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Second Vatican Council, popularly called Vatican II, 1962–65, the 21st ecumenical council (see council, ecumenical) of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope John XXIII and continued under Paul VI. Its announced purpose was spiritual renewal of the church and reconsideration of the position of the church in the modern world. The most spectacular innovation of the council, which convened Oct. 11, 1962, was the invitation extended to Protestant and Orthodox Eastern churches to send observers; the meetings were attended by representatives from many of those churches. Another obvious feature was the diversity of national and cultural origins shown among those who attended from all over the world.
One of the announced aims of the conference was to consider reform of the liturgy, primarily to bring the layman into closer participation in the church services and therefore to encourage some diversity in language and practice. Great emphasis was also laid from the beginning upon the pastoral duties of the bishops, as distinguished from administrative duties. The procedure at the conference accorded with democratic practice, and there was lively debate between the "progressive" and "conservative" groups. By the time of its adjournment the council had issued four constitutions, nine decrees, and three declarations. The nature of these statements was conciliatory, avoiding rigid definitions and condemning anathemas.
Session II (Sept.–Dec., 1963) produced the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (permitting vernacularization of the liturgy and stressing greater lay participation in the ritual) and the decree on the media of social communication. Out of Session III (Sept.–Nov., 1964) came the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (which espoused the principle of episcopal collegiality with the pope), the decrees on ecumenism and on the Eastern Catholic churches, and the proclamation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the "Mother of the Church."
Pope Paul VI opened Session IV (Sept.–Dec., 1965) with the announcement that he was establishing an episcopal synod to assist the pope in governing the church. That final session issued the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation and the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World; the decrees on the bishops' pastoral office, on the appropriate renewal of the religious life (i.e., the life of the religious orders), on education for the priesthood, on the ministry and life of priests, on the apostolate of the laity, and on the church's missionary activity; and declarations on Christian education, on religious freedom, and on the relationship of the church to non-Christian religions (which included an important passage condemning anti-Semitism and recognizing "the bond that spiritually ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham's stock" ). Even before the close of the council Pope Paul began to establish a series of commissions to implement the council's wide-ranging decisions.
See H. Küng, The Council, Reform, and Reunion (tr. 1962); H. Daniel-Rops, The Second Vatican Council (tr. 1962); D. C. Pawley, An Anglican View of the Vatican Council (1962, repr. 1973); W. M. Abbot, ed., Documents of Vatican II (1966); A. Gilbert, The Vatican Council and the Jews (1968); X. Rynne, Vatican Council II (1968); A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations (repr. 1996) and Vatican Council II: Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents (2 vol., repr. 1996).


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When Empires Die: Thoughts on the Centennial of World War I
When Empires Die was originally published June 28-July 28, 2014, as a six-part series. The original six part format is accessible here.
The world took a giant step toward death on June 28, 1914. On that day a young atheist shot and killed a prominent Catholic and his wife in an obscure Southeast European city. Within five years, four world empires were dismembered and two new ones arose in their place. Within 40 years, three more global empires breathed their last as the new world system spawned in 1914 grew to maturity. Today, one hundred years later, that world system wheezes with its own death rattle, soon to expire in the process of giving birth to yet another global system which may be the last – and worst – of its kind.
As a historian, a political scientist, a soldier, and an intelligence professional, I cannot let the centennial of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination pass without pausing to remember what his life and death meant to the world. The circumstances that brought the Archduke and his wife, the Duchess Sophie, to Sarajevo, Bosnia, are not difficult to explain, but to understand the significance of their deaths, both in their day and in ours, requires a detailed explanation. If that explanation seems too focused on Europe, the simple reason is that Europe in 1914 ruled the entire world. No nation outside Europe – neither ancient India, nor populous China, nor even the rising powers of America and Japan – was immune to events that shook the state system of the Continent. If we are to know why the world went to war in 1914, we must look at the major players of that state system. Only then can we begin to discern what happened to the world in the summer of 1914, and what is happening to the world now in the summer of 2014.
When Empires Die: Thoughts on the Centennial of World War I, Part VI
Is the Apocalypse Nigh?
If this truly is the beginning of the end of this age, then we should expect wars and rumors of war to increase until the entire globe is consumed, just as it was in the Great War of 1914-1918, and again in the Second World War of 1939-1945. Depending on one's perspective, the Tribulation either begins with or is immediately preceded by this period of escalating war. This is the time of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the rider of a White Horse going out to conquer, the rider on the Red Horse who takes peace from the earth, the rider on the Black Horse bringing famine, and the Pale Horse bearing Death and Hades. In short order these Horsemen bring an end to the lives of one fourth of the population of the planet. The Horsemen are followed by the revelation of multitudes of martyrs slain for their adherence to the Word of God who ask how long before the Lord will judge the world and avenge their blood. They are told to wait until the number of martyrs yet to die is complete. Then comes a great earthquake and many signs in the heavens, followed by the selection of the special servants of God (12,000 from each tribe of Israel, 144,000 total) and the deliverance of multitudes from the Great Tribulation. After that comes silence in heaven for a short time, and then the judgment of God begins in earnest.
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A Matter of Life and Death
In truth God has placed the choice of life or death in front of every person from the beginning of time. Consider what He said to our ancestors. In the Garden of Eden there was the stark choice between the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which brought death (Genesis 2:8-16). When the Lord spoke through Moses to explain His standards of righteousness to our fathers and mothers on the edge of the Promised Land, He said,
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them. (Deuteronomy 30:19-20 NKJV, emphasis added)
When Empires Die: Thoughts on the Centennial of World War I, Part IV
The Not-So-New World Order
What are we to make of the upheaval happening around us in this centennial summer since World War I began? There are only a few possibilities. Either it is a restructuring of the current world order to some new equilibrium, or it is the destruction of the current world order and the establishment of something new, or it is the end of the world as we know it. If asked which of these is correct, my answer is, "Yes".
When Empires Die: Thoughts on the Centennial of World War I, Part III
Nothing Lasts Forever But the Earth and SkyMy link to World War I is my grandfather, Garland Victor McCarn, a veteran of the American 31st Infantry Division. He arrived in France five weeks before the Armistice of November 11, 1918 brought an end to the fighting on the Western Front. Two days before the Armistice the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II brought an end to the German monarchy. Kaiser Wilhelm had ruled Germany for 30 years, having taken the throne in the year of my grandfather's birth, 1888. My grandfather passed from this earth in 1967, the year Israel regained control of Jerusalem in the Six Day War.
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This is the second in a series on World War I and its parallels with our current times. After a review of the events leading up to the Great War and of its aftermath, this series will investigate current events in light of biblical prophecy.
Bosnia-Herzegovina was and is something of an anomaly. All the other peoples of the Balkans dwell in relatively homogenous regions. With the exception of the Albanians and Greeks, all those other peoples are Slavs, akin by language and culture to the Russians. By religion these Southern Slavs (or Yugoslavs) are either Roman Catholic (Croats and Slovenes) or Orthodox (Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, and Bulgarians). Islam claims the majority of Albanians and a large portion of Macedonians, although there are many Roman Catholics (including the revered Mother Theresa) and Orthodox Christians among the Albanian population. Greeks, the other non-Slavic people, are also Orthodox Christians. By 1914 most of these Balkan peoples had emerged from centuries of Ottoman domination with states for themselves. Greece, Bulgaria, and Albania remain to this day largely within the borders they held a century ago. Serbia incorporated Macedonia and was a close ally of Montenegro. Croatia and Slovenia fell under the dominion of Austria-Hungary.
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In center field, Stern robbed Chase Utley of extra bases with a leaping catch at the wall in the bottom of the eighth. Utley was celebrating what he thought was a three-run home run (which would have given the US a 9-8 lead) right out of the batter's box. Instead, Stern's grab ended the inning.
The US, which trailed 8-0, cut the to 8-6, thanks in large part to a grand slam (!) from Jason Varitek. (All of the Red Sox players are doing extremely well.)
Canada can clinch a berth into the second round if Mexico loses to South Africa tonight, or by beating Mexico themselves on Thursday night. The US needs to beat South Africa on Friday afternoon to advance to the second round.
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OMAHA, Nebraska Billionaire Warren Buffett is again calling for higher taxes on America's "ultrarich" and he's urging Congress to compromise on spending cuts and tax increases.
Buffett said the current tax system has contributed to the growing gap between rich and poor. He said he supports President Barack Obama's proposal to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, but he'd prefer setting the point where taxes increase at $500,000 income instead of the $250,000 the White House proposed.
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We love us some Kat Dennings and Sonic Youth, so how bad can a movie be if it stars the former and is named after the latter's groundbreaking album?
The trailer for "Daydream Nation" first started kicking around cyberspace last summer, but with the film's May 6 release right around the corner, the "official" version is here. This thing is so fresh it's not even on the film's website as of 11 o'clock this morning.
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Seventeen-year-old Caroline Wexler (KAT DENNINGS) is facing a teenager's nightmare: her widowed father has moved them from the big city to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the burnout losers in her new school she pursues the one person with who excites her interest – her handsome young teacher, Mr Anderson (JOSH LUCAS). A bizarre love triangle ensues between Caroline, Mr Anderson, and a sweet, but troubled classmate (REECE THOMPSON). Featuring a hit indie soundtrack in this mash-up of the bizarre and the beautiful, DAYDREAM NATION is a coming-of-age story for the 21st century.
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Lat/emo: A Symposium on Music, Markets, and latinidad
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Friday, May 31, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
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In Spring 2008, YouTube documented violent, physical attacks against "emo" youth in Mexican and Latin American metropoles. Journalists and media commentators around the globe wondered three things: how to define "emo," how to explain the presence of this youth subculture in Mexico and Latin America, and why did it elicit such a violent reaction?
This symposium explores these questions in the context of post-NAFTA angst and changes in latinidad, considering what emo is, how it travels, whether it means the same things in Mexico and the United States, and how music is marketed to U.S. Latin@ youth. Speakers include music journalist Nikki Darling, José "The Mexican Morrissey" Maldonado, and UCLA professors Marissa López and Miguel M. Unzueta.
Nikki Darling is a music writer and cultural critic for the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Weekly, and her work - which you can read more of at http://ndarling.com/ - has been widely published elsewhere. A third generation Angelino on her father's side and an indigenous American on her mother's, Darling holds an MFA in Critical Studies from the California Institute for the Arts, and is currently at work on a memoir about growing up in the San Gabriel Valley as a mixed-race Chicana in the 1990s.
José "The Mexican Morrissey" Maldonado, portrayed Morrissey in the feature film "My Life with Morrissey" and founded the Sweet and Tender Hooligans, a Smiths tribute band, which has performed to sold-out audiences across the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The band covers material spanning the range of Morrissey's career and has recorded Spanish language translations of his songs. They have appeared in several documentaries about Morrissey's Los Angeles Latino fan base and each year at Hollywood's House of Blues celebrate Morrissey's birthday in grand fashion complete with a live string section and guest musicians. Maldonado will perform at this event.
Marissa López is Assistant Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies and Associate Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Her research and teaching interests include: Chicana/o literature; nineteenth century literature, especially the literature of the west and California; globalization and transnational studies; disability studies; and digital humanities. Her first book, Chicano Nations (NYU 2011), is about how Chicano literature, from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, represents the nation. She is currently at work on a book-length study of feelings in Chicano cultural production and has written about emo as an affective performance of transnational latinidad.
Miguel M. Unzueta is Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. His research explores how people understand their position within social and interpersonal hierarchies and the impact this understanding has on their perceptions of self, others, and group-based inequality. His latest research explores the manner in which members of majority and minority racial groups define the concept of diversity. Unzueta is also an avid music fan. On any given weekend, he can be found perusing bins at record stores or catching live music at one of L.A.'s many music venues. He also runs the music blog What the Kids (Are Into) - http://whatthekidsareinto.tumblr.com/ - dedicated to new music discovery and the occasional digression into musical nostalgia.
Sponsored by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
On the day of the event, registration begins at 11:30 a.m.; program begins at noon. Reception at 4:00 p.m.
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Went down to SA to hang out and shoot with the Yarn Dawgz... again. They were doing an installation at the Tamale Festival in the Pearl Brewery. I was a little unclear on exactly what Dino, Billy and Sasha had in store but I was game.
One thing to know about San Antonio (and Austin to a certain degree) is that San Antonio loves having street festivals. Sometimes it feels like there's a street festival every weekend during the nice seasons of Texas. Even though it's December, it's still pretty nice outside in Central Texas. The Tamale Festival runs from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday. The fest celebrates local traditions associated with the holidays and feature cooking demonstrations, food from the roasting spit, and more than 30 vendors boasting traditional, sweet, vegetarian and other tamale varieties. The festival concludes with the River of Lights celebration, caroling, and music and entertainment for the entire family. (All proceeds benefit the Culinary Institute of America and local charities.) Why not have a festival celebrating tamales.
The Yarn Dawgz was going to be doing a public installation of a table, chairs, and dining set inspired by Mexican Serape blankets that would later be sold at the Melissa Guerra Tienda de Cocina. It was pretty relaxed shoot. I was mostly interested in film the Yarn Dawgz just hanging out and knitting. Dino had some work to do back at Jump Star so it was just Billy and I for most of the morning and early afternoon. After several hours, it became obvious the the installation was not progressing fast enough. Once Dino and Sasha showed up, I took a small break and walked around the festival. I am a people watcher so I relished in walking around all the fest's activity. I was super hungy but was completely overwhelmed by all the options. I honestly didn't even know what line I was in but I ended up getting two Tamale Cups, which is a tamale in a cup. I brought one back to Billy and we joked about the concept of tamale cup. He even dubbed "Tamale Cup" as my new nickname. I can't remember why.
As the afternoon progressed on, Dino and Sasha worked diligently on the table and chairs. I felt a little bad filming instead of helping so I decided to help out a little bit. I'm not sure where most documentary filmmakers feel about the relationship between the filmmaker and the subjects. I'm starting to think I'm too close to the Yarn Dawgz. I'm fine with it but I wonder what others think. I personally have never yarn bombed. I knit like a madman but I don't bomb. I'm trying to stay an observer in that world. So all I did for the Yarn Dawgz was knit. I didn't do the actual installation.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 19:15 - Latin Derivatives, Roots, Word Origins, Latin Words - Meanings and DefinitionsNo, Cicero did not kill his brother, which, of course, is implied by the meaning of the word fratricide (Latin fratricida actually means the person who committed the crime rather than the crime itself). However, we may owe it largely to Cicero that words such as 'fratricide', 'matricide' and 'sororicide' (ever heard of this one?) actually exist. The word 'paricida' was often used in Classical Latin indiscriminately to denote someone who murdered a close relative - it must have been a rare crime. Cicero in "De Domo Sua" uses all three words 'matricida,' 'fratricida,' 'sororicida' in once sentence, thus ensuring that countless generations of future Latinists are aware of this fine distinction:
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quid? de me quod tulisse te dicis, patricida, fratricida, sororicida, nonne extra ordinem tulisti?
What! what sort of law is it that you say that you passed about me, you parricide, you fratricide, you murderer of your sister; did you not pass that out of the regular course?


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New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, on the second anniversary of demonetisation on Thursday, asserted that the exercise which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government undertook in 2016 was ill-fated and ill-thought.
Underlining that the havoc unleashed on the Indian economy and society due to demonetisation was evident to all stratas of people, he said in a statement: "Today marks the second anniversary of the ill-fated and ill-thought demonetisation exercise that the Narendra Modi government undertook in 2016. The havoc that it unleashed on the Indian economy and society is now evident to everyone. Notebandi impacted every single person, regardless of age, gender, religion, occupation or creed."
The former prime minister further emphasised that the scars and wounds of demonetisation are only getting more visible with time. Singh added that the consequences of 'notebandi' are still unraveling.
"It is often said that time is a great healer. But unfortunately, the scars and the wounds of demonetisation are only getting more visible with time. Beyond the steep drop in headline GDP growth numbers after demonetisation, the deeper ramifications of notebandi are still unraveling."
Singh said that small and medium businesses that are the cornerstone of India's economy are yet to recover from the demonetisation shock, adding that the note ban has had a direct impact on employment as the economy continues to struggle to create enough new jobs for the youth.
"The financial markets are volatile as the liquidity crisis wrought by demonetisation is taking its eventual toll on infrastructure lenders and non-bank financial services firms. We are yet to understand and experience the full impact of the demonetisation exercise. With a depreciating currency and rising global oil prices, macro-economic headwinds are also starting to blow now," he stressed.
"It is therefore prudent not to resort to further unorthodox, short-term economic measures that can cause any more uncertainty in the economy and financial markets," he added.
Singh urged the central government to restore certainty and visibility in economic policies. "Today is a day to remember how economic misadventures can roil the nation for a long time and understand that economic policy making should be handled with thought and care," Singh underscored.
Posting a strong defence of demonetisation, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the note ban had impacted in formalising the economy.
"As we complete two years of demonetisation today, it has been established that demonetisation, a key step in a chain of important decisions taken by the Government, had a huge impact in formalising the economy," Jaitley wrote in a blog.
"The Government first targeted the black money outside India. Asset holders were asked to bring it back on payment of penal tax, on failure to do so they are being prosecuted under the Black Money Act. All such details received have resulted in action against the violators," he added.
The Finance Minister said that the impact of demonetisation has been felt on collection of personal income tax.
"Its collections were higher in Financial Year 2018-19 (till 31-10-2018) compared to the previous year by 20.2%. Even in the corporate tax the collections are 19.5% higher," he said.
The Congress party is expected to observe a 'black day' today to mark the second anniversary of demonetisation, according to sources.
Last year, too, the Congress and other opposition parties protested at various places across the country against the central government's drive.
On November 8, 2016, the Centre had declared Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as non-legal and introduced new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes.
Since then, various opposition leaders have highly criticised the Centre's move, while the members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have backed the decision. (ANI)
Demonetisation was ill-fated and ill-thought: Manmohan Singh
ANI | Updated: Nov 08, 2018 13:08 IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, on the second anniversary of demonetisation on Thursday, asserted that the exercise which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government undertook in 2016 was ill-fated and ill-thought.


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Dodgers claim Minors infielder Triunfel from Mariners
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com.
SAN DIEGO -- The Dodgers continued their hoarding of middle infielders Wednesday by claiming Carlos Triunfel on outright waivers from Seattle, adding him to the 40-man roster before optioning him to Triple-A Albuquerque.
The 24-year-old Triunfel split 2013 between the Mariners and Triple-A Tacoma. In his seven Minor League seasons, Triunfel has a .276 batting average. He was designated for assignment by the Mariners.
At shortstop, the Dodgers have starter Hanley Ramirez, who they have said they want to re-sign; top prospect Corey Seager; a pair of Cubans in Alex Guerrero (being moved to second base) and Erisbel Arruebarrena; and now Triunfel.
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Re: "Do What I Mean" - a suggestion for improving
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg97048] Re: "Do What I Mean" - a suggestion for improving
- From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 07:09:20 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Stanford University
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com> <email@example.com>
In article <godm42$46k$1 at smc.vnet.net>, David Bakin <davidbak at gmail.com> wrote: > DrMajorBob, > > I think you're missing the point here - and actually, this is exactly the > point that AES keeps banging on. "It's up to a user to write what he means" > is small comfort to a user, especially one new to Mathematica, who doesn't > know how to express what he means. and can't **easily and quickly** track down that information, in documentation that's **matched to his or her needs**. > "DWIM" is a tongue-in-cheek name, not to be taken literally. It is just a > name for an meta-analysis feature that inspects the user's input and > proposes similar input forms that may be closer to what the user has in > mind, based on a database of common errors. Right. Given the sophistication of everything else that Wolfram does, I assume that it has always done a massive amount of sophisticated user testing, in which it presents its (soft)wares to a wide variety of different kinds of users, and observes and studies what errors they commonly make -- right? (At least it's my understanding that many other companies do this kind of thing, with whatever kind of wares they vend -- right?) So, the above-mentioned "database of common errors" already exists -- right?


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The name Payback was quite appropriate for WWE's latest pay-per-view endeavor. It was a night where the company paid fans back for some of bad pay-per-views they've put on with a night of tremendous wrestling action from top to bottom, culminating in a Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship, capping one of WWE's best all-time pay-per-view events.
On a night where six championships were on the line, it was the Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Ryback that served as the main event.
The first match was a lumberjack match. Cena wants the five knuckle shuffle, but Ryback gets up and grabs Cena and throws him over the top onto the lumberjacks. He wants the Shell Shock, but Cena throws him over the top. Antonio Cesaro goes to throw him back in, but Ryback hits Cesaro. Then all the lumberjacks attack and it's chaos. Everyone is fighting when Cena goes to the top and flies into the crowd. They finally get thrown back into the ring and Cena locks in the STF. But Ryback powers right out of it, dead lifts Cena and hits the Shell Shock. That does it.
Ryback up 1-0
The second stage is a tables match. Ryback immediately goes to power bomb Cena through the table but Cena escapes. Action is getting quicker now, with each man countering each other. They go to the outside and Ryback sends Cena into the steps. Then he throws a step into the ring and levels Cena with it. He goes again with Cena leaning against a table, but Cena moves and the steps break the table. Cena grabs the step and hits Ryback with it.
Cena sets up another table, but Ryback hits him with the steps that send Cena onto the table. Ryback lifts the steps and goes to drive them through Cena and the table, but Cena moves and another table is destroyed. They counter each other multiple times again and Ryback hits a huge spinebuster and the meat hook clothesline.
Cena is down and out and Ryback grabs another table from under the ring. He lifts Cena in position for the Shell Shock, but Cena slides out, grabs Ryback and hits the Attitude Adjustment through the table. I'm shocked.
Match tied 1-1
Ryback almost immediately up and they go to the floor. He clears off the English announce table and power bombs Cena through it. He grabs Cena and takes him to the ambulance near the entrance stage, but Cena slips out and runs Ryback into the ambulance. They battle around the ambulance and Cena Irish whips Ryback through the open ambulance door. Cena tries to shove Ryback into the driver's side of the ambulance, but Ryback fights it off and throws Cena into the hood.
Ryback rips a panel off the ambulance and hits Cena with it. But then Cena back drops Ryback onto the hood. Cena climbs on top of the ambulance and Ryback tries to follow, but Cena hits him with the big light. But Ryback rises and grabs a crutch. He climbs, but Cena takes the crutch and breaks it over Ryback's back. He grabs Ryback and hits the Attitude Adjustment on the roof, which caves in, sending Ryback into the ambulance and ending the match.
The next WWE pay-per-view is Money in the Bank on July 14.
Following a video package, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and John Layfield welcome us to Payback, a seven-match show from Allstate Arena in Chicago.
Axel decides to sit it out early and allow Barrett and Miz to tear each other apart. Barrett works Miz's ribs, with Axel only sliding in to potentially break up a pin. Axel gets involved on Miz and goes to work, smashing his head into the canvas. Big elbow to the base of the neck by Axel. Saito suplex connects for Axel, but Barrett breaks it up.
All three men involved now. Miz throws Axel into Barrett and then lands the corner clothesline on Barrett and a big boot on Axel for two. Barrett with the Boss Man Slam on Miz for two. Axel up now, but Barrett loads him up, but Axel slips out and hits the Perfect Plex but Miz barely breaks it up in time. Miz escapes an attempt by Axel and hits the Skull Crushing Finale, but Barrett tries to steal the pin, but Miz pulls Barrett out. Miz fights off Barrett and then tries to pin Axel, but Axel kicks out at two.
Miz working on Axel now in the corner and lands a drop kick to the knee. He grabs the leg and goes for the Figure Four but Axel shoves him off right into Barrett. But Miz ends up locking in the Figure Four on Barrett after dumping Axel over the top rope and to the floor. Barrett tries to get to the ropes, but Miz pulls him back in the center of the ring. Barrett in trouble, but Axel comes back in and covers Barrett before he can tap and Miz can't release the hold quick enough to break it up. That does it.
Winner via pinfall and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel
Match Rating: 7/10
Action quickly spills to the outside where Kaitlyn sends AJ flying over the Spanish announce table. She keeps attacking her in the ring. AJ trying to get away, and she clocks Kaitlyn with a dropkick off the apron. AJ takes over from there. She lands a neckbreaker but Kaitlyn kicks out at two. AJ working a sleeper, but Kaitlyn is able to escape and she hits a drop kick.
Kaitlyn with a shoulder block for two. AJ, though, with a crucifix pin, but Kaitlyn rolls it back over and hoists AJ and hits a gutbuster. AJ holding on for dear life as Kaitlyn rips off her belt. She pulls the apron off, and as the referee fixes that, AJ hits Kaitlyn with the belt, and then goes down so it's not suspicious. She covers, but Kaitlyn kicks out at two. AJ goes to the top for a crossbody but Kaitlyn catches her. She goes for a spinning side slam but AJ locks in the Black Widow. Kaitlyn is somehow able to fight out and hit a backbreaker and a huge spear. But she takes a moment to taunt AJ before she covers and AJ kicks out.
Kaitlyn is upset now. She lifts AJ up, but AJ escapes. Kaitlyn charges but AJ moves and Kaitlyn goes face-first into the turnbuckle. AJ locks in the Black Widow again. Kaitlyn trying to hang on but she has to tap out.
Winner via submission and NEW WWE Divas Champion: AJ Lee
Match #3 - WWE United States Championship - (c) Dean Ambrose (Cincinnati, Ohio) vs. Kane (Hell, Fire & Brimstone)
Slow start to this one, but Kane is in control. But thanks to the crack staff at WWE.com and their awful stream of the pay-per-view, I missed a large chunk of the match. Got back just in time to see Ambrose DDT Kane right on the floor. Ambrose gets back in at the count of seven and Kane does not even come close to making it.
Winner via countout and STILL WWE United States Champion: Dean Ambrose
Match Rating: NR
In a video package, it was announced that former WWE Champion Rob Van Dam will return to the company next month at Money in the Bank in Philadelphia.
Match #4 - World Heavyweight Championship - (c) Dolph Ziggler (Hollywood, Fla.) vs. Alberto Del Rio (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Back in the ring, Del Rio continues to work on Ziggler's head, landing several headbutts in a row. Del Rio wants a suplex but Ziggler slides out the back door and locks in the sleeper. Del Rio escapes and continues going to work on the head. Ziggler in a bad way. He counters the armbar, though, with a neckbreaker. Ziggler tries to get going and he does, landing the Fameasser for two. He goes to the top, but is slow, and Del Rio kicks him in the head and goes up and sends Ziggler flying with a reverse superplex, but Ziggler somehow kicks out at two.
Del Rio kicks Ziggler to the outside and then absolutely clobbers him in the head with a kick. The doctor is checking on Ziggler right now and AJ is telling him no, then Del Rio comes in and drop kicks him right in the back of the head. Even Jerry Lawler is talking about how despicable Del Rio is right now. Crowd heavily booing Del Rio now. He hits an enziguri but Ziggler again kicks out. Del Rio is livid.
Del Rio all over him now as the crowd boos heavily. Del Rio taunts and Ziggler hits him and hits the Zig Zag, but Ziggler is holding his head and not able to capitalize. Del Rio is actually up before Ziggler is and clobbers Ziggler with a superkick. That does it.
Winner via pinfall and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio
Match Rating: 9/10
They go to a video package and then to the update desk before Del Rio comes back down with a mic. He asks the crowd for their support (they boo). He cuts a babyface promo, but clearly doesn't mean it. The crowd boos him out of the building.
Some mat wrestling to start, chaining holds together. They trade some chops. Jericho sends Punk to the floor with a clothesline. Jericho drop kicks Punk and sends him into the barricade. Punk, though, snaps Jericho's neck on the top rope and then hits a double axehandle from the top. He goes to work with a hammerlock and some other arm-related holds. Slow match so far.
Jericho goes to the top and hits a chop and then a bulldog. He lands on his feet after Punk rolls out of the way of a Lionsault, but Punk hits a neckbreaker for two. Punk hits the high knee. He goes for the bulldog, but Jericho shoves him down and hits the Lionsault for two. Jericho wants the Walls of Jericho and he locks it in. Punk is able to roll it back around and ends up locking in a standing arm-triangle choke. He takes it to the canvas and turns it into the Anaconda Vice. Jericho fighting now. He finally rotates his body to get his foot on the rope.
Punk wants the GTS, but Jericho slides out, and then sees Paul Heyman on the apron and allows Punk to get Jericho back up, but Punk now is distracted by Heyman and Jericho gets a roll up for two. They both rise and Jericho hits the Codebreaker for two. Jericho beating him up now. Punk rises and they trade some punches. Punk lands some kicks and then the running knee and bulldog. He follows with the flying elbow. Punk lifts him for the GTS and hits it (barely). Jericho kicks out at two.
Crowd chanting "one more time" now. He hoists him again, but Jericho elbows out. He wants the Codebreaker but Punk shoves him off and clotheslines him out of the ring. Punk sends him back into the ring and goes for the springboard clothesline, but Jericho catches him with the Codebreaker. He's a little slow to cover, though, and Punk kicks out.
Jericho landing elbow after elbow on Punk. Jericho wants the Walls, but Punk turns it into a small package for two. Punk lands some shots, including one that really pops him, and then goes for a 'Rana, but Jericho catches him and locks in the Walls. Punk tries hitting Jericho's arm and leg and breaks one side and then the other. Punk stands and lands a series of blows to Jericho's neck, forcing Jericho to give up the leg he'd been holding. Punk lifts Jericho and hits the GTS, but Jericho goes stumbling into the corner. Punk grabs him on the rebound and hits another for good measure to end it.
Winner via pinfall: CM Punk
Match Rating: 8/10
The Shield quickly gets the advantage on Bryan. Bryan gets going and hits and clothesline and brings Orton in. He hits a scoop slam on Rollins and then wants the draping DDT on Rollings, but Reigns gets involved and takes it instead. Rollins to the top but he eats a scoop slam in mid-air. Rollins rolls out as Orton wants the RKO and Reigns hits Orton with a superman punch, allowing The Shield to take back over.
Rollins with an STO that sends Orton into the buckle. Samoan drop connects for Reigns for two. Rollins clocks Orton with a kick to the head. Rollins eats a boot but then Orton drops Rollins right on his head. Oh man. Orton tags Bryan in and he runs wild. Apparently Rollins is OK. Bryan runs wild, taking out both men. Rollins slides to the outside and Bryan is kicking Reigns. Reigns to the outside with Rollins and Bryan goes for the suicide dive, but they push each other out of the way and Bryan hits Orton instead.
Back in the ring, Bryan is able to overcome the stun to hit a double-underhook superplex on Rollins. Bryan with the No Lock on Rollins, but Reigns breaks it up. Orton back in and he wants the RKO on Rollins, but Rollins shoves him forward, almost into Bryan, but he stops. But then Orton slides to the side and Bryan eats a spear from Reigns. Orton hits the RKO on Reigns, but Rollins knocks him out of the ring and then hits the stomp on Bryan and that ends it.
Winners via pinfall and STILL WWE Tag Team Champions: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns
Match #7 - Three Stages of Hell Match for the WWE Championship - (c) John Cena (West Newbury, Mass.) vs. Ryback (Sin City)
Winner and STILL WWE Champion: John Cena
Event Rating: 10/10
Matt Bishop can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include your name and hometown. Click here to follow Matt on Twitter. Should be a good one!.


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As the year winds down, WitOut collects lists from comedy performers and fans of their favorite moments, comedians, groups, shows, etc. from the last year in Philly comedy. Top 5 of 2012 lists will run throughout December–if you'd like to write one, pitch us your list at firstname.lastname@example.com!
#5 - Sue Taney in Mother Truckers at Troika
03.09.2012 | Sideshow at the Arts Parlor
The concept for this Troika trio was pretty clear: Square Meg, Sweet n' Sassy Cassidy & Star-Spangled Sharlene were three truck-driving, sass-talking long haulers who conversed via CB radio. The characters were great, and the costumes were a sight to behold. But what really made this show something for the books was Sue's character and her obsession with snack foods. Planting herself in the bucket seat of her trusty big rig, Sue had packed a ridiculous number of munchies into a bag, which she proceeded to chow down on, dialogue be damned. This series of side-bits heightened to the point that Sue genuinely got her hand stuck in a tube of Pringles while diving for the last chip. A good part of the show was spent with a can shaped nub, and the resounding and so-satisfying pop that came with the eventual release of her hand was then instantly topped once more by Sue licking the Pringles seasoning off her arm.
#4 - Davenger at PHIF8
11.07.2012 | Prince Music Theater
As one of the newest house teams from PHIT, at this point I'd only had occasion to see Davenger a handful of times. Having been a fan of their coach Maggy Keegan for years, I knew this team was going to have "Harold" drilled deep into them, but I was hardly prepared for what would happen on the opening night of PHIF8. Shows like this remind me why the term "beats" is so spot on. Constructing their piece, they had a rhythm, pitch and level of synchronicity that is normally reserved for groups that have been playing together for years. All of these disparate moments became anchored to and eventually informed by a fantastic group game. Every cast member was leaning so far into every moment, that it felt like they couldn't even be bothered with gravity.
#3 - Aaron Hertzog at BCCAF
09.09.2012 | ImprovBoston Mainstage
Admittedly, this one may be a bit of a cheat, as it took place in Boston; but it featured (then-Philly resident) Aaron Hertzog, and to be honest, this moment transcended any particular place we might have been, because we were no longer in this world. The night before, Aaron had featured at The Brattle (the largest venue of BCCAF). I was in the All-Star set right after and got to take in most of his current act. It was a great set, and he lived up to the stage. But this wouldn't be his crowning moment. The following night IB had a showcase of comics featured throughout the week. Good stuff from Mary Radzinski, Pete Kuempel and many others. And they had to earn every bit of it... this was the last show on the last night of what had been a long festival. Even the locals had mostly bailed, and we were left with a few die-hards, staff, other comedians and a few randoms. Anyone who was feeling zapped and pulled thin was about to unknowingly receive a comedy face slap courtesy of Mr. Hertzog. Aaron came out and from the top injected more energy than I've ever seen from a comic not fueled by coke and living in the '70s. It's hard to describe what I heard and saw that night, but he went totally through the roof and off the rails in all the best, most captivating ways. I've never before or since seen a comic jump start and hold firm dominance over a room like Aaron did that quiet little Sunday night in Cambridge.
#2 - Kristin Finger's Ref debut at ComedySportz
10.13.2012 | Playground at the Adrienne
This entry is great example of what can happen when an improviser and an audience member create a perfect storm that you wish could be bottled (then hidden in a trunk and locked away forever). Kristin has been a ComedySportz player for years now, but made her debut as a Ref only two short months ago. The night had gone well... player challengers, ref challenges, 5-things... the teams had battled and laughs were flowing. As you might imagine, many family, friends and fans were in attendance on this particular night—but fortunately, so was a random man. A random man with a random suggestion. At one point towards the end of the show, she asks the audience for a noun, and this man shouts, "black!" Now, granted this fell more into the adjective category, but Kristin shrugged it off and took it, for a game called 185. Which she had already announced as the next game. For those unfamiliar with the game, this means nothing to you. For those that do, and most of the audience in attendance that night, what almost came to pass is quite clear. You see, the setup of 185 is a groaner-style punchline game where improvisers take a suggestion, and fit it to a pre-established formula: 185 suggestions walk into a bar. The bartender says "we don't serve suggestions in this bar," so the suggestions reply "pun punchline." Now go back and fill the blanks with that man's suggestion. The whole place lost it, especially as we saw the full scope of pending doom and shocked reaction crawl across Kristin's face. It was a show-stopper. After about two minutes of trying to gain the composure of eye-tearing laughter from everyone in the place, Kristin decided to get a new suggestion.
#1 - Kait & Andrew at PHIT
12.02.2012 | Shubin Theatre
My top spot goes to a show that probably had the smallest audience of any on my list. A few short weeks ago Kait & Andrew did a 7PM show at the Shubin, sharing a bill with Matt&. Kait & Andrew had a pretty decent show, punctuated by their classic fourth wall-breaking banter that makes them so endearing and honest. It was fun, but not exceedingly stand-out—until the last scene, where everything changed. Kaitlin started the scene off by coming unglued at Andrew... startlingly so. Andrew came right back at her. The scope of the argument was that he had spent 8 years training to be a hide-and-seek champion, meanwhile she'd felt completely neglected in their relationship. In turn, he felt she wasn't supporting his training, which he was doing for the betterment of their relationship. Over the course of the next few minutes, the two would spew accusations at one another, managing to pull out callback after callback of damn near every element of the show up until then. From fantastical gifts like Mayan Bee Fighting to seemingly insignificant expressions and sighs, everything was ammo. And during this escalating vitriol volley, neither forgot for a moment to ground everything to the characters, their shared relationship and raw emotions. It was like the first 20 minutes were merely a set up to this moment of explosion. The slow fade to black as Andrew moved to cover his dog's eyes left me with shivering excitement and disbelief at the high-stake magic I'd just been witness to.
Matt Nelson is Executive Producer of the Philadelphia Improv Festival and Managing Director of Figment Theater. In addition to running the annual improv competition Troika, Matt can be seen performing in the touring show Adrift. You can follow him on Twitter at @ma77nelson.
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Lanner Electronics has released the LEC-2026, an embedded system with a specialized focus on network capabilities. The LEC-2026 is driven by the N270 Intel Atom CPU and the Intel 945GSE + ICH7M chipset. It supports six Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, each with its own network controller, to ensure high throughput for network communication and vision control applications. The extended temperature specification and fanless design allows the LEC-2026 to thrive in harsh environments.
The LEC-2026 is designed for vision control applications. Vision control is a real-time video monitoring system for quality control. The system is designed for IA and other manufacturing environments ensure the proper placement of components. For example in motherboard manufacturing a vision control system would be included in the various chip shooters to ensure each component was placed correctly. The vision control's digital Gigabit Ethernet cameras are mounted inside the machine and are connected to the external IPC. Software on the IPC will then use the cameras to constantly assess each placed chip. This analysis happens in real time, so the IPC does not retain any of the video footage, and therefore is not reliant on storage space.
The LEC-2026 is designed for use with vision control, by having separate high bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet ports, each with their own separate controller. This ensures that the data stream will have a continuously high bandwidth. With six Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports the LEC-2026 can run up to six cameras.
To promote longevity the LEC-2026 is fanless, while still boasting an extended temperature range between -10-degrees and 55-degrees Celsius. One reason the unit can support fanless design is the low power threshold involved in the N270 Intel Atom CPU which still boasts 1.6GHz of processing ability, Lanner highlighted. Heat dispersing fins along the chassis ensure the unit will remain cool in even the harshest industrial settings.


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The next version of the compositing software gains integration with Maxon's 3D software – and even includes a Lite version of the software for free.
Adobe has given us a sneak peek at the next version of its After Effects motion graphics, VFX and animation software, alongside upgrades to Premiere Pro, Prelude, Audition and SpeedGrade – as well as formally launching its network-based editing system Adobe Anywhere.
The headline feature is what Adobe's business development manager for video Niels Stevens describes as a 'live 3D pipeline' between After Effects CS7 * and Maxon's Cinema 4D. The traditional workflow with Cinema 4D and After Effects is that scenes created in Cinema 4D can be rendered out with multiple passes to bring some information into After Effects, but any changes in Cinema 4D require re-rendering and re-importing of renders into AE.
The new version of After Effects appears to let C4D scenes to sit 'live' within AE comps, allowing you edit them in AE by double-clicking on them. The new CineWare plug-in for AE gives you control over how the scene is brought into After Effects – including which camera, layers and renderer are used. It also allows control over multi-pass output and lets you extract scene data into AE's own 3D system.
You can also take 3D information from AE CS7 into Cinema 4D. Niels demoed running a 3D Camera Tracker – which was added in After Effects CS6 – on the video in the screenshots below, then taking data from some of the track points, right-clicking to Select Ground Plain & Origin, then using a Maxon Cinema 4D Exporter menu option to bring to plane into Cinema 4D. He then aligned a 'large American bumper' to the plane and showed how it would appear when brought into After Effects.
The live 3D pipeline will work with any version of Cinema 4D, but After Effects owners will get a new free version of the software called Cinema 4D Lite. Adobe isn't saying yet if it's going to be made available from with Creative Cloud – which would make it the first non-Adobe application to be offered through Creative Cloud.
While Adobe's demo of the workflow between After Effects CS7 and Cinema 4D showed them adding VFX to a scene, we expect that the primary purpose of the two softwares working together will be for motion graphics.
- Cinema 4D Lite includes many of the 3D suite's core tools. It doesn't include:
- Motion Camera, Morph Camera or Camera Calibrator
- Displacement, Collision, Camera, Smoothing, Spline Wrap and Shrinkwrap deformers
- The Sculpt sculpting system (unsurprisingly as its found in the high-end Studio version of Cinema 4D)
- Sub-polygon displacement and sub-surface scattering
- Projection painting
- The Terrain Mask shader; the Brick, Wood, Pavement, Weather and Normalizer Shaders – or the Sketch & Toon Art, Hatch and Spot (halftone) shaders (which is a shame as these would be ideal for motion graphics work)
- UV editing
- Caustics
- Particles and dynamics
- Mograph (though you do get the Fracture Object, Plain and Random effectors if you register the software with Maxon)
- Character animation
- Hair
- Ambient occlusion, global illumination or the physical renderer
- Rendering features including Sketch and Toon non-photorealistic; Pyrocluster volumetric particle rendering; Physical Sky or 3D Sound Rendering
- Network rendering
- Integration with Nuke, Final Cut Pro and Motion, Eyeon Fusion, Shake, Autodesk's tools and outputting files in most common 3D formats
Niels also demoed the new Refine Edge feature – revealed by Adobe in a video last week – that aims to make capturing fine detail such as hair a lot easier when using the Roto Brush.
Also new is the Warp Stabilizer VFX plug-in, which allows you to stabilise parts of footage but not others for interesting – and soon-to-be-overused we bet – effect. Adobe has also improved the application's overall image sampling for better results from effects, especially with higher-resolution video such as 4K.
* While Adobe has released updates to tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver for free to subscribers to its Creative Cloud service, the company is talking about AE's new features in terms of the 'next version' of the software, and we have received information from a source that this is After Effects CS7 – so a paid-for upgrade available for non-Cloud members and free to those who are.
Adobe After Effects CS7 to include a live 3D pipeline with Cinema 4D Lite
Adobe Premiere Pro CS7 revealed
Adobe gives a sneak peek at SpeedGrade CS7


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There are various "concentration-of-measure" theorems, the best known that due to Lévy, which is this (informally): the volume of a sphere $S^d$ in $d$ dimensions is largely concentrated around an $\epsilon$-tubular neighborhood of an equitorial hyperplane $H$. Here the tubular neighborhood is the set of points within distance $\epsilon$ of $H$. I believe there is an analogous theorem for centro-symmetric convex bodies (although I have no reference for this). My question is:
Is there a concentration-of-measure theorem for arbitrary convex bodies $K$, something along these lines: There exists a hyperplane $H$ such that most of the volume of $K$ is concentrated in a tubular neighborhood of $H$?
Or are there convex bodies so "skewed" that they resist any such section?
Likely this is known, in which case a reference would suffice. Thanks!


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England: The Hansard Program
Program Type: Tuition/Room Exchange
The Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government (HSP) developed The Hansard Scholars Programme in Parliamentary and Public Policy Studies to offer students a chance to study the workings of parliamentary democracy and to stimulate interest in its principles.
Students majoring in political science, economics or other social sciences, history, international relations, or business administration will find the program particularly relevant to their studies. Hansard Scholars are assigned to work with Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, the political parties, public, social policy, and research institutes.
The Hansard Scholars Programme internship placement is accompanied by three courses at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a unique institution among UK universities. It is the only British university specializing soley in the study of the social sciences, and has a world-wide reputation in the field.
The program is located in London, considered to be one of the world's most exciting cosmopolitan cities, offering various amusements, such as, trendy clubs, cinemas, restaurants, shops, theaters, historic sites, and two thousand years of architectural history.
Classes will be taught by senior British university faculty and also involves outstanding practitioners and other specialists. The Coordinator of the Hansard Scholars Programme will advise Washington College students.
Politics and Parliament
This course examines the constitutional and political process in Britain with special reference to the students' internship programs. External lecturers include leading British politicians, political commentators, and lobbyists. 3 credits.
Politics and Public Policy
This course analyzes current policy issues, seen in their historical context and in a European dimension. Topics include the economy, social policy, education, the role of the media, and ethnic and regional problems. 3 credits.
Supervised Research Project
Each student works on an individually designed research project leading to a substantial paper of between 8,000 and 12,000 words. Usually, this is based on research undertaken during the internship. 3 credits.
Political Science and International Studies Internships are available for qualified juniors and seniors in Washington, D.C. and abroad through the Department of State, the US. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), and the United Nations.
Most federal government internships are in Washington, D.C., but some opportunities occur each year for interns to serve abroad as Junior Foreign Service Officers. Depending on the needs of the agency, interns are assigned junior-level professional duties, which may include research, report writing, correspondence, analysis of international issues, and assistance in cases related to domestic and international law. The department actively helps students prepare applications and find internships with government agencies.
Students from Washington College have served in Bangledesh, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji, The Gambia, Hong Kong, London, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C.


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Despite the fact that every third study that comes out seems to indicate that everything in our environment is trying to kill us with its noxious chemicals or fatty fat cells, it seems we are running around thinking everything is going to be just fine for us. According to a new survey, 62 percent of employees in the U.S. say, "[I]t's not likely they or a family member will be diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer." Well, that sounds totally plausible. Hey, maybe we should all start planning to retire together in Egypt. Apparently there's a lovely river there called Denial.
So, exactly how widespread is this illusion of eternal health? Very, if you believe this survey done by the insurance company Aflac. (Will it ever be possible for our brains to not read the name of this company using the voice of a duck?) They surveyed 1,900 people who make decisions about benefits at companies and 6,100 workers in the U.S. What they found—in addition to the 62 percent of us who believe no one in our family is going to fall serious ill—is that 55 percent of us think we're "not very or not at all likely to be diagnosed with a chronic illness, such as heart disease or diabetes." Ha. Sure, people die, but not the people I know.
Audrey Boone Tillman, who is the executive vice president of corporate services at Aflac, said we "might be overly optimistic when it comes to thinking a serious illness or accident is a remote possibility." Ya think? Considering that, according to the American Cancer Society, one in three women and one in two men is going to be diagnosed with cancer at some point, it hardly seems likely that 62 percent of families will be spared. Add to that the fact that one in six deaths is caused by coronary heart disease, as per the American Heart Association, and it seems even more unlikely that half the people in the U.S. are just going to waltz off to a nice death in their sleep at the ripe old age of 150. Don't people understand that the grim reaper has an iPhone and can find us and take us whenever he damn well pleases?
As unlikely as it is that these optimistic people will remain perfectly healthy, they'd better hope and pray they're right, because, according to the same survey, almost 60 percent of U.S. workers don't have a financial plan to deal with the unexpected. Terrific. This is all going to work out so well for everyone. We're just going to hum along fine, the picture of health, until one day at the age of 85 we're walking in the Walmart parking lot and are suddenly mowed down by a hovercraft, which kills us instantly and leaves no medical bills for our families. You know, basically in the same way all of our relatives have died before us.
Most say they'll never get seriously ill [UPI]
Image via Buida Nikita Yourievich/Shutterstock.


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The Cubs aren't the only one who are going to be dealing today. Here are some of the latest happenings around the league. There will be plenty of updates as the day continues.
- It looks like Shane Victorino will be traded to the Dodgers. It sounds like Josh Lindblom would be going to the Phillies. Nothing official yet, but this means the Dodgers will not be going after Alfonso Soriano.
- UPDATE: It is officail The Philies have traded OF Shane Victorino to the Dodgers for relief pitcher Josh Lindblom and SP Ethan Martin.
- The D-Backs appear to be in the market for a big time starting pitcher. No names yet, but maybe they would be interested in Matt Garza?
- Although the Phillies have traded away Shane Victorino there are still reports they are talking to the Giants about Hunter Pence.
- UPDATE: Hunter Pence on his way to San Francisco for C/1B prospect Tommy Joseph. Nate Schierholtz is going to the Phillies as well, as does Seth Rosin.
- Padres are asking for a lot for Chase Headley, but a deal could still get done.
- Rangers looking to bolster bullpen. Possibly put Ogando back in the rotation and acquire another bullpen arm, possibly Broxton from KC.
- The Cardinals have acquired Edward Mujica for Zachary Cox.
- Marlins are close to sending Gaby Sanchez to Pirates for Gorkys Hernandez.
- UPDATE: According to Ken Rosenthal Gaby Sanchez to the Pirates is a done deal. This also includes a competitive balance pick going to the Marlins.
- Red Sox to acquire Craig Breslow for Matt Albers and Scott Podsednik.
- The Reds have traded for Jonathan Broxton. The Royals got AAA lefty Donnie Joseph and AA JC Sulbaran
- Casey McGehee traded to the Yankees for Chad Qualls.
This is what is out there right now, some deals may still be coming in, but I think that is it for now.


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So far the weather conditions only allowed the completion of one round - but what a fantastic one it has been !
This result put more pressure on his opponents who were eager to make amends in the following round. However, on Sunday the second round that was taking place on the site of Velký Javorník was interrupted due to dense clouds. Unfortunately these conditions repeated themselves on Tuesday.
Back at the competition centre, pilots were preparing their strategies and reviewing their tactics. Much discussion took place regarding the take-off and landing areas. "There are two flying sites for the 6th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championship", explains Kamil Konecný from the event organisation. "The main site is Ondřejník Skalka, which is oriented South-West. The pilots taking off from this site are landing on a football pitch. The take-off area is small and is surrounded by trees, which can be testing for the pilots. The landing is also a bit tricky as it is in the centre of Kuncice village, with a building on one side and a line of trees on the other, which forces the pilots to perfect their final approach for a precise landing. However, during the first round from this site, pilots proved to have the skills necessary to achieve good results on this challenging site. The second site is Velký Javorník where pilots took off on Sunday and Monday; the take-off isn't the easiest either as it is small with a slight slope. The landing area is on a slight slope as well, which can surprise pilots because of the changes in wind that it can create."
A lot is still to come in this championship, as more favourable weather conditions are forecast for the rest of the week. For the spectators it will mean more exciting competition with the possibility to observe the different strategies, flying techniques and approach choices!
For all those who follow the competition from home, live streaming and videos including the presentation of the teams and a daily competition report are available on the competition website.
As only one round has so far been completed, the championship is still open and the possibility for one of the 24 competing female pilots - the greatest number ever in a world championship - to steal the Gold medal is very real !
As all paragliding accuracy fans would say, the beauty of this discipline lays not on the physical strength of the pilots but on their skills to control their gliders and on their mental ability to resist the pressure as the competition develops.
This is why more and more people from all around the world are joining the paragliding accuracy comunity. This growing interest has led to several successes: the inclusion of this discipline in the programme of the 2013 World Games in Cali, Columbia, and the creation of the 1st FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Yilan, Chinese Taipei - paragliding accuracy is definitely on the rise !


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Garneau Course Elite Cycling Bib Tights
For hardcore riders who train every single day, the accumulation of efforts can cause added fatigue that affects them more and more each day. That is why they are constantly in search of the best training conditions, but also the best apparel. When it's time to put in some miles, but the thermometer's mercury level refuses to rise, the Course Elite bib tights allow you to ignore the cold and put some hours in the saddle. This garment is designed to be flexible, wind-breaking and breathable for high-intensity efforts. And because you don't want to stop too long in cold weather, the zip at the lower belly makes mid-ride pit stops fast and easy. Equipped with the patented 5Motion chamois, the Course Elite bib tights ensure optimal comfort for riders pursuing performance goals who can't afford to miss a training session because of bad weather.
- Additional layer of Super Lite Dry at front and back: Offers protection from water and wind
- Additional layer of Heatmaxx at knees: 4-way stretch opaque construction knit with brushed back
- Carbon-X Mesh: Made with carbon fibers, its compressive properties help blood circulation to increase resistance to fatigue.
- Power Mesh: Four-way stretchability, extreme breathability and quick drying
- Articulated knees
- Reflective accents
- 5 Motion Chamois
- Weather: Cold/Wind


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