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At The Underground, Tyler tells Nick the city has been covered with publicity - the opening will be stellar. Nick calls Avery, who says she's getting ready and will be there soon.
Master Of The Universe.
Wheeler recognizes Leslie, Sharon gets Adam out, and Avery sees Dylan.
Avery answers a knock at her door - it's Marcus Wheeler. She assumes he's there about her case. He says she's defending a man who killed a woman who worked in his campaign office. She believes he's innocent. Wheeler says he's concerned about the effect on his office if he sent an innocent man to prison. Avery asks if he wants to help. He wants his people kept up-to-date. Avery's resistant. Wheeler says he expects to hear from her soon.
In his room, Dylan thinks back on an exchange he and Avery had about a special rock. He told her it would be his lucky charm. He pockets it and leaves.
Sharon hammers on Adam's door. He lets her in. She reminds him about the nightclub opening. He doesn't want to go. Sharon tries to talk him into going to The Underground. He mutters that it will be crawling with Newmans. She wants him to come so Nick can see that them working together isn't so bad. She tells him to change into something that makes him look like a master of the universe.
Alex arrives at the tackhouse and grills Noah about why he called yesterday. He hollers that Adriana is playing him for a fool. Noah says this whole thing seems more personal than professional with him. Alex threatens to charge him with obstruction and leaves. Adriana appears. Noah tells her to take the money and disappear - he's not going with her. They bicker about Alex. Noah says he can't trust her. She kisses him and goes.
At Jabot, Neil cozies up to Leslie, talking about the dress she'll wear to the opening and how he'll take it off her smokin' hot body. They make out until she reminds him they're at the office. They agree to meet at the GCAC for dinner before the opening later. Once alone, Leslie runs into Marcus Wheeler at the elevator. He calls her Valerie. She tells him Jack's gone for the day.
Chelsea and Cane meet at the Club. He tries to look at her designs but she says they're not ready. She relents - he can stay for a drink if he promises not to peek. He teases her about lashing out yesterday and urges her to follow her passion. Cane promises Neil will be impressed with her designs. Neil arrives as they're laughing and chatting. Cane tells him about Chelsea's impressive designs. Neil takes Cane aside and angrily tells him he overstepped. Cane urges him to give her a chance. Neil tells Chelsea they're not ready to meet with designers. Cane whispers to Chelsea that he'll fight for her. Leslie arrives and seems agitated. Neil asks what's going on. She just wants to go to the nightclub to support Tyler.
Vikki arrives at The Underground, and says Billy's swamped with work. She and Nick discuss their parents. Vikki is introduced to 'Mac'. Tyler appears and says the line is around the block. Nick's excited. Noah arrives. Nick goes to let the people in and Mac sees a text from Avery on his phone - she's on the way. Sharon and Adam enter. Nick and Adam act civil, so Sharon goes to see Noah and spots Mac - they joke about her coffee spill. After, Mac flashes to a memory of Avery giving him the rock as he works. Avery arrives and greets Nick happily. Mac watches as they go to have a toast. Mac puts the rock on the bar and tells Noah he has to go. Nick and Avery return. Noah says Mac took off. Avery notices the rock and asks where he went. She makes her way to the back room and drops what she's holding when she sees Mac and he says her name.
Adrian runs into Alex at the Club. He says this ends now. She's glad it's over - she's been scared for so long. She throws herself into his arms and he rolls his eyes. Adriana pulls a gun on him and handcuffs him to the railing before taking off.
Sharon and Adam arrive at the Club as Chelsea sits alone thinking of Adam's advice not to knock herself. She takes off as they laugh about the opening and Nick and Victoria.
Genoa City Spoilers for Tomorrow on The Young and the Restless:
Leslie tells Tyler she saw Wheeler and he knew exactly who she was.
Victor asks a man why Congressman Wheeler would make a house call to Avery Clark.
Mac tells Avery she's so beautiful. Nick appears and tells Avery he's been looking everywhere for her.
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One of Germany's most singular achievements is to have associated itself so intimately in the world's imagination with the darkest evils of the two worst political systems of the most murderous century in human history. The words "Nazi," "SS," and "Auschwitz" are already global synonyms for the deepest inhumanity of fascism. Now the word "Stasi" is becoming a default global synonym for the secret police terrors of communism. The worldwide success of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's deservedly Oscar- winning film The Lives of Others will strengthen that second link, building as it does on the preprogramming of our imaginations by the first. Nazi, Stasi: Germany's festering half-rhyme.
It was therefore with particular interest that I recently sat down to watch The Lives of Others, this already celebrated film about the Stasi, made by a West German director who was just sixteen when the Berlin Wall came down. Set in the Orwellian year of 1984, it shows a dedicated Stasi captain, Gerd Wiesler, conducting a full-scale surveillance operation on a playwright in good standing with the regime, Georg Dreyman, and his beautiful, highly strung actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. As the case progresses, we see the Stasi captain becoming disillusioned with his task. He realizes that the whole operation has been set up simply to allow the culture minister, who is exploiting his position to extract sexual favors from the lovely Christa, to get his playwright rival out of his way. "Was it for this we joined up?" Wiesler asks his cynical superior, Colonel Anton Grubitz.
At the same time, he becomes curiously enchanted with what he hears through his headphones, connected to the bugs concealed behind the wallpaper of the playwright's apartment: that rich world of literature, music, friendship, and tender sex, so different from his own desiccated, solitary life in a dreary tower-block, punctuated only by brief, mechanical relief between the outsize mutton thighs of a Stasi-commissioned prostitute. In his snooper's hideaway in the attic of the apartment building, Wiesler sits transfixed by Dreyman's rendition of a piano piece called "The Sonata of the Good Man"—a birthday present to the playwright from a dissident theater director who, banned by the culture minister from pursuing his vocation, subsequently commits suicide. Violating all the rules that he himself teaches at the Stasi's own university, the secret watcher slips into the apartment and steals a volume of poems by Bertolt Brecht. Then we see him lying on a sofa, entranced by one of Brecht's more elegiac verses.
The Germany in which this film was produced, in the early years of the twenty-first century, is one of the most free and civilized countries on earth. In this Germany, human rights and civil liberties are today more jealously and effectively protected than (it pains me to say) in traditional homelands of liberty such as Britain and the United States. In this good land, the professionalism of its historians, the investigative skills of its journalists, the seriousness of its parliamentarians, the generosity of its funders, the idealism of its priests and moralists, the creative genius of its writers, and, yes, the brilliance of its filmmakers have all combined to cement in the world's imagination the most indelible association of Germany with evil. Yet without these efforts, Germany would never have become such a good land. In all the annals of human culture, has there ever been a more paradoxical achievement?

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SCCI Steps Up Efforts To Boost Sharjah's Appeal Among Regional And International Tourists
Sharjah's 11 percent tourism growth prompts SCCI to formulate action plan to strengthen emirate-wide development
The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) recently hosted a special business breakfast meeting with key representatives from the UAE's tourism industry to discuss the formulation and implementation of a strategic action plan that can help Sharjah's development into an international tourist destination. The SCCI's call for an immediate action plan follows the impressive performance of Sharjah's tourism sector, which has posted 11 per cent annual growth over the last five years, translating to revenues to the tune of AED 68.4 billion.
Attending the breakfast meeting were officials and members of the SCCI headed by Chairman Ahmad Mohammad Al Midfaa; Members of the Board of Directors - Ahmad Mohammad Al Amiri, Ahmad Mohammad Al Jarwan and Abdullah Rashed Sofor; SCCI Director General, Hussein Mohammed Al Mahmoudi and SCCI Assistant Director General for Membership and Branches Affairs Khalid Bin Butti Bin Obaid. Also present during the event were representatives coming from various hospitality and tourism based establishments in the emirate.
The meeting featured discussions about the present state of Sharjah's tourism industry, especially in the wake of the ongoing global economic slowdown. Also discussed were the challenges and current projects being undertaken to help attract more visitors, tourists and shoppers to the emirate, underscoring the importance of Sharjah's tourism segment in the overall economic development of the area.
Commenting on the meeting, Ahmad Mohammed Al Midfaa said, ""The local tourism sector plays a key role in supporting economic growth, especially during the present period which is seeing new challenges. Accordingly we have intensified our efforts and enhanced collaboration with the parties concerned to formulate more strategies and plans at the local and regional level with an aim to increase tourist inflow to Sharjah from across the Gulf countries, Arab region and around the world. In line with this, we seek to enhance the level of cooperation between the private and public sectors so as to face economic challenges more effectively, support the development of major tourism projects in Sharjah and promote the emirate globally as an ideal family holiday destination."
"Moreover, major events like the Sharjah Spring Promotions and the Sharjah Summer Promotions which we organise annually, go a long way in promoting the emirate. We are also looking to leverage the appeal of Sharjah's natural resources, particularly in the eastern and central areas, and to showcase the diversity, cultural heritage and natural beauty of the emirate to tourists. Further, while we plan to increase the number of hotels and resorts in Sharjah to cater to the steadily growing number of tourists, we also will be giving top priority to maintaining the highest quality standards in the hospitality sector," he added.
According to a recent report from the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), the number of hotels/hotel apartments in the emirate has significantly increased to 107 (37 hotels and 66 hotel apartments ranging in the one star to five star rating). The report also shares that more hotels are expected to open in the next few years as a means to cope with the growing demand. A total of 4,000 new hotel rooms will be added by 2011, which will take the total number of hotel rooms in Sharjah to 12,000.
This meeting is part of SCCI's strategic plan to promote the collaboration between various economic sectors in the emirate and regional and international bodies in an effort to strengthen Sharjah's development. SCCI also aims to formulate and implement expansion strategies and plans, which will enable the creation of important services and facilities that will contribute to the promotion of Sharjah as a premier tourist destination.


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Up to 800,000 people are expected to flock to Golden Gate Park for this weekend's free music festival Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, which runs Friday through Sunday.
The massive party takes place in Hellman Hollow, Marx Meadow, and Lindley Meadow beginning at 10 a.m. each day. Nearly 100 live acts are scheduled to perform, including Emmylou Harris, Lloyd Cole, Elvis Costello, the Chiefftans, Patty Griffin, and Cowboy Junkies.
Download the Hardly Strictly app on iPhone or Android to keep handy details like a festival map and artist schedule at your fingertips. If you don't own a smartphone, the same information can be printed out as PDFs from the website.
Driving to Golden Gate Park is a guaranteed nightmare to be avoided at all costs. Extreme traffic is expected all throughout San Francisco because of Fleet Week, America's Cup, and all of the sporting activities taking place in the city over what's been dubbed the Bay's big weekend. Take public transportation, ride a bike (self-parking and valet available), or walk.
BART riders should exit at Civic Center station and take the MUNI 5L bus, which will run with limited stops until it reaches the north side of Golden Gate Park at 30th Avenue and Fulton streets. Returning passengers can catch the 5L on Fulton between 25th and 30th Avenues and take it to Hyde and Fulton streets, one block from Civic Center BART.
The south side of Golden Gate Park can be accessed via MUNI's N-Judah line, which will run an extra LRV service from Caltrain to the end of the line at Ocean Beach. The Golden Gate Park shuttle travels around the entire park and is free on weekends.
Check the event FAQ for particulars on what you can and can't bring and do at the festival. For example, dogs and alcohol are okay but camping is not.
This year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass pays tribute to its late founder, billionaire investor Warren Hellman, who passed away in December 2011. A special "Warren Museum" is open to the public now through October 10 at 1479A Fulton Street from 2-8 p.m. daily. When he founded the event in 2001, it was called Strictly Bluegrass, but has since widened tremendously in its musical scope.
"I wonder sometimes how the commercial festival people feel that we're kind of eating their lunch, and you know, I don't care," Hellman told SF Weekly in a 2010 interview. "One way or another, I don't care. They should do it for free, too."


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Great ride report! Awesome write up. Wish I was there. I need to find a reason to move west.
Having ridden most all of the same roads (and having better luck with hotels) I thoroughly enjoyed your write-up and pics. Thanks!
When does the book come out? I would like to be on the advanced list please. It would look real good on my cocktail table. Next time we hook up we will cover proper gear for extended travel and packing techniques
That was a great write up! Pictures were fantastic and I have been on many of the roads and went to many of the same places too. So fun to read about your adventure! Should go in the next Concourier! Thank you for spending the time to put it all together!
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Why in the world would anyone do a 750-mile bike ride? Because it is there? Randonnuering is self-contained long-distance cycling that fits right between bicycle touring and double centuries. It is a 'ride to finish' event, though some people, of course, race it. Paris-Brest-Paris is thee event; it started in 1891 (before the Tour!) and now happens every four years. Over 5000 cyclists from around the world are signed up, including 600 americans. There are staggered start times; I am starting 930pm (1230pm in California) Monday and have a 90 hour time limit. Just under four days. Fa(s)t Dan(donnuer) is already in Paris; after my ferry/train journey we'll meet up for bike inspection Sunday. My Seven is hooked up with a front/rear lighting system and fenders.
You can follow my progress online, here. My plate number is 4660. If you can read French, there is some sort of GPS tracking planned.
I have so much food with me you wouldn't believe it! Some pate in a tube, flapjacks, havla, Lara bars and the powdered stuff I am use to. I have a drop bag set up for Loudeac; since it is an out-and-back I'll see it twice. My plan is to ride 274 miles, sleep 6-8 hours, ride 198 miles back to Loudeac, sleep again, then ride the 278 back to Paris. With the exception of the first night, which I will ride straight through, I hope to avoid real long stints at night.
Concerns? My biggest fear is getting a flat at 3am in the rain with no around and not being able to speak French to anyone. Also saddle sores, duh. Should be a great way to see France!
More info on the 115 year old event:
French site
BC Canada Randonnuer PBP site (the better of the lot)
PBP tv? Not sure what is going to happen here.
The painfully boring American Randonnuers PBP site
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Rabbi Yishmael said, "Be yielding to a superior, gentle to the young, and receive every person with joy." Ethics of the Fathers, 3:16
In the classic film Casablanca, Peter Lorre invites himself to sit down at Humphrey Bogart's table and says, "You really despise me, don't you, Rick?"
Humphrey Bogart replies, "If I gave you any thought at all, I probably would."
The audience can't help enjoy Bogart's debonair Rick Blaine putting down Lorre's sniveling Ugarte. In his character as Rick, Bogart was the epitome of cool before the term was even invented.
Cool is not a concept that translates well into Jewish philosophy.
But cool is not a concept that translates well into Jewish philosophy. The attitude defined by aloof superiority, calculated indifference, and casual disdain is precisely the opposite of how we are meant to carry ourselves through life. The fleeting pleasure that comes from a sarcastic barb or a derisive smirk reveals the depth of our psychological and emotional insecurity. No spiritually healthy person could possibly consider disparaging another person to be a form of entertainment.
In this deceptively simple mishna, Rabbi Yishmael alludes to three categories of people with which we all interact in the course of our lives.
First are our superiors, those who are placed -- either through ability, seniority, or luck --in positions of power and authority above us. These are the rulers and the bosses, the parents and the teachers, the masters and the commanders who make the rules and give the orders.
The Talmud tells us that one who performs a good deed in response to a command has greater merit than one who acts of his own initiative. This seems at first counterintuitive. Is it not better to act rightly motivated by the desire to do good than only in response to orders from a higher authority?
We find here an insight into human psychology. All of us have the deep-seated desire to be rulers over ourselves, to be masters of our own destiny, to determine our own course and our fate. The moment we are given orders, something within us urges us to rebel, to reject those instructions for no other reason than as an expression of our own autonomy.
More often than not, the impulse to rebel leads us into folly and betrays our own best interests. Refusing the instructions of an employer, a commanding officer, a policeman, or the federal government will usually result in the loss of employment or personal freedom, with consequences that extend far into the future. As much as we might feel justified in asserting our independence, Rabbi Yishmael warns us against the consequences of denying the power of authority.
Even more significantly, by submitting to authority we gain mastery over our own egos. Both history and psychology testify that so much of human conflict stems from arrogance, pride, and the lust for power and honor. Every time we yield to those whose position gives them power over us, we take back a measure of control over the ego and break the hold that the ego has over us.
Consequently, every exchange with a flesh and blood superior provides us an opportunity to refine our relationship with the Almighty -- the ultimate authority.
The second category includes those people we consider to be our inferiors. Those who are "young" in our eyes may be truly young in years. In more general terms, however, this grouping refers to those whom we believe have little to offer us because they are lacking in resources, wisdom, or power.
Offering a kind word to the poor is equivalent to giving charity.
The trait of noblesse oblige, of respect and concern for those less fortunate than oneself, is among the most admirable human qualities. By conducting ourselves toward those who have nothing but their self-respect, we brighten their lives by showing them that they have our respect as well. The Talmud teaches that offering a kind word to the poor or the lowly is equivalent to giving charity, for it restores the spirit as surely as money provides food, clothing, or shelter.
The final category includes those people we consider our equals. After warning us against resentment toward those more empowered than ourselves and against disdain for those less privileged than ourselves, Rabbi Yishmael concludes by warning us against overlooking those who fall into neither category. Perhaps we will assume that those of comparable station are independent, and therefore have no need for us. Perhaps we will fear that we are in competition with them in attaining the next rung of the social ladder. Either way, we should recognize that every person is fashioned in the image of God, and we should celebrate our opportunity to come in contact with every one of the Almighty's most exalted creations.
But one final step remains to fully understanding the subtlety of Rabbi Yishmael's teaching. Once we acknowledge that every person has been created for a specific reason and placed where he can best fulfill his purpose, then we cannot help but acknowledge that those who hold positions of superiority over us were placed in their positions as agents of Divine. Be yielding to a superior, says Rabbi Yishmael, as if your superior were appointed to his position by God Himself -- for indeed he was.
By the same token, in every circumstance where we find ourselves in positions of superiority over others, be gentle to the young, and act toward them as if God Himself had placed you there for their benefit -- for indeed He has.
By adopting Rabbi Yishmael's attitude, we will naturally receive every person with joy, brightening our own lives and the lives of all those around us.


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Pineda Quits Baseball to Sell Ice Cream
Yesterday the Yankees lost Michael Pineda to the disabled list. Today they lost him to Mr. Softee.
24 Hours after the Yanks learned their 23-year-old righty would start the 2012 season on the DL due to tendinitis, Pineda announced he is retiring from baseball to fulfill his lifelong dream of selling ice cream. The soreness in his throwing arm was too much for the young hurler to handle.
"My arm – it just really hurts," Pineda told the media earlier today.
"I never really wanted to be a baseball player anyway. When I was a kid I saw a guy driving a big truck around, giving out ice cream to all the kids in the neighborhood. I knew right then that was what I wanted to do."
The news came as a shock to Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman, who traded Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi for Pineda on Jan. 13. The announcement stunned Cashman to the point of near speechlessness.
"I…really have no words because nothing like this has ever happened to us before," Cashman said.
"I never would have thought this would transpire when I made the trade. I know many folks are critical of my work a lot of the time, and this time they have every right to criticize the move."
Manager Joe Girardi is disappointed to see one of his young guns go, but at the same time is wishing Pineda the best in his new endeavor.
"We're sorry Michael had to get hurt and we're a little sad to see him go," Girardi said.
"At the same time we're really happy for him and hoping he becomes the Cy Young of ice cream sales. I know in my heart he has the ability to sell those frozen treats like no one else."
Contrary to what many might think, Pineda has had experience in ice cream sales. When he was four, he owned his own ice pop stand on his front lawn. A hard-working merchant, Pineda would freeze lemonade, orange juice, and fruit punch in ice trays and sell assorted-flavored ice pops to his neighbors for a dime.
He eventually grew tired of watching the local ice cream man take his business, however, and began his aspirations of becoming an ice cream salesman.
"My friends would come to my stand, reach into their pockets, and right before I made a sale he would come into the picture," Pineda explained.
"I would hear the ice cream man's music start playing and my friends would run to him. All the money I would have made went to him. It was then I knew I wanted to do what he was doing and sell ice cream."
Pineda has always loved ice cream. Growing up he cited mint chocolate chip as his number one favorite dessert. Cookie dough, strawberry, and sherbet are three other flavors he loved to eat after dinner – that is, if he finished his broccoli.
Yet Pineda's absolute favorite was a specialty popsicle called a "Bubble Play" – a pink, icy delight made to look like a baseball glove with a gumball attached to the center of it.
"Bubble Play was my favorite, I loved to eat those" Pineda said.
"I don't know if they make it anymore, but if they don't I will get them to make it again. It's a million dollar idea. I will make a million dollars in ice cream sales bringing back the Bubble Play."
With his baseball career over, Pineda plans to start small. He will set up shop much like he did on his lawn 19 years ago. Only this time, his ice cream stand will be located outside Yankee Stadium. He is hoping to get hired someday by the Yankees and become a famous vendor inside the Stadium.
"I hope people know they can always come to me for ice cream," Pineda said.
"I won't ever be on the Yankee Stadium mound in front of everyone, but that's OK. I just hope one day Mr. Cashman sees me and hires me to sell my tasty ice cream to the Yankee fans. I can at least contribute to the organization that way and make the fans happy."
I haven't written a fake article like this in awhile and felt I was long overdue.
Happy April Fool's Day! 🙂


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"Negotiation" – almost everybody in Quebec still seems to believe in its magical powers to solve the current protest crisis, even after it's already failed once.
Three-quarters of Quebecers in a recent poll by Léger Marketing for Québecor-owned media say the Charest government should resume negotiations with the students associations on its announced tuition increases.
The student "leaders" say they want negotiations (though the hardline CLASSE threatened to walk out of the talks before they even began). And so does the government.
If only it were that simple.
Negotiation isn't a solution in itself. It's a process that doesn't guarantee satisfaction to all concerned. That's why marriages – and countries – break up.
It doesn't help if the negotiators for one side are unreliable. In early May, the government thought it had an agreement in principle on tuition with the student "leaders," only for the latter to refuse to recommend it to their "striking" members, who overwhelmingly rejected it.
The difference between a pizzeria and a Quebec student "leader"? The pizza joint delivers.
The "strikers" might not be satisfied with mere improvements to the May 5 agreement – or "offer," as their "leaders" called it.
That deal, however, was criticized for giving control over university budgets to the likes of CLASSE "spokesperson" Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois (who, we learned this week, is apparently so financially illiterate he was paying his rent in cash).
The "leaders" might not be able to speak for non-student protesters who would settle for nothing less than the resignation of the government.
The government would be negotiating from a position of weakness.
Its emergency legislation against the disruptive and sometimes destructive and violent actions that have given the "strikers" their negotiating leverage has not only failed, it has backfired.
The legislation's limits on the freedom to demonstrate have expanded the protest movement, and the protesters have been emboldened by their successful defiance of it.
Time is working for the "strikers," and against the government.
The emergency legislation has suspended the "strikers'" classes until mid-August.
The government, however, is under growing pressure from Montreal merchants to settle the dispute to avoid disruptions during the summer festival and tourist season; events surrounding the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada start June 7.
There is also increasing danger of tragedy in an apparent escalation of violence in Montreal. Police are exhausted and frustrated after enduring more than 30 consecutive nights of provocation in the form of cat-and-mouse games with "spontaneous" demonstrations and missile barrages.
It seems, however, that appeals for peace are being made the loudest by supporters of a government that appears to be in disarray.
This week, Premier Jean Charest, having already lost an education minister, announced a "changing of the guard" by replacing his own chief of staff.
And in a symbolic turning point, the government's staunchest media ally, La Presse, called for it to negotiate the tuition increases.
This was after La Presse was threatened with a subscription boycott for publishing poll results unfavourable to the protesters.
So the haggling has begun. But any reduction in the increases would cost Quebec not only in immediate financial terms, but also in future political ones.
Negotiations don't take place only at a bargaining table. They have been taking place for three months now on campuses and in the streets.
There, a minority within the population has been using economic and social disruption, vandalism, intimidation and physical assault as negotiating tactics.
Any reduction now in the tuition increases would be a surrender in the face of the threat to continue to use those tactics.
That lesson would not be lost on any other group with enough supporters to use the same tactics to defend its own interests against austerity measures.
It would create what the cover of this week's edition of Maclean's magazine aptly calls a "new ruling class" in Quebec, a fourth branch of government with veto power over the decisions of the legislature, the executive and the courts:
The mob.
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Oracle has announced enhancements to Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. The updates incorporate capabilities from Oracle's portfolio of portal products to provide tools to develop and deploy internal and external portals and websites, composite applications, mashups, and social and collaboration services.
Oracle is hoping to garner interest from companies who want to enable the addition of social computing capabilities to their existing business portals. As such, the company says that Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g will assemble composite applications through Oracle's common user-experience architecture, as well as a broad set of reusable, standards-based components.
In addition, the latest version of Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g engages business users through improved collaboration capabilities, increased personalization features and better information discovery and access within the context of business processes.
"By bringing together the best features from our entire portfolio of Enterprise 2.0 products and providing pre-integration with business applications, Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g delivers a modern user experience platform that is ideal for the information-driven workplace," said Andy MacMillan, vice president, Product Management, Oracle. "Applications, information and contacts are integrated in a single screen, which makes it faster and easier for people to get their jobs done regardless of where they are in the world."
This release also specifies:
- Desktop integration with common word processing, spreadsheet, and email applications;
- Full support for the Content Management Interoperability Standard (CMIS) to enable use of content from multiple repositories and across multiple systems;
- A broad choice of tools for developers, including an extensive catalog of reusable components.


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I have experimented with all of the Betty Crocker gluten-free mixes now. I love or like them all. Not only are they super convenient, but they taste good. Good enough to satisfy those who don't have to eat gluten-free, too.
I got out my stick of butter to soften to make the chocolate chip cookies yesterday around lunch time. Come 3 o'clock, I had no desire to make them. Figures. Well, I decided to make them, but instead of forming into individual cookies, I pressed the dough into a glass Pyrex dish (9 x 11 approximately) and baked. They did take a bit longer to bake, but I just made sure to keep a close eye towards the end. They turned out great!!
Jon was whining at first that he only liked "cookies". I told him that he didn't have to eat these if he didn't want to. LOL! Funny, I caught him moaning & groaning over one after dinner. Guess he didn't like them. 😉
This is a great treat to make for a potluck or child's class party. Quick & easy.
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(SCHAUMBURG, IL) Sakurai USA was a featured exhibitor at SGIA '12 in Las Vegas, with an operating MS-80SD servo-driven cylinder screen press equipped with an industry first optical camera registration system and monitor designed to improve quality and performance. The MS-80SD produced an impressive full color 31 5/8 x 21 ¾" poster demonstrating printed electronics and specialty effects printing in perfect registration.
"SGIA '12 in Las Vegas was the best screen printing show in four years for Sakurai," according to David Rose. National Sales Manager, Screen Press Systems, Sakurai USA, Inc. "There was a noticeable buzz about the screen printing process at the show and customers and visitors were intrigued with the capabilities of our new Sakurai MS-80SD. Booth traffic was strong and steady over the three-day run of SGIA and Sakurai recorded a high number of quality leads and wrote multiple orders on the show floor."
Following its success at SGIA, and starting in just over a week, Sakurai will be hosting a 3-Day Open House on November 5-7, 2012 from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM at the Sakurai Headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois,
"The expanded 3-day event will showcase Sakurai offset and cylinder screen press automation featuring live demonstrations of offset printing, specialty printing effects and printed electronics applications," according to Greg Friesser, General Manager, Sakurai USA.
Highlighting the Sakurai open house will be live demonstrations of an MS-80SD servo-driven cylinder screen press with optical camera registration system, as featured at SGIA running printed electronics and overlay applications; a 28" x 40" MS-102AII cylinder screen press producing spot coating and specialty effects printing and Sakurai's new 15,000 IPH 480SD Series offset press, a
23 58 x 31" four color, ideal for short-run, fast turnaround printing.
Ryuta Sakurai, President of Sakurai Graphic Systems Japan to be on hand to welcome customers, dealers and guests, Friesser added.
To learn more about Sakurai's November Open House or to RSVP, contact Greg Friesser, General Manager, Sakurai USA, Inc., 847-490-9400 Ext. 202, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.sakurai.com
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