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JACKSON — Former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich will visit Millsaps College Dec. 3 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for an open town hall meeting on "Jobs and Prosperity in the U.S."
Gingrich will be introduced by Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant.
The free event is open to the public and will take place in the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall. Seating is limited but tickets can be reserved by calling (601) 974-1130. All tickets must be picked up by 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2. Doors will open for the town hall at 3 p.m. Dec. 3. An overflow room will be available for additional seating and viewing through closed circuit television.
Gingrich joins a long list of national and world political leaders to visit Millsaps College including: John Stennis (1955), Richard Nixon (1966), Robert Kennedy (1967), Robert S. McNamara (1967), Strom Thurmond (1968), Jimmy Carter (1975), George H.W. Bush (1983), Margaret Thatcher (2000) and Chelsea Clinton (2008).


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Kids take a good long hard look at the above picture, once you've done that slowly swirl the gin of good shit in your mouth and quickly spit it out at the window, it might help you feel better, but in my case that shit required me to squeeze an extra touch of vermouth to really get that bitter shit out of my mouth.
Now that you have rinsed your mouth out and nervously checked to see if you can still make your hair stick straight in the air the way it used to when you used to be a truant teenager back in 1983 repeat after yourself: 'I will refuse to be bamboozled by the messiah goddess otherwise known as Sarah Palin reincarnated from my 1980 teen years.'
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What do you think? Is her look two steps forward… or two steps back?
Kids you already know my answer to that question….growl.
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Student debt is in the spotlight this week in Washington. On Monday, President Obama signed an executive order that allows more borrowers to cap student loan payments at 10 percent of their monthly income. Meanwhile, the Senate may vote today to debate a bill that would allow millions of Americans to refinance their student loans at lower rates. That bill, written by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, faces heavy Republican opposition. MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Minnesota DFL U.S. Sen. Al Franken about the proposal. Franken is a co-sponsor of the legislation.
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Throughout the country the death of Trayvon Martin has sparked fury. His death parallels thousands of young Black boys throughout the country, weekly. In Milwaukee, the number of homicide deaths of Black males in 2011 was 170 for Black males between the ages of 15-24. For White males between those same ages, the number was 30 homicides. The fact that Trayvon's death was at the hands of a self-appointed neighborhood watchman simply was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Many media commentators have stated there has been too much emotion before all of the facts are in; and, racing to judgement before a full investigation was very premature. But if the situation had been reversed with George Zimmerman dead and Trayvon alive, Martin would have been held in jail that night, we believe! In too many cases, that is the norm.
There would be extensive reports about what happened as Martin would have been handcuffed, taken to the police department, interrogated thoroughly and probably held until all witnesses' statements could be checked. This happens on a daily basis.
While by law one is innocent until proven guilty, thousands of Black boys, Black men and elders are iconically guilty until proven innocent. Institutionalized racism….often subtle and subconscious, engrained for so long, is real! It is so engrained that it plays out in our own race. Look at Black on Black crime.
Hoodies have become a stereotype; a national, institutionalized image. For as the nightly news spews the happenings of the evening robberies, now videotaped for posterity, the robbers are often wearing hoodies. The assumption is that hoodies are worn to hide the face. Hoodies are most often worn for warmth. It's a low-cost protection from the elements. They are not singularly a robber's fashion statement.
However, many a Black mother has said "no hoodies" because they fear the image and more significantly understand the bias. Yes, Black mothers have been having "the conversation" with their boys, for over 100 years. Regrettably, it remains salient yet in 2012.
There needs to be "the conversation"… about keeping your pants up and not haning from your buttocks. Our boys must understand the message and imagery of that fashion statement. They must also learn not to run if a policeman approaches you. And, don't reach for anything while talking to a policeman. We must teach them to ask: "May I call my mom or dad, they need to know about this?" They must also ask: "Am I being held for something? If so, what am I being questioned for?" And, if the patrolman states they are investigating something, teach your kids to ask: "Can I have someone present with me who understands what these questions are about". Our children must be taught the things that will save their lives. No, these precaustions do not free Zimmerman of whatever guilt the findings will prove; nor does it soothe the pain we all feel for the Martin family and the harsh reality that another Black child has died needlessly.
Yes, we must continue to insist upon the truth associated with Trayvon Martin's death. Zimmerman must be interrogated thoroughly as Trayvon would have been….he would have never been able to just walk away. The U.S. Justice Department is now involved and will want all of the records for Zimmerman and Martin, and the law enforcement officers who were involved that night.
Justice cannot be "just us"! Speak with any a Black mother, father, or man or teen and they can tell you stories that belie what the laws are supposed to represent. That is the fury of the Martin case.
And new laws that permit people to carry their guns to "protect themselves" is a return to the insanity of the wild, wild West !
These new laws must be repelled. They serve no good purpose in any community….regardless of race.
We are reminded of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his non-violent campaigns. Protest for justice is necessary and non-violence is a virtue!


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CVA sidelock pistol
As I mentioned in my first question, I was given an old CVA sidelock .45 cal pistol with a broken nipple drum. I contacted CVA customer service and was instructed to send it in to them for repair. I just received it back with a note saying they no longer repair any sidelock firearm. I found this nipple drum and nipple on Dixie Gun Works web site.
NP0905 CVA Drum & Nipple
For all CVA percussion rifles and pistols. Each has a clean out screw. End is milled with 2 flats for easy removal with wrench. Body is 1/2", thread size is 10 X 1.25mm. Drilled and tapped for 6 X 1mm nipple.
My question now is:
Does anyone know if CVA used the same nipple drum in all of its firearms and would this probably fit my pistol?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
|June 18, 2009, 03:08 PM
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That should fit your pistol.
It may not be a CVA drum that's made in Spain, but it could actually be better than the original.
The old barrel threading does need to be checked out after the old drum is removed but that's not usually a problem.
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Barrel safety
Thanks for the info.
If I have the barrel heated up with a torch to remove the threads of the drum, it will not compromise the safety and strength of the barrel will it? My brother-in-law is concerned the barrel will loose the temper strength of the barrel if he heats it up with an ox-acetylene torch.
|June 19, 2009, 11:18 AM
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any time you heat metal expecially with a torch that gets that hot, you could change the temper of the barrel not sure if that alone would make it unsafe or not. wouldnt be to concerned about using a low heat torch such as a propane torch on it as it wouldnt get near as hot. but heat doesnt always help, so maybe the best option is drill it out and retap to clean up the threads
|June 19, 2009, 03:24 PM
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Barrels aren't tempered to start with. Most of them are pretty soft steel, even modern barrels. If you get it too hot it may deform tho. I know a guy that spot welded the lever latch on a 60 Colt and it made it shoot a lot higher than it originally did.
|June 19, 2009, 09:05 PM
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Hawg's right, barrel (and breech plug) steels are not tempered, so using an oxyacetelene torch to heat up the breech plug should not damage the barrel. Unless, of course you get it so hot it deforms...and you don't need it anywhere near that hot. If heat is going to help it won't take much; if it takes a lot and still won't budge, well, back off; heat wasn't the answer.
|June 20, 2009, 06:09 PM
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Drill and Tap
After reading the replies, I just decided to drill out the old drum and re-tap it for a new drum.
Thanks a lot to all who responded.
|June 27, 2009, 09:16 AM
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Try an "easy out"
Before you try to drill out the old busted off nipple drum, and risk messing up the original threads you might want to try removing it with an "Easy Out". The clean out hole in the busted off drum should serve as a good pilot hole for the appropriate drill bit for the "easy out". It will depend on how badly the old peice is rusted or coroded in. If the rest of the gun (bore etc.) is not rusted then the gun may have been cleaned properly after each firing and the piece may come out without much of a problem. Be careful however not to force the "easy out" to hard or you could possibly brake the "easy out" off in the busted off drum. Then you have a real problem. I have had a lot of luck with "easy outs", and never broken one off. You might want to give it a try. This is just a suggestion, good luck!
|June 27, 2009, 11:43 AM
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Soak it in PB Blaster a very good penatraing oil. If you go the heat method after it's hot apply bee's wax (the real stuff) where the drum is screwed into the barrel. Good Luck
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Getting hold of a Maserati MC12 is tricky business – only 50 were ever made for a start - and those lucky enough to own one are unlikely to slap it on Auto Trader any time soon.
But bizarrely, getting hold of the only black Maserati MC12 ever made is slightly easier thanks to it being offered to some extremely wealthy aficionado by Ferrari of Newport Beach in California.
Just to recap, the MC12 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Frank Stephenson – the chaps responsible for the DeLorean DMC-12 and the Ferrari F430 – and ran on the same chassis and drivetrain as the awe-inspiring Ferrari Enzo.
In fact, Ferrari of Newport Beach describes the impressive MC12 as the "refine and updated Ferrari Enzo in a Maserati Black Tie Tuxedo! (sic)".
By that, the dealership is referring to the fact the Maser' boasts the same potent 6.0-litre V12 as the almighty Enzo – producing 625bhp – but its jet-black exterior, wider stance and removable panel roof offers a certain 'je ne sais quoi' that the Fezza fails to possess (cue avalanche of comments from Enzo fans).
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CORVALLIS, Ore., June 15 (UPI) -- Young men who attempted suicide as teens were found to be more aggressive and more likely to be abusive toward their partners, U.S. researchers said.
David Kerr and Deborah Capaldi of the Oregon State University in Corvallis suggested for some men violence may be related to a history of impulsive aggression that includes self-harm.
"The study began when these men were kids, before anyone knew who was going to become violent," study Kerr said in a statement. "That is quite different from research that starts with violent men, or women from a domestic violence shelter, and tries to look back in time for explanations."
Kerr, Capaldi and colleagues looked at data for 153 males from higher-crime neighborhoods -- assessed yearly from ages 10-32 -- as well as their romantic partners when the men were ages 18-25.
The study, published in Psychological Medicine, found 58 percent of youth who attempted suicide went on to injure a partner, vs. 23 percent of young men who did not attempt suicide and were not violent toward partners later in life.
After controlling for factors linked to violence -- such as aggression and substance use -- young men who attempted suicide were still found to be more aggressive toward their partners.


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Bounds in Competing Risks Models and the War on Cancer
In 1971, President Nixon declared war on cancer. Thirty years later, many declared this war a failure: the age-adjusted mortality rate from cancer in 2000 was essentially the same as in the early 1970s. Meanwhile the age-adjusted mortality rate from cardiovascular disease fell dramatically. Since the causes that underlie cancer and cardiovascular disease are likely dependent, the decline in mortality rates from cardiovascular disease may partially explain the lack of progress in cancer mortality. Because competing risks models (used to model mortality from multiple causes) are fundamentally unidentified, it is difficult to estimate cancer trends. We derive bounds for aspects of the underlying distributions without assuming that the underlying risks are independent. We then estimate changes in cancer and cardiovascular mortality since 1970. The bounds for the change in duration until death for either cause are fairly tight and suggest much larger improvements in cancer than previously estimated. Copyright The Econometric Society 2006.
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Orlando Garden Club is looking for new members
The Orange Audubon Society is presenting "Rehabilitating Birds of Prey" by Paula Ashby and Carol McCorkle of the Avian Reconditioning Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 in Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave. For more information, call 407-637-2525 or visit www.orangeaudubonfl.org.
The Orlando Garden Club is looking for new members. The club's monthly meeting is at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17 at 710 E. Rollins St., (between the Museum of Art and Orlando Science Center). E-mail [email protected] for more information.
Harriett's Park Avenue Fashion Week (HPAFW) is hosting its 4th annual Model Casting Call from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Winter Park Welcome Center, 151 W. Lyman Ave. Approximately 100 models (both professional and up and coming), will vie for the opportunity to walk the runway show at HPAFW 2010, as well as the chance to become the Face of HPAFW 2010. For more event details, including the model talent release form, please visit www.ParkAvenueFashionWeek.com.
Yow Dance invites you to celebrate with them Saturday, Sept. 18 at Tim's Wine Market, where you can mingle with friends, meet new people, eat and drink, get to know the dancers, bid on silent auction items and, of course, watch a Yow Dance performance. Guests may eat, drink and socialize the entire evening for only $20. Delicious nibbles will be provided by Orlando's The Social Chameleon, exotic wines by host Tim's Wine Market, and beer (including seasonal Pumpkinhead Ale!) by Shipyard Brewing Co. Visit www.yowdance.org or call 407-341-1734 for more information.
Hope CommUnity Center (HCC) will celebrate the life and contributions of Bob Peterson in their Fourth Annual Hope CommUnity Center Golf Tournament, which will be held at ChampionsGate Golf Club on Friday, October 1. All proceeds raised by the charity tournament will directly benefit the HCC College Access & Scholarship Program, which provides much-needed financial assistance to local high school students for entry to and tuition for Florida colleges.The scramble-format tournament costs $125 per golfer or $450 per foursome, which includes range balls, golf cart, giveaways from sponsors and dinner following the outing, which starts at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 1. Interested golfers and sponsors can visit the HCC website at www.offm-hcc.org or call 407-880-4673 for more information and to register.
The Winter Park Institute opens its third season at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Mary Jean Plaza at Rollins College with An Animated Magazine Recreation, featuring Billy Collins, senior distinguished fellow of Winter Park Institute, and former U.S. Poet Laureate Terry Teachout, the Wall Street Journal drama and cultural critic. All WPI events are free and open to the public. Visit winterparkinstitute.org for more details.
Piano Concert Series of the Florida International Piano Competition presents classical pianist Santiago Rodriguez at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Theater, 812 E. Rollins St. Tickets range from $10 to $30. Call 407-645-2525 or visit www.FloridaPiano.org.
"Iridology: Your Eyes Reveal Your Health" will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Yoga Shala, 927 Pennsylvania Ave. in Winter Park. It is free. Iridology is an analysis of the color and structure of the eye used to determine levels of health of all organs, systems and tissues of the body. The eyes also reveal what traits have been inherited. To RSVP, call Samadhi Keever at 407-252-1397.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band as they open the fall season for the Central Florida Jazz Society from 3-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. The Central Florida Jazz Society concerts are held at The Plaza Theatre, 425 N. Bumby Ave. Tickets are $13 for members, $20 for nonmembers and $3 for college students. High school age or younger are free. Tickets are available in the lobby, at the box office and online at ThePlazaTheatre.com
The Festival Singers of Florida are having a wine tasting event and fundraiser from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 at Urban Flats in Downtown Orlando. Tickets are $25 at the door and provide guests with free wine and appetizers for the night. For more information, visit www.fsof.org.
The Winter Park Civic Center, 1050 W. Morse Blvd., is hosting "Your Aging Spine" a free lecture on spine health at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20. Community members interested in attending this event should RSVP to 407-303-1700 as seating is limited.
Join as a guest of the University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Ave., for free at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 to hear all sides of the Amendments 5 and 6: Necessary or Not. For more information, call 407-644-6149 or visit http://www.universityclubwinterpark.org/.
As part of the Winter Park Public Library's 125th Anniversary Celebration, it is welcoming New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey for a luncheon and author talk at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Interlachen Country Club, 2245 Interlachen Court. Admission includes lunch as well as a signed copy of Dorsey's newest book "Gator-A-Go-Go". Tickets are $57.50 and are available at the Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave or by visiting www.wppl.org/dorsey.
Get your clubs ready to swing into action at the Goldenrod Chamber of Commerce's Golf Tournament! The tournament will be held at noon Friday, Sept. 24 at the North Shore Golf Course located on Moss Park Road off Narcoossee. Sign-in will begin at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. sharp. The individual entry fee is $75.00 per player. Hole Sponsorships are $100.00 and a foursome with hole sponsorship is $400.00. Fees include greens fees, golf cart and lunch. Door prizes will be given out as well as prizes for closest to the pin, men's longest drive and women's longest drive. To donate prizes for the tournament and for reservations, please contact the chamber at 407-677-5980.
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The Young Chef's Academy of Winter Park, 6824 Aloma Ave., will be hosting a cooking demonstration with Pit Master John Rivers, of 4 Rivers Smokehouse. The class has a limited capacity of 20 children ages 12 to 17 and will be available for $35 per person from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17. Call 407-679-2310 to make reservations.
Parenting Magazine invites the whole family out to Winter Park Village from 8 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Sept. 18 for an exciting day of health and fitness at the inaugural Fit Generation 5K Run/Walk and Family Festival. The D-Tag-timed 5K run starts at 8 a.m. followed by the untimed 5K Stroller Roll at 8:10 a.m. for runners with little ones. At 9 a.m., the Kids Fun Run and Diaper Dash will be held at Winter Park Village as well as the post-race family festival featuring live music, children's entertainment, animal ambassadors from SeaWorld and more. To register for the 5K, please visit www.fitgeneration.com.
Come out and play with the Education Team at Orlando Shakespeare Theater's Open House at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. Participants will meet this year's teaching artists, watch a "radio-play" style performance of "The Princess and the Pea" followed by a fun family acting game session and tour of the theaters during this free event. Call 407-447-1700 ext. 254 to make reservations.
Bring the whole family and enjoy carnival games, giant inflatables, music, contests, food and more at Orangewood Christian School's second annual Community Family Fun Day from 3-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at 1300 W. Maitland Blvd. Admission and parking are free and game and concession tickets are sold separately. For details, call 407- 339-0223 or visit www.orangewoodchristian.org
Young artists grab your crayons, camera, paintbrush or other materials and create a two-dimensional piece of art that shows how fair trade helps the world for an art competition sponsored by Ten Thousand Villages of Winter Park. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: elementary, middle and high school. Winning entries will be displayed at the store through November and first-place winners will be showcased nationwide through the Ten Thousand Villages network. Submissions are due by Oct. 16. For more information or a submission packet, contact Dena Wild at [email protected]
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Nick Cohen at the Spectator blog, on Norm Geras:
I was shocked this morning to log on to Twitter and learn that Norman Geras had died. I can think of few political writers, who have influenced me more comprehensively. Whenever I faced a difficult moral question, I would at some point think 'ah, what is Norm saying about this,' go to his blog and see that Norm had found a way through.
Last year Norm's colleagues Stephen de Wijze and Eve Garrard published acollection of essays in Norm's honour. I was flattered when they asked me to write about Norm's dual life as Manchester University's Emeritus Professor of Politics and one of the first writers to embrace the Web.
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The Ripple Effect
No, no, no! I'm not talking about the Ripple that came in a jug; it's the one that occurs when you toss a pebble in the water. Yesterday morning some of us were privileged to have breakfast with Kate Braestrup. There were a number of different churches represented; three different ones prepared the meal. The reason for getting together is to get to know each other better and build a sense of community that transcends our differences. It is FUN and encouraging as we find out what is going on in different congregations. It is the Ripple Effect.
Kate's story was a prime example. As most of you know, her husband was a state trooper who was tragically killed in a traffic accident. Shortly after it happened a knock came to her door and a neighbor was there with a steaming pan of brownies with tears running down her cheek; offering her condolences and prayers. This happened over and over again in the coming days and led Kate to pass on God's gift to others by becoming Chaplain of the Maine Forest Service. The Ripple Effect.
Now, we all make ripples; either they build people up or have a negative effect. Have found it much more fun to leave people with a smile than a frown.
Ripple--The Grateful Dead
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.
There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then whos to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home.
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Michigan Gov. Hopeful Rick Snyder's Venture Capital Past
It's primary day in Michigan! The only reason we're mentioning this on our blog is that Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is a former venture capitalist.
In fact, that's one of Snyder's major selling points to voters in a state that desperately needs an economic turnaround. He calls himself not only "one tough nerd" but also the "The Job Creator" on his Web site, touting his role as a senior executive at computer company Gateway Inc. and his raising of "an unprecedented $200 million in venture capital funds."
He often talks about his short-lived venture-capital experience in public, as he did at a recent town-hall meeting: "The state has a broken system of trying to pick winners and losers too often, saying 'This industry is good, this industry is bad,'" he said. "I've been doing venture capital for a lot of years. I've been picking winners an losers for a living. It's hard work. The government isn't competent to do that work."
Snyder even ran a 60-second television commercial during the Super Bowl in Michigan in which he highlights the two venture firms he founded, Avalon Investments and Ardesta, which together created "over 400 jobs in Michigan and over 1,200 nationwide," according to the ad.
As voters head to the polls, we decided to examine those two funds formed by separate firms during the tech-boom years. Raising two $100 million funds during the late 1990s isn't exactly "unprecedented" – perhaps you could make the case in Ann Arbor – but the funds were sizable enough that his two firms made at least 36 investments in start-ups between them, according to research firm Dow Jones VentureSource. The firms are no longer actively making investments, stopping a few years back.
We'll give him the benefit of the doubt on the job-creation front, even though venture capitalists don't actually create jobs – the companies they invest in do the hiring. As for his funds' success in Michigan, the results, you might say, are too close to call.
Snyder founded his first firm in 1997 with Gateway co-founder Ted Waitt. Avalon Investments, later called AvTech Ventures, invested in at least 20 companies, according to VentureSource. But only seven of those companies are from Michigan. Half of them are actually in California.
The percentage of Michigan companies is even smaller from his second fund, Ardesta, founded in 2000 to invest in micro and nanotechnology. According to VentureSource, just three out of 16 portfolio companies hailed from Michigan. The remainder were spread across Massachusetts, New Mexico, Tennessee and Washington.
Of those 10 Michigan companies, the jury is still out on three of them which are private (Clark-MXR Inc., Translume Inc. and Ardesta, the investment firm that later raised the $100 million fund including money from Avalon). Another two went out of business, though that doesn't indicate poor fund performance since venture-backed companies have a high failure rate.
Four others were later acquired – three of those deals didn't have terms attached to them, but one of them, HandyLab Inc., was acquired last year by Becton Dickinson & Co. for $275 million and, as Snyder proudly notes on his Web site, remains in Michigan. That company is included among Snyder's successes, along with HealthMedia Inc., acquired for an undisclosed amount by Johnson & Johnson in 2008, and Esperion Therapeutics Inc., which went public in 2000 and was later acquired by Pfizer. (It's now back in the hands of venture capitalists and still based in Michigan.)
Overall, Snyder's funds have seen four portfolio companies go public: Esperion; Launch Media, which held an IPO in 1999 and then was acquired by Yahoo Inc. for $12 million in 2001; Favrille, whose IPO was in 2005 before merging with MyMedicalRecords.com Inc.; and TomoTherapy Inc., which went public in 2008 at $19 a share and now trades below $4.
Another 13 companies were acquired or merged, seven went out of business, and 11 are still private, according to the data from VentureSource. (Snyder wasn't immediately available for comment.)
We may never know exactly how well his investments have panned out, unless he's compelled to release that information during his campaign. One of his opponents, Attorney General Mike Cox, has called for Snyder to release "the dollar amount of each of his investments and holdings to let the sun truly shine in on his personal finances," Cox's spokesman, Nick DeLeeuw, told AnnArbor.com. Snyder's camp has said the tax returns that he released are enough.
No matter his funds' performance, Snyder is certainly more of a job creator than any of his opponents. In a tight race, he is going against Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, Cox, State Sen. Tom George, and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra.


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Unanswered: Bulk Copy HELP
Hello everybody,
I am trying a bulk copy process in SQL Server by Visual C++.
My problem is: How can i execute it when there is a field "datetime" in my table?
I have already done this:
bcp_bind( dbprocREC, (BYTE *) &(pCHL->ChlDatVencim), 0, -1, NULL, 0, SQLDATETIME , ++col )
that works, but calling bcp_sendrow , show the error:
"Attempt to convert data stopped by syntax error in source field."
Please, if somebody knows how to do this, tell me.
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Journalist Shane Bauer spent 26 months in an Iran prison. The four in solitary were by far the worst -so bad he said he hoped for an interrogation, just to talk to someone.
He saw "men put in the hole for the company they kept, the books they read, the beliefs they held," something he never thought he'd find back home in CA. But he did - at Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit - the SHU.
Touring the SHU, Bauer found 11 X 8 foot concrete cells where prisoners suspected of the slightest association with gangs are sentenced. With "no immunity from being falsely accused," most spend at least 6 years (many 20) with no sunlight, no visitors, no phone calls and not even a window - the one thing that kept Bauer sane in Iran.
Though this inhumane treatment has nothing to do with correction or rehabilitation, prison officials don't even call it punishment. Whatever name they give it, it's cruel and unusual. It's torture. And it has to end.
We, the undersigned, find no excuse for prisoners to be treated humanely, particularly by a system that allows them no immunity from false accusations nor legal representation at closed meetings that sentence them to this solitary and cruel punishment.
This system, as Bauer reports in Mother Jones, has been set up so that it's nearly impossible for inmates in the SHU to get out, unless they inform on others, yielding even more unreliable accusations.
California has continued this atrocious and inhumane policy, despite the fact that several other states are moving away from it, finding it ineffective in reducing prison violence. Bauer reports that "The rate of violent incidents in California prisons is nearly 20 percent higher than when Pelican Bay opened in 1989." He also notes that since the 1990s "prison gang violence has escalated dramatically…."
The ACLU calls "long-term SHU confinement" torture, and "Physicians for Human Rights agree. Several groups, says Bauer, have filed a petition with the UN saying the same. At the very least, they say, it's "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, which is prohibited by international law."
Bauer explains that a strike last year resulted in CDCR making promises to amend its gang validation policy - the policy that lands inmates in the SHU. But this has amounted to little more than lip service or "on paper" reforms that are supposed to ease up on those who don't violate certain rules. In fact, says Bauer, "CDCR is vastly expanding what counts as rule violations," planning to add the same criteria its been using to throw inmates into the SHU attempts - things like reading the wrong books, keeping the wrong company and believing the wrong beliefs - to its list of current serious violations like assaults, drug use and escape attempts.
CDCR should not be allowed to get away with such dirty tricks. Despite its promises, this prison system has not rehabilitated itself. It seems clear, if not stopped, it will continue throwing inmates into the SHU indefinitely and for no good reason.
The SHU is torture, cruel and unusual punishment; it's a violation of rights and it doesn't work. And it costs taxpayers an additional $12,000 + per year per inmate.
We request that CDCR end this policy of solitary confinement in SHUs at once.
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Westbrook deal nets Tribe righty prospect
In exchange for veteran, Indians receive Kluber from Padres
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
CLEVELAND -- Credit the Indians with the trade and Jake Westbrook with the assist. The money that was expected to hold up any movement of Westbrook before Saturday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline turned out to be less of an issue than previously thought, and Westbrook was to thank.
The Padres took Kluber in the fourth round of the 2007 Draft. "This kid turned himself from just a guy into a legitimate prospect," said Randy Smith, the Padres' director of player development. "He's legit. His slider is a strikeout pitch. He could be a middle guy or at the back end of the rotation. To me, he's a totally different guy than he was a year ago. He was 87, 89 [mph]. Now, 89-93. We've seen a jump in arm strength." Kluber, 24, has spent the entire 2010 season at Double-A San Antonio, where he was 6-6 with a 3.45 ERA. He has struck out 136 and walked 40 in 122 2/3 innings in 22 games, including 21 starts. He leads the Texas League in strikeouts. So, yes, Kluber is an attractive arm to add to the Minor League ranks. But that didn't make dealing Westbrook easy, from an emotional standpoint. "Any time you're trading a veteran guy at this point of the year, it's a difficult thing to do," Antonetti said. "With Jake, it's even more difficult because, beyond his contribution on the field for almost a decade or longer with the organization, this guy epitomizes professionalism. I'm not sure there is a classier act anywhere else in baseball. He's been that way since Day 1 and continued on through today." The 32-year-old Westbrook was 6-7 with a 4.65 ERA in 21 starts this season. He is 69-71 with a 4.34 ERA in 221 career appearances, including 181 starts. All but three of his career appearances have been with the Indians, who acquired him from the Yankees in 2000. With Westbrook gone, Josh Tomlin was thrust into starting duties Saturday, just three days removed from a stellar debut. Jeanmar Gomez will likely be promoted to take Tomlin's place on Sunday. And Westbrook? He'll get a chance to chase the World Series ring that proved elusive in his time with the Tribe. "I'm excited," Westbrook said. "I'm excited to go to a club contending for a playoff spot and pitch in some meaningful ballgames. That's why you play the game, for a chance to get into the playoffs, and I'm looking forward to doing that." But Westbrook did admit that leaving the Tribe organization was tough, on a personal level. "This is the organization that has given me the biggest opportunity," Westbrook said. "I have nothing but gratitude for the things they have allowed me to accomplish and the opportunity they have given me. Everybody has been just awesome and great toward me and my family. It's going to be tough leaving, but it's another opportunity for me to go pitch in some games that mean something."
With nearly $4 million remaining in his 2010 salary and another $2 million bonus coming his way if he was dealt, Westbrook's attractiveness on the trade market was slightly damaged in this economic climate. But after the Cardinals made a hard push for Westbrook on Friday, the Indians went to the veteran right-hander about lessening the amount of the bonus to ensure a deal got done. And it did get done, just in time for Westbrook to be scratched before his scheduled 1:07 p.m. ET start in Toronto against the Blue Jays on Saturday. In a three-team, four-player trade, Westbrook was sent to the Cardinals along with cash, and outfielder Ryan Ludwick was sent from the Cards to the Padres, who then sent Double-A right-hander Corey Kluber to the Tribe and Class A left-hander Nick Greenwood to the Cards. "Any way that I could help out the Indians, I needed to do that," said Westbrook, "because I didn't really feel like I honored my contract as well as I would have liked to, being hurt. It was in my best interest and the Indians' best interest to do something like that." Westbrook, who made his return from 2008 Tommy John surgery on Opening Day this year, is the latest former core player dealt by the Indians over the past three years. The remains of the Indians' 2007 American League Championship Series team have been whittled down to a precious few. Why did the Tribe trade Westbrook? Well, for one, Westbrook had only two months remaining on the contract extension he signed in 2007. So while the Indians are expected to make some attempt to sign the free-agent right-hander this offseason, it made sense to seek out a return for him now, given the standings. The Indians were willing to pay some of the remainder of Westbrook's contract (exactly how much they're paying was not immediately revealed) because they got back a Double-A prospect about whom they feel good. "For us, it's an opportunity to get back a Double-A starting pitcher to add to our upper-level depth," said assistant general manager Chris Antonetti, who will become the Tribe's full-time GM at season's end. "Kluber is a 6-foot-4 right-hander with a four-pitch mix. He has an above-average fastball with a plus breaking ball. He could be another upper-level Major League starter that can hopefully be part of our starting rotation down the road."
|In the three-team trade involving the Indians, Cardinals and Padres, San Diego gave up two Minor League pitchers. Here's some more information on Corey Kluber, who went to Cleveland, and Nick Greenwood, who is now a part of the Cardinals' organization.
|Kluber was taken by the Padres in the fourth round of the 2007 Draft out of Stetson. The 24-year-old has spent the 2010 season in the Double-A Texas League, where he led all pitchers with 136 strikeouts in 122 2/3 IP and his 3.45 ERA was 11th. He's got a 4.29 ERA in his Minor League career with a 9.5 K/9 ratio. The right-hander relies largely on a two-pitch mix, with a fastball and slider, and a good feel for pitching. He profiles as a No. 5 starter type in the future.
|The Padres took Greenwood, a 6-foot-1 lefty, out of the University of Rhode Island in the 14th round of the 2009 Draft. Scouts aren't particularly enamored with his stuff -- his fastball sits in the 88- to 91-mph range -- giving him below-average grades across the board. Used mostly as a starter with Fort Wayne in the Class A Midwest League, he's got a 4.15 ERA in 95 1/3 IP to date. In his brief career, he's been tough on left-handed hitters -- .190 batting average against and 7.21 K/9 vs. .287 and 6.31 against right-handers -- so perhaps he has a future as a lefty specialist out of the bullpen.
|-- Jonathan Mayo
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. He blogs about baseball at CastroTurf. MLB.com reporters Matthew Leach and Corey Brock contributed to this report. MLB.com reporters Corey Brock and Matthew Leach contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gilching, 12 June 2012. Directly following Intersolar Europe 2012, Donauer Solartechnik will commission a photovoltaic plant on the roof of the University of the Witwatersrand in the South African city of Johannesburg. The plant will deliver an annual yield of around 2,800 kilowatt hours and is a part of a project to provide environmentally friendly electricity for two educational institutions on location.
In cooperation with a German project developer and a South African installation company, Donauer was able to provide both educational facilities with reliable and sustainable electricity. A first solar plant was furnished by Donauer for the Mafa Max Motloung Secondary School in Delmas, located 70 kilometres away. It was connected to the grid on 28 December 2011. Its expected annual yield is approximately 3,000 kilowatt hours, which are used for a combination of feed in and own consumption. Since its commissioning a few months ago, the plant has already generated so much energy that the electricity costs of the school could be reduced by 40 per cent.
Providing Both Electricity and Education
Furthermore, the photovoltaic plants should help the pupils and students sharpen their awareness of renewable energies by learning interactively. With the help of data loggers, PCs and laptops, the students will be able to take over monitoring the plant and evaluating the data.
The pupils in Delmas can also access their plant monitoring system and learn – hands-on – how to deal with the new technologies. Thanks to this practical and understandable example, they find out how solar energy can significantly contribute to providing their country with energy.
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To date, coal-fired power plants have generated around 90 per cent of the energy South Africa consumes. Nonetheless, the present energy supply cannot serve the rapidly increasing demand due to the economic boom and progressing electrification. Again and again, electricity outages occur.
"Sustainable showcase projects in the solar sector are needed to demonstrate the enormous potential of solar energy in South Africa", says Benedikt Böhm, regional sales manager at Donauer. He summarises, "Important for the coal-mining region in Delmas is, moreover, that the young generation, above all, can see in photovoltaics an alternative to conventional sources of energy. For this, Donauer places great emphasis upon integrating local project partners, who are an important key to successfully implementing projects."
With a solar irradiation value of up to 2,500 kilowatt hours per square meter, the region on the Horn of Africa belongs to the sunniest areas on the earth. Currently, the South African government is primarily supporting large-scale solar power plants.
"The South African market is well suited for solar projects of various sizes due to the climatic conditions. With our partners on location, we will complete further projects this year", explains Böhm.
Plant Data: "Mafa Max Motloung Secondary School" in Delmas
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3,011.7 kWh/a
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Plant Data: "University of the Witwatersrand" in Johannesburg
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About Donauer Solartechnik
Donauer Solartechnik has more than 230 employees and international branches and is one of the leading wholesalers for photovoltaics. Its range of services includes a broad range of products and comprehensive services: implementing international on- and off-grid solar projects, system solutions for electrical mobility and developing the INTERSOL mounting systems product line. The company is based in Gilching near Munich, Germany and was founded in 1995. The company has branches and sales offices in Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Austria, Brazil and Oman. Further locations are planned.
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Matt Lucas hires royal legal team to 'divorce' his partner
The comedian and Little Britain creator, Matt Lucas, has announced that he is splitting up with his partner of six years after getting "married" in a high-profile civil partnership ceremony 18 months ago.
The couple, who shared a £1.5m home in north-west London, are the first gay celebrity couple to "divorce" since the civil partnership laws were introduced and their split could be seen as a test case. Some have speculated that Lucas could end up paying his former partner millions of pounds following the break-up.
Lucas has employed the same high-profile law company – Mishcon de Reya - used by Heather Mills and Diana, Princess of Wales, in their divorce battles.
In a joint statement Lucas and his partner, Kevin McGee, said: "It is with sadness that Matt and Kevin announce that their relationship has come to an end. Their separation is amicable."
Lucas is believed to have earned £6m in 2006 from the BBC and other deals for his comedy work, and his personal fortune is estimated to stand anywhere between £10m and £20m. Under conventional divorce law, Mr McGee is entitled to half of this money but it is unclear what he is entitled to under a civil partnership arrangement.
James Stewart, a divorce lawyer, said: "A civil partnership is a marriage in all but name. Couples have the same rights and responsibilities and that goes for the finances as well."
It is unclear who will retain the house. They had been together for three years and were engaged for seven months before their civil ceremony. Their service was described as low key, taking place at Home House, a private members' club in London, but the reception, at Banqueting House in Whitehall, was one of the biggest showbiz events of the year – a lavish pantomime-themed event with a host of British and Hollywood celebrities who came in fancy dress.
Lucas, 34, wore an elaborate Aladdin costume while McGee, who is a television producer, turned up as Prince Charming.
Guests at the reception included the singer Sir Elton John, the actresses Barbara Windsor and Courtney Love, and Lucas's Little Britain comedy partner, David Walliams.
Lucas, who is best known among his fans as "the only gay in the village" after one of his most popular catchphrases in Little Britain, said at the time that he was "very much in love". He said: "We're going to have a civil partnership, or marriage, or whatever you like to call it. We are very much in love, but also it's important that gay couples have the same rights as straight couples."
The couple "married" shortly after civil partnership laws enabling same-sex legal unions came into force in December 2005.
They met in a nightclub in 2002 and became engaged in 2006. Lucas, who said little about his partner before the ceremony, except that "he's beardy... I love him very much". He added that he thought Mr McGee resembled the pop singer, Daniel Bedingfield, which is why he called him "Baby Bedingfield".
Lucas grew up in north London and achieved fame alongside his comedy partner, Walliams, with his sketch show which was originally produced for radio but was later screened on prime time television and then went out on tour. An American version of the show is in the process of being made by Lucas and Walliams for HBO.
Many of the often grotesque characters in the show had their own catchphrases and ranged from an unemployed teenage mother, Vicky Pollard, to a supposedly wheelchair-bound man and an obese woman at a health farm who became household names.
Such was its appeal that at its height, a spate of celebrities accepted cameo roles in a one-off stage version, including the model Kate Moss and the actor Denis Waterman. A number of notable figures also appeared as characters in the TV show including the comedians Dawn French and Rob Brydon.


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Johannesburg - About 145 000 policemen, traffic officers and prison warders will join the public sector wage strike on Saturday, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) said on Wednesday. "Hereby today, we wish to categorically state [our] intention to join the current national public service strike action as a revolutionary duty to ensure that our working class power and a demand for a living wage is asserted," Popcru spokesperson Norman Mampane said in a statement. "We have served... a notice outlining our position to join... from August 28 2010." Mampane reiterated the workers' demand of an 8.6% wage increase. Earlier in the day, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe told reporters that the possibility of a strike by Popcru would be"anarchy". "We will regard that as anarchy," said Mantashe. "Anarchy will never translate into a solution," he said.
If all these public servants were worth it, then I would say go ahead, but they are the most useless and lazy people one has met. remeber all the protests re: service delivery? Now these same lazy, incompetent dimwits want moe money. I say shoot the lot
This means the govt is at stake,the SANDF will be left to maintain law and order,and the irony is the soldiers are also grieving about their salaries
The single biggest challenge SA faces is job creation. We need every sent we can salvage to increase sustainable exportable output while combatting inflation, including capping salary increases to official inflation figures and curbing spending by officials on luxury goods. The government has to put their foot down, and I'm incredibly proud that they are. I never thought I'd see they day they actually employed wisdom in their actuals. The showdown this will create is inevitable, and by giving in to demands this is merely postponed to next year, or the the after, or the year after that until eventually our children are left to fix our mess and have to read in history books about the spineless actions of their fathers. Do what's right in the long term and do it now!
If the Police strike, that would mean the country will be a safer place, as most of the criminals will also be on strike then!!!
This is treason. I say the army should be deployed to kill them all.
Oh joy. Please would someone pass the popcorn and flak vests.
well at least the roads will be safe without the incompetent traffic officers driving around
@outdoorsman. Whilst you may be right, in part, can you blame the workers for making seemingly "excessive" demands if, in general, those that they serve are corrupt and or pay themselves huge increases?
STOP the corruption NOW. Place a lot of urgency to bring those who were corrupt to book - make these findings public for all to see (including the "workers") that this Gov is serious about sorting out the woes of this country. The money thus saved can be put to creating jobs that pay decent wages.
Massively improve service delivery - start making people in positions of service ACOUNTABLE for their actions. People who are employed; earn reasonable wages and who receive the services they are entitled to will likely be less unhappy and therefor contribute to the stability of this country and its future as an international player.
A pipe dream? - probably
@ Johan. Don't hold your breath on that one. The army will no doubt be going on strike on Monday. Kick back with a beer this evening and watch our land disintegrate like a leper on a square wheeled bicycle. This is that freedom they told us about back in the day. Ain't it great?
Great! So everyone strikes. We save billions on salaries and service delivery stays as it is (how many pupils will pass this year anyway and those borderline cases who need an additional week may actually figure out it's their responsibility to ensure they pass, not the teachers'. SA has enough illegal immigrants to fill in for those sicklings seeking medical attention too and police officers should just remember that when they strike they'll probably also loose their second income from brides too). Can't beat a good thing. We need the money for Malema's motorcade.
This is fun, or the start, middle and end of it.
Unions are an ANC thing, they love their partners.
No government hospitals operational, no cop shops open (they don't normally work anyway), municipalities striking, laugh * I need a job there too, strike if I am unhappy and still get paid
Forgot to add, good time to let the criminals out of jail, happy ever after Rainbow Nation of ours.
mr Zuma , why don't you invite some of the former public servants, former police and former sandf staff , all whom you fired in the name of employment equity and affirmative action, to help you bring order back to the country. embrace them, pull them in and you will see how loyal they will be to you and will help you restore order. in any case, you probably need one of them for every 5 or 6 current public servants, so you'll save a tremendous amount of money; they're competent, their work ethic is outstanding and they have a sense of responsibility. they will respect life, they'll treat the sick, they'll protect you and your fellow south africans --- and again--- they'll be loyal to the government that they serve. and you'll save a couple of billion rand you are currently wasting on incompetent and ineffective public servants!!
You know what they say? A fish rots from the head down to the tail. Look at the 'leaders' of the ANC starting with showerhead.. The chickens are coming home to roost - the whole bloody lot is rotten, rotten to the core! Remember what Zuma said? "If I go down, I'll take everyone with me!" And where is he? CHINA! The man in the street is sick and tired of seeing 'fatcat' ministers bathing in luxury, buying million rand cars, throwing lavish parties, etc, etc, while they battle to feed their kids! On the one hand I don't blame many of them - although allowing babies to die is unimaginable...
Now I'm convinced this is the strike that Siener spoke of which leads to the collapse of the ANC, precedes the third world war as well as the creation of two volkstate and the third boer war (against England). I want to point out there is no mention of a war between white and black, despite what some want you to believe.
Every story have two sides. One side is Government and make no mistake, the strikers are not working for Government, Government are working for them and all of us since we voted them in to look after us. They even promised better salaries as part of their election manifesto. On the other side is goverment employees who merely want to ensure a better life for themselves and their children in an ever more expensive life. Irrespective of reasons and personal opinions, lets be fair to both sides - negotions should be in good faith. Unions demand 13% and Government offers 6% (November 2009). 10 Months later Government upped 1% to 7% and Unions dropped 4.4% to 8.6% - where is good faith and where is bad faith? What is true is that there is a huge discrepancy in wages that are outrages at certain levels. Deputy Directors upwards within Government are fat cats with salaries bigger than their counter parts in private secor while the ower levels struggle to make ends meet with 25% plus increases in electricity that they can ill afford on lower levels - that all while Goverment claims there are no money, but openly admits to corruption (CIPRO investigation as example), extravagant increases for politicians and Escom and spending like never before on cars, overseas trips, accommodation etc. Yes, there are lots of Goverments employees which are worthless, but there are also lots of dedicated people really wanting to make a difference. Are nurses allowed to strike? No, only the supporting staff. Does a nurse ditribute food? No, she sits in the nursing station waiting for food to be delivered by volunteers? Why does teachers strike if most of them work half day posts anyway with almost 4 months leave a year - and then we must make arrangements for our kids? I would rather suggest that the total salary structure of Government be re-evaluated, starting with the president down to the lowest level and that it be brought into parallel with the private sector. We are all very quick to judge, myself included. perhaps we must first get all the facts before we make to rash statements.
hi I am a white policeman 21 years of age, dont write all the policemen off....some refuse to strike
South Africa was supposed to be a country of prelific example to the world. Ever since the election of 1994 the world had its eyes on the the country for only 1year when till they saw it going down the toilet.. now eyes wide shut because they know where it will go and holyness father forbid anybody to state open out loud the truth. I think another year will speak louder where the country is heading... glad to never see how its happening first hand again.
Considering how many criminals are in the SAPS and government departments, we'ed probably all be better off. The general public would be far better off if they applied the needed justice to criminals. A shoot to kill policy - the same as criminals apply to their victims, would go a long way to bringing things under control. As for our so-called police, maybe they should all be tried for treason, with a manditory long jail term attached. Government departments, notably the vehicle licensing ones (inc. Metro), are staffed by the most arrogant and incompetent individuals one can ever hope to meet. Most of them need to be dismissed.
Just because there are some dimwits in the police, it does not mean all of us are the same
Some of the comentors here seem to forget of those ones that died doing their best to fight crime and protect the people of this country.
Also believe me not all of us will strike. Some of us still have integrity and commitment to do our best for the people out there
Unfortunately politics did screw up the police, but don't insult the real police officers by just assuming we are all the same.
As for the unions and their "highly inteligent follower" you can kiss my .... and stick your increase. This is not the way I would want an increase
They did not do anything to strikers at my daughter's school on the Bluff. I don't think they will be missed, only at shopping centres buying their lunches.
Sometimes I get the idea the strike is co-op between gov and union leaders to devalue the rand, and its so clever, as the poor worker class that strike pay for it, as they dont get paid while striking.The gov dept also does not produce export products, so they have nothing to loose.
the 1.6% rise is already long lost in the pay loses.
If a traffic officer went on strike no-one would notice. They sit in KFC and hide in bushes the whole day in any case and never ever make any effort to enforce the law. Why is it we have the most unlawful drivers in the world?
Hey.. why don't we all go on strike. it will be like a huge bloody party!! SA is officially falling like zim.
no wonder there is so much crime in this country, everyone loves striking. when they strike then they can be violent.
Mr. Zuma's chickens have come home to roost! Populism, nepotism, favouritism, cadre deployment, appointments based on ethnicity before competence, loyalty before independence, party before capability, RIGHTS BEFORE OBLIGATIONS. We need to start chopping the dead wood, not just at the top, but throughout central, provincial and local govt. The culture of RIGHTS BEFORE OBLIGATIONS must be addressed. I say make the right to strike significantly more onerous, violence and intimidation of non strikers a criminal offence for UNION leadership and their members. It is there for all to see, the COSATU tail is trying to wag the dog. Time it became a full blown political party on it's own, but then I don't think it could live with it's own fleas! Change is imminent.
Satureday is a great day to check my car's topspeed on the highway without any traffic cops hide behind trees or something
Indeed, we do have some hard working people left in public service. That's why it's such a shame that those are the ones that will probably not get promoted, yet are the ones who have to battle through the strikers to still ensure SA keeps on running. If only those striking decided to stay away for good and place those that still work in charge, we'll be able to truly build a public service any South African can be proud of.
Ok, On sunday morning I will take my fireblade 1000CC on the N1 and see what she can do in terms of top end.... you have got to love this country
How long is the taxpayer going to take this cr@p
we are paying their salaries
somebody else negotiates
and they dont produce work anyway
fire the lot
Hopefully President Zuma went to China to procure Chinese Labour, whose productivity is overwhelming to say the least and sack all the public servants who are striking. That would save him a packet and productivity goes up 5000%.
Is'nt it ironic that most of the comments posted in newspapers and columns such as these are by white folk who have deserted the government/ public sectors for employment in the more lucrative private sector. Please reserve you comments to people who give a damn and let the fighting be done by the people who have stayed true to the system despite the difficulties and hardships faced on a daily basis. Its hard to be objective when you are looking in from the outside.
You metro cops while you on strike and in the mood for destruction why don't you show your dissatisfaction by destroying those laser toys of yours!!


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Part of our successful Routledge Performance Practitioners series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century, this book examines Jacques Copeau; a leading figure in the development of twentieth century theatre practice, a pioneer for work on actor-training, physical theatre and ensemble acting, and a key innovator in the movement to de-centralize theatre and culture to the regions.
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List of Figures. Acknowledgements 1. The Life of Jacques Copeau 2. Copeau's Key Writings and Ideas 3. Copeau's Ideas in Production: Les Foubieres de Scapin 4. Acrobats of the Soul: Practical Exercises for the Actor 5. Copeau's Legacy. Bibliography. Index
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St. Johns County students are number one in the state in reading and science on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, according to test results released Friday morning by the Florida Department of Education.
"It's a good way to say goodbye to the FCAT and hello to the new test," St. Johns County School Superintendent Joe Joyner said.
This is the last year for the statewide FCAT 2.0 assessment. Next year the state will go to a test based largely on Common Core Standards. A not-for-profit company, American Institutes for Research, was chosen to develop that test.
In almost every category on FCAT this year, district students topped or tied their performance last year and exceeded the state passing average.
Math was a mixed bag although all but the eighth grade showed an increase in passing scores over last year.
Fifth- and seventh-graders ranked first in the state, third-graders tied for first, sixth-graders tied for second, fourth-graders were third and eighth-graders tied for seventh.
The eighth grade scores were a special case, according to state school officials. Some districts required students taking algebra 1 or geometry to also take the FCAT math test. Traditionally, students who take algebra 1 or geometry are more inclined toward math and tend to score higher.
St. Johns County did not have algebra 1 or geometry students also take the FCAT math test.
"We chose not to do the double testing," Joyner said.
This is the last year districts will have the option of having students take both math tests.
Two weeks ago the state released FCAT writing and third grade FCAT reading and math scores. Still to come are the end-of-course exam results in algebra 1, geometry, biology 1, U.S. history and civics.
DOE Commissioner Pam Stewart during a press conference Friday morning could not give an exact date on when school grades will be released.
School grades should be released "sometime in July," she said, noting they did not yet have the end-of-course results.
Joyner noted St. Johns County students were already doing well and called the across-the-board growth level an "amazing tribute to our kids, teachers and parents. They exceeded our expectations."
Typically, he doesn't single out schools but said he was pleased with "dramatic increases and growth" at The Webster School and Crookshank Elementary School.
Joyner said the high scores were a "testament our students are ready for higher standards. I do think our students are ready (for the new Florida standards). I look forward to the challenge."
FCAT, which assesses reading (third through 10th grades), math (third through eighth grades) and science (fifth and eighth grades) skills, was given in April to students throughout the state. Achievement levels range from one to five, with Level 3 being considered proficient.
FCAT READING: First in state Grades 3-10
FCAT SCIENCE: First in state Grades 5 and 8
FCAT MATH: First in state Grades 3 (tie), 5 and 7
Second in state Grade 6 (tie)
Third in state Grade 4
Seventh in state Grade 8 (tie)


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They hold the cup, now they want the dough.
The Chicago Blackhawks struck a revenue-generating deal with Giordano's Pizzaria to put the popular pizza chain logo on the Blackhawks practice uniforms.
"Right now the economy is dictating that not only advertising, but sports teams, deliver real value," Blackhawks Executive Vice President Jay Blunk said to the Chicago Tribune. "So we have to look at everything. We have to consider things like advertising on our sweaters."
Under the terms of the agreement, a Giordano's patch will be stitched on the Hawk's sweaters, opposite Reebok's logo, according to the Chicago Tribune. The deal will also include sponsoring practice content in a section of the team's website and exposure at the Blackhawks regular-season home games.
The Giordano's name is a staple in Chicago. The company operates 39 restaurants in the area and another six in Florida.
Neither the Blackhawks nor Giordano's released terms of the deal.
Prior to the season, the Blackhawks sliced its Stanley Cup team and raised ticket prices by an average of 20 percent. At the time, Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz told the Chicago Tribune the Blackhawks "ran out of cash several times last season" despite their success on the ice.


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Was it a love story about unfathomable forgiveness or a tale about obsession?
Few could grasp the story of Linda Pugach, who died this week at age 75. She made media headlines, blinded in 1959 by a man hired by her former lover, who would later marry her after his 14-year prison sentence for the crime.
The Pugaches, though, were never shy about talking about their lives (including a 1996 case in which his mistress of five years accused him of sexual abuse and aggravated harassment), be it on the talk show circuit, in a book, or in a 2007 Sundance documentary.
"It was a massive tabloid story," said Dan Klores, the documentarian behind "Crazy Love," who was 10 when the story broke. "In those days, there were seven papers in New York and it was all over the papers."
Years later, when a New York Times profile revisited the couple, he felt their story needed to be told onscreen. "What really interested me," Klores told Yahoo!, "was this relationship between obsession and love and what we do when we are brokenhearted, hurt, devastated — those secrets that we all hold."
Burt Pugach's five-year affair landed them back in the headlines in the 1990s, when his mistress accused him of sexual abuse and menacing. The charges — of which he was acquitted, except for one misdemeanor — returned them to the limelight, back to "Geraldo," even to meetings with a movie producer.
The affair
On Rosh Hashanah in 1956, Linda Riss met the man who would be her husband at a park after services. "Everybody went to the park to cast off their sins and start the new year," she told the Daily News, years later. He asked if she'd been to London, sent her flowers, and took her to the Copa. He also had a wife. Riss hung on for a year, then broke off the affair and started a relationship with another man.
Pugach admitted that he had stalked and threatened her. Riss complained to police, who didn't follow through on her complaints. (She would later sue the state for negligence but lose.) The day after her engagement party, a messenger showed up at her door with a package. The package was a blend of lye and soda. He threw the caustic combination in her face. Riss lost her right eye, was nearly blinded in her left, and had scars on her scalp and right cheekbone. Not long after, her fiancé left her.
Pugach denied ordering the acid attack but admitted that he had hired men to beat her. He served 14 years in prison, where he wrote letters to Riss and even sent her checks from money earned doing legal work for other inmates. When he was paroled in 1974, he sat on a park bench for a TV news interview and, looking into the camera, proposed to Riss.
Five months later, they went on a double date. Another three months later, they married.
World of fear?
Reporters and spectators have cast them in a battered victim-manipulative madman relationship. Their banter, though, echoed the amused, tolerant exchanges of long-married New York couples. "They think I'm brain-dead, and they think you're a psycho," Linda Pugach said to her husband, as a reporter dutifully recorded the exchanges. Another time she said "Why do I expose myself... ? Because I feel I have to defend what I've done. I don't look at it as though I'm a fool or a bimbo for marrying him. I love him. And we're still together."
They even joked about the crime itself. Linda Pugach, complimented for her skin, joked to a New York Times reporter, "Lye is good for the skin but bad for the vision." Did his wife hold a grudge? Burt Pugach smiled, "She doesn't throw it in my face."
The policewoman who guarded her hospital room, Margaret Powers, befriended her. When Pugach came out of prison, Riss admitted to Powers that she would call his number and then hang up. Powers encouraged the meeting, warning her to walk away if there wasn't anything between them.
"I never saw Linda cry, or act as though she felt sorry for herself," Powers told the New York Times in 2007. "I admire courage."
"I think she married Burt out of a need to be cared for," Klores says. Linda Pugach grew up in the Bronx, sheltered, and her father left the household by the time she was 5. "She lived in a world of fear well before she met Burt.... She was scared to death of intimacy."
Victim in the limelight
The couple returned to the headlines in 1996, when 70-year-old Burt Pugach faced charges filed by a 42-year-old woman who was ending their five-year affair. "She got my emotions crazy," Pugach said in a police statement. At the hearing, however, he told the judge, "I happen to love my wife."
Linda Pugach bailed him out, with a briefcase holding $50,000 in cash. She also called the shots: Burt Pugach, who represented himself, claimed to the judge he had to turn down a plea bargain because his wife had called him a "wimp." She said she wasn't forgiving him, but she showed up as a character witness and called him a "wonderful, caring husband." While her jury didn't take her testimony too much into account, the courtroom artist at the time described her as "delicious, all those curves and that hair that looks like a vanilla-chocolate soufflé and those pewter-colored fingernails."
Did she have an underlying steely resolve? Klores says that psychiatric associations who screened his documentary diagnosed her as having a narcissistic borderline personality. "And that personality," Klores explains, "goes back and forth and up and down all the time." While he never asked what she thought of their portrayal, she didn't hesitate to do interviews to promote it. "The film fulfilled their needs to rekindle that illusion of being famous."
"She was tragically victimized, obviously there's no question about that," Klores said. "She received a lot less sympathy because she married him, but if you explore why did she marry him, and take time to think through it, you have to feel for her, you know."
Linda Pugach is survived by her husband, now 85, who has told reporters that theirs was a "storybook romance."
"She died before Burt," Klores observes. "One has to ask, what kind of justice is that, or is she now at a place where she really has some peace?"
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Originally published Monday, February 18, 2013 at 5:00 AM
Which city is more literate — Seattle or D.C.?
Seattle Times book editor
Lit Life
Lots of literary news to report. Live, from America's second most literate city:
• Indeed — Seattle came out No. 2 (for the third year) in the latest survey of bested again by Washington, D.C. In an interesting analysis over at Atlantic Magazine's "Cities" blog, John Metcalfe wrote: "While the final resting place of Kurt Cobain took top slot in 2011 for bookstore fecundity and educational attainment, D.C. pushed ahead with its plethora of page views and unique visitors to local media websites, newspaper circulation and number of magazines and journals. Nevermind that the journals have names that make you want to pass out with boredom, like the CommLaw Conspectus and AAUP Policy Documents & Reports ... "
For the first time, the survey compared literacy and wealth, and found that they don't go hand in hand. Survey author John W. Miller wrote: "Using US Census data for income in the relevant cities, I learned that wealthier cites are no more likely to rank highly in literacy than poorer cities. For example, Cleveland ranks second lowest for median family income (among the AMLC cities) and yet, thanks to its great library system (ranked #1 in the AMLC) and strong newspaper (#6) and magazine (#5) circulations, it is ranked 13th most literate in the survey. On the other hand, Anchorage, AK is ranked 5th in median family income and only 61st in literacy."
• Seattle University's Search for Meaning Literary Festival returns March 9. This year's author lineup includes Michael Chabon, Reza Aslan, Paul Elieand numerous local luminaries, including Sherman Alexie, David Montgomery and Lesley Hazleton.The Michael Chabon/Sherman Alexie presentation has sold out. Tickets are available for some other sessions — for more information go to www.seattleu.edu/stm/searchformeaning.
• On March 14, Richard Hugo House hosts author Sam Lipsyte, who has a new story collection out called "The Fun Parts." Lipsyte will be in conversation with Seattle author Ryan Boudinot. Tickets are $5. For more information go to hugohouse.org.
• Every year I am knocked out by the lineup atGet Lit!, the Spokane-Cheney, Wa., book festival, and this year the trend continues. The headliners for this spring's festival include novelists Joyce Carol Oates, Jaimy Gordon, Kim Barnes and Jonathan Evison, poets David Wrigley and Major Jackson, and author/essayist David Shields. This year's festival runs April 8-14; for more information go to www.ewu.edu/getlit.
• Finally, if you needed an excuse to make a trip to Tacoma, now you have it — beloved children's book illustrator Eric Carlewill be featured in an upcoming exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum. "Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle" will feature a wide range of Carle's work in various media. It opens in two galleries at Tacoma Art Museum on April 6 and runs through July 7.
Mary Ann Gwinn: 206-464-2357 or email@example.com. Gwinn appears every Tuesday on TVW's "Well Read," discussing books with host Terry Tazioli (go to www.tvw.org/shows/well-read for archived episodes). On Twitter @gwinnma.