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Celebrity Style Recap | Dec. 22, 2012
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New international human rights summer fellowship offered to UH Manoa law school studentsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The William S. Richardson School of Law has received a $10,000 grant to establish the Sam L. Cohen International Human Rights Summer Fellowship for 2007. This summer fellowship from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation will be offered to a current JD or LLM student who wishes to undertake at least eight weeks of human rights work during the 2007 summer with a nongovernmental or intergovernmental organization concerned with international human rights.
The fellowship will cover travel costs and living expenses up to $10,000. Applications are due February 28, 2007.
"This grant was due in large part to the support of an exceptional champion of human rights, attorney Sherry Broder, who also has been a longtime supporter of the law school. We are very grateful to be able to offer our students this extraordinary opportunity," said School of Law Dean Avi Soifer.
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'My wife and I used to go shopping together for outfits'
Mona Rae Mason, 60. Lives in Albany and works as coordinator of the Empire Conference Trans Event, held in Albany each spring. Directed an NIH-funded study of the male to female transgender population in New York City and serves on the board of the Transgender Legal Defense Fund.
"They used to use electric shock on trans people. There's no cure or way to change it, but young girls starting to go out dressed can expect a beating or abuse of some sort. When trans girls of color start to dress and behave in a feminine way, they get kicked out of the house and they take a bus to New York City. I worked with a lot of trans girls of color who got off the bus at the Port Authority in Manhattan with $40 in their pocket. All of a sudden, the money's gone, they're cold and hungry on the corner and they engage in what I call survival sex. That's why the HIV rate for black trans girls was 48 percent, 49 percent for Hispanics and 3.3 percent for white. It's economics that drives them to prostitute and unsafe sex.
Slow progress: "The visible transgender population is growing. A lot are starting to come out at an earlier age than before. When I was young, you used to have go to the back room of an adult bookstore to scan the personal ads in a dirty magazine to find someone like you. Now, you can find anything on the Internet and trans people can connect and learn more about the issue than ever before.
"A lot of us are not out. I still don't live full-time as a woman. I keep things compartmentalized. All my jeans are women's jeans. But if I'm just going out to the store, I'll wear men's shoes and I won't wear a wig or makeup. I had about 35 pairs of women's shoes, but sold some of them and now have about 25 pairs. You put high heels for sale on craigslist and you get some very strange phone calls.
Confusion: "My story is that I started experimenting with wearing women's close at age 5 in Omaha, Neb. I was in the laundry room and tried on my mom's bra. My mom was angry, took it away and said I wasn't supposed to do that. It's very confusing for a 5-year-old. I started dressing more actively by the time I was 10. I tried to do a lot of corrections, to stop myself. I played semi-pro football in New Jersey, but after I showered, I went home and dressed as a woman. My dad died in 1969 and I never told him. I kept it from my mother until two years ago. I think she had an inkling, but I finally told her the truth."
Mixed reaction: "My mom was very understanding. She said she always wanted a daughter. She clips makeup coupons for me now. I waited until my wife died of cancer in 2009 until I told my mom. I was married for 20 years and my wife knew about my dressing from our first date. She wasn't always happy when I dressed as a woman, but she supported me. The only thing she asked was that I didn't dress in front of her stepson. I stuck to that. My wife and I used to go shopping together for outfits. My family is mixed on it. My younger brother wouldn't accept it and we don't talk anymore.
"I was in the closet about it for a long time. I was Jeff and thought I could correct it by being a guy's guy. I played sports. I went out with a lot of girls. I worked as a bartender. I know what I look like. I don't think I'm fooling anyone when I dress as a woman, but that's who I am. I developed a thick skin a long time ago."


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Sensation Cocktail.
3 Dashes Maraschino. (7.5ml Luxardo Maraschino)
3 Sprigs Fresh Mint. (3 Fresh sprigs Kentucky Colonel Mint, from backyard)
1/4 Lemon Juice. (3/4 oz Lemon Juice)
3/4 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Beefeater's Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with spanked mint tip.)
EDIT. Note the amounts for the ingredients in this drink should have been 7.5ml Maraschino, 3 Sprigs Mint, 1/2 oz Lemon Juice, 1 1/2 oz Gin.
Robert Vermeire notes, in his book "Cocktails: How to mix them", that this is a "Recipe by James Berkelmans, Paris."
I've actually always been fond of the "Sensation Cocktail". Short, sharp, and tart, it also has a pretty hilarious name, sounding like it relates to some sexual accessory. The "Sensation" is really Aviation Cocktail, with mint in place of Creme de Violette. For whatever reason, it just doesn't quite have the "magic" of an Aviation. Making it for modern drinkers, I usually throw a quarter to a half an ounce of simple in there just to take a bit more of the edge off the tartness of the lemon, but even so, I find few people who really appreciate it. An example of a good, but slightly pedestrian cocktail. Not as tasty as many of its close relatives. Heck, Jeffrey Morganthaler has practically made a career out of a version of this drink made with simple syrup instead of Maraschino. Well, that, his scintillating wit, boyish good looks, and, most importantly, stylish neck wear.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Jewish Ancestors? : A Guide to Reading Hebrew Inscriptions and Documents
When researching a Jewish family, it is extremely likely that you will come across various items and documents written in Hebrew. A Guide to Reading Hebrew Inscriptions and Documents is designed specifically to help those people (whether Jewish or non-Jewish) who have difficulty in reading or understanding Hebrew. The idea is to compare the Hebrew on a document, photograph, inscription etc with the information shown in the Guide. For example, you may not be able to read the Hebrew inscription on a relative's grave. By referring to the sections in this Guide, this will be easily achieved. All the Hebrew in the book has English explanation, translation and transliteration. Reasons behind some of the inscriptions and Jewish customs both in the home and in the Synagogue have also been included in order to help researchers understand the religious side of their roots.
It is very difficult, in fact near impossible, for those of us who are unable to understand or read Hebrew to interpret the Hebrew wording. Being in this position is most frustrating and restrictive. I have, therefore, put together a comprehensive guide which I hope will help resolve this problem.
The Guide includes the Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew vowels, numerical values, Jewish calendar, conversion tables, formula to convert a Jewish year to a Gregorian year, how to read headstones, symbols on headstones and their meanings, frequently used Hebrew words with abbreviations found on tombstones, Hebrew given boys' and girls' names, Hebrew letters which are liable to be misread, glossary of Yiddish terms, examples of Hebrew documents/inscriptions, many photographs and much more.


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Neoteny wrote:Viceroy63 wrote:[13] And even when the fossil records show what appears to be missing links between the species they are not. It only appears to be evolution but the facts are grossly misrepresented by the scientific community. Take the evolution of the horse for example. The horse is perhaps the bastion stronghold for evolutionist. "Horses are among the best-documented examples of evolutionary development.(World Book Encyclopedia 1982 ed. p. 333.)
The f*ck? Maybe horses were a bastion stronghold for evolutionists 150 years ago. Maybe they were a bastion stronghold 30 years ago. But so much progress has been made in genetics and molecular biology over the last half century or so that the "bastion stronghold" for "evolutionists" has spread through most of the field of biology. You could argue that immunology or ecology are as much a bastion as horse phylogeny. When creationists say this sort of thing it becomes clear that he or she has not read anything biology-related that was published in the last decade.
Come on. I read Creation as Science. It was awful, but I make an effort damn it. Google, I dunno, epigenetics or something.
I don't see how Epigenetics, Molecular Biology, Immunity or ecology has anything to do with A Baseless theory that proposes that species of animal including mankind himself has evolved and rose from other, lower species of life.
Why don't you enlighten us with what you have read in the "past decade" or so. Just a taste if you'd be so inclined.
I think that it is more likely that you could not even get past the reading of my original post because as some have stated, It's a "long ass" post.
Metsfanmax wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:Wow, you actually read that long ass OP? My hat's off to you, Mets.
Hell no. I responded to the part that was actually relevant to public education decisions, and ignored all the religious nonsense.
I am still trying to figure out what "religious nonsense" did I write about in that post?
It's a post for people who can read.


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What a Trip!U2 blew to roof of the Arco Arena! From the opening blast of "Zoo Station" to the searing end of "Love Is Blindness," the band was on fire, tearing through most of the powerful Achtung, Baby album. The visual overload of the multitude of hude monitors complemented the dense, chaotic genius of the new songs perfectly. The guitar solos on "The Fly" and "Love Is Blindness" are etched in my brain forever. This was a truly memorable night.
23 May, 2010
ZooTV Sacramento, CaliforniaBono had a cold, but he performed great and promised "U2 will return to this city within five years." (Actually 10, but who's counting?) My view was from the upper deck behind the stage, so I got to see from the band's perspective the audience go wild when the floodlights lit up on "Where the Streets Have No Name." The other best audience reaction was from the words during "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World:" "A woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bicycle." The Pixies opened the concert.


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Matthew 22:36-40 King James Version (KJV)
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Alberta Investment Management Corporation, AIMCo, is a high performing investment manager that finds the best opportunities from around the world, and delivers results.
We are one of Canada's largest and most diversified institutional investment managers with more than $108.2 billion of assets under management. We are responsible for the investments of 31 pension, endowment and government funds in Alberta and work closely with our clients to ensure our strategies meet their objectives. On their behalf, AIMCo places investments across all asset classes and markets to maximize return on risk.
To maximize return for each of AIMCo's 31 clients, we couple an in-depth understanding of their unique objectives with the investment capacity of a major institutional investor. We are willing to push boundaries and consider the unconventional, because we know that is where we will find the next source of returns for our clients.
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Introducing Stakeey — Leveling The Playing Field For Small Scale Artists
Stakeey started out after one of our co-founders tried to buy a pair of shoes online. One of our co-founders had attended college in South Africa and it only seemed sensible that one could buy a pair of shoes online but at the time no online shops existed in Zimbabwe that were selling shoes online. We saw this as an opportunity to solve a problem that virtually no one was attending to and we went on to set up a Shopify store which sourced kicks online for African markets that are under-served in the e-commerce world.
From that experience we sat down and plotted beyond the convenience of buying a pair of shoes online and over-time that has allowed us to build a hybrid marketplace which allows anyone to operate their own online store while allowing us to stock only that which our market audience demands. After having tried different product categories many of which proved unsuccessful due to the extensive network of brokers and couriers that are involved in importing merchandise in a land-locked country, we have settled for a hybrid model which allows for steady growth of market share as we explore stocking additional product categories while placing emphasis on locally manufactured products such as art and crafts.
With the arts and crafts market as an entry point into the online shopping market we aim to do to art galleries what Amazon has done to bookshops and to do this more than just the internet is needed to disrupt the art gallery model which has existed for centuries. Our mission is to harness the most effective technologies in order to level the playing field for artists in remote places who might otherwise not receive the same traffic audience as an artist whose work is displayed on an art gallery on Long Street in the same way Amazon has democratized the publishing of books and the market audience for small scale authors.
We think the world of art collectors and the people from whom it originates is much more connected than art galleries would have us imagine and we believe the decentralized web will play a massive role in magnifying the fundamental peer to peer transactions upon which the art gallery model is built. To magnify these fundamental peer to peer transactions we are going to employ a hybrid model of a centrally hosted marketplace as well as a decentralized application which allows art collectors to collect their favourite art pieces in the form of blockchain tokens instead of physically storing the pieces and bearing the risk of wear and tear or theft. This concept of tokenization has already been explored in industries such as real estate and we think spreading this concept to the art industry can potentially broaden the market audience for small scale artists while matching up to investments such as stocks and commodities due to the appreciating nature of art pieces and the marginally discounted liquidity offered by tokens traded on a decentralized marketplace.
We aim to stabilize the cash circulation difficulties by providing a safe and secure online payment system which also accommodates payment in cryptocurrencies, while providing small-scale artists with an alternative to the commission-laden model of the modern day art gallery. With one click away from receiving a door ring for your order, Stakeey allows you to optimally enjoy your shopping experience from the comfort of your home or any other place of your choice.
Our ordering process is designed to give you an efficient way to track the process, while you also get constant updates from our delivery team and our soon to-be in beta delivery app. We also welcome you to contact us, if you feel there is something we can do to optimize your shopping experience, do let us know as we aim to keep an engaged youth which will contribute to the upbringing of a community that make their ideas known and influence trends.
One of the most common questions we receive is, "What does 'Stakeey' actually mean?" , so we will drop the answer to that here. Stakeey is essentially a play-on word from the concept of Proof Of Stake, similar to how users on a Proof Of Stake network are able to earn cryptocurrencies by staking their cryptocurrency holdings, so can artists and collectors by staking their art holdings on our decentralized application as well as fractionalized ownership marketplace. Initially we had named the project 'Stake' but we then decided to add the 'ey' after failing to secure our preferred domain name under 'Stake'.
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Website: https://stakeey.com/
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Jayson is a young man sponsored as a child in CFCA's Hope for a Family program in the Philippines. He reflects on his first day of college with gratitude for what sponsorship has done for his education and life.
I became part of the CFCA sponsorship program in 2003. Now I am a first-year college student taking a bachelor's degree in education.
Jayson, CFCA scholar
I can still remember my first day as a college student. As I left our house and walked along the street, I saw a little boy crying. I asked him why he was crying.
He answered, ìI am crying because I only have a notebook and a pen to use in school.î
I realized that I am lucky to be part of the CFCA family receiving a complete set of school supplies before the school year.
I reached the jeepney stop and rode a jeep. Inside the vehicle, I saw a young woman taking pictures of the Mayon Volcano and LigÒon Hill, two tourist spots in Legazpi.
I thought, I am thankful because I have already seen those beautiful views when we had our field trip hosted by CFCA.
When I arrived at school, I noticed that it might rain but had nothing to worry about. I have my umbrella, given by the sponsorship program.
While I was walking, I saw a boy sitting under a tree. He looked sick.
Again, I told myself how lucky I am because CFCA allowed us to undergo medical and dental checkups annually. CFCA also provided vitamins and prescribed medicines for us to become healthy.
I found our classroom. Our professor collected our class cards and asked about our summer vacation experiences. One classmate said he did not really enjoy his summer vacation, for he had to work and earn money for his studies.
Again, I felt how blessed I am to be part of CFCA summer outings and sports activities. They let us spend our summer vacation in meaningful, joyful experiences.
After class, I went to the school canteen. There I saw my former high school classmate working. We talked, and she told me her family does not have enough money to pay for her tuition fees and her other school needs.
When I heard that, I told myself I am lucky. CFCA plays a major role in my studies as I am a sponsored member and a service scholar. It lessened my parents' financial obligation to my college education.
It was almost 3 p.m., and our instructor for the last subject did not arrive. I decided to go home. While waiting for a jeepney, I saw a tarpaulin on a tree: ìCome and Join First Aid and Drug Symposium.î
I am grateful because I already attended seminars like that, facilitated by the CFCA program.
Finally, I was in front of our house. Before I entered, I remembered what had happened that day. I appreciated more how blessed I am to be part of the CFCA family.
Through CFCA, I have the opportunity to continue my studies, reach my dreams and look forward to becoming a licensed teacher. Isnít it…I am so lucky!


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Column: When the Weather is the News
Last week's extreme weather event and the resulting power outage raise some interesting questions about the role of the media in general, and talk radio in particular, in such situations. When the electricity went out for tens of thousands of people in the Sioux Falls area, those people lost their ability to watch TV and access the internet. What most of them didn't lose though was the ability to make phone calls, and if they had an old radio with new batteries, the ability to listen to local talk radio.
If you watched anything on local television during that time, you can't help but have noticed the list of cancellations scrolling across the bottom of the screen. It ran during the news of course, which was obviously dominated by coverage of weather and storm related matters, but it also ran during the stations' normal programming. TV stations can do the public service of informing you of what is cancelled without breaking from their usual format. Talk radio wouldn't be able to do that.
Despite losing power at the broadcast tower for some time, KSOO's programs went on as scheduled during the storm and its aftermath. As can be expected, the weather and its consequences dominated the local talk discussion, but other subjects also made their way onto the agenda. One caller to Viewpoint University expressed his frustration that the broadcast wasn't more devoted to listing cancellations for listeners who were without power.
To be fair, some important cancellations were announced at breaks, but the full list was posted on the website. A fat lot of good that does people whose electricity is out, I know, but let's not forget the phone.
Many, if not most, of us are using smart phones that can access the internet and find those cancellations on the website. More importantly, there is a government sponsored information service, 211, that exists solely to help people find the answers for which they are looking. At 211 a real person receives your call and does their best to answer your question. Those are your tax dollars at work, so if your phone is working, why not put them to use?
As for local talk radio; it exists to sell advertising airtime. In order to do that it needs an audience. Ask yourself, if all KSOO did was repeat a list of cancellations during such a storm, would you listen? Probably not, at least not after you heard whether whatever it was that you were interested in was or was not cancelled.
When the weather is the news, just like every person on the street, your local talk radio programs are going to talk about it. If those programs happen to have a political bent, they will probably talk about the politics of it. That is how it should be, at least if that program wants to keep its audience listening.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Gossom and do not reflect Results Radio, Townsquare Media, its sponsors or subsidiaries.


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There's a lot to love about Maserati's Quattroporte, the snarly V8, the sumo-lizard body shape, the King Henry the XXX interior. But its DuoSelect robotic gearbox, the only one offered up to now, is neither sporty enough nor supple enough to satisfy either end of its range of upper-crust buyers. But, as the company announced this week at the Bologna show, it will soon come with a ZF automatic option. In addition to providing smoother, faster shifts — according to a press release — the new box nearly evens up the sedan's weight distribution (49 percent front / 51 percent rear vs, 47 percent front / 53 percent rear for the DuoSelect). We'll know more at the Detroit show, where the autobox will make its debut.
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Hello Community,
I'm very excited to announce that I am joining the Zynga Mobile team!
Zynga has long been an advocate of the open source community. For example, the key contributors behind cocos2D recently joined Zynga, and I'm proud to join in this tradition.
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Regardless of size or sector, all employers face challenges protecting the safety and health of their employees. Compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) numerous federal and state occupational safety and health standards and regulations can be a daunting task, especially in today's heightened regulatory environment.
Epstein Becker Green's OSHA attorneys are here to help. We provide the full gamut of occupational safety and health law services—from counseling on safety and health matters to representing management in safety and health litigation arising out of enforcement actions in both federal and state OSHA-administered plans—to a diverse range of clients throughout the United States. Because we are one of the nation's preeminent labor and employment law firms, at the same time that we provide counsel focused on specific safety and health matters, our clients can be confident that we will also identify and address any "big picture" implications of their OSHA issues.
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Our attorneys know OSHA. Accordingly, we provide advice and representation to clients in connection with the following types of matters:
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Chemical Facilities:
- Managed the on-site inspection under the PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program of a high-profile chemical plant in West Virginia. A team of four compliance officers, including two PSM specialists from OSHA's Salt Lake City Technical Center, spent more than two full months scrutinizing every element of the PSM Standard at the facility, and, at the end of the process, we convinced OSHA not to issue any citations.
- Represented a specialty chemical manufacturer in multi-agency (OSHA, CSB, EPA, ATF, U.S. Coast Guard, and a state environmental regulator) investigations, inspections, and enforcement actions arising out of a catastrophic explosion in a reactor that resulted in two fatalities. OSHA's enforcement action was cut more than in half, and violations alleged by OSHA to be "Willful" and "Repeated" were withdrawn or re-characterized.
Petroleum Refining:
- Assisted petroleum refiners throughout the nation in preparing for, and defending, enforcement actions arising out of inspections under OSHA's Petroleum Refinery Process Safety Management National Emphasis Program.
- Managed inspections, investigations, and enforcement actions by OSHA, CSB, EPA, and the U.S. Attorney regarding a catastrophic storage tank explosion, a confined space nitrogen asphyxiation accident, and a PSM Program Quality Verification for an East Coast petroleum refinery.
- Managed a several month long wall-to-wall safety and health inspection of a weld and tire wire manufacturing facility in the Midwest that included important combustible dust, lead exposure program, and electrical safety issues.
- Conducted due diligence reviews, in which we identified key gaps in a Process Safety Management Program that resulted in substantial additional dollars transferring to our client in the overall structure of the deal.
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- Defended an oil and gas drilling specialist in an OSHA enforcement action arising out of a flash fire on a natural gas drilling rig in West Virginia involving the first alleged Flame Retardant Clothing PPE violation following OSHA's controversial 2010 FRC enforcement memorandum. After months of litigation with the Solicitor's office, achieved a settlement resulting in the elimination of 75 percent of the citation items and proposed penalties.
- Successfully represented a major electrical contractor in the Northeast in multiple electrocution accidents.
- Represented a construction general contractor in OSHA investigations of fatal construction accidents raising complex multiemployer worksite citation policy issues at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (no citations), the Pentagon (no citations), and Fort Meade (no citations).
- Managed numerous OSHA inspections, appeals of citations, and complex settlement negotiations following general construction, steel erection, and concrete shoring fatal accidents at construction projects throughout New York.
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- Managed multiagency investigations of one of the most significant combustible dust explosions in history, one that injured 42 employees, including six fatalities, at a facility in North Carolina (NC) manufacturing medical device systems. We established an on-site Command Center, coordinated the investigation of a team of forensic experts, and managed the investigations and inspections of federal OSHA, NC OSHA, CSB, EPA, DNR, ATF, FBI, SBI, the State Fire Marshal, insurance investigators for dozens of entities, and numerous plaintiffs' attorneys. Over 200 employee interviews were conducted and more than 200,000 pages of records were produced to various investigators. At the end of this high profile investigation, NC OSHA issued 88 citations with a $600,000 penalty, and we had 87 of the citation items withdrawn and the penalty reduced by 83 percent to a $100,000 donation to community organizations.
- Assisted a major health services provider in New York challenge a General Duty Clause Workplace Violence citation issued after a mental health care provider was attacked by a patient during an inpatient group therapy session.
- Defended a major grain and agronomy cooperative in a substantial OSHA enforcement action arising out of an engulfment accident, including convincing the U.S. Attorney's office not to bring a criminal charge under the OSH Act.
- Negotiated a substantial reduction in an NC OSHA enforcement action against a grain and feed manufacturer after a catastrophic grain elevator dust explosion.
- Assisted a hotel employer deal with safety and health complaints raised by a union in conjunction with ongoing labor negotiations.
- Helped a major national hotel chain resolve fire, electrical safety, and other citations arising out of a programmed inspection at a property in Chicago.
- Defended OSHA citations regarding blocked exits and exit routes and electrical safety issues.
- Represented a major national retail trade association in the rulemaking proceeding for OSHA's proposed injury and illness reporting rule.
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Export man pleads guilty in child porn, murder threat case
Todd Markley sentenced to 38 months in prison
A western Pennsylvania man who threatened to have a female U.S. postal inspector investigating him for child pornography possession gang-raped and murdered was sentenced Tuesday to 38 months in prison.
Todd Markley, 49, of Export, pleaded guilty in February to possessing child pornography and threatening a federal officer.
The sentenced handed down by U.S. District Judge David Cercone was less than the five years in prison federal prosecutors sought, but far more than argued for by defense attorney Richard Joyce. He sought some kind of home confinement, citing Markley's unusual medical history which, the defense attorney argued, both contributed to Markley's crimes and made it likely that he would not receive adequate care in prison.
Joyce argued that Markley suffered from, among other things, spina bifida, nerve problems which cause him migraines and other pain, and a pituitary gland condition that, before it was treated, caused Markley to look like an adolescent well into his 20s. The defense attorney argued that Markley's fascination with young males -- no girls were depicted in the pornography he possessed -- may have stemmed from Markley's own arrested development.
Cercone noted that federal sentencing guidelines called for between 15 to 21 months in prison for the threat, but 51 to 63 months for the child pornography. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Smolar sought a sentence at the upper range of the child porn guidelines, but Cercone's sentence more or less split the difference between the two crimes. Markley must also spend 10 years on probation and register as a sex offender for 15 years after prison.
Markley was targeted in a federal string operation after his name showed up on a customer list of a Los Angeles-based distributor of child pornography that was raided in 2006. Markley's home was raided in April 2012 after he requested an emailed catalog of DVDs and ordered two videos from a dummy child porn business that federal agents used to target customers of the defunct California distributor.
Agents seized the videos mailed to Markley in the sting operation, a desktop computer and three thumb drives -- two of which agents later discovered contained more than 600 images of child pornography.
Markley and his attorneys said he sent the expletive-filled diatribe to Postal Inspector Karen Yoakum, who took part in the search, during a suicide attempt involving antianxiety medications and alcohol that was prompted by his fear of prison.
In the email, Markley denied viewing the thumb drive pictures for four or five years -- though investigators later determined he viewed some pictures just days before the raid -- and claimed to have counseled several troubled boys through an unspecified church ministry.
"You are such a stupid (expletive), that you brought down the type of person you should be promoting," the email said.
Markley claimed to have counseled a youth who returned to a life of "organized crime" and was offered $3,000 by Markley to kill and rape the postal inspector with help from unspecified associates.
"And I've instructed them to make your death as painful, drawn out and humiliating as possible. You will probably be raped by at least 10 guys before they kill you," Markley wrote.


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A Brief Consideration of the Spiritual Path
It may possibly be imagined that the claim that Islam has expounded the mystical way by means of intimations and symbols is unfounded and amounts to chasing false ghosts. However, sufficient meditation upon Islamic teachings and formulations, and a weighing of these against the agitated and ecstatic states of the Islamic mystics, will prove the opposite and will show that hidden within themselves and by allusion these teachings elucidate all of the stages of perfection which are traversed on the mystical way, although a true and detailed comprehension of these states is only possible through mystical intuition.
The travellers on the spiritual path, who as a result of their natural and primordial readiness have surrendered their hearts to the infinite Beauty and Perfection of the Truth, worship God only out of love, not out of hope for reward or fear of punishment, for to worship Him in order to gain Paradise or to avoid hell is in fact to worship that very reward and punishment in place of God.
As a result of the divine attraction which has engulfed their hearts, and more particularly as a result of having seen that God has revealed the verse
"Therefore remember Me, I will remember you" (Qur'an 2: 152)
and hundreds of other Qur'anic verses where the remembrance of God is spoken of, wherever and in whatever state they happen to be the mystic travelers are occupied with His remembrance: "
"Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining." (Qur'an 3: 191).
And when they hear the messages of the Beloved,
"Lo! in the heavens and the earth are portents for believers" (Qur'an 45: 3),
"And there is not a thing by hymneth His praise" (Qur'an 17: 44),
"And whither so ever ye turn, there is Allah's countenance" (Qur'an 2: 115),
they understand that all existent things are mirrors, each displaying the unique Beauty of the Truth in accordance with the possibilities of its own being. Other than their quality of being mirrors they have no existence in themselves.
Hence such men look to every phenomenon with love and eagerness and have no object other than to contemplate the Beauty of God. And when they hear God's messages
"O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth cannot injure you if you are rightly guided (Qur'an 5:105)
"Thou, verily, O man, art working towards thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)" (Qur'an 84: 6),
they understand that by the nature of creation itself they are bound within the framework of their own souls, and other than the way of their souls there is no road open to them to reach God.
Whatever they see or find in the expansiveness of the world they see and find in themselves. It is here that man understands that in fact he is cut off from all places and things and other than he himself and his God there is no one else.
Even if such a person is in the midst of a hundred thousand people he is alone, and if others see him in the midst of a crowd, he sees himself in a spiritual retreat far away from everyone else, no one being with him but God. It is then that he looks at himself and sees all things within himself, and he understands that he himself is also only a mirror in which the unique Beauty of God is manifested, and that he has nothing but God.
When he has remembered God in this fashion and has cleansed his heart and emptied it of vanity and frivolity, the remembrance of God becomes firmly fixed within his soul and he enters among the ranks of the people of certainty (al-yaqin) and God's promise.
"And serve thy Lord till the inevitable (al-yaqin) cometh unto thee" (Qur'an 15: 99)
is fulfilled. The doors of the kingdom of the heavens and the earth open to him and he sees that all things are possessed absolutely by God.
"Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he might be of those possessing certainty." (Qur'an 6: 75).
The person endowed with such a vision will behold the three stages of Divine Unity. First the Unity of God in His Acts will be revealed to him. He will see with certainty that it is God who directs the Universe and all that it contains, and that the innumerable causes and agents which are at work in the world, whether theirs be the activity of free will or of necessity, are all painted upon the canvass of creation by His all-powerful Hand. Cause and effect and the relationship between the two-each is brought into being and executed by the One.
"And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth." (Qur'an 45: 27).
Secondly the Unity of God's Names and Qualities will be disclosed to him and he will see without intermediary that every quality of perfection which appears in the world, and likewise every quality of beauty and of majesty, whether life, knowledge, power, might, grandeur or whatever, is a glimmer from the infinite Source of Light which is the Truth, and that these qualities shine forth through the variegated windows which are the existences of things with the distinctions they possess.
"Allah's are the fairest names. (Qur'an, 7:180).
Finally in the third stage of Divine Unity he will behold that all of these varied qualities are the manifestations of an infinite Essence, and that in reality each of them is identical with every other and all are identical with the Essence Itself.
"Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty." (Qur'an 13:16).


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Estimated sales for June were $64.8 billion, compared to $66.9 billion in May.
The Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS) is compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau by mailing out questionnaires to a sampling of about 5,500 employer firms.
The unadjusted figures provide an initial estimate of monthly sales in the retail and food service sectors.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
StarEvents - The Festival Experts
StarEvents specializes in producing, managing, and developing world-class special events and entertainment. Our organization is dedicated to raising money and awareness for community groups and non-profit organizations while creating exciting and profitable public and private events.
Founded in 1996, StarEvents has become one of the largest festival and event-production companies in the Midwest. We offer a wide range of creative services that include production, logistics, public relations, and marketing for all types of events.
Building communities for a better tomorrow is one of our primary objectives. Since our inception, StarEvents has helped raise over $5,000,000 for various charities and not-for-profit groups with a large portion of the proceeds going directly into the beautification and improvement of local neighborhoods.
StarEvents is dedicated to improving the quality of life in each of the communities represented in our calendar of events.
StarEvents is comprised of a team of event professionals dedicated to the industry that brings over 50 years of experience to the process of event planning. We have produced over 200+ successful events and are recognized as experts with talent buying, graphic design, marketing, logistics and throughout the events industry.
Men, women, and children of all ages. These signs will be seen by a huge market throughout the midwest. Get your work seen by tens of thousands of attendees.
This design project will ultimately be incorporated into each of our food court vendors booth space as the primary marketing for each operation. This represents HUGE visibility to the design winner. Please consider helping us out.
The design will be used by our special food vendors and our concession operations in 2010 for their primary food item and pricing banner. Each sign will list food vendor's name, menu items, and pricing.
We need 6 six unique themes for our banner design. We are looking to for you to design a 3' by 8' layout that allows us the ability to manipulate the text, add images and logos and print.
Categories for the 6 themes: American, Italian, Asian, Greek, Mexican, and Specialty. We'd like to incorporate bold fonts placed on white. Use colors and unique fonts to differentiate the themes.
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The signs should incorporate elements associated with summer festivals... colorful, bright, clean, neat, etc. Use your imagination and creative energy to come up with clean, contemporary signs.
Size: 8' by 3' banners will be printed on heavy vinyl. We will use a 4-color process to print the banners. Please try to keep it tasteful, clean, and upscale. These banners will be used throughout the season.
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Managed with an exceptional level of care and personal attention, the Waldhotel Davos is the perfect destination for individualists, connoisseurs and anyone in search of tranquillity, relaxation and distance from everyday life. Nestling among lush pines, the Waldhotel Davos offers an astounding panoramic view over Davos and the surrounding mountain peaks. Operated as a sanatorium until 1957, the historic house was the inspiration for Thomas Mann's world-renowned novel "The Magic Mountain". We look forward to welcoming you soon and offering you our outstanding level of service.
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We hope you and your pets have a fabulous time! Here are our top 5 tips for making sure everyone stays safe…
Make sure bedding, cages and other enclosures are stored in a warm, dry and comfortable area of the house.
If you've left it too late, just bear in mind that a change in their environment can be very stressful for pets. Go slowly and keep your eyes peeled.
Lots of popular human treats are poisonous to pets, particularly chocolate, sweet mince pies, xylitol (found in many sugar-free treats) and alcohol. Make sure your pet doesn't get their paws on them!
Whether you're heading out of staying in, make sure you've made all the arrangements necessary to ensure your pet stays comfortable and well cared for.
It could be your decorations, your snacks, the kids' presents or your furniture… humans aren't the only ones who get excited at Christmas. Make sure you (or someone else) is watching out for your furry friend at all times.
We wish you a relaxing break, and all the best for 2020!
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Welcome to The International Neuro-Linguistic Programming Trainer's Association (INLPTA). The INLPTA Mission Statement reads as follows: The purpose of INLPTA is to facilitate the alignment of professional NLP trainers around the world in the ethical and professional use of NLP through the standardization and continual improvement of the NLP accreditation process.
Pursuant to the conduct of this mission INLPTA has formulated a Code of Ethics and a set of Standards for NLP Practitioner, Master Practitioner, Trainer and Master Trainer Trainings. To prepare Trainers and Master Trainers to meet INLPTA's rigorous standards, INLPTA conducts International Trainer and Master Trainer Trainings every year in several locations around the globe.
If you are interested in being part of INLPTA, then you must attend one of the INLPTA Trainer or INLPTA Master Trainer Training and go through the testing process. This is the only way that INLPTA can be guaranteed of your ability to conduct trainings that follow the INLPTA Standards and that you are in alignment with the INLPTA Code of Ethics. INLPTA realizes that you may already be certified as an NLP Trainer and may have been training successfully for years. You are to be congratulated on this accomplishment. Nevertheless, if you want to be part of INLPTA it will be necessary to attend an INLPTA Trainer or Master Trainer Training and be evaluated. To do so is in no way a reflection on your ability or competencies. It is the only practical way that INLPTA has to determine your qualifications and your alignment with the INLPTA ideals. In fact about 10% of the participants in our trainings are already certified as trainers and want further to upgrade their skills and to align with INLPTA.
INLPTA has members on all five continents who have agreed upon Certification Standards in the Training of NLP. All of its members are NLP Trainers who have graduated from the most rigorous Trainer Training available. They have agreed on standards of ethics, professionalism and competence in the training of NLP. Their syllabus for NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner Trainings is updated yearly and includes both the classic and new cutting edge developments in NLP.
The first INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Training was held in Munich Germany in August 1994 with 75 people in attendance. A second INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Training was held in Sydney, Australia in October 1994 with 40 people in attendance. A third INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Trainings was held in Toronto, Canada in May 1995 and a fourth in Munich, Germany in August 1995. The fifth INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Trainings was held in Washington, D.C. in August 1996. 1996 also marked the first INLPTA Trainer Training in French. The sixth INLPTA Trainer Training was held in England in 1997. 1997 also saw the continuation of the French Trainer Training and the first INLPTA Trainer Training in German. The seventh INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Trainings was held in Manchester, England in August 1998 and INLPTA Trainer Trainings were also held in French and German. The eighth INLPTA Trainer and Master Trainer Training was held in Manchester, England in July, 1999 and the ninth INLPTA Trainer Training was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in July, 2000.
Since 2000 there have been over 40 INLPTA Trainer Trainings in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Slovenia, Turkey, Syria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and New Zealand.
Every year INLPTA Trainers Trainings are conducted in English, German and French and through translation in Arabic.
In 2005 INLPTA introduced an 18 day Master Coach Training which has been conducted in both English and German.Also a blended learning Practitioner Curriculum (mix of eLearning and on-site seminar) was created and held 3 times in Germany with participants from four different countries.
In 2007 we introduced another training concept about learning to learn, the learning coach.
in 2009 we introduced a new systemic constant/ coach curriculum.
In 2018 our 25th anniversary of our organization helping to provide a framework of guidelines and building up a community of NLP Trainers who are dedicated to professionalism, quality and ethics, we are in the progress of expanding more into eastern Europe, Russia, India and other countries where NLP is taught and used.


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Is fear, ignorance or procrastination putting you at risk of a devastating bone fracture?
Most of the news about osteoporosis concerns the side effects of current therapies and preventives. But it is important to put these effects in perspective — and to focus on treatment benefits and practical measures that can help to prevent costly and debilitating fractures in fragile bones.
Osteoporosis is both underdiagnosed and undertreated. Doctors say it is underdiagnosed because many who have it fail to get a bone density test, sometimes even after they suffer a fracture. The condition is undertreated because some people avoid drug therapy for fear of side effects, while others take their medications erratically or stop taking them altogether without consulting their doctors.
It is easy to understand the prevailing concern. People hear about drug side effects like osteonecrosis, or bone death, of the jaw (extremely rare and mostly in cancer patients) and unusual fractures of the thigh bone. They hear that supplements of bone-building calcium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Some 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and 34 million more with low bone mass are at risk of developing it. It is a silent disease that typically first shows up as a low-trauma fracture of the hip, spine or wrist. Low-trauma does not mean no trauma; someone with healthy bones who falls from a standing height or less is unlikely to break a bone, according to Dr. Sundeep Khosla, president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
While women are the far more frequent victims of osteoporosis and develop it at a younger age, men — especially those over 70 — are also at risk and even less likely than women to have the disease diagnosed and treated.
New Perspective on Treatment
When drugs called bisphosphonates were introduced to prevent and treat osteoporosis (Fosamax, now available as a generic called alendronate, was the first), overly enthusiastic doctors prescribed them for millions of postmenopausal women who were not at high risk of fracture. These were women whose bone density in the hip or spine measured below that of a healthy 35-year-old but still not near the level associated with osteoporosis.
I was one, and like many others, at age 60 I had what the World Health Organization has labeled osteopenia, not osteoporosis. Osteopenia is defined as a bone density "T-score" between minus 1.0 and minus 2.5, the lower number being the cutoff for osteoporosis.
Osteopenia is analogous to prediabetes or prehypertension, and as with these conditions, Dr. Khosla recommends that most cases of osteopenia are best treated with protective lifestyle measures, not drugs.
Dr. Khosla, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., suggested in an interview that before turning to drugs, people with osteopenia could try to prevent further bone loss with regular weight-bearing and strength-training exercise, adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D, not smoking and limiting alcohol consumption to one drink a day.
The exceptions — those most likely to benefit from drug treatment even if they do not yet have osteoporosis — include people who already have had a low-trauma fracture and those with a bone density level approaching osteoporosis who also have other risk factors, like early menopause, a family history of osteoporosis, the use of steroid drugs (prednisone and others that increase bone loss), extreme thinness, a digestive problem that limits calcium absorption or advanced age.
"Age is itself a major risk factor for fracture," said Dr. Ethel Siris, director of the osteoporosis clinic at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Even at the same bone density, a woman of 75 or older is more likely to experience a fall and fracture than a woman of 55.
Dr. Siris explained that with age, changes in the architecture of bones diminish their strength, which can be countered by bisphosphonates. Current thinking in the field, she said, is to place women at risk of fracture on a drug like Fosamax for five years and then perhaps take a one-year drug holiday. For two other bisphosphonates, Actonel and Boniva, she suggests a drug holiday of 6 to 12 months after seven years of treatment.
Benefit Versus Risk
On average, the bisphosphonates reduce the risk of a fragility fracture by 30 to 50 percent. By comparison, the risk of the most talked-about serious side effect — an atypical fracture of the femur, or thigh bone — is minuscule.
A recently published study examined the use of bisphosphonates among 12,777 Swedish women age 55 or older who suffered a fracture of the femur in 2008. Although those who had taken the drugs were 47 times as likely as those who had not to have experienced an atypical femur fracture, the actual number of these fractures was only 5 in 2,000 women who had used the drugs for five years.
Dr. Khosla estimated that the drugs would have prevented more than 100 osteoporotic fractures in these women, a benefit at least 20 times greater than the risk.
Furthermore, this unusual fracture can be prevented because it is preceded by a warning sign — bone changes that cause pain or discomfort in the thigh or groin that persists for weeks or months. If this occurs, Dr. Siris said, you should see your doctor without delay and get an X-ray.
If the X-ray is inconclusive, a bone scan or M.R.I. should follow. If an abnormality is found, Dr. Khosla said, the drug should be stopped and an orthopedist familiar with the problem should be consulted. If keeping weight off the leg does not result in healing, he said, a rod can be surgically inserted in the femur to prevent a fracture.
But Dr. Siris warned against assuming that any pain in the thigh is being caused by the drug. She said too many patients who are at high risk of an osteoporotic fracture stop the drug on their own when in fact the pain could result from sciatica or arthritis in the hip.
As for the risk from calcium supplements, the study that linked them to heart attacks and strokes did not consider how much calcium the women consumed.
Dr. Siris, among others, recommends 1,200 milligrams a day from diet alone or a combination of diet and a supplement. She noted that each serving of dairy (a cup of milk or yogurt or chunk of cheese) provides about 300 milligrams, and most people get another 200 or 300 from nondairy sources.
She said, "If too little calcium is consumed, parathyroid hormone will take calcium from the bones to maintain a normal blood level" of this essential mineral. Vitamin D — about 1,000 to 2,000 international units a day — is also important to assure adequate calcium absorption, especially for those "with bad bones," she said.


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2, 2000 -- Future astronauts poised to blast off for an extended
stay on the International Space Station (ISS) might first consider
dashing to the restroom for a quick splash at the lavatory, or better
yet, a luxurious hot shower. Once on board the ISS, spacefarers
are in for a steady diet of sponge baths using water distilled from
-- among other places -- their crewmates breath.
If you're squeamish, read no farther, because the crew will eventually include lab rodents
-- and they'll be breathing, too. All of the denizens of the space
station lose water when they exhale or sweat. Such vapors add to
the ambient cabin humidity, which is eventually condensed and returned
to the general water supply.
Sometimes it's better not to think about where your next glass of water
is coming from!
Rationing and recycling will be an essential part of daily life on the ISS. In
orbit, where Earth's natural life support system is missing, the
Space Station itself has to provide abundant power, clean water,
and breathable air at the right temperature and humidity -- 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, indefinitely. Nothing can go to waste.
In this article, the first of a series about the practical challenges of living in
space, Science@NASA will examine how the Space Station's
Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS), under continuing development at the Marshall
Space Flight Center, will help astronauts use and re-use
their precious supplies of water. Future installments will explore
air management, thermal control and fire suppression -- in short,
all of the things that will make the Space Station comfortable and
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Man jumps off Bronx Zoo monorail, mauled by tiger
NEW YORK – A visitor to the Bronx Zoo leaped from an elevated monorail train on Friday, plummeted over a fence into an exhibit and was mauled by a tiger, police and zoo officials said.
The man was alone with the 400-pound beast for about 10 minutes before being rescued, zoo officials said. He suffered bites and punctures on his arms, legs, shoulders and back and broke an arm and a leg.
The attack happened at around 3 p.m. in the Wild Asia exhibit, where a train with open sides takes visitors over the Bronx River and through a forest, where they glide along the top edge of a fence, past elephants, deer and a tiger enclosure.
Passengers aren't strapped in on the ride, and the 25-year-old man apparently jumped out of his train car, with a leap powerful enough to clear the perimeter fence.
The man was attacked by an 11-year-old male tiger that has been at the zoo for three years. The zoo's staff used a fire extinguisher to chase the tiger off, and the man was instructed to roll under an electrified wire to get to safety, zoo director Jim Breheny said. Zookeepers then called the tiger into a holding area.
The man was conscious and talking after the mauling, Breheny said.
"If not for the quick response by our staff and their ability to perform well in emergency situations, the outcome would have been very different," he said.
Police said the man was hospitalized in critical condition.
The Bronx Zoo, one of the nation's largest, sprawls over 265 acres and contains hundreds of animals, many in habitats meant to resemble natural settings. Its exhibits include Tiger Mountain, Congo Gorilla Forest and World of Reptiles.
The tiger did nothing wrong and will not be euthanized, zoo officials said. It was back in a holding area where it usually sleeps at night.
Yes, the tiger did what tigers do but he has now learned a new behavior.


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I've already wrote about setting processor affinity for a certain task or process using taskset command using Linux scheduler utilities. Now Linux gets completely fair scheduler (CFS):
The new CPU scheduler includes a pluggable framework that completely replaces Molnar's earlier O(1) scheduler, and is described to 'model an "ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU" on real hardware. 80% of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models an 'ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU' on real hardware.
Please note that scheduler matters more for Linux servers and not for your desktop system. However it is belived that CFS may help improve the situation for poorly written X driver.


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Signatures herald start of GOCE Mission
On 23 November representatives of ESA and the Italian company Alenia Spazio signed a contract in Turin to cover the design, development, and pre and post-launch support for the GOCE satellite, due to be launched towards the end of 2005.
This contract, which is for a total of €149 million, also covers work that will be given to the major sub-contractors. These are Astrium GmbH, Germany; Alcatel Space Industries, France: and Onera, the French National Aerospace Research Establishment:
GOCE, which stands for Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation, is the first Earth Explorer Core mission in ESA's Earth Observation Envelope Programme. Its main objective is to provide a highly accurate and high-resolution map of the Earth's gravity field. Once available, this unique information will help scientists to improve their understanding of the structure and internal dynamics of the Earth's interior. One of the valuable applications of this knowledge will be to increase insight into the circulation of the oceans and their influence on our climate.
Now that the contract has been awarded, work can begin on designing and developing the satellite and the instruments that will be used to supply the data and the measurements to map the Earth's gravity field. Once in orbit, the GOCE mission is expected to last for 30 months.


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Johnson City, Tenn. - The ETSU athletic department announced Racquel Ellis and Angela Prosperi have signed National Letters of Intent to join head coach Karen Kemp's Lady Buc women's basketball program.
Ellis and Prosperi are the first two student-athletes to join the ETSU women's basketball program in the early signing period that began on November 10.
Ellis, a senior at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, averaged six points, three assists and two steals as a junior. The 5-0 guard plays for head coach Jerry Lackey at Mason HS which is ranked #2 in the nation by USA Today. Last year, she helped lead the team to a 26-1 record and a #3 national ranking, according to USA Today.
"Ellis is a very talented point guard that brings both speed and court vision to our program," Kemp said. "She is a good player that comes from a winning program."
Prosperi, a senior at Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Ohio, averaged 12 points, nine rebounds and two assists as a junior. The 6-2 forward/center plays for head coach Tom Hoverman at Lebanon HS.
"At 6-2 Prosperi is a big player, but her greatest assset is her ability to run the floor," Kemp said. "She runs the floor as well as most guards."
The Lady Bucs will open their season on Nov. 22 against Radford. Game time is 7 p.m. in ETSU's Brooks Gym.


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Monday, August 23, 2010
It Takes a Milledge....and a Tabata!
If I were Santana, I'd ask to be traded. He is Cy Young on any other team!
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only brilliant, Joe!ReplyDelete
Johan should personally berate these sleepers in a closed door session that forces them to
pay stiff fines for non-support.
It's amazing to think what might have been if they had only given this poor guy support.ReplyDelete
Just catching up having been away from computer for a bit. Love the recaps, Joe, just awesome. Too bad the team didn't play better so you could paint more positive pictures!ReplyDelete
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I've been doing you all a great injustice by not covering this line for you on CDX. It's tough though because once my boys get their hands on them, they are torn apart and re-assembled many times over, the packaging nowhere to be seen.
The whole idea of Mega Rigs is that they are modular vehicles. Each piece has connection points that can be attached in any number of ways. Each year has a theme, and this year its Pirates. Last years space theme was awesome, and all the parts from any previous year can be used with any new set. This has been going on for years now, and they all still work together, unlike other toy lines (ahem.. Imaginext). The figures that are included are about the same size as M.A.S.K. figures or Starcom figures, and the building system is similar to the hexagonal joint system used on Robotix.
What really floors me though is the continued attention to detail that these toys exhibit. Its as if the designers are throwing in Easter eggs for adult collectors. For example, the Shark Ship set has small barnacles, starfish and other details etched into corners underneath the toy. The Shark itself has an opening belly (like the Star Wars Tauntaun) that features detail INSIDE the shark, like a ribcage, license plate, and even a kitchen sink.
This year's pirate theme is based on the Shark Ship, but it looks like an entirely new mold. The suction cup action on the additional play set is also very cool.
Did I mention that they all have tons of missile firing action?