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A couple of years ago, a scene on the side of the road reminded me that we live in a country blessed with plenty — and we take it for granted.
I was on my way back from a delivery when I encountered three vultures (birds — not people) dragging the remnant of a carcass off the road and into the grass. As soon as it was in the grass, one vulture turned on another one, pushing him away from their meal. As I watched this display I thought, isn't God good? If it weren't for scavengers like vultures, our roads and green spaces would be littered by animals that have lost their lives.
You're probably thinking that starting a food column talking about vultures isn't exactly going to make you want to eat, but that scene on the side of the road has had quite an impact on me and has made me think about how much we take for granted our own food.
I have a kitchen filled with food at work — another full pantry at home.
If I run out of a particular item, I have several options for obtaining what I'm out of within minutes. Unlike vultures who have to continuously fly around looking for something that has died and when finding it, risking the possibility of being pushed away by other hungry family members.
The television often flashes pictures of developing countries showing conditions of poverty and starvation that are incomprehensible.
Human beings forced by circumstances to live much like a vulture. Groveling for enough food to stay alive and to keep their families alive, these people have very little hope of surviving to be a ripe old age.
Then, of course, we have our own streets peppered with homeless people.
For whatever reason, they, too, go hungry, often scavenging out of our waste to find something to calm the pains of hunger that cry out inside their stomachs.
Oh the things I have so thoughtlessly taken for granted.
Food is a gift from God and treasure that some share in more abundantly than others. But whether plenty or want, we should be thankful for every morsel and, if we are blessed to have excess, share it with others.
9 whole wheat lasagna noodles (8 ounces), cooked according to package directions
2 15 oz. cans of beans (black, cannellini, kidney, etc) rinsed and drained
1 egg, beaten
1 12 oz. can cottage cheese
1 8oz package cream cheese, cut into cubes and softened
1 ½ cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 15 ounce can of Italian style tomato sauce
2 tsp fresh cilantro, crushed
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1. Lightly grease a 9X13 baking dish; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, mash half the beans; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine egg, cottage cheese, cream cheese and 1 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese; set aside.
3. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion sweet pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Stir in mashed beans the remaining whole beans, the tomato sauce, cilantro and cumin; heat through.
4. Arrange three of the cooked lasagna noodles in prepared dish. Top with one-third (about 1/3) of the cooked lasagna noodles in prepared dish. Spoon half (about 1 cup) of the cheese mixture over bean mixture. Repeat layers once more, starting with noodles and ending with cheese mixture. Top with the remaining cooked noodles and the remaining bean mixture
5. Bake covered for 35 to 40 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with the remaining ½ cup Monterey Jack cheese. Let stand, uncovered for 8-10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped tomatoes, if desired.
1 can (14 oz.) stewed tomatoes with green chilies
1 can (10 oz.) white chicken packed in water
1 green onion, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin, divided
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup refried beans
4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, divided
2 large flour tortillas
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1. Preheat Broiler
2. Combined tomatoes, chicken, green onions, 1 teaspoon cumin and garlic powder in a medium bowl ; mix well
3. In a small bowl, combine refried beans, 1 teaspoon cumin and 2 tablespoons cilantro.
4. Place tortillas on a baking sheet. Broil 30 seconds per side or until crisp but not browned. Remove from oven.
5. Reduce oven temp to 400 degrees.
6. Spread bean mixture evenly over each tortilla. Top with chicken mixture and cheese. Bake 5 – 6 minutes or until cheese melts
7. Top with remaining cilantro.


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The majority of awards collected by the trio were credited to The Peninsula Beacon.
Scott Hopkins, still photography category: photo essay "Coming full circle...and a new beginning," a touching account of the recent Point Loma High School graduation.
Mike McCarthy, investigative reporting category: "Brown pelicans flood the coastal skies," a look at this year's proliferation of the coastal bird species.
Mike McCarthy, still photography, news: "Giraffe infuses electricity Into OB parade," a clever shot of an unusual parade entry.
Scott Hopkins, sports category: "Pointers can't break Cathedral's CIF spell, fall for 5th straight time to Dons," a story on the football team's disappointments after a tough loss.
Scott Hopkins, education category: "PLHS students reap rewards of motivational tutoring program," profiling four students involved in the Reality Changers college preparation course.
Scott Hopkins, profiles category: "REMEMBERING JUNIOR SEAU: PLHS coach recounts playing side by side with legend when both were young prep All-Stars," describing a young Seau before he became an All-Pro performer.
Patricia Walsh, architecture and design category: "Point Loman blends tech with 'earth first' approach in dome home," about a homeowner who built an eco-friendly dome house in a neighborhood of traditional single-family homes.
Scott Hopkins, sports category: "After 25 years, lady hoopsters still got game," an account of a reunion of the 1987 Pointer girls' state championship team and their game against the current varsity team.
Patricia Walsh, gardening category: "How does your community garden grow? Ask PLNU, Westminster Presbyterian," a look at a joint planting project between the two parties.
NOTE: Patricia Walsh also had a second-place win in the science/technology category: "Scripps climate scientists to share stage with Dalai Lama at UCSD," about the work of Prof. Richard Somerville in the area of climate change. The win was credited to the La Jolla Village News.
The awards recognized the excellence of these journalists and the dedication each demonstrates week in and week out.
"We couldn't be more proud of these freelancers and community journalists," said Kevin McKay, managing editor for the San Diego Community Newspaper Group. "We have many talented and skilled freelance writers and photographers, but this trio stands out, as evidenced by the multiple honors at this year's San Diego Press Club awards. It's an honor to work with these journalistic stars."


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Two players violated league concussion protocol during last weekend's wild-card games, according to a letter sent by the NFL's head, neck and spine committee chairmen to all team doctors and trainers.
In a document obtained by The Associated Press, Drs. Hunt Batjer and Richard Ellenbogen said one player re-entered the game and another refused to leave the sideline.
The doctors did not identify the players, but one was Green Bay tackle David Bakhtiari, who went into the game for an extra-point try despite being examined for a concussion and not cleared. The other player was Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis, who remained on the sideline but did not get back on the field.
"On two occasions last weekend, and contrary to the advice of the team medical staffs, players who had been diagnosed with a concussion and therefore declared ineligible for play nonetheless refused to leave the sidelines as required by league concussion protocols," the letter said. "In one case, the player went back onto the field for one play before being removed from the game."
The doctors found "no fault" in how the team medical staffs conducted themselves.
The NFL's Madden Rule requires a player diagnosed with a concussion to be taken to the locker room or another quiet location.
The Saints and Packers declined comment and no fines will be imposed for the violations.
Bakhtiari's season is over because Green Bay lost to San Francisco. But Lewis' Saints are playing Saturday at Seattle and he has been practicing.
Finalists revealed
First-year nominees Derrick Brooks, Tony Dungy, Marvin Harrison and Walter Jones were among the 15 modern-era Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists in voting announced.
Brooks was a linebacker with Tampa Bay; Dungy coached Tampa Bay and Indianapolis and led the Colts to a Super Bowl title in 2007; Harrison was a receiver for Indianapolis and Jones was an offensive tackle with Seattle.
Former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan also was selected a modern-era finalist along with defensive end/linebacker Charles Haley, defensive end/linebacker Kevin Greene, receiver Andre Reed, running back Jerome Bettis, receiver/returner Tim Brown, safety John Lynch, guard Will Shields, cornerback/safety Aeneas Williams, kicker Morten Andersen and former San Francisco owner Edward DeBartolo Jr.
Punter Ray Guy and defensive end Claude Humphrey were announced as senior nominees in August.
The 46-member selection committee will vote Feb. 1 in New York, with a minimum 80 percent required for induction.
Strahan, Andersen and Lynch are in their second year of eligibility. Shields is in his third year, Bettis his fourth, Brown and Williams their fifth, Reed his ninth, and Greene and Haley their 10th.
If selected, Guy would become the first punter to be inducted. Andersen would become the second pure kicker, following Jan Stenerud.
Smith will be 'OK'
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith said his left knee feels "fine" and hopes to be ready to play Sunday against San Francisco in the NFC divisional playoffs.
"I will be all right," Smith said after Friday's practice. "I should be OK."
Panthers coach Ron Rivera listed Smith, running back Jonathan Stewart and defensive tackle Colin Cole as questionable on the team's injury report.
"My gut says he'll play," Rivera said of Smith, the team's all-time leading receiver.
Smith sprained his posterior cruciate ligament in a Week 16 win over New Orleans and has not played since for the Panthers (12-4).
The 34-year-old Smith has been a durable player for the Panthers over his 13 seasons and never missed more than two games in a year except for 2004 when he broke his leg in the season opener. Smith has played in 182 games, including 161 starts.
Heyward-Bey ruled out
Indianapolis Colts receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey will not play in today's playoff game at New England.
Heyward-Bey did not practice all week because of a hamstring injury. Coach Chuck Pagano said Heyward-Bey was expected to miss at least a week and former New England receiver Deion Branch was signed to help fill the void.
Starting safety LaRon Landry and backup linebacker Josh McNary are listed as probable. Both have been full participants in practice this week after being diagnosed with concussions in last weekend's 45-44 victory over Kansas City in a wild-card game.
Also …
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired Gill Byrd as cornerbacks coach. The two-time Pro Bowl selection during 10 seasons as a player with the San Diego Chargers served under new Bucs coach Lovie Smith in Chicago, where he worked in defensive quality control in 2006. He was the Bears' assistant defensive backs coach in 2007, then added safeties coach to his title from 2008 to 2012. … Former Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and Eagles quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor interviewed for the job of offensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins. Shanahan worked for four seasons in Washington with his father, Mike, the head coach, until both were fired Dec. 30. … Hue Jackson was introduced as the new offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals. He replaced Jay Gruden, who was named head coach of the Washington Redskins this week. Jackson was Oakland's head coach in 2011 and the Bengals' running backs coach this season.


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Bachelor's degrees in journalism and music, University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor's degrees in journalism and music, University of Colorado Boulder
How did you become interested in music?
I can't remember a time when I didn't love music. My family always had music on in the house. I started playing the double bass in third grade — basically as soon as the music teacher at school would let me begin taking lessons. I picked up the bass guitar when I was 10 and must have learned hundreds of songs over the next few years. I played in rock bands, jazz combos and orchestras.
How did you get into radio?
I never worked in radio before coming to CPR. But I've been a reporter and editor, and worked in the marketing department at the Colorado Music Festival. It was an unorthodox path to landing a job at a public radio station but I think a lot of the employees at CPR have unusual resumes. It's part of what makes this such an interesting place to work.
How did you end up at CPR?
I love Colorado Public Radio and I'd often find myself listening to a great piece of music or a particularly good Colorado Matters interview and wondering if I'd missed my calling by never getting into radio. I saw a job posting for a digital producer at CPR Classical and decided to pursue it. It seemed like a long shot but I knew I'd kick myself if I didn't go after it. I applied and, to my eternal surprise, they called me back. I had some fun discussions with Monika Vischer about using the website to tell great stories about classical music and expand CPR Classical's local coverage. I'm thrilled to be part of the staff.


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>> Saturday, May 26, 2007
Thanks to Windowskiller we have a few pictures of the original Gamester CD-i gamepad. In addition to the third party CD-i controllers from Tecno Plus, I talked about the only other external company who produced a gamepad for CD-i: Gamester. This is absolutely a better alternative to the low-responding Philips CD-i controllers out there, unfortunately hard to find but if you see one, don't hesitate to buy it! It looks very similar as the original Sega Megadrive Joypad or even the Sega Saturn Pad. Like with Tecno Plus, controller designs were licensed to different companies but to see this on CD-i is remarkable. Omegalfa even uncovered how it looks without the shell. Sweet ;)
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"The Girl Who Does Not Want To Dance" (Content Rating TBD)
LEARNING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES - The final four models visit with Aboriginal teachers for a lesson on self expression and storytelling. That night, they go out on the town in Sydney, but one model stays home sick and the others take the opportunity to talk behind her back. At the photo shoot, each girl expresses themselves through Aboriginal dance, wearing traditional clothing and body paint. One girl complains bitterly about dancing while another embraces it. At elimination, Tyra asks each model who they think has the most potential, and things get heated when one model is verbally attacked. The judges send one girl home. Special guests include photographer Kane Skennar and Seventeen magazine entertainment director Carissa Rosenberg serves as guest judge.


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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's top Islamic organization on Wednesday called for an end to violent protests against drawings of the Prophet Muhammad, as police shot dead two protesters to stop an angry crowd from marching on a U.S. military base in the southern part of the country.
Fourteen people were wounded in the clash in Qalat city, including ten protesters and four Afghan security forces who were struck by flying rocks, said Ahmad Khan, a doctor at the city's main hospital.
The clash came a day after international peacekeepers exchanged fire with protesters in a remote northern Afghan city, leaving three demonstrators dead and prompting NATO to send reinforcements.
As a third day of bloody unrest began across the country, members of Afghanistan's Ulama Council, the country's top Islamic clerics' organization, went on radio and television to appeal for calm.
"Islam says it's all right to demonstrate but not to resort to violence. This must stop," senior cleric Mohammed Usman told The Associated Press. "We condemn the cartoons but this does not justify violence. These rioters are defaming the name of Islam."
Senior Afghan officials said al-Qaida and the Taliban could be exploiting anger over the cartoons to incite violence.
Political repercussions deepen
Demonstrations rumbled on around the Muslim world on Tuesday, and the political repercussions deepened, with Iran suspending all trade and economic ties with Denmark, where the drawings were first published. The Danish prime minister called the protests a global crisis and appealed for calm.
In a new turn, a prominent Iranian newspaper , Hamshahri, invited artists to enter a Holocaust cartoon competition, saying it wanted to see if freedom of expression — the banner under which many Western publications reprinted the prophet drawings — also applied to Holocaust images.
An aid group that provides food to tens of thousands of people in the war-ravaged Chechnya region of Russia suspended its operations after Chechen officials banned all Danish organizations because of the cartoons. The Danish Refugee Council distributes food to some 250,000 people in mostly Muslim Chechnya and the surrounding area.
The drawings — including one depicting the prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb — have touched a raw nerve among Muslims. Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of Muhammad for fear they could lead to idolatry.
Violence has escalated sharply in Afghanistan this week, and nine people have died in demonstrations during the past three days. Protests, sometimes involving armed men, have been directed at foreign and Afghan government targets — fueling suspicions there's more behind the unrest than religious sensitivities.
"It's an incredibly emotive issue. This is something that really upset Afghans," said Joanna Nathan, senior Afghanistan analyst at the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based research institute. "But it is also being used to agitate and motivate the crowds by those against the government and foreign forces" in Afghanistan.
Calls for calm
The heads of the U.N., European Union and the world's largest Islamic group urged the violent protests to stop.
"Aggression against life and property can only damage the image of a peaceful Islam," said a statement released jointly Tuesday by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the EU chief Javier Solana.Slideshow: View the cartoons that started it all
Wednesday's clash began when about 500 demonstrators threw stones at police outside the U.S. military base in Qalat. The city's police chief, Abdul Bari, said police initially fired in the air, but they then were forced to fire on the crowd.
A U.S. military spokesman, Lt. Mike Cody, said he had no details on the matter.
On Tuesday, protesters armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked the NATO base in the northern city of Maymana, which is manned by peacekeepers from Norway, Finland, Latvia and Sweden, local officials said.
Sayed Aslam Ziaratia, the provincial deputy police chief, said three protesters were shot and killed by Afghan and Norwegian forces and that 22 others were wounded. However, NATO said it only fired live ammunition into the air and rubber bullets. Five Norwegian peacekeepers suffered minor injuries.
Provincial governor Mohammed Latif said he suspected al-Qaida may have had a hand in the unrest. He said two men from eastern Afghanistan were arrested during the protest and were being interrogated.
"The violence today looked like a massive uprising. It was very unusual," Latif said.
On Monday, about 2,000 protesters tried to storm the main U.S. military base at Bagram, the hub of the operations for some 20,000 American forces in the country. Police shot dead two protesters. A top local official said al-Qaida and Taliban militants incited the crowd.
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak told The Associated Press by telephone Tuesday that it was possible militants egged on the demonstrators, but he stressed the government has no evidence.
"Once these crowds get together, they often get out of control, here and in other countries," he said. "But if this goes on, we're going to have to take a closer look to see if there is more behind it."
The unrest in Maymana prompted NATO to send 150 British troops to help secure the base, and two American A-10 attack aircraft were flown to the city. The U.N. evacuated nonessential staff.
Bush confers with Rasmussen
In Washington, President Bush called Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to express "our solidarity and support." A Danish newspaper first printed the cartoons of Muhammad in September, and they were reprinted this month by other European papers, setting off a new round of protests.
Bush and Fogh Rasmussen agreed that all sides must move forward "through dialogue and tolerance, not violence," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
In Copenhagen, Fogh Rasmussen showed no sign of diverting from his government's stance that it cannot apologize for the actions of an independent newspaper, as demanded by governments in several Muslim nations.
Fogh Rasmussen called the protests "a growing global crisis."
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that publication of the caricatures was an Israeli conspiracy motivated by anger over the victory of the militant Hamas group in last month's Palestinian elections.
"The West condemns any denial of the Jewish Holocaust, but it permits the insult of Islamic sanctities," Khamenei said.
Tuesday saw the biggest protest yet in Pakistan, where 5,000 people chanted, "Hang the man who insulted the prophet," and burned effigies of one cartoonist and Denmark's prime minister. The rally ended peacefully.
Thousands of Egyptians and Jordanians also demonstrated peacefully, calling for a boycott of Danish products and the cutting of ties with Copenhagen.
Incidents elsewhere:
- Pakistan: Protests in Peshawar and North Waziristan each drew some 5,000 people. There were no reports of violence. In Peshawar, Chief Minister Akram Durrani, the province's top elected official who led the rally, demanded the cartoonists "be punished like a terrorist."
- Iran: Dozens of people pelted the Danish Embassy with stones and climbed over walls into the mission's compound and lit a tree on fire in a second successive day of violent protests. It was not clear whether they had entered the embassy building itself. In a related move, the newspaper Hamshahri invited foreign cartoonists to enter its Holocaust cartoon competition, which it said would be launched on Feb. 13. The newspaper is owned by the Tehran Municipality, which is dominated by allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is well known for his opposition to Israel. Last year, Ahmadinejad provoked outcries when he said on separate occasions that Israel should be "wiped off the map" and the Holocaust was a "myth."
- China: The government criticized newspapers for publishing the cartoons and appealed for calm among outraged Muslims. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said publishing the cartoons "runs counter to the principle that different religions and civilizations should respect each other and live together in peace and harmony."
- Indonesia: Danish citizens were advised to leave Indonesia, where rowdy protests were held in at least four cities Tuesday. Danish missions, which have been repeatedly targeted by protesters, have been shut because of security concerns, said Niels Erik Anderson, the country's ambassador to Indonesia.
- Palestinian areas: Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said his government had temporarily closed diplomatic missions in Palestinian territories — where it shares a building with the Danish mission. He warned his citizens to be wary if traveling to the Middle East. Media in both Australia and New Zealand have also published the images.
Diplomatic impacts
Apart from fueling protests, the controversy has also had an impact on foreign relations.
On Monday, Iran announced it cut all trade ties with Denmark because of the cartoons. Iran imports some $280 million worth of goods a year from Denmark.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he disapproves of the caricatures, but insisted he cannot apologize on behalf of his country's independent press.
The United States condemned the protests Monday, as administration officials continued to walk a fine line between supporting free speech and calling the cartoons offensive.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that "what we can do is to speak out very clearly in support of freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and urge understanding and tolerance — not violence."
"We certainly at this time urge governments to take any steps that they might to lower tensions concerning this issue," McCormack said.
He specifically said Saudi Arabia might be one. "Certainly the leaders of the Saudi government might be individuals who might fulfill that role," he said. "There are others in the region who also might fulfill that role as well."
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


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Survey: 13 percent rate their company as 'advanced' in social media
Most admit they need to learn more when it comes to social media. Find out the No. 1 social media goal and most popular platforms in this survey from Ragan/Nasdaq OMX Corporate Solutions.
Do you feel like everybody has social media figured out while you struggle to catch up?
Rest assured: It looks like you're in the majority.
A Ragan/NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions survey shows that few social media whiz-kids regard themselves as experts, and most in the field are still figuring it out.
[Download the complete survey's findings here.]
Just 13 percent of communicators said their organization was "an advanced, well-run machine," while nearly two-thirds said they have more to learn and accomplish.
More than half (64 percent) said they use social media regularly, but have more to learn and accomplish. Another 23 percent called themselves "newbies."
"We're not even at the beginner stage," a participant confessed.
"Unless you're at a top-five consumer brand or agency," wrote one another, "I don't see how anyone can consider themselves advanced. It's just growing too fast."
The survey drew 2,714 total respondents from government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations with more than 50,000 employees.
The No. 1 goal was to increase brand awareness (87 percent), followed by increased Web traffic (62 percent) and improving reputation (61 percent).
The platform of choice? Facebook.
The finding that most are modest about their companies' efforts doesn't surprise industry experts interviewed by Ragan.com. But David B. Thomas, senior director of content and community at Salesforce Marketing Cloud, says communicators and others doing social media often underestimate themselves.
"Most people will tell me they're far behind other people," Thomas says, "and usually they're not. Most people have an exaggerated sense of how advanced other people are."
The most advanced companies—among them giants like Dell, Cisco, and HP—have social media training programs, governance bodies, managers, and certification programs, he says. Most, however, lag behind. Adam Brown, principal of adMAGINATION, says the 13 percent figure is "a little low. There are some people doing some really progressive things."
Even those who consider their organizations' skills high described varying levels of mastery.
"Our corporate team is advanced with using social media," wrote one respondent. "However, the regional team that I am a part of is at the beginner level, as we have limitations on how much we can use social media."
How well do you keep up?
The survey may offer encouragement for those who feel they're struggling to catch up. Though many don't consider themselves advanced, nearly a third of respondents—30 percent—nevertheless agree that they "easily adapt to new tools and platforms."
Others found the task harder, as new platforms are launched seemingly every week. Some 52 percent agreed that they "keep our heads above water, but not by much." Another 18 percent confessed to being "overwhelmed."
(In the comments, several participants said they fell between the top two categories on this question: not experts but not just treading water.)
"We don't have much need to experiment with new tools or platforms," one commenter said. "However, if we notice something is being used by our target audience, we include it in our toolbox."
One confident social media manager has no trouble staying on top of things.
"I use various online monitoring tools and I'm able to respond anywhere at any time," the respondent wrote. "There are two back-up people at our company who take care of this when I am unavailable, i.e. vacation."
If it's any comfort to the newbies, even the experts admit to gaps in their social media presence.
Wrote one: "We are the classic case of the cobbler's children having no shoes. Despite being a full service communications firm, we are so busy, focused on our client's campaigns, we are still trying to create sustained momentum in our own social media space. We're getting better (created some new internal staff architecture to help it along), but our implementation has yet to catch up to our strategic and tactical skill levels."
Top goal: Increase brand awareness Asked about their goals in social media, 87 percent said to increase brand awareness. Sixty-two percent sought to boost Web traffic, and 61 percent were out to improve the organization's reputation.
"We really look at social media as a way to show the personality of our firm," wrote one participant. "We also look at it as a way to share our expertise and thought leadership in the industry, which in turn, we hope, will increase leads and potentially sales."
A number seemed eager and excited about the possibilities of social media. One respondent vowed to "break the mold for our industry, do things no one else in our field (veterinary medicine) has even attempted."
But others are unconvinced. Among some, it was the social media users themselves who had questions about their channels and the time spent creating content for them.
"We can do more than we do," one wrote. "The question remains whether SM is a bit of a black hole that will suck up any and all resources you choose to send its way, with arguably questionable [return on investment]."
Several respondents in sensitive industries must keep glancing over their shoulders at Big Brother. "We're in a highly regulated environment, and social media makes our legal and regulatory teams skittish," wrote one.
And stop us if you've heard this one: Some still haven't overcome internal roadblocks to producing content.
"It's not just the communications staff who need to learn," wrote one commenter, who is doubtless bald from tearing out tufts of hair. "We have a hard time getting other departments to regularly let us know about news and events that would be appropriate for sharing via social media."
Choose your weapon
Facebook is by far the most popular platform, with 91 percent of respondents maintaining a page there. Twitter follows closely, with 88 percent, while 73 percent post videos on YouTube and 69 percent use LinkedIn. At the bottom of the list are Instagram (just under 17) and Tumblr (9 percent).
Many commenters mentioned social media that weren't on our multiple-choice list. Foremost among these were Vimeo and WordPress blogs. Others swore by redditt, Storify, StumbleUpon, Digg, and Picasa.
International social media earned mentions in our online survey. One respondent touted the Russian websites Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru, and VKontakte. And let us not forget China: Sina Weibo, Renren, and Youku won endorsements.
There are platforms that haven't been permitted by certain companies. Writes one survey participant: "We want to use Pinterest, but our legal department won't clear it."
"We stick to FB, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube," wrote another respondent. "Given the nearly endless possibilities contrasted against finite resources, you have to make choices."
Adds another, "Some experimentation with Google+. We are also actively monitoring mentions on Instagram and have claimed a venue in Foursquare."
The survey's findings square with what Shel Holtz, of Holtz Communication + Technology, has observed. Numerous platforms have evolved, but a few are dominant among communicators, he says. In addition to the familiar Facebook and Twitter, he sees Pinterest and Instagram as growing.
"Forty percent of the global 100 brands have Instagram accounts and are sending out images to influence perception," he says.
He adds that organizations "are nuts if they don't have a Google+ page, but that's really just because Google's gaming the system." Those who have a page place higher in search results, he says.
At Southwest Airlines, Twitter and Facebook are major efforts, says Christi McNeill, senior communications specialist, but there is also an expectation to be exploring new channels. Southwest has a presence on Instagram and Pinterest as well.
But others are crying, "Enough!" Wrote one: "Too many new tools. We'll stick with the basics and the ones that have been around and suit our needs. Keep it simple."
Holtz finds it shortsighted when communicators tell him, "I'm already doing Facebook and Twitter, I don't have time to add Pinterest to it."
"If you want to go where your customers are," he explains, "or if using it is going to help you achieve your organizational goal in a big way, it's not very strategic to say I don't have the time. You need to go out and make the business case that 'we need the resources to do this.' Because otherwise you're leaving profits on the table."
Frequency of posts
A majority (58 percent) post at least daily, although half of those don't post on weekends. About 22 percent posted two or three times a week, with the remainder less frequently.
"It depends on the format," one college-based respondent answered. "Twitter is daily, including weekends. Facebook is less frequent, most focusing on events and undergraduate events. YouTube depends entirely on whether we have time and hands to do video. LinkedIn is ongoing, more of a resource for our alumni to interact with each other, than active tool for us to post information at this point."
"We try for more than once a day, but we have weeks full of updates and slow weeks of three to five updates in a week," wrote one.
Several commenters also referred to times of year when many comments go up, such as during the academic year or legislative sessions. One agency respondent wrote, "For clients, daily; for ourselves, once a week."
Types of content
So you've got a social media presence. Well and good. But what are you posting, and what are you linking to? Content, in other words.
Facebook posts lead, with 86 percent of respondents using the medium. Tweets lag by only a single percentage point. Some 64 percent create videos; one honest survey participant fessed up to producing "really bad videos."
Sixty-one percent write blogs, and another 51 percent draft online articles. Only a sliver—3 percent—don't create any content at all.
Others produce video content about clinical trials, training manuals, and comics and cartoons. A respondent wrote that Facebook posts and tweets are created by a social media blogger paid through an agency.
One frustrated communicator wrote, "Would like to do all of the above. However, management does not want to allow communication/posts from visitors."
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Wabash's Tim Padgett '84 Honored for Journalistic Excellenceby Jim Amidon • July 12, 2005 Share:
Wabash College graduate Tim Padgett '84 has been named one of four winners of the Cabot Prize by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
The Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America honors journalists who have covered the Western Hemisphere and, through their reporting and editorial work, have demonstrated a commitment to freedom of the press and inter-American understanding.
President Lee C. Bollinger will present the prizes at a dinner and ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 20. Each prize-winner receives a Cabot medal and a $5,000 honorarium. News organizations that employ the winners receive bronze plaques.
Padgett, Miami and Latin America bureau chief, Time Magazine, represents the personal and professional commitment to Latin America that the Cabot Prize was intended to honor. Since 1990, first for Newsweek and now for Time, he has doggedly covered the region despite his own news organization's reduction of space for Latin American coverage.
Padgett's recent enterprise reportage has covered the migrant smuggling business, the growing use of cocaine in Latin America, the guerrilla stronghold of Cartagena del Chaira in Colombia, the crusade of the Cuban dissident Osvaldo Paya and the rise of the NAFTA generation in Mexico. His work also includes ground-breaking stories on the presidency of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Brazil's landless peasant movement, Haitian child-slavery, Latin rock stars, and Latin major league baseball stars. He has written cover stories on education and on criminal mafias in Latin America.
"The breadth of Padgett's knowledge and the gracefulness of his prose make him a worthy model for new reporters and a reminder to editors that good coverage is based on deep commitment, long experience and frequent publication," said the Cabot Prize Committee.
Padgett was an English major at Wabash and served as editor of the student newspaper The Bachelor. He is a frequent contributor on news and talk radio programs, appearing on CNBC, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and the O'Reilly Factor, to name a few.
"This year's winners are wonderful exemplars of the Cabot Prize standard — the best professional and probing journalism in the pursuit of inter-American understanding," said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the journalism school. "The Graduate School of Journalism is proud of its 67 year history of awarding these prizes, and we are proud of the winners that were selected this year."
Founded in 1938 by the late Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston as a memorial to his wife, the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international award in journalism. The prize has been awarded 245 times, and 55 special citations have been conferred on journalists from more than 30 countries. The prizes are administered by the Graduate School of Journalism under the guidance of Josh Friedman, director of international programs at the school.
Other winners of the Cabot Prize this year include:
Miriam Leitão, reporter and columnist, O Globo, Rede Globo , and Radio CBN, Brazil, a multimedia Brazilian journalist whose reporting has been an outstanding example of explanatory journalism.
Mabel Rehnfeldt, investigative reporter, ABC Color, who has been a relentless journalistic force against corruption and abuse of power in Paraguay.
S. Lynne Walker, Mexico City bureau chief, Copley News Service, who, in more than 15 years of reporting from Mexico and Central America, has gone to extraordinary lengths to find original ways of telling the remarkable stories of ordinary people whose voices might otherwise not be heard.
A Special Citation will be awarded to La Nación of Costa Rica for outstanding work in investigative journalism that had an impact across the Americas.


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Darrell Stuckey and the San Diego Chargers have agreed to a new contract that keeps the safety and special teams standout from hitting the free-agent market.
Stuckey tweeted that it was a four-year deal. The Chargers said only that it was a multiyear deal.
Stuckey was special teams captain last season. He's the second potential unrestricted free agent to remain with the Chargers. Inside linebacker Donald Butler agreed Feb. 28 to a deal that could be worth more than $51 million over seven years, with the final four years tied to a club option.
In his tweet, Stuckey says, "The future is bright."
Bucs cut Joseph
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released veteran guard Davin Joseph, a mainstay on their offensive line over the past eight seasons.
The 30-year-old Joseph was a first-round draft pick out of Oklahoma in 2006, the 23rd overall selection. He started 99 of 100 games he appeared in with the Bucs, who are coming off a 4-12 finish in 2013.
New general manager Jason Licht said in a statement it was not an easy decision to part with Joseph, a two-time Pro Bowl selection. The GM added every move the Bucs make leading up to the start of the free agency signing period will be made with "the intention of improving our roster and building towards becoming a championship team."
Joseph was due to earn $6 million next season.
Bryant joins Jags
The Jacksonville Jaguars and free agent defensive tackle Red Bryant reached agreement on a four-year contract.
The deal will reunite Bryant with his former Seattle coordinator, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley.
Jacksonville is looking to upgrade its talent along both lines of scrimmage, and getting the run-stuffing Bryant gives the team a strong start to free agency. Jacksonville already re-signed quarterback Chad Henne to a two-year, $8 million deal.
Bryant turns 30 next month. He spent six years in Seattle, making 121 tackles. He began his career as a defensive tackle but moved to end in 2010.
He missed one game over the past three seasons, recording 87 tackles, 2½ sacks and two interceptions in that time. He was a fourth-round pick in 2008.
Jets sign tight end
The New York Jets and tight end Jeff Cumberland agreed to terms on a new contract.
Cumberland, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent Tuesday, led the Jets last season with a career-high four touchdown receptions. He also had a career-best 398 yards receiving on 26 catches in his fourth NFL season.
The Jets announced the move Saturday, but did not release terms. It's believed to be for three years, according to published reports.
Cumberland, a former wide receiver at Illinois, signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He has developed into a key part of New York's offense while starting 24 games the past two seasons. Cumberland has 58 career catches for 795 yards and seven touchdowns.


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BOSTON — While the senior market may be seen as growing and lucrative for the fitness industry, the effect of obesity in the young adult population on the nation's future healthcare costs begs the industry not to overlook this population.
Men and women who were overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle age have significantly higher Medicare costs in older age compared to their nonoverweight peers, according to a study in the December 8 issue of "Journal of the American Medical Association."
Approximately 130 million U.S. adults are currently overweight or obese, defined as having a body mass index of 25 - 29.9, or 30 and greater, respectively. The proportion of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older is estimated to increase from 12 percent currently to 20 percent by 2050.
Obesity combined with this rising number of older persons in the United States are of concern to health care professionals, policymakers and the U.S. public. However, little is known about the relation of overweight or obesity in young adults to long-term medical care expenditures.
Martha L. Daviglus, M.D., Ph.D., from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, and colleagues examined the relationship between BMI in young adulthood and middle age to Medicare spending at ages 65 years and older.
Between 1967 and 1973, BMIs and overall health were measured in 9,978 men (average age, 46 years) and 7,623 women (average age, 48 years) participating in the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry. Researchers then examined Medicare claims data for these participants from 1984 through 2002.
The researchers found that annual average Medicare charges for severely obese men were $6,192 more (84 percent higher) than for nonoverweight men. For severely obese women, annual average charges were $5,618 more (88 percent higher) than for nonoverweight women.
"Our findings demonstrate the adverse impact of high BMI in young adulthood and middle age (irrespective of changes in weight that may have occurred over the years) on future Medicare expenditures. With current trends of increasing overweight and obesity afflicting all age groups, urgent preventive measures are required not only to lessen the burden of disease and disability associated with excess weight but also to contain future health care costs incurred by the aging population," the authors wrote.
About 130 million U.S. adults are currently overweight or obese, the study said.


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Long-Legged Storks
In the warm days of the spring, some of the large white birds we see in the sky while flying our kites are storks. The stork is a big, migratory bird that is one to one and a half metres (60 inches) in height, mostly with large white wings and a long black tail. Its beak and long legs are red, giving them a lovely appearance.
One of the most striking characteristics of storks is the way they fly. While flying, they extend their heads forward and push their legs backward. This aesthetic style of storks enables them to fly much faster by cleaving the air aerodynamically. Every year, storks migrate to warm regions because they are vulnerable to cold. That is why when we see storks arriving, we also receive the glad tidings of hot summer days. In the summer season, storks live in the temperate regions that extend from Europe to North Africa and from Turkey to Japan. Before the weather cools, they migrate to the southern hemisphere, tropical Africa and India.
It is amazing that storks know it becomes warm in the southern hemisphere at that time of the year. This is a miracle. Yet, what is more amazing is that, after six months, exactly at spring, storks fly all the way back, covering distances of thousands of kilometres, to find the nests they left behind.
This is astonishing indeed.
Storks find the nests they made the previous year and settle there again. But how do they find their old nest right away after such a long time? Do they use a compass in order not to lose their way? Of course, such a good memory and excellent sense of direction have been inspired in storks by their Lord, Allah.
In addition, these stick-legged animals do not travel overseas because they need some land on which to stop and rest when they become exhausted. For this reason, they prefer travelling across seas close to land such as the Bosphorus, the Straits of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.
Storks do not avoid human beings and they build their nests on the tops of buildings, trees and chimneys. Usually flocks of storks migrate together. When they arrive in Europe, they spend some time there. Ordinarily, during the first week of April, the male stork builds a nest from branches. As we mentioned earlier, he chooses the same place every year. He carefully protects the nest and occasionally leaves it to search for food. Some kinds of stork make their nests in swamps on top of branches and they live in groups. You can find twelve large stork nests on the very same cypress tree. The fact that birds live in communities has been also pointed out in the Qur'an:
There is no creature crawling on the earth or flying creature, flying on its wings, who are not communities just like yourselves – We have not omitted anything from the Book – then they will be gathered to their Lord. (Surat al-An'am: 38)
Do you know how storks communicate with each other? They communicate with each other not by making different vocal sounds but by making noises with their beaks. They explain many things to each other with "tap tap" sounds.
Here is another question: do you know that storks dance? When they get together, the male stork and his spouse dance by tapping their beaks and flapping their wings. During this dance, the male stork tries to attract the female stork's attention. If you consider that a stork is almost the same height as a man, you can imagine how impressive this dance is.
Not all storks are the same height. The smallest kind of stork is the Asian and African openbill. When they close their bills, only the two ends of the bill close together. The remaining parts remain apart. This kind of beak enables the stork to eat snails and mussels more easily.
That Allah creates every living being with various capabilities in a beautiful fashion is something that helps us to have a deeper faith in Him and helps us to see His might and perfect creation in everything we see around us and to understand His signs.


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Big Ass Heart is an original song featured in Original Song, the sixteenth episode of Season Two. It is written and performed by Puck for Lauren.
After being forbidden to sing My Chemical Romance's SING, Rachel suggests that they write original music for Regionals, and Will assigns them with the task of writing original songs after Quinn agrees with Rachel. Puck says he feels the song could make up for his offensive performance of Fat Bottomed Girls in Silly Love Songs, the twelfth episode of Season Two, which had hurt Lauren's feelings. However, Lauren appears to enjoy the song, as she is seen laughing and dancing around in her chair while Puck is singing to her.
My girl went to the doctor cause her heart had palpitations
He said cut the carbs, or else she'd end up pushing up carnations
She stepped up on the scale and the doctor said, "Oh Lordy"
If you don't drop a few girl, you won't make it past age forty
My girl said, "Hey lookie, on that fancy x-ray chart"
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I'm telling you my friend, my girl's got a big ass heart
When she shops for groceries that heart gets its own damn cart
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And then sit down and win a lovin' pie-eating contest
I love that big ass heart so much I think it isn't fair
Like how your heart won't pay me back for breaking all my chairs
So sick with love I think I'm coming down with rickets
When that big ass heart flies coach it has to pay for two plane tickets
Oh, that big ass heart
Oh, that big ass heart
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- The song was written by music producer Adam Anders and co-creator, Ian Brennan.
- Though originally unintended, Big Ass Heart was released on iTunes due to popular demand, along with Trouty Mouth.


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Meet Breitbart.com's Go-To Anti-Gay Extremist, Austin Ruse
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Right-wing anti-gay advocate Austin Ruse is becoming the face of Breitbart.com's LGBT coverage, using his perch at the website to smear slain Wyoming student Matthew Shepard and tout Russia's horrific anti-gay legislation.
Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), has a lengthy history of rabid anti-LGBT bigotry. As GLAAD notes, Ruse believes all countries should pass laws stigmatizing homosexuality in order to "help society to teach what is good." Ruse asserts that affirming that LGBT people exist and should have rights amounts to sexual "indoctrination." Further, Ruse claims that LGBT teen suicides are caused not by bullying and social stigma, but by the LGBT movement's "ideology" and gay sex itself.
Breitbart.com can apparently think of no better figure to comment on LGBT issues. Ruse's first piece for the website made the transparently ridiculous claim that "human rights groups" supported Russia's laws banning the dissemination of "gay propaganda" and the adoption of Russian children by couples from LGBT-friendly countries. Ruse previously defended the Kremlin's anti-LGBT crackdown at The Daily Caller, where he lauded Russia's effort to "resist ... the political movement to regularize and even celebrate" homosexuality.
Ruse's latest hobbyhorse is Matthew Shepard trutherism, which he has pushed in two Breitbart pieces in as many weeks. Right-wing media outlets have seized on the publication of a new book claiming that the gay Wyoming college student's 1998 murder was the result of a drug deal gone awry, not anti-gay bias. Describing Shepard as a "winsome young homosexual," "achingly handsome," "slight of frame," and "delicately chiseled," Ruse has blasted "Matthew Shepard Inc." for promoting the "lie" that homophobia contributed to his murder.
In a September 14 column for Breitbart, Ruse denounced the "gay hagiography" that fed the "Mathew [sic] Shepard industry":
Almost immediately Shepard became a secular saint, and his killing became a kind of gay Passion Play where he suffered and died for the cause of homosexuality against the growing homophobia and hatred of gay America.
Indeed, a Mathew Shepard industry grew rapidly with plays and foundations along with state and even national hate crimes legislation named for him. Rock stars wrote songs about him, including Elton John and Melissa Etheridge. Lady Gaga performed John Lennon's "Imagine" and changed the lyrics to include Shepard.
Thanks to a new book by an award winning gay journalist we now know that much of this narrative turns out to be false, little more than gay hagiography.
Most people would likely consider a man who describes homosexuality as "intrinsically abnormal and disordered" emblematic of "homophobia and hatred of gay America," but Ruse has used his platform at Breitbart.com to suggest that such things don't exist. In a September 22 column assailing "the cult of Matthew," Ruse parroted the right-wing narrative that Shepard's death served as a convenient excuse for supporters of "the gay agenda" to enact LGBT-friendly policies:
Shepard became not just a saint, he was manipulated to be a tool. He was instrumentalized to castigate opponents of the gay agenda and to advance federal and state hate-crimes legislation. We were told endlessly that Wyoming and many other states, along with the federal government, did not protect homosexuals from such hate-crimes.
Even before Shepard died, President Bill Clinton used his attack to advance federal legislation. "I was deeply grieved by the act of violence perpetrated against Matthew Shepard," Clinton said. "There is nothing more important to this country than our standing together against intolerance, prejudice and violent bigotry." Take that Family Research Council. When a federal hate crimes bill was later signed by President Obama, it was named for Matthew Shepard.
Ruse has a vested interest in denying that such acts occur, but anti-LGBT bigotry and violence remain persistent.
Ruse's shameless animus toward LGBT people would seem to discredit him as a commentator on LGBT issues. But even in the face of brutal assaults on LGBT rights in Russia and the continued problem of hate crimes in the U.S., Breitbart.com is all too willing to provide a soapbox to an unapologetic bigot.
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At the end of Day 2 of Davos 09, Josette Sheeran and Peter Bakker, CEO of our Dutch donor TNT, co-hosted a dinner for about 50 government leaders and CEOs. The dinner honored King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as "Champion in the Battle Against Hunger" for 2008.
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- Levante's Papakouli Diop alleges racist abuse during Sunday's match against Atletico Madrid
- The Senegalese says he was subjected to monkey chants from Atletico fans
- Last week Barcelona's Dani Alves ate a banana thrown at him by a fan
- A leading anti-racism campaigner says racism is "endemic" within Spanish football
World and European champions on the football pitch, but blighted by "endemic" racism in the stands.
For the second week in a row, Spain is facing up to allegations of racist abusive chanting from supporters inside its football stadiums.
Last week it was Dani Alves who took a bite out of a banana hurled towards him by a fan during Barcelona's match at Villarreal, while Sunday Levante's Papakouli Diop opted to dance in front of his abusers during a match against Atletico Madrid, who will compete in this season's UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid later in May.
"I was going to take a corner and some of the Atletico fans started making monkey chants," the Senegalese told reporters after Levante sealed a 2-0 win over the La Liga leaders.
"I don't have anything against Atletico's fans," he added. "It was just a part of them who did that to me and I wanted to explain that so people can know what happened.
"This monkey chants towards black players have to stop. And that's all."
A leading anti-racism campaigner is hoping Spain will respond to the publicity generated by the Alves incident, which struck a chord on social media, with a number of high-profile footballers, including his Brazilian teammate Neymar, posting pictures of themselves eating bananas along with the hashtag #weareallmonkeys.
"I expect quite a few incidents to come to light after the Alves banana issue," chief executive of anti-discrimination body Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) Piara Powar told CNN. "The problem really is endemic in Spain.
"We are pulling together some stakeholders in a roundtable at the end of the month in an attempt to get some action co-ordinated.
"It may be that after Alves there is finally some appetite to take the issue on."
Atletico declined to comment on the abuse directed at Diop but Spain's La Liga reacted Monday following the incident.
"The Professional League of Spanish Football (LFP) and, in particular, its Department of Integrity, is strongly against any discriminatory, violent, racist, xenophobic or intolerant act, especially in the environment of football and sports," read the statement.
"At this respect the LFP warns that it has been proposing before the Sports Anti-violence Commission sanctions for big or minor offenses according to the 2007 law against violence, xenophobia, racism and intolerance within sports regarding the last events that took place in some stadiums during the last days.
"In any case, the LFP will fight against this kind of behavior and announces that will impose compulsory training courses to the clubs associated to the LFP in order to prevent these events to happen again.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) made no comment to CNN, but it will investigate the incident on Wednesday, with the Ministry of Interior's Anti-violence National Commission examining the case on Thursday.
European football's governing body UEFA explained that, while it is committed to eradicating racism from football, it is the duty of national associations to handle cases that arise in domestic competitions.
"UEFA operates a zero tolerance policy towards racism and is against any kind of discrimination both on and off the pitch," read a statement from UEFA. "UEFA supports its member associations to combat racism in European football.
"We offer subsidies to the national associations to encourage them to set up anti-racism programs within their organizations, and we also ask them to take all necessary measures, including imposing disciplinary sanctions to eradicate these problems."
A series of high-profile incidents of racism led to world football's rulemakers FIFA introducing a number of sanctions.
The punishments for a first offense is a warning, fine or the club in question being forced to play games in empty stadiums.
A second offense, or one deemed "serious," could result in demotion, a deduction of points or expulsion from a tournament.


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I am confused by the terms "horizontal" and "off-axial" adjustment.
It seems like they should be "horizontal" and "vertical".
And these depend on camera orientation. The distance between camera base and lens axis is "horizontal" only if the camera is in portrait orientation. In landscape, that same distance is "vertical".
Pictures should make this clear.
Perhaps it would be even more clear to refer to these offsets as "basal" and "lateral", or some such.
Is there a standard nomenclature for these things? Where is it defined?
I agree with you. Initially I had x, y and z but that would probably be just as arbitrary. I have not had the time to take pictures of the setup to show what I mean. The descriptions I had in mind are based on a portrait setup.
I am not sure if there are standard definition for it. I was not able to find it. Any help or suggestions would be helpfull.
Number of picture for 360 / Degrees between picture
Thanks for adding your measurements.
I have a question. I thought the degrees between the pictures would only be applicable to Fisheye lenses ? Does that also apply to normal lenses ? Or is the difference only noticable in Fisheye lenses, and too small have an impact on normal lenses.
-- Korffr 10:40, 22 May 2005 (EDT)
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Sorry, I don't know if there is a difference between fisheye and normal lenses. For me it is more an information about the number of pictures needed for 360 degrees with enough overlap. These values are for portrait orientation. Probably we should make a third table with additional things like this then put all the informations in one table, isn't it?
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The text for this measurment includes "For fixed lens camera's this column is not applicable." Is this really true ? A lot of "Fixed" lens cameras do allow the addition of an adaptor tube which then permits the additional lenses to be added - whilst this implies that such cameras are not "Fixed lens" the way it reads now I suspect puts people off inserting a measurment for cameras which include a Fixed lens.
Unless there is another reason I would propose to change the text to read; "Looking at the bottom of the camera, the distance between the middle of the tripod mount to the base of the lens base, or base for adaptor tube. For fixed lens camera's which do not allow use of adaptors this column is not applicable."
Thoughts ?
OK well no comments after several weeks so, changes made and the Fuji S7000 is listed with the length of its adaptor tube as well as an example
Focal Length / # of pics for 360° / Degree between pics
The number of pictures for 360° and the angle between two pictures doesn't depend only on focal length... It also depends on the size of the sensor. For instance the angle is roughly the same for 28mm on an EOS 5D (24x36 sensor) and 17mm on an EOS 350D (APS sensor).
I suggest to put this information to a separate table. JX 16:46, 10 April 2008 (CEST)
- Good idea. (When setting up this table there where almost no full frame sensors available. Could you contribute values?--Erik Krause 18:19, 11 April 2008 (CEST)
- I will.. when I get time, probably in May. JX 18:13, 14 April 2008 (CEST)


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NASHVILLE � Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday.
The Republican won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and once urged one of them to seek an abortion.
He was fined $500 for two counts of unprofessional conduct and is responsible for up to $1,000 in costs for the panel�s investigation. He did not contest the findings.
The ruling comes in response to two complaints filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which called the penalties �piteous.�
�This decision demonstrates that Tennessee�s ban on sexual exploitation of patients is essentially meaningless,� Melanie Sloan, the group�s executive director, said in a statement. �Doctors in the Volunteer State can freely prey on patients with little fear of repercussions.�
The watchdog group has also filed an ethics complaint in the U.S. House.
DesJarlais did not immediately return a message seeking comment from The Associated Press. But the congressman told The Tennessean newspaper: �I take responsibility for past mistakes and am happy to get this resolved.�
DesJarlais nevertheless called the complaint politically motivated, saying it �somewhat ironic� that he had gone without any complaints filed against him in the 20 years he practiced before his election to Congress.
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During his 2010 and 2012 campaigns, DesJarlais tried to cast doubt on reports of violent behavior and multiple affairs before his divorce was finalized in 2001. But court transcripts released the week after the election showed he admitted to eight affairs, encouraged a lover to get an abortion � which he publicly opposes � and used a gun to intimidate his ex-wife during an argument.
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An Old Friend is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Sonny Forelli from the Ocean View Hotel, located along Ocean Drive in Ocean Beach, Vice City. The mission consists of non-interactive cutscenes, which can be skipped by the player.
Tommy enters the Ocean View Hotel and begins to go up to his room. After entering his room, he calls his boss Sonny Forelli, Don of the Forelli Family. Sonny wants to know how the drug deal involving Tommy and the Vance Crime Family went. Tommy informs him that the deal was ambushed and that both Harry and Lee, who had accompanied him, are dead. Sonny becomes irate and tells Tommy that he has got to at least have the money with him, something Tommy then responds to by saying he doesn't have with him. An irate Sonny reminds Tommy that he is 'not a man to be messed with' and that he will have to get his money back, telling him that had he been someone else, he would be killed. Tommy reassures Sonny that he will get the money back. The phone conversation ends, with Tommy throwing the phone on the floor in anger.
Tommy Vercetti: Hello Sonny.
Sonny Forelli: Tommy! Tommy, it's been too long. I know, I know. You're just overwhelmed with emotion. Fifteen years - seems like only yesterday.
Tommy Vercetti: I guess that's a perspective thing.
Sonny Forelli: Hey, doing time for the family is no piece of cake, but the family looks after its own, ok? So, how'd the deal go down - you sitting on some white gold?
Tommy Vercetti: Look Sonny, we were set up. The deal was an ambush. Harry and Lee are dead.
Sonny Forelli: You better be kidding me Tommy. Tell me you still got the money.
Tommy Vercetti: ...no Sonny...I don't have the money.
Sonny Forelli: That was my money, Tommy, MY MONEY! You better not be screwing me Tommy because you know I'm not a man to be screwed with!
Tommy Vercetti: Wait Sonny. You have my personal assurance that I'm going to get your money back and the drugs. And I'm gonna mail you the dicks of those responsible.
Sonny Forelli: Hey, I already know that. You're not a fool Tommy, but I warn you, neither am I. If it was anybody else you'd be DEAD already. But because it's you, because we got history, I'm gonna let you handle this.
Tommy Vercetti: Look, Sonny, you got my word.
Sonny Forelli: I'll be in touch.
There is no monetary reward for completing the mission. The Ocean View Hotel as a safehouse and the mission The Party are both unlocked.
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Leonel Merino, Mohammad Ghafari, Craig Anslow, and Oscar Nierstrasz. A Systematic Literature Review of Software Visualization Evaluation. In Journal of Systems and Software 144 p. 165-180, October 2018. Details.
Abstract Context: Software visualizations can help developers to analyze multiple aspects of complex software systems, but their effectiveness is often uncertain due to the lack of evaluation guidelines. Objective: We identify common problems in the evaluation of software visualizations with the goal of formulating guidelines to improve future evaluations. Method: We review the complete literature body of 387 full papers published in the SOFTVIS/VISSOFT conferences, and study 181 of those from which we could extract evaluation strategies, data collection methods, and other aspects of the evaluation. Results: Of the proposed software visualization approaches, 62% lack a strong evaluation. We argue that an effective software visualization should not only boost time and correctness but also recollection, usability, engagement, and other emotions. Conclusion: We call on researchers proposing new software visualizations to provide evidence of their effectiveness by conducting thorough (i) case studies for approaches that must be studied in situ, and when variables can be controlled, (ii) experiments with randomly selected participants of the target audience and real-world open source software systems to promote reproducibility and replicability. We present guidelines to increase the evidence of the effectiveness of software visualization approaches, thus improving their adoption rate.