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April 16, 2018by League StaffNational Bike Month is coming up in May, and we want to help your business get ready to celebrate! Bike Month is a great time to support your existing bike commuters and to help new bicyclists try bike commuting for the first time.
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April 4, 2018by Ken McLeodIn response to an automated Uber vehicle killing 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg while she was pushing a bicycle across the street, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) held a twitter chat (#apbpchat) last week.
April 3, 2018by League StaffNow that we're a few weeks out from the 2018 National Bike Summit and we've had a chance to share the presentations, photos and videos, we wanted to take a look back at some of the highlights of the event.
April 2, 2018by Ken McLeodLast week, KY Gov. Matt Bevin signed HB 33 – An Act Relating to the Overtaking of Bicycles on a Roadway. This law reflects recent legislative trends, including features found in the League's model safe passing law.
April 2, 2018by League StaffRalph Monti, the League's Board Chair, today announced the appointment of Mark Thomas as a League Board Director. Thomas, from Kirkland, Washington, will become the League Treasurer, a position previously held by Ken Podziba. Thomas will fill the recently vacated board seat of Rob Gusky who resigned from the board due to increased professional obligations.
March 30, 2018by Frederic J. FrommerWe've all been there. A euphoric bike ride suddenly turns into a heart-racing, adrenaline-surging moment of terror as a car passes within inches, or makes a sudden right turn in front of our path …
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Do you think my "hot pink plant" is grannyish?
Or what about my little kalanchoe (crocheted jar cover courtesy of Lucy).
Ok, there's probably a hint of granny about the little cloth and the flowery china but I LIKE granny! In fact, never mind "Bazaar Style" and "Flea Market Style", when is someone bringing out "Granny Style"?!
There's been a spot of making, of course. The lovely Mrs Bobo Bun had whipped up a pretty trivet following the pattern in the super "Quilting in No Time" and with a spare hour yesterday evening, I thought I'd follow her lead.
I think this is not the correct size. The annoying thing about the book is that all the pattern templates need to be enlarged (which I think is pretty unforgivable given they are quite small anyway). Lacking a photocopier on hand as the average household does, I decided to enlarge the triangle myself and unsurprisingly, my rudimentary maths led me to a not-quite-large-enough triangle. No matter, still useful and jolly. It's an easy pattern though hand stitching the binding is quite time consuming but nothing an hour in front of the telly after dinner can't sort out.
Outside, there's more potty stuff after I attacked the patio on Sunday in a clearing and tidying frenzy. My dahlia which I bought from Perch Hill is flowering once more and looking rather eye-catchingly pretty.
So, it was out with all the half dead annuals and in with the Autumnal pansies and violas with their sweet little faces.
Shame the resident squirrel seems to be so fond of digging in my newly planted pots and unearthing all my carefully planted bulbs. Thanks for that, Mr Nutkin! I have a couple of these cute little "orange trees" as I like to call them which my clever mum has grown from little cuttings but I'm keeping those to go in the pots once the geraniums have finished. These really signal the change of the season to me, I invariably have them either side of our front door by Christmas time.
And I'm still picking. We've had lots of lovely sunshine and the late tomatoes are ripening nicely.
Meanwhile, one sign that it really is sunny and pleasant outdoors is that Charlie Boy has roused himself from his slumber (on the woollen Witney blanket I found at the car boot which was not actually meant to be for him) to venture outdoors. Crikey!
Not another photo, mum.
Hmm, I sense I am not the only kitty here. Who's that big ginge trying to hide under the table? He's nabbed a cushion too.
Whack! You can't hide from me!
Seemingly, Jacky Ginge was not up for a scrap today so Charles headed back off to his beloved Witney.
In the living room, there's something new to show you. Whilst staying with my folks in Chester, I found this groovy sheet of wrapping paper and decided to give it a whirl in this frame. I think it looks rather good.
Of course, there's been more stitchy action in the den. I came across a couple of lovely fabrics I'd ordered from America a while back and wanted to make something with them. What does a girl need? Funky shopping bags, that's what. Off to the shops then...

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Percy Harvin keeps his word, plays huge role in Seahawks' victory
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Percy Harvin wasn't named MVP of the Seattle Seahawks' 43-8 rout of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. But he did just about everything else so that their offense and special teams could join their defense in making it a romp. It just happened to be more than he was able to do all season.
Harvin, who took a long time coming back from a preseason hip injury before suffering a concussion three weeks ago against New Orleans, had played two games — one regular season, one playoffs — in his first year with Seattle. The total output before Sunday: five touches, 47 yards, one return for 58 yards.
MORE: Super Bowl images | Recap | Seahawks' defense dominant | Carroll in the club
Here's what he did against the Broncos: three touches, 50 yards, one kickoff return for 87 yards and a touchdown.
"It's just a big horse off my back," Harvin said. "I finally was able to give my team something for four quarters. Being injured all season, it took a toll on me. Being able to finish and being able to give my teammates something back, because I leaned on those guys so much this year to keep me up in spirits, it meant the world to me."
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has felt for Harvin not being to stay on the field, but with him healthy, the team was counting on big things.
"It was a big deal for Percy," Carroll said. "He's been through a lot and he's had to wait so long. The kickoff return, it was just fitting. Everybody was kind of waiting for it to happen."
The Seahawks were able to win a lot of games without the dynamic, versatile yet often banged-up wide receiver. But Denver's defense, kick coverage and everyone in the NFL saw why Seattle sent first-, third- and seventh-round draft picks to the Minnesota to acquire Harvin last March.
Here's a scary thought. As a runner, receiver and return man, Harvin has proved he can make a huge impact when he's not touching the ball much in either a game or season. Just imagine when he gets rolling full-time in Seattle's offense in 2014 and beyond.
"He's just getting started with us, he has a great future ahead," Carroll said. "We're going to grow with him, and he's going to be a big factor."
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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor are sharing a happy moment on screen. They are kissing onscreen for the first time for their untitled film directed by Renzil D'Silva for Dharma Productions.
A source has confirmed the intimate scene, "Last week, Saif and Bebo shot for their kiss in a Chembur studio. The kiss is part of a song. The actress who has done kissing scenes on screen before was quite comfortable with the idea of lip-locking with her beau. She even was seen calmly discussing the angle and the intensity with the director."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some classes at West Point are being combined or canceled and military faculty members are being forced to fill in for civilian instructors furloughed because of the government shutdown.
U.S. Military Academy officials said Thursday they furloughed 1,422 civilian employees this week, including 132 faculty members.
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You should read the rest of the article especially if you have your own web site.A federal appeals court has overruled a lower court ruling that, if sustained, would have severely hampered the enforceability of free software licenses. The lower court had found that redistributing software in violation of the terms of a free software license could constitute a breach of contract, but was not copyright infringement. The difference matters because copyright law affords much stronger remedies against infringement than does contract law. If allowed to stand, the decision could have neutered popular copyleft licenses such as the GPL and Creative Commons licenses. The district court decision was overturned on Wednesday by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The copyright holder in the case is Robert Jacobsen, the lead developer of the Java Model Railroad Interface, a software package used by model railroad enthusiasts. A firm called Kamind Associates downloaded parts of Jacobsen's project, stripped out the copyright notice and other identifying information, and began redistributing the modified version without Jacobsen's approval.


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Earlier this week I posted my list of the 100 Greatest Songs from the Golden Age of Alternative Rock. The mid nineties was a time when the music business was so prosperous that even minimal effort could result in a Gold record. I doubt anyone outside of the Deal family could name a second song by The Breeders yet Last Splash still went platinum. I contributed to many of those RIAA certifications (R.I.P. BMG 10 albums for a penny deals that they kept letting you quit and renew for a new batch of albums).
1. Anna Begins – Counting Crows: Not only one of my favorite deep cuts from the era, but one of my favorite songs ever in the history of the world. "Every time she sneezes I believe it is love" meant everything to me in my youth. Still does.
2. The World Has Turned and Left Me Here – Weezer: The Blue Album had the most songs of any album on my list as every song is great. This is my favorite of the rest, just another great teenage anthem.
3. Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Nirvana: Quite possibly the greatest performance ever to air on MTV Unplugged.
4. Warehouse – Dave Matthew Band: Record companies are usually good at releasing singles, but for some reasons the singles off of Dave Matthews Band albums are never my favorites. Ants Marching may be my fifth favorite song off their major label debut. The best is Warehouse which only get more epic when you hear it live. And thanks for the band's penchant for releasing live albums, which will be easy to find because even though they always switch up set lists, there is always a good chance that this song will be represented.
5. Bad Habit – The Offspring: The ultimate road rage song. I probably listened to it way too much while learning to drive.
6. Immortality – Pearl Jam: No list is perfect and my own personal eyeballing of mine is there could have been a lot more Pearl Jam. It is probably after the success of the first album, they decided to step back from the spotlight not making music video or releasing proper singles leaving individual radio station to play their own favorites. Immortality is just the kind of mood I am in right now, but anything on those next two albums is worth checking out.
7. Let Me In – R.E.M.: Those first three R.E.M. albums from the nineties are worth checking out, this is probably the best track on their most fuzzed out album of the trio.
8. Happy Endings – Better than Ezra: I recently read an article where the lead singer suggested that they may have had Goo Goo Doll's career had they been on a better record label and not one that went under. As a owner of all their albums sans their last I would have to agree as they made some of the best adult contemporary music of the past decade. You can hear them go down that root on songs like this.
9. Sad Songs and Waltzes – Cake: The band had a minor hit with their I Will Survive cover, another stand out on the same album was this Willie Nelson classic. The irony of course was during the alt-rock era, depressing songs were all the rage.
10. I'm the Ocean – Neil Young: The godfather of grunge hooked up with Pearl Jam and made an album which sounded exactly like you expected. This seven minute epic without a chorus is the highlight of the Mirror Ball album.
11. I Love You Mary Jane – Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill: When I first started working on my list I considered some more "alternative" rap song like Insane in the Brain. Instead I will include Cypress Hill's awesomely weird collaboration with Sonic Youth for the Judgment Night Soundtrack where the two bonded over their love of the sticky icky. The song worked a lot better than their track with Pearl Jam.
12. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins: In the of the alt-rock heyday, who would have expected the Smashing Pumpkins to start their double album with a sweet, well, melon collie, piano-based instrumental.
13. Sir Psycho Sexy – Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Peppers are weird to begin with, but this was easily their most bizarre track from Blood Sugar Sex Magic. The teenage version of myself loved the lady cop verse.
14. Slide Away – Oasis: That first album was brit-pop gold, this was definitely my favorite non-single.
15. The Wanderer – U2: Nirvana gets a lot of credit for the start of the alt-rock era, but with Achtung Baby, U2 was getting weird at the same time. They got even weirder on Zoorepa which ended with a country euro-trash song featuring Johnny Cash on vocals, a year before his carreer got resurrected with the American Recordings series.
16. Swing On This - Alice In Chains: Who would have guessed Alice in Chain would ever release a song that was actually danceable?
17. Pillar of Davidson – Live: There were plenty of epic songs on Throwing Copper, this song may have actually been the most epic.
18. Bogusflow – Beck: DGC Rarities vol. 1 was a must own by any alt-rock fan with plenty of rare gems. At the time, Beck was heading for one hit wonderdom and this drunken Bob Dylan type song was not going to help him out of that label but was awesome nonetheless. I am still waiting for vol. 2.
19. Mad Dog 20 / 20 – Teenage Fanclub: Fun fact: The first legal drink I ever bought was Mad Dog 20/20. I cannot confirm nor deny it is because of this song.
20. April 29, 1992 (Miami) – Sublime: Humorously the band actually got the date wrong in the actual lyrics song (April 26), legend has it that the take with the mistake was the best so they kept it.
21. Steven's Last Night In Town – Ben Folds Five: There were not many New Orleans inspired tracks during the alt rock era, but this one was really good.
22. Brother – Toad the Wet Sprocket: This was off their "rarities" album which was one of the few albums that was just as good as the "proper" albums in an artist discography.
23. Price to Pay – Blues Traveler: Just great storytelling in this song and of course plenty of harmonica.
24. Carrion – Fiona Apple: The big hits of this album were song of Fiona's more angry songs; I also appreciate her more subtle songs like this one.
25. Nada – The Refreshments: In the introduction I mentioned how easy it was to get a Gold album, this is one of the few bands from the time that did not manage one and I am not sure why, I really enjoyed both of their albums. Maybe too southern and not enough alternative in their rock. And then too weird for the country crowd. Nada was a great way to end that first album.
Honorable Mentions
Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Butch Vig Mix) – House of Pain: Another rap song I considered for this list, but the Butch Vig version. Vig was fresh from producing Nevermind and a few years away from becoming a founding member of Garbage and gave an alt-rock bent to the song.
Iron Man – The Cardigans: I considered a couple songs by the band for this list but Lovefool was a bit too poppy and Been It just missed the cut (had I expanded the end date by a year, My Favorite Mistake would definitely made the list). But the album was much more weird and darker than you would expect from the group that brought you Lovefool, case in point this trippy cover of the Black Sabbath song.


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He was handed the sign by fellow guest Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, who asked if he would like to join the campaign, to which he replied: "Happily." He later tweeted: "Proud to support #BringBackOurGirls."
US First Lady Michelle Obama is among other high-profile supporters of the social media campaign, which is calling for the rescue of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who have been kidnapped by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
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No-one can fail to have been deeply shocked by the kidnapping of more than 200 young girls by Islamist extremists in Nigeria. So anything the Prime Minister can do to raise the profile of the issue and increase the international pressure on Boko Haram has got to be good, right?
Well, no.
David Cameron concluded that he could not afford to look uncaring and when coming from pressure groups or the public, the use of hashtags can be an effective tool to raise profile and coalesce supporters.
But from Presidents and Prime Ministers with military and financial resources at their command it does little more than highlight their impotence and their unwillingness to put those resources to use. Cameron might get some short-term benefit but in the long-term the appearance of being powerless and helpless can only diminish him, his office and ultimately the country.


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The story goes that when the rescue center first opened they had gotten a margay that needed help, well apparently margays look like baby jaguars. I guess, 'Jaguar' just sorta stuck.
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Step aside, Eric Church, there's a new Rolling Stone interview that's buzzing around the music world this week.
The subject in question this time is Hank Williams, Jr.–a guy who's not known for being shy or willing (able?) to sidestep controversy.
Hank's dislike of President Obama is already widely known–witness his song "McCain-Palin Tradition" from the 2008 campaign, his comments last year comparing Obama to Hitler, and his recent single "Keep the Change" (which appears on his brand-new album, Old School, New Rules, released this week).
In an interview with Patrick Doyle for Rolling Stone that was published this week, Hank proves he's still on fire and plenty ticked off about the current administration.
Hank Williams Jr. on how 'Fox & Friends' inspired his new LP and why "President Obama hates America": bitly.com/P0RUlM — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 11, 2012
"The guy is the worst," he says of President Obama. "Giveaway programs, hates America in the first place, forget about the flag. [Imitates Obama] 'That's one of those big rich fat cats that makes $35,000 a year,' you know what I mean? Oh yeah."
Wait a minute, the President of the United States hates America? Doyle asks him why he thinks this is true, and Hank's response isn't exactly direct–but at the same time, it's clear where he stands. "Oh, you know I don't know," Hank replies. "I don't know about that but it's kind of obvious. I guess when you take a tour, a world tour, to apologize for America. He did that, you know?"
Doyle also points out Hank's lyric in "Keep the Change" where he sings, "I will keep my Christian name and you all can keep the change." "What did you mean by that?" Doyle asks. "You know," says Hank, "we've got a President that does a call to the Koran or Mecca or whatever. That's what I meant. That's exactly what I meant. I won't be changing my name to whatever. That's exactly what I meant."
But Hank's ire isn't pointed in just one direction–while he does duck a question about how really feels about Mitt Romney ("Oh, I'm just not going to do that"), he's got plenty to say about Fox and Friends, the TV show on which, last year, he famously compared Obama to Hitler, and ESPN, which cancelled his Monday Night Football contract in the wake of that comment. "Mickey Mouse and ESPN might have done me the biggest favor in the world," he says, as the success of the song that resulted from that experience–"Keep the Change"–has "snowballed."
OK, we won't spoil the whole show for you–go ahead and read the full interview for yourself.
Hank Williams Jr.'s new album, Old School, New Rules, was released this week.
And if you'd rather have your Hank without the political rants, then check out the new lyric video for his new song "Old School," premiering over at Metrolyrics.
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Daily life
The concept of a "day" aboard an orbiting spacecraft is a little abstract: every 24 hours, astronauts on board the ISS will experience 15 dawns as the station speeds around the world. But human beings have been conditioned by millions of years of evolution to a 24-hour daily cycle, and so-called circadian rhythms of waking and sleeping are hard-wired into our brains and bodies. So astronauts work and sleep to fixed schedules that match these ancient rhythms. Any other arrangement would soon have crews living in a state of permanent jet lag.
The crew are awoken by an alarm each "morning" - perhaps interrupting the dreams of weightlessness that many astronauts experience - and stir out of their beds to begin their day. Most astronauts would have hooked their sleeping bags to a wall the night before. Sleep spots need to be carefully chosen - somewhere in line with an ventilator fan is essential. The airflow may make for a draughty night's sleep but warm air does not rise in space so astronauts in badly-ventilated sections end up surrounded by a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide. The result is oxygen starvation: at best, they will wake up with a splitting headache, gasping for air...
A few brave souls try floating free, but their sleep is likely to be interrupted by collision with an air filter that is trying to suck them into its grill. Along with other station equipment, all these fans and air filters make for a noisy night - some astronauts have compared duty on a space station to living inside a giant vacuum cleaner - so some of the crew prefer to sleep with earplugs. But most eventually acclimatise to the noise, just as people on Earth get used to living on a main road. The background sound of these systems dedicated to keeping them alive actually seems reassuring.
Once stirred, the astronauts tend to adopt a foetus-like posture as they move weightlessly about the station. Sometimes referred to unflatteringly as the "simian hunch", it seems to be the natural human attitude in microgravity; perhaps it really is an echo of the weightless months that every growing embryo spends floating in its mother's womb.
The crew dress as quickly as they can: no easy task when your limbs float out at odd angles. They wear disposable clothes, replacing them once every three days: there are no washing machines in space. Astronauts wash with wet towels, there is no shower on the International Space Station.
For the men on board, wet shaving remains a laborious task. Surface tension generally keeps water and shaving cream stuck to an astronaut's face, while cream and stubble stick to the razor blade until wiped on a towel which is then rolled up to prevent the deposits escaping. Electric shaving is also possible, although it has to be done next to a suction fan to ensure the hairs don't float away. Many male astronauts prefer to shave as little as possible, and all agree that it's one area in which their female colleagues have all the advantages.
Then comes the day's first of three meals. Space food has vastly improved in taste and variety since the purely freeze-dried days of the Apollo missions. But space meals are prepared and eaten under the same basic restrictions: food and drink has to be somehow confined, or else it will wander off around the station. This is obviously messy and unhygienic; but if free-falling food gets into station equipment, it can also be dangerous. So drinks and soup are served in plastic bags and sipped with straws. But with a little care, astronauts can eat more solid dishes with a knife and fork - magnets keep the utensils from floating away from the dining table. Prolonged microgravity dulls tastebuds, so spicy food is usually a crew favourite.
After eating, astronauts settle down to the assigned tasks of the day, either supervising experiments or performing routine maintenance on station equipment. It takes a complex array of machinery to keep people alive and well in orbit. Daily, each human breathes the equivalent of 0.9 kg of liquid oxygen - enough air to fill a 3.5 cubic metre room - and drinks a total of 2.7 kg of water. To minimize on resupply needs, the ISS life-support systems are designed to recycle as much as possible. Waste water from urine and moisture condensed from the air is either purified and reused direct, or broken down by electrolysis to provide fresh oxygen. Carbon dioxide 'scrubbers' chemically remove that toxic gas from the air.
One substance that is not recycled on ISS is solid human waste: it is collected, compressed and stored for disposal. The space toilet that does the collecting has a somewhat intimidating appearance. But it is a huge improvement on the sanitary arrangements that earlier astronauts had to endure. When power failures on Mir forced cosmonauts to fall back on emergency plastic bags, morale plummeted until their orbiting "convenience" was back on line.
Space toilets do not use water. Instead, astronauts must first fasten themselves to the toilet seat, which is equipped with spring-loaded restraining bars to ensure a good seal. A lever operates a powerful fan and a suction hole slides open: the air stream carries the waste neatly away. Some crew members find the toilet difficult to get used to. As well as the device itself, they have to accustom themselves to the disconcerting fact that their bowels actually float inside their bodies - like the rest of their internal organs and of course everything else on board.
A less stressful daily routine involves exercise. The human body loses muscle and bone in weightlessness; a few hours of daily exercise helps to keep some tone in muscles that would otherwise see little use. Exercise also helps relieve the so-called "space snuffles", caused when body fluids, no longer tugged downward by gravity, accumulate in the head. Like the old Russian Mir station, ISS has a treadmill; it also has an exercise bike. Astronauts have to strap themselves down to the exercise machines, of course: unrestrained, their own efforts would make them float away.
Generally, days in orbit are busy - and when heavy equipment has to be moved, they can be exhausting, too. Just because a crate of scientific gear is weightless doesn't mean that it has lost its mass. Astronauts have to pull and push against inertia, and they are often working in strange positions for which human muscles are not well adapted.
Still, the crew will normally have some free time before bed. These hours are precious: this is when they might write emails home, watch DVDs, or transmit just for fun on ham radio. People on Earth can do these things too, of course. But ground dwellers cannot hope to share the most popular leisure pursuit in space: just watching the Earth turning below. Astronauts swear that the view is never dull.


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Sammons Retirement Solutions held a Web seminar on Thursday discussing two new products launched in February.
The LiveWell variable annuity and mutual fund IRA incorporate asset allocation models designed by Morningstar, Ann Hughes, head of business and sales development, said on the call.
"Advisors were asking for assistance with selecting funds," Hughes said. "We went to Morningstar to see if they could assist us in building asset allocation models and risk questionnaires."
As of Aug. 15, two models are available along with a risk questionnaire, Hughes said. There are two types of models. One is a fund-specific model that includes pre-selected funds for portfolios of various risk levels. In the other, Morningstar provides an asset class framework across various risk levels. Advisors pick the individual funds based on the asset class framework.
To develop the models, Morningstar first developed asset class inputs to forecast asset class behavior. "We try to forecast the asset class behavior to try to come up with expected returns, standard deviation and correlation," said Lucian Marinescu, senior consultant at Morningstar Investment Management.
Using those inputs, Morningstar then runs mean variance optimization to determine the maximum return for a given level of risk, according to Marinescu. The portfolios have a higher non-U.S. exposure relative to typical U.S. portfolios with more emerging market exposure.
"We then analyze the investment options that are available and create our own customized style benchmark for each option," Marinescu said. "We look at their beta exposure and in order to get that, we look at return-based analysis, holdings analysis, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis."
Morningstar also researches managers on funds selected for the models, performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis. As part of its research, Morningstar looks at short-term performance persistence, active share or tracking error, and the momentum and liquidity of underlying stocks. As part of the qualitative analysis, Morningstar interviews the managers and look at five pillars: parent, team, process, performance, price.
"Our main goal is to hit the target asset allocation model," Marinescu said.
The final step in the process is monitoring the portfolio. "We basically go through the five steps on an annual basis," Marinescu said, "and make sure the portfolios are still providing a good risk-reward trade-off."


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It's been clear that The Mob Doctor's Moretti (Michael Rapaport) has brought nothing but trouble with him since his surprise return in Episode 3 — but in this week's episode, it's Grace (Jordana Spiro) who falls victim to his ruthless ways.
Exclusive: Michael Rapaport on Moretti's shocking return to The Mob Doctor
In Monday's episode, titled "Complications," Moretti kidnaps Grace with the help of her ex Franco (James Carpinello), who's been playing both sides in the rivalry between Moretti and Constantine (William Forsythe). Moretti binds Grace's hands and tosses her in a trunk, and we're guessing that unlike Constantine, it's not Grace's surgical skills he's after. So where is he taking her — and why? Viewers will have to tune in Monday to find out. But until then, check out this exclusive clip below:
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Russia vs. the U.S.: A Two-Minute Explainer
As their paths cross at the G-20 Summit in Russia, Presidents Obama and Putin represent different philosophies — not just on whether Syria used chemical weapons. Paul Sonne unpacks the relationship — quickly. Via #WorldStream.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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At the 2013 Beijing International Construction Machinery Exhibition & Seminar (BICES), Caterpillar will display eight new machines and as many recently introduced models along with an expanded suite of technology products—to show Chinese contractors that Cat® products are BUILT FOR IT™. The 1700-square-meter exhibit, booth E323, will showcase new excavators, a new wheel loader, and new soil and asphalt compactors in addition to launching Cat Connect Solutions, integrated technologies and Cat dealer service offerings designed for construction, natural resources and industrial customers.
The Caterpillar exhibit presents machines and services for a broad range of applications and business situations. In addition to Cat machines, the exhibit includes machines and work tools built by Shandong Engineering Co. Ltd. (SEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar with manufacturing based in China.
"China is an important market for our business, and we continually invest in new products and services that will bring value to our customers in this region. BICES gives us an opportunity to engage with representatives of a wide range of businesses and governmental organizations and to present the strengths and advantages of Caterpillar—quality products, state-of-the-art technologies and excellent after-sales service and support," said Phillip Pollock, Marketing Manager of Asia Pacific, Caterpillar Global Construction & Infrastructure. "Caterpillar support services, such as Cat Finance and local Cat dealers' product support capabilities, are unmatched. We hope that BICES visitors will immediately see that we have the right products and services to help them do their jobs more effectively and to assist them in meeting their business goals."
Broad range of new equipment built for region
The Caterpillar exhibit at BICES features a number of new machines specifically designed and built for businesses and applications in the region. The new Cat 950 GC Wheel Loader on display at BICES combines low operating costs with the durability, reliability and economy of proven Cat components to deliver productive performance. The 950 GC features heavy-duty frames; Cat Z-bar linkage; Performance Series buckets; fuel-efficient Cat C7.1 engine; powerful load-sensing hydraulics; and a spacious, air-conditioned cab with intuitive controls.
The proven Z-bar loader linkage provides aggressive digging capabilities, high breakout forces, and lift and reach capability to competently handle a wide range of loading applications. The B-pin height and dump clearance are best-in-class for a 5-tonne-capacity wheel loader, which enables easy loading of on-highway trucks.
Caterpillar is displaying four new excavators—three track machines and one wheeled machine ranging in size from 5.5 tonnes to more than 36 tonnes. With an operating weight of 13 400 kg, the new Cat 313D Series 2 hydraulic excavator uses a fuel-efficient, 70-kW Cat 3054C engine that delivers responsive power and extended durability. The efficient hydraulic system combines powerful digging forces and intuitive low effort controls for precise operation.
The world class operator station is ergonomically designed to help ensure the operator stays comfortable throughout the working day. The 313D Series 2 also features serviceability enhancements to simplify routine maintenance and reduce downtime, and it features durable heavy-duty structures for reliable operation in severe applications.
The new Cat 305.5E Mini Hydraulic Excavator brings high performance to the mini excavator concept. The excavator is a conventional-tail-swing, fixed-side boom model with an operating weight of 5300 kg. The new model uses a fuel-efficient Cat C2.4 DI engine with a net power rating of 32 kW and features a powerful load-sensing hydraulic system with standard auxiliary-hydraulic valve section. The hydraulic system is designed to provide precise, rapid hydraulic response for reduced cycle times in all operating situations. Operator comfort and convenience are ensured with a spacious, air-conditioned cab that features pilot-operated joystick controls.
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Cat Connect Solutions will not be as obvious as the big, new machines, but its technologies and services will be displayed throughout the exhibit. Built for operations that range from small to large and simple to complex, Cat Connect Solutions gives the user flexibility to select only the capabilities needed to meet business goals.
Equipment management solutions, such as Product Link, provide fuel status, operating hours and machine condition data to help managers reduce unscheduled downtime and keep machines working. Productivity solutions, such as AccuGrade, enable contractors to manage sub- and finish-grade to specified targets. These high-precision technologies help finish jobs faster, reduce fuel and materials consumption and provide the operator real-time feedback to improve finish quality. And safety solutions, such as rear vision cameras and avoidance zones defined by the AccuGrade system, enhance site safety.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. may have regained all the jobs destroyed by the Great Recession, but the new jobs that replaced the old ones aren't any better — and that helps explain why the five-year recovery has seemed so anemic thus far.
The economy employed 138.46 million Americans in May, according to the Labor Department's so-called establishment survey issued on Friday (Another government survey says we are not quite there yet).
The prior peak was 138.37 million, set in January 2008, just as the 2007-2009 recession was getting underway.
A close look at the employment numbers, however, shows the composition of the labor market is markedly different compared to early 2008. And it appears the economy has replaced a sizable number of good-paying jobs with ones that offer less than the average wage, now $24.38 an hour.
Take manufacturing and construction, both of which pay more than the average hourly wage. These industries represent 13% of all U.S. jobs, down from 15.3% in early 2008. The economy has 1.63 million fewer manufacturing jobs and 1.47 million fewer construction jobs.
Other high-wage industries that still have not recouped all the jobs that existed in early 2008 include the financial sector (-358,000), wholesale trade (-172,000), government (-519,000) and information services such as media and publishing (-371,000).
Altogether, the U.S. has 4 million fewer jobs in these well-paid sectors vs. January 2008.
The upturn in hiring over the past few years, meanwhile, has been concentrated in areas such as health care (1.56 million), food preparation (959,000), white-collar professional and business services (794,000) and education (414,000).
Some of these occupations such as business services pay quite well. Yet the economy has added perhaps no more than 3 million jobs since 2010 that pay above the average hourly wage, a review of Labor Department statistics show. (A more precise breakdown is difficult because some broad employment categories such as health care and business services include both high-paying and low-paying work.)
The mixed quality of jobs being created is partly reflected by the slow growth in hourly wages for production and nonsupervisory workers — just a cumulative 10.6% in the 59 months since the recession ended. By contrast wages rose 15.1% in the 59-month period following the end of the 2000-2001 downturn.
Slow wage growth is a big reason why the economy has been expanding at only two-thirds of its normal speed since the recession ended. While bosses might be getting paid more, line workers are seeing much in the way of wage growth.
Whether the U.S. economy shifts into a faster growth gear depends heavily on the direction of wages. Some economists predict wages will rise sharply in the next year as the labor market tightens. Others disagree and see the same slow pace of wage growth continuing.
A new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business points to higher wages. The trade group's small-business optimism index rose in May to its highest level since September 2007, shortly before the last recession began. Small-business owners said it's more difficult to find qualified workers and they indicated they expect to pay higher compensation to attract talent.
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This suit, most often called "Wands" and sometimes called "Rods" or "Staves," represents initiative, ambition, drive and desire. This is the suit of enterprise and risk-taking.
The Five of this suit symbolizes struggles caused by ambitious maneuvering and a competitive urge. This could be about someone who is pushing his or her agenda forward at the expense of others.
There can be a fine line between demonstrating personal excellence and making others feel like losers. It may be necessary to ask yourself, who is it that really benefits when we all fight so hard for such small rewards? Am I serving a negative, manipulative agenda when I start applying battle metaphors to business?
Even when your only motive is to be the best you can be, it is understandable to want recognition for what is fine and unique about you. However, minimize the number of egos bruised in the process or your success will be celebrated alone.
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When team spirit fails despite all effort, your inner strength can pull you through. When the Five of Wands is reversed there is no way to completely overcome the competitive environment; you are unable to bond with potential partners in a team spirit. You must fall back on your own sense of mission and sense of survival to provide direction.
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Too much people erred in this idiom. The same happened to me, it was very difficult for me to understand this one.
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I WAS THINKING THE SAME! But... i voted the other one...
Maybe the word 'comforter' is used ironically here.
Too much people erred in this idiom. The same happened to me, it was very difficult for me to understand this one.
Good evening everybody, please I want to suggest an idiom that I have created by my own can you show me where should I write it. Thank you for advance
very cool idiom, though some have misrepresented the story here.
God 'suggested' Job.
Satan scoffed (that Jobs' faith was by his fortune).
God 'allowed' Satan to test Job (long sad difficult story).
Jobs' 'friends' (comforters) were certain of themselves that Job needed to be responsible for his own suffering, and made no effort to conceal their criticisms and chastising remarks.
Jobs' comforters were anything BUT comforting.
Job was an innocent man, faced with such circumstantial evidence, that even his closest friends were prodding him to 'plea guilty'... it's unthinkably DISCOMFORTING.
Love life always
I'm looking for the etymology of 'wait til the other shoe drops'.
Until this site has more detailed etymologies of idioms (most are self explanatory, even if sarcastic), can anyone suggest a site that actually explains the idioms directly, and not just their meanings?
(heck, maybe this post alone will encourage editors here to post links for where these idioms came from, and not just what they mean to us today)
ex. we all know that 'when it rains, it pours' means that when it's bad, it's REALLY bad. Does anyone know what event(s) led TO that expression originally? Anyone?.... really? ... nobody? Yes, you in the back. OH? Really. An atmospheric epidermal expression of how rain is the excreted moisture through which the original idiom '.. rains, it pores' is now by both pun, and literal imagery, '.. pours'? Now I get it. Thank you.
... and now, just wait... till the other shoe drops.... LOL
Try this site for etymology- the forums are very good for that. The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases | List of sayings | English sayings | Idiom definitions | Idiom examples | Idiom origins | List of idioms | Idiom dictionary | Meaning of idioms
- we're a site primarily for non-native learners, so meaning is more important than derivation.(heck, maybe this post alone will encourage editors here to post links for where these idioms came from, and not just what they mean to us today)


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it's a tough pill to swallow.
& monetize? haven't figured all that out yet.
made some big girl decisions, made some financial investments
it's very important to me to be real.
to be open.
to share not only the successes & joys in my life
but to admit when i struggle & when i've failed
& then to grow from it all.
it doesn't do me any good at the end of the day
if i've connected all day on instagram & facebook
& answered all emails within 24 hours
one of my own is not feeling very loved or very important...
my real thoughts
from a real home
( a real dusty, filled with dog hair home)
where 6 people are still learning how to best love each other
& i also hope to encourage you too ~
be a good steward with your gifts & talents
let your light shine wherever you are
whether that's a toyfilled home today with a toddler or in a swank office downtown.
open your heart, be vulnerable & share your struggles with someone you trust
allow them to be close to you.
find someone to encourage & love on today.
do all that you do well & love your work
connect with your hubby & each of your babies in the way that makes them feel loved
bottom line,
love others well today.
i'm sure gonna try....


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One-Skillet Orecchiette With Shrimp, Spinach, and Mushrooms Recipe
Earthy, meaty mushrooms, tender shrimp, and silky strands of spinach are the stars of this easy, one-pot pasta dish. A perfect choice for a weeknight dinner, this recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes and makes minimal mess as the action occurs in a single pan.
Why this recipe works:
- Cooking the mushrooms first until golden, then setting them aside until the end, ensures that they develop a rich flavor and don't become soggy in the sauce.
- Using a dry white wine to deglaze the pan after cooking the mushrooms (scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan) adds extra flavor to the sauce.
- The heat from the pasta cooks the shrimp, making it easy to cook them perfectly without fear of overcooking.
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- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 25 minutes
- Total time:25 minutes
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 cups oyster mushrooms
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced or grated with a Microplane
- Pinch of dried red chili flakes
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 1 pound dried orecchiette
- 1 quart homemade chicken stock or store-bought low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups spinach, stems trimmed
- 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a pot or 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add mushrooms, season with salt, and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Set aside.
In the same pot, add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and cook until shimmering. Add shallot and a pinch of salt and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and chili flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Then add white wine, scraping up any brown bits in the pan and allow it to reduce slightly, about 1 minute.
Add the pasta and stock, season with salt and bring to a boil. Cook orecchiette, stirring occasionally, until the broth is mostly absorbed and the pasta is al dente, about 10 minutes.
Stir in the spinach and shrimp and cook until the spinach is wilted and the shrimp are pink throughout, about 3 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
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I will continue with this thread anyway.
I'll publish crossover schematics and VD graps as well as grill details (when it's done) as time permits and interest is there.
I will also try to describe the sound compared to other speakers I have WHEN the cc crossovers are ready and in place
All this will take some time.
Did you ever consider going fully active with this project? Going from normal active, with passive compensation, to fully active made for a big improvement for me.
2213 + 2435HPL w/aquaplas + H9800 (Matsj edition)
As I can't afford a Pass XVR1 + two (or four) more Passlabs XA or XA.5 Amps and are too busy to build them I don't think about going active.
My experience with going active is that (affordable) active crossovers destroy the wonderful smoothness of my OPAmp free Passlabs chain. This is -as everything Hifi- my personal and maybe worthless opinion.
Guido...what amps did you use?
Of course but what model?
Just spent the weekend with Guido and these. I will post some impressions in my humble none tech way ... I just got off the plane, so not to tonite ... Just want to thank Mr and Mrs Guido for making me feel so much at home in the finest tradition of the forum.
K .... the sound . The quality of the components cannot be questioned . The bottom end was like nothing I have heard before.
Tight and deep bass, Mid range wide and dynamic ... the UHF I thought rolled off too quick at 26k ,but hey ... not too bad though.
The networks are still a work in progress ,so more will be revealed I'm sure . Listened to a lot of high res tracks - really hard to go down in bit rate after that . Its the high res that really made them shine .
Its a shame HD is so limited in variety. Classical and Jazz are plentiful ,but I can't listen to that all the time . I did download some tracks when I got home and set the DAC to 192 .. It really is a different experience altogether. The sense of space and clarity is amazing .
Guido was using his F5's and mentioned that he felt his old amps were smoother in the mids ( I didn't say a word as the XAs' now live in England with no plans to cross the channel again ) I was shown some rather interesting schematics for a new amp build though
The build quality is German ,thats all I need to say . I got a real insight into the process of tweaking the networks by ear ,but look forward to my next trip to hear the conclusion .
I don't think I have done the project justice , a hard think to do when you don't have a technical background ,but I can say that if money and parts availability were not an issue ,there would be some sawdust flying here in the living room .
At Munich 2012 audioshow on MOC (probabily the bigger in Europe) was present the Everest 66000 but without singing........just for look...
Truextend was also there....
If JBL had a room there ,they kept it very well hidden . We didn't see it . We did hear the Genelec and the new TAD Evolution
Andrew Jones certainly knows how to build speakers. IMHO , too much bling on most of the gear. A lot of things I'd never heard before ..... even more opinions LOL
These D&M were interesting :
Can't hear anything.....
But was plenty on Cessaro
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting alligator lottery hunt applications for five Wildlife Management Area (WMA) lakes and seven public lakes located in Regions 3 and 4 of the state.
Region 3 alligator lottery hunts will include the selection of one hunter for Kincaid Lake, two hunters for Saline Lake and three hunters for Toledo Bend. The Region 4 alligator lottery hunts will select two hunters for Lake Bruin, three hunters for Lake Concordia, four hunters for Lake St. John, four hunters for Lake St. Joseph, two hunters for Big Lake WMA, four hunters for Boeuf WMA, one hunter for Buckhorn WMA, seven hunters for Red River WMA and nine hunters for Three Rivers WMA.
Each applicant can submit one application per region, but will only be chosen for one public or WMA lake hunt. All applications must be received by Aug. 1 for a computerized random drawing on Aug. 18. Each application must be accompanied by a non-refundable $5 check or money order made payable to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. All winners will be notified by mail.
Applications can be obtained from the Region 4 office in Ferriday, Region 3 office in Pineville or by downloading them from LDWF's Web site at www.wlf.louisiana.gov. To access the forms, drag the cursor over the "Hunting" dropdown menu and then highlight "WMAs/Refuges." Then select "Lottery Hunts." At the bottom of the page is a PDF version of the application.
Applicants must be a legal Louisiana resident and 16 years of age or older. Any applicant born on or after Sept. 1, 1969 must also provide a valid hunter safety certification number.
In Region 4, successful applicants must attend an instructional class in Ferriday on either Aug. 29 or 31. Region 4 WMA lake hunters must also agree to give LDWF 40 percent of all revenue gained from the commercial sale of alligator hides or meat or 40 percent of the fair market value of any alligator hide or meat kept for personal use or consumption. The Region 4 office is located at 261 Wildlife and Fishery Rd. in Ferriday and can be reached at 318-757-3072.
LDWF will provide an instructional class on an individual basis for Region 3 lottery hunt winners when they pick up their license and tags from the Region 3 office. The Region 3 office is located at 1995 Shreveport Hwy. in Pineville and can be reached at 318-487-5885.
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The BBC's 'War on Britain's Roads': how should we respond?
The BBC's 'War on Britain's Roads': how should we respond?
If you've now seen the broadcast of the 'War on Britain's roads', it will doubtless be evident why my preview blog said I didn't think it was entirely bad. And at the same time, the worst of it was truly awful.
Inspiring integrity
But first, the positives. I'm sure you'll agree that the clips of the interview with Cynthia Barlow were tremendously powerful. Cynthia is a woman of remarkable strength, passion and integrity, and it is a privilege to work with her on lorry safety. It is very much thanks to her efforts that organisations like the Freight Transport Association and Mineral Products Association are now taking cycle safety seriously – as are companies like Cemex (the company whose lorry killed her daughter).
I only wish the programme had mentioned that Cynthia's campaigning has to led her becoming Chair of road crash victims charity RoadPeace. RoadPeace do fantastic work, both in providing peer-to-peer self-help support for road crash victims, and in campaigning for the police, prosecutors and the courts to take a much tougher approach to bad driving. They will be key partners in CTC's Stop Smidsy campaign as it evolves in the months ahead.
Sickening distortion
At the opposite end of the spectrum, there were extracts from a professionally-made film of cycle couriers engaged in what seems to have been an extreme, "alley-cat" race, filmed as long ago as 2006. The programme introduced this with some voice-over commentary which portrays this as common courier behaviour, even suggesting (indirectly) that this reflects the habitual love of red-light-jumping among many cyclists.
Would anyone dream of showing footage of boy racers doing 150mph on the M25 and preface this by saying, 'Not all drivers break the speed limit'?
My blog posting yesterday has already stressed CTC's long-standing view that all road users – drivers and cyclists alike – should respect the rules of the road and the safety of others. Equally, as AA President Edmund King has said, it is entirely counter-productive to cyclists' safety to whip up this "us and them" narrative of tribal warfare. Drivers and cyclists are often the same people, after all 94% of CTC members do have driving licences.
I also pointed out yesterday that – with the notable exception of Cynthia – the combatants in the BBC's 'war' are all battle-hardened males, with the cyclists all wearing helmets and cameras. This is hardly the way to support the promotion of cycling as a safe and normal activity, which people of any age, gender or background can do in whatever clothing they would normally wear.
The most serious breach of the BBC's code
It seems that the programme-makers made some late edits to the film, no doubt prompted by criticism of the preview version of the programme from ourselves and others, including Ian Austin MP, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group (he has also written to Tony Hall the BBC's director general designate). These criticisms have appeared in the Guardian, Independent and the cycle trade journal BikeBiz. Unsurprisingly, the final version omits some of the more blatant examples of apparent infringements of the BBC's editorial guidelines.
Yet they have made surprisingly little change to the presentation of the 'alley-cat' sequence, which has the main focus of most of criticisms of the programme to date. In the final version, it was introduced with the words "Not all cyclists jump red lights, but for some, it's become a habit" . These words were clearly intended to suggest that most cyclists *do* jump red lights, when in reality there are plenty of cyclists who get heartily sick of 'red-light-jumpers' (RLJ's) on our roads.
However the most serious criticism is that, in a programme mostly based on "user generated content" from ordinary helmet-camera-using cyclists, the film-makers fail to explain that the alley-cat sequence was filmed by a professional American film-maker, Lucas Brunelle, and subsequently released commercially. Far from being symptomatic of the habits of some cyclists, this footage isn't even normal courier behaviour - illegal and highly irresponsible alleycat races like this are extremely rare. Would anyone dream of broadcasting images of a staged 150mph race on the M25 – or boy-racers charging round a housing estate – and preface this footage with the words "not all drivers break the speed limit?"
It appears that this wasn't clear to the participants filmed in the programme. David Brennan (aka Magnatom) is one of several of the individuals featured in the programme, who is shown giving his shocked reaction to the alley-cat racing. However he has since confirmed to BikeBiz that he was unaware of the origins of this material. So he and others may well have valid complaints under section 6 of the BBC's editorial guidelines (on "Fairness, contributors and informed consent").
Don't get angry – make a difference!
At this point, I was going to suggest how other individual cyclists could respond, by listing a number of apparent breaches of the BBC's broadcast guidelines. However the film-makers edit out all the remaining comments which we felt were in breach of those guidelines. So I will leave an outline of those changes for a separate posting.
We need to remember that the BBC's complaints department is very accustomed to shrugging off criticism, e.g. of Top Gear. We should also be aware that we are being set up to confirm to the very stereotype shown in the film. "Angry lawless cyclists respond angrily to TV programme showing them acting angrily and lawlessly!" – the programme-makers have effectively scripted our response for us already. We must therefore do something different.
My advice is: it's not worth complaining about whatever made you angry. By all means channel your energies into anything you think breaches the BBC's editorial guidelines – and if you think we've missed anything, let us know via the CTC Forum. However, with the exception of some of the individuals who took part, it may now be best to focus our attention on the alley-cat footage, and relating complaints to section 3.4 of the BBC's editorial guidelines.
Then conclude your correspondence with an appeal to the BBC to make amends by broadcasting a really positive programme about cycling! Ask them to document the rise in popularity of cycling – particularly after the Olympics – and to talk about what can be done (and is already being done in some cases) to enable and encourage a lot more people to cycle in far greater safety, both here and in other European countries. Urge them to show what voluntary and community groups, local authorities and others are doing to enable people of every age, gender and background to take up cycling. Demand that they show how women and teenagers (including from ethnic minority backgrounds), health patients, people with disabilities and those from other disadvantaged groups and communities are having their lives changed by discovering cycling. And how much safer, healthier, wealthier and more civilised our society would be if more people were to do so.
Chris Boardman has tweeted that he'd "like to make a program on what cycling CAN be in this country, any takers...?", and Ian Austin MP has echoed his sentiments. Other sections of the media – notably the Times – have been providing fantastic support for the cause of encouraging more and safer cycling. Let us now call on the BBC to do likewise.


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The UFC has its third women's bout as Olympian Sara McMann (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and fellow bantamweight Sheila Gaff (10-4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) have agreed to meet in April at UFC 159.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the planned matchup, which groundandpound.de initially reported.
UFC 159 takes place April 27 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card, including a headliner between light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen, airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.
It's not clear if McMann vs. Gaff will be part of the main card.
Like current champ Ronda Rousey, McMann owns an Olympic medal. Before launching her MMA career, she represented the U.S. and picked up a silver medal in wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The 32-year-old moved to MMA in 2011, and she's since won all six of her pro bouts, including three via stoppage. Most recently, she scored a decision victory over Shayna Baszler at Invicta FC 2.
Gaff, a 23-year-old German fighter, carries a three-fight win streak into her UFC debut. All of the wins have come via knockout, including recent Cage Warriors victories over Aisling Daly and Jennifer Maia. In fact, all of her pro wins come via stoppage, which includes six knockouts and four submissions. She'll fight for the first time in 13 months.
The latest UFC 159 card includes:
- Champ Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen – for light-heavyweight title
- Alan Belcher vs. Michael Bisping
- Phil Davis vs. Vinny Magalhaes
- Pat Healy vs. Jim Miller
- Cheick Kongo vs. Roy Nelson
- Sheila Gaff vs. Sara McMann
- Nick Catone vs. James Head
- Jimy Hettes vs. Steven Siler
- Al Iaquinta vs. Joe Proctor
- Ovince St. Preux vs. Gian Villante
- Rustam Khabilov vs. Yancy Medeiros
For more on UFC 159, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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text: News & Events / News print News View All Faculty Alumni Students General RSS Feeds YEAR 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 « Back 03.01.13 Professor Karmel's Students on a Winning Streak; Papers Selected for Business and Law Journals Professor Karmel's students are on a hot streak. Four of her students —Emily Kehoe '13, Tyler O'Reilly '13, Kan Zhang '13 and Julia Zukina '13— have had papers written for Karmel's securities courses selected for publication in well-respected business and law journals. Additionally, Zukina's paper has won the Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition, earning her a cash award in addition to the publication opportunity. Karmel makes it a priority to inform her classes about publication opportunities and to encourage them to submit their papers to journals. She also helps her students along in the process by counseling them on topic selection and commenting on their first drafts before they complete the final paper. Students also present their papers to the class, which helps them to organize their thoughts and ideas. "Sometimes the students need a little push, but as you can see from these wonderful results, that it's a chance worth taking," said Karmel. "As a teacher, there is no greater reward than seeing your students succeed." Kehoe will publish her paper, "Hedge Fund 'Regulation' for Systemic Risk: Largely Impossible," in the Michigan State University College of Law's Journal of Business & Securities Law (Fall 2013). Her paper focuses on regulating systemic risk in the hedge fund industry. Kehoe, who wrote her paper as part of Karmel's International Securities Regulation Seminar, is an International Business Law Fellow, and she will be presenting her paper to the other IBL fellows and faculty later this semester. Kehoe was also invited to present her paper to the Brooklyn Business Law Association. After graduation, she plans to focus her career on international trade, business law and bankruptcy. O'Reilly's paper, "Short Selling: Reconstructing Global Regulatory Regimes in the Wake of the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises," was also written for Karmel's International Securities Regulation Seminar. It will be published in the Wayne Law Review (Fall 2013 Symposium Edition), which will feature articles related to economic recovery. In his paper, O'Reilly examines the short selling bans implemented in the United States and European Union in recent years and proposes changes to the regulatory framework to address key deficiencies of these emergency measures. O'Reilly is also an International Business Law Fellow, and will present his paper to the other IBL fellows and faculty later this semester. Upon graduation, O'Reilly will join Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as an associate in the Corporate Department where he hopes to focus on capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. Zhang's paper, entitled "Corporate Governance in China: How Does the State Influence its Own Enterprises?" has been selected for publication in Brigham Young University's International Law & Management Review (Winter 2013). Her paper explores the regulatory framework of corporate governance in China, with a focus on how state ownership impacts the corporate governance of State- Owned Enterprises. Zhang wrote the paper for an Independent Study course with Karmel. She plans to focus on international business law after graduation. Zukina's paper entitled "Step Short of Change: Examining the Recent Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies and Its Shortcomings in a Global Market" will be published in the spring issue of Michigan State University College of Law's Journal of Business & Securities Law. In her paper, Zukina compares different ways of regulating credit rating agencies in each of the United States, the European Union and emerging markets in India. She wrote the paper for her Securities Regulation course with Karmel and was encouraged by Karmel to submit the paper for consideration to the writing competition. Zukina intends to pursue a career in securities and financial regulation and is already off to a good start. She is a recent graduate of the Summer Honors Law Program at the SEC and is continuing as an SEC intern for the full-school year. Upon graduation, she will be clerking for Judge Ronald D. Wigler in the New Jersey Superior Court. "The students are writing on timely topics and producing excellent, publication-worthy work," said Karmel. "And we all know that published work is great for your resume and to use as a writing sample for job interviews. These publications really give the students a competitive edge." Email this article Share Read the latest issue of Brooklyn Law Notes


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