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MCWHORTER, LOUISE age 84, of Pratt City, passed away on May 26, 2013. Graveside service: Tues., June 4, 2013 at 12PM at Carver Cemetery. No Public Viewing. Roberts Central Park Chapel, directing.
The Guest Book is expired.
Published in The Birmingham News from June 1 to June 2, 2013
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ELIX-IRR RECOGNISED AS THE BEST NEW CONSULTANCY BY THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES ASSOCIATION
The Management Consultancies Association (MCA) has named Elix-IRR Best New Consultancy at their annual awards. This award recognised the outstanding growth from the company that is nearly five years old, along with unprecedented client satisfaction from the marketplace. Elix-IRR also won the coveted Commercial Excellence award for their work with Standard Bank – a large scale, cost-cutting project for their Global Card operations. Standard Bank engaged Elix-IRR to improve vendor management, increase efficiency, and execute the changes that would generate these cost savings. In just two years, Elix-IRR helped Standard Bank realise more than $51m in savings as part of a five year pan-African contract.
Chris Sweeney, Global Head of Card at Standard Bank said: “We worked closely with the Elix-IRR team over several months on a project that delivered significant revenue upside for the bank. The Elix-IRR team brought expert skills to the table and was able to support the bank through delivering robust, analytically driven solutions to complex problems. Over the course of the project, we also appreciated the diligence and persistence of the team, particularly the team’s ability to work through uncertainty and to overcome data gaps to come to sensible recommendations”
Stephen Newton, Managing Partner of Elix-IRR said: “To have won these two awards is a huge honour for us and every single person in the team has contributed to this success. The MCA Awards are the benchmark for quality within the consulting industry, so to be named Best New Consultancy and receive the award for Commercial Excellence is a testament to the high and innovative standards that we hold ourselves to at Elix-IRR. To also be recognised for our ground-breaking work at Standard Bank is a testament to the strategic relationship we have with our longest-standing client.”
More detail about the awards can be found here:
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http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/elix-irr-recognised-as-the-best-new-consultancy-by-the-management-consultancies-association/
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Dan Rosen: Ducks Ryan Getzlaf is expected to be able to go in Game 2. X-rays were negative, suffered only a deep facial laceration that received several stitches.
Chris Johnston: Lightning’s Ben Bishop spent over 30 minutes on the ice this morning in full equipment. Missy Zielinski: Lightning coach Cooper on Bishop: “I don’t think we’ll be seeing Bishop anytime soon.” He hasn’t been completely ruled out of the series if it goes the distance.
Joe McDonald: Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg is practicing today. Ansar Khan: Zetterberg skated for about 20 minutes today.
Joe Haggerty: Not practicing for the Bruins today are Chris Kelly, Daniel Paille and Matt Bartkowski. Kevan Miller returned. Haggerty can’t see Paille playing tomorrow.
Katie Strang: Flyers Steve Mason is doing better and will join the team in New York. His status for Game 2 is still uncertain.
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http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/2014/04/17/afternoon-hits-injury-updates-and-practice-notes-from-today/
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Just the USB Logo. Show with pride that you are a geek. - computer, anti, nerd, logo, usb, system, geek, firewire, mac, macintosh, windows, win, linux, ibm, apple, connect
This great product in royal blue from our department Women and T-Shirt category can be printed just for you in the size and style you like. The design USB Logo - Nerd - Geek was created by nipheon and uploaded to Spreadshirt for you to have printed on a T-Shirt. Next to a host of other great designs, you can find this USB Logo - Nerd - Geek design in Spreadshirt’s Nerd category. If you are interested in topics like Anti or Firewire, then you’ll love USB Logo - Nerd - Geek designs by nipheon. Spreadshirt also offers a huge selection of personalised T-shirts, hoodies and accessories for the category Nerd as well as top apple clothing. nipheon’s designs have already impressed many of our customers, so we are sure that we’ve got right stuff for you! Spreadshirt is your shop for great designs of all kinds – whether it’s Anti, Firewire or apple. We are sure that you will find something nice in our shop, there are many amazing personalised Nerd T-shirts, jumpers or accessories for you to find! Tags: Design ID: 2471717
The Spreadshirt Collection stands for best-possible print results on top-quality products An huge range of sizes makes sure that our gear fits everyone, big and small alike. What’s more, the Premium T-Shirt offers an sheer infinite choice of combination opportunity with other items.
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http://www.spreadshirt.net/diva-blue-usb-logo-nerd-geek-t-shirts-C4408A16595511
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Here is another vintage look at what cellphones can grow to become. Yes, transparent screens are a must and so is the passion for expansive displays. With Google Glasses and other such innovative tech coming around the bend, we have to pause and rethink our perception of communication. Maybe the future of phones will no longer be a candy bar or clamshells. What do you think?
Designer: Huang Wei
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http://www.yankodesign.com/2013/05/03/the-simple-cellphone/
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‘To This Day’ By Shane Koyczan Is An Anti-Bullying Message Everyone Needs To Watch [Video]
‘To This Day’ is a powerful message about bullying, and how the damage that is done as a kid might seem small, but there are life long consequences that we all have to deal with. This is not an easy video to watch, but I feel like it’s something that everyone should see.
When I say that it’s not easy to watch, please don’t use that as a reason to pass over this incredible piece of work. I only say it because the story and message hit so close to the heart of anyone that’s ever doubted themselves due to someone else teasing them.
It took me over an hour to get through the entire video. Yes, an hour.
I kept having to switch to something funny or work related, just to pull myself out of the harsh reality that some people live with every second of every day.
Everyone has been teased or bullied at some point in their lives, and most of us have been on the other side as well. I think in moderation, it’s actually not entirely a bad thing. Sometimes we learn a lot about ourselves by handling harsh words from others. We also learn by seeing the effect that our words have on those same people.
There is a point though where anything constructive that can come from it is lost. A point that this video makes clear, very quickly.
I cried watching this video . . . more than once.
I cried thinking about all of the mean, hateful words I’ve spewed out of my mouth without giving a second thought. I cried thinking about how at one point I was in a panic in my moms car, begging her not to make me go to my third grade class. Third grade.
I have kids of my own now, and I don’t want them to never be teased. I don’t want life to be full of sunshine and victories, because that’s not life. I want them to be able to realize that no matter what happens, good or bad, that they are loved unconditionally. I want them to understand that while nobody’s words should ever carry too much weight with them, their own words can be the heaviest things on Earth to someone else.
I probably won’t be able to watch this video again, but that won’t matter because I probably won’t ever be able to forget it.
You can help the ‘To This Day Project‘
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http://club937.com/to-this-day-by-shane-koyczan-is-an-anti-bullying-message-everyone-needs-to-watch-video/
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At the back of our property we have a 2 foot rock wall, made primary of just big rocks and boulders. Its really cool, however behind it is a thick forest and so due to the trees in our yard as well as the thick woods, it gets very little sun.
I love phlox and rock cress, and think they look awesome as they over flow over rocks and brick. However I doubt either will successfully grow or flower due to the heavy shade.
I live in Massachusetts and while I accept little sun means little chance of bright colors for flowers, I want a creeping plant that can flower occasionally to add some color.
Any thoughts on low shade ground cover/ creeping varieties?
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http://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/13835/whats-a-good-ground-cover-to-cover-a-rock-wall-in-heavy-shade-in-massachusetts
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Bill Kooker was the 3rd generation of his family to manage Riverview Amusement Park in Des Moines, Iowa. His grandfather was one of the original owners. Bill, his grandfather, his uncle and his father all ran Riverview for nearly 50 years, maintaining the life and times of this Iowa Institution. Bill Kooker is considered one of the foremost experts on Riverview and all of it's 63 year history. He does public presentations for groups and interested parties and is also the web master of the official Riverview Park, Des Moines web page.
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"Chris M. Gamble" <chris(dot)gamble(at)cpbinc(dot)com> writes:
> I checked on the old server, and found that in the postgresql.conf,
> the timezone was set for unknown.
Which would mean "use the system-wide timezone setting". I suspect you
have the new server configured with a different system-wide setting.
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After lunch we wanted to go on the drive up to Trail Ridge Road (which is the highest road in the U.S.A and goes right through the actual mountains) but when we got to the gate it was still shut - closed because of snow
. So we decided to take a ranger's advice and go to an area where beavers were known to be active. We walked along a big open area with the pine tree covered foothills surrounding us until we came to the river, where we found some old beaver dams. Kate was getting a bit grumpy and wanted to sit down, so I stayed with her while Fred & Josh scouted further upstream. Fred came back after about 10 minutes to say they found a huge beaver lodge and a beaver had passed by them only about 2 feet away! But when Kate & I followed him back, there was no sign of life and we never did get to see a beaver!
The altitude was starting to affect us (we were about 9,000 feet above sea level) and we were very tired, even though it was only a short walk. We decided to go back to the campground, but first we stopped at the visitor centre again so the kids could get their Junior Ranger badges - which they did. Fred talked to the ranger there who said the Trail Ridge road was now open, and that he highly recommended we not miss it. So ignoring our tiredness we drove up Trail Ridge and it was well worth it. Amazing views of the endless stretch of foothills & valleys, plus the snow capped mountains all around. We stopped at one pull-off area, and the kids were just buzzing as there were dozens of chipmunks all over the stone wall there. They were really bold and came up and sniffed our hands
! Then we continued to drive up into the Alpine Tundra. We could see where the snowplow had cut through the snow at the edge of the road - some parts the snow looked to be about 2 feet deep! We drove past the highest point on the road, and made another stop at the Alpine Visitors centre (which was just about to close). The kids had a great time kicking around in the snow at the edge of the parking lot, and we all found the dagger like icicles hanging from the edge of the roof pretty fascinating. Fantastic views on the way up & down.
Nearing the bottom of the road down we saw lots of cars parked by a corner and across the road in a small clearing was a big male Elk & a couple of females. The male was bugling, which echoed around quite dramatically and it was just awesome to see this magnificent beast in his natural habitat. Back at the 5th wheel we toasted marshmallows for desert and wished we could have a few more days in this exquisite mountain wilderness.
Woke up to a beautiful sunny blue sky, with the ground outside all frosted white - even the water pipe connected to the 5th wheel was frozen solid. We hopped in the truck and went to a different part of the Rocky Mountain National Park today. The first walk we did was at a place called 'Alluvial Fan' - an area where a dam burst in 1982 sending a massive (29 million gallons!) flash flood pummelling down the mountain side, sweeping huge boulders and trees in a huge fan shape through this area. The kids had fun playing and climbing on the boulders, while we looked at the pretty waterfall. We had lunch in a picnic area there, and were charmed by a little chipmunk who scampered back and forth and even near our feet at times. A very raucaus bird chattered to us also, we discovered later it was an American Magpie.
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http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/alvrez/usa-2007/1190745420/tpod.html
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Menino’s exit triggers flood of love, support and thanks
Howard Manly | 4/3/2013, 7:05 a.m.
In announcing that he would not seek an unprecedented sixth term, Mayor Thomas Menino, the former Hyde Park City Councilor, touched off a wave of accolades, including one from President Barack Obama.
“Boston is the vibrant, welcoming and world-class city it is today because of Tom Menino,” Obama gushed in a statement. “His efforts to revitalize neighborhoods, schools and businesses, better integrate police officers into their communities and reduce gun violence, reach out to the homeless and marginalized, and engage young people in the life of their city has charted Boston on a course for a better future.”
Recently elected U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren received a key endorsement from Menino during her campaign against GOP darling Scott Brown and was equally profuse: “Tom Menino is the best. Period. He is the best mayor in America. He is the best friend to the neighborhoods and people of Boston. He is the best example of how a city can and should be governed.”
For Menino, his work in Boston starts and ends with his love for a city that has sometimes painfully moved past the ugly days of court-ordered busing to taking major strides in becoming a world-class, inclusive city. “My No. 1 thing is bringing racial harmony to the city,” he told the New York Times last year.
For the last 20 years, Menino, the first Italian-American to hold the seat, breaking an Irish stranglehold on the job since the 1930s, has held the reigns without much political competition in large part because of his commitment to the city’s core — its neighborhoods.
“I am here with the people I love, to tell the city I love, that I will leave the job that I love,” Menino, 70, the city’s longest-serving mayor, told the standing-room-only crowd of well-wishers that included Gov. Deval Patrick, Treasurer Steven Grossman, U.S. Sen. William “Mo” Cowan, U.S. Reps. Stephen F. Lynch and Michael Capuano, and Attorney General Martha Coakley, along with city councilors and members of the city’s State House delegation.
Known for his boundless energy and 18-hour days, Menino is said to have met at least half of the city’s nearly 635,000 during his tenure. He attended so many neighborhood meetings, braved so many frigid nights to count and care for the homeless, and shoveled so much dirt at new constructions sites that one former opponent once quipped that Menino was known to show up for the opening of an envelope.
As he walked with a cane to the podium at Fanueil Hall to make his announcement last week, Menino was not the same “urban mechanic,” who had pledged years ago to eschew all the grand visions and trappings of modern day politicians and concentrate on the day-to-day grind of running a major municipality: public education, urban crime and, of course, pothole repairs.
His health is just not the same. Last year, while on vacation in Italy, the 70-year-old mayor was treated for a respiratory infection. While in the hospital he suffered complications including a compression fracture in a vertebra in his spine and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. After being discharged, he spent three months recuperating.
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http://baystatebanner.com/news/2013/apr/03/meninos-exit-triggers-flood-of-love-support-and/
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It just so happens that one of our favorite galleries is also one of the most exclusives. Not that it intended to be; it’s just cool like that. You really gotta respect a joint that makes you hustle to get in the door. So on the off chance that it’s the weekend, you’re awake, you’re not hung, you’re in Laguna, and the MILFy traffic isn’t killing you, swing by the Laguna Surf Gallery. Owned and operated by Will Pennartz (formerly of Surfer Magazine’s Travel Reports) the gallery is only open from noon to six on Saturday and Sunday. The shows are the coolest and most connected, plus you can always count on booze, music and a few celebrities milling about. Artists include Thomas Campbell, Wolfgang Bloch, Andy Davis, Bud Brown, John Severson, Ron Stoner, and Patrick Trefz. Be sure to have some cash on hand as you’ll definitely want to score some of the exhibition posters.Thank you for visiting the Swell blog. Visit us on www.facebook.com/swell for more exclusive fan offers, giveaways and more.
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http://blog.swell.com/check-it/when-theres-a-will-theres-a-gallery/
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What would they have preferred he do, spit on her?
“As an African American woman it galls me. I don’t even like to watch it. I felt like it plays into every sort of patronizing stereotype of black people. Oh, here is this little lady let me give her 50 bucks. I mean this is a guy who offered a bet of ten thousand dollars on stage to another candidate but you know, hey let me lay off 50 bucks to this woman. I think it plays into that conservative meme, that you don’t need actual programs that the government puts in place to help people in need, we’ll just give them charity, I’ll just give him 50 bucks.”
HT: Dan via Fox
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http://weaselzippers.us/103490-romney-gives-struggling-black-woman-cash-msnbc-news-calls-it-racist-patronizing-stereotype-of-black-people/
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I recently bought several styles of the new (to the U.S.) Essence Studio Nails Nail Fashion Stickers. I'm pretty much a sucker (and a psycho) for anything Essence. I tried them out this past weekend but did not have luck in the end. Here is a quick picture I took.
Whatever is wrong, you might be wondering!? They look so cute! And nicely applied! Yes, it's true. They are super cute and the application is excellent. The PROBLEM is that the largest sticker isn't nearly wide enough for my thumb nails! I did not take a picture of this (but should have, for laughs).
I tried to think of a way to shift it or cut pieces off of other stickers and make it work somehow, but eventually came to the realization that it just wasn't going to work for me. The kind ladies on MUA suggested that I could use them still and just paint my thumb nails black. That's a great idea, actually! I may end up doing that if I decide to keep the other packs I bought. It kind of defeats the purpose of not having to paint your nails and wait for them to dry and all that stuff, though. :(
If you have wee little nails, or just don't have big man hands like I do, these could work for you. I've also gathered that they do not stay on very long - so it would probably be a one shot day long kind of deal. Still fun and cute and cheap.
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http://www.dizzynails.com/2011/06/essence-sadness.html
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Business | BUS X 204 Business Communication:
X204 | ALL | Staff
BUS X 204 Business Communication: (3 cr.) P: ENG-W 131 or equivalent with a grade
of C or better. This course explores the theory and practice of written and oral
communication in business. Students learn strategies for effectively communicating
in a variety of business contexts from e-mail to formal written and oral reports.
Completion of the Kelley School of Business Oral Communication Proficiency Assessment
is required. Students may not receive credit for both X204 and X205.
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http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/blfal09/bus/bus_x204_ALL.html
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DevShed has posted a new tutorial today about building another common component of a website - the logout component.
The main function of the logout class is to log out a user and then redirect the user to the login page. On a programmatic level, the logout class terminates and destroys the session variables that the login class created for the user and also logs the exit time to the database. This article will show you how to create a logout class. It is part of a series on application framework components.
They build out the simple part of the class first, handling the variables and all and then move on to handling the logout and updating the database to reflect the user's status. They finish the tutorial off by giving both the database structure for the component and an example of it in action.
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http://phpdeveloper.org/news/8593
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Enter your name and email to receive alerts when new vacation deals are added to any property in this region.
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Cast your line into Castle Rock Lake for a great day of fishing. Its waters are home to many different species of fish, including bluegill, lake sturgeon, largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, and walleye. It's the perfect destination for pros and beginners alike.... more
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- Open Dates All Year
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http://www.resortsandlodges.com/resort-type/fishing-resorts/usa/wisconsin/central-wisconsin/city-arkdale.html
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Phone Fax Solutions is a digital solution provider that allows you to send and receive faxes over the Internet. You can send, receive, and review faxes via email and web portal. Phone Fax Solutions uses technologies that are truly cutting edge.
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Use Maine State 1040 Form to apply for your Tax and Rent Refund
Beginning in January 2014, the process for applying for your Maine Property Tax and Rent Refund (also known as the Circuit Breaker Program) will be to apply on your Maine Individual Income Tax Form 1040ME along with the Property Tax Fairness Credit worksheet. These forms will determine who is eligible for a refund, and the amount of the refund. Qualified Maine residents can get as much as $300 ($400 if 70 years of age or older).
Maine Revenue Service has copies of these forms and can help people to complete the forms over the phone at 207-626-8475 weekdays 8:00am – 5:00pm. Or you can visit Maine Revenue Services at 51 Commerce Drive, Augusta, ME 04330, weekdays 8:00am – 4:30pm.
By appointment only, Spectrum Generations can provide help to complete forms at some of their local community centers. Call 1-800-639-1553 to be connected with your local center for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Here is the list from Maine Revenue Services of who will be eligible to apply:
- You were Maine residents during any part of the tax year;
- You owned or rented a home in Maine during any part of the tax year and lived in that home during the year;
- Had Maine adjusted gross income of not more than $40,000; and
- Paid property tax on a home in Maine during the tax year that was more than 10% of Maine adjusted gross income, or paid rent to live in a home or apartment in Maine during the tax year that was more than 40% of Maine adjusted gross income.
Where can applicants get Form 1040ME after January 1, 2014? Forms can be downloaded from the Maine Revenue Services web site at http://www.maine.gov/revenue/forms or by calling 207-624-7894 to request that a form be mailed. Those who filed a Circuitbreaker application on or after August 1, 2012, will receive by mail a Form 1040ME booklet at the end of this year, even if they did not file Form 1040ME last year.
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http://www.spectrumgenerations.org/taxandrent
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Glu Games' Deer Hunter 2014 brings the joys of hunting to smartphones and tablets. Players choose from a wide selection of rifles and explore the wilderness in search of deer, bears, and other critters. Things begin easy enough. You should have no trouble shooting the innocent deer in this video, but wait until later stages. Those boards will put your weapon skills to the ultimate test. [Download: iOS|Android]
Sony kicks off the PlayStation Experience LIVE and GT follows up with some LIVE...
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http://www.gametrailers.com/mobile-apps/62209/deer-hunter-2014-first-kill
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Tag Results for "James Bond "
The next James Bond novel, which will be published in September, has the world's most famous secret agent living in London's Chelsea section at the age of 45, writer William Boyd said Thursday. continue reading »
Javier Bardem is being hailed by the British press for his performance in "Skyfall," the latest installment in the James Bond series, with critics saying the character played by the Spanish actor may be one of the best villains to ever take on 007. continue reading »
Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who plays the villain in the latest installment of the James Bond saga, said the chemistry he developed with co-star Daniel Craig and director Sam Mendes made it a joy to "get up and go to work." continue reading »
Javier Bardem makes an extraordinary villain in "Skyfall," the new adventure of the most famous secret agent in the history of movies, James Bond, producer Barbara Broccoli said here Saturday at an event launching the film's international presentation tour. continue reading »
Spanish actor Javier Bardem will wear a police uniform and a blond wig in his role as the villain in the next James Bond movie, according to photos from the shoot published Monday in London. continue reading »
The Spanish actor will be the next Bond-villain in the 23rd Bond, titled "Skyfall," directed by Sam Mendes. continue reading »
The Spanish actor will likely be the next Bond-villain in the 23rd bond, directed by Sam Mendes. continue reading »
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http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/archives/tags/tag/james+bond+/
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To put this in perspective, the 1% pay raise agreed to by their union in the last negotiation represents a pay increase of about $1.78 per pay on an 8 hour shift for a guard with about 5 years on the job. That's one dollar and 78 cents PER DAY!
I am a parole officer in Arizona. We just shut down an entire facility, laid off 233. Our Governor tried to eliminate Juvenile Corrections entirely, but public outcry thankfully saved our department. We have had a hiring freeze for going on three years, haven't had raises in five years. We are now taking a pay cut plus unpaid furlough days to help with the budget. We are just happy to be working. You are lucky to be able to even talk about a 1 percent raise, my hat is off to you.
This union should get on board with all the other unions that re-negotiated their contracts. Based on their ratifications of the new contracts agreements, most unionized state employees recognized that give backs of agreed-to, modest salary increases as well as furloughs were the only way to get through this budget problem.
Give them the 1% raise. They work with the dregs of society in a very dangerous evirnment.
Do you have a comment you would like to add? Visit the original story and have your say.
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http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/your_comments_readers_react_to_11.html
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Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century
Peter Ackerman, Christopher Kruegler
Nonviolent action, well planned and implemented, is shown in this lucid, timely, and compelling work to effect dramatic outcomes against opponents utilizing violence. Ackerman and Kruegler recognize that not all nonviolent efforts meet with success and they are careful to stress that a nonviolent approach involves great risks as well as opportunities. It is the effectiveness of the strategies employed which will determine whether those using nonviolent means can prevail against opponents who rely on violence in pursuit of objectives. Twelve principles of strategic nonviolence are established in this book--they serve as a conceptual foundation and enhance the prospects of success in nonviolent campaigns of resistance.
"If the world has indeed entered a new era, and if global communications make every conflict more visible and the use of military force seem more reprehensible to mankind at large, then the possiblities for successful nonviolent conflict would seem to have broadened. By analyzing the cases they present, Ackerman and Kruegler have done pioneer work in trying to show how such actions have a better chance of success."
–The Christian Science Monitor
"This is an excellent book, well-written and well-researched, with the potential to guide both future research and to inform nonviolent activists."
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword by Gene Sharp
Foreword by Thomas Schelling
1. The Emergence of Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
2. The Principles of Nonviolent Conflict
3. Nonviolent Sanctions in the First Russian Revolution, 1904–1906
4. The Ruhrkampf: Regional Defense Against Occupation, 1923
5. The Indian Independence Movement, 1930-1931
6. Denmark: Occupation and Resistance, 1940–1945
7. El Salvador: The Civic Strike of 1944
8. Solidarity Versus the Polish Communist Party, 1980–1981
9. Strategy and the Margin of Victory
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I’ve been really good this year. I worked hard and played well with others. I delivered quality work to my clients. I paid my fair share to the government like a good business owner, and cut checks for my subcontractors within 30 days.
Since I’ve been so good, this is what I’m asking for:
- A stress ball. The fiscal cliff, recession, healthcare reform – how much can a small-business owner take? When I want to freak out over what I read in the news, I want to be able to calm down and remember that this too shall pass. I want a top-of-the-line stress ball, not one you got for free at a trade show.
- Bifocals. It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day of my business. Bifocals will help me see further. Make sure they are nice designer ones. My favorite color is blue.
- A funny movie. When I’m having a stressful day, Buddy the Elf or Dr. Richard Harpo Thorndyke could really help me out.
- Turbo-charged coffee. I’ve got a lot of work to do, and sometimes I get tired. This new brand of coffee apparently has 200 percent more caffeine than other types of coffee. Can’t hurt to try?
- A frame for my family photo. Owning my own business can be challenging, but there’s a reason I persevere – and it would be nice to have a picture of them staring at me all day.
You’re the best, Santa. And I promise I will leave you real cookies this year instead of the Snack Wells I left you last year.
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Long-time readers will recall that, in a 2007 plebiscite, despite overcrowding and hundreds of prisoners housed in contract facilities as far away as Louisiana, Harris County voters rejected the issuance of debt for new jail construction. Writers like Grits and the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Marc Levin argued that policy changes by elected officials - particularly the District Attorney and judges - could resolve the problem a) without expensive new jail construction and b) without crime increasing, and it turned out that's exactly what's happened. Reports the Houston Chronicle's Mike Morris this morning ("Thanks to less crowding, overflow inmates staying in Harris"):
Dropping inmate numbers at the Harris County Jail will let the county end its nearly 5-year-old practice of shipping overflow inmates to Louisiana and other Texas counties within days, Sheriff Adrian Garcia said this week.Grits finds this news downright incredible after being told time and time again by so many in offiicialdom how naive I was to oppose Harris County jail construction and how unrealistic it was to expect local officials to change. My position at the time was, "if you build it, they will come"; new jail construction, Grits argued, would accommodate bad policies while jail crowding forced the system's collective managers to confront them. So I'm particularly encouraged by indications that Harris County judges are now acknowledging their role in the problem and attempting to help resolve it. A defense attorney:
The jail population has fallen 31 percent since 2008, to 8,573 inmates. The jail has a capacity of 9,434, but has at times held more than 12,000. Garcia hopes the expense of contracts with far-flung jails - totaling $31 million in the last two years - has ceased for the foreseeable future.
As of Friday, the sheriff had no inmates in Louisiana and just 21 elsewhere in Texas; more than 1,600 inmates had been outsourced as recently as June 2010.
praised the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and said judges are beginning to examine their pretrial and sentencing choices.Good news, indeed. A big chunk of the decline stems from the DA's new policy on how to charge drug paraphernalia, which has drawn heat from police unions but praise from nearly every other corner of the justice system. (Clearly the change hasn't spawned some great crime wave.) But the story also mentions other initiatives that contributed to the jail population decline:
State District Judge Jan Krocker, who will be opening a court for mentally ill offenders within weeks, agreed.
"Making your community safe in terms of both violent crimes and property crimes involves not only pronouncing appropriately long sentences, but also in rehabilitating those people who can be rehabilitated," Krocker said. "A lot of us are working a lot harder at that."
The county has launched various diversion programs. In April 2010, Garcia began allowing nonviolent inmates who enroll in educational or work programs to earn three days' credit for each day served. As of mid-December, 3,661 inmates had been released early under the program, which can shave up to two months off the maximum county jail sentence.For a county the size of Harris - whose jail at its largest was more populous than more than half the states' prison systems - a 31% incarceration reduction in three years is a remarkable achievement, made even more impressive when one realizes that crime rates have continued to plummet and the county has only scratched the surface of possible de-incarceration reforms.
Garcia also noted that 48 people have been diverted from jail by the county's Crisis Intervention Response Team. That program, approved in August, pairs police with mental health clinicians to respond to crises among the mentally ill, hoping to treat them rather than jail them. The sheriff also has tested a program allowing some low-level offenders to serve their sentences at home while wearing an ankle monitor.
There's still a great deal more to do. Local law enforcement agencies in Harris County don't use discretion granted them by the Legislature to issue summons instead of arresting for certain low-level misdemeanors. And to the extent a new mentality has caused judges to reduce pretrial detention, it's certainly only just begun, in only a few courtrooms. Bail is still the rule for most offenses and pretrial services remains the red-headed step-child of the county justice system, despite anguished cries from the bail industry over even marginal expansion in the use of personal bonds.
This impressive rate of de-incarceration shows that all the "can't get there from here" naysayers were blowing smoke, that the county could incarcerate a LOT fewer people without crime rates worsening. IMO there's still a lot of slack to take up. Now that the county is no longer outsourcing inmates, the next question becomes, how long till the county can reduce the jail population enough so the facility can be run without using substantial overtime? Counties can achieve significant budget relief through de-incarceration, just as overincarceration inevitably becomes a budget burden. Hopefully, Harris County will continue down this path, both for the benefit of its own citizenry and as an example inspiring other Texas counties to rethink their approaches. It's about time!
I don't think the county could possibly have reached this point if they'd expanded jail capacity; there'd have simply been no incentive for change.
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PHARM Podcast 016 – Damn Sexy Intubation with Dr Rob Bryant
What is it like trying to introduce a DSI protocol to your ED? Tune in and listen up to Dr Rob Bryant!
Hi folks! I am not going mad. This is technically out of sequence and should be podcast 15 but as Rob’s protocol on DSI is so popular I had to interview him and release this special episode before the relegated 15th episode got published! We talk about how Rob discovered and introduced DSI into his ED clinical practice and how he set about convincing his colleagues to stop looking at him as if he was a crazed Kiwi. He convinced them so well that some of his ED nurse colleagues call DSI a Damn Sexy Intubation now!
Rob works at this hospital in Salt Lake City
This is the beautiful mountain view from one of the resuscitation bays
Stay safe and enjoy the interview
Now on to the Podcast
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Half of consumers willing to share their data, says survey
FRANCE — Nearly half of consumers are willing to share their digital information with brands in exchange for relevant and useful advertising, according to research from IPG Mediabrands and Microsoft.
The research said that 45% of consumers were open to sharing all their digital data collected over six months in exchange for better ads.
In addition, the research found that 59% of consumers were willing to buy a product or service from a brand that offered a reward in exchange for their digital data and 48% realised that their digital identity had value.
However, only 36% of consumers were willing for brands to track their digital behaviour if this meant more optimised shopping experiences.
The research said that the maturing of consumers’ relationships with technology provided new challenges and brands needed to look at how to engage and reward consumers for sharing their personal information and not just delivering an ad impression.
Microsoft principal researcher Bill Buxton commented: “Technology is beginning to recede from something that is just a device or a website, into people’s physical, social and cultural environment. It should quietly augment, nurture and facilitate our lives, not as intrusions, but as companions, that work seamlessly together and make our lives better.”
Concerns over data gathering have been growing and in an interview with Research Live, director of privacy pressure group big Brother Watch, Nick Pickles said people were becoming more aware of the commoditization of their data.
“People expect their privacy to be respected and as soon as companies start to get near the profiteering line, trust breaks down and you start to lose customers, and companies that sell themselves as privacy-friendly will take those customers away,” he said.
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This doesn’t appear to be official, but it’s not all that surprising either. Eric Lacy is reporting in the Detroit News that Brandan Kearney will choose Michigan State on November 3rd. When a recruit names a school the leader on Monday and announces a decision date on Wednesday, it’s not very hard to figure out their likely destination.
It’s tough to see a kid like Kearney, described as lifelong Michigan fan, commit to Michigan State but at this point Michigan is dealing with a major scholarship crunch. There was room to take one guard or wing early in the class of 2011 and Carlton Brundidge jumped at that opportunity.
The plan for Michigan is to add Trey Zeigler in the class of 2010 and a big man in the class of 2011. If Zeigler falls through, they will likely look to add a wing player in 2011 as well. However, with Zeigler’s spring decision, that won’t be until next summer.
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Forgive me for the ‘punny’ title :D. I just had to draw a toon ant for some reason. Ants are amazing creatures (until they invade your house). This one looks either sad or exhausted. On a interesting note. When searching for references for this painting. I notice some toon artwork portraying legs coming out of the gaster (the bulbous posterior of the ant) instead of the thorax! That’s almost as silly as giving a male kangaroo a pouch :D.
Interesting ant facts: Most worker ants are female. Most male ants only have one purpose, and that is to mate with the queen, after that most will die. Some ants will herd other insects like aphlids. Some ants will even enslave ants form other colonies! http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/a/10-cool-facts-about-ants.htm
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The new Oysho summer 2013 beachwear lookbook is here and there are so many flirty goodies guaranteed to keep you stylish under the sun. Yes, it's already March, so it's time to start stocking up on some really cool swimwear pieces. If you're on the hunt for the perfect bikinis, the Spanish brand's latest collection offers you loads of options worth every bit of investment. Too soon to pick a bathing suit? Absolutely not! If you find one that meets all your sartorial needs and flatters your body shape, then you should definitely go fo... Read More
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another bug. anyone have a save?
I killed the Marduk/Sophia monster once but died on the way out at the end. (stupid me forgot to save) When I reloaded my previous save, I could not kill the thing. I do not really want to do the level again. Anyone have a save at the point where the monster is killed and the place begins to come crashing down? I would be very appreciative.
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Police are hunting two men who threw a shopkeeper in a store room before stealing money and a till from a store in Middleton.
The offenders, wearing dark clothing and balaclavas, walked into the shop on Kirkway, Middleton, at around 9.45pm on Tuesday.
They approached the shop owner who was working behind the counter and demanded he handed over money.
The victim was then pushed up against the wall before he was forced into the store room.
Both men took the till and keys to the shop before they got into a car and drove off.
They are described as being in their late teens or early 20s, around 5ft 10 in tall and of athletic build.
One wore a grey hooded jacket, tracksuit bottoms, black trainers, gloves and spoke with a local accent.
The second wore a dark coloured hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms that had three dark stripes at the side of each leg.
Detective Constable Ruth Thompson from Rochdale CID said: "The victim was pushed against the wall and thrown into the store room so he feared for his safety, not knowing what would happen. Thankfully, he was not hurt.
"We believe the car they escaped in was a dark coloured hatchback and was parked on Cheltenham Road. I would ask anyone who may have seen the men in the car either park up or escape to contact police."
Anyone with information should phone police on 0161 856 4621 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Arbitrary Waveform Generator, AWG
- overview or tutorial about the Arbitrary Waveform Generator or AWG including Direct Digital Synthesis, DDS and Variable Clock Arbitrary Waveform Generators..
Arbitrary waveforms generators are a form of function or signal generator that is able to produce an arbitrary waveform defined by a set of values, i.e. "waypoints" entered to set the value of the waveform at different times.
As a result an arbitrary waveform generator is a form of test equipment that is able to produce virtually any waveshape that is required. An arbitrary waveform generator may also run in either a repetitive or a single shot mode.
Arbitrary waveform generators are very similar to function generators, but offer much greater levels of flexibility in terms of waveform generation and they are generally more sophisticated and hence costly.
Arbitrary Waveform Generator techniques
There are a number of ways of designing arbitrary waveform generators. They are based around digital techniques, and their design falls into one of two main categories:
- Direct Digital Synthesis, DDS: This type of arbitrary waveform generator is based around the DDS types of frequency synthesizer, and sometimes it may be referred to as an Arbitrary Function Generator, AFG. Read more about the arbitrary function generator
- Variable-clock arbitrary waveform generator The variable clock arbitrary function generator is the more flexible form of arbitrary waveform generator. These arbitrary waveform generators are generally more flexible, although they do have some limitations not possessed by the DDS versions. Sometimes these generators are referred to as just arbitrary waveform generators, AWGs rather than arbitrary function generators. Read more about the variable clock arbitrary waveform generator
- Combined arbitrary waveform generator This format of AWG combines both of the other forms including the DDS and variable clock techniques. In this way the advantages of both systems can be realised within a single item of test equipment.
Arbitrary waveform generator resolution and speed
Two of the main specifications for an arbitrary waveform generator are their resolution and also the speed. These two parameters determine the precision with which the waveform can be reproduced. They are governed by different elements within the arbitrary waveform generator circuit.
The amplitude resolution is governed by the resolution of the digital to analogue converter (D/A or D2A). This is described in terms of the number of bits. A 12 bit resolution provides 4096 amplitude steps.
The speed of the arbitrary waveform generator is also very important. The maximum repetition rate for the waveform is governed by two factors: the length of the waveform in terms of the number of samples required to simulate the waveform and the maximum clock frequency. For example if the arbitrary waveform generator had a maximum clock frequency of 25 MHz and the waveform had 1000 points, then the maximum repetition rate would be 25 kHz. If a higher repetition rate was required, then it would be necessary to decrease the number of samples as it would not be possible to increase the clock frequency in the arbitrary waveform generator!
Before an arbitrary waveform generator can produce a signal it is necessary to enter the points for the required output. There are a number of ways in which the waveform for an arbitrary waveform generator can be captured or generated:
- Capture a real waveform. This can be done using either a digitiser of a digital oscilloscope.
- Use in-built waveform editing on the arbitrary waveform generator. Many AWGs have some degree of waveform generation and editing capability built on board, although this may not be as flexible as a full PC based editing solution.
- Another way is to generate the waveform using software running on a PC. Very sophisticated digital editing software is available for this and allows for many variations to be incorporated.
Either of these methods can be used and then the digital information can be downloaded onto the arbitrary waveform generator to enable it to provide the required output.
The arbitrary waveform generator is a piece of test equipment that can prove to be immensely useful in many applications. While an arbitrary waveform generator is a very specialised piece of test equipment and as a result it can be expensive, it is nevertheless almost essential in any applications where a specific waveform needs to be generated.
By Ian Poole
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Amen 1986 | TV Show
A pompous, scheming deacon clashes with a new minister over the running of a Philadelphia church in this popular sitcom. The series was a follow-up hit for Sherman Hemsley, who, a year earlier, had finished a 10-year run on 'The Jeffersons.'
Premiered: September 27, 1986
Season 4, Episode 22 Who's Sorry Now?
First Aired: March 17, 1990
The Deacon and Amelia trade insults in and out of court after she trips on his steps and breaks her foot. Bryant: Robert DoQui. Judge: Janet MacLachlan. Bailiff: John Gowans. Amelia: Roz Ryan. Deacon: Sherman Hemsley.
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This book will get you that edge both in the workplace and at home. We'll analyze the personal part of your existence — your family, friends, teachers, pastor, and so on. These people often have incredible access to your life. They can really help or really hurt you, sometimes without you even knowing about it. And unfortunately, there is no rule that says you are entitled to great parents and relatives and a solid support system. Some lucky Americans get terrific love and guidance from the beginning. Most don't. Instead, many of us have to put up with all kinds of destructive nonsense at home, and much of the time we don't even know what's going on until the damage is done.
But when you finish this book that will all change. You will know what's going on.
Who's Looking Out for You? will also deal with external forces that are unleashed against us: the government, the media, the legal system, and others. These powerful entities can crush you unless you understand them and take measures to protect yourself and your family.
Finally, throughout the book I have frankly named the names that need to be named, much as I do on television, on the radio, and in print. Please understand that the examples I provide are based solely on my own instincts. Sometimes I'm wrong about things. And sometimes I even admit it.
But often I'm right because I observe closely and consult widely. Before I blister somebody, I analyze the person carefully, because I do not want to abuse any power I might have. But ultimately, judgments are made in the No Spin Zone. Take this example: I think Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston is a villain. I think he allowed children to be hurt to protect his own reputation in Rome. Based on the evidence I've seen, Law allowed perverted priests to go unsupervised because he couldn't be bothered with such an inconvenient and potentially embarrassing problem. His main concern, again in my judgment, was holding on to power and avoiding any kind of public scandal that might have tarnished his image with the Pope. The way I see it, Law put his own career above the welfare of little kids. The shepherd of the flock was looking out only for himself.
BUT I COULD BE WRONG!
So while reading this book, please keep that in mind. I will state my case and back it up as best I can. I will lay it all out for you, but, in the end, it is you who must make the final judgment. Only you can determine who is trustworthy and who is not in your life-but you need information and guidelines in order to do that. You need a no-spin road map, pardon the cliché.
And here it comes. However, there is one more point to make before the journey begins. Self-delusions can negate even the best advice and most accurate observations. In order to be truly successful you have to be brutally honest with yourself. Excuses and rationalizations have to be put aside. You must define your own life and not let others do it for you. You must evaluate people and situations the way they are, not the way you want them to be. And you must evaluate yourself honestly and absorb the pain that will inevitably cause.
So onward. Let's find out just who is looking out for you.
Excerpted from Who's Looking Out for You? by Bill O'Reilly, Copyright© 2003 by Bill O'Reilly . Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
For more information you can go to www.broadwaybooks.com or www.billoreilly.com.
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DANCE / The goodtime girl: Judith Mackrell reviews Don Quixote at Covent Garden and Antic at Sadler's Wells
Saturday 17 April 1993
Stuart Cassidy as her lover Basilio made it easy to see why. Though he fudged the occasional technical stunt, he danced with a clean power and looked exactly as an impoverished suitor should - his romantic ardour toughened by a hint of rough trade. Like Chadwick he convinced you that this ballet was just a delightful diversion - rather than one of the repertoire's most draining and exposing showpieces.
On Wednesday night the two lovers were thwarted, abetted and naughtily upstaged by Ashley Page as a blissfully camp and testy Gamache. Swollen with pride, he flounced and arched his eyebrows so affrontedly that they all but disappeared down the back of his head - a lovely piece of comic dancing that sent the ballet's spirits rocketing.
Don Q's plot is so minimal that you'd have to be simple, or asleep, to miss the story. Kim Brandstrup's Antic on the other hand - 'a personal response to Hamlet' - is all nuance and allusion. Many choreographers have had a go at the play and many have wrenched it into an expressionist psychodrama. Brandstrup's treatment is far more restrained, a visual plotting of the play's atmospheric tensions that works through subtleties of gesture, the rhythms of its dance phrases and the grouping of the 10 performers on stage.
In his works for Arc Dance Company, Brandstrup has established himself as an intelligent, resourceful dance narrator. Antic, performed at Sadler's Wells, is no exception as, detail by detail, it builds a choreographic parallel to the play's text. Hamlet's encounter with his dead father, for instance, is genuinely creepy, Jeremy James's small and wiry Hamlet is lifted around by David Scinto's almost unnaturally tall Ghost and the latter's physical authority - bespeaking both paternal love and supernatural strength - enables Brandstrup to convey exactly Hamlet's burden of filial duty and horror.
Mark Ashman as Claudius has an equally impressive physical presence. Brandstrup adroitly captures the latter's charm and cunning in the way Claudius partners Gertrude and Ophelia. He manipulates their bodies with deadly ease, then settles them back in their chairs with a sinister precision. But despite Brandstrup's narrative ingenuity, the piece fails to move. What's missing is an over-arching dramatic rhythm and a variation in the charge of each scene. Somehow the piece doesn't add up to more that the sum of its scrupulous parts. Underlying the problem is the monotonous surface of Ian Dearden's score that blurs the variety of the action. But there is also Brandstrup's failure to modulate the pitch of his characterisations. Hamlet may be on stage more than anyone else, yet his dance language is no richer. For all its deftness Brandstrup's Antic is a drama without a hero, a Hamlet without a tragic Prince.
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Major split over buying junk food with federal aid
Congress reluctant to back food stamp nutrition rules
Updated 9:22 pm, Sunday, December 1, 2013
Washington -- Food stamps, the nation's premier poverty program, can buy just about anything that passes for edible on a supermarket shelf: chips, soft drinks, candy and all the other items known in common parlance as junk food.
This fact, in tandem with epidemic obesity that afflicts the poor and racial minorities more than other Americans, lurks beneath the brawl dividing Congress over whether to slash funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Having quadrupled since 2001 to almost $78 billion a year, the program feeds 1 in 7 Americans. House Republicans have passed legislation that would cut $39 billion over a decade, which Democrats are trying to block in negotiations over the farm bill.
What few on either side want to touch are the conclusions of a report last year by Oakland public health activist Michele Simon, who called food stamps the "the largest, most overlooked corporate subsidy in the farm bill" and urged Congress to enact nutrition standards that would limit purchases of unhealthy food with government assistance.
Her report set off a backlash among advocates for the poor that proved so divisive that many public-health groups refused to take a position on the issue. Some groups do not want even to discuss nutrition standards as they struggle to stave off budget cuts in the food stamp program, known as SNAP nationally and CalFresh in California.
"It's a very uncomfortable debate," said Michael Dimock, president of Roots of Change, a Bay Area group that advocates for sustainable and local agriculture. "People are forced into making purchases of food with little money, and it feels like another injustice for them to be told what they can or cannot buy. At the same time, logically speaking, it's a very difficult situation for us as a nation to be supplementing people's purchase of unhealthy food."
Food industry opposed
The issue also divides the right. The food industry fiercely opposes nutrition standards.
House Republicans adopted almost the entire food stamp plank of the conservative Heritage Foundation - work requirements for able-bodied adults, drug testing and big funding cuts - except for a ban on junk food.
Almost 70 percent of adult Americans and 1 in 3 children are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity fuels such chronic diseases as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, adding an estimated $150 billion each year to U.S. health care costs, including Medicaid, the federal health care program for the poor. Obesity afflicts people of all incomes but is more concentrated among the poor.
As obesity soared, Congress applied nutrition standards to other federal food programs. In 2009, nutrition standards were tightened for the Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, food program for poor mothers. In 2010, first lady Michelle Obama led an overhaul of the National School Lunch Program that added fruits, vegetables and whole grains and limited calories.
"Why is it," Simon said, "that we're OK telling women what to feed their children on WIC, and certainly we're fine telling schools what to feed children, but somehow food stamps get a big pass?"
Food stamp recipients "have a problem with lower diet quality in general, but at the same time, everybody's buying junk," Andreyeva said.
Still, she said, ample evidence links obesity, diabetes and overconsumption of sugar-sweetened drinks. "SNAP is paying for a lot of junk, that's for sure," Andreyeva said. "From a nutrition point of view, obviously we should" add nutrition standards.
Open to limits
In June, Mayors Ed Lee of San Francisco and Jean Quan of Oakland joined 15 other mayors in condemning the House's proposed cuts in the food stamp program but also suggested they were open to nutrition standards.
"It is time to test and evaluate approaches to limiting SNAP's subsidization of products, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, that are contributing to obesity," the mayors wrote in a letter to Congress.
But many see government-imposed nutrition guidelines as paternalistic.
"We should have more nutritious food, we should have less toxic food, I don't think we should have food that's crummy, but I don't know why poor people have to bear the burden of what are essentially political choices," said Julie Guthman, a professor of social science at UC Santa Cruz and author of "Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism." "If we're concerned about having junky food in our food supply, then we should figure out ways to minimize or eliminate junky food."
Defining junk food
A 2007 report by the Food and Nutrition Service, which operates the food stamp program for the Department of Agriculture, argued against nutrition guidelines, saying a person's entire diet is what matters, not individual foods.
The report said defining junk food is tricky: Candy bars can have less fat than cheddar cheese, and some potato chips have less salt than some breakfast cereals.
With more than 300,000 foods on the market and thousands added each year, setting nutrition standards is costly and impractical, the report said.
Simon said the WIC program proved that limits can be imposed. Nutrition standards in food stamps, she said, would present "an opportunity to shift the entire food system to a more healthy, sustainable way of providing food."
But it's the level of food stamp benefits, not their nutrition content, that is "the biggest factor in whether or not folks eat nutritiously," said Leslie Mikkelsen, managing director of the Prevention Institute, an Oakland nonprofit that seeks to improve health in poor communities.
The institute has not taken a position on the nutrition debate in food stamps but strongly endorses taxes on sugary beverages. Mikkelsen said that what most influences purchases among the poor is "their community food environment and what's being marketed to their kids."
The one area where most factions agree is that food stamp recipients should have incentives to buy more nutritious foods. Some programs, pioneered by private groups such as Wholesome Wave in Connecticut, double food stamp benefits for purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets.
Dimock of Roots of Change said that as obesity-related health care costs rise, "there is going to be more and more pressure to rationalize public investments, and so the pressure is going to build" to impose nutrition standards.
Carolyn Lochhead is the San Francisco Chronicle's Washington correspondent. E-mail: email@example.com
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NEW YORK – The United States has the Iranian tiger by the tail. Washington doesn’t know whether to hold on or let the big beast go.
The Mideast diplomatic thaw begun by Russia’s clever Vladimir Putin, and Iran’s democratic change of presidents, opened the diplomatic path to progress over Syria, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and, lest we forget, the question of Palestine.
For the first time since 1979, senior US and Iranian officials are holding talks in Geneva. Joining them are nuclear negotiators from Russia, Britain, France, Germany and China.
Ironically, the only two nations in this group that are not in violation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are Iran and Germany. The other members have never fulfilled their pledge to rapidly eliminate all nuclear weapons. Five decades later, they still hold 22,000 nuclear warheads. And that total does not include the nuclear arsenals of Israel, Pakistan and India.
Washington now faces a very difficult problem. It has waged economic and political warfare against the Islamic Republic of Iran since its 1979 revolution. Iran has been badly damaged by sanctions. But like that other disobedient bad boy, Cuba, Iran has managed to hold out.
But what will happen if punishing US-engineered sanctions against Iran are eased? Oil-rich Iran will rebuild its ravaged economy and infrastructure, and quietly enhance its military power. A key priority for Tehran will be modernizing its decrepit civilian air fleet that routinely crashes from mechanical problems or pilot error. Good news for Boeing and Airbus, as well as US energy companies.
If Iran regains its former role as a major Mideast power, this important development will run head-on into current US strategy to keep it weak and isolated until a pro-US government comes to power in Tehran. A strengthening Iran will generate fear and anxiety in Saudi Arabia and some of the less flexible Gulf states, and increase Tehran’s influence over Iraq.
An Iran with the capability of producing a few nuclear weapons within a year also deeply alarms Washington, its Arab allies, and Israel. An Iran with even a few nukes, like North Korea, would sharply limit US Mideast power and its ability to use military forces against Iran.
Israel knows that Iran has no intention of launching a nuclear attack on the Jewish state, which is a major world nuclear power with an invulnerable triad of land, sea and air-launched nuclear weapons.
But Israel’s constant alarms about Iran’s so far non-existent nuclear weapons serves to distract attention from its rapid absorption of the West Bank and Golan, and generate potent political and financial support from its North American partisans. Or maybe Israel’s leader, Benyamin Netanyahu has actually come to believe his own Jeremiads about Tehran’s supposed suicidal “mad mullahs.”
Today, Israel has no serious enemies in the Arab world: Egypt has been bought off; Iraq and Syria destroyed. Saudi Arabia is in secret alliance with Israel. The only nation that can hope to challenge Israel’s increasingly dominant role in the Mideast is Iran. That puts Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia in a three-way competition for regional hegemony.
If Iran is kept isolated and assaulted by trade sanctions, electronic attack, sabotage and ethnic subversion in its Arab and Azeri regions, Iran will very likely continue its slow but steady development of nuclear breakout capability – meaning being able to assemble nuclear components into a warhead and deliver them on fairly short notice.
A deal limiting Tehran’s breakout capability would seem the best recourse. My own long-standing proposal is the “Margolis Plan:” let Iran and Israel to inspect one-another’s nuclear facilities.
But that, of course, won’t happen because Israel won’t admit it has nuclear weapons, a fairy tale backed by all US administrations. How about the US, China, Russia, France and Britain opening their nuclear plants for inspection? Add India and Pakistan to this list.
While what appear to be fruitful talks progress in Geneva, powerful special interests in America are trying to thwart any agreement with Iran. The US Congress, profoundly corrupted by political donations, is moving to impose new, draconian sanctions on Iran while Israel’s rightists and their allies in the US media thunder about the alleged dangers from Iran. The Republican Party leads the call for harsher sanctions on Iran.
President Barack Obama knows that any deal with Iran must be struck before the next US presidential season gets under way, otherwise it will fail.
Iran’s new leadership, led by President Hassan Rouhani, clearly wants a deal. The nationalist pride Iranians feel for their so far civilian nuclear program cannot outweigh the damage and pain of crushing sanctions. However, as in the past, the US-led western powers may keep moving the goalposts ever farther from a lasting agreement.
If there’s a deal with Iran over nuclear power, can pressure for a deal over Palestine be far behind?
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- Ensure that battery is securely mounted.
- Keep battery surface clean and dry.
- Keep terminals and connections clean.
Corrosion can be prevented by coating the terminals and connections with petroleum jelly or silicone spray.
- Ensure that terminal clamps and the vent hose are firmly secured.
The ability of the battery to deliver and store power decreases at low outside temperatures. Moreover, the battery is more heavily loaded in the winter months, e.g. by the heated rear window, the more frequent use of additional lights, the blower and the windshield wipers, etc.
- Have the battery checked before the start of winter.
Keep the battery fully charged to prevent it from freezing.
A discharged battery can already freeze at –5 ºC, but a fully charged one only freezes at –40 ºC.
- If the battery is frozen, thaw it out before connecting jump leads.
Laying up the vehicle
If the vehicle is left for long periods in the garage or workshop, the doors and lids should be closed.
- Remove the ignition key or disconnect the battery if necessary.
- When the battery is disconnected, the alarm system ceases to function.
If the vehicle was locked before the battery was disconnected, the alarm will be triggered when the battery is reconnected.
To deactivate the alarm system:
- Lock the vehicle and unlock it again.
Alarm system, central locking
- The status of the central locking and alarm system does not change when you disconnect the battery.
Even if you put your vehicle out of operation, the battery still discharges.
- The battery must be charged, i.e. connected to a charger, approximately every 6 weeks in order to preserve battery function.
- Store a battery that has been removed in a dark, cool place that is not exposed to frost.
Replacing the battery
The battery is subject to normal wear: its service life depends heavily on the care you give it, climatic conditions and the conditions of use (distances, loads).
It is not possible to use the details on the battery case to determine a comparable battery that meets all the specific requirements of Porsche.
- Have the battery removed and installed only by your authorized Porsche dealer.
- Only use an original Porsche battery, with the correct part number, as a replacement. Only this battery meets the specific requirements of the vehicle.
- After you install a new battery, it must be initialised in the control unit.
Please contact your authorized Porsche dealer.
- Please observe the disposal instructions for batteries.
Putting vehicle into operation
After the battery is connected or after a fully
discharged battery is charged, the PSM warning light lights up on the instrument panel and a message appears on the multi-function display in the instrument panel to indicate a fault.
This fault can be corrected with a few simple steps:
- Start the engine.
To do this, turn the ignition key or the control unit (on vehicles with Porsche Entry & Drive) to ignition lock position 2 twice.
- With the vehicle stationary, perform a few steering movements to the left and right and then drive a short distance in a straight line until the PSM warning light goes out and the message is erased from the multi-function display in the instrument panel.
- If the warnings do not disappear, then:
Drive carefully to the nearest authorized Porsche dealer.
Have the fault corrected.
- After the warnings go out:
Stop the vehicle in a suitable place.
- Store the end position for the power windows.
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LISTENING AND SPEAKING – State Rep. Cleon Turner, right, speaks at the Harwich Chamer of Commerce’s annual legislative breakfast while panelists Congressman Bill Keating, state Sen, Dan Wolf, and state Rep. Sarah Peake listen.
Congressman joins Cape politicians in Harwich
East Harwich — Speaking to an audience of small-business owners last week, lawmakers gave and received opinions on the economy, health care reform, and traffic on the Sagamore Bridge.
At the Harwich Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative breakfast at the Wequassett Inn April 20, U.S. Rep. Bill Keating said he sees “really optimistic news” about the state of the national economy, like recent figures showing robust new car sales. “You can see what way the country is going,” he said. The pressure remains high on small businesses, particularly start-ups in need of capital. Banks are reluctant to lend and business owners have lost equity in their homes, Keating noted. As a member of the small business committee, Keating said he has helped many Massachusetts businesses obtain grants from the Small Business Innovation Research program. Applicants can receive up to $150,000 in a first phase of funding, with grants of up to $1 million in the second phase, he said.
One factor holding back the economy is the nation's aging transportation infrastructure, Keating said. He favors creation of a national infrastructure bank, a government corporation that would help finance roads, bridges and other communications and transportation projects. As written in House bill H.R.402, which is now in committee, the bank would be led by a board of directors, “to take a lot of the politics out of that.” Keating said there also needs to be more investment in the nation's workforce, without which, “the jobs are going to go elsewhere.”
State Sen. Dan Wolf echoed the need for workforce development. As co-chairman of the joint committee on labor and workforce development, Wolf said there needs to continue to be strong connections between community colleges, the Workforce Investment Board, and career centers. In Massachusetts, 240,000 people are now jobless, but 120,000 positions remain unfilled because qualified candidates aren't available locally. A better-trained workforce would help equalize some of the social issues plaguing the state, Wolf added. Twenty to 25 percent of kids live below the poverty level, while the top 1 percent earn a quarter of the nation's income, he said.
While he said some have accused him of being a “communist,” Wolf said he was an entrepreneur at heart, and owner of Cape Air, one of the largest independent regional airlines in the country. “An economy that is structured like this...is not sustainable for anybody,” he said. The answer isn't to increase taxes, he said. Changing tax structures by eliminating corporate taxes and raising income taxes for the most wealthy could help support programs for working families. “We have to get our head out of the sand,” Wolf said.
State Rep. Sarah Peake said she's focused on the visitor industry as a means of stimulating the local economy. As chairman of the joint committee on tourism, arts and cultural development, Peake said she's sponsoring 10 or 11 amendments to the House budget, which is being debated on Beacon Hill this week. Among them are steps to provide continued funding to regional tourism councils and to level-fund the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism this year. One key step is to keep key visitor centers open between Memorial Day and Columbus Day weekends, she said. Visitors can't drive to Cape Cod and see the visitor centers closed.
“It's like seeing that welcome mat and flipping it over so it says 'go away,'” Peake said.
Another way to support the local economy is to make sure regional transit authorities have the funding they need to operate buses for commuters, she said. In light of budget and service cuts at the MBTA, steps need to be taken to separate the T's finances from those of the transit authorities that serve outlying parts of the state like Cape Cod, she said.
The one transportation issue on everyone's mind lately is the work at the Sagamore Bridge, the lawmakers said. Many citizens have called to complain about the construction, which has reduced bridge traffic to one lane in either direction. Traffic on Route 6 routinely backs up to Exit 2, where another road project is under way to improve the exit off-ramps. Tony Guthrie of the Wychmere Harbor Club said the construction is driving people away from the Cape.
“It's costing all these people a lot of money,” he said, referring to the businesspeople in the audience. The winter was a mild one, and people are wondering why the work didn't take place earlier, instead of “just as these small businesses start ramping up for the season.” Guthrie said he's disappointed because the work seems to be ill-timed year after year.
“We are talking to MassDOT (Department of Transportation),” Wolf said. But state officials so far have been unresponsive to suggestions for easing the traffic impact, like conducting the work at night. Peake said she has also had little success on the topic.
“We have competing agencies here,” she said. This year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided state officials with less notification time about the impending work than they did in previous years, Peake said.
County Commissioner Bill Doherty said it is impossible to reach decision-makers in the Army Corps to discuss the project, and counties across the nation have the same problem. Doherty said he would be happy if local officials at least had the same amount of forewarning that the Army Corps provided to prospective bidders on the construction job.
Harwich Selectman Angelo LaMantia said his town has struggled with the Army Corps to receive dredge permits, and had to practically beg the winning bidder to wait another year to begin work so the permit would be ready. While initiatives like OpenCape, the regional broadband network, are exciting, “we don't need that as much as we need the bridges open and the harbors dredged,” LaMantia said.
The biggest thing the government could do to encourage small-business growth in America is to overhaul the health care system, Wolf said. He encouraged small-business leaders to push for a single-payer system, relieving them of the ever-increasing cost and administrative burden of health insurance. Now, the state Legislature is focusing on a bill to start to contain some of those costs using accountable care organizations or capitation payments. But even with reforms to the current system, health insurance remains a huge problem for businesses and employees, Wolf said.
When it comes to wholesale health reform, “the obstructions are special interests,” he said. As long as big pharmaceuticals, insurance companies and high-end health providers have such influence, change will not happen, Wolf said. Government needs “a kick in the ass of activism,” he said, in the form of a populist movement “that says we're done with this, period.”
Wolf said he's surprised that there isn't overwhelming pressure from businesses and chambers of commerce to spur health care reform. Small businesses themselves represent a formidable special interest group, if they organize behind reform, Wolf said.
In addition to Wolf, Peake and Keating, the legislative panel included State Rep. Cleon Turner and representatives from the offices of U.S. senators Scott Brown and John Kerry.
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Christmas greetings to all my Android friends! Here’s wishing you a happy & holy Christmas, and a productive new year in 2012.
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Some of you have been asking lately – where the heck has David gone? There have been no posts for over a month now, and I apologise for disappearing without warning. Where have I been? Travelling the world, actually. At the start of August I left for a pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain. We had a gathering of about 2 million young people from around the world, for an amazing and uplifting week. World Youth Day is the largest youth event in the world, and also one of the largest peaceful gatherings of people in all time. I was so inspired by WYD in Sydney 2008 that I decided to attend in Spain.
I was also able to visit the Holy Land (Jordan, Israel, Egypt) before WYD began, which was an adventure of its own. The culture is completely different to Australia or Europe. Israel is a very beautiful country that I would like to visit again some time. The old city in Jerusalem is fascinating, and Galilee has some amazing landscapes. Seeing the pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt has ticked off one of my “must-see” requirements as well! It was a pretty huge trip, I saw heaps of places and learned a whole lot of history too. It was definitely a worthwhile trip.
Now that I’m back, there are a few posts to catch up on, and a lot of development work. I’m currently writing up the latest income report (trying to remember what happened last month!). Also, there’s a special report I’ve been waiting to post for a while now. But I won’t bore you with details of the posts to come. This was just a quick message to let you know I’m still alive, and you can expect to here more from me soon!
By now you’ve probably heard of Google’s latest effort in the social space – Google+ (pronounced “Google Plus”). Based on the Google +1 concept, Google+ is more of a social network, integrated across all the Google sites. This includes Gmail, Google Search, Reader, and Buzz. You can read more about this ambitious project on the official blog post.
Anyway, this morning I managed to snag an invitation to the beta program. Google has opened up invites as of this morning (not sure if there’s any limits!), so I’m offering anyone an invite if you’re looking for one. Just p̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ download the Google+ Invites app or email me at [email protected], and mention why you would like to use Google+. I’ll do my best to invite everyone, but might run into a volume limit eventually.
If there turns out to be a limit, you’ll increase your chances of being selected if you download Tap That! Number and rate it on the Android Market Just tell me what name you commented with.
UPDATE: Vic Gundotra (Senior VP of Engineering at Google) just posted the following message on Google+:
We’ve shut down invite mechanism for the night. Insane demand. We need to do this carefully, and in a controlled way. Thank you all for your interest!
Hopefully invites will be re-opening again soon. Feel free to email me your requests still, I’ll process them as soon as invites open up again. See the details above if you’d like to be first in line.
UPDATE 2: Invites are open again! Also, I’ve released a Google+ Invites app for Android. If you have an Android phone, please use this app to request your invites, instead of emailing me. I’ve had so many emails it’s hard to handle the volume. By downloading the app you’ll help speed up the process considerably.
Up until now the RSS feed for this site has been showing article previews – a brief snippet of each post, but not the whole content. Many people (including myself) prefer to be able to read full posts from an RSS reader, rather than having to click through to the original website for every article.
The developer of Camera+ (for iOS devices) recently announced that their app has hit 2 million sales. This figure is a huge success, both numerically and financially. To celebrate this milestone, the developers have decided to share some of their stats publicly, including overall sales volume and revenue from in-app purchases.
One of the most interesting revelations in the blog post is the upgrade numbers. Over half of the people who had downloaded Camera+ also upgraded to the latest version when it was released. This indicates a high level of user engagement – users did not simply “download and discard” which is a common situation in the mobile app world.
Another noteworthy observation: revenue from in-app purchases was relatively low, compared with overall app purchases from the App Store. Only 98,000 in-app effects were sold in total – compared with 2,000,000 app purchases. At $0.99 each, these in-app purchases added up to a tiny part of the overall app revenue.
This is significant for any developers looking to make money from in-app purchases on Android. The target market for Android and iOS developers is relatively similar, so you can expect similar results in publishing an app to the Android Market. Referring to the use of in-app purchases as a primary revenue model, the Camera+ developers concluded:
it’s very unlikely that this can be an effective business model
So there you have it – in-app products might be useful to give a welcome boost to your revenue, but don’t base your entire business model around them. Better to stick with the tried and tested methods – paid apps, ad-supported, and “freemium”.
During development, it is often useful to be able to test the Android Market from a device other than your own. However, by default the Android emulator doesn’t include the Android Market – nor offer an easy method of installing it. This tutorial will show you how to setup an Android Virtual Device (AVD) running Android 1.6 and the Market application.
This tutorial assumes you have the Android SDK installed and functioning, and have downloaded at least the basic Android 1.6 target. If not, complete these steps before continuing.
First, you’ll need to download the Android 1.6 system image file from http://www.4shared.com/file/165624746/fc72c3ed/system.html (this can also be found on the HTC website – look for Android Dev Phone 1). This is close to 60MB, so it might take a while to download.
While you’re waiting, start the Android SDK and AVD Manager, and create a new virtual device. Choose whatever name you like, and set the target as “Android 1.6″. I recommend selecting a 2GB SD card, and booting up the virtual device just to test and make sure it runs correctly.
Replacing the System Image
Now find the folder where your Android 1.6 system image is stored (not the folder for your AVD). Under Linux this will be <android-sdk-folder>/platforms/android-1.6/images/. Notice there is a system.img file in this folder. Copy this to a backup location, and paste in the file you just downloaded. This replaces the default Android 1.6 virtual machine with our new custom image, which includes the Android Market pre-installed.
Setting up the device
Using the AVD Manager to start up the virtual device. If all goes well, it will boot directly into Android, and let you choose to setup the device. Click through the tutorial, and when given the option to enter your Google account, choose “Skip“. We’ll complete that part later*. Finish the wizard.
Now you should see the home screen. Click the grey arrow at the bottom of the screen, and find the Android Market icon. Click to launch it.
Now you can fill in your Google account details. Use a different account than you have on your primary device (you might like to create one specifically for testing Android apps). Accept the terms and conditions, and you should be able to browse and download applications just like on a physical Android device!
Note: The Android Market will automatically update itself some time after linking to your Google Account. Don’t be surprised if it suddenly closes without warning – just wait a while and start it up again to continue downloading apps.
* When I tried to complete the initial setup wizard, I got stuck at a screen saying “slide out your keyboard to continue”. By skipping this step, and setting up the Google account later on I was able to avoid the issue.
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Investigating your options is necessary to choose the best tick repellent for dogs. Among the options are commercial products which are available for purchase at various veterinarian offices and pet supply stores. While commercial products have their appeal, other options exist as well, such as natural products and taking preventative measures.
Ticks are commonly found in areas throughout the world. They gravitate towards heavily forested and grassy areas. Ticks can cause illness in both humans and animals. Dogs can contract tapeworms and other diseases through a tick bite.
Choosing the right tick repellent for dogs is an essential step in keeping dogs free of ticks and the diseases that they can carry. The purchase of tick repellent products can be costly, but taking steps now will help prevent the need for future veterinary care. Many preventative measures for ticks will also help keep fleas at bay.
Veterinarians often recommend topical products as the primary form of tick repellent for dogs. These products come in applicator tubes that require the owner to dispense the liquid between the shoulder blades of the dog. Topical products often require monthly application and contain ingredients that kill ticks and fleas. Owners who are looking for a quick and easy method to prevent ticks on their dogs should consider using a topical product.
Tick repellent for dogs can also be found in products applied through other means. Sprays and dips that contain tick repellent ingredients can often be found at grocery and pet supply stores, making them easily accessible for most dog owners. Steps need to be taken to keep these products out of the dog’s eyes and ears during application. Using tick repellent dog collars are another option. These can be used in conjunction with other tick repellent products for added protection.
Choosing products that contain natural repellents are another option dog owners should investigate. Products containing lavender and geranium help to keep ticks at bay. Lavender will also provide protect your dog against fleas. You should check with a veterinarian before using any natural products or dietary supplements as a primary method for repelling ticks. This will ensure the ingredients are safe for your dog.
Environmental controls and frequent examination can also be effective ways of managing ticks. Keeping grass trimmed can act as an effective tick repellent for dogs. Checking dogs after playing outdoors or swimming in lakes and streams can help identify ticks and allow you to remove them.
One of our editors will review your suggestion and make changes if warranted. Note that depending on the number of suggestions we receive, this can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Thank you for helping to improve wiseGEEK!
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Coach prepares to declare starting goalkeeper
With less than a week left until its season opener against Manhattan, there is still no word on who will start the season as the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s goalkeeper. The competition has intensified throughout winter practice, and a decision is expected from head coach Brian Brecht tomorrow as to who will start.
The candidates are senior Rudy Butler, junior Steven Lusby and freshmen Kris Alleyne and Jake Andersen. Butler and Lusby split time in goal last season, with Butler starting the first five games before getting injured, giving way to Lusby, who started the last seven.
Butler went 3-2 as a starting goaltender last season, recording a .484 save percentage and a 9.6 goals-against average. Lusby went 2-5 with a .494 save percentage and an 11.12 goals-against average.
The Knights were in the bottom third of the conference last season in goals-against average, saves per game and save percentage.
Brecht has kept his options open all winter, giving each goalie as much time as possible to make his case. Scrimmages against Penn and Drexel on Saturday provided little clarity, but Brecht said the two freshmen in particular impressed him.
“It’s hard trying to bring your best every day and trying to compete with all four of the goalies,” Lusby said. “It’s just about consistency and playing your hardest every day.”
If Brecht were to make his decision based on playing experience, then Butler would be the ideal candidate. The Montgomery (N.J.) High School product has 22 games of collegiate experience, more than triple the other three candidates combined.
“I think that I’ve had the most experience on this team,” he said. “I’ve played every single year — not the entirety of the season, but I’ve gotten experience since my freshman year.”
Alleyne and Andersen may not have played a collegiate game yet, but each comes with a pedigree of his own. Alleyne earned U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors in 2012 and all-league recognition three times at Clarkston South, N.Y. High School.
Andersen compiled a .680 save percentage during his career at Hunterdon Central (N.J.) High School, earning all-state and all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Brecht hopes to stick with one goalie once he makes his decision. But his several options leave open the possibility of a season-long revolving door at the position, which he has not ruled out.
Whoever gets the starting nod will have the responsibility of trying to lead the Knights to their first winning season since 2007.
“I want it bad,” Butler said. “I didn’t realize until the summer ended that it was my last year playing here, and it kind of hits you pretty hard. It’s a competition all the time. No one has a starting spot until the first game, first scrimmage. You’ve got to earn your time, and it’s made everyone work a lot harder.”
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Grunewald running in fifth American League race June 6
Minneapolis/St. Paul – June 3, 2014 — Team USA Minnesota distance runners will compete this week at three different track meets on June 5 and 6, including at the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, the Hoka One One Adrian Martinez Classic in Concord, Mass., and at the American Track League meet in Houston
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General Dynamics Canada Opens New Engineering Facility in Halifax
Expansion into Atlantic Canada coincides with 60th anniversary celebrations
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia —
General Dynamics Canada opened a new
engineering facility in Halifax today. The event coincides with the company’s
60th anniversary and represents a long-term commitment by the defence company
to Atlantic Canada. The new building will serve as the company’s Maritime
In-Service Support (ISS) Centre of Excellence, significantly strengthening
and expanding the company’s ISS capability.
The new facility is a state-of-the-art 48,000-square foot environmentally friendly building designed and owned by Millbrook First Nation. The four-storey building is already home to more than 30 employees and will eventually accommodate more than 150 skilled technology workers to provide systems integration and software support for a variety of General Dynamics Canada programs.
Today’s event was attended by political dignitaries, community leaders and business executives, including the Honourable Rodney MacDonald, premier of Nova Scotia; Dr. Lawrence Paul, Chief of the Millbrook First Nation; and John Watts, president of General Dynamics Canada.
“The community of Halifax has historically played a leading role in the service of our nation’s defence and security,” said John Watts, president of General Dynamics Canada. “I am particularly proud that we are able to open this spectacular new facility during a year when General Dynamics Canada is celebrating 60 years of corporate service to the Canadian Forces. This marks a new chapter in our corporate heritage and we look forward to supporting our customers from our base on the East Coast.”
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald said the new engineering facility will further diversify the workforce in Halifax Regional Municipality and benefit the provincial economy.
“The skilled jobs and software engineering expertise that will be part of this new facility fit well with the provincial government’s goal to diversify and grow the economy throughout Nova Scotia,” said Mr. MacDonald. “General Dynamics Canada will make a great addition to the Halifax business community.”
At the opening ceremony, Millbrook First Nation conducted a series of traditional aboriginal ceremonies to bless the new building, including a Mi’kmaq Smudging ceremony and the Mi’kmaq Drum Group Eastern Eagle who performed the Mi’kmaq Honour Song, which honours Mi’kmaq ancestors, respect for aboriginal roots, and helping one another. General Dynamics Canada has entered into a long-term lease arrangement with the aboriginal band.
”We are pleased to enter into a partnership with General Dynamics Canada and to play a role in the economic development of Nova Scotia,” said Dr. Lawrence Paul, Chief of the Millbrook First Nation. ”The company has demonstrated a great level of respect and understanding regarding First Nation’s culture and heritage, and we take pride in welcoming them as a new member of our community.”
Founded on August 31, 1948, General Dynamics Canada is celebrating 60 years of continuous operations in Canada. In addition to the new Halifax facility, the company has operations in Bells Corners and Kanata in Ottawa, and a corporate campus in Calgary.
About General Dynamics Canada
With an established Canadian presence for 60 years and over 2,200 employees in Ottawa, Calgary and Halifax, General Dynamics Canada is Canada’s largest defence electronics company with a worldwide reputation for excellence in the production of leading-edge, technology-based, integrated solutions for land, airborne and maritime applications. The company’s success is based on strong systems engineering experience, ongoing investment in research and development, collaboration with commercial and military systems industry leaders, and a singular focus on customer service. More information about the company is available at http://www.gdcanada.com.
About General Dynamics
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.
About Millbrook First Nation
Since 1990, the Millbrook First Nation has been working progressively to increase economic development in Halifax Regional Municipality. The band has worked from the philosophy that to achieve community well-being, problems must be approached holistically by addressing all aspects of the community – social, mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. The band has created development opportunities for all its members, and, in particular, its youth members.
Economic development and building solid business partnerships
are of primary importance to Millbrook First Nation’s Chief Lawrence Paul. In
order to build the capacity of the community and its people, significant
investments must be made in training to prepare community members for gainful
employment. Millbrook First Nation continues to develop and grow the band
owned Power Centre Business Park by attracting more businesses. The band is
also leading the way in developing private business partnerships – the
General Dynamics Canada engineering facility is an example of this type of
For more information, please visit: www.millbrookfirstnation.net/
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Where did that dang stump come from?
Those ruts aren't deep, I'll just straddle them.
Oh, I can make that.... I have a 4-wheel drive.
This ground is solid enough to hold ya.
I could make that shot with a pistol.
I can shoot through those weeds, that bush, or limbs.
It isn't going to rain today.
Fishing.... honey, you're stuck, just throw me your fishing rod and I'd get it free.
Where did I put those shells?
I can wade that, I have chest waders.
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- Published on Sunday, 03 June 2012 20:22
- Written by Elombah.com
Manifest of Dana Air, 03 June Abuja-Lagos: CREW: Onita jennifer, Ike Ochonogo
146 passengers: John Ahmadu, Onyeka Ayene, Hurriya Lawal, Berkisum Yindadi, Ebuka Enuma, Oluchi Onyenyiri, Sunday Enuma, George Moses, Noah Anyene, Kamsi Anyene, Stamford Obruste, Kayinentochi Anyene, Okeke
Hope, Rev ayodeji, Ngozi Cole, Ailende Ehi, Oluwasegun Funmi Abiodun, Shehu Usman, Alade Martins, Onita Josephine, Ike Ochonogo, John Amadu,Aquade Roger, Osunbade Aderoju, Fatokun Anjola, Fatokun Olaoluwa, Ajani Adenike, Ike Abugu, Adijolola Abraham, Otegbeye Adiza, Ehioghae Sonny, Abikale Otatori, Ntoku Charles, Anibaba Tosin, Shobowale Femi,Somolu Oluwafemi, Ariyibi Temitope, Ojugbana Amaka, Ojugbana Xtopher, Muti, Yusuf Ali, Lt Col Chumbo Ochigbo, D Awani, O Awani, N Chidiac, Li Huizhu, Kang Yi, Inuza Ahmed, Fayzal, Mojekwu Adeobi, Ibrahim D, Peter Nosike, Mahmud Aliyu, Nnadi John, Akwezi Elizabeth, Adedunni Dorothy, Maria Okulehi, Jennifer Ibe, Mtshelia Sarah,Onyeagocha Chidinma, Ike Okoye, Amaka Raphael, Garba Abdu, Abdu Aisha, Benson Oluwayemi, Taiwo Lamidi, Awodogan Oluwasanmi, Major Ig Mohammed, Attah Antonia, Li Riu, Ifeanyi Orakwe, Obina Akabueze, Chukwuemeka Okere, Adekunbi Adebiyi, Wasa Ruth, Nabil Garba, Ibrahim Jangana, Okikiolu Olukayode, Komolafe Olugbenga, Dike Chinwe, Olusola Arokoya, Olukoya Banji, Saka Otaru, Yusuf Ibrahim, Ikpoki Abiola, Levi Ajuonuma, Mbang
DANA AIR PROFILE - From the Company Website
Dana Airlines Limited (Dana Air) is a member of Dana Group of Companies Plc. The airline began commercial flight operations on Monday, November 10, 2008 and has grown to become one of Nigeria’s leading airlines, operating daily flights to Abuja, Calabar, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Uyo.
The Dana Air fleet currently consists of Boeing MD83 aircrafts which have a higher number of passenger seats and a larger cargo capacity than currently available in the country. The airline offers a two class service with 12 seats in its dedicated ‘Smart Class’ business cabin and 128 seats in its spacious ‘Traveller Class’ economy cabin.
Dana Air places a high premium on safety. The airline adheres strictly to the maintenance schedule for all aircrafts in its fleet, as prescribed by the manufacturers and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. More detailed and scheduled checks of the Boeing MD83 aircrafts are, however, carried out at aircrafts maintenance facilities overseas.
Dana Air’s most prized asset is her staff. Led by Jacky Hathiramani, Chief Executive Officer,the Dana Air staff are highly motivated to deliver excellent service to all guests of the airline. Every cadre of staff participates in regular training programmes and update courses to ensure quality at all levels of operation.
Recipient of several local and international awards for aviation service excellence,the airline is reputed for its efficient customer services,world-class in-flight services, on-time departures and arrivals,innovative e-airline products and high safety and quality standards. Its operations base is at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos.
Dana Air’s vision is “To be recognised and respected as Nigeria’s most reliable and customer-friendly airline”, and her mission is “To earn the loyalty and respect of our customers by consistently demonstrating our commitment to service, and providing affordable regional air transport services that focus on innovation, quality and service excellence.”
State House Press Release, June 3, 2012 - – PRESIDENT JONATHAN DECLARES THREE DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING FOR VICTIMS OF DANA PLANE CRASH -
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared a three-day period of national mourning for all those who lost their lives in the Dana plane crash in Lagos today. President Jonathan who has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow, has also directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the three days of national mourning.
Meanwhile, the President has ordered the fullest possible investigation into the crash. In compliance with the President’s directive, the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has already left Abuja for Lagos to oversee the crash investigations and present an interim report to the Federal Government as quickly as possible.
The President joins all Nigerians in mourning all those who lost their lives in the plane crash which has sadly plunged the nation into further sorrow on a day when Nigerians were already in grief over the loss of many other innocent lives in the church bombing in Bauchi State.
President Jonathan assures air travellers in the country that every possible effort will be made to ensure that the right lessons are learnt from the tragic loss of valuable lives in today’s plane crash and that further measures will be put in place to boost aviation safety in the country.
He prays that God Almighty will grant the families of the victims of the plane crash the courage and fortitude to bear their irreparable loss.
Reuben Abati Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) June 3, 2012
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Stair treads are pieces of fabric designed for wooden staircases in order to help protect the wood from wearing away due to daily use. They also provide additional traction for the feet, thus minimizing the chances of slipping and falling.
Stair treads are pieces of fabric designed for wooden staircases in order to help protect the wood from wearing away due to daily use. They also provide additional traction for the feet, thus minimizing the chances of slipping and falling. They are placed on each step of the stairway, and are much narrower than the wooden step to allow wood to become visible on each end, which makes them different from stair-runners. A stair runner is a long piece of fabric or carpet that is placed along the entire length of the stairs, which completely covers its every step.
Choosing the material for stair rugs and treads is very important because it is more visible than the carpet placed on the floor. It is positioned at eye level, above eye level, and below eye level. Chances are anyone will be able to clearly see the material, which is a great plus. Therefore, should make sure that buy nothing but high-quality material for them, not only because the rug is positioned at a more visible place but also because it would be very useful since it is placed in a narrow part of home.
Furthermore, should also keep in mind that a carpet may have a different appearances and effects when used with treads or runners because the carpet won't be as flat as it would be on the floor. It would bend according to the position of the steps of the staircases. Some carpets even easily show their backside when used on the steps. Staircases are also one of the most frequently stepped on area, which means them a high traffic location, so should expect the carpets placed on them to easily wear out, more than the the regular floor carpeting.
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Global glam: Designer exclusives for the W Hotels
the first night of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, we headed to
the Global Glam Collection presentation at Lincoln Center, with W Hotels
Global Fashion Director Amanda Ross serving as curator. Global Glam
featured a line of clothing and accessories by 15 designers whom Ross
commissioned to create original pieces inspired by the design aesthetic
of the W Hotels’ newest properties in Austin, Taipei and Mexico City.
of our favorite looks was “Masquerade.” A black wool cape by Paola
Hernandez paired with Mara Hoffman’s slinky bustier dress was
accessorized with a mixed-metal pendant necklace by Sibilia and a suede
wrap bracelet with a turquoise Charm by I-Luck. These looks made us want
to grab our passports and immediately head to Mexico.
collection is priced from $30 to $400 and will be available exclusively
at W Hotels’ The Store boutiques and online beginning in August.
Alexander Wang: A nod to the ’90s After
much time and effort preparing for Alexander Wang’s show (Amy’s firm,
Beach House | Penthouse PR, coordinated the hair sponsorship for this
much-anticipated event), we headed over to Pier 94 to make our magic
happen. From coordinating beauty press interviews to shooting behind the
scenes, we were entrenched in the action. And when the lights dimmed
and the models hit the catwalk, it was – quite simply – breathtaking.
went back to hits roots for this show, creating looks that embrace the
downtown girl for which his eponymous collection is known. The
collection featured lots of innovative fabrication and deconstructed
suiting. Our faves included a gorgeous hoodie that morphed into a
leather poncho and mink-wrapped sunglasses that keep your shades in
place and warm your ears. So genius. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue,
Fall 2011. alexanderwang.com
Beauty & Essex: Love on the rocks To
celebrate our successful endeavor with Alexander Wang, a dinner was in
order. Enter Beauty & Essex, a quirky little hipster joint on the
Lower East Side. We indulged in delightfully delicious tapas. Our
favorites included an amazing whipped ricotta, which practically melted
in our mouths, and a zucchini pesto spaghettini. We were practically
dancing in our seats to the infectious music piping throughout the
place. Highlight: the ladies room attendant serves up champagne. We were
perfectly satiated and ready to hit our final stop: The Boom Boom Room
at the Standard Hotel before heading back home. Till next time, NY,
We’ll be missing you.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
White Whale "Widow's Peak" on Big Neck Records
Got this one in from White Whale, a three piece from Buffalo, NY. I remember friends with bands in Buffalo, that was the big time, to play a show out there, maybe cross the border for an underage beer. The coolest. Haven't heard much from this part of the country in a while...way off my radar, and that's probably just because they aren't pressing seven inches probably except these guys.
A-Side's "Widow's Peak" is full of rowdy guitars... yes, of the garage variety, but hidden somewhere in there is a real big pop feel with an overlay of just slightly weirdo guitar rhythms and feedback plinking inbetween the jamming riffs. Bashing the cymbals with a precise snare in an almost Abe Vigoda style (haven't heard anything like those guys in a while). Abstract vocal about the ocean in the rock trinity sound, lots of extra guitar layers of panic distortion, Patrick is laying into a melody on top of this and it's urgent, jagged, not laid back at all, really decisive and right in your face...with some uncertainty and looseness it's a nice combination of say... a hardcore sort of Westing (By Musket & Sextant).
"Rats in the snow" this has a darker, faster edge, a real angsty number with deeper grooves cut into hardcore, the chorus of RATS RATS RATS! Head bashing, straight up one note solo time, a thick and heavy wall of distortion and his yelling is coming up over that wall, like Le corde, they're working with those hardcore rough speed elements but still very pop. The quirks keep it interesting and it's got to be a solid probably sweaty live show. Recorded real clean they have an exacting vision, even with the blindfolds on.
Pick up one of these clear dark purple singles from Big Neck Records.
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It was a wild day of digital sculpting at this year's 3D Printer World Expo! The sculpting was fierce and the action furious. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and voted online. Our 3D Printer World Expo Champion nominated by you the people is, RAFAEL GRASSETTI.
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As raids on The New York Times by ESPN go, the network’s hiring of stats guru Nate Silver was actually not that big a deal. Media outlets have always fought over red-hot bylines. Rather, it was the Worldwide Leader in Sports’ pilfering of ace Times muckraker Don Van Natta Jr. last year that really signaled a sea change. Van Natta’s beats at the paper included News Corp.’s phone-hacking, and ESPN has tasked him with unraveling the Penn State sex-abuse scandal and sicced him on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell—an investment in old-fashioned reportorial firepower not unlike the one its Disney sibling ABC News made when it snatched Times political correspondent Jeff Zeleny. Industry consolidation and social media’s leveling effect have created a new category of competitor for the Times as conglomerates with theme-park revenues bet on journalists who can generate exclusives that stand out amid the daily content flood. And Disney—with its $114 billion market capitalization—can place a lot of those bets.
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic.
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Two stabbed in Saanich, but no one's talking
Saanich police say they're having difficulty investigating a stabbing that sent two men to hospital Saturday evening, as neither victim is cooperating with investigators.
Police were called to the gas station at the corner of Tillicum Road and the Trans-Canada Highway where a 24-year-old man was found to be suffered from stab wounds to his chest and arm.
The only information he provided to officers was that an altercation took place in Cuthbert Holmes Park, behind Tillicum Centre, but police found no evidence in the woods. Instead they followed the man's blood trail to a home in the 3100-block of Tillicum Rd., where it appears the stabbing took place.
Officers in the area spotted a second man, a 35-year-old, suffering from apparent stab wounds to his leg and face at Arena Road and Bodega Way.
Sgt. Steve Eassie said that victim claimed he was injured in a skateboarding accident.
"Neither victim would provide any information as to who the possible suspect to this incident was," he said. "It would appear that these two are known to one another, and it does not appear they were the ones who inflicted the injuries to one another. Although at this time we have no information as to who this third individual may be."
Investigators are still unsure of the motive behind the attack, as well, but believe the stabbing was targeted. Both victims were taken to hospital and have since been released.
Eassie said the investigation will continue, despite it being hampered by unco-operative victims.
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Ann Arbor narrowly avoided a full day below zero degrees Tuesday, but the extreme cold created the perfect condition for a number of fun experiments.
YouTube videos from freezing locations across the Midwest inspired staffers from The Ann Arbor News to try out a few of the most popular tests, as well as develop one of our own.
We settled on trying the most popular trick first, throwing boiling water into the freezing wind. Next, we tried to blow bubbles that would freeze in mid-air and we finished by hammering a nail into wood using a banana as a hammer.
Amy Biolchini, our intrepid K-12 education reporter, proposed a fourth activity in the newsroom. She pondered whether one could freeze an egg on the sidewalk in extreme cold, much as one could fry an egg on the sidewalk in extreme heat.
The big mist:
The Theory: Throwing boiling water into the air in sub-zero temperatures will create a cloud of mist/snow instantaneously.
The Science: According to a blog post by Joe Larson, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry, the boiling water freezes when it is thrown because the water is closer to being steam and is less viscous than cold water. When it is thrown into the air, the boiling water breaks into tiny droplets that have a lot of surface area that is exposed to the freezing temperatures. The droplets are so small that the air is able to freeze them long before they hit the ground.
The verdict: Success! Mostly. Our boiling water did turn to mist, but not exactly as we had planned. We added food coloring to the water in an attempt to make it “pop” more visually, but our crystalized water still looked white.
The Theory: Blowing bubbles in sub-zero temperatures will result in the bubbles freezing into beautiful glass-like globes that will then collapse.
The Science: The water between layers of soap in the bubble freezes before the soap does, allowing the bubble to solidify.
The Verdict: Either I’m an insufficiently proficient bubble blower, it was too windy or this is just an extremely difficult experiment to pull off. We tried heating up the bubble solution and we used various mixtures of water and soap but were unable to capture a frozen bubble.
Eggs over frozen:
The theory: On a blazing hot day you can cook an egg on the sidewalk, so on a freezing cold day you can freeze one.
The science: According to the Oregon State food sciences department, the freezing point of eggs is 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Needless to say we were in a cold enough climate to freeze an egg on the sidewalk.
The verdict: Success! The egg did not freeze instantaneously, but within four minutes, we had a solidly frozen egg on The Ann Arbor News balcony. The whites froze to a translucent color, while the yoke remained dark yellow/orange until disturbed, at which point a lighter color emerged.
The banana hammer:
The Theory: Leaving a banana out in the cold for long enough will freeze it to the point that it can be used to hammer a nail through wood.
The science: This one is pretty simple. The water inside the banana freezes solid, causing the banana to become hard enough to drive nails through wood.
The verdict: Mixed bag. The banana was stout enough to start the nails into an apple crate but it could not finish the job. We ended up with two partially hammered nails and a lot of pieces of frozen banana.
We know that these are just a few of the many cold-weather activities available. Did you do anything fun or learn anything new over the last two snow days? Share in the comments and let us know what we should try next time.
Ben Freed is a general assignments reporter for The Ann Arbor News and professional amateur scientist and know-it-all. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.org and follow him on twitter at @BFreedinA2. He also answers the phone at 734-623-2528.
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Bed & Breakfasts Kemnitz, Germany - A historic house in the countryside close to Berlin and Luther's town Wittenberg. Discover interesting facts about the rich past, a vivid present and explore sights, culture and nature of this versatile region.
Find a bed and breakfast in Potsdam Germany for your romantic weekend getaway. Intimate b & bs are cozy, romantic accommodations that are perfect for a mini-vacation, honeymoon, or wedding anniversary celebration. You will love the unique charm of our inns in Potsdam Germany. Many guesthouses include complimentary breakfasts and unbeatable hospitality. Browse our bed & breakfasts and plan your Potsdam Germany romantic getaway today!
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It’s a conundrum all modern parents face…
How do you keep today’s tech-savvy teenagers safe online, while helping them make the most of the virtual world they’ve grown up in?
With employers and even admission tutors paying increasing attention to young people’s digital footprint, creating the right kind of impression is vital and maintaining a positive profile is a must.
One in five UK employers now admits to using social networking sites to research job candidates, while almost a third (29 per cent) of US university staff regularly Google students as part of their applications process.
At the same time more than two thirds of parents (68 per cent) say they no longer feel very confident when it comes to helping their children navigate online.
Here digital expert, Simon Wadsworth, director and co-founder of one of the UK’s leading online reputation companies, Igniyte, offers advice on avoiding the most obvious pitfalls – and provides guidance for those wanting to stand out from the crowd in today’s highly competitive jobs and education market
As Simon says: “Learning how to use online a modern life skill – and one parents and teenagers need to work on together.
“Remind young people that reputation is determined by what they and their peers post online, as and they must manage their profiles responsibly.”
He adds: “Posting responsibly, staying safe, creating positive content and dealing with negative posts are key areas for families to consider.”
Only ever post comments you would be willing to say to someone in person and don’t post when you’re angry and/or upset – think before you wade in.
Avoid controversial topics, for example drugs, alcohol and bereavement.
Discuss e-safety, including cyberbullying, trolling or sexting, with your teenager.
Advise them not to share personal information like phone numbers and always use privacy settings. Each social media platform has their own which allows you to decide who can see and interact with your profile.
Safeguard against identity theft by using ‘strong passwords’ that combine numbers/letters and never share them.
Set up Google Alerts in your child’s name to monitor what’s being said about them and turn off GPS ‘check-ins’ which give your location on mobile devices.
Ensure your teenager knows how to block someone online and report incidents.
Look at strategies for dealing with issues like sexting. In 2013, ChildLine launched Zipit, a free app to help teenagers refuse requests for explicit images of themselves by offering a choice of witty responses instead.
Monitor internet time - placing their computer in a family area of the home can help prevent inappropriate usage - and set up parental controls.
The Art of Self Promotion
Having a good online reputation is essential in today’s competitive marketplace. How a job or college applicant is perceived online often has more impact than a traditional CV.
Encourage young people to build a strong digital profile by following these key steps:
- Use social media to showcase interests, hobbies and experience
- Follow inspiring individuals and organisations and post to industry and subject-related blogs
- Link to authoritative websites like newspapers and government sites, and subscribe to relevant groups
- Develop a blog that reflects your aspirations and opinions
- Create your own website using platforms like WordPress and Blogger. A homepage of a website www.yourname.com will usually rank for a search term of your name as long as it is optimised and your name is not too common.
- Advertise skills and experience by posting your CV on sites like LinkedIn
- Create a video CV and post it on YouTube and Vimeo. Set privacy settings so you are in control of comments and who sees content.
- Update content regularly
Dealing with Negative Content
De-tag or remove unflattering posts or pictures on social media.
Contact websites directly if someone posts false or abusive content about your child. Check their terms and conditions to see if you can have material removed.
Use Google’s Removal Tool to have content taken down.
Report serious threats to police and/or your child’s school.
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Nuclear Power Debate - Creswell, OR
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The early Monday morning gunfire near the landmark Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's left one man dead and another in critical condition, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday. Curtis Ellis, 25, died at Stroger hospital, authorities said, while the second victim, an unidentified 30-year-old, was listed in critical condition.
Walker's birthday party was held at Excalibur, a nightclub about a block away, said sources. Police are investigating the possibility of whether there may have been a fight and whether the shooting stemmed from a gang dispute.
Walker, who was recently traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Memphis Grizzlies, was the victim of a home invasion last year.
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Censorship by Israel: How It's Carried Out
Special to the New York Times
Published: June 29, 1982
JERUSALEM, June 28— Israeli military censorship applies to foreign newspaper and wire service dispatches transmitted from Israel during both war and peacetime on military and security issues.
Under the rules, which are based on British emergency regulations from 1948, articles on these matters are to be submitted to the censor before they are sent abroad.
Correspondents thus are expected to exercise their own judgment, though those who attempt to send such stories without prior clearance sometimes find that midway through transmission, the censor cuts their telex lines.
Accounts written by reporters in southern Lebanon behind Israeli military lines and brought back to Israel for transmission fall under the rules.
Reports about politics or the economy need not be submitted to censorship, though articles dealing with oil supplies to Israel do.Restrictions during wartime are somewhat stiffer for the Israeli press than for the foreign press.
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SC justice: Abad knew DAP is unconstitutional-A A +A
Thursday, July 3, 2014
A MEMBER of the Supreme Court (SC) said Budget Secretary Florencio Abad might have established the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) despite knowing its constitutional infirmities.
In his separate opinion, Associate Justice Arturo Brion recalled that during the oral arguments early this year, Abad admitted that he has an extensive knowledge of both the legal and practical operations of the budget.
Add to the fact that Abad, a lawyer, was a member of the House of Representatives for 12 years and once headed the powerful appropriations committee, which scrutinizes the proposed national budget submitted by the President.
"It is inconceivable that he did not know the illegality or unconstitutionality that tainted his brainchild. Consider, too, in this regard that all appropriation, revenue and tariff bills emanate from the Lower House so that the chair of the appropriations committee cannot but be very knowledgeable about the budget, its processes and technicalities. In fact, the Secretary likewise knows budgeting from the other end, i.e., from the user as the DBM Secretary," Brion said.
Armed with this knowledge, Brion surmised that Abad went around the budget and its processes to push for the DAP, key parts of which were declared unconstitutional by the SC for withdrawing funds that are not considered as savings, pooling them together, and using them to finance projects even outside the Executive branch.
Brion also noted Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's observations that the Cabinet official could not have been in good faith.
Citing Carpio, Brion said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) implemented the DAP even if it is aware that the SC issued rulings on savings and power to realign. The DBM was a respondent in these cases.
The DBM also allegedly failed to present evidence that the Bureau of Treasury had certified that revenue collections for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013 exceeded original revenue targets, which is a requirement for the use of unprogrammed funds.
During the oral arguments, Abad also admitted that DAP funds were made available to the Commission on Audit (COA) and the House of Representatives despite his awareness that cross-border transfer of funds is prohibited under the Constitution.
Specifically, the DBM released P143.7 million on November 11, 2011 for the IT infrastructure program and hiring of additional litigation experts for COA and P250 million for the completion of the construction of the legislative library and archives building of the House.
The SC hinted at slapping civil, administrative, and criminal liabilities against the authors, proponents, and implementors of the DAP if proven that they acted in bad faith.
Using the doctrine of operative fact, the Court said projects, activities and programs under the DAP remain valid because doing otherwise will result in injustice to the public or innocent third parties.
To illustrate, Carpio said if DAP funds were used to build schools without anomalies other than the fact that DAP funds were utilized, the contract could no longer be rescinded for to do so would be unfair to the innocent contractor who built the schools in good faith.
However, if DAP funds were used to augment the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of members of Congress whose projects turned out be anomalously implemented or non-existent, Carpio said the doctrine of operative fact would not apply.
This means charges should be filed against the lawmaker involved.
In Abad’s case, however, Brion said it is not for the SC to determine whether the DBM chief should be made liable because of the DAP.
“Neither can we make any pronouncement on his criminal, civil or administrative liability, i.e., based on his performance of duty, since we do not have jurisdiction to make this kind of ruling and we cannot do so without violating his due process rights,” the magistrate said.
The Office of the Ombudsman has said it will soon investigate the DAP transactions to see if any crime or offense has been committed by involved public officials while the Kabataan party-list is gearing up for the filing of malversation raps against Abad.
Some groups and even Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago are calling for Abad’s resignation.
As of 2013, a total of P144.4 billion worth of projects, activities, and programs (PAPs) were implemented through the DAP, which was created in late 2011 to ramp up spending and push economic growth.
Of this amount, P82.5 billion were released in 2011 and P54.8 billion in 2012.
Abad earlier reported that 9 percent of the total DAP releases went to PAPs identified by legislators. (Sunnex)
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When Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn led the domestic terrorist group Weather Underground in 1969, a chance meeting led Army veteran Larry Grathwohl into joining the group. Grathwohl served as a courier, running messages between the group’s leadership (called the “Weather Bureau”) and individual cells that were to carry out attacks.
Grathwohl was also an informant for the FBI.
In an interview from the 1982 documentary No Place To Hide that recently surfaced, Grathwohl discussed what the Weathermen intended to do after overthrowing the U.S. government, including what they would do with those Americans who refused to embrace communism.
I asked, “Well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?” And the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.
And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers.
And when I say “eliminate,” I mean “kill.”
Twenty-five million people.
I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people.
And they were dead serious.
Twenty-six years later, I caught up with Larry Grathwohl, and asked him about the Weathermen, their leaders then and now, and what he thinks about the relationship between Bill Ayers and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
PJ Media: You stated in your interview in No Place to Hide that you wanted us to “imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people.” A lot of people have now had the opportunity to listen to you, and contemplate the horrors these people planned. Can you recall who these people are by name, and who the ringleaders of this plan were?
Larry Grathwohl: Conversations regarding this occurred in Cincinnati, Detroit, Flint, and Buffalo. Participants included Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Linda Evans, Jeff Jones, and many others.
PJ Media: Was this merely an academic matter to them, or were they serious about killing 25 million Americans that would not bend to their political will?
Larry Grathwohl: I suppose you could consider this a purely academic discussion in that the Weathermen never had the opportunity to implement their political ends. However, I can assure you that this was not the case. There was an absolute belief that they, along with the international revolutionary movement, would cause the collapse of the United States and that they would be in charge. Nixon was of great concern and how his end would be conducted. This may sound absurd in today’s context, but the Weatherman believed they would succeed.
PJ Media: Did they ever devise a cover story to explain to the rest of America how roughly one in ten disappeared?
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A Greener Funeral was launched on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22nd, 2010. Since inception, the goal of the website and printed booklets has been to educate the general public about ways in which they can leave a lighter footprint on this earth by selecting a greener funeral. How green a family ultimately decides to be, is entirely up to them.
This website presents numerous alternatives so that educated consumers can meet with local funeral professionals and decide what their loved one would have wanted. The website also lists our Partner Providers which are funeral establishments able to meet the product and service needs of those families opting for a greener funeral.
Look for the A Greener Funeral logo at your local funeral home, cemetery or crematory.
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For many families (and some busy individuals), getting a handle on one or more calendars can become taxing. If you don’t use a calendar at all and you still find that you are more effective than most then it’s time to look at publishing your own best-seller. The truth is, most of us don’t have the mental capacity to keep all of that information in our heads and remember it with any sort of success rate.
That’s where using Google calendars can become invaluable. I am both cursed and blessed with something called ADD. For those who are familiar with it that means there are flashes of brilliance mired by terrible follow through. Having a family calendar help get everyone on the same page and keep them there. While I have issues with the way that Gmail can work sometimes, the calendar feature is has been way more useful to me. Everyone is going to use it differently so I’ll provide the links I’ve used in the past when tweaking things instead of reinventing the well.
I’ve included some resources below that should prove helpful. I didn’t want to reinvent to wheel. When it comes to getting things working smooth with your iPhone or mobile device then that can be a different issue and if there’s interest in that I’ll be glad to point to some resources for that. Hopefully, this will give you enough information to want to check out that Google calendars has to offer. And hopefully you will take it to the level of sharing a calendar between more than one person (spouse) and improve coordination.
Another handy link: https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/151674?hl=en&ref_topic=13950
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Hey guys plz help me out.
Essayist: Wisdom and intelligence are desirable qualities. However, being intelligent does not imply that one is wise, nor does being wise imply that one is intelligent. In my own experience, the people I meet have one or the other of these qualities but not both.
If the essayist's statements are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
(A) Most people are neither intelligent nor wise
(B) Most people are both intelligent and wise.
(C) No one is both wise and intelligent.
(D) No one is either wise or intelligent.
(E) Many people are intelligent yet lack wisdom.
I think the answer should be (B) but the scoring sheet states it to be (D). How?? It says above that the people are either wise or intelligent but not both. In other words, (D) could be true, right? Thanks in advance.
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X.Org Server 1.13 Nears: Baking Cookies
The non-critical bug window for X.Org Server 1.13 is now closed and Keith Packard has announced the release of xorg-server 220.127.116.114.
The new features, like the driver re-work for PRIME DRI2 offloading and the nuking of XAA and new GLX support, is detailed in X.Org Server 1.13 RC1 Packs In Many Changes.
The final release of X.Org Server 1.13 is expected in early September prior to this year's X.Org conference from the SUSE office in Nürnberg.
Below is the mailing list announcement for this latest X.Org Server 1.13 development version. There's just about two dozen changes (bug-fixes) since the previous release candidate.
With this, the 1.13 non-critical bug window is closed. Further patches need to have convincing arguments about how 'critical' they are to be included in 1.13.Perhaps Phoronix should sponsor cookies as well to go with the Phoronix-sponsored beer that should be at the X.Org Developers' Conference next month?
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When Willowynn Potter was put through the veil 5 years after the war had been won, the last she expected to find on the other side was a childhood, a chance at a new life and a chance at love. Follow Willowynn through her second chance at life in a Pokémon world. FemHarry, Follows both the game and the Anime, Smart, cunning and resourceful Harry. AU Potter world Rating may Change
Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,331 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 64 - Follows: 88 - Published: 1/24 - [Volkner/Denzi, Harry P.] Falkner/Hayato, Sirius B.
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Montana is a large, rural, and sparsely populated State. Its extensive highway system plays a central role in connecting its residents and communities to each other and the world. The transportation system is the largest single capital investment in Montana. The challenge for the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is to identify the most effective strategies for preserving and maintaining the system.
TranPlan 21, MDT's long-range transportation policy plan, commits to establish a process for setting overall priorities for resource allocation. This process is called the Performance Programming Process (P3), which is an iterative trade-off analysis that uses management systems to generate a funding level that best meets performance goals. The P3 process emphasizes equity of conditions per functional class road among each of their five districts. The analysis relies on the best available conditions data and trade-off scenarios to ensure that dollars are allocated based on the general public's travel priorities. P3 enables MDT to select those projects that will yield the biggest benefits to the users of the highway system. Montana refines this process by continually modifying P3's predictive analysis tool to more closely reflect actual results and trends in the field.
P3 uses the outputs from MDT's pavement-, bridge-, and congestion-management systems to assess alternative investments and strategies that contribute to system-performance goals. P³ allocates resources to systems, districts, and the different categories of projects to meet or exceed performance goals. Project selection is usually made among projects that belong in the same asset class. Many States are looking to integrate the individual management systems into a statewide management process, but currently most States analyze the management systems separately. In the overall process that transportation agencies go through for setting priorities- funding, performance measures, budgets, and planning-many identify information from their management systems as key inputs to statewide planning and operation.
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When TranPlan 21 was completed in 1995, it set a direction for the agency to use output from the management systems in the P3. It linked project selection with policy and planning goals, with an emphasis on improving pavement conditions on the State's arterial highways. A dedicated funding source for pavement preservation since 1997, along with guidelines for project selection that emphasize a balanced program, it has provided for a broader array of projects. This includes preservation, minor and major rehabilitation, and reconstruction projects that are implemented in a timely and effective manner. The result is a trend for all State roadway systems to sustain a gradual improvement in their conditions. In 2000, 64 percent of Interstates were classified in good condition; by 2007, 91 percent were classified in good condition. This trend continues across all State roadway systems. MDT's success in meeting its performance goals serves as a model for others. Its pavement-preservation program is a team effort that crosses many departments, including engineering, planning, operations, and maintenance within MDT.
Vermont is a small State with an aging infrastructure that must be preserved. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is one of the few State agencies that have asset management and performance measures written into statute.
In 2005, VTrans developed a quantifiable project prioritization method that assigns a numeric score to projects listed in the annual budget. These scores help explain why one project is chosen over another. Per statute, the scoring system must include "asset-management-based factors, which are objective and quantifiable" including:
VTrans incorporates local project priorities from their MPO and regional planning commissions into the overall priority for projects listed in the capital program. These quantitative scores drive the transportation-project choices within asset classes. The entire process is transparent, with local and VTrans project scores available for anyone to see.
In addition, VTrans developed strategic performance measures that focus on programs and asset classes. These measures track and analyze investments with a single type of asset, such as pavement, bridges, safety, and maintenance.
Decisions on where to budget money for assets depend on the priority scores and associated performance measures, as well as on the current asset condition and institutional knowledge. This same information assists decisionmakers as they evaluate among different asset classes to determine the relative program size. VTrans continues to enhance the process as they advance its statewide TAM effort.
There are many factors used by VTrans to prioritize projects. In the paving section, information is collected about pavement surface conditions with a specially equipped van, which measures rutting, cracking, pavement roughness, and more. Historical data is factored into the analysis to calculate estimated future pavement conditions at different funding levels. This data is analyzed for the entire State highway network to determine the optimum treatment to maximize the pavement's life expectancy. These factors are combined with regional priorities to develop the VTrans annual paving program. The factors for paving include the pavement condition index (based on 20 points), benefit-cost (60 points), and regional priority (20 points). The results from these analyses are summarized for the three program funding categories: Interstate, State highways, and town highways.
For comparison purposes, VTrans also ran a worst-first scenario to measure the benefit of using an asset-management approach that applies the right treatment at the right time. Figure 1 shows two $55-million scenarios: One scenario uses asset management and the other uses a worst-first scenario.
Figure 1. Graph. Future travel weighted pavement conditions at different funding levels.
Asset-management analysis is also used as part of the VTrans preservation-first program, which began in 2006 and is called "The Road to Affordability." This program postpones a number of highway-capacity projects in order to shift the focus to preserving pavements, bridges, and culverts. To help support this effort, VTrans formed an asset-management unit in the roadway section. At present, their focus is on culverts, signs, and substandard sections of roadway.
VTrans has started a long-term effort to integrate data from the independent asset-management systems into an improved data warehouse. The objective is to improve decisionmaking for transportation-program managers and to help evaluate among asset classes.
New Jersey's Statewide Capital Investment Strategy (SCIS) is a decisionmaking tool used to develop investment options for transportation categories based on goals, objectives, and performance measures. Of note, it includes transportation investments in common categories across agencies rather than in separate strategies for each agency. This integrated approach allows the public to better understand the total State investment needed for roads, bridges, and public transportation. This overview permits and fosters a collaborative approach to make the best use of available transportation funding in order to provide the most efficient and effective use of resources.
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The SCIS is an asset-management approach for maintaining, upgrading, and operating physical-asset costs effectively. This effort involved the New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the South Jersey Transportation Authority, as well as the State's three MPOs. The SCIS links broad goals and policies to the specific investment choice by allocating resources into major transportation-asset categories, which are based on various investment options guided by investment targets and clear policy goals.
The SCIS shows the total infrastructure and other investment needs associated with each category and establishes 10-year-target annual investment levels for each category based on predicted revenue levels. It is important to understand that each agency's revenues are independent. Capital work done by each transportation agency is classified into program categories along with associated goals, objectives, and performance measures for each. These categories include bridges, road, mass transit, airports, safety, congestion, multimodal, transportation-support facilities, and local support. Various alternative investment scenarios are evaluated to select investment targets within the constrained budget. The outcome is the desired investment target amount that is connected to a level predetermined to achieve performance objectives. SCIS improves the State's ability to prioritize transportation programs and projects related to system objectives and performance measures. This process is a collaborative approach to making the best use of available transportation funding in an efficient and effective manner.
SCIS has the ability to link the selection of projects for capital funding with broad program objectives. On the basis of pavement-preservation goals, a performance analysis is conducted to determine how well various alternative investment scenarios perform over time. This identifies the trade-offs and outcomes that are to be expected from the resulting project mix. In New Jersey, the goal was to eliminate one half of the backlog of deficient pavements over the next 10 years. On the basis of the State's findings, recommendations were made to increase the funding level for highway resurfacing, highway capital maintenance, and highway rehabilitation and reconstruction programs to achieve these objectives. The significant funding increased enough to set in motion a comprehensive pavement program that consisted of various treatments for highway problems in order to prevent the constant downward trend. These treatments include both (a) expensive rehabilitation and reconstruction projects and (b) less-expensive resurfacing projects that extend service life and improve smoothness, with a wide range of lower cost and often innovative, preventative maintenance-repair techniques. With competing transportation needs and limited funding, the SCIS focuses on producing better system-wide pavement quality, as opposed to focusing only on worst-first recommendation projects.
Pima Association of Governments (PAG) is the MPO for the Eastern Pima County and the Tucson, AZ, urbanized area. Planning for PAG's Regional Transportation Plan and TIP includes a focus on cross-jurisdictional planning issues, such as air quality, water quality, transportation, and population growth. Candidate projects are evaluated by using established criteria set by the TIP. The principle criteria consist of the following eight items:
The goal of the process is to develop a TIP that makes optimum use of available Federal, State, and local funds and resources to serve the region's multimodal transportation needs. Each member agency or jurisdiction can use its own capital improvement projects' process to determine which projects to propose; however, to preserve and enhance the existing transportation system, priority projects also are identified through regional management systems, including pavement-, safety-, congestion-, and bridge-management systems. Although decisions at this level are usually more project-oriented than program-oriented, the actions conducted at the project level do allow for easy feedback into the decisionmaking process, specifically on how performance measures are being met. Strong emphasis is placed on gathering data for these project-level decisions; thus, with a continuous increased knowledge base and asset-management data inventories, PAG continues to enhance its regional transportation-planning process.
A prime example of enhancing the regional transportation-planning process is PAG's Regional Pavement Management Program, which has allowed the region to quickly identify ready-to-go pavement-preservation projects for the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Pavement-preservation projects represented 9 out of the top 10 transportation priorities for the region's ARRA list. Although PAG owns no roadway infrastructure of its own, the agency coordinates the program to ensure that all PAG-member agencies have the capability to understand pavement conditions and rehabilitation needs for their pavement assets.
PAG coordinates regional pavement data collection among its member agencies through the use of a shared-resource, pavement-management van. The van collects consistent and accurate data about particular roadways, such as pavement condition, the ride quality of the roadway, and the precise location information of specific features on or near the roadway. PAG has taken this program one step further by providing its jurisdictions with the capability to prioritize and forecast their pavement needs; thus, funding can be sought through local agency sources as well as through the TIP. Accurate management of the multibillion-dollar roadway infrastructure is essential for allocating and optimizing the impact of available transportation funding.
To help quantify the need for additional funding, a number of MPOs are looking at data-driven approaches for documenting the condition and investment needs of routes that serve as major corridors for commerce and traffic. The Puget Sound Regional Council, the MPO for the Seattle, WA, urbanized area, is creating a database that includes pavement conditions for local major and minor arterials throughout the four-county region.
This database (a) is designed to help decisionmakers understand the magnitude of investment needed to maintain the region's local arterial network, (b) incorporates pavement data collected by Washington State Department of Transportation, and (c) is linked to a geographic information system. The geographic information system includes information on responsible jurisdiction, number of lanes, segment lengths, functional classification, and pavement type. This database will provide the Puget Sound Regional Council a means to characterize local arterial needs and expenditures over the life of its metropolitan transportation plan (MTP) for all municipalities and jurisdictions therein, while providing the State legislature with an accurate and meaningful data set that illustrates future funding needs dedicated to system preservation.
The Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC), the MPO for the Albany, NY, urbanized area, places a strong emphasis on maintaining the region's transportation infrastructure. CDTC's MTP for the region, the New Visions Plan, uses a performance-based management strategy that instructs to paint bridges before they corrode, build long-lasting pavements, and match treatment to road function. Projects selected to be on the TIP are screened to ensure the greatest life-cycle benefit. Public transit, sidewalks, and bicycle facilities are included in the consideration.
Both MTP and TIP rely on extensive pavement- and bridge-condition data, and since 1983, CDTC has conducted regular surveys of the condition of the region's non-State, Federal-aid roads and portions of the local non-Federal aid system. The condition survey information collected is used to determine system-level condition, estimate overall deterioration rates, calculate costs to rehabilitate the system, and determine the effects of various repair strategies on pavement serviceability. Together with similar surveys conducted by local municipalities and by the New York State Department of Transportation, these surveys help form a complete picture of the condition of all roads in the region.
CDTC also maintains a congestion-management system plan that insists on demand management and local land-use management agreements as a prerequisite to capacity work. The development of a regional safety-management system, now underway, not only supports the continued use of traditional countermeasures, but also encourages the use of innovative design treatments that reduce the risk for the region's most vulnerable users, namely cyclists, walkers, children, and the elderly.
A TAM approach can provide valuable information for the planning, programming, and overall management of the transportation network. Information from management systems is essential in transportation decisionmaking to establish realistic agency goals, thus setting investment levels across assets, which include transportation system safety, operations, preservation, and maintenance, and selecting priorities for State TIP preparation. To successfully manage transportation assets, transportation organizations that include planning organizations should have a clear role in understanding and utilizing the information provided by management systems to make informed decisions.
This document was prepared by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with expert guidance provided by Patricia A. Cazenas, P.E., L.S., and Nastaran Saadatmand, P.E.
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John Stockton, Karl Malone being inducted into Utah Sports Hall of FamePosted by Inside Hoops
Utah Jazz legends Karl Malone and John Stockton will join former BYU athletes Richard George, Chad Lewis and Doug Padilla next month in being inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.
The Oct. 23 event at EnergySolutions Arena includes a 6 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. dinner. For reservations ($75), send checks or credit card information to the USHOFF, P.O. Box 95982, South Jordan 84095.
Malone and Stockton were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in consecutive years.
– Reported by the Deseret News
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Here is an outline of the “Opportunities for a Challenging Economy” speech I gave today at the Convenience Store News Food Service Roundtable.
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR A CHALLENGING ECONOMY
- ECONOMIC CRYSTAL BALL
Recession- 18 months
Loss of jobs may make the recession longer.
6-10% inflation by 2011
$4 a gallon gasoline in the next year, which will further reduce disposable income.
Savings rate is up 6%, which helps the banks but not spending.
- MARKET TRENDS
Fine dining trading down to Red Robin and TGIF
Red Robin- TGIF down to Subway and Qdoba.
Qdoba, Subway down to McDonalds’ and BK
Starbuck’s trade-down to McDonald’s espresso
“Go without” – Starbucks, Jomba Juice, etc
1/3 consumers-eating out less than a year ago
Fringe day parts-breakfast-snack-late night
- C-STORE QUALLENGES
Lower customer counts
Increased price of cigarettes driving sales else ware
$4 a gallon gasoline- more pay at the pump
C-stores are the “face” of big oil. PR problem to overcome when gas rises.
“Go without” mentality on impulse purchases
Rising labor costs-Washington State $8.55,
Oregon$8.40, Vermont $8.06, 5 states @$8.00
Increasing energy costs
- QSR – CHALLENGES
Cannibalization with new units
Discounting strategy, intense competition.
Subway $5 sub
McDonald’s dollar menu
Burger King – dollar menu
Wendy’s – 99 cents price point
Quizno’s -$5 sub
Taco Bell -79 cents, 89 cents and 99 cents.
Sonic’s Dollar Menu
- QSR – BIG FEAR
QSRs backed into a corner with discount menus
Consumers expect to pay $1 for a value burger.
A $5 Subway sub is now an expectation.
QSRs assumed add ons, which has not happened
Subway is countering with $1 add ons- discounting $1.59 soda to $1
Franchisees are battling the mother corporations to raise prices because of low margins
Law suits to lower royalties to offset value menu
25 % consumers eat breakfast away from home
QSR Sector is aggressively getting involved:
McDonald’s chix-biscuit breakfast sandwich
McDonald’s McSkillet Burritos,
Burger King’s Cheesy Bacon BK Wrapper
Hardee’s –Ham/ Three Cheese Burrito.
Jack n box
Breakfast isn’t as price point determined as it is perceived value driven
- NON PEAK SNACKS – UP 196% IN QSR
McDonald’s Snack Wraps
KFC popcorn chicken
KFC crispy chicken strip
Wendy’s Go Wraps,
KEYS- PORTABILITY, SMALLER PORTIONS, EATABILITY IN A CAR.
PRICE POINT 1.49-$1.99
- HEALTHY – POSTING CALORIES HAS LEGS
Technomic found that 86 percent of consumers were surprised by calorie counts listed on menus.
82% – calorie disclosure is changing their order
60% percent is affecting where they visit.
Taco Del Mar has launched a 320-calorie burrito
Subway has 9 subs with 6 grams of fat or less
Hardees country breakfast burrito – 780 calories
Jack in the box breakfast taco- 720 calories
- QSR OUT OF THE BOX
Menu engineering- smaller portions, different containers, lower price points
B K- testing premium items, ribs & thicker burgers
Burger King is testing a self serve condiment concept similar to a salad bar
Domino’s is delivering oven baked sandwiches
Pizza Hut is delivering baked pasta dishes
Quizno’s recently started to offer home delivery
Subway has drive thrus back in R&D
- UNEMPLOYMENT CREATES OPPORTUNIES
INCREASING THE AVERAGE CHECK
Show associate money w/bonus & contests
Set goals that are attainable and measurable
Post results. Competitive, peer pressure
Make check average a criteria for a raise.
Terminate employees that don’t show average check growth.
Loyalty cards rather than discounting.
Emphasize the draw of your brand, not the deal.
Subway is an example of this by selling discount rather than healthy. No longer a niche QSR but a discounter .
Focus on VALUE rather than discounted pricing
Merchandise and market VALUE
Fringe marketing (add on sales)
Breakfast, snack, and late night
ALWAYS HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY ON PROMOTIONS
Ideal cost of sales based on recipes at cost
Sales mix will generate an ideal food cost.
New ideal food cost each week based on sales mix
Food cost budgets- variance to cost of sales.
Remote electronic labor tracking based on sales per/labor hour or units per hour to control labor.
Phone/blackberry alerts for OT
- COST SAVING
Re visit flow to decrease labor
Decreasing energy costs
Smaller kitchens and smaller dining area spaces
Denny’s reduced their footprint 25%
Equipment -Flat griddles with heat recovery
Burgerville is trying to design a building that would operate on wind-energy credits and solar power.
HUGE MARKETING TOOL
C-store food service can benefit in the trade down chain.
Products focused on value rather than compete with discount pricing.
“Fringe markets” Breakfast, Snacks, Late Night
Home meal replacement-grow in this economy
Trade down coffee growth.
Create low calorie items and market them.
Portable ,eatable,snack items
Leverage unemployment to get better employees and increased check averages
Experiment with QSR market products, they spend millions in R&D and test marketing.
The trade down creates a huge opportunity. Subway is up 7% and McDonald’s best 4th quarter in 12 months.
While food service has a huge upside potential many of the QSR companies “pros” are struggling to drop money to the bottom line.
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Three time Academy Award winning director Woody Allen will begin production on his next film this summer, and he’s bringing Marion Cotillard with him. According to Deadline Hollywood, the French actress has landed a plum role in his latest project that will have her opposite Owen Wilson. This will be another one of many films that Allen has tackled in recent years that uses a European country as its backdrop.
The untitled film is being financed by the Spanish production company, Mediapro whom Allen currently has a three-picture deal with. With the project’s Parisian backdrop, Cotillard sounds like a logical choice, even amongst rumors that France’s First Lady Carla Bruni was in the running for a role. Cotillard is best known for her roles in Nine and Public Enemies, as well as her Oscar winning performance in La Vie En Rose.
Since the feature is still in the pre-production stages there hasn’t been a lot of info released regarding its plot. This shouldn’t come as a shock since Allen is known for keeping his projects low key until they’ve wrapped. In the meantime, be on the look out for his upcoming film, You Will Meet a Dark Stranger, which recently wrapped production.
What is your favorite Woody Allen film? How do you feel about his move away from New York to international locations?
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http://screencrave.com/2010-03-02/marion-cotillard-cast-in-woody-allen-film/
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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!
(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
NIST Authors in Bold
|Author(s):||JiYoung Chu; Ulf Griesmann; Quandou (. Wang; Johannes A. Soons; Eric C. Benck;|
|Title:||Deformation-Free Form Error Measurements of Thin, Plane-Parallel Optics Floated on a Heavy Liquid|
|Published:||April 01, 2010|
|Abstract:||We describe a novel method for measuring the unconstrained flatness error of thin, plane parallel precision optics by floating them on high-density aqueous metatungstate solutions while measuring the flatness error with an interferometer. The support of the flat optics by the uniform hydrostatic pressure at the submerged face of the flat optic eliminates flatness errors caused by mounting forces. A small, well characterized flatness error results from the bending of the floating flat by the hydrostatic pressure gradient at the edges. An equation describing the bending of thin, flat plates floating on a liquid is derived, which can be used to correct the flatness measurements of arbitrarily shaped plates. The method can be used to measure flatness errors of both non-transparent and transparent parts, and it is illustrated with flatness measurements of photomask blanks and substrates for extreme ultraviolet lithography. The refractive index of a saturated aqueous lithium metatungstate solution was measured at 632.8 nm and was found to be close to the refractive indices of several low thermal expansion optical materials.|
|Pages:||pp. 1849 - 1858|
|Keywords:||Interferometry, EUV lithography, photomask blank|
|Research Areas:||Optical Metrology|
|PDF version:||Click here to retrieve PDF version of paper (1MB)|
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http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904728
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Maya Angelou reads a poem during a ceremony to present Desmond Tutu the William J Fulbright Prize in Washington in 2008. (AFP)
May 28: Maya Angelou, the memoirist and poet whose landmark book of 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — which describes in lyrical, unsparing prose her childhood in the Jim Crow South — was among the first autobiographies by a 20th-century black woman to reach a wide general readership, died today in her home.
She was 86 and lived in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Her death was confirmed by her literary agent, Helen Brann. No immediate cause had been determined, but Brann said Angelou had been in frail health for some time and had had heart problems.
As well known as she was for her memoirs, which filled six volumes, Angelou very likely received her widest exposure on a chilly January day in 1993, when she delivered the inaugural poem, On the Pulse of Morning, at the swearing-in of Bill Clinton, who, like Angelou, had grown up poor in rural Arkansas.
Long before, as she recounted in Caged Bird and the sequels, she had already been a dancer, calypso singer, streetcar conductor, single mother, magazine editor in Cairo, administrative assistant in Ghana, official of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and friend or associate of some of the most eminent black Americans of the mid-20th century, including James Baldwin, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
Afterward (her six-volume memoir takes her only to the age of 40), Angelou was a Tony-nominated stage actress; college professor (she was for many years the Reynolds professor of American studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem); ubiquitous presence on the lecture circuit; frequent guest on television shows, from Oprah to Sesame Street; and subject of a string of scholarly studies.
In February 2011, President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honour.
Throughout her writing, Angelou explored the concepts of personal identity and resilience through the multifaceted lens of race, sex, family, community and the collective past. Her work offered a clear-eyed examination of the ways in which the forces of racism and sexism played out at the level of the individual.
“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat,” Angelou wrote in Caged Bird.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published when Angelou was in her early 40s, spans only her first 17 years. But what powerfully formative years they were.
Marguerite Ann Johnson was born in St. Louis on April 4, 1928. (For years after King’s assassination, on April 4, 1968, she did not celebrate her birthday).
After her parents’ marriage ended, three-year-old Maya was sent with her four-year-old brother, Bailey, to live with their father’s mother in the tiny town of Stamps, Ark.
The children returned periodically to St. Louis to live with their mother. On one such occasion, when Maya was 7 or 8 , she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. She told her brother, who alerted the family, and the man was convicted. Before he could begin serving his sentence, he was murdered — probably, Angelou wrote, by her uncles.
Believing that her words had brought about the death, Maya did not speak for the next five years.
As a teenager, now living with her mother in San Francisco, she studied dance and drama at the California Labor School and became the first black woman to work as a streetcar conductor there. At 16, after a casual liaison with a neighbourhood youth, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. There the first book ends.
Angelou later settled in New York.
She released an album of songs, Miss Calypso, in 1957.
But she remained best known for her memoirs.
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140529/jsp/foreign/story_18393767.jsp
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CHICAGO, June 7 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty says blanket federal spending reductions and across-the-board tax cuts will drive growth and reduce debt.
Since last summer, the budget deficit has worsened and the outlook for jobs and manufacturing looks grim, Pawlenty said Tuesday during a speech at the University of Chicago in which he outlined his economic policy.
"If that was a recovery -- then our President needs to enter economic rehab," he said. "And the American people need to stop his policies. Cold turkey."
Obama's "addiction to spending" must end, Pawlenty said. America needs a president with a growth agenda and his policies make him the man.
"The president wrongly thought the stimulus, the bailouts and the takeovers were the solution. He says they worked. They did not," the former Minnesota governor said. "The president is satisfied with a second-rate American economy produced by his third-rate policies. I'm not."
Pawlenty, who consistently lags behind his better known Republican rivals in the polls, said he wants to grow the economy by 5 percent "instead of the anemic 2 percent currently envisioned."
He said he'd achieve the rate by "creating more economic freedom," starting with overhauling the tax code.
"It's currently an anti-growth … monstrosity [that's] chock full of special deals for special interests," Pawlenty said. "Its main goal seems to be to generate campaign contributions. Not jobs."
He also proposed cutting the business tax rate by more than half, reducing the current rate from 35 percent to 15 percent.
He also recommended eliminating "special interest handouts, carve-outs, subsidies and loopholes" from the code.
For individuals, Pawlenty said he would initiate a "simpler, fairer and flatter tax system overall. I propose just two rates -- 10 percent and 25 percent."
Under his plan, he said, those who now pay no income tax would stay at a zero rate. The first $50,000 for individuals or $100,000 for married couples would be taxed at 10 percent, he said.
"Everything above that would be taxed at 25 percent," the former governor said. "That's it."
In addition, he advocated eliminating taxes on capital gains, interest income and dividends and the so-called death tax.
"Government has no moral or economic basis to claim a second share of the same income," he said.
Turning to spending, Pawlenty said he supported a constitutional amendment that would require a balanced federal budget and would cap federal spending as a percentage of the U.S. economy.
As president, Pawlenty said he would seek temporary authority to freeze government spending and to impound as much as 5 percent of the federal budget until the nation's budget is balanced. He said he would battle against regulations that are "suffocating America's entrepreneurial spirit" and would cut programs that could be handled by private companies.
"We can start by applying what I call the 'Google test,'" he said. "If you can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn't need to be doing it."
The strength of the country lies in its people, not its government, Pawlenty said.
"Americans believe our country is exceptional and they deserve a president who does, too," he said. "We can fix our economy. Our people are ready to get back to work. We just need to give them to tools to get there -- and get the government out of the way."
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/06/07/GOP-Pawlenty-outlines-economic-plan/UPI-90611307435400/
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I have just replaced my FC11 by the FC12. To put skype up and running I used autoten and choose to not have the automatic login enable. After running it the skype was working nicely. However the next time I restarted the machine, on the login panel appeared ""automatic login"" option.
I went to
/etc/gdm/custom.conf and added the command
Restart the system and although automatic login isn't active anymore, the ""automatic login"" option still appears as if it were an option to be picked from the login panel. I googled around but didn't find how to get rid of it.
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http://superuser.com/questions/103517/fedora-12-login-panel-disable-automatic-login
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Brandi Glanville has never been afraid to voice her opinion and go after people whom she feels are doing her wrong. So it has probably been a bit surprising to Brandi's fans that she has stayed pretty quiet over how her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian and his wife LeAnn Rimes are constantly talking about her while they do press for their new reality TV show. On Sunday, July 27, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star finally responded with a scathing tweet.
She tweeted that she has "not had [a] Twitter feud with ANYONE" so she's "highly frustrated" that it keeps getting said that she has been in a Twitter feud. While Brandi didn't give any names, it's pretty obvious who she is speaking about. During their promo tour for their show, LeAnn and Eddie have willingly talked about Brandi when they're asked about her by the media.
When asked about her feud with Brandi, LeAnn have said multiple times that she has not engaged in a feud with Brandi. Not surprisingly, Eddie has backed his wife up by saying that the fault lies mostly with Brandi since LeAnn doesn't respond to jabs sent her way. For example, during their appearance on "The Wendy Williams Show," Eddie said that LeAnn rarely responds to Brandi but rather "has always taken the high road."
During a chat with radio show host Ryan Seacrest, LeAnn said that her supposed feud with Brandi has "been a very one-sided feud" and that Brandi has "been fighting with herself for a long time." LeAnn added that she has ignored Brandi much more than she probably should have.
Some of Brandi's fans replied to her told her to just keep ignoring LeAnn and Eddie. One person told the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star to just continue being happy and successful while another told her that her fans are proud of her for not responding to them.
Clearly, as evidenced by her tweet, Brandi Glanville would prefer it if LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian just stayed silent when asked about her or even said that there has never been a Twitter feud, rather than pretty much saying that it has been all her fault. Perhaps Brandi should just thank them for the increased publicity?
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http://www.examiner.com/article/brandi-glanville-responds-to-leann-rimes-and-eddie-cibrian-talking-about-her
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Fender Strat trem units can be a vita and life-affirming part of a guitar player’s arsenal. However, getting them set up correctly so they can take a hammering and still do you proud can be a tricky business. Huw Price is here with all the info you need…
Springs & Claw
Unfortunately we can’t provide any hard and fast rules regarding the number of springs you should use or the way they should be arranged. It really all comes down to personal taste, because some players prefer a light feeling trem while others prefer a stiffer setup to stop the bridge moving when bending strings… and to maintain tuning if a string snaps.
The springs are hooked onto a ‘claw’ that’s screwed to the body of the guitar. If it’s adjusted tight against the body, it will be pulling the springs hard and the bridge plate may end up sitting tight against the top of the body. This will allow you to dip the trem, but you won’t be able to pull upwards.
Most players prefer their trem bridges to ‘float’, allowing both upwards and downwards movement (it’s also thought that Stratocasters sound more ‘Stratty’ that way because you hear a hint of ‘reverb’ from the springs themselves). Here’s where you need to experiment with combinations of springs and various claw adjustments to position the bridge where you like it and achieve the right feel for your style.
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http://www.guitar-bass.net/articles/critical-but-stable-tremolo-workshop-2/
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Ah yes, the description. Well, fair's fair. First off, I am not here to lie or trick women into sleeping with me. I am a (fairly) large nerd, and all that entails...I've known a few D20 in my days and own more DVDs/Playstation games than one man should. As hinted in the drop boxes I just filled out, I do smoke marijuana and am not apologetic about it. I'm pretty silly, love to try new things and/or foods, and own a cat who I spoil way more than I should admit to. I deeply enjoy long and overly analytical conversations about nothing, poring over odd finds on the internet, and playing board games with friends. I am allergic to chocolate (which should be a bonus with women, one would think) and secretly love light shows.
So that's me in a nutshell, though I doubt a Plenty of Fish profile has ever done anyone complete justice. Oh, also I am from a French family, so hockey fans will have to accept my incessant fandom of the Montreal Canadiens.
Profile ends now.
Let's be fair here, we're meeting on the internet. A monthlong exploration of Europe's finest romantic getaways seems a little much, really. Coffee? Tea? Who doesn't love coffee and tea? If I'm really trying to impress, maybe biscotti?
But seriously, seems to me a first date would involve being somewhere casual where conversation would be the order of the day. Right, then.
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http://www.pof.com/member5132148.htm
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Law enforcement officials say it’s time for the communications industry or the Federal Government to do something about skyrocketing demand on the overburdened radio frequencies used to field emergency calls, a situation said to imperil agencies’ ability to communicate in times of crisis.
While the communications industry has experienced enormous growth in recent years, fueled by the explosion in information technology, the industry has not addressed the problem, which some officials say is reaching crisis proportions.
Part of the blame for the frequency shortage lies with the Federal Government, which sparked demand by auctioning off frequencies on the radio spectrum to commercial bidders. Public safety agencies would like to stake new claims to several areas of the spectrum, including the one where they were first assigned frequencies.
They’d also like expanded access to higher bands, including those now allocated to UHF television transmissions. Some of the frequencies sought by public safety agencies are in far-higher regions of the band, near some that have been sold by the FCC for new personal communications services.
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http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/len/97/31jan/html/12.html
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Three labels, four records. Rebecca Lynn Howard is a Nashville veteran. Oh yeah, she's 24 years old.
“When I was about 10 years old, I realized that this is what I wanted to do. I begged my mother to take me to Nashville, and she did,” she says during a phone interview from her Nashville home. “I just knew I could sing.”
That ambition paid off for the MCA Nashville recording artist, who is playing about 100 dates on the road this year. She will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Defiance County Fair in Hicksville, Ohio.
Looking back, Howard laughs at how she had her life planned out before she even entered middle school. She was playing the piano by age 6, the guitar at 10, and the fiddle at 14. She wrote her first love song when she was 7 years old.
And she dreamed of the glamour and the fame of being a country star.
“Uh, it's nothing what I thought,” she says with a laugh. “On the road, my biggest challenge is where my next shower is going to come from. Sometimes it's hard to find hotel rooms. Washing your hair at a truck stop isn't very glamorous.”
She also discovered that the business side of Nashville can be harsh. She signed with Rising Tide Records when she was 18 years old, but that label folded in 1998 before she could release her debut album. She moved over to Decca Records, which folded.
The combination of the stress and professional frustration weighed on her emotionally. In 1999, she began suffering from severe anxiety attacks and was diagnosed with chronic anxiety disorder, a debilitating illness that made her afraid to leave her house.
“It's a frustrating illness to get through. After about 21/2 years, I let my faith take over. I flushed my anti-depressants down the toilet and said, `Lord, you're going to have to take this from me.' I never had a problem again. Miracles really do still happen,” she says.
Right about the time she conquered her inner demons, her career began to take off. She is now preparing to release her third album with MCA. She's hoping to build on the success of last year's Top 10 hit, “Forgive,” which she co-wrote and which was inspired by watching a close friend go through a painful divorce.
As she's matured and gotten a little wiser about the ways of Nashville, she still finds her greatest peace when she sits down with her guitar and a pen and paper, just as she did when she was a little girl in Salyersville, Ky.
“I always joke and tell people that songwriting is the cheapest form of therapy for me.”
Rebecca Lynn Howard will be at the Defiance County Fair in Hicksville, Ohio, at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at the box office. Track seats are $12. Seats in the grandstand are $10.
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http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2003/08/15/Country-recording-artist-is-an-old-hand-at-24.html
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“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1786
Welcome to The Little Rebellion! We are a fully student-produced publication of the Digital Media and Journalism department at The State University of New York at New Paltz. The Little Rebellion covers everything from entertainment and sports to local breaking news and politics, focusing highly on multimedia storytelling techniques. We strive to bring you the most accurate, balanced, fair and relevant coverage in the local area and pride ourselves in maintaining journalistic standards rooted in tradition.
While The Little Rebellion staff members produce many stories for the publication, a majority of its content comes from up-and-coming journalists, videographers and media professionals studying at SUNY New Paltz. If you have produced a story for a class or have a favorite piece that you would like to have featured on thelittlerebellion.com, please feel free to submit it to our publication.
Please address any questions to The Little Rebellion’s executive editor Nancy Meyer Heiz at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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All submissions are subject to editing by The Little Rebellion staff for copy, content, accuracy and AP style.
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Please provide your SUNY New Paltz e-mail address for publication.
Works published on The Little Rebellion cannot be published elsewhere without permission. Previously published works will not be accepted without express permission from the entity that first published it.
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About the Davis Phinney Foundation
Inspired. That’s how people who come in contact with the Davis Phinney Foundation describe their experience – whether it be from the information we provide, the research and programs we support, or the Moments of Victory® we help people to celebrate.
While it’s critical to find a cure for Parkinson’s, we feel strongly that people living with this disease also need information and tools to live well today. To support this mission, the Davis Phinney Foundation sponsors programs that provide the information, tools and inspiration that can be used to live well with Parkinson’s today. Our initiatives, including The Victory Summit® symposia series, the Every Victory Counts® manual for living well, the Living Well ChallengeTM educational webinar and the Parkinson’s Exercise Essentials video benefit Parkinson’s patients, their families and caregivers throughout North America and the world. Each year, we fund innovative research aimed at identifying factors, including exercise and other behaviors, that have a measurable, positive impact on quality of life.
Essential Tool for Living Well Today
Unique in the world of Parkinson’s resources, the Every Victory Counts® self-care manual gives people living with Parkinson’s – and their caregivers and family members – the tools they need to take control of their own Parkinson’s treatment through a proactive approach to self-care. It features contributions from leading movement disorder experts from respected institutions across the country. More than 50 people with Parkinson’s share their personal insights and experiences. The Every Victory Counts manual is available free of charge, in softcover print edition and as a digital download for your eReader device. The choice is yours; both versions are easy to carry with you to your health care appointments, to support groups or when traveling. Order your FREE copy today.
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On Saturday, October 8, 2016, join the Davis Phinney Foundation and our local partners for The Victory Summit® Parkinson’s symposium. This national educational event is a moving day of information and inspiration, featuring dynamic presentations from leading movement disorder neurologists and therapists from across the country. It’s an upbeat, fast-paced event of community and connection, filled with laughter and conversation. You will leave feeling motivated and armed with tools to help you be more involved in your own treatment and to improve your quality of life. As one attendee said, “I left this event with the knowledge and hope of how to live well with my Parkinson’s.”
Featuring nationally recognized researchers, clinicians and physical therapists in movement disorders field, The Victory Summit® symposia deliver up-to-date information and practical tools that people with Parkinson’s can use to live well today. The Victory Summit is free for people with Parkinson’s, their family and care partners, but you must register to attend. Click the buttons for more information or to register for upcoming events.
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Peter Wayne, PhD, is the Founder and Director of the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, the Director of Researcher for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In This Davis Phinney Foundation Living Well Challenge Webisode, Dr. Wayne highlights the positive effects on of exercising both mind and body through Tai Chi, especially for people with Parkinson’s.
The Living Well Challenge™ webinar is a free, online educational series featuring movement disorder experts on topics of interest to people affected by Parkinson’s disease. Videos are available for viewing on demand, 24/7 so that you can learn your way, on your time. Need a motivational boost or new ideas? Want to learn more about the latest developments in Parkinson’s? Then check out the Living Well Challenge webinar!
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http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org/
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Google Maps for BlackBerry has now had an update to take the software to version 4.4, which includes a new feature called “Google’s Places”. This allows BlackBerry users to find gas stations, attractions, restaurants, ATMs, and more fast.
Once you found what you want, you can use the items Places page to find out all you need to know about the location. Google Maps v4.4 also includes a few background fixes, which should keep things running smooth.
You can download v4.4 for BlackBerry OTA here. Some users are still complaining about the performance of Google Maps on BlackBerry devices, and say it runs much more smooth on Android devices, do you agree?
One common feature that BlackBerry users want – read comments on Crackberry – is a built-in navigation option that can be found on Google Maps for Android. Google may not release this for some time, leaving it as a perk for Android users.
Have you updated to v4.4? What features do you still want?
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http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/03/google-maps-v4-4-for-blackberry-built-in-navigation-update-wanted/
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With a small paring knife, peel the grapefruits. Working over a large bowl to catch the juice, separate the grapefruit segments from the membrane; reserve any juice that collects in the bowl.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, chutney, mustard, sesame oil, pepper and 3 tablespoons of the reserved grapefruit juice.
Add the crabmeat, tossing to combine. Add the watercress, chicory and grapefruit segments, and toss. Serve the salad on a bed of lettuce leaves.
- 4 grapefruits
- 2 tbsp reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp finely chopped mango chutney
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- pepper to taste
- 350g (12oz) white crabmeat, picked over to remove any cartilage
- 125g (4½oz) watercress, tough stalks trimmed
- 1 head chicory, cut crossways into 1cm (½in) strips
- 1 soft, round lettuce, separated into leaves
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http://www.smoothrecipes.com/Crab-And-Grapefruit-Salad.html
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Back in October, I mentioned the plans that Toole Design was putting together for DDOT the Capitol Riverfront BID on possible configurations for M St, SE/SW. Of the four being considered, the BAC facility committee preferred the cycle track (so-called Montreal Style) and it appears that this is the one being proposed. JDLand has a post on a briefing of the project given to the Capitol Riverfront BID.
the main recommendations are:
- Configure the two curb lanes on M Street as "cycle tracks" with flexible posts, a temporary measure suggested because of the "unknowns" of any future streetcar implementations along M Street. There would also be a widening of the sidewalks between Half streets SE and SW, moving the cycle track onto the widened sidewalk, because this area is where the "most intense traffic on the corridor occurs."
- Eliminate all parking along M Street at all hours, though "after a period of evaluation it may be appropriate to allow parking adjacent to the cycle track if it is desired."
- Move all transit stops to the far sides of intersections, where buses and bikes can more easily cross and where buses can still pick up and drop off passengers at a curb rather than on street level.
- Reconfigure all traffic signals to allow bikes time to get through intersections before vehicle traffic gets a green light (the bikes and the pedestrian "walk" signals would go green first, followed then by the vehicular greens).
The leading pedestrian interval mentioned above would be at least 7 seconds. This design has two options that differ in the separating material. In option 1, it's flexposts; in option 2 it's a surface mounted concrete curb. Option 2 is more expensive.
Unfortunately, the concept drawing is in Appendix B and JDLand doesn't have that up. While the report goes into several options for separating material - including granite curbed islands and planters - they don't recommend the more expensive options because M is likely to be rebuilt when streetcars are built.
Near bus stops, the curb will extend across the cycletrack to the bus/traffic lane. Cyclists will ride up a slight ramp to curb level before dropping back down to street level. Think of a very long speed table - with more gradual ramps. You can see it in the background of this photo.
Between Half SE and Half SW, they recommend incorporating the cycletrack into the sidewalk, possibly with separate light phases for cyclists (and peds).
JDLand also reports on the reception of the plan.
There apparently were some business owners at the BID meeting who were displeased with the plans, centering mainly around the traffic implications of the loss of one lane in each direction, which during rush hour and ballpark events are travel lanes and which are parking for customers/workers/residents/etc. the rest of the time. This could especially be an issue during events at Nationals Park, a scenario which isn't mentioned at all in the feasibility study and which has the Nationals particularly concerned (as apparently voiced by the Nats' Gregory McCarthy at the briefing), since it's not out of the realm of possibility (my words, not theirs) that attendance at the ballpark could rise substantially if the team's fortunes improve, making the backups that are seen when the stadium is sold out--such as during the Red Sox series this summer--considerably worse.
Unlike the Montreal Cycle Track pictured here, I think these would be one way, with one on each side.
Photo by Anirudh Koul
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http://www.thewashcycle.com/2009/11/m-street-sesw-bike-lane-proposal.html
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Many high schools have a senior tradition that is not sanctioned by the school and may be vaguely illegal such as senior pranks, raucous parties involving national monuments, or just a night of endless cruising. In Tara Alterbrando’s The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life, it’s the Official Unofficial Senior Week Scavenger Hunt, in which groups compete for the highest number of points, awarded by collecting items on the list. Mary and her team of three friends have a hilarious, bittersweet night that feels in the end like crossing the official finish line of high school.
Like many parties, a great part of the fun is in the anticipation. Particularly when it comes to unofficial school traditions, kids wait years to hit their senior year and earn a legitimate piece of the action. That’s why I matched this book with a party anthem by the Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling.
On September 10, 2009, Oprah Winfrey kicked off the beginning of her 24th (and final) season with a party in the streets of Chicago, featuring an appearance by the Black Eyed Peas singing I Gotta Feeling. To Oprah’s surprise and delight, the audience engaged in an enthusiastic flash mob dance.
— Diane Colson, currently reading Babayaga by Toby Barlow, author of Sharp Teeth, a 2009 Alex Award winner
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http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/08/14/the-best-night-of-your-pathetic-life-by-tara-altebrando/
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China has become such an important market for U.S. entertainment companies that one studio has taken the extraordinary step of digitally altering a film to excise bad guys from the Communist nation lest the leadership in Beijing be offended. When MGM decided a few years ago to remake "Red Dawn," a 1984 Cold War drama about a bunch of American farm kids repelling a Soviet invasion, the studio needed new villains, since the U.S.S.R. had collapsed in 1991. The producers substituted Chinese aggressors for the Soviets and filmed the movie in Michigan in 2009.
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Chinese-born pianist Lang Lang denied Monday that he sought to insult the United States with the choice of a song he played at a White House state dinner last week, despite the claims of some mainland Chinese and conservatives in the U.S. Lang Lang, the 28-year-old virtuoso who performed at a dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, said he played "My Motherland" not because of its anti-American associations but entirely "for the beauty...
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On a cloudless day near the top of the world, Swiss tourist Claude Balsiger had just finished a late-morning cup of tea and stepped out onto the streets of Tibet's capital. Buddhist monks had been marching against Chinese rule all week, but today seemed calmer. Suddenly, Tibetan youths started hurling paving stones at police, who tried to protect themselves with their riot shields.
March 21, 2008 |
China has blanketed Tibetan areas with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across much of western China into armed encampments. Hundreds of paramilitary troops aboard at least 80 trucks were seen traveling along the main road winding through the mountains into southeastern Tibet. Others patrolled streets wearing riot gear and carrying rifles in Tiger Leaping Gorge, a tourist town in Yunnan province on the border with Tibet.
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China has agreed to allow access to military records that may provide information on 8,100 Americans missing from the Korean War. U.S. officials say that, at least at first, only Chinese archivists with security clearances will do document searches and turn over relevant records to U.S. analysts. Chinese troops killed and captured thousands of American troops during the war and managed many of the prisoner of war camps in North Korea.
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Britain agreed to allow 509 Chinese troops into Hong Kong hours before the colony's return to China, ending a last-minute stalemate. The troops will drive into Hong Kong in passenger vehicles rather than armored vehicles at 9 p.m. on June 30, three hours earlier than scheduled, to be in place when China takes control of the British territory at midnight.
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Re: We might get Delfino back
I am aware of the cap. Something that involves Marion is a possibility and he expires after this season giving us a chance to sign a good FA. Maybe we would be better waiting for the trade deadline next season when teams get desperate? Hard to say but I want to win now! LOL....Marion isn't much anymore so if we could get Miami to throw in Daequan Cook that would be ideal but I don't see Miami going for this. Only reason I bring it up is that Miami needs an upgrade at the C and this would give it to them. F'n JO has lost all trade value with these ridiculous injuries it really pisses me off.
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Paul Weitz 'content' to not make Being Flynn
Paul Weitz would've been ''fairly content'' if he hadn't ever got to make 'Being Flynn'.
The 'American Pie' co-director enjoyed writing draft copies of the script for the movie - an adaptation of playwright-and-poet Nick Flynn's memoir 'Another Bulls**t Night in Suck City', detailing his reunion with his estranged alcoholic father Jonathan - so much so that he wouldn't have minded if the film had never reached the production stage.
He explained: ''I was sent the book eight years ago and then I spent seven years doing draft upon draft. I really like writing. I love directing, but I was actually fairly content with the prospect of continuing to write draft upon draft and never making it.
''That sounds weird, but in the same way that people like doing crossword puzzles I like juggling around the details of a story.''
Robert DeNiro - who worked with Paul in 'Little Fockers' - is starring as eccentric dad Jonathan in the movie, with Paul Dano taking up the role of Nick, who works in various homeless shelters in Boston in the 1980s and he eventually discovers Jonathan living in one.
But the 46-year-old helmer admits he had to stop drafting scripts eventually after the Focus Features studio ''called his bluff''.
He added to ComingSoon.net: ''If I didn't make it, I would never be confronted whether it was living up to what I thought it could be essentially. Then, at some point, it had gone through a couple of more mainstream studios and Focus Features called my bluff and gave me a much reduced budget number and said, 'If De Niro will still do this and you can make it work, then go ahead. Go to it.'
''So yeah, now I can't write drafts of it anymore.''
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Espresso Ice Cream Pie
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Espresso Ice Cream Pie is a definite favorite over in our Test Kitchen. Why? Because the chocolate-covered coffee beans add a rich, robust flavor and crunch to this foolproof pie.
What You'll Need:
- 1/2 cup chocolate-covered coffee beans, divided (see Note)
- 4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
- 1 (6-ounce) chocolate crumb pie crust
- Caramel sauce
- Fresh raspberries (optional) (about 1 pint)
What To Do:
- Process 1/4 cup coffee beans in a blender until finely chopped. Add ice cream; process until smooth, stopping to scrap down sides. Spoon mixture into crust; cover and freeze at least 2 hours.
- Drizzle with caramel sauce. Sprinkle with remaining coffee beans, and garnish with raspberries, if desired.
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Sex-crimes lawyer charged in rape case fired
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Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A Contra Costa County sex crimes prosecutor accused of raping a colleague while wielding a gun and an ice pick has been fired, his attorneys said Monday.
Michael Gressett, 52, who says he and his 30-year-old accuser had kinky but consensual sex at his home in May 2008, was terminated last week by District Attorney Robert Kochly. He had been on paid leave since his arrest in October.
Gressett has also been accused of making inappropriate sexual comments at work and of having a small amount of marijuana that police found after raiding his home, said his employment attorney, Alison Berry Wilkinson.
Kochly said he could not comment on a personnel matter. Wilkinson said she appealed the firing, sending the case to arbitration.
"I think they should have waited, because there are so many problems with the underlying evidence" of the rape, Wilkinson said.
Word of Gressett's firing came as his criminal lawyers promised to turn a preliminary hearing scheduled to begin Aug. 17 into a mini trial by calling at least 30 witnesses - including the alleged victim.
"Now it's our turn to go after the truth," said Daniel Russo, one of Gressett's attorneys, outside court.
But state prosecutors, who filed 12 felony counts against Gressett, called the move an attempt to thwart a law that allows prosecutors to introduce hearsay evidence at preliminary hearings, such as an alleged victim's statements to police.
The debate, which must be settled by Judge Carlos Ynostroza, broke out in a Martinez courtroom after the judge rejected Gressett's effort to disqualify the state attorney general, who is prosecuting the case.
Gressett's accuser - who now works for another county - told police she wanted to sleep with him on May 8, 2008, but objected to the type of sex he initiated. She said he forcibly sodomized her, held a gun to her head, handcuffed her and forced ice into her.
Gressett said a gun, cuffs and ice were brought out but only in a playful way. His attorneys said his accuser has a history of trouble and has shifted her account of the alleged rape. The Chronicle is not naming her because she is an alleged rape victim.
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When I hook up charger there is a faint buzzing sound coming from a small canister near the fuse box. It will buzz for a few seconds then stops.
Why does battery dies when truck sits for a couple of days? on 2008 Hummer H2
Since all batteries create power by a chemical reaction, we say that the chemicals have exhausted themselves in the reactions. This would mean that a dead battery is exhausted.
have the battery tested (high rate discharge test and or hydrometer test)an inductive amp meter would be needed to see if there is a parasitic draw on the battery (something staying live when the ignition key is off).
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Recorded using a Zoom H4N. A continuous sound of a small water fountain in a pond. A bit drain like in its make up.
Woow quite good!
Relaxing, nice water sound!
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Rangers rally to deny Jimenez win in AL debut
http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton...=ESPNHeadlinesJosh Hamilton drove in the winning run with a two-out infield single in the 11th inning and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat Cleveland 8-7 on Friday night, denying Ubaldo Jimenez a victory in his first start for the Indians.
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Sir William Edmond Logan was born in Montreal, Canada in 1798; his parents were Scottish émigrés, but Logan returned to Scotland to attend school and university.
Later he became the manager of a copper works in Swansea, where his interest in the local coalfield geology began.
In 1842 Logan returned to the land of his birth to become the first Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, where he continued to work for many years, before retiring to West Wales. He died in 1875.
Today, Logan is recognised as Canada’s most important scientist, a trailblazer, and Canada’s highest mountain is named in his honour.
The National Museum of Wales recently dedicated an exhibition to William Edmond Logan where you can find further details about his life and work.
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Armed with paint brushes and a check for $150,000, about 75 Entergy executives showed up Wednesday at KIPP's Central City Primary and Academy schools on Thalia Street to spruce up the grounds and help with the charter school network's expansion plans.
The volunteers spent most of the day painting doors and spreading mulch on the school playground. The grant is aimed at helping KIPP add five more schools in New Orleans by 2014.
KIPP, which stands for Knowledge is Power Program, is a national network of free, open-enrollment charter schools that provides college-preparatory curriculum to students in underserved areas.
KIPP operates seven charter schools serving 1,800 students in New Orleans and plans to open two more primary schools in August. By 2014, KIPP officials say they will be serving 5,300 students, or 13 percent of the city's public school population.
The latest grant brings to $520,000 the amount Entergy has donated to KIPP since 2008.
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Plot illustrating the different methods available for quantifying erosion rates. It also shows the range of temporal and spatial scales over which these methods are applicable. Any of these methods can in principle be used to quantify erosion over geomorphological timescales but cosmogenic nuclides are the most suitable because: (1) are produced at shallow depths and so unlike low-temperature thermochronometers are highly sensitive to changes in surface morphology, and (2) accumulate over longer timescales and so unlike historical methods (such as using sediment volume data) are not prone to anthropogenic disturbance. Original image courtesy of Roderick Brown (University of Glasgow).
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon commented Tuesday on the recent wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, saying it was part of "human nature" to react to an occupation.
Addressing the UN Security Council's periodic Middle East debate, Ban condemned rocket fire from militant groups in Gaza into Israel and called for an end to incitement, but said that "As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation."
Ban urged both sides to act now "to prevent the two-state solution from slipping away forever," adding that progress toward peace between requires that Israel freeze its settlement-building, which he called "an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community."
Dozens of people on both sides have died in four months of violence, which Israel blames on Palestinian incitement. Palestinians say the attacks stem from frustration at nearly five decades of Israeli military rule.
Israel's UN Ambassador, Danny Danon, did not address settlement-building. He instead showed reporters what he called "terror dolls" that he said are used to teach hatred to Palestinian children.
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour urged the council to act.
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