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Labour's aspiring would-be leader David Cunliffe continues to head around the country pretending he knows what he's talking about, disgracing himself in his first speech with his lack of learning and absence of economic nous, an experience he repeated in front of yesterday's audience of receivership and liquidation lawyers—reciting history that wasn't so and economics that never could be.
I still maintain his future lies in poetry.
Let's see however if we can't correct some of his latest error-ridden diatribe. He begins with cloth-cap boiler plate before settling into his main theme:
Anyone who seriously believes that the economy can somehow heal itself by being left alone, hasn't read a newspaper for the last 12 months.
And anyone who thinks the economy has been left alone hasn't read a newspaper—or a history book—for some time. But this is the level of his flawed analysis, in which virtually every sentence is either a lie, or spin, or just frankly mistaken. He either believes it, or he's even stupider than the cat's arse he looks like. [Cunliffe's drivel appears below in italics, followed by my comments.]
No one these days [he says] seriously believes that a totally unregulated economy will work. Just as important, no one seriously believes that a totally regulated economy will work. It's a question of getting the balance right.
This is three canards in one, isn't it: Two straw-men coupling with an attempt to posture as a man of balance. ("Look at me, I'm a moderate!") But the fact is, while there are any number of ridiculous regulations that helped cause the crash and that still burden the recovery,* despite his posturing Cunliffe doesn't suggest removing any burden—but only adding more.
He talks of "Lessons Learned From the Great Depression"—and it's clear on reading further he's learned none. Perhaps because all of what he appears to know about the Great Depression is not true.**
The Great Depression [he says], for those who haven't studied history, was caused by a lack of government regulation.
Well, it's clear Cunliffe has never studied history. The Great Depression—America's Great Depression (which was where it began and where it took longest to recover) did not persist for lack of any regulation; it was spun out and spun out by an endless series of regulations pouring out of the White House—regulations to keep wages high, to keep prices high, to cartelise industries, to confiscate gold, to confiscate agricultural produce, to pick winners and subsidise losers, to create a business environment of such complete "regime uncertainty" that no-one (not even the President) knew from one day to the next what what would happen the day after tomorrow.
The 1929 stock market crash triggered an economic tsunami that all but flattened America. Just like now, it was the ordinary people that bore the brunt of the crash and the depression that followed it.
And, as if the crash itself wasn't bad enough, the government still refused to intervene, so the situation got worse.
The 1929 crash was not the biggest economic crash in history. It was not even the biggest crash in that decade. In 192o the stock market fell further and faster than in 1929—and the collapse in the monetary base during 1920–1921 was the largest in U.S. history—yet within eighteen months recovery was complete.
Further, and for a variety of reasons (some of them involving a sick and lame-duck president and a Fed still reluctant to destroy their currency) in 1920-21 neither government nor Federal Reserve Bank "intervened"—in fact in every sense they did the very opposite of what Cunliffe now recommends: the government slashed its budget, the Fed hiked interest rates, and the Consumer Price Index dropped like a stone. And the situation rapidly got better, mostly because costs came down as prices came down and businesses had the certainty and lower costs within which to redirect production into new and more profitable ventures.
Things got better, and fast.
So that's what happened when there was no "intervention." And like a laboratory experiment we can contrast it with the prescription tried a decade later, because what was tried there was virtually the diametric opposite with results as grim as described by Cunliffe:
Bank after bank collapsed, along with the millions of families who had entrusted those bankers with their life savings.
By 1933, 11,000 of the United States' 25,000 banks had failed. That's nearly half.
People had no money…And so it went on, and on, and on, until, by 1933, nearly 13 million Americans were unemployed. That was a quarter of the total workforce.
And what was the government's response: nothing.
Yes, bank after US bank collapsed. 9,646 in all (Cunliffe's figure is just made up for effect.) They collapsed because the government was doing something: with regulations on branch banking and gold holding it was getting in the way. When nearly half of US banks were failing, how many banks do you think were failing over the border in Canada, where the same regulations weren't imposed? Answer: not one. The government's own banking regulations amplified the problem.
And do you know why 1933 was the nadir for banks? Because the incoming president, Franklin Roosevelt, had put it about for months since his election (it taking months for the new president to be inaugurated) that upon his inauguration he would devalue the dollar and confiscate gold, rumours he put about that caused the biggest run on the banks since the Civil War.
And what was the government's response? Well, it was far from nothing. From 1929 to 1933 Hoover did the exact opposite of sitting on his hands. He was virtually Keynes-Lite, as he himself boasted in his 1932 presidential campaign:
We might have done nothing [said Hoover]. That would have been utter ruin. Instead we met the situation with proposals to private business and to Congress of the most gigantic program of economic defense and counterattack ever evolved in the history of the Republic. We put it into action.... No government in Washington has hitherto considered that it held so broad a responsibility for leadership in such times.... For the first time in the history of depression, dividends, profits, and the cost of living, have been reduced before wages have suffered.... They were maintained until the cost of living had decreased and the profits had practically vanished. They are now the highest real wages in the world.
Creating new jobs and giving to the whole system a new breath of life; nothing has ever been devised in our history which has done more for ... "the common run of men and women." Some of the reactionary economists urged that we should allow the liquidation to take its course until we had found bottom.... We determined that we would not follow the advice of the bitter-end liquidationists and see the whole body of debtors of the United States brought to bankruptcy and the savings of our people brought to destruction.
Featured in Hoover's plan were increased taxes, lowered interest rates, huge deficits, public dams, public works, restrictions on immigration and trade, and government regulation of banking, finance, industry and labour markets—even his 1932 opponent Franklin Roosevelt accused him (accurately) of "reckless and extravagant" spending, of thinking "that
we ought to center control of everything in Washington as rapidly as possible," and of
presiding over "the greatest spending administration in peacetime in all of history." It was all of it—all the spending, all the alleged "stimulus"—all an attempt to keep up wages and prices and keep the engine ticking over in the manner to which Cunliffe suggests we do today.
It failed. It failed spectacularly.
By 1933, nearly 13 million Americans were unemployed. Yet when the Second World War began, after eight years of further intervention by Franklin Roosevelt (whose advisers conceded their New Deal was based on the "Hoover New Deal") , nearly 12 million were still unemployed (unemployment had never dropped below 20% for the whole of the decade) and Roosevelt was to embrace a world war as a way to get the unemployed out of his hair.
Cunliffe '"quotes" Hoover's Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon ("by curious coincidence, one of the wealthiest men in America" sneers Cunliffe) who was supposed to have advised Hoover to "liquidate labour, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate… it will purge the rottenness out of the system." Fact is, it would have. But the "quote" was actually Hoover's, and it was him contrasting the "liquidationist" programme of the type followed in 1920 with the "interventionist programme" followed by Hoover and Roosevelt from 1929 to 1933, and 1933 to 1945 respectively.
Cunliffe neither knows nor cares about the truth. He says
the voters threw out Herbert Hoover and voted in Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt heavily intervened in the economy, regulated the banks and the stockbrokers, and set America on the path of its longest period of economic growth in history.
But as Roosevelt's own Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau summarised for a 1939 Treasury meeting the results of this heavy intervention and regulation
"No, gentlemen, we have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. ...I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started…Mr. Doughton: And an enormous debt to boot!
HMJr.: And an enormous debt to boot! We are just sitting here and fiddling and I am just wearing myself out and getting sick. Because why? I can't see any daylight. I want it for my people, for my children, and your children. I want to see some daylight and I don't see it…"
From Cunliffe neither do we see daylight, only dishonesty. For it is from shibboleths and myths like this he hopes to assemble around himself a braindead mob of zealots eager to accept him and his word as sufficient unto itself to lead him to Prime Ministerial glory—for make no mistake, that is his ambition.
There is more, much more in his speech that challenges both the historical record and the patience of his audience. But since he is going to continue going around the country stirring up ignorance, might I suggest just four questions you might ask from him if you have the misfortune to find yourself in a room with him and a microphone up front. Ask him,
- Why did the US economy recover so quickly in 1920-21 by following the opposite of his prescription?
- How was it that England. Australia, Canada and New Zealand followed more conventional, less interventionist policies than the US and were out of Depression by 1934/45?
- Why was it that no Canadian banks failed in 1929-33, while US banks were falling over like so many houses of cards?
- Why was it that when US government sending plummeted in 146 and deficit spending ended, and 10 million US servicemen came home from the war, why was it that instead of the economic disaster predicted by Keynesians at the time this was instead the beginning of real prosperity?
Because the answer to every single one of those simple questions undermines the whole premise on which Cunliffe's Five Year Plan rests.
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* Indeed, the three most regulated parts of the US economy were housing, mortgages and banking; no surprise then that the crash happened at the intersection of all three.
The question is not regulation or not. It's about what governments can and must do to protect individual rights, property rights and contracts—to protect actions chosen voluntary and production about the separation of state and economics , and after a century of ever-increasing government regulations and spending, do Americans think the obvious solution is to increase government regulations and spending? Why, when companies in the least regulated industries prosper and those in the most heavily regulated industries struggle and fail, do people blame failures on capitalism and free markets?a large number of quite smart people understand it is not a matter of regulation per se
** The best, most concise debunking of what many people think they know about the Great Depression can be gleaned from Larry Reed's short 'Great Myths of the Great Depression,' online in a 28-page PDF.


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All visitors are welcome at the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. All spaces are accessible to persons with reduced physical mobility, including all activities, performances and events.
All visitors are welcome at the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. All spaces are accessible to persons with reduced physical mobility, including all activities, performances and events.
Entrance to the museum is free for you and a companion and you also enjoy a reduced rate for guided tours.
Groups also benefit from a reduced rate for activities.
More information can be found under "Practical Information". The Musée Facile Brochure is available in the main hall or via download here.
All museum spaces are accessible to wheelchair users; the various levels are accessed by lifts.
We advise persons with reduced mobility to enter the museum at 222 rue de l'Université where there is a lift.
Welcome agents will be able to guide you and accompany you if required.
Wheelchairs and stick-seats are available for loan from the cloakroom for persons who suffer from fatigue.
A step is available for loan for persons of small stature.
During your visit, orientation tables will help you to find your way around the permanent collections. To find out where you are, please consult the interactive map.
Spaces are reserved for wheelchairs in the cinema, the Claude Lévi-Strauss Theatre and in the open-air theatre.
The Exploration Guide takes you on an original tour of the collections.
In approximatively 2 hours, traverse four continents and discover how the works establish a dialogue between themselves. Download the Exploration Guide (PDF – 4.8 MB)
Discover the museum and exhibitions alone or with family or friends.
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Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
Elisabeth Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anne Brewster (Wells), who worked for the Chemical Banking Corporation, and James William Shue, a lawyer and real estate developer. She is of German and English ancestry, including descent from Mayflower passengers. Shue's parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade. Owing to the ...
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Angela Merkel doesn't appear to be in a forgiving mood, even after US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland apologized for her remarks in a leaked telephone call that included, "F*** the EU." Merkel, who spent the last few months outraged over surveillance of her own phone conversations by the NSA, expressed outrage over Nuland's commentary, and insisted that the EU would remain at the forefront of efforts to defuse the Ukrainian crisis:
An angry US State Department pointed the finger at Russia for allegedly bugging the diplomats' phones.
"Certainly we think this is a new low in Russian tradecraft," US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
But the irritation in Europe focused squarely on Washington rather than the Kremlin — a worrying signal for the US administration amid continuing fallout over its controversial phone and Internet surveillance work.
"The chancellor considers this statement absolutely unacceptable … and wants to emphasise again that (EU foreign policy chief Catherine) Ashton is doing an outstanding job," a spokeswoman for Merkel said on Friday, referring to the video.
"The European Union will continue with its intensive efforts to calm the situation in Ukraine."
There is some irony to this, of course. The phone audio leak was an obvious attempt by an interested party to drive a wedge between the EU and the US on Ukraine. What party would (a) "interested" and (b) has the resources to penetrate sensitive communications between two US State Department officials? Only a few intel agencies would have those capabilities — we hope — and among them would be the UK, Germany, and Russia. In this case, the cui bono answer would obviously be Russia, but Merkel seems a lot less interested in the outrage over listening in on conversations and pretty doggoned interested in what was said.
Of course, the Russians aren't going to admit to anything, but I don't think anyone is mystified by the origin of the phone tap:
This time U.S. officials suggest Russia was apparently listening in on a top U.S. diplomat, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, when she made some profane comments about her European Union colleagues' slow response to the crisis in Ukraine.
Her comment about the E.U. was blunt and profane: "F*** the E.U."
The Russians quickly posted the YouTube audio of her comments on Twitter just as she was arriving in Ukraine for meetings.
"The video was first noted and tweeted out by the Russian government. I think it says something about Russia's role," White House spokesman Jay Carney – a former Moscow bureau chief for Time Magazine and a Russia expert – said Thursday.
The only thing surprising about this is that the Russians blew their cover on such a minor kerfuffle. This release must have the State Department revamping its comms security to shake off any taps now, which means the Russians will have to penetrate it all over again. On the other hand, State doesn't have a track record of keeping security cutting-edge either, so perhaps Moscow isn't all that concerned.
Or, more likely, this is a warning to the West to stay out of Ukraine:
The tense Russian-American jockeying over the fate of Ukraine escalated on Thursday as a Kremlin official accused Washington of "crudely interfering" in the former Soviet republic, while the Obama administration blamed Moscow for spreading an intercepted private conversation between two American diplomats. …
An audiotape of the conversation appeared on the Internet and opened a window into American handling of the political crisis here, as the two diplomats candidly discussed the composition of a possible new government to replace the pro-Russian cabinet of Ukraine's president, Viktor F. Yanukovych. It also turned the tables on the Obama administration, which has been under fire lately for spying on foreign leaders.
The developments on the eve of the Winter Olympics opening in Sochi, Russia, underscored the increasingly Cold War-style contest for influence here as East and West vie for the favor of a nation of 45 million with historic ties to Moscow but a deep yearning to join the rest of Europe. The tit for tat has been going on since November, when Mr. Yanukovych spurned a trade deal with Europe and accepted a $15 billion loan from Moscow. Months of street protests have threatened his government, and American officials are now trying to broker a settlement — an effort the Kremlin seems determined to block.
Overall, this proves once again that (a) nations spy on each other, and (b) Russia is not our friend.


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Julia Davis, the English comedian, actor, writer and director who created the original (and better) version of Camping, brings a new cringe-comedy fest to HBO with Sally4Ever and it needs to be your new Brit-com obsession.
In it, Davis plays Emma, a gorgeous, charming and free-spirited lesbian who meets Sally (Catherine Shepherd) -- a bit of a sad sack woman who's become an old lady way too soon. Sally, plain hair, boring job, no social life and smothering parents, is co-habbing with her astonishingly even more boring boyfriend David (Alex Macqueen), a guy who's basically a fanny pack and high tube socks in human form. He, like her parents, is rushing the dreadfully dull Sally into marriage and family life, a sentence even she can tell would be worse than prison.
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All that changes when she meets Emma, who invites Sally to a super-cool underground party full of lights, sexually adventurous people, throbbing music and recreational drugs. If Sally's world was black and white before it's now in full-color 4D, and in an instant, Sally undoes her entire life like a shoestring. David, naturally, is blindsided and even more desperate than before, while Sally enters a thrilling new world of hot lesbian sex -- sex, by the way, that's laugh-out-loud hysterical complete with a jaw-dropping gross-out gag I won't ruin for you by spoiling here -- intrigue and sort-of glamour. I say sort-of because Emma is an actress/artist type, or at least she claims to be, but the more we get to know Emma the more we learn how positively awful she is, and how funny it is to watch Sally's whole world become unbearably, horrifically awkward.Julia Davis, Catherine Shepherd, Sally4Ever" data-image-credit="HBO" data-image-alt-text="�Julia Davis, Catherine Shepherd, Sally4Ever" data-image-credit-url="" data-image-target-url="" data-image-title="Julia Davis, Catherine Shepherd, Sally4Ever" data-image-filename="181109-sally4-ever-hp.jpg" data-image-date-created="2018/11/09" data-image-crop="" data-image-crop-gravity="" data-image-aspect-ratio="" data-image-height="1380" data-image-width="2070" data-image-do-not-crop="" data-image-do-not-resize="" data-image-watermark="" data-lightbox="">
The three episodes sent to critics -- the seven-episode series is still airing in the U.K. -- get off to a slightly slow start in the very beginning; it's fair to say that as Americans, we're somewhat predisposed to have our comedy come loud, fast and hard. But Sally4Ever is a bit like a roller coaster, inching its passengers up a steady track until Whoosh! you're in a free-fall full of fart jokes, laughable desperation and Emma's instability, heightened to unbelievable heights in scene after scene. By the end of the third, Emma has begun undermining Sally's relationship with her parents and nearly killed David's elderly mom with her unrepentant terribleness, which Julia Davis impressively keeps believable the more outrageous she gets. All this is imbued with the muted, knowing style of humor the Brits love so much and do so well, and fans of that style will enjoy this to bits.
Sally4Ever premieres Sunday Nov. 11 at 10:30 p.m.
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The West Craven Eagles� first half of play Friday night at home against West Carteret probably turned head coach Matt Riggsbee�s stomach, as his team trailed 17-14.
VANCEBORO � The West Craven Eagles� first half of play Friday night at home against West Carteret probably turned head coach Matt Riggsbee�s stomach, as his team trailed 17-14.
The second, acted as his Pepto-Bismol, as the Eagle defense dominated the Patriots in a 43-17 blowout victory.
The Eagles committed four turnovers and the Patriots topped them with five � all interceptions.
�We talked about in our pre-game meal that we had to win the turnover battle and we did that. It played a large part in us winning the game,� Riggsbee said.
West Carteret (4-2, 0-1 Coastal) scored on the opening drive of the game on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Rodney Mitchell to Jake Freeman for an early 7-0 lead.
Eagles� freshman Darious Abrams found Kylikke Green for 28 yards and a score, Green�s fourth of the season to tie the game at 7-7.
Mitchell came back and found Jordan Meadows on a 3-yard score, capping an 8-minute, 50 second drive for a 14-7 Patriots advantage.
The Eagles trailed 17-14 at the half and were behind in time of possession 18:49 to 5:11.
�At halftime, there was a lot of loud noise in the locker room from a number of our coaches,� Riggsbee said. �We made adjustments and were able to come out and implement them.�
West Craven (4-2, 1-0) overcame the slow start, 32 total passing yards on the night and the four interceptions thrown to Patriot defenders.
A big reason was the play of the Eagles� �D� in the second half.
Kenny McDaniel, Green, Danny Harvey, James Choyce and Alkeim Harley all tallied interceptions on the night.
In the fourth quarter, over a 4:35 span, the Eagles intercepted Mitchell three times, with two of them being pick-6 interception return touchdowns by McDaniel and Green.
�I saw the quarterback looking in the flats, read him and undercut his throw and just ran to the end zone,� Green said.
McDaniel added an 8-yard rushing touchdown to his pick-6 and Green had the 28-yard catch to accompany his return.
�Coaches have been fussing at me for not dropping back and tonight I did and just jumped the route and got the ball,� McDaniel said.
The Eagles are off next Friday before hosting White Oak in two weeks and Riggsbee says it could not come at a better time.
�It really couldn�t come at a better time,� Riggsbee said. �At 4-2, we have got to heal up some guys we have banged up and keep improving some fundamentals.�
West Carteret 7 10 0 0 - 17
West Craven 7 7 9 20 � 43
First Quarter
WCART � Jake Freeman 35 pass from Rodney Mitchell (Joe Corbett kick)
WCRAV � Kylikke Green 28 pass from Darious Abrams (Noah Lewis kick)
Second Quarter
WCART � Jordan Meadows 3 pass from Mitchell (Corbett kick)
WCRAV � Kenny McDaniel 8 run (Lewis kick)
WCART � Corbett 35 Field Goal
Third Quarter
WCRAV � Alkeim Harley 46 run (Lewis kick)
WCRAV � Safety (Anthony Abrams tackle)
Fourth Quarter
WCRAV � McDaniel 29 Interception Return (Lewis kick)
WCRAV � Green 38 Interception Return (Lewis kick)
WCRAV � James Choyce 37 run (kick failed)
First Downs 11 6
Rushes-Yards 47-174 28-241
Passing Yards 89 32
Comp-Att-Int 2-13-4 7-18-5
Penalties/Yards 6/41 5/42
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
Punts/Avg. 3/43.3 2/41.0
Individual Statistics: Passing: West Carteret � Rodney Mitchell 7-18- 89 yards (2 TD, 5 INT). West Craven � Alkeim Harley 1-6 � 4 yards (2 INT), Darious Abrams 1-7 � 28 yards (TD, 2 INT). Rushing: West Carteret � Tyrell Johnson 10-86 yards, Devon Godette 18-63, Jordan Meadows 7-13, Mitchell 10-6, Jared Cox 2-6. West Craven - Harley 4-72 yards (TD), Danny Harvey 5-61, D. Abrams 4-38, James Choyce 2-37 (TD), Tyquail Raynor 8-20, Kenny McDaniel 2-8 (TD), Tyrone Brown 1-3, Carzell Raynor 1-3, Ricky Koonce 1-(-1). Receiving: West Carteret � Jake Freeman 4-75 yards (TD), Godette 2-11, Meadows 1-3 (TD). West Craven � Kylikke Green 1-28 yards (TD), C. Raynor 1-4.
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Love the Texas Outdoors? Toyota Texas Bass Classic Is for You.
Sept. 4, 2012
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ATHENS—The slogan of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is "Life's Better Outside," and the 2012 Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) in Conroe September 28—30 will offer outdoor activities for everyone—anglers, hunters, campers, barbecue lovers and concert-goers.
Plus the TTBC features the world championship of bass fishing and some of the best country music bands. The top 50 anglers in the world will compete for a $420,000 in cash and prizes, and evening weigh-ins will be wrapped around concerts by Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Jake Owen and Southern Slang.
Even better, the event benefits TPWD programs to get youth and their families involved in the outdoors, multiplying the effects of the money raised manyfold. So far title sponsor the TTBC has donated $1.25 million to TPWD to support programs like Neighborhood Fishin' and the State-Fish Art Contest.
Can it get any better? Oh, yes, it can. It's free, if you act now.
Free tickets are available online at toyotatexasbassclassic.com while supplies last. Tickets are available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday individually. You can also pick up TTBC tickets at any Toyota dealership or Academy Sports + Outdoors location in the greater Houston area. Walk-up tickets the day of the event require a donation to TPWD, and all days are subject to sell-out.
The 2012 TTBC will include a barbecue cook-off on Saturday, September 28, with divisions for brisket, chicken and ribs. You can vote for the People's Choice winner or sign up to compete yourself.
Information and entry forms for the barbecue cook-off, event schedules and much more are available at www.toyotatexasbassclassic/com/bbq-cook-off.
The Reliant Energy Outdoor Adventures Area will feature kid- and family-friendly activities that emphasize TPWD's youth fishing programs, but also included will be a rock climbing wall, archery, air rifle shooting, kids casting challenge and a host of other outdoor-themed educational and interactive exhibits.
If a new boat, fishing gear or perhaps some early holiday shopping is on your mind, the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Expo will offer many choices. And of course all the latest Toyota products will be available for viewing or test driving.
TPWD staff will be on hand to help you learn about many aspects of the outdoors in Texas and give advice on the best places to hunt, boat and fish.
If you want to know how you can help improve fish habitat and fight invasive species in your favorite fishing lake, the TPWD experts in those areas will be there to answer your questions. You can learn about a ground-breaking new program, Friends of Reservoirs, that allows anyone to play an active role in improving fish habitat and water quality in their favorite lake. The Seven Coves Bass Club of Willis is a pioneer in this area, and members of the club will be present to help you get started.
Are you looking for a place near your home where you and your family can catch some fish and take them home to eat? Visit the Neighborhood Fishin' display. If you need help learning to catch those fish, check out the Fishing Fundamentals, Backyard Bass and Take Me Fishing activities.
Is there a budding artist in your home who would like to compete in a national fish-art contest? Drop by the State-Fish Art Contest display and learn all about it.
Displays will feature the Texas Game Warden Association's Wall of Shame display; the Toyota ShareLunker display of the biggest bass ever caught in Texas; information about Texas rivers, streams and reservoirs; information on state parks and boater education and the chance to sign up for a subscription to Texas Parks & Wildlife, TPWD's national-award-winning magazine.
In addition to the fun family activities and displays put on by TPWD and merchandise available for purchase from vendors, the following options are available for free to all visitors.
Concerts with Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan and Jake Owen. The TTBC will bring an exciting lineup of some of country music's biggest artists to Conroe. Concerts will be headlined by Dierks Bentley on Friday, Sept. 28; Gary Allan on Saturday, Sept. 29 and Jake Owen on Sunday, Sept. 30.
Bass Fishing World Championship. The world's best professional bass anglers will compete on Lake Conroe in a three-day tournament that combines the top PAA anglers from the Walmart FLW Tour, Bassmaster Elite Series and Bass Pro Shops PAA Tournament Series. The winner will be crowned world champion. All of the thrilling action of tournament weigh-ins will be free to the public at the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center through the exclusive free ticket offer. Attendees will be able to view live updates on the Jumbotron, see the huge bass brought to the daily weigh-ins and collect the autographs of their favorite pro anglers. Each morning's 7:00 A.M. launch can be viewed for free at Waterpoint Plaza on Lake Conroe, 15256 Highway 105W (between County Line BBQ and Sam's Boat).
Food and Drink. Families and fans will be able to enjoy a wide variety of food and drink options at numerous concessions stands located throughout the venue.
Fishing Seminars. Stop by the Academy Sports + Outdoors Expo area at the TTBC to see some Texas-sized bass in the Berkley Bass Tank and learn tips and techniques from the best anglers in the world. There will also be a casting pond to test out your casting skill.
Toyota Drive Center. This event is part of a nationwide series of events that provide consumers with a hands‐on opportunity to experience Toyota's safety, durability and quality while engaging with several vehicles in the 2013 lineup. An off-road course will let you get behind the wheel of a Toyota truck or SUV lineup for a test drive.
The Lone Star Convention & Expo Center is a state-of-the-art facility conveniently located minutes from Lake Conroe and The Woodlands and only 40 minutes north of Houston. The location offers easy access to event activities, local shops and restaurants. For more information visit www.thelonestar.org.
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic tournament functions are operated by the Professional Anglers Association with technical assistance and support from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Inland Fisheries Division. Title sponsor for the event is Toyota. Additional sponsors include TXU Energy, Carrot Stix, Busch, San Jacinto River Authority, Conroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, Academy, Ricoh, Lamar Bryan/College Station, Navionics and Allstate Boat.
On the Net:
- Tournament information: http://toyotatexasbassclassic.com
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The mission of the Fulton County Cooperative Extension Service is to respond to citizens' needs and interest in agriculture and natural resources, families, 4-H and youth through education and information.
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Civil War Termination
Caroline A. Hartzell
Civil wars typically have been terminated by a variety of means, including military victories, negotiated settlements and ceasefires, and "draws." Three very different historical trends in the means by which civil wars have ended can be identified for the post–World War II period. A number of explanations have been developed to account for those trends, some of which focus on international factors and others on national or actor-level variables. Efforts to explain why civil wars end as they do are considered important because one of the most contested issues among political scientists who study civil wars is how "best" to end a civil war if the goal is to achieve a stable peace. Several factors have contributed to this debate, among them conflicting results produced by various studies on this topic as well as different understandings of the concepts war termination, civil war resolution, peace-building, and stable peace.
Gender Inequality and Internal Conflict
Erika Forsberg and Louise Olsson
Prior research has found robust support for a relationship between gender inequality and civil war. These results all point in the same direction; countries that display lower levels of gender equality are more likely to become involved in civil conflict, and violence is likely to be even more severe, than in countries where women have a higher status. But what does gender inequality mean in this area of research? And how does research explain why we see this effect on civil war? To explore this, we start with reviewing existing definitions and measurements of gender inequality, noting that the concept has several dimensions. We then proceed to outline several clusters of explanations of how gender inequality could be related to civil war while more equal societies are better able to prevent violent conflict, as described in previous research. It is clear that existing misconceptions that gender inequality primarily involves the role of women are clouding the fact that it clearly speaks to much broader societal developments which play central roles in civil war. We conclude by identifying some remaining lacunas and directions for future research.
Pro-Government Militias and Conflict
Sabine C. Carey and Neil J. Mitchell
Pro-government militias are a prominent feature of civil wars. Governments in Colombia, Syria, and Sudan recruit irregular forces in their armed struggle against insurgents. The United States collaborated with Awakening groups to counter the insurgency in Iraq, just as colonizers used local armed groups to fight rebellions in their colonies. An emerging cross-disciplinary literature on pro-government non-state armed groups generates a variety of research questions for scholars interested in conflict, political violence, and political stability: Does the presence of such groups indicate a new type of conflict? What are the dynamics that drive governments to align with informal armed groups and that make armed groups choose to side with the government? Given the risks entailed in surrendering a monopoly of violence, is there a turning point in a conflict when governments enlist these groups? How successful are these groups? Why do governments use these non-state armed actors to shape foreign conflicts whether as insurgents or counterinsurgents abroad? Are these non-state armed actors always useful to governments or perhaps even an indicator for state failure?
We examine the demand for and supply of pro-government armed groups and the legacies that shape their role in civil wars. The enduring pattern of collaboration between governments and these armed non-state actors challenges conventional theory and the idea of an evolutionary process of the modern state consolidating the means of violence. Research on these groups and their consequences began with case studies, and these continue to yield valuable insights. More recently, survey work and cross-national quantitative research contribute to our knowledge. This mix of methods is opening new lines of inquiry for research on insurgencies and the delivery of the core public good of effective security.
Religious Communication and Persuasion
Benjamin R. Knoll and Cammie Jo Bolin
Religious communication affects political behavior through two primary channels: political messages coming from a religious source and religious messages coming from a political source. In terms of the first channel, political scientists have found that clergy do tend to get involved in politics, and church-goers often hear political messages over the pulpit, although not as frequently as might be expected. Sometimes these political messages are successful in swaying opinions, but not always; context matters a great deal. In terms of the second channel, politicians use religious rhetoric ("God talk") in an attempt to increase their support and win votes. When this happens, some groups are more likely to respond than others, including political conservatives, more frequent church attenders, and racial/ethnic minorities. The scope and effectiveness of religious communication remains a field ripe for further research, especially in contexts outside of the United States.
The Theory of Lateral Pressure: Highlights of Quantification and Empirical Analysis
Nazli Choucri and Gaurav Agarwal
The term lateral pressure refers to any tendency (or propensity) of states, firms, and other entities to expand their activities and exert influence and control beyond their established boundaries, whether for economic, political, military, scientific, religious, or other purposes. Framed by Robert C. North and Nazli Choucri, the theory addresses the sources and consequences of such a tendency. This chapter presents the core features—assumptions, logic, core variables, and dynamics—and summarizes the quantitative work undertaken to date. Some aspects of the theory analysis are more readily quantifiable than others. Some are consistent with conventional theory in international relations. Others are based on insights and evidence from other areas of knowledge, thus departing from tradition in potentially significant ways.
Initially applied to the causes of war, the theory focuses on the question of: Who does what, when, how, and with what consequences? The causal logic in lateral pressure theory runs from the internal drivers (i.e., the master variables that shape the profiles of states) through the intervening variables (i.e., aggregated and articulated demands given prevailing capabilities), and the outcomes often generate added complexities. To the extent that states expand their activities outside territorial boundaries, driven by a wide range of capabilities and motivations, they are likely to encounter other states similarly engaged. The intersection among spheres of influence is the first step in complex dynamics that lead to hostilities, escalation, and eventually conflict and violence.
The quantitative analysis of lateral pressure theory consists of six distinct phases. The first phase began with a large-scale, cross-national, multiple equation econometric investigation of the 45 years leading to World War I, followed by a system of simultaneous equations representing conflict dynamics among competing powers in the post–World War II era. The second phase is a detailed econometric analysis of Japan over the span of more than a century and two World Wars. The third phase of lateral pressure involves system dynamics modeling of growth and expansion of states from 1970s to the end of the 20th century and explores the use of fuzzy logic in this process. The fourth phase focuses on the state-based sources of anthropogenic greenhouse gases to endogenize the natural environment in the study of international relations. The fifth phase presents a detailed ontology of the driving variables shaping lateral pressure and their critical constituents in order to (a) frame their interconnections, (b) capture knowledge on sustainable development, (c) create knowledge management methods for the search, retrieval, and use of knowledge on sustainable development and (d) examine the use of visualization techniques for knowledge display and analysis. The sixth, and most recent, phase of lateral pressure theory and empirical analysis examines the new realities created by the construction of cyberspace and interactions with the traditional international order.


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Hello all,
I'm P#130 from Arizona and hoping to get my model S performance near the end of November. I thought it would be fun if we had a club meeting on line to be able to actually talk to people on this board about model S. I've created a live meeting on voispot for 9PM eastern time (6PM pacific) on Saturday (10/20). The link for the voispot is here:
For those not familiar with voispot, it is a free social media app that runs on iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch - no android yet) that allows people to create a virtual auditorium on-line for voice based discussions. More info and a demo video at their website at www.voispot.com
So please download the app and set up your account to participate (if you just want to listen and not speak you don't need an account). At the meeting time, just launch the app and join the discussion from the live now list. The meeting will be informal, but be prepared with any questions, comments, or talking points you may want to discuss. Looking forward to talking to you all.


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A random check of area convenience stores selling alcohol found several out of compliance when it comes to dealing with underage customers.
The alcohol compliance operation was conducted by a multi-jurisdictional alcohol law enforcement response team in Graham, Burlington, Mebane, and Haw River as well as the unincorporated parts of Alamance County on Dec. 13. Information was released on Friday.
�Alcohol compliance operations are law enforcement operations that occur on a regular basis in our community and throughout the state with the goal of determining those businesses that sell to underage youth and encouraging training to store managers and clerks on North Carolina laws related to alcohol sales,� Alamance Citizens for a Drug Free Community Project Director Karen Webb said.
The following stores listed were visited. Those that passed asked for appropriate identification and refused to sell to the buyer while the stores that failed sold alcohol to an underage buyer.
Alamance County
Pitt Stop at 1501 North Graham Hopedale Road � Fail
Sandy Cross Mini Mart at 2078 North NC 49 � Fail
Saxapahaw General Store at 1735 Saxapahaw Church Road � Fail
Snow Camp Market at 8007 Snow Camp Road � Fail
Eagle Food Mart at 3767 Boywood Road � Fail
Green Level Food Lion � Pass
Shell Station in Haw River � Fail
Talberts at Highway 54 � Pass
Belmont Grocery at Highway 49 � Pass
Community Shell at Highway 87 South � Pass
Food Lion at 2660 Ramada Road- Fail
Savway at 2653 Alamance Road � Fail
Tommy�s Mini Mart at 538 Trollinger St. � Fail
Kims Mart at 2114 W. Webb Ave. � Pass
Walgreens at 2585 S. Church St. � Pass
Kangaroo Express at 2602 Alamance Road � Pass
Sams 2 at East Parker �Fail
KC Deli Mart at Providence Road � Pass
V Mart at East Elm Street � Pass
6 to 1 at West Harden � Pass
Exxon at South Main Street � Pass
Kangaroo Express at South Main Street � Pass
Sheetz at South Main Street � Pass
Marathon at Highway 70 � Fail
BP at 119 South � Fail
Tommy�s at Center Street- Pass
Sheetz at Mebane Oaks � Pass
Quality Mart at Mebane Oaks- Pass
Wilco Hess at Mebane Oaks � Pass
Exxon at 119 South � Pass
Haw River
Haw River Daytona at 714 E. Main Street- Pass
Food Lion at Highway 49 North � Pass
Fairway One Stop at 515 E. Main Street - Fail


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Creedence Clearwater called. He called Thomas Tomone and he said, "There's an unhinged bat-murderer on the loose, and there's no rhyme or reason to his shenanigans, no physical improbability to hold him down. You better run, Thomo. You better run through the jungle."
So Thomo takes off out his front door and he runs and runs, as fast as his legs will carry him — down the street, through the city; he turns left at the park and skips to the track and starts running in circles (not the brightest idea when you're trying to evade homicide, I don't think), and then he stops sprinting and picks up a rope and starts … jumping it.
False alarm, everyone! False alarm! Thomas is just out for some exercise!
Also up for some exercise this morning is Cook, who is just howling away and shagging someone whose face we — and he — can't see.
In the bedroom next door, Emily wakes up in that particular way one does when one doesn't remember going to bed the night before, with that genetically-encoded System Recovery that supersedes all other programs, like: awake? Well, that's good. Have feeling in fingers, toes and lips? Also good. In a bed and not using the toilet as a pillow? Even better. Then there's the moment of inescapable truth where you work up the nerve to move your head and you either vomit, or your brain erupts like a supernova, or … nothing. And if nothing, then you're almost always in the clear — though it's not a bad idea to check your bank balance to see if you dropped 80 quid on FarmVille cash in the middle of the night.
Or, you know, bedded a Giant not-Naomi.
Did you gasp? Did you say, "Emily Fitch!" right out loud to the TV, because I did.
Wait, though — I meant to say this last week but I was still having nightmares about baseball bats and Demon Headmasters. I've gotten a fair bit of hate mail about Mandy, about who am I to judge another person's body type and anyway don't I know that Kathryn Prescott is hobbit-sized and so anyone would appear enormous standing next to her?
Just to clarify: I was not mocking Mandy — or the actress who plays her — for being a giant. I was mocking her because she is not Naomi. Also, I am five feet, ten inches tall and it's the very best thing about me, and if Emily is a hobbit and Mandy is a giant, then I am a troll. ("Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt." – Fred Weasley, RIP w/Freddie McClair)
Emily gets out of bed and surveys her clothing situation. Verdict: scantily clad, but not totally starkers. She stares at Mandy for a minute and then brings her hand up to her face and … sniffs her fingers. Hilarious. That is hilarious.
Naomi calls out that she's back from the grocers and Emily literally shouts back, "No!" Like, "No, you're not!" and starts swearing and pacing around in a circle, like she's maybe looking for a trap door she never noticed before. She snaps to attention as Naomi comes bounding in the room telling Emily that she's been out to get supplies for breakfast, and also Heat. She squeals it: "I got Heat!" which is the funniest thing because you Brits have the most excellent relationship with your gossip rags.
I mean, Americans like gossip rags, of course, but it's all very pedestrian: "Two drunk celebs with no redeeming value whatsoever kissed in front of whatever L.A. nighclub and also probably some naughty bits got flashed."
But in Britain, publishing gossip is an art. One Heat headline is better than a hundred full-on US Weeklys. I will never forget the first time someone handed me a copy, outside of Bayswater Tube station, right as I was about to hop on the train. I think I made the full loop on the Circle Line twice before I realized what I was doing. British gossip mags and papers are not just hook-ups and break-ups; they're celebrities, royalty, fashion, sex, celebrities and royalty having fashionable sex, incomprehensible political jargon, and a laundry list of ways every other nation in the EU is inferior to Britain. They're magic, is what they are.


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Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA (photo : Sukhoi)
India, Russia to Ink gen-5 fighter pactEach side to pledge $6 bn to co-develop plane.
Late on Thursday evening, in a triumph for the Russia-India defence relationship, the two countries signed off on a joint venture to co-develop a 15-20-tonne payload, 2,500-km range multi-role transport aircraft (MTA), which will replace the Indian Air Force's venerable AN-32 at the end of the next decade.
But this path-breaking $600-million co-development of the MTA is likely to be dwarfed soon, when India and Russia each pledge $6 billion to co-develop the world's premier fighter, a step ahead of the US Air Force's F-22 Raptor, which currently rules the skies.
Senior defence ministry sources have confirmed to Business Standard that years of tortuous negotiations have been successfully concluded in time for Russian President Dimitry Medvedev's visit to India in December. Russian and Indian negotiators have finalised a preliminary design contract (PDC), a key document that will allow designers from both sides to actually begin work on the fighter.
"The negotiators have done their job, and the Cabinet Committee for Security will consider the PDC, probably this month," says the ministry official. "If the CCS gives the green signal, as is likely, the contract will be signed during Medvedev's visit."
HAL Chairman Ashok Nayak had indicated to Business Standard on a recent visit to HAL, Bangalore, that the deal was done. "It is in the system for approval," said Nayak. "The respective work shares have been agreed to by both sides and once we sign the preliminary design contract, we will finish the design in about 18 months. Developing and building the fighter could take 8-10 years, and each side will pay $6 billion as its share."
The Russian and Indian Air Forces each plan to build around 250 fighters, at an estimated cost of $100 million each. That adds up to $25 billion, over and above the development cost.
These astronomical figures prompted Russia into co-development with India. The inescapability of cost sharing was reinforced last year when the Pentagon was forced to shut down its F-22 Raptor programme. Since the technologies in the F-22 were deemed crucial to America's technological superiority, the fighter was developed and built entirely within the US. As a result, its prohibitive cost — $340 million per fighter — forced the Pentagon to cap the programme at 187 fighters, just half what it planned to buy in 2006.
"If the US could not afford to go it alone on a fifth-generation fighter, Russia clearly cannot," points out a senior Indian Air Force officer. "There was no choice but to co-opt India as a partner."
Russia initially offered India partnership in the fighter programme around eight years ago, but there was little clarity then on crucial issues like work-share, ie, what systems and components each side would develop. From 2005-07, India's growing closeness with the US slowed down the project. Progress received a boost from the Russia-India inter-government agreement in November 07.
But HAL sources recount that, even after the agreement, Russian negotiators' concerns about sharing top-secret technologies meant that a green signal from Moscow was needed for every step of the negotiations.
"This is the first time that Russia is co-developing a cutting-edge military platform with another country. Therefore, they were unclear about how to share work in a top-secret project like this," says a senior HAL official. "Before each step, the Russian officials wanted clearances from the highest level in Moscow. Those 'presidential decrees', as they call them, took their time."
Consequently, says the HAL chairman, it has taken almost three years from the inter-government agreement to negotiate a general contract and non-disclosure agreement. In March 2010, a tactical technical assignment was signed, in which the work-shares were agreed upon.
Meanwhile, Russia's Sukhoi Design Bureau has built a basic fifth-generation fighter, which Russia terms the PAK-FA, an acronym for Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy (literally Prospective Aircraft Complex of Frontline Aviation). A prototype, tailored to Russian Air Force requirements, made its first flight in January 2010.
India's work-share for the joint fighter programme, according to HAL officials, will amount to about 30% of the overall design effort. This will centre on composite components and high-end electronics like the mission computer, avionics, cockpit displays and the electronic warfare systems. Additionally, India will have to redesign the single-seat PAK-FA into the two-seater fighter that the IAF prefers. Like the Sukhoi-30MKI, IAF prefers one pilot flying and the other handling sensors, networks and weaponry.
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twoloaves brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 61 Designs von 16 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
setlisters/setlisters.com (.com can be, but need not be, part of the logo)
As music fans, we've been working on a side project for others of our kind.
setlisters.com is a simple hobby site for hardcore live music fans - a place for people to upload, browse, search, and discuss 'setlists' (song running sheets) from gigs they've attended. It's simple, but hopefully will be a useful resource for live music lovers. Now all it needs is an identity!
This isn't a big moneyspinner -- we just want a place for music fans to work on their obsessions, so casual and fun is the order of the day.
People who visit setlisters.com will probably be pretty hardcore music lovers. They might be a bit 'edgy' -- they're devoted to their favourite bands, love seeing live music, and might just be a little bit obsessive.
These are people who love smoke-stained rooms and carpet that smells like beer; shiny and 'Web 2.0' is probably not the look we're after.
We need a logo for our site for music hobbyists, setlisters.com. The site will probably be used be people who are obsessed with music -- the look we're after is pretty 'rock and roll'. The site isn't launched yet, but you can see a screenshot of what we've got so far in the attached materials.
People will be able to upload scans of the paper setlists they've obtained from concerts (the most obsessive fans can usually be seen hanging around near the stage after the gig to try and grab a copy of the setlist from a friendly band member or roadie!) so we're going for a slightly grungy, tattered look for the site (to match the way setlists usually look after a long night). Obviously we'd prefer something that will work with this simple look if possible, though we might be amenable to tweaking the design if a logo demands it.
Apart from that, we're open to creative and artistic interpretations. Use your imagination! We're happy to take inspiration from your ideas and experience.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


text: I'm looking for some people that would like to play singles tennis. I've played for many years and I love the game. Currently, my game is not very consistant since I haven't played for a few years. I'd like to start off slowly and move up to 2 or 3 games per week during warm weather. If you're in the KC Metro area and looking for a tennis partner email me at email@example.com.


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The halt procedure is used to remove both the application environment and the virtual platform for a zone. To cleanly shut down a zone, see How to Use zlogin to Shut Down a Zone.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
List the zones running on the system.
global# zoneadm list -v
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 1 my-zone running /export/home/my-zone native shared
Use the zoneadm command with the -z option, the name of the zone, for example, my-zone, and the halt subcommand to halt the given zone.
global# zoneadm -z my-zone halt
List the zones on the system again, to verify that my-zone has been halted.
global# zoneadm list -iv
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared - my-zone installed /export/home/my-zone native shared
Boot the zone if you want to restart it.
global# zoneadm -z my-zone boot
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What to Do in an Emergency
Call for Help
Call 9-911 from campus phones for any situation that requires an immediate response from police, fire or medical authorities to preserve life or property. If calling from a cell phone give your location as Washington College, in Chestertown in Kent County. (Many cell phone 911 calls go to a call center not located near by.)
Report Everything
Any emergency or incident should also be reported to Public Safety at 410-778-7810. The Washington College Department of Public Safety works with local police and fire agencies to respond to all emergency situations on campus including fire, accident/illness, crime, hazardous spills/gas leaks, and bomb threats.
Check the Website
Unless electrical power or electronic communication is unavailable following a major storm or emergency, the Washington College web site will be the official source for information and regular updates will be posted there. The College will also use WAC Alerts to send emergency communications to the campus community.
Check Your Building
Should telephone and electronic communication be interrupted, information fliers will be posted on first floor bulletin boards around campus, in the residence halls, and at entrances to key buildings when and where possible. WAC Alerts will still send messages to registered phones, including cell phones and email addresses, despite power failures. All members of the College community are encouraged to register their personal cell phones in the WAC Alerts system. Individuals who are signed up for LiveSafe, our mobile safety app, may also receive emergency broadcasts.
Information contained in this site is based on emergency procedure guidelines from Washington College and also adapted from guidelines at Smith College, University of Richmond and Cornell University.


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Game 53: Boston at Toronto pregame
Chatted some with Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi this morning and covered a few different topics. One being the July 31 trade deadline. While that's still two months down the road, Ricciardi did say that he'd "owe it to the players" to pursue help at the deadline if the club was still performing this well.
What would Ricciardi go after? He said he feels pitching hasn't been an issue up to this point, so he'd be more inclined to go after "another thumper" for the middle of the lineup. Obviously, it would depend on who is available and how much ownership would be willing to expand the payroll to bring somebody in.
Also asked him about recent commens from Andy MacPhail, the Orioles president of baseball operations. MacPhail was quoted as saying something to the effect of Baltimore wanting to avoid having what happened with Travis Snider with O's catching prospect Matt Wieters (Snider made the club on Opening Day, but was recently demoted due to struggles).
In hindsight, Ricciardi said there are no regrets about bringing Snider north with the Jays.
"No, we took the best team we wanted to in April and Travis had a great Spring Training and deserved to be on the team. This is part of his development. There's no predictor that every guy is going to come here and stay here."
So, how long will Snider be at Triple-A?
"It's all about development. It's all about him adjusting to some of the things he wasn't doing up here and getting regular at-bats. We weren't giving him regular at-bats. He wasn't playing against lefties — it was more of a platoon situation. He's a young kid. He shouldn't be in that spot. He should play and that's what we want him to do."
More on both topics later on bluejays.com.
Today's lineups:
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. J.D. Drew, RF
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
9. Nick Green, SS
Starter: LHP Jon Lester (3-5)
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Kevin Millar, 1B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Jose Bautista, LF
Starter: LHP Ricky Romero (2-1)
Don't forget, you can follow me on Twitter: @MLBastian
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Maybe a bat like Matt Holiday from the A's. He's starting to hit, and his salary isn't as high as other hitters out there.
I'd love to see Nick Johnson here.
Not necassarily as a middle of the order guy though. For that I agree with rockbard, Matt Holiday could be a good fit.
Why would you want Nick Johnson, when we have Lyle Overbay? And, since Oakland just traded away a pile of talent for Holiday, you are not going to get him cheap, plus his salary is over $10mil. Rios and a prospect? David Purcey and another pitcher? I think not. Plus, I think the Jays are looking for short term help, not long term salary commitments.
As the deadline nears, you should be looking for a good bat with good numbers against the AL East, that is approaching free agency. Of course, the club that owns him has to want something that you are willing to give up in return. Then you have to convince management to pony up another $5mil or so, on the chance that you can make the playoffs.
My preference would be for a CC Sabathia or David Cone type deal. A solid #1 starter that could slide in behind Halliday and get you 10 wins out of the last 80 games. In a playoff series, you run a 4 man rotation, and your #1-2 guys pitch twice, so I would like our chances a lot.
hey yerouttaheah, an AJ burnett type? I think lyle overrated should go, along with VW, completely unlikely I know but a dream.


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Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, has been hosting some of the preliminary matches in Olympic soccer. That means the "Brand Exclusion Zone"—the desolate no-man's-land where only official sponsor's logos and products are allowed, and all others are physically barred—isn't limited to East London.
There's an exclave in Manchester, where SI's Grant Wahl just tweeted out this photo of Old Trafford's east stand. Normally (as seen in this picture), a select few seats are painted white to make a Nike swoosh. For qualifying matches, they've put tarps over just enough of those seats to render the swoosh unrecognizable. Now it's just a Nike line!
For a handy master schedule of every Olympic event, click here.


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de Lottinville and the application of Section 45.1 of Ontario's Human Rights Code
February 25, 2015 - In the past, people who experienced discrimination or harassment by police had to decide whether to file an officer misconduct complaint under the Police Services Act ("PSA") or an application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("HRTO"). The PSA provides a public complaints process, revised through amendments in 2009 which also established the Office of the Independent Police Review Director ("OIPRD"). If they filed both, there was a real risk that their HRTO application would be dismissed.


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The first half of Grimm's second season ended strong, and the second half continues strong in "Face Off." No faces come off, but plenty of secrets are revealed, Nick and Renard's relationship changes forever, and oh, did I mention the hate sex?
Having just discovered that his love Juliette is macking on Captain Renard, a furious Nick goes to beat the crap out of his boss. Having just discovered Nick's aunt's trailer, Captain Renard has an owl-ish Wesen use his awesome owl eyes to figure out which of his many keys fits the lock, so Renard can break in and look for the weird green key that protects an ancient super-powerful artifacts the Royal family desperately wants to get its hands/paws/taklons on. Both are interrupted by the police discovering the bodies of the four Hundjager Nick and Monroe killed last episode.
While you'd think that a quadruple homicide would be a pretty major event for the Portland PD, Renard is distracted by his magic-fueled obsession with Juliette, and Nick is distracted by his desire to beat the shit out of Renard. At least Wu is wearily concerned, tracking down a fuzzy, nearby surveillance video of Monroe leaving the hotel from last episode, and the four Hundjager following him.
But whatever, it's just four corpses. When Renard leaves, Nick follows him to his house and sees Renard kiss Juliette with his own eyes. Nick is only stopped from busting down the door by a very timely phone call from Monroe, who has finally figured out that Renard is the one who woke Juliette from her coma, which has made them both uncontrollably obsessed with each other (and when I say Monroe figured it out, I mean Rosalee figured it out, and told Monroe during a phone call).
A very angry Nick returns to Monroe's place, where they decide to hit Rosalee's shop to look for the potion ingredients that Adelind's mother used to create the obsessive/compulsive love spell (figuring out it was Adelind's mother who ordered it along the way). Nick is not particularly excited by this, but it's probably better than if he had stayed home and watched Juliette and Renard angrily hate-fuck each other.
Okay, so they don't have actual sex, but there's a lot of hate-making out, with increasing levels of physical abuse in between as Renard and Juliette halfheartedly — but very violently — try to stop. It doesn't stop when Juliette grabs Renard's gun and pistol-whips him with it, but when Juliette starts firing wildly, Renard does manage to get the gumption to leave.
Of course, a neighbor hears the gunshots and calls the police; Wu arrives at the scene and calls Nick. Nick runs over, but Juliette refuses to tell him anything other than she saw an intruder. Nick, on the other hand, says he knows exactly what happened and who the "intruder" was, and manages to convince Wu to just forget the whole thing. Another crime, ignored by Portland's finest!
Renard has the incarcerated Adelind released so he can kidnap her, demanding she remove the spell; the depowered Adelind can't, of course, but she offers to help by giving Renard a hate-fuck, if not the specific hate-fuck he was looking for. Renard takes her up on her generous offer, even revealing his Wesen form during the action, per Adelind's request.
Rosalee very thankfully returns, and after a reasonably adorable reunion with Monroe, they all head to the potions shop again for more hot research action. Rosalee has realized that Renard must be the Royal in Portland, which blows Nick's mind, and that the cat that scratched Juliette must have been the catalyst (sorry) for the spell. Then the three hunt for the cure to the spell; when they find it, they refuse to tell Nick or the audience what it entails, except that 1) Renard and Juliette will need to be together for it to work and 2) it would have been a lot easier if the cat hadn't been hit by a car.
Meanwhile, Renard searches Nick's aunt's trailer for the key. He's very thorough, which is very silly since eventually he remembers Nick looking in his desk at work, and makes the intuitive leap that the key must be in the desk (this is the goofiest part of what is otherwise a pretty strong episode). Sure enough, the key is there; Renard uses a stamp pad to "print" the key's map, which is when Hank makes his triumphant return from having the crap kicked out of him by Adelind's goons last episode. He sees Renard rifling through Nick's desk, calls Nick and tells him, then tries to stall the good(?) Captain until Nick gets there. He fails, unfortunately, and Nick arrives at the police station to find the key missing and Adelind released. He is not pleased by either of these things.
But hope is not lost, because when Renard reunites with Adelind, he tells her he hasn't found the key. Adelind ominously points out that Renard's brother will not be happy, as she gets in a car to head back to Austria ( a car that will take her to an airport, presumably, and not try to drive directly to Austria). This is when Renard calls Nick and asks to meet.
And here's where things get really good. Renard asks Nick to meet him at the creepy cottage where Nick's Grimm powers activated from the pilot, a very nice callback. When Renard arrives, Nick very promptly starts beating the crap out him, more in anger than any attempt to get the key back, although he wants that, too. Which is why he's shocked when Renard tosses the key back.
Renard explains that if Adelind gets the key they both die, and about the only way to survive — and keep the Royal family from getting the key and its treasures — is to work together. Nick points out they kind of need to fix the Juliette situation first, and he has a way to do that. They pick up Juliette, together, and head to the potions shop where Rosalee has mixed a magic, color-changing milkshake that Nick drinks. Then he falls down and his face turns magenta. Oh, and Adelind is pregnant with Renard's baby. See you next week!
So you might have guessed by my somewhat perfunctory review (at least compared to the verbose nightmares of my Walking Dead and Zero Hour recaps) that I'm pretty new to the Grimm world. I saw the pilot, wasn't particularly impressed by goofy premise or the crappy CG, and "Face Off" is my first episode back.
This time, I was impressed. I'm impressed by the world and the mythology the show has been building — which is what these supernatural serials live and die by — and I'm impressed at how much this single episode shakes up the status quo. There's a lot of revelations for both sides, and now that Nick knows about Renard, that dynamic will be completely different. I've seen a lot of people complain about Grimm's plethora of Wesen o' the Week procedural episodes, but "Face Off" is all story building and character developing, and even for a newcomer like me, it's damned interesting. I genuinely want to see where this goes, something the pilot wasn't able to do.
I hope you guys don't mind me taking this over; obviously, feel free to berate me for anything I missed in the comments, and/or tell me anything I need to know; I'll try to get caught up as quickly as I can (I have read every Grimm Wikipedia page about eight times each, so I feel I have the basics down, at least). And I'll see you next week.
Assorted Musings:
• For some reason, I desperately want to type Renard's name as "Renaud" and Adelind's name as "Adelaide." I have no idea why this is.
• I know everybody adores Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe, but I don't see it. I mean, he's fun and funny and I like him, but I don't see him as this breakout character that steals every scene he's in. I remain completely open to the obvious possibility that I just haven't seen enough of him, and look forward to being corrected.
• This episode felt a lot like early Angel to me, and I meant that as a compliment. Angel — well, all Joss Whedon shows, actually — manage to balance stand-alone episodes and serialized storytelling almost perfectly; I know Grimm hasn't been that lucky. But this was all overarching story tonight, and even for a newbie it was much more interesting than a simple meet/fight a new Wesen o' the Week.
• The scene where Juliette opens the door and sees both Renard and Nick, and they all stand there like particpants in the world's most passive-aggressive threesome made me laugh, as did Juliette's bored "What now?"
• Do you think the video of Monroe that Wu found will have any consequences down the line? Since the story completely dropped the murders after about 10 minutes, I'm guessing not, but it would be an interesting dilemma.
• Nick: "Does anything not end in death?!"
Monroe: "Not that I know of."


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Dear Pharmacist: I have osteoarthritis and take ibuprofen and hydrocodone. Glucosamine helps, but even after six months, I'm still stiff and riddled with pain. What else can I do? — D.Y., Sarasota
Dear D.Y.: You're not alone, 27 million Americans live with osteoarthritis (OA) and the affliction worsens over time. Left untreated, it can completely disable you, so luckily you are doing something. I like glucosamine. I prefer the glucosamine "sulfate" form over other forms, because it provides sulfur to the body (sulfur is not to be confused with sulfa, a drug that many people are allergic to).
OA always involves pro-inflammatory cytokines, which are pain-causing chemicals. Cytokines aren't bad until your body pumps them out in excess, and that's exactly what happens with OA, and it's exactly what you need to reduce. That controls pain and improves range of motion. Ibuprofen reduces prostaglandins and IL-1B. You want that. Glucosamine is a precursor for glycosaminoglycans and that is a component of joint cartilage.
Consider these:
MSM. This is a sulfur-based compound that is actually a byproduct of DMSO. (DMSO is applied topically to joints, but it's intended for vet purposes. The Food and Drug Administration doesn't like humans using it.) Anyway, MSM is sold as an oral supplement at health food stores and does wonders for joint pain.
Bromelain. This pineapple extract gets mixed reviews. One study found it to be as effective as diclofenac, a prescription anti-inflammatory. I frequently recommend it.
Devil's claw. Slightly more exotic, Devil's claw is so named because of its hooked fruit. A 2011 study from Phytotherapy Research concluded that the herb could block the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. In another study, Devil's claw performed as well as the prescription drug Vioxx (now off the market, however Celebrex, which is safer, does remain). The point is that Devil's claw is strong. It interacts with medicine, so ask your doctor if it's right for you.
Boswellia. A 2013 study from The Journal of Headache and Pain studied the biological active ingredients in boswellia (pentacyclic triterpene acids) for their potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Boswellic acid is another major active ingredient. This is, in my mind, Mother Nature's ibuprofen.
This may sound obvious but take pressure off your joints. Extra weight does no favor to your painful knees and hip joints. You may have to start gently with yoga, or tai chi, but keep those joints moving.
And finally, consider ramping up immunity. Some forms of arthritis are due to infections, either fungal, viral or bacterial. Compounds in green tea reduce the cytokine called TNF-alpha, often high in arthritic conditions. One cup of green (or matcha) tea could beat up germs and improve immunity. The L-theanine it contains is relaxing too. Drink it daily.
This is not intended to treat, cure or diagnose your condition. Go to SuzyCohen.com.


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ICL Industrial Products (IP) is the world's largest bromine producer. Building on its bromine economies of scale ICL-IP is continuously diversifying into new fields of applications in the chemical industry.
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Starting with bromine, ICL-IP produces a wide range of bromine based products, ranging from flame retardants and drilling fluids to energy storage solutions and effluent control. ICL-IP also manages product portfolios based on phosphorous chemistry, magnesia products and Dead Sea Salts. ICL –IP's IMI research center provides customized research to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
ICL-IP recognizes that the way it responds to the challenge of sustainability will profoundly affect its competitiveness, and perhaps even the survival. To meet this challenge ICL-IP is adopting the most stringent manufacturing standards, and developing products and applications answering the need for ecological and environmental sustainable development.
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Exelon's Oyster Creek Generating Station reduced power and removed its generator from service at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 25 for planned maintenance.
FORKED RIVER, NJ (Feb. 26, 2009) - Exelon's Oyster Creek Generating Station reduced power and removed its generator from service at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 25 for planned maintenance.
The reactor will remain at approximately 20 percent power to help keep the water temperature in the discharge canal at a level that it does not impact aquatic life.The station has operated at reduced power since Feb. 5 while plant staff evaluated the replacement of a failed transformer.
While the turbine is offline, station personnel will connect a transformer that was recently received at the plant. Oyster Creek uses two transformers to convert the plant's energy output for use on the region's electrical grid.There was no impact on aquatic life in the canal, and Exelon's environmental experts are monitoring the canal for any potential impact due to reduction in power.
Since 2000, AmerGen has invested more than $100 million in the Oyster Creek's systems, components and structures to establish the platform for 20 more years of safe and reliable operations for the Garden State.
Oyster Creek is a 636-megawatt boiling water reactor capable of providing the power needed for about 600,000 homes. The station is located about 50 miles east of Philadelphia and 75 miles south of New York City.


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messaging & collaboration company both on-premise and in the cloud. You can see from our concept our design style. We have this design in psd format minus the grass button bar and 4 bottom text areas. This is what we are looking to have updated to the design.
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We have a new website launching in two weeks. We have some small changes we need to make before we go live.
The main change is the button bar accross the middle of the page. Currently it has a grass background. This needs to be redone. We borrowed this image from another site to show you what we were looking for. I want to be original.
Your task is to design a button bar that meshes well with the rest of the site and pops like the current grass one. We will use this button bar to control ad campaigns above the button bar. The bar should be designed so we can add and subtract the number of buttons we have on it. We will most likely have 3 buttons to start with.
Success By Process, Cloud Messaging, Services. The first one is the sticky note section you see in the design. We hope we find a really good designer we could have create the other two campaign sections for us. There is also more subpage work too. But we would like to get the most important piece done first and in that process find someone we can work with.
The other change is adding the bottom text sections you see into the current design. In the mock up they are there but in the PSD file they are not. The sections I am referring to are "Why I love - Whats new, Introducing, latest buzz. If you could replace the car icon that would be appreciated.
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