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NEW YORK (CNBC) -- You can blame testosterone.
Men's perception of greater power in the workplace is why women outpace them when it comes to investment returns, researchers say.
Female money managers consistently outperform their male counterparts, and social scientists say this unbalanced power dynamic is one reason why. But, they add that eventually, as the power balance evens out in the workplace, women may lose some of that edge.
Men's higher testosterone levels lead them to trade more and take riskier positions. "Men can become a little immune to some of the signals in this market," said Meredith Jones, a director at consulting firm Rothstein Kass. "Having more women in risk-tasking positions… can help mitigate some irrational exuberance."
Jones is the author of a study, released Wednesday, that found since 2007, female-owned or female-managed hedge funds delivered returns more than six percentage points higher than hedge funds overall, and two percentage points higher than the S&P 500.
"Women just tend to think about money management and the markets differently," said Jones.
Research done by social scientist Deborah Gruenfeld, co-director of the Executive Program for Women Leaders at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, suggests that the perception of greater power in the workplace can hurt people's decision-making ability.
"We found that power led to perceived control over outcomes that were uncontrollable and/or unrelated to the participants' power," she wrote in a research paper published in Psychological Science in 2009.
"Members of dominant groups… [are] more likely than others to believe they can control the future," she wrote. In the hedge fund world, that's men; Rothstein Kass found that only about 20 percent of hedge funds are run by women.
"Power makes people less loss-averse. They're less concerned about what a loss would feel like," said Ena Inesi, assistant professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School. She theorized that people in positions of power are more likely to have the resources to weather a loss, so they might not be as concerned about potential negative outcomes.
Management behavior
The differences between how men and women behave as managers also could play a role, said Crystal Hoyt, an associate professor of leadership studies at University of Richmond.
Female managers are more likely to collaborate, since a hard-charging, authoritarian leadership style is more likely to be perceived as masculine. "There's a backlash if they're too masculine," she said. "They have to know when to listen to others and not assume they know exactly what to do," Hoyt said. Taking the advice of others could improve their success as investors.
Movements like LeanIn.org, founded by Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, aim to make corporate America more welcoming to women. Ironically, social scientists say a more inclusive corporate culture could shrink — although probably not eliminate — the current gap between male and female performance when it comes to investing.
It won't happen overnight. "I could see it taking longer than a decade," Jones said. "I think they could potentially get closer but I think it's very difficult to change behavior and biology."
As more women rise to leadership roles, bosses of both genders will gravitate towards management styles that work best, which means men and women might solicit the advice and expertise of their colleagues. On the flip side, some female executives confident in their power and not bound by gendered tenets about how women "should" behave might act more like men.
The other factor is just a numbers game: Having more women in the field overall could change gender-based performance differences. "Women face a double standard that slows their rise to the top," Hoyt said. "If you didn't have the same barriers, mediocre women as well as mediocre men would rise… that would decrease the performance discrepancy," she said.
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Remember the awesome underwater dogs from Seth Casteel? This is something similar, filmed with a slow motion camera at 1,000 frames per second:
A crazy wingsuit race brought to you by Devin Super Tramp, aka Devin Graham, and his friends.
This Easter will be better with a bunch of puppies, baby chickens and bunnies, brought to you by Devin Super Tramp aka Devin Graham's viral video factory.
Devin Super Tramp presents the world's largest rope swing in Moab, Utah.

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A writer, haunted by an idea for a new story hunts for four refugee performers of a theatre destroyed in a mysterious fire. He locates his friends in a remote, pagan settlement founded by Stronheim; owner of a Strange Factory hidden deep in the local countryside that emits an infamous Hum.
The curtains open…
The 'Strange Factories' trailer is released tomorrow at 10am GMT.
Two days until the 'Strange Factories' is unveiled.
Two lines of beds are slanted against opposite walls. A large gold minus sign is painted above one set of beds and a gold plus sign on the other side of the room.
Lying in the minus beds are the morbidly obese. Needles are embedded in their flesh and their fat is siphoned off. It travels along transparent tubes that run along the length of the ceiling and down the walls to the beds under the golden plus sign on the opposite side of the room. Thick globs of human fat drip down from the tubes into the mouths of the anorexic patients who are strapped into the plus beds.
A sign hangs down from the centre of the room.
CITIZEN Y is published today
Citizen Y and Independent Media Production From The Trenches
There's always a side of the creative process that remains in shadow. We used to call it "behind the scenes," but the angle shot from behind the scenes has become the new normal. The actor playing the character is, if anything, more at the forefront of the viewers consciousness.
As an example of this, here is me playing the actor JC, who played the character JC in Clark:
(More on that project in a second.)
Maybe we can see "behind the scenes" if the project has not yet been produced. I want to share a bit of a project with all of you that, so far, has not seen the light of day.
If it hasn't seen the light of day, why should you care about it, you might ask?
Because it is a story more common than you might think. Because it is the norm rather than the exception. The number of things you haven't seen far outweighs what you have. For every Picasso there are millions of other painters, some excellent and some awful, that you never happened upon. And of the artists you have heard of, except for when they are put under the microscopic scrutiny of historians, there are probably works in progress that never made it.
Some of these projects are abortions, some are miscarriages, and some, fighting all biological possibility, simply remain in a kind of limbo space, maybe to manifest at some point in the future, and maybe not.
The project I'm talking about is Citizen Y, and it is an example of the latter case, neither an abortion nor a miscarriage, but instead, as the blueprints of the experience we developed are soon to be released, it is something that exists as many ideas and myths exist, an unmanifest possibility. Time will tell, as it always does.
This is how conception went. In 2007, I went to the first Esozone in Portland. At the time I was senior editor of Alterati. I had the chance to meet a number of people I had been talking with online, even working with, but who I had never met in "meat space." You can write a book, produce an album, or talk for hours with people halfway across the globe. But there is something unique about being in person with them. Something very different about the experience.
After seeing FoolishPeople perform, Joseph, John and I talked and we decided we wanted to work on a project together. Probably a live event slash film. We didn't know what yet. We just knew we wanted to do it.
A year of writing and bouncing ideas around later, John and I had a workable script. The script itself was futuristic in content but written with a tone that is almost reminiscent of Greek tragedy, if it was parsed through the brain of someone like Philip K Dick. It is not a tone that I usually use. To an extent I was taking John's lead with that, and to an extent it was just what came out of the chemistry of that moment and that interaction.
We had a few concept artists onboard, and we were in the process of planning the event. First we had our sights on LA. At the last minute - though thankfully before we announced, if memory serves - that angle fell through. We then spent some more time refining our creative materials, regrouping, and we conceived of doing it in London, after FoolishPeople pulled off yet another successful event there in the Abattoir.
We had new hoops to jump through when pitching this time. A few months of work got us all lined up, and with things seemingly in place, we made an announcement. We started taking pre-orders, were negotiating with venues. Actors were jockeying to get cast. It seemed like we were locked in. But then things took a turn south again: there wasn't enough confidence from the involved production companies that we'd turn a profit, rightly or wrongly, and it was determined that losses should be cut.
This is a familiar story for anyone who is familiar with the film production process. For every movie you see, there are countless movies that got shelved or died thanks to a merger, or any number of other things that can happen through no necessary fault on the part of any of the involved parties.
"It's just business," we say, and so far as business is concerned, that is true, but as creative work like this is also something that is not just business, it hurts. It hurts when things get canned, when you've put years of work into them, sometimes, and no one is going to even be able to hear or see it. Because these things get made, or not, based on business evaluations. But the work itself is not "just business."
It has nothing to do with business. Sometimes, contractually, you aren't even allowed to talk about the projects that fall through the cracks. "What have you done the past three years?" could be a very difficult question to answer in such situations. By some manner of thinking, you could have sat in a corner masturbating for three years and produced the same result.
But all artists - I have an aversion to the word "artist" sometimes because of the implications that a capitalistic mindset paints there, but I don't have a better word - know better. We know that every project is an experiment. Life, itself, is an experiment. And there is no such thing as failure, aside from "failure to get back up again."
That doesn't mean we don't do our share of crying and whining from the mat. That's fine. Some people are ashamed of that.
Don't be. It's part of the process. But if you aren't driven to get up again, despite your better judgment, go out and get a "real job," son. Art is an addiction. Whether or not it immortalizes you, it'll certainly kill you. Just a matter of when.
I learned a few things from this experience, and several other projects I worked on between 2005-2009. That is that limitation is often what defines an art form. If you have a guitar with one string and can't afford six, develop a style that shows off what you can do with one string. I wasted so much time and effort trying to bring on "money people," and though we often got very close to sealing a deal, it often fell apart right when things seemed finally on track. I think this is most fundamentally because the kind of work that we do doesn't make any sense to "money people."
It doesn't render in their worldview. From my point of view, if a piece of work breaks even - and by that I mean the people working on it are paid out as well - that is a magnificent success. Most of these people want to see huge returns on their risky investment. We're not going to see eye to eye. They won't understand the burning necessity that the piece has for you, and more importantly, they won't care.
This has been a turning point for me in terms of approach.
Since then, I have worked on Clark, a Gonzomentary series which we literally produced with a DV camera, light kit, and the money we could squeeze out of our pockets. It was conceived as something that could be done in that way. We have plans to edit the 100 or so minutes of good footage we shot into a Spinal Tap style movie, and finished a season. If we had tried to pitch the thing for funding, we'd still be running around, trying to jump through hoops. "We want a summary." "We want a script." "We want you to shoot an episode." "We want you to show us 10,000 facebook 'likes.'"
This is how it works, by the time you're done jumping through all those hoops you may as well have just done something you can do on your own.
The truth is that the "money people" will only be interested once you are already making money. Then they might be interested in helping you make more so they can make some themselves. Otherwise, they could really give a flying fuck about your "vision." The sooner you get that into your head as an artist, as a writer, as a musician, the better. Look to your work, look to your audience. If you bring in a publisher, a label, or so on, think of them as a partner in the venture of reaching your audience. But chances are, you're not going to bring in a partner who can really expand your reach before you've already gone halfway to the moon yourself.
Since then, I've written a novel, and I'm jumping through some of those expected hoops to look for a publishing partner. I've co-produced an album, and am co-producing a second. We're publishing an enormous amount of material and research on modern myth through Weaponized in The Immanence of Myth. (June 2011)
These are all things where there are collaborative elements, but none of them depend on "money guys" to come into being, or even any other creatives. They are open to, but not dependent on them.
I mention this - "open to collaborators but not dependent on them" - because during this time I also wrote the scripts for 3 comic issues that were to be compiled as a graphic novel. After going through two artists who had to cancel a little ways in - one because of paying contracts taking his attention, the other due to his day job taking his attention - I re-wrote it in prose format with the intention of having accompanying full page illustrations/images. This format of collaboration is also on hiatus due to the other commitments of my collaborator. People have jobs, families, illness, they die. Priorities shift, people go homeless or get hit by an Earthquake. I'm not speaking in the abstract here.
Again, I am not pointing blame but pointing rather towards the realities of producing material like this. Not only is it challenging, not only do you have to convince the world that it is worth both their time and their money, but you also have to contend with the demands being made on the time of all the people you are working with.
We will be publishing the Citizen Y script, along with some of the concept art that we created while planning out the production design. I see it very much as a ritual blueprint, based on the unique methods we planned on using both live and for the filming. I hope you come along for the ride, and that the lessons I've learned might help you in your own work.
Weaponized Announces Publication of Citizen Y
For Immediate Release: London, 14th of February 2011
Weaponized is proud to announce the publication of Citizen Y by John Harrigan and James Curcio. More than a script, Citizen Y is a blueprint of a ritual experience. It is a demonstration of how you can create an immersive, transformative experience for an audience that goes beyond passive entertainment. Parodying our fixation on spoon-fed media, it transports the reader into a post-apocalyptic reality show where the grand prize is the future itself.
Citizen Y fuses characters from James Curcio's Fallen Nation books and John Harrigan's GraveLand myth into a unique hybrid narrative. Both writers have decades of experience producing mythic, occult experiences that transcend the boundaries of media, audience and stage. The book also stands as an example of modern myth as discussed in The Immanence of Myth Anthology.
This release by Weaponized includes concept artwork by James Curcio, Daniele Serra, and P. Emerson Williams. Edited by Lucy Harrigan, it will be published by Weaponized and available in print through major retailers and in eBook format from April 2011.
Citizen Y is available to pre-order from today.
About Citizen Y
Civilisation has fallen. In the rubble, we at the Y Corporation have developed the ultimate solution to save society: the Y Show. We encourage all good citizens to sign up for the show. You will be housed within a wonderful Haze Treatment Facility and undergo unique psychological treatment, which will clear away the illness of individuality. This reprogramming will be broadcast to the eyes and ears of citizens in our New World, populated with previous contestants and patients. This is a reality show unlike any other! There is a secret that haunts Haze01, the original treatment facility. Two patients, locked deep within its walls, contain archetypes that reject all reprogramming. They channel portents and omens of another future, a world where myth and divinity remake reality, manifesting a planet fit for Gods. In this season of the Y show, the doctors of the facility make their final attempt to process these two patients, before they break free and unleash total anarchy. Tune in.
James Curcio, Creative Director of Mythos Media, says: "Mythos Media was founded specifically to work on projects like this, and modern myths have been my life passion. I am eager to share the world of Citizen Y, and hope it inspires others to create their own."
John Harrigan, Artistic Director of FoolishPeople comments: "Citizen Y is a mutant narrative. A frankenstein monster that has roamed our minds for over three years. I'm happy to open the doors to the castle and set our creation free to roam the wild and infect other people's imaginations."
About Mythos Media:
Mythos Media was founded by James Curcio, Peter Emerson Williams, Michael Szul and Tovarich Pizor in 2006 to produce modern myths. In the past, these have taken the form of comics, novels, and albums. For more information, please visit: http://www.mythosmedia.net
About Weaponized:
The Weaponized imprint extends the immersive art of FoolishPeople into the realm of publishing. Our mission is to seek out and disseminate experimental forms of fiction, prose and art which offer new ways to experience stories and myth. We are passionately committed to finding unique narrative hybrids that challenge, engage, inform and inspire our readers. For more information, please visit: http://www.weaponized.net
About John Harrigan: John Harrigan is a writer, director, performer and artist. He is also known as the founder of FoolishPeople and a contemporary magician whose work centres on the creation of immersive ritual theatre, installation art, books and film that aim to raise a numinous experience within the witness. His work has been exhibited at the ICA, The Horse Hospital, Arcola Theatre and has been presented internationally in the United States and the Netherlands. For further information, please visit http://www.johnharrigan.com
About James Curcio:
James creates dystopian propoganda for a generation of disenfranchised hedonists, intellectuals, and drug addicts. This propoganda is fed by a fascination with the overlap of narrative, psychology, philosophy, systems theory, and of course mythology, which seems to be an almost pathological fixation of his. Previous brain-washing agents have taken the form of novels, essays, scripts for comic and films, musical albums, soundtracks, podcasts, live performances, and installations. They were distributed to the eyes and ears of an unwitting public through the internet, print, and social media subversion. Now, in a move that may telegraph some kind of psychotic break, he's acting in the world's first Gonzomentary.
For further information please email
Citizen Y
Published by Weaponized April 2011
Weaponized Announces Publication of Anthology on Modern Myth
For Immediate Release: London, 17th of January 2011
Weaponized is proud to announce the publication of 'The Immanence of Myth', an anthology arranged by James Curcio of Mythos Media. This anthology includes conversations, art and articles with those in the process of creating myth now, from up-and-comers and long-time underground myth-makers to celebrated artists such as Laurie Lipton and David Mack.
It will be published by Weaponized and available in print through major retailers and in Kindle and other eBook formats from July 2011.
About 'The Immanence of Myth':
Thinkers such as Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, Karl Kerenyi, and many others have helped to popularize an awareness of the psychological significance of archaic myth inside, as well as outside, the ivory tower of academia. However, the vast majority of their work has been focused on understanding and legitimizing the myths of the past.
Yet myth is an immanent, ongoing dialogue, an assemblage that interconnects us all. Joseph Campbell made it a part of his life's work to emphasize the central importance an understanding of myth plays for the artist, and it is a perspective that arguably has been lost in many corners of the modern art world. This makes this investigation essential for artists (and would-be artists), regardless of their medium.
However, myth's central importance does not end with art. Our beliefs and ideas about the world determine how we treat the world, how we engage with it and enter into it. Far from being archaic relics of the past, myths will affect the future for all of us. Even if we are unaware of them, they will continue to affect us.
Nearly half of this five-hundred page book was written by James Curcio, a writer and art director with extensive independent media experience. Since getting involved in media production as co-founder of Evolving Media in 2000—the first in many media/arts collectives he helped organize—he has built engaging narratives, utilizing the mediums best suited to the task.
He says, "I am excited to be building a platform for the exploration of the subject of mythology in a modern light, both through the release of this book and the website modernmythology.net, and believe that Weaponized is the perfect partner to bring this to fruition. I hope that this continues to be a springboard for the much-needed discussion of the role that myth plays in all our lives, as well as the creation of new media which builds upon this knowledge."
John Harrigan of Weaponized says "One of the key reasons FoolishPeople founded the Weaponized imprint was to ensure that important works such as 'The Immanence of Myth' are published and made widely available. Now more than ever the subject of Myth is of vital importance to the very nature of humanity and we're proud to publish this book."
We must invent our myths—or re-invent them—ourselves. If you haven't already, take this as a wake-up call to join in and become a myth-maker of the 21st century.
About Weaponized:
Weaponized publishes experimental forms of fiction, prose and art that offer new ways to experience stories and myth. They are passionately committed to finding unique narrative hybrids that challenge, engage, inform and inspire readers.
The imprint was founded by FoolishPeople, a group that has been creating theatre, collaborative events, live art, books, music and film for over fifteen years. FoolishPeople combine mythology, shamanism, drama therapy, strategic forecasting and open source collaboration in the creation of this work.
Since its launch in August 2010 Weaponized has published FoolishPeople scripts 'Cirxus' and 'Dead Language' by John Harrigan, 'The Sparky Show' by Xanadu Xero and 'Forum' by Richard Webb.
Amongst other titles scheduled in 2011 Weaponized will publish 'Citizen Y' written by John Harrigan and James Curcio in April.
Starting in February and leading up to the publication of 'The Immanence of Myth' in July, James Curcio's ModernMythology.net and weaponized.net will feature writing and interviews with contributors featured in 'The Immanence of Myth'.
For further information please email
We now have photography from the FoolishPeople hosted evening in celebration of the Official Launch of The Weaponized Imprint & Publication of The Sparky Show at the Horse Hospital on the 14th of November.
A rather splendid, strange and wondrous affair.
Thank you to the Horse Hospital, the Weaponized authors - Xanadu Xero, Richard Webb, P. Emerson Williams and Brian Shaughnessy. Our special guests - Paul Bassett Davies, Gabriella Apicella. The FoolishPeople performers David Mondard and Claire Tregellas and of course to everyone who attended and made the evening such a success for Weaponized.
Photography by Lucy Harrigan
BBC Talking Movies- Secret Cinema, November 2010. Featuring FoolishPeople- Tollhaus (Tereza Kamenicka) & Elijah (John Harrigan).
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The Providence Experiments
"Providence is always on the side of the last reserve"
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Providence Experiments are a unique series of workshops and events that fuse experimentation, visualisation, ritual, psychological intervention and immersive game. Test subjects will be thrust into bizarre events that offer the willing participant the opportunity to undergo a challenging yet positive artistic transformation.
Over one lunar calendar month, you will receive spontaneous transmissions, puzzles, choices and oddities that may pervade any and every part of your life. Prepare your mind for anything.
This experience will be designed specifically for YOU. Perception of self and reality will constantly be challenged. We will initiate you into in a unique journey where you are the hero or villain in your own story.
The aim of the Providence Experiments is to unleash your subconscious creative potential while offering an amazing, unprecedented experience unlike anything you've likely participated in before.
The Providence Experiments will consist of one set session per week in Central London over five weeks, starting Friday 5th November. Specialised directions to each venue will be transmitted 5 days before each session.
Warning: The Providence Experiments will not be confined to the five stated sessions. Active engagement and full participation is vital and absolutely necessary.
YOU and your subconscious will be the true playing ground for the game. However, this experience will be facilitated by FoolishPeople, a group that create immersive occult events using their developed practice Theatre of Manifestation. They will be aided with media and profiling consultation provided by Mythos Media, a team assembled to create modern myths.
Prospective applicants must e-mail providence(at)weaponized.net immediately. Do it now: the number of places are extremely limited. If you receive an application form, you are lucky enough to have passed Phase I and are on your way to taking your place within Test Bed One.
Friday November 5th
Sunday November 14th
Sunday November 21st
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Sunday December 5th
Early booking discount: £150 (£30 per week) Available until 17th October Standard booking: £200 (£40 per week) Available from 18th October
Cirxus by John Harrigan (book trailer) Directed by P. Emerson Williams
1957- Seascale, the North of England. Cirxus; an old English circus lost in the shadows of the smoke stacks of Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station. Step into the world of Cirxus, explore its sideshows and meet extraordinary characters from the past and future.
Athalia the ballerina waits in the ring for Loudon the clown to return with directions to the Black Pool, the mythic site of the Home Sweet Home, the final show of the season.
Join her as she begins a bizarre and wondrous search for Loudon through the irradiated secrets of Cirxus, where she must face the macabre atomic menagerie, haunted by circus animals and navigate her way through the maze of strange, hallucinogenic sideshows to the other side of time.
Immerse yourself in the world of Cirxus, where theatric arcana and atomic fallout irradiate the sawdust arenas of our inner worlds.
Cirxus is the first script of an immersive theatrical event to be published in the world and the first work to be published from FoolishPeople's back catalogue.
Each copy includes concept art by P. Emerson Williams, alongside a photographic record from the first run of Cirxus at the Arcola theatre in 2009.
Cirxus defies genre and form and offers a literary experience like no other. A combination of hallucinogenic novel and blueprint to a physical experience.


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Don't look now, but if Oklahoma pulls this out they will have that sole distinction (for 24 hours anyway)
Note that if we do win tomorrow we will break our tie with USC for most BCS wins (or break our tie with Florida if you believe vacated games never really happened).
If they lose it will be because they didn't play Stanford football.
Interesting reading the history here, but I don't agree with the conclusions. Bad shooting nights happen... and most games show significant variation in metrics from season-long averages. It just so happens that these games were in the tournament, so 1) we remember them and 2) they were against other good (tournament) teams that win when the other team is having an off night. That is why I hate the tournament as a way to determine a champion... it has a lot more to do with being streaky/lucky... not having any off night on the nights they chose to schedule the games. The NBA uses a series of games so that a good team's season does not end due to one single game.
Wow, horrible reporting.
On CBS John Adams said that hypothetically, if Craft's foot was above the line, a blocking foul occurred. He went on to say that he thought it seemed as though the foot was above the line, but he had not seen anything that conclusively demonstrated that. To misconstrue Adam's statement as saying the call was incorrect.... horrible job Yahoo!
I didn't think there were many things that could compare to beating TSUN, or Better Know a Buckeye, and then you show me that TBDBITL doing Fantasia is a thing! My reality is at least 25 points better than it was one hour ago! Thank you, Vico, you are killing it!
First of all... wow, great writeup, sorry I could only give it one helmet sticker.
Second, I still have trouble seeing this. I really hope Delany proves me wrong, but as someone who has family in NYC and visits their annually, I don't see Rutgers as delivering the NYC market. Same thing with Maryland. Unless the B1G adds the Ravens and the Giants, I don't think we get these markets. Notre Dame, on the other hand, has far more fans in these markets.
The biggest problem I have with all these sorts of analysis is dichotomy of reasoning expected... "think like a businessman" but also "think like a Univerity President." To the businessman I say, "Its about the product, stupid!" CFB drives the bus, and UNC, UVA, and some other university I am to bored thinking about to scroll up do not provide a better product. Nor, for that matter, do Rutgers/Maryland (again, hope I am wrong here). If the B1G wants to "Live B1G", get Notre Dame, Florida, and/or UT or GO HOME! Delany did a great job with Nebraska, but chasing demographics with a bad product is a sure path to business failure.
Soccer was invented by European housewives as a way to keep busy while their husbands did the cooking
Between the way tOSU will dominate TTUN, TDBITL, and what will surely be a deafening cheer for The Vest and The Best Damn Team in the Land (2002 edition), Meyer will be able to put on a great show in front of a huge contingent of top-notch recruits. 12 days to go!!!
Oh please please please tell me we will see the Bobcats prevent AACC from making a Sweet 16 appearance again, that was almost as sweet as cheering the Buckeyes all the way to the Final 4.
Deep leauge too... only Northwestern and Nebraska are outside his top 68 teams. There could be a lot of B1G dancers at the end of the year.
Thanks all for your comments! I don't know why, but I do feel better that other people saw the ball drop between Bryant's hands. I will look more closely the next time I can catch a replay. Maybe I am only one for three, as I also thought Stephon Taylor's elbow was down on ND's OT goal line stand.
NW Buckeye makes a great point on the onside kick... Roby gave up on that play. I love Roby's nose for the ball and how he has been playing this year in general, but that was just bad effort.
Here's hoping Braxton continues to roll and our D causes some boiler ache this weekend and gets back to Silver Bullet form.
The AP ballot is a lot like the Heisman race thus far, the Tide is so far out in front of everyone. I have to admit the Gamecocks shocked me with their performance, so maybe they could give 'Bama a shot (I really want to watch the MNC this year, so I really hope that it isn't another unwatchable SEC showdown). After that, everyone is pretty even. I picked UF, only because I am not at all impressed by their resume (sorry, LSU's pre-season ranking doesn't change the bleh they have shown on the field so far).
I have a good feeling about this game. I think we have been playing to the level of our opponent a lot and can get it clicking on offense. The Oline has been playing pretty well and will have to have a great game against a talented D line. I predict the offense finally putting together 4 angry, solid quarters with an open playbook and unleashed Braxon Miller. Meanwhile the D doing enough to keep us ahead. Shocking barn-burner: 42-34
Does anyone think we will have trouble getting to 12-0? Yes, today's performance left the distinct impression we are a "good" team at best. We have major fundamental defensive issues and an offense predicated on running inside the tackles with no inside-the-tackles threat. Nonetheless, tonight I watched Sparty wishing he could get within a Sparty of Spartying all over himself... and that was for the "best team" in the B1G... against Notre Dame! This is a deeply flawed team, but between UAB and the woeful B1G I have a hard time seeing a loss in the schedule, since we fortunately miss Nerdwestern this year. Wait, what did I just say???
So, I have to confess.... I went to the Shoe for my first game (1998), and I found it a very depressing exprience. The loudest I heard people around me were when they were telling me to "sit down" so they could see. It was a noon start, and it put a hold on my Buckeye Football love affair. I didn't really get back into watching the team until I left school and Tressel brought the MNC.
On the plus side, 'Bama rolled up more points on the sun & blue than Western Kentucky University.
Great writeup! Did anyone notice if Roby gave up any completions? He seemed to have a monster game with a great rake and almost interception in addition to the fumble recovery. I was a little surprised to see Dysert targetting his receiver... I am curious how close Roby is progressing in being a true lock-down corner.


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According to a recent survey by the National Psoriasis Foundation (1) in the United States, psoriasis has an impact on the working lives of 26% of people with psoriasis and 48% of those with psoriatic arthritis. 10% of those interviewed had experienced taking one or two days' leave in the previous month because of their psoriasis. 74% of them had been absent from work at some time in order to seek treatment. Other studies published in the British Journal of Dermatology (2, 3) highlight psoriasis-related absenteeism and its impact on patients' careers. Productivity can be affected, as well as social functioning (4). Patients feel uncomfortable with their colleagues and clients simply because they have visible lesions.
Work itself can cause a great deal of stress. On top of this, people with psoriasis need to manage their condition and the associated pain and physical discomfort. They sometimes have to cope with the stares and prejudices of their colleagues. Good personal organisation is the key to breaking out of this vicious circle. One way to feel good at work, both physically and mentally, is to use your lunch break to do something pleasant. This could include sports activities or spending an hour reading in the park.Lunchtime can also be an opportunity to chat to a colleague and perhaps, if it feels right, to discuss your psoriasis. If you know when you are most likely to have a flare, try to deal with important matters and arrange meetings during lulls. Above all, a positive approach will help you to stay on top.
In view of the physical and mental discomfort that psoriasis can cause, people with psoriasis need to think carefully about their choice of career. Jobs in sales, for example, involve a high level of social interaction, which can be stressful. If you are a waiter or chef and your hands are affected, you will need to talk to your supervisor, although he or she may judge that the clientele will not be upset. If you frequently have severe lesions and scale, you should consider a profession where you will not be constantly looked at. But don't forget that people with psoriasis are frequently overly concerned about how their condition will affect others. Your feelings of discomfort are not necessarily proportional to your lesions. Try to get your psoriasis into perspective. If your colleagues and clients do not react to it, try to relax and try to not presume that there is a problem.
This is a personal decision. It depends on how severe your psoriasis is, its impact on your colleagues and your job. Once you've taken the decision to tell them, think carefully about what you want (and don't want) to say. First of all, raise the subject with your supervisor. Then explain the condition to the colleagues who are most affected by your lesions, absences and so on. Use simple language and stress that you are managing the condition and that it is not contagious and it does not affect your commitment to your work. A study has shown that telling your colleagues that psoriasis is not contagious reduces social discomfort (5).
You can be reassured by the fact that most patients report positive reactions from their colleagues, contrary to their expectations. Once your colleagues are properly informed, they will show more understanding, and by "educating" your colleagues, you are helping to combat their prejudices and preconceptions. Being proactive will help you to feel supported, plan your absences more efficiently and even make it possible to adjust your working hours. And there's no reason why you shouldn't take advantage of career opportunities.
It is your full right not to talk about your psoriasis openly at work. However, some people report that they feel less anxious and more relaxed after they have been open about their psoriasis. It is important to consider that keeping your psoriasis a secret could increase your anxiety and stress level which may worsen your condition.
1. National Psoriasis Foundation survey panels (Liz Horn) 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, California, USA, 3-7 March 2006 2. The impact of psoriasis on quality of lifeBritish Journal of Dermatology 2001; 144 (Suppl. 58): 33-36, L. H. de Arruda, A. P. de Moraes3. A survey of the social and psychological effects of psoriasisBritish Journal of Dermatology 1998; 118: 195-201, B. Ramsay, M. O'Reagan4. The negative impact of psoriasis on the workplace Journal of Dermatological Treatment 2006; 17(1): 24-28, D. J. Pearce et al.5. Social coping strategies associated with quality of life decrements among psoriasis patientsBritish Journal of Dermatology 2001; 145: 610-616, S. R. Rapp, C. A. Cottrell, M. R. LearyWith thanks to Dr Patrick Brun, dermatologist attached to Cannes University Hospital
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With the translation help of Kikorope (who you met in the last Ropecast) and technical support from the Devil's Mask Society, we have an interview with a fantastic rope artist from Japan: Hourai Kasumi.
Based in Nagoya, Japan, Kasumi started as a model for Akechi Denki and later studied with Hajime Kinoko before developing her own style, which has been called "as beautiful as it is precise." Since that time she has created her own body of work photographically, on DVD, and performing internationally (most recently in Sydney, Australia). Her website is a treasure trove of rope bondage, and you can meet her in person if you travel to L.A. for the upcoming Los Angeles GRUE or to her upcoming workshops in Kansas City.
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In 2003 CPMC initiated a neuro-oncology tumor board, combining the expertise of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists. The board was formatted as a once-per-month case review, with presentation by the treating physician, a review of relevant imaging, surgical treatment, and neuro-pathology. All participants weigh in, bringing their particular expertise to further treatment options, following appropriate national oncology guidelines. These discussions have allowed the treating physician to offer patients the best treatment options available. In some cases, this may involve entry into a clinical trial available to oncologists.
Tumors of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves are included, making this conference the highlight of our weekly neuroscience academic schedule. Since 2003, up to 90 cases per year have been presented, for a current total of 571 cases. The board has proven to be extremely educational, with participation of our Dartmouth medical students, CPMC Department of Medicine residents, Radiation Oncology, and support staff. The board also has proven valuable for both treating physicians and their patients, as the options they have going forward have been developed with the input of all relevant specialists.


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Jax Code Camp came and went but not without getting a group of people excited about WF. I received some positive feedback by breaking up my WF sessions to "Intro" and "More Advanced" WF topics.
One major topic that everybody was interested in discussing was modifying workflows during runtime. I think there was some confusion so I wanted to post more information about modifying workflows. Well not really the workflow but workflow instances.
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I found an interesting article that talks about the relationship of BPM and SOA. Reading this article you start to get a clearer picture as to why Microsoft's Connected Framework Team has already started combining the two with WCF and WF.
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The entrance to the offices of the Hamilton County Department of Education headquarters.Photo by John Rawlston.
After agreeing to pony up almost $12 million in past due taxes, Chattanooga has filed a motion claiming the Hamilton County school system doesn't have the right to file a lawsuit to recover the liquor-by-the-drink taxes.
The city's motion, filed Monday in Hamilton County Chancery Court, claims the taxes are the state's property and the state should have to join with the county to recover the money.
"The school board has ignored the state's prior interest in the outcome of this matter and its exclusive right to bring it," the lawsuit states. "The school board doesn't have a standing as a result."
Board of Education attorney Scott Bennett said he believes the claim is a tactic the city is using to delay its response to the allegations.
"What they're essentially saying is we would have to get the [state] Department of Revenue involved to make the city do what they should've done in the first place," Bennett said. "I don't think that's right."
Department of Revenue officials declined to comment, stating the department doesn't comment on ongoing litigation.
The school system filed a lawsuit in April after it said talks with Mayor Andy Berke's administration over more than $11.7 million in past due taxes were getting nowhere. Berke then offered to pay nearly $12 million over the next five years with multiple conditions. The administration later balked when the school system asked for a deal that acknowledged back taxes spanning more than three decades.
Since the lawsuit was filed, talks have continued with the city, Bennett said. But officials appear to be at an impasse over the time frame the city wants to pay back the money and the fact that the city won't acknowledge the $3.6 million that school officials say is owed from 1980, Bennett said.
City Attorney Phil Noblett said city officials still hope to resolve the discrepancy outside of court.
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Did you catch the Colbert Report last night? There was a steamy appearance by our lady, Terry Gross. (It starts around 3 min into the episode)
Stephen and Terry have talked many times, but here's the latest one.
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Stephen and Terry have talked many times, but here's the latest one.
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Related: On the Media tackles the difference between NPR and public radio
FYI: Fresh Air is produced at public radio station WHYY (Philadelphia) and distributed by NPR.
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This fantastic and moving tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman by Caleb Slain features over 40 of Hoffman's films.
At 17:22 the video uses a clip from a 2010 interview with Ross Reynolds of NPR affiliate KUOW in which Hoffman says:
People need each other and that actual interaction or relationship or friendship or romantic love affair, all the different ways relationships take form—is one of the hardest things we do in our lives. It's one of the biggest risks we'll take in our lives… If you say 'yes' to someone, 'I will,' [you] are also saying, 'I will be hurt by you.' Because you can't have relationships if you're not willing to be disappointed and hurt by that person. It's almost impossible. And you have to be able to enter the world and realize that the richness of life is all the good and joy and thrill of it, but also all the disappointment, hurt, and heartache of it—and that all of that is what's great.
Hoffman spoke to Terry in 1999 and 2008. We play parts of both interviews in our tribute to him.
*Quote transcribed as it was said in the interview, not as in the tribute
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People view the Northern Lights over Bamburgh Castle Beach Thursday in Northumberland, England. The Aurora Borealis were visible farther south than usual, due to a powerful solar flare.
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One thing you might not know about Fresh Air is that many of our team members have been with the show since the beginning—or practically the beginning, over 30 years ago. One of our engineers, Joyce Lieberman, is one of those people.
Meet Joyce:
"I began working with Terry Gross several years after she started doing her show at WHYY when it was a three-hour, local, live program. I engineered many of them. In 1987 Fresh Air went national on NPR as a live, one-hour, popular culture show. I was selected to be the primary engineer driving the program.
To get ready for a national stage Danny Miller, the Executive Producer, and I went to NPR to get ideas for production, directing and engineering. Then I worked with other engineers to build the room, select the equipment and install everything. Now I am the Radio Engineering Supervisor for WHYY-FM in Philadelphia. I take care of lots of the equipment and systems and drive the show if needed.
In this photo I'm at the Amek Angela console in the Fresh Air Control Room in 1990. We moved into a new building in 2000 so the Fresh Air Control Room is different now."
How she got started:
"I was a volunteer at WHYY when there were mostly volunteers doing programs. I joined a group at WUHY, which is what WHYY was called then, called Radio Free Women. Then I decided to get some engineer training. I went to Philadelphia Wireless Technical Institute, and then the station got a Minority Training Grant from the Corporation For Public Broadcasting to hire a woman in TV and Radio. I got the job and was trained in every job at the station. I was asked to join the staff after the year and a half training was over."
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Thanks for the shout-out, Portlandia!
We'd totally go to a Prairie Home Companion tailgating party.
Have you heard our interview with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, the creators and stars of Portlandia?
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Check your local listings: www.npr.org/stations/
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Today we had a technical crash minutes before we went live. Good thing we've got an amazing crew!
"Hats off to the control room crew - Roberta (right), Audrey and Joyce - who did a phenomenal job today, dealing with a massive technical crash which revealed itself right before we went on the air. And thanks to Joyce and Audrey who will be chasing down the problem, apprehending it, and telling it very sternly not to mess with us again.
We'll leave out the details—sometimes it's better not to know how even a really great sausage is made. But it was a doozy."
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Let's focus on one thing we can all agree on: Everybody's gotta dance.
Watch NPR's David Greene tear it up like Hugh Grant in Love Actually.
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As a tribute to Nelson Mandela, NPR has compiled music that captures his legacy:
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus
100 years after the birth of French writer-philospher Albert Camus, we remember his complicated legacy:
NPR's Morning Edition looks at Camus' background as a "pieds-noirs" growing up in Algeria and how it influenced his work.
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From 1941 to 1943, J.D. Salinger wrote to an aspiring writer in Toronto named Marjorie Sheard.
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - A family from Tallulah, Louisiana received an early Christmas present after their 10- month old son underwent a Cochlear ear implant surgery.
The Collins family tried using hearing aids, but realized over time their son was still not able to hear.
Their child, Courtland, received the Cochlear ear device several weeks ago, and now his family took him back to doctor to test his hearing.
"It's been a very quick, but bitter sweet year and it's just a great way to end the year," said Court land's mother, Kendra Collins.
Courtland's mother says the hardest part was knowing her son would never be able to hear her say "I love you."
"Cause we immediately went to he'll never hear us say I love you. He'll never hear my voice," Collins said.
Meanwhile, the family says they put a lot of faith into their doctors to implant this device into their son.
"Dr. Carron said if all that's wrong with him is that he's deaf, he said he can put the implants in, and he said I'll make him hear," said Courtland's father, Dave Collins.
Doctors say the small device has been around for over 30 years, but it's mostly been widespread among children over the past 15 years.
Courtland will be attending the Magnolia Speech School in Jackson that helps children that are hearing impaired or have language disorders.
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Thanks for the tip Chazz! Will definitely check them out! Probably going to go with a Corsa Extreme......from what I've read they are supposedly the only one that doesn't have a drone problem.
Thanks Rev! That Phantom Black still isn't anywhere as far as I know.....it's original availablity was listed as 28 or 29 November IIRC in another post on these boards. When my dealer ordered it the system showed it had "late availability" but he was able to order it non the less. Which indicated to him that it was real close to being released if the system allowed him to place the order. Also heard around here that production has stopped until Jan so they can upgrade their paint facility. The good news is that I did get confirmation of the order as well as a "Production has been scheduled" email from Dodge!
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McKibben to address Vt. lawmakersJanuary 28,2013MONTPELIER Environmental activist Bill McKibben will speak to the Vermont Legislature about climate change and how it relates to the state.
House Speaker Shap Smith said Friday hes invited McKibben to speak Wednesday afternoon.
Vermont Public Radio said McKibbens been supporting a campaign to get resolutions on town meeting day ballots that oppose the shipment of tar-sands oil across northeastern sections of the state.
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I WOULD like to tell your readers a little about ROLDA, which is part of Romanian Animal Rescue Inc USA, and includes Greyhound Action International for Eastern Europe and Russia and also represents Canadian Voices for Animals in Romania!
ROLDA is a group of animal lovers from Galatzi who work to improve the living conditions of strays from our town and neighbouring counties with similar overpopulation problems. The official number of homeless animals in my town is over 10,000 strays and those poor souls live in uncertain and miserable conditions. Since ROLDA started fighting for animals' rights in my country, we have had many tragic moments when we saw our furry friends dead because of the Romanian authorities, but we have also experienced happy moments that we consider our small victories.
In March 2004 a protest was organised against Hyundai company that encourages the slaughter of lambs for religious purposes. We collected more than 1000 protest letters that were sent directly to Hyundai in USA and UK, or by mailing to the head office in Korea.
ROLDA was also the only Romanian organisation to protest against Renault company, when workers from Renault's Romanian factory in Mioveni started to kill (poison) stray dogs that were in the factory garden. Working together with a German welfare organisation SunDogs, we were able to raise more than 2000 signatures from all over the World in only a few days and we contacted all Renault affiliate companies and pressured them to stop the slaughter. The campaign against Renault was held in March 2003. It was a successful campaign, because they have never killed a dog since then - not necessarily because they started to care about animals, but because they must protect their own image.
Our no-kill shelter Hope for Homeless was build with personal investments and with help offered by Greyhound Action International UK for purchasing the land and Romania Animal Rescue Inc. USA, for house renovation. We have succeeded so far to finance (from personal resources) three kennels for isolating newcomers and a block with 10 kennels that can accommodate 20 homeless animals.
ROLDA's kennels block is unique in the country of Romania. It is built to British standards, with double insulated walls, plumbing, radiators for heating, indoor electricity, a ventilation system for dogs in summer, and each kennel has one or two dog beds, blankets, dog toys and bowls for water and food.
The shelter house has central heating, a large bathroom to bath the dogs, a sunny room where dogs can stay in winter indoors, an office and a bedroom for ROLDA visitors who prefer to spend a night at our shelter and for our volunteers who will supervise dogs during the night.
In front of the shelter house we will create, starting with this spring, a memorial garden called Printz, in loving memory of my beautiful dog who passed away more than a year back. In time, I plan to add five more blocks of kennels to totally shelter at ROLDA 100 dogs and a block for puppies, a running and playing field for dogs, a small plastic pool, for dogs in summer and this is only the beginning. For a population of more than 10,000 strays in the town alone, we'll need to expand and to build at least one more shelter here in the next few years.
ROLDA no-kill shelter gives a new chance to provide for very sick dogs we find on the streets, who need long-term treatment; also dogs with lifetime handicaps who will never be adopted. We also TEMPORARILY accommodate dogs for recovery after spay-neuter surgery. Usually a recovery period is 3-4 days for a male and 6-7 days for a female, if none complication appears.
Another important achievement is the fact that we have found a local veterinary office we are exclusively working with. This veterinary office is run by two very compassionate people who have promised me they will help ROLDA's activities as much as possible. In Romania it is a real achievement to find vets willing to help, as Romanian veterinarians usually treat homeless animals in a much more casual way than treating animals with owners - probably because of their lack of education, not to mention lack of veterinary items, veterinary equipment, even basic items for a surgery or medical emergency.
I also can consider as an achievement each life we succeed to save daily and each successful re-homing of a stray that gives to our adopted furry friend hope for a better and safer life.
Articles have been published about ROLDA in international media - animal magazines from USA Animal News Center, American Humane, Animal People and San Francisco Chronicle - from Holland and different other publications like The ARK and Shoreham Protester, UK. All are recognition of our daily activity and excellent relations kept during time with our helpers and organisers and show us that we are working in the right direction, but of course we need support from time to time to achieve our dreams.
Since 2002, ROLDA continued an intensive educative programme to educate people about respecting another creature's life and its rights. Last year we began a colouring book programme to reach the children of Galatzi. These colouring books were designed by children from Sugar Land, Texas, USA and will be distributed free, along with a set of crayons, to orphanages and poor kids gardens in Galatzi.
This colouring book shows page after page of children loving dogs. We hope to get the message across to the children about kindness to other beings this year as well. Perhaps one day they, too, will be inspired to help animals.
ROLDA has received no funding from local authorities or from Government - authorities here usually take the easy way out and kill dogs instead of trying to humanely fix the overpopulation problem by providing free birth control or neutering. All ROLDA staff members are volunteers.
In order to support animal lovers from the local community who decide to help a stray with health problems, the local veterinary office that we are exclusively working with has announced that ROLDA will help each person who cares for a stray by paying for each stray's treatment. In this way, hopefully we will encourage those citizens who don't have money but have compassion for homeless animals to help our furry friends in need of medical help!
Galatzi is a large industrial town in Romania, 300 km from Bucharest, with an official population of 10,000 stray dogs in the city as well as a very high number of strays in the counties close to Galatzi - Braila, Tulcea and Vrancea - and our shelter is the only one in hundreds of km. As you can imagine, daily we try to help strays in need that are hit by cars, beaten, have broken legs, skin diseases and infected injuries. Our veterinary people perform miracles to bring these animals back to good health. We also face such problems as getting enough food as we are unable to bring in dry food from outside Romania because of Romanian laws, but we can also not buy enough to feed all the strays in Romania because of its high price there.
ROLDA has now begun an international volunteer programme. It doesn't matter if you are a veterinary assistant, an animal lover who wants to spend (alone or with your family) a holiday in Romania this year...you are welcome to spend a holiday in Galatzi, Romania, at the ROLDA shelter, to volunteer your help for the dogs in need from our town!
We can accommodate groups of two persons at our shelter, where we have two small bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom and all accommodation conditions assured.
You can subscribe to our volunteers list and together we can choose a convenient date for your arrival. As long as you have the desire to give a hug to a Romanian stray who may have never been hugged before, and volunteer some time of your vacation to care for a stray in need, all others details we can establish together...ROLDA would love to hear from you and meet you in person.
Rory and Nancy, two US friends, spent 10 wonderful days at ROLDA shelter around our furry friends, helping us clean the kennels, play with the dogs, treat the dogs that needed daily special care, go to the vets for emergencies and feed dogs in "prison" in the City Hall pounds.
Rory and Nancy Janes are our partners at Romania Animal Rescue Inc. They bought a cart for Merlin, one of the paralysed dogs in our care, and they adopted a puppy when they left Romania.
For more details about ROLDA's activity and our current campaign, please visit the website: http://www.rolda.org/adopt.htm Thank you for caring about the Romanian strays!
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I haven't published a post featuring Sarah Palin for months now, and for good reason. It seemed pretty clear that she wasn't going to run for president and was satisfied with reaping the benefits of being a minor cult figure on the right, and that seemed a good way for everybody to leave things.
However, my assumption may have been incorrect, as both Politico and the New York Times point out this morning. As Politico frames it:
The recent departures of Mitch Daniels and Mike Huckabee from the 2012 GOP field, combined with a flurry of recent moves by Palin—staff changes, the purchase of a home in Arizona, the Iowa premiere of a new feature-length film extolling the former Alaska governor—is rekindling speculation that she sees an opportunity in 2012 and may be thinking more seriously than ever about a presidential run.
John Ziegler, a conservative filmmaker and activist close to Palin, said he believes the ex-governor is closer to a run now than she's ever been.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Photos: early snow
Memorial Dedication - Lakewood Fallen Officers
Today we remember our fallen officers, gone but not forgotten.
Just a few reminders about today's 10 a.m. memorial dedication to four fallen officers at the Lakewood Police Department headquarters.
Lakewood Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 7 to 9 a.m. between the Clover Park Bus headquarters and the YMCA. The road will be completely closed from 9 a.m. to noon.
The public is invited to the event and encouraged to park behind the Target at Lakewood Towne Center, 5618 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. and get a free ride on a Pierce Transit Bus to the police station. The bus service will be running every 15 minutes from the Towne Center to the station beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at noon. There will be no public parking at the police station or in the Industrial Park.
Pierce Transit's Route 202 will be detoured during the event. Find more information here.
Source: The News Tribune
Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2010/11/29/traffic-parking-reminders-for-todays-memorial-dedication-in-lakewood/#ixzz16guoCK6T
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
InSPArations Red Carpet Event
All pertinent information is on the attached flyers.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Clover Park Student in Tacoma's Dancing With the Stars
She was dancing with a city official at Tacoma's Dancing With the Stars. The event brought out local celebs to help raise funds for Tacoma Musical Playhouse.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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12:45 p.m. South Hill Campus Open, Power Back On
Power has been restored at the South Hill Campus. Evening classes will resume as normal.
South Hill Campus Closed 11-17-2010 Due to Power Outage
The South Hill Campus has lost power. All classes are cancelled today, including evening classes. The campus will reopen tomorrow and classes will resume at normal time.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
South Hill Campus power fully restored
South Hill Campus Power Outage
At this time, it is unknown exactly when the power will come come back. We are working with officials at the power company. More information will be provided in person.
Please drive safe.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Fall Operations Update
Here is a brief rundown of current facility improvements:
Energy Efficiency Overhaul
I am very pleased to share with you that our College has been selected to receive $800,000 in matching state funds to improve the energy efficiency on campus. By leveraging planned capital improvements on campus with these grant funds, we will be making a $2 million dollar energy overhaul that will allow the college to count on guaranteed energy savings for the next 15 years.
Highlights of energy efficiencies include:
* Installing LED lights and motion sensors on all exterior campus lights.
* Replacing outdated lights with energy efficient bulbs and installing classroom/restroom motion sensors inside of Buildings 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 19.
* Improving HVAC systems in Buildings 10, 11, and 14.
Dramatic Improvements Ahead
Stay tuned as Building 19 receives a dramatic facelift with the replacement of its aging exterior. The exterior "envelope" of the building is over 30 years old and in need of replacement. With the recommendation of structural engineers, we are proceeding with "overcladding" Building 19 with a new exterior- a process that is the most environmentally sensitive (i.e.; no impact in our local landfill) and the least expensive.
During this construction period we will also replace the second floor HVAC system in Building 19.
Renovation will also begin on the Building 15 general-purpose science laboratory (the former cafeteria kitchen area) which will be completed prior to Spring Quarter 2011.
On both of these projects, we will do our best to minimize the noise impact on college business.
Adding an Artistic Flair to Campus
You may have seen a few new art pieces on campus thanks to the Washington State Arts Commission. Through the Commission's "resiting " program we were able to locate six pieces of original art on our campus at no cost to the College.
I have included photos of the art pieces for your information. These pieces are located in Buildings 8, 17, and 23. Thank you to President Walstrum, Dr. Debbie Ranniger, and selected faculty for assisting with the selection of these pieces.
A special thank you to the operations staff who have done an outstanding job maintaining our campuses so that we have safe and inviting places to learn and work.
Amy Goings, MPA
Vice President for Operations and College Relations
"The Rope" by Michael Fajans
"The Rods" by Michael Fajans
"The Propeller" by Michael Fajans
"The Gear" by Michael Fajans
"Salon Des Refuses" by John Rice
"Morning Twilight" by Lorraine Krol
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Basket Raffle to Support Holiday House
Tickets are only 50 cents each. The drawing will be on November 16, 2010.
Tickets available on November 9, 10, 12, 15, and 16:
- in Building 19, Room 102B, see Amy Timmons
Tickets available on November 10, 15, and 16:
- in Building 23, Atrium, from 11:30a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Baskets will be on display:
- in Building 19, Room 104, on November 9, 10, 12, 15, and 16, where raffle tickets can be purchased.
- at the All Staff Meeting on November 16, 3p.m. You can purchase last-minute raffle tickets, and the winners will be announced.
Veterans Day Ceremony Photos 11-09-2010
Pierce Transit The Way to Go! In the Snow
Snow is unpredictable here in the Northwest. Sometimes on and sometimes off, sometimes several times in a day. That's why we work to provide you with up-to-date travel information, when your bus must go on detour. And, just as importantly, when it goes OFF detour.
If snow is on the ground, visit piercetransit.org! Maps added to our website show where your bus travels on detour. So whenever snow's falling, or on the ground, check piercetransit.org before you leave to catch your bus. A link on our home page will take you to the very latest detour information. Look for this symbol on your route page to view the detour map. Or get the latest updates sent directly to you through Pierce Transit's Twitter feed. Twiiter.com/Pierce Transit.
OneBusAway.org: Use OneBusAway.org for real-time bus information from any mobile or internet device.
Tips for riding the bus in snow and ice:
- Wait for the bus at the top or bottom of the hill closest to the stop.
- Signal the bus so that the operator has plenty of time to stop.
- Wait until the bus stops and the door opens before approaching the bus.
- Use handrails when getting on and off the bus.
- Wear highly visible and warm clothing.
For more information and snow routes, check out the Pierce Transit Snow Guide Brochure.
Multicultural Newsletter
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Emergency Unemployment Compensation FAQ
The federal emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) benefits that have been available since July 2008 begin phasing out in late November. As of December, people who file new unemployment-insurance claims will be eligible for up to 46 weeks of benefits, rather than the current 99 weeks.
In addition, most people who are receiving EUC benefits when the phase-out begins at the end of November will not be able to claim the full 99 weeks of benefits. This is because EUC is paid out in four sequential tiers; claimants may finish the tier they're in as of November 27, but those in tiers 1, 2 and 3 may not advance to the next tier.
Letters are being sent the week of November 8-12 to about 230,000 claimants to make them aware that EUC is nearing its end and that Employment Security will be completing computer programming work that will affect some account balances.
What are the four tiers of EUC?
Tier 1 pays 1-20 weeks, tier 2 pays 1-14 weeks, tier 3 pays 1-13 weeks, and tier 4 pays 1-6 weeks – for a total of up to 53 weeks. Claimants must run out of an existing tier on or before November 27, 2010, to receive the next tier.
What do you mean that EUC is phasing out?
After November 27, 2010, claimants can continue to collect from their current tier until it runs out or until April 30, 2011, whichever comes first. The individual will not be able to advance to the next tier.
How do claimants know which EUC tier they are in?
Employment Security currently is determining which tier of EUC claimants are in and will inform them by mail in early December.
What do you mean by adjusting claim balances?
As part of the process to shut down the EUC program, we must make some final changes to our computer system.
- The first change will be to separate the EUC tiers so we can tell claimants which tier they are in and how much benefits they have remaining in that tier.
- The second change applies only to claims that were originally opened before May 2009 and continued after the state added a temporary "stimulus benefit" to weekly claims. For these older claims, we factored in the temporary state stimulus increase at a higher level than we should have, and the U.S. Department of Labor has advised us that we must correct it. This will reduce the total EUC benefit for these claims. We will send notices in early December with information about how much benefits each person has remaining.
Employment Security will mail specific information in early December 2010.
If it turns out a claimant was overpaid, will he/she have to pay back the benefits?
No. By state law, someone who has run out of benefits is not required to pay back benefits when the error was not his or her fault.
If someone has received more EUC than he or she should have and is still claiming benefits, we will reduce his or her remaining "extended benefits" to make up the difference.
Why did you wait until now to adjust claim balances?
When EUC was created – and then expanded and extended several times – Employment Security chose to do the minimum amount of computer programming necessary in order to pay benefits as quickly as possible. Due to the age and inflexibility of the existing computer system, entering all of the program requirements up front would have delayed the EUC benefit payments for months. Now that EUC is ending, we are moving ahead to add the last of the computer programming.
What happens if Congress extends EUC again?
Employment Security does not know if Congress will extend benefits or who would get them. If Congress does take action that offers a claimant more benefits, we will automatically notify potentially eligible individuals by mail. Updated information will be posted on Employment Security's website (www.esd.wa.gov) as it becomes available.
Where can claimants learn more about their specific situation?
Claimants with questions about their EUC or extended benefits claims should call Employment Security's EUC/EB unit at 877-558-8509. Questions also can be e-mailed to agents by visiting www.esd.wa.gov and clicking on "Ask questions about your claim."
Questions about your EUC or extended-benefits claim? Call 877-558-8509
Monday, November 8, 2010
Pierce County Construction Career Day
Important Information for Students
November 15 - November 19, 2010 Web Registration for All Fall Students Continuing Into Winter
November 22 - November 23, 2010 Registration for All New Admitted and Re-entering Students with a Winter Target Start Date
November 29, 2010 Open Registration
December 2, 2010 Winter Fees are Due
All students with unpaid charges will be dropped and open registration will continue with fees due at the time of registration.
Remember...you must register and pay your fees by the due dates in order to attend winter quarter. Please see your Instructor for registration materials.
Students Are Encouraged to Use Automated Waiting Lists
If you find your class or program of choice is full during registration, you are encouraged to add your name to our automated waiting lists when prompted. Students on the automated waiting lists will be registered for any new openings as they occur (including after the drop for non-payment process). You can monitor your wait list position on the College web site by using your student ID and PIN at www.cptc.edu/waitlist.
You may register on-line at www.cptc.edu/register from 6:30 AM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 24 hours each day on Saturday and Sunday. Running Start, Elective High School, Adult High School and International students must meet with their advisors prior to registering online.
Winter 2011 Fees Are Due December 2, 2010
Winter fees are due no later than Thursday, December 2, 2010. Students with unpaid balances will be dropped for non-payment and re-registration will be on a space available basis.
Payment may be made using a credit card on-line at www.cptc.edu/pay or using cash, check, money-order or credit card at the Cashier in Building 17 from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Friday. South Hill Campus students may pay their fees in the SHC Administration Office.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Project Homeless Connect Recap
Our Clover Park student volunteers are from three programs, which include: Barbering, represented by Debra McGlauthlin; Dental, represented by Debra Lewandowski; and Human Services, represented by Kathy Hathaway and Duke White.
Our student volunteers provided over 400 haircuts and over 200 dental screenings, along with helping and directing the more than 2,000 homeless that came to the event to receive various services, such as medical care, vision, food, clothing, and shelter.
Project Homeless Connect is one partnership within the community that enables CPTC students to apply their technical skills to serve underprivileged individuals and others in need within the community. Volunteering for community service is a civic responsibility that builds relationships with our college for the students, faculty, and staff and helps strengthen our community as a whole.
In these hard economic times, community service is something everyone can embrace by participating like the volunteers who went to the Tacoma Dome. Students said it not only enriched their learning experience but gave them a positive feeling to be able to give back to the community they live in.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve." Our students here at CPTC are the greatest, and I can't thank them enough for serving underprivileged individuals and others in need within the community. Way to go, Clover Park!!
John D. Ruiz
Service Learning Specialist
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|Praise the Bridge that Carries You Over: Testing the Flattery Citations Hypothesis
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There's lots of lighter gear available now but rather than buy it I compromise and just keep using the stuff I have. Things I won't compromise on include:- protection from bugs while I sleep- decent food- sleeping warmth when it's cold
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Hopi Prayer
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am the thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint in the snow.
I am the sunlight on the ripened grain.
I am the autumn's gentle rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush.
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there,
I did not die.
P.S Once again I'll tell you I did not write this one of the Hopi Indains did!!!!!!!


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On a recent short trip to Catalunya, Spain, Devonshire brothers; Peter and Luke Dawson climbed many hard sport routes including redpoints of up to 8b for 14 year old Team GB member Peter and 8b+ for 16 year old Luke.
Peter Dawson redpointing Nina Mala, 8b
UKC News, May 2013
© Charles Dawson
Peter's first 8b of the trip was the short and bouldery Le Bombi at Margalef, Peter redpointed the route very quickly in one session after just a few tries for his first ever 8b. Talking on his Blog, Peter reckoned: "It was more like a hard 8a".
Later in the trip, Peter climbed a second 8b, Nina Mala, also at Margalef. This took Peter a little longer than Le Bombi, with him climbing it on the second redpoint of his second session on the route.
However, Peter's older brother Luke was no slouch on the trip either, with many hard redpoints during the trip. The hardest of which was Flash Over, 8b+, which Luke climbed on his second session on the route. Peter commented on Luke's ascent: "He cruised it like he always does!"
Luke Dawson on Bistec de Biceps, 7b+
UKC News, May 2013
© Charles Dawson
In addition to this, both brothers also redpointed and onsighted many hard routes up to 8a+:
Peter Dawson on Nando Brea, 8a
UKC News, May 2013
© Charles Dawson
Peter's list:
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Peter and Luke Dawson are sponsored by: No Sweat Outdoors and Rock & Rapid Adventures