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The Mess in Milan
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The thing about soccer players is that their skills are interchangeable. Run, tackle, head, pass, shoot, control the ball: There are only so many things they have to do on the pitch. Unlike basketball—in which a 7-foot center shares the court with a point guard—soccer is one of the least-specialized sports, both in terms of athletic attributes and skill sets.
And so maybe it wasn't that surprising Saturday night when A.C. Milan, down to 10 men after a red card to Mark Van Bommel, held out for a 2-0 win over Catania with one of the more unorthodox midfields you're likely to ever see. Manning the middle were a central defender (Thiago Silva), a forward (Robinho), a left back (Marek Jankulovski) and a left wingback (Urby Emanuelson). The quartet held out for the last 15 minutes, a feat made all the more remarkable by the fact that Mr. Emanuelson was making his league debut for Milan and Mr. Jankulovski, an aging veteran with an expiring contract, had seen just 12 minutes of action since last April.
How did Milan get itself into this mess? Simply put, the Rossoneri have been victimized by a nightmarish series of injuries. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has eight senior central midfielders, which, for a team that plays a 4-3-1-2 or 4-3-3 formation, should be plenty. But six of them were injured. Another, Massimo Ambrosini, came off injured in the second half. And Mr. Van Bommel, who was making his debut after arriving from Bayern Munich last week, was ejected.
Figuring out how to put presentable bodies in midfield has been Mr. Allegri's main preoccupation of late. And, in some ways, it's been a blessing in disguise, because it has forced the club to turn to its long-neglected youth system. (The last graduate of Milan's academy to have any kind of significant career at the club was Paolo Maldini. He retired in 2009, a month shy of his 41st birthday.) Eighteen-year-old Alexander Merkel—born in Kazakhstan to Russian parents of German descent and playing for an Italian club: welcome to soccer's globalized brave new world—has been something of a revelation after he was drafted as an emergency starter in four consecutive games.
But how will Mr. Allegri handle his four high-profile forwards, three of whom have checkered disciplinary histories? Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the marquee summer acquisition, is the team's top scorer with 18 goals in all competitions, but he hasn't been shy about voicing his displeasure at management in the past. Two summers ago, he engineered a move from Inter to Barcelona by euphemistically suggesting he had a "stomach ache" that could only be cured if he left the club. Just after joining Milan, he described Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola as "a small-time coach" who thinks of himself as "a philosopher." Compared to some of his earlier antics, this was an improvement: While playing for Malmo early in his career, he was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
Mr. Ibrahimovic is a model citizen compared to Antonio Cassano. He was signed in early January from Sampdoria, whose owner, Riccardo Garrone, suspended him after a tirade in which he called him a "disgusting old man" for having the temerity to ask him to accept a plaque awarded by a group of supporters. Mr. Cassano chronicled his exploits in a best-selling autobiography—among them, gorging on pastries after sex with prostitutes in the team hotel during his spell at Real Madrid, and feigning injury to avoid playing for managers he did not like—and he concluded by stating that his life's ambition after retirement is to get "really, really fat" because he loves food. He also boasted about the fact that he never gave more than 50% on the pitch and still lives "like a king."
Robinho, a $25 million summer signing from Manchester City, was also accused of dogging it in the Premier League. In his case, it was probably more a case of "saudade," the classic Brazilian homesickness, coupled with a disdain for the weather in Manchester and the fact that he was often benched. He was a record signing for City, but the club sent him back to Brazil on loan for six months, paying the bulk of his salary, in the hopes that he would regain his mojo. He returned bright-eyed and regenerated in August, immediately demanding a move elsewhere, which is how he ended up at Milan for less than half what City had paid for him two years earlier.
Of the four, Pato is the youngest and best-behaved. Still just 21, he's a prolific goalscorer who's been a regular for the past three years. He's Milan's present and its future. Yet since Mr. Cassano's arrival, he's been getting the short end of the stick.
Playing four strikers is unthinkable and fielding three is risky, though with so many midfielders out, Mr. Allegri has had to do just that of late. Indeed, Milan has used a front three in less than half its Serie A games this season. Which means one—and often two—of the big four has to sit out.
Keeping the gifted but volatile quartet happy the rest of the season will be a challenge for Mr. Allegri, who is in his first season at a big club like Milan. Thus far, it's fair to say he has surpassed expectations. The club continue to lead the league. But between the injury crisis and the threat of unhappy superstars, you wonder how long he can keep it up.
An Upset That Has Everyone Upset
On Saturday, Crawley Town defeated Torquay United, 1-0, to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup. Ordinarily, it would be the kind of upset celebrated by all but Torquay fans: Crawley is a non-league club, playing in the semi-professional football conference, and its opponent is in League 2, a full-fledged member of the English Football League. Should Crawley advance one more round, it would become the first non-league club to reach the quarterfinals of the FA Cup since Tottenham Hotspur—now a heavyweight, back then a veritable minnow—actually won the competition back in 1901.
And yet there hasn't been much enthusiasm outside of Crawley itself, a town some 20 miles south of London, and home to Gatwick Airport. Why? Possibly because of its man in charge. Crawley's manager is the spiky Steve Evans, a Glaswegian who—in 2002, when he was managing Boston United—was found guilty of making illegal payments to players and suspended by the Football Association. The tax authorities took an interest and, in 2006, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to evade tax and received a 12-month suspended sentence. In 2007, he took over at Crawley. Two years later, he was banned for 10 games, after he was repeatedly ejected from the dugout.
Yet the real animosity toward the club, mostly from fellow teams in the Conference, stems from Crawley's sudden spending spree this year. The club signed the division's top scorers from the previous year, Matt Tubbs and Richard Brodie, as well as Argentine midfielder Sergio Torres, who dropped down from League One's Peterborough, two tiers above. When the dust settled, Crawley had spent more money than all 24 clubs in the division above combined.
Throw that kind of cash around, especially when you're seen as a nouveau riche arriviste, and you're bound to make enemies—and perhaps make the "magic of the FA Cup" a little less magical.
Corrections & Amplifications
Paolo Maldini retired from A.C. Milan just before his 41st birthday. A previous version of this story reported that he retired just before his 40th birthday.
— Gabriele Marcotti is the world soccer columnist for The Times of London and a regular broadcaster for the BBC.


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Interview with Amy Oliver
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TSA: How did you find your way to search marketing?
Amy: I was managing the San Diego on-premise market for a wine and liquor distributor and witnessed the direct impact online marketing campaigns had on my sales and decided to make the switch to working in search marketing.
TSA: Could you tell us a little about your role/responsibilities as the Consumer Experience and Feed Services Manager at The Search Agency?
Amy: As Manager, Consumer Experience I work with the CE team to perform brand audit and conversion flow analysis for eCommerce, lead-gen, mobile and content clients. I plan and develop strategies and test plans for A/B and multivariate tests of landing pages and purchase funnel for organic, display and PPC traffic with the goal of improving conversion flow, user experience, quality score and increasing conversion rates and site wide performance. As Manager, Feed Services I oversee the management of all comparison shopping engines (CSE) campaigns such as Google Product Search.
TSA: You recently authored a white paper "Five Trends that Should Change Your Online Marketing Plans This Holiday Season." What key developments should marketers keep in mind heading into the holiday season and the year to come?
Amy: Deals! Shoppers are looking for more deals and discounts than they did last year. Daily Deals such as Groupon and coupons are hot: 16% of consumers plan on using Private Sale/Group Buying Sites for Holiday Shopping and 27% plan on using couponing sites.
Search interest in 'black Friday coupons' is up 46% year over year and search interest in 'buy one get one free' is up 30% year over year. Search interest for both 'printable coupons' and 'black Friday coupons' has jumped over 900% from Halloween.
Multi-Screen Presence! This holiday season more than ever shoppers are using multiple screens – computers, Smartphones and tablets – as their personal shopping assistants. This gives consumers more access to research products and pricing while in-store and 24/7 access to your online store.
According to a new study from Google, 55% of participants said they will use their Smartphone's location features on some or most shopping trips, while 47% will use a Smartphone to compare prices and 42% will use their phone to search for the nearest store. 47% of shoppers said they use their tablets to search for coupons or rebates and 44% use them to make purchases.
As mobile and tablet become increasingly important, it is essential to create a seamless and optimized experience for shoppers across all screens as well as in-store.
TSA: Moving away from online marketing, what are some of your hobbies/interests outside of work?
Amy: I love to be active and teach classical Pilates at Equinox and Roxbury Senior Center.
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WITH-FM 90.1 and WRUR-FM 88.5 will broadcast live from The Ithaca Festival at The Commons, in the heart of the city of Ithaca, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Popular radio personality Scott Regan will host his morning show, Open Tunings, at the festival site from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. He'll be followed by Rootabaga Boogie's Tracey Craig, who will host her folk and roots show from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Listeners can hear the live broadcast on WITH-FM 90.1 (Ithaca) and WRUR-FM 88.5 (Rochester), as well as online at WITHRadio.org and WRUR.org.
WITH-FM is a broadcast partnership between WXXI Public Broadcasting and Hobart & William Smith Colleges (HWS) that offers a mix of eclectic music, NPR offerings, and alternative news programs. Coinciding with the launch of WITH-FM, WXXI and HWS introduced WITH-HD2, a 24-hour HD radio service dedicated to Classical music, and Reachout Radio, a 24-hour radio reading service that provides readings of local and national newspapers, magazines, and books for people who are print-handicapped. Reachout Radio is closed-circuit, and is accessible through a specially-tuned radio, which is provided free of charge to eligible applicants.
WRUR-FM 88.5, a broadcast partnership between WXXI and the University of Rochester, is operated by the students of the university on a volunteer basis. The station runs from its facility at the University of Rochester's Todd Union Building. Its format offers a diverse mix of musical styles, from hip-hop to classical. The partnership has enabled AM 1370 to simulcast local and national programming on FM 88.5. NPR is currently simulcast on WRUR 88.5 and AM 1370 Monday-Friday 5am-9am and 4pm-6pm.
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Some years ago, I lived – and owned a business – in the Tri Tip Capital of the world. Over the years I spent much of my time traveling throughout the American West. Those experiences taught me that most people in most places take their barbecue seriously.
Those are my kind of people.
And if you love to roast high quality meats and vegetables over an open flame to bring out flavors not found any other way, you are too. And it's you for whom I spent literally years developing and refining Boise Ranch Rubs.
Every one of our rubs has some heat, but not every one of them is necessarily of the "hot and spicy" variety. Every rub can be used across a wide range of food – not just meat. Take a peek at the recipe suggestions you'll find on this website. You'll see what I mean. Boise Ranch Rubs work well with eggs, soups, salads, sandwiches and more!
Wood or gas… Meat or vegetables… Lunch or dinner… There's never a reason to put something bland in your mouth! With Boise Ranch Rubs you're just a couple of shakes from amazing flavor…


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ABC Trade Show: Highlights Reel!
Picture this… all of your favorite baby and mom brands showcasing their hottest new products, the chance to meet to your favorite bloggers and writers, and let's not forget great food and champagne (well, mocktails for the pregnant attendees of course)… Sounds pretty fun, don't you agree? Add in long hours of meetings, networking, and writing orders and this only means one thing: the ABC Kids Expo.
Each October, we head to this annual trade show- the industry's biggest event of the year. This year, ABC was held in Las Vegas October 15th-18th. For four fun-filled, action packed days, we showcased the NEW 2014 JP Lizzy product line, met with new and current retail buyers, and soaked up anything and everything in the Mom/Baby industry.
We've decided to give you a behind the scenes look into this year's event. So sit back and read up…here is our highlight reel for the 2013 ABC Kids Expo.
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The Bella Bundles line stole our attention from day one. They are the makers of luxury baby products that are modern, stylish and multi-functional (ahh, we just LOVE introducing you to like-minded brands 😉 ). From sleep sacks, bibs, stroller/nursing blankets and more, we couldn't get enough of this colorful, cozy product line. Their products come in every pattern from chevron, polka dots, and plenty more you'll adore. Their blankets are an everyday must-have for any family on the move and were an absolute favorite of ours!
Here are some snapshots of their booth and products….
We also caught a glimpse of Padalily and Jaq Jaq Bird's shared booth, pictured below. Both of these brands make sensible, stylish products for busy moms and their kids. It was a treat to meet their fabulous staff in person. And in case you haven't heard, we've teamed up with both of these brands for our Fall Sweepstakes. You can enter to WIN amazing prizes here– good luck!
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And last but certainly not least, this year's ABC show was an exciting one for JP Lizzy, as our NEW Allure Collection made its debut! These new bags won't be available to purchase until 2014, but we were very excited to show our new bags to the ABC community and store buyers.
We couldn't be happier with the feedback we received. We snapped some photos of our booth visitors to share with you below (Aliza from Wayfair.com and Matt from Amazon.com).
We also want to say thank you to our long time sales employee, Laura Mossiat for traveling all the way from Maryland and taking time from her family to work our booth – she did an amazing job!
Overall, ABC was a fantastic show and we are more excited than ever for 2014. We are also very happy to be back home in sunny Colorado, see our families, and kick back into our normal schedules this week. Maybe a little R&R is in order too… or at least we hope so!
Looking for more photos and highlights from the show? Check out our ABC Show Facebook Album!
We'd love to hear your thoughts/feedback on our Allure Collection (pictured above)!
Please leave us a comment below, letting us know what bag(s) you're crushing on…
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Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Randal Haworth, M.D., F.A.C.S. has garnered a global reputation as a rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty expert based on his superbly natural and beautiful noses he creates. Dr. Haworth infuses his artistic sensibility to sculpt a nose that perfectly harmonizes with other facial features.
Chosen from hundreds of plastic surgeons to be the chief plastic surgeon of Fox's The Swan and as a regular expert on Extra, Dr. Randal Haworth has performed the most televised rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty surgeries in the history of television, which means his work has been witnessed by people around the world. As a result, he is sought out by patients who will only accept the highest quality work available.
Please visit Dr. Haworth's gallery of rhinoplasty procedures, including revision rhinoplasty before and after photos, to get a proper feel for the variety and uniqueness Dr. Haworth brings to each rhinoplasty procedure. Each nose is crafted to match the individual regardless of their ethnicity - Dr. Haworth does not apply any standard template, but works to give each nose proper balance with respect to the person's face while adding or maintaining strength, shape, and beauty. We also recommend noting the other facial procedures traditionally performed alongside of rhinoplasty surgeries.
Rhinoplasty (commonly known as a 'nose job') is among the most widespread types of plastic surgery practiced today. Yet few rhinoplasty specialists are as adept at the procedure as Dr. Haworth. It is also one of the most complicated to perform due to the complex anatomy of the region and the nose's prominent placement on the face.
Your countenance is greatly influenced by your nasal appearance. The slightest alteration to your nose, which is the most prominent facial feature besides your chin, can greatly improve your overall look.
"A beautiful nose is timeless, the ultimate fashion statement if you will which will never go out of style. It is no wonder that rhinoplasty is one of the most sought-after plastic surgical procedures today." - Dr. Haworth
Occasionally plastic surgery does not achieve the exact results you had hoped for. Over the course of his career, Dr. Haworth has corrected a wide variety of rhinoplasty procedures unsatisfactorily performed by other plastic surgeons. All revision rhinoplasty procedures performed by Dr. Haworth aim to restore balance to the nose as well as the patient's happiness.
When evaluating any potential revision rhinoplasty patient, Dr. Haworth will review certain salient details of your previous procedure to determine what may have been done and what went wrong so that he can correct the underlying mistakes. Often times, the cornerstone of this revision rhinoplasty procedure usually requires strengthening weakened underlying cartilage and consequently the support it provides.
You must remember, however, that surgery isn't a means of achieving perfection. However, if you are unhappy with the appearance of your nose after having undergone previous rhinoplasty surgery, Dr. Randal Haworth offers revision (or secondary) rhinoplasty. Dr. Haworth has extensive experience with revision patients who can expect notable improvement given realistic expectations as to the end result.
Dr. Haworth makes a point of serving each individual patient's needs and defining overall expectations from any plastic surgery procedure. As Dr. Haworth states in his blog, "'Plastic surgery will not make you happy, but it can make you happier.' In simple terms, this allows me to assess whether a patient is fundamentally happy and balanced prior to operating on them."The best candidates for rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty procedures are:
A true rhinoplasty expert worth his or her salt knows that individuality is as a part of a successful result as is technical precision. Consequently, a male's nose will be different from a female's, an ethnic patient may want thinning but still retain believable integrity to the face, or a pug nosed or ski-slope button nose patient may actually look better with their nose slightly larger or with a stronger Roman profile. And no matter what, because we live in a three-dimensional world, the nose has to look naturally 'right' from every angle.
Greater Appreciation of Potential Problems
As a rhinoplasty specialist, Dr. Haworth is well aware of situations (such as nasal obstruction) which may arise after certain surgical methods. Consequently, as an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon takes into account such possibilities and knows how to avoid them with specific surgical moves.
The Open Technique
Years ago, as a rhinoplasty specialist in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, Dr. Haworth used to perform 80% of his rhinoplasties closed – as do most rhinoplasty surgeons – to avoid the imperceptible scar across the columella (the narrow strip of tissue that separates the nostrils) as well as prolonged swelling. However, he found that these supposed advantages of the closed method did not turn out to be true. The closed method tended to result in less accurate suture placement, shifted cartilage grafts and less consistent results.
As a top rhinoplasty specialist, Dr. Haworth has the skills to perform the open method virtually scar-free (and should there be a light scar, offers the skin revision protocols including topicals and resurfacing light technologies to subsequently help it disappear.) Therefore, he has shifted his perfected rhinoplasty approach to the open method for over 85% of his nose surgeries based on practicality, reliability, safety and ultimately, patient satisfaction.
Revision rhinoplasties test the true mettle of the rhinoplasty specialist because they do not have the advantage of operating on "virgin" cartilage, skin and bone and must deal with the myriad challenges posed by damaged tissue and encasing scar. By necessity, the majority of revision rhinoplasties must be performed open because of the increased access to the delicately small nasal structures it affords. As an expert rhinoplasty surgeon, Dr. Haworth performs the open method virtually scar-free and has the in-office technologies to erase any traces of scarring.
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Uncomfortable "packing the nose" after surgery used to be standard post-operating procedure. This isn't necessarily true anymore. Dr. Haworth's patients' postoperative experiences are better than ever compared to the patients of other rhinoplasty specialists in terms of comfort and healing.


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By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
The Game released his fifth studio album, Jesus Piece, on Tuesday (December 11). The 13-track offering features multiple guest collaborators–and by multiple we mean 23–ranging from Kanye West and Common on the title track to Meek Mill on "Scared Now" and Chris Brown, Tyga, Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa on "Celebration." Not to mention Kevin Hart on the skits.
Jake One, Cool & Dre and Toronto's Boi-1da all provide production and in addition to fans generally applauding the album with tweets like, "The game killed Jesus Piece" and "The Game album is Stupid… Loving it…" Kevin Hart's comedic skits have also garnered plenty of love, especially his addition to "Church."
"Kevin Hart's interludes on The Game new albums got me rolling" said one fan on Twitter while another added, "These Kevin Hart skits on Game's album have me in tears."
Not only are fans feeling it, but so is Game's mentor Dr. Dre. Game even took to Twitter over the weekend to share a text message conversation with Dr. Dre, who congratulated him on the project. "Your album is Dope," the message from Dre read. "The song with the D'Angelo sample is f—in Crazy. Great job. Congratulations!!!!"
"The thing about the Jesus Piece is, it's kinda like a 2012 Chronic album, if you will," Game told MTV News a couple months ago, referring to the large number of guests he showcases on the LP. "I'm on it, and I'm on it a hell of a lot, but I got a lot of features."


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No. 1 Wake Shuts Out Clemson in ACC Opener
Sept. 21, 2007
CLEMSON, S.C. - The top ranked Wake Forest men's soccer team shut out Clemson 1-0 in the ACC Opener Friday night in South Carolina.
The win sets the Deacs at 6-0-0, tying their 1984 record of consecutive victories to start a season. Clemson now sits at 3-4-0 for the year.
Sophomore Cody Arnoux netted his fourth goal of season in the 34th minute to seal the Demon Deacon victory. Corben Bone and Marcus Tracy registered assists in the game-winner.
Tracy led the offensive charge, firing six shots with two shots on goal. Overall the Deacs out-shot the Tigers 23-11 in the conference opener.
WFU goalkeeper Brian Edwards was credited with his third shutout of the season, bringing his career total to 34.
The Deacs will have a full week off before returning to WFU's Spry Stadium to face ACC competitors Maryland on September 29.


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Monday, 26 May 2014
On May 23, 'China Daily Asia Weekly' became the latest newspaper to join the
CIMB-Asean ePaper collaboration just as Malaysia and China celebrated 40 years of ties. StarMetro's intern from China, MA FEI HUI, was on hand to witness the launch and shares her thoughts on the partnership and her life in Malaysia, thus far.
WHAT an amazing year 2008 was! It was the year I decided to leave China and pursue further education in Universiti Malaya.
I was born in Jiao Zuo City in He Nan province, north of China.
I am the second of three children and in my earlier years, lacked independence and an adventurous spirit.
However, after I finished high school in China, I decided to head to Malaysia to further my studies.
Now, recalling the last six years in Malaysia, so many thoughts are flooding my mind. Many memories are still feel fresh, like they happened only yesterday.
I graduated from Universiti Malaya (MU) in 2012 with a degree in education, majoring in teaching English as a second language (TESL). Now, I am pursuing a master's degree in UM with a major in publishing studies.
Universiti Malaya has built its reputation over the years and it was not hard for me to find information about the university when I first applied to further my studies.
I chose to study there without knowing much about the city. However, upon arrival, I could not find a reason not to like it.
Kuala Lumpur is amazing, with everything I could have hoped for — bustling, modern and cosmopolitan, but not without its share of greenery and picturesque views.
The size of the city is also perfect — big enough to get lost in, busy enough to make sure you are never bored, but small enough to feel comfortable.
As for my degree course, what I enjoyed most was how the theories taught in the lectures could be applied when we carried out projects and participated in internship programmes.
This means we could apply what we had learnt in "real" life and this definitely helped with the understanding of the subject.
In 2011, for instance, I was assigned to a Form Four English teacher in a local secondary school. During that time, I learnt how to conduct lessons using lesson plans and how to attract the students' attention during class.
I also learnt how to encourage and motivate the students.
Along the way, I have made some good friends, not just Malaysians but students of other nationalities as well. They are friendly and help me a lot.
Being an international student does have its ups and downs. There was the initial culture shock and I took some time adjusting to the different accents, but I have largely adapted now.
It is a different way of life compared to the one I would lead in my home country, China, and I would say it is much more fun with lots of opportunities offered; countless societies to join and new activities to try.
So far, I absolutely love my life in Malaysia.
Now, I work as an intern in The Star and on Friday, I, as a Chinese citizen, was proud to witness the launch of the latest CIMB-Asean ePaper collaboration with China Daily Asia Weekly just as Malaysia and China celebrated the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
I was fortunate to be invited to witness this historical moment and I feel the CIMB-Asean ePaper collaboration is a strong and reliable platform for readers to gather and exchange information on the Internet.
I strongly believe that the collaboration between The Star and China Daily Asia Weekly is a combination of giants and is poised to turn a brand new page in relations between the two countries.
During the launch, Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang was optimistic that this would happen and quoted a famous Chinese proverb, "Qian chuan hui hai kuo, Feng hao zheng yang fan", which symbolises seizing opportunities and joining hands to bring an even better future to the China-Malaysia relationship.
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I'm Sharlia "Lia" Lee, owner of Street Boutique Fashion Truck. I'm an energetic 26 year old, originally from Southern California. I'm normally the three C's: cool, calm, and collected, but over the last few years, managing my marriage, raising my 6 year old daughter, and trying to become a successful entrepreneur before I'm thirty years old has turned my life upside down with drama. Currently, I'm just trying to make sense of my life, and avoid as many mistakes as possible on the road to success.
My professional background is in marketing. At the age of 23, I was named Marketing Director and Administrative manager over a staff of 30. I have since managed two additional companies with employee counts between 12-22. I don't take no for an answer, and as my first boss who took a chance on me said, "Be a bull dog!" In my short professional career, I produced countless marketing collateral, branding packages, websites, social media pages and more. However, after a few years, I knew I wanted to run my own company, not someone else's.
The sky truly is the limit for me. All may seem perfect, but my greatest set back and tragedy occurred 45 days ago, when my father suddenly passed away. Having to deal with his death, sort out his estate, manage my family, continue to run my business, and complete my marketing projects has recently taking me to my breaking point. I'm still struggling to hold on to original passion for my business and life, however, as stated before setbacks make me work harder. This year may have started with a tragedy, but I am determined to come out a winner and to make my father extremely proud of the person I have become.
Street Boutique Fashion Truck offers a unique experience of a store on wheels. Our mobile boutique sells stylish women's clothing, accessories, and shoes. A little background: when I first met my husband, I told him my top 10 goals before I turned thirty, and I couldn't marry him unless he helped me reach them. It was a dream for me to create a successful, scalable business. When I discovered the mobile retail business model, it fit perfectly with my life plan. And yes, my husband has definitely been a tremendous support in helping me reach my goals.
After a few years in management, I knew I wanted to run my own company, not someone else's.
I love the variety my mobile boutique has. It is so fun to meet new, different, fun people each day. More importantly, my customers are so sweet! When I do my neighborhood pop-ups I have my regulars, and they bring me gifts, stories, lunch and more! I love the positive vibe of my business, and seeing my customers leave smiling and in good spirits. Even if they didn't purchase anything. I am most amazed at how much I have been able to accomplish, the fact that I built my store myself, and how everything just seemed to truly come together. I am so thankful for this time in my life, and I feel as if I have the power and potential to create anything! It's a great feeling! I have big plans for Street Boutique in the future, I plan to offer customized mobile retail business solutions. I have identified several niche products that serve my industry, and have global applications as well. This is certainly not the first business I've owned or ran, and it won't be the last! It is simply a step in the right direction for me.
I will use the loan to purchase my Spring/Summer inventory and my truck Air Conditioner.
Truck AC Unit- $775 (refurbished)
AC Unit Installation- $440
Honda EU2000i Generator to support AC Unit- $1298
Parallel Cables- $45
Spring/Summer Shoes and Accessory Purchase Orders- $840 (includes sandals, heels, flats, ankle boots)
Spring/Summer Apparel Purchase Orders- $1800
1 year - 3 years
I am Sharlia's Banker and I have been able to follow her and her mobile buotique business from the beginning stage to now. I met her on the beginning of her journey. I have had the great pleasure of reading her business plan, touring her mobile truck during the phases of conception, and attending many of her events. I am in contact with Sharlia in-person, via telephone, and/or social media almost daily.
Sharlia has a very positive attitude. She is motivated, driven, and very passionate about her mobile buotique. Sharlia is always open for suggestions and constructive criticism.
The best way for Sharlia to build her business is to build her inventory, marketing, and have capital to attend fashion events and purchase merchandise.
A loan of $5,000 helps me to purchase and install my truck's AC Unit, and to purchase spring and summer inventory.
- Repayment Term:
- 24 monthly payments
- Grace Period:
- Listed:
- Apr 1, 2014
- Disbursed:
- May 28, 2014
- Paying Back:
- May 29, 2014
About Street Boutique Fashion Truck
- Industry:
- Clothing / Jewelry / Accessories
- Years in Operation:
- 6 months - 1 year
- Website:
- shopstreetboutique.com
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There are two types of badges that are tiered like medals: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
- 'Repayment badges' are awarded for the on-time repayment of loans.
- 'Connectedness badges' are awarded for engagement with the Kiva Zip website.
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- Trustee Type:
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- Tier:
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- Location:
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- On Zip Since:
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Sharlia has a very positive attitude. She is motivated, driven, and very passionate about her mobile buotique. Sharlia is always open for suggestions and constructive criticism.
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We Have Not Won the WarReturn to The Insider: News & Views
July 18 2013
It is still happening: Americans are dying of AIDS.
Just two weeks ago, we at AIDS Research Alliance received a business-sized envelope, posted with an "Equality Forever" stamp, hand-addressed to our office. Inside was a birthday card that we had sent to one of our clinical trial volunteers - Kenneth Lee Zabel, and folded with it was a printout of his obituary:
"Kenneth Lee Zabel, 44, of Aurora, IL passed away peacefully at 7:02 pm on Wednesday, March 4th. After being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1995, Ken continued to live to the fullest until he could no longer continue to fight. Surrounded by family, Ken finally lost his battle with AIDS and went to be with our Lord in heaven."
Kenneth Zabel was only 44 years old when he died of AIDS.
AIDS Research Alliance has existed since 1989 with one purpose – to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Through the work done by our scientists, our partner organizations, and our volunteers – Kenneth Zabel among them – ARA has made great strides, contributing to the development of half of the antiretroviral treatments available today. But the war is not over. We need to find a vaccine, and we need to find a cure for HIV if we are to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS. We hope you will join us as we strive to bring the number of HIV-related deaths to zero in America and in the entire world.


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Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program
The Clinical Psychology doctoral program at URI is designed for students who are committed to a career involving both practice and research. You will have the flexibility to focus more on research over practice, or vice versa, as you develop your individual plan of study and choose program committee members, engage in clinical training opportunities, and select elective courses.
Clinical Psychology Program Statistics (Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data)
The Clinical Program is the largest doctoral program within URI's Psychology Department, and has been accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1972. The program has adopted the Scientist-Practitioner model, and provides you with generalist training in intervention, assessment, methodology, and the core areas of psychology.
We believe it is important to train innovators and leaders, as clinical psychology is a dynamic field with constantly changing content and ever evolving domains of expertise. It follows that we elect to train generalists rather than to adhere to rigid academic tracks based on content. We emphasize training in principles of:
- reliable and valid measurement of psychological construct
- categorization and prediction
- empirically-based intervention methods
As a student in this program you can select a focus area in:
- Health psychology
- Multicultural psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Child/family/developmental psychology
- Research methodology.
We value training in diversity and multicultural issues, especially since ethnic/minority groups constitute the fastest growing segments of the population in the United States. To meet future mental health needs, we will train you to deal with cultural values, gender, and other diversity factors that influence health and behavior.
The program will also provide you with the opportunity to learn community and population-based approaches, take advanced methodology courses, and focus on multicultural issues through designated courses and infusion. Though our emphasis is on training in cognitive-behavioral approaches, you will be exposed to a variety of psychotherapy orientations (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, family systems, motivational interviewing, interpersonal-process, & multicultural) and treatment modalities (e.g., family, couples, group, individual adult, & child therapy). You also have the opportunity to explore other treatment approaches and specified populations in a variety of affiliated externship settings in hospitals and community mental health settings throughout Rhode Island.
The URI clinical psychology program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1972. As noted in the APA Accreditation Handbook, the aim of accreditation is to promote program excellence and to provide professional and objective evaluation of programs as a service to the public, prospective students, and the profession.
To maintain accreditation, the clinical psychology program submits an annual report summarizing the year's activities with respect to accreditation criteria. Every five to seven years the program undertakes a more detailed self-study followed by a site visit from an accreditation team. The clinical program was fully re-accredited by APA in 2011. The next accreditation self-study and site visit process will take place in 2017-2018. As a student, you would have the opportunity to contribute information to the self-study process and are requested to be available to site visitors for discussion and feedback. The program's annual reports, the accreditation report, and related materials are available for inspection to matriculated students from the Director of Clinical Training.
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The War Within Us was good. I take it, from skimming the review, that this was not as good.
Digging: Seaside - Undone
Album Rating: 3.0basically yeah, but I won't be surprised if some people start praising the album.
Album Rating: 3.0serious andcas? that's pretty cool, I've always wanted to try and get in a band sometime.
Album Rating: 4.5This album is soo goodd
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffThis is really good.
This World Is Not My Home was good but I haven't bothered with these guys since.
Album Rating: 3.0bumping this review just in case some people wanted to discover this.
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Top Chef: Details on Padma Lakshmi's Custody Battle
January 31, 2011 08:00 AM by Shayla Perry
More details have been released about Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi's public custody battle with venture capitalist, Adam Dell, over their 11-month-old daughter, Krishna Thea. Keep reading for the inside scoop on why Dell is suing the Bravo reality star for full custody.
Padma Lakshmi began dating Adam Dell (the brother of Michael Dell, who owns Dell, Inc.– as in the computers) in November of 2007, and the two were "sexually intimate" through the summer of 2009, when, according to court documents, Lakshmi "withdrew emotionally," and "began to attack [Adam Dell] verbally with gratuitous insults."
"Among other things, she told him she found him to be an 'unambitious' man with an 'uninteresting' career and equally 'unmemorable' friends," the suit alleges.
Dell says that later, Lakshmi explained that her moodiness was due to the fact that she was pregnant, and that she was hoping he wasn't the father of the child. Lakshmi also told Dell that she was "sexually involved with [financier] Ted Forstmann as well as with petitioner during the time she got pregnant," and "made clear to petitioner her hope that Forstmann was the child's biological father."
On February 22, 2010, Krishna Thea was born, and three days later, Padma Lakshmi had her lawyers contact Dell's attorney to tell him that she wanted "no contact with [him] whatsoever."
According to court papers filed by venture capitalist Adam Dell and his attorney, Padma Lakshmi repeatedly taunted and insulted him, telling him that she hoped he wasn't the father of her daughter, 11-month-old Krishna Thea. Dell also charges that he was banned from the hospital when the baby was born, even after a paternity test proved that he was, in fact, her father. Though Dell admits that Lakshmi did allow him to see the baby the day after she was born, he was not permitted to take pictures of her.
Dell later found out that his name was left off the baby's birth certificate altogether, and that the Top Chef host had "unilaterally declared 'Lakshmi' to be Krishna's family name, made no reference at all to 'Dell,'" and " referenced Forstmann ceremonially via the middle name 'Thea,' the feminine form of Forstmann's first name, Theodore."
Adam Dell says that Lakshmi practically forced him to sign a restrictive temporary visitation agreement, allowing him only a few hours a week with Krishna, and claims that Padma has her refer to Forstmann as "Papa."
It's no secret that Ted Forstmann and Adam Dell don't exactly get along, and it's been alleged that Forstmann had hoped that Dell would "f–cking disappear," but it doesn't look as though he'll be going anywhere anytime soon.
Not only is Dell suing for full custody of 11-month-old Krishna Thea, but he's also attempting to have the tot's name changed, and to have his name added to her birth certificate.
Dell insists that he is able to give Krishna a more stable home than Padma Lakshmi, who often takes the child with her when traveling for work, and says that he was forced to go the Bahamas to visit his daughter earlier this month.
A source close to the Top Chef host said that Lakshmi was surprised that Dell made no effort to keep the custody dispute private, and that his actions were "irresponsible."
"It appears that Mr. Dell remains more interested in garnering media attention than working out details to see Krishna or in her welfare," said Padma Lakshmi's rep.
But according to Adam Dell's lawyer, Bill Zabel (who took the time to speak to Page Six), his client just "wants to have an active and substantial role in the upbringing of his daughter with Padma Lakshmi. Unfortunately, Ms. Lakshmi has severely limited his time with their daughter and has refused to negotiate a reasonable co-parenting agreement. Mr. Dell has tried his best to avoid going to court, but Ms. Lakshmi has given him no other choice at this time."
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It's not often you watch a tornado form on live video, from cloud to ground in the region where you live. In fact, for most of us, it could be a once-in-a-lifetime event. That's exactly what we witnessed Sunday, as the WITN Washington webcam captured the actual birth of a tornado. We had that video live on the air as part of our continuing severe weather coverage. When all was said and done, two tornadoes touched down in
There's no arguing... that tornado video is compelling. One person I talked to said the hair stood up on her husband's arms as he watched the live coverage. I just took a call, some 20 hours after the event, from a viewer thanking us for our storm updates, telling us we did a good job. E-mails expressed thanks as well. But there's another side.
Some of you were downright angry WITN interrupted the Red Wings-Predators hockey game for severe weather coverage. You called, and you sent e-mails, choosing words like "overkill," "excessive" and "inappropriate." I understand how you feel, and I appreciate your passion for the sport. We take our responsibility to serve you very seriously. We work very carefully to balance regular programming and storm cut-ins. As you saw Sunday, when there is a serious threat, we are on the air.
Some of you suggested our coverage would have been shorter or eliminated if other teams and other sports had been on our air at the time of the storms. I love hockey. I have a fondness for the Penquins, having grown up watching them on TV and in person in
At one point, we couldn't have gone back to the hockey game even if we had wanted to… the same storms spawning the twisters were blocking out satellite signals. Network programming on primary and backup receivers disappeared. It took 15 minutes to get the signal back and even then it was spotty for a while.
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Simple Instructions for a Simple Man
I have come to the realization that I'm not what I have thought I was. I no longer think about grand thoughts of glory or have amazing insights into life and eternity. I am just a very simple guy who is trying to follow God and walk with Him for my remaining days. I honestly find that most people are just like me, just people trying to find their way.
This morning, as I read Micah 6, I once more come to these simple instructions,
"He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
In my simple language, I would instruct someone else with these directions, do what's right, be nice and respond rightly to God. It's not all that hard. Life comes down to some very simple instructions. That helps a guy like me.
Jesus repeated these instructions and framed it in an even clearer way. He said, "Love God and love each other." That's Micah 6 in its simplest form. Basically scripture tells us to focus on eternal things – God and people. Those are the things, the relationships that will be eternal. Everything else will waste away like rust, rot or be thrown away.
So today, I hope to focus on the eternal things – God and people. I hope to respond to them as Micah describes, do what's right, be nice and walk humbly with God. I'm so glad this is simple. It helps to know how easy this really is.
The secret is this – it's not about me, it's about God first and others second. It's a life focused outward, focused not on the frantic scramble for security and for stuff, but on others and God.
Simple instructions…..for a simple man, do what's right, be nice and walk humbly with God.
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Sports Illustrated
Us's Terry McDonell hires on as managing editor
By Carl Bialik
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, was long the mantra of Sports Illustrated. The question until a few weeks ago was, Is SI broken?
The question today is, Never mind whether SI is broken, how will it be fixed?
With longtime editor Bill Colson out, the powers at Time Inc. are expected to announced that Terry McDonell, editor in chief of Wenner Media's Us Weekly, will become the sports weekly's new managing editor.
McDonell, a longtime Mr. Fix-It for Jann Wenner, will come in with the mandate of sprucing up the magazine under the direction of John Huey, Time Inc.'s editorial director since last July.
Readers can expect the makeover to be substantial, given the dramatic makeover Huey himself performed on Fortune before rising to editorial director.
Along the hallways of Time Inc., Huey is well-regarded as an innovative editor whose southern ways barely disguise his impatience with those who resist his direction.
According to SI insiders, it was Huey's incessant meddling that drove Colson to resign abruptly a few weeks ago.
For years, SI had operated as a very separate fiefdom in the Time Inc. chain of being, where its success as the nation's dominant sports publication insulated it from both control and criticism.
Colson was every inch the old-style SI editor, having risen through the ranks over some 24 years on the magazine. Colson will leave after the winter Olympics.
Just what needs to be fixed at SI is open to question.
But it would seem a sure bet that the magazine that emerges from the McDonell-Huey makeover will be younger and hipper in look and feel and more in line with other Time Inc. titles, such as People and Time itself.
It will also likely be sassier, with shorter articles.
Arguing against change certainly is SI's rather substantial position in the market, with its three-million-plus subscribers, healthy profits and continued dominance of the sports-magazine niche, as well as the three National Magazine Awards won during Colson's six-year tenure.
However, a number of Time Inc. executives are worried about the magazine's aging subscribers.
ESPN The Magazine, launched less than four years ago, has seen its circulation shoot up to 1.5 million by adopting a hipper tone than Sports Illustrated. ESPN crossed into profitability in its third year, and continues to make money (Walt Disney Co., ESPN's parent company, does not release profit numbers).
And SI, while still profitable, may be less so.
SI's profits were in line with People's in the late '80s, but now People makes three times as much, according to one recently published report.
John Skipper, general manager of ESPN The Magazine, damns SI with his praise. "I grew up with the magazine; it used to be my favorite magazine," Skipper says. "They have terrific writers, great stories. It's great for a 46-year-old like me.
"Most 26-year-olds find ESPN the Magazine to be more provocative, more in line with their expectations."
There's the rub for SI; its average reader's age is 37, while ESPN's is 31. Skipper says the average age of SI's readers has increased each year over the last decade.
The magazines' differences help explain the age disparity. Where SI will run an eight-page story in a sophisticated narrative style, ESPN will run two pages of text surrounded by space-age design elements and charts. SI publishes weekly and carries in-depth analysis of games and teams, while ESPN publishes every other week and profiles athletes as celebrities.
Skipper also thinks that SI, with its investigative features and occasionally moralistic tone, sometimes comes off as anti-sports. "ESPN The Magazine reads like it's written by a bunch of guys who love sports," Skipper says. "Much of Sports Illustrated reads like a bunch of guys who think athletes make too much money, the game isn't as pure as it was, there's too much sports on TV, and so on."
This dichotomy should not be overstated, however. ESPN occasionally runs features, and many former SI writers now write for the cable-network's magazine.
SI, meanwhile, has shown a willingness to change in recent years, including adding a sports-TV section called The View, and, most prominently, revamping its front-of-the-book Scorecard section. The redesign, spearheaded by editor Albert Kim, formerly of Time Inc.'s Entertainment Weekly, added sass to the section's tone.
One addition to Scorecard was a weekly sports-gossip column called "The Beat," a true sports-entertainment crossover.
In fact, the changes even under Colson's watch were enough to alienate long-time writer Leigh Montville, who left the magazine last year. "[Time Inc. executives] keep trying to make the magazine younger, zippier, more like People," Montville says. "I'm sure Colson's departure is only going to exacerbate that."
Current and former SI editorial staffers mostly revile The Beat and some of the other changes, but they also point to Scorecard's redesign as proof that SI can adjust nimbly without an overhaul by an outsider to the magazine.
"I think it's a really good magazine; I think the writing is crisp and the editors are smart people," a source at SI says. "The worst thing you could do is come in, and in the name of cool, turn it into something that it's not."
An SI staffer says, "I have no problem with tweaking things, but I don't think an overhaul is necessary."
But an overhaul is just what, according to some, Time Inc. editorial director John Huey intends to do; Huey could not be reached for comment for this article. Huey had turned around Fortune and Money with major changes before being named to his new position last July. As editorial director, he has set his sights on SI.
Colson officially left the magazine where he had worked for 24 years to spend more weekend time with his wife and kids. But unofficially it is clear that his decision was partly prompted by Huey's increasingly prominent role within the magazine.
Colson chafed under budget cuts and, more seriously, kills of stories by Huey. "Huey, in an email to Colson late on Sunday night, killed a Steve Rushin column," the SI staffer says. "The message was, there's nothing you can do. I'm killing it. He came in very heavy-handedly, saying [Time Inc. editor-in-chief] Norman Pearlstine is with me on this." (Pearlstine has said it was he who killed the story.)
Huey also annoyed some at the magazine by convening focus groups of subscribers and nonsubscribers. From the results of the focus groups, Huey concluded SI needed a new, livelier direction, according to one report.
"I don't have a problem with focus groups, I just have a problem with putting everything into paying attention to those," an SI staffer says. "They've gone to the extreme of paying more attention to what one 17-year-old kid says, as opposed to people who have been in the business for years."
Late last year, Huey dined with four West Coast writers. According to an SI staffer with knowledge of the conversation, "Huey came in and was ripping Colson, and was encouraging [the writers] to do the same, to give him ammunition."
The writing was on the wall soon after, according to the SI staffer. "Apparently there was a meeting last month among top people in the magazine in which Huey did all the talking, and Colson did not say a word," the staffer says. "And at that point people were like, he's gone.
"Still, I was kind of surprised that it would all transpire so quickly."
Indeed, while there were clearly problems between Colson and Huey, it seems no one expected Colson to leave when he did. Probably no one expected the departure less than the company's executives, who had no successor to announce at the time of Colson's announcement on Jan. 14 and who still would not confirm McDonell's appointment on Monday.
That begs the question of just what is in store for the magazine. Is Huey really looking to revamp the venerable SI and turn it into an ESPN clone, or is he looking to make other changes? One guess is that Huey is concerned that SI has been focusing too much on the major sports in recent years and that he intends to broaden its focus.
The appointment of McDonell, if true, suggests big changes are in store. He has one foot planted firmly in the sports world, another in the entertainment world; while McDonell has edited at Outside and Sports Afield, he has also worked at Esquire and Rolling Stone.
To the extent that the relaunch of Us Weekly, undertaken two years ago, has been a success, it is largely due to McDonell's pragmatism in trying out a variety of editorial angles and discarding the ones that don't work.
Such a fluid approach may be just the thing for a semi-ossified magazine like SI.
Still, the thought of an outsider being tapped for the job has had old-school SI-ers like Montville worried. "I'm thinking some guy 35 years or younger will come in and give it more of a hip-hop feel, jump it to a different demographic," he says.
Skipper thinks choosing a non-sports guy would be a mistake. "You openly have to love sports" to edit SI, he says.
Jay Lovinger, an ESPN.com consultant and a former editor at SI, also thinks an outsider like McDonell would face a formidable challenge.
"It's an extremely difficult magazine to run," he says. "There is a long, embedded culture. For somebody to come in from outside and not only run the thing but try to make changes, that's a pretty forbidding situation."
Still, Lovinger cautiously recommended a course for the new editor.
"To me the way to go would be both to modernize it by being more hip, and also going back to what made it such a wonderful magazine before: longer, well-written pieces," Lovinger says.
"It's a matter of balance, not a matter of completely revamping the thing."
"I think everybody's apprehensive to see where they're going," the SI staffer says. "There's a chance whoever they bring in could bring some good ideas, be great to work with, and create a really positive experience. I'm holding out that hope."
February 5, 2002 � 2002 Media Life
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The Republican presidential candidate can expose the radical position of his pro-abortion opponent-and begin to move public opinion in the right direction-if he would give a speech along the following lines » by Hadley Arkes I'm saddened to learn of the decision announced by the Supreme Court on the law in Nebraska dealing with partial-birth abortions. The American people, in about 30 states, made use of the democratic process to protect children at the point of birth from one of the most grisly, inhumane procedures, and the court has essentially blocked all of these efforts-at least for the moment. Even people who are pro-choice think that a right to abortion must find a limit, and if that limit is not found at infanticide, in the killing of a child at the point of birth, then where would it be found? And yet, the court has suggested then that-in order to accept a policy of abortion-on-demand, with no restrictions or limitations-it becomes necessary for us to turn our eyes away from the destruction of children at the point of birth. That is the most radical of policies, dressed up in the trappings of law. It is my hope that the Supreme Court will revisit this question before too long, perhaps with the passage of the federal bill on partial-birth abortion. I hope that a new court, with one or two new people and a different perspective, will take a sober second look at this matter and come to a different judgment. But in the meantime, there is something we can do. Rep. Charles Canady has introduced a bill to Congress called The Born Alive Infants Protection Act, that seeks to engage the issue of abortion with the most modest of first steps. It begins at a point that should be able to bring together all people of moderation in the country, Democrats and Republicans, pro-choicers and pro-lifers: The bill would simply seek to protect the life of the child who "survives" an abortion. Apparently, there have been cases in which a child survives, but where judges and doctors have argued that this child, marked for abortion, is not protected by the laws that protect other newborns. We may be divided on many things in this country, but this should not be one of them. The situation calls out for us to say that this child has a claim to the protection of the law, and that her claim cannot hinge on whether he or she is wanted or unwanted. If there is no moment at which that can be said, for any of us, the rights of all of us would be imperilled-for none of us would ever have rights that do not depend on the interests or convenience of anyone else. This matter of abortion has been ruled so long by the courts that the rest of us have fallen out of the practice of talking about it, and indeed we are often quite uncomfortable in talking about it. And yet, the issue involves one of the most elementary questions that runs to the core of any government and any community: May we not deliberate together as a community in deciding just who is protected or left unprotected by our laws on homicide? That question has troubled our politics for over 25 years, and yet the American people are not as divided on this question as many people suggest. But that consensus needs to be brought out, and so I would suggest that we start a conversation at the simplest level: No one doubts that we are talking about babies, about small human beings, not fetuses. I would suggest that we begin the conversation by coming to an agreement, between the two political parties, to protect the child who survives the abortion. If that is not the ground on which we would protect this life, I would be open to hearing an alternative account. But for that, we need a conversation, and so I would invite our friends in the other party to join the conversation.
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In Murphysboro, Ill., Southern Illinois University students, historians and environmentalists are using ground-penetrating radar to find forgotten graves at the Bostick Cemetery. This is all that remains of a large black settlement -- many of whom were slaves and Civil War veterans -- that formed shortly after the Civil War. -- USA Today
Hawaii created a second cyber-crimes task force in June in response to rising fraud and identity theft on Oahu. The task force will likely include members from federal, state and local law enforcement, as well as state department and diplomatic security agencies. Hawaii was second to Washington, D.C., in per-capita computer fraud complaints last year. The force will handle complaints and collect data on cyber-crimes. -- The Honolulu Advertiser
A Minnesota fisherman caught a lake trout and discovered a finger-sized computer in its belly. He returned the miniature computer to the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. Scientists recovered 19 months of data from the computer, which recorded water depth and temperature every 15 seconds since the commission implanted it in 2001. It will tell researchers what kind of habitat lake trout favor. -- Duluth News Tribune
For the first time, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality planned to use DNA tests during the summer to help determine the cause of high bacteria levels in Johnson Lake. Tests showed too much bacteria last year. -- KLIQ News
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Ore., received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring high-speed Internet access to the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The nearly $700,000 grant also will help pay for a community center with computer stations.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association are investigating options for a computerized animal ID to help ensure the integrity of the state's animal industry. Options include implanting microchips and taking retinal scans. Along with identifying animals, the devices can help track the animal and how it is fed. The voluntary program could be in place within nine to 15 months.
The Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., is considering using bar codes and radio-frequency wristbands to track patients through the emergency room system. The average emergency room visit at the center lasts 8 hours. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gave the hospital $275,000 to study how to expedite the process. -- The Commercial Appeal/Gomemphis.com
Two all-terrain wheelchairs, equipped with polyurethane balloon tires, now allow disabled visitors better access to the oceanfront at Virginia Beach, Va., for free. City officials began a pilot program allowing disabled visitors to borrow the chairs for up to half a day, or longer if no one else is waiting to use them. -- USA Today
Students at Bluefield State College in West Virginia won an international robotics competition and a $70,000 development grant from the U.S. Air Force. Bluefield's robot, Vasilius, uses stereoscopic vision, differential GPS and various sensors to decide where to track moving objects and navigate courses while avoiding objects in its path. The military is developing robots to defend against chemical and biological weapons.


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RE: Question about QOS taken from IE LAB 7 posted 06/01/2004
Scott, I'm not sure I understand all the details of the task you are trying to solve. However, you must make sure you understand the difference between _queuing_ delay and _serialization_ delay... Queuing delay is the delay experienced sitting in the output queue when the Tx ring is full. Serialization delay, however, is the time from the moment the first bit is placed on the line until the final bit is placed on the line of any given packet. Propegation delay is the time it takes an electronic pulse (and thus a bit) to traverse the medium (which is almost the speed of light which is negligible). Serialization delay is a direct result of the size of the packet and the speed of the link, where serialization_delay_in_seconds = packet_size_in_bits / speed_in_bits_per_second. Ideally you want to keep serialization delay at 10ms, so you set your Bc to be 1/100th of your CIR (or access rate if you are not shaping/policing). So in your case, the CIR is 768000, so your Bc should be 768000/10 = 7680. Of course, you don't want a single packet to take up more than a single Bc, so you fragment all packets down to this size. If there is any more to your question that I can help you with, please feel free to ask! Thanks! Ken -----Original Message----- From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Scott, Tyson C Sent: Tue 6/1/2004 6:54 PM To: ccielab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: Question about QOS taken from IE LAB 7 Group, Quick question that is plaguing me on this scenario I have done and I am not sure I understand how Serialization occurs on an interface when it is done on a per VC basis. Serialization is stating the amount of time it takes the interface to queue the packet and send it out I believe. So with multiple classes applied on the interface is each queue serviced independently or are they all the same. For example you are asked to minimize the serialization of VOIP traffic going from Router4 to Router5 and your CIR is 768000. To minimize this I would set my Bc = 7680 and fragment any packets going out that are greater than 960 bytes since 7680 bits = 960 bytes. There is a second VC that goes from Router3 to ROUTER5 but with the second VC they don't specify that the Bc should be set to a minimum. In the solutions guide for this question it shows the Bc being set to 48384 but wouldn't it also need to be set to 7680 and fragment anything above 960 to meet the requirements of TASK 1 or is each queue serviced independently and I am not understand the term serialization delay? Please help this is bugging me that I can't answer this question to myself? _______________________________________________________________________ Please help support GroupStudy by purchasing your study materials from: http://shop.groupstudy.com Subscription information may be found at: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html


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Grover Cleveland
by Henry F. Graff
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Being an overview of the life and incumbency of our 22d and 24th president. Reflecting its subject, this book is a solid work of narrative, with little if any consideration of big ideas or deeper meanings. Cleveland has (unfortunately, in my view) fallen considerably in historical regard from his "near great" position in the earliest presidential greatness surveys during the World War II era. Graff does very little to budge Cleveland from your survey class which probably filed him away as an honest, competent plodder. The author generally writes clearly, save for occasional indulgences in a rather involuted syntax which can require some rereading to make the sentences make sense, if they ever do. The author's great strength is his colorful rendition of the era's politics The book is a quick, pleasant read which reviews competently but does little to expand one's understanding of its subject.
The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms. His presidency seems to a be from an age where noninvolvement from politicians was a virtue and not and slur. Short read.
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A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives. In this book, presidential historian Henry F. Graff revives Cleveland's fame, explaining how he fought to restore stature to the office in the wake of several weak administrations. Within these pages are the elements of a rags-to-riches story as well as an account of the political world that created American leaders before the advent of modern media.
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in all the real estate projects pending clearance is above Rs 1,25,000 crore. This is also affecting direct and indirect employment of about one lakh people. The state is anyway suffering slow growth and this is further affecting the industry, said Lalit Kumar Jain, president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India.
Jain said the setting up of panels is not the only problem. Even otherwise, there are projects pending for as long as two years. Once the committees are formed, they should sit on a daily basis and clear the backlog. Many times, they send the cases back for compliance. Instead, those measures should be listed as conditions and an approval should be given, he said.
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|Release Date: March 15, 1996
|Running Time: 94 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $3,956,785.00
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Summary:Jack Cooper never imagined a friend like Ed. Up from the farm with a shot as a pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Jack finds his curveball and his career in deep trouble when more than the cows in his barnyard watch him wind up. In a word, he chokes. Cooper's dubious luck brings him an amazing roommate: the new third baseman named Ed--who happens to be a full grown chimpanzee. In ways he could never expect, Cooper's life and career turn completely around when Ed helps him to open his eyes and his heart to the game and the ones he loves.