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The Ludlow Massacre occurred in Colorado 100 years ago
April 20, 1914. A long coal-miners' strike is underway in Colorado.
At the settlement of Ludlow, near Trinidad, miners and their families huddle in a stark tent city. Because of the strike, they have been evicted from homes provided by the companies that employ the miners.
The tent city is about to become the site of a monumental eruption that will change U.S. labor relations forever.
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In late 1913, the United Mine Workers of America organized a state-wide strike against Colorado's biggest coal-producing companies, including Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. and the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. Demands by the UMWA for better pay and working conditions for coal miners had gone unaddressed for years.
Coal mining is hard, dirty and dangerous work, but a hundred years ago, it was a big industry in Colorado, employing thousands of people. The industry had a high rate of worker deaths and few safeguards in place to correct that. The companies used guards to enforce strict rules on miners' lives, effectively keeping them in serfdom.
In the midst of the strike, the coal companies used their guards to harass the strikers and protect substitute laborers, known as 'scabs.' There was even an armored car built by CF&I, in Pueblo, which had a machine gun mounted on it.
The strikers living in tents were occasionally fired on indiscriminately as part of the harassment. To protect their families, the striking miners dug pits below the platforms on which the tents sat to provide them further shelter.
Pits below the platforms…
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The strike wears on.
Tensions are rising. Working men are pitted against armed company thugs.
The governor, Elias Ammons, calls in The Colorado National Guard to impose order. But the state recalls most of the Guard units in 1914, possibly for cost reasons. Then an ugly incident ends with retaliatory demolition of one of the tent enclaves, called Forbes camp.
The coal companies beef up security in the form of a militia made of their own hired guards put into National Guard uniforms.
On the morning of April 20, a confusing series of events lead to an all-out gun battle at Ludlow camp between strikers and the militia, who have mounted a machine gun atop a knoll. The fight lasts all day. The armed militia is reinforced later in the day with fresh guards.
Fires begin to sweep through the tent city at Ludlow.
Some women and children take shelter by hiding beneath the platform of a single tent. The tent catches fire.
Two women and 11 children suffocate to death in the pit below, which had been dug to give them a place of safety.
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The reported death toll has varied, but it is believed that 26 people died at Ludlow camp that day, including a handful of militiamen. More days of violence followed. The federal government was eventually called in to stop the bloodshed when dozens more miners and militiamen were killed in skirmishes in the days after the Ludlow massacre.
But it is perhaps the sorry deaths of two women and 11 children that has seared into the minds of American citizens in the hundred years since. The site of the killings is now a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The events at Ludlow camp are commemorated as a turning point in American labor relations. Needed reforms were finally enacted, though the mine workers' union did not prevail in its demands at the time. The strike ended in December, 1914. In the aftermath, labor organizer Mary Harris Jones, known as "Mother" Jones, met with John D. Rockefeller Jr. He and other mine owners then made efforts to upgrade safety and comfort of workers.
Two Denver Post pages show the impact of events a hundred years ago:
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There are many events planned in Colorado to commemorate the Ludlow Massacre (SEE LIST BELOW), but there are two to note:
Sunday, April 20, 2014
2 p.m. – Prayer vigil, Agape Service by St. John Greek Orthodox Church of Pueblo
LOCATION: Ludlow National Historic Landmark, 180 miles south of Denver, one-half mile west of Exit 27 off Interstate 25, Ludlow.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
11 a.m. – UMWA 100th Anniversary Commemorative Service (held on this date because the anniversary date this year, April 20, is Easter Sunday)
LOCATION: Ludlow National Historic Landmark, 180 miles south of Denver, one-half mile west of Exit 27 off Interstate 25, Ludlow.
*indicates UMWA organized events
Date Location/Sponsor Event Information
APRIL 14-19, 2014 CSU-Pueblo Weeklong Labor History
El Pueblo History Museum Children of Ludlow: Life in a Battle Zone (1913-14)
Tues-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm, Current–September 2015
APRIL 14, 2014 Pueblo City Council Ludlow Proclamation 7:00pm
APRIL 15, 2014 CSU-Pueblo David Mason, Ludlow Poetry Reading 7:00pm
APRIL 16, 2014 InfoZone Rawlings Pub. Library Pueblo Matewan Film 7:00pm
APRIL 17, 2014 InfoZone Rawlings Pub. Library Pueblo Scott Martelle, Reading Blood Passion 7:00pm
Peace & Justice Center Boulder Ludlow Commemoration Concert 6:00pm-11:00pm
For Event Info. & Tickets go to: www.rmpjc.org
Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center (303) 444-6981
APRIL 18, 2014 InfoZone Rawlings Pub. Library Pueblo Exhibit Opening: Reports from the Field 6:00pm
Pueblo City Hall Ludlow Requiem 8:00pm (Memorial Hall)
APRIL 19, 2014 CSU-Pueblo Labor Fest Academic Symposium ~ All Day
El Pueblo History Museum Daniel Valdez, Using Music to Organize 7:00pm
APRIL 20, 2014 Ludlow Site Prayer Vigil, AGAPE Service ~ 2:00pm
St. John Greek Orthodox Church of Pueblo
APRIL 21, 2014 History Colorado Museum Denver Remembering Ludlow Today, Panel Discussion 7:00pm
APRIL 22, 2014 Colorado State Capitol Ludlow Proclamation Day 9:00am House Gallery Bessemer Historical Society Juan Morales, Pilgrimage Magazine
Pueblo Labor Reading, Community Room, 7:00pm
APRIL 24, 2014 Metropolitan State University of Denver Tivoli Center (10-11:30am) (1pm-2:30pm) Speakers
Hosted by MSU Denver History Club
APRIL 26, 2014 Mt. Carmel Wellness Center 2nd Annual Run/Walk for the Fallen Coal Miners
Trinidad From Ludlow Memorial Site (5k/10k/Half Marathon)
For Reservations (719) 845-4894 or www.mtcarmelcenter.org
*MAY 10, 2014 Denver, CO Kaiulani Lee: The Story of Mother Jones
SuTeatro 7:00pm
*MAY 13, 2014 Pueblo, CO Kaiulani Lee: The Story of Mother Jones
El Pueblo Museum 7:00pm
MAY 15, 2014 Pueblo, CO Cecil E. Roberts, International UMWA President
Speaking on Ludlow, Steelworkers Hall 6:30pm
*MAY 15, 2014 Colorado Springs, CO Kaiulani Lee: The Story of Mother Jones
UC at Colo. Springs, Theater Works 7:00pm
MAY 16, 2014 Trinidad, CO Dinner & Theater "Life of a Ludlow Miner"
By Silvio J. Caputo at Mt. Carmel Wellness Center ($50)
For Reservations (719) 845-4894
*MAY 17, 2014 Trinidad, CO Kaiulani Lee: The Story of Mother Jones Trinidad Middle School Auditorium, 7:00pm
*MAY 17, 2014 Ludlow Site UMWA Family Day 11:00am-3:00pm
Trinidad, CO
"PonyXpress Gravel 160" Bicycle Ride/Race
For Event Info. & Registration go to: PX160.org
Start/Finish Cokedale, Coal Camps & Ludlow
*MAY 18, 2014 Ludlow Site UMWA 100th Anniversary Commemorative Service 11:00am-1:00pm
June 11-13, 2014 Trinidad, CO 2014 Mining History Association Conference
For More Info: www.mininghistoryassociation.org
Updated: April 11, 2014
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For more information, view this video created by Rocky Mountain PBS, called "Colorado Experience: Ludlow Massacre"


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Heard recently that someone's brains got so fried in the heat that she went and fried an egg on her patio, complete with a non-stick pan. Methinks it would've cooked faster if she'd ditched the pan and fried the egg directly on the sidewalk. Then there was that report of some dude who actually fried an egg on his car's dashboard. Whut?!
All around me, my city is imploding. The sun's rays raze mercilessly down sending waves of heat up from the sidewalk; soon, they will crack, together with the tempers of most people. "Sunscreen and shades will keep you cool," advise the dermatologists, but shades stick to the face in beads of sweat and sunscreen melts away.
In my home office, the curtains are drawn, the electric fan is on high. But the air emanating from the blades is as warm as my breath and discomfort is far from assuaged. Writing in the nude is out of the question and overrated – not that I've ever tried it – and besides, a visitor might come storming in. I glance at the condensation that's formed at the foot of my drinking glass: somewhere in this just-liquefied puddle is my creativity. It's melted, along with the heat.
I love summer. I think. But the heat that's inherent to it stunts my intelligence and stifles my appetite, believe it or not. I'm already gulping down gallons of water; soon, I'll be swallowing ice cubes whole. When I eat, I make salads with a very acidic vinaigrette – the tang tames heat's effect on me. Lunch the other day: chicken sinigang; the late food writer Doreen Fernandez was right – sour soups do cool one down. Another time, I enjoy my favorite milkshake, my cold drink favorite which is the counterpart to hot chocolate, my favorite (hot) drink in the world. But I don't want to think about the heat right now.
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Jang Hun, director
With his hit low-budget 2008 debut, "Rough Cut," Jang was acclaimed as a talented rookie with both commercial instincts and artistic sensibility. His second feature, "Secret Reunion," has garnered more than 4 million admissions this year, proving that he could be the next Bong Joon-ho in the Korean film industry. He's just started his third film, "Highlands War," a Korean-war themed pic set for a 2011 release by Showbox.
Seo Woo, actress
Seo turned heads and won awards from her star turn in the Park Chan-wook produced comedy "Crush and Blush" (2008). In this year's Rotterdam opener "Paju," she once again proved her acting chops as an unstable and conflicted teenager who falls in love with her sister's husband. Her next film is "The Housemaid," starring opposite leading light Jeon Do-yeon.
Kim Nam-gil, actor
Kim debuted as the lead in 2006's low-budget melodrama "No Regret," but although he got lots of work in supporting roles — "Modern Boy," "Public Enemy Returns" and "Portrait of a Beauty," among others — his career as a star had to wait until TV epic "Queen Seon Duk" was a hit last year. He narrated high-rated TV documentary series "Tears of Amazon," also set to open theatrically in 3D this month, while feature "Lovers Vanished," with Kim as the lead (true to his new heartthob status) is set for an April release, with M-line Distribution handling international sales.
Jo Sung-hee, director
Korean Academy of Film Arts graduate Jo's short "Don't Step Out of the House" was invited to Cannes' Cinefondation last year. The horror short received a prize at Cannes, and landed other competition berths at the Dubai and Pusan fests. A recent commercial release of "House" has put him on the shortlist of producers. He is now in post-production on his debut feature, "End of Animal," which is set to be distributed by CJ Entertainment later this year.
J.K. Youn, executive producer
Better known as the director of five films, including last year's No. 1 hit "Haeundae," he has successfully settled down as an executive producer. His production house JK Film co-produced "Haeundae" with CJ Entertainment, while presenting a detective thriller "Secret Reunion" in November and a melodrama "Harmony" in January, which recently passed the 3 million admissions mark. He was named producer of the year at the Director's Cut Awards hosted by and voted on by Directors Guild of Korea in December. He has also produced "My Gangsterish Lover," set for April, while developing family adventure film "Temple Stay" and preparing his own 3D film, "The Seventh Sector."


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We've seen plenty of Andrew Garfield as the rebooted Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, but we still know next to nothing about the villainous Lizard. That why it pays to keep an eye on those tie-in toys.
Plus Clark Gregg reveals more about Agent Coulson's expanded role in The Avengers!
Producer Andrew Kosove reveals exactly when we'll know what's really going on with Ridley Scott's Blade Runner follow-up.
Simon Pegg wonders whether he's too old to play Wee Hughie in Adam McKay's The Boys.
Plus lots more on the futures of Chuck, Once Upon a Time, and The Secret Circle!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from The Avengers.
The Avengers
Clark Gregg confirms that Agent Coulson does indeed have a much larger part here than the character did in any of his previous appearances, and he provides an interesting analogy for how Coulson fits into the Avengers team:
"I had to pinch myself because I'm not that jaded. I got to show up and put on the Coulson suit and I've got enough lines that I have a trailer, plus I get to do this amazing script by Joss Whedon. I don't know how I got to be a part of it, I just feel very lucky about it. When you look at the team it's made out of rock stars, divas, and giant muscles with superpowers so somebody has the job backstage at Lollapalooza to make them all play in the same concert and super band — and that's what Agent Coulson does."
When asked about the formation of the team itself, Gregg suggests this is what the various heroes were all destined to be a part of:
"The thing about The Avengers that I think is clear from the trailers is that they've spent a lifetime preparing for a moment like this. Whatever is coming down the pike, everyone is taking care of business to the best of their abilities. It may cause some tensions but they're going to hit it head on."
He also throws out an anecdote of the first time he saw the Avengers together on set, which includes the revealing detail — and I know this is just a massive, massive spoiler — that Samuel L. Jackson will look intimidating and badass as Nick Fury:
"It's a little hard to believe, coming from a supporting role that they kept beefing up and adding to new movies, that I would actually walk into that room I walked into and see that collection of people in their various versions or incredibly worked up neoprene. When I walked in the first thing I did was go, "Oh my god! Look at all these actors in costumes!" But then you look at them a little closer and you go, "I just walked into a room with Captain America, Tony Stark...oh my god!" And then you go, "That's Jeremy Renner and Robert Downey Jr!" Then all of a sudden Sam [Jackson] comes in and gives me a look and I'm like, "There's some big problems we've got to take care of so let's go do it!"
The Amazing Spider-Man
Assuming everything about this photo of a tie-in toy is on the level, that image in the middle might well be our first proper look at the creature make-up for Rhys Ifans as the Lizard. It certainly seems to resemble the concept art we've seen before, not to mention the Pez dispensers. In case you're wondering, I'm about 95% sure that weird red light in the middle of the Lizard's head is just part of the toy, not the character. [/Film]
Iron Man 3
This is about as minor as it gets, but Robert Downey, Jr. is reportedly having special three-inch lifts put into his shoes for this movie, in an effort to look taller than his 5'8" frame. [New York Post]
Blade Runner
Producer Andrew Kosove discusses his ongoing plans for a Blade Runner followup that is either a sequel or prequel of some sort, and to which Ridley Scott is currently attached as returning director. Here's Kosove on the status of Scott with the project:
"Here's the thing about Ridley. Ridley is a special guy. He's a force of nature. He's got a lot of stuff that he's working on. I believe it's an extremely high priority for Ridley, that's what he's said to me. This project is moving forward aggressively in development."
Kosove also gave an update on when we can expect to hear more concrete details about the project:
"Sometime in the first two months of the new year we'll announce who the screenwriter will be and whether or not it's a prequel or sequel. And then we'll be off to the races."
World War Z
Marco Beltrami, who served as composer on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and the Thing prequel, will reportedly provide the music for Marc Forster's Brad Pitt starring adaptation of Max Brooks's novel. [ShockTillYouDrop]
The Boys
Anchorman and The Other Guys director Adam McKay has been working on an R-rated adaptation of Garth Ennis's comic book series, and one of the major subjects of casting speculation has been Simon Pegg for Wee Hughie, which is only natural since Wee Hughie was originally based on Pegg's appearance. For his part, Pegg says he wants to do it, but he's worried he's no longer a fit for the part in terms of age:
"I have [read the script], it's really good. I'd love to do it, if it came about. My fear is that I'm too old to play Wee Hughie, now. But you know, obviously, the character was drawn, at least, around my face."
Piranha 3DD
The Piranha 3D sequel that relocates the action to one of piranhas' most famous habitats - a waterpark - will skip theatrical release in the United Kingdom and go straight to DVD, and it's decently likely the same will end up happening in the United States as well. [ShockTillYouDrop]
The Warning
Here's a promo poster and a synopsis for this found footage movie that was previously called Ward 8. The film is apparently based around those (completely fictitious) Mayan doomsday prophecies. Here's the official description:
We were warned in an ancient Mayan prophecy that the 21st December 2012 would be the beginning of the end, but not how and where this new era would unveil itself. Until now.
In December 2011 a strange futuristic-looking artifact was uncovered in an uncharted Mayan temple in Mexico - examination of the artifact revealed binary coded information which appeared to be encoded footage. The content was unlocked by students at Chicago state university and appeared to be several hours of video footage heralding the end of the world... time stamped in the near future.
Investigation of those featured in the footage produced several names and the authorities attempted to question those involved about the validity of the footage. But all of the people featured in this footage have disappeared...
Here's the promo for episode nine, "Chuck vs. the Kept Man", which airs next Friday.
There's a bit of confusion over what the final two episodes are called. Just last week, episodes twelve and thirteen were reportedly "Chuck vs. the Last Mission Part 1" and the logically titled followup "Chuck vs. the Last Mission Part 2." Now, however, it appears the series finale is called "Chuck vs. the Goodbye", while the penultimate episode has been given the intriguingly ominous title "Chuck vs. Sarah." Either way, they will both air as part of the two-hour finale on January 27. [Zap2It]
Speaking of the finale, the company Skydive Pismo Beach reportedly provided help with two last-minute skydiving sequences as part of the final episode's production. The company's manager Chris Lee recounts the dives:
"They wanted to shoot some footage of skydivers landing on the beach. We were perfectly setup for what they needed. It all came together very quickly."
The skydivers are presumably standing in for main characters, though it's not currently known which ones were being doubled. [ChuckTV]
Once Upon a Time
Here's a promo for next Sunday's midseason premiere and eighth episode overall, "Desperate Souls."
Here's the official description for episode ten, "7:15 AM":
MARY MARGARET AND DAVID CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THEIR UNREQUITED LOVE, AND SNOW WHITE TRIES TO EASE HER BREAKING HEART AS PRINCE CHARMING'S WEDDING TO KING MIDAS'S DAUGHTER APPROACHES – Mary Margaret and David continue to grapple with their unrequited love, and Emma and Regina grow suspicious over a mysterious new stranger in town. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Snow White yearns to ease her breaking heart as Prince Charming's wedding to King Midas's daughter approaches,
Richard Schiff talks about his role as King Leopold, the father of Ginnifer Godwin's Snow White:
"He certainly seems to be a happy guy at first glances. They wrote him as a happy-go-lucky guy. [He doesn't] desire anything. But at one point he says, 'I have a prosperous kingdom, a beautiful daughter, and a lovely Queen,' and I decided to make the Queen line not as excited as the other two items on that list. In other words, he's unhappy and I don't think people are ignorant [to that] … So there's a little bit of darkness underneath him."
He also says it's not clear whether he will be back after his upcoming guest spot:
"The actors all seem to think I'm coming back, but that's a discussion I've have not had with anyone else. But they all say, 'You have to come back because you explain this and that' and 'You're the reason that… ' But, really, they're all guessing along with [viewers]."
The Vampire Diaries
Here are some promo photos for the midseason premiere and tenth episode overall, "The New Deal", which will air on January 5. [BuddyTV]
And here's a bunch of promo photos for the eleventh episode, "Our Town", which will be broadcast on January 12. [SpoilerTV]
The Secret Circle
Here are some promo photos for episode eleven, "Fire & Ice", which airs January 12. [KSiteTV]
Discussing the new character Lee, the dangerous operator of an occult Botanica played by Friday Night Lights alumnus Grey Damon, executive producer Andrew Miller calls him "confident and cocky and [having] a different kind of power than we've seen" whose participation in Faye's scheme "could prove dire for some of [the] other characters." [TV Line]
An upcoming episode will see Cassie have moments with both Adam and Jake in which "she nearly kills both of them in two separate occurrences", although apparently "one of the near-deaths is not as it seems." [EW]
Blade Anime
Here's a new promo for the anime adaptation of Marvel's greatest vampire hunting badass, starring Harold Perrineau as the voice of Blade. The show premieres Friday, January 13 on G4.
Additional reporting by Marykate Jasper and Charlie Jane Anders.


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It's ski season! Are you ready? Whether you're going to Lutsen for a whole week with the whole family or just a weekend with a friend, packing can be the hardest part. What you'll pack depends on who's coming, where you're staying, and what kind of gear you already own.
If you've skiied before, here's the simplest approach: Before you go, lay everything out on your bead. Now, close your eyes and visualize that you are completely ready to go down the hill. Imagine being fully dressed and fully equipped. Now, starting at the top of your head and going down to the soles of your feet, slowly check for each item. Hat? Goggles? Scarf? You'll know what to do.
Now, to get a little more specific:
Skis and Poles
If you already own skis, bring two pairs just in case. If you're interested in renting, check out Lutsen Recreation, just down the road, or you can rent gear from Lutsen Mountains.
Socks, Gloves, and Hats
You can never have enough, especially if they get wet. Bring several pairs of socks and at least two pairs of gloves. Bring an extra hat, too—if you don't end up needing it, someone else will.
Goggles and Helmet
Easy to forget. Hard to do without.
Extra Washer Fluid, Fix a Flat, and Jumper Cables
Trust us. You're driving to a northwoods ski resort, and honestly you just never know. Plus, maybe you'll be the hero that gives someone else a jump.
Everyone has a different opinion on this, so go with what works for you. Just remember to dress in layers. Unless it's 20 below and windy, it's better to wear an undershirt, a shirt, a fleece jacket, and a windbreaker than one massive parka. Remember if you overheat, you can start to sweat, which will actually chill you faster.
The Little Extras
Advil, sunscreen, Chapstick, sunglasses in a hard case, cough drops, mini candy bars …and a tough ziploc bag to carry it on the slope! Off the hill, you'll want camera batteries, phone charger, playing cards, and duct tape, because this is life and things happen!


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Phlebotomist at Deer Valley Medical Center Per Diem Evenings
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HonorHealth is a non-profit, local healthcare organization known for community service and outstanding medical quality. HonorHealth encompasses five acute care hospitals with approximately 11,500 employees and 4,500 volunteers, over 70 primary and specialty care practices, clinical research, medical education, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, an Accountable Care Organization, two foundations, and extensive community services.
HonorHealth is a leader in medical innovation, talent and technology with a genuine commitment to your growth. The health system's vibrant careers take place in an environment filled with opportunity and respect because we see the HONOR in you.
HonorHealth is a leader in medical innovation, talent and technology with a genuine commitment to your growth. The health system's vibrant careers take place in an environment filled with opportunity and respect because we see the HONOR in you.
High School Diploma or GED Required
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Performs a variety of tasks requiring skills in phlebotomy, and general office to include customer service, clerical and computer/data entry.
Performs a variety of tasks requiring skills in phlebotomy, and general office to include customer service, clerical and computer/data entry.
- Organizes, prioritizes, and obtains blood draw requests. Includes TRAUMAS, STATS, ASAP, TIMED, morning draws, and routine requests as received
- Operates the hospital tube system to receive incoming specimens, distributes to appropriate area, send labels for collection, and sends reports and other requested items, according to hospital policy
- Receives outpatient laboratory specimens and requisitions according to department policies, assuring correct specimen type, and verifying complete patient identification information.
- Operates the Hospital Information System, to order, cancel, add lab test requests, and retrieve patient information and specimen collection summaries, registers patients, fax and print chart reports. Removes bar code labels and distributes and organizes them for daily procurement.
- Greets all visitors, patients, customers, and staff at the reception window or designated area.
- Operates telecommunication equipment including telephones, pagers and faxes. Responds to queries, takes detailed messages, forwards test results, and directs calls to appropriate areas. Maintains equipment and supplies, blood collection tray, work areas and outpatient drawing stations.
- Handles incoming and outgoing mail for physician, patient, and department distribution. Oversees the training of new employees and assists the supervisor in the coordination of the daily work assignments. Interfaces with nursing in the absence of the Team Leader and Supervisor to resolve most complaints in phlebotomy, specimen receiving and processing and customer service.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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Man Busted Spying on Women Underneath Public Toilet
There's gotta be a better way to meet women.
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently arrested 52-year-old Kenneth Webster Enlow after he was caught in a septic tank under a women's toilet at a park so he could spy on women. Enlow was caught when a 29-year-old woman with her 7-year-old daughter spotted him in what was surely one of the eeriest public restroom experiences you will ever hear about.
The woman was in the process of helping her daughter to the bathroom "when she saw that there was a man underneath the toilet looking up at her and her daughter."
Cops were called in and officials removed Enlow from the tank and washed him, since, yes, he was covered in fecal matter.
For his part, Enlow claims a woman he called Angel bopped hit him on the head with a tire iron and then drove him to the park where she dumped his body into a toilet. Hey, we've all been there, right? No? So, it's just us.
Even with that crazy story, authorities still had to issue a peeping Tom charge and Enlow a very good reason to think about checking out therapy.


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- Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
- Simon and Schuster, 240 pp.
Bad Dirt – Good Words
Where do I start with Annie Proulx? Where does anyone start with Annie Proulx? Certainly not at the beginning. She wouldn't like that. Conventional approaches to anything appear to at once annoy and to bore the Wyoming writer.
Maybe there's something in her characters' names that offer at least the illusion of a literary handle – Game & Fish Warden Creel Zmundzinski, Reverend Jefford J. Pecker, Warden Orion Horncrackle, Plato Bucklew – and those boys showed up in just the first ten pages of Proulx's latest book Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, a delightful and deceptively subtle examination of life in the West and Wyoming in particular. Bad Dirt is, for lack of a better word, a follow-up to her first collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories.
Or perhaps a person might begin by looking at story titles – The Hellhole, What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick? The Wamsutter Wolf Summer of the Hot Tubs.
Beginnings always beat the hell out of me, especially after too many weeks without whiskey and when considering the nobly wicked efforts of Proulx, an author of remarkable talent who first snared my attention years ago with another short story collection called Heart Songs and Other Stories, a lyrically twisted bunch of tales far more than well told. One story especially has hung around with me for years, The Wer Trout, but I digress. And there are those novels of hers, you know the ones – Postcards, Shipping News, Accordion Crimes, That Old Ace in the Hole. Whatever Proulx aims her mind at and lays down on the page doesn't merely work, it rattles and hums. She doesn't research her books and stories, she lives them, like the summer time she spent cooking for a crew at an archeological dig in the Red Desert of her home state. What the hell? It was only 110 degrees of wind and sand and diminutive insects known for endearing bites to tender flesh. Proulx's roamed from esoteric wilds in Vermont to Newfoundland to the Texas panhandle in search of the images she needs to display her powerfully arcane truths.
And, yes, she can write a bit, too, as this paragraph describing domestic serenity in The Wamsutter Wolf shows:
"While Cheri changed him on the kitchen table less than eighteen inches from Buddy's coffee cup, he looked around to avoid watching her mop at Lye's besmeared buttocks and scrotum. On the floor several feathers were stuck in a coagulated blob. Wads of trodden gum appeared as archipelagoes in a mud-colored sea while bits of popcorn, string ends, torn paper, a crushed McDonald's cup, and candy wrappers made up the flotsam. An electric wall heater stuck out into the room. On top of it were three coffee mugs, two beer cans, several brimming ashtrays, a tiny plastic fox, and a prescription bottle. Through the amber plastic of the bottle he could see the dark forms of capsules."
In a few words a reader learns that the inhabitants of the joint have taken the concept of human pigs a bit further along our species' day-to-day continuum. That the denizens smoke, suck down coffee, dink alcohol and probably ride the pain killer A-train. A few other items are suggested, but why spoil all the fun?
Proulx has won the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. A pair of O'Henry Prizes and a Pen/Faulkner Award.
And here's another example running at a different rpm from What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?:
"All her life she had heard and felt the Wyoming wind and taken it for granted. There had even been a day when she was a young girl standing by the road waiting for the school bus when a spring wind, fresh and warm and perfumed with pine resin, had caused a bolt of wild happiness to surge through her, its liveliness promising glinting chances. She had loved the wind that day. But out at the ranch it was different and she became aware of moving air's erratic, inimical character. The house lay directly in line with a gap in the encircling hills to the northwest, and through this notch the prevailing wind poured, falling on the house with ferocity. The house shuddered as the wind punched it, slid along on its sides like a released torrent from a broken dam. Week after week in winter it sank and rose, attacked and feinted. When she put her head down and went out to the truck, it yanked at her clothing, shot up her sleeves, whisked her hair into raveled fright wigs. Gilbert seemed not to notice, but then, she thought, he probably regarded it as his wind, and no doubt took pleasure in such a powerful possession.
In a time when doing things superficially, half-assed, is the accepted, indeed condoned, method of operation, I eagerly anticipate Proulx's next meticulously examined, researched/lived and written work.
Bad Dirt is Proulx at her whimsical and starkly powerful best. And even if these stories were not her top shelf work, they would still rate five stars. She's one of a handful of American authors who are wandering the literary landscape at a level unfamiliar to the rest of us.


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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Alex Stupak was 27 when he said his biological clock started ticking.
But that's jumping ahead. First, you need to get better acquainted with this once avant-garde pastry chef who felt he could better express himself creatively through high-end tacos. Yes, you read that right. He's the sort of guy whose intellectual sides makes it hard for him to stay on topic. He's the sort of guy who loves a good analogy, particularly in reference to his unusual career trajectory (cue the ticking clock).
The way he describes it, he dreamed of having a restaurant by the age of 30, but he didn't want just any restaurant. He wanted to make sure he pushed himself creatively. So Stupak — who stunned the culinary world with his pastry creations in some of the nation's most cutting edge restaurants — abandoned pastry for slinging tacos.
And that's when this Food and Wine magazine "Best New Chef" went from molecular gastronomy — using liquid nitrogen and fancy foams — to rustic Mexican cuisine. He saw it as a "blood in the water" moment.
"Once you get into that repetition, it's factually no longer creative," he said of his days of making foams and crazy desserts. "It's about pushing you to do something you don't know how to do."
Why Mexican cuisine? The pure challenge of it.
"It's misunderstood. It's the underdog," he said Friday during an interview at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Initially, he figured he'd start with tacos because they would be easy. Except he learned they were very much not easy.
"What made it more difficult is we did it simultaneously with opening a restaurant," he said referring to his hot spot Emepellon Taqueria in New York City. "Learning something completely new in the pressure of the kitchen is difficult, adding on that you are actually the owner and you are in charge of every facet of the kitchen."
Stupak, originally from Massachusetts, appears minimally on television — he says he gets nervous on camera but he is working on that. He also hates whistling, worked at Denny's back home and makes a mean omelet.
Back to his ticking clock: Mission accomplished. Stupak, who is now 34, plans to open a third restaurant in September.
"I thrive on adversity and doing that thing that other people couldn't do," he said.


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Just wanted to know what people think of the goings on in Somalia. The news coverage is very poor and limited to a quick mention rather than an in depth analysis. Its not Iraq or Palestine but its under occupation non the less!
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I think Somalia from the Muslim perspective is being treated as an Iraq or Palestine. From an Al-Qaeda perspective, however, these are Ethiopian troops so there's not that eagerness of Arabs to go there and kill them as they do with U.S. or Israeli soldiers.
One must consider that this move by Ethiopia is completely backed by the U.S. And is yet another example of the U.S. meddling in the affairs of other countries. My prediction as was the prediction about Iraq is that this is going to blow up in the U.S.'s face much like Iraq is right now.
As for the poor media coverage, ignoring African affairs is common in Western journalism. I believe this lack of attention has to do with some underlying racism, but that's just me.
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The Somalis are very unfortunate that they must suffer such a disproportionate share of the burden to fight off this American Lordist elite that tries to enslave them, just like they are trying to enslave the entire planet.
I see, however, a common pattern of military error in all these conflicts on the Muslim side (Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia). They should read the Art of War, by Sun Tsu.
When faced with a military superior enemy, you cannot win the war by direct confrontation. You are bound to lose. You should also never allow the enemy to choose the battlefield. And it is obvious that they let the Ethiopians have the initiative. That is wrong.
Every modern army starts failing when you manage to rupture their supply lines. Especially without gasoline, they cannot operate any technology any longer. They will be back to man-to-man combat in the streets, and this is where the insurgents have the advantage.
It is very hard for any army to protect its supply lines. The Ethiopians must obviously be trucking large amounts of gasoline, ammunition, spare parts, and other supplies over land, using long stretched roads, or else use one of the ports, including the port of Mogadisciu.
The solution is to ambush these supply trucks, instead of fighting in the streets of Mogadisciu. Let them have these streets for the time being.
The insurgents should make sure, however, that few of the supplies coming over land or over sea, reaches these occupation forces. That can be effected with rather undangerous, unpredictable hit-and-run attacks on trucks and ships while they are docking in the ports.
Instead of shelling the Ugandan troops, the insurgents should shell the airport's runways, and damage them sufficiently, so that neither reinforcements nor supply planes can take off or land in Mogadisciu.
Making this happen, is a lot easier than confronting the occupation forces directly, has the same effect, and keeps the initiative on the insurgents' side. It requires the occupation forces to spread themselves thin, trying to protect strategic points from the insurgents. Now they suddenly need a lot more troops. And they may not have them.
As soon as the occupation forces are running low of the supplies needed to power tanks, fighter jets, and armoured vehicles, the whole fight goes back to man-to-man in the streets. That is where the insurgents should shine and decisively defeat the enemy.
Attacking enemy supply lines, is how the Vietnamese liberation forces managed to defeat the French occupation forces in Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The French had an overwhelming advantage in technology and military equipment, but to no avail, because they eventually had no other option than to surrender.
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Thanks for your replies guys.
Well it looks as though some sort of truce has been established. Many are burying their dead after four days of fighting. The death toll is in the hundreds.
The difficult thing to believe is that Ethiopia was 'invited' into Somalia to rid it of the Islamic Courts who brought about a peace unseen for 16 years in the capital. The president is a former warlord and so are many of the ministers.
Reminds me of the following Hadeeth and how Muslims rulers need to re-examine it.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 116:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "Everyone of you is a guardian and everyone of you is responsible (for his wards). A ruler is a guardian and is responsible(for his subjects); a man is a guardian of his family and responsible (for them); a wife is a guardian of her husband's house and she is responsible (for it), a slave is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible (for that). Beware! All of you are guardians and are responsible (for your wards)."
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Peace and blessings be up on all of us.
The Ethiopian Government thinks that it is
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I think if we can see it from this perspective we will know what the American�s and the Ethiopian�s stand will be. The Ethiopians will go out the soonest possible if they get the assurance of peace there in
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Somalia has (apparently) Oil, Uranium, copper, zince, iron ore, tin.
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Sorry for my poor knowledge about somilia, but what is the my point that America is interfering in every that place where the any Muslim fundamentalists getting organize and attempting to not only act on islam by own selves but also attempting to bring this change in the whole society.
I am looking a very close resemblance between Afghanistan and Somila in both of the countries the war lords are very strong, in both of countries Islamic fundamentalists defeated these war lords and start to implement the Islamic laws strictly in the respective societies, in both of countries USA intervene directly or indirectly due to the Islamic fundamentalist gov't.
Bor. East African: People of Somila supported to the present gov�t or previous which was leaded by the Muslim fundamentalist.
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The US is the monetary support to Ethiopia for this invasion. US govt is just paying someone else to fight.
I feel really bad for Somalians.
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Severe weather brings welcome rain.
As I drove to work this morning, the wind was blowing mightily. The unpredictable gusts nearly knocked my car off the road. A heavy mass of storm clouds (above photo) was approaching Hopkinsville from the west/southwest.
On the radio, I heard several tornado warnings for Christian County and an unconfirmed report of a tornado touchdown within Hopkinsville, near the Indian Hills shopping center. As I looked at the black cloud over Hopkinsville, I wondered whether to continue on my way to work, turn around and go home, or find shelter somewhere along the road.
I drove on to work, keeping an eye out for funnel clouds. I was going to park my car and lie in the ditch if necessary. I'm glad I didn't have to do that.
Sheets of rain were coming down, as I got out of my car. I observed the wind direction and opened my umbrella against it, thinking I could block the driving raindrops. In a split second, a swirl of wind turned my umbrella completely inside out. I tried to use its strange new shape to keep my hair dry, as I ran to the building. It didn't work very well.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado did touch down in Hopkinsville. As tornados go, it was a mild one -- rated EF0, with winds of 80 mph. It damaged a metal building and the roof of Food Lion on Canton Pike, took part of the roof off a building in the Indian Hills area, and hit a barn on the Little River Church Road east of town (within a couple of miles of this photo!) Trees in the tornado's path were damaged and even uprooted.
A horse was killed at a farm on Bradshaw Road when a tree fell on it. This was probably not related to the tornado.
At our house, we had almost an inch of rain from the storm, and the moisture was very welcome. We've had an extended drought, here. In fact, drought disaster relief has been requested for Christian County, along with Todd, Trigg, Caldwell, and thirty-one more Kentucky counties. Sunday afternoon, we had a slow, quiet rain, our first rain in a long, long time. We prefer rain like that -- without all the drama we had today -- but I guess we'll take whatever we get.


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As an endurance athlete, competing in numerous marathons, ultra marathons, and triathlons, she understands the importance of eating for success. The Paleo Diet has given her the strength and energy to perform at her best.
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A Brief Review of the Eurosystem's TARGET2 Imbalances
This post is a long overdue look at the infamous TARGET2 (im)balances, which are yet another symptom of the ongoing malaise in the Euro-Zone. I do not claim to make any new contribution in this post, whose motivation was exclusively … Continue reading
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Will Catalonia Become Independent Soon?
My answer to the question is no. Eventually I think it will, but not soon. Here's why:
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Divergence in the Euro-Zone: Famous, Obscure and Predictable Facts
In a previous post about the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA), asymmetric shocks, structural problems and the intrinsic need that this creates for the institution of a fiscal union, I argued that incomplete by monetary unions (i.e.: lacking a … Continue reading
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Revisiting and correcting my comments on Spanish financing conditions – Primary Market Conditions and CDSs
So I noticed I had made some embarrassing mistakes on my post about recent developments in the Spanish Sovereign debt market. However, while looking for an alternative illustration of Spanish woes, and blatantly engaging in confirmation bias, I came across … Continue reading
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You can take in nearly every picturesque vista imaginable on your journey to Elliott Heads - small crops, sugarcane, rural settings with cows and paperbark trees all feature along the road to your beachside destination.
Where the river meets the sea it's the best of both worlds, calm still water swimming on one side (watch the current), or the absolute pleasure of diving headfirst into the waves of the Southern Great Barrier Reef just 100 meters away.
The beach is patrolled from September to May but relatively safe to swim at other times and there is heaps of parking for anyone towing a caravan or boat.
There are two eating options here, or you can 'bring your own' with a picnic or barbecue and the beach is connected to the Coral Coast pathway which winds all the way from Elliott Heads to Burnett Heads but shorter walks and strolls along the foreshore are just a lovely way to start or end your day.
The caravan park is in an enviable position and is an idyllic setting to spend a few nights (or weeks) exploring the region.
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Local leaders support eliminating Michigan's Personal Property Tax if funds are replaced, but distrust state follow-through
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As state lawmakers consider reform and partial elimination of Michigan's Personal Property Tax (PPT), this report presents local government leaders' assessments of the PPT and its impact on their jurisdictions, as well as their views on potential reforms. The findings are based on statewide surveys of local government leaders in the Spring 2012 wave of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS).
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I was educated at Latymer Upper School, London, and at the University of Nottingham where I eventually joined the academic staff. After 41 years service, I retired from the Chair of Organisational Psychology in 2012.
During my time at Nottingham, I became Head of what was then the Department of Psychology (1994-1998). In 1999, I established the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations as a new international postgraduate research school. I stood down as its Founding Director in 2010 and took a year's sabbatical before retiring from the University in 2012 to join Birkbeck University of London as its new Chair of Occupational Health Psychology & Management.
I was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours List 2000 for services to occupational health. This award was largely related to my role in the development of the Management Standards approach to work-related stress and psychosocial risks to employee health. The following year, 2003, I was made an Honorary Fellow of both the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Dublin) and of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. In 2008, I was presented with an award for a Distinguished Contribution to Occupational Health Psychology jointly by the American Psychological Association, the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the US Society for Occupational Health Psychology. In 2012, I was awarded an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology by the University of Aberdeen and an Emeritus Chair by the University of Nottingham.
I founded the journal Work & Stress in the late 1980s with my colleague, Professor Phillip Dewe, and stood down as its Managing Editor some 27 years later at the end of 2013.
You can find more information on me and my connections on Linkedin and see me on You Tube.
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View my Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture "Resilience, People, Organisations and their Communities" on YouTube.
The Centre for Sustainable Working Life (CSWL) was formally established in the School of Business, Economics & Informatics at Birkbeck University of London on 25th June 2013.
I am its first Director. Professor Phillip Dewe was its Deputy Director until his retirement in 2015. Dr Juliet Hassard is now its Deputy Director. Kevin Teoh is currently a Lecturer in the Centre and Drs Magda Marczak and Gianina Postavaru have recently been researchers there. Dr Duncan Jackson, Emma Kinloch and Dr Chris Smewing are Associated Members of CSWL. Dr Sara MacLennan is an Honorary Research Fellow of the School and a member of the Centre.
I hold an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Aberdeen. This position supports my role in the METIS Collaboration which is an initiative of the Academic Urology Unit in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Dentistry.
METIS is concerned with the psychosocial, organisational and economic perspectives on the patient's journey through cancer. My contribution is currently in relation to cancer survivorship, working life and work participation.
It is currently funded by UCAN, Macmillan in Scotland, NHS Grampian and the ESRC.
At present, METIS is based around a collaboration between the Universities of Aberdeen and Newcastle and Birkbeck University of London.
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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event October 18, 2002: Pakistani President Musharraf Falsely Claims No Nuclear Cooperation between Pakistan and North Korea. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan discusses purchasing No-dong missiles with North Korea's foreign minister, Kim Yong-nam, who is visiting Pakistan. Khan wants the missiles because he is competing with another Pakistani organization, the Pakistani Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), in missile design, and is losing the competition. The PAEC started designing nuclear-capable missiles before Khan, and can produce missiles with a longer range. The No-dong missiles would enable Khan to leapfrog the PAEC, as they are long-range ballistic missiles that would be able to strike deep inside India. Khan says that Pakistan could purchase the missiles, or the two countries could negotiate an agreement under which Pakistan would give North Korea nuclear weapons technology in exchange for the missiles. An agreement will eventually be reached (see December 29, 1993 and Shortly After). [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 244-245]
Entity Tags: Kim Yong-nam, Abdul Qadeer Khan
Timeline Tags: A. Q. Khan's Nuclear Network
North Korea test fires a long-range No-dong missile, and the test is attended by a Pakistani delegation, including nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan and one of his associates, Brigadier Sajawal Khan Malik. Khan and the North Koreans have been discussing the conditions under which Pakistan might acquire the missiles for some time (see August 1992). The missile is said to have a range of 800 miles and to be able to carry a payload weighing 1000 kg. Although the missile is not yet able to carry a nuclear warhead, Khan believes adapting it to do so will not be a problem. Khan will eventually conclude a deal for the missiles through Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (see December 29, 1993 and Shortly After). [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 245]
Entity Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Sajawal Khan Malik
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto agrees to visit North Korea at the request of nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan. Khan asked Bhutto to go because he wanted more powerful missiles to carry nuclear weapons he has designed "into the depths of India." Bhutto will later say she was shielded from Pakistan's nuclear program and did not know about Pakistan's missile capability until Khan told her. She will later describe her reply to Khan's request: "I wanted it to be known that I would not stand in the military's way, and when Khan told me that only a country like North Korea could provide the kind of intercontinental missiles we needed, I thought there was no harm in it. But I did tell him I would not give him the money to develop these missiles. I believed in parity. India had not escalated by creating such missiles, I thought, so Pakistan would not do so either." [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 244]
Entity Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Abdul Qadeer Khan
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto visits North Korea after being asked to do so by nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan to help co-operation between the two countries on nuclear weapons and delivery systems (see Shortly Before December 29, 1993 and Shortly Before December 29, 1993). Speech - At a formal dinner with North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung, Bhutto says: "Nuclear non-proliferation should not be used as a pretext for preventing states from exercising fully their right to acquire and develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes geared to their economic and social development." She adds: "Pakistan is committed to nuclear non-proliferation both at the global and regional level. It is not fair to cast doubts on Pakistan's interests and to subject Pakistan to discriminatory treatment." Deal - Bhutto then asks Kim for blueprints for missiles that can deliver Pakistan's nuclear weapons in a potential strike on India. Kim is surprised, but Bhutto emphasizes that "We need those missiles." Kim agrees and proposes setting up technical teams, giving her information on computer discs to take home with her the next day. Something More? - However, Bhutto will later remark: "They gave me a bag of materials. Kim said the teams each side selected would do the deal, whatever the deal was to be. I really had little idea of what they were discussing. I did wonder, though. Was it only missiles? They said it was to be a cash deal." Bhutto will also say that General Khawaja Ziauddin, a close associate of Khan, was in charge of the deal for the Pakistanis. Framed? - When Bhutto returns to Pakistan, she meets with one of her aides, Husein Haqqani, and shows him the bag of materials. Haqqani will later comment: "They could have been anything. It horrified me and I said so. She sensed then that the military had framed her. Her fingerprints were all over whatever their plan was for North Korea." Bhutto gives the bag to Ziauddin, but will later say: "As far as I knew, the deal involved buying No-dong missiles for cash. But when I requested more information, the military clammed up." After this trip, Bhutto is apparently not closely involved in Pakistan's nuclear weapons program and is even unable to obtain information about its budget. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 247-249]
Entity Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Husein Haqqani, Khawaja Ziauddin, Kim Il-Sung
Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan begins a series of more than a dozen trips to North Korea. By 1998 Khan will be traveling to Pyongyang several times a month. The trips, supervised by Pakistani General Khawaja Ziauddin, follow an agreement concluded by Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the North Koreans to supply Khan with missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads designed by Khan deep inside India (see December 29, 1993 and Shortly After). Khan presumably travels to North Korea to facilitate the acquisition of the missiles, although he may also be passing on nuclear secrets to the North Koreans. Khan is accompanied by one of his key associates, Brigadier Sajawal Khan Malik, whose son Dr. Muhammad Shafiq ur-Rehman will tell journalists Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark of the trips in 2006. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 249-250, 278, 510]
Entity Tags: Sajawal Khan Malik, Muhammad Shafiq ur-Rehman, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Khawaja Ziauddin
A North Korean delegation visits Pakistan to discuss co-operation between the two countries. The delegation is led by Choe Kwang, vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, minister of the people's armed forces, and marshal of the Korean People's Army, who is responsible for North Korea's nuclear procurement program. Kwang Tours Pakistani Nuclear Facilities, Meets Pakistani Officials - General Wahid Kakar, chief of Pakistan's army, takes Kwang on a tour of Pakistan's leading nuclear weapons facility, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), although security there is very strict and foreigners are generally not allowed near it. Kwang also visits a secret missile production facility near Faisalabad and a missile test site near Jhelum, in the northern Punjab. Additionally, Kwang meets Pakistani President Farooq Leghari, Defense Minister Aftab Shaban Mirani, and high-ranking military officials. Agreement to Provide More Missiles - During the visit, North Korea signs an agreement to provide Pakistan with fuel tanks, rocket engines, and between 12 and 25 complete No-dong missiles, which can be used against India. The arms are to be produced by the Fourth Machine Industry Bureau of the Second Economic Committee and delivered to KRL the next spring by the North Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, a front for North Korea's nuclear procurement network. In return, KRL boss A. Q. Khan is to host North Korean missile experts in a joint training program. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 250, 510]
Entity Tags: Wahid Kakar, North Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari, Aftab Shaban Mirani, Choe Kwang, Fourth Machine Industry Bureau of the 2nd Economic Committee
Pakistan, which owes North Korea US$ 40 million for No-dong missiles it has purchased (see December 29, 1993 and Shortly After and November 19-24, 1995), tells the North Koreans it does not have the money and cannot pay for them. Instead, the Pakistanis offer North Korea a uranium enrichment plant, a proposal first discussed by Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan and North Korea's foreign minister Kim Yong-nam in 1992 (see August 1992). Israeli intelligence is monitoring Khan's procurement network and learns of the proposal. It informs the US government, but the US does not show any special interest. General Moshe Ya'alon, who will later be chief of staff in the Israeli Defense Force, will comment: "I remember saying to the Americans some time in 1995 or 1996, 'How to do think Pakistan is going to pay for all those No-dong missiles?' But I was shouting myself hoarse. Nobody wanted to know." According to North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop (see 1997), the deal between Pakistan and North Korea is concluded in the summer of 1996 during a visit to Korea by a technical delegation from Khan Research Laboratories. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 256-257, 281]
Entity Tags: Moshe Ya'alon, Hwang Jang-yop
British and American intelligence agencies warn their governments of Pakistan's nuclear proliferation activities, according to senior sources at the British Foreign Office and the CIA. One of the warnings states that Pakistan is "readying itself to sell or [is] selling already" to North Korea and possibly Iran. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 260, 512]
Entity Tags: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Central Intelligence Agency
Hwang Jang-yop, a former aide to President Kim Il-sung, becomes the highest-ranking North Korean official to defect. During debriefings, he tells investigators that Pakistan and North Korea made a deal to trade No-dong missiles for uranium enrichment technology after a delegation from Khan Research Laboratories visited North Korea in the summer of 1996 (see 1996). He claims that the secret enrichment plant is based in a series of caves near the town of Kumch'ang-ni, 100 miles north of Pyongyang, and 30 miles northwest of North Korea's nuclear reactor at Yongbyon-kun. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 281] However, inspectors will later visit the location and find no technology there (see 1999).
Entity Tags: Hwang Jang-yop
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (left) and A. Q. Khan (right). [Source: CBC]Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf denies that there is any nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and North Korea. He says, "There is no such thing as collaboration with North Korea in the nuclear arena." He also calls allegations made by the New York Times that Pakistan had helped North Korea with its nuclear program and this was known to American intelligence "absolutely baseless." [New York Times, 10/20/2002; Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 339, 525] However, Pakistan, in particular nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan and the military, has been assisting North Korea's uranium enrichment program for the best part of a decade (see, for example, August 1992, May 1993, Shortly Before December 29, 1993, December 29, 1993 and Shortly After, January 1994, Mid-1990s, November 19-24, 1995, 1996, Summer 1996, 1997, 1997, and November 2002).
Entity Tags: Pervez Musharraf
The CIA informs Congress that North Korea's uranium enrichment program is progressing: "The North is constructing a plant that could produce enough weapons-grade uranium for two or more nuclear weapons per year when fully operational." Although it is clear that North Korea has acquired some centrifuges needed for such a facility (see Mid-June 1998), it is unclear whether it is actually under construction at this time and where the site might be. North Korea has the other parts of the process necessary to build a uranium bomb: half a dozen mines for yellowcake, a uranium processing facility with the capacity to process 300 kg of ore a day in Kusong, 30 miles west of the Korean nuclear power plant at Yongbyon-kun, and a uranium concentration facility in Namch'on, 30 miles north of the demilitarized zone. A uranium enrichment site with a cascade of at least 1,000 centrifuges would be the last element in the process. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 281, 517-518]
Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency
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I've always believed that you can fix just about anything with duct tape, olive oil, safety pins and a Sharpie. Add binder clips to the mix and the emergency hack kit is pretty much complete. As technology changes the nature of office supplies, the good old binder clip is seeing less and less paper in need of binding ... so put those isosceles triangles of spring steel to clever use in any of these applications.
1. Keep unruly wires tamed
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2. Fasten together a fabulous storage unit
3. Display memorabilia and ephemera
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4. Store horizontal bottles securely in the refrigerator
5. Turn a magnet into a magnet clip
© Boots Beulah
6. Make industrial-chic wine charms
7. Hang art without hurting it
8. Use as a money clip
9. Keep your recipe book open while cooking
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10. Clip together a dress and choker
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11. Ditch the ouchie straight pins and clip instead
12. Store cables in a sane manner
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13. Secure bike gear
14. Make a smartphone stand
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15. Organize plugs at your desk
16. Batten down canopies and tents against the wind
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Recipes in a Box
Recipes in a Box is a recipe sharing web application that allows users to share personal recipes with friends and family. Store and share your family treasures easily and securely. Keep grandma's secret in the family and your guests wanting more.
We are not a public recipe sharing app like allrecipies.com or recipezaar.com. Users create a personal account, upload their recipes and photos, and share with family and friends with the option to make certain recipes public.
Recipes in a Box is family oriented and will target those individuals who are passionate about cooking. The site should be easy to navigate and allow those who are not web savvy the ability to use the features easily.
Designs should be creative, but clean; inviting, but simple. We have not decided on a color scheme for the logo nor the site yet. Attached you will find our logo presented in many different color schemes. We truly want designers to be creative and wow us with their designs and schemes.
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Other actions: Invite family and friends.
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Northern Germany begins with the marshy coasts of the North and Baltic Seas with ports like vibrant Hamburg, a city-state that is the second largest city in Germany and a center for commerce and media. The industrial area of the Rhine-Ruhr district near Dusseldorf is one of the nation's economic engines and leads further south to the scenic Rhine district, passing through the city of Heidelberg with it's old university and grand castle on the hill. As river winds south, its banks line with vineyards, castles and cathedrals like the striking medieval cathedral in Cologne. Southern Germany is characterized by the storied Black Forest and the Alps where both experienced and novice skiers will find luxurious accommodations and challenging runs. To the east, the capital city of Berlin features historic sites like the Brandenburg Gate and the site of the former Berlin Wall along with a thriving avant-garde arts scene. When it comes to accommodation, Germany hotels range from centuries old renovated castles to sleek modern skyscrapers.
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In partnership with the Native American Chamber of Commerce and with funding from IBM, SeniorNet is leading the technology training components of 'Hope and Harmony for Humanity', a grant-based initiative designed to bring computer technology access and education to low-income and remote Native American reservations across the nation. The Blackfeet Achievement Center was the first to open through this initiative in 2006.
Read a 2008 update about the Center.
Hope and Harmony for Humanity Initiative Achievement Center Grand Opening
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The performer displays a folder with a picture of a library on the front. Inside the library� are books, a table and lamp for reading, and�and� and�oops-no Bob the Book Worm! Maybe he�s hiding behind some books.
Meantime, the folder is laid aside, and the performer shows five giant cards depicting different kinds of books and stories you can find at the library-fairy tales, history, adventure, geography, how-to books, and-wait!-here he is!-Bob the Book Worm! But Bob is a tricky fellow, and before you know it, he has disappeared and his card is completely blank! Where is he? The kids guess, you guess, but nobody can find him until he makes his surprise reappearance which leaves children hoarse and gasping as you and Bob the Book Worm take a bow.
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