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Discussion in 'Ballroom Dance' started by latingal, May 3, 2009.
Instructor change was the right decision on so many levels!
Thanks, llamas! I was really glad you came by. Sorry if I seemed a bit distracted. I can get kind of focused when I'm between heats.
As far as it goes, I only saw your gold, but it looked quite nice to me. My partner considered your head whips in tango to be literally remarkable.
Thanks...we just had a lesson on tango head...and no worries, you didn't come off as distracted! I also totally understand trying to focus!
Oh, it's not a matter of my *trying* to focus. It's more one of me usually feeling like I'm even more off in my own little world than normal. Which, to be frank, is really saying something.
Oh, and as far as lessons learned go, my partner and I need to spend more of our time working on our foxtrot and QS. A disproportionate amount of our standard practice time working on waltz simply because it's easier to get the music. We need to break down, get some bluetooth transmitters, and even things out, even as we increase our overall practice time. The marks in the other two dances weren't really out of sync with the waltz, but the dances themselves felt pretty meh to me.
Also, we need to spend bazillions of hours doing latin drills.
We clearly need to do more rounds practice, and practice on competition size floors. When and where is the question...
Lessons learned at my second comp and first away-comp: Really, really bad idea to drink 3 glasses of wine the night before, also bad idea to dance 28 dances without stopping much, don't use shoe pads anymore! (one came off and one slipped around leaving me with one slippery shoe and one sticky shoe), hard to dance with stones stuck in shoe bottom, hard to dance while short on sleep and food, altitude has effect. Also learned people are nice and lots of fun. Also learned my best dance was last jive when I decided, I don't care anymore, I am just going to have fun. Dances were a dog's breakfast of complete screw ups and awesome moments.
A shot before competition?
Though I didn't compete, I was at a comp all weekend where the music from the ballroom was pumped in to the practice room. What I learned was practicing open quickstep routines on a semi-crowded floor by yourself is just going to end bad...
Hey about that shot!!!
I remember once dancing the USADance Nationals with my husband and observed this college gal take a bottle of Vodka out of her bag, big gulp, then goes on the floor to compete...
I was like OMG I cant believe she did that, but she danced great... Ya know, if that is what one needs to do to calm her nerves, fine, but if it was me I would of fallen face first using that method!!
I also use to dance with another gal and her husband was a dentist... She use to pop valums (sp) before a comp.
My first Comp 2 weekends ago. We did great Placed 2nd overall and first in foxtrot and tango. So very pleased overall. I learned about myself that the deep desire for competition is still there as I hadn't really taken part in a competitive event in about 15 years. I learned that there are a lot of nice people out there in the competitive arena with loads of support.
On a side note I took pain killers (for a nagging ankle injury) and 2 glasses of wine before we went on. I felt no pain and danced as well as any day in practice. Great time. Comp #2 in 2.5 months.
LOL! The infamous slow motion train wreck "shot before competition" thread......pro and coach are still thinking it's something I should try.
I think I may have mentioned this before, but my local studio had a margarita night a few months back. During the break, I had one. One. The first dance after the break was a quickstep. Hilarity ensued.
Suffice it to say, I am glad that that's not a lesson I have to learn at a competition.
I could use some hilarity....going to have to go find me a margarita!
Sounds like you will also need a quickstep partner for the full effect!
Though I'm sure a jive partner would have the same effect
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No matter how perfectly prepared you are, expect something to go wrong. Once it does go wrong, don't sulk but react. Lessons from my last comp. The quicker you react, the quicker things are fixed.
Well put Footyjammies! Don't get mad, get even (by way of results). My TC told us when we arrived yesterday that the two separate dances we thought we'd entered were actually part of a three-dance. My partner had a serious rage aura going on when I broke the news we had 90 mins to get a jive together Old lesson revisited - keep it clean and simple and dance the heck out of it.
TC = "Tanz Coach"?
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Tenmile Range > Quandary Peak > Climber's Log
Quandary Peak Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Febraury 22, 2004
|Great climb with fellow SPers! Did Bierstadt on the previous day. Started with a crawl to avoid altitude sickness problems. As a result, ran out of time/good weather. Turned around at 13,800' . There is always another day/mountain.
|Posted Feb 25, 2004 1:08 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2004
|A perfect winter day with a perfect group of SP'ers! It doesn't get any better.
|Posted Feb 25, 2004 7:58 am
|Alan Ellis
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: February 22, 2004
|Does it get any better than this? I thought climbing in the summer was beautiful, but it doesn't compare to doing a winter climb. I was awestruck by the beauty of this mountain. I will always be grateful for Quandary and my friends for this winter moutain experience.
|Posted Feb 23, 2004 11:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Quandary Trail (Main trailhead) Date Climbed: March 2002
|This was my first 14er. It's amazing how far I've come. Believe it or not, I carried three 1 liter water bottles (2 were frozen), some granola bars, my lunch and a very thin wind breaker (not even waterproof). All of this in a $5 nylon back pack. Thank God I listened to my friends and purchased gators for this hike. Also, may I recommend; never EVER wear jean shorts when hiking a 14er ;)
Nothing but snow on the last ridge to the summit. It was the scariest experience of my life. With the wind trying it's best to force me over, all I could see was blinding white everwhere. Heaven forbid I look up at the deep blue sky! Major disorientation, but what a rush when I finally reached the top!!
As I have said many times, there are no words to describe this feeling. You have to experience it for yourself.
Any way after pictures and lunch on the summit it was time to descend. My friends had a great time glissading most of the way down (jean shorts don't slide...haha). Everyone thought it was real funny when I got stuck in hip deep snow....yeah right.
Anyway the whole trip was a blast and I was absolutely hooked after that.
|Posted Feb 2, 2004 11:58 am
|Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: December 6, 2003
|2nd time on Quandary. First winter 14er :) many more to come
|Posted Feb 2, 2004 2:05 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge the first time, East Ridge thereafter Date Climbed: July 22, 2000-November 17, 2001, January 12, 2003
|Quandary Peak is a nice fourteener to have so close by. Its multiple routes and sweet summit view make it stand out as a keeper.
|Posted Jan 13, 2004 12:51 am
|Route Climbed: east slopes Date Climbed: June 2000
|Also climbed in November 2003 - bring snowshoes or skis in the early snow season!
|Posted Jan 10, 2004 6:50 pm
|Route Climbed: Quandary Trial Date Climbed: August 2001
|Very easy.
|Posted Dec 3, 2003 6:28 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: September 30th, 2003
|Finally climbed this one for the first time, with my wife Erin, on our first anniversary get away.
|Posted Nov 15, 2003 1:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: October 1996
|Crisp, fall hike. Fresh snow, beautiful.
|Posted Oct 23, 2003 8:22 am
|Route Climbed: Quandary Trail Date Climbed: October 12, 2003
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2003
|It was a crystal clear, beautiful day, but it was very windy and cold at the summit. A balaclava would have been useful on this day. There was only a light dusting of snow on the trail, nothing too difficult to deal with at this time.
|Posted Oct 15, 2003 11:40 am
|Route Climbed: Inwood Arete Date Climbed: 28 August 03
|The Inwood Arete gives me newfound respect for Quandary. The best route on the mountain, can't wait to come back and do it again.
|Posted Aug 30, 2003 3:12 pm
|Brice Neugebauer
|Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: Feb 2000
|Lost my iceax here (actually left it at the trailhead). Should have brought the skis...
|Posted Aug 30, 2003 10:01 am
|Route Climbed: Inwood Arete Date Climbed: August 24, 2003
|We reached the summit on just under 5 hours from the trailhead at McCullough Gulch. Beautiful day of 5th class climbing!
|Posted Aug 28, 2003 1:09 pm
|Route Climbed: Southwest Slope Date Climbed: August 22, 2003
|With storms looming overhead, and nightfall pressing closer, we decided to abandon the longer West ridge approach and climb the peak directly from the Southwest corner. The scree made it a difficult scramble, and wore us out big time. We escaped via the east slope to avoid becoming a human ass-sled on the way down.
|Posted Aug 24, 2003 12:10 am
|Route Climbed: east slopes Date Climbed: July 7, 2002
|First 14'er for Spencer the Mountain Dog (at 9 months of age). Great weather.
|Posted Aug 20, 2003 9:40 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 3, 2003
|Nice alternative route for avoiding the onslaught of hikers slogging up the standard route. 1hr, 45 min from Blue Lake Dam to the saddle. 3hrs total, from the dam to the summit. Exposed 3rd class on the ridge makes it that much more worth your while. Never did see a goat.
|Posted Aug 4, 2003 9:00 am
|Route Climbed: East Slopes from Quandary Peak TH Date Climbed: July 28, 2003
|My beta said that my original plan from the "popular guide books" Monte Cristo TH was no longer viable due to reforestation. So I did the turn onto 850 , hung a right after .1 mile onto 851 and went down maybe another 1/2 mile to a small parking area. I started from the white sign on 281near the parking area. I started early, and it was a nice, simple, clean climb. It was a good finish to my 2003 climbing season.
|Posted Jul 29, 2003 9:49 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: May 4, 2002
|Great day. Hung out with mountain goats on summit. Had an awesome glissade down the East Face.
|Posted Jul 29, 2003 12:50 am
|Bryan W
|Route Climbed: Monte Cristo Trail (standard) Date Climbed: 7/5/03
|Well, I had planned to climb Missouri from the Rockdale TH on this date. However, I spent about an hour looking for the climber's trail with no luck. I decide to bail and head over to Quandary for a go. It took a lot longer to get from Rockdale to Quandary than I thought it would. Anyway, I arrived at 11:00 a.m. and was questioning if it would be a good idea to start so late. About that time a couple showed up that was going to head up. I figured, what the heck!!! The weather in Colorado had been great for weeks and I would take my chances and be prepared to bail at any time. It was a nice easy hike most of the way. It did get just a little steep at times and I was feeling the effects of Huron the day before and my second day above sea level. At about 13,800 I had to cross a rather large snow field. It was about 200' long and made for a nice change of pace. I finally made the summit in just over 4 hours. The weather had held up and there were about 10 others on the summit. I signed the log and had some lunch and then headed down. The weather was looking like it could become a factor, so I did not waste much time. The first part of the descent was a little slow. I had to deal with the snow, which got me a little off route and then some boulder hoping to get back on the trail. From there it was a nice easy hike to the car.
|Posted Jul 15, 2003 2:50 pm


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NEWTOWN FAMILIES BECOME SAVVY ACTORS ON HILL: Leave senators with photo cards of lost loved ones -- DENIS McDONOUGH's BlackBerry rule -- RUBIO goes all-in: May hold own hearings -- OFA in Q1: $4.8m
SEN. MARCO RUBIO promotes "Gang of Eight" immigration deal on SEVEN Sunday shows ahead of its release early next week (looking like Tuesday): ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Univision and Telemundo – all from Miami, on Sunday a.m.. A ""full Ginsburg" was five shows – named for Monica Lewinsky lawyer William Ginsburg, who died April 1. Ginsburg was the first to accomplish the feat, in 1998. In March, Jeb Bush did six. Now, behold the "full Marco."
"BEHIND THE CURTAIN" column, by Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, "Newtown families: Victims turn lobbyists": "When a lobbyist for families of Newtown shooting victims called the office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to set up a meeting, the first response was a standard D.C. offer. They could get a meeting with her staff, and a quick and simple "hello" from Collins herself, they were told. The families' answer: Not good enough. According to their lobbyists, the families have a rule against staff-only meetings: they won't do them. They insist on sitting down with the senators themselves. That rule is just one of the ways that the Newtown families, political novices just a few months ago, are proving to be savvy, effective advocates as they promote the gun legislation that has finally begun to move through the Senate. The families are well-educated, and many are well-off. They have been polished and sharp on TV. They're mostly non-political, but quite accomplished in their own fields. … [T]hey're using persistence, visibility — and, most all, their unique moral authority — to help prod Senate action. …
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"They don't try to sound like wonks or pundits or operatives. They just tell their heart-breaking stories, weaving in a demand for action that is respectful but forceful. As a result, senators respond to them as bereaved parents, not advocates. 'These are smart, articulate people, who don't have a scintilla of Washington about them,' said Matt Bennett of the centrist Democratic group Third Way, which has been helping the families navigate D.C. 'But they virtually cannot be denied a meeting. There are not many groups of people that can get a meeting with any senator they want, whenever they want.' …
"The family members typically begin their pitch to senators softly, telling the story of the child that they lost. They gently say they could not have imagined themselves in this position, but they're doing it to honor the memory of their children. They say they're supporters of the Second Amendment, and just want to have a conversation. But there's nothing subtle about the way some of them conclude their visits: by leaving behind a color card with a photo of their slain relative. Nicole Hockley, who introduced President Barack Obama in Hartford this week, hands senators a card with three photos of her son Dylan, who was 6 when he was gunned down. One frame shows him grinning, in a Superman shirt. 'Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06 – 12/14/12,' the card says. 'Honor his life. Stand with us for change. NOW IS THE TIME.'" http://politi.co/ZdDYKp
--WHAT'S IN THE SENATE BILL? AP: "[1] Background checks: Federal background checks are currently required only for guns purchased through licensed firearms dealers, who keep records. The bill would extend that requirement to nearly all buyers, with limited exceptions including transactions between close relatives and guns loaned briefly while hunting. Next week, the Senate is expected to consider a less-restrictive bipartisan compromise that would require checks for for-profit sales, such as those at gun shows or online, with licensed dealers keeping records. Non-commercial transactions between individuals, such as people who know each other, would be exempted. …
[2] Gun trafficking: The legislation would establish specific federal bans on firearm sales to criminals and on straw purchases, when a person legally buys a firearm but does so for someone forbidden to own one such as a criminal, someone with a serious mental illness or a drug abuser. Maximum sentences would be 25 years. Currently, firearms dealers can be prosecuted for making false statements on gun applications and can face 10-year penalties. … [3] School safety: The bill would renew a school safety grant program of $40 million annually, up from $30 million a year, with states required to match federal funds. The money could be used for steps including classroom locks, coordination with local law enforcement and security assessments."
--HOW GUN STORY IS PLAYING: NYT A1, "Senators Agree To Start Debate On Gun Limits" … USA Today lead, "NOW, GUN BATTLE REALLY BEGINS: NRA to mayors, all eyes on Senate as it tackles amendments."
THE JUICE – "McDonough Brings Order to West Wing to Press Obama Agenda," by Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman: "It's 7:45 a.m. in White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough's office and about a dozen senior aides are focusing on two flat-screen monitors with PowerPoint slides. Legislative director Miguel Rodriguez is running today's dashboard -- McDonough's term for a slide presentation on various topics -- and going over the names of President Obama's cabinet nominees awaiting confirmation. A green arrow pointing up is good. A yellow horizontal arrow spells trouble. Red arrows pointing down have so far been avoided. On this day, Obama's choice for budget director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, has a green arrow next to her name, yet there's a potential problem. Her confirmation hearings will coincide with the release of Obama's budget, giving Republicans an opening to pose some probing questions. The slide alerts the economic, communications and legislative teams to coordinate and avoid any surprises that could jeopardize her chances. 'What Denis is doing is making sure that two trains don't run into each other,' said Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to Obama. 'He's allowing everyone to see the whole field.'
"McDonough, 43, has brought the discipline of the White House's Situation Room … to the chief of staff's office. His dashboard meetings illustrate why Obama chose his loyal and technocratic deputy national security adviser as the West Wing's chief operating officer for the president's second term. … Staff meetings are shorter, but there are more of them. Unlike Obama's other chiefs of staff, McDonough never sits at the head of the table, and when there's an open place, he invites junior aides off the sidelines to take a seat.
"He doesn't allow BlackBerrys in his office. Everyone entering must park their communication devices in the cabinet outside the door, the same rule as in the Situation Room … McDonough ends staff meetings with a check that everyone knows their 'due-outs' -- what's due out of the meeting. He corrects staff who spell it 'do-out.' Saturday and Sunday meetings are now the norm. That has been an adjustment for senior staff since [Jack] Lew, his predecessor who's now Treasury secretary, was an observant Jew and didn't hold sessions on the Sabbath. 'That's the bargain,' said deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes. 'You get to know more and be included in more meetings, but you have to work more.'" http://bloom.bg/ZOO33n
TOP TALKER – WashPost A1, "Metro stations to get redesign to be brighter, more modern," by Dana Hedgpeth: "The iconic design of Metro's rail stations, intended to echo the monuments that make up the capital landscape, is going to be given a very modern makeover, officials said Thursday. Stainless steel, bright lights and clear glass would supplant the soft lighting and dark colors that were defining elements of the subway system when it was designed and built in the 1960s and 1970s. … The bustling Bethesda station will be the prototype for the redesigned look, and Metro said it will cost about $10 million to roll out the features there by mid-2015. … Concrete walls around stairwells would be replaced with glass and steel. [Very Apple Store!] … Station managers would have smaller kiosks." http://wapo.st/122sESv
ORGANIZING FOR ACTION raises just shy of $4.9 million in first quarter. Executive Director Jon Carson emails supporters: "In just the first few months, … 109,582 supporters stepped up and invested … Our average donation is just $44."
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TODAY is Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's last day. Sally Jewell, former Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive, will be sworn in at noon by Sandra Day O'Connor at a small, private ceremony. Then Salazar will ride off into the sunset (i.e., take a plane to Denver). O'Connor and Jewell worked together on the National Parks Second Century Commission, charged with developing a 21 st-century vision for the National Park Service.
--Per Interior: "Jewell finds time to explore her backyard in the Pacific Northwest, where she enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking and other activities. She has scaled Mt. Rainier on seven occasions, and recently climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica. Jewell has worked to ensure that public lands are accessible and relevant to all people from all backgrounds, and to build a connection between the great outdoors and a new generation of Americans."
INSIDE THE STRATEGY – "Marco Rubio goes all-in on immigration bill," by Manu Raju, with Carrie Budoff Brown: "Marco Rubio is preparing to go all in to support sweeping immigration legislation, offering himself up as the public face of a bill that will split the Republican Party … Rubio is preparing to fully embrace a measure that is the most significant of his political career so far. .. Rubio is planning a media blitz to promote the bill — which is expected to be released early next week — making the rounds on all of the Sunday political talk shows starting this weekend, wooing skeptical conservative radio hosts and pitching the plan to Spanish-language news outlets. The campaign is aimed at building public support for the far-reaching immigration bill that will dominate Capitol Hill's attention for much of the year. … The Florida Republican has privately briefed individual GOP senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee … about the soon-to-be-unveiled proposal …
"His staff has pitched the plan to conservative thought leaders, including at the National Review and Wall Street Journal editorial board as well as the columnist Charles Krauthammer … And after being rebuffed in his bid for extensive hearings on the bill before the Judiciary Committee, the senator wants to launch his own public hearing process of sorts to allow Republican senators to question expert witnesses about the plan, a move aimed at alleviating conservative fears that the plan will be jammed through Congress with little public airing. Far from dropping out of the group, as some suspected after his tepid comments recently, Rubio will essentially become its most prominent salesman, effectively putting his political capital — and presidential ambitions — on the line in the process. … [A] single hearing appears the most likely outcome. … [T]o satisfy conservatives, … he wants to hold public meetings in which Republican senators could actually question experts about the effects of the bill." http://politi.co/152wcXr
REAL WORLD – N.Y. Times 1-col. lead, "PENTAGON FINDS NUCLEAR STRIDES BY NORTH KOREA: BID FOR SMALL WARHEAD: Low Reliability Is Seen and Full Tests May Not Be Complete," by Thom Shanker, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt: "The assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency … cautions that the weapon's 'reliability will be low,' apparently a reference to the North's difficulty in developing accurate missiles or, perhaps, to the huge technical challenges … [L]ate Thursday, the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., released a statement saying that the assessment did not represent a consensus of the nation's intelligence community and that 'North Korea has not yet demonstrated the full range of capabilities necessary for a nuclear armed missile.' …
"The report issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency last month was titled 'Dynamic Threat Assessment 8099: North Korea Nuclear Weapons Program.' Its executive summary reads: 'D.I.A. assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles; however the reliability will be low.'" http://nyti.ms/ZqpWRA
--HOW IT'S PLAYING: WSJ 1-col. lead story, "Korea Nuclear Worries Raised" … WP 2-col. lead, "N. Korea thought to have warhead: DISCLOSURE IN PENTAGON REPORT: Nuclear missile would have 'low reliability.'"
ECONOMIST COVER: Margaret Thatcher, "Freedom fighter." See the cover. http://econ.st/ZdWOky Read the editorial, "Now especially, the world needs to hold fast to Margaret Thatcher's principles" http://econ.st/YPNB2h
-- "US ex-presidents among 2,000 invited to Thatcher funeral ," by AFP's Danny Kemp in London: "Britain was on Friday to begin sending out 2,000 invitations for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, with recipients ranging from all of the surviving US presidents and British prime ministers to celebrities … But great figures from Thatcher's Cold War era, including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl and … Ronald Reagan's widow Nancy, will all be absent due to ill health. … Invitations … were printed on Thursday ready for dispatch on Friday, Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office said … [C]omposer Andrew Lloyd Webber … [has] already accepted … The dress code for the funeral is … 'full day ceremonial without swords,' morning dress or a dark suit for men or a day dress with hat, while 'medals and decorations may be worn.' … Thatcher's coffin will be borne by military personnel from units associated with the 1982 Falklands conflict."
2013 WATCH – WSJ "Potomac Watch" columnist Kimberley A. Strassell, "Terry McAuliffe's Solyndra: Running for governor of Virginia, the Democrat's main business credential is fast turning into a crony-capitalist embarrassment": "[I]n 2009, … he became chairman of a car company called GreenTech Automotive, with plans to produce golf-cart sized electric vehicles. … GreenTech … was designed to shed the moneyman image and to reposition Mr. McAuliffe as a (clean) job creator the way Mark Warner and Bob McDonnell used their pro-business credentials to win office in Virginia. … By October 2009, GreenTech announced it would build a plant in Tunica, Miss., after the state (under Republican then-Gov. Haley Barbour) promised at least $5 million in public loans and grants to aid the company moving in. … McAuliffe grandly unveiled his signature MyCar last July at a rock-star event attended by Messrs. Clinton and Barbour. … Among the first questions he was asked was why, as a proud 'Virginia' businessman, he'd located his business in Mississippi. …
"McAuliffe stated that … the Virginia Economic Development Partnership 'didn't want to bid' … [M]edia outlets discovered that Virginia never received enough information from GreenTech to proceed. … GreenTech looks to be a lemon. … no evidence the company is manufacturing any cars in volume. … McAuliffe … appear[ed] in January at a trade show under the title 'chairman of GreenTech Automotive.' Recent media reports have also used that title -- with no protest from the candidate. … [H]is campaign last week released a letter that claims Mr. McAuliffe had resigned from GreenTech by Dec. 1, 2012. … Green crony capitalism is proving to be one of the more politically toxic stories of our time." http://on.wsj.com/XGRhVh
NEW HOUSE MEMBER – Chicago Tribune p. 1 photo refer, "Kelly sworn in to U.S. House: Congresswoman assumes seat previously held by the disgraced Jesse Jackson Jr." … Katherine Skiba: "Saying children should be protected from gun-wielding criminals but 2nd Amendment rights should be preserved, newly installed U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly made her first remarks … on the floor of her new workplace, the House of Representatives. … Kelly, 56, a Democrat from Matteson, was sworn in today. She won a special election Tuesday to replace disgraced Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who was once a political ally." http://trib.in/157GZjy
NEWT GINGRICH inteviews MITCH DANIELS: Newt University and Republican Governors Public Policy Committee release Gingrich exit interview with former Indiana governor on "Lessons from Eight Years of Effective Leadership." www.newtuniversity.com
MEDIAWATCH – N.Y. Post "Page Six": "Matt Lauer made light of his own bad press Tuesday night at UJA Federation of New York's Broadcast Cable & Film Division event honoring Bloomberg Media Group CEO Andrew Lack. Lauer, who emceed, took the stage and told the crowd at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square he was 'a bit surprised to be asked to host this dinner. … These days, I only get asked to host dinners if polio is busy.' … Later, … Lauer introduced presenter Katie Couric with this zinger: 'Katie has a way of making headlines. Who can forget when she was co-host of the "Today" show? She got a colonoscopy on TV. Not to be outdone, two weeks ago, I got one in The New York Times.'"
SPOTTED at Bobby Van's Grill to fete Bloomberg's Chelsea Mattingly for her 30th birthday: Bloomberg's Phil Mattingly, Dow Jones' Michael Crittenden, Fox Business' Rich Edson, House Majority Whip flack Erica Elliott, House Press Gallery's Laura Reed, HUD's Gina Metrakas and DoE's Nancy Checklick.
BIRTHDAYS: Fred Ryan, celebrating at Caroline's lacrosse game … Katherine Rodriguez of DCI Group (hat tip: Tom Szold) … Peter Scher, Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase (hat tip: Jon Haber) ... Hamilton Place Strategies Senior Associate Ashley Smith (@ashleyycsmith), the pride of Ridgewood, N.J. (h/t Daniel Son) … jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 73 … author Tom Clancy is 66 … David Letterman is 66 … author Scott Turow is 64 … singer David Cassidy is 63 … country singer Vince Gill is 56 (h/ts AP)
BIRTHWEEK (was Wednesday): Josue Pinto is 29 (hat tip: Daniel)
BIRTHDAY THURSDAY: Rick Kaplan
DESSERT – "Psy back in saddle with new single 'Gentleman'" – AFP/Seoul: "'Gangnam Style' star Psy unveiled Friday the follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking humour -- but fans had to wait for the all-important video. … With fans and critics waiting to see whether the 'Gangnam Style' singer and his invisible horse-riding dance are more than just a one-hit wonder, the new electro-dance song offers an equally simple and catchy melody. The song -- a satire of a self-proclaimed 'gentleman' trying to woo women at a party -- contains more English lyrics than 'Gangnam Style' in a clear nod to the singer's newfound global audience. 'Let me tell you about myself. I'm such a charmer with guts, vigour and humour,' Psy sings in Korean before launching into the song's English catch-line: 'I'm a mother-father gentleman. … Gonna make you sweat. Gonna make you wet. You know who I am? Wet Psy!' he sings in English. …
"The 35-year-old rapper offered a possible dance preview in a teasing video message showing off some new moves. … A satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul's upscale Gangnam district, ['Style'] has become the most-watched YouTube video of all time, registering more than 1.5 billion views since it debuted last July. The song topped charts around the world, and inspired a horde of online tributes and parodies, as well as flash mobs of thousands of dancing fans in … Paris and Milan. Psy has promised a … take on a traditional Korean dance for the new video. 'The dance is one known to all Koreans but new to foreigners. This will be presented in Psy style,' he told a South Korean TV news programme … Psy has been building and polishing his own style of quirky, explosive music and flamboyant stage persona since his debut in 2001." http://yhoo.it/157UWxX Preview video last month http://bit.ly/10Zu2D2
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Circle drops a Clarion over "unhealthy legacy" on repairs
Clarion Housing Group got off to stumbling start after tripping over problems with the repairs service it inherited from Circle Group. The case highlights why consumer regulation still matters, writes Phil Morgan
THE Clarion Housing Group, formed of Affinity Sutton and Circle, begins life at an uncomfortable, if technically compliant, G2 rating. This has been caused by an unhealthy legacy from Circle Group on repairs, complaints and responding to concerns.
These issues at Circle first surfaced back in 2015 when the regulator downgraded Circle following failure of its repairs service. This was significant for two reasons. Firstly, this was (and remains) the sole time that a social landlord had been downgraded for a non-health and safety issue on consumer regulation, and secondly the downgrade was to a non-compliant G3.
The finding was damning about the "exceptionally poor provision of repairs and maintenance"; that Circle had "failed to control delivery of a core service and respond effectively to serious underperformance" and, over a period of three months, Circle reported that less than 20% of urgent and emergency repairs were completed on time and elsewhere less than 50%. Referrals received by the regulator provided extensive evidence that for over a year tenants, including vulnerable tenants, had experienced significant difficulties in getting essential repairs done, either on time or at all.
In early 2016 Circle gave assurances to the regulator that everything was now resolved and the Regulatory Notice was lifted. Except that everything was not resolved.
There were fresh concerns about the repairs and maintenance service, and further concerns about the way in which complaints about these were treated. The cases involved numbered in the hundreds and included tenants, councillors and MPs.
The regulator, in making the downgrade for the Clarion Group, criticised the repairs service, the contact and complaints service and, most worryingly, the information on Circle's performance on general statutory compliance. Again concerns were raised about services to vulnerable tenants.
The concern of the regulator is well founded. The Circle board, having failed to ensure core delivery of services, then gave assurances about resolving these issues which were shown to be unsubstantiated. The regulator will want to think carefully about checking future assurances on consumer regulation.
Clarion Group, with a strong-minded chief executive, will want to resolve these issues around repairs, complaints and compliance. Consumer regulation remains an important part of the protection on safety and services tenants rightly seek.
Phil Morgan is a leading authority in tenant and resident involvement and works as a consultant, commentator and speaker


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As others see it: The clock is ticking
Minnesota legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton are about to hit crunch time in crafting the next two-year state budget.
As the DFL governor, DFL House and DFL Senate do so, it's worth revisiting what they did -- and didn't -- promise to do while also pointing out how some of their other ideas and actions could indirectly reach into the pockets of Minnesotans. ...
First, yes, Dayton won in 2010 by promising to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Minnesotans. And yes, many of his fellow DFLers won their seats with similar promises. That said, the DFL push for your money is going far deeper than campaign promises focused on the richest 2 percent.
As of last week, various bills raised income tax rates on upper-middle class Minnesotans, championed higher taxes on beer and cigarettes, and added a "surcharge" on the highest income levels. In addition, House measures generate an additional $300 million for the state by implementing a variety of fee hikes and surcharges.
Collectively, those strategies go beyond just taxing the rich. To make matters worse, though, there are other legislative proposals and actions not tied directly to the state budget that still could reach deep into taxpayer pockets.
Topping that list is the unclear cost of implementing federal health care reform through the state's newly passed health insurance exchange. Yes, the plan will expand coverage to more Minnesotans. But that is going to come with a cost. Who pays it? And how much?
Another looming factor is bills to increase the minimum wage. While this board backs Minnesota matching the federal wage, even that will increase costs of some employers. State proposals push the level much higher. How will that affect those businesses and their employees?
Finally, it must be noted that Dayton vowed to make long-term structural changes to the state budget to avoid deficits. For all intensive purposes, those appear to be lacking. ...
Dayton and DFL leaders know it's not too late to change, and they can start by sticking to their campaign promises these next few weeks.


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Pestano is backup plan as Tribe's closer
Pestano is backup plan as Tribe's closer
Cleveland announced on Sunday that Perez is sidelined for 4-6 weeks with a strained left oblique, but the team is optimistic that he will be recovered in time for Opening Day. In the event that Perez's injury lingers longer than expected, Acta said Vinnie Pestano would fill in as the club's closer.
"Vinnie will close the games if -- if -- Chris is not ready," Acta said. "He's the natural guy to go to. But you know what? We have a very good bullpen -- a deep bullpen -- and we have added at least three guys to our camp that have closed games in the past.
"That doesn't mean that they're going to be competing for that role, but those guys can fill into our bullpen and do a good job for us."
The three pitchers Acta referred to are right-handers Chris Ray, Jeremy Accardo and Dan Wheeler, who have all closed out games in the Major Leagues during their respective careers. Ray saved 49 games for the Orioles from 2006-07, Accardo notched 30 saved in '07 with the Blue Jays and Wheeler served as a closer at times during his tenures with the Astros and Rays.
Each of those three pitchers, however, are in camp as non-roster invitees, after inking Minor League contracts with Cleveland over the winter.
Acta made it clear that those pitchers have to earn their way onto the Opening Day roster before anyone can even consider them potential late-inning alternatives. Including Perez, there are five jobs accounted for in the Tribe's bullpen, and two spots available with a bevy of relievers in the mix.
Behind Perez, the projected bullpen currently includes Pestano, Tony Sipp, Joe Smith and Rafael Perez. The right-handed Pestano posted a 2.32 ERA in 67 games during an impressive rookie campaign in 2011. Over 62 innings for the Indians, Pestano struck out 84 while limiting hitters to a .184 average.
"We feel that with the Chris situation happening this early," Acta said, "and having that deep bullpen that we have, we can manage through it."


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Beyond investments in advanced technology, foundries are constantly under pressure to keep up capital expenditures for capacity expansions.
SMIC was founded in 2000, with generous financial backing from the Chinese government. SMIC then pioneered a new business model under which the foundry talks municipalities into building a capital intensive fab while SMIC agrees to manage it.
The model has helped lower SMIC's capital costs--most of the time but not always. Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing, now called XMC, was orignially operated by SMIC but owned by a local government, in this case, Wuhan.
Now that the Wuhan foundry is called XMC, the new management team at XMC earlier this week declared that the Wuhan-based fab is "an independent foundry startup--not SMIC's sister company." The fab's ownership is still in the hands of the city of Wuhan. SMIC never bought it back, and it's now being run by Simon Yang, SMIC's former COO who resigned the company after Chiu became SMIC's CEO.
How has SMIC's Beijing fab been financed?
SMIC, by going to the investment community for its Beijing fab, is raising funds internally. "SMIC needs to execute profitability and regain confidence from investors," said Chiu.
SMIC is planning to make it a joint-venture fab, "by leveraging investment funds owned by the Beijing municipal government," according to Chiu.
The investments for SMIC's Beijing expansion, however, are still under discussion.
Any funding or help from the Chinese central government? "No, so far, we've only gotten to the local level," said Chiu. But Chiu hastened to point out that China has been very friendly, and open to the global semiconductor industry. Companies such as Hynix, Samsung and Intel have been all benefited, building mega-fabs in China, he added.
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I've attempted to install Zonealarm FREE 7.1 on my new Vista PC.
The Vista version is Ultimate 32-bit, and I had read on another forum that it was recommended to disable the Vista User Access Control (UAC) before installation which I did.
I got a BSOD from Vista claiming to be a problem with fwpkclnt.sys (which I believe is the Windows firewall). I uninstalled in Safe Mode, then then attempted another install with Windows Firewall disabled. That still failed with the same error.
Anyone had the same experience or found ways around to get Zonealarm to install and be stable? If not, any suggestions for a free & stable firewall for Vista would be useful.
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A 37-year-old woman, Lilian Njoku, has been arraigned for allegedly stealing property belonging to one Mrs. Yemi Urowayino, valued at N5,065,000.
Njoku, who pleaded not guilty, told the court that she runs an organisation called Skilled Nanny Service Ltd., which provides homes with nannies and housemaids.
She added that she knew Urowayino through one Funmi, who also does the same business and it was Funmi that linked both of them.
"Urowayino usually calls me whenever she needs a housemaids, there was a time she called and I sent a girl to her, after two months, she asked for a replacement which I did.
"When she asked for a replacement again on Dec. 1, 2012, I linked her with one Vivian Elo (24). Elo resumed work the second day and the third day we heard she was missing with some of Urowayino's property," she said.
Urowayino, however, stated that she was at work when her gateman called her to rush home that there was an emergency, adding that she thought something had happened to her kids.
"When the gateman called I was scared until I called him back and he told me that my house had been burgled by my housemaid, who just resumed work.
"But when I got home, I discovered that she did not do any house work but had used different instruments to destroy my bedroom door and fled with my Laptop (N110,000), I-pad 2 (N 95,000), BlackBerry 9520 (N35,000), BlackBerry play book (N75,000), Sony camcorder (N55,000), four wristwatches (N120,0000 and a box of gold all valued at about N5,065,000.
Njoku pleaded with the court and promised to make an effort to find Elo and she was consequently granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties.
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Jermaine, we hardly knew ye
Written by Joe Aiello, Posted in General
I want to go on record and wish Jermaine Van Buren the best of luck with the Boston Red Sox. Jermaine is going to have a breakout year for the Sox as a seventh inning guy and I sincerely hope (but doubt) that we will receive equal value back in return.
Jermaine has proven himself at every level for the Cubs. He was West Tenn's stopper in 2004, compiling 21 saves and an ERA in the low 2's before being called up to Iowa. During 2005 Jermaine became the Iowa Cubs best-ever closer, recording 25 saves and a 1.98 ERA before being called up to Chicago.
Jermaine was called up to Chicago on August 29th; between that date and the end of the season in early October Jermaine was handed the ball for just six innings – his ERA was a respectable 3.00.
I'm almost to the point of saying the Cubs should just trade all their prospects except the "can't miss" guys like Prior and Zambrano. It's pointless to develop these guys when all we're going to do is trade them away! Hendry shows very little inclination (or ability) to develop young players, preferring instead to use them as pawns in trades for older players. And when he does bring them up Dusty Baker won't play 'em. Best of luck Jermaine, some of us will miss you!
PS: One off-topic remark – the Nashville Predators improved their record tonight to 16-4-3. Mastrick thinks the rest of the NHL had better wake up and smell the coffee.


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I have been battling this for a while and am hoping someone can help. I need to change my default margins in Word. If I hit "File", "Page Setup", I can change it for the page I am typing, but how can I change my default so that it comes up with the margins I want everytime? Thanks,
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Open "normal.dot"
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Actually there's an easier way
Create a new document, change the margins to the way you want then click "default" then click "yes" when when prompted
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Well, as they say in Florida, Sunny Beaches. Thanks for the help.
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adidas made one helluva move in the early-2000's by nabbing Tracy McGrady right at the start of his superstar explosion in Orlando. While the potential for greatness was definitely visible when he was in Toronto, it was only when he was the true number-one guy that T-Mac mania took over the NBA. Of course his tenure in Orlando was highlighted more by individual accolades rather than team success (with Grant Hill gone and a frontcourt rotation of Andrew DeClerq, Michael Doleac, Bo Outlaw, and John Amaechi, what can ya do), but McGrady's legitmacy as a 'signature shoe' guy was undoubtedly confirmed. adidas' plans of re-releasing the original adidas T-Mac shoe has already begun, as Asian retailers have stocked the 'All-Star' colorway already, but check out the two more upcoming colorways in the detailed gallery below and let us know if you'll be looking toward the new adidas T-Mac re-issues in the future. Photos: hupu
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Barbara and Ron Parker used to joke they had retired early.
They were in their 20s, and Ron was a St. Augustine Beach deputy marshal. The Parkers looked on the place as their "oasis."
But they never got the chance to actually grow old together and retire. Ron Parker was killed Jan. 11, 1975, shot to death when he was investigating what appeared to be a traffic accident.
This week, his widow will once again be in Tallahassee at the Florida Parole Commission hearing for her husband's killer, Thomas DeSherlia. She'll be asking that he not be released.
"It's an emotional roller coaster," said Barbara Parker. This will be the third hearing.
DeSherlia, 63, is serving a life sentence with a potential release date of 2476.
In the legal system, that 2476 date is called a "Star Wars" date, but every five years the date must be reviewed. That's what raises Parker's concerns.
"Nothing is set in stone. (The parole system) changes all the time. You feel like it's always up in the air," Parker said.
Her work with other survivors has taught her the importance of doing her homework and being on hand for the hearings.
"Ron's two sisters are going to meet me there in Tallahassee and we're going to do whatever we can to let them know we're still here and that we're watching," Parker said.
She'll be carrying a petition with more than 4,300 signatures asking that DeSherlia stay in jail. Also with her will be St. Johns Sheriff David Shoar, family friend County Commissioner Ron Sanchez and Sheriff's Office Col. Herb Greenleaf and his wife, Sheila.
She says people comment that she doesn't sound emotional when she talks about the parole hearing.
But, she deals with similar situations several times a week in her work with survivors of police officers shot in the line of duty.
"If I sound kind of matter-of fact, I don't mean to be; it's close when it's yours," she said. "Ron's story is close to my heart.
Parker would like to see the hearings changed to every 10 years, and she's been talking with legislators and other officials about the possibility.
Longtime St. Johns County residents still remember where they were the night Parker was killed.
"It was kind of like the county being raped because it was such a shock," Parker said. "It was just a rude awakening.
Until that morning, St. Augustine was still a quiet little community cushioned from many of the crimes occurring in Daytona Beach, Miami and Jacksonville. Deputies weren't worried about wearing safety vests or if the radio dispatch didn't always work in their cars, she said.
Parker's killing changed that and made people more aware of the need for better equipment. That's one of the good things to come out of the shooting, Parker believes.
She's also proud the city named a park for her husband and that there's a scholarship in his name. Even though she lives in Gray, Ga., Parker keeps up with the park and the scholarship and visits friends in St. Augustine a couple of times a year.
Self-employed, Parker has a tax office. She's treasurer of the Georgia C.O.P.S. group and treasurer of her church. Five days a week, she takes care of her father who is in failing health.
"The things that I do for Ron are hopefully positive; it's what keeps me going," she said.
St. Augustine Beach Deputy Marshal Ron Parker was called out in the early morning hours of Jan. 12, 1975, to check on a car that had run over the bulkhead at St. Augustine Beach pier.
When he got there, driver Thomas DeSherlia had left the car and walked over to the Sheraton Inn. Witnesses told Parker where DeSherlia had gone and he drove over, meeting the man in the front parking lot.
DeSherlia pulled out a pistol and shot Parker, who was in his patrol car, twice in the neck. DeSherlia dragged his body out of the car, dumped him a couple of yards away and stole the patrol car, heading toward the Bridge of Lions. St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies blocked the bridge, and DeSherlia fled on foot. He got into a shoot out with deputies and was hit three times before being captured.
DeSherlia, who was eight days shy of his 31st birthday at the time of the shooting, was wanted in Alabama for two murders and in Iowa for a bank robbery.
On April 29, 1975, DeSherlia was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for first degree murder, five years for carrying a concealed firearm and 15 years for assault with intent to commit first-degree murder.
The crime occurred during the time the death penalty was banned so DeSherlia did not face the electric chair.
In 1998 the parole board determined DeSherlia would have a tentative release date of 2476.
By state law, the board must meet at least once every five years to review DeSherlia's case.
The first time DeSherlia was up for parole, the commission heard from so many people that the hearing was moved to Jacksonville so it would be more convenient to residents.
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President Obama delivers the 2013 State of the Union address tonight. Iowa Fourth District Congressman Steve King provides a preview of what he anticipates the president will, and will not, say in his speech. The video and transcript are below:
"The president probably isn't going to tell us that he's going to balance the budget and he's probably not going to say anything about fiscal discipline. He will allude to us not having a spending problem. I don't think he'll say it right out loud, and then he'll move forward pushing his agenda.
He'll try to move on guns. He'll want to do something to diminish our Second Amendment rights and he will also talk about comprehensive immigration reform, which we know are code words for amnesty.
Those are some of the big things that he'll push at us and I don't know that he's going to push a big idea or not, but I expect he will ask us for another economic stimulus plan. Remember the $787 billion plan that, I don't remember what it ended up to be, $832 billion if I remember correctly on that amount. He's going to try to get some more money to do that and of course those plans have failed. They failed under FDR and they failed under Barack Obama.
So, what we're going to see is a president that's going to try to posture himself to continue to give us more of the same. I'd ask people when you listen, think about the clarion call that Barack Obama is going to be sending out across America: "You need to be a member of my dependency class." That is the theme and expanding dependency class in America empowers him, empowers his party. Of course, it weakens and collapses us ultimately, but that's going to be the central theme for the president."
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An insurance underwriter has sued the Sigma Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Georgia in federal court, saying the underwriter should not have to defend the fraternity against a Gainesville woman's injury lawsuit.
The Liberty Capital Corp., an underwriter of the Sigma Chi insurance policy at Lloyd's of London, also says the company should not have to pay damages if she wins a separate lawsuit against the UGA fraternity.
The woman is seeking damages from the fraternity in a suit filed three months ago in Clarke Superior Court over injuries she suffered at a party at the frat house last September. The Banner-Herald is withholding her name because UGA police investigated the case as a possible rape, though no charges were filed.
Liberty Capital filed its suit July 14 in U.S. District Court.
In her suit, the woman claims she was severely injured when she fell out of a loft bed during a football weekend party at the fraternity's house, 590 S. Lumpkin St. The woman, then 19, wore a mark on her hand clearly indicating that she was underage and should not be served alcohol, according to her lawyers.
Nevertheless, "in complete disregard of the marking on her hand, (the woman) was served numerous alcoholic beverages by the Defendants and/or their agents to the extent she became highly and obviously intoxicated to a dangerous extent," her lawyers contend.
At some point, one of the fraternity members took her upstairs to his room, removed her dress and put her in his loft bed, which had no railings, according to the lawsuit.
When he came back about 45 minutes later, he found her on the floor, bleeding from her mouth and an ear, according to the lawsuit. Two fraternity brothers dressed her in a T-shirt and men's shorts, then told a pledge driver to take her to a hospital.
According to the woman's lawyers, her injuries included 19 missing or damaged teeth, fractured mandibles and other broken bones and nerve damage, among other injuries.
Her medical treatment has cost nearly $100,000 so far, and she will need treatment for years, according to her lawsuit.
Fraternity members were negligent in putting the intoxicated woman in a dangerous place - a loft bed without a rail - according to her lawyers.
The fraternity is also responsible for her injuries because members allowed her to drink alcohol, in violation of not only UGA regulations but also the fraternity's rules, according to the suit.
The fraternity should pay the woman's medical costs and other unspecified damages, according to her lawyers.
If the insurance underwriter that filed the second lawsuit prevails in court, the fraternity will have to come up with the money if the woman wins her case.
The insurance is only in effect when fraternity members do not violate Georgia law or disobey the fraternity's own risk-management policies - specifically, by serving alcohol to minors - according to lawyers for Liberty Capital, Sigma Chi's insurance underwriter.
Sigma Chi lawyers say the woman's own actions led to her injuries, but if the court finds the UGA chapter violated its own rules, it could face disciplinary action from the national organization, said Michael Dunn, Sigma Chi national executive director.
"We're very concerned for the safety and well-being for those who are our members and obviously their guests. We have risk-management policies (related to insurance policies) that we expect them to follow," Dunn said. "If they have violated the standards they have pledged to uphold, we will take action accordingly."
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