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2nd NITheP Winter School on Computational Methods in Physics 2017 - Registration Form
To attend this workshop, please complete the registration form below.
Oct 04 2010
Nonequilibrium quantum many-particle correlated systems
Alexander Avdeenkov (NITheP, South Africa)
Daniel Kosov (ULB, Belgium)
4 October 2010 to 8 October 2010.
This workshop aims to bring together researchers in quantum field theory of nonequilibrium states from various branches of physics, including atomic, molecular and nuclear and condensed matter physics. The principle objective of the workshop is to consolidate the efforts in nonequilibrium many-body theory. Topics will include, but not limited to (i) nonequilibrium quantum transport through nanostructures, (ii) out of equilibrium nuclear and AMO systems, (iii) nonequilibrium dynamics of ultracold atomic quantum gases. We plan to create an interactive atmosphere with an open exchange of ideas and ample time for discussions.
A 5 day workshop. Since a lot of different science will be discussed, the speakers will try to explain in broad, understandable terms what the main challenge is that they are confronting and what are the general tools they are using. Talks are 45 min duration, followed by 15 min discussion.
Wallenberg Research Center, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
List of invited speakers
1 Alexander Altland (University of Koeln, Germany)
2 Heiko Appel (University of California, San Diego, USA)
3 Juergen Berges (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
4 Michael Bonitz (Kiel University, Germany)
5 Iacopo Carusotto (Iniversita di Trento, Italy)
6 Pawel Danielewicz (University of Michigan, USA)
7 Peter Drummond (University of Queensland, Australia)
8 Massimiliano Esposito (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
9 Michael Galperin (UC San Diego, USA)
10 Alexander Itin (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
11 Michael Kastner (NITheP, Stellenbosch,South Africa)
12 Daniel Kosov (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
13 Hans Kroha ( Universitat Bonn, Germany)
14 Robert van Leeuwen (University of Javaskila, Finland)
15 Mathias Nest (TU Munchen, Germany)
16 Felix von Oppen (Freie Universitat, Germany)
17 Jens Paaske (Nils Bohr Institute, Denmark)
18 Francesco Petruccione (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
19 Izak Snyman (NITheP, Stellenbosch,South Africa)
20 Gianluca Stefanucci (University of Rome, Italy)
21 Marzena Szymanska (University of Warwick, UK)
22 Lothar Mühlbacher (Freiburg University, Germany)
23 Azzwinndini Muronga (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Registration Information
Due to space limitations, the number of participants will be strictly limited. At present, only a few more participants can be admitted. For informal enquiries, please contact the organizers (firstname.lastname@example.com , tel. 27-21-808-3863; firstname.lastname@example.com, 32-2-650-5795).
17:45 -18:00 Registration at the NITheP http://www.stias.ac.za/location_map.html
The registration will be followed by Welcome cocktail reception at the local wine farm http://www.lanzerac.co.za/
The transportation from the institute to the farm will be provided
(we plan to leave the institute at 18:00)
8:45-9:00 Opening: F.Scholtz
Morning session chair: Felix von Oppen
9:00-10:00 Hans Kroha
"Non-equilibrium Mott-Hubbard systems in strong external laser fields"
10:00-11:00 Gianluca Stefanucci
"Time-dependent transport in correlated and Josephson nanojunctions"
11:00-11:30 coffee
11:30-12:30 Daniel Kosov
"Nonequilibrium quasiparticles"
12:30-14:00 lunch
Afternoon session chair: Pawel Danielewicz
14:00-15:00 Michael Bonitz
"Electron dynamics in laser excited atoms and quantum dots"
15:00 -15:30 coffee
15:30-16:30 Mathias Nest
"First principles approach to correlated electron dynamics and statistical physics"
16:30-17:30 Francesco Petruccione
"Open quantum dynamics of simple spin systems"
Morning session chair: Peter Drummond
9:00-10:00 Jens Paaske
"The Nonequilibrium Kondo Problem"
10:00-11:00 Robert van Leeuwen
"Solving the Kadanoff-Baym equations for time-dependent quantum transport through interacting systems"
11:00-11:30 coffee
11:30-12:30 Lothar Mühlbacher
"Diagrammatic Monte Carlo simulations for contacted quantum systems"
12:30-14:00 lunch
Afternoon session chair: Michael Bonitz
14:00-15:00 Peter Drummond
"Quantum dynamics with entangled phase spaces"
15:00 -15:30 coffee
15:30-16:30 Marzena Szymanska
"Nonequilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates and superfluids: Keldysh field
theoretical approach"
16:30-17:30 Alexander Itin
"Dynamics of quantum phase transitions and many-particle Landau-Zener models"
Morning session chair: Robert van Leeuwen
9:00 -10:00 Pawel Danielewicz
"Towards quantum transport theory for nuclear reactions"
10:00-11: 00 Azzwinndini Muronga
"Non-equilibrium fluid dynamics for relativistic nuclear collisions"
11:00- 11:30 coffee
11:30-12:30 Juergen Berges
"Nonequilibrium instabilities and fixed points in quantum field theory"
12:30-14:00 lunch
Afternoon session chair: Michael Galperin
14:00-15:00 Massimiliano Esposito
"Thermodynamics and nonequilibrium fluctuations in small devices"
15:00 -15:30 coffee
15:30-16:30 Alexander Altland
"Fluctuation relations in transport"
16:30-17:30 Michael Kastner
"Nonequivalence of ensembles for long-range quantum spin systems in optical lattices"
Morning session chair: Juergen Berges
9:00-10:00 Felix von Oppen
"Non-Abelian statistics and topological quantum computation in 1D wire networks"
10:00-11:00 Izak Snyman
"Polarization of a charge qubit strongly coupled to a voltage-driven quantum point contact"
11:00- 11:30 coffee
11:30-12:30 Iacopo Carusotto
"Non-equilibrium fluids of light: theory and experiments"
12.30-14.00 lunch
Afternoon session chair: Hans Kroha
14:00-15:00 Heiko Appel
"Stochastic quantum molecular dynamics: real-time electron and ion dynamics for open quantum systems"
15:00 -15:30 coffee
15:30 - 16:30 Michael Galperin
"Raman spectroscopy of molecular junctions"
16:30 - 17:00 Closing words
18:00 Conference dinner
NITheP contact information:
For administrative assistance, please contact Monique Louw, Secretary, NITheP at 021-808-2649 or 083 272 7734.


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Do you have unfinished quilt tops or quilts? We provide many services to help you finish your them! And, we can create beautiful custom t-shirt, memory, and baby quilts for you.

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Military Bios
Brigadier General Stancil L. Dilda Jr.:
Military Branch:United States Airforce
Retired Aug. 1, 1991.
Brigadier General Stancil L. "Larry" Dilda Jr. is deputy chief of staff for communications and computer systems, Headquarters Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
General Dilda was born in Fountain, N.C., in 1940, and graduated from Farmville (N.C.) High School in 1958. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from North Carolina State College in 1963 and a master's degree in counseling and guidance from Troy State University in 1974. The general completed Squadron Officer School in 1968, Air Command and Staff College in 1974, Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1980, Stanford University's Senior Executive Management Program in 1985 and the Defense Systems Management College in 1988.
He received his commission in the Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1963 and entered undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in June 1964. He subsequently graduated from the basic communications-electronics school, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., in 1966. General Dilda then was assigned to Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where he formed the maintenance division of the 602nd Tactical Control Group. In 1968 he was assigned to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where he initially served with the 1974th Communications Group as chief of both the Radar NAVIDS Maintenance Branch and Maintenance Management Branch. In February 1969 he became chief of maintenance for the 1973rd Communications Squadron at Udorn.
General Dilda was assigned as aide-de-camp to the commander of the Pacific Communications Area, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in August 1969. After he returned to the continental United States, he attended Air Command and Staff College. Upon graduation in June 1974, he was assigned as executive officer to the commander of the Air Force Communications Service, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Mo. He remained in that position until July 1977, when he assumed command of the 1913th Communications Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
From September 1979 to June 1980 General Dilda attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., and then was assigned as chief, Readiness and Integration Division, Directorate of Operations and Readiness, Headquarters Defense Communications Agency. He subsequently served as chief of the Readiness, Concepts and Analysis Office, and as DCA chief of staff.
In February 1983 the general transferred to Offutt and assumed duties as vice commander, Strategic Communications Division. He concurrently served as assistant deputy chief of staff for communications and electronics, Strategic Air Command headquarters. In July 1984 he assumed duties as chief of staff for the newly formed Headquarters Strategic Information Systems Division, also at Offutt. After graduation from the Stanford Senior Executive Management Program in August 1985, he was assigned as chief of staff for Headquarters Air Force Communications Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He assumed his present duties in August 1986.
His military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and two oak leaf clusters, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with four service stars, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
He was promoted to brigadier general Aug. 1, 1988, with same date of rank.
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|Occurred : 5/25/2007 03:00 (Entered as : 5/25/07 3:00)
Reported: 5/26/2007 5:40:39 PM 17:40
Posted: 6/12/2007
Location: Budd Lake, NJ
Shape: Teardrop
Duration:2-3 seconds
|At exactly 3:45am on May 25th,2007, my friend and I were standing in the parking lot of my apartment building talking.As I am speaking I see a bright light in the sky.I immediately point to the sky and yell "look!".My friend turned and looked up and we both watched as this yellowish-white light skipped across the sky three times-just like a stone skips across water.What we saw lasted only about 2-3 seconds.We just stood there silently, shocked for a couple seconds, then both started talking at once."Did you see that?!" and "I can't believe it!We just saw a UFO!" were some of the things we were saying.We stayed outside for about another half hour after that, hoping to see it again, but we did'nt.
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Families Helping Families
1 in 10 children in Alberta live in poverty. This figure hasn't changed in 25 years. Our city's families need our help.
Families Helping Families is a two-year pilot program funded by United Way and developed by Family Independence Initiative in the U.S. The program is currently in its second year.
The program operates in Bowness, Montgomery and Greenwood Village and engages families to take greater control of their finances, goals, households and futures. The aim is to build resiliency and enable parents to work together to improve their capacity to earn money, grow in confidence and move out of poverty.
Training on financial management is part of the support offered. Regular financial audits are undertaken to support growth and change.
Families Helping Families also provides a structure for:
- Fostering a safe space for dialogue
- Monthly group meetings
- Monthly reporting and quarterly auditing
- Positive modeling between peers
- Tangible feedback from peers
- Expanded social networks
- A focus on family strengths and asse
Families Helping Families is not currently taking on new participants.


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No, I haven't forgotten about Ori- I just picked some time consuming projects for him that took way more time than anticipated.I finished snipping strings on this little blazer as we were headed out the door for Ori's school.
The jacket was based off of one that was much too large for him, but altered to be a little more casual for day to day use, and the fabric was found in Joann's red tag section.
I am glad to have finished it, and in the process I got to enjoy some noteworthy podcasts. If you are looking for some mental stimulation while sewing, might I suggest this food centric interview with Michael Pollan, and this moving piece about Playing for Change. Happy Sewing!


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The Venue
This is the place for you if you love to bask in the limelight and carve a name for yourself. It's an iconic gastronomic destination north of the Margaret River in Western Australia. The restaurant is only open during the day, with a heavy focus on degustation menus, and seats 60 people.
People come here to devour the delectable food while savoring exquisite wines. The owners are friendly, cool and loves looking after staff members. They'll support you by giving tools and resources you need to succeed in this role.
- Huge garden where 90% of vegies are featured in the menu
- Pop-ups throughout the year by famous chefs
- Be the face of the business and soak in the publicity
The Role
The kitchen is fully equipped with the best appliances you'll ever need. The onsite garden grows most of the vegetable used in the dishes, which means fresh ingredients to experiment with.
Because the restaurant is only open during day time, you will have afternoons to yourself to test dishes and do your slow cooking overnight. There are about 8 weddings per year, so you'll also get a chance to host events and create unforgettable food.
On top of that, you get to rub shoulders with world-renowned chefs such as Thomas Keller or David Thompson, as they host pop-up events throughout the year.
Required Experience and Traits
We're looking for someone with a strong technical background, whether it is a head chef looking for a fresh change or a great sous chef looking to step up.
Other requirements are:
- Michelin or hatted experience
- Driven towards excellence and likes to push boundaries in the kitchen
- Good leadership skills
- Ability to mentor and guide
- Dynamic with good problem solving skills
Benefits and Culture
- Iconic destination restaurant in WA
- Only open day time
- Perfect for change of pace and life
- Huge veggie garden on site and complete kitchen
- Experiment and push boundaries with degustation menu
- Potential for Sunday and Monday off
- Chance to meet top chefs through pop-up events held throughout the year
- Be the face of the business
- Supportive owners
- Up to $90K + super
- $5000 allowance to eat at top venues
- Sponsorship for right candidate
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Okay here we go::
Meet at Caltex Midvale at 7.50am ready for 8am departure - Heading east to the Lakes, cut through the back of Talbot to Beverley, Brookton, Pinjelly, swing westward towards Wandering, across the highway to Ranford, Boddington, Marradong, swing north west to Dwellingup, Pinjarra and end up in Halls Head for late lunch ~1pm.
Free BBQ onsite at Mary St Lagoon - BYO Everything or pick up something at a coffee stop along the way.
Weather is looking good, mid to high 20's, so dust off the cobwebs and come along.


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I love how this is the only way for me to keep track of how many books I buy in a matter of weeks. I don't love how horrible I feel when I see them all together.
Hourglass * Timepiece * Unbreathable * The Sky Manifest * Sanctum & Fractured (Guards of the Shadowlands) * The Sister Season * Accursed Women * Nine Hours 'Till Sunrise * A Cure to Die For: A Medical Thriller * Probability Chain (Part I) * Inciting Incidents
Unwind Dystology : Unwind, UnWholly, UnSouled * Ask the Passengers * Everybody Sees the Ants * Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) * Champion * The Diviners * Well Read Women
I got the entire Unwind series for about $15 on Black Friday. I haven't read it yet but I've heard great things about it! So I kind of had to buy it (this is me making excuses). I received Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines as a gift and it is the most beautiful book I've ever seen. If you are an art lover and have a weakness for beautiful quotes, you definitely need this in your life.


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Outrageous and highly illegal. This former federal prison time-server, who's made it where he is today in the Democratic party as a practitioner of the leftist creeds of agitprop and voting fraud, is now known to have visited Obama's White House 340 over the last seven years, roughly 40 of those visits being personal meetings with the president himself. This is what the Left does by its nature and what they intend to do on Election Day.
(In addition to watching the first Project Veritas Action's expose video of Creamer and his lackey Scott Foval linked below in Lifson's article, be sure to watch the second one here. Like The Center for Medical Progress's Planned Parenthood expose videos from a summer ago, it's amazing to watch how casual evil can be.)
Robert Creamer, caught on camera talking about provoking violence at Trump events, visited the Obama White House 340 times
In fact, he is married to Democrat congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and has a long history as a henchman for the left, going back all the way to the Midwest Academy, an Alinskyite training institution on whose board he now sits.
Then there is the matter of his 340 visits to the Obama White House:
Donald B. Hawthorne does the math:
340 visits over 7 years, 10 months = 3.6 visits per month to the White House (i.e., nearly weekly visits over the entire Obama presidency) by Creamer, of which
40 visits were with Obama = 5 visits per year by Creamer
Zero Hedge has a lot of background:
…voter fraud isn't Creamer's only criminal specialty. A quick look at Wikipedia reveals that Creamer spent 5 months in federal prison back in 2006 for a "$2.3 million bank fraud in relation to his operation of public interest groups in the 1990s." (snip)
According to his website bio, Creamer has been a "political organizer and strategist for over four decades" and has been very involved with the Obama administration over the years. He even "provided strategic advice" to Obama on the "Iran nuclear deal." Ironically, Creamer "began his organizing career in 1970 working with Chicago's Citizen Action Program (CAP), which had been organized by Saul Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation."
There is a dark organization behind the left, and we are getting a glimpse of some of its key practitioners, who have operated in the shadows too long.


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Second Mortgage Toronto
Many clients in Toronto , the GTA and across Ontario are using second mortgages to consolidate high interest rate debts, renovate their homes or pay for unexpected expenses. Up to 85% LTV second mortgages are available. A second mortgage does not replace your existing first mortgage.
It is a second position mortgage which is advantageous if you currently hold a favorably low rate first mortgage and do not want to discharge due to penalties, fees, etc. Second mortgages can also be arranged with greater ease due to the amount of lenders available both institutionally and privately.
Get a Mortgage Quote Today
Second Mortgage Info and Tips
The lending area of 2nd mortgages is different from the usual refinancing of 1st mortgages. This is because most private loan investors or companies take into consideration the equity remaining within the home following the 2nd mortgage loan being approved and secured to the land legally. They typically never worry as much about credit score ranking and employment income even if self employed for example. Banks , and regular institutional lenders do care more and that is why you sometimes have to look at other sources for where you can get a 2nd mortgage loan. Additionally , the lenders who loan money privately do not care just as much about how you are using the cash , or what its for , etc.
A 2nd mortgage is often a financial loan secured to your residence that may be typically organized following you have already got a 1st house loan on the house. Most debtors use 2nd mortgages to payoff current debts, for renovation reasons or to acquire unexpected emergency money for any objective. There are numerous equity lending private lenders Toronto who will supply cash for any 2nd mortgage financial loan around 90% loan to value in a few circumstances. The common is around 80% to 85%. Personal loan companies prefer to mortgage homes that are in larger cities and favor detached residences usually.
Second mortgage loan costs in Canada are around the 5% to 15% levels and this is due to the fact that the mortgage is considered a higher risk to lenders as it is not in 1st position like a regular mortgage. Payments are on a monthly basis, interest only in almost all cases and there are prepayment options as well. Such as, a $50,000 2nd home loan mortgage at 10% will cost about $416 monthly. Most 2nd mortgage lenders will want you to agree to a 12 month period or term and will permit for early repayment that has a 90 day interest penalty. After the one calendar year time period is over, the financial institution will often give you the chance to renew the house loan for yet another calendar year or they can consult you to pay for the loan in full. At this time it is possible to pay back the 2nd mortgage loan with your personal resources or arrange for a further mortgage loan by using a new lender. Service fees to arrange a 2nd mortgage in Canada usually are broker and legal , lender fees and appraisal. For instance, a mortgage for $50,000 would typically price about $3000 – $5000 in service fees. Broker, lender , legal expenses can generally be deducted in the 2nd mortgage loan advance when it is completed at the lawyers office .Appraisal fees are usually the only up front expense.
- Second Mortgage interest rates begin at the prime rate and up
- Borrower qualifications are usually based more on home equity rather than credit and income
- Most second mortgages are interest only payments and 1 year terms
- Up to 90% of Home Value can be used to arrange a 2nd mortgage in Toronto & the GTA
There are situations when you may cash out some home equity using a second mortgage:
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- There may be an opportunity for you to invest in stocks , mutual funds or business investments. You can then use a second loan to go for it. But check out if the rate of return on your investment is higher than the second mortgage rate. Only then it will turn out to be a profitable venture.


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The performance extension to Arquillian is a simple way of checking that the code you want to test performs within the range you want it to. It can also automatically catch any performance regressions that might be added to your applications and as Arquillian itself, it is very easy to use.
Code example:
As you can see the only two additions needed are @Performance and @PerformanceTest. They do different things and can be used separately or combined.
@Performance requires one argument, time (a double) which sets the required maximum time in milliseconds that the test is allowed to spend. If the test exceeds that time it will fail with an exception explaining the cause.
@PerformanceTest will cause every test run of that test to be saved and every new run will compare results with previous runs. If the new test run exceeds the previous runs with a defined threshold an exception will be thrown. The threshold can be set with the parameter resultsThreshold. It is by default set to 1d.
How threshold is calculated: resultsThreshold * newTime < oldTime.
Maven setup example:
The only extra dependency needed is to add arquillian-performance to your pom.xml. Take a look at the Getting started to see how you set up arquillian using maven.
Nov 05, 2012
Could we get the actual duration somehow? Perhaps by adding that to JUnit result xml or such.
IIRC I filed a jira but can't find now.
Mar 31, 2016
You wrote: "How threshold is calculated: resultsThreshold * newTime < oldTime."
But i think it has to be: resultsThreshold * oldTime < newTime.


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5. Corvo's Crossbow
Dishonored (2012)
Who doesn't like crossbows?
4. Bucking Bronco
Bioshock Infinite (2013)
Let's play with fire!
3. Portal Gun
Portal (2007), Portal 2 (2011)
Not exactly a weapon but it can be one.
2. Lightsaber
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
Favorite, green one.
1. Arbiter
DmC: Devil May Cry (2013)
Dante's Demonic Weapon, my personal favorite.


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Beckenbauer's status on the line
Franz Beckenbauer could come out of FIFA's ongoing investigation with his legendary status badly damaged, according to the chair of the German government's sports committee.
"It usually takes a long time until national heroes fall. At the moment, it can't be ruled out that the character of Franz Beckenbauer will be damaged by massive scratches," Dagmar Freitag, who chairs the Bundestag's sports committee, said Saturday.
"What happened before the (2006) World Cup was held in Germany needs to be clarified and it must not stop short of the big names."
Last Wednesday, world football's governing body said both German football great Beckenbauer and FIFA vice president Maria Villar Llona have been investigated.
It said inquiries against the two are in the hands of the FIFA ethics committee's court for a decision.
The two were on a list of 11 names – also including suspended FIFA leader Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini — that the ethics committee said have been or are the target of inquiries.
While the ethics watchdog did not say why Beckenbauer and Villar Llona had been investigated, both were on the FIFA executive committee when Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in controversial votes in 2010.
Beckenbauer, 70, was briefly suspended by FIFA last year for refusing to cooperate with a corruption inquiry into World Cup votes by former US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia.
One of only two people to have won the World Cup as a player and coach, Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid for the 2006 World Cup and last week he denied a report that a 6.7 million euro fund was used to buy votes.
German football was plunged into scandal ten days ago when magazine Spiegel made cash-for-votes allegations over the attribution of the 2006 World Cup to Germany and Beckenbauer led the organising committee.
The magazine claimed the German Football Association (DFB) borrowed 10.3 million Swiss francs in 2000 from the late head of sportswear giant Adidas, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, in order to buy the votes of four Asian members of FIFA executive committee.
The German magazine claimed the federation transferred 6.7 million euros to a FIFA account in 2005 to reimburse Louis-Dreyfus, which the DFB has strenuously denied.—AFP


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"Beware of the dark side," Yoda warned young Luke Skywalker, and apparently the advice holds even in a galaxy far, far away from the Star Wars universe. Namely, ours.
Recently, Adrian Furnham, a professor at University College London, offered a British Psychological Society conference pretty much the same advice in his keynote address. Only his wisdom was directed towards those hoping to become masters of business rather than masters of a mystical, intergalactic knighthood.
First, the BPS Occupational Digest blog reports, Furnham reminded his audience just how hard good leadership is. "There are 70,000 books in the British Library with leadership in the title," the blog reports Furnham remarking, "but most leaders don't succeed, they fail, with a base rate of bad leadership collated from various studies of 50 per cent."
Why do half of would-be leaders falter? Furnham blames, in part, our tendency to look for certain traits when we promote people into leadership positions. Looking for, say, self confidence in candidates may make intuitive sense (we want confident leaders after all), but this method of screening leaves out a truth that later derails many leaders--most positive traits can have a serious dark side.
The personal "force" that made you promote someone to a position of leadership in the first place--whether it's self-confidence, drive or interpersonal skills--taken to extremes or misused often causes a leader's downfall. Self-confidence can curdle into unhealthy risk taking, interpersonal abilities sometimes morph into manipulation and showboating, and the dark side of diligence can be perfectionism.
Simply looking for the traits you think a leader should have isn't enough, according to Furnham, you also need to worry if a candidate has a trait in excess and provide structures that make sure would-be leaders learn how to express those traits for good rather than ill. BPS boils down Furnham's recommendations:
Furnham distilled some key implications for selection and recruitment. Consider using 'dark side' measures; beware excessive self-confidence and charm; do a proper… reference check; and get an expert to 'select out' for you.
As for management, the message was to beware fast-tracking wunderkinds, and to seek a mentor, coach or at least a very stable deputy to keep these individuals on the rails.
In other words, a promising young talent with the markers of a potential leader can use their talents to become a force for good, or an office Darth Vader.
So when you're pondering promotions, select not just by the sheer magnitude of a candidate's raw ability, but also look at how they channel that ability. A little Yoda-like mentoring certainly can't hurt either.
Have you ever promoted a wunderkind expecting him or her to become a great leader only to end up with more of a Darth Vader?


text: Ganja Granny sez We are just beginning to smoke out the opposition…. According to a statewide poll published 2/22 Most Montanans opposed efforts by house lawmakers to repeal the states 6 year old Medical Marijuana law. 62% of the voters cast their ballots for Medical Marijuana. It will now go to the senate and unto the Governors desk who previously has been supportive.Montana is only one of 15 state where Medical Marijuana is legal… Up until now, no other state legislature has repealed this law. In Indiana lawmakers approved an alternative study to current marijuana laws where 6% of the arrests are largely for marijuana possession which is a misdemeanor and carries a punishment of up to one year in jail and a 5 thousand dollar fine. In Connecticut the Governor Backs decriminalization… . I realize its not what we really want and most of us feel WE WANT IT NOW! GET IT LEGALIZED NOW!….Well! I think we are on our way but we need more support for the major established organizations who are lobbying to eventually get us a Legal Hit! One such young organization is P.E.A.C.E. (hemppeace.com)You must check this site out… I actually installed a Cannabis Connections button on this site and have posted the biographies of the 2 co founders of this new organization based in Southern Illinois. Please check them out. You will be pleasantly surprised.. On another hit.. An author by the pen name of Armentine Duryea, through all the smoke, happened to reach out to me. Because of our cannabis connection.. He just happened to mention his book which took him 6 yrs to write. He said it took him so long to put together "The Sun City Cannabis Club" that in the last days he had to hire a co-writer to finally finish it. It is my understanding that Mr. Duryea will now promote making this intriguing first class novel into a first class movie. Intriguing, because Armentine Duryea is a 75 yr old retiree residing in Sun City and obviously was inspired by the lively senior citizen inhabitants of Sun City, to write this well worth the read novel. It is available on line and in your book stores in hardback and paperback… You will definitely hear more from me, about Armentine Duryea….. And still… on another hit…according to some smoke signals, the annual rally/ march the first Saturday in May will nix the parade and hopefully we will have the rally of all rally's, SATURDAY, MAY 7th in Battery Park in NYC. There are more than 300 cities around the world who rally approximately at the same time, thanks to the persuasive organizational skills of Dana Beals of Cures Not Wars. This year because of past intentional or unintentional unexpected diversions in the parade route, through the city from the village to the UN while in progress… Most people decided it was too confusing and hardly conducive to having a perfect, fun filled informative event. The intention is to be stationary with an event that will attract the number of people that other cities have been fortunate to experienced. You will be kept informed of plans related to this event as soon as GreenribbonWorld gets the latest information. In the meantime Ganja Granny sez to check out SMOKIN'VIDEOS' and GANJA GRANDPA's video. Its Hilarious! After viewing this video, you will definitely want to STAY BLAZED! Ganja Granny sez, Until next time,God Bless ALL the GOOD STUFF Coming Your Way!


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Happy Release Day Debra Parmley!
Belly dancer Cyree Heat is headed from Memphis to the Caribbean for a vacation after a horrible divorce. A Change of Scenery is just what she needs to forget her troubles. At the Atlanta shuttle station she is handed a letter, which says she cannot board the Zuilund Super Shuttle until she receives an injection of Sendot, a new drug that prevents a new deadly gastrointestinal illness. She stops in a shuttle lounge for a drink on her way to check in and gets locked inside the wrecked deserted room with no one to hear her calling and no cell phone service.
Navy SEAL Warren West finds Cyree sleeping in the lounge and rescues her. Soon they are on the run from the agency because she missed her injection and shuttle and is now on the list. Is a change of scenery what she needs or is it Warren?


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There is a problem with how to make it clear what accesskeys are available. iCab actually allows you to show the key next to the link. (It directly activates links, and it uses just the key, without any modifier). However, the SMIL 2.0 approach is slightly different. It allows the user agent to re-assign keys, since a user agent may not have an "aleph" key, or may reserve the "shi" key for some other function (as for example windows does). In the case the User agent Must show the revised mapping, although in any case it is the user agent that should show the list of accesskeys available. This is the price that they pay for the freedom to specify exactly how the accesskey function is triggered, and it is a sensible arrangement. Explorer uses the Alt modifier, which of course is not available to DoCoMo whose browser typically runs on a mobile phone. Opera uses most keys already, so could not take the iCab approach of having no modifier at all. And Amaya allows the user to choose (to some extent) the modifier used. For browsers which support CSS2 (there are a couple) you can use the following in a user style sheet: *[accesskey]:after { content: "<" attr(accesskey) ">" } to get the same as what iCab gives. But a list of available accesskeys in a page, like some browsers give a list of links or "table of contents" view, would go a long way to making it a more useful function for more users. cheers Charles (By the way, blind users are not the group for whom accesskeys are most important, so given the current implementation state it isn't surprising they don't use them a lot. Things are worse for those people to whom accesskeys are really important - people who have very limited input devices or for whom input is very slow). On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Simon White wrote: Dear All, I have just caught up with this thread, so apologies if this has already been mentioned. I believe that any AccessKeys that are used should be made explicit for any one viewing the website, that way there can be no confusion whatsoever. IE will allow the use of all numbers for access, but letters are a problem for reasons already highlighted... Hope this helps. Sime -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Arch Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 07:10 To: Graham Oliver; Kynn Bartlett Cc: email@example.com Subject: Re: AccessKeys and what to use >From a practical point of view, because everyone implements a different set of AccessKeys, we have found that the blind staff and clients at Vision Australia Foundation tend not to use them. They can't rely on on a consistent combination being the home-page key for instance from site to site, eg Alt-0, like they know that Ctrl-P is the print key with in _any_ Windows application. IMHO it will only work, and be widely adopted and utilised, when we can get some sort of standard for what a (minimum) set of AccessKeys correspond with. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kynn Bartlett" <email@example.com> To: "Graham Oliver" <email@example.com> Cc: <email@example.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: AccessKeys and what to use > > Accesskey: Good idea, poorly thought out implementation. > > --Kynn -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)Received on Wednesday, 22 August 2001 06:35:15 UTC
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The Fighting Side of Me: Standing for Freedom of Speech & Exchange of Ideas
March 13, 2012
Paul Fromm
- … interviews Pastor Tom Robb about upcoming Faith and Freedom Conference in Harrison Arkansas, March 30-April 1 (for more info, contact Pastor Tom Robb, PO Box 2222 / Harrison, AR 72601 / PH: 870-427-3414);
- … makes an exclusive report from court on Brad Love in court, facing prison for "breach of probation" for writing non-threatening letters to Zionists;
- … gives an update on political prisoner Terry Tremaine whose "undue delay" motion in his "hate law" case will be heard March 15.
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DTD Episode 21 Show Notes
What's Your Life's Purpose?
2 Simple Steps to Help Reveal Yours
We say, I can't do anything about that, or there's nothing special about me. I'm just one human being, what difference could I make?
Many people have the yearning to make a difference or know deep down that there is a purpose they are not fulfilling but are unable to discern what that purpose is.
I experienced this more than 10 years ago, before I launched my business. I was a stay at home mom for a few years. I loved being home with my two boys but I could not shake this overwhelming yearning. I KNEW to the core of my being that there was something I was born to do. I didn't know what it was. But I knew there was something. At times I would feel anxious. What is it? When can I start? How can I figure it out?
I wanted to know! I wanted to begin. I wanted the desire that grew in me to be fulfilled. But how do you begin a journey when you have no idea of the destination you are aiming for?
Often as I rocked a sleeping baby, I would pop on the television to catch an episode of Oprah. She had a reoccurring segment called "Use Your Life". You may have seen it yourself. She would invite guests on to share the stories of going from a regular person to someone who felt a huge passion, went out into the world and made a huge impact.
Those segments became so painful for me! I didn't feel jealous of the people. I wasn't interested in doing what they had done. I was interested in doing this unknown thing that I had been put on this earth to do.
Tears would stream down my face as I watched and I would hold my breath so I didn't sob out loud. The pain was unbearable. But, without a specific direction there was no action to take.
I then experienced a catalyst that got me evaluating, analyzing and determining what it was that I was supposed to be doing. My marriage of the time had become abusive and I needed to create an exit strategy. I was a stay at home mom with no means to support two boys and myself
I began to evaluate my strengths, passions, and experiences. I created a mission.
Out of that period my coaching business was born! I am happy to report that I no longer have those unbearable yearnings. I am certain that I am doing the work that I was put on this earth to do! I may not be 100% at the bulls eye but I am in the zone!
If you've had this yearning towards a goal unknown I want to give you some steps to help you gain some clarity.
I have a simple two-step process that I have shared with many clients experiencing since then. I want to share it here with you now.
I believe that passion is the litmus test that tells us that we heading in the right direction. Passion is also the fuel that generates tenacity and a single-minded focus.
I believe that we are all given gifts to use in service to others. You might use these gifts as part of your vocation or maybe as a volunteer. Often we minimize our gifts. Because they come easily to us we assume that other people can easily do what we do as well. I often hear clients say, "yes, but that's no big deal. Everyone can do that!"
To that I answer, "no, they can't!"
Step #1
Think about the activities that you love to do. How do you love to spend your time? What tasks would you do for free? What activities can you do for hours but leave you feeling as if only 10 minutes have elapsed?
Gifts come easily to us. There's an ease, a knowing. It's just who we are. It feels natural and gives you energy to spend your time that way.
Do some brainstorming about the things you love to do. Don't let the creativity be thwarted by thoughts of, "yeah, but I can't make money doing that." This isn't necessarily about starting a business or changing careers. It may have nothing to do with your vocation.
It also isn't necessarily a requirement to move to India to help orphans to fulfill your purpose. Don't worry about logistics, logic or anything else. Just create your lists. You never know what you'll come up with.
You may also want to ask the opinions of trusted advisors in your life. Ask them, "what do you see in me that I might not be seeing in myself?"
This was part of my process and I found it very helpful. During my research I had 3 trusted advisors tell me that I should be a coach within the course of two weeks! This was about 11 years ago and I was not in the work world at the time so I had definitely not heard that term. I decided it was an avenue I'd better explore, however. As soon as I read the first definition I thought, "Wow, I've been accidentally doing this my whole entire life!"
See, I have this innate ability to see people for who they are. I see them through their issues, junk brokenness. I can hear stories of all kinds and respond without judgment. I also see relationships and where breakdowns in communication happen. I understand the filters people are seeing the world through.
In high school my friends called me the Ann Landers of the school. I had motivational quotes all over my bedroom and I never let people say negative things about themselves in my presence.
My trusted advisors saw something in me that I didn't know was unique. And they were able to attach my gifts to a professional opportunity that I didn't even know existed!
If you don't have trusted advisors make sure to listen to my episode number 11 where I share the specific characteristics that a trusted advisor must have to give wise counsel. http://podcast.defeatthedrama.com/ep11-7-key-characteristics-of-a-great-trusted-advisor/
What are your gifts? Start with a blank sheet of paper or a Word document and start your list!
So, that's step one. Gifts are not the only variable to the equation, so let's move on to step two.
Step #2
I believe that each of us feels calls to action. Different circumstances will ignite this internal rising. That thought of "How can something like this exist in the world?" Or, "someone needs to do something about this!"
That someone may be you.
Stop and think for a bit about times when you've felt a call to action around a news story or a happening in the world. Maybe you saw a Facebook post or a friend shared an experience. You may have taken some action or written a check to support a cause. Or, perhaps, you just let the moment pass and moved on to your normal daily activities.
That feeling you had, that rising, is unique to you. No, you aren't the only one in the world who feels a call to action around the cause or incident. But, not everyone has the same reaction that you did. It is your unique reaction.
If you look back through a lifetime you will likely see patterns to the instances where you felt incensed or concerned. Seek to find the patterns of population and issues that caused the reaction.
So, for instance, one of my clients is drawn to concerns of the earth. She speaks and posts about Fracking constantly. She is consumed with the health of the earth.
Others feel a call to action when they hear stories of the elderly being taken advantage of or for elders who can not pay for their medicine. For some it is babies or drug addicts or puppies or horses or the solar system. Maybe it's students who don't have access to books or technology or malnourished puppies.
I feel driven to help where relationships are struggling or, you might have guessed, where drama is overshadowing the goals of a business or non-profit. I feel incensed when entitled employees seek to avoid work. I feel empathy when leaders feel unable to make their visions happen or where individuals struggle to find focus and tenacity.
I am lucky! I am using my gifts in the way I feel called.
I've now helped hundreds of individuals work through this brainstorm and I can't think of one instance where the combination of gifts and call to action were duplicated.
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Maricela needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 119 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Breastfeeding and Beyond
We are a husband and wife team, both registered nurses, embarking on a new online business adventure selling maternity and breastfeeding products. Our new company is call Breastfeeding and Beyond. We truly believe that breast feeding offers so many benefits for babies and we would like to promote breast feeding to mothers by offering products that help to assist breast feeding without losing their identities.
Our target audience are mothers in between 19-33 that are looking to breast feed in a more modern way. The products will we be carrying are aimed toward that mother that is looking for a fashionable, chic, and modern way to breast feed in pubic, in other words our products will allow mothers to nurse discreetly and in style. There are some examples of some hollywood moms that have been seen wearing a fashionable nursing cover or wearing a couture baby sling. Ultimately we would like to encourage all moms to breastfeed their children because of the benefits. Website to reference for examples is Mom4life.com --> Feeding-->Nursing covers
1. Our logo will be identified by a mother and a baby somehow worked into the logo. (i.e. Maybe the mom and baby somehow worked into a heart or a mom and baby's face looking at each other worked into a circle.)
2. Words to describe our logo should be comforting, promotes closeness and bonding, and classy.
3. The colors we are interested in are light fuschia/pink, light blue, and greyish brown, but feel free to experiment with any color scheme.
4. The typesetting will be simple, yet elegant.
5. Be Creative, I will be able to better assist with the new ideas as the designs come in and I am open to all designs.
I want the original design files in .psd and .ai and a .eps file and .jpeg.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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This interview is reprinted with kind permission from the always adorable Jennifer at Pole Skivies
Meet Kyra and Lian of Body and Pole!
How did you get started pole dancing?
I met some dancers that worked at a local strip club in New York City that asked me to choreograph some of their pole routines. The next day I bought my first pole.
(photo of Kyra by AM New York)
I went to my gym, Crunch, to take my first hot yoga class. I hated every minute of it. When the sweat was dripping into my eyeballs, I had enough and walked out of class right in the middle of it. As I was heading back into the dressing room, I walked by the other fitness room and saw a pole dance class going on. I was very intrigued and told myself I HAD to come back the following week to give it a try. I had no upper body strength, so it was really hard, but I had so much fun and was immediately hooked.
(photo of Lian by AM New York)
How did you decide to join together and start your own studio? What's that been like?
Lian was a super-talented and passionate student of mine at Crunch, and started teaching pole out of her home. As my popularity grew, Lian's did also. We decided to join forces and create the ultimate pole dance fitness program, Body and Pole.
Kyra has always been an inspiration to me. She is the main reason why I started pole dancing, and she was the one who kept pushing me to become who I am today. It was a no-brainer to me when I decided to open a studio, to bring Kyra in as my partner. I would never do this without her. We make a great team and compliment each other on so many levels. Kyra has become so much more to me than just a business partner. She is my best friend.
Kyra, you started the pole dance classes at Crunch Fitness. How will your own studio be different from those classes? Will you continue working with Crunch?
Crunch Gym has a fantastic group fitness program, and pole dancing is one of its many that rock. I developed the program for Crunch that works wonderfully for its members that want to have their Yoga, Pilates, Hip Hop, and Pole Dance all located at one gym. I look forward to continuing to grow the pole program at Crunch and to be involved in its future.
Body and Pole is the ultimate pole studio. We designed classes for all levels that are small and very hands-on. All our classes are an hour and a half. They have a focus on dance technique, flexibility, and strength training. It's a place that pole dancers have been waiting for!
What is the first thing you teach students just starting to take pole dancing classes?
The first thing I teach students when they start pole dancing is that they need to leave all their preconceived notions at the door. Soon as the music starts, it's all about having fun with dance and fitness. Then we move on to a basic walk around the pole with pirouette.
I let the new students know that we all had to start somewhere, even I was really bad and weak when I started. Then I start with some basic strength training on the pole, and continue with some basic walks and spins to become familiar with the pole and their bodies.
How do you take care of yourself, given all the pole dancing you do?
To keep my body happy and pole dancing, I make sure I'm cross training with ballet, pilates, and yoga. I visit my chiropractor every other week, and take a hot bath every night.
I stretch every day. I take long, hot baths almost every night with Epsom salts to soothe the muscles. I eat healthy foods and listen to my body. I have my boyfriend rub my feet and back, too … he is great when it comes to pampering me and making me feel better.
Favorite makeup tip:
Glitter. I don't think you could ever use too much glitter.
When I go out on the town (which is rare these days …), I love putting on red lipstick and black eye liner. Kind of like the pinup girl look.
Barefoot, sneakers, or platform heels?
I love pole dancing barefoot. It makes me feel connected to the floor and my movement, but I do love my silver 6-inch heels on days that I just need to be fabulous.
Depending on the mood. When I teach, I am always barefoot. Sometimes I feel like putting on my high heels. These days, it is much more barefoot, though, than heels. I say, to each their own, whatever makes you happy is ok with me.
Pole dance move that made you proudest to learn:
Every day I'm working towards my pole technique, but, I have to say, when I completed my first Phoenix "one handed body spiral into the twisted grip handspring," I was so out-of-my-mind excited, I never thought my body could do that!
Every new move I learn, I am really proud of; it is always an achievement. I was particularly proud when I finally got the Aysha correctly, with my body away from the pole. It took me a really long time to feel safe to pull my body away from the pole.
Pole dance pet peeves:
I really only have one pet peeve when it comes to pole dancing, and that is when people say that they can't. Half the battle to achieving goals is believing in yourself, and only you can do that.
I have a really hard time with people who don't point their toes. I also don't like when people hang on the pole, without engaging their shoulder/back muscles.
Favorite treatment for bruises and sore muscles:
For sore muscles, I take a bath. As for my bruises, they are my battle scars; I embrace them.
Arnica gel works great for bruises, but, honestly, I don't really care if I bruise; it just shows me that I conquered a new move and my body is learning how to position itself. For sore muscles, I usually take a long, hot Epsom salt bath and drink a lot of water. Advil helps, too, if you are REALLY sore.
Who would you most like to have in the audience when you pole dance?
I love having my husband in the audience when I perform. He is one of my biggest fans. He gets more nervous than I do.
Having my boyfriend in the audience makes me feel safe. I know how much he loves what I do and is so supportive of me.
Who is your hero or role model?
I have had many role models that have guided me through, from teachers, to family, and friends.
My role model is my mom. No doubt about that one. My pole hero? I would say there are so many who inspired me to do what I do. Leigh Ann Reily was one of the first I found on Youtube. I was completely obsessed with her … she and I are friends now and laugh about it all the time. She is still one of my favorites; she is so sexy and creative.
What are your favorite words of encouragement?
Apparently, my students tell me I use many different phrases and words of encouragement, but my most used is Work Diva.
You can do it! Never say I can't!
What do you like to do when you're not pole dancing?
I have really been getting into bowling these days. Lian and I are thinking of starting a team Body and Bowl ….
I love having time with my man or my girlfriends to just go have a nice dinner and go to bed early. I'm kind of boring these days … lol.
Anything else you'd like to share:
We are super excited about joining the PFA (Pole Fitness Association). We believe this is the perfect group of people who are really there for our community and we are honored to be a part of such an amazing group. Lian is now the East Coast Event Ambassador and we have some exciting things coming up in the future!
B&P student Tracee (photo: AM New York)
To get more information on classes with Kyra and Lian, go to Body and Pole!
P.S. Join the PoleSkivvies group on Facebook! :)
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Nate Marquardt, a former Strikeforce champion, has retired from MMA.
Marquardt, who once challenged for the UFC title, made the announcement official with a lengthy post on his own website.
Farewell to UFC
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6). Since I became a Christian, this has been one of my favorite passages in the Bible. Jesus said we must become like children to enter the kingdom of heaven. The humility that a child has is shown in their dependency on and trust in their parents. I have had many accomplishments and victories as well as many trials and upsets in my career. I have won 4 world titles and I have subsequently lost three of them. I have had many winning and losing streaks. I have battled chronic injuries and had 6 surgeries. I have learned that I can trust God in every situation and need to put him first. After 22 years as an athlete in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, I believe God is calling me in another direction.
I want to thank everyone that has supported me throughout my career, including the UFC, Strikeforce and Pancrase. I have many fans that have stuck by me in the ups and the downs and I want you to know that I really appreciate it. I have been blessed to work with so many of the best coaches and training partners in the world and I have much gratitude for every moment of it. I cherish all the relationships that have been formed through this that sport we love. I am exceedingly grateful for those closest to me: my coaches, teammates, friends, wife and family. Above all, I thank God for his provision, protection, patience and guidance through my career.
I am also happy to say that I will still be involved in MMA on many levels. I will continue training in all aspects of MMA and I will also continue to run my sports ministry, Resurrection Jiu-Jitsu. I am currently pursuing a degree at Gateway Seminary, and I plan on using my experience in MMA and the UFC on the mission field. At this point, my family and I are praying for direction for where God is leading us globally and by what means. Wherever and however we go, I believe God will use MMA in some capacity, either teaching at a gym, coaching fighters, running a sports ministry, and/or teaching seminars. Either way, we are excited for this next season in our life as a family and we are confident that God is directing our paths!
Marquardt fought Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight title back in 2007, losing via first round TKO. He captured the Strikeforce belt with a 2012 finish of Tyron Woodley, the current UFC welterweight champion.
In November, Marquardt (35-19-2) lost to Cezar Ferreira via split decision, his third consecutive decision defeat. He finished Tamdan McCrory back in 2016.


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Oct 22, 2016
Garden City, KS-In the end, math got in the way of Garden City's postseason chances.
Despite Saturday's thrilling 3-2 win over Central Christian College, the Broncbusters will miss the playoffs because of tiebreakers.
Dodge City's win over Hesston on Sunday, coupled with the goal-differential tiebreaker, gave the Lady Conquistadors the final spot in the Region VI tournament.
Garden City has not qualified for the postseason since 2011.
The women though closed the season on an uptick, getting two goals from Kelly Ramirez before Sierra Rivera won the match in the 90th minute.
Garden City finishes the season at 8-8-1 overall and 4-4 in the conference.


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I've become interested in my own reaction to seeing plagiarised work. I, like many other teachers, find it a dispiriting experience. Why?
The problem is in a mismatch of expectations. As an academic, my expectations of engaging with an academic topic form a horizon of possibilities which are constrained by my knowledge of the discourse. When I encounter a piece of plagiarised work, I realise that the constraints bearing upon the student have nothing to do with intellectual engagement with the topic. They have everything to do with the constraints of the education system the student is caught in. We criminalise plagiarists. But really they are victims of the horrible alienated practices that education has turned into. The dispiriting feeling is a recognition of the difference in types of constraints operating between myself and the student.
It's rather like when having fallen in love with somebody, one gradually realises that the world of the other person - the constraints they operate within - is irreconcilably opposed to my own world. In love we walk away. In education, we are more determined to find a way through it. Except that the education system itself gets in the way. The essential step is to discover and express the constraints which unite everyone. This is the conversation that can happen where one gets to the heart of the matter.
I'm thinking about how the levels of unfolding constraint which I talked about in my previous post might be useful in this situation. There is a need to coordinate the combination of constraints and distinction-making, and to know how one might move from one aspect of constraint to another. The teacher needs a "constraint map" which may be not dissimilar from the map presented by Krippendorff. It is identifying the constraints in the teacher-learner intersubjective situation that movement from identification of a common constraint can gradually lead to the asking of questions, the gradual introduction of confusion and the supported identification of new categories and further questions. This is intellectual engagement.


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Sunday, April 29, 2012
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So sorry, wish I could help!! Can't wait for your Etsy shoppe!! I am sure Miss Keren made you a beautiful header and buttons!! Have a great day!! xo HeatherReplyDelete
If you will go to "layout" you can add blogs, etc. To insert a pic go to insert image next to link. Hope this helps!
Can't wait to see what you have in your shop!
Ooohh so exciting....can't wait to see what you'll have on sale! :)ReplyDelete
I could help. It would be more helpful to do it on the phone. I'm game if you are....ReplyDelete
It will be easier to walk you through it on the phone probably so I'm like Amy I'll give you whatever help I can by phone. Let me know.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM
keep playing you will get there,lol,thats what i do Donna.xxReplyDelete
I hope it fixes soon. I am working up the courage to start a quilt tomorrow. Don't hold your breath! Best to you this coming week...Smiles...ReneeReplyDelete
I go to LAYOUT.ReplyDelete
Good luck with your etsy shop :D
Take it easy friend!ReplyDelete
I also got a little lost when it changed but now I understand ... take it easy that you'll find!
I'm curious to see what's new for us!
Be blessed one week, dear!


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"They started the Rex brand name with a three-watt, single-ended amp, and they had a few variations on that, but perhaps the one people know the most is the Rex Mascot," Lamberti continues. Rex also produced the Bassking in the mid-'60s with three models, 20, 50, and 100 watts, each looking identical from the front. "The 20 watts, with two EL84 power tubes, weren't that well regarded as a great amp at the time, but the second version is a much better sounding amp," says Lamberti. "The 50-watt had two EL34 power tubes and four 12AX7s. The 100-watt had 6L6s in it. Those amps, the 50s and 100s, are phenomenal. I've got a couple of them that are absolute monsters. The 100 is just unbearably loud. It's crazy!"
Other Lamberti models include the Super 20, a cathode biased amp with a tremolo circuit that Lamberti says was used in the studio by Joe Camilleri (The Black Sorrows). "It's not quite as punchy as the Bassking, but it's a sweeter tone," Lamberti says. In total, Lamberti Bros. produced three different three-watt amps, a six-watt amp with a tremolo, the Super 20, and the three Basskings.
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Lamberti estimates that the company made around 3500 amps within a ten-year period, stopping around the early '70s. "All the amps were hand-wired, no circuit boards," he says. "They used to manufacture the cabinets themselves. They had a company winding the transformers for them and another that was bending the chassis. We had our own engineering workshop where we'd punch all the holes for them. The vinyls were basically whatever they could find. Most of the amps were black, but every now and then you'd see an orange one, a blue one, a grey one… I think sometimes maybe they just used what they found at auctions. We've still got mountains of it here."
While most of the classic Australian amp companies of the past are out of business, Lamberti Bros, who these days are known for distributing brands such as Cort, Electro Harmonix, Laney, DBZ Guitars, and Diamond Amplifiers in Australia, revived the Rex brand name in 2006 to bring the 20-watt Bassking back to life. This was no run-of-the-mill reissue, however: Lamberti Bros actually completed a batch of unfinished amps that had been sitting in storage since the 1970s, tweaking them to meet the needs of modern players. "One of the guys who worked with my father in the early '70s has been helping us do the amps," Joe Lamberti says. "We've replaced all the electrolytics because they're too old. They haven't been used, so they're all dried up. We replace some of the transistors. We bias the amps properly, and we've done a bit of work to make the amps more punchy. The things were left sitting in our amplifier workshop in a row of Victorian shops two blocks up from the Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne. When dad decided to stop manufacturing the amps, he already had all the chassis punched out and he already had the transformers, so they planned to do a final run of 100 Basskings, but then they didn't sell them. They got left there from 1973 up until about ten years ago, when we moved all the chassis to our new location and started quietly working on them."
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Just as the then-new US and UK amps of the early electric era influenced Australian companies to make their own unique models, the current boutique amp boom has led to renewed interest in these classic hand-wired Aussie amps. Their prices on the vintage market are beginning to reflect their revered status, but for now they remain a relatively accessible yet entirely unique chapter of guitar history.


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Tomorrow we leave for our quick family vacation to an undisclosed location. We cannot wait.
I think that where we're going will have an internet connection; however, I'm a little worried that the cost might be exorbitant. This might actually be a good thing, though, since my goal is to disconnect as much as possible, and spend some good, quality downtime with Marcus and Alex, eliminating rambling, thoughtful posts on the blog until I return. I hope you understand.
The truth is that one of the ways I decompress is by photographing things during the day, and processing them in the evening. So, while I'm gone, I thought we could have a little fun:
Provided I can get online, every night while we're gone I'll post a photographic clue as to where we are. Please leave your guess as to the name of the city where we're vacationing in the comments, and the first person to guess the name of the city over the next 5 days will win a set of postcardy-photographs of my favourite images from our holiday, to brighten up your computer workspace. You can guess as many times as you'd like, but only the first commenter who correctly guesses the city will win. And it has to be the name of the city -- not state, province, country, or area of the world.
Incidentally, if I know you in my daily life, or I've told you or a family member of yours where we're going, you're unfortunately disqualified from this little contest. Please only participate if, as of the publishing of this post, you have absolutely no idea where we're going.
So away we go. In the meantime, please continue to check out The Beauty of Different blog (and subscribe to it, if you haven't already) -- I've preloaded some goodness for the next couple of days. For those of you who are avid Facebookers, I've started a new Beauty of Different fan page. And, of course, don't forget to send me your photographs for the Photobomb -- I've already received some great ones, but I want to make sure that I collect as huge a batch as possible.
And with that, see you soon, everyone. With a little luck, "soon" will mean "tomorrow night," when I upload our first photographic clue.
Image: My kitchen window, photographed with my Nikon D200, and 50mm lens. Notice this is my D200, not my D300 -- I'll be using this older camera for the next few days. Also, I processed the image above with Adobe Lightroom 3, which, while I'm not as passionate about yet as I am Photoshop, I'm quickly learning to love.
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Introducing Steph Jeavons (One Steph Beyond)
Steph is a Brit who is riding a 250cc Honda around the world. She hopes to hit 42 countries on 6 continents. I found her blog some time ago and decided to occasionally see how far she has ridden to.
She left London last month and hopes to complete her circumnavigation of our planet in 15 months to 2 years. She is doing this on a very small budget and appreciates the occasional bed to sleep in.
If you are on her route and would like to help Steph by giving her a room for the night, check her out here…. http://www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/p/blog-page.html
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- Trobairitz said...
Thanks for the link Gary. I've added her blog to my side bar so I won't miss any of her updates.
- 23 April 2014 at 15:08
- Richard M said...
Thanks for the link!
- 24 April 2014 at 01:58
- Walter Cronenburg said...
Yet another 250 for a round-the-world adventure! It seems the way to go. Who needs a GS 1200 anyway? I've got a Suzuki Inazuma 250 but the thing with the Honda CRF 250L is that it's got spoked wheels and thus might be better off-road in the case of if/when the front wheel hits something big and rocklike...
- 25 April 2014 at 09:45
- Curt Carter said...
Gary, the human spirit and desire for adventure is amazing. It'll be fun following her on her adventure around the world. Thanks for sharing.
- 26 April 2014 at 03:16
- Gary France said...
Thanks for your comments. I really admire someone that has the nerve to ride a motorcycle around the world on their own. Plus, on such a small bike, well that takes a lot of nerve. I wish her well.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Cat Lover's Blog Hop ~ If the broom fits. . .
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Well, I LOVE Halloween kitties and will be adding a few (or more) myself. Adorable card. I need those stamps. xxD dlmundinger(at)yahoo(dot)com USAReplyDeleteReplies
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Yea! I love Halloween and nothing goes better together than Halloween and Cats (although that peanut butter and jelly is close, along with chips and salsa...). Fun card! Somehow I got through the Halloween card making season without using the crazy cats. There must be something wrong with me. PJ from USA princessjudy4 @ yahoo.comReplyDelete
Love the Crazy Cat stamps - so why, I ask myself, do I not own them???? Great card, Christi, and love the sentiment sticker. How fun is this hop? Have a great evening. x Carole from UK caroleannjones2 (at) msn (dot) comReplyDelete
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Haha, what a clever card, Christi! Your kitty looks right at home in that hat and on that broom!! Hugs, DarnellReplyDelete
What a fun card! Made me chuckle! That sentiment is too funny. Thank you for sharing with us at DRS Designs this week!ReplyDelete
Hello, Christi! I'm glad you're back in blogland! I've missed you! So happy to see you at the Cat Lovers Hop - I was hoping you would be here! Your card is adorable! Those Crazy Cats always make me smile! I enjoy Halloween cards and I've made a few for the hop myself! Also wanted to mention that I'm in Canada - fitkitty1 at gmail dot comReplyDelete
The image is super and I really like the sentiment. Visiting from the Cat Lovers Hop!ReplyDelete
I just love those Crazy Cat images and this card is perfect for Halloween. Love the fun sentiment to go with your kitty!ReplyDelete
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Awesome sentiment to go with your awesome kitty! I think the broom is JUST the right size, but if kitty gets any bigger ... lolReplyDelete
This little kitty in the witch hat is ADORABLE! I love the idea and the image! Beautiful project!ReplyDelete
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That's a good chuckle! I need to get out my crazy cats!! (USA - dcomer1 gmail)ReplyDelete
you know how i feel about fur babies. i definitely have one or two that should be wearing that witch's hat! love how your card turned out.ReplyDelete
I just opened my crazy cats stamps today Love them, and you Halloween card is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Oh I love those crazy cats! I stamped a ton of them when I got that set. This is so cute! banaszakv58atgmail.com USAReplyDelete
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This is such a great card. Love the sentiment.ReplyDelete
Super cool - I love how you coloured that fabulous kitty and your funny sentiment :-)ReplyDelete
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Fabulous. I like your coloring and the shape of the sentiment sticker.ReplyDelete
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Oh I LOVE your Crazy Cat on a broom!!! Fab card!! USA drwarrenankh at hotmail dot comReplyDelete
The Cat is to cute. Tanks for showing at SFC Challenge.ReplyDelete
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Halloween cards are absolutely fine!! I didn't have time to make any this year because I was busy making sponsor cards for the hop. But I love the TH Crazy Cats...and your coloring is wonderful! That sentiment cracks me up!ReplyDelete
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I'm yet to get TH Crazy Cats but they're high up on my list! You're making me want them even more urgently! Great colouring! pinkcraftymama(at)gmail(dot)com australiaReplyDelete


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The Planning Obligations Board will consider relevant information from partners, stakeholders and the community in relation to potential and actual impacts and will review the HPC CIM Fund Distribution Strategy annually.
Annual Review: The Planning Obligations Board carried out a review of the CIM Fund Distribution Strategy between January 2015 and June 2015. View the updated CIM Fund Distribution Strategy 2015 – 2017.
Independent Review: West Somerset Council established a Scrutiny Task and Finish Group in July 2015 to review the CIM Fund application process. The results of this review were presented to West Somerset Cabinet in January 2016. You can find the papers relating to the review in the Cabinet Agenda on pages 33 to 63.
Ongoing Review: The Planning Obligation Board reviews the principles and processes for the distribution of CIM Funding on an ongoing basis. Evidence of this ongoing review can be found on the Minutes of the Planning Obligations Board page.