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It has been five years since Ava Kingston left her parents' house in New Jersey. She ran and never looked back, all because of one night. One night that could've changed her life forever. Now living in Chicago, working as a journalist, Ava thinks her life is finally where it should be. She is working toward a promotion, has a great family, and a few amazing friends. What more could a girl want? Just when Ava comes to a calming sense of closure in her life, her past reappears in the form of the Hunks in Uniform calendar. Will Ava's feelings for this fearless firefighter resurface against her better judgment? Or will Ava try to forget the one person she ever really loved?
Gavin Sawyer is a Chicago firefighter who is stopping many women's hearts as a model for the Hunks in Uniform calendar. Gavin only tried out for the calendar because of her—the one person who knew he was worthy of such prestige. He knew how much she wanted him to do it, but then she was gone. Without a warning, Ava left Gavin behind with a broken heart and bruised ego. He loved her, but she ran. One night separated them forever. Now, five years later, Gavin will stop at nothing to win her back. A chance encounter with Ava sets his heart on fire and proves that old feelings really do die hard.
"Come on," Gavin said as he pulled her over to a group of people gathered around two men singing "Imagine" by John Lennon. Ava turned to Gavin with a look of shock. He remembered. She had told him in conversation the week before that she loved classic rock, especially The Beatles. She also told him that if she ever had a daughter, she would name her Lennon. Thinking back on it, Ava was surprised Gavin asked her out after that comment. Ava held Gavin's bicep and laid her head against his arm. She closed her eyes and listened to the two men sing one of her favorite songs. At one point, she began to sway, and she felt Gavin pull her into his body. It felt right being with him. Their bodies fit together perfectly, and she didn't want to break contact with him. Fire was shooting through her veins, and she couldn't believe that someone's touch could do this to her. When the two men were done, the crowd erupted in a loud applause. Ava didn't notice, but she had been crying. That song always did it to her.
"Are you OK, Ava?" Gavin asked as he wiped a tear with the pad of his thumb.
"I'm fine, Gavin. That is my favorite song, and I always get emotional when I listen to it. That was amazing. Thank you."
"Of course, but you haven't seen the best part." Gavin pulled her through the crowd, and in the middle of the circle was a huge peace sign made out of stone with the word "Imagine" in the middle. Along the outside of the peace sign was a bunch of different flowers outlining it. This truly was amazing. Ava could only imagine what John Lennon would've been capable of had he been alive today.
Ava looked at Gavin and reached up on her tippy toes to kiss him on the cheek. "Thank you, Gavin. This has been the best date ever."
Gavin held Ava in his arms and kissed the top of her forehead. "So, could we add this to the list of things that you like?"
Ava laughed into his chest. "Yes, Gavin, we can."
The next moment happened so quickly Ava didn't even realize what was going on. Gavin dipped Ava back and planted a sweet kiss on her lips. Thankfully, Ava didn't scream when it happened, because the kiss probably wouldn't have been as amazing. Gavin's lips were so soft against hers, and they tasted like mint and lemons. Ava cupped her hands behind his head and opened her mouth so Gavin could deepen the kiss. Gavin's hand was on Ava's lower back, and the other was behind her head. They continued their kiss, dancing with their tongues. They would've kept kissing if it weren't for the applause and whistles they heard around them. They broke their kiss, and Ava buried her head in Gavin's chest once again.
"Good job, man!"
"Get a room!"
Gavin just waved to everyone, and Ava pulled him toward the street.
"Oh my god. That was so embarrassing," Ava said with a slight blush in her cheeks.
"Was it really that bad kissing me?" Gavin asked with his hand over his heart, faking insult.
"No, the kiss was amazing. I have never done anything like that in public before."
Gavin pulled Ava closer. "Good. I like that I was able to share that with you. But, I promise, Ava, the next time I kiss you will be behind closed doors, and I will not stop there."
Ava's cheeks burned, and she knew she was red. The thought of Gavin's lips on hers again was causing a stir in her belly. She wasn't the type of girl to sleep with someone on the first date, but she could make an exception for someone who made it the best date she'd ever had.
If this date gave Ava any clue as to how their relationship would be, Ava was going to be one lucky girl.
© Ashli Rose, Hearts on Fire 2014
How long have you been writing?
This is actually my debut novella. I also enjoyed writing. Even though I love to talk, I have an easier time getting my thoughts down on paper. I made it my New Year's Resolution to write a book and here we are.
What does writing bring to you - or what do you feel when you write?
Writing lets me forget about the "real world" for a while. Whenever I am writing I am right there with my characters. I am working on book 2 in the Harts on Fire Series and let's just say Louis and Bree aren't making this easy for me.
How do you connect with your characters?
I put little pieces of me into my female characters. I find it makes it easier for me to write. Ava is me, Bree has similar characteristics to my sister and Elise is a mix of me and my cousin. The male characters all share characteristics with my husband.
How did you find the idea for this story? Do you base your storylines on real life scenario's or are they totally fictional and from your imagination?
I try to base my stories on my real life experiences. I find that it helps with the writing process. Don't get me wrong, some of the things are purely from my imagination, but I like to lay the foundation with real life experiences. I always say that if I could record my dreams I would be a best-selling author.
Who is your biggest inspiration?
My husband inspires me every day. He does so much for our family that I want to make him proud. Also, Nicole Edwards is a huge inspiration for me. After reading her Alluring Indulgence series, I decided it was time for me to put my story on paper.
How do you find the time to write in your busy life?
I ask myself the same thing every day LOL. Wrriting Hearts on Fire was a little easier because my daughter was napping two hours every day, so that was my writing time. Now, not so much. I have to sneak into the writing cave to get work done. I am a Pre-K teacher during the day, so it will be interesting to see how much writing I get done once school starts back up.
What types of books do you like to read?
I have been really into romance novels lately. But I can read anything from YA to Suspense. I'm not too picky.
What do you do to relax when you are not writing or reading?
I love spending time with my husband and daughter. She is two and is changing so much every day. She loves singing and dancing right now so we have mini dance parties in the living room. I also like to watch my teen shows, Teen Wolf, Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I don't care that I'm 30, I love my teen shows.
Character Interview:
Ava Kingston
What is the "pull" that Gavin has on you?
Have you seen him? *Giggles* Honestly though, he is just an amazing person. He knows things about me before I know them about myself. I think he is secretly a psychic.
What is the best feature that Gavin has? How does he make you feel?
*Blushes* He's gorgeous, as I'm sure you've seen. But I love his arms. They are so strong and I loved being enveloped in them on good days and bad. There is just something about a hot guy with big arms that make me forget all my problems.
What is the thing you love the most about Gavin?
He's loyal. When he loves, he loves hard. There isn't anything that he wouldn't do for those that he loves.
How do you feel about your life in general?
I couldn't be happier. Everything is perfect and I haven't been able to say that for a very long time. I think it took finding Gavin to realize that.
Would you change anything in your life right now?
Not at all J I have an amazing family, great job, and a hot man. What more could I ask for. Although, I would like children some day.
Gavin Sawyer
Does Ava set your heart on fire?
*Smirks* You know it! She had me from the first time I kissed her, I was hooked.
Would you change your life to be with Ava?
I already have, I came to Chicago to be with her and I don't ever plan on losing her again.
How did you feel when Ava left you?
To be honest, I didn't expect anything when she left my house that night. But, when she started ignoring my calls I knew something was up. I couldn't imagine what I could've done to make her run, all I knew was that I had to make it right.
Will you really do anything to win Ava back?
*Laughs* You will just have to read the book to find out.
Tell me what you love about Ava.
*Smiles that super sexy smile* It sounds cheesy, but I love everything about her. She kind, sweet, beautiful, smart and she doesn't take my shit. As I'm sure you've seen, she's got quite a mouth on her when she wants to.
Ashli Rose is the author of the new novel Hearts on Fire in the Hearts on Fire Series.
A Jersey girl born and raised, Ashli lives in Bergen county with her husband Patrick and two year old daughter, Laila. She loves spending time with her family, watching teen shows(She's a sucker for PLL and Teen Wolf), taking pictures of her daughter, and shopping for shoes that she will never have enough money to buy. Ashli is obsessed with all things Michael Kors and would purchase all of his bags if she could.
Ashli graduated with a BA in English from NJCU and during the day she is a Pre-K teacher to 30 energetic four and five year olds. Between them and her two year old it's a miracle that Ashli found the time to write this book. It has always been a dream of Ashli's to write a book, it wasn't until the New Year that she decided to make that dream a reality.


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Why does a company need a Chief Marketing Officer?
The power behind marketing is on the rise. If you are looking for a career in marketing there could not be a more perfect time for you to join the expanding field than now. With the various platforms now available it is statistically proven that having a Chief Marketing Officer (or CMO) is vital to a company's success. A CMO is a corporate executive who has more responsibilities than one sentence can handle. As the job description seems to be ever changing one thing reigns true, being versatile is crucial.
Education, Internships, Experience, & Useful Skills
According to the Harvard Business Review, having an advanced degree in Business with a concentration in marketing (MBA) is not required but would set you above the individuals trying to receive the same CMO position. When applying for internships you should look for something with an established, well organized company. This will give you a broad experience that will either reassure you about the field you have chosen or make it known that this is not the direction you want to head.
Once interning is done and you have been working in field of Communication for some time, your required experience for a CMO position includes: 10 years of business and or marketing development experience with an increase of responsibility over that course of time and at least 3-5 years of experience in a leadership role.
In addition to experience you will need a certain set of skills in order to be both successful and desirable. This includes budgeting and finance, production, leadership skills and inspiration to guide your team. The passion for what you are doing and strong communication skills will also help you succeed.
Responsibilities that come with a Rewarding Salary
Chief Marketing Officer's main responsibilities lye within planning, developing, and executing organized marketing strategies that increase their company's profits. Tools that help aid this process include market research, product marketing, marketing communications, advertising, and public relations. When reporting progress directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the CMO strives to bring their company together as one voice. This not only reassures the CEO that the entire team is on the same page, but this also represents the cohesive atmosphere that the CMO was able to create.
Working your way up the corporate ladder is not an easy task and comes with a lot of responsibility. The average salary for a CMO in the Philadelphia area is $189, 521 annually at growth according to glassdoor.com executives. This is one of the highest paid positions within the Communication field. The highest paid CMO found on the internet comes from the University of Miami. He gets paid a whopping $547,185 annually. Although this is rare, his salary is a great representation of hard work put into a salary at growth.
Possible Questions that could save your Interview
How can you prepare for an interview at corporate level? I did some research and found possible interview questions written by Paladin.com…
- What role can marketing play in helping the business overcome the current economic realities?
- How would you define success in the role you are interviewing for?
- What skills do you ring that we don't already have?
- How do you utilize marketing analytics to drive your results?
- Can you provide a recent example where you were responsible for changing the strategy for your brand that had measurable impact on revenue? How did you come to this change?
- When heading into a meeting with one of your teams, what is most important to convey: what they have to do (the creative deliverables) or why they have to do it (the business reasons)?
- Is "differentiation" enough or should a company focus on "innovation"?
Want to Further your Research?
There are a lot of blogs that can give you more information straight from Chief Marketing Officers. Marketing Pilgrim, PSFK, TopRank, and Adage are all blogs that you can easily google search and read into. The world needs more passionate and innovative marketing leaders.

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Correction, 2:55 p.m. and 6:55 PT: CNET incorrectly stated that the Justice Department had sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission today and implied there was additional concern about the national security implications of that deal. There have been no additional concerns raised, and the review is part of a standard process when a foreign company is involved in a merger.
The U.S. Department of Justice had previously asked the Federal Communications Commission to defer its review of the T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger in late November.
In a letter dated Nov. 26, 2012, attorney adviser Ty Brown with the Justice Department's National Security Division asked the FCC to defer its review of the merger while it reviewed possible national-security concerns. It is part of a common procedure that takes place when a foreign company is involved in a deal with a U.S. company, in this case T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom, which is based in Germany.
The deal is unlikely to receive any real scrutiny given the government's desire to create a stronger competitor in the wireless market.
Earlier today, the Justice Department asked the FCC to postpone its review of the SoftBank-Sprint deal, also on national-security grounds. The request was made because SoftBank is headquartered in Japan.
The November letter regarding T-Mobile and MetroPCS, which was worded identically to today's letter on Softbank and Sprint, stated that the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI "are currently reviewing this matter for any national security, law enforcement, and public safety issues but have not yet completed that effort." Brown then asked that the FCC "defer action" until the agencies notify the FCC of their own review.
The request, however, does not stop the FCC "shot clock," or time when the commission must make a decision on the deal, and it is still set to run out near the end of April. But the FCC won't weigh in on the deal until the Justice Dept. makes its decision.
T-Mobile USA, which is owned by Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, struck a deal to gain control of MetroPCS in October last year. MetroPCS shareholders will gain $1.5 billion in cash and a 26 percent stake in the new spin-off company, but Deutsche Telekom will own the majority stake.
It comes almost two years after AT&T made a bid to acquire T-Mobile, which failed after regulators declared their intention to block the deal. T-Mobile received cash and spectrum from the failed deal, which it then put into its own 4G LTE network.


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Electrical accessories - Circuit-breakers and similar equipment for household use - auxiliary contact units
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This International Standard applies to auxiliary electromechanical contact units associated (or intended to be associated) with circuit-breakers for overcurrent protection, and with residual current operated circuit-breakers with or without integral overcurrent protection for household and similar installations, having a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V a.c. and 250 V d.c., and a rated current not exceeding 10 A.
NOTE 1 These requirements may also be used as guidance for auxiliary contacts units intended to be assembled with other switching devices for household and similar installations.
NOTE 2 It is recommended that the advice of the manufacturer be sought concerning any application with low level energy appliances (low level values of current and/or voltage.) For low-energy contacts, specific recommendations are given in IEC 60947-5-4.
The object of this standard is to state
a) the characteristics of the auxiliary contact units;
b) their electrical and mechanical requirements with respect to
1) the various duties to be performed;
2) the significance of the rated characteristics and of the markings;
3) the tests to verify the rated characteristics;
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2) dielectric properties;
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Religious Lawyering in a Liberal Democracy: A Challenge and an Invitation William A. Brahms Lecture on Law & Religion
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religious lawyers, legal ethics, professional conduct, religious values, religious ethics
At a time when many believe that law is no longer a noble profession, many lawyers see no reason to devote time and energy to promoting the public good. Religious lawyering may offer a powerful antidote: a robust framework for lawyers to integrate into their professional lives their most deeply rooted values, perspectives and critiques, and persuasive reasons to improve the quality of justice and work for the common good. At its best, religious lawyering echoes Martin Luther King's advice to the street sweeper. How wonderful it would be, indeed, if we practiced law so well that the host of heaven and earth would pause to say, here lived great lawyers who did their job well.
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Religious Lawyering in a Liberal Democracy: A Challenge and an Invitation William A. Brahms Lecture on Law & Religion, 55 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 127
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Body of Baby John exhumed as part of Kerry Babies investigation
The remains of Baby John (Kerry Baby) were exhumed by Gardaí at Holy Cross Cemetery, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry on Tuesday morning, September 14, as part of the investigation into the Kerry Babies scandal.
The remains were taken to the morgue at University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Co. Kerry for examination as part of the ongoing investigation.
The exhumation commenced at first light and was conducted on foot of a ministerial order granted in accordance with the Coroners Act 1962 as amended.
The exhumation was conducted by Gardaí from Killarney District, assisted by Gardaí from the Garda Technical Bureau, a Forensic Anthropologist and relevant personnel from Kerry County Council and the Health Service Executive.
The Coroner for South Kerry has been kept advised.
The remains of Baby John were reinterred at Holy Cross Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
Investigating Gardaí continue to believe that there are members of the public who have information in relation to the death of Baby John in April 1984 and we are appealing to those people to come forward and help us.
Investigating Gardaí continue to appeal for any information in relation to this ongoing investigation and can be contacted at Killarney Garda Station at 064 6631222, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
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Finland Pakistan Business Council just shared the good news with us:
Excellent opportunity to Finnish companies to hear more about business opportunities in Pakistan: several events organised by the regional Chambers of Commerce in Finland. Already two events scheduled and more to come: Tampere on Dec 15, Helsinki on Dec 17 and also Mikkeli on Dec 17.
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Herland was initially published in serial form, in 1915, in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's monthly magazine, The Forerunner. Rescued from obscurity by Ann J. Lane, the story was published in book form for the first time in 1979. An introduction by Lane sets the tone for this feminist utopia created by Perkins Gilman. Herland tells the tale of three adventurers who stumble onto an isolated, all-female land. Determined to keep their discovery secret until they have conquered the undiscovered country, Vandyck Jennings, Terry Nicholson and Jeff Margrave plan an expedition to Herland.
Vandyck, a sociologist, who presents the group's findings in a scholarly fashion, tells the story. Vandyck's narrative places their discovery within the context of then-current sociological beliefs regarding female potential. In the Victorian era in which the story takes place, the male-dominated American society views women as subordinate beings, wholly lacking in the skills required to form a functional society. Vandyck's beliefs that women are incapable of organization, cooperation, work specialization, as well as scientific and mathematical understanding are challenged by Herland society.
While Vandyck represents the scientific viewpoint, Jeff is the romantic who believes that women should be idolized and kept on pedestals. Terry's character is the least enlightened of the three; his macho perspective is firmly engrained and, of the three friends, Terry is least likely to open his mind to the wonders of Herland. The land is wondrous indeed. The women of Herland, isolated without male influence for two thousand years, have developed and maintained a smoothly operational society that puts American innovation to shame. The women have developed the capacity for virgin birth and population control. They develop their land fully and cultivate enough food to easily support their population of three million. Warfare is unnecessary as there are no men to fight, but the women are quite capable of defending themselves.
When the three explorers arrive by means of a biplane, the women overpower them and keep them captive in an ancient fortress at the edge of the cliff, which surrounds Herland. The captivity is by all means pleasant, reports Vandyck. The women treat them well and set about teaching them the language, history, and culture of Herland. Motherhood is the ethos that permeates the land; and every social, political, financial, religious, and personal decision is weighed against the effects it may have on the nation's all-female children. Once the men have been suitably trained and tamed, they are allowed to wander freely through the land and are encouraged to give lectures to young female students about American civilization.
The men eventually court and marry three residents of Herland, Ellador, Celis, and Alima. The men's expectations of marriage are vastly different from the reality and a difficult period of adjustment ensues. Vandyck and Jeff both learn to see women as people, not objects to be dominated. Thus their marriages cohere effectively. The women are initiated into the reproductive process with mixed results. Celis becomes pregnant to the joy of the entire nation. This new form of motherhood represents a Great New Hope to the formerly all-female populace. However, Vandyck's wife, Ellador, teaches Vandyck that sexual relations are a form of gluttony and should only be engaged in with the intent of procreating. Vandyck struggles with this limitation, yet ultimately he comes to agree wholeheartedly that sex is superfluous to a loving marriage. Yet Terry insists on mastering his wife, Alima, and ultimately his attempts to sexually coerce her result in his banishment. Eager to see the outside world, Ellador agrees to accompany Vandyck as Vandyck escorts the banished Terry out of Herland. Author Gilman picks up the storyline of Ellador and Vandyck in America in her sequel, With Her in Ourland.
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When you launch WhatsApp on your device, do you end up seeing numbers instead of your contact names? Do you have WhatsApp contacts that do not appear on your WhatsApp? These are some of the issues that a lot of WhatsApp users have been complaining about recently. When you cannot access your contacts or even the contact names on your WhatsApp, communication via the app will be tough and sometimes impossible. But, is it possible to fix this issue?
When we decided to look into this issue, we came to the realization that something as simple as refreshing contacts on WhatsApp can help eliminate the contacts' problem. We will be showing you how to refresh WhatsApp contacts on iPhone in this article. If the refresh does not work for you, don't worry, we will show you the tool to use to fix any iOS issue you have.
Part 1: How to Refresh WhatsApp Contacts on iPhone
This refreshing process is done automatically on new updates as well as occasionally.
If you still cannot view your contacts even after the refresh, it is possible that you haven't given your WhatsApp permission to access your contacts in your iPhone Settings. To Verify whether you have given your WhatsApp permission to access WhatsApp, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Launch Settings, tap Apps, select WhatsApp from the list.
Step 2: Click Permissions and ensure that all the permissions are turned on.
Part 2: What If You Cannot Refresh WhatsApp Contacts on iPhone
Maybe even after allowing your WhatsApp to access the contacts and refreshing the contacts, you still cannot view your contacts or contact names. Below, we offer you more solutions which could help you fix the WhatsApp contacts' problem on your iPhone:
Update Your WhatsApp to the Latest Version
If you are using an older version of WhatsApp, it could have bugs which the latest version can eliminate. To update your WhatsApp, use the steps below:
Step 1: Launch the App Store on your iPhone. At the bottom, tap Updates.
Step 2: On the available list, locate WhatsApp Messenger. Click Update next to the app.
Restart Your Device and WhatsApp
Something as simple as restarting your device can fix some of the issues that you may be having. Restarting WhatsApp itself can help you fix its issues. Below we show you how to restart both the iPhone and WhatsApp.
Restart Your iPhone
iPhone X
Step 1: Press and then keep holding both the Side button and either the Volume Up or Down buttons. Wait for a slider to appear.
Step 2: Drag the slider to turn the iPhone off. When the device is off, press and hold the Side button until an Apple logo appears.
iPhone 8 and Earlier
Step 1: Press and hold the Side (or Top) button until a slider appears. Drag the slider to turn the device off.
Step 2: Press and hold the Side (or Top) button until an Apple logo appears.
Restart WhatsApp
Step 1: Double-click the Home button. This will bring up the apps you have used most recently.
Step 2: Navigate the applications on the screen to locate WhatsApp. Swipe up on the WhatsApp preview to close it. Press the Home button and open WhatsApp again.
Check or Change Your Internet Connection
WhatsApp will not work properly if you don't have access to a stable internet connection. To check your internet connection and change it, follow the steps below:
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Step 2: Put your device into either the DFU or Recovery Mode by using the onscreen instructions.
Step 3: On the next screen, make sure that the detected device is the correct one. If it is not, select the correct one and then click download to initiate downloading of the device firmware. After the download is finished, click Start to Fix. D-Back will verify the firmware and fix all your iOS issues.
However, if you are looking for a more flexible option, you can use iMyFone iTransor. It allows you to back up your device fully or partially. While restoring your backup data, the current iPhone data will not be overwritten. The tool can restore your data partially which means that you can restore WhatsApp only.
This article shows you how to refresh WhatsApp contacts on iPhone. If it is impossible to refresh the contacts, just try using the solutions outlined above. Please feel free to leave your comment below.


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In such a social condition of "structured fluidity", observers can no longer usefully assume that they are standing on solid ground around which events flow (for their intellectual delectation). Such an assumption merely temporarily defines the observer (or an aspect of his personality) as a rigid element in society, within which he is not currently undergoing a process of developmental transformation. In this sense observers are, momentarily, non-participants in the process of human and social development. Furthermore observation is only one step in the learning process, to the extent that it is useful to consider that observers, as observers, are effectively non-learners.
It would seem that in a fluid environment, structured by degrees and kinds of comprehension, that a vital step forward is to switch from interpreting actions in terms of their significance for development to their significance as learning. It is strange that "development" is conventionally a process applied to, or undergone by "others" - never by the "developers", despite their well-documented limitations. It is acknowledged that good teachers succeed partly because their attitude is one of learning with, and from, the student - to the point that "facilitator" is more appropriate than "teacher". The advocated change can then be represented by:
From: developers + developees = developing society To: facilitator-learners + learners = learning society
For this change of interpretation to be other than cosmetic, the concept of "learning" must:
(a) extend far beyond conventional forms of book learning and training; (b) be promoted as an activity of all social institutions; (c) extend beyond individual learning (in a learning society) to group and societal learning; (d) be accepted as intrinsic to all activities of all social institutions (not just "educational" programmes, but living as learning).
The first two points are well elaborated in the report of the UNESCO International Commission on the Development of Education (57), concerned with the emergence of a "learning society", but from which the last two points are totally absent, since they do not refer to "development of individual education" (a well-defined answer domain) but "development as societal learning" (which generates its own answers) in a more inclusive sense. The importance of the third point has been discussed in an earlier paper (58) in relation to the erosion of collective memory. Rector Soedjatmoko of the UN University has emphasized this point (prior to taking that position) in relation to the "learning capacity of a nation":
"The capacity of a nation - not just of its government, but of society as a whole - to adjust to rapidly changing techno-economic, socio-cultural and political changes, on a scale which makes it possible to speak of social transformation, very much depends on its collective capacity to generate, to ingest, to reach out for, and to utilize a vast amount of new and relevant information. This capacity for creative and innovative response to changing conditions and new challenges I would like to call the learning capacity of a nation. This capacity is obviously not limited to the cognitive level, but includes the attitudinal, institutional and organisational levels of society as well.
It therefore resides not only in a nation's formal educational system, not only in the government bureaucracy, in parliament and the political parties, but also in the business community, in the media, the professional organisations, the trade unions, the cooperatives and the various kinds of voluntary associations within the society at large. It also includes the political public with its various political constituencies, consumer groups, and all other kinds of permanent and ad hoc pressure groups." (59, p. 82-83).
A recent Club of Rome report extends this notion to "humanity":
"Our continued survival is testimony that humanity indeed learns... So we have to reconsider what is meant by the statement "humanity learns". Does the statement no imply - indeed demand - that learning occur at the right time and on a scale sufficiently large not only to avoid disasters but also to conclude a century, so much traumatized by successive follies, with a gain in peace, dignity, and happiness?" (60, p. 118)
The report concludes however that:
"The conventional, often unarticulated, conception of how societies learn...(is reduced to one of)...adjusting to and consuming the discoveries and knowledge produced in centers of expertise. The unavoidable consequence of this view of societal learning is elitism, technocracy, and paternalism. What is omitted is the fact meaning and values - decisive for learning - are products of society at large, not of specialized centers...(that)...tend to reproduce themselves according to their own internal logic. This autonomous and self-reproducing development accounts in large part for the fact that so much of societal learning is maintenance learning." (60, p.80-81)
The basic distinction made in the report between the necessities of maintenance (adaptive) learning and innovative (shock) learning can be related to the alternation process discussed above "Innovative societal learning seeks to restore active learning to those in society conventionally confined to a passive role of assimilation" (5, p. 8). But whilst much research has been done on individual learning processes, hardly any is done on organizational or group or societal learning (60, p. 137).
The key question then becomes: what is the individual or collective learning component of any activity? A major weakness of conventional concepts of development is that, outside the economic answer domain, there is no positive coherent image of what is being achieved by human and social development processes. In a learning society, however, it is "learning" which is being accumulated, where this can best be partially defined in terms of accumulation of recognized patterns. Discovery of the manner in which newly comprehended patterns interlock and constrain each other most economically, in terms of a meta-pattern, is the organizing constraint upon the accumulation process.
Given the current passive, academically inferior status of "learning" (as part of the professor-student, trainer-trainee dominance mind-set), it should be apparent that a complementary active (learning through doing), conflictual (learning through opposing) dimension is inherent in what is advocated here. Learning is effectively being "defined" by the accumulation process in the zigzag ladder of dialectical alternation between perceptions of form and process (4), which Bateson considers "basic to the way in which the world of adaptive action is put together." (29, p. 201)
"I shall further suggest that the very nature of perception follows this paradigm; that learning is to be modeled on the same sort of zigzag paradigm; that in the social world, the relation between love and marriage or education and status necessarily follow a similar paradigm; that in evolution, the relation between somatic and phylogenetic change and the relation between the random and the selected have this zigzag form. I shall suggest that similar relations obtain at a more abstract level between speciation and variation, between continuity and discontinuity and between number and quantity." (29, p. 195)
Learning of this kind can only ever be partially contained within an organization or a paradigm, because of its essentially dichotomous nature. As Bateson says:
"This view makes the process of learning...necessarily discontinuous....A world of sense, organization, and communication is not conceivable without discontinuity, without threshold. If sense organs can receive news only of difference, and if neurons either fire or do not fire, then threshold becomes necessarily a feature of how the living and mental world is put together." (29, p. 202)
Learning is an ordered dynamic response to discontinuity and conflict between institutions and answer domains - a conflict which it engenders and by which it is engendered, for learning to continue. But learning is not an unconstrained process without limits (#6), except in a purely gross sense. Due to the progressive interlocking of accumulated patterns into nested meta-patterns, as a solution to human processing capacity limitations (43), there is a form of directed, convergence onto a progressively clarified ultimate meta-pattern, towards which learning tends asymptotically, in that final (en)closure is never achieved (except possibly as an essentially transient, private, transcendental experience). Bateson describes this ultimate pattern as:
"The pattern which connects (all living creatures) is a meta-pattern. It is a pattern of patterns. It is that meta-pattern which defines the vast generalization that, indeed, it is patterns which connect."(29, p. 11)
Final enclosure evanesces in the paradoxical world of self-reference explored in a left-hemisphere mode by D Hofstadter (15). Jantsch points out however that in life the issue is not control but dynamic connectedness. For him "Learning may generally be described as the co-evolution of systems which accumulate experience." (21, p. 196). He cites Christine von Weizaecker:
"...co-evolving systems...play between adaptation and non-adaptation. Total adaptation and total non-adaptation are both lethal. In ecology, a niche fits the species sufficiently, without defining it; the species, in turn, fit the niche sufficiently, without defining it. What else is fitting, but not defining each other, than an emancipated relation." (76)


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China endorses Myanmar's "counter-attacks against Rohingya terrorists", Myanmar state media said on Thursday, even as the UN secretary-general described the operation, forcing nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, as "ethnic cleansing".
"The stance of China regarding the terrorist attacks in Rakhine is clear, it is just an internal affair," the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Thursday quoted China's ambassador, Hong Liang, as telling top government officials.
"The counter-attacks of Myanmar security forces against extremist terrorists and the government's undertakings to provide assistance to the people are strongly welcomed."
China competes with the United States for influence in Myanmar, which in 2011 began emerging from nearly 50 years of strict military rule and diplomatic and economic isolation, according to news agency Reuters.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration called for protection of civilians
The violence in Rakhine and the exodus of refugees is the most pressing problem Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has faced since becoming national leader last year.
Critics have called for her to be stripped of her Nobel prize for failing to do more to halt the strife. She is due to address the nation on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Myanmar to end the violence, which he said was best described as ethnic cleansing.
"When one third of the Rohingya population had to flee the country, could you find a better word to describe it?" he told a news conference in New York.
Numerous Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine have been torched but authorities have denied that security forces or Buddhist civilians have been setting the fires. They blame the insurgents.
The government said on Wednesday 45 places had been burned. It did not provide details but a spokesman said out of 471 villages in the north of Rakhine, 176 of them had been deserted and at least some people had left 34 others.
The spokesman, Zaw Htay, said the people fleeing to Bangladesh were either linked to the insurgents, or women and children fleeing conflict.


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Huawei Celebrates Ten Years in the U.S.; Opens New R&D Facility in Silicon Valley
Global telecommunications leader deepens long-term commitment to the U.S. market; sharpens its customer-centric innovation focus to accelerate technology breakthroughs
[SANTA CLARA, Calif. – 5 April 2011] Today Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, marked its tenth anniversary in the United States. In recognition of this corporate milestone, the company is hosting a formal celebration at Huawei's new research and development (R&D) headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. The 200,000 square-foot facility includes multiple state-of-the-art research labs and focuses on the research and development of next generation communications solutions for U.S. customers while supporting Huawei's global R&D research efforts.
"Huawei has a long history of delivering customer-centric innovation that has changed the way people communicate," said Charles Ding, President of Huawei North America and Co-president of Huawei USA. "With the opening of our Santa Clara R&D facility, we will continue to focus on groundbreaking research that addresses customer needs and creates new growth opportunities for the company."
In 2001, as part of the globalization plan, Huawei established its U.S. operations in Plano, Texas. Huawei USA has grown from its initial setup to an operations of 1,100 employees in 12 branch offices and 7 R&D centers. Huawei has been a local economy contributor and in 2010, procured
$6.1 billion from U.S.-based companies and invested $103 million locally in research and development.
"Huawei has a legacy as a technology innovator and global leader with facilities around the world," said Mayor Jamie Matthews of Santa Clara. "Since establishing offices in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2002, Huawei has been a job creator and active participant in the community, and this new facility represents the continued investment and commitment to cultivating local talent and contributing to the economy in this critical region."
As part of today's tenth anniversary celebration and the opening of its newest R&D center, Huawei is also announcing its engagement with America's Promise Alliance, a leading organization focused on community and nonpartisan advocacy. Through this engagement, Huawei will donate $100,000 to ten charities across the U.S. for educational programs to better prepare children for school, work and life.


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I am so in love with this idea! (yes, it's mine LOL!) Have your kids make this adorable Mother's Day card that is shaped like a mason jar filled with lightning bugs. The whole card is "made" by having the heart warming quote "You light up my life" at the bottom. I think ALL moms would love to recieve one of these!
You will need a printer, paper, yellow paint, a black sharpie, ribbon, and glue to make one!
First choose and print one of these free mason jar printables on a blue colored sheet of paper. (I was so excited to find her site!)
After the kids cut it out, have them cut an oval out of yellow paper and write "Mom, you light up my life!" on it. Then have them dip their pointer finger in yellow paint and stamp dots all over the jar.
After the yellow paint dries, give them a black sharpie to draw little lightning bugs in the fingerprints so it looks like the bugs are glowing. Add a pretty yellow polka-dot ribbon bow to the top of the mason jar and you're done!
If you liked this one, check out my other Mother's Day cards and crafts!


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Library Services
Circulation Services
At our new circulation desk, books, videos, and audios are checked out electronically. Inquire at the desk if you need help in finding a book or other resource. We will be glad to help you. If your patron card is not barcoded yet, please bring it in to be barcoded or please inquire about card replacement ($1.00). That benefits you in the long run.
Children's Programs; Youth and Teen Services
Parents may bring in their toddlers and young children up to the age of 5 to be read to by the librarian or someone else on Wednesday, thursday or Friday mornings, or at other times as it is convenient and the librarian is available to read -- this program is throughout the year. The individual readings also include pop-up books! We also have a summer reading program. The librarian would be glad to assist home-schooled children to find reading materials that they need.
Teens are encouraged to join a new teen summer reading program, and also to sign up to help at the library or in the community.
Reference Assistance; Genealogy
The librarian is available to assist you with your reference and genealogy questions. Our reference collection is small, as there is much available both on the general Internet and in Texhshare databases provided to you by our state library. Go to www.tsl.state.tx.us/texshare/pl for reference resources, including books, academic journals, newspapers, and encyclopedias.
Our genealogy collection is also small, but we could guide you to Internet resources, other libraries' database lists, family histories and census or other records available in Heritage Quest in the Texshare databases. Our collection has an emphasis upon Texas, Virginia, Maryland and Georgia as well as colonial immigrants and their ancestors in England. Our goal for the genealogy collection is that it would not only be helpful for general research for everyone, but also include books that have the ancestry of people from Valley Mills. Thus, descendants of those from Valley Mills would have documentation on their ancestry at this library! Memorial donations are welcomed to help us to add to this collection.
We have begun a Genealogy group to meet at the library on a quarterly basis. A hand-out was given to those who attended the first meeting. This hand-out on how to research is still available. Come join us quarterly to help each other learn more about research.
To access census records, other records and family histories in Heritage Quest, a part of the Texshare databases, go to :
The Waco-McLennan County Library has a huge genealogy collection as well as computers with additional databases. Their library edition of ancestry.com has many more resources and documents than are available from a home edition. To access their web-site for many genealogy links, go to http://www.waco-texas.com/CITY_DEPTS/libraryservices/libraryservices.htm or simply type in Waco-McLennan County Library in a yahoo or google search.
The Clifton library near-by also has the ancestry.com library edition.
For Bosque County research, go to the Bosque County Collection [at Meridian], online.
Outreach Activities
We are always trying to reach more and new people of the community through our local newspaper articles and by word of mouth. At one time we sponsored a program at the high school, handing out paper bags with a pencil, pad and brochures. In 2009 we mailed out 300 brochures, and in February 2010 we mailed out 500 brochures with letters seeking donations for our expansion project. If you did not receive a brochure and would like to have one, please contact us or come by the library. We coordinated with the Food pantry to have our library team of teen-agers to assist with the collection and distribution of food. In November 2009 we had a booth at the High School health fair, distributing our brochure, our website address along with Texshare database information and a list of recommended medical websites.
The Library's Collection
The collection is divided into adult, Young Adult (YA) children's.
The children's collection is divided for upper elementary (JUV) and small children (E). A wide area between the shelves serves as space for reading programs for children. It includes both non-fiction, fiction, and the picture books. "Pop-up" [toy and mechanical] books are for in-house use.
The adult collection includes non-fiction and fiction as well as reference and genealogy. The fiction books are divided as to general fiction, Westerns, and Mysteries. The paperback collection is separate. Audios, videos, CD's and a few DVD's for both children and adults are available. Some fiction books are in the Large Print section.
Community Spaces in the Library
With our expansion we now have a large conference table for research or group meetings. The computer area is the gathering place for children and teenagers! Come see our expansion project!


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This allows the child go forming skills through its permanent action which constitutes the basis for learning. Therefore learning is in this sense, it is a process of adaptation to the environment and every attitude of the individual that constitutes a response. The relationship that keeps the creative process with learning is close to the extent that: v man learns when he transforms so mismov when it observes reality and silk has of what needs to be done to transform it. Click David Green to learn more. The process is a reflective Act which allows you to use the knowledge as an instrument to solve their specific problems. Why educate creativity in the classroom? Just why it involves the acquisition and application of skills that becomes instrument for creative action.
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I've been pondering the horse-race mentality of Facebook and Twitter pages lately. In college and pro sports – as in the corporate world – the "like" is champ.
So-called social media gurus measure a brand's social capital around a number (followers, likes, etc.). They stack that figure up against the competition in the industry – or league – in the case of professional and collegiate athletics.
That's crap.
Here's why: NBA fans are not the same as NFL fans, who are not the same as NHL fans, who are not the same as MLB fans. Yankee fans watch, read about, shop and interact with other Yankee fans in a much different way than, say, Seattle Mariner fans. Media budgets are also not the equal, which makes comparisons futile. See the Yankees vs. Mariners example above.
You can say the same about college athletics. Do Florida fans really care what's on the official LSU football Facebook page? Unless it's Gator smack talk, I would argue no. And as an Iowa Hawkeye fan, I could care less what the Iowa State Cyclones say on Twitter.
Don't get me wrong. As the social voice for a Fortune 300 company's Facebook and Twitter communities, I keep an eye on my competition – and so should competing teams and leagues. But I've decided not to obsess about generating the same number of fans, likes and followers as my competition. Instead, I concentrate on my brand's target customer – and what they want – in a Facebook page or Twitter stream.
Sports franchises and university athletic departments should do the same.
Here's how: Use the market research at your disposal to zero in on your target customer, or do your own social listening sessions. You'll be surprised how quickly the focus will shift from meaningless numbers to:
- Finding quality fans
- Creating and sharing interesting and relevant content, apps and giveaways
- Aasking questions, highlighting a superfan or posting fan photos.
Teams should stop trying to keep up with other teams in the league, division or sport. Create the features your fans like. Share the content they appreciate.
Heck, one day, it might not even be Facebook or Twitter. Something else could (and probably will) replace today's social tools. But you know who will decide that? Yep, the sports fan.
"You need to understand how your customers are using social media, which tools they favor, and finally WHY and HOW they use these tools," writes Mack Collier, a social media consultant and founder of #Blogchat. "This knowledge gives you great insights into how to connect with your customers in a way that's beneficial to both them, and you."
And fans, if you aren't already, start sharing your feedback whenever and wherever possible. If your team is good at social media, it will listen. If it's not, you'll know right away. And no amount of "likes" will make your team's Facebook page worth visiting.
Thanks for being a fan.


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Orthopedics is a branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of the disorders or injuries of the bones, joints, and associated muscles. This article will focus on a condition or disease of the knee known as Knee effusion or much more commonly called "Water of the Knee." The knee joint is made up bone, ligament, cartilage, fluids. Tendons and muscles help the knee joint move. When any one of these structures is damaged or diseased, it can cause pain and difficultly walking. Knee problems and injuries occur in people of all ages, which can interfere with standing and walking.
Some of the main causes of "water on the knee" or rather the cause of the swelling can include, injury to the knee ligaments or a traumatic accident in which after the body's natural reaction is to flood the knee with a protective fluid, arthritis or an underlying disease or condition like, Cysts, Gout, Infection, Kneecap Bursitis, Over use or Tumors. Now the type of fluid that accumulates around the knee which is the cause of the swelling depends on the condition, disease or traumatic injury that is causing the swelling. In most cases the swelling can be cured easily.
Signs and symptoms of knee effusion (water on the knee) largely depend on the cause of excess fluid built-up in the knee joint. One of the most common symptoms of this condition is knee pain, as in Osteoarthritis usually presents when the knee joints are bearing weight. Pain typically eases with rest however some patients experience severe knee pain while others have no pain at all. In some cases one knee may swell much larger than the other one which may
present with or without pain. Stiffness is a also a common symptom when the knee joints "swells" with excess fluid, the knees may become difficult to bend or straighten in certain areas or the knee as a whole, fluid can also show under the knee when straightened as well. Bearing weight on the knee may be impossible with unbearable pain being present.
The diagnosis of knee effusion can be carried out in a few different ways, such as blood tests to determine if the inflammation is due to rheumatoid arthritis or a crystalline arthritis like joint infection, gout or pseudo-gout. In addition to lab analysis of the joint fluid, blood tests such as a C-reactive protein or uric acid, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and a white cell blood count. If Lyme's disease antibodies are detected forming in the blood that may also be a possible cause of this condition.
Joint aspiration which is a procedure known as arthrocentesis, in which fluid within the knee is withdrawn using a needle syringe and sent to a lab for analysis such as cell count, culture for bacteria and the presence of crystals like calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate crystals which is found in cases of gout.
Complications of this condition can hamper one's ability to play sports such as basketball, tennis or football, to just walking short distances and also from participation in any activities that require knee mobility.
While treatment of knee effusion depends on the underlying cause of the swelling, there are general measures that usually provide relief, like analgesics, rest, ice and cold compressions and NSAIDS, which can reduce swelling and treat pain.
As stated previously, in most cases of knee effusion the swelling and pain aspect can be resolved with ease depending on the underlying cause. In case of the cause being Gout or Lyme's disease, treatment for those disorders should clear up the problem in time.
Prevention of knee effusion as stated prior, depends on the conditions of the underlying cause, however certain general safeguards can be applied, such as not putting too much pressure or weight on the knee's and not overdoing certain exercises such as prolonged running or jumping ,which can cause trauma to the knees causing effusion of excess synovial fluid. Also wearing shoes with sole cushions to absorb the shock of running and long distance walking can also be helpful.
In conclusion, knee effusion though very common can be a very painful and immobilizing experience, with symptoms that are not difficult to treat depending on the various conditions of the cause.


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Subject of 'Serial' podcast makes case to appeals court
Brief filed with high court for Adnan Syed
The convicted killer at the center of the popular podcast "Serial" is making his case that an appeals court should toss his conviction because his lawyer failed to interview an alibi witness and never inquired about the possibility of a plea deal.
An attorney for Adnan Syed, now 34, filed a brief Monday with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, which has agreed to take up Syed's case.
Syed was at the center of the wildly popular podcast that raised questions about the integrity of the case, the fairness of the trial and his guilt.
Prosecutors maintain that Syed strangled his former high school sweetheart Hae Min Lee in 1999 after the two broke up and she began dating someone else. Syed, who was 17 at the time of Lee's death, has been in prison since 2000, serving a life sentence.
The Court of Special Appeals agreed to hear Syed's appeal in February after two unsuccessful attempts.
The basis of Syed's appeal is that his former lawyer, Christina Gutierrez, failed to interview Asia McClain, a student at Syed's school who said she was with him in the library at the approximate time of Lee's death. McClain had written to Syed after his arrest, offering to speak with investigators and his attorney. In her letters, McClain also mentioned two other witnesses who said they saw Syed at the library. But Gutierrez, who was later disbarred by consent after questions arose about her handling of client funds, never interviewed McClain nor called her as a witness.
"It is hard to imagine that Gutierrez could have done anything worse than failing to pick up the phone and call Syed's witness," Syed's appeals attorney, Justin Brown, wrote in the filing.
Adnan Syed's brother, Yusuf, talked about the importance of Adnan's alleged alibi.
"It kind of brought life back to the case and reinforces that my brother is innocent," Yusuf Syed said.
The legal brief to Syed's appeal focuses mostly on McClain, the Woodlawn High School classmate of Syed.
McClain said she had a 15-20 minute conversation with him at the Woodlawn Public Library, during the same time of day the state believes Adnan Syed killed Lee. Her body was found in Leakin Park.
McClain wrote two letters to Syed shortly after his arrest, offering her help.
"I will try my best to help you account for some of your unwitnessed, unaccountable lost time...Maybe it will give your side of the story a head start."
"If you were in the library for a while tell the police and I'll continue to tell what I know even louder than I am. My boyfriend and his best friend remember seeing you there too."
"I guess that inside I know you're innocent too."
Yusuf Syed said he never asked Adnan if he remembers talking to her.
"No, I never asked him. I know that sounds strange, but yeah," Yusuf Syed said.
Adnan Syed showed the letters to Gutierrez. According to the brief, she told Syed she talked to McClain, but "nothing came of it." It turns out that McClain later said no one contacted her.
"We were all -- my parents were very intimidated by Cristina Gutierrez, extremely intimated by her," Yusuf Syed said.
Yusuf Syed said whatever Gutierrez said went right away.
Syed then grew worried about his fate, so he wanted a plea deal. According to the brief, Gutierrez lied to Syed when she said the prosecution wouldn't offer a plea deal. The brief said at a post-conviction hearing, the prosecutors testified they were never approached about a deal.
Syed was convicted largely on the testimony of one of his friends, Jay Wilds, who said he helped Syed bury Lee's body.
Brown argues that Syed's trial attorney blunders cost him a fair trial.
"One option, trial, was fatally undermined by the failure of trial counsel to conduct even the most basic investigation: picking up the phone and calling an alibi witness. The other option, a plea bargain, was eliminated for reasons that, quite frankly, are impossible to comprehend."
Additionally, Brown argues that Gutierrez told Syed that prosecutors would not offer him a plea deal when in fact she never inquired as to whether one was on the table.
Brown characterized Syed's former lawyer's failure to inquire about a possible plea deal and interview a potentially crucial alibi witness as running "deeper than the typical error or omission that is considered under the umbrella of 'effective assistance of counsel.'"
"It not only violates something fundamental to the trial process," Brown wrote, "but it violates the duty of loyalty that is at the heart of attorney-client relationship ... his lawyer effectively stopped representing him."
The attorney general's office, which is prosecuting the case, declined to comment Monday.
Oral arguments are expected to be scheduled for June.
The state attorney general's office declined to comment on this brief Monday. It will file a response brief soon.
The Court of Special Appeals will hear oral arguments this summer.
WBAL-TV 11 News reporter George Lettis contributed to this story.


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Jay Rodriguez almost snatches late winner for Burnley
Posted Monday, February 03, 2020 by PA
Jay Rodriguez was inches away from grabbing a late winner for Burnley as Mikel Arteta's Arsenal revolution threatened to take a worrying turn at Turf Moor.
Rodriguez struck the underside of the bar from close range in the 77th minute before the ball bounced down on the line to deny the Clarets three richly deserved points.
Rodriguez, James Tarkowski and Jeff Hendrick had already spurned golden opportunities to put their side in front while the Gunners, still without a Premier League win since New Year's Day, seldom threatened in the goalless draw.
Sean Dyche had named the same side that won at Old Trafford and save for some shaky finishing, was richly rewarded with a strong and vibrant display from his side.
Neither of Arteta's deadline-day new boys, Cedric Soares or Pablo Mari, were included in the Gunners' matchday squad due to fitness issues.
Arsenal had their best spell of the game in its opening stages, in which Alexandre Lacazette headed wide and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang mis-kicked after being served up a chance by David Luiz.
Burnley grew into the game and came close in the 18th minute when Chris Wood nodded down for Rodriguez to fire a low drive which took a slight deflection and was tipped round the post by Gunners keeper Bernd Leno.
A fine last-gasp challenge from Tarkowski denied Lacazette moments later with the Frenchman's dramatic fall prompting an angry reaction from the Burnley defender, leading to a brief confrontation in the box.
For all the visitors were enjoying the majority of possession, they continued to look vulnerable at the back and, given space, Ashley Westwood was not far away with a thunderous drive approaching the half-hour mark.
Despite the onrushing Nick Pope dashing out to block another chance for Lacazette, it was the hosts who came on strong in the final minutes of the first period, and Hendrick came closest with a bending drive just over Leno's bar.
Burnley continued to threaten early in the second period, with both Tarkowski and Ben Mee flashing golden chances wide from dangerous Westwood free-kicks.
And the Clarets fashioned an even better chance just before the hour mark when Dwight McNeil whipped in a cross from the left and Hendrick somehow headed wide from point-blank range.
The Gunners withstood the surge and almost capitalised in the 75th minute when Aubameyang flashed a header inches wide on the end of a lightning counter-attack.
But the Clarets rearguard, marshalled superbly by Tarkowski and the outstanding Matthew Lowton, restricted the visitors' clear-cut chances to a minimum.
Burnley were even closer to grabbing a deserved opener two minutes later when McNeil lofted the ball into a busy box and Rodriguez lashed a shot which hit the underside of the bar and bounced down onto the line.
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I hate rainy days with blustery winds and enjoy nothing better than staying indoors when the weather is bad.On these sort of cold and wet days I particularly relish the thought of hot piping soup and fresh crusty bread. This carrot soup is so easy and simple to make that it can be rustled up in 20 minutes flat.If anything it actually took me longer to set up the photoshoot than it did to prepare and eat the soup!
Coming to the props, the two blue soup bowls were a find from a stall in a street market in Covent Garden, and the wooden spoons were a find in a charity shop. As always I cannot stop myself coming home with something for food pictures. Now for the recipe.
Sweetness of the carrot, the kick from the chilli makes this rich and creamy carrot soup delicious.
4 medium carrots peeled and roughly chopped
1 medium potato peeled and roughly chopped
500 ml water
1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 red chilli de seeded and finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
1/2 red chilli cut into slices for garnish
4 basil leaves roughly torn for garnish
1. In a microwaveable bowl add the chopped carrots and potatoes, cover them with 100 ml water and cover and cook for 8 minutes on high or until carrots and potatoes are thoroughly cooked.
2. In a saucepan add the oil and heat it on medium heat. Once oil is hot add the onions and cook them until they are translucent.
3. Add the salt, pepper, red chilli and lemon juice and the cooked potatoes and carrots.
4. Add 200 ml water and bring the soup to a slow simmer.
5. Transfer the soup to a blender and puree it in two batches.
6. Transfer the pureed soup back to the saucepan and add the remaining 200 ml water, bring the soup to boil and remove from the heat.
7. Transfer the soup into soup bowls and garnish with chilli slices and torn basil leaves.
Serve with hot crusty bread.
Other Carrot Recipes you may like are:
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Carrot Sandesh by Sujata
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Carrot Tagine by Melanie
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Sign Language Printables from Signing Time
Did you know you can teach your child to communicate with you using sign language well before they have the ability to talk? I had heard about using sign language with babies and small children but recently I met the team from Signing Time and had the opportunity to review their DVDs and flash cards and I was amazed at how engaging, effective and really easy their program is! They also have a curriculum for teaching American Sign Language as a second language for children in classroom or homeschool settings – including signs for use everyday. How cool is that?
Anyhow, in addition to all the other excellent sign language resources and activities they have at their site, Signing Time has five theme based coloring books you can print out for free to reinforce the concepts, words and signs you are teaching your children. Here is a sample of one of the pages – featuring their star teacher Rachel signing the letter L:
Explore more of the Signing Time products and give your children another way to communicate with you and the world around them.


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What's the latest offering from several of Madison Avenue's agencies? Venture capital.
In just the past two weeks, two more agencies hung VC shingles on their doors. Bartle Bogle Hegarty announced it will partner with a venture-capital firm to launch a $16 million fund, while design firm Redscout took the wraps off its ventures practice, which advises entrepreneurs and private-equity firms.
Those moves follow earlier ones by Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners and Rockfish to create venture-investment arms, as well as by Consigliere, a marketing consultancy cum investment fund.
While each agency is positioning the mission of its venture arm a bit differently, in general these new entities are designed to invest in early-stage startups and provide them guidance. MDC Partners-owned Redscout's first two projects are Hapify, an app for "happiness" management, and an established designer's new luxury brand. Publicis Group-backed BBH, through its unit Zag, is launching its fund with established VC firm Spark, whose prior investments include travel site lastminute.com. Called the Black Sheep Fund, BBH and Spark will each provide 5% of the $16 million target .
Agencies say their advantage is they not only have the dollars, they also have the creative capital that can't be found elsewhere.
"Venture capital is just venture capital," said Roo Rogers, president, Redscout Ventures. "What's different is that we're investing in talent and relationships. ... Most early startups can't afford to go to agencies, they're too expensive. And many startups don't have leadership with business acumen that agency execs do."
Still, it's hardly the first time agencies have invested in startups. Last week, at Interpublic Group of Cos.' investor day, CEO Michael Roth reminded the audience of his company's early stake "in a little company called Facebook." Five years ago, Interpublic invested in the then-Foursquare-size social network. When Facebook goes public in the next few years, Interpublic could bring in more than $100 million. Through Mediabrands Labs, Mr. Roth said the holding company will continue to bring startups in to learn about the ad business and to bring clients new opportunities.
For all of the agencies' enthusiasm about the space, at least for now the jury's still out on whether startups are interested in agencies as investors.
"There's certainly a lot of value in working with agencies, but they don't seem like logical investors for us," said Sam Altman, founder and CEO of location-based service Loopt. "We want someone who has a ton of experience building companies and understands what it takes to scale."
Others are less skeptical. "One thing that's challenging is having the relationships to bring your products and services to market. Having relationships with agencies, especially if you're an ad-supported business, could be very important, "said David Levy, cofounder and CEO of social-TV app Philo.
Observers expect we'll see more shops joining the trend. "Agencies are always trying to reinvent themselves and find new offerings for clients," said one agency search consultant. "It's been going on a long time. The difference is that before the agency community, they didn't have professional VCs as part of the offering. It was the new-business team, the agency CFO and CEO evaluating the offering. But now people who speak money as a first language are a part of the coalition, so that's different."
And, he predicts, "We'll see more -- especially if there's success."
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There was a bit of a blonde theme last night Season 6's 24th episode of The Voice. Gwen Stefani, next season's coach, made an appearance to perform 'Hollaback Girl' and Adam Levine rocked his new blonde locks. Levine, who dyed his hair blonde over the weekend, says he digs his new look and feels like a "cyborg". Joining Stefani for her performance was another coach joining the show next season Pharrell Williams. He also performed his song "Come Get it Bae", which he collaborated with Miley Cyrus (she wasn't there though). Rounding out the celebrity performances was Blake Shelton with Season 2 competitor Gwen Sebastien.
On to the performers:
Sisaundra Lewis (Team Blake): Lewis performed Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" , which she dedicated to her mother. It was a classic Lewis performance, powerful, beautiful. The coaches were full of praise for the show's frontrunner.
Audra McLaughlin (Team Blake): McLaughlin performed Rebecca Lynn Howard's power ballad "Forgive". It was a stripped down simple performance with just a piano. She put together a really strong performance, but this isn't her wheelhouse so we'll see how it's received.
Jake Worthington (Team Blake): Blake's third performer opted to sing Brooks and Dunn's "Hillybilly Deluxe". Worthington was a little under the weather this week, but scrapped together a fun performance. The problem is I'm just not sure this is going to appeal to the majority of the audience.
Josh Kaufman (Team Usher): Team Usher's only remaining performer decided to go with Bon Iver's "I Can't Make You Love Me". Despite being called "as perfect of a performance as I've seen on the show" by Blake Shelton, I just didn't see if turning audience heads. Don't get me wrong he's great, but I'm thinking how the audience is going to vote.
Kristen Merlin (Team Shakira): Merlin went with Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck". Merlin has overcome a lot this season, but this may have been the worst performance of the night. I'm just not seeing Merlin's confidence. She could be out.
Kat Perkins (Team Adam): Perkins and Levine decided to take a risk and have a little fun with Pharrell and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky". It was a pretty unique performance as she turned the fun-loving song a little dark, but everyone could dig it. I thought it was pretty nicely done. It was certainly well-received by the audience.
Delvin Choice (Team Adam): Choice picked R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly". It was an emotional performance and Choice hit some major notes, but something was missing. I don't know what it was. Usher praised him, but he appeared to be bored during the performance. This was my anomaly of the night.
Christina Grimmie (Team Adam): In the "what the?" song choice of the night, Grimmie picked Lil' Wayne's "How to Love". It actually worked out really well and I found the performance oddly intriguing. The coaches and audience seemed to feel the same way because she got a warm reception.
So the big question is: who is out tonight? Check out the elimination show tonight at 8:00 PM on NBC.
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So the house is finally empty, my sister and her family took to the road this morning. As such I got back to my desk and got to my small stack of mail. In which I found a letter from Wachovia notifying me that I currently owed them $35.92. Well to be perfectly honest I thought I had closed this account but what happened was that it was still open and my iTunes account was drawing off of it. My last transaction took me over the zero mark from +$0.07 to -$0.92. The bank, as I've railed against previously, slapped me with a $35 fine for the evils I dared commit by spending $0.92 that I did not have.
At this point, I just want to close the account so I dial the easy to remember 1-800-WACHOVIA, enter my customer ID and pin number, then press 0. I'm not angry, I'm not irate. I realize this is part of the Wachovia bank system and I've fought them long and hard on this. When Shirley with what sounds like a Texan accent answers I was quite polite as I explained my intent: to pay the outstanding balance and close the account.
Shirley: "Oh, I see the problem here sir. You made a purchase for ninety-nine cents through paypal and it overdrew you by ninety-two cents."
Me: "Yes, I fully understand what has occurred. I'm just trying to pay my outstanding balance and close the account."
Shirley: "Well we're sorry to hear that sir. Unfortunately you have to get the balance back to the positive before you can close your account."
Me: "No problem, I've got a check card here from the local credit union, I'm more than happy to pay with it."
Shirley: "I'm sorry you're going to end your business with us. I've gone ahead and taken care of the $35 as a courtesy but unfortunately you will have to go into a branch to pay the remaining… ninety-two cents."
Me: "Well that's very kind of you, but you mean you don't have any way to accept payment of ninety-two cents?"
At this point I'm just enjoying repeating the ludicrously low outstanding balance, I can tell she's uncomfortable with it and while I realize none of this is her fault, the sheer stupidity of it was making me smile.
Shirley: "Yes sir, I'm so sorry."
Me: "Oh it's alright, it's just another example of why I'm switching to this credit union."
Shirley: "Well, is there anything else I can do for you today?"
Me: "Nope."
Shirley: "You have a good day sir."
Me: "You too."
The sheer craziness of this makes me wish to write Michael Moore a letter, begging him to turn his sights for his next project on the piracy that is modern banking. It just blows my mind. Ninety-two cents.
From this all, an idea has hatched. I'm going to go into the bank with only three quarters, a dime, a nickel and a penny. Yes, $0.91 and I'm going to deposit it, leaving my account overdrawn by $0.01. Then I'm going to draw perverse satisfaction by waiting for the letter which they will send me demanding the full outstanding payment. That letter will cost them more than the outstanding balance.
No, it will not accomplish anything, but what is there but for me to be bitter and pithy.


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You're going to think I've lapsed into hyperbole, ladies and gentlemen, but the truth is, I've anything but. In fact, I'm cutting right to the chase, because if you take only one thing away from this review it should be this: until further notice, Jane Harper's The Dry is the year's best achievement on the Australian crime writing scene. As far as debuts go, it's one of the best I've read — ever. And as a (newly reappointed) bookseller, it's a book I can't wait to put in people's hands and hearing their reactions the next time they're in store; probably the next day, because it's the kind of novel that'll induce an acute case of binge-reading.
The small rural town of Kierwarra is on the brink. Haunted by its past, and more recently impacted by two years of severe drought, the town is struck by an even greater tragedy following the murder / suicide of a farmer and his family. Federal police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood best friend, and his presence immediately stirs latent discontent and animosity amongst certain folk. He might now carry a badge, but there are plenty of people in Kierwarra who've never forgotten, and certainly never forgiven Falk, following the suspicious death of another childhood friend. Now he's back, and digging deeper into the murder/suicide, and unearthing the town's dark secrets from its past and present.
From its prologue, The Dry latches hold of the reader and doesn't let up. Aaron Falk remains an enigmatic protagonist throughout; on the one hand, we support his mission for the truth; on the other, we're forced us to question his involvement in the death of his friend years ago. The plot twists with an assuredness that belies Jane Harper's 'greenhorn' status as a novelist. Her years as a journalist have clearly stripped away the common mistakes made by debut authors. There is a sparseness to her prose, which is complimented by characterisation and a plot of great depth. Frankly, if her writing was any sharper, it would cut.
The Dry is a stylish, compulsive whodunit that will keep even the sagest mystery reader asking questions until the very last page. And by then, you'll be gasping.
(But don't just take my word for it…)
Classification: Fiction & related items » Crime & mystery
Format: Paperback (233mm x 154mm x mm)
Pages: 352
Imprint: Macmillan Australia
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Publish Date: 31-May-2016
Country of Publication: Australia


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Corrections counsel retires
In a career spanning 34 years, attorney Greg Trout dealt with legal challenges resulting from the 1993 Lucasville riot, lawsuits regarding mental health and medical care of prisoners, and Ohio's resumption of capital punishment in 1999.
Trout, 61, will retire at the end of this week after serving 25 years as chief legal counsel for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He went to work for the agency in 1979, rising to the top legal job in 1988. During his tenure, Trout worked for six different agency directors. He is the longest-serving corrections chief counsel in the country.
"Greg's undisputed level of experience and knowledge will leave a great void in our agency," said Ohio prisons chief Gary Mohr. He said Trout "will be greatly missed. ... He served as a friend and a mentor to many."
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Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic AnalysisVolume 16 (2003), Issue 3, Pages 283-294doi:10.1155/S1048953303000236
1Etisalat College of Engineering, P. O. Box 980, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates2United Arab Emirates University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O. Box 17551, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Received 1 November 2002; Revised 1 September 2003
Copyright © 2003 Muhammad Aslam Noor and Khalida Inayat Noor. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this paper, we use the technique of updating the solution to suggest and analyze a class of new self-adaptive splitting methods for solving general mixed variational inequalities. It is shown that these modified methods converge for pseudomonotone operators, which is a weaker condition than monotonicity. Proof of convergence is very simple. Since general mixed variational include variational inequalities and complementarity problems as special cases, our results continue to hold for these problems.


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When I think surf and turf, I think rich and overwrought.
It's not that I mind big and bold. It's just that I prefer them when paired with fresh and vibrant, especially as we head into summer. So for Father's Day I decided to rethink the classic surf and turf. My goal was to retain the meaty goodness of the dish, but make the flavors really pop and keep the dish feeling fresh.
What I ended up with is a flank steak that marinates in lime juice and cracked black pepper before being grilled and topped with a shrimp, salmon and avocado ceviche.
Ceviche is a Central and South American dish in which raw seafood is "cooked" in a bath of citrus juice, often spiked with just a bit of hot peppers. The result is a luscious, delicate texture and a punchy, fresh flavor. For my ceviche, I went with shrimp and salmon. And you obviously want to get the freshest possible seafood for this dish.
To hit just the right texture, the shrimp are briefly poached in boiling water. But if you're not comfortable dishing up raw salmon on your own, you can substitute an equal amount of cold smoked salmon. The smoked salmon is still raw, but some people feel more comfortable with a product prepared by somebody else.
I kept the heat in the ceviche on the mild side, but it's easily adjusted to suit your preferences.
Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (30 minutes active)
Makes 4 servings
For the steak:
1 1/2 pounds flank steak
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup olive oil
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
For the ceviche:
1/2 pound raw large shrimp, peeled and cleaned
Juice of 5 limes (about 1/2 cup)
1/4 small red onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 habanero or jalapeno pepper, seeds and ribs removed, minced
1/2 cup finely chopped cucumber
1/2 cup thawed frozen corn kernels
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
1/2 pound salmon, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
1 avocado, peeled, pitted and cubed
Nutrition information per serving: 650 calories; 350 calories from fat (54 percent of total calories); 39 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 190 mg cholesterol; 14 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 62 g protein; 700 mg sodium.
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