
8.3 Signal Fading.
8.4 Narrowband Fading Mitigation Using Diversity Schemes.
8.5 Wideband Channels.
8.6 Conclusion.
9 Groundwave Propagation.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Planar Earth Groundwave Prediction.
9.3 Spherical Earth Groundwave Prediction.
9.4 Methods for Approximate Calculations.
9.5 A 1 MHz Sample Calculation.
9.6 A 10 MHz Sample Calculation.
9.7 ITU Information and Other Resources.
9.8 Summary.
Appendix 9.A Spherical Earth Groundwave Computations.
10 Characteristics of the Ionosphere.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 The Barometric Law.
10.3 Chapman's Theory.
10.4 Structure of the Ionosphere.
10.5 Variability of the Ionosphere.
11 Ionospheric Propagation.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Dielectric Properties of an Ionized Medium.
11.3 Propagation in a Magnetoionic Medium.
11.4 Ionospheric Propagation Characteristics.
11.5 Ionospheric Sounding.
11.6 The Secant Law.
11.7 Transmission Curves.
11.8 Breit and Tuve's Theorem.
11.9 Martyn's Theorem on Equivalent Virtual Heights.
11.10 MUF, "Skip" Distance, and Ionospheric Signal Dispersion.
11.11 Earth Curvature Effects and Ray-Tracing Techniques.
11.12 Ionospheric Propagation Prediction Tools.
11.13 Ionospheric Absorption.
11.14 Ionospheric Effects on Earth–Space Links.
12 Other Propagation Mechanisms and Applications.
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Tropospheric Scatter.
12.3 Meteor Scatter.
12.4 Tropospheric Delay in Global Satellite Navigation Systems.
12.5 Propagation Effects on Radar Systems.
Author Information
Joel T. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ElectroScience Laboratory at The Ohio State University. His research interests are in the areas of electromagnetics, propagation, and microwave remote sensing. He is an IEEE Fellow and a recipient of the ONR Young Investigator, PECASE, and NSF CAREER awards.
Fernando L. Teixeira is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ElectroScience Laboratory at The Ohio State University, as well as Associate Editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and the triennial USNC-URSI Booker Fellowship.
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Earlier this month, the federal government ordered Canada's largest rail companies to ship more grain. If Canadian National and Canadian Pacific do not move one million tonnes a week – some 380,000 tonnes more than their average shipments during the 2012-13 crop year – Ottawa threatens to fine them up to $100,000 a day.
Such an arbitrary command might make sense in wartime or responding to a major disaster. With strong demand for rail transport from shippers of many goods besides grain, and other federal policies discouraging investment in more grain handling, however, it is perverse. A lighter federal hand will do more to encourage badly needed additions to Canada's rail capacity.
Granted, this extraordinary intervention responded to extraordinary circumstances. One was a bumper harvest: some 80 million tonnes in western Canada – more than one-third higher than the average over the previous five years. A second is rising demand for many other products shipped by rail – not just oil, but other food, coal, metals and minerals, forest products and myriad manufactures. Then came a bitterly cold winter, which obliged rail companies to run shorter, slower trains.
Farmers went from glee over the rich harvest to distress: unshipped grain earns no revenue, and some threatens to spoil. So the government declared an "extraordinary disruption" under the Canada Transportation Act.
The squeeze on CN and CP will inspire little sympathy from grain farmers. Their relationship with the rail companies has been notoriously acrimonious through Canadian history. But even in the short term, the grain growers' gain imposes costs – not just on the railways, but on everyone else who uses them.
The same rails and locomotives that move grain also move other things. Putting grain ahead means putting them behind. Railcars themselves are not interchangeable, moreover. And orders from Ottawa are no way to run a railway: the order will disrupt schedules and supply chains. If total rail shipments fall, the losses to others will outweigh the growers' gains.
Longer term, moreover, command-and-control responses to rail bottlenecks hurt grain growers as well. Sensitivity to politics on the farm accounts for a peculiar feature of Canada's current rail legislation: a limit on the amount railways can earn shipping western grain. A legacy of the days of government ownership and price regulation, the revenue cap is arbitrary – applying to shipments to certain ports and buyers but not others – and does not apply to any other commodities shipped by the same companies.
Numerous voices have warned that this arbitrary cap discourages investment in the grain-handling capacity that farmers want. Rather than easing or removing the regulation that is exacerbating the problem, however, the federal government appears ready to tighten its grip. The March 7 Order in Council was accompanied by an announcement from federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz that the government would introduce legislation giving it new powers over grain shipped by rail.
The prospect of more command-and-control measures should worry shippers of all commodities, western grain included, and indeed Canadians far removed from rail transport. Rail transportation is a key network industry. Like other industries that move goods, services, people and information, it attracts policy makers' attention not only because of concerns about market power of the providers, but also because its benefits spill widely over into the broader economy.
Rail is also highly capital-intensive. Many of the structures and equipment built and bought by rail companies are long-lived, and have little or no value in other uses. The risk of arbitrary interventions discourages investment. The result: underdevelopment of a critical part of Canada's transportation infrastructure, and less capacity to move all products in the long run.
The Canada Transportation Act is up for review in 2015. Rather than legislating in haste, the government should use the time until then as a cooling off period, and an opportunity to remedy the harm done by the grain revenue cap. That approach will foster investments to get Canadian grain – along with fuels, metals and minerals, forest products, potash, other food, and everything else – to market far better than command-and-control can ever do.
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Kiev - Parliament ousted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a no-confidence motion on Wednesday that could end a political deadlock that has forced Ukraine to cope with a severe economic crisis without a budget.
Parliament now has 30 days to form a new governing coalition, and it is expected to coalesce around newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions.
It would then be able to put forward a new prime minister.
In her last minutes as premier, Tymoshenko, who lost last month's presidential election, vowed to lead the opposition to Russia-friendly Yanukovych and continue the pro-Western stance she knows well from helping lead the Orange Revolution protests that had brought her to power.
But Yanukovych appears to have sufficient support in parliament to end the political gridlock and that has plagued Ukraine's 47 million people for years.
After the no-confidence resolution passed with 243 votes in the 450-seat chamber, Yanukovych met with the heads of Ukraine's parliamentary factions.
"I would like to quickly agree on the creation of a majority coalition," he told them.
Since 2005, Tymoshenko's feuds with former President Viktor Yushchenko and with Yanukonyvch have stalled decision making as the global financial crisis struck Ukraine harder than many other European countries.
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In 2009, the nation's economy shrank by 15%. The government failed to pass a budget for 2010, leading the International Monetary Fund to cite the lack of political consensus as a reason for freezing part of a $16.4bn bailout loan.
If no new coalition is formed, Yanukovych will be able to disband parliament and call early elections. But Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn's party - which had been part of Tymoshenko's coalition but voted overwhelmingly against her on Wednesday - signaled Yanukovych's party has enough support to avoid snap elections.
"They will be able to gather the minimum 226 votes," said Mykola Tomenko, the deputy head of Lytvyn's bloc.
"At least a temporary coalition will come together, enough to form a government."
Analysts said that with Tymoshenko sidelined, a new coalition and a co-operative prime minister will ease the way for badly needed reforms.
"A new coalition, if formed, won't be totally heterogeneous. But it should calm the passions down, and such vital issues as the state budget, as well as economic and political stabilisation, should be resolved faster," said Yuri Yakimenko, a political analyst at the Razumkov Centre, a Kiev think tank.
Addressing the chamber ahead of Wednesday's vote, Tymoshenko said she would embrace her new role as an opposition leader, and her speech showed a level of fervour that was absent during the tumultuous weeks following her election defeat.
She said her new goal will be to hold Yanukovych and his team to account for every decision they make.
"We will protect Ukraine from this new calamity that has befallen her," she said.
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Tymoshenko's governing Orange coalition dissolved on Tuesday after it was unable to prove the minimum 226-seat majority in parliament.
The coalition, formed in December 2008, was loosely centred on the political ideals of the Orange Revolution, a series of massive street protests in 2004 led by Yushchenko and Tymoshenko.
Those protests against vote fraud resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Yanukovych's election victory in 2004. Yushchenko, a reformer who wanted closer integration with the West, won a revote.
Tymoshenko became his prime minister.
But relations between the two deteriorated significantly and led to near-paralysis of the government as the country staggered through the global economic downturn.
In Wednesday's ballot, seven of Tymoshenko's own party members voted to remove her, but she will still command the second largest faction in parliament.
Before the vote, the leaders of Yanukovych's party lambasted Tymoshenko for failing to fend off the effects of the global financial crisis.
"For the period of her haphazard policy-making, the state has suffered the deepest social and economic crisis that Ukraine has known for 20 years. We did not see any anti-crisis programme from Tymoshenko," said Mykola Azarov, the deputy head of Yanukovych's party that has named him as a candidate for the prime minister's post.


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