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''Tunisia Is Rooted in the Modern and Tolerant Tradition of Islam''
One year after the revolution in Tunisia, a coalition of three parties – Ennahda, Ettakatol and the Congress for the Republic – is in power. The Progressive Democratic Party, PDP, which was an opposition party during the Ben Ali era, now finds itself back in opposition again after the country's first democratic elections.
Maya Jribi: Unfortunately, there are no two ways about it: the PDP suffered a defeat that neither its supporters, the public, nor even the political class expected.
What do you think were the reasons for this electoral defeat?
Jribi: In order to be able to remain in constant contact with the people, a party needs an entire party apparatus, and we just don't have one because we were oppressed and always in opposition during the dictatorship. What's more, we communicated in the wrong way. We were unable to explain our convictions regarding questions of identity and on social and political issues. We have now analysed our mistakes and are currently re-orientating ourselves.
Why has the PDP only now decided to merge with other parties? Why didn't it do so before the elections?
Jribi: It was a political process of growth that had to take place. After the elections, all parties took stock.
The most important conclusion we reached was that we have to work together if we really want to build up a republic in Tunisia. Every republican system is based on the principle that power changes hands. This is why we need balance between the political forces. This is why we are called upon to set up a front that represents the expectations of large parts of Tunisian society and guarantees a balance of power.
The parties with which we are now going to merge and their members are as close to me as the members of the PDP. I am convinced that this fusion will be a positive thing. It will trigger an avalanche and will ensure that lots of small groups will come together, not only in the political sphere, but also in civil society. Tunisia has so much to offer, and the revolution makes it possible to make the most of all this.
Can the democratic transition succeed in the hands of the ruling coalition government of Ennahda, Ettakatol, and the Congress for the Republic?
Jribi: I have always fought to include moderate political Islam. Without the moderate forces in this movement, there can be no true democracy in Tunisia. We have always said that after a revolution, all parties that abide by the democratic rules should be involved in the democratic transition.
However, I don't consider the current coalition normal: within this troika, there are parties that are actually close to us, the forces at the centre of the political spectrum, especially as far as their social position is concerned, and that have now entered into a coalition with Ennahda out of political calculation and the desire for power. My personal convictions compel me to condemn that; politically, of course, it is perfectly legitimate.
Nevertheless, Ennahda's resulting supremacy is a cause for concern. One example is the provisional solution for the distribution of power within the state – a kind of mini constitution that will be with us until the new constitution is passed.
This solution is intended to ensure the separation of powers. However, Ennahda has ensured that with the support of its coalition partners and the resulting majority, the power centres on the prime minister. Before the 14 January, the president had all the power; now, the prime minister has all the power. So we still have to overcome a number of obstacles on our way to democracy.
What major challenges does Tunisia now face?
Jribi: The year 2012 will be very difficult. Without social improvements, a revolution cannot succeed. And the fact that the government is making a lot of mistakes in this respect, that the various social groups do not feel that they are being taken seriously, that their demands are not being heard is making the situation even more explosive.
Apart from that, the election promises made by the parties were much too big. The people were hoping for a miracle that doesn't exist.
We need stability to attract investors and to build up the economy. But as long as the country remains instable, the investors will not come. To put it cautiously, the revival of the tourism sector has been sluggish. Moreover, many companies are having to close down as a result of the ongoing strikes and sit-ins. The government must take urgent action before the situation explodes; otherwise, the democratic development of the country will be jeopardized.
In Tunisia we can see an increasing divide between traditional, religious and modernist forces. How would you assess the current development?
Jribi: We should not engage in panicmongering. The revolution liberated all forces, including the radical ones. I believe that, culturally speaking, the vast majority of Tunisians belong to the centre of society. Islam is – and I am convinced of this – a centrist religion, and Tunisia has experienced so many reformist, moderate cultural and political movements in its time.
This is why I think that we are firmly rooted in this modern, forward-looking, open and tolerant tradition of Islam. My parties and I consider ourselves committed to this tradition. Among the Salafists, there are both peaceful movements and other movements that poke their noses into the private lives of the people and do not respect personal freedoms. If the government doesn't turn a blind eye to these extremists and if civil society can play its role, then these movements will remain small and will have to abide by the law.
Interview conducted by Sarah Mersch
© Qantara.de 2012
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
Editors: Arian Fariborz, Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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How do animals find food in winter? In this lesson, students will learn that building a snowman is one way to provide food for birds and animals during the winter. Students begin by listening to a book about snow. Students are then introduced to a K-W-L chart and discuss what they know about how animals find food in the winter. As students listen to Henrietta Bancroft's Animals in Winter, they listen for details about how some animals survive during the winter and record those details in the last column of the chart. To continue to build students' knowledge of the topic, they listen to additional fiction and nonfiction books and view a website about animals in winter. As a culminating activity, students use their charts to write and illustrate a story.
K-W-L chart: Students can use this handout to record information they know, want to know, and have learned about winter animals.
Camp, D. (2000). It takes two: Teaching with Twin Texts of fact and fiction. The Reading Teacher, 53(5), 400408.
- Twin Texts are two books, one fiction and one nonfiction (informational) on the same (or related) topic. While the nonfiction book answers questions in a straightforward manner, the story structure of a fiction book may be less difficult for students to understand.
- Pairing books of fiction and nonfiction allows students to become familiar with selected topics and vocabulary.
- Activating prior knowledge in preparation for literacy tasks enhances comprehension, sets a purpose for reading/listening, and can provide experiences that are meaningful and challenging to students.
- Using nonfiction materials can also serve other purposes, such as helping students develop reference skills, presenting summaries, introducing new topics, offering instructions to construct hands-on activities, or following recipes.
Ogle, D. (1986). K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository text. The Reading Teacher, 39, 564-571.


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It sits there, shrouded in mist and mystery, a nesting place for living evil and terror from the dead. It's Hell House. Roddy McDowall heads the cast of this exciting chiller about four psychic investigators and the dark, brooding mansion they themselves call "the Mt. Everest of haunted houses." It's already destroyed one team of researchers. Now this brave quartet ventures in for another try at unraveling its secret. (1973, color)
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The Legend of Hell House is another film adapted from a novel by Richard Matheson (Duel, The Incredible Shrinking Man). Matheson wrote the screenplay himself, though many of the explicit scenes from his novel (Hell House) had to be toned down to receive its PG rating.
Matheson had high hopes in regards to assembling a cast:
At one time I had in my mind a dream cast of Richard Burton and his wife Elizabeth Taylor to play the two mediums, Rod Ststeiger and his wife Claire Bloom to play the professor and his wife. Just after they made The Legend of Hell House people began making the really classy, A-picture-type horror films, starting with The Exorcist, so if I had held onto Hell House a few more years, it might have gotten that kind of treatment, too.
Though Matheson did not receive his "dream cast," the players in Hell House are quite competent. Clive Revill (The Headless Ghost) plays Mr. Lionel Barrett, a physicists and paranormal investigator hired to establish the facts regarding life after death. Barrett believes in paranormal phenomenon, but postulates that it can be explained scientifically. Specifically, he believes all hauntings can be reduced to the effects of electro-magnetic radiation. He even develops a machine to neutralize such radiation.
Gayle Hunnicutt (Eye of the Cat) plays Mr. Barrett's wife, Ann. Ann doesn't seem to be much help to her husband, but it is established early on that she attends all of his investigations as a type of moral supporter. Hunnicutt does an excellent job of playing not only a naïve housewife, but a sexually charged vixen when possessed by an entity within the house.
The two actors that really make this movie click for me, though, are Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes, Fright Night) as Benjamin Fischer and Pamela Franklin (Necromancy, The Innocents) as Florence Tanner. Matheson did not think either actor was quite right for their roles (he stated Franklin "seemed too young"), but short of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, I think they give fine performances.
Mr. Fischer is a "physical medium," which means the spiritual realm is able to manifest itself physically through him. Fischer is the only survivor from the previous investigation twenty years earlier, when he was only 15 years old. Accordingly, Fischer comes off as a bit of a coward and we eventually learn that he has "shut himself off" from the forces of the house. Perhaps wisely, he is only willing to stick out the week, collect his money and run. Fortunately, by the film's conclusion, Mr. Fischer attains some gumption and ultimately unlocks the primary secret of the house.
Florence Tanner is a young "mental medium," which gives spirits the ability to speak to and through her. Pamela Franklin plays the role exquisitely as a virginal innocent who is primarily concerned with helping the "residents" of Hell House achieve peace. Florence is treated quite shabbily by the house. She is slashed, attacked by a possessed cat, is possessed herself, and even raped by an evil entity. One of the most chilling scenes of the film occurs when the other investigators discover Miss Tanner after the rape. Tanner turns to face them, and her girlish innocence is replaced by an utterly wicked smile and giggle. It's truly an unsettling transformation.
The theme of The Legend of Hell House lends itself to comparison with the 1963 classic, The Haunting. Both films deal with a group of investigators researching a notorious haunted house. The Haunting, however, focuses primarily on one character, Eleanor Lance, played by Julie Harris. Hell House, on the other hand, is more of an ensemble. The tension in Hell House is not only derived from the spiritual shenanigans, but from the battling egos and theories of the investigators.
Ultimately, I find The Haunting to be the superior film, not only in story, but in cinematography as well. The Legend of Hell House uses reflections and a distorted fish-eyed lens to enhance the uneasy and unreal flavor of the story. Unfortunately, some of the camera work borders on cheesiness. For example, a scene involving a distressed Pamela Franklin begins spinning faster and faster in a fashion reminiscent of the old Batman TV series.
However, the most crucial flaw of the movie is its climax. I am not going to give away anything here, but I will say that the final showdown is so preposterous that it is dangerously close to being silly.
Flaws aside, this is a wonderfully atmospheric movie that uses very little gore or special effects to achieve its eeriness. The acting is strong and the story is intelligently told. Look for a brief cameo by Michael Gough (Konga, Horrors of the Black Museum) as Emeric Belasco, the deceased, nefarious owner of the house who participated in "drug addiction, alcoholism, sadism, bestiality, mutilation, murder, vampirism, necrophilia, cannibalism, not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies," which made the house so evil.
Directed by John Hough (Twins of Evil).
Scene to watch for: When Mr. Fischer decides to finally "open up" to the forces of the house, he suffers contortions that are almost comical. Strangely, I experienced the same contortions when the mystery of the house was revealed.
Line to listen for: "What's to tell? The house tried to kill me. It almost succeeded."
Trivia: The Legend of Hell House was the first and last film produced by James H. Nicholson (The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Pit and the Pendulum) after he left AIP. He died of a brain tumor shortly after production.
Reference notes: Any quotes by Screenwriter Richard Matheson (directly or indirectly) were taken from Tom Weaver's book, Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes. Highly recommended!
Mark's Rating: ! ! ! ½ out of 5.


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WINNIPEG - The 2013 CFL free-agency pool won't include Jonathan Hefney.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed the all-star defensive back Friday. The five-foot-nine, 190-pound Hefney was slated to become a CFL free agent next month.
"As a key member of our defence, it was important for us to re-sign Jonathan who has been a consistent performer throughout his career in Winnipeg," Bombers general manager Joe Mack said in a statement. "The way Jonathan plays the game, the type of enthusiasm and excitement he brings to the field, certainly rubs off on the rest of his teammates and his experience is one we value as an organization.''
Hefney had a team-high 74 tackles last season and was an East Division all-star for the third time. He also registered four fumble recoveries, a sack and one interception while playing in the secondary and linebacker this season for the Bombers.
Hefhey has spent four seasons in Winnipeg, recording 241 tackles, 13 more on special teams, two sacks, 13 interceptions and six fumble recoveries.


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is the only All-Star pitcher in major league history whose name is
more closely associated with a surgical procedure than anything he
ever accomplished on the field. And now that name has become
associated with Perfect Game.
John, a terrific left-hander out Terre Haute, Ind., who won 288 games
over a 26-year big league career, will be actively involved in the
festivities surrounding the Perfect Game All-American Classic
presented by Rawlings, slated for Sunday, Aug. 14, at PETCO Park in
San Diego.
all-star game is the highlight of five days of activities in San
Diego, starting with the PG National Games at the University of San
Diego Aug. 11-12 and followed by two days of workouts, scrimmages and
other special events leading up to Sunday's game.
Classic showcases 46 of the nation's top prospects in the high
school graduating class of 2012.
anxious to see these young men of high school age and see how well
they play," John said in a recent telephone conversation with
Perfect Game. "As a baseball person, I'm huge on high school
players entering the draft and getting their feet wet right away
because that gives them a chance to play baseball seven days a week."
got involved with the Perfect Game All-American Classic presented by
Rawlings after meeting PG Vice President of Development Brad Clement
at the PG Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game in Elmira, N.Y.,
last month. John threw out the first pitch at the game and
participated in other activities surrounding the event.
meeting with Clement ultimately led to John being invited to the
All-American Classic.
in San Diego, John will watch the prospects workout and scrimmage,
make a visit to the Rady Children's Hospital – which receives
proceeds from the Classic – and will meet and talk with the troops
at the Miramar Naval Air Station.
will be the presenter of the coveted Perfect Game Nick Adenhart
Award, whose recipient "best exemplifies the overall spirit and
character of a true (Perfect Game) All-American," according to the
inscription on the trophy. Adenhart pitched in the first Aflac
All-American Classic in 2003 and was tragically killed in an auto
accident on April 9, 2009, hours after making his first start of the
2009 season with the Los Angeles Angels.
will also sit down and visit with the players and their parents,
answering questions and providing his unique insights.
was co-valedictorian of my high school class (at Gerstmeyer High
School in Terre Haute) and I opted to forgo college to go play pro
ball," John said. "I'm going to talk to the players and tell
them, if they do (turn pro), what to expect and what not to expect.
I'll kind of give them an overall view."
now 68, was drafted by the Cleveland Indians as an 18-year-old
amateur free agent in 1961 and made his major league debut with the
Indians two years later.
went on to pitch 26 more seasons with the White Sox, Yankees,
Dodgers, Angels and Indians, and finished with a career record of
288-231. He was a four-time All-Star and played in three World
was enjoying a stellar season with the Dodgers in 1974, posting a
13-3 record just past mid-season as the Dodgers were rolling toward
their first pennant in eight years. It was at that point he damaged
the ulnar collateral ligament in his left (pitching) elbow, which led
now famous Dr. Frank Jobe to attempt a procedure that had never been
done before.
replaced John's damaged elbow ligament with a tendon from his right
forearm in a procedure that today is simply known as Tommy John
surgery. It not only salvaged John's career – he won 164 games in
14 seasons after the surgeries – but also those of countless other
players of all ages who have underwent the procedure.
John was 31 in 1974, he suffered what many believed to be a
career-ending injury. By the time he retired in 1989 at age 46, he
was the oldest active player in the big leagues.
previously coached high school baseball after ending his professional
career in 1989 and also coached in the minor leagues.
had probably more fun coaching that high school team than anything
I've ever done in pro ball," John said. "It was gratifying in
that you saw where they were when the season started and you saw
where they were when the season ended, and how much they had grown as
baseball players.
thing I tried to do when I coached was teach the kids respect for the
John will head to San Diego late next week for a whirl-wind visit
that he eagerly anticipates.
know I'm going to enjoy it. It's going to be fun," he said.
"I'm going to enjoy meeting the people at Perfect Game and I will
really enjoy meeting the players and answering any questions that
they may have of some old goat named Tommy John."


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The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain
a wide variety of material associated with the American Revolution,
including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books,
and maps. This guide compiles links to digital materials related
to the American Revolution that are available throughout the
Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links
to external Web sites focusing on the American Revolution
and a bibliography containing selections for both general
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Birmingham may apparently have more canals, but Venice is the ultimate romantic destination, whatever the size of your family. The Serene Republic is the birthplace of, among others, the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova and the celebrated explorer Marco Polo. Once a major maritime and military power, Venice has used its wealth to create one of the most beautiful cities on Earth, and inspired several major cultural movements, including the Renaissance. Venice has been a major tourist destination ever since the days of the grand tour, and it can become overcrowded and expensive as a result. For an affordable and comfortable family holiday in the city, you'll need to pick your time and accommodation carefully.
Venice has a wide array of apartments which you can rent right in the city itself, often in the Castello region. At the high end these can come with period fixtures, or incredibly chic interior design. It's all a lot more upmarket than staying in the equivalent of the local Travelodge, but with a large family willing to share rooms, you can make a considerable saving. Alternatively, if you feel you need a bit more space after putting up with the crowds in tourist hotspots like St Mark's Square, you might want to consider renting a villa outside the city itself, somewhere like Mirano or Mestre - areas where Venetians have been forced to move due to the cost of accommodation in Venice itself! Using a holiday rental villa in this way can give you the full picture of life in this part of Italy - from Venice's car-free urban bustle, to the more relaxed pace of life out in the countryside.
Whether you decide to explore villas or apartments for your holiday rentals, you will certainly have a packed stay in the Venice area. From world famous sightseeing landmarks such as the Doge's Palace, the Piazza Saint Marco, the Grand Canal and the Bridge of Sighs to the simple (but expensive) pleasure of hiring a gondolier to punt you down the waterways, you will have an unforgettable holiday. One of the highlights is to take a tour of the Doge's Palace which includes the infamous prison cells under the roof known as The Leads. As part of the tour you will see the cell from which Giacomo Casanova is supposed to have escaped through the roof after spending almost a year behind bars. Venetians deny his account of his escape to this day, but records do show that they had to repair his cell after his disappearance. Get a good deal on a holiday rental villa or an apartment and you will certainly never want to escape!


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Pac-12 M5: 10.30.12 EditionPosted by KDanna on October 30th, 2012
- Oregon opened up its exhibition slate last night, and unlike Washington, the Ducks won rather easily in a 102-75 decision over Concordia. After Concordia opened up the game with a 9-2 run thanks to a couple of threes, the Ducks took care of business in large thanks to the new guys. From what I was able to see (the game was streamed live on the Pac-12 website), the most impressive newbie of the bunch was Dominic Artis, who led the way with 17 points. He dished out some flashy passes and absolutely crossed up a couple of Concordia defenders. He was also able to knock down some perimeter jumpers, hitting three of his four three-point attempts. Damyean Dotson recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while another freshman, Willie Moore, scored 15 points. It's only the preseason and it was a non-Division-I opponent, but Duck fans can come away from that game with some reason to be excited for the future even if this year doesn't figure to be a banner one for Dana Altman and company.
- The Associated Press preseason All-America Team was released yesterday, and probably to the surprise of nobody, no one from the Pac-12 made the list. Instead, comprising the team were Indiana's Cody Zeller, Crieghton's Doug McDermott, Ohio State's DeShaun Thomas, Murray State's Isaiah Canaan, Lehigh's C.J. McCollum and Michigan's Trey Burke (yes, there were six players named because McCollum and Burke received the same number of votes). The one Pac-12 guy who an argument could be made that he deserves preseason All-America honors from a talent perspective is UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad, but, considering his eligibility questions, there was no way Muhammad was going to garner this recognition. There has only been one freshman to be named a preseason All-American by the Associated Press (Harrison Barnes in 2010), and given how that worked out, there might not be another one for a while. The last Pac-12 player to make the AP preseason All-America Team was Darren Collison back in 2008.
- Continuing along with its preseason lists, CBS Sports released its top 30 breakout players for 2012-13 yesterday. Two Pac-12 guys found their way on there –Washington's Scott Suggs (No. 17) and USC's J.T. Terrell (No. 21), while former Sun Devil-turned-South Florida Bull Victor Rudd checked in at #20. We here at the Rush The Court Pac-12 Microsite tackled this topic on October 19 and not one of us picked Suggs or Terrell to be the top breakout guy in the conference. While both are worthy choices, surely Aziz N'Diaye, Dewayne Dedmon, Nick Johnson, Roberto Nelson and Dwight Powell are deserving of the same sort of recognition. Of course, there are only 30 players on this list and there are more than 30 conferences, so quite a few leagues are feeling more snubbed than the Pac-12 today.
- Jon Rothstein took a trip to the Galen Center to watch USC practice and came away highly impressed with the Trojans. Predicting the Trojans will finish in the top-half of the Pac-12 standings, Rothstein is particularly in admiration of the depth USC has thanks to all the transfers who are finally eligible to suit up for Kevin O'Neill. One player who might not be eligible is Omar Oraby, and Rothstein notes that O'Neill said he expects to hear from the NCAA this week with regards to the 7'2'' transfer from Rice (he is applying for an NCAA hardship waiver to play immediately after transferring in September). If he can play this year, Rothstein writes that O'Neill's plan will be to play both him and Dewayne Dedmon together in the starting lineup, giving the Trojans two seven-footers on the court at the same time. As far as the rest of the rotation, he expects Jio Fontan, J.T. Terrell and Dedmon to start, with the other two spots up for grabs if Oraby isn't able to play. With such a new-look roster, it's almost easy to forget that the Trojans were a six-win team in 2011-12 and won only one conference game in perhaps the weakest Pac-12 of recent memory. An article like this will surely have Trojan fans salivating for the beginning of the season.
- A bit of unfortunate news out of the Pacific Northwest, as former Oregon State player Daniel Deane has been arrested for a marijuana-related incident… for the third time this year. All three of his arrests have revolved around the transportation of marijuana. Luckily, his jail stint shouldn't be a long one, as Harney County Jail (where Deane is being held) suggests he will be released on November 7. Deane was a hard-nosed player on the court, one who could be counted on for hustle plays. It's regrettable that he would commit the same offense three times in a year, but hopefully he will be able to learn from this arrest and at the very least keep his stash at home.


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PharmAccess Foundation is a Dutch not-for-profit organization supporting quality basic health care including HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Africa. PharmAccess has developed a fund for financing access to affordable healthcare products and services in Africa: the Match Fund.The Match Fund collects (small) donations from and funding part payments to people who in some way are each others peers.This peership is based on commonly hold traits or backgrounds, having similar group identities (e.g. farmers, students).The Fund addresses financial constraints that limit African lower income groups access to certain health care products by requesting Europeans to subsidize a part of the costs.The African consumer will part finance the product/service themselves, while the European consumer of the same product/service pays an additional levy on their purchase (e.g. health insurance, eye glasses). Corporations that offer these products to (new&existing) clients, pay an administrative fee to offset the Funds operating expenses.The Fund seeks to help change peers' lives on a like-for-like basis. By recognising equality in the relation of the peers, the Fund helps someone to make the most of their abillities by taking away healthcare barriers (f.ex: by part subsidizing health insurance for student in Africa allows him to concentrate on his study rather than worrying about docters bill).
Companies who have corporate philantrophy on their agenda!
Potential and existing partners (e.g. Insurance companies, Actuarial consulting firms, Suppliers of medical equipment, Banks). They want the Fund to administrate, (financially) report, provide impact evaluations on the projects.
Consumers who have bought or want to buy a (healthcare related) product or service that in Europe is considered to be a common place. They are (potential) clients from one of these companies. They want to learn more about (the similar needs of) their peers in Africa, connect with them (community building). They want to see results for the specifically targeted causes that they care about. They also want to learn more about the projects and our organization(s). These are people who believe, like us, that better healthcare leads to better livelyhood and socio-economic development for individuals and communities.
The Match Fund will start as a benefit brand to corporations (f.ex.Intel-Inside, RED, Nutrasweet), having a symbiotic effect with both brands strenghtening each other through their complementarity.
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Mr. Michael Parfett
- BA Mathematics, Fairleigh Dickinson
- MS Mathematics, Lehigh University
- Exec ED, Duke University, Finance
IT strategies and emerging issues; International Management; Leadership; Service Management; Business/service models and the alignment with strategy; emerging technologies; application of the disciplines in Service Science
Mr. Parfett has over 30 years of experience in the Information Technology business. He has held numerous senior management positions while at Computer Horizons, AT&T and Salomon Brothers as well as runing his own consulting business. For Computer Horizons Corp. he was President of Chimes a wholly owned subsidiary, which he led from start-up to profitability.
At AT&T, Mr. Parfett was the Consumer Services Ordering and Provisioning Vice President. In this role, he was responsible for building an organization to provide best-in-class processes and systems for all consumer products and services. Prior to this, Mr. Parfett was the Operation and Service Management Architect and System Integration Vice President. In this role, he was resposible for the architectures of all internal AT&T systems.
As President of his own consulting firm, Mr. Parfett specialized in business and technology transformation. His client base was in the financial services, telecommunications, and Big 5 consulting firms.
Mr. Parfett was a Senior Operating Officer at Salomon Brothers. He was responsible for the firm's software and hardware infrastructure. He was one of the senior technology managers responsible for the leading edge solutions used in Tokyo,London and New York.
Howe School – Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2008-2011
Howe School 5 year planning group, (2008 – 2009)
Chairman of the Technology Advisor board for the Recording for the Blind and the Dyslexic.
- IBM Faculty award
- Lehigh University Fellowship 1969 – 1971
- AT&T Leadership Council
Edited Books
Reviewed and edited a book proposal for a new book; Service System Physics – Foundations in Service Management
Board Memberships
Chairmen of the Technology Board for a non-profit organization, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Past Member of the SUN Microsystems Executive Council and the HP Technology Advisory Board
Past Member of the Board of Directors of: Chimes, Inc.; Chimes, NV; Chimes, U.K.; and Princeton Softech.
- MGT 612 Leading People and Projects
- MGT 630 Global Business and Markets
- MGT 650 International Business Management
- MIS 760 Information Technology Strategy
- SME 610 Fundamentals in Service Management in the Global Market
- SME 800 Special Problems in Service Management (MS)
- SME 710 Service Strategy and Design


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Hello everyone. Newb here...well 35 year player and electronics engineer.
I just purchased my 15th guitar (4 sold...now down to 11) and it is a Jackson Randy Rhoads 1 with a JB and Jazz combo. I always wanted one that was snow white with black bevels, and now they actually make them that way. I was not fond of Jackson wood or Jackson necks in the 80's and 90's, but the quality of everything, and the neck carve, has improved as of late. Great wood and great neck/action! Top quality these days!
Anyway, I have issues with the JB being anemic and gutless in the RR1. I once had the same set of pups in a Les Paul with the same problem. Love the Jazz, hate the JB. No guts...but I disslike mud, so pickup selection is sometimes tricky. I have tried SH-5's (I like it in an SG...gain too low for this RR1 axe), SH-6's (good in my ESP...not metal enough, me thinks), Invaders (hate them!...mud city), and all the PAF style pups (good classic tone...have many guitars with them). I also have a few Gibson guitars with ceramic 500T's (broad, powerful and clear...a bit top endy) I doubt any will get what I'm looking for. I'm looking for clean metal edge, no mud, good low mids with just the right chest thump (without mud), and no ice pick in the ear top end, but great cutting upper mids. What am I looking for in a SD bridge pickup?
The Jazz in this axe is perfect. The bass and mids are balanced. The low end on the Jazz makes the JB sound like a total wimp (because it is)! I put pull-switch pots in and tried SC on both. The Jazz is doing nice Strat type neck tones, and the JB sucks. After looking over the choices with the tone chart, gain levels, and magnet types, I think the Alternative 8 might be what I'm after. Since I'm keeping the Jazz I would like a matched (looking) set, so Blackouts are out for now until I exhuast these cosmetic options. Alnico 5 pickups have never worked for me, except maybe in the neck position. A5's ae harsh and shrill to my ears. I have never tried an alnico 8. I hope I made a good choice with the Alternative 8 (ordered and on the way). I tried to get on this forum before ordering, but had to wait for approval. So I wanted to replace the JB ASAP since I can't enjoy my new RR1 the way it is now.
Who here has experience with the Alt 8 pickup? What are your thoughts on it? Do you think it will do the trick, or should I look for something else in the SD line?
Thanks all!


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Things weren�t looking good for Northside.
Things weren�t looking good for Northside.
The Monarchs had failed to get a first down on their first two possessions while Croatan seemed to be executing its gameplan of methodically chewing up the clock with its passing attack.
That was until Northside�s Matt Lafferty changed things.
The senior defensive end blocked a punt that sparked 28 second-quarter points by the Monarchs in their 47-10 victory over the Cougars on Friday night in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-AA playoffs.
Lafferty�s block on the fifth play of the second quarter gave the Monarchs the ball at the Croatan 12-yard line. One play later, quarterback Courtney Piatt threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Josh Cabrera.
Top-seeded Northside (12-0) never looked back en route to the second round where next week the Monarchs will host No. 8 North Pitt (8-4), which beat No. 10 Topsail 41-20 on Friday night.
The Cougars (6-5), which finished fourth in the East Central Conference that was won by Northside, was the No. 16 seed.
�Matt is just a blue-collar kid who works hard,� Northside coach Bob Eason said. �We knew it was a situation where they like to roll out and try a rugby punt and I told him to get out a little bit wider.�
What made Lafferty�s blocked punt stand out even more was that he was called for a roughing the punter penalty on a similar play in the Monarchs� 41-13 victory over the Cougars on Sept. 28, Eason said.
�This time he had a better idea on what to do,� Eason said.
The game was scoreless when Croatan was forced to punt from its own 25 after losing 2 yards on its first possession of the second quarter. After taking the snap, Dillon Bannigan rolled to his right to attempt a rugby punt, only to have it blocked by Lafferty.
�When I went to the sideline, my coaches were like, �They are going to do a rugby punt,�� Lafferty said. �So I ran out and saw him (punter) come at me. I jumped and my hand was there. I was thinking the game would turn around there.�
It sure did as Piatt threw his first of 4 touchdown passes.
Later in the second quarter, Northside�s Shadell Markee intercepted a pass at the Croatan 35, setting up his own 21-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0.
�We came out and had a good defense plan initially, and in the first three (offensive) series we did a great job of moving the ball a little bit,� Croatan coach Dave Perry said. �Things were going the way we kind of hoped, but then we have that blocked punt and the interception.
�We knew we had to play (good) football and not make mistakes.�
Dewayne Johnson added a 54-yard touchdown run and Tyreese Daniels had a 28-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter.
Because all of Northside�s 28 second-quarter points either came on big plays or were set up by good field position, the Monarchs only managed three first downs the entire game.
That statistic didn�t surprise Eason.
�Yeah, I believe it,� he said. �Offensively, we sputtered a little bit, but we hit the big plays. When you hit big plays, you don�t get many first downs.�
Those big plays continued in the second half for Northside.
On the first series of the third quarter, the Monarchs� Zach Sinclair returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown, while Daniels had a 39-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Cabrera also had a 10-yard touchdown catch after halftime.
�I would figure our offense would get going sooner or later,� Eason said. �I was just hoping for sooner.�
Piatt finished 7 of 8 through the air for 148 yards, taking advantage of Croatan focusing on stopping Johnson and the Monarchs� running game.
�We threw the ball well and we blocked well,� Piatt said. �The receivers just ran good routes and I just hit them.�
Croatan got on the board when it scored on a safety to make it 41-2 after the Monarchs recovered their own fumble in the end zone. The Cougars� Kyle Hopewell scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 5 seconds left.
That was all Croatan managed. The Cougars were held to 143 yards of total offense.
�We are a very knowledgeable team and we know what people are doing and how they line up,� Lafferty said of Northside�s defense. �We anticipated them (Croatan) throwing.�
Hopewell finished 11 of 27 for 74 yards passing after he completed his first five passes. Defending the pass was the Monarchs� main objective on defense.
�We knew they would come out passing because in the first game they had like 55 yards rushing,� Eason said. �We knew they had to throw the ball and I thought we did a great job.�
Croatan 0 0 0 10 � 10
Northside 028 13 6 � 47
Second Quarter
N � Cabrera 12 pass from Piatt (Eason kick) 10:14
N � Markee 21 run (Eason kick) 5:46
N � Johnson 54 run (run failed) 4:02
N � Daniels 28 pass from Piatt (Cabrera pass from Piatt) 1:56
Third Quarter
N � Sinclair 39 interception return (Eason kick) 9:25
N � Cabrera 10 pass from Piatt (kick blocked) 1:33
Fourth Quarter
C � Safety, 8:05
N � Daniels 39 pass from Piatt (kick failed) 5:05
C � Hopewell 3 run (A. Colborn run) 0:05
First downs 8 3
Rushes-yards 38-39 29-125
Passing 104 148
Comp-Att-Int 12-31-2 7-8-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 6-1
Penalties-Yards 2-20 4-30
Punts 7-20.5 4-37.0
RUSHING�C: Hopewell 7-(-9), K. Colborn 13-30, Murray 7-15, A. Colborn 8-0, Bannigan 2-5, Rigsby 1-(-2). N: Johnson 9-79, Eason 5-18, Piatt 3-(-14), Markee 2-21, Adams 3-41, Miller 2-7, Lopes 1-(-5), Gordon 2-4.
PASSING�C: Hopewell 11-27-2-74, K. Colborn 0-1-0-1, A. Colborn 1-2-0-30. N: Piatt 7-8-0-148.
RECEIVING�C: Murray 2-(-11), Bannigan 2-19, K. Colborn 1-(-1), Smith 5-92, Bryan 1-7, Hopewell 1-(-2). N: Markee 1-13, Cabrera 3-64, Daniels 2-67, Pinto 1-4.


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"My goal," says Stephen Keating, who takes over as business editor of the Denver Post on November 3, "would be that when people pick up the paper every day, they have to see what's in the business section."
If he manages this trick, Keating should package his formula and sell it to newspapers across the country, because he'd make a fortune. Business news can affect the average person much more directly than, say, the accounts of random violence that often wind up on page one, yet many readers are allergic to it. Demographically attractive capitalists naturally drift toward such coverage, as do entrepreneurial wannabes and investors who actually follow the market instead of blindly pouring their loot into 401(k) plans and hoping for the best. However, others tend to view the financial section as the equivalent of a math lesson; they'd rather spend their time in sports (comparable to recess) or the comics (like hanging out in the bathroom with the class clown).
Keating, a onetime Post reporter who's returning to the paper after a three-year absence, is a strong choice to help change this reputation, and he'll have the able assistance of his predecessor, Al Lewis, who gave up the business-editor title to become a full-time columnist. Still, Lewis's three years at the helm illustrate how large a task has been set before the prodigal son. Lewis is an enjoyably opinionated scribe, but his lively, bare-knuckled approach hasn't always carried over to the section as a whole. For each impressive edition, such as those anchored by reporter Kris Hudson's dogged coverage of Qwest's occasional ups and frequent downs, there have been efforts that are rote, dull or so nondescript that plenty of subscribers may not have given them a second glance.
Take the October 22 section. The main story concerned a $22.1 million grant to Colorado State University for the construction of a biodefense lab -- an interesting and timely topic that deserved prominent placement. But while reporter Jennifer Beauprez was able to get the grabby phrase "vaccines for anthrax, tuberculosis, smallpox and other bioterrorism agents" into her first paragraph, none of these words found their way into the sleepy headline and deck: "CSU Hopes Lab Leads to Biotech Hub: Public-Private Efforts Eyed." Even snoozier was the headline on a Kristi Arellano story that appeared above the fold: "2 Retail Centers Mulled in N. Colo." (There might be less active verbs than "mulled," but not very damn many.) As for art, the section front featured a couple of decent photos and a pair of exceedingly similar maps. The result was a generic look for a generic section padded with business briefs, wire stories and page after page of stock listings.
The business pullout from the same day's Rocky Mountain News was no earthshaker, but it put some of the Post's weaknesses into context. The headlines regularly made the stories appear more attractive than they might have seemed otherwise; for instance, a report about a Lockheed Martin defense contract ran under the oversized banner "Lockheed Jackpot." Moreover, the use of graphics, info boxes and the like provided diverse and energetic visuals, and the amount of locally generated material was impressive. The Rocky offered fourteen articles with local bylines; the Post managed six, if a short credited to "the Denver Post staff" is counted.
Such comparisons don't address the quality of the Post's content, which editor Greg Moore believes is much improved since he arrived in Denver last year. Back then, the plainspoken, pull-no-punches boss was upset that the Post was receiving routine beatings from national competitors. "I think our readers expect us to tell them important news about [local] companies and not be quoting the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times," he groused ("The Joy of Sections," August 8, 2002). Today he says his reporters have made sizable strides in this area; he describes the staff as "really good. They work hard and know their subject matter."
Of course, subscribers won't fully appreciate the talents of these individuals unless they read what is written. To get them to do so, Moore says, "we need better display for the stories -- to work with graphics and not be so dependent on the five-stories-and-a-photo layout. We have a graphics person and a designer who pay attention to those things, but we need to refocus that effort in a much more concentrated way so we can have greater coordination between designers, reporters and story editors."
Moore also worries about those sections that lack a blockbuster, or at least a compelling spotlight item. "The news regarding the big industries, like United and Qwest, gets big play, and it should. But on other days, some smaller stories get pretty big play, too, and I want to change that." He insists that he's "not against writing stories about folks who invent seat belts for dogs" -- a reference to reporter Vicky Lio's overview of a Boulder company's pup-protection product that opened on the July 17 business section's front page. "But I think there's a way to rethink the section so that won't be the centerpiece. We're a little inconsistent."
Maybe so, but the business department is much steadier than it was when Lewis arrived at the Post in early 2000. Prior to that, he was a reporter at the Rocky, but he says, "I was pretty burned out. They wanted me to write three stories a day, and I wasn't getting the time to do the things I really loved to do: investigate and do project work. I just didn't see a future over there." Then he received a call from Don Knox, the Post's business editor at the time. "Don's a very entrepreneurial guy," Lewis points out, "and he didn't have it in him to be business editor again; he'd done that at the Rocky. So he told me, 'How would you like to be business editor? Come over as an assistant for a year, and then you'll get the job.'" But something went wrong with the scheme. Knox left six months earlier than he'd originally anticipated, and when Lewis took the reins, he says, "I basically inherited a bank of empty desks."
That's an exaggeration, but not by much. In 2000, high-tech business publications, then among the hottest properties in journalism, were desperate to staff up, and many did so by raiding the biz departments at dailies. Typical was the now-defunct Interactive Week, a Ziff-Davis mag whose readership had quadrupled since its 1994 founding. In a matter of months, Interactive Week lured away five Rocky business employees by offering higher salaries and the opportunity to work from their homes ("Show Them the Money," November 16, 2000). Numerous Post types left under similar circumstances, and Lewis understood why: "People didn't see a lot of stability here. And they thought, 'I can make $85,000 a year working at home in my underwear.'"
Getting folks to work for less dough in a clothing-mandatory office was tough. "You just couldn't hire people," Lewis says. "They'd laugh at you. You'd call and tell them, 'I've got an opening for a business reporter at the Denver Post,' and they wouldn't even return your calls." So Lewis improvised. Instead of engaging folks with five or ten years' experience, as is common at the Post, he reached out to a couple of interns, Andy Vuong and the aforementioned Kristi Arellano, then a junior at the University of Denver, as well as to Kelly Pate Dwyer, who'd served as a temporary reporter under Knox. He also brought along Louis Aguilar, with whom he'd worked at the Colorado Springs Gazette, and convinced Hudson, a colleague during his Rocky days, to cross the street because "he was kicking my ass." During his first six months as editor, Lewis "hired or promoted two-thirds of the people here," and, in his opinion, "I got lucky. Most of the people turned out to be really great, and I got a lot of diversity on top of it -- a staff that was roughly 50 percent female and 25 percent minority."
Lewis also started writing columns, and although they were regular highlights of the section, they provided ammo for the likes of former Qwest head Joe Nacchio, a frequent Lewis target. As Lewis wrote in an October 10 column, Nacchio griped about the "negative tonality" of the Post's reporting during a 2001 meeting with him and Hudson -- but the conversation went further than that. "One of his arguments was, 'You say you're objective when you're business editor, but you're writing this crap,'" Lewis recalls.
In the end, Lewis is confident the Post met any and all objectivity standards, and assorted investigations into Qwest's activities bolster his argument. But Moore felt Lewis the writer was limited by the need to strike this balance. "He was drawing a box around himself as a columnist," he says. "A lot of the subject matter was national stuff; he wasn't really writing about local things, because he was trying to steer clear of conflicts. And I thought it would be better to let him do the full windup and just let it go." Lewis ultimately agreed. He stopped searching for a full-time business columnist and took the job himself.
This decision opened the door for Keating, who worked as a Post business reporter from 1994 to 2000. During that span, he became known as a writer who didn't stop at the surface of a story, a quality that served him well when he chronicled some of Colorado's cable cowboys in Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier, a book published in 1999. As its title implies, the tome was no puff piece, but it didn't scare off Liberty Media's Peter Barton, a longtime associate of TCI kingpin John Malone. Barton, who died of cancer in 2002 at age 51, hired Keating as executive director of the Privacy Foundation, a non-profit organization affiliated with DU that, among other things, tracks the development of technology that may be monitoring your activities at this very moment. (Last week, DU professor John Soma was named to replace Keating at the foundation.)
Thanks to the Barton connection, Keating got to know some of the people he once reported on in a new context. He doesn't want anyone to think the Post will go easy on movers and shakers he once moved and shook with if they get into trouble, because it won't. But because these encounters allowed him to "have conversations and build relationships with people in a more relaxed setting than you're able to do as a journalist, because everyone's worried that you're going to quote them," he suspects they'll contribute to deeper and more complete coverage. Likewise, he trusts that his duties as a Privacy Foundation spokesman, which led to interviews for the likes of USA Today and even a guest spot on The O'Reilly Factor, have helped him better understand the necessity of conveying sometimes complicated information in accessible ways. "The reason why the Wall Street Journal has such a broad readership is because they make the complex understandable," he says, "and that's something I try to do as a reporter and would hope to do as an editor."
He's less willing to spell out changes in the offing until he's gotten to analyze things from the inside, but Lewis has a few ideas about what's needed. "Some people have probably been on their beats a little too long," he says, "and some beats are either under-covered or over-covered. We really need to restructure. Not everyone is going to be happy with the way it comes out, but it needs to be done." There's also the matter of space. The Rocky makes more room for business, and one way of closing the gap would be for the Post to cut back on stock listings, whose usefulness in an era when most investors get updates online is open to question. Early evidence suggests that cuts wouldn't prompt an uproar. To start a Sunday real estate page, Lewis cut out a quarter of the company listings and girded himself for an onslaught of griping. He wound up receiving a grand total of three complaints from people wondering where specific updates had gone. After he directed that those companies be relisted, the problem was solved.
The challenge of getting business-phobic readers over their preconceptions won't be met so simply, but Keating would like to make progress in that direction. "To me, business is like the circulatory system of the community," he says. "People who want to check out the community's economic health do that by looking at the business section."
Words get in the way: According to William Shakespeare (or, as Mickey Rooney once referred to him, "Billy Shake"), brevity is the soul of wit. If so, Chris Lopez, a former Denver Post city editor, is making the world a wittier place.
Lopez presently serves as the managing editor for the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper headquartered in California's Bay Area that's owned by MediaNews Group, the Dean Singleton-led company that also holds title to the Post. He came to the attention of Grade the News, a journalism project affiliated with Stanford University, after issuing a memo in August that promised "a $50 bonus to reporters for front page stories shorter than 8 column inches -- about 300 words."
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John McManus, writing for Grade the News, paraphrased a Contra Costa Times staffer who "saw the memo as evidence of declining news standards at the paper." If such a story was deemed important enough to possibly bump an update about the occupation of Iraq or something equally serious to the inside pages, he wondered, "shouldn't it be fully reported, rather than briefed?" Meanwhile, an anonymous editor at the Oakland Tribune, another Singleton paper, was more concerned with saving money. "Why pay $50 when you can just cut the story?" he asked.
By the way, for those keeping score at home, this item falls over sixty words short of the 300-word limit. I'll take mine in cash, thanks.
Wet 'n' wild: In this space last week, I noted that attorney/Kobe commentator Craig Silverman seemed to be getting an inordinate charge out of discussing details of the case such as semen and yellow panties on the local and national airwaves. "Somebody hose this guy off," I concluded. Shortly after the edition hit the streets, a good-humored Silverman phoned, declaring that he was "fresh from the shower." He added that his interest in Bryant developments is strictly "legal, not carnal."
Now I'm the one who needs a shower.


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Edward McAllister, Reuters, Globe and Mail, Apr. 11 2013
MAYFLOWER, ARK. — Warren Andrews had just finished putting up balloons for his stepdaughter's 18th birthday party at their suburban home in Mayflower, Ark., when his wife came inside and said something was wrong.
After stepping out of his house, and taking one glance, he immediately dialled 9-1-1.
"I don't know what's going on, but I've got a river of oil coming down the street at me," Mr. Andrews told the operator.
Five minutes later, the slick of noxious black crude spewing from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline was eight feet wide (2.5 metres), six inches deep (15 cm) and growing fast.
Within half-an-hour, a representative from Exxon Mobil Corp. was on the scene. By the next day, Exxon's agents had contacted the evacuated residents and were writing cheques for their living expenses.
Three days after the spill on the afternoon of March 29, 120 workers had descended on the town, a number that would eventually swell to more than 600 from across the country, including company doctors, communication specialists and wildlife experts.
Now, nearly two weeks after the 5,000-barrel spill occurred on Good Friday, a picture has emerged of a giant oil company thrust into a small blue-collar community, intricately managing not just the cleanup of a major spill, but also using its large chequebook to try to win over the townsfolk and seek to limit the fallout.
At stake is not just the reputation of the world's largest publicly traded oil company, but the spill's impact on a fractious national debate about the effect of shipping increasing amounts of tarry Canadian crude across the United States.
"We are trying to make sure that people are not financially impacted by this," said Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers. "We will honour all valid claims."
The incident in Mayflower, 40 kilometres north of Little Rock, pales in comparison to the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, when hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude spilled from an Exxon oil tanker into Alaskan waters. It's too early to estimate the financial cost of Mayflower to Exxon, but it is likely to be a drop in the bucket for the $400-billion (U.S.) company.
But the spill has stoked a national debate about the safety of carrying crude in pipelines across the United States just as politicians weigh whether to approve the mega Keystone XL pipeline that will help to link the oil sands of Alberta with oil refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
And although significant pipeline spills happen every three days on average in the United States, according to federal data, rarely do they occur in a town and rarely in these volumes.
As efforts to clean up the sprawling mess grew over the Easter weekend, a parallel response was developing behind the scenes, one in which Exxon oversaw every issue surrounding the spill – from sick children at the local school and oiled ducks in the creek, to the residents displaced from 22 homes.
When eight students, who were vomiting and complained of headaches, were sent home from Mayflower Elementary School on the Monday morning after the spill, an Exxon Mobil doctor arrived quickly on the scene. The doctor quelled concerns about the air quality around the school, which is just a block south of the spill site, according to school principal Candie Watts.
"The doctor explained that some students would have greater sensitivity than others, but because of the air tests done, there was no cause for alarm," Ms. Watts said.
Exxon has given the school $15,000 to pay for a party planned after state exams next week. The money will also help pay for a playground upgrade, new computers and an electronic announcement sign, Ms. Watts said.
Exxon has also offered to put money toward a new school science and math program, she said.
"We do have a room that was built to be a science lab, but we've never been able to supply it with resources or a teacher," Ms. Watts said. "We would like to speak with them about that."
Exxon confirmed it was paying for the party. It could not immediately confirm if any discussions were being held about the math and science program.
Meanwhile, Exxon was quickly in contact with the residents in the North Woods housing development who had been evacuated from their homes and were staying in nearby hotels.
Company agents sat down with residents, estimating their cost of living and cutting cheques for each family in weekly amounts, including for hotel rooms, meals and gasoline.
"They said if it didn't cost what I gave you, take the rest and keep it in your pocket," said Mr. Andrews, the Mayflower resident. "If I said something cost $140, he said $200. He said he liked round numbers."
Exxon bought Mr. Andrews a lift chair for his disabled mother-in-law and offered to pay for any damage the oil caused to his two vehicles, which he expected would come to about $500.
Exxon confirmed it was paying for the living expenses of displaced residents and that they could pocket any leftover money if the cheques were larger than needed.
Gerald Baron, an expert on emergency management communications at PR consultancy Agincourt Strategies, said Exxon's Mayflower play book is not unique.
"It is their instinct to pay first and ask questions later," Mr. Baron said. "That is par for the course for the oil industry majors. They don't want to alienate people whose backyard they're working in."
It remains to be seen if the oil giant succeeds in its efforts to placate Mayflower residents and stem liabilities. The cause of the pipe's rupture is still under investigation and some residents said they are seeking legal advice, or will consider doing so in the future if house prices plunge. The area had been one of the most desirable parts of town.
As an oil spill through a town is very rare, it is difficult to find a precedent for the outcome of any legal proceedings.
Exxon has not so far offered to pay for affected houses or any loss in their value, according to its spokesman Mr. Jeffers. When asked if Exxon plans to compensate for any loss in housing value, he said only that "valid claims" will be addressed.
Mayflower, with a predominantly white, Republican population of 2,234, is normally a quiet, commuter town off Interstate 40, with a few one-storey stores, a diner, a Baptist church and a couple of gas stations along its one main strip.
But the peace was shattered after the oil spill, as heavy machinery and trucks and workers tried to halt the flow of crude along the storm drains and creeks that cross the town's centre. The pipeline can carry more than 90,000 barrels a day of crude from Illinois to Texas.
The loss in pipeline tariffs – which amount to more than $5 per barrel, according to government data – could cost Exxon more than $3-million a week while the pipeline is shut, based on Reuters calculations. It is unclear when it will reopen.
The response to the spill was initially a local effort, as emergency responders rushed to keep the oil from running into Lake Conway, a prized local fishing spot that attracts tourists from across Arkansas.
Less than an hour after the rupture was discovered on Exxon's Pegasus pipeline at 2:45 p.m. CT on March 29, Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson was overseeing the construction of makeshift dams out of piles of gravel, sand and plywood sourced from nearby stores.
"There is no oil in that open water. It's the locals that got it done," said Judge Dodson, who described their efforts as "an act of desperation."
Exxon soon sent in contractors from oil clean-up specialists United States Environmental Services (USES) with absorbent booms. USES hired air quality monitors from a private firm and they were taking measurements shortly after 5 p.m.
Secure behind a 2.5-metre-high chain link fence topped with barbed wire, the joint command centre comprised a makeshift warehouse and a fleet of mobile units. Inside, Exxon representatives worked with town, state and federal officials.
Security guards monitored the entrance, refusing entry to anyone without clearance, and reporters were directed to an Exxon Mobil phone line.
By mid-week, in the marshy woods around the compound, hundreds of workers in yellow haz-mat suits bagged up brush and leaves blackened by the spill. Pumps sucked up oil into large tanker trucks. Lawns were being dug up in the North Woods area.
One of the workers said they were told not to stand near the road while wearing their haz-mat suits for fear that it would alarm residents.
Exxon contractor Wildlife Response Services from Seabrook, Tex., took charge of affected wildlife on the Tuesday after the spill, replacing a nearby volunteer organization that initially dealt with oiled birds. In all, 23 ducks, a river rat and five turtles have died because of the spill, Exxon said on April 8.
The company has defended itself against any criticism from environmentalists about its handling of the spill. On a blog on April 5, Exxon listed a number of "whoppers" that it claimed had been said, including that the company had ordered a no-fly zone over the spill.
All the while, Exxon imprinted itself on town life. Orders for more than 500 sandwiches were placed from a Subway store one day and a local deli the next – the equivalent of catering for about a quarter of the town's normal population.
"They are spreading the love around town," said Julie Jeffery, owner of Julie Ann's deli in Mayflower, just after serving up 500 sandwiches and burgers for the responders.
While many in town have applauded Exxon's cleanup efforts and even welcomed their presence, the effects of the spill will linger – at least for a while.
Many of the homeowners in North Woods told Reuters they had been unaware that Exxon's pipeline, which was built in the late 1940s, ran just yards from their houses, buried in the woods near where local children played.
Exxon said it is required by regulators to notify people every two years who are within 650 feet (200 metres) of the pipeline. "We go beyond that to 1,300 feet," Mr. Jeffers said.
The $150,000 properties in the sought-after neighbourhood rarely spend more than a few weeks on the market – some last just a few days. Now, displaced residents are worried that North Woods' reputation has been tarnished and could knock significant value off their properties.
So far, four displaced residents have been given the option to return permanently. The rest are staying in nearby hotels.
Jonathan Jameson, a chiropractor who works in Mayflower, closed a deal to purchase a house at 19 North Starlite Road just two hours before the spill.
"I went round to look at the house on Tuesday and it looked like a disaster area," Mr. Jameson said. "It is definitely going to affect the value of the house," he said, adding that his property had not been damaged by the oil. Mr. Jameson said he is seeking legal advice from a local law firm. He did not want to say how much he paid for the house.
It is difficult to know what will be the lasting impact of the spill on Mayflower's real estate market as there are few examples of major residential spills.
Sandara Bridges, a real estate broker in Mayflower, said it will be virtually impossible to sell a house in the neighbourhood in the near term.
"No one is going to buy their houses in the middle of this. Someone would have to be nuts to do that," she said.
Ms. Bridges said that if the spill is cleaned up properly and there are no residual effects, it's possible for prices to begin to recover in six months.


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The Newberry Book Fair
The Newberry Book Fair, Chicago's favorite used book binge, is held every year the last weekend of July. Browse through more than 135,000 books in 70 categories, many of which are priced at $3 or under. Scour the sale for amazing deals on cookbooks, fiction, art books, children's literature, collectibles, movies, records, and much more. Admission is free and all proceeds support the Newberry!
Everything for sale at the Book Fair is generously donated by readers like you. Please note that we are no longer accepting donations for the 2020 Book Fair. We will resume accepting donations after Labor Day 2020.
The Newberry Book Fair is a continued success due in large part to our wonderful volunteers. Learn more about volunteering at the Book Fair.
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Taking public transportation to the Book Fair is highly recommended as street parking is limited. The Newberry is a short walk from the CTA Red and Brown Lines and a number of bus lines, including the #22 and #70 which stop at our front door, as well as a Divvy station. Get directions.
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Following the Book Fair blog is a great way for Book Fair fans to stay informed and entertained all year long.
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The November 2015 issue of Computers and Education contains the paper:
An update to the systematic literature review of empirical evidence of the impacts and outcomes of computer games and serious games.
Authors: Elizabeth Boyle, Thomas Connolly, Thomas Hainey, Grant Gray, Jeffrey Earp, Michela Ott, Theodore Lim, Manuel Ninaus, Claudia Ribeiro and Joao Pereira.
Data examined: 143 papers from 2009-14.
Abstract: Continuing interest in digital games indicated that it would be useful to update Connolly et al.'s (2012) systematic literature review of empirical evidence about the positive impacts and outcomes of games. Since a large number of papers was identified in the period from 2009 to 2014, the current review focused on 143 papers that provided higher quality evidence about the positive outcomes of games. Connolly et al.'s multidimensional analysis of games and their outcomes provided a useful framework for organising the varied research in this area. The most frequently occurring outcome reported for games for learning was knowledge acquisition, while entertainment games addressed a broader range of affective, behaviour change, perceptual and cognitive and physiological outcomes. Games for learning were found across varied topics with STEM subjects and health the most popular. Future research on digital games would benefit from a systematic programme of experimental work, examining in detail which game features are most effective in promoting engagement and supporting learning.
My notes: This is a comprehensive, but also easy, read for those of us interested in the evidence or proof for the effective use of digital games in teaching and learning. The data is clearly presented and discussed, and the listing of coded papers that closes the paper is a mine of relevant literature.
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We all know the legend of 'Justin Vernon and the Lonely Log-Cabin', as well as the (rather good) album which it gave rise to. To me, then, when I read the press release provided with The Archer Trilogy pt.2, it seemed incredibly rash that some young Swedish upstarts called The Deer Tracks (or their PR people) had so brazenly hijacked Vernon's log-cabin bandwagon. Luckily for the Swedes, though, they have just about gotten away with it, as it seems that while we were all wetting ourselves over the 'return of guitar music' (me included), they were benefiting, as Vernon did, from the isolation of their habitat - knuckling down and doing their synth-soaked thing.
'Synth-soaked?!?!' I hear you Bon Iver fans cry out in despair. Yeah… I hate to break it to you, but if you're hoping for some suitably 'Vernon' tunes, you're going to be disappointed. Furthermore, I feel it is my duty to chastise you for stereotyping all log-cabin-dwelling musicians as bearded lumberjacks with acoustic guitars. The Swedish duo, David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors, are, in fact, purveyors of music electronic in nature and about as far from lumberjacks as you can get. Their tracks are enveloped in sounds - from twitching drum machines to bass beats to spiralling synths - which are surely laptop-spawned, and any time that's not spent composing is clearly spent experimenting with their vast - not to mention exotic - make-up collection.
Also, if you think about it really, this 'log cabin' they live in must be fucking space-age. I mean, these two have been practically throwing synthetic sounds all over their proverbial canvas without a care in the world. Justin Vernon of 2007 must be green with envy, cradling his battered six-string in that gammy old cabin of his. The highlight of his day is probably whipping out the trumpet at the end of For Emma.... Poor sod.
Anyway, Bon Iver and OTT make-up aside, The Archer Trilogy pt.2 is a good album, if not a great one. Lindfors' vocals are deliciously soft whether she's singing in Swedish or English, and the instrumentation is soaring and atmospheric, though this album is full of darker, heavier beats that give the songs more energy and purpose than those in the first instalment. Lehnberg still, however, utilises the anthemic strings that dominated the previous EP, and the tracks almost always build to climactic crashes of sound. Opener 'Meant to Be' buzzes into life, twinkling luxuriously as Lindfors croons, but soon builds up with crunching guitar to an inevitable string breakdown. 'Tiger' becomes a swirling pool of synth energy, and 'Dark Passenger' progresses with a striking beat, slowly building its sinister momentum until it breaks down into a swoon of strings.
In fact, you kind of get the impression that there's a formula to these songs - they start soft and gentle, they often seem to build in up to a string breakdown and they are dominated by a need to be 'epic'. This can be extremely frustrating at first, although as you get to know the album it's less apparent. The final track, 'U-turn' stands out from the album in this sense, revelling in the simplicity of its lo-fi lullaby, and also showcases something else rarely seen in the other songs - lyrical depth. Elin Lindfors lamenting "always making u-turns whenever I'm close to feeling the truth" almost offsets the clumsiness of many of the other lyrical conceits - for example, the pre-chorus of 'Fa-Fire''s ruination with : "I wanna break your neck, just to give you a reality check ".
Now I know so many reviewers come out with 'watch this space', but, seriously, watch this space. Maybe The Archer Trilogy pt.3 (billed as an EP) will be a masterpiece. Maybe not. All I can tell you is that this album is good enough for me to be seriously crushing on Elin right now. And I'd like to think I don't just crush on anyone.
7Josh Suntharasivam's Score


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Gah! I don't get the obsession with MAC most of the time – the packaging doesn't change except for a few vinyl stickers, the colours always look the same to me even when they are supposed to be part of a new range, there's no (or shall I say slow) innovation in terms of texture and finish, there's 1028458289342983 new launches a year of the same old same old, their sales assistants are the surliest beyatches on this earth….the list goes on!
However –
I will give credit where its due, so I had a little dabble on the MAC site this week and made some purchases!
I bought two of the colorcraft mineralize quads, a blush/bronze thing from the Naked Honey Collection and a Dazzleglass in Goldyrocks (I wanted to buy this when I was at the MAC Liverpool store a week or so ago but guess what! I was ignored for 20 minutes!):
I do like the Dazzleglass, I like the unusual colour and the super high amp glitter. I am not sure if it makes my lips tingle a bit, but Chanel Glossimers (especially the very glittery ones) do too:
I believe Goldyrock is LE so I might save it for a while before using it.
I did think the Colorcraft quads were very good value at £14 each – for four shades! The small size means I can carry it around too, since I always end up applying make up in the car/bus/tram/on foot. No mad exciting colour choices so I got a cool toned Assemblage and warm tones Natural Flare:
These are both SUPER glittery! But I like glitter so thats ok – beware ladies who like things a bit more understated. They are both pigmented too, pretty, and easy to wear. I hope it holds up even when one shade is used more than the others and there's no cracking.
Finally – I liked the pattern on the top of this highlight powder from the Naked Honey collection so I got it in Golden Nectar (£15.50). You certainly get a lot and its a very very soft powder, cool toned, not too warm and very shimmery:
Light hand, light hand, then it will be a beautiful powder to use.
I have to say – I like all of my choices but (perhaps its my old age) I have been toning it down a bit. Everything I bought is fabulous but trannylicious too. Glitter! Sparkle! Dazzle! Vogue!
But you know what? There's a tranny in all of us so I deem this little MAC haul a success.


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al&ol necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 113 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Ollie Childs Music
I'm a singer-songwriter from London currently living in Chilmark, Massachusetts. I'm working around the clock to launch my music career, and I need your help to set up my profile page on bandcamp.com - a music publishing website that will feature my music, bio, images, tour dates, etc.
My music is influenced by artists like REM, Crowded House, James Blunt and Cat Stevens. My fans are a diverse group, but what unites them is a shared affinity for this type of music and creative spirit.
Simply put, I need to create a compelling custom header/banner to set the tone for my Bandcamp.com profile page.
The final product should be a layered RGB file in Photoshop PSD with a size of 975 pixels wide by 40-180 pixels tall (I'll also need a jpeg version). The text should be my name, OLLIE CHILDS.
Here are a few links to a variety of existing Bandcamp profile pages as examples of what other artists do:
I'd like my profile page should reflect my sound and my personality as much as possible. To give you a better sense of this, I've attached a few images (that could possibly bed incorporate into the artwork) and also a couple of tracks from a recent live show. Hope you enjoy.


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We're at an exciting time in the security industry. Our capabilities are expanding rapidly with new product announcements and daily advancements in technology. Video surveillance, access control and integrated systems are fast-growing categories of our industry and we are energized about what our future holds.
Because of our industry's remarkable progress, NBFAA Strategic Planning and Executive Committees and its Board of Directors realize that the words "burglar and fire alarm" describe only a portion of the products and services our members, and the industry as a whole, provide. The words "burglar and fire alarm" limit our association's ability to increase membership among integration and supplier companies and, as a result, we are falling behind the trends of our industry. We need to address this issue now.
After many hours of discussion and reflection, the NBFAA Strategic Planning and Executive Committees and its Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend an update of the association brand name. Strategically, we feel that a name change will strengthen our association and allow us to connect with a broader membership demographic.
We have produced an audio presentation regarding the name change which you can view at http://www.alarm.org/av/brandupdate.wmv. Should you have any comments or concerns, please email us at [email protected] by July 22. A vote of the general membership will be conducted (via mail) within the next 60 days.
Our association is looking forward to a future of growth. I urge you, along with all of the members of the Strategic Planning and Executive Committees and NBFAA Board, to back this recommended update. Please support us in this endeavor as we work to strengthen the future of your association.
2009 Central Station of the Year:
DGA Security Systems, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Honorable Mentions:
ADS Security, L.P., Nashville, Tenn.; Doyle Security Systems, Inc., Rochester, N.Y.
2009 Central Station Manager of the Year:
James Riti, DGA Security Systems, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Honorable Mentions:
Greg Hurst, Monitronics International, Dallas.; Suzie Nye, AvantGuard Monitoring Centers, Ogden, Utah.
2009 Central Station Operator of the Year:
Jeffrey A. Karabinos, Vector Security, Inc., West-Central Monitoring Center, Pittsburgh.
Honorable Mentions: Charles Balletto, DGA Security Systems, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Stewart Pittenger, Vector Security, Inc., Eastern Monitoring Center, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
JM Allain has recently resigned from Panasonic to pursue other interests and Joe Taylor, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Panasonic Corporation of North America, has assumed the role of President of Panasonic System Solutions.
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) announced today that it will release a proprietary social media tool under an open source software license. The announcement, made at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, is the first of its kind for Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin has been developing proprietary social media technology to facilitate interaction between employees to create and share secure content using blogs and wikis. As a result, Lockheed Martin has become a leader of this technology in the aerospace and defense industry.
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De La Rosa, Rosario to clear up confusion
MIAMI -- Rockies left-handed pitcher Jorge De La Rosa vowed to work out the communication issues between him and catcher Wilin Rosario before his next start, on Saturday at home against the D-backs.
They talked at the behest of manager Walt Weiss after a five-run fifth inning -- De La Rosa's last of the night -- that was complete with contentious mound visits in the Rockies' 10-1 Opening Night loss to the Marlins on Monday night. The two met again Tuesday. On Wednesday, they'll work things out in their own pitcher-catcher way.
"I'm going to throw a bullpen [session], and he's going to call all my pitches tomorrow," De La Rosa said.
They simply have to settle whatever differences they have, which always arise when a runner is on second base and they try to change the signs. Even if they have crossed signals, De La Rosa can't let the outing deteriorate. He was down 2-0 when the trouble started Monday, and by the end, he was saddled with five runs in 4 1/3 innings. It was not what the Rockies were seeking from their No. 1 pitcher, for whom the club picked up an $11 million option for this year to keep him away from free agency.
Because of the rough defensive stats Rosario has had the first two seasons of his career, after he was called up from Double-A, he is roundly criticized as the problem, although the Rockies -- and the pitcher, himself -- laid more of the blame for Monday on De La Rosa losing his temper and letting his outing go haywire.
"I was mad at myself," the lefty said. "I got confused. Then he said he got confused, too. We both got confused. I never get mad at anybody.
"Everybody thinks I'm mad at him. I don't try to show up anyone. I told him before the game if I do something, I'm not trying to show him up. But people are going to think those things."
And although the two had problems the last time they worked together in Spring Training, forget simply having De La Rosa throw to someone else.
"Wilin's our catcher," Rockies pitching coach Jim Wright said. "Without him in our lineup, we suffer a little bit [offensively]. They'll work it out. They'll figure it out. It will not be a Steve Carlton-Tim McCarver type thing or Greg Maddux and his personal catcher. That's not going to happen.
"The whole thing with pitching is you have control of the situation. The situation cannot control you."
Rosario said it's simply a matter of practice.
"We talked already and we're going to get another set of signs and keep practicing that for the next four days until his next start," Rosario said. "We talked about it and we're going to figure it out."


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Maybe Im just confused as to definition of "stereotype threat." Can somebody explain it concisely?
I take issue only with point #3. It is not obvious to everyone that "if there's a performance gap by race on the LSAT after reasonable controlling for other variables, of course corrective action needs to be taken, regardless of the reason for the gap". Some/many (perhaps most) people believe that the reasons for the performance gap are genetic, or due to some cultural fault of URMs. This line of reasoning leads to the conclusion that URMs are therefore "mismatched" at he law schools that they attend, and that they are "unqualified", and "lesser".
And that wasn't flame. Are they just in worse school districts in general or something? Less family educational history? Idk. Not flame though.
I remember reading the 1998 Atlantic article by Steele. I feel old. (tag)
But, according to Sanders' study, the LSAT does accurately reflect african americans' performance in law school. If the LSAT was not accurately reflecting african american applicants' potential to do well in law school, wouldn't we expect african americans to perform, as a group, at a higher level than their scores would indicate?


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Diagnoses such as neurasthenia, nervous breakdown and hysteria were eclipsed in the early 1900s by the broad category of neurosis (or the neuroses). This was largely thanks to the prestige of German medicine. Neurosis let physicians suspend judgment about whether the root of nervous disease was in the body or the mind. It was also a basis for separating types of mental illness. In general, those illnesses considered less severe were classed as neurosis; those considered more severe were classed as psychosis.
The search for the physical cause of neurosis was never successful. An alternative understanding, based on the ideas of Viennese neurologist Sigmund Freud, became dominant after the First World War. Freud's clinical work focused on patients with neurosis. He argued it was caused by unconscious desires, not degenerate nerves. Treating neurosis became the exlusive domain of psychoanalysts and psychiatrists by the 1930s and 1940s. This was especially true in the United States, where many of Freud's followers exiled from Nazi Germany ended up.
Psychoanalysis declined and psychiatric medications became the dominant focus of research and treatment in the late 20th century. Gradually, and particularly in the 1980 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), neurosis became eclipsed by diagnoses such as depression and PTSD.
Related links
Techniques and Technologies:
M Gijswijt-Hofstra and R Porter (eds), Cultures of Neurasthenia from Beard to the First World War (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001)
E Green Musselman, Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006)
J Oppenheim, 'Shattered Nerves': Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991)
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