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The short story has long been a hotbed for the wicked, off-kilter, anomalous, and unnoticeable. Blame the brevity of the genre's form, which allows for a degree of leniency with backstory, character development, and the logic of a fictional universe—a suspension of disbelief perfect for portrayals of fringe society. See Flannery O'Connor's The Misfit, Joyce Carol Oates' Arnold Friend, John Cheever's Swimmer, Kafka's Gregor Samsa, nearly anyone dreamt up by Robert Coover, Rudyard Kipling's White Seal, and so on. Hugh Sheehy's debut collection, The Invisibles (University of Georgia Press), which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction in 2011, fits solidly within this tradition.
In the opening story, "Meat and Mouth," an assistant teacher, Maddy, waits in the Grace Evangelical Church and School with one of her young students, Luke, whose father is perpetually late picking him up. Maddy is disenchanted, and has a habit of spiking her coffee with vodka. Luke is unwashed and underprivileged, preferring to be called Davey, the name of the larger boy who bullies him. As snow accumulates on the "pale brown trees and bald fields," two meth-heads with "bluish skin" and "clinking chains" appear. I don't want to spoil it for you, so let's just say that one person ends up with a slit throat, while others end up locked in the basement, huddled against the furnace.
Here, as throughout The Invisibles, the characters flounder as the plot is propelled by an omniscient, almost decadent, force. The author's hand is an unrelenting presence. You just know that not much good is going to happen. And you're not quite sure this is a world you want to enter, like putting your head inside the lion's mouth. At moments, "Meat and Mouth" feels hyper-realistic—Maddy a bit too valiant, Luke a bit too whimpering, Meat and Mouth a bit too sadistic-Tweedle-Dee and evil-Tweedle-Dum, the world a bit too dismal. Without an O'Connor-esque fusion of satire or irony, it can be a bit heavy-handed.
But it grows on you. As the collection progresses, it does not necessarily become less grotesque, but the gruesomeness and hyperrealism are tempered with segments of profound lyricism, deepened insight, and universal themes of grief, loneliness, and a fear of disappearing.
In the collection's eponymous story, an invisible is defined as "a person who is unnoticeable, hence unmemorable." A mother describes the phenomenon to her young daughter, Cynthia:
She brought home reports: a woman licking stamps at the post office, an anguished old man in line at the bank, a girl crying by a painting in the museum. The library crawling with them. 'Remember, Cynthia, you're an invisible to,' she said. 'Just like me. We're in it together. Forever.'
Years after Cynthia's mother vanished without a trace, Cynthia's friends, also invisible, are kidnapped and never found. The narrative weaves in and out of Cynthia's thoughts and dreams as she tries to comprehend these losses, which Sheehy deftly renders universally personal—we feel for Cynthia because we too have lost, we too have felt invisible, we too wonder where we have gone.
The premise of "the invisible" forms a clever linkage from story to story. Sheehy creates a nonstop parade of over-ordinary figures and characters so down on their luck they've all but faded out. We understand that we wouldn't notice them except under extraordinary duress: the miscarriage of an unborn child, prematurely nicknamed Henrik the Viking; the disgraced professor standing before a mural of Lazarus rising, completely devoid of memory; a genial neighbor found "cut to pieces in the basement"; a drug-addicted Prodigal Son encountering an accident in the midst of a pitch-black blizzard. Certainly, Sheehy lords over a wild world, tossing flares into its darkness, revealing what was once invisible and what remains painfully intimate.
It is in these most intimate moments, when we are inside the character's thoughts and memories, that the best writing emerges. "After the Flood," in which a man covers up the crimes of his degenerate stepson, opens with perhaps the most powerful lyrical sequence:
The Mississippi swells up and covers the town and the surrounding forest, devastating all visible creation. Hundreds of egrets fly north; there is no counting the dead. The steeple of St. Francis of Assisi marks the submerged churchyard of obelisks, crosses, and angels. Broken boats and tables drift under convulsing clouds stitched up with lightning. There will be no going back from this deluge, no recovery of the lost civilization, no afterward.
These levels of language play, however, are quickly revoked as the narrative returns to the waking, outside world, where the texts morphs into a sparser plot-propelling prose. This style of writing imbues the entire collection with an odd, arrhythmic pulse, lounging followed by frenetic motion. Even if not 100% successful, this is structurally compelling in its own right, a jauntiness that underscores the instability of the characters themselves.
Sheehy's world is not a place for relaxing or loitering. It's not a place for having fun. But ultimately the stories are compulsively readable and disturbingly engrossing. Personally, I like to imagine O'Connor's Misfit, Bible salesman, and hijacked prosthetic leg carpooling out to Sheehy's swampland to meet with his meth heads, his disappeared, his dead. It would be the world's bleakest picnic, but I'd still eat the food.
Hugh Sheehy is a lecturer at Yeshiva College and has previously taught at Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University. Sheehy received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama. His stories have appeared in publications including Glimmer Train, Kenyon Review, and Best American Mystery Stories.
Beth Steidle is a writer, illustrator, and book designer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has appeared in Fairy Tale Review, Drunken Boat, DIAGRAM, and several print anthologies. Her first book, The Static Herd, was published by Calamari Press in 2014.


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The first big question I ask in Democracy and Political Ignorance is why we should care about political ignorance in the first place. Political knowledge may not have much inherent value. But even if we don't value it for its own sake, it matters a great deal for instrumental reasons.
I. Why Voter Ignorance Can be Dangerous
Ultimately, political ignorance matters because public opinion has a major impact on the policies adopted by democratic government. If that opinion is influenced by ignorance, voters will often support bad policies, and be unable to hold political leaders accountable for their performance. It's hard to judge whether incumbents are doing a good job if you don't know much of what the government is doing or cannot understand its effects. Even if we believe that voters have no responsibility to the rest of society and are entitled to vote purely based on narrow self-interest, ignorance can still be a problem. Ignorance might lead such voters to support one set of policies in the expectation that it will benefit them, only to find that they actually cause them great harm.
In addition, most normative theories of democratic participation implicitly assume some degree of knowledge on the part of voters. This is clearly true of theories that demand a great deal of voters, such as deliberative democracy. But, as I explain in Chapter 2 of the book, it is also true even of theories that at first glance seem to require little of the electorate.
II. Factual Ignorance, Moral Ignorance, and Potentially Beneficial Ignorance
In my book, I focus mostly on public ignorance about factual matters, such as the policies adopted by government, the likely effects of those policies, the structure of the political system (e.g. – which officials are responsible for which issues), and the differences between opposing candidates and parties. I recognize that factual knowledge is not the only kind of knowledge relevant to political decision-making. Ideally, we want voters to have good moral knowledge too.
If voters have bad moral values, factual knowledge might actually be harmful. For example, if the majority of the electorate has racist values and prioritizes the goal of inflicting harm on some despised racial minority, a high level of factual knowledge might just enable them to support policies that oppress that minority even more severely than would be the case if the voters were ignorant. I consider this and several other examples of potentially beneficial ignorance in Chapter 2.
In most cases, however, political ignorance is likely to cause more harm than good. Many of the most important issues in American politics turn not on disputes over fundamental values, but on disagreement over how best to achieve widely shared goals such as prosperity, security against external attack, reducing violent crime, and environmental protection. On these kinds of issues – which are the majority of voters' top priorities in most elections, according to survey data – factual knowledge is crucial.
Even some issues that at first glance seem to be primarily about values actually have an important factual dimension. For example, some racists and anti-Semites may hate African-Americans or Jews just because they are "different." But many do so because they believe (incorrectly) that these groups are harming or threatening to harm whites or gentiles. As I discuss in the book, historically many white American racists believed that African-Americans must be segregated and denied equal rights, because otherwise whites would suffer a variety of harms, including even widespread rape of white women by black males. Such fears were largely based on ignorance or irrationality. The Nazis and other German anti-Semites believed that the Jews must be suppressed because they were plundering the German economy and otherwise harming "Aryan" gentiles. In reality, German Jews had far less influence than anti-Semites believed, and their impact on the nation's economy was overwhelmingly positive. Much of what looks to us like bad values is at least in part the product of ignorance. Not all racism and anti-Semitism is the result of ignorance. But a great deal is. The same is true of a number of other common forms of prejudice, such as homophobia, which I also briefly cover in the book.
The kind of ignorance I focus on is far from the only factor that causes dysfunctional policies in a democracy. But it's important enough to merit greater consideration than it now gets in most debates over law and public policy.
Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law and Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute. His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, and the study of popular political participation and its implications for constitutional democracy. He is the author of Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter (Stanford University Press, 2013), and coauthor of A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming Nov. 2013). He regularly writes at his home blog The Volokh Conspiracy. This particular post was originally published in Balkinization and is republished here with permission from the author and Balkinization Editor Jack Balkin.


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Top Miami Technology Companies Number 5: CareCloud
CareCloud is a Miami-based health-technology company that provides cloud-based practice management. It also provides electronic health record and software for medical billing and other health services. "This Tech Company has truly modernized healthcare management and made it very efficient," said Issa Asad, a Miami-based technology and telecommunications entrepreneur.
"CareCloud provides next-generation technology by providing patient portals which make it easier to get health history of patients," remarked Asad, who is also the CEO of telecom company Q Link Wireless and its holding company, Quadrant Holdings, both located in Dania, Florida.
Having served the Florida tech and telecom community since 1996, Mr. Asad has put together his top five list of emerging and established Miami technology companies. CareCloud is the first of the five-part series, and is number five on his list.
Top Miami technology companies number 5: CareCloud:
What is CareCloud?
CareCloud is a company that offers flexible, cloud-based healthcare software. This software enables you to get better financial transparency, a powerful control of IT costs and it keeps you up to date with the various changes for example ICD-10.
The software is designed in a very professional manner. You always get feedback for any queries that you may have from physicians and dedicated customer care staff. You can therefore have a smooth day at work because it is very easy to use. The technology used to make this software is the one used by the leading online businesses therefore you get the power to move with the current industry changes.
This software enables you to attend to a lot of patients thus boosting productivity of your institution. You are able to monitor your patients because the software has a cloud-based patient management and social tools for them to give you feedback. CareCloud gives you the ability to be at per with healthcare reforms as soon as they take place.
What is CareCloud's Role in the Miami Community?
CareCloud provides a very conducive environment for one to work from. They know that people need to be appreciated so that to make working in this complicated industry a success. When they have a job opportunity, the people who are first notified are those in Miami.
The staff is very welcoming and has a wonderful work culture. CareCloud offers great products that have made Miami become a hub for healthcare. Miami has become the next Silicon Valley. It also provides internship programs for anyone who wants to join HealthIT's fastest growing company. The company usually provides challenges to interns for them to grow.
They always teach interns something new and most people absolutely love working there. The good thing is that if you are good at what you do as an intern, they retain you and offer you a job permanently. CareCloud has partnered with the University of Miami to offer graduate programs in healthcare innovations.
What are Some Predictions for CareCloud's Future?
- CareCloud is looking to partner with other states that are in a different framework. This is so that they can be able to boost their Medicare transformation.
- CareCloud is looking to transform healthcare management so that medication attention can never be a problem no matter where you are. You just log in into the patient portal and have a one on one talk with a qualified physician.
- CareCloud is taking a hybrid approach to electronic medical recording which is set to revolutionize the future of healthcare management.
- CareCloud is striving to win the healthcare platform that will be a valuable asset to them because all medical providers will wish to participate in this innovation.


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Moraine Park gets $1.2 million state grant
July 24, 2014
From fdlreporter.com: "Moraine Park gets $1.2 million state grant" — An additional 126 students will be able to attend Moraine Park Technical College programs designed to fill high-demand career fields.
MPTC received a $1,217,997 grant Wednesday under the Wisconsin Fast Forward: Blueprint for Prosperity Initiative to train students to fill what employers say is a growing job gap.
Lt. Gov. Kleefisch and Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson made a stop at the Fond du Lac MPTC campus Wednesday to announce the local portion of the grant.
"This is an incredible, bipartisan effort," Kleefisch said. "At any given time there are between 45,000 and 70,000 open jobs in the state because they need more skilled workers."
State Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, said he helped pass the legislation and was in attendance along with State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-Campbellsport, and County Executive Allen Buechel.
"It's good to see this program working and I knew that it would work," Gudex said, stating he saw the need through his years working in the field of economic development.
Technical colleges submitted initial lists of programs for grant consideration earlier this year.There is a waiting list to get into several programs at MPTC, said Joann Hall, Dean of Economic Workforce Development. The grant will funnel money into high-demand areas such as mechatronics, medical coding, tool and die apprenticeships, and CNC training offered from a mobile unit to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
It will also provide short-term training for industrial maintenance, robotic welding, automation and general production assembly.
"These are the fields employers are telling us they can't find people for," Hall said.
The grant will be used to provide more faculty, facilities, equipment, supplies and curriculum development, she said.
"We know the integral role Moraine Park Technical College and all of Wisconsin's technical colleges play in keeping Wisconsin's economy strong," said MPTC President Sheila Ruhland. "Our training gets workers into the workforce quickly and keeps them in the workforce, ensuring we will continue to keep moving Wisconsin forward."
Representatives from grant partners Aurora Heath Care and Mercury Marine were also in attendance as the group toured MPTC's integrated manufacturing center. Both Fond du Lac businesses helped the college frame some of the programs and wrote letters of support to help obtain funding.
The legislation provided more than $35 million in additional funding for all 16 technical colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System to help train nearly 5,000 people.
The awards are part of Gov. Walker's Blueprint for Prosperity initiative to move Wisconsin's working families along a path toward greater prosperity and independence, according to a news release from Kleefisch's office.
"The investment we are making in Moraine Park Technical College under Gov. Walker's leadership will enhance opportunities for working families in the Fond du Lac region and help employers find the workers they need," Kleefisch said.
The DWD will administer the grants, which will add capacity to 100 programs in key industry sectors such as manufacturing, health care, transportation, construction and architecture, and education.
"With this announcement, the State of Wisconsin is giving workers the chance to increase their skills and move into a new job or a better job," Newson said.
Wisconsin Fast Forward worker training programs will focus on three areas:
- Reduction of waiting lists at Wisconsin technical colleges for high-demand fields.
- Collaborative projects between high schools, technical colleges, businesses, and other partners to increase opportunities for high school students to earn industry-recognized credentials.
- Enhancing the employment opportunities of workers with disabilities.
Walker signed 2013 Act 139 into law in March as part of the initiative following strong bipartisan support of the State Legislature. In May, DWD awarded more than $2.1 million in grants to train high school students in school-to-work programs and is currently seeking grant applications with up to $1 million available to train workers with disabilities.
Funds cannot be used for financial aid, tuition or capital improvements.
From insightonmfg.com: "Collaborating on success: Colleges, businesses team up on new engineering technology degree" — by MaryBeth Matzek – Input and feedback from regional manufacturers played an integral role in an innovative education program rolling out this fall at 13 educational institutions in the New North.
Northeast Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance, a consortium of New North schools, announced plans last year to create a regional bachelor's degree program in engineering technology. The program allows students to enter at any of the NEW ERA schools and then finish up the program at University of Wisconsin campuses in Green Bay and Oshkosh. The degree program is the first of its kind in Wisconsin and fills an important void for employers.
"These are important skills manufacturers need to fill. We have jobs for students coming out with these degrees," says Scott Kettler, general manager of Plexus' manufacturing facilities in Neenah. "It's been a great collaboration between educational institutions and businesses how they came together to address the need."
Collaboration also was a must between the participating schools. Led by UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells, who retires in August, Fox Valley Technical College President Susan May and other college leaders, NEW ERA members looked at the available offerings and worked together on creating the new program.
The three new bachelor's degrees being offered are in electrical engineering technology, environmental engineering technology and mechanical engineering technology. The degrees were approved earlier this year by the UW Board of Regents and the Higher Learning Commission, opening the door to students to enroll in the program starting this fall. The degrees use programs and classes already in place at participating schools, which created new classes to fill in the gaps.
Employers helped craft the program by participating in listening sessions and advisory committees, says Greg Kleinheinz, associate dean of the College of Letters and Sciences and director of the Environmental Research and Innovation Center at UW-Oshkosh.
"We talked to them and listened to their needs. We worked with them on how to tailor the program and what it should include," he says.
That kind of feedback is important, Kettler says. "Manufacturers were asked what kind of skills we were looking for and helped develop the curriculum," he says. "That way, the students coming out will be right for what's needed."
The new program differs from current offerings in the New North, Kleinheinz adds. Engineering technicians are more hands-on than a traditional engineer who may be concerned with design, but have more in-depth studies, such as in management, than students who pursue an associate's degree at a local technical college.
Kleinheinz predicts there will be two types of students who enroll in the program: those already possessing an associate's degree from a technical college who are out in the workforce and want to receive their bachelor's degree; and a traditional student who may start the program at a local technical college or two-year UW school before finishing up in Oshkosh or Green Bay.
"In many cases, I'm guessing we'll have students coming out of technical colleges with an associate's degree, get a job and then the employer will help pay for this program so they can further their education and expand their skills," he says. "It will be a win-win for employer and employee."
While all program graduates will be in high demand, the ones with the environmental engineering technology degree will especially be sought after since that is a new and growing field, Kleinheinz says. A report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 14 percent increase in environmental engineering technology positions between 2010 and 2020. Students with that degree can find work in industries outside of manufacturing, including biotechnology, water and wastewater management and agribusiness.
In Wisconsin, only UW-Stout and the Milwaukee School of Engineering offer bachelor's degrees in engineering technology.
"You're taking that technical skills base and adding more analytical thinking and problem-solving skills," Kettler says. "Those are all important skills to have in addition to that applied, hands-on education. It's great we are able to develop and nurture these skills in the region."
NEW ERA Members
In the new engineering technology program, students may enter at any of the 13 NEW ERA colleges including: College of the Menominee Nation, Fox Valley Technical College, Lakeshore Technical College, Moraine Park Technical College, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, University of Wisconsin Extension, UW-Fond du Lac, UW-Fox Valley, UW-Green Bay, UW-Manitowoc, UW-Marinette, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Sheboygan.
Moraine Park Tech offering CNC, Welding boot camps
July 22, 2014
From mtlcraft.com: "Moraine Park Technical College is again offering CNC & Welding Boot Camps" — Moraine Park Technical College is combating the skilled worker shortage by launching manufacturing skills academies in a series of 15-week boot camps.
The next information/testing sessions are scheduled in August 2014 for Fall CNC Boot Camp at the Fond du Lac Campus and Welding Boot Camp at the Jackson Campus. Registration is required. Each session will include: Information, Tours, TABE Testing, and Mechanical Aptitude Testing.
MPTC hosts cancer survivor beauty and support day
June 2, 2014
From fdlreporter.com: "MPTC hosts cancer survivor beauty and support day" — Moraine Park Technical College is hosting a Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day for cancer survivors.
The event will take place from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at Techniques Salon and Spa at the Fond du Lac campus.
The day is part of a national effort to provide support and free pampering for cancer survivors.
Cosmetology students at Moraine Park will offer survivors services such as manicures, pedicures, facials, haircuts and scalp treatments. All cancer survivors are invited to attend, but appointments are required to guarantee service.
Each year thousands of salons, spas and cosmetology schools volunteer their time and services to cancer survivors across the nation. This is the third year MPTC cosmetology students have hosted the event.
Students graduate from "Middle College"
May 28, 2014
From wiscnews.com: "RAHS seniors graduate college" — By Julie Belschner – Reedsburg Area High School seniors Maura Machovec, Terra Kauffman and Payton Legner have graduated from Middle College. A graduation ceremony was held May 13 at Madison Area Technical College-Reedsburg campus to honor their accomplishments in the healthcare track of the program.
Graduation ceremonies were held across the South Central Wisconsin region to honor 40 high school seniors from 12 school districts graduating from the healthcare and manufacturing program tracks. The graduates are now preparing for paid summer work-experience opportunities with local businesses as part of the Middle College program.
Founded in 2010, Middle College is a dual-credit career pathway program targeted toward high school juniors who are interested in advancing their education in targeted industry sectors. Students study concepts in healthcare or manufacturing during the regular school year at participating Madison Area Technical College or Moraine Park Technical College campuses. The program track allows for students to take college classes while they work to complete their high school graduation requirements. Students may earn up to 30 free college credits upon successful program completion and have the opportunity to participate in up to two paid work experiences with local companies as part of the program.
The program is administered by the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, which partners with technical colleges to provide technical college training and curriculum for the program. Upon enrollment into the Middle College, participating high school students achieve college status and enrollment with the technical college. The board collaborates with employers and employees in Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette and Sauk counties to promote a healthy economy; it continually seeks innovative solutions to the economic challenges that face today's workforce.
Moraine Park Tech to gain veterans representative
May 27, 2014
From kfiz.com: "Veterans service expanding with new entrance at MPTC" — Moraine Park Technical College has received a grant that will help fund a veteran's representative at the Fond du Lac campus. Sally Ruback is the Enrollment Services Manager for MPTC. She says that representative will be located near their new entrance when it opens next January. She says there is a growing veteran's population in the community and funding is available for them to continue their education so they needed someone near the entrance to fill them in on those opportunities.
With the new location will be an expanded students services area including an area for the new veteran's representative. She says the new entrance will be a great way for the college to show its support for veteran and students alike. Ground will be broken for the addition June 2nd with a targeted completion date of November 28th.
Dual credit students visit Miller Manufacturing
May 19, 2014
From iwantthenews.com: "Students visit Miller Manufacturing" — New Holstein High School students enrolled in the Moraine Park Technical College Articulated Drafting class visited Miller Manufacturing of St. Nazianz on Thursday, May 8. Over the past three months students created 45 working drawings for the worldwide agricultural manufacturer.
The students' drawings were being used to cut out metal parts on a CNC plasma torch. The tour started with a company introduction followed by a plant tour.
The first stop on the tour was a table full of parts waiting to get welded and painted. As they stood over the parts students realized that the blueprints underneath each part were the exact blueprints that they made in the classroom.
Students said they were excited to see that Miller was actually using their custom made blueprints on their manufacturing floor.
"This really brought itself full circle as we toured the rest of the plant and got to see how our drawings are going to help with Miller's lean manufacturing approach," teacher Ted Bonde said.
The tour ended and it was then the engineers' turn. Drafting students were able to see how Miller's drafting software is used to aid in manufacturing. Before they left, Miller paid back the students by handing out a T-shirt and meal for their work well done.
This relationship has helped these NHHS students grasp the real life application of their drafting software and its importance in the world of manufacturing.
Bonde said, "I would like to say thank you to Miller for the opportunity and support to help reiterate the importance of what we teach at the high school level."


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Group Executive Board
Chaired by Group CEO Urs Breitmeier, the Group Executive Board comprises the four CEOs of the operating divisions Space, Aerostructures, Ammotec and RUAG MRO Switzerland, plus the heads of the support functions Finance & Controlling, Human Resources and Legal & Secretary General....
Urs Breitmeier
born 1963, Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2006
Year after year, RUAG continues to consolidate its position as an internationally competitive group with core competencies in aerospace and defence. International growth and the combination of civil and military use of applications are becoming ever more important. RUAG thus provides its customers and partners with highly efficient, technologically advanced services with significant efficiency benefits.
Degree in Physics and in Mechanical Engineering; MBA sunY/ Albany
CEO of RUAG Division Defence and member of the Group Executive Board; Head of Sales, Marketing and System Management as well as Member of the Executive Board of RUAG Land System Inc. (today RUAG Defence); Consultant in Strategy, Process and Project management, Malik Management Centre St. Gallen; Member of the Executive Board and Manager of Development, Marketing and Sales, Calotron Inc.; Technical Manager, Lonza Inc.
Find out more about the RUAG Group here.
CEO RUAG Group
Chairman of the Group Executive Board
Dr. Peter Guggenbach
born 1962, Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2009
With a broad-based portfolio of products and subsystems for satellites and launch vehicles, RUAG Space is the leading independent supplier of space products in Europe.
Dr. sc.techn.; Dipl. Ing. HTL/ETH, EMBA IMD
Different positions in the industry, amongst others Manager ABB Local Division Automation Products; Manager ABB Power Electronics and Medium Voltage Drives; Manager ABB High Power Converters; Project Manager Bosch Scintilla Inc.; Project Manager Mitsubishi Ltd. Japan.
Find out more about RUAG Space here.
CEO Division Space
Member of the Group Executive Board
Dirk Prehn
born 1968, Germany
Group Executive Board member since 2018
RUAG Aerostructures specializes in aircraft structural components. Key focal points are the development, production and final assembly of complete passenger aircraft fuselage sections, wing and control surface components as well as sophisticated component assemblies and parts for civil and military aircraft. As "Quality Gate", the division is responsible for the global fuselage section supply chain for aircraft manufacturers.
Graduate engineer / Dipl. Ing. Mechanical Engineering
Ruhr-Universität Bochum / ESKOM South Africa
Senior VP Programs & Sales at RUAG Aerostructures
Vice President Sales & Marketing at Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Head of Sales & New Programs; Head of A350 Program Management EADS – Military Air Systems in Augsburg
Find out more about RUAG Aerostructures here.
CEO Division Aerostructures
Member of the Group Executive Board
Christoph M. Eisenhardt
born 1968, Switzerland/Germany
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2017
RUAG Ammotec focuses its research and development activities on top-quality pyrotechnical specialty products for hunting and sport, law enforcement, the military and industrial applications. This opens up new market niches worldwide and secures our market leader position in Europe.
Economics at the University of St. Gallen (lic.oec.HSG)
Many years of experience managing industrial companies with an international reach; previous positions include CEO of VOLEX plc (UK), CEO of KVT-Fastening AG (Switzerland) and CEO of Viterra Sicherheit & Service GmbH (Germany). Also divisional head of Siemens Building Technologies AG (Switzerland) and Continental AG (Germany).
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CEO Division Ammotec
Member of the Group Executive Board
Andreas Berger
Born 1959, Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2018
RUAG MRO Switzerland is a leading independent provider of integration, upgrade and maintenance services for land-based defence and security systems. Its in-house product portfolio comprises one-of-a-kind subsystems and components for national and international customers.
Dipl. Ing. in electrical engineering, ETH
Extensive experience in industry including amongst others: member of divisional management at RUAG Defence and SVP Network Enabled Operations; Operations Director Switzerland at Johnson Controls; Business Unit Leader at Johnson Controls; CEO at Swissphone; General Manager Orell Füssli Security Documents.
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CEO Division RUAG MRO Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Board
Urs Kiener
born 1965, Swiss national
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2002
Finance & Controlling defines benchmarks and key figures to manage the activities of the RUAG Group in accordance with the provisions of the Group strategy. The main focus is on professional risk management, efficient cash management, financial discipline and transparency, and clarity and openness in communication. Corporate Procurement standardizes and optimizes procurement processes throughout the RUAG Group.
Group Risk Management supports RUAG's internationalization with the implementation of a company-wide risk management process, assessments and tools.
RUAG Real Estate is the centre of expertise for managing RUAG's real estate assets internationally. The main tasks of RUAG Real Estate are to improve the return on investment, increase the value of RUAG's considerable real estate portfolio and to acquire, plan, develop and manage production areas and infrastructure for the divisions and their business units. RUAG Environment recycles electrical and electronic appliances and is a specialist in industrial waste disposal.
Diploma from the Business School of the Berne University of Applied Sciences; Master of Corporate Finance, IFZ Zug.
Various positions in finance, controlling, accounting, including as Head of Finance and Accounting at RUAG Holding Ltd. and Head of Corporate Controlling, Valora Group.
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Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Group Executive Board
Dr. Christian Ferber
born 1965, Switzerland
Member of the Group Executive Board since 2012
Corporate Human Resources is a strategic business partner to the divisions. Its main areas of focus are ensuring that RUAG is erceived as an attractive employer, developing a corporate culture centred on the needs of the market and customers, fostering and developing the skills of employees and managers, and engaging in dialogue with internal employee representatives and social partners.
Doctorate in Law, University of Zurich
Swiss federal diploma in human resources management
Leading positions in Human Resources at the District Court of Zurich, Ford Motor Company (Switzerland) SA, Coca-Cola Beverages (Switzerland) AG and Sunrise Communications AG.
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Chief Human Resource Officer
Member of the Group Executive Board
Dr. Judith Bischof
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors
born 1974, Switzerland
Group Executive Board member since 2018
As a business partner, Corporate Legal and Compliance advises the RUAG business units on all legal and compliance matters. It generates corporate added value by minimising legal risks, seizing contractual opportunities and ensuring compliance with laws and rules of conduct.
Executive MBA University of St.Gallen (HSG)
Master of International Business and Law, University of Sydney
Admitted to the bar in the Canton of Zurich
Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) University of Zurich
Master's Degree (Lic. iur.) University of Zurich
General Counsel and Member of the Executive Committee of Ascom Holding AG
Lawyer at Lenz & Staehelin firm
Foreign Associate at Covington & Burling LLP
Legal Clerk at Zurich District Court
Other appointments
Member of the Swissmem Judicial Commission
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors
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Jodie Marsh shows off her busty figure in extremely low-cut skeleton jumpsuit
The former glamour model wore the revealing outfit in her own personal gym
JODIE Marsh showed that she certainly wasn't 'bone idle' as she took a snap in her own personal gym.
The former glamour model, 37, revealed her busty figure in a low-cut halterneck skeleton jumpsuit.
She posed in front of her weights as she showed off the muscled in her arms by pulling them over her head.
Her pink trainers matched her candyfloss hair and lipstick.
In a second snap she posed with a hand on her hip and showed off her tats.
The bodybuilder dyed her hair pastel pink last month, writing: ""I have news.
"Today the very talented and amazing @chris_dios_ dyed my hair pastel pink all over and used extensions by @roxy_hair_extensions_suppliers to match!!!
"I've been at the @tony_adem salon for about 5 hours and it was sooooo worth it. I love it".
And her pleasure was matched by her fans who lined up to praise the new 'do.
One said: "I'm so jealous @jodiemarshtv it's amazing!"
Another added: "Love love love it x".
The former glamour model's new look came just a day after she revealed her strict new rules for any future boyfriends.
The 37-year-old admitted she'd been emotionally burned by her soon-to-be ex-husband James Placido and her trust issues with men have been reconfirmed as a result.
"James wasn't who I thought he was. When it all ended, it was very intense – I didn't know what he'd do. As my marriage started to unravel, I could finally see the big picture," Jodie explained.
The star split from her husband in April after tying the knot with him in August last year.
She now says she has been "put off men" and wouldn't consider dating one again without employing strict background checks.
Jodie told Reveal magazine: "If I was to date a man now, I'd have to take out a full history and credit check on him, and I'd hire a private investigator."
Earlier this month she revealed how she had transformed her home into a grotto fit for Santa Claus himself with Christmas trees, stockings, glittery lights and even REINDEER.
Jodie went to town on her "insane" decorations and was eager to share her sparkling home with her Instagram followers.
They branded her "Christmas nuts" as she took to the photo-sharing site to upload eight snaps showing different rooms and decorations, with a sophisticated sparkling silver tree taking pride of place in the lounge.
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PARIS — Buffeted by a political scandal, a stagnant economy and angry public reaction to an investigative report about secret offshore bank accounts, President François Hollande on Wednesday announced the creation of a position of special prosecutor to pursue cases of corruption and tax fraud, and vowed to eradicate tax havens "in Europe and the world."
As he spoke, one of those tax havens, Luxembourg, announced that it would bow to pressure from its European allies and begin forwarding the details of its foreign clients' accounts to their home governments. Luxembourg, with only half a million people and a banking sector more than 20 times the size of its gross domestic product, is one of Europe's largest financial centers and has been compared to Cyprus, a fellow member of the euro zone that, until recently, had a huge banking sector fueled by foreign money.
Luxembourg's announcement came a day after five of the biggest European countries — Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain — agreed to exchange banking data and create their own automatic tax data exchange. That mechanism would be modeled on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, passed by Congress in 2010 to track the overseas assets of Americans who might be dodging taxes.
The European governments said they hoped that the information exchange would not only help in catching and deterring tax evaders but also provide a "template" for a future, wider multilateral agreement. In a joint letter released Tuesday, they urged the European Union commissioner responsible for taxation, Algirdas Semeta, to work to get all 27 members of the European Union to sign up.
The announcements come a week after the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists announced that it had obtained confidential information relating to tens of thousands of offshore bank accounts and shell companies. The leaked data, which centered on the Caribbean and especially the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, embarrassed European governments, including Luxembourg, by showing how wealthy citizens routinely hide assets, sometimes illegally, and avoid paying taxes by setting up offshore companies.
The report has set off a scramble by governments to calm public anger over widespread tax dodging by the rich when governments are cutting budgets and calling on citizens to pay higher taxes.
The journalist consortium, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, disclosed confidential information on more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and nearly 130,000 individuals and agents, including 4,000 Americans. But the consortium has refused requests by governments for access to the files, saying that it is not an arm of law enforcement. Newspapers working with the group, including Le Monde of France and Le Soir of Belgium, have said they will not hand over data to the authorities.
Britain has been especially embarrassed, because many of the accounts are in the Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and the Cayman Islands, all British overseas territories. But British officials insist that London cannot tell the local governments what to do. The British cited new arrangements with the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey to exchange financial and tax information, and said London was already "in discussions" with its various overseas territories.
Mr. Hollande's announcement, made on national television, was prompted by a domestic political crisis over official morality in a country with weak rules for public disclosure of the assets of politicians and ministers. In addition to creating the prosecutor position, he ordered cabinet ministers to disclose their finances and asked legislators to do the same. He also promised to create an independent authority to monitor the assets and possible conflicts of interest of senior officials and legislators.
Mr. Hollande said French banks would be required to declare all their global subsidiaries, adding, "I will not hesitate to consider any country that refuses to fully cooperate with France as a tax haven."
Mr. Hollande, a Socialist, has been in office less than a year, but his job approval ratings in opinion polls are at a record low, and there is a growing militancy in the opposition against him from both the far left and the center-right. With headlines calling him "Mr. Weak" and asking whether he is "up to the task," Mr. Hollande and his aides see Wednesday's announcement as a means to assert authority, change the conversation and regain momentum.
The scandal over Jérôme Cahuzac, the budget minister who lied about having undeclared bank accounts overseas, has gone to the heart of the Socialists' claim to be a scrupulously honest and transparent alternative to the previous administration, led byNicolas Sarkozy. Mr. Cahuzac was fired and expelled from the party, but that the minister in charge of fighting tax fraud had committed it himself has been deeply damaging.
On Wednesday, the European Union issued a report warning Spain and Slovenia about dangerous macroeconomic imbalances, but it offered serious concerns about France as well. France's resilience to external shocks is "diminishing" and its medium-term growth prospects are "increasingly hampered by long-standing imbalances," the report said, noting that France's share of European Union exports declined by 11.2 percent from 2006 to 2011, while rising labor costs have damaged competitiveness.
The move by Luxembourg toward disclosure leaves Austria as the lone holdout in the European Union. It pays a 35 percent withholding tax on the interest income of accounts held by foreigners in Austrian banks to their country of residence, but refuses to disclose the account holders' identities.
Luxembourg acknowledged that it was negotiating a bilateral information exchange with the United States as part of the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which was a crucial development in its decision to come clean with Europe.
"The heart of it is that they'll be providing account data to the United States," said Ben Jones, a tax expert in London at Eversheds, a global law firm. "If they get to that point, they can hardly continue keeping it from Europe."


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Sarah Becca's Soups - About Us
So what is behind Sarah Becca's Soups? Well, first of all my beautiful wife Sarah and her incredible tasting recipes!! But how did this company or idea start? Well…. It took me getting really sick!!! Our children are all adults so it was just myself and Sarah at home so were we eating out more often and cooking less. Unfortunately when I got sick I wasn't able to leave the house very often. Sarah is used to being busy and likes to keep busy so she decided since we couldn't go anywhere she would start cooking. I should say start cooking again!!! Sarah's parents had restaurants around the Seattle area and Sarah worked in them while growing up. As an adult she spent some time working at a private school as a "House Mom" where she did a lot of cooking for a large group of hungry boys!!! As a matter of fact the "Chicken Coconut Curry" was one of the favorites with the boys!!! Sarah has also owned and operated a couple of restaurants. So you can see that Sarah had been cooking for many years but being a businesswoman in a different industry she was busy and wasn't spending a lot of time cooking anymore!
Sarah came up with 15 great recipes for a variety of soups, stews, curries and chowders. Oh, and by the way we ate a lot of soup getting these recipes just right. These recipes are not just something to have as a side dish or starter!! They are meals all on their own and are very hardy and thick!! A lot of time and effort went into finding the right suppliers for the ingredients for our soups. We wanted to make sure we were offering a healthy and high quality product. None of our recipes have MSG some are gluten free and a lot of it is organic.
So believing this would be a great business and knowing that people would love my Wife's recipes as much as family, friends and myself have, I started working on the packaging and designing the labels as well as the name "Sarah Becca's". I love my wife's full name!! Sarah Rebecca!! So liking the short version for Rebecca, I called the soups "Sarah Becca's Soups"!! Her father loves the name as well! He called her Sarah Becca all the time when she was a little girl. I can just picture Sarah standing on a chair stirring a pot of soup and her Father saying Great soup Sarah Becca!!! I am going to do my best to make sure people get to try my wife's recipes and I believe once you try them you will be happy that I got sick and Sarah started to cook again!!
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When it comes to ]]>vasectomy]]> , the most important decision a man will make is not how it will be done—it's a safe, relatively painless, and straightforward procedure—but why it should be done. The choice may seem uncomplicated, but it's tied to ego and lifestyle, perceptions, and values. One thing, though, is clear: If you have a vasectomy, say doctors, you'll probably never father another child, no matter what those highway billboards and newspaper ads may say about vasectomy reversal.
After John's wife gave birth to their third child, John did not run out to buy diapers or open a mutual fund for his new offspring's college education. Instead, he called his doctor and scheduled his own trip to the hospital. John, a Dallas journalist, figured that his wife had done her job. Now it was time for him to do his.
John is one of the half million American men who get a vasectomy every year. Most are like John—men in their late thirties or early forties who have fathered all of the children they intend to father. But a significant minority, say doctors, are men in their twenties who haven't yet had children and have decided they don't want to.
"Those are the people that we try to talk out of vasectomy," says Peter Nieh, MD, a urologist at the Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts. "The thing we stress is that vasectomy is a permanent form of birth control, no matter what you hear about vasectomy reversal. Just because you think you don't want children now doesn't mean you'll think that way later."
In fact, making the decision for the best reasons is the most difficult part about undergoing a vasectomy. As medical procedures go, it's relatively uncomplicated. Literally, the procedure is just a cut and a snip that can take as little as 20 minutes in your doctor's office. Vasectomy is more than 99% effective, and in almost every case leaves you functioning as well sexually as you did before.
What isn't as simple is deciding why you should have a vasectomy, says Michael Warren, MD, the chief of the division of urology at the University of Texas-Galveston Medical Branch. There are almost no medical reasons (save for a tiny number of men who have a chronic infection of the testicles) why a man should have a vasectomy. Contrast this with the plight of many middle-aged women who must undergo a ]]>hysterectomy]]> for a variety of health concerns and who must undergo a more complicated and riskier surgery in which their fallopian tubes are tied.
Sperm are the reproductive cells in men and are formed in the seminiferous tubules of the testes. During sexual climax, sperm emerge from the testes through two narrow tubes called the vas deferens and mix with semen to form ejaculate. The purpose of vasectomy is to cut and tie the vas deferens, so that sperm cannot get through. Instead, the sperm are harmlessly absorbed by the body. You will still ejaculate semen (and it will still feel the same) during a post-vasectomy orgasm. It just won't be fertile.
In a conventional vasectomy, local anesthetic is injected and an incision made on each side of the scrotum, which is the sac containing the testes. Each of the two vas deferens tubes is cut and tied off. It is a very simple, 15-20 minute procedure. No-scalpel vasectomy, in which a special tool is used to make an opening in the scrotum instead of a scalpel incision, is even simpler. You will most likely be awake throughout either procedure.
Have a vasectomy on a Friday, and you'll be back at work on Monday to endure the odd wisecrack from your colleagues (which is what happened to John). The only catch is that there will probably still be some sperm present in your ejaculate for a couple of months after the operation, so you'll be asked to have two sperm counts done after approximately 20-25 ejaculations. Use some form of birth control until these two semen analyses have shown that all is clear.
Swelling, bruising, and pain are the most common complaints immediately after the procedure. However these usually subside quickly and respond well to ice packs, mild pain relievers, scrotal support, and rest. Don't plan on doing any heavy work or physical activity for at least 72 hours after surgery.
You should note no change in your libido or sex drive, because vasectomy prevents only the escape of sperm, not the release of testosterone, which drives your libido.
In the 1970s, studies on vasectomized animals showed an increase in hardening of the arteries, which is a precursor to heart disease. Researchers speculated that sperm antibodies, produced by many men following vasectomy, could be responsible for this increased risk. However, a multimillion dollar program of research since that time reveals that there do not appear to be any increased health risks in men who undergo vasectomy. As a matter of fact, there is some evidence showing that vasectomized men had 1/3 fewer deaths from all causes, with the exception of accidents and violence.
All vasectomies should be considered permanent. A reverse vasectomy is a risky and expensive proposition, with no better than a 50% chance of success. The very effectiveness of a vasectomy makes the reversal that much chancier. Once the doctor snips the vas deferens in two and ties the ends off (or coagulates them with electrical current from a battery-operated device that resembles a soldering iron), they tend to stay apart, reversal or not.
In a reversal, the doctor must untie the vas deferens (or cut them apart if they have been coagulated) and stitch them back together. This is a tedious, laborious, and time-consuming process that can take as long as four hours and cost up to 10 times as much as a vasectomy. Most importantly, there is no guarantee it will work. The reconnected vas deferens, say doctors, may not stay together or may not remain sperm-tight.
Says Dr. Warren, "Perhaps if men knew how difficult a reverse vasectomy was and how often it didn't work, they'd think twice about getting a vasectomy."
For John, the only pains in his decision were the cracks from his colleagues and a soreness in his groin for a couple of days. He doesn't have any regrets. "Sometimes," he says, "a man's got to do what a man's got to do."
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I JUST burned 40 years' worth of diaries. I didn't plan to — or rather, I had always planned to, once I knew I was dying, or so old that I would soon lack the energy to gather wood. But I woke one morning and knew it was time to let it all go.
I yanked open the flue, started a small log fire and began laying on the books. They burned slowly, at first, reluctant. A few pages caught, charred edges smoldered across my handwriting, plumes of thick smoke funneled lazily into the chimney. Small hard-covered volumes, bound with thread and taped up the side, most of them from an old French stationer, their plasticized glossy lapis blue or turquoise covers shrank and shriveled. I had thought that color would keep away the evil eye. The eye that would pry. The eye that would judge.
I didn't want anyone else reading my diaries, ever.
Diaries are irresistible. And I am an unregenerate snoop. I will read any diary left in my path. I've even bent my path toward diaries carelessly left lying around. I know it is horrid of me, but I can't help it. I've even read diaries in other people's homes, that's how bad I am (and that's as close as I'll come to confessing the most outrageous violation of privacy I ever committed, which turned out to be a life-altering experience — karmic return — and I promised myself I would never, ever do such a thing again).
Privacy was, perhaps, the proximate cause of my recent pyromania. My sons were spending the summer with me, probably the last one at my home. They were on the verge of departing into their own adulthoods, moving into their own first homes. It had struck me, several years earlier, that once children get to a certain age, the age at which they start keeping their own secrets, becoming opaque to those who love them most, the age at which they start doing things they cannot dream of their parents ever having done, they (the children, that is) become voraciously curious about what exactly their parents did do, what were their secrets, who were they, anyway? Once children get curious that way, nothing puts them off the scent.
I should know. I spent years as an adolescent rooting around in my parents' closets looking for letters, sorting through boxes of letters and photographs, riffling through sock drawers, searching for clues about who they were, how they came together, why on earth I was on earth?Continue reading the main story
There were plenty of people I wanted to smoke out of my life. Come to think of it, several months earlier, one of them, about whom I had written in my diaries copiously, tearfully, had recently popped unceremoniously back into my life after decades of absence, petulantly demanding to be returned to his pedestal, or at least to my bed. Perhaps a roaring fire would put to rest the Undead.
The urge to burn may have been born, long ago, of the old prayer I said on my knees every night as a child: "If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." My soul lived in my diaries, and that weighed on me; by the time I was in my 40s, if I died before I woke, I wanted Someone to snatch my diaries before anyone else did.
I started keeping journals when I was 14. I was compulsive about it. I scribbled daily — and as I went through college, I filled hundreds of pages with dense, colorful ink, going right to the edge, ignoring the light threads of red margin markers, denying paragraphs their breaks, my nib flattening under the pressure of the stream of soul pouring forth. A psychiatrist once told me that I was obviously trying to psychoanalyze myself, which, professionally speaking, is considered impossible. But there certainly was — and has always been — a form of therapy in keeping journals. It is a way of self-soothing, as an adult, a way of rubbing the satin corner of your blankie against your finger when you're anxious about separation, or too worked up to fall asleep.
As I raked up my burn pile that fateful morning, reaching for old journals secreted in hatboxes, piled in trunks, smothered at the bottom of dress bags, I riffled through the pages, reading. I was shocked that even things that had happened 20, 30 years ago felt as familiar and as raw as if they had happened yesterday. That so unnerved me that I stopped reading. I didn't want to wade back into those depths, where a powerful riptide still churned. Worse, I was struck by the repetition of patterns over the years: the way hurt yearning in 1977 sounded like pained longing in 2007.
I wrote about the bad boyfriends, the mean girls, the lying and cheating knaves I loved. I wrote about the wrenching pain of postpartum depression, the confusion and fear of becoming a mother, when I didn't have a clue how to do that gracefully, kindly, compassionately; I mulled over the unalloyed sadness of a dying marriage and the pure misery of mourning the passing of a hope that, before it fled, sowed the seeds of two beautiful boys. Certainly not the sort of detritus I wanted those boys to sift through if I died before I woke.
Life really is like a game of Chutes and Ladders, I thought, taking the long view while nosing around, and burning up, my life. You work hard to climb, and you get lucky, too; you're ambling along when suddenly, wham, you roll wrong, you make a stupid move, and you're perilously upside down the slide. You've got to pick yourself up and start the climb over again. It gets wearying after a while.
That's the starkest pattern in all of our lives. It takes so long to get the hang of it, the slipping, sliding and starting over, that by the time we're old enough to know that the climb is everything, the whole story, the destination doesn't matter, we're tired enough to let wisdom in, to move efficiently, thoughtfully, to finally stop and enjoy the view along the way.
Burning those diaries, I realized I didn't want my sons to know how profoundly I had suffered from the slides down the chutes, the tumbles through the holes that gaped open in the scaffolding of my life. That would be too hard for them. I wanted them to remember me as one who clambers back. That's the person they grew up with. A person who picks herself up and gets going again.
Back through the years, I threw journals onto the pile. I couldn't stop. The fire became huge and hot and loud; the pages didn't smolder but burst into lashing flame, the books buckled and popped. Embers rocketed across the hearth; ashes blew sideways and drifted into the room.
The heat became so intense I had to back off. It was thrilling, in an atavistic, cavewomanish kind of way. I wondered if I were going to regret my spontaneous combustion — when it was too late to do anything about it. Another old pattern.
I write memoirs. And I write about my life in a blog. But as I'm constantly saying to people who wonder how I can reveal so much about myself (especially as, at heart, I am a shy person), I'm not publishing my diaries. I'm not revealing so very much, when I write, that isn't in all of us. It is kind of like the old saw about having it all. Readers never get it all. They get some of all of it. Everything I write is true. But I don't write about everything true. I shape, I cut, I feint and dodge; I want to get to something that is uniquely mine, and at the same time ours, too.
As the journals burned, I watched in horrified fascination, as if it were some other person laying the books onto the fire, to entertain or torture me. The fire had a violent beauty. And I did think, whoa, there goes a lot of material. But I also thought, good riddance. I've made what I could of that material.
I'd like to tell you that it was a profoundly, mystically cleansing experience, that I laid a lot of pain and anger to rest on that funeral pyre. Oddly, I felt only a numb relief. And a certain amount of anguish that now it was time to clean up the mess I had made of my heart. I mean, my hearth.
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Dreamworks must be one of the most successful companies to be the result of a feud.
Jeffrey Katzenberg had been at Walt Disney Animation, there during its 1980s lull and the start of the "Disney Renaissance." After a fight with Michael Eisner, he left Disney and started Dreamworks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. The first film announced to be released by the animation division would be "The Prince of Egypt," an animated musical telling the story of Moses. While some people view it as a massive "Fuck you" to Disney, it came at a time where every movie studio was desperately trying to emulate Disney and either succeeding ("Anastasia," "The Prince of Egypt") or failing massively ("Quest for Camelot," "The King and I").
In the midst of the Disney Renaissance was the release of "Toy Story," which proved to be a big hit for the brand new Pixar. While Pixar proceeded to work on a sequel on "Toy Story," they also announced a project called "Bugs," which would focus on a neurotic ant who ends up being a hero, while also falling in love with the princess of the colony. The same year of the release of what was retitled "A Bugs Life," Dreamworks released what ended up being its first film, "Antz," a movie about a neurotic ant who ends up being a hero, while also falling in love with the princess of the colony. I will firmly argue "The Prince of Egypt" is not a giant middle finger to Disney, but if this film isn't, I don't know what is.
"Antz" does follow the barebones narrative description of "A Bugs Life," but it also could be described as an animated Woody Allen film. It is a movie with a distinctly mature sense of humor that deals a lot with our place in the world. It's also a movie in which Woody Allen plays an overbearing creep who kidnaps the female lead, whom he's obsessed with.
Allen voices Z, a neurotic worker ant who struggles with his day-to-day life in the colony. While he gets along well with fellow worker Azteca (Jennifer Lopez) and Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), a soldier ant, he still finds himself depressed. After Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) decides to visit the bar the colony congregates at, Z becomes infatuated and poses as a warrior ant. After surviving a battle with termites, he is welcomed home as a war hero, but decides to kidnap Princess Bala, who is currently engaged to the fascist leader of the army, General Mandible (Gene Hackman).
When writing about "Despicable Me," I addressed the idea of what is adult humor in animated films. Animation can result in movies strictly for adults, such as "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut," or it can result in family movies that have incredibly mature jokes that are clever and sophisticated, such as in quite a few Disney films, "Despicable Me," and "The Peanuts Movie*".
Then there is the type of bawdy, gross out humor you find in Dreamworks movies, which I'll refer to as "Dreamworks Humor." Dreamworks Humor is often associated with all computer-animated Dreamworks films post-"Shrek" and tend to deal in double entendres that kids won't understand, gross out humor kids will find funny, and sometimes implied or outright sexual discussions. Dreamworks Humor is found throughout "Antz," which between that and how dark the film is, I am tempted to suggest it's not actually a family film and is instead an animated film that managed to get a PG rating. I stopped keeping track of all of the jokes and lines in this film that surprised me, but I did count a comment about drinking from the anus of an aphid, a joke about inbreeding, a scene with bugs eating poop–which, to be fair, is realistic–and a line where Z says Bala had a chance to be in his "erotic fantasies."
None of these lines make you go, "Oh my God, I can't believe they went there," like some lines in "Shrek." It feels more like you're watching a comedian who thinks they're edgy saying a bunch of things in an attempt to shock you and make you laugh like Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, or Ali Wong, but they instead just make you have a really uncomfortable night at a club. This is Dreamworks Humor taken to an extreme, which might be the result of it being the studio's first film and it ultimately being a film to answer the question of, "What if Woody Allen were an ant?"
The film also has the distinct feeling of being rushed. The animation looks awful, although you have to credit Dreamworks on getting the anatomy of bugs right. It doesn't have the eye-searing shoddiness you find in "Delgo" or "Foodfight," but there is a very rough feel to every single detail in this film. What particularly hurts it is the fact it was released the same year as both "A Bug's Life" and "The Prince of Egypt," which show us you can have very unique and beautiful animated details of grass, water, and leaves and that Dreamworks did have the technology to have richly detailed CGI in animation, even though "The Prince of Egypt" is a traditionally animated film. The timing of this just feels unfortunate, but when would have been a good time to release a movie that is little more than the equivalent of sending a bag of dicks to Michael Eisner and telling him to eat it? A movie doesn't have to match the level of artistry found with Pixar movies, but even "Despicable Me," which was made on a smaller budget, had a unique and even whimsical look to it. The film also has an annoying feeling of several frames looking like they were all put through a tilt shift lens, which feels weird since this is animated, but most of the film has a very clear area that is focused in the middle, and the rest looks very blurry. Maybe this was because I was watching it on Netflix on my laptop, but it added to the film feeling like it had a rushed production.
What's worse is Dreamworks' first outing is incredibly boring, even if it briefly addresses totalitarianism and fascism. Not every animated film needs to be filled with bright colors, but the script is needlessly tedious. It wasn't until 19 minutes into the movie I laughed, and that was at a good sight gag. There can even be very serious animated films–minus three massive flaws, I would argue "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is darker and more adult than this–but this is just dull and feels like a first-draft of a movie.
There are some situations where beating a competitor can pay off, but this shows it doesn't help when there's a subpar product. Thankfully, there were two better films released that year, one of which was made by the same studio that made "Antz."


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Another M6076, Palmer and Pletsch princess-seamed shirt. I've been altering the pattern (off and on) for a year now, working to get the perfect fit for me.
I think the original sleeve-into-torso seam was somewhat more dropped than what I've ended up with. I'm quite happy with the fit of this shirt - it really conforms to me, and the long curved princess-seams are flattering. Below is a photo of me wearing the Princess, recently, at Disneyland.
Note that this denim is the very, very light weight variety, it looks more like chambray. Princess Periwinkle comes, of course, from Nîmes, the origin of our modern denim fabric.
|A trip to see the holiday decorations at Disneyland with Cousin Martha, motivated me to get the Princess finished!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim Discusses source of denim in Nîmes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periwinkle_(color) - Periwinkles seem to be related to vinca - a rather invasive European flower a lot of people plant around here, and are then often sorry to have done so! I love the blue color though, much like the one in this shirt. It's also referred to as 'lavender blue' - I wonder if that's where the Burl Ives song (it's really an old folk song but he popularized it in the 1960's) comes from? I always wondered about that, because all the lavender I know is purple


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When I consider deeply the Vow of Amida, which arose from five kalpas of profound thought, I realise that it was entirely for the sake of myself alone! Then how I am filled with gratitude for the Primal Vow, in which Amida resolved to save me, though I am burdened with such heavy karma. (CWS, p. 679)
Shinran Shonin thought deeply about the Vow of Amida Buddha. He heard the voice of Amida Buddha calling in Namo Amida Butsu and he answered the call: 'Namo Amida Butsu'!
Shinran was born into a world that was marked by a society riven by war and violence, and a natural environment that was replete with famine and disease. It was not a benevolent, gently compassionate world. It was that very stark, harsh and unforgiving world, that very circumstance, which prevailed when he entered monastic life to seek salvation for all suffering beings.
Shinran's twenty years of seeking brought him ever deepening disappointment and a growing awareness at his own inability to deliver himself and others from birth-and-death; at his gradual realisation that hope of joining the ranks of the truly settled on the path to becoming Buddha were fading. It was no wonder that, in meeting Honen Shonin's bright and radiant message of the Primal Vow, he knew at last the true deliverance by Other Power.
But Shinran's deep consideration also brought greater light because he saw that for the endless æons that he was 'transmigrating in the three realms unable to emerge from [the] burning house [of birth-and-death]' there was another, who as a result of many æons of ceaseless endeavour, was waiting for him to return his call, his sacred call.
From [the] treasure ocean of oneness form was manifested, taking the name of Bodhisattva Dharmakara, who, through establishing the unhindered Vow as the cause, became Amida Buddha. (CWS, p. 486)
And …
He was full of courage and vigor, and being resolute in his acts, knew no fatigue. Seeking solely that which was pure and undefiled, he brought benefit to all beings. He revered the three treasures and served his teachers and elders. He fulfilled all the various kinds of practices, embellishing himself with great adornments, and brought all sentient beings to the attainment of virtues. (CWS, p. 95-6)
One working for the sake of the other, endlessly: the Buddha striving for the salvation of Shinran; Shinran gradually exhausting all of his effort, his options and his choices. And, then, the two finally meet in Namo Amida Butsu.
Shinran clearly reflected on this truth again and again. As he says, it was lucid, deep, joyful, and awe-inspiring thought. Its scale is incalculable; the chances of such a meeting almost so small as to be inconceivable.
That is how it is for everyone who accepts Namo Amida Butsu in a single thought of entrusting.
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Free afghan pattern from Winkie Flash
Today we have something extra-special for you lovely readers as Wink from A Creative Being has stopped by to share her pattern for a groovy afghan inspired by a psychedelic blanket from Etsy. So over to Wink…
This pattern uses US crochet terms – check out The Making Spot's full list and conversions here
You will need:
- a crochet hook (5mm)
- yarn (Stylecraft Special DK)
- a pair of scissors
- a darning needle
Let's get started! 🙂
1. Start by chaining 40, plus 1 for turning so we keep an even stitch count (this is just for the example; when you make an afghan the count doesn't really matter! Just make it as long as you would like the afghan to be wide).
So: ch 41
2. Turn and work a sc in each stitch, by putting your hook in the bump on the back of the chain. This creates a neater finish. You could also use a chainless single crochet foundation stitch; if you choose to do so, you can skip step one.
Continue until you reach the end of the chain. Cut the yarn and pull through the loop on your hook.
So: sc 40 (40)
3. Make another row of sc's, but don't turn your work! We are working from right to left here, every single round. Start with a standing single crochet by making a slip knot on your hook and starting the sc like you normally would, and crochet in the back loops only. (remind yourself to crochet all sc's in the blo's from now on)
So: blo, sc around (40)
4. Now it's time to change colour. We're going to do this after every row from now on. With the new colour, starting on the right hand side, start with a standing single crochet stitch, and sc 5, back loops only. Then make a double crochet but put your hook through the stitch in the second row below, using the ridge of the front loop. Make 10 single crochets and make another front loop double crochet in the second row below, and repeat this till the end of your work. (when making the dc, skip a stitch when making the next sc. the dc counts as one stitch).
So: blo, sc 5, *fldc in 2nd row below, sc 10* (40)
5. Change colour again, start with a standing single crochet stitch on the right hand side and single crochet 6 times before making the front loop double crochet. If you look at your work, you can see that you are moving the double crochet one stitch to the left on each row, so they sit next to each other! 🙂 You no longer have to count your stitches; just single crochet in the dc from the previous round and then make a front loop dc next to that.
So: blo, sc 6, *fldc in 2nd row below, sc 10* (40)
If you continue in this fashion you'll quickly see the dc's creating diagonal lines across your work. And that's all there is to it! 🙂 Easy, right?
And this is how far I've gotten on my groovy-ghan so far:
A really big thank you to Winkieflash for sharing this gorgeous pattern with us, it's just what we need to brighten up a grey January day!
If you want to see more from Wink make sure you check out her blog winkieflash.nl and follower her on Twitter @Winkieflash


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Saturday, May 1, 2010
avocado cheese-cake
dah lama pengen buat...
pokat rada susyeh disini..
sekali2 ada impor dr aussie..mahalnya naujubillah...
gapapalah..beli 3 biji...demi seloyang avocado cheese-cake yang nyeeeessss...
Cake base vanilla sponge cake OR biscuit base
A) 400 gr cream cheese cake, 100 gr sugar
B) 150 gr avocado, 2 tbsp lemon juice
C) 2 tbsp gelatine 50 gr water
D) 100 gr yogurt E) 100 wipping cream
Whip topping cream, whipped.
Avocado, diced
Cake base: Cut the spogge cake fit to your mould size
1) Cream (A) until light. Place (B) in blender and blend until smooth
. Add it nto (A) and mix until well blended
2) Mix (C) and pleace it over double-boiler. Stir until it dissolves. Add it into the cheese mixture from step (1) Mix until well combined.
3. Add (D) and mix until evenly blended.
4. Whip the cream in (E) until soft peaks (do not over-whip the cream as it will separate). Fold the cream into the the mixture from step (3) and mix until well combined.
5. Pour the the cheese filling into the prepared mould over the cake base. Smooth the surface. refrigarate for 4 haous or until set
6. unmould the cake. garnish with cream n diced avocado
Labels: cheese-cake
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While professors, scholars, and other academics in the early 2000s cautioned students not to consult Wikipedia at all when researching, attitudes concerning the popular online encyclopedia are shifting, according to some Harvard professors.
Some professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences said they see Wikipedia as more acceptable, even as a website that students can peruse for somewhat reliable information. Although they still warned students to be wary when using Wikipedia, some professors no longer look at the site with the same criticism.
"Basically like most faculty, I've had a grouchy opinion about Wikipedia," said Sean J. Gilsdorf, a lecturer on History and Literature. "My attitude has turned into one [of], rather than complaining about it, why don't we try to do good things with it."
Distrust for Wikipedia has been replaced by a realization that the site can be "a good source for certain areas," including basic scientific data and formulae, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris said. This realization comes after previous condemnation of the site as "not academic," Gilsdorf said.
"Wikipedia is a good first place for many people to do research," English professor Stephen L. Burt '93 said. "It is often wrong, but everything is sometimes wrong, and we should double-check everything."
Burt said professors' criticism of Wikipedia also did not prevent students from using the site in the past. "I think it's become more acceptable to use it as a first start, or, rather, it's become clearer that people start there anyway, whether or not they're told it's OK," he said. "The important thing is not to stop there."
Ultimately, students and faculty members should be held accountable to the same standards for Wikipedia usage, according to some professors.
"The guilty secret of most academics is that they're using Wikipedia, when they're telling their students not to," Gilsdorf said.
English Department Chair W. James Simpson echoed Gilsdorf in saying that professors consult the site just like students. "I use Wikipedia each day, so why should I not signal its value, with appropriate caution, to my students?" Simpson wrote in an email to The Crimson. "I do."
Faculty members pointed out several advantages of Wikipedia's online format. Burt said the site can be "very useful" for students who are researching pop cultural phenomena, new technology, and other contemporary topics.
"Various Wikis often have more information than academically-sanctioned databases because the academically sanctioned databases take longer to get processed and indexed and because fans often know more than academics," he said.
With a click of the mouse, students can access a wealth of information in a matter of seconds, according to professors.
"I think the collective encyclopedia is one of the truly thrilling innovations of our time," wrote Simpson. "Of course one must exercise critical judgment, and of course one must independently check facts from Wikipedia, but the standard is remarkably high and the range astonishing."
At the same time, however, some faculty members said students should not jump the online encyclopedia right away in the research process.
"I do know that there is a debate going on about how authoritative it is, whether it's credible, but I think it's probably credible for Facebook arguments, but not so much for a scholarly piece of writing," said FAS Registrar Michael P. Burke, who serves as a freshman adviser. "Would I feel proud about using that as a source? No, I wouldn't."
Other professors, in addition to noting Wikipedia's usefulness for background research purposes, have incorporated Wikipedia into their course syllabi.
Over the course of the semester, Gilsdorf has groups of students in History and Literature 90g: "Charlemagne: Histories, Stories, Myths" develop Wikipedia pages "on some theme, place, or individual critical to Carolingian society," according to the course syllabus. Instead of term papers, the groups learn about writing copy, navigating fair use policies, and producing bias-neutral content, either by creating new Wikipedia pages or by taking Wikipedia stubs and revamping them.
Past student-designed projects, which still can be accessed on Wikipedia, include the revamped wiki pages for Emma of Normandy, Adeliza of Louvain, and Pippin the Hunchback, Gilsdorf said.
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Getting to Conwy County
By Rail
Conwy county is easy to reach by fast and frequent services from most parts of Britain. There are regular connecting services between Llandudno and London Euston, as well as a direct rail service from Manchester Piccadilly station. Along the coast, there are also stations at: Pensarn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Penmaenmawr, and Llanfairfechan.
Further information is available from National Rail Enquiries website or www.thetrainline.com
Travel inland on the Conwy Valley line. It runs from Llandudno through Snowdonia to Betws-y-Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog. Further information is available from the Conwy Valley Railway website.
The Train Taxi website provides information on taxi transfers
If you're visiting from overseas, a 'BritRail Pass' is an inexpensive way for you to travel throughout the UK. It's available to non-UK residents only and must be purchased before leaving your home country. For further information, visit the Brit Rail website.
By Car
From the North West use the M56 and A55 expressway. From the Midlands and the south of England use the M6, M5 and M1. For a scenic route from the Midlands take the A5 via Shrewsbury and Llangollen.
For useful information on planning your journey by car to Conwy:
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By Coach
The National Express coach network stops at Llandudno and other coastal towns. For further information, visit the Go By Coach website.
By Ferry
Irish Ferries and Stena Line sail to Holyhead from Dublin. For further information, visit the Irish Ferries and Stena Line websites.
By Air
Both Manchester and Liverpool airports are within easy reach with direct transfers by road, coach and train. Visit the Manchester Airport and Liverpool Airport websites for further information.


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Irvine Valley's baseball team was shut out by Saddleback for the second time this week, losing to the Gauchos, 1-0, in an Orange Empire Conference game at home on Thursday.
Saddleback improved its record to 14-7 overall and 6-3 in conference, while Irvine Valley fell to 6-15 overall and 2-7 in conference.
With the win, Saddleback won the season series over Irvine Valley, taking two of three games.
Saddleback starting pitcher Anthony Shew and Irvine Valley's Chris Lumanlan matched each other just about pitch for pitch the entire way.
The Gauchos scored the lone run of the game in the top of the second inning. It was unearned.
After an out, Cullen reached on an IVC error. Casey Worden then singled through the left side and Cullen moved to third base.
When IVC's throw in from the outfield got away, Cullen scored.
Each team left seven runners on base in the game.
Irvine Valley out-hit Saddleback, 7-5.
Shew pitched nine innings and allowed seven hits and two walks with eight strikeouts. He improved his record to 5-0 on the season.
Lumanlan's record dropped to 2-4. But he threw one of his better outings of the season. He gave up five hits and one run (unearned). Lumanlan walked two batters and struck out three.
Slate Miller was 2 for 4 to lead Saddleback at the plate, while sophomore shortstop Dallas Porter was 2 for 3 with a walk and sophomore left fielder Matt Harris went 2 for 4 for the Lasers.
Harris also made an impressive lunging catch, while crashing into the left field wall in the game.
Irvine Valley plays again Saturday at Cypress at noon.


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At all 3 test points of the challenge test the log-reduction could be shown to be better than at least 8.6 for bacteria and at least 5.8 for viruses, which exceed the required performance of WHO criteria for "Highly Protective" microbial water purifiers. Mean flow rate was 12 liters per hour.
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LifeStraw® Community evaluated for performance in line with Mexican water testing standards which includes percentage reduction in total coliform and aerobic mesophilics.
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Confirmation of 20 nano meter pore size.
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- Log 7.28 reduction in bacteria
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The month has seemed to fly by once again. At least this time, it's not just me. Usually, on the HealthTalk MS Education Network, we hold our programs on the third Thursday of the month. This month the program is a few days early. We'll be webcasting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 24th at 8:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. PDT).
September's program of questions and answers with our MS nurse, Piper Paul, was such a hit with you; we're doing it again.
For 30 minutes, we'll take your e-mailed questions and answer as many as we can. There will be thousands of you logging in to the program, but we'll do our best to keep it a personal chat with Piper.
If you haven't had a chance to read her bio, let me tell you a bit about this extraordinary woman.
Piper is an R.N. But more than that, she is a MS specializing nurse. This certification takes years of working with neurologists who specialize in multiple sclerosis as well as MS patients and their families. She works with one of the leading MS docs in the country at the acclaimed Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
Normally on HealthTalk, Piper acts as triage nurse for our MS programs. As questions are phoned or e-mailed in to the studio, she scans them and sends them into the studio for me to ask of our panelists or puts the calls in queue for you to ask them yourself.
On top of that, and I'm sure she won't mind me saying so, she's a pretty darned good kickball player.
Anyway, I just want to make sure everyone has a chance to log in to tomorrow's program and send us your questions. We will all look forward to it.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.