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Palestinians erupted in wild cheers Thursday, hugging each other, setting off fireworks and chanting �God is great� after the United Nations granted them, at least formally, what they have long yearned for � a state of their own.
The historic General Assembly decision to accept �Palestine� as a non-member observer state won�t immediately change lives here, since much of the territory of that state � the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem � remains under Israeli control.
Yet many Palestinians savored the massive global recognition � 138 of 193 General Assembly members voted �yes� � following decades of setbacks in the quest for Palestinian independence in lands Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War.
�It�s a great feeling to have a state, even if in name only,� said civil servant Mohammed Srour, 28, standing in a flag-waving a crowd of more than 2,000 packed into a square in the West Bank city of Ramallah. �The most beautiful dream of any man is to have an independent state, particularly for us Palestinians who have lived under occupation for a long time.�
After the euphoria over the vote, Palestinians will return to their harsh reality. They lack most trappings of statehood, including control over borders, airspace or trade. In a further complication, they are ruled by rival governments, one run by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank and the other by the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza.
Yet, Palestinians say the recognition isn�t just symbolic. They believe U.N. recognition will strengthen their hand in future talks with Israel, which has lambasted the Palestinian move as an attempt to bypass such negotiations.
The warm embrace by the international community could also help Abbas, who led the recognition appeal, restore some of his domestic standing, which has been eroded by years of standstill in peace efforts. Hamas, entrenched in Gaza, has seen its popularity rise after holding its own during an Israeli offensive on targets linked to the Islamists there earlier this month.
After initially criticizing the U.N. bid as an empty gesture, Hamas has come around to supporting the popular move, with reservations.
Palestinians in the coastal strip also celebrated the vote, though on a smaller scale than after the massive eruption of joy in the streets after last week�s cease-fire deal with Israel.
Some set off fireworks, others shot in the air and children in the streets cheered and flashed victory signs. �Today is a big joy for all of us,� Abu Yazan, a 29-year-old Abbas supporter, said.
Izzat Rishaq, a senior Hamas figure in exile, said he welcomed the U.N. vote an achievement, but that Hamas counts on �heroic resistance� to create a Palestinian state � underlining the group�s deep ideological rift with Abbas who opposes violence.
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the U.N. vote as meaningless and accused Abbas of delivering a �defamatory and venomous� U.N. speech �full of mendacious propaganda� against Israel. Netanyahu argued that the U.N. move violated past agreements between Israel and the Palestinians and that Israel would act accordingly, without elaborating what steps it might take.
The Palestinians reject Israel�s claim that the recognition bid is an attempt to dictate the future borders of Palestine. Instead, they say, it�s a last-ditch attempt to rescue peace efforts threatened by Israeli settlement building on occupied land. Since 1967, half a million Israelis have settled on lands the U.N. says are part of Palestine.
Abbas aides say that with its vote, the U.N. is rebuffing Israeli attempts to portray these territories as �disputed,� or up for grabs, rather than occupied.
Abbas aide Nabil Shaath said it will no longer be up to Israel to decide whether the Palestinians can have a state.
�The notion that Israel should approve the Palestinians� inalienable right to self-determination is simply illogical, immoral, and totally unacceptable,� he wrote in an opinion piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz.
The affirmation of the pre-1967 line as the border of Palestine also poses a direct challenge to Netanyahu who has refused to accept that demarcation as a basis for border talks with the Palestinians. Abbas and his aides have said that the Israeli leader�s rejection of such a framework for negotiations, accepted by his predecessors, helped push them to go to the U.N.
The Palestinians could also gain access to U.N. agencies and international bodies, most significantly the International Criminal Court, which could become a springboard for going after Israel for alleged war crimes or its ongoing settlement building on war-won land.
However, Abbas has signaled that he wants recognition to give him leverage in future talks with Israel, not as a tool for confronting or delegitimizing Israel, as Israeli leaders have alleged. He told the U.N. on Thursday that the Palestinians will �behave in a responsible and positive ways in our next steps.�
Palestinian technical teams have studied the laws of all U.N. agencies and put together recommendations for Abbas, said a Palestinian official involved in the effort. He said Abbas told the experts there is no rush, and the next Palestinian moves would in part depend on international reaction, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose internal deliberations.
Most immediately, the Palestinian Authority, which relies heavily on foreign aid and is struggling with the worst cash crisis in its 18-year history, could face further funding cuts over the U.N. bid.
In Washington, a bipartisan group of senators warned the Palestinians they could lose U.S. financial support of millions of dollars a year and risk the shutdown of their Washington office if they use their enhanced U.N. status against Israel
Israel could also suspend the monthly transfer of millions of dollars in tax rebates it collects on behalf of the Palestinians, a punitive step it has taken in the past.
In recent months, the Palestinian Authority has been struggling to cover its public sector payroll, paying salaries in installments.
Mahmoud Khamis, a civil servant from the West Bank village of Deir Jareer, said he is willing to bear the negative consequences of U.N. recognition, including further disruptions in getting his salary. �It�s good to have that state recognized, for the people of the world to hear our voice and know our cause,� he said.


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LONDON — Julian Assange is making what could be a last throw of the legal dice in his battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.
LONDON — Julian Assange is making what could be a last throw of the legal dice in his battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.
On Monday the WikiLeaks founder will ask judges to let him take his case to Britain's Supreme Court. If they say no, he could be on a plane to Stockholm within days.
The 40-year-old Australian behind the secret-spilling website has spent almost a year on bail in Britain fighting extradition for questioning over claims of rape and molestation made by two Swedish women. So far, two courts have ruled against him.
For his case to be considered by Britain's Supreme Court, Assange's lawyers must persuade two High Court judges that it raises a question of "general public importance."
According to a website devoted to arguing Assange's case, his lawyers will seek to argue two points — that the European arrest warrant for Assange is invalid because it was not issued by the correct authority, and that he should not be extradited because he has not been charged with any crime.
Lower courts have already considered and rejected both arguments.
Assange's hearing on Monday will come on the same day as a parliamentary debate on Britain's extradition rules. The House of Commons will debate and vote on demands to change extradition agreements that require Britain to transfer individuals to the U.S. and Europe — sometimes on insufficient evidence, critics say.
Assange declined to discuss his case, but told The Associated Press he was heartened that lawmakers are tackling the issue of extraditions.
"What we ask for is humble — the right to not be shipped off to foreign lands without formal charges or the presentation of even the most basic evidence," he told the AP in an email.
A district judge ruled in February that Assange could be extradited, and the High Court upheld that decision last month, saying the alleged offenses amounted to crimes under British law and ruling that the arrest warrant had been properly issued.
If Assange is granted a Supreme Court appeal, his stay in Britain — where he lives under curfew at an affluent supporter's rural mansion — is likely to last for many more months.
If he is denied, his legal fight will move to Sweden. Last month Assange replaced his Swedish lawyer with two high-profile attorneys, Per E. Samuelson and Thomas Olsson. Samuelson has a long track-record as a defense lawyer in sex crime cases and has also represented one of the men behind file-sharing website The Pirate Bay.
The allegations against Assange stem from a visit to Sweden in August 2010, shortly after WikiLeaks released secret U.S. files from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Assange became involved with two women, one of whom later accused him of coercion and molestation. The other alleged that he had sex with her as she slept.
Swedish prosecutors have not charged Assange with any crime, but have demanded that he return to Scandinavia to face questions.
He denies wrongdoing and says the sex was consensual. He has insisted the sex crimes investigation is politically motivated by opponents of his organization.
Assange has become a global figure since WikiLeaks began releasing secret government documents, including hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables from U.S. missions around the world.
Vilified by U.S. authorities and other governments angry about their secrets being leaked, he has been hailed as a free-speech hero by many around the world.
But his expensive legal troubles — and moves by U.S. financial companies to block donations to the site — have taken a financial toll on WikiLeaks, which has been forced to suspend publishing to focus on fundraising. Assange has said the organization needs $3.5 million to keep it going into 2013.
Assange also faces potential legal action in the U.S., where prosecutors are weighing criminal charges, and where he could be dragged into the case of Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army analyst suspected of disclosing secret intelligence to WikiLeaks.
Manning remains in custody at Fort Leavenworth prison in Kansas. A military court hearing to decide whether he will stand trial is due to begin Dec. 16.


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Oscar-award winning actor Michael Douglas opened up about his cancer fight Tuesday on the "Late Show with David Letterman," speaking candidly but with a sense of humor about his condition.
The "Wall Street" star said he's undergone the first of eight weeks of chemo and radiation therapy and doctors say he has an 80 percent shot at a full recovery from throat cancer.
"I've got cancer, found out about it three weeks ago," Douglas said in a clip from the CBS broadcast. "I said 'gee, just when I found out I was going to be on your show.'"
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Douglas, whose latest film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is set to open Sept. 24, joked that he came down with cancer to see "how far I would go to promote a movie."
"You've never looked better to me, and this proves that you're a tough guy, for God's sakes," Letterman said to much applause from the crowd.
"Let's just say ... I'm pretty lit up right now," Douglas replied.
Douglas said he experienced a sore throat around the beginning of summer, but his doctors only determined months later that he had stage-four cancer, "which is intense," he said.
"You like to be down at stage one," Douglas explained, but added that he was optimistic because the disease had not spread.
"You don't sound like you have throat cancer," Letterman said. "Why is that?"
"Because I'm on stage," Douglas shot back. "It hurts, it comes in waves."
Radiation treatment burns his lips, while chemotherapy "knocks you out really hard," Douglas said.
"Did they find it early enough for their liking?" Letterman asked.
"I sure as s--- hope so," Douglas said.
Despite the cancer, Douglas said he had a very good summer with his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, and his children traveling in Spain and Russia.
"Wow, boy, I feel like I want to do something for you. Can I do something for you?" Letterman asked as the interview wrapped up.
"Aww, give me a hug," Douglas said as he stood up to receive Letterman's embrace.
Selected Reading: CBS Late Show, IMDB, The Associated Press


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Campus Life and Services
Student Services/Development
Graduate students at the University of Detroit Mercy are invited and encouraged to become fully engaged in the life of the University community, much of which occurs beyond the classroom. Activities and events scheduled are open to all University of Detroit Mercy students.
Student handbooks and materials are available and distributed on campus describing the specific policies, regulations, organizations, services, hours of operation and events. If you would like additional information, please refer to the handbook or contact the appropriate office.
Gradudate students in online programs have remote access to the Detroit Mercy libraries resources and assistance from librarians via phone, chat, or email.
Campus Organizations
A variety of student organizations exist including professional and honorary societies, social, ethnic, political, fraternal, social action, community service and student government organizations. All organizations welcome new members. Further information may be obtained from the Student Life Office in the Student Center.
Campus Activities and Events
The colleges, student organizations and Student Life Office sponsor a wide range of activities and events throughout the academic year. Such events include major presentations by speakers and panels of co-curricular interest, as well as programming related to and dealing with the problems of life and society. Social events range from informal gatherings and receptions to dances and formal occasions. The city offers additional opportunities for students to take advantage of the cultural and entertainment possibilities available only in a major metropolitan area.
Student Center
The Student Center provides a variety of facilities and services for the University community, including a cafeteria and bookstore with new and used texts, supplies, snacks and other items. Lounge areas are provided for relaxation or quiet study. Many student events are scheduled in this facility.
Residence Life
Residence Life
There are six residence halls on the campus. There is a limited amount of graduate student housing on campus. Information on the various residence hall options may be obtained from the Office of Residence Life in Shiple Hall.
University Ministry
Campus ministers are present on campus. University Ministry assists the University community in embodying the Mercy and Jesuit charisms upon which the University was founded. In addition to regular celebration of the liturgy, University Ministry offers students the opportunity for personal spiritual growth and encourages both the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
Wellness Center Health and Counseling Services
The Wellness Center is located on campus. It is staffed during regular business hours by trained staff who provide health care to University students. Emergencies and serious illnesses on either campus are referred to local hospitals. The Wellness Center offers a comprehensive health insurance plan to all students. Students should contact the Wellness Center at (313) 993-1185 to schedule an appointment.
A full-time licensed counselor is available to assist students with personal problems they may encounter. All counseling contacts are treated as personal and confidential. Students who need assistance should contact the counselor directly at (313) 993-1459 or (313) 993-1170.
The University competes on the Division I level in the NCAA and is a member of the Horizon League. Students, whether on campus or online, with a Detroit Mercy ID card may attend home events free of charge.
Calihan Hall offers a number of facilities which are available to students, including a gym, racquetball courts, indoor track and the Larry Bleach Fitness Center. Outdoor facilities include softball, touch football and soccer fields and tennis courts.
Fitness Center
The Fitness Center is a great addition for both on-campus living and commuter students . Whether participating in a game of basketball, pumping iron, doing yoga, running on the indoor track, or enjoying a fruit smoothie, this hotspot affords a place to socialize with friends and relieve the tensions of the day through exercise. The Fitness Center is free to all Detroit Mercy students and employees.
Depending on interest, numerous team sports, intramural competitions and physical fitness activities are offered, including aerobics, softball, ice hockey, volleyball, basketball and soccer, For further information, contact the Fitness Center and Intramural Sports department at 313-993-1240.
Public Safety
Public Safety provides security and emergency services for all persons and property on campus year round. Parking permits and student identification cards are issued through the Titan Information Center located in the Student Center.
In addition to its security functions, Public Safety provides printed materials, seminars and programs for students on personal safety, crime prevention, self-defense, etc. Call (313) 993-1233 for Public Safety.
Plenty of lighted and convenient parking is available to students on all campuses. Parking permits, valid for either campus, are issued as part of the student registration process. Permits are available at the Titan Information Center located in the Student Center. Parking rules and regulations are enforced by Public Safety personnel.
Student Success Center
Disability Support Services
Disability support services are available to any currently enrolled student on campus or online with a documented disability requiring accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Students should contact Emilie Wetherington, Director of the Student Success Center, at (313) 578-0310 or by email at email@example.com upon admission to the University. Students must complete the intake and disability documentation verification process to receive accommodations.
Alcohol and Drugs
The University policy on the use of alcohol and drugs is published and distributed annually to all members of the University community. Students should be aware that, in addition to the serious health, legal and personal problems associated with the illicit or abusive use of alcohol and drugs, there can be University disciplinary action as well. Sanctions for violation of the law and/or University policy can include suspension or dismissal from the University.
Help is available in dealing with the difficulties related to abuse of alcohol and other drugs, both on campus and through a variety of community agencies. An initial contact may be made through any of the following offices: Personal Counseling, Health Services, Addiction Studies, University Ministry, Residence Life and Student Life.
Conduct Code and Disciplinary Procedures
Violations of University rules or civil laws may result in disciplinary action by the University. Academic violations are governed by policies and procedures in each of the colleges and schools. Non-academic misconduct is governed by the policies and procedures published in the student handbook. Students charged with major violations of academic or student conduct codes may be expelled, suspended or given a lesser sanction.
Information and statistics on graduation rates and campus safety are published annually and are available upon request from the Office of Student Affairs at (313) 993-1028. Policies on sexual harassment and AIDS are included in the student handbook.
Information Technology Services (ITS)
Information Technology Services (ITS) provides the computing, network, telecom, cable TV and audiovisual environment for the University community.
ITS computing labs provide on-campus access to desktop computers for students to use the Internet or academic-related courseware. For students bringing a personal notebook to campus, wireless access is available in all classrooms and many other locations across the campuses. For resident students, high-speed connectivity is available in every dorm room, as well as limited wireless access. An on-campus Help Desk offers phone support, as needed.
For the convenience of students, a web-based portal provides self-service access to many University services.
Each student is eligible for a free University web-based email account, file storage account, and web publishing account. Email accounts are generally assigned upon entry to the University.
Students are also eligible for hardware and software discounts from local and national businesses.
Online and hybrid courses are offered through Detroit Mercy's local Blackboard server.
For more information, please visit http://www.udmercy.edu/about/its.
Libraries/Instructional Design Studio
The McNichols Campus Library, School of Dentistry Library, the Instructional Design Studio, and the Kresge Law Library provide access to print, media, and electronic collections and Knowledge (Blackboard) course development and design services to the University community.
More than eight hundred twenty-five thousand volumes, 3,000 leading law, literary, health, social science, scientific and professional print journals, over 240,800 electronic journals, 10,700 audiovisual items, 190,800 ebooks, and a collection of over 73,000 U.S. Federal and State government documents comprise the libraries' collections. Media resources include DVDs, CDs, and multi-media kits.
All library facilities and services are open to registered on campus and online students, faculty, staff and administrators. Librarians are available in each library to assist patrons in conducting their research. Librarians provide instruction in research techniques, and answer questions sent electronically to "email a Librarian" or "Ask a Librarian Online Chat." Research Tutorials videos covers how to search for, evaluate, and select appropriate academic information and how to cite references used in order to prevent plagiarism or copyright violations. To check out materials, a validated student ID/library card is required.
Libraries/IDS maintains the Detroit Mercy Re:Search portal site of 55 academic discipline pages and four mission initiatives (catholic, social justice, sustainable communities, and diversity). Each page contains subject-specific resources including online databases of full-text articles, selected bibliographies of core materials owned by the libraries, links to resources available through the Internet, lists of new materials acquired, and links to professional associations. The portal provides access to Detroit Mercy's special collections, the catalogs of the Detroit Mercy and DALNET libraries' resources and services, and links to a number of other catalogs, including Jesuit and Mercy sponsored higher education institutions in the United States. Digital copies of required student theses, projects, and doctoral dissertations are available in the special collections institutional repository on the portal.
The libraries' databases allow students to directly search online for full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Electronic journal collections include biomedical, mental health, nursing, dental, engineering, education, science and technology, humanities, law, African American studies, women's issues, social sciences, and business titles. The databases also contain citations to dissertations, patents, technical meetings and papers and books covering current research in all the academic disciplines.
The Kresge Law Library offers access to specialized collections in American, Canadian, and International law, with particular strengths in Michigan law and U.S. federal government documents. The Library's online catalog, Murphy, is accessible from each of the other University libraries. Access the law library Website (http://lawschool.udmercy.edu) to view policies and hours of service, or to access Murphy.
The Instructional Design Studio provides leadership in the use of technology in course development and design. IDS services include website design, digital graphic and video production for classroom use, digital content conversion, audio development for web delivery, and distance learning classroom support. IDS serves as an active advocate for the use of media and technology for teaching and learning through training, providing access to tools and information on how to use technology, and creation of materials for teaching and learning. The Instructional Designers provide technical support for Knowledge (Blackboard) course delivery.
The University Libraries are members of the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET). The network includes a joint online public catalog of over two million volumes and direct access to three million additional volumes, circulation information, and image databases. Students and faculty from each member institution have access to the resources of the other institutions in person and through the use of the online catalog. The University Libraries also participate in MeLCat, the Michigan Electronic Library Catalog, an automated, statewide resource-sharing service, and offer interlibrary loan access to the collections of OCLC members throughout the world.
Research Programs and Centers
Special research facilities are available in Engineering & Science. Chemistry has extensive modern instrumentation, NMR, ESR, several UV-visible, infrared, and atomic absorption spectrometers; a differential thermal analyzer, a Gouy balance; a solution calorimeter; and equipment for photochemical and kinetic work.
Biology is housed in the fully-equipped Life Sciences Building with teaching and research labs for faculty and students; preparation, animal, aquarium, isotope and instrumentation rooms; greenhouse, photographic labs.
Engineering, besides its own research facilities, is affiliated with the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan and local industrial research labs. Notable on-campus facilities include the magnetic resonance laboratory, the Manufacturing Institute, and an automotive center with both an automotive electronics laboratory and an engine laboratory.
The Psychology Clinic serves the adult Detroit metropolitan community with psychotherapy on a sliding-fee scale. It also provides closely-supervised experiences for clinical Ph.D. students.
The Psychology Laboratory provides facilities for experimental and observational research with individuals and groups, including full audio/video monitoring capabilities.
The Child Psychodiagnostic Clinic provides diagnostic services and treatments for children with educational and behavioral problems. It also provides supervised experience for psychology students.
The School of Architecture's Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit architecture and urban design/research firm dedicated to creating sustainable spaces and communities through quality design and the collaborative process. The DCDC works with community-based development organizations, local governments, residents and stakeholders, private developers, students, and local design professionals to enhance local leadership capacity and to promote quality design. Utilizing broad-based community participation in conjunction with design technologies, the DCDC produces projects that respond to locally defined concerns while empowering residents and stakeholders to facilitate their own process of community planning, development, and building design.
The Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies (CCSIS) is an interdisciplinary center for research and education that marries information technology, law enforcement, homeland security, and national security. CCSIS offers eight degree programs (two all-online): Bachelor's degrees in Computer Information Systems and Criminal Justice; Master's degrees in Computer Information Systems, Information Assurance, Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Justice and Security Administration; and a new 5-Year Cyber Security degree in which students earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree. In 2009, CCSIS moved into the Briggs Building and renovated a wing on the second floor. The state of the art facility has advanced laboratories, innovative distance learning classrooms, and 24/7 security. Students in CCSIS degree programs can work beside professors on leading edge research like "Internet Predator Analysis" and "Mobile Device Security". Professors are highly published and have extensive real-world experience as leaders in their domains. They actively cultivate collaborative relationships at the national level which allows students to participate in important, relevant Cyber Security work.
The University's alumni are an important part of the foundation upon which the institution's reputation is built. Graduates can be found working in virtually every type of business and profession in every major metropolitan region in the United States. Many also live and work in rural areas and in more than 80 international locations.
Alumni are represented in large numbers in management positions in the auto industry, serve as presidents and CEOs of major corporations, practice in law firms, accounting firms, dental and medical professions. Graduates sit on the Michigan Supreme Court, educate the next generation of leaders in our classrooms, design structures that alter the skylines of our cities and contribute to the quality of their communities through civic involvement.
Approximately 71 percent of the University's 83,000 graduates remain in Michigan. The Detroit Mercy Alumni Association provides opportunities for graduates to continue their connection to their alma mater. Alumni are invited to participate as advisors to the president, deans, administrators and faculty; provide career advice and mentoring assistance to students; attend social gatherings and enrichment opportunities; and alumni are present and vocal in cheering the Titan teams to victory.
Campus Locations
University of Detroit Mercy students are taught on three campuses located within the city of Detroit. Selected programs are offered at extended campus sites throughout Michigan.
The McNichols campus is situated on 70 acres in a northwest Detroit residential area. Located here are six student residence halls.
The School of Dentistry is located on the Corktown Campus at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near downtown Detroit.
The School of Law and the Kresge Law Library are located across from the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.
Community Services
As an independent Catholic institution of higher education, the University of Detroit Mercy supports a mission focused on teaching and learning. However, another important facet of Detroit Mercy's mission is service to others. Both the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, which guide the University, have emphasized community service as a vital aspect in the education and development of students. Through a comprehensive curriculum, students are challenged to develop their social, leadership and service responsibilities. Detroit Mercy continually reaffirms this commitment to service as students, faculty and staff initiate and participate in community outreach activities to benefit Detroit area residents.


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Women only account for 34.4% of the self-employed in Europe. To raise this share, successful businesswomen will assist women entrepreneurs who established a new enterprise two to four years ago.
The mentors will give these new entrepreneurs concrete advice on how to run and grow their enterprises in this early, critical phase of the businesses as well as help them to develop the necessary soft skills and coach them.
The network will cover 17 European countries; 170 mentors will participate in it.
Entrepreneurship fits well with women's life choices in particular giving them flexibility regarding the reconciliation of private and professional life, specifically concerning the time and place of work.
Further, due to the economic crisis, many women that became unemployed could use their skills and knowledge, start-up their own company and create their own job.
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, responsible for Industry and Enterprises, said: "It is clear that female creativity and entrepreneurial potential are the most underexploited source of economic growth and new jobs that should be further developed in Europe. In a time of crisis we cannot afford to forgo this potential. Having more women entrepreneurs will economically empower women and contribute to growth."


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Name: Evan Daney
Phone: 610-436-2279
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The Health Care Management Certificate is a 100% online graduate certificate in Health Care Management, designed to meet career advancement needs of professionals and those seeking to transition into the health care industry. These courses can also be applied to the Masters in Public Health (MPH) Program. Students in Community Health, Environmental Health, Integrated Medicine or Nutrition or may wish to complete this certificate as a complement to their current degree.
This program will benefit physicians, nurses, clinicians, managers, and professional staff in the health care industry. In addition, it will benefit those in managed care and not-for-profit organizations, government, consulting firms, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others. A health care management certificate of completion will be issued when the requirements of the program have been fulfilled.
Health Care Management Certificate Advising Sheet
CEPH accreditation serves multiple purposes for different constituents. In general, specialized accreditation attests to the quality of an educational program that prepares for entry into a recognized profession.


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Choose from accommodation options to suit every style and budget in Townsville from caravan parks and hotels to holiday apartments and camping. Whether you want to visit the country charm of the Outback in Charters Towers, soak up the sun on one of Magnetic Island's 23 bays and beaches, or shop at one of the buzzworthy boutiques in Townsville's CBD, the region is alive with events and activities that will make any holiday enthusiast sit up and take notice.
Those who want to be close to nature, stay in a tropical retreat on Australia's largest island national park or embrace the peace and quiet with a walk on one of Townsville's five northern beaches.
Got sea legs? Anchor yourself near The Strand, where you'll have quick access to a maritime playground with fishing charters, luxury yachts, and private boat rentals.
If you want to explore all the hidden treasures of Townsville, book yourself a stay in the midst of the gold rush town of Charters Towers.


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Yesterday I posted some audio from the Michael Savage radio show about a Spanish company that will be counting the votes in the 2012 election. I had no backup for the story, but also had no reason to doubt that it was true. Today I found the backup.
A website called the Western Center for Journalism posted a story about the counting of the election ballots in 2012.
The article reports:
When the Spanish online voting company SKYTL bought the largest vote processing corporation in the United States, it also acquired the means of manufacturing the outcome of the 2012 election. For SOE, the Tampa based corporation purchased by SKYTL in January, supplies the election software which records, counts, and reports the votes of Americans in 26 states–900 total jurisdictions–across the nation.
There are a few very obvious problems with this. The article points out:
Though much has been written about the threat of nationwide voting by illegals in November, it is still true that most election fraud is an "inside" job. And there now exists a purely electronic voting service which uses no physical ballots to which an electronic count can be matched should questions arise. Add to this the fact that the same company will have "first count" on all votes made in 14 US states and hundreds of jurisdictions in 12 others, and the stage is set for election fraud on a scale unimaginable just a decade ago.
It is scary to think that there will be no physical ballots if the results need to be recounted. This could throw the American election in 2012 into chaos.


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Grand Re-Opening: Artists from Abroad Relaunches Today!
Washington, D.C. - The League of American Orchestras and Association of Performing Arts Presenters are pleased to announce the relaunch of Artists from Abroad -- the most complete and up-to-date online resource for engaging foreign guest artists, providing essential guidance, forms, and useful links. The newly redesigned and relaunched website makes it even easier to find the information performing arts organizations and artist managers need to successfully navigate the U.S. visa and tax procedures required when engaging international artists for performances in the U.S. The new site includes:
- RSS feed that can automatically notify you of site updates
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Gov. Mark Dayton told the Minnesota Vikings on Monday that the only workable site this year for a new stadium is the Metrodome, apparently bringing the team's long search for a new home back to where it started.
"The governor spoke to Mr. Zygi Wilf this afternoon and told him that if we are going to get a stadium bill passed this year, it will have to be at the Metrodome site," said the governor's spokeswoman, Katharine Tinucci.
She said Wilf, the team's owner, will come to Minnesota on Wednesday, the day after the 2012 legislative session begins, to meet with Dayton.
Vikings spokesman Lester Bagley said the team is upset by the news, which came just the team appeared to be shifting from its preferred site in Arden Hills to the so-called Linden Avenue location near the Minneapolis' Basilica of St. Mary.
"We were told by the governor's office that Linden Avenue is not workable, at least in the short term," said Bagley, the team's vice president of public affairs and stadium development. "All I can tell you is that our ownership is extremely frustrated with the situation." The basilica's rector, the Rev. John Bauer, made clear in recent days that he might consider legal action to protect the 100-year-old structure, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dayton's decision comes days after he said that the Metrodome, Linden Avenue and Arden Hills sites all had flaws and that it was a "genuine possibility" no stadium agreement would be reached at the Legislature this year.
The state's 201 legislators return to St. Paul this week and Republicans, who control the House and the Senate, have been ambivalent about the urgency in reaching a stadium deal this year, even though the Vikings say their lease at the Metrodome expires on Feb. 1.
The team says the Metrodome site does not provide as good a "game day" experience as other potential sites would and noted that the team would lose money if it is required to play at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank stadium while the Metrodome is rebuilt. The Vikings have said there would be at least $50 million in additional costs.
Teresa McFarland, a basilica spokeswoman, said the church had not received confirmation that the governor was dropping the Linden Avenue site and said the church wouldn't comment.
When Dayton met with Bauer on Friday, stadium negotiators were already working to solve some of the problems associated with the site.
Ted Mondale, Dayton's chief stadium negotiator, said lawyers were attempting to get around a requirement that nine City Council votes in Minneapolis would be needed to sell city land near the basilica for the project. He said a new legal opinion obtained for the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission argued that only seven votes would be required because the city would be selling the property to another public entity. Mondale is the chair of the commission.
Last Wednesday, Dayton said the Linden Avenue site might be the right spot for a stadium. But before meeting with Bauer on Friday, he expressed reservations.
"We all want to look at what their objections are and see whether they could be resolved or not. I'm not full-steam ahead ... I'm not prepared to recommend that site. I don't consider it viable as it stands today. There may be other unanswered questions," Dayton said.
Minneapolis officials, including Mayor R.T. Rybak, have said that rebuilding the Metrodome would be easier to approve in the council than building at the Linden Avenue location.
Minneapolis City Council Member Meg Tuthill on Monday called the Linden site "totally unacceptable" because of potential harm to the basilica and the need to relocate some businesses.
"I just can't imagine that we would build a stadium there for a multitude of reasons," Tuthill said. "So I'm very pleased to hear it's off the table." Tuthill is one of three council members who are undecided about the mayor's proposed funding plan for the stadium. "Putting it in the Metrodome is the only thing that makes sense," Tuthill said. "Now we have to look at the rest of the plan and see what we can come up with."
The Star Tribune owns five blocks near the Metrodome that could be involved in a stadium deal. The Vikings struck a tentative $45 million deal for that property in 2007 but withdrew, citing turmoil in credit markets.
The Vikings also negotiated an agreement with Ramsey County last year to build on the old Army ammunition site in Arden Hills, which the team said was an "ideal" home. But Ramsey County's proposed financing idea -- a local sales tax -- would likely fail at the polls and key lawmakers said they would not approve the tax without a referendum. Another possible site at the Farmers Market in Minneapolis also failed to come together, leaving just Linden Avenue and the Metrodome, where the team has played since 1982.
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Artist Yang Yongliang studied traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy at the Shanghai Fine Arts Institute, and his digitally manipulated images blend traditional landscapes with sometimes surreal and sometimes futuristic images. In his series The Moonlight, he transports China's rolling hills into the hyper-urbanized future, where they house a sprawling megalopolis that shimmers at night.
Many of Yang's digital art series involve the unexpected juxtaposition of the natural with the manmade. His Artificial Wonderland covers the mountains and flatlands with industrial cranes and power lines as well as pine trees. A Bowl of Taipei situates landscapes in bowls of soup. For his mountain megalopolis, he created not only static images, but as a video titled "The Day of Perpetual Night" that lets you see the luminous bustle of the city.
The Moonlight [Yang Yongliang via Colossal]


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Lingod - Monday 10/12/2012, 12:50
Imperator - Harbingers of Ares
Hi guys,
Can someone give me some tips about this deck, it got me to 1304 last week.
ghelas - Wednesday 12/12/2012, 19:13
Titan - E X C A L I B U R
Building a well-rounded deck is always, always Step 1. That doesn't mean you shouldn't use conditional cards, it just means that if you're going to use them, they should have some kind of special synergy with the rest of your lineup. For example, Sting and Baba are better off in a Freaks half-deck, where landing first-turn poison means they can become excellent damage denial cards.
Lingod - Wednesday 12/12/2012, 20:12
Imperator - Harbingers of Ares
I see, thanks for the tip. Your right about the cards, they do work as a good counter after a sucefull hit, rateh is also quite nice, some far it seems to be working better then i expected.
Well thank you all for the tips, lets see how far i get this week.
nervous wmd - Wednesday 12/12/2012, 23:34
@Paladin "please indicate undisputable evidence..."
*sigh* There is no such thing. Please tone down the bombast in the future.
swagmaster420 - Friday 14/12/2012, 01:53
If you're not going pill manip, just go Nightmare
Mr Intelijent - Friday 14/12/2012, 06:45
5 374 fights including 2 445 wins
Looks like Kalder and Sting are doing wonders....
Lingod - Friday 14/12/2012, 10:36
Imperator - Harbingers of Ares
Ever heard about missions?
Changed to bezerk this week, piranas wasnt really working, so far 1297.
0_4DPaladin - Saturday 15/12/2012, 03:01
37 563 fights including 21 665 wins
Lol look who's talking.
0 Scrub - Saturday 15/12/2012, 09:01
Colossus - Wise Men Distracted
You shouldn't judge someones skill purely bade of their win loss ratio. There are many factors that could unfairly influence that, not to mention you tend to grow as a player and become better as more time goes by. Although I do give you props Lingod 1304 ELO with a deck that has Sting and Kalder in it ain't easy.
Lingod - Saturday 15/12/2012, 16:00
Imperator - Harbingers of Ares
Thanks, trying to improve thats the point of coming to the forums i think.
This week was trying for the 1400 been at 1322 back to around 1200, goddamn that uranus.
But thanks to all the players who try to help, it really means a lot.
edited by UM_AaaBattery saturday 15/12/2012, 16:00


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TLC ready to move on to the next phase
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and a team of producers are huddled behind a sprawling control console, bobbing their heads as they listen to a bass-heavy track off TLC's first album in more than 10 years.
After the music played out, Watkins received notes on which harmonies needed another take. But it could wait. She shuffled down the hall to check on Rozanda "Chili" Thomas' progress on "Pretty Little Scar," a song Watkins penned for the mark left behind after a 2006 operation to remove a brain tumor.
Their yet-to-be-titled album is more than a decade in the making, and things are down to the wire: the two have to deliver new material to the label before an evening deadline.
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"Some real pressure … right," Watkins laughed before asking their manager, who is pacing, if the label is nervous.
TLC's last album, 2002's "3D," came just months after the group lost its core -- the flamboyant Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes -- in a car accident. The trio was a dominant force in the 1990s, setting the tone for the era's R&B with their feisty anthems, bold feminist statements and pure swagger.
But in the years since Lopes' death, one question lingered: Could there be a TLC without Lopes?
"We'll never forget her," Thomas said weeks later in a dressing room at Hollywood Center Studios. "But we are at a point in our careers, and our lives now, where we are able to properly move on to the next phase of TLC."
Tonight, VH1 will premiere "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story," a biopic on the triumphs and tragedies of one of the most successful girl groups in history. Watkins and Thomas served as executive producers, working with director Charles Stone III ("Drumline") and writer Kate Lanier ("What's Love Got to Do With It," "Set It Off").
A compilation of their work titled "20" hit stores last week and serves as the film's soundtrack, and marks their 20-year anniversary.
"Timing is everything," Watkins said of the biopic. "Before Lisa passed, it didn't come together and I think that was for a reason. It wouldn't have been the time to do it."
"I always wanted to tell our story, from the very beginning," Thomas added. "I felt like it was going to be a movie. I think people will now understand [us]."
Discovered in 1991 by Perri "Pebbles" Reid, TLC helped put Atlanta label LaFace -- founded by famed R&B producers Antonio "L.A." Reid (Perri Reid's then-husband) and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- on the map.
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Witty videos and eye-popping garb (e.g. condoms as accessories) turned heads, yet their slinky, empowering jams, such as "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" and "Baby, Baby, Baby," kept the attention. But as the hits poured in, so did the drama.
The trio continuously deflected breakup rumors, Watkins was diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia, Lopes torched her boyfriend's mansion, label battles erupted and while their breakout sophomore record, "CrazySexyCool," logged massive smashes ("Creep," "Red Light Special," "Waterfalls") and millions of sales, the girls were broke and soon bankrupt.
"[People] remember certain headlines like the fire and the bankruptcy, or whatever," Thomas said. "Now they are gonna know why all that stuff happened."
"When I found out Kate Lanier was doing the script, I had to pull over and cry," Thomas recalled. "It was too much. Lisa and I watched 'What's Love Got to Do with It' together at the theater and I told her, whoever wrote this, has to write our movie. I really feel like Lisa had a hand in some of this because it was just too crazy."
The film is bolstered by eerily pitch-perfect performances from Drew Sidora ("The Game"), rapper Lil Mama and Keke Palmer ("Akeelah & the Bee"), who portray Watkins, Lopes and Thomas, respectively.
Watkins and Thomas cast the actresses and taught them their signature dance moves. Album covers were re-created, as were those iconic videos and memorable interviews. And the actresses even donned some of the trio's original costumes.
It's not all fluff though.
Thomas' decision to terminate a pregnancy with the group's frequent producer, Dallas Austin, is depicted (she eventually had a son with him). So is Watkins' hospitalization, and both still find it trying to watch the scenes that show Lopes' funeral or the sequences Lil Mama shot that mirror Lopes' time at a Honduran healing village -- which served as the basis for VH1's 2007 documentary, "The Last Days of Left Eye."
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Like their music, Watkins and Thomas are brazen in conversation. Not much is off limits, a rarity for pop's often controlled, media-savvy stars.
Not everyone is pleased though. As Watkins and Thomas made promo rounds for the film, their former manager, Perri Reid, implied via Twitter that she would pursue legal action "now that the slander continues."
And L.A. Reid -- who reunited with the group and inked them to a new deal through LaFace/Epic Records after visiting the film's Atlanta set earlier this year -- declined to comment for this article.
A source close to the group said L.A. Reid had a problem with his possible portrayal in the film and that the issue is "compounded" by Perri Reid's depiction. TLC's public fallout with Perri Reid was infamous and they were frank when discussing dealings with their former manager, including purchasing back the 'TLC' name for $1 million per letter. [Editor's note: In a 1999 Los Angeles Times article, the Reids cited the nasty legal battle as a factor in their 1996 divorce].
Given their tumultuous history, the women's renewed relationship with the label is surprising, to say the least.
"You're always going to disagree about something. It's a damn record label and he was running it. Of course you're going to have ups and downs. And just like anybody else, we cuss him out when need be," Watkins offered. "But it feels natural, like home. It's a new day and time. We're putting LaFace back on the map -- again."
The new album is as much about securing TLC's legacy as it is about stepping into what Watkins calls their "transitional period."
Their longtime manager, Bill Diggins, was on the verge of launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project before L.A. Reid stepped in to do the new deal.
"Everybody knows the stakes are high," Diggins said. "We all have a lot to lose on this. If we can't do excellent, let's not do it. We're not gonna settle for mediocrity. You give me one hit with TLC and it's all over."
Interest is certainly there, and the hip-hop world in particular has already embraced the group's return.
J. Cole recruited TLC for his single "Crooked Smile," which netted TLC its first Top 10 R&B single since 1999, and Drake recently invited them to perform a surprise set at his annual OVO Festival.
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"I knew how big ['Crooked Smile'] could be," Cole said. "When I finally got the hook, I heard TLC singing it because of [their] songs like 'Unpretty' and 'Waterfalls.' I wanted to hear their voices because I was such a big fan. And because those songs were so huge and impactful, but had a message behind them, it made sense."
TLC recently issued "Meant to Be," their first single since 2003. The saccharine, Ne-Yo-crafted ballad is the lone new track from the biopic's soundtrack, "20," and came from recent sessions that include collaborations with Dallas Austin and Lady Gaga, who penned a track called "P.O.S.H. Life." They also hope to log studio time with Drake and 2 Chainz.
The album will pay homage to their fallen member; the same goes for live performances. Fans shouldn't look for unreleased vocals from Lopes on the new record, however. Watkins, Thomas and producers turned to Lopes' limited-released solo effort, "Supernova," to pull vocals to complete "3D."
"First off, there isn't anything else, as far as her raps," Thomas said.
"And then you have to think about it, there are conceptual songs with certain subject matters," Watkins added. "Rappers are deep. Do you think everything [she recorded solo] matched up with what we were doing?"
Over the years Watkins and Thomas have been accused of marginalizing Lopes' legacy -- especially after a 2005 UPN reality show competition, "R U the Girl," offered a prize to record and perform a track with them. And rumors that Lil Mama, who performed Lopes' raps alongside TLC at recent gigs, would become a permanent fixture have incited fans.
The two say they are not -- and never were -- interested in finding a replacement for Lopes. It's the one topic that gets them the most visibly upset in conversation.
"It's almost offensive," Watkins said, along with a few unprintable words. "We built this together and we are always gonna have this together. It seems like no matter how much you're saying it, you're still always explaining yourself."
Whether TLC finds a new generation of fans remains to be seen, but its comeback campaign is forging ahead. Gail Mitchell, a senior writer at Billboard, believes it will stick. "There's enough love and legacy of the time they were together that they can do this," she said. "A next generation of R&B seems to be tapping into the '90s R&B, which is when TLC was big, so this might be perfect timing."
Back at the recording studio, Watkins is discussing the new material and what could work as a potential first single. She was partial to a particular track, but a producer was lobbying for another that could hit multiple radio formats. "We had to beg L.A. [Reid] to do a video for 'Waterfalls,'" she argues. "That was our version of going alternative."
After another check on Thomas, Watkins slid into a dimly lit booth to take a stab at another song -- an angsty, guitar-driven pop-rock ballad called "Breaking Bad."
"If I die before I wake, at least I know I lived for something," she sang. "If this breath is the last I take, I don't want it to be for nothing."
"We're back on the train now, and just going," Thomas said. "This movie has opened so many doors for us. We have a new record deal. We're back with L.A. Reid. It's amazing how everything is falling into place. We're just ready for the ride."
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'1921: The Yankees, the Giants, & the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York'
In 1970, a journeyman pitcher published a memoir with an innocuous subtitle: "My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues." Written by Jim Bouton (with help from sportswriter Leonard Shecter), "Ball Four" took readers to a heretofore verboten place, offering a controversial, inside-the-bullpen glimpse of drinking, womanizing and drug use in the major leagues.
Bouton was just one of a murderer's row of authors who were simultaneously establishing a brand new territory of contemporary baseball lit. Consider: Robert Coover's "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc." (1968), the first "Baseball Encyclopedia" (1969), Robert Peterson's "Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams" (1970), Roger Kahn's "The Boys of Summer" (1971), Roger Angell's "The Summer Game" (1972).
Today, 40 years after "Ball Four," the genre is in historical retreat. With the exception of several recent works about the game's steroids scandals and a glut in numerology for stat geeks (a trend started by Michael Lewis' "Moneyball"), spring's annual parade of baseball books has become a backward-looking stroll into the past.
This isn't about nostalgia, but an almost obsessive desire to parse every nuance of the game's history. The most pervasive trend is to chronicle a single season. According to Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg, authors of "1921: The Yankees, the Giants, & the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York," "Books have been devoted to nearly two dozen seasons between 1901 and 1966 and to virtually every season of the last four decades."
This did not faze them. "1921" recalls the season that ended with the first all-New York World Series, between the Yankees and the Giants. Using newspapers as source material, the authors give a blow-by-blow account of Babe Ruth's outrageousness and Giants' manager John McGraw's feistiness.
The year 1921 was a transitional one. The nation had only recently emerged from the horrors of World War I. Prohibition was in place, although that didn't stop Ruth and company from indulging.
And why not? Ruth was widely regarded as baseball's savior for restoring the credibility and allure of the national pastime in the aftermath of the 1919 Black Sox gambling scandal, in which members of the Chicago White Sox took money to throw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. By 1921, he was the game's pre-eminent superstar, acquiring an agent -- the ubiquitous Christy Walsh -- and igniting the first home-run boom.
Still, the inning-by-inning minutiae of "21" ultimately borders on the excessive. Thankfully, the luminous portraits by pioneering photographer Charles Conlon and the evocative prose from the era -- to legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, Ruth's injured shoulder "looked like a veal cutlet, breaded" -- enliven the narrative.
Since the publication of "Only the Ball Was White," writers have combed through nearly every epoch of the Negro Leagues. In "Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson," Timothy M. Gay shows how offseason exhibition games between major leaguers and Negro leaguers paved the way for Robinson to break the color barrier in 1947.
Many of these games were headlined by established big-league stars such as Dizzy Dean and Bob Feller. But their intentions weren't altruistic. These superstar pitchers were paid a pittance for their services and had no free-agent rights. Offseason barnstorming offered an opportunity to make decent cash.
Although baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis concocted rules to curtail such encounters, the exhibitions proved that black players were as good as their white counterparts. They also helped make the pastime truly national, with teams performing in cities that the majors didn't reach.
One such place was Los Angeles. The Pacific Coast League, which included the Hollywood Stars and the original Los Angeles Angels, banned African Americans. But after the regular season, when local promoter Joe Pirrone organized the California Winter League, fans could watch "the only professional circuit back then that sanctioned the participation of black teams," according to Gay.
Satchel Paige and the underappreciated Chet Brewer hurled epic games at White Sox Park in Boyle Heights and, later, at South Central's Wrigley Field. Local hero Robinson, a three-sport star at Pasadena's Muir High School and UCLA, appeared in the CWL before he signed with the Dodgers in October 1945.
Around that time, Gay notes, Times sportswriter Paul Zimmerman quoted Feller as saying that "if [Robinson] were a white man, I doubt that they would consider him big-league material." Feller would be proved wrong, and Robinson's success led to the demise of the Negro leagues and interracial barnstorming. On this, Gay's research is impressive; only William McNeil's 2002 book "The California Winter League" has explored the topic as thoroughly.
Feller, now 91, also appears in Tim Wendel's "High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time." During his Hall of Fame career, Feller's "cheese" clocked in at more than 100 miles an hour.
"High Heat" hums when Wendel profiles the fastest of the fastball pitchers, tracing the lineage of the pitch from Amos Rusie in the 19th century to Walter Johnson in the 1920s to Sandy Koufax in the 1960s and, finally, to the Washington Nationals' 100-mile-an-hour prospect Stephen Strasburg.
Wendel interviews many of the fastball's finest practitioners, including Feller and Nolan Ryan. "Throwing a baseball hard -- really, really hard -- remains a God-given gift," he writes. Unfortunately, the book never moves beyond this obvious conclusion, which Wendel reaches, in any case, in the first dozen pages. Indeed, the notion that there is something "secret" about the fastball, or that the author's search is "improbable," just seems contrived.
By contrast, Robert Elias' "The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad" is as sobering as its title suggests. In this ambitious work, Elias, a University of San Francisco professor, reframes baseball history to show how the sport has abetted America's quest for global power.
Certainly, the national pastime has long wrapped itself in the flag. In 1907, pitcher-turned-sporting-goods-magnate Albert Spalding financed a committee to determine the origin of baseball. His handpicked team found that it had emerged sui generis, in 1839, created by Abner Doubleday at his farm in upstate New York. That Doubleday was a Civil War general added a patina of patriotism.
All this was laughable myth. But Spalding was able to sell it anyway. To paraphrase President Theodore Roosevelt: Walk softly and carry a Louisville Slugger.
When the United States began to push beyond its borders, the sport spread. In this, America was aping its former master, Great Britain. At its imperial apex in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mighty Britannia did more than just control a quarter of the planet. It exported cricket to India, soccer to Brazil, rugby to Australia. After all, wasn't the Battle of Waterloo won on the playing fields of Eton?
Elias excels when he examines the connection between baseball and America's tumultuous relationships with its beisbol-loving neighbors. Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela have embraced the sport, but this passion has not transcended political differences.
At times, Elias notes, baseball has been an imperialistic force. In Haiti, workers manufacturing the balls used in the majors logged "ten hour days, six or seven days a week, for a dollar a day."
The book's sprawling approach leads to occasional misfires. Elias' claim that "baseball is Canada's national pastime" would surprise the millions of Canadians who watched their hockey team triumph at the Vancouver Olympics. And after likening "The Bad News Bears" to the Vietnam War, he incongruously asks, "Was it a coincidence that the film came out the same week U.S. Lieutenant William Calley was finalizing his appeals against charges of war crimes in the My Lai massacre?"
Still, this contrarian book may come closest in spirit to "Ball Four." Although if Bouton has anything to teach us, it's that sometimes a fastball is just a fastball.
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Also downtown, the first significant protest march made its noisy way through the streets, decrying the "police state" created for the summit. In the name of animal rights, native rights, poor people's rights and numerous other causes, they occupied a gas station for a few minutes before cops on bikes made them leave.
Despite all the advance warning, this comes as a bit of a shock to the system for a generally safe city where the hand of authority is light and the cops keep a low profile. Go to Europe and you see soldiers walking around the airport with automatic rifles at the ready; go to the States and you see military men and women all the time. Not in Canada, not in Toronto.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:07 pm
Post subject: Par cooking for a busy holiday
Four years ago I worked for a caterer, and was complaining to her about how much time I have to spend in the kitchen on the holiday. She asked me to break down everything I have to make, and bet me lunch that she could cut my time in the kitchen on the day of the holiday in half. I ended up buying her a wonderful lunch.
If the holiday falls on Thursday, she had me brine the thawed turkey on Monday of the same week, in the refrigerator in a 5 gal bucket, (purchased solely for this use). As suggested, I brined the bird for 12 hours, rinsed and patted the bird dry, covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated until Tuesday.
On Wednesday, I roasted the bird, as recommended, making a wonderful looking bird,
bringing the breast temperature up to 130 degrees internal temperature.
Vastly undercooked, but on purpose. I let it rest to a tolerable temperature, and carved the bird off the bone into primal sections,
not slices
, (e.g., leg/thigh, each breast, etc.) Those primal sections were stored refrigerated in a covered, non-reactive pan, with turkey or chicken stock covering the lower half of the sections. At this point, as I vigorously cleaned up all of the juices and trimmings on my counter and board, I was certain I was about to kill everyone on my guest list. Please read on.
I held the bird, quasi-carved, in the refrigerator in a foil-covered stainless steel pan until Thursday. Two hours before service, I put the entire pan straight from the refrigerator into the oven, and brought the turkey up to the appropriate internal temperature. I have even crisped the skin on baking sheets during the last 30 minutes of cook time. If the white meat is done before the dark meat, you can separate them in this process. The turkey can be held like this, covered pan with lots of stock, to keep it moist and delicious. Remove from the pan and let rest as usual, then carve slices as usual. This first one was not only the best tasting and looking bird I have ever served, but I was able to enjoy my guests. I have done it that way ever since, and no one has ever been sick from the food, (I have had a few with hangovers from the pomegranate martinis though!)
I strongly recommend this process, but keep in mind that the un- or under-cooked parts must be kept properly refrigerated, and that the served product must be brought up to the appropriate internal temperature, just like always. I use Clorox wipes to clean up, but you can use a diluted bleach or other anti-bacterial agent to clean up the dangerous undercooked drippings.
I also use the undercooked carcass for stock by roasting it after the meat has been flayed from the bones. Wonderful!
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:08 pm
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Just a few comments. The paint bucket works good for brining. Almost all paint buckets are fluorinated on the inside, either during of after forming. This is done specifically to prevent anything from migrating into or out of the plastic. Even down to the parts per billion range. As far as using garbage bags, the only difference in a "food grade" garbage bag and a non graded bag is .......exactly none, chemically. Food grade is UV sterilized. The government checks. You know, the same folks who deliver the mail, administer social security, protect our boarders,....................
As to the post from "On November 18, 2005 at 02:14 AM, an anonymous reader said...", the CIA guy; A formal cooking school is very good at teaching the mechanics of following a recipe, and thus turning out competent cooks, some of us "geeks" like to know the why, not just the how.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:27 am
Post subject: Confussion about brining
Your recipe calls for brining the turkey for four hours. Most recipes I have read says to brine over night up to 12 hours. Now I'm confused. four hours or eight hours.... Pros & Cons???
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Michael Chu
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:23 am
Post subject: Re: Confussion about brining
Sandra wrote:
Your recipe calls for brining the turkey for four hours. Most recipes I have read says to brine over night up to 12 hours. Now I'm confused. four hours or eight hours.... Pros & Cons???
With a 1 cup table salt per 1 gallon water brining solution, I advocate 4 hours of brine time. Going 8 hours is a bit too salty for my taste and less doesn't seem to firm up the flesh and provide adequate moisture in the meat to not dry out during the roasting.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:04 pm
Post subject: Roasting a Turkey
Have you tried a "roasting bag"?
I've used nothing else and my bird always comes out browned, very moist, and mouth-wartering.
I baste it outside and in the cavity with a mixture of thyme, ground sage, garlic and onion powder in melted butter (NOT MARGERINE!) I then stuff it with a traditional bread stuffing and place it in the bag with 3-4 small slits in it and insert a roasting thermometer in the meaty part of the breast.
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:13 pm
Post subject: Roast Turkey with Bacon
Hi Gwen, remarkable how close your recipe is to mine. This came from my Grandmother, a real western gal. The bacon adds a real smokey flavor to the gravy, etc.
Large turkey 18 to 22 pounds
½ lb butter, melted
½ pound bacon
1 stuffing
1. Remove giblets, neck and excess fat from turkey cavities. Save for gravy stock. Wipe turkey inside and out with paper towels and salt. Preheat oven to 325°
2. Stuff upper and lower cavities. Pin or sew neck flap to back, sealing stuffing. Tie legs together with unwaxed kitchen string. Tuck wings under turkey. Brush turkey with half the butter. Lay bacon over breast.
3. Place turkey on a roasting rack in a roasting pan larger than the turkey, with three to four inch high sides. Baste bacon with melted butter to help prevent the foil from sticking to the bacon. Cover completely with baking paper and with foil (tuck foil over edges of pan to seal). Place pan on lowest shelf in oven and roast for 1 hour. Remove turkey from oven and baste with a little remaining butter. Re-cover securely and roast for 1 1/2 hours, basting every 30 minutes or so.
4. Remove bacon and discard. Baste turkey with pan juices. When turkey reaches 165° degrees, remove foil and roast, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until turkey is golden and just cooked through (juices should run clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced with a skewer). It is best to use meat thermometer.
5. Transfer turkey to a warm plate. Cover loosely with foil and set aside to rest in a warm place for 20 minutes. Reserve remaining pan juices to make gravy. It is best to carve turkey at the table. Carve meat and serve warm hot.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:56 pm
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Holly thats the same way my Mom taught me how to do it. The turkey was always good. However just to see if it's juicier I am going to try cooking the bugger breast side down for an hour or so this year. I have brined in the past and it didn't make a huge difference. It did make the stuffing salty.........I just had to stuff that bird!! Also the meat looked weird becuase it has a pinkish tone near the bones no matter how cooked it is. Happy Thanksgiving all!
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Harry B
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:51 am
Post subject: Brining and Health Issues
If you are worried about your salt intake (or are cooking for people with high blood pressure or heart disease), stay away from brining, Kosher birds, and marinated or enhanced fresh pork products (which are sneaking their way into our supermarket meat departments). It turns a naturally low-sodium product into an artificially high sodium product. If that don't bother you, then brine away. After all, one of the first rules of cooking is SALT+ FAT = FLAVOR!
That being said, not brining your bird makes the other aspects of bird cooking (prep., seasoning other than salt, cooking technique, end temperature) that much more critical in order to make a moist, tasty bird. But, with vigilance, it can be done.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:21 pm
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I don't understand the need to "dry" the bird after brining. Why not just use paper towels? Please explain. Thanks.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:33 pm
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Anonymous wrote:
I don't understand the need to "dry" the bird after brining. Why not just use paper towels? Please explain. Thanks.
You can definitely use paper towels, but after that I still recommend letting the bird air (in a controlled environment) for at least an hour. If if surface water has been blotted off, we want to give some time for the water just under the surface to evaporate. If this doesn't happen, then the skin wouldn't crisp up a bit and you'll possibly get rubbery or chewy skin.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:50 pm
Post subject: brining & oven bag
I have a 24 lb turkey. Would I still brine it for 4 hrs, or since it is bigger, do I leave it in for longer?
Also, on 11/23/06, Michael, you state that a turkey bag is a convenient way to prepare a turkey, but you won't be able to use the recipe as written above. I was planning on using a reynolds oven bag, so I was wondering what parts of the recipe above would be different? Are you referring to not rotating the turkey on the V-rack, (would you even need a V-Rack if using the bag?) Or not needing to brine?
This is the 1st thanksgiving I've ever done, so I really don't want to mess up the turkey, since it's only the second one i've ever made! Thanks for your help!
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:37 am
Post subject: Re: brining & oven bag
Amy wrote:
I have a 24 lb turkey. Would I still brine it for 4 hrs, or since it is bigger, do I leave it in for longer?
I'd probably still brine it for 4 hours. It probably wouldn't hurt to add an extra hour on, but no more than that. You don't want the turkey too salty.
Amy wrote:
Also, on 11/23/06, Michael, you state that a turkey bag is a convenient way to prepare a turkey, but you won't be able to use the recipe as written above. I was planning on using a reynolds oven bag, so I was wondering what parts of the recipe above would be different? Are you referring to not rotating the turkey on the V-rack, (would you even need a V-Rack if using the bag?) Or not needing to brine?
I think I was simply acknowledging that an oven bag is convenient. When using an oven bag, rotating will be awkward and probably won't have the same affect on the turkey. I'd still brine the bird though.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:17 am
Post subject: Waiting after brining
In an effort to not be up in the wee hours to start the 4 hr brining process can I brine the evening before, remove from brine, return to refrigerator and than cook in the morning? Or will that change the effects of the Brine?
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:58 am
Post subject: Brining and stuffing
I have not noticed any difference between a turkey that has been brined and one that has not. I feel it is just a waste of time and effort.
And I really have to laugh at all of the "stuffing the turkey is verboten" crowd. My god are you also afraid to go outside because you might get cancer from the sun? Stuffing from the bird is vastly superior to stuffing baked in a dish. I know we all watch in horror as news reports after Thanksgiving detail the millions of people who havwe died from eating stuffing from the bird. lol People get a backbone and stuff the bird. It's the way it's supposed to be done.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:14 pm
Post subject: Turkeys
I disagree about the brining. If properly done it makes a
difference. I do think it's a good thing to stuff the bird, though. You can't beat the taste! If you just use some common sense, I bet your chances of getting sick or killed from the stuffing are about the same as getting hit by a meteor.
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