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Friday, April 11, 2003
Updated: April 14, 9:33 AM ET
Move to tight end leads Clark to NFL
By John Clayton
When Kirk Ferentz arrived in Iowa as the head coach, he and his staff knew he was in college football's version of Smallville. His Clark Kents were going to have to be found under the radar of major college recruiters.His staff took nothing for granted. Tight ends could be molded into offensive linemen, and no good athlete would be neglected. As he looked around the weightroom and the field in 1999, he came to a stunning conclusion. His best athlete was an unknown 205-pounder named Dallas Clark. This Clark Kent, though, didn't have a position.
John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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The Gionee A1 has a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display, powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 SoC (announced in 2015), 4 GB RAM, along with 64 GB of inbuilt storage expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB). Standard connectivity options are available, including 4G.
The Gionee A1 Plus is phablet sized and has 6-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display, powered by a MediaTek Helio P25 SoC with 4GB of RAM. It comes with 64GB of inbuilt storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB).
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ESPN 150 defensive lineman Maquedius Bain (Davie, Fla./University School) will be taking a trip to Norman, Okla., this weekend to visit the Sooners pending some ACT paperwork.
"I just needed to get a couple of things in hand and I'll be visiting Oklahoma this weekend," Bain said. "They reached out to me back in July and I'm looking forward to the visit."
The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Bain, who committed to Florida State as a junior and re-opened his recruitment earlier in the year, appears to be leaning towards a future playing outside of the Sunshine State.
Once thought to be a heavy lean to Miami, Bain says that's no longer the case.
"I think I'm going to leave the state to play college football," Bain said. "Miami is going to be my in-state school but right now I'm only looking at out-of-state programs."
The other programs Bain is high on are LSU, Michigan State, USC and Notre Dame. He has yet to schedule anymore official visits outside of Saturday's planned trip to Oklahoma. He is planning on making a final decision at the Under Armour All-America Game in January.


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For those of us who have tried our hand at traditional publishing, rejection is a major source of angst, crushing blows to self-esteem, explosion of rage, and it is a pretty common occurrence.
Let's face it, there are how many of us versus how many of them?
Don't answer that. The number is depressing. Consider: One agent will receive over a thousand emails a month from different hopefuls. For one agent, in one niche, that's some 10,000 to 12,000 hopeful writers competing for attention from the same person or business. Honestly, this little fact is one of the major points that made me realize that business is business and it isn't personal. Unless, of course, you're stalking the agents, harassing them, and otherwise making a pest of yourself, then it likely is personal.
Or you've been blacklisted, blocked, and no one ever sees your emails anyway.
How do you react to rejection?
There are a few ways I react to rejection. Normally, my feeble attempts at an arched brow — unfortunately, I can't actually arch my brows, and I can't usually do more than get both to twitch upward — are matched with a huff.
Then, back to work. Business as usual. Why? Traditional publication is a business. Self-Publishing is a business. Rejections to queries happen in business, just like contracts fall through, advertising campaigns get cancelled, profits aren't high, you know, the normal crap regular salary workers deal with daily.
Sometimes, the rejections get to me and I have my private fit. These are funny. I usually laugh about it later.
By later, I mean, after someone peels me off of the ceiling and I stop chewing on the stucco.
Some of us are better at handling rejection. We're used to it. After all, there is a certain threshold that people reach before they become numb to the inevitability of a thing. My threshold for pain and suffering is pretty high. I started freelance writing over ten years ago, and rejection is a daily part of business as contracts are pursued, work is found, and clients are dealt with. Things need revision. That same thing needs even more revision. Bids for contracts are denied. The client thought I was too cheap or too expensive. I didn't live in India, Pakistan, or another place where pennies equal dollars.
I didn't carry the exact specific degree they wanted for someone to do SEO copy work or editorial. You'd be surprised at how many people believe a master's degree in English Literature is required to write text that makes search engines and readers happy. There are other reasons I've been rejected, including the fact that I am a woman.
Rejection is what it is. How you react to it is a part of the growing process. Most people have thrown fits about it, have needed pried off the ceiling with a crowbar, and some have been pretty vocal about the fact they've been rejected.
So you think you have a masterpiece. You think your masterpiece shouldn't be rejected. You shouldn't be rejected! It's wrong.
I've had those thoughts before. They were usually wrong, but I've definitely had them. The reality is? There is a lot of things that go into a rejection. The agent (or publisher) simply isn't interested in you. They like some elements of your story, but it just isn't perfect to them. That doesn't mean your story is or is not a masterpiece.
It just isn't a masterpiece to them.
Traditional publication, in particular, is a game played by elites. Elite One, the writer, wants their book published. They've got a masterpiece, and by all that is pure, they fully intend on selling it. Elite Two is the person who wants only the best of the Elites — the best writers — who can put a nice commission in their pocket. But, they have to deal with Elite Three: The Publishers.
Elite Two and Elite Three dance. They play hardball. They thrown down the gauntlet over coffees and legal paperwork, while Elite One stands in the background like a referee who has had his (or her) whistle taken away.
Sometimes Elite Two doesn't think Elite One can provide the ammunition needed to take down Elite Three.
That is life.
The worst rejection is the one you get where an agent asks for the full and replies with a simple, "I like this, but I don't think I can sell it."
It means you're so close yet so far. You got Elite Two to dance with you, for but a moment. You got them invested in you using their time as currency.
That's a 'peel me off the ceiling or I'm going to eat all of the paint' situation. It's happened to me, and recently, too.
After someone managed to use the scraper and get most of me off the stucco, I came to this simple conclusion:
Elite Two didn't want to take a chance on me. So what?
There are other agents. There is a growing indie fellowship. Self-publishing with the hopes of moving traditional is an option. Self-publishing without ever moving to traditional is also an option.
Was my story ready for the prime time? Not with that agent. Will there be another? Possibly! Do I feel like competing with 10,000 other writers right now? Not particularly. But, I submitted to get the feedback — and expected the rejection.
Even with that mindset, the rejection of that specific type stung a bit. But it wasn't the ego-shattering sting. It was the light a fire under my ass I will gnaw my way through my house!! sting that left me with one thing more important than even an acceptance:
It left me with the growing realization that I, have a writer, have been acknowledged. Not accepted, but it was a nod to me. That agent believed in a flaw that would prevent him from being able to sell the book. He wasn't confident in his ability to dance with Elite Three.
That doesn't make me a terrible writer. It doesn't even eliminate me from the game. It is what it is.
It's a rejection full of promise.
You may be thinking something along the lines of, "But he said he couldn't sell it. That's no different from a standard form rejection." There are some background bits you don't know, including the fact this isn't the first manuscript this agent has seen the first of from me. It's actually the third. The previous two, he had long revision lists for. This time, it was one thing he felt stood in the way between him and Elite Three and making that sale.
Traditional Publication is a business. Self-Publishing is a business.
Rejection is just a part of the business, and Elite Two believes he can't make the sale for Elite Three, Elite One will get rejected.
It isn't personal. But, that doesn't mean you can't throw a temper tantrum in private. Sometimes, when you get so close to victory you can see the sweat on the back of the person who crosses the line in front of you, its hard to do anything other than try to defy the laws of physics during your throes of anguish and self-pity.
Just don't wallow long. Business waits for no man or woman, and the writing world is no different.
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Owning a car means paying for fuel, insurance, servicing and repairs. And, all of it can get pretty expensive, especially if you use your car on a regular basis. However, there are many ways to keep your auto maintenance costs as low as as possible while keeping your car in great shape.
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Prevent expensive repairs with regular servicing.
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Driving around with a heavy load makes your engine work harder, which means it's also consuming more fuel. Unnecessary weight also causes more wear and tear on the car's suspension, chassis, and tires. There are things that your car should never go without, such as:
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Jason Greenhalgh is a UK-based blogger and often posts regularly around the internet on a variety of topics. When not blogging, Jason enjoys riding his motorcycle on weekends and visiting new places as often as he can. Jason also plays a small role in local politics and hopes to move forward with this in the future.
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The cabinet meeting that could have taken place in Dehradun in less than Rs 500 was held in Almora and in the process lakhs of rupees were wasted, Bhatt said in a press statement released here. Bhatt alleged that four choppers were pressed into service for ferrying the ministers to Almora that caused a loss of lakhs of rupees to the state exchequer.
The BJP said that the meeting in Almora saw unnecessary waste of lakhs of rupees
Earlier also Congress government has organised cabinet meeting in Gairsain and wasted lakhs of rupees in the process, Bhatt alleged. Government wasted Rs 2.21 lakh for its earlier cabinet meet in Gairsain, then Rs 1.99 lakh were wasted for the opening ceremony of Vidhan Bhawan in Gairsain, Bhatt alleged and asked who has benefited from this wastage of money.
The cabinet meet in Almora on Friday was the first in a series of five cabinet meets to be organised outside Dehradun by the Uttarakhand state government.


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Clinton Signs Telecom Bill, And Internet Protests Follow
NEW YORK -- President Clinton signed a landmark telecommunications bill into law yesterday, provoking a flurry of announcements and threats by companies about invading each others' turf.
But their plans may only amount to chest-thumping in the near term as the combatants face months of ferocious lobbying, legal threats and other tactics, as they attempt to seize the high ground in the coming telecom wars.
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Archaic and unusual names for relatives
We all know that there are quite a few different ways to say 'father' in English, from dad and daddy to father, pater, and the old man. Taking a look into the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary reveals some unusual or archaic variants – and the same is true for almost any relative […]more
Mother's milk, mother wit, and other words containing 'mother'
This Sunday we celebrate Mother's Day, also known as Mothering Sunday, in the UK: that day of the year on which mothers are particularly honoured by their children. In North America and South Africa, Mother's Day is on the second Sunday in May instead. According to A Dictionary of English Folklore, Mother's Day as we […]more
A limerick competition for Mother's Day
The appreciation for limericks, such as Edward Lear's nonsense verses, is well-documented here on the OxfordWords blog. As is an appreciation for mothers. Since Mother's Day and Limerick Day coincide this year in the US, what better way to celebrate both than with a mom-themed limerick competition? (The competition is, of course, open worldwide.) How […]more


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ERR in Stockholm: Sweden Remembers Estonia Ferry Tragedy, Calls for New Investigation ({{commentsTotal}})
The Estonia ferry tragedy, which took place 20 years ago today, was not only hard on an Estonian nation that had only just started rebuilding its independent structures, but it was Sweden which lost the most citizens - 501 of the 852 who died that day.
A ceremony was held at the Estonia ferry disaster monument on Djurgården island in Stockholm on Sunday, followed by a service at the Sofia church.
Representatives from all 17 nations that suffered deaths in the disaster were invited to the ceremony, with Carl XVI Gustaf, the king of Sweden, and the nation's defense minister in attendance.
"Compared to remembrance events in Estonia, Swedes focus more on Swedish citizens who lost their lives on the Estonia. Only Swedish flags are on display here and the entire ceremony is in Swedish," Priit Rajalo told ERR radio on Sunday.
The head of the representatives of the families of the deceased said the Estonian and Swedish governments should be pressured to reopen an investigation, said Rajalo. Rajalo said that would not necessarily mean lifting the wreckage - something both families and the shipping company Estline originally called for - but a investigation using modern cameras and technology.
The official investigation, which found structural problems and a slow response by crew - after the locks of the bow visor broke, it repeatedly struck a lip at the top of the watertight ramp, nudging it open and causing water to pour in on to the car deck.
The ship builder, Meyer Werft, fought back, suggesting the investigation was a coverup, wrote William Langewiesche in "The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime."
More controversially, German investigative journalist Jutta Rabe conducted a diving expedition that, she said, found traces of an explosion. Rabe's book on the alleged cover-up was later adapted for a sensationalist 2003 feature film, however, which significantly dented its credibility.
A few years later, a former Swedish customs chief said during the 10th anniversary of the disaster that the ship had been used to carry Soviet military equipment to Sweden, which prompted plans for a new Swedish investigation.
The mainstream media continues to discount such reports and testimony as conspiracy theories.


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Maltepe University of Ä°stanbul, Turkey, has been officially recognized as an IB Workshop Provider and in November 2017 will be hosting four face-to-face International Baccalaureate (IB) dual-language (English and Turkish) professional development workshops for IB teachers, coordinators and administrators in Diploma Program between 23-25 November, 2017 in cooperation with the IB. The workshops will be:
- Language A: Literature (Turkish, Category 1 & 2),
- Turkey in the Twentieth Century (Category 1 & 2),Â
- Coordination (Category 1)
- Administration (Category 1)
between the dates 23-25 November, 2017 in cooperation with the IB.
2018 workshops
21.06.208- 23.06.2018
- Biyology (Category 1 & 2)
- Turkey in the Twentieth Century (Category 1 & 2)
06.09.2018- 08.09.2018
- Theory of Knowledge (Category 1&2)
- Coordination (Category 1)
- Administrators(Category 1)
- Turkish A:Literature( Category 1 &2)
- Creativity Action Service( Category 1)
Attendants will receive IB Certificates.
Workshop leaders and the Dual Language Format:
All workshops will be led by IB-approved leaders. The Dual-language format is to make the trainings more accessible for those Turkish speaking staff whose English speaking proficiency may not be at a fluent level (especially for the workshops in Turkish Literature, Turkey in the Twentieth Century and administration). The workshop leaders will be bi-lingual, or there will be a team member supporting the leader with translation where necessary. Most of the workshop materials will be translated into Turkish, but there will be the English originals also available for cross-referencing.
General information on Workshop Categories:
Category 1
The IB philosophy and applications will be the focus of these workshops planned for Administrators and Coordinators of the schools that are new to the IB or are in the process of authorization or are in the interested status. Even if the school is not new to the IB, the administrator or the Coordinator may be new to the program, or they may want to revamp their knowledge in order to help the new comers.
Therefore, the Category 1 Workshops are suitable for the teachers of schools that have applied for authorization, or have just started or are thinking of working at an IB school. The program encompasses the following:
Basic philosophy of the program and curriculum model
Program standards and practices according to the roles of the participants
Framework appropriate for their educational program
Category 2:
During Category 2 Workshops examples of in-class evaluation, teaching and learning methods, and best practices will be worked on. This program is prepared for teachers who are already teaching inthe program.
Since the participants know the program and are experienced in its assessment procedures, they will be able to share their experiences and best practices. The following will be covered:
- Making connection betweenthe program framework and classroom practices
- Deepening their understanding of the assessment of IB programs
- Discuss and analyze the standards and practices befitting their roles.
- Category 1 & 2 workshops that will be carried out together
Language A Literature (Turkish)
Turkey in the Twentieth Century
The workshop language for these courses will be Turkish. These workshops will be for teachers who are both new to the program and also for those who have already had some experience in the program. Examples of practical classroom applications and assessment samples will be shared and discussed.
Category 1 Workshops for Administrators
This workshop is recommended for top or middle level educational leadership like the principles or assistant principles of schools that are in the interested category or are preparing for or already have the IB DP at their schools.
This workshop is designed to support the educational leaders to implement the educational program in sync with the IB mission and philosophy and the following topics will be covered:
- Understanding the IB mission and philosohy well in order to achieve holistic educational experiences using the DP program model as the context,
- Implications of IB DP practices on the school including expenses and procurement of staff,
- Various strategies for successful implementation of DP across a range of schools,
- Standards and practices to be used both during candidacy and authorization process (Jan. 2014)
Category 1 Workshops for Coordinators
Recommended for new coordinators who are going to start working at schools that are preparing for DP, or those who are candidate or already authorized.
This workshop is designed to support the DP Coordinators to implement the program in sync with the IB mission and philosophy.
Workshop content:
- Understanding the IB mission and philosophy using the DP program model as the context,
- The role and responsibilities of the DP Coordinator, and strategies that may be used for implementation of the DP at the schools where the participants will be working,
- Standards and practices to be used during both candidacy and authorization processes (Jan. 2014),
- Key IB publications that inform the coordinators,
- On-line systems such as the IBIS and OCC that have very important role fort he coordinators to fulfill their responsibilities.
During the workshop, the participants will understand the basic principles of the DP, while at the same time start drafting documents specific for their schools for the implementation and development of the program.
Category 1 Workshops related to specific subjects taught:
Recommended for:
Teachers who are new in teaching the DP program of IB World Schools that are in the interested category, or are preparing for, or already have the IB DP at their schools. Teachers need to register only to a program in the area they are going to teach.
These workshops prepare the participants to teach according to IB mission and philosophy with holistic educational experiences. Teachers will work on subject-specific guides, authentic assessment criteria, sample student assessment, preparing course material that encourage links between different subjects by the students and how to use the OCC-the online curriculum center and the IB publications.
Category 2 Workshops related to specific subjects taught:
Recommended for:
Teachers who have prepared their students for at least one examination session and thus have gained some experience in their area in DP. They are for those who want to improve the teaching and learning experiences in the classroom. Following topics will be covered during the workshop:
In-class assessment, teaching and learning methods, sharing of best practices, linking program framework and classroom practice, enhancing present knowledge on the assessment and evaluation of IB programs, as well as discussing and analyzing the standards and practices relevant to their roles.


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Kabul Attacks and Pakistan-US Re-engagement
By Raja G Mujtaba
On the subject, S M Hali conducted his weekly Talk, Defence and Diplomacy on PTV. In this talk, besides the author, Prof Salma Malik was also on the panel. The video clipping of the same is embedded at the end of the article.
Today lies and fallacies of 911 stand exposed like a bright sunshine. It was not only the people of the US taken for a ride but the entire world was sucked into its propaganda that was unleashed to bring havoc and complete annihilation of the Muslim world. Since it was launched by a joint operation of CIA and Mossad, hundreds of thousands Muslims around the world have been maimed, slain, tortured, humiliated and captured for no fault of theirs except them being Muslims who wanted to live upright.
Bush started the war based on lies, Obama carried it forward. Today even after 11 years of occupation, the US has not understood the Afghan mind; the US had announced that it would be a quick war in Afghanistan whereby after dismantling Al-Qaeda and the Taliban Regime they were to leave but that was not so; it was a false goal. They landed here with the intention to stay, thinking it an easy walkover. Failed to take any lessons from history, the Brits are buried here and so is the Soviet Union, now will the US walk out of it or finds its grave next to the Brits and the Soviet Union depends on the US itself. With the passage of time, they were sucked in more and more into the death trap. Now it's not the Taliban who are fighting but the Afghans who do not want to see any foreign military presence on their soil.
Recent blunders or acts of savageries by the US and her NATO allies have not only further hardened the Afghans but also united them across the board. Urinating over the dead Afghans, burning of the Holy Quran, night rampage where 16 civilians including women and children were killed have all added fuel to the fire. Now the Taliban penetration into Afghan National Army is so deep that the US and NATO troops are attacked from within besides a large quantity of arms and ammunition being passed on to the freedom fighters.
On top of that they also attacked Pakistan's Salala Border Post where 24 Pakistani troops were killed that resulted in the closure of
NATO supplies that still remain closed till now have come in a deadlock. The US refuses to apologize and cut out drone attacks have further delayed the resumption of the NATO supplies. Spring season has always seen the resumption of Mujahideen attacks on the invaders but this year, they had an added advantage of blocked NATO supplies now in its 6th month since the suspension of the supplies that has made the US vulnerable to such attacks. The blockade of supplies has affected the operational capability of the US.
It is for these reasons, that the US is so desperate to have the supplies resumed, all sorts of pressure is being brought on Pakistan more so on its military but till now all has been sustained.
Pakistan must not allow any FBI/CIA agents on its soil for any reason. It's a glaring truth that since the arrest and deportation of Raymond Davis and hundreds of other agents, Pakistan has seen a great reduction in suicide attacks; now if for any reason, the US contractors or CIA/FBI agents are allowed to operate, they will not hesitate to sniff around and plant destruction for Pakistan.
The US is not leaving but only trying to change her face. They will outsource to civilian contractors to replace the men in uniform. Maintain a minimum presence in uniform that can be reinforced at a short notice. The recently signed Strategic Agreement between Afghanistan and the US the contents of which have not been disclosed indicates that.
Allowing of drones would be disastrous for Pakistan; if Iran can develop or acquire the technology Pakistan with a more developed scientific base should also demonstrate a similar capability. But its more than likely that Iran may have acquired it from Russia or China, if that be the case Pakistan can also work individually or jointly with some foreign source to develop something similar or better to counter the menace of drones that have been perfected at the cost of Pakistan.
Af-Pak Ambassador Grossman visited Pakistan to negotiate the resumption of NATO supplies but the talks were stalled because the US is not willing to apologize and also not ready to abandon the drone attacks. Although its apparent that sooner or later, the supplies would be resumed but not at the cost Pakistan's sovereignty, honour , dignity and integrity.
Now it's been over a decade that US lead NATO forces are making no headway in Afghanistan. But every year there is some statement from someone in a position of responsibility and authority who every year make claims now it's the final year before the war is wrapped up and victory would be declared; then every year proves to be worse than the previous one for the US and her NATO allies. Rory Stewart, the British MP, has deduced a an analogy since 2004 or so, every subsequent year has been declared to be the final year to crush, break and defeat Taliban but as his talk progresses, it sounds funny the way these battle crazy are trying to fool the world. He gave a talk in Ted Talks presented a very precise list of generals, diplomats and political leaders of NATO countries how they declared every as the last year of the Afghan War but then the afghan fighters in rag tags with no organized army or supply of latest sophisticated weapons . The video clipping of Stewart is attached for the benefit of the reader.
After every failure of a battle or attack on the ISAF or NATO troops, the blame is very conveniently shifted onto Pakistan. Why they blame Pakistan is for the following reasons.
- Denuclearize Pakistan.
- Deislamise Pakistan.
- Demilitarize Pakistan.
Without achieving these objectives, the Zionist propelled West cannot make any headway. It's only due to our strategic capabilities that Pakistan has been able to sustain the American pressures to abandon the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline. This pipeline would become the forerunner of future strong relations between Iran and Pakistan. Both the countries have similar threats and for similar reasons; Pakistan for its nuclear capability and Iran for acquiring the capability.
If Pakistan proceeds cautiously, with determination then this can augur into much bigger trade in the near future. Pakistan can import gas, oil and electric power from Iran. Bringing a pipeline to pump huge oil into Pakistan can be re-exported from Gwadar to other countries. Also a sizeable refinery can be established at Gwadar to meet domestic demand and also to export the refined products to ear much needed foreign exchange to meet our trade deficit.
To re-engage with the US, the following must be kept in mind:
- No free transit of NATO supplies should be subjected to 10K US dollars per container.
- Drone attacks must cease unconditional.
- No lethal equipment must be allowed to transit through Pakistan.
- Half the load should be move by rail to bring that back on track.
- No more coalition in so called war on terror. This war has brought us more destruction both in human and financial terms. Also we have antagonized Muslims around the world.
- The US must not establish Indian hegemony in the region and subject Pakistan to it. If the US establishes India in Afghanistan then the region would never be at peace.
- As its being done under the US pressure, MFN status to India must be reviewed; it needs to be put on the backburner till such time that India solves outstanding issues. Allowing transit facility to India for Afghanistan would mean more dumping of arms into Pakistan to spread insurgency.
- The US must not interfere in Pakistan's foreign relations that Pakistan deems fit for its benefit.
If Pakistan fails to en-cash this opportunity to its advantage once for all then it would be very difficult in times to come. If the cards are played carefully, Pakistan can even get her loans written off.


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CLEVELAND - It's safe to say that the 13,832 fans in attendance Saturday at Progressive Field got their money's worth.
Not only did they enjoy bargain-priced $1 hot dogs and an extended entertaining baseball game, they also took in a victory for the home team - the Indians turning back the Twins 5-4 in 11 innings.
In front of one of the bigger home crowds of the season on "Dollar Dog Night," Cleveland tied it with two runs in the eighth inning before winning it on Asdrubal Cabrera's two-out single in the 11th.
If you're a Cleveland sports fan, it was probably better to be across the street taking in the Cavaliers' Game 1 victory over the Celtics at The Q, but this was a pretty good consolation prize.
"The offense came back and the bullpen held it," said Indians starter Justin Masterson, who allowed four runs on 10 hits through 72/3 innings. "It was a great win. It was a good night in Cleveland, with the Cavs winning, too."
The Indians trailed from the first inning on until rallying to tie it with three consecutive two-out hits off Shaker Heights graduate Matt Guerrier in the eighth. Grady Sizemore and Shin-Soo Choo drove in the runs with back-to-back doubles.
All three of the Indians' final runs of the game came with two outs.
"I would rather do it with no outs or one out," said Cleveland manager Manny Acta, whose team won for the fifth time in six games at home. "I really don't want to wait until there's two outs.
"Asdrubal has been huge for us so far and he got another big hit."
The Indians squandered a chance to win the game in the 10th inning when Lou Marson was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single from Sizemore, and they looked like they were headed in that direction again in the 11th.
Cleveland loaded the bases off Twins reliever Alex Burnett before hard-throwing Jesse Crain came on and retired Mark Grudzielanek and Marson. Grudzielanek's soft liner to left was too shallow to score a run and Marson struck out.
But with everything resting on Cabrera, he came through by ripping a 1-1 pitch from Crain into right-center to score pinch runner Luis Valbuena with the winning run.
"(Crain's) got a really good fastball," Cabrera said. "I was waiting for that pitch and I hit it good."
Like the Twins in the 10th, the Indians also got out of a sticky situation once extra innings arrived, Minnesota loading the bases with one out in the 11th off relievers Aaron Laffey and Jamey Wright. Wright got them out of the jam by inducing backup catcher Drew Butera to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
Masterson remained winless (0-3) despite an acceptable outing that saw the right-hander strike out seven. He has just one win in 15 starts since joining Cleveland's rotation after arriving in a trade with the Red Sox last year.
Masterson started slowly, allowing two runs in the first on a two-out single from former Indian Jim Thome, then another in the second on a two-out solo homer from Denard Span.
But from there, Masterson was on the mark, shutting the Twins out over the next five innings, before Justin Morneau's solo shot in the eighth put Minnesota in front 4-2.
"He threw the ball very well after a rough start," Acta said. "He had great command of his fastball. We continue to believe that if he has command of his fastball, he will be effective, because he has good velocity on it."
The sputtering Cleveland bats appeared early and often against Twins starter Jeff Manship, who was making his first start of the season after being called up to fill the roster spot of Nick Blackburn, who left the team for a family emergency.
Manship, who made his big league debut against Cleveland last year, allowed just two runs on five hits over six innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked one.
Down 3-0 after the Twins batted in the second, the Indians closed the gap with a run in the bottom of the second on Jhonny Peralta's second homer of the year and another in the third.
Thome, Cleveland's all-time leader with 334 homers, was in the lineup after sitting out the series opener. He was booed lustily when he returned to Cleveland as a member of the White Sox, but this time around, he got a mixture of cheers and boos from the Progressive Field crowd.
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Benefits of Life Coaching
Benefits of Life Coaching are on the one hand as dramatic and life changing as you might expect. But also, subtle and profound on a longer timescale. Life Coaching Newcastle is about getting the best of the West in what western positive psychology and mindfulness offers, as well as an intellectual feast from the East in terms of Meditation, Buddhist teachings and the serenity of yogic thought.
The first and perhaps easily overlooked benefits of life coaching is you will be offered an opportunity to talk. It's part and parcel of the definition of life coaching – conversation. And, as you talk, I will listen and engage and deeply connect with what you are saying. That in itself is a life changing moment – to be actually listened to and not hurried or urged to self-censor or to somehow quicken up in time for some time limit. People are over-scheduled with obligations and expectations and having the space to actually unpack and share is valuable. This is how you can change your life with life coaching.
Life Coaching basics
As a life coach, I am trained in heart-centered coaching methods, as well as neurolinguistic programming models, so I can listen without judgement, implied or otherwise. Again, simply knowing that you can talk and unpack your thoughts in a non-judgmental environment is really helpful.
Breaking through from a place of being stuck or overwhelmed is about gaining a new perspective. And once you gain the new perspective, the elements of stuckness suddenly fall away.
So how do we gain a new perspective on what might be a lifelong attachment to an old problem from childhood. Like feeling dumb. Or thinking your are not enough. Or believing that you cannot do exercise because you are not coordinated. Or that you have big bones and a slow metabolism.
These kind of lifelong blockages begin with a pivotal moment earlier in life – and somehow we have built up a story around it, like how an oyster develops a pearl from a tiny grain of sand. But in our case, the pearl is not so beautiful – instead it is inertia and stuck-ness and resistance. We grip so tightly on the old information and have woven the story so deeply into our lives that it literally has become a part of us. We believe the old story from decades ago as if it is still the truth. And it limits us and holds us back everyday in our present life. But it doesn't have to be like this – there are mindfulness meditation techniques to overcome this.
Benefits of Life Coaching
At this point, you are face with a choice – it's whether you want to step back into the murky depths of time and go to the place where the triggers were started and try to nut out exactly what happened and then re-frame the relationship that moment has with you today. OR, you can opt instead for the life coaching approach, which begins with acceptance and forgiveness.Anything you can't control in life is teaching you how to let go Click To Tweet
We accept whatever has happened, fully and completely. It's about taking responsibility and recognising that whilst we may not be the one at fault, or have done the wrong thing, ultimately we embrace and accept the moment as uniquely ours. It's extremely powerful and transforms your relationship with the event of the problem.
Acceptance is not the same as letting it win, or being defeated by it – acceptance is taking the emotion and feeling out of it as best you can and seeing it as a blameless, cold thing that just happened – like an act of nature – a flood or fire that just happened without any malicious intent. To keep fighting against a natural event like a flood or drought or the action of the waves is pointless – those things go on happening regardless. That is the level of equanimity we must hold to the trigger moment in our own lives, and one of the great benefits of life coaching.
What is Life Coaching all about?
I'm going to diverge here a moment and explain equanimity a little deeper. It's from my yoga experience – and it comes down to treating your body with a calm acceptance when you are unable to sink deep into a fold or stretch or bend. The mind immediately races off and starts a story around why you are not able to do the pose – like being too fat, or too lazy, or not naturally athletic or whatever – but then if you can set those thoughts aside and just accept where your body is at this moment and how far you can fold into the pose – that's embracing equanimity.
Not judging or comparing – just seeing it as it is and working with it as best you can. It's a powerful way of seeing the world and once you can fall back on a sense of equanimity, so much personal suffering can be avoided.
Benefits of Life Coaching include things like that – philosophical gems from all streams of thought as well as Positive Psychology from the West. It's about getting some space and time to clarify exactly what you are doing and the purpose behind it.
Most of all, don't listen to those who might suggest that life coaching is not worth it or that there are simple answers to be found by just getting on with it. Life can be changed dramatically once you let go of your own limiting beliefs and embrace your essential purpose.


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Skip to comments.180 pounds of nuclear material missing in Canada
Posted on 11/07/2003 7:47:41 PM PST by Allan
John Loftus now on Batchelor Alexander WABC reports: A student of Nuclear Engineering at McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario. has disappeared along with 180 pounds of nuclear waste stolen from the university's nuclear reactor. This happened several months ago but an alert has been ordered tonight in the USA and Canada. His name is ? Adnan al-ShoukriJumai, 27 years old, a Saudi national. A search is underway. The fear is that they may hijack a cargo plane in Canada. I hope to provide further details later on this thread.
I am skeptical, but, its not like college would have anything to hide if it were true......Hmmmmm??.....
Semper Curious
Democrats blame Bush.
Same goes for the endless "bullets dipped in pig fat" posts. Is anyone dumb enough to actually believe that this would intimidate the terrorists???
I'll sleep much better now.
They're intended to form a grid so that the size of the blast can be estimated.
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INVITATION AFTER INVITATION—Why don't YOU answer?
It's a new year. We're all invited to set goals, focus on significant factors in our lives. Interestingly Pope Francis invites us to change, frightening for some and for others, like me, an exciting adventure. Which group do you belong to?
There are many similarities between Scripture's "Martha-Mary" story and the church today. We're all being invited to the Martha role when Pope Francis calls us to "go out into the streets" in this Jubilee Year of Mercy, to "pester our pastors" to become more pastoral, to understand the core of our faith as love and service. He is calling us to action, action that we have never been called to in the past. He has put out invitation after invitation and few have responded. As "a Martha" that would drive me crazy because it would be like inviting people to a party and no one comes.
Pope Francis is also calling us to the Mary role. We're called to be better listeners (by really hearing) one another as we journey through life with solid, deeper relation-ships, honoring "the God voice" within through conscience and moving our own thinking from the laws of the institutional church to the gracious, abundant love of our God given freely to all.
Actually both roles are needed by each of us in this chaotic time in the world and in the church. We are being called to be part of something momentous, something prior generations could never conceive! The Reform Community needs thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of Marthas to help create a new Catholic culture at the grassroots level. Pope Francis is diligently working to build new more effective administrative roles for the Church (in the Curia, the Vatican Bank, etc.) as we assume the rights all Catholics already have and exercise the needed responsibilities to work locally. The old adage applies here – "all politics is local".
Vatican II recognized that the Church was neither sensitive nor responsive to the needs of the people and proposed some principles and a new spirit in our church in developing responsible and mature Catholics. A recent collaborative survey effort with Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI) proved without any doubt that Catholics globally are longing for a church that is welcoming, inviting and nurturing.
The American Catholic Council (ACC) is taking Francis' invitations seriously because we believe his invitations are calling us to become adult Catholics! For years we have heard how we are all children of God, how we have rules rather than love to follow to guarantee salvation, yet these manmade rules no longer match reality.
Some find Francis' invitation too general for a response because they are unclear what is expected of them (childlike thinking). Others, like our USCCB, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, appear to have ignored Francis' invitations moving on with business as usual. Francis can't do it all for us. The USCCB refuses to accept the invitation so it's up to us.
Join us! We've developed a template for Listening Circles, an effort begun at our inaugural event in Detroit (2011) that is incredibly successful in Canada and goes on yet today earning strong recognition for the work they do. We have adopted their generic model and added the invitational dimensions Francis calls us to. See the template here. We'll examine topics that respond directly to Pope Francis' invitation. Will you join us? Will you accept Francis' unfiltered invitation to the People of God? If you have questions about creating and facilitate a group to explore the issues that will change us and change our church, contact me at email@example.com. We extend this invitation to all to respond to St. Francis' call "to rebuild My church". We can do this!


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my future butterfly tattoo, in color...
*edit note - currently tattooed on my right hip.
*edit note - currently tattooed on my right hip.
are you allowing other people to get this tattoo too, or is it reserved for only you? ^^?
well, seeing as how i've already had it done...i was the first to get it. i think it should be fine if someone else were wanting to use it for their own. i would just maybe suggest modifying the design somewhat, that way your tattoo would be unique, and not just a copy of something someone else has.
just a thought...do with it as you wish.
just a thought...do with it as you wish.
So beautiful and delicate!
wow...very beautiful me likes vmuch
That's so Awesome! This!
thats a really nice butterfly
I love this tattoo! I want it!
Wow, it's really pretty.......
beautiful, you are very talented


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As part of the environmental unit (Unit 3 in Interactions) we are now going to do an extended study of the way plastics are polluting the environment, particularly the oceans. More than eight million tonnes of plastic is thrown away each … Continue reading
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The Market For African Beach Sand: Who's Buying, Selling And Mining It?By Dana Sanchez, 5:34 pm
With its island-building binge, Dubai is a big customer for African sand. So are Africa's expanding concrete manufacturing giants. For the island project "The Palm Jumeirah," Dubai used 200 million cubic meters of sand and stone. Some of the sand came from the sea off Dubai's coast but a large amount came from African beaches. In Cape Verde, one in three people is unemployed. Sand mining is a fast way to earn money. The consequences of excessive sand mining are devastating. On beaches where tortoises once buried their eggs, there is now only dirt and stones.
Cheap Labor: Why Ethiopia May Become The African Industrial PowerhouseBy Staff, 12:02 am
You'd be hard pressed to find a country in the world that has cheaper labor than Ethiopia. However, manufacturing as a share of GDP in Ethiopia is 5 percent, well below the African average of 10 percent. The country also scores below the African average on diversification, export competitiveness, productivity and tech upgrading. Despite this, it's not a long shot to predict that Ethiopia will soon catch up with countries like China and Vietnam in some low-tech manufacturing industries. These are industries for which labor costs are very important. Beyond these obvious industries, there are reasons to believe Ethiopia might be on the right track to catch up with more advanced economies.
Nigeria's BUA Talks With China About $1.9B Cement, Steel DealBy Dana Sanchez, 7:22 pm
While some Nigerian firms have put expansion plans on hold, others see opportunities as Africa's biggest economy struggles with an oil price slump. BUA's main rival, Dangote Cement, has also been expanding, signing a $4.34 billion deal in 2015 with China to almost double its capacity across Africa. "With the (fall) in the price of commodities … we can (expand) much cheaper than what it would have cost some years ago," said BUA Chairman AbdulSamad Isyaku Rabiu.
Dangote Cement Plans To List On London, Johannesburg Stock ExchangesBy Dana Sanchez, 11:49 am
Aliko Dangote is consolidating his cement businesses across Africa into one company that can compete globally on London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. "Our intention is to consolidate our cement assets," he said while announcing a $600-million cement plant in Tanzania. Dangote isn't the largest cement producer in Africa but he plans to be. His net worth dropped in 2014 as a result of a weaker Nigerian currency.
How Zimbabwe Enticed Africa's Richest Man To Invest In CementBy Staff, 9:23 am
Africa's richest man Mr Aliko Dangote has always wanted to visit Zimbabwe to scout investment opportunities and to meet President Mugabe, whom he reveres as a true pan-Africanist, it has been learnt. The Nigerian billionaire accomplished both missions on August 31, 2015 when he was the President's guest at State House where he laid the groundwork for major investments in coal mining, energy and cement manufacturing.
Dangote Exempt From Zimbabwe Indigenisation LawsBy Staff, 12:19 am
Aliko Dangote will be exempt from Zimbabwe's indigenisation laws requiring foreign investors to give 51% of earnings to locals. Dangote announced this week he plans to invest in cement, power and coal projects in Zimbabwe. The cement plant alone will be a $400 million investment.
People And Power: Dangote Is Investing In Zimbabwe Coal, Power, CementBy Dana Sanchez, 3:21 pm
Africa's richest man, Nigeria's Aliko Dangote is investing in Zimbabwe coal, power and cement. Zimbabwe has lagged behind neighbors Mozambique and Zambia in attracting foreign investment but the government said in July it had approved $971M in foreign investment in the first half of 2015 versus $555M a year ago. Dangote Cement faces intense competition in the African cement sector.
Dangote Signs $4.3B Deal With China To Build 8 New Cement PlantsBy Dana Sanchez, 3:42 pm
Africa's richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote has signed a $4.3-billion deal with a Chinese government-owned engineering company to build eight new cement plants for his Nigeria-based company. The new factories are expected to be completed within 2.5 years and add around 25 million tonnes to the firm's existing cement capacity of 45 million tonnes. There's more to come. Dangote wants to be up to 100 million tonnes of cement a year by 2020.
Made In Africa: Cement Is The New Oil For Dangote And OthersBy Kevin Mwanza, 8:23 am
In the wake of a stocks slump in China on Monday Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, lost as much as $710 million off his fortune in just one day. But that does not concern Dangote, 58, whose net fortune is estimated to be worth $15.4 billion according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. What concerns Dangote more is how his series of cement factories, that he has worked so hard to expand across Africa this year, are doing.
Made In Africa: New Plant Will Turn Rwanda From Cement Importer To ExporterBy Dana Sanchez, 2:59 pm
A new cement plant in Rwanda will help transform the country from cement importer to exporter. Rwanda's CIMERWA cement company spent $170 million on the new plant. It can produce 600,000 tons of cement per year — a sixfold increase. CIMERWA is 51-percent owned by South Africa-based Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC).
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Physical and Chemical News | Year: 2011
The aim of this paper is to study the feasibility of using Dynamic Time Warping algorithm to implement a system of automatic recognition of Arabic isolated words. The extraction technique used to characterize the signal is "Mel Frequency cepstral coefficients or MFCC. Other prosodic parameters, such as energy, first and second drifts of MFCC", were concatenated to basic MFCC coefficients in order to search for more effective signal characteristics. A corpus of apprenticeship and of test pronounced by several Moroccan speakers is established in order to evaluate system performances. The better recognition rate (86%) was obtained while using, as characteristics, 12 coefficients MFCC, an energy coefficient, and 26 coefficients obtained from the first and second drifts of the MFCC coefficients and energy.
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Physical and Chemical News | Year: 2013
A method of isolated vocal word recognition by the identification of the upper envelope of their electric signals (temporal Prints) has been achieved. This method consists on recognizing different words pronounced by different persons. Thus, reference words have been created and the noise signal has been recorded to take into account the effect of the local conditions. This method of voice recognition was made trough the acquisition of the word to recognize, the extraction of the useful information, the determination of the upper envelope of the electric signal, the smoothing of the envelope, the comparison of the envelope of the word to recognize with the reference word and the final decision.
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The development of a multidisciplinary product (having a strong software component) is a complex task with multiple constraints, especially during the design phase. The mastery of the design phase is a necessary condition for the product development success and therefore assuring its competitiveness on the market. To contribute to this mastery, the formalization and modeling of the process design is imperative. We aim in this article, the formalization of multidisciplinary product's design methodology with an organizational character, throughout the modeling of the product design process's different aspects: structural, behavioral…, which can be exploited by business stakeholders or software analysts. We used two modeling standards: UML and BPMN and we made a comparative study between models obtained by these two standards. © 2005 - 2015 JATIT & LLS. All rights reserved.


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The Comelec has made the mistake of lumping and reporting millions of votes without breaking down where these votes came from. With high-tech communications at its disposal, the Comelec could have easily broken down such huge numbers into smaller bits to determine where they came from for the sake of transparency and credibility. Such detailed figures could have prevented suspicions and protests from disfavored losers. Erap therefore has all the reasons to question Aquino's lead over him and his readiness to concede.
I surmise that corruption has prospered well during Arroyo's regime because of the cozy relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court. The system of checks and balance disappeared completely. In a stealthy way, Congress and the Supreme Court had handed to Gloria "absolute power to govern".
It's good that our election has this PCOS machine because the counting process and result is quicker than the manual counting. Since this is the first time and true that COMELEC is still probing, experimenting, and exploring this kind of system, there are a lot of lapses that they need to improve. But of course to the citizens also, they should be understanding, participative and cooperative for we are all in this together for the betterment of our election system.
Amidst all the black propaganda thrown at Noynoy Aquino, the specter of a failure of elections, and the rumored plan to cheat him and deny him the presidency, people were expecting the worst to happen. But that didn't hinder their resolve to do their part. Instead, the looming chaos brought out the best in the Filipino people.


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Slowly but surely, airports are working out ways to include ride-hailing service such as Uber and Wingz and Lyft into their ground transportation offering.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the latest to join in, but their program has an environmental twist.
Back in 2003, the airport was the first in the country to mandate and achieve a 100 percent green taxi fleet.
Now, in a one-year pilot program that kicks off today, any ride-hailing service that wants to operate at the airport will be required to match those green fleet requirements through a combination of high MPG vehicles, deadhead reduction, and/or ridesharing, the airport said in a release.
Services that want to participate in the program will need to sign agreements with the Port of Seattle, prove their compliance and pay a $5 fee for each pick-up at the airport.
According to the Seattle Times , both Uber and Lyft have already signed the agreements and will begin service today, with Wingz planning to roll out service next week.
The ride-hailing companies will be required to file monthly reports on all pick-ups and drop offs and pay an additional $5 per trip fee if they don't meet the environmental standards.