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A SOUTH Lakeland basketball team is looking for more players as it looks to raise its profile in the area.
Three years ago only a few people took part in regular basketball from the South Lakes area, and they had to travel to Barrow to play the sport they love for other teams.
But since then the Kendal Warriors basketball side have gone from strength to strength, and entered a side into the Northern Premier League for the first time this year.
Now the club want to take their development to the next step by setting up a second team, a ladies team and a junior side.
Gareth France, a former England Cadet player, has formed part of the fulcrum which has turned the Warriors into a side battling for honours in the Northern Premier League.
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The Warriors' next match is against Lockerbie at Queen Katherine School on Sunday, January 6.
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KENDAL travelled to Carlisle on Sunday afternoon with the hope of trying to reverse an unwanted losing streak and get their season back on track.
But this would not be an easy task against a much-fancied Carlisle team who had been last season's cup finalists.
Things looked to be going Carlisle's way early in the game as they took off to a 10-4 lead, taking advantage of Kendal's fragile confidence and indecisive play.
But the Warriors were not going to lose this game without a fight and began to step up the tempo and aggression of their play with Kevin Mason in particular scoring freely early in the second quarter as he dominated inside the zone.
His lead was quickly followed by Gareth France, who hit a long range three pointer followed by some good drives to the basket.
Kendal were now in the mood and through a strong defence led by the tireless Keith McInnes, Kendal had a 32-22 advantage at the break.
Kendal sensed blood and pushed on again in the third quarter, hitting Carlisle on the fast break through the fleet feet of Phil Mason, while Kevin Mason still caused problems inside the paint allowing France to continue to find his range from behind the three-point line.
The third and fourth quarters were a defensive triumph for Kendal as the continued pressure of Kon Arfanis, Phil Mason and Matt Basedow led to multiple turnovers or forced shots, which Kevin Mason and Keith McInnes managed to rebound fantastically well and set up numerous fast breaks which Basedow was converting with greater frequency.
At the end of the game an expectant but stunned home crowd were left to reflect on a great performance from the away team which had resulted in an 87-42 win for the Kendal Warriors going into the Christmas break.
Scorers: G France 30, K Mason 18, P Mason 18, M Basedow 15, K McInnes 4, K Arfanis 2.


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THE plug is being pulled on a popular community music festival on Portland after seven years.
Organisers of the Big Grove Summer Festival say the time is right to call it a day – for now.
It is hoped the event may be relaunched in future.
The festival, which developed from a summer fete at the former Grove Infant School, has helped to raise around £10,000 for local good causes.
A statement from the organisers said: "The event team have come to a collective decision to call it a day at Grove Fest HQ for the time being.
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Occupy Oakland at a Crossroads
A section of the movement that calls property destruction violence, and doesn't raise an eyebrow when "peaceful protesters" like themselves are viciously beaten and left in agony in a jail cell without medical attention for hours, is not in a position of moral authority to be dictating terms or holding people accountable. Or maybe they have the excuse that the corporate media feeding them this 100-year-old "violent anarchist" trope was not aware that the second veteran in a week from Occupy Oakland was undergoing major surgery after being viciously assaulted by police that same day. Whether they did or didn't know about the police beating of Kayvan Sabehgi, something tells me it would not sway them in their attempts to redefine and exaggerate the actions of their fellow protesters and to rationalize or excuse the actions of the police.
November 07, 2011
What's Next?
Occupy Oakland at a Crossroads
by MIKE KING
The historic and diverse protests that took place all day and into the night in Oakland on November 2nd marked a clear advancement of the Occupy movement. Though it was not a full general strike, it took advantage of overlapping political opportunities to broaden and deepen a struggle that is evolving and expanding by the day. The movement is organically evolving in stages that are taking place so quickly that it is difficult to fully capture. One thing is clear: Oakland was a different place on Thursday morning than it was when people got ready to hit the streets on Wednesday.
Cynical or duplicitous evaluations tend to complain that the movement has no demands, or that it has too many demands, or that the demands are unreasonable. It is not so much a matter of demands on the existing social relations and institutions; it is about abolishing some structures, transforming others, and creating new ones. The fact that 20,000 people responded to an organic call to shut down the city that was unapologetically and unambiguously anti-capitalist is an honest indication of the overall politics of the movement. Today's question is: "What's next?" As Wednesday's multiple and diverse actions demonstrated clearly, there is no lack of good responses or collective energy. Because of the context, good ideas are becoming practical solutions. Occupy Oakland is not done. Looking at the solidarity actions in various US cities and around the world, the broader movement is not done either.
The crisis is more powerful than the forces trying to manage it
Wednesday's actions, highlighted by the complete shut-down of one of the biggest ports on the West Coast, pushed the local movement from public occupation to mass movement. It also broadened what "occupation" means in Oakland and foreshadowed a likely future of more occupations of empty properties. The 9pm occupation of an abandoned center for the homeless was both symbolic and strategically minded, although the resulting skirmishes that resulted have been hotly, if not always strategically or contextually, debated. The whole day of action was a pivotal moment in the Occupy movement, one that expanded the limits of what is politically feasible and inspired hope in others to push harder wherever they are. Pivotal moments are generally a coming together of revolt and solidarity from below and contradictions and crisis above. Oakland has found itself blessed with both in the same moment, with the former helping to exacerbate the latter.
Former Oakland Police Chief Batts stepped down in recent weeks due to a stated lack of autonomy and resources in a city where police murders of unarmed men of color are common, officers are unaccountable, and the OPD controls 2/3rds of the city budget. The OPD wanted to have a free hand to destroy the occupation, which they would not get until after Batts resigned, which helped create an immediate stir for a mayoral recall campaign. The picture is more complicated, as Homeland Security, other federal forces, 17 agencies of state police and local police forces coordinate in the Bay Area as an ongoing reality, geared to quickly respond to mass protests, as they did in the movement that grew out of the police killing of Oscar Grant. The exact political reasoning and bureaucratic dynamics of the overall lack of aggression during the day Wednesday by police has yet to be fully examined. The basic reality is that a gap between the Mayor and police forces, whatever its nature and however big it is (or was), created a political opening. The lack of a sitting police chief, public backlash to the eviction of the occupation on the morning of October 25th, the (possibly deliberate) shooting of Marine veteran Scott Olsen that night, the re-occupation of Oscar Grant Plaza and overwhelming public participation the next night calling for a general strike, and the international visibility of the day of action all played a role in widening the political opening. We forced the door open and have walked through it. Now what?
The new face beneath the mask: wolves in sheep's clothing
While the State could not manage its opposition or it's own internal contradictions, the movement proved itself capable of gaining a much stronger footing by overcoming enough of its own contradictions on Wednesday. We should not grow too comfortable that either of these two realities will remain true as we move forward and the stakes increase for both sides. Whatever our temporary victories have been, numerous and complex tensions are arising, starting with debate over a police attack of the building occupation Wednesday night. A messy public debate has arisen within and outside the movement over militant tactics. The exacerbation of this tension could likely result in the imploding of this movement, a situation that would be greeted as a blessing by both the Mayor and police locally, as well as the federal government, banks, and the 1%.
Publicly invisible as well as more overt counter-insurgency from multiple sources is underway that may destroy a popular movement through various forms of disruption, division and misinformation. What may or may not be liberal "protest police" have tried to make citizen's arrests, and groups of young people with bandanas over their own faces went through the anti-capitalist march on Wednesday and took pictures of people's faces and initiated actual violence against anarchists attempting to destroy property. Others are calling for a ban on any type of mask.
A media disinformation campaign was intensified on Thursday and has attempted to supplant our victory by playing up internal tensions and manufacturing a crisis of "violence" – with various forces stoking fires and anticipating our demise. Wednesday a veteran who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan was viciously beaten by a group of cops, whom the Guardian reports that he did not provoke. Although he was injured to such an extent that he needed surgery on his spleen, all anyone wants to talk about is anarchists reacting to police violence. A section of the movement that calls property destruction violence, and doesn't raise an eyebrow when "peaceful protesters" like themselves are viciously beaten and left in agony in a jail cell without medical attention for hours, is not in a position of moral authority to be dictating terms or holding people accountable. Or maybe they have the excuse that the corporate media feeding them this 100-year-old "violent anarchist" trope was not aware that the second veteran in a week from Occupy Oakland was undergoing major surgery after being viciously assaulted by police that same day. Whether they did or didn't know about the police beating of Kayvan Sabehgi, something tells me it would not sway them in their attempts to redefine and exaggerate the actions of their fellow protesters and to rationalize or excuse the actions of the police.
The Occupy movement is the biggest social movement in the US in at least several years that is democratically initiated, self-led, and making clear, radical demands that connect with people outside the tradition Left. As Wednesday's crowd clearly showed, this movement had a tremendous victory, but that victory is deliberately getting lost in public discussion. We have quickly found ourselves in rough waters, rehashing old debates that have frustrated every social movement in modern US history, but with uncommon dynamics. Historically, radicals usually try to transform reformist movements into transformative ones. What we are seeing looks like the inverse.
Any type of tactic or strategy needs to be understood in its social and political context. Evaluations of the usefulness of tactics should be partly based on how our opponents respond, and the costs and benefits of likely outcomes. This applies to both anarchists and those condemning them. If people want to engage in a better way to occupy buildings – property occupations were something that was called for in a democratic vote at the General Assembly – or do something completely different, they can do that. People will eventually gravitate to what works. Instead of engaging in strategic action of any nature or going through the democratic channels that have been created at Occupy Oakland – many are deliberately trying to bait radicals and divide the movement. I have heard nothing in their argument that proposes effective alternatives or strategies, or even has an honest discussion of violence in our society. Movement tactics can and should be debated, but police tactics within the movement are not debatable no matter where they come from or what their intent. The lessons of COINTELPRO show us we shouldn't loosely throw around accusations of "provocateur" because we do not like people, or uncritically accept media accounts of our movement; but we also should not create a culture that lets these tendencies grow, nor should we seek false safety by turning inward. No one said that this would be easy.
The media and some currents of the movement are preoccupied with an effort to bait the radicals at the center of creating this whole movement as "violent" for destroying property and defending themselves against the police. The morning Occupy Oakland was evicted a snake march with more than a few anarchists wove through the city for hours and destroyed nothing, despite plenty of justified anger and police provocation. Later that night, when Scott Olsen was shot in the head from close range with a "less than lethal" weapon that almost killed him, and police ruthlessly attacked a crowd with a variety of similar weapons for hours, nothing was destroyed and the worst the cops got was some water and paint thrown at them. People have shown up trying to make citizen's arrests, trying to start chants that cops are the 99% (that get quickly shouted down by a large majority) or posing for pictures with uniformed police. These same segments don't understand the function of the police.
In a purely objective sense, the police are there to maintain the exiting order. This means evicting protesters and shooting, arresting or beating peaceful protesters that do not disperse as they have done numerous times in Oakland. A successful movement can debate tactics and how they fit into contexts or strategies, but a successful movement does not debate basic social facts or delude oneself about the nature of those who are paid and trained to stop us from creating a just society. These tendencies normalize the role of the police in suppressing dissent, have no solidarity with the movement when it is attacked, and purposely or inadvertently extend police attempts to manage, divide or destroy the movement without offering alternative strategies. A debate over a diversity of tactics necessitates that we share the same objectives – transforming social relations. The fact that these shared goals of radical change are likely not universal makes this a red herring.
The variety of forces that are at play here either want to drive the anarchists and radicals out of the front of the movement and let something more palatable replace them or to sow such a division in the movement that the potential course of that (ostensibly) intra-movement conflict scares people who are not radical or militant away. Those are the two traps that lie in front of us. If we close our eyes and move forward we will find ourselves in one of them. If we are smart we can walk around them with an ever-increasing number of people.
Evolving praxis
Shortly before I moved to the west coast almost 10 years ago I was having a conversation with a Bay Area radical who had lived here for a while. I was young and excited to be moving somewhere with such a great and diverse radical history and a persistent hub of radicalism. He basically told me the radical scene was good but it was less than the sum of its parts. I soon came to agree. There are a lot of incredible people, a vibrant radical culture, and great political projects from almost every facet of the radical Left that is truly unique and often amazing. However, there are longstanding and prevalent norms of insularity, ultra-sectarianism, non-strategic activism (in a pejorative sense), and a lack of organization or political work that reaches beyond the pre-established Left, in a more heightened way than most places. In short, a bubble. This analysis is usually dismissed as sectarian itself.
Despite the fact that I will also be denounced as a charlatan for saying this out loud – I think the bubble is bursting. A broad swath of the radical milieu have built a radical, democratic and non-sectarian project that everyone is watching, working together with the same objective, seeing commonality instead of difference, and making a push to transform the world rather than simply "transforming ourselves" or the Left. Furthermore we have created a space that is both non-sectarian and where radical democracy intrinsically marginalizes the folks who think the revolution is in their newspaper. For once the revolution is an open meeting, it has an organic direction and it is showing few signs of ending. We should collectively step back and appreciate the significance of this historical opportunity. We are delving into a discussion based more on media-driven emotion than fact, that is intended to chase us back into our respective holes.
In many places at many times, radicals devolve into sectarianism, navel-gazing theory excursions to nowhere, or sometimes engaging in projects more to justify calling oneself or one's scene "political" than to actually effect change. We often sit within a dialectic of political hopelessness and lack of obvious political openings that never substantially evolves. Like Beckett's Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot, the best of us find ourselves waiting around for an ill-defined change to arrive that never does without ever figuring out why. Oakland has broken out of that cycle, hopefully for good. This scares the hell out of those in power – as well it should.
Solidarity must drive movement progression
The multiple weaknesses of the existing social order often open up the political space for the creation of a new one. The Occupy movement has grown out of both the chasms between the rich and poor and the expanding gaps between the needs of the people and policies of existing institutions. The retreat of the welfare state's mitigating effect on the contradictions of capitalism has steadily increased economic pain and political disempowerment across the bottom 8o% of the economy, obvious felt hardest by the growing number of unemployed, homeless and uninsured sick. The brazenness of those in power and their obvious miscalculation of people's ability to understand the society they live in have created a crisis of legitimacy in terms of government and capitalism. From my perspective, the Occupy movement is increasingly occupying that space of legitimacy in the minds of millions of people. The next step seems to be to fuse mutual aid and counter-power to engage the contradictions in our society, not to mitigate them, but to build a new society. Occupy Oakland has always had a kitchen with plenty of hot food, a library, children's area, free bike repair, and a well-staffed medical clinic. There was a children's march on Halloween with dozens of kids and a piñata that, after much struggle, succumbed to the inevitable forces of history – and candy loving kids. I think half the town probably has at least one of the multiple designs of the incredible "Occupy Oakland" posters that are almost constantly being screen-printed. The same "violent anarchists" getting dragged through the mud, self-organized most of this.
The movement is not an intentional community or intended to be a home, though it is a home for many people who don't have a house to live in. Wednesday night's occupation of a former homeless clinic that surely wasn't closed for lack of need, located around the corner from Oscar Grant Plaza, is likely the first of many occupations in Oakland. The General Assembly passed a proposal that calls for the occupation of vacant housing and buildings. This country is full of foreclosed homes with people living in the streets or in their family members' basements or on a friend's couch; closed schools or under-funded schools and kids without hope; and empty factories whose disconnected workers are on the streets or in a cell. The public outcry for radical social change is no longer just a want but a need. It is no longer held by the few, but by the many. This many is steadily expanding what seems possible. The ascending nature of the movement and the fact that its ambitions have always been explicitly radical provides hope that it will overcome internal divisions and attempts to sow confusion and contention. Wednesday's actions were a success. We have a choice to either overcome the differences that have arisen in this moment through even-handed debate, collective action and solidarity or we can let those differences divide and destroy us. I suggest building on our victories rather than disingenuously fighting over the tactics we used to achieve them.
Mike King is a PhD candidate at UC–Santa Cruz and an East Bay activist. He can be reached at mking(at)ucsc.edu.
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Tuesday Nov 8th, 2011 2:49 PM
Actually that's how democracy and average communication and interaction is with humans -- it's not all tied up with bow, it's a complicated and evolving process of negotiation. Labeling it as "messy" only underscores an attempt to manipulate the reader.
Tuesday Nov 8th, 2011 4:08 PM
"...groups of young people with bandanas over their own faces went through the anti-capitalist march on Wednesday and took pictures of people's faces and initiated actual violence against anarchists attempting to destroy property."
These alleged groups that you speak of, did they only go after _anarchists_ who were attempting to destroy property, but leave other "property destroyers" unhindered? Or are you simply making an assumption that anyone who might try to destroy property must be an anarchist? Is it even possible that these "young people" might have been anarchists?
In fact, you make a LOT of claims and assertions throughout your essay, and you apparently expect us to simply take your word for all of it. Well, I won't.
Since you obviously have the time and ability to write such a long, detailed essay, then you have the ability to also include citations, footnotes... you know, evidence?
I look forward to reading the improved version of this essay.
Tuesday Nov 8th, 2011 4:12 PM
This is getting tiresome, but let's say it again. When you argue against liberal pacifists, you are debating straw men. There are no liberal pacifists here. There are only radicals who don't want to see the movement sacrificed on the altar of Black Bloc fetishists.
The movement has spent forever refining its violence/nonviolence arguments against liberals. I'd say anarchists won those arguments a long time ago. But those arguments are irrelevant now. Radicals are opposing the Black Bloc because it is profoundly stupid right now, and not for any moralistic reasons.
Got it?
Tuesday Nov 8th, 2011 4:43 PM
The throwing of the anarchists "under the bus" has been going on since the 1800's because their tactics are desperate attempts to attack the capitalists without considering consequences. That does not mean that we, the laboring masses and poor, need to throw them under the bus. The main enemy is the capitalist class that in it's interests wars of slaughter are being waged world wide, billionaires are being saved by our taxes, millions are in prison defying THEIR laws and WE are being kept down by THEIR government, courts AND cops.
The "Occupy" movement is presently nothing more then a late 19th century populalist movement with a belief in some sort of American exceptionalism that means it shuts it's eyes to the many successful revolutions that have occurred in the 20th century all of which had a revolutionary party guiding them. Even our own Civil War had a political party in charge of it and that War was the 2nd American Revolution that ended chattel slavery and left the Democrats in control of the South along with the Ku Klux Klan.
Liberal moralizing will not get you anywhere but in the back pockets of the same Democrats who already are posing as the force to reign in the rich. Wake up and discover your history.
Tuesday Nov 8th, 2011 5:33 PM
Your brief preamble is at least somewhat comprehensible, although it is totally wrong. Could you point to a single person in the movement who "doesn't raise an eyebrow" at police brutality? This could have been written by a computer executing code from 1999.
The rest is psychobabble that sounds like a failed attempt to impress one of your professors at Santa Cruz. I have no idea what you are talking about. I doubt anyone else does, either.
Wednesday Nov 9th, 2011 12:35 AM
finally! a worthwhile piece engaging in the post-general strike situation.
thank you mike king!
Wednesday Nov 9th, 2011 10:11 AM
America used to work The people had work. The system worked. It was far, far, from perfect - but at least we all had some share in the struggles AND the rewards. But somewhere along the way, we lost our way. And now we have an economy and a political system that works only for the rich. We need to get back to what America was, and what it should be, and what it can be. Occupy Wall Street is no longer just a place called Zuccotti Park --- Zuccotti Park is everywhere. You can try to pen us in, you can beat us and arrest us, you can mace and tear-gas us , and you can try to "permit" us to death....but you can't kill an idea. You can't keep down people's hopes and dreams for a better life.....a life with dignity and freedom....for us... for our kids. More power to Occupy Wall Street, as it spreads to every town and city - because OWS is us, and for us, and by us. With OWS America has found it's voice, and it demands fairness and justice. This land IS our land! And we want it back! We want our lives back! We want our future back!


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NEW CONCORD It gets harder every year. It takes participation from everyone to acheive what the students at John Glenn High School have done for the past five years setting the national record for a food drive collection.
The annual Salvation Army canned food drive is a big deal at JGHS, and students compete every year to be the class with the most cans.
Major Leslie Walter of The Salvation Army said the effort made is just tremendous, and the entire organization was so excited about it that the organizations national magazine made last years centerfold a huge picture of the senior class with all of the cans they collected.
I used to be able to pick up all of the cans in my mini van, from both the middle and high schools, Maj. Walter said. Now, we call in the National Guard, and it takes a number of vehicles.
This holiday season, for the fourth year in a row, the school has had the largest number of canned food items in the nation. As an entire school, 46, 081 items were donated to The Salvation Army 31,963 cans were from the senior class alone.
The senior class of 2004 has never been big fans of this drive until this year. It was hard competition against the juniors, who have gotten more cans every year until now. Although they did not beat the seniors, they did exceed the junior record with 8,458 cans.
Because the senior class wasnt past the record from last year on Monday and Tuesday before the cans were picked up by The Salvation Army, students from all grades collected money from faculty and extra change from lunch money to buy 1,846 more cans in order to beat last years record of over 44,000 cans.
In addition to the local effort, help came from as far away as Cleveland, with one Tri-Valley parent contributing money in the grocery store to help the JGHS effort.
Word of the schools efforts has spread throughout the United States, and former Sen. John Glenn, for whom the school is named, called Principal Frank Gregory earlier in the week to express his satisfaction and support of the student body effort.
This effort shows a great deal of responsibility and the importance of helping others, said Sen. Glenn.
Junior Emily Gosnell stated shes really excited that we pulled together at the end to get more than last year.
This year, as a new addition to the assembly that proceeds the shipping of the cans to everywhere in the country, Rick Sherman, senior government teacher at JGHS, presented an award to senior Jake Townsend known as the Souper Senior Award for outstanding participation in the drive.
Townsend (with help from his friend, Senior Danny Mizer) said, It was really great to see community residents, businesses and the body of our school come together to support this great cuase at Christmastime.
According to Capt. Bob Sears of the Cambridge Salvation Army, the need for food in our area is greater than it has been before. Every month there are new and different people in need.
We typically see about 80-100 people every month. Thats up from last year when we serviced 30-40 people a week, explained Sears. This year, there are 545 families receiving assistance either through the Cambridge Salvation Army or a coordinated effort with the Byesville Rotary.
In Muskingum County, Maj. Walter echoed Sears appraisal of the additional people seeking help. The number of people we help is phenomenal. This food drive has been a tremendous help, enabling us to give each family about a weeks worth of food.
Initial reports show The Salvation Army kettle campaign down about 16 percent, with mail donations also diminishing this year.
This food drive will certainly help to offet those losses and carry us through the first few months of the years, said Sears.
Senior Ashley Woodard said, I am very proud of the school and our class in particular.
Sophomore Kari Grant knows next years classes will have to make a tremendous effort in order to break this years school record.
I was glad the seniors and juniors passed their goal, but it will mean this years sophomores and juniors are going to have to work really hard, she said. However, its for a good cause, and Im sure we will come through when it counts.


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(CNSNews.com) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday signed emergency legislation to bar a planned protest at the funeral of the Tucson gunman's youngest victim.
A publicity-seeking fringe group that calls itself a church announced plans on its Web site to picket the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green on Jan. 13.
The bill enacted on Wednesday amends Arizona law to prohibit "unlawful protest activities."
"A person shall not picket or engage in other protest activities...within three hundred feet of the property line of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue or other establishment during or within one hour before or one hour after the conducting of a funeral or burial service at that place," the measure reads.
"This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law."
In a statement posted on her Web site, Arizona's Republican governor said the bill represents "a truly bipartisan effort to assure that grieving families and friends will be free from harassment and intimidation at the funerals of their loved ones."
Brewer added that "despicable acts of emotional terrorism will not be tolerated in the State of Arizona. This legislation will assure that the victims of Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson will be laid to rest in peace with the full dignity and respect that they deserve."
Arizona has joined 46 other states in filing a brief at the United States Supreme Court in support of grieving families who are seeking redress against protests intended to disrupt funerals.
The funeral protest group, which calls itself the Westboro Baptist Church, praises God for the Tucson gunman and says Christina is "better off dead" because she was "raised…on lies" and her "moral compass" was broken.


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World music traditions taught by visiting native artists. Consult ethnomusicology staff for current offerings. Intended for undergraduate majors. Audition required. Credit/no-credit only.
Class description
Students will learn different Wagogo music/dance traditions. They will also be exposed to different Wagogo musical instruments. The nature of the course entails performing music/dance featuring Wagogo traditional musical/dance materials. The course should assist students to broaden their understanding and awareness of the world's musical expressions.
Student learning goals
Sing and dance selected pieces of Wagogo music/dance traditions
Play selected instruments of the Wagogo people
Demonstrate an understanding of how Wagogo music/dance function in a society
Demonstrate an understanding of how the history and geography shape the music/dance of Wagogo people
Demonstrate an understanding of how Wagogo music instruments are categorized
Demonstrate an understanding of musical enculturation of Wagogo children
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
• Please make every effort to arrive on time to class. • Participation is required for all class meetings. Please call me at (206-890-4465) or e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com) prior to class, should illness prevent your attendance. • If you have a disability that requires special attention, please contact me as soon as possible. • Use APA style 6th edition for all citations and references in the preparation of a short course paper.
Class assignments and grading
Participation in class sessions; Preparations for each class by reviewing/practicing songs, reading assigned material, listening; Short paper (3 pages) and Final performance.
• Participation in class sessions (30%) • Preparations for each class by reviewing/practicing songs, reading assigned material, listening (20%)
• Short paper (3 pages) (10%)
• Final performance (30%)


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As a followup to Star Wars Must Die, SF Signal gathered a number of science fiction pros and fans to ask if it really is time for Star Wars to go on hiatus?
This is a question that's weighed on my mind on and off through the year, as I obligatorily blogged the two big Star Wars events that utterly fail to grab my personal interest. The Clone Wars? Meh both before and after. The Force Unleashed? Not even remotely tempted. It even came up in regards to the Expanded Universe during our Legacy of the Force discussion at JadeCon. Does the franchise need a break? Do we?
I know a lot of my personal fatigue with The Clone Wars is mostly a matter of apathy to the era, and bridge stories as a whole. (I wasn't that thrilled with Shadows of the Empire back in the day, either.) And TFU is a game, and I'm not a gamer. (Of course, let's not forget that The Force Unleashed was originally supposed to be the big event of 2007.) And then there's the whole matter of actually blogging it all… It's not that there's nothing going on that I am actually interested in: It's just that stuff is on the back burner for the franchise at the moment. (Or, at least as far as the EU goes – the eternal back burner? Red-headed stepchild to the more visual mediums? Hrm.)
I don't think there's too much to fear if Lucasfilm did pack up the Star Wars stuff for a few years. Do fans need a big event every year or two, like clockwork? Not really: We'd lose some to the brand new shiny fandoms wandering by (it happens anyway) but overall I think we're big enough to survive a few years. It's Lucasfilm that needs to keep the pendulum swinging and the big bucks coming in. $26,080,000 might not be record-breaking movie cash, and they might not even need it – but it sure helps to keep the paychecks rolling in. For now, anyway…
The trick for Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise this very moment is to keep a fine balance between keeping fans satisfied without gorging their appetites to the point of disgust… And that's where I'm afraid that The Clone Wars theatrical release – and all the attendant spotlights and expectation-raising – may have been a mistake. It's just too soon to tell if it'll be a fatal one.
Fandom? Whatever happens, we'll make our own way. (Hell, the thing in all this that I'm most excited about right now? A fanfic, literally one of the best I've read in years.) But it's a two way street, and part of us does need them up and active, just as much as they need us bright-eyed and willing to spend. LFL has been particularly fandom savvy these last couple decades, so they're well aware of this – we can just hope. And keep in mind that there's far more going on here than just one person or group's vision of the GFFA.


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Jean (ny)
Does crawford have 6th man locked up?
John Hollinger
Yes. There's been a late push for Manu, who has better overall stats, but if you look most of Manu's damage has come as a starter -- Crawford has nearly 1,000 more minutes as a reserve and his off-the-bench stats rival Ginobili's.
I can agree with this assertion
Such is the nature of homerism John, that's just the way the cookie crumbles
micah (san antonio)
thank you for being one of the few picking the Spurs (in 6 no less) to beat the Mavs. I have come to trust your mathematical wizardry over the years and I'm putting my trust in your selection (even though only 3 out of the 12 of ya'll picked the Spurs).
John Hollinger
I love how I'm a mathematical wizard if I pick in favor of somebody's team and just some computer nerd if I pick against them.
I too think it was a smart move, but not so much because of the "rest" factor, but because it was almost a given that the Spurs and Mavs would be seeing a lot more of each other in the first round, and if either Timmy or Manu got hurt then it would be time to cue the Fat Lady…as it is Hill turned a ankle and that could have your Mom tuning up her vocal chords as it is.
micah (san antonio)
Was Pop smart to concede to a Spurs/Mavs 1st round by resting Timmy and Manu last night?
John Hollinger
Yes, because that was preferable to playing Utah or Phoenix. True, San Anto lost two of three to Dallas heading into last night, but they went a combined 1-6 against Phoenix and Utah. The fact the Spurs nearly beat them on the road with their backups has to make them feel good about their prospects.
(Portland, OR)
Lakers road to the finals will look like this: OKC, Jazz, and Mavs. That sure is a lot easier than the Cavs: Bulls, Celtics, and Magic. Don't you agree?
John Hollinger
I think it looks more like OKC, Jazz and Spurs/Suns, and I think it's a lot harder for them to get out of the first two rounds than it will be for Cleveland. Not sure if you've seen Boston lately but they're a spent force; at this point Miami might scare the Cavs more than playing the Celtics does.
Matt (San Antonio TX)
So I am guessing you still think the mavs wont make it far correct?
John Hollinger
That's correct, although they played much better in that five-game streak to end the season. They didn't get a real friendly draw either, despite landing the No. 2 seed they would have to face the two hottest teams in the conference back-to-back to make the WCF.
Bill (PA)
if you had to bet on 1 first round upset, what would it be?
John Hollinger
Spurs-Mavs. Just think San Antonio was playing at a really high level to end the season and they can do a lot of damage if their creaky vets are in good health.
I know seedings are seedings, but when it comes to Spurs-Mavs you can pretty much throw them out the window. There's so much underlying hatred between these two teams that they each take it to another level…so sure play the underdog card all you want, but I am expecting knock-down, drag-out games in this one
Josh (Knoxville, TN)
A couple years ago you had LA beating the Spurs in 5 games b/c that's what the numbers said. I thought you were crazy, but it went 4-1 LA. Of course, the series was actually much closer than that (Spurs falling apart in Game 1 and Joey Crawford exacting his revenge on SA), but I had to give you props. Think you nailed the Spurs losing to Dallas last year too. And I also remember you hitting the Spurs spot on for their last Championship when everyone else said Dallas. So I say you're a wizard whether you favor the Spurs or not.
John Hollinger
I've had an inordinate amount of success picking Spurs' series for some reason, with one exception (had the Hornets beating them in 7 two years ago; it went 7 but Spurs won). Let's see if it continues this year, I do believe they'll beat Dallas but after that the match-ups are pretty much 50-50 propositions.
I know that everyone is SA-town is hoping that prognosticating luck comes through this time also
Brock (Dallas)
You talk above about how the Spurs were smart for sitting Tim and Manu but yet you forget to mention Dallas sat Caron and Jason Kidd was on the bench for most of the game
John Hollinger
Butler played 39 minutes, Kidd played 28. Not sure what game you were at.
Silly Mavs fan, brains are for using
Steve (Washington)Only way that RJ opts out is if he thinks he's getting married to the Spurs, then he'll drop-out one day before the deadline and send a parting gift to boot
I heard RJ might opt out in San Antonio? Could the Spurs really be that lucky, and
what would that do to their summer?
John Hollinger
Better chance of a Bulls-Thunder Finals than there is of RJ opting out. Not believing that story for even one second.
Sebastian (Krakow, Poland)Again, We all hope you're right on this time again
Who did you have last year in the Mavs-Spurs series? As a Mavs fan I need to know whether to start worrying.
John Hollinger
I had Dallas in six, and then in the second round I had Denver in seven.
Matt (SA)
After last nights performance, would you say dejuan blair is gonna be a factor in the Spurs Mavs matchup?
John Hollinger
Not sure. He was playing center, and the Spurs already have a pretty decent one with Tim Duncan, even if we're not allowed to publicly acknowledge that he's a center. So I'm not sure Blair gets more than 10-12 minutes. Can he be a factor in those minutes? Absolutely. But he's not going for 20-20.
Mark it down now, this series will be won on the backs of DeJaun Blair and Manu Ginobili…The Mavs will most likely put Matrix on Tony when he's in and Butler on Jefferson that means that JKidd will have to try and guard Manu and/or Hill…Jason's a smart and crafty player, but Manu will make him eat his skidmarks, and if Hill is confident and healthyhe could do some damage there too.
If however, Butler ends up on Manu then JKidd has to try and cover RJ or TP, and if they are smart then they'll take it to the rim every chance they get.
I think that Haywood has a shot at playing Timmy pretty effectively, and I see Duncan making more of a mark as a facilitator and defensive presence than on the bottom line. Dirk will get the
cush job of "guarding" whomever is left whether it be Dice, Blair, Bonner,Mason, or Bogans. Here's where Blair comes in, Dirk doesn't want to bang and battle for rebounds and loose balls so the Beast should be able to do some damage doing what he does best: creating havoc and opportunity.
Things will be a bit different when Barrea and Beaubois are on the court, at which time I
expect to see them on Tony or Hill, and the Mavs defense to benefit from that due to "trickle down"…depending on whom is on the court with whom of course.
On the defensive end, I see Duncan playing Haywood and Dampier, Tony and Hill on JKidd et al,
Manu/Bogans on Terry and Butler, Jefferson on Butler and Marion, and Dice and
Blair on Dirk. Bonner could get some spot time on the German as well, but he'd be best served being on the court when Dirk sits if you ask me.
So to recap:
Manu's ability to scorch JKidd and play effective defense on Terry and Butler as well as Blair's ability to bang the crap out of Dirk, haul in rebounds, and learn on the fly will likely be the keys to the game.


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NEW YORK (Sep. 14)
Messages of condolence on the death of Sol M. Stroock, president of the American Jewish Committee, continued to reach the offices of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency during the week-end from all parts of the country.
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of the UPA, wiring from Cleveland said: "I learned with profound sorrow of the death of Sol M. Stroock. Personally and as chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, I wish to pay tribute to a high minded and cultured gentleman, a true American, and a loyal Jew who loved his people deeply and served them with distinction in many fields. His passing is a great loss to American Jewry.
Sidney Hollander, president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, wired: "In the passing of Sol M. Stroock the Jewish community of America suffers a great loss. For years without end his keen mind and great energy have been at the service of his people, and we will all sorely miss him. Sol M. Stroock's name will always rank high among the great leaders of the Jewish people."
William J. Shroder, chairman of the board of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, wired from Cincinnati: "The end of his great life well lived brings a sense of personal loss to all who knew Mr. Stroock and of him. The record of his achievements is our consolation."
Henry Monsky, president of the B'nai B'rith, wired from Omaha: "The sudden and unexpected death of Mr. Sol Stroock, at a time when men of broad experience concerning the problems of our people, are so much needed, is a great loss to the Jewish community of American. Those of us who were privileged to work with him, respected him for his profound interest in and Zealous devotion to the causes that concern the Jews."
Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the Jewish National Fund of America, in a statement said: "In the passing of Sol M. Stroock, American Israel has lost one of its foremost leaders. Over a span of a generation, he counseled, guided and strengthened the philanthropic and cultural life of American Jewry. He was a great patron of learning. Scholarship, wisdom, humility and a high sense of public responsibility were his characteristics."
Leon S. Lang, president of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, in a statement declared: "The Rabbinical Assembly of America is profoundly grieved by the passing of Sol M. Stroock, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Mr. Stroock was much beloved by our colleagues for his valiant leadership in Jewish life and his untiring and zealous devotion to the Seminary, our Alma Mater. His sterling character and love of scholarship will be sorely missed in the counsels of the Seminary, especially in these trying days."
H. L. Lurie, executive director of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, said in a message: "All of us concerned with Jewish problems recognized the qualities of his leadership. He was a personal symbol of the aims of Jewish life and culture in this country. These qualities, even more than his functions of leadership in Jewish organization, determined and guided a large part of our thinking. The loss to community life is real and irreplaceable."
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Federal and state lawmakers are accusing a major medical supply company of betraying its workers and ripping off California taxpayers with its plan to abandon a plant in Brisbane and move to Visalia for some hefty tax breaks, and they have vowed to stop it.
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, heaped outrage on VWR International at a hearing Monday in Brisbane. They said it's obvious the medical-products supplier is using a tax loophole to lay off all the workers at its Brisbane distribution center and reopen in Visalia, where it can earn millions of dollars in sales tax credits and gain state-subsidized tax breaks for hiring new, nonunion employees.
More than 150 union workers will lose their jobs when the new Visalia plant opens in 2012, and many of those workers were in the audience Monday.
Brisbane itself would be lost without VWR, which supplies 50 percent of its sales tax and 18.5 percent of its general fund — $2.15 million annually. That would wipe out its police and fire services, for instance.
"For a small community like ours to lose a company like VWR, it will literally destroy us," said Brisbane Mayor Clarke Conway.
As devastating a blow as that would be for Brisbane, lawmakers decried the wider implications for other communities and California taxpayers. Visalia is one of 53 designated special enterprise tax zones, and relocating there would enable VWR, which reported $3.6 billion last year in sales, to earn a $37,000 credit for each local worker it hires for up to five years. The company would also withhold a substantial chunk of sales taxes.
Lockyer said that, based on the evidence, the enterprise tax program has amounted to a $2 billion taxpayer subsidy to private enterprise. In the case of VWR, he said Californians would essentially be paying the company to lay off union workers in one town to hire lower-paid workers in another in the form of a hefty tax break, he said — all while the state faces a record $26.6 billion deficit.
"The whole thing should be shut down, and the money should go to police and fire services," Lockyer said.
Californians won't just be subsidizing the VWR move — they'll actually be investing in its parent company. In 2007, VWR was acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, for $4 billion. During the hearing it emerged that the California Public Employees' Retirement System, CalPERS, has invested more than $600 million with Madison Dearborn.
Speier said the tax zones have been misused, and the law ought to be repealed. "It is a job-destroying law and a taxpayer rip-off," she said. "We are robbing one community in order to enrich another."
But altering state tax law is notoriously difficult, requiring a two-thirds majority vote in the Legislature. Gov. Jerry Brown inserted a provision to repeal the law in his original budget in January, but it didn't survive.
Hill announced he has crafted a bill that would close the tax loophole by requiring any California company that wants to relocate within California as part of an enterprise tax zone to offer the jobs to its own workers first. The law would take effect this tax year and prevent VWR from reaping any benefits from moving to Visalia. But it would require a two-thirds majority vote.
A spokeswoman for VWR said the company's decision to leave Brisbane was prompted by the need to expand and by Visalia's location in central California. She said the company will not accrue any employee tax breaks or other benefits from moving to a tax enterprise zone, and that the chance to capitalize on those tax credits did not affect the company's decisions. When presented with information from lawmakers challenging that statement, she said she would call back with more information.
Workers at the VWR plant in Brisbane earn a minimum wage of $20.75 per hour, plus an hourly pension contribution of $4.33. They and their families are covered by a company health care plan. They said they weren't given a chance to follow their jobs to the Central Valley.
"They don't want to take union employees," said John Thomas, a 15-year employee of VWR.
But VWR disputes that claim.
"As recently as October 2010, VWR negotiated with the Teamsters in good faith regarding the opportunity to have current Brisbane associates who wish to work in the new facility in Visalia and also negotiated enhanced severance benefits for those who do not. Despite VWR's efforts, no agreement has been reached," a spokeswoman said in a statement.
Local representatives for VWR have apparently refused to speak to Brisbane officials or acknowledge letters, emails and phone calls from the city. People found out that the company was planning to move through the grapevine. Up until this point, the company had been a corporate citizen of Brisbane for 50 years without issue.
Contact Julia Scott at 650-348-4340.
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Why We Eat So Much! [VIDEO]
Can't seem to lose weight? It's a problem for many of us. It's not always what we eat but the fact that we tend to eat more lately.
Why is that? Maybe because we are under stress. Or, the pressure is on us…"Would you like that super-sized?"
I admit, I usually say, "Yes, please."
Check out this fascinating YouTube video I came across. It has some interesting facts about why we eat as much as we do. Of course, once you understand the reasons, maybe it will help in your attempts to be healthier.


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12 November, 2012
In order to assuage my near desolation brought on by the election, I decided to purchase a carton of Butter Brickle ice cream. As I was checking out, the cashier bemoaned the fact that the hands on the clock had seemed to stop.
I have a reputation, rightly deserved, for enjoying teasing. So in my best faux-empathy voice, I said, "Wow, you will be here allllll night."
Her shoulders sagged, and the practiced professional smile evaporated. The customer behind me was unloading her cart but came to the cashier's defense and said something about me being mean. Now it was two against one. SWEET!
So, I dropped one of my favorite lines into the discussion, rather like a mortar round. "Well, the good news is, it is almost Christmas."
The customer froze, bent over her cart with a head of lettuce in her hand. The cashier's hand, with my ice cream, hung suspended in mid scan. It appeared that neither one had quite gotten over Halloween yet.
Before I could relish their stunned expressions, the lady with the lettuce said, "I'll bet you voted for Obama, too."
I was pricked to my core. There is a definite line between teasing and downright cruelty, and unbeknownst to this lady, she had crossed it. I maintained a manly smile while I beat a hasty retreat in search of a spoon.
This election, 8 million citizens realized the error they made in the election of 2008 and did not vote for Barack Obama. After witnessing his three year display of ineptitude, that reaction is completely understandable.
What is mystifying is that Mitt Romney could not convince even half of those folks to support his campaign. To add insult to injury, he received roughly 3 million fewer votes than John McCain. Over 10 million citizens sat on their hands.
Ten million Americans who didn't like either candidate (I can see that), wouldn't support the candidate they lost to in the primary (I don't understand that), or didn't think that the challenger was at least as competent as the incumbent (that is completely illogical).
There is also a growing body of thought that the bulk of Obama's support came from those Americans who are receiving "free stuff" from the government, the "Santa Claus Factor."
After watching my children, grand-children, and other folk's children demand "me do it" for even the simplest task, I am of the opinion that Independence is an inborn trait. As our children age, their demands for learning to ride a bike or drive the car usually become more strident.
I wonder what happens to an individual to cause them to forgo that independence in favor of a handout from the government. The obvious result is a people incapable of fending for itself, and that's enough to make a man buy another quart of Butter Brickle.
That's my nickle
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A quick refresher: the HTC One comes packing some of the most relevant hardware currently in a smartphone. A quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor ticking at 1.7GHz and 2GB of RAM help run the gorgeous 4.7-inch 1080p LCD 3 display. Last, but not least -- powering the show is a 2300mAh battery.
We're unclear why the color reproduction is completely off on the leaked picture, but we suspect that the real deal will be closer to the video hands-on that you can check out in case HTC's snazzy-looking handset has sparked your interest.
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Korn Guitarist's Fear and the Nervous System Issuing Debut Album
Fear and the Nervous System have announced an Oct. 25 digital release for their long-in-the-works self-titled debut album. The disc's unofficial first single, 'Choking Victim,' was issued as free download this summer and still is available through the band's official website.
The experimental rock band was formed by Korn's James "Munky" Shaffer and features an all-star cast of players that includes Korn touring keyboardist Zac Baird, Faith No More bassist Billy Gould, Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman and Repeater singer Steve Krolikowski. Shaffer started FATNS while Korn were taking a break following the release of their 'Untitled' album in 2007 and wanted it to be a loose, informal thing.
"Zac Baird and I had worked on a few ideas while touring with Korn," Shaffer explains in a press release. "So, when we started to record, those song ideas were our jumping off point. But, 90 percent of the album was created on the spot, then recorded. We were lucky to get the people we wanted to become involved with the project."
Fear and the Nervous System currently have no plans to tour, but don't rule out some special live performances at some point. "Hopefully we can take this to the stage when our schedules allow it," relays Wackerman. "I think the fans would love to see FATNS live, and I know we'd love doing it."
'Fear and the Nervous System' — Track Listing:
1. 'Hell/Intro'
2. 'Choking Victim'
3. 'Chosen Ones'
4. 'No Secrets'
5. 'Chinatown'
6. 'Beautiful Side'
7. 'Triggers'
8. 'Dissolve'
9. 'Jaguar'
10. 'Slow Motion'
11. 'Last Drive'
12. 'Ambien'


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Author: Dieter Bräuninger (+49) 69 910-31708
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May 30, 2012
The market for skilled workers in Germany has dried up. There are, however, signs that the situation will ease. The new Blue Card facilitates entry requirements for workers from non-EU countries. Immigration from southern Europe is also increasing. The German economy is not the only beneficiary.
For the German economy, which is particularly reliant on skilled workers, there have been two pieces of good news recently. Firstly, the upper house of the German Parliament passed the law governing the new Blue Card. This means that from summer onwards skilled workers from non-EU countries will have easier access to the German labour market. Secondly, the Federal Statistical Office reported increased immigration to Germany, especially also from those southern European EMU states hit by the sovereign debt crisis. The further opening-up of the labour market to workers from third countries and increased migration within the EU can reduce the risk of the German economy being blown off the growth course by a skill shortage.
Skilled workers are in short supply in Germany – at the moment largely due to the buoyant economy. However, demographic change is also becoming increasingly apparent. In April there was a shortage of around 210,000 so-called MINT specialists, i.e. mathematicians, engineers, scientists and IT specialists, in the German economy, according to the IW (Cologne Institute for Economic Research). There is also a serious shortage of doctors, particularly in hospitals. Some observers see the problem as cyclical rather than structural, although the shape and size of the current skill shortage is disputed, it is clear, however, that the shortfall will worsen in future. This is already indicated by the demographically-related increasing scarcity of supply. Over the next few years, for example, about 40,000 engineers (excluding IT specialists) are set to retire each year. The number of university graduates will therefore be less and less able to keep pace with this. When the baby boomers leave the workforce in the coming decade Germany's domestic supply of labour will slump further. On top of this, if Germany wants to continue playing in the global economic premier league that is increasingly shaped by aspiring emerging markets, it will have to rely more than ever on innovations to be successful. There will be correspondingly high demand for scientists, engineers, technicians and other well-qualified personnel. It is also clear that in an ageing society the demand for doctors and nursing personnel will rise.
The Blue Card scheme initiated by the EU is thus a step in the right direction. It primarily grants skilled migrants the right to reside and work for three years. The prerequisite for obtaining this right of entry is the confirmed offer of a job with an annual salary of at least EUR 44,000. Previously the salary had to be at least EUR 66,000. Migrants who have been employed for 33 months and have made pension contributions during this period can in future claim for a permanent residence permit. In addition, the salary threshold for highly skilled persons, who immediately receive a permanent right of residence, will be reduced to EUR 48,000.
The easing of entry requirements offers the prospect of striking a better balance between supply and demand in the market for skilled personnel. Of course Germany should also position itself well in the global contest for highly skilled personnel. Germany entered this contest at an only relatively late stage, and it has to contend with disadvantages such as a significant language barrier and a high burden of taxes and duties. Migration from non-EU countries is therefore likely to gain significance only gradually. It is right that legal changes have now also improved the work and residence opportunities for foreign graduates leaving German universities, since these highly qualified people are already living in Germany after all. It would, however, also make sense to replace the migration law – which is complicated and remains too restrictive in some respects – with a modern points system. Core criteria such as qualifications and language skills would then be the decisive factors for the granting of permanent work and residence permits.
For the time being Germany can also bank on migration from its southern European partner states. In this regard, current data from the Federal Statistical Office point towards a new trend as a consequence of the sovereign debt crisis. Migration from countries hard hit by the crisis skyrocketed last year. The numbers of migrants from Greece and Spain rose by 90% and over 50% respectively. This is striking, even though the absolute figures of around 16,800 and 11,600 migrants were much lower than during the great wave of immigration in the 1960s. In line with this current data there are reports from the Goethe-Institut that record numbers of people took German courses and examinations in 2011. The increase in these figures in the southern European countries was particularly pronounced. This suggests that there is increased interest in working in Germany.
Market equalisation forces are thus starting to take effect, which may help to relieve tensions in the eurozone* Whereas in Spain and Greece the unemployment rate is well above 20% and in both countries there are even more than 50% of young people under 25 who are jobless, the buoyant demand for labour in Germany is receding only gradually. In Germany the unemployment rate is stable at a low 5.6% and for the young the jobless rate is 7.9%.
The migration especially of young southern Europeans can help to prevent bottlenecks in the German labour market. This will stimulate the forces of growth in Germany. Sustained economic growth in Germany, however, also serves the interests of the southern European countries. They can basically export more goods and services to Germany, the faster the Germany economy grows. Moreover, the countries can expect their citizens who are working in Germany to send remittances back home – to support their relatives for instance – and thereby boost the depressed demand in their own country. The main beneficiaries of the mobility, however, are the migrants. They escape high unemployment and for a time an uncertain future. They not only secure work and income for themselves, but also prevent their qualifications from becoming devalued. This shows that the eurozone needs internal migration, because there are no flexible exchange rates as an instrument for evening out different paths of price competitiveness, and the wages in heavily regulated labour markets – especially in Spain and Greece – are likely to react sufficiently only gradually.
Those who criticise emigration as a brain drain that damages the southern European countries are wrong in their assessment. Such concerns were also expressed about the EU accession of central and eastern European countries. Developments in Poland, for example, show that these concerns were unfounded. Similarly, nothing would be gained today by the southern Europeans remaining immobile. On the contrary. Without migration there would probably be virtually no let-up for unemployment at this time – with the corresponding consequences for the already strained public finances in southern Europe. Given the high unemployment and the major adjustments to be carried out there is also no prospect of skill shortages becoming an issue there for quite some time. Of course, emigration must not be a substitute for the structural reforms that need to be made, if there is to be a lasting improvement in the economic outlook for southern Europe.
*See Bräuninger, Dieter and Christine Majowski (2011). Labour mobility in the euro area. Deutsche Bank Research, EU Monitor 85.
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Letter: Senior Nutrition Program seeking drivers
Rhonda Lorang, Assistant Director, Lutheran Social Services, Worthington
In Worthington, the Senior Nutrition Program sends out about 45 home-delivered meals to seniors that may not get a hot, delicious meal. These meals help keep our seniors healthy and able to remain in their own home. We have three routes with about 12 to 15 seniors on each route. We are very grateful for the volunteers that we have delivering meals. However, there remains an urgent need for additional drivers to deliver meals within the city of Worthington.
We are looking for drivers for one route. When staff has to deliver meals, it adds to the cost of this community service.
This important service depends on community support: you never know when your own family, friends or neighbor may need a home-delivered meal. Consider this: a year's worth of senior meals costs less than a one-day hospital stay.
Drivers can choose between delivering one day a week, 1-2 weeks in a year or whatever works with their schedule. All deliveries are within city limits and only Monday-Friday. Youths are welcome to volunteer during their summer and winter breaks.
Drivers can pick up the meals between 11 and 11:15 a.m. at the Center for Active Living, 211 11th St., Worthington, where staff and volunteers package the meals and where the senior dining location is.
I am hopeful that home-school families, civic organizations, churches, associations and/or businesses will as a group help out a week at a time. A team of two is ideal for delivering; one person drives and the other navigates and takes the meals to the home. Individuals are also welcome.
Anyone interested can contact me at 360-8803 or the Center for Active Living (CAL) at 376-6457. Anyone 60 or older interested in reserving a meal can call the same number.


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|Reviews for Mercy Be
| Guest chapter 1 . 3/1/2016
This story was a truly excellent story. It had laughs and feels. It was down right epic. Kudos to you, author! Keep doing what you're best at: stories like these!
| austin.todd.315 chapter 1 . 2/18/2015
Lol good story. I share bowser's animosity for wednesdays for certain reasons...
| Cenobia100 chapter 1 . 6/3/2013
Wow, I don't understand why you never really liked this story. I think it flowed really well, the battle scene was well done, the build-up and going through the different Koopaling's POV's was pretty cool. The only thing I didn't like was that Bowser seemed, I don't know, tame...then again this is your Bowser, not the average Bowser. As usual a great one-shot, I real all of these Koopaling ones because I love 'em.
Happy reading and writing and reviewing,
| EQ chapter 1 . 2/1/2013
That was really cute :) I like seeing a sweet side from Roy. :3
| Just Call Me J chapter 1 . 1/19/2013
Oh, WHY didn't I read this SOONER!? Shame on me. Oh, well. Better late than never.
Keep writing, and I'll keep reading (and reviewing, naturally)!
| SwEeTcAkEz7304 chapter 1 . 7/22/2011
Wow. Descriptive, creative(and nicely titled, to boot!) Kinda sad, too: poor baby Snooze-a-Koopa...
It's okay if you're not proud of it, tho. That's just part of being a writer. Take it from me, I know!
Keep up the good work! XD
| Gaminggenius chapter 1 . 3/6/2010
Kindness- the ungrateful snot. XD
| LordRuehl chapter 1 . 3/2/2010
This was a well written and very entertaining story. Great job!
| unknown chapter 1 . 2/7/2010
I really enjoyed this story you definitly should write a secual that has a story about the baby. :) Good work!
| euphiiie chapter 1 . 7/1/2009
Oh wow, I haven't seen you in forever. This was a great story btw. :D
| Syzhale chapter 1 . 6/29/2009
Oh wow... Haven't really been checking to see if you did any new stories lately o_o my bad. And this story actually isn't too bad... Why Bowser wouldn't just crush them on the spot, or why Roy would give a crap about saving something may be slightly off, but the story itself wasn't bad.
| James Birdsong chapter 1 . 6/29/2009
| netbreaker0 chapter 1 . 6/28/2009
Roy does a good deed then hates himself at the end. That seems just like how a koopa would think. What are you going to work on next?
| Super Fanfic Entertainment chapter 1 . 6/28/2009
It's an O.K story, even though I'm not a fan of the Koopa Kids. You capture their personalities very well.
| TheDigitalAutarch chapter 1 . 6/27/2009
Ah, it's good to see a good ol' fashioned battle royale :D After all, I'm a Godzilla fan, I love a good fight. Plus it sorta made me see a side of Roy I never thought about... then turned back to the one I know at the end XDXDXD (That Roy/Knuckles fight is getting better and better in my head *creepy grin*)


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Tell your neighbors you're willing to baby sit the kids this Saturday and take them to the Kiss and Motley Crue Show at Darien Lake. The bands are offering 4 free lawn tickets to kids under 12 with the purchase of one adult lawn ticket. Now they'll owe you a baby sitting night, the kids will have a great time, and it won't cost you a dime. Of course, be careful not to let the kids go home with a Kiss Army tattoo. That would blow the whole deal.
Tickets will be distributed on site on the night of the show, and cannot be given out in advance You better act quick because once the tickets are gone you'll be shutout. Darien Lake is also offering a theme park special before the show from 2 pm until 6 pm. All you can ride coasters and an all you can eat picnic is $15.00 during that time if you have a ticket to the Kiss/Motley Crue show. The park will only be open for concert-goers. Wow! Can't believe that Kiss and Crue is for kids. Then again, Kiss did defeat the Phantom of the Park back in the day.


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So, we're not so nice after all. For years, behavioural economists have been telling us that we're hardwired for altruism and that if they gave us $20, we'd happily share it with a stranger sitting in the next room.
Oops. Now the authors of Superfreakonomics are saying that we don't really like sharing with strangers and, given a nod and a wink, most of us will steal from them. Lock up the cookie jar!
This change in opinions of humanity is largely due to a change in the way these altruism experiments are conducted (it's not as if we've changed our nature in the past few years). But the news on altruism isn't all bad.
If you look at the latest research, you'll see that people's ethics are simply more carefully calibrated. They will be fair to their fellow citizens but it all depends on whether anyone is looking, what their choices are and where the money came from.
Basically, when an economist in a lab gives us $20 and says we can share it with the stranger in the next room - or not - we will share a bit but mainly because someone is watching.
But when the observer disappears to get a coffee in another room, we're much less likely to share. So, obviously, we like to be seen as nice people.
The next change in the experiments was when the economist in the lab gave us more choices. We could give the stranger some of the $20 or, if we liked, we could take some of the money the stranger had been given. (The recent movie, The Box, proposes a similar dilemma except the cost of taking the money is that someone dies).
When you say you can give it away, keep it or take some of their money, the social expectation of giving has been lessened. One of the sanctioned options - simply because it has been mentioned - is to take some of their money. So, most of us will take up the invitation and pilfer.
But the most interesting part of the new research on altruism is how people respond when the money they are flashing in the lab has been earned.
If both the strangers have to stuff envelopes for the economist in order to earn the $20, then two-thirds of them won't steal from the other but they won't give them money either. They figure that each of them has earned the right to keep their money.
Obviously, we have a respect for labour that transcends our liking for money. Money that comes from labour is somehow more ethical than money for nothing. It prompts more socially responsible behaviour from us.
This idea that we are most responsible when everyone is earning a fair wage is writ large in the social state and many of the reforms in welfare over the past few decades are based on an understanding of this. If you give us $20 for nothing and don't watch what we do with it, we'll treat the money with contempt.
But the principle also underpins the spending preferences of those who get a lot of money for not much labour. It's the inheritance syndrome, the lottery syndrome and, indeed, the spending habits of executives who get paid far in excess of their labour.
Executives might not admit that some of their excessive income really wasn't earned - or even if they suspect the last $1 million of a $5 million package wasn't earned - but you can tell whether they think they've earned it by the way they spend it.
Money that isn't earned (or felt as if it has been earned) is splashed around. It ends up in big boats that are never used, weekenders that never feel like a retreat and in tax havens, where it doesn't have to be shared with other strangers in the tax system.
Even if overpaid executives, lucky beneficiaries and lottery winners don't think they're getting some undeserved money, most of us do. So, how to stop it?
Maybe we could use some of the techniques used in the economic experiments to encourage those with undeserved wealth to behave better as citizens. And we're doing it already.
Firstly, we tell them we're watching. Here, the introduction of transparency in annual reports, that exposed the highest earners in the company, was aimed at applying some social pressure.
This hasn't worked well because, although small shareholders are aghast at the salaries, the executives' peer group aren't worried. They're only impressed by big figures. And, for most executives, it matters much more what their peers think than what the mums and dads of suburbia think.
Secondly, we can make them more aware of the other options for that money. They could give some of it back, they could share it, they could make a difference with it. This is partly successful because more wealthy people are aware of the status-enhancing effects of philanthropy and some see gifting as a competition with their peers.
Finally, we could ask them whether they really think they earned it. But it's hardly worth the effort. Unless you catch them during a dark moment in the pre-dawn hours, their egos wouldn't believe it.


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Ashlee Simpson is said to have soon becoming one of the Victoria's Secret girls.
Ashlee Simpson may have turned the $4 million offer to pose for Playboy, but that doesn't mean the young beauty won't do some racy posing anyway. She reportedly has been set to become the new face of sexy lingerie company Victoria's Secret.
Per Ben Widdicombe of the New York Daily News, Ashlee will be the face of Victoria's Secret's Pink line. It is said that Kelly Clarkson was also in the running to become Pink's spokeswoman, but Ashlee beat her out.
In the accompanying feature, it is also reported that Ashlee is planning to sell her home in Encino to move in with her guitarist boyfriend, Braxton Olita.


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Date of Defense 2005-04-04 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe synthesis of new water soluble guar gum derivatives is described. Introduction of polyalkoxyalkyleneamide grafts to guar gum or hydroxyopropyl guar was achieved in a three step process: carboxymethylation with sodium chloroacetate, esterification with dimethyl sulfate and amidation with a series of polyalkoxyalkylene-amines. The process steps were followed using infrared spectroscopy; the grafted guar derivatives were characterized using FT-IR and 1H NMR. A series of hydroxypropyl guar derivatives with degrees of carboxymethylations ranging from 0.15-0.25 were modified with polyalkoxyalkyleneamines with molecular weights ranging from 300-3000. The ratio of oxypropylene to oxoethylene units in the polyalkoxyalkyleneamines was varied from 9/1 to 8/58 to adjust the hydrophobicity of the grafts. In addition, predominating hydrophobic grafts from the same family were produced. The percent grafting of the isolated products were in the range of 0.03 to 28 percent depending on the type of guar gum derivative and polyalkoxyalkyleneamines used.
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Two cars collided head-on near Cross Farm, All Cannings, this morning.
Police were called at 7.26pm and firefighters released a woman driver, aged in her twenties, from a VW Lupo which ended up in a field.
An ambulance crew treated her at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle involved, a Ford transit van, was uninjured but shaken.