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There was something wrong with the schoolteacher with the headache– doctors could see that from the start.
Though charming and intelligent, the 40-year-old man couldn't stop leering at the female nurses in the emergency room. He had been in trouble with the law for making sexual advances toward his stepdaughter, and now he was talking about raping his landlady.
Neurologists Russell Swerdlow and Jeffrey Burns have treated all kinds of mental disorders at the University of Virginia Medical Center. But the case of the lustful schoolteacher, whom they declined to identify, still makes them scratch their heads.
The man had an egg-sized brain tumor swelling just underneath his right eye socket. When surgeons removed it, the lewd behavior and pedophilia faded away. So far, Swerdlow says, the man has kept out of trouble.
"It's possible the tumor released some pre-existing urges,'' Burns says. "But that's a tough debate, we just don't know.''
Why people make the choices they do, especially if those choices are considered immoral, is a question that brain scientists have long debated.
Deviant behavior can have little to do with upbringing or personal values, as the schoolteacher's case shows, says Dr. Stuart C. Yudofsky, a psychiatrist at the Baylor College of Medicine who specializes in behavioral changes associated with brain disorders.
In the case of the schoolteacher, the tumor was pushing on the orbital portion of the man's right frontal lobe– the part of the brain that keeps people out of trouble by controlling their urges for danger or sex or some other behavior that would be considered inappropriate. Alcohol, for example, puts this region to sleep.
"This tells us something about being human, doesn't it?'' Yudofsky says. If one's actions are governed by the relative health of the brain, "does it mean we have less free will than we think?''
It's a question that has vast implications in the criminal justice system, says Chris Adams, a death penalty specialist for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Already, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that executing mentally retarded murderers is unconstitutionally cruel because of their diminished ability to reason and control their urges. The next logical step, Adams says, would be to extend that protection for people with damaged or undeveloped frontal lobes.
"Some people simply don't have the frontal lobe capacity to stop what they're doing,'' Adams says.
The Virginia schoolteacher didn't grant The Associated Press' requests for interviews, passed along to him by his doctors. But according to his case report, which Swerdlow and Burns published in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, the man had not had any abnormal sexual problems or urges for most of his life.
In 2000, however, he began collecting sex magazines and visiting pornographic websites, focusing much of his attention on images of children and adolescents.
He couldn't stop himself, telling doctors "the pleasure principle overrode'' everything else.
When he started making subtle advances on his young stepdaughter, his wife called police. He was arrested for child molestation. The man was convicted and failed a 12-step rehabilitation program for sexual addiction because he couldn't stop asking for sex favors, according to the case report.
The day before he was to be sentenced to prison, the man walked into the emergency room complaining of a headache. He became distraught, Swerdlow says, and told the hospital staff he was contemplating suicide.
"He was totally unable to control his impulses,'' Burns says. "He'd proposition nurses; he'd ask them to get into bed with him.''
The next day, the schoolteacher was showing signs of brain damage: He complained of having trouble walking and had repeatedly urinated on himself.
An MRI revealed the brain tumor. After it was cut out days later, the man began to improve. He completed a Sexaholics Anonymous program and eventually moved back home with his wife and stepdaughter.
About a year later, Swerdlow says, the tumor partially grew back and the man started to collect pornography again. He had another operation to remove the tumor last year, and the lustfulness again subsided.
"That's one of the interesting things about frontal lobe damage,'' Swerdlow says. "This guy knew what he was doing was wrong, but he thought there wasn't anything wrong with him, and he didn't stop.''


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Wood burning, both indoors and outdoors, will be illegal all day Wednesday.
District officials said that with the chilly, still weather patterns, air near the ground is cooled.
A layer of warmer air is created higher up, which traps pollution close to ground level, according to the district.
During winter months, wood smoke is the leading cause of air pollution in the Bay Area, district officials said.
More information about the ban can be found at www.sparetheair.org or by calling (877) 4NO-BURN (466-2876).
Those wishing to receive automatic phone calls when a Winter Spare the Air alert is issued can register for the alerts by calling (800) 430-1515.


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Filmmaker Ken Burns Comes to Kent State for Presidential Speaker Series
Filmmaker Ken Burns will speak at the fifth Kent State University Presidential Speaker Series on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).
This ticketed event is open to the public. Free general admission tickets will be available beginning Monday, March 3, athttp://kentstate.universitytickets.com. A limited number of $15 chairback seats also will be available. Burns' appearance is sponsored by Kent State's Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of the Arts and the College of Communication and Information.
"It is a true honor to bring Ken Burns to Kent," says Kent State President Lester A. Lefton. "As one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, he has brought history to life for millions around the world."
Ken Burns has been making films for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Burns has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made.
His landmark series The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American Public Television and attracted an audience of 40 million during its premiere in September 1990. In addition to directing The Civil War, Burns served as producer, co-writer, chief cinematographer, music director and executive producer. The film was honored with more than 40 major film and television awards.
Burns was the director, producer, co-writer, chief cinematographer, music director and executive producer of the Public Television series Baseball. Four-and-a-half years in the making and 18-and-a-half hours in length, the film covers the history of baseball from the 1840s to the present. It became the most watched series in PBS history, attracting more than 45 million viewers.
In fall 2009, PBS broadcast the Emmy Award-winning The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Directed and co-produced by Burns, the six-part series focuses on the ideas and individuals that helped propel the parks into existence.
In November 2012, PBS broadcast The Dust Bowl, a two-part series about the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. Other recent projects include The Central Park Five and Prohibition.
Burns' films have won 12 Emmy Awards and two Oscar nominations, and in 2008, he was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been the recipient of more than 25 honorary degrees and is a sought after public speaker, appearing at colleges, civic organizations and business groups throughout the country.
Projects currently in production include The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, a seven-episode series scheduled for broadcast in the fall of 2014, as well as films on the Gettysburg Address, Jackie Robinson, the Vietnam War and the history of country music.
In addition to being the spring Presidential Series Speaker, Burns' appearance will serve as the keynote address for the 2014 Symposium on Democracy.
About the Kent State University Presidential Speaker Series
The Kent State Presidential Speaker Series seeks to bring high-profile, world-renowned experts to Kent State for serious, thought-provoking discussions and conversations. The program enhances the engagement of the world beyond Kent State's campuses, which is one of the university's strategic goals.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 Audio Files Tease Casinos, Street Racing
The Beach Bum update for Grand Theft Auto 5 contained some mysterious new audio files which may hint at further content updates for Rockstar's ambitious sequel.
According to CVG, several different audio files for character dialogue were uncovered in the Beach Bum's directories. The audio features several characters from GTA 5 discussing things like gambling, racing for pink slips, off-road biking, selling drugs on the street and busting up arms deals. If you've spent enough time in Los Santos, you'd know there's a casino on the outskirts of town. Off-road biking is already in GTA, but adding missions for street racing and drug and gun sales shouldn't be that difficult to include.
The audio files can be heard over on NeoGaf, if you want to explore them a bit more closely. For its part, Rockstar has remained silent about the possibilities these audio snippets represent. However, the developer has hinted there will be more added to Grand Theft Auto 5 in the future, so it's not entirely out of the question to imagine more illegal activities like these seeing the light of day down the line.


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First, Dr. Craig posted the e-mail from Vilenkin to Krauss, which Krauss used in his debate with Craig, with the parts Krauss omitted in bold:
Hi Lawrence,
Any theorem is only as good as its assumptions. The BGV theorem says that if the universe is on average expanding along a given worldline, this worldline cannot be infinite to the past.
A possible loophole is that there might be an epoch of contraction prior to the expansion. Models of this sort have been discussed by Aguirre & Gratton and by Carroll & Chen. They had to assume though that the minimum of entropy was reached at the bounce and offered no mechanism to enforce this condition. It seems to me that it is essentially equivalent to a beginning.
On the other hand, Jaume Garriga and I are now exploring a picture of the multiverse where the BGV theorem may not apply. In bubbles of negative vacuum energy, expansion is followed by cocntraction, and it is usually assumed that this ends in a big crunch singularity. However, it is conceivable (and many people think likely) that singularities will be resolved in the theory of quantum gravity, so the internal collapse of the bubbles will be followed by an expansion. In this scenario, a typical worldline will go through a succession of expanding and contracting regions, and it is not at all clear that the BGV assumption (expansion on average) will be satisfied.
I suspect that the theorem can be extended to this case, maybe with some additional assumptions. But of course there is no such thing as absolute certainty in science, especially in matters like the creation of the universe. Note for example that the BGV theorem uses a classical picture of spacetime. In the regime where gravity becomes essentially quantum, we may not even know the right questions to ask.
Now recall that Krauss excuses the selective editing of the e-mail in the debate by saying that it was "too technical" to include. Judge for yourself if the omitted lines are "too technical" or whether they were omitted in order to mislead people about the evidence for the beginning of the universe.
Dr. Craig comments:
Whoa! That puts a very different face on the matter, doesn't it? Why didn't Krauss read the sentence, "It seems to me that it is essentially equivalent to a beginning"? Because it was too technical? Is this the transparency, honesty, and forthrightness that Krauss extols? (By the way, Vilenkin's criticism of these models is the same one that Vilenkin makes in his Cambridge paper: far from showing an eternal past, these models actually feature a universe with a common beginning point for two arrows of time.)
And why did Krauss delete Vilenkin's caveat that the BGV theorem can, in his estimation, be extended to cover the case of an expanding and contracting model such as Garriga and Vilenkin are exploring? And why delete the remark that such a model is usually assumed to be incorrect? It's evident that Vilenkin's email was selectively edited to give it the spin Krauss wanted.
Some people told me that they thought that Dr. Craig needed to be a little less gracious with Krauss in the debate, but that comment takes Krauss on directly. Too bad most of the people who watch the debate will never know unless they see the original e-mail from Vilenkin that Craig posted.
Dr. Craig then wrote to Dr. Vilenkin about this misrepresentation and here is part of the reply:
The Aguirre-Gratton model can avoide singularities by postulating a small "initial" closed universe and then allowing it to evolve in both directions of time. I put "initial" in quotation marks, because Aguirre and Gratton do not think of it that way. But this model requires that a very special condition is enforced at some moment in the history of the universe. At that moment, the universe should be very small and have very low entropy. Aguirre and Gratton do not specify a physical mechanism that could enforce such a condition.
Carroll and Chen claim that the universe did not have to be small at that special moment. But in my recent paper I show that in this case singularities are unavoidable.
[…]I think you represented what I wrote about the BGV theorem in my papers and to you personally very accurately.
Now I don't want anyone to get the idea that all atheists are like Krauss. I distinctly remember another atheist named Anthony Flew debating Dr. Craig and a questioner from the audience asked him why not prefer speculative cosmologies like the eternally oscillating model. Dr. Flew (unlike Dr. Krauss) was honest – he said that we have to accept the science we have today based on the evidence we have today. Dr. Krauss is not willing to accept the science we have today and the evidence we have today. That's the difference. This is a failing of Dr. Krauss' will and intellect. He simply cannot bring himself to accept what science has shown, if it impacts his autonomy in any way. He would rather mislead himself and others with speculations rather than face reality.
Watch the whole debate – see for yourself
I'll re-state the relevant part of my Craig-Krauss debate summary below. The summary has the full video.
The segment from 52:18 to 57:12 about the Vilenkin e-mail on the BVG theorem is a must-see. Krauss is standing up and gesticulating while Craig is calmly trying to quote a paper by Vilenkin that shows that Krauss is misrepresenting Vilenkin. Krauss constantly interrupts him. After a while, when Craig exposes him as having misrepresented Vilenkin and gets him to admit that all current eternal models of the universe are probably wrong, he quietens down and can't even look at Craig in the face.
Cosmological argument:
- Craig: The e-mail says any universe that is expanding, on average, requires a beginning
- Craig: There are two models – Aguirre & Gratton and Carroll & Chen – where there is a period of contraction before the expansion
- Craig: The two models are the ones cited in the e-mail that Dr. Krauss showed
- Craig: In the very paper by Vilenkin that I cited, he says that both of those models don't work
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) Vilenkin said that they have to make an assumption about entropy that they have no rationale for
- (as Craig starts to talk Krauss makes an exaggerated, disrespectful gesture and sits down in a huff)
- Craig: Yes, an unwarranted assumption means that they don't have EVIDENCE for their theories being correct
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) "All the evidence suggests that the universe had a beginning but WE DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!" (raising his voice)
- Craig: I'm not saying that we know that the universe had a beginning with certainty
- Craig: I am saying that the beginning of the universe is more probably true than false based on the evidence we have
- Craig: And you agree with me about that – you think the universe had a beginning
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) (Unintelligible)
- Moderator: One at a time
- Craig: In your Vilenkin e-mail slide, at the end of the paragraph where the two models are mentioned that Vilenkin specifically shows…
- (I am guessing that Craig is going to ask why so much of what Vilenkin wrote has been cut out of the e-mail that Krauss showed)
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) Because it was technical…
- Moderator: Lawrence! Hang on a sec!
- Craig: He specifically shows that these models are not past eternal, and that they require a beginning just like the others…
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) We can do the math if you want
- Craig: Now wait. I couldn't help notice that there on your slide there was a series of ellipsis points indicating missing text…
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) "Yeah, because it was technical!"
- Craig: "I wonder what you deleted from the original letter"
- Krauss: (agitated and interrupting) "I just told you!"
- Craig: "Now wait. Could it have been something like this: (reads a quote from Vilenkin) 'You can evade the theorem by postulating that the universe was contracting prior to some time. This sounds as if there is nothing wrong with having contraction prior to expansion. But the problem is that a contracting universe is highly unstable. Small perturbations would cause it to develop all sorts of messy singularities, so it would never make it to the expanding phase.'
- Craig: "That's Vilenkin."
- Krauss: "In this paper, that's absolutely right"
- Krauss: But it's ok for theories to assume things that we know are wrong – they are still good theories – it's unknown
- (Craig turns away and looks through his papers)
- Craig: "Isn't it true that the only viable quantum gravity models on order today involve a beginning – have a finite past?"
- Krauss: "No"
- Craig: "Well, can you give us one then"
- Krauss: (talks about a variety of possible eternal models) "In my experience in science, all of them are probably wrong"
- Krauss: "You know most theories are wrong, which is why, you know, it's hard"
- Craig: "Right"
Krauss accused Dr. Craig of misrepresenting science many times in his three Australia debates, but now we know the truth about who misrepresented science.
UPDATE: This whole episode made me think of a lecture by famous physicist Richard Feynman.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself–and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you've not fooled yourself, it's easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.
I would like to add something that's not essential to the science, but something I kind of believe, which is that you should not fool the layman when you're talking as a scientist. I am not trying to tell you what to do about cheating on your wife, or fooling your girlfriend, or something like that, when you're not trying to be a scientist, but just trying to be an ordinary human being. We'll leave those problems up to you and your rabbi. I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you are maybe wrong, that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen.
Now given what Krauss did in the debate, it seems to me that he is not in agreement with Feynman.
UPDATE: Dr. Craig reports that Dr. Krauss refused to let the organizers live-stream the three Australia debates, as well as refusing to let the Australian Broadcasting Corporation live-broadcast the three debates.


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June 22, 2018, 12:27 amMalik NewmanG, Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers have signed Malik Newman, a guard out of Kansas, to a two-way deal.
Newman began his college career at Mississippi State but sat out the 2016-17 season after transferring to Kansas. The former top recruit had a nice campaign in his lone year as a Jayhawk, averaging 14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 2.2 triples per game on .463 from the field. A sound scorer with some work to do on the other end, we'll see if he can turn heads in camp.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
Fantasy News
May 24, 2020, 9:20 pmKyrie IrvingPG, Brooklyn Nets
Following Governor Andrew Cuomo's greenlight from earlier on Sunday, the Nets will reopen their practice facilities on Tuesday.
The team will open its doors to voluntary player workouts. The team's statement went on to elaborate that they would strictly follow NBA and infectious disease expert protocols as they resume activities. It's another small step in the right direction as the NBA continues its climb towards trying to play actual games.
Source: Malika Andrews on Twitter
May 24, 2020, 8:03 pmKemba WalkerPG, Boston Celtics
Kemba Walker feels that his left knee hampered him earlier this year because of all of the basketball he's played over the course of his career.
The knee pain has been a constant this season, and Walker has missed eight games due to the injury overall. He should be fully recovered for when the season does resume at this point, and if he is able to get enough practice reps in he'll be able to avoid any restrictions whenever the league-wide shutdown is lifted.
Source: The Athletic
May 24, 2020, 7:56 pmAnte ZizicPF, Cleveland Cavaliers
If Ante Zizic chooses to leave the NBA when he hits free agency this offseason, he could draw interest from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Zizic had a lot of success in 2016-17 when he was last in the Euro League with Darussafaka, averaging 9 points and 6.7 rebounds in under 21 minutes per game. In comparison, he's been an afterthought for the Cavs this season, only averaging 10 minutes per game. Moreover, the Cavs declined to pick up his player option for next season, and they already have plenty of options for the frontcourt between Kevin Love, Larry Nance Jr., and possibly DeAndre Drummond (player option). Maccabi will have to see how much salary flexibility they have this offseason as ticket sales are likely to take a hit in Israel next year.
Source: Euro Hoops
May 24, 2020, 7:33 pmKevin DurantSF, Brooklyn Nets
On Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that professional sports teams based in New York may resume operations immediately.
With Governor Cuomo's green light in place the Knicks and Nets are now just waiting for Adam Silver's seal of approval on getting back into there facilities. The majority of the league now has state approval to access their practice facilities and the NBA is slowly ramping up activities in hopes of resuming games in July.
Source: Andrew Cuomo on Twitter
May 23, 2020, 9:43 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
Ramona Shelburne of ESPN reported that the NBA has entered "exploratory conversations" with Disney on restarting the season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said the NBA and NBPA have discussed with Disney on restarting the season in late July. Marc Stein reported on Friday that it is looking increasingly likely that games will resume in July, and it appears that the stage for the rest of the 2019-20 season is likely to be Orlando.
Source: ESPN
May 23, 2020, 9:32 pmLaMelo BallPG, International
The Knicks have LaMelo Ball as their top-rated point guard for the 2020 NBA Draft.
The Knicks have a need at point guard and Ball is considered the point guard with the highest upside in this draft. He had poor shooting numbers in his 12 games in the NBL this past season, shooting .250 from deep and .375 from the field. He is a gifted passer though and averaged 6.8 assists per game in 31.3 minutes, adding 17.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals. If Ball was drafted by the Knicks, he could help younger players RJ Barrett and Mitchell Robinson get easier looks. Ball will likely be given an opportunity to run the offense by the team that drafts him and he could put up big assists numbers. He also has an impressive steal rate in limited play in Australia, but his shooting percentages are a big concern.
Source: SNY
May 23, 2020, 9:15 pmBradley BealSG, Washington Wizards
Bradley Beal's agent, Mark Bartelstein, said "There are no Beal Sweepstakes and that's why he re-signed with the Wizards."
Bartelstein continued to say "Brad re-signed with the Wizards because he wanted to stay in Washington and the Wizards wanted to keep him there." Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News reported earlier in the week that the Nets had internal discussions with the Wizards for Beal. A trade out of Washington would likely hurt Beal's fantasy value, but it's not worth putting too much stock into trade rumors for Beal in dynasty leagues.
Source: Forbes
May 22, 2020, 9:13 pmJonathan IsaacPF, Orlando Magic
Jonathan Isaac, who sustained a serious left knee injury in January, said his knee is "feeling strong" and that he has been squatting increasingly more weight recently.
Isaac also said recently that he's open to returning if and when the NBA season is resumed and as long as the Magic organization is on-board with it. He has been running on an anti-gravity treadmill and indicated that his knee feels "110 percent" after more than four months of rehab. Isaac is a huge part of the Magic's future and it remains to be seen whether or not they will take the risk.
Source: John Denton on Twitter
May 22, 2020, 8:59 pmStephen CurryPG, Golden State Warriors
Certain NBA franchises in highly-restricted areas due to COVID-19 are inquiring with league officials about heading straight to the proposed "bubbles" rather than heading to an alternate location to train, completing a quarantine, then going to the bubble and completing a second quarantine period, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
The idea behind this is to avoid quarantining twice, first for a training period and then for again when they reach the bubble. Since players on these teams are (theoretically) already under heavy self-quarantine restrictions, this could potentially come to fruition. It seems like a realistic proposition at this point, although everything is still in a planning stage as far as an NBA return is concerned. Only time will tell and there are rumblings that teams are preparing to recall the majority of their players on or around June 1. It seems like some definitive announcements might finally be somewhat imminent.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
May 22, 2020, 8:43 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
According to Marc Stein, NBA teams are likely going to be limited to "bring (roughly) 35 players/coaches/staff into a 'campus' environment if the 2019-20 season…resumes in July."
The continuation of the season is looking increasingly likely to happen in July. Those travel parties of 35, notably, have not mentioned the players' families (or anybody's family members, for that matter). There will undoubtedly be further developments as the situation materializes.
Source: Marc Stein on Twitter


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Silly wabbit
By Babe Winkelman
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05, 2014]
You don't hear much about rabbit hunting these
days. When I was a kid, the number of gunners out chasing bunnies
(and squirrels too) was a lot higher. But for whatever reason, Peter
Cottontail just doesn't get a lot of press. So I figured I'd pay
homage to this fleet-footed, great-tasting animal.
When you head out on a
day afield for rabbits, the first task is to find bunnies. Head to
farm country and do some from-the-road scouting during first light.
This is when you'll often spot cottontails wrapping up their
evenings along field edges, tree lines, brushy ditches and other
edges adjoining thick cover.
After locating a likely looking spot, it's typically easy to get
a farmer's permission to access private land. They're not too fond
of having a bunch of rabbits around anyway, and as long as you're
gracious and respectful of their property, you'll be assured of
having long-term permission.
Next, dress yourself in the proper gear. Comfortable boots, brush
pants and blaze orange are just the ticket. Safety comes first, and
because rabbit cover is usually the thickest stuff around, it's
important that every hunter be highly visible to ensure security.
Load your shotgun with low-brass 7-1/2s. I like an improved
cylinder 20-gauge, but .410s, 28s and 12s make great bunny busters
too. For those looking for a real adventure, poking around with a
.22 or even archery tackle is an exciting challenge.
When you're into the rabbit cover, you'll have the best success
with a walk-and-stop approach. Find the thickest, brushiest areas
around and take a dozen or so steps. Then stop, look and listen for
about a minute. Rabbits will often freeze up when you approach, then
get very nervous when you stop, and eventually bolt as a result. So
be ready! And every time you stop, take a look over both shoulders
at your back trail. The clever bunny will often sneak around behind
you to make his escape.
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As you walk and stop, look for rabbit sign. If there's snow on
the ground, great. Their recognizable tracks and trails will be easy
to spot. Look for their telltale droppings too. And if you find
fresh cuttings on the stalks of bushes and small saplings, then a
rabbit won't be far away. Another thing to look for is shining eyes.
Rabbits have incredible natural camouflage, but their big, shiny
eyes will often give them away as they hunker down in the thick
Be prepared to shoot fast when a rabbit busts cover. They're
quick! Anticipate that they'll head for the next patch of heavy
cover, and when they get there, they'll often stop — and
sometimes it's within shotgun range. If you connect on one, get to
him quick so you don't lose the location. Oftentimes you can be
right on top of a dead rabbit and it will still be hard to find.
Finally, when you get home and have the rabbits all cleaned and
parted out, here's a very simple but delicious way to prepare them.
Soak the pieces in salt water for a few hours or more. Then pat them
dry and dust them in seasoned flour. "Flash-fry" the pieces in hot,
hot oil or bacon drippings to sear the outside of the rabbit. Then,
layer the pieces in a cast-iron baking pot. I like to put some
sliced onion between the layers. Cover your pot with the iron lid
and slow-bake the rabbit for about four hours at 250 degrees. When
it's done, the meat will literally fall from the bones and taste
about as good as anything you've ever eaten.
There's a reason Elmer Fudd worked so hard chasing wabbits.
They're fun to hunt and fabulous to eat. So get out there and enjoy
it for yourself, and best of luck.
Good hunting.
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Rush Limbaugh Displays Ignorance On Motivations Of Civil Rights Movement
Rush Limbaugh's ignorance over the civil rights movement was on full display as he claimed that the movement was "about one thing - and that was integration."
On his radio program, Limbaugh attempted to draw distinctions between the 1963 March on Washington and the event's 50th anniversary. Limbaugh claimed he intended to ignore the anniversary celebrations but said "if you want to sum up what's really wrong with all this, Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights coalition of his era was about one thing - and that was integration" :
Limbaugh's analysis of the civil rights movement shows a shocking disinterest in the breadth of what the activists of that era were fighting for.
The title of the 1963 march was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The final manual for the march included a list of demands which included topics not limited to integration. Topics such as an increase in the minimum wage, a broadened Fair Labor Standards Act, and a federal Fair Employment Practices Act to bar discrimination by employers, both public and private, were listed among the demands of the marchers:


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Bruins soar over Flyers
Summary -- The Bruins are chasing the Flyers in the playoff standings and did themselves a big favor on Thursday night by breaking down Philadelphia for a 5-1 win at the Wachovia Center. Tuukka Rask got the start for the Bruins and earned his 15th victory with 31 of saves. Michael Leighton started for the Flyers and allowed four goals on 25 shots and left the game in the second period in favor of Brian Boucher. Boston used a three-goal second period to separate themselves from the Flyers. With the score tied at one, Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi got together at 4:37. Bergeron took a feed off the wall from defenseman Dennis Seidenberg and flipped the puck to Recchi rushing close to Leighton on the left wing. Leighton went down, Recchi went high and it was 2-1 Boston. Bergeron then made it 3-1 by returning a puck to the net after a Matt Hunwick shot from the point that bounced off Leighton's chest. The fourth came courtesy of David Krejci who was the recipent of a good string of passes from Blake Wheeler to Michael Ryder to Krejci in front of the net who turn, hesitated and beat Leighton at 11:16 for the three-goal advantage. Boston forward Blake Wheeler got Boston on the board to lead off the scoring in the first period when he took a feed from center David Krejci on a 3-on-2 break at 13:15. Wheeler side-stepped defender Lukas Krajicek and deposited a backhander past Leighton for the goal advantage. The Flyers tied it on the power play early in the second period (Seidenberg -- boarding) when Jeff Carter hit a one-timer from the dot that Rask did not have much a chance on to tie it before the Bruins broke out. Marco Sturm scored a goal in the third period to account for the final score. Miroslav Satan did not play for the Bruins with what has been reported as as groin injury. Captain Zdeno Chara returned to the lineup after missing one game with a lower body injury. Three Stars Patrice Bergeron -- It would be much easier to just give the Bergeron's whole line a single, large star for the week and be done with it. Bergeron had a goal and an assist to continue his hot streak with two goals and two assists in the last two games. David Krejci -- Krejci set up the first goal with a hustle play and score the fourth with good presence in front of the net and looks like he may be finally rounding into form the Bruins have been expecting all year. Blake Wheeler -- The ying to Krejci's yang on the night also had a goal and an assist to help spur the Bruins effort. Turning Point -- The Bruins do not see a lot of two-goal leads these days. On Tuesday they had three separate one-goal leads and eventually blew every one of them and then the game. Not so on Thursday against the Flyers. The third goal of the night gave the Bruins a lead they could be comfortable with. Hunwick hit a slap shot from the left point that got tied up in front of the net and popped onto the stick of Bergeron who flipped it back at Leighton and in. Key Play -- Two-goal leads? How about three-goal leads? The Bruins have not scored more than three goals in a game since they had five against Tampa Bay before the Olympic break. Boston has spent a lot of practice time in the last few months working on creating goals in front of the net through deflections, rebounds and overall aggressive play in the crease. Krejci did just that when he took a pass from Ryder and skated around Leighton for the fourth goal of the game.


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Compiled by Isabel Balderrama | KF17 + KF18 | Bolivia
On this week's update we have a great collection of posts describing some of our Kiva Fellows' Class 18 arrival to their new and exciting field assignments. But first, we are treated to an article from an out-going fellow who takes us on a visually-pleasing journey through Mexico's largest artisan fair. This week's journey also takes us to Kosovo and to its capital Pristina, where we will learn more about this small new state in the Balkans. Then its off to Peru, where we are given the opportunity to learn more about Kiva's goal of creating a global link between lenders and borrowers by examining one example: promoting community development through team sports. Yey for soccer! Finally, the narrative wouldn't be complete without a Kiva'd up take on The Real World which you should read if you have always wondered what the famed week of fellows' training in Kiva Headquarters, San Francisco is like. Enjoy!
Beyond Financial Services: Mexico's Greatest Artisan Fair
Emmanuel M. von Arx | KF 16+17 | Mexico
It's definitely fun and interesting to sometimes look beyond the financial services that Kiva's field partners provide its borrowers and to also take a look at the non-traditional ways in which these MFIs help their customers grow. Emmanuel's article on how Vision Fund Mexico (or FRAC) contributes to Mexico City's Expo FONAES, which has been called ""the biggest marketing event of Social Entrepreneurs in Mexico and Latin America," presents the reader with a great example of how some MFIs go above and beyond their financial role to get involved in more diverse community projects.
Warm welcomes all round and a brief introduction to Kosovo
Alice Reeves | KF18 | Kosovo & Albania
Alicia's first few days in Kosovo have been filled with new information about her new home and in this article, she shares a lot of it with the reader. From giving us information about Kosovo's geographical location, its size, and the cultural diversity of its people, to introducing us to the MFI she will be working with, KosInvest, Alicia's post definitely gets us interested in learning more about this fellow's new field assignment and looking forward to her articles to come.
Real World – Kiva: Nine Strangers Living and Learning Together
Ward Lassoe / KF18 / Armenia
Ward's post about KF-18′s first week in San Francisco is sure to get past fellows nostalgic about training week and leave many of us wishing we had also thought of renting a "Real World" style apartment in the city during out time there. Not only does Ward's post come with a slew of interesting photos from KF-18′s time at headquarters, but it also gives the reader a great inside look at what it is like to take the decision to become an intrepid and adventurous Kiva Fellow. Aspiring Fellows should certainly take special note of this post.
Scoring goals and helping construct a global community from Peru
Icaro Rebolledo |KF18 | Peru
Team building by building a team… a soccer team! As Icaro learned, Kiva's global message has the power to translate itself in many ways, depending on the local culture, customs, and ways. In Icaro's Chiclayo's field assignment, it translated itself into a super-fun Father's Day tournament which… they won! Read on and get excited for Icaro, for his assignment sure sounds like it's off to a great start.
Updates from the past month:
Appreciating Volunteers & Poetry from a Newly Arrived Fellow
Introducing joinFITE.org, a new platform designed to empower women in entrepreneurship
Past and Present, Last-Minute Contemplation and General Appreciation
Nomadic lifestyles, road trips + cultural perspectives
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What an amazing venue 501 Union is, with the perfect lighting for indoor weddings, and the utterly chic, minimal styling for this couple. Its so lush, it makes me wish we had Spring back!!
From the bride:
When we first started wedding planning, we immediately agreed on two things – that our wedding should feel like a big party, and that it should feel like us. It's why we spun every wedding tradition into something that felt fun, relaxed and personal. We also knew that we wanted to get married in New York. It's where most of our family and friends live so it just made sense.
We found 501 Union after taking a tour of the Green Building, their sister venue across the street. The Green Building was lovely, but 501 Union had more of the glamorous, yet fun atmosphere we wanted. The space was perfect for our 120 guests, but can definitely accommodate a lot more.
We chose to do a first look and all of our family photos before the wedding – something I really recommend doing, so that you can enjoy your cocktail hour with your guests. I was hesitant at first, because I didn't know if I wanted to ruin the surprise of Joe seeing me for the first time coming down the aisle, but I'm actually very glad we did it this way. The day goes by quickly, and this gave us an extra moment together before the madness of the wedding began. And really,if anything, it made us both a lot more relaxed for the ceremony – which can be an intense thing, if you're not used to being the center of 100+ people's attention.
We chose not to have a bridal party, because we wanted all of our guests to feel special, and to reduce costs for us and our friends.Instead of cake, we had donuts from Peter Pan – a shop in Greenpoint we visit way too often, or not often enough depending on how you look at it. 🙂
With the help of our awesome officiant, Hope Mirlis, we invented our own unity ceremony – the making of the Manhattan – instead of the traditional mixing of the wines. Despite reservations about mixing a cocktail during your wedding ceremony, this was a huge hit. It felt very personal to us, because we enjoy a cocktails, and it was a refreshing surprise for guests to see something different for a unity ceremony. It also helped lighten up our ceremony and keep it fun.I have to give a shout out to our caterer, Butcher Bar, from Astoria. Hands down the best BBQ in New York, and they were a fantastic caterer that customized our menu, and really went above and beyond to make our day special.Our DJ did a great job considering we wanted a lot of different types of music. For our cocktail hour, he played all of our favorite classic rock – music we love, but can't really dance to. We hence dubbed it "Rocktail Hour." For dinner he played a mix of our favorite classics from Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Ottis Redding and more. The dance party really got started when he moved through some 70's disco, 80's dance hits, and then a smattering of 90's hip hop and R&B. Did we play Space Jam at our wedding? Yes.One of my favorite moments from our wedding was when our good friend read a poem she wrote for us. When we first met with her to go through the first draft of the poem, we were both in tears. It never needed another draft. It was already perfect.
If you're reading this blog, you're probably here because you're planning your own wedding and want some inspiration and advice. My best advice is to throw all of the wedding "must dos" out the window from day one, and just plan an event that celebrates the two of you and the people you love in any way you want. Don't feel like you have to do something because you saw it on Pinterest, and don't feel like you can't do something because someone else already did it at their wedding. We didn't have a photo booth. We didn't have a 6 course meal with monogrammed napkins. We didn't have a marching band or a design your own mint julep bar. Not that there are anything wrong with those things. Those things are awesome. We just did what we wanted, tried not to compare our wedding to anyone elses, and everyone had an amazing time! Because that's the thing. Your guests are there to celebrate with you, eat, drink, dance, and be happy. Keep that in mind as you plan.
Speaking of planning, try not to get stuck in decision-making limbo. Planning goes so much more smoothly if you just lock down decisions efficiently and early. If it feels right, lock it down! If it doesn't, move on. The more things you get in place, the easier it is to envision the day, and the less you have to wonder about as it draws closer and closer. We had a year to plan, and in hindsight, it probably could have taken less time if we were more confident in our decision making.
Also, hire a day-of coordinator. This will make everything so much easier. You don't want to be looking at the clock on the dance floor, wondering if it's cake cutting time. That's what a day-of coordinator is for.
Lastly, and not many people tell you this, but now that we're on the other side of the planning, it feels really really good! Our wedding was one of the best days of our lives, but now that it's over, we're free to start focusing on what's next. And knowing that we can do that with each other is the best feeling.


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"You must wear a hat! We are in mourning for Dear Leader, so you must cover your head, and also you will catch cold. Go find your best hat; only the finest will do today. Something that screams luxury, but also power. Success and skill. Megalomania and a complete inability to feel empathy for anyone else. Do you have something that can represent all that to the camera?"
Paul Lukas at Uni Watch spotted this young man in Pyongyang during the daylong funeral for Kim Jong-Il, the George Steinbrenner of geopolitics. It's much more likely that the hat made its way to Bad Korea in one of the many aid shipments than it is that family picked it up on their last trip to the Bronx. But there's a synergy here: no practitioner of Juche would ever accept revenue sharing payouts.


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More on Captain Owen Honors
I hadn't planned to comment on the matter of Captain Owen Honors, the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise relieved of command following the release of some off‐color videos that he recorded as the Enterprise's executive officer (XO) in 2006 and 2007. But then Chris Kennedy in our media department twisted my arm, and the next thing I knew I had written 900 words for CNN.
Before I delivered the essay for publication, I solicited feedback from a number of former officers, and one still serving, including several of my classmates at the George Washington University NROTC unit. Not all agreed with my take — I faulted Honors for his poor judgment, and concluded that the punishment fit the offense — but all appreciated the even‐handed approach that I tried to take with the issue.
I was grateful for the timely feedback, and for the response to the article over the last 24 hours. I have received far more emails following this piece than for anything that I have ever written (and I've written almost 150 articles in nearly eight years at Cato). There are more than 530 comments on the CNN site, and 380+ Facebook recommendations. Most of these responses have been encouraging, and a few have thanked me for my perspective, even when they disagreed with me. A few other messages, including from those who served with Captain Honors, faulted me, especially, for claiming that he had allowed a "hostile work environment" to be created on the Enterprise. These messengers assured me that nothing could be further from the truth. The crew, I am told, loved Honors as XO.
In retrospect, it was inappropriate for me to use a phrase that has a very particular legal meaning — "hostile work environment" — especially when I had no first‐hand knowledge that that was an accurate description. On the contrary, I had some evidence from news reports that morale on the Enterprise was quite high. I have since learned that there was a morale problem on the ship for a while, in part due to the fresh water restrictions that the shower scenes in the videos tried to make light of. By many accounts, XO Honors was instrumental in turning this state of affairs around. The Enterprise, a bear of a ship to operate, the oldest nuclear‐powered vessel in the fleet, with eight (8!) reactors, earned unit citations under Honors's leadership.
All that said, I stand by my original assessment. In striving to improve the crew's morale, Captain Honors crossed the fine line between clever and stupid. He demonstrated poor judgment in producing videos in an official capacity that could easily be taken out of context, as they have been.
In short, the one word that I wish I had used in the op‐ed that should be understandable to all readers, military and civilian, is "professionalism." In other words, do well, get results, but do it in the right way.
We know that business used to be run according to a very different set of rules a generation ago, as the hit television series Mad Men reminds us. So too in the military. Behavior that once was taken for granted simply isn't acceptable any longer. The Navy shouldn't make exceptions for those who forget who they are, and what they represent.


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UF remains undefeated with two wins over Loyola Marymount and Oklahoma State at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — UF earned two wins over Loyola Marymount and Oklahoma State at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs to improve its record to 14-0. The Gators first downed LMU, 8-2 before topping OSU, 2-0.
UF's Hannah Rogers (6-0) and Lauren Haeger (5-0) each earned wins for UF in the circle. Rogers struck out four in a complete-game effort over Loyola Marymount while Haeger used a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts against Oklahoma State.
Kelsey Horton was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI while nine other Gators connected had a hit. Catcher Aubree Munro was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk against Loyola Marymount. The Gators also got back-to-back home runs from Briana Little and Katie Medina in the first game. Haeger outdueled opposing ace Kat Espinosa in the second game, as Florida scored two runs in the sixth inning. Taylor Schwarz had an RBI single while Taylore Fuller (Chiefland alum) and Stephanie Tofft each had a run scored for UF. Women's basketball: Jennifer George (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Sydney Moss (15 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles, but Florida was unable to overcome a sluggish first half in a 68-57 loss to Vanderbilt. Despite a rally to start the second half when the Gators (15-12, 4-9 SEC) erased a 26-15 halftime deficit, Florida's defensive efforts and late scoring spree were not enough to help the Gators against Vandy (17-9, 7-6 SEC). Lacrosse: No. 3 UF lacrosse plays host to UC Davis Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Gators are coming off a 16-9 win over No. 18 Stony Brook on Wednesday in their home opener. Kitty Cullen had three goals and two assists, giving her 200 career points. Brittany Dashiell reached the 100 plateau in ground balls in her career with her two against the Seawolves. Dashiell and sophomore midfielder Shannon Gilroy each added four goals in the win.


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Simpsons: The XXX Parody is a hardcore, live-action—in which its stars "cum to life"—imagining of Springfield orgies featuring yellow-skinned actors. We have nothing against porn, but sexualizing a cartoon we've been watching since childhood makes us uncomfortable.
But it seems that's what people want. At least, given the success of Marge's Playboy pictorial and the countless inappropriate fan fic illustrations on the web. (I mean, gross, Bart and Lisa are brother and sister! Leave the incest to Cletus' family.) We know it's all in good fun, though, and at least none of the kids from the series are depicted in sexual situations. Because Lisa would not approve, and Milhouse would just be confused.


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MWC 15 Special
At today's starting Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Huawei is unveiling the world's slimmest smartphone - the Huawei Ascend P1 S. The device is 6.68 mm thin and features a 4.3" Super AMOLED qHD 960 x 540 touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass. The Ascend P1 S is also the fastest and most compact smartphone in its class with a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 Cortext-A9 CPU at 1.5 GHz and SGX 540 graphic processor which runs on Android 4.0/Ice Cream Sandwich. Furthermore, Huawei is also unveiling the P1 S' sister model, the Ascend P1 which - as part of the same smartphone series - boasts the same functionality while measuring 7.69 mm.
Delivering the ultimate in elegance and speed with a 1670 mAh/1800 mAh battery, the Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S series provides the fastest multi-tasking, video replay and gaming experience in its class. The Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S series feature a super-sleek and narrow 64.8 mm body, elegant contours and an effortlessly stylish design. The PPVD back cover coating evenly distributes heat, and provides a strong metallic, three-dimensional design with a delicate texture.
The Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S brings digital world to life with its impressive 8 megapixel BSI rear-facing and 1.3 megapixel HD front-facing cameras with dual flash LED and HDR effect optimization which allows to capture special moments in sharper, brighter and clearer detail, both in light and dim environments. Furthermore, the Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S are able to record 1080p HD videos with the main camera and 720p HD videos with the front camera. Photos and videos can be shown after via MHL-HDMI and DLNA.
Both smartphones are coming with support of quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and pentaband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 HS and feature 1 GB of RAM and 4 GB of ROM.
The Huawei Ascend P1 and the Huawei Ascend P1 S will be available in metallic black, ceramic white, cherry-blossom pink in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, Middle East and China from anytime around Q2 2012. A price wasn't announced so far.
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text: Ok, so i absolutely love Roger Corman's horror comedy, "A Bucket of Blood," about an awkward busboy who accidentally kills his landlady's cat and covers it up by wrapping it in plaster. Soon after, he is pressured to produce more pieces of art and turns to human subjects. (Insert evil laughter here). If you haven't seen this make sure you get the original and not the remake starring Anthony Michael Hall and Justine Bateman... you've been warned.


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How to make the most of a business internship
Small Business Guides
8 min read
An internship can be great for your business – and for your intern. But you need to plan carefully and have the right attitude. We spoke to the League of Extraordinary Women, a movement of female entrepreneurs, to find out how to make the most of internships.
What is a business internship?
An internship is a form of work experience, usually for graduate students. Internships allow graduate students to work in a real business environment. There they can learn useful, practical skills to help them kick-start their careers.
Interns are usually paid a low salary, and sometimes nothing at all. This has led to some people believing that internships are a form of cheap labour.
Chiquita Searle, GM for the League of Extraordinary Women, says that misses the point entirely. The internships run by the League show that when managed properly, the intern and the company benefit. And those benefits go far beyond the value of the work itself.
Internships have become more popular in recent years. That's because the graduate recruitment market has become more competitive. In this guide we'll look at how an internship could benefit your business, and how to get the best out of your interns.
What's in it for the intern?
The idea of working in a business for little financial reward might not sound appealing. But an intern actually stands to gain a lot from the experience.
- Introduction to business culture
Universities can't always prepare young people for the realities of the business world. A business internship is a great way to learn the ropes.
- Networking opportunities
As the old saying goes, "It's not what you know: it's who you know". That might not be fair, but to an extent it's still true today. Internships allow graduates to meet and mingle with people who might help them in their careers.
- Possible employment
An intern who performs well and fits into a company's culture might be offered a job there. It's a good fast-track to employment.
- Work experience
It can be hard to get a job without experience, and hard to get experience without a job. Internships bridge that gap, giving students genuine work experience which will help them find employment later.
- Confidence and support
With the right mentor, an intern can discover abilities and skills that they didn't know they had. They will be encouraged to develop as an employee and as a person. And they'll hopefully gain a glowing reference when they leave.
- Self discovery
Graduate students don't always know what type of career they want, or where they'd like to work. Internships can give them a taste of different types of business. This will help them fine-tune their career path. It will also teach them what they're good at, and where there's scope for self improvement.
- Differentiation
In a crowded and competitive employment environment, every advantage helps. Say an employer has to choose between two graduates. If one of them has completed a successful business internship, the odds will be in their favour.
What's in it for you? 10 reasons to offer a business internship
Most businesses exist to make money. But it's great if you can do something socially responsible at the same time. Internships can give you the best of both worlds – along with some surprising additional benefits.
- Motivated employees
Interns are often highly motivated. Many of them have seen the realities of the employment market. They are driven to find their own fast-track to gainful employment. Their enthusiasm and drive can be infectious, having a positive effect on your staff.
- Fresh perspectives
'Group-think' is what happens when lots of people believe the same thing – without considering alternative perspectives. It can happen in any business, as people adapt to each other over time. But interns can bring a fresh perspective to your business. This could take you in new and profitable directions.
- Emotional fulfilment
The conventional view is that emotion has no place in the workplace. But humans are emotional creatures. We need inner fulfilment from our daily lives. Mentoring a keen, smart intern could fulfil an emotional need that you didn't even know you had.
- Tech savvy
Today's graduate students have grown up with technology. So if your business uses technology in any way, they will quickly get up to speed.
- Intelligence
Interns are bright. Studies have shown that, on average, each generation gains about 10 percentage points on the previous one. That makes interns some of the smartest people on the planet.
- Try before you buy
You are under no obligation to hire an intern once their business internship ends. But you can certainly offer them a job if you want to. This means internships can be a great way to recruit fresh young talent into your business.
- Stronger community ties
Interns are often recruited from the local university or other educational establishment. Companies that hire interns in this way can forge strong links. And this can give them access to the best graduate students, year after year. This is another reason for treating interns well. A good reputation for looking after interns will reward you in the long term.
- Social payback
No business can exist in a vacuum. Small businesses in particular are closely affected by their local environment. If you help to improve the prospects of young people in your area, you improve the environment your business operates in.
- Demographic equality
Workforces are getting older in many countries. Young people are often excluded as companies take a more conservative approach to employment. Hiring young interns helps redress the balance.
- Cost effectiveness
This is the last point in the list because it shouldn't be the driving factor. But there's no denying the benefit of getting work done for a relatively low cost. This should be the icing on the cake, though – never your main motivation for hiring an intern.
Internships can be a great way to recruit fresh young talent into your business.
Find an intern who suits your business
Finding the right intern is like hiring the right employee, as discussed in our guide 'How to hire the right employees'. For the best results you need to make an effort – decide what type of person you're looking for, and then find them.
It's a good idea to get some help here. Your local university should be able to offer advice, and a chamber of commerce or business advisor will give you tips too. Some of the things to consider include:
- The culture of your business and the type of person who would suit it.
- Areas in which you might be looking to recruit, such as sales or development.
- Who will be in charge of the intern – who will be their mentor?
- Whether to hire an intern full-time or part-time.
- How much to pay the intern.
- Whether to advertise using internship websites or go directly to universities.
Simplifying the selection process
You may find yourself overwhelmed by the response to your request for intern applications. There are lots of keen young people out there who are eager for useful work experience.
It makes sense to streamline the process. Try holding group interviews to start with, perhaps with a team-building activity. Follow up with one-to-one interviews. Here you can discuss their attitudes and aspirations, ability to integrate into a team, and their culture fit. Look for keenness, preparation, research into what your business is about and overall personality.
Use your judgement to choose an intern who will fit well with your organisation. But don't be afraid of the unconventional. As we mentioned earlier, sometimes a fresh perspective can breathe new life into your business.
Start with the right attitude
What you get out of a business internship arrangement depends on what you put into it. So start with a positive attitude if you want to get the best results. Focus on the following points.
- Structure
This is one of the most important things to get right. Don't leave your new intern wondering what they should be doing all day. Provide structure for their time with you. Write this down clearly as an Intern Agreement – and sign it. Try to give your intern varied experience in all aspects of your business.
- Insight
Interns are bright but inexperienced. The best gift you can give them is insight into the way the business world operates. Help them understand what they need to do to succeed. In return they'll try to match your expectations.
- Active management
Sometimes things don't go according to plan. Be ready to step in if you notice any issues, because fast action can stop things deteriorating. Don't be afraid to ask questions to get things back on track. Why are you running late? Why are you missing deadlines? How can we help you? Sometimes it just doesn't work out and you might have to let your intern go. But make sure you've done everything possible to help them before you make that call.
- Commitment
Theirs is important, but so is yours. Taking on an intern is a commitment on both sides. Make sure you both understand this, and pledge to fulfil each other's requirements. The more you both put in, the more you'll both get out.
A well-planned business internship is a win for everyone
With the right approach, your business stands to gain a lot from running an internship scheme. Be prepared to put in the time and effort required to get the best results. Understand what your intern needs from you – and give it to them. You could find yourself working with clever, driven young people who have new perspectives and positive attitudes.
But regardless of the business benefits to hiring an intern – and there are many – you will gain in other ways too. You'll have the opportunity to mentor someone, which can be very rewarding. And you'll be able to pay forward the skills and experience you've gained from your own career.
The next generation will only be successful if they are supported and encouraged on their journey. This means business owners can help by passing on their knowledge. You can provide a supportive environment for today's young people – and encourage them rise to the peak of their own aspirations.


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From the Daily News:
The Bloomberg administration has abandoned a controversial plan to close 10 struggling city high schools.
Just seven of 17 troubled high schools that the city tried to close this spring ended up on the chopping block in 2012 after many posted gains on city progress reports.
The city had sought to close the schools this summer and immediately reopen them with new instructors, a turnaround plan the teachers union opposed in court.
A court battle that lasted six months, ending with a judge's ruling in the union's favor. Now it appears the city has reversed plans to close 10 of those schools.
Students and teachers were thrilled at schools that were spared the axe.
Newtown High School in Queens also jumped from a C to a B on its progress report this year and made it off of the city's hit list.
From NY 1:
Eleven days after Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaway Beach neighborhood around Scholars' Academy was like no-man's land. Residents fled, leaving behind downed wires, waterlogged debris and sand soaked with heating oil.
But the doors to the school building were open, similar to what we saw at other damaged schools across the city. Contracted crews moved in and out, pumping, repairing and decontaminating, all to get students back as soon as possible.
Yet at some point, school officials say someone must have entered the building and exited with about $100,000 worth of stolen equipment.
"We discovered that approximately 90 iPads were stolen and six to 10 iMacs," said Brian O'Connell, the principal of Scholars' Academy.
It wasn't just pricey tablets and computers. Also reported missing were two automated external defibrillators, each estimated to be worth about $1,600.
This was not an isolated incident. The New York City Department of Education says 30 schools have reported looting so far. Among the items missing include cameras, calculators and a projector.
Officials say they don't yet know the overall value, but there is no insurance to cover it.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Schools...good and bad news
Posted by Queens Crapper at 6:02 AM
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It's gotta be those school custodians!
Who else would know where everything was...the teachers?
- Thursday, November 29, 2012
i sold equipment to the N.Y.C J.H.S. and H.S's years ago. this theft was rampant then, without hurricane/storms.
the school district QUICKLY reorders rooms of typewriters and calculator /computer, tape recording equipment.
INSURANCE????? WHY? there is plenty of taxpayer $$$$$$$ to be spent and re-spent.
how many teachers BORROWED and forgot to return them ?it is just fringe benefits
delivery on friday.....gone on monday.
- Thursday, November 29, 2012
the D.O.Education budget in NYC for 2012-13 is $21,000,000,000.00 (BILLION) .....plus
- Friday, November 30, 2012


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"In Plusquellic's long record, there is not the least whiff of crime or scandal. A recall is, therefore, out of place."Obviously, Mendenhall's attempt to argue his wacky position in a visit to the paper's editorial offices failed to impress anybody. The paper accused him of leading a "reckless and costly" campaign. It twitted him for arguing that his attacks on Plusquellic were not "personal" (one of Mendenhall's more bizarre "defenses" of his actions, I'd say) and concluded:
"Mendenhall, a lawyer who has filed many lawsuits against Akron, swears it has nothing to do with any desires of own to be the mayor. (And the revelation of $169,000 in IRS tax liens probably has slammed the door on the notion, anyway.)"He cannot credibly deny, though, that this battle has become personal - or that it is a huge distraction to a city caught, like many, in the throes of a worldwide recession."
I doubt that the PD's editorial reprimand will lodge in Mendenhall's obsessed idea of democracy in action, but at this point he is no more than a willful hell-raiser riding a limping horse to the finish line. More importantly now to the health of the city's future is how many of his opponents' words will find their way into the voters' collective conscience.


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"A fantastic case reverberating with questions about the nature of memory itself…. A thoughtful and gripping book."
— The New York Times
"This is a cautionary tale of immense value, told with rare intelligence, restraint and compassion. Remembering Satan catapults Wright to the front rank of American journalists." — Newsweek


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|1,321 free recipes at www.edenfoods.com
Serves 8 | Prep Time 15 minutes | Cook Time 20 minutes
2 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 clove garlic, minced
4 cups chopped leeks, white and green parts (about 2 large leeks)
8 cup chopped carrots, (about 2 pounds)
10 cups water
or vegetable broth
1 tsp Eden Sea Salt
1 tsp curry powder, or to taste
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
2 ounces Eden Pistachios, coarsely chopped, for garnish
Heat the oil in a medium soup pot and sauté the garlic and leeks until the leeks are slightly golden. At the carrots, water, and half the sea salt. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes or until the carrots are tender. Remove from the heat and purée, in 2 or 3 batches, in a blender until creamy. Pour into a soup pot and all the remaining sea salt, curry powder and cinnamon. Simmer on medium-low for another 5 to 10 minutes. Ladle into individual serving bowls and garnish each with pistachios.


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Tiny bugs can cause big problems.
Tiny bugs can cause big problems.
Ask any walnut, grape or tomato grower in San Joaquin County who's been put under a government-imposed quarantine in recent years.
Farmers face few obstacles more frustrating than having crops ready for market, only to be told they can't be shipped because one pest or another has taken up residence in their fields.
More than $1.1 million was lost during the 2011 harvest due to the Oriental fruit fly quarantine zone, a 118-square-mile designation established to eradicate the pest.
Mission accomplished. But what of the cost to farmers?
Last summer, Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, introduced legislation that would offer insurance to growers who wanted to protect themselves from crop losses due to federal quarantines. The bill never reached the floor of the House of Representatives.
Last week, McNerney reintroduced the Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act.
"A new Congress," McNerney spokeswoman Lauren Smith said when asked about the second attempt. "The old bill never proceeded, but this is vital to our ag community. Jerry reintroduced it in hopes that it makes it this time around."
The new bill has three California Democrats as co-sponsors.
It would make it possible for farmers to buy insurance against the risk of losing their crops.
"Far too often, farmers and ranchers are placed under federal quarantines, destroying a full year of hard work and investment," McNerney said in a written statement. "We need to give our farmers the resources to protect their livelihoods and cover staggering losses due to government-mandated quarantines."
The bill would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help provide insurance to farmers.
McNerney also said farmers already face uncertainty from weather, natural disasters and unstable prices - all of which they can purchase insurance against.
Quarantines, he said, leave them with no protection options.
Scott Hudson, the county's agricultural commissioner, said the thinking for the legislation originated following the September 2011 Oriental fruit fly infestation and quarantine. Vegetable growers lost a substantial amount of money.
"There was no treatment, no option. Those crops were lost," Hudson said.
"We talked with McNerney about it. We found that insurance companies don't cover quarantine losses. Quite frankly, he came up for the idea of a bill. We all agreed there needed to be a way to compensate growers."
In the past four years, more than 140 federal quarantine zones were established across the nation. In California, there were 25 quarantines, three in San Joaquin County.
The CROP Act is co-sponsored by Reps. Jim Costa, D-Fresno; Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Chino; and Juan Vargas, D-San Diego.


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Right now you're seeing two destinct methods I've used to draw the characters of Antibunny. In the Antibunny comic its self you see what I call "round head" and in nailbat you see the newer "Fuzzy Cheeks" style.
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