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Rockport — Registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, medical coders, medical assistants, companion homemakers or recent graduates in healthcare are invited to a Healthcare Career Fair to learn more about opportunities available at Pen Bay Medical Center or Kno-Wal-Lin.
Learn about the Return to Practice Program, nursing internships for new graduates, tuition reimbursement and more. Find out about on-site childcare and other employment benefits.
The event will be held in the Rockland Room at the Knox Center For Long Term Care Friday, April 4, from 2 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Knox Center is located at 6 White St. Enter the building from the side entrance on White Street then follow signs to the Rockland Room.
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As a special operations soldier, I always held the belief that my fellow operators and I were relatively immune to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when compared with other soldiers. Of course, no one is really immune to such a disorder, but it was so rarely a problem with anyone I worked with, and we talked about it often. After a violent engagement or a traumatic event, we'd briefly discuss the events openly and critically and then move on. We were sensitive to the dangers of mental and emotional problems associated with combat because we had had hours of classes and training on the subject, but it never became a major problem within our units.
Speaking from personal experience, when I was on my very first real combat operation, we became surrounded by enemy forces and took effective and sustained fire. I distinctly remember having a discussion during the engagement with a fellow rookie about how calm we were. I had always expected to have tunnel vision and be so amped that my decisions would be less than clear. That was not at all the case. I was calm and collected and after we returned to base I fell right asleep.
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Dressing gowns come in all shapes and sizes, some are shorties, some are long, some are sheer and some, including our own personal favourites are cosy, snuggly, heavy and warm. That time of year has crept up on us again, pumpkin lanterns have been blown out and condemned to the compost heap, and the mercury has started to fall.
The chill was evident as I went to bed last night and instinctively I reached for the dressing gown to keep me warm as I went through my nightly routine, removing make up, brushing my hair - you know the sort of thing! This winter we have at least half a dozen dressing gowns perfect for cosy nights and snuggly early mornings.
Fleece gowns are by far one of the most popular choices for toasty dressing gowns as the soft fibres create a hug like feeling. One of my personal favorites has to be the sumptuous and very opulent purple hooded dressing gown from Loungerie nightwear. It just looks like something you could curl up on the sofa in, and feel warm and cosy, no matter what the weather is doing outside. In fact the same could be said for the Hush dressing gown in pink from well known nightwear brand Lepel, or the Calvin Klein Logo dressing gown in black and the Luxury Velour Dressing gown in cream from Papinelle. We could even rewrite the words to the classic track, Baby it's cold outside! I really can stay, I really wont go away, My dressing gown has been so cosy and warm!


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Transport infrastructures, spillover effects and regional growth: evidence of the Spanish case
The impact of transport infrastructures on the economic growth of both regions and sectors, distinguishing among modes of transport, is analysed. An attempt is also made to capture the spillover effects associated with transport infrastructures. Two different methodologies are used: the first adopts an accounting approach based on a regression on indices of total factor productivity; the second uses econometric estimates of the production function. Very similar elasticities are obtained with both methodologies for the private sector of the economy, both for the aggregate capital stock of transport infrastructures and for the various types of infrastructure. However, the disaggregated results for sectors of production are not conclusive. The results confirm the existence of very substantial spillover effects associated with transport infrastructures.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL
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Musical director and conductor Bernard McDonald
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"Oklahoma! is about a picnic, Carousel is about life." –Stephen Sondheim
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In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to Earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love.
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Disasters come in all shapes and sizes and have repeatedly proven to be equal-opportunity occurrences. Consequently, today's data processing professionals need to be fully aware of the total range of possible disasters and how to develop contingency plans.
Most DP professionals think of disasters in terms of fires and floods--an understandable misconception considering that recent natural disasters (such as Hurricanes Gilbert and Hugo and the San Francisco earthquake) have brought national attention to the need for disaster recovery strategies. But much more the norm than these highly publicized disasters are those which occur as the result of routine mishaps.
Since human nature tends to migrate toward the fascinating rather than the mundane, we often forget that human error and other non-catastrophic events can bring a data center to an abrupt standstill. Consider the following real-life scenarios:
- Company XYZ leased a new location but before construction at the new site had begun, the landlord at their current site sold the building, and the new owner denied the company a short-term lease. The end result was that Company XYZ declared a "disaster" and moved to a disaster recovery vendor's cold-site for 7 1/2 months until their new facility was ready.
- Keep in mind too that a disaster does not necessarily need to "belong" to you in order for the results to affect you. A case in point is Illinois Bell's central office fire which occurred in May of 1988. The damage severely impacted several companies, causing them to declare disasters. In this instance, hot-sites were used as pass-through facilities for network recovery as well as for full data center recovery.
This event drove home the need for "backup vendors" when businesses realized that a good contingency plan alone is not enough. This incident also resulted in companies making telephone support a prerequisite when choosing a disaster recovery vendor.
- Imagine the sense of urgency and alarm facing Company ABC's management when, in November, 1987, they were denied access to data centers located in a Manhattan highrise because of faulty wiring within the building. The firm had to declare a "disaster" and spend three days in their disaster recovery vendor's hot-site.
There is only so much any one company can do to make itself "disaster-free." Having routine fire and building inspections by public health and safety officials and keeping current on fire codes and building ordinances can help guard against this type of disruption. Appointing a "facility manager" to track these items is also a good idea.
Sabotage reveals yet another venue of possible disasters. Sabotage is unusual because, for a company preparing for a disaster, the threat is essentially as effective as the action itself. While no amount of preparation can fully protect any company from deliberate attempts to undermine its business, anticipating and planning for sabotage is an important part of the recovery plan. Particularly effective against employee sabotage is the rotation of team players for each test. By exposing several staff members to the disaster recovery process, a firm diminishes the ability of any one employee to disrupt operations by a sudden departure.
Additionally, ensuring that a copy of both the recovery plan and backup tapes (as well as keys to the tape cases) are stored offsite allows you peace of mind in knowing that should tampering occur, you are protected with accurate up-to-date copies. Also, several individuals should be trained and feel secure in executing the activation process. Cross-training will decrease the risk factor if your Disaster Recovery Coordinator makes a quick exit.
One thing you do not need is one disaster on top of another. Consider the company that raced to their recovery center because of history-making Chicago rains. Upon arrival to the hot-site, every member of their recovery team needed to be administered tetanus shots. The bacteria levels in the water which had flooded their data center was highly contaminated. Petty administrative details (such as stocking a supplies inventory, setting up a cash fund, and handling security measures) should also be delegated as much as possible to your hot-site vendor.
Administratively, most decisions can be made at home. However, frequent testing activity and mock disasters can provide for a thorough test of the recovery plan. For example, what if your team has prepared extensively but once in a disaster mode, they were stuck at home because their credit cards had reached their limit? Can the off-site storage vendor deliver your tapes anytime, anywhere? Are they accommodating and reliable? Can you be sure they won't be shipped, as happened to one company in a test scenario, to the competing disaster recovery vendor? If the answer to these questions is anything but a solid "yes," it may be time to investigate new vendors.
Preparation is the ultimate defense against disaster--natural or otherwise. What can you do to prepare for the ordinary? Review all the variables in a situation, and then review them again. Consider this unfortunate soul: an electrician staying late to complete a rewiring job at an Omaha bank in 1986 inadvertently sent 480 volts down a 280 volt line. In one deft move, he singlehandedly incinerated two CPU's and assorted peripherals. Yet, even in the most unusual of circumstances, the well-prepared company can come through a disaster practically unscathed with proper planning and solid awareness.
The mythical Egyptian bird known as the Phoenix consumes itself in flames, and from its ashes rises to even greater heights. Such is the "nature" of disaster recovery. Although initially perceived as tragedy, a disaster can actually pave the road to a more unified and educated staff, more thorough production and recovery procedures, and a heightened awareness in the data processing community as companies are inspired by success stories of businesses that have survived massive disruptions yet were able to maintain business continuity.
The days of clinging to the old cliche "It will never happen to me" are over. Instead, management has embraced a new theory, "It will probably happen to me so how can I recover from it?" This is not trial and error business. In disaster recovery it is all or nothing. So when considering what disasters could possibly affect your company, try to consider it all, or you might as well have planned for nothing.
Kimberly Benson has been a member of the support staff of Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services' Bridgeport, NJ facility for the past three years.
This article adapted from Vol. 4 No. 1, p. 6.


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If you are in the market for a non-iPhone cellphone that has the features/look of an iPhone, then look no further than this iPhone clone. Unlike the Instinct, this cellphone could very well be the real iPhone killer. According to Electronista, the device could be running a hacked version of Windows Mobile, however, it mimics most of the iPhone's features, right down to the music player. Either way, it's still fun to watch, and to see how long Apple takes to sue them.
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Donna Dodson and Macee Breeding were here on Monday.
Debra Reed of Kansas called Monday. She had spent the weekend with her girls, Tiffany and family and Brittany.
John and Jo Stephens were in Springfield Wednesday. They also visited Max and Kathy Stephens in Rogersville.
Debra called on Wednesday.
David, Donna and Melanie have all been sick.
Keith, Melanie and the kids visited David and Donna Saturday morning.
Megan Goforth spent Saturday night with Regan Koop after she, Macee and Keith went fishing.
Donna, Reece and Quin took me to town Saturday.
Mike and the boys went fishing Saturday after the boy's ballgames.
Butch and Diana Davis took me to Norwood Saturday night to the Norwood Valley Jamboree Restaurant. Dan Herrell and band were there performing. It was really good. Thank you Rheba, Melanie and David for checking on me.
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How your organization can host a Holodomor exhibit or film:
The Connecticut Holodomor Awareness Committee would welcome an opportunity to present an exhibit or film screening on the Holodomor for your organization or educational, cultural or civic institution.
The Committee has access to a variety of carefully documented, high quality materials suitable for display to the general public, as well as in high school and higher education environments.
Also, the Committee would be happy to arrange for a screening and discussion of one the films currently available on the topic of Ukraine's famine genocide.
Since its inception in 2008, the Committee has organized or played a role in the following events:
Exhibits at:
- Ukrainian Cultural Center, New Haven;
- Dodd Research Center, Storrs;
- University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library, Storrs;
- University of Connecticut Waterbury Campus;
- Connecticut State Legislative Building including opening program;
- University of Connecticut Stamford Campus.
Films were presented in conjunctions with the Adventures in Lifelong Learning Program and the Rose City Senior Center, Norwich; and the University of Connecticut Storrs Exhibit Opening.
See our Past Events for other activities the Committee has organized to commemorate and educate about the Holodomor.
Please CONTACT the Committee Chair to discuss how we may best create an informative and meaningful experience for your intended audience.


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Young anglers will have a chance to try their luck at fishing and learn about the environment when the Bighorn National Forest and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department sponsor Kids' Fishing Day on July 13, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the Porcupine Ranger Station pond.
Youth ages 13 and under are invited to attend with a parent or guardian. Children aged 13 years and under who are Wyoming residents do not need a Wyoming fishing license. Non-resident children 13 and under must have an adult with a valid Wyoming fishing license on site. State regulations and creel limits apply.
This event is free. Volunteers from the Forest Service and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be on hand to answer questions and provide assistance or instructions on casting techniques, knot tying, angler ethics, and fish conversation and ecology. Game and Fish Information Specialist Warren Mischke says that northeast Wyoming offers a lot of diversity when it comes to fishing.
Participants should be prepared for fishing and mountain weather by bring their own fishing tackle, rain gear, layered clothing, snacks, coolers with ice for transporting fish, sunblock, and insect repellant. Fishing bait will be provided. Fishing rods will be available for use by children who do not have their own, though anglers are asked to bring their own rods if they have them.
Porcupine Ranger Station is located on Forest Service Road 13 off US Highway 14A. For directions to the fishing pond or other questions, contact the Medicine Wheel/Paintrock Ranger District in Lovell at (307) 548-6541.


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Revolution-New York final: 2-2
Final score, Revolution-New York, 2-2: Dane Richards tied the score in the 87th minute.
Second half, 69th minute, Revolution-New York, 2-1: The Red Bulls' Teemu Tainio was red-carded after being issued a second caution.
Second half, 53d minute, Revolution-New York, 2-1: Dane Richards cut the Red Bull deficit. Then, Revolution winger Kenny Mansally was ejected with his second caution in the 54th minute.
Halftime, Revolution-New York, 2-0: New York coach Hans Backe confronted referee Juan Guzman in the center circle after Dax McCarty had been issued a caution. McCarty went down in a clash with Bobby Shuttleworth in the 44th minute.
First half, 37th minute, Revolution-New York, 2-0: Milton Caraglio scored his second goal, heading in a Kenny Mansally cross. Caraglio set up the play, earning a free kick in a clash with Rafa Marquez.
First half, 15th minute, Revolution-New York, 1-0: Milton Caraglio scored his first MLS goal, finishing off a rebound of his own shot.
Starting lineups
REVOLUTION: Shuttleworth; Alston, Cochrane, Soares, Barnes; Boggs, Joseph, Feilhaber, Mansally; Lekic, Caraglio.
NEW YORK: Coundoul; Albright, Marquez, Ream, Miller; Tainio; Richards, McCarty, Ballouchy, Lindpere; Agudelo.
Referee: Juan Guzman.
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New images released in 1989 Pasco cold case homicide
NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco County sheriff's detectives hope new evidence will help crack the case of an unidentified body found in a Dade City orange grove in 1989. With the help of the University of South Florida's Anthropology Department, detectives are releasing new evidence, attempting to jog the public's memory. "We take these cases very, very seriously," Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said. "Pasco County is not going to have the reputation that because at the time of the incident, we can't figure out who did it, then we drop the case and forget about it." On Jan. 24, 1989 a San Antonio resident was searching a field near Prospect Road in Dade City when he found the body of a man. The body had been there between six months to two years, according to Pasco sheriff's Detective David Boyer.Investigators were able to rehydrate skin from the man's arm, revealing several tattoos that could identify him. One tattoo, found on the man's biceps was of a rebel flag and a swastika, a cross, and a skull and flames. At the bottom of that tattoo are the letters "HFD." There was another tattoo on the forearm depicting a dragon and a nude woman. Additionally, a pair of work pants worn by the unidentified man had the name Randy inscribed on an inside tag. Boyer said the man's name could be Randy or the pants may have been purchased second-hand from someone by that name. Detectives also released a new composite image of the man by Erin Kimmerle of the USF's Anthropology Department. She used a two-dimensional computer program, allowing for adjustments of the man's facial features. Evidence also showed the man, who had long, auburn-colored hair, was found with a pair of Givenchy reading glasses. Anyone with information is asked to call Boyer at (352) 518-5002.
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The United Private Cloud network is a highly secured environment with instances and workloads fully dedicated to your business. As your private cloud provider, UnitedLayer has designed its enterprise-class private cloud for companies that store and process sensitive data, have considerable storage and compute requirements, need increased agility while maintaining control and security, or any combination of these musts. Consider it a virtual private data center.
United Private Cloud solutions comes fully managed and optimized for high-performance, and offers our customers an expandable set of dedicated cloud resources that are both secure and compliant. UnitedLayer is ready to be your fully dedicated private cloud vendor for your mission-critical IT needs.
With a private cloud deployment, you are housing your data in a Tier-3 data center that is performance-optimized, guaranteeing you industry leading uptime and high availability
With dedicated private servers, you don't have to worry about sharing instances of workloads with any other customer, ensuring you are getting the highest level of security.
Our private cloud solution's hybrid capabilities offer highly customizable features, such as the ability to combine bare-metal with virtualized deployments and seamless integrate it with any of our other services.
TeraRecon is an exciting company that does high end, three-dimensional image rendering for MRI and CAT scans for healthcare. They needed a solution that was custom engineered to have specific three-dimensional image rendering hardware that could be collocated along standard hardware to offer them high performance, super fast, no latency, three dimensional image rendering.
TeraRecon chose the UnitedLayer as its Private Cloud provider. Requiring rock-solid security for patient data, UnitedLayer has highly secured HIPAA (and PCI) Compliant data centres and we have processes in place to take care of our customers infrastructure in a manner that protects their patients most sensitive private information.
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I'm halfway through painting my kitchen cabinets, and I thought I'd take a little break to update you and share a few things I've learned along the way. I'm planning a comprehensive "How To" guide when I'm finished, but while the paint is drying between coats, I've got a few previews.
Here's what I've learned so far in repainting my kitchen cabinets:
- Small kitchens are a blessing in disguise.
- Priming and sanding both have their place. I'd love be able to just do one or the other, but they each serve different purposes.
- Krud Kutter is my new best friend. I couldn't believe the stuff it cleaned off my cabinets. I wish I'd been using it all along. My kitchen will be cleaner than it's ever been when I'm finished with this project.
- Tearing up your kitchen the week of Thanksgiving is probably not the best idea. (To my friends who warned me about this, I give you permission to say "I told you so.")
- Benjamin Moore Advance paint is worth it. It's a waterborne alkyd, which essentially means it performs like an oil paint, but cleans like a waterbased paint. It's got a longer drying time, so you have to plan around that, but that means it levels better (no streaks or brush marks!) and performs better in the long run. And since I'm never doing this project again, I want it to last!
- Mohair rollers. The best way to hand-paint without leaving marks. They're so soft you almost want to wear them.
- Don't overwork the paint. Rollers have a nap (direction the fibers lay). Find it and go with it. Rolling back and forth is what leaves marks and bubbles, so try to roll the paint on in the direction of the nap and keep going. It will level out as it dries.
- Label. All. Your. Doors.
- Leave your coffee maker and supplies out when you're packing away all your kitchen stuff. This project needs coffee. Often.
- For a smooth, professional finish, use 320 grit sandpaper between coats.
- Be patient. Let the paint fully dry before sanding and re-coating. If you sand too soon you will freak out as the paint starts coming off.
- You can cook almost anything with a microwave and a toaster oven. And last, but certainly not least…
- It's got to get worse before it gets better.
Someday everything will get back to normal, but first, I have to get the cabinet doors painted! Wish me luck, and I hope if you are taking on a project like this you've been encouraged by these tips.
Also, I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for the results of my paint color poll. So without further ado, I'm happy to report that the chosen paint color is… Valspar's "Totten's Inlet". (I don't know where they come up with these names.) As one of my reader friends so helpfully pointed out, "White is white." Now that I see it in person, I do think I could have gone with any of the three colors I was choosing between. Oh well, I sure appreciate all my friends' and readers' help figuring that one out!
Stay tuned for my final reveal and tutorial on painting kitchen cabinets!


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North Walsham's Jay Neale lines up in pole position for the biggest banger race of the year tomorrow at Swaffham Raceway.
The bangers gold roof final is the culmination of a season-long qualifying campaign, which Neale won, to claim his starting position.
Joining him on the front row of the grid is George Starkie (Norwich) with drivers from across the Anglian region and other parts of the UK lining up behind them.
The race forms part of the annual BBC Children In Need fundraiser meeting, where drivers and spectators alike are encouraged to dress-up in Pudsey and other fancy dress outfits to take part in a parade lap of the track.
Joining the bangers on the grid are the street stocks, which are a budget stock car formula.
Racing gets under way at 6pm, admission costs £10 adults, £5 OAPs and for this special occasion all children (under 16) are admitted free.
Car parking and meeting programme are provided free and for further details check out the website at: www.swaffhamraceway.com
n Upwell teenager Jake Giddings, a student at the College of West Anglia, put in a fine display at the AirAsia Renault Clio Cup Championship.
The youngster finished eight and tenth on the world-famous Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit.


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With American athletes assured of a record medal tally and U.S. Olympic officials nearing a potential financial breakthrough with the IOC, no one is feeling much better right now than Scott Blackmun.
Blackmun, the new CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has been savoring the medal success of American athletes at the Vancouver Games and working behind the scenes to improve relations with the International Olympic Committee.
"It's hard to imagine that we could have done better. On and off the field, it's been a great two weeks for the United States," Blackmun said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Heading into the final weekend of competition, the United States led the overall medals count with 34 and was guaranteed at least two more in men's hockey and men's team pursuit in speedskating, surpassing its all-time Winter Games record of 34 medals set on home soil in Salt Lake City in 2002.
The Americans picked up two more medals Friday night in short track speedskating, with Katherine Reutter getting the silver in the women's 1,000 meters and the men taking the bronze in the 5,000-meter relay. They came close to the record 35th medal when Apolo Anton Ohno crossed the line second in the men's 500 but was disqualified for knocking another skater into the boards.
The U.S. also is assured of at least tying the record for most overall medals at a single Winter Games - Germany won 36 in Salt Lake City. The record for most golds is 13, shared by the Soviet Union (1976 Innsbruck) and Norway (Salt Lake).
"If you had told me two weeks ago I could take 32 medals, I would have accepted your offer in a second," Blackmun said. "We're very happy to be where we are. We've got a number of good opportunities for medals in the next three days."
The U.S. has eight gold medals - two behind Canada and one behind Germany - and has a chance of finishing on top of the gold and overall tables for the first time at a Winter Games since Lake Placid in 1932.
"Anything's possible at this point," said Blackmun, who served as the USOC's interim CEO in 2000 and returned in the full-time role last month. "Canada is coming on awfully strong in terms of the gold medal count. But this isn't about America as a country, it's about American athletes."
U.S. athletes won 25 medals, including nine gold, at the 2006 Turin Games for their previous best performance on foreign soil. Blackmun and other USOC officials attribute the success over the last three games to sports funding programs put into place ahead of the Salt Lake Games.
For Blackmun and USOC president Larry Probst, these games have been about more than competition and medals. They've focused on trying to repair relations with the international Olympic community after the humiliating defeats for New York City and Chicago in their respective bids for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Games.
Blackmun and Probst have been busy meeting with IOC members and national Olympic leaders to show they are serious about cooperating and forging closer ties.
"The piece of advice we hear most frequently is we just need to spend time being present, whether at events, conferences or whatever," Blackmun said.
Despite the positive feedback so far, he said it is too soon declare a new era in relations.
"We've gotten some encouraging indications," he said. "It takes a long time to build trust, and we're at the very front end of that process."
All of which means the U.S. is not ready to jump into a new Olympic bid.
A bid for the 2020 Summer Games is all but ruled out.
"We probably don't have enough time to put together a bid for those games," Blackmun said. "In light of what happened with New York City and Chicago, I'm not sure we could find a major U.S. city willing to make the investments of resources necessary to put that bid together."
A U.S. bid for the 2022 Winter Games is more realistic, but even that is by no means a certainty for the same reasons.
"We have no present intention of working on a bid," Blackmun said. "That could change, but right now we have no present intention."
First, the USOC is hoping to resolve some of the thorny financial issues that contributed to the New York and Chicago defeats and a general isolation of the Americans in the international Olympic movement.
Many IOC members and international officials are annoyed the USOC still receives a 20 percent share of global sponsorship revenue and 12.75 percent cut of U.S. broadcast rights deals.
The two sides agreed last year to resolve that revenue-sharing dispute in 2013. But the USOC and IOC already have been holding negotiations in Vancouver on a related issue: how much the USOC should contribute in so-called administrative "games costs" at the Olympics.
It's possible a deal could be reached by the end of the games on Sunday, which would signal an important first step.
"Nothing concrete so far," Blackmun said. "We remain in communication with them. Discussions are positive."
That's already an achievement. Positive is a word that hasn't been used for a long time in discussing U.S.-IOC relations.


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Connecticut's Quiet Corner has long been quintessential New England: farms, antique shops, bed-and-breakfasts and rustic, natural beauty. Now it's home to a veritable world of wines.
Husband-and-wife wine enthusiasts Bryan and Rachel Gavini opened Pangaea on Putnam's Main Street in October. The wine bar and restaurant joins other popular town attractions, like the stylish 85 Main eatery and Victoria Station Café.


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MOSCOW, June 22 (UPI) -- Russia has offered to give an air defense system to Iran in an effort to stop a $4 billion lawsuit over failing to provide Tehran with an S-300 missile system.
The new offer is for an Antei-2500air defense system, which can destroy as many as 24 aircraft within a range of about 124 miles, or intercept as many as 16 ballistic missiles, RIA Novosti reported Saturday.
Iran signed an $800 million deal with Russia for five S-300 missile complexes but the deal was scrapped in 2010 by then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in accordance with the United Nations' increase in sanctions against Iran.
Tehran has since filed a $4 billion lawsuit against Moscow over the issue in the international arbitration court in Geneva. The lawsuit is currently pending review.
An Iranian diplomat whose name was not reported told the Kommersant newspaper the new offer may be accepted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he visits Moscow July 1.


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Genre: Reality, Fashion
Premise: Each episode of ``Make Me Over, Make Me Under'' features two women who are in need of complete makeovers. While one woman goes over the top with spray-tans, mile-high heels and fashionable clothing, the other is the complete opposite and spends her days in nothing fancier than jeans and sneakers. Professional stylists David Clemmer and Nicole Manek take on the challenge of redesigning these women, pushing them beyond the boundaries of their comfort zones in order to help them find the best balance between fashion and comfort. Their transformations not only change the way other people see these women but also how they see themselves.


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Molokai is a map featured in Battlefield 2142 and was added in Patch 1.51. It is only playable in Titan mode. It features an abandoned city on the island of Molokai in the Pacific Ocean, with vehicles taking a dominating role.
"In the early years of 2145, Earth was freezing rapidly. All remaining warm zones on the planet became heated battlegrounds. The most explosive battle of all was focused in the Hawaiian islands. Known for their lush environments, the islands have now turned mostly to large pieces of rock. It is here on the Rock of Molokai that will experience the largest engagement of the entire conflict..."
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|Battle walker(s)
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General OverviewEdit
EU TitanEdit
The EU Titan sits on the northern end of the island. A UD-6 Talon and UD-12 Shepherd spawn within the Titan hangar, while a pair of L5 Riesigs and a pair AMV-2 Groundhogs spawn on the field below. A Rorsch Mk-S8 and the EU commander assets spawn in the area surrounding the Titan.
Silo 1Edit
Located at the center of the island, this silo sits in the shadow of a large building that offers cover to defenders and attackers alike. Once captured, a Rorsch Kz-27 spawns on top of the building and a Rorsch Mk-S8 spawn northwest along the road. Attackers should be wary of possible Recon soldiers that may reside on top of the tower, and should seek cover while approaching the silo.
Silo 2Edit
On the islands southern edge, Silo 2 lies on the plaza of a large office building. A tank and FAV will spawn when this silo is captured, as well as two Rorsch Kz-27's and a Rorsch Mk-S8 that spawns along the road.
Silo 3Edit
Silo 3 sits to the south of the EU Titan and is only accessible on foot. A line of bunkers along the southern edge of the base offers cover to attackers and defenders of this silo, which spawns two Rorsch Kz-27's and two Rorsch Mk-S8's that cover the base's southern flank. An FAV will also spawn when this silo is captured.
Silo 4Edit
Silo 4 resides inside a toll plaza along the road between the EU Titan and Silo 5. An APC and FAV spawn to the east, while a Rorsch Mk-S8 spawns to the west.
Silo 5Edit
Located north of the PAC Titan, this base sits outside a large building. A Rorsch Kz-27 and Rorsch Mk-S8 spawn around the base, while an APC and FAV spawn along another building to the east.
PAC TitanEdit
Similar to the EU Titan, the PAC Titan spawns along the islands southwestern shore. Two T-39 Bogatyrs and two BTR-4 Romanovs spawn under the Titan, while a Type 4 Doragon and BTR-20 Yastreb spawn in the Titan's hangar. The PAC team's commander assets spawn on the ground near the Titan as well.
Commander AssetsEdit
The EU's commander assets are located on the northern end of the island, underneath the titan.
The PAC's commander assets lie underneath their Titan on the southern end of the island.


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The Buddha clearly asked his followers not to believe things simply because he said them or they are stated in religious texts but because you have experience of them being true (Kalama Sutta). It follows therefore that there should be no pressure on the Buddhist to believe in reincarnation from others or from within themselves. Reincarnation is not one of the 4 noble truths and does not feature in the 8 fold path or Meditation.
This site is dedicated to encouraging open free debate and thought on the issue of reincarnation (a term used here to mean Rebirthat the point of death).
We would like to make the following points derived from human experience.
2. Seeing is believing
To hold untrue beliefs has unpleasant side effects. Irrational beliefs are often in conflict with rational ones and this causes tension and suffering to the believer (Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory in psychology). We learn things with great certainty through directly experiencing them via the senses.- This human belief is in conflict with a belief in reincarnation (which few believers would claim to have any direct experience or evidence of). As there is no physical evidence for reincarnation there is little reason to believe in it.
3. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater
Human beings have a tendency to reject a group of associated ideas (as in the case of Buddhism) if they find just one of these ideas to be untrue. This means that intelligent people might reject Buddhism on the basis of their strong reasonable disbelief in reincarnation. This would be unfortunate.
4. 'It's not a religion'
Buddhism is not a religion yet it strays away from human observation into spiritual territories when it deals with reincarnation and the human soul. It therefore puts itself in conflict with other religions which may disagree that, for example, a human might come back as a goat after death. As a result many religious people may not contemplate Buddhist beliefs simply because of its association with reincarnation. This is unfortunate as they may benefit from Buddhist ideas and practices.
5. 'Grasping'
A belief in rebirth can encourage thoughts and desires of surviving death. This grasping tendency leads to suffering (see 4 noble truths below).
6. Buddhism is subtle
The rebirth can be seen as metaphorical. Every day and every moment we change and are reborn' as the contents of our bodies, thought, memories and feelings change. In fact after 7 years there is very little original material left in a human. Most has been replaced. Buddhism is subtle but its simplified expression can be misleading.
7. The Messenger and the Message
The message of Buddha was carried orally for a 100 years before being written down. It is unlikely to have remained unaltered in that time due to the limitations of human nature, intellect and memory. It should also be remembered that Buddha was a human being and was therefore able to be wrong as well as right about intellectual matters including Rebirth of consciousness at the point of death.
Buddha appears to Reject the concept of Reincarnation
There is rebirth of character,
but no transmigration of self.
Thy thought-forms reappear,
But there is no egoentity transferred.
The stanza uttered by a teacher
is reborn in the scholar who repeats the words. (9)
Thy self to which though cleavest is a constant change.
Years ago thou wast a small babe;
Then, thou wast a boy;
Then a youth, and now, thou art a man.
Is there an identity of the babe and the man?
There is an identity in a certain sense only.
Indeed there is more identity between the flames
of the first watch and the third watch,
even though the lamp might have been extinguished
during the second
watch (57) .
Reproduced from Chapter 53 Gospel of Buddha, a compilation of ancient texts published 1894 by Paul Carus
Available on www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/
It seems that any discussion of Buddhism is incomplete without mention of the 4 Noble Truths. These represent the essence and origin of Buddhist thought. They are as follows:
1. The Truth of Dukkha.
All forms of existence are subject to Dukkha (stress, unsatisfactoriness, disease)
2. The Truth of the Cause of Dukkha.
Dukkha is caused by Tanha (grasping). The main cause of suffering is desire or craving. The failure to satisfy ones desire causes disappointment and suffering.
3. The Truth of Cessation of Dukkha:
Eliminate the cause of Dukkha (grasping) and suffering will cease.
4. The Truth of the Path:
The 8 fold path is the way to eliminate grasping/extinguish dukkha.
Readers who may wish to learn more about Buddhism including the 4 Noble Truths, Meditation, and the 8 Fold Path please visit:
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Lawsuit Seeks $2 Undecillion (That's 36 Zeroes)
There are some days when there's just no getting past the fact that life is hard. Maybe you missed your bus. Maybe you had a bad day at work. Maybe you went out when you shouldn't have and now you have a hangover and your local Dunkin' Donuts is closed for construction and you want everyone around you to just go away.
You get the point – we all have days where it feels like the world owes us something.
But there's a difference between feeling that way and acting on those feelings. One Manhattan man took things to the next level last week when he filed a lawsuit in New York seeking 2 undecillion dollars. That's 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or literally all the money on the planet, according to a report from The New York Post.
Anton Purisima is representing himself in a case against the city of New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Au Bon Pain, two hospitals, KMart, the owner of a dog that bit him, a Chinese couple that took pictures of him without his consent, and several others.
From The Post:
He correctly listed the obscure number few have heard of - which is written with a "2" followed by 36 zeros - in a fabulously frivolous 22-page complaint that rambles on by accusing the defendants of everything from civil rights violations to attempted.
The suit claims the pain and damages he suffered can't be measured in money and are, therefore, "priceless."
Alright, so attempted murder and civil rights violations are a little worse than a hangover without coffee, but all of the money seems a bit excessive. All this guy really needs is a good cup of a coffee and a nice vacation. Just like the rest of us.
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Because such a thing exists, and we woke up at six for it.
I was so excited that the night before, I dreamed of Willy Wonka's Wonderful World: swirled rainbow machines, a river of chocolate, a fantastic elevator opening to the skies and me... okay, not so much. The always-creepy Johnny Depp-Tim Burton collaboration is one I prefer to avoid in my waking hours, and probably explains why I only got four hours of sleep.
I didn't think Swiss food tourism could get any better than Alimentation's comprehensive treatment of food history, but in any case, I joined fellow interns M and A the following weekend on the Chocolate Train, which consisted of tours of chocolate and cheese factories - and a castle.
(Tourist tip: if you're new to Switzerland, take the official Chocolate Train, which costs ~$105 from Montreux. Since everybody is headed toward the same location, you won't need to worry about transfers or how late the local buses run, though the tour lacks organization as well as an official guide. You just have safety in numbers.
On the other hand, if you speak French or are pretty familiar with train-riding, buy a second-class ticket for Broc - $72 RT from Geneva. And go on a Sunday, since most things in regular towns are closed then...but touristy places aren't and often have free admission.)
After two hours of trains, four transfers and thirty blurry shots of mountain/castle combinations from the window, we got off on the train's last stop: the rural town of Broc. Just down the road was an immaculate white building: the Cailler chocolate factory. (It reminded me of the mansion in Bad Boys 2, to be honest.)
We entered, and I squealed loudly. A PVC canvas of larger-than-life chocolate squares draped one wall, while shelves and shelves of chocolate lined the other three.
We spent twenty minutes translating "noixette" and "eclat" (hazelnut and [cacao] nibs, respectively) and comparing the relative merits of each sub-brand within the Cailler family, but without samples, how would we know?
Accordingly, we entered the museum, starting with the machines used to process the cacao, and some branding history of the Caillers -- who eventually got bought up by Nestle.
A giant slab of cocoa butter, a key ingredient in chocolate bars.
The machines!
Smooth that chocolate river...
Early foils and wrappers that indicate the content of the chocolate bar.
What's really inside.
And the completed bars!
Gotta love adverts.
In the meantime, we learned why Swiss chocolate is baller:
1) Francois-Louis Cailler invented a smooth chocolate mix that could easily be poured into bars and molds.
2) Adding milk was key (and not the sour Hershey kind that followed it, either).
Some of the elaborate molds used, post-Cailler's invention.
Larger-than-life Swiss chocolate patriarchs...eventually all bought out by Nestle.
After a brief discussion on the ingredients and scents of chocolate, the highly-anticipated moment arrived: sample time! While the chocolate tour can be easily managed in an hour (forty five minutes if you skip the gift shop entirely), we easily spent the majority of our time at the sample station. Of course, the three of us spent significantly more time than any other group at the sample counter - a fairly obvious conclusion if you compare three stipended college interns with four seniors tour groups on a tight schedule.
Pictured here: only a third of the booty.
The samples started with Caillat's basic milk chocolate bar, followed by their milk chocolate + almond bar. Both were good, though I preferred the gritty smokiness of the almonds. Next, the Frigot sub-brand: large chocolate squares filled with a hazelnut and almond paste (or simply hazelnut); I preferred the mixed nut paste, largely because the hazelnut tended to be rather overpowering. All of us agreed that it was delicious, though (what did you expect?) Branches came next: soft chocolate ganache sticks wrapped in more milk chocolate, laced in crunchies. A brilliant plan, but so sweet that seconds weren't necessary.
The Frigot table.
And then we realized that there was more chocolate on the second counter: four more trays with at least twenty different kinds of chocolate. There was no way each of us could down that much, especially when we were already at half-capacity. "Shoulda woulda coulda paced better," we grumbled to each other. My first choice was a lesson in not eating things that are unidentifiable: rum-laced coconut, surrounded by a dark chocolate cloak, tasted like a sour sandpaper attempt marzipan. Needless to say, I used my feeble French phrasing to ask the staff what the next chocolate was and promptly avoided it; it's a good thing I asked what kirsch meant.
With three more trays left, I lucked out: all of the chocolate pieces were shaped identically, but could be distinguished by their color: milk, dark and super dark. I broke my self-proclaimed rule of eating the specialty (as mentioned, Swiss chocolate is known for being milk - superrich with a creamy texture) and settled for the super dark, hoping the bitterness would act as an antidote to the sugary aftertaste that had been in my mouth for the past twenty minutes.
I lasted two more pieces and then promptly surrendered.
Thankfully, we were forced to walk around plexiglassed portions of the gallery, waddling like little Gloop and seeing the chocolate churn much like our stomachs did. That gave us enough energy and relief to watch twenty minutes of vintage Nestle commercials...and to buy chocolate. I settled on a dark Frigot bar, the winner of our (too) extensive taste testing.
(Tourist tip #2: the Cailler gift shop is consistently cheaper than grocery stores in the Geneva area. Buy while you can - you won't be stuffed in a week.)
We bypassed the vending machines - full of chocolate Nesquik - on our way out.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
On the Chocolate Train, part one
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text: Hello, I bought my car in October 2011. It had had an MOT in april 2012 during which it failed due to the handbrake not working. It then subsequently was repaired and passed it's MOT. I presume this repair involved the fitting of new handbrake cables although I have no proof other than the fact it failed and then passed. Having taken my car for a few bits to be done at VW I have been advised that the handbrake cables have seized and will need replacing. If the cables were replaced for the last MOT should they have some kind of warranty (the MOT and repairs were done at an independent garage). If so would this warranty stay with the parts/car or the previous owner? Would I be right to contact the garage who did the repairs to enquire as to the above? Basically where do I stand? I'm quite happy to pay for new cables but if the current ones are only 7/8 months old they surely shouldn't be in this state. Any advice helpful. Thanks in advance.


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Federal contractors and subcontractors beware: The Department of Labor is taking aim at your effectiveness in hiring individuals with disabilities.
Proposed rules from the agency's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs would "obligate" federal contractors to "ensure equal employment opportunities for qualified workers with disabilities."
Under the proposed regulations, the OFCCP would require companies with federal contracts to set a goal of having people with disabilities make up 7 percent of their workforce, and comply with new recordkeeping and reporting rules.
Experts say federal contractors and subcontractors would be wise to revisit their practices and systems now, even before the final regs are released.
While the 7-percent goal isn't enforceable, experts say, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine the DOL being more diligent in auditing businesses that don't reach that percentage.
Fortunately, says Constantinos G. Panagopoulos, a partner with Ballard Spahr in Washington, many federal contractors already have a framework in place for tracking and reporting this data, because they already collect and retain demographic data such as race.
Debra Steiner Friedman, a partner with Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia, says the rule will present a challenge for many employers, but she notes that none of the regulations change the premise that employers should hire qualified workers.


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Pearls So Bright: In Defense Of June Cleaver
Hello! Please enjoy this guest post by Lacey Clark. Lacey is a 27-year-old traditional housewife from Texas, married for eight years with two little boys ages six and four. She homeschools the boys, and her hobbies include baking and systema training. (and clearly also watching 50's and 60's tv!) Enjoy!
A proud husband once proclaimed his love for his wife in a non politically correct way as he came through the door , "Well, what a charming domestic scene! Mother sewing in the kitchen; dinner bubbling on the hearth. Just like something out of Louisa May Alcott." He saw her beauty, her hard work, he saw her. The mother of his children; his wife. Since that Leave It To Beaver scene in the year 1960, men and women alike have only seen one thing. Pearls. Pearls that shined so brightly that they blinded every moral lesson, every positive attribute to one of the most iconic female characters in American television history.
Pearls or a noose?
It's been said by some in the male gender, that a tie is like a noose. Tying them down to deadlines, business meetings, fussiness, and ways of the past that just don't apply to our modern world. If these men knew how attractive women find a man in a suit and tie, they'd probably be more inclined to gladly wear the noose. Are pearls a form of a noose? Let's explore this for a minute. Pearls. A decoration around a woman's neck that might make her feel beautiful. A piece of jewelry just like earrings or a wedding ring. Is it possible or realistic to do housework in pearls? Hmmhmm…. I don't know. I mean, they could have a mind of their own and as you reach into the sink full of hot soapy water to wash dinner plate, they could decide to come to life and choke you. Cause of death: she did housework in pearls.
Barbara Billingsley tried to explain the pearls numerous times in interviews that she had an insecurity about her neck she referred to as a "hollow" and it was her idea to wear the pearls as she didn't want the camera to pick up the "hollow". Although, we fans would think she was absolutely gorgeous regardless, or probably wouldn't have even noticed. She explained this to Oprah on her show, and in a 2000 interview with television historian, Karen Herman. To quote Ms. Billingsley "I'm going to say this one more time" -poor woman, I feel bad for her, "….cameras and film were not the same as they are today….it showed a hollow and cast a shadow across it. That is the gospel truth! Not because I was cleaning the house and vacuuming in pearls."
I'm going to take it a step further than the always graceful Ms. Billingsley. Here's a better question. Does it even matter? Is it even really about the pearls? Jackie Kennedy said, "Pearls never go out of style." We all love her. I think I can recall Lucy Ricardo wearing pearls, as well. Donna Stone of The Donna Reed Show. Julia Child often wore pearls in her trailblazing cooking show, The French Chef. Yet, for some reason, modern women hone in on June Cleaver and the impracticality of doing housework in pearls.
Maybe it is because as society cares less and less about societal norms and acceptances; taking pride in yourself and others in manners of dress and respectfulness, that pearls are a catalyst for the rebellion against a time where people choose to only see the negative. I won't put on my rose colored glasses (although with the current political climate, I feel tempted), and say that the 50's and 60's didn't have their problems. In fact, much of the 60's climate looks like what we are facing politically today. No decade has ever been perfect, and I have been accused of and even sometimes have romanticized times of the past, as have our parents and grandparents. Every millennial has heard the "I didn't come in the house until the street lights came on" story as if that was a gold star upon their aging chests. And we millennials roll our eyes, just as the hippie generation did when they got told similar stories from their parents. Ward Cleaver often told his sons Wally and Theodore "Beaver", of being the "best kite maker in Shaker Heights" or walking "20 miles a day". We do like to embellish as parents, and one day I might tell my own children how their mama raced a horse bareback, when really I got a few feet and fell off straight on my left hip and couldn't walk for weeks.
Housewives like to embellish and compete as well. In the days of past, if you bought a pie at a store, you might have been whispered about. Nowadays, if you make a homemade with dessert full of the evil gluten that is responsible for every illness, pollution, the upset in the Middle East, communism…. you are the talk of the town. You might even lose a play date spot. Gluten and pearls the true evils of the world. Similar generational gaps have taken place. As women's liberation progressed, and more women started working outside of the home, women who felt as though they missed out on a career before, began to not understand why younger women would choose to stay home and explore their talents and passion for homemaking. This misunderstanding and generational gap begat bitterness to the point where when women used to face criticism for wanting a career, many women today feel the same criticism for wanting to be a homemaker. I, myself have faced that unfair treatment and even in the name of "feminism".
One of my favorite quotes is by Nigella Lawson, my favorite food writer and cookbook author, "Women of my generation were keen – rightly – not to be tied to the stove, but the ramifications of this were that they felt a sense of dread in the kitchen. How can this be good for anyone? I also feel that to denigrate any activity because it has traditionally been associated with the female sphere is in itself anti-feminist."
Feminists. Take a look at your movement and decide if you represent all women. Even women who might live traditionally. Might even wear pearls.
And what about *gasp* heels! Surely, heels are oppressive!
When I was in high school debate, I had a pair of the most 90's heels you could imagine with just a bit of platform. The were rounded at the toe and sturdy. They might have been Kenneth Cole, reminiscent of Mary Jane heels. My debate partner was a gentleman, and often opened doors for me (in 2008, before the days that was considered offensive to modern feminism) , and my dad lent us a dolly to carry our three enormous boxes of printed out evidence pro or con on every single argument we could ever have been presented. But for the times when I had to carry have boxes full of papers and files, or walk all around the school halls from debate round to debate round, you might think these heels might have hindered me. My feet did get sore at the end of the day, but the heels, believe it or not provided a bit of a platform and sturdiness to be able to lift and walk. Don't believe me? Go try it.
There are many working women with jobs, especially in the legal field that do still, even in 2017, get dressed for their jobs, and that often includes heels. If women who hold professional jobs, dress for the occasion, why is it looked down upon for a housewife to care the same to present herself in a self-respecting manner? Now, as for my job, I am a housewife, or a more commonly used term today, stay at home mom. I don't go around all day in heels doing house work , because I don't want to. It's as simple as that. The pearls are adorable, house dresses are cute, pants, jeans (because I'm a Texan), a cute top or blouse, but I'm not big on wearing heels all day chasing around my little boys who are four and six years old. But, who am I to say someone who does want to wear heels all day should be made to feel anti-woman? Also, let's keep in mind what should be obvious. Leave It To Beaver was a TV show in the 1950s and 60's. It's a trend now to show more of a laidback side of being a housewife, it wasn't then. Does not make it wrong.
In the same 2000 interview, Mrs. Billingsley said she wore heels in the show because "they" (presumably the television producers) wanted her to be taller than the boys as they grew. She even laughed and said "I was lucky they didn't put me on an apple box." This isn't to say she didn't have any say in the show at all. As mentioned earlier, the pearls were her idea, and so were the hemline lengths of her dresses or skirts. In the same interview, she explained, with hand motions, "I didn't want the skirts to go way up here, and I didn't want them to go way down here. I wanted them just right here." motioning to what seemed to be just at her knee or just below the knee which is represented in the later seasons that went into the 1960's. "It was a good idea, because it wasn't dated." she proudly stated.
My family comes from a long line of what what people today would call "old fashioned". Women didn't dare wear pants to church, you also weren't even ten minutes late to service unless you wanted everyone to think you were backsliding. My pastor grandfather and many like him, didn't support television or secular music in that time. This is not a criticism against my family. I love my family and will go to the mat for them if anyone comes against them. I find it intriguing, though, when people bring up the conservative nature of The Cleavers, as if that is one, a legitimate criticism, and two when Beaver is watching television in his dad's study or doing the twist to records his parents allowed him to buy, I can't help but want to "crack up" too use phrasing from the time.
This piece I am writing isn't to say there aren't Leave It To Beaver fans, or June Cleaver fans. There are countless of us out there. The Faceboook page of Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers (Wally and Beaver Cleaver) prove that as fans flock to the comments section reminiscing memories of growing up watching the television show, or new fans making the same memories . The show is timeless and always will be. I suspect even 50 years from now, people will still be laughing at Mr. Rutherford tripping over barrel hoops that Wally and the Baver meant for a practical joke for Lumpy. Or shed a tear when June has to apologize to the Beaver in "June's Birthday" for lying to him when she said she would wear a blouse he gave her as a present, but she distasted. When she got caught, they had a heart to heart. The show was full of laughs and moral lessons.
I bring up the criticism because I have had to hear about it as a housewife too many times and I imagine, as annoying as it is to me, it must have been more so for Ms. Billingsley. I also bring this up to talk briefly about Hugh Beaumont, or as we know him, Ward Cleaver. Beaumont's actual life and on screen life in "Beaver" remind me of my own family, particularly my dad and grandfather. An actor and a Methodist minister, especially at that time, I can only imagine what he must have faced from possibly two very different worlds and schools of thought. Let that sink in for a minute and meditate on how brave he was and how regardless of whether you are a fan or not, he deserves respect. As does Barbara Billingsley. Take the time to understand the real people behind the characters. Through reading an old magazine cut out article from 1960 bought on ebay, I learned Ms. Billingsley, born in California moved to New York to work on broadway and as a fashion model, leaving college after a year. Married to and then divorced to Glenn Billingsley, a nephew of Sherman Billingsley, the owner of the famous Stork Club. I only know of the club, because that's where Captain America was supposed to meet Peggy Carter before he died saving the world They never did get their dance. I won't forgive you for that, Marvel! You broke my heart! So far, this doesn't sound like Mrs. Cleaver. But, having two boys of her own, and being a family orientated woman herself, she even said herself in a 1991 interview with talent manager, Brad Lemack, she was not that different from her character, "it was similar", she said. "I had been widowed," referring to her second husband, Roy Kellino, a director "but during the show, I remarried and then our life became not too unlike it." And when I would have wanted to deck the interviewer, when he said he was "disappointed" she wasn't "slapping" her own kids around and completely different from her character, in true to trait, June Cleaver style, she smiled, looked down, shook her head and said respectfully, "No,no, no, I have two boys." As if to say she understood June Cleaver. And as a mother of two boys, myself, so do I.
In the above mentioned 1960 article I bought from Ebay, it mentioned she went to the writers with the script saying "I don't see why June is so mad about what Beaver has done. I certainly wouldn't be." And there lies the misunderstanding. The critics probably don't know that in season one in an episode title "Brotherly Love", June loses her cool, and grabs the boys by the arms raising her voice telling them to stop fighting with each other. While people who haven't ever seen the show, only see a one dimensional character, the fans, and there are many of us who, see a woman full of grace, duty, dignity, warmth, but also intelligent, dynamic, even can be sarcastic. There are many examples, but one would be season three, in an episode titled "Beaver's Library Book", Ward is reading on the couch and June wants to have conversation. She asks him what he is thinking about, and when he claims he is thinking about nothing, she says "You can't be thinking about nothing." He replies, "Dear, I have had a hard day, if I want to sit and think about nothing, I think I am entitled." After a pause she says, "Alright keep your secrets." In a similar scene, she convinces her husband to give up his books and watch TV with her when he says they'll "sit around like a bunch of morons and watch television." She replies "That's better." And June Cleaver is definitely not anti-woman.
Some blog posts and articles have been written to prove that June Cleaver was a feminist based on a scene in a season four episode titled "Beaver's I.Q." where June says to her son, "Today, girl's can be doctors and lawyers too, you know. They are just as ambitious as boys are." If being supportive of women in the workplace in the 1960's was being a feminist, then maybe so. But, when feminism has become anti-June Cleaver, using her name as an insult towards traditional gender roles and traditional family life, I'd think June herself would have something to say about that. She was after all, in the show supportive of women choosing their own path. As long as they didn't come from California and wear too much makeup as addressed in another episode where she is worried about Wally being whisked away by an older crush. In another episode where Beaver runs away and June defies her husband's "authority" was Ward calls it when he wants to teach him a lesson, to go find her son anyway. The "June was a feminist" crowd likes to cite this episode as well.
During my experience as a housewife in a modern world, I have been criticized for being submissive to my husband due to my religious beliefs. I've even had to explain how Biblical submission does not equal oppression. But, of course, I also have defied my husband at times. It's called being human. I'm not going to speak for what the show was trying to accomplish or what June Cleaver believed as far as a "Biblical submission", because I didn't act in or write the show, but I do want to propose a couple logical questions… Was June Cleaver too submissive? Critics would say yes for the simple fact that she was baking and sewing as her husband walked through the door from a full day's work. Does this mean she wasn't also working? Is not homemaking work ethic? Is the act of serving a family and taking pride in that not as valuable as having a job outside of the home? Does June Cleaver even have to defy her own husband to prove she's woman enough? As if to make up for being a homemaker? What does this say about all the arguments for or against June Cleaver?
I have been told as a modern housewife that I "don't have to be a June Cleaver/ Donna Reed" as if there's something wrong with that idea. Almost as if the simple idea of being a traditional housewife who loves to cook, bake, clean, and serve the community is unattainable and even undesired. It also implies these characters never get a little nuts sometimes. Featured in "Three Part Mother" in season one of The Donna Reed Show, Donna Stone is overwhelmed with her packed schedule and demands, has a fit in the kitchen, calms herself down in bed, and figures out a way to make her son's basketball game, her daughter's club meeting, and her husband give a prestigious speech. How is that not relatable? How is that not inspiring? I was inspired. Donna Stone has taught me, that being a housewife is not a ball and chain, it is a way to accomplish everything some women dream about. Serving the community, charity work, things that have fallen out of fashion such as dinner parties and thank you notes, baked goods for the neighbors, being more available to the children, and taking homemaking to a level of having your home be a warm and inviting oasis for your family; a refuge in a cold and harsh world. It's been sixty years. When are we going to stop looking past the pearls that are blinding us to the fact that June Cleaver was just a woman who ran a house. She loved her husband and her kids, and took care of them and herself. The show is called "Leave It To Beaver", it is not called "The Barbara Billingsley Show".
The above mentioned, "The Donna Reed Show" is one of my favorite shows ever and does in fact have more storylines for the housewife. The show revolved around and was from the viewpoint of the housewife. In The Donna Reed Show, we saw her rants on the word "housewife", the charity work, going toe to toe with the mayor of Hilldale to save her tree, volunteering for the hospital, serving the community, and we get to see who Donna Stone was even deeper than June Cleaver. Her ideas, thoughts, dreams, the dynamics of her marriage, and fears that she overcomes.
We even see differences in the two families; no 1950's show is exactly like the other. That could be the show's writing and the different storylines that were explored in both shows which are equally entertaining and equally important.
Maybe if there was a "The Barbara Billingsley Show", I wouldn't have to pen this piece. We could see June Cleaver interacting with other mothers possibly complaining that Ward slept late one morning and she doesn't like serving cold breakfast. Or, perhaps we would get to see more of the volunteer work she did to serve the community as hinted in the season four episode "Community Chest".
But, then I wouldn't have a show where it showcases a woman who was comfortable with herself and her life with being a homemaker and telling generations to come that it is enough. There doesn't need to be anything more. Some women are called to go into the workforce, without them we wouldn't have the Barbara Billingsley's of the world, the Julia Child's, the Donna Reed's, the Nigella Lawson's…nurses, teachers, and as June said "doctors and lawyers".
However, some women are called to run a house. In fact, if we talked about it in those terms in modern times, it wouldn't be misunderstood as oppressive.
My husband has told me before "I earn a paycheck, but you run this house." Does that seem oppressive to you? Perhaps, it would be in pearls and heels? Again, I propose the question, where is the criticism really originating? Today, it is cool for women to bring down other women whether it is about a store bought cake or a homemade cake. Pants versus dresses. We could all take a lesson from June Cleaver when she said in a season five episode, "One of the Boys", "Sometimes I think cool means not so hot."
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Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) unleashed his hardest-hitting TV ad yet against his Democratic Senate opponent Richard Carmona on Thursday morning, a 30-second spot in which Carmona's former boss sharply criticizes his temperament and interaction with women.
"Carmona is not who he seems," former acting assistant secretary of health and human services Cristina Beato says in the commercial. "He has issues with anger, with ethics, and with women. I have testified to this under oath to Congress. Richard Carmona should never, ever be in the U.S. Senate."
Carmona served as surgeon general during the Bush administration from 2002-2006, falling under the oversight of Beato. Politico reported in May that Beato gave congressional testimony in 2007 charging that Carmona had anger problems and trouble working for a female boss. She accused him of once banging on the door of her house in the middle of the night.
In the Politico story, Carmona's campaign denied Beato's charges and sought to discredit her, pointing out allegations that Beato had lied on her résumé. A Carmona spokesman denied Beato's claims once again on Thursday morning.
"These allegations are completely false," responded Carmona spokesman Andy Barr. "Dr. Beato is a partisan who was caught trying to politicize science at HHS and couldn't be confirmed to a post because she lied on her resume. It's no secret that Dr. Carmona pushed back on her attempts to spin science for political gain, but this accusation is a work of fiction. Congressman Flake's decision to run this false ad is deplorable and shows how desperate how is."
The ad, which is running statewide, comes as all indications point to a close contest to replace retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R). Both parties' Senate campaign arms have joined the air war, and Democratic and Republican internal surveys released Wednesday showed a single-digit contest, but differed over which candidate held the lead.
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Good morning. Here's what I've seen so far -- The eharmony of job search websites, an interesting tale from Uruguay and Greece and the case against corporate speech:
The case against corporate "free speech" (Ralph Nader/Robert Weissman)
We must exclude all commercial corporations and other artificial commercial entities from participating in political activities. Such constitutional rights should be reserved for real people, including, of course, company employees, to enhance a government of, by and for the people.
Corporations are not humans. They do not vote. They should not be accorded a constitutional right to influence elections or public policies, especially given their enormous embedded privileges and immunities compared to real people.
A Uruguay-Greece story (Bruce Krasting)
Paul Krugman on values and economics (PBS NewsHour) This is a tad old, but I thought it was interesting to hear Krugman talk about the shift in his thinking from the right to the left.
The eharmony of job search websites (NPR)
Rather than just posting a resume, Jobfox users fill out detailed profiles that get very specific about their skills and hopes for a new position. Then, McGovern says, candidates are matched up with job postings that are just right.
"When you look at 10 jobs on our service, we want you to say, 'Wow, all 10 of those, I'd be good for that,' " McGovern says. "And we want the employer that sees you to say, 'This person's really qualified,' as opposed to, 'Here's yet another resume I didn't want.' "


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7 ghostbusting tips for the sales pro
If you are in sales for any amount of time, at some point your client is going to ghost you.
A Sales Professional's Life
As a sales professional, there are many ups and downs as you prospect and work to advance opportunities, hopefully, to a successful close. One of the most frustrating situations you have to deal with is prospects or clients who stop communicating with you. It sometimes feels like they have been sucked into some black hole or maybe another dimension, leaving you wondering what has happened. You are probably frustrated and maybe even a little pissed, but don't give up hope yet.
Ghosting is Ghosting by Any Other Name
Sales people use a variety of words or phrases to describe this phenomenon:
- "My prospect has gone dark on me."
- "My client ghosted. "
- "I just got d.k.ed by my prospect." (This is when a client or prospect acts like they don't know you anymore)
- "The client is incommunicado."
Whatever you call this, just know if you are in sales for any amount of time, at some point your client is going to ghost you.
7 Ghostbusting Tips
Here are seven practical tips to reconnect those lines of communication.
- Try to connect with your client at a different time than you normally do. If you normally reach her at midday, try to call early in the morning or later in the day.
- Fax your client. Phone screening makes it easy for clients and prospects to avoid people. It is much harder to avoid a physical piece of paper. Write a handwritten note on the fax and request a follow-on call or meeting.
- Send a handwritten note, card, or postcard. See the tip above. Only the rottenest of clients wouldn't open a handwritten note.
- Call prospect from different phones. If you typically call from your office phone, use your cell phone and vice versa. If that doesn't work, you could also borrow your peer's phone and call from there. The object is just to get the client on the phone.
- Speak with the prospect's admin assistant if he or she has one. If you can connect with this person, he or she can either connect you with the prospect or in a worst case at least provide you some additional information that will be helpful related to the prospect and the opportunity.
- Speak with a colleague or peer of the prospect. Similar to number 5, this may be another way to glean useful information.
- Don't give up until the client tells you "No." See Jim Keenan's video
Disappearing clients are part of a sales pro's reality. Hopefully, some of these tips will help you re-engage with your prospects and move your deal(s) forward.
If you have any other ideas, please add them in the comment section.
© 2016, Darin Hartley, The Janus Experience, LLC


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August 31, 2013
Opposition fighters across Syria are preparing to launch attacks that exploit anticipated U.S.-led military strikes, but there are no plans to coordinate with Western forces, a Syrian rebel commander said on Saturday.
The United States said on Friday it was planning a limited response to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus 10 days ago. Washington has five cruise-missile equipped destroyers in the region.
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