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Business Information Delivery System (BIDS)
The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Information Delivery System, better known as BIDS, works to support the CTTSO mission through the electronic publication of its annual BAAs. BAAs are the solicitation method of choice to bring the most urgent combating terrorism requirements forward for publication. CTTSO staff monitors BAA package instruction in light of submitter responses and feedback, and CTTSO implements improvements as needed each year to clarify the submission process. To ensure the widest possible distribution to submitters, BAAS can be downloaded at the BIDS Web site and are also advertised at the Federal Business Opportunities Web site. In addition to conventional government solicitation notices, the BIDS Web site provides a BIDS Advisory and Announcement area that posts BAA news, coming events, and partnering agency solicitations. In addition to the advisory, the RSS (really simple syndication) news feed allows interested users to receive real-time broadcast information at a local computer when connected to the Internet.
BIDS is a rich source of submitter information, providing small business outreach, online help, and guidance for offerors proposing the use of human subjects in research. Overall BAA statistics are posted once the BAA closes.
BIDS not only functions as a response collection system, but also provides for submission evaluation and submitter notification. Submitter data is fully protected in a 128-bit encrypted environment. Evaluators must comply with source selection data handling requirements and accept a nondisclosure agreement to access BIDS. In addition to the nondisclosure, evaluators must also certify that there is no conflict of interest before access is granted to any submissions. The evaluation process is monitored for timely notice to submitters with the typical response via an automated e-notice complete within 90 days.
BIDS continues to serve as a leading solicitation process model for other federal programs by providing a streamlined electronic solution to receive proposals, providing access for subject matter expert evaluation, processing submissions through the approving authority, notifying the submitter of status, and maintaining a record of solicitation results.

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After U.S. stocks finished near session lows Thursday, extending their losses a day after a massive post-election drop, Jim Cramer still managed to provide an optimistic view of the market.
"I try to be as optimistic, not as bullish, but as optimistic as possible because historically that's been a pretty terrific philosophy for me considering that I made my first stock buy at 880 on the Dow Jones industrial average 34 years ago," Cramer said, noting the Dow tumbled 121.41 points, or 0.94 percent, to close at 12,811.32 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index fell 17.02 points, or 1.22 percent, to finish at 1,377.51. The Nasdaq dropped 41.71 points, or 1.42 percent, to end at 2,895.58.
"Moments like these sure challenge that optimism and force me to summon encouragement to stay with stocks when the mood has turned sour, maybe too sour, and the prices seem too high versus the news backdrop," Cramer said.
Then again, Cramer was able to find a pro for every con plaguing the market today.
Take the "fiscal cliff," for example. It refers to a series of enacted legislation, which, if unchanged, will result in tax increases and spending cuts come January 1. Cramer noted the looming "fiscal cliff" is nothing new, though. He said it's only being talked about now because President Barack Obama beat Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win reelection.
(Read More: What Is the 'Fiscal Cliff?')
"As long as his candidacy was alive, the chance for a deal was a alive because a new cast of characters in Washington, particularly a Republican in the White House, gave you hope that a deal averting anything drastic could be reached," Cramer said. "Now, the conventional wisdom's saying, we're back to the same antagonists who couldn't agree last time, so there's no hope of getting a deal this time."
(See: Scenes From the 2012 Election.)
Ultimately, though, Cramer thinks Republicans will realize that it's "political suicide" not to compromise tax increases because if they fail to compromise and the country falls off the "fiscal cliff," he doubts they will get reelected. So, he thinks it will likely get resolved in time.
(Read More: S&P: 15 Percent Chance US Goes Off 'Fiscal Cliff')
Meanwhile, Cramer noted third-quarter quarterly earnings have mostly been disappointing. As a result, stocks will fall to levels where the bad news is priced in. As expectations are reduced now, companies are more likely to beat expectations next quarter, he said.
Of course, Cramer added that some companies did report better-than-expected earnings. Qualcomm and Time Warner, for example, recently delivered strong quarterly numbers.
(See Earnings Central — the Latest News and Information.)
Elsewhere in the market, some investors are nervous about Europe, but Cramer pointed out that the region has been struggling for some time. If Europe has taken a turn for the worse, though, Cramer said it can be countered by positive signs out of China's economy.
So what's the bottom line?
"We've got cons galore, but there are some pros out there, too," Cramer said. "It's sequential, though, just like the horse and the cart. We have to put the cons that drive the market down before the pros that can take it back up and only then can we return to a more hospitable market."
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Apple Sets $17 Billion Bond Deal, and More
Apple is selling a record $17 billion of bonds. President Obama to name Tom Wheeler to lead the Federal Communications Commission. U.S. widens hunt for offshore tax-shelter accounts. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images
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... Apple is readying its First Bond offering since nineteen ninety six this is what's news I'm WS J lifetime Thailand Co ... Apple is selling seventeen billion dollars in new bonds the offering sets a record for U S investment grade bonds ... Apple has said that it wants to return one hundred billion dollars to shareholders at the end of twenty fifteen ... and is issuing debt to help fund that plan ... the offering generating more than fifteen billion dollars in new orders according to people familiar with the deal ... Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are leading the sale of the offering ... and President Obama is expected to soon nominee Tom Wheeler to leave the Federal Communications Commission ... to replace departing STC Poste curious tech house key ... Mr Wheeler Isn't venture capitalists and a former top lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries ... Mr Wheeler will take over as the Commission confirms a changing technology world ... such as wireless technology and broadband internet ... and the US is opening a new front to come back offshore tax evasion tax authorities are seeking bank records ... and didn't identify any American taxpayer suspected of hiding accounts ... and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's bird Peterson ... the Justice Department says the Federal Court has allowed the government to serve a so-called don't know summons ... on Wells Fargo related to an account thinking in the U S Bancorp ESB spur scare the International Bank ... the summons is the latest signal that ... U S Tax enforcers are targeting hidden accounts in countries ... other than Switzerland which has been the focus of attention today ... bookie keep us anomaly business about Mr upbeat and what's his aunt WS J last ...


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These are organizations that have fired, threatened, disciplined, fined or not hired people because of their blogs:
1.) Delta Air Lines
2.) Wells Fargo
3.) Ragen MacKenzie
4.) Starbucks
5.) Microsoft (some say yay, some say nay)
6.) Friendster
7.) the Houston Chronicle
8.) the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
9.) Nunavut Tourism (Canada)
10.) the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University
11.) Maricopa County Superior Court of Arizona Self Help Center and Library
12.) Mike DeWine, US Senator (R-Ohio)
13.) the Durham Herald-Sun
14.) Kerr-McGee
16.) Apple (according to this blog entry AND this article)
17.) Statistical Assessment Service (DC nonprofit)
18.) Minnesota Public Radio
19.) The Hartford Courant
20.) the International Olympic Committee (barred athletes from blogging during the Olympics last summer)
21.) Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (?)
22.) the National Basketball Association (NBA)
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Grand Theft Auto IV Walkthrough
|Call and Collect (cont.)
Francis will call you up and tell you that he's going to text you a number, the number of the guy that's meeting him there to exchange incriminating pictures of Francis for money. You will then be able to call the number so that the guy gives away his location. So, after receiving the text message, give the blackmailer a call. Then, begin walking down the stairs towards the water and keep an eye (and ear) out for a guy with a cell phone. He'll be on a bench to the left of the stairs. When you get close to him, you'll hear him talking on the phone and in real time, and that's when he'll take off running. When he does, he's an easy target for a firearm of your choice. Be sure that once he's slain, you grab the memory stick holding the pictures before leaving the scene.
Your flagrant use of firearms will no doubt catch the attention of the cops in the area, so once the blackmailer is dead and the pictures are acquired, you should take off running back towards the street. If you made enough of a fuss, police cars will already be waiting for you (and if not, you're lucky and can simply steal another car and lose your wanted level). If there are cops, however, you're going to find yourself in a sticky situation. Kill who you can and steal one of their cars. Then, begin the endless drive around the city to lose your inflated wanted level.
It's only at the time that you lose your wanted level will Niko and Francis make contact with one another. Francis will ask that you meet him up at an area off of Walnut Way, on the northwest portion of Algonquin. After you lose your wanted level, this will be a pretty leisurely drive, so head over there, get out of your car, and go to Francis's location on the HUD to make the exchange. Thereafter, the mission will come to an end.
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New Car Review
2014 Bentley Mulsanne: Overview
Pros: "King of the road" driving feel; well-equipped interior uses the finest materials; immense torque for strong acceleration at all speeds
Cons: Love-it-or-hate-it styling, thanks to huge circular lights; high cost hard to justify considering Continental Flying Spur; feels heavy, even with 752 lb-ft on tap
What's New: The Mulsanne adds new features for 2014, including Wi-Fi hot spot capability, an upgraded comfort page and new entertainment options that include two rear tables with iPads.
The 2014 Bentley Mulsanne marks the fourth model year of Bentley's flagship sedan, which replaced the Arnage in 2011. Like its Arnage predecessor, the Mulsanne boasts a 6.75-liter V8. While that engine doesn't boast as many cylinders as the W12 in the smaller Continental Flying Spur, it does offer amazing numbers: 505 horsepower and a massive 752 lb-ft of torque, all sent to the sedan's rear wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission. The result is an incredible 202 miles per hour top speed and 0-to-60-mph times in the sports-car-rivaling mid-4-second range.
While the Mulsanne doesn't offer trim levels, it does include a few new options and standard features for the 2014 model year. For instance, the sedan's cabin is now a Wi-Fi hot spot. The new comfort package boasts adjustable seat bolsters, taller headrests, carpet-trimmed footrests and seat cushions filled with duck down feathers. And a new entertainment package boasts two rear tables that include iPads with wireless keyboards.
Interested in a 2014 Bentley Mulsanne? Be prepared to fork over $300,000, and that's before options, which can add up quickly. It's a hefty figure considering that Bentley's more popular Continental Flying Spur sedan starts around $100,000 less. However, the Mulsanne is a relative bargain compared to the $400,000 base price of its chief rival, the full-size Rolls-Royce Phantom sedan.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Jun 2011 18:26 UTC
Way back in old and boring January of this year, Microsoft announced they would be working together with the Windows Phone 7 homebrew community, with the goal of creating a stable, supported way for homebrew developers and people interested in homebrew applications to enable side-loading on their WP7 devices. Well, they took their sweet time, but the ChevronWP7 team (Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, and Long Zheng) and Microsoft have just announced the results.
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RE[5]: Hmmm...
by VZsolt on Mon 20th Jun 2011 04:52 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Hmmm..."
The UI setting you mentioned provides another level of filtering. If you set it to All, you'll be able to install self-signed applications (with seriously limited capabilities) along with Express/Certified Signed applications. The other choice disallows self-signed stuff.
There is no user accessible setting to disable the Platform Security's certificate checks. It's possible though by using ROMPatcher+ for example, but that's not less complicated than jailbreaking an iPhone for example.


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|Amazing Mail
We are very happy to announce that AmazingMail, a leading postcard printer and service provider for many Fortune 500 Companies has agreed to partner and support SeniorNet.
The enery it takes to design, produce and mail an advertisement to our communicty is not only costly but time consuming.
AmazingMail makes this easy with its technology, great products and world-class service. We can upload our own JPEG images or select from their gallery of art, type a message, and mail the postcard the NEXT business day First Class postage.
The Amazing Mail partnership provides.....
1) Discount for SeniorNet Centers -- Coorindators have already been informed on how to proceed. The Advertising and Public Relations Teams will enjoy creating Center postcard designs along with saving money.
2) Discount for Members -- The new partnership will offer a discount of 5% off the published rates on the website, www.amazingmail.com. When you sign up for an account and purchase postcards, you must use the coupon code to receive the discount: SenNet.
For assistance, call 1-888-681-1214 -- the customer service team.
This is a great way to celebrate the season. Use your creativity and favorite pictures to make postcards...and mail the next business day.


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The Environmental Technology Center (ETC) incorporates a wide range of sustainable building techniques and design features that minimize energy use, consuming less than 50% of the energy allowed by state code for similar buildings. The "Green Building" features include: passive solar heating and cooling, daylighting, advanced window systems, "smart building" control technologies, photovoltaics, and energy and water-efficient landscaping.
While roughly one third of the energy in the U.S. is consumed in buildings, the ETC shows that this figure can be dramatically reduced, and thus our dependence on fossil fuels as well as our contribution to global climate change.
Beyond serving as an inspirational demonstration project, the ETC is a "building that teaches," designed for people to see, touch, and understand how it works and for students and building science researchers to manipulate and measure its every function.
Along with increasing public awareness, the ETC offers students, researchers, and professionals in the building and energy sector an opportunity to gain further understanding and practical experience with implementing green design so that today's state-of-the-art may become tomorrow's standard building practice.
The ETC hosts university courses, professional seminars, and tours for the general public.


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Marquise Jackson has not received any gifts yet
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So, I finally took Zach to GA Driver Services to take the test to get his driver's permit. And as you can see he passed! He was SO excited! Especially since he passed on the first try. For a teenage boy, getting their driver's permit is like the first step towards freedom. Because at some point, it only leads to a boy's ultimate rite of passage...their driver's license.
And of course, we the parents (or legal guardians) are the chosen ones who have to bear the brunt of "teaching" them…Continue
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I know I've been a little slack with my writing the past week or so, but I'm trying to get back on track. Of course, when I have crazy stories to share, I immediately find my way back to my blog. As I mentioned in a previous post Xavier (my 18yo son) was liberated when he finally got his car out of the shop.
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Welcome to Mom Blogger's Club! I hope you enjoy your time here and find it helpful! I know it can be overwhelming at first but I promise, you'll be a pro on here in no time! I write a blog called The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug. It's a blog about my life with my two boys and I do some pretty cool giveaways (OK, I think they're cool! Do you?)
Every weekend I host the Finding New Friends Weekend Blog Hop. It's a great way to find new followers and friends as well as get to know more of your fellow mom bloggers. If you're not familiar with a blog hop, all you have to do is add your blog to the list. Participants then "hop" from blog to blog to find great new blogs! It's a ton of fun! I'd love to have you join us. It's going on now so come on over and link up! You can find it here:http://www.jmanandmillerbug.com/2011/11/finding-new-friends-weekend-blog-hop_17.html#more. Be sure to leave a messge if you join up so that I can follow you back!
Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help you with anything in your blogging journey! I look forward to being your friend!
Thanks for following Swanky Baby and now I am a follower of your blog! Love that bright pretty flower!
Hi Marquise,
I really enjoyed your blog, so now I am following you via friend connect and twitter!!!!
Hi there and welcome on board from The Girlz Korner in upstate New York. We're a one stop visit to light, witty and rather entertaining articles on health, beauty, fashion, parenting, relationships, awesome recipes and so much more. So if you get a chance to kick back, if only for a brief moment ... come on over ~ kick off your shoes and stay for a while http://cynthiahelwig.blogspot.com
Hi Marquise! Welcome to MBC!!! :) I have a giveaway going on over at my blog, feel free to stop by!
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Welcome to MBC! We are glad to have you here. We look forward connecting more with you. I'm a super mama who has a family friendly blog. I also have a weekday blog hop called Exposure 99%. Is a great way for you to increase your blog readers and followers, and at same time make new bloggy friends. Hope you join us and i look forward connecting more with you here. Enjoy your stay in MBC!


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South African student gets critical lab experience, lifelong memories at JMU
Eating at Mexican restaurants and going to a swimming pool were among the new experiences for a South African college student who spent much of June and July studying chemistry at JMU.
Sebenzile Shabalala, a third-year chemistry major at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, also took short trips to Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York City during her six-week visit. And while she will never forget the new experiences she had on her first-ever trip outside her province, the opportunity to do research will be the most valuable, she said.
"I have never gotten this chance before. I've never been in a research lab so it's helping a lot," said Shabalala.
Shabalala returned to South Africa on July 20 to begin the second half of her third year, which started July 23. She hopes her academic performance will earn her a fourth year, called an honors year. Students from around the country can apply for the fourth year and just 20 students will be selected in her program. Unlike at JMU, undergraduates in South Africa do not do research unless they are accepted into the honors year. The "lab" experiences up to that point involve solving problems with known outcomes.
"They call laboratories practicals," said JMU chemistry Professor Brian Augustine, who sponsored Shabalala's visit. "They give you a prac manual and say, 'Here, mix two grams of this and 22 grams of this and wait for five minutes. It's like a cookbook. Everything's all worked out. There are very few unknowns to it."
Augustine received a Fulbright scholarship to teach entry-level nanoscience at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2009. Shabalala is the second South African student he has brought to JMU to get research experience. The first student, Vezekile Zungu, came in summer 2010 and is now working on a master's degree in South Africa.
Shabalala, who wants to earn a doctorate and then teach or do research, worked with two JMU students — chemistry major Skylar White and physics major Ethan Cummings — exploring crystallization of nanocomposite polymeric materials. Using an atomic force microscope, the team was able to monitor the crystallization in real-time as the polymer was crystallizing.
The goal, Augustine said, is to understand why the material crystallizes the way it does. More and more, industries are starting to mix nanometer-scale materials into traditional polymers to change their properties. The changes can make materials stronger, more fire resistant or even improve optical properties.
"Because this hasn't been done for a long time, there's little understanding of how the structure of the polymer changes when you start adding these nanocomposite materials," Augustine said. "Our work isn't for a specific application, it's more fundamental. I think the thing we're doing that's the most interesting is studying it in real-time. We can actually watch the phenomena occurring."
With the experience she gained at JMU, Shabalala is now part of a small group of South Africans who can use an atomic force microscope, Augustine said. She also received valuable experience characterizing materials.
One of the first things Shabalala learned was that research does not always go as planned. It took about a week to get the experiments working properly. In the end, she was able to see the crystallization phenomena.
"She did a great job," Augustine said. "We had a problem that we had been wrestling with for a while and she helped solve the problem. As a scientist, that is an important skill to know."
Shabalala's final task was to create a poster that can be used for presenting the research, also something she did for the first time. Shabalala said she plans to present the poster at her university. It will also be presented by one of her research partners at the annual Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium on Aug. 2 and 3.
Augustine hopes he can help more South African students improve their chances to continue their higher education in a country that still faces hardships recovering from nearly 40 years of apartheid policies. Funding is the main obstacle. He is working with corporate and higher education contacts in South Africa in hopes of bolstering the program.
Related Story: JMU research opportunity in 2010 remains invaluable
Published July 31, 2012
By Eric Gorton, Public Affairs
Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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THE Scientology Disaster Response Unit has been activated to the Lockyer Valley.
The national organisation has a database of volunteers ready, willing and able to be deployed to places in Australia, New Zealand and in the Pacific during times of crisis.
Currently there are 20 people from across the nation stationed in the Lockyer Valley, helping with clean-up efforts.
"Our people are available at a drop of a hat to go into an area," program co-ordinator Kevin Chapman said.
Mr Chapman said his unit provided counselling services as well as clean-up muscle.
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Robber takes gun from armed victim
According to Officer Doug Kibodeaux of the Beaumont Police Department, at 10:49 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, a male subject entered A&E Billiards at 1705 College in Beaumont as it was about to open for business. Once inside, he confronted the manager, demanding money. The subject displayed a handgun. The store manager, who has a concealed carry permit, attempted to draw her own pistol; however, the suspect stopped her by pointing his weapon at the manager's face, and then disarmed her. The manager and the robber then began to fight. The suspect fired a shot at the floor and ordered the manager to the floor. When asked, the manager told the suspect the money was in the office area, so he had her get up and get it. She handed the suspect a bank bag, and as the suspect was trying to open the bag to check out the contents, the manager grabbed a second pistol from the office area and hid it in the front part of her waist band.The suspect once again made her lay on the floor and ran from the store with a bank bag. The manager got to her feet, chased after him, and fired two shots at him as he was running from the scene. Both shots missed. She immediately called police.
A suspect was located a few blocks away by Beaumont Police officers, who also recovered money and two handguns. No one was seriously injured in the incident. Isaiah Rideaux, a 42-year-old Beaumont man, was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and felon in possession of a firearm. He was transported to the Jefferson County Jail.


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Economist: There's Real Reason to Be Optimistic
PNC Senior Economist Gus Faucher explains why the company's outlook for the U.S. economy has significantly improved.
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... you know what's been going on in the market today there has not been spring swoon the index's I mean almost every single day to hitting fresh highs ... the spring swoon means seems to gone away what does that mean for you now what does that mean to you in the second half we are fortunate to have with us this morning to talk about these things ... PNC the senior economist Gus O'Shea ... s morning how are you ... only then do ... so on in in the spring swoon this year didn't really come to ... now I mean that the labor markets look better in this spring we haven't had a slowing in job growth that we've experienced each of the Street's friends ... on soybean markets are cheered by that and a looks like the economy continues to expand and that ... I'll but is increasing in that businesses will continue to do well in the near term ... now ... in public though the jobs market the last month's jobs ... the jobs report is the one ... hundred sixty five thousand jobs better than expected but timing not particularly strong number that was it ... but many OT that's about all we expect read the rest of this year and I we have an economy that seek standing with consumers continuing to spend ... we got a turnaround in the housing market that is a plus for growth ... are at the same time we had threats from government spending cuts and tax increases from ... recession in Europe so we expects the job growth of around a hundred and seventy and eighty thousand of up to the rest the sheer so and so ... people is quite right on track with that making the ... economy it's growing ... and audit particularly rapid pace but it is expanding than enough to create new jobs in the consumer spending ... to really mean you're a GDP growth is not really great it's good and positive ... but it's not great corporations we know every quarter to almost amounted to a nominal record high for corporate profits ... on a very ... disconnected air between corporate profits and employee wages and that the rate of that ... anyway trip right now is very weak and in a planter ages seven and a half percent ... I it's still a difficult time to go in and ask your boss for rates and so the vets ... Tegan adequate finance adding to corporate profitability so ... the ... revenues that are expanding ... we have the Waitrose so businesses are benefitting from that and that's boosting profits ... to ... notice we were going to hear from Fed chairman Ben burn Anqi we know the Fed has obviously ... had a hand in all of this what you expect to hear from breaking his weekly goes to Capitol Hill and when you think we can expect that of the Fed for the rest of the year ... well you know there are days you will continue to say that the benefits of quantitative ... PCR outweighing that costs RightNow ... other the better reserve is looking at an exit strategy although he wanted to skin too much on that ... I've been in and he will continue with QE until they see a significant improvement in labor market and that meets be sustained the ... a number of months of consistently strong job growth ... you know I think what will see in terms of Kiwi is that the Fed is likely to taper off QE from its current eighty five billion dollars a month the purchases ... known to roughly around half that for the end of two thousand and thirteen ... I'm that I think the Fed will probably and Kiwi sometime around the middle of two thousand and fourteen ... as the labor market continues to improve and as you know when or a step further ... and testing the limits on ... the economy to crash ... for a long trend in the long term downtrend terms of economic growth ... Europe is a mess ... how does the United States ... managed of the buffet all that happiness is meant to keep growth going on those other two big economic engines are weak ... well you see a lot of them to me and United States is eternal ... I we seeking to consumers continuing to spend it this despite a ... weak wage growth and despite higher taxes on the part that is they produce their savings but also stocks are at a record high house prices are moving higher so wealth is improving and so consumers are spending and so that's our ... economy ... home building is a definite source of strength of the economy ... that's NBG GDP growth to a new job growth in the sky to continue into two thousand and fourteen ... and then we have is this investment is so it's not been tested but ... businesses continued to try to invest in equipment software that allows that workers be more productive than the sports profitability ... in given all that will see ... okay growth through the rest of two thousand thirteen ... the free throw but enough to keep recovery going in to make sure that ... businesses continue to hire ... I can stop us from sharing senior economist at PNC appreciate the time this morning ... thank you ...


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"Much has been said about open source projects - and open source platforms are now powering an ever-increasing share of the mobile market. But what is 'open' and how can you measure openness? As part of our new research report, VisionMobile Research Partner Liz Laffan introduces the Open Governance Index - a new approach to measuring the 'openness' of software projects, from Android to WebKit."


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Inside The History Of Record Of The Year
GRAMMY Live co-host Andrew Burnette takes you inside a brief history of the Record Of The Year category, including a look at the superstars who have won the prestigious award. Be sure to tune in to GRAMMY Live on Sunday, Jan. 26 for exclusive coverage of Music's Biggest Night.
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).


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Texas Tech University: Speech Code Litigation
Category: Free Speech
Schools: Texas Tech University
FIRE intervened at Texas Tech when students recognized its overbroad policies, which include a speech code that prohibited "insults," "ridicule," and "personal attacks," and restricted free speech to twenty foot-diameter gazebo referred to as a "Free Speech Zone." With FIRE's coordination and support, along with the Liberty Legal Institute and the Alliance Defense Fund, the students successfully sought and achieved elimination of the overbroad speech code. Covered widely in the media, the case at Texas Tech also drew support from over 900 students, who signed a petition for free speech on campus, as well as a student organization, Students for Free Speech (SFS), that staged a mock-funeral for free speech, including carrying a wooden coffin through campus in a procession. As FIRE's third victory in its Speech Code Litigation project, Texas Tech demonstrated once again that courts are ruthlessly intolerant of unconstitutional policies at public universities.
Victory for Free Speech at Texas Tech
'Roberts v. Haragan' Opinion, September 30, 2004
Texas Tech's Restrictions on Political Speech
Texas Tech's Speech Zone Policy
Complaint against Texas Tech University
Texas Tech's Student Handbook 2002–03
Texas Tech's Sexual Harassment Handout
Texas Tech's Mandate of 'Good Taste'
UNCG in free speech battle
December 17, 2005
Two UNC-Greensboro students face discipline for protesting outside the university's designated "free speech and assembly areas," based on a policy that a national civil liberties organization calls unconstitutional. The students, Allison Jaynes and Robert Sinnott, were charged with a "violation of respect" under the student code of conduct at UNC-Greensboro after a Nov. 16 protest attended by about 40 people. The two students face disciplinary action that could range from a warning to a probation with restrictions. The demonstration outside the library by UNCG College Libertarians was aimed specifically at the university's policy governing the location of protests on campus. […]» Read More
Free speech policy called into question
October 24, 2005
As an American citizen, one has a constitutional right to have and state opinions, but officials at college campuses around the country say there is a time and a place for it. This issue is not foreign to San Diego State. Free speech zones began to appear on college campuses during the 1980s as a way for university administrators to allow students to voice their opinions and put on demonstrations without inhibiting the surrounding learning environment, according to a May 2003 Associated Press article ,"Schools under fire for 'free speech zones.'" But many believe the idea of "free-speech zones" on […]» Read More
Wronging student rights
September 3, 2005
By Greg Lukianoff in The Boston Globe As summer ends and college students return to campus, a number of dreadful court decisions may cause them to wonder if their rights have taken a permanent vacation. While the past decades have hardly been a golden age for student rights, there was good reason to be optimistic in recent years. Speech codes fell at colleges from New York to California, the Department of Education finally clarified that "harassment" does not mean just being offended, and Texas Tech University had to admit that its lone 20-foot-wide "free speech gazebo" was inadequate space for […]» Read More
Liberating America's Intellectual Gulags
April 15, 2005
David French knows what intimidation is. French, the new President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, graduated from Harvard Law School in the early 1990s. One might say that anyone with similar credentials ought to know the definition of intimidation – but French's experience is a bit more personal than that."As a pro-life, Christian conservative, I received death threats in my campus mailbox, was shouted down by students and (once) was even shouted down in class by my own professor," he says about his years in Cambridge. French now spends much of his time explaining to university general […]» Read More
Colleges Must Educate Students About Value of Free Speech
December 29, 2004
by Greg Lukianoff at Daily Journal For those of you who are concerned about the state of free expression on campus, I would like to introduce you to Texas Tech University's "Free Speech Gazebo." The Gazebo is only 20 feet wide, and in early 2003, it was the sole area on campus where students could engage in free-speech activities – demonstrations, speeches or even handing out pamphlets – without clearing it with the university a minimum of six days in advance. To illustrate the lunacy of this policy, I asked one of my friends, who has a math degree from […]» Read More
Fraternities Must Stand Up to Schools' Squelching Free Speech
October 11, 2004
While there is no shortage of free-speech battles on college campuses, fraternities have the dubious honor of being at the center of many of the least-sympathetic controversies. From Halloween parties where brothers show up dressed as Ku Klux Klan members to fraternity newsletters that graphically relate a brother's sexual exploits with named co-eds, fraternities sometimes express themselves in ways that are not exactly likely to win the battle for hearts and minds. However, although fraternities later may regret the actions of some of their brothers, they must not allow their rights to be stripped away by overzealous or opportunistic administrators. […]» Read More
Federal judge blocks free speech zones at Texas Tech
October 2, 2004
A federal judge has struck down a policy at Texas Tech requiring students to make public speeches in special free-speech zones.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings stemmed from a lawsuit filed in 2003 by two civil liberties groups on behalf of Jason Roberts, a former law student who has since graduated.The lawsuit claimed that the one location that Tech designated as a free-speech zone – a 20-foot wide gazebo that can hold about 40 people – and a policy that required a permit for speech at other campus locations were restrictive and violated students' First and Fourteenth Amendments. […]» Read More
Free-speech ruling goes against Tech
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Confronting the campus radicals
January 7, 2004
David Horowitz thinks that anybody who cares about the future should confront the fact that U.S. colleges and universities are the fountainhead of financing for the radical movement in America. He has personally taken up the challenge to do something about this.Horowitz was a left-wing campus activist in the 1960s, but he says that men who were too radical even for him and Ramparts, the magazine he edited in the 1960s, now hold tenure at major universities. During the 1970s, these hardcore leftists achieved critical mass on university faculties, took control of hiring committees, and then saw to it that […]» Read More
Survey: many college students fuzzy on first amendment rights
January 1, 2004
PHILADELPHIA — One out of four college students in a nationwide survey was unable to name any of the freedoms protected by the First Amendment, according to a free-speech watchdog group."These survey results are disheartening, but they unfortunately are not surprising," says Alan Charles Kors, president of the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).Even among campus administrators who were surveyed, from presidents to assistant deans, 11 percent couldn't name any specific First Amendment rights, the survey indicated. And when asked which freedom the amendment addresses first, only 2 percent of the students and 6 percent of the administrators […]» Read More
Universities become censorship zones
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Laying Free Speech to Rest
November 4, 2003
By Sally Gunter at University Daily Dressed in black and pushing a wooden casket on a dolly, 10 members of Students for Free Speech conducted a funeral procession for free speech Monday morning. "What we are doing is laying free speech to rest due to the administration's refusal to acknowledge the right of free speech," said Brian Platt, a junior political science and history major from San Antonio. Platt dressed in a black robe and conducted a eulogy for free speech in the area between the Library and Student Union building. The group did not speak as they walked from […]» Read More
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Students turn in petitions, demand Whitmore response
October 20, 2003
By Sally Gunter at University Daily Despite cancellation of a formal meeting with Texas Tech President Jon Whitmore, seven members of Students for Free Speech met Friday afternoon outside his office to turn in hundreds of signed petitions. The group had a meeting scheduled with Whitmore last week, but it was cancelled Tuesday following Monday's media coverage of the campaign for additional petitions, said Brian Roa, a graduate student from Lubbock studying philosophy. The university told Roa the meeting was cancelled because he had not followed the correct bureaucratic steps, Roa said. Whitmore was unavailable for comment. Beth Robinson, a […]» Read More
Tech students fight for more speech freedom
October 16, 2003
By Sally Gunter at University Daily Despite the expansion of the free speech forum areas to six, some Texas Tech students are petitioning the university's free speech policies. However, they are not petitioning in one of the designated areas. Instead, they appealed to students eating at the Market Monday afternoon. "I don't care what the petition is about," said Ethan Logan, assistant director for the Center for Campus Life. "Am I concerned about it? No. They've already done it." Logan said Tech does not have rules that deny students their First Amendment rights. "We don't inhibit or limit free speech […]» Read More
Free speech petition gathers signatures
October 14, 2003
By Sally Gunter at University Daily The Students for Free Speech passed out petitions in the Stangel/Murdough dining hall Monday in an effort to challenge Texas Tech free speech policies. Tech students and visitors from University Day crowded the Market dining hall at 1 p.m. as about nine members of the organization recruited people to sign petitions addressed to President Jon Whitmore. "We are collecting them all and are going to find a unique way to turn them in," said Sean Boyle, a junior sociology major from Keller and member of the Students for Free Speech. The organization has about […]» Read More
How Campus Censors Squelch Freedom of Speech
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Free Speech Curbs Attacked at Another University
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Tech officials hit with free-speech lawsuit
June 13, 2003
By Sebastian Kitchen at Lubbock Online A Texas Tech law student filed a federal lawsuit against university officials Thursday, claiming they violated his and other students' First Amend ment right to free speech. The suit states that the university's policies inhibit free speech and the ability to speak out and distribute literature. The lawsuit comes after Tech officials already have begun addressing freespeech issues and after unsuccessful communication with The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which has spurred a nationwide movement about the issue. FIRE is attempting "to bring down every unconstitutional speech code in the country," said its […]» Read More
Lawsuit claims Tech curbing free speech
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Speech Code of the Month: Colorado Mesa University
April 7, 2014
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for April 2014: Colorado Mesa University. Colorado Mesa's policy on "Free Speech" limits students' expressive activities to just one "concrete patio" on the university's 86-acre campus. While the university has the right to enact reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, courts have held time and again that onerous restrictions like this one are not reasonable.» Read More
Hearing Today in 'Free Speech Zone' Lawsuit in Texas
January 12, 2010
The Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) is reporting on today's hearing in federal court regarding FIRE's case at Tarrant County College (TCC). As Torch readers will remember, TCC violated the constitutional rights of student protesters who intended to participate in the national "Students for Concealed Carry on Campus" protest by wearing empty holsters—just like students around the country were doing. The students were told that they could not wear the holsters anywhere on campus and had to confine all protests to tiny "free speech zones." Ultimately, with the help of FIRE and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the students […]» Read More
Universities' Compliance with Speech Code Decisions Leaves Much to Be Desired
September 24, 2009
FIRE's newest Justice Robert H. Jackson Legal Fellow is Erica Goldberg. Erica is a graduate of Tufts University, where she was editor-in-chief of Tufts' weekly newspaper, and of Stanford Law School, where she was a member of the moot court board. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald L. Gilman on the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, where she was confronted with various deprivations of freedom of expression. Before becoming a Robert H. Jackson fellow, Erica worked for two years as an appellate attorney at Latham & Watkins in Washington D.C. and then as […]» Read More
This Month in FIRE History: Lawsuit Challenges Speech Code and "Free Speech Gazebo" at Texas Tech
June 30, 2009
One of the most important lawsuits ever coordinated by FIRE's Speech Code Litigation Project was filed six years ago this June against Texas Tech University. The lawsuit challenged the university's policies, which were "overbroad, vague, involve[d] content-based and viewpoint discrimination, and unconstitutionally restrict[ed] student speech." Specifically, it challenged Texas Tech's unconstitutional speech code and free speech zone. Texas Tech's speech code banned "communications [that] humiliate any person." The university's examples of such punishable expression included "sexual innuendoes," "referring to an adult as 'girl,' 'boy,' or 'honey,'" or "sexual stories." As bad as the speech code was, Texas Tech cemented its […]» Read More
Texas Tech's 'Free-Speech Zones' Are Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
October 15, 2004
A federal judge has struck down "free-speech zones" at Texas Tech University, ruling unconstitutional a requirement that students who wish to give speeches must stay within a designated area. The case was brought by Jason Roberts, a law student who had sought to speak publicly about his view that "homosexuality is a sinful, immoral, and unhealthy lifestyle." He asked administrators for permission to give the speech outside the designated zone — a 20-foot-wide gazebo that can hold about 40 people. According to the lawsuit, officials turned down the request, saying that it was "the expression of a personal belief and thus […]» Read More
Fraternities Must Stand Up to Schools' Squelching Free Speech
October 11, 2004
While there is no shortage of free-speech battles on college campuses, fraternities have the dubious honor of being at the center of many of the least-sympathetic controversies. From Halloween parties where brothers show up dressed as Ku Klux Klan members to fraternity newsletters that graphically relate a brother's sexual exploits with named co-eds, fraternities sometimes express themselves in ways that are not exactly likely to win the battle for hearts and minds. However, although fraternities later may regret the actions of some of their brothers, they must not allow their rights to be stripped away by overzealous or opportunistic administrators. […]» Read More
Victory for Free Speech at Texas Tech
October 5, 2004
LUBBOCK, Texas, October 5, 2004—In the third victory in the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's (FIRE's) ongoing legal campaign for free speech on America's public campuses, a federal judge struck down Texas Tech University's speech code. The judge also ordered large areas of the university to be opened to free expression and prohibited the university from enforcing several other severe limitations on speech. The case against Texas Tech was coordinated by FIRE and filed by the Liberty Legal Institute and the Alliance Defense Fund against Texas Tech President Donald R. Haragan as part of FIRE's ongoing Speech Codes Litigation […]» Read More
Free-speech ruling goes against Tech
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Practical Advice for Fraternities Caught in the Battle for Free Speech on Campus
September 16, 2004
I. Introduction While there is no shortage of free speech battles on college campuses, fraternities have the dubious honor of being at the center of many of the least sympathetic controversies. From Halloween parties where brothers show up dressed as Ku Klux Klan members to fraternity newsletters that graphically relate a brother's sexual exploits with named co-eds, fraternities sometimes express themselves in ways that are not exactly likely to win the battle for hearts and minds. However, although fraternities may later regret the actions of some of their brothers, they must not allow their rights to be stripped away by […]» Read More
Texas Tech Loosens Speech Restrictions, But Some Repressive Policies Remain
December 9, 2003
LUBBOCK, TX—In response to the pressure of a free-speech lawsuit and student demands for constitutional rights, Texas Tech University is backing away from at least some of its severe restrictions upon free expression. In July, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) coordinated a lawsuit to force Texas Tech—a public university with 28,000 students—to eliminate a speech code that had designated only one 280-square-foot gazebo for free speech. In response, the university has greatly expanded the number of free speech zones from one small area to six substantially larger areas. "We are heartened that the suit and student activism […]» Read More


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Clarence Edward Beard, a retired Baltimore County public schools vocal music teacher, died of kidney failure Sept. 28 at his Pikesville home. He was 97.
Born in Westminster, he was raised on his parents' dairy farm. He was a 1932 graduate of Westminster High School, where he played soccer. During the Depression of the 1930s, his father traded land, now used as a golf course, to the old Western Maryland College for tuition for his children, family members said. Mr. Beard earned a bachelor's degree in music and mathematics at the school, now called McDaniel College.
Mr. Beard began teaching in 1940 in Prince George's County public schools but worked for only part of a year. He was called to military service, but because he was a member of the pacifist Church of the Brethren, he spent more than four years in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector. He was assigned to Mansfield State Training School outside Hartford, Conn., and taught music. In Pennsylvania and California, he was assigned to working in the forests and worked under military supervision.
"When released, he got no salary or GI Bill benefits," said his daughter, Christine A. Beard of Pikesville.
After the war, he settled in Pikesville. He joined the faculty of Milford Mill Junior-Senior High School in 1949 and retired there in 1977 after it had become a high school. He taught music, directed choirs and staged musical comedies and operettas.
"Witty and kind, he taught from his own deep, inner knowing of the power of music," said Christine Beard.
He also taught students at his home in voice and piano and founded a Pikesville community chorus, the Choir Art Singers. He had another group, the Madrigal Singers, who performed at Baltimore County social events.
"He was able to evoke his students' best sounds, sometimes to their surprise," said another daughter, Holly Foster of Cockeysville.
She said her father was a "an understanding listener" and gave a "safe harbor for his students who needed it."
Family members said he directed many theater works, including "Brigadoon," "Oklahoma!," "Kiss Me Kate," "The New Moon" and "The Pirates of Penzance."
"As a musical director he had high standards," said a former student, Clay Welch, a singer and choir director who lives in Pikesville. "When I was worried about going on to college, he encouraged me and said, 'Listen, you are going to college.' He was very influential in my life."
Mr. Beard served as choir director at Lochearn Presbyterian Church in the 1960s. In 1974 he organized a choir for the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, where he worshiped. He directed the ensemble for 15 years.
In the 1970s, Mr. Beard became a member of the International Club of Maryland. He and his wife housed a 19-year-old Cambodian refugee for about three years.
"My father had a wonderful, wry sense of humor which allowed words to roll off his tongue," his daughter Christine said. "He loved Scrabble, crossword puzzles and doing the Word Jumbles."
Mr. Beard was a skilled woodworker and enjoyed building extra bedrooms, a playroom and a new kitchen for the family home.
He and his wife were subscribers to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society. After retirement, they made Atlantic-to-Pacific trips, with stops in national parks, in their recreational vehicle.
He was a member of the Maryland Music Educators Association and the Maryland Retired School Personnel Association, among other professional groups.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, Charles and Franklin streets, where he was a member.
In addition to his daughters, survivors include two sons, Ernest Ross Beard of San Francisco and Daryl Beard of Pikesville; a sister, Alice Kordisch of Springfield, Mo.; three grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. His wife of 65 years, the former LaVaughn C. Hansen, died in 2006.


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Oklahoma gov. named vice chair of Trump transition team
Mary Fallin met with Trump last week in New York City
Oklahoma gov. named vice chair of Trump transition team
Mary Fallin met with Trump last week in New York City
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has been named a vice chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.
Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence announced the addition of Fallin to the group of vice chairs Tuesday. The list of vice chairs consists of the following members:
- Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Dr. Ben Carson
- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
- Gov. Mary Fallin
- Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, USA (Ret.)
- Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich
- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
- Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Incoming Deputy National Security Advisor Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland
- Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY)
- Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)
Earlier this month, Trump announced that Pence will serve as the transition team's chairman, and Rick Dearborn will join as an executive director.
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Interior Trend: How To Mix Patterns Like a Pro
I have always loved mixing patterns — even as a kid, I was made fun of for combining stripes with polka dots. Given though I didn't care what a bunch of fourth graders thought, this habit transferred into adulthood. And I'm so glad professional and amateur designers alike are now beginning to incorporate mixed patterns into their clients' and their own spaces regularly.
However, there are three main tips to consider before mixing patterns wisely and effectively:
- Use patterns of multiple scales: All of the patterns you use should be of different scale — too many small, tight patterns could confuse the eye in a space.
- Incorporate white to add negative White or other light neutrals allow the eye to take a breather from all that pattern goodness, and can add to the depth of a space. If you're not into white, allow areas of open-blocked color to give the eyes a rest.
- Use colors that complement each other: Bright pink stripe with red leopard? Maybe not. Use non-competing colors in your pattern play.
Check out a few good examples from our tours.
1. Isabel and Claire's Globetrotting living room. Image by Rebecca Proctor
2. Katharine and James' Glamorous Family Home in London. Image by Eleanor Busing.
3. Irene and Evan's Welcoming Whismy House Tour. Image by Bethany Nauert.
4. Jean and Dylan's Playful Working Hideaway House Tour. Image by Andie Powers.
5. Lesli's Bright and Beautiful Farmhouse, photo submitted by Lesli.


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The man who donned a bear costume for a frantic dance atop the
The 50-year-old man behind "Rally Bear," Mark Monninger of Rancho Cucamonga, said he pulled the stunt to promote the idea of the
The moment came as the Dodgers fought their way to a 3-0 win Monday over the St. Louis Cardinals. In the bottom of the eighth inning, during a pitching change, Monninger jumped out of his seat dressed in a bear costume and rushed on top of the Cardinals' dugout.
He then waved his hands wildly, clapping to get the crowd hyped up and tried to do a jump into splits -- twice -- before being pulled away by security personnel.
Monninger called it "a gonzo, guerrilla-thing where you just go for it."
"Not bad for a white guy.... Trust me, it can get way better," Monninger said of his late-game performance. "I can tear up a rug if I have to."
[Updated 2:30 p.m. PDT Oct. 15: A spokesman for the Dodgers on Tuesday said the ban included six months' worth of games at Dodger Stadium.]
The owner of an office-furniture store, Monninger said he was trying to drive home the point that the Dodgers need a mascot.
"I'm not trying to promote any organization or cause.... I just want to show fans, this is what is out there, this is someone that can entertain you," he said.
He decided on a bear costume because "bears are cuddly, they look good."
Monninger had tried a similar move once before, he said, at the Dodgers' last regular-season home game, when he dressed up in the bear costume and ran through the stands trying to get fans pumped up.
But this time, he said, "the key was I had to be on the dugout."
Monninger said that as he was taken away in a squad car out of the stadium, fans saw him in the back seat and chanted "Free the bear! Free the bear!"
A spokesman for the Dodgers could not address the incident involving Monninger but said that running out onto the field or climbing atop dugouts are against stadium policy.
Monninger said that even though he wasn't arrested, that could change if he violates the six-month ban.
"It's in their hands now," Monninger said. "I got my point across."
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* Title: 반짝반짝 빛나는 / Banjjak Banjjak Bitnaneun / Shining
* Chinese Title : 闪闪发光
* Also known as: Twinkle Twinkle / All That Glitters / Sparkling
* Genre: Drama
* Episodes: 54
* Broadcast network: MBC
* Broadcast period: 2011-Feb-12 to 2011-Aug-14
* Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:40
This drama tells the success story of Han Jung Won, a workaholic careerwoman who is determined to make her own way in life without the help of her family, which has garnered considerable wealth from their publishing company. Her life is turned upside down due to someone's mistake, and she faces numerous setbacks on the road to recovery.
Kim Hyun Joo as Han Jung Won
Lee Yoo Ri as Hwang Geum Ran
Kim Suk Hoon as Song Seung Joon
Kang Dong Ho as Kang Dae Bum
Han family
Jang Yong as Han Ji Woong
Park Jung Soo as Jin Na Hee
Kim Hyung Bum as Han Sang Won
Park Yoo Hwan as Han Seo Woo
Hwang family
Go Doo Shim as Lee Kwon Yang
Kil Yong Woo as Hwang Nam Bong
Lee Ah Hyun as Hwang Tae Ran
Han Ji Woo as Hwang Mi Ran
Kim Sang Ho as Park Joong Hyuk (Tae Ran's husband)
Shin Soo Yun (신수연) as Park Ji Won (Tae Ran's daughter)
Other people
Kim Ji Young as Seung Joon's mother
Jung Tae Woo as Yoon Seung Jae
Won Ki Joon as Jegal Joon Soo (Tae Ran's first love)
Jun Soo Kyung (cameo) as Lee Eun Jung
* Yoo Sa Ra as Han Song Yi
* Gong Ki Tak (공기탁) as Song Kwang Hee
* Choi Soo Rin as Kim Ji Soo
* Yoon Hee Suk as Nam Sung Woo
* Joo Da Young as Hye Rin
* Yoo Chae Young (cameo)
* Kim Ji Sung (김지성)
* Kim Soo Hyun (1971)
* 2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actor (Kim Suk Hoon)
* 2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actress (Kim Hyun Joo)
* 2011 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award (Serial Drama), Actress (Lee Yoo Ri)
* 2011 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Serial Drama), Actor (Kil Yong Woo)
* 2011 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Bae Yoo Mi)
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Park Yoohwan receives a passing grade on acting debut
On January 28th, JYJ Yoochun's younger brother, Park Yoohwan, made his acting debut through the first recording for MBC's "Shiny Shiny Shining."
Park plays the role of 'Lee Seo Woo,' an 18 year old bastard child of father 'Han Ji Woong.'
His character is forced to more mature than his age due to his placement in the family tree, which puts him at a higher rank than some of his older relatives.
Behind the mature mask, however, lies a lonely child who has problems fitting in his peers because of the secrets surrounding his birth.
With the support of his brother, Park has been taking acting lessons for some time now in preparation for his first role. Producers of the show were especially satisfied with his progress and gave him a 'passing mark' for his debut.
Producers commented, "Park Yoohwan's first character is a very emotional, complex, but unique character. He's also one of the most important roles in the drama itself, and despite it being only his debut, he expressed the role impressively. He's currently doing his absolute best in perfecting his character, so please look forward to his improvements in the future."
The drama will begin airing on February 12th at 8:40 PM.
To The World You Are Someone, But To Someone You Are The World!!!
Sparkling / Shining held press conference
Ahead of its debut this Saturday night, Sparkling/ Shining held a press conference today at Imperial Palace Hotel, Gangnam Seoul.
As usual, all the main cast hit the stage : Kim Hyun Joo, Lee Yoo Ri, Kang Dong Ho, Kim Suk Hoon, Han Ji Woo and Park Yoo Hwan.
The planned 50 episodes family drama will tell story of Kim Hyun Joo as successful career woman who faces challenges in her life.
Sparkling also marks the debut acting of Park Yoo Hwan, the little brother of JYJ Micky Yoochun.
To The World You Are Someone, But To Someone You Are The World!!!
I think I'll marathon this drama after the story develops more. (30 episodes in or so) I want to see who the OTPs are first and where the plot is heading before I invest.
Bae Yoo Mi is one of my favorite screenwriters, but the first two episodes were a big turn-off.
I'll be following the viewer reactions on its soompi thread.
Starting fresh & making a new account. Come and try to find me. :p
I've watched the first 2 episodes so far.
The 1st episode was confusing to me, and the characters from the 2 main actresses seemed so stupid.
The 2nd episode was not really better but I like where the story is heading, eventho it resembles some stories from previous dramas lol.
But I'll keep watching it, normaly a drama gets better with episodes.
got hooked after watching the third episode.
I'm so hooked on this show now, I think about it all day! Does anyone know what the opening song is?
I'm well in, but worried about CR uploading the rest of the episodes!
switched to dramafever!
2011 MBC Drama Awards
1. Top Excellence, Serial Drama, Actor: Kim Seok-hoon (Twinkle Twinkle)
2. Top Excellence, Serial Drama, Actress: Kim Hyun-joo (Twinkle Twinkle), Shin Aera (Indomitable Daughters in Law)
3. Excellence Award, Serial Drama, Actress: Lee Yuri (Twinkle Twinkle)
4. Golden Acting Award, Serial Drama: Cha Hwa-yeon (A Thousand Kisses), Gil Yong-woo (Twinkle Twinkle)
5. Writer of the Year Award: Bae Yumi (Twinkle Twinkle), Hong Jung-eun, Hong Mi-ran (Best Love)
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Bill Graham invented "The Sound" to call to mind the home-brew, local San Francisco bands that he featured at his venues. In BG029, Wes Wilson captured the curvaceous female form in one of the best examples of his work.
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When the Avalon Ballroom and Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium began to hold weekly dance concerts, Wilson was called upon to design the posters. He created psychedelic posters from February 1966 to May 1967, when disputes over money severed his connection with Graham. Wilson pioneered the psychedelic rock poster. Intended for a particular audience, "one that was tuned in to the psychedelic experience," his art, and especially the exaggerated freehand lettering, emerged from Wilson's own involvement with that experience and the psychedelic art of light shows.


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Welcome to the website of the American Chemical Society's National Historic Chemical Landmarks program. Under this program, ACS grants Landmark status to seminal achievements in the history of the chemical sciences and provides a record of their contributions to chemistry and society in the U.S.
Chemists and chemistry have transformed our lives, from advancing medicine and industry to creating new products such as penicillin, plastics and much more. This site tells their stories.
View the collection that includes the discovery of fullerenes, advances in chemical engineering, the evolution of man-made materials, and more.
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The Freewinds
Scientology's Religious Retreat At Sea
The Freewinds began service as a Church of Scientology religious retreat in 1988. The 440-foot motor vessel provided a distraction-free environment for parishioners to study and experience the highest level of spiritual counseling available in the Scientology religion.
After the ship's first 20 years of service, she underwent a full refit and restoration.
The refit was the largest in her history. Far more than a cosmetic upgrade, the ship was stripped from stem to stern, below the water line to the top of her stacks—all six decks. She emerged a fully redesigned, technologically advanced vessel—the ideal religious retreat for ministering religious services.
In June 2008, Mr. Miscavige was joined by the current and former Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles in the Freewinds home port of Curacao to rechristen the Freewinds on her 20th anniversary and commemorate her Maiden Voyage as a wholly refit ship.


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|View Poll Results: Toradora! - Episode 19 Rating
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|2009-02-12, 14:46
|Link #81
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Hey guys,
I'm new here, I've been watching the anime, and I decided I wanted to join in on the discussions.
Episode 19 was great. I'm still waiting on the subs, but from what I saw/understood there are some good things happening. I still feel that there is more to come from Minori, though. I don't remember who it was, but you've been discussion the way in which she left Ryuji down. Her not making eye contact says to me she didn't do it for her own sake, and eventually those feelings will come forth. We'll see.
I'm actually more curious why a large majority of people on the internet don't want a TaigaxRyuji ending.
|2009-02-12, 15:22
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Age: 61
I don't *think* its a "large majority"..... just a vocal one.
If Ami had shown up just a few months earlier this might have been quite a different story. But I think that's something the author WANTS to get across... that time and space and chance have more to do with life than "true soulmates" or anything like that. What we're starting to see is that real life isn't "boy picks the girl, lalala whee" like a harem fantasy -- the girls make their own decisions as well. No matter how much Ryuuji may think he wants Minorin, if she tags herself out - thats the end of it. No matter how much Ami may desire things to be different, she was late and got off on the wrong foot with Ryuuji. She also knows these are the only friends she really has (Kihara and her buddy are really just moths drawn to her light), so SHE's deciding how to proceed to protect her circle of friends. Taiga is trying to do what she thinks Ryuuji wants even though it tears her up once the probable outcome of that is realized.
One of the more interesting things here is that, much like real life, each character is operating with a partial set of information (some of which is wrong) but that drives their choices just the same.
|2009-02-12, 15:52
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Vexx, though it may be not a 'majority' I would not call it just a vocal minority either. For a few reasons.
One that TaigaxRyuuji is juts too predictable and not all like that, other is that some people, like me f.e., can't stand Taiga's character, or some simply prefer other girls.
Taiga's and Ryyuuji's relationship can be disturbing, but again it depends on what you think love is. This excessive Ryuuji's care about Taiga looks bit unhealthy. Sometimes like too caring mothers that do not want to admit their children to be grown up... And Taiga being very dependable on him, though she tries to show her independence in the end she still remains as a pet as a final result, palm-top tiger.
Such love can be disturbing to some, as opposed to relationship between two equal people (something in the lines what RuyuujixAmi could be), here we have too deep reaching (maybe even obsessive) caring and dependence, that some have troubles to call true love.
|2009-02-12, 15:57
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You are Next
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Location: NE USA
At the start I was more in the camp of finding a TaigaxRyuuji boring 'cliche'. The development along the way has changed that feeling. And this episode clearly shows it.
What is love? Friendship? How much would you sacrifice for others? Is your happiness dependent on others?
Probably a bit much for an episode discussion but these are the questions of the story.
|2009-02-12, 16:12
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Well lets say what is a difference of motherly love - one mother cares for her son but allows him to have separate life, another protrudes in every living sphere of her son and basically controls him through her care.
Both mother's love their children but some people may find the second type of love unhealthy.
Same way with this love between Ryuuji and Taiga. Is it real love or an obsessive attachment? A confused friendship or a romance? etc.
It makes you ask questions to which you cannot really find real undeniable answers as the relationship is ... different than you are used to...
Something similar in relationship was when AsukaxShinji questions rose more than ten years ago in Evangelion... Though in that case because Shinji and Asuka were much more mentally disturbed than Taiga and Ryuuji their love was much easier to label as a disturbing one.
|2009-02-12, 16:28
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I'm pretty confident in saying it'd be a normal relationship with lots of tsundereism, but that's me.
On topic, are subs out yet? /lazy
|2009-02-12, 16:42
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Location: The Netherlands
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Everyone has a different opinion about 'love' There isn't a right answer to questions like 'what is true love' either.
So of course some people wouldn't lable TaigaxRyuuji as love, just as some people wouldn't lable RyuujixMinorin as love. Which one is better, which one is true love? We can't be the judges of that. Outsiders can say what they want, but it's about their feelings in the end.
But that's what make these kind of stories great to watch. Everyone has his/her own opinion about the matter, just like this is the case in real life.
|2009-02-12, 16:57
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Hate a Hater.Love a Lover
I think its normal for Ryuuji and Taiga starting to have feeling for each other... they both set out looking for love and slowly thier path about to criss cross with each other.... through good times and bad times they were there for each other in thier search for love. Just like in battle, bonds are created between people and thats how i felt Ryuuji and Taiga relationship was develope through out the show.
|2009-02-12, 17:14
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Out of curiosity, when Taiga tried to set up Ryuuji and Minori, does she still operate under the assumption that it's mainly Ryuuji who's interested in Minori, or is she aware that Minori did indeed like Ryuuji back and would have "gone for it" on her own accord?
|2009-02-12, 17:50
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|2009-02-12, 18:20
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Achilles Last Stand
"She believed that Minori was attracted to Ryuuji. She believed that Ryuuji really liked Minori. In other words, their feelings were mutual"
and in the anime she have the same thoughts...
|2009-02-12, 18:27
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|2009-02-12, 18:52
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Okay, I havent read the novels but I dont see what the problem here is.
Okay, okay maybe its the guy in me...but why can it go both ways?!
So what if Minori and Ryuuji hook up? How does this seriously change Ryuuji and Taiga's relationship? They'll still be eating dinner at his place, spending time at school, eating the same prepared lunches.
Its not like Taiga dislikes Minori's company either, so why cant she be holding Ryuuji's hand and be taking to them about UFOs while Taiga is poking Ryuuji's face asking why there isnt more meat in her obento...
If you chose not to go melodramatic about it...its hardly the end of the world...
|2009-02-12, 19:07
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Aye, a "significant number" of posters would prefer RxT or RxM or RxA (or they dance off into poly or yuri land ). I just grimaced at "Large Majority" because that simply isn't known information. No one has done a survey. So asserting anything other than "a significant number" is hyperbole. It also doesn't address whether one is speaking of the target audience (domestic japanese fans), western fans, or the overall world audience; especially since the latter two don't officially exist at all
@Waking Dreamer: as a guy... that might make sense but not many real women seem to go for the polygamic solutions. That's just not the kind of future relationship each of these girls will consider. And as I said earlier, these women make their own decisions in this story, a long way off from "what will Ryuuji do? A? B? C?) This isn't a harem game story.... its really kind of hilariously subversive to me that Toradora! was ever sold under a shounen publisher to begin with (maybe seinen/josei or both). The authoress is clearly having a good time with that.
|2009-02-12, 19:45
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|2009-02-12, 19:51
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|2009-02-12, 20:17
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So whats going to happen now, is Taiga going to want to have kisses and hugs from Ryuuji? Yes they're more than friends, best of friends even. Though she seemed perfectly fine with the previous situation...being close to Ryuuji, talking about personal stuff and being completely comfortable WHILE not desiring to have him kiss her, or have his arms constantly around her.
Cause if theyre goin to be an official couple but still have the same interaction between each other - minus the presence of Minori...that kind sucks...
|2009-02-12, 20:38
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Sheila Renee Mardis, 51, died Dec. 18, 2012, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 22, 1961, at Pratt, to Merlin Dean and Sylvia Ann Merriman Mardis. She grew up in Preston, graduated from Pratt High School in 1979, and moved to the Kansas City area after attending Kansas University. She was a legal assistant for National Crop Insurance and most recently helped manage the family farm near Preston. She loved to play the piano and paint.
Survivors include: two sons, Maximillan Mardis, 29 Palms, Calif., and John Gilliam, Overland Park; two brothers, Lawrence "Larry" Allen Mardis, Overland Park, and David Harms, Brenham, Texas; two sisters, Elizabeth Ann Mardis-Mbroh and Nancy Mardis Fisher, both of Overland Park; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral service is at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary, with the Rev. John Havens presiding. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery, near Preston.


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From the minute you are born...you start to die..
you won't look at it that way whilst your young but in no time at all the young person you thought you were....is suddenly being called old by those who have taken your young persons place
when your really young the honesty of that age means the most important thing is how long can you stay out with your friends before your mum calls out....hey in, it's tea time...those idyllic carefree days
Then school where we all learn our first and very hard lessons about finding "our place in the world" when in truth unless you die right at that momment...your place in the world will take the rest of your life but not through a painful path of teenage hood but more in an evolving learning way..yes we all change with age
Mortgage, kids, jobs, relationships all happen too fast and take your idyllic youth away and you find there is no way back...there was never supposed to be but you always wished there was...there is no way back because life is a book full of chapters, paragraphs and sentences..all offering future possibilities and past memories
by 50 you start to see people you knew appear in the obituaries and it leads to the harsh reality that you are walking towards a time that your body will give in, your mind maybe lost and no matter how clever, rich, fabulous or impressive you think you are...you will die
It happens quicker than you think..if you are 25 now, one third of your life has probably already gone and yet it went by so fast you barely noticed it
You can if you want ...spend the rest of your life looking backwards and for those who do that...some of you sadly will not make it but most of you will..we are human after all..we do what we must do to survive
But life is like work..do you live to work or work to live ?...if all you are is memories of the past, then you alone deprive yourself of memories yet to be made and yes....there are definitely memories to be made ...trust me on this
friends yet to meet, loves yet to love, people who you touch their lives in a good way and they touch your life too...but above all..you have more to offer than you think, you are more than just the latest fad or or throw away device
I've always felt you are born on a pre determined time and die on a pre determined time but...the road of life that takes you between those two points is very much written by you..yes you,,you have more power over who you are than you realise
You offer what you do not know, but overtime will realise your worth and what differences you made...you are more than you realise..you are you..and that is something very special
I'll end this with a speech from an actor who made his name from doing no speech in silent films and it's from his film the dictator, Charlie Chaplin
TMI ..it has an accompanying video which I must point out does have some strong images so if you are easily offended please do not look
It shows we are more good than bad and we all have the potential to help each other..we do so because it is who we are, who we were meant to be..and you ..as you..are stronger because of your love for others...you are more important than you will ever realise...you just need to give yourself a break now and again
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Fanad Head stretches bravely into the swirling Atlantic Ocean at the northern tip of Ireland
As you travel further north on the island, it feels as if civilisation has been left far, far behind. You're entering a world that lives and breathes through its land and seascapes…let us introduce you to the Fanad Head peninsula.
It's easy to recognize the main attraction on this peninsula: Fanad Head Lighthouse, which was conceived as essential to seafarers following a tragedy over 200 years ago. In December 1811, the frigate Saldanha sought shelter from a storm, heading towards Fanad as it frantically fought the raging wind and waves. Sadly, reaching shore safely never happened, and the ship was wrecked off the northern coast – its only survivor was the ship's parrot.
Soon after, the Fanad Head Lighthouse was built to help guide ships and sailors safely on their journeys. It's still there today, standing on a rocky outcrop blinking out to sea. It is now being developed into a visitors' centre with accommodation.
To limit your Fanad Head journey to its lighthouse, though, would be to ignore the spectacular landscapes that this headland has borne from its uninterrupted clash with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of this epic scenery is the Great Arch, a stunning viewing spot that will shine out from your Wild Atlantic Way photo album; and a brilliant place to catch sight of the Head's water-based residents, including grey seals and whales.
It's not all rough weathering along the shoreline, though, as beach lovers will testify when they discover Ballymastocker Bay, near Portsalon. Once given the number two spot in a survey of the world's most beautiful beaches in The Observer, this blue-flag beach entices you to don your swimsuit and head into the waves.
Despite leaving civilization behind for a circuit of Fanad Head, some creature comforts can never be forgotten. Perhaps you're itching to tackle the elements with your golf clubs? Then visit Portsalon Golf Club, an outstanding links course that Golf Digest ranked 25th in its 100 great golf courses of Ireland. Afterwards, reward yourself with a bowl of steamed mussels in the cosiness of Sarah's Restaurant, overlooking Lough Swilly in Portsalon.
Fanad Head knows what it is to face the elements, with crumbling cliffs, breaking waves and expansive seascapes…take it all in before heading back onto the Wild Atlantic Way.
Geographical coordinates: 55.275617, -7.6345941 (note, if you use your car's GPS to go directly to this point, you may not always remain on the Wild Atlantic Way route.)
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LAKE ST. Clair -- A fisherman reeled in a giant goldfish on Michigan's Lake St. Clair Friday. Mike Martin loves to fish. He has been fishing for 20 years. "First one I've ever caught and I fish it religiously," said Martin.
"We see them all the time but, to actually catch them is rare," he said. "Everybody wants to just dump them off their seawall and let them be free and this is what they turn into."
The fish was over three pounds and nearly 15 inches long. Martin caught it while ice fishing for Perch.
He says he thought it was just a big perch on the line before he saw what it really was. "Definitely not a perch," he said.
Martin says he called his father after the catch "I didn't know what to do with it, what do you do with a goldfish?"
His father told him to put it in a bucket and take it home. Martin says he called the DNR to see what the state record is, but hasn't heard back yet.


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With polyester charmeuse piping, a flirty A-line silhouette and sexy clean strapless design, this little black bebe dress is a sophisticated way to lend evening wear a girlish pop.
- 79% rayon, 15% nylon, 6% spandex
- Center back to hem: 26" (66 cm)
- Polyester lining
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size 6
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America lost one of its esteemed former editors this year with the passing of John W. Donohue, S.J. His colleague and friend, James Martin, S.J., called him "one of the greatest men I have ever known." Father Donohue wrote dozens--if not hundreds--of pieces for the magazine over the years, many of them unsigned. Here he reflects on the new hope that comes with the Resurrection.
The natural shrinking from dying is one thing, wrote St. Augustine, and the deepest persuasion of faith is another. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth by his death, and only by his death, won eternal life for the human family. By the power of the Resurrection, thinking about death has been transformed from thinking about an end to thinking about a beginning.


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What are the most important differences between the ACSI Club ID and CampingCard ACSI?
ACSI Club ID is a Camping Carnet. It is an alternative identity document, accepted at 8800 camp sites. Members are automatically insured for liability. ACSI Club ID is not a discount card.
CampingCard ACSI is a discount card with which you can camp at 3330 camp sites at advantageous rates in the low season. CampingCard ACSI is not an alternative identity document and you will not be automatically insured for liability.


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Gilbert wins top FAME Award
NOV. 8—Lora Gilbert, senior director of food and nutrition services for Orange County Public Schools in Florida has been named the Golden School Foodservice Director of the Year from the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) Awards.
Under Gilbert's leadership, reimbursable meals have increased by 51% in seven years. The team also achieved its goal of 40% of revenue spent on labor and food, as well as generating additional revenue by providing nutrition services to summer and recreational programs. In addition, Gilbert developed a Cooperative Cart Program where student organizations can check out mobile food carts from the foodservice program to sell healthy foods for fundraising opportunities.
Gilbert won the FAME Silver Rising Star Award in 2006. Gilbert's background includes stints with Disney, Universal and large hospitals.
Other FAME winners include: Cindy Hobbs, executive director of child nutrition services for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, was awarded the Silver Leadership Award; Susan Ehrhart, foodservice coordinator for the Polk County Public Schools in Bartow, Fla., was named the Silver Spirit Award winner; Margan Holloway, director of student nutrition services at Tamalpais Union High School District in Larkspur, Calif., was given the Silver Rising Star Award; and Ron Strasburg, senior account executive with Upper Lakes Foods, Inc. in Cloquet, Minn., was given the Silver Friend of Child Nutrition Award.
The winners will be honored at the School Nutrition Association's Child Nutrition Industry Conference in Seattle on Jan. 16, 2011. The FAME awards are sponsored by Basic American Foods, Schwan's Food Services and Tyson Foods.