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Hetepu (Peace) Family,
Greetings. Greetings. It's good to be here.
The other day I was watching a program on National Geographic and they were talking about healing or what they called Strange Healings, which was non-Western approaches to healing. One of the healing practices they featured was the practices of a shaman from the Andes. This particular shaman had diagnosed his patient by using a guinea pig. A similar practice exist in Africa using a goat. In remote parts of Asia they use a sheep or chicken. Anyway, the shaman from the Andes whom they call Maestro (Master) after diagnosing the ailments correctly, offered the guinea to the earth and prepared another offering to remove the spirits that brought the illness from the patient. Then, he chased the spirits away with a series of ritual actions.It was an interesting segment but then they brought on Western trained anthropologists, psychologists and sociologists who talked about that the reason the shaman was successful, was because of a placebo effect.
"Really???" I asked. "How sad."
How sad I said because it is really a shame that Westerners can't see beyond their arrogance. Now, I am not totally against Western education and thinking, but you need to know its limitations, which is based totally upon the physical senses. It is the failure recognize that there is something beyond the physical that prevents Westerners from making any serious grounds spiritually. It is because the people in the Andes can see beyond the physical and identify with the spiritual that allows them to see the sacredness of all things like the coca leaves, which they chew daily. That Westerners have abused, misused and are addicted to.
Now, I am not promoting drugs use but I am trying to get you to see that it is our Western thinking that prevents us from seeing the wholeness of God. It is our Western training that makes us arrogantly believe that because we don't understand a thing. Means that it is not real or effective. This also is what makes us search for God through someone else eyes rather it be through an Arab's, Chinese or East Indian's perspective. The problem with this of course, is that the spirituality of these peoples reflects their divinity through their own eyes and not of foreigners. This means that when you take this same Western or non-holistic perspective and try to learn about someone else spirituality that is foreign to you. It is not going to work either, because there is a safe guard preventing people from abusing and misusing it for mundane and profane purposes.
It is this same safe guard during the Cultural Movement of the 1960s and 70s, that prevented people like The Beatles, Jim Morrison and the Doors, and everyone else during that period from truly climbing higher spiritually, and. Instead led many of them to abusing substances, social disorder and the committing all sorts of heinous acts despite their original natural and peaceful intentions.
It is the same safe guard that made the Great I AM tell Moses to inform the Children of Israel not to gaze upon Him at Mt Sinai because they would perish. What is this safe guard? It is culture. Culture and spirituality are uniquely tied or joined at the hip and if you don't have one. It is hard to get the other. In fact, culture is what spirituality different from religion.
What's the difference you ask between spirituality and religion? Real quick, religion is based solely upon beliefs whereas spirituality is based upon experience. A person can change their beliefs like changing their clothes but you can't change or deny your experience. This is why spirituality in most non-Western cultures is closely tied to initiations, where you either received the initiation or not.Religion is something you practice. Spirituality is what you are. Have you ever asked a person who they are and answer they are Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.? This is a religious individual, because their beliefs are dictating who they are and will be. A true spiritual minded individual tells you his or her name based with conviction based upon their experience.
It is this lack of holistic thinking that makes people jump around and try other faiths. I know because I did it as well. Fortunately, my padrino (godfather) and I met and helped me to see life from a different perspective. Of course, it didn't come quickly. I had to go through a bit of ordeal as you all know, but this ordeal was my trial by fire or leading to my burning bush initiation. It was because of my initiation I began to see the Kamitic tradition differently. Like many, I had read and read the Kamitic legends numerous times and just chalked them up as fanciful stories, which is evidence of my Western education (indoctrination), non-holistic thinking and lack of maturity. When I was undergoing my informal initiation that's when the truth of the Story of Ra and Oset appeared to me.
The Story of Ra & Oset
According to legend, Oset (Aset/Auset/Isis) wanted to be a goddess, so she conjured up some old foot magic and created a serpent, so that when Ra journeyed across the two lands. The serpent would poison Ra with its bite and in order to save him. Ra would have to reveal his true name to her based upon the belief that whosoever knows his true name could control him. As planned, Ra journeyed across his kingdom and when he came upon the serpent that lie in his path, he was bitten and became very ill. In agony Ra called out to his children to save him but none knew of a cure except for Oset. When Oset came to Ra's aid she called him to reveal his true name to her so that she could drive the poison out him. Ra after much hesitation tells Oset,
"I have made the heavens and the earth, I have ordered the mountains, I have created all that is above them, I have made the water, I have made to come into being the great and wide sea, I have made the 'Bull of his mother,' from whom spring the delights of love. I have made the heavens, I have stretched out the two horizons like a curtain, and I have placed the soul of the gods within them. I am he who, if he openeth his eyes, doth make the light, and, if he closeth them, darkness cometh into being. At his command the Nile riseth, and the gods know not his name. I have made the hours, I have created the days, I bring forward the festivals of the year, I create the Nile-flood. I make the fire of life, and I provide food in the houses. I am KhepeRA in the morning, I am RA at noon, and I am Tmu at evening."
After hearing all that Ra had said, Oset told him, "The poison continues to run through your body because you have not reveal your true name, my Lord." Finally having no other choice Ra conceded and he led Oset into another room so that no one else could hear them. When they were alone. Ra caused his name to pass from within him and into Oset, which she used to drive the poison out of Ra's body. The story ends with the impression that the name was not revealed, but the story was a riddle because the name was revealed to Oset in secret. To understand the story, the word for secret and hidden is "Amun or Amen," which also means to conceal (this is the reason the word was borrowed and used to follow the end of Jewish, Christian and Islamic prayers).
It was from this Story it was revealed to me that Khepera (sunrise), Ra (midday), Ra Atum or Tmu (sunset) and Amun Ra (midnight) are not God. They are the divine attributes of the Almighty God, Nebertcher. Together these four attributes correspond to the four moments of the sun (sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight), the four directions (east, north, west and south), the four stages of Life (birth, life, death and rebirth) and the four moments of the Kongo cosmogram (Kala, Tu-Kula, Luvemba and Musoni).
This is how I discovered the maa aankh, a Kamitic – Kongo inspired cosmogram based upon my ancestors' cultural perspective, which reveals my divinity and uniqueness. Instead of making me feel inferior or culturally subservient to others.
So you see, Egyptologists and other Western scholars got it wrong because they are not culturally in sync with the Kamitic thinking, which was holistic. It was because of my experience guided by the wisdom of my padrino, that allowed me to rediscover and resurrect my own divinity. Thereby connecting to God, which allowed me to see the sacredness of all things. In other words, I had to see God through my Ebony Eyes in order to get a holistic perspective to improve my life. This is why I am eternally grateful for meeting my padrino because without him I would never have had the pleasure of meeting the orisha Ochossi (Oxossi) and later the netchar Maat.
That's right, it was Maat that showed me the entire picture or Maa. It was Maat that showed me the Maa (the Way), which I hope you can see means more than just balance, reciprocity, law, justice, order, karma, etc. I hope you can see the difference from knowing and believing in God. When you believe. You only see part of the picture – usually the one based upon your physical senses, hence the intellectual side everything (based upon your limited understanding). You see the differences between yourself and others, which is why it is hard for people to come together peacefully.Not only that, when you just believe you tend to argue with others on who is right or wrong, which is a typical Npu (Anubis/Sebek) and Eshu (Ellegua) trick, all due to perspective.
It is important to note that people that believe in God need rules, laws and commandments to follow or they believe that God will punish them and so on. And, rightfully so, because without these rules they would cause great harm to themselves and others because they lack the maturity, understanding and responsibility.
Spiritual people on the other hand don't just believe in God but know God, which allows them to see life holistically. They live their life based upon what is ideally correctly. A truly spiritual minded individual can or tries to harmonize (be at peace) with anyone regardless if they agree with their beliefs or not, because they understand everyone has a journey. They can come together peacefully with others because they focus on the individual's spirit. This does not mean they condone negative, self-destructive and perverted behavior, no more than Moses did. It just means that see the sacredness of all things and do not need any commandments, laws and rules to tell them what they should and should not do. Because they see the dangers beforehand. It is part of the holistic or Maa perspective.
I say all this to inform you that if you find yourself flip flopping from faith to faith, not knowing which way to turn or what is right from wrong. If you feel that you have lost your way or that you haven't found your way. It could be because you are looking at life from one perspective and not seeing the whole picture. It might be time for you put down the books and ask Maat to show you the other side of life. So that you can develop your intuition and learn to see life holistically.


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Kansas City, Mo — More YMCAs nationwide are building express facilities to reach new communities, save building costs and hone in on the fast-paced adult market, says Mark Hulet, vice president of membership services for the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, which has one Y Express location in Lee's Summit, MO, and is planning to build two more in the Kansas City area.
The new model is smaller than a traditional Y, does not typically have aquatics and generally offers fewer services than a big-box Y. Current Y Express locations include Maineville, OH; Lithia, FL; Whitsett, NC; and Lake Charles, LA. Most Y Expresses offer cardiovascular equipment and weights, along with group exercise and limited child care. Many locations also house administrative offices for off-site services such as swimming lessons that are held at a different location.
The smaller and less-expensive model allows the Y to reach new and more diversified markets, including time-crunched adults, Hulet says. Because Y Express buildings typically have 8,000 to 12,000 square feet, building costs are much lower than a traditional 40,000-square-foot Y.
"This is a trend we'll see more of as it becomes more difficult to raise money," he says. "There are a lot of charities and great causes out there. We have to find ways to get into the market."
Hulet says the new, smaller facilities can also be less risky, especially if their location is leased for five to 10 years.
"Then, if the market doesn't come, you can pack your bags and find a more viable location," he says.
So far, Hulet's Y Express is doing well with 1,000 members. He expects to double that number in the future.


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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."
— George Orwell
Well, it has been over two years since I first covered IBM's acquisition of the XIV company. Amazingly, I still see a lot of misperceptions out in the blogosphere, especially those regarding double drive failures for the XIV storage system. Despite various attempts to [explain XIV resiliency] and to [dispel the rumors], there are still competitors making stuff up, putting fear, uncertainty and doubt into the minds of prospective XIV clients.
Clients love the IBM XIV storage system! In this economy, companies are not stupid. Before buying any enterprise-class disk system, they ask the tough questions, run evaluation tests, and all the other due diligence often referred to as "kicking the tires". Here is what some IBM clients have said about their XIV systems:
In this blog post, I hope to set the record straight. It is not my intent to embarrass anyone in particular, so instead will focus on a fact-based approach.
- Fact: IBM has sold THOUSANDS of XIV systems
XIV is "proven" technology with thousands of XIV systems in company data centers. And by systems, I mean full disk systems with 6 to 15 modules in a single rack, twelve drives per module. That equates to hundreds of thousands of disk drives in production TODAY, comparable to the number of disk drives studied by [Google], and [Carnegie Mellon University] that I discussed in my blog post [Fleet Cars and Skin Cells].
- Fact: To date, no customer has lost data as a result of a Double Drive Failure on XIV storage system
This has always been true, both when XIV was a stand-alone company and since the IBM acquisition two years ago. When examining the resilience of an array to any single or multiple component failures, it's important to understand the architecture and the design of the system and not assume all systems are alike. At it's core, XIV is a grid-based storage system. IBM XIV does not use traditional RAID-5 or RAID-10 method, but instead data is distributed across loosely connected data modules which act as independent building blocks. XIV divides each LUN into 1MB "chunks", and stores two copies of each chunk on separate drives in separate modules. We call this "RAID-X".
Spreading all the data across many drives is not unique to XIV. Many disk systems, including EMC CLARiiON-based V-Max, HP EVA, and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) USP-V, allow customers to get XIV-like performance by spreading LUNs across multiple RAID ranks. This is known in the industry as "wide-striping". Some vendors use the terms "metavolumes" or "extent pools" to refer to their implementations of wide-striping. Clients have coined their own phrases, such as "stripes across stripes", "plaid stripes", or "RAID 500". It is highly unlikely that an XIV will experience a double drive failure that ultimately requires recovery of files or LUNs, and is substantially less vulnerable to data loss than an EVA, USP-V or V-Max configured in RAID-5. Fellow blogger Keith Stevenson (IBM) compared XIV's RAID-X design to other forms of RAID in his post [RAID in the 21st Centure].
- Fact: IBM XIV is designed to minimize the likelihood and impact of a double drive failure
The independent failure of two drives is a rare occurrence. More data has been lost from hash collisions on EMC Centera than from double drive failures on XIV, and hash collisions are also very rare. While the published worst-case time to re-protect from a 1TB drive failure for a fully-configured XIV is 30 minutes, field experience shows XIV regaining full redundancy on average in 12 minutes. That is 40 times less likely than a typical 8-10 hour window for a RAID-5 configuration.
A lot of bad things can happen in those 8-10 hours of traditional RAID rebuild. Performance can be seriously degraded. Other components may be affected, as they share cache, connected to the same backplane or bus, or co-dependent in some other manner. An engineer supporting the customer onsite during a RAID-5 rebuild might pull the wrong drive, thereby causing a double drive failure they were hoping to avoid. Having IBM XIV rebuild in only a few minutes addresses this "human factor".
In his post [XIV drive management], fellow blogger Jim Kelly (IBM) covers a variety of reasons why storage admins feel double drive failures are more than just random chance. XIV avoids load stress normally associated with traditional RAID rebuild by evenly spreading out the workload across all drives. This is known in the industry as "wear-leveling". When the first drive fails, the recovery is spread across the remaining 179 drives, so that each drive only processes about 1 percent of the data. The [Ultrastar A7K1000] 1TB SATA disk drives that IBM uses from HGST have specified 1.2 million hours mean-time-between-failures [MTBF] would average about one drive failing every nine months in a 180-drive XIV system. However, field experience shows that an XIV system will experience, on average, one drive failure per 13 months, comparable to what companies experience with more robust Fibre Channel drives. That's innovative XIV wear-leveling at work!
- Fact: In the highly unlikely event that a DDF were to occur, you will have full read/write access to nearly all of your data on the XIV, all but a few GB.
Even though it has NEVER happened in the field, some clients and prospects are curious what a double drive failure on an XIV would look like. First, a critical alert message would be sent to both the client and IBM, and a "union list" is generated, identifying all the chunks in common. The worst case on a 15-module XIV fully loaded with 79TB data is approximately 9000 chunks, or 9GB of data. The remaining 78.991 TB of unaffected data are fully accessible for read or write. Any I/O requests for the chunks in the "union list" will have no response yet, so there is no way for host applications to access outdated information or cause any corruption.
(One blogger compared losing data on the XIV to drilling a hole through the phone book. Mathematically, the drill bit would be only 1/16th of an inch, or 1.60 millimeters for you folks outside the USA. Enough to knock out perhaps one character from a name or phone number on each page. If you have ever seen an actor in the movies look up a phone number in a telephone booth then yank out a page from the phone book, the XIV equivalent would be cutting out 1/8th of a page from an 1100 page phone book. In both cases, all of the rest of the unaffected information is full accessible, and it is easy to identify which information is missing.)
If the second drive failed several minutes after the first drive, the process for full redundancy is already well under way. This means the union list is considerably shorter or completely empty, and substantially fewer chunks are impacted. Contrast this with RAID-5, where being 99 percent complete on the rebuild when the second drive fails is just as catastrophic as having both drives fail simultaneously.
- Fact: After a DDF event, the files on these few GB can be identified for recovery.
Once IBM receives notification of a critical event, an IBM engineer immediately connects to the XIV using remote service support method. There is no need to send someone physically onsite, the repair actions can be done remotely. The IBM engineer has tools from HGST to recover, in most cases, all of the data.
Any "union" chunk that the HGST tools are unable to recover will be set to "media error" mode. The IBM engineer can provide the client a list of the XIV LUNs and LBAs that are on the "media error" list. From this list, the client can determine which hosts these LUNs are attached to, and run file scan utility to the file systems that these LUNs represent. Files that get a media error during this scan will be listed as needing recovery. A chunk could contain several small files, or the chunk could be just part of a large file. To minimize time, the scans and recoveries can all be prioritized and performed in parallel across host systems zoned to these LUNs.
As with any file or volume recovery, keep in mind that these might be part of a larger consistency group, and that your recovery procedures should make sense for the applications involved. In any case, you are probably going to be up-and-running in less time with XIV than recovery from a RAID-5 double failure would take, and certainly nowhere near "beyond repair" that other vendors might have you believe.
- Fact: This does not mean you can eliminate all Disaster Recovery planning!
To put this in perspective, you are more likely to lose XIV data from an earthquake, hurricane, fire or flood than from a double drive failure. As with any unlikely disaster, it is best to have a disaster recovery plan than to hope it never happens. All disk systems that sit on a single datacenter floor are vulnerable to such disasters.
For mission-critical applications, IBM recommends using disk mirroring capability. IBM XIV storage system offers synchronous and asynchronous mirroring natively, both included at no additional charge.
For more about IBM XIV reliability, read this whitepaper [IBM XIV© Storage System: Reliability Reinvented]. To find out why so many clients LOVE their XIV, contact your local IBM storage sales rep or IBM Business Partner.
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Originally published: 2010-04-05


text: I don't really know much about this photo except that my mom and Aunt Joan are the two girls on the right. I don't think that this is at my grandparent's house. The tree is uncharacteristically huge compared to trees in other Christmas photos and the tinsel is missing. Maybe by posting this photo here, the mystery girl and location will be identified.


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By Ward Lassoe / KF-18 / Armenia
I'd read about Armenian hospitality. I'd heard about it. But last week, I got a chance to experience it.
My first assignment as a Kiva Fellow was to videotape interviews with current and past borrowers in Armenia. I'm lucky because these interactions with local borrowers are always a highlight of a Kiva Fellowship.
But as I headed out the first day with some staff members from SEF International (one of Kiva's micro-finance partners in Armenia), I wasn't sure how the experience would go. How would the borrowers react to being videotaped? Would the whole process be awkward and uncomfortable?
Our first stop was a woman who ran a local fruit stand in the town of Arteshat. We found the stand, but she's nowhere to be seen. I'm thinking that this is not a good start.
A neighbor tells us that she's home giving her grandson a bath, but she'll be back soon. Here she comes with her freshly scrubbed grandson.
Once I turned on the camera, she was a natural. She explained how much she appreciated the Kiva loan and how it helped build her business.
Before we left, she insisted I take some apricots with me. Apricots from Armenia are said to be the best in world, and they're just coming into season. This turned out to be just the start of the my apricot bounty as well as my introduction to Armenian hospitality. Our next stops were two families who operated small farms behind their houses. They were eager to welcome me into their homes and show me their farms.
Despite a total language barrier and a two-foot height differential, I seemed to be a big hit with one grandmother in particular.
Everywhere I went, no one would let me leave empty-handed. As I wrapped up the day with the local SEF loan officers, I was loaded down with about 15 pounds of apricots.
A few days later, we went out again to videotape more borrowers. It was a great opportunity to see and hear firsthand about the impact of Kiva loans on individual businesses. The first few borrowers were in the capital of Yerevan. We met with a hairdresser, and then a local furniture maker.
Then we were off to see the owner of a snack stand, and then a shoe store owner.
And in case you're wondering where Elvis left his blue suede shoes, I found them at this market.
Then it was time for a quick lunch break with Anahit (the Kiva coordinator) and David (the loan officer). If we knew what was coming, though, we probably would have skipped lunch.
Our last stop of the day was in the village of Marmarashen, visiting a borrower who was taking a Kiva loan to expand her small bakery.
Hermine and her husband Gnel run the bakery by themselves, and it's located just behind their house. After I finished taping the brief interview, Hermine came around the corner with a plate of fruit, including, of course, some apricots.
And when she insisted we also sit down for some coffee, I couldn't say "no."
The next thing I know, she's putting some candies and cookies on the table.
Then out comes the wine. Uh-oh.
Then the vodka. Double uh-oh.
I think we're going to be here awhile.
Then there were some baked apricots.
In the meantime, I keep hearing more rustling in the kitchen, and I realize this has all been just a warm-up. The next thing I know, Hermine comes out with the main course, a platter of beef kabobs baked in dough.
And of course, there was some Armenian cheese to go with it.
Every time there was some space in my glass or on my plate, it was quickly refilled.
David (the loan officer) joked that if we had given them more advance notice we were coming, Hermine and Gnel would have prepared beds and made us spend the night.
When I finally convinced them I couldn't eat or drink any more, we said our goodbyes. Now I want to offer a big "shnorhakalutjun" (thank you) to Hermine and Gnel for showing me what Armenian hospitality is all about.
Of course before I left, she insisted that I take home a bag of – guess what?
Ward Lassoe is Kiva Fellow working in Armenia this summer with two Kiva partners, Nor Horizon and SEF International. Join the leading team for Armenia on Kiva.org.


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Tmatbauy village is a special place. Located in Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, Tmatbauy is where to go to see the Critically Endangered Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantean) and White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni). The chances of spying these rare birds are increasing each season, thanks to an effective conservation model developed and implemented by SOS Grantee and IUCN Member WCS Cambodia in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and several local NGO partners. More importantly this model not only saves birds, but improves lives and changes local attitudes to conservation as well.
Located deep in Cambodia's forested north, the village provides the most advanced example of the three incentive schemes in action, namely Ibis Rice, ecotourism and the Birds' Nest Protection Scheme. Simon Mahood Technical advisor with WCS explains, "thanks to SOS support these activities continue in Tmatbauy, and have been expanded to other sites in the region".
Most of the people of Tmatbauy village are rice farmers, explains Simon. With its local NGO partner Sansom Mlup Prey (SMP) the project team developed Ibis Rice, a premium wildlife-friendly product. The people of Tmatbauy grow the rice, selling it to SMP for a 10% premium if they comply with pre-agreed conditions prohibiting hunting of threatened species and the clearance of additional forest. The agreements, based on land-use plans, also form the basis for community land titles. Furthermore, satellite monitoring has shown that rates of land clearance around Tmatbauy village are currently lower than elsewhere in the protected area. Consequently, Ibis Rice protects the ibises, encouraging the scheme to expand to other sites in Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, and Ang Trapeang Thmor Sarus Crane Reserve, Simon reports with just a hint of satisfaction.
Also at Tmatbauy, ecotourism creates a clear link between monetary income and ibises. With another local NGO partner, Sam Veasna Centre (SVC), the project team built accommodation and dining facilities for birdwatchers, which SVC brings to the site. A village ecotourism committee manages the tourism and identifies local people to act as guides and cooks. If a visiting birdwatcher sees either species of ibis during their visit then they pay $10 into a Community Development Fund. If however, they see both species then they pay $30. The community can choose how to spend this money; so far they have used it for medicine, books and repairs to a pagoda.
In order to increase the amount of money going into the Community Development Fund by guaranteeing sightings of the ibises, the ecotourism committee has also copied the WCS Birds' Nest Protection Scheme. This scheme pays local people a daily rate for protecting the nests of threatened birds. The nest protector receives a 100% bonus on their daily wage if the nest fledges successfully. During 2014, Tmatbauy village ecotourism committee paid community members to protect seven White-shouldered Ibis nests. Since WCS has been working at Tmatbauy the population of White-shouldered Ibis has increased from three individuals to nearly 50.
Simon zooms in on the biggest impact of the project so far in his opinion: changing attitudes to nature. One Tmatbauy villager for instance wanted to cut down a dead tree that was standing in her rice field to use for firewood. White-shouldered Ibises use the tree for roosting attracting birdwatchers. Taking the initiative, the village ecotourism committee intervened, proposing an alternative: an annual rental fee for the tree so that its owner receives an income from the birds that roost in it. Seeing the benefit to all, she agreed.
Summing it all up, Simon concludes "the ibises pay the village for protecting the forest, through money from tourists and rice sales".


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KURT Tippett remains determined to clear his name at Friday's AFL Commission hearing, but his former club Adelaide will not contest the draft tampering and salary cap accusations levelled at it.
Tippett has received AFL permission to delist himself from the Crows and place himself in the pre-season draft, but the 25-year-old cannot nominate any financial terms until after Friday's hearing.
Tippett, who is facing a fine, suspension and possible deregistration, has been offered a $3.55 million, four-year deal to join Sydney and is likely to find his way to the Swans, with the hefty price tag set to deter Greater Western Sydney.
Adelaide chairman Rob Chapman last night confirmed that after strong recent discussions with the AFL through each parties' lawyers, the Crows were "contrite" and keen to move on as soon as possible after the hearing.
Adelaide gave up its first two choices in last week's national draft as a "goodwill gesture" ahead of the hearing, but is still expected to be heavily punished for the agreement it struck with Tippett when recontracting him in 2009.
Chief executive Steven Trigg, football manager Phil Harper and former football manager John Reid are also planning to plead guilty to all charges.
Harper is facing one charge of breaching salary cap rules, while Trigg, Reid and the club are facing two charges of breaching both salary cap and draft rules.
"We've had some engaging discussions with the AFL, we're contrite and I care about upholding the integrity of the competition as much as anyone," Chapman said.
"What I want now is to get the right overall outcome for our club. I can't afford to take chances that could harm my club more than it needs to be harmed.
"We're ready to face up to it on Friday, minimise the risk to the club and get the best outcome possible because we know that the integrity of the competition is paramount."
Tippett's removal from the club's list means Adelaide will be able to reclaim midfielder Nick Joyce at the pre-season draft on December 11.
Joyce was delisted ahead of last week's national draft, with the club told by the AFL that it was not able to move Tippett off its list pending the commission hearing.
Because Tippett delisted himself, he was not eligible to sign directly with Sydney as a delisted free agent by yesterday's deadline.
While the Giants have sufficient space in their salary cap to take Tippett, they are reluctant to pay the vast contract that their cross-town rival has agreed to hand Tippett if, as expected, he joins the Swans via the pre-season draft.
The Giants have first pick in that draft for uncontracted and delisted players and in the highly likely event that they pass on Tippett, they have indicated they will re-draft ruckman Dean Brogan, who was dropped off the senior list with the proviso that he would return if/when Tippett is not selected by Greater Western Sydney.
Both Brisbane and Gold Coast have ruled out Tippett after he nominated Sydney as his preferred club, before the scandal of Adelaide's unauthorised payments was disclosed in this newspaper in the final week of the trade period.
GWS had said it was interested in drafting Tippett earlier this month, but the club's interest waned after learning his huge asking price, which the Swans have agreed to meet.
Tippett also refused to meet with GWS or the Lions – echoing the tactic used successfully by Luke Ball when he left St Kilda, entered the national draft with a hefty price on his head and still got to Collingwood at pick No. 30.
Sydney has agreed to pay Tippett $3.55 million over four years, with a trigger clause that would earn him a further two years on $975,000 in 2017 and 2018.
He needs to play at least 20 games in each of the first four years to earn the extra two seasons.
While the Giants have the room to accommodate Tippett, even on those figures, they recognise that such a hefty and long-term contract could create potential problems in future years, when their legion of highly talented youngsters are being pursued by other clubs.
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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Wednesday, June 25, 1912: Nothing extraordinary done.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
I think that Grandma was in a rut when she wrote this entry.
Here's some advice hundred –year –old advice about how to get out of a rut:
Dare to be different; dare to take a decisive step to carry out your plans and ideas yourself. Fight your own battle, make a new road if necessary.
Ask no favor of anyone and you will succeed a thousand times better than one who sticks in the old beaten path, and who is always beseeching someone's influence and patronage.
Aren't you tired of the rut, tired of walking in file as convicts walk together in stripes? Cultivate enough individuality to refuse to be sewed up in the universal patchwork. The onward sweep of progress in this age has prepared the way for nonconformists. Why not get into line?
As in a game of cards, so in the game of life. We must play what is dealt to us, and the glory consists not so much in winning as in playing a poor hand well. Do not ask for a new deal, but play the cards given you.
You were not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what you have to do and then do it with all your might, because it should be your duty, your enjoyment, or the very necessity of your being.
How many of us exhaust ourselves and wear out our friends by chafing against the chains of the unalterable, by complaining of the cards that are dealt to us in the game of life.
Play the game the best you know how to play it, give your life, your energy, your enthusiasm to the game.
National Food Magazine (June, 1912)


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The Survey Design Factors course includes three modules:
Module 10. Sample Design
Module 11. Weighting
Module 12. Variance Estimation
These three modules provide an overview of the design features for the Continuous NHANES samples, as well as how to correctly account for these design features in analyses.
The Sample Design module describes the complex sampling design of NHANES, which includes multi-stage, unequal probability, and cluster sampling methods. This module also explains how to specify sampling parameters in an analysis. The Weighting module describes how NHANES weights are calculated to take into account survey nonresponse, oversampling, post-stratification, and sampling error. More importantly, this module teaches how to select the correct weights for an analysis. The Variance Estimation module introduces methods to calculate variance estimates and degrees of freedom.
These modules will provide analysts who are new to NHANES with an in-depth knowledge of the survey™s sampling and weighting procedures and basic tools for calculating variance estimates.
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Zondervan Press Release
We are delighted to post this new press release:
Contact: Brian Burch, 616-233-0500
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Zondervan announced today that it is extending its electronic publishing partnership with Accordance Bible Software, the leading Bible study program for Macintosh computers. Forty-eight volumes, ranging from commentaries, reference works and more, are slated to release beginning late June 2010.
These new products include 28 volumes in the NIV Application Commentary series; The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2009); the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old and New Testament (2009, 2002); and the award-winning Archaeological Study Bible (2006).
"We're very excited that Zondervan is offering so many excellent titles for the Accordance Bible Software platform," said David Lang, Accordance's Vice President of Development. "Zondervan has been catering to the needs of Mac users throughout their decade-long partnership with us, and prior to that through their Mac Bible software. These new releases demonstrate their commitment to serve a new generation of Mac-using Bible students."
Zondervan released its first Accordance-compatible product in February of 1999, and since that time has released numerous titles such as the Expositor's Bible Commentary series, the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Old Testament Theology and more.
"With their sophisticated features and intuitive interface, Accordance is widely recognized as the leading Bible software for Mac users," said Zondervan's Paul Engle, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Church, Academic and Reference Resources. "We are thrilled to have their powerful engine integrated with some of our most important tools for scholars and Bible students."
About Accordance Bible Software
Accordance is the leading Bible study program for Macintosh computers, offering features for everything from high-end academic analysis to personal Bible study. Accordance can be found on the Web at www.accordancebible.com.
About Zondervan
Zondervan, a HarperCollins company, is a world leader in Christian communications and the leading Christian publishing brand. For more than 75 years, Zondervan has delivered transformational Christian experiences through general and academic resources by influential leaders and emerging voices, and been honored with more Christian Book Awards than any other publisher. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., with offices in Seattle, Chicago and Miami, Zondervan publishes its bestselling Bibles, books, audio, video, curriculum, software and digital products through its Zondervan, eZondervan, Zonderkidz and Editorial Vida brands. Zondervan resources are sold worldwide through retail stores, online and by Zondervan ChurchSource, and are translated into nearly 200 languages in more than 60 countries. Visit Zondervan on the Internet at www.zondervan.com.
The Zondervan blog announcement.
Archived Comments
Wayne Stewart
That's great news - I really like the Archaeological Study Bible, I've got a hard copy but it's a bit large to carry!
Mark Pearson
Looking forward to the NIV Application Commentary series and the Archeological Study Bible. The ASB is a great resource, but it's print is tiny and Accordance will take care of that for me! The only question is, When?!


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A Swedish woman is being investigated for allegedly leaving her 1-year-old boy alone in his stroller on a sidewalk in Amherst, Massachusetts. The boy sat outside a restaurant for 10 minutes while the mother went inside to order food and was totally unharmed. The mother has been reported to a state agency for possible child maltreatment, but she "found nothing wrong with the situation," and said it's common to leave children unattended in Sweden. That may be true, but on the mean streets of Amherst, he could have been subjected to intense cooing from college students.
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Paid parking returns to Jacksonville Beach
$5 charge enforced on weekends
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – It's back to paid parking for certain city lots at Jacksonville Beach.
In a vote of 5-2, the City Council chose to continue the paid parking program until it can hash out a more permanent plan. That will include a pilot validation program for all retail businesses at the beach.
The city makes about $100,000 a year thanks to paid parking.
"Five bucks is worth it to come out to Jacksonville Beach because there is so much here," beachgoer Joannie Bryan said.
Beachgoers must now pay to park only on weekends. The cost is $5.
Mayor Charlie Latham says many local business owners feel that hurts their bottom line. The city says they'll solve that issue with a validation program.
"Anybody that pays the $5 to park can go to a local merchant," Latham said. "The merchant will credit them $5 on the bill and then the merchant will bill the city at the end of the month."
But some business owners say they are unsure of the plan.
"I don't feel like I should be personally paying to go to my own beach, but you got to do what you got to do to tighten up the screws around here, and that's basically why they are doing it," business owner Tony Hall said.
The City Council also approved a plan for the Jacksonville Beach Police Department to take over the security for the parking lots when paid parking is enforced. The city will replace the big orange barricades around the lots with a movable gate system. Hall said he doesn't necessarily agree with paid parking, but understands the city's need to make sure the beach is a safe place.
"At the present moment, it's a bit of a surprise to me, but I'm willing to go with it because we need the extra security at the beginning of our season," Hall said.
The paid parking is in effect during daylight saving time, March 10- Nov. 3. During offseason, there will be no charge.
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So, time for part two. I have asked for the previous one closed as suggested by Jack.
Seeing as its a new thread let's do a quick WWE title roll call.
WWE Champion: John Cena
World Heavyweight Champion: Randy Orton
US Champion: Kofi Kingston
IC Champion: Wade Barrett
Tag Champs: Big Show and Kane
Divas Champ: Brie Bella (I think it's Brie anyway)
I think Sting is TNA Champ, no idea about ROH.
Anyway, as you were...


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DR. HOOK- Choose wisely: Get a doc who meets your needs
Finding a new primary care physician (PCP) can be quite an undertaking. For example, pretend you're the beautiful Brooke Shields. You just had a baby and you're not feeling so hot, so you Google to find a new PCP. There are a ton of doctors' names, and you click on a few hoping to find A Few Good Men.
Voila! You come across a Top Gun-looking doctor, a Dr. Hong... (I wish)... a Dr. Cruise. True, he might be someone you would have a Cocktail with, but that would be Risky Business.
You read his bio, like he's Born on the Fourth of July and even owns an ultrasound machine at home. (Wow, he must take his work home with him.) So you call his office, find out if he participates with your health insurance, and make an appointment.
Underneath the Vanilla Sky is a Magnolia by Dr. Cruise's medical office: nice office! The porcelain-skinned staff members are very friendly. However, when you finally meet Dr. Cruise, he lacks All the Right Moves. He's arrogant, doesn't listen to you, and scoffs at you when you tell him that you feel depressed. When you realize the Mission is Impossible, you try to get Far and Away from him to prevent a War of the Worlds.
Is there a secret to finding the right Primary Care Physician? There's no winning formula, but there are a few things that might help.
Word of mouth: ask people who their doctor is, how long they've been seeing him or her, and what's to like. One woman said to me, "I prefer my doctor because he's no nonsense. I don't want a doctor with a personality. I'm not there to socialize or feel warm and fuzzy."
Many men have told me, "I just see my doctor because my wife forces me to. Otherwise, I really don't care about it."
"Dr. X has been seeing me for 80 years. He doesn't even remember my name at this point– he's so old," some folks say. "But I can't switch doctors because I would feel disloyal."
So make sure you consider the source.
Don't interview the doctor: some people call or email me that they want to "interview" me before actually scheduling an appointment. Theoretically that makes sense, but realistically it's impossible. Doctors are so busy seeing patients, writing notes, calling patients back, reviewing labs and tests, etc. that taking time to be interviewed by a non-patient is unfair to the established patients. Ergo: word of mouth.
Board Certification: be sure your doctor is board certified in the field you want him/her to be. A friend of mine in LA told me, "Oh, you have to see my doctor. He's great and wears Prada."
I didn't know what Prada was at the time, but I went anyway for a general check-up. It wasn't until I was in his office that I learned he was Board Certified in anesthesia, not internal medicine or family practice. Let me tell you, the visit was not a gas. While I was naked on the exam table, he made me get on all fours like Lassie to exam my— well you can figure it out. I should have asked him if he wanted me to bark, "Timmy has fallen into the well." It's like, do you want a psychiatrist doing your PAP smear? Do you want an OB-GYN doing your prostate exam?
You can search on-line the Board of Medicine to see if the doctor's license has ever been suspended or revoked, how long he or she has been in practice, etc. But really, you'll never know until you see the doctor. Nonetheless, going in Eyes Wide Shut can be a precarious experience.
Got a medical question? Dr. Hook wants to hear from you!


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Bodybuilding gave Darron Glenn more than the enormous muscles and the chiseled action figure physique needed to win the overall title at this year�s National Physique Committee (NPC) USA Championships.
It gave him the strength to change his life.
�I had a bad lifestyle and I wanted to get away from it,� said Glenn, who grew up in the Bradford Heights section of Gastonia once notorious for drug problems. �I knew that if I didn�t hurry up and do something with my life, I was going to end up locked up or dead.�
That something turned out to be bodybuilding. It started in 2002, when he walked into Universal Health & Fitness in Lowell. That�s also where he got his nickname � Hollywood.
�I walked into the gym with a do-rag and sunglasses and some cut-off daisy dukes on and I had baby oil on,� Glenn admitted. �I looked like a black Hulk Hogan.�
Working out and staying in shape was all Glenn, who wrestled at Ashbrook High School in Gastonia, said he ever knew. So he devoted himself to bodybuilding, working out six days a week � a rigorous schedule he still maintains today.
�It saved my life, that�s been my story through my whole career,� he said. �It gave me a new outlook on life.�
While he reshaped his body, he began remaking his life. He joined St. John�s Baptist Church in Gastonia, where he gave his life to God. He took a job at a shipping and receiving company in Charlotte, where�s worked for 10 years. He married his sweetheart, Kamilla , and started his own personal training service.
Throughout, he�s applied the lessons he�s learned through sweat and sacrifice to his daily life. He often works 10 hour days but still manages to train three-plus hours a day during his competitive season, which is 25 to 30 weeks out before a show.
He eats six meals a day � a diet of at least 3,500 calories � but steers clear of fast food restaurants.
�If I can sacrifice going to all those places, I learn to sacrifice in real life when it comes to money, when it comes to shopping and just doing things that normal people would just blow money on,� he said.
His work ethic and determination allowed him to climb up the bodybuilding ranks, becoming the NPC light-heavyweight and overall junior champion in 2009. Glenn, who weighed 108 pounds when he graduated high school, is 237 pounds today.
Winning the �Mr.�s� light-heavyweight and overall championships at the NPC championships back in July qualified Glenn to become a pro. That means he can go to shows and compete for paychecks instead of trophies and get paid more for guest appearances and endorsements.
�Now that I�m walking around as a pro, I get that respect that I�ve been waiting for,� he said. �But once you turn pro, you�re at the bottom of the pro ranks so you start completely over.�
Glenn, who trains at Gold�s Gym in Gastonia with workout partners Perry Fail and Dion Hall, said he�s already stepped up his workouts. He knows that when he takes the stage at the New York Pro in May, he�ll be going head-to-head against some of the best in the industry.
And he wants to win.
�I�m determined to be the best,� he said. �I look at it as I�m not going to let myself down, but all the people that helped and pushed me along the way, I don�t want to let them down, either.�
Gastonia bodybuilder Darron Glenn, who won first place in the light-heavyweight and overall divisions in the 2012 NPC USA Championships, Hollywood�s 1 on 1 Fitness, a personal training service. For details, email firstname.lastname@example.com or search Darron Glenn on Facebook. You can also follow him on Twitter at @12MrUsaDarron.
A numerical look at United States Bodybuilding champion Darron Glenn of Gastonia.
237 � Weight, in pounds, during the offseason
212 � Competitive weight class, in pounds
103 � Weight class, in pounds, in which Glenn wrestled at Ashbrook High School
5-5 � Height, in feet and inches
22 � Age at which Glenn got into bodybuilding
8 � Percent body fat Glenn carries in the offseason
2 � Percent body fat he maintains during competitions
20 � Size of biceps, in inches
8 � Mandatory poses in bodybuilding competitions, including: front double bicep, lat spread, side chest, side triceps, back double bicep, back lat spread, abdominal and thighs
7 - Meals eaten daily
300 � Grams of protein consumed daily
500 � Grams of carbohydrates consumed daily
3,500 � Calories in Glenn�s daily diet
6 � Days per week Glenn trains
45 � Minutes Glenn weight trains during his workouts
1 � Body part worked out each day
15 � Minutes of cardio done each day in offseason
2 � Hours of cardio done daily while preparing for competition
100 � �Percent I�ve dedicated myself to being the best,� Glenn said.


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2 robbers strike at McDonald's in Abingdon
Harford County Sheriff's Office asking for public's help
The Harford County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a restaurant in Abingdon.
Authorities said two men robbed the McDonald's at 404 Constant Friendship Blvd. at 7 p.m. Dec. 12.
One man was described as black, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing a black-hooded jacket or sweater, a black beanie-style cap and black gloves.
The second suspect was described as a black man, standing 6 feet tall, wearing all black with white/gray work gloves and a black-beanie style hat.
Authorities said the robbers fled the store in a white Chevy Impala.
Anyone with investigative information regarding the individual depicted in the photo is encouraged to contact Detective Tammy Burns of the Harford County Sheriff's Office at 410-836-5043.


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|Working Group I: The Scientific Basis
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4.5 Open Questions
Many processes involving atmospheric chemistry, and the coupling of atmospheric chemistry with other elements of global change, have been proposed in the scientific literature. These are generally based on sound physical and chemical principles, but unfortunately, there is no consensus on their quantitative role in atmospheric chemistry on a global scale (e.g., the effects of clouds on tropospheric ozone: Lelieveld and Crutzen (1990) vs. Liang and Jacob (1997)), on the magnitude of possible compensating effects (e.g., net settling of HNO3 on cloud particles: Lawrence and Crutzen (1999) vs. full cloud-scale dynamics), or even on how to implement them or whether these are already effectively included in many of the model calculations. While many of these processes may be important, there is inadequate information or consensus to make a quantitative evaluation in this assessment. This assessment is not a review, and so this section presents only a few examples of recent publications studying feedbacks or chemical processes, which are not included, but which are potentially important in this assessment.4.5.1 Chemical Processes Important on the Global Scale
126.96.36.199 Missing chemistry, representation of small scales, and changing emission patterns
Analyses and observations (see Section 4.2.6) continue to test and improve the chemistry and transport used in the global CTMs. In terms of the chemistry, recent studies have looked, for example, at the representation of NMHC chemistry (Houweling et al. 1998; Wang et al. 1998b), the role of halogens in the O3 budget of the remote marine troposphere, and the acetone source of upper tropospheric OH (see Sections 4.2.4 and 4.2.6). Most of these improvements in understanding will eventually become adopted as standard in the global CTMs, but at this stage, for example, the role of tropospheric halogen chemistry on the Y2100 predictions has not been evaluated in the CTMs.
Convection, as well as urban pollution and biomass burning plumes, occur on horizontal scales not resolved in global CTMs. These sub-grid features appear to be important in calculating OH abundances and O3 production for biomass burning emissions (Pickering et al., 1996; Folkins et al., 1997), for the remote upper troposphere (Jaeglé et al., 1997; Prather and Jacob, 1997; Wennberg et al., 1998), and in urban plumes (e.g., Sillman et al., 1990). Convection is represented in all CTMs here (e.g., Collins et al., 1999; Müller and Brasseur, 1999) but in quite different ways, and it still involves parametrization of processes occurring on a sub-grid scale. A substantial element of the differences in CTM simulations appears to lie with the different representations of convection and boundary layer transport, particularly for the short-lived gases such as NOx.
A change in the geographic emission pattern of the pollutants (NOx, CO and VOC) can by itself alter tropospheric O3 and OH abundances and in turn the abundances of CH4 and HFCs. In one study of regional NOx emissions and control strategy, Fuglestvedt et al. (1999) find that upper tropospheric O3 is most sensitive to NOx reductions in Southeast Asia and Australia and least to those in Scandinavia. Understanding trends in CO requires knowledge not only of the in situ chemistry of CO (e.g., Granier et al., 1996; Kanakidou and Crutzen, 1999), but also of how local pollution control has altered the global pattern of emissions (e.g., Hallock-Waters et al., 1999). These shifts have been included to some extent in the SRES emissions for year 2100 used here; however, the projected change in emission patterns have not been formally evaluated within the atmospheric chemistry community in terms of uncertainty in the Y2100 global atmosphere.
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The Murrieta City Council passed an ordinance adopting a policy on international travel for city officals and staff on Tuesday night. Then it put that newly minted policy to use.
After considerable debate, the council decided to approve a trip by Mayor Rick Gibbs to China in April, while scuttling a proposed trip by Councilman Randon Lane to China next month.
Lane was invited to travel to China by Al Rattan, the manager of USA Continental Regional Center in Murrieta. The regional center is part of the EB5 program, which seeks overseas investors through a federal government program that promises citizenship visas for international developers willing to invest in job-creating projects in the United States.
Rattan invited Lane to be an official representative for the city of Murrieta at an EB5 trade show in Shanghai scheduled for March 14-16.
Gibbs came down against Lane's proposed trip.
"An EB5 trip with a staff member would be just as good," Gibbs said.
State gift laws allow undesignated staff members to have their travel expenses picked up by a business entity such as an EB5 regional center, whereas a member of the council would have to pay his own way under the same circumstances.
If an invitation is extended to a specific city staffer or member of the council, it could imply a quid-pro-quo arrangement, which is what the gift laws seek to protect against. By extending the request to an "undesignated employee," whom the city manager would then choose, there presumably would be fewer abuses in the process.
During the council discussion, Lane revealed that he had a scheduling conflict "and can't even go on the trip." The councilman later said he would be attending a National League of Cities conference in Washington that ended March 13, the day before the EB5 trade show was set to start in China.
Nevertheless, Lane said he "wholeheartedly disagreed" with Gibbs' stance on his proposed trip.
"I see value in the trip, but I would agree we need to show some return on our investment," Lane said.
Rattan said Lane's trip would have cost less than $5,000. At one point, Rattan said he would pay the councilman's travel expenses. Councilwoman Kelly Bennett quickly pointed out that Rattan couldn't do that.
Rattan was given the option of coming back and requesting a undesignated member of the city staff to make the trip. Murrieta Economic Development Director Bruce Coleman has traveled to China on EB5 business in the past. After the meeting, Rattan said he would decline that option for next month's trade show.
"I believe when we plan our next trip to China, we will (seek an undesignated staff member)", Rattan said.
Gibbs told City Manager Rick Dudley that his two-week trip from April 4-18 would cost the city about $2,500.
While in China, Gibbs said he would meet with government officials from "three or four" provinces. According to state gift laws, a councilman is allowed to have travel expenses picked up by a government entity.
By Gibbs' estimate, the city of Murrieta would have to pay for his round-trip airline ticket ($1,200), a five-night hotel-stay in Shanghai ($150 to $200 a night) and about $100 for miscellaneous meals during the trip that would not be picked up by Chinese government officials.
Murrieta's new travel policy would require a formal request that would spell out the purpose of the trip in sufficient detail for city officials to draw conclusions about its value.
If the request is made for an unnamed person, without identifying a specific position either, the city manager can pick a representative.
All trips proposed for members of the council would have to pass through a process in which the city manager reviews it first, and if he determines a benefit to the city, passes it on to the international subcommittee, which now is composed of Gibbs and Bennett.
The policy lists issues for consideration including the short- and long-term benefit for the city, the cost of the trip and availability of funding, and whether there would be sufficient time for the individual to prepare for the trip.
That was a concern of Lane's. He wasn't sure he could obtain a visa in time for the trip. But in the end the question was moot.
Gibbs' trip was approved by a 4-1 vote. Councilman Harry Ramos cast the dissenting vote, saying that he is still trying to determine the proper role for local government in the new global economy.
The new international travel policy passed unanimously.
No members of the public addressed the council on either matter.


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Instructions: Using all the knowledge learned in the previous lessons, find the verb, subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, appositives, nouns of address, adjectives, and adverbs in the following sentences.
1. Ila and I diligently prepared the garden and planted carefully the corn seeds.
2. The legislators are heatedly debating the gun issue.
3. Have you ever seen that beautiful butterfly bush?
4. Eric looked around rather hastily and ran away quickly.
5. Suddenly the siren sounded loudly and sharply.
--For answers scroll down.
1. prepared/planted = verbs; Ila/I = subjects; garden = direct object to verb prepared; seeds = direct object to verb planted; the = adjective modifying garden; the/corn = adjectives modifying seeds; diligently = adverb modifying prepared; carefully = adverb modifying planted
2. are debating = verb; legislators = subject; issue = direct object; the = adjective modifying legislators; the/gun = adjectives modifying issue; heatedly = adverb modifying verb
3. have seen = verb; you = subject; bush = direct object; that/beautiful/butterfly = adjectives modifying bush; ever = adverb modifying verb
4. looked/ran = verbs; Eric = subject; around/hastily = adverbs modifying looked; rather = adverb modifying hastily; away/quickly = adverbs modifying ran
5. sounded = verb; siren = subject; the = adjective modifying siren; suddenly/loudly/sharply = adverbs modifying sounded
For your convenience, all of our lessons are available on our website in our lesson archive at http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html.


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seancallanan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Sports Geek is a sports technology consulting business, this is our first "side-project" into niche site development. Been building everything ourselves but know design is best handled by designers. I've been studying the use of Foursquare in sports & marketing techniques as well as being an avid user of Foursquare so I'm looking forward to developing the site.
Foursquare users, social media fans, businesses interested in geo-locational technology, users new to foursquare or trying to understand how the technology works.
Looking for something that tech fans will find cool paying homage to foursquare but simple as the site will be a resource for new fans to foursquare.
Current site design is blue (see screenshot)
Would like to use palette of foursquare current logos - http://foursquare.com/press
Also please use the Foursquare badge system for inspiration as well.
If you're a fan of Foursquare you'll understand the badges & rewards around it, that will definitely help you come up with a great design.
This is my first 99designs contest so please ask questions if you need more info.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Use the right moving box. A good packing job starts with strong, sturdy moving boxes. Moving boxes have a seal on the bottom that gives their strength and capacity. That seal will indicate a weight limit and an Edge Crush Test rating. 32ect is standard for most moving boxes. 44ect is standard for most wardrobe boxes and larger specialty boxes.
Use heavy-duty packing tape (not masking tape) for the boxes as well as for taping things together (like broom handles).
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Pack one room at a time, labeling each moving box with a description of its contents and its destination (e.g., kitchen, bathroom). Be as specific as you can; it will make unpacking that much easier. Keep the weight of your moving boxes reasonable. If possible, put heavy items in small moving boxes to make them easier to carry. Don't apply tape directly to polished or painted wood finishes. Removing the tape could ruin the surface. Double-box fragile items and add plenty of cushioning. When everything is packed and ready to load, make sure the items you need least are loaded first. Common sense is essential when loading the truck. Place the moving box containing your best china on top of the box of encyclopedias and not vice versa.
Prepare for the first night in your new home by packing essential items in a separate bag and carrying it with you. You may even want to prepare a simple meal that you can heat and serve on your first night.
For each person in the household: a change of clothes, a towel, prescription drugs, a toothbrush, and other personal items.
For everyone: plastic utensils, paper plates, paper towels, plastic cups, toilet paper, toiletries, trash bags, a flashlight, first aid kit including pain relievers, pencil and paper, snacks, beverages, and re-closable plastic bags. Small tool kit for re-assembling items that couldn't be moved whole.
Pack small appliances in original container or a moving box cushioned with Packing Paper. (Do not use shredded paper - it can clog the appliance!)
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Gas Dryer - Have gas company disconnect.
Dishwasher/Washing Machine - Stuff towels between machine sides and tub to keep tub from rotating. Pad exterior well. Disconnect hoses, put in plastic bag, place in tub.
Freezer/Refrigerator - Defrost and dry interiors well. Fill interior spaces with lightweight linens, clothing or stuffed toys. If you want to lay your refrigerator down for moving, check first with the local dealer to determine if your brand can be moved like this. If so, make sure refrigerator stands upright for at least 24 hours before plugging in.
Household Items
Beds - Disassemble the bed frame. Tie rails and cross-pieces together with packing tape. Be sure to mark on tape to show where pieces fit together for reassembly. You can protect your mattress and boxspring with a Mattress Cover or large sheets of plastic. You may want to cover them just before you walk out the door - the plastic may make it difficult to move downstairs or around awkward corners in your home.
Bicycles, Tricycles, Baby Carriages - Loosen, lower and turn handlebars at right angles to save space. Clean and cover chains and pedals to protect other items from being snagged or soiled.
Books - They're heavy, so use Medium Moving Boxes. Don't mix books with other items. Pack books flat, alternating bindings, and fill empty spaces with packing paper or bubble wrap.
Bureaus, Dressers - Fill drawers with small breakable items and cushion well with loose clothes. Secure drawers with pad or blanket and tape. Do not overload drawers with heavy items.
Chairs - Wrap arms and legs to prevent scratches. Bundle armless chairs in pairs, seat to seat, with a folded blanket or other padding between and tie seats together.
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Comforters, Pillows, Large/Light Items - Extra Large Moving Boxes will be best for packing light bulky items. If you have small fragile items, you can pack a few in between the pilows for extra protection - just don't forget they are there!
Curtain Rod Hardware - Put the hardware in a plastic bag and tape to rod or pack in dresser drawers.
Dishes - Individually wrap each piece. Kitchen Moving Boxes will fit most kitchenware without making the box too heavy. Place saucers, plates and platters on edge - DO NOT STACK FLAT. Cups and bowls may be placed inside each other and wrapped three or four in a bundle.
Kitchenware - Pots, pans, etc. can be stacked in a box with packing paper between them. Remember not to make the box too heavy - someone has to carry it!
Glasses - Wrap each glass separately in packing paper or bubble wrap (you can wrap first in a plastic bag to save washing later).
Fine Furniture - You may want to wrap your best furniture in bubble wrap, not only to protect it from scratching, but to keep dust and dirt off the upholstery. Stretch Wrap can also help to prevent small scratches and dust from damaging your furniture. Make sure to wrap the item very tight to prevent snags while you are moving.
Lamps - After disassembling lamps, pack small bases in dresser drawers surrounded by loose clothing, and large bases in boxes stuffed with packing paper or bubble wrap. Box shades individually in boxes with plenty of packing paper for stuffing. Don't use newspaper because it smudges.
Lawn Mowers - Drain fuel and oil before loading. Remove handle from hand mowers and place blade end in sturdy box. Mark properly.
Mirrors, Paintings, Prints - Small mirrors can be well wrapped in paper and packed in boxes. For a larger mirrors and large picture frames, Frame Moving Boxes work best. Mark GLASS on the outside to prevent mishandling. Always pack and store on end.
Paint and Flammables - Don't move! The same goes for other flammables such as alcohol, solvents, lighter fluid, ammunition and greasy mops or rags.
Radios, TVs - Box upright and make sure items are well padded on all sides. For console-size equipment, surround with furniture pads, and then move and load upright. Rugs and Pads - After vacuuming rugs and pads, sprinkle with moth flakes. Roll up and tape.
Stereos, Compact Discs and Cassettes - Separately pack components and pack in well-padded box marked FRAGILE. Pack CDs upright in their cases in a sturdy box with tape-reinforced bottom. Tie CDs in small bundles before packing, then fill air space with packing paper. Mark FRAGILE. Cassettes can be packed in a similar manner, although you can group them in larger bundles.
Tables - For large tables, remove legs and tie together. Put hardware in small sealed envelope taped to underside of table top. Pad tops. Pad and tie spare table leaves. For smaller tables, pad top and wrap legs to prevent scratching.
Tools and Gardening Equipment - Drain hoses, coil and pack in boxes. Fill remaining space with lawn sprinklers, small garden hand tools, etc. Combine rakes, shovels, and other long-handled tools together with tape.
Valuables - Set aside jewelry, important papers and safe deposit box contents to be packed in a small container you can keep with you throughout the move.
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The $35 Raspberry Pi is a Linux-based system that ships with the bare minimum specs to qualify a device as an actual computer. This credit-card sized BYOKDPC (bring your own keyboard and display PC) was created to put low-cost computers in the hands of budding software developers. Currently, the Pi doesn't even ship with a case -- all you get is a bare circuit board. But this PCB does come with built-in HDMI, Composite Video, Ethernet and USB ports, and even includes an SD card slot. Powered by an 700MHz ARM chip and 256MB of RAM, it's all the computer you need to learn Python, or get online and update Facebook. Photo: Raspberry Pi FoundationDigital Camera: Sakar 94045 Spiderman Digital Camera Keychain -- $10 Most smartphones have a built-in camera that's more than adequate for our casual photography needs. 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Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired Watch: LED Unisex Jelly Watch -- $4 When we began looking for the world's cheapest watch, we assumed we'd find a few models costing $1 or $2. After all, if anything screams cheap, commodity, sweatshop hardware, it's a simple timepiece bearing technology that first hit market in the 1970s. And so it was with shock and gall that we discovered the cheapest watch on Amazon -- America's font of all things purchasable -- costs a whopping $4. The upshot? It looks like even inexpensive crap isn't immune to rising labor costs in China. The Jelly Watch, while not actually made of jelly, has a band made of a rubber-like material. Bright LEDs display the time when a side button is depressed. But how's this for clever: When the watch is in "standby mode," its face can be used as a fully functional mirror. Use it to fix your make up, check to see who's following you, or shine reflected light in the eyes of enemies. 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