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(NEXSTAR/WTNH) — It's a big weekend to watch some football and put the diet aside for a night.
It's also proving to be a good weekend to score some freebies.
Buffalo Wild Wings is once again offering free wings for America if the Super Bowl goes into overtime. If the game is tied after regulation, B-Dubs will give away six free wings to those who dine in or take out on Feb. 22 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Applebee's will give you 40 free boneless wings if you spend $40 online Sunday. Just put the wings in your cart and use the promo code "biggame" at checkout.
Red Lobster will give you a free 4-pack of Pepsi when you order a game day bundle.
Panda Express is offering free delivery through Feb. 7 for customers who order a family meal online for $29. You can order the feast — which includes your choice of three large entrées and two large sides — as often as you want until the deal ends.
DiGiorno's said that if the score is 3 to 14 or 14 to 3 at any point during the Super Bowl game, it will send out a link on Twitter so fans can register to receive a coupon to win a free DiGiorno's Croissant Crust pizza. The offer is good while supplies last, and the company expects to hand out about 1,500 pizzas.
You can get free Crazy Bread with any online pizza purchase from Little Caesars through its website. Use the promo code FREECB on orders for pickup or delivery (delivery fees apply). The offer is not good through third-party app orders and ends on Feb. 7. There is a limit of one per customer per day.
Lastly, Dunkin' is offering a non-sports-related deal you can enjoy throughout February. Throughout the month, Perks members can get a free medium hot coffee on Mondays through Feb. 22.


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Severe Weather Arrangements for Monday 11th December 2017
Unfortunately a number of our teaching staff have notified us that they will be unable to get into school on Monday 11th December due to the severe weather.
Having given very careful consideration as to how we can safely operate the school with the staff that we have in, giving thought as to how not to impact upon our parent's working lives and not wishing for our examination groups to miss any valuable lessons, we have decided that Year 9 should not attend school on Monday 11th December.
The school will be open to our Year 7/8/10/12/13 students. Year 11 students should only attend if they have a timetabled exam.
We will up date this site and our parents regularly and anticipate that the school will be open as usual tomorrow, unless there are any further developments with the weather.
Mr K Rowe, Headteacher

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Welcome to Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands), Mekong archipelago, Laos, land of the Lotus Eaters.
A place to mellow your days away, blissing out in hammocks, supping on fresh fish, straying no father than heat dictates. For amusement: a spot of 'tubing'; an attempt at fishing; a leisurely bike ride.
The only thing you need tax your mind about is which side of the island to stay on – sunrise or sunset?


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On December 12th 1602, which, with the old Julian calendar, was the longest night of the year, story has it that a woman who came to be known as Mère Royaume came to the walls of fortified Geneva town, like so many other citizens, to help the militia defend against an attempted sneak attack by French Savoyard mercenaries. She poured soup over the wall and killed one soldier, not because her soup was boiling or extremely bad-tasting, but because it was in a heavy iron cauldron. Needless to say, the Savoyards were eventually defeated.
Today Mère Royaume's bull's-eye bonk on the noggin is celebrated in Geneva with La Fete de l'Escalade, an annual two-day historical festival the weekend around December 12th. You can even dine at the Mère Royaume Restaurant. I haven't tried their soup yet.
This year the weather was a balmy 45ish (F) with the setting sun replaced by the full moon.
The Grand Cortege on Sunday began at 5 p.m., led by a phalanx of helmeted pikemen. As they marched, the black smell of oiled torches passed with them.
Then came armored cavalry, the horses wide-eyed, clattering on the cobblestones, but accustomed to the torches and rat-a-tat-tat of drums and shrill fifes.
Then came a few bemused scholars in black commencement robes, then gentlemen in sturdy leather jerkins with fine rapiers and daggers. Then country people and some sheep. Then a rumbling wagon draped with battle-scared flags – a white cross on a red field -- the Savoyard flag. The wagon was decorated with smudged breastplates and helmets, trophies of the vanguished.
Then came my favorite, the pooper scooper wagon, which was hauling a big old dirty barrel with a shovel-sized hole cut in the top. Intriguingly in this city seen as the center of global human rights, the shit wagon was led by a huge magnificent golden horse. Behind was a muscular, dignified man with the shovel.
It was a warm-hearted night made warmer with vin chaud, the yummy spiced red wine served hand-warming hot during l'Escalade from stands all around the medieval heart of Geneva. I also slurped up a cup of steaming soup while sitting on a bench at the top of an old defensive wall. If there had been Savoyard soldiers below, I wouldn't have been able to do much damage.


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Don't expect to hear any nostalgia about the soon-to-end space shuttle era from Elon Musk, the millionaire founder of Space Exploration Technologies. Musk isn't prone to look to the past, but rather to the future — to a "new era of spaceflight" that eventually leads to Mars.
SpaceX may be on the Red Planet sooner than you think: When I talked with him in advance of the shuttle Atlantis' last liftoff, the 40-year-old engineer-entrepreneur told me the company's Dragon capsule could take on a robotic mission to Mars as early as 2016. And he's already said it'd be theoretically possible to send humans to Mars in the next 10 to 20 years — bettering NASA's target timeframe of the mid-2030s.
You can't always take Musk's timelines at face value. This is rocket science, after all, and Musk himself acknowledges that his company's projects don't always finish on time. But if he commits himself to a task, he tends to see it through. "It may take more time than I expected, but I'll always come through," he told me a year ago.
Since that interview, a lot of things have come through for SpaceX. The company has conducted successful tests of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Before the end of the year, another test flight is expected to send a Dragon craft all the way to the space station for the first time. If that test is successful, SpaceX can start launching cargo to the International Space Station under the terms of a $1.6 billion NASA contract.
The company is also in line to receive $75 million more from NASA to start turning the Dragon into a crew-worthy space taxi for astronauts by 2015 or so. And just today, the company broke ground on a California launch pad that could be used by the next-generation Falcon Heavy rocket starting in 2013.
Once the Dragon and the Falcon Heavy are in service, the main pieces would be in place for a Mars mission, Musk said.
"One of the ideas we're talking to NASA about is ... using Dragon as a science delivery platform for Mars and a few other locations," he told me. "This would be possibly be several tons of payload — actually, a single Dragon mission could land with more payload than has been delivered to Mars cumulatively in history."
SpaceX is working with NASA's Ames Research Center in California on an interplanetary mission concept that could theoretically be put into effect for a launch "five or six years from now," Musk said.
By that time, astronauts will once again be riding on U.S.-made spaceships to the space station, including the Dragon — that is, if the current schedules hold true. But there's a lot of doubt surrounding those schedules. As you'd expect, the end of the space shuttle program and the shape of spaceships to come were major themes in my conversation with Musk. Here's an edited version of the Q&A on those subjects:
Cosmic Log: A lot of people are saying that when the space shuttle stops flying, that might be the end of the American space program. The idea is that commercial spaceflight providers are not going to be able to do the job, and there won't be sustainable interest in building the beyond-Earth-orbit rocket that NASA has on the drawing board. What's your response to the claim that this is really the end?
Elon Musk: It flies in the face of the facts. Six months ago, we had the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon. The Dragon orbited Earth twice, it performed orbital maneuvers, it made a precision re-entry under the control of thrusters, and it landed within a mile of our target. We brought the Dragon back, and it was actually in good enough condition that we could fly it again if we wanted to.
So as far as I'm concerned, it's not the death of anything. What we're really facing is quite the opposite. I think we're at the dawn of a new era of spaceflight, one which is going to advance much faster than it ever has in the past.
The space shuttle was designed in the '70s, and it really didn't improve after almost 40 years. They've upgraded the electronics here and there, but that's about it. That's incredibly static when you consider how other fields of technology have improved.
Now, with the public-private partnership that NASA has established with SpaceX, and the efforts made by other companies, we're actually going to see dramatic improvements in spaceflight technology for the first time since the '60s. The Dragon is taking technology to a whole new level beyond the shuttle.
The shuttle is fairly constrained because it's a winged vehicle with a landing gear. It can't land anywhere except Earth, and even on Earth, it can land only on certain runways. It doesn't have any ability to go beyond Earth orbit. But because the Dragon has a propulsion-based landing system and a much more capable heatshield than the shuttle's, it can land anywhere in the solar system with a solid surface — as long as you can throw it there. The Falcon Heavy can throw it pretty much anywhere in the solar system.
Q: The Dragon certainly looks different from the shuttle, and some people might get the impression that it's a step backward, back to the days of Apollo.
A: I've heard that. But I hope we can make it clear that this is actually a big step forward from the shuttle. It can do all sorts of things that the shuttle can't do. People look at something like wings and say, yeah, that's how a spaceship should look. But let's say you had a boat, and you put wheels on it and drove it down the road. It'd look pretty silly, right? Well, why do you have wings in a vacuum?
Q: One of the issues that always comes up when discussing commercial involvement in NASA spaceflight is the safety issue. A lot of the critics of your program have focused on that concern as the sticking point. NASA certainly devotes a lot of attention to safety assurance, and some say that's why it's so expensive to put humans into space. Any attempt to cut corners on that would make the whole enterprise look questionable. How do you respond to that?
A: Well, first of all, I suspect that the people saying that wouldn't have a problem flying on Southwest Airlines or driving a car or taking other types of transport that are not government-operated. The government does have a role in safety oversight, and anything we do for NASA goes through an extremely rigorous safety and liability examination. But I think what actually needs to happen is a dramatic improvement in safety. The current state of affairs with the shuttle is not acceptable at all. The shuttle's accident rate is not OK. Who would get on an airplane if you had a 1.5 percent chance of dying?
Q: Do you see any sign that NASA has different standards for oversight of commercial operations and for the shuttle program? After all, there's a whole army of engineers dealing with shuttle operations and processing.
A: I do think there are different standards. For us, the standards are higher. The shuttle, for example, has no escape system. We would not launch [astronauts on] our vehicle without an escape system, nor would NASA want us to. Also, with our vehicle, there's far less to go wrong on any given flight. With the shuttle, if anything serious goes wrong with this extremely complex vehicle, it's curtains. There's no escape. If the shuttle's level of reliability was acceptable, we could fly astronauts this year.
Q: Do you think NASA has the right vision for spaceflight? The idea is that space station resupply in low Earth orbit would be left to commercial ventures, freeing NASA up to develop the heavy-lift Space Launch System for exploration beyond Earth orbit. Some people have wondered whether the Space Launch System is really going to be necessary.
A: Personally, my view is that space transport overall should be much more of a private-public partnership, and that applies to heavy lift as well. The best use of NASA's resources is to focus on the unique scientific instruments and payloads that are truly one-off items. That's actually how it works right now for Earth-observing and space science missions. They launch the spacecraft primarily on United Launch Alliance rockets, a Delta or an Atlas. If it's a probe to Mars, or to the asteroid belt, or it's a weather satellite, it'll go up on a United Launch Alliance rocket. Obviously, in the future, they'll go up on our vehicles as well. I think that works pretty well, and I think it makes sense to extend that model to all sizes of rockets.
Q: So it sounds as if you see a role for SpaceX in exploration beyond Earth orbit. Do you see any scenario where a mission to the moon or Mars could be completely private-sector?
A: It's not out of the question. I do think missions like that are ideally handled as public-private partnerships. There are questions about how you'd pay for the missions. But the absolute goal of SpaceX is to develop the technologies to make life multiplanetary, which means being able to transport huge volumes of people and cargo to Mars. So we'll do whatever is necessary to achieve that goal.
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Our Story
The Bahá'í community has had a presence in St. John's since Confederation, but its connections with Newfoundland and Labrador go back much further.
The first woman in the western world (i.e. outside the Middle East) to become a confirmed believer in the Bahá'í Faith was Kate Cowan Ives (1863-1927) in 1894/95 in Chicago. Her parents were John H. and Catherine Cowan from Newfoundland, who left for "the Boston states" sometime before her birth in Orleans, Massachusetts. She lived in the U.S. all her life but is known to have visited St. John's in 1917 with another Bahá'í, the New Brunswick-born artist Marion Jack.
In 1913, `Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of Bahá'u'lláh, revealed a prayer for a "Mr. Crowe of Newfoundland" (possibly Harry Judson Crowe, philanthropist and founder of several lumber companies in central Newfoundland).
Early in 1914 Agnes Clift (Mrs. J. A. Clift) gave a talk about "Bahaism, a Persian religion that espouses a universal faith" to the Current Events Club at the Ladies Reading Room in St. John's. The talk was printed as a full-page article in the Daily News on Jan. 17, 1914.
The Bahá'í community was formally established in this province in 1949 when three Bahá'ís from mainland Canada settled in St. John's. As the local Bahá'í communities grew large enough, Spiritual Assemblies (elected administrative bodies) were formed in St. John's (1969), Corner Brook (1971), Mount Pearl (1971), and Happy Valley-Goose Bay (1989).
In 1983, the House of Assembly unanimously passed a legislative amendment granting official recognition of the Bahá'í marriage ceremony.
A Diverse Community
Bahá'ís live in 18 localities across the province from Nain to St. John's. They come from diverse backgrounds including Innu, Inuit and Mik'maq.
Most of the Northeast Avalon Bahá'í community now consists of Newfoundland-born believers – though there are also believers from a variety of places such as Iran, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, England and Mainland Canada.
Bahá'ís are represented in a wide variety of trades and professions in the province and several have won distinction for their contributions to the arts and sciences.
A number of Newfoundlanders have served, or are serving as pioneer teachers of the Bahá'i Faith while employed in other parts of the world such as Africa and the West Indies.
The first local spiritual assembly in St. John's was formed in 1969. Its members included (front row, l-r) Nancy Flynn, Dianne Stogre, Edwyna Noble and Elizabeth Rochester; (back row, l-r) Brian Minielly, Calvin Noble, Michael Rochester,Steve McLean and Tom Flynn.
A Prayer for Mr. Crowe
of Newfoundland
He is God!
O Thou kind Lord!
Though we are but Thy humble servants,
endear us in Thine eternal Kingdom.
Though we are poor,
enrich us through Thy heavenly Treasury.
Though we are ignorant,
inform us of Thy mysteries.
We are dead,
quicken us with the breaths of the Holy Spirit.
We are extinguished,
set us ablaze with the Fire of Thy love.
O God! Look not upon our capacity,
nay rather deal with us in accordance with
Thine infinite bounty.
Suffer the drop to become an ocean and the seed a harvest.
Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Generous, and the Mighty!
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas, 3 March 1913
Paris, France


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Exception - Qualified Joint Venture
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Verde, que te quiero verdeMy smooth approach
– Federico García Lorca
did not help –
again, again
its green smoothness eluded me
I approached harshly
this time,
and its smooth greenness
shrank away
Again, again –
do not approach me smoothly
Who are you
to sneak like this?
I knew about you,
from the start, your steps
make my quartz structure
Again, again
my green
Approach me
with me in mind
Approach me green,
you'll be inside,
you will be smoothly
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2008)
Written in response to today's prompt at Three Word Wednesday, which was to write using these three words: approach, bottle, smooth. In García Lorca's poem the wind is green ... here it's a prosaic bottle. Or is it?
Just noticed that I did not use bottle! Well, since it's all about one, do I need to name it?


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How can you create a dramatic gradient effect in your desserts?
Joseph Addison once said, "Colors speak all languages". Different colours can have an impact on your mood and emotions, as it is something that we can relate to. For example, yellow brings connections to happiness, blue gives off a calming effect and red is associated to impulsive decisions – which is why a lot of fast food companies use red in their advertising!
The gradient effect explores a hue of different colours in a gradual motion.
Pastel gradient is the new hot colour trend. Instagram has even redesigned their logo to create a new visual identity.
The icon has been graphically redesigned into a more abstract image with a gradient background. The gradient effect has moved into interior decoration, spilled over into contemporary packaging and now is becoming exposed to the world of desserts and chocolate.
Chefs can easily create this colour decoration by using Power Flowers™ or creative metallic powders. To see how we produced this effect on pound cakes, look at the step-by-step tutorial listed below. It is even possible to add gradient colours to confectionary products, check out the extraordinary 'volcano' praline by Martin Diez and watch the video on how it is made.
So, why not get creative with colors and design the next chocolate sensation?


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Cornerstone CFCU will hold a free electronics drop off for members at our 6485 S Transit Road location in Lockport on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 9 a.m. until noon. Any waste collected will be donated to Sunnking (a trusted Cornerstone partner/vendor) and any proceeds from the electronic waste will go to Camp Good Days and Special Times.
Click the link above for a full list of items that you are able to drop off.


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An Electronic Jerky Blaster Isn't Such a Good Idea
Do you like to blast your jerky? If you've ever thought about blasting your jerky with a handheld electric-powered jerky blaster, you might want to think again. Federal regulators are recalling electronic jerky blasters, because they could scorch your jerky and a whole lot more!
Here, let the Consumer Product and Safety Commission explain:
This recall involves Cabela's Electronic Jerky Blaster, which resembles a caulking gun. The product has a black handle, a gold-toned 15" tube that holds the meat with "Cabela's Power Jerky" written on it and interchangeable tip at the end. The hand-held, battery powered appliance is used for making jerky sticks or strips. It was sold as a set with interchangeable tips and cleaning brushes. The recalled item number IK-540848 can be found underneath the barcode on the cardboard packaging that comes with the product and on the front of the instruction manual.
Apparently, the hazard of the electronic jerky blaster is that its battery and adapter can overheat, even if you're using it appropriately. But let's be honest, who even follows instructions when blasting their jerky? You get really caught up in the moment sometimes.


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LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / SAINT PETERSBURG + YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA (REUTERS) - A cigarette case many would like to get their hands on.
And one lucky buyer soon will - it's being auctioned on June 5th by Bonhams inLondon.
The Faberge piece belonged to Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II.
Director of Bonham's Russian Department, Sophie Law, says that what makes it especially valuable is that it was a gift from Nicholas' wife Tsarina Alexandra after the birth of their second daughter, Tatiana.
Sophie Law, Director, Bonhams Russian Department,
"It notes a very important event in their lives, an intimate event, the birth of a daughter and that is kind of entombed in the cigarette case not least because we know what happened to them later when they were killed at the beginning of the Russian revolution."
Decorated with purple enamel, gold plating and precious stones, it's expected to sell for at least 200,000 British pounds, that's more than 300,000 U.S. dollars.
So even if the future owner smokes cheap cigarettes, they'll be encased in Russian riches.
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Prices rose 0.95% month-over-month and 5.04% year-over-year.
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The index was revised to a 1.21% month-over-month gain from 0.9% for February and to 4.9% from 5.03% year-over-year.
David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee, wrote in the release: "Home prices have enjoyed year-over-year gains for 35 consecutive months. The pattern of consistent gains is national and seen across all 20 cities covered by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The longest run of gains is in Detroit at 45 months, the shortest is New York with 27 months."
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Join the London Tech Week Leaders in Tech Summit and Future of Work Summit to hear how Leaders are shaping the future of industry and society today.
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Coffee is a part of many people's everyday lives. They grab a cup on their way out the door to work, in the break room at the office and even after dinner as a part of a tasty dessert. But why not spice up this routine by trying something new? You don't have to completely change your drink to something you've never tried, just add these toppings for a slightly different flavor:
When you buy a fancier coffee drink at a cafe, it often comes with whipped cream and a little sprinkling of cinnamon. This powdered delight is perfect for brightening your morning as a dusting on regular coffee. Add a dash of cinnamon to a latte, cappuccino or even some tea.
Similar to cinnamon, this slightly nutty spice is often found in baked goods and atop whipped cream on tasty drinks. You can buy fresh nutmeg and grate it at home or purchase the powdered version that stores better in the cabinet in a shaker. Line the rim of your cup with nutmeg by lightly wetting it with water before adding coffee. Dip the rim in nutmeg and then pour in your drink of choice.
Whipped cream is a delicious and easy way to amp up your regular coffee.
Whipped Cream
This topping is not just for kids! Whipped cream can be a perfect addition to regular coffee, espresso, lattes, macchiatos - the works! Make whipped cream at home or purchase the spray variety for quick and easy use. Whipped cream also makes a perfect home for cinnamon, nutmeg or even sprinkles.
We've all went for the Nutella jar with a spoon in a moment of sweets madness. Add a little touch of hazelnut to your coffee or espresso drink by mixing in some Nutella! Use your favorite grounds and coffee pot or Mr. Coffee® Steam Espresso and Cappuccino Maker to brew a cup or shot. Add a spoonful of Nutella to the mug and stir until it dissolves. Allow the drink to cool a bit and then enjoy this sweetened brew.
Peppermint isn't just for cafe drinks. You can make a peppermint mocha, minty hot coco or mint coffee right at home. Look for coffee syrups wherever you buy your beans - they likely have a premade peppermint syrup that you can take home. Add a few pumps to a mug before brewing coffee or espresso into it and then use a spoon to mix the two. Add your foamy frothed milk for a tasty cappuccino or latte and sip away. You can also add solid peppermint or crushed bits of peppermint wheels. They float well on whipped cream or make a perfect addition to the rim of a coffee mug.
Add a shot of espresso to a spoon of ice cream for a pick-me-up.
Ice Cream
Let's say it's 4 p.m., you're working from home and you need a little pick-me-up. While granola or some cheese and crackers are good options, why not treat yourself? Head straight to the freezer. Grab whatever ice cream is on hand and add a scoop to a mug. Pour a fresh cup of coffee on top and enjoy. Espresso also works well for this delicious idea. Just think of the combinations - cookie dough, rocky road and mint ice cream all make amazing ice cream/coffee combinations. You could even go meta and use coffee ice cream in your coffee.
This is one of the least-surprising and most tasty additions to coffee as you can make any coffee drink better with a bit of chocolate. Use fudge syrup as a drizzle on the top of a hot coffee, or stir some in at the bottom of the cup for a totally mocha drink. You can even use bar chocolate if you let it melt while the drink cools.
Flavored creamers can liven up your daily brew, but why not get a little more inventive with these ideas? Toppings are also a great offering to have at brunch or a party if you serve coffee - people love customizing their joe!


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It seems to me that each of us is, in the end, is trapped inside our own head, completely unable to truly see the perspectives, the concerns, or the needs of others.
Sometimes in desperation you just give up on seeing others' points of view, in order to protect your own sanity, since they are just as unwilling to see yours.
Sometimes I wonder if it is worth anyone's time to form relationships at all, given the underpinnings of the culture in which we live and the fact that anyone who is not a mercenary is, by definition, a lunatic.


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What is Long Term Disability?
When an employee is hurt and sustains a serious injury, their ability to work at their place of employment may be severely limited or cut off completely. Without a source of income, employees who become disabled often have no way of supporting themselves. Fortunately, short and long term disability exists to provide financial protection in the event that one is no longer able to work. Long-term disability benefits are only available after short-term disability runs out, and these benefits can provide a person with assistance for many years if they continue to be unable to work.
If you or a loved one is in need of long term disability benefits, the Indiana long-term disability insurance lawyers of Hankey Law Office, can help. Dealing with a disability can be difficult, but with the assistance of a knowledgeable long-term disability attorney, you may be more likely to obtain a favorable resolution. Contact us by calling (800) 520-3633 today.
Long-Term Disability Basics
If you have been injured and are no longer able to work at your current place of employment, the following are a few basic facts about long-term disability that you may need to know:
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- Long-term disability usually goes into effect after short-term disability has run out, and depending on the circumstances and your insurance plan, can cover you from 5-10 years or until you reach age 65
- Benefits usually pay about 50-70% of your salary
- You may need to meet certain conditions before receiving benefits that depend on the amount of time you worked for your employer and whether you worked on a full-time basis
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Student Campus Card
Welcome to Students Campus Cards Service
The Service provides the official card for enrolled students at Qatar University, as the campus card is mandatory for all students and facilitates their access to a full range of facilities and services across campus.
Campus Card Uses
Students are obliged to show their campus card when :
- Purchasing textbooks at the university book store.
- Applying for "Maraheb" car permit.
- Booking of Lockers.
- Using the Self-Service Printing Machines.
- Applying for any of Admission and Registration procedures.
- Applying for the annual Sports Membership subscription.
- Borrowing books from the university library.
- Attending some training workshops.
- Attending final exams.
- Accessing university facilities such as residency halls, labs and internet rooms.
Privileges of obtaining the Campus Card
Students receive discounts at more than 90 outlets off-campus, which are listed in the discounts booklet.
Applying to obtain a Campus Card
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Leverage Google Ads to Meet Your Customers Where They Already Are
In March, the earliest days of COVID-19 and widespread shelter-in-place orders across the U.S., Forbes reported a 70 percent increase in Internet use. Fast forward six months later and use continues to climb with the return to school and sustained remote working scenarios. Take advantage of your customers' online presence by meeting them where they already are with Google Ads.
Google Ads is one of the lowest-cost, highest-return forms of marketing a business can employ…and it's a favorite among Focus clients, too. When you deploy Google Ads, the platform becomes a highly efficient conduit by placing advertisements for your business in the search results of websites, mobile apps, and videos. Services are offered under a pay-per-click pricing model.
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One of the most famous images of Ancient art is the 'Prince of the Lilies', a Minoan fresco at Knossos in Crete. Or is it Minoan?
This and other iconic images of the Minoan civilisation are not what they seem, according to a fascinating long piece by Mary Beard in the New York Review of Books, reviewing 'Knossos and the Prophets of Moderation' by Cathy Gere [University of Chicago Press), available on-line.
Beard says; 'As a general rule of thumb, the more famous the image now is, the less of it is actually ancient.'
Take 'The Prince of Lilies'. The original fragments are a small piece of the head and crown (but not the face), part of the torso, and a piece of thigh, that were then 'restored' into this painting by Swiss artist Emile Gillieron. From the records of the original excavation, it now suggests that the fragments were found in the same general area but not that close together. In other words, they may not even have belonged to the same painting.
Most of the famous dolphin fresco was painted by Dutch artist, architect and restorer Piet de Jong in the 1920s.
The ancient palace of Knossos itself is the second most visited of all archaeological sites in Greece and attracts a million visitors each year. Yet none of its columns are ancient and its whole reconstruction is questionable. Cathy Gere says the palace "enjoys the distinction of being one of the first reinforced concrete buildings ever erected on the island.' The other was Arthur Evans's own house, the man credited with unearthing the palace.
Of the original figurine on the right, for instance, 'only her torso, right arm, head, and her hat (except for a portion at the top) were found. It not at all clear, for example, that it is one single snake that has its head in her right hand and its tail in her left.' [Source: Minoan Snake Goddess by Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe.
Kenneth Lapatin tried to track down the provenance of all the known snake goddess figures, apart from those definitely excavated at Knossos or other major sites. Almost all were certain forgeries. See Mysteries of the Snake Goddesses.
Gere's book is centrally concerned with with effect that Minoan archaeology has on 20th century culture and vice versa. She argues that at Knossos, prehistory has been shaped 'to a prophetic modernist vision, which repeatedly reinvented the Minoans as Dionysiac, peaceable protofeminists in touch with their inner souls.' This vision continued to have an influence on popular culture up the 1960s and beyond and links de Chrico, Freud and Robert Graves amongst others.
[Left]: 'Mycenaean tablet inscripted in linear-B coming from the House of the Oil Merchant. The tablet registers an amount of wool which is to be dyed.' Source: Wikipedia.
Evans was convinced that the Minoans were not pure Greek and was hoping that the linear-B tablets he definitely did discover at Knossos would, when deciphered, confirm that. He died before Robert Ventris with the help of historical Greek expert John Chadwick succeeded in 1951-1953 cracking the Linear-B script from and confirmed that it was in fact an earlier version of the Greek language.
According to Wikipedia: 'Ventris' discovery was of immense significance, because it demonstrated a Greek-speaking Minoan-Mycenaean culture on Crete, and presented Greek in writing some 600 years earlier than what was thought at the time.'
|(Top): The painted replica of a c. 490 B.C. archer (at the Parthenon in Athens), the original of which came from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina.
We have grown up with the idea that Greek marble statues are meant to be pure white undressed marble. From the Renaissance onwards and the first discoveries of classical antiquities, artists like Michelangelo have assumed this was the ancient aesthetic of the Greeks and sought to emulate this symbol of perfect beauty.
We now know, thanks to the work of archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann, that in fact all statues were painted as were the temples that housed them. Over time and due to the elements, the colour has been largely stripped off. Any traces that remained were generally removed by restorers as superfluous.
Brinkmann has not only proved his point through 25 years of careful research but has also created reconstructions of what the coloured statues would have looked like based on technical analysis of colour traces; the colours are reproduced using pigments the Greeks themselves would have used.
Photos: Stiftung Archäologie, Munich
(Centre): A partial color reconstruction of Athena, based on a c.490 B.C. sculpture of the Goddess from the pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina. Brinkmann typically leaves areas white where no evidence of original coloration is found.
(Bottom): The "Alexander Sarcophagus" (c. 320 B.C.), was found in the royal necropolis of the Phoenician city of Sidon and depicts Alexander the Great in battle against the Persians.
SOURCE: 'True Colours' by Matthew Gurewitsch [Smithsonian magazine, July 2009]


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How to Protect Critical Business Information
With the growing technology that is available today, it is important to ensure data for a business is well-protected. If a company's system is breached, it can result in a financial loss that can be detrimental to the business. They can face penalties placed by the government for failing to protect their data from being accessed by unauthorized individuals. In addition, a company's reputation will be at risk and can result in consumers not using their business because they do not trust them. In the past, business owners only had to be concerned about the information stored in their data center. With the various platforms used in the business world such as desktop computers, remote servers, and mobile devices a stronger data protection in Orange County is required to keep the information safe.
Tips on Protecting a Company's Data
- Sensitive data should be encrypted to help discourage criminals from accessing the information.
- Background checks should be performed on employees for criminal records.
- Strong passwords should be used to gain access to sensitive data and the passwords should be changed every so often.
- Hire a third-party that offers data protection in Orange County to provide and monitor the security of your system.
- Use the latest anti-spy and anti-virus programs available.
- Documents should be shredded after the information has been copied into the company's system.
Avoid Financial Loss with a Reliable Security System
Affant is a well-known company that offers IT support to a range of businesses. They can customize their clients' IT needs to specifically fit their business. From increasing communication to protecting sensitive data, they provide the services that can take your company to the next level. You can increase the security on your remote servers and improve your VPN security with the range of services their company offers.


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On Thursday night, the newest editor-in-chief in the Conde Nast pantheon, Brides editor, Anne Fulenwider posed for a photograph with her new bosses, executives John Bellando and Jill Bright, and her husband Bryan Blatstein. As they arranged themselves, a drink slipped out of hand, shattering upon impact and splashing the celebrants with champagne.
"Mazel Tov!" someone behind us said, while the foursome stood still, smiling stoically as a server swept the shards out of the frame.
That joke was the only sign of Ms. Fulenwider's nuptial subject matter at the debut party, hosted by Conde Nast chief executive Chuck Townsend and president Robert Sauerberg, where a healthy mix of men and women ate sliders at John DeLucie's Upper East Side gentleman's club, Crown.
But the setting befit Ms. Fulenwider, an editor trained at highbrow general interest titles Paris Review and Vanity Fair and most recently Joanna Coles's No. 2 at Marie Claire, among the more journalistically ambitious women's magazines.
Off the Record explained as much to wedding cake master Ron Ben-Israel, beside us in a makeshift receiving line.
"And so pretty!" he replied.
Dressed in a black boat-neck dress, Ms. Fulenwider explained that she had jumped at the opportunity to speak to women—"Brides are women," she noted—at a happy time in their lives, but also a moment when they really need guidance.
Since the business of getting hitched ballooned to an estimated $72 billion industry, advising brides has become a rich media market for Conde Nast and its competitors, everything from TLC's runaway hit 'Say Yes to the Dress' to The Knot, the print and digital bridal media empire that started as an AOL web portal.
Ms. Fulenwider's arrival at Brides marks a major overhaul of the service brand. She replaced longtime editor Millie Martini Bratten, and longtime publisher Carolyn Kremins was replaced by Lucky's Michelle Myers. Conde Nast has folded the sixteen regional Brides Local magazines and made Ms. Fulenwider the first Brides editor in chief to oversee its digital and print operations, following the resignation of Julie Raimondi.
"Before a woman gets engaged it's all about getting the man," Ms. Fulenwider explained. "Once she's engaged she has the time to relax and think about how she's going to express herself through her wedding and the rest of her life."
For her own wedding, Ms. Fulenwider expressed herself in a field in Martha's Vineyard overlooking the ocean.
"It happened a long time ago, but I still pray for good weather on that day, as if it could change," she said.
As for how she'll express herself in Brides, look out for her redesign in May.


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Worry Free Vacation
This morning I took a hike with my friend who had just returned from a week in Mexico. The first couple of days she was there she attempted to work by giving a teleseminar, a webinar, and a phone interview with NPR. Well, none of it worked.


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I had gone to the temple for prayer. It was a cool night, and I was excited to go on the walk. I wasn't feeling well, and I was hoping for a miracle.
While deep in thought, I almost missed the entrance. I walked up slowly. I heard voices. I didn't want to be rude, and disturb anyone.
I walked in and what I saw puzzled me.
A man, I knew as a Pharisee, was praying aloud. He stood alone. His voice was unsympathetic, and sure. He even had a smile upon his face.
He looked up into the night, and said, " God? I thank you that I am not like other people-robbers, evildoers, adulterers- or even like this tax collector!" He pointed to the back of the temple, with disgust.
There in the dark, in the back of the room on his knees, was a man.
The Pharisee continued his prayer. "I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of all I get!"
He stood, arrogantly, and walked slowly back and forth. I watched as his robe moved slowly upon the stones, and his shawl was covered tight upon his head. I looked back to the man.
He hid in the shadows. His hands covered his head. He wouldn't even look up. Not to the Pharisee, or to Heaven. Suddenly he yelled, "God!"
He beat his breast hard. He wailed. "God? Have mercy on me…I am a sinner."
He bowed his head as tears streamed from his eyes. His body shook with emotion, and fear.
At first I was angered.
A tax collector is nothing but a thief. I thought of how they stole so much from my family. How could God even love a man like this? I looked at the religious man. I knew he loved God, honored God, and dedicated his life to God. But he was so proud… My stomach turned, as I heard him boast about himself. Again, I looked at the tax collector. I had sympathy, and my heart broke for him. I knew. He was humbled where the Pharisee was exalting himself.
I couldn't help but feel that God heard the tax collector, ever so clearly. To the Pharisee, He did not. I walked out of the temple. Even forgetting to pray. I learned a lot from that night. I learned that being humble is so much more precious to God, than pride.
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Dan Pardi, Ph.D. is an entrepreneur and researcher whose life's work is centered on how to facilitate health behaviors in others. He is the developer of Loop Model to Sustain Health Behaviors to help people live a healthy lifestyle in a modern world. He does research with the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His current research looks at how sleep influences decision making. Dan also works with Naval Special Warfare to help the most elite fighters in the world maintain vigilant performance in both combat and non-combat conditions.
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Funny design or image for the Italian or those of Italian ancestry. Shows the Flag of Italy and reads, "The blood of Romans flows through my veins. And sometimes...their wine." For lite or light colored merchandise, apparel, clothing, tees, and products.
Great for those with a sense of humor (humour). who love to laugh. Terrific gift for your favorite Italian.
Lovely gift for Christmas, birthday or any time you want to laugh in a good way while celebrating your Italian ethnicity, heritage and culture.
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Let the good times roll in a durable T-Shirt that takes kids from school to play in an amazing array of colors. 5.0 oz., pre-shrunk 100% cotton. Seamless 1x1 rib collar.


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|A Million Threads (15'20")
Every year on a full moon night in November, thirty women gather at Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda in the Pazundaung district of Myanmar's former capital Yangon to take part in a competition known as Matho Thingan. Their task is to weave the finest robes for the temple's Buddha images. All robes must be finished by dawn otherwise they are considered 'stale'.
Cheered on by large crowds and an orchestra of pulsating drums and high-pitched oboes, the teams of dedicated female competitors work the handlooms frenziedly back and forth in a feat that celebrates Buddha's own foster mother, Gautami, who is said to have woven her son a robe in a single day.
Director: Thu Thu Shein
Camera: Pe Maung Same and Thu Thu Shein
Editor: Thu Thu Shein
Sound: Lay Thida
Yangon-born Thu Thu Shein was a video editor at Myanmar Forever June Co. before discovering her passion for documentary at the first Yangon Film School workshop where she was cinematographer on A Day with Aye Nan Lin (dir: Eh Mwee). "I wanted to show the weavers' excitement, exhaustion and joy", she says of her own directorial debut, A Million Threads, which she also edited during the 2006 YFS workshop. A graduate of the University of Culture's cinema course and a regular cinematographer on YFS productions, she is currently attending an MA course in cinematography at the Czech Academy of Performing Arts FAMU in Prague.
Filmography (selection)
2005 Homesick (5', cinematographer)
2005 A Day with Aye Nan Lin (12'39", cinematographer)
2006 A Million Threads (15'20", director, cinematographer, editor)
2006 Just A Boy (13'05", cinematographer)
2006 The Uninvited Guest (13'49", sound recordist)
2007 A Farmer's Tale (18'17", sound recordist)
2007 Stepping Up (20'04", cinematographer)
2007 The Merry Widows of Nam Mun (22'22", cinematographer)
2008 Saving Sankar (15'45", editor)
2008 Sun Behind The Clouds (13'13", cinematographer)
2009 A Bright Future (15'21", cinematographer)
2010 5 Beats Before Death (28', director)
2010 Flash (5'03", director, cinematographer)
2011 Nights (5', director, cinematographer), Shortfilm, 35mm, Colour
2011 The Lady, a sheet of records (3'13", director, cinematographer), Short Film, 16mm, Black and White
Screening History
October 2008 Vision du Réel, Nyon, France
August 2010 Douarnenez Film Festival, Douarnenez, France
September 2010 Thai International Short Film Festival, BKK, Thailand
October 2010 Doi Saket Film Festival, Thailand
November 2010 exground film festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
May 2011 Vientianale International Film Festival, Vientiane, Laos
June 2011 Open City London Documentary Festival, London, UK
July 2011 Traumzeit Festival, Duisburg, Germany
October 2011 International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris, France
November 2011 Festival International du Documentaire Étudiant, Saint-Ouen, France


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Feature and Broadway actor Patrick Wilson is making his first foray into series TV as the star of CBS' untitled Susannah Grant drama pilot. Jonathan Demme is directing he supernatural medical drama, from CBS TV Studios and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Prods., which centers on an ultra-competitive surgeon (Wilson) whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him what life is all about from the here-after. Wilson's only previous TV gig was a co-starring role on the HBO miniseries Angels In America, which earned him an Emmy nomination. Wilson was approached by 3 drama pilots this season. As part of his deal for the Susannah Grant pilot, its production will be moved to New York where Wilson lives. CAA-repped Wilson most recently starred in the Sundance entry The Ledge.
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From the age of 3, I have been obsessed with watching my Mum put her makeup on in the morning and watching the transformation from Mum in her pjs, to Mum who looked like a glamorous version of Monica from PlaySchool (not really but when you're little you have a very small scope of faces to relate your Mama to). I didn't know what she was doing but I always loved the results. The other day I had the great privilege to do my gorgeous Mama's makeup for an event! This is what I did to rewind the clock ;)
So to start with, my mum has very dry skin. This is mostly due to dehydration but also the air where she lives can be very drying on the skin. As you can see in the photo, she has dark circles and mild puffiness around the eyes so those were a few things I wanted to address and correct. To combat the dehydration and prep her skin for makeup, I used the combination of a face oil from People for Plants and a rich moisturizer from Eve Lom that softens darkness and redness as well as providing relief for "tight, dehydrated, stretched and overworked" skin.
I then used an orange colour corrector just under the eyes to counteract the discolouration. A medium coverage, hydrating foundation was used to smooth out the texture of her skin and hydrate whilst giving enough coverage to hide imperfections. Foundations that are hydrating are better for our skin as we age, as it smooths out fine lines and wrinkles as well as bringing back our natural glow. MAC's Pro Longwear Concealer was used over the top of the foundation under the eyes and through the T-zone to highlight the face and conceal the dark circles. A soft amount of contouring was done, with a cream concealer and set with Benefit's bronzer!
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Otto propels De Pere girls to FRCC track title
SUAMICO – The De Pere girls track and field team won its first conference title since 1990 on Tuesday.
The Redbirds could not have done it without a throwback athlete like junior Sydney Otto.
De Pere topped Bay Port 145.5-131 to claim the team title with the help of Otto, who was the only girl at the meet to compete in a running, jumping and throwing event.
Otto placed third in the long jump, fifth in the shot put and made it to the finals in the 100-meter hurdles. She did all that in less than an hour, bouncing from event to event in what the team calls the "Syd Patrol."
Otto saved her best for last, though, pulling out a win in the triple jump by edging Green Bay Southwest senior Natisha Hiedeman, who is the state honor roll leader in the event and last year's WIAA Division 1 state champion. Otto's winning jump of 37 feet, 2 inches was a FRCC record.
"Sydney is just a gamer," De Pere coach James Boyd said.
"She's a unique athlete that can do a lot of things. We asked her earlier this year to throw the shot because we were missing that event. She's also a good high jumper, but we figured at a conference meet like this she can get a fourth or a fifth. She responded."
The day didn't start out smoothly for Otto, who scratched three times in the long jump, which she was seeded No. 1 for coming into the meet.
But she bounced back much like the team bouncy ball she carried in her pocket.
The girls team found the ball during a practice earlier this year and it has brought good luck to whoever has it.
"We talked about our goals and how we were going come out here and do what we've been doing all season, and that's go for the win," said Otto, who has set school records in the shot put (37-10½) , long jump (18-9½) and triple jump (39-1½) this season.
Overall, the De Pere girls have broken seven school records this season, including senior Margaret Miller breaking the 300 hurdles record on Tuesday with a second-place finish and time fo 46.36 seconds.
The Redbirds got a victory from Miller's cousin, freshman Grace Matzke, in the 400 in addition to winning a third straight 400 relay title. Sophomore Lindsey Mirkes also got a win in the high jump.
Juniors Shae Opichka and Kylie Swiekatowski tied for first in the pole vault, breaking the FRCC record by both clearing 12 feet, 6 inches.
"We've worked so hard for it," Miller said about winning conference. "We always knew it was a possibility."
Besides the collective performances of De Pere, the other highlight of the girls meet was Bay Port senior Jenna Long becoming a four-time champion in the 100 dash.
FRCC Championships at Bay Port
Team scores: De Pere 145.5, Bay Port 131, G.B. Notre Dame 89.5, G.B. Preble 64, Sheboygan North 52, Manitowoc 52, Ashwaubenon 48.25, G.B. Southwest 47, G.B. East 33, Pulaski 21, Sheboygan South 10, G.B. West 9.5.
Top finishers – 100: 1, Jenna Long#, BP, 12.45; 2, Grace Matzke, DP, 12.81; 3, Bailey Cisar, BP, 12.97; 200: 1, Halie Ferry, ND, 25.80; 2, Jenna Long, BP, 25.89; 3, Grace Matzke, DP, 26.13; 400: 1, Grace Matzke, DP, 58.76; 2, Bailey Cisar, BP, 59.98; 3, Maria Ehlinger, ND, 1:00.26; 800: 1, Kelley Gardipee, ND, 2:24.48; 2, Nicole Hohn, BP, 2:25.01; 3, Kylie Arett, DP, 2:28.01; 1,600: 1, Madeline Re, BP, 5:18.42; 2, Hattie Plumb, BP, 5:26.30; 3, Maddy Sweeney, GBE, 5:29.49; 3,200: 1, Annika Linzmeier, PUL, 11:41.60; 2, Maddy Sweeney, GBE, 11:49.15; 3, Hattie Plumb, BP, 11:52.58; 100 hurdles: 1, Liz Markland(*tied), ND, 15.27; 2, Monique Felix, SN, 15.30; 3, Hayley Wizenreid, GBP, 16.49; 300 hurdles: 1, Monique Felix*^, SN, 46.14; 2, Margaret Miller, DP, 46.36; 3, Liz Markland, ND, 48.30; 400 relay: 1, De Pere^ (C. Wurth, K. Swiekatowski, E. Gmack, M. Miller), 50.96; 2, G.B. Notre Dame (M. Rapisarda, M. Brusda, H. Ferry, O. Campbell), 51.49; 3, Manitowoc (C. Ragsdale, O. Spencer, N. Parrish, S. Nickels), 51.84; 800 relay: 1, G.B. Notre Dame^ (K. Burkel, M. Rapisarda, H. Ferry, O. Campbell), 1:46.08; 2, Bay Port (L. Moore, M. Knutson, A. Leiterman, J. Long), 1:49.34; 3, De Pere (C. Wurth, S. Kuehn, E. Gmack, L. Mirkes), 1:49.93; 1,600 relay: 1, G.B. Notre Dame (K. Burkel, L. Markland, O. Campbell, M. Ehlinger), 4:02.18; 2, De Pere (M. Miller, L. Mirkes, K. Arett, B. Dietsche), 4:07.56; 3, G.B. Southwest (I. Bence, M. Batten, T. Winters, C. Zakowski), 4:19.23; 3,200 relay: 1, G.B. Notre Dame^ (K. Burkel, C. Noble, K. Gardipee, M. Ehlinger), 9:53.84; 2, De Pere (Kal. Larson, Kar. Larson, B. Dietsche, K. Arett), 10:06.08; 3, Ashwaubenon (M. Schroeder, K. Hauser, T. Johnson, E. Van Sluys), 10:09.26; High jump: 1, Lindsey Mirkes, DP, 5-4; 2, Natisha Hiedeman, SW, 5-2; 3, Margaret Knutson, BP, 5-1; Long jump: 1, Natisha Hiedeman^, SW, 18-4; 2, Monique Felix, SN, 17-2¼; 3, Sydney Otto, DP, 17-2; Triple jump: 1, Sydney Otto*, DP, 37-2; 2, Natisha Hiedeman, SW, 35-8¾; 3, Monique Felix, SN, 35-¼; Pole vault: t1, Shae Opichka*, DP, 12-6; t1, Kylie Swiekatowski*^, DP, 12-6; 3, Sheridan Michaud, GBP, 11-6; Shot put: 1, Erin Dunning*^, ASH, 43-2; 2, Margaret Wolowicz, MAN, 43-1½; 3, Kris Lindow, ASH, 41-8¾; Discus: 1, Margaret Wolowicz*, MAN, 125-11; 2, Isabella Samuels, GBP, 111-6; 3, Rylie Wargo, PUL, 110-7.
* -- FRCC record
^ -- Repeat champion
# -- 4-time champion


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Dajin Peng, Ph.D.
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Earl Conteh-Morgan, Ph.D.
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David B. Austell, Jr., Ph.D.
globalization, multinational corporations, academia, international trade communication
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of international programs in preparing participants for effective engagement in the world's economy and the complexity of multiple societies and cultures. The study's objective is to identify and assess the skills and competencies that are in demand for graduates of international programs, from both the United States and foreign perspectives, and their main economic social and civic contributions.
This research project develops, pilots and validates a list of critical competencies and skills for persons starting careers in international settings, creating a unique and valuable product. In addition, the project uses the validated listing for gathering and analyzing preliminary empirical data to help understand and evaluate the outcomes and importance of these competencies from three different--yet related perspectives--major employers, preparation institutions, and recent graduates of the program.
The researcher will address the following questions:
1. What are the competencies and skills being required of employees and perspective employees as identified by the businesses and the corporate world?
2. What are the competencies and skills being emphasized by academic institutions in preparing prospective employees for the world of work?
3. To what extent are the competencies and skills of academic programs congruent with the required competencies and skills of the corporate world?
The products of this work provide for the first time a valuable foundation for policy, planning, research, evaluation, and marketing the nature and importance of high quality, well prepared higher education graduates to meet the needs of our country's global workforce.
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Reilly, Mary Ellen,, "Competencies And Skills In The Globalized Workforce" (2004). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.


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This is much easier than your old fashioned scratch recipes and it tastes just as good.'
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 50 Minutes
1 (18.25 ounce) package butter cake mix
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup Mr. Goudas vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 (12 fluid ounce) Mr. Goudas canned evaporated milk
1 cup Mr. Goudas white sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flaked coconut
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake pans.
Combine the cake mix, instant vanilla pudding, cocoa, buttermilk, vegetable oil and the 3 whole eggs. Mix until blended and pour the batter into the prepared pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake tests done.
Set cakes aside to cool.
In a medium sized sauce pan mix the evaporated milk, white sugar, 3 egg yolks and the butter. Cook over medium heat until the mixture is thick. Remove from heat and beat until partially cooled. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the flaked coconut and the chopped pecans.
Use to fill and frost cake.
Original recipe yields: 1 -8 inch 3 layer cake.
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Elegy for Our Empire
Neocons like to talk about "American Exceptionalism" and to accuse the Obama administration of threatening our world hegemony. But there is no world hegemony to threaten. There was an American empire, emerging after WW-II. But it is now gone, and anyone worrying about the U.S. slipping into third world irrelevance sometime in the future hasn't been paying attention in the present.
The Roman Empire took centuries to collapse. Eventually, the military that was supposed to defend the Empire turned on their masters and sacked the City of Rome.
The British Empire took centuries to decline. The American colonies broke away in 1775 and after WW-II the remaining British colonies broke free. Symptomatic of the collapse were the sailor's revolts at Spithead and Nore, and the charge of the Light Brigade.
For both of these empires, a major factor in their collapse was the corruption of their military systems. In Rome, everyone with enough money could have his own army. Military men were trained to be loyal to whom ever paid them. They had no loyalty to the state, and eventually sacked the City of Rome when they weren't paid enough.
The Spithead Mutiny rose among sailors whose rations were diverted by suppliers and whose pay had been reduced in much the same way as today's middle class workers' pay has been falling. While the sailors were impoverished, their officers prospered. They got money diverted from ship building, from the purchase of the supplies need to run ships and from the provisions on which sailors were supposed to live.
The Charge of the Light Brigade came 57 years after the Spithead Mutiny. Of 673 men sent down what Tennyson called "The Valley of Death" only a third returned. Claiming a great victory, the British army honored those who sacrificed their men, and kept in place a system under which military resources were devoted to keeping the officer class in comfort, rather than keeping the military prepared to defend the empire.
The government's decision to honor the generals and ignore the failures led directly to the sacrifice of thousands of troops at Khartoum, in 1885, and to Gallipoli and the stalemates and losses in the trenches of WW-I.
While it took both Rome and Britain centuries to dissipate their empires, modern technology has allowed businessmen to do the same to the United States' empire in only decades.
The British Generals claimed that any errors in the Charge of the Light Brigade were due to "communications errors" in transmitting orders and in analyzing the battlefield, with no responsibility ascribed to anyone. After 9-11, we were told that many people died because fire and police agencies didn't share radio frequencies and operating procedures, because vendors got more profit by selling unique systems to each agency. After we were promised improvements on those failures, we saw them precisely repeated, four years later during hurricane Katrina.
But plenty of politicians and police, fire and emergency directors were praised for their planning, after 9-11 and after Katrina. We continue to praise the Generals and Colonels who arrange contracts that guarantee profits to companies who make inadequate body and Humvee armor. We continue to give no-bid contracts to companies like KBR, even after dozens of our soldiers have been electrocuted in KBR field showers with faulty wiring.
We went from dominating the world, technically, medically, educationally and militarily, at the end of WW-II, to being a laughingstock. The people who lay the IEDs along roads in Iraq and Afghanistan are simply following the footsteps of the Vietnamese farmers who pushed us out of their country in 1975.
The people who fire AK-47s at U.S. troops know, perhaps better than U.S. voters, that the men who conquered Europe with M-1 rifles now carry fancy weapons which have regularly failed in combat from Vietnam to Afghanistan. But which are sold at huge profit to the Pentagon, with generous "consulting fees" to the Pentagon Colonels of corruption who approve the sales.
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This spring we learned that Tea Party Republican Congressman Harold Rogers has demanded that the Pentagon add a $15,000 premium to the price of each $2,500 helicopter oil pan it buys from one of his campaign supporters. It is simply a private grab of millions of dollars that the congressman will share with the profiteer.
Even when the Pentagon tries to do right, the corporate profiteers interfere. Last week, the Tea Party Republican congress voted to bar the Pentagon from developing alternate fuel sources that the Pentagon says are needed to reduce dependency on foreign oil sources and multinational oil cartels. Protecting oil profits is more important than providing a national defense.
Our empire was destroyed when corporations abandoned competitive business to suck at the Pentagon tit. People who deny "American Exceptionalism" should acknowledge that the exceptional greed of the American corporate right destroyed the American empire in an exceptionally brief time. What took Rome and Britain centuries to do, corporate greed did to the U.S. in the time between the end of WW-II and the election of Ronald Reagan (who handed out more military medals to desk bound officers for the invasion of Grenada than the number of soldiers who actually participated in the invasion).
People who think that the U.S. is somehow a military threat to the rest of the world should reflect on how corporate profiteering has degraded our capability. While raping our military with no-bid contracts and degrading our care for injured veterans, the profiteers have also moved to deregulate and end inspections of parts for military hardware. We now "repair" our war machines with counterfeit parts from China and where ever else the profiteers can get them made cheaply with lesser materials.
The under-paid, under-fed and under-equipped sailors who mutinied at Spithead worked in a navy which had, as a primary task, protecting the fleets of merchant vessels bringing wealth to England and to the merchant classes who used their new wealth to buy titles and estates and political sinecures, just as our military has been used to guard our corporate interests around the world.
Not satisfied with enjoying vast taxpayer expenditures on a navy to protect them, these merchants also insisted on getting into the building and supplying of ships. Rather than thank the tax-paid sailors for their service, they insisted on grabbing a cut of the funds used to equip, feed and care for the sailors.
So it was with U.S. industries. In WW-II, we showed the world how fast and how successfully American workers could design and build remarkable machinery, and innovate technology as experience dictated the need. But during the war, as Prescott Bush innovated ways to finance and fuel the German war machine, other industrialists saw that government contracts could guarantee profits with no need for quality control or even basic utility in the products sold to government. They innovated cost-plus and no-bid contracting.
Like the officers who grew fat in the British navy, while the sailors saw their real incomes drop, these companies grew fat while their workers see real declines in their wages.
Like the British army at Balaclava and Gallipoli, these companies have brought our Pentagon to a point where it can guarantee profits, but can't provide bulletproof vests or Humvees to its troops. It can't provide medical care to our injured personnel. And with vastly overpriced drones and computers, it can't keep farmers and village elders from planting IEDs or from driving our tanks, radar and laser sites off of mountainsides in the Afghan desert.
Willard M. Romney is campaigning with promises that he will end the withdrawal from Afghanistan and will start a war with Iran. But how? Our closest allies won't join us in his promised new wars. Decades of corporate greed have degraded our military. The past decade of colonial wars has left the Pentagon gasping. And even as our troops stagger, the corporate Party suggests only budgeting for more irrelevant, high tech profit center "weapons" (most of which will never work).
Romney's bluster is only noise in the wind. The American Exceptionalism that matters to the rest of the world is the example that we used to set for loving freedom and working for a better world. While the "Exceptionalism" of war profiteering leads to further degradation of our military, the rest of the world can cling to and work with those concepts of freedom and progress that we used to champion, but that we have discarded as we slip into irrelevance.
Tom Hall
Posted: Monday, 11 June 2012