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Christiana Virone ('14) | Criminal Justice

Christiana Virone ('14) | Criminal Justice

Lubbock, Texas
Criminal Justice Major with Minor in Psychology and Public Service

Extracurricular activities/organizations: Jack Pope Fellows Scholar, The Women’s Club and Lynay

Favorite courses: The classes I most enjoyed were my psychology classes. I enjoyed learning about ways in which to help people.

Biggest surprise about ACU:  The faculty and staff really care about the students.

Advice to incoming students:  Do not underestimate the power of hard work. It is important to study hard and do well in classes, especially if you want to attend graduate school.

Why did you decide to come to ACU?

My dad went here, and I also wanted to pursue higher education in a Christian environment that was relatively close to home.

How has ACU prepared you academically for your future?

The diversity of the staff and teaching styles have helped me learn to succeed in different environments.

What have you gained through your involvement with LYNAY?

LYNAY has been a great place to meet people with diverse backgrounds that I would not have otherwise met. I am thankful that I was able to participate in LYNAY.

What do you hope to do after graduation?

I will be attending graduate school at ACU in the psychology–counseling master's program. Upon completion of my master's degree, I want to work in a juvenile detention center as a counselor.

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An interesting little point made in the Telegraph:

In the debate on Britain’s relationship with the European Union, you hear two types of response from business leaders. The first, given generally by those who can afford to pay for large teams of lawyers, compliance officers and Brussels-based lobbyists, is one of tentative approval. The second, inevitably provided by the bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises where every penny must be accounted for and most members of staff have more than a single role, is one of resignation verging on outright hostility.

The point being that big business doesn't really mind regulation because it has the capability of dealing with it while small business hates it with a passion because it does not.

But it actually goes rather further than this. Big business positively delights in much regulation. To understand this we've got to be clear eyed in our appreciation of what the market is really all about. Capitalism, and big businesses are decidedly capitalist organisations, is indeed all about making profit. Get the most out of whatever it is that you're doing. It's the market, the competition that it allows, which is what tempers this this profit gouging. You can't charge what you like for a pint of beer because there's another pub around the corner. Or the supermarket and the couch in front of the telly. Or France sells beer to take home as well.

What regulation does is favour both the incumbents in any activity and also large companies in anytihng at all. For what worries business is not whether they're allowed to do something or not: but that other people will find a better way of doing it and thus compete. More regulation means that fewer upstarts can enter the market and any that do are hobbled by that regulation. The more regulation the more the current large companies can continue to be capitalist without having to worry about their practices being tempered by that market competition.

Which is, as I say, why large companies just love regulation. The problem here is of course that it's also large companies that do all the lobbying. Further, that it's the small and new companies that do most of the innovation and nearly all of the job creation. Meaning, in the end, that it's precisely because large companies so like regulation that we should have less of it.

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A Development Framework for Sustainable Urban Transport

TA Change in Scope, Amount, and Implementation Arrangements | August 2008

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Supply Chain Integrity: 2011 Highlights

  • ADM’s Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agricultural Practices program, or SERAP, reached more than 22,000 farmers in Côte d’Ivoire, who together delivered approximately 24,000 metric tons of high-quality, responsibly grown cocoa. Since 2005, SERAP has provided more than US$10 million in grower premiums, US$4 million in seed money, and tens of millions of additional dollars in revolving funds to promote sustainable cocoa cultivation and better living standards for farmers and communities.
  • ADM announced the expansion of the SERAP program to Indonesia, another important cocoa-growing nation.
  • Following the civil conflict that impacted cocoa growers in Côte d’Ivoire for seven months in 2010-11, ADM met with cocoa cooperatives to offer support in restoring production and marketing operations. An ADM team comprising agricultural engineers, marketing representatives and cocoa farming specialists traveled throughout the country, assessing the additional assistance cocoa farmers needed to resume full production.
  • ADM has provided financial assistance to Opportunities Industrialization Centers International–Côte d’Ivoire (OICI-CI) to fund bridge and well construction projects in cocoa-farming villages. The projects include the construction of 16 clean-water wells and eight small culvert bridges. Despite the delay caused by the civil conflict, four of the wells and six of the bridges had been completed as of Sept. 1, 2011. The remaining projects are slated for completion in 2012.

  • The first two phases of Doing it Right—a program developed by ADM and Aliança da Terra, a Brazilian sustainable agriculture group founded by farmers—were completed.  Approximately 120 Brazilian soy producers from the state of Mato Grosso participated, and more than 380,000 hectares of ADM suppliers’ farmland were mapped and assessed. Growers were then provided with assistance to help them transition to more sustainable farming practices. Doing It Right aims to help soy farmers improve yields and profits on existing land in socially and environmentally sound ways that can prevent the need to expand into ecologically sensitive regions.
  • The company launched Phase 3 of Doing It Right, which will more than double the amount of farmland mapped and assessed in the first two phases by adding an additional 400,000 hectares.
  • ADM achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification to supply the European market with sustainably grown soybeans that meet the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive requirements. ADM began processing certified-sustainable soybeans at its Hamburg and Mainz, Germany, oilseeds plants in fall 2011.
  • In addition, we are spearheading a pilot program that will help restore native vegetation on degraded riverside areas within soybean farms that participate in the Doing It Right program. ADM is working with several fellow industry participants, as well as Aliança da Terra and the Environmental Research Institute of the Amazon, to advance the initiative.
  • ADM is a signatory to an industry moratorium on soy grown in areas of the Amazon biome after July 2006. The moratorium is led by ABIOVE, the Brazilian vegetable oil industry association, and ANEC, the Brazilian cereal exporters’ association, and is intended to meet global demand for sustainable soy.

  • ADM announced a sustainable palm oil production and processing venture in Pará, Brazil — an investment developed in cooperation with local farmers and the Brazilian government. The operation will encompass approximately 12,000 hectares of oil palm plantation land, 6,000 of which will be owned and operated by about 600 smallholder family farmers. ADM will provide these farmers with technical assistance focused on sustainable agricultural practices. The processing facility is slated to commence operations in 2016.
  • Around the world, we continued to extend and expand supply agreements to secure our access to palm oil that has been certified sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. The majority of ADM palm suppliers are now RSPO members.
  • We broadened our sustainable palm oil product portfolio to include various blends of soft oils (such as soybean and sunflower oils), tropical oils and their fractions.
  • After RSPO-certified auditors determined that ADM’s European palm oil production facilities were consistent with the organization’s supply chain standards, the plants began participating in a second round of audits intended to allow them to supply segregated sustainable oil to customers.

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Police seek help in finding missing Eagle River man

Michelle Theriault Boots

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing Eagle River man.

Neighbors of Stephen Gingrich called police Saturday to let them know the 58-year-old hadn't been seen for two weeks, the Anchorage Police Department said in a release.

"Neighbors believe this to be atypical of Mr. Gingrich and have advised that he may be mentally vulnerable," the release said.

Gingrich, known as "Stef" to his friends, is known in progressive political circles and in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Anchorage as a longtime, stalwart volunteer.

"He is one of the most soft-spoken, gentle and generous people," said Jaime Rodriguez, a friend since the 1980s who owns Alpine Garden Nursery in Palmer.

Originally from Florida, Gingrich lives in a hand-hewn house on Hiland Road and spends time at an inherited homestead property in the far reaches of Eagle River's South Fork Valley, according to Rodriguez.

An avid hiker whom friends describe as a skilled outdoorsman and botany expert, Gingrich is single and doesn't have close family members living in state.

Gingrich has for decades devoted his time to Democratic political causes and LGBT activism.

He was known for making flags and buttons for people to wear at events and protests, said Mel Green, a longtime LGBT activist in Anchorage. He helped build floats for the annual PrideFest parade.

Last year, he gave Green a car -- an old Subaru she still drives today.

Earlier this year Gingrich had a falling out with members of one of the LGBT organizations he was involved with, friends said.

"I think he was hurt or maybe a little bitter about the situation," Rodriguez said.

But Rodriguez doesn't think he was despondent.

"He was working too hard on his cabin and house and garden for me to characterize any of his behavior as even remotely depressed."

Word that Gingrich is missing spread quickly through his friend circles on Facebook, Rodriguez said.

"My first gut response is that I hope he got a permanent fund dividend ticket and went to Florida or something," he said. "I hope he didn't get stuck up at his cabin and hurt himself."

Police searched the area of Gingrich's Eagle River home and cabin Sunday and found nothing, said Dani Myren, an Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman.

Gingrich is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds with long sandy-blonde hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call the APD at 786-8900.

"He's got a lot of people really worried about him," Green said.

Reach Michelle Theriault Boots at mtheriault@adn.com or 257-4344.


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Letter: Bill will protect seniors in need

Many Alaskan seniors are on a fixed income, which has less and less buying power over time. I watched how difficult it was for my grandmother to cope with balancing her basic needs. A small, additional income helps our neediest seniors make essential purchases like food, medicine and housing.

Unfortunately, the Senior Benefits Program, which helps 11,000 needy seniors, is set to expire June 30, 2015. This is why I introduced House Bill 261 to permanently protect this program from the risk of budget cuts. The Senior Benefits Program is needs based. It pays a set amount to Alaska residents over age 65 who meet certain conditions, including an income requirement.

Knowing that this amount is dependable helps seniors balance household expenses. Even facing budget deficits, we can afford to help our neediest seniors by permanently protecting this program from budget cuts. More seniors call Alaska home than ever before, and seniors are the fastest-growing segment of our population. This program recognizes their struggle to make ends meet and risk of living with financial uncertainty.

— Rep. Geran Tarr


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Jeff Lowenfels: Acting now means being ready to plant outdoors

Jeff Lowenfels
Erik Hill

Ah, you can feel that it is finally spring. The cottonwood smell, the warmer temperatures, the longer days and the return of the geese and swans, all finally wipe out the disappointment caused by daylight saving time.

In fact, as we await those squirrel-ear-size birch leaves, we are in the home stretch of the indoor part of our growing season. The traditional planting-out period is over Memorial Day weekend, and that doesn't give us much time. This is especially so when you need to toss in a week of hardening off before then (weather permitting).

You know my rule: If you don't start from seed at least one thing you grow this summer, you are not really an Alaska gardener. Now happens to be the time to start a few of the easiest plants, so pay attention if you want to qualify.

For starters, there are two relatives, canary bird vine and nasturtium. I won't bother you with scientific names but both are legumes; one is a climber and both are extremely easy to grow. These are big seeds, easy for little fingers to plant, and always produce lots of growth, so they make terrific seeds to start young gardeners on.

Soak these seeds in warm water (you can use a thermos) or even room-temperature water for 24 hours before planting. And if you roll these seeds in a specialized legume inoculant of nitrogen-fixing bacteria just before planting in individual containers, they will perform better. You can get this inoculant at any good nursery.

Marigolds are not my favorites but they are, without doubt, the easiest flower seeds to grow, and plenty of people go nuts over them. They come in all shapes and sizes, and are also terrific seeds for beginning gardeners, including kids. Seed racks are your source. Everyone has their favorite kind, so shop around.

What the heck, add scarlet runner beans, peas, beans and soybeans to the list of plants that will never disappoint or scare away a newbie or discourage a child.

Plant the seeds in individual containers, using the best soil you have and ensuring good drainage. They won't need anything but water from now until you put them in the ground, though I do recommend rolling all seeds in endomycorrhizal fungi (and, if they are legumes, the nitrogen-fixing bacteria inoculant mentioned) for the very best plant performance all season long.

Next, you can start potatoes. Now may seem a bit early but it isn't. First, you have to get some from your local nursery. Do not use potatoes from the produce department, as these are usually treated to prevent sprouting. And do not use any potatoes from Outside, as these may introduce diseases unwanted here in Alaska. (Toss any you did purchase, no matter what you paid.)

Then you have to "chip" your purchase -- that is, cut up your potatoes into pieces so that each has at least a couple of eyes. I like to put our spuds out in the light for a week so eyes sprout and develop a bit. Then I cut them up and let the eyes develop even more. They should be ready to plant in the ground or in containers by the time you start hardening things off.

Cucumbers and squashes require warm temperatures and almost always need a greenhouse or some sort of cover at night. If you are so equipped, however, now is the time to start these seeds. Giant pumpkins, anyone? These are just big squash! Get growing.

Since we are in the last indoor stretch, pay lots of attention to your existing seedlings. Watch for aphids, don't worry about thrips and keep a keen eye out for spider mites. Provide air circulation, perhaps with a fan, to ensure healthy plants and prevent "damping off" and other fungal diseases. Make sure the light is the best, turn plants and never, ever let your seedlings dry out.

If you see roots coming out of the bottoms of containers, you may have to transplant into larger quarters in order to prevent seedlings from growing into stunted, runty plants. It's only a few more weeks but why ruin the effort you have made so far?

Jeff Lowenfels is co-author of "Teaming With Microbes" and author of "Teaming With Nutrients." Contact him on his website at

Jeff's Alaska garden calendar for the week of April 4

Alaska Botanical Garden: Join. Simple as that. Discounts, classes and other advantages. See for membership and class information. Do it now at the start of the season for maximum benefit. And the garden is open!

Yellow jackets, etc.: Now is the time to put out traps for queens and "fake nests" to discourage them from making theirs close to places where you and your family work and play. You can get both at local nurseries.

Flowers to start: Harder, smaller seeds -- including nemophilia, silene, mignonette, arctic poppy, California poppy, morning glory and Shirley poppies -- need individual cups.

Flowers to start in four-packs or flats: Nemesia, scabiosa, sweet alyssum, bachelor buttons, marigolds, clarkia and zinnia calendula

Vegetables: Squash, cucumbers and edamame

Jeff Lowenfels


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My name is Freckles!

Cocker Spaniel Dog for adoption in Richmond, Virginia - Freckles
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Freckles's Info...

I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, and good with dogs.

Freckles's Story...
Freckles is a 10 year old cocker spaniel that is hoping that someone is wanting to open up their heart and home to him. He was surrendered to us due to circumstances of a renter being over their limit of pets. It is sad circumstances for Freckles at this point in his life, however, we assured him that there is someone out there just for him! Freckles is calm and affectionate with wonderful house manners! He likes to be near you and go on walks. He is good with other dogs and is housebroken. If you need a good friend and walking buddy, Freckles just might be your guy. If you would like to considering adopting Freckles, please complete an online application at

Facts about Freckles

  • Breed: Cocker Spaniel
  • Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn
  • Age: Adult
  • Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
  • Sex: Male

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Why Adoption is a Great Option

Freckles, a Richmond Cocker Spaniel dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Cocker Spaniel for sale in Richmond, or seeking a Cocker Spaniel dog from a breeder in Richmond.

  1. Rescues and shelter volunteers in Richmond already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
  2. On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Richmond breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
  3. You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Cocker Spaniel breeders who help with Cocker Spaniel rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Richmond paves the way for another one to be saved.


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December 2011 - January 2012
Vol. XVII, No. 9

Address of His Holiness, Benedict XVI
to the Bishops from the United States of America on their Ad Limina Visit

Pope Benedict XVI presented his ad limina address to the bishops of the United States on Saturday, November 26, 2011 in the Consistory Hall. The US bishops are making their first ad limina visit in seven years, in late 2011 and early 2012.

The Holy Father’s address to the US bishops was presented during his meeting with the first group of bishops from New York state. (The visits usually consist of groups of 7-10 bishops from a particular region.)

The full name of these periodic visits of the world’s bishops to the Holy Father, where they report on the status of their dioceses, is ad limina Apostolorum — which literally means “to the threshold of the Apostles”. The bishops always visit the tombs of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, in addition to their meeting with the pope, the successor of Peter.

The US bishops made their last ad limina visit in 2004. For the past century, the ad limina visits have taken place every five years; however, this has been changed, primarily because the number of bishops throughout the world has doubled during the past fifty years, making it virtually impossible for the pope to meet with the bishops according to the former schedule. They are now to be made every seven or eight years.

The ad limina visits also include time for the bishops’ reflection and prayer together, and the celebration of Mass. — Editor

Dear Brother Bishops,

I greet you all with affection in the Lord and, through you, the Bishops from the United States who in the course of the coming year will make their visits ad limina Apostolorum.

Our meetings are the first since my 2008 Pastoral Visit to your country, which was intended to encourage the Catholics of America in the wake of the scandal and disorientation caused by the sexual abuse crisis of recent decades. I wished to acknowledge personally the suffering inflicted on the victims and the honest efforts made both to ensure the safety of our children and to deal appropriately and transparently with allegations as they arise. It is my hope that the Church’s conscientious efforts to confront this reality will help the broader community to recognize the causes, true extent and devastating consequences of sexual abuse, and to respond effectively to this scourge which affects every level of society. By the same token, just as the Church is rightly held to exacting standards in this regard, all other institutions, without exception, should be held to the same standards.

A second, equally important, purpose of my Pastoral Visit was to summon the Church in America to recognize, in the light of a dramatically changing social and religious landscape, the urgency and demands of a new evangelization. In continuity with this aim, I plan in the coming months to present for your consideration a number of reflections which I trust you will find helpful for the discernment you are called to make in your task of leading the Church into the future which Christ is opening up for us.

Many of you have shared with me your concern about the grave challenges to a consistent Christian witness presented by an increasingly secularized society. I consider it significant, however, that there is also an increased sense of concern on the part of many men and women, whatever their religious or political views, for the future of our democratic societies. They see a troubling breakdown in the intellectual, cultural and moral foundations of social life, and a growing sense of dislocation and insecurity, especially among the young, in the face of wide-ranging societal changes. Despite attempts to still the Church’s voice in the public square, many people of good will continue to look to her for wisdom, insight and sound guidance in meeting this far-reaching crisis. The present moment can thus be seen, in positive terms, as a summons to exercise the prophetic dimension of your episcopal ministry by speaking out, humbly yet insistently, in defense of moral truth, and offering a word of hope, capable of opening hearts and minds to the truth that sets us free.

At the same time, the seriousness of the challenges which the Church in America, under your leadership, is called to confront in the near future cannot be underestimated. The obstacles to Christian faith and practice raised by a secularized culture also affect the lives of believers, leading at times to that “quiet attrition” from the Church which you raised with me during my Pastoral Visit. Immersed in this culture, believers are daily beset by the objections, the troubling questions and the cynicism of a society which seems to have lost its roots, by a world in which the love of God has grown cold in so many hearts. Evangelization thus appears not simply a task to be undertaken ad extra; we ourselves are the first to need re-evangelization. As with all spiritual crises, whether of individuals or communities, we know that the ultimate answer can only be born of a searching, critical and ongoing self-assessment and conversion in the light of Christ’s truth. Only through such interior renewal will we be able to discern and meet the spiritual needs of our age with the ageless truth of the Gospel.

Here I cannot fail to express my appreciation of the real progress which the American Bishops have made, individually and as a Conference, in responding to these issues and in working together to articulate a common pastoral vision, the fruits of which can be seen, for example, in your recent documents on faithful citizenship and on the institution of marriage. The importance of these authoritative expressions of your shared concern for the authenticity of the Church’s life and witness in your country should be evident to all.

In these days, the Church in the United States is implementing the revised translation of the Roman Missal. I am grateful for your efforts to ensure that this new translation will inspire an ongoing catechesis which emphasizes the true nature of the liturgy and, above all, the unique value of Christ’s saving sacrifice for the redemption of the world. A weakened sense of the meaning and importance of Christian worship can only lead to a weakened sense of the specific and essential vocation of the laity to imbue the temporal order with the spirit of the Gospel. America has a proud tradition of respect for the sabbath; this legacy needs to be consolidated as a summons to the service of God’s Kingdom and the renewal of the social fabric in accordance with its unchanging truth.

In the end, however, the renewal of the Church’s witness to the Gospel in your country is essentially linked to the recovery of a shared vision and sense of mission by the entire Catholic community. I know that this is a concern close to your own heart, as reflected in your efforts to encourage communication, discussion and consistent witness at every level of the life of your local Churches. I think in particular of the importance of Catholic universities and the signs of a renewed sense of their ecclesial mission, as attested by the discussions marking the tenth anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, and such initiatives as the symposium recently held at Catholic University of America on the intellectual tasks of the new evangelization. Young people have a right to hear clearly the Church’s teaching and, most importantly, to be inspired by the coherence and beauty of the Christian message, so that they in turn can instill in their peers a deep love of Christ and His Church.

Dear Brother Bishops, I am conscious of the many pressing and at times apparently insoluble problems which you face daily in the exercise of your ministry. With the confidence born of faith, and with great affection, I offer you these words of encouragement and willingly commend you and the clergy, religious and lay faithful of your Dioceses to the intercession of Mary Immaculate, Patroness of the United States.

To all of you I impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of wisdom, strength and peace in the Lord.

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Fallon Asks Us to Ask Our Moms What's In His Head

It's no secret we like self-deprecating humour in part because that's half the work done for us, so we couldn't help warming to the print campaign for Juicing the Orange, Pat Fallon's new creativity-oriented business book.

Toying with the defining moment in which a doe-eyed child looks up at mom and asks where babies come from, to which mom immediately spits out an improbable lie, Fallon's print ads add citrusy twist to a domestic nightmare and lend the sense that irreverent ideas remain good medicine for the changing threads of business. Check out variations hither and thither. - Contributed by Angela Natividad

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these are fake ads. the real ones don't have the bottom boxes.

Posted by: tom on November 22, 2006 1:51 PM

They're not even fake ads. They are the work of some rogue street writers. Funny that Fallon's pretentious ads (originally) get credit for being self-depricating (adrants).

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Ford F-150 Gets Its Swing On

Well now here's something different. A truck at that doesn't show the vehicle pulling something but rather illustrates its strength by showing how much stress it can take on a centrifuge machine. We suppose it gets the point across. Though we're guessing it was a lot more fun to shoot the thing than to watch it of television.

by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Commercials, Super Bowl 2008

Super Bowl Ad Orgy Kicks Off with Focus, iPhone Ripoff

Here we go, starting with the outdated-hipster head-bobbing for Ford Focus and Verizon's wannabe iPhone. (Stacking 'em up, knocking 'em down like Dominos? Yeah, nobody's ever done that before.)

The tail-end of the pre-game ads are followed by a bunch of meatheads carefully pronouncing "Resiliency" (phonetic pronunciation in the background and everything). This kicks off the game.

Foreplay foreplay foreplay. Give kickoff already!

by Angela Natividad    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Best, Commercials, Super Bowl 2008, Television

OMG! See Danica Patrick Expose Her Beaver!

OK, we can totally understand why FOX didn't accept the "beaver" version of Danica Patrick's GoDaddy commercial. Paparazzi drooling over "beaver." "Celebrities" holding beavers in their laps. Danica cooing into the camera, "A domain name and a website from GoDaddy.com give me all the exposure I need so I can keep my beaver safe and out of site." Right. Like there's no double meaning there, Bob. Yawn.

Oh, and let's not forget the Candice Michelle version in which a doofus is too busy registering domain names to watch the game and his friend can't help but inject his sexual fantasies into the scenario. Hey Bob, we've got the perfect tagline for GoDaddy. Ready? Here it is. "GoDaddy Gets You Laid." Simple enough. After all, that is what you're trying to say, right?

by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Bad, Celebrity, Commercials, Super Bowl 2008

Dell Smashes Competition With Beautiful Photography

While the photography and special effects are beautiful in this Dell spot, there's really nothing special about it. It shifts very quickly from the beauty that is the destruction of competing computers (which we guess is the point) to you basic, standard, "buy a Dell closer." Well at least the pre-game version of the spot did. The spot that is set appear in the first quarter is supposed to be tied to the Red campaign. Not a bad spot. Created by Mother New York.

by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Commercials, Good, Super Bowl 2008

Audi's Godfather Ad Powerful, Stellar, Captivating

Created by Venables Bell & Partners, Audi's much talked about Godfather-themed R8 Super Bowl commercial (preview) is worthy of the discussion it has created. The ad, which marks the automaker's return to the Super Bowl for the first time in 20 years, features Alex Rocco's Godfather character Moe Green in the famous scene during which the Jack Wolz character wakes up to find the bloody head of his prized stud horse in bed with him.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Commercials, Creative Commentary, Good, Super Bowl 2008

With Sixty Seconds of Silence, Pepsi Celebrates Diversity

So here's Pepsi's Bob's House commercial in which two deaf guys get lost on their way to a friends house and resort to honking their horn to hep them locate the right house. The ad was created and enacted by deaf members of the Pepsico workforce. No doubt, due to it's silence, the ad will command attention during game viewing along with the subtitles which will actually draw people further into the ad.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Commercials, Good, Super Bowl 2008

Beautiful Balloon Ballet Celebrates Coke Side of Life

We have to tip our hat to Wieden + Kennedy for their Super Bowl efforts this year for Coke. In Jinx, which we reviewed here, Republican pundit Bill Frist and Democratic pundit James Carville share a friendly day together in Washington. In the second Super Bowl spot W+K created for Coke, we are treated to the slow, graceful dance of two Macy's Day Parade balloons as they engage in a battle for a balloon in the form of a Coke bottle. In the end, a third balloon, Charlie Brown, wins the prize high above Central Park.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Commercials, Creative Commentary, Super Bowl 2008

Yawn...GoDaddy...Super Bowl...Beaver... Blah, Blah, Blah...

By now you've heard the spot GoDaddy's Bob Parsons wants you to see won't air during the game. The spot(s) that will air feature a crowd of people at a party scene. In one, White Light, Candice Michelle makes her appearance in a doorway to a transfixed audience. In another, Spot On, Danica Patrick teases the crowd to check her out online in her "OMG! Fox Rejected Commercial!" So after the game, if you care, that's where you can see Danica and that whole beaver thing.

We're going back to sleep now.

by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-08
Topic: Bad, Commercials, Opinion, Super Bowl 2008

Minnesota Lottery Guys Appear in NFL Super Bowl Commercial

We don't have much to say about this Super Bowl commercial promoting th NFL Network other than the fact it features the same goofy looking guys who appeared in a series of Minnesota Lottery commercials in January. It seems the two travel in pairs. Triple Double created.

Advertising Age says the NFL will place a :60. This ad is a :30. We'll just have to wait to see what actually airs.

by Steve Hall    Feb- 2-08
Topic: Commercials, Good, Super Bowl 2008

Coke Brings Together Republican and Democrat

We actually like this Coke spot featuring Republican pundit Bill Frist and Democratic pundit James Carville who find themselves in the situation of saying the same thing at the same time. Of course, the rules regarding that apply and Frist calls "jinks" on Carville and tells Carville he has to buy him a Coke. The two then embark upon a day together in Washington.

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The tweak to people talking about this numbers by including viral shares, first reported two weeks ago, has gone live.

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Former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather continues to make the rounds promoting his book Rather Outspoken. Friday he appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” whee he talked politics… and Katie Couric.

Rather said he had “great respect” for Couric, but that “The Powers That Be” at CBS wanted to move away from the version of the “CBS Evening News” that he did, and that he said journalists like Edward R. Murrow did, and toward a new model.

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As we reported yesterday, an afternoon story on CNN about political sex scandals left out one of its own: Eliot Spitzer.

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Instead, Spitzer, who stepped down as New York governor in 2008 after news of his own affair with a prostitute rocked the state, focused on a sex scandal with less parallels to his own — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French IMF chief jailed on New York’s infamous Rikers Island.

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.Â  â€” In any relationship, itâ€™s important to have open lines of communication. That is particularly true for Citizen Airmen when they deal with their civilian employers.

When you are going to be away from your civilian job for military service, you are required by law to notify your employer before starting your duty. Regardless of your duty status â€” inactive duty for training, annual tour, deployment, etc. â€” you need to tell your employer in advance.

Under the law, you have three ways to notify your civilian boss – verbally telling your employer, providing a written notice to your employer or asking your commander to write a letter to your employer.

Although the law does not stipulate any specific timeframe for giving notice, the Department of Defense strongly encourages you to advise your employer in writing at least 30 days before you start your training.

Additionally, Air Force Instruction 36-2254V1, Reserve Personnel Participation, requires you to request orders in AROWS-R 30 days before starting your training, if possible. This gives your employer time to make scheduling arrangements and other changes that may be needed during your absence.

Communication is essential to maintaining good relationships. Do the right thing and let your employer know in advance when you have to serve in uniform.

For more employer-related information, visit www.esgr.mil. The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve website hosts tons of information from nominating your employer for an award to resolving employer-related issues.

If you are having issues with your civilian employer due to your military service, either visit ESGRâ€™s website or call 1-800-336-4590.

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Team March maintainers refurbish KC-135 Stratotanker in record time

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Every Monday:

  • Ready Set Grow at the Youth Center 10 a.m.

Every Wednesday:

  • Grill Your Own Steak at The Club 5 p.m.

Every Thursday:

  • Walk-in GI Bill briefing 2 p.m.

Every Friday:

  • Social hour at the Robin’s Roost 4 p.m.

Promotion Ceremony change: The 99th Air Base Wing Enlisted Promotion Ceremony is now scheduled for 10 a.m., Nov. 27 at the Club.

Deployed Spouses supporting Deployed Spouses: Stay strong during deployments and meet with other deployed spouses. Share ideas, learn coping skills, socialize and more. Meetings are 11 a.m.-noon, the first and third Monday of each month at the Airman and Family Readiness Center. For more information, call (702) 652-3327.

The legal office expands appointment availability: The legal office has expanded its appointment availability to better serve you. Appointments are now available 9-11 a.m., and 1-3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9-11 a.m., Friday. Due to the expanded appointment availability, walk-in hours are no longer available. To book an appointment, call the legal assistance phone line at (702) 652-7531.

Air University temporarily suspended: The Air University has temporarily suspended all Active Duty Enrollments in the NCO Academy Distance Learning Academy Distance Learning Course. Active Duty students who were enrolled in the course have been dis-enrolled. The course is open only to reserve and guard members at this time.

EFMP Parent Support Group: Share common experiences unique to special needs families and learn about new information and resources. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Airman and Family Readiness Center.

Nellis on-base Charter School: Nellis is exploring the possibility of creating an on-base Charter School with the goal of providing an accelerated, high quality education targeted to Kindergarten through 8th grade students of active duty service members. You can identify your interest in the construction project, recommend what type of Charter School it should be, advocate special educational requirements a child may benefit from, express your interest in serving on a School Parent Advisory Board and ask questions concerning the topic at www.surveymonkey.com/s/MYFFZKG.

Nov. 22: POW/MIA Remembrance Breakfast: The Airmen Commited to Excellence Council will be hosting a POW/MIA Remembrance Breakfast at The Club 8 a.m., Nov. 22. The guest speaker for the event will be World War II former POW, retired 2nd. Lt. Dean Whitaker. A light breakfast will be provided by the Air Force Sergeants Association.

Nov. 22: Combined Federal Campaign Golf Tournament: The 99th Mission Support Group will be hosting the Combined Federal Campaign golf tournament Nov. 22 starting at 7:30 a.m at the Sunrise Vista Golf Course. The tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. This event will raise funds for CFC organizations that directly support Nellis Airmen and their families. Prices include golf cart fees, range balls, lunch and a CFC donation. The prices for pay grades are as follows: E-1 through E-4 and equivalent will be $40, E-5 through O-3 and equivalent will be $50 and O-4, equivalent and civilian guests will be $60. Fundraising efforts include string it out, mulligan cards, grenade throws, and red tees. Dozens of prizes available from gift cards, free hotel stays, to free rounds of golf. For registration and more information, contact Senior Master Sgt. Beuchat at (702) 682-4883 or Capt. Oara at (702) 682-7253.

Nov 23: Turkey Shoot at the Sunrise Vista Golf Course: The Format will be a Flighted 2 Gross Balls with Four-Player Teams. Players may make their own team. Price per player will be $65 or $55 for Annual Greens Fee Members. Entry includes green fee, carts, range, lunch, prizes and a turkey. Men Play White Tees/Women Play Red Tees. Deadline to sign up will be Nov. 22. For more information, contact the golf course at (702) 652-4497.

Nov. 28: Thanksgiving meal: There will be a Thanksgiving Meal Celebration at Crosswinds Dining Facility Lunch Hours 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner Hours 3 to 6 p.m. Menu includes: Roast Turkey, Steamship Round, Baked Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Baked Corn Bread Dressing, Steamed Corn, Peas, Glazed Carrots, and a variety of Desserts. (Menu subject to change upon availability) Open to Enlisted, Officers, Dependents of Active Duty, Retirees and Dependents of Retirees. For more information, contact Crosswinds at (702) 652-6741.

Dec. 6: 99th Security Forces Squadron Warrior Challenge: Build a team of four to compete in the 99th SFS Warrior Challenge Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration closes Nov. 29. For more information please call Master Sgt. Luke McCarthy at (702) 682-3473 or Tech. Sgt. Maria Miranda at (210) 445-2395.

Dec. 6: 99th Air Base Wing Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting: The Nellis AFB Chapel will be hosting the annual 99th Air Base Wing Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the Nellis AFB Chapel. Children will be able to participate in arts and crafts and take pictures with Santa Clause. The Protestant choir will also sing christmas carols.

Dec. 9: Annual Nellis, Creech, and Nevada Test and Training Range Airman Holiday Cookie Drive: Cookie donations for the annual Nellis, Creech and NTTR Airman Holiday Cookie Drive will be accepted and organized at the Nellis Chapel Dec. 9 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Volunteers are needed to bake, pack and deliver a variety of cookies. For more information, contact us at nelliscookiedrive@gmail.com.

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40 years of Red Flag ends on high note

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., flies to the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 15-4, Aug. 25. With a...

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INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Every day I visit our great Airmen and every day I come across more than one that underestimates their impact to the mission. There’s the one-stripe maintainer, “just repaneling an aircraft,” for the next day’s flight, or the young personalist, “just issuing another identification card,” or the defender, “just guarding...

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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. — I once read that newly created cells in our bodies do one of two things: they either begin to decay or they become more vital. These cells choose their path based on what we demand of them. If we are sedentary, our brains signal our cells to decay; but...

SECDEF visits Nellis

U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with Airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases during an all-call at the Lightning Aircraft Maintenance Unit hangar on Nellis AFB, Nev., Aug. 26. Carter’s department is responsible for policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program evaluations for the...

Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

WASHINGTON — The Air Force released a policy memo today allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation’s sexual assault response coordinator. The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault prevention and response victim advocates to assist Air Force civilians...

TRICARE pharmacy rules changing for maintenance, brand-name drugs

WASHINGTON — TRICARE beneficiaries who take certain brand-name medications on a regular basis will be required to fill prescriptions at a military treatment facility or through a mail-in program beginning Oct. 1, a Defense Health Agency official said here Aug. 20. George Jones, DHA’s pharmacy operations division chief, said the new policy does not apply...

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Well, well, well? What the hell do we need to tell you about those bloody bastards from the south of Germany now, eh? Debauchery is a fucking war-machine. There’s no stopping them, and their bloody mission is to continue to kill, come what may! Enjoy this torturing new masterpiece from the most rocking Death Metal band on this god damned planet, or you‘re toast!!

“Continue To Kill“ is the fifth album from Debauchery and the fantastic follow-up to their successful blood spattered platter “Back In Blood”: more evil, more brutal, much faster. With the dynamic and powerful production of Dennis Ward (Angra, Krokus, Pink Cream 69) leant to a much heavier genre, “Continue To Kill“ is on its way to finally signaling a breakthrough for these German blood-busters…

“It seems that Debauchery have finally found the ultimate, deadly mixture“, said Frank Albrecht from the German Rock Hard Magazine after listening to the new record. “Surprisingly fast and aggressive“, uttered Peter Mildner from Legacy Magazine, whilst his guts were pressed hard against the wall in the listening session in the Ballroom, Hamburg recently. And it’s true…this platter taps into the heavier, faster side of the band, whilst milking the most ‘groovy‘ tracks yet written.

With guest musicians such as Tom Naumann (ex-Primal Fear), Schmier (Destruction & Headhunter) and Tomasz (ex-Belphegor), this record takes on a new slant.

Since the start in 2002 Debauchery has recorded and released: “Kill, Maim, Burn“, “Rage Of The Bloodbeast“, “Torture Pit“ and “Back In Blood”, but whilst Rock Hard Magazine wrote that “Torture Pit“ was the best Death Metal album recorded by a German band in 2006, and the band were compared with Cannibal Corpse (speed), Benediction (groove) and Hypocrisy (hymns), no one could have prepared for those critics for this release!

In 2003 Debauchery (tor)toured with Hate Plow and later with Napalm Death… In 2005, Six Feet Under, in 2006 with Dismember, in 2007 Debauchery were on the road with Moonsorrow,. but there‘s much more to come, this lot will get around to you eventually… If you’re bored by the average Death Metal releases out there on many of the other labels who think they‘ve got the only true band doing the rounds, then listen to “Continue To Kill”. This band is fucking DEATH METAL with no frills! Just pure power, aggression and guts!! The ideal soundtrack to your latest killing spree!

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Release Date: 2011-03-25

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Release Date: 2010-07-16

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Release Date: 2010-07-16

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Release Date: 2009-04-03

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Release Date: 2008-11-14

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Release Date: 2008-06-27

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DEBAUCHERY - Continue To Kill

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Release Date: 2008-04-04

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Qld merger creates dual sector tertiary institution

The Queensland government has given final approval to merging Central Queensland University with Central Queensland Institute of TAFE to create Australia’s newest dual sector university.

The federal government will supply $74 million for the merger and $50 million will be spent on building and infrastructure, including a $17 million engineering hub in Mackay.

The merger is a key part of the Queensland government’s TAFE reforms, under which a number of TAFE campuses will be closed or merged. The Queensland government said this will create institutions that are modern and up to date.

CQU estimates that up to 500 construction jobs will be created while building work is under way. The new dual sector university will create about 120 additional jobs in its first five years.

CQU expects to operate as a dual sector university from January 1, 2014.

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Banks downgraded as IMF warns of recession

by Louise Armitstead

Some of the world’s most powerful investment banks were downgraded by ratings agency Fitch as the International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy faced a 1930s style depression.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that the world risked sliding into a 1930s-style slump unless countries settled their differences and worked together to tackle Europe’s debt crisis,

Ms Lagarde issued her strongest warning yet about the health of the global economy and said that if the international community failed to co-operate the risk was of “retraction, rising protectionism, isolation".

She said: “This is exactly the description of what happened in the 1930s and what followed is not something we are looking forward to."

The IMF managing director’s call came amid growing concern that 2012 will see Europe slide into a double-dip recession, with knock-on effects for the rest of the world. “The world economic outlook at the moment is not particularly rosy. It is quite gloomy," she said.

On the day she was speaking (Thursday US time), Fitch downgraded key banks including US banks Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, the United Kingdom’s Barclays, France’s BNP Paribas, Switzerland’s Credit Suisse and Germany’s Deutsche Bank.

Fitch cut the “issuer default ratings" at the banks to “reflect challenges faced by the sector as a whole". The ratings agency said: “These challenges result from both economic developments as well as a myriad of regulatory changes."

Credit ratings of the world’s biggest lenders are under pressure in the face of weak economic growth and concerns about whether politicians have done enough to end the euro zone debt crisis.

Long-term issuer default ratings for Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were cut to A from A+. Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse were downgraded to A from AA- while BNP Paribas fell to A+ from AA-.

Meanwhile, Germany’s attempt to save the euro zone was hanging in the balance as Hungary and the Czech Republic claimed it would be damaging and protesters in Warsaw demanded Poland stand firm against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB), doused the other big hope, for radical ECB support, warning that the bond-buying program was “neither eternal nor infinite". He said there was little he could do to restore growth.

“I will never be tired of saying that the first response ought to emanate from the country. There is no external saviour for a country that doesn’t want to save itself . . . sustainable growth can be achieved only by undertaking deep structural reforms that have been procrastinated [upon] for too long."

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Hello again. I posted a message on my GGGGrandparents a moment ago, now I need a tidbit of information on my GGGrandfather, the son of my GGGGrandparents. His name is Washington Harris, born about 1850. I received a picture of him in July, he looks like a very precious little thing, a bit round and short. Anyway, obviously a black man in my eyes. Well, I have been searching in the 1870 census for my GGGrandfather. My closest match is a WHITE, Washington Rogers, married to an Anna - my GGGrandmother's name was Rosanna, and she went by both Rosa and Anna. Washington Harris lives beside another harris family that is listed as black..... and who according to oral history, my ggrandmother had an uncle named Howell. Now, if I look back at my GGgrandfather's parents, they are listed as black, however in the 1910 census Eliza Harris, her son and the family is listed as Mulatto. Now, I am trying to put the figurative "nail in the coffin" that this 1910 Eliza Harris is my Washington Harris's mother. But if that is the case, that could provide a hint that perhaps my Washington Harris was passing for white..... if this is my Washington Harris. The census that I am referencing is the Halifax County, VA. Mt Carmel Township. Page 7 of 123. Again, what is my clue to determin if the Black and White Washington Harris's are one inthe same.

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Global corn prices are expected to decline significantly over the next three months, despite concerns about dry weather in parts of the U.S., and corn's discount to soybeans may widen, a top U.S.-based farm economist said Tuesday.

Cheaper exports in global markets by Ukraine and Brazil, a slowdown in U.S. domestic demand for corn to make ethanol for blending with gasoline and a major recovery from a drought in the U.S. will all contribute in dragging down prices, Jay O'Neil, senior agricultural economist at Kansas State University, told Dow Jones Newswires here ahead of an international grain conference.

"There are pockets of below-normal rain [in the U.S], but by and large, the crop looks beautiful, and we're expecting higher yields [than last year]," Mr. O'Neil said.

East Kansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Ohio and Nebraska are among major corn-producing regions that have benefited from the rain in recent weeks, he said.

As the crop is harvested in September and October, prices are expected to fall to around US$4.30 a bushel, a level not seen in the last three years, he said. The most active corn futures for December delivery on the Chicago Board of Trade are currently around US$4.80/bushel.

Dry weather is hurting the corn crop in western Iowa, southern Minnesota and western Kansas, but even if overall U.S. corn production is below initial expectations, it will still be sharply higher than actual output last year, when a serious drought hit almost the entire corn belt in the U.S. Midwest, Mr. O'Neil said.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its forecast for the country's corn output for the next marketing year that starts Sept. 1 by 5 million metric tons to 350 million tons.

"Despite the cut, production is still projected 28% higher than last year, and local industrial demand to make ethanol is sluggish," said Mr. O'Neil.

He said a mild summer with temperatures 10 degrees centigrade below normal in some areas has increased the possibility of an early September frost, but it will hurt soybean supply more than corn. The U.S. soybean crop has already been hit by late plantings due to wet weather, yields are expected below an earlier average projection of 45 bushels an acre and inventories are at a multi-year low.

An early frost could push up soybean prices by US$1/bushel and widen the differential with corn, he said. The most active CBOT November soybean futures are currently around US$12.93/bushel.

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Why I like it : With this, I’m not counting anything and I don’t have to maintain it every day. It can graph my weight over any time period, and it also projects how long it will take to reach my goal.

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Why I like it : The site has accurate distance and elevation information. It was nice to get feedback from other runners, too, so I’d know what to expect from a particular run.

It mixed up my workouts so they weren’t all the same.
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Why I like it : It’s like having a personal trainer. I pick a level – intermediate – and then the kind of workout I want: toning, cardio or strength. So for a 30-minute workout it lists a series of exercises then it would say: ‘you are going to do Burpees for 60 seconds.’ It counts down and tells me to keep going.

If you get an exercise like a Burpee and don’t know what it is, you can pause and look at a video. I can also set the workout to my music. It’s made me exercise more because it’s convenient. I don’t have to go to the gym or have a lot of equipment. I get points the more I exercise so there’s an incentive. When my sister and I were training for a triathlon we competed with each other to see who could get more points. I can change up my workouts and use it almost anywhere.

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Why I like it : It's so easy to use and helps me save time in the store. It gives foods a grade so it’s easy to read –tells me how it compares to similar foods and gives me alternatives.

It has really helped me with the whole grains because that’s confusing, and if I don’t want to take time to read all the ingredients I can just use this.

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Thought I pressed submit last night on this, but here it is now...FWIW...

It also spoke of it in terms of the need for self preservation and of turning the tables on an attacker, which I take to be the essence of irimi in Aikido. Demetrio replaced the term "aggressive" with "proactive," and assuming I understand the implication of this, I like that idea quite a bit as reflecting what I see as being essential to Aikido.
Also included was the idea of wanting to harm your attacker, which I read as having more than one possible meaning. I want never to hurt anyone, however, if I thought I had to break someone's arm in order to protect my kids, I would want to do so. I would also want to not do more than I absolutely had to in order to protect them. Having not read the book, I'm not sure exactly what Predatory Mindset denotes, but I'm hazarding a guess that it refers to the idea that some people will more or less freeze up (or otherwise become passive), while others will become assertive (by either fighting or "flighting").

I don't know about dumb. I'm inclined to think they're actually very much like people today, but with a different set of sensibilities. Regardless, just because they used this mindset as a matter of survival more often doesn't mean it's not applicable for the same reason today. Perhaps the lesser degree of exposure to the authentic need suggests greater consideration since "we" (generally speaking) have less opportunities to learn from those few experiences which do crop up from time to time.
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I think you're confusing things Matthew. You don't need predator mindset to turn tables on attacker or do tenkan or irimi. All the 'proactive' things you mention are nothing to do with predator mindset. In fact they are how to handle those with one so quite the reverse.

The 'dumb' of the past is about the use of such mindset which was considered normal. atahus cannibals, vikings, coquerers etc. Still today there are modern empire builders who through fear and greed feel they have to conquer other lands. Still in the corporate world it's all set up for aggressive takeovers like big monsters gobbling up victims and becoming conglomerates. Same ol same ol ignorance. I suppose it only becomes real to most when they become the prey, when they get conned or worse. Dumb and dumber I would say for those who justify it scream when they become the prey.

Time to find better ways I would say.

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Politico blogger Anne Schroeder Mullins forgot that she, too, is a woman yesterday when she decided to promote [1] a vulgar, hate-filled rant about rape fantasies with conservative women [2] by a guy named Guy Cimbalo.

Playboy published the piece but scrubbed its Web site of the evidence a few hours later after harsh criticism across the political spectrum, especially from conservative bloggers. Now Politico has pulled a Playboy by letting Mullins replace her original post with a quasi-apology [3]:

The Playboy article linked to on this blog listed 10 conservative women “they love to hate” adding their reasons why. The blog included the link but only used the names of the women listed. But the Playboy article also included an offensive section that was not included in the blog, but has caused outrage in some readers who believe the blog agrees with all of Playboy stances. This is not true. So the blog has now taken down the link and greatly apologies [sic]. No ill will was meant.

Good on Politico for pulling the link to the original article, but bad on the publication for letting this episode happen in the first place — and for letting Mullins spin the retraction in a way that continues to soft-pedal the truth and casts aspersions on readers.

Mullins lost credibility when she characterized the Playboy piece as being about conservative women that liberals “hate to love.” The quotes implied, in a factually incorrect and journalistically inexcusable way, that the article had used that relatively unobjectionable phrase. As Ann Althouse noted at Instapundit [4], “Uh, that’s not what they said.”

The fact that Guy Cimbalo’s words were too vile for Mullins to repeat should have been a red flag to her to steer clear of the article altogether. But she clearly didn’t learn her lesson because her apology continues to downplay the substance of the article.

“Included an offensive section”? Really? Just one section? The article consisted of 10 different pages, one for each conservative woman that Guy Cimbalo chose to slander and demean, and all of them were saturated with X-rated offenses. (See for yourself if you must; The Activist Conservative [5] has screenshots of the pages that Playboy pulled.)

On top of that, Mullins opted for the textbook Washington apology — blame the audience. She didn’t say those classic words “If anyone was offended, I apologize,” but the same meaning is in her words “No ill will was meant.”

Worse, Mullins suggested that people were outraged only because they think she agrees with Playboy. Some critics did voice that concern, but the bigger issue was the fact that Mullins thought it was journalistically ethical and morally acceptable to promote, under false pretenses, a woman-hating, sexually violent screed.

That’s what earned her the dishonorable title of “Moron of the Day” from conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, one of the women targeted in the piece. Mullins’ reaction to the rightful outrage isn’t likely to move her off that list today, either.

Update: I altered the fifth paragraph slightly after looking at the screenshots and realizing that Playboy did use the phrase “hate to love” in the headline, but the article was laced with the f-bomb instead of “love.”

Update II: This episode hurts Politico’s hope to be seen as an objective observer of all things Congress because the Playboy piece also attacked a conservative congresswoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann. No one would blame the Minnesota Republican if she were reluctant to grant interviews to Politico ever again.


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Paris 2011: Crunch time approaches for narrowbodied engine choices

 - June 19, 2011, 9:20 AM

Almost three full decades ago a battle was raging over the powerplant options for what was then the all-new Airbus A320. The competitors–CFM International and International Aero Engines (IAE)–were making claim and counter-claim as to the potential advantages their respective engines would bring to the aircraft, which had been developed to grab a slice of the huge single-aisle market until then dominated by the ubiquitous Boeing 737.

Today, the fight to power the much-anticipated son-of-the-A320 is no less intense. But this time it is the re-engined, “sharklet” wing-tipped version: the A320neo. CFM International is still there in its original 50/50, transatlantic partnership between GE Aviation and Snecma, but this time only one of the original five IAE partners is present: Pratt & Whitney, which at the time of writing had taken all of the 332 orders and options for the aircraft with its all-new PW1100G geared fan engine. Rolls-Royce, the other major IAE partner, is absent from the competition, its future single-aisle strategy depending entirely on powering all-new single-aisle aircraft.

The intensity of the A320neo engine fight was highlighted a few weeks before this year’s Le Bourget show, when CFM quietly revealed it had decided to increase the fan diameter of its Leap-X engine by two inches. The move resulted from Airbus’ concerns that the existing engine’s 71-inch fan would result in a significant fuel burn disadvantage compared to the PW1100G. Airbus wanted to offer potential customers a choice of engines with similar performance because the resulting A320neo order book would be more likely to be split 50/50 between the competing engines–forcing the engine manufacturers to keep their prices down and helping the aircraft itself to be more competitive.

The fan diameter increase means the engine will have a bypass ratio closer to the 12:1 figure set by the PW1100G, with its 81-inch fan. The late decision means extra work for France’s Snecma, however, which is responsible for the all-composite fan, adding to the workload as Leap-X development continues toward its early 2016 entry-into-service date.

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Tom Brisken, general manager, customer strategies at GE Aviation, claims the larger fan will bring improved fuel burn performance without requiring major work on the core, which is approaching its first major test. “We continue to develop the core as is usual in engine development programs,” he told AIN. “I am convinced that if we can nail the core, we will have, by far, the best engine for the A320neo.”

Paul Adams, Pratt & Whitney’s senior engineering vice president, disputes this. He reckons that in order to achieve the higher bypass ratio, CFM will “possibly” have had no choice but to reduce the core size of the Leap-X, in turn increasing core temperature. “The downside is that would be very negative from the maintenance point of view,” he told AIN. CFM denies it has had to do this, but the argument highlights the PW1100G versus Leap-X battleground: reliability and maintenance costs.

GE’s Brisken remains adamant that reliability, besides fuel burn performance, is central to airline decision making and that an engine based on an existing highly reliably design dating back to the GE90 powering the Boeing 777 will prove its worth. “There have got to be some concerns about bringing a brand-new engine to market,” he said.

Pratt & Whitney, only too aware that the gearbox reliability issue was central to sales of its engine, came under intense pressure from the airlines to provide strong maintenance guarantees. Testing of the geared fan engines already in development for the Bombardier CRJ and Mitsubishi MRJ has revealed no problems. “We also have a more conservative core [than P&W’s],” said Adams. “I have no worries with this engine at all.”

The Leap-X program was launched in July 2008 as a response to the dramatic surge in fuel prices. The biggest investment in CFM’s history, the engine now represents the company’s stake in a potentially vast market for more fuel-efficient aircraft. The engine combines the best technologies of the new GEnx which powers the Boeing 787 with the proven assets of the CFM56, designed for high-cycle operations typically flown by single-aisle aircraft. “It is evolutionary, not revolutionary,” said Brisken. “At entry into service we’re aiming for dispatch reliability levels in the same league as the CFM56-5 today–99.98 percent. It’s a big challenge but that’s our target.”

Several A320neo order decisions are thought to be in the pipeline, including from Virgin America and Air Asia, both potentially major customers. Both Brisken and Adams reckon there is a market will run for around 10 years and be worth potentially “several thousand” aircraft.

What, then, of Boeing’s answer to the A320neo? Perhaps all will be revealed here at Paris, but the general opinion is that it has abandoned any plans for another re-engined version of the 737 and is concentrating on an all-new aircraft. Boeing has said only that it intends to address the single-aisle market with a 145- to 185-seat offering.

All-new Engine

This is where Rolls-Royce comes in. At the 2010 Farnborough airshow Rolls’s head of strategic marketing, Robert Nuttal, insisted that an all-new engine for an all-new aircraft was the only solution that made business sense to the UK company. “First, we don’t think a re-engined aircraft offers any significant net financial benefit to the industry,” he told AIN. “Second, at manufacturing level the program will be only half as long as a new engine program, so the returns are far less, and third, if re-engining occurs it delays an all-new aircraft which would bring real benefits in terms of fuel economy and emissions.”

With the A320neo, the third option has now happened, so does Rolls-Royce still believe in its strategy of a year ago? Speaking exclusively to AIN before the show, Nuttal confirmed that the company remained “unable to see a business case” for powering a derivative aircraft and was pressing ahead with an aggressive technology readiness program aimed at providing an advanced engine for an all-new aircraft. “We believe that a bespoke engine provides a viable, strong business case,” he said.

The company is running two engine demonstrator programs as well as an open-rotor research effort, all aimed at providing a “range of concepts to suit the timing and size of aircraft when they appear.” The three-shaft Advance 3 program and two-shaft Advance 2 are each running core technology demonstrators, the Advance 2 core having already demonstrated, said Nuttal, a “world-leading 22:1 pressure ratio high-pressure compressor.” This core goes to its next altitude test in June and will continue testing to 2014. Testing of the first Advance 3 core is complete and the second core is on track for the third quarter of this year.

“We are the only company to have three potential candidates for a future new aircraft,” said Nuttal. “Our strategy is to ensure we are in a position of technical readiness with programs that are applicable across the board. There is a tremendous amount going on at Rolls-Royce.” He is “emphatic” that the UK company will be aboard any new single-aisle aircraft.

GE and P&W both claim that development versions of their respective engines will also be suitable for an all-new aircraft. Brisken said GE has been “very engaged” with Boeing developments of the Leap-X. “We have to make the right decision at the right time,” he stated. “We will not be surprised if Boeing launches this year. They like our technology and they like what we’re doing. Boeing will want the best.”

Adams said the Boeing issue is “really interesting from our point of view. I think they will come out with an all-new aircraft. They are very interested in our geared fan engine, which has considerable development capability.” He said that the development process would produce a PW1100G offshoot with a further 5-percent fuel burn advantage over the A320neo engine by the expected 2019-2020 in-service date. “We’re looking at a range of possibilities with Boeing,” he added.

Open Rotors

Open rotors remain potential future powerplants only for Rolls-Royce and GE/Snecma. Brisken said it is still “too early for such an engine and the airframers recognize that. We don’t see an open rotor before 2030 from the technology point of view and we still question if it is the right approach.”

Rolls-Royce puts the airframe requirement slightly earlier, at “mid to late decade.” Nuttal said the airframers are taking open rotors seriously and that both Boeing and Airbus have been involved in simulations of potential engine configurations. “We’re working on both pusher and tractor layouts. A rear location is more complex than an underwing tractor, but we’re looking at all the airframe issues,” he explained.

Rolls-Royce has completed the first three open-rotor test sets and is about to embark on the fourth, which will concentrate on blade optimization. Nuttal said trials to-date have shown that an open rotor could yield up to a 10-percent fuel burn advantage over a conventional engine designed at the same time, but it would be 10dB noisier. “That means it would still be quieter than anything flying today, so we’re confident that with continuing development we will have a very viable product,” he concluded.

With the battle lines drawn between CFM and Pratt & Whitney on the A320neo and with Rolls-Royce putting all of its single-aisle cards on a future all-new aircraft, this year’s Paris Air Show promises to be as interesting as ever for engine industry-watchers.


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HAS Corp, the Dallas and Mount Pleasant, Pa.-based helicopter resale and completions center, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A leading U.S. EMS and police helicopter customization house, HAS said it has become the victim of adverse business conditions and has filed Chapter 11. HAS CFO Patrick Purcell cited a “variety of economic factors” in the bankruptcy, including high insurance costs, the general economic downturn in the wake of the September 11 and a lack of rotorcraft buyers in search of customized interiors. At the same time, Purcell declined to divulge the debt level provided in the Chapter 11 filing, maintaining that it was being determined before presentation to the courts. The company is jointly owned by brothers Fred and Jim Wagner and an investor, Sakamoto Inc. HAS Corp. currently employs 19 workers and has pledged to service all existing contracts.


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