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WASHINGTON -- The Nationals continue to fall in the standings as they lost to the Braves, 6-3, at Nationals Park on Wednesday night. Atlanta swept the three-game series, while Washington fell to 15 1/2 games behind the Braves in the National League East with its fourth consecutive defeat.
The Nationals also fell deeper in the Wild card race. They are now nine games behind the Reds. Manager Davey Johnson declined to hand over the division to the Braves, pointing out there is nearly two months left in the season.
"You just keep battling. Just one game can turn you around and get some momentum going," Johnson said. "Things can change quick. ... They outplayed us, plain and simple. There are a lot of games left. We have a lot of ground to make up. You never know what can happen in this game. If nothing else, [you have pride] by playing better."
Said Jayson Werth: "It's getting to a point where we're just not winning games, and you hate to accept losing at any point, but the losses are definitely piling up."
It was Washington's bullpen that couldn't keep Atlanta from scoring. Right-hander Ryan Mattheus started the eighth inning by retiring the first two batters he faced. Then Andrelton Simmons doubled to left-center field and pinch-hitter Joey Terdoslavich drew a walk to put runners on first and second in a 3-3 game.
"I've got to finish the job," Mattheus said. "I got two more guys to get out, and I just didn't do it. So that one's on me tonight."
Johnson decided to take Mattheus out of the game in favor of left-hander Ian Krol, who had a tough time getting hitters out. Jason Heyward -- a left-handed hitter -- singled to right field, scoring Simmons. Justin Upton followed and doubled to left field, scoring Terdoslavich and Heyward.
"I was throwing my slider -- slurve, curveball-slider -- for strikes today," Krol said. "I had it working. But I was just filling up the zone with my pitches too much and left it over the plate. Obviously, I wanted it down and out of the zone.
"Heyward is a good low-ball hitter, but I was kind of second-guessing myself. I think I should have thrown an inside fastball up and in on him, but it is what it is."
David Carpenter and Craig Kimbrel blanked Washington the rest of the way. The two teams meet again for another three-game series in Atlanta starting Aug. 16.
"This was a big series," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "We pushed the lead to three more games up on them. We came in here and we let them know we're here to stay. They're going to come back to our place next week and they're going to be looking for payback. We've got to be ready for them."
Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann lasted four innings and allowed two runs on seven hits. He threw 88 pitches, and Johnson said he left the game because of tightness in his neck. But Zimmermann said, "That's news to me." He said he wasn't shocked that he was taken out of the game. He never had a clean inning.
"Every inning, the leadoff guy seemed like he was on," Zimmermann said. "Like I said, I had good stuff. I just fell behind or let them back in the count when I had them 0-2."
The Braves scored the first run off Zimmermann in the first inning. Heyward led off with a double and came home on a single by Freeman.
Atlanta made it a 2-0 game in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Dan Uggla scored on a sacrifice fly by Kris Medlen.
Medlen had one of his best outings of the season, going seven innings and allowing three runs on three hits. One of those hits was a two-run home run by Werth. Medlen retired the first 10 batters he faced before allowing a walk to Bryce Harper, who scored on the Werth homer.
With Fernando Abad on the mound, Atlanta took a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning, when Upton swung at an 0-1 pitch and blasted it over the left-field wall for his 21st homer.
But the Nationals came back and tied the score in the bottom of the inning. They had runners on first and third with one out when Ian Desmond hit a slower roller to Simmons at shortstop, and he was able to get the forceout at second but the Braves couldn't complete the double play, allowing Werth to score the tying run.
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Gun violence that shattered the peace and rattled city officials in Toronto 10 years ago erupted in poor suburban communities, not in the downtown core.
Municipal planners studied the problem, and determined young gangs were forming in areas that offered few resources to keep teens from impoverished families safe.
Unlike Vancouver, where the majority of low-income housing is clumped in the Downtown Eastside, Toronto's social housing was funded by the federal government several decades ago and spread out in neighbourhoods across the city.
"There is no equivalent to East Hastings in Toronto," said Chris Brillinger, Toronto's executive director of social development, finance and administration.
But there were few social agencies and resources for the poor near these buildings, until the city developed a strategy in 2005 to create "strong neighbourhoods" — a so-called "placed-based" approach that brings services to where people live, said Brillinger.
Researchers continue to measure the health and happiness of people living in these areas, but the strategy has reduced crime and improved living conditions in many areas.
This trendy place-based strategy is not a solution to homelessness, which is typically rooted in systemic issues such as racism and unemployment, Brillinger noted. "But we need to make neighbourhoods as strong as we possibly can, as resilient as we can possibly make them, to mitigate those impacts," he added.
The Vancouver Sun spent weeks figuring out how many agencies are operating in the Downtown Eastside — and discovered 259 with revenues last year of $360 million. The neighbourhood has been a magnet for social services and low-income housing.
Even the Downtown Eastside's most ardent supporters agree it is time to ask whether other communities need to offer more services for low-income people.
Calgary was said to have had the fastest growing homeless population in Canada until 2008, rising by 20 to 30 per cent every year because of struggling locals and out-of-towners looking for work.
Through efforts led by the Calgary Homeless Foundation, the city's homeless numbers have since remained at the 2008 rate (about 3,500), which was achieved after a diverse group of people — CEOs from energy companies, a sports franchise owner, agencies like the United Way, and religious leaders — lobbied for and supported a 10-year plan to address homelessness in that city, said the foundation's Andrea Ranson.
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"When I visit our agencies, there are not a lot of clients around the buildings because the agency goes to where the clients are," Ranson said.
But the foundation determined several years ago that its 130 social service agencies had created a "system (that) is complicated and hard to navigate, especially for those in crisis."
In response, it adopted a tool called the Homeless Management Information System, on which details about clients are regularly collected by agencies, and then shared with other service organizations.
Ranson said Calgary non-profits also meet on a regular basis to discuss clients and determine which organization has the services to best help individual people, rather than competing for the clients. "That has changed the culture here," she added.
While Calgary promised to end homelessness by 2018, Vancouver made an even bolder statement: to wipe out homelessness by 2015.
In June, a group of Vancouver officials with an interest in the Downtown Eastside — from the health, social services, charitable and business sectors — travelled to San Francisco to study what measures that city has taken to address homelessness. Experts say San Francisco is the North American city that most mirrors Vancouver because of its geography and the challenges for poor people created by the high cost of living and housing prices.
Among the many sites they toured, the Vancouver delegation saw the huge Delancey Street complex on San Francisco's waterfront. It has retail stores and vocational schools on the ground floor and housing on the top three storeys, which former drug addicts, homeless people and criminals helped to build and now run.
Judy McGuire, who works at the Ray-Cam Community Centre as co-ordinator for the Inner City Safety Society, went on the trip and was wowed by the Delancey site, which she would love to see copied in Vancouver outside the Downtown Eastside.
It would take a lot of planning and buy-in from various groups, she noted, because the concept involved marginalized people living in the complex rent-free for a few years, working there, and then training new people coming in before they left.
"It is a full city block, it is right down by the water with a beautiful view. They have both a restaurant and café there, they've got a little art gallery. Among the most impressive things to me, it is entirely peer driven — they have no staff at all, there is no agency that oversees it, they don't take government money," McGuire said.
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Varying degrees of hardness
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- Anne Gallagher said...
One of the hardest things I've ever done was build a fence by myself. Digging the post holes in Georgia clay was insanely rough, and they had to be two feet deep, but I did it.
(Take whatever you want from the above sentence, I left you some good ones.)
- November 4, 2011 at 3:22 AM
- Claire Dawn said...
"Was that supposed to be a secret? I forget." lol!
I think my hardest book to write is the one I just can't get going about the Japan earthquake. I feel like I should write it and I just can't. Some day.
Also, kudos on mot scaring the entire of goodreads with your hard-on jokes.
- November 4, 2011 at 3:32 AM
- Sarah W said...
I'm revising my first draft right now, hoping it will shake the ending loose.
It's either the best stuff I've ever done, or the worst drivel ever produced -- often at the same time.
Maybe I should try noir instead of caper novels. I hear plots are optional in noir . . .
- November 4, 2011 at 4:34 AM
- Kim Mullican said...
Being a latchkey kid, a survival of molestation as a child and abuse from a former spouse there have been a lot of difficult times in my life. But all those negative things have made me a strong, independent woman with quick wit, a large sense of humor and the moxie that makes me who I am today.
My father says its because I was born premature and have been fighting since the day I was born. I can always see the forest through the trees. I'm not sure if he's right, but I'll buy it.
There is always a silver lining, and anything worth having is worth working/fighting for. Look at your success and your following! Kudos to you.
- November 4, 2011 at 5:09 AM
- Laina said...
My second book was the hardest for me to write. My MC is kinda depressed and... she's just not in a good headspace. I wrote a lot of it sick (just cold sick, not seriously ill.
Apparently that makes me cranky :P
Lol, um, no, I wrote it at the beginning of winter which can kinda make me unhappy (not a cold person) and... it's just a sadder book that my others and it can make me a bit depressed. It also had *major* plot issues and I had to rewrite the majority of it.
I *cough* have been avoiding revising it. Mostly by writing another book XD
- November 4, 2011 at 5:10 AM
- Author R. Mac Wheeler said...
Sitting erect in my chair may be the hardest part of writing for me. I like sitting back and taking it slowly. There's too much stress in the world. We all need to take the plunge and release the tension in our lives. We pounce when we can slide in. Take it easy. Not to say we shouldn't grab it tight with gusto. But enjoy it. Let it happen, to come in its own time. Life is good, and certainly the size of your enthusiasm counts.
- November 4, 2011 at 6:04 AM
- Julie Glover said...
The physically hardest thing I've ever done involves a head and my hoo-ha. Sorry, but it was pushing my son's ginormous head out of the birth canal with no drugs.
As to writing, thus far the hardest experience has been the novel where I jumped around writing scenes here and there and later tied them together. Can you say PLOT HOLES? I learned my lesson.
- November 4, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Technically speaking, as compared to oh, say: a diamond, a pork sword really isn't all that hard.
- November 4, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Deborah Small said...
The hardest thing I've ever done is ask my ex-husband to leave. The scariest was sit helplessly bedside watching my 11-day old son fight to live and praying he won (He did, thank God).
The hardest book to write...technically - my psych/crime novel. Physically/emotionally - all of them because they've all been written juggling four kids/husband/friend/work committments and the guilt that comes with tuning into fictional characters when real live ones want/need my attention.
I'm so glad you're in a space of, hopefully, happily giddily instead of pocket rocks and piers. :)
Take care,
- November 4, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Sierra said...
Hardest thing I've ever done? I think I'll have to say picking up my life and moving to Montana from Illinois with no friends or family there, a tentative living situation that fell through the day I got there, and no vehicle. It worked out though.
Then it was really hard to decide almost two years later that I needed to move back to Texas. Luckily, there was a LOT of family here. Although the decision was harder, the move was easier. And I'm still here. :)
- November 4, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Elizabeth Poole said...
The hardest thing I've ever done with my writing was rewrite a book completely, after I had already had four false starts. Each time the novel improved, but I wanted to abandon that book so much.
I still have to go back and do some major revision. Like, the sort that involves changing the main character and setting. But without that rewrite I would have never seen what wasn't working.
But it was HARD. So hard. Harder than the hardest pun you can think of. I felt like such a failure.
But I did it, and I am proud of myself now. :D
- November 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Kay said...
By far the hardest thing I've ever done was survive my "surprise divorce" after twenty-one years of marriage. Ironically, it occurred the same year I'd decided to get serious about my writing.
But I not only survived, I thrived (after some time). I moved to a new city, got a power job (with a power schedule) and spent five years regaining my individuality. The down side--I'd developed a writing phobia and had limited time to push through it. About the time I decided I was perfectly happy on my own--i.e. not sharing my closets--I met "the one" and we were married six months later. That was 10 years ago.
I worked the first few years, and had the same demanding schedule. He urged me to quit to write, but deep down I associated writing with abandonment. I finally took the leap of faith and left my job. I've finished one novel (in query process) and I'm working on my second. I also blog three times a week. Though it's nothing like I expected, I love every butt in the chair moment.
So that hardest thing turned out to be a blessing--it just took a decade or so to manifest.
- November 4, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- TAWNA FENSKE said...
Anne, I feel your pain! Bend is nothing but volcanic rock, so digging ANYTHING is backbreaking work!
Claire Dawn, I like to save the hard-on jokes just for you guys :)
Sarah W, plot? What's a plot? I should get one of those for my next book, huh?
Kim, wow, kudos for you for fighting your way through everything! I admire the hell out of you!
Laina, sometimes getting a little distance from a manuscript is the very best thing you can do!
Mac, you threw that "erect" reference in just for me, didn't you?
Julie, I like how you used the words "hoo-hah" and "holes" in such close proximity.
Matthew, note to self...find out how much a diamond vibrator costs.
Deborah, holy cow, woman...you've been through a lot! Kudos to you for staying strong.
Sierra, ugh, I abhor moving. You have my sympathies!
Elizabeth, huge good luck with the revisions!
Kay, gotta love those surprise divorces (and the blessings that can come afterward!)
Thanks for reading, guys!
- November 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM
- Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader said...
Writers face so many challenges in putting out a story. I think only your peers can fully understand that.
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That may be Wall Street's worst fear, but history shows it's mostly overblown.
There have been 17 government funding gaps and shutdowns since 1976, ranging in length from one to 21 days. A funding gap is when federal agencies continue to operate without the passage of a regular appropriations bill. None has caused a market meltdown.
The average decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 index during one of these periods lasting 10 days or more is about 2.5 percent. For those lasting five days or fewer, the average decline is 1.4 percent.
"If they shut the government down for two days, the world's not going to stop revolving," says Ron Florance, deputy chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank.
A shutdown may even offer a buying opportunity.
Investors should consider the improving outlook for the global economy instead of worrying about Washington.
This isn't August 2011, when the government hit the debt ceiling and the Dow Jones industrial average endured three weeks of triple-digit swings. Europe's economies are no longer is crisis and the U.S. recovery is farther along.
In fact, stocks rose 6.5 percent in the first three months of 2013 heading into the most recent government "crisis," the start of the automatic federal budget cuts, also referred to as the sequester.
Still, investors have been warily eyeing Washington's budget negotiations. If a budget fails to pass, a government shutdown could start as soon as Tuesday. The stock market has fallen six of the past seven trading days. Although the two percent decline over that stretch is modest, it shows that investors have been leery of buying stocks ahead of two big financial deadlines for the U.S. government.
Congress needs to pass a funding bill to keep the government operating after Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year starts. There is also the nation's debt ceiling, which needs to be raised before Oct. 17
Investors worry that a potential shutdown or default could damage consumer confidence and the U.S. economy.
During Ronald Reagan's presidency from 1981 to 1989, shutdowns were a fairly regular occurrence and the government faced a funding shortfall on eight occasions. However, none of those lasted more than three days and many of them occurred over a weekend. Because stocks don't trade over the weekend and the shutdowns were brief, investors had little reaction back then.
When shutdowns are prolonged and federal employees are out of work for weeks, the effect on the market is usually more negative. Under the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter administrations, when the government was shut down for 10 days or more, the average decline for the stock market was more than 3 percent during closures.
But in the last major pair of shutdowns, from November 1995 to January 1996, the stock market actually rose.
President Bill Clinton and the Republican House leader Newt Gingrich failed to agree on a plan to reduce the nation's budget deficit as well as cuts to Medicare premiums. As a result, the government shut twice in three months. First, it closed for five days between Nov. 13, 1995 and Nov. 19, 1995. Then a second shutdown lasted 21 days, from Dec. 15, 1995 to Jan. 6, 1996.
The S&P 500 rose 4 percent between Nov. 13 and Jan. 6, suggesting that investors were focused elsewhere. The stock market had just started its five-year, technology-fueled bull run, during which the S&P 500 more than doubled.
Even if the government shuts again, investors should take a long view because Europe and the U.S. are more stable than two years ago, says Dan Veru, chief investment officer of Palisade Capital Management.
"If things get really tricky, maybe there will be a three to five percent pullback," in stocks, Veru says.
Is it worth rearranging your stock investments? No.
Including this week's slight pullback, the S&P 500 is up 19 percent this year and just below its all-time high of 1,725.52 set Sept. 18.
On Friday, the index closed at 1,691.75.
"By the end of the year, when all of this blows by, stocks will be higher than they currently are," Veru says.
— 1976 Funding gap:
From Sept 30 to Oct. 11 under President Ford. S&P 500 goes from 105.24 to 101.64.
— 1977 Funding gap:
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 13 under Carter. S&P 500 starts at 96.53 and ends at 93.46.
— 1978 Funding gap:
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 18 under Carter. S&P starts at 102.54 and ends at 100.49.
— 1979 Funding gap:
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 12 under Carter. S&P goes from 108.56 to 104.49.
— 1995-1996 Shutdown:
From Nov. 14 to Nov. 19, 1995, under Clinton, the S&P goes from 592.30 to 600.07. And from Dec. 15 to Jan. 6, 1996, the S&P goes from 616.92 to 616.71.
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Orangutans learn on iPads at Ky. zoo
- Apps for Apes program gives the animals access to music%2C musical instruments%2C cognitive games%2C paintings and drawings
- Program is being coordinated by the non-profit Orangutan Outreach organization that raises awareness of orangutans%27 endangerment
- Apps that seem to be most popular are interactive ones with colors and sounds
The two male and two female orangutans at the Louisville (Ky.) Zoo are benefitting from an animal-enrichment program that involves the primates learning to use an iPad and experimenting with apps.
The Apps for Apes program gives the animals access to music, musical instruments, cognitive games, paintings and drawings. And they can see photos and videos that let them interact at least on some level with other orangutans, said Jane Anne Franklin, assistant mammal curator and also the zoo's animal training supervisor.
The program is being coordinated by the nonprofit Orangutan Outreach organization that raises awareness of orangutans' endangerment.
The zoo's orangutans -- Amber, Bella, Segundo and Teak -- have been working with apps that include drums and a xylophone. Others include a koi pond where they poke at fish, a rock blaster and a Simon Says app.
Apps that seem to be most popular are interactive ones with colors and sounds, zoo officials said.
The Louisville Zoo is one of only 13 worldwide participating in the Apps for Apes program.
Orangutans are considered highly intelligent and require mental stimulation to keep from growing bored and depressed.
Freedom of choice is critical to their well-being, zoo officials said.
"They like to choose everything from their afternoon snack to their daytime companions and sleeping area. What they do each day depends on how they feel, and the more choices they have, the better. Just like humans, orangutans like options," the Orangutan Outreach website says.
The quality of life of orangutans living in zoos and sanctuaries depends in large part on the enrichment they receive, and the apps project is designed to provide that stimulation. Zoo officials say orangutans seems to have an innate ability to work with touchscreen technology.
Franklin said the orangutans began using the apps around Christmas and that more offerings probably will be downloaded.
The program is intended to raise awareness of the critical need to protect orangutans in the wild, and to promote the conservation efforts of Orangutan Outreach.


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I know this isn't any news anymore. Valentine's already passed, Chinese Valentine's is today. Yes, I'm talking about the huge billboard at LDP.
I am really wondering what makes a person would do so to his women? To be good, he is romantic. To be worse, he is such a splendid and forceful.
HE, is young and successful. If he isn't young, he won't have the guts to do so. If he isn't successful, he won't have the money, throw the 40k to do so. What is all about romance? It's all money matters..
Plus, his face must be thick enough, thick enough to stand everybody's judgment.
HER REPLY, is being moved by his sincerity? or be course of her own shallowness? A man would spend so much time to think of something to make you happy. A man would have do something so embarrassing to tell the world how much he loved her. Just imagine when you are old later, it's such a romance and honor to tell your grandchildren about this..
However, if you do not love this man, or if you do not think it's the time to get married with this man yet, it's such a big big difficulty to decide. How to reject him, when everybody knows about it? YES is not the answer, NO is also not the answer..
40K is really a big sum, well at least to me. To decide whether it's worth or not, it's fully depends on those who involved. Only them have the rights to judge so.
Anyway, wish them happy forever though.
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"Perimeter Institute is thrilled that two of its researchers have today been recognised with these major international awards," said Neil Turok, Director of Perimeter Institute. "Stephen's path-breaking discoveries about the quantum properties of black holes set the agenda for much of fundamental physics and cosmology over the past three decades. Davide's discoveries about quantum fields are likewise opening the way to more powerful mathematical descriptions of particles and forces in the universe."
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Widely regarded as one of the world's most brilliant young quantum field theorists, Davide Gaiotto joined Perimeter Institute in May 2012 to take up the new Galileo Chair. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 2004 before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard from 2004 to 2007, and a long-term Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 2007 to 2011. Gaiotto has achieved important conceptual advances in our understanding of the behaviour of strongly coupled quantum fields, within a unified framework known as supersymmetry. He was also awarded the 2011 Gribov Medal of the European Physical Society. More
About Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking joined Perimeter Institute as a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair in 2009. Professor Hawking held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. He has published three popular books: his bestseller A Brief History of Time, as well as Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays and most recently, in 2001, The Universe in a Nutshell. Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. More
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The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established by the Milner Foundation and dedicated to advancing our knowledge of the Universe at the deepest level by awarding annual prizes for scientific breakthroughs, as well as communicating the excitement of fundamental physics to the public. Two categories of prizes are awarded for achievements in the field of fundamental physics: the Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes transformative advances in the field, while the New Horizons in Physics Prizes are targeted at promising junior researchers.


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MENZNAU, Switzerland - A longtime employee opened fire at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday, leaving three people dead including the assailant, police said.
A further seven people were wounded, six of them seriously, in the shooting at the premises of Kronospan in the small town of Menznau, Lucerne criminal police chief Daniel Bussmann said.
Bussmann told a news conference in Menznau that the man was 42 years old, Swiss newspaper Blick reported on its website. Both the suspected shooter and the victims were Swiss.
He said the man arrived at the premises shortly after 9 a.m., drew a pistol and started firing at people. Officials didn't immediately have further details on the weapon or information on how the assailant was killed.
Kronospan Chief Executive Mauro Capozzo said that the suspected assailant had been 'with us for more than 10 years - a quiet man, no other incidents involving him are known.'
According to the local town council, Kronospan has some 450 employees. There was no immediate word on a possible motive; Capozzo said the company hasn't laid anyone off recently.
Gun ownership is widespread in Switzerland, thanks to liberal regulation - a 2011 referendum to tighten controls failed - and a long-standing tradition for men to keep their military rifles after completing compulsory military service.
An estimated 2.3 million firearms are owned by the country's 8 million people.
But gun crime is relatively rare, with just 24 gun killings in 2009, which works out to a rate of about 0.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. The U.S. rate that year was about 11 times higher.
Still, there have been several high-profile incidents over the years, including the killing of 14 people at a city council meeting in Zug, not far from Lucerne, in 2001.
Last month a 33-year-old man killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village.
Moulson reported from Berlin. Frank Jordans in Berlin also contributed.


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The Economics of Happiness is a documentary by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick & John Page. It features Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Michael Shuman, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Andrew Simms, Zac Goldsmith, Samdhong Rinpoche.
As reported on the official website of the The Economics of Happiness http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/
'Going local' is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world—our ecosystems, our societies and our selves. Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.
We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of Tibet's government in exile, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten and Zac Goldsmith. They tell us that climate change and peak oil give us little choice: we need to localize, to bring the economy home. The good news is that as we move in this direction we will begin not only to heal the earth but also to restore our own sense of well-being. The Economics of Happiness restores our faith in humanity and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world.
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The Soul Stealer, a very innocent looking being maybe scary. It only comes out at night. It lures its victims in with sweet words and trickery. Then it waits until the opportune moment and then makes it move on its prey. It devours the flesh of its prey and inhales its soul.
Legend has it that he was once a young boy when infected. He lost his ball in the old graveyard south of his family's house. He entered the graveyard and was pulled further in by the dead. Moonlight lit the ground and beings from the underworld came to life and captured the boy and were going to devour his flesh. His father came out with his shot gun and shot one of the beings and the blood of the dead entered the boy's body. His skin turned pail and his eyes lost their sparkly blue color. His nails grew long and black. The boy became wild and an aura of evil enshrouded his body. He took a long glance into his father's eyes and ran into the darkness.
Years passed and that young boy stole the souls of the clean and the filthy. Some say he has a mansion that attracts the blood thirsty crows.
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Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Morcease J. Beasley, is proud to present to the Metro-Atlanta Community, the 2nd Annual Clayton Nights – A Black Tie Soiree & Concert featuring the acclaimed symphonic orchestra, Orchestra Noir!
To be held on Saturday, December 14, at the CCPS Performing Arts Center (PAC) – located at 2530 Mt. Zion Parkway in Jonesboro, Clayton Nights is designed to raise funds to increase scholarships and expand support to college bound CCPS students!
Featuring specialized seating prices, this is a signature holiday affair you will not want to miss! VIP tickets are $50, adult tickets start at $25 and prices vary depending on seating location. All student tickets are $15. Donations are also accepted as all proceeds will be used to provide scholarship opportunities to CCPS students!
"This event is about the students and we are excited to bring this opportunity back to our community to provide additional opportunities for stakeholders to support our children," said Dr. Beasley. "Last year we were honored to host over 500 stakeholders at this amazing event and this year we hope for greater participation in efforts to award more scholarships," he added.
According to their website, Orchestra Noir is The Atlanta African-American Orchestra! Founded in 2016 by Music Director, Jason Ikeem Rodgers, Orchestra Noir acts as a living testament to the African-American legacy of excellence and resilience in Atlanta and the nation. With a mission to showcase and celebrate musical excellence as well as the business and cultural achievements within the Atlanta community, Orchestra Noir has witnessed a meteoric rise to be one of the most talked about orchestras in the nation as they have collaborated with international hip-hop superstars Migos and 2 Chainz in addition to being featured in countless prominent publications such as Vogue Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlantan-Modern Luxury, CBS, and many more.
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I remember the first experience I had with Vicki Davis and Julie Lyndsay. It was the first NetGenEd Project, a couple of years ago. I have even written about it a few times. It all started when a couple of administrators had asked me if I would be interested in participating in a Flat Classroom Project. To be honest, I am not sure that they thought my application would be accepted. I am glad to say that it was the beginning of a valuable professional relationship with two of the busiest women I know.
Still, in the school where I work, I was the teacher that would most likely have the desire to do something as progressive and outside-the-box in my classroom. Also, with a background in edtech, I also have the strength of will to persevere through the inevitable obstacles that would lay along the path of participating in a globally collaborative project that leveraged so many Web 2.0 tools. They were right, I am glad to say, and I was accepted. Better still, it began a valuable professional relationship with two of the busiest women I know.
Since then I have done another project, that time the original Flat Classroom variety, and now intend on it being an annual part of my practice. Yet, one one of Vicki's statements has stuck with me from the very first teacher orientation meeting, "The thing about working on the bleeding edge is sometimes you bleed." That sentiment was all that I needed to get hooked, because that is where I wanted to be, asking my students to take big risks, solve complex and messy problems, and sort out more of the meaning and value after some immersive wayfinding that provided no tidy, easily found answers. I want them to do some scholarly pioneering. Thus, being a member of the first Flat Classroom Certification course has mirrored that desire, as well as being a valuable peek behind the curtain of how the wild ride is built from the ground up.
Participating in a globally collaborative project that has been designed by someone else, with a set of criteria, expectations, and assessment strategies, is an entirely different experience than building one. This course peeled back the finish of all the Flat Classroom flavors and showed the how they were built and why. Then we participants were asked to begin building our own.
The process of designing a globally collaborative project is no small task. Defining a problem or topic that is accessible around the world requires a kind of depth and breadth of vision and awareness that not as altogether common. It crosses disciplinary, as well as geographic, boundaries. Teachers designing and operating in this new unbound educational space need to be both generalists and specialists. More than anything though, they need to be expert learners, modeling an openness, curiosity, and cultural sensitivity, not to mention a facility with the technology tools that have flattened our world.
As onerous as designing a project modeled on the Flat Classroom approach can seem, the course provides a scaffold for meeting the challenge. More importantly, the course was a constant reminder to me that building, and even managing projects of this nature, is a recursive, iterative process. It is truly rooted in a design ethos. Prototyping ideas, testing them, assessing, revising, collaborating, expanding the network of connections, revising more are all aspects of "flattening" and expanding a classroom through designing a project.
Picking up on the notion of collaboration, this course allowed the participants to instantly become part of a Personal Learning Environment and Network. In so doing, all of the teachers involved are actively modeling precisely the kind of learning and practices that global collaborative projects like the Flat Classroom Project demand. Just being a participant offered a platform for collaboration, and collaboration by its nature is a recursive and iterative process, sharing and building on the sum of the course's parts.
Coinciding with the drafting of their forthcoming book, Vicki and Julie continued their vivid efforts to make their groundbreaking work even more transparent then they are already wont to do. They share because their vision is broad and deep, and their evangelism holds a sincere recognition that they cannot be agents of change alone. Connecting classrooms around the globe and promoting collaborative efforts of inter-cultural synthesis requires an ever-growing network of like-minded educators. This course provides the seedbed for that network to take root and grow. While this course is only one of many efforts, the community of educators that has begun developing has fostered relationships that will remain long after completing the course. I encourage anyone that has the opportunity to take it to do so.


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In an interview with Barbara Walters, Oprah addressed the gay rumors, stating quite matter of factly, "I am not a lesbian." That wasn't good enough for ABCNews.com!
In a hard-nosed journalistic search for the truth, a reporter on the red carpet at Friday's Jingle Ball asked Rosie O'Donnell for her thoughts on the matter.
Quoth Rosie: "I think that she's always told the truth so why people wouldn't believe her, you know, I don't know. Anything that she says, I believe is the truth… She's not a faker in any way."
And! "I thought she was really great on that road trip she did with Gayle when they were going into the camper and Gayle said, 'Let's spice up those lesbian rumors,'" O'Donnell said. "I was cracking up. Listen — she's pretty magnificent in every capacity and no, I don't think she's gay." Rosie also added: "It's just insulting to her integrity that people would consider that she was lying."
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Sarah and I are here at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas this week at the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). CGSC is a leading educational and intellectual center for the Army in developing leaders for full spectrum joint, interagency and multinational operations. We were invited to participate in a training exercise with this year's class. Participation of NGOs in this level of military training is an excellent opportunity and one we are finding the military is becoming more and more open to. After just one day (the whole exercise runs a full week) we are incredibly impressed with what we've seen. The schedule is quite packed but we'll post updates when we can.
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Jury to determine who is to blame for O'Donnell parking garage collapse
1 dead, 2 injured in 2010 when concrete slab fell from structure
Jury deliberations will continue Thursday to determine who is to blame for a fatal Milwaukee parking garage collapse in 2010 that killed a teen.
Jared Kellner, 15, was killed when a 13-ton concrete panel fell from the O'Donnell Parking Garage along Milwaukee's lakefront.
Two others, Amy Wosinski and her son, Eric, were injured in the accident.
Amy lost a leg and Eric suffered a deep gash on his head following the accident.
Attorney Timothy Adringa said he is requesting more than $22 million for the two families.
The county is also looking to recoup more than $6 million in repair costs and lost revenue.
The parking ramp was closed for nearly 18 months for repairs.
Jurors will determine who is to blame for the accident through answering a 30-question juror verdict form drafted by attorneys and the judge on Tuesday.
Advance Cast Stone of Random Lake created the panels used on the structure, which were installed in the early 1990s.
Jurors can assess blame toward Advance Cast, as well as several contractors and construction firms used to build the structure. They can also assess blame toward Milwaukee County.
The jury will determine how many of the parties are to blame for the accident, and whether they were negligent in the construction or maintenance of the parking structure.
After the jury reaches a decision on blame, it must then decide on monetary amounts to be paid to the Kellner and Wosinski families, as well as the county.
O'Donnell parking garage was closed for one year. It reopened June 2011.
The concrete panels were taken off and replaced with white stucco. Inside, crews added heavy cables and wire to prevent cars from hitting the concrete walls.


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I have not posted for about a week or so. I guess things have been a little busy or crazy around here. A little update about what we have been up to...
Ben got home from TN last Thursday and was off Friday along with the weekend so that was nice. He is going to be on-call the next few weeks in a row because there are only two of them in the shop and since he has been gone a lot recently (all work related) the other guy has been on-call for a few weeks in a row. He has one more vacation day left so he is using that as an extra day off before Christmas which means he will be off starting December 22 and go back the Monday after Christmas. Then he also has off December 30 & 31 as paid Holidays.
Last week I did take Zak to the pediatrician because we have some concerns with his appetite recently. He has started to eat SO much more food and it started out of the blue. One morning he woke up and for breakfast had 2 Pop-Tars, banana, apple, 4 granola bars, Nutri-Grain bar and cereal! And he was still complaining that his tummy hurt and he needed to eat. Along with the increase in his appetite came a huge increase in thirst as well. He drank over 100 oz of fluids in one day...the average for a 3 year old should be 50 oz in a day! This increased thirst brought increased urination which meant he was peeing through diapers, clothing and sheets multiple times a day. My first thought was Diabetes of course. The pediatrician did a urinalysis in the office which came back normal other than it being dilute from all of his increased fluid intake. The next morning we had blood work done to check metabolism, organs and CBC which all came back completely normal as well. At the moment, we are going with the idea that it is a growth spurt, but if it continues for another week or so we will head back to the pediatrician for more ideas. The last few days his hunger has remained the same, but we have been able to limit his fluids much more so they are closer to the normal which has slightly helped the excessive urination.
The last few nights Ryder has been coughing really bad, but during the day he seems fine. Yesterday I did get a call from his school saying he had really bad diarrhea and his cough was pretty bad. Today he once again seems perfectly fine.
I have been battling with headaches and a cold for the past few days, but nothing too bad. I am trying to get back into a good routine of working out at the gym about 5 days a week. I was doing good, but while Ben was away for 2 weeks it got a little chaotic and I was not able to maintain that routine.
Now for some pictures from the past week...
On Saturday Ryder & I went to a cat show in Parkville which was only abut 15-20 minutes from the house. I always try to get to local shows at least for a bit to see everyone and the cats. I took Ryder so we could have some one-on-one time while Ben & Zak had their time together at home. We were there for about 3 hours and Ryder did amazing!
Ryder playing with Cash
Ryder talking to Reba
Rose & Ryder watching the kittens being judged
Our 1st "snow" of the season
It blew away pretty quickly with the strong winds we hadEvery year in December we pull out our Advent calendars to help count down the days until Christmas. This year we received a new one from Saba & Peg which is really neat because it is the nativity scene. I figure this will be a great way to slowly teach the boys all about the true meaning of Christmas, as they get older they will have a much better understanding but this is a start. We have decided to use two of the calendars as incentives as well to eat good lunch and dinners. The boys also get excited to get to count the numbers each day so hopefully this will help increase the numbers they can count (at the moment they make it to 14 on their own).
After breakfast they get to put a piece on the scene
After lunch (if they eat well) they get to count,
move the mouse and get Pez each day
(this is the calendar I used as a kid)
After dinner (if they eat well) they get to count
and open the window to find a piece of chocolateWe have been having big issues with VZ and the ornaments on our tree. So far she has broken 5 ornaments which have all been Ben's! We have slowly moved the ornaments all up higher on the tree so she seems to leave them alone now. She does like to chew on the tree so we are constantly pushing her away...since she is deaf we can't just call out her name. She does have a new favorite place to nap though....
The other day I was able to find itty-bitty gloves which actually fit on the boys' hands! They look like doll gloves, but they work well. We have Toy Story gloves from my mom that match their hats, but their hands get lost in them which usually leads to them being taken off.
While at WalMart this morning the boys picked up these hats and put them on. They walked around the whole store wearing them so I ended up buying them. They have yet to take them off!


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20 Overlooked Ideas for Networking Like a Pro
October 17, 2013
Network Naturally; 20 Possible Ideas
By Bob McIntosh, Career Trainer
One of my former customers told me a great story of how she received a job offer from a wedding arrangement company in Vermont. She was recently hiking in the Green State and met someone who was wearing a tee-shirt with Stratton Mountain written on it.
They began a conversation which eventually came around to the fact that she was in transition and looking for a sales job. He told her a certain wedding arrangement company on Stratton Mountain was looking for a sales person. He knew about this because he was currently working at said company.
Imagine, this opportunity came about from talking with a complete stranger.
It's about structure, right? When we think of networking, images of structured events come to mind. Numerous books and online articles focus on how to successfully network at events, where jobseekers gather to exchange information and advice. Because many people congregate in one place, it's assumed that the best opportunities will be found at these locations. But will they?
Formal networking events strike fear in the heart of many talented jobseekers, most notably introverts who prefer smaller groups and more in-depth conversation. But even extraverts attest to the stressful environment caused by this type of forced environment. To make things more stressful jobseekers are expected to deliver their elevator pitch and expound upon their greatness. This is enough pressure to intimidate even the bravest souls.
It's about chance, too. Sometimes opportunities present themselves when you least expect them, such as the time when my former customer happened upon the employee of the wedding planning company. This goes without saying that you must be ready to network at a moment's notice.
For those who aren't so fond of formal events, moments like these provide the perfect opportunity to connect in a more natural, spontaneous manner. There are no expectations, no established rules; it's comfortable. It doesn't mean, however, that you can ignore the basic premise of networking, which is always being at the ready.
Be prepared to talk about yourself in a positive, natural way. No one wants to help someone with a negative, woe-is-me attitude; rather they prefer to help someone who portrays hope and confidence. It also helps to have your business cards ready. Don't force them on people, but if someone asks how they can contact you, offer your crisp, clean card that explains your areas of strength and perhaps a branding statement. Now that's impressive.
Most important is your ability to tell people how you have and can help companies succeed. Anyone can spout the duties they've performed for their employer, but can they explain with enthusiasm the value they delivered? "I love sales and have been the top salesperson at most medical companies I've worked for" is better than, "I sold electronic devices for the medical industry." (I'm sure this is how my former customer spoke with the hiring manager at the wedding arrangement company.)
Speaking of chance. There are plenty of opportunities for chance meetings. Below is a short list of places where natural networking can happen. I'm sure you can think of more, or have stories to tell of how you networked at some not-so-typical places.
1. Family gatherings
2. Religious affiliations
3. Youth sporting events
4. Career centers
5. Convenience stores
6. Grocery stores
7. Weddings
8. Museums
9. Hair Salons
10. Coffee shops
11. Restaurants
12. Sports teams you belong to or coach
13. Book stores
14. Cookouts or bar-b-ques
15. Camping trips
16. Cruises
17. Social media
18. College, high school reunions
19. Volunteering
20. Block parties
Don't totally rely on chance. By no means should you discontinue going to networking events. They present opportunities where you can have direct conversations about yours and others unemployment situations. They're a place where relationships can hatch, business cards are exchanged, and follow-up ensues. This article from U.S.News.com explains how to attend events even if you hate networking.
However, keep in mind that some of your best opportunities might come from talking to friends, neighbors, relatives, and complete strangers at various times in various situations. You never know when these superficial networkers will come through for you.
Think about my former customer who is now working at Stratton Mountain. She asked, took action, and is now working for a wedding company, where perhaps other jobseekers attending her weddings might find an opportunity.
About the Author
Bob McIntosh, CPRW, is a career trainer at the Career Center of Lowell, where he leads more than 20 workshops on the career search. Bob is often the person jobseekers and staff go to for advice on the job search. As well, he critiques resumes and conducts mock interviews. One of his greatest accomplishments is starting a LinkedIn group, which is one of the largest of its kind in the state, and developing three in-high-demand workshops on LinkedIn. Bob's greatest pleasure is helping people find rewarding careers in a competitive job market. Please visit Bob's blog at www.thingscareerrelated.wordpress.com.
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Stiff competition awaits for Phillies' bullpen
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- It is too early to say much about how the Phillies bullpen might look Opening Day.
But everybody knows closer Jonathan Papelbon is a lock. Left-handers Antonio Bastardo and Jake Diekman also are safe bets. And whenever Mike Adams is healthy -- he is recovering from right shoulder surgery -- he also will be in the 'pen.
There are a host of candidates for what could be just a few spots. Right-hander Brad Lincoln is out of options, which is worth noting. If there is a tie between two players for a job, the player with options is often sent to Triple-A to open the season.
"It's early in the spring for me to really comment on that," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "I like to leave that a little bit open-ended. The players will dictate that in a lot of ways. It's a little bit too early."


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Military officials have identified the three soldiers killed in a mass shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday as SFC Daniel Michael Ferguson, of Mulberry, Fla., SSG Carlos Alberto Lazaney Rodriguez, of Aquadilla, Puerto Rico, and Sgt. Timothy Owens, of Effingham, Ill.
"We have completed the next of kin notification on the three fallen soldiers, and I can now confirm publicly their identities," Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the commanding general at Fort Hood, said during a briefing Friday.
Ferguson was a transportation supervisor who had been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Lazaney Rodriguez was a unit supply sergeant who had served in Kuwait and Iraq. Owens was a heavy vehicle driver who had also been deployed in Iraq and Kuwait.
Army officials say Spc. Ivan Lopez opened fire at the post following an argument killing three and wounding 16 others. Since the shooting, the soldier's mental health has been under scrutiny. On Friday, his family released a statement from their native Puerto Rico saying "he must have been in his right mind."
Milley said Friday that the shooter's mental health was not a "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting.
- Family of Fort Hood Shooter Says He " Must Not Have Been in His Right Mind"
- Fort Hood Gunman's Mental Health Under Scrutiny
Of the survivors, Milley said 10 of the 16 injured in the shooting have been released and returned to duty. Of the six that remain hospitalized, three are in Temple and three are at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. Those in Temple are in fair condition and are expected to remain hospitalized for several more days.
Doctors said Thursday they expect no other fatalities from the mass shooting.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 9 at Fort Hood. The time for the memorial has not yet been determined and further details are to come.
Service records for each of the soldiers killed in the mass shooting are listed below.
Daniel Michael Ferguson
RANK: Active Duty: Entered as a Private in July 1993, promoted to Sgt. 1st Class October 2004
HOME OF RECORD: Mulberry, Fla.
MOS: Transportation Management Coordinator (88N)
STATUS: Active Army
July 1993: Basic Training, Fort Jackson
October 1993: Advanced Individual Training, Fort Eustis, Va.
December 1993 to January 1995: Headquarters Garrison Support Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.
January 1995 to August 1997: 14th Transportation Battalion, Camp Ederle, Italy August 1997 to November 1999: Headquarters Garrison Support Battalion, Fort Sill, Okla.
November 1999 to November 2002: 1st Armored Div Support Command, Rose Barracks, Germany and Wiesbaden, Germany November 2002 to May 2006: 384th Transportation Detachment, Fort Eustis, Va.
May 2006 to May 2007: 18th Engineer Brigade, Heidelberg, Germany May 2007 to June 2009: 7th Army, Heidelberg, Germany June 2009 to September 2010: 15th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas September 2010 to Present: 49th Transportation Center, Movement Control Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
Afghanistan: June 2012 to March 2013
Iraq: September 2009 to May 2010
Kuwait: October 2004 to September 2005
Kuwait: January 2003 to August 2003
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (3 Awards)
Army Commendation Medal (5 awards)
Army Achievement Medal (2 awards)
Army Good Conduct Medal (6 awards)
National Defense Service Medal (2 awards) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Kosovo Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Armed Forces Service Medal Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (3 Awards) Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon (4 awards) NATO Medal
Carlos Alberto Lazaney Rodriguez
RANK: Staff Sergeant (SSG), effective May 2006
HOME OF RECORD: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (at time of enlistment)
MOS: Quartermaster Corps, Transportation, Unit Supply Specialist (92Y)
STATUS: Active Army
January 1994 to present
January 1994 to May 1994: Training, Fort Benning, Georgia May 1994 to January 1997: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina January to April 1997: Inactive Army Reserve April to November 1997: 311 Quartermaster Company, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Army Reserve) November 1997 to August 1998: 32nd Transportation Group, Tampa, Florida (Army Reserve) August 1998: Reenlisted in Active Army August 1998 to February 2001: 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia February 2001 to July 2002: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Monroe, Virginia July 2002 to October 2005: Recruiting Battalion, Cleveland, Ohio October 2005 to June 2007: 1098th Transportation Company, 24th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia June 2007 to January 2009: 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas January 2009 to November 2010: 57th Military Police Company, 728th Military Police Battalion, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii November 2010 to February 2012: 558th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii February 2012 to present: 21st Combat Support Hospital, 1st Medical Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
Iraq: July 2009 to July 2010 and April 2007 to April 2008
Kuwait: December 1998 to April 1999
Army Commendation Medal (4 awards)
Army Achievement Medal (3 awards)
Army Good Conduct Medal (6 awards)
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon (2 awards) Army Superior Unit Award Army Recruiter Badge (Silver) with 2 gold stars Combat Action Badge Parachutist Badge Driver and Mechanic Badge with driver, wheeled vehicle clasp
Timothy Wayne Owens
RANK: Sergeant (SGT), effective March 2007
HOME OF RECORD: Effingham, Illinois (at time of enlistment)
MOS: Transportation, Motor Transport Operator (88M)
STATUS: Active Army
June 2004 to present
June 2004: Enlisted in Army
June to October 2004: Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma October 2004 to January 2010: 396th Transportation Company, 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Stewart, Georgia January 2010 to January 2011: 160th Signal Brigade, Arifjan, Kuwait January 2011 to Present: 154thTransportation Company, 49th Movement Control Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas
Kuwait: January to December 2010
Iraq: January to December 2005
Army Commendation Medal (3 awards)
Army Achievement Medal (4 awards)
Army Good Conduct Medal (2 awards)
National Defense Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon Army Service Ribbon Overseas Service Ribbon Combat Action Badge Driver and Mechanic Badge with driver, wheeled vehicle clasp
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| 3.3°C Belfast
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reached a compromise with England over Jack Wilshere's involvement in next week's friendly against Sweden - but admits he would have preferred if the midfielder was not involved at all.
England boss Roy Hodgson has wasted no time in bringing Wilshere back into the senior squad, despite the 20-year-old only just returning to action with the Gunners after more than a year on the sidelines. Wilshere has experienced niggling injury problems which stem back to an ankle problem initially suffered when winning his fifth cap against Switzerland at Wembley in June 2011.
"You know what I think with Jack, that it is early for him. I had Roy Hodgson on the phone, we found a good understanding and a good compromise," said Wenger, who was at Great Ormond Street Hospital on Thursday afternoon along with Wilshere to help open the Arsenal Lung Function Unit.
"What helps is that he is not playing over the weekend because he is suspended, of course. He will have a little breather. Roy wants him in the group to connect the game with the players."
Wenger continued: "The ideal solution would be yes [he wouldn't be involved]. But it is as it is.
"Jack has played three games now, and of the three games only one [has been a] full game. He has been out for 17 months.
"It is good to have a little break after three games. What we like of him is he won't play over the weekend, so will recover. I think he needs 10 days of good recovery."
Wenger will see most of his squad away during next week in what the Arsenal manager sees as somewhat unnecessary fixtures.
He said: "The friendlies in November, you don't know how they can prepare you for a game in February.
"Basically there are a lot of politics behind these games as well because when you see some teams travelling during that period, you think it is more to pay back some corporation rather than preparing a team for the next official game."


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Italian Drawings: Highlights from the Collection
Italian Drawings: Highlights from the Collection brings together works by some of the world's greatest artists. Because they are so sensitive to light, drawings are not kept on permanent display. This exhibition, therefore, gives us a rare chance to appreciate works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Titian.
The drawings on display range in date from Pisanello, in the 1430s, to the great masters of the late 16th and 17th centuries, notably from Rome and Bologna. The Fitzwilliam has an especially strong collection of 18th century Venetian drawings and atmospheric examples of these are a particular highlight of the display. The exhibition continues into the 20th century with drawings by Modigliani and Boccioni.
As Edmund de Waal commented in The Hare with Amber Eyes:
... it is intimacy that matters. Picking up a drawing enables us to 'catch the thought of the artist in all its freshness, at the very moment of manifestation, with perhaps even more truth and sincerity than in the works that require arduous hours of labour, with the defiant patience of the genius'.
This is a wonder manifesto for drawing. It celebrates the moment of apprehension and the fugitive moment of response — a few traces of ink or a few strokes of the pencil.
The drawings are displayed in order of acquisition date.


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Laval, Quebec, October 25, 2012 - Warnex Inc. (TSXV: WNX) ("Warnex" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement (the "Agreement") for the sale to Biotrial Research S.A.S. ("Biotrial"), an arm's length privately-owned contract research organization headquartered in Rennes, France, of its Bioanalytical Services division (the "Business"). Closing of the sale of the Business (the "Transaction") is expected to occur on or about December 10, 2012 and is subject to a number of conditions, including the approval of the Transaction by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") and by the shareholders of Warnex.
"The sale of the Bioanalytical Services division represents the final step in our process to resolve the challenges related to the balance sheet and eliminate all Company debt for the benefit of all stakeholders," said Michael Singer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Warnex. "We want to thank the employees of the Bioanalytical Services division for their valuable contributions over the years and are confident that the customers of this business will continue to enjoy the same high quality and professional service that they are accustomed to receiving."
Key Terms of the Transaction
As consideration for the sale of the Business to Biotrial, Warnex will receive a base price of C$6,000,000, subject to working capital adjustments and certain other revenue and net book value-based adjustments. In addition, Warnex will be eligible to receive an additional payment equal to the amount, if any, by which the adjusted revenues of the Business during the calendar year ending December 31, 2012 exceed C$6,000,000.
The Board of Directors of Warnex may terminate the Agreement upon the payment of a break fee of C$200,000 in the event that a third party makes a superior offer for the Business prior to the closing of the Transaction and Biotrial does not exercise its right under the Agreement to match such offer.
Bloom Burton & Co., a healthcare-specialized investment banking group, has provided an opinion to the Board of Directors of Warnex that, subject to the assumptions and limitations set out therein, the Transaction is fair from a financial point of view to the shareholders of Warnex.
Shareholder Approval
As required by the Canada Business Corporations Act and the policies of the TSXV, Warnex must seek approval of the Transaction by way of a special resolution adopted by not less than 66 2/3% of the votes cast at a meeting of holders of Warnex common shares (the "Meeting"). The Corporation currently anticipates that the Meeting will take place on or about December 10, 2012. The management information circular of Warnex to be delivered to shareholders in respect of the Meeting will include detailed information on the Transaction, as well as the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Corporation that the shareholders vote to approve the Transaction.
Warnex Post-Closing
Following the closing of the Transaction, the Corporation will cease to have any material active business operations, but will maintain its corporate head office. The Board of Directors will then consider the appropriate course of action to be taken with respect to the remaining assets of the Corporation, which are expected to consist principally of the net cash proceeds remaining after the Transaction, estimated to be between C$1,000,000 and C$2,000,000. The potential options to be considered by the Board of Directors will range from identifying new commercial opportunities towards which to deploy the Corporation's resources to liquidating the Corporation and distributing any remaining assets to the shareholders.
Additionally, as Warnex will no longer have any material active business operations, the listing of Warnex's common shares is expected to be transferred from the TSXV to the NEX, being the separate board of the TSXV for issuers who fall below the ongoing listing requirements of the TSXV. Trading of shares on the NEX takes place on the same fully electronic system as the TSXV, and is governed by identical trading rules.
About Biotrial
Founded in 1989 by Jean-Marc Gandon, PharmD (President & CEO), Biotrial (www.biotrial.com) is an independent and privately-owned contract research organization. With a large range of services including Phase I studies, Clinical Trial Management Phase II-IV, Non-Clinical Pharmacology (discovery and safety pharmacology), Oncology, Data Management, Biostatistics, ECG & Imaging Core Labs (QT/QTc Trials, Psychometric Testing, Imaging, EEG/PSG Assessment), Medical Writing, QA & advice in Regulatory Affairs, Biotrial can manage every step of the drug development process. With 150 beds and a staff of 250 throughout several subsidiaries in France, the United Kingdom and the U.S.A., Biotrial runs over 80 studies per year, either in its own clinics in Paris, Rennes, France and soon in Newark, New Jersey or in cooperation with hospital specialists and general practitioners (in Europe and in the U.S.A.).
About Warnex
Warnex (www.warnex.ca) is a life sciences company which, operating out of facilities located in Laval, Quebec, and currently specializes in bioequivalence and bioavailability studies for clinical trials.
Certain statements contained in this news release are forward-looking and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, including the risk that the sale of the Bioanalytical Services division might not occur on the terms and conditions described in this news release, or at all, and that the listing of the common shares of Warnex may not be accepted for listing on the NEX following the closing of the Transaction. For further information identifying known risks and uncertainties, relating to financial resources, liquidity risk, key customers and business partners, credit risk, foreign currency risk, government regulations, laboratory facilities, volatility of share price, employees, suppliers, and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the heading Risks and Uncertainties in Warnex's most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis, which can be found at www.sedar.com. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results expressed in these forward-looking statements.


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bhaw wrote:Froggy wrote:Yeah, bhaw... You are right. No one ever criticizes Bylsma of keeping young players down. I must not know anything
All you are throwing around is "Bylsma hates rookies." Plenty of people criticize DB of doing a poor job working with young players. I don't see anyone saying he hates them... as I pointed out, only one poster in this thread even said something remotely close.
I could similarly say the "Bylsma is the best coach ever at developing rookies" is the dumbest point ever on this board. So if you could stop claiming him to be the best developmental coach ever, that'd be great.
except no one is saying that. your point is invalid.
all the blame, none of the credit... typical dumb lgp criticism


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Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Most people have privileged access to one mind, yet this internal experience is often misleading and provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical entities like brains (or other substrates). Instead, an objective, deliberated, and multidisciplinary approach is necessary. To that end, cognitive science draws on, and integrates, at least five disciplines: Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy. This course provides an introduction to the insights that these disciplines offer cognitive science while introducing students to current understanding of attention, memory, visual perception, learning, problem solving, language comprehension, and consciousness.
When Offered Spring, summer (6 week session).
Distribution Category (KCM-AS)
Comments A 1 credit Writing in the Majors sections is available, PHIL 1911.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 1101, CS 1710, LING 1170, PSYCH 1102
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When asked if he's ever considered campaigning for political office, Dick Morris cuts off the question in mid-sentence.
"Don't you know that it's unconstitutional to run for office?" the part-time Delray Beach resident notes with a mischievous grin. "The 13th amendment to the Constitution prohibits involuntary servitude."
That hasn't kept Morris from scoring his share of backstage passes inside the political arena. The one-time advisor and campaign manager for President Bill Clinton remains a sought-after consultant on the international stage and a go-to analyst for Fox News, where, for the past 14 years, he's pulled no punches on programs such as "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity." In addition, Morris and wife Eileen McGann have co-authored several books, including their latest collaboration,Screwed: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy—And How Our Leaders Help Them Do It.
His insights never cease to draw interest at home and abroad. Morris has advised and/or served as a campaign consultant to candidates in countries from Mexico and Argentina to Taiwan and the Ukraine. By his own count, he has current ties to "14 currently serving presidents and prime ministers."
He's also as polarizing a figure as they come, from a well-documented scandal in 1996 to the present-day grenades he lobs at the left—like his contention, following a Republican debate last winter moderated by ABC, that George Stephanopoulos was a "paid Democratic hit man."
Love him or loathe him, Morris brings plenty to the table when it comes to an election-year conversation—which is why Boca Raton sat down with the 63-year-old over lunch at the Seagate Beach Club in Delray Beach.
The political climate seems more polarized then ever. You worked in the White House during an era where Democrats and Republicans found common ground. How did that happen?
I was born a liberal Democrat. As the 1980s wore on, I became convinced, really by Ronald Reagan, to become more of a Republican. The deciding factor for me was the threat of nuclear annihilation. I opposed everything Reagan did—I was against Star Wars, against increased defense spending, in favor of negotiations with the Russians, in favor of a test-ban treaty.
And then, all of the sudden, Russia collapsed, and we won. There was no more threat of global annihilation. That gave me an "oh" moment. I had to start rethinking my stances.
The interesting thing is that my partner in a lot of that rethinking was Bill Clinton. We were very close in the 1980s when I worked with him in Arkansas. We both looked at the Carter agenda of just writing checks, and the Reagan agenda of not, and we focused on the idea that there has to be a third way that was kind of contractual. We'll give you health, you do public service. You take responsibility, we'll give you opportunity.
That was the philosophy we adopted in the 1980s. That kind of accessibility to both parties was what led to our re-election strategies, which, at the time, I dubbed "triangulation"—taking the best of each party and merge it to a higher place…
To read more, pick up a copy of our September/October issue.