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Kevin Gray's On Baseball: Allenson always learningBy KEVIN GRAY
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 08. 2013 11:43PM
As a pull-happy, right-handed hitter, Gary Allenson had trouble with the slider.
The former Red Sox catcher would hunt fastballs, occasionally driving them toward the Green Monster, but those nasty sliders kept pecking away at his batting average.
"That pitch from a right-hander was too tough on me. I didn't recognize it until it was right around the plate," said Allenson, a career .221 hitter with 19 homers, who was named the seventh Fisher Cats manager in team history this week.
In 1980, while serving as backup to Carlton Fisk, Allenson began taking a notebook to the bullpen and charting every pitcher and hitter during the game. Though it didn't occur to him at the time, Allenson was preparing for a career beyond his playing days.
"For me, it was just like going to school. I paid attention in the bullpen. You did your homework and knew who was a dead-red hitter and who was a 'guess' guy. It helped prepare me," who played for the Red Sox from 1979-84.
Before a game in 1982, then-Red Sox manager Ralph Houk was asked if there were any players on the team that have manager-type qualities. Houk pointed to Allenson across the room.
Fast forward 30 years, and the mustached "Muggsy" has won more than 1,000 games in the minors - and lost more than 1,000. Allenson has managed from short-season Single-A Oneonta (Yankees) to Triple-A Ottawa (Orioles). From 1992-94, he served as bullpen coach and third-base coach for the Red Sox, working under then-manager Butch Hobson.
As a player, Allenson learned from managers Don Zimmer, Houk and Bobby Cox.
Zimmer tended to yank Allenson for a pinch-hitter. It became such a routine that the young player began looking over his shoulder for a replacement. Allenson says he also read the newspapers and listened to talk shows, often hearing about another catcher that would soon replace him.
"It's a long walk back to the first-base dugout when the manager calls you in for a pinch-hitter. It's tough. I put a lot of pressure on myself. One thing (Zimmer) could have done for me was given me a pat on the back and say, 'Hey, don't worry about it. You're my guy.' Maybe that wouldn't have been the case two weeks later, but it still helps you relax," Allenson said.
That's a message the 57-year-old will be telling the Fisher Cats, who fell apart last season and finished in last-place with a 61-81 record under Sal Fasano. Allenson, a California native, is anxious to return to New England and help guide Toronto's top prospects to the big leagues.
"When players are that close to the big leagues - and I'm sure I'll be calling guys into the office when they get sent to Toronto - we make sure to tell them to relax. Don't do anything different. And do yourself a favor and let mom and dad buy the paper. It's tougher nowadays. Every game is on TV and you're overcritiqued. Baseball is a tough game. You have to be able to relax, forget about it, and move onto the next game."
Staff writer Kevin Gray covers pro baseball for the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has called on the international community to demand an immediate release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Nouri al-Maliki's statement on Tuesday came at the start of a two-day conference in Baghdad dedicated to the fate of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Iraq agreed to host the event after holding an Arab League summit in March.
Al-Maliki assailed what he called the international community's double standards as it backed the region's Arab Spring uprisings against "autocrats and tyrants" but ignored the issue of jailed Palestinians.
Thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails.
The Baghdad conference reflects Iraq's ambition to play a larger role in regional issues after nearly a decade of isolation and war.

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Event Timetable
Thursday, 24 May 2012
|The Open Group Brazil Conference - Sao Paulo
|9:30 - 9:50
Introduction to The Open GroupIsabela Abreu, The Open Group Brasil
The Open Group leads the development of open, vendor-neutral IT standards and certifications.
The Open Group is a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through IT standards. With more than 400 member organizations, we have a diverse membership that spans all sectors of the IT community — customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators and consultants, as well as academics and researchers to:
|9:50 - 10:00
|Welcome - Allen Brown
|10:00 - 10:45
Enterprise Transformation and the Role of Open StandardsAllen Brown, CEO, The Open Group
Enterprise Transformation and the Role of Open Standards
Enterprise transformation seems to be gathering momentum within the enterprise architecture community. The term, enterprise transformation, suggests the process of fundamentally changing an enterprise. Sometimes the transformation is dramatic but for most of us it is a steady process.
Key takeaways:
Allen Brown is President and CEO of The Open Group – a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through IT standards. He is also President of the Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA).
For over 10 years Allen has been responsible for driving The Open Group's strategic plan and day-to-day operations, including extending its reach into new global markets, such as China, the Middle East, South Africa and India. In addition, he was instrumental in the creation of the AEA, which was formed to increase job opportunities for all of its members and elevate their market value by advancing professional excellence.
Prior to joining The Open Group, Allen Brown held a range of senior financial and general management roles both within his own consulting firm, which he founded in 1987, and other multi-national organizations.
|10:45 - 11:30
The Importance of the Enterprise Architecture Governance for an Enterprise Transformation Journey. The IBM Internal CaseMarcelo Savio, IBM Latin America Architect Profession Leader, IBM
The Importance of the Enterprise Architecture Governance for an Enterprise Transformation Journey. The IBM Internal Case
The imperatives for business success in the twenty-first century are changing business at a rapid pace. As the world becomes "smaller" sets a new scenario, bringing great challenges and opportunities that trigger significant changes in organizations. For this reason, their leaders are seeking the best approaches for developing and directing successful transformations. The belief that we are entering a new era of global integration shaped the transformation strategy of IBM in recent years, a journey in which the Enterprise Architecture plays a key role. This lecture will present the case of IBM internal transformation and the importance of governance of enterprise architecture in this transformation journey.
|11:30 - 12:00
|12:00 - 12:45
EA as a Competitive Tool in Investment BanksProfessor Courtnay Guimaraes, EVP, Enterprise Architecture, Financial Services, Instisys
EA as a Competitive Tool in Investment Banks
Under the present scenario, where investment flows to Brazil are increasing, the Brazilian banks need to be quickly modernized in order not to be absorbed by the big international banking houses. In this presentation, Professor Courtney will discuss Brazilian cases where institutions already use EA as a competitive lever, in merger and acquisition processes as well as sustainable quick growth.
Topics include:
EA como Ferramenta Competitiva em Bancos de Investimento
Com o atual afluxo de investimentos no Brasil, os bancos nacionais tem de se modernizar muito rápido para não serem engolidos pelas grandes houses internacionais.
Liste 2 ou 3 pontos principais:
Courtnay Guimarães
I'm a senior partner at InstiSys, a TRM consultancy in Brazil, working as Enterprise Architect for Financial Services solutions, working with Trading, Risk Management, Compliance and Analytical Platforms (BI, EPM). Also working with strategic alliances building (Trading, Risk, HFT and Commodities platforms). As an IT executive working at enterprieses market for the last 25 years, in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Applications Strategy (plan, build, evolution and chenge management) and Business Process Inovation Management, for several industries, like Financial Services, Telco, CPG Agribusienss and Retail, my main focus is Financial Services. Retail, Corporate, Capital Markets (Buy Side and Sell Side), Exchanges, Brokerage and facilities (Clearing, Resgistry, Depositary, and so). I have AMBIMA CPA-20 certification and I'm working on FinRa Series 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 56, 63, and 65 for 2012. CFA at 2013 and a Master in Economics (Risk Management) for 2015.
Courtnay Guimarães
Bacharel em Economia com pós-graduação em marketing. É sócio-proprietário da i9i Consulting Group, onde trabalhou com criação de mercados em e-Business, mobilidade e inovação. Como jornalista, foi colunista do grupo IDG e atualmente dedica-se a um blog sobre as novas cadeias de valor geradas através dos efeitos econômicos das redes sociais, além de gestão da inovação tecnológica. É professor de tecnologia da informação e telecomunicações da BSP.
Sou professor da cadeira de EA da Business School Sao Paulo: http://www.bsp.edu.br/institucional/corpo-docente
|12:45 - 1:30
Getting Started with SOA GovernanceRoberto Soria, Consulting Architecture Manager, Oracle
Título da Apresentação: Getting Started with SOA Governance
Resumo (forneça detalhes suficientes que transmitam o conteúdo e objetivos de sua apresentação):
The presenter will discuss the current state of affairs and trends in SOA Governance. The presentation will also show how to start anywhere, and go everywhere with SOA Governance, using Oracle Governance Model to support this journey. Various entry points for SOA Governance will be discussed as well as the concepts of a SOA Center of Excellence and how to manage governance in the long-term.
Destinada a qual público: IT Executives, Program Managers, Governance Managers, Enterprise Architects
Liste 2 ou 3 pontos principais (conceitos que a audiência reterá/aprenderá):
- What is SOA Governance
Liste suas palestras anteriores: SOA and Governance presentations at many different customers across Brazil.
|1:30 - 2:30
|2:30 - 3:15
Counter-Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Your Enemies Know You...Do You Know Them?Rodrigo Antao, Founder and Director, Apura
Counter-Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Your Enemies Know You...Do You Know Them?
The presentation will oversee the business threats versus vulnerabilities scenarios. The presenter will show how companies are being targeted by hacktivists and even by organized crime, and what kind of losses are taking place.
Rodrigo Antao, COO, Apura
Rodrigo is a professional with over 12 years experience in the technology industry, as an executive he is recognized as the consultant on digital security and investigations for some of the largest Brazilian companies.
|3:15 - 3:50
OSIMM: How to Measure Success with SOA and Design the RoadmapLuis Moraes, SOA Consultant, Sensedia
OSIMM: How to Measure Success with SOA and Design the Roadmap
This presentation will introduce The Open Group and Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM) and demonstrate how to use it to measure the present maturity model. It will also show how to create the roadmap of evolution in SOA from 'as-is', by defining the what, why and how.
Topics include:
OSIMM: Como Medir o Sucesso com SOA e Traçar o RoadMap
O objectivo desta apresentação é mostrar para o publico o modelo de maturidade de SOA lançado pelo OpenGroup( OSIMM). E demonstrar com utilizar esta avaliação para além de medir o actual nível de maturidade também como partir do As-is criar seu RoadMap de evolução em SOA, definindo:
Destinada a qual público: Gerentes de TI, Arquitetos de Sistemas e Diretores de TI
Liste 2 ou 3 pontos principais:
|3:50 - 4:15
EA and Cloud Computing: Taking Strategy to the CloudsRoberto Severo, AEA Chair, Brasil Chapter
EA and Cloud Computing: Taking Strategy to the Clouds
Today, cloud computing is on the agenda of many CEOs and CIOs, and they talk a lot about the underlying technology to make it happen: virtualization! You also hear about OPEX and CAPEX, but where is the business? Who's listening to the real strategic drivers to adopt cloud computing?
This presentation shows how to attach and govern real strategic objectives to a cloud computing initiative: quick wins, teams, mistakes, and process. You will find out that cloud computing isn't a new IT architecture, but rather an initiative that has to be very close to the organization's strategy, sometimes an important piece in the Enterprise Architecture puzzle.
Levando a Estratégia para as Nuvens
|4:15 - 4:30
Association of Enterprise Architects - Brazil Chapter
The Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA) is the definitive professional organization for Enterprise Architects. Its goals are to increase job opportunities for all of its members and increase their market value by advancing professional excellence, and to raise the status of the profession as a whole.
Fundada em 2010, a a|EA Brazil Chapter é uma associação profissional que reúne principalmente arquitetos corporativos e arquitetos de TI (negócios, processos, solução, infra-estrutura, dados, segurança, integração) do Brasil, para colaborar para o desenvolvimento e melhorar a qualidade global dos sistemas e experiência profissional, promovendo a comunicação e o compartilhamento de idéias dentro da comunidade
- Promover o conhecimento e utilização TOGAF® tanto entre arquitetos praticantes, como também entre o pessoal de TI e de negócios em geral, cobrindo as seguintes certificações:
- Divulgar informações sobre evoluções da Enterprise Architecture;
- Estabelecer grupos de trabalho ou de estudos sobre temas de interesse local relacionados a Enterprise Architecture;
- Facilitar o compartilhamento das melhores práticas em arquitetura de negócios, dados, aplicações e tecnologia, governança da arquitetura e organização de gestão da mudança;
- Facilitar a participação de fornecedores para a prática de Enterprise Achitecture;
- Proporcionar um modelo de profissionalismo, facilitando, educando e proporcionando oportunidades práticas;
- Proporcionar fórum de discussão e Análise de problemas, soluções, aplicações e idéias relacionadas a Enterprise Architecture.
Comitê Executivo do Brazil Chapter
Roberto Severo, Fundador (Chair)
Paola Rudi Ferraz Coutinho (Vice-chair)
|4:30 - 5:00
|5:00 - 5:45
Introduction to TOGAF® 9.1Cecilio Cosac Fraguas, Business Technology Consulting, CPM Braxis Capgemini
Cecilio Cosac Fraguas, Business Technology Consulting, Technology for Business Performance, CPM Braxis Capgemini
Mestre em Computação e Automação Industrial pela Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação da UNICAMP – Universidade Estadual de Campinas, pesquisa e aplica, a mais de 10 anos, os conceitos de Arquitetura Corporativa e Arquitetura Orientada a Serviços para auxiliar seus clientes na difícil missão de controlar a crescente complexidade de TI e desenvolver sistemas preparados para mudanças.
Atou como consultor e arquiteto em diversos projetos junto a grandes instituições financeiras e, após sua certificação no TOGAF em 2008, utiliza as práticas e padrões do Open Group para descrever e formalizar as soluções para seus clientes de consultoria e capacitação. Atualmente, é Gerente Sênior de Consultoria da CPM Braxis Capgemini.
TOGAF® Version 9.1
Enterprise Edition
TOGAF®, an Open Group Standard, is a proven enterprise architecture methodology and framework used by the world's leading organizations to improve business efficiency. It is the most prominent and reliable enterprise architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among enterprise architecture professionals. Enterprise architecture professionals fluent in TOGAF standards enjoy greater industry credibility, job effectiveness, and career opportunities. TOGAF helps practitioners avoid being locked into proprietary methods, utilize resources more efficiently and effectively, and realize a greater return on investment.
First developed in 1995, TOGAF was based on the US Department of Defense Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM). From this sound foundation, The Open Group Architecture Forum has developed successive versions of TOGAF at regular intervals and published them on The Open Group public web site.
TOGAF Version 9.1 is a maintenance update to TOGAF 9, addressing comments raised since the introduction of TOGAF 9 in 2009. It retains the major features and structure of TOGAF 9, thereby preserving existing investment in TOGAF, and adds further detail and clarification to what is already proven.
The standard is divided into seven parts:
|5:45 - 6:15
Ernst & Young's 2011 Global Information Security SurveyAlberto Favero, IT Risk & Assurance, Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young's 2011 Global Information Security Survey
This Global Information Security Survey looks at the future as businesses become more digital and examines IT Risk Management related to: Cloud Computing, Mobile Devices, Social Media, and Data Loss Prevention.
Alberto Favero e socio de IT Risk & Assurance Services da Ernst & Young Terco com dedicacao a Financial Services. Possui mais de 22 anos de experiencia nas areas de TI, Seguranca da Informacao e Riscos.
|6:15 - 7:00
|Conversation between The Open Group and Stakeholders


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Good idea! I suggest Chanel Antaeus
Hi everyone!
Last year we had a Scent Synchronization Day to celebrate autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. So I am proposing we now have a day to celebrate Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
The premise is for us as a group to decide on one fragrance that we will all wear on a particular day. We should be aiming to pick a fragrance that most of us already own or can easily obtain a sample of – so no niche/obscure/discontinued fragrances please. Once we pick the fragrance, we all wear it on that day and post our thoughts about the fragrance. I am proposing that day to be Monday, May 3, 2010.
What I would like to do in this thread is for people to post a fragrance that they think we be a good candidate for us to wear. I will then create a poll early next week with the top vote getters. We will then vote on the poll and the winner will be selected. The poll will close ahead of the SSD so people can have time to obtain a sample if they need to.
I will kick off the suggestions with Prada Infusion d'Homme.
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Good idea! I suggest Chanel Antaeus
I love cologne.
How about the ubiquitous Azzaro pour Homme?
Any of the 3 above sound great! How about Live Jazz - YSL?


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Antonym(s): unselfish
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In harmony with nature
"This is a very good platform," said Biswakarma, content even after missing the first position, "The subject matter set for this competition is quite apt, too. We all need to understand that the absence of forests means extinction of our existence." As for handing over leadership roles to women, the major theme of the competition, he opined, "Women should definitely be promoted to decision-making levels. With their sensitivity and gentleness, they will add a new dimension to conservation."
The competition was part of Hariyo Ban's campaign for the 103rd International Women's Day, under the theme of 'Amplifying unheard voices of women's leadership in conservation and climate change.' The campaign was directly aligned with Hariyo Ban's goal to reduce impacts of climate change and threats to biodiversity in Nepal, highlighting the work of local women who have been selflessly working to conserve and restore forests, and yet who are often not adequately empowered to do this. Auditions were held in six districts of Chitwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL). The two participants from each district chosen from this audition competed one more time in Pokhara before one winner each was selected from the poem and song category.
The winners for CHAL were Basanta Subedi from Kaski and Uday Nepali from Mustang, both of whom managed to articulate the innate relationship between women leadership and conservation. Nepali, who traveled a long way from his mountain district, focused on the need of women leaders in every sphere of life. "No effort is too small to raise awareness about women leadership, and I could not let such a chance go. I truly believe that only when we men speak out and cooperate with women can they voice their problems. Besides, women are the ones relegated to the home and hearth, they are the ones who have to deal with problems such as depleting water sources and fuel, which is why they need to be at the forefront to decide about the best use of natural resources."
Two days later, a similar scenario of bonhomie laced with competition occurred in Chitwan, where seventeen contestants gathered. Just like in CHAL, these contestants had been selected from districts in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). Their songs and poems spoke of the pain women faced due to declining natural resources, the courage they showed in conserving their biodiversity, and the challenges they encounter each day in their endeavors. The hopeful voices mesmerized one and all, and the final choice of the judges – Jayananda Joshi 'Paramhamsa' for his rousing poetry and Ritu Lama for her mellifluous song – were appreciated by all present. Speaking out about the message of her song, Ritu explained eloquently, "My point is that women are as capable of doing things that men are, it is only the rights and official positions that they lack. But even this is not deterring women, as they are personally carrying out their quest to save forests and wildlife. This is because it is especially women who bear the brunt of environmental crises."
The issues highlighted in the songs and poems have raised awareness and understanding of women's hopes and struggles for their forests. When the overall winner, Ritu Lama, was finally announced on March 8, 2013 at an International Women's Day Hariyo Ban event judged by seven eminent judges, she expressed elation at the chance to have the songs and poems recorded and played back through national and local media. This process will not only highlight conservation issues that are pertinent to the region, but should also inspire men and women to join hands together for conservation and a better future. The campaign, which focused on raising voices from the local to the national level on best practices and challenges faced by women active in natural resource management through their inspiring stories via song and poetry, came to an inspiring end with a young female winner who is passionate about changing the world for the better through her words and actions. Thanks to all the competitors for their inspiring work!
By Richa Bhattarai, Communications Associate, Hariyo Ban Program, WWF Nepal
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Have you ever seen those vendors on the side of the streets selling home-grown fruits or vegetables? Have you ever stopped at one? There is a good chance that you've probably driven right past it without stopping. But why? These people have certainly put more love and care into the cultivation and distribution than anyone who sells to grocery stores. They have undoubtedly used less harmful chemicals in the process. They are generally friendly and more than happy to answer any questions you have about the products. Their products are often substantially less expensive, and in my experience, much tastier. Aren't these all things that we look and hope for? So… why don't we stop?
Here's my theory: There are a few reasons. One: It is less convenient than going to the grocery store where you know they will have whatever you want. Two: It is difficult to find them when you are really looking for them, and if you don't need whatever they are selling at the moment, then you probably won't stop to get it. Three: You really have no guarantee that what they are selling is quality or worth spending your money on.
The same concepts apply to your website and its traffic. People get online to search for something that they need. They use search engines because they are convenient, and generally you can trust the top results to be good quality and very helpful. Although you may provide better services or be more knowledgeable than whoever falls into the top search engine results position, potential clients are much more likely to go to their website for the same reasons you buy most of your fresh produce at the grocery store and not at the roadside stand – it is easy; they know that they will get at least some of the answers that they need; and they are guaranteed a certain level of quality. And on the off chance that someone does come upon your site, if they are not specifically looking for what you offer at that very moment, that person will probably pass you by without a glance back in your direction.
This is where SEO comes into play. Through the utilization of certain SEO tactics, you can ensure that the search engines index your website on a lower page. The higher you rank on the search engines, the more visible you are and the more convenient it is for the searcher, the more traffic you will get.
Simple as that! Well…kind of…but it is really important.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search Engine Optimization, almost always referred to as "SEO" in the online world, has to do with the visibility of your website. In a nutshell, search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo send virtual spiders through every site on the web, and based on specific qualifications incorporated into an extremely complex algorithm, essentially rank them for certain keywords. When you do a search on a set of keywords, an index of websites appears. The higher your website is on this list, the more traffic you are going to get because you are more visible to potential visitors. SEO plays a tremendous role in the amount of traffic that you get to your website, and is something that you MUST take into consideration if you want to be more successful. And let's be honest…who doesn't want that?!
How you can increase your website's SEO:
There are a number of steps that you can take to increase the SEO of your website…
One surefire way to ensure that you have at least some content that appears on the first search engine results page is to make a Google profile. Your Google profile will not only say a lot about you, but will contain links to your websites, and will thereby increase traffic by at least a bit to those sites. As I mentioned in my last blog post, it guarantees that your profile is a first page result IF and ONLY IF someone does a search on your name. So this is a great option if people already know who you are, and will help you some either way, but is not the most effective way to increase website traffic.
On Page Optimization is another way to increase your website's SEO. On page SEO is basically all of the things that you can do with/on your own website to help a search engine understand what your website is about and to index you higher.
One of the most important on page strategies is good use of KEYWORDS. The keywords that you use should be relevant to what you write about, and should be words that your target audience is likely to utilize in searches. It is important that you not only use good keywords frequently within your website or blog, but insert them in the titles and tags as well. If you only use them once or twice throughout your site or blog they are just words, not keywords. Your keyword should be incorporated into your URL as well.
Another tactic to increase your on page optimization is making sure that each of your pages LINK to other pages on your site. The more links you have to each page, the more likely the search engine spiders will find all of them. That being said, do not link each page to every single page on your website.
Updating your site regularly ensures that the spiders are going through it on a regular basis. Other than your homepage, you pages should link to one or two other pages. If you are using WordPress for your website, you can install the GoogleXML Sitemap plug-in. It maps your site in a way that makes it much easier for Google to navigate.
Lastly, if you have an advanced understanding of coding and website design, which I most definitely do not, you can alter your HTML coding to increase traffic to an extent.
Off Page Optimization tactics will help increase your SEO as well. Off page SEO is basically all of the things that you do outside of your own website/blog to bring more traffic to your site. If you do not use software that automatically submits your sitemap to search engines, SUBMIT it yourself.
Creating BACKLINKS to your website can make a huge difference.To do this, you can either pay exorbitant amounts to have other sites link back to your site OR you can make your own backlinks. To do so, all you have to do is leave a relevant and quality comment on a blog and include your website URL in the contact information. More often than not there is a place to include your URL when you are filling out the comment form, but if not, you can include it under your name or title within the comment content itself.In general, the more links to your website, the higher your Search Engine Ranking will be.
Joining and updating SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES is another great tactic. You can make links that point back to your site while gaining credibility and traffic.
Another one is ARTICLE SUBMISSION. Submitting articles (about things that are related to your passions and what you do to be of service to your clients) to article directories can help increase your traffic and SEO.
Off page SEO is a bit more complicated, but basically, you want to get your name and work out there and create as many links that point back to you and your website as possible.
SEO is not as complicated as many people think. Even incorporating basic SEO tactics in your marketing strategy can make a big difference.
So go out and some of these things, and turn the traffic light to your website green!!
If you have any other SEO tactics that you feel have worked well for you, or any question, I would love to hear from you. Just leave a comment by clicking the bubble on the top right hand side of the post if you are looking at it in archive format or by filling in the comment information below the post if you are viewing the individual post.
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- What to do if you have been Sexually Assaulted
- Campus Safety's Response
- What to Expect from a Legal Perspective
- Why you Should Report Sexual Assaults
- Anonymous Reporting
- Other Sex Related Crimes
Sexual Assault Definitions
Sexual Assault, is defined by Illinois Criminal Code to be;
(720 ILCS 5/12-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-13)
Sec. 12-13. Criminal Sexual Assault.
(a) The accused commits criminal sexual assault if he or she:
(1) commits an act of sexual penetration by the use of force or threat of force;
(2) commits an act of sexual penetration and the accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent;
(3) commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 18 years of age when the act was committed and the accused was a family member;
(4) commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was at least 13 years of age but under 18 years of age when the act was committed and the accused was 17 years of age or over and held a position of trust, authority or supervision in relation to the victim.
Simply speaking, Sexual Assault is sexual penetration or contact through the use or threat of force, no matter how slight, or if the victim was unable to give consent. This can include but not be limited to; cunnilingus, fellatio and anal penetration.
Loyola's Sexual Assault Definition
Loyola University Chicago's Student Code of Conduct defines sexual assault as any unwelcome sexual advance that injures or threatens to injure another person, including, but not limited to, rape. Sexual abuse is any actual or attempted non-consensual sexual activity, including, but not limited to, attempted intercourse, sexual touching, exhibitionism, or sexual language of a threatening nature. Non-consensual activity includes situations where consent cannot be given because the victim is incapacitated due to alcohol or drug consumption or is unconscious.
Someone who is incapacitated cannot legally give consent to sex and therefore, sex with someone who is incapacitated is sexual assault. Please refer to the "Gender-Based Misconduct and Title IX" section of the Community Standards (http://www.luc.edu/osccr/resources/communitystandards/) for definitions of consent and incapacitation.
What to do if you have been sexually assaulted
If you have been sexually assaulted your first concern should be for your own well being. If the person who assaulted you is still nearby you should get away as quickly as possible.
Your health is very important and you should seek medical aid as soon as possible. Even if there are no obvious signs of physical injury, there is still the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
To seek medical assistance, the best idea is to call 911 and request an ambulance; you can also call Campus Safety at 773.508.6039, Campus Safety can help arrange transportation to the hospital. The ambulance or Campus Safety will take you to the closest hospital where trained hospital staff will best accommodate your needs. If you feel that you may have been drugged it is extremely important to tell medical personnel this so that they can do appropriate testing.
If you want to report a sexual assault to the police you need to do this as quickly as possible. Far too often a delay in reporting results in a sexual assault case being dismissed in the courts. You should report a sexual assault by calling 911 or Campus Safety at 773.508.6039. You should report the assault even if you do not plan on pressing charges.
When you report a sexual assault, it is best if you are able to preserve any evidence that may have been left. Do not bathe, shower, douche, brush your teeth, chew gum or eat or drink anything. This is to preserve any biological evidence that could be collected. You should also preserve physical evidence that might contain bodily fluids, this can include, the clothing you were wearing, bed linens, a discarded condom etc. These items should be placed in a paper bag if at all possible and brought with you to the hospital or given to the police.
Campus Safety's Response
If you contact Campus Safety to report a sexual assault an officer will be dispatched to your location. Campus Safety Officers have received training on how to handle sexual assault cases in a way that accommodates the victim in every way. When an officer arrives they will ask if you want medical assistance. From there they will ask you very basic questions about the assault. They will ask you if you want to sign complaints. Signing a complaint is what is commonly referred to as "pressing charges." Signing a complaint means that you want the case to be investigated by the Police.
If you agree to sign a complaint, the Chicago Police Department will be contacted and an officer will respond to take a report.
Campus Safety's role is to ensure that you have someone with you that understands the legal process and is able to help you better understand what to expect from a legal perspective.
What to Expect from a Legal Perspective
If you have been raped and you decide to report it by calling Campus Safety, an officer will respond. If you request to make a police report, the Chicago Police will respond to take a report. (Note: if you go the hospital, the hospital is required by law to call the Police. You do NOT have to talk to them, but the hospital is required to contact the police and inform them of the rape).
After speaking to the Chicago Police officer, they will give you a report number to be used as reference. Within days of reporting a sexual assault, a Detective from the Chicago Police Department will contact you to ask you follow-up questions. These questions are designed to help either identify the offender, or, obtain the necessary information or evidence to arrest an offender.
If an arrest is made there is a very good chance that you will have to appear in court to possibly testify against the offender. This can be an incredibly stressful and emotional experience but there are many resources in place for people to help you cope with the pressure and make it as easy on you as possible.
Why you should report sexual assaults
It is estimated that 1 out of every 5 college aged women are forced to have sexual intercourse, yet, only 16% of all rapes are reported to the police. This is an amazingly low number of people who step forward and report a sexual assault. In 85% of all sexual assaults, the person who was assaulted knew their attacker.
Many times, an attacker has sexually assaulted other women and there is a chance that they will do it again. By not reporting a rape, it can empower the attacker to think they can get away with it or give them the impression that there is nothing wrong with what they are doing. Reporting a rape can lead to an arrest and prosecution against an offender and could help stop them from repeating the crime.
Reporting a rape can help you find closure by knowing that the attacker has been legally punished for their crime. Many women find comfort knowing that the attacker has had to endure a trial and could face prison time for their crimes
Anonymous Reporting
Campus Safety accepts anonymous reporting for all crimes that occur on campus including sexual assault. Because of the seriousness of sexual assault, we encourage all survivors to come forward and report the facts of the incident. Please understand that by reporting the incident anonymously there is very little that can be done from a law enforcement perspective other than to have statistics that better represent sexual assaults on campus.
Other Sex Related Crimes
Criminal Sexual Abuse.
(a) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she:
(1) commits an act of sexual conduct by the use of force or threat of force; or
(2) commits an act of sexual conduct and the accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent.
(b) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if the accused was under 17 years of age and commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 9 years of age but under 17 years of age when the act was committed.
(c) The accused commits criminal sexual abuse if he or she commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct with a victim who was at least 13 years of age but under 17 years of age and the accused was less than 5 years older than the victim.
(d) Sentence. Criminal sexual abuse for a violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. Criminal sexual abuse for a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class 2 felony. For purposes of this Section it is a second or subsequent conviction if the accused has at any time been convicted under this Section or under any similar statute of this State or any other state for any offense involving sexual abuse or sexual assault that is substantially equivalent to or more serious than the sexual abuse prohibited under this Section.
(e) "Sexual conduct" means any intentional or knowing touching or fondling by the victim or the accused, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus or breast of the victim or the accused, or any part of the body of a child under 13 years of age, or any transfer or transmission of semen by the accused upon any part of the clothed or unclothed body of the victim, for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the victim or the accused.
Indecent Exposure/Public Indecency
A. Any person of the age of seventeen (17) years and upwards who performs the following act in
a public place commits a public indecency:
1. A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of
the person.
B. "Public place", for purposes of this Section, means any place where the conduct is or may
reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.


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1. The defense of innocent possession of contraband is not recognized in Kansas.
2. To prove illegal possession of contraband by a defendant, the State must establish an intentional appropriation by the defendant.
3. The legal necessity of an intentional appropriation of contraband adequately protects an innocent handler of contraband.
Appeal from Butler District Court; CHARLES M. HART, judge. Opinion filed April 21, 2000. Affirmed.
Peter Maharry, assistant appellate defender, Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, and Geary N. Gorup, of counsel, Render Kamas, L.C., of Wichita, for appellant.
No appearance by the State.
Before KNUDSON, P.J., GREEN, J., and BUCHELE, S.J.
KNUDSON, J.: Jerry Mark Calvert appeals after a jury trial conviction for felony possession of marijuana. At trial, Calvert wanted to present proffered evidence of innocent possession. The trial court sustained the State's responsive oral motion in limine. On appeal, Calvert contends the trial court should not have granted the order; alternatively, the order was overinclusive and prevented Calvert from presenting evidence material in defense of the crime.
We affirm. Kansas does not recognize innocent possession as a legal justification or excuse to the crime of possession. Secondly, Calvert's proffer was only responsive to the State's motion in limine; consequently, the issue of whether any of the proffered evidence may have been admissible for some other reason was never raised before the trial court.
We are able to establish the factual basis for Calvert's claim of innocent possession from the testimony proffered in response to the State's motion in limine. Calvert contends he entered his stepson's room, saw a bag of marijuana and a pipe on the bedside table, and took the items with an intent to throw them away. Later that same evening, the contraband was discovered when he was stopped for a traffic infraction.
At trial, the State called only the arresting officer as a witness. After the State rested, the prosecutor made an oral motion in limine that Calvert be precluded from presenting evidence of innocent possession as contemplated under a proposed jury instruction that had been submitted by the defendant.
The proposed jury instruction stated:
"If the defendant physically controlled the substance solely for the purpose of its disposal, such possession would not be unlawful even though he knew its nature as a controlled substance. Length of time of possession is one of the factors which may be considered when deciding whether the defendant physically handled the substance solely for disposal."
It is important to note Calvert consistently admitted possession, arguing that innocent possession should be allowed as an affirmative defense to the charge. The proposed instruction was tailored from a jury instruction approved in People v. Cole, 202 Cal. App. 3d 1439, 1443, 249 Cal. Rptr. 601 (1988).
The trial court, after hearing arguments, ruled:
"This court, based on the arguments presented and the proposed jury instruction and supporting case law and statutory law provided by defense counsel and also by the State, the court does not recognize the legal defense as propounded by the defendant. Subsequently [sic], the court does grant the State's motion in limine, preventing the defendant from presenting the defense as set forth on the record. Subsequently [sic], the court will not include the instruction as proposed to the jury." (Emphasis added.)
After the trial court's ruling, Calvert proffered testimony to protect the record in the event of an appeal. Calvert did not intimate the testimony was otherwise admissible and did not ask the court for any other ruling as to the proffered evidence.
The issues in this case are straightforward. Calvert acknowledges he knowingly possessed the marijuana. His contention is that innocent possession should be recognized as an affirmative defense; that is, it should be recognized as a legal justification or excuse.
Kansas does not statutorily recognize a defense of innocent possession except under circumstances prescribed by statute and not remotely relevant to Calvert's claim of error. See K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-4162(a). Our criminal code is codified and includes what are recognized as affirmative defenses of justification or excuse. As a general rule, "there can be no common-law excuse or justification, or justification or excuse based on the so-called 'unwritten law.'" 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law § 46. We hold the trial court did not err in rejecting Calvert's proposed jury instruction or the evidence proffered in support of the innocent possession defense.
Our ruling does not prevent a defendant from presenting a common-sense defense to a charge of a possessory crime. We simply do not believe the so-called innocent possession defense should be recognized in Kansas. To prove possession, the State must establish that a defendant intentionally appropriated the drug to himself or herself. See State v. Metz, 107 Kan. 593, 596, 193 Pac. 177 (1920). The legal necessity of an intentional appropriation adequately protects the innocent defendant from a claim of knowing possession of contraband.
Calvert also contends that the trial court's order in limine was overbroad and prohibited the introduction of testimony concerning the physical facts and circumstances concerning his possession of the marijuana. This contention is without merit. Calvert did not intimate that the proffered evidence might be admissible for another reason. The evidence was only placed on record to preserve Calvert's right to appeal under the trial court's order in limine. No further ruling was requested from the trial court, and no effort was made to introduce the evidence at trial for another purpose. Because Calvert did not make this claim before the trial court, we will not consider it on appeal. See State v. Gardner, 264 Kan. 95, 106, 955 P.2d 1199 (1998).


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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia has rejected calls to release an editor jailed last month for reporting on the results of an official graft investigation, in a case international press groups say undermines the government's commitment to free speech.
Rodney Sieh, publisher and editor of the independent newspaper FrontPageAfrica, was arrested Aug. 21 after failing to pay $1.5 million in damages awarded to former Agriculture Minister Chris Toe. In 2010, Sieh's newspaper published several articles about findings by the country's anti-corruption watchdog that the ministry could not account for millions of dollars.
Two days after Sieh's arrest, law enforcement closed the paper's offices. Sieh then launched a hunger strike and was hospitalized last week with malaria.
Despite calls by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to intervene on Sieh's behalf, Liberia's information ministry said Tuesday that the verdict against Sieh should be respected.
Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, last year became the second African head of state to sign the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for the Africa-wide repeal of defamation and "insult" laws.
Yet multiple libel convictions have been handed down since she came to power in 2006, and no newspaper has won a libel case during that time, according to the Press Union of Liberia. A lawsuit filed by Sirleaf's office in 2009 for $5 million against the New Broom newspaper led to that paper's closure.
Former agriculture minister Toe has denied allegations of wrongdoing, though he resigned from his position and was never put on trial. He has said the newspaper's reports were libelous because he was never convicted, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In a letter to Sirleaf on Monday, CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said the case against Sieh was flawed and asked the government to facilitate his release.
"We believe the punishment meted out against FrontPageAfrica is disproportionate and that the case is tainted with political undertones," Simon said.
The $1.5 million damages award is more than 30 times the yearly operating budget for FrontPageAfrica, according to Sieh, who in a New York Times op-ed over the weekend said the case was a clear attempt to silence Liberia's most aggressive and ambitious newspaper.
Sieh also wrote that two jurors claimed they were paid to find him guilty.
"So long as Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf's advisers can tell the courts how to rule, the government will continue to intimidate the press at home while maintaining an undeserved positive image abroad," Sieh said.
The information ministry faulted Sieh for not appealing the verdict, though Sieh has said the process is prohibitively expensive.
Sirleaf has not addressed the case herself. Wade Williams, an editor at FrontPageAfrica who has been running the paper in Sieh's absence, said she suspected many government officials would be happy to see the paper shut down.
"They're all using their influence to get to Rodney, punishing him for exposing them over the years," Williams said. "That's why (Sirleaf's) not saying anything. She herself has not been happy with FrontPageAfrica for some time now."
The newspaper has continued to publish online even though its offices remain closed and an important source of revenue — print advertisements — has dried up.
Toe, the former agriculture minister who brought the libel case, said Tuesday he had been "injured" by FrontPageAfrica's coverage but that he was open to talks with Sieh's lawyers.
Williams, however, said she questioned what purpose the talks might serve. "I don't think there should be any negotiation on the part of a newspaper reporting on public officials just to appease them," she said. "It will be a sign of weakness on the part of the media."
Associated Press writer Robbie Corey-Boulet contributed reporting from Dakar, Senegal.


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|Global financial markets were hit hard this week, unconvinced that European leaders are doing enough to prevent contagion of the sovereign-debt crisis in Greece—as widespread financial contagion could push the global economy back into recession. The credibility of the Greek rescue package is being questioned, given the severity of the adjustment (11% share of GDP cut in the fiscal deficit over 3 years) and public outcry against the austerity measures. Countries with high sovereign debt, fiscal deficits and contingent liabilities, in particular, are at risk of contagion, but current heightened market-uncertainty is leading to flight-to-quality, which could raise rates across countries. Investors are also wary that, as many countries face substantial fiscal consolidation ahead, the implementation of fiscal exit-strategies could be highly synchronized and poses downside risks to global growth—although the coming adjustments may not be wholly unprecedented at the country level.
|Greece's unfolding debt crisis and mounting concerns over Eurozone sovereign- and liquidity-risk battered world financial markets. Equities tumbled and credit default swaps (CDS) spreads soared, even after Greece reached a bail-out package with the EU and IMF last weekend. CDS spreads for Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy jumped to fresh record-highs and this year's gains on global equities have been wiped out. Worries about elevated European debt, tightening credit, and Eurozone cohesiveness led to further depreciation of the euro, which hit a 14-month low against the U.S. dollar (as of May 6). Benchmark U.S. Treasuries surged on a general flight-to-quality, which if sustained would lead to higher borrowing costs across nearly all countries.
|Mounting pressures on government coffers have raised concerns about sovereign-debt sustainability. Already elevated sovereigndebt levels are likely to rise over the near-term across many countries, given the degree of fiscal deterioration since the onset of the crisis. Private sector debt is also elevated and contributing to rising non-performing loans that represent significant contingent liabilities, should banks need to be recapitalized. Uncertainty about these dynamics has been centered on Greece— with a fiscal deficit of 13.6% and sovereign external debt of 107% (as shares of GDP)—but increasingly on other economies (many in Europe) with high fiscal deficits, debt and contingent liabilities, and on Eurozone cohesiveness given these stresses and the decline in competitiveness of debt-burdened members. Spillover risks are also tied to international banks pulling out of third countries to cover losses in Europe, and to a possible credit freeze.
|The extent of fiscal adjustment that individual countries are facing is not wholly unprecedented, as over 20 high-income countries made deficit reductions of at least 5% of GDP since the 1970s— including Israel's 11% share of GDP cut achieved in 3 years. However, many of these countries benefited from exchange-rate depreciation. While some countries have begun tightening fiscal policies—despite the compounding negative effects on growth, given the lack of fiscal space—many more countries will also pursue significant fiscal adjustment in the near-term, once economic recovery becomes more firmly established. This is likely to result in highly synchronized consolidation, posing downside risks to global growth, likely putting pressure on aid to developing countries.
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There's a whole lot of ca-noodling to do this week with Presto Pasta Nights #265. I had the privilege of hosting this week's round and have a range of dishes to tempt you with below, from down-home comfort food to elegant little pasta numbers. Ruth of Once Upon a Feast is the founder of Presto Pasta Nights , one of the longest running and most popular food blog events that I know about. Every Friday roundup presents new kinds of pastas and intriguing sauces and this week's batch is no exception.
So grab your pasta fork and tie on a napkin, and let's stroll through this week's PPN submissions:
Pizza Macaroni and Cheese was served up at Pictures of a Princess. Everybody in Jules' family really enjoyed this combination of two comfort food favorites.
Tigerfish at Tescape has a lovely, healthy and unusual bowl full of Peashoots, Carrot Greens, Almonds Pesto Fusilli to share with us. I was introduced the delights of eating pea shoots last year but didn't know that one could eat carrot greens. Another reason to grow carrots in the garden; they are a two-fer!
The Life and Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch is Shelby's blog. She reports that Grumpy, aka the Husband, has high standards when it comes to tomato sauce. She followed the lightened up recipe for Baked Ziti from the Cook This! Not That! Cookbook, and Grumpy lapped it up! It certainly looks mouthwatering.
Tandy is at the helm of Lavender and Lime, and she shares a toothsome concoction indeed: Lemon Garlic Linguine with Mascarpone and Prawns. Every single ingredient in that title sounds wonderful and I personally can't wait to try this recipe out for my crew. Bookmarked!
Stash of The Spamwise Chronicles offers up a plate of Mussel Risotto. Okay, I know what your thinking; rice is not a pasta or noodle, starchy though it may be. But since I love Stash's food photos and recipes over at his blog, am a mussels lover (and Ruth said it was okay to use my judgment), I had to include this awesome dish in the roundup this week.
Finally, we have The Crispy Cook contribution to the pasta party with Broccoli and Cheese Sauced Pasta with Spring Herbs. My gang cleaned their plates when I served this for supper. I got a little heavy handed with the herb garnish, so it's hard to see the broccoli nuggets studding this creamy dish, but I get a little excited when my chive plants are blossoming.
Thanks to all the great cooks who submitted recipes this week. I enjoyed reading through them all and will be cooking up some this week, for sure. Thanks also to Ruth at Presto Pasta Nights for allowing me to host this week. Next week it will be Stash's turn to host PPN and I look forward to sneaking over there to see what others are cooking up from their kitchens.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Presto Pasta Nights #265 Roundup
4 comments:
- Ruth Daniels said...
What a super roundup. I love the variety of dishes this week. Thanks so much for hosting yet again.
- Friday, 25 May, 2012
- Shelby said...
Everything sounds great! I'm such a sucker for pasta meals :)
- Saturday, 26 May, 2012
they all look so scrummy :) Thanks for hosting!
- Monday, 28 May, 2012
- tigerfish said...
I'm consistently fascinated with what one can do with pasta. Thanks for the round up.
- Tuesday, 29 May, 2012
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Kids in a hot car: 'Not even for a minute'By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
July 18. 2013 10:49PM
FRANKLIN — The man who police say left four children in a closed-up car in 97-degree weather Wednesday is being held on $50,000 cash bail.
Jeremiah Hollenbeck of Lebanon, Maine, had been inside the Family Dollar store 10-15 minutes before police rescued the children. The 5-year-old and 9-year-old, are Hollenbeck's childen; the twin 9-month-olds belong to Hollenbeck's fiancee, Christine Lindsay, also of Lebanon, Maine.
The two older children refused to open their windows when a stranger walked by and tried to help Wednesday afternoon, police said. But when police arrived after the adult called for help, they gladly opened their unlocked doors.
"When we got there, they walked right out," Franklin Police Sgt. Daniel Ball said.
Police are trained to look for unattended children and will arrest people who leave their family members in danger, Ball said.
According to the study "Heatstroke Deaths of Children in Vehicles" conducted by Dr. Jan Null of San Francisco State University, at least 21 children left unattended in vehicles have died so far this year in the United States. There were 33 such deaths in 2012.
Hollenbeck was arrested on four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He was also charged with theft when police found he had goods stolen from the Family Dollar store, and with a felony charge of possession of a narcotic drug. Ball said the drug was one Oxycodone pill found in the car for which he had no prescription.
At his arraignment Thursday morning, Hollenbeck was ordered held on $50,000. Lindsay is presently in a drug rehabilitation facility in Maine, Ball said.
The children, who were checked out at Franklin Regional Hospital, were picked up by one of their grandfathers and taken to his home in Maine, Ball said.
Police said people should never leave a child unattended in a vehicle.
"Not even for a minute," Ball said.
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It is dangerous to make those assumptions about me or my rational.
I'm telling you, its not as clean cut as at most schools. I've gotten a bad grade before and not reacted this way. It is not my ego. I'll give an example: on the syllabus all out of class assignments count for 5 percent of the total grade and there were bout 20. As such, all papers being even, I get an NP rather than a P ( the only grades given) because I was late on an out of class assignment. Has nothing to do with my paper. And I want an independent source to make sure it has nothing to do with my paper. Its not like I got a "C", it is more akin to pass/fail. The arbitrariness is astounding. I mentioned the guy who asked his prof why he got a bad grade and was told: "must happen to somebody" by his prof.. He didn't deserve his grade either. This happened to 25 percent of the class.
I got a bad grade in Legal Research and Writing and think I was short changed by a new prof. Someone had to get a bad grade and it ended up being me. Is there a way for me to have this memo graded by someone else unofficially, for peace of mind at least. Please help. Thanks in advance.


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Luxury Car Makers Brace for Slower China Sales
SHANGHAI—BMW AG said it expects slower sales growth in China this year as premium-car makers grapple with a slowdown in economic growth and intensifying competition in one of their most lucrative markets.
The German auto maker said at the Shanghai auto show over the weekend that it expects China sales growth in the upper single digits. BMW's sales in China increased about 40% last year to roughly 326,000 vehicles.


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There seems to be a trend with Bravo Housewives when they decide to write a book, they tend to reveal some rather TMI details about their lives. First Nene Leakes revealed she used to be a stripper in her book Never Make the Same Mistake Twice, and there's no telling what New Jersey Housewives' Danielle Staub will reveal in her upcoming book – The Naked Truth. It is now however Alex McCord's turn.
The Real Housewives of New York City star has decided to share some rather interesting tidbits in her new parenting book, Little Kids Big City: Tales From a Real House in New York City, set to hit the stands tomorrow April 6th.
The NYDailyNews got their hands on an except from the book during which Alex shares some rather controversial details about her pregnancy. She has two sons with hubby Simon Van Kempen. "Throughout my pregnancy, I gave into every craving I felt," admits Alex. "When I wanted to have a drink, I did."
And it doesn't end there. Alex also reveals she actually drank the night she went into labor with Francois. She sipped on champagne as Simon escorted her to the hospital.
Alex then shares that she and Simon spent most of their time with the boys, "We're very lucky that we're able to pay our nanny extra for two evenings a week to go out," shares Alex.
A "source" however claims the husband and wife duo go out way more than two nights a week. "They definitely go out A LOT during the week," says the source. "They'll go to practically any event to be seen."


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Staten Island, NY – Leaders of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC), the world's largest network of women and men harmed by abortion, said today that the American Psychological Association (APA) needs to consider the latest major study from Norway that clearly shows a link between abortion and subsequent mental health problems.
"Next week the APA may adopt a new report on the link between abortion and health problems such as depression," said Janet Morana, co-founder of SNMAC. "New research from Norway reconfirms what women across America already know all too well – abortion doesn't end your problems, it creates new ones. The APA needs to ignore political pressure and report the truth about abortion's painful aftermath."
The Norwegian study, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, questioned 5,768 women between the ages of 15 and 27. It concluded that young adult women who undergo induced abortion may be at increased risk for subsequent depression.
"Abortion is not just a life terminating experience for the baby, it's a life altering one for the mother," added Georgette Forney, another co-founder of SNMAC. "The APA cannot continue to ignore study after study and pretend that eliminating a child from your life is consequence-free. It will be interesting to see if a pro-abortion bias will continue to trump science and women's realities when the psychologists meet next week."
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Since the launching of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign in 2003, 2,326 women and men have shared their testimonies publicly at over 200 gatherings in 44 states and six countries where more than 15,000 spectators have heard the truth about abortion's negative aftereffects. More than 4,100 people are registered to be Silent No More. Raising awareness about the hurtful aftermath of abortion and the help that is available to cope with the pain are two of the Campaign's goals.
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign is a joint project of Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life. For more information, please visit our website: www.silentnomoreawareness.org


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ONE MONTH TO GO! Time to talk turkey in SoCal
It's just a little over a month away from opening day of the spring turkey season and reports into
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from hunters, guides, outfitters and biologists indicate that we could be in for a good season. Last year was a tough one for many hunters out in the woods hoping to shoot a long beard. There were plenty of toms and jakes out there, but they stopped gobbling early in the season, which made for very difficult hunting for those who lacked patience or didn't have a good place to pattern the movement of birds all day long.
Unfortunately, it looks like one of the premier ranches to hunt Merriam's turkey will remain closed this spring. The Tejon Ranch closed up its hunting operation last month, hopefully on a temporary basis, but there was no time frame given as to when they might reopen to public hunting and that's a big loss to turkey hunters who want to continue the quest of shooting a grand slam on turkey.
There have been some concerns among those contacted by
about the long warm periods we had in late January and right on through the middle of this month. Those warmer than normal days, with lots of sun, could have kicked the first peak of the breeding season into gear earlier than what traditionally occurs in Southern California.
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contacted John Massie, a retired Department of Fish and Game biologist who specialized in upland game birds and turkey, and the following is what this knowledgeable turkey hunter had to say about the upcoming season.
"We have already started our turkey route survey for 2012. Almost everything looks typical for late January and early February. Lots of turkeys in tight flocks of up to 60 birds at a time, BUT one thing that is a little unsettling is the number of single wandering gobblers we have been seeing in the higher parts of eastern San Diego County. While we would expect the birds to leave the winter flocks to be the older and more experienced hens, what we have seen are gobblers walking around in singles and pairs."
Massie went on to say, "It could be an early onset of dispersal which would not be good for the hunter. While it is certainly possible that we could have missed seeing single hens as they are pretty secretive when they are looking for nest sites, so far, we haven't noted one hen in about 12 hours of scouting a vast area." And then Massie added, "With that exception, the numbers of birds looks real good. The poults we've seen are so big that you have trouble telling them apart from their mothers."
Turkey hunters looking for that Merriam's turkey this season don't have to look beyond booking a hunt with Mike Berry Guide Service based out of Bakersfield.
checked in with outfitter Berry about his hunting program and he responded with the following: "
We offer one day fully guided hunts on private ranches along the foothills of the western slopes of the High Sierra that encompass nearly 20,000 acres of good Merriam's turkey habitat. Our top turkey guide has years of experience and really knows the terrain and turkey pattern on the three ranches hunted."
There was good word on turkey season coming from the Paso Robles area when master guide Doug Roth of Camp Five filed his report with
"It's looking like another good year. An excellent carryover of two and three year old toms should make hunting a trophy gobbler productive. If this weather continues we will have a great opener. I do have one concern with the recent weather pattern and I am hoping for more rain to grow food and improve nesting conditions for this year's breeding season."
Also reporting from the Paso Robles, but an area closer to the coast was Anderson Taxidermy and Guide Service headed up by Don Anderson. "The ranch property that we hunt receives little hunting pressure which makes for excellent turkey hunting. There was a very good hatch of birds this past spring, which put a lot of jakes and jennies on the ground that only bodes well for the future. Last year we had 100 per cent success and most every bird shot sported a beard measuring 10 inches or more." Central Coast Outfitters, LLC is now booking combo turkey and hog hunts for the spring season. Hunts occur on private ranches along the coast and some properties just over the coastal range.
Fort Hunter Liggett will be open for the spring turkey season and hunters interested in hunting this military base should make immediate contact for booking information and other details by calling (831) 386-3310. Unfortunately, Camp Roberts will remain closed through the 2012 hunting season as they continue to do construction and military training on this base consisting of thousands of acres of prime turkey habitat.
Turkey hunting should be pretty good around Poza, Atascadero and up into the foothill ranches around Parkfield. Guide Clayton Grant of Bitterwater Outfitters reported to
that ranches he hunts are holding good numbers of gobblers and they are still pretty bunched up. Guided hunts take place on private ranches with only limited hunting pressure on the birds. Parkfield guide Roger Miller feels it will be a good year to harvest a long bearded carryover tom as a result of fewer birds killed out of a huntable population last spring and passing on jakes last season.
For those just getting into turkey hunting there will be a very good seminar on turkey hunting and calling conducted by Dieter Kaboth of Hunter's Specialties at the Fred Hall Tackle and Boat Show in Long Beach. According to show associate-producer Mike Lum, Kaboth will talk about turkey hunting, pass on timely turkey hunting techniques and answer questions during his seminar. Lum also added that this year's show will feature more in the way of firearms, hunting accessories and destinations.
There is some pretty new hot ammo for turkey hunting on dealers' shelves right now. Federal introduced their Premium Heavyweight Turkey line with the addition of a No.6 and No. 7, 1 and a quarter ounce load in a 12 ga. shell that produces approximately 50 per-cent less recoil than its 3-inch Heavyweight loads. New Hevi-Metal Turkey loads are available in both 12 and 20 gauges in a No. 4 layered shot, Rio ammo has in its line of high performance loads the M50 Magnum Game Load 50 in a variety of shot sizes and Kent now offers its Ultimate Turkey load featuring Kent's Diamond Lead Shot with 366 pellets in a 3-inch 12 ga. shell with excellent patterning.
Turkey hunters looking for a place to hunt on public land and get a chance at hunting the big flocks of birds that surround Lake Sutherland should make plans on attending the 2012 Spring Turkey Tune Up and Lottery for Turkey Hunts at Lake Sutherland that will be held Feb. 25 at San Vicente Reservoir off Moreno Ave. in Lakeside. The event is co-sponsored by the San Diego Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department. It starts are 8:30 a.m. with the drawing for turkey hunts beginning at noon.
Andy McCormick shot this big gobbler towards the end of last season after spending nearly a half a day getting into a position where the bird was interested in coming to a decoy with very little calling. The big tom was shot with an Escort Extreme Magnum semi-auto in Realtree Max-4 camo.
There was a good turkey hatch last spring with lots of jakes and jennies surviving the summer season thanks to excellent habitat, food and cover in most all turkey hunting areas in Southern California. There should be lots of jakes to hunt this spring.
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He said that people should get to understand how the disease works and make the necessary lifestyle changes to combat the chance of its development.
"If you already have diabetes, in addition to engaging in healthy habits, you should ensure you visit your doctor for regular check-ups and carry out the treatment plan as prescribed," Dr Ferguson urged.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Blueberry daiquiri
We went to a friends house for dinner tonight. I knew it was going to be a beer-and-meat BBQ (actually, it included veggies too), so I wanted to bring a drink. Originally I had planned to make a big batch of this and bring it over, but it turns out that we don't have anything conducive to transporting more than one or two servings of liquid. I mixed up enough for me in an empty canning jar. It was deeeeelicious. And healthy, except for the rum, I guess.
Blueberry daiquiri
From Epicurious, mostly. Makes 2 drinks.
1 c blueberries (mine were frozen)
1/4 c grapefruit juice (or juice of your choice)
2 T sugar
a pinch of thyme (optional)
1/3 c rum (or more...)
juice of 1/2 lemon
Combine blueberries, juice, sugar, and thyme in a saucepan. Cook for a few minutes until the blueberries are falling apart. Strain, then add rum and lemon juice. Cool a bit, then shake with ice.
I saved the blueberry pulp to eat later, it's good. You could skip straining if you like, just cook the berries down a bit more.
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During his eleven days in space, Swedish ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang will, amongst other things, carry out two spacewalks and perform scientific experiments. Here he describes his entire mission.
A shortened version of this text has been published in the Swedish magazine 'Populär Astronomi' and the full text in Christer Fuglesang's own newsletter earlier this year. Christer has now revised the text in order to convey the most recent information about the mission.
Flight day 1
Launch of Discovery
On the 7 December 2006, at the earliest, we, the crew of STS-116/ISS-12A.1, will be strapped securely into our seats on Space Shuttle Discovery.
Up on the flight deck sit, or rather lie on their backs, Commander Mark, forward and to the left, beside him is the pilot BillyO and behind them MS2 (meaning Mission Specialist) Beamer and MS1 Nick.
Below on the mid-deck sit/lie, from the left, MS3 Christer, MS4 Joanie and MS5 Sunni Williams, who we will transfer to the ISS. I sit closest to the escape hatch and, if there should be a really major problem that would result in us having to parachute jump, I have the responsibility of blowing the escape hatch open and preparing the evacuation jump.
Six seconds before lift-off the Space Shuttle's three main engines are started; those that are fed with fuel – liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen – from the enormous external tank. If all three engines are functioning steadily at T=0 the solid fuel rockets are then ignited (SRB=Solid Rocket Booster) and the entire package of around 2000 tonnes lifts off from the launch platform at the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The journey up into space takes only 8 minutes and 20 seconds! The Space Shuttle has then reached a height of 220 km and a speed of 7.87 km/s. Note that the kinetic energy that is generated is 14 times larger than the potential! It isn't the height that is the major problem; it is the generation of enough speed so that you go into orbit around the Earth instead of falling back down to it. During the last minute the acceleration reaches 3G and the engine power is sequentially reduced, because the Space Shuttle isn't designed to tolerate more than 3G.
When the three engines are suddenly shut off, when we have reached the necessary speed, we go directly into a state of weightlessness. For many it is a fairly euphoric moment. Shortly afterwards the external tank detaches and, if the light conditions allow, my first duty is to get out the photo and video cameras for the documentation of the tank. (If we launch in the middle of December it will probably be too dark for this.)
I give the photography camera to Beamer, while I myself take the video footage. This is done first of all to see if anything has fallen off from the tank. After approximately twenty minutes we can't see the tank any more and eventually it falls down through the atmosphere and burns up over the Indian Ocean.
In space
My next duty is to organise the conversion of the Space Shuttle from a launch vehicle into a home and cargo-transporter for the duration of the time spent in space. The seats are stowed away, containers and boxes that were installed especially for the launch are moved around, the spacesuits are taken off and packed away and normal clothes put on, the galley and the toilets are started up, the hatches to SpaceHab are opened, etc. Finally, Sunni and I will connect and boot up the local computer network of seven or eight laptops, a printer and various communication modules.
It is a few hours of really intensive work and hopefully we won't be hampered by severe space sickness during that time. Space sickness, in the form of nausea similar to seasickness, affects the majority of people to some extent. One difference however is that a vomiting attack can occur much faster, so in the beginning plastic bags must be readily accessible all the time. Nowadays however, there are quite effective medicines and many take these, even before the launch, with the aim of prevention. Otherwise you can have an injection in the leg if you feel ill, which works quickly.
Approximately five hours after the launch we are ready to sleep. Most crawl into a sleeping bag which they fasten securely somewhere; the majority sleep on the mid-deck, some perhaps in the air-lock or in SpaceHab. We have decided that no-one will sleep on the flight-deck, so that we can sneak up there and enjoy the view if we have trouble sleeping. I will probably try the air-lock as a sleeping berth on the first night.
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Betty Joe Bromberger, 71, of Linden died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at Marengo Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 10, 1941 in Thomaston and was a former employee with Old Town Home Assisted Living.
She is survived by two sons, Kenneth Bromberger, Jr. of Linden and Edward James Bromberger of Long Island, N.Y.; daughter, Diana Lynn Noon of Long Island; six sisters, Johnnie Merle Jarvis of Anniston, Evie Mae Green of Pine Hill, Bonnie Parker of Linden, Dorothy Smith of Sweet Water, Debra "Sissy" Edmonds of Thomasville and Janice "Mandy" Craig of Texas; three brothers, Henry Huckabee of Demopolis, Donald Ray Huckabee and Herman Huckabee, both of Sweet Water, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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