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Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common…
by Derek Bickerton
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This book is GREAT! It's written in a quick-witted, casual style that is intelligent and doesn't simplify linguistic details too much for the sake of the lay-reader. It's an adventure story, a safari, a vacation, a dive into the linguistic 'bioprogram' we just may all have in our brains...
Derek Bickerton's story is fascinating for all of the things he never meant to do, all of the things he did on purpose, and the things he wanted to do but never did. He didn't set out to become a linguist, and once a linguist he didn't set out to debunk long-time linguistic theories. He did study Creole languages on purpose, but he never imagined that his studies would eventually lead him down the road that it did. After many years of study and scrutiny of Creoles across the continents, what he discovered diverged from all he had learned about language learning and language acquisition.
Bickerton's major theory rests on the assumption of a bioprogram for language. Rather than learning language strictly through the languages around you, bioprogramming provides language innately, a human condition. Studying Creoles, he found striking similarities among them that could not be fully explained by current theories of contact influence. Bioprogramming, however, could open the doors to a deeper understanding.
Children do learn languages from family and society, but what if family and society lack major underpinnings of grammar and syntax as they do when one people dominate or enslave another. Group A has a language, then group B comes in. Group A struggles to understand group B and vice versa. The language that arises from the merger of these two groups is pidgin and lacks many grammatical rules. However, the children of both group A and group B have a very different story. Their language is Creole, and this new language is full of grammatical rules, syntax, and structures that pidgin lacks.
How did these children create Creole? Bickerton suggests Creole is created through social vocabulary and bioprogramming. All humans are born with the ability and need to create a true language, not just a string of vocabulary words attempting to convey a message. Astoundingly, this need to communicate through the creation of Creole languages develops very similarly all over the world. Creole languages resemble each other in myriad ways with no direct influence of one on another. According to Bickerton, the only way this would happen is if it is innate in humans to do so.
The author is not only knowledgeable, but also witty and endearing. I almost gave up on this book because of the number of direct quote translations/interpretations, but I learned to appreciate his explanations and examples. His stories pushed me to read on and piqued my curiosity. I finished delighted to have learned all I had.
Bickerton certainly knows language. His discussion (or crusade) on creoles and pidgins is enlightening. I only wish that he had separated out his personal experiences. I think that would make an excellent book; they were the parts that made me really interested in this one! He had me lost with a lot of the actual information about the creoles and pidgins he has studied. Some more discussion on those topics would be nice for a book that has an otherwise-approachable writing style.
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Why Do Isolated Creole Languages Tend to Have Similar Grammatical Structures?
Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what it means to be human--what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical accidents have made normal transmission almost impossible. The story focuses on languages so low in the pecking order that many people don't regard them as languages at all--Creole languages spoken by descendants of slaves and indentured laborers in plantation colonies all over the world. The story is told by Derek Bickerton, who has spent more than thirty years researching these languages on four continents and developing a controversial theory that explains why they are so similar to one another. A published novelist, Bickerton (once described as "part scholar, part swashbuckling man of action") does not present his findings in the usual dry academic manner. Instead, you become a companion on his journey of discovery. You learn things as he learned them, share his disappointments and triumphs, explore the exotic locales where he worked, and meet the colorful characters he encountered along the way. The result is a unique blend of memoir, travelogue, history, and linguistics primer, appealing to anyone who has ever wondered how languages grow or what it's like to search the world for new knowledge.
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Rashaan Salaam Rushes To 1994 Heisman Trophy
A magical 1994 season for tailback Rashaan Salaam was rewarded on Dec. 10, when he was named the 60th Heisman Trophy winner.
Salaam, who is CU's first and only Heisman Trophy winner, rushed for a school record 2,055 yards in 1994 helping the Buffaloes to a 41-24 win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. (Keyed in by CU Student Assistant SID Alex Kaufman).
By Craig Harper
NEW YORK— Colorado's Rashaan Salaam reacted to winning the Heisman Trophy Saturday night much in the same way he plays football.
The junior running back from San Diego, CU's first winner in the 60-year history of college football's most prestigious award, used a no-nonsense running style to carry him to 2,055 yards this season.
And in claiming the 60th Heisman presented by the Downtown Athletic Club, Salaam said, "I'm happy, but it's not a really big deal for me."
In Fact, Salaam insisted the Heisman was no more important than the Walter Camp player of the Year and Doak Walker Award as the nation's best running back, both of which he had won earlier.
"It feels good, but it's not just an award" Salaam said. "No more, no less. They're all even. They're a piece of wood and brass to me."
Was he excited?
"Not at all," he said. "I'm not going to take this and make my whole life turn around."
He seemed to be happier for the people around him.
"I'm excited for the whole program, especially for my teammates," he said. Not to mention his biggest fan, his mother, Khalada Salaam, one of many relatives who attended the ceremonies. "She's choked up; this trophy is for her," he said.
If Salaam wasn't excited about all the hoopla, his friends and family were.
Khalada Salaam admitted she was more nervous than Rashaan prior to the presentation, which was telecast live from the Heisman Room at the DAC on ESPN.
"He's too cool for me," she said. "I'm sure he's happy, sometimes it's hard to tell.
"He doesn't want the Heisman jinx. I want him to have a career like Marcus Allen, not be a flash in the pan."
Whether winning the Heisman marks the end of his college career or the start of one in the NFL remains to be seen.
Salaam said Saturday night he has decided, but won't make an announcement until Jan. 6, four days after Colorado plays Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.
"Right now, I'm really having a good time at Colorado," he said. "I'm not ready to go to that high-pressure, 9-to-5 job in the pros. But the money would be good."
Salaam was a heavy favorite to win the Heisman, but he admitted that he had some doubts after Penn State quarterback Kerry Collins won the Maxwell Award – considered the junior Heisman—Thursday night in Orlando, Fla.
"I was hoping it would be Kerry Collins," he said.
But 400 of the 792 who voted out of a possible 920 listed Salaam first. He not only far outdistanced runner-up Ki-Jana Carter, the Penn State running back, he had almost twice as many first place votes as Carter and Collins combined and more than twice as many total points as them.
Salaam finished with 1,743 points to Carters 901. Alcorn State's Steve McNair, the record-smashing Division 1-AA quarterback, was third with 655 points, followed by Collins with 639
"I am a little disappointed," Collins said. "Maybe I got my hopes up too high (after winning the Maxwell)."
Though Colorado had never produced a Heisman Winner – Byron "Whizzer" White was second in 1937 – Salaam had history on his side.
The other three 2,000-yard rushers all won the Heisman: USC's Allen in 1981, Nebraska's Mike Rozier in 1983 and Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders in 1988.
Salaam, who led the nation in rushing, scoring, and all-purpose yards, believed his rushing total carried him to the Heisman."A lot of running backs have never done that in their career; I think running for 2,000 put me over the hump."
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Angry 13-Year-Old Feels Alienated in Family
Our 13-year-old son is very angry and won't talk to anyone in the house. He feels he is picked on by his father, grandmother and older sister. I try to talk to him and resolve the issues, but I feel like nothing I do is good enough.
My husband and mother-in-law disagree with the way I discipline. They think I let my children walk all over me. I don't know how to help my son, and I am at my wits' end.
When a child demonstrates this type of behavior, the goal is to identify why he is angry. Sometimes this is nearly impossible. Anger, however, is a normal emotion we all have. The problem with anger is in how we express it. It can either be helpful or harmful to ourselves or those around us.
Teach him some calming techniques. If, when he gets angry, he screams or becomes physical, you need to teach him to recognize when he starts to get angry. Maybe his breathing becomes rapid, he clenches his hands into fists or his tone gets louder. When this happens, show him ways he can calm down before he gets too worked up. You are stopping his anger before it becomes extreme.
One tool is to have him say, "I'm mad." This is the cue that he is to then remove himself to his room or some other quiet place where he can calm down. During that time, no one should talk to him. Sometimes counting, humming a tune or praying works. Whatever the tool, teach it to him when he is not angry and have him practice it every day.
It will also help to talk to your husband about the situation. Disciplining is more effective when both parents are in agreement. Say something like, "I know we have differences in opinion, but we need to get on the same page with our son. In order to do that, we need to discuss the guidelines and punishments we choose to reinforce."
Discuss rules, viewpoints and guidelines with which you both feel comfortable. Compromises will need to be made on both ends. If you don't think this can be accomplished through conversation, family or even individual counseling for your son might be helpful. It would give you the opportunity — as a family — to work through some of these issues and conflicts. A counselor will act as a mediator for any problems that arise. That way, your opinion is not overlooked, and neither is your husband's.
Individual counseling is also an option. Chances are your son is bottling up all sorts of emotions if he is not talking to anyone in your home. This can produce much stress, which is manifesting itself in anger. He needs someone to talk to. Sometimes it is easier for kids to reach out to an adult who is not their parent. If that is the case with your son, having a therapist gives him the opportunity to talk to and gain support from someone he feels comfortable venting to.


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Akkadian, the oldest Semitic language
The following is adopted (in abbreviated form) from
Egyptian and the Afro-Asiatic Languages.
Afro-Asiatic languages
Akkadian is a Semitic language, belonging to the family of Afro-Asiatic languages, also called Hamito-semitic language.
|Geographical classification of Semitic languages
| Babylonian-Assyrian
recently discovered language from Ebla, Syria, 2400 BC
| language from
| Some documents with
pseudo hieroglyphic inscriptions
14th cent. BC
| inscriptions with
the oldest alphabet,
15th cent. BC
| language from
Ancient texts from the Palistine city Lachis
| Only known from proper names, 2000-1600
| City of Ugarit
in N.W.Syria,
discovered in 1928,
15th-13th cent. BC
| language from
| correspondence
from 12th cent. BC
|Canaanite group
| (Old Testament and Talmud)
|modern Hebrew
| (Ivrite)
|Phoenician and Punic
(Punic language from Carthago; from 9th cent. BC)
| Aramaic group
|Old Aramaic
(inscriptions in Syria, 10-8th cent. BC)
(language of the New Assyrian empire, 7-4th cent. BC)
|Western Aramaic
| Nabatean
(Qunran-rolls; Arabic population of Petra, Jordan)
| Palmyrene
(Arabic population of Palmyra)
| Jewish-Palestine Aramaic
(language of Jezus)
| Samaritan Aramaic (4th cent. BC)
| Chr. Palestinian Aramaic
(Chr. Melkieten, 5th-8th cent. AD)
| present-day Aramaic in villages near Damascus
|Eastern Aramaic
| Syrisch of the city Edessa (3rd-13th cent. AD)
| Babylonian Syriac
from the Bab. talmud (4th-6th cent. AD)
| Mandaean, gnostic religious communities (3th-8th cent. AD)
| present day Aramaic in villages in Z.O.Turkey
| Pre-classical Arabian (5th-4th cent. AD)
| classical North Arabian (4th-10th cent. AD)
| modern Arabian dialects
| Old South Arabian (8th-6th cent. BC)
| modern South Arabic dialects
| Ethiopian
|Old Ethiopian
|modern Ethiopian languages
| (many)
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In addition to a common source for their most ancient vocabulary, as well as other syntactic similarities, what binds the branches of the Afro-asiatic family together is their consonantal root system. In this system most words consist of three consonants, while a lesser number have two or (to an even lesser extent) four consonants. In any one word, these consonants are called the "root," and the root relates to the general concept behind the meaning of the word. Usually, the root is unalterable, although it can be inflected by the use of infixes (elements which are inserted within the root) and by prefixes and suffixes, all of which denote grammatical changes and which form new words with related meanings.
Most significantly, the vowels of the root--and hence its vocalization--change depending upon how the root is used in any given part of speech, e.g., as a noun, a verb, or in a certain mood, case or verb tense, etc. The pattern of vowel usage and change is called the "scheme." Thus, root and scheme are the two major elements which constitute the word in the Afro-asiatic languages. For example, in Arabic the root pertaining to the concept of teaching and learning is d-r-s. While the consonants drs will always remain the same, the scheme and vocalization will change depending upon usage, e.g.:
darasa, "to study, learn"
darrasa, "to teach"
dars, "lesson, class"
durus, "lessons"
mudaaris, "teacher (male)"/mudaarisa, "teacher (female)"
madrasa, "school"
The same system holds for Akkadian. The consonants would remain the same, while the vowels and vocalization changed according to use. With the use of the cuneiform writing system (borrowed from the Sumerians, a non-Semitic language), with signs values that stand for syllables, Akkadian is the only Semitic language in which the vowels are explicitly spelled.


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Anyone can look at the release schedule for the summer of 2011 and see that it already looks crowded but actor/director Jon Favreau, whose Cowboys and Aliens will open in that time period, has been the first to say so publicly. Favreau told The LA Times that next summer is going to be war.
It's Omaha Beach, it's going to be a blood bath. There's never been a summer like this next summer. It's going to be bloody [for filmmakers and the studios]. As we were sticking thumb tacks in a calendar we realized that this is going to be looked back upon as Omaha Beach.
Favreau has reason to be nervous, as an unprecedented number of sequels and tentpole movies will open over the summer months. For example, May will see the release of Marvel's comic book adaptation of Thor, the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the comedy sequel The Hangover 2, to name a few. June will see the opening of the X-Men prequel X-Men: First Class, the fifth Fast and the Furious, Fast Five, director J.J. Abrams' secretive sci-fi movie Super 8, and the DC superhero adaptation of Green Lantern.
In July, audiences will get to choose between a Transformers sequel (Transformers: Dark of the Moon), the final Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two), another Marvel comic book adaptation (Captain America: The First Avenger, and Favreau's Cowboys and Aliens. With so many movies opening in a short span, Favreau says the result will be a "pit fight" at the box office.
There's not a weekend where there won't be teeth on the floor. The audience wins but it's going to be rough for people making these movies. Then there was the big rush to 3D, so you have all of these people fighting for a limited number of screens and to get the 3D done, since most of these are hybrids or conversions, so this is a technology that is still in the relatively early stages and there's going to be a lot of blood pressures going up in the months ahead.
Favreau says another contributing factor to studios rushing so many movies to the theaters is the diminishing DVD market.
Even if there is a DVD market now, there won't be in a few years. People will download on a subscription basis, and the industry model that allowed me to make independent films [such as Swingers and Made] and approach the limited theatrical release as a way to market the home-video products, that's going away as home-video dries up rapidly. Everything soon will be about what you take in at the box office. In the hour-and-a-half and two-hour theater experience, what people are looking for is something big and brash, an event that you can communally share … that's what people want and everybody in Hollywood is chasing that right now. And I mean everybody.


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Assistant Professor - Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Water Technology
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|May 21, 2014
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Assistant Professors Aquatic Microbial Ecology & Water Technology
The School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applicants for two faculty positions: one will be in the field of Aquatic Microbial Ecology and other in the field of Water Technology. Both positions will be hired at the Assistant Professor level and will be tenure track. In the area of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, we are searching for applicants with research interests in understanding the important role microbes play in freshwater systems and health, with a particular emphasis on microbial community structure and function in aquaculture systems or nutrient cycling. Experience with microbial genomics is highly desirable. In the area of Water Technology, we are searching for applicants interested in development of new measurement and exploration technologies that are central to improved ecosystem management, resource sustainability, and environmental health monitoring. Of particular interest are researchers involved with in situ sensors and DNA technologies.
Applicants for both positions must hold a PhD at time of application with an emphasis in microbiology, molecular biology, marine science or a related field. Post-doctoral experience is also required. Applicants who have prior teaching experience are desirable.
The successful candidates are expected to conduct active, internationally recognized, externally funded research programs. The successful candidates will teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in their field of expertise, and advise graduate student thesis projects.
UWM is a doctoral/research extensive university and Wisconsin's premier public urban institution, offering a comprehensive liberal arts, sciences, and professional education at the undergraduate and graduate level to its 28,000 students. SFS is the only graduate school in the nation dedicated solely to the study of freshwater. Complete information can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/freshwater. SFS expands a tradition of freshwater studies at UWM that has been carried out at the Great Lakes WATER Institute since 1966. Research and education is integrated across four essential themes: freshwater system dynamics; human and ecosystem health; freshwater technology; and freshwater economics, policy, and management. In pursuing these multidisciplinary themes, SFS works with a wide range of partners inside and outside the university.
On-Line Application Procedure:
Application materials MUST be submitted electronically. A complete application includes: cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position; a curriculum vitae; a brief research plan; a teaching statement; three peer reviewed journal articles; and a list of three references complete with telephone numbers and emails .
To apply for the Aquatic Microbial Faculty Position, please visit: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/18048.
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Under Wisconsin's open records law, requests for confidentiality will be honored, except that names and titles of all finalists must be disclosed upon request.
UWM offers competitive salary and start-up packages, commensurate with experience. Further information about UWM can be found at www.uwm.edu.
UWM is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer.
How To Apply
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7 Women's Health Problems Doctors Miss
Polycystic ovary syndrome
What is it, and who gets it?
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)—the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age (as many as 1 in every 10 women of childbearing age will develop it) and the leading cause of infertility—stems from having levels of androgens, or male hormones, that are too high. The androgen overload is actually caused by an imbalance in insulin, the hormone that helps regulate blood sugar.
"Insulin is a growth hormone, and it makes you fat," says Katherine Sherif, MD, co-director of the Center for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. Excess insulin bombards the ovaries, causing them to produce too much testosterone and develop cysts. Half of all women with PCOS end up with prediabetes or diabetes.
How does it feel?
Besides irregular periods, or none at all, you may notice more hair on your face, chest, back, and limbs. Also typical are acne, baldness, and rapid, substantial weight gain (more than 10 pounds a year) that seems impossible to control.
How is it diagnosed?
No single test does the job. Instead, the doc needs to know your symptoms. Then she'll check your reproductive organs for signs of masses or growths using a pelvic or vaginal ultrasound and physical exam. Blood tests are used to measure levels of glucose and several hormones; they also can exclude abnormalities, like hypothyroidism, that mimic PCOS.
How is it treated?
There's no cure, so treatment is designed to manage the symptoms and prevent infertility, diabetes, or heart disease. Birth control pills help regulate menstrual cycles, lower androgen levels, reduce hair growth, and clear up acne. Metformin, which controls blood glucose and lowers testosterone production, can help you lose weight.
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Kent sign former Durham bowler Mark Davies
16:35 28 March 2012
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The seamer has signed for the Canterbury club
Kent have signed seam bowler Mark Davies from Durham.
The 31-year-old has impressed the Canterbury outfit as a pre-season triallist.
He said: "Being part of Durham CCC for the past 15 years, coming through the Academy and into the senior squad, has been a major part of my life and obviously I am sad to leave.
"But the time was right to set myself a new challenge, and I'm excited about what the future holds at Kent."


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Ukrainian opposition names jailed former premier as presidential candidate
|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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|7 December 2012
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|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ukrainian opposition names jailed former premier as presidential candidate, 7 December 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/50cb3abbb.html [accessed 31 May 2016]
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December 07, 2012
By RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
KYIV – Ukraine's United Opposition Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party has announced that jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be its presidential candidate.
Batkivshchyna's Arseniy Yatsenyuk told journalists in Kyiv on December 7 that he hopes the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will make "the right decision" and exonerate Tymoshenko before the 2015 presidential election.
Tymoshenko is currently in prison serving a seven-year sentence after being convicted in October 2011 for abuse of office during her term as prime minister.
Tymoshenko is still facing charges that she evaded millions of U.S. dollars in taxes in connection with a private energy company she headed during the 1990s.
Tymoshenko says she is the victim of a political vendetta by President Viktor Yanukovych, who defeated her in the 2010 presidential election.
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Temperatures from the Met Office have revealed that the UK has had the coldest start to winter in over 30 years. The UK average temperature for the first third of December has been only 1.7 °C compared to the long-term average of 4.7 °C.
The cold temperatures are in stark contrast to the recent run of very mild winters that have been dominant across the UK. The last time the UK average temperatures gave such a cold start to December was in 1976 when the average temperature was a chilly 0.8 °C.
The Met Office seasonal forecast predicted the cold start to the winter season with milder conditions expected during January and February – although still with the chance of cold weather at times.
The colder weather is set to continue into next week. Chief Forecaster at the Met Office Nick Grahame said: "The start of the weekend will bring a spell of wet and windy weather as milder Atlantic air attempts to push across the country. However, colder air looks set to win the battle again which means that frost and ice will become hazards with the risk of snow in places".
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Tropical Corner at 12th and Market
February 27, 2009 - Phyllis Sigal
Want to bask in the sun? Check out the surfers at the beach? Gaze at the island sunset?
Well, for a shot of warm, Hawaiian atmosphere, check out the Tiki Bar & Grill at the corner of 12th and Market streets in Wheeling.
Surf videos, hula girls, surf boards, colorful birds, scenes from Hawaii, tiki torches and more make you feel as if you've just landed on a warm, tropical island.
James Grace, one of the owners along with Chris Stadler, noted that there's been a "good response" to the restaurant, which opened Jan. 2.
The menu, itself, is a colorful work of art. And it features some interesting choices.
Some of the items on the menu are inspired by the island of Hawaii. In the large selection of "pupus" or appetizers, try the mai poy sweet 'n' sour popcorn shrimp, pineapple chicken brolette and island grilled shrimp skewers. There's an aloha burger, an island chicken sandwich, Hawaiian glazed chicken, coconut shrimp, Hawaiian glazed grilled salmon and a Hawaiian salad, which includes grilled chicken, mandarin oranges, pineapple, shredded coconut and macadamia nuts.
Of course, there are lots of other things on the menu: wings, with a variety of sauces; a reuben, grilled steak or chicken salad, an eggplant sandwich, prime rib, crab cakes and more.
I had a fish taco, which was a piece of fried fish wrapped in a spinach tortilla with red cabbage and a lime sauce. It was really, really good.
The soup was good, and hot, too — always a plus!
And the fries are to die for. We tried the garlic fries, and I'm already having cravings. They were delicious, and the serving on the side of the burger was quite generous. I wasn't too crazy about the burger; the bun was good and the toppings were good. But, the burger meat itself was just OK.
However, there are a lot of varieties of burger creations from which to choose: the hot lava (with a cayenne pepper sauce, jalapenos and pepper jack cheese!!); the big mess, with chili and coleslaw; the heartstopper with bacon and double cheese; the buffalo blue burger, with bleu cheese; the remi, with a fried egg, fresh spinach, tomato, onions and mayonnaise; and the Pittsburgher with fries, coleslaw, tomato and onion — just to name some of them!
There's also the Spam Sandwich! Grilled Spam with lettuce, tomatoe and mayo on grilled bread. The menu suggests giving it a try!
A nice kids' menu is available with items for $2-$3 – PB&J, Spaghettios, grilled cheese and chicken strips.
I also was impressed with the variety of the sides: wild rice, steamed asparagus, cucumber salad, fruit salad - these are just some of the more unusual ones.
Prices are fair. My fish taco with a side (I got steamed veggies) was $5.50. Most of the burgers are $7.95, while a half-dozen wings are $3.75. The entrees range from $11.95 to $17.95, which most in the $12.95-$13.95 range.
Not only was the atmosphere sunny and bright, but the wait staff was as well. Our waitress, Desire, was very attentive and sweet. She also asked how everything was in a very timely manner.
Menu selection, service, atmosphere all rate high at the Tiki Bar and Grill. It's a place I'll try again ... especially if they kick up those burgers a notch or two.
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Reese's boob frogReese Witherspoon was rescued by a farmer's wife - when a frog got wedged in her cleavage.
The slimy creature landed on the star's plump chest when filming a scene for her new movie 'Vanity Fair'.
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This Cathedral is a must. It demonstrates a variety of architectural styles - a Roman provincial portal, a Gothic bell-tower and some vaults sculpted by Jean Guiramand... If possible visit on a Tuesday between 3.00 and 4.00pm - only then can you see the wonderful Triptych of the burning bush -attributed to Nicolas Froment after having been to see King René himself... The king was happy to be one of his characters, accompanied by his second wife, Queen Jeanne.
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Ze'evi: Iran Will Be Able to Enrich Uranium in 6 Months
MI head Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi says if West doesn't stop Iran, Tehran will be able to develop its first atomic weapon as early as 2007.
Iran could become capable of enriching uranium in six months and develop atomic weapons in two years if it is not stopped by the West, Military Intelligence head Maj. Gen. Aharon Ze'evi said Tuesday.
Tehran, which has said it will suspend uranium enrichment, insists its atomic program is aimed solely at the peaceful generation of electricity, but Washington believes Iran's nuclear energy program is a front to build a bomb.
"According to estimates, Iran is not currently capable of enriching uranium to build a nuclear bomb, but it is only half a year away from achieving such independent capability - if it is not stopped by the West," Ze'evi said in a lecture at Haifa University's National Security Studies Center.
Ze'evi said if Tehran did not stop its uranium enrichment activities, Iran would develop its first atomic weapon between 2007 and 2009.
He said he is trying to impart to the Europeans the significance of the Iranian nuclear threat.
"The Iranians can reach Portugal with nuclear weapons," Ze'evi said. "This doesn't worry the Europeans. They tell me that during the Soviet regime as well they were under a nuclear threat, and I try to explain to them that Iran is a different story."
The European Union said Tuesday it will resume trade talks with Iran this week after Tehran agreed to suspend uranium enrichment, AFP reported. However, the bloc vowed to keep up pressure in areas of concern including the Islamic state's nuclear plans.
But tension remains, notably because Tehran has agreed to maintain the suspension of its uranium enrichment activities only as long as the EU trade talks continue.
Iran agreed last week to allow the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to inspect its Parchin military site, where Washington believes work linked to nuclear bomb-making was carried out.
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DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois men's basketball team tied Western Michigan in the second half, 39-39, but it was not enough to overcome a 38-26 halftime deficit. With the 77-65 win, the Broncos improved to 14-10, 7-4 in Mid-American Conference play, while the Huskies fell to 7-17, 3-9 in league action. Freshman forward Nate Rucker paced NIU with 11 points, marking his 10th double figure scoring output of the season.Junior guard DeMarcus Grady added 10 points in nine minutes of play off the bench. The Broncos shot 57.1 percent (16-of-28) in the first half to help build their halftime advantage and although the Huskies shot 54.5 percent (12-of-22) in the second half, they were unable to reduce the WMU lead to less than eight. "We played them even for a half, the second half, unfortunately we ourselves a 12-point hole at halftime and ended up losing by 12," said NIU head coach Ricardo Patton. "We still have to learn to play for 40 minutes."Western Michigan out-rebounded Northern Illinois 46-32 in the contest.The Broncos jumped out to an early 8-2 lead in the opening three minutes, but a 12-5 run gave NIU its first lead of the game, 16-15, with 8:46 left in the first half. Redshirt freshman forward Antone Christian netted a pair of baskets during the run for the Huskies and senior guard Jeremy Landers added a deep triple from the wing. Landers finished with eight points, including 2-of-2 from three-point range. Tied at 18, the Broncos scored six-straight before the Huskies answered right back with the next six to tie the game again, 24-24.Western Michigan then closed the half on a 14-2 run to take a 38-26 lead into the intermission. Demetrius Ward had 12 points at the intermission for the Broncos and Flenard Whitfield added 11 in the opening 20 minutes for WMU. The Broncos scored the first two points of the second half to take a 14-point advantage, but junior forward Lee Fisher answered by converting an old-fashioned three-point play, sparking a 9-3 burst for NIU that pulled the Huskies back within single-digits, 43-35, with just under 14 minutes to play in the second half. Still leading by eight with 10:43 remaining, Western Michigan went on a 16-6 run to push its lead to 18, the largest of the game, with six minutes remaining. Grady scored eight points in the next 90 seconds for NIU to help the Huskies cut the Bronco advantage to 10, but that was as close as Northern Illinois would come in the second half. Mike Douglas led all scorers with 16 points and seven assists for Western Michigan. Ward added 15 points, Juwan Howard Jr. netted 12 points off the bench and Whitfield posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. NIU will continue its homestand on Saturday, Feb. 19, when the Huskies host Seattle University in the ESPN BracketBusters. Game time against the Redhawks is scheduled for 3 p.m., and will be preceded by the alumni game at 12:30 p.m., as part of NIU Basketball's Alumni Day festivities.


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    JESUS CHRIST THE RESURRECTION COMES. I HAVE COMES HERE WITH CLOUDS AND ALL EYE WILL SEE HIM, AND THOSE THAT THEY TRANSFERRED TO HIM. Apocalypse 1:7.
Maria Magdalena was a woman who by the circumstances of its life key in the prostitution (In Lucas 7:39, the story speaks of the woman, that seems to be this Maria, it compares and it with a sinful woman in prostitution sense). Of course its soul was not full of joy and so it had obtained, felt failed and it was known sinful. It had been mistaken in his life. We see this story of the Sagrada Scripture in the spiritual sense and we can apply as it to each of us.
The people who in their life have undergone serious problems and soon by their circumstances have fallen in depression, vices and drugs which no longer know to leave, when they find to the Gentleman, because He always approaches, when seeing him and to know as He is, fall crying on his feet, because they in their sins have loved them to the Gentleman being, in their solitude and rubbish. Thus, our soul, like the Magdalena, when seeing the Gentleman who says to us that he loves to us, although we are in the mud of the sin; because all we are sinful, and that one that is justified is antichrist… then all sinned and is dismissed of the glory of God… Romans 3:23; we fall on Its feet crying therefore love, like to have given the life in the cross to save to us of the eternal solitude, and to change our Earth lives.
What so great love you have Father, that you have wanted your to come in meat, Jesus Christ to die by my, to give your life by my, if I do not deserve to you, and your you have won to me when watching to me. Blessed you are Mr., my Gentleman. How I am not going away to give if you teach your me that he loves my enemies, like when I was your enemy and your you loved to me. Enséñame to love with that love with which your mistresses.
Clearly, when Maria Magdalena saw the Gentleman and as she pardoned to that they regreted, she had faith, and she came to the feet of Christ. There am our soul on the feet of full Christ of sins here but crying because It gives the life us, and us he makes clean before by His Blood, and we know the repentance way and mind the change to live. As it adulterates to it,… it sees and you do not sin but… How I am going to want to sin but? I will already fight praying so that me DES forces not to sin, because no longer I want to add but pain to your Cross, Sir.
Christ threw to seven spirits outside the soul of the Magdalena, who symbolize all the malignant spirits whom there are in each of us before knowing Christ. When He watches to us and we perceived, if we gave ourselves to him Him, He he enters us and he throws it go to all spirit of the evil, when entering He with the Spirit Santo. … I have here, I am to the door and call; if some hears my voice and abre the door, I will enter him, and I will have dinner with him, and he with me. To that it will win, I will give him that one feels with me in my throne, as well as I have won, and I have sat down with my Father in its throne… Apocalypse 3:20.  You do not deal with limpiarte your first so that soon between Christ, because the unique one who can fight against Satan and to win is Christ, and our soul is Its promised earth, is He has who it to conquer and to reign in her.
If we took as example the hierarchy of I exercise, we will be able to include/understand as it works the devil and its armies. Christ is the King, all are under his power and when releasing He our soul, orders to him to all the I exercise of Satan who leaves that one earth where now once we have requested it, reigns the King of Kings, who must be able mainly I exercise.
The seven spirits who the Gentleman removes from the soul of the believer who comes to sorry Him, are all those principalities and powers of the airs which they dominate to a person, his soul, with being in charge to mine it with vices and sins, such as the adultery, fornication, the alcohol, the drugs, the tobacco, the idolatry, homosexuality, prostitution, where our brother beloved fell, who is blessed she because to the Gentleman she pleased to him that she was remembered and in addition serves to us as aid to include/understand by parabola the situation of the soul of each of us.
SĂrvanos also this portion of the gospel, to include/understand that spiritual prostitution is to use our soul for other spirits who are not the one of God, that stops that we were created, because we are temple of the Spirit Santo. Also all that one that wants to use some intermediary who is not the Husband, the Son of God, the husband of our soul, and goes to deads, the virgins, saints, or any other way to communicate with the spiritual world, ritual of sects or religions, also will be considered its enemy soul one ramera and therefore of the Husband.
First that saw revived Jesus, he was healed by Jesus, he was next to the Cross, he was present at the burial of Jesus. Maria Magdalena.
He leaves Christ he enters you with the Spirit Santo and reigns in your soul, and It will remove to all spirit who dwells today in you, sacks He them. Yours he is Sir the Kingdom and the Power and the Gloria by the centuries of the centuries, Amen.
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A look back at the memorable moments in entertainment history today, Oct. 26.
1955: "Rebel Without A Cause," starring James Dean, opened in New York.
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1966: Liberace played the parts of both a good and evil pianist on "Batman."
1970: The comic "Doonesbury" by Garry Trudeau premiered.
1978: "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder hit number one on the Billboard pop chart. It took 20 weeks from the time it entered the Hot 100 to reach number one, longer than any single before it.
1981: David Bowie met with Queen in Montreaux, Switzerland, to record "Under Pressure" in an all-night session.
1982: The hospital drama "St. Elsewhere" premiered on NBC.
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Ashburn, VA (Sports Network) - Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather
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Meriweather suffered a concussion during last Sunday's game against the Green
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practicing fully on Friday.
Kicker Kai Forbath is questionable with a right groin injury. He hasn't
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In addition defensive ends Stephen Bowen (knee), Kedric Golston (abdomen)
and wide receiver Leonard Hankerson (hip/hamstring) are also questionable.
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There will come a time when this is no longer true, but it still seems to be the case that Whole Foods (NYSE:WFM) is a stock you want to buy when comps disappoint and sell-side analysts start collectively clutching their pearls and/or talking about slowing store expansion in favor of capital returns to shareholders. While consumer confidence is still pretty shaky, Whole Foods seems to be doing well with its value positioning and there's still ample store growth potential. Whole Foods isn't cheap today, but I'd be slow to part with these shares if I already owned them.
Back On Pace, In A Big Way
It looks like Whole Foods is back in its happy place with respect to growth and performance vis a vis Wall Street expectations. Revenue rose 13% this quarter, matching expectations even though comps came in just shy of estimates. Speaking of those comps, Whole Foods saw comps rise almost 7% on a fairly even split between traffic and ticket.
As The Fresh Market (Nasdaq:TFM) hasn't reported its April quarter yet, it's a little challenging to put those numbers into context. Still, The Fresh Market had just 2% comp growth in January (versus 7% for Whole Foods), while United Natural Foods (Nasdaq:UNFI) (a large distributor of natural and organic foods) saw 12% growth for its February quarter. Harris Teeter (NYSE:HTSI), a somewhat high-end supermarket chain, saw 3.7% comp growth for the April quarter.
Turning back to Whole Foods, it certainly looks as though the company's focus on traffic-stimulating pricing is not hurting bottom line profits. Gross margin actually improved a tick, while operating income increased more than 20% on a 40bp improvement in operating margin.
SEE: Zooming In On Net Operating Income
Doing More With Less (Pricing)
One of the known challenges facing Whole Foods is its pricing. Although the store's prices actually aren't as high as commonly believed, perception can be more important than reality when it comes to where shoppers show up. To that end, management has been "investing in prices" - looking for ways to offer more bargains and make the prices even more competitive.
Unlike stores that go with heavy couponing or promotional sales, Whole Foods seems to be taking a more sustainable approach. For starters, the company continues to invest in its 365 store brand line – a line that despite some controversy has proven popular with shoppers who want organic/natural products at more reasonable prices. Whole Foods is also working hard on "back office" functions to allow the company to offer lower prices without giving up gross margin – inventory turns increased notably from the year-ago quarter (16 v. 14.9), and the company has made a lot of progress with reducing shrinkage (not theft in this case, but mostly spoilage of produce and fresh proteins).
Of course, nothing comes without a cost, and I do think Whole Foods has to be careful. Controlling shrinkage can sometimes come at the cost of selection, and that can alienate shoppers. Likewise, if Whole Foods pushes back on suppliers too hard, they risk being seen as bullying small farmers and Whole Foods' customer base certainly includes those who love to share their social media outrage.
SEE: Behind The Big Brands
Still Dialing In The New Store Formula
Curiously, it sounds from management's commentary that they are considering moving back towards favoring more large new stores. As larger stores are more expensive to build and operate, I would think this would cause some concern among analysts and investors – or at least among those who really liked the move towards smaller, cheaper footprints.
Ultimately, I think the question comes down to whether you trust management. I'd never say that management has never made a mistake, but I think they've shown a pretty good understanding of their customers and markets, and if they think that larger stores are what's needed today, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.
SEE: Evaluating A Company's Management
The Bottom Line
If management is right that their distribution systems could support a store base of 1,000, there are likely still substantial operating leverage opportunities given the current store count of about 350. Moreover, if Whole Foods succeeds in recasting perceptions about its prices (and the value for money they offer), I think store growth and comp growth could continue to fuel significant financial growth for the decade to come.
Right now, I'm still looking for long-term free cash flow (FCF) growth in the very low teens, but wondering if I'm not giving enough credit for the margin and cash flow implications of better leverage and less incremental capex. As it is, though, I think Whole Foods is a little expensive today (as it usually has been). Just on principle I'd be careful about buying a richly-valued growth stock in a hot market, but operationally this is still a company that I'd like to own.
At the time of writing, Stephen D. Simpson did not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article.


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Peoria Art Guild's 54th Annual Fine Art Fair - Sept 24 & 25, 2016
As one of the oldest art fairs in the country, the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair is nationally recognized for it picture-perfect riverfront setting, 150 jury-selected artists from across the U.S. and around the world, hands-on art activities for kids and adults, musical performances and palate-pleasing food, wine and beer for some central Illinois favorites.
In its 54th year as Peoria's largest art event, the fine art fair continues the tradition in our art enthusiastic city.
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Peoria Riverfront | Entrance at the Gateway Building200 Northeast Water Street Peoria, IL 61602
$5 per day | $7 weekend pass
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2016 Poster Artist
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Children's Art Corner
The Childeren's Art Corner has grown to become its own destination event within the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair. Its popular designated location offers creative "make and take" art projects for kids of all ages. For a flat fee of $5.00, each participant has the opportunity to work with a variety of two and three dimensional art projects including folk art/Grandma Moses style, bean mosaics, face painting, Asain paper lanterns, palm puppets, and mask making. All proceeds support art education programs at the Peoria Art Guild.
Interactive Community Mural
If you think the kids are the only ones having fun, the Interactive Community Mural located at Booth 29, is designated for adults. It takes hundreds of people to participate in this fun, hands-on art activity -- and everyone attending the Fair can watch as the mural literally comes together tile by tile over this two-day event. It's free, it's fun and it's Peoria's version of the poster art.
For the price of a ticket to the fair, you can enjoy musical performances with our scenic riverfront as a backdrop. The hourly performances will be at the Landing near the Gateway Building and feature some of the best musical performers in central Illinois.
2015 Music Schedule:
Saturday, Septmber 26th10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ~ Peoria Youth Symphony11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ~ Peoria Ballet12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ~ Jacob Peña2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ~ TooCan4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ~ Bradley Jazz Ensemble
Sunday, September 27th10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ~ String Works12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ~ Matt Larson / Audible Watercolor2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ~ Harold Greene Trio4:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m. ~ Peoria Jazz All-Stars
2016 schedule coming soon!
It's not your typical "fair" food and wine, but exceptional palate pleasers from some of Peoria's favorites.
Ice Cream
Italian Beef
Red beans & rice
Pizza by the slice
Aegean, pepperoni, & cheese
Grilled pork chops
Chicken breast
Hot Dogs
Lemon shake-ups
Peoria Art Guild Information Tent
The best volunteers on the planet will answer all your questions about the fair including how to locate a specific artist or the Childerens Art Corner. They can also tell you about upcoming special events. And don't miss out on the opportunity to purchase the official Fine Art Fair commemorative poster and T-shirts. They are a great, affordable way to support the Fine Art Fair.
Fine Art Fair Preview Party
Peoria Art Guild
Friday, September 23
7:00pm - 10:00 pm
The event name says it all. Preview, party and purchase art in advance of the Fine Art Fair on the Friday night before the fine art fair. Buy tickets now!
Preview Party Tickets: $40 per person $50 at door
2015 Poster Art Raffle Tickets: $5 ea. or 5 for $20
The Peoria Art Guild203 Harrison StreetPeoria, IL 61602(309) 637-2787


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Here is an excellent way for two people to see the Thames from a new perspective and take in some of the great sights of our capital city from the river. Jump aboard this small, light and high-speed powerboat, otherwise known as a RIB (which stands for rigid inflatable boat) and get ready for some fast fun. There is always a safety briefing to start with before being kitted out with the kind of gear needed for this waterborne experience. Then it's all systems go as the skipper takes you up and down the river, pointing out areas of interest and telling stories (he knows the river really well and has lots of interesting snippets to share) so sit back and hold on!
Seven days a week during the summer season (March - October). Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only for the remainder of the year (closes over the Christmas period).
Under 14's must be accompanied by a participating adult. If you have ever suffered a serious back, neck or knee injury, we recommend that you seek medical advice before booking. Wheelchair users welcome but pregnant women can't participate.
The weather shouldn't affect this experience as trips go ahead in virtually all conditions, but please do call the venue on the morning of your experience if in any doubt.
Lasts up to one hour and 15 minutes, including your briefing, kit issue and around 50 minutes on the water. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the booked time. In season runs daily, on the hour between 10am and 6pm. After October, at weekends only.
Share the RIB with up to 10 other passengers , plus a skipper and guide.
Friends and family are welcome to watch from the shore, but won't be able to see much of the action. However, there is lots to see and do on the South Bank while they wait.
Wear flat-soled shoes. Lifejackets are provided (you may get wet). Please secure glasses with a safety strap to make sure they aren't blown away.
All skippers are commercially qualified, with years of experience driving high-speed RIBs and lots of fascinating stories to tell about the history of the Thames. Take your booking confirmation letter with you on the day in order to participate.
We look forward to doing it again during the summer.
Great experience, really pleased we did it and the tour guide Little Mike was Fab !!! and i also loved the music they played too very funny !!!
Great experience the second time I have booked through Red Letter Days this experience.
A great trip
David was excellent with his knowledge of the waterside
Chris was a terrific pilot and gave us an exciting and exhilarating ride
Everything from booking to the day itself was very well organised
The leisurely cruise down the historic Thames from the Houses of Parliament to Tower Bridge gives way to an exciting high octane power boat ride sending adrenaline levels rocketing. All great fun.
Well informed tour guide, plenty of top tourist attractions on view from a different perspective, fast stretch of water East of Tower Bridge was fun.
Enjoyed a great morning on the river Thames being spun around at speed checking out the sights from a different perspective. It was absolutely brilliant well worth it
Great fun and really well organised....we didn't even get wet! Wished we'd booked a longer ride.
This voyage was a Birthday present for our Grandson Thomas, age 14, and he loved every minute of it, interesting, thrilling and really all round very enjoyable. The crew of James and Ian were very interactive with him, interested in where home was and his hobbies and how school was. Made it very personal for him.
We were delayed by Abellio cancelling our train to London and missed our slot. The staff went out of there way to try and fit us in, just one of us managed to get on the trip but thanks for doing your best.
Thoroughly enjoyed the London Rib Voyage. Travelling at speed was thrilling and the crew were very informative about the local sites.
Every think went without a hitch from start to finish
Great guys running the show, awesome!
Birthday present for my partner, 30 minutes of speed, 30 minutes of culture, informative and fun, made extra special by the guide.
My daughter and I had a great time. Not something we would of chosen to do, but really glad we did. Stacey was our host on the boat and made the ride interesting as well as exhilarting. Really good fun would recommend to anybody.
A gentle start and then, past Tower Bridge, the throttle opened and the music was switched on! Wow! Sure, the Thames is fun on a gentle boat ride...but on a rib it's a thrilling experience. I would recommend it without hesitation.
From start to finish I had a permanent grin on my face, staff were entertaining and the trip was brilliant, highly recommend this.
Great adventure thrill ride on water, fantastic & safe fun on the water.I would recommend this adventure to any thrill seeker.
This was an interesting, funny and exhilarating experience. One we will not forget as we were celebrating my mums 70th birthday.
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A robust undergraduate research program links cadets and professors in the exploration of open-ended research questions. The research culminates in a capstone experience.The Summer Undergraduate Research Institute is an intense ten-week program in which cadets pursue their research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Research is presented annually at the VMI Undergraduate Research Symposium or at other regional or national conferences.
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Established for students who achieve at high levels, the program includes honors courses (with enrollment limited to 12), special forums on current events, and a capstone senior honors project or thesis.Graduating with Institute Honors is the highest academic achievement at VMI. These cadets may also be recognized via national awards such as the Rhodes, Marshall, and Gates scholarships. VMI has had 11 Rhodes scholars to date.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has once again expressed its anguish over the state of central finances in its latest monetary policy review. This is a repetition of the view in an earlier review that monetary policy cannot bear the burden of fiscal deficits. The proposed additional borrowing by the Centre of Rs 53,000 crore has already sent the securities market into jitters. RBI refers to the consequent crowding out of the private sector from the market. Yields on central bonds are rising. State governments are hit even worse than the Centre because, generally, their securities carry a few basis points more as yields than the central ones on the grounds that they are more risky than the latter. The truth is that the Centre has the backing of RBI to honour its financial obligations, which states do not have. This is one aspect of the absence of level playing in our federal polity that has escaped the attention of political scientists and fiscal experts.
For a long time, the Centre had unlimited access to the spigot of money creation by RBI. Its excess borrowings from the central bank were automatically transformed into treasury bills owned by the latter. This arrangement was supposed to be terminated after an agreement between RBI and the Centre under which the Ways and Means Advances System (WAMA) was devised with penalties and other provisions for overdrafts. It was only cosmetic since at the end of the year, the penalties were returned to the government by RBI as part of the transfer of the available surplus of income over expenditure. In the consolidated balance sheet of the government and the central bank interest payments and penalties are just transfers of entries with no material significance for the government, which is not affected adversely.
Then came the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act that was supposed to put an end to RBI buying securities in the primary market. Thus, the monetisation of public debt was sought to be eliminated, except for Open Market Operations (OMO) that had a monetary objective. But the financial wizards found a way out when they discovered that the central bank could buy back old securities in the secondary market, thus, releasing funds that would facilitate the purchase by banks of new securities in the primary market ensuring their success. Does this not, then, amount to RBI financing the government by the back door? I have called it Debt Management Operations (DMO), the objective of which is fiscal, while OMO has a monetary objective of tightening or loosening money supply. Of course, financial sophists would argue that DMO is also OMO because it relieves the market of the stringency of funds! The point is that RBI should stop the practice of DMO. If, as a result, yields and interest rates go up, then so be it. The blame will then be on the government, not on RBI. After all, the aim of a tightening regime is to raise the yields and rates.
Coming back to federal-state relations, state governments do not enjoy the Centre's privileges, except for their own WAMA. Right from the beginning, RBI never bought any treasury bill or long-term security of states on grounds of controlling the money supply. The states do not have the advantage of RBI engaging in buybacks of their securities to help banks subscribe to new flotations. This asymmetrical position has resulted in yields of state loans going up substantially in the recent period. Although the Finance Commissions have done their bit to increase the transfer of resources from the Centre to states, some thought needs to be given to the asymmetry in the relationship between RBI and the Centre, on the one hand, and that between the former and states on the other. I am not saying states should have the same privileges in RBI as the Centre does. On the other hand, I would urge the central bank to consider placing its policy approach to debt transactions with the Centre on a par with those with the states. But then, this is more easily said than done, given RBI's lack of autonomy. As Sir Ivor Jennings said in a memorable lecture at the University of Madras shortly after the inauguration of the Republic, the Indian Constitution is federal in structure but unitary in spirit.
One reason given for the proposed separation of public debt office from RBI is that there is a conflict of interest in the present arrangement under which RBI acts as an agent of the government and its duty is to ensure the best terms for its client in raising loans as against its responsibility to formulate its interest rate policy in accordance with its monetary objective. Now the question is: Will RBI stop its DMO once it is divested of its function to manage public debt?
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10 Billion screening with Guest Speaker Annemiek Canjels
In cooperation with the newly established Youth Food Movement Maastricht we show the documentary 10 BILLION on Monday, May 23rd. Before the screening Annemiek Canjels - Senior Advisor EU Public Affairs on Food, Agriculture & Horticulture - will give an introduction. After the screening, we'll have time for a Q&A session & a small buffet by Semplice e Buono. More info & tickets.


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Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, but have spent a while perusing the topics and liked what I saw enough to join. I've carried concealed off and on for a few years but will be making it a regular habit now that I have a family and that the region where I live is quickly going to the dogs (south Puget Sound area).
My question for all of you is how big (physical size) of a handgun do you carry in relation to your stature? I'm carrying P229 SAS .40 IWB @ 4:00. It's a wonderful gun and it is the one I have the most proficiency with. However, I'm 5' 8", 160lbs so I feel like it is a really large gun for my body type. I have a simple Galco leather holster that sucks the grip into my body quite nicely, and as far as I can tell in the mirror printing isn't a huge issue for me. As an EMT by trade I am perpetually broke so purchasing a smaller handgun is out of the question (the Sig was a gift).
Since I'm still somewhat getting used to concealed carry I think it might make me feel better to know other members can conceal larger pistols too. Whenever I carry I'm all too aware of the seemingly huge piece on my hip, and worried I may be overlooking some huge giveaway. Most likely n00b jitters?
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Wadaya reckon for Bmx in the Olympics in China? About time? Do you think people will take it serious?
Wadaya reckon for Bmx in the Olympics in China? About time? Do you think people will take it serious?
The Olympics are worldwide. There is no Chinese olympics or American olympics.
I think he meant, "when the olympics are hosted in china, do you think BMX will have a chance at being added as an event?"
i doubt it.you can ask just about anybody what a homerun or a goal is, and they will probably know. ask somebody about a fufanu or an x-up, they won't have a clue
I remember reading about BMX racing being in the upcoming Olympic as an actual event this time around (as opposed to a trial event), with the UCI/NBL doing the officiating as they do during the Worlds.
As long as it doesn't end up like snowboarding did, with all the burners getting in trouble. Not that freestylers light up...
i remember that article too, or at least the one that was in the Washington Post.
i think it would be great, because if road biking is a sport(just riding your bike really fast and for long distances), and so is snowboarding (where the races have jumps and turns and involve more than just riding) then BMX is a sport, i will definatly watch it...
is it set in stone, or is it still an idea that their toying with?
any racers committed?
i was reading about it on espn.com and other sites (googled it in) and its supposed to be in 2008 olympics (summer china)...whatever year, n e wayz.....there gonna take out to other bicycle competitions and put in a womens bmx-race and a mens bmx-race....they havent picked which comps yet though.
Not that it's even remotely performance enhancing.Originally Posted by Expatriate
Downhill has a better chance IMHO....
They seem to think it helped snowboarders. Never helped my riding as a kid. Not that I can remember anyway.Originally Posted by Beerman
Last edited by Brian; 07-01-05 at 12:42 AM.
It improves your ass muscles from all the siting down and eating you will be doing. But I've never smokes marijuana ;-)
Bmx In The Olympics Would Be Great
i think racing has a good chance.... errrr, freestyle not so much
it has a better than good chance because it IS gonna be in the 2008 olympics. research it!Originally Posted by dirtjumpP.1
err, this is what i get for not renewing any of my bmx mags... i read about it last year and couldnt remember if it was for sure
You're actually quite the idiot yourself. The venue for the 2008 Olympic Games is due to be decided July 13, in Moscow. Beijing has a very good chance of hosting them. I guess we'll settle this argument in about 10 days.Originally Posted by BikerLRY
worst reply everOriginally Posted by mude
Agreed. Smack yourself in the forehead, Beerman's too busy.
doneOriginally Posted by Expatriate
Thank you. Repeat as necessary.Originally Posted by mude
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Alternative Titles: The Third – Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo
Type: TV Series, 24 episodes
Year: 14 Apr 2006 to 27 Oct 2006
Age rating: PG-13 – Teens +13
In the distant future, because of an interplanetary war that had continued on for centuries, civilizations were ruined. Human beings have lost everything, and only 1/5th of the population survived. A strange breed of humans, "The Third" is said to have appeared just after the war. They possess a third eye, as their name suggests, that appear as oval-shaped red pupils called "space eyes" over their conventional two eyes. Using them, they can control computer systems and so on, and as such, rule the world by their superior power over technology.
In this world, there is a young woman named Honoka; she is a "jack-of-all-trades" sellsword, and she accepts any job except murder. One day, she happens to find and rescue a young man named Ikus in the desert. Entering his world, and accepting a job from him, the adventure begins for Honoka and Ikus.
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Zoe Saldana Wanted For Ensemble Cast
From the looks of it, Ron Howard's going to be tied up for the next few years on the massive, multi-part adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower," which will span three movies, and two TV series. This will obviously leave a significant deficit of films directed by people with the surname 'Howard.' Fortunately, someone's stepping in, and it's none other than Opie's daughter, actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
Back in 2009, it was reported that Imagine, the company run by Howard Sr. and Brian Grazer had picked up a script entitled "The Originals" from Bryce and her co-writer Dale Charbeneau (who's now married to another of the Howard brood, Jocelyn), and it was thought that the veteran director was eyeing it as a follow-up to "Angels & Demons." He took "The Dilemma" instead, more fool him, and word's been quiet on the project ever since, but Showbiz 411 (via Empire) talked to Howard Jr. over the weekend, and she revealed that she's now hoping to make her directorial debut on the project.
As previously reported, the plot revolves around a group of twentysomethings who reunite in New York after a beloved teacher falls into a coma, and Howard now describes it as "a "Breakfast Club" for my generation," which is perhaps better than the other obvious comparison point, "Grown Ups." There's no firm word on casting, although we imagine Howard will appear in the film herself, and it's also revealed that one of the parts was written with Zoe Saldana in mind, although Howard admits that "there are so many good choices out there."
We liked Howard in her early roles in "The Village" and "Manderlay," but she's been adrift in recent years in the likes of the "Twilight" franchise, "Terminator: Salvation" and "Hereafter," so we're glad she's taking her destiny into her own hands (although things are looking up on the acting front as well, with "50/50" and "The Help" both getting good early buzz). The younger Howard, who's yet to turn 30, is certainly a better choice to direct a project revolving around twentysomethings than her father, and we're certainly interested to see how it turns out, even if it has the potential to be the kind of insufferable "Big Chill"-aping vanity project most recently seen in "The Romantics." There's no firm word on when it'll move forward, but we imagine it could be fairly soon.