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Individual investors have some core advantages over institutional investors. Among them are that they don't have to engage in contortions like quarter- and year-end window dressing, they can afford to be more patient and can hold a much higher percentage of cash when they are negative on the market and believe it will pullback. Managers rarely can afford that luxury as they are always trying to beat or keep up with whatever benchmark their performance is measured against.
Another key advantage individual investors have is the ability to buy stocks selling at under $5, which many institutions are prohibited to do in their bylaws. One strategy I have employed over the years is finding stocks just under $5 with improving growth and/or valuation stories that have just crossed over their 200-day moving average. I have found many times that once the stock clears $5, it can attract new institutional investors that can push the stock the next leg higher. Two stocks that look interesting right now employing that strategy are below.
First Busey Corp. (BUSE) operates as the bank holding company and has 33 locations in Illinois, seven locations in southwest Florida, and one location in Indianapolis. It has been around since 1968.
Four reasons BUSE is a solid buy at just under $5 a share
- The company provides a solid dividend yield of 3.2% and has significant amounts of net cash on the balance sheet.
- Insiders have been active buyers of the stock in 2012. Several made purchases totaling some 40,000 new shares at around current prices in February.
- The stock crossed over its 200-day moving average within the last week. BUSE was selling north of $20 a share prior to the financial crisis.
- The company more than doubled operating cash flow between 2009 and 2011, and growth in earnings and revenues are set to resume in 2013.
Affymetrix (AFFX) produces consumables and systems for genetic analysis in the life sciences and clinical healthcare markets worldwide.
Four reasons AFFX is solid speculative pick at under $5 a share:
- The company is in the midst of staging an impressive turnaround in earnings. Affymetrix lost $0.30 in 2011, but is projected to lose $0.20 in 2012 and then breakeven in 2013.
- Affymetrix has a solid balance sheet that has approximately one third of its market capitalization in net cash. It crossed over its 200-day moving average within the last week.
- AFFX has good growth ahead of it. Analysts have it growing sales around 15% for both 2012 and 2013.
- Consensus earnings estimates have been revised sharply higher in the last two months for 2012 and 2013. Although the company has had a loss in each of the last three years, operating cash flow has consistently been in the black and operating cash flow quadrupled between 2009 and 2011.


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My grandmother, Marguerite Lemire, makes this old-fashioned side dish for every family function. This hearty chilled salad has classic ingredients plus a bit of vinegar to give it zing.
- 1 package (16 ounces) elbow macaroni
- 2 cups (16 ounces) cubed fully cooked ham
- 1 block (8 ounces) cheddar cheese, dice
- 2 cups Miracle Whip
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1. Cook macaroni according to package directions; rinse in cold water and drain. Refrigerate until chilled. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; stir in macaroni. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Yield: 16 servings.
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A parent who will swim the Channel has been given a fundraising boost by children at Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School.
Alan Gale, who has a child at the school, will take on the challenge to swim the 21 miles from England to France to raise money for Acorns children's hospice.
Mr Gale wants to raise £10,000 for the hospice as a personal thank you for the help he and his family received for their son Harry, who died, aged just 10 months, in 2007.
All of the children paid £1 towards the challenge and dressed in mad clothes for a Mad March day on Friday, March 28.
The schoolchildren raised £270.
Mandie Fitzgerald, community fundraiser at Acorns for the Three Counties based in Worcester said: "On behalf of everyone at Acorns, I'd like to say a big thank you to all the staff and pupils at Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School for getting behind Al and his huge fundraising efforts.
"Acorns is currently supporting nearly 180 local life-limited and life-threatened children and over 230 families, included those that are bereaved.
"Our services include respite/short breaks, emergency and end-of-life care; and a community team to support the family 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
"We do not charge families but it does cost £750 per child per day to provide this level of specialist palliative care.
"We rely on voluntary income and fundraising for the majority of our income so the support of the local community is absolutely vital to us being able to continue to operate."
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I much prefer its paperback size to something larger that's still not fully A4. I am impressed by the iLiad and wish iRex well, but I'm leery about spending $700 on an unestablished product from an unestablished company whose fate is probably tied to their one product's success or failure. A touchscreen and WiFi would be nice, but not at twice the price. And I still suspect (but hopefully Henrique will disprove) that the iLiad's WiFi implementation is limited to iRex's iDS proxy.
But I'm still holding out for an unequivocal list of which formats Sony supports natively and through conversion. HTML, which was mentioned early on by journalists at CES, hasn't been mentioned in since; and if it's not supported, as it is with the iLiad, the Reader might be a false economy after all.
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Holy land cruise-better than expected
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Other
DINING- We signed up for select dining and we made reservations on line prior to the cruise. The reservation system worked great and we never had to wait for a table. All of the meals we had in the dining room were fantastic. There was ample variety on the menu and every dish was prepared as ordered. The service was great and they would always ask us if everything was fine or if we would like other entrees or additional desserts. We also ate at the buffet on deck 14, and the layout allowed for free movement between stations. The food was also very good with a great variety of dishes to choose from.
CABIN- Our cabin (concierge class) was very nice, and I liked the interactive television feature. My wife felt the room was too small and the drawer space didn't meet our needs. I thought the bed was very comfortable and More the shower was larger than most on other ships.
ACTIVITIES-We enjoyed the trivia and sudoku competition, however there was only 1 mah jongg set on the ship and it was never to be found. My wife received spa services(massage and hot rocks), and she said that it was the best treatment she has had on any ship. I went to the gym daily, and it had all new equipment and plenty of space. There is also a jogging track above the gym. It was fine in the morning, however in the afternoon it is not usable due to the lounge chairs that are moved onto the track and people just standing on the track. The casino had a variety of games and I liked the no smoking feature.
PORTS-We used private tours for each port and hooked up with cruise critic members to join us for the excursions. Without going into detail, we hit the major highlights in Israel, Capri, and Palermo. In Mykonos, we walked into town and hung out for a few hours. In my opinion, Mykonos was a wasted stop.
DISEMBARKATION-took only about 5 minutes. Rome cabs was there on time for our trip to the airport.
Also we met many cruise critic members and enjoyed their company. I want to thank Al & Donna, Mel & Sharon, Jack & Shelley, and Fran & Scott for making the cruise most memorable. Less
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Confronting mental illness in children
It is estimated that one in five young people develops a mental illness, but they account for only 5-6% of the mental health budget, according to charity YoungMinds.
YoungMinds, whose council includes 21 professional organisations, believes early intervention in mental health problems is the key to improving the country's health problems.
YoungMinds runs a parents' information service, a free national helpline manned by experts. It says that the calls it is receiving are becoming increasingly complex and severe and require referrals.
YoungMinds, which publishes leaflets and magazines for children and parents and runs training courses for professionals, is just one of a range of organisations offering help to young people with mental illness.
Helplines are run by ChildLine, Sane and various other groups, including Samaritans which runs workshops in schools and youth centres.
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has a youth branch which has just set up an internet experiment to encourage young people to write about their experiences to help others feel they are not alone.
There are also services for young carers, such as Young Carers run by the Carers National Association.
The kind of professional services offered to children and adolescents include:
Child psychotherapists: they tend to work with children individually in the community. They observe the child's behaviour and try to understand what causes it. They aim to help the child understand their behaviour.
Educational and clinical psychologists: they aim to understand how children and young people behave, think and learn. Educational psychologists concentrate on the child from an educational perspective, while clinical psychologists work from a community care or health perspective. They can help by intervening before a problem becomes serious.
Family therapists: they work with as many members of the family as possible, believing this can help sort out a child's problems. They work both in the community and in hospital settings.
Child and family consultation services: these are places where parents can discuss concerns about their children with experts. They are free, open to all and confidential.
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I'm not asking my lawyer to modify this based on child support rather on the fact that my son and I want to be together more, and want an equal agreement. So if my lawyer asks to modify on the basis of lack of financial means to pay that would be helpful - My lawyer is skilled, but on vacation now. Is it common for women to have to pay child support? My ex-husband skillfully got a public defender that was on his lawyer's side to back them up, and would not settle for an equal weekend agreement.
Thanks for clarifying. I would make the application but hold off on bankruptcy that may suggest to the court lack of responsibility or means to care for the child
OK - I will mention that to him - I had to get another lawyer that will handle this whole thing, and he was not the one that settled for the verbal agreement in court. Is there any way that a legal agreement can be changed that I did not sign, but went before a judge, and the other lawyer drew up the papers. I had no say, and also, didn't fully understand. My ex-husband didn't full understand either, but did agree to this, too. Thanks - I will click accept in your response to this.
If you did not sign it can be changed
provided the judge did not issue an order, and even then the court can reconsider
Really - I did not sign anything, but we went into a judge, and it sounded like a legal order with child support and visitation mentioned although I didn't realize what happened. I thought I would see it first, and not be made to accept it if it's not in writing.
It likely is an order in open court so you should first find out if there is an order and can always ask the court to reconsider
Before I accept this, in asking the court to reconsider would I look funny if I agreed to something, but didn't agree later.
Not funny at all
in these issues, people often misunderstand and seek changes
this is not a contract, but a sensitive and personal family issue
Thanks - I'll accept your answer - I would like to reconsider - I was the one that had my son 20 nights out of the month, and now his dad has that schedule. It's hard to take, and my son doesn't like it either.


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AUSTRALIA will have been part of the United Nations refugee convention for six decades this week.
The Menzies government acceded to the refugee convention on January 22, 1954, enabling it to officially come into force internationally.
The convention focuses on the process of granting asylum to people fleeing persecution.
In the past 60 years Australia has given some form of protection to about 620,000 refugees, the Refugee Council of Australia says.
However, only about 64,000 of these were granted asylum in Australia.
Most came to Australia via resettlement programs.
Earlier this month the UN's refugee agency warned Australia could in breach of its obligations under the convention if the navy pushed asylum-seeker boats back to Indonesia.
There was speculation in late 2013 the government might pull out of the convention in its efforts to stop the boats but Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said that option was not under consideration.
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Juzt Courage has been bubbling under the Nigerian rap scene for quite a while now. He dropped 3-Singles(Man's Greed, No Be Lie, and Courage Or Fame ft Fame) off his soon to be released EP titled 'Better Dayz; Juzt Ahead' earlier this year(2012), and they received great reviews from Fans and Critics. He also appeared On GriotXL's Soul Therapy EP alongside Boogey, Mo' Fame and Feedback.
Juzt Courage is known for his deep, emotions filled lyrics. 'Can't Hold Me Down' tells the struggle of a broke but determined Up and Coming Rapper in the Nigerian Music Industry, and it Features Edtunez who recently released a Single titled 'Hello There'. Both of them Rep the Sublym Mindz Movement.
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Chinese Nobel literature winner Mo Yan stated on Thursday that he believes censorship is as necessary as airport security checks. Mo, known for his relationship with China's Communist Party, also suggested that he has no plans to join an appeal that calls for the release of 2012 Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is in jail.
Mo has been heavily criticized for his refusal to defend freedom of speech as well as for being a member of the Communist Party-backed writers' association, reports CBS News.
The comments he released from Stockholm on Thursday are unlikely to gain him any new friends among human rights activists. Mo Yan received additional criticism by former Nobel winners when he was named the literature winner for 2012.
The 2009 literature winner, Herta Mueller, stated that the jury's choice of Mo was a "catastrophe" during a recent interview. She also asserted that the Chinese author protects China's censorship laws.
The Huffington Post notes that Mo Yan believes that censorship shouldn't keep the truth from coming out, but at the same time he thinks that any defamation or rumors "should be censored." He added, "But I hope that censorship, per se, should have the highest principle."
Mo also declined to answer many questions about fellow Chinese peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, the Peace Prize winner who was sentenced in 2009 to 11 years in prison after he co-authored a call to end the country's single-party rule and enact democratic reforms.
China has rejected the honor that was given to Liu, but it has welcomed the latest prize — and author — with open arms, saying that the win reflects "the prosperity and progress of Chinese literature, as well as the increasing influence of China." Mo Yan will receive his Nobel prize during a ceremony including winners in medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics.


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Somatostatin (SST) analogs are mainstay for controlling tumor proliferation and hormone secretion in carcinoid patients. Recent data suggest that extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) phosphorylation may potentiate the anti-tumor effects of SST analogs in carcinoids. Additionally, ERK1/2 phosphorylating agents have been shown to suppress biomarker expression in carcinoids. Thus, Raf-1/MEK/ERK1/2 pathway activating drugs may be synergistic with SST analogs such as pasireotide (SOM230), which may be more effective than others in its class given its elevated receptor affinity and broader binding spectrum. Here, we investigate the effects of SOM230 in combination with teriflunomide (TFN), a Raf-1 activator, in a human carcinoid cell line.Human pancreatic carcinoid cells (BON) were incubated in TFN, SOM230 or a combination. Cell proliferation was measured using a rapid colorimetric assay. Western analysis was performed to analyze expression levels of achaete-scute complex-like 1 (ASCL1), chromogranin A (CgA), phosphorylated and total ERK1/2, and markers for apoptosis.Combination treatment with SOM230 and TFN reduced cell growth beyond the additive effect of either drug alone. Combination indices (CI) fell below 1, thus quantifiably verifying synergy between both drugs as per the Chou-Talalay CI scale. Combined treatment also reduced ASCL1 and CgA expression beyond the additive effect of either drug alone. Furthermore, it increased levels of phosphorylated ERK1/2, cleaved poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase and caspase-3, and reduced levels of anti-apoptotic biomarkers. Elevated phosphorylated ERK1/2 expression following combination therapy may underlie the synergistic interaction between the two drugs.Since efficacy is achieved at lower doses, combination therapy may palliate symptoms at low toxicity levels. Because each drug has already been evaluated in clinical trials, combinatorial drug trials are warranted.
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If you know someone with a beast of an appetite - you know, the kind of guy that eats five Weetabix at a time with toast, tea and biscuits, then we think you need the Man Bowl. If he's always making a mess, he's got table manners like a Rottweiler and he just can't keep his ears out of his dinner, we think you need to let him know!
This bowl is the best spin off from canine crockery yet! Made from solid ceramic and instead of having DOG emblazoned across the front, it's been switched for MAN - this bowl is hardwearing and suitable for any motley man! It's the perfect bowl for making a dogs dinner of everything and hopefully it'll help to increase his table manners from stray dog to Cruft's champion.
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text: The Law Office of Joseph Klein is investigating the Board of Directors of Applied Signal Technology, Inc. ("Applied Signal") (NasdaqGS: APSG) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with their attempt to sell the Company to Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Raytheon will acquire Applied Signal in a cash tender offer of $38.00 per share for a total transaction value of approximately $490 million. The investigation concerns whether the Applied Signal Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to Applied Signal stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before entering into this transaction and whether Raytheon is underpaying for Applied Signal shares. The offer price represents only an eight-percent premium to Applied Signal's closing price on December 17, 2010. If you own common stock in Applied Signal and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph Klein, Esq. directly, via email at firstname.lastname@example.com, by telephone at 718-947-0005, Toll Free: 877-STOK-180, or visit http://goo.gl/CRDk1. Joseph Klein, Esq. is an experienced attorney and has also practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Klein represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation.


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La Feria de los Moles "Una breve Historia" "La feria" was created by Pedro Ramos, a native of Puebla, in October 2008. Peter, inspired by the great recipes from her grandmother Doña Kaelita, is spacious knows the unmistakable flavors of spices, since from his childhood he watched his grandmother preparing the main course of every party in his hometown. The "mole" of Dona Kaelita, was the recipe most requested by all the inhabitants of the region.
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Joshua Michael Rose left us all too soon. Having recently celebrated his 18th birthday, he had also just completed his junior year at Lowry High School. He was born to Carl and Andree Rose in Winnemucca, Nev., on May 13, 1996 and left us on June 7, 2014 in Winnemucca, Nev.
He was not only a scholar, but was involved in community service, was a member of the Lowry Golf team, Vice President of the Junior and Senior Class of 2015, a passionate part of the Advanced Irrintzi Basque Dance Group, a member of the National Honor Society, and a referee for Winnemucca Little League Basketball.
Joshua loved hunting, fishing, playing basketball, running, weightlifting, playing guitar and singing with his best friend Brycen, watching and staying loyal to the Indianapolis Colts, travelling, reading, and of course, golfing, Basque dancing, and hanging out with his best friends. He was a member of, and a lector for, St. Paul's Catholic Church and worked for the Winnemucca Golf Course and was a lawn-boy, as needed. His passion was being a mentor to kids, and he was always available for a round of golf, as well as living that jet lyfe.
Joshua lived each day to the fullest, with his engaging, signature smile, ability to laugh and make everything better for those around him. He did not regret yesterday and was never anxious about tomorrow. He loved deeply and completely, and was incredibly loyal. He was committed, focused, diligent, studious, fun-loving, compassionate and forgiving, as well. As parents and as a sister, we were blessed by every day of his 18 years. We could not have asked for a better son or brother. He had an unshakable moral compass and leaves a legacy that we all will strive to emulate.
He is preceded in death by his great grandparents and joins them to welcome us into Heaven when we arrive.
He is survived by his parents, Carl and Andree Rose, his sister, Elise Rose, his grandparents, Frank and Jo Bidart, Mike and Mary Lou Curti, and Carl and Sandy Rose all of Winnemucca, his uncles and aunts, Frank and Tracy Bidart and Robert and Kelly Bidart, their children, his cousins Dylan and Ali Miller, Vinnie and Marissa DePaoli, and Angelo Bidart, all of Sparks, Nev., his aunt and uncle, Carol and Rich Sargent and their children, his cousins, Bryanna and Bradley Sargent of Metaline Falls, Washington, and his aunt Alex Martinez and her children, his cousins, Wyatt and Hayden of Henderson, Nev. He has numerous great aunts and uncles, cousins, many adoptive aunts, and phenomenal second parents, Alicia and Brian Prokasky, all of whom are close members of his family although extended, and his best friend and brotha from another motha, Brycen Prokasky.
A viewing will be held at Albertson's Funeral Home on Friday, June 13, 2014, from 6 - 8 p.m. We will celebrate his life with a Catholic Mass on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. in the West Hall of the Convention Center in Winnemucca, Nev. Our wish is that you dress in attire that most represents your relationship with Joshua.
The family requests that, In lieu of flowers, donations be made in Joshua's name to a memorial scholarship fund that has been established at Lowry High School. Donations may be sent to the Joshua Rose Memorial Scholarship, in care of Lowry High School, 5375 Kluncy Canyon Road, Winnemucca, NV 89445.
We would like to thank Dr. Perkinson, Humboldt General Hospital, the City Police Department, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department, Lowry High School, the Humboldt County School District administration, Euskaldunak Danak Bat, Father Jose Sobarzo and St. Paul's Catholic Church, and the many friends, family, community members, and students, all too numerous to count and thank individually, who have been, and continue to be, overwhelmingly supportive throughout this time of inconceivable loss.
Arrangements are under the direction of Albertson Funeral Home, 47 W. First Street, Winnemucca, NV. (775) 623-2986.
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By all accounts, the 1996 genesis of Bombardier's Safety Standdown, an event that now regularly draws nearly 500 aviators to Wichita annually, was rather humble. Bob Agostino, director of Bombardier's Flight Operations at the time and a trained accident investigator, asked his pilots for their thoughts after a particularly difficult accident investigation. One of them, Air Force veteran Dave Sullivan, explained how the military dealt with similar issues. "We'd stand down until we figured out the cause." Agostino wondered, "Why wait for another accident before we look into what causes them?" A few months later the first standdown was launched as an internal training tool for Bombardier's seven-pilot Wichita flight department.
Rick Rowe, manager of safety standdown programs for Bombardier today, picks up the timeline. "That first event included a theatrical smoke generator in a Lear 31 to demonstrate emergency evacuations realistically. Then we brought over the fire department and everyone got a chance to try putting out an actual fire with an extinguisher." In 1997 Bombardier invited its research and development, as well as its production test pilots, to the standdown. "By 1999 we were inviting Bombardier customers to what had officially become the Safety Standdown. In 2000 we opened the doors to other flight departments," Rowe explained. By 2005, FAA, NTSB and NBAA support solidified the Safety Standdown brand.
Attendance has grown each year since. In 2008 it nudged 600 when the event was held in Kansas City. Safety Standdown returned to its Wichita roots the next year, however, because people felt it lost some of its original flavor with such inflated attendance. "At first we thought bigger would be better, but we came to realize that 475, right here in Wichita, is just right," said Puja Mahajan, Bombardier's manager of flight operations. "This number is intimate enough to make an impact, but not so large that we lose the message in the vastness of a big room," she added.
This year, as usual, the topics all integrated around the "Learn, Apply, Share" philosophy for which the Safety Standdown has been noted since it began. The idea endures that meeting the minimums of the regulations is simply not good enough for anyone in this industry. Registration for Safety Standdown remains free.
Leadership Must Focus on Safety
Forget the constant back and forth about whether or not there will be a pilot shortage and how leaders will deal with the mismatch of cockpit experience levels that's about to hit. Dr. Tony Kern, CEO of Convergent Performance, spelled it all out in the Standdown keynote.
"Want to focus on safety over the next ten years?" Kern asked. "Find the right people and figure out how to hold on to them," he said. "Competition for recruiting and selecting well qualified pilots will increase, so the fight is on. If you don't stay in step you'll get the leftovers. And if the economy picks up this change is going to come at us very, very fast." The writing is on the wall for leaders: Change or get out of the way. While "leaders will need to learn how to train," new hires will also need to learn how to teach themselves "because there won't be enough training dollars to make up the difference between the experience levels. We'll have to take quality assurance and standardization much more seriously, too. And [leaders] will need to come to grips with continuous turnover."
Reflecting on the 2009 Colgan accident in Buffalo, Kern said, "Clearly there was a lack of discipline, proficiency and skill. And all these failures occurred above the regulatory line, despite what it looked like. Eight or nine years from now, this might be your best crew. [It does not matter who] we put in which airplane. Those pilots can't just meet minimums. They must perform at a level of holistic excellence." Kern said the industry can't survive with the eroding levels of professionalism being displayed today. "Aren't we all professionals though? If the answer is yes, then we've set the bar too low. We've dumbed ourselves down with what is an acceptable performance. But how do we raise it without angering some people enough to fight against it?"
Kern asked, "Are there times when pilots must perform nearly perfectly to survive? Absolutely. So training only to a level of effectiveness is [related] more to simply keeping your job. Perfection might be what keeps you alive. But how can we be ready [for anything] when we don't train like we fly every day? We need to demand more [from pilots]. But being better is above the minimums outlined on the regulatory line."
Kern believes in personalizing professionalism. His theory: "A level-one pilot has a job. By level two he meets all the standards. But at level three [where we need to be] he is doing all he can to be the best and help his peers do the same. That's the competitive advantage of better safety improvements." Kern said, "It's vitally important that you realize you are capable of so much more."
Runway Incursions and Excursions
Al Gorthy, a former Navy carrier pilot, works in the FAA's Runway Safety Group. He said runway incursions and excursions are still on the NTSB's Top 10 Most Wanted List. "In the past thirty-five years, more than 1,100 people have died in ground collisions. All those accidents were preventable," he said. When it comes to determining causes, Gorthy said, "We're good, but only after the fact. We need to get much better at connecting the dots before an excursion or incursion. Most causes point to human error. It is easy to blame and difficult to look at ourselves. We must remember that arrival at an airport means you're operating in a hostile environment populated with well meaning people who sometimes underperform. One person underperforming can create a threat."
He pointed out that despite today's technology–airports with state-of-the-art signs and electronics, aircraft and pilots with sophisticated simulators and training–human error remains a constant. Today's pilots are making "the same errors we made 40 years ago. How do we fix this?" He said 70 to 80 percent of the time pilots admit that their mistakes stem from simply not paying attention. "If you focus too much on what has happened, though, you may lose focus on what might happen. Focus too much on what might happen and you might miss what is happening. It is simple to understand, but difficult to manage."
Runway incursions are categorized from "D" to "A," with "A" the most serious. The only difference between a "C," a "B" and an "A" is time, and often just seconds. The total number of incursions has remained relatively flat for the past four years, about three each day at towered airports. We've made tremendous progress on "A" and "B" until this year, according to Gorthy. The numbers are climbing and, he said, "We don't know why right now, but we'll find out. That's a close call every 17 days, with controllers [responsible for] 20 percent, vehicles 20 percent and pilots 80 percent, although business aviation is only a small portion of those incursions. Most are general aviation. Are we going to settle for this?" Gorthy asked. "Is this really the best we can hope for?"
Runway excursions are the most common type of fatal runway accident, with 80 percent occurring during landing. Between 1995 and 2010 there were 650 runway excursion accidents worldwide, 65 of which were fatal and taking 1,121 lives. Failure to execute a timely go-around is the top reason for runway excursions, and business aviation pilots are nearly twice as likely as an airliner crew not to execute a go-around when needed. Precursors to both incursions and excursions include airport construction, pilot's unfamiliarity with the airport, shortened runways, land and hold-short operations, intersection departures and operations on crossing runways. "We need to start connecting these dots much better," Gorthy said.
A Little Apollo Guidance
Safety Standdown's unofficial ambassador is Capt. Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander and the last man to walk on the moon. As a pilot type-rated in the Learjet 45, Cernan understands and appreciates business aviation. He handles personal transportation with the Cessna 421 he still flies.
It's the thinking that happens at the standdown that makes the event useful, Cernan said. "I was a naval aviator, a carrier guy," he said. "Years ago, Bob Agostino asked me to do more than just tell the Standdown what I've done. So I told them all the dumb things I've done. Just because you've gone to the moon doesn't mean you're exempt from making stupid decisions. I've made a lot of them in my life. I think when guys heard I was vulnerable they realized they could be too." He worries about the complacency technology is imposing on pilots. "We tend to become overwhelmed with all the lights on these glass panels and forget we still have a responsibility to fly the airplane," he told attendees.
His 421 now has a glass PFD and MFD and terrain avoidance technology that's "supposed to keep me from killing myself. But if that technology fails, I still need to fly the airplane and miss that mountaintop." He said Safety Standdown forces him to be more introspective when he flies. "It's easy to preach and a little more difficult to do," Cernan said. "I always feel a little guilty now if I take a shortcut I told someone else not to try. I call it the standdown effect."
Bombardier's Rick Rowe said, "I used to think we had the wrong people in the room at Standdown listening, because those people already get it. But then someone said no, we have just the right people in the room, the right people to take the 'learn, apply and share' message back to people who were not here. They also need to tell others that simple compliance with minimums will not keep us safe. There are plenty of dead people out there who met minimums."
Cernan concluded, "You must be committed to the belief that you can be a better pilot. Just good in our profession is never going to be good enough. That's not a regulation; that's a commitment that each individual must make to himself."
Nine Principles of Glass-cockpit Airmanship
Within four months of the Air France 447 crash–May through October 2009–three more A330s suffered a total loss of air data in convective weather above FL370. Why did these three crews recover while the Air France crew did not?
Chris Lutat, an MD-11 check airman and a member of the Convergent Performance team, said, "Those three events have become just a footnote. Why aren't we looking at what those pilots did correctly to interpret what they saw [in the cockpit]?"
On glass-cockpit aircraft, Lutat said, "After almost two full decades of flight training on these airplanes we finally have a repository of expert knowledge on glass cockpits. Training was pretty much absent when we began operating these aircraft. Good judgment and safe practices do not come packaged with new technology." Lutat echoed the NTSB's John Lauber, who urged that we must define the relationship between people and technology and not let it define us. "Glass-cockpit airplanes are still just airplanes. The elements of discipline, skill and proficiency remain unchallenged as the foundation of professional airmanship. The technology has simply given us a new lens through which to view how the aircraft performs."
Why is glass operational excellence so important? "Expert performance is required right after initial training," Lutat said. "Complex systems fail in complex ways. Few training and evaluation programs provide [much of] a balance in developing proficiency flying with degraded automation." Recalling Qantas 32's uncontained engine failure, Lutat explained why automation competence has become a frontline skill. "That incident left the A380 crew with information they didn't know what to do with, information they didn't need and necessary information they couldn't find."
Lutat shared his nine principles of automation airmanship, reminding the audience never to forget that "you are way smarter than the technology."
1. Planning The PIC conducts a thorough pre-flight briefing ensuring each crewmember understands the aircraft's technology and assigns specific crewmembers responsibilities for specific automation duties.
2. Briefing and De-briefing Specific flight-deck briefings on FMS, autoflight mode configurations, unanticipated automation behavior and timely resolution of discrepancies. Brief from the FMS, not the flight plan, to ensure the crew understands what the aircraft is planning to do next.
3. Data Entry Use of strict data entry and verification routines that compare intentions with aircraft performance. Ambiguous data entries are challenged and corrected before being entered into the airplane's systems.
4. Communicating Concise, bold person-to-person communications between crewmembers, including the intent of all pilot actions.
5. Monitoring The PIC maintains authority over crew and automation, ensuring that the crew, not the aircraft, makes flight-path changes. Humans can focus on only one task at a time but must learn to switch quickly between tasks.
6. Situational and Mode Awareness Crewmembers must thoroughly understand all autoflight, flight guidance and system sensors to maintain accurate mental pictures of the flight.
7. Workload Management Flight crews must smoothly alternate between automated and manual flight, with all cockpit crewmembers aware of the changes.
8. Positive Flight-path Control Aircraft control is never compromised when automation fails. Flying the airplane first is always key.
9. Logic Knowledge Pilots accurately apply knowledge of automated systems in all operations.
"Automation Airmanship is accessible, learnable, teachable and observable," Lutat emphasized. "Pilots must learn to apply automation system knowledge to their decision-making and understand expected and anticipated automation actions. Most of all, eliminate discussions that begin with "What's it doing now?"
Piloting Good Cardiovascular Health
It's tough to talk about how airmen should interact with their aircraft, its technology and the world around them without discussing how pilots can keep their bodies, specifically their hearts, healthy enough to fly.
Dr. James Smith, a Wichita-based cardiovascular disease specialist, said treating cardiovascular health means treating systemic health as well because the heart is a muscle that needs stimulation to stay healthy. "Cardiovascular disease essentially means circulatory trouble often triggered by high cholesterol, high blood sugar, infections, abdominal obesity and, of course, smoking." Cardiovascular disease also affects the brain, lungs, kidneys, blood vessels and blood pressure.
Smith compared a number of controllable versus uncontrollable heart risk factors. "Pilots can control their diet, exercise, weight, smoking and alcohol intake, but they can't control their age, genetics, diseases, environment or stress." He reminded pilots they're also great candidates for deep-vein thrombosis (blood clots in the legs) from extended periods of sitting idle at high altitudes. Dehydration exacerbates the problem. Frequent sips of water and movement every hour or 90 minutes work well.
Smoking, however, remains the most damaging risk to the heart, Smith said. Smoke contains toxic chemicals that damage the vascular lining, increase blood clots and raise bad cholesterol levels.
Smith ended with a discussion of the relationship among diet, exercise and weight control. "Each factor affects the other two. Maintaining a good diet and exercising regularly will help with weight control, while weight control and a good diet will make exercising easier."


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MINISTER of police Nathi Mthethwa yesterday faced an angry Olifantshoek community with furious demands from more than 300 protesters calling on the town's mayor to resign.
Mthethwa had to adjourn the meeting after it became clear that the situation was spiralling out of control, choosing instead to talk to police management and community representatives in private.
Violent protests in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District are thought to have started in Olifantshoek in May this year. Thousands of pupils have been kept out of school, with parents and community members saying that the status quo would remain until their demands are met.
The source of the anger, which led to the violent protests, remains unclear, although some claim that community members are angry about shoddy roads, an unresponsive mayor, and alleged corruption at the municipality.
Yesterday, Mthethwa's spokes-man, Brigadier Masebueng Mochologi, said the minister visited several places where properties were destroyed during the protests.
The "imbizo" with the community at a local community hall eventually became uncontrollable, although no incidents of violence were reported.
"The situation was out of control. Everyone was shouting at each other and nobody wanted to listen to anyone. The environment was actually not conducive. Everyone kept shouting for the mayor to step down," Mochologi said.
She added that Mthethwa then asked for five representatives from the community to come forward so that their concerns could be addressed.
These representatives met with Mthethwa, the Northern Cape MEC for transport, safety and liaison, Patrick Mabilo, and the provincial commissioner of police, Lieutenant General Janet Basson yesterday afternoon.
"The minister emphasised that property must not be destroyed and that the children must be allowed to go back to school. Yesterday, we learnt that a building belonging to the Department of Social Development and the mayor's house were burnt down. It has been almost four months since these children have been to school. He also stated that problems cannot be resolved overnight," said Mochologi.
"Community members referred to tenders that were irregularly awarded, corruption, nepotism within the municipality, and that there are no community meetings with the mayor. Everyone sang the same song … that the mayor must step down," Mochologi added.
Meanwhile, a provincial task team met on Friday last week to discuss the protests. Spokesman for the Northern Cape Department of Education, Sydney Stander, said that it was decided that various stakeholders in the community should be mobilised to send pupils back to school.
"The issue of when the schools will open is not our responsibility alone but will happen as a result of parents, the community, churches and unions standing up to protect the learning space to allow our children to prepare for their future.
"Our take is that education should be understood by everybody to be critical in eradicating and pushing back the frontiers of poverty and therefore, denying our children education, is tantamount to condemning them to a future of abject poverty," Stander said.


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"This was an absolute sumptuous ballet with gorgeous sets and costumes I have seen in years." - The Central Fife Times.
After a successful Ballet tour last year, Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back for their annual UK tour with mesmerising, and captivating full touring ballet production.
One hundred and thirty-five years ago, audiences heard the Swan Lake music by the great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for the very first time. From this moment on, the world of ballet would never be the same again.
Swan Lake is a tale of two young women, Odette and Odile, who resemble each other so closely one can easily be mistaken for the other.
It is the compelling legend of a tragic romance in which a princess, Odette, is turned into a swan by an evil curse. Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful young woman he is instantly captivated – will his love prove strong enough to break the evil spell that she is under?
From the impressive splendour of the palace ballroom to the moonlit lake where swans glide in perfect formation, this compelling tale of tragic romance has it all.
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Ladies and gentlemen: War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.James Earl Carter, Jr.
The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes and we must.James Earl Carter, Jr.
Peaceful nations must stand for the advance of democracy. No other system of government has done more to protect minorities, to secure the rights of labor, to raise the status of women, or to channel human energy to the pursuits of peace.George Walker Bush
Today, when the Gospel is under attack from all directions, I too must ask the question: "What profit do you get from your unbelief?" I never get the impression that people have peace of mind or are happier for all their unbelief. No, my friends.Wilhelm Busch
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.Charlie Chaplin
He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.Arthur Henderson
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.Oscar Wilde
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
A Garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot, The veriest school of Peace; and yet the fool contends that God is not Not God! in Gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign: 'T is very sure God walks in mine.Thomas Edward Brown
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The theory is obvious.
The NHL all-star game, as much as it can be fun for players to attend and a showcase for the league, is not time well spent for players.
Therefore, those such as Jarome Iginla — the Calgary Flames captain who will attend his sixth game this weekend in Ottawa — would be better served using the break for some downtime.
That way, so the theory goes, he'd be refreshed by some days off and therefore more prolific down the stretch while the playoff chase cranks onto a high gear.
But trust Iginla to prove he's not been affected after the all-star game in seasons past.
In the five previous seasons Iginla has gone to the all-star games, he's always returned with a vengeance.
The only time he wasn't a point-per-game player or better in the regular season clashes which followed the game was the 2003-04 season, in which he managed 27 points in the final 28 games of the season. However, that was actually a better clip in both his goals (17) and points than Iginla compiled prior to heading out of town for the game.
It helped that Iginla returned from the 2004 game in St. Paul, Minn., and promptly went on a five-game goal-scoring streak to pace the club to its first playoff berth in eight years, and go on to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final.
And just think, his production immediately after the 2004 outing pales in comparison to a few of the other times.
Take Iginla's response after his first trip to an all-star game, during the 2001-02 season.
In the 29 games following the event in Los Angeles, Iginla racked up 20 goals and 38 points, and went on to become the first Flames player to win the Art Ross Trophy with 96 points and the Rocket Richard Trophy with 52 goals.
He netted 11 goals and 21 points in the 13 games immediately after the game.
Or what about the 2002-03 season? Iginla returned from the game in Florida by netting 13 goals in 11 outings and compiled 20 goals and 31 points in 28 games down the stretch.
The last time Iginla attended an all-star game, 2009, also helped him springboard to a strong final push — 16 goals and 36 points in 36 games.
So, Flames fans shouldn't yet fear the 34-year-old Iginla will struggle mightily down the stretch.
His history goes against that negative potential.
Maybe that's the tradeoff Iginla has received in return for managing just one goal and two assists over the course of his five all-star game appearances.
And you know the Flames, and the captain, will take a red-hot finish over a couple of tallies in a meaningless affair.
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I started reading "The Help" over the weekend and haven't gotten very far into it yet. But the premise is intriguing and the writing exceptional so I know it will be a good read.
So far, the story is dealing with the relationship between a black housekeeper working in the home of a white wannabe socialite in 1960s Mississippi. I have a long way to go in the book but what I read so far reminds me of my own family in a small way. My brother and I were joking about it yesterday, but it brought back early memories of that very relationship between black housekeepers and two of my aunts.
My Aunt Ginger was a relatively refined and genteel southern woman who married young and stood by her husband as he built a very comfortable life for them. She was more like a grandmother since she was my mother's aunt who raised her for a portion of her life. I used to be completely captivated by her and her daintiness and girliness. I loved watching her unpack her suitcases when they'd visit because she had fine and fancy things that smelled good and made me feel like a lady. My mother was intelligent and funny, but not real girlie. Add two brothers to the mix and you get the picture.
So she'd visit and I'd follow her around like a puppy until I got older and realized that she was refined and genteel - and a racist. I learned of this on an extended visit when I was around 12 years old. It was just me and my great aunt and great uncle in their big house in Oklahoma. I had my own room and bathroom and felt like a princess. The house was beautiful and spotless. Mostly because of their housekeeper Crystal. And that was my introduction to the relationship between the lady of the house and the 'help.' They don't intermingle. They don't have friendly conversations. She may as well have been a ghost ... who cleaned things. I was intrigued by this relationship and asked my aunt one day about Crystal. I don't remember the entire response, but the words that got stuck in my head were: "Oh, she's our colored girl."
I'd never heard this phrase to describe a vocation and I was stumped for a response. She didn't call her their housekeeper, cleaning lady, maid - any of the terms that I'd heard for what she did. She said it so clearly, and without a second thought. That's who Crystal was . . . their 'color girl.'
Holy moley. Really? Is that what she put on her income tax forms? Occupation: Color Girl?
I wasn't raised that way and it seems odd that someone who had a pretty big effect on my mother (not much of it good, I found out later) would have that mindset. But there it was.
Side note: I also couldn't figure out why a woman with no children, no job outside the home - other than appearances at the Country Club and the First United Methodist Church of Enid, Oklahoma (Say Hallelujah) would need 'help.' But that might just be my bitterness talking - I mop my own floors.
Another aunt, this one on my Dad's side of the family, also had a housekeeper. But the dynamic was much different. My Aunt Lila was down-to-earth and very funny. She scared me a little when I was small because I think she much preferred the company of adults than children. But that's okay because when I got older we got along just fine. She married a surgeon, had three children, and a busy life - so she had a housekeeper named Lee who came in once or twice a week to help out. But Lila and Lee had a relationship. They respected each other, talked to each other like friends, and it never seemed like an employer/employee relationship. In fact, one night Lila spilled something on the floor and quickly got the mop and cleaned it up saying "Gotta clean up this mess before Lee comes tomorrow or she'll have my hide!" I loved that.
I know there are vast cultural differences between blue bloods and us mere mortals. I also know there are vast cultural differences between the South and ... most of the rest of the world. None of this is new, but picking up this book brought up the memories.
These memories are important though. No one told me to be appalled at Ginger's little display of racism, but I was. I still am. Wealth and influence don't erase racial ignorance. Which is too bad because it's still everywhere you look.
But not in my (slightly dusty) house.


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A Japan trained horticulture expert of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Mrs. Rogatta Antwi-Baadu has organised a workshop on Soil Solarisation to control soil-borne diseases in vegetable nurseries at the Ministries' office in Abokobi, Accra.
Her presentation was on how to control soil-borne diseases in vegetable using solarisation. She touched on the use of plastic sheets for solarisation. "The sheets should have a transparent color for heating." She then demonstrated the solarisation for nursery soil.
Mr. Hayashi from JICA Ghana Office added: "I appreciate Mrs. Antwi-Baadu's presentation. It was good and educative. She went to Japan for training and she has shared what she learnt with vegetable farmers in this community. I hope all participants will spread this knowledge to other farmers."
Mrs. Antwi-Baadu had horticulture training in Japan and Kenya. The workshop was to share her knowledge to farmers and extension staff.


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DATE DOG IS COMING TO 1st EVENT (All dogs are available for online adoption now. In-person adoptions will begin on the date of a dog's first event provided they are still available. Dogs not adopted during their first event will attend additional events thereafter until adopted): Friday, July 7, 2017
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HIS voice is known to thousands across Wiltshire.
But it was BBC DJ Matthew Smith's name which caught the interest of sci-fi fans across the world earlier this month.
That was because the Wiltshire DJ shared his name with Matt Smith.
On January 3 the BBC announced, amid much speculation, that actor Matt Smith would be handed the keys to the Tardis when David Tennant steps down from the role early next year.
Until that point he was best known for roles in BBC dramas The Ruby In The Smoke and Party Animals – and a small role in ITV drama Secret Diary of A Call Girl, which starred Swindon's own Billie Piper.
On the day Matt Smith was named as the new Doctor the part of the BBC Wiltshire website which included Matthew Smith's DJ profile attracted a whopping 4,000 hits.
And Matthew even had a clutch of emails from curious fans asking if he was the same Matt Smith.
"I got a fair few emails from friends about it too," said Matthew, 36.
"I wasn't aware of Matt Smith the actor before the announcement.
"But I was watching the programme on the night and when they said that Matt Smith was to be the new Doctor I thought 'Hang on, that's me.' "I do like the show and think if the BBC had offered me the role I would have considered taking it – depending on my companion of course."
Matthew is the voice of BBC Radio Wiltshire's drivetime show between 4-7pm Monday to Fridays and has worked for the BBC for a number of years.
For Matthew, coming across someone who shares his moniker is a surprisingly regular occurrence.
"There was another Matthew Smith in my class at school," he said.
"And we even have another Matthew Smith who works here at the BBC occasionally.
"So it's definitely a common name. Sharing the name makes me think it might be worth putting in for an interview with Matt.
"It's a while before he starts in the part but it certainly has to be worth a go."


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I Hate My Girlfriend's Friends – Daily Dilemma [AUDIO]
I think this was the first dilemma that we have featured on the show where more than one person called in and said, "Wow, this is a tough one!" I think it is the delicate nature of the situation, usually with most relationship dilemmas you can get away with , "hey just talk about it." but in this case it goes along with the women and weight topic in that she does not wish to talk about it. SO I guess, we did it for him.
Here is what he wrote: "I have been with my girl for a year and things with her are GREAT! However, I can't stand her friends. I don't understand how a down to earth girl, like my girlfriend, can be friends with these girls. Have you ever seen the movie "Mean Girls?" That's how her friends are. They keep meddling in our business and I just feel it might be a deal breaker. What should I do? Do I walk away, ask her to choose — what's the best answer?"
Let's hear how the callers responded to our dilemma today and remember to tune in every weekday morning at 6:40 am to hear a new "Daily Dilemma" on the Sean and Richie Show. Now, press play and enjoy.


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Our client, a leading transport authority in NSW is looking for an experienced Communications System Design Engineer to improve its operations through the centralisation of its services into a new state of the art operations centre.
Working on one of the most significant rail infrastructure projects in Australia the successful candidate will have the opportunity to have significant input into the future of Sydney's transport network.
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Working alongside a team of Engineers the successful candidate will be responsible for the design and extension of IT and telecommunications systems and networks to a new centralised operations centre. This will include completing engineering services within strict time and budget constraints, implementing best practice in order to minimise cost, conducting maintenance as required and the testing of IT and Telecommunication assets as necessary.
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Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi has religious fatwa placed on him thanks to his new single 'Naghi'
Shahin Najafi is an Iranian rapper who faces death threats after angering a high-ranking imam in his new song "Naghi." Specifically, the offending phrase was Najafi's mention of Ali al-Hadi al-Naqi, one of the 12 imams, the religious figures highly revered by Shi'ite Muslims.
Iranian website Shia Online (surprisingly, nothing to do with Shia Lebeouf) announced that they will give $100,000 to anyone who kills him—all thanks to the lyrics in his new single. I mean, I've heard of a bad review, but this is going a little far…
Shahin emigrated to Germany a few years ago to escape persecution in Iran. It seems, however, that the religious overlords there are looking to eradicate him by any means necessary; honestly, who gets that mad over a song? The song lightly pokes fun at the imam, and if anything serves as a satirical reminder that the country could do a lot better without such religious micromanaging.
And sure, it might be the talk of the week, but Iran? It's a viral video. People will be talking about something new next week. It's hardly Rebecca Black, Iran. Chill out. There's no reason to kill someone over something like this.
We've provided the English translation of the lyrics below the video, if you want to take a listen to how milquetoast the lyrics are.
Naqi! for sake of your sense of humor
For sake of this deportee man out of ring
For sake of the threatening life's big penis sitting back to us
Naqi! For sake of the width and lengths of sanction and uprising dollar and the sense of humiliation
Naqi! For sake of paper made Imam
For sake of Ya Ali saying infant trapping in the womb
For sake of jurisprudence lesoon in the nose operation's room
For sake of Agha* [the leader] and prayer bead and rug made in china
Naqi!for sake of Sheith Rezaeie's* thumb [an Iranian soccer player who fingered his playmate in a live broadcasted soccer match]
For sake of the missed out religion and the religious football
Hey Naqi! Now that Mahdi has slept, we are calling you: hey naqi!
We are ready wearing our shrouds, hey naqi! Rise up! (2)
Naqi! For sake of love and Viagra
For sake of legs up in the air and chakra
For sake of bread, chicken, meat and fish
And Silicon breast and striped virginity
Naqi! For sake of Golshifte's* tits [an Iranian actress who pose nude for the Cézar film prize]
For sake of our lost prestige which was taken
Naqi! For sake of Aryan's race
And the plaques overhang the neck
Naqi! Please for sake of Farnood's* dick [an Iranian child who goofed in a live TV show]
And three thousand billion* under the sapphire sky [the amount of money embezzled by the government from Iran's Saderat Bank]
Persian Gulf and Uromieh Lake were fictional
By the way! What was the Green Movement leader's name?!
Chorus (2)
Hey Naqi, hey Naqi, hey Naqi!
For sake of fart-rending* demise of nation's Imam [it points to a goof from an Iranian TV's host, who used fart-rending instead of the word "Heart-rending"]
For sake of fossilized political commentators far from homeland
For sake of high class widows roaming in discos
For intellectual discussions in chartrooms
For sake of notorious men's order
For sake of female men rights' supporters
For sake of colored revolution on TV
For sake of 3 percent book readers of people
For sake of fake & hollow poets
For sake of this fickle crowd
Who say "viva" in the morning & "down with" in the evening
For sake of fantasy fiction's hero
Chorus (2)
Hey Naqi, hey Naqi, hey Naqi!


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Carnival Inspiration - Western Caribbean: Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review by DGP1111
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Carnival Inspiration - Western Caribbean
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Tampa
CABIN: This was also a test, as I booked an inside cabin on the highest deck (Verandah) which accommodated very few passengers, and was located above the officer's quarters (which I hoped would create a quiet experience, and it was!!). It would also put me close to all deck activities, and quick stair access to the busy Promenade. I've done inside cabins on several occasions, so that was not an issue at all, but won't be doing the upper deck in the future. Laws of Physics tell you that if the ship is rocking quite a bit, then for every inch you tilt on the lower levels, you multiply that the higher you go. This was definitely a cruise to test that math. Cabin steward was terrific throughout, and everything in the cabin worked perfectly. Though it was humorous that first day, I did feel sorry for a fellow Verandite who had booked the very forward suite and assumed her balcony would be private. Apparently she threw open the drapes, naked as the day she was born, and found numerous passengers just a few feet away on the bridge balcony waiting for the sail-away. While up there you have a very clear view of every single Verandah exterior. Guess not all shows take place in the theatre.
DINING & SERVICE: The service for my table (Mardi Gras Room) was perfect throughout, and I would not have changed a thing. Head waiter and assistant were on top of everything every night. My dining partners started as strangers, and ended as friends. Most memorable was the grouper (delicious beyond words), a mushroom starter, and the chocolate melting cake. There was nothing I didn't finish, unless I was too full. My sincere kudos to George The Greek for running a great food & beverage team. The Lido buffet/grill was also well run, and that 24-hour pizza always comes in handy on a cruise.
ACTIVITIES: Most of the deck events were either canceled, modified, or moved indoors. The pool was closed almost the entire voyage (unless we were docked), which really didn't affect me, but I certainly missed seeing any sun whatsoever. Hard to explain on return how you went on a cruise and got zero tan. The casino was run very well, and was usually busy since people weren't on the upper decks at all. Won me a ship-on-a-stick doing trivia one day, and also attended most of the art auctions (ended up buying two pieces), as well as entering the slot tournament (sucked big time on that one). Despite many things having to be rearranged, I still think there was quite a bit for us all to do. The Promenade bars were always active at night, and all passengers seemed to be enjoying their time there. The shops were organized and well-run in my opinion. It was fun to overhear comments from passengers who couldn't figure out how one crew member just seemed to be every place they went. They were a set of identical twins!! Also, there were 470 children onboard, and I applaud Camp Carnival for keeping them occupied throughout the voyage. It was never really an issue at all.
ENTERTAINMENT: Cruise Director, Skip Lyons, is to be commended a lot, as he was able to keep things going (including moods) during a potentially dismal sailing due to weather. He is quick, and prepared. . . . a true indication of quality in a CD. The Captain didn't show up for a major appearance during one show, and Skip was able to deflect attention away from that with ease. The passenger talent show was a real success, and I personally didn't see anyone leave from the theatre (which I think was a first for me), and I heard several people on the following days congratulating the performers when they happened up on them. The Inspiration singers were talented for sure, but definitely not at the top of cruise entertainers I've seen in the past. I think they were truly trying their best (despite forgetting words several times in the afternoon Christmas show). OK, I've been really positive so far, not yet mentioning the sea sickness . . . or the Inspiration dancers. The dancers perform in two full shows and one special (and shorter) holiday show. I gave them the benefit of the doubt the first show because I know it's difficult to perform on a moving/rocking stage. Was impressed on those occasions where they had to stand still for periods of time, as that's even more difficult, and no one fell (just some stumbling). But there were multiple times where people blanked and missed several counts of choreography, only to start laughing when they realized they were lost in the stars. If you pull that crap in Vegas or on Broadway (which CCL likes to make comparisons), you'll find yourself no closer to the stage than those tearing ticket stubs at the door. Perhaps more rehearsal on those three days where they don't perform at all would be in order.
WEATHER/ULP URP: The weather as definitely yucky, and I feel that CCL did its absolute best to make the most of the situation. Ship was rockin and rollin beginning that very first night, and passengers were having their balance and stomachs tested in many ways. Barf bags were put up at all elevators and all restaurant entrances, as well as on end tables throughout busy traffic areas. Despite being 99.9% certain that illness was completed due to rough seas, the staff took no chance of possible virus, and began to clean the entire ship (and I do mean absolutely everything that is routinely touched). Big kudos to Inspiration for that effort!! When I went up to get some 2:00 pizza it was tough to make it through all the chairs. Three steps forward, two at an angle and then a quick crossover in the opposite direction grab a chair for balance, and then start over. I had just gotten my pizza when the young lady behind me cried, Quick, hold my hair!! I turned to see a perfectly choreographed move as her husband grabbed her hair, and she bent forward to complete the ultimate ulp urp. Staff showed up immediately to begin cleaning, and I just put my pizza on the nearest table. Appetite suddenly went away, it seems. Was basically the same scenario on formal night when the woman in the fancy blue dress suddenly bent at her waist. Unfortunately the frilly ascot piece on the front went forward as well. Eww! There was also something I'd not witnessed before and I saw it happened twice. Someone lost their balance in the casino and got some of their beverage on the felt tables. There is a huge procedure that has to take place when that happens. Multiple casino staffers clean every card, chip, and piece of equipment that has a drop on it. Pretty much stops the flow of play for several minutes.
Weather also became a major factor in shore excursions. Many of the Grand Cayman tours were completely cancelled. Others that did take place were pretty much a loss (with people soaked to their undies by days end). The local restaurants made out well, though, as people could eat and drink (emphasis on the drinking) and stay rather dry. I did Margaritaville again, and enjoyed myself. Calica is nothing but a big rock quarry, and if you want to do anything, you have to go several miles away. My excursion (Beach Break) was not cancelled though in reality it was!! Sat on a restaurant patio for the majority of the time because of the rain. But when it did stop briefly, I was able to get out and take some nice photos. On return to the ship, there was one of the most beautiful rainbows that I've seen in my lifetime. When I heard quite a few crew members saying it was the best they'd seen as well, I knew I needed to attempt as many pictures as possible. Tough to do in the hard mist that was falling, but most came out very well.
DEBARKATION: Not really smooth at all, but since I didn't have an early flight or schedule to keep, it really didn't faze me, but there was grumbling going on in a BIG way. I have to admit that the information being given didn't reflect reality much at all. Each crew area seemed to be winging it, and probably not the best audience to try that with (since many had been pushed to the limit for several days). Not surprisingly, they biggest grumblers were those passengers who had been so vocally negative since Day 1. Too bad the ship didn't ever reach quite enough tilt to send them into the drink.
TOTAL EXPERIENCE: Despite it being the worst weather I'd experienced for an entire cruise, it was not the worst experience with a rocking ship (Sovereign of the Seas got that gold medal several years ago when I sailed her with a broken stabilizer -- the ship, not me). And I absolutely had a fun time while onboard Inspiration. True, I spent more time in my cabin than usual, but there were some great movies playing that I'd not yet seen, so that was a great way to fill part of the day. For me the food was above expectations, and my cabin steward kept my surroundings in top shape. The ship was spotless (though you can see some age), and I'd sail Inspiration again with no bad feelings about this past voyage. And I should also add that the holiday decorations throughout the ship really made things look festive (including those huge hanging banners in the atrium that swung like a pendulum throughout the cruise). I absolutely give Inspiration Thumbs Up. Less
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Your insanely interested mind comes up with an idea. A good one. You place it to the correct drawer in the storage room you call your brain. Then another idea pops into your mind. Storage, here we come. And yet another…
You know how it goes: your mind comes up with new ideas at such a pace that you either forget all of them before noon – or even worse – your precious brain blows up.
I want to keep your brain in one piece, that's why today's survival strategy (This is strategy #2, so if you haven't read the first one yet, you might want to read it too) comes to rescue.
After eight months (and 133 posts) of blogging I must say that the decision to start blogging was one of my best ones ever: blogging has made me dig deeper into many things that I would have otherwise stacked in the back of my mind, it has introduced me to interesting people from whom I keep learning something new every day, and it has taught me to concentrate and not give up on a project. Not to mention the impact it has had on my writing routine.
I'm far from perfect, and that's the beauty of blogging.
1. Always something to learn
- Writing more inspiring articles that generate comments.
- Getting stumbled or dugg.
- Making it to the Digg front page (or maybe you prefer organic growth…)
- Getting people to subscribe to your RSS feed. And keep them happy so that they stay subscribed.
- Becoming an expert in your field.
- Owning a word ("Insanely Interested") .
- Planning your posts in advance.
- Making money from your blog (If you haven't yet read How To Be a Rockstar Freelancer yet, check it out right after finishing this post).
- …
And the list doesn't get shorter. It grows.
2. Writing down your ideas helps your brain
Yeah, I know. The section above didn't do any good for your brain just on the verge of exploding. If anything, now you have even more ideas to store and process. Sorry.
But blogging really does help. Let's start from the one thing you're looking for:
- When you blog, you have a place to put your ideas in. You can think of it as a backup storage: if you happen to format your brain at some point, you will still have your best ideas stored in your blog.
And now that you don't have to worry about running out of brain capacity, here's something new for your brain to process:
- Blogging improves your thinking. When I wasn't blogging, I often got new ideas, thought about them a bit and then put them away – only to forget about them in a few days or less. Blogging changed this: now when I get a great idea, I read about it, write down my experiences and opinions, do some research, and finally blog about it.
- Remember your ideas. When you write an idea down you remember it. You don't even have to go back to check it again.
- Track your progress. One of my favorite passtimes when I want to reflect on my past is to go back to some of my early posts in this blog and then compare them with my more recent posts. It shows me how my thinking has evolved during these months and then I can see if the direction I'm headed to is one I want to be going.
Brain full? Start a blog, and let your thoughts run wild.
3. Share it with the world
Every good tip should also include a warning. Here's mine: If you don't like people, you shouldn't blog.
Blogging is about people:
- Meeting people: When you work hard to attract more readers, what you're in fact doing is trying to meet new people. It's a bit like dating: you expose some aspects of who you are, your interests, your ideas, and hope that people will like you.
- Talking to people: You have attracted some readers, now what? You talk to them. You write a post about something you think they would be interested in. And then you listen.
- Listening to people: A good discussion isn't about talking. It's about listening. And in blogging, I have found that writing a blog post is only a beginning. The call to discussion. And when that call is heard, learning begins.
In short, blogging brings people together to learn from each other.
Through commenting, reading blogs, and writing your own blog, you become part of a community in which by sharing your questions, learnings and ideas with your friends and by reading theirs you keep feeding and exercising your curious mind every day.
That's it. Now, start.
So, if you haven't started blogging yet, today is the best time to start (or the second best, as Seth Godin puts it) . And if you do start, let me know about your new blog! I'm curious to see what's boiling under your hair.
And not to forget the ones who are already blogging or don't want to start a blog, let's talk about blogging some more in the comments: What does blogging mean for you? Do you blog? Why? Why not? What's been your biggest lesson in blogging.