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Hollywood generates buzz for a blockbuster about...education reform?
Over the years, Hollywood has done its part to get the public fired up about education. Think Stand & Deliver, Mr. Holland's Opus, and that Oscar-winning classic, Goodbye Mr. Chips.
Still, you'd have to look long and hard to find a film on the nuts and bolts of education reform that registered on the public consciousness. Hard to see audiences shelling out $7 and popcorn for 90 minutes on graduation rates, right?
But that may be about to change, judging from the growing buzz around a new documentary, Waiting for 'Superman'.
Directed by Davis Guggenheim, creator of the mega-doc An Inconvenient Truth, the film won the Audience Award for documentaries at this year's Sundance Festival. Judging from the trailer, it makes a similar, emotion-laden call to action; just substitute Al Gore for a classroom's-worth of ambitious kids, angry parents, lagging Pisa scores, and a star-studded cast of national ed reformers.
Michelle Rhee is there. ("You wake up every morning, and you know that kids are getting a really crappy education right now," the D.C. schools chief says in the trailer. ") So is Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone. Bill Gates makes a cameo, too, and he gave the film a plug in his 2010 annual letter on education. (Waiting for 'Superman' is scheduled for a limited release on Sept. 24.)
So what do you think? Does this film seem to be aiming at the right targets when it assails "dropout factories" and ineffective teachers, and applauds reforms aimed at raising student test scores? Or would you prefer a different cinematic angle? And hey, it's summer, so feel free to offer your own Top 10 list of best education movies.
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Eons ago, the powerful Homo Nocturnis ruled the earth. While their numbers have been greatly reduced, they still exist-though not as purebreds. Adrian Breze is one such being. Wealthy and reclusive, he is more Shadowspawn than human. But he rebelled against his kind, choosing to live as an ordinary man. Now, to save humanity, he must battle the dark forces of the world-including those in his own blood...
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I didn't understand it, so I asked him what impact it had on his behavior. He said that it cleaned up his language...he no longer uses the words 'must', 'should', and 'have to'. I asked him to recommend a book. He recommended Commitment. I read it last night. Took a couple hours.
Get your hands on this book. It's dense with simple and powerful ideas about project management.
Here are highlights of what I learned:
- Real Options is a rational decision making framework. It is a mechanism for countering a strong behavior pattern in people. People prefer to be right rather than wrong. And they prefer to be wrong rather than uncertain. The 'never commit unless you know why' in Real Options is all about countering people's innate preference to be wrong rather than be uncertain.
- The book distinguishes between outputs and outcomes. All outcomes belong to one of four categories. You only commit once you've identified the outcome. The book offers three strategies for delaying commitment.
- How to create a Kanban board. The book offers so many ideas about this, it really made me view Kanban boards in a very different way. And I've been working with them for a decade. It made me understand why they lead to better decision making and better outcomes through discussion of Theory of Constraints, WIP limits, identifying blocked work, and the cost of hidden queues.
- How do you optimize for scaling teams up and down? Answer: staff liquidity. Actively manage knowledge silos by allocating your most junior people first. I found this very counter-intuitive...allocate your most senior people last? What? But the book makes clear why this makes sense.
- There are 3 types of options: financial, legal, and real options. 'Real' just means the option is offered by the 'real world'. Not a man-made financial or legal contract. This is an important distinction, because you can use math to identify optimal decisions for financial and legal options. Math does not help you identify optimal decisions for real options.
- The book applies Real Options to knowledge acquisition...Knowledge Options. I found this idea fascinating. It also discussed a strategy for finding mentors.
- The book discusses the relationship between conflict, failure, and collaboration using Game Theory. It makes really clear the consequence of avoiding conflict and failure...no collaboration. It discusses how to detect conflict avoidance, and tactics to support conflict resolution.
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > One such landmine is that the keepalives need to flow from client to > server while the WAL records are flowing from server to client. We'll > have to crack that problem for synchronous replication too, but I think > that alone is a big enough problem to make this 9.1 material. > This seems to be the real sticking point then, given that the xmin/PGPROC side on the master seems logically straightforward. For some reason I thought the sync rep feature had the reverse message flow already going, and that some other sort of limitation just made it impractical to merge into the main codebase this early. My hope was that just this particular part could get cherry-picked out of there, and that it might even have been thought about already in that context given the known HS keepalive "serious issue". If there was a solution or partial solution in progress to that floating around, my thought was that just piggybacking this extra xid info on top of it would be easy enough. If there's not already a standby to primary communications backchannel implementation available that can be harvested from that work, your suggestion that this may not be feasible at all for 9.0 seems like a more serious concern than I had thought it was going to be. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.us
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I am an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. I'm primarily a documentary linguist specializing in Athabascan (Alaska) and Chimbu-Wahgi (Papua New Guinea) languages. My approach to language description examines field-collected data and archived materials in a discourse-functional theoretical framework. I consider language to be a human behavioral phenomenon to be studied in the context of discourse and society, and I see grammatical structure as a product of the cultural and linguistic practices of the members of a speech community.
I am also dedicated to supporting a technological infrastructure for field linguistics that promotes long-term data sustainability and interoperability, and in my fieldwork I try to bridge the gap between linguistics, archiving, technology and community language activism. To this end, I'm the director of Kaipuleohone, the University of Hawai'i Digital Language Archive.
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WASHINGTON — Preliminary results from exit polling in Arizona and Michigan suggest voters in each state made up their minds earlier than voters in previous contests. While voters remain focused on the economy, abortion and immigration are growing in importance.
DEBATES LOSING STEAM: Debates were not an important factor in most voters' decisions in either state. About 36 percent in Michigan and 47 percent in Arizona said debates were an important factor, well off the debate high-point notched in Florida and South Carolina, where more than 6 in 10 called debates leading up to those primaries an important factor in their vote. In Arizona, which Mitt Romney carried with broad advantages nearly across the board, there was little difference in the vote between those who called the debate important and those who said it didn't matter. In Michigan, however, where the race remains close, those who called the debate an important factor tilted toward Romney while those unswayed by it favored Rick Santorum. There were fewer late-deciders in these two states than in any previous contest measured with an exit poll.
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES: About 1 in 3 Michigan voters said they or someone in their household had lost a job in the last three years, while 1 in 5 Arizona voters said their family was falling behind financially. In both states, the economy was most frequently cited as voters' top issue. Romney carried about half of the vote among those who called the economy their top issue in both states.
ABORTION: There has been an increased focus on abortion in the campaign lately, and the preliminary exit poll results show Michigan Republicans picking up on it, with about 1 in 7 calling that their top issue. And there is a sizable gender gap in that result: Among women, about 1 in 5 called it a top issue, about twice as many as among men. Abortion voters in Michigan favored Santorum by a 7-to-1 advantage. Fewer in Arizona were focused on abortion. In both states, about 6 in 10 voters said they believe abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.
VIEWS OF McCAIN: In Arizona, the home state of Sen. John McCain, the GOP's 2008 nominee for president, about 4 in 10 say they have an unfavorable opinion of him. Romney outpaced Santorum 45 percent to 27 percent among those with a favorable view of McCain, who endorsed Romney early in the contest, while the two were about even among those with an unfavorable opinion.
SEEKING RELIGIOUS COMPATIBILITY: A majority of voters in Michigan said it mattered a great deal or somewhat that a candidate shares their religious beliefs, about the same as in 2008. In Arizona, that figure stood at about half. About 4 in 10 voters in each state describe themselves as born-again or evangelical. Santorum held an edge among evangelical voters in both states.
Early results from the Arizona exit poll are based on interviews with 2,348 Republican primary voters, including 601 absentee or early voters who were interviewed by phone before election day. Michigan results are based on interviews with 2,133 voters, including 412 absentee or early voters. Election day voters come from a random sample of 30 precincts in each state. Both polls have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.


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By Wendy Moonan
Published: February 23, 2007
Collections of Noble Silver In Three U.S. Exhibitions
Winter may be the best time to appreciate glittering antique silver, which has the ability to capture the last rays of light before dusk and, after dark, animate a room with reflections of candlelight.
Perhaps that's why three exhibitions of antique silver are opening this month in the United States. The most important is the permanent installation of 103 pieces of antique English silver, spanning 400 years, from the collection of Jerome and Rita Gans, which opens on Wednesday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
''Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the 20th Century'' is a show of more than 350 works amassed by the New York architect Margo Grant Walsh. It opened last week and will be on view through August in the concourse galleries of the San Francisco International Airport. (''It's the only accredited museum at an airport,'' Ms. Grant said.)
''Five Centuries of Swedish Silver,'' the smallest show of the three, opened this month at Scandinavia House in Manhattan with 100 objects from the Rohsska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts in Gothenburg, Sweden. It continues through May 8.
The Virginia museum has dedicated a new gallery to the Ganses' masterpieces in the baroque, rococo and neoclassical styles.
''It's a highly important collection, one of the top five of English silver in America, in terms of quality and breadth,'' said Philippa Glanville, a silver expert and senior research fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. ''The Ganses were passionate about objects where both design and craftsmanship were at a high level of complexity.''
In the 1960s Rita Gans, a mathematician, and her husband, Jerome, a builder of power plants -- both New Yorkers -- quietly began buying works by the greatest English silversmiths of the 18th and 19th centuries, including 29 pieces by Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) and 36 by Paul Storr (1771-1844). After Mr. Gans's death in 1996, their collection, then on loan to the Virginia museum, was donated to it, along with funds for a consulting silver curator and scholarly catalogs.
''The Ganses started with the big names,'' said Christopher Hartop, an English expert on antique silver. ''They were interested in their personalities and how silver workshops operated. After 1996 Rita went on buying and moved back in time, so the collection is now very well rounded.''
In ''A Noble Feast,'' a delightful new catalog that uses the Gans collection to illustrate English eating and drinking mores from 1600 to 1900, Mr. Hartop describes what various pieces were used for and where they would have been viewed. In the 17th century, for example, the most elaborate silver works were arranged on open, tiered sideboards.
''Here were displayed the lavish cups and covers, tankards and other drinking vessels that showed the wealth and status of the host,'' Mr. Hartop writes. ''On the table itself there was far less room for display pieces, for the food -- elaborately decorated pies and roasts -- took up virtually all the space available.''
One perfect example of a Gans display set is a two-foot-wide gilded silver dish bearing the coat of arms of Anthony Grey, the 11th Earl of Kent, and its matching pair of silver gilt ewers, both from 1699, with the mark of Benjamin Pyne, later goldsmith to George I.
''Before the introduction of the fork, the ewer and basin were used to rinse a guest's hands with rose water at intervals throughout the meal,'' Mr. Hartop said. ''This set, made for display, is possibly the best acquisition Rita ever made: Pyne was one of the greatest native English silversmiths, and he used the most amazing engraver, a Catholic Frenchman named Blaise Gentot. The big dish is really just a canvas for the engraved coat of arms.''
Even Mr. Hartop admits that not everything is known about antique silver. He pointed out a pair of shells by de Lamerie that were apparently cast from natural scallop shells, complete with tiny snails attached to the ribbed exteriors. These are often mistakenly called butter dishes, though at that time butter was served in liquid form.
''It is possible that these shells were filled with sauce and set around the table,'' he writes. ''The fact, however, that their meticulously detailed outsides do not sit neatly on the table top (they tend to topple randomly) suggests that they may instead have been intended to be held in the hand for eating oysters browned under heat.''
Ms. Glanville supports the sauce theory. ''The uneven shells may have sat in a wooden 'seaweed' frame, but they were made to be picked up,'' she said. ''At that time there was very little silver on the table that you actually handled. The shell is elaborately decorated because you would hold it and see it up close.''
Margo Grant Walsh, an interior architect at Gensler, designed modern corporate interiors across the globe for decades. For fun, she scoured flea markets and estate sales for modern silver. Her collection's strength is in the number of works by Americans, including: Arthur J. Stone, a silversmith who opened a shop in Boston in 1901; the Mulholland Brothers of Evanston, Ill.; Falick Novick, a Russian immigrant in Chicago; John O. Bellis of Shreve & Company, San Francisco; Edward Everett Oakes; and the architect, painter, poet and silversmith William Waldo Dodge, founder of Asheville Silvercraft in North Carolina in 1923.
''My focus is studio silver, not production silver,'' Ms. Grant said.
The Swedish silver show includes several coffee and tea services. Among the many modern works are an ewer and cocktail shaker by Count Sigvard Bernadotte, a designer for Georg Jensen from 1930 to 2002. Swedes are known for their contemporary designs, some of which are seen here, but nothing can hold a candle to a ravishingly elegant chocolate pot made in 1797 by Johan Malmstedt of Gothenburg.
Watercolors at Mallett
Mallett, the English antiques gallery at 929 Madison Avenue, at 74th Street, is the host for a selling exhibition of 18th- and 19th-century drawings organized by the London-based American dealer Charles Plante. The walls of one room are filled, floor to ceiling, with architectural vignettes, genre scenes and landscape views. (They can also be seen at watercolours-drawings.com, Mr. Plante's Web site.) Most unusual are the meticulously drawn watercolors of 19th-century German tools made for the workshop, garden and home. ''These design drawings are unsurpassed in their ingenuity and originality and serve as works of art in their own right,'' Mr. Plante said.
Photo: A gilded silver dish with the coat of arms of Anthony Grey, the 11th Earl of Kent, and its matching ewers, all from 1699, from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. (Photo by Katherine Wetzel/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)


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So I've been transition for 4 months and I have no idea what I should be doing to style my hair. I usually just wear it up, but lately it's been breaking off my relaxed ends. Plus I have pretty thick hair so I feel like it fights me when I'm trying to put it up... Basically, I just need help trying to figure out what I should do.
In the midst of transitioning myself,
I found wearing my hair in twists helped as a good protective style.
I eventually had to take the leap and cut off the relaxed ends. It just wasn't an option to keep em anymore. And plus the 2 textures did not look or feel healthy
Bantu knot outs!!! This style saved my life (and my hair) It's perfect because it'll blend the natural curl with the straight relaxed ends to just have bouncy curls that all look the same. I made a video tutorial --> BANTU KNOT OUT. - YouTube but i definitely do NOT have thick hair, so here's another video from one of my favorite youtubers --> How To Bantu Knot Out "Natural Hair" Style - YouTube and here's what it looks like on someone with relaxed ends --> Requested Tutorial: T'n'C Curly Fro - YouTube that last one is technically a twist and curl but it gives somewhat of the same effect.
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This page is about the idiom heads will roll
Meaning: You can say "heads will roll" if people are going to lose their jobs after making a mistake.
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- How could the air force have bombed a school by mistake? Heads will roll, believe me!
- Have you any idea how much money this mistake will cost the company? You can be sure that heads will roll.
Origin: Probably metaphorical, from the fact that the head of a person who has been executed by guillotine will roll around a little after falling into the basket below the blade.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Earlier this year, Yum! Brands (YUM) took on McDonald's (MCD) for a piece of the huge fast food breakfast market. Yum! stock was trading at $77.80 just before 4 p.m. on Monday.
Now, Yum! Brands unit Taco Bell is ambitiously trying to attract "foodies," who would normally not be caught dead in a fast food joint.
How? Taco Bell is launching a new taco concept. The U.S. Taco Co. and Urban Taproom restaurants will expand Taco Bell into the high-growth fast-casual market. The store will debut in Huntington Beach, Calif., over this summer.
U.S. Taco Co. will offer $4 premium tacos, with two for $7 and three for $10. U.S. Taco seeks to take "the best of American cuisine" and "put it in a taco." Interesting flavor combinations announced already are:
- "Winner Winner": Southern style fried chicken with gravy,
- "One Percenter": Lobster with cabbage slaw and pico de gallo, and
- "Brotherly Love": A nod to the Philly cheesesteak.
The units will also sell steak fries with sauces and taco ingredients. Most locations will also serve alcohol concoctions and craft beers. For example, diners might order a "Mexican Car Bomb," which combines vanilla ice cream, tequila caramel sauce, chocolate flakes and Guinness beer.
Executives expect the average check at U.S. Taco Co. to be $11.50 to $12.00. This compares to a substantially lower $7.20 at Taco Bell.
The new fast-casual restaurant is aimed at people who wouldn't normally venture into a Taco Bell restaurant. There will be no burritos, beans, rice or tortilla chips. Customers will be able to order at a counter, but the Day-of-the-Dead-themed restaurants will be more upscale than a traditional Taco Bell.
Yum! Brands is starting with a few locations to test sales, but could begin expanding these new brands across the country. Executives already sound bullish. "I would love one day to see 1,000 of these. But let's not get that far ahead of ourselves," said Taco Bell's CEO, Greg Creed. "We're opening a restaurant and seeing what happens."
The move by Taco Bell follows up a "Cantina Bell" menu that directly challenged Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). Taco Bell has been the lower end of Mexican-themed fast food since Chipotle took over the fast casual market. Chipotle continues to rack up impressive same-store sales at U.S. locations -- with 13.4% same-store sales growth in the first quarter.


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The first of five weekend maintenance projects planned for the Hiawatha light rail line this summer is under way.
The work is closing six stations this weekend: Target Field, Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue, Nicollet Mall, Government Plaza, Downtown East/Metrodome and Cedar-Riverside.
Route 55 buses will run between those stops, said Metro Transit spokesman John Siqveland.
"Buses will operate more frequently than trains, but bus trips will take longer than train rides," he said.
Metro Transit staff will be on hand in yellow safety vests at key stations to direct customers.
Also this weekend, the Minnesota Department of Transportation was scheduled to close southbound Highway 65 -- also known as Central Avenue in Columbia Heights -- between 45th Avenue Northeast and 49th Avenue Northeast, until 8 a.m. Sunday
In St. Paul, Maryland Avenue spanning I-35E in both directions was schedule to be closed until 6 p.m. Saturday.


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A shocking outburst of prejudice
I like Paul Flynn. It may surprise JC readers to know that he is one of my favourite Labour MPs. Witty, intelligent and original, we have often collaborated on the Public Administration Select Committee, which examines the machinery of government.
Yet his outburst in front of the most senior civil servants, Sir Gus O'Donnell, really shocked me. During questioning about the Liam Fox/Adam Werritty controversy, Mr Flynn seemed to imply that the British ambassador to Israel was, in collusion with Liam Fox et al, working with Israeli intelligence as part of a Zionist plot.
As the transcript shows, when I tried to interject, Mr Flynn then accused me of being a neo-conservative and part of a clique that wanted to bomb Iran.
Mr Flynn's actions betray an extraordinary mindset on the left, that allows normally highly intelligent and engaging individuals to lose all sense of proportion when the word "Israel" is mentioned.
The same kind of mindset rarely raises the daily atrocities committed in Syria or Iran, preferring to focus on Israel as part of some vast international conspiracy - usually involving American and British Conservative politicians.
What makes this worse is that Mr Flynn is able to do this because the British ambassador to Israel is Jewish. The subtext, of course, is that Jews by nature are not loyal to the country that they serve but are working for foreign powers. This has been the habitual accusation of antisemites throughout the ages.
Whilst I do not believe for one moment that Mr Flynn is antisemitic, the question that people will ask is: "Has he allowed himself to fall into the trap that those who hate Jews often set?"
Readers will note that I, too, as a Jewish MP, am being accused of being part of a "plot" to bomb Iran.
Yet as Sir Gus O'Donnell observed, the fact that the British ambassador has meetings with Israeli intelligence is part of his job, just as the British ambassador to Pakistan meets Pakistani intelligence.
If only the left, with a few notable exceptions, put their money where their mouth is in terms of human rights and freedom, there would not be outrageous attacks on the British ambassador to Israel but real condemnation of President Ahmadinejad and President Assad.
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Jewish envoy not loyal to UK, says Labour MP
- Chilling words
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- Jewish delegates feel unsafe at #Lab17
Jewish delegates feel unsafe at #Lab17
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A Columbia couple is bringing a taste of technology to the downtown square.
A Columbia couple is bringing a taste of technology to the downtown square.
neXpiria President Joel Friddell and Vice President Kim Hayes opened their web design, mobile application development and digital media company at 802 S. Main St. The tech company opened in early September.
Columbia's downtown architecture and ambiance was a deciding factor in choosing to locate in the city, the couple said.
The pair wanted to be part of the recent spark of downtown development and hope to spearhead a boost for the city in the tech sector.
"We wanted to do a main street building so we can send a message that downtown Columbia is viable," Friddell said. "One of the things we wanted to do was send a message to the younger people in town that Columbia does have a future."
There is no reason why Columbia cannot become a tech hub for the state, or even the nation, Friddell added.
The majority of neXperia's work is currently based in web design, but the company also develops mobile applications and produces television series.
The tech company's portfolio does not stop there — they also develop consumer products.
Friddell and Hayes have created the neX-cam ioc, the first wireless intraoral camera that works with the iPad. Fridell compared the device to a smartphone made to look like a pen.
The "pen" is a patent-pending technology with a five-megapixel camera that shows real-time video of a patient's mouth. Frieddell chose to develop the product because his family has a medical background. He started out wanting to document the patient experience and ended up creating a product to help educate them.
The devices show patients why certain dental procedures were chosen and allows them to see what is happening inside their mouths, Friddell said.
After more than two years of research and design, the product is slated for production by January 2014, Hayes said. neXpiria is getting inquiries about the product from domestic and international markets.
The pair plans to eventually add a service center and a shipping and receiving hub in the South Main Street building.
The company has another product in development using the same technology, but it is still in its early stages. They want to keep the project under wraps until they are ready to release the information to the public.
For now, Friddell and Hayes said they would like to see downtown Columbia return to its former glory.
"It's a great place, and since we live here, we'd like to see it really come back," Friddell said.
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What is the Fiscal Cliff and why is it important?
What is the fiscal cliff?
The "fiscal cliff" refers to the expiration of a series of economic measures (tax relief, reauthorization of unemployment insurance and the Job Creation Act of 2010) that are set for the end of the year.
If a deal is not reached between the White House and lawmakers, spending cuts will begin to take effect and tax breaks expire, which both sides argue will push the U.S. economy off the "cliff."
The spending cuts could total $800 billion next year.
What happens if an agreement isn't met?
Economists have warned that could tip the nation back into recession.
How likely is an agreement?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., channeled Obama in calling for a quick solution to the fiscal showdown and saying that asking "the richest of the rich" to pay more should be part of the equation. "We know what needs to be done. And so I think that we should just roll up our sleeves and get it done," Reid says.
House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to consider some form of higher tax revenue as part of the solution - but only "under the right conditions."
All sides are setting out opening arguments for the negotiations to come.
How are world markets reacting?
Financial markets remained volatile Thursday, a day after concerns over the U.S. fiscal situation combined with renewed worries over the European economy to hammer stocks.
However, as U.S. trading gathered pace, the previous day's despondency appeared to settle over markets once again.
"Volatility will likely continue to be the name of the game going forwards as markets lurch from one crisis to the next and investors will continue to trade with extreme caution," said Mike McCudden, head of derivatives at Interactive Investor.
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The holidays are upon us. Christmas is a month away. ONE MONTH PEOPLE!
While this is supposed to be a joyous time of year filled with family, good food and fun, it is often the most stressful. I am already feeling the stress. My parents and my husband's parents live on the West Coast. We are trying to coordinate plane tickets, Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas presents, visits with friends and everything else that comes with family living out of state. It's a mess! Did I mention that I am already STRESSED!
As a wise man once told me, you can't do everything and you need to take time out for yourself. When my husband uttered those words, I just looked at him like he was crazy. I thought to myself, I have to do everything. Who else is going to book the tickets, coordinate dinners and mail all the presents. As I made multiple to-do lists on my phone, I realized he was right. I can't do everything and I have to take time to just relax and be with me.
So I did! I made an appointment to get my hair done. Every woman and mother knows, getting your hair done is no small ordeal. You may just be going in for a trim, but an hour later you've been transformed into a new person. After my appointment, I was. I spent 90 minutes in a salon with a group of women who were laughing, listening to music, telling jokes and just enjoying each other's company…and probably enjoying spending time away from their children, husbands, jobs and the stress of life.
I walked out of the salon with a new lease on life. I was no longer wondering when or how I would get everything done. I felt relaxed and ready to take on whatever my family and the world were going to throw at me. From that moment on, I knew I needed to take more time out for myself. Time to just be with me or with a friend. I am proud to say that I've done it.
I've started reading more. I am not reading anything intellectually stimulating. I am hooked on romance novels. Like any good book, they transplant me to another world and I love it. In the last month, I've seen my hair dresser twice which is much sooner than normal. I've gone grocery shopping with a girlfriend instead of my son and I've relinquished more nighttime duties to my husband.
These things might seem small but, to me, they've been HUGE. Thirty minutes here and there alone with my thoughts or laughing with a friend have helped to keep me sane and smiling. With all of the stresses of the holidays, I need these little moments.
So ladies, take a few minutes out of your day or week to spend by yourself. This may mean you have to lock the bathroom door, but do it! I am endorsing Mommy Me time. We've seen the Facebook stories going around about the mom who beat up the lady who told her to control her kids or the seen the mom screaming at her kids in the store. You don't want to be the subject for Facebook fodder. I know I would have been if I hadn't discovered just how important Mommy Me time is.
An update: Thank you to everyone who commented or emailed me regarding my blog post last month. Davis has been doing a much better job of eating his vegetables. Just this week, we've tackled broccoli! Woohoo!
Thank you for your advice, food suggestions and for taking time out to read my thoughts. I truly appreciate it!
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Jeffrey Lurie makes it clear another 8-8 Eagles season is 'unacceptable'
Jeffrey Lurie said that another 8-8 season from the Eagles is 'unacceptable' and made it clear that there weren't many excuses for Andy Reid's Philly team to do what they did in 2011.
|Another 8-8 season could have Reid in hot water with Lurie. (US Presswire)
2011 was a trainwreck for the Eagles. The four wins to close out the season were nice and gave Philly some promise for 2012, but were largely irrelevant.
Or, if you prefer to use the term that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie used after the season, you can call them "fool's gold." On Thursday, Lurie reiterated that what happened last year was unacceptable and said -- without actually saying -- that 8-8 in 2012 would probably get Andy Reid fired.
"You know, my expectations, I've said it before and I said it after last season [that] I expect a substantially improved team," Lurie said. "We all thought we were better than 8-8 but we weren't because your record tells you what you were."
Asked directly if there was something that could mitigate an 8-8 season (injuries, etc), Lurie refused to put a direct set of expectations on the season, before basically doing just that.
"Again, I am not going to make blanket statements," Lurie said. "I really wanted to try to explain to you that 8-8 was unacceptable. Yeah, I guess if two thirds of the team is not playing [then] there are always exceptions. That was a really unacceptable outcome. I just want to reiterate that."
It warrants mentioning that Reid himself probably wasn't thrilled with the season either, you know? It gets lost in the uber-hype of the 2011 Eagles team and the glaring lack of a Super Bowl on his resume, but Reid has been ridiculous in Philadelphia. He's never won eight or less games in a season twice in a row and only five of his 13 seasons have ended with less than double-digit wins.
That's truly remarkable in today's NFL, and you can almost certainly guarantee that Reid has high expectations for himself this season and doesn't likely foresee another eight-win year. But that doesn't mean that another one won't land him in seriously hot water with his boss.
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MEMPHIS — If you come to the Mirimichi Golf Course looking for signs of Justin Timberlake, the hometown actor-singer who bought and renovated the course, you almost certainly will be disappointed.
On a recent visit to Mirimichi, all I spotted was a Timberlake photo in the clubhouse. If you didn't know before your arrival of Timberlake's connection to the course, nothing at Mirimichi would give it away. He seems to prefer being a low-profile, if not anonymous, owner.
But if you come in search of good golf at a reasonable price, you will be rewarded. Mirimichi, an American Indian word meaning "place of happy retreat," is a course with clear professional aspirations and tough challenges, but room for the everyday golfer.
What's more, it is environmentally friendly. Two years ago, Mirimichi became the first course in the country to receive an Audubon International Classic Sanctuary certification.
What that means to the golfer is this: Natural grasses abound, making the tee boxes spots of beauty. Natural streams, ponds and waterfalls dot the course; there are even places where you could envision having a picnic or just stopping for photos. It's really that gorgeous.
The holes have American Indian names, with each seeking to evoke a sense of nature and calm. The par-5 second hole is called Gada-ama, which means muddy water. No. 15, a tough par 4, is Tsaluyi, or forest. Behind the green is a wall of tightly bunched trees.
At a more granular level, the field staff at the course works hard to protect the grounds, reduce their reliance on fertilizer and pesticides, and create an ecosystem that offers sanctuary for golfers as well as native plants and creatures. It is one of the few settings that has threatened to steal my attention away from the golf.
I went to Mirimichi alone, but the people in the clubhouse were accommodating; single players sometimes find it tricky getting a tee time. However, Mirimichi wasn't especially crowded. Near 100-degree heat and stifling Memphis humidity likely were factors.
On the range I met an easy-swinging Rodney Hudson, who works at Claflin University, in Orangeburg, S.C. Hudson, 50, was on his way to the Walter Payton Celebrity Scholarship Golf Classic in Tunica, Miss. He thought Mirimichi would be a great tuneup.
By the time we finished 36 holes, we had come to the same conclusion about Mirimichi. From the tee, it is relatively open. While sand traps — with the same gorgeous white sand as Augusta National — and other hazards protect the fairways, finding a landing area is not particularly difficult, and most golfers should have little trouble. The tips on the excellent GPS system on golf carts also help navigate the fairways.
The large number of tee boxes that allow the best players to take on a course of more than 7,000 yards suggests that Timberlake would like to bring a professional tournament to Mirimichi.
The greens are big, undulating and lightning fast, making it easy to roll a putt past the hole or, after you've made that mistake a few too many times, to leave a putt embarrassingly short. They are ready for the pros.
Mirimichi offers an upscale experience on a course that is tough but not punishing, fulfilling Timberlake's goal of making golf accessible to players of all levels.


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TOKYO -- Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan has withdrawn from next month's gymnastics World Cup event in Stuttgart, Germany, because of injuries to his right shoulder and right ankle.
Uchimura has been receiving treatment for his injuries and decided to withdraw from the Dec. 1-2 meet, which would require him to perform all six disciplines.
The Japan Gymnastic Association announced Uchimura's withdrawal Friday and said a letter has been submitted to the International Gymnastics Federation on behalf of Uchimura.
The 23-year-old Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the world championships in Tokyo last year. Earlier this month, Uchimura decided not to take part in the floor exercise at the national championships and performed only in the team event due to the same injuries.


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Jaipuriar: Student activism movements should assess feasibility of 'demands'
Student activists: take notes.
THE General Body staged an intense protest at Syracuse University in 2014 and released a 45-page list of demands regarding campus diversity and university policy, raising issues which, at the time, seemed daunting. Now, students and administrators can see intra-university collaboration at work in a report released Monday by the Chancellor's Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion that outlines 33 recommendations for ways in which SU can be more socially welcoming.
Meanwhile, Western Washington University is going through a similar phase. WWU activism group "Student Assembly for Power and Liberation" recently published a petition with demands to fight systemic oppression through the creation of a multicultural residence hall, student approval for some faculty hiring decisions and free tuition for any student who has experienced institutional "violence," among other requests.
Numerous critics have since spoken out against the group's strategy. The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf — who has written numerous pieces on college politics — called it "self-defeating radicalism." Robby Soave said in a piece for The Daily Beast that administrators should ignore these calls "to create an almost cartoonishly autocratic liberal thought police on campus."
But whether these demands are too radical or ambitious is a matter of perspective. When one hasn't personally experienced the grievances of these students, it isn't possible to judge if they are asking too much. In this way, the ongoing student resistance at WWU is a microcosm of a crossroads that transcends student movements everywhere: outsiders who are unable to relate can either dismiss these activists completely or over-sympathize to the point of withholding valid criticism.
Critically analyzing activist demands can strengthen social movements and help students create impactful change, rather than just publishing a lengthy list of grievances and giving the university an ultimatum to act.
For instance, the WWU students' demand for a College of Power and Liberation — a new school dedicated to social justice — is an admirable goal because it could focus on underrepresented communities. However, this would arguably limit enrichment to the select few students interested in that one specialized school. And yet the rest of the university could then just go on, unaffected, which ultimately defeats the purpose of even trying to educate the campus community on social consciousness.
It's a tough compromise because lofty visions may not always be achievable, but thinking small may just get students to settle. And because of this, there must be balance between ambition and reality. Another caveat of this balance in student activism is using a tone that gets people to listen: speaking up means being bold, yet not too aggressive. There's a difference between a "DEMAND" and a respectful request to a university that technically doesn't owe students anything.
Sarah Pralle, an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at SU who supported THE General Body, said the demonstration at SU was a good model for student movements because it first aired its grievances to administrators and governing bodies before hosting the 18-day sit-in.
"Directly going to the streets isn't always the best strategy," Pralle said. "You've got to be able to ramp it up and you've got to hold something in your back pocket. So I think them starting with the normal channels, building some support, building a dialogue across campus (was effective)."
One goal for universities across the country should be that all students, regardless of personal factors like background, race, sex, gender and wealth have an enjoyable and insightful higher education experience. This is especially true if you've already experienced a lifetime of institutionalized racism or oppression. For instance, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights found in 2014 that black children and children with disabilities are disproportionately disciplined in public schools.
So when it's time to go off to college, one would imagine it to be an escape — a worldly and cultured environment, filled with diverse and open-minded people. When that doesn't end up being the reality, it is understandable for students to unleash their frustrations to the respective institutions.
But before tackling an entire institution and stepping on the gas, racing full-steam ahead, student activists should pause and examine their immediate environment. Rather than trying to imitate other recent social movements, like the ones at the University of Missouri and Ithaca College, activists should calmly assess what they truly want and what they can realistically accomplish for their respective campus.
"Go big or go home" is a popular piece of advice thrown around, but when it comes to creating real change, maybe you don't have to "go big." Because even if rules and regulations on paper are drastically changed overnight, public opinion will always take time to evolve.
Rashika Jaipuriar is a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at email@example.com and followed on Twitter @rashikajpr.
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Heat stress can add fuel to the flames when it comes to fresh cow risk factors for metritis. Ketosis is a fresh cow disease that is highly linked to metritis. Around 15 percent of early lactation, at-risk cows have subclinical ketosis in the first week after calving. In addition, cows with ketosis are 13.8 times more likely to develop a displaced abomasum and 1.7 times more likely to be challenged by metritis. Metritis incidence also climbs during periods of heat stress, costing producers between $304 and $354 in lost production and performance per case.
Producers should take steps to optimize immune function during the transition period to help ward off metritis and its risk factors.
- Ensure cows are eating greater than 26 pounds of dry matter per day
- Allow 30 inches of bunkspace and provide adequate shelter
- Properly balance the ration for dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD),
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Encourage your clients to work as a team with you and their veterinarian to implement a fresh cow screening program that ensures early, accurate identification of metritis. Veterinarians play an important role in developing effective, science-based treatment protocols for metritis that minimize the need for unnecessary pen moves and avoid drug residues in milk and meat. To learn more about how Pfizer Animal Health is helping producers and veterinarians eliminate the risk of drug residues, click here.


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For the second time in two days, reigning Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler defeated eight-time Mr. O Ronnie Coleman. Both men were slightly sharper Saturday evening in Timisoara at the Romanian Grand Prix, and Big Ron got the small crowd behind him at the end, as they chanted "Ronn-ie!" His back and middle were too soft to regain the top position this time, but, if he continues to sharpen and Cutler doesn't, tomorrow could be his day. The surprise of the show and one of the biggest jaw-droppers of the year was Sergey Shelstov. Despite his mud-bath of Dream Tan, he has most everything but clavicle width. His wheels are especially impressive, and they held their own in side-by-side comparisons against the two Mr. O's. Easily the best Russian in this year's Euro Tour (Fedorov was a fat 10th last night), Sergey is now 2007 Olympia-bound after only one pro contest. Just missing an O invite was the hardest competitor in the contest, "Nice Guy" Eddie Abbew. He'll have a final chance (for this year) tomorrow. Rounding out the top five of an otherwise weak lineup was Italy's 26-year-old Danielle Seccarecci, who, with two trips to posedowns in his first three pro shows, is, like Shelstov, having a remarkable rookie year. Watch out for him on American stages (and magazine covers) next year.
Tomorrow (ridiculously early again) Team FLEX, Coleman, Cutler and company fly to The Netherlands for the anything-goes-party known as the Amsterdam Grand Prix. It's a fitting conclusion to the 2006 IFBB pro schedule. Will Ronnie end the year on a high note or will Jay continue his remarkable run? Will there be another Sergey-sized surprise? We're certain one more competitor will qualify for the O-but who will it be? Of course, FLEXOnline will be there for the exclusive behind-the-scenes and front-row-center coverage that only we provide. And for the full story (soap opera, slapstick comedy, and crime thriller), with events, quotes and emotions too explosive for this space you won't want to miss my complete Euro Tour diary in a future issue of FLEX. For now, we're off to Amsterdam for rematch No. 3 and guaranteed madness in the world's ultimate Sin City!
1. Jay Cutler
2. Ronnie Coleman
3. Sergey Shelstov
4. Eddie Abbew
5. Danielle Seccarecci
6. Yamagishi Hidetada
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8. Ricky Welling
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How to get the most out of your lawyer
February 9, 2014
Legal services aren't cheap, and the need for legal services often arises in emergent circumstances or part of a budgeted process. Sometimes, legal fees are covered by insurance, but most of the time, they're paid out of pocket. Legal work isn't easy, and, like performing surgery, it's generally unwise to do it yourself.
In light of these considerations, clients and lawyers should work together to promote the client's interests in an efficient and cost effective manner. Here are a few pointers to help you get the most out of your lawyer (and likely other professionals), to your mutual benefit:
First, be prepared for meetings and teleconferences with your lawyer. Collect relevant papers and organize them in a logical manner. Use paperclips instead of staples, which are the mortal enemy of the paraprofessional at the copy machine. Don't mark-up contracts, deeds, testamentary documents or other original legally operative papers.
If your lawyer provides you with a questionnaire, fill it out to the best of your ability. Otherwise, ask in advance of your meeting if there is anything that the lawyer wants you to think about beforehand.
Try your best to identify your objectives before meeting or corresponding with your lawyer. That being said, come in with an open mind because your lawyer will likely have a perspective that you haven't considered.
Be truthful, honest and forthcoming with your lawyer. Sometimes, a legal issue involves embarrassing, unpleasant or sensitive information. A lawyer is ethically and legally bound to keep your secrets, and the lawyer-client relationship must be one built on trust. Hiding information or supplying a half-truth to your lawyer is a formula for hardship, and, possibly, a fatal blow at trial when the other party brings up prejudicial information that you knew about, much to the surprise of your attorney.
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Your lawyer needs to know your story and perspective, but avoid using your lawyer as a psychotherapist. A good lawyer who deals with clients in crisis will certainly be sympathetic and understanding, but no lawyer has the training or experience to guide a client out of serious mental or emotional distress. Even if a lawyer has that ability (which would be unnatural for a lawyer), the lawyer's fees will likely eclipse the rates charged by a qualified counselor, psychotherapist or clergy.
Take good notes, and do any follow-up tasks that the lawyer and you agree are your responsibility. In other words, don't pay your lawyer to keep you on track.
Understand that sometimes a team approach is best. I will occasionally encounter a client who, in the interest of minimizing professional fees, will shuttle information between and among the offices of the lawyer, the accountant, the realtor or other the professionals involved because the thought of multiple fee-charging clocks running at the same time is difficult to stomach. This is understandable, but when an issue is truly multi-disciplinary, then letting the professionals talk to each other will likely reduce costs in the long run.
Finally, develop a professional relationship with your lawyer. Over time, a lawyer and client who have a history of working together will benefit from the efficiencies arising from mutual trust and familiarity.
Matthew Laurel Trinidad is a transactional attorney at Karp Neu Hanlon PC. His practice emphasizes business law, estate planning and probate. Contact him at email@example.com, (970) 945-2261, or visit http://www.mountainlawfirm.com.
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DADE CITY — Pasco got off to a hot start against Wiregrass Ranch on Friday, scoring 38 points in the first half. The Pirates were too much for the Bulls as Pasco concluded the regular season with a 58-13 victory and a 10-0 record.
Pirates quarterback Jacob Guy, who played all but seven minutes, was accurate from the start as he led his team 62 yards on the opening drive, finishing with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Janarion Grant. Guy finished with 118 yards and two touchdowns, his second one going to David Emmanuel. Emmanuel complemented his receiving score with rushing touchdowns of 2 and 10 yards.
Pasco let off the gas a little in the second half, but Hakeeme Ishmar added a rushing touchdown of 6 yards in the third quarter and 15 yards in the fourth.
The Pirates' defense and special teams also put points on the board as Tre Dudley-Giles returned a James Tringali interception 32 yards for a touchdown and took a Wiregrass punt 37 yards for another score.
The Bulls (6-3) had a few bright spots as Edmond Boateng picked off Guy and returned the pass 35 yards to set up a Nick Lomba touchdown.
In the fourth quarter Tringali hooked up with Antwan Prince, who weaved through the Pasco defense to find the end zone for a 60-yard score.


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Project at DMS has $200,000 fundraising goal
The 38-year-old Delano Middle School auditorium soon will undergo a transformation and take on a new name, the Delano Performing Arts Center. The name change will reflect the fact that the auditorium has served as a community resource, not just as a school resource.
But before this can happen, the Second Act Project needs to raise $200,000 to pay for the renovation. Second Act is making a major fundraising push by selling sponsorships of individual seats and rows of seats to people and businesses in the community.
As of Nov. 1, Second Act, a group of community volunteers, had received $40,573 from donations and other fundraising efforts. All funds for the restoration will come from community members and none from Delano Public Schools, according to Ted May, Second Act spokesperson.
"An important part of the restoration is replacement of the theater seats," he said. "The old seats have served well and provided students and audiences a comfortable place to learn and be entertained. Since opening in 1975, the auditorium has served as a performance stage and a teaching station for generations of Delano students. The auditorium is now in need of restoration and updating."
In addition to new seats, the renovations will include new lighting and sound systems and carpet as well as modifications to the stage. The lighting and sound systems are obsolete and do not provide the technical support required of contemporary drama and music productions, May said.
"Seat sponsorship is an opportunity to honor or remember someone special in the lives of the sponsors," he said. "Maybe a daughter or son was a musician or actor who appeared on the stage. As the holiday season approaches, an inscribed seat in the new Delano Performing Arts Center would be a unique gift and tribute."
Prospective donors can purchase seat sponsorships for as little as $25 or as much as $1,000 or more. The auditorium website at www.secondactdelano.org is one way to make a purchase. Another way is to contact Delano High School Principal Steve Heil or DHS Activities Director Mike Lindquist at 763-972-3365. The website, Heil and Lundquist also can provide information.
Second Act volunteers will be present at a number of events to offer information and sell sponsorships. Look for Second Act from Nov. 7-9 at performances of the fall play, the Dec. 3 seventh- and eighth-grade choir concert, the Dec. 5 fifth- and sixth-grade choir concert, the Dec. 7 Junior High One Act Festival, the Dec. 9 Jazz Band/Sound Revolution concert, the Dec. 16 seventh- and eighth-grade band concert, the Dec. 19 fifth- and sixth-grade band concert and varsity sporting events throughout the winter.
Band students, choir students and actors are also offering to donate their time to provide entertainment throughout the community to raise money for The Second Act project.
Each student will donate at least three hours of performance time to their community at no personal charge. Money is raised by support of family and friends to compensate for donation of each students' talents.
For this service project, students will present family and friends with short descriptions of the project and describe how it affects them personally. Some students might talk about how the new sound system will make it possible for audiences to hear performers, how new lighting will make performers visible to audiences or how comfortable seats will make performances more enjoyable for audience members.
"The auditorium has been a genuine educational and community asset," May said. "In addition to the artistic productions, the auditorium is used for large-group teaching, guest artists, queen coronations, business meetings, Girl Scout activities, dance competitions, regional contests and church services. Its extensive use over the years has resulted in wear and tear on these once-outstanding facilities."
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By Terry Lehrke, News Editor
Gov. Mark Dayton's $986 million bonding bill proposal is geared to invest in infrastructure projects statewide.
The governor's office says it would create more than 27,000 Minnesota jobs, hailing it as a new jobs bill and help address many of the state's critical infrastructure needs, while strengthening Minnesota's economy and getting people back to work.
"My proposals will put thousands of Minnesotans to work throughout our state," said Dayton. "This bill gives priority to projects that are ready to go. Many of them have been delayed for years and are crucial to revitalizing downtown business centers, modernizing MnSCU and U of M buildings and classrooms, and improving parks, roads and local infrastructure."
Locally, the Minnesota Department of Transportation would receive $3.58 million to complete a truck station, near the former Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative, north of Little Falls.
Bob Reinitz is chair of the Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail (CRVST) committee. The group has been working for several years to complete a 35-mile missing link between the Crow Wing State Park to the Soo Line Trail. The CRVST would come through Little Falls and other Morrison County cities, to complete the world's longest continuously paved off-road bike trail (300 miles).
Reinitz said the CRVST Committee has "Received some good bipartisan support on this project."
He said he is "fairly confident" that a portion of the $5 million the governor recommends for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will go to acquire and develop parks and trails to improve recreational opportunities.
The CRVST is a DNR trail, authorized by the Minnesota Legislature in 2009.
"I have learned that nothing is a sure thing when dealing with government, especially these days," Reinitz said. "I certainly would not bet my house on it.
The Legislature must approve all the components in the bonding bill, with 60 percent, bipartisan, support.
For a complete listing of items in the governor's bonding bill, visit mn.gov/governor/images/20140115_bonding_narative.pdf.


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Let Ryan Gosling Teach You How To Silent-Act In This New Interview
Do you guys ever have those celebrity daydreams where you imagine casually running into Ryan Gosling at a farmer's market, his burnished bicep gently grazing your toned…elbow as you both reach for the same heirloom tomato. You meet eyes, chuckle, and then off-handedly you make a comment-cum-question that he's never heard before. And lo! It's so insightful and original that he sweeps all the organic, small-batch produce off the reclaimed factory planks and spends the next three hours crouched over your prone body, tenderly smelling your hair and telling you he's never felt this way before. Do you ever have those daydreams? Because I don't.
But if I did, one cure for always imagining that would be to inhabit the body of Josh Horowitz, the guy who interviews all the celebrities for MTV. Whereas if I ever met a celebrity, experience has taught me that I'd mutter and grumble and turn roughly the shade of 'blushing lobster', Josh is always friendly and personable and hilarious, with unique questions that make the celebrities laugh. I WANT HIS LIFE.
So when he interviewed Ryan for his upcoming movie Only God Forgives, OF COURSE he and Ryan already have a bit about mispronouncing each others' names. And OF COURSE he gets to call Ryan 'my friend' and razz him about being a bad director because he jokingly said he doesn't know if he accidentally wandered into any takes while he was directing How To Catch A Monster.
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I'd love to pretend that this is how my interview with him would go, if anyone was ever foolish enough to put us in a room together (the romantic sparks would be sure to catch and ignite and soon the whole room would be ablaze!), but I think we all know that's not true. Instead of thinking to ask Ryan for examples of silent acting, like Josh does, I have zero doubt that the first thing out of my mouth would be, "So tell me what a movie…is" and the second thing out of it would be everything I ate for breakfast. So just delight in the fact that I don't get to interview celebrities and Josh Horowitz does, and go back to our farmer's market fantasy. I mean your farmer's market fantasy. Ahem.
Only God Forgives is set in Bangkok, Thailand, and is the story of a drug smuggler (played by Ryan) who is convinced by his mother to avenge the death of his brother. It opens July 19th in theaters.


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Having three healers at level 70 occasionally presents unusual problems. Especially when it dawns on you all at once that two of them are now both geared appropriately to start tier 5 content, and neither of them is appropriately enchanted/gemmed.
Prompted by a smash and grab SSC run for alts that TRI is running this weekend, I've had to do some emergency gear-buffing for both Aelflaed and Annalira (since I didn't know until yesterday which of them would be going). True to Murphy's Law, I spent the first set of primals and cash on the paladin, only to find out they really needed another priest.
So! I now have a CoH specced priest and am just waiting on a few more large prismatic shards to have her gear fully enchanted and ready to go.
Annalira's Raid-prep Checklist (in no particular order, and given about a week's notice)
- Make sure spec is appropriate.
- No matter how much you love Pain Suppression, it's really not the best way to heal a raid if you're one of only two priests.
- Make sure Gems are appropriate, especially if you've not regemmed your priest's healing gear since before the changes to spirit regen.
- Finished grinding last 2K honor for season 2 arena healing mace.
- Yes, I know it's PVP gear, and that PVE gear is better. I'll tell Prince Malchezzar that next time I see him and he still doesn't drop my Light's Justice.
- Gear is repaired and rummaged out of bank/put in ItemRack properly so as to be available
- Enchants obtained – Major Healing to Weapon, Spirit enchant on Chestpiece; Vitality Enchant for Boots, Healing enchants on Bracers, Rings, and Gloves; Silver Spellthread for pants, Glyph of Renewal for hat (requires Honor Hold reputation), Aldor shoulder enchant.
- Note that some of these are more difficult to obtain, require a lot of expensive materials, or are enchanter-only. Also, some of these Anna already had on her gear. Obviously, you don't want to put a super expensive enchant on a [Crappy Green of Healing] – but some of these are really easy to get, like the Major Spirit enchant for a Chestpiece.
- Consumables obtained – Mana Potion Injector, 5 Healing Potions, 20 Golden Fishsticks, 20 Zangarian Sporefish, 2 Superior Mana Oil (10 charges), 20 Heavy Netherweave Bandages, 20 Elixirs of Healing Power, 20 Elixirs of Draenic Wisdom
- Boy do I love having a level 70 herbalist/Alchemist. Potions are EXPENSIVE.
- Epic Raid Snacks procured for gamer – In this case, probably homemade hummus and pita/veggies, and some sort of beverage.
Obviously that last one is the most important one, you know. *shifty eyes*
Anyway – that's what I've been up to these last few days. Hopefully our SSC alt run will go well, and we'll be able to get some tasty loots for our myriad of alts. Also – can I mention how funny it is that we seem to have big pockets of alts? Apparently most of the main raiders all went and rolled paladins and mages together. As of right now there are 7 mages and 6 paladins on the sign up list (not the roster, but still!).
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Hisoundaudio Golden Crystal
First I'd like to thank Jack at Hisoundaudio for giving me the opportunity to purchase the Golden Crystals, or GC as I'll reference them, as they are not yet available from any US dealer.
Meet the super tiny Golden Crystals. They are the smallest dynamic driver on the planet (I think the Monster Tributes are 5mm as well, if their claims of also having the world's smallest dynamic driver are accurate).
16 Ohm
15 - 23,000 Hz
5mm dynamic driver
When I say these things are tiny, they are TINY!
I gave the GC's 250+ hours of burn in, as 200 to 300 was recommended by the manufacturer. I can tell you straight out of the box they were extremely bright to my ears but have since settled in nicely. Whether that is attributable to driver burn in, brain burn in or a little of both, I'll leave to the reader to decide based on their beliefs of burn in. A 6[sup]th[/sup] generation iPod nano and laptop using Spotify were used for testing.
The GC has a very clear and somewhat balanced sounding overall presentation. The micro drivers are super fast and the speed rivals some of the faster BA phones I've owned and heard. These pair best with a darker source as the treble can get quite hot and splashy at times. The Hifiman bi-flange tips were the best solution for me in bringing the treble in line with the rest of the sound or if you wish to dampen the treble more, Comply foam tips will do nicely. With different tips, the signature can change from somewhat balanced to very analytical and treble heavy. The better the seal, the better the bass response and overall balance.
Bass: When called upon they can have a pretty big and tight bass punch. It is not something you get with every song but if it's in the recording, the GC can really deliver. There is very little mid bass and is mostly deeper sub bass to my ears. I was not expecting the small driver to be able to dig this deep. I'd say it digs nearly as deep as the GR07 but lacks some of the texture and rumble the larger 11mm driver can deliver.
Mids: The midrange is very transparent, clear and dry. Vocals are never obscured by other parts of the spectrum, displaying subtle nuances that warmer phones may gloss over. With the bi-flange tips I find the midrange neither forward nor recessed but with shallower tips the midrange can be slightly recessed. Distortion guitars have average byte; think less than the GR07 but more than the EX1000.
Treble: The treble is crystal clear. Joking aside, the treble is bright, splashy and can be more up front of everything else. With the wrong tips or particular recordings, the treble can sound very piercing and overwhelming; however it is a highly detailed and powerful high end. Cymbals, hi-hats, bells, triangles, tambourines and brass instruments are of prominent focus. Treble junkies apply here. Pre-burn in there was quite a bit of sibilance but that has tamed a great deal.
Soundstage is on the small and intimate side. Width doesn't extend very far and depth is just ok. In comparison, the GR07 is much wider but has similar depth. Instrument realism is good to average, which I think is due to the overall thinner note the small driver produces. For instance I think acoustic guitar and piano should sound weightier but overall it is a very clean and likable presentation. Instrument separation is very good and I have no problem with location cues during busy passages. The GC has a very BA like instrument separation.
As some of you may know, I'm a big fan of the digiZoid ZO. For those of you in the dark, this little device can turn any phone into a bass monster. The GC pairs very well with the ZO amp and my laptop using Spotify. The little 5mm driver can really deliver some sub bass with this set up! In fact it gives it a weightier note that really improves overall instrument timbre.
The GC comes with a typical round case and a nice selection of tips ranging from hybrid clones to tips similar to the GR07 stock tips. Durability and craftsmanship seems to be top notch. The cable is thin and pretty flexible but does tend to tangle; otherwise is of high quality. Comfort and fit is simple and easy and with the Hifiman bi-flanges, isolation is among the best of dynamics I've tried.
In summary, the GC's are a very unique offering due to their extremely small size, good build quality and isolation. They deliver a very clear and bright signature that is tipped towards treble and an analytical signature but can still offer very nice bass punch. Frogbeats (UK) is the only dealer I've found that will ship to the US but at the current exchange rate means paying around $200+, which seems a little steep and is in a price range of some very capable competition.
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This week we will complete the move to our new consolidated headquarters at 55 M Street, SE and begin an exciting new chapter at DDOT. I want to thank Mayor Gray for trusting me to guide this great agency as we move forward to implement his transportation priorities for the District of Columbia.
The Mayor has proclaimed this "Public Works Week" in the District to honor the men and women at DDOT and the District Department of Public Works (DPW) who deliver a wide range of services to our residents every day. We have tremendous talent at DDOT and a dedicated workforce of 900 employees. Their hard work each and every day makes this agency stand out as a model for the type of 21st century service government agencies can and should deliver. DDOT Delivers. That's our motto and we take pride in backing it up with action and measurable results.
We've also established a reputation for innovation and progressive transportation initiatives. I want to assure our residents we will continue to lead and look for new and better ways to move people around the District. We will continue to expand our bicycle infrastructure and our trail network; continue to expand our wildly successful Capital Bikeshare system; continue to launch more initiatives including LED streetlights and green alleys that create green jobs; and continue to plan and construct the DC Streetcar system. Mayor Gray has made his commitment clear and I share his vision for the District's transportation future.
At the same time, it is important we don't neglect the critical services we provide and our residents depend on. I want to make sure we focus on our "core business", that we promptly respond to service requests, fill the potholes on time, maintain our roads and sidewalks, plant trees, clear the snow, keep traffic moving and ensure our pedestrians and cyclists have safe passage. These are the things that make us stand out on a daily basis, because at heart we are a service agency. If you spread yourself too thin, stray too far from your core business, then you can shoot yourself in the foot as you're trying to race forward.
There's no doubt DDOT is on the move – I am extremely proud of what our staff has already accomplished – I just want to ensure we are in great shape as an agency to reach our goals. I look forward to working with all of you to improve and expand our transportation system in the coming years.
Terry Bellamy