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By NGO Monitor
May 14, 2007
Summary: On May 2 2007, three major NGOs -- Human Rights Watch, FIDH [1]and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) -- published a joint press release [2]calling on Israel to lift the travel ban placed on Shawan Jabarin, the General Director of Al-Haq[3]. Al Haq, an affiliate of the Geneva based International Commission of Jurists, is a highly politicized Palestinian NGO, active in the 2001 Durban conference that adopted a strategy of demonization against Israel. The statement alleges that Jabarin was barred by Israel from attending the annual Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in Lisbon on April 19, 2007, and that "Israeli authorities have not explained why the restrictions are in place."
NGO Monitor's analysis of this statement shows that while these NGOs acknowledge that "human rights law permits restrictions on freedom of movement on security grounds," they entirely erase Jabarin's links to the PFLP and Israel's legitimate security concerns. They also make claims that are inconsistent with the available record, and fail to note their ties to Jabarin and Al-Haq.[4] The result is a selective research and ideologically biased analysis, similar to others analyzed in previous NGO Monitor reports.
Factual Omissions and Distortions in HRW/FIDH/OMCT Statement
According to the May 2 statement: "Before his travel ban was imposed [in 2006], Jabarin had traveled abroad on eight different occasions since 1999." This claim implies that Israel has rarely, if ever, placed travel bans or other restrictions on Jabarin. However, as documented below, Israel has placed several travel bans on Jabarin. According to some estimates, he has spent eight years in administrative detention for actions related to his involvement in the PFLP and terrorism.
Chronology of Jabarin's Past Actions Related to Terror and Security
1985: Jabarin Convicted of Active Role in PFLP terror organizationAccording to a 1995 Israeli submission to the UN, Jabarin was convicted in 1985 for recruiting members on behalf of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, and Canada. Jabarin was also found guilty of arranging PFLP training outside Israel, and was sentenced by Israeli courts to twenty-four months imprisonment, of which he served nine.
1994: Still Active in PFLPOn June 21, 1994 Jabarin was arrested and placed in administrative detention for six months. An Israeli statement to the UN notes that he "had not discontinued his terrorist involvement and maintains his position in the leadership of the PFLP" As in similar cases, if he were brought to trial, this would "endanger the safety of material witnesses were they to give evidence." The legitimacy of this claim results from the common Palestinian practice of murdering anyone labeled as an Israeli "collaborator".
2003: Jordan Denies Entry to JabarinIn 2003, Israel did allow Jabarin to travel, but the government of Jordan refused him entry. Jordan also has legitimate security concerns, and the PFLP platform, states that, "the problem of the revolution in Palestine is dialectically connected with the problem of the revolution in Jordan. A chain of plots between the Jordanian monarchy, imperialism and Zionism have proved this connection." This context is also omitted in the joint NGO statement on Jabarin's behalf.
According to the May 2 HRW/FIDH/OMCT statement: "the Israeli High Court rejected [Jabarin's request to have the ban lifted], apparently based on submissions from the authorities that neither Mr. Jabarin nor his counsel were permitted to see." As of May 8, 2007 this Supreme Court decision has been classified under a Court order.
In addition, in assessing the HRW/FIDH/OMCT statement on behalf of Jabarin, it is important to note that in contrast to the claim that Al Haq is focused on human rights, the record shows its primary role in anti-Israel demonization and political campaigns, often in cooperation with HRW, FIDH, and OMCT. For example, Jabarin and Al-Haq contributed to a tendentious HRW report entitled, "Promoting Impunity: The Israeli Military's Failure to Investigate Wrongdoing"[5]. Al-Haq is an OMCT member organization, and an FIDH member organization. During the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, March 2005, Al-Haq, FIDH, and OMCT issued a joint statement condemning Israel for "numerous forms of collective punishment", the "devastating system of checkpoints and other movement restrictions", and the "construction of the Annexation Wall".
The HRW/FIDH/OMCT statement ignores the legitimate security concerns evident from Jabarin's past actions and the available evidence. On this basis, it is reasonable to conclude that this statement reflects the bias and political agendas that dominate the activities of these NGOs with respect to Israel and the Palestinian conflict, as part of the Durban Strategy of demonization through false human rights claims.
1. NGO Monitor's research has shown that FIDH uses a disproportionately large amount of resources condemning Israel, as opposed to Sudan, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, for human rights abuses. See this NGO Monitor chart for details.
2. See the press release on FIDH's website here, and on OMCT's website here.
3. Jabarin is not the only member of Al-Haq to have been placed in administrative detention by Israel. For example, in October 2002, Al-Haq staff member Ziad Hamidan was refused authorization to attend a conference in Madrid. See here for a more complete list.
4. The statement also notes the involvement of Hamoked, another political NGO that use the rhetoric of human rights to condemn Israel.
5. See NGO Monitor's report, "Claims in Btselem/HaMoked Report Lack Credibility" and the Israeli Government Response to a 2004 HRW Inquiry for refutation of these claims.
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Lost in the excitement of the Dynamo's 1-0 win over Santos Laguna Tuesday night at BBVA Compass Stadium was the fact that the win extended the club's home unbeaten streak in all competitions. The streak now stands at 32 games, dating back to a 2-0 loss to the Columbus Crew on June 11, 2011.
Since last night's win was in the CONCACAF Champions League, the Dynamo's home unbeaten streak in MLS play remains at 26 matches. Real Salt Lake holds the all-time record with 29 consecutive MLS home games unbeaten and 34 consecutive home games in all competitions unbeaten.
As it stands, the Dynamo will have a chance to tie Real Salt Lake's all competitions record on Saturday, March 30 when they host the San Jose Earthquakes at BBVA Compass Stadium. If Houston is able to keep its streak intact, they will be able to tie Salt Lake's MLS record when they host the Chicago Fire on April 14.


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Apple's apology to Samsung has hit the printed newspapers today. It's shorter than the one it was ordered to rewrite, but does it sound like Apple means it this time?
As with the apology that appeared on Apple's website, this "apology" isn't called an apology and doesn't contain the word "sorry" or anything vaguely similar. It's a small, short, factual summary of the case in which Samsung was found not to have copied Apple's iPad design, along with a link to the ruling we doubt anyone would bother typing in. Written in Arial.
Also, following news that Apple was ordered to apologise again and do it properly this time, the previous apology to Samsung has been removed from Apple UK's home page. Someone inside Apple HQ is biting down on a pencil, swallowing their pride and preparing a new one right this very minute. [Twitter via Gizmodo UK]
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Favourite Things – Jan 3-19, 2014
Ali J Eisner's "Favourite Things" features stills of moments that sometime go unnoticed and joyous expressions that quietly hide. The exhibit shows pieces from Eisner's North American travels, Nature, Queer Culture, Canadian Music, Architecture & work as a veteran in television for 18 years as a professional puppeteer.
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John Battelle, 45, is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded scores of online, conference, magazine, and other media businesses.
In addition to his work at Federated Media, one of the largest media companies on the Internet, Battelle continues to serve as the Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit, as well as a partner with BoingBoing.net. Battelle also maintains Searchblog, an ongoing analysis site that covers the intersection of media, technology, and culture at www.battellemedia.com.
Previously, Battelle occupied the Bloomberg chair in Business Journalism for the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com. Prior to that, he was a co-founding editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures.
In 2005 Battelle authored The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (Penguin/Portfolio), an international bestseller published in more than 25 languages. He is at work on his second book, with the working title What We Hath Wrought: A History of the Internet's Next 30 Years. He is an expert in the field of media and technology, and has appeared on many national and international news channels such as CBS, BBC, CNN, PBS, Discovery, CNBC, and dozens more.
Battelle was a founding Board member of the Online Publishers Association and currently sits on the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. He sits on various startup advisory boards and served for nearly a decade on the Board of his children's school.
Battelle's honors and awards include: "Global Leader for Tomorrow" and "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; finalist rank in the "Entrepreneur of the Year" competition by Ernst & Young; "Innovator – One of Ten Best Marketers in the Business"by Advertising Age; and one of the "Most Important People on The Web" by PCWorld. Battelle holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a master's degrees in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.
Shantanu Narayen is president and chief executive officer of Adobe, one of the world's largest and most diversified software companies. Narayen's leadership, technology insight and operational expertise have strengthened Adobe's culture of innovation, expanded the company into new markets, and extended its product portfolio and global reach. In 2005, Narayen co-led the $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, expanding Adobe's software platform and solutions, and strengthening the company's presence in key markets ranging from enterprises and vertical industries to mobile devices and multimedia publishing.
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Aimee Mann has spent the last quarter-century examining the downside of human interaction, first with 'Til Tuesday and on through a nearly 20-year string of terrific solo records. Those looking to sum up Mann's worldview in a single sentence could do worse than this line from "Gamma Ray," on the new Charmer: "One thing leads to another, and none of it's good." That's a fine 10-word summation of Mann's emotional palette, which takes her from dour defeat all the way up to wryly jaundiced resignation.
But Mann has never been a mere bummer, and Charmer (her first album in four years, due out Sept. 18) unfurls with a springy zinginess that makes it hard to resist. For all its examination of rejection ("Disappeared"), misplaced loyalty ("Labrador," "Crazytown") and fraudulence ("Living a Lie," in which Mann duets with The Shins' James Mercer), Charmer buzzes and chugs along agreeably. Mann may sing memorably of self-doubt — "Secretly charmers feel like they're frauds," she admits in the album's title track — but her eighth solo record is the work of a sharp, confident veteran who's never strayed far from the top of her game.


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COLLEGE STATION – An alleged (an oft-used word in our business) fun part of our gig is guessing at things before they happen. Prior to the season I guessed Texas A&M would finish 7-5. Wrong.
The No. 9 Aggies are 10-2 with a bowl game to come, most likely the Capital One Bowl on New Year's Day – something else I guessed at last week after visiting with a Capital One scout at the Missouri-A&M game at Kyle Field. That semi-educated speculation still appears to be right, but as we've seen so much in the past year, things can change in a hurry over the next couple of days.
In any case, it's time for a cup of coffee and a mea culpa on another matter: how much success freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel would have scrambling against SEC defenses. Let's go back to a question I had for first-year coach Kevin Sumlin on Sept. 18, a couple of days after the Aggies had routed SMU 48-3 in Dallas and Manziel had accounted for 418 total yards and six touchdowns in three quarters. His totals included 124 rushing yards.
Me: "Johnny carved up a C-USA defense with his running … when y'all get into SEC play are you going to want him to run that much?"
Sumlin: "We're going to do whatever it takes to try and win the game."
Me: "Do you think he'll have as much success (against the SEC) as he did against SMU running the ball?"
Sumlin: "Sounds like you don't."
Me: "Yeah, that's probably right."
A smiling Sumlin: "That's probably right, otherwise you wouldn't have asked it."
Me: "There is a difference between C-USA and SEC defenses."
Sumlin: "I agree with you. Johnny's improvement from one Saturday to the next Saturday was his ability to throw the ball from the pocket and keep his eyes downfield. As this season goes on that will continue to improve."
So, my mea culpa is regurgitating that exchange, when I was dead wrong about Manziel's scrambling abilities against the SEC. He's the Heisman Trophy frontrunner and the SEC single-season record holder for total yards, and spent much of league play carving up SEC defenses just like he did that of SMU.
One of the joys of sport is the unscripted drama of it all (once heard it described as much), and this underdog team has been a lot of fun to cover this season. Winning tends to create that. So, I'm glad to have been wrong on a couple of fronts regarding the 2012 Aggies. And, for the record, I thought 7-5 was a bit optimistic.


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I'm sold on unicode; that's all I use anymore--Gentium for Greek and SBL Hebrew for Hebrew. I'm convinced of its superiority. It's definitely the way to go, IMO. I have scores of old docs with BW fonts. I'd like to update some of them to unicode.
I've made use of John Kendall's macro for converting bwgrkl to unicode. Thanks, John! But it doesn't seem to work in the footnotes. Should it? Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Is there any way to easily convert bwgrkl in footnotes? I'd appreciate any help with this.
I'd also like to convert bwhebb to unicode. Has anyone created a macro for this? I'd love to get a hold of it if it is available.
I was really quite surprised that BW7 was not a unicode application. The ability to export to unicode is nice, and the ability to type in unicode in the editor would be nice if it worked properly (I still get ?s for diacriticals), but I was hoping for more unicode functionality. I really wish BW7 had a built-in conversion tool for converting documents with the BW fonts into unicode! That would be very nice. Logos has a conversion tool that will convert their old Greek and Hebrew fonts to unicode. Too bad it doesn't work with BW fonts. Any plans to make something like this available in BW?
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is the new version of LEADER 1, the fascinating simulation board-game. Players are free to recreate cycling races, to choose their own cyclists' advancing, to manage their energy, and to define the peloton and the breaking away tactics.
In this new version you will find settings close to the northern Europe one-day races, the tough cobbled classics. However, the characteristics of the epic mountains, the fearful downhill and the stage races are still kept: sprints, breakaways, falls, cracks, punctures, made and broken alliances, final sprints.
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E-book readers have gained popularity lately, largely due to a brewing price war that has carried through the three major manufacturers: Amazon, Sony and Barnes and Noble. While the Amazon Kindle is the most publicized of the e-readers, there are many features offered by the Sony Reader and Barnes and Noble Nook that the Kindle simply lacks.
1. Amazon Kindle
The Kindle has major pros: once books are purchased they can be viewed anywhere at any time, all synced to the very last page you finished reading. There is a Kindle App for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android, which for mobile phone users means always having a library of e-books available to read while waiting in dentist offices or riding the subway. Kindle books can be read on computers and other mobile devices as well.
There are also major cons with the Kindle. For one, it is all one piece, which means the battery cannot be replaced without sending the Kindle to tech support.
The biggest drawback is that Kindle books cannot be viewed on another e-book reader. So, if you buy the Kindle and hate it, your book investment is completely lost when you replace it with another e-book reader.
As far as features go, the Kindle has a paper-like reading screen (as do most e-book readers) that is not backlit, so to read in the dark, you must purchase a light (this is also true for most e-book readers, including the Nook and Sony Reader. All modern models have 3G and WiFi connectivity. The Kindle is light weight and has adjustable text size. Besides Kindle e-books, Kindle will read PDFs. Technically, this means the Kindle will read books from Project Gutenberg and any other site that saves books in PDF format—but not other formats, like e-Pub, commonly used with eBooks.
Kindle's latest price drop means an entry-level model with a 6 inch screen and 3G costs $189. The larger 9.5 inch DX model is $379.
2. Barnes and Noble Nook
The best feature about the Nook is the ability to add memory as needed. A standard micro-SD card fits into a slot on the back of the reader, which means nearly endless book storage capacity. The battery is also removable, and thus replaceable. A single charge will keep you reading your favorite novels for up to two weeks, provided the WiFi is disabled.
While the Nook's books can be read on most any mobile phone, there is no direct App for iPhone, Blackberry or Driod devices. The Barnes and Noble App for iPhone does allow access to books purchased from Barnes and Noble, but not for free books or books downloaded from elsewhere.
There are two models of the Nook: one with 3G and WiFi connectivity, and one with only WiFi connectivity. The WiFi-only model sells for $149; adding 3G will connectivity will cost an extra $50.
3. Sony Reader
Sony's format is very similar to the Nook. The fonts can be adjusted, memory can be added and batteries can be removed (on all but the smallest model). One advantage over the Nook besides the touch-screen model is the choice of sizes. The Daily Edition model is bigger than most e-book readers on the market, and designed to give a more realistic feel for reading magazines and newspapers. The Pocket Edition is 5 inches, and designed to carry everywhere, thus it has less onboard memory, and no way to expand from the original 512 MB.
The Sony Reader starts at $149 for the Pocket Edition, with the Daily edition costing $299 and the Touch Edition $169.
Which to Choose?
While the Kindle makes sense for many people, those who want to view more e-books than just those in the Kindle Store and in PDF format should look closer at the Nook or Sony Reader. Barnes and Noble fans who frequent the store will probably be happy with the added in-store bonuses like free e-books and WiFi, while those who would rather have a touch screen or pocket-sized reader would do better with the Sony Reader. It all comes down to how the reader will be used.
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Hi Neighbours, Social distancing is the new buzzword, but out in semi-rural areas the end result seems to be that people are "closer". Do you notice a greater enjoyment in random social greetings? Read the column below:
At-Home Fire Safety Checklist
With everyone staying home, it's now more important than ever for everyone to be fire-safe. People can find information on our website - fireandemergency.nz...
We're heading into winter, and with households self-isolating together, there'll be more cooking at home, and more use of open fires, heaters, and dryers - all things which can increase fire risk.
New Zealanders can be confident that Fire and Emergency is well-prepared and ready to respond to emergencies as usual during the nationwide self- isolation period.
Please call 111 if you have a fire, we will ask you whether anyone at the address is self-isolating or has a confirmed case of COVID-19. Where this is the case, we already have necessary measures in place to ensure everyone's safety including protective clothing, gloves, masks, safety glasses and mask.
Finding our Alert Level 4 routine
This week sees us all getting used to living at Alert Level 4. For this to work, we must all stick to the plan.
Stay home. It WILL save lives.
Let's all remember why we are taking such extreme measures.
Staying home won't always be easy. But the evidence tells us this is the best way to save the lives of other New Zealanders.
Finding our routines
It will take some time to build up new daily routines. That's to be expected. We all need to be gentle with ourselves, and accept that things could be difficult for a while as we learn to adjust.
Looking after ourselves and others
Don't forget to take time to look after yourself, and also to check-in on others. Asking someone how they are feeling is a good way to connect and show that you care.
We all need to stick to the plan
For this to work, and the effort we are all making to be worth it, we all need to stick to the plan, all the time. No exceptions.
Don't move around
The virus is spread by us. So we all need to avoid moving around as much as possible. If you do go out for exercise or to get essential supplies, stay local. This is incredibly important. Don't move between different areas.
Thank you for doing your bit
A massive thank you to everyone for working so hard to slow the spread of COVID-19. Together, we can and will save lives.
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How to assign office 365 admin roles to a user account
As the person who purchased your Office 365 business subscription, you are the global administrator. This means you have complete control over the Office 365 suite of products. To help you manage Office 365 for your business, you can assign users to administrator roles so they can perform tasks in the Office 365 admin center. For example, if you want help resetting passwords, you can assign someone to the Password administrator role.
For a list of customized admin roles and a description of what they can do in Office 365, see About Office 365 admin roles.
Assign admin roles to a user in your business
- Go to the .
- In the Admin center, select Users.
- On the Active users page, choose the user whose administrator role you want to change. The properties page for the user opens.
- Next to Roles, choose Edit. If you don't see the Edit button, then you don't have global admin permissions and can't assign admin roles to other people. Ask a global admin in your business to assign roles for you. In a small business, the business owner (the person who purchased Office 365) is a global admin. In a large business, key people in the IT department are global admins.
- Choose Customized administrator to see a list of roles we've customized for you. For a description of each role, see About Office 365 admin roles.
More info about admin role settings
- In the Alternative email address box, type an email address that is not connected to Office 365. This email address is used for important notifications, including resetting the password for your Office 365 admin account, so the person must be able to access this email account whether they can access Office 365 or not.
Note: If you don't want to receive product-related communications at this alternate email address, change your contact preferences on the About me page. For more information, see Change your contact preferences.
- Choose Save > Close.
- Next to Office phone, select Edit.
- In the Mobile phone box, type the number of a mobile phone—including the country code if the user has one—that can receive a text (SMS) message. This phone number is also used when you reset your password for your Office 365 admin account.
You need a mobile phone that's capable of receiving text messages for password reset only if one or both of the following applies to you:
- Your organization has a custom domain that you've set up to use with Office 365.
- Your Office 365 subscription is synchronized through directory synchronization.
- When you have finished, choose Save.
Assign admin roles to multiple users
If you know PowerShell, see Assign roles to user accounts with Office 365 PowerShell. It's ideal for assigning roles to hundreds of users.
Use the following instructions to assign roles to tens of users.
Didn't work for you?
Here are the top issues customers encounter when assigning admin roles:
- You are not part of the global admin group and so you don't have permissions to assign admin roles to other users. Ask another admin to assign roles for you.
- You're using Office 365 Small Business, a version that's no longer available for purchase. These instructions apply to current Office 365 for business plans.


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Full Name: Ika Putri Widyaningtya
Nick Name: Ika Putri
Place of Birth: Surabaya, Jawa Timur
Date of Birth: March 15, 1986
Nationality: Indonesia
Occupation: Singer
Father's Name: Bambang Harjo
Mother's Name: Erline Yuliani
Biography Ika Putri Widyaningtyas:
Ika Putri Ika Putri Widyaningtyas or is a pop singer from Surabaya in East Java, and never reached II champion in Shanghai Asian Music Festival Music Festival 2001.
Women born March 15, 1986, in musical history has released three albums. Each includes, IKA titled debut album PRINCESS (2001), then the second album bout (2004) and Repackage bout.
In addition the couple's daughter and Erline Bambang Harjo this Yuliani didaulat to sing songs for movie soundtracks VIRGIN, titled I XOTC Lilo Virgin creation.
In 2008, Ika who did want to build a sexy image with sensual dresses in each appearance, also penetrated the big screen. If playing in a movie titled BASAHHH ...
Singer Ika Putri tries to build sexy image in every appearance, as the strategy form for rivalry at indonesia music arena. Ika Putri in amount of appearance sets out sexy attire nan dinamic, belong the appearance at arena Soundrenaline 2008 at Malang, where origin singer Surabaya this wear red costume and white shorts bandage very tight.
For Ika Putri self, what done in this time part from professionalism. He is even also ready with consequence towards that the choice. So that if even also appear to protest outside, can be part for appearance quality enhanced, all at once music quality.
Ika Putri in Soundrenaline 2008 at Malang this come up at stage 3, where this grand stand special allocated to all new comer. Ika Putri present three the mainstay songs, Hanya Kamu, Aku Perawan dan Mr Judge.
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Many girls are in their interest to the bath bikini line tankini swimsuit. They are eligible for coverage under the tankini while enjoying the comfort of a two-bedroom apartments. Junior swimsuits are cut a little different for women and ladies swimwear. There is not enough to train as many young swimsuit, as there is a woman's request. The reason is that most young people are not finished growing and will continue on its path through the end of his adolescence.
For this reason, many girls opt for junior size tankini swimsuit. These assets are girls who want to participate in sports such as beach volleyball style, but they begin to realize they are maturing. It is to opt for a more mature swimsuit, like Mardi Gras Caribbean Joe Ring Halter tankini. Combined with a bikini top fund falls just above the top of these funds. The bust is adorned with a ring in the center, while the string ties around the neck.
Women and swimwear is more expensive in terms of support and monitoring of young people to do. This is a false statement, in fact, Junior offers the same characteristics as women and ladies. There are girls who are too big for girls, but the size of the body is not mature enough for the wise women. For these young girls are the size tankini offering support in the bust and the properties of the thinning in the stomach and hips. In addition, a number of designers that separates the function can be mixed with another look, and let the young skirted funds to cover or hide the upper thigh.


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It's natural for most of us to speak differently (maybe using more formal language and less slang, or vice versa) when we're interacting with different people in our lives — something that social scientists have known for years. I know I speak differently when I'm hanging out with my friends than I do on the job, and I am more careful when speaking with the elderly and children, so as not to confuse the latter or offend the former.
So it makes logical sense that we communicate differently depending on which social media site we are using — or does it?
I feel more comfortable telling personal stories and expressing strong opinions on Facebook, since I have personally vetted, or OK'd each person following me, whereas on Twitter, I'm much less casual, and significantly less opinionated. With almost 8,000 Twitter followers (come join me @ecochickie), I can't possibly know them all, so I tend to share more topical, less emotional, less story-based and less visual information. I share Instagram photos on both platforms, and I rarely get feedback on Twitter, whereas I regularly get comments on Facebook. For me, some of these differences are predicated on Twitter's much-shorter message length — I like the space on Facebook to really get into a topic, especially if it's something I feel passionately about.
But some people feel much more comfortable sharing intimate details on Twitter because followers are just family and friends, or because, unlike me, they find sharing with an anonymous crowd to be liberating. (This certainly seems to be true of celebrities!)
This variability in how we use social media — the what we communicate, and where — can mean that sometimes there can be a communication breakdown. This has happened in my own life; my boyfriend doesn't spend much time on Facebook, so a few times, he has been the last to know about something that has happened in my life. (I forget that I have to send him a separate message.) The good news is that we both like to text, so we have common ground there.
But some people even feel that they are "communicatively incompatible"; according to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and professor of social studies of science and technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (and author of "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other") says, "The idea that I have to monitor my Twitter account, email, Facebook, cellphone and land line in order to keep in touch — and to keep straight how other people prefer to talk — is too much."
What do you think? Too many communication tools? Or is it that you communicate differently than your friends or loved ones using social media, which leads to frustration?
Related social media story on MNN: How teachers use social media in the classroom


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I finished the suit of the film in January, " It´s a Wonderful Life". I´m very happy with the result, it´s a very stylish suit with which I feel very comfortable, since the average temperature wher I live is quite soft, the waistcoat is an ideal garment.
I´m totally in love with the shape of the layer and the wieght it falls on my back, it looks totally majestic yet gentle woman, I feel like an English lady when I wear an umbrella and of course to wear thes suit I will have to use curl in my hair, it´s curious that a hairstyle check both the personality and image you want to project, I learned this only recently, since I started to photograph me with outfits I have come to see the importance of hairdo.
Finally I chose to put the fabric covered buttons black skirt as suggested Lady Sarsaparrilla, these little details of the buttons and buckle in the back give the waistcoat a touch of distinction in contrast with the fabric squares Wales that make it very original, with the little push Sarsaparrilla (wink)
I also want to thank Lauren and Ruth by their help with the name of the mitered corners, I haven´t great knowledge of English and sometimes the names used in English and Spanish for the same thing aren´t the same, so I often can committing a bit silly with the language, your help is highly valued.
Accessories .... when I have to wear an outfit the next day or when I finish one of them (like now), my mind works hard the night before at the time that we are under a good blanket and resting on the pillow, it tries to wander to accessories which I have at home can do better with these colors, or the look that I want to show...
In this case, my mind got a lot of laps, but eventually I came to the conclusion that the suit is fairly complete in itself, so I just wore ablack knitted beret ( I was grateful at this moment in my termporary insanity ), stockings whit sewing completely hooked 40s look and a small brooch of my little collection ( pictured below)
The skirt.... when I went to distribute the patterns to cut the skirt and necck vest, I found I had little more than a yard of black fabric, so I could not cut a pleated skirt, had to be a simple pencil skirt, the pattern of this skirt perfectly and even served on a piece of cloth for covering buttons.
This skirt is a basic will spend a lot in my wardrobe this winter, for example, with this top of the previous outfit.... will... step by step, I´m getting a wardrobe sewn for me and combined with each other.
Mmm........ now I think I desperately need some color in my closet...


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After I saw Mamma Mia! on stage almost four years ago, people would ask me how it was, and my answer was pretty simple: If you love silly musicals and ABBA, you'll love it. If you don't love one or both of those things, you'll want to rip your own ears off. This is the kind of information I would file under, "Duh. Big duh." And yet, I've read several reviews of the movie version that begin with the reviewer confessing that he or she is not really a fan of ABBA, musicals, or both — then talking about just how much they hated the movie, as if this came as a shock. Really? At least Roger Ebert (who didn't even like the stage version) acknowledges that his personal distaste for the movie's central hook diminishes the importance of his opinion to its target market:
[T]here are the wall-to-wall songs by ABBA, if you like that sort of thing. I don't, not much, with a few exceptions.
But here's the fact of the matter. This movie wasn't made for me. It was made for the people who will love it, of which there may be a multitude. The stage musical has sold 30 million tickets, and I feel like the grouch at the party. So let me make that clear and proceed with my minority opinion.
And that right there is one of the many reasons why I love Roger Ebert. He at least gets that he doesn't get it. (Though for Pete's sake, he then goes on to bitch about the plot being thin. Once again, this is a MUSICAL based on ABBA SONGS. Are you kidding me?) Contrast this with Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, who says:
The brassy, bawdy musical "Mamma Mia!" presents itself as a piece of clever counter-programming to this summer's surfeit of pounding, effects-driven comic-book movies… But filmgoers eager to sample its sunny, synth-pop pleasures are likely to feel just as bludgeoned: in this case by an Abba-bomb wrapped in a huge turquoise-colored feather boa.
Honey, those eager filmgoers are eager precisely because we want to be bludgeoned by an ABBA-bomb. Er… something like that. That's the fucking point. If you like spangled polyester costumes and infectious '70s pop and middle-aged women cracking themselves up every ten seconds, a turquoise-boa-wrapped ABBA-bomb doesn't sound like a bad thing at all. And if you don't like that stuff, what the hell are you doing at Mamma Mia!? (I mean, besides getting paid to write a review.)
That's not to say the movie is perfect even if you do love that shit, which I totally do. If half the fun of the stage version for you is its very stageyness, be aware that like 75% of that is gone. (Some of that's to be expected, obvy, but I've certainly seen movie musicals that retain a lot more of that feel.) There's not nearly enough dancing in it for my tastes, in part because a lot of the musical numbers involve an obsessive focus on the singer, instead of shots big enough to contain the frothy group energy that makes me love musicals. And the only major actor with a typical Broadway voice is Christine Baranski — the others' voices range from adequate (Pierce Brosnan) to lovely (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters), but they don't sound particularly ABBAish or Broadwayish here, which cuts the fun somewhat. Also, this means Baranski often ends up sounding like that one lady in church who belts the shit out of hymns from the back row because her domestic suburban lifestyle affords her no other opportunity to show off her pipes — great voice, but it calls way too much attention to itself. On the other hand, when Baranski gets a solo, it is 100% awesome. "Does Your Mother Know?" would be worth the price of admission even if the rest of the movie completely sucked, and that number had me really wishing they'd cast the whole thing with musical theater stars instead of movie stars. (Yeah, I know, there's overlap there, but seriously, see the movie and tell me Baranski doesn't scream "BROADWAY DIVA!" while everyone else is screaming, "HI, I'M A FILM ACTOR WHO CAN SING TO SOME DEGREE!")
Still, the rest of the movie doesn't completely suck, if you like that sort of thing. No, scratch that — if you love that sort of thing. Al likes both ABBA and musicals all right, but he doesn't love them like I do, so he went into it with some trepidation (Me: "Where do you want to sit?" Al: "In the theater where The Dark Knight is playing"), and walked out of it demanding that I buy him a drink and quit bitching about having to sit through Crank two years ago. (Never. I will never stop bitching about that.) So if you have any doubts about whether this is your kind of movie, it's probably not. But I enjoyed it.
And now, I shall attempt to make this post something appropriate to a body acceptance blog, instead of just me rambling about a movie 'cause that's all I felt like rambling about today. As I said somewhere in comments recently, one of the main reasons I wanted to see Mamma Mia! right away was to support the rare film written, directed, produced by, and starring women — women over 50, at that. And the whole thing surely does have a gallopingly feminine sensibility. This is not just a movie for girls; it's a movie for girly girls. (I love watching women squeal with delight over each other's company for like 30 seconds at a time, but I know plenty of other women who wouldn't, to say nothing of Al.)
Furthermore, it's a movie that celebrates older girly-girls in a way that invites younger ones — and men — to the party, but never makes it about them. I read somewhere (possibly in comments here) that Meryl Streep said her twentysomething children will be utterly mortified by her performance in Mamma Mia!, and I can totally see that. It's not just the singing and dancing — she acquits herself perfectly well on both counts — but that the plot (such as it is) hangs on her really, really not acting her age. If it were my own mom up there, I might feel differently, and the movie does occasionally veer a little too much into Red Hat territory for my tastes (i.e., too much self-conscious "Look at us being ZANY! Isn't it a SCREAM?" action). But mostly, it's totally believable that once her besties and old boyfriends show up, Streep's character instinctively starts acting like she's in her twenties again. That's kinda what you do. (I end up with a massive hangover after I get together with a certain one of my friends from grad school, every fucking time, and we're already way too old for it. But somehow, I don't think that'll be any different when we're 50.)
And that's exactly what's so charming — and transgressive — about the movie. A bunch of fiftysomething women dance around in disco-era costumes, and it's meant to look like a good time, not a pathetic joke. There's not a fat actress in the bunch, of course — or an actress of color, which I forgot to note when I first posted — but still, this is not how we're used to seeing older female bodies on screen. They're not desexualized, for one thing — but they're also not played too far the other way, to the point where the audience is meant to laugh at the old girl thinking she's still got it. These old(ish) girls do still got it, as a matter of fact. Part of what makes "Does Your Mother Know?" such an awesome number is that Baranski hits the perfect balance between, "Why, yes, of course, a virile young man is hot for me" and "Oh, please, honey, I'm old enough to be your mother." There's neither self-deprecation nor self-delusion to it, which is a pretty amazing thread running through the whole movie, actually. Streep and Walters remark on Baranski's plastic surgery and expensive moisturizer (now with more donkey testicles), but they don't dwell on being less painstakingly preserved themselves, apologize for looking their ages, or try to tear her down for all the artificial assistance — nor does she suggest they should be doing anything else. They all just are what they are, and they're cool with it.
Of course, Walters's big man-chasing number ("Take a Chance on Me") is played for laughs — she's the frumpiest of the three and least happy about being single — but the important thing (in context) is, she gets the dude. No matter how baggy her costumes or pushy her character, the message still gets through that any man who would pass on Julie Walters is a stone cold idiot. That's a message I can get behind. And as for Streep, she gets to make out with Pierce Brosnan. 'Nuff said.
So okay, let's talk about Pierce Brosnan — and Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgard. It is, frankly, weird to see these three men in supporting roles, while the women completely and utterly take center stage. Though they're playing Streep's old boyfriends, these are categorically girlfriend roles; the guys exist mainly to look nice, drive the plot forward as necessary, and sometimes take their shirts off. How fucking rare is that? Although I was thoroughly sick of the phrase "male gaze" by the end of just one feminist film theory class, I must say, I can't think of another movie I've seen that so unabashedly employs the female gaze. Not just because there's lots of eye candy for straight chicks, but because even male viewers are truly expected to identify with the female characters and see everything through a woman's eyes. Meaning both that there's no male hero and that in a movie set on a Greek island, there are no lingering shots of hot young girls in bikinis. Amanda Seyfried is plenty gorgeous in a fairly demure one-piece, but the point is not to be turned on by her, even if you are. Granted, most of the time she's in a bathing suit, she's hanging out with men who are old enough to be (and indeed might be) her father, but I can't help suspecting a male director would have glossed over that pesky little fact and put her in a more revealing suit anyway — 'cause, you know, why waste that body? Meanwhile, when Baranski rocks a somewhat less demure, blazing red one-piece, we are supposed to think she's hot — but in a way that encourages the viewer to think, "Hey, maybe I'm that hot, too!" not "Yeah, I'd hit that."
For my money, the female gaze is exactly what throws so many male reviewers about Mamma Mia! The movie, as Ebert noted, wasn't made for them. It's not just that the poor widdle straight men are forced to watch a bunch of chicks doing chick stuff to an ABBA soundtrack, it's that they're supposed to identify with chicks doing chick stuff. They're supposed to share in the joy when they hear old girlfriends squealing together, imagine themselves on stage rocking "Super Trouper" in sparkly polyester, and fantasize about what they might do with a shirtless Pierce Brosnan. They're supposed to put themselves in the metallic boots — and behind the eyes — of a bunch of women, taking the same sort of gender-swapping imaginative leap women are expected to make, oh, only about EVERY GODDAMNED TIME WE GO TO THE MOVIES. Seriously, other movies I have seen this summer: Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Wanted, The Dark Knight. If I tried to identify with the female characters instead of the male heroes in those movies, I'd have been bored right out of my fucking skull. Likewise, the man who watches Mamma Mia! and attempts to envision Pierce Brosnan as someone he wants to be, not someone he wants to bang, is pretty much screwed (so to speak). To enjoy it, you've got to want to be Meryl Streep. And men are really not used to being put in that position at the movies because, you know, THEY NEVER ARE.
So, to sum up… It's nowhere near as electrifying as the stage production, which I highly recommend. But considering a ticket to the movie is a hundred-odd bucks cheaper, I can't complain too much about that — and the movie has tons of other things to recommend it, including some fucking awesome images of fiftysomething women inhabiting and enjoying their bodies instead of hiding and apologizing for them. I might go see it again just to boggle at that rarity once more.
But, you know, if you don't love ABBA and musicals, you'll want to rip your own ears off. That caveat still applies.


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Leaving the car unused during winter
Leaving the car unused during winter
Hello, I wonder if it is any trouble to leave the car branched to sector but unused during 4 to 5 month in term of battery longevity?
You're welcome. ;-P
Seriously, as long as it is plugged in at storage mode there should not be any damage to battery, only small diminishing in capacity which can't be avoided and what is way less than what it would be if you were actually using the car.
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What does branched to sector mean? Plugged in to the grid?
I'm rather surprised you would consider taking the S off the road for a whole winter. It should be a rather good winter car.
Or are you talking about the Roadster? There are many in Finland and Norway that do "winter" just fine.
Brian H, for your information and orientation, this is the Tesla Roadster section of the forums.
Carbon fiber doesn't corrode. Lots of videos showing Roadster use in the winter, even in the far North (Arctic Circle). Helps to block the passenger side heat vent, apparently, to get enough warmth on the driver side; the passenger still gets sufficient! ;)
@Brian H, There are many in Finland
I haven't seen any. Couple of Leafs, some iMiEV:s, even Think City but no Roadsters. Not even something resembling it. Where here? Do you have any info that I could check?
Considering that it costs here something like 200k EUR it takes a bit more than for you US people to buy one, and as a not very practical toy car I don't think most of those that could afford it even consider buying one. Ferrari, Lamborghini, occasional Maserati, some Jaguar, Aston Martin, yes, but no Roadsters. We don't even have Tesla stores or service centers here.
In Norway where buying one is cheaper than similar gas cars, thing is reversed. There are several Roadsters there.
Yeah, sorry, I keep getting those Nordic countries confused. I guess you'll have to move to afford a Tesla. >;-p
@Brian H;
Your thinking seems about as careless and error-ridden as your geography. A common problem. >;-p
I don't know any Finns or their issues, but knew a couple of Norwegians for some years. Are all Finns mentally down-trodden and irrational? <:-0
Brian H, you just confirmed what Volker.Berlin said in other thread. Ignorant douchebag would be correct word to describe you. You just entered to my ignore-list. Too bad this forum doesn't have such feature, so that I still need to suffer your brainfarts.
?? Sorry you don't like teasing! The "downtrodden" was a reference to the punitive auto taxes you described.
I agree, Brian, I think you've left behind the bounds of reasonable behavior. You can't just say that "downtrodden" was a reference to taxes when you actually said "Are all Finns mentally downtrodden". You complain when people (many of whom are non-native speakers) make trivial errors, but then confuse Finland and Norway, and try to excuse yourself with a smiley and an offensive statement that you can't keep those Nordic countries straight. Teasing is what insensitive people use as a euphemism for nastiness.
From now on, any time I see nasty or hypocritical statements from you I'm going to flag them as inappropriate. If enough of us do that I believe they get automatically deleted. So, try to cool it please.
The teasing and humourous question is clearly joking; if you are unable to see or appreciate it, that's your problem. I won't make it mine.


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A slimmed-down, very relaxed and jovial Charlie Manuel met the media at noon today in the Media Room. He was last seen by the media after the final out of the World Series.
When you look back after winning the World Championship in 2008, he went full steam all the way through the 2009 World Series. He actually never really had a chance to grieve his mother's death in October of 2008.
So, he went home to Florida after this year's Series. No winter meetings in December, no banquets, no award luncheons and a much reduced January schedule this year. The energizer bunny he was not.
Charlie went on a diet, fished, golfed and oversaw the renovation of his home. He's now fully charged.
When he walked into the Media Room, he shook hands with some of the 30 media members (plus seven TV cameras). As he stepped on the stage and before he sat down behind the microphone, he paused to turn off his cell phone. "Hold on a minute, gonna put my phone off. Doesn't matter cause I'm not really answering it anyway," he kidded.
His suit coat was a bit baggy. "Nothing fits anymore, which is good. This was the only clean sports coat I had so you're stuck with looking at it," he laughed some more.
First media question was where Polanco and Victorino are going to bat in the batting order. Second, Halladay and Lee. Neither were surprise questions. Todd Zolecki will have all the details of the media session on this site.
As far as the diet, Charlie said, "Heck, I saw a picture of myself after the series. I had a pretty big gut. My stomach was hanging over my belt. I went on a diet and exercised every day. I was up to 286 pounds. Two days ago, I weighed in at 228. Yesterday, with my clothing on it was 230. It certainly wasn't my wallet because it's not that thick," he laughed again.
He also said when his team lost to the Yankees, he told his players, "We owe the Yankees one." He again laughed but he was also serious.


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A second-year M.Div. student, Jacob Drake, has been chosen to present a paper at the Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference held in Oxford, England, Feb. 28 – March 1.
The multidisciplinary conference, which will focus this year on "The City and the Cities: From Constantinopole to the Frontier," drew more than one hundred submissions from around the world, and accepted only 24. In addition to theology, papers will address Byzantine history, archaeology, art history, literature, and philology.
Drake's paper, "A Byzantine Theologian's Struggle Against Political Intrigue: Gregory of Nazianzus," examines the life and theology of Gregory of Nazianzus, whom he calls his "favorite character from church history." Drake highlights Nazianzus's political innocence and his defense of orthodox faith in the face of the ecclesial-political intrigues of his time.
Drake credits Meredith Riedel, assistant professor of the history of Christianity, with encouraging him to submit a paper. Riedel, who received her doctorate from the University of Oxford, was president of the school's Byzantine Society from 2006 to 2008.
"It's a great honor," she said. "It's the first time there's ever been a Duke student speaking at the conference, and in fact we rarely have students from North America. I'm really chuffed for him. I hope this is a pattern for future Duke Divinity School students."
Drake, who came to Duke from Dickson, Tenn., says he is interested in pursuing further academic study after graduation but also feels called to the church. "One of my hopes for going to this conference is to open doors, make connections, and see if I would enjoy and be cut out for academia," he said.


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CBS RADIO Station to Broadcast All Atlanta Hawks Regular Season and Postseason Basketball Games
ATLANTA, GA -- The Atlanta Hawks today announced that beginning July 1, 2013, CBS RADIO's SportsRadio 92-9 The Game will become the official flagship station of the team. As part of a multi-year agreement, beginning with the 2013-14 season, 92-9 The Game will broadcast all NBA regular season and postseason basketball games played by the Atlanta Hawks, all pregame and postgame broadcasts and create dedicated Hawks programming with their on-air basketball talent including Rick Kamla, Sam Mitchell and Dennis Scott. Long-time voice of the Atlanta Hawks, Steve Holman, will continue his role as play-by-play announcer with 92-9 The Game, adding to his 2,050th consecutive game broadcast.
"Entering into a partnership with 92-9 The Game will create exciting opportunities for both the Atlanta Hawks and our new flagship," said Bob Williams, President, Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena. "CBS RADIO's sports talk investment in the greater Atlanta market, the NBA and the Hawks, boasting one of the most powerful signal strengths in the Southeast, means more Hawks fans than ever will be able to follow and support our team and interact with the basketball savvy on-air talent at 92-9 The Game 24 hours a day, year-round."
"We are very excited to partner with the Atlanta Hawks organization," said Rick Caffey, Senior Vice President and Market Manager for CBS RADIO Atlanta. "Danny Ferry, Coach Bud and the Team are launching a new era of Hawks basketball and 92-9 the Game is very proud to play a part in bringing the vivacity of the NBA to fans across the entire metro of Atlanta."
Beginning at 9:00 a.m., SportsRadio 92-9 The Game will celebrate the new partnership with special guests from the Hawks including General Manager Danny Ferry, players Al Horford and Zaza Pachulia, alumni Dominique Wilkins and Charlie Criss, call-ins from new Head Coach Mike Budenholzer and Hawks player Lou Williams, and more.
For more information about the Atlanta Hawks, please visit www.hawks.com. For more information about SportsRadio 92-9 The Game, visit www.929TheGame.com.


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I've been reading an article which was posted on HN. The writer claims that the only incentive to answer questions was rep. But after reading the answers in What's the incentive to answer questions? I've been wondering on how to make users answer harder questions.
What other incentives could it be there for answering questions (except the ones mentioned in the above question which look very similar: badges, rep, rating)?


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George Bush's sense of humor has always run more to frat-house gag than art-house irony, so he may not have appreciated the poetic justice any more than the legal justice on display in the Libby verdict.
Or, to be more precise, the Cheney verdict.
Bush stumped just about everyone seven years ago when he tapped the safe and solid Dick Cheney to be his running mate. But Bush didn't want any trouble. He didn't want a Vice President who preened before the cameras. He didn't want a policy sparring partner. And he didn't...
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LiLi 2.8.14 is available. It adds support for 15 ISOs:
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I'm adding 32 new linux distributions for an impressive total of 360 different distributions supported !!
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War of the Robots (1978)
CategoriesFree Classic Movies Sci-Fi
Here's a midnight movie for ya.
An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims. La Guerra dei robot is the original title. I think I caught this one at the Drive-In. Gone are the days that you could sit in your car in the drive-in and watch movies until dawn. Stars :Antonio Sabato and Yanti Somer.


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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
RAYS 4, Padres 2 (boxscore)
THE GOOD: Sam Fuld. Fuld, starting in center set the tone early on Sunday with a long run and high jump against the wall to record an out in the first inning. You can see the replay and Roberto Hernandez fantastic reaction here…The Bullpen. The relievers may have finally rediscovered their swagger. The bullpen has not allowed an earned run in their last 13.2 innings and none in this 3-game sweep of the Padres. And Fernando Rodney has been the anchor. In his last 3 appearances, he has struck out 6 in 3 innings with just 1 hit and 2 walks. And he just seems more confident on the field…Alex Cobb. We don't ever think of Alex Cobb as a strikeout pitcher. But on Friday he struck out 13 in just 4.2 innings. And he became the first pitcher in recorded history to strike out every batter he faced in an inning and still allow a run (leadoff batter reached on a wild pitch, stole 2 bases, and scored on a balk).
THE BAD: Jeremy Hellickson. In a very typical Joe Maddon move, he saved his harshest comments for when the team is playing well. And the victim of those comments just happened to be Jeremy Hellickson who blew a lead in the wrong place at the wrong time. Holding a 6-2 lead in the 7th inning on Saturday, Hellickson walked the leadoff batter, and then gave up two 2-out hits, including a grand slam. Was Hellickson the first pitcher on the Rays to blow a lead this season? Nope. But he happened to do it when the team won, so that makes it a good time for Maddon to issue some harsh comments, saying "I'm not happy with that. I'm going to tell you, I'm not happy with that. Nooooo, I'm not happy with that. That's inappropriate. That's got to stop. We're better than that…We want to play in October, we got to be better than that. That cannot happen. You're not going to be lucky, you got to be good"…Yunel Escobar. Escobar's go-ahead RBI double in the 6th was a huge hit. But go to this link and watch the video. In particular, watch the replay at the 0:39 mark and tell me if you think Escobar is running hard. To me it looks like he is spending a little too much time admiring a ball that landed on the warning track. Ultimately, not running hard didn't impact the game. But Escobar has a reputation. And I did not watch Escobar enough to know if the reputation was deserved. But when you have the reputation, this is a bad look. And you can be sure Joe Maddon noticed.
THE TELLING: The Rays have now won 5 in a row and are 19-18. And yet they are still in 4th place, 4.5 games behind the Yankees…Accoridng to CoolStandings.com, the Rays have a 40.4% chance of making the playoffs, which is actually better than the Red Sox (39.6%) who are 2.5 games ahead of the Rays…Sean Rodriguez made his first start in right field since 2010 and just the 4th of his career…
- "20 Reasons Why Rays Manager Joe Maddon Is The Craziest Person In Baseball" [BI Sports]
- This story on Matt Joyce's mom is weird. It seems like the intention was to show that strong female figures aren't always moms. But instead, the story comes off as a bash-job on Joyce's mom. And while that may be a legit story, a "hey look Matt Joyce's mom sucks" story on Mother's Day just felt weird. [TampaBay.com]
- The Rays justify their complaining against the umpires and are not worried about back-lash. The Rays say they have been right every time, so they aren't worried. I'd compare it to BJ Upton's constant complaining about strikes. He was sometimes right, but often wrong. As a result, the umpires may have it out for him now. [TampaBay.com]
- If you are worried that umpires are screwing the Rays, keep in mind that Alex Cobb and Jeremy Hellickson are two of the top ten pitchers that get strikes called on pitches that aren't actually strikes. Jose Molina probably has a lot to do with this, but it still means umps aren't screwing the Rays, at least when it comes to balls and strikes. [BaseballAnalytics]
- A closer look at the pitching in triple-A. [WDDB]
- Just how good is the Bucs secondary now? [JoeBucsFan]
Lehigh Valley 6, DURHAM 4. Alex Torres struck out 8 in 5.2 innings, but gave up 7 hits, 3 walks, and 6 runs (4 earned)…Shelley Duncan went 0-4 and is 6-28 in 7 games since being demoted.
Birmingham 7, MONTGOMERY 3. Kevin Kiermaier had 3 hits and his 6th stolen base. He is now hitting .308.
CHARLOTTE. no game scheduled
BOWLING GREEN 8, Lake County 0. Taylor Guerrieri struck out 10 of the 18 batters he faced and walked 2 in 5 shutout innings. He allowed just 1 hit…Andrew Toles had 2 hits and 3 stolen bases. He has now swiped 18 this season…Tyler Goeddel had a double and his 1st home run. He drove in 3.


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Miguel1431 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 23 Designs von 8 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Scott Klososky and Future Point of View, LLC
Led by national speaker Scott Klososky (http://www.klososky.com), we're a forward thinking, beyond-the-horizon speaking and consulting online technology organization. We like edgy designs, untethered approaches and the excitement our clients and constituents get when we can make them feel like they've discovered the best thing since sliced bread. Ultimately we try to be as thought leading and cutting edge as possible while helping organizations harness the power of online technologies to keep them ahead of the industry curve.
Essentially, this product will not be introduced to a completely new market, however it will be used across a myriad of top professionals from a broad range of industries. It will need to be something that looks appealing to multiple audiences from various nationalities.
We aim to deliver a new approach for facilitating and working with large groups at major speaking events. The product we develop will be similar to the Wiffitti platform (http://wiffiti.com/) but will be geared to work simpler, easier and more conducive for a keynote speaker to use when addressing and answering the questions of thousands in an audience. With Wiffitti, audience member comments and questions are texted, received and collected on screen. With our new product, the speaker/presenter will be able to touch on a comment or question via an iPad and drag it to a side bar where it will then take precedent and be shown full size on a big screen.
What we need:
A logo mark AND product name for a new iPad application that will allow a speaker/presenter on stage to field many ideas, questions and comments from an audience crowd while using the iPad to screen, organize, and focus in on what submissions should be answered or used first.
This product will be used immediately by national technology speaker Scott Klososky and will later be marketed and sold to other speakers who find it useful for their style of presenting.
Creative direction:
This general concept is known as "idea harvesting" from the crowd. The type of design and product name we are looking for should play into terminology along the lines of word or phrases like "crowd screening", "crowd filtering", "crowd interact", "crowd link", "crowd voice" or "crowd scan". Essentially something that couples the word crowd with what the app is designed to do: screen and filter, organize and focus in on multiple texted submissions from an audience crowd.
Each of these terms ties in with another product name and logo we have for a company we run called Crowdscribed. The link to this sample site is below with the logo in the top left corner of the main page of the site. Crowdscribed is for publishing books but what we are looking for with the iPad product also appeals to working with a crowd - taking ideas, comments and questions from a crowd of people via digital means, sorting through them, and focusing on them.
We are looking for a design and name that are edgy and progressive yet sophisticated. The product itself will be used on big screen projectors with the logo at times being featured just as big so it needs to be something that can work horizontally and vertically. There are no color requirements.
Versions needed:
Please supply a logo mark and product name as both a combined design as well as a stand alone design (logo mark with no product name included).
We will ask winning designer to submit final drafts with each of the following:
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MA Sport & Performance Psychology
The University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP), with its history of pioneering innovative training in psychology, offers a Master of Arts degree in Sport and Performance Psychology. This degree is intended for individuals in the sport, performing arts, health and fitness, or mental health fields who want to develop their ability to improve the performance and lives of those with whom they work. (See current alumni positions国产偷拍视频.) Those applicants involved in coaching and teaching in sport and performance settings are encouraged to add to their skills and abilities through this training. Denver's passion for sports and a thriving performing arts scene make it a perfect place to master the practice of sport and performance psychology. Students in the MASPP program are encouraged to continue their training by applying to the PsyD program.
The field of sport and performance psychology is concerned with the psychological factors that influence human performance. Simply put, sport and performance psychology is about improving the lives of others. It involves assessment and intervention strategies that enhance an individual's performance and personal growth.
GSPP's program is unique and pioneering in many respects. There are four areas in which this program truly stands out from other educational opportunities in the field of sport and performance psychology: our applied focus, the curriculum, practicum opportunities, and the faculty. The program provides the necessary training for an individual to become a competent, proficient sport and performance psychologist with the completion of a psychology doctoral program. The MASPP will help those who coach and work with others do their job more effectively and experience more rewarding outcomes. (See student/alumni accomplishments to learn more about our community's recent contributions to the field.)
We invite you to contact us at any time with questions or for more information [email protected]国产偷拍视频 or 303-871-2908.
Why Choose the Sport & Performance Psychology Program?
国产偷拍视频GSPP's programs focus extensively on the practice of sport and performance psychology. More than learning the basic textbook principles that exist in most sport psychology programs, GSPP's curriculum teaches the student to apply these principles.
国产偷拍视频GSPP's curriculum is designed solely for sport and performance psychology. These programs, unlike other programs who simply add sport and performance psychology to existing curriculums, have been built from the ground up specifically to teach students the theory and application of sport and performance psychology. Nationally and internationally, this is the most comprehensive sport and performance psychology curriculum available.
Beyond the classroom, this program requires students to apply their skills in the "real world" of sport and performance psychology. The practicum opportunities in Denver are numerous and diverse. In addition to established practicum sites, students are also encouraged to create their own practicum to meet their particular interests. Examples of practicum sites include, but are not limited to: private high school academies, collegiate athletic departments, the DU Lamont School of Music, and placements with local exercise and health related industries.
Program faculty have experience practicing sport and performance psychology on a daily basis. The blend of GSPP's core and adjunct faculty give students a diverse perspective on the how's, why's, and where's of sport and performance psychology practice. A key strength of the GSPP's programs is attracting multiple faculty with applied experience – most programs only have one faculty member with practical experience. GSPP faculty members are recognized leaders in the field of applied sport and performance psychology.


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|London 2012
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May-Treanor done, but Walsh wants 4th beach gold
By JIMMY GOLEN,
Updated August 9, 2012
LONDON (AP) It's no wonder Kerri Walsh Jennings has an insatiable desire for Olympic gold medals: She can't take care of the ones she already has.
Walsh Jennings dropped her medal on the concrete Thursday, just a sleepless night after she and Misty May-Treanor won their third straight Olympic beach volleyball tournament. The medal was scratched in two spots along the rim, but the three-time Olympic champion was not upset about the damage.
"It truly is good to get the first one out of the way," said Walsh Jennings, adding that with two small children, she is used to things at home being dented and dinged.
Has she considered tucking them away in a safe place?
"The best thing about these things is sharing them, because so many people haven't ever held a gold medal," Walsh Jennings said. "People find inspiration in it. I'm blessed that I can share it."
Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor beat fellow Americans April Ross and Jennifer Kessy in the gold medal match Wednesday night to run their Olympic winning streak to a perfect 21-0.
Half of the most dominant team in the sport's history - no man or woman had ever won even two gold medals before - Walsh Jennings was already thinking of a fourth Olympics, turning her thoughts to a fourth gold medal. But she'll need to chase it with another partner because May-Treanor is planning to retire.
She'll have no trouble finding one.
Walsh Jennings said she will play in an FIVB event in Poland next week with Nicole Branagh, a 2008 Olympian she paired with while May-Treanor was injured and contemplating retirement after Beijing.
"Nicole is such a no-brainer," Walsh Jennings said. "She deserves it."
Another possibility is Ross. Kessy turned 35 during the Olympics - the day after May-Treanor - and is unlikely to stick around for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"They're the two girls at the top of my list," said Walsh Jennings, who was on the U.S. indoor volleyball team that finished fourth in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
But first, Walsh Jennings is planning to have another child - she had two sons within a year since the last Olympics, the first conceived before leaving Beijing.
"That would be ideal," she said.
May-Treanor also wants to start a family, but her plans have been complicated by the fact that her husband, Matt Treanor, is a professional baseball player who also travels for his job. After playing for Florida, Detroit, Texas and Kansas City, Treanor is now with the Los Angeles Dodgers, so the two have a chance to spend much of their summers together for the first time.
"Beach volleyball's not going to be my career anymore," May-Treanor said Wednesday night "It's time for me to be a wife. I want to be a mom and share time with my family. All of us as athletes sacrifice more on the family end than people realize. And it's getting back to that. My mind says it's time. My body says it's time. And it's the right time."
Walsh Jennings said May-Treanor's retirement gave her a mix of emotions she didn't feel after the first two titles. In addition to the elation of the victory, there was pride in the success of American volleyball - which put two women's teams on the podium for the second time in three Summer Games - and sadness for the end of the most successful partnership in the sport's history.
"I'm just really proud to finish the journey with Misty how we finished it," Walsh Jennings said after the match. "It's been 11 years of really, really fun and crazy times. She's the best there ever has been. To have been with her so long and call her a dear, dear friend and a sister now is the greatest gift ever. I'm glad she went out on top."


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After accidents, U.S. railroads seek tougher tank car standards
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After accidents, U.S. railroads seek tougher tank car standards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. railroads on Thursday called on regulators to improve safety standards for tank cars carrying flammable liquids following a boom in transporting oil by rail and a spate of accidents and spills.
Most old tank cars must be phased out, and even new cars will require modifications, the Association of American Railroads said in a letter to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
The letter came after a train derailed and exploded in western Alabama on Friday, spilling crude oil into a trackside wetland area.
In the summer, a Canadian train derailed in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people. The accident prompted a drive for tougher standards for rail car shipments.
Railroads typically do not own the cars or the goods that run on their tracks, but may be liable if accidents occur.
"It's time for a thorough review of the U.S. tank car fleet that moves flammable liquids, particularly considering the recent increase in crude oil traffic," said AAR President Edward Hamberger.
Rapid proliferation of oil-by-train shipments started more than three years as pipeline infrastructure lagged booming U.S. and Canadian crude production.
In the third quarter, crude-by-rail shipments rose 44 percent to 93,312 carloads, equivalent to about 740,000 barrels per day or almost a tenth of U.S. production.
About 92,000 tank cars are moving flammable liquids, with about 78,000 of those requiring retrofit or phase out, the AAR said in its proposal to the PHMSA. It said 14,000 newer tank cars complied with the latest industry safety standards but should still be modified.
Many of the proposed changes are meant to prevent explosions of the kind seen in Alabama on Friday. New cars should include a steel jacket, thermal protection and pressure relief valves, the AAR said.
Even cars built since October 2011, when the rail industry brought in its latest design standards, will need changes, including relief valves and design alterations to prevent spills.
(Reporting by Edward McAllister; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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Gay Jesus: From His Lips to God's Ears
Terrence McNally's play Corpus Christi has been captivating audiences and drawing detractors ever since its debut, 14 years ago. By resetting the familiar tale of the life of Jesus in the town of his youth, Corpus Christi, Texas, McNally created a work which meditates on the life, love, and passion of Christ, but in a modern and relatable way.
I first met actor James Brandon, who for six years has been playing the character of Jesus (renamed Joshua in the play), when he and Nic Arzen, the play's director, met with my pastor and I about the possibility of bringing their show to Church of the Foothills, our progressive church in the middle of conservative Orange County, California.
In addition to touring, the play has been the inspiration for a documentary as well, Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption, which is showing at San Francisco's Castro Theatre on Sunday April 29, with performances of the play itself occurring over that weekend.
James took time to speak with me about his life, love, faith, and his experience of playing a "Gay Jesus."
Kergan Edwards-Stout: I'll never forget, walking up to unlock the sanctuary on the day of your first performance at our church, and finding a can on the front steps, labeled "Spray Away the Gay"–which turns out to be remarkably like Glade air freshener. Who knew it was so easy, right?–Or that you'd even want to?!? But you and your entire team deal with things like that all the time.
James Brandon: I just recently found a picture of you holding that can! But, yes, we deal with that all the time. There is no choice except to embrace one's inner happiness. Some people think, just like that spray, it's as easy as just saying "I'm not gay anymore" and being gay simply disappears. I always say that it's as easy as wiping the color of your skin off your face.
Edwards-Stout: We also had a bomb threat. How, as actors, do you calm yourselves and be fully present, with all that tumult? Because the play doesn't work if you aren't… (more…)