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St. Charles North senior Emily Brodner traveled far and wide in her search for softball exposure before deciding the Land of Lincoln isn't such a bad place to stay.
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"All along I wanted to play in warm weather and play in the South, play in the West, but in my visit to Illinois, I realized that Illinois was the school for me," Brodner said. "Once I got there, I knew that was the place I was supposed to go. I knew even though I'm in cold weather, it's the place I should go to and the place I want to be at."
Brodner even played this summer for an Arizona-based travel team, the Arizona Hotshots, building off a connection she made years ago while attending a softball camp at what she said was her dream school – Arizona State.
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On "Poem" (I lived in the first centruy of world wars)
Michael True
Rereading Muriel Rukeyser's "Poem"beginning, "I lived in the first century of world wars" (RR 211 )I inevitably wonder why anyone speaking American English wouldn't regard it as one of the most remarkable poems in contemporary American literature. Where else, in 20 lines, do we have such an accurate rendering of what it feels like to live at this moment in history? Who else provided such a precise, simple statement of our "nuclear" dilemma? Which other writer managed not only to identify the terror that dominates the landscape, but also to suggest a strategy for moving through its insanity toward a safer place?
. . . "Poem" is, among other things, a journey through discouragement, even despair, to a renewed acquaintance with the restorative powers of history and biography, represented by the "men and women / Brave, setting up signals across vast distances" (RR 212).
I lived in the first century of world wars.
The opening line, an assertion, places the speaker in time, in an era unlike any other, scourged by modern warfare. In the 1970s, Rukeyser, as with any person her age, rightfully felt that the world had been at war continually throughout her lifetime. "Kathe Kollwitz," written about the same time as "Poem," mentions the special bond Rukeyser feels with an artist enduring the same fate:
Held between wars
my lifetime
among wars, the big hand of the world of death (RR 214)
Although the movement against the war in Vietnam, to which Rukeyser contributed, had gathered strength by the late 1960s, it had provoked no change in policy in Washington, and the war would drag on for another five years.
The simplicity of the opening statement in "Poem" gives it a particular weight and authority. It is a pronouncement, but also a lament, whose simple language keeps it from sounding pompous or pretentious. Its as if the speaker were beginning a casual autobiography"I was born in Philadelphia in 1913." The mood, approaching depression, is quickly established) so that we are prepared for the ironic statements, bordering on anger, that follow. Both the depression and the anger are reasonable responses to the situation in which the speaker finds herself. That first line sets up expectations that are fulfilled and at the same time challenged by the second line:
Most mornings I would be more or less insane, (RR 211)
The word "insane" in the second line is surprising in the way that Joseph Brodsky said is characteristic of American poems (he had in mind Audens "September 1, 1929"): "it violates the preconceived music of the meter with its linguistic content" (Brodsky 308).
Although wars are obviously horrible and impinge on the lives of everyone, including people far from the battlefield, Rukeysers rather bald statement, nonetheless, draws the reader up short. Is she being funnyor serious? The following lines not only answer that question but also describe how the peculiar insanity of the Vietnam period was accomplished:
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices
Interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen.
The war in Vietnam was a TV war fought in living rooms and barrooms across America. It was an undeclared war initiated by "careless" people who felt no responsibility to tell the truth. Communication, based upon trust, was systematically subverted by bureaucrats merely doing a job, assisted by journalists whose reports were little more than press releases from the White House. Stories of the war omitted or suppressed important details. "Careless stories" repeated lies of American foreign policy, as it was being conducted from Washington (a fact substantiated only later by the Pentagon Papers). Also),contrary to a popular impression, TV coverage of the war probably lengthened rather than shortened it. Domesticated by TV, it became mere background among advertisements in the media.
The word "devices" suggesting something devious or malign, is particularly appropriate here. Although the Pentagon did not exploit TV for propaganda purposes as fully and obviously during the Vietnam War as it did during the Gulf War, people sensed that information was being withheld. Only later did the public learn that the body counts, evidence that "we were winning," were phony.
I would call my friends on other devices;
They would be more or less mad for similar reasons.
In the search for reassurance, the speaker in the poem telephones a friend, only to find that person similarly undone by a century of wars. Even after the guns are silent and the treaties are signed, the destruction goes on and on, in the suicides and the innocent victims of landmines that seldom appear among the casualty lists, as well in nightmares, evidence of scars and trauma among those who survive.
The theme of war's insanity is given further weight by the word "mad." Although this is a lyric poem, anger, even fury, over circumstances responsible for "a century of world wars" are central to the argument of the poem. ("Mad," by the way, was used with similar effect in the Auden lyric mentioned earlier: "the world offence . . . / That has driven a culture mad.")
Little by little, however, the speaker moves through the negative energy associated with this state of being toward a positive state. The transformation occurs when she offers to others a simple gift:
Slowly I would get to pen and paper,
Make my poems for others unseen and unborn.
The generous impulse to make a poem is life-giving for the person offering the gift, as well as for the one receiving it. And in the act of writing, changes take place that ultimately move the speaker toward a new insight. This change is accomplished with the aid of memory, as the speaker reclaims the lives and values of those who represent positive alternatives to the present:
In the day I would be reminded of those men and women
Brave, setting up signals across vast distances,
Considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined
Although the speaker does not mention specific people, the list undoubtedly includes people such as Kathe Kollwitz and Pablo Neruda, who told the truth about war and, against all odds, resisted injustice, and whom Rukeyser wrote about elsewhere in The Speed of Darkness.
Remembering their legacy, the speaker moves through the day toward evening. her mind filled with precise memories of what they achieved and how they went about it:
As the lights darkened, as the lights of night brightened,
We would try to imagine them, try to find each other.
It is the concluding lines of "Poem," it seems to me, that dramatize the speaker's authority and authenticity in speaking about her subject. Historically, poems on the subject of peacemaking are often predictable, even shallow in content, and anthologies about "peace" are inordinately dull. The sentiments may be admirable, but the images, sounds, and arguments are either predictable or slack. Conventional verses on the topic tell the reader what peace looks like, but not about how it is made. In poetry, as well as in public policy, peace is too often understood as merely the absence of war. An obvious exception to this rule is "Making Peace" by Denise Levertov (with whom Rukeyser traveled to Vietnam about the time "Poem" was written).
In the concluding lines of "Poem," Rukeyser gives us not only a vision of peace, but also specific guidelines for the resolution of conflict and the transformation of power associated with it. Peace is not a happening, but a construct. It is built through the systematic arrangement of ideas and concepts, including love and reconciliation; it is a design that meets specific requirements, a shelter assembled according to plan:
To construct peace, to make love, to reconcile
Waking with sleeping, ourselves with each other,
Ourselves with ourselves. We would try by any means
To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves,
To let go the means, to wake.
The requirements for peace involve transforming ourselves as well as the world around us. They include integrating our conscious and unconscious "selves," our dreams and our actions, in the long struggle to "wake up." Accomplishing peace "within" and "without" resembles a Buddhist enlightenment, which enables us to become less egocentric and to be fully present to others. Perhaps we may even begin to trust the rhythm of experience that Rukeyser refers to in a number of her major poems.
I lived in the first century of these wars.
The final line, a refrain echoing the opening line, makes an association between violence within and without: peacemaking in the individual and peacemaking in the social order.
from "The Authentic Voice: On Rukeyser's 'Poem'" in "How Shall We Tell Each Other of the Poet?": The Life and Writing of Muriel Rukeyser. Ed. Anne F. Herzog and Janet E. Kaufman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Anne E. Herzog and Janet E. Kaufman.
Jeff Sychterz
Although I agree with most of Michael Trues reading of Rukeysers "Poem" I find his analysis hampered by a too narrow reading of the poems historical moment. What he regards as "a journey through discouragement, even despair" in the midst of the Vietnam War, I find to be a necessary lesson of survival in a much broader historical context haunted by World War II and anticipating an uncertain and troubled future.
Part of my disagreement with True stems from his cursory treatment of the poems final line. He says only that "the final line, a refrain echoing the opening line, makes an association between violence within and without: peacemaking in the individual and peacemaking in the social order." True seems to read the poem as ending on a triumphant note of realized resolution. The final line, even with the alteration of "world wars" to "these wars," does not suggest resolution to any conflict, internal or external. The verb "lived" does suggest a triumphant survival in the face of death and violence, but the rest of the line, "in the first century of these wars" deflates that triumphant note. To say that she has lived through the "first century of these wars" suggests that a second and maybe even a third century of unimaginable violence will follow before the peace described can come to fruition. I do not mean to say that the poem ends in despair, because although the era of "world wars" has not ended, the poem does look to a pointpossibly in the distant futurewhen this era will pass.
A second effect of repeating the first line at the end of the poem is to enclose all of the poems activity inside a historical cycle of violence and war. All of the attempts to construct peacenetworking, writing poems, and personal reconstructionare circumscribed by war. Despite the hope that lines fourteen through nineteen engender, the poem does not achieve a peaceful resolution. Instead of offering an escape from carnage the poem offers us an example of everyday survival and resistance that operates under the shadow of war. In this way the poem casts the "men and women / Brave, setting up signals across vast distances" as partisans struggling behind the lines rather than as reformers safe on the home front. Rukeyser also invokes this partisan trope through a repetition of the word "unseen;" in the poem people remain unseen by both the capitalist machine and by the poet herself. Because of the inherent danger of partisan warfare, Partisans must remain unseen both to the enemy and to each other. They must operate in isolated cells so that the capture or infiltration of one cell will not compromise the entire partisan effort.
Two actions described by the poem particularly resemble the activity of partisans: the networking of friends, and the writing of poems. Both activities involve the opening of alternate lines of communication to disseminate counter-hegemonic discourses. Propagandaas these discourses would be named in wartimeis a crucial weapon against occupying forces. Propaganda in the form of underground newspapers, leaflets, graffiti and broadsides not only help an oppressed populace maintain hope, they help that populace redefine themselves as a source of resistance and as necessary combatants against oppression. Without communication there can be no resistance. Rukeyser indicates that construction of alternative networks opposed to the newspaper and authorized media "devices" involves a certain level of risk; otherwise the men and women would not be "brave." Even the poet situates herself as not merely a recorder of everyday life, but as a fighter in this underground war. She writes poems to battle insanity and for the "unseen and unborn," not merely to remind them of what was endured, but to instruct them in how to fight, why to fight and what to fight for.
I find Rukeysers juxtaposition of her own poetry with that of official media sources suggestive given the journalistic techniques that she uses in her long poem sequence, The Book of the Dead. In that poem sequence Rukeyser energizes the disinterested, "objective" and "careless stories" in the official newspapers by juxtaposing them with first hand accounts, company documents, stock quotes and allusions to Egyptian mythology. The Book of the Dead does more than inform; it shocks, it condemns, it angers, and it wakes up the rest of us careless and disinterested individuals who blindly follow an oppressive capitalist system. In a way The Book of the Dead can be read as a work of propaganda that attempts to enlist our aid in a partisan war.
But I dont mean to overplay the partisan trope for although a tone of vigorous and stubborn resistance does exist in "Poem" I find it tempered by a certain level of exhaustion. By casting the poem as a description of one day, which moves from "most mornings" through the day and into "the night," Rukeysers poem resembles stories told by survivors of the Battle of Britain, or of any number of German cities bombed by the allies. These stories, which describe a typical day and how one survived through it, often start "I lived through the Battle of Britain" or "I lived through World War II." For the "survivors" in this poem night brings with it a certain level of safety. They emerge at night after a day of bombing to find one another and try to rebuild what was destroyed during the day. The repetition of the word "try" is important, because it suggests a certain level of futility to the actions described. Any attempts at constructing peace are hampered by the violence of war. Tomorrow whatever has been constructed might be destroyed again. Therefore, both the external and internal rebuilding and restructuring are not complete by the poems close. The rebuilding has just begun but cannot be completed until we bring an end to the era of destruction and violence.
By situating the poem only in its immediate historical momentthe Vietnam WarMichael True misses the connections Rukeyser makes between that war and World War II, and subsequently reads the poem too optimistically. By bringing the concept of Total War to play in the poem, Rukeyser draws us, her readers, into the conflict; we can no longer pretend to be disinterested observers on the home front. The poem reconstructs us as part of her network and as combatants in a war that extends beyond the battlefield to encompass even the history of western society. We stand in the middle of an era of war, violence and oppression that directly targets us all. Her solution is more than a call for peace, but a wake-up call to the reality of war and an urging for us to fight as well. Only by fighting togetherwaging peace both internally and externallycan we hope to bring this era "of world wars" to an end.
Copyright 2001 by Jeff Sychterz
Friederike Kaufel
In "Poem," Muriel Rukeyser deals with the lack of humanity, the growing anonymity, and the loss of human innocence brought upon by "the first century of world wars" (1), but also with a certain sense of helplessness felt by those always to far away to make a real difference. Rukeyser herself was deeply influenced – and mutilated – by these wars fought by her country, yet never on her soil.
The first line, which is similar to the last line, sets the tone for the poem and provides a framing. Rukeyser was not an active part of the worldwide events; she was neither victim not perpetrator, merely a witness whose life was never threatened. This is not to say that her and her American contemporaries (those who did not happen to be soldiers) did not try to make a difference; however, there is a tone of disillusioned, desperate helplessness in the poem. Therefore, the verb used in the first and last line is rather weak and passive: she merely "lived" in this century, rather than survived it or fought in it, etc. The line also indicates the change in humanity, and a sense of lost innocence: this was the first – yet certainly not the last – century of worldwide destruction.
At the point when "Poem" was written, Rukeyser's despair already had a history. WWI brought upon nerve gas, a horror that shortly after fell into insignificance when, after WWII, the precise attempts of the Germans to eliminate an entire people –aimed at the highest efficiency possible – came to light. The accurate organization of mass-destruction then was contrasted with the chaotic and instant death brought upon tens of thousands in a nuclear blast in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1968, when Rukeyser wrote "Poem," the Vietnam War was going on with full force, a war that Rukeyser not only opposed, but that was also covered extensively by the media, hence bringing the reality of modern war into American living rooms for the first time. Rukeyser turns "more or less insane" (2) when hearing the news of war cruelties. Yet her strong reaction is contrasted by the fact that the gruesome news are carelessly delivered by "various devices" (4), which interrupt their stories of massacres and death camps with consumerist advertisements. This indicates both the increasing anonymity, but also a growing lack of human compassion and care; in fact, of humanity itself: not only has the world turned into a place where one people tries to eliminate another with industrial precision and children are burned with napalm; moreover, these events seems to be downplayed by the fact that the world and its inhabitants do not stop to hold their breath whenever these news are made public. Rather, they go on with their material ways of selling and buying.
The uninterested, capitalist media is contrasted with the true heroes of this war: journalists in Vietnam, who are "brave, setting up signals across vast distances" (11). There values are "almost unimagined" (13); they do not share the apathy of the mass media, yet the morality of war reporters is left unconsidered. Rukeyser contemplates their way of living; witnessing – and the publication of what is witnessed – seems to be the last, yet not the least resort for Rukeyser to make a difference (which ties in with "The Book of the Dead," a poem of witness she wrote in 1938). Nevertheless, the heroes who risk their lives daily while finding the news for the cold devices of mass media are not commemorated; they remain "unnamed" (13), creating a strong sense of anonymity.
The theme of anonymity even enters Rukeyser's private life: though she shares her grief with friends similarly "mad" (7), they talk to each other over "devices" rather than vis-à-vis. Then, Rukeyser proceeds to make poems for people "unseen and unborn;" humanity seems to loose its face. In a world that seems impossible to understand anymore, Rukeyser even looses touch with herself: she long for herself, her friends and the world at large not only to reconcile "ourselves with each other" (16), but also "ourselves with ourselves" (17). The impression that Rukeyser is loosing touch with herself and reality is also indicated by a certain fuzziness in the tone of the poem: "most mornings" (2) she will grow "more or less insane" (2), there are "various devices" (4) and "other devices" (6), but nothing is definite, and, like the war journalists, most remains unnamed. This lack of definitions is caused by the constant contrast and changes of the political world in the 20th century: heroes become incorporated by the capitalist, careless mass-media, the country that was known for its humanities turns to genocide, and the saviors of WWII suddenly become perpetrators in Vietnam. Even in the description of feelings is ambiguity: while Rukeyser states that she is "more or less insane," her friends are "more or less mad for similar reasons" (7), leaving it open if mad refers to anger, insanity, or insanity caused by too much helpless anger. The only reality Rukeyser can still hold on to is what frames the poem: the fact that she lived in the first century of world wars.
In this world of growing anonymity and lack of human values, simply being human suddenly becomes a hard task. When Rukeyser says that "slowly I get my pen and paper" (8), it seems that even writing poetry suddenly becomes unbearable work requiring physical strength. Likewise, connecting to fellow humans becomes an almost impossible task: people try to find each other to break through the numbness of their times, to wake up and re-create humanity on an individual level; they try to "construct peace, to make love, to reconcile." It is a quest for humanity in the individual; yet in these new times, the normal degree of mere humanness seems insufficient; therefore, people try to reach their limits and go beyond them. In the first century of world wars, one needs to become superhuman in order to merely regain any kind of humanity.
Copyright © 2004 by Friederike Kaufel
Bart Brinkman
Muriel Rukeyser's "Poem" ("I lived in the first century of world wars") recounts the experience of war as mediated by the culture industry. The speaker grows more or less insane as she is exposed to newspapers and radios; she communicates with others through the telephone, establishing a network of madness. These instruments of mass culture are periodically interrupted by attempts to sell products, affirming Adorno and Horkheimer's assertion in "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" that "the basis on which technology acquires power over society is the power of those whose economic hold over society is greatest."
The culture industry becomes not only a way of relating war, but a means of constructing the meaning of war, "the ruthless unity in the culture industry is evidence of what will happen in politics" ("Culture Industry" 123). Soldiers mimic consumers in that they are "setting up signals across vast distances." And these signals, too, are rooted in an economy of "almost unimagined values." The totality of the culture industry threatens a totalizing, fascistic politics.
As she does in so many of her poems, Rukeyser tries to find in such oppression a place for poetry: "Slowly I would get to pen and paper,/ Make my poems for others unseen and unborn." In one sense, any attempt to make poetry declares allegiance to the culture industry-Rukeyser's poems are intended for those unseen, just as products are sold to the unseen. But Rukeyser does not make products. Her making of poems must be read in the sense of "to make love, to reconcile." What is important is not the poem, itself, but the act of making poems. And in this way, Rukeyser hopes to rupture the domination of the culture industry and war that draws on such domination. So, Rukeyser says, while "we would try by any means," by any technological mediation, "to reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves," such reaching is a failed project. Ultimately, what one must do is "to let go the means, to wake." One must recognize cultural and political systems as a means of domination if one hopes to escape such domination.
Rukeyser concludes her poem with a refrain of the opening line, "I lived in the first century of these wars." The line is suggestive of two things. First, the line suggests that this is the first century of world wars. There will be others. The dominance of the culture industry and technological mediation will have lasting and devastating effects. Second, while the poem was written not much more than half-way through the 20th century, Rukeyser exclaims, I lived through these wars. Rather than using the present tense, which would be suggestive of the fact that the possibility of world war is not exhausted, and that another one could happen in her century, Rukeyser emphasizes the past. In doing so, however, she is making a distinction between living and surviving. While others may have simply survived the war, reduced to automatons and emptied of authentic experience, so that they never knew their times and now can't remember them, Rukeyser was still able to live. She can remember those times and is still able, after 20 years, to return to them in a poem.
Copyright © 2004 by Bart Brinkman
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Skiing vs. Miley, Kim, and Harry Potter
We'll make the pitch first, then give you the backstory.
The short version: This mindblowing shot of skier Kevin Brower, taken last winter at Utah's Brighton Resort by photographer Steve Lloyd, is up for a prestigious media award, but we can't win without your help. Please help us win by voting for the cover in this Facebook gallery: http://on.fb.me/1g8gmw9.
The backstory: Every year, the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), which is the media industry's version of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, conducts a wide-ranging awards program. For the media, these are essentially the Academy Awards. Skiing Magazine's January/February 2013 cover was chosen to compete in one of ASME's signature contests, the Best Cover Contest Readers' Choice Awards.
Not only did we win the Sporting and Adventure Category—besting such giants as Sports Illustrated and ESPN—but we garnered enough votes to be included among the ten finalists.
Now we're in the final round, up against magazines like Vogue, Cosmo, and New York Times Magazine, and cover subjects like Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, and Harry Potter. For the love of skiing and the sake of skiers everywhere, please help us take home the win and showcase our sport's artistry to a larger audience. Go here to vote: http://on.fb.me/1g8gmw9.
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With only a few days left before the primary, four of the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor could end up as the winner next Tuesday.
Deb Markowitz has raised the most money of any of the Democrats, and has used this money to build an effective field organization. Markowitz's campaign may be the strongest of the five in terms of field organization and voter identification, but she is falling behind other candidates in conveying a clear message to voters. Peter Shumlin and Matt Dunne have closed in on Markowitz over the summer, and come in to the primary with strong momentum. Next week, we will learn whether Markowitz's lead at the start of the summer was large enough to fend off other candidates' recent surges. Although Markowitz's message is not as sharply focused as several of the other candidates, her lack of a legislative record may make her less vulnerable to Republican attack ads in the fall.
Peter Shumlin has the sharpest message of any of the candidates, and he is spending heavily, using both donations from others and his own funds, to broadcast this message on television. He claims to have demonstrated leadership on controversial issues such as marriage equality and closing Vermont Yankee, and promises to exercise similar leadership as governor on issues such as health care and early childhood education. Shumlin also has a strong geographical base in southern Vermont, and he frequently reminds audiences in that part of the state that he would be the first governor in more than 30 years to live south of Route 4. However, Shumlin may be the most polarizing candidate in the Democratic field, and he will need to emphasize building party unity should he win the primary.
Matt Dunne, who has a history of finishing campaigns strongly, raised a lot of money over the summer, and has the best-developed Internet presence of any of the candidates. Dunne's campaign also shows analytical depth on public policy. Two papers on his Web site, one on economic development, the other on transparency in government, are the best policy pieces that any candidate for governor has produced to date. In order to win the primary, and to be elected governor, Dunne must expand his support beyond affluent and highly educated Democrats to low- and middle-income voters, especially in the more rural parts of the state.
Doug Racine's chances of winning the primary are lower than those of Dunne, Markowitz, and Shumlin, but Racine could still emerge in first place, especially if primary turnout is very low. Racine's campaign is largely dependent on volunteer help from the labor and environmental organizations that have endorsed him. His summer fund-raising was disappointing, and his campaign is unable to match the others in terms of television advertising. Racine's hopes for victory rest on a low-turnout primary in which organization, rather than broadcast communication, turns out to be decisive. Racine has been portraying himself in recent weeks as a realistic pragmatist. If he wins the primary, is this a message that will inspire voters in the fall?
The fifth candidate in the Democratic primary, Susan Bartlett, has been unable to compete effectively. Bartlett has not raised enough money to get her message out, or to build a statewide organization. Also, she is appealing for support to a group of voters, moderate Democrats, who will not turn out in large numbers for the primary. Most Democratic primary voters think of themselves as liberals or progressives rather than moderates.
Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.


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Everyone wants to do great things, but few actually do. Why? Most people are either afraid to think big, believe they don't have what it takes, or don't want to commit to putting in the kind of effort required to accomplish anything truly great.
The truth is that nothing great happens without intense effort. Plans are a good starting point, but it's the energy you put behind them that make them fail or succeed. And anybody willing to put in the energy and effort can accomplish great things. But people who feel like life is giving them a dirty hand usually resent everything they have to do. They look for ways to cut corners and end up leading a small and limited life.
According to Larry Weidel, author of "Serial Winner: 5 Actions To Create Your Cycle of Success," if you want to achieve big things, you have to be willing to lay it all on the line, and drive yourself to exhaustion over a goal. When you push yourself, you grow faster. You learn how to get more done. You learn how to make yourself more valuable. You pick up ideas and experience you can use the rest of your life.
So what's the strategy for actually pulling off big goals? Weidel has refined what he's learned from various winners in all fields to five tactics.
Larry Weidel is the author of Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success (Greenleaf; October 2015). He has spent the past 40 years building a national financial services organization and helping the people on his team achieve the success they want. He helped grow A.L. Williams into the financial services giant Primerica. Today, Larry holds weekly coaching calls for leaders across the United States and Canada. His videos, articles, and other resources on career success, leadership, and sales are widely popular. You can learn more at http://weidelonwinning.com/
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"And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown but I can't wait to go home"
Sometimes I think back to how it was. How it was to still live with my sisters. How I worked on weekend days, got paid and spend money on things I didn't even need. How the meadow in front of our house stretched out endlessly, watching the sun touch the grass as it gentle woke the neighborhood. Spending time with the chickens in the garden. All given an unique name. Our youth spend on the countryside was priceless and I would gladly relive it again. How different it is in the city. Not in a good or bad way. Just different. You could smell the fresh mowed grass when spring was arriving and make a giant snowman in winter. Sometimes I want time to take me back to those carefree days. Trees were our castles. Meadow flowers became crowns and we became the kings and queens of our enormous garden.
Do you think back to how things were?
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U.S. Equal Employment
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'Loss Prevention Supervisor' Physically Assaulted and Verbally Abused Women, Federal Agency Said
PHILADELPHIA – Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., has agreed to pay $1,000,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that the college's supervisor in charge of "loss prevention" engaged in repeated and unwelcome sexual harassment of five women in the public safety department. The supervisor's abusive treatment included groping female employees and forcibly kissing them; making lewd comments and gestures regarding sexual activities he wanted to perform on them; displaying or e-mailing pornography and sexually explicit materials; and making other crude sexual remarks. One employee was forced to quit because of the unrelenting harassment, the EEOC said.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC attempted to reach a voluntary settlement prior to filing suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Civil Action No. 08-CV-4709).
"No one should have to endure the abuse these women faced at work," said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien. "This significant settlement shows that the EEOC will insist on meaningful relief for workers who are victims of harassment."
In addition to the $1 million in monetary relief to the five class members, the two-year consent decree settling the case also provides substantial equitable relief, including enjoining Lafayette from engaging in sexual harassment or retaliation. The college will provide annual training for all managers and supervisors and post a notice regarding the settlement. Lafayette did not admit liability in the consent decree, which was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas M. Golden on April 22, 2010.
"Sexual harassment remains a serious problem in the workplace," said Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence of the EEOC's Philadelphia District Office, which oversees Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, and parts of New Jersey and Ohio. "We are pleased that Lafayette College worked with the EEOC to negotiate a fair settlement resolving this matter. We believe that the equitable relief provided by the consent decree, and especially the training, will benefit many employees at the college."
In Fiscal Year 2009, EEOC received 12,696 charges alleging sexual harassment, accounting for about 14 percent of the agency's private sector caseload.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Saturn, second largest planet of the solar system in mass and size and the sixth nearest planet in distance to the Sun. In the night sky Saturn is easily visible to the unaided eye as a non-twinkling point of light. When viewed through even a small telescope, the planet encircled by its magnificent rings is arguably the most sublime object in the solar system. Saturn is designated by the symbol ♄.
Saturn's name comes from the Roman god of agriculture, who is equated with the Greek deity Cronus, one of the Titans and the father of Zeus (the Roman god Jupiter). As the farthest of the planets known to ancient observers, Saturn also was noted to be the slowest-moving. At a distance from the Sun that is 9.5 times as far as Earth's, Saturn takes approximately 29.5 Earth years to make one solar revolution. The Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610 was the first to observe Saturn with a telescope. Although he saw a strangeness in Saturn's appearance, the low resolution of his instrument did not allow him to discern the true nature of the planet's rings.
Saturn occupies almost 60 percent of Jupiter's volume but has only about one-third of its mass and the lowest mean density—about 70 percent that of water—of any known object in the solar system. Hypothetically, Saturn would float in an ocean large enough to hold it. Both Saturn and Jupiter resemble stars in that their bulk chemical composition is dominated by hydrogen. Also, as is the case for Jupiter, the tremendous pressure in Saturn's deep interior maintains the hydrogen there in a fluid metallic state. Saturn's structure and evolutionary history, however, differ significantly from those of its larger counterpart. Like the other giant, or Jovian, planets—Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune—Saturn has extensive systems of moons (natural satellites) and rings, which may provide clues to its origin and evolution as well as to those of the solar system. Saturn's moon Titan is distinguished from all other moons in the solar system by the presence of a significant atmosphere, one that is denser than that of any of the terrestrial planets except Venus.
The greatest advances in knowledge of Saturn, as well as of most of the other planets, have come from deep-space probes. Four spacecraft have visited the Saturnian system: Pioneer 11 in 1979, Voyagers 1 and 2 in the two years following, and, after almost a quarter-century, Cassini-Huygens, which arrived in 2004. The first three missions were short-term flybys, but Cassini went into orbit around Saturn for years of investigations, while its Huygens probe parachuted through the atmosphere of Titan and reached its surface, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a moon other than Earth's.


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Pourquoi boeuf Highland?
Critics call them "all hair and horn," but Highland cattle have been part of the Scottish landscape for centuries and have origins deep in antiquity.
In Italy, as of yet, there is no true market for purely pasture raised beef as there is in other parts of the world. In the absence of a strong demand, cattle ranchers aren't motivated to master proper cultivation of adequate and sufficient pastures, which is an art in itself requiring dedication and patience. Such a conditioin calls for a something special.
Why the higher price?While other cattle reach full weight in 14 to 16 months, a Highland requires 24 to 36 months. In part this is due to a the natural diet without supplementation and in part it's simply because Highland cattle grow slower. Anyone who understands grass-fed beef, and even more Highland cattle, knows that the traditional period of aging of 7 or even 15 days is not enough to produce exceptional meat. Sure, anyone can chose to age beef for a longer period of time, however the result is not only a more succulent and tender meat but the need for specific refrigeration cells, a loss of volume, and more trimming, which in the end basically means applying the market price to meat of inferior weight. An expensive choice.
For GrassFed Europe it's the only choice for guaranteeing meat of supreme quality!


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The girl and her bread. Aisha Takow plays Alia Mo'Allim, the girl who decides the fate of a scrupulous showdown in Eye in the Sky movie. Her presence and natural instinct for acting makes it a stunning musing solemn flick!
From the enthralling head of Guy Hibbert comes a conscience tale that will throw your brains into pits of disarray where you will be compelled to live with the choices you make as life dependencies get entailed. What weighs more? It is something you will keep questioning throughout the flick's climax until the final call is made.
Stunning Plot On Decisions We Make (Spoilers Ahead)
Amidst a world of chaos sat a girl trying to sell her bread. Unperturbed. Unaware. Heedless of an impending danger, carrying on with her regularity. She had no idea, meters away holed up in a safehouse concocted terrorists a plan to bring a bigger annihilation to fruition.
A bunch of authorities watching them from the skies, like Gods, hold the handle to the trigger to take the terrorists down, but are faced with a dire conundrum so lethal that could take an instant innocent life in the process of imminent quelling. Their act has no absolution. They have to live with the choice they make. So poetic! Right?
The Character of Aisha Takow
Aisha Takow who plays the character of Alia Mo'Allim in the movie Eye in the Sky seems to have a natural knack for acting. It doesn't ever seem like Aisha Takow is acting. Such a young soul and yet she masters the mannerisms required when you need to go natural. Unperturbed, even though she had eyes not just in the sky but everywhere around her, she stays confident mastering the seller parlance. She is a winner hands down.
The innocence of Alia Mo'Allim will make you feel sorry for her, and you don't blame her for picking up fallen breads for the second time. She was only thinking about her family. It is something children often do. The fate of Aisha Takow's Alio Mo'Allim will bring tears in your eyes. In an instant she becomes one of the most relatable characters, and with a mere snap of decisive fingers her world uproots.
Breaking Down Eye in the Sky Movie
We see a political pandemonium go murky as people refer up for the Herculean decision that stares them in their eyes. It shows how incapacitated we are into making real life's choices. No one's spared. You wish to keep your slate clean and yet wish to do something good for the world. A soldier's life is a constant battle of what needs to be done against what is right. Eye in the sky is reflective of that very thought.
As Lieutenant General Frank Benson played by Alan Rickman puts superbly it in the end:
"Never tell a soldier that he does not know the cost of war."
Eye in the Sky will also let you comprehend the concept of Phantom Drone and how powerful a weapon it really is. The technology is easily one of the most deadliest of all since it gives the wielder incomprehensible power over pygmy humans.
As Eye in the Sky progresses into a nail-biting finish you couldn't help but feel a pang of emotions erupt in your heart. So powerful is its vigour that it captivates you right from the moment it delves into storytelling.
You can watch the movie Eye in the Sky here:
Powerful Performances
Eye in the Sky is a decisive voyage that forces us to question our abilities. It has been well helmed by Gavin Hood with an endearing music to keep us company.
The star cast is stellar as they pack in a powerful performance together as an ensemble. The movie has every element shoehorned in the perfect amount, right from the heartless, the hearty to the sentient. You see exceptional performances by Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi (of Captain Phillips fame), Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Iain Glen and the beautiful young girl Aisha Takow. Powerful intense acting by the cast that converts it into a dramatic success.
Eye in the Sky is a must-watch!
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By Blogger April 4, 2012
Furniture with function is always an easy decision. Let's be honest, when it comes to making a purchase and your stuck between an ottoman for $59.99 and an ottoman that has storage inside for $69.99 what are you going to pick? The one with storage inside right? The goal of a home furnishing designer (at least a good one) is create not only something beautiful but furniture that will serve multiple purposes. For instance the conception of this particular console table is not only to sit behind a couch with lamps on top of it looking pretty but also to provide storage.
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Hosted by: Justine Willis Toms
For Terry Lásló-Gopadze the idea of sharing stories of spiritual power was born out of a struggle with her own health problems, grief for her desperately ill father, and sadness over her mother's placement in a nursing home. She found mentors who guided her on a path of healing and growth by the stories they told. Writer and spiritual activist Christina Baldwin, in a story in the book, says, "In a crisis of such proportion as the times we live in, there are no idle stories. We may be coming to the point where our ability to save or destroy ourselves largely depends on the stories we tell each other." Sit back and be lifted by this remarkable conversation and storytelling that illuminate a core of truth for us all. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Terry László-Gopadze is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is also a storyteller and has led workshops on storytelling, shamanism, forgiveness, intuition, healing, and creating destiny. She has worked with such diverse groups as cancer patients, 12-Step programs, women's groups, and health centers.
She's the editor of:
- The Spirit of a Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire (Santa Monica Press 2010)
To find out more about the work of Terry Lásló-Gopadze go to www.thespiritofawomanbook.com.
Topics explored in this dialogue include:
- Why do stories matter
- How Bobbi Gibb found the courage to be the first woman to run the Boston Marathon
- How to heal ourselves from victimhood
- How the power of generosity keeps on giving
- How one woman, while among the "missing" in Chile, found the "Great Mother"
- How the hula can change the world
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I think the main thing that separates it from most polytheistic religions is that for the worldly gods, such as the hindu gods, they are supposed to be in samsara and no more special than we are. And then the Buddhas are supposed to be no different in nature than ourselves.smcj wrote:a.k.a. Polytheism."Some people are worried that in Buddhism there is no God.If there is no "God" in Buddhism, then who do we pray to?
In fact, in Buddhism there are many gods, but none of them is considered to be one and only God."-ChNN
So it's a little different than polytheism typically. And I hate to admit it, and many might disagree, but Buddhism (especially Mahayana/Vajrayana) is not that different from polytheism but with additional things as well, especially to an outside perspective. I understand the difference, but bottom line, there are multiple represented entities who are considered "special" (again, yes I'm aware their nature is no different) whom we give offerings before and pray to. We speak specifically how they have power and ask for their help, it's right in the sadhanas. We even consider it negative to treat their images poorly. So like it or not, on a basic level it's at least got similarities, and whether ChNN intended it or not, that quote is literally the definition of polytheism.


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Posted by TMichaud on 2008-03-01
Our organization recently closed a $7M Series B transaction led by Sierra Ventures of Menlo Park. We were really fortunate to have a number of great VC options to chose from. In the end, we concluded that Sierra Ventures offered us the best overall balance of operating expertise and a hands-on partnering approach to help our business
grow and scale. During our fundraising process, we were particularly impressed with Vispi Daver and Dave Schwab. Both really understood our industry and our challenges as a SaaS business.
Since our deal closed, I have been very impressed with how active and helpful both Vispi and Dave have been in helping our company. They have become true partners to us and dependable allies in helping us tackle challenges.
I strongly recommend Sierra Ventures, and particularly Vispi Daver and Dave Schwab for entrepenuers looking for more than merely investment capital. If you would also benefit from talent, experience and extraordinary contacts, than I encourage you to consider Sierra Ventures. They have a 25 year history of building great companies and we couldn't be happier with our partnership with these guys.PRIVATE: Members Only


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It's not enough that Apple is cleaning Samsung's clock in the courtroom and crowding uncomfortably close to Google in the consumer market: now it is making clear inroads on RIM's territory—its one bright spot in what has been a crummy few years for the BlackBerry maker. I speak, of course, about RIM's security bona fides, which has kept it, more or less, as the go-to mobile phone and services provider for government and businesses.
News released on Friday, though, could be the beginning of the end of that particular story line.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to use the iPhone, dropping RIM in the process, according to solicitation documents spotted by Mashable on Friday. ICE plans to purchase iPhones for 17,676 users.
Apple has scored wins at other government agencies, but few are as security oriented as ICE. Among those 17,676 iPhone users will be Homeland Security investigators. Another agency ditching RIM to move to the iPhone is the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) started moving to the iPhone this year.
A Little of This, A Little of That
NOAA determined that it could put additional security controls on the iOS platform, make some tweaks to Google Apps for Government's mobile settings and – voila -- that would be enough to secure the devices, according to Government Technology magazine.
Even government contractors are turning away from RIM. Around the same time the ICE deal was reported, news broke that Booz Allen Hamilton and its 25,000 staffers are dropping BlackBerry. It plans to move people to both the iPhone and Android, according to comments a spokesperson made to Bloomberg. And when Booz Allen is done with RIM, it appears it will really be done. Bloomberg says Booz Allen staffers who now bring their own BlackBerry to work won't be able to access work e-mail on the device once the switch is complete.
Waiting for BlackBerry 10
None of this comes at a good time for RIM, which is waiting for BlackBerry 10 to change everything.
The company gave industry watchers a start in September, too, by actually delivering some good news—better than expected earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. It also scored 2 million new subscribers, to reach 80 million, over the three-month period—a fact that Chief Executive Thorsten Heins could not resist crowing about before the earnings were released, at BlackBerry Jam.


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"Constitutions are made of paper; bayonets are made of steel." ~ French aphorism
A Gangrene of Politicians
Grrr. I don't even want to write the word anymore. At least I can do it like this: p********n. It's probably the worst insult I can imagine, worse even than "soccer mom in an SUV, blocking the intersection while babbling on her cell phone."
Dr. Jack Wheeler invented a collective noun for those, um, "people"--a "scum of politicians." It's funny, but it's an insult to scum, which must have some useful purpose, unlike those Lying Black Things Who Lust After Power and Money, and who have no useful function whatsoever.
I meditated upon calling them a "hooker of politicians," but even that is an insult to hookers. Hookers at least go away after you pay them, unlike politicians, who stay around with their ameboid pseudopodia out for more taxpayer money.
A "weasel of politicians"? If I was a weasel, I would hire a weasel lawyer (but I repeat myself) and file a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all weaseldom.
A "molest of politicians"? Now, that's getting pretty close, but even that is an insult to child molesters, who harm billions less people than politicians. Although, I don't think the Michael Jackson Fan Club (currently known as NAMBLA) are going to sue anyone for besmirching their reputation.
How about "an ooze of politicians"? Well, at least ooze can't sue anyone. But "ooze" is a bit vague. It certainly would make a great title for a B-movie--"The Ooze from Washington , DC " (HERO: "Yay, we disintegrated it! Nothing left but an insincere smile!").
Finally, I decided on "a gangrene of politicians." That's the perfect name for, ugh, "them."
Gangrene has no use at all. It's an infection that eats away at a healthy body. And that certainly describes politicians and politics, which eat away at society and civilization. People who truly understand the nature of the State (which excludes 80% of the people who post at Free Republic ) know that it is, as Tom Ender wrote, "Like a leaking septic tank the insidious effect of the State's aggression is similar to a bacterial infection -- sepsis. The State's aggression seeps throughout society like sewage infecting formerly healthy voluntary contractual regions and communicating the disease of coercion."
Yep, that certainly describes politicians, politics and the State--an infection, like gangrene.
I can't think of one first-class thinker or writer who ever had anything good to say about politics or the State. Certainly, some third-rate thinkers, like Karl Marx, did, but he knew about as much about economics and political science as a Chihuahua does about quantum physics.
Probably the greatest American novelist, Mark Twain, had this to say, "There is no distinctly native American criminal class . . . save Congress."
How about Groucho Marx? "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies."
Or Thomas Sowell: "What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?"
Or this, from the libertarian science-fiction writer James P. Hogan: "The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people."
Or Paul Jacob: "Our current political system ensures not that the worst will get on top . . . but that the best will never even apply."
Then, of course, the great H.L. Mencken: "The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office."
I could go on and on, but you get the idea. In a sentence: The State is not only not your friend, it is not only your enemy, but unless stopped, it is, like gangrene, an infection that will ultimately kill you.
Someday, I hope, people will give up their belief in the State as a Good Thing. It's more of the Devil than it is of God, since its nature is to displace all religion and con people into thinking of it as a God. Thinking of infection and gangrene as a god that will protect us and supply all our wants? That's even more bizarre than anything H.P. Lovecraft ever wrote!
I cheer myself up with something else Sowell wrote: "You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down."
And that reminds me of one of the funniest descriptions of politics there is, by Tim Barber: "Giving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator." (P.J. O'Rourke wrote that "Giving power to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.")
So, you should say to politicians what you say to your dog: Down, boy.


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I've had it in mind for a while to reprint some of my older reviews (not the oldest, at least not yet, as they need to be either scanned or retyped; and some not at all as they should probably never see the light of day again). So, let us begin by working through my archive of reviews for Interzone.
Band of Gypsys – Gwyneth Jones
Victor Gollancz, London, 2005, pp.297, £10.99
Band of Gypsys is the fourth volume of Gwyneth Jones's counter cultural reworking of the Arthurian stories, a rock Matter of Britain. And once again the reader is enrolled as part of the crazy retinue of rock and roll king, Ax Preston, and his twin consorts, Sage Pender and Fiorinda Slater as they continue their quest to bring some sort of peace and order to a kingdom that has become seriously disunited as a result of economic depression, environmental disaster and the activities of deep-green anti-globalisation activists. Most recently, the world's fossil-fuel reserves have been destroyed in a blast of psychic energy generated by the A-team and elements of the UK's government is now wondering whether the Zen Self experiments might yield their very own Neurobomb, in the shape of Sage Pender while the Wiccan grouping, currently in the ascendant, is taking its turn at going after the lords and ladies of rock and roll.
I hesitate to say that this seems to be familiar territory, but initially it is difficult to avoid that conclusion. The names and faces may change, the party attempting to seize power may be different, as may be the manner in which they impose their will on the masses, the manner in which one of the golden three will suffer before being rescued may vary, but the basic plot has been transferred from one book to the next almost intact. We have to assume this is a deliberate artistic decision, Jones being far too intelligent a writer to simply settle for repeating an attractive formula – though there is no denying that Ax, Sage and Fiorinda are a very attractive group of people.
The answer, I think, lies in Jones's own description of the series as a romance. If the reader looks on the series not only as an exercise in counter cultural 'what if', in which the 'lunatics' have taken over the asylum and made it work in so far as anyone can make it work, but also as a return to the literary style of the original Matter of Britain, certain stylistic issues become less problematic and make a lot more sense: the absence of ordinary people and their suffering during the Dissolution and beyond is a prime example. Medieval romances rarely featured peasants because, well, they were almost invisible to the noble audience. Likewise, the way in which time passes in fits and starts, with important events brought to the fore, tedious daily life left behind; the vagueness of the geography, the occasional extreme violence, and perhaps most important in these terms, the 'courtly' set-pieces, in this instance the concert performances. To use the trappings of medieval romance like this is to signal that these novels are operating in a region more liminal than perhaps a more traditional science fiction novel would offer. Jones is thus able to experiment with the possibilities of a counter cultural revolution in ways that modern fictional structures might not easily allow. Thus we are in a situation where the Rock and Roll Reich might just happen, rather than one in which we are shown a hundred and one ways that it never could.


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New Opportunities for Those Seeking Graduate Engineering Degrees
U.S. News
June 17, 2011
Engineers who hold bachelor's degrees and wish to advance in their field may want to consider enrolling in a master's degree program. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, these professionals can qualify for positions in research upon earning a graduate credential.
In an effort to help more adults in this field become eligible for pay increases and promotions, many schools are launching new degree tracks and improving their existing course offerings. For example, schools such as Indiana Tech are offering master's degrees in engineering management. According to a press release, the college is launching this program as an online option. ...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is another school that is adding to its graduate-level engineering program. According to the university, its system design and management (SDM) degree will join the Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium (MEMPC) - which also includes such prestigious institutions as Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford and Northwestern.


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US 850 band users wanting to sell Neo
From Openmoko
The problem
The phase 1 Neo1973 does not support support the 850 MHz GSM radio band. Since the 850 MHz band is popular in North America this may be a problem for North American users, as they will find poorer reception and more "black spots" on the Neo than on phones retailed locally especially in rural areas.
More explanations in mailing list postings:
- http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011473.html
- http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011485.html
- http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011414.html
These countries also use 850 MHz:
Because the phase 1 Neo1973 was intended as a developer release a number of North American buyers may have received their Neos before this problem was fully appreciated.
Will a modification to my Neo 1973 (GTA01bv4) be possible?
As of Feb 08, it has been confirmed by Openmoko[1] that this is not possible, presumably due to the difficulties in getting FCC approval for a (relatively) small number of phones for a model which is no longer in production.
The best option for those with GTAO1 phones in areas where they need 850MHz is therefore to get a Neo FreeRunner instead which everyone presumes will have an 850MHz option (a check on actual performance with 850MHz has already been done).
To sell up leave your details here
--Nicolas 10:00 EST, Jan 21st, 2010. NEW PRETTY SWEET DEAL!! I am selling a barely used Openmoko Neo FreeRunner GTA02, A6, GSM900, mint condition, with the buzz fixed and an extra battery. For more information please check out the entry in the Ebay [2].
--Aberios 11:16, 6 December 2008 (PST) pre-owned Black FREERUNNER, $300 (or best offer) plus shipping from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact me though email openmoko-email(a)angelo.ca
--onida Dec 19 19:54:31 (PST) Black Neo Advanced Kit, $350 including domestic shipping from Portland, OR. Like new. Only used a couple of hours for testing. Excellent working condition. All factory accessories included. Email email@example.com
--Nsquires 7:01, 11 November 2007 (PST) Black Neo, $280 plus shipping from Los Angeles, CA. Like new, with screen protector film still on. Only used a couple of hours for testing. Contact me though my user page or email nathansquires (a) gmail.
--bchurchwell 20:01, 24 November 2007 (PST) Black Neo Advanced Kit, $400 including shipping from San Diego, CA. Like new, with screen protector film still on. Only used a couple of hours for testing. Most accessories never removed from case. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
--KrisAbsinthe Feb 15,2008 Neo 1973,Black and Silver $250 Free Shipping inside USA. All other countries will pay shipping. Great Condition w/ lanyard, stylus lost, 512 MB MicroSD,Head Phones. For $280 (total) I will send the device in for the GSM firmware upgrade. Before shipping it off. Includes Latest usable Root and Kernel. Gsmhandset.state has been hacked for better sound, GPS pre-installed and working with TangoGPS. firstname.lastname@example.com Selling cause I live in a GSM 850 area.


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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- If golf decides to ban long putters, U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson will be ready.
Simpson said Wednesday he ordered two Scotty Cameron putters that are conventional length and has been practicing with them at home in case the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association decide later this year that anchoring a club to the body will not be allowed.
Neither organization has said which way they are leaning.
"I don't want to be surprised by it," Simpson said. "I'm almost kind of telling myself to expect it, and we'll see what happens."
Simpson has been using a belly putter for years, and when he won the U.S. Open at Olympic Club, he became one of three major champions to use such a belly putter in the last year. Keegan Bradley won the PGA Championship last year, and Ernie Els won the British Open last month. Els rallied from a six-shot deficit on the last day to beat Adam Scott, who uses a long putter that he anchors near his sternum.
R&A Chief Executive Peter Dawson said the day after the British Open that long putters were "firmly back on the radar" of the governing bodies, and that a decision is expected in "months rather than years." Dawson said discussions were centered on the rules of golf, instead of an equipment decision. If a change fell under the rules, it could not be enacted until 2016. The rules are changed every four years.
"This decision has not been taken," Dawson said. "Please don't think that it has."
Simpson and Bradley are considered good putters who happen to use the belly putter. There have been questions over players who are not considered good putters -- Els has struggled in recent years, as has Scott -- gaining an advantage.
Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell -- who holed his share of clutch putts in 2010 at the Ryder Cup, U.S. Open and in beating Tiger Woods late in that year -- said he has spoken to USGA Executive Director Mike Davis.
"They feel their research has shown that putting under pressure down the stretch on the back nine on Sunday, when you can anchor the putter to a part of your body, that just takes one extraneous movement out of the putting stroke. Putting under pressure with that type of putter is easier. ... But having said that, if it was so easy, everyone would be using one, you know? They have their advantages and disadvantages. It just so happens that a lot of very good players in the world now are using long putts.
"Let's level the playing field again," McDowell said. "Let's get everyone with a short putter back in the bag as the game is meant to be played."
Some players would argue that it took them years of practice with the long putter. Carl Pettersson, for example, has used a long putter his entire PGA Tour career.
Simpson suggested a long putter shouldn't be singled out.
"Do I think they should be banned? No, and here's why," he said. "You take a wooden driver compared with the 460cc's titanium, and to me that's a lot bigger difference than a 35-inch putter to a 45-inch putter."
He also said no one from among the top 20 in the PGA Tour's new "strokes gained" statistic used a long putter.
"To me, to change something that big and to cost manufacturers millions of dollars, you've got to have some pretty good facts," Simpson said. "Just because some of us are winning majors or winning tournaments with the belly putter, I don't think that's a good reason to say, `Hey, we're going to take them away.' So that's my real take."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard baseball senior second baseman Jeff Reynolds has been named the Ivy League Player of the Week in an announcement made Tuesday afternoon. Reynolds becomes the second Harvard player in as many weeks to earn top player honors as he follows sophomore Jake McGuiggan's nod last week.
Reynolds (St. Petersburg, Fla.) was a major contributor in his team's successful week which included a 3-1 series win against Brown. Reynolds batted .611 (11-of-18) in five games with four runs, five doubles and eight RBI.
Reynolds slugged .889 and walked four times while finishing with a .682 on-base percentage. He recorded four multi-hit games, two three-hit games and picked up at least one hit and one RBI in each contest. Reynolds batted .692 in Harvard's four-game set against Brown (9-of-13) with four doubles, and six RBI. He reached base safely at least three times in each game against Brown.
Reynolds earned his second career Ivy League weekly award and his first since being named Rookie of the Week on April 1, 2009.