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Pokes and Frogs mix it up in Big 12 melee
Fort Worth, TX – Two teams at opposite ends of the Big 12 Conference standings get together on Wednesday night, as the 15th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys come calling on the TCU Horned Frogs.
Winners of eight of their last nine games, the Cowboys come in sporting a 20-6 overall record, which includes a 10-4 mark in conference play. That has the team just a game out of first place, as it trails front-runners Kansas and Kansas State with only four games remaining in the regular season. Oklahoma State still has one game left against the Wildcats, that being in the finale next Saturday (March 9). The Pokes whipped West Virginia on the road this past Saturday, 73-57, to even their record in true road games at 4-4.
TCU's first foray in the Big 12 has been anything but kind, as the team has just one conference win to its credit, although it was a huge one as it upset the mighty Kansas Jayhawks (62-55) back on Feb. 6. Overall, the Horned Frogs have a record of 10-17 (1-13 in conference), and they are hoping to snap a five-game losing streak in this contest. TCU is an even 8-8 at home this season. KU got revenge for that earlier loss to the Frogs by claiming a 74-48 victory in Lawrence this past Saturday.
Oklahoma State has won 18 of the previous 20 meetings in the all-time series with TCU, including a 63-45 decision in Stillwater back on Jan. 9. Overall, the Cowboys have won the last seven encounters between the two teams.
Oklahoma State relies on a quartet of double-digit scorers to help it reach its 72.7 ppg scoring average, but the team's defensive effort also has been top-notch, with foes allowed just 61.6 ppg. Markel Brown (15.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg), Marcus Smart (15.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.9 spg) and Phil Forte (11.0 ppg) form a highly-productive backcourt, while Le'Bryan Nash (13.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg) typically produces in closer to the basket. OSU is +2.6 in rebounding margin and goads its opponents into 15.2 turnovers per tilt, while holding them below 40 percent shooting efficiency. Nash and Brown both scored 16 points, Smart tallied 14, Brian Williams 13 and Michael Cobbins 10 for the Cowboys in their recent rout of West Virginia. The team as a whole connected on 47.2 percent of its field goal attempts, but missed the mark on seven of its 10 3-point tries. OSU won the game thanks in large part to the fact that the Mountaineers shot a mere 30.2 percent from the floor, made only 4-of-21 3-point tries, and committed 17 turnovers.
TCU is one of the worst offensive teams in the country, averaging a mere 53.9 ppg (343rd). Fortunately, the squad is one of the top defensive units around, yielding just 61.1 ppg (52nd), helping the Frogs secure the 10 wins they have this season. Only Kyan Anderson (11.2 ppg) is averaging double figures in the scoring column, although Garlon Green (9.9 ppg) in close to joining him. Devonta Abron came off the bench to net 18 points and grab nine rebounds, but that effort went to waste as TCU was blow out by Kansas over the weekend. Anderson was right on his average in tallying 11 points, but no other Horned Frog scored more than five points, the team shooting a miserable 36.2 percent from the field and only 28.6 percent from 3-point range. TCU coughed the ball up 15 times and logged only 22 rebounds, while the Jayhawks connected on nearly 50 percent of their total shots, corralled 36 caroms, and outscored the Frogs in the paint, 38-20.


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This guide is intended for beginner/intermediate level solderers (although I will cover some advanced topics at the end). Since soldering is part art and part science you will find that everyone has their own personal technique and equipment preferences. The solutions I present here will provide the fastest/easiest/safest way to get good results, and over time as your skill level improves you can adapt the techniques to what works best for you.
I will break the information into three categories; basic, intermediate and advanced. The basic category will cover playfield work, like replacing a diode, lamp or solenoid, the intermediate category will focus on board repair and the advanced category will cover specific advanced board repair techniques like through-hole repair.
Part 1 : soldering/desoldering equipment.
Part 2 : basic (playfield) soldering/desoldering.
Part 3 : intermediate soldering (circuit board).
Part 4 : intermediate desoldering (circuit board).
Soldering tools are not like a wrench set. While a cheap wrench set from Harbor Freight will perform the same as an expensive set, at least initially, there is a vast performance difference between cheap soldering equipment and quality products. On the other hand, beginner/intermediate level solderers aren't going to spend a several hundred to a few thousand dollars on Pace or Metcal so I've attempted to provide high performance, but cost-effective solutions.
Cheap soldering equipment is the number one cause of frustration when people are learning how to solder, so spend the extra money and buy quality tools.
Soldering Irons
Even if you plan on moving on to board repair, it is suggested that you purchase a soldering iron since they are easier to use when working under pinball playfields. Consider getting a 25 watt iron from from a quality manufacturer like Hakko or Weller. Really, nothing higher is needed. The Iron "Tip" is as important as the iron, and this is where a $20 soldering iron really cuts corners (see more info later about Iron "Tips").
The Weller WP25 Professional costs slightly over $40 on Amazon. It comes with a .125" screwdriver Tip (ST3), but some like the ST4 Tip (.187" screwdriver) since it provides better performance for basic soldering tasks. The additional Tip should cost about $8 on Amazon/other.
Hakko discontinued their 25 watt iron that competed with the Weller Pro iron. They now offer a slick adjustable temperature iron (FX-601) at a fair price. When compared to the Weller Pro, it heats up faster and has a faster recovery time (both good, but not critical things for basic soldering). It comes with a .2" screwdriver tip (T19-D5) so if you buy the additional tip for the Weller the price difference is only about $10. Although it could be used for board work in a pinch, a temperature controlled soldering station is the recommended solution (covered in the next post).
The Hakko model, but either one will work fine for playfield work.
Soldering Stations
The first thing you need for intermediate soldering is a good temperature controlled soldering station. Wattage type irons tend to be too hot (after sitting for a while) or too cold (if you solder several joints in a row or the iron can't keep up with the heat dissipation). This is because the wattage is fixed and cannot respond to increased demand. The temperature controlled stations overcome these problems plus you can fine tune the temperature to the job, the tip being used and your personal preferences.
While the FX-601 soldering iron is temperature controlled it does not have the performance of a soldering station. While we're on that topic let's discuss what makes a good soldering station. Two key factors affect the performance of a soldering station: accuracy (how much the temperature swings above and below the set temperature, both at rest and while soldering) and temperature recovery (how fast the tip comes back to temperature when applied to a joint). There are other performance issues directly related to the tip and those will be discussed further on in the thread.
As you look at different soldering stations the first thing you will notice is that cheaper models don't provide any performance data on their product--I presume you can figure out why. So once again you want to go with a quality brand like Weller or Hakko (of course there are other very high-quality brands on the market, but they are much more expensive). I will note though that at the moment Hakko appears to be leading in regards to tip engineering and manufacturing.
One of the dead give-aways on a cheap soldering station (or iron) is that it is not ESD (electro-static discharge) certified. ESD certified products will have a 3-prong AC plug and the soldering tip will be connected to ground. This is an important issue when working on static sensitive devices.
There are two products that I would recommend, with the main differences being price and some minor features. The Weller WESD51 Digital Station costs about $130 on Amazon and the Hakko FX-888D Soldering Station sells for about $90. Hakko also offers a package with the FX-888D and 5 extra tips for about $130 on Amazon. I'll be honest, I like the Hakko products, but either one will get the job done.
In addition to the soldering station and the included tip you will want to purchase some additional tips. In fact tips are the magic that makes one companies product better, or worse, than another. Companies like Weller, Hakko, Metcal and a few others spend millions of dollars each year in R&D attempting to design a better tip. More importantly though, manufacturing a quality tip is not easy, and cannot be replicated by the low cost companies.
Soldering Station Tips
Any high quality soldering station will use tips which consist of four layers. The inner layer of the tip is copper for heat conduction and next is iron, which is the workhorse of the tip. Next out is nickel which is non-wetting, meaning it won't wick the solder away from the tip's working surface. The last layer, chrome, is applied as an additional protective layer.
Weller's graphic:
When selecting a tip you need to consider both shape and size. Many soldering irons come with a conical tip which is just about worthless (IMHO) because it doesn't provide enough surface area for good heat conduction. A much better choice for basic or intermediate soldering is a chisel, or screwdriver, tip.
When sizing a tip, the general rule of thumb is the tip should be two-three times wider than the lead you are soldering, but not wider than the circuit pad. This provides the best combination of tip efficiency (temperature drop, heat transfer, working time and heat storage capacity--see the article below for more info) and minimizing potential damage to the board.
http://www.hakko.com/english/tip_select ... ion_1.html
I typically use chisel tips in the following sizes: .0625", .125" and .187". The smallest tip is for IC's (it won't bridge the gap between leads) and small transistors. The next tip is for larger (driver) transistors and the last is for bridge rectifiers and under-playfield work. You should always size the tip to the job to provide optimum surface contact, good temperature control and avoid overheating sensitive components or traces.
Note: for the image below, the leads are out of proportion (too large) in relation to the pad.
Note: Most soldering stations require re-calibration when Tips are changed.
For the technical geeks here's a couple of interesting articles. The first covers everything you'll ever want to know about tips and compares the Hakko and Metcal tips. The second covers the performance characteristics of soldering iron tips (in this case Weller, but the theory applies to all brands).
- http://www.stratesysgroup.com/download/UnderThePlating.pdf
http://www.apexhandtools.com/weller/doc ... ochure.pdf
Tip Maintenance
You will need a couple of products to properly maintain your soldering tips. The main concern in tip care is oxidation, which reduces the ability of the tip to transfer heat to the joint. Oxidation is the result of oxygen and the rate of oxidation is increased by heat. It is easier to prevent oxidation than to remove it so some basic preventive care will ensure your tips stay in good shape.
1. Never use an abrasive to clean the tip.
2. Turn the soldering iron/station off when not in use.
3. While soldering, frequently clean the tip using a copper wire sponge (see image below).
4. Tin the tip with a small amount of solder when placed in the stand.
5. Use a wet sponge to clean the tip and apply solder at the end of the day.
In the old days a damp sponge would have been used to clean the tip while soldering, but due to the thermal shock applied to the tip, a copper wire sponge is now the preferred method. The copper is softer than the tip, but harder than the oxidation so it will safely clean the tip. Hakko recommends that at the end of the soldering session you clean the tip using a sponge and the following procedure.
1. lower the temperature to 482 degrees F (soldering stations and adjustable temperature irons).
2. Clean the tip with the damp sponge and inspect the tip.
3. If there is any black oxide on the tip, apply solder with flux and clean again. Repeat until no oxidation remains.
4. Tin the tip with solder.
You will want to use some type of stand for your soldering iron and Hakko sells one that includes the copper wire sponge.
Solder tends to be a religious issue with everyone having their favorite. I exclusively use Henkel Multicore 63/37 leaded rosin core solder. That doesn't mean it's better than other choices, just that I'm used to how it flows, so why change. Equally important to the brand is the type of solder you use, so let's talk about solder.
The first issue I'll address is lead solder vs lead-free solder. The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive requires manufacturers to use lead-free solder (technically almost lead-free). Unfortunately there are some downsides to lead-free solder. It requires higher soldering temperatures, is brittle, which leads to solder cracking in high-vibration environments, and does not have the same visual clues that identify a good solder joint as lead solder does. The only downside to lead solder is safety, which we'll discuss later, but when a few simple rules are followed there are no great safety risks with using lead solder.
Manufacturers have been working hard to identify other mixtures that will equal the performance of lead solder, and until they do I'll stick with my leaded.
The next choice is whether you want to use 60/40 Sn/Pb (Tin/Lead) or 63/37 Sn/Pb. The former melts between 361 and 374 degrees while the latter is eutectic since it has a single melting point of 361 degrees. There is some advantage to the latter although it is more expensive.
Solder contains an inner core of flux which cleans the joint and helps the solder flow better. The flux can be either rosin or water-soluble (commonly called no-clean). The former turns acidic when heated so it needs to be removed with a flux cleaner or alcohol after soldering. While technically the no-clean does not have to be removed, solder joints will look more professional (and be easier to inspect) with any leftover flux removed.
The problem with the no-clean fluxes is that they don't clean the joint as well as the rosin core and are actually harder to clean up afterwards. Personally I stick with solder that uses rosin core flux.
The last, and most common mistake I see, is choosing the proper diameter of solder for a specific job. If the diameter is too small it takes forever to feed enough solder to a large joint (coil, for example) and if the diameter is too large it's difficult to flow the solder properly on a small joint (board repair, for example) and not end up with solder blobs. The DoD recommends .031 to .063 diameter solder. I use .031 for circuit board work and .040 - .060 diameter for solenoids, wiring, etc.
As mentioned earlier, I prefer Henkel's Multicore solder. It has 5 strands of flux instead of one and (IMHO) flows better than single core solder. It is more expensive though and a quality single core like the one from Kester or MG Chemicals is an acceptable replacement. Bottom line you want a good quality lead solder with a rosin core flux and a couple of different diameters (one for playfield work and one for board work).
There are times you will need additional flux in addition to what is provided by the solder. If a joint is heavily oxidized, or you're having trouble getting the solder to flow, adding a little more flux can help. Always use an acid type flux, since it cleans better, and then use a flux remover (MG Chemicals, for example) or alcohol. I have the best luck with hitting it with the flux remover and a toothbrush and then finishing up with alcohol and cotton swabs.
More importantly though is you need flux when desoldering. Think about it, solder has flux in it yet at that point in the process the joint should be relatively clean (since it was protected from oxidation by the solder you just removed). On the other hand, the joint is most oxidized at the point where you are desoldering so why would you not add flux to the mix? I'll discuss flux more once we get into soldering/desoldering, but it really is your best friend and is under-utilized by most people.
Other than quality (I recommend DeoxIT, Kester or MG Chemicals) the main difference in solder flux is the application method. I use a paste that comes in a syringe, but other choices include a rub-on applicator, liquid or a paste you apply with a brush.
Pace makes good products, but as with Metcal they're in a higher price bracket.

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In almost two years since Cook became chief executive officer, Apple has lurched from one reputation-threatening public-relations predicament to the next -- from criticism of its labor practices in China, to faulty mapping software that marred the release of the iPhone 5. Most recent case in point: Cook testified yesterday before Congress to defend Apple against allegations that it dodged $9 billion in taxes in 2012.
In two hours of testimony, Cook calmly parried questions from a Senate subcommittee, urged reform of U.S. corporate tax code and even shared a laugh with Senator John McCain about the hassles of iPhone updates. Even so, continually coping with crises threatens to divert management's attention from building better products and reversing a share slump. The accusation that Apple shifted billions of dollars to offshore affiliates to avoid paying taxes will alienate some consumers, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of BMO Private Bank in Chicago.
"There is a reputation risk," Ablin said. "Being in the news, testifying before Congress and sound bites about avoiding billions of dollars in taxes has the potential to ruffle their customers' feathers. This issue is on the front page, not the business page."
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Chris -- 2018-04-11
As a folklorist fascinated by such misuses as are now in the eggcorn database, I had thought to create a similar database myself. I'm delighted to see that it's already in place. I had my own name for eggcorns: dislocutions, a neologism meant to (1) appear to be an example of itself (i.e., an eggcorn), (2) suggest semantic dislocation, and (3) play on the word "locution," which is what most or all of these are—or rather, are intended to be by their users. I've only done some preliminary comparisons of my and a colleague's informal collection with the eggcorn database. I think we have collected few that aren't already there. Nice work!
Paul Jordan-Smith, PhD
Center for the Study of Everyday Life
Seattle, WA
Yeah, I was collecting examples and thinking about a book. Not seriously, mind you, but still…..
But it's awfully fun to have company.
I don't have the quote exactly right, but it goes something along this line…
The credit for invention goes to those who are well-positioned to lay claim to it, and those who succeed often have the right connections and the marketing means.
I don't recall if it was C. Wright MIlls or some historical sociologist.
I've often thought that Chris should put together a small book of the most entertaining eggcorns. You could have a scholarly introduction (written by Mark Liberman, natch) but enough cute examples and Thurber-esque line drawings (say, a chicken ogling with alarm a nest full of eggcorns) to sell it at Christmas.
But it might be a legal nightmare. Would the authors of examples culled from the Internet be able to demand royalties? (Or sue Chris for putting their solecisms between covers?) I guess you could make up "representative" examples. And somewhere on this site, Chris says that the rights to things published here remain with their authors. But I'd certainly be willing to assign any rights of mine to Chris if such a project ever got serious consideration.
Pat, I think the book idea would be great. Large (and medium-sized) book publishers have legal departments that sort through the royalties issues all the time. (Besides, this couldn't be a completely unprecedented issue).
Publishers also have in-house artists that would take conceptual sketches and work them up into professional grade material, so you don't really need to worry about contributing your own artwork.
Chris, who has an academic bent and contributes to her own website, could easily compose a query letter which convinces a literary agent that she's the right person to author such a book. The assembly of the material could even follow the format of the Database; Even if you retain just the 200 best examples, that's a nifty 200-page book.
The key issue will be knowing how to market the book. If you can identify the group of people most like to buy such a book—and where they are most likely to buy it—then it may have a chance at being published.– - – - – - – - – - – - –
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The eggcorn phenomenom is wonderful entertainment. It lets you have a laugh at others, but more importantly, it lets you have a good laugh at yourself. Those who seem to enjoy eggcorns the most are not the fastidious, finger-wagging spell-checkers, but rather those who are interested in the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would put it. A book like that would make a great read and a great reference.
The thing I love most about the eggcorn database is that it is NOT fingerpointing.
It's not about "how stupid are they," but rather about, "what is it they think they heard? How'd they get here from there?"
Sometimes I think that eggcorns are RICHER than the real idioms.
One of my favorites is the woman who posted on the message boards at OrganizedHome.com about "moving whoas"—at first I thought she was going to talk about all the things that delayed her as she was moving from one home to the other.
No, she was talking about all the difficult stuff. The woes.
But what an empowered image—someone saying the interjection "Whoa!" in wonder or awe or amazement. Instead of the weak, lamenting wrist-to-the-forehead "Woe!"
I think I prefer "moving whoas" to "moving woes."
I want a button that says "Whoa is me!"
I actually bought the domain "ClichesGoneWrong.com" a few years back…
I have been collecting, what I think are the same as eggcorns, for about 10 years… ever since I started working for a woman who generates the most hilarious misspoken cliches during meetings.
I found this site this morning because I wanted to back up one I caught my admin saying. She says "button down the hatches" and I've always said "batten down the hatches"...
Everyone at my company knows I collect these in a book.
For several years I only wrote down ones that I heard personally. I would note the date, time and speaker. Now people at work bring me ones they have heard.
I don't know that they are all eggcorns. I just found this site today so I'm still trying to decide if they are "cliches gone wrong" or if they are eggcorns or malapropisms etc.
What my boss tends to do, is not always to use the wrong word, but she tends to blend together two cliches to somehow make a new, nonsensical one.. for example:
"He was playing both sides of the fence"
I assume she was going for something like "talking out of both sides of his mouth" and "the grass is always greener" maybe? I'm not sure. But somehow it made sense to her.
Another one is:
"When the rubber hits the fan"
Which has to be a combination of "the sh** hitting the fan" and "the rubber meets the road"
Anyway… these aren't really eggcorns… maybe I should do the cliche thing.
Welcome to the Eggcorn website, Paula.
Many of the items you describe sound like idiom blends ...which are very different from eggcorns. (You can probably go ahead and post your items on your website without concern about trampling someone else's originality …if such a thing really exists in this language domain). Also, if you're interested in high level discussions of language usage and reshaping, you might want to check out the Language Log website.
Feel free to browse around the Eggcorn website if you're having trouble deciding what constitutes an eggcorn. You can run the Search option to assist you if you have particular ones to look up. (Also, check the alphabetized Database separately).
If you do want to post any eggcorns here, it helps to use it as the title of the post.
Happy hunting.


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If brief is yes, a brief description of each obscat will be given.
If all is yes, then all obscats in the obscat and data directories will be listed. Otherwise, only those from the currently set mission, instrument (if set) and data directory (if set) will be listed.
If only_datadir is yes, only the data directory obscats will be listed.
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My wife and I are raising six of my nieces in our home, and the one thing we've made clear to them is that we aren't their friends or buddies. As long as they are under our care and guidance, we are parents, they are the children, and our rules are the only ones that matter.
This isn't hard for me at all because it is the same way I was raised by my parents. It's not about being hard and controlling, but establishing the clear boundaries: We're grown, and will act accordingly.
That's why the actions of Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler are so troubling. He is in hot water after a photo surfaced of him at a teen party this summer in Delaware where it was clear many of them were drinking alcohol.
In one image, a young man is on a table dancing with a girl and she is bent all the way over and is grinding on him.
When initially asked about the photo, Gansler was unequivocal: not my kids, not my problem, saying he was only there to speak to his son.
Now think about that for a second. The highest law enforcement officer in the state of Maryland, and a candidate for governor, made clear he had no intentions of doing anything or saying anything about the underage drinking going on at this beach house.
It wasn't until he was roundly criticized that Gansler changed his tune, saying he should have sought out the chaperones of the party to inquire about alcohol at the party.
Talk about weak leadership.
This is the fundamental problem with many parents today. They are isolated, operating in their own world and unwilling to stand up and take control.
How many times have we heard stories of young folks getting drunk at parties, driving under the influence and dying in car accidents or killing someone else?
When it happens, we all cry, experience the pain with their classmates and shake our heads at a life lost too young.
Ye,t all it takes is for someone to stand up and say, "Enough is enough!"
I recall as a teen my brother and I asking our parents to go to a party.
They wanted to know who was hosting it, who their parents were, what time it started and what time it ended.
My dad drove both of us to the party. He didn't drop us off and go back home to watch TV. He parked the car, came inside to make sure there were adults present, asked whose house it was, if they would be at the party the entire time and if alcohol would be served. He then asked for their number just in case he needed to call.
His attitude was simple: These are my two sons, I'm entrusting them into your care for the next few hours, and I have no plans of handing them off to another child.
This is what parents are supposed to do. My siblings and I do the exact same thing today with our children.
Too many parents call that being old-fashioned. They shun such hands-on involvement. Yet, my mom and dad never had to contend with their kids coming home high or drunk and didn't have to pick any of us up from the police station.
As an adult, if I'm in a restaurant with my wife and nieces and some youths at a nearby table are cussing out loud, I'll go to them and say, "Tone it down out of respect for my family." If a kid is a bit out of control in church, I'll say a few words to him or her, even if their parents are sitting there.
Am I about discipline? Absolutely. But I'm also about standing up and making it clear that unruly behavior is unacceptable.
If more parents would act like they are supposed to, we might have fewer kids today acting a fool. The Bible says there is a time to put childish ways aside. Maybe that's a lesson a lot of adults need to remember.
Roland S. Martin is an award-winning CNN analyst and the author of the book "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin." Please visit his website at www.RolandSMartin.com. To find out more about Roland S. Martin and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.


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December 10. 2012 1:37PM
MANCHESTER - A homeless man was treated for a bite wound to his leg after police said he broke into a vacant apartment house and was "apprehended" by K-9 Colt.
Scott David, 48, no fixed address, was arrested Sunday afternoon inside 305 Hanover St. Someone called police after seeing a "suspicious man" crawling through a window into the apartment building, according to a news release.
Officer Lisa Mackey arrived and began checking the building. Looking through a window, she saw a man inside and yelled for him to come out. Instead, police said the man fled further into the building.
Police then called in Officer Chris Biron and K-9 Colt to search the building. Officers announced the police dog was there, to give David a chance to come out, but when he didn't, Biron and K-9 Colt began the search.
They quickly located David hiding in a room on the second floor where Colt bit David in the leg. He was arrested without further incident, police said.
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McClatchy Newspapers were quoted in this report from worst person ever, Liz Trotta at Fox News.
And the feminists have also directed them, really, to spend a lot of money. They have sexual counselors all over the place, victims' advocates, sexual response coordinators. Let me just read something to you from McClatchy Newspapers about how much this position on extreme feminism is costing us. "The budget for the Defense Department's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office leapt from $5 million in fiscal 2005 to more than $23 million in fiscal 2010. Total Defense Department spending on sexual assault prevention and related efforts now exceeds $113 million annually." That's from McClatchy Newspapers.
This is the bullshit they are citing. This whole video is cringe-worthy.
The chaplaincy aside, the DoD is spending hundreds of millions on no-bid contracts with civilians who are paid to evangelize and proselytize. I repeat, THESE numbers do not include the chaplaincy. Rather, they are just civilians and companies who know how to fill out forms regarding military contracting.But the Spiritual Fitness testing and training alone costed US taxpayers $125,000,000. More than ALL of rape / sexual assault prevention and response from the entire DoD.
Here is the original post from a fellow foxhole atheist that turned me onto this situation.


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SANTA DROPS THE BALL: It was the third loss in a row for the stock market. Normally stocks go up during the final trading week of the year, the so-called Santa Claus rally.
THE CLIFF APPROACHES: Republicans and Democrats didn't appear to make any progress in hammering out a budget deal. If they miss the Dec. 31 deadline, government spending cuts and higher taxes automatically kick in, a situation known as the "fiscal cliff."


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Officials in Yellowstone National Park say a Massachusetts man was gored by a bull bison that threw him 10 feet in the air and then pinned him to the ground.My son is studying to be a park ranger, and in his classes they've talked about how some people go to National Parks thinking they were built by Disney and lawyers and they can't get hurt. At Yellowstone, the bison don't break into song like they do on the wall at Bear Country Jamboree. They're wild and potentially very dangerous. Not even your State Farm agent can help you if for some reason the thing gets mad at you (despite what you see on TV commercials).
The man, who is in his mid-50s, suffered a broken collarbone, shoulder blade, several ribs and a groin injury in Saturday's encounter near the Norris campground. He was airlifted to an Idaho Falls, Idaho hospital and is expected to recover. His name was not released.
Park officials say the man was not taunting the animal, but let the bull approach within a few feet of where he was sitting and refused to move away.
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Ya can't bluff a buff.
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Back in the mid 1990's, I was a charter motorcoach tour driver affiliated with some of the (then) largest tour operators in the United States. One passenger from the UK, if I recall correctly, was on my three week Western Discovery tour, touring the western US and western Canada. One of the stops along the way was Yellowstone National Park.
As we entered the park, the tour guide mentioned to his entourage the necessity of staying 100 feet - two motorcoach lengths - away from the buffalo and elk herds, which were quite thick that Fall. One passenger insisted on getting out of the coach to take some pictures "up close." He was one of a few to venture out that day like this. You guessed it. . . he came back faster than greased lightning due to the charging of one of the bison! We henceforth nicknamed him "Stormin' Norman" after Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, the then famous US General of Persian Gulf War fame.
His morning greeting at breakfast became, "Norman, is *that* you?" (with friends showing him running for his life away from the bison that day) Such funnin' by the entourage touring with him. Quite the fun group! He really took a ribbing.


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PHILADELPHIA -- If the youthful Marlins learn from the mistakes of today, they should enjoy a brighter tomorrow.
That's a message veteran outfielder Juan Pierre is delivering to the club.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- If the youthful Marlins learn from the mistakes of today, they should enjoy a brighter tomorrow.
That's a message veteran outfielder Juan Pierre is delivering to the club.View Full Game Coverage
"These are the days when everybody is counting you out," Pierre said. "On the road, fans are saying, 'You're the worst team in baseball.' You remember these times, and you don't want to feel them again. I think it makes you strong, especially guys who are struggling for the first time, guys going through 1-for-15 stretches like that."
The Marlins are enduring their share of growing pains, suffering tough losses since the season opened.
Like the rest of the team, Pierre also has had his struggles -- batting .238 with a .296 on-base percentage. He has been stringing together better at-bats of late, entering Wednesday with three straight two-hit games. And in his last 10 games, he is hitting .270.
"You just have to stay after it," Pierre said. "Just like when it seems like there is no tomorrow, and you keep losing, then the turning point will happen. You just have to have that trust and faith."
The losing is draining, but it hasn't deterred Pierre's unrelenting work ethic.
"It's frustrating coming in everyday when you put in all the work and it seems like you're accomplishing nothing," Pierre said. "I remember my first time going through this type of deal has definitely made me stronger for times like this, meaning, not to panic and stuff."
Quiet by nature, Pierre is finding himself talking more this year to players.
"Younger guys are asking questions, which is good," he said. "I'm not the type who goes into lockers and says stuff. I'm able to share. But I'm going through it, too. It ain't like I'm batting .350. I'm in the same boat as the younger guys.
"Hopefully, they see that I go out and prepare every day, whether I'm 0-for-20 or 10-for-20. It doesn't change. Hopefully, they can take that one thing from watching me. You just have to get your work done."
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More could be done to fortify local schools, but how far that goes depends on the schools and the communities they serve.
Some schools function as community hubs, where people can come and go for meetings and extracurricular activities. Others are more remote and are used almost exclusively for learning.
The arsenal of possible security measures is wide-ranging. Options include arming teachers, hiring security guards, locking most doors, using metal detectors, installing surveillance cameras and having drug- and weapons-sniffing dogs.
All three school districts in La Plata County Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio have started locking exterior doors, usually with the exception of the front door. They also require all visitors to sign in at the main office.
But finding the front office can be difficult in some schools. Visitors can roam the halls before finding the office or deciding to check in.
Many schools were built as welcoming centers, with open floor plans and administrative offices pushed off to the side.
Some of our buildings were certainly not designed with school safety in mind, said Daniel Snowberger, superintendent of Durango School District 9-R. They were designed more as a community welcome hub.
What may work for one school may not work for another, said Kathy Morris, with the San Juan Board of Cooperative Educational Services, which is conducting a vulnerability assessment for nine school districts in Southwest Colorado.
Sunnyside Elementary installed a video-door intercom system late last year in response to the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Newtown, Conn., said Amber Belvin, president of the Independent Parent Teacher Association.
The school district was great at putting it in, in a timely fashion, she said.
Anyone who wants to enter the school must go to the front door to be buzzed in. A receptionist can see the person outside and talk to him or her on an intercom.
The buzzer system made sense for Sunnyside because it is a small school in a rural area along a busy highway that leads to New Mexico, Snowberger said.
(Sandy Hook Elementary also had a video-buzzer system, but the shooter blasted his way through the glass doors.)
My encouragement to principals is, engage the community talk about it with the community, Snowberger said. It needs to be a community decision, not just, 9-R has decided to put a buzzer on the door.
Sunnyside also serves as a branch of Durango Public Library, which means the public can come and go to use the library, Principal Vanessa Fisher said.
It takes a little longer for people to enter the school, but for the most part, they have been accepting, she said.
We have figured out that it has really been a welcoming feature in our school, Fisher said. Were welcoming them before theyre even up to our building.
A door buzzer seems to have less appeal at Riverview Elementary, which is a larger school in the heart of Durango. Parents are accustomed to dropping off their children and walking them to their first class, said one parent, who attended a meeting last month to discuss school safety.
There is too much foot traffic in and out of the building, and it would be a full-time job to buzz people in, parents said.
The same could be said for Durango High School, where people come and go to attend meetings, pick up a child, speak to a class and to participate in extracurricular activities such as theater or sports.
Principal Leanne Garcia, who moved to Durango six years ago from Las Cruces, N.M., said she was blown away by how easy it is for people to come and go.
School safety measures were taken much more seriously (there) than I have experienced in Durango, she said. What I have found most recently is it is very community specific as to how seriously school safety is taken.


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Hello all, this is my first post.
I'm currently taking an Information Assurance class and as an assignment we are to research exploits and pseudocode the steps a virus/worm would take to infect and propagate itself. Sort of to get a feel for how they work and why they do what they do.
I thought it might be interesting to explore the mobile phone route. All of the info I've googled up goes about 50/50 that mobile phone viruses are not possible but will be in the near future to they are possible and a few exist especially now that the new generation phones support J2ME and Vstript, the scripting language of the WAP that have the ability to access the calling functions of the phone.
My idea was a virus that is trasmitted through SMS (short message service) and then transmits the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and the Mobile Identification Number (MIN) either by phone function or though SMS again. Thus enabling the phone to be cloned.
Question to all is how plausible is this scenerio. Far fetched? Current or distant reality?
I'm not considering actually doing this, mind you, however considering the newness of any actual exploit, the info on the web is lacking.
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I wondered that too. But then I chose to focus on the massive python aspect rather than the tree tying
Or maybe eat the tree?Maybe they didn't use a rope, maybe they just tied the snake in a knot.
If you can tie ears in a bow, I would imagine you can tie a snake in a bow(Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro, can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow?)
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So i was thinking that it appears that anime is for the young. I ve seen several people in their 30's but nothing higher so far. Although i wont reveal my age, i am not a teenager and already long past the college years. I now live for anime more less. Put it this way, it is a part of my daily routine to either watch a show, go the forums or talk to buddies. Soooo to you 40+ anime'ers, how did you first find anime, what made you stick with it, and do you consider yourself dedicated to anime like all of the young people? AND WHAT DO YOU YOUNG PEOPLE THINK? Tell me anything of relevance. I feel awkward at times that makes me feel like "i am not suppose to be into this" but dont care what others think, I love it and cant deny it.
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You like what you like. It's one of those things that I don't advertise much. I'm in my 30s. People do have a lot of preconceived notions about it, and it's kind of a drag. So it's something that I do with friends who are like-minded. I know plenty of middle-aged guys out there hide their anime, throw the Xbox under the couch when the girlfriend comes over, that kind of stuff. It's kind of funny.
In short, just have fun and enjoy. Anyone who says different, don't know why you would care.
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Im in my 30s, and I will never give up anime. Im glad all the people who make our anime never gave up on anime as they gotten older aswell:). Do you go to any cons ani-mae75? If you do im sure you will see that its not just full of teens. And everyone at every age gets along pretty well there.
I'm 47, married with 1 adult son (moved out) work full time and own my own home. I'm an average guy. I also prefer to watch Anime and Asian Horror Movies over reality TV any day. I watch what I like, my wife usually watches the same stuff I do.
Well, you've got a 42-year old here who's been watching anime since the 80s when the English adaptation of Battle of the Planets (originally Gatchaman) came out here in the US. I really got into it in the early-90s when I saw Record of Lodoss War (still one of my favorites for the art quality).
I'm sort of bipolar when it comes to anime. On the one hand, I really like the long-running action series like Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball Z. But at the same time I absolutely LOVE the highly artistic anime movies that are out there, especially anything by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (though Akira definitely ranks up there as well). And I'm proud to say I've gotten both of my kids into various anime, though they aren't as hard-core about it as I am. Of course, they're not even teenagers yet, so I figure a few more years and I'll have a family of anime geeks that would make anyone proud. ;-)
Well, I'm not quite 40 yet. I'm in my early 30's. I've been a dedicated anime fan for well over 15 years. All my first anime were fansubs on VHS. I met most of my current friends and husband on an anime message board over 10 years ago. Anime is part of my everyday life. I watch new stuff every season and keep up with old favorites like One Piece. When a season doesnt have any new shows that interest me, I'll go back and rewatch the classics. I also read lots and lots of manga. I've enjoyed watching the evolution of anime in the U.S. I've been dismayed at the downfall of great companies like ADV, Pioneer and Manga Ent. They were pioneers is anime distribution and I wish they had weathered the market more favorably. It certainly is a very different feeling to be an older anime fan, one that's been around awhile. I dont think I can ever see eye to eye with the newer fans who have always been able to turn on their computer and watch whatever anime they please. Back in my day I had to stalk IRC channels and wait weeks to watch a single ep of an anime and the quality was always horrible. I'd be lucky if I could read the subs. Kids these days have it so easy. lol
I'm obviously still to young, haha. But to your question on what younger people think... I think it's quite awesome you've stuck with something you like for so long. Since I started watching I have only began to enjoy it more and more, so I could still see myself watching that far in the future.
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mind though has never got past 17 hehehe
Be 42 in a month. Got hooked on anime with Starblazers, Battle of the Planets, and Speed Racer when I was in elementary school. I was crazy about giant robots by the time Robotech came out. Been a fan for most of my life really.
48 and female so I always get strange looks when I mention my love of comics and anime. My favorite response is "You still read comic books?" to which I inevitably reply "They're still making them, aren't they?"
I am fairly new to the world of anime and manga. It's only been in the past 6 or 7 years that I have really gotten into it. Partly due to the difficulties involved in getting releases back in the day and partly due to my personal lack of interest in the titles that were available (particularly the more "cyberpunk" titles). But I dabbled from time to time with titles such as Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Witchblade and Rurouni Kenshin (to name a few) catching my eye over the years.
It was when I discovered animes and mangas (along with a ton of viruses!) on the internet that I really got hooked. So I'm really glad to see sites such as CR come along where I can indulge my passion legally and safely. As of right now, I have about 12 new titles that I am following, plus checking out a few older titles that I have heard about, plus 2 or 3 old favorites that are taking their turn in the "periodic re-watch" rotation. And in my spare time, I work a full time job and sleep.
My tastes are pretty eclectic so even though I might say that I don't care for "cyberpunk" as a general rule, you never know when a really cool title will come along that captures my imagination and my heart. Which is the best part - finding that unexpected title that just totally blows you away (especially when it's a genre you don't usually follow).
Ultimately, much like the response to the "You still read comic books?" comment, as long as they are putting out animes/mangas, I'll be watching/reading. I'll be streaming CR in the nursing home.
Hey, I'm fifty and have been watching anime since the 1980's. It wasn't as prevalent as it is today with the internet, but it always amazes me that younger people think anime was invented with the internet in the early 1990's. It's been around longer than I have.
Used to watch, while living in Yokohama in the early 70's.
Got back into it a decade ago, thanks to a friend of my kids.
Never looked back. :)
I'd say there are probably more 'older' anime watchers than you think. I watched anime (but didn't know it) when I was a kid, with star blazers, battle of the planets, etc. I knew they were kinda different but never why. Flash forward to my thirties, I started watching some stuff on Toonami and then picked up Initial D (I'm an amateur racer), and I was hooked. I then started going through the 'normal' titles, like Bebop, Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, etc. Now I'm 43 and it's pretty much all I watch. Reasons? Normal TV sucks for the most part, and I just love the stories/art/music. Of course there is plenty of sorry anime out there, but where else would you get shows like Read or Die (title snagged me instantly) or School Rumble? Wife does get concerned with some of the fanservice, but no worries. Went to my first con this year and had fun (but no cosplaying for me). Bottom line, I watch what I like and don't worry about what anybody thinks, nothing to apologize for.
/me raises hand. I am 40. Robotech and Starblazers. Still an anime fan, just more selective. Time is more important these days.
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One of my good online friends is a 40+ anime lover. I'll probably still watch anime when I'm 40+ and beyond.
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NEW YORK – Week Two of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week features a brand new XI compared to the first edition. The team of MLSsoccer.com editors, who cover every minute of all the MLS action, give you the top players at their respective positions.
Once again employing a 3-4-3 formation, this week's squad features two Real Salt Lake players who figured prominently in their club's 4-1 dismantling of the LA Galaxy.
GK – Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo): Hall has a history of playing big matches against his hometown Sounders and came through again with more than a few sensational stops as the Houston goal was under siege.
DF – Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew): Luke Rodgers and Mehdi Ballouchy were easy prey for Marshall, who showed off his expert defensive skills and canceled out NYRB's attackers.
DF – Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids): Chivas USA barely tested the Rapids' goalkeeper largely in part to the efforts of a back line led by Moor, who is ready to be included in the discussion of elite defenders in MLS.
DF – Alain Rochat (Vancouver Whitecaps): Moved from left back to center back against the Union and was equally effective with his positioning, tactical acumen and timely challenges.
MF – Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake): The Argentine picked apart the LA Galaxy in every way, using his vision, ball skills and goal-scoring abilities to lead RSL to a resounding win.
MF – Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders): Houston could not possess the ball partly because the Cuban was everywhere and snuffed out ball after ball. He also came close to scoring a few times.
MF – Brian Carroll (Philadelphia Union): After a down season in 2010, Carroll is reborn under his old DC coach. He was a central cog in everything the Union did against Vancouver.
MF – Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire): As the Guatemalan goes, so go the Fire. He had an inspired performance against KC with a sublime goal to boot.
FW – Paulo Jr. (Real Salt Lake): The buzz continues to grow around the young Brazilian who was dangerous with every ball he touched. Needs to see more time in 2011.
FW – Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes): Many doubted the 2010 Golden Boot winner could repeat. But elite finishing skills don't just disappear.
FW – Javier Martina (Toronto FC): He made the runs to put himself in position to score two fine goals. Arguably the most dangerous attacker under countrymate and manager Aron Winter.
Manager – Hans Backe (New York Red Bulls): Facing numerous important absences from his starting lineup, Backe assembled a squad featuring a new goalkeeper (Horwath, central defender (Keel) and forward (Rodgers) and used organization and shape to frustrate Columbus and earn a positive result.
Honorable Mentions: Jon Busch (San Jose), Josip Mikulic (Chicago), Jason Hernandez (San Jose), Shalrie Joseph (New England), Gastón Puerari (Chicago), Carlos Ruiz (Philadelphia), Steve Zakuani (Seattle)
Goalkeepers: Tally Hall (Week 2), Nick Rimando (Week 1);
Defenders: Danny Califf (Week 1), Zach Loyd (Week 1), Chad Marshall (Week 2), Drew Moor (Week 2), Jeff Parke (Week 1), Alain Rochat (Week 2);
Midfielders: Osvaldo Alonso (Week 2), Kyle Beckerman (Week 1), Brian Carroll (Week 2), Davide Chiumiento (Week 1), Juninho (Week 1), Javier Morales (Week 2), Marco Pappa (Week 2), Teemu Tainio (Week 1);
Forwards: Omar Bravo (Week 1), Omar Cummings (Week 1), Eric Hassli (Week 1), Javier Martina (Week 2), Paulo Jr. (Week 2), Chris Wondolowski (Week 2);
Managers: Hans Backe (Week 2), Ben Olsen (Week 1).


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Peru Mission Honors CIU Alumna
April 01, 2011
The legacy of a young, Columbia International University alumna, who died in a traffic accident last year, is being honored by the students who were touched by her short life.
Aimee Powell was a 26-year-old teacher when she died in a head-on collision on her way to work at Southlake Christian Academy in Huntersville, N.C. The school will pay tribute to Powell's love for teaching, missions and the country of Peru, when the Southlake senior class begins construction on classrooms in Peru in May.
Read more about the project in the Huntersville Herald at:


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Hot Chip has been busy lately, but evidently not busy enough for co-leader Alexis Taylor, who stays launching side-projects. Taylor's latest side hustle is Fainting By Numbers, a new duo with the German minimal techno producer and Kompakt Records mainstay Justus Köhncke. The two have a new double A-side single coming out soon, "Watching The Wheels" b/w "A Stone In The Ground." We still have yet to hear the first of those songs, but the second, "A Stone In The Ground," is an absolutely gorgeous seven-minute stretch of synthetic disco, the first song from a Taylor side project that's actually more accessible than a whole lot of Hot Chip tracks. It's great, and you can hear it below.
"Watching The Wheels" b/w "A Stone In The Ground" is out 4/15 on Moshi Moshi.


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Our Mission
The mission of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA is to accompany, serve and advocate for the rights of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. Founded by Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe in 1980, in direct response to the humanitarian crisis of the Vietnamese boat people, JRS today works in 47 countries worldwide to meet the educational, health, and social needs of more than 750,000 refugees.
The focus of our work is to help those we serve to heal, to have the opportunity to learn and ultimately to thrive. Heal because the refugee experience is one of sudden, catastrophic loss — of family, friends, home, community, livelihoods — and ongoing trauma of fear, violence and despair. Learn because education is the one life-saving intervention that cannot be taken away, providing a path to a better future, community empowerment and peace building. Thrive because enabling devastated people to take back their lives re-instills the self-reliance and independence they once had and builds confidence and hope for a better future for all of us — now and for generations to come.
- History
- Beginnings
- Africa
- Americas
- Europe
- Summary
- Refugees
History of Jesuit Refugee Service
The spontaneous and generous 'first wave of action' provoked him to reflect on how much more the Society of Jesus could do if its responses to this, and to other contemporary crises of forced human displacement, were planned and coordinated. From that initial sentiment has grown a world-wide service to forcibly displaced people. On November 14, 1980, Fr. Arrupe announced the birth of Jesuit Refugee Service. (See attached PDF.)
The history of JRS is about the lives and hopes of people we know personally. This personal knowledge constantly transforms our understanding. JRS opens a door — beyond transitory and shocking images — into the inspiring lives of people struggling to defend their rights, protect their families and give their children a future.
Beginnings in Asia
The activities of Jesuit Refugee Service in the Asia region were at first responses to the reality of the Indochina wars. Most initiatives were set against the background of Cold War ideology and rhetoric. JRS quickly established programs in every camp that housed Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees throughout the Southeast Asian region.
In Sri Lanka, many people were forced from their homes in 1983, when the ethnic Singalese reacted violently to armed campaigns by the 'Jaffna' Tamils. But through the 1980s JRS mainly worked with the 'Tamil repatriates' who came to India under an agreement between the two governments.
In places where world politics was less dominant, local frontier politics loomed large, as with programs to assist the Burmese refugees in Thailand and in Bangladesh. India's desire to maintain strong influence in Nepal and Bhutan, which are buffer states with China, has continued to dominate outcomes for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.
Although JRS directors were given authority to open programs wherever they identified a need and could find a way to begin, the best initiatives resulted from partnerships with local Jesuit Provinces. An invitation of this kind could open the possibility of matching outside expertise and resources with local knowledge, leading to more effective projects. Without a local community base, or without knowledge of local customs, people and languages, or without an invitation from a Jesuit Province ready to make a commitment, it was often difficult to form an effective team.
JRS moves to Africa
Since half of the world's refugees are located Africa, it is the continent where JRS is most present.
Almost every African country has been touched by conflict at one point or another in the post-colonial period. The unresolved legacies of colonialism, bad governance, weak state structures and lack of leadership, the criminalization and militarization of economies and the contest for control of scarce resources, migratory pressures, are all factors that now make conflict and forced migration more likely.
In 1982, Jesuits began the work of JRS in Ethiopia for those displaced by the Ethiopia-Somalia war and later by the Wallega famine of 1984-85. Seeing clearly the endemic nature of conflict in the region, and the prospect of enduring displacement of large populations, JRS accepted that its work there would not be accomplished quickly.
Meanwhile in the early 1980's in Rome, thousands of foreigners, especially Eritreans and Ethiopians displaced by war and famine at home, were left homeless in the city without shelter against the winter cold. So it was not surprising that the Jesuits of JRS began to assist these homeless migrants. Centro Astalli, a center for forced migrants in Rome, is one of the oldest JRS projects.
In the mid-1990s, JRS arranged the purchase of property in Nairobi in the name of the Eastern Africa Jesuits, in order to provide a management base for its refugee work throughout East Africa. It also undertook to develop formation programs for its members serving there and saw the need for more in-depth studies of refugee problems.
JRS continues to work in many different scenarios throughout Africa: from large refugee camps in Tanzania and Kenya to urban settings in Johannesburg or Nairobi; with repatriated refugees in South Sudan and the internally displaced people in Burundi and Darfur; and with former child soldiers in Chad, to name but a few.
JRS and the Americas
Download the attached PDF for a larger version of the chart to the right.
In the Americas Jesuit Refugee Service has been caught between the demands of its mandate to serve the refugees and forcibly displaced, and the pastoral needs of migrants in general.
As the Cold War ebbed, many of the liberation struggles in Latin America subsided, often without resolution of the fundamental problems that had given rise to them. JRS' early experience in Latin America was among El Salvadorans dispersed throughout Central America. It also had an important program among Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, including a role in negotiations that enabled local settlement of some and the return of others. Today JRS works with forcibly displaced people from Colombia and Haiti.
The JRS programs in Colombia show no sign of diminishing since the needs of people displaced within that country continue to grow. In neighboring countries such as Venezuela, there are Colombian refugees, who call on the direct services of JRS on the ground and JRS intervention in policy formulation. Small JRS programs have sprung up in other Latin American countries. In the Dominican Republic, a sizeable program has been developed since the late 1990s due to the critical need of the Haitians who cross their joint border daily, driven by the harsh economic and political situation in their homeland.
The work of JRS in the United States and Canada focuses on projects mainly related to detention of migrants, advocacy and the promotion of research and publication. JRS/USA also supports JRS projects throughout the world through advocacy, fundraising efforts and the provision of personnel.
JRS Europe
In Europe, soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1989, conflict enveloped the region of the former Yugoslavia, which quickly fragmented in the early 1990s into six smaller states. Impulsive acts of violence created rifts that will still take generations to heal.
For JRS, some challenges in the Balkans were totally new, some familiar. Based on deep friendships and trust, strong cooperative activities were developed with both Muslim and Serbian Orthodox communities.
Eastern European countries have for many years provided a back door route into Western Europe for asylum seekers whose journeys began in such places as Sri Lanka, Sudan or Somalia. Many were stranded subsequently in societies facing difficult circumstances. Over the years since 1989, JRS has extended its roles in these countries, building on early beginnings in places of great need such as Romania.
Western European authorities frequently fail to distinguish between a migrant and a refugee, despite continuing developments in international law designed to protect people in both categories. At the present time, punitive and seemingly xenophobic measures dominate the responses of western governments to the influx of asylum seekers. Alongside their many partners, JRS teams offer food and shelter to new arrivals, provide employment counselling, visit those in detention centres, provide information and public education, and help formulate just and appropriate policies
Today Jesuit Refugee Service programs are found in more than 50 countries, providing assistance to refugees in camps and cities, individuals displaced within their own countries, asylum seekers in cities, and those held in detention centers.
The main areas of work are in the field of education, emergency assistance, healthcare, livelihood activities and social services. At the end of 2009, more than 500,000 individuals were direct beneficiaries of JRS projects, and millions more are indirect beneficiaries.
JRS provides primary and secondary education to approximately 170,000 children, and undertakes advocacy to ensure that all displaced children are provided with a quality education.
More than 1,400 workers contribute to the work of Jesuit Refugee Service around the word, many of whom work on a voluntary basis, including about 78 Jesuits and 66 religious from other congregations. These figures do not include the large number of refugees recruited to take part in the programs as teachers, health workers and others.
JRS is also very much concerned with advocacy and human rights work. This involves ensuring that refugees are afforded their full rights while in exile and during repatriation as guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and working to strengthen the protection afforded to internally displaced persons (IDPs). It extends to advocating for and promoting international human rights legislation, either through participation in international campaigns and coalitions or through membership of international fora, such as the UN Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC).
JRS also contributes to refugee research at the University of Oxford. At Oxford, the Pedro Arrupe Tutor oversees research undertaken in the name of JRS as well as facilitating the training of JRS personnel. The main tasks of the tutorship include conducting research, teaching and offering consultancy regarding refugees and forced migration to church agencies, NGOs and governments.
Who are refugees?
Who are refugees?
1951 UN Refugee Convention
There are many definitions of a refugee, ranging from the most restrictive to the most inclusive. After the Second World War, the UN member states drew up what is now known as the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It originally applied to those who were displaced in Europe before 1951. In 1967, a protocol to the Convention removed the temporal and geographical restrictions.
The Convention defines a refugee as a person who:
Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.
Other refugee definitions
Since the above definition refers only to individuals in fear of persecution, regional organisations in both Africa (African Union 1969) and Latin America (Organisation for American States 1984) have developed wider definitions which include mass displacements which occur as a result of social and economic collapse in the context of conflict.
Internally displaced persons
Internally displaced persons are "persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalised violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognised State border." (Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Introduction, paragraph 2).
The majority of forcibly displaced persons in the world are displaced within their countries of origin. Nearly 12 of the 26 million persons internally displaced are from Africa, in particular Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan.
Jesuit Refugee Service definition
In deciding with whom to work, JRS feels that the scope of existing international conventions is too restrictive. It therefore applies the expression de facto refugee to all "persons persecuted because of race, religion, membership of social or political groups;" to "the victims of armed conflicts, erroneous economic policy or natural disasters;" and, for "humanitarian reasons," to internally displaced persons, that is, civilians who "are forcibly uprooted from their homes by the same type of violence as refugees but who do not cross national frontiers."
Asylum seekers
An asylum seeker is an individual who has made an application for protection but whose application has not yet been determined. If an asylum seeker's application is successful, s/he is then recognised as a refugee, and this confers certain rights and obligations according to the legislation of the receiving country.
The practical determination of whether a person is a refugee is left to certain government agencies within the host country or to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). The percentage of successful asylum applications varies from country to country, even for the same nationalities. After waiting years for their claims to be processed, many asylum applicants who receive a negative response to their application cannot be returned home, leaving them in a certain limbo. Unsuccessful asylum seekers who do not leave the host country are thereafter usually considered to be undocumented migrants. Asylum seekers, particularly unsuccessful applicants, are increasingly held in detention centres, particularly in Europe and the US.
It can often be virtually impossible for asylum seekers to leave their countries of origin with adequate documentation and visas. Therefore, most asylum seekers are forced to undertake often expensive and hazardous journeys to enter countries irregularly where they can seek and be granted refuge.
Prima facie refugee
In response to conflicts and mass human rights abuses, individuals often flee countries en masse. In these circumstances, it would be impractical and unnecessary to examine each individual asylum application. These individuals are referred to as prima facie refugees. Examples of refugee movements like this can be found in Sudanese fleeing to Chad, Chadians fleeing to the Central African Republic, Somalis to Kenya, Sri Lankans fleeing to India etc.
Stateless persons
Statelessness is where there exists no recognised state in respect of which an individual has a legally meritorious basis to claim nationality, or where s/he has a legally meritorious claim but is precluded from asserting it due practical considerations such as cost, circumstances of civil disorder, or fear of persecution. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) estimates that there are approximately three million stateless persons in the world. Statelessness is often a cause of forced migration as individuals move on to regions of the world where they could be offered basic rights and escape human rights abuses.
Undocumented migrants
Individuals who cross national borders without adequate documentation (passports, visas, etc.) are referred to as undocumented migrants (or erroneously as illegal immigrants, as irregular entry is rarely a criminal offence). Although undocumented migrants may be in need of international protection, frequently they do not seek asylum. While significant numbers of undocumented migrants would not be recognized as refugees under the 1951 Geneva Convention, this does not mean they are not in need of international protection. Many have fled extreme poverty, generalised conflict, economic collapse etc. In host countries, they are regularly denied access to basic services – such as social welfare, education and healthcare – and the right to work.


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How to Be an Artist, According to Josef Albers
Artsy Editorial
Signature: Signed lower right, "Albers '72". Editioned lower left, "LC 134/144".
Josef Albers is best known for his seminal "Homage to the Square" series of the 1950s and '60s, which focused on the simplification of form and the interplay of shape and color. "Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature," he once said. "I prefer to see with closed eyes." His abstract canvases employed rigid geometric compositions in order to emphasize the optical effects set off by his chosen color palettes. Albers was highly influential as a teacher, first at the Bauhaus in Germany alongside Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, and later with posts at Black Mountain College, Yale, and Harvard; he taught courses in design and color theory, and counted among his students such iconic artists as Eva Hesse, Cy Twombly, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and Robert Rauschenberg. He is often cited among the progenitors of Minimalist, Conceptual, and Op art.
German-American, 1888-1976, Bottrop, Germany, based in Dessau, Germany, Black Mountain, North Carolina and New Haven, Connecticut
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Genesys, a provider of customer service solutions, today released Genesys Orchestration, a new application that allows enterprise business leaders to control their customer service capabilities with the touch of a butten.
Orchestration, combined with the latest Genesys Business Rules application, empowers line-of-business managers and customer service executives to directly manage activities within the contact center through an intuitive user interface. Business managers can instantly make changes to customer segmentation and routing strategies, business processes, and workflows that support business goals and customer service - all without the need for lengthy IT change management processes.
Genesys Orchestration technology captures proven customer service strategies and routing methodologies, and packages them into applications through the Genesys Business Rules user interface. The Business Rules application allows users to design and deploy their customer service and contact center strategies - with the ability to change strategies in real time.
Whether strategies and business rules are based on pre-defined Genesys templates or those designed and proven by the business, the Business Rules approach allows companies to capture and re-use existing strategies.
Through a single user interface, the Genesys Business Rules application exposes business-specific parameters to users to manage the customer experience. For example, business managers can immediately change routing and customer process strategies based upon service-level goals, CRM data, purchasing history, and other parameters. Business conditions such as an expiring certificate of deposit or upcoming flight status can be flagged from Genesys Rules to initiate customer service activities, such as an outbound notification, customized IVR treatment, or agent-specific routing strategies.
Genesys Orchestration and Business Rules are part of Conversation Manager, which was introduced as part of the company's latest Genesys 8 release. Conversation Manager captures history, context and other vital customer information to proactively anticipate customer needs.
"Today's announcement is a breakthrough in that it opens the door to advanced customer service to a much broader set of users and companies - including businesses that have not typically deployed powerful solutions like Genesys," said Merijn te Booij, vice president of products and strategy at Genesys, in a statement. "As we continue to focus on technology that simplifies and speeds the deployment of advanced solutions, while delivering low [total cost of ownership], Genesys Orchestration and Business Rules are changing the game in how customer service is managed and by whom within the enterprise."


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WPP, AOL buy into the race for online ad spend
On your marks, get set...
Real-world advertising and marketing agency WPP has dipped a fairly big toe into the murky world of online ads with the $649m acquisition of 24/7 Real Media.
According to reports, Microsoft had been considering putting down a billion dollar offer for the company, which analysts had valued at about $600m.
The deal illustrates the growing importance of the online sector to traditional advertising firms. Spend on online ads is expected to stay ahead of the rest of the industry over the next year. Inevitably, the lure of the cash and the global reach it offers is attracting some of the biggest brands in advertising and online services: witness Google's $3bn-ish DoubleClick acquisition last month.
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell said: "Our clients and therefore our industry are becoming more technology driven. 24/7 Real Media significantly enhances our capabilities, technological resources, and talent, as well as adding to our geographic coverage and our measurable skills."
Meanwhile, AOL has ponied up an undisclosed sum for a controlling stake in Frankfurt-based ad serving firm Adtech. AOL says the firm will operate as an independent and majority controlled subsidiary of its advertising.com division.
Randy Falco, chairman and CEO of AOL, said in a statement: "Our acquisition of ADTECH builds on [our momentum in the advertising space] by providing AOL with a next-generation ad-serving platform, letting us deepen our relationships with publishers in Europe and the US and provide them a more complete set of solutions." ®


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Dave Zoglman is wrong to say that Mrs. Mandy Powers-Norrell threw the first dirt in the S.C. Senate seat 16 race.
Powers-Norrell's statement that every decision she would make as our state senator would be made out of a love for this district and its people first is not from a desire to move up the political ladder.
I think it was wonderful and refreshing.
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