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Phil Knight Discusses State Of College Basketball Coppolella Banned As Part Of Braves' Penalties Jones Won't Sue NFL Owners Over Goodell Dish/CBS Dispute Likely To Affect Thanksgiving NFL MillerCoors, NASCAR Yet To Reach Extension Ruppe Is UA's Latest Exec Departure Sellout Crowd Turns Out For Crew Playoffs FC Cincinnati Owners Sign Option To Buy Stadium Site Duracell, SoFi Buying Six-Second Ads On Fox NBC's Preschlack Says Chicago Cuts Part Of Evolution
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Executive Transactions
The Mets named Harlem Globetrotters VP/Live Event Marketing MARK FINE Senior Dir of Marketing (Mets)....The D'Backs promoted KARINA BOHN to VP/Marketing, JOSH SIMON to Ticket Operations Dir, JAMIE GOSTYLA to Season Ticket Services Manager, BRANDON BUSER to Senior CRM Analyst and BRENDAN DOMARACKI to Assistant Dir of Scouting (THE DAILY)….Clear Channel named BRUCE GILBERT Senior VP/Sports Operations. The company said he will be responsible for "the creation, development and direction of sports programming at Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, including Premiere Networks and the Fox Sports Radio Network" (TOM TAYLOR NOW, 1/9 issue)….Olympic Committee of Israel President ZVI VARSHAVIAK will be stepping down next month following 16 years at the helm (Olympic Committee of Israel)....Canadian Paralympic Committee CEO & Dir General HENRY STORGAARD will be stepping down from his role effective Jan. 18. A search for a new CEO will commence at the end of January and aim to have the candidate in place by early April (CPC)….American Gaming Association President & CEO FRANK FAHRENKOPF is stepping down effective June 30. He has been the AGA's only CEO since its inception in July '95 (AGA)….The Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga named Southeast Missouri State Compliance Assistant RACHEL BLUNT Dir of Compliance (UTC)….The Delaware News Journal named Greensboro News & Record sports reporter JASON WOLF 76ers reporter (THE DAILY).
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The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Vanessa O'Connell reports former cyclist LANCE ARMSTRONG will appear on OPRAH WINFREY's "Next Chapter" on Jan. 17, when sources said that he is "considering a confession of his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1/9). In London, Doug Gratton notes it is "not yet known what questions will be asked." A release promised a "no-holds-barred" interview although it also referred to "accusations of cheating" and "charges of lying. " This is despite the USADA investigation, which decided Armstrong was "guilty of systematic doping" (LONDON TIMES, 1/9).
SCREEN PLAYS: A new Starz series titled "Off Season" is based on the lives of former NFLers KEYSHAWN JOHNSON and BRIAN KELLY, who will "serve as executive producers on the small-screen project" (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 1/7)….Former NHLer BATES BATTAGLIA will be a contestant on the next edition of CBS' "The Amazing Race" with his brother (Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/8).
AWARDS & HONORS: Hurricanes VP/Hockey Operations RON FRANCIS was one of 11 people selected to the North Carolina Sports HOF's 50th Anniversary class. Francis will become the first hockey rep in the museum. Former Univ. of North Carolina men's basketball coach BILL GUTHRIDGE will also be inducted (Hurricanes)….The N.Y. Daily News' DICK WEISS was named the 40th winner of the Bert McGrane Award, given annually to a member of the Football Writers Association of America (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 1/8)….Darlington Raceway Emergency Services Dir ROBERT GARLAND received NASCAR's Track Services Innovation Award for his management of the track's SAFER barrier inventory (AP, 1/8).
CHARITY STRIPE: Pacers G GEORGE HILL will recognize "10 young Hoosier community leaders in the making and be a part of a partnership that will give a $5,000 scholarship to one of them" at an upcoming Pacers game. Hill is "partnering with Herff Jones, the Indiana High School Athletic Association and the National Federation of State High School Associations to create the scholarship, which will be announced" at the March 22 Bucks-Pacers game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse (INDYSTAR.com, 1/7)….T'Wolves G RICKY RUBIO made fan CODY METZ and his family "guests of the team" yesterday through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. They "watched warm-ups from the bench and the game against Atlanta -- with some of Cody's friends -- from a suite." They also flew with the team for today's game against the Thunder, where Cody will "have lunch with the team, then watch the game" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 1/9)….Vikings RB ADRIAN PETERSON on Monday called 17-year-old BLAKE COGNATA, who is "battling a rare form of cancer, Ewing's sarcoma" (ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 1/8).
NAMES: Tennis HOFer JOHN MCENROE and NFL Giants DE JUSTIN TUCK are among the presenters for the Garden of Laughs benefit, including performances by comedians DARRELL HAMMOND, RAY ROMANO and WANDA SYKES Jan. 26 at MSG. NBC's BOB COSTAS will host the event (N.Y. POST, 1/8)....Chicago Police Superintendent GARRY MCCARTHY yesterday said that he is "actively recruiting local celebrities" like Bulls G DERRICK ROSE to "star in a public service campaign aimed at reversing the code of silence that has shielded known criminals and made it difficult for police to solve gang crimes" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 1/9)….Hockey HOFer BOBBY ORR's memoir, "Orr: My Story" will be released in October by publisher G.P Putnam's Sons. Orr will "reflect on his remarkable career and on his angry break from his former agent and close friend ALAN EAGLESON" (AP, 1/8)….The NBA made no official comment yesterday, but a league spokesperson confirmed that Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN "was fined $50,000 for sending a tweet following Saturday's loss to New Orleans that was critical of NBA officiating" (DALLASNEWS.com, 1/8)….Sports Car Club of America will induct SKIP BARBER, BILL NOBLE, BOBBY RAHAL, CARROLL SHELBY and ANDY PORTERFIELD into its HOF (SCCA).
IN MEMORY: Sports reporter and author RICHARD BEN CRAMER died Monday at the age of 62 from complications of lung cancer. He penned "What It Takes" and his '86 profile of TED WILLIAMS in Esquire magazine "traced the arc of the hitter's career -- including his personal relationships and feelings on fame -- from early days to post-baseball life in the Florida Keys." Cramer's '00 biography of JOE DIMAGGIO made best-seller lists and "offered a complex, multi-faceted portrayal of his life and career, revealing a sour and often unlikeable man behind the facade of grace and elegance." In recent years, he "had been working on a biography" of Yankees 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ, but the project "was abandoned last year" (AP, 1/8).
Nominations Now Being Accepted For 6th Annual Sports Business Awards
Have you submitted your entry for the 2013 SPORTS BUSINESS AWARDS? Only 3 days remain to enter, so don't delay. The deadline is Friday, January 11. This year's honorees will come from 15 categories, including:
*Talent Representation and Management
*Corporate Consulting, Marketing and Client Services
*Property Consulting, Sales and Client Services
*Sports Event and Experiential Marketing
To see the full list of categories and submit an entry, go to www.sports-business-awards.com.
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The MintPass Mintpad. Think a tiny PDA smashed together with a portable media player, or a tiny, PostIt sized iPod Touch without the OS or Apple seal. It's a lovely little PMP that's been in the newsfeed pipeline for a while, but finally seems set to get its long anticipated release.
What can you expect in the MintPad then? Like we said, it is a PostIt sized device with a 2.86 inch touchscreen. It runs on Windows CE, which is a little strange, but it's stylus-equpped and comes with both WiFi and a built-in camera.
There's the usual slew of codec support: MP3, WMA, OGG and FLAC on the audio side, and AVI, WMV and MP4 support on the video. It also supports JPGs, GIFs and BMPs. The Mintpad ships with a 12 band graphical equalizer with 12 presets, a text (think: ebook) viewer, the ability to play Flash videos and access other Internet content, and built-in memo support, which even includes multimedia memos, using audio or video media, or photographs taken with the built-in 1.3 megapixel camera.
The MintPass also comes with a USB connector and a microSD card slot for easy storage expansion. There's only one flavor of storage size right now, which is 4GB, but the price is right: about $160.
The MintPass MiniPad isn't going to be for everyone, but it looks like a capable device and a truly refreshing entry into the portable media player market. It's nice to see something compelling come out that's innovative without being Apple.
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WILD and unauthorised employee spending is costing businesses tens of thousands of dollars a year, research shows.
More than 60 per cent of employees estimate that "maverick spending" is costing employers as much as $25,000 a year, a study by cloud-based finance solutions Coupa Software discovered. Many employees say it's much more, with 15 per cent estimating the cost in excess of $100,000.
In addition, more than half of the employees surveyed have made purchases without the advance approval of their manager, while an additional two-thirds have made risky purchases, such as an overly expensive dinner that they charged to the company, or buying office supplies for their home use.
Other examples of dicey employee expenses include upgrading to a higher level of airline service and buying smartphones, exercise equipment and personal clothing items.
"The results of the survey indicate a spending culture in America's corporations that has, in many ways, gotten out of control," said Rob Bernshteyn, CEO of Coupa Software.
It's not just risky and unapproved expenses that are costing companies. The research showed that one-third of employees have stolen from their employer in a number of devious ways, including:
• Inflating the cost of a taxi ride on a blank taxi receipt.
• Expensing personal items and pretending they were for business.
• Accepting a refund for an already expensed item without reporting it.
• Increasing the amount of tip they claimed to have given a server.
• Expensing the same item more than once.
• Creating a fake expense that never happened.
The study found employees feel there are a variety of ways for their employer to keep a more watchful eye on their spending, including by having better oversight of expense reporting, maintaining guidelines for travel reimbursement and auditing expense reports randomly.
A number of employees also feel companies would be best served by curbing the use of company credit cards, prosecuting those who do steal from the company and questioning expenditures often.
The study was based on surveys of 500 U.S. office workers.
This article was originally published on BusinessNewsDaily.
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- Lelouch Lamperouge
- Special Variation:
- CLAMP Mutuality Artbook
- Year Completed:
- 2009
- Construction Difficulty:
- Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Otakon 2009
This Costume has been retired
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- Personal Thoughts:
- While I'm quite pleased with this costume, my debut at Otakon was ill planned. With the heat and humidity plus layers of wool and heavy satin -- and pleather trousers -- I ended up nearly passing out in the Hyatt parking garage while PhotoNinja did a photoshoot for Chibi Plum. It didn't help that I woke up with a terrible fever Friday morning before leaving for the con. So overall wearing this costume was a miserable experience. I'm saving it for Katsucon, or at the very least AUSA.
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I purchased a 360 for practically the sole purpose of playing Mass Effect (not fully the sole purpose as I somewhat enjoy Forza 2 which came with it and may try out Eternal Sonata and or Lost Odyssey plus of course Mass Effect 2 and 3 which they've already said will be coming at some point and who knows what else).
I'm slightly chagrinned that 2 months later Mass Effect for PC is announced but I'm not unhappy with my purchase considering that there wasn't anything else to play at the time. Mass Effect is a great game with good replay value (the replay value is because it's so good not because it has randomness or whatever).
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
No goat killers on my island.
"We were just going to do whatever it took to win."--Texas Longhorn Quarterback Colt McCoy
*ETA: I will make allowances for ripping people apart for their behaviour - that's why I'm on a fans of reality tv site .
And so it begins, the end of times..
Another great performance from Kirstie tonight I do think this will catch up to her at some point and she's going to struggle, but she's already made her mark. I'm so glad she finally decided to do this show, and I never imagined I'd be enjoying her and Maks so much. I liked her cha cha better, but I didn't think her quick step was bad at all. Pretty enjoyable, though the dress did seem to hide her feet (good strategy if that was the idea).
I believe she will be able to emote through the drama dances. She is a cut-up, but she has taken enough direction that I think she will be able to go into the serious role when she has to.
Hopefully, by the time she gets to two dances per week, she will have built up in endurance.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have.
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I love this woman; she is very witty! It bet she will turn out to be one of Mak's favorite partners. I don't see any drama coming with her, at all. She is clearly having fun and more skilled than I would have thought. I hope she sticks around for a long time. I would love to see more of her delightful presence and watch her weight go down. She is excited about that part of this endevor.
If everything stays the same, next week is story week, when they'll have 3 dance styles instead of the regular two.
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Nevermore vs Mirana is a a fun based Warcraft 3 custom map inspired from DotA. As title suggests, this map creates a battlefield between two DotA's all time favourite heroes. One team has control over Shadowfiend whereas the other control PotM. This map is entirely skill based, only the experienced players will survive!
Nevermore vs Mirana Map Download:-
Nevermore vs Mirana 7.6a.w3x OpenDrive
Place it in 'Warcraft 3\Maps\Download' folder.
There are total 5 shops in this map which makes this it even more interesting. From there, you can purchase variety of other heroes spells, strength/agility upgrades (tomes) and other basic items. To get the fun started gather few players (preferably 3v3) and select the number of kills to win.
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A firefighter was injured, but not seriously, while helping to fight a Monday morning house fire in Chicago's south side West Englewood neighborhood.
Crews were called to the home on the 6600 block of South Bishop Street shortly after 9:30 a.m., police and fire officials said.
The fire spread to a neighboring home and the American Red Cross was called to the scene to assist residents with housing, Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.
A firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the blaze and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Langford said.
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We want to connect our large audience to targeted advertising to helps scale PowWows.com's revenue.We're want for a high-energy, mission-friendly, goal-oriented, charismatic sales person. Responsibilities•Market and sell PowWows.com's advertising inventory to companies, media buyers, and agencies. Help these clients reach our highly engaged, social audience in a way that will deliver results. Work with clients to create campaigns to maximize their user engagement.•Work with the PowWows.com team to create compelling proposals.•Work with sales team to establish and maintain relationships with agencies, businesses, corporate responsibility campaigns, and digital marketing firms. Skills & Experience•Strong sales skills required. We are looking for someone that can close a deal, negotiate terms and use judgment to turn down opportunities that don't fit.•Significant sales experience. •Strong oral and written communication skills; highly responsive.•Very comfortable and experienced with technology and online media. This position is a contract position with PowWows.com, LLC. The Advertising Sales Executive will work on a commission only basis with bonuses. PowWows.com has a distributed office, our staff can work from anywhere. Set your own schedule and hours per week. Start part time and grow to a full time position!


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The new Morris County correctional facility on John Street in Morris Township is once again open for guided tours. The tours last approximately one hour and will run every two hours from 9 a. m. to 9 p.m. Tours of the $32 million facility will be given by corrections officers. Hundreds have toured the building since it opened last May. To schedule a tour, the public must contact Thomas S. Russo Jr., administrative director, at (973) 285-6659. No one will be allowed to tour the facility unless they have contacted Russo at least one week before the tour date.
All visitors are subject to search, and a parent or adult guardian must accompany anyone under age 18. Those between ages 8 and 18 must also obtain permission slips from the sheriff's office prior to the day of the tour and must be brought with the child; there are no exceptions. No children under age 8 will be allowed on the tours.
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Virtual Training Director: Abdominal Trauma
The Virtual Training Director is a column for training officers that utilizes the content of CE articles in EMS Magazine to help facilitate training sessions. Use or adapt this lesson plan for your organization, its personnel and its local protocols.
Abdominal trauma from blunt and penetrating mechanisms can produce injuries that are visually dramatic and potentially life-threatening to the patient. The CE article on Abdominal Trauma reviews important anatomical features of the abdominal region, types of injuries, assessment and general treatment principles.
Rather than lecturing about abdominal trauma, I have outlined an interactive training session for participants to review and practice trauma assessment skills. Before your training session, ask members to read the article so they have the necessary knowledge for a productive discussion and practice session. (Remember: You can make and distribute copies of any of our articles for education purposes.)
Time needed: 1 to 2 hours
Prepare a moulage kit with enough supplies, appliances and applicators for groups to simultaneously moulage multiple abdominal trauma patients. Gather some old clothing for patients that rescuers can cut away to expose injuries. You may also wish to prepare patient profiles for use if time is too limited for teams to prepare their own. Review your local and/or regional guidelines for triage and transport of major trauma patients to the highest level of trauma care available.
- Understand causes of abdominal trauma
- Explain signs and symptoms of shock from abdominal trauma
- Differentiate types of organs--hollow vs. solid
- Practice abdominal trauma assessment in small group scenarios
- Review major trauma triage transport guidelines.
1. Introduce the training topic of abdominal trauma assessment by describing the team activity to prepare a patient scenario and assess all of the other patients.
2. Review the following concepts from the article (add additional content as needed, based on your group's knowledge and experience):
- Abdominal anatomy--different regions and the organs in each region
- Hollow organ types and locations
- Solid organ types and locations
- Physical exam assessments and findings
- Signs of severe abdominal injury.
TEACHING TIP: Ask participants to define these concepts and terms in their own words with concrete examples.
3. Preparation of patient assessment activity. Divide participants into 3- or 4-person teams, with one person in each team as the patient. Each team will plan and deliver a patient assessment scenario that includes:
- Selecting a specific abdominal trauma MOI--blunt or penetrating
- Using moulage to apply a simulated abdominal injury to their patient
- Preparing other vital signs and injury findings appropriate to the patient's abdominal injury and MOI.
TEACHING TIP: Each team will probably need 15 to 30 minutes to plan a scenario and apply moulage to their patient. Give a check sheet to each team so they include all needed components. Assist participants in applying moulage that is realistic for the abdominal injury type and severity.
4. Patient Assessment Rodeo. In a large classroom or outdoor space, arrange patients in a circle, about 15 feet apart. The remaining members of each team will have 5-7 minutes with each patient to:
- Determine mechanism of injury
- Expose injuries
- Identify ABC life-threats
- Check vital signs
- Gather patient history
- Perform a physical exam, including visualization, palpation, percussion and auscultation
- Outline a treatment and transport plan.
TEACHING TIP: The instructor tracks the time and calls out when it is time for teams to rotate clockwise to the next patient. If every team starts one position clockwise of their patient, the transitions will be smooth. Each team should assess all of the other patients.
5. Patient Scenario Discussion. After assessing each patient, reconvene in the classroom. You can have each team report on a single patient, or facilitate a discussion about each of the patients. Determine which patients meet major trauma triage and transport guidelines and should be transported to the highest level of trauma care available.
TEACHING TIP: Discuss interventions in the context of your local protocols and available receiving facilities.
6. Debrief. End training with a celebration of success.
- Photograph the abdominal injury moulage for future training programs.
- Award a prize for best moulage application.
- Discuss what was done well to understand assessment of abdominal trauma.
- Answer questions about abdominal trauma by asking participants, "What questions do you have about assessment and treatment of abdominal trauma?"
- Conclude the training session with a 3-5-minute reminder about the relative importance of airway management, pain management and fluid resuscitation for abdominal trauma. Remind participants about the importance of getting major trauma patients to the highest level of available trauma care, which may mean bypassing closer hospitals.
1.5 hours of CECBEMS-approved CE credit is available for the article on Abdominal Trauma. Visit RapidCE.com to complete a set of quiz questions and print a CE certificate.
Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P, is an e-learning designer, podcaster, author, presenter and paramedic. He is also a lead instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates. Read more from him at the EverydayEMSTips.com blog. Connect with Greg at EMSUnited.com, Facebook.com/gfriese OR twitter.com/gfriese.


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Boston Reveal New Album Art
The countdown to the next new batch of Boston recordings has begun in earnest, and although the Dec. 3 release date for the band's first new LP in 11 years might still feel pretty far away, at least we now have a record cover to look at while we wait.
Titled 'Life, Love & Hope,' the new record marks Boston's arrival on Frontiers Records after successful stints at Epic and MCA, as well as a brief stop at Artemis for 2002's 'Corporate America' release. And according to Scholz, his latest music deliberately hearkens back to the band's best-known hits.
"These are songs from the heart, each of them taking many months of effort to write, arrange, perform and record, always up to the demands of Boston's harshest critic, me. They have all been meticulously recorded to analogue tape on the same machines and equipment used for Boston's hits for the past 35 years," said Scholz in a press release. "I intentionally stayed close to the early Boston style on some of the songs, even using the same amps and instruments; on others I let my imagination run wild."
'Life, Love & Hope' marks the first Boston release since the tragic passing of original singer Brad Delp, who took his own life in 2007. But thanks to Scholz's legendarily deliberate pace, the track listing will still feature performances from Delp, as well as vocals from Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme, David Victor…and Scholz himself.
'Corporate America,' released eight years after 1994's 'Walk On,' peaked at #42 on the Billboard albums chart.


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Attorney Harry L. Harper has been practicing criminal law in north Florida for more than 38 years as a prosecutor and as a defense lawyer. This combination of experience is invaluable to his clients; he knows the local criminal justice system, law enforcement personnel and court procedures.
Mr. Harper is AV Preeminent-rated under Martindale Hubbell's peer rating system* - the highest rating available. Additionally, attorney Harper was voted Reader's Choice Best of Bay for 2008 in the Panama City News Herald contest in the category of Best Attorney.
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NEW RMD ID"competition": [Link] I figured I could do this better - 2 years later. x) [Link]
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Great drawing,,, love the red,, they both have cool eyes
dis is realllyyyyyy awesum! from da colors 2 da hair n wolf/fiery bg-its just super cool n well colored n detailed--favs xD
You'd think the wolf would be a little worried that its foot is on fire.
Awesome, I like the first one too, you are very talented! 5/5h
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very nice and creative draw ! love it !
That's beyond awesome! Great details. I wonder if people will start drawing these IDs again after this. That would be cool. :)


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The initiative is producing six edited books (published by Earthscan) that include 150 case studies and other analyses from 60 conflict-affected countries and territories, written by 225 researchers, practitioners, and decision makers from around the world. The books can be purchased online by clicking the links below. Six months after each book is published, the individual chapters will also be available for download from this website.
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|Päivi Lujala, Siri Aas Rustad
|Ellen Sirleaf Johnson
|31 October 2011 (Copyright © 2012)
For most post-conflict countries, the transition to peace is daunting. In countries with high-value natural resources – including oil, gas, diamonds, other minerals, and timber –the stakes are unusually high and peacebuilding is especially challenging. Resource-rich post-conflict countries face both unique problems and opportunities. They enter peacebuilding with an advantage that distinguishes them from other war-torn societies:...
|David Jensen, Steve Lonergan
|Klaus Töpfer
|29 October 2012 (Copyright © 2012)
When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or broadly support livelihoods. Only recently, however, have the assessment, harnessing, and restoration of...
|Jon Unruh, Rhodri C. Williams
|Jeffrey D. Sachs
|29 April 2013 (Copyright © 2013)
Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority, the disintegration of property rights and institutions, the territorial effect of...
|Erika Weinthal, Jessica Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama
|Mikhail Gorbachev
|18 February 2014 (Copyright © 2014)
Water is a basic human need, and the provision of safe water is thus among the highest priorities during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Water, sanitation, and the associated delivery infrastructure are also critical to economic development and the recovery of livelihoods in the aftermath of war. And despite predictions of "water wars," shared waters have proved...
|Helen Young, Lisa Goldman
|Jan Egeland
|3 April 2015 (Copyright © 2015)
In developing countries around the world, local natural resources – such as charcoal, wildlife, and fisheries – have strong microeconomic and cultural importance. So vital to traditional livelihoods, these resources are unfortunately not exempt from the brutal effects of conflict. Contributing authors discuss strategies in managing these resources and supporting livelihoods in post-conflict environments.
|Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, Sandra S. Nichols
|Óscar Arias Sánchez
|29 April 2016 (Copyright © 2016)
Negotiating peace agreements, implementing humanitarian assistance, and developing legal frameworks are a few of the key issues involved in post-conflict natural resource management. What, indeed, is good governance? Contributing authors respond by assessing how governance should best address the cultural, social, economic, and political dimensions of post-conflict environments.


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Chrome security is getting better, as the Google announced via the Chrome blog additional measures that will be deployed in order to prevent users from getting a malicious extension installed.
Google had already prevented silent installs of extensions from happening in Chrome, meaning that extensions would no longer be allowed to install without the user confirming the installation. Google says that the measures it has taken have translated into improvements in terms of performance and user experience.
Now the company goes further, allowing Chrome to identify extensions that try to install by bypassing the silent installation blocker mentioned above. Such a case is the one in which the management settings used to configure Chrome internally in an organization are misused (with the user left unable to disable or uninstall the malicious extension) or when settings are manipulated to allow silent installations.
Chrome's methods of detecting such malware have been improved and the browser will be displaying a warning when such software is identified. Warnings should start appearing as of next week, and developers are encouraged to use Google's standard mechanisms for extension installation (and, considering the way Google has removed apps that didn't adhere to its policies from the Google Play Store, it would be wise of developers to do so).


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FALLBROOK – On Monday, Nov. 18, Fallbrook Homeschool Academy students and their families visited the Fallbrook Historical Society's museum located at the corner of Rocky Crest and Hill Street.
Students saw strange-looking tractors, tools of all shapes and sizes, and many different types of barbed wire used in the early days of Fallbrook. They saw quilt displays, weaving looms, a spinning wheel, and a telephone that was attached to the wall with a handle that had to be cranked in order to call someone.
In addition, students saw a collection of rocks and minerals. This collection displayed crystals, geodes, agates, and petrified rocks. All of these rocks and minerals were found in the Fallbrook area. They found that cars have changed over the years. Three cars from the early 1900s were on display. Two 1930 model A Ford cars and one 1922 model T Ford with a rumble seat amazed the children. Many children said they wished that their car had a rumble seat.
The Fallbrook Homeschool Academy students and families walked through a 1900 restored Victorian farmhouse, which was once owned by Rev. William Pittenger, a Methodist minister and Civil War soldier.
They completed their tour by seeing a model replica of 12 historical buildings in Fallbrook complete with a model train of the period.


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Walker faced a deadline today to file challenges after a Dane County, Wisconsin judge granted him a 20-day extension beyond the 10 days allotted under state law.
Walker sought an additional two weeks but, was turned down. Making excuses for not aligning to the signature challenge time-frame allowed by Wisconsin election recall law, Walker campaign spokeswoman stated the deadline was "impossible" to meet.
"We faced an impossible timeline," said Walker spokeswoman Ciara Matthews to the WisPolitics Election Blog.The blog noted Matthews declined comment when asked if the campaign would appeal the ruling denying additional time beyond the original extension.
She said the campaign will rely on Wisconsin's Governmental Accountability Board to strike fraudulent signatures instead of filing any challenges.
Matthews disputed the time recall organizers has to collect signatures, 60 days, versus the Walker campaign time to review them.
"It obviously takes more time to verify signatures than it does to collect them," she said to WisPolitics Election Blog.In a response to Matthews accusations, Wisconsin State Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate noted that the Walker campaign had raised millions of dollars and amassed thousands of volunteers review the signatures in a time-frame three times longer than allowed under state law.
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Science Learning to Bi-Locate
Among the miracles ascribed to various saints, as officially recognized by the Catholic church, is 'bi-location,' in which the particular saint is in two places at once. Padre Pio, it is said, was one of those who, according to many witnesses, successfully bi-located. Mainstream science, of course, considers such a thing impossible. Or does it?
Einstein himself apparently believed, at least at one time, that an object can be two places at once. It is all part of the mysterious realm of quantum physics which Einstein realized applied to the behavior of light, and first embraced but then rejected because it seemed to make things too unpredictable. "God does not play dice with the universe," he opined.
Lately, though, the field has been gaining more than a few new adherents. Many effects which can be explained only by quantum mechanics have been observed in the laboratory. In fact, the scientific breakthrough of the year, according to the journal Science, is the first man-made machine governed by the amazing forces that operate at the sub-atomic level, the level of quantum mechanics. For the first time scientists have been able to demonstrate quantum effects in the motion of a man-made object.
Physicists Andrew Cleland and John Martinis of the University of California at Santa Barbara have created a tiny metal paddle made of semiconductor material just visible to the naked eye, which they call a quantum resonator. The scientists were able to get it to vibrate in two energy states at once, both a lot and a little, something permitted by the rules of quantum physics but not by those of the standard Newtonian model.
Practical benefits from the breakthrough might include things like quantum computing, teleportation, and maybe someday scientists will be able to achieve something they've alway wanted: being two places at once without necessarily being a saint.
Mona Lisa Code Eyed
For readers of Dan Brown's mega best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, it will come as no surprise to learn that Leonardo's Mona Lisa may contain secret numbers and letters. Until now, most of the controversy has centered on the artist's painting of the last supper, which the novel argued is full of esoteric information about Jesus and his disciples. Italy's National Committee for Cultural Heritage has declared that some kind of heretofore unseen secret message may be contained in very tiny letters found in Mona Lisa's eyes. The art establishment is unconvinced.
The claim is made by Silvano Vinceti, president of the committee. What the naked eye cannot see, he says, is revealed under high magnification. According to ANSA, the Italian news agency, Vinceti says the letters LV are in the right pupil (the viewer's left), suggesting the painter's initials. In the left eye the letters CE or possibly the letter B can be made out. Moreover, the arch of the bridge is said to contain the number 72, or possibly an L and the number 2. Thus far no one is offering to interpret the symbols. Vinceti made news a few years ago by pointing out the striking resemblance between Mona Lisa's face and Leonardo's drawing of himself, arguing that the painting is really a self portrait.
Most of Vinceti's points are rejected by mainstream art critics and Leonardo scholars. No one can be sure, however, and there is little doubt that Leonardo did dabble in many mysterious and esoteric practices. Just ask Dan Brown and his millions of readers.
Visions of the Virgin
Another lady's colorful image which was said to have something amazing in the eye was the Virgin of Guadalupe, though the message was seen as spiritual, not occult. The full original image of the Virgin which is on display at her shrine in Mexico City is believed by the faithful to have been printed miraculously in 1531 on the tilma, a low quality cactus cloth, belonging to an Indian peasant.
In 1929 a photographer discovered what he believed was the minute image of a bearded man reflected in the right eye of the virgin. More than twenty years later, in the 1950s, at least twenty ophthalmologists certified that the image was fully consistent with a reflection as it might appear in the cornea of an actual human eye.
Though the Catholic church recognizes the events surrounding the Virgin of Guadalupe as authentic and miraculous, there had been no such recognition for any Marian apparition in the United States until December of 2010 when a Champion, Wisconsin, church was finally designated the first of its kind. The Belgian-born nun, Sister Adele Brise, it is claimed, was visited three times by the Virgin Mary in 1859. Now, over a century and a half later, the location will be placed alongside Mexico's Guadalupe, Portugal's Fatima, and Lourdes in France as an official Marian apparition site. There are many, even among Catholics, who believe there to be many other locales which have been so visited, but have yet to be recognized as such by the church in Rome.


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Europe's telecommunications market may become increasingly cut-throat, but competition means that smaller carriers too can hold out and not take up any investment offer that comes their way. Or at least that appears to be the strategy of one major shareholder in Denmark's TDC.
Despite weeks of preparation by a consortium of investors who were lining up to buy out the company, Danish pension fund ATP rejected the consortium's offer to acquire the domestic telecommunications group.
"In the opinion of ATP, the tender offer of DKK 382 (about $62) per share is off-hand attractive based on an assessment of TDC in its current form compared with other listed telecoms companies. Against that background, it was natural that the board of directors recommended that the shareholders accept the tender offer," ATP stated Monday.
Moreover, the pension group that holds just over 5 percent of total shares in TDC said that "it will be possible to generate an attractive long-term return by continuing and accelerating the initiatives already started up by the TDC management. This would include, among other things, increased focus on and continuing efficiency improvements of the company's core activities, divestment of non-core activities and optimisation of the company's capital structure."
ATP said that it recognized fully that by rejecting the offer by Nordic Telephone Company which was set up in November specifically to buy out TDC, it could lead to a fall in share price and anxiety in the near term. At the same time, the pension group said that "ATP's focus is on long-term value creation."
Represented by the Nordic Telephone Company are some of the world's biggest investment groups including the Blackstone Group and Providence Equity Partners. The other companies making up NTC are Apax Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., and Permira Advisers. Certainly, the consortium's commitment to pushing the deal that would have allowed the group to buy TDC for $15.3 billion including its net debt was high, and market expectations that the agreement would go through were considerable.
Investors were clearly disappointed by Monday's development that thwarted NTC's attempts to buy out the group, as the telecommunication company's shares plunged nearly 3 percent from the previous session to 29.81. The stock had actually increased nearly 40 percent in value since the NTC consortium announced they would be bidding for the telecommunications group. Granted, the immediate fall in the company's share price was only to be expected by ATP.
Yet retaining the value of TDC is perhaps higher for ATP, given that its 5.51 percent shareholding in the telecom group represents about 9 percent of its overall equity portfolio. Analysts agree that ATP has clearly indicated that keeping the domestic telecommunications group under the current management would actually lead to more profits in the longer-term even as the European telecom market becomes ever more aggressive in ensuring their survival, rather than in the hands of a group of international investors.
Nevertheless, local Danish media broadly expect the TDC's board of directors to accept the NTC offer. The offer period expires Thursday.
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Highlight of Business Operations:In the next 12 months, pre-tax losses of $0.6 million and $4.1 million related to discontinued cash flow hedges of natural gas contracts and electric contracts, respectively, are expected to be recognized in earnings as the forecasted transactions occur. These amounts are expected to be offset by the settlement of the related nonderivative customer contracts.
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AND Jim Scott recalls the old Bob Hope gag where Bob would shake his head and declare: "My wife thinks because she has cheques left in her cheque book, she has money in her account."
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La Mirada High athletic director and baseball coach Kim Brooks has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of a 17-minute profanity-laced rant that has leaked onto the internet.
Brooks was caught on tape swearing and screaming at his players following an 8-4 loss against Los Osos on April 26.
"I've been here a long time," he said. "I will tell you that was probably the most pathetic (expletive) baseball game I've ever seen a group play!"
But the scolding didn't end there.
"I am not what we did today," Brooks yelled. "This is not me! And you represent me!"
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Brooks has since apologized for his behavior, explaining, "My language was inappropriate. I was trying to motivate my team after a very poor performance, and I apologize about the language."
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Two years later, one of these products, the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN, (NYSEARCA:XIV), is an unqualified success in terms of assets and performance. Over the last three months, XIV has traded an average of more than 12 million shares per day, making it the second most popular VIX-based ETP, after VXX. Part of the reason for XIV's popularity is no doubt due to performance. As the chart below shows, XIV is up more than 200% for 2012 and has been the top performer across all ETPs for the year.
The amazing thing about the performance of XIV is that it was not very difficult to predict. In fact, less than one week after XIV was launched, I unveiled my bullish forecast for XIV in the Bespoke Investment Group's second annual roundtable. When asked about some of my favorite picks for 2011 and beyond, I predicted:
"2011 will mark the rise of volatility as an asset class. Part of the reason for this rise will be the runaway success of VIX-based ETNs and ETFs, notably the recently launched XIV, which will prove that volatility vehicles can be good buy-and-hold investments."
As meteoric as the rise of XIV has been, what surprises me is how little attention XIV's sibling, VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN (NYSEARCA:ZIV) has received. ZIV typically trades about 10,000 shares per day and yet this ETP has outperformed XIV by a substantial margin since the two were launched. Not only has ZIV been a better performer, but it has done so with considerably less risk. In 2011, for instance, XIV was down 45.54% for the year, while ZIV incurred a loss of only 9.20%. I thought perhaps that my ZIV Undeservedly Neglected post from January of this year might jump-start some interest in ZIV, but for some reason, investors continue to shy away from this impressive performer.
The other four products that VelocityShares launched with XIV and ZIV have had mixed results. The most famous of these is (NYSEARCA:TVIX), which was briefly the top VIX-based ETP in terms of volume in February, before Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) suspended creation units in the product, which opened the door to the ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (NYSEARCA:UVXY) displacing TVIX as the top +2x VIX-based ETP. For the most part, VIIX, VIIZ and TVIZ have operated as niche products since their launch.
Going forward, don't be too surprised if XIV and ZIV continue to post impressive numbers and if you haven't yet looked at ZIV, it is never too late to do so.
Disclosure(s): long XIV, long ZIV, short VXX and short UVXY at time of writing
Written By Bill Luby From The VIX and More
Bill is a private investor who also authors the VIX and More (http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/) blog and an investment newsletter from just north of San Francisco. His research and trading interests focus on volatility, market sentiment, technical analysis, and ETFs. Prior to becoming a full-time investor, Bill was a business strategy consultant for two decades and advised clients across a broad range of industries on issues such as strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and metrics. When not trading or blogging, he can often be found running, hiking, and kayaking in Northern California. Bill has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University.


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A minimum of eight semester hours is required in each of the following subjects: biology, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics (all with laboratory experience). In addition, six semester credit hours in English is required. It is highly recommended that applicants have exposure to advanced science courses, particularly biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, and histology. Also, two letters of recommendation are required from Science Professors or Pre-Health Committee members along with complete official transcripts from undergraduate coursework.
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As Valencias, otherwise known as summer oranges, move past their seasonal peak, you might notice a greenish tint on their skins. Does it mean the orange isn't ripe? Not at all. It's a natural process called regreening, in which ripe oranges on the vine begin to reabsorb chlorophyll.
Regreening in no way affects ripening or flavor. It's the result of changing climate conditions — cooler days and nights — and a sign that the season will soon be over. So grab these juicy oranges now or bide your time until the navel season starts in November.
Peaking or abundant in supermarkets: carrots, cabbage, celery, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, herbs, okra, onions, peppers, new potatoes (red, white and Yukon), squash (yellow and zucchini), sweet potatoes and tomatoes.
Fruits: avocados, bananas, blackberries, cantaloupe, figs, grapes, honeydew, kiwi, lemons, limes, mangoes, Valencia oranges, papayas, pineapple, raspberries, strawberries and watermelons.
Go ahead and celebrate that drop in temperatures, but know that it signals the beginning of the end of local okra season. Okra just loves the hot weather.
At all the markets, get out early for the best selection of cantaloupe, watermelon, okra, cucumbers, squash, green beans, eggplant, mushrooms, peas, peppers, corn, potatoes, hydroponic salad greens and more.
Coppell Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. 793 S. Coppell Road at Burns; 972-304-7043; coppellfarmersmarket.org.
Dallas Farmers Market: Farmers and ranchers are in Shed No. 1. Find a variety of specialty vendors in Shed No. 2. The market is open seven days a week; most farmers are there Saturday and sometimes Sunday. 1010 S. Pearl St., Dallas; 214-670-5880; dallas farmersmarket.org.
Eden's Organic Garden Center: Market day, 8 a.m. to noon the first, third and fifth Saturday every month. 4710 Pioneer Road, Balch Springs; 214-348-3336; edensorganicfarm.com.
Frisco Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or sellout Saturday. 6048 Frisco Square Blvd.; friscofarmersmarket.com.
Grand Prairie Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Market Square, 120 W. Main St. at Northwest Second Street; 972-237-8000; gptx.org/farmers market.
McKinney Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Chestnut Square Historic Village, McDonald and Anthony (park in the lot on McDonald), and 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Adriatica, 6851 Virginia Parkway; 972-562-8790; mckinneyfarmersmarket.com.
Rockwall Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Downtown square, 101 Rusk St. at Goliad; 972-772-6400; main street.rockwall.com.
St. Michael's Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas Ave., at Colgate, Dallas; saint michaelsmarket.com.
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This is an illustration for Fantasy Flight Games collectible card game named A Game of Thrones, which is based on the world of best-selling author George R.R. Martins A Song of Ice & Fire. This belongs to the Iron Throne collection.
The character is Stannis Baratheon, one of the Baratheon brothers.
Illustrations for card games like this always have short deadlines, and are supposed to be viewed on a smaller scale than here.
December 1st, 2006
Wow this so far is the best and the finest work ive seen so far of the,A Song of Ice and Fire characters,awsome job. P.S-hope you make more ^^
June 10th, 2006
This comment could apply on each work of yours, I love your attention to details, especially the textures for the clothes.. Subtle and impressive job !
June 9th, 2006
Wow - brilliant work! I can *definitely* see Stannis in this. I especially love the flame crown - an excellent detail, suggesting the heavy burden of his deal with the church of the Firelord to help secure his throne. His expression beautifully captures the look of a man with a lot on his conscience. Well done!


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Solar scientist Phillip Chamberlin's pick can be appreciated by anyone for its pure beauty, but this photo of the sun has special meaning to the researcher, who is deputy project scientist for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
"When we first started getting data, after years of work on building the SDO instruments and spacecraft, launching SDO, and early ops, we took our first images and this is what we saw with AIA, [SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly instrument]," Chamberlin said. "Absolutely amazing."


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Fernand Auberjonois
Fernand Auberjonois (25 September 1910 in Valeyres-sous-Montagny, near Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland – 27 August 2004 in Cork, Ireland) was a highly respected journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade.
Throughout most of the Cold War, Auberjonois was one of the most admired American reporters based in London. From 1956 until his formal retirement in 1983 and after, he covered many of the world's biggest news stories. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. and served on secret assignments, including setting up radio transmissions for the Allies to divert the German's attention from the real invasion site on D-Day. From World War II through the Cold War, he worked for many print organizations, and also for NBC and Voice of America.
He was the son of René Auberjonois (1872–1957), one of Switzerland's best-known post-Impressionist painters.
Auberjonois married into European (Napoleonic) royalty. His wife was Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (Paris, 13 November 1913 – New York City, 10 May 1986), a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte's sister Caroline and her husband Joachim Murat, King of Naples and King of Sicily, previously married in Cannes, 3 August 1931 and divorced in 1939, to Jean-Paul Frank (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 26 August 1905 – Los Angeles, California, 19__. They married in November 1939. The couple's son, actor René Auberjonois, was born in 1940.
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We have been seeing tons of Galaxy S II news this morning and all week, but still we have not heard a peep regarding if T-Mobile will actually get the Galaxy S II or something else like the Samsung Hercules. Yesterday we posted that Samsung had a email sign-up page live, but taking a closer look they include T-Mobile in the carrier dropdown menu. Does this mean T-Mobile will get a SGSII?
The sign up page will alert you via email for the latest news regarding the exciting SGSII and if you select the dropdown box for carrier preference you have T-Mobile listed when we've originally heard the other three main carriers for the U.S. would get it but not T-Mobile. Whether this means they will actually get the superphone or not we don't know and is up to you to decide.
Since we have covered so much Galaxy S II news this week I'll just direct you to our Galaxy S II portal for all the news you'd like to read. Check this out though, you might soon be able to buy the SGSII in white.
While this doesn't prove for sure T-Mobile will see the phone, it does make us think a few different thoughts. One being that the Hercules isn't just the alternative but a completely different device slated for a different release date, and that Samsung may in fact be aiming to launch more than one big phone on each carrier this late summer, or early fall.
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It is important to contact an attorney promptly following an accident. The things you say and do during the first couple of days can have a lasting impact on your case. And while insurance companies may try to portray themselves as helpful and concerned for their insured, their ultimate goal is to reduce their own liability.
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The initial demand begins the negotiation process. If the insurance company fails to put forth a fair offer, your attorney may file suit or attempt to move the case to arbitration, at which point the insurance adjuster usually hands the case of to an in-house or contracted attorney. Negotiations generally continue throughout the process and many cases settle. But if not, either a panel of arbitrators or a jury must examine the evidence and ultimately render a decision.
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Around 20 homes, a school, health centre and dentist's surgery will be without water for several hours after a water main burst.
Anglian Water were called to the burst main in Bury Road, Brandon, shortly before 7am this morning.
Water was reported to flowing down the street and into the grounds of the Forest Academy, with the school deciding to stay closed today as a result.
A spokesman for Anglian Water said its engineers had consulted with local businesses before turning off the water. It is expected to be turned on again at around 4pm.
"We wanted to speak to them before doing anything, " he said.
"It's a three inch cast iron pipe in the footpath so the repair should not have any huge complications.
"We'd like to apologise to the schools for having to close this morning, as well as for the inconvenience to parents and pupils.
"We also apologise to local residents who are going to be affected while we repair the mains."


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Will Elliott's Fishing Line for May 28
Watch the winds but get on the water this weekend. Spring spawning and bite cycles are behind but catches are catching up right now.
Lake Erie
Want walleyes? Check out the night bite. Want perch? Wait for a day when the winds settle.
"Boaters head out of the harbor at about 10 p.m. and troll with Rapalas," was the standard fare Gerri Begier at Bill's Hooks in Dunkirk offers anglers looking for walleye catches at Dunkirk Harbor. Numbers have been better west of the harbor off Van Buren Point, but the shoreline can be good well west of the harbor.
Buffalo Harbor trollers offer mixed reports on the walleye bite. Many have tried the Hamburg shoreline between bouts of high winds; the boat traffic is picking up but not the numbers usually seen during the Lake Erie post-spawn for walleye. Water temperatures reaching the mid 50s should provide 'eye-popping results, but the better bite on Erie's waters right now comes from bass and perch.
Smallmouths are right on the spawning bubble. Drifters can work any rock pile from Barcelona to Buffalo and find nice smallies. The bait bite had been necessary earlier this month, but now it is more a location than a terminal-tackle tasking.
Casters work waters less than 25 feet around structures for bass activity was the word from Capt. Jim Rores. He has been putting clients onto bass with bait, but a good plastics caster can do nearly as well with tube jigs and vinyl bodies, without having to bait the hook after each bite.
Perch put more boats on the water than other fish species right now, and the results can be spectacular when in the right place. Out of Buffalo perch schooling is patchy but productive. Between the Ford Plant and Pinehurst a 48-foot reading has been tops.
Out of Cattaraugus Creek the more productive depths have been 52 to 58 feet. Rick Miller at Miller's Bait & Tackle in Irving was busy selling bait well into Monday. High winds kicked up later in the day, but Miller got good reports for both Sunday and Monday.
Good ringback counts at the Catt have come from both Evangola State Park to the east and off Eagle Bay to the west. At the state park 52-foot depths have been good; to the west, 56- to 58-foot readings have shown better schooling.
Wherever boaters anchor, drift or idle with a front-mount trolling motor, the task is to get over a working school of bigger perch or keep moving until a solid school of feeders begin biting.
Niagara River
Along with a nice bass presence, boaters have seen good perch numbers at 15-foot depths around Grand Island and along the New York shoreline, said Capt. Chris Cinelli. Charter boaters can work the upper and lower river during high winds on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Cinelli also noted a good steelie bite up in Devils Hole in 53-degree waters.
Lake Ontario
"The weekend king salmon bite picked up from the Niagara River to Oak Orchard Point; before that most of the king action was toward Rochester," said Capt. Bob Cinelli earlier this week.
Relatively cold water has kept the fishery behind, but things are picking up for salmon as well as trout. Cinelli has had some success on a new version of Pacific cut bait, which he found at Boat Doctors in Olcott Harbor.
Lake trout have been the main target through the earlier spring season on Ontario, but the warming cool waters (normally at 60 and now in the low 50s) keep cold-water species lagging in their spring progress. For Cinelli, the morning run has been better than most afternoon or evening runs.
Western Finger Lakes
Flooding woes continue for many lakes from Silver to Seneca. No-wake and no motor boat traffic had been imposed on several lakes and ebbing flood-level waters have made it difficult to target everything from panfish to pike.
The extreme western lakes have settled down better than Penn Yan and Canandaigua, but the panfish presence can be good with the right approaches.
Muddied waters, floating debris and frequent high winds have muddled shoreline edges, but emerging weed beds have been a good start for both crappie and bluegill on Sliver and Honeoye. The Canandaigua perch count can be good at drop-off depths of 15 to 25 feet.
In all areas, check ahead for launch ramp access and water conditions before taking a trip. Panfish are in a post-spawn feeding spree; bass offer a catch-and-release Ginza; walleye hit better after dark.
Trout stockings
Randolph Hatchery completed its deliveries for the spring run. "Unless Caledonia Hatchery has some additional 2-year-old brown trout, we are done for now," said Rich Borner, Randolph Hatchery manager.
A late cooling of area streams and ponds kept many trout active late into the spring season. Now, trout anglers have to target whatever survived hooking mortality and can endure water temperatures well above 50 degrees.
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The Classical Elvis Costello
Of the wide variety of guests appearing on this season of SPECTACLE, Renee Fleming—world-renowned star of the Metropolitan Opera—is probably the most surprising. But as the episode reveals, Fleming and Elvis Costello share more common ground than might initially seem apparent.
The Pennsylvania-born soprano trained as a jazz singer, and has recorded with the likes of Michael Bolton (for better or worse) and Joe Jackson. She recently performed at the all-star "We Are One" concert that kicked off the inauguration ceremonies for President Obama, and she even sang—in the Sindarin language, no less—in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Perhaps less expected, though, is how easily Elvis converses about opera throughout this show. But maybe it shouldn't be such a shock, since he has consistently involved himself in projects related to classical music for the last fifteen years. After co-composing the mostly orchestral soundtrack for the 1991 British mini-series G.B.H., he plunged deeper into classical territory with the art-song cycle The Juliet Letters in 1993. Rolling Stone called this collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet "alternately biting and rueful, evoking the sardonic humor and bleak beauty of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht."
In 2000, Elvis appeared at New York's Town Hall, performing the role of the Chief of Police in Steve Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice. (He has revisited this work by his long-time keyboard player several times, singing on the 2007 cast recording and, most recently, returning to the role in late 2008 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.) In 2001, Elvis composed the music for a new ballet as part of his work as "artist in residence" at UCLA. That same year, he produced For the Stars, an album of pop songs by the Swedish opera singer, Anne Sofie von Otter.
In 2004, Elvis's first full-scale orchestral work, Il Sogno (The Dream)—an expansion of the piece he began at UCLA—was performed in New York. Commissioned by the Italian dance company Aterballeto and based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, the piece was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, and stayed at the top of Billboard's Contemporary Classical Charts for 14 weeks.
Elvis was also commissioned by Copenhagen's Danish Royal Opera to write a full-length work based on Hans Christian Andersen's real-life obsession with the Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Several songs from this unfinished project, which is titled The Secret Songs, were performed at the Opera in 2005. Last year, the Miami City Ballet premiered Nightspot, a collaboration between Elvis and choreographer Twyla Tharp.
Still have any doubts about Elvis Costello's credibility in the highbrow music world? Last July, as Declan McManus, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Liverpool. So, if you don't mind, that's "Dr. Costello" to you.
– Alan Light
Alan Light is the former Editor-in-Chief of Spin and Vibe magazines, and a former Senior Writer for Rolling Stone. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, he is the author of "The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys" and a two-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award for excellence in music writing.


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The Ferber family fur business began in Paris in the late 1800s. Its luxury pelts graced couture showrooms throughout the city and quickly became a well-known name among the Parisian design houses of Chanel, Lanvin and Worth.
The company has been around long enough to know when it's time to upgrade. It has spanned five generations, survived a move to Philadelphia and was one of the first to experiment with new techniques like the let-out (cutting the pelt and resewing it to make it longer and flowing) and to feature ready-to-wear collections. So with the help of Philadelphia-based architecture and design firm spg3, Jacques Ferber Furs' Wilmington, Del., space (one of three locations) doubled in size to 2000 square feet and received a clean, contemporary look.
The owners requested a simple, serene design inspired by Asian style. The focal point of the space is a brandy-colored, high-gloss "pillowed wood" wall bearing the Jacques Ferber name behind the cashwrap.
Fixtures dividing the floor plan into individual merchandise groupings add strong geometric lines. Low, horizontal tables contrast with vertical armoire-like fixtures with large mirrors on the back panels. Other upright elements such as cherry wood divider walls mimic the geometric patterns with overlapping rectangular, translucent framed-glass panels akin to Japanese shoji screens.
Oatmeal-colored, tufted suede panels and L-shaped hanging fixtures alternate along the wall and provide juxtaposition to the pillowed focal point.
Client: Jacques Ferber Furs, Wilmington, Del.
Design/Architect: spg3, Philadelphia
David Kepron, principal
Dana Reeves, interior designer
General Contractor: EJ Desetta, Greenville, Del.
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Lighting: Lighting Management Inc., Harriman, N.Y.
Wallcoverings/Materials: Architectural Systems Inc., New York
Photography: Matt Wargo, Philadelphia