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Jonathan Last argues that Romney is in huge trouble because he is a mediocre-to-lousy campaigner with no real support base and no real principles. I think Last very slightly overstates his case. Romney's campaign for the governorship in 2002 was pretty good. On, the other hand, it was the fourth of four straight Republican gubernatorial wins in Massachusetts (Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci won the other three.) This will leave a mark:
"Its funny that Romneys line of attack on Perry seems to be that Perry is a career politician because hes been in elective office since 1984. Well, Mitt Romney would have been a career politician too, if only voters would have let him. Hes been running since 1994. His real gripe about Perry is actually, Hey, that guy wins all the time! No fair!"
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From Darrell Jackson: "It is known that David (William's father) was in Campbell County by 1830 based on the census records. David is not listed as owning land in Carter County, but on 24 April 1824 he along with 3 other citizens of Carter County proved (witnessed?) a land sale in Carter County. Since this is 3 years after William R. Jackson was born . . . this is the best evidence of William's birthplace."
From a web page written by Darrell: http://www.tngenweb.org/morgan/HORACEJACKSON.html "WILLIAM R. JACKSON spent his life as a Baptist Preacher in Morgan County. Not a remarkable life until you learn among other things that he represented Morgan County at the Greenville Convention in 1861. His brother-in-Law JOSEPH ALEXANDER COOPER who was to become a Major General represented Campbell County. A total of 30 East Tennessee Counties participated in this convention in an attempt to prevent secession from the Union. The document that these Pro-union delegates drew up, signed and delivered to the Govenor was called a "Declaration of Grievances Adopted at the Greenville Convention."
"In a 1908 speech given by William Riley Cooper he states: "He [William Jackson] was a Baptist preaacher; a shoe-maker and a blacksmith and a very useful man in his calling and trades; a man of benevolent spirit and fine personal appearance."
"On 24 October 1857 he recorded the sale of land to David Sharp. The land was located on Cove Creek in Campbell Co., TN. This was land that his wife Mahala Cooper inherited from her father. This deed is recorded in the Campbell Co., TN deed book O (as in Ohio) on page 184."
"His younger brother George, 14 years old, is living with him during the 1860 Morgan County Census dated 14 Jun 1860. They were living in Crooked Fork, TN."
"William is found in the 1870 Census of Crooked Fork, Morgan Co., TN. Only the last nine of his children and his wife are living in the household."
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The Invisible Hook:
"Peter T. Leeson has done his part to dispel the pirate myths by using economic theory to explain pirate behavior and organization in his exemplary new book. . . . Mr. Leeson has produced a fresh perspective on an old topic. . . . The Invisible Hook is quick-paced but thought-provoking. Based on this work, the reader should look forward to more books by the author."--Claude Berube, Washington Times
"Piracy has not been Leeson's only obsession. The other has been economics. When he was 17 years old he had supply and demand curves tattooed on his right bicep . . . now the professor has brought his two enthusiasms together in a wonderful (and wonderfully titled) new book. The Invisible Hook is his study of the hidden economics of piracy."--Daniel Finkelstein, Times
"Jauntily characterising the typical pirate ship as akin to 'a Fortune 500 company', [Leeson] reorients pirates as precursors of Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of economics."--Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Financial Times
"One of the finest introductory courses in economics since Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson. . . . The Invisible Hook is a good addition to the genre of popular economics: a fun and enlightening read, and rock solid in its scholarly bona fides."--Michael Shermer, Nature
"From countless films and books we all know that, historically, pirates were criminally insane, traitorous thieves, torturers and terrorists. Anarchy was the rule, and the rule of law was nonexistent. Not so, dissents George Mason University economist Peter Leeson in his myth-busting book, The Invisible Hook, which shows how the unseen hand of economic exchange produces social cohesion even among pirates."--Michael Shermer, Scientific American
"Given the flurry of piracy off the Somali coast in 2009, this relatively short narrative could not be timelier. The Invisible Hook, a play on Adam Smith's famous 'invisible hand,' is an engaging, informative look at the economics of piracy and pirates."--Choice
"Peter Leeson, an economics professor at George Mason University, offers a fascinating perspective into the world of Blackbeard, 'Black Bart' Roberts and 'Calico Jack' Rackham in his highly readable book The Invisible Hook."--J. Peter Pham, San Francisco Chronicle
"An engaging and thorough portrait of high seas banditry that goes beyond the pop-culture stereotypes to argue that though often brutal and always mercenary, pirates were ahead of their time when it came to matters of economic fairness and progressive labor practices."--Kevin Canfield, Mother Jones
"[I]n The Invisible Hook, Peter Leeson deftly explodes piratical myths . . . . [The Invisible Hook] offers many colourful, meticulously researched insights into the behaviour of some of history's most colourful anti-heroes, and it will appeal to anyone with even passing interests in history, politics, sociology and/or economics."--Michelle Baddeley, Times Higher Education
"Leeson says history cannot explain all piratical paradoxes. Only economics can disentangle the different strands."--Leon Gettler, The Age
"Leeson hangs the meat of his pirate tale on a sturdy skeleton of economics. . . . The Invisible Hook is a delightful read, thanks to Leeson's engaging writing. He reduces a veritable mountain of facts and history into an entertainingly educational experience."--Lewis Perdue, Barron's
"This engaging account is fun to read and full of humor, qualities not often associated with an explanation of economic theory. . . . This reviewer speculates that if more economic texts were written like this one, there would be a glut of economics majors to compensate for the shortage of pirates roaming the Atlantic."--Karl Helicher, Foreword Magazine
"Peter T. Leeson digs into the dollars and cents of piracy. He urges us to see pirates as economic actors, their behavior shaped by incentives, just like the rest of us. Once you're in an economic state of mind, you can begin to understand actions such as lighting one's beard on fire, voting, being decent to black people, and torturing captives 'for fun'--all equally nutty behaviors to the average 18th--century observer. When Leeson is done guiding you through the pirate world, life on a rogue ship starts to look less like a Carnival cruise with cutlasses and cannons and more like an ongoing condo association meeting at sea."--Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason
"Cleverly written and witty. . . . [Casts] a penetrating glance at the social and political motives of these odd outlaw communities."--Daniele Archibugi, Open Democracy
"Delightful. . . . Examines the hidden order behind the literal anarchy of pirates. . . . Entertaining and educational."--Roger K. Miller, Tampa Bay Tribune
"What possible connection could there be between economics and a book on piracy? A lot, it turns out. Peter Leeson explains this seemingly bizarre connection in page after page of his witty new book, The Invisible Hook."--David R. Henderson, Regulation Magazine
"[Offers] not only a thumbnail history of piracy but important insights into the economic way of thinking. . . . Fascinating, entertaining and educational."--Alan W. Bock, Orange County Register
"[A]n eye-opener. . . . The Invisible Hook is a gripping read that sheds as much light on 21st century economics . . . as it does on 17th and 18th century piracy."--Ethical Corporation Magazine
"The book wittily demonstrates that economic theories and principles, if not the be-all and end-all, can illuminate notable historical trends."--Stephen Saunders, Canberra Times
"[W]ell-documented and very readable . . . covers pirates from bow to stern. In addition to some descriptions of high seas navigation, maneuvers and stealth that border on high adventure, Leeson supplies plenty of counterintuitive, even surprising, revelations about pirates. . . . And Leeson explains it all with economics. . . . Bottom line: Peter T. Leeson's The Invisible Hook is an insightful hoot, and scores a couple of extra points for originality. Economics-minded readers who enjoy historical adventure or relish over-the-top 'freakonomics' should get a hearty yo-ho-ho out of this book. Not to mention a 360-degree brain twist before diving into that new Michael Crichton novel."--Seeking Alpha
"This is an enjoyable read that discusses the management style, branding, employee recruitment and retention, compensation and incentives and strategic planning of pirates and why these systems were effective. There are some valuable lessons to be learned."--Bill Sutton, Sports Business Journal
"Peter Leeson's The Invisible Hook argues that many of the founding principles of capitalist, liberal democracies are not rooted in the Glorious Revolution or the writing of the Declaration of Independence; but the incentive structures necessary to keep a group of rowdy ocean-bound outlaws working as a team of ruthless sea bandits."--Tim Wilson, IPA Reviews
"It's Freakonomics meets Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack Hirshleifer meets Jack Sparrow. Fischer Black meets Blackbeard. Adam Smith meets Captain Hook. . . . Peter Leeson claims, 'A pirate ship more closely resembled a Fortune 500 company than the society of savage schoolchildren depicted in William Golding's Lord of the Flies.' And by the end of the book, he had me convinced of it."--Rick Lax, Las Vegas Weekly
"Leave it to an economist to take our current obsession [with pirates] and peer under it in search of a new interpretation. . . . The Invisible Hook is an entertaining economic history of an era and a way of business rarely considered in such a way. Pirates were rational!"--MIT Sloan Management Review
"Peter T. Leeson . . . puts salty flesh on the bones of the pirates' legend in The Invisible Hook, pulling off the formidable trick of being both rigorous and cheeky. . . . Leeson's lights . . . are bright and convincing. . . . [A] jaunty gem of a book. . . . [H]is argument assuredly does bolster the Chicago School case that the dismal science pervades every human endeavor."--Jonathan Stevenson, Democracy
"Leeson's book is stimulating, provocative, and, of course, a fun read."--Douglas Marcouiller, Journal of World Trade Review
"For those who are interested in a quick course in free-market political economy, or in a fresh approach to the history of piracy, The Invisible Hook provides many pleasures and provocations."--Philip Smallwood, Eighteenth-Century Studies
"The Invisible Hook is certainly a worthwhile read for various audiences. It can serve as an effective introduction to several key economic concepts with pirate society serving as an excellent vehicle for grabbing a reader's interest. This book would be an ideal supplemental reading for undergraduate principles of microeconomics or economic history classes. . . . The book can also be valuable to any historian of piracy seeking a uniquely economics-based perspective on their subject."--Andrew Young, Southern Economic Journal
"[Leeson] clearly is . . . an undoubtedly excellent teacher, because the style and tone of the book are that of an engaging lecturer who makes economics entertaining for his undergraduate students."--Mark G. Hanna, International Journal of Maritime History
"[T]here is much to be learned from Blackbeard and his compatriots: social order can arise without explicit design, and economics provides a powerful set of ideas for understanding how. This is the central idea of The Invisible Hook, and part of the reason why it is among the best popular works of economics in recent years."--Francis J. DiTraglia, Journal of Value Inquiry
"I guarantee that after the first few pages you won't be able to put this book down, and you will come away with a set of refreshing insights that you may very well find relevant to your own research agenda. . . . To put it bluntly, this book is a must read, or at least a 'should read,' for comparative political scientists, particularly those with a taste for the world of economics. . . . Leeson should at least get a couple doubloons of your hard-earned booty."--Anthony Gill, Comparative Political Studies
"The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, stands out as a novel contribution to international economics and, by extension, international relations."--Mitchell A. Belfer, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
"Well shiver me timbers, this surely is a wickedly good book! In fact, Peter Leeson has produced a book applying the dismal science that is both fun to read, and entertaining. Arrgh-uably, it also has more economic relevance than 95 percent of the articles in mainstream economics journals. Furthermore, it is accessible to virtually any reader."--Bruce L. Benson, Public Choice
"With all the books on these colorful criminals, Leeson's is the only one to focus on the economic side of the matter. That is his great advantage."--Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance
"The Invisible Hook is a great read. I recommend it without hesitation to professional academics, students, anyone interested in a clear exposition of the economic way of thinking, and every scurvy dog who is interested in pirating."--Bruce L. Benson, Public Choice
"A fresh and provocative take on the Golden Age pirates. Leeson writes with clarity and the depth of his research is impressive."--Colin Woodard, author of The Republic of Pirates
"Peter Leeson has brought the economists' toolkit to the Spanish Main. Piracy is not just a great topic for Walt Disney movies, but also an important economic phenomenon. Leeson's excellent book helps us to understand who pirates were, and why they chose their infamous occupation. He uses economics to make sense of walking-the-plank and the Jolly Roger. This is a fun book, but also a volume rich with insights and analysis."--Edward Glaeser, Harvard University
"Light of touch and truly eloquent, The Invisible Hook is a terrific read on a fascinating topic. This is a beautifully written book."--Geoffrey Brennan, Duke University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Book Review: The Cobra Event (author Richard Preston)
Seventeen-year-old Kate Moran wakes one morning to the beginnings of a head cold but shrugs it off and goes to school anyway. By her midmorning art class, Kate's runny nose gives way to violent seizures and a hideous scene of self-cannibalization. She dies soon after. When a homeless man meets a similarly gruesome and mystifying fate, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta sends pathologist Alice Austen to investigate. What she uncovers is the work of a killer, a man who calls himself Archimedes and is intent on spreading his deadly Cobra virus throughout New York City. A silent crisis erupts, with Austen and a secret FBI forensic team rushing to expose the terrorist.
This book is very well researched and I often found myself wondering what was fact and what was fiction, whether it was the description of the nature of viruses, the extent of how they can be manipulated and forced to mutate, or if there are nations that have gone this far.
Scary for sure and made me think about the world a little bit differently, for better or worse. The book did read a little slow but really came to life in the three sections named Invisible History. 3 out of 5 stars.
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Over centuries, modern firearms gradually replaced archaic weapons, such as the rapier and the sternly worded pamphlet. Take aim with this Groupon.
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A team of instructors, which includes law-enforcement personnel in its ranks, helps students sharpen their aim in shooting classes such as Beginner's Handguns 101. The in-house dealership's weapons experts advise visitors and unveil a collection of firearms and ammo from manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson and Beretta. Memberships grant privileges such as extended range hours and ammo discounts.


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Parkinson's Disease
Parkinsons cure
A drug developed by Dr. Gregory Guilford, principal scientist in Guilford research labs discovered a drug that regenerates damaged neurons. Have you heard any more information on this subject ? this would result in more than 90% recovery of Parkinsons. Thank you for your time.
A cure for Parkinson's is the holy grail of research in the field. The idea behind these drugs, including the one you mention, is allowing regeneration of neurons. These drugs are grouped under the category of Nerve Growth Factors. Most of these compounds are at the animal (mouse/monkey) stage of research. A similar approach has been tried in the setting of other neurological disorders in which cell death was an issue. For example, CNTF (a nerve growth factor) was tried in the setting of Lou-Gehrig's disease (ALS). While animal studies were promising, the human trial was a disappointment.
The moral of this story: we should be optimistic about a cure for Parkinson's disease, but in a cautious way. Until human studies are completed, it is premature to talk about a cure.
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Most of the nation's big grocers improved to passing grades in Greenpeace's annual ranking of sustainable seafood practices, but Publix and Winn-Dixie flunked for the fifth straight year.
"We've made a lot of progress, but have a long way to go," said Casson Trenor, seafood campaign manager for the save-the-oceans group. "What's changed is we reached widespread acknowledgement of the problems and need for solutions."
Ratings are based on educational labeling, acceptable harvesting techniques for wild caught products and healthy practices for farm-raised seafood. They are also graded on how many of 22 "red list" species overfished to the threshold of extinction are stocked by each chain.
Since the campaign began, many chains stopped carrying monkfish, orange roughy and Chilean sea bass. But even most chains awarded passing grades sell 15 of the 22 red list species including grouper and snapper.
This year Safeway surged to the top, followed by Target. Whole Foods, Aldi, Sweetbay Supermarket, Costco and Walmart all got passing grades among the top 13.
Publix (17th) and Winn-Dixie (19th) lost points for again declining requests for information. Both were rated on store visits.
Winn-Dixie could not be reached for a response. Publix was slammed for revealing a year ago that it began a sustainable seafood evaluation, then said little since about when anything might change in stores.
"We do not believe change can happen by avoiding products," said Shannon Patten, Publix spokeswoman. "All harvested seafood is sold to someone. Change is truly driven by supporting the (seafood) industry as they work through the issues."
Publix said it has completed initial research on what it sells with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and is now evaluating solutions for each species and supplier before deciding to drop a product.
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Edinburgh researchers to probe memory loss in people with diabeticsResearchers at the University of Edinburgh are aiming to pinpoint why diabetes can cause memory loss and mental decline. A thousand people will take part in the study, the largest of its kind ever undertaken in the UK.
The research team will ask people with Type 2 diabetes �associated with an increased risk of memory impairment and dementia �aged 60-75 years to complete puzzle-based tests and have their heart function and blood sugar levels measured. Follow up tests four years later will find out if there have been any changes in brain function.
Dr Mark Strachan, an honorary senior lecturer at the University and a consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at the Western General Hospital, said: "People with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of developing problems with memory and problem-solving abilities. Although the cause of these abnormalities is not understood, various risk factors associated with diabetes may be important. For example, in some cases, high blood sugar levels can be damaging to small blood vessels in the eyes, nerves and kidneys and there is evidence that the same damage � microvascular disease � can occur in the brains of people with diabetes.
"The main aim of this study is to find out which risk factors, including microvascular disease, inflammation and alterations in hormone levels are linked to altered brain function in people with diabetes. This information is crucial in determining the cause of diabetes-related memory problems and other changes in brain function such as problem-solving abilities and attention span." He added: "Diabetes affects around three per cent of the UK population, and about 170,000 people in Scotland are known to be affected. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing but we are better at treating its complications, such as heart disease. As a result, people with diabetes are likely to live longer and so cognitive problems are likely to become a much bigger issue."
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Columbia Global Centers | South Asia based in Mumbai is hosting a closed-door workshop on "Subaltern Urbanism," with the support of Studio X (Mumbai) and the project on "Women Creating Change" housed at Columbia's Center for the Study of Social Difference. The workshop focuses on the methodology and theoretical concerns of a year-long faculty workshop supported by the Heyman Center for the Humanities. Workshop convenors include Saidiya Hartman, Anupama Rao, and Neferti Tadiar.
The Mumbai workshop seeks to anchor broader questions about city theory around a more localized set of concerns around survival, social difference, and emergent forms of sociality as these are impacting cities of the global South under conditions of neoliberal transformation. We are interested in exploration of "the urban" as a historic and contemporary form of life; as a set of protocols for living implicit in the organization of the built environment, the management of human movement and density, and the creation and facilitation of sociality through means of communication and exchange. Typically, studies of global urbanity focus on issues such as accelerated migration, resource provision, and rising socio-ethnic conflict enabled by subalterns' access to new technologies of violence. Instead, our aim for the workshop is two-fold:
- The first is to ask how we might we deploy theories of comparison and connection to illuminate shared histories of precarity and stigmatized life across the East/West divide, by addressing spatial unevenness as a grounding condition for the production of racial and colonial "difference."
- Following on this, we will focus on those practices of embodiment and inhabitation we term "subaltern urbanism." These encompass complex relations of conflict and transaction between dominant protocols for organizing life, and practices of survival by those targeted for relocation and elimination from the city, who are subject to various zoning as well as coding practices.
The Mumbai workshop brings together a group of local scholars, artists, and activists to explore themes of built planning and infrapolitics; the relationship of political violence to new formations of social and spatial segregation; the relationship of gender and inhabitation; political aesthetics that consider archives of sound, voice, and visual culture, and issues in comparative urbanism (with specific focus on the racialized spaces of the United States and South Africa.)


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That time Trey Parker and Matt Stone took acid and went to the Oscars in drag
In honor of Sunday's Academy Awards broadcast, the segment from the 2011 special "6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park" about Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2000 Oscars appearance has been making the rounds on Reddit. The duo was nominated for Best Original Song for "Blame Canada" from their musical (yes, it counts a musical) "South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut."
What made their appearance so special? Besides the fact that they showed up in drag and Parker was specifically mimicking the revealing Versace dress Jennifer Lopez's wore to the 2000 Grammys? They were on acid, of course! In addition to the dresses, Parker and Stone got hold of some sugarcubes doused in LSD from a friend.
"If you've taken acid, you know that one of the trippiest parts of being on any psychedelics is transition," explained Stone. "When you go inside to outside or outside to inside. I will never forget the moment getting out of the limo and a thousand fucking people and every camera in the western hemisphere there. And it was like … let's go!"


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Spider-Man 4 is no more.
Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that it was "re-booting" the franchise after director Sam Raimi bowed out over concerns he wouldn't be able to maintain the action flick's creative integrity and keep its summer 2011 release date.
This means stars Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are also out of a job.
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Said Maguire in a statement, "I am so proud of what we accomplished with the Spider-Man franchise over the last decade. Beyond the films themselves I have formed some deep and lasting friendships. I am excited to see the next chapter unfold in this incredible story."
The studio is instead focusing on a new Spider-Man series with a new director and cast. The new movies, to be released summer 2012, will focus on the comic book character's teenage years.


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No Love for Commodities
There is very little to say about Monday's stock-market action, except that the indices did what they should have done -- which is to back off -- and as soon as the S&P 500 was down 9 points, the put-call ratio zoomed up above 100%. By day's end, the market had rallied, and the put-call was at a much more neutral reading in the 80% area.
With that out of the way, have you noticed the lack of love for commodities after a poor 2012? Of course, at midyear the major concern had been corn trading above $8 during the height of the drought. You might recall that, right as the grains were topping out in early August, the folks at CNBC finally got around to doing a special report on the drought....333 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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The United Nations Global Compact and the United National Millennium Development Goals
"A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions." - Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
During the 1999 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, then United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the world's largest corporate citizenship initiative - the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses committed to align their operations and strategies to ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
In 2000, 189 world leaders gathered at the United Nations' Headquarters in New York and committed their nations to a partnership focused on the more than one billion people worldwide living in extreme poverty. This meeting set eight goals for humanity to be accomplished by 2015, which have come to be known as the UN Millennium Development Goals (UNMDG).
Microsoft's founder and Chairman, Bill Gates pledged Microsoft's commitment to the UNMDGs in 2007 and our Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer endorsed the UNGC in 2009 and in a letter to the UN Secretary General referenced the Compact as "an important element in our corporate commitment to the advancement of basic human rights and dignity... and foundational for our ongoing agenda for responsible corporate citizenship."
The principles established by the UNGC and the goals outlined in the UNMDG are the subject of a conference I am currently attending here in South Bend, Indiana sponsored by Notre Dame's Mendoza College's Center for Ethics and Religious Values; the UN Global Compact; and the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education.
The main objective of the conference, according to Rev. Oliver Williams, Notre Dame's Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, "is to help people understand that business serves the common good..."
Later today, I will be joined on a panel by John Bee of Nestle and Kathy Hannan of KPMG to share examples of the work our three companies have done to mainstream the UNGC's ten principles in our business activities, as well as actions we have taken to advance the UNMDGs.
While it is impossible to do justice to three decades of commitment to development and basic human rights and responsible business practices in a one hour panel discussion, a few specific highlights of our work come to mind.
As our company has grown, so has our commitment to addressing global and local development issues. Through the range of our global community-based programs, Microsoft supports schools, public libraries and local community organizations with access to technology and skills training and we enable employee volunteering in Microsoft-sponsored initiatives and other programs in communities around the world. Since 1983, Microsoft and its employees have given $4.6 billion in cash, services and software to nonprofits around the world through localized, company-sponsored giving and volunteer campaigns, with $603 million given in FY10 alone.
Operating our business responsibly is essential to our continued long-term growth. In seeking to operate responsibly, Microsoft is guided by our mission, values, principles and policies but also by the 10 principles of the UNGC focused in the areas of human rights; labor standards; environment; and anti-corruption.
At Microsoft, we recognize the positive impact that business, particularly multinational corporations, can have on the realization of fundamental human rights. To that end, we are proud to be founding members of the Global Network Initiative - in partnership with a range of other stakeholders including Google and Yahoo - to advance the protection of free expression and privacy.
Managing our supply chain of nearly 62,000 contractors, suppliers and vendors - is done in full recognition of our obligations under the UNGC. In 2009, we initiated a special on-site audit at a supplier factory in Dongguan, China that charged employee mistreatment. This prompted us to look for ways to enhance our Vendor Code of Conduct and monitoring processes to ensure the far treatment of all workers in our supply chain.
Microsoft is committed to software and technology innovation that helps people and organizations around the world improve and sustain the environment. Our goals are to reduce the impact of our operations and products and to drive responsible environmental leadership. While our work includes a range of initiatives, one highlight is that the new data centers we opened last year consume 50% less energy than those built just three years ago.
Our commitment to strong anti-corruption policies and practices is resolute and Microsoft does not tolerate bribery or corruption of any kind. Every Microsoft employee is held accountable for complying with our Standards of Business Conduct and receives training on ethical conduct as part of new employee orientation as well as mandatory annual training.
I hope you will take the time to learn more about what we are doing to fulfill our responsibilities and commitments to the UNMDG and the UNGC by visiting the Microsoft Citizenship website.
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Add this to the list of citrus, phosphate and other top Florida exports: concealed weapons permits. The Sunshine State has quietly become a thriving mail-order exporter of concealed weapons permits, which have been issued to nearly 100,000 nonresidents. Some of those packing heat up north with permission from Florida have been denied concealed weapons permits in their home states. It's bad enough that the NRA controls the Florida Legislature, but this state should not be known as the place to turn for a suntan, an orange — and permission to carry a concealed gun.
Among the 853,272 concealed weapons permits Florida had issued as of Aug. 31, more than 95,000 were mail-order permits sent to non-Florida residents. All it took was a notarized 30-item questionnaire, a photo, a fingerprint form, proof of firearms training and a fee.
The problem is the loosely regulated system of reciprocity between states. Florida has agreements with 35 other states honoring the concealed weapons permit privileges of their citizens who might be visiting from another jurisdiction. But as the Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported, some 900 residents of the City of Brotherly Love bypassed local concealed weapons regulations and simply received their permits from Florida, obligating local law enforcement to recognize their right to carry a concealed gun. In one case cited by the newspaper, an individual had been denied a local concealed weapons permit because of his association with drug trafficking. In another case, an 18-year-old man was shot to death by an assailant who managed to obtain a Florida concealed weapons permit after his Pennsylvania permit had been revoked. Florida was more than happy to oblige both customers.
Motorists are required to hold a driver's license issued in the state where they live. Voters can't register to vote in more than one state. The same commonsense standards should apply to concealed weapons permits. If Pennsylvania will not issue one of its residents a permit, why should Florida issue one by mail?
Isn't this the very essence of states' rights? Each state should be free to determine and enforce for itself who should or shouldn't be able to carry a concealed weapon — without the interference and bureaucratic indifference of another state. Concealed weapons permits should not be among Florida's exports.


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High Fives for "Yo Gabba Gabba! The Dancey Dance Bunch!"
For an adult, watching any new children's title can trigger an involuntary twinge of fear. In the best cases the show is enjoyable for viewers of all ages, even if the older viewers are enjoying the show for entirely different reasons than the younger ones. Most people who can count past 10 and tie their own shoes will settle for a show that's at least watchable. The worst-case shows can drive an adult right out of the room with manic, repetitive, childish crap.
I am happy to report that Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba! falls solidly in the first and best category. Produced by the Magic Store and W!ldbrain, it is an appealingly noisy mash-up of puppetry, animation, singing, dancing, and nonsense that is completely entertaining for both kids and supervising adults. It manages to be tremendously energetic without ever slipping into attention-deficit-disordered, fast-cutting incoherence. If the eccentric and eclectic show reminds me of anything, it's classic Sesame Street, which is about the highest compliment I can give to any pre-schooler show.
Yo Gabba Gabba! is a half-hour show of skits hosted by the extremely orange DJ Lance Rock. He is joined by a cast of five giant monsters: Muno, Foofa, Brobee, Toodee, and Plex. DJ Lance oversees mayhem that attempts to teach the usual kindergarten life-lessons like sharing, not smacking other people when you're dancing around, and trying new foods because you may like them. Simple lessons, to be sure, and easily found in lots of other pre-school TV shows, but they are rarely presented with this much energy. The first DVD, "The Dancey Dance Bunch!" contains the first four episodes of the show, and the show quickly finds solid footing by the start of the second episode.
The skits with DJ Lance and his monster friends are interspersed with random cartoons and semi-recurring bits. "Cool Tricks" features someone doing something cool, with the highlights on this disc being a fantastic tap-dancing pair and a fellow making music by waving his hands in the air over a weird L-shaped contraption called a Theremin. "Dancey Dance Time" features a random celebrity teaching the audience some wacky dance—it's a bit surprising to see Elijah Wood popping up in a bright yellow T-shirt having a grand time teaching viewers how to do the Puppetmaster, but there he is. "The Super Music Friends Show" is a kid-friendly music video, and if this disc has only one example, it's also one of the most popular: the bright, musically addictive "I'm So Happy I Can Dance" by the Canadian pop band the Salteens. (Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself in streaming video on the Yo Gabba Gabba! website.)
The cartoons on for the show seem to be done entirely in Flash. They may not flashy or terribly ornate, but they are consistently fast, fun, and entertaining. An entertaining little whimsy in episode 4 about a boy flying a kite with his dog is one of the best on the disc, as is the quirky recurring superhero show "Super Martian Robot Girl" (designed by Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Welcome to Eltingville's Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer). These animated segments also remind me powerfully of the best Sesame Street cartoons, and it's not too much to hope that this generation's Bud Luckey is toiling away on this show somewhere at W!ldbrain.
I hesitate to make a big deal of this, since the show seems to go out of its way not to, but it's worth pointing out the matter-of-fact ethnic diversity of the people on-screen. The show opts to gives its overt lessons about tolerating people who look different from you by using the five monster characters or comparable non-human things in animated segments, but it very nicely leads by example by placing diverse skin colors and facial features on camera. It is also rather like Sesame Street in this regard, although perhaps without the foreign language elements.
Like most Nickelodeon DVDs, this disc is a no-frills affair, presenting the show in full-frame format with a stereo soundtrack with no chapter stops. The only bonus feature is a little sequence introducing the five monster cast members. Trailers for other Nick preschool programs begin when you insert the disk. These trailers are skippable using the "forward" button on your DVD player, which makes them marginally less annoying than the unskippable variety, but it is a little bit upsetting to notice how very many of them there are on a pre-schooler DVD. The DVD also seems to have a feature that begins the "Play All" option if the menu is left alone for too long, which is perhaps an acknowledgment that a supervising adult might drop the disc in the DVD player and run without starting the disc for the kids.
For Yo Gabba Gabba!, that would be a real mistake. Pre-schooler TV always has to balance on a knife edge between entertainment and education, with a lot of shows falling too far on one side or the other (and, occasionally, falling straight into the pit of "entertaining only if you're under age 6"). Yo Gabba Gabba! may lean a bit more on the "entertaining" side of that continuum, but it is so thoroughly entertaining that you probably won't care all that much. Hey, people think you're weird already for watching cartoons at your age. Why not add a pre-school show if it's one this entertaining?


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Countries must do more to fight alcohol abuse: WHO
The World Health Organisation warned Friday that too few countries were taking steps to prevent alcohol abuse and raised alarm bells over major increases in alcohol consumption in Africa and Asia.
"Too few countries use effective policy options to prevent death, disease and injury from alcohol use," the UN health organisation said, saying that alcohol abuse contributes to 2.5 million deaths every year.
Since 1999, when the agency first began to sound its warning against alcohol abuse, 34 countries have introduced some policies to cut the harmful use of alcohol.
These include restrictions on alcohol marketing and drink driving, but "there are no clear trends on most preventive measures," noted the agency.
"Many countries have weak alcohol policies and prevention programmes," noted the WHO.
The UN agency said it was particularly worried about Africa and Southeast Asia, where consumption had shown "marked increases."
Data indicated that consumption of alcohol had remained relatively stable in the Americas and in the European, eastern Mediterranean and western Pacific regions.
But in Africa, the proportion of the population showing an increase in alcohol consumption between 2001 and 2005 reached 25.3 percent.
And in the Southeast Asia region, which in WHO definitions is made up of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste, that figure was 68.3 percent.
"Consumption and harmful intake is increasing in developing countries, particularly Africa and Asia which have less powerful regulations and which have less health service available," said Shekhar Saxena, WHO director of mental health and substance abuse.
"WHO is worried about these trends," he added.
In May last year, member states of the WHO approved a strategy against alcohol abuse, including a call for discounts on drinks to be banned and for advertising targetting the young to be scrapped.
The strategy drawn up by the UN health agency and approved by its 193-member states at an annual meeting of health ministers also pushes for an end to flat price rates for unlimited drinking and for sponsorship to be regulated.


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Thanks to our donations from our supporters and a huge amount of effort from our dedicated volunteers, we've been able to transform an abandoned balancing pond into a wildlife-rich refuge.
Diglis Basin's abandoned balancing pond, which was once used to control the water level in one of the locks, had been neglected for many years.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters enough money was raised to enable a team of local volunteers to improve the area and turn it into a wildlife-rich refuge. Of the 50 appeals launched at the birth of the Canal & River Trust, this was the first to meet its fundraising target!
Volunteers coppiced the trees around the pond and used the offcuts to create habitat piles for nesting birds. The local bird population benefitted straight away as birds use the piling for shelter.
Insects, amphibians and small mammals all made new homes in the cracks and crevices. As the wood begins to break down it will also provide excellent sites for wood-boring insects and fungi.
The volunteers also cleared litter from the area and removed invasive plants and replaced them with native aquatic plants and grasses to make the area more attractive to people as well as nature.
Ecologist, Mark Robinson, said: "Although the canals weren't built for wildlife, they have become a haven for important plants and animals. The balancing pond at Diglis suffered from an accumulation of litter and invasive plants for some time. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we can make a huge difference which will encourage wildlife to come back to the site."


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By Gloria Anderson
One of the most important elections in San Bernardino history is coming up and the San Bernardino League of Women Voters is hoping that voters turn out in record numbers to decide the direction that the city will take in this critical time.
There will be new mayor, although with 10 candidates, that may not be decided until a runoff election in February. There may be a new City Council, depending on whether some council members are re-elected or others recalled. There will be a new city attorney if the recall succeeds.
Sadly, it won't take too many voters to exceed the turnouts of the past.
Elections have been decided by 10 percent or fewer of registered voters, which has given them enormous power to determine the outcome of elections over the years.
It's time for the other 90 percent to weigh in.
Why vote? Are you satisfied with the way things are? Would you like to see some changes made?
Your vote is your voice, and combined with others — your family, your neighbors, your friends, your relatives — you can make a difference.
This election is about what matters most in our city and our lives. It is about our jobs, our health and our future. The people who hold office make decisions about things that are important to you and voting is your chance to choose the decision makers and tell them what you want.
But voting isn't enough. What about after the election? Will voters go back to neglecting what is happening at City Hall or will they get involved in making San Bernardino an All-America City again?
Even if you don't go to council meetings, do you watch them on Channel 3? If there is a problem in your neighborhood, do you let your council member know about it?
Change starts with people caring about their neighborhoods and getting involved in making them good places to live.
This election is too important to let a few voters decide, and after the election, it's important for more people to get involved in what is happening in their neighborhoods and at City Hall.
Vote, and then get involved!
Gloria Anderson is president of the League of Women Voters San Bernardino Chapter.


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Another Empire Lie: That Cuba Hinders Internet Access
Another Empire Lie: That Cuba Hinders Internet Access
Interview with Cuban Journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde
"U.S. blocks access to Internet servers from the island"
Roberto Montoya, Diagonal, Rosa Miriam Elizalde (Sancti Spiritu, 1966) Cuban journalist, former editor of Juventud Rebelde and current editor of Cubadebate, author of books about prostitution in Cuba and Venezuela internet is undoubtedly the journalist who has researched the cyber 'war' and the manipulation of the U.S. with the Internet. She says that more than 1.6 million Cubans are Internet users and get angry when they have to pass through Madrid, although it comes along with meeting Spanish friends, who despite not ever having set foot on the island, incorrectly say the Cuban government hinders the access of the population to the internet.
DIAGONAL: It can be seen now in some official media and in the congresses a greater level of internal debate and criticism.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde: Yes I recommend reading the letters section of the newspaper Granma, and acknowledgment in Juventud Rebelde, or listen to the program Hablando Skylight of Radio Rebelde, or TV News, in which almost daily there is a critical report against bureaucracy and other very sensitive problems of the people. And this debate happens also among the proper journalists themselves, within the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC). In the network many of our discussions are public. Both internally and publicly, we discuss the problems of our press, which has almost everything: the impoverishment of language, loss of trade, officials trying to control information and treat the journalist as a perpetual minor. Writings have not evolved much since the 70s, inertia, boredom, inability to communicate with younger people. This coincides with the opinion they have of Cubans. In the discussion that led to the party following a speech by Raul Castro in Parliament, millions of people expressed all kinds of complaints and the media was one of the objects of criticism from people.
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RME: I know that some believe that the U.S. blockade against our country no longer exists, that it is an excuse by the Government, but unfortunately it is a reality. After nearly half a century, it affects us in many aspects of our daily lives. And the fact that they block access to Internet servers is just one of them. In spite of that, on the island we have 62 computers per 1,000 inhabitants, a total of 700,000 computers, of which 455,000 have internet access. There are 1.6 million net users. The Government merely limits itself to check that the internet is not used to promote pornography, prostitution, racial hatred, incitement to violence or other criminal conduct.
D.: How does the blockade affect internet access in Cuba?
RME: Our bandwidth of international connection is about 380 megabytes (Mb), what any internet cafe in Spain has. Why? The satellite connection is much more expensive and slow. Although the world's first undersea cable bonded to Cuba to Florida in the nineteenth century, successive U.S. administrations have prevented Cuba, surrounded by sea, to be connected to the worldwide web of fiber optic that groups the very close eight points of the Caribbean. The system Arcos (Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System) connects with optical fiber to the U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, with a high-speed service. But Arcos is jointly owned by 28 operators in the region, led by New World Network, an American shareholder with about 88% of its capital.
D.: Venezuela is building an undersea cable.
RME: Yes, the undersea cable will join the Venezuelan port of La Guaira and the beach, Siboney, of Santiago de Cuba. With a capacity of 640 gigabytes, multiplied by our capacity to connect to 3,000. However, the undersea cable and satellite are carriers, but not Internet providers. For access it it necessary to hire other companies, and here we are with the problem that the servers are American.
D.: What happened to Obama's promise to ease the prohibitions on telecommunications with Cuba?
RME: Without lifting the blockade is impossible to make a trade agreement between the Cuban government and a U.S. firm to expand fiber optic cable. Cuba would not be able pay and the supplier could not charge, while the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) still prevents Americans from using the network as an electronic gateway for transactions that can benefit a Cuban institution. The Treasury Department fines up to $50,000 for violations of that clause of the blockade.
D.: From the island you can get connected to a U.S. site?
RME: When a page or a service that is off limits for Cuban users detects that it was accessed from an IP on the island, a window appears that says: "You come from a country included by the U.S. on the list of terrorist countries and are not permitted access to this page." Or it just simply says "not found."
D.: What has been the position of the Cuban Government towards the internet?


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Springstead graduate Nick Bailey has signed to play with Presentation College, Eagles assistant Dustin Kupcik announced Monday on Twitter.
Bailey was one of Tampa Bay's top cornerbacks last fall. As a senior, the 5-foot-10 athlete ranked among the state's leaders with seven interceptions. He earned first-team all-North Suncoast honors as a key part of an Eagles defense that led Springstead to a 9-2 record and the Class 6A, District 6 championship.
He'll join another recent Springstead alum, Joe Predoehl, at the NAIA program in Aberdeen, S.D.


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Ah, home sweet home. There's nothing quite like it, whether your place is a roomy house in suburbia with a white picket fence, a little shack, a space station outside Jupiter's orbit, or a cold stone castle. It's yours, where you feel safest (...hopefully) and most, well, at home! Here, in your own kingdom, you can do what you want: take your shirt off, get rid of your shoes, and eat the grossest food available just because you can.
...and also have lots and lots of sex, for there's someone here you can always fuck.
Not only has your character found themselves in the home they want - not the one they were born into, forced to live in, or otherwise - they're also domestic...er, as much as certain people can be, which is perhaps not at all. But worry not, the meme has options that can make it make sense for even the most homicidal yet strangely nonchalant half-god alien demon hunter giant slayer to settle down. Oooor something like that. Like banging the cleaning lady or using his partner so he cans teal their energy to get stronger.
Isn't domesticity grand?
You'll be have tons of time for a special sort of togetherness, but don't let all that steam cloud up your mind. There are still other things involved in having a home! You have to do chores, visit others, and take care of business. Nothing says you can't combine a bit of play into all that, though. Just hope that the two of you don't get mad at each other! Unless you're ready for hot angry sex or even more fulfilling make up make outs, that is.
There's one important thing to remember about being all homey and cozy: when the house is a rockin', don't come a knockin'.
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- Comment with your character and preferences. You can leave your comment blank OR you can put a bit more information about what prompts you like, info about your character, what have you.
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- "But my character wouldn't...!" NOPE. There are plenty of options for those who are less inclined for being sweet or settling down. If all else fails, just handwave how they got here and focus on the now.


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Coach Mike Munchak stood behind Jake Locker at Monday's year-ending presser, saying the Titans will work to find an offensive coordinator and QBs coach capable of helping Locker "develop."
Munchak didn't rule out the possibility of Tom Moore coordinating the Titans' 2013 offense with Dowell Loggains returning to quarterbacks coach. It sounds like Tennessee is standing behind Locker as its starter for next season despite his disappointing 2012 campaign and an offseason that may be mostly lost due to left shoulder surgery. Locker is still due back by training camp.


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Ed Sheeran Tops U.K. Chart; Tony Bennett in First Top 40 Hit in 46 Years
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran followed his two recent top ten U.K. singles with an instant No. 1 album as the Official Charts Company's new data was published Sunday (18). Sheeran's "+" opened at the top, while new boy band and former "X Factor" contestants One Direction notched an immediate No. 1 single with "What Makes You Beautiful."
Sheeran, who has hit big with his tracks "The A Team" and "You Need Me I Don't Need You," sold over 100,000 units of his first album to replace rapper/vocalist Example's "Playing in the Shadows" as the U.K.'s favorite album. With Adele's "21" steady at No. 2, the Example album fell to No. 3.
Critically lauded singer and writer Laura Marling matched the performance of her second album, last year's "I Speak Because I Can" by debuting at No. 4 with "A Creature I Don't Know." Her Virgin labelmates, English rock band Kooks, started at No. 10 with their third album "Junk of the Heart," from which the lead track "Is It Me" has been A-listed by national pop station BBC Radio 1. Dream Theater's "A Dramatic Turn of Events" entered at No. 17. "Now! That's What I Call Music 79" leads the compilation chart for the eighth week.
One Direction came together as a group on the suggestion of "X Factor" judge Nicole Scherzinger after Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik met as individual contestants on the show. "What Makes You Beautiful" sold a healthy 153,000 copies to open at the singles summit, and the group's first album will follow later in the year.
Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse's duet version of "Body and Soul," Winehouse's last recording before her death, charted at No. 40, ahead of the Monday (19) release of Bennett's "Duets II" album on which it is featured. That's the 85-year-old American crooner's first appearance in the top 40 of the U.K. singles chart since "The Very Thought of You" in 1965.


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The Olympic Customer Journey
The global audience for the Olympic Games has an increasingly wide choice of how, when and where they consume the Olympics. We are providing the Olympic data-feed – the source that supplies the world with the raw content to empower this choice.
In order to provide the very best customer experience, it's essential to understand how customer journeys work, then to develop and stress-test these for multiple scenarios. With this in mind, the Olympic Games planning (for the audience not actually present at the venues in Rio) should be undertaken and refined just like other commercial engagements, driven by defining customer journeys.
We might consider the Olympic journey for the 'home spectator' as falling into three parts: pre-Olympics, during the live Olympics, and post-Olympics.
Pre-Olympics: a home spectator might want to be among the first to hear about upcoming Olympic events and news on athletes, then share this with workplace colleagues and with friends and family more widely. He or she wants as much information with as little effort as possible, and ideally want all the information via one website.
During-Olympics: they want a consistent experience regardless of the channels or devices they are using. They want personalisation, and a level of perceived exclusivity. Over all, they want the very best event experience, using the platform(s) of their choosing.
Post-Olympics: our spectator may be inspired to renew a focus on keeping fit – they may even take up a new sport or resume one they'd not engaged in for a while. Ultimately, they may decide they want to be a real part of the action, and plan to attend Tokyo 2020 in person!
From the technology point of view, some of the 'customer wants' implied in the above journey will include the following: real-time data feeds, easy to use applications, personalisation, reliability, flexibility, and Omni channel choice.
From our side – as the data-feed provider – this means we must relay real-time feeds of accurate and complete data, powering the Commentator Information System and enabling our technology partners and the wider Olympic broadcast community to provide a single customer view, and deliver intuitive and personalised interfaces.
Without an understanding of how the data we originate will be used in practice by end-users in different countries and cultures, we wouldn't provide the fullest, richest input. Which is why the customer journey is our journey.Read all stories from the games
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@MaxibilionI'm pretty sure it isn't modded, because if it was, then Bungie would remove it, and ban the author of that pic. From what I see, it's done through Forge (why else would you see that ray coming out of that UFO? It's an objective spawn area item.)
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The best performing open-pollinated, purple kohlrabi.
Attractive, slow-bolting, flat-round, purple-skinned bulbs. Crisp white flesh. Similar in flavor and quality to Kolibri; 3-5 days later and slightly less uniform. Avg. 6,100 seeds/oz. Packet: 100 seeds.
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CULTURE: Kohlrabi prefers mild or cool weather. It is grown throughout the season in the North, and during fall and winter in the South. Sow 15 seeds/ft., 1/4- 1/2" deep, in rows 12-18" apart. Thin fresh market varieties to 4" between plants. Thin storage varieties such as 'Kossak' to 10" between plants. For earliest crops start in flats or plug trays and transplant. Fertile, well-irrigated soil promotes rapid growth which makes for a sweeter flavored crop. Harvest when roots are about 2-3" diameter; 8" diameter for storage varieties.
DAYS TO MATURITY: From direct seeding; subtract about 14 days if transplanting.
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Yahoo, eBay Strike Multi-Year Ad, Transactions Deal
The agreement is concentrated in four major areas: search and graphical advertising, online payments, a co-branded toolbar, and the testing of a click-to-call functionality. Yahoo will now be the exclusive third-party ad server to eBay's site. Yahoo and eBay will roll out the four initiatives this year, and the two companies said they expect the partnership to be fully implemented by 2007.
Both companies insisted that they didn't strike the deal to compete with Google, which currently dominates the online ad space, as well as search. Analysts didn't buy it.
Online relationships continue to be tangled; Yahoo and eBay have worked together on some level for quite some time. eBay, meanwhile, currently partners with both Google and MSN, according to eBay spokeswoman Catherine England, and the company will continue to do so. While some characterized the Yahoo-eBay partnership as pretty close to a merger, England said that a full merger is not in the cards.
"This isn't going to change our relationships," said England in a phone interview Thursday. "We stated before that we haven't seen a business impact from Google so we'll continue to partner in some areas and compete in others."
Analysts said that given the deals that other online companies have struck to cement their market position, the agreement, while unexpected, was reasonable.
"This is a great move for both of them," said Rick Aristotle Munarriz, senior analyst with Motley Fool. "These are two companies that were great and their performance on the market in the past few years has been a little disappointing so it's their way of saying 'Hey, we can matter again.'"
It certainly mattered to their stock prices. The news boosted Yahoo shares more than 3 percent and eBay shares close to 9 percent on Thursday. Google investors remained unfazed - the stock closed up a bare 0.5 percent, indicative that they felt that the deal wouldn't affect Google's future.
"No one is going to say that," said Munarriz. "So far Microsoft is the only one who has gone on record to say 'We're competing with Google.' They're like the big annoying neighbor that you don't want to upset. But eBay and Yahoo! are not two struggling companies like Sears and K-Mart. They're cash-rich companies that need the synergy."
Gartner analyst Michael McGuire said that this is pretty much what is expected from Yahoo, given how the other big dogs that have joined up recently.
"It's a reasonable partnership when you see what's going on between AOL and Google," he said. "Is it done in defense? We don't know because we don't know how long they've been working on this. Some partnerships come together faster than others."
According to eBay's England, the deal is something that Yahoo can focus on much better than eBay ever could.
"We [currently] manage ads in-house and through a few affiliates," she said. "It was a variety of sources and its' just not an area that we focused on. Through this partnership with Yahoo, we'll be able to leverage their expertise in that area."
Additionally, Yahoo will now use eBay's PayPal as the exclusive third-party payment facilitator. PayPal has 73 million accounts in the U.S. and will now be as integrated into Yahoo's site as it is on eBay's. Yahoo's competing service, PayDirect, went out of service two years ago.
"Yahoo failed with PayDirect and said, 'Okay, we messed up, so we're going to buy PayPal,'" said Munarriz. "The fact is that they're teaming up when they have the ability to develop their own network. Every aspect that they're promoting, either one could have developed on their own but now they're taking a best-of-breed solution."
The deal also specifies that both companies will share a toolbar that can be downloaded into users' Web browsers to send them easily to eBay auctions and Yahoo! search engines.
"The idea is to take the best features from the Yahoo! toolbar and the best features from the eBay toolbar and develop an integrated, co-branded toolbar. It will really be a pairing of the best features," said England.
Click-to-call, a relatively new advertising model, is the fourth thing that the two companies said they will explore together. This feature uses eBay's Skype Internet telephone service to allow users to contact advertisers directly without picking up a telephone or searching or a phone number. Google's click-to-call capability is still in testing phases, as its effectiveness has yet to be proven.
"Skype is one of the key mechanisms that we're looking to put in place in a variety of areas. It's also something that we bring a lot of expertise to," said England.


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Belmar (GNIS FID: 1203058) is a populated place located within the Township of Sandycreek, a minor civil division (MCD) of Venango County.
The elevation of Belmar is 1,017 feet. Belmar appears on the Kennerdell U.S. Geological Survey Map. Venango County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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Fernland Spa Thermal Mineral Springs
A uniquely New Zealand experience. Bath in our 100% pure natural mineral water surrounded by spectacular native bush.
Our geothermal pool complex is situated in 2.5 hectares of spectacular bush and park like grounds. We have one large main pool and 8 private pools.
Our pools are 100% pure, crystal clear natural mineral water of excellent quality. All pools have a continuous flow of fresh mineral water. Soaking in mineral water is well documented to be beneficial to health.
We offer a uniquely New Zealand experience to visitors, our setting and standards being second to none. We host groups of up to 200 for barbeques and picnics. For campervans, ours if the ideal location for a relaxing holiday. We also offer therapeutic massage by appointment.
Open every day from 10.00am to 10.00pm, excluding Christmas and Boxing Day.
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Fernland Spa Thermal Mineral Springs, 250 Cambridge Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.


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Sherrington: Dirk Nowitzki of old has been MIA all playoffs
A recurring story line in the first three games of what had been a surprising turn of events in the playoffs was whatever happened to the big guy with the funny accent and MVP trophy and 26,000-something points?
Verdict after a 93-89 loss in Game 4 to the Spurs: Dirk Nowitzki, still MIA.
Considering the Mavs went into Monday up 2-1, what made the question all the more intriguing was whether the Mavs really wanted to find out about Dirk. Maybe they were better off with Monta Ellis super-charging the offense, as he had in Game 3.
For most of Game 4 Monday, anyway, the Mavs could have used the Dirk of old. For that matter, they could have used Rolando Blackman.
Here's a shout-out for Mark Aguirre.
Anybody who could make a jump shot. A layup, even.
The Mavs shot 38.1 percent from the field, and that will get you beat nearly every time.
On such nights when no one can hit anything, it's good to lean on your superstar or his sidekick. Ellis led the Mavs with 20 points, but he was 6-of-20 from the field. Dirk had 19, and he was 7-of-19.
The Spurs not only squared the series at 2 going back to San Antonio on Wednesday, they made it look eerily similar to the last couple of regular seasons against the Mavs, when they won 10 straight.
This, after outplaying San Antonio in the first three games for all but 7-1/2 minutes of Game 1.
They couldn't keep San Antonio out of the paint, and they couldn't mount any kind of offense.
And when they turned to Dirk out of desperation, where was he?
Once upon a time, Dirk went for 36, 24, 35, 17, 15 and 33 in a playoff series against the Spurs. But that was four years ago, when Dirk was 31. Now, at 35, he's yet to crack 20 points against the Spurs in this series.
Asked before the game about Dirk's offensive problems after he had averaged 25.7 in the playoffs for his career, Rick Carlisle said of the Spurs, "They're one of the best teams at making it hard on a particular guy. They've been dealing with him long before I got here, so they have a lot of different things. They're a very intelligent team, a very sophisticated team.
"The things that they can do coverage-wise, we've just got to work to stay a step ahead."
The Mavs were determined to get their aging superstar going early. But after making four of the Mavs' first six points on a pair of jump shots, he didn't make another field goal until only 1:34 remained in the third quarter.
Granted, the drought included a stretch of nearly six minutes in the third quarter when he sat on the bench with four fouls. But considering the kind of defense Dirk plays, foul trouble shouldn't be one of his problems, either.
What did the Spurs do in particular against Dirk? First they ran Danny Green at him, then Matt Bonner, then a couple of guys, then Tiago Splitter. Nothing fancy. Just a steady of diet of defenders. Dirk became so frustrated with Splitter, in particular, he picked up his fourth foul pushing off.
What it came down to, really, was not so much the Spurs as it was Dirk. He simply couldn't get his shot to fall.
For a little perspective, consider what happened when Dirk had to sit out six minutes of the third quarter after picking up his fourth foul with 10:23 left. The Mavs whittled away at the Spurs' 14-point halftime lead. Ellis and Jose Calderon took over the offense. The intensity picked up, as did the pace. The crowd was on its feet as the Mavs cut the Spurs' lead to eight.
Then Dirk re-entered the game with 4:47 left. And over the next 53 seconds, the Spurs went back up by 15.
More to the point: His first 22 minutes in the game, Dirk was a Mavs-worst minus-14.
He finally came around in the fourth quarter. But when it came down to the last shot with 10 seconds left, Dirk gave the ball to Ellis instead. He drove hard to the basket and missed.
There would be nothing Monday like Vince Carter's miraculous on-the-edge-of-oblivion, last-second shot. To get that kind of miracle, the rest of the Mavs need someone to lean on first. They needed Dirk, and he was nowhere to be found.


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International organizations called on UNFCCC negotiators to approve an agricultural work programme under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to open up technical work on addressing mitigation and adaptation options in the agriculture sector.
5 December 2011: Calling on climate negotiators to include agriculture in the text of the climate agreement, 16 leading agriculture organizations made an appeal through a jointly endorsed letter to the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) during the Durban Climate Change Conference. The appeal to COP 17 was discussed at Agriculture and Rural Development Day, held on 3 December 2011, during which more than 500 participants addressed priorities for meeting food security challenges while supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Participants noted that a Work Programme on Agriculture has been stalled for too long in the Ad hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) negotiating text. The text on the Work Programme on Agriculture calls for action by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).
The appeal to COP 17 highlights the untapped potential for mitigation in agricultural lands, as well as opportunities to help vulnerable populations adapt. Some speakers called for collaboration between business, government, research, and development organizations.
The letter was endorsed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Bank, CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), World Farmers' Organization (WFO), Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Farming First, Danish Agriculture and Food Council, and Agriculture for Impact. [CGIAR Press Release] [Full Text of Letter to COP 17]


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Already marked by violence, sex, and anti-Catholicism, it was going to take real creativity for "American Horror Story" to achieve shock value this season. What would fit the bill? A witch who kills via vagina, of course.
Taissa Farmiga described her new character, Zoe, in Sept. 20's Entertainment Weekly, saying, "She's kind of this sweet girl – except she kills people with her vagina."
"Shy" Zoe attends Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies (aka witch school) after she realizes her gift during a rendezvous with her boyfriend. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's third season of "American Horror Story: Coven [1]," premieres October 9 on FX.
The storyline is an ironic one for Murphy, a gay activist [2]. Murphy also made headlines in the past as an Obama supporter [3], a would-be pornographer [4] and mastermind behind shows such as "Glee."
The abhorrent "American Horror Story" has given free range to Murphy's twisted preoccupations, however, with stories of [2] monsignors strangling patients with rosaries, nuns raping priests, "Santas" threatening to "jam this gigantic crucifix" up nuns' rear ends, dual masturbation to cure homosexuality [3], and infants' heads stored in basements [5].
So the real American horror story? This show garnered 17 Emmy nominations [6].


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By randy baum
From: Minneapolis, MN
Nov 23, 2009
i think count floyd show is rated harder than creep show because the move over the roof/lip on count floyd show is harder than any single move on creep show. also, you get a standing no hands rest on creep show, but not on count floyd show. that's not to say there aren't no hands rests on count floyd show....
regardless of the differences, both climbs are a blast.
btw, one other reason count floyd show might be considered harder is that unlike creep show it doesn't have fixed draws.
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Nov 23, 2009
Some points in question for sure, but Creep show didn't have fixed draws in the early 90's when we were all debating which was actually harder...
I think it had more to do with endurance Vs a single techinical move. Porter didn't probably notice the endurance factor, as it didn't show up on his Radar.
By saxfiend
From: Decatur, GA
May 17, 2010
|There's no fixed draws on either Creep Show or Count Floyd. My partner onsighted Creep Show for his warmup climb on our last day (inspiring!), and he hung his own draws.
By Steve Bachmeier
From: Lander, WY
Jun 27, 2016
|I thought it felt easier than the 10d to the left, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's grade should be lowered. It's just less thuggy. The no hands rest saved my ass before the slopey topout on a wicked humid day!


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Both alternative energy and Africa represent fertile terrain for investment growth -- or so reasoned some exchange-traded fund managers earlier this year. But new ETFs focusing on those themes have yet to pay off. The accompanying table of five recently created ETFs targeting the realm of alternative energy and two with investments in Africa and the Middle East shows that the new offerings have yet to break out from the pack during the depressing autumn of 2008. With more than 800 ETFs now competing for investor attention, new offerings by the industry usually reflect what money managers consider the new "trendy" areas of the investment milieu. As often as not, by the time the investment fashion police identify an area as "the next new thing," the investment trend has peaked and investors find themselves dressed in last year's portfolio trappings. But this new batch of tony ETFs represents the possibility of longer life spans. Few would quarrel with the reasoning that the alternative energy trend is still in its infancy. Similarly, the Africa/Middle East region is undeniably the least -- and possibly last -- exploited investment region left on earth. The only fund on the list to outperform the S&P 500 total-return index over the past three months was the iPath Barclays Capital Global Carbon Index Total Return Fund ( GRN), which retreated only 14.45% while the S&P tumbled 23.11%. None of the other funds in the list of seven was able to better the S&P gauge during the October bloodletting.
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Negotiating Prisoners' Rights, with Hernan Reyes, M.D. (Conversations with History)
Premiere Date: 12/2/1999; 54 minutes
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Dr. Hernan Reyes for a discussion of the role of the Red Cross in insuring the rights of political prisoners. (#9172)
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Problem with mail delivery procmail>cyrus imap (using sendmail,procmail,cyrus,imap)
Hi all
Im running Fedora core 3.
I'm trying to use sendmail, cyrus-imap, postfix and squirrelmail (all installed using yum).
I managed to configure everything so that I could (over SSL) use squirrelmail. Initially, I was using dovecot imap but unfortunately I was unable to get squirrelmail to work with shared folders this way. The squirrelmail documentation said that I needed to use Cyrus in order to get this to work.
I figured that replacing the imap server would be the easiest way. One full day later I understand that I was wrong. This is a nightmare and I'm hoping that theres someone out there who could give me a pointer in the right direction.
The problem:
If I send a mail from an external (to my server) mail server, the mail gets delivered without any errormessages. I can use /bin/mail successfully from the commandline when logged onto my mailserver - can read the message without any problems.
When using Thunderbird to get my mail (using imap) I can log on (TLS/SSL works fine) without any error messages. The only problem is that I never see any mail.
another example:
Prior to replacing dovecot with cyrus, I was able to use squirrelmail to read/send emails - now, Im only able to send mail - not to read.
I cant see any relevant messages in my /var/log/maillog or /var/log/messages
I suspect that this has something to do with procmail delivering mail to some incorrect location but Im not sure (dont have the experience to tell for sure).
What do I need to do in order for procmail to play nicely with cyrus ?
Do I need to tell procmail to deliver mail in some other way?
What way?
.. or to some other place?
How? which configuration files do I need to modify?
And please, dont say "replace sendmail with qmail", "replace cyrus with xxx". I've already gone through this once (swapping out the MTA, imap server for something else) and the only effect it had was that I got nowhere but it took me weeks to get there.
Please! - Im desperate for some assistance..
This is what I've got installed atm:
squirrelmail 1.4.3a-6.FC3
Any help would be welcome..
Found what I needed on page 5 of this document:
It basically describes the entry to /etc/procmailrc or $HOME/.procmailrc that has to be made in order for procmail to deliver to the right maildir
well i think u should upgrade to the latest stable version of squirrelmail 1.4.4. It fixed many bugs.
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THE son of a former policeman was jailed for life after murdering a pensioner whose home he set on fire.
A judge ordered Martin Olej, 22, should serve at least 12 years in prison before he becomes eligible to seek release.
Olej, who has autism, was found guilty of the murder of John McCulloch at his home in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, in August 2009 by setting fire to the house while the victim was inside and unable to help himself.
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At the High Court in Edinburgh, the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, said that as far as he could see it was unprovoked and followed "the generous decision" of the retired welder to allow Olej and a former co-accused in for a drink.
Lord Carloway said only one penalty could be imposed, which was life imprisonment.
The judge said that in setting the minimum term he took into account he came from "a caring and supportive family" and had psychological difficulties, including the diagnosis of autism.
Olej, of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, and Iain Starrett, 21, of Port Glasgow, were charged with the murder, which they denied. Starrett was acquitted on a not proven verdict.
The pair, who were teenagers at the time, had gone to the home of 69-year-old retired welder Mr However, when the victim was lying on the floor unconscious or unable to seek help, Olej poured lighter fuel on to a carpet and chair and set it alight.
Defence counsel Donald Findlay, QC, said Olej was "clearly a man with difficulties" who had "a number of problems".


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TAMPA — After scoring 69 points last week, Robinson again looked impressive against Lennard, cruising to a 29-point victory.
The Knights (6-1, 3-1) scored at will, moving the ball with the pass and run.
Quarterback Blake Rice threw a pair of touchdowns to start the scoring, then running back J.J. Hubbard put his stamp on the game with two rushing scores including an 84-yarder.
"We are pretty high-octane right now on offense," Robinson coach Mike Depue said. "We have a lot of good weapons and J.J. is probably one of the top couple of backs in the area right now."
Down 14-0, Lennard (4-3, 1-3) cut the lead in half to start the second quarter with a 6-yard score by Tevin Abbney, but Robinson scored 28 unanswered points to put the game away.
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The people of Falmouth are accustomed to seeing strange sights, particularly after dark when pub crawls in fancy dress are common, but shoppers should be prepared for something very odd on Saturday – and in broad daylight.
A team of male dog lovers will gather on The Moor to take part in Kez's Killer Heels Challenge, which, as the title suggests, will involve the men teetering through the main streets in high heel shoes.
Kez (Kerrin) Hollywood, Dave Kellow, Luke Blakemore, Nathan Jolly and Darren Johns are, as I type, encouraging friends and family to sponsor them as they attempt to raise as much money as possible for Bissoe-based K9 Crusaders, where they all volunteer.
The group will meet on The Moor at 1pm and will then make their way through town as far as Trago Mills where they will turn around and walk back to where they started.
As if the lads wearing high heels wasn't spectacle enough, they will also be dressed in a way designed to show off their "killer heels." Their dress code for the day is "top half - collar and tie, suit jacket, smart turnout. Bottom half - tights or stockings, shorts or a skirt."
The lads will be accompanied on the walk by a medley of music, including Little Green Bag from Reservoir Dogs.
So, if you fancy seeing the lads as you've never seen them before, presumably, get down to The Moor for 1pm on Saturday and why not support their efforts by sponsoring one or all of them. To do this visit www.caninecrusaders.org.uk.
All I can say is good luck to them all and I hope they all have their ankles intact by the end of the afternoon after negotiating Falmouth's cobbles in heels!


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The arrest of film director Roman Polanski in Switzerland and his threatened extradition to the US have stirred the baying hounds of 'law and order' into action. These forces respond aggressively—even preemptively—in such a case, lest humanitarian considerations and even the spirit of forgiveness be permitted to influence popular consciousness. Without any interest in the broader circumstances of the case, countless reactionary voices have been raised, sternly demanding that Polanski be locked away for society's good.
To these, we can now add the editorial board of the New York Times, the liberal newspaper of record. In a politically significant piece, the editors have weighed in, spitefully and maliciously, on the side of Los Angeles law enforcement officials.
In "The Polanski Case" (September 30, 2009), the Times first derides the notion of protesting his detention: "To hear the protests from the French, the Poles and other Europeans, you might have thought the filmmaker was seized by some totalitarian regime for speaking truth to power."