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Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 2014/07/15 - The third of nine Cygnus resupply vehicles for the International Space Station has been successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, by Orbital's Antares rocket - ThalesAleniaSpace.com. Euronext: HO
It carried a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) developed by Thales Alenia Space for Orbital Sciences Corporation, used to transport crew supplies, spare parts and scientific experiments to the International Space Station.
This was the second operational mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
The Pressurized Cargo Module was shipped from Thales Alenia Spaces Turin plant in January to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, where Orbital integrated it with the Service Module to form the Cygnus transport vehicle.
After less than four days in orbit, the Cygnus spacecraft will be captured by the Space Stations robotic arm and mated to the Nadir port of Node 2, also built by Thales Alenia Space. The Cygnus spacecraft will be docked to the ISS for about 30 days, allowing it to transfer about 1,650 kg of cargo. It will then be loaded with waste materials, detached from the Space Station and burn up during its atmospheric reentry.
The entire mission will be supported in real time by a joint Thales Alenia Space and Altec team housed in Altecs Mission Support Complex in Turin.
Thales Alenia Space, in partnership with Orbital Sciences Corporation, will deliver a total of nine Pressurized Cargo Modules for the Cygnus spacecraft under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) contract signed by Orbital with NASA as part of the cargo transport service commercialization initiative. There will be four standard modules, capable of transporting up to 2,000 kg of cargo, and five enhanced units, with capacity increased to 2,700 kg.
The PCMs for Cygnus reflect the expertise built up by Thales Alenia Space over the last 30 years in similar programs, including the MPLM (Multi-Purpose Logistics Module) mini-fleet, built under Italian space agency contract, and the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) cargo carriers, built by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency.
Thales Alenia Space plays a lead role in the construction of the International Space Station. It has proven to be an outstanding partner, taking responsibility for the design and construction of a substantial part of the pressurized modules (housing the astronauts) at its Turin plant. Thales Alenia Space will leverage these capabilities and experience to maintain its leadership in the increasingly commercial space market.
About Thales Alenia Space
Thales Alenia Space (thalesaleniaspace.com), a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%), is a key European player in space telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, exploration and orbital infrastructures. Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio form the two parent companies' Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of services and solutions. Because of its unrivaled expertise in dual (civil/military) missions, constellations, flexible payloads, altimetry, meteorology and high-resolution optical and radar instruments, Thales Alenia Space is the natural partner to countries that want to expand their space program. The company posted consolidated revenues in excess of 2 billion euros in 2013, and has 7,500 employees in six countries.
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1-About it
This small utility installs commands ZIP and UNZIP on your IBM i.
Once installed, commands zip and unzip can be run:
Note 1 - The original information about installing these commands can be found in the IBM IBM i Redbook
IBM HTTP Server (powered by Apache), APPENDIX C: Bringing Zip and Unzip to i5/OS PASE and QShell Environments by Brian Smith.
This utility, however, makes the installation much easier.
Note 2 - Check out the updates to this tool by pressing this link.
To know the release date of this tool on your IBMi, enter command zip/released.
4-Examples of commands
5-Running commands from a program
/*Perform the unzip of file /zip/x.zip */
/* - /zip/x.zip */
/* containing the deflated files: */
/* - /test/a.txt */
/* - /test/b.txt */
/*The following files will be inflated: */
/* - /tmp/a.txt */
/* - /tmp/b.txt */
STRQSH CMD('unzip -oj /zip/x.zip -d /tmp')
/*Back to caller */
D DoCmd pr 10i 0
D cmd 2000 const varying options(*varsize)
D rc s 10i 0
//Perform the unzip of file /zip/x.zip
// - /zip/x.zip
// containing the deflated files:
// - /test/a.txt
// - /test/b.txt
//The following files will be inflated:
// - /tmp/a.txt
// - /tmp/b.txt
rc=docmd('STRQSH CMD(''unzip -oj /zip/x.zip -d /tmp'')');
//back to caller
* docmd local subprocedure
* Executes a CL command
* Returns 0 if executed without error; otherwise 1.
Pdocmd b
D docmd pi 10i 0
D cmd 2000 const varying options(*varsize)
D qcmdexc pr extpgm('QCMDEXC')
D theCmd 2000 const
D theCmdLen 15p 5 const
return 1;
return 0;
Pdocmd e
6-Execution environment
When a ZIP or UNZIP command is executed from a program running in interactive mode, the actions taken are displayed in the QSHELL terminal session:
When a ZIP or UNZIP command is executed from a program running batch mode, the actions taken are printed in a job spool file named QPRINT:
If a program must run an UNZIP command and find out the names of the inflated files, it should operate as follow:
7-Simple commands
In order to make developers life easier, two simple standard commands are available: ZIP/ZIP and ZIP/UNZIP.
These commands submit a batch job which runs the appropriate
The result from a command can be displayed by specifying parameter DSP(*YES).

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Watch The Official Trailer For 'Red 2′, Here [VIDEO]
I think for the most part Bruce Willis' career is in the 'diminishing returns' category. His 'big' movies aren't as big as they used to be. That's cool, who amongst us wouldn't think starring in just one Die Hard would be the coolest thing ever. One of the few bright spots in recent years was the movie "Red". More after the jump.
A 'trademark' Bruce Willis role is one that allows him to be funny, flawed and self-depreciating while kicking ass. "Red" brought back old school Bruce Willis. It's looking like "Red 2″ has all the elements to do it all over again. Check out the trailer:
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Defending A-League champions Central Coast may not be winning their recent battles but coach Phil Moss feels they're winning the war.
The Mariners have lost three consecutive games for the first time since December 2009 and head into their match against Wellington on Friday desperately looking for three points to stay in the top six.
But Moss, who has endured several changes at the club and lost key players to either injury or transfers since taking the top job, says he's focussed on the bigger picture.
"It's never nice to lose games especially three on the trot," he said on Thursday.
"But we're working towards an end goal and we've got a wholistic plan in place for the club. It's a rebuilding year.
"I think we're going in the right direction regardless of the results."
A loss at Bluetongue Stadium on Friday could cause the Mariners to slip out of the top six for the first time this season with only seven more games remaining to secure a finals spot.
And Moss knows if they're any chance of getting a win they need to start finding the back of the net.
"The execution in the final third is hurting us but it's also the build up, we're forcing passes where we shouldn't and giving away cheap possession in the last three weeks," he said.
"So that's something you've got to work on because you can't create or score goals without the ball."
Moss will be missing a raft of players however with Josh Rose, Matt Simon and Nick Fitzgerald all suspended for accrual of yellow cards, while Brent Griffiths also sits out the game thanks to a sending off in the National Youth League last weekend.
But Moss even saw the bright side in this saying it will be to his benefit with the Mariners' hectic schedule about to commence when they kick off their Asian Champions League campaign next week.
"I'm not too worried about that to be honest because of the Asian games coming up and the trip to Korea I was always going to have to rest players and rotate them," he said.
"The suspensions have forced my hand on who that's going to be but that will certainly pay off down the track I have no doubt."
Moss has confirmed new Korean playmaker Kim Seung-Yong will make his start after debuting off the bench against Adelaide last week.
Wellington will be desperately looking to rebound from their shock 5-0 dismantling to Melbourne Heart last week.
And Ernie Merrick has a classy playmaker of his own in Carlos Hernandez, with the Costa Rican having a hand in more goals than any other A-League player this season having scored five and had eight assists.


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Luxury leather goods manufacturer MCM teamed up with Japanese brand PHENOMENON on a handful of bags for the Fall/Winter 2013 season. Designed by hip-hop artist and creative director Takeshi Osumi, the three pieces feature a houndstooth pattern with a hint of camouflage. Included in the season's offerings are a backpack, shopper and iPad case, each of which is comprised of premium leather and available in very limited quantities. Look for the collection to launch at Vogue's Fashion's Night Out, followed by a release at MCM flagship boutiques in Berlin, Dusseldorf and Zurich.
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Sara! Mom's condo is turning into a showplace. Glad you went with the real deal vintage soap holder; nice to keep it real when you can.
Mike is the Man! You two make a great team.
March 29, 2012Installing A New Old Stock Hall Mack Soap Holder in Mom's 1950s Time Capsule Condo
Bad me! I should have taken a picture of the original chrome soap holder in the shower. Bad, bad me! I promise it was not much to see though. It was practically falling off of the wall anyway, so when the inspector was "inspecting" he just pulled it off the wall by barely even pulling on it.
Soooooo, here is what we were left with, a nice little hole right smack dab in the middle of all the tile.
Since the old soap holder was all crudded up and looked pretty horrible I took it upon myself to find a new pretty, shiny version!
They do sell similar models of the recessed soap dishes at Home Depot, and many other stores as well. So if you are in the market definitely shop around.
For some reason I got in my my head that I wanted the 'real deal' old school Hall Mack version, even though Hall Mack no longer manufactures them. So, I started hunting around on e-Bay and actually found one that was for sale! It was even new old stock! YAY!
Here is a scan of the bottom of the box. It is from the Coronado line.
I have to admit that I felt pretty guilty taking this out of the box and actually installing it, but it was such a perfect match we just had to go for it.
Here is Mike installing a new piece of wood to screw the soap holder into. The old piece of wood was falling apart, so that could not be used as a brace any longer. We went with a nice solid piece of birch.
Here he is drilling out the screw holes for the soap holder to mount to.
Oooohhhhhh, we are actually attaching the soap holder now!
One last screw and we are all set!
And here is the new Hall Mack soap holder after we caulked around all of the sides. We also put clear caulking all around both of the screws so no water could penetrate there either.
Yay! Big gaping hole finally ALL covered up!
Come back next Thursday to see me FINALLY get started on painting the bathroom cabinets a lovely shade of turquoise!
Sara! Mom's condo is turning into a showplace. Glad you went with the real deal vintage soap holder; nice to keep it real when you can.
Mike is the Man! You two make a great team.
Oh, thanks so much Annie! And yes, Mike IS the man! 🙂
Whee! The jewelry is going on! I hope that your Mom stays there for a long, long time and that whoever gets that place next one day appreciates all of this amazing period detail that you're putting in. Smart thinking about caulking around those screws! You and Mike DO make a great team.
Ha! Yes, the jewelry is going on Eartha. 🙂 I sure hope Mom stays for a LONG time too, and that whoever buys it a LONG time down the road never, ever changes anything!
Looks great! NOS was totally the way to go thre.
Thanks so much Andrea! I think that NOS soap dish worked out super great! 🙂
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My neighbor recently had a contractor build a deck on his home (see attached photos). It measures 1,000 square feet in size. He paid $35,500 after taxes.
I'm thinking about doing something similar as I have a very similar yard and house but I was wondering if what he paid was a fair price?
The deck is entirely made of pressure treated wood and the gazebo footings are buried in concrete sonnet tubes. If my math is correct the cost per square foot was $31.41.
Any advice/comments are appreciated.
Obviously pictures don't show all flaws in work, but it looks to be high quality craftsmanship. I started off as carp helper years ago with a custom deck builder in the Ottawa west area. This price is consistent with going rates then, I'm sure prices have gone up a bit since then. Remember a deck is one of the best investments you can make for your yard/home of done properly.
Best of luck!
Hi there,
We are Contracting company that specializes in this type of work. Your neighbor is getting a reasonable price, normally prices for that type of work, ranges from $29-$35 per Sqft. So if you are deciding to build something like your neighbor the price is right!!
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
That's quite high. It all depends tho, labour price should be around 7 to 9 a square stairs, closing in, railing, and gazebo would all be extra and materials extra. Depending on materials price will greatly vary.
Thanks Guys. The workmanship seems really good from what I can tell. The roof on the Gazebo is made from individual deck boards and not plywood. I was just kinda shocked by the sticker price of $35,000 for a pressure treated deck and wanted to get some feedback from the pros. So two of you think it's fair and one thinks it's high. I guess the area of the country where the work is done can play a part in terms of rates.
Here are two more photos I have of the deck. This may help with evaluating the workmanship. He hasn't had the BBQ installed yet that's why it's in the middle of the deck.
Thanks for your input. It's greatly appreciated.
Good morning Mark,
I think that price is in the ballpark for what I'm seeing in the pictures.
You mention the gazebo footings are on concrete? Not all of the beam posts/footings are on concrete footings?
You also need a City of Ottawa permit which I would ensure you or your contractor gets.
The deck looks outstanding!
Enjoy the week-end.
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Volunteer fire department gets fresh start after clean sweep
Richard Yeakley
Oct. 16, 2012 at 11 p.m.
With a new fire chief and crew, the Clarksville City - Warren City Volunteer Fire Department is set to begin guarding residents once again.
In a clean sweep two weeks ago, the executive board that oversees the department locked all members of the volunteer service out of the station, citing ongoing concerns about the readiness of the department to serve in an emergency.
Derek Zivney, who has 12 years experience in fire prevention and served two years with the Clarksville City - Warren City VFD, was appointed as the new chief for the department on Thursday by the executive board.
"The residents of these cities are going to be protected by people that will be certified and will have the training done," said Richard Rogers, president of the fire departments editorial board. "We will have a much better fire department in a short period of time; a lot of these young firefighters have been trained."
The Clarksville City – Warren City VFD had been led by Ricky Wallace for years.
Wallace declined comment on the reorganization.
Zivney brings training and experience to the department that will serve the communities between White Oak and Gladewater.
Nearly a dozen volunteers have lined up to serve the department including raw recruits and veterans who reapplied following the lockout.
"It all comes down to the team you have. You have to have a good team under you," Zivney said. "It's all a family, we have to be there and help each other out. All these people coming back understand that."
Rogers said the fire department hopes to be fully operational by the end of next week, less than one month after the reorganization.
Although no major fires have broken out in Warren City or Clarksville City since Oct. 2, the White Oak Fire Department has been on call to serve the area until the VFD could be reestablished.
Zivney studied at the Louisiana State University Fire Academy and TEEX in Brian College Station while he was a student at Texas A&M University.
"We are going to make sure we are organized and do everything to state and federal standards," Zivney said. "We are going to establish a really good training program, and new firefighters can get state certified through us. ... We want to make sure we maintain a top level of training and experience."


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Bristow boundary annexation on hold
By J. D. Meisner Managing Editor.
The Bristow City Council continues to consider annexing a 90-mile long, 25 foot wide ribbon of land that envelops the City of Bristow in a rough 18 by 16 mile rectangle. While the annexation only includes the 25-foot wide strip of land at the outside perimeter of the rectangle, it's what is inside that perimeter that the city wants to protect. According to Mayor Ralph Barnett, by encircling a large area of land around Bristow by this 25-foot strip of annexed land, any utility assets that the city has installed, or may install in the future, in rural areas outside the city proper are protected from being claimed by outside rural water districts.
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Mental Health on TV: Why it matters to me
Henry Moore and Chloe Jacot talk about their own experiences with mental health and their relationship with its portrayal on television
Henry's story:
From programmes addressing mental illness obliquely, to documentaries confronting them explicitly, television's portrayal of mental health issues is deeply problematic. This week, the start of Mental Health Week coincides with the end of the first series of My Mad Fat Diary. This E4 series has been extremely popular, garnering acclaim for its forthright tackling of mental-health issues. Rae, the protagonist whose four-month stay in psychiatric hospital has ended, attempts to reintegrate into a society which stigmatises and misunderstands mental illness.
This is not to say that sufferers are not faultless. Indeed, during my own four-month stay in a Dutch psychiatric ward, another youngster showed his misunderstanding of auto-mutilation (self-harm) by interpreting 'auto' to mean the Dutch word for 'car'. If vandalism of cars can be the interpretation of the bewildering dialogue of mental illness, then programmes are missing the chance to educate youngsters about mental health on a global scale.
Indeed, not only is television missing an educational opportunity, it is misleading viewers as to the causes and nature of mental illness. Channel 4's Supersize vs. Superskinny masquerades as an educational programme, but often seriously misrepresents eating disorders, which are some of the most deadly mental illnesses. Not everyone with an eating disorder is female, or trying to look attractive. Whilst Channel 4's programme does not fall into the gender trap, it often presents individuals who are motivated by vanity. This can have the effect of negatively persuading viewers that eating disorders are somehow a manifestation of narcissism.
This is not so. Having personally spent December 2012 fighting for my life in hospital, being fed through a tube, I am certain that vanity is seldom the true cause of an eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa, in particular, can stem from personal trauma and an unhealthy desire to control natural impulses. To suggest that vanity causes all eating disorders is to ignore the subtle multiplicity of underlying personal issues which can cause a human to fight all instincts and willingly starve to death.
These programmes not only misrepresent, but also glamourise mental illness. Channel 4's unashamed general invitation to take the 'chance to appear on your favourite Channel 4 show' is appalling in light of the subject-matter treated in Supersize vs Superskinny. Rather than encouraging sufferers to bare all on television, broadcasters should responsibly engage with sober attempts to demystify mental illness. Advocates of such programmes will point to their innocent entertainment value; however, as a society, we must ask ourselves whether it is a healthy mind that is entertained by the plight of the mentally ill.
In 1962 Ken Kesey – in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – violently objected to the way "movies paint crazy people," and suggested that true madness might in fact lie with society's standard-bearers. Half a century later, we are faced with an unprecedented battle against mental illness, and it is time to realise that we cannot conquer society's demons without first confronting our own unhealthy appetites for entertainment.
Chloe's story:
One in four of us will suffer from some form of mental illness during our life. It is an inescapable fact of life. The potential to develop a mental illness, be it depression or bulimia, lies within all of us, in varying degrees. And then it catches up with you. You find yourself trapped in a downward spiral, wondering how- you got there. The scariest thing is that you may not even recognise the symptoms.
It took me, my family and psychiatrists several years to put a label onto what I was feeling. After dozens of dismissals and suggestions that I had 'a nice relaxing bath', I was finally diagnosed with depression. Months of feeling lost inside a black abyss slowly came to an end as someone finally recognised that I needed more than 'a bit of fresh air' and prescribed Fluoxetine and gave me Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions.
Lack of awareness of mental illness and playground prejudices, in part perpetuated by popular TV programmes resulted in people, even friends, actively distancing themselves from me. People would stare, interrogate me about my absence from school, make me feel like I was an attention seeker, a freak, worthless. I wanted to scream, to cry, to disappear, to tell them they too could suffer from a mental illness one day. But the silence suffocating mental health was impenetrable, no one talked, everyone stared.
The stigma and misconceptions surrounding mental illness today in our media-saturated world are still far reaching and pervasive. The media, all too often, potently perpetuate negative stereotypes, fueling prejudices in society. The Norman Bates-esque axe-wielding maniac has been a commonly used dramatic device for decades. What is more, the terms used to refer to mentally ill characters are usually pejorative or flippant. We are bombarded with insults such as 'crackpot' or 'basket case' which can all too easily take hold in our minds. When we learn someone has been diagnosed with bipolar, we may fumble for an appropriate reaction. We will probably just avoid them all together; seems like the safest option.
Yet what we are led to believe is fact by the media, is merely fiction. The vast majority of people who suffer from some form of mental illness pose no threat to society; they go to school or work, they have interests, they have a sense of humour. I know I do. People I have met at university only know about my battles with depression because I have told them, not because I have some hideous scar on my forehead that screams mentally ill. Largely thanks to campaigns such as Mental Wealth or Time to Change, we are gradually normalizing mental illness, but such efforts are futile if television and film producers continue to bombard us with psychotic characters whose identity is entirely consumed by their mental illness.
It's when the real gets entangled with the fictional, that the battle to bring mental illness out of the dark corner of taboo becomes all the more challenging. The media have the power to positively raise awareness and in turn, they could play a role in helping people to recognise the symptoms of mental illness and seek treatment so that no one has to struggle in silence in the way I did.
So next time you think your friend seems a bit out of sorts, perhaps try just to listen empathetically. They won't be expecting you to transform into their councilor or offer them a miraculous solution. Be a friend who doesn't judge, but quietly supports. Just be there for them, one day you might need them to be there for you.
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General News of Sunday, 24 August 2014
Source: citifmonline.com
A member of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Head of the Finance Department, Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin, says lecturers do not take delight in reneging on their duties to the detriment of their students.
According to him, contrary to public perception, UTAG members are eager to get back to work.
"I'm not too sure I'm so happy being at home, I want to go and teach and I'm ready… and I am not too sure we delight in being at home," he said.
UTAG members about a month ago withdrew their services to demand the payment of research and book allowance from government.
Their strike was preceded by that of Polytechnic teachers who had also laid their tools three months ago.
The strike has forced the University of Ghana and Polytechnics across the country to remain closed until the impasse between the two associations and government is resolved.
Bokpin on Citi FM's The Big Issue remarked that UTAG members were hoping for an early resolution to the matter, but that has not taken place.
"We sincerely hoped that this thing could be resolved as quickly as possible. I want to go and teach, but a principle has to be followed," he said.
Explaining UTAG's entrenched position taken on the issue, he said it is imperative for the money to be paid because "I want to go and do research, I want my teaching to reflect the research that I'm doing, I want to be able to buy books, I want to be able to go for a conference and get some support because it is expensive."
"There are some things you can get for free on the internet and there are some things that are not free," he added.
Bokpin admitted that their prolonged strike is disrupting the academic calendar saying, "I agree, it is not the best. We love our students, we love our country and we have to move forward."
He however implored government to move urgently by remitting them their research and book allowance.
Regarding the freezing of their August salary by the government, Bokpin said, "it shouldn't be the order of the day."
According to him, UTAG members "don't want to be paid so much for us to be at home and the employer shouldn't pay so much only for the employee to be at home so it is not good enough to really say that don't pay the striking workers."
He added that "it's good to advise the cat and maybe it's also good to advise the stinking fish."
Bokpin also appealed to the general public not to wrongly accuse the lecturers of inconsideration without accessing both sides of the situation.
"I'm very sure that if you look into it, you will find something to sympathize with Unions and if you look at it, you will find something to sympathize with government so we need to look at all the angles," he remarked.


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Two beams with a peak power of 1.1 TW/beam were generated in a KrF laser at 10 Hz. A pulse width of 110 ± 10 fs was obtained by pulse compression at the final output stage with a CaF2 prism. The complex history of pulse evolution throughout the system was investigated by measuring a pulse width and spectrum at each stage.
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NEW ORLEANS —Although many comments may have been more technical in nature during a Louisiana coastal restoration and protection meeting Wednesday night, a 9-year-old boy from Ascension Parish summed up the general feeling among attendees.
"I just want the Louisiana coast to stay," Sean Turner, of Prairieville, said, "not be washed away by some dumb oil spill."
Turner spoke to a crowd of more than 200 people in his role as a National Wildlife Federation conservation promoter. His comments came during the second in a series of three public hearings this week about the state's annual coastal restoration and protection plan, oil spill restoration planning and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's work in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig disaster and the subsequent RESTORE Act.
The meeting started with a presentation and public comment on the draft of the "Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Plan," a blueprint of how $701 million will be spent on projects in fiscal year 2014, said Kyle Graham, deputy executive director with the state's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
The draft plan also logs progress on the state's master plan. Public comments will be accepted until March 23 and then the plan will go to CPRA for approval and then onto the state Legislature on April 22 for consideration.
Although about 73 percent of the $701 million will be for construction, the exciting thing is the money that will be available for planning and engineering and design of new projects, Graham said. "The last few years we've not had new revenue for projects" he said.
Access to some oil spill money also could help to move new projects into an engineering and design phase, Graham said.
While the room was packed, only four people gave comments about the fiscal year 2014 draft plan. Their concerns ranged from a lack of money for protection strategies, such as the raising of homes in elevation, to sources of funding for such work.
State officials gave a second presentation on how oil spill restoration planning is moving forward and potential projects, including barrier island restoration, freshwater and sediment diversions and oyster reef creation, that could be built based on how much funding is received.
"The intent here is really to give you an overview of what could be expected," Graham said.
For example, one highlighted project is a diversion from the Mississippi River located in Plaquemines Parish.
"Myrtle Grove is a huge priority for the state," Graham said about one of several diversions planned to take water and sediment from the river to the nearby marsh.
Graham said these are complicated projects and it takes time to plan not only their construction but how they will be operated as well.
"If everything goes as quickly as possible, my guess is you're looking at three years before it could go to construction," Graham said.
As this and other projects move forward with expected BP oil leak fine money and other funding streams, Graham said, there will be a lot of public comment opportunities in the future.
In addition to taking comments on the annual draft plan, Wednesday's meeting was combined with a Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council public comment session.
The council was set up as part of the RESTORE Act and part of its task is to put together a comprehensive plan for Gulf Coast restoration. A draft of that plan is expected to be released this spring for a 30-day comment period.
"We want to make sure this plan is developed with public input, early and often," said Teresa Christopher, senior adviser for Gulf Restoration with the U.S. Department of Commerce. "We really do want to hear your thoughts."


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The 0.5-hectare site currently houses several buildings from its time as the Rawlings agricultural depot, which would be demolished.


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La Jolla lifeguard tower rife with cost overruns
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Borders blur between dream and reality in Jose Rivera's magic-realism piece, even between the Barstow desert and young Gabriela's military housing, where the neighbor women, who bore her to tears, are just "sex slaves" for macho husbands and where, she's convinced, the cacti are closing in.
Her husband of 11 years, Benito, is a Gulf War vet with PTSD issues based on a horrific decision. For the last two months, he's been "in the field" doing work as dull, to his action-hungry mind, as her life at home. But has he grown light years from the sensitive man she married?
And just what is real to Gabby? Her human-sized cat teases a coyote, dressed in black leather (and later morphs into an un-dead Dracula). Sand flows from her ice cube tray. She has frequent conversations with the moon, who not only talks back, he comes out of her refrigerator and complains that he hasn't been the same since Shakespeare's Juliet called him "inconstant."
And yet, he's the sanest of the bunch, including 14-year-old Martin. And here another border blurs: does Martin worship Gabby, as he says, or is he just eager to lose his virginity and she's the nearest object?
In Act two, the insides of her house close in, as if there were wars within wars within wars. Amid the surrealistic blurs and warps, Gabby needs a definite answer about her marriage.
Her plight recalls Mr. Dylan's: "I woke up on the wrong side, day-dreaming 'bout the way things a-really are."
The play's title evokes Dali's dripping clocks and "From the Tears of Women." But the spare, poetic, highly sensual presentation recalls the great Andalusian poet/playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, who could conjure lyricism from barren landscapes.
So do Christopher Ward's scenic design and Jennifer Brawn Gittings' artwork: bright, golden sand and a blue-black sky. You can almost hear the wind - or music miles away (in Matt Lescault-Wood's subtle sound design).
John Padilla plays a suave, funny Moon, a bit reminiscent of Dali. Steven Lone's Coyote is really randy. Anna Rebek's Cat is an appropriately saucy tease. And Apollo Blatchley's young Martin is hormone-enriched to overflowing (everyone is horny - sex-famished, in fact - and headed off at the pass).
Like Lorca, by concentrating on the elemental, Rivera raises questions about allegiance, a woman's "place," the tugs of flesh and spirit. He often expresses the questions in Lorca-like poetry.
In many ways director Dana I. Harrell does a commendable job with this slippery play. An exception is the poetry. Whenever the actors have a "poetic" line, they slow down, stretch and fondle it for all it's worth. In effect, they savor the words for the audience.
It's said if an actor cries the audience won't. The same could be said of precious, "theater poetry."
Jorge Rodriguez gets all of Benito's pent-up frustrations and inability/reticence to articulate them. What's needed, to balance the story: a suggestion that, as a character says, "it wouldn't kill him to learn something from his wife."
Jacqueline Grace Lopez's Gabriela effectively wavers from perplexity to assertion, imagination and reality (she reverses the "normal" sense of those words). Lopez makes Gabriela's plight - as a woman, a Latina, a military wife - truly compelling.
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2013. 11. 26
Holt captures seventh national title
Congratulations to College of Idaho senior Hillary Holt and the Coyote women's cross country team, which capped an incredible season with a second-place team finish Saturday at the NAIA National Championships in Lawrence, Kan. Holt successfully defended her individual championship to claim the seventh national title of her illustrious running career, while teammates Sora Klopfenstein and Lila Klopfenstein also earned All-America honors.
Battling sub-freezing temperatures and a wind chill in the teens, Holt outkicked rival Hannah Helker of Oklahoma Baptist to defend her national title. Locked into a two-runner duel for the majority of the 5,000-meter race, Holt made a big move with 800 meters remaining and pulled away to win in 16:48, the second-fastest time in program history. It is the sixth individual national title of her career.
"There was never a gap between the two," C of I coach Pat McCurry said of the race. "They were neck-and-neck until Hillary executed the race plan perfectly and made her move at the correct time and wasn't matched."
Click here to read more about the Coyotes' runner-up finish and here to check out photos from the race on the C of I Flickr page. Go Yotes!
C of I coach takes on domestic violence in new book
For more than 40 years, Mike Shines has helped motivate College of Idaho student-athletes and others to achieve their goals and maximize their performance. Now, the College's long-time strength and conditioning coach has a new goal: helping the victims of domestic violence and encouraging greater awareness of the problem.
Shines is raising funds through sales of his newly-published book I'll Never Tell, which features motivational and inspirational quotes from unknown authors and an Idaho celebrity, accompanied by his own photographs of Idaho landscapes and nature.
Shines decided to tackle the project several years ago after witnessing a man strike his wife outside a lounge in Boise.
"Everyone was standing there just watching," Shines said. "I was watching too until he pushed and slammed her onto my car. That was a gut check for me, and I had to make sure that I got involved and took action. Everyone needs to get involved; this is what it's all about."
Shines, who is in his 22nd year at the C of I, hopes that his book will appear in homes, hotels and businesses throughout the Treasure Valley and beyond to encourage people to take action to prevent domestic violence.
So far, Shines has been promoting the book to the many friends he's made during four decades as a strength coach and fitness consultant as well as through social media and his website www.mikeshinesinc.org. He said 86 percent of earnings from sales of I'll Never Tell will be donated to organizations addressing domestic violence, with the remainder covering the costs of producing the book.
The book went on sale in early November, and shortly afterwards Shines made his first donation to the Women's and Children's Alliance in Boise. He plans to donate additional proceeds to other local organizations working to aid the victims of domestic violence.
Though I'll Never Tell has been out less than a month, Shines is already planning for future editions. Every October, which is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Shines plans to publish another edition of I'll Never Tell with new quotes and photographs. Eventually, Shines would like to add quotes from the College's faculty and coaches.
"For years I've sent letters to a number of celebrities and gotten several responses," Shines said. "It's great to see that support for what we're trying to do. Domestic violence is something people are really uncomfortable talking about, but we need to change that and stop it from happening."
Feast of Carols headlines C of I concert season
C of I Chorale performs student Danielle Danker's "Snow" during the 2012 Feast of Carols.
The College of Idaho music department is ringing in the holiday season with a series of concerts highlighted by the Feast of Carols. This annual holiday showcase is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, inside Jewett Auditorium and will include performances by the College's Chorale, Chamber Singers, Sinfonia, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, the Major Sixth a cappella sextet and the Middleton High School Chamber Singers. The free concert is open to the public and will be followed by holiday refreshments in the foyer of the adjacent Langroise Center.
The Feast of Carols has become a C of I holiday tradition and audience favorite in recent years. Highlights of this year's show include Antonio Vivaldi's multi-movement work "Gloria" – which will showcase the C of I ensembles as well as the Middleton Chamber Signers and standout C of I student vocalist Jordan Bowman – as well as opportunities for audience members to sing along with their favorite carols.
"The Feast of Carols is a great showcase of the College's music department because it's really the only time you can hear all of our ensembles on one stage in one night," C of I choral director Brent Wells said. "We'll do some well-known carols as well as some lesser-known music, so there will be some old classics as well as something new for everyone."
The Feast of Carols – which will be streamed live at www.collegeofidaho.edu/videostream – is one of several C of I concerts in December. The Sinfonia (Dec. 4), Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble (Dec. 5), Piano Studio (Dec. 7) and Chamber Music (Dec. 8) groups also will give live public performances on campus. Each of those shows begins at 7:30 p.m. in Langroise Recital Hall. For more info about the C of I music department and student ensembles, please visit www.collegeofidaho.edu/music.
C of I students enjoy summer trip to Mexico
Click here to check out more photos of the C of I study abroad experience in Mexico!
Over the river and across the desert to….Mexico we go? That was the opportunity 13 College of Idaho students enjoyed over the summer when history professor Dr. Mee-Ae Kim led a study abroad experience south of the border. The 24-day trip emphasized cities in Mexico as the C of I group explored Pre-Columbian, Colonial and modern cities, studying the ways Mexican civilization has changed through the years. Professor Kim led the spring term preparatory course "Mexico: The City as Place and History" prior to the trip, equipping students with a wealth of knowledge before leaving Caldwell.
Once in Mexico, the C of I group traveled to new cities nearly every day. From Tulum to Mexico City, the students experienced a wide variety of Mexican locales, from the beautiful colonial city of Merida to the small mountain town of San Cristobal de las Casas. A highlight of the trip was visiting Chichen Itza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
"I was able to spend my 20th birthday with my favorite professor and a group of friends in my favorite historical site in the world, Chapultepec Park," C of I student Chelsea Frisbee said. "And we spent a morning climbing the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, one of largest pyramids in the world."
Other students shared Frisbee's enthusiasm, calling the trip a life-changing experience.
More C of I students will have the opportunity to enjoy similar experiences in the near future. Kim hopes to lead a trip to Mexico every couple of years – her next excursion will focus on the Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas and Oaxaca – and study abroad experiences in many parts of the world are common practice at the College. For more information about the trips, contact Kim at [email protected], visit www.collegeofidaho.edu/studyabroad, or attend the Off-Campus Tour Fair, set for 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 in the McCain Student Center Lobby. Faculty members leading the seven trips proposed for the 2014-2015 academic year will be on hand to provide information and answer questions at the fair.
C of I set for annual Langroise Holiday Arts Fair
The Langroise Foyer will be filled with local artists, artwork and shoppers on Dec. 5.
The College of Idaho will host the eighth annual Langroise Holiday Arts Fair on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the foyer of the Langroise Center for Performing and Fine Arts on the C of I campus in Caldwell. The fair, which is free and open to the public, features artwork created by College of Idaho students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Hand-made items for sale will include paintings, ornaments, candles, jewelry, photography and carved pendants, offered in a wide variety of styles and prices. Several popular local artists will be featured, including watercolor artist Alan Stanford, glass artist and C of I alumnus Agostino Bonaminio and C of I history instructor Dori Johnson, who sells "Accessories by Dori" at the Nampa Farmer's Market.
The Langroise Holiday Arts Fair provides an opportunity for Treasure Valley art lovers to shop for holiday art and decorations while supporting local students. A percentage of all sales go toward the Kenneth Mann Scholarship fund, which supports art students at The College of Idaho.
Attendance in recent years has numbered in the hundreds, drawing shoppers from all over the Treasure Valley. This year's fair will be followed by a performance from the C of I Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. inside Langroise Recital Hall.
For more information about the Langroise Holiday Arts Fair, contact Johnson at (208) 459-5831 or [email protected].
The College of Idaho's International Student Organization invites the entire campus community and the public to attend the annual C of I Cultural Show, set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, inside Jewett Auditorium. Click here for all the details!
C of I student Margarette Pierre-Louis' "Water for Peace" project recently was featured in Idaho Statesman reporter Anna Webb's "Helping Works" column.
The College of Idaho was featured in a recent Idaho Press-Tribune article about international students at Idaho colleges. The C of I's vibrant international population is by far the largest, percentage-wise, of any school in the state.
Freshman receiver, defensive back and return specialist Cory Brady is the subject of our latest Coyote Spotlight football video. Click the player to hear Cory discuss why the C of I was the best fit for him, highlights from his high school career at Bishop Kelly and his goal of returning the opening kickoff when the Coyotes take the field in 2014! For more football coverage, visit www.yoteathletics.com/kickoff2014.
C of I business professor Scott Johnson talked about the business landscape of Caldwell in his latest column for the Idaho Statesman's "Business Insider."
C of I alumnus Barry Fujishin '72 recently was elected moderator of the Boise Presbytery for the year 2014. The Boise Presbytery is the organization that oversees 12 Presbyterian Churches in Eastern Oregon and Southwestern Idaho. Fujishin currently works as a major gifts officer in the C of I Office of Development.
C of I sophomore Moha Azhar Mudaqiq is the November recipient of the Student Affairs Integrity, Leadership and Service Award, which goes to a student who embodies the values of the C of I community. Moha, a First-Year International Student Mentor, was vital to this year's new student orientation process, giving his time, energy and leadership abilities to bring students to campus from the airport, get them settled in on campus and continue helping students become acclimated to life at the College. Congratulations, Moha!
Follow us on social media! Hey Yotes, keep up on all things C of I by following the College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Flickr!


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Pee Dee hunters become the hunted in Colorado
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: 9/19/2013 This story was updated to remove that the men pleaded guilty to Hunting After Legal Hours. They were arrested on suspicion of that, but it was not part of the plea deal.
Joseph Nevling, James Cole, George Plummer, and Michael Courtney, all from the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, were caught using poison arrows to hunt near Collbran in Colorado on September 7, Mike Porras with Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Grand Junction, Colorado said.
Porras says a concerned hunter called in a tip to Operation Game Thief back in 2012.
"Our officers contacted two of these individuals last year at their hunt camp and the following year, this hunting season, the investigators were looking for them and they returned to the area and during the surveillance, we observed them committing these crimes," said Porras.
Plummer and Nevling, both of Timmonsville, Courtney, of Florence, and Cole, of Sumter, all pleaded guilty on Tuesday to Illegal taking of Wildlife and Illegal Use of Toxins in Hunting.
"They will also be facing a hearing for a Colorado Parks and Wildlife hearing commissioner that will further determine whether they'll be able to hunt in Colorado and 38 other wildlife violator compact states. One of those states includes South Carolina," said Porras.
Authorities say Plummer used poison arrows to hunt deer, elk and bears. Authorities say Plummer told them he'd been using the illegal equipment in Colorado for at least 20 years.
Porras said one of the men admitted to using the poison as a form of insurance .
"They were guaranteeing themselves a kill by the use of a toxicant and certainly that's not what we consider to be ethical and fair hunting and doesn't fall into the tenants of what we call fair chase," Porras said.
The four men did have licenses to hunt in Colorado.
All four were ordered to pay several thousands of dollars in fines and court costs.
The men also agreed not to hunt in Colorado over the next four years, Porras added.
According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, using poisonous archery equipment is illegal on public lands and is illegal to possess because it's a federally controlled substance.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Having a smartphone connected to the web can be a useful thing, if it's leveraged correctly. The web is a vast fountain of information, and having the right tool on a smartphone to zero in on that one nugget of information is priceless. It is especially priceless if it is free, like Google Shopper for Android. Google (s goog) Shopper doesn't break all new ground, but it adds a useful feature to Android phones that is easy to use. The app uses the phone camera to scan product bar codes, and then returns detailed product information right on the phone.
This is not new technology, as ShopSavvy has been doing this for a while. What Google Shopper adds to the mix is the ability to also scan the cover of books, videos and games by using the phone camera. Google's vast online storage of information can recognize these product covers and figure out what it is. Alternatively, Google Shopper lets you speak the name of a product to get information, which is returned quickly to the phone display.
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When Charles Dickens wrote about the best of times and the worst of times, he must have been thinking of a year like 2008.
On one level, it was a serious bummer for media: starting with a TV industry paralyzed by the Hollywood writers strike, through master political journalist Tim Russert's death, thousands of media worker layoffs and NBC's decision to turn Jay Leno into a poster boy for Giving Up on Prime Time.
But there were more than a few bright spots, too. Online technology made accessing your favorite TV episodes easier than ever (big ups to NBC for putting Saturday Night Live online fast enough to catch the best sketches on Sunday morning) and cable television debuted some of its best series ever.
This is the story of modern media at the turn of the 21st century: increased choice, increased fragmentation and increased disarray.
Here's my list of projects that best took advantage of an exciting, treacherous environment:
10Dexter. If the idea of a serial killer hiding in the Miami Police forensics department seems outlandish, casting Jimmy Smits as a ruthless prosecutor who befriends the guy to learn how to get away with murder felt like a bizarre twist on a macabre fairy tale. Still, the stumbling third season of this Showtime series remained compelling, mostly thanks to Smits and star Michael C. Hall. (Watch sample)
9 The Wire. I'm going to keep lauding HBO's amazing Baltimore police drama — which concluded this year with a fifth season that presciently foretold the crisis in big-city newspapers — until Emmy voters get off their behinds and show some love. I'm not holding my breath. (Watch sample)
8 Lost. Just when you're ready to write off ABC's castaway drama as an endless puzzle of Gilligan-ish proportions, they pull you back in. This year, a time-jumping story line saw six of the marooned airline passengers get off their mystical, unnamed island, only to immediately begin scheming about how to get back. Added points for being the only show to get better during the writers strike. (Watch Season 5 preview)
7 Burn Notice. Not quite an adventure and not quite a comedy, USA Network's cheeky tale about a superspy forcibly stranded in his Miami hometown is funny when you need and thrilling when you want. Toss in a lush, filmed-entirely-in Florida look and B-movie legend Bruce Campbell, and you've got instant action TV heaven. (Watch sample)
6 Sons of Anarchy. On paper, it sounds like a MAD TV sketch — a Sopranos-style take on a family-run biker gang. But this series played more like Macbeth on motorcycles, with Hellboy's Ron Perelman as the ruthless leader and Married . . . With Children's Katey Sagal as his even more ruthless Lady Macbeth. (Watch sample)
5 Craig Ferguson gets serious. Forget Leno's everyman pandering and Conan's relentless silliness; the most compelling late-night act is CBS's Craig Ferguson when he's got something serious to say. Find a YouTube clip of him begging journalists to report real election news or recounting the recent passing of his mother (replaying clips of her trip around Cali with the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA years ago) for serious proof. (Watch Ferguson eulogize his mother)
4 Hulu.com. Someday, all TV will be delivered on demand, every episode of your favorite show available with a mouse click. Until then, the next best thing is this Web site, with crystal-clear streaming of shows from founders NBC, Fox and a lot more.
3 Obama Media. It wasn't just the e-mail networking of millions of small donors or the Web site debunking myths about his life. Barack Obama dominated new media this year by mastering a host of new media opportunities, from creating a super-slick network TV infomercial to placing the president's weekly address on YouTube. (Watch a weekly address)
2 Tina Fey. She made Saturday Night Live politically relevant again (and possibly swung an election) with her spot-on Sarah Palin impression. Then she led her sidesplitting NBC comedy 30 Rock to more Emmy wins than any other show. Can she get on this whole economic crisis thing next? (Watch Fey talk about Palin persona)
1 Mad Men. Sixties-era adman Don Draper is the ultimate distant dad — talented, desirable, remote and full of secrets. Placed in a pathologically detailed re-creation of a 1962 Manhattan advertising firm, he's the James Bond of Madison Avenue. No wonder we, along with every character on the show, were smitten. (Watch sample)
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Her husband's comments were so routine that for 20 years, Brenda Branson didn't realize she was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse.
"You breathe too loud," her husband would tell her. "Your smile is silly. You look terrible. Don't you have anything better to wear?"
It wasn't until Brenda realized his comments weren't true that she approached him. And that's when he picked up a chair and hit her with it. Brenda knew she had to do something, so she went to her pastor. Unfortunately he wasn't equipped to handle domestic abuse; his suggestions about submitting to her husband only made her home life more difficult. "Our church didn't know what to do with us," Brenda says. "They just wanted the problem to go away."
Brenda got the help she needed by forming a support group with another domestic-violence victim. Then in 1995 she cofounded Focus Ministries, one of the few Christian organizations devoted to helping victims of domestic violence while also training churches on how they can assist members who are being abused.
According to Detective Sgt. Don Stewart, a retired police officer who handled domestic violence cases for 25 years, one out of every four Christian couples experiences at least one episode of physical abuse within their marriage. In fact, battering is the single largest cause of injury to women—more than auto accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports that 3 to 4 million women are beaten in their homes every year. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately 2,000 women are murdered every year by an intimate partner.
"Domestic violence has become an epidemic," says Brenda, who is no longer married to her husband. The enormity of the problem, combined with the fact law enforcement officials and church leaders often lack the skills to address it, led Don to author Refuge (New Hope), a book helping victims understand and flee from violence in their homes. "I consider Don to be a missionary who offers hope to hurting women and presents a wakeup call to the Christian community to get involved," says Brenda.
Kyria.com spoke with both Don and Brenda on how battered women can get help as well as how Christians can respond to this crisis.
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A vicious sexual assault at gunpoint has sent shock waves through a Northwest D.C. neighborhood.
The crime happened about 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Q Street NW, a street which is well lit and has a lot of foot traffic.
A man put a gun to a woman's back and forced her into an alley. He sexually assaulted her and robbed her.
The attack took place just feet from Mujesira Budic's apartment.
"I thought it was mostly drug dealings and things of that nature," Budic said. "To find out about a woman being raped outside of my window is extremely discomforting."
Laura Kezman was also walking in the area about 11 p.m. She said she is now re-thinking her routines and not taking her safety for granted.
"It completely freaks me out," Kezman said. "I think that what I'm doing right now--listening to my iPod at night with headphones on--is not a good idea."
Resident Brynne Mason comes through the area every night and tries to ride a bike whenever possible to avoid falling victim.
"It's dangerous definitely at night," Mason said. "It's not safe really to be walking around by yourself in the dark."
Police are looking into whether the incident is related to any other sexual assaults.
"We want to alert that area of that crime so they can take precautions and be aware of their surroundings," said D.C. Police Commander George Kucik.
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Let books be books
Because of the huge response to last week's blog post, I've decided to write a clarification.
It seems that some Stuff readers last week thought my post meant that I would stop boys or girls from reading books, simply because they have main characters that's not of the appropriate gender. No, this is not true. I'm opposed to gender marketing of books - a very different and in actual fact, opposing, issue.
If anyone of the naysayers had looked up the "Let Books Be Books" or "Let Toys Be Toys" campaigns that I mentioned, they would very quickly realise this.
It also amused me to no end to have people calling me the "thought police" and "too PC". Let's examine this: "thought police" is a reference to George Orwell's 1984, a novel about totalitarian governments.
My blog post sought to make people think about the choices we make in life and for our children - and whether the beliefs they display now about gender is a reflection of biology or culture. So...I was actually doing the opposite of thought policing, I was inviting people to get out of their comfort zones and think for themselves.
As for being "too PC", I was expressing an opinion obviously outside of mainstream popular culture. If I was actually being "too PC", I would be writing blog entries calling for pink-and-blue covers for books, and "what's wrong with boys playing with trucks and girls who want to be fairy princesses".
There is nothing inherently wrong with girls who want to read books about garden fairies and boys who want to read books about guns and swords. Just as there's nothing wrong if they want to do the reverse.
But it was obvious from the responses given that many readers disagreed with me. And so we're left with the question of: why do people think this way? Who said in the first place that boys should love sword and gun fighting and girls should love playing with dolls and toy ovens?
I don't think it's as simple as "biology". As a society, we do many things daily that is in opposition to what biology and genes would have us do. Monogamy is arguably against human biology - and the female of many species are actually more prone to having multiple partners than the male, to ensure their offspring inherits the strongest DNA. That's the cold, biological fact of it. WAIT - before anyone jumps in, I'm not going there with a discussion around romantic relationships, this is a blog about books and reading...let's keep it that way.
Fortunately, we don't live in a society that's entirely governed by biology. Most of us have also been blessed with a rational mind through which we can think and reason, a mind that also creates beautiful art, architecture and literature that we all enjoy on a daily basis.
So to recap, kids can damn well read books about any subject under the sun, by any gender of author. I fully encourage children to explore all subjects of books to their heart's content - whether the main character is a fairytale princess or a dragon prince or an ugly frog. I'm opposed to the type of pink-and-blue marketing used to sell certain types of books to one gender or another, because what we feed our minds with at that age has a strong influence on us, whether or not we like it, even as adults. I would say the comments section last week reflects this.
And now, let's close the chapter and begin afresh again next week. Or I'll send the damn three little pigs to huff and puff and blow your house of cards down.


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I did get an email from them like that but as a partial member I dont get anything under my offers :-(
This was under the standard featured offers, that used to list things for me like USAA CMS and the ubiquitous Car Buying Service and others.
I was a little surprised by this (actually somewhat shocked even) when I read the fine print that I'd just been completely ignoring. Out of curiosity what sort of accounts do you have with them as a partial member?
PNP: Limits > APR usually, and even 15 and change isn't bad compared to many other credit cards; however, it's not a great card to be carrying a balance on admittedly.
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Atm i just have checking. I opened in the hopes they'd eventually be like "thanks, have a $1,000,000 CL on this card, you're such a great customer!!!!!" xD
Any idea if they're softing your reports? In my case I have a secured CD loan through them which hit it's sixth payment, and recently re-established my auto insurance with them. I suppose either could've triggered it though they're not allowed to pull my credit for insurance I don't think in CA.
Leaning towards taking it after I get my car refinanced, want the tradeline eventually anyway, it's a way better forex card than I have currently which may come in handy really soon, and it's probably better to take the inquiry now with the throetical mortgage next summer than in December when I was originally planning a quick spree.
Edit: I see it's in another part of their site now too. I think this may have been triggered by something else rather than their email, especially if others aren't seeing the same. Now even when I log out there's a little "click me to accept offer!" panel in the bottom right of my browser, and I'm near 100% confident that hasn't been there previously.
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Def sounds like a pre-approval as opposed to a targeted offer /solicitation. When in doubt my motto is "call and ask!" I wish I was in your situation, I was mildly upset when I found out I couldn't get anything under "My Offers" on the website as a partial member D:
I have savings and credit monitoring with them. My CSP is at 15% so I'd rather have the prestige of the CSP card versus a USAA card.
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I'm happy someone brought this up. I too am a partial member and was thinking about apping for a USAA card because they offer really generous CL's. However, I'm concerned about the APR. I know they offer cards to full members with APR's as low as 5.9% but I think partial members APR's start as low 15.9% per the website. Can any half members confirm having APR's lower than 15.9% on your USAA CC accounts?
I am a partial member, and I have never seen anything under the My Offers tab. However, I went ahead and applied for the USAA Platinum Mastercard last month and was instantly approved with a CL of $12,000. I chose them because of their reported high initial CL, and it was true in my case - this was my first card with a 5-digit CL. I was also tempted by their 15.9% interest offer, but did not get it - rate is 20% variable! They pulled EQ, and my score was a 727. Not sure why I got the bad interest rate, but may have been due to overall utilization at just over 30%.
Oh well, I've got myself into the PIF mode now so the interest won't really be an issue. On a positive note, this card will help immensely with my overall utilization, and will hopefully prompt my other creditors to increase current limits.
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Announcement of release dates for Nagarjuna's 'Greekuveerudu' and Venkatesh's 'shadow' as April 26 is a cause of worry for distributors and exhibitors. While summer season has the capacity to accomodate as many number of new releases as posible but it has become a virtual rule of thumb in Tollywood not to allow two big stars to release their movies on the same date. Whenever such situations came upon, big heads resolved the crisis allowing a monimum of one week gap.
On the same basis, insiders opine that 'Greekuveerudu' and 'shadow' should not hit screens on same day despite Nag's producers releasing their first list of theatres today. More disappointing is 'shadow' which is continuously postponed from long time has a reason to worry again. Let us wait and see, who will sacrifice for whom?


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Joining this powerful pack of A-listers is Grammy award winner John Legend, who announced today his investment in San Francisco-based HINT water.
In his announcement today, he explained: "I enjoy drinking HINT water because it's refreshing without tasting sweet or artificially flavored. As we got to know Kara and Theo Goldin [HINT Founders], it became clear that HINT is ultimately their commitment to making it easier for people to lead healthier lifestyles. I joined them as an investor not only because I actually drink HINT water, but also because I truly believe in both the product and its "Drink Water, Not Sugar" message and I am excited to watch the company grow."
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Reversed Processor and Memory frequencies.
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 04:58 PM
So I have a little bit of problem with speccy. It is reporting my memory frequancy as my cpu frequancy and my cpu frequancy as my memory frequncy. Based on what I'm seeing, I'm going to assume that speccy uses percenteges when it collects data and then turns them into hz. Now basically its showing my Memory frequency as 3411Mhz(My Phenom 965's max clock speed at the moment) at it shows my phenoms max clock speed at 800Mhz(my Ripjaws X max rated transfer speed) So any way to fix this?
Thanks for any and all help in advance.
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By Chantal Bilodeau
Directed by Deborah Kinghorn
Sila examines the competing interests shaping the future of the Canadian Arctic and local Inuit population. Set on Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut, it follows a climate scientist, an Inuit activist and her daughter, two Canadian Coast Guard officers, an Inuit elder and two polar bears as they see their values challenged and their lives become intricately intertwined. Equal parts Inuit myth and contemporary Arctic policy, Sila uses puppetry, projections, spoken word poetry and three different languages; English, French & Inuktitut.
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Shakira sues former employees
Singer Shakira is taking legal action against two former employees over allegations of extortion and defamation.
The Hips Don't Lie hitmaker said her ex-workers had threatened to release details about her private life if she didn't give them £312,500 (Dh1.14 million), reports dailystar.co.uk.
The staffers, who had worked for the singer for 11 years, were recently sacked for undisclosed reasons.
"There is clear evidence of intentions to defame and cause harm to my client by taking advantage of her public persona and spotless personal reputation in exchange for money," Shakira's lawyer Exequiel A. Camerini told Colombian paper El Esplendor.